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* "the splen THE ADVENTURES5 ( fly ARTHUR T. 01 w CHAPTER XIII. The Adventure of the Heam. The day spring came at last, and in the sick light of it I went down to the cottage for spade aud pickaxe. In ' the tumult of my senses I hardly noted that our prisoner, the dragoon, had contrived to slip his honds and steal , off in the night. And then Delia, seeing me return , with the sad tools on my shoulder, spoke for the first time: "First, if there be a well near, fctch me two buckets of water and leave us for an hour." Her voice was weary and chill. But , a dozen paces from the 6pot where , Joan's father lay, I dug a grave and strewed it with bracken and heather and gorse petals. I lifted her softly and bore her down 1 the slope to the grave; and there I buried her, while Delia knelt and 1 prayed, and Molly browsed, liftiug now J and then her head to look. 1 When all was done, we turned away. : dry-eyed, and walked together to the cottage. The bay horse was feeding ; on the moor below; and finding him still too lame to carry Delia, I shifted ' the saddles, and, mending the broken rein, set her on Molly. "Delia, have you nothing to say?" 1 ' For a while she seemed to consider; then, with her eyes fixed on the hills ahead, answered: "Much, if I could speak; but all this ^ has changed me somehow?'tis, per- j haps, that I have grown a woman, having been a girl?and need to get used to it, and think." She spoke not angrily, as I looked 1 for, but with a painful slowness that was less hopeful. 1 "But," said I, "over and over you 1 have shown that I am naught to you. Surely" "Surely I am jealous? 'Tis possi- 1 ble?yes, Jack, I am but a woman, and so 'tis certain." "Why, to be jealous, you must love i me!" i She looked at me straight, and an- < swered very deliberate: < "Now, that is what I am far from < Bure of." 5 "But. dear Delia, when your anger 1 has cooled" "My anger was brief; I am disap- 1 pointed, rather. With her la6t breath, almost, Joan said you were weaker 1 than she; she loved you better than I, and read you clearer, l'ou are weak, i Jack"?she drew in Molly, and let her 1 haud fall on my shoulder very kindly 1 ?"we have been comrades for many a 1 long mile, and I hope are honest, good friends; wherefore I loathe to say a harsh or ungrateful seeming word. But < you could not understand that brave ' eirl. and vou cannot understand me; i for as yet 3-011 do not even know yourself. The knowledge conies slowly to a man, I think; to a woman at one rush. When it comes, I believe, you may be strong. Now leave me to think, for my bead is full of a tangle." ( # * * * * Our pace was so slow (by reason of the lame horse), tbat a great part of the afternoon was spent before we came in sight of tbe House of Gleys. And truly the yellow sunshine had flung some warmth about tbe naked walls and turrets, so that Delia's home' coming seemed not altogether cheerless. But what gave us more happiness was to spy, on the blue water beyond, the bright canvas of the Godsend, and to hear the cries and stir "Dill** PAf+nmr'o morinoc HQ +lipv C hauled down the sails. < And Billy himself was on the lookout with his spyglass. For hardly iwere we come to the beach when our signal?the waving of a white kerchief ?was inswered by another on board; < and within half an hour a boat puts off, wherein, as she drew nearer, I counted eight fellows. ? After many warm greetings, the boat was made fast, and we climbed up along the peninsula together, in close < order, like a little army. All this time there was no sign or 1 sound about the House of Gleys to I show that any one marked us or noted 1 our movements. The gate was closed, the windows stood shuttered, as on i my former visit; even the chimneys J .were smokeless. Such effect had this i desolation on our spirits that, drawing < near, we fell to speaking in whispers, and said Ned Masters: "Now a man would think us come < to bury somebody!" "He might make a worse guess," I answered. Marching up to the gate, I rang a loud peal on the bell; and to my astonishment, before the echoes had time to die away, the grating was pushed back, and the key turned in the lock, i "Step yo in?step ye in, good folks! : A sorry day of sobs an' tears an' af- ; flicted blowings of the nose?when the i grasshopper is a burden an' the mourners go about seeking whom they may : devour tiie tunerai meats, i' are welcome, gentlemen." 