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V;Vvv-"H | Swamp W wwwww & A STORY OF 1 w/ wwww^ By EBEN E M ***M Copyright by Robert Bonner's Sons. CHAPTER XXVI. CONTINUED. Mrs. Boone and Samanthy and the two girls remained at home dnring the morning exercises. They were in too nervous a condition to feel like at tending this meeting nntil the result of the meeting which had probably taken place in the Big Swamp was known. Mr. Wayne seemed thoughtful and preoccupied as he made his morning toilet, preparatory to fulfilling his duty as leader of the singing. "Ef he on'y knew what I know," Samanthy kept saying to herself, as Bhe watched him aB furtively as a cat watches a mouse. "Ef he did, I'll bet he wouldn't feel like putterin' 'round with that neck-ljank'cher o' his'n. He'd be a-thinkin' o' the neck-tie that's waitin'ler nim. And then, when she realized that it was not only possible, but altogether probable, that this man would be hanging by hie neck, dead, before the day was done, she felt a great thrill of horror going over her, and wanted to run sway somewhere and hide. When he had gone to camp-meeting she put on her sunbonnet and ran ov<nr to Mrs. Boone's, to wait, with the women there, for the return of the men from the swamp. It seemed as if the forenoon would sever end. First one and then another would run to the door to see if they were ooming. It was about twelve o'clock when a party of grim and determined looking men halted near the edge of the grove in which the camp-meeting was held. . ?nv.tttqi-q firm anH stained J.UUU ViVVUOO nv*v ? with the blaok soil of the swamp. Their faces had a tense, strained expression in them, along with a look that told they had accomplished a purpose which had hitherto been baffled. , The sound of singing came to them, blown aoross the forest by the soft, south wind. Distinctly above all other voices could be heard Wayne's, in the old hymn: "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's yeinB, And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to Bee That'fountain in his day, And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away." "There's suthin' quite appropriate -* _ Ebout tne ayin' tniei, one 01 w? meu aid. "He wouldn't feel like singin' )aymns ef he knew what our arrand' was." ' "S'posen you call him out, Bill Green," said Speers. "Du it kinder slick, bo's not to make any fuss, ef ye can help it. We don't wan't to 'sturb the meetinV Bill Green made his way across the woods to the camp-meeting grounds. The hymn was just concluded, and Wayne was sitting among his scholars, ' cool and quiet, and seemingly as much at ease as ever in his life. "Have you found out anything?" , .. the men and women kept asking Bill, as he passed them. Bat he did not stop to answer them. He went up to Wayne and touched him on the shoulder. "You're wanted," he said. Wayne looked at him with a perceptibly paling face. "Who wants me?" he asked. "What * am I wanted for?" "Come out where we won't be pestered bv folks askin' questions, an' I'll explain to ye," Baid Bill. "Wayne looked keenly at Bill, but lie oould make out nothing from bis scrutiny. Mr. Green's face was as unreadable as that of tbe Sphinx. They joined the men who were waiting at the edge of the grove. "Good morning, gentlemen," said Wayne. "Have you found any traces of the horse-thieves yet?" "Yes, we have," was the reply, and the speaker looked him straight in the eye. "Ah!" Wayne's face lost its color, and his voice sounded hard and tense. ' "Where are they?" "Four of 'em are under ground," was the reply. "An* the fifth has been reddy to put under ever sence las' night. Two of 'em died with bullet holes thru' 'em, an' three with ropes 'round their necks." Wayne was ghastly white now. He knew that they were telling him the truth. He gave one swift glance to left and right. In an instant his plan of escape was formed. He sprang toward ho tl-nn^u Otiap in it. hn micht gnn ce^d in getting away. It was his only chance. But they had been on the lookout for something of this kind, and he felt Himself in the grasp of strong hands before he had taken a dozen Bteps. "Y* can't come that on us," said Bill Green. "Y' 've stole all the hosses an' kep' all the singin'-schools y' ever will. There's a tree b'en a-waitin'-fer ye years, down in the Big Swamp." Wayne made one more wild and desperate