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Vol. 5. ^ A Maiden's Conspiracy, BY 8111 III.KY BROWNE. 4<Oh, El wood, I thouglit you cured for wi^l" Fancy Ferrars was certainly a ^ very pretty girl. And, as a picture looks more beautiful than ever in a choice and sumptuous frame, so lOunAv'u ??*wl -1..-1- - - " 1 A - i ??uv>j o uuii|nvo anu uarK inciting ; eyes appeared to especially good ad- J vantage as she sat on the old mossy stile, with a background of summer woods, with her white muslin apron full of buttercups, and eat wild strawberries from a twisted leaf, pinned together by a thorn! Elwood Hariotl looked up at her with \a strong, deep pain at his heart. f "What difference does it make, Fancy," he said, stooping to recover one of the buttercups which had slipped from her treasures, "whether 1 care for you or not. Our careers are both sealed. We have not the alternative, like other young people of choosing for ourselves. 1 have been engaged to Miss Farquhnr since 1 was sixteen. You are the promised wife of another man!" "But how can 1 be expected to love a perfect stranger?" pouted Fan cy, picking bits of gold-grcen moss off the old stone wall. "Perhaps he is forty years old. Perhaps he lias got the gout. Or, may be, lie's as jealous as Bluebeard!" "lie will, without doubt be a good husband to you Fancy, if you train yourself to love him," said Mr. Harriott. "Oh nonsc/wel" cried Fancy, Hinging all the yellow buttercups to the ground, and following them with one of themostagile of springs. "Can I train my hair not to curl? Or my eyes to be any color but brown? But 1 see how it is.^ You're in love withAer!" Mr. Hariott was silent. "Is sbe nice?" said Fancy, pleadingly. "I mean Miss Farquhar, the young lady to whcm you are signed?sealed?everything bu? delivered! Is she beautiful as Cleopatra?learned as Madame de Stael?" "As for her learning, I am scarce ly fitted to speak," said Mr. Hariott slowly. "As to her beauty?you shall judgo for yourself." With a curious smile he took from his pocket a photograph in a velvet case and opened it. A round, fatuous face seemed to stare up in Fancy Ferraris eyes?a wi do-mouthed, expressionless, Hat countenance with 11 - i " * nun i eyes Bet very wiue apart, ami liair plastered down over the forehead after the latest hideous fashion. "Why!" cried Fancy, involuntarily, "she looks like a maid-servant! One would imagine, El wood, that you were going to marry your own cook!" He ami led'sadly. Fancy looked at'him with grieved, troubled eyes.' "Elwood," said she, "you don't love this girl. You can't love her. 'Why don't you write to her and tell her so? If she has half a woman's heart within her breast she will never hold you to your bargain." "There it is," said El wood Harriott?"it is not my bargain. When I was a boy at school, my father made this compact with old General Farquhar. That it was nothing more) titan a bargain I do not deny. I am perfectly aware that at the time the general lent my father a large sum of money, the 'I O IP for which was found in his desk, canceled, after his death. And J, as a gentleman and a man of honor, can only ratify his compact." "You are a perfect Don Quixote," cried Fancy. "Elwood, look here. t>ur stories are somewhat similar. I too, was bargained away in my childhood, but I am not such an unresisting victim as you seem inclined to be! I don't mean to marry an unknown hero. I prefer?" And here she stopped short, looking infinitely mischievous, and at the same time confused. "Ffttiftf." said Tfarrinti. nooui/m. ately, "you most not tempt me thus! Wo have dreamed a summer idyl together, but we must dream no more. 1 am going on to Montreal next week to meet?Miss Farquhar?" "And to marry her?" gasped Fancy. CONWi "To marry her?of course," he J he gravely assented. "And when we meet again,Fancy, our lots will have widely diverged. Hut wo shall" always be dear friends; is it not so? Fancy had turned her face away.! lie took her hand, still fragrant with the delicious odor of the wild strawberries, and pressed his lips to it once. And, before she could command her voice to call him back he was gone. "lie does lovo me," she said to herself. "Lot hint say what he will, ho loves me. All, Miss Frances j Farqnhar, you are welcome to yom* j Quixotic lover. As long as 1 havoj nis heart, yyu are kindly welcome to 1 all the rest." Fancy walked slowly back to the J hotel where her old aunt was already beginimiing to revel in dreadful apprehensions as to forest quagmires, mad bulls, bloody-minded tramps and ratttlesnakos. "Aunt Keturah," she said abruptly, "I'm tired of these stupid old woods ami lields. Lets go somewhere else." Aunt Keturah started. "Why," said she, "I thought you > were enjoying yourself so much!" "So I have been," said Fancy, indifferently. "But one tires of even (hat Garden of IJenomeer after! awhile. 