'Twas the voice of my one-eyed friend, as he undid the holts; and now Jie stood in the gateway with a prodigious black sash across his canary ' livery, so long that the end of it swept the flagstones. i "Is Master Tingcomb within?" I helped Delia to dismount, and gave our two horses to a stable boy that Btood shuffling some paces off. "Alas!" the old man heaved a deep sigh, aid with that began to hobble across the yard. We trooped after. wonu'ering. At tne nouse uoor ui? turned: "Sirs, there is cold roasted capons, an' a ham. an' radishes in choice profusion, an' cordial wines?alack the day!" * He squeezed a frojrry w.i I' irtrur HIS I one eye, and led us to a large, bare hall, hung round with portraits; where ,was a table spread with plenty of victuals, and horn-handled knives and forks laid besides plates of pewter: and at the table a man in black, eating. He had straight hair and a sal- 1 low face, and looked up as we entered. but, groaning, in a .moment fell j 1 to again. ' i & ' til: . . . ah.*. '.. , ; [DID SPUR 3 )F JACK MARVEL. JILLER COUCH." "Eat, sire," tlie old servitor exh ns; "alas! that man may take ing out o' the world!" I know not who of us was most t aback. But, noting Delia's sad, ilering face, as her eyes wan< round the neglected room and r on the tattered portraits. I losi tience. "Our business is witn master uibal Tingcomb," said I sharply, The straight-haired man looker again, his mouth fuh of ham. "Hush!"?he held his fork up, shook his head sorrowfully, and I ilered where I had seen him b( 'Hast thou an angel's wings?' lsked. "Why, no, sir: but the devil's boots?as you shall find if I b< answered. "Young man?young man," broi Ihe one-eyed butler, "our minist i good minister, and speaks r< ibout as such, but the short is my master is dead and in his coffii "The mortal part," corrected the ister, cutting another slice. "Aye, the immortal is a-trippin1 the New Jeroosalem, but the ra was very lamentably took wi' three days back?the same day, y mnri ns thou cam est wi' thy bi threats." "A fit?" "Aye, sir?an' verily, such a 1 [liou thysel' witnessed. 'Twas the ittack?an' he cricd, 'Oh!' he did Ah!'?just like that. 'Oh!' an' Ahr Such were "his last dyin' sp Dear Master,' says I, 'there's nc to die so hard;' but might so wel whistled, for he was dead as nail beautiful corpse, sirs, dang my tons!" "Show him to us." "Willingly, young man." He le tray to the very room where M Tingcomb and I had held our i pied. As before, six candles were 1 ng there, but the table was pi nto a corner, and now their ligh m a long black cofiin resting on !es in the centre of the room, ^ofnn was closed, and studded silver nails; on the lid was a s ilate bearing these words, wri 'Hannibal Tingcomb, MDCXL! tvith a text of Scripture below. "Why have you nailed him do' [ asked. "Now where be thy bowels, y nan, to talk so unfeelin'? An' ^ jg thy experience, not to know ways o' thy blessed bed in sue Jlme?" "When do you bury him?" "To-morrow forenoon, xne sp ;wo miles from here." He bli it me, and hesitated fo; a minute, t your purpose, sirs, to attend?" "Be sure of that," I said, grimly lave beds ready to-night for all company." "All thy ! De?7r sir, eons ;vhere are beds to be found? I by mariners can pass the night al iieir own ship?" "So, then," thought I, "you have m the lookout;" but Delia rcpliei ne: "I am Delia Killigrew and mis )f this house. You will prepart )eds as you are told." Where vhat does that decrepit old sinnei Lrop upon his knees? "Mistress Delia! Oh, goodly 'or this one poor eye! Oh, that :er Tingcomb had seen this day I declare the tears were rui: lown his nose; but Delia marched cutting short his hypocrisy. In the passage she whispered: "Villainy, Jack!" "Hush!" I answered, "and li 'Master Tingcomb is no more in :olEn than I." "Then where is he?" "That is just what we are to ^over." About 11 o'clock that same nij n*ept out of the house, and, fin is I suspected, a hearse in froi :he door, crept into it, along Matt Soames, whom I-had sumrc [o help me. By coiling up our limbs we man it, but only just before I caugh jlimmer of a light and heard two