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LUKE" HAMMOMHi
'THE; MISBIL : '
By Prof. Wm. Henry
Author of the StOne-Cutter
CHAPTER V.
Continued.
' "The strongest in the -world, Luke"
laughed Nancy.
Kate Elgin stared with surprise.
This was the first time she had ever
heard Mrs. Harker, the housekeeper,
speak in. such familiar terms to her
uncle, and she felt her heart Sink
as she noticed it.
"I am -now about to visit your fa
ther," said Hammond, as he advanced
towards the door. "Mrs. Harker," he
continued, "I need not advise you to
converse as little as possible -with our
fair prisoner. She she a sharp tongue
and a shrewd brain to back it She
fcabwfl how to put black and white
together, and make gray."
"Never fear, Luke," said Nancy. "I
tnuw what I am about -as well as you
do. Send Daniel here as soon as you
can spare him."
-For your treatment of my potir fa
ther," said Kate, darting a glance of
abhorrence at Hammond, as he opened
the door, "God may pardon yoi but
cannot,
"Ho!" laughed Hammond, with bi
dry, cruel mockery. "You look like a
queen, and use a queen's language. I
think Elizabeth of England made that
remark, and then died of grief. Per
haps you may survive it."
He nodded his long, snakish looking
head quickly, laughed ogain and de
parted for the crimson chamber, leav
ing Nancy Harker eyeing Kate Elgin,
as a she-dragon might eye an enchant
ed lady. , '
CHAPTER VI.
LUKE HAMilOXD'S VIIXAIXT.
Cpon entering the crimson chamber,
Hammond found Mr. Elgin bound as
he had left him, but conscious of where
he was and of what had lately trans
pired. - "t
Dantel had just ceased to bathe the
Invalid's sunken temples, and retired
aloof as Hammond placed a chair,
facing Elgin, and sat down.
. The eyes of the invalid and his ty
rant met in one long, searching gaze;
but Hammond, despite his hardihood,
was the first to turn his face away.
There was a dignity of unspoken
reproach and scorn In Elgin's dark
and still brilliant eyes that made Ham
mond dwindle to a meagre meanness,
even, in his own callous mind.
; "You have some shame still left in
that miserable soul of yours," remarked
Elgin. "I have lived nearly fifty years,
Luke Hammond, but, by the heaven
above 'us, you are the most contempt
ible knave unhanged."
"Thank you, Elgin," said Hammond,
ia a cold, unmoved voice. "You are
right to use your tongue, since It must
nead exercise after so long a repose.'
. "Incredible I" ejaculated Elgin. "This
monster sneers at the misery he has
caused! TO what extreme of base
barbarity will your crpelty reach?"
i "To an extreme, Henry Elgin, that
Shall compass my purposes," replied
Hammond, with a face grown stern
and hard in an instant.
i 'When I swear to you, Luke' Ham
mond," said Elgin, in a tone as inflex
ible as that of his tyrant, "that after a
year of your torture and villainous
treatment, you are as far from gaining
your purpose as ever? can you still re
tain a hope of moving me to become
an instrument of your avarice, crime
and infamy? No! Let my flesh rot
from my bones, my bones molder to
dust before your evil eyes, if you will,
but never hope to accomplish your
purpose!"
"Bah! Words and wind, Henry El
gin," said Hammond. "I shall tame
you yet. There are other levers than
imprisonment that I may use to move
you."
"You are capable of torturing me
savage that you are!" exclaimed El
gin. .. .. . .'
"It would be useless to torture the
body of a man like you, Elgin," said
Hammond, opening a pen-knife and
paring his long, claw-like nails. "Dan
iel, you must be tired. If is after
twelve o'clock. Send Stephen here,
and do you go to bed. See that the
doors and windows are all. secure, and
turn the dogs loose in the front and
rear." .. .
Daniel nodded, and departed in si
lence. Luke Hammond then drew his
chair nearer to the" invalid, and con
tinued: : , . " '
"To torture your body, Henry Elgin,
Tvould only harden your mind, for you
are as obstinate as any martyr " ever
burned at the stake. But now that
you have your reason again, I think I
may move you by torturing your soul."
