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i)c iCImtljnm Hcrovii. -li- H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor, RATES OF ADVERTISING. One tqnare, one insertion 81.00 One n)'i!ire, two insert'oiia l.fid Uue tcj'isre, cub month ii 50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly in Advance. VOL. XXVI. PITTSBOKQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, ICTOHKR Znm.' N ). !. 1 II A II U AJJATTER of MILLIONS. By Anna Katharine Green, CHAPTKU III. Continued. SeHna Valdi! Ho knew 1ip name. It was lli.it of (In- ymuig musical do hulanlo wlin. lmt a month heroic, had stood up before a Rival assembly of expectant listeners, lu'antiful. fascinat ing, lmt tongue-tied. A wonder, with very prninb-.. of mhi in her blazing -yos and upon her trembling njs ullt villi tin vole,- at her eoiumnml, mi mi. fiweriu, smiiiil to the orchestra's Invit ing tutus, l-nthing save Ihe moan with Willi h r-hc linaHy gave up the struggle mill sail!;, overcome ami annihilated, behind 1 iic l":t 1 1 i 1 c om'luiii. Selimi Val di: Hi- r:tii'iiil't'i-'il t!n inline well, iitnl all tln talk ami criticism which followed her defeat, ami. moved liy a liuiimlli'.'s compassion Ik- took her by the liaml. Immediately she added: 'At least lliat is tin- name by which I was known to my tearliers ami nx peoted to be known in the world. My real name !s .1-nny " Why d'd she nut finish? Why did File luek at him su straiig-'lr and drop Jier eyes and ;hako her head' II is ex Jtp s.-am l::ul been one ni" expectancy , itml nil l:is ni.'iii'.rr was encouraging. J'.il! she so: mod to tremble before lilin, ni'il Tid not sural, the name, only mur ium o.'. "Hi ; tell m;. Oil! i C thai :-. I'. o fni'ii; ' iiml to W.IS : td to i Ol.: The , li.iii 1 :. Id in;; cage.-: -1 1.: f-lar-i'. that I:, lau i ; '. fop.-. it. I have sworn not to -m. I am Selin.-i Valdi with it -ss v. hii li was to make ':; : i .us." !!' The words left his lips ! 1" -ike 1 sri il-'solate iv Poor rhihi: your heart M!'-'-e-.s, then: You expect- iii'.'i1 en spake volumes. She r hands ami was troiii : wiiii weakness, hut 1 lo expert it," she dr 1 sir.-;: I have a v( b e vi : y master who has it:- tit and jiontle nud lorn-; have run;;, just Mtes I liavi' raised, lint 1 crowd. At the sl;;ht a rlgl. 'I IT mm; : c, I i,iii:;u: l'aci of such a th: !, : . 2) 1 n ;-i - . mid .!: pie. 1 '::m; :-e: Iiefisre me :;: ',: li e that 1 want to 1 n" site: soiiielhlllu' e i-y the threat and I 11 m suf--:. iliowied In a Hood vf 1 waii-h I can ivi no name ; ' wl.ii h il is useless to Ptl'llj; ! is a cruel fate, l'.ut I enu sin And 1 sudden linp'tuosltv her Voice :- ' Kr l up iii an Italian air, so MVeef. r- weird, so llirillin. that he htond il. cnlvam-ed. siioilucd, uiarv, a! the freshness, the imwrr. the inn: -v vlnj; ijualiiv of h v tones ns well .-s ;n 1 he perfc! inn of her man lier and the correctness of her Inter pn lai 'cu. A li lueat hini; genius. Kliirvliu- in he own 'il'i. was hefore liim, :' :. ! could lmt acUniiw'.etlRe It Willi i'e;:.l;h;. She .-:mv his ph as'.ire and rose In dig nity iind flush- c wiiii power. Her Voice left the In.i ii ale ways of Italian .Kim nial d'lp.'iiiil lido the liroader. (I 'eper chai.ueN of (Jcriiiiiii opera. It hwellci!, it ros , ii frininpheil, till the Hlraicio and shalihy room lieeaiui.' nn ely.-iiim. an.; the aimnsphere siemeil laden with the hreath of Kds. A Ju nius'.' Siie was more, or seemed no while her voice thrilled and her lienilty Hushed, l-.u; when all was still ncnln. nnd she sioeil paniini; and deptveutory liefore him then she seemed only n ten der child auain. eravins sympittliy nnd t-xpectin;; coniidi nee. 'Marvelous! Marvelous:" So lip Krok. lifted out of himself, firnt liy lier power and then hy lier liuinllitr. "And with such a yift rottld he discouraged liv ovcrcouie hy cue fright"' "Ah," she 111 it 111 1 ti 101 1, 'that is how I ran sins to you, lmt 1 can never sing like that to the multitude." "Never V" i "Yvri'." "Hill, dear hild. you are not sure of this. You me very young, and after Home few nionlus of training you "will Kit In coni.mo and reap a full success. Volt cauiiol help it, Willi your genius, (iod does not jjivo such a voice to In smothered in oliscurlty." , "O01IV With what nn indescribable lutoua tlon she spoUe. He looked at lier in a maze. "Do you believe in Hod'" she asked, and her face took on n strange look, al hiost like that of fear. "I do," be returned, "and so will you, when you have lived long enough to realize His goodness." She shuddered; it change came over lier; she no longer looked so young. "I have not been taught," she mur fciured. "I have not U-eti trained In thurch ways und chtircU thinking. iVVould It have been better if I buti? -You look so good; would that have Einde me good, too'" The old simplicity nnd childlike man lier were coming Imek, but with some thing new iu it, that, if not compre hended, a!Tcr!od.bim deeply. "Are you not good?" he smiled. "You have committed one sin, I know, but that was the result of frenzy, nnd cer tainly !i's not arsue a bad heart. Hut good, as man reckons goodncjs. you must be. or yon-- eyes would not lie so clear, or your siniie eti intpa'iu..