The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, February 16, 1905, Image 2
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Sunday Rest Is Gone
Sudsy. from Mac ? at wrt
Dor mi aad lOit. ku bienai the
busiest day of the week. So atty so
detj people lire la the sabarbe that
the *Vt*k week-ead paHlei have be>
eoae aa established wtca la thla
ooaatry, aad the gaaata arost be
mini . Dtaaers, at homss aad musft
eales. not only la ton bat oat of
to^ra* bftfe beeoaie the regdlatloa
mofd of satertalnssent tor that .day.
; ffW, too. la the day aow select
ad for rspalrtag atraata **<| altering
ear tracks la the busiaeep sections,
which It Is impossible to do during
the rash aad crowding of the week.
The old-fashioned Saaday has dis
appeared?that slow, easy-solas day of
vest aad family reanlpp, when charch
aad a coed, solid dlaaer were the oaly
distractions, aad Sunday papers were
of assail Import Simple pleasures.
? aad yst how restful t
The city's growth and the open Ins
of aew aad convenient routes by the
trolleys are In a great measure re
sponsible for the change, aad the
truthful excuse is given that Sunday
Sa the only day that oae Is free to
?I sit. But have the majority this ex
cuse, or is It the feverish rash after
excitement and novelty
What would the Pilgrim Fathers
have to ssy If they saw the very vani
ties they had turned from in the Old
World becoming, dally more estsb
lished la the New? Think of the aus
terity of the Puritan Sunday ? the
long Journey to chvek, tht tag,
tedious wnrta-an< It omot be ?<a
dered at that a reaction ikoald ensue.
Then came the Sundays of the last
century? the Sundays when the bfreah
tast was deferred to aa hour later
than on week days. Oh. the luxury of
that extra hour's sleep! The regula
tion Sunday brenkfast of hot bread
or griddle cakes, and the haste to he
ready la time tor church, for to
church or meeting one meet go. un
less able to give sosm plausible ex
cuse. The children *11 went to church,
too. In thoss days, and If the sermon
seemed endless and far ueyoad the
comprehension of such youthful lis
teners there was nlways the oocapso
satloa of dropping the bright penny
on the collection plate, or watching
poor old Mr. Blaak nodding gently
and waking with n start at regular in
terrain. Sacrilegious amusements
without doubt, but compensating In a
measqjre for the penance of sitting
still, which Is so Irksome to the
young! How much the children en
Joyed being allowed to keep on their
best clothes In honor of the day!
Light literature wus tabooed, only to
mnke It more enjoyable during the
week, and there was the solace of
knowing that If story books were for
bidden. lessons, too, were laid aside.
Childish and simple this sounds now.
yet how restful that Sunday routine
In modern ears! ? Philadelphia Led
ger.
Filipino All Saints' Eve
All Saints' ere is celebrated In the
Philippine* In a stranfce fashion, says
a writer In Upplncotts. It Is gleefully
hailed by all the gay young blades of
the Tillage as the callnanan or chick
en stealing festa. as on that night It
ls*oonsldered perfectly legal to steal
every feathered thing you can lay
hands on. Young men and boys as
semble at midnight, often to the num
ber of 100 or more, and, dividing Into
bands of eight or ten, each band hav
ing a duly appointed captain In com
mand, proceed to take toll of every
ben roost In the neighborhood.
The expeditions are attended with
plenty of excitement and even danger,
aa the fowls roost either In the
branches of trees or under the elevated
floors of the houses, which are usually
high enough from the ground to per
mit a man to pass to and fro under
them In a stooping position. To
gather the chickens from the trees is
an easy task, though one or two
yoaths are often treed by an Irate
householder with blood In his eye and
a bok) in his hand, but the onslaught
on the roosts under the bouses Is the
supreme test of coolness snd courage.
Dark figures steal quietly to the at
tack, and the crucial moment comes
wh6n hands are laid on the feathered
victims. One or more Is sure to gfve
the alarm, and the awakened family
comes flying pell-mell to the rescue,
armed with knives, club*, stones, even
guns If It Is lucky enough to possess
them, and the next few minutes are
filled with enough excitement to satis
fy even the most adventurous spirit.
Squawks, cries, curses, kicks, squeals,
the sound of rapid blows and running
feet fill the night air, while the feath
ers literally fly.
The glory of the raid consists In
getting away with the chickens, and
usually two or three sglle young fel
lows engage the angry owners while
the rett of the party get away with
the loot. A party of six young men
at Binangonan on All Saints' eve,
1902, returned from their midnight ex
cursion with forty-live chickens and
turkeys, several geese "and many
bruises," to quote the leader of the
band, who proudly exhibited a black
eyo, a sprained wrist, and a face
seamed and scarred with many
scratches, all received In the "battle
of the hen roosts."
