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Home My WebLink AboutThe Signal, 1898-12-1, Page 3WOMAN AND 11031E. THE MISTRESS OF "CROW'S NEST" Ili THE MAINE W0008. g ave orae. Wergild Worry - Paste Deluded Mee -Maly Marred rear Trek a child le 'Mink -Weir Hale e nd Mild Nears. Whet would you say to finding In the wilderness a rough hewn but handsome write home with wide and sunny veran- das, sloping roofs on wblcb the summer r.1u wakes Orange music, • oozy sod erfortiale Interior and. most wonderful et all, • pretty dining room, with spotless Unen, and cooking worthy of any first dart hotel or restaurant? Yee thin prodigy of a hunting camp le to be found In the Maine woods on the shores of Men.mheed lake 1t is the Odes of • woman who was • scboolteecbn, end who started this curler experiment Mr bearing tart of the discomfort and often - Mum suffering of suwnter camping per lies. When she undertook the ezperIinent she was laughed at as • mad entbuslaet or e n Impreotlwble Drank. Despite the abuse and ridicule sbe carried her enterprise through to actuality, end today it Is point- ed out se one of the stow err In the wfldernl>.a. She Is Mir Henrietta A. Bowe and her picturesque establishment enjoys the quaint and appropriate title of "Crow's Best " It 1s • long, one story building with a two storied exten.on. The struts - rim Is made of logs, peered and or so es to fit with accuracy, end the floors end selling are of resinous end .remade yet IOW pine. The chairs ars comfortable ef ter, 01iging front old fashioned Damp •heirs to bugs half rough sleepy hollows he•v.I there ere a .:.ally dust lug.ud tidy lug, irteeJ dI e.a+u embroidered ouch lone duo drier fur a oriel bend to rt-nt e11we0 aro substituted reel cosy affair Oust town just what 1007 luck end which can Ce qulokly patted tnuttlw 1St:twtaery precision to thief; the biennia Ifs 1f visitors should arrive unexpectedly. Suppose -rho well. wee peed nu► gee on supposing. Every worn an keens just the stet of house, we tneeu, and see can have It If she w ill be ler a 111410 to the Innate feminine tend en07 to worry horst If and others to death over a 1lttle time end disorder end give herself up rouse to the task ut meklug het abode a borne In very truth rase •seruse8* Nftw. sad puritan. There le no paint or whir wash upon the corrugated walla, for the wood Itself defies tnaed life, and the scrub Mag brush keeps the walla, se well se the floor, au clean that dee surfed fairly gleams where the llgbt falls upon it frau the windows In the daytime or from ■ large lamp se night. The only approach to • carpet las rug here and then made of bearskin or of the pelt of • wolf. Big shelves take the piece of • dressing room table, and gnat iron nails and wooden teenier play the part of • wardrobe and katr•ck combined Outside broad, bright verandas appeal to the wornout elty an'a soul and afford • delightful resting place in rainy wencher. Bot the crowning glory of the plots is the culinary genius of Its fair manager To fit herself tor her calling she entered • cooking school and wee graduated es both N.f and teacher :+o marked was her sue - ear that today In the watts iron she tescbas the cook lna reboot of the Young Women'. woelatlon of Mount Holyoke Rhe is the only woman known to condor • eamp In Maine or •nywbere else, all the east being managed by mien. It 1s there- fore fitting that bee unique plain should be marked by the beet cooking known to the Male woods. Her. .be asonl..m guides, but more especially sportsmen and sportswomen, by serving every day Parker Hour rolls, southern ecru pone, graham gems, crisp French bread and the brittle, . lender pler known si Italian breed. In her kitchen then are broilers es well • s ovens, and the hungry traveler can gal • well broiled venison, • glorious beer steak or • bird on toast equal to anything Served In New York. To the writer Miss Rows rid: "My be- g here Is largely an experiment, which M. turned ont .oeessefully All that 1 ean calm credit for 1• perhaps the Idea of providing first clear cooking In the prime Mee forest. When 1 began, people seed that campers out wanted to rough It In eider respect, that they carne from New lark end the other cities to the wilder n s for a change, and that they would see enjoy the same excellent table there *SS tbey had et home I thought differ eptly. because I bed noticed the trouble and expense to which they bad been pot In bringing with them fine canned good. and the beet bl.0ult end cracker. So 1 sent •bead, and, to my great delight, 1 lave found that the Idea met with unani- mous approval from all who visited the seam Poor Deluded Men. The lord of creation was sitting with game men friends before a grate fire one told evening that week and was enohutg Ing with thew mentions on parser* and thing. The conversation bed drifted •round to • dlrcusron of married life, enol the bust had the door. "Unaccountable, Wet It?" rid he. "Flow bard 1t btu mak. surae women uudennend that they don't need to manage their buel*ndsl I've never had any trouble of that kind myself -wouldn't stand It for a wound even lt'I'ully eere dlaposed to try her band et management -but It deems lwpoyslhle to prevent were women from attempting all sorts of things In the way of regulat lug the actions of !Meer teukhendk. Now. when I fell