"Villain," said Elgin, "to hear you,
one would think you had not already
tortured both my soul and body ! Have
you not wasted my body by your drugs
and this incarceration? Is it no torture
to keep a man sick, weak, half -starved?
Is it no torture to rack a man's body
and mind with insults, bonds and
blows, until his reason reels, falls and
lies dead, for six long months?, Out
upon you, and may God's wrath hurl
you to perdition!" - . -
"You have a daughter, Henry Elgin."
"I have heaven bless her!" ex
claimed the invalid, fervently. "And
Bay, heart beats as to the yopdt.fe&ppy.
YOU XXMtt.
days of health, since my eyes have
seen her since-, by her agitation on
seeing hie, I know she had no share in
hiy misery. Wretched man! you hag
almost made me believe that Catharine
Elgin countenanced this brutality to
secure the testatei Bog! I know now
you lied ?
Haftm5hd grew pale with rage and
shame as Elgin went on.
"For six months after I found myself
in the white and gold chamber you
told me my daughter-, having learned
how I had disposed of the 'estate; con
sented -to bAy imprisonment untii i
should feecure the property to you and
to her-. For months t would not be
lieve it possible that a child could so
treat a parent. But,you, that woman
Nancy Harker, Daniel, Stephen, all you
allowed to approach me, said it was
true; and the thought, the horrible
doubt preyed upon my mind until rea
son fled -from the torment. You and
your creatures lied, Luke Hammond."
"Henry Elgin," said . Hammond,
"your rage is useless, You know I de
ceived you j your daughter now knows
that I deceived her. When you, two
years ago, told me that you intended
to make a will leaving nearly every dol
lar of the wealth you enjoyed to James
Greene "
"Aye' interrupted Elgin, bitterly,
"you know the name at last! I then
thought my brother-in-law my friend
thought him anything but a black
hearted scoundrel; and t wished to do
tardy justice to James Greene, whose
father I have wronged and td whom
by right all -the wealth iii which 1
moved belonged-. That my daughter
should not suffer by the act, I had
pretended not to see her growing love
for James Greene, and used many
plans to encourage, while seeming ig
norant of it. I withheld this scheme
from your knowledge because I knew
you were desirous to see Catharine El
gin the wife of your son; and esteem
ing you, I disliked to wound you by
rejecting the suit you urged in the
name of your son Charles. I,. feared,
too, "that yon might attempt, oven
succeed in checking the love I saw
growing in my datighter's heart for
James Greene. Therefore, was he
never invited to my house, and feo
you never dreamed of the attachment."
ll would have crushed it if I had,"
said Hammond. "I would have used
any means to create dislike or con
tempt 1c Catharine's mind. As for"
James Greene well, he should have
been provided for. But I have learned
the affair thoroughly now, Henry El
gin. But to review the past, all unex
plained to you, and that you may know
what a man I am to deal with, let me
continue.
"When I found that you intended
to leave your property to James
Greene "
- Henry Elgin again interrupted hfni
with:
"I never mentioned his name. 1
told you there lived a man whose .fa
ther I had wronged, and that when I
died that man should be made rich
that nearly all my property should go
to him. And I told you this, hoping
you would give up the thought of try
ing to bring about a match between my
daughter and your son. I feared to tell
you the name of that young man, lest
you might learn all. I was a fool to
tell you anything, but I thought you
were an honorable man, though I well
knew you were a most avaricious and
ambitious one. I cannot "divine why
so great a villain has not destroyed
the will in favor of Jame3 Greene, or
why Luke Hammond has not murdered
me and forged a will in my name."
"I will telf you," said - Hammond.
"After you told me of your Intention,
I resolved to discover the name of the
young man you wished to make rich.
This I failed to do you held the secret
well. During the whole of your Im
prisonment, you have never breathed
his name. Failing to discover him,
and being sure you had made a will, I
resolved to -"
Here Hammond paused, as if even
his soUl revolted from a confession
that must lower him still more, if that
were possible, in the opinion of his vic
tim. . ,
"Poison me," said Elgin, calmly. "I
have suspected it."
