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1 have been seeing things for =lay
years, but never yet did I MO bo
beautiful and costly things in one de
tild ia one store as I have seen rhis
week. It was at the largest millinery in -
porting and manufacturing house in
America. Three buildiage, each with
aye doors, are devoted to this dieplaY,
ma it is like a dream of magic to see it
tlL
In this place there is nothing but things
to be made into hats and bonnets and
thiugs made for trimming the same. The
made up goods will be shown me as SQ0t1
as they are unpacked from shipment, and
eo this time I can only foreshow the fin-
ished hats read bonnets. The models are
all imported and then copied and adapted
Lor our own. people, The French hats
ave generally tom pronounced for our wo-
men, whose features and tastes alai uteri
refined than are those of Um French, an
SOME OF Tan STEW HATS,
so the millinery made in this country
after the foreign models comes nearest ed and painted In nature's colors. Others
to perfection. are made to represent old coins, and so
In this I shall show what the matesome of the jet ornaments are pretty and
rials and trimmings are to be and next fine enough to wear for jewelry.
week give the rest. Even then there will In all this I have purposely left the
be much left to say,„for there is an ene plumage to the last as the best and most
barrassment of choice.attractive subject for description. Feath-
Let us begin at the beginnin,g. Th( ers will take a part this fall and
shapes will be large, and all the drest winter that has never before been ac -
hats will be somewhat on the order of corded. For this reason: The little birds
the big mob cap which has been sc have almost disappeared from our mil -
much liked this season. Now the brim linery, and ostrich has its limitations,
will be indifferently of velvet, panne, and so it became necessary to find some-
tniroir and plain. Next to them coins thing that the average woman could wear
the shapes covered with braid made oi without being considered little short of a
satin straw and chenille combined, and murderess.
these braids are woven in more way; i This need has been filled by the almost
than eue can believe without seeing them exclusive use of the Plumage furnished
and all the colors of the season, and thus us by out: commonest barnyard fowls.
are many represented in these. The gra3 The Audubon society has decided that
and different shades of brown are ex, It is no crime to kill millions of chick-
eeptionally handsome — light drabs, h er,s, turkeys, ducks and geese, and also
fact. They are all beautiful. The chenillc that it is no ceuelty to kill the birds of
softens the luster of the straw and gives prey. That gives us all the domestic
it richness, while the straw sets th( fowls' feathers, and some of them are
chenille into a prominence it could nevei beautiful, and, besides, the owls, hawks,
find alone. Together they make braid eagles and many other birds, for "birds
which, when wrought into the shapeE of prey" inchale many. Well, all the
given by the deft fingers of the sewers,. prettiest of these feathers are brought
is most beautiful.i forward and built up together into won -
There is a sort of eraped silk fahrk clerful and beautiful shapes. The white
called drap de nippur. This is produced, owl is seen among these, with outsprend
In all the shades of the syndicate cards,: wings,
all creamy white save for II little
and that meaus that they will match Us soft shaded brown. Another arrange -
goods of every other description. This iS ment of an owl had the head and wings
so designed that the crape is in corduroy of such delicate, soft drab and brown, the
ridges, though finer than that, and it Fth natural shades. The wings were lifted,
so flexible that it is susceptible Of 11101T and under them the sides were of the
different arrangements than I can tell, loveliest shade of pastel blue. Words
but among theta are the folds and twists cannot tell how delicate and dainty this
to form the brims and drapery, and next was.
they are seen in dozens of kinds of re- i Long plumes are made of the longest
settee and flowers formed by twisting it' eagle quills. The (lain itSelf is [eft on,
into the shapes of roses, peonies and oth, . and one side of the plume is left as na-
er large blossoms. I ture made' it, while on the other side
Everything in millinery is unusually there is a frill, to call it so for want of a
large, and whatever flowers there are are better word, and this is made of the
so large that one thinks she is lookiug at Small feathers from under the wings.
them under a magnifying glass. But They lay close together and at first seem
there are so far no real flowers such as to be a part of the original plume. These
are worn even in winter on' certain oc-: are but two out of perhaps a thousand
casions. All that I saw was a line ef im- different made feathers, all different, but
amuse roses in all the colors, inciudiugi all beautiful and very original and strut.
green, lilac and blue, also brown, and aig in their originality.
these were of silk and in some cases of r Some arc artificially colored, but the
feathers. Some of the roses bad vows ot idea has been to have them as natural as
tine beads sewed along the edges. These possible. Some of the long plumes are
dowers are at least six inches across.