1 think, Keturah, that 1 ' should like to go to?Montreal!" Aunt Keturah sighed softly. Ilerj room at the Glen Hotel were ex - 1 ceedingly comfortable, with a view ; of old Mount Washington in tho t purple distance; and a snug spring j mattress on the bed. Moreover, the attendance was excellent and they had a way of stewing brook-trout in claret wine which Delmonico's self could not excel, and the. soups and pubs were ui.appioaohable. And Aunt Keturah, like most Indies in the sixties, laid a great deal of stress on the comfortable things of this world. "I don't suppose the hotels in Montreal can compare with these," she said, "lint, of course, Fancy, 1 am only acting as your chaperon. 1 must do just as you please." "Well, Aunt Keturah, don't look j so martyrized," said the girl, gavly. "1 would just as soon go alone if?" ''Alone!" echoed the old lady, dropping her spectacle case in her dismay. "You! A girl of eighteen Hitting around the country all alone! Why, I should expect your poor dear papa to rise up out of his grave nnd haunt me if 1 net m it ted such a thing Certainly not, Fancy ! Where you go, I go, whether it suits my ideas or not!" "A regular ltuth and Naomi business, eh! said Fancy, merrily. "Well, dear Aunt Keturah, don't despair I shall not always be larking around like this, I do seriously intend to settle down, some day." "I'm glad to hear it," groaned Aunt Keturah. I "But, in the meantime," persisted j Fancy, "I have a most unconquera ! ble desire to see?Montreal." Mr. El wood Harriott had been in j the antique Canadian city for three! days. He had visited the Gray Nun- ; nery, sketched various ''points of interest on the mountain, listened to the music at Notre Dame, and walked on the ancient quay by moonlight! ?and he was beginning to be rather; tired of- narrow streets, musty old houses, and the shrill chatter of the Canadian French tradespeople, when,! one night, as he reached his hotel, j lie loumt ii note aw lilting liitn?Miss Turquhar's card, with the nddress, "Tai lor Mo. 7, St. Lawrence I full!" lie drew a long hreath. "My fate is upon 1110 at, last,'* he said, shrugging his shoulder. "Goodbye, sweet dreams of beautiful Taney, smiling in the woods?good-bye, vague glimpses of what might have been I" Tor El wood Harriott was one of! those mrn m'ixe# in these modern j days, a man of honor. And he fully intended to sacrilice his heart upon the altar of filial love and reverence, a last tribute to Ins beloved father's memory, let it cost him what it might! He went to St. Lawrence Hall, feeling like one in a dream, and was shown up to Parlor No. 7, a luxuriant little apartment, draped in Titian red, and fragrant \yith the smell of the bowls of roses which were placed here and there on gilded tripods. ?* .* ?* -( m . "lie True to ) *ou LY, 8. O.^T Ami, as he waited. one of the /?? tie res was lifted, and a slender figure glided in. "Fancy!1" lie cried, springing to his feet. "Yes, Fancy,'1 said she, brightly. "Area t you glad to see me? Don't look over my shoulder, as if you expected to see some ghost it. the background. There is none their." "Hut Miss Fnr<iuhnr!" he exclaimed "I am Miss Karquhar," said Fancy "Did von never suspect it. No oik; ever culled me Frances. Fancy lias always been my pet name and if I choose to call myself Forrars instead of Farqulmr for a few days, just, for a joke it isn't a stateVprison offense. "The?the photograph!" guspod Khvood Harriott, feeling as if his head were in a whirl. "It was the porter's daughter?at the lodge, you know," said saucy Fancy. "I borrowed one of her pictures. 1 wanted yon to dig'iko Miss Fare pi liar heartily. I wasn't satisfied with your liking Fancy Forrars!" "I did not like Iter," said Klwood, gravely. "1?loved her! And I love her still, in spite of all this net-work of strategem that she has woven around ine!" She put both her hands in his. "Dear Klwood," she said, "1 havo told yon already that I love you, But that isn't nil. 1 respect you also. I honor you, because you would not allow yourself to be warped from the path of duty, even by the girl you loved! And" her face suddenly changing, "von are sure von lore me. even though 1 have deceived yon?" "Quito sure," said El wood, tenderly infolding her in his arms. "My Fancy?niv little, capricious, loving fairy!" So they were married, and lived happy over afler. And Fancy kept her promise