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OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL
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when he wants money from Tier. It
was lost by Ramon a night or two
ago, and 3t fell into the halide of
someone who is interested, like my-
self, in the exposure and (Usgraet) of
lioh'fnald Menson."
1 ittiutet• oxandned the ring eare-
fully,
It is a wonderfully good imita-
tion," ho said, presently.
"So 1 am told," said Chris, "So
good that it must have actually
been copied from the original. Now,
how could Reason have had a copy
made unless he Possessed the origin-
al? Will you bo good enough to
answer me that question, Lord Lit-
tuuei
Latimer could do no more than
CHAPTER xLVI, I ish letters, written by a foolish gill, gaze at the ring in his hand fol•
Lord Littimer sat on the terrace; fell into your hands, your son vowed some time.
shaded from the sun byun ewtifn that be would get them back 1y "I have sworn—indeed, I am ready
over his deck -chair. 1'•ont hs q3 force if accessary. He made that to swear—that the real ring was
pression Ile seemed to be et peace hearing f Regina d never m anybody's pesetas on but
lurked mine from the day that
Frank otforchzewzGE96646%
5 ON THE
dPOZOC693'dP'���`rdP
HINTS ON SPRAYING,
The time to speay many orchards
for the Tian J ose scale land leaf curl
is at hand, Fruit growers should
u0t forget the value of the lime, sul-
phur and salt as a fungicide as well
as an insecticide. 1n northern Ohio
and other places splenelid 'results
have been obtained ter both scale
and leaf curl whew this material
was used. Latest methods for mak-
ing the wash are given by Dr. John
rash nPeech iu tear ng o g I:3. Smith as follows; On peach and
Henson. Henson probably was plum in orchards use the bolted lone,
with all the world. sus brown, rag -cote a year old till It disappeared. Of salt and sulphur wash, made as rot -
1 about until he stay the robbery
^�' - 1uce bad lost its usually lecig suse milted. Then it occurred to him course,. scores of people had looked lolls; Lime, stone or shell, 50
easily, chew he smoked -a oigarcLte that lee might do a little robbery on at U. Henson amongst the rest. But pounds; sulphur (flowers or ground)
10/113 Chris sat hard a hem bole -t his own account, seeing that yo•11 how did Claire Carfax---" 50 pounds; salt, 50 pounds, water,
ing as little like a hardwoitking sue- son would get the credit of it. Tho "Easily enough. Menson had a 150 gallons.
rotary as possible. safe was open, acid so he walked orf l y :flake the lime with water enough
As a matter of fact, there~ Wee ,with your ring and your money." h 11 to do it thoroughly, and during the
nothing for her to do. Littimer had y
";b dear young lady, this is all S Process acid tho sulphur, Moil with
already tired of his lady secretary, y ea y 5 I 1 just water enough to prevent burn-
iciea, and had Chris not interested; mere surmise." ing and until the mixture becomes a
and amused him he would have founds "So yqu imagine. At that time cheep amber rotor, Dissolve the salt
some means to of rid of her before Reginald Henson hada kind of home in water enough to do it quickly
g� g
now. 1 which he was, running at 318 Arens• boiling liaise•
rt hton. Lad Litti- g y and acid slowly to the 6
wick Square, A Y
Bat she did Interest and amuse and q g When all is thoroughly mixed to-
1 ehy
puzzle him, There was sometllingl mer had just relirrquyshgd a similarRegi-
gill.
lif it be PP th bud, undertaking there. Previously g
r : charmingly reminiscent about the! g'
ill, She was like somebody he had; maid Honsort had a hone at I3udders-
g
once Icnawn and eared for, but for field. Mind you, ho didn't run either
the life of him Ito could not think{ in his own name, and he kept stud-
. lint he
who, And when curiosity sometimes iously in the background
got the better of good breeding Chris! was desperately hard up at the time
would bathe him in the most engag- in consequence of his dissipation and
ingor,
extravagance, and the money he col-
mann
Ms
col -
"Really, won are as exceedingly lected for his home want into
clever girl,"' ho said, own pocket. Then the police got
"In fact, we are both exceedingly wind of the matter, acid Reginald
clever," Chris replied, coolly. "And Henson discreetly disappeared from
yet nobody is ever quite so clever Brighton just in time to save hint-
LIS lie imagines himself to he. Do self from arrest for frauds there and
you ever stake bad mistakes, Lord at Huddersfield. A member of
Littimer?" Huddersfield police is in a high posi-
"S ometimes," Littimer said, with tion at Brighton. Ile has recognised
Denson as the man who
a touch' of cynical humor. "For fn- Reginald I e
stance, I married sonic years ago. was 'wanted' at Huddersfield. I
That was bad. Then I had a son, don't know if there will be a pros -
which was worse." mitten after all those years, but
"At one time you were fond of there you are."
