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She Chatham UceorbJ ftp I' XTONDON, RATES OF' AOVERTISIBri Editor and Proprietor a........ ..(im4i nvi.ou One square, two insertions t f.'LWij.h One square, one monthl W, For Larger Advertise- i a k merits'" Liberal Ckn-?w' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per Year. cfictN en Advance tracts - will be made. ,v. T VOT. YTTVTTT TTTTTCTrmri PTIATTIAM nnTTNTTV N: (1 THTTR R 1 1 A Y i Tl RP, RMRER 7. I9U5. iNU. W. V I LITTLE MAKE-BELIEVE 1 OR A CHILD OF THE SLUMS by b. l. farjeon. : : : : : CHAPTER III. Continued. He bade coachman wait for him nd he followed Little Make-Believe, .i o; leased to find that she had not deceived him in the distance. Upon entering the wretched room in which Saranne was lying he took in the situation at a glance. In his earlier flaTS he bad had a large e-perience of the Louies of the poor. "While Le was examining Saranne he eked her where her mother was. - 'There she is, sir," said Saranne, pointing to Little Make-Believe. "Where's your mother?" he asked of Little Make-Believe. "Ain't got none, sir." "Where's your father?" "Doing a month, sir." Who keeps the family then?" I do, sir." "Ah. Come and see me to-morrow morning before 10 o'clock. Here is my card. If you can't read ask some person to tell you where I live." tia was about to leave the poor room when an incident occurred. Little Make-Believe had heard some where that when a great doctor visitod a patient he was accustomed to have Lis fee handed to him wrapped in paper. Determined to he in the fashion Lit tle Make-Believe had prepared accord ingly, and she now slipped into the psper in which some coins were wrapped. What's this, what's this?" exclaimed the doctor; and Little Make-Bel ieve's heart sank within her, for she thought Le was angry at the sniallness of the fee. "It's every copper I've got, sir," said Little Make-Believe, nervously. "Don't say I mustn't come and see yer, sir don't. If I get a bit of luck I'll pay yer whatever yer asks!" He opened the paper and found there in two pennies and a halfpenny. Little Make-Believe was not wise rjough to read the expression in his ftce; but indeed she could scarcely see tor the tears in her eyes. 'It is a very good fee, child," said the doctor, and his hand for a moment rested lightly on her head. "Go now r.ud attend to your sister; and don't forget to see me to-morrow before 10." "No, sir, I won't forget," said Little Make-Believe joyfully. "You are a kind gentleman." TT. J- f - I J.1 T 1 1, iiu uimtiu, pauseu at tue uuur, iueu stepped to the side of Little Make-Believe, who was sitting by Saranne. "Never mind the fee," he said, hand ing her back the paper. "You can pay nio wheu you grow rich." With that he took his leave and the siiters were left alone. "When I grow rich!" exclaimed Little Make-Believe, laughing and beating her right fist, in which she held the doctor's fee, against the open palm of her left baud. "That's a good 'im. 'When I grows rich, Ses the bells of Shore ditch!' " She sang the last words. "Look here. Saranne. I'm go ing to shut my eyes and make be lieve I have grown rich. Now, then. What's in my hand? Tuppence ha'penny, and we ain't got nothink for nnna I am't hungry, but you are, ain't yer?" "Yes," sighed Saranne. "Wot'd yer like for dinner?" "Pea 5P-rm Aden - f '"Yes." said Little MnkfCRelipvP. her eyes tightly closed and her fist shut ' ' T ) n r-.3 ,1 . i 1 1 . ... - cooc-jiuuueu. AnytBlEg else; "Some plum duff." Oh, my! Wot a spread! I think I see it! But it ain't much, now I've fcTOWPd rinh T.ot'o v,i: - uuuttc u'.ne v e luiti this 'ere tuppence ha'penny turned into two and six there' d be a go! We'd nave a Dottle of ginger beer as well, wouldn't us? Pease-pudden, plum duff, more plum duff and ginger beer!" She smacked her lips as though she were enjoying these luxuries, when a sigh from Saranne restored her to the reality of the scene. - "Never mind, Saranne," she said, opening her eyes, "it was very good of turn to give me back the coppers. 