"True. I resolved to remove you;
that dying intestate, your only child
would be beyond all dispute, heiress-at-Iaw."
'
Mr. Elgin groaned in great bitter
ness of spirit.. For he remembered
that during his first six months of im
prisonment he had sometimes won
dered if his child had not consented
or helped to the deed. He had com
mitted a great mistake in not haying
made her his confidant, when he saw
that she loved James Greene.
"I did poison you,!' said Hammond,
in a low whisper, and as pale as the
sheets of the bed.
"Ha, scoundrel! you confess it!" ex
claimed Elgin.
"What need to conceal it now? I
tell you that you may know what a
man I am."
"A fiend! A demon! - Satan himself,
but no man!" groaned Mr. Elgin.
"And in the white and gold room you
ftiwavs hinted that my child had done
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hurl Thy just wrath upon the soul and
Doay of this awful wretch!"
Hammond emiled one of his icy
sneers and continued i
, "The drug jfc gaf e you worked slow
ly. You were ill, but never dreamed of
dying. You were sitting in this room,
little more than a year ago, amusing
yourself with your paints and pictures,
when a convulsion seized you."
"I remember It as if it happened
yesterday;" said Elgin. "This crimson
chamber was my favorite retreat. I
remember no more until I regained my
.senses in the white and gold cham
ber." "You exclaimed," said Hammond,
"ns you fell: 'Luke the willt have
done justice you seek it in ' and
said no more. Your words terrified me.
I had poisoned you for naught if you
had left ft Will. For three day9 you
af like, one dead. I knew yon were
hot dead, and by my authority, as your
nearest relation in New York, save
your child, denied all approach to your
apartment, excerpting to one or two
servants, who thought you dead. Your
daughter, ott hedriag pt your suddn
deatiH swodhed With the shock, and for
two days, and inorie t feared her grief
would end hsr life."
,"P,p.Qr, darling Kate my unfortunate
child!" sobbed Elgin.
The cruel villain drew forth his
handkerchief and wiped away the in
valid's tears, for they seemed to run
from Henry Elgin's eyes to Luke Ham
mond's heart, and then to turn to red
hot coals of Hr. .
"G6 on, monstrous fiend!" said Elgin,
indignant and writhing under the
touch.
Hammond returned his handkerchief
to his pocket, and continued:
"Your doctor the family doctor
was not summoned. I summoned a
physician a man of high medical repu
tation, but much addicted to wine.
Before he saw you I plied him with
drink. He Wag intoxicated When he
examined yoU-. His certificate of death
pronounced your end by spasm of the
heart."
"Villain! You told me ray child bad
given Out the report that I was mad
that 3t was necessarily confined as a
dahgerdus lunatic in my own house
that she would consent to my freedom
when I should have secured the prop
erty to her. And I great God, pardon
me for the Injustice, I thought!
feared that if I did, she, instigated by
you, Luke Hammond, might No! , I
never thought Catharine Elgin would
consent to her father's death! Only in
half delirium did I believe she knew
of my situation."
Hammond arose and paced the room
to and fro to calm himself, for the
sight of Elgin's anguish though not a
new thing to him, wa3 harrowing even
to his hardened heart;
He soon resumed his seat, and pur
sued: "Weil you Were canned, and in your
coffin were seen by every servant in
the house, by your daughter she hur
ried away, unable to bear the grin of
agony fied upon your features."
"Wretch!" cried Elgin. '."You take
a fiendish delight in dwelling upon
her grief."
"Many of your friends saw you
through the glass lid of your coffin,"
continued Hammond. "I stood near, as
the throng of sorrowing friends passed
around it one by one, and I confess
that I trembled lest the drugs I ad
ministered might revive you too soon,
or fail altogether. If you had revived,
your first act would have bean to de
clare the existence of a will, for which
I had searched in vain. Had yen died,
I feared, the will might be found by
other hands and eyes than mine. Fi
lially, the room in which you lay was
cleared, that I and my assistants, Dan
iel and Stephen, might' prepare the
coffin for reniosal to the tomb. Then
yon were lifted from the coffin and
swiftly and secretly removed to the
white and gold apartment, prepared
for your reception. rhe eoiiin was
filled with sacks of smid, and en
tombed in your family vault in Green
wood Cemetery. I assure you, your
funeral procession was very large and
numerously attended."