- If yo'.i w. ; :pr" "I! I i.ClV ii.ippyi" A i'reili ciiuii;; Author of "Ths l'oriskeu loo," Jlc. aad come over lier; sh. sci'ined to hang '.ipo:i his words. "J lien you would 110 longer query If there were a Cod, hut rejoice in the fa 1 1 that there is 1 ." Her lac... was fallen again, and she seemul to slrug.':e witii In rscif. For lonie minutes she did not answer. "1 hi."' she mrr nureil at las'. "I have already kept you :nr. long. Ho ami for- ;e; " sh" gaspc 1, gave one look nt ihe i ron i!i the corner to which she had withdrawn, and sank s.ihhiiig and troubled iu a fin!:-. He turned In oh:y her. S unoihiiig within him told him that he oiinht to rv7.t upon this excuse to l- ar himself 'away from a presence so dangerous m his peace. Hut when lie reached the tli;'sliiild and turned, as ahnosl any man would have done, for a linal look, he found lcr gaaiug at lilin witii sie li despair in lier large, dark. limpjl eyes, that he made one hiiiiml to li.-;- side, and seizing her by the hand exclaimed: "I will not go till I know jusi what I leave behind me. You have moved mo too much. If you are a true woiu an you will tell me all thai a friend should know, or else dismiss 11: wi: li mit this look of grief which holds n:e back in spite of my lr:t. r Judgnien'." "I cannot help my looks." she sahl "but I can n strain lev words, lint 1 will nnt. I long pi have an adviser. 1 long to have a friend outside o.' il.c profession," siie added: "out'cde of that selllsh world whore all is iia'.:y. jealousy and distrust, ran the time to lis ti p. or will spare COIIli again to-nioiiov, '.- "I had rather linger imw. Ii is ii.,; late. See. It is ha.vly in o'clock, and I am Impatient to know my new friend betl.'f." She sighed, nnd smoothing till'- a spasm passed over he'- face, but ii was an Innocent face; he had iboib: of lo r, ami he listened wlih in epn - -;:iV cinotlon to tic palheile story vnieli s',:e proceeded to t 11 him. (MAI'TI-.i: IV. THE STOUY US' A slIIWili: I.IUI.IIOOP. "I shall not say i.iileh ab nit my childhood." tli. s;::i:e:'!t:a Valdi began. It was like tha; of many other gals Wt to grow up i 1 a great city, in the shabby ge-!!ll:ty neee-sitaled by small means. My father was a doe; ir and only haif suceessfel. nud that iu a ipiartcr of the town where most of the patients nctr pay. and the few that do. pay so litl!-' that eoinVort is scarcely known iu the house and lux ury noor. My i. cither was an invalid, and. there being mi oilier children, 1 grew up in the comparatively imply house a creature of faucl. sai'd dreams My voice was my great coiirianioti. 1 dared not sing In Ihe parlors or where my mother could hear 1110 ton plainly, but would gi away into the garni, where in undisturbed possession of :, much fiupty space. I would sing cud trill till I was utterly exhausted or i:iy stock of songs gave out. I.ab r, 1 tool; to acting, having seen ot.e opera through the kindness of a school teach er of tniii.' who knew my passion and bad accidentally overheard my voice one day. l-'or even ticn I never sang before any one, and if by chance I caught any one listening my lhro.it choked up and I broko out into a cold perspiration. Hut this was i:;-'xner-ieuee. as I thought, and I went 011 cher ishing my dreams ami acting over and over Imaginary seems from operas which I knew only by name, eroet'iig songs and manufacturing si nations which must have been sufiieicntly crude and ridiculous, but which ravo my voice a chance and allowed enough lis tills you j ' n,v frvor to expend ilsel to pro one failure, Vl'"t "10 fnuii falling ill in- becoiiiiug j desperately tlh sa'islii d or unhappy. j "When 1 was fourteen, my uiothir j died, and two years after thi--', toy father Hut I was lio, discouraged. ' I hud my voii e, and. child that 1 was. . I imagined that I had only to lift ii in nubHo to have f line a lid fortune lav ished Up.. II !;:. I W.! m.oii ll'lde.'o'.v . I In this regard: for. In the In si place. I could not raise lav oi- in piil llc. ami. In the second place, ihe cr.v fist imolcal adi p: I -aw epi.i:ii'd "m me "low much study and piact:--- were nec essary to achieve even the smallest success. Study I did not -hrink froai, nnd practice was simply a ilciight. Hut I had no money, and tra'n'ng is cp- ti ftive, and so is merely liiii'- I found ditllculty in existing till one hippy day was It happy. I let my voice ..nt III what I supposed to i,. itn e:, ;ey chnri'li, but which iu n ali.y coiiiaincd n greut teacher, who. hearing : thereiipoii took me in charge an I started me on a careei- which he - i!d would end In wealth and adola:: n "Alas, for lile, I I'.'lioxcd 1 i : . find was no longer hungry or 1 o'd or mernly clothed. At least. 