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CHAPTER III.
"When Van Hoeck recovered, and the
baronet heard of our ion? fast, he took
us at once into the dining room, and
had us served with the best he could
give." It was a repast to recompense
us for our Ictig privations, and for a
iime we famished wretches forget our
treasure in the keen animal pleasure
of satisfying the craving of hunger.
Sir Edmund sat at the table with us.
directing the servants, who surely had
never before waited upon such strange
company. One could see that it was
a real delight to this large-hearted man
to see us eat and drink. Miss Las
celles herself waited upon Van Hoeck,
attending to his wants with femiuine
(act and delicacy; his affliction ap
pealed to her womanly sympathy.
She was a tall and graceful girl, witb.
Ler father's fair complexion, bright,
mirthful eyes, that added to the hap
py expression of her face, and beauti
ful oft brown hair, that took golden
lights and chestnut shadows in its un
dulation. Sh. looked you in the face
with a fearlessness only possible to
those who are perfectly healthy and
perfectly honest. To the charm of
physical beauty was added a faultless
manner the complete self-command
und unfailing grace inseparable from
a tedy of birth and education. She
.vas as cotrteous to us, who must have
beemcd the veriest outcasts of society,
iis though we were her equal. A true
lady can never be ungracious.
Her presence" "hf i an indescribable
offect upon my senses the effect of
line music after discord. T was con
scious of a return from savagery to
civilization. But it was not until my
gross appetite was satisfied that I be
came susceptible to the new delight.
The baronet spoke not one word
about the diamond during dinner, but
when it was all over he said:
"Well, now we will go back to the
library; and you shall come with us,
Edith, if our cigars wiil not be disa
greeable to you, for we have a marvel
ous matter to talk about."
In the library Miss Lascelles seated
herself beside her father, while we
three men sat facing them on the other
side of a small round table, on which
I placed the diamond. At little dis
tance from us there was a lion skin
on the floor, and on this the Kid threw
herself, and as she lay there looking
toward us, with her chin renting in the
v.flims ? her hands and her elbows
planted in the fur, we saw scarcely
anything of her but her great lustrous
eyes, because of the shadow thrown Dy
the lamp shude.
"Now, let us understand the position
of things, to begin with," said Sir Ed
mund, taking a cigar, after handing
the box to us.
"This will explain a good deal' said
I, putting in his nand the copy or our
agreement.
He held it that his daughter might
'read it with him, and having come to
the end, said:
-May I ask which is the Judge?"
"That's me," said Brace, with some
pride; "appinted by the Long Pike Vig
ilance Committee in f56."
You are an American?"
'Located as such for twenty years;
- born in Cornwall
'And Jake- Van Hoeek:"
'That's Israel," responded the Judge,
Indicating Van Hoeck; "acf darkness
fell upon 'eni," he added cxplanative-
During a short space of his eventful
career Brace had earned a precarious
DYietfnce as a traveling preacher.
"Then vftn firfl Bernard Thome," the
bayonet said, to ffiiCand LojaJs--'l
- "The Kid," said Brace, "tier moth
er was a sreaser a Mexican," , ho ex
plained to Miss Lascelles. The dinner
-had warmed his spirits and loosened
i'a fnnoniO ATI ri Iia continued: "We
were drawed together at Cape Town
by an advertisement in the paper, our
fflicted brother wanted to state his
little pile upon a mining venture. He
had studied the thing scientifically;
he had laid out a kinder chart in his
liofld. nricked down where tne grea
finds had been made, sorter reasoned
rmt the cause thereof, end sot his mind
rirm as a big find was to be made in
a certain spot known only to himself.
We conversed, and he perceived with
out much difficulty es he had found the
light sorter pardner in me, end he kind-,
er left it with me to find a third pary;
to jine in the venture. I spotted ou
Gentleman Thorne here among a dozv
en. I liked the shape of his chest and
shoulders; I liked the look of his facej
I see that though he was outer luck;
' be was a gentleman, every inch -of him,
and tell you, miss," he said, addressr
ing Miss Lascees, "that though I
ain't no gentleman myself, I back bioofl
an' breedin' ag'in all creation. A man
like Gentleman Thorne, who has been
kep' clean fn his infancy, fed whole
some, trained up .n a public school,
and been learnt to respect himself and
God Almighty, has better temper, more
endurance, more pluck and flghtin'
power to overcome and win than a
dozen of the muckers that bounce
about bein' workin' men." He paused
a moment to let his words make due
impression, and then continued: "Gen
tteman Thorne rad no experience, but
he had a hundred pound to put into
th. concern, and that fetched Israel
ji?t 3s much as his looks fetched me.
