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. - - - -- - -- 4 Ud 14 * I - T EEW B .1. TRI WEEKLY EDITIOY WJNNSBORO. S.C.. MARCH im)* 1900. SALSE 8 NICHT IN THE SPRUCE. Cal stars above, fresh earth beneath. L-.a mid-air a wo' 'n wreath OV loosely interlacing .1.; Reaebing to where tht nigh: wind stir: 'Hazres creep near. a wool-owl's flight Crosses the circle of camp-11re light; Steps on the moss tell where a due a leading her fawn to the lake below: And laying there I seemea as near To the forest's heart as its own red deer; I&nd I felt the fellowship of the wood, &nd every whisper I understood. -Francis Sterne Palmer,lHarper's Weakly. 4 Ellen's_ Fault. "I wish to look at fans-party fans, -if you please." Ellen Purple swept into the fa ney storeher gray silk suit rustling softly, the long, wine-colorel, willow plume drooping over the b-im of her hat,and her dark, brlliiant eyes sparkling with health, good humor and e-tereise. She was a pretty brunette, with black eye brows, long lashes and the cream tinted skin which is like velvet, so soft, fine-grainel an I clearly colored. What a contras: to her was the fragile girl, standing behind the counter in her shabby de beige dress -with a dved ribbon bow at her throat and a frill of mended lace encircling her slender neck. But this world offers us contrasts at every step. "Do yon wish white or colored?" the latter asked. "Oh, I don't know. Pink, I sup. pose," Ellen Purple answered, after a second of two of consideration on the - momen'ns cuestion. "Pink is my color." The pale shop-girl reached down a box. of daintily-decorate:1 trinkets, smelling of sandal-woo 1, edged with tinted swansdown and inlaid with pearl and ivory-and, as she stood respect fully awaiting the young customer's decision, a paroxysm of coughing shook her slender frampe. Miss Keturah Purple, Ellen's mai den aunt, looks at her with eyes of kindly pity. " My dear," said she, "you have a very bad co-gh." The girl smiled sadly. "Ih have had it this long time," said a she. .'Youought to go home and nurse yourself up, instead of standing he--e in all these draughts," counseled Miss Purple, who had a cheery, dictatorial way with her, like one in au4qrit. "Batst: wages are all my mother . to live upon, and "Oh, auntie! look here, what a beauty!" cried oat Ellen, sud ienly. "White, watered satin, covered with point lace, and the sweetest pearl sticks. What is theprice of this one?" turning to the shop-girl. The gill g .nced at the labeL "Twenty-h 3 dollars," answered she. Ellen's countenance fell. "Oh, I can never afford that," said she. "Twelve is all I have to pay I must content myself with something Ness elegant. Show me other styles please." As she spoke she .closed the fan so suddenly that one of the sticks slip ped out of place and tore a jagged rent through the exquisite point iace stretched across it. Ellen stared guiltily, and, glau c'ng aronadto make sure that no one was looking at her, .replaced it in its boy. "It was only an accident," she told herself, and the shop-girl brought a new box of faus for her iuspection; "I a~n not to blame. No one can ex pect me to pay for a $23 fan destroyed by accideat--and besides, tey should make these things stronger." And pushing away the large box she turned her attention to the new fans, and finally settled upon a pretty rose-colore:1 article, edged with Span ish blonde; which came nearer the sum she had appropriated for her fan. "Well," said Aunt Ketiirah, "are yon suited?" "At last, auntie!" "Then let's go," said the old lady, "or I never shall get an opportunity to buy my furniture, chintz and un-. bleached muslin. Fans and lace poc ket handkerchiefs and pink sashes are all very well, but they're of no use in a housekeeping point of view! No use at ail!" Ellen Purple went to the party in a dress of rose-colored silk, with an overdress of Swiss muslin, and the prettiest of sashes, looped artistically over it-and she was very happy. Ah, indeed, why should she not be? Only 18; the petted darling of an old bachelor uncle and maiden anat, with a fa~e that satisfied her girl-heart every time she looked into the glass, and a sunny, happy temnperment that was worth more than a fortune, in that it learned her to see the bright W - side of human nature and sip the sweets from life's cup, regardless of its bitter dregs. And, moreover, Guy Middleton danced three times with her, and carried oil one of the buff rose mds from the ball bouquet Uncle Simieou had presented her. vowing he would keep it for ever and ever. "Of course no one knows what these promises amount to," laughed Ellen. as she told Aunt Keturah, who was sitting a!) in a prodigious flannel -dressing gown and her hair in a por cupine state of curl papers, to hear her niece's report of the ball -festivi ties, