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LUKE HAMMOND,
THE MISER..
By Prof. Wm. Henry Peck,
Author of the Stone-Cutter
. of Lisbon," Etc
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CHAPTER XII.
Continued.-
"Useless," said Nancy, shaking her
head. "I have already examined Dan
iel. He says when you employed him,
more than a year ago, you directed him
to procure just such a thing as she Is
old, strong, of weak mind, and avari
cious. Fan was an old apple woman,
whose miserable stand was near the
Bowery Theatre. Her home was a den
under ground in the Five Points. Dan
iel thought she would suit you, and so
engaged her. He knows no more
about her."
Hammond folded his arms and
knitted his heavy brows in bitter
thought, hut at length he struck his fist
upon the table saying:
'"I do not know who she is I do not
wish to know. Nancy Harker, it is bet
ter for us not to know."
"So be it," said Nancy, as she rose.
"Henceforth and forever, let her be
who she may to us, she is "
"Old Fan! Nothing more! ex
claimed Hammond. "Now, how are
our prisoners?"
"Doing well," replied Nancy. "Dan
lei paces the hall.".
"And Stephen?" asked Luke.
"Sleeps. It is his turn."
A bell tinkled below as Nancy spoke,
and she continued:
"The front door bell! Who can it be
10 o'clock, too!"
"Why do you tremble so, Nancy?"
asked Hammond, surprised at her ter
ror. "Two days ago, nay, yesterday,
an evil spirit might have waked you in
the dead of night, and you would not
hare quailed. Now the slightest noise
makes you start and shiver as if a mor
tal sickness seizecf you."
"I know it, Luke. I know it too
well," said Nancy, "and it warns me
that I am near my death."'
"Bah!" laughed Luke. "You are
thinking of Harriet Foss."
"I thought my nerves were iron,"
said Nancy. "I thought I was as
strong of heart as you, Luke, but I de
ceived myself. While Harriet Foss
lives I am near my death."
"Why more than I?"
"I am not."
"Then be assured that you will live
to share the riches of Henry Elgin with
me," said Hammond. "Be bold and
brave again, Nancy. I want no cow
ards around me. Listen. The bell
rings again. Stephen sleeps; Fan will
not budge a step unless commanded;
go answer the bell."
'I dare not," said Nancy. "I dread
to open the door, lest a fierce and terri
ble Avonian shall dart in upon me and
stab me to the heart, crying:
" 'Murderess of my sister! "I've
found you at last!' "
"You are a fool, Nancy!" exclaimed
Luke. "Turned coward after being
brave for years. I will go. Is the hall
lighted?"
"res be careful, Lpke; if you should
ptrish, what becomes or me?"
"Perish! I! Woman, you will make
a coward of me yet. Men have struck
at this breast aud failed. Do you think
I fear a woman? Bah!"
And unlocking the door he passed
out, just as the bell clattered again.
He strode on until his hand rested
upon the doorknob at the vestibule.
Then he paused for a moment, and
when he opened the door his right hand
grasped a cocked pistol behind him as
he muttered:
"A cunning man or woman must he
or she be to surprise Luke Hammond."
The form in the vestibule stepped in
at a stride. x
"John Marks!" eclaimed Luke.
"Close the door! Bolt, bar it strong.
Out with that light!" cried Marks. "I
am watched! Harriet Foss knows you
are in New York!"
His advice was hurriedly followed,
and Luke led the way to his library
with trembling limbs.
After all his bluster he feared, as
Nancy Harker feared, though he
showed it less.
"Here is some one whom you know,
John Marks," said Luke, as Nancy
lose to meet them.
Man and wife, long separated, mutu
ally hating, gazed upon each other long
and steadily.
"Yes, it is, or was, my wife," said
John Marks. "Grown older than years
could make her. I bring you brave
news what is your name now,
Woman?"
"One I have a right to bear," replied
Nancy. "I married after divorce freed
me from you, and my husband's name
was Harker."
"Was?" sneered Marks. "Then he is
dead?"