effort to break away from his captors, but in vain. He was in a grasp of iron. Ten minutes later ne was oemg nurxied toward the Big Swamp. The pallor of his face was frightful, -- but he said not a word after being satisfied that it was useless for him to try to escape. At the junotion of the swamp and high land they met the men who had remained behind to bring out the horses. Dick was one of this party. He .started when he saw Wayne in the same situation he had been in but a few hours before, and turned away, siok at heart. He had seen three men dangling from the limb of an old cypress, that morning, and he could - aot get rid of the horrible sight. V* "We're a-goin' to take him to that B... . P Secret. | wwwwv W 'HE FRONTIER. >K M /VWVWW. \J/ ;. REXFORD. W I place we see, "when we was a-goin I down, where the oP tree is with the limb stickin' out as eft -was a-waitin' fer suthin' tu be hung on it. Will you come back with us or wait here?" We'll wait here," the men in charge of the horses decided. Bill Green unsnapped a small chain from Nell's bridle. It was five or six feet long and had been used in place of a halter. "We'll use this," he said, "an' we'll leave it as we use it." Then they went on down the creek with the doomed man between them, and not a word was spoken until they reached the island where the old cedar grew, grim and gray, and gnarled into fantastic shapes, with long wreaths of moss hanging to its branches, and swaying slowly in the dumb wind which blew about the lonesome spot. "Number One," said Bill Ghreen, like a judge passing sentence of death nrt a mrvrAa-ray ao fV>air nttflHOr? VlflDAafVl the outstretched arm of the old cedar, "it's purty nigh all over with ye in this world. Hev y' anything to say? Ef ye hev, say it now." "Do what you're going to do, and have done with it," answered Wayne, through ashen lips. And that was all. The chain was fastened about his neck, and some of the men lifted him up while one climbed on the old limb and secured the fatal links about it. "Beady?" asked Bill Green, hoarseI7 "Aye, all ready!" was the reply. And then ***** They turned away as silently as they had come, and left the leader of the league of six swinging from the old cedar, whose fate it was to bear that horrible burden, a ghastly, frightful record of frontier vengeance. * * * * * "Oh, mother, they're coming at. last!" cried Nannie. "Be they all there?" asked Mrs. Boone, faintly. "Yes, they're all there," answered Nannie. "Father and Uncle Ezra and Nell and Doll?and Dick!" "Hooray! Three cheers fer Dick Brayton!" shouted the men, as they caught sight of the women. The Sabbath quiet was broken by three hearty, ringing cheers which echoed far and wide, and were heard at the camp-meeting ground, telling everybody there that the horse-thieves had been found at last. "Oh, Dick," cried Nannie, throwing herself into his arms, and caring nothing if all the world saw and heard her, "I used you shamefully! I'm sorry for it! If you can forgive me?" "I can forgive anything and every body," he said,-and made the assertion emphatic with a kiss. That night the camp-meeting was a wonderful success. The excitement of the last few hours had prepared the way for a state of feeling calculated to make aily camp-meeting successful, and those who had hunted horsethieves went into religious wprk with heart and soul. Deacon Snyder exhorted with peculiar power, bringing in frequent allusions to his stolen horses, which Providence had seen lit to restore to him, and the result of the exhortation was that Bill Green, whose convictions* had been in a state of suspense since last night, took up the matter where he had left it when he turned out to look for Mr. Boone's, horses, and was converted. "At* he was converted good an\ strong, too," Deacon Snyder used to; say, in after years, when relating the* ovanU nf fhi? mfimnrahlfi rftmn-meet-* ing. He ne^t ceased to look upon Bill as a star in his crown?a brand he had plucked from the burning. Samanthy finally overcame her "baptis'" scruples, and got up in meeting and "told her experience," to which she added a supplement, narrating the trouble she could not get rid of because of what she had done on Saturday night. The elder got up when she sat down, and said that he felt, for one, as if Bhe had done nothing to be sorry for. In his opinion, she had done just right. The