They are to be placed upon mob shape.
,
in with other things.
The felt, hat shapes are large and 01
every imaginable form and size, ;me
theseeare to be covered with draperies
of felt, velvet or some of the new sta.-ITS, ,-
desigyed for the purpeeem easilia and
nairoir will withoutiVibt be the favor.
hes ot all the Vetilaming for the felts in
with the ari'leathers. Many of the felt
bath foaravery day will have drapery of
theeas"' new Pereians and surall, with some
of the polka dotted velvet and surala on
the crowns of quite a number.
There are ribbons quite half a yard
wide, and of these one should almost
speak with the awe we accord to pic.
tures, for they ate certainly to be classed
among the arts. These are in the old
cheney patterns, and they have the
most exgaisite moss rose buds and foil
age that can be imagined. ' The quality
of the ribbons is good all the way
through, and one see5 satin and a new
weave somewhat like sucala but with a
crisp luster and bloom not felled in any
surah.
This new ribbon comes meetly in wide
widths and Is intended for trimming foe
the felt hate—that is, such ones as are
inteeded for dressy wear for the a-ourtg.
These best ribbons are 12 to 20 inches
wide, and many of the soft taffeta weaves
are in two tones of the same color, so
that it gets a pronounced opalescent ef-
feet without being e-xectly a changeable
silk. It is exquisitely beautiful iti two
shades of pastel pink, also in drabs and
in pastel blues.
The -Ugh pastels are not to be such a
rage as they were, they still vvill be much
worn in clothe and in all the millinery.
There are very many brillient primary draperies are to be the principal style
colors ia the ribbons, SOIlle of the rawest at millinery trimming.
primary colors, but the best of all the MATE LEROY'.
things are in less obtrusive Shade$.4.
There are storne haildsome plaid silk A Modern Invention.
rihholle for children ancl no end of tandem zte r.y.ini . t 0 kind of
ar g an he ress s one A
Ita opeueverk and hemstitched work safety match.—Pittsburg Fres,
e•*,4,-et e.• .
These .ribbone are mostly for neckwear
encl. were only nteutomed beectuee I was
thuilime of ribbons. Some of the wide
'hat. ribbons are called satin flaMheem
traithlatea liberaily„ means tereine
light satia.... This is not inapt, as in many
of „the shades it has a really fletnelike
ap
itaarrince
For the Macy made shapes the, crowns
are futaisbed separate and areto be
plaited in Something like a Tujaa O'Shane
ter. For these the crowns., are sot many
and in so great variety thet,1 elm Men-
tion only eefewe Thoesends 01 thein are
ofstrong net and covered:withsad:a:glee
sewed .on in centalicated 'patterns, and
others are coveved all over like the scales
'On fish. Othersare of felt in all .shade
and tints, and these are embroidered or
studded with small steel or jet beads.
noticed one of the Crowns \\Toped
with tine gold embroidery dud steel beads.