1 can git some pease-pudden for yer, at fill events. I'll go to the ccok shop and bring it back on a gold plate set around with dymens. I won't be long, caranne." She jumped up and took the paper irorn flip mino i. j . -. tut coins tne rloctnr lmrl rAtnrnPil o her, and there in her hand Lay two to&lf-crowns and a shilling. Her amazement and delight were un bounded, but in the midst of her excite ment she did not forget who it was sae had to thank for this bit of good its as good as a pantermine," she Paid. "He's the best harlequin I ever 0i" She ran from the room, and soon' re ittrned with a dinner such as she and -aranne had not enjoyed for many a ng day, and when she took a pull at tIlG ginger beer, which they drank, turn 8l'd turn about, out of the bottle, she ' saje a toast: -; "Good luck to him. May he live long 8fd die happy!" Certainly not more than half this 'ish can be said to have been fulfilled, fr within a fortnight the good doctor (lied, -H Urea Ions enopgli, Uqw.9J&t9 9 impress upon Little Make-Believe that If she wished Saranne to grow strong It was necessary that the child should rest a great deal until she was nine or ten years old; she was not to be al lowed to run in the streets or carry weights; then there was a chance of Saranne getting over the weakness in her back, and of her not being a crip ple for life. He had some benevolent idea re specting the children, which, had he lived, would probably have been a benefit to them, but death stepped in md prevented its execution. Little Mnko-Bellpve cheerfully took up The burden, and was sTslef, mother, and father to Saranne, who lived a life of idleness while her brave sister toiled for her. During Saranne's lonely hours one idea warmed her, comforted her: "My Little Make-Believe will soon be home!" Crooked, ugly, pock-marked as she was. Little Make-Believe had a con stitution of iron. Otherwise how could she have stood the wind and the rain and the snow which beat about and played their cruel pranks upon her thinly-clad body when she was in the streets? Frecnentlv for fourteen or fifteen hours out of the twenty-four was she trudging up and down, hunting for bread for Saranne and feeding on dreams herself. Her usual clothing consisted of a skirt and a frock nothing more, hail. rain, snow or blow. Had she been presented with a flan nel petticoat It is not unlikely that she would have gone with it to a police man and said. "Somebody's made a mistake." On second thought, however, it is not probable she would have acted in this way. She would have taken the flannel netticoat home to Saranne. Little Make-Believe and Thomas Dexter became acquainted in the fol lowing manner. Standing at the door of his shop one evening, there marcnea past mm on the pavement the queerest procession of children he had ever seen. He had not many idle half hours, but this happened to be one. There were in all some fourteen or fifteen children, the poorest in Clare Market, and you may be sure they were not dressed In silks and satins Their garments, except in the matter of value, resembled the stock in his shoD they consisted of odds and ends. Perhaps half a dozen had caps or hats, oue of them a woman's old bon net sovwfll sizes too large for her. fathers' worn-out trousers cut down. some too short, some too long, mothers' worn-out sowns similarly adapted. three or four with one boot and one shoe: a ragged regiment indeed. Each of them carried a stick with a piece of paper tied to it to represent a flag. At the head of the regiment marched Little Make-Believe, her high rank be- insr desicrnated by the color of her pa per flag, which was blue, the others heiner white. It was the first week in December, and the dav had been cold and fine a common phrase, which bad something of mockery in it la connection wuu these noor children. Cold they knew it to be; that it was fine they would have vehemently ue nleL Thpv w&re shiverins now as they nnsct.fi Thomas Dexter's shop. There was a spice of comfort in the circumstances that it was evening, and th,it th shons were being lighted up. Dexter had seen Little Make-Believe hundreds and hundreds nf times without noticing her, as in the old days he had seen Polly Cleaver hundreds and hundreds of time with- nt notions her. and it is likely tnai the ragged regiment would have marched past him without attracting his attention had not a man