Yes, he is dead. That is nothing to
John Marks," said Nancy. "What news
is this you bring?" . ;
"I'll tell it after my own fashion,
replied Marks. "But - first, can . this
light be seen from the street?"
ao. Why do you ask?" said Nancy,
growing white as she glanced toward
the window.-, s
"Some people," said Marks, sitting
down, "are very bold in seeking for
others, that's all. If a house Is dark
and shut up such-people might rather
Pass it than disturb Its inmates, with
sharp questioning."
i Nancy Harker glanced from him to
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Hammond. The latter nodded and
said: . ..
"Harriet Foss knows. I am in New
York!" .
"Great heavens!" cried Nancy, clasp
ing her hands. "Does she Tjnow that I
am here?" "
"Not that you are here," said Marks,
lighting a cigar, "but that you are in
this city.'
"She will find us? Oh, we are to fall
by her hand at last!" cried Nancy.
Hammond pulled a bell cord violent
ly. Marks smoked on in silence until
Stephen appeared, rubbing his eyes and
growling.
"Better be turnkey in the Tombs than
here; for there they had teg'lar hours
to wake a cove." .
"Stephen," said Hammond, "patrol
the front and rear yards carefully;
then turn loose the dogs."
"Daniel told me you were expecting
your son to-night, sir," said Stephen.
"Right,", said Hammond, "but the
gate will be locked and he can ring
the gate bell. Then examine all the
fastenings of the windows all around
doors and all." , ; ,
"Somethin' uncommon gay sprung a
leak," ruminated theobedient Stephen
as he departed. "The gov'ner seems ex
citedbut that's none of my business."
"You seem very much afraid of a
woman," said Marks, when Stephen
had gone.
"A' woman!" exclaimed Nancy. "A
devil, John Marks. Now tell us how
she found out we were in New York."
"First tell me why you two fear her
so mtreh," said Marks. "If I am to be
your friend in this matter I must know
what kind of ground I stand on." -
"Is it not enough for you to be paid
for your services?" asked Hammond.
"No," replied Marks, tossing his cigar
aside and assuming a determined look
that sat well on his dark features.
"For me to be paid for my services by
strangers is all an honest man like me
can ask. But with a woman who has
been my wife, and my former brother-in-law,
pay is not enough, my friends.
Last night, Luke Hammond, you took
me by surprise. I did not expect to
meet you here ,and your pistol was my
first hint of who you were. To-night I
am prepared for war or peace." He
laid a pair of pistols upon the table,
and continued:
"You two are carrying on some dev
iltry in this house. I know it. - I have
made inquiries about Luke Hammond.
I want to see Lute Hammond's niece.
Don't scowl! I am not afraid of either
of you. More than twenty-four years
have passed since we met and I want
that time filled up' to my mind. If you
want to know how my time has slipped
along, go to England, and you will
learn that John Marks was convicted
of burglary he never committed, sen
tenced to transportation to Australia
for twenty years served his sentence,
and has picked up a scanty living ever
since, here and there."
"You shall know why we fear Har
riet Foss," said Hammond. "But, as
regards all my life, I shall take time to
consider before I tell you. You have,
you say, been making inquiries about
Luke Hammond. Does any one doubt
that I am he?"
"Not a soul, and I am eager to IearnJ
how you managed the deception,, said
Marks.
"As regards that, you shall learn
when we have so bound you to us that
we shall not fear your treachery," said
Hammond. -
"Treachery!" exclaimed John, with
bitter emphasis. "John Marks was
never treacherous in all his life to you.
Can you say the same of your conduct
toward him?"
"I told you," said Luke, gravely,
"when you were here last night to call
again. I need you. But first let Nancy
say that to you which shall make you
one of us."
"John Marks," said Aancy, "you were
once my husband. I thought I loved
you " i
"That was a mistake go on." t" . .
"And you said you loved me."
"I lied. I admit it. I never catfed a
straw for you. I wanted money, and
vou had It."