your family?" "You are speaking from author -
"Well, upon my word, you are the ity?"
only creature I ever , met who has
had the audacity to ask me that
question. Yes, I was very fond of
my' wire and my son, and, God help
me, I ata fond of them still. I don't
know why I talk to you like this."
"I 110,"Chris said, gently. "It is
because unconsciously you yearn for for.
sympathy. And you fancy you are in "What an interesting girl you are,"
all
Littimer murmured.. Always so f
no way to blame; you imagine that
you acted in the only way emluistent of surprises. Our dear Reginald is
with your position and dignity. Yo;s even a greater rascal than I took
fancied that your son was a vulgar him for.'
thief. And I am under the impres- "Well, he took your money, and
sial that Lady Littimer had that saved him. He took your ring,
money'," a facsimile of which he had made
"She had a large fortune." Litti- before for 001110 ingenious purpose. It
mor said, faintly. "Miss Lee, do you ranee with a vengeance. Then Claire
know that I have a great mind to Carfax committed suicide, thanks to
box your ears?" your indiscretion and folly."
Chris laughed unsteadily. She was "CoRub it Never mind
horribly frightened, though she did
not show it. She had been waiting
for days to catch Littimer in this
mood. And she did cot feel dispcsed
to go back now. The task must be
accomplished s0m0 time,
"Lady Littimer was very deb,"
she went on, "and she was devoted
to Frank, your son. Now, if he had
wanted a large sum of money very
bac'ly, and had gone to his lllln11101•,
she would have given it to him
withoutt 1' i t l hesitation?"
"Certainly I am. Reginald Hon -
son, as such, is not known to In -
under the velvet glove, unless I am
Spector Marley, but I sent the latter greatlymistaken, loe. Merritt can tell us
a photograph of Benson, and he re -
where Prince RuPert's ling is. Al -
turned it this morning with a lector ready Van Speck is in our grasp."
to the effect that it was the man "Van Sneelet Is he in England?"
the Huddersfield police were looking "He is. Did you read that strange
case of a man being found half mur-
dered in the conservatory of Mr.
Steel, the novelist, in Brighton?
Well, that was Van Sneck. Ant I
can't tell. you any more at present.
You must wait and be content."
"Tell me one thing, and I will wait
as long as your like. Who are you?"
Chris shook her head, merrily. A
great relief had been taken off her
mind. She had approached a delicate
and difficult matter and she had suc-
ceeded beyond her expectations. That
about my feelings," she had shaken tho man opposite her
"I'm not mending," Chris said, sorely was evident from has face. The
coolly. "Henson salt' his game and ba1'ciness had gone front his eyes, his
played it boldly. I could not have lips were no lager bitter and cyni-
told you all this yesterday, but a cal.
letter I had this morning cleared the I may have been guilty of a great
round wonderfully. Henson wanted wrong, he murmured. `All these
S years I may have been living under
to cause family differences, and he a nlisapprchensio.n. And you have
succeeded. Previously he got Dr, told me what I should never have
Bell out of the way by means of the suspected, although I have never had
second Rembrandt. You can't, deny a high opinion of my dear Reginald,
thein is a second Rembrandt you, Where is 1ny wife new?"
hes tgt h t? safe. Anddt it is locked up in your ""She is still at Longdean Grange,
"What fond mother aouldnt?" safe. where do you think Brll
"1 am obliged to you for cowed- found it? Why at 21S, Brunswick j .__You
u il•0atnotice
asgrrowfuat laeigiange1
i the point.' Y s wanted Square Brighton where Menson had
could have had anythingefor the ask- police were so hot upon hes trail.