There areeetripe 'of felt in the shades,
about a.yard long andsiX to eighttnelies
wide, and these studded with steel beads
all the length, and the two 'edems. were
.boand with imitation .bearer .fur. Other
steins Of this kind of trimming .are made
of black felt, with black„asthakhan edg-
ing, .and 'this is very rieh and handsome
and will look wen:with the 'neVy end" are
tistie largesteel and jet hat :1)1:icicles,
pf thee there is a great. variety, aud
.some ofthem: age scarcely to be classed
as simple ornaments, tor the design and
the .finisti being them up almost to the
grade .oe jeer -dee,. The finest, I think,
.are the square. steel onos. Taese, are
trorn three to six inches tong,and.the cut
steel .is so fine and so beautifully areang-
ed that on a hat all black they furnish
all the sweetness and light any One could
:desiee. :
Strasstand rhinestone and several :other
imitations ,of ojewelSand several 'females
in enameled and hand- paintedbuckles
are shown, all large, but. nit 'of the ut-
most perfection in finish. One quite large
.buckle in. 'a Sort of heraldic shape: had
valley.. lilies and their foliage all enamel-,
A NEW OAPOTE,
(Cade of many colored feathers gathered
in a cashneere or Persiari design. Pom-
pons of every imaghartble kind are seen,
and many small toques of grebe in white,
black and gray. Each has a pair of side
pieces, which are to be fastened with
whatever trimming is used. Feathere
and large and bunched up and massed
MAN'S LIPS AND DOWNS.,,,
Ore who Mel fohnd the world all bright
Fell by the wayside on a day •
Ikit holm beat down and kissed' his cheek
Ankl bade him rise, and go his way,
' tolled in hungry loneliness;
Ulw friends he know in former days
Forgot; somehow, to seek him out
Or help him on will; words of praise.
The weary years kirall'fied slowly by;
One morning fame stood et his door,
And lined up in an anxious row
Were all thq friends he'd bdoin be
So failure or success attends
The man who loses or who Wins,
That Ike may know where fidendship ends
And where self interest begins,
—Cleveland Leader.
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ROSE OF WASH E 4
BY rdLgUAD.
coPeauerie, 1900, ay c. e, LEWIS.
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One day in the - early spring a pio-
neer's wagon appvioaclied. within 'a mile
of ,Black Hill diggings, and g ,rough
lookin,g man got otit and started to
„climb the trail. He was yet half a
mile away when he fell down exhaust-
ed, and half e. dozen -miners hurried
down to succor him. He struggled up
hatove they reached him, and, waving
them back, ho shouted:
"Don't come near me, for I've got
smallpox, but for God's sake bring me
some provisions! Me and my ,gal her
not had a bite to eat fur these two
days!" • .
Smallpo.x was the dread of the
camps. When a miner wasgtaken
clown with tine loathsome disease, he
was as good as dead. The miners stop -
Ped dead in their tracks as they heard
the pioneer's woeds, and after nein:ter
consultation he was -warned to taaftain
where he was while they' retarned aud
gathered up a liberal lot of provieions.
These were placed on the trait, and
when he had picked them up- tbey
threatened him with their pistols to
hurry him away. The man neither re-
turned thanks nor berated them for
their seeming' harshness. They sa-sv
hma reach his wagon, they sae -v him
feebly dim)) up beside a child on- the
seat, ,and when the vehicle slowly roll-
,
ed on they heaved sighs of relief. 'That
night Joe of Washoe arrived at Black
Ital. It was dark, with a cold ram fall-
ing, when he heard of the incident of
the day. His face went stern and Ills
eyes grew.harcl as the story was told,
and when' it was finished he rose' up
and asked:
"Did the man say thar waS a gal
with him?"
eyes!,
"And you saw her in the wagon?"
"And you driv 'em off to die When
you could hey 'lowed 'em to camp at
the foot of the hill! If .that's the lelnd
o' men you ar' at Black Hill, I want to
git out quick."
"But It is smallpox," persisted one
of the inen.
"More's- the pity: Think ot that sick
man drivin away with, that leetle gat
alongside o' him--claivin away to his
death! There may hey bin a wife and
lllOtIler—OtIler childi•en alebbe they
was dead In the wagon. Men, you did
a cruel, wicked thing!"
"But tbink of the 00 men the small-
pox -took out o' the camp at Bed Rock
last fall!"
"But .1 ain't thinkin o' that. Pm
thinkin o' a man clrivin off to clic, with
a leetle gal sittin up alongside o' him!"
1 -le packed up some provisions, rolled
up his blankets; and, picking. up a wa-
ter jug and his rifle, he said:
"I'm goin to overhaul 'em and stand
by 'em unless I ,fincl both dea.d!"