Nancy Harker's eyes flashed, but she
went on: -"The
name I bore, the name my
brother there bore before I became
rnnr W if p wp have sunk forever. That
is of no consequence "
"You simply disgraced it -that's all,"
said Marks. -
"If you interrupt in this manner the
conversation ends here, and since you
come prepared for peace or war, it shall
be war to the hilt!" exclaimed nam
mond. "Remember you are in my
house, and behave accordingly.".
"Very well, go on," said Marks, who
seemed fierce and bitter in the presence
of Nancy.
She resumed.
"You and my brother were bosom
friends. " You were both wild and dissi-s
pated, and the money supplied to you
bv indulgent parents was not enough
to suit you. Neither of you could wait
until nature should leave you, the heirs
nf vour father's wealth, for our fathers
were rich. Neither of you were bad
enoueh to take the life of a father. So,
unable to wait, unwilling to slay, you
robbed your f athers."
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,"By my hand, madam, you helped
us," said Marks.
"I do not deny it," said Nancy coldlyT
"I was as bad as you. You and my
brother had no trouble to persuade me
to aid you in the robbery, and then to
fly with you. But that you feared my
brother's vengeance you would not
have made me your wedded wife."
"I admit that had some influence
with me. But as you appear to be
going to make a long story of the affair
I'll smoke through it."
He produced a cigar and lighted it,
nodding blandly, and saying, "Go on."
Nancy continued:
"We did not think When we planned
the robbery it would fee laid to us. My
flight, we thought, would be considered
an elopement, for my father had re
fused to listen to your suit I was too
young, he said, and you too wicked.
We robbed you your father, we ours.
But lest the deed should be traced to us
we did not fly then, but waited to di
vert suspicion toward others. At the
end of a week we feared that the truth
was rapidly approaching to ruin as.
Then we fled. Then you married me,
and then we wrote to my father that
we had committed the deed only as a
step to become united; that we loved
madly, and knew no other way to effect
a union. We begged forgiveness we
hoped for it I for my father had no
daughter save me, and no son but my
brother, and we were much loved chil
dren. We thought the affair, in our
folly, a rare and pleasant way to bring
the old man to his senses."
Here Nancy paused, for her voice
grew so husky that she could hardly
speak. The image of her dead and dis
honored father was rising in her soul,
but by nature bad and cruel, she soon
overcame the emotion and proceeded:
"When my father read that letter he
gave one sharp cry, sprang from hfs
chair, and fell dead."
"WThy speak of that?" demanded
Luke, fiercely. "Marks knows it. Tell
him what he does not know!"
Let her take her own way," said
Marks. "If you check a woman's story
she .will have to go back and begin
again. Go on, Mme. Harker!"
The cruel tidings killed him on the
spot," 'said Nancy. "What happened
then, John Marks?'?
"Ho! you want me to tell?"
"Yes, I do. I wish to see how true
your memory is, that I may know how
to tell me something that you do not
know."
"Good. Well, your father died as
you said. His death and your conduct
made your mother a lunatic made her
as mad as crazy can be. You and your
brother returned to your home. The
robbery had never been traced to you,
for your father's dying act was to tear
your confession to atoms. You and
your brother placed your mother in a
madhouse I must say it was the only
thing you could do, for she was savage.
raving, dangerously mad! No one found
fault with that. Doctors said she
would never recover that was all
right. Then you and your brother sold
the property, turned it to gold and went
to London. I met you there, then,
though I was hiding from my father,
who was a vindictive old gentleman,
and had other sons besides me to love.
If he had caught me I think he would
have anticipated the punishment of the
law and given me a more severe one
than imprisonment. The knowledge of
my guilt didn't kill him. He lived ten
years after that. Well, you and I lived
very well together until our share of
the money was gone. Then we quar
reled you got jealous; I think we
fought a few battles with something
harder than words. We separated and
your brother obtained a divorce for us.
We had one child, and the-law gave
hinr to you, because he was an infant."
"What became of the child?" asked
Nancy, sternly.