Israel had three hundred. 1 had noth
ing in the shape of dollars, but I threw
in the Kid, which, bein' a female, was
calc'lated to be useful unter us in the
uat'ral order of tnings. What we had
we jumpt in, and by written agree
ment drawed up mutual, we undertook
to play it out to the bottom dollar and
the p'int of starvation. We worked,
sir, through thick and thin, through
the measliest streak of luck mortal
man ever struck.
"Israel was the first to funk it. My
cale'Iations are wrong; it's a hopeless
venture; let us chuck it,' he says. To
which Gentleman Thorne replies: 'No
he saj-s, 'weTl stick to our colors anS
fight it out,' says he. End he did his
level Lest to cheer us on.' You should
have heerd him there a-whirtlin' like a
black-bud, singin' songs, drawlu' us
out of ourselves, and makin a pleasant
joke out of our bad luck. Ast the Kid
down there who was her best friend in
that trouble. She'll tell you it was
Gentleman Thorns not her father. Sbe
had a bit of a fever it was him made
up a bed for her, built a screen to keep
.he sun off, walked fifteen mile in the
ight to get things from the sto-v, set
aij night after night to give her water,
i-nd used for to sing out about the
leepin beauty and Ciueralla, . while
ae was peggin' away at the durned
.stones. I wiil allow, miss, I were
i shamed to let kin- see I was losiu
.eart, and when 1 felt like blaspheiniu'
at things in gen'a'., I ussd to take a
short walk and let off all ny s veariu
.vhere he couldn't hear me. Well, it
,.id look as ef we had hooked on to the
everlastin' fish-kittle. Ihen Israel
funked a second time. 'We hev still a
few pounds left,' he says to Gentleman
Thorne. 'Let's throw rp the cards,'
.vhich tbey might hev done without
Ding from our written word, they two
ormin' a majority. But Gentleman
rvnnMn'i- .i!rrpe to "it.. It
wouldn't be fair to the 5udge, he said.
and then he promised that if we failed
in the end he'd stick by Israel, and
keen him -like liis own 'flesh and bjood
until he found, the means of keeping
hisself. which was more than 1 a nev
promised him, I will allow. Well, we
played on till the last cent was spent
in stores, and the stores had got down
to h:1lf a tin of beef anl a screw ot
shag and then I lighted on a two-carat
stone. The very next day Gentleman
n,,. fminrt tiip Great Ilesner. We
?ildn't allow it was real, yet we sort
er thought it was. Anyhow, we didn't
sinon.tni we eot to Natal and hau
tested. We sold the littler stone and
scraped enough together to pay our
nassaee to Southampton Dy tue umi
boat. In committee we agreed to go
rn n lmnk and raise money on the dia
mnnrt us soon's we landed, but no one
wouldn't take us on, end u me yuiu.-
hadn't put us on tms xratu.
stumped if I know what partie'ler 'o,-
we should nev Deeu suvjbiu
present moment,"
During this recital, which 1 nave au-
breviated considerably, van noan.
.vho despised the Judge ana anommai
d all he said, sat with his eyes close
ly shut, his nostrils pinched, and his
..lack brows creased together, so that
hey almost met. Mis:? Lascelles lis
ened with intense interest, her pretty
ips just parted, and I thought she
ooked more kindly upon me for tiu
'lowing eulogium-of which I have
"mitted a great part-paid to me bj
Jrace.
The Kid changed her position, seem
ing to eaten some of her father's en
husiasm, and sitting upon her heels
vith her hands clasped before her.
irned her flashing eyes sometimes
o ht more often upon. Mis
Lascelles, as if to catch the effect of
his narrative. m- e,
"One thing is obvious," said Sir Ld
mund cheerfully; "you won't want to
.euve me to-night."
"Neery one of us, sir, you bet! re
plied the Judge, while Van Hoeck
and I expressed the same sentiments
'm other words.
The baronet spoke in a low tone to
his daughter, who rose and left the
room.