A score of protests were hurled at
him, but the man stepped forth into
the black night without a word in re-
ply and almost instantly disappeared .
fronasight. At noonnext day tbe waga
on reappeared.. Joe of Washoe '
drivina and,on the abet beside him was
a child. 'When the wagon halted, he
unharnessed and turned loose the
horses; made a fire, and then, climbing
half way up the hill, he called to the
men 20 rods above him:
"When I found the wagon last night,
tbe man was dead and the leette gal
wa„s„Dmyln-to'Gnel:- (PllarPl.las moth.'
di' ansi two more clindren, but they ar'
dead. Don't come a -nigh us. The leetle
gal's touched, and I'm sure to come'
down!"
Tha.t night, the fever 'came to the
child, and men who crept down the;
trail hea.rd her erying out and beard
.Toe talking and singing to her. Tale;
next day he reported her as .dreadfully
Sick, and so it went oh for days anti
days. It was time for him to develop:
tbe disease, and each morning as the.t
men crept downthe trail to leave proal.
visions On the flat ,rock they feayecl he,,
svould not ehow up. Rut,: strangely,
enough, the da,nger passes] him by.
-One morning, when be e,tood up, on the
wagon with the girl in his arms, tt was
taltea as a sign that the crisis had
pa.seed, and 300 n3en gathered ou the
hill above and cheered the pair. it'
was a week after.that when be set fire
to the wagon, called for fresh clothes,
end came up -the trail into camp with r
the girl wrapped in blanket.. No-
body was permitted evento see the tip:
of her nose until she had been dressed ;
up as a boy from old garments .euti
over. Then she was placed on the
head of a barrel in the center of camp,
and half the men cheered and the other,
half wept, She was ,E1 girl of about 7,
pale arid wan from her Sicknese, but,
there was never a pit or scnr to show;
how she had suffered. By that wel
anoev that Joe'of Wrialloe had watched
over her -with more than a father's
care. She was fatherlees and 'menet,'
less among strangers. Fright and ill-
ness had to benuMbed „hea brain that
she could remeenber nothing. not even;
the family !mine. She ertid thni, theta/
had traadecl for clays and (bays, but
front whence She cOuld not tell. The
Ole thbug tilar Slle dla remember was„
that lieu mune WltS If.OSO; and site had
iesisted Iron the firet that :foe was
her uncle. It was queer to sau this
proSpeetor and, miner, this man who
had fonglit'ludiens and reuegadOS anli
knocked about theough a Maniacal
alt-
ve;itnre$ and AY11$ not supposed to have
a soft spot about him ----1. say it was
queer to see how be was knocned out ,
when tlie little girl kissed hire and
called him her deem' Uncle inc. Ste
looked Se Sileepieh and ehamefaeed
Una We had to turn our faces away,
and I tell you in tlie same breath that
we also felt aehaused of ourselves that
we had left that tether nett chili to
drive away from Mir' camp ns we did.'
In the mining camps nt case of small -
ox meant tholatioa neglect am! death.'
, The partner with whom you had work-
ed and hungered and suffeved for years
would' ilee from you in terror at the
fivet sign, and it a patient got um and
walked flb011t in WS delirium no hand
was otaelretched to prevent him, from
stumbling over a cliif.
I In our sitame we „gave Toe all the re-
spect and admiration he eould demand,.
end it did as good to see the little one
take to hifn and realize that she owed
her young life to his heroic eacrifice
and fatherly care. As we crowded
around ethe pair the child knelt down
on the barrel and elaspeci her hands
and prayed: „
, "Mother is dead, and father is demi,
! hut Gocl bless Uncle Joe ancl•everybody
else!” I
A good many of. us turned our heads
away at that, and, to our surprise,
found that yeaas in the Camps' hadn't
turned our hearts quite as hard as the
QUartZ among which we labored. 1
shutting his teeth hard together and
looking up at the clouds, and I won-
dered if ne was more strongly affected
when he charged a camp of five out-
laws, single handed and left three of
them lying dead 'for the sheriff to baay.