The Old Country Store
rd know It by the alght of it. I'd know
it by the smell;
I'd know It by the sound of It, and know
It mighty well.
I'd know It Ir you set me down nt rald
nkhL 'mid the scent
Of coffee ben and sugar bins and coun
try butter blent.
With eyes shut, I can smell again the
prints upon the shelf
Amid the hickory shirting? you could do
the same yourself
If you had lived among them In the days
when life was bleak
And all you saw was In the town? say
every other week.
On that side is the candy? I can see it ,
now. and oh.
How good those striped sticks used to
look in days of long ago!
On this side is the muslin, with blue
trade marks printed on.
The bleached uoa unbleached side by
side; and here's some slasy lawn
And dimity that wouldn't sell (they'd
bought it by mistake);
Some blacking, fans, and currycomb*,
with hoe and garden rake.
We used to carry in the eggs and butter,
and we'd buy
Our sugar, tea. and blueing and the con
centrated lye.
We used to wander back Into the small
room where they kept
The "coal oil" and the axle crease? 'twaa
hardly ever swept;
But there It waa we found the scales and
weighed ourselves and said
It wasn't like the steelyards out In our
old wagon ahed.
'Twas there that In the spring time pa
would buy us all straw hats,
The 10-cent kind made out of straw they
use for making mats.
In fall we got our footgear that must
last the winter through, .
For pa said: "Them's yer winter boots
? ye've got t' make 'em do."
I've been In houses mercantile that cov*
ered blocks and blocks:
I've seen the clerks tljat swarmed around
in bevies and In flocks:
I've seen the elevators; but I cannot
make It seem
I.Ike anything substantial, for 'tis noth
ing but a dream.
To me the real "store" will be. ai long
as life shall last.
That smelly country village place I knew
there In the past.
With Just one cleric to sell yon things
some fellow that you knew.
Though sometimes on a circus da7
tnere'd be as high as two.
No fun to "do th' tradin' " like I used to,
any more ?
How clear is memory's picture of that
"ren'ral" country store!
? Strickland W. Glllilun In Leslie's
Weekly.
Kick Spoiled the Story
There are people who maintain that i
Mr. Dash, the architect, Is grossly un
truthful, but I do not hold with them.
The gentleman is merely enthusiastic
and imaginative, and his geese, not
content with being swans, insist on
being roes. He went out to supper one
night not long ago with his friend
George, and a capitalist whom he
hoped to have for a friend. It was
George's party, and George begged Mr.
Dash to confine his talk to yea, yea,
and nay, nay, and so not prejudico the
desirable capitalist.
"Now, when you begin to exagger
ate," said George, "I'm going to kick
you, and when you feel the weight of
my foot for heaven's sake whittle your
story down."
Mr. Dash promised. All went well
till. In the mellow time aftor the sup
r per. the capitalist began to talk of his
stock farm. This reminded Mr. Dash
of his second cousin's farm in Penn
sylvania.
"Joe has one of the finest barns In
the county." he said, warming to hie
tale. "Indeed, it's cne of the finest in
ftie state, or in any state. It's 400 feet
long" ? here George delivered a well
aimed kick ? "nnd ? and 6 feet wide."
Naturally, next day there were mu
tual recriminations and back talking.
"You've killed yourself with that,
man now for keeps," sneered Georg*
"Four hundred feet long and six feet
wide!"
"It was your pig-headed tomfoollsh
ness in kicking me at the wrong time,"
Insisted Mr. Dash. "You spoiled it all.
If you'd kept your feet to yourself I'd
have made a well proportioned barn of
It, anyway," ? Washington Post
Learning How to Shoot
I believe practice with the rifle the
true way to learn to shoot best with
the shotgun. The old idea was that
shooting a rifle made you too slow
with the shotgun and that the shotgun
spoiled your rifle shooting. There Is
something In the latter, but not much
In the former Jdea. If one trfere shoot
ing continuously .with either and
should Suddenly change to the other,
he might not at once do as good rtf/oot
Ing as If he had tried both; It might
take a few days' practice to get used
to the new conditions. But rifle shoot
Ing can Injure shotgun shooting only
by making one too slow; and my ex
perience Is that one cannot be so In
jured except temporarily.
By beginning with tho rifle y*>u eli
minate at once most of the trouble
from exoUemont. because you know
you can rarely hit a flying bird. If It
makes you slow you will And little
trouble In becoming quick enough.