;'The child," said Marks. "He died
less than one year old. I went to his
funeral. Don't you remember? that
was the last time you and I met
till to-night. 'Tis a pity the boy died.
When he should have grown a few
years older the law would have given
him to me, and with him to rear well,
perhaps John Marks were now a better
man that's all."
"Now," said Nancy, rising, "I will tell
you what shall join you to us. I knew
that when our child should have
grown older the law would take him
from me, his mother, and give him to
you, his father. I swore to slay my
child ere you should have him to rear
to love you and to hate me. The child
did not die, John Marks. The funeral
to which you were summoned was that
of the child of my servant. Our child
still lives?!"
"Ha! traitress!" cried Marks, grasp
ing for his pistols. , - .
But a quicker hand than his had se
cured them, for while he was talking
Hammond had stolen behind him, and
as Nancy Harker said, "Our child still
lives!" snatched away the weapons,
and now stood behind him with the
cold muzzles touching the right and
left ear of Marks.
"Stir a limb and you die!" said Luke,
as the locks clicked loudly. ' '.'
And so imprisoned Marks was forced
to quiet by the wily, daring man who
needed him as an able tooL
"You are no man you are Satan!"
said Marks, not daring to turn his head
a hair's breadth.
,---- To be continued.
' Rough en th Convict.
According to an old document just
discovered in Australia, says the Gold
en Penny, gold was first found by a
convict near Parramatta in 1789. The
unfortunate fellow was at once
charged with having stolen a. watch
and -"boiled it down," and, being con
victed by the rude court of those early
days, was given 150 lashes 'for ; his
pains. ""In later years the record of
this incident wa3 closely examined by
an undoubtedly competent authority,
who was quite convinced of the genu
ineness oJE the convict's story..
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Q
j G) SCIENCE v M
In plant forcing" by electric light, a
foreign grower has found that red
globes produce greater intensity of
color and yellow globes more delicate
color.
A darning machine, one which will
in ten minutes cover a hole that an in
dustrious woman could hardly fill in
an hour, Is a recently invented piece
of labor-saving apparatus.
Bees are attracted to. flowers by the
bright colors. The experiments of Miss
J. Wrey, a Belgian naturalist, pro ye
thaiLperjEume has much less attraction,
and thajf honey has none at all.
Scopolamine,, the new anaesthetic
from a Japanese plant, is administered
by hypodermic injection and induces a
dep sleep for eight or nine hours. It
is claimed to have absolutely no after
effects.
The arrival in London of a specimen
of the bird-eating spider calls renewed
attention to a little known insect that
is more powerful than the famous Ta
rantula. It is the largest spider known,
and in its tropical South American
home it spins very formidable webs
for catching humming birds and finches
instead of flies.
Among the new industries that have
been developed by the exigencies of
modern life, none is more surprising
than that of supplying human skin.
Experiments in grafting to cover ex
tensive injuries have been so success
ful that there is considerable demand
for live skin, and the London hospi
tals have long lists of men and women
not all of the very poor class who
are ready to sell their flesh when it is
wanted.
In a paper on "A Possible Explan
tion of the Formation of the Moon,"
read before the Royal Society of Edin
burgh, recently, Mr. G. Romanes
showed that there never had been suf
ficient heat developed in the interior
of the moon by gravitational compres
sion to account for volcanic action on
its surface; and he explained how lu
nar markings could be accounted for
on his hypothesis by the impact of
meteoric masses.
Zapon, .the new preservative of paper
products of Dr. Schill, of Dresden, is
.a solution of nitrated cellulose in some
.expensive solvent, amyl .acetate seem
ing to be best adapted for paper in
sheets. When dipped in the solution
or brushed with it, the paper absorbs
the liquid, and on evaporation of the
solvent becomes coated with a thin
film, which resists rain, sweat and
various fumes, as well as attacks
of mold and bacteria and hard usage
Risen From tlie Forge.
A romance of self-help is contained
fu the career of William Watt, who has
been appointed director of the Dussel
dorf Science and Art Institute.