ing from his mother." 13e was fearful lest you and Bell
"Sounds logical," Littimer said, should come together again, and that
flippantly. "Who had the money?' is why he came here at night to
"The same man who stole Prince steal your Rombzandt. And yet you
llupert's ring—Reginald Menson." trusted that man blindly all the
Littimer dropped his cigarette and time your own son was suffering on
sat upright in his chair. He was mere suspicions. flow blind you have
keen and alert enough now. There been!"
were t.laces of agitation on his face. "I'm blind still," Littimer said,
"That is a serious accusation," he curtly. "My dear young lady, I ad-
saiii, mit that you are making a'3t a
"Not more serious than your a10s- pretty strong case; indeed, I might
sation against your son," Chris re- go farther, and "ay that you have
torted. al1 my sympathy. But what you
"Well, perhaps not,"Littimer ad- say would not be taken as evidence
• milted. "But why no you take up in a court of law. If you produce
Frank's cause in this way? is there that ring, for instance—but that is
any romance budding Larder my un -at the bottom of the North Sea."
conscious eyes?" Chris took a small cardboard box
"Now you are talking nonsense," from her pocket and from thonoe pro -
Chris said, with just a touch of ducecl a ring. It Was a ruby ring
color in her cheeks, "I say, and I with black pearls on either side, and
am going to prove when the time had some inscription inside.
cones, that Reginald Menson was "Look at that," she said. "It was
.Lhe thief. 1 am sorry to pain you, sent to me to -day by my—by a friend
but it is absolutely necessary to go of mine. It is the ring which Begin -
into these ;natters. When those fool- old Henson shows to Lady Littimer
first copy ' made from a description.
I don't know wily; probably we shall
never know 1013 Probably he had it
done when he knew that your son
and Miss Carfax had struck up a
flirtation, It was he who forged a
letter from Frank to Bliss Carfax,
inclosin ' the ring.73 that Means
he hoped to create mischiefwhich,
had been nipped in a nuc
could never have beam traced to him.'
As matters turned out he succeeded
beyond his wildest expectations. IIe
had got the real ring, too, which
was likely to prove a very useful
thing in case ho ever wanted to make
Wrens. A 00000(1 and a faithful copy
was made—the copy you hold in your
hands—to hold temptingly over Lady
Littimer's head when ho wanted
large suns of money from bee,"
"The scoundrel! Ho gets the
money, of course?"
"Ile dogs. To my' certain know-
ledge he has had nearly £70,000.
But the case is in good hands. You,
have only to wait a few days longer
and the man will b0 exposed. Al-
ready, as you sae. I have wound his
accomplice, the Reverend ,James Mer-
ritt, round my finger, Of course, the
idea of getting up a bazaar has all
been nonsense. I am only waiting
for a little further information, and
then Merritt will feel the iron hand
ng 0 p0i0 our on 1 13ut it is not too late to--"
money, and he robbed you when ho to leave it seven years ago when the Littimer rose and went swiftly to-
wards the house, At any other time
the action would have been rude, but
Chris fully understoou. She had
touched the man to the bottom of
his soul, and he was anxtoes to hide
his emotion.
"Poor man," Chris murmured.
"His hard cynicism conceals a deal
of suffering. Blit the warming is
past; we have only to wait patiently
for daylight now."
Chris rose resslessly in her turn
and strolled along the terrace to her
favorite spot looking over the cliffs,
'!'here was nobody about; it was very
hot 'there. The girl removed her
glasses and pushed back the banded
hair from her forehead. She had
drawn a photograph from her pocket
which she was regarding intently.
She was quite heedless of the fact
that somebody was coming along the
cliffs towards her. She raised the
photograph to her lips and kissed it
tenderly.
"Poor Frank," she murmured.
"Poor fellow, so weak and amiable.
And yet with alt your faults—"
Chris paused, ani; a little cry es-
caped her lips. Frank Littimer,
looking very wild and haggard, stood
before her,
I beg your pardon," he began. "I
came to see you because---"
The words died away. 110 stagger,-
ed
tagger_ed back, pale as the foam heating on
the rocks below, hie hand clutching
at hie left side as if there was some
mortal pain there.
"Chris;" ho lmn'mured• "Chris,
Chris, Claris! And they told ine—"
a
4
Not the Lungs Only But ;Every Organ of the Body
In Danger From Neglected Colds,
gether end ;las actually boiled at
least one hour, add water enough to the 030 is grown ml the farm, it
make up the 150 gallons and apply would be advisable 10 substitute
while hot, 11 grouted sulphur 15 some other feed stuff in place of
used, boil at least 'L hours to alis- shorts, to supply the protein. I
"THE SECRET" Octon Cup of Tea In Derr
VP
iis revealed in the
use of delicious
Ceylon Tea— ''lack, Mixed or Green
Lead Paokets only, Highest Award at St. Louis 1904.
most prolltahle feed for pigs during
feeds as:all- SEEKERS OF WAR NEWS
the winter' season, the e
able for his use being corn at 50
cents per bushel, chopped stuff and TALES OF A NEWSPAPER 0001 -
short s at $1.10 per hunched and RESPONDENT.
rye at 65 cents per bushel, writes
Mr. ILL G, Van Pelt. Ile is at pre- Ile Recalls Some Incidents of
sent feeding a straight ration of the Spanish.Ainerican
corn and asks forarguments in fav- Cruise,
or of balancing his ration with ish0
feeds mentioned. I fear that tho editors and Pro -
This man will find it impossible to pr'ietors of newspapers have not seen
make a balanced ration for glowing much of the humorous side of the
pigs by combining the feed stuffs Japanese -Russian war writes Geotg'e
mentioned, because ;lo one of them Lynch in the London Uhrgnicle,
contains a large enough proportion It was in the Spanish-American
of protein to balance the carbohy- 10(1 —a war starlet by newspa5000
drates found in the others. Assuming
and run fur the benefit of newspapers
—that there 10(18 real fun, 011(1 a
numerous Ilett of dospaLcl, boats,
aquatic coffins, of various quaint
shapes and sizes, which one docent
storm, fortunately withheld by an
all -merciful Providence, would have
�l th bottom.
st rt to 0
I remember a celebrated voyage in
one 1011i011 was chartered by the Lon -
(10n Daily ehr0niele and the New
York World, in which we completely
circumnavigated the island. of Cuba.
We went out in search of the Span-
ish fleet, with our decks loaded up
with coal, which with a choppy sea
and heavy rain, within an ;lour or so
gave 00 all the 055000ance of a lot
of chimney sweeps who had suddenly
taken to a seafaring life, When 100
were two clays out we thought WO
had found the Spanish fleet, or more
correctly, that the Spaniel). fleet had
found us, for we sighted in the dis-
tance what we took for one of the
enemy's torpedo -boats, and turned
and ran for our lives.
RUN F011 FREEDOM.
The fires were stoked up as they
were never stoked up before, and the
old rattle -trap engine creaked and
jolted like a skeleton with St. Vitus'
dance. But still the strange vessel
overhaulod us. The American cor-
respondents on board all made up
their minds that they ,would be
made prisoners, or possibly that the
boat would be sunk. Sylvester
Scovell commenced tearing up what
he considered would be incriminating band and a severe folded stock lhnish
copy, until the sea in our wake look-
ed
the waist. 0(110 models show a
(13 a10 we were ase; cl in an ac- patch pocket on the left side, rather
quail( pope' chase; while it was
high wp on the waist.
Tho pretty turnover collar and cuff
sets are broader this season than
heretofore, a natural outcome of
deep bodice cuffs or closely fitted
lower arms. A choice set in Eng-
lish eyelet embroidery on a fine heavy
linen weave, is $4,00. The collar
and cuffs are deep at the cantle.
A prise favorite in the line of
handbags is the new English, which
is built on the extorsion order.
When empty it is quite flat and very
similar in appearance to the long,
narrow pocketbooks in vogue sora&
seven or eight years ago; but when
in use, the bottom stretches out and
the bag becomes a big and roomy
one.
One of the nice little things for a
girl's fiance is aheart-shaped frame
t!%'✓'aE•,'Pr� •41�•�re1�1ljtiN:fQlr:•pp"�,oy •j �r :tr�1•el
._�
solve it all.