1 did no; fed my hunger or the chill of the 1 -i.o In which I worked at sewing or cop.i ing, or anything which would furnish Mo with daily bread. And a. fur My clothes, they wore so certainly dostim ,! to change into the silver and go'd lis sues befitting an o-era out on, that 1 have sometimes laughed, In passing through the strep! s, to think how the men and women who ji stled mo so rudely would one day feel proud if 1 e:is; them a vlainv or 1; sto vi d upon them tl.c lm 0 MV-! '' : lo-. "iy c. Lilian r. aiei . ou.v . on tiiiaute i f my dreamt' was lli.s eld i'or- fnguese crone whom yon see with me now. I had made lier acipiaintance in the depths of my poverty, and be ing none ton well on, had found no other friend who could supply her place in faithfulness and devotion. She is not prepossessing to look at. but she loves me; too well 1 fear, for she would not even let 1110 die. thonuh she knew my secret desperation. "Hut this in hurrying on too fast I studied then, long and faithfully, am: practiced every hour, when I was not obliged to work for my subsistence. Hope sustained lite, and the days flow by on wings. My eighteenth bill Inlay passed, and the day was sol for 1110 to try my voice In concert. Had I carried out this intention, I might have been saved two more years of useless labor and vain hope. Hut unfortunately, at the last minute, a spirit of opposi tion sio.ed me and I refused 10 test my ) lowers fill I could do so wlih all the eclat of scenery aud costume. 1 would appear as Margherlia or not at all, and my foolishness was listened to, and my dehor postponed. "A new teacher now took m,. in charge. I was able to pay him some thing, but 110; much. Neve, mind; there was a future in store for me: 1 was but running up a dcbl whi.fi I could easily liquidate by one night of triumphant song. If he were will ing o wait - nnd he seemed to be - I certainly could do this, for my voice ami manner and style were Improving daily, and ore long the doors of the theatre must opoa before me, ami wealth and honor take the place of In digene,, and obscurity. "I. noking at me now nud remember ing my failure, ean you imagine such folly' You must be young ami poor and have a voice to do it. Why, this loom has been pled Willi visions. I have seen myself in the possession of every power, every happiness. Wiieti my lingers have ached with writing, 1 have thought of the day iu stole fel ine, when .iusi my signature would be worth gold. Till then I wanted no companionship, ami felt myself' tin iciunletl by pleasure or wealth. Till I c if. I enjoy all, 1 wanieil nothing. I prel erred to take my happiness at a l ouml. and from these rooms of faded grai.de'.ir ami sordid suggestions, step at mne into the palatial apartments nlied to the successfil prima donna. "You can imagine, then, the excl'e- meiit ni those nays, when I was In formed by my enthusiastic t'aciier, that the time had come for my appear ance, and licit a I'm. two short mouths of rehearsal, th slage of tin; should be i'-eily ,o.- my 1! .hut. If time Hi W liel'o.f. it hail. .1 110... Never, never, v-.uM t .vo 1u.1i1.hs pass! And ye; ii.--y 1 .:.:i:; 1:0: lo have gone so slowly, for 1 v.es very busy. The el'.: a .-a s 1 -e :o-ciu s Were enough in alts,,:-:. m'. r I :;:1 lley did. but liicy 0 sa'i.-ii.ed, cad I longed to e:.,l ihe':-. '..:!..-U.,-.v 1 u ctled an auiKi i:ce. 1 .: . 0 1 ti. .u :Iit. 1 roui I mil warn up to ci.11 ,y benches: but my man Igor see-: id ;a.I:'.nl. and fed me with lialtoros, and expo::. led great sums of niomy 1:1 my 1 . 1 : 1 . s a::d llie stage acc'e.-:-ii:'i. -. ii,. was : c 1. 1,,' sue. cess. I-':, r : o i:;. ;: ; I v,.: 1 , an say ihis a.).., s.n e 1 i,.ie ;-o egicgioiis ly failed, i 1. :;i:c- i'o'.c.Ti tl lay Voice nor my trait .::; r my spirit. I left thi.i room 1 .1 ;':: ::;.al night, calm. I took what 1 i-ioiig.ti 10 be my last look of those in. sc. 1 ii!.. apartments, Willi I he tinier farewell of one who feels her fortune assured. 