Lord would surely punish the transgressor, and sometimes he made men and women His agents. She had oeen merely an agent in the hands of the Lord in the punishment of this sinner. That was a11, and she had no right to fell like grieving over it. In his opinion, she had more right to be proud of having been selected as His agent in the matter. And he believed that every person in the hearing of his voice agreed with him. In response to this public vindication of her act, such a chorus of "YeB, Lord!" and "Amen!" went up from the crowd that Samanthy's heart was eased of its burden. And so grateful was she to the minister that she married him, six months later, and was ever oWn?mrir/l Irnnvn in 'Rrnwnflvillfl ftS the "presidin' elder's -wife." * m 0 m m I was in Brownsville last summer. Stopping over night with one of its residents, I took the opportunity to make eome inquiries. "Du I know the Braytons?" exclaimed the old lady of whom I asked my question. "Sh'd say I did! Why, Mis' Brayton? she that used to be Nancy Boone?she lived not more'n a mild from where I did, when I was a gal, an' we've alius know'd each other ?bro't right up together, so to speak. Right smairt fam'ly, them Braytons. Nancy's oldest son, he's a preacher, an' he's married to a da'ter o' Rhody Holdredge's, she that ust to be Rhody Stevens. The other boys, they're omnivf na a+nnl.tvnna nn' she's Cot fl i da'ter that's the peartest gal in all j these pairts. Know fhe Braytons? He. hel Ruther reckon I du." THE 2ND. ' ? HYPNOTISM IN SURGEKY. USED SOMETIMES BY DOCTORS IN PLACE OF AN/ESTHETICS. A New York Physician Say* He Has Found It of Service?Its Effect on the Operator?Hypnotizing a Person at a Distance?Theories About Hypnotism. "Do you use the hypnotic influence in your practice?" asked a New York Sun reporter of Dr. Kobert A. (iunn, who is a firto believer in hypnotism. "Yes," said Dr. Gnnn. "Occasionally I do. But not as often as I used to. It is not because I have less confidence in it, but because I have been too busy to experiment with it. I do not think that the greatest success lies in the use of the hypnotic power by the physician or surgeon himself. For instance, in the case of a surgical operation the better arrangement would be to have a regular hypnotist place the patient under control, just as we have a doctor simply to give the chloroform or ether. Then the oper ating surgeon has no strain upon his own nerves, and can give his entire concentrated attention to the operation." "Is the exercise of the hypnotic power exhausting to the operator?" "Not exactly exhausting, but it does take something from him. For instance, on one occasion I invited a number of friends to my house for the purpose of showing them some experiments in hypnotism. I spent about three hours at the work, and after they had all gone I sat down at my desk, intending to prepare an article to be sent to the printer in the morning. The subject was one with which I was perfectly familiar, and ordinarily I could have prepared the paper in a very short time. On this occasion, however, I was inbapable of constructing a single sentence. I had no particular sense of exhaustion; I simply felt like remaining perfectly quiet, and I finally gave up the attempt to write that night. "Soon after that I wanted to devote an evening to hypnotic experiments, so concluded to do my writing in the afternoon and have it out of the way before evening. I wrote for over three hours and up to within a few minutes of the time set for the experiments. Although I had the same subjects as before, all of my experiments were unsatisfactory and somo of' them were W>al failures. I had evidently exhausted my nervous energy by close application to mental work, and there had not been a sufficient interval for recuperation." , ''Could you hypnotize a person in the same room with you Without mak _XX X X - JJ liig an open anempx w uu bo r "Not unless I had hypnotized the same person a number of times before. It is always more difficult to hypnotize a person the first time than it is afterward. The more frequently it is done, the more susceptible the subject becomes." ' 'Have you ever hypnotized a person at a distance?" ' Yes, in one case. I had fceen treating a woman for insomnia. I had on repeated occasions put her to sleep through hypnotic influence. One evening I said to her: 'I am