Mr. Watt is the second son of a
blacksmith of Port Glasgow, and an
offspring of an old Scottish Covenant
ing family from the neighborhood of
Kilmalcolm.
Starting with no advantage of birth
or money or influence, be bas largely
educated himself. His first teaching,
according to the London Express, was
obtained at a public school under the
Port Glasgow School Board, and he
also attended the science classes pro
vided by that body, and afterward sim
ilar classes in Glasgow.
He was then apprenticed "as a
daughtsman to a London firm, where
he worked for several years. All this
time he never neglected any opportun
ity of continuing his studies, and the
first reward of his labors was an ap
pointment as instructor of science
classes in Paisley and Govan.
Three years ago he received an en
gagement under Lloyd's Registry in
Middlesborough, where he i3 at present
living.
The important post which he has
now gained in Germany is a much
coveted one, and, in fact, he was
chosen out of 300 applicants. It carries
a salary of $3500, rising to $4200. Mr.
Watt is only thirty-two years of age.
Philadelphia Record. " " '
The World's Iron Product.
Two-fifths of the raw iron produced in
the world is mined in the United States,
a larger proportion than any other
country in the world. Great Britain
long held first place, but some years
ago this country forced her into sec
ond place, and now Germany has
crowded Great Britain to third place.
The production, which in 1901 was
89,940,000 tons, increased to 43,4S0,000
tons in 1902, and reached 45,480,000
tons in 1903. The United States is
at the head with a production of 18,
210,000 tons, against 17,820,000 in 1902
and 15,800,000 in 1901.
Germany produced 10,000,000 tons in
1903, compared with 8,400,000 tons in
1902 and 7,790,000 in 1901. England's
figures for the corresponding years
were 8,810,000 tons, 8,520,000 tons and
7,850,000 tons.
The output of iron has increased in
France, Belgium and Spain, and has
decreased . in Rjassia, Austria and
Sweden. New York World. "
Mr. Roosevelt's Damp-Proof Library.
The new addition to President Reose
velt's house at Sagamore Hill, accord
ing to the terms of the contract, com
prises, one large room. It is to, be a
damp-proof library, the structure being
of tile and brick. The work is being
pushed . rapidly forward; Ovsov Ray
Pilot.
-THE DOS AND THE B0N& .
Remnants of the instinct of the Wil4 ,
Beast In the Domestic Afflniai
1 have sometimes seen a dog bury in
the ground a bone for which he did
not seem to have any present need. I
have always understood that he did
this on the principle which actuates a
provident man - to lay up something
"for a rainy day." This may be,
though I have never known a dog to,
dig up the bone afterward; yet some
persons tell me they have known him
to do this. 1 should think the dog must
be hard pressed byfamine that will at
tempt to gnaw a bone covered with
clay and" dirt, as this bone must be
after being buried in the ground. If
the dog hides it away through any
such provident forethought as this, it
mustJL)e the slightest remnant, a mere
adumbration, of a former' instinct of.
his race. - He does not pursue this prac
tice in the steady, methodical way in
which an ant or a bee cr a squirrel lays
up a stock of food against a time of
need. With him, it is only a fitful and
rare occurrence. His long domestica
tion and the ages through which he
has received his food from the hand of
his master have obliterated largely the
sense of this necessity from his mind,
if he may be supposed to have a mind.
The fox, when he has had the good
fortune to capture several fowls at the
same time, 'will, it Is said, secrete such
as he has no present need for under a
bush or behind a log. I remember that
in Rowland Robinson's pleasant book,
"Sam Lovel's Boy," a young fox is rep
resented as doing this. "He began
burying the leg of a lamb in the loose
earth, but desisted when he saw that
the eyes of all his mates were upon
him, then unearthed the half-buried
treasure and sought a new hiding
place." I do not understand that the
wolf has this food-hiding instinct. Gil
bert White, of Selborne, says in his
quaint way that he had "some ac
quaintance with "a tame brown owl,"
which, when full, hid, like a dog, what
he could not eat.