be ire with Polly, she w what she is now en tate moments -mild and pretty and inn lablyappreciative of my intellect. l did not ever ask myself whet!, r she was t•levtr or not I didn't care We gut along q.lendldly, like the plums boy and hit lazy, brother, the fleet of whoa, said the prayers and the bat the'aweus I did the talking and Polly egg& me on with raining of eyebrows, ui:fl and gin pathetic 'Oh.' or' Aha.' Well, we married I Dave learned that Polly's friends were tinder the Impreaslon that she bad cap- tured a mental giant and was feeding him with the sugar plums of fiction. She gave people to understand that 1 labored under the delusion that she was • very brtUlact person, like mymlf, and that only Der raftlner kept one from finding out how Mallow and silly she sea. Was ever s Lore absurd ides 'evolved from the brain of • silly girl? Polly clever! If she only knew that bee mild eyes, with the absolute *nurser of the world that lies In their Blear depths, ere tny.tarof hope; that her soft, faltering volt, that gets thrill every time she telt to talk learnedly, is what I love better than oratory end that bur In- l.sponeible way of dtacurtng my pet theories is what flatter and gratifies me more then any amount of sane praise from • really clever women -well, U she real- ised all that, I wonder 1f she would still believe that abe has 'managed,' 'played with' or •deluded' me?" Jud Chep YR1 s rum into the room to quest of a boMerselone of the mare jot Ingly repeated the substance of what her husband bad wild. There was • quizzical look In her face es she rid: "Did lou say all that, Tom?" Her husband acknowledged the Born. Polly laughed good neturedly and said, "You old good" and left the room. eh. also left an uneasy suspicion on her bur band's mind thnt after all perhaps she "managed" him without his being aware of it '1 he same Idea occurred to more than one of his guest., but of course there la no way of finding out whether such Is the ease or not. Mr" error stesse•ut stem,. To Wove • home In every sense of the weed bomellke demands a oertaln kneok and also a keen and poignant determine Mon not to become the &beolats stave of e ither lime or tidiness Of course just kre some housekeeper wbo would regard M we positively criminal to 1M breakfast e land fire minutes after it was on the ta- ble, or *be wzae'80't bleak • pair of blankets es Saw • baby begs lends/, sirup her shoulder@ and Orin vent to e.me room plImen Mr, remarks about the .rt of borne Boob a Alar would he. But let u. assure Mr Fury that It would be in very truth "home, sent h ome" to a tar mon certain degree than *here the harassed head feels that he to sot privileged to s11 on certain comtort- ebb looking but too good to be used bits ef furniture, and who feels that be mud seem to the book yard 1f he cans to in- daigs In an after dinner smoke, says the Philadelphia Times No. we do not advocate alnvenllner by any meat* Thee 1s as nertaln discomfort as enperbN2. tidiness Crete a mean- s pleasing, comfortable sort of mean thee essolvee itself Into cleanliness that Is not r gWtngly obtrusive that 1t M panful' -• ascan that rotor Itself into, also, a onto Sorting disorder that to soul eettdytng without being absolutely shiftier Yon know the art of house we *demote- weh • one as when you always lave • good time, yet when awes 1. never & oar lain day when ell the furniture Is set out to the hall and the minima In most nn bteeming headgear makes s weekly on elaugh%ne dirt that only her eagle eye men dere the wbile every other lamer rushee mother He show• very clearly there that while It be ray to Mr In synipe.thy with child nature, and for many another to provide tor the varying reeler ectl oldie, yet that to rally understand the origin sue end of this senility an earnest study of the busmen mind In Its Individual and rad relations Is silo needed. The moth .r must learu that thought and feeling as well as nerveand muerte have their pules taus, ibelr rhythms, their periods of greater or lege MIIlvlty She mud' learn lbet to try to work against these laws written In the whole being of the child is but "kloking against the prick." She will Ieurn that just es there ere seedtiue and berseet, end the work of the one pe reed minuet be done swept In that period. so the child cannot he made to false MU certain stems of mind and heart To take up certain studies when he bre not yet reached the time In wblcb such mental or been uuurtbweut Is demanded is but to block the wheelie to • true, log foal, orderly development of all the, facul- ties. She will learn that • child's Inter- na cannot be Ignored and other Interests foreign to his parent stage of growth substituted foe his own. She will study books like Donelson's "Growth of the Brain" or Warner's "The Study of the Child" to find a true physical belle for education and them strive to gain • clear- er, larger view of all ibore psychologic questions welch beer on mental develop- ntito Mt/swill Wielded • KsaheuwL. edge 01 those prinotpLr which maks • better understanding of the child sr • spirituel being. It Is not hard to do .11 this If you will look et life Prow the child's standpoint, giving him your own loving instructive gtupatby-Altos H. Putnam in Woman's Home Companion. Maly .earrea Faces. "One effect of the extended used the