This control-
ling
n
c1
' 3s ha s the advantage of lite o
l-
ling peach curl and seems to act as
a stimulant, 11 01113' Ono spraying
can be made, apply in March, or
early Al:ril, and cover thoroughly.
would suggest the fo:lowing rations:
Ten parts corn, two parts rye, one
pert. tankage.
It will 1)0 found that the above ra-
tion will not only produce greater,
but more economical gains and the
Plum has bion injured if sprayed too general health and thrift of the pigs
early in winter. In the garden use will he more vigorous than when
either a, soluble petroleum reduced corn alone is fed. Tankage guaran-
to 550 per cult., or the kerosene- teed to contain 60 per cent protein
1110011 with 20per cent kerosene. On can ire purchased from any of the
Pear, use crude petroleum, 13 degrees leading packers, 11 o'dered exclu-
test, slightly warmed, through a lite steely for feeding purposes, and will
vat•nloref nozzle, any time after Jan- well repay its purchase,
uary 1 anct before the trees start,
On apple, 1190 the kerosene -haloid
with 25 per cent, kerosene e,r the
soluble crude oil, to contain 10 per
cent. oil. If the lime, sulphur and
salt combination is preferred, make
large and in full beating 13e ready to barrels and bins, incl ]uele all tight
FARM N02115.
Seed potatoes in the cellar need
looking after at this season. They
two applications and if the trees are will sprout, badly in the bottom of
make a summer application when the
fruit begins to show infestation.
FOR TREES AND SH010113S.
the lime, sulphur and caustic soda
mixture may be used with fair pros-
pects of good effect. But I would
look with more confidence upon a
25 per cent, kerosene-11mo1d max
- or wood ashes,
taro or even a 5 per cent, crude oil With a short handle hoe or some
solution. The formula for the lime- kind of a box scraper remove the
on top.
In sandy soils the loss of humus
is most severely felt. If poorly
drained soils, where there is a defic-
iency of line potash and other sim-
ilar materials, the humus may form
sour mold, but that (1111 usually be
corrected by a dressing of lime, marl
aulphur-soda combination is as fol-
lows; Lime, 30 pounds; sulphur
(flowers), 15 pounds; caustic soda, 6
pounds; water, 50 gallons. Slake
two-thirds of the lisle with ,water
enough to prevent either burning or
drowning, and during the process
sift over and stir in half the sul-
phur. Then acid the remainder of
the 111110 with more water and, as
the boiling continues, stir 111 the
balance of the sulphate,
Add water as needed, stirring to
help the combination. While the
mixture is yet steaming add one-
third of the caustic soda, which will
cause a violent boiling, and before
this is over acid another third. If
then the mixture has not reached a
brick -reel color, add the remainder. If
too much water is used at the be- heal, sunshine and air,
glmhing or tieing subsequent opera- Combinations of grasses and perm -
old rough bark which shelters in-
numerable insects and fungi and
then spray thoroughly, while the
trees are in dormant condition, with
copper sulphate at the rate of - ono
pound to each 25 gallons of water.
Ignorance and carelessness in sav-
ing seed is the cause of many farm-
ers having poor crops, and it would
seen, 0 simple matter to avoid such
inisfortunes, no not use sped corn
that has been frosted. Remember
that well -matured seed corn will de-
teriorate if stored in a stable where
animals are kept. In harvesting
80011 corn, do not allow it to remain
in piles or heaps, as the germ will
become heated and lose much vital-
ity', if it is not altogether destroyed.
IC possible, cure the seed with fire
tions, it may bo necessary to use
more soda than the formula calls for
to insure the red color of the 2111X-
-tare. This is then diluted to stake
50 gallons. If warm water is used
in the process, the chemical action
will develop heat cnongh to snake
a good combination, and if warm
water is used to dilute, a perfect
spraying mixture will result, A
good quality of stone lime should be
used and a good quality of caustic
soda.
BIL
/y ry Pry "Jr1Tj'j���j'lT�T1AWTE ly° could say na more, be could
IL 1;HA\ `� I LINSEED and TETI E v I only starlit there t lost ug from bend
1111 VLlL1AJJJ no Qr to foot, fearful lost his mocking
settees were malting sport of hien.