accosted them in his bearing: t t-irirHes" cried this man, Knrhaf oro Tfrtl 11D tO?" "We're going to ngnt tne savagw, thA renlv. "Ha! ho!" laughed the man. uoms to fight the savages, are you? Well, -ri riv t 'em hot. for the glory nf Old Ensland! Hit 'em hard, they ve fripnfls! Who's your captain? He put his hand under the girl s chin and raised her neaa. .tt7. i'c r.ittift Make-Believe! - When the old man told the children to "give it 'em, for the glory ot -uu rrionfl " ho Knoke sauncaiii. tj.,- TOnat hft said in bitter jest, other and greater authorities were repeating in triumph, tor naa not iue yyhvub na tion been ringing that day with the accounts of a grand victory gained by British soldiers and British guns over im iinnrT nf naked savages? To judge from the paens sung in the newspapers, not ancient ivumB Miniri sunnly instances of such prodigious valor as that displayed by our troops in what was. at best but a mteornhlp skirmish. Tar.h" rried a boy. and the ragged regiment, with Little Make-Believe at Its head, disappeared aown tne sireei. fh hov who was nicknamed Dot- andrcawy.-onc because fcelfcetl Eitli a limp, was the real head of the expe dition. It was an expedition with a serious object in view, for which Dot-and-carry-one was responsible. It had not escaped the attention of the man who had accosted the chil dren that Little Make-Believe's face was whiter than usual, and that she exhibited symptoms of suffering sin gularly at variance with the exaltation with which her position and the blue paper flag she carried should naturally have filled her soul. But in the very whirl of the highest forms of mental rapture there are hu man feelings which will not be denied. Hunger is one. Little Make-Believe had been select ed to take the supposed command of the expedition by virtue of the reputa tion she had gained by always pretend-Ins:. It was at the suggestion of Dot-and-carry-one that the office was bestowed upon her. The cunning young rascal, who, de spite his tender years, was sufficiently gifted to devise any act Of mild-villainy, and sufficiently brave to assist out of danger (in this respect resemb ling more advanced humans that way inclined), had formed a very definite scheme of plunder by Which his stom ach was to be substantially benefited. In furtherance of his scheme he had gathered his band of juvenile waifs and strays and had supplied theni with flags, with which they were mightily tickled. The last soldier he enlisted was Little Make-Believe. He found her sitting disconsolately on a doorstep. She was in truth in the saddest of moods; It waa seldom that her good spirits deserted her, but she had not tasted food that day, and she hadi besides, even a stronger cause for despondency. In the morning she had left, from her stock of the previous day, four boxes of matches. These she had sold for twopence, with which she had purchased food f or Sarahhek taking it home to her sister, and sitting patiently by it while it was eaten touching not a morsel of it herself. It ain't 'arf enough." said Saranne; my stomach's as empty as a bandbox with nothink in it' "What'd vef like for supper?" asked Little Make-Believe, with a remark able assumption of cheerfulness con sidering the State os her own stomacn. "A Die." replied Saranne, her lips at work in anticipation "a meat pie." "All right," feaid. Little Makc-Beheve, "I'll get yer one, Saranne." She spoke with the air of a person who possessed a magic ring, with which she intended to go direct to an Aladdin's cave tilled with meat pies. Sh had a firm faith in her own re sources, and believed, if they failed, that something would turn up to lead to the fulfillment of Saranne's wish. As she went out into the streets she Indulged in delightful visions saw shops crammed with meat pies, smok ing hot, and a man with a Deammg Maintenance behind the counter, to whom she appeared and said, "'Ere, old chap, give us arf a dozen. She went home and laid them oetore Saranne, who said, "You're somethink like a sister! Take a bite at cue yer- Empire styles Lead Enmire lines are most surely upon us, and the fall promises to be a sea son for slender figures, though ot course, the fat woman in an Empire