1 left be hind ill it many memories, imt I went forward to great hopes. When I heard the door close, I had the fcoilng of soiiieihing shutting upon my past, and went, downstairs and out to my car riage Willi a different step than thai w hich had been uccustouied to mark my departure. "This feeling followed me to the the. atli d increased, lather than dimin ished, with the pulling 011 of the dainty robes which another's enthusiasm had provided for me. Nor did the sounds of llie orchestra make me quail, nor the voice of the call-boy; liotbiu moved 1110 till, having crossed the siage, I caught a glimpse or did I feel the presence of the vast crowd that a waiied iu eager expectancy for my first unit's. Then, indeed, a dagger en tered my heart, and terror, such as f!i vkliui of tlie amphitheatre alone can know, caught me iu its dutches, par alyzing throat and limbs till I could have welcomed any death that would have annihilated my cousciousm ss. I was before ihe footlights; i was in the spot where 1 bail pictured myself fo-' years, ami 1 could not sing a note; 1 could not even fly; 1 must stop an." face Hi,. Wolidel', the pity, the disgust, that lilllsl be 011 every iMillileliailee. till Kale should nun... 10 my aid an.' break tlie ipoll that bound mo. "It came in the shape of a few stray efforts at applause, doubtless, inctrit It.. my clicoiirageineni. The sound - il w.oi the first I hail heard seemed to iooseii the by fetters that held my limbs en chained, and 1 sink, suffering fright fully, upon the liot.r of tlie sta-e.o I was novo;' more to mock by my pre: t in c. The curtain was rung down and I was carried away, whither. I hardly knee., ami to what 1 could even then dim'y guess, lor my heart was broken, and my earthly hop,- was at an end." "Hill," eagerly inti rpo-etl tl.e artist., "you may be mistaken about this. Stage frigid Is coiiiiu.ni. ur giiaie.-t actors are subject lo ii. It Is r.n be thought by theui the token of g.mvs, :t ttil a promise of fiiiure mi.wss, Surely, your manager " To be continued. (uile I p lo l:xiri mllon.. "Your fit t her was disappointed In your iiiniiihly report, of course'.'" i-.titl tlie sctio.il tent lier. "No, uiii'atu," replied ihe dull scl.o'.ti.-. "No' You don't 1. lean to lell u:e he was satisfied with it':" "N'o, iiia'am, lmt lee said ho hadn'l evicted lo If i.ilisUcd !;.i. li,"--rliihtdclpi. a l'ivs.-.. middle aceo women's dress. II I. Imitation if It is to Ite Kepi Wllhlii tin 1'nle of Unlet t-:le;illif-e. "There is a limit, you know," said a middle-aged woman, whose milliner had been urging her In buy a large, Hat Iial, shelving out In front. "It's all very well to say that there are 110 old women nowadays, and lliat we can all dross alike, al any age, but it's a mattei in which goo. I I a sic and com mon sense must sol a check upon fashion." "Him you look you:ig," .said lier friend. "Thank you, my dear! Hut if that statement has any foundation in fact, apart from your favorable view, it Is simply because I don't pretend to 1 1 young. If 1 dressed like a young airl, I should look old. ll's true lliat there are no distinctive styles now for young ami old. but there are subtle modifica tions that make all the difference. At my age wo uiiisi be freer in some par ticulars, and more restrii li d in others." "I doii'l quite see what you ineaii by that, though 1 do understand about your 'subtle mollifications.' I think you manage tliein to periocliuii. Hut. its 10 fiecdoiu ami ivsi 1 id ions "Well we can have a linle more free dom from the tyranny of styles.' for example. We needn't always appear iu the 'very latest thing.' If we have a iwi - year-old w aist 1l1.1t has not a very long front, or a -lock 1 ollar too high for this summer's prevailing mode, we can wear lln-iii without fear thai 'the giiN' will say we look as if wo had come out of the Ark. Willi years ami honors, we hao surely won some little emancipation from ihe smaller tyrannies ol laslnoii. W e have oii-erown our dread of a 'back num ber." We may even dare lo adopt an iudhidiial style of our own. which ultra conventional youth could hardly venture upon. Hut. 011 the other hand. 1 here are some things we uui-d not. c.iiiiiot, dare not wear"' "l-'or instance':" "for instance, biu pielllre liais. II.11 lulls with. iiti trimming on the top. big flying toils hanging down ai the back. 11 lot of knotted ribbon ends, ami all Mich youthful Hull's and frills. And we should avoid bright, delicate colors iu large masses, using them only iu small quantities to relieve an all black of very dark costume. A middle aged Woman should never adopt conspicu ous styles, or go to extremes ill any way; she should study the Tmlo less" that gives quiet elegance. Sbo should delight in black, nud her favorite com bination should be black and white. Hm she need not be afraid of a touch of pale color a line of blue, or even rose - if it's only a line. Violet, of course, belongs to her, but pink should only peep out timidly, like a vanishing memory of youth:" "l '0:11c. you ought