That -evening we had a public meet-
ing on the public square, and Judge
Watkins hushed the crowd to silence
and said:
"Thar will be fustly, secondly .and
thirdly in these remaike o' mine. The
fustly is that if JO° Washoe will ac-
cept this yere,airth gladly buy it
fur him. tl -1 h
, m fur her Rose o' Washoe; ,thirdly, she's an
orphan, and Black Hill. diggin's is goinn
to adopt. her and provide fu • h • d
Pc the biggest kind o' father to her.
Now, then, let every critter give three '
cheers and yell his loudest!" '
A month later, when Rose of Washoe
was sent to the states to, be properly
cared for, the sinn of $1,000 went with`
her. She was brouglit and, stood'
on the same barrel again, and 300 men
filed before her. aud shook hands. arid
said goodby. Jbe of Washoe, came
last. He lifted her up in his arms and
kissed her and patted her bead, and
her voice was broken with sobs as she
sa`i`cal-lr-ed bless all, but God bless Uncle
Joe Most of anybody!" -
When she was lifted to the saddle to
ride away, Joe turned his back and
seemed to be gezing.off over the foot-
hills. The crowd cheered and cheered,
but he was mute. As the girl disep-
pearect from sight down the trail some
one asked:
"What the blazes is the matter with
Joe that he don't yell with us?",
"Hush, you fool!" cautioned big .Tim.
"Fall back, all of you! He'll be turnin
purtaf soon to catch a last glimpse o'
the gal, and it might shame him if we
saw the tears in his eyes and knowed
that his heart was swelled to bustin
over -her goin away!"
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te44<;"<>..+.444<>4'4.44.* .<>. a"()".".< cthoeuicN1YrtoinncleerSullsrlenic()113.1s1? btlit.13- Itilileatole11.1:ealslie-
T . i Th.? 2 nine stupidity. Was ever man in mitt
1\1
t . „ ' J ) I). t a box before, eugageri by letter to a
<> girl Pc did not lovc. am. letuscal by the• ,
it ICePt John Bohhs Vro,o Miu' 'y- .', \v"Onnin he did levs.3 and in a wee' that
tag the wanalr Girl sn,1 Lod Inn' I left no chalice for explainftion that he'
to AlarrY tile Eight One. clO could tee. Perhaps later he Inherit. and
,s4eses.p,egeee0eD-0,0•ese-s•Pee0-c-S>,s,e)••••tp a way to enlighten alabelle as to mat -
Ito, o ,.
Was -just a a30 by the dusty el ca tors, but how to explain NiveoAritiallidsittl)gavielenr- -
2 port atinrittilanni-intkienigetenliinytters worse? of ‘
o c 0 .
that did duty la the editor's alc.
Hobbs, manager auel g„eneral factottun
Tile 'Daily Telegram, when. John iier to the concert, trusting for soine
course he must call tonight and take
farl'hat enterPri"Ing PaPer, fret)) Nviliell to sthaighten out this tangle: 04
lee. derived a snug 'little income,
Stici- eliTonhene Hobbs 'never forgot that even -
Lt
remembered the day of the week, '
Et 'as -Thursday ancl on the following illilift'tianngd hniorill's'ohne iLlyyvelailsekdinagettnialalitY'cietniensi:,
evening 'the inost seleet concert of the
season ' would talce place, where tfie tion he' Pl'esaaled lie 'was exPeeted to
social set 01 wrretistalle tv0.p.la be in aeske but in spite of his uncomfortable
position anCi unenviable frame of miud
evidence ', '
Pc twin( leaned - enjoying the music,
Now for nearly a. year John had been
and coulel not but uotice his comp:in-
a frequent anti more or less 'regular
A SIGH AND a SONG.
t;oye's a sigh and love's a song,
Love's a gloom and blory;
Shall we linger with, him, long--
, Dear the old sweet story
Meiglit's to climb and (locus to do;
Shall we dream the springtime through?