coat will be inevitably sure. These semi-short-waisted lines seem to have been promulgated from- the bolero, and in many fall jackets or long coats both appear bolero-like jacket effects being simulated on to the garments .The verv extremely high girdle still comes out in spots, with coattails, usually the Louis XI V. style going with it. The continued vogue for circular skirts seems assured. Ail skirt models are distinguished by a great fuluess at the bottom and are almost plain over the hips; Importers samples in cloth shott material of the greatest richness. High grade goods include both plain and fancy mixturesj In trimmings there seems great orig inality a prominent feature is tlieir re semblance to hand work and in iuany cases machine made trimmings are combined with needlework. Beautiful broadcloths are being Im ported for gowns Of dress; and the most exquisite embroidered effects are among the trimmings for these. Cheviot and worsted suitings for street gowns wili b much trimmed with braids. Very long, loose fitting coats of pale colored broadcloths promise to be fash Vmable, made on Empire lines. . The postillibh will feigil: It will be on evening coats of silk, also on cloth street models. Coats with the fronts cut like a man's evening waistcoat wili be prominent; The princessed skirt and princess gown still hold their own: Many orig inal ideas are cropping Up In the finish ing of these corslet govns. Washing ton TiniC3. leaf designs in a variety, of arrange ments are shown in strawberry short cake servers ;nd other flat ware"; The broad, heavy effect is now seen in Comb tops of plain gold or of plain gold ornamented in delicate vine work or set with pearls. Both bright and rose gold are employed in ornamenting the curved tops. A toilet table set of carved ivory is further embellished with silver" gilt ti'acery on a vine-like pattern of the fuchsia, the brush and mirror backs being somewhat triangu lar In form. Jewelers' Circular Weekly. The airiest of airy imaginations. rhe afternoon waned and the meat pies were as far off as the Promised Land. Then she began to despair. Not for herself. Hunger she had borne, and rould bear. She suffered not only lroni her own pangs, but from Saranne's. She looked upon it as a crime tnat she could not satisfy Saranne's long. Ins. . Her loving heart made her seit-tor- menting most unbearable. She tried hard, very hard, to obtain a copper or two; went to the shop where she bought her matches, ana uu niored the man to give her credit for a dozen boxes, strengthening her ap peal by the solemn declaration: Mar I never drink another arop o water if I don't pay yer honest to-mor- hnw moraine! I'm sure to sell 'em, sir, if I stop out all night.. Wont yer, sir,, wont yer?" Vn ho would not. and he was not to be blamed for it, being.hijnself a strug gling man with an enormous family- triplets the last presentation, ior wnicn he received three pounas irom Majesty the Queen. Mournfully Little Make-ueueve ieit the shop, and it is not too much to say that if Satan himself had suddenly ap peared and had proposed to make a bargain with her in that brimstone depot she would have jumped at any reasonable offer. She ventured in the streets to pull th mat tails of benevolent looking gentlemen, but she was impatiently shaken off, and each time fell back, fearful lest dreadful consequences should follow her boldness. The per sons from whom she endeavored to od tnin nractical sympathy for her silent agony were not in the main of an un kindly nature; but these appeals were so common, the streets were so full of Imploring faces! If by a, miracle it could None day happen .that angels should descend from ueaven ana uy a simultaneous Divine movement lift the weight of suffering f ronj the hearts of those in want of food, a flooa or snli -sweet sunshine would illumine the narrow thoroughfares of the mod ern Babylon that this City of Fain would suddenly become a very garden of glad souls! On the doorstep sat Little Make-Believe, worn out and exhausted by the struggle. To her, accompanied by the children he had enlisted in his enter prise, familiar faces all of them, ap peared Dot-and-carry-one. To be continued. Ailv,:ncfe of