"Horrible villain!" exclaimed Elgin.
Hammond nodded eneeringly, and
went on:
"Unfortunately for my plans, you
recovered your consciousness and hear
ing before I suspected it, and overheard
me telling, ilrs. Harker, whom I had
just introduced into the house, to
search everything for the missing will,
and bring it to me. that I might de
stroy it." -
"I remember," said Elgin, "and your
words put me on my guard, confused
as I was; and when I opened my
eyes, your first words were: 'You spoke
of a will, Elgin; tell us where we may
find it, for you are dying.' I called you
traitor, and thenceforward you have
known that T knew too much for tha
success of your villainy. Have you
forged a will yet?"
"No," said Hammond. "AH .my
search after your will was xin vain,
I dared not forge one while that re
mained a - hidden mine beneath me,
that might explode at any instant. I
was ignorant of the date of your will
E feared you might have executed it on
the very day you were thought to die.
Three of your servants I have dis
charged them long ago told me you
had called them into your studio thi3
apartment that very day, and signing
your name to a document which you
affirmed to be your will, caused them
to affix their names as witnesses. I
dared not forge a will."
"I drew up the will myself," said El
gin. ."Thank heaven you did not find
it!"; -
"I found it this morning." r
"Ah! The powders of darkness you
serve aid you," groaned Elgin,
- "You talk too much," said Luke,
placing his finger on Elgin's wrist.
"You are already quite exhausted.?
- . SO )$ on.nu.eq,
A practical person suggests that the
Jest way to remove a .ilivef from the
land after long standing is to take the
skin of the inside ;of an eggshell and
place over the part where the splinter
les for twenty minutes; then it may
De removed without pain.
A bar for prison windows which will
resist the work of a saw has been pat
ented by a Philadelphia Inventor. It
lias a htfihberbf . longitudinal holes
aear the siirfacie; wiich fire filled with
jdass. This is very severe on .the saw;
md is likely to discourage the sawyer.
A Norwegian inventor has discovered
i way to sound deep places in the sea
without the use of a lead. It is done
by electrical waves, and a message is
sent domvn through the water and re
bounds from the battdm iii some way,
the depth being found from the time it
takes the waves to travel down to the
bottom and back.
Dr. Wiley, of the Bureau of Chem
istry, thinks the ordinary limit of
human activity Avillsoon be " ninety
instead of seventy years. The chief
aids to such a result, he affirms, arc
heredity, temperance, work and play
ill other words, a.rational life. Of
these, necessary' elements all except
one heredity -a re; or should be, within
the individual's control. - Science is
adding greatly to the span of life, and
when its aid is supplemented properly
by the Individual centenarians will be
so common as not to excite remark.
The difficulty lies naturally with the
human element in the factors and the
preponderance of inclination and de
Bii'e Over ths reason and judgment
A development in wireless telegraphy
has been the successful transmission
bf messages on a practical scale be
tween St:- Louis and Chicago, a dis
tance of some 300 miles, and it is
hoped that wireless communication can
be established between New York and
St. Louis, a distance four times as
great. The transmission of wireless
messages on land involves difficulties
not encountered at sea, and constantly
the range is much more restricted.
Between the St. Louis and Chicago
stations both cities intervened, but the
country was free from hills and moun
tains, being practically level. Experi
ments have been made in sending mes
sages between the Mediterranean and
England wher several hundred miles
Of land intervened, but these were
transmitted only in a single direction,
fend communication has been main
tained between Jersey City . and Phila
delphia, a distance of about 100 miles,
tri the St. Louis-Chicago experiments
quite an elaborate equipment was re
quired, including masts 200 feet ir
height, carrying twenty vertical con
ductors. It is the ambition of one com
pany to establish communications be
tween Seattle and the Philippine Isl
ands, and predictions have been mad
that this can be. accomplished. Har
per's Weekly.