fo write a pnetn 1 11 the subject," said her friend, laugh ing. "Such language is really inspir ing.'' "I feel inspired, with all the ardor of a reformer." said the woman of middle age, laughing in Ict turn, "when I see what guys some women make of themselves in their efforts lo look as young as they would like to be. They don't appn ciate tlie value of years or the beauty and dignity that belong to every stage of living when properly harmonized. I don't want to go back to the funny big caps ami shapeless gowns of my grandmothers, but I do want to be fittingly and graciously attired." New York Tri bune. Slerpltig Chi Klmntiti. Tn Ihe semi-seclusion of a section of n sleeping car women want 10 make some change iu their dress ai night, ami yet not the change they would make in their own bedrooms. A kimono with loose, large sleeves is an excellent article for the purpose. Silken kimono;, or a silk ami cotton mixture, take up little room in pack ing your dressing bag. Seen on the l'ederal express this week was a kimono of fine pink and white, narrow striped washing silk. The bars were only a quarter inch in width. This garment came a Utile below the knees, and had long, wide sleeves, with square. m-woiI up ends which could be used as pockets The sleeves were a yard long. and. as the full width Is loft em perfectly sqiiaio, and is gathered into no cuff, tlmie Is a deep spate bo low llie slil where tlie wrist ami arm comes out. This helps to make the loose sleeve coo), and yet it docs Hot blow annul nud si,ov your arm. as an "angel" sleeve or "pagoda" Would do. You can tuck your handkerchief in your kimono sleeve, as oiir Japanese has boon iloing for centuries and so have two capacious pockets in your sh-eve ends. Thole are 110 buttons, ribbons -,ioi trimming of any kind to the true kimono, and this pink and while otit is copied from a eootl modi I. The edges of the g il luellt llie hen nod. Ait. nr.. I the nock and down the front on both sides for the distance of a yard the kiuioiio Is bo, mil with a Map or rovers of the silk. 'Ihis gives lirin-ll-ss lo the finish. It is f.l-lene.l by three white teeial safety pi, is down the front.--Philadelphia Uecolil. .kill In Si-i-.ll.-. i-tifi. A marvelous example of what Ihe needle of one w oman may act oiniili-.li In embroidery. Is now being exhibited in London. It consists of a series of panels, twelve III number, eleven by three f..et. embroidered on cream t.nin. In thi-s work some iliO illtt'eiont !.; s of silk and 1 lu iiile have been employe!, all being exquisitely blemie I to fTfnliiee fhr. soft subline. 1 tones peculiar to ihe i.ouis XIV period. The subject of the panels. '-The Mom lis." i-f borrowed from a celebrated liobeiin tapestry. On e.l.-h panel is reprcseiiietl tin- lignre of some mythological ilcilj, m li as Venus, .luiio. Mars ami oiheis, surrounded by iis respective niiiil.uics ami symbol-, amitl-i a wealth of Mowers. In ihis be unit n nceiile painting an almost im rciliiile wiiioiy and number of stitch. - nave 1 11 employed: oil Un lace of tin- Venus a!-.11 Ilium stitch, s are said lo have been lavished. The embroidery is the work of Mine. I.eroiiilier. an ariisi iu in-eilleerall from Prance, mi longer living, specimens of whose work have for some years formed pari of many important and trails exhibitions in Loudon arts I .lie. I III Mocl... There is always soiuei liing new iu stocks, ami ihe newest shows a turn over of pink linen upon a slock of white iuseri ton. 'llie iiM-riion is in narrow mws. Joined by hem stitching-, ami tin- pink law n 111111 over is an ei-.i-broiilered one. Th" wln-le is wasliaol--. Il is c-ti.ie I that tin- woman of to day could spend all In r lime up m the making of slocks and yi 1 not to be any to well supplied. The newest oli"s de mand an iiiuoiini el' handwork wlih h is surprising. The host of lie- -lot k are washable, ami ihis is a good iitiug. lor il 111c.11, - a fresh neatness which is not p..-s;bl-when Ihe steel; is of velvet, sal in r non-washable silk. Th" new standing collars for women are like the old linen collars, tad. high band turnovers. Put. instead of being plain, they nr.- embroidered by baud. Then 1 hey are given a laundry finish. The embroidery it lit vt litem of their masculine look nnd l.-.-ikes iheiii very smart. - Hi n-.!lyii lia-.-le. I- inlo-oiili-t-cil (Omni.. lliubroitl. reil whi. i- linen guivn.- ate. not to be thought of a a purchase by women w ho have t.nl.i a small altmniil of money to spend on a summer ward robe: Inn th- embroider., i- by 1..1 means diilieiili. and is very plea-ant work, so 1 bat if a woman celt do ir herself. aid has 1 in- ability 10 111:1 1;. her own simple gowns, on eiubroiiiei i d linen gown is imi be.ven.l h-r reach. The designs for making liiciii are quite simple; lliele should b,- a bh,ii-e waisi and gored skirl with the 1 mbiohlcry either around the fool or at the seams. Another inexpensive way of trimming is the btuad hand of heavy la.