Tnriiisl, ivoittcii. The position of Mahometan women, recording to Mis Mary Mills Patrick, who has ah article in a recent number of The Forum on "Women in Turkey," is very different from Avhat it is usu ally supposed to be. "To the superfi cial thinker," says "Miss Patrick, "the condition of Turkish women has not altered for centuries. They stili veii their faces except when at home. They never walk alone in the streets. They do not appear in public with their hus bands and they do not arrange their own marriages. But this, it seems, is all on the surface. Turkish women of the urper classes are highly educated. They are eminent in literature, and one woman has exhibited her pictures in the Paris Salon. They are in great de mand as teachers, and" when they marry are not expected to abandon their positions, marriage being regard ed by the educational authorities of Turkey as a "personal matter' not, as in New York, as an act of insubordina tion. One case is known, indeed, where the husband stays at home caring for the house and children while the wife goes to school. Nursing is another profession open ro Turkish women, and a large number earn good incomes at it. As to the influence of Turkish wom en in general affairs, it is "much great or," says Miss Patrick, "than it is usu ally supposed to be. The person with the money in his pocket is the one who usually rules In the family, and Turk ish women have complete power over their own property. According, to the Mahometan law, any woman may sue or be sued, buy or sell, alienate or be queath, without marital authorization not being obliged even to inform her husband of what (she is doing." The Government provides primary and secondary education for girls, and maintains a normal school, the Dar-ul-Monaliroat, or College of the Lady Teachers, at Conctantinople. ReDorters on Paris newspapers earn from $30 to ISO a .nwat&V New KitiRS and Ornaments. A canary diamond, framed in fine diamonds, makes a beautiful ring. An other costly ring noted is surrounded hv diamonds. An ingenious device for shaping, ribbon girdles is a silver or gilt strip, which clips the material at top and bottom, and is invisible while Holding it in place. Very handsome as a cross-over bracelet, with five round gray pearls set diagonally in the opening. . ' The folding locket is a little novelty to be worn as a chatelaine charm. It opens as a straight frame for .six pho tos, and folds into a perfectly round ball of bright or yellow gold. A pret tv oblonar card case of bright gold has a dainty chain attached. Very smart and unique is an ornament which has the red currant-as the' motif, with graceful stem and leaf work in dia monds, while rubies simulate . the drooping bunch of currants. A pearl like Australian shell of a rare shade of pink forms an exquisite brooch. It is set on a bar. with a cluster xt dia monds at each end and a diamond on the pink shell. '-:;'i'-'f'i .:?- , Dog collars come ( in t many, taking styles, from the simple bead collars to those composed of elaborate rose gold filigree in conjunction with diamonds, pearls or sapphires. A beautiful fruit basket of silver gilt has the circular sides of open cvals, with bunches of grapes and leaves at regular intervals, while the bpttom of the basket is cov ered with a mass of leaves. Pretty bonbon dishes and cut glass herry dishes have two or three loop handles. A six handled fruit dish of Iritk Silver U al S&Qirn, : WZ W(X tfaJ Oldtiu ronetic. "The old fashioned patrlai'eiiial sys tem which permitted the 'help'' to be come an integral part of the tamiiy presented many objectionable features, yet the nattirai aiid logical result of such relations between employer dnd employed was to secure a better and hidr3 intelligent class of service," says Martha Baker Dunti, ill the Atlantic Monthly; ' "It would not be" a difiicult business to collect a sheaf of testimonies from housekeepers who are able to remem ber the changes of the last fifty years, certifying that the thrifty, capable and reliable 'hired girl;' with whose virtues and usefulness so iuany New; England households have in former days been happily familiar no longer exists ex cept in infrequent and Sporadic in stances. '"The younger class of girls who uu uer the old regime went out to service now ehMpldy themselves in the shops, factories and similar establishments where their time after working hours is their own. They know the sweets of independe'nee and the proudif im aginary satisfaction Of bein .'just as gdod as anybody;' . ' , "The domestic' ranks in the New England towns of to-day ate" largely recruited from ' a wandering tribe of more mature women, who vary . the serial 6"f matrimony by divergencies into the field of working tiiit; . Some of them belong to the variety known as grass widows; some of them have either just got a bill or fire just about to get a bill from their husbands', some have husbands who appear spasmodi cally and then pass once more into ob scuration During the intervals of these interrupted rbinanceg the hero ines of them bestow a somewhat inter ! mittent and perfunctory attention on households whose need is so urgent that the members thereof are willing to suffer and be Strong" . . . "There was a certain' neat, spare, gauntly decorated, middle-aged woman who, during my girlhood, always spent d part of each day 'helping out' in our crowded household, whdse memory re-' tains for me an abiding fascinatioh She exemplified a type which had in those days many representatives; a type of woman strong both in mind and body, with an untutered intelli gence born of necessity and exper ience. These women were apt to De sham cornered, full of individuality. incisive of speech and act, a surface uhgr&ciousness which did not long con ceal a repressed sweetness of nature often the outgrowth of deep and con scientious religious feeling.- "It was always a gala day with me whett 'Aunt Sophia came . to abide with us. It meant that, there would be things doing, fresh interests added to life, interests more or less piquantly flavored with the newcomer's individ uality. Aunt Sophia's sharp sayings, her idiomatic stories gathered from experiences in many households, the very unexpectedness of her stand points, all helped to flavor the common placeness of daily,. living; and though I have spoken of her and her class as creatures of untutored intelligence, iu comparison with many of the flippant and shallow beings who inhabit our kitchens to-day, these old fashioned domestics were admirably educated. Sophia read her Bible as eagerly as her prototype of to-day reads novels." Uae Super Calendered Plate Paper of Good BS Stock . .. The question is often asked, "What paper is best suited to the production of good color wOTk?" ' Without i stop ping to think, most printers would be inclined to answer, "A good ' coated stock Of medium finish." . " And this seems to be the opinion of s those who do a little color work occasionally, yet it is only a few years back, about the time Of the introduction of the half tone that the finest kind of color work was always done, on a super calendered i plate paper of good rag stock and good I fren rrt white color. - The half-tones made necessary , the coated 'paper of to-day, and where three-color work is to be considered it is certaihly a necessity; but aside from that particular -Class of printing it seems that it would be a really , wise thing to go back to the rag supefflnes formerly called plate papers. ' Another point well worthy of consid eration is the color or. tone of the paper used as a basis of color printing as it has a very decided effect upon the re sults. Unless the work 13 a design of considerable warmth of coloring a blue toned paper will give It a poor look that will most likely' be blamed on everything else than . the right cause; vhile, on the other hand, a paper with rrpnmv white tone not decideiy coi ored, in fact, the tone may be such that ft requires a comparison with a blue white, to realize that it is a cream- rrhite will irive a richness and depth to the colors that to the uninitiated will cnorri hi most iltWOSSible. ' "., -i ' rtn not think there is a desire on the part of the writer to Undervalue the real merits -of coated paper witn ua white Smooth surface, for such is not (tin 'n9i.-' tie merely desires to call attention to the fact that there are many occasions when its brilliancy can h fTiRnPTiRPii with to the benefit of the work in hand It goes without saying thnt mueh of the flits catalogue work of to-day would be impossible without substitute for it, but there is a large amount of color nrnrfc thnt. Gtlld be better done on super of the proper tone 6f white. Pro gressive Printer. . .U i i -i.' - K. 'J . One View of It. w t j 4; Money don't make happiness,. . " Nor cure our human ills, - -; - : " - But-rbless your soul! : ? : From pole to pole, - It sure does pay the bills! ' , ---' Atlanta Constitution; j , - .-. --"I I . Give It Up.., , , . , . Citizen "How long will it take to dig; " the Panama Canal?" - ; u ; Engineer "About five years." ' .! v : ; Citizen "And how4. long, will it Jat : to get it started?" . ,: Tlio Snpreme Court. .'; . , .. "What wouldyou do if you had a t problem, that Pvoosevelt couldn't solve?" inquired Nordy. ' - . " ' '; "Take it to the Emperor Bill,, of course," promptly replied Butts. ' ' T' , - Blundering Marksmanship.- - , ui "T aee that RoJestvensky hit one. of . :!rri. those Japanese warships during the big . . figt.. . ' ..: .... 1 ' ...... "I'll bet it wasn't the one ne was-' -' aiming at." Cleveland Plain. Dealer.-,- .? ! " ';. . J-" - " -.. . j -. " : ii A Pb.TJojrnoinUt." .i"ti Mistress "My husband, i Bridget, is , n at the head of the State militia.". n Ttriiieret "I t'oueht as much, ma'am. It's th' foine malicious look he has?-"' y-iy ma'am." Woman's Home Companion; ;? - . J - ' Doubtful Keuiark. Tiniiv "And when our auto was ..f speeding like the wind, just to think of i his proposing to me!" , : - , -i , Dorothy 'I'm not surpnseu. sav running an automobile mattes:.', a a j v man reckless." Chicago News. - .- 1tiftin!c'a Antntenesa. , Riiin.irofe had experiences which made" him doubt entirely the-efficacy nf thA'n'trtW. He once received from the German military attache at the Russian court a cipher message upon mntter of vital imDort. but dare not give a direct reply, because he knew that the Russian had the key of the nirxhor. tris riwii dlfflcUHies when am bassador at St. Petersburg had made him wary. A Russian official let mm intr. spret. then, as he was leaving the room, said "You will, of course, Mmmnnic ate this matter to Berlin. in dbirlg so, do not make use of your cipher number so-and-so; we have been in possession of that for years, and as matters stand our peopie um nt nneft that I was the source Of information. . You must further oblige me by not immediately giving up the" compromised cipher, but using it o fpw months longer for unlmport- toioffrnms." Bismarck was too ac complished a master of craft not to that the specified - cipher would not be the only one which the Russians - had mastered. at. jawe Gazette. . , ' rada of F1U Skin. fTha mffvr or swell fish has the pow er to distend itself with air into the shape of a globe, a power which many visitors have seen demonstrated by pilffers in the tanks of the New York jfsnanese living in the Ha waiian Islands make of the skin of the hisr nuffer found in Hawaiian waters vrirt nnd crrotesaue lantern. When the skin of the big puffer has fircr removed, while it is still ti- it ta stuffed out to its full size, in globe shape, and so left to dry. The skin is not much thicker than paper tmnsineent. brown on the upper part and gray below. The fins are preserved ana ariea sinciiiui, uk the fish, the tan oeing peieu uV . A circular opening is made in the i,ir ht ilixtended fish skin, through which the light can be placed, and in which is set norizomau u uv or rim by which the lantern can be 6t e v ri ri A 2 . Such a lantefii made of a big puffer s mQW h n foot In diameter cross- nnd fifteen inches in length, and what with the head of the fish appear Ptid nod the perked up tail ha thpr nnd the fins projecting at the sides, this fishskin lantern makes a very curious object. - - -. Can't Be a Dove. mhA 'ui-A nf neaee a dove!" ' ex-' va X - . claimed the Russian ; envoy" bitterly.; r, cArlr nr a crane." t " " Bay Iftiua v" ; - , "Why so, your Excellency?' . J ' ... 'niu...i..r. "Look at the size ot tne onwjrjiu.