Sorely it teas some beautiful vision
he -had come upon. With enc uu-
Most people know that such ail- Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Ter- steady hand he touched the girl's
ments as pneumonia and consump- pen0110 most heartily for all forms sleeve; he pressed her warm red
tion have their beginning in a cold, of colds and I think that if every cheeks with his finge'o, and with
but all do not ('101iz0 that other family would use it Por their little that touch his manhood came back
vital organs of the body are almost ones it would save lots of worry and to him,
equally liable, expense as 1. find it prompt and last- "Darling," ho weds/woo, eagerly,
Not infrequently colds settle on ing in its effects, "Dearest, what does it mean?"
the liver or kidneys, causing serious My three youngest boys had Chris stood there, smiling rosily,
disease of these organs.,whooping cough this winter ani; the She had not, meant to betray her -
in other cases colds hag on until could got nothing to help thorn until self; fate had done that for her, and
the system is rust down and ex- I sent for Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin- she was not sorry. It was a cruel
baUsted, and so left in e, fit state seed and Turpentine.It arrested the trick they had played upon Frank,
to fall prey to contagious 'diseases, coughs at once and they kept right but it Had been necessary. Chris
The only safe way is to speedily on improving until they were cured held out hor hand with a loving lit -
get rid of all colds before they be- tae a cost of one dollar. That was tie gesture,
come fastened on the system. not a large hill for so clangorous (T0 b0 Continued.}
This can be aceorepllshecl by, the and distressing an ailment,"
nee of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lite( Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and
500d and -Turpentine. Turpentine, 25 cents a bottle, at all
This medicine has emelt to be eon- dealers, or Ti}maneon, Bates ds Co., Mfrs, Dranrar—"Will any (laughter
sfde'ed indlspensabto in the home ea Toronto, To protect you against over 1,0coine a good musician, pro -
a, cure for coltis, bronchitis, croup, imitations, the portrait and signs- lessor?" Professor Crotohotty,—" l
air1hma and whooping cough, tura of Dr, A. W. Cha8O,.the famous can't rayl She may. She tell me
Mrs. Wee. 13a1(, Drawbridge, Ont., receipt book author, aro on ivory teat ybo gains of a long-lived fame
wrilee'—".t can recommend Dr, bottle, idyl"e
FOR GROWING PIGS.
An inquire' asks what is the
A SlubboWII COIN
ar B?O ChiliS
yields more readily to Scott's
Emulsion of cod-liver oil than
to anything you can take,.
When you awake in the
night choked up and cough-
ing hard, take a dose of the
Emulsion, and you -will get
immediate relief when no
cough medicine will help
You. It has a soothing and
healing effect upon the throat,
and bronchial tubes. Most
people know
Scott's ttsE
Emulsion
as a great body builder, but
it is equally good to allay in-
flammation and cure colds
and violent coughing,
Send for T'rno Semple.
SCOTT !r 130W511, Chemists, Toronto, Ont.
nial legumes are usually to 13e ere-
ferred to any single grass both for
pasture and for ;lay. A combina-
tion of grasses is especially clesit'abl'e
for pasture, giving mote variety, and
perhaps a better balanced food ra-
tion. In choosing grasses for pas-
ture the object shelled be to select
such varieties that the (tendency of
one variety may 1)0 balanced by t,0
good qualities of another, .Grasses
should he chosen which are different
in their methods of growth and
their (dates for maturing in order to
lengthen the grazing period and give
the greatest amount and most con-
tinuous grazing. _ Also a coneleilia-
tion of grasses may he made 10111013
will make a more perfect socl than
any one grass will produce and a
more permanent pasture.
HOW TO PRUNE TREES.
We must prune young fruit trees
before they are planted, cutting the
top severely, to produce a balance
between the top and the root, the
latter ]rating ;been Brealey reduced in
digging the tree from the nursery.
We must out out et this time any
brandies not needed for the forma-
tion of the head, and we may pare
1111 01109 of the roots smoothly, that
were roughly cut with the spade in
digging, We must watch the young
tree during the growing season, mut
stop tho'growth of any shoots out-
growing their neighbors, and rub off
any 1110oie not desired as soon as
they are clisc000red.