"The origin of most of our domestic
animals," says Darwin, "will probably
forever remain vague. But I may here
state," he continues, "that, looking to
the domestic dogs of the whole world, I
have after a laborious collection of all
known facts, come to the conclusion
that several wild species of Canidae
have been tamed, and that their blood,
in some cases mingled together, flows
in the veins of our domestic breeds."
He mentions a dog whose great-grandfather
was a wolf, and this dog still
betrayed its wild ancestry in the fact
that it never approached its master in
a straight line when called. But which
species of the Canidae from which the
dog may have descended has the food
hiding instinct or habit I have nowhere
seen stated. Forest and Stream.
WORDS OF W1SOOV
A perfect faith would lift us abso
lutely above fear.
Those who really pray for the poor
find themselves saying Amen at their
door.
O friend, never strike sail to a fear!
Come into port greatly, or sail with
God the seas.
Perfect openness is the only principle
on which a free people can be governed.
C. S. Yonge.
You never know how much religion
you have until some one treads on
your best corn.
He has not learned the lesson of life
who does not every day surmount a
f ear. Emerson .
Our biggest, blackest troubles are
often only the locomotive drawing our
richest treasure train. ,
You can help your fellow-men; you
must help them; but the only way you
can help them is by being the noblest
and the best man that it is possible for
you to be. Phillips Brooks.
Good For Wandering Langs.
At John and Nassau streets, the
other morning, a man with a gray
wagon, a yard-wide smile and a voice
unfolded a chart and began to expound
the virtues of a cough mixture and
"lung tonic." Ha talked entertainingly
about the danger of tuberculosis from
winds disturbing the accumulation of
winter's dirt in the streets, and made
himself popular with the crowd
through apt anecdotes. Among his
listeners was a young man with spec
tacles,' round shoulders and a pallid
face. The quips of the medicine man
evoked no smile from him. Intently
he watched the vender pointiug out
anatomical details on his colored dia
gram. ,
"Right here, where you see the
lungs," said the medicine man.
"The lungs are not there at all,'
Interrupted the pale young man; they
are on the other side of the body."
The medicine man looked " at him
pityingly. "How do you know?" he
inquired. ;
"I am a medical studant," was the
retort. : .
"Oh, well," continued the medicine
man, "this chap isn't going to be a
much better doctor some day because
he comes around trying the verbal jiu
jitsu on my business. The point I
wish to impress upon you, ladies and
gentlemen, is that my tonic will brace
up your lungs if there is anything
wrong with them, no matter in what
part of the body, they happen to be.
Twenty-five cents, plemse. Thank you."
New York Press:
Two Abl Chinamen,
Wu Ting-Fang, formerly China's rep
resentative in this country, was re
garded by other diplomats as a won
der on account of the way he could
get through business. His successor,
Sir Chentung Liang Chen, has estab
lished a reputation outdoing that of
the genial Wu. He always gets his
information for himself, never send-
ing any, of his attaches to the depart
ments.
NO. 50.
When Hansinsr Out Clothes. . -
When hanging clothes to dry remem
ber that the thickest part of the gar
ment must be hung higher, for were
the thinnest part uppermost the water"
would run into the thick part, and
thus the drying would be greatly pro
longed.. Next hang up everything in
side out, for then any accidental soil
is likely to come on the inside of the
garment, where its presence will gen
erally not matter very much. Utica
(N. Y.) Observer. .
Vi
Red Haired Women's Club.
Novel among women's clubs is one
in Portland, Ore. . A correspondent j
writes of it: "Red haired women of
Portland are organizing a glee club of
100 voices, to be trained by L Tl. Ffnrl-burt-Edwards.
A good number of
auburn and golden headed damsels
have been gathered, but the full num
ber is being obtained by means of a
circular letter written to the chosen of
Titian locks. '
The plan is being taken up seriously,
the purpose being ostensibly to give
concerts, but in the circular letter a
deeper plan-is revealed.