Wells:day! Love leads to May;
Though the winter's round us,
Somehow, 10 his artful way,
With a wreath hes crowned us,
Heights to climb and „emote (10,
Shall we dream a lifetinle throlVhf
Yes, if love in gloom and gleam
Come in sweetest seeming;
11 1* but direct the dream,
Sweet he the dvea ming I
Shall we only dream and go?
Yes lave will aye so
—Atlanta 'Clonstilation,
read, he thought. Was the Whele world
' turning topsy tUrYy ittlft with it his
powers of comprehension? First, a
letter of acceptenee for an invitation
which he had not given, and now thth
withering relluSal and the return of
his pooredeanieed VieletS- aVell, good -
by to ins dreams of love and future
bliss ana the eastlee he hied built in
his vain, ambition. The disappoint-
ment he would bear so bravely no one
would stisPeet its existence. But how
trike, and, pieking up her letter, Pe
eXPlain to miss DavenPkt iter
carefully reread it, Eler quotation of
the word "aeeept" was a pit sttang6.
bilualess suggested his,own use of
,ttfliTeNli'onrtte fel si if ill) (el seeadd et hiot
caught a glienpse of' Joe 0t Washoe
, secondly, gal as got to
hey imothei.• name and I' '
1
How Frozen Meat Deteriorates„
Meats frozen and kept in cold storage
for long periods do not undergo organic
changes in the ordinary sense—that is,.
they ,do not putrefy, soften or smell
bad—but they certainly do deteriorate
in some Intangible way. - After a cer-
tain time frozen meat loses some life
principle essential to its nourishing
quality. Such meat lacks flavor; it is
not well digested or assimilated. Its
savorless condition cannot be remedied
or successfully disguised by the use of
sauces and condiments.
Those who eat cold storage toad -fair'
anya length --o1'•tienaatlexeloptediarrheal
disoi'ders, lose in weight apd would
eventually starve to death unless a
Change of diet was rnaele. The same
reasoning applies to tinned fruits and
veg,efables. '1'1ui.!Y should not be used
after a certain period has elepsed.
Especially should people be warned
against using Stale eggs and old milk
ancl cream. Milk and cream 'are kept
for days, rancid butter is washed and
treated chemically, but all 10051, and
especially cold storage food, is dam-
aged by long keeping, and will not
norirish tbe body properly. There is
the greatest abuntla,nee of food, but it
does not satisfy. ,
,
meenor.y, ',slot Mystery. ,
"Memory can play the strangest ot ,
tricks," says a specialist, "and it is,
responsible for not a few superstitious
fears 111 sensitive people. ,
"A lady once told Die that she found.
herself at times it) places where her
surroundings Seerned to have bed)
known to her before, though she knew
that she had never been there pre-
viously,
"Probably you will recognize this ex-
perience, which is common enough.
How many people, when reading or
listening to a conveasation, become
vaguely conscious that they have read
tlie passage or Ileard the ideiffical
words in 'the dim, long peel l',„
"It is not a hatiriting mystery, but
just a way that men -lore, has. In -
Meliorable impressions of the most
trivial things are stored in the brain
rind will come out when called upon.
bn the lady's eilSe S110 had probably
seen a picture. of the scene at some
time, rind a view of the actual place
produced memory's feeble effort to re.
call it?
caller -on alabelle Whitney, the Ian's attractive faee and 'Marin ae
along, but this delay in his invitation
rich manner, and that Ler wen meesi. coin_
very pretty daughter: of a very
posure was enhanced by a quiet mod -
merchant.
esty and seriousness of inauuer to
He had intended to Invite her all
which he had beeu blind 1)efore.