The man who beglnH with quick shoot
ing and becomes a good shot after the
expenditure of barrels of ammunition
does not become so by virtue of mak
ing a machine of himself. It Is be
cause In making a machine of himself
he unconsciously acquires the habit
of seeing the gun and, game in the
same quick glance wh'lch he would
not , do at flrat. A quick shot thua be*
comes accurate with time; and a show
shot will become quick with time and
wljth far less practice. There is no
reason why one should not learn in
one season to get sufficient enjoyment
out of the gun if one will but remem
ber that the pleasure is not In the
size of the bag or In the cleanness of
the score, and never was. ? Out.lng.
The Same Thing.
?Prof. William JamoH of Harvard, la
well known for repartee. Not long
ago a sophomore who thought he was
?*trem.ely wise expressed some athels- j
tlcal views.
"Ah," nald the professor, "yon aro a
free thinker, I perceive. You believe
In nothing."
"I only believe what I can under
stand," the sophomore replied.
"It comos to the same thing, I sup
pose," sf?ld Prof. James. ? Woman's
journal.
Maine's First Legislative Act.
In rummaging nround at the stab
house, nt Augusta, Mo., (lie other <!ay
someone came nrroas tho very flrs!
1)111 pasr,ed by a Maine legislature. It
was an act to crcate the Augusta
Union society. The bill was passed
June 7, 1820. The object of tho soci
ety was, according to the petition
which wan preaentod to tho legisla
ture, tho "suppression of vice, im
provement of morals, cultivation of
benevolence and tho diffusion of urc
ful knowledge."
TUB STAR IN THE WEST.
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WhojAlkMbaMMai?
JfcyW h spirit wi* tMr m.
Hot* to tho war's akrill taghi blmt
Look to tko HppKu buitr
Aid otreomiag mtfco woott
Work far Um
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gUr ia tho
This star that _
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thai grows
dose.
ia tho Atlantic*
TRIBULATIONS OF JMOUES.
By C1AUPE COUTUKJUU
f-wew TNinumnuwHui f. mtchii.
A
8 JicqoM pot tbe bom to
the cart his master aald:
"Vatln wlU glv* you sixty
francs for the coif. under
stand. Take care you don't
lUtftt 111(0."
"No fMr if that- replM Jacquee
confidently. ? he tied the calf fast
and started on his three leagues' Jour
ney from Etrlcourt for 8L Quentin.
Arrived at the city he went straight to
the batcher Vattn. delivered the calf
and received the stipulated sixty
?h*?0?;. A? he dr?ve ,w?y he noticed
that the clock Indicated a quarter to
nine, and said to himself that he would
iw 5?' t1*0* to the farm by dinner
time. He drove slowly along the street.
Iteering into the shop windows. One
52* the "Vlnsse Soeurs.
Modistes attracted him so strongly
that he drew up to the curb and halted
to .east his eyes on the msrvels dis
played In the window. There were
hats and bonnets of wonderful com
plexlty and rlotons colors, and ribbons
of rich velvet and glittering satin.
w hat especially aroused his admira
tion was a big straw hat. patrlotlcallv
adorned witu blue-bottles, daisies and
poppies and broad green ribbons. He
dismounted and stood before the win
dow. with bis eyes and mouth wide
open Some day. he thought, he might
Ii?,? ?.t0? bUy *uch a bnt for Clemen
tine. His moutli expanded into a broad
smile as he conjured up the picture of
her pretty face framed in this work of
art. and thought how pleased she
JTin? t0 receIve *uch ? gift from
him. Clementine and he were em
ployed on the same farm, and. If not
jet declared lovers, were in a f-?r ?-ay
of becoming such. His revery was
rudely Interrupted by the pressure .of
a heavy hand on his shoulder. He
turned and saw his old comrade, Ze
Pbyrln. and several other people, men
i^llh|0inen:Jrl10 b"d ,*?i>Pe<i and were
laughing at his astonishment
on ? fSIFi kn?W you wlth ,hat thing
ll^1?,JacqUea- Pointing to the oth
over !h, TbeD W* *xe* w*ndered
?! ?>n?Pany. The men wore
high hats and frock coats or dress
Vinta*e8; tbe women
L. k.^reS8e# and ?^awls em
broidered wlfti flowersv
whUP fivi Wa# droS8^d entirely in
kiUI. wore a wreath of orange
blossoms snd a voluminous veil
??Y*red??g,Partyr' Mid Jneqnea
' ^ the bridegroom '?
responded Zepbyrln with s laugh
Coin.wl'ho,. Weareiologtolunjl,:
eon. Jacques declined, ssying that
fuslS? bc bom? br f??"