Th next thing. to consider is," he
then said, "how can I be of service to
you in this affair. To purchase your
treasure is. of course, altogether oui
of the question. But I r'Kmld like to
buy a small-a very, very small-share
in it, paying down a certain
Sir Edmund then read the agreement i
through agai-, raid then said:
"Wc must consult a lawyer with re
gard to a legal form of agreement
Here there is a kind of tontine ar
rangement by which one would re
ceive an enormous advan : , e br the
death of his partners. It is an uncom
fortable clause, and T do : ot see the
irossitv of its existence, now that
the circumstances which called for its
being taade are changed. A lawyer
may provic!3 for our security without
exposing us to ugly possibilities. That,
however, can be settled later on.
There is no hurry. It will be time
enough to make, the legal arrange
ment when we have ascertained the
value of the property to be arranged,
and that we cannot know before the
stone i3 cut. We w..L question the
best firm in, London with regard to
a lapidary, and take their 1 me.
"Meanwhile, I will supply you with
what, money you want upon your I.
O U. and the diamond shall remain
iu your keeping. . Talk it over among
yourselves at your leisure, and any
modification you may think advisable,
I have no doubt, I shall be able to ac-
HQUSEHOLU
AFFAIRS
SCIENCE ,
eejjt
Miss Lascelles returned to the room
and spoke to her father. Then she
wont To Lola, who had curled herself
upon the skin, and knelt dowu beside
her. The girl was not asleep; she
started un into a sitting attitmie as
Miss Lascelles appnfc-chet. ard uung
off the hand that was laid tenderly
on her arm.
'iVnn rtnn'f 1isliko me. Lola.' the
vounsr lady asked, smiling.
"Yes, I do," the girl repliel. savage-
"But I want to be your friend."
"We shan't never be friends."
t ns T.srpll's response, for
Professor Moissan declared at the
Pari Ar-arlptnv of Science that he had
LH.fcU.&Ui aivd. fcnwfieiied in boilinsc coDuer at a tem-
Boil ne pound of sugar in two-thirds perature of 2100 degrees by means of
of a pint of water for fifteen minutes. a powerful electric current.
Stir in one and a half cups ol cocoanut
and boil fifteen minutes longer. Add a Ordinary medicire droppers are pro-
Quarter of a pound of butter and lastly nouneed dangerous by a German phy-
thft volks of seven eggs well beaten. SiCiau. who finds tbat the same liquid
w ... . I - ,
Bake in patty pans lined, -wiui ncn may yield three times as large a arop
paste.
from one dropper as from another.
DREAM SANDWICHES.
half eun necan nuts,
one-half cup stoned raisins, one apple, new species on the summit of Apo, a
nrtit "'1niee of half a lemon and" one volcanic mountain of the Island of
Dr. E. A. Mears, an authority on or
nithology, recently discovered several
snoonful susrar. Mix thoroughly and
vnread thinly between thinislices of
uuttered bread from which the crust
has been removed
STEAMED BROWN BREAD.
Two cupfuls of yellow cornmeal, one
cupful of rye meal, one cupful of flour,
two cupfuls of milk, one cupful of mo
lasses, one-half of a teaspoonful of salt,
three tea spoonfuls of baking powder.
Mix well together, pour into a well
greased brown-bread mold and steam
for four hours. - ' '
MACARONI WITH OYSTERS.
Cook for twenty minutes or until
soft oue-auarter of a pound of maca
roni in salted boiling water.' Place
half in a buttered disn, men put u
one pouit of oysters . dried, rolled in
scanned crumbs and then m grateu
cheese. Cover with the remainder or
the macaroni; pour over an egg neaten
with n mm of thin cream and saltspoon
a servant entered the room, and Sir uJ of galt; sprinkle lightly with grated
. .
cheese and bate in a guicn oveu uum
richly browned.
Mindanao, in the Philippine group.
"Zupupe," a fibre used by Mexican
Indians for ropes, is claimed by experts
to be better than hemp or any otner
known textile. The material is abund
ant, a large supply being produced by
plantations in the Province of.Tuxpan.
In the heating system of the Eglfing
Sanatorium, in Upper Bavaria, steam
is sent through pipes more than a mi.e
and a half to the coils heating water
boilers that supply beat "to "thirty pa
vilions and six administrative build
ings. Steam entering the conduits at
159 degrees C. was found to have a
temperature of 152 degrees on reaching
the eoil-j. . .
'A curious blackening of ..the faces
i
rmr! ftniifls of certain persons being i
treated by electricity has been noticed,
Investigations showed that this took
place only when the patient's chair
was electrically positive and the crown
of the head negative, and when oil
heaters were being used to warm the
room. The blackening proved to be
due to invisible caroon parncies
thrown off by the burning oil and
Edmund addressed us.