not coming to-morrow night, Mrs. , but at 10 o'clock exactly I shall try to put you to Bleep just as u l were nere.' ine next evening I went home so that at 10 o'clock I conld settle myself *or a concentrated effort to hypnoti my patient. I conjured up the picuue of the room, of all her surroundings, of herself, and then I tried to put her to sleep. The next day she told me that she had gone to sleep soon after 10 and had enjoyed a good night's rest. Well, of course, I put it down to her imagination and concluded to test her. I told her that I would try again that night at the same hour. But I did not. I went out w.th a friend and did not come home until late. P "The next^day she said: 'Doctor, you didn't do as you said you would. I was awake until 2 or 3 o'clock this morning. 1 assured her that I had tried to influence her and that I would try azain thatniffht. Again, however, I did not. I wrote until about 1 a. m., and then I concentrated my mind on-my patient and tried to put her asleep. In the morning she told me that at 10 o'clock she was perfectly wide "awake and remained so until 1 o'clock, when she suddenly became drowsy and soon went to sleep." "Is hypnotism used in any of the New York hospitals?" "I don't think so. It is in France and Italy that the greatest experiments have been made. In the famous hospital at Nancy, in France, thousands of insane patients are treated by hypnotism -every year, and wonderful results are obtained." now long aoes 11 lane to pui uuferent subjects under hypnotic control" "Of course that varies greatly. Some persons can be hypnotized in two or three minutes. With others several attempts, of half an hour at a time, are necessary. It grows easier with repetition. Some are susceptible at the very start. I had one patient, a woman, who had an obstruction of the tea-rduct, so that the tears con tinually ran down her checks. I bad repeatedly asked her to let me operate on it, but she would not listen to the idea. Finally a small abscess formed and she came to me again. I urged her to let me operate, but she would not consent. I had noticed that when I treated her eye I seemed to have a sobtbing effect on her, so' without*saying anything to her I began stroking her forehead and eyes, but only as if I were examining the afflicted part. She began to get drowsy and I quickly put her to sleep, made a slit and inserted a probe, extracted the matter, and fixed the thing jip properly, then wakened her. "She wouldn't believe it when I told her I had operated on her, so I turned the eyelid over and showed her the cut. 'Oh, well,' she said, 'it was always that way!' Then I put her to sleep again, inserted the probe, and left it there while I wakened her. That convinced her, but when I went to take out the probe she screamed and wouldn't let me touch her. I had to put her to sleep a third time in order to get the probe out. After that she came every morning for a while, let me put her to sleep, and insert the probe; then sat in the outer office for half an hour, with the probe in place, and after that was put to sleep again to have it removed." . "Have you found that there are any after effeots of hypnotism?" "No, except beneficial ones." .' What is your theory about hyp notism?" "Well, I don't agree with a number of explanations, so called, which have been advanced. The physicians of the German school ascribe all the phenomena to the influence of 'suggestion,' but they don't explain what causes the condition in which a subject becomes susceptible to this suggestion. The physicians of the French school say that all hypnotic subjects are in a diseased condition and that the hypnotic state is siigply a form of hysterical seizure. I consider .this an error. I have hypnotized subjects whom I consider normal and healthy. Hammond, Beard, and others who have been compelled to acknowledge the genuineness of the phenomena, explain them as resulting from 'a polarization of the attention,' whatever they may mean by that. "I regard the hypnotic power as a concentration of nerve force. Every time we have a thought, an emotion, a sensation, there is an explosion oT nerve cells in ub. It is this explosion which produces nerve force. It is this force, in a peculiar degree, which constitntes personal magnetism. The orator who sways his hearers to alternate tears and laughter possesses it in an