to Aunt Keturah?she "settled down" at last. X?W York FasliiuiiN, Shade Hats?Watering IMaee Cost nines- Independent Waists -Notes ami Answers. The Gypsy is a shade hat which promises to be very popular both for ladies and children and with undulating brim presents a contrast to other shapes that are almost universally turned up at; the hack from whence the floral trimming falls over the low crown. Neapolitan, fum y braid or Leghorn arc the kinds of straw most popular, hut in rivaliv conic shirred hats of lace or silk or cotton mull, the two former finished with flowers and the latter by very tine white embroidery. Both kinds of inu'l are in white and pretty shades of pink, bine, heliotrope, pale yellow, gray or crimson. Sailor hats are an annual visitation, but the sailor is distanced this year by an ofFshot of itself called the "Vassal-,'' that, with a similar brim, has a very low crown trimmed by a band and always an upright finish such as an aigrette loops a feather, on the left side. WATKKJNO IMiACK COSTUMK.S are being made of printed mouseline do soie, that shows pretty floral figures and is so sheer that it must be worn over silk of which last, changeable taffeta is most popular. Embroidered crepe de Chine is anoth er beautiful fabric showing a wide floral foot border natural colors with corresponding garniture for waists and sleeves while very small blossoms are embroidered in the interval, and at less cost, crepon prettily embroidered on tiny flowers or sprays, is without the borders. New lace dresses are made of veiling net, cither black or white over silk and while not durable, will last l?>ng enough for gay butterflies of fashion and is correspondingly inexpensive. Charming dresses for party wear, are made of light, plain fabric over silk to which it is attached by small llowers sot at int rvals. This is a lively idea and a dress of white chiffon over white taffeta bestrewn with pink rose buds has been just made Up for a young member of the Astor family; her sister having line pink net over surah to match, furnished with white buds. There i.? a rage for lXl>r.PKNi>ENT WAISTS chiefly blouse or Norfolk, in cotton cheviot, percale or light <piality silk in stripes or dots and to such an extent is the idea carried, that the sale V VNM&&& r W 'onl, ) our (i orh <>/>(/ ) on HUHBDA] ! of jerseys 1ms never been so limited I as this season. Shirt fronts worn > over waists ami with completion of | vests and jaunty little jackets, are, much lik"d bv young ladies and *f- ! feet the masculine. 1 u and collar 1 ] complete the defiant imitation. J NOTKS \ N I) A Ns\\ K US. Sleeves made of a material differ- i cut. from the dress, are much more 11 stylish than of the same. This It fashion has been taken advantuge of j < I in t ho ronoviLt.iiiii of lmvt mil v u-oi-n . 'dresses. especial lv wools, that with ! < ' 1 fresh silk alcoves, touches of the i I same on the waist ami a llounee or t more n run ml the bot tom to match, ? are easily given a Iwok of new I ness. 1 la answer to special inqnirv on I the subject, it may he repeated that. 1 Murray ami 1 aunmoifs Florida water ? is undoubtedly among those who have given thought to the subject i the only choice. None other can t possibly compare to it in the Moral t fragrance that is concentrated in nil 1 'its freshness and purity. i ; "Mrs N ' Skirts are growing I I wider at. the bottom while of ten re- f j maining very narrow at the top and ! this effect may he given by success- 1 ive prolonged plaitings that extend \ ! out hh they reach the lower edge. ( Thin fabrics ale now sometimes also < , made with the fulness more evenly I arranged and not a few show the < 1 gathers well on the sides and front, t LUCY Cautku. i ?? ? 4 fcir- ? f \l>st met of limit lily ICeportsof ( a |>(. I 'red e rick V. Al>l><*t, of , Work Done I>ni*iii ; tlie . .uout n ot .11 ay, imm. ^ < 'ongarco liiv.r, S. Iloist.or ! work was continu1 d between 20 and ; 21 inik'S above the mouth, roughly . | (dealing elminu 1 (? depth of I and , width.of SO feet at low water. From j t ! tlw hanks 538 trees and '} cords ?