-e put down t he front of the wai-t to join a similar band on tin- skin. A band of lace -..liieliiucs is put around llie fool of tile -i.it I. and a collar lo m.-iicli Is worn Willi the v.aisi. Kfl'eetlw laces can be boiighi very cheap if only a little time is spent iu chousing a good pal lorn. Harper's Hazar. l.M-ttl-llct.V I'Vtltillillf . Itiisiiiess women of I'.ostoii have ha I a new h..:ioi- thrust upon liieti. namely, thai of having a din-dory of their very own. i-.-i a man's iianii' appearing in any li-:hf. lint it does show women engaged in occupations which many believe lo be emu relic.! exclusively by men. In fact, the book reveals thai women can do jus. al.oui everything thai is wi.nli lining al a!'. And. of course, they do it well. s.-i-ihe Hosluii Transcript. The hilsiiit women's directory may ho called an enlightening, as well as interest ing. work, and In lim.- may be f'ouu I chained in eery drug si. ire alongside of Its big brother. FmiL a r Very iliinty collar and cuff sets ate fashioned fr-iii Mexican drawn work. Pelt clasps of l-'n h gray silver lire finished wiiii pcmlams of the -am.-Illelal. Indications point to a gem-ions u-e of gilt buttons oil fancy ta.lored . mines for fall. Some of th" m-vi.-t shirl v.r.i-t butt. -lis are decoiated will art lictivoau hen's. Pi. -liy liltle kiiitt.-d shawls si-ap -.1 lo the shoulders ir- - l-.owu in ad lite pas 1 1 cob-riiigs. Among the striking novelties js the bet-tie buckle of hard elianicl flamed ill oxidi.od silver. Trochcl buttons and tcnant-lits ii heavier i-llc-is t lot 11 ;U prc-ei.t wil l- Use, I ill Ihe fall. Olive si;i.l pearl l.lltloi.s wiil .I s. pllle fasl ii. liable pfe-lige Willi l'ie familiar round v.ni--'.y in-xt s-ti-.m. Il is predicioil that next -co-.. it .1 popular combination in jewelry v. '.il ho royal copper ami I-'reiicli g.:iy . -li-.-. I ilanioml shaped medallions ..! la.-c. 41 popular for tlr.-s.; triiiu.iiag. ate being replaced by I'm-se iu on! torn-. I mbrella handles in magm-oa ate among the novelties. Th,. wo d is polished ami sei oil' v. Iih mount in-.: of g. Id. Coaching p-u.i'sols of -olid n.iots are shown in tin . m match !i id w.iisi suits of blue, i.in. pink. ecru, while, green a I'd If .1 x shades. l-'or evening we.-.r. while carries off Hie palm of popul nity in Miigiam! ami gidd I issue, so!ieneil by a cot lain amount ol white chiffon, is having a run of favor. The l'.riiiany hat i- a well liked model. In shape ii i perfectly round, sloping down -lightiy in front ami deep iu the back, with tin- crown in the form of a low bowl. The dressiest aceoliipiiniiuent for tlie white shirt waisi suit is the belt of v. hilc kill. The kid has the softness of u line glove, and tin- 1 til. which Is three l i live im hes high. Is licnilncil at ttie i lees ami line, I with taU'eta or muslin. D. ft UNCLE SAM FURNISHES BACTERIA FREE FOR FARMERS PACKAGES FOR SOIL INOCULATION TO AID IN CROWING RICH C1XOPS TO DS SENT OUT NEXT YEAR IT MEANS CREATLY INCPvEASED VALUES IN CROPS. 1,'nvcruiiiont has in slot.- TTT I ,,r ihe farmers of ll:e j soini Piter tanners liml that ili yeaii lL I coiiiiii v all iiiict-osilng gifi. , n .1 make alfalfa grow, ilmimli It is Hit; 0 To many ii will seem like " magic. '1'. i ol in rs w ho have for a f'-w .vc.irs hem abreast -f llie j It will yield a large iiictiine. whether" subject of soil i -ulaie.u it will leu j sold as hay or fed to live slock. Ill ticciii so marvelous. j Hie alkaline soils of the far West llie in l.svl a He. man eioui-i. 1 1 li- b.-n h ria multiply so rapidly and are 1-iegel. aiinoiimv.l i ha l be i. I di-.ov 'so favored in the environment that irctl that ihere cxisi in iie---.il a vtel 'a'falf.i limy be sow, d anywhere siie nnniber of iiuniiie m:-cio-c,,p, ..fg.iii. j .- s-fully. Pill in th-- Kasl. without isms which make tic-ir homos iu tu- ; inoculation the mm tubercles do nor hordes, or iio.liiie-, mi ihe pints ofjiotm ami tlx- lilt!,- abalfa plants leguminous pani. .m-h ,-is .-lover-, i v. it lo r ami dm . clthcs. pea-, beans and locust tiv.s. I 1. wiil c. lie until n-i .vmr liia' Thes,. little c-.-aPut-s. la- -ii-.v. . .1. per i tin- ( b.v fruiooni v.ii! undertake to -up-form a valuable -ci v i- e lor Urn plan's ply , ultnr.-s g. ,,,-1 a!i . Ac,-ui.-il tests iu which iln-y live. Th-y pay lor! are now being mad, s of a'l cultures their subsistence by caici.ing from ihe employed ami every safeguard will In air nitrogen whi-h the b-gunies could i.-ik-u to fulfill i pi dali.