sons approaching. They were my ?yed friend and the good, min i'hey came very slow, grumblin the way, and of course I knew carried the coffin. "All right, Sim?" asked the min "Aye," piped a squeaky voice b; horses' heads ('twas the shuffling ble boy), "aye. but look sharp! ; what sounds I've heerd! The dev the hearse for sure!" They raised the coffin and pusli into the hpnrs<v It was a close soi for Matt The door was clappe and the three rogues climbed upo seat in front, and we started. I hope I may never be called to such another half hour as that \ followed. As soon as the wheels turf for the hard road 'twas jolt all the way. Finally we turned i to the right with a jolt that'Shoo! teeth together, rolled for a little 1 over smooth grass and drew up. I heard the fellows climbing < and got my pistols out. "Simmy," growled the miu "where's the lantern?" There was a moment or so of sil and then the snapping of flint and and the sound of puffing. "Lit, Simmy?" "Aye, here 'tis!" "Fetch it along, then." The handle of the door was ti and a light flashed into the heari "Here, hold the lantern steady! < hither, old Squeaks, and help wi enu. "Surely I will. Well was I c Young Lookalive when a gay. fle boy. Simmy, my son. thou'rt : drunken. O youth, youth! Thou bibber, hold the light steady 01 tell thy mammy!" "Oh, sir. I do mortally dread devil an' all his works!" "Now. if ever! 'The devil,' [VP?i;n' Master Yingconib still livii iu his OAtu house awaitin' us!" ... - .. . ?V.? I ^==" Be sure his words were as good ns ship in the face to me. For I ha counted the hearse to lead me straigl to Master Tingcomb himself. "In h own house," too! A fright seized rr for Delia. But first I must deal wit these scoundrels, who already wei dragging out the coffin. "Steady, tkers!" calls the ministe The coffin was more than half wa outside. I levelled my pistol over tt edge of the tool chest, and fetched yell tit to wake a ghost?at the sair time letting fly' straight for the mil orted ister' noth- Iu tllc ?as*1 of the discharge I sahim, half turned, his eyes startin alien au(* moutl1 aSaPe- He clapped his haE Won. to his shoulder. On top of his wil , j shriek broke out a chorus of screan ested and oaths- iu tlie middle of which tt coffin tiliod up and went over with crash. ".'Satan?Satan!" bawled Sic n my, and, dropping the lantern, took 1 his heels for dear life. At the san moment the horses took fright, au before I could scramble out we wei , tearing madly away over the turf an ' n into the darkness. I had made a sa won- - ., - , mess of it. ; ^ Leaving Matt to mind the horses, caught up the lantern and looked aboi ine. As well as could be seen, we wei uw" in a narrow meaaow ueiweeu un. ? not thereof tlie black slopes roso big above us. Some paces to tbe right m ke in ear ^r.ugbt the noise of a stream rui er *s ning. ( I turned the lantern on the coflii ? a which lay face downward, and with a' . gasp took in the game those precioi mul" rogues had been playing. For, wit the fall of it, the board (being bi thin) were burst clean asunder; an on both sides had tumbled out silv< a cups, silver saltcellars, silver plat< and dishes, that in the lantern's raj y sparkled prettily on the turf. T1 coffin, in short, was stuffed wil Delia's silverware. j I had picked up a great flagon, an third Tvas turniDg it over to read the ii /,n scription, when Matt Soames calif then tQ m6i ard p0inted over the hill i " front. Above it the whole suy was re ' ?, and glowing. ^ "Sure," said he, " 'tis a fire out yoi s* A der!" ut" "God help us. Matt?'tis the Houj of Gleys!" It took but two minutes to toss tl 1*10 silver back into the bearse. I clnppc aster to tbe door, and, snatching tbe rein nter- sprang upon the driver's seat. burn ished CHAPTER XIV. t fell tres_ The Adventure of the Ledge; and He I Shook Hands with My Comrade, with The great gate stood open. I drov ;ilver straight into the bright-lit yard, shou incr "Delia!?where is Delia?" lieu v_. III.," "Here!" called a voice; and from group that stood under the glare of tt svn?" window came my dear mistress rui ning. oung "AH safe, Jack! But what" St rbere drew hack from our strange equipag the "AH in ?ood time. First tell meumer b?w came the fire?" "Why, foul work, as it seems. A I know is I was sleeping, and