"The writer, - a red headed woman
herself, who is doing the ' promoting,
appeals to those blessed with burnished
hair dh the ground that red hair as a
mark of beauty has not been appreciat
ed by the world, and that to gather
together the fair of face and red of
hair combined with voice, will make
all those who hear and see fall down
and worship." New Haven Register.
Styles For Large Women.
A style of bodice becoming to large
Women is that made with jacket fronts,
not the loose, hanging bolero fronts,
but a trim, tight-fitting affair, single or
double-breasted, or fastened at the left
side. , The jacket comes below the
waist line in front, and it has a small,
shaped basque back; an innner vest
with overlapping revers shows be
tween, or above and below the over
lapping jacket fronts. One point that
every woman at all" inclined to stoutness-
is to remember to keep the line
of her waist long by cutting all her
clothes with straight seam and. dart
lines, and. placing the waist line half
an inch belows where she actually
feels the line ; to exist. . A garment
cut an inch too long waisted looks in
finitely better than one a quarter of
An inch too short waisted; especially
is this to be noticed in the plain tai
lor coat made with single fly fronts.
When the coat hangs open it rides
up in the back when not long enough
in the waist, and it gives . a most
awkward appearance to a woman.
Piano to Match Rooms.
If you want to have a really
tip to date piano you should have it
made to match your room. Lacquered
finish matches the tints of wall and
rugs. If you have a room hung in
old tapestries your piano may be or
dered with the coloring of case to
match. If you are endeavoring to
carry out pompadour designs, the clev
er piano man will make for you a glor
ified case in which inlaid roses carry
out the general plan of decoration.
Of course, these pianos made to match
cost a great deal of money, but there
are people who mind that not in the
least when it comes to a choice be
tween a musical instrument whose col
oring does not harmonize - with the
other furnishings, and one that does.
Some of. the new upright pianos have
beautifully painted panels inset to re
lieve the blank monotonous lines. Oth
ers are ornamented with rare skill on
the backs, which are then exposed to
the room, and a piano made for a
splendid music room is in tones to har
monize with the red coloring and the
cover and sides are literally hidden be
neath masses of pink and deep red
chrysanthemums, which are- surpris
ingly natural in their artistic effect
and have been done by a great paint
er. Manchester Union.
Imported Gowns Show Plaid Effect. .
The tendency toward plaid is mani
fest in the new finish of genuine Shan
tung, which shows a broken, rather
indistinct plaid in pastel green, terra
cotta, blufc, lavender or rose. Some
beautiful imported gowns are offered
in this fabric, trimmed with ribbon
rosettes and embroidered bands to
mntfh thA oolovinff in the nlaid. and
Jiats are made especially to wear with
such frocks.
A notable example is a complete
suit showing skirt, blouse and coat
with the pastel green broken plaid and
a stunning Tuscan hat to match. The
hat is turned up on one side to display
a knot of ribbon matching in tone the
background of the dress, the green in
the broken plaid, and a harmonizing
shade of terra-cotta. Around the crown
of the hat is an embroidered band,
green and terra-cotta, done on pongee
colored canvas and outlined by change
able beads. Abjove this band rests a
two inch braiding of green chiffon to
match the tint in the dress ana nat.
The-entire costume is Frenehy enough
to attract attention,, yet practical
enough to the women who like ser
viceable raiment, "
For evening wear a striped satin
gauze stamped with flowers in a har
monizing color is a most popular fab
ric, and the lacey pattern shown in
this material is extremely softening
to figure and face.
Don't Go to Bed Hungry,
Many women go to bed hungry
One square, one insertion
One square, two insertions
One square, one month
$L00
1.60
2.50
For Larger Advertlse
ments Liberal Con;
tracts will be madel
not knowingly, perhaps, but after di- ,
versions that have used up the food
eaten-at .the last meal. Hearty meala
before retiring are not to be recom
mended, though some eat them with- -out
distressing results.: But there are
light things, like a warm drink of beef
tea, malted milk, tfr cow's milk, or
even hot water and light nourishing -biscuits,
which will quiet those clam
orous little . mouths iu the lining of
the stomach and draw down the blood
from the head. , ' " , ' -,
Don't eat in haste or without ap
petite, because no good results from
such a course and the harm may not
be far off. One mouthful properly
masticated and leisurely swallowed is
worth a plateful of boiled food, and
if you have but one minute for a
meal spend it upon one morsel of food.