- burg POStl-- I.: j'. :.:!r--U " , Gneea What. . , kaw.: Mabel." cautioned her mother,- - ; itn't. sit out ! on - that damp, . : beach ; to-night without . anythmg ., around you." . : "I won't, mother," promised the dutl- - ful daughter." "George .wUL attend to f that all right.' . - .,- . , ; ' Palnfnl. Bangs are threatened. . . Felt hats have made their appear ance. ; , ., White skirts are found in the shops. They are tucked and finished fairly well. . ' -x ' - ' Black taffeta is used in making a lot of swell little skirts and coat suits for autumn wear. " ' . . Particularly charming for wear with embroidered linens are the Oriental belts of dull Japanese embroidery. The newest coiffure is indulated in front to firm a light bang, across the forehead. It must not be too heavy. - - - . - - . . . - A lace collar is made weara Die Dy tying about the top on a bit of narrow velvet ribbon made into a neat bow in front. S.r .. ? -' For small change and tickets, the smart young woman carries an oblong case of embroidered white linen,' lined to match her parasol, , - , ThA fthnrt. iaeket has a dainty collar of lace and muslin, and on the front of the coat near the waist are huge motifs of broderie anglaise. Burnous wraps are worn by the mo dish, and one cloudlike affair of silky muslin Is in three layers, first dark gray, then sjlver gray, and on top via n.iiitinM md EKI, There is some strange relation be tween hailstorms and poultry, or ue and eggs, that fascl l,YCCi "Mi."-' . . . . nates mankind,..- The hailstone may be dodged, the egg should De aoageu, uut 4i, ,mn!irisfln between hailstones and eggs never can be dodged. It Is Impos sible to get away from It."- Whenever ii storm when tendr plants t rieath and window glass is shivered, the hailstones are always the size of hens' eggs. Noooay of a bailstone-tbe siz- of baseballs, r notatoes. or the . size, o ,ooo,t, rock, solf balls, tomatoes or the fist, but ever and always the wze .j. . -Vft4- fluffs r.iTv in size. - . oi eggs- - ,. . . j Mr.ttHi fancier wouid think or pointing to a cackling, hen and saying: She lays eggs as big as hailstones. -should be no comparison between hailstones and eggs. A show er of ha'dstones is a work of nature, while a shower of eggs is apt to be a work of ill-nature. vasniuB nri..i.u in Nnw Zealand, ' The New Zealand Postffiaster-Gen-eral hopes, with the co-operation of Australia to "have wireless telegraphy established across the Tasman Sea within twelve njopths. Tii? COSt wi- be m,ooo, . " little boy. and tell . Rib v,, . . , - - - me what happened to you in school . . to-day." - ... . . , , "Well, ma'am, if Irs jest tne Bmw -I'd rather stand ' up. an teU youi"--, , New York Journal. - . -; . : .. , , , j The Bureau of Corporation. . - : . , First Ofiicial-,,Hello, old man. Got . much on hand just now?'? ; Second Oflicial-"Oh, no, not a great deal. Got to regulate the Standard Oil Company, put the beefcombino out of business, and a few minw de- . .. . jL.i .flint's nil. tailS Ot LUlll uumni ""w r -,. aaaaaWala Vatnrallv , nrnft-."Gladys never taTks about any one except herself." . George "Well, sue a Point." ..,.;,;- Grayce "What s mat; -si 'v,i never hear, her speaK ill of any one.-LoulsvUIe Courier-.. Journal. ' - - y- , Mleled by th Namei few weeks in J Russia," said Mr. Globetrot. "Cau X bring you hack anything?" : - - "I'd be pleased It you a anus -few pounds of that . Government ukase," replied Mrs flous?kep. My. . husband, is very . ionu ,."T. cheese." .' . -.i-: '..i --' tf Worked. t,. oir.vou told me that if I'd f TAiir hair restorer I use one uuinc v j - . , wouldn't have a grayhair.in my head. - ,"Well?" r : ' ' Ii "Well I "used a oottie du uu , perfectly bald!" . - f- . "Well, 1 lOlfl. u - Cleveland Leader. . " . . . L ,,.. naT7rAcr t a dtvoted nus band. Every Friday he dropsbusme.s. buys a lot "y-m " women like; and runs dorn. to .the , seashore and stays until Monday His. wife ought to be proud of : him; . - Butts-"Oh, i con t Knuw-i"" n;r,: ought. His wife U in the mountains... at. Vownurt, ;.-rdyl say, old fen't.trWJ'V ' present.me to your Hsirr . . , Percy "AU rigui, to-morrow. rHT, .V Ferdy "I'd rather you uiu old chap. Percy "But why r - i- -u r .. tr-"Becanse she's Just fallen off tm niro fo cro to her rescue, don't you know r-LouisvlU Courier' jouraalt' 't -