Nitrogen's tove oT Free -.loin.
When left alone to its natural func
tions nitrogen pursues a perfectly
peaceful course; but when man suc
ceeds in capturing it and combining it
with other elements it becomes a dire
potentiality for evil,, as is obvious in
the recent events in the war of the
Far East and in the crime committed
last week in the streets of Moscow.
The love of freedom, so to speak,
characteristic of nitrogen is terribly
exemplified in the explosion of the
bomb in which it is imprisoned and
bound to other elements. On the
slightest provocation a spark, a
shock, a fuse the nitrogen suddenly
expands from seemingly nothing, as
regards the space which it occupies,
into infinity. This is, in reality, what
happens when dynamite, lyddite or
other unstable nitro-compounds ex
plode when hurled in shell3 in war
fare and in bombs in desperate at
tacks on human lives. Nitrogen,
against its natural disposition, is
locked up in an uncongenial space in
these compounds, from, which It is set
free by very simple means in an
enormously expanded gaseous state
with deadly effect; returning, in fact,
to its normal peaceful mission' once
more. It is the analogue of the sword
and the plowsharer in the nitro-ex-plosive,
nitrogen is the modern engine
of warfareand crime; in the free
state in the atmosphere it .ministers
directly to- the quiet and peaceful
needs of plant and human life. Lan
cet. '. V-
Confo&sions of an Ex-Han srm an.
Berry, the ex-hangman, " who has
come under the influence of the revival
now in progress, has described his con
version. He had been a bad man, h
said, for thirty years, but his household,
was now a heaven upon earth. In his
time he had seen wickedness in all its
stages, but he was not now bothered
by evil thoughts. ;
For thirty years he had been unabk
to shed a tear and had not known whal
sympathy was. When he left his hom
at Heckmondwike and joined the then
Eradford . police j force he became
wicked. Ho. went tha way the wind
blew him.
His sins had now left him and he
was ready to die without any fear.
London Chronicle.
Missourian'B Venerated Trongerg.
Asa Fowler; an Audrain County man,
has a pair "of trousers that he has
owned for forty years. He bought
them when he was only eighteen years
old and used them throjigh his "spark
ing" days, and for "going to meeting"
trousers sicca he has been married. He
hopes to wear lUeni for forty yearg
t-KanaaB City Jwruaj,
DO ANIMALS THINK?
In Amusing Story of Two Goat on ML
- joining Farms,
"Animals don't think, eh?" remarked
a gentleman thg other dafo speaking of
the statement of a weil-knewn author
ity to that effect: "Weil; fcheil t trasf
a kid down on the farm i saw ihdisput5
able evidence that they not only think;
but scheme, connive, elect delegates',
hdld conventions, order strikes and all
that sort of thing. '
"On our farm was a big white goat.'
On the farm adjoining was a large
black goat, Both could jump fences
ljke a fox liunter, and it wasn't long !
before they came together in one of
the greatest head cracking contests
jrdu eyef saw;. Our goatfinaiiy won
but, and the black, cast dOwri but not
dismayed; took a hustle back over the'
fence to his own domain.
"A few days after that a magnificent
bull on our farm got into an argument
with, the white goat. The bull made a
few remarks in his lingo, the goat
called him a snoozer in his, and then
they squared off for strenuous action.
Those whd were' watching the coming
contest expected td See the smaller ani
nidi gored up into mangled gore steaky
but they didn't know the staying pow
ers of Whiter. The black goat was
looking through the line fence with a
feeling of satisfaction, for he figured
It out that he was about to be avenged.
"Well, that white goat was as light
as a dancing master on his feet and
hefty of head, and while the bull was
sortins out a soft spot to place his
hookers the goat landed betweeii hi
eyes with a crash that made bid Beef
Trust howl. Billy quickly followed uj)
his advantage, and landed again and
again, while the bull hadn't got in a
single hook. At the end of ten min
utes Beefsteak had business in some
other part of the field.