bicycle," said the hotel physician, "is seen In the greatly increased number of facial . sere. "Twenty years ago • woman with a steatriz was • rarity. "Now she hes become almost oommon In this hotel, for lustaniro, there aro not lees than 80 who have soar, large and small, produced by tumbles. "Not Infeequently you find one with • disfiguring red line running from chin to eye. "These injuries aro seldom dangerous', but they leave their traces, nor has any doctor wise enough to prevent the seam been found. "This Is rosette es the girl. A woman's skin seems to sear mon easily than ■ man's, and even a .001106 w111 sometimes leave a soar. Then Obey bays no beard, to hide the legged seam. Our most reckless riders ere women. Many of them go et breakneck spend and they pay no attention to the rules of the road. "Then again when :hey become Involved in difficulties with other bicyclist& or with vehicles they almost Invariably loos their beads and do the thing they should ride "For these reser. healing lotions, skin medicines, the finest needles, silver timer and such things forum a large pert of every hotel physician's equipment "As to the men, nobody pays any axon tion to theta, and their facial sore do not amount to anything. "Very few of them merry or are pope tar with women reuse they aro pree�.y. "Indeed most of them an rather proud of • bread red orate or two, speaking of Sanger per. It looks [northl, don't yon !now. "A fellow may have had hl. cheek out open by butting against • bmpelb.t, but when It is healed be Jtke. to ride slowly through the parks end have the girls look atter him end wonder If the Injury was rot inflicted by the saber of • Spanish We ter. "A man who has his nose broken simply put a shield over It end goes &head earn- ing • Ilethg A woman who has her nose broken would touch rather be dead. All women's wheels should be made with • speed Itmft .f four miles en hear." -Philadelphia Frew hmth to seek refuge even nn the stormy streets or, If perrhanop remaining Indoors alt In Arra end wonder. glarmlly why eleanllnees and d1•enenfore should of s► etrlty be 11111.4. A day f.w this, an hoer for that, a min ata for the other, the shades never permit triti np or down beyond a remain line, .•. we their In ire atria relative position to Ma pete.rn nn the erre from one year's end to the other, neer • variation In rosier or moon, .xaeotttes11 to the last Mgrs, hut.omfnrt never Anti the hoes* sun he kept .O.an, the eerier machinery oiled and In refer Penning order. wlthont any of these her Iraq .1sih1. (widener of thrift and or der Suppose Buried of a weekly np Poor Way to Heoaerlse. "1t is most difficult to eoonomtao, end the most difficult part of it 1s to know In what direction to practice economy," said the wise woman. "Often theirs wbo do It w111 carry their economy to too great en extreme. The right way b do it is to gal along without extras and use just whet 1s necessary for everyday comfort It does not mean that there should not borough, nor any deprivation of neeesary comforts "There .re women who when they eoon- omize will do so at the wrong end. 8be comes to the conclusion that whenever she doesn't buy anything or outs off en Item of expense she Is economizing. She w111 attend to the groom' bill. That b well, but sometimes she w111 expend 80 Dents' worth of time and strength to save 6 con' Tben the same woman may economize on her luncheon. She will convince herself that eating a midday meal Is • mere habit and will dispense with it she finds it e11 the easier to do so because her husband he not home at that meal, and of course she does not want him to go without enough torto eatDeeds . She thinks that be ed. mom . she does. « 'The woman who erect ces this sort of economy will find that the deprivation Itn- poverishes herself and her children men- tally and physically. Often In the long run it ie more expensive In actual orb. for the doctor has to be called in. The right way to economize b in ex- travagances, retr•vagances, not In neoesetlea "--Chicago Tunas -Herald False Hair and Mold Heads. lgnormen le h11.. In more things than r. know or realize until we her gained unhappiness and veterans. That Lennon hair dealer told too muob'when he said that the very best false heir in the market eame from the head. of the dead. The combings gathered by Paris regpiokerare tamest more unpleasant, though these go Into thrstnleel wigo, and there 111 no doubt that all the heir 1s treated ban elaborate morn of cleansing before tt 1. used The cheaper grade of heir used In America ernes front the hauls of the Chines. The elaborate rooms to which this 1s subject ed show 1n 'Were The Chinese hair is need largely to make the (sheep wigs that are to be seen on the lower rent side of the city, and • large proportion of therm have a reddish tinge after a little wear. the effect of the treatment. Term Is • decreasing demand for !alae bete in England, It le said, but that 1. not the orae to America. Boldness', U on the increase, Mules say. Muub of this among women comas from dyeing or bleaching the hat,. Paine of thew le done to gee e heehlonahle tint, bat quite as (Mem to hide grey lock. I1 Is not rural for quit )onng ghee to show one or two gray heirs. and when in two or three years the two or three bearer. • Anson or more, end sennet the fees, where