"But I can't go Ilk* this," s?ld
Jacques. pointing to his rough blouse
8h?e8" Then *** bridegroom
?came angry, ?ut still Jacques shook
J "Si iTm" "" and
y\acious little woman, tdltt ber hus
J1."" "?? "?
the gentleman evidently did not And
Jacq^eiG?ni? Tbl* dec,ded
tin? rp. ? 1,e nccepted the In vita -
its march0 r ' proce8",on resumed
cart O ;IaCqUe8 fo,,ow'nK with his
, On the way Zephyrin told bi?
Jacques joining tliem.
The cart will be handv If anv of n?
act n tired" Tlie brlrte,'rol"V?Pp;
Men was received with approval EJ
? ?
nigh? 8lvl TPre ?binl,,?- u mid
nignt. No sound was heard in th?
f ( sorted street except the fiolsy rattling
of the cart over the stones. JacmiM
*f?ed a devious course out of the
? Ini,ttered .'ncoherent words
Whlcb "Tile
cair. Then lie felt his leather nurso
nn'y 20 of
remained. He was. quite RUVe, for
he had counted the money several
was?n n n tbe "Kl,t of 1,18 ,n"tern. It
was an easy sum to count, for the purse
contained Just one 20.fr.ne piece '
This is how It came about. After
luncheon he had been for going home!
ew hours late, what was that? He
oouhl explain j, tllc m?t"e'r
Bood-humored. But taking a whole
day off was a very different matter
"aedMm T comn?nloni
IV*. ' '? ?ta.r. the ladles employed
Ee b T ","IK"V' """? ?'?> dually
the bridegroom brought forward a
??'?oslhle "W'ncnt. The party
eourt^road ?'r B",M" ??
urt roail. lo accompany it to that
point would no. delay Jacques greany
and then he could ?? '
Jacques yielde<l. At Kstrecs they found
a village festival in progress.
? ?wide had circulate freelv at
lmichdon and on the way out. so 'that
Jacques was in no humor to refuse Jo
dance a quadrille. After the quadrille
came a poll?, which a lady of his
p .4.t nr gged him to dance with her
wn?/l rt,nnCe(, " wa,t* nnd more
waltzes and more polkas. Dancing is
thirsty work, and after each dance the
thirst was allayed? partially. Jacques
orgot al about going home and spent
0 ''ay at Kstrecs. He also
ZT'/r wwn' wl,nt ,lttl0 mo"*y ho
had of his own. and then he began on
1.1s master's. The money went rapUUy
woui,,n? ww it.
lul 7 rnrt nnd 'etunied to the
drew ^ ,"ntl *lU"lng- '1ncW
, n " n ong he passed the mil
liners shop and saw the gorgeous bon
net again. Holding to a sudden im
pulse he slopped the horse, handed
tlie reins to the bridegroom and rushed
Into the shop. When he came out he
had a bl# payer parcel in his bands aud
twwtj franca 1cm in Ais pur*. He
atood his companion's ry with food
humor, hot at dinner/Bhieh was the
Mxt eTcotaa the pnvAm?, he drank
recklessly to drown hls^Lorse. When
the P?rty broke ?p hla ^Epanlons had
to help him lntp the ca^H
Hence, as haa been^A be foond
himeelf driving home^flAt midnight
in a rery cloudy frame of mind. A*
he drove on the weather became
cloudy, too. The atara vanished, the
wind blew and' presently the rain fell
in torrents. Jacques bad become
slightly sobered and thoroughly wretch
ed. Every few minutes he -started at
what seemed the plaintive cry of the
calf lying bound behind him as In the
morning. He turned and saw only the
fiamboysnt hat. Then be thought of
his almost empty purse and trembled
at bis master's wrath. With unsteady
hands he drew tho purse from his
pocket, took ont the lonely gold piece
.'and stared at It vacantly. The wheel
struck a stone and the coin slipped
from his fingers and fell into the gut
ter. He dismounted, thrust his arm
In the mud and groped for the treasure
In vain, a gust extinguished his lan
tern and left him In darkness. He be
came panic stricken. He foresaw dis
grace, arrest. Imprisonment. Even
Clementine would turn from him. He
had Just crossed the bridge when be
stopped. He would end it all. With
a last vow to Clementine on his lips
he rushed to the canal and leaped into
its waters.
Clementine, knowing that Jacques
ought to have been back by noon, had
been worrying about lilm for the last
twelve hours. What could have hap
pened? The dread of accident alter
nated with another dlaquleting thought.
There were plenty of pretty girls lu the
city. Perhaps Jacques had been en
snared by one of them. He went to the
market every Saturday. Very likely
he had a sweetheart in St. Queutin.
Then her jsalouay would vanish and
her anxious fears return.