Your rooms are ready," he said;
. i m
"tAlms.-in will ollOW VOU tO tuem 11
you feel you ,-ould like to turn m.
The prospect of sleeping once iuoie
iu a good bed brought us to our feet
a once.
Mies T.nsnflles. undaunted by tne
first rebuff, had got l.oia s nana iu
her's, and was talking in a xo en- V; adi" boiling water sufficient Enock. a BriUsh engineer. He has iii:
dearingtonetoher. The K:d snatched hP8 TJtTflu Houkl. Add snected the chain in Peru, and finds
APRICOT TAPIOCA.
Sor.k one cupful of fine tapioca for drawn to the positive pole.
v,.xr..a ?n cuffioipnt. cold water to
1U " - I ... . ...!.. AT,,. .,,5..
r,.5 ,-mt tntrt a double boner A voteuty engine sioiiug up
V.r.r-nuarter of a cupful of sugar ture of the continent upon its summits,
" " y I . . Al.. t I 7
nnd the svruo drained from a can 01 is tne report upon me 4"
seeing we were
startea to uei ii, . - . : - oan ami 4:,- oi
one-nan 01 a leaspuyi"." t" mai.
cook until transparent. Cut eaca piece
of apricot into three and put in layers
pudding dish with the cootiett
tapioca, liaice ior nan au uvm
moderate oven and serve with cream.
H I NTS . FOR, JME.
HOUSEKEEPER
Cold rain water and soap will remove
machine oil.
Cloves or salt sprinkled on a pantry
6helf will rid it of ants.
Oilv water can be cleared by adding
a few spoonfuls of cornmeal.
A Dinch f salt in the coffee pot will
improve aroma of the coffee.
Bathing the face in cold water while
her hand away,
.mil panic to my side
about to go.
"A little cuss' said tho Judge; "vou
must excuse her, miss. Her motber
was a eraser, and she's never had any
L'inrinase limvr. her. except by oen-
tleman Thorne. A lick witn tne strap
what she understands best. Io,
miss, ne auaeu, wueu wiss
offeredto aiiii. XfcUnto .. Jier . room;
leave her to me. There ain't nothing
hut disanuointment and vexation or
, ... ;.
nirit to be srot outer tne ongrateiu
little varmint."
The room given to the Kid was the
nrettiest imaginable, witn uanging
of white lace over blue silk, and every
where the eye was pleased with some
pretty evidence of care and taste. The
liori wna snffsrpstive or cosiness ami
fresh virain purity at the same time.
I might have taxed my ingenuity In
vain to have invented such a room in
the etories I have told to Lola. We
left tne ivia mere, :euumB Ui,.-....Dv r-: - . , in
wall, her unfathomable eyes looking it is not auu uuu
coare
A good nan and a hot bath will add
,-.n trt tiip neauty oi u wi-v
woman.
a inmn of camphor in your wardrobe
tJU keep steel buttons and ornaments
from tarnishing
Dry the potato peelings, and by using
1, von -an lisht a fire witn anout.
iuvuv r
four pieces of firewood
Geranium leaves are said to form a
(rontl .Irpssins tor cuts ana """"
v-here the skin is rubbed off.
A spoonful of mustard in a gallon of
water will km insects in
This is good for potted plants,
A tablespoonful of coal oU in a basin
of water will clean window glasses and
mirrors and not leave them clouded.
If hot soda and thorough flushing
-kmii not keeD Dioes Bweet there is
its whole top, just below
the ice cap, is a series ot ioiij i.ik
that feed Innumerable streams. An
example of these streams is the- River
Rimac, which, though not more than
eighty miles long, descends 17,(XX feet
from its source in the ice. A small
portion of its energy generates electric
power for the railway uctweeu wma
and Caliao,
nronnd her in sullen curiosity.
In the morning the room was found
imntv the bed untouched, the floor
overed with shreds of the clothing
Miss Lascelles had laid out for Lola's
use, and which, undoubtedly, the lit
ile savase had torn vp.
Poor little Lola! She and I Ird al
ways been the best of friends, except
tvhpn a auestkm f cooking or washing
occurred to trouble us. She would
yield to my persuasion when nothiujj
els" would bend her stuoDorn epinis.