>f \ i brush were cut, and from th? bed of j the river 271 logs, SO stumps, 180, ! large snags and 10 cords of small j snags were hoisted. ltd is to Ifiver, IS. (Work on the , North fork was done between Or- j angeburg Bridge and Howe's Bridge. | From the banks 217 trees and 535 1 < cords of brush wore cut, and from \ the bed of the river 120 logs, IS . stumps, 85 large snags and lot | cords of small snags were hoisted, clearing channel to depth of 18 > inches end width of <10 feet at low water. ! Work on the South Fork was done I ^ j f I between Hobnail's and li'iinaker'aI j bridges, clearing channel 10 depth of 12 inches and width of (JO feet at low water. From tint banks 174 1 rees and 65 cords of brush were cot, and from the bed of the river 100 logs, 61 stumps, 185 large snags and 14 cords of small snags were ; hoisted. Great Pee Dee River, ft. C. Hoist j or work was continued between 107i and 124 miles above the mouth, clearing channel to depth of 5 feet and width of 80 feet at, low water t j From the lnvt.ks 338 trees and 1 j cords of brush were cut, and from j the bed of the river 168 logs, 0!' i stumps, and 66 large snags were i hoisted. Harbor at Charleston, ft. (!. Mr. J.Incob Friday continued work under j both of his contracts. Under the 50,000 ton contract depositing 2,064 ton-of rip-rap inside of the Main j i ft hi]) Channel, and 1,561 tons on the!, iouter end of the South Jetty. Fu-i. ;tier his 60,000 ten contract bode , 1 posited 4,444 b us of rip-rap on the1 j North Jetty, between 8,300 and 8,000 fcot from the shore end. : ! ' Two thousand live hundred and fourteen t<?i of 1 ip r (p were dep< i 1 fed on the North Jelly, by II. S. , plant and hired labor, oetween 7,000'1 j unit ?,uuo ]w i I rou i LI if* shore end. j (Two thousand live hundred and !eleven tons o: rip-rap was shipped i : from the 1'. S. Quarry near Kdgo j . field. j The lew (love, iinient dredge j building at New York was nearly ( icoiiij le'ed at the end of the month ' and was expected to ho ready for trial about the middle of dune. Little Lee bee Niver, S. C. bolster work was continued between 22 and 25 miles above the mouth, clearing channel to depth of it and width of 40 feet at low water. From the ' banks 271 trees and 121 cords ofj brush wore cat, and from the bed ofi the river 180 logs, 78 stumps, 105' r (1ountrtf" s\ >11 I NK ; large snags and'J! cords of small mags with hoisted. Lumber River, N. (1. it S. S. II??i.ster work was continued between iM and I miles above the month, roughly clearing channel to do|?th of it and width of 40 feet at low water. I'Yotu the banks 32V trees and l.'R rords of brush were cut, and from he bed of the river 145 logs, 5! itumps, 00 large snags and 21 cords jf small snags were hoisted. Mingo('reek, S. tRoister work xmuinieu oeiween 11 ami 7 inilos ihovc the month, quite thoroughly bearing channel to depth of 1 ami 10 feet at low water. From the Dunks 710 treses ami 43 cords of tiriuh were cut, and from the bed of he creek 58 logs, 54 stumps, 50 urge snags and 1.5 cords of small mags were hoisted. Sulakhatchie Fiver, S. C. Work ivas done between Toby's HInIT and die (J. ?!i S. Kail road bridge. From ho banks lb") trees and 2fl cords of irnsh were cut, and from the bed of he river 18 logs, 21 stumps, 15 large snugs ami { cord of small mags were hoisted. Waccatnaw Fiver, X. & S. (! i tloistcr work was coutintied between hi and 081 miles above the mouth, deal ing channel to depth of 3 and a id Hi of 4(1 feet at low water. From the bank 809 trees and Id ords of brush were, cut, and from lie channel 282 logs, 110 stumps, >8 large snags and I cord of small i mags were hoisted. Waimoo ('tit,. S. ('. The d red ire! - ?O I :ou tractor continued wojk removing i:,d it limping 1,102 cubic yards ??f | ma ei i d, completing lii.s contract. , This contract was completed on1 die .'ill of the month, the total nnoie i. of material removed and 'iicpi'il being '12,21 1 cubic yards, l;ivia channel all the way through in" to about 30 feet wide and not k s ( ban u feet deep. VVateree River, S. 0. Roister work was continued between 27 and 11 miles above the mouth, clearing iihannel to depth of 4 and width of SO feet at low water. From the banks 100 t rees and 0 cords of brush wore cut, and from the bed of the mi logs, 10 stumps, 1GG large snags md d'{ cords of small snags were hoisted. Vi) DESTROY Till: DEM-| OCR AC Y. riii<: i?urposi<: or urn dim x .MeLANIOS hATIiST POL1TCAL DEAI, A Itoston Newspaper Alleges Hint 111? Republicans oi that < 'ily Raised a Corrupt ion Fund liiist Year "lo Aid ?he Alliance of South Carolina to ISrcuk up i lie Democratic Party." M. mi,.hi ('ominercial, The Boston Traveller makes thoj lisgracefnl confession that the Re- j publicans of that city last year raised a corruption fund?of how much it docs not stale?to aid the Aliiunco of South Carolina to break up the I )eniocra!io party, and it states that. I'iilman's election was due to [hit1 fund, and also the defeat of \\ ; dc I lampion and t.lie election of Irhy to the United States Senate. This fund, the Traveller says, was subscribed ''to break up a tyrranicullv solid South" and ruin the "regular