At supper the farmer noticed that
Jacques was absent. He went to the
stable and found that the horse and
cart were missing also. Coming back
with a black scowl on his face he swore
a round oath and cried:,
"The scoundrel has bolted with the
money." There was a profound si
lence. Everybody knew of the attach
ment between Jacques and Clemen
tine. The poor girl cowered in a cor
ner, hoping to escspe notice, but the
farmer spied her and sneered: "So your
lover Is a thief." These cruel words
haunted her after she had crept to her
garret over the stable. Jealous though
she was, she could not believe them.
Jacques was honest, she was sure, even
if he were uufaithful. She toeSed un
easily on her pallet until the clock
struck eleven. Then she got up and
dressed. She would go in search of
Jacques. She would bring him back,
alive or dead. Slipping away noise
lessly to the road, she went in the di
rection of St. Quentin. Her pace soon
slackened to a walk, but she plodded
on, mile after mile, resolved to go all
the way to the city if necessary. She
kept on through the furious storm
which soon burst upon her, stYifnhig
her eyes ' to see the dreadful thing
which she now regarded as a certainty,
Jacques lying by the roadside, bound
and gagged, bleeding, dead perhaps.
But she saw nothing until her weary
limbs had carried her to the bridge,
where she came upon the empty cart.
I with the horse asleep between the
shafts. Climbing into tho cart, she
peered and groped about until she
found the woman's bat. Ah, lier Jeal
ousy had not been unfounded then, and
she had eoine this weary way only to
make certain her lover's treason. The
long hours she had passed in anguish
he had spout in the society of his city
sweetheart
An indistinct sound, coming from un
der the bridge, startled her and intensi
fied her jealous anger. They were
under the arch, on the towpath? where
Jacques had stolen his first kiss! She
sprang from the cart and ran down
the bank. As she did so a sharp, de
spairing cry for help came from a little
clump of hushes by the water's edge.
It was Jacques' voice! She ran to the
spot and found him half buried In mud,
water and tangled gross, battling for
life. Clementine waded out to him.
and after much effort succeeded In dis
entangling him and bringing him
ashore. They fell Into each other's
arms with exclamations of "Jacques!"
"Clementine!"
She tiiought no more of the tell-tale
bonne' and he had forgotten his theft.
But w :>r?n the first flush of the Joy of
meeth'v and of rescuing and being res
cued. ' iid passed, Clementine asked:
"How did -It happen? And the
woman? Where is she?"
Jacqnes did not answer. The only
effect of her questions had been to re
call him to reality, to his crime and
coming disgrace. "And thcTfct!" Clem
entine persisted. "Whose Is it?" I
Jacques stood stupidly wagging his '
head. At Inst he exclaimed:
"I have eaten the en If!"
"What?" site asked, staring at him.
"I have enten the cnlf!" he repented.
"He has gone crazy!" thought Clem
entine. Tnklng bin arm she helped
him up the bnnk nnd Into 'the cart,
placed herself beside him and began to
drive homeward. Jacques continued
to mutter: "I have eaten the calf!" in
a voice which grew weaker with each
repetition. Soon his head drooped for
ward ard he fell asleep, .Clementine
mM the opportaatty to take up tk?
fatal bonnet and nnalno It She tK
most screamed with ?hiIm and Joj
when aha read on the wrapper: "Made
moiselle Clementine' Barron. Ktrl
eoort.**
Now ahe understood everything.
Jacquea had stolen, hot for her. How
could she refuse to pardon hla^ espe
cially aa he had so soon repented to
yie point of suicide? 8 be draw from
her pocket the little- purse that con
tained nil her savings, and. aha king
the slssper rigorously snd laughing
through her tears, cried:
"Jacques! Jacques! Wake up! The
calf baa come to life again!**? New
York Globe.
$sm
During the past >?ar the Imperial
Cancer Research Fund discovered
thirty cases of cancer In fish.
The baby Chego Just added to th%
London Zoo was caught In the ? fries n
Gaboon, and is regarded by naturalists
as coming between a gorilla snd a
chlmpanSee.
An armor-plated motor-car carrying
a quick-firing field gun is being con
structed at the Daimler works. In Wie
ner-Keustadt. It will be so arranged
that It can be fired in all directions,
even over the head of the driver.
Professor Garcia, of Madrid Univer
sity, has Invented an instrument which
may solve the problem of wireless
telephony. He states that he has been
very successful In reproducing the
sounds of vsrious musical instruments
at a distance of over 1500 yards, but
he has not yet been able to raske the
sounds of the human voicc sufficiently
distinct to be intelligible. The diffi
culty lies In finding a sufficiently pow?
erful microphone.
A new system ot laying asphalt roads
Is being adopted in London. Instead
of paving the road with one homo
geneous mass of the paving material,
which means the closing of the thor
oughfare for a prolonged period, the
nsphalt is laid In slabs. In the same
manner as paving stones. The asphalt
slabs are previously hardened, so that
all it is necessary to do Is to !ay them
down on the prepared foundation, and
cement them Into position with tar. By
this system a road can be reopened for
traffic as rapidly as it Is paved, while
a further distinct advantage is ob
tained, ns owing to the us? of the tar
at the joints, the surface of the road
way is less slippery than in the case
of large unbroken stretches of asphalt
paviug.
UntllBtatflert W?j of Advertising.
There is a common and unpleasant
practice on the part of certain small
tradesmen of hiring newsdealers to
insert business circulars betweeu thu
leaves of the dally papers sold In their
neighborhoods. They are thus enabled
to reach possible customers without ad
vertising in those papers aud without
use of the malls.
This may be shrewd business. In
one sense, but it is undignified and un
derhand to sneak one's goods into a
house under false pretenses. And it
is an irritation to the reader to have
to shake out half a dozen sheets, vary
ing from the size of an ash barrel
dodger to fnll pages, before he can get
at the news for which he bought the
paper.
If he Is one of the greedy readers,
whose appetite Is satisfied with noth
ing less than half a dozen papers, his
office or parlor floor Is well littered
with Vhose Intruding advertisements
before he is through with his rending.
Buyers might do something to check
.this business If they would signify to
the news venders that they prefer
newspapers to circulars, and retjulre
th"lr papers "straight." ? Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Opening of the Nrtton.
A young man entered his employer's
ofllce with nervous steps an<*. downcast
mien. "I regret to inform you. sir,"
he faltered, "that a near relative of
mine departed this life yer.terday morn
ing, and the j-.lek-ofT? I mean the fu
neral, ?Sr," he hastily added, stammer
ing over the frightful mistake ? "will
take plnce this afternoon at U o'clock
precisely. May I absent myself from
the olllce for an hour or two, to pay
my last respects to the dear departed?"
"Certainly, Brown? certainly!" ex
claimed the generous employer. In an
unusually enthusiastic ton? of voice.
"And. by the way," l:e added, "there
will be another regretful ceremony at
the end of the week. Business is dead
?at any rate, as far as you are con
cerned?and the klck-jfT? I beg your
pardon, I also mean the funeral? will
take place at the moment you have
drawn your salary. There is no ne
cessity for ine to mention the nnnie of
the dear departed In tilt's case. I be
lieve," ho Anally said, as poor Brown
sadly sneaked away. ? Birmingham
(England) Post.
Not Ho Al>aent-Mln<1*d.
In his "Scottish Reminiscences" Sir
Archibald Gelkie tells o" a Scottish
workman who, when the ticket-collect
or came around, began to 'umblG in ail
his pockets for his ticket. The official,
when his patience was exhausted, said
he would return for the ticket In a few
minutes.
When he came back he noticed that
the mnn. who was still fumbling In his
pockets, actually had the ticket be
tween his lips, and he angr'.ly snatched
It away and departed.
"What an absent-minded man you
must, be," said a fellow-passenger, "not
to remember that you had the ticket in
your mouth."
"No sac absent-minded as ye wad
think," was the retort. "I was Just
tubbln' oot the auhl date wi' my
tongue."
Mr. Krncer's Fortune.
The value of the fortune left by the
late Mr. Kruger amounts to no less
than ?750, 000. In addition to the ?25,
000 bequeathed to various societies In
Holland, the ex-President has left sums
to all the funds opened after the Honth
African War for the support of the
widows and orphans of Boers who lost
their lives. He has also made bequests
for the maintenance of the Dutch lan
guage.- London Mall.
FOR THE MOTHER.
Knickers are to be worn again by
girls this season and again with the
full skirts they take the place of a
petticoat. They are sometimes made
of the materials of the frock, but are
generally of flannel or silk. Wheu
made of a material that Is not washable
they are fitted with an adjustable lin
ing of thin cotton material, if not worn
over the ordinary knit underwear.
The latest school coat ends a few
Inches above the knees, which Is long
enough for warmth and not too long
for comfort In walking. It Is cut In
circular form, flares gradually from
neck to hem. and tbe sleeves are am
ple. The frock is generally confined
loosely with a stitched belt.
Flannel waists are worn more than
for a long time, and the new flannel
comes in beautiful pale colors, with
hair line stripes, small checks or a
small Persian design, and also plain.
It washes like cotton and is just tbe
thing for wnlst* of bretclle frocks.