She feared my .silent reproach more
than the scathing sarcasm Van Hoeck
treated her. with, or the heavy .-ana
of her father. She respected.no one
I-.,,!- um nvohnblv because I alOUG le
fj U it V. y w -tt
epected her'feeiiugs.
Had I foreseen that night the cours
sho was about to take. I might, with
a little pntiert persuasion, have
brought her to reason. My spirit is sometning wrong with the plumbing,
welched down with regret wuen i
think how perhaps a dozen words from
me at that time would have turned
aside the fearful consequences of that
net au act so slight, yet followed by
terror unoa terror, by crime upon
crime.
To be Continued,
Children in tlie Home.
r-hrt children of the family one is
nni- trt look on them as burdens,'
bothers and expenses.
When the baby comes, be it ever so
welcome, the motber has more work to
do. As it grows into childhood and on
to maturity it is more and more care,
worry and expense.
.And so the little children, those inno
cent trespassers, are borne with as
patiently as possible until. tbey 'grow
to a successful manhood or woman
hood. Few stop to think deeply about this,
or it would be plainly seen how er
roneous the impression.
The children of the family, instead
of being burdens, are burden bearers:
small saviors who are daily means of
grace, and who lead the world-worn
parents once more into the paths of
innocence and peace.
A baby's tiny hand clasped around
his mother's finger has stilled heart
iTivnhn of sorrow and bitter trouble;
. Avoiding tlie liluet.
Two young women strolled along one
of the far North' Side streets one after
noon kicking the leaves with ; almost
as much delight as when they were
vouncsters. Nevertheless, they.: were
lamenting the passing of suinmei.
"The autumn tints are beautltui, or
course. But I'll take summer all the
year round, 'i love the" outdoor life.
Hot weather doesn't prevent you from
going places and cold weather does.
And I love thin, white dresses. I feel
so much freer and daintier, sort of light
and airier."
"But there are times when you can't
find a cool spot." - . ,",''
''Perhaps I don't suffer so much as
most foiks. but weather doesn't bother
me very much." It seems to. me that is
tne very last thing to complain, of.
AH vou need is good health. If you
have that you can stand anything and
do almost anything. Which reminds
me wha t that Chicago woman . said
vou could get over almost anything in
six months, and anything in a year,
That's not such bad philosophy, is it?''
"I never saw anybody so optimistic
as vou are. Did you ever cry in your
whole life or have the 'blues?
whv. ves. of course. The idea!
What makes you think I haven't?"
"Well. I never taw you and some
way I can't imagine you crying."
"I'm not a teary woman, but I've had
my weeps in private; and I've had the
blues.' But not very often, wnais
the use? Wrheu I can't chuck tnem
as a man does I try some other method
of curing them. The worst 'blue' girl
I ever knew Was Mary, and I always
think of her in the fall, for she hated
it so. She rated rainy weather, and
was as blue as indigo on a rainy fall
dav. She hated falling leaves, and
when it rained and the wind blew
through the trees and around the cor
ners of the house she would just go in
a heap. Her father was just the same,
and so I suppose you couldn't blame
her. But I never could understand
how a person in good health could be
affected so much by the weather.
"Well, nobody likes rainy weather,
"i rnhnnsit not. and vet I've had
many , a fine walk in the rain."
" "Oh. yes, lovers don't mind ram
Father nisTcf to say ryou can't- freeze
nor smother lovers. Hang over the
gate in winter, and smother in the par
lor in summer."
"Now, don't get catty. I've take;
those walks all alone, in the day time
Just the other Sunday when it rained
more or less all day less in the after
noon I had a splendid walk nil by
myself iu the residence district,. I had
Dlanned to make two eaila that attc-
noon and I was determined that the
rain should not interfere. So X set out
intending to ride to the Other, side o
town, but as no ear was in signt, the
nii'vas balmy ana i necaeu ami
In addition to these in black stock, a
number of the stores catering to fash
ionable custom are shenwlng-.thenuin..-colored
suede kid stock; hi such shades ; ;
as green,' blue,, red, pearl ( gray, tan
and white for women's wear at iudootf
dress functions. ' Their great-popular-
ity during.the past seaspn has leu tue.to
iionlers to look tor eomo call for then;
during the fall and" 'winter -for : house
Button shoes for both men and -wouwt
en. .are niuen seen in ine
in : both- the dull and shiny learners. .