We trust prune out here end there,
as the trees grow older, such shoots
as are being smothered by branches
above then, or that are being ire -
jawed by others rubbing against
them, end aitn to give the tree a
symmatn'ical low headed form, When
the lower brandies become weals, we
must increase their vigor by anteing
Out branches None the top, thus
forcing growth into them; and never,
if it can be avoided, cut a large
branch from the main trunk,
NICD FOR THE BABY,
Johnny' --"Mentor, may I take out
the perambulator? I want to play
with it for to little while."
Motltol'—"Well, Johnny, I should
think you might ask to take baby,
too;"
Johmiy---"Oh, yes, he 011,a.11 come;
he'll malleo a Spiendid fireman, Dilly
(1ubleins has his mother's 010113,8
line, the carriage will bo the fire -
engine, and 'there'll the about twenty
boys to pull."
Fashion
...Talk
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N1'1W SILKS ANI) SU:JTIN(US,
Amnrho 1n1y k 0 cotton
ntixttlail'0g0 lel• 101f1(131211'sildl'e'N0800(1Is silk
crape cloth in sole shades, sprinkled
with self -colored .lots.
Among the embroidered pattern
robes is an ecru batiste with deep
llouneo and bodice trimming of eye-
let needlework.
The coarse weaves of lichen are all
more or less popular, but an excep-
11000ly attractive ono is a grass
neate•lal, which has o. raised thread
of while running through it,
Some of the pretty new was aro
turnovers, with knife plaited ruffles
an inch wide anal a heading of fine
featherstitching. These aro spade of
the sheerest of India linen,
Quite the handsomest of the new
cheeks are of fine voile, almost as
sheer as silk veiling. They conte
in blue, black, brown, red and vio-
let, in combination with white, and
have small dots of the color scatter-
ed over the surface,
Better than most of the stocks aro
the embroidered collars to fasten
with Windsor ties. These aro not
very stiff, and are more comfor-
table, or will. bo when the weather
ltaurrsns
warm, than he stiff linen col -
Fine Mocha
belts, nearly as soft
and fine as the kid used in gloves,
are $3.50 each. They are of mealtime
width, are silk, .lined, and end in gilt,
nickel or pearl buckles, Unlined
French kid belts of the sante Orees•
are 52.50 each.
Wide .linen belts are to be worn,
and of linen stocks there scents no
end. The great trouble with tho ma-
jority of the new stocks Is that they
are not inane to launder without
being taken apart. This certainly is
not rational. No one wants to stop
and sew a stock together befor
dressing in the mornin0.
A favorite design i11 fine china—
the heads and long necks of geese
projecting above a baso of solid col-
or into a light or white ground --is
borrowed for a broom and yellow
porcelain ten set. The lower part of
the three utensils is brown, and
brown birds projecting into the yel-
low at Lhe top.
The shirt waist is best developed
in heavy linen or cheviot. It is
plainly tailored, without so much
as a plait or a tuck 111 the shoul-
ders, and has (lily a suggestion of
fullness at the waist, Yet It; has
a loose effect. A rather wide button
pathetic to see poor Stephen Crane
washing the coal dust from his hair
in tbo endeavor to make himself look
presentable when he would be made
prisoner by the Dagos. Our pursuer
loomed up larger and larger, quite
beyond the 5120 of a torpedo boat.
She fired a shot from her bow, a
blank shot, and ewe stopped our en-
gines. Our glasses were all turned
upon her, and 80011 1v0 made out the
name upon her bow, which, with as-
tonishment and relief, we found to
he the St. Louis, one of the Ameri-
can liners used as a 'transport and
armed cruiser.
CRANE'S ASST WORK.