There Is a variety of slinpes In bre
telles, but, tlie simplest and most pop
ular Is quite narrow at the waist, is
buttoned to the skirt band, and grad
ually widens to about four or five
inchcs over the shoulder.? Philadel
phia Inquirer.
ADMIRE AMERICAN FASHIONS.
In spite of the fact that many Amer
ican young women go to Paris to get
their trousseaux, Princess Cecelia, .'ho
on Kaiser Wilhelm's death will probab
ly become Empress of Germauy. be
cause of her approaching marriage to
the Crown Prince, is ordering a large
part of her outfit in America. She Is
said to be one of the best dressed wo
men In Germa: , and, whereas. Teu
tonic belles until recently have not
i?een* noted for rty'e. the** i?ave made
such progress since the century's #*nd
that the compliment is uot an empty
one.
Princess Cecelia is especla ly cliche
In regard to her footwea.*. She has
much smaller feet than those of the
average German woman. ;.nd insists
on a glove fli for her shoes. Every
Loot, snoe ard slipper fo- her trous
seau is bei.ig made In th> United
States, a firm having sent a special
representative there to take the meas
ure of her foot.
The Princess Is also li-vlng .1 her
summer shirtwaists made here, and
has ordered most of r.er ha in from a
New York firm. She is said to greatly
admire the dressy styles of the Amer
ican women, and especially approve;
of the manner in which our women
wear their clothes.? Newark Advertis
er.
A READING CORNER.
Another effective arrangement is to
turn an angle in a room with the as
tlstance of the piano into an invitluj
reading corner. When converting a
corner of this kind into a cozy nook
the position of ti e piano from the
musician's standpoint should be taken
into consideration. No matter how a>
i. stie the setting, no detail in a room
can be a success unK :e It adequately
fulfills the purpose for which it is in
tended. and the reading corner is 110
exception.
To place a couch or settee with Its
back against a piano is altogether
wrong. The piano moy make an at
tractive screen If properly manipulat
ed and form an excellent background
for a seat, but the performer's advan
tage point is lost. Then another ob
jection is that when playing or sing
ing is going on a coucli placed against
the hack of a piano must necessarily
be left vacant, for it is hardly an un
mixed pleasure to listen to music with
the drum. of one's ear against the pi
ano.
So the ideal way to put up a corner
of this character is to draw a well
tilled bookcase quite close to the back
of the piano, with a luxurious loung
ing chair placed near it In a position
where the light from the window may
reach the reader.? Bridgeport Tele
gram.
WOMEN FLORISTS.
Women florists! Why not? Yes. in
deed, why should not women try their
band and artisticality at this business
as well ns men, and it seems rather
strnnge that It lias not been tried long
ago. It has now become quite a fad
to employ women decorators, and they
have proven to be n great benetlt in
this kind of work. There is great pos
sibility of them overstepping the
bounds of popularity and making the
male portion feel rather out of place.
At a' recent wedding the decorations
were most superb, and the hostess took
great delight in making known the
fact that a woman decorated. She also
added that "as tunny times us I have
had the house decorated, It has never
looked so beautiful as now." The
work may not be exactly genteel, and
yet It is equally us much so as many
other occupations. Women should
know how to tie effective bows 011
bouquets and such like, sud many little
touches might be added which prac
tical mon would not think of. Bridal
bouquets and ail of the flowers pertain
ing to the nuptial mass must needs be
effective and artistic, and ns has been
said tlthp again, only women are capa
ble of obtaining the effects which are
finite necessary for this occasion. In
view of the fact that the female por
tion of the population have undertaken
almost every branch of the wage-earn
ing proposition It is not surprising that
they should readily take to this part
of It.
CRINOLINE NOT RETURNING.
Although the women of fashion have
received several severe r.nd uncalled
for shocks regarding the return of
crinoline, the verdict has proved false,
for which they should be duly thank
ful. But In Its stead there are all sorts
of clever substitutes, which, while thoy
certainly do give a most graceful out
line to the silhouette, are very for re
moved from the grotesqueness of th#
much-dreaded crinoline. Some women
of daring hare appeared on several oc
casions gowned in garments which!
looked suspiciously as though they,
were very much " crinolined," hut any,
farther than a few daintels who or*
seeking for novelty nothing haa been
done. There Is a certain claas of
women who have been trying to lead
the fashion instead of being a follower,
but the end Is always Inevitable, and
they never get beyond making them*
selves ridiculous, conspicuous ana the
cause for much comment. It is true
that gowns are not as llimsy ns they, *
might be. but Dame Fashion hat*
brought the change about in her most
tactful manner, and It is not felt to
any great extent. There Is a really, !
delightful latitude In styles of this
sort, and women who hare heretofore
found it difficult to dress becomingly,
have at last fouud a vast variety tar
select from. A noticeable fact is that
crepe de chines have an Increasing
rogue, and it is no wonder. They,
make up beautifully and :iiiow of the
greatest scope for trimming and using
original and novel desigus.? Washing
ton Times.