they first make their •ppearenee. It is not plesert, and a little applicator of dye now and then does not show end hides the ohnoxione white that is natally understood tt mean advancing yeah. White heir 1. remitted on •o elderly woman, and 1t weans and odd. beauty to • plain face, but them Is nothing pretty &boot the few dreggllwg white heirs that give the rad a ptehald appearance; herr the dye end later tales hair. Aut the .mwee Is hardly worth the Dandle. Clover Mrs. tlendrleks. For • great porton of his married life the late Vice Prec.plent Thomas A. Hen- drick. was so fwmersed In polities and lliw, particularly the former, that the bestnes. Interests of the family were left largely In the hands of hie devoted and energetic wife. Tbelr ou17 child died In the early years of their married life, and Mr. Hendricks 'ought forgetfulness of bereavement In looking after the accumu- lation of a fortune. The result is that she is generally acknowledged to be "the beet burner women In Indian." She made shrewd Investment, and she also gave but husband valuable adslee In hie political affair. Since his death, In l88., Mr Hendricks bas kept up bee interest In money getting, and her investwena haus brongbt handeomo returns .wrrederod a Crown For Leve. The Princess Thins Manama, who died In Smetana. wee belre s to the throne of Tahiti, but some years ago fell 1n love with s Sootchman end married elm, dis- carding frcarding the cores of royalty to lead a quiet end uneventful life as wife of a Scowl!) heillfe at Anstruther. The Tahitian prin- ee.e was well anown and much esteemed by the people of the town and district A sap of bot water, declares ?Or Andrew Clark of London, powers the same me- dicinal qualities attributed to an equal amount of whisky, while lacking the in- jurious properties. Hot water 1n abuu- danoe is especially recommended In ma- larial troubles. Tree a 08.114 t• TL1atl. Trshed's "Mother }'lay" twwrk M fell 01 the rare' enggmetIone se to how the ws eryday 111. of the nursery son he made to 712 4 ap 1a resume of oil and wino, padre. and truth, for both baby and Balt thrown on coals when broiling steak will prevent blazing from the drip- ping fat. When content• of • pot or pan boll over or me spilled, throw On Dalt at once. It w111 prevent • di.agreeeble odor. and the stove or range may be more reed Uy cleaned In playing golf highland getters, which come up to • peak In the beck, are quite es much worn as the golf fteckings. Both high and low shoes am ,whet on the links The .010d1 are either wade Mudded with hobnails or rubber dbkh_t When the horrid dose ed castor oil can- not be romped, 1t 1. well to know that the ell becomes reeler If erten and thor- oughly mixed with the whlte of an egg. yeast► Tel1awn. The symptoms of the destructive cnn- t•gioua disease known as "yellows" in pooches are stated thus by the Ohio station: Premature ripening, by from one to six weeks, of fruit which is high color- ed and spotted end has the flesh marked with rew1. Premature development of winter bods in the formation of abort shoots or clusters of narmw, elongated leave. This growth is often very nolapionons where the old leaves have fallen from the present year . growth. Growth of shoots from adventitious bud. on the trunk and larger branches of the effected trees. For the prenreotseason general yellow oolor of the trees with peculiar back- ward folding of the leaves and general premature dropping of the foliage. The tetnedy le the prompt removal of affected trem root and brannb, and burn Ing them M neer as possible to the point of removal. Mugging the affected trees through the erohard is not advisable. BLACK FLAG BUTLER Savage Features of the Rebellion In China. e,? 4.1141 HEAVENLY MEETING Tell, oh, tall me. book of visions. bright with promise, sweat with prayer. Mali I know the angel faces that are welting over there' Shall 1 find my children children' Wm my gentle [nether lay !tier dear band upon my forehead ie the old. earth loving way? Ferber, keep them as 1 loved them. or. If changed to other gulas May the heavenly transformation dawn but .lowly on mine eyes! , Lot me take them to my bosom once upon that shining there As 1 saw them when we parted in the love - 11t days of yore! -Jame !luckham in Ladles' Home Jour- nal • A SECRET. When Doris married, 1 arranged to ai- low her a couple of bundred a year on con Alteon that she kept It • err 1 am blessed with • number of other nieces to whom 1 have no desire W &Bow anything They're ell ole girls tb their way and I've 00 p•rtloulareault to find with them. but they aren't 1)or12 Ste was always my favorite from the time she began to Milk No doubt it was artful of her mother to teach bar to say. "Nice uncle,' before eke could .toddle, but .b* did, and that "seithereree gnsatldn orldtortUrm Doris is • rotuantto young person, With sweetness for writing }.eater and ell lir sort of thing. and she had some scruples •boat keeping •.sort from her husband. but 1 Insisted "Of course. U Barry should aver be hard op, you'll have to tell him and varier.' I slid "But if he bar • fault" - 'He hasn't." she assured we. 