Anyone who has read "The Rod
Badge of Courage," will remember
Stephen Crane's power of word -
Painting; yet I don't think he ever
dill anything as good an a certain de- about the size of his match safe, It
scription he gave us on a sweltering has two parts, each sliding over the
afternoon of a cool beer cellar in I other, and designed one side for her
New York, that simply made us likeness and the other for a lock of
gasp as he described pressing the hair. J1}st the smallest Poss11110
thumb to lift the lid of the hugs rhinestones surround rho inside of
tankards, and us incandescent shiver the little frame, 3811110 the outside
W0110 through as we almost ,.felt is quite severely plain.
the touch of the edge of the cold To[510 severely
in all the loading
lid on our right temples. - colors have scarfs tied at the front
The following g day WC arrived out ill b 21 'c y scow's• With the cont
side Santiago harbor, but could 800 1•0w white linen turnovers, which
nothing of the Spanish fleet, w'hiclr bui.ton ilrsicle the st.oeks at the 101),
we made eg our mind; was not With, thebut stocks are 11,50 each. The 1(•1110
in, all hough, as a Matter of .,. fact, adjustable white .50 or linen tame
it was there all the time. We had ove•s aro twenty cents each. when
now been three days out, and the sole) srP(tt"ntcly,
weather was so excessively hot that So far, all but the most elaborate
all the water on board wag quite linen skirts are plaited. and a great
West, We had started from I{0y man of them art, also straPPed, Irt
West, well supplied with quite
an
ado, a, crash skirt the edge of each of the
and what we considered oboe : ode -'wide stele plaits 1s ontlinecr from the
quote steels of bot.tlect beer; bait, waist band to w•ido flounce depth
whet -08 1t eras t00 iiot weather or with a stitched strafe which turns at
the coal dust, or habil, combined,
our eakeulutions were woefully wrong the bottom at 1 right angle and
As a matter of fact, after the first ends under the plait baric of it,
two cities all the beer was. dnishod, The shepherds' plaids, which is the
the ice for the meat, etc„ had all correct name for two-colored checks
Melted, and we 15000 reduced to div or plaids, are bring shown in all
ing on bully beef. more or }res of materials, 13y the way, dens every -
that quality which a1terw'a1ds be- one know why they aro called sliofl-
came distinguished as "embalmed herds' plaids? l'n the .T•Tighlancls
beep," and warm. water. overt' fighting man formerly 5801,0 the
PUIISIJED 13Y FATE. Plaid of his elan, as 110 would paint
On the fifth day 150 sighted an- the arms of Iris house oh his belong -
other despatch boat astern of us, ings, and for the st3n10 ('cas0n, that
which everyone agreed in diagnosing few could read 10s name even if ho
as belonging to a rival paper, There were able to write it. The steeple
wee eew fresh interest in seeing folk who belonged to the clan only
taint Ivo beat her into Xey West, as servitors or dependents dict nob
and all throughout the fifth and wear the clan -plaid. Perhaps they
sixth days, although we could see could not afford to own it. At all
her stoking up madly, we kept welt events, they. wore the sliinple two -
ahead of her, and reached Key West color plaid which to present-day
lust an hone Wore her. Our feel- taste is prettier than the startling
Ings may be imagined when we alis- combinations 04 the chiefs 0f old.
covered that she also belonged to
the New York World, and had been
considerately sent out by the pro- "ENGLISH AS SRL) IS WRO'f'10."
prlotors, absolutely loaded up with The following notice was posted ftp
iced beer, fruit and fresh provisions in an art exhibition in Tokiolr
for 0(1101180, "No visitor who is mad or intoxi-
--'. Dated is allowed to enter in, if any
SECRET OUT. person found' in shall be claimed to
"Whet is the secret of your retire, No visitor is allowed to
5ueees5?" asked the very ,young man, carry in with himself any parcel, inn -
"in buying," said the old horse broils, sticle, and the like kind, ex.
dealer, "I look sharp, and in sell- copt his purse, and is strictly for-
ing I look just as Ignorant as I hidden 00 take within himself dog,
ran." or the Ramo kind of beasts. Visitor
is requested to 'take care of htmself
"Veer trouble, madam," said the from thiovlyl"
physician, "seems to be duo to an "" ""
thecae," 0x0055 of adi11000 "lily good- 'romunp--''"Tapa., how long has
nest'' exclaimed hies, 1'lumpton. "I smokeless pomddr been In 11,Se?'
weeder if tile., Isn't what makes nee Toimn'y's Papa-'-'"1Cvee since women
Have worn cotnpl.oxielavt, . my seat'
tin awfully stunt?