"Here's where the thinking part
domes in. As soon as the battle was
Over the black goat called to the white
goat, and a moment later they Were in
earnest conversation through the nine
rail fence. The black goat patted the?
white goat tin the back, so to speak,
and told him he was the best even He"
also told him how the bull on the ad
joining farm was always picking a
fight with him and. chasing him all
over the pasture. The white goat shook
his head knowingly, evidently entered
into some sort of an agreement, and
walked away.
"Two or three days later the goats
met again at the line fence, and to the
astonishment of the farm hands the
black goat jumped over into our pas
ture and our white goat jumped over
Into the pasture of the farm adjoining.
No sooner had the neighbor's bull set
eyes on our goat than he came for him
like an Atlantic City flyer. But Billy
was ready and waiting, and in just ten
minutes he was the worst walloped
bull in ten counties.
"Billy did not return home at once,
but remained nearly a week and kept
the bull licked day and night Finally
the goats again met at the line fence,
when our goat received the undying
gratitude of the black goat, and both
returned to, their respective homes.
"Oh, yes, animals think some, for you
notice that our Billy didn't tackle the
job of whipping the neighbor's bull un
til he had recovered from the first bat
tle and was fit for the fray." Philadel
phia Telegraph.
The Fattier of en.
John J. Coughlin, Alderman of the
First Ward and colleague of Michael
Kenna has just epoken.
The? Alderman of the First, speaking
for his ward, substitutes for the ex
ploded "municipal ownership" platform
of the Democracy the more significant
one of "home production."
"Judge Dunne's election is certain,"
said Alderman Coughlin.
"Why?"
"Because every mother in Chicago
wants the Judge elected; he stands for
the home as it should be, a kid in every
corner and a bottle of milk on every
shelf. That's what makes the Amer
ican people the Oyamas of the West.
"Judge Dunne and Teddy Roosevelt
stand on the same plank plenty of
children and mother boss of the kinder
garten." Chicago Post.
How the Nntmeg Grows.
"A nutmeg tree," said the New
Haven gardener. " looks like a laurel.
Such trees are rare in these parts.
"The nutmeg tree begins to bear at
the age of ten years. It keeps on bear
ing until it is ninety.- The fruit re
sembles an apricot, and when ripe it
bursts open, showing at its heart the
black nutmeg, inclosed in a network of
scarlet.
"The nutmeg after plucking must be
dried. It is dried over a slow fire, and
the process is tedious. It often occu
pies two months. .
"Before shipping the nutmegs are al
ways steeped in sea-water and lime.
This is to protect 'them' from insects.
Tbey have nothing but insects to fear.
In an insect-proof condition they keep
well, they keep practically forever."
Minneapolis Journal. T
A Man and Ills Eye.
The following is made public in order
that Mr. Finch may have'a short rest
from the arduous task of explaining
how, when and where he got the black
eye, patched nose and bruised cheek
that adorn his otherwise handsome
countenance. He explains that yester
day afternoon he was doctoring the
hind foot of one of his horses. As he
was holding the foot in his hand, the
horse suddenly raised it and a sharp
edge of the shoe came in direct contact -'
with Mr. "Finch's face, with the above
results. The blow was a hard one,
and for a few moments Mr. Finch was
almost laid out. . A doctor; examined
his wound and pronounced none of the
bones broken, but he will have a sora
face for several days to come. Arizona
Republican "" ' ; "'
(905,
NO, 44
As to Oversraiters.
If you wear overgaiters bear in mind
that the dark shades are not ultra, and
do not get tan color. Steel gray is the
prevailing color for gaiters, occasion
ally merging on the blue. All the natty
girls Will be wearing light gray-gaiters
next.monthV . . :
Heavy Skirts Pleated.
Many of the heavy skirts are pleated
or tucked, and are ready for fitting.
A home dressmaker can easily get
them up, but the shirt . waist needs
as careful building as it can have.