Democratic organisation." This effort, however, as our readerknow was u failure. The result of the eleetion in South Carolina was merely to turn out one set of Demo : [natund put another in, ncvorthel( I lie I ?osl on Kcpnblicans, the I Traveller says, are going to try the j Ti\ . f a second oorrnptio.i fund.; 1 lies believe in the vulgar saving that iOMiioy r. I : I hey b?diev< ' hat money will buy Drinocruts in South i arolina. away from their principles, that ihe conscientious convictions of the. fanners of that S'nte are to be purchased as openly and as easily us the rice they raise or the cotton. They believe that the Democrats of South Carolina are a lot of vulgarians to whom a dollar is more than principle, ami they have hired J. Ilendrix Me Lane, of Columbia, in that Stab*, to act as their agent and buy voters, to act as their broker and tempt men away from the path of rectitude and honor, away front the standards of honorable dealing and and honorable life and living, and I ( wpy 3.->, ih<>K sell themselves, sell their votes in order that the purposes may be -iecomplished of these infamous and dishonored Republicans of Huston , who set a money value on everything and believe that every man, espec iullv and particularly the Alliance men of South Carolina, have their price, and a small one at that. According to the Traveller, "much i more extended preparations are bei?g made for the next campaign in South Carolina under the skilful leadership of Kx-Uovernor Long at he Boston end of the line, and of .1. Ileudrix McLanc, of Columbia, S. C., at the othev end." Boston is to supply the money, the Government at Washington "the influence," and Mr. McLanc the voters. "Mr. Me Lane's Alliance tendencies," says the Traveller, "Would shock his Boston associates under ordinary circumstances, but they are willing to join hands with him and tolerate the crudities of the Alliance to beat the Democrats. Those Boston moralists believe that while Republicanism, 'pure and simple/ will never prove acceptable to the Southern Democracy, their organization can easily be disintegrated by some other political force like that of the Alliance." Mr. McLanc, wo are informed, has been in Boston, "and will take with him a generous contribution from that city for the organization of political clubs." But what has the Alliance of South Carolina to say to this? Were they or any of them, its members, privy to the distribution of tin; fund by which Tillman and Irby succeeded in uercating the gallant old soldier, Wndo I lampion, and driving liim oil!, of political lite? What had the Alliance to do with this fund? And is it, let its ask, a part of the tactics of the Allianco of South Carolina to lend itself to the corrupt purposes of these villanously corrupt and persistent?y corrupt Republicans of lioston ? Is it a part of the tactics of the Alliance of South Carolina to deliver that State to the Republicans and to break up the Deni ocratio party, which has stood like a stone wall between the people of that Suite and the thieving, robbing and plundering party, whose negro j Legislature left so indelible a mark of its ignorance and c.?pidity in the additions it made to the State debt? And is this corrupt deal with the lioston Republicans by the Alliance people of South Carolina to become general? Is it to be u general policy with the Alliances in the other, or any of the other, Southern States? These are questions that every Deni ocrat will now lie asking, and they are questions that every Democrat in the South will he justified in asking. The News and Courier comments as follows on the above: A NIC"' 8LANDKK AltOUT TILLMAN. "The lioston Traveller tells an us-! touiulnig story about the New Kng 1 land Republicans and the South | Carolina Alliance men which will) ,,nl Iw. unnanC.wl Iihia ! > ?LSo ......4 | IlUt IJ\, in I l|V> III tlUQ |*U? I I I of the country. The Traveller in u; i Republican newspaper and has always been very near to the cousci-( ence. of tin? party and an active ad ! ; visor in all its political councils, j We have not seen the full text, of' the story but the article from the j .Meni])hi.s Commercial, which wv | publish elsewhere today, gives Its) main points. "Briefly stated, the Traveller charges that the Republicans of Boston raised a corruption fund 4to aid the Al liaiice of South Carolina to break up the I>euiocratic party;' that Till j man's election as Governor ami Irby'si election < the Senate were uccomp j lisl.ini b\ the use of this fund ; that,' j the Boston Republicans contributed) ! , . . . .1 ! tins money ro 'ruin tnr regular. Democratic