awofc 0t is to hear the black seamen hammerir n|jed t>n my door. Jumping up, I found tt "Is room full of smoke, and escaped. TL rooms beneath, they say, were stuffe . "So straw, and the yard outsid our heaped also with straw, and blazini Ben Halliday found two oil jars lyiu ider; there." Sure. "Are the horses out?" ioard "Oh, Jack?I do not know? Shan: on me to forget them! been 1 ran toward the stable. Alread 1 for the roof was ablaze, and the str.r yard beyond a very furnace. liusliir tress ,n> * found the two horses cowerin i the in their stalls, bathed in sweat, an upon squealing. But it was all fright. ? ; but 1 fetched Molly's saddle, and spoke 1 her, and set it across her back, ar feast sweet thing was quiet in a mi Mas- ment. turning her head to rub m t? sleeve gently with her muzzle, and fo inin" l?we(1 out like a lamb. The ba +rnnV>lo hnf T snnthpd hi] [ Out ."?rt VC JLUV/4W UVUWiv, WV.V * in the same maimer, and, patting h neck, led him, too, to safety. I had fastened the horses by tl: sten: sate' an<* was rea(*y to i?in in ** tha(' ' work, when a shout was raised: "Billy?where's Billy Pottery? Hr any seen the skipper?" ^ "Sure," I called, "you don't say 1 was never alarmed!" "Black Sampson was in his room 'lit I ""'^Gre's Black Sampson?" 'dine "Here I be!" cried a voice. "To I lt sure I woke the skipper before an with ?' loned "Then there's he hid? Did any s< him come out?" i "Now, that we have not!" answerc t "hfi one or two. ( per. (To be continued.) . ?ne" , . Why Flfinnels Shrink. ister. Flannels or any articles made < ^. *ool are entirely different in their ull * ey mate fibres from linen or cotton or ar . vegetable fabric. The fibres are spir: ister. in form and heat and cold and rubbii y the maiie them draw up, while certai ' sta* strong alkalies seem to produce tl -,? ! same effect. - It is, therefore, nece s 1 sary that flannels should be wasb( in water of even temperature, hut ie<* dry aud rubbed as little as possibl neeze Ruh w^en necessary with the banc " *0, and not on a board. Do not put fla: a tbe nels outdoors to freeze in winter, bi hang them before the fire or in a war: pasr. rooin t0 flry as quickly as possible, ar vhich ^ey wjjj noj. sijrjnij 3 Shaped wool undergarment slioul 30It be dried on wooden forms, the exjn ;Imrp sjze ^10 parments when ne\ Stretched on these frames the flai nel cannot shrink, and remains as Ion as it lasts as good as new. Frames < lown tIljs CQSt ns much ns g00 garments originally do, and will lai Ister. a ]ifetime. enCP, Custom of Wearing the Hair in Japan. steel It is in Japan where the womr wear their hair in a manner to ind cate whether they are maidens, wiv< or widows. The hair of young girls arranged in front in the form of 'rne fan or the wings of a butterfly, and *e' is adorned with silver or colored o ?0I?e namonts. Wives usually have the ha c so dressed that there is a sort of wir , at each side, with a corresponding win ;a at the back. Widows who are loolcir e ^ for second husbands fasten the ha sa^ y at the back of the head by means < tWTMj tortoise sliell pins; and widows wli ' are resolved to remain forever fait! .. ful to their departed spouses cut tJ: e hair short and wear no ornament i snys lf' i' an' The finger of scorn often bas a wet din? rinc on it I a- i ? i New York City.?Young girls are alw ways charming when wearing full iS waists made of soft material. This id one is peculiarly' attractive and ind ? it i misses' blouse waist. id >r eludes an oddly shaped yoke which is jg eminently becoming and which gives ;g j the drooping shoulder line. As showr ie | the material is embroidered batiste ^ | with yoke and cuffs of Valenciennes j lace finished with little ruches of plait 1(j | muslin, and is unlined, but there an n_ | innumerable fabrics which are equallj 1(j appropriate. Many simple silks ol n i the season are quite sufficiently youth ^ ful and such light weight wools as challie and veiling will be worn th< a. season through in addition to th( large number of cotton and liner ;e j laorics onereu. I The waist consists of the fitted lin ie ! ing, front and backs with the yokf 1(1 j and is closed invisibly at the back S, ; A LdTE DEJIQN I _ When lined the yofce can be left fre< at the lower edge if preferred, bu )e ' when the lining is omitted it is at y : tached permanently at its lower edgi ! on indicated lines. The sleeves aji >e : the favorite ones of the season an< at the waist is worn a soft crushe< ,a belt. The quantity of material required fo ; the medium size (14 yerwrs) is four am j one-eighth yards twenty-one inche I wide, three and one-eighth yard )f i twenty-seven inches wide or one an< i- | seven-eighth yards forty-four inclie iy ! wide, with three-quarter yards of all al ' over lace and three-eighth yards o ig silk for belt, in 16 Belts Ma<le ui Cowhide. s. A distinct feature of the up-to-dati ?d j masculine costume linr the summer o ig ! 