Home-made shirt waists are rarely
successful. A tailor finish is necessary
to give them real smartness
A Turban IiU
A' round turban hat 6f pale' blrie' vel
vet, the material quilled and folded in
tricately, is stylish. There is a wreath
of American Beauty roses, pink, red
and a dark purple, set close together
around the box rim. Not a leaf or a
stem showed, and the color effect is a
bit heavy, perhaps, but undeniably
opulenti
Embroidered Collars.
Better than most of the stocks are
the embroidered collars td fasten with
Windsor ties. These are not very stiff,
and are more comfortable, or will be
when the weather turns warm, than
the stiff linen collars. Both stock and
collars are expensive. One can hardly
buy a pretty stock for less than $1.50.
The reason, of course, lies in the fact
that they are hand-made and solidly
embroidered.
Jannty For Tennis.
An adorable saucy tennis costume is
of pleated white serge, with blouse of
white china silk, collar, of Irish lace
and belt of white suede, its touch of
novelty being its cravat of red Scotch
plain, silk, with a veritable Scotch cap
in black velvet bordered with red plaid
silk, two short black velvet ribbons
hanging down the back. If this shape
is becoming, it should be taken up this
spring for golfing and other sports,
after the example thus set by one of
the nicest dressed women in Paris.
A Modish Girdle.
Louis XVI., that benevolent, but un
fortunate monarch, gives his name to
the tiny velvet rosettes which are
spaced opposite each other on the hook
and eye sides of a modish girdle. '
The fashionable material of such a
girdle is black panne. It .is narrow,
is very stiff and pointed deeply in the
front. Tiniest rosettes that can be
made with a needle occur in pairs in
front and back, and single rows of
them are introduced midway between
the under arm seams and the back
and the front.
One wonders why Marie Antoinette's
name was not bestowed upon these
dainty little rosettes rather than that
of her" royal spouse, who was quite
indifferent to tailors' and milliners'
wares.
Followina; Fashions.
To follow a fashion just because It is
a fashion is always a mistake and may
be a disaster, says a writer in'Harper's
Bazar. A girl who wears a certain
kind of gown without regard to the
effect on her own figure Is doing her
self an injustice. If she wears an un
becomingly shaped hat just because
the milliner assures her that is. "the
latest thing" and sure to be fashion
able, she makes a blunder. If, how
ever, she succumbs to some passing
fad and dresses her hair in a way ut
terly unsuited- to her style or the shape
of her head, It is, indeed, a misfortune.
We all, I am sure, can call to mind
some girl whose sweet, modest little
head and face are positively disfigured
and vulgarized by an extreme coiffure
copied perhaps from some reigning
stage" belle. Let girls study out for
themselves a style of hair dressing
which is really becoming, and then
keep to it, with meSifications. In other
words, have an individual style of your
own. If you look really well with
parted hair, don't suddenly erept a
pompadour just because the other girls
do. Or, if you find that your hair,
dressed high on the top of your head,
suits your face, don't try to emulate
girls who wear "buds" in the nape of
the neck! . .
Buttons Expensive,
Buttons are fabulously expensive, ud
the prettiest of braidings and passe
menteries are used along with " lace
trimmings and trimmings of silk and
other things. There are bands of silk
made entirely of ivy leaves which are
worked by hand and applied to the
gown while, around the ivy sprays,
there is a very delicate tracery of
braid. '
. Soutache is employed a great deal
upon fashionable gowns and it is seen
in many different ways. Whole pat
terns are made of soutache and there
are suits that are covered with it to
the depth of the knees.
The Greek key designs are marvel
ously ' pretty. Great big scrolls are
laid out in the key pattern and worked
around thef oot of the skirt. And there
are smaller scrolls Interwoven to make
a glorious trimming.
"Do not try to do difficult things,"
is goodf advice to the amateur ' dress
maker.. Realize that one can make a
better showing with a nice piece , of
goods elegantly finished than with a
fancy .piece of goods put tosetlisr in a
bungling manner, ' ' ' " ''
ilje Chatham -Record
RATES OF ADVERTISING
Qnti qure, on insertion.