'Well, 11 be bad, It would be• tendency to extravagance It 1. much better these be should underrate the resouroee of the s.tabll.bntent" So at last she consented 1 always bad a good bit of Influence ever her When they had been married about 16 months, she called at my cellos one after- noon She kissed me three times and termed me "deer old uncle" twice, so 1 know that .he had oome to proper some- thing om•thing preposterous "Well, madam,' I Inquired, crossing my legs and folding my bands judicially "may I ark the real purport of this dem enstntlon t' She traced the pattern of the carpet thoughtfully with bar parasol "It 1. get Sing rather worn," she said, "and the pet. tern 1s too email. I should heves warmer color next time, it I were you. and, oh, 1 rune to propose semethtng.' "Yr, my deer," 1 said oslmly "1 could Mw told you that.' You are .0 clever," the said entbusi eglleally. "Muff t deal bathos say este could deceive you. BLACK !LAOS SLAUGHTERING THE IMPERIAL BATTALION. name. This. coupled with the fact that they are being led by foreigner, 1s sig- nificantof what may result, for the Chine - teen is a good soldier when given a good leader, es was fully demonutrated by Gen- • ✓ 0 a mammy or unthaw woe oneness= en the barbarous black flag are mnlotel liglble Two aro hieroglyphics which the best aeholar are unable to recognize ,.- Ranakrlt, Mentcb000r Chinese. The titer character is complete and may be taken to mean "taros as a tiger." The emend and third •ire* incomplete The second 1s the lower part of the character "Ching" -that Is, the Ching dynasty, and the third is the lower portion of • character used to ex press the word "Mantcboo." The top parts et the Ching and Mentchdo are dlepensrd with -that 1s, the heads are cut off. Mak- ing the character headier gives this in- terpretation • That the designers of the flag 4s to convey to the native mind the tact that the rebellion 1s directed against the ruling Maniere.) dynasty ; that they are lighting for Chinese as opposed to the aor- rapt Tartar rulers, and that they have bound tbemwetwe to decapitate the Man absents ruler Then recently arrived in America Carl Weiner, an Austrian engineer. who has resided for year In Chine He was at Wuchow wben the report reached then of the rebel advent on that city, and he Patel' • strange players of the sodden evacuation of the town. he says the reg nfflc.noe of the outbreak cannot be over e stine ed, for, although apparently but • provinctal aprldng, It le the child play that must soon grow Into • mac affair, all of which means the overthrow of the pres- ent power Tempe who are et the bottom se the trouble are members of the young China party, wbinh during the last few years has sent emlarrlw abroad wherever then are number@ of Chines. They have succeeded most wonderfully In enlisting sympathy. This party bas sworn not only eo have • new government and policy., but new rulers and officals on every side To accomplish this young China has reined the eympstby-mach of 11 being paid gm pethy-of the Taiping', • greet many of whom,•r. In the Wuchow district 1t bas been rid at Hongkong and other settle- ment that the rising L but • local affair. end that importance is etarhed to 1t only on the ground that It began to the lame province as the old Taiping rebellion Then are soma too, who, hearing the re mon, dismiss them, for they know that the people of this district are the most trouhleacme In all the empire. They ere meetly Kwengs, end they are the people who crass the Pacific, and after • few years' residence abroad their nher & eters ere changed without being Improv e d, and on their return they become ultra radical, always looking for trouble Mr Welder was M Wuohow on the memorable Saturday when messenger sr rived &nnoonetng the news that the rebels were advancing with their banners and the terrible blaek deg waving In the fon. On receipt of Chile information, which was mouthed about the city, all were thrown Into • panic. Bullock carts were e t • premium and long trains laden with good. and valuables were soon on their way to Canton BOWS, Junk. and sun pane were hired by every one who oould afford them, and so fast as po•slble their money and valuables were .hipped to es- cape the tooting and pillage which must be the inevitable result of the place falling Into the hands of the fnsnrgents Mr Weiner joined the exndue, for he bed no desire to be present sit the fall of Wochow "if I bed remained another day," be said, "1 might not have been able to meth bus'. and tell you the tele " At Canton heelund the Chinese other Idles had taken night and were hastily making preparations to repel the Invaders Rut Chinese methods are notortd1tsiy be- h ind the tines, and the reds were allow . d W gatn • feat hntd on weeny 411111281 before rho authorities were preperod, and the chant of nipping the revolution In the bud was lost. The authorities purebred 11,000 Menem rifles &fid • number of menhir. gnol which were sent /o Wuchow, but 1t 1. doabefnl If they were ever renewed, for 1t 1. reported that the convoy joined the rah els and the arms were used against the very aatborttles who entehae % thnm. The three or four native tan k. of W oebow were maim by the tnenrgwnw when the city fell "Rebellions In China," Mr Weiner con tinned. "generally corns to grid nwing te the Chinese greed for loot, •11 order being loot 1n the ensu for personal gain The Madera ere unable to restrain theft follow ors, even If, se seldnm happens. they re not themselves a