11)04 is to be the cowhide belt. It i e. j narrow, not more than one and a hal Is j inches wide, and is made of cowhidi n- | with the hair on. The irregular browi at ! and white colorings are odd and etrik m j ing. Also a fad- of the season is tin id handkerchief iu colored effects t< | match the shirt worn, whatever tha Id ! may be. These come both in linci ct j and silk. The sclf-color shades in v. j eluded arc light blue, heliotrope, pah r>- J green, very deep pink and champagne ig i Equally expensive, though perhaps ii i better taste, are line while handker ?i j chiefs, hemstitched and having a bor I st f der of fiue cords forming plaid*. A New Feature of Dres.o. i Quite a feature of walking, visiting .n ! and outdoor toilets generally is the i scarf of silk which is tied or knotted ig ; and is then drawn through sundry ig i slits and straps, reappearing at inter a j vals in its progress down the front ol it I a jacket or bodice or blouse. It maj r- - be knotted at the throat after passing ir I around the neck, and before beginning ig j its descent, or it may oom-j down hall ig | or all the way before the opposite is | lengths are tied together. Free end.1 ir ftre always permitted to fall loose ir >f any case. They may or may not be 10 tasseled. This is the latest touch ol ti- Frenchincss. It is copied on linei ie and flannel yachting gowns with gooi n effect. A Lincerie NotcJty. ^ j One of the daintiest lingerie petti' ^ t . *|* ; TSji coats has a deep flounce made up of j I row upon row of narrow Valenciennes , ? lace stitched together. A deep flounce ! on another skirt is composed of alter nate rows of lace footing and tucked French nainsook. Ponjjees Are Reafloiiable, Vogue says that since the home enterprise of manufacturing them began all the heavy pongees in the natural shades as well as in pink, blue and such light colors are now sold at far more reasonable prices by the yard. They are the fashionable wear for school-age girls and become them amazingly with their self-colored laces as trimming. i Waelial>le Petticoat#. The petticoats of the coming season, since the rage of cleanliness is on the increase, are preferably of wash materials. Tinted chambrays, tucked and lace trimmed, are used for those destined for the hardest wear, but the petticoat for dressy use is invariably of white. I FaraHols Are Plain. ' Flain styles are noticeable among the parasols carried by fashionable women. Tucked effects have been very ' good this season. 3 | Square Yoke "Waiftt. Square yolks are exceedingly fash> ionable and suit some figures and . faces better than any other sort. This . very pretty waist includes one that ; extends over the shoulders, after the ? prevailing style, and can be made i slightly low, as illustrated, or high, with a regulation stock. The model is . made of sheer white batiste, with the j ? yoke and cuffs of represe net banded | with lace insertion, the lining be- j n V M /IV D I I in i i inn i un. e ncath the yoke being ent away to give t a transparent effect, but tbe design is - suited to all seasonable materials thin b enough to be made full and various j b combinations can be made. All-over ] 1 lace, of many sorts, fine tucking and 1 the many combinations of bandings j with fancy stitches all are admirable J r for yoke and cuffs, while the trimming 1 can be one of many things. s The lace is made with full front and s backs which are arranged over a !in1 ing ihat is smooth at the upper pors tion but gathered at the waist line ;- to blouse with the waist. The yoke f is separate, arranged over the waist on indicated lines, and the sleeves are full puffs finished with fitted