There is a popular idea, says the Phil
adelphia Bulletin, that quantity alone
counts, but the few knowing ones
never consider it. Milk sipped is di
gestible, but when hastily swallowed
taxes the stomach more severely than
do many solid foods.
Don't grudge the hours tpent in
sleep. Be good to yourself and allow
a good eight hours, or more if you
need it. One of the most unconfort
able women to have about Is she who
is always doing something and fid
gets at enforced idleness. Relaxation
is necessary to strengthen both muscle
and nerves.
Mablng Fancy Hosiery.
The demand for fancy hosiery Is as
great as ever this season, and in order
to be in fashion and yet not stretcn
their pocketbooks too much many girls
are putting their fine needlework into
their summer hosiery. (
It is very much less expensive t?
buy a pair of plain lisle or silk stock
ings and do the lace inserting or em
broidery yourself. The very newest
stockings are of the finest silk, with
elaborate hand-drawn work patterns
on the order of Mexican . embroidery.
Less diflicult for the amateur, but
scarcely less fashionable in reality,
are insertions of lace or medallions.
These are basted in place and ap
pliqued round the edge; perhaps, in
the case of the medallions, ; button
holed in long and short stitch; the
stocking afterward being cut out be
hind the lace. -
The ubiquitous spangle is in favor
for evening hosiery, and these may also
be added at home to the lace with the
most satisfactory results. Lisle or
cotton as well as silk stockings may
be embroidered in wash silks at home,
but it should be remembered that a
cheap stocking will scarcely pay for
the careful work and time spent in
embellishing it, and in the end it will
be found economical to purchase a
good quality of lisle or silk rather than
a cheap cotton for such a purpose.
A pretty design which may be car
ried out at home is to run a two inch
band of black lace up the front of the
stocking from the toe, and then em
broider scattered pink and green rose
buds on either side of the lace.
Another design is to run three nar
row strips of lace with a row of white
polka dots between the strips.
Clocks, too, are always in good taste,
and the imagination of the designer
can bring: forth many unique and at
tractive patterns. Indianapolis News.
Sashes from twelve to fourteen inch
es in width are the strong point of
summer frocks.
Lingerie gowns, with lingerie coats,
lingerie hats and lingerie parasols will
be the chic vogue of summer in 1905.
Some pongee coats, unlined and
trimmed only with tucks, have a dash
of color given them by red silk cuffs
and collars. '
Val. lace Is supreme, and in all-overs
and wide flounces is used more than
last season. Some of the all-overs have
batiste embroidery apparently woven
in them. - - .
Crepe de chine sashes, very much
like those worn by grandmother, with
long ends of silk fringe, are now quite
popular. They are very graceful and
look in place with almost every kind of
material. -
Yokes play a most important part in
dress styles this season, from the tin
iest of all, which are practically an ex
tension to the collar, to elaborate deep
yokes, and to chemisettes and tuckers
and guimpes of every sort.
The chip straws, heavily laden with
ostrich feathers and tips, are going to
be quite the thing for dressy wear.
The majority of them are bent very
high at the sides and the feathers
are placed so that they fall well over
the face. ' .
If the waiet is small, says the Lon
don Express, the shoulders are large,
and big puffed sleeves finishing at the
elbows are worn. Round the hips the
new pleated skirt fits like a gkive, but
at the foot the pleats flow out and sug
gest a crinoline.
Even so small a part of dress as the
yoke is demanding a gret deal of at
tention, for the point of dress most
emphasized to-day is individuality,
and individuality often can be more
definitely marked by attention to the
smaller details than to a general ef
fect " "
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