party to mammary mo- tives The leaders In the prevent resole tion .re, trtees Dr Snn Yat Sen -the Cbtnos seri from the Meters of his tonntrym.n at the Imgwtion In London -- two French adventnren and a German army retain The rank. are full of Ana mite. and darter from the Fnnnh army ettfoneed at Tcunluln, and a few Black Plage who hers long Own toren as the teal lighten/ men In Chins worthy of the Splendid soft gingerbread is made with a cup of geed Molasses.. one-half enp of weir, on. -half onp of Trotter, one-half tlaaponnfnl of ginger, one half teaspoon fel of ends or selerstne, two cups of flour, two eggs end • pinch of salt. Bike In egaan tins and eat In squares. Cut lies e qu.sres open rind pnt In hits of preserved ginger and cover week square with frosting. A man never reales the.np.rlority of women .0 mush as when he le sowing on • looter wither • thlmhlre, pushing the girdle against the wall to get Is half way • hrot. gh rind milling It through the other ...If by hanging nn to It with his teeh. The y.wwen 01 Sweden M probably the ,o,t cl.arltalde of the ntyel ladles of Ion l'rnotle$Ily the wholes of her herr moue she devotes to works of intro "1 begin to suspect • vary wild pro reel," I Informed her. You are horrid." she tetrad. " but"- ' Well?' '1 really did want to pay you one corn pitmen% if you Main', stepped me.' She trsoed the pattern again 'By .!I means." '1 was going tory that yeti were quite end Gordon's 'ever •Icterloue army „gut about that ailowanos of mins It b "It Is fully believed that the insurgentsvery kind of you, unci. really I don't can make matters very warm for the On mean that for flattery' she touched my erlal troops, and the' was shown • short �n with her tiny gloved Mend, and 1 pelt- ingago when they succeeded In ceptor . ted 1t • -You were right, 1 was going b nine clues of Kwang Si and eternally own, about keeping tt secret." defeated %he Iwperlai troops in %eau great I trust Harry hasn't been plunging?' 1 asked with Merin "He Is an unusually nice fellow and bas seemed quite steady since the marriage.' 'Ob, dear, no!" she cried "How could you imagine such • thing?' "Then bow 1s my wisdom proved?' 'I am going to explain You -you won't becroes-or 'satirical -will you, dear uncle?' She loaned eagerly toward me, with br bead • little on one stile. She b n icer) look al "I hope Dot' 'Promise.' Very well. I promise not to be cross or satirical, but of coulee I may object" 'It's this, uncle 1'du know how fond Harry IN of painting, and bow be gets up early and does such lovely platens infects be goes to the city?' Yeas Go on. my deer They're rather of the dobby order to my mind "1 Dill them beautiful. but they won't bee. them at the academy I'm sure 11's only jealousy. end becan't sell them often you' ou know "Umph!' 1 tbougbt she wanted me to purchase them 'I want you to get en agent to buy morns -vetch myallowmee-which Harry knows n othing •bout' I was preparing to ote not. but she put bre band on tpy.boulder It would please poor Harry en. she pleaded. "and 1 should be Just as well off H• would be snre to buy things for me and baby with the money 11 he didn't we have everything we really need He is so good and kind to me, and -I do so want to--uncle-clear ' She paused for breath, with her big eyes looking entreat ingly 1 wiped my pen carefully and con Adored 'Master Harry U • sufolently lucky man. without being a greet artist' 1 said e t tea 'I dun c know that be deserves any more good fortune ' 'It would please me, uncle.' 'My deer child, the allowance Is to be spent entlrely at your own dt.cretlon ' Hut you wouldn't mind It would your' 1 wstobeed her eager face •dtnlr ingly 'No. my dear child,I told her. ''I sbouldn t mind It is • very good plen- a a very good little woman ' she jinni). .d ap end fairly hugged me on11: 1 had to protest that one of my clerks might come battles . "The rebels are treating the people very well," rid Mr Weiner. - 'They distribute among the penitence end small shopkeeper. • large portion of the money and valuables seized In the eapturd cities and aro dls- tributfng far and wide earn phIota seizing forth the misery and wretchedness, even the degredstlon, which have fallen to the lot of Chinese as a result of the greed. Ignorance and lnutteranoe of Maochurtao rulers. They defiler their intention to promptly reward each village, town or elty that supplies deitteg men without tm- preeminent At the battle of Wuchow the insur- gent fought • division under the com- mand of no less • personage than Ire Yon, a brigadier general In the Chinese. army After the fail of the city 1,600 dead and wounded were left upon the field. and, according to Chinese outtom, the Wounded were killed by the victors A majority of the purple coated corpse, after being horribly mutilated, were cast In the BI Kiang, and for days after the people above the lower dem gloated their morbid eurioeity by watching cheated drift dews - weed to the sea. RaIle Fr•r the Wheel. 