cuffs and can be cither arranged over the s foundation or left unlincd as liked. f The quantity of material required for s the medium size is four and one* quarter yards twenty-one inches wide, e three and five-eighth yards twenty1 seven inches wide or two and one quarter yards forty-four inches Avide, I SQUARE TOKE WAIST. L witli one yard eighteen or half-yard forty inches wide for yoke and -:uffs and four and a half yards of banding to trio? as illustrated. Hickory Nat Macaroons. One pound of powdered sugar, ont | f pound of chopped hickory nuts, th< I 1 whites of five unbeaten eggs, half s ' cup of flour, one teaspoonful of bak- j ing powder. Drop on buttered papei i and dry in the oven. TJJiese are dell | t cious. V I 1 ?8'*i' 1 Cream Rarebit. Melt a tablespoonful of butter, t( ; which add one-half pound of cliees< i cut fine, one saltspoonful of salt, ano | 1 one-fourth as much pepper. When th< i ( whole has become creamy, add grad- i ually one cup of cream and the beateD { ( yolks of two eggs. Serve on toast ox j ' light crackers. ; PIiAr. Layer Cake. I Cream a cup of butter with two ol J powdered sugar and when light beal | in the yolks of four eggs, a small cup j of water and three cups of prepared I flour or enough to make a good bat ' ter. Lastly fold in the stiffened whites | of three eggs, reserving the extra i whites for the filling. Bake in 1 greased layer tins in a steady oven. j i Egg-Plant. | Peel and slice egg-plant and leave 11 it in cold water for an hour. At the j end of that time take it out, wipe it | dry, lay it on a flat dish and pour over It five tablespoonfuls of olive oil and i two of vinegar. Leave it in this for fifteen minntes. Remove the egg-plant, sprinkle with salt and pepper and broil it on a gridiron before a cfear fire or in the broiler of a gas stove. Cook five minutes on one side, turn and cook on the other side. Queen Pudding. One pint of nice, fine bread crumbs, 1 one quart of milk, one cup sugar, yolks of eggB, beaten, the grated rind of a lemon, a piece of butter the size of an egg. Bake until done. Whip the white of the eggs stiff, beat in a tcaspoonful of sugar, which has been strained, the Juice of a lemon. Spread over the pudding a layer of jelly. Pour the whites of the eggs over this, replace in the oven. Bake lightly. To be eaten cold with cream, if preferred. Vanilla Souffles. Heat one cupful of milk, rub two level teaspoonfuls of cornstarch and four level teaspoonfuls of flour in a little cold milk; pour into tills the scalding milk and stir until it thick- ' ens; add beaten yolks of four eggs and a pinch of salt; remove from tie toe; beat the whites of the eggs stiff and stir them carefully into the hot mixture; fill souffle cups two-thirds full; stand in a pan of hot water and bake in a quick oven fifteen minutes. Serve with a vanilla sauce. I \ J lemon Souffle Pudding. I It is the pastry cream, same as used j In Boston cream puffs, with white of egg whipped to froth stirred in and then baked. It rises high in the oven; , ' should be served immediately, or at j j least not allowed to become cold. Use j a quart of milk, eight ounces of sugar, j five ounces of flour (a heaped cup), an ; I ounce of butter, eight eggs. Tho yolld I I cooked in the mixture, -which must I then be made nearly cold and flav* I ored with lemon, and the eight whites , then added. A spoonful of sweetened ' cream in each dish for sauce. !HINTS' FORU them1 1 tTOUSEi.KEE.PERi ' An easy way to keep enauael saucepans, pie dishes, etc., clean: Take a' Binall piece of emery cloth, damp itj and rub all soiled parts; rinse well first in soapy, then clean, water, when they will be found quite spotless ami i I quite new. 1 | To clean slimy sponges mis togeth- i < er one tablespoonful of salt and one ! tablospoonful of common soda, with j j enough boiling water to cover the 1 sponge. Place the sponge in the mix- 1 ture and allow it to stand twenty-four < hours. Afterward wash the sponge in warm water until quite clean. To test the purity of water take some of the suspected water in a clean, i glass-stoppered bottle; add a little pure sugar; expose, having well stop- ] pored the bottle, to the light, in a warm room. Should the water, even after a ; week's exposure, become turbid, it is < dangerously