o-gainzation,* and that the experiment of buyers in South i ! Carolina was so successful last year j that the Boston KVpublicuns have gone to work to raise a larger cor- J j ruptiou fund for use in the cantp- j ! aign next year. This new corrup tion fund is to be entrusted to Hendrix McLane, who has been hired to place it where it will do the most! good. As the Memphis Commercial \ ! puts it : 'Boston is to supply the: t money, the government at Washing- J j ton the 4 "influence" * and Mr. Mc- j 1 I*une the voters.1 To quote again i from our Memphis cotempoinrv, the w ; :: /' ( f . JSTo. 41 Y\ . V \ 'infamous ami dishonest Republicans of Boston set a money Taluoon every \ thing and believe that every man, especially and particularly the Alliance men of South Carolina, have their price and a small one at that.' ' The charges made by the Boston Traveller are simply outrageous. It is doubtless true that McLane has collected money from his New Eng luml <111 pen, hot it is certain that no part of the fund he collected wns employed by the inen who managed or took part in the 'movement' in South Carolina last year. "The Commercial asks: 'What had the Alliance to do with this fund ?' VN'e have no knoweldge or information upon the subject, but knowing the farmers of South Carolina as we do know them, and blieving (Irmly in their integrity, we answer without four of contradiction, or challenge that the Alliance had nothing to do with this fund. We do not believe that Tillman or Irby or Shell or any of the other leaders of the 'Movement' received, or would have accepted, a dollar from the Boston Republicans, for tho purpose of running the regular Democratic organization. The methods pursued by tliem in the campaign were irregular and undemocratic, but whatever their methods they were permitted by tho Democratic authorities and the light was made within the lines of tho party. We do not believe that there was a dollar of Republican money employed in the campaign or thai a single Alliance vote wa* hnixrht nr milil fi?r mi ah < ?? fb<? iso of cash, There were doubtless a grout many ante-election promises of official position and many political combinations, but it is a vile slander to May that money was used at the polls in the purchase of voters. "There is an easy way, however, to test the truth of the Boston Traveller's story, if there bo any grain*of truth in it. Who raised the corruption fund which the Traveller al- ?/ leges to have been used in South Carolina last year? Who contributed to it, who paid it out, to whom was it paid, and for what purpose or purposes was it expended ? There ought to be letters and receipts and reports to show exactly where the money camo from and where it went. Let the Traveller publish these facts and give an itemized account of the operations of the Boston corruptionists, or else stand convicted of deliberate falsehood. We have 110 doubt that Governor Tillman and Senator Irby will speak out for themselves against the miserable slander of Itendrix McLane's Boston organ. "The statement that a larger corruption fund is to be raised in Boston for use in South Carolina in the next election will doubtless open the eyes of the white people of the State to the desperate game McLane. is playing. We would not give much for his skin if he should repeat before an audience of South Carolina farmers the stories which he has told about them among the slack twisted moralists of Boston. Wlien Von (lioosv a Wito. Boys, when you choose a wife look out for these two or three things. Is her hair nice, sweet, and kissable looking? Are her dresses neat and nice around the edges, and what about the inside edge of the white skirt: Oh, dear, yes; you arc sure to see it. some time?when she steps into a car, or out of anjoninibus. When she gives yon a letter to "just post this for n?e," is it stamped? Oli, hut girls are unscrupulous about stumps! Is she on time, ami with gloves on, for tiie theater or eon cor t to which you take her? How alKinr the the luce in the neck of her drew? <>h. you want to notice these things when you think ot marrying.?Ex. A CiirioiiM Apache He! let'. The Apache Indian's religious belief presents them from committing murder in the dark. If a dozen Apaches should liscover a man sleeping hy his camp Are at night, 110 ambunt of money could hire them to atttack him before the sun came up. They believe that if they kill a man at night thcii own souls will walk in darkness forever. Knowing this curious superstition, hnnters, trappers, scouts and others traveliftc through the Apache natio" about at night, and laj^L safe retreat during