15 is often remarked that riders who meet with accident* and have fells wham traveling at IJlgh speed wraps very tight- ly, while thole who fall when riding slow ly are sometimes badly injured. A writer in The Seminal Cyelfst aeke: "Can It be that the explanation may be found In the olrcutnetanoe that when trisecting at • slow pace the force of gravity has greeter power to overcome the foroe of momentum than when traveling at a greeter pace? Wben going slowly, If a !nen falls be falls direct on to the ground .tan angle almost yer11ea1. and consequently he strikes the ground at almost a right angle and re selves the full force of the lark, hut when going faster the teen Is flung more for wand then'lownword, so that he strikes the ground et en u! llqua angle and elides along, on that the fon•e of the Inopnct Is reduced by his momentum being gradual ly diminished Instead of suddenly arum* Huatdag tea the PLlllyeplwee. Then Is said to be good hunting In the Phllippineleetbe wild buffalo -that in. the esetnrn lone -horned buffalo -using plcntl ful enough In some part to make It worth while to go after them. Aa trembles of the chase there is nothing much mon sinking than a mounted buffalo head A Subterfuge. "I hyhs you Is s very conn sleeper." rid Mir Miami Brown 'I,,,d i 1s," replied Mr. Enters P1nk- ley "Sometimes de onlles' way mammy kin make me get out o' led fns hurry Is to ran behfn de door an cluck Ilk. • wrsfekan. "-Cintwnnarf Requiem. 710 Difference. Grtmeonbeek-A few week. reeks . greet dIQnrrner fn n young married 000041 Tort -Oh, my, yrs! "The first wmb ere were married I ew memlcr hoer n y w Ifs would fly to mem me when I came home at night." , • Yes. • "And now when I rnme home at night dse flies et m."-YnrekeT.letetesmao. e.ergia P8lleseply, Don't t.teh a rehhit by the tell end then go to hollmrin when b.' gttsswiy from you. Yon can't make hay w1,11e the sun Is Abdo if you hold • umbrella over your head. When the cow kicks the milk over, jest Ulm your ooffes straight and thank the Lord for meanie. Dne't o' per -1 or the world to give you an epetapu. 1.eet ... 7 to do le to writes it while you're llsln.-Atlanta Constitution. terse Trees ewe Pertl. "Anyhow," tnnttered the elogn.nt Toting candidate for congrw.a, Inking err hle nndtenew of seven person. who had tnrn*t artde torn the hurry walk. of" life to hear him et ponnd hie vinr npnn the greet questions of the day, "anyhow this w111 pnt me no my goad against evenwinlld,nce -that'. one eou.fo rt "- °bte•ae Tribune. In „•,e.,. soy ser►iel WOMEN OFTEN OBJECT Alt Whes Cls b,ubrad or son joins a Ctwert ie • Boiled, because it takes rep sew or two n,eht• a a.wnh, b.ea ober they are bereaved of deur helpmeet ...n to OA.* the Inoure..a w bag worked seal rimmed bre by tie loved one who low aro relied hems. err cheeps quickly. There ane no Wronger friends of the 0aaae.aw Order ere remoter dna the Isoe widows areal orphawa who have been kept from p.»a.ble want and poverty by the Inoue. arm and Sick Benefit moneys Mid by the hockey. Thin a woe a charier. the money is fairly tinned, sad not the bast part of the coosttiont eon r the e elf-thcrifeing work of the Hrethrea who attend (odgs wad cordial the business of the society ewt fes or price for their service. It is fur the kendde wire, roes .•d daughters. fathers sea . others. that the C.O.P. (-rriss oa its rre.t work sol its twee principles haw bene amply 0.ta,e ed by Cardia. womanhood. 6ak send Funcrr the atlawless:a of • akllbJ phy.aosn during .km-sa Tee High Court gives weekly ellowan.r d atom i) to $3 during ew illnessor dblit) pr sided a tem 8 'k rad Funeral ite.du Law. mu] .r lee death of a member ,paitribatee eda towards be lloorralompows Mier eawrfwctoryl droll. or £n.w- her in good standing, the wife. children, er drirg- n ataf payees of .hasaseiL receive hum the ('.der fie amee of nlaurarK< provided for. es sus* P 11•,,, ln,,.ran.» Certid.ate or Certificates, krr sty are apes es.orm e..ave or tr.•>us Ire further particulars enquire eel any of 0. Moors or M.MMn tel fir On4w. em err R. ELLIOTT, THOS. WHIT!. N.C.R.. /ernes& Ntr,i Stcy. Breeffewi ere ERNST GAATUNG, Beres/ She crime round just before dinner next day to tell One. but, to my surprise, the seemed very direst Altera few mluutee gloomy conversation she sat down on the rug et wy fees es she used to do when she ems child and put bar heed on my knees sobbing aa if bar beset, would break "He has never said one word to mm about the pictures" she Dried. "and -end -1 looked In his oheekbook-egad-b•'s spent It all 1 know It is on -sones one else. ' i was for • moment completely N a Mee what to do or say Then 1 resolved to pooh pooh the matter "I have more faith 1n Harry tarn his foolish little wife has" I rid cheerily 'Come, come, my dear, you mustn't give way like this ' -'I wouldn't have oared for myself 1f b. ' bad just bought something for the deer little baby," she oontlnued huskily "Gln bins • little more tithe," I snip misted -•Meenwbfk. 1'11 sen what lead find out I shell sew blm •t the club Cels ' yenta', U you let him out"- •' He can go just where be planer and when be pleases," .be said scornfully "I don't want him.' -Don't bed little donkey," 1 meld sharp ly I seldom speak crossly to loris If I do, elm generally Dries and makes nm feel a brute On this occasion. however. H acted as • tonic. " Men ere all wicked.deoeltfnl wretches,' she pron0unoed emphatically "I suppose you and be w111 make, up some fine .tory to put me off But I won't believe • word of It, so there! And she boomed out I wept round to the club after donne and found Harry watching the billiard tournament, as I expected He was very dull. and steer a bit drew m. Into an al- cove '•Look Der uncle,' he whi.per'ed, `Dort berm 't rid sword about the ohes•k for the poems 1 thought perhaps .b&. hadn't opened the letter -you know .he's caroler about such things-eo I went up to bee room when she was out this atter- noon to see 11 1t was lying on bar table. 