impure for drinking; if ^ It remains clear, it is safe. Keep a string bag. It will bo found most useful in the kitchen. It should be hung up in some special place, and j all pieces of string that come tied round parcels should be put in it ] String is constantly required, and it is far better to know, exactly where to find a piece than to b:>- obliged to hunt about and waste time in search- ' ing for this necessity. . Table silver, such as knives, forks ( and spoons, can be made to retain its ? new, unscratched look indefinitely by 4 being provided with little chamois j cases, in which they can be slipped ; after being properly washed. These cases are easily inr.de. They take a i * mrirt fimn nnd trnnhla r.t first hut List I 1 for years, and their use becomes a habit. Cairton or outing flannel may be substituted for the chamois, if preferred. Make at least on? raffia pillow just to see what comfortable rests thej are for piazza or summer cottage. Ciel several colors (the reliable colors) and weave the pillow In blocks of coloi just as you used to weave colored papers when you were a kimlergartner. and leave fringe at the edges 01 turn the ends of the raffia in, making it plain. Stuff the pillow with curled bfcir and you will have a nice cooi pillow. fiorj a pretty one. __ _ - - ^ - ' rflE GREAT DESTROY* ?????? ' ' IOME STARTLING FACTS ABO THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE Vhat ig Killing Kncland la, Drink?IT. Family Spends About SX23 in a Sis Year?What the Hard Drinkers Or and What They Get. ''The chief cause of our industrial, ay," writes Margaret Poison Murray, he Contemporary Review, "the real gh n the cupboard, is, without any do vhatever, our great national hobby, jlr: 1 nness?the one' national and ;inivc-jfl panacea for the ills of men and women,I ind young, high and low, rich and poorB "On thia hobby'our direct expend.;tH ast year was 180 millions, about ?25 H amily ($125), plus the cost in poor rafl lomes, refuges, police, prisons, hospiB tnd asylums, for the devotees of the iiafl 3ut what is the cost to the country fil m industrial standpoint, in brain and nfl :!e, in the deadened mind, the blunted ellect, the unsteady hand, the unrelia ty and unpunctuality of a habit invinci istablished beyond centuries of traditi ind winked at by employer as we]] a& ;mp!oye? * "Men at the head of ocr large indunt nay drink if they will. No tempera rusades invade their sacred precincts. . n an industrial competition which is t dly becoming an industrial warfare I iveak point in their armor is the tiret cveal itself. Thevtwo generations li ihirt sleeves to shirt sleeves are aire ;elling their tale. The middle clas speaking industrially and not feicinliy, ow the example with which tb*y have: omc so familiar. "The artisan, the backbone of the cc try, is m a plight still worse, for in at tion to his general ignorance, his nan liorizon, his antiquated tools and metSu lis unalterable conviction that he ha* n< ing to learn, he must meet the brunt the warfare handicapped by his intern mce. "And worst of all, we are in very ac possession of 12,000,000, about, one in 1 of our population, who are in abject ] :rty, too incapable for anything, even inarchy; men and women who st around the streets of our large cities the hundred thousand, bold, bloated, solute, black-eyed, sinful, dishonest, graded, debauched, never sober except iccident, incapable of se'i-respect, ana < tent to dwell in filth and rags indeed "When a man spends childhood, yc and manhood ih refining surrounding* anticipate a certain result ? the nat outgrowth of such condition*. Whe man passes his entire life in an atmosp more debasing than pen can portray are surprised at the natural outgrown the eruditions. We expect a miracle, in our chagrin we organize a rigorous sade against the man?not against the ditions?and we maintain the crusade til we secure philanthropic relief sweeping the inan up into a statistic, arranging him alphabetically in a blue i for reference. "In common with humanity thia 3 has cravings. So have we all. I do believe that these 12,000,000 crave whisky. They crave for something 1 do not possess. So do we all. But t hunger must be for something e^il Durfl for good. "It may, indeed, he for food, cloth rest, warmth, three square