-ns. The not ibeiiiselv . s ti l.,, int.. i i n i i- systems j ' iovernitn ni lias louml a new met hod iu ga.-eoiis lorm. reducing ii to a m traie iu coutbimi t i.-ii wiiii some oilier element la!;-n up fi'-in the gunnel, and the Icgim.e- i .ti!y dig. -i ihi plant food and make iapid ami lux uriant growth. All this v.-i- laUeii up quickly by scientists ilii-oiighoiii th.- world, and especially in ihis coiiiiiiv. Hundreds of eXpelilneiils v.,:.- ..i;rbd forward, and il is mnv fun-Ian. dually e-lab-r.shcd thai 'hi- is one ol Ihe greatest ilisioveiii. known i-i scieinili.- ami prac: ieal agriciilt tile. Nillog, 11 i- llie llio-l lpcl;sive fef- Plie r required ill farming The aver age price per pound is scvi.t. m cents, while piio-phoi c, . ami pelash. the two o:'ner i-iqui-ilc :'.-r: ill.ei-s. ,-ne lo bo hail for two ami three cents a pound, l in every square iu.-h of tin- earth's sin-face there it-sis a column of air consisting- '-irgc-y of niirogeii ami weigh ing abetu fount en poiiiiils. Willi ibis in hand, ami with the means lo cateli it. tin- farmer ha- a luo-l .ilnnihtiit source of ill., mo.-t imporiaiit I'--: I ili.-r he ime.is. The way in which lite ib.vi I nmcitt Iniciitls to make us,- of these particu lar bac. -i.-- is by prop.lgalil.g lh-,i: limb r arliticial ci-udiiion-. and sending them mil in -mail ijnat-i-iii-s iu el; p.trls of the country for il-e e f farm : s. A large labotal-.r.v b.i- been proviilcl i-l ';is!iii;g ten wiiii ii i iiinpe'eli! -lalf of bacici-iologis.s wlio have alrcady leaib. nearly all reparation- for ' te work propo-. ,!. In a -.nail pasteboard box four in, he- by six ami half an illt'll ilcep. ll.e.V Will be s, i 'ice wlicr-t-Vi I- Ihe I'llilttl Slates 11, li! goes, lo ihe I'.-uimr who desitt-s lo introduce a leguminous enm biiherio iiiip-ssinle i.f eiiliure in his region. The box wnl contain ihrr.- pa, kag. s done u;i in I'm foil- In one is a wad ,.f CO-1..1 ..n which the c-titiires or i ci iits of il.c baclt ri. i have bi en di ied ami in the ol In i- two arc looiic-.i' sails wld-di arc usually magnesium nlp'.a' : --. pota-siu:u ihesphalc or ai-iuoi'.iiuiii p'.c-sphalc. v.ilh ;i s.eail m.xinre i-f -r,. it- lo soli. lily an, hold the cuilures. A shed of ins, ructions nnd a ftanktd envelope .accompany ihe package. The ih-pnri m-'lti a-k- every iariai-r who receive- t illliu-i s ill thi- way l- lake Holes on i If It -lilt of hi., experi ment ami report. The in-trii--tions art simple ami praci it-ally admit of no I'ailiti-'. Paekag-e No. I of llu nutrient salts is lit--- to b,- iii--, lived in a half gall'-a of pm-.- water al ordinary leui p. ra ere. The'saiis ,i--,,tv,. bi a very few mili'lics. Then the wad of cotton is in In- placed in the s ,;u'.i-.:ii ami Id "i to Mam' for iwcmv leer hours, and U .; ihe ol'.te- pilckil.e of llUlliellt v..o - is- ii il into 1 1: s.i'nl on in ai.i.lhel- twelilv -e:g.il b- iirs i! 111. Ill es are reiiily for u- The -o'llt'eii. ii' in iiiis'naii h-ts o.-t in-red. wiil have la-'o-d a ii.;!l.y cloudy whi-,- -. 1 y mii.li like the liqllof of o -tc. s. Tln-r-- ate I w v, a - in v. hi. Ii t he t-iil: n: i s may I .- api.'.i Th- appii can, mit-i . m., v. hat pat " uiar t.i- l.i t stnl.ii-b. 1 1 1 -is i-i-cii .-ii". ilia: lee to- III ill i.'llic'.ili I" ceii.-tiii fa III ic. i-f lei-.um-s vv"l ml oiake ihcir horn I I'll' i ---ol - ci ' d t-h.v. r. Tlo- I acic.ia on red clover, h -wove, will iu -- ul Hi wh!l- i l- -e. efiiiis.-n - lover, ..'kt. bulla!,. c!,,v, tii'ti all of Hie I I iridium , I, v ,-i. 'l lie ba.-icria . n bird ci.o e-. v. Iii- li is , i in s,,,oe p. H I ,,f Ihe coltlll . V . V. id Oe.cllliUe til alf.i. Tli-. : li 1 i.l ii s..- I..-.III. v. ill wie-U . ti -'V i -i and -u:-:.:ir 1. ,- nhi-i- .-' ,b-- in on iavi'y. i he I" -I ,v f. el . -.-... He; th- col li, 1, . is , ..pie.,.1 ; il "Ui thinly en tin- i.tbi.. at..i - e . ' the s,,luti..t t.v.-r it: :h--.i. w i-cn oiy. m -.v as lisiml Th" ' v.a.v is !-. lake a qiMUiiiy ft s..ii in ,i p'.ic- out of lilt s'.! -nine, set il.iiic the s. !l stir il im i-eii a-.it . t i't it. v or the giool.c lo be -...!.-,! j by lakl.ig s,,i iiom a iluli iv Iii Id of . guines siicii its alfal.a. .her oi M-l.-hcs and s.-tit t erii.-g it over tin- lb hi where eiihi-f of these crops may he de sired. Owing? to llie -si of fl ight thi- is an c:v"!Hiv . in thud. I'll il has been ptii. lic.l Willi -eacce-.. many tiiocs. The oxpilimcni sialioiis in lilimd--ainl Ohio. afi,r y,ais of !'aii-n.- to establish alfalfa - ul nut it v-nid the Missouri and m'.i I qo-iu'itios of soil from line field- of alfalfa, ami then sliced ih ii i'l making alfalfa grow. These stations bav- ill tu:": supplied earth for inm-nla ting tonpe- s lo I'.-irie.-cis and other siaiioi.s- iiiitiur e.i-t This method is on- wle.