One square, two insertions
One square, one month
1.50
3.50
For Larger Advertise '
merits Liberal Con-
tracts will be madeV 1
The are new kinks, for the tailor;
made gowli. But, also, none of these,
are plain kinks. Th tailor made gown
has long departed from its simplicity,
and is now as complicated as it can
be made. It is frilled and ruffled and
trimmed and be-furbelowed until it is
a gorgeous creation. Its nly claim to
being called tailor made, lien in the
neatness of its . seams, and the .very
trim v?ay in which it is finished. i(
Linings are worthy of note. " Mostly
of white silk they are faced to give a
very gorgeous finish when the coat is
thrown open. As for skirts they are
for the most part unlined and one sees
few dropskirts. "The drop wears out
so soon," said a ladies-' tailor, "that
we prefer to do without the drop skirt
and tOrtise a handsome silk petticoat
instead. There is nothing in the drop
skirt to spscially commend itself."
Rochester Post Express,
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One Kind of Work For Women. "
Concocting delicacies for the sick ap-.
peals to some women..
It Is a fine art in the business of
cooking, a sort of graduate course af
ter all the essentials of every day mix
tures is mastered. It requires a wider
knowledge of the science of cooking
than does the every day kind of culinary-
wottk. i
There fs a big demand for this branch
of cookery. The exchanges are ready
and anxious to handle more than they
have been able to secure of broths, jel
lies and game. Because of the greater
care in making, and the special knowl
edge required, the monetary returns
are generally higher than those from
the usual supplies of eatables. ,T '
There is the same general routine to
follow, in starting this work, as there
is in the simpler cooking. The ex
changes are the woman's best friend in
this case, though many small and ex
clusive shops use the jellies, creme de
menthe and mignonette made by their
regular contributors..
The best way to begin is to take a
day for making the rounds of the shops
and 1 exchanges, learning just what
their present needs are, and if they re
quire any further help. . The market
for these products vary so, as well as
the supplies, that nothing definite can
be learned except by personal inspec
tion. A new helper may be needed af
any time.
As in other products in the culinary
line, samples will be required at first,
to establish one's claim to being an ex
pert. Nothing but the very best of ma
terials are used in these delicacies.
One must hold one's self in readiness
to supply them at short notice. Never,
by any chance, lapse from the standard
of excellence. "The value of these deli
cacies Jie as much in the carefulness of
preparation as in the materials used.
The newest, most satisfactory way of
handling these good things is to put
them in glass jars. This method keeps
them fresh if delay in sending occurs
and effectually prevents contamination
with various odors. Beverages, broths
and gruels are put into jars and sealed.
. One woman, who a few years ago
was making calves' foot jelly, lamb
broth and herb tea, now has her own
little shop where her customers come
to buy outright some ready to sell ar
ticle, or leave an order for a broiled
woodcock or a roasted grouse. It is
an attractive little delicatessen from
which is carried the steaming fowl di
rect to the invalid, and hot broth right
from the cook's hands. New York
World.
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NEWEST
FASHI0HS.
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The fashionable shirt waist is made
of linen preferably. After that madras,
dimity and lawn.
' White cloth and all pale colored
cloths will be worn.,
The fashionable low shoe is a "very
low tie with a' high box heel and a flat
ribbon bow.
Children's .clothes are lovely. They
will wear as many checks and plaids
as their elders, black and white shep
herds' plaid receiving special favor.
The trim figure ideal is displayed in
the many . princess gowns which ' are
being shown. - '"' -
Too many of the white muslins arc
trimmed with lace, which does not
launder as well as Valenciennes. One
does not care to see Rennaisance mo
tives inset among mull tucks. A num
ber of thin gowns are so decorated,
as are also many ftindkercbief linen
blouses. -
There are many new and beautiful
soft silks in the stores. Some of them
are almost as sheer and pliable as chif
fon. Very few if any colored shirt waists
will fe worn, unless in wash silk or
pongee. -
The draped and pointed bodice Is
another style better adapted to even
ing, or at least elaborate gowns, than
to cloth walking dresses. .
Tailored gowns for dressy wear are
made with skirts that just escape the
ground. " '
Berlin has about 300 miles of pared,
Streets, ":- -