meals a da warm sleep, a cozy fire, some human the charm of a home, the true deligli work, the glory of independence, the manhood of useful citizenship. Instea an incubus, the man may be a commci asset. and the thought is enough to hi our philanthropy for the rest of its life, Is a Depressant. Alcohol, though called a "stimula has not much title to be considered a diac tonic. It is essentially a va&om depressant, and as such may help the h indirectly, when the tension is high. Ti is also sometimes a temporary increas the strength of the pulse alter t/ie aa istration of a moderate dose, probably to increased blood supply to the car muscle, through relaxation of coronary tcrio'es. Ifc is therefore possible that peated email doses may be of servie< pneumonia, but the large doses someli advised are likely to do more harm ? good. To imagine that brandy can " port" the heart v,*hen the right side is coming paralyzed from over-distensioi absurd. In such a case the only satii tory cardiac tonic is venesection. ? Lees, in the Harveinan Lecture on P aionia in British Medical Journal. Punishment of One Town. Fitzgerald, Ga., is a town of about population, on the Atlantic and Bira tiam Railroad u It has six saloons, long ago an dfort was made to secure erection of a building and repair shop the road at Fitzgerald. The presiden the road, Mr. Raoul, was waited upoi a committee of citizens. The presi< very, frankly told them that he consid Fitzgerald the most desirable place on road for the location of the shop$ t every consideration?save one. Taat objection is its saloons. He stated from met exDerience he would notf-eon to the location of the shops of the roaH any community where labor is rendH unreliable by the presence of gin mills,H that, since Fitzgerald n-ill keep its salcH the proposition tc locate a great railfl business there will not be eveu entcrta* Denounced by a Bigliop. The Roman Catholic Bishop of DronB Ireland, has been denouncing the "fl pant" intemperance of Ireland in wH that are not too strong: "Just think oiS said the Bishop, "thirteen million pofl spent yearly in drink ? one-third ofH whole agricultural produce of the coaiH There weie 25,000 houses licensed forH sale of drink, and 10,000 sufficed whesH population was double that of the pre^J There was one public house for everj^B inhabitants, including women and chilli There were J00,000 convictions for drH c-nness in Ireland last year. That wai^J in every forty-five of tne population." Froof of Hebrew Temperance. IB A remarkable feature of the NewjM Ghetto, one that puts to shame the "CH tianised" districts of the city, is the K ?ilv of saloons. No gaudy and entiqin^B Lablishments for drink are found nid, although saloons do exist, they ar^H lpart and so poor in appearance as to HQ /ate that they have little or no cusH Even these saicons occur on the st^| tvhere many people, other than Jewj, A Mnscle Destroyer. M I find that alcoholic drinks givf^B itrongtb. No. On the contrary, cflH suilds up no muscle, bat destroys its ^B >r and makes it less active for work.-^B Benjamin Ward Richardson. BBj The Crusade In Erief. BB While you have the drink you wili II :he drunkard.?George W. Bain. pM A l'our-masted schooner, the Edwar^f ?o!e, was recently christened with :an Beauty roses instead of champ^H it ilockland, Me. Baj The evils of drink have become ?( :ei't in Germany that organized n| ncnts for temperance and total abetiifll ire gaining great strength. Dr. WilJard Parker, who for many stood at the head of the medical profe^B u New York City, savs: 'One-third ieaths in New York City arc caused :oholic drinks." SB Some feilows have lots of push, bu^fl icnd most cf it on saloon doors. 5?B The number of teetotal mayors in H and and Wales is ascertained to be Is The annual average consumptioi?K irjuor per capita in the United St&tlfl linclcen and a half gallons, while in nK )ition Kansas it is le&3 than two ga^B in thirty-seven eountics in Kansas th^H lot a criminal case on the docket. 8? For the encouragement of the nay be well to remember that alres^H pledge-signing campaign in Massachi^H has won 105,000 names, and that noivlH tv-six per cent, of the population oM llnited States is enrolled in the meiljj ship of the churchcs?this against mm per cent, in 1890.