Those made of the latter stock usually .s
have the upnera of a dull finished
leatber, with buttons of . the same -kiira
to m:toh. '- ;
The "Pidgin" last is the name of thM,
latest freak iu men' B&oegfattd.y.n-
cliued to be lather an extreme cut. liiu-
inside edge is cut-almost Stiwgux.-
while the outside edge comes to a top;.
with a practically squarecut-off, which
tends to give it a."pigoon. toe" appear- ,
aiice, ' from Avhidr -its niiino is tak-e?
The soles ar6-heatyUiud.juite.exterj,.
oi which Bhould JiotJie. -espachtlly dc-. .
sirable, for winter-use, .since extension
..joe nWnhmiate so '"much" flirt"-' ffnd
wauled the exercise, I walked. It v-as
clorious. The streets and sluewai
were washed clean. The houses-looked
fresh, the trees dark. There was some
thing in the air, I can't describe it
that made jou thrill and sort of re
joice almost like spring." -
"You're the funniest. liven a ram?
day is rosy to you."
"Well, I can't help it if things iook
tbnt wav to me. and I guess i uont
soles accuiiiulate mitcli
dnmvvacs?. "'' 1 "'':' '
Goodyear welts in. wouien.Unc W;
much seen, indicating Ahat the dealers
look for a continued . call " for, b ea ry
boots for but of- door wear,-Tbes"
are mostly cut along too laws of.
nish lasts and are designed to bj? worn .
without rubbers, a thing which vomen-
harp become accustomed to since-u-.
introduction of Goodyear wets in wpm-
en's lines.., ;
nnstom lasts are still shown i
men's lines, some Of them invpate:vf
AAtiiec but as they ate first ot.au.utr
signed to provide comfort, for t tender
feet, the more porous leatuero
best tellers to those who cnu wear
shoe of this kind.--Shoe Retailer t J;
HeM Golfln Com1. ' ,;" r r
"Soniftimos I think the kind public..!?-.-
overwhelmingly , attnntlv?'.: said th.
girU with the gold-tippeu como ui
hair. "My comb doesn't sti i
far, but it's not in the least danger. ! .
coming out. Yet it seemi? to cause th
public so much distress that 1 s-ha.i
have to stop wearing it." This inorniiiai
ajudltLojian 4ouclied.' me" jpn the arm... ' ;
",'Mlss,' said he; 'your .comb's com
ing out
"I thanked him and gave the comb
au ineffectual liUle push, just to make
him feel his effort was not uuappreejat-.
ed. No sooner had I sat down ' in -.f
car 'than some one leaned 'over fi t.ur
behind and a man's voice said: ; ..t
'"Pardonme, madam, , but-, you y
losing your eomb, .
'Oh, thank you said I, giving it m
hasty jab, which, of course, didn't
move it. By and by a.uegvo woranr.,
who umat have gotten on after thi.
crossed the alsle ndJappeiUne on t.ba
shoulder. ,
" 'Yo's just' about- to lose yo'; comb,
a baby's arms around his father's neck mUcil waat to help it. Do you remem
have brought to the man's weary fcer a ni not 0ug ago when it rained.
'brain a renewal of that love which is
all that makes life livable Philadel
phia Telegraph. '
kbvpp throw away bits of cheese,
even if they are nam te'ephone bell rang in the homo of the
hfm and nut them asioe u Ja4 iWA . . ...
eoQCfir.in'.
The custom of telling little boys and
eirls that they are sweethearts, etc..
had a curious effect on one younster
in tho West End the other evening
He is eight years old and has a mind or lt how j i were a man.
his own. He became displeased at the gQ l eoul(j g0 out ai0ne. Instead I had
conduct of his fatherland suddenly t gIt jn the darIc by a' window and
left the bouse. Some hours later me 1o t nigllt as Dest t cpuia.
and rained and rained? T was crazy
to get out in it. I tell you something
called me. Some kindred spirit or
affinity of tuine"waa abroad that night.
Father had gone to church, and mother
was too tired to go with me, for she
had been to a party all afternoon. I
wanted her to walk down as far as
your house, but she couldn't undertake
your' present convenience, and taking
it back when the diamond is ultimate
ly disposed of, witn a reasouuui y
centage upon the outlay. I make this
suggestion , as a matter of business,
tbat you may feel yourselves free from
any restraint in accepting the off A.