1e wasn't -but the envelope was Sti was her checkbook. I dldn t know she had en account even 1 suppose 1t was shabby, but 1 looked at ft and found that she bad • lot of money I knew nothing of sod tired just paid a check for over • couple of hun- dred.' "Good heavens. men!' 1 cried ' You rarely wouldn't seeped' her of anyt.ing wrong?' " Wrong -certainly not; tooljab-notb- Inginore likely Anyhow, .be hasn't bees straight with mne 1 don't knew if she thought I might went her money He kicked • chair savagely "You fellows are uel.rtng the bed game of the.ra.on,' rid the IneeHenna arse Dotson, appearing at the corner of the al- cove "Harrls has met ueado 43 Flo we wens to look et the rev At rat 1 Md. When I turned round to speak to Harry, be had bolted I saw the game througb while I remod- ered the matter Then 1 left and Wok • cab to their house, ry.elved to hay. done with secret, The truth u,lght hurt tie it ♦entry, hut they hese to put up with that When I entered the drawing room, they were both there. and I plunged •t once Into the matter "Look here. young people, ' 1 meld. "you both have a secret, " Bat llhrry pnt h1. arm .round her, and they laked at one another and laughed "I've found out," said he 'So," she said. "have 1 I think you're • pair of wicked, deceitful matures and D should be very arose 11-11-1 didn't like you both so much. "-J A Ilya. in CM - °ego Tome - Doris plans w.reduly carried out -they g enerally are Ws bo lot 11 of the mal terpuceva for e2 16 The agent evidently thought that we were • par of lunettes but he promised to send Harry • obeok for the amount leas the commission, al once. andas we found afterward, kept his word lona wee In high glee, and actual Iy offered to stand me lunch out of her small telaboe Strange tory, Harry made no mention of the sale to her. though he seemed very jubilant So we felt sure that be was preparing some grand .urs prise When • week had pained. however, 1 began to feel uneasy Then be celled et the office '1 went to consult you about some thing, uncle.' be meld "It is • secret from Doris, you most uedrut•nd " Yee said i, rubbing my hands end laughing op my sleeve " Yes, my boy,' 'I've .old some of my old daubs," be (tontines'. with • hearty laugh, 'for • couple of hundred It's quite • windfall Ito I went to do esmetbta` JraDerry with the money " • Ezeutly,"'i rip sd ' Yon know sbe wrote a book of poems before we were married. called Row 14111111F -not Balt bad, either." Yes, of enures, I know, but I wouldn't .oases•we hue to do any mew,. 111 1 were yea. Horny She. better newmplal wife bet biby and house -and hu.hend ' "Certainly But they were publf.bed at beer own rt.k-or"- He looked et in. "Mine' WWI, i'n, Afraid en." Ninety 6ee pnnnds odd 1 hart ttpay for *rear of errt over reef pa `it bas always been n sore point with her that they didn't go off better So 1 thonght perhaps we nnnld arrange to hay op the lot with my (80n it would pieties her awfully. poor little woman ' 1 nearly ehoked with Ianghter, but I managed to control my mnntenanoe "A splendid Idea anti der yon greet .redlt." 1 told hlm We serener iter enmterdully that In • tsw day. a (Meek fnr g*08 18a M went be Doris from bey porter tie A Marvel. ' •rThry sny Srrl1Llrtell ilea bfiee1 - dk'tat.' all his storks to a stenographer." "In that so? I didn't know he woe ' misrelate" "Who mid he was married," "Xrbody, 1 nt rudely n nein who writer novel. fora tieing can't afford to hire • stenographer." -Chicago New.. rnntret. "It'. wonderful that you .h,old haws . preyed the Mee of your yrllaw jacket so often," remarked the Chinese,rnlrtior, "Oh," replied LI Hong Ceetsg oirlly, "I don't care anything about2. et pekoe jacket so long as they leave sou lay' red taps. "-Washington Syr. HARD TO 'STOOP., L Backache and Made), trouble make I♦ Made), • Halifax lady's hie miserable.. ROAN'S ICIDIiIT PILLS CURED HER. it would be well if every Indy in Canada understood that pain in the beck end backache were nnrhinginewe eerier Mae a cry of the disordered kidneys for help Hundreds of ladies have found Moan's Kidney Pitle a blousing, giving them relief from all their suffering and sickness. Among thorn who prize them highly is Mr. Stephen Stanley, S Cornwnllie St., Halifax, N.S. She says that the was troubled with • weakness and pain across the small of her back, which was so intense at timet that she mold hardly !deep. Hearing of Donn's Kidney Pills she got • boand is thankful to say that they' boa fompletely removed the pain* from her 'trek and gave tone and vigor to her entire smarm. Mrs. Stanley oleo added that her husband had niffernl from kedne,; dereng.ment, hilt one box of Doan • Kidney Pills completely cured hiss No ere ..tont with D•etwrbe. L•t&e Park' (henmatl.es, Pr4gbt's Ne...., fH.bt.., Dropsy, brawl, or Mr keine? et "unary trouble seed erste. [non's gld.ey 8411•• Cora awe 11me care whew every airyeesentela1s. Pewees w see, are y fes eo ate • t all dearest. The Deas Sidney Pte Cay Torero, oat. . ", Z ra. Tfi �.':� r. j'..... t