unusual degree. This nerve force has a particular character in different individuals. Like different chemical elements, these 'auras' sometimes meet and mingle, sometimes meet and repel each other. When they are agreeable to eaoh other there is friendship. When this is carried to a higher degree we have love. By a concentration of will power we can direct the current of nerve force and magnetism and make it influence another person. By repeating this effort at concentration and direction we gain more and more perfect control over the current and it becomes constantly stronger, xnai seems to me to be the secret of the hypnotic power." A Moment of Awful Suspense. "The nervous strain on the engineer of a fast train is something enormous," said one of them the other day. "Not only the lives of the passengers are at stake, but there is the constant fear of ranning over some one on the track. An accident, no matter how innocent the engineer, is always a kind of hoodoo." "What was my worst accident? I shall never forget it. If it had beeA traced on my mind by a streak of lightning, it couldn't have made a more lasting impression. It happened one bright noonlight night in November. We were spinning over the rails at full speed across country where there were few people passing at that time of night, when I looked out and saw the figure vof a man lying across the track not ten feet in front of the engine. I stopped as quick as possible, but too late, of oourse. We had run over him, and the lifeless body was under the whiels. ' "We cot out to look for him and tr\-nnA Viin lint a niai>a nf bid Anftt sleeve and one of his shoes, bat the rest seemed to be further back under the train. I backed up the engine and got out to look again. There lay the body. I nearly fainted when I saw its distorted form. I felt like a murderer. - "Did I know the man? No, not personally. He was a scare-crow from a neighboring corn field." -Detroit Free Press. . A Profitable Tree. "What do you think of one apple tree from which ninety boxes of- fruit were gathered in one year?" queried P. W. Tonneson, the county fruit inspector. "Well, it's a faot. Just across the Puyallup River bridge on Main street of Puyallup, on Mr. Lacy's place stands an apple tree, the record of which might be plaoed among the historical archives of the State. The tree measures five and a half feet in circumference, and is somewhere in the neighborhood of thirty-five years old. It is of the Waxen variety. According to Mr. Lacy's statement, the tree has borne this year about ninety boxes of apples, most of them being salable fruit. Mr. Larson, the former proprietor, stated, while living on the place several years ago, that the tree has been a regular bearer, and that it had averaged between fifty and seventy-five boxes of apples during the past twenty years. The huge tree presents a remarkable appearance in the spring when in fall blossom. It is without doubt the largest and most prolific bearing apple tree in the State."?Tacoma (Wash.) Ledger. Hot nnd Cold Penholder. An ingenious Frenchman has patented an article which he terms "a hot and cold penholder." The holder con sists of a cylinder pierced with three small openingi at its npper part, and inclosing for winter nse a combustible carbon cylinder, or for summer a wad of sponge or cotton impregnated with a solution of sal ammoniac. To ' 'start up the works" in the winter time the carbon cylinder is lighted and placed in the holder; the other cylinder with the nib is slid on the latter, and the paper tube is then fix?d over both. In summer, the chemically saturated wad produces sufficient cold to keep the hand cool while using the pen.?Philadelphia Record. Lady Somerset's Girts. Lady Henry Somerset has given the town of Reigate, England, sufficient i ? J r? j.u_ i.;?? JttUU lur IUO 61 CCtlUU Ul rau uimo houses. This gift is in connection with the scheme for the erection of almshouses at Keigate in commemoration of the diamond jubilee. One of the conditions of the gift is that on the governing body of the almshouses there shall be not less than three women, and in deference to Lady Henry's wish a scheme in which provision is made for this representation has been drafted for submission to a town meeting shortly to be convened. Women In the Professions^ Women are allowed to practice law in New Zealand. But in a recent letter to a London paper mention is made of the suicide of a female lawyer who had tKran traara in vain fnr nlionfcs Reference is also made to thirty-two women who passed examinations as teachers, but were unable to get places, as men are preferred for the high nchoola I THE REALM Popular as the regulation shirt waif has become, asserts May Mantoi there is. a demand for somethini slightly more snug, which at the sam " A IiADtBS' AND HISSES' WAIST. ' ? time can be worn for occasion* c simple dress. The design shown i' the illustration is peculiarly suited t such purpose and is stylish as well a entirely comfortable. The foundatio is a fitted lining showing single i place of double bust-darts. The fnl ness at both back and fronts is laid i fine gathers at the shoulder seam and is drawn down smoothly at th waist line. The under-arm gore which connect the fronts and the bac are smooth-fitting and rende the adjustment more snug tha is possible where they are omii ted from the silk. The sleeves ar two-seamed and are finished wit slight puffs at the shoulders. At th neck is a stock collar aud plisse bo1 of the material aud at the waist j shown a belt of blaok silk. To make this waist for a lady in th medium size will require four and one half yards of twenty-two-inch material ItdlM* For Collarette. No feature of the season is moz noticeable, says May Manton, than th preference shown for collarettes of a1 : A STYLISH PI sorts. The one shown in the larg picture is stylish at the same tim that it is easily made. The fitte collar and yoke portion is out in sec tions and may be either tabbed at th neck and pointed at the lower edge or plainly finished after the manner c the back. The deep fall of fur is al tached to the foundation at the roun edge or beneath the points. The entir cape is lined with silk, with the exoep tion of the collar whioh is faced wit fur. As illustrated, the deep yok and high standing collar are of at trakhan, the oape portion of long '?? V?r.f TTarinnfl <"/imWnatioTl iiauou 1U1 J uuw and materials are equally suitable Seal plush or velours with fur is alwaj good, and old-fashioned capes an jackets of both genuine and electri seal can be remodeled with certai success. * To make the collarette for a lady c medium size will require one and on< half yards of twenty-two-inch or sever eighths of a yard of fifty-four-inc material. Cnrly Locks Losing Favor. A. dressmaker who has just retorne from a visit to Paris says that in th French capital, In spite of the efforts c the hairdressers, the locks of Frenc women are steadily resuming thei natural straightness. This is not t be attributed to any want of skill o the oart of the coiffeurs, but merely t the fact that French women have re belled against their diotates, and, hai ing lost a large proportion of their hai throngh the constant application c hot tongs, have now renonnced thei use. The wave has almost disaj peared and the head has been aliowe to resume its natural size. ' A similar tendency is beginning t be seen here, and for the same reasor Most women are beginning to realiz that our hair is getting into a horribl ragged condition, and unless we ar numbered among thelucliy oneswhos tresses will wave without heat we fe< that for many months to come it wi ? TVia Vioir qVionlfl nnw b liCOU a iOOl, J.UV ~ _ gathered up loosely on the orown of th head, and it can easily be kept i place there by a strong tortoise she hairpin without the necessity of tyin it, which nearly always results i wearing and breaking the hair. The New Flexible Jewelry. Flexibility is the leading character istic of all the newest jewelry, man of the diamond necklets being deoc r .... . . r.. . fcv t . . ? -;j ^Ux OF FASHION. I it rated with flexible ends, in the forms i, of loops and tassels, carried ont en* g tirely in the same pr?oions stones. A e diamond corsage ornament has two - flexible ends, each being a mass of tiny stones, a sort of diamond rain, drooping downward from a scrollshaped top, and finished with two large pearl drops. Many large pearls A-_ _ _ 1 j: appear, wo, m ? ueauuiiu immmuu necklace, which is so oontrived that it can be nsed when required in the form of a tiara, or even as an ornament for the bodice. Fancies in Dress Trimming, Olive-shaped buttons covered with | gilt, silver, black and colored silks, < are one of the fancies in dress