' it took us but a few minutes to agree
to this proposal. ,
"In tnat case," he proceeded, "I
should wish to have a voice in the
management of this business, and the
first suggestion I should make is, that
the finest artist in work of this kind
be engaged to cut the diamond under
this roof, and tbat during the opera
Ion you should take up your residence
Here This precaution is necessary
for the safe keeping of the treasure,
and for our own security."
This arrangement was too obviously
advantageous to us to require argument-
we consulted toge.ner, and
quickly agreed to accept the condition.
China's Blver Populwtion.
China is a land of immense rivers
and other waterways, and there is no
country in the world where boats are
used so generally for all imaginable
purposes. A large proportion ot' the
Chinese people practically Jive on the
water all the time. In the single por
of Newchwang 2000 junks were regis
tered last year. All thi3 makes a large
demand for sail cloth, roping and other
accessories for small boats. The sea
going junks use great quantities of
rope, especially of large sizes, instead
of anchor chains. The tact that con
siderable quantities of American rope
are being ordered for Maneburia--some
for Chinese junks indicates the
possibilities of a trade in this line. If
sales can be established throughout
North China they may grow to won
derful proportions. If, in addition, it
would be possibue to get a part of the
rope trade of southern and central
China, the volume would be sufficient
to keep several large lants m opera
tion. Our Consul at Newchwang, Mr,
Henrv B. Miller, says that if samples
and prices are sent to ulm he will glad
ly give the matter attention and en
deavor to introduce the fiooas.-i.es
lie's Weekly. ' n -
Reeder "Scott said a clever thing
to-day; said that luck is a good bit
like lightning; for it seldom Ftrikea
twice in the same place." Heeder
"Yes, and as a rule neither of them
ner:d? to."- PcpT?y1f ama Ponih Bowl.
Tho. hnilintr of corks for a few inin-
tites will cause them to slip easily into
the neck of the, bottle for wmcn mey
are intended. .
rnai oil -will destroy bedbugs, use
plentifully. It will leave no swm-u
evaporates. It will clean iwmwue
remove white stains,
youngster's parents and this conversa
tion ensued:
"ftpIIo! This is Dr. Blank. Your son
Harry. is bere with. Miss Gertrude
nrui wants to set married. Your con-
sent is needed. Will you give it?"
.".Tust told the couple there and I'll
be down.
- . . A t J
"You must have had tuem mat
night":
"Nov I didn't. 1 was perfectly norma)
and sane, but I wanted to be walking
out in the rain."
if weather doesn't give you the
blues, and you have good health, what
does throw you out?"
"People, just people, once m a wnue
But I have remedies, ana tney re ui
A few minutes later the father was
at the minister's house, and, sure aiWaVs effectual, too. Nine times
A solution of salt and water is an enough, there was Harry and his seven- , . t j cm geep the b!ueg aWay;
vrrilent remedy for sore throat, an nn- year-old sweetheart. Asked by nis . . arIv vou fcnow. A bath and
mmlled wash for weak eyes or eyea parent why ne wanteu to get mauitu. riia-nae of clothes. will do wonaers
that are inflamed and sore. he said; "You don't treat me right at nerson's mental
Mint arA inflamed and sore. he said; "you aon t treat me iigm i f nerson's mental view ot people
' I - , i i. I 1 T-L-tnT-rt I - . . .
" ,: wio-o home and we tnougnt ak wuui lua . TWecUis the nair is rest
Lilies ui fei v.. y . . iMwj Tho rerr vminp I . . .. .. .A i .l toMI
A walK or -a gureei cat "
Part
in the sink nine and cans2 an unpieas
ant odor. The hot soda dissolves tnis
grease and carries it away.
An old refrigerator wbich has a lin
ing of tin may be madeto look cleaner
by applying two coats of white paint,
and then two coats of white enamel.
No substance that mjght clog the
pipes should ever be thrown into closet
or basin. Here are some of the things:
Hair, lint, pieces of rags, no matter
bow small, matches and fruit peelings.
Powdered charcoal is the best rem
rirr -Pot sun&rficial burn. If laid
a home far ourselves." The very young
bribed to postpone the
wedding for a few years, me nrioe
used was a box of canay. AiDany
Journal. .
jfffiie tarxer poctors' B'.llf.
v.