Somehow John foUnd himself saying
might mean a disrippointnaent. Iffe
he would call on Stmday eapning,
would soon know and why not embody
Iszhich he (lid, and really' enjoyed the
ill his note a declaration of his attec-
companionship of these 'two refined
tons, and so put to. the teat whether
Th' I • .
she returned his love or .not. Thiswomen.
eral times during the following month,.
seemed a happy thought so he began'
and still John had not asked the ques-
My Dear Friend—May I hope for the pleas •
tion, but, on the contrary .had begun
your comprkny at the concert tomorrow evening
by the Singers' ,clubb have a question to ask to wonder why be had not before no -
you, the answer to which will make me either the ticed the many attractive' qualitie
most miserable or happiest of men. If you accept ••
Niles Davenport possessed. As - nu
my Lnvitation to the concert; I shall understand
my oeunrtoautsisigvuerestwioilnl, not hae r'e'Nf tusal o f thenlyimnoyir tea tnisoon. tWINO.eredn Olaf imexia)lijadnatiNtioanbeihiaed 'Whitney,ssedhe.
t• •
shall consider as a refusal of yours, with deepest was useless to anticipate any hope in,
regard, JOIIS ELLIOTT Hoses.
this direction.
For a man 'of so brilliant a mind this
As for Mildred Davenport he hall was really a very lame proposal but
grown to admire tbe many beautiful
John signed his name with a conscious -
qualities of her womanly sweetness.
'less of having said just enough and
not too much, feeling quite sure in the As a daughter she was devoted aria
thoughtful, and then the thought grew
depths' of his . honest devotion to her
in his naindewould shenot metre au ideal
that' her answer would be' what he
wifetotbe man who should be fortunate
hoped. With this load off his mind he
enough to win her? Had he really any ,
turned to the ,perusal of his afternoon
chance, he asked himself, a, dozen
mail, with which/111s desk was littered.
times a day, atid one night soon after -
Another story from the pen of alias
Pc quietly told alildred the whole
Davenport. Well, this one be had bet -
story, saying, "And now that my mis-
beyond her depth, or so it seemed to ter reject, for she was really getting
take has been the means of' my find-:
him. To be sure, she sketched her big out what real love is and should.
characters with an artist's skill and
be, will you, knowing all tbe' story of
was decidedly original in plot and ac -
my stupid blunder and happy awaken -
tion,. but the public, his public, must
tug to a better, truer affection, accept
a ,devotion which I will prove by my
be amused, and her heroines' never ..
whole life is yours and yours only?"
seemed happy, and, what was .moreel.
never married the heroes, mar any one and alildred's acceptance was given
else, for that matter. He did not and not implied.
want.; to personally say "no" to this •
girl, in whom unconsciously he 13ad he-
cortle so intereated'and whom he recog-
nized as a clever writer, sure to win
for herself a name in the world. But
Pe had already made up his mind not
to accept more of her work, and so',
taking up the stub pen which had cer-
tainly seen better -days, he clashed off
aa follows: :
• Ify Dear Madam --Notwithstanding our appre•
ciation of and admiration for your style we find
we must discontinue acceptance for the present.
Trusting to be of service at some future date, I
am, yours very truly, .loniir ELLIOTT 1101,139.
"I flatter myself that is neatly done" '
thought John, so pastily placing the
notes in their respective envelopes and
addressing the same he rang for the
office boy.
Friday morning dawned dull and
rainy, with little prospect of clearing
sveather, arid as John sat in his office
his courage and spirits were at ebb
tide. It was all owing to the weather,
Pc thouglit, and not a premonition of
failure. A.ayevey lig Mid Stopped at the
floritts-aiid ordered a box of gorgeous
nrOlets sent his love. and the -Y must be
received by this tame.
Just then the postman opened the
door. Not a line from her in Ibis mail,
The Rata They Ent.
"The current impression that China-
men eat rats—I mean ordinary Ameri-
can rats—is all nonsense," said Dr.
James J. Mason, a well known Chi-
nese missionary,'chatting about his ex-
periences in the ,Flowery _Kingdom.
cirr
he truth in regard, to it is thls:
There is a small aninial in China
known colloquially as the teui-diow,
that is often bred especially for food.
It infests the ricefields, and is about
the size of an oedinary rat, but Pasta
onger lande- and a head shaped some-
thing like that of a ferret. It is a very
prolific creature and is sold in (Moo
In011S numbers in all the markets,of tbo
great cities—neatly cleaned and skew-
ered apart and strung in bunches of
20 or 30 on bamboo reeds.