THE NEW G'.OVF.S.
"A pair of glores for every gown and
half a dozen extra pairs iu neutral
tones," is this season's motto for the
up-to-date woman. For every fabric
woven iu this season's fashionable
tints giovemakers have dyed a kid to
match. Sometimes the saopper tinil*
herself bewildered, as in the case of
a mixed fabric, where the gloves come
to match both the background and the
figure. For instauce, a new French
button suiting shows a parrot-green
silk dot ou a dull brown ground, and
the glovcmakcr offers Loth the brown
and the green tint in kid. As a rule,
the well-dressed woman selects the
more quiet color, leaving the vivid
tones, such as green, orange, rose or
sapphire blue to her sister who likes
startling effects. However, with the
new, striking tints, such as burnt to
mato. onion brown and the peculiar
amethyst shadings, the self-tone gloves
must be employed, ns no other coloring
seems to toue well with the suiting.
There seems to be 110 hard and fast
rule In the matter of length for street
gloves. American manufacturers are
offering both one aud two butlou
gloves, and from Paris come quantities
of the threa button length. The one
button glove can be worn only when
the dress and coat sleeve are very
long. Neither Foster eooks nor clasps
appear 0:1 the smartest gloves, and
large pearl buttons arc u^ed instead.
The athletic girl clings to natural .
toned chamois for early fall wear with \
her jersey or golf vest, tnd later will
employ the heavy, kr.it gloves, which
this season will come In sll the popular
tones for suits t and jerseys. The
tailored maid is now wearing goat
skin or mocha, but uer fr.vorltc winter
glove will be the reindeer kid. She
does not permit the top of her gloved
to turn back, r.s her brother still does,
but she button.* it snugly around her
wrist.
In the evening gloves the sixteen
button length has almost supplanted
the thirty-two button mousquetaire,
partly because elbow sleeves are in
favor, and partly because Dame Fash
ion lias decreed that fcr a short spaco
between the short, puffed sleeve of
Jeweled epaulet effect and the end of ^
a glove, a tempting glimpse of marble
white or dimpling pink flesh may be
seen this winter.
The white gloves fo- evening wear
have a rival in pale evening shades to
match the glittering silks and delicate (
diaphanous weaves. Palo yellow will
be much worn with white, as well as
yellow evening gowns, and a iicaV
white evening glove shows a lining of
delicate silk to match t.ie frock, and
even the depeer shades, such as Amer
ican Hcnuty red. burnt orange and gay
plaids. These gloves are presumably
for theatre wear, and ? 'ill do away
with the muff, a source of annoyance
in the playhouse. Fcr ovenlng wear
black glace has entirely supplanted the *
more supple suede, which is rather un
fortunate for the woman with largo
hands or stout arms, and very few:
white 'uiede gloves are being sold.
The woman whose hands pcrrplre
should avoid the pnle-tlnted evening
gloves and cling to white, as the deli
cate colorings fade in the hands of
even the most expert eleaners.? Wash
ington Star. 1 %
Til* Newspaper A<1. Kcillcltor.
Tl-.e newspaper nd. solicitor, to In
sure success in his particular line,
must be a student of human nature.
As we are told that the proper study
of mankind Is man, so the proper study
for the ad. solicitor Is the business mail
and his business methods. The knowl
edge necessary to successfully solicit K
ads. Is of such a character tlint it in
only by those that possess the faculty,
of studying systematically the many
methods practiced In the operation of
commercial life that success is at
tained. The solicitor must not only *
possess n thorough knowledge of cir
culation, rates, character nnd Held of
the particular paper which he repre
sents, but also in like manner all other
newspapers Issued In his Immediate vi
cinity. In the operation of business
It is found necessary to practice par
ticular methods In particular iines, and.
the expert solicitor will pursue certain
methods that will prove successful in
certain Hues. The method that will
produce good results In one case may
prove an utter failure In others; hence
the necessity of a general knowledge
of the character of the particular busi
ness for which ou advert Isetnent Is
solicited. The solicitor must be thor
oughly honest In nil Ids business deal- ?
Ings. lie must posses* and cherish
the good will of the people with whom
he comes in contact, value his honor,
and reputation above all else, and by
his conduct prove himself worthy of
the confidence of busiuesg men.? Press
and Printer. -?