-Legislation is tbfeatened in many
ful
hin. There? are always plenty of peo
ple to call on. Which reminds 'me of
an experience I haa a wnue ago,
h:id a eriell of the blues, togethiVwitn
a cold, and I was making a godcl',figbt
against, uom. sun, Ftit'
I decided to walk, ana Dy. me
States for the suppression of the so- x.tcag ready .to go I bad decided
ailed "patent" medicines, ine sue- t Pail oti. some or my mouiers.
cess of sueli-legislation would mean friends; took some flowers along
th..-ahoiition of the home medicine OT1(1 ift one or two at each place
phest ai-d would force persons, no mat- oaucA. You can't imagine bow de-
ma thPir fiomes from tne 1? iftc neoDle were. I 'was
WW ' I IJUIVU w- x .
hmna of a nhvslclan. or how needless than repaid for my effort. Aml
thickly on the injured part immediately tbe ad3ti0naj- expense might be, to wben i got home late in the afternoon
it will take away the pain ana neai i.aU ia a phygiCiau f0r every minor and told mother, she-was so pieaseu
ailment. -- I that I bad looked in on her trienas.
The legislation as proposed would Indianapolis News.
miss said-she. ' .
"'Miss' thanked her wearily aivX
made another feJnt of pushing in tbb
comb. This lime she took it clean oui:,
flourished it around and thrust it in
hard In order that everybody, might
see it' was in to its limit,-ttnd securely,
too. But ' the public- won't believe it.
At least a dozen times this day . I baye
besii tapped on r the . shoulder and
nudged ou the arto, in tbe'interests or
my comb. It happens every day; Halt
of my life seems consumed in. saying.
Oh, thank youj' Much obngea. bu
kind of you'.' etc.
"I really think I shall, have to attain
a placard to it, ; reading,. 'This .coiuu
cannot poibly come out. . n nas uccn
worn" for throe years without even fafN
tng on the floor. ' Bo please refrain from
tapping or nudging me.-rov a am ai
ready black and blue troni me un
tnken efforts 6f well-meaning but over-
zealous persons."' Philadelphia Bitl-
letin. :-- .1 -r,:--
UttwUlmp in
The shoe dt'Dartment has. a real nov
elty to offer th! season. It is called
the spat-boot. and. 4i has tho appear
ance of the Uiw shoe and gaiter with
out the disadvantages of wrmKies auu
misfit tbaf'aivi usual with the tepavatw
,.L iU A
over-gaiter, in tne new oouv iwc
cut like a spat and is stitcnea to tne
lower part of the boot in such a way
that, unless the boot be examined, Ihe
difference bfctween.it and a separate
spat cannot be seen. There is even tins
usual sttap and bucuie to pene.t"'
deceit. : ; -'
"' Kg o jli ou 0rpn AatoUt. ,
If bavins-been' noticed that many
fine$ foi- automoWl peedins were bt
ing levied iu a small Germau vjllase,
says Automobile Toics. the : authori
ties made inquiry fpm the local police
man bow. he detrmioJLthe iat9 of
speed at-wticii if pars were proceed
ing, and bis iujtfcent auswer was; "I
report ail who om through heve." It
proved to be a fact tbat all had been
held up -for fines, 0 matter what their
speed might be., . ,. ;, . ?
tbe burn very rapidly.
If shelves and floors of closets are
-wiped -with water which is hot Tvith
cayenne pepper, and afterwards
sprinkled with borax and alum, roaches
and other vermin are kept at bay.
Flowers keep better in damp sand
than in water, and a centrepiece of
flowers i or tho table may' be more
gracefully and firmly arranged In a
Jar of wet sand titan in a foundation of
moss. . ' ,. ; :
mean greatly increased doctors' billls
and what is worse frequent long de
lays awaiting the arrival of a phy
sician tu prescribe the equivalent of
some of the family remedies that could
its well have been prescribed at home.
ind which would have accomplished
.he same result as the doctor's remedy,.
and at much smaller cost.
Pnmpt In Colored Ifthr, f
Pumps in welts and turns are much
en. They come in both kinds of
rnthers, and in patent stock make a
rv dressy shoe for evening wear.
ome are shown in men's lines for
ose on full dress occasions and for
dancing purposes.
' - it U op recounted Action -;;':
"Young Boouiwaller is a rank.faliure
as a legislator; jmuKu"""J ...v
Hon. Thomas Rott. "Why, When in
tne-course-of debate I denominated
bim as a falsifier be struck me on the
nose, when, if he had been at all ac
quainted with parliamentary usage,' he
wonld'bave known.tbat it. was permis
sible only to hurl the "calumny back iu
my teetb! There is a yellow streak iu
that. ff How, as sure as you are born!"