"The tsuachow is strictly an edible
animal, and, feeding entirely onrice, it
nett:rally has very delicate and savory
flesh. I have eaten.thens, and if' 1 had
been able to get the ieit idea out of my
mind would have relished the diele
They taste something like young -squir-
rels; aud alive or dead are certainly
fund? less repulsive than mauy
we comtnonly esteem as delicacies—.
eels and frogs, for example."
only seine, advertisements, a bill or two, .
three cards of 'invitation, a check, A Mountai.n of sulphur.
thanks for that, aud last of all, a small The Soufriere„ or .eulphurous _menu- -,
.envelope in the ,well ',known hand- tain, is considered to he the greatest
writing of Miss Davenport. A reply natural curiosity of St. Lucia anclain
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to his tliernissal .ef the :day before, he fact, of the West Indies. It is situated
presumed, and, fearing to open the' about half an hour's ride fi•orn the
note he read; • town of Soufriere, to .\vhich it has
telN:,iyalptleiaorlicMhr.a sCl°1,71)trei's'ets loof myoe'tirhlaerte. YLIan? i1tiasstaaomf etbetinPaitounesa,ralYndtwisQemint itlbeeS"
made me very happy. It is hardly necessary for
foot of two small hi
me to add that 1 "accept" your invitation and quite, ii:,ctaha,titloi 1.,101! 0 . -uv htiChe
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shall expect you this evening. With cgards from att'ecs fani.4,5,; rc the cratervg. It covers n
my mothmst
mother and self, I a, moshipP.rely, sil
l'H'DRED E. DA VI'SP"'" spece of abonti three acres, and is crust-
- What did it mean. What inviiiii,on , 'J'
here eve! well et -linear alici alum. 1 mile
dld she accept and whY should 1.11'' let" are several calarous in a perpetua.I
ter inalte her Very happy? Quito tbostate of' ebullition. :The water is quite
reverse, he had sliPPased It setinded black in the larger ones, hut in the
Ince some tnystery of retrainee from her ,
. enlaller ones it is quite cleat'• Visitors
versatile pen, but it was no jestiug neve,: ,faii to s in of,
)0 some egg, 010'-
unatter he reflected, remembering the the smaller caldrons, ohtnining (bent
concert and Hs auxietS 01 IT'Incl` can-, from 000 0 1110 creole guidee:, who
corning his answer fl011.1 :Miss Whitney. keeps a supply on hand for that ptiy-
Just then, in Pis reflection, the door pose.: •
was filing open and a messenger boy
sang out? "Mr. Ilobb,i! Very important. Eo Antal 1FMlartt?
No ill1SWer."- And den0Siting, a pack- Ants are very industriouS seed eel -
age hauded John his boolt for signa- and tilaY he seen toiling Oloag
ture. John recognized the handwriting their paths laden with seeds, WI) leh
of the address and hastily tore it open, are stored up In granaries in the nest.
A large bunch of violets met Ids aster's, In the clear Space round, the nest there
felled gaze end e Ietter, whotebd
follows:
Ur, tfobbs:
Sir—Allov me to return, your property, .vilacb
by some mistake Was sent to Inc. iff9 to irly Style,
t consider it presumptuoup on your part to pass
any comment on what cannot possibly be of in-
t;Test or ,concern of yours. 1 most heartily In.
dorse your desire to discontinue all tune° corro•
spondence, as ' your insults are only less clovei
Shan your compliments. Youth, etc,,
DEP1"5 WRITI4TY,
Poor John read It with Sinking heart,
toe utterly miserable to ext)ressthe
Is frequently a patch or pa,tches of a
peculiar kind of grass that produces
seeds that are much sought after by
the ants. It has been said that the
ants make the clearing and, sow the
seed of this grass on purpose to reap
the crop but evidence is yet wanting
to show that the grass is intelligently
sown and not accidentally, The fact
remains, however, that on or around
many nests there hi.° Crops of the
grass, and that it is not destroyed like
surprise it merited. Another- riddle VI other vegetation by, the auto.
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