trimming and is an old fashion revived. , One pretty example of their use is in | a collar band of white satin made in , two narrow bands, with several rows of maohine stitching for a finish, and . put together with one row of little gold oliveB not much more than half j an inoh long and not a little distance apart, forming an open insertion. , - This-collar is shaped to-flare out a lit- < tie from the neck, but it is of the j r? ? Mil. j a. _i. .11 . I usual Wiuiii sua uuv itu ? iuku wv*? ' ? lar. k8 " 'j n The Butterfly in Embroidery* n The omniprosent butterfly, in the j [. finest of ? fine embroidery is to u be seen on the, finest and daintiest is of lingerie. Some of the daintiest of , e hand-made, real-lace-trimmed diem- ] is ises have lapels turned over in the k front, edged with the lade, and with 1 >r each a butterfly on the plain sheer n nainsook. The pretty 1 seed-trimmed 1r pantaloons which go with the chemise e also have the butterfly at the side h where the deep lace frill is drawn up e with a bow. ^ The Flnins Hat. There is something irritating aSout 6 these hats turned'straight up in front ; v and standing mountain high, far back j I over the head. The brim is a sort of fence. Five, six or seven feathers, as the case may be, all in a row and as e stiff as a poker, stand peerLqg over it. e It will take some time to get used to [1 this particular shape, and women who .1 Hv jr. COLXARETTE. e mean to wear it should have an eye to ' e the lines of the face and be dnly mindd fal of their shortcomings in other directions. The safest all-~onnd hat is e the English walking hat, and it is al>, ways in good form. ! if ? ! r Ladies' and HiMei' Fancy Muff. d Fancy muffs of all sorts are mnch in ! e vogue and are extremely stylish as i- well as easily made. The model shown b is of astrakhan combined with longe haired for. The centre, or main pori tion, consists of one long, narrow piece, the ends of which are seamed s at the baok and then laid in one deep !. plait. The full portions of long-haired 8 fur are circular in shape and should d ? : 0 FAJJCY MUFF. I ' o be seamed to the outside of the centre J ?- portion, having the lining hemmed r- over to conceal the seam and insure * ir perfect neatness. Close to each edge f >f of the lining of the muff proper is f ir stitched a narrow caning of silk, 1 )- through which elastric bands are run 1 d that regulate the falues3 and prevent the openings being orer large. Velvet, o seal, plush and cloth to match the t. costume are all well suited for the f e making and are more commonly used J y by amateurs than i3 the fur. e To make this muff will require one e and three-fourth3 yards of twenty-two- ? il inch material. 1 11 f e Chinchilla Is Fnahionable. 1 e Chinchilla is a fashionable trimming ? n for half mourning gowns, and on the 11 .Russian blouse of black velvet it is an g ideal finish. Black fox is also used on n coats and crowns, and white fox ap pears on the light dressy theatre wraps. Fashionable Hair Ornament. A pear-shaped turquoise at th?^nd y of a dagger pin is a fashionable1 Bfcir i- ornament. ? . / ITHEJWUN. . Heir the tapping of the rata, I Tripping on the window pane Lite gay, nimble-footed fftlrlef Dancing In a Hold of grolnt How the new drops aart and pact CI Till they press against the glass, M Lightly as the fragile fingers ' '.- .toS Of a dainty, dimpled la?I ! (1W fhoM nlrlM nf Jeweled, all, from heel to WTist, 1 How they glitter as they gather w To some nature-nutured ttjwl ; . How they romp across the dim J Spaces of the day, or aurlm - , ;| In a vapor surf with . Zephvz; , Playing hide-and-seek with nimf ,J Oh! the rain of Held and town, "sasfssaiMB^ . I And oreation's sail* or fvownl Wasn't it but yesterday J That we heard the sharer Mt, 'Cheer up! time is wrt a. ?wfm?afc , ^ Make the most of work or playl" ^JJEm PITH AND POINT. ' ' ' Qnizzer?"Has Jonas * happy fcoin# ife?" Gayer?"Yes; he's )f the time."?Judge. ] Some girls who wear an air of is*' J 1 aooenoe seem all the time to betrying v bo make it rustle, like a silk pettfoori, !.l{* 'Awkwardness is great misfor- | tune," sighed the nurslittsidl as sheV looidenUllydropped the baby, down .-m the well.?Life; We won't be satisfied with oar Jy af progress nntil it ha* oomfertsble ieats for the passengers who nowjbate ''4 so hang onto, the etrspi.?Pack. Reporter?"Ton didn't get, ?H the H way to the Klondike?" PiIgri?