-ti t:,- il,-'-. id j lectil.g "!' tie if velmiii w I. it H fcteheii -i : 1 fiiiitie! .ii:i Use I,, iol'.iutage i f f.-f j - I a - lain. ! a le'iv iii.i ii 1 1 y iu Aus lc has tun c t-s i .-i i .i i h- ,1 a small ac,i I tr.tlia. .Nearly everywhere east of the Mis- j most protifubh- forage crop known. j Any win re l'r-ni fell to forty acres of of prodt'.t'iiig lh- cultures iu what is ..llie, I a Ilitlogl'II flee medium alltl the pioce-s will mil I-- pnttntcd. so thai Ihe b.-m lils may be enjoy. -.1 by the v-.h-ile ciiinry wlihoui cost or favor. Il has been l,.uu.l that it is inn so in ii i -I i lite quantity of bacteria as the character which i.'.ls for success. If iii,. -ul in-, s are fresh and virulent they perform their sen ic more thor oiiglily ami the returns are snllsfug lory. Tie- aio.ouiit si in mil in th packages ilesci-ibetl are Usually those required for a bushel of seed i.r th ordinary sm-i. sin Ii as clover er al falfa: but ihe applicant may iiicretiso iii- quantity by increasing ih,. aiimiiut of waltl- ami keeping a pall of th sohllioll over. VelV liillib lis yeasl may In. iucrea-etl by ll.e luni-ewife or l'ie baker. Crass being the luoii-y crop of thp country, wlietln r .-old in hay or live stock, inoiuliili-iii is expected lo add liniohl in i 1 1 it'll.- lo ih,. giess ami bay crop of Ihe w hole country. New Yolk Sun. An I Hi lining Mill-in'. "1 have been spending part of the summer on tin- Island of Nanluckot." saitl the summer i;irl, "ami among ui her inter. -ling relies of early New l-Iiiglaml life 1 -aw tin- old massive woutlcii jail, which has so far departed from the use for wto-h it was built as to become i.ne Of tro sighis. "Thru- are ma-iy I'.iter.-stiug store col, lie. led Willi Ihe eld prison, and liio most modern is the funniest of all. It sounds improbable, but 1 was as sured by several persons whose woid 1 could not tloiibl. that it was qui e true. "Il happened some years ago that an islander was convicted of sonni ofi'en-e. ami Ihe Judge who came Pi the island from the mainland for Urn (rial, decided to make an example tn' him. and setiti in-, ,1 him to jail for litre-.- months. "A couple of i. turnings bit r. when the Judge was walking to tlie pit-.' to take llie boat lo return, neenm pi'lti.'il by Ihe Sheriff, wiio His :l NantU' ki tor. they passed a man saw ing wood by the i oinl-iii... who touched It's hat poliiely ami s-iid, "Ciod nio-.-r:-ing. Judge." "The Judge slaled lit lliltl ill Sllipii-l' and said In ih.- Sh-iin": -Isn'i that ti e man I scut lo jail for three ir.oiit lis'." "'Well, yes, it is.' said the Sheriff, hesitatingly, but. you see it's this way. .Indue. We don't li-.ii.p.".i to have aii.vbcdv i-l-e in jail, haven't had for veils, and v.- ikoughl i, would 1 -sorier cMieiisive to bite a man to keep iail fi r Ibis felioA. so I gave him tin Lev and i-.l.l hii i if In- w,u 1,1 i-h-ii I tin-re li'-g!.'.- I -m-sod ii WiUild b-e all right." - New -ri. Times. MtlllY .lew s iti .l.'tis-:tli-tli. Tl-.e popui.tr..,;i of Jet lis lie, a to day is. I shoit'd stippo-e, il.niti' w ha; il v.i.s twi ive veais ago. b e im-iease Im i;-... ante. ma! ' ent It e!y m al'lu-sf n-l.i.-iy to I in- ii.t'nx of .1, w -. by far llie greater part of v imiii ccoe i'roni Hu siii. li is soioev. hai tlilli, nil lo aseei -lain exactly what the population of t';,, city I. .v, a ',.ir..e : pa. I of il i-t .lewish. on,. .,1 the b si i'lfm li'ctl al.-l oio-l icbable of Ihe Jewish eilizeu, told n,. in conversation thai th-rc w , re probably lower than ".h.iiiiii Jew -ini lli.-tl tin- lolcmoli est jiiiiie of ."-H.-o.-,t ,,; I'.-iiii-i was c.x.iggeralcil. but I .oiii.t! iatc: ti.it ..is own printed lig if.. - I-i if: .li . . i :; 1 1 :t . which he published i e, kol, oil t lie -I, V ' I.!' .Itl US'lblll at Ml.- i-.iii Tile in - t in .-! -.iieii otiisider-- ,-laiiii that li.i ie ale at lea-i il. Jcwisli fainilie.. in the ci;y. whiih w.-tld sup port tin- larger t stimuli'. I1 li.is lign. -' i-e coi .e. t i Lt'-ii the .livvs of Jerusalem arc moie ihan twi.-e as numerous at all tile tiili. r iiilial il. nit- .Moslems and , ( ',,1 i-t ians cern'oiio -I. - New Yolk Most of Ho n. tit- III V.-i-.l. "I d .n't put inii- h failh in proverbs.' aid 111. iv. ii to .loins. "I-'or iustnni-e look at the oil quoted o lie. "A friend iu u, ed is a fi i' nd im! I." Now most of my expel ieliec with friends iu need lull bet u llial they waitn il to borrow, t", Iv me llie friends thai are not in need." Strap Stories. ltd. On V.ott ll.ll-. A sign is displaced in ihe tlevaloit of an otllto building in V.'rsirn-tnii, wliiili say-: "As Ihis is a public eiir, ueiiliemeii nt ed not retiu.ve their l iits." New I, eln. I,i. 'Ihe catching if siud.i- ainl the col-