~'MHo{ *. 'M t was lucky enongh to ?tsrvs*Mdst $ to death before goingorer the Paw," fj ' The Wife? "What a swe*? Bmlt.M there is' on the b?i)^s. tapt^^afxnV m rhe Husband?'Tee, he's probably jH irearning that he's keeping Jinks?"That remark of yo^ ^nt' v^ Bobson up very promptly* didn't Filkins (complacently) ~ "Ye*; rather think it took the innd oat of <31 bis tires."?Puck. Doctor (to first aid to', tie injured. $$ slass)?"What is the tost tto? tps & W when a bicyclist has an ' awMto^T** , - - j Miss Sprockets (wisely)?'"uner- ?> *?e safety pin. "?Puck. Sunset dims (drowsily)?"Dagf..say . tje Prince uy "Wales never wei^VsuS,-- . >5 av:?Iotnw more dan onee." Wear* Willy?"Well, needer dowe~<iiiiy,i$ a longer once. "?Puck. First Boy?"My uuole went to tht V"1 *? Klondike, struck a claim, and sold it "V. for two niillion dollars." Second.Boy [with a sneer)?"That's nothing tny? ancle owns a salobn there!"-?Puok."The reports from the siefcgbi are Bnoouraging?" "Very. The doctor* ire quite Confident that what "they at first feared might be a freckle ir only & cancer, after all."?Detroit' Jour-. - )'i Borax?"lam a man who is? not. 1 ifraid to tell my wife just wbatX ,] think;" Metax?"Oh, it be': But since you married yon have ifraid to think."?Cinoinn*#i EarjjjH Dorothy?irI wonder hpw Walker manages to get on, with bakQjf husband? He is such a slippery fel< low." Mildred?' 'My dear, ?&* jwt J iralks over him rough'shqd. Perry Patettio?"You are a singe^^J| r iinn'f think. Your Yoioe sound* the wind bio win' across an empty jag.,r ;,1 Wayworn Wat8onr-"Whj.f?xoiSdtl^ 1 It? I ain't had a drink fer two day?." ?Cincinnati Enqnirer. ' y :'$$$ <& Joaner (counting oat ,mon fj)???^ "Here's the fifty dollar* I premised; ron for restoring the pockttboofc^lri^ lost." Doaner (taking money. say there'# only fortyr?ight dollar? aerel"?Eoibury Gazette. 1 Johnny?"What is the riddleofihfr^ sphinx?"' Papa (with,* meaB^j^^ "lorna af mtmmi)? ' 'The riddle of thjr sphinx is this: How can nshe* being if least part woman, sit there year'-sftfeir/ , i; year and century after cehftnry ant ever saying a word? Ah, my boy.I guess it'll never be answered either. ?Cleveland Leader. i A Pndd'nhead WlUon Cw. An extraordinary example of efficacy j of the thumb impression method ol identification hasbappened in Berigfj^Y ' f In dia. Some months ago tb? manager V \ >f a tea-garden in the IXooara war j Kmfo.]iv murdered, the murderer get- . j ling olean away, as thearime .wim not'i'& discovered until some time after it* jommission. For some time the pojie*.' r were at fault, until it was discovered that the murderer, in rummaging,, imong some papers of the deceased, | had smudged a Bengal atlas with Id* thumb. The atlas was forwarded to ;he Bureau, where the thumb impreajioni of criminals are kept, whpn ft J ivfis discovered that the impressioo on j :he atlas corresponded with the t&hmfr j recorded of a noted criminal then at :m arge. The man was arrested on this jvidence, and other evidenee subtlejuently accumulated to connect' him J vith the crime.?Homeward Mail. f A King u Liveryman^ In Norway there is a "pretender." Ee isn't actively engaged in pretend. ] ng, bat he keeps a livery stable. He s Ivar Tofte. '.j He traces his desoent straight down 7 xom Harold Hearfager?the ?air-Haired?and says he is redly. ling of Norway. This Harolds date he ohronologers give as from 860 to: I )33. In his own district Ivar Tofte it J ionsidered King, and disputes have > I >een brought to him to settle just m I f he were King, disputes whioh would I lot be taken to the real sovereign. ' I Kmtian Bcga. Enormous quantities of Russian iggs are consumed in England; dorng 1896 St. Petersburg alone shipped 0 English ports no fewer than 69,* 100,000 eggs, these being carefully as1 or ted and "packed in the best straw I n cases of 1560 eaoh." The total I quantity of eggs from all Busaianporti M s 230,000 cases, or the enormous total 1 >f 345,000,000.?London Sketch, Safest Ucbtnlns Bode. . Electricians have lately been expert* tfjH nenting on the efficacy of lightning rods, there being a difference o] I opinion whether a thin or a thiol] m ightning rod should be employed. JM But acoording to actual observation8 m nade oil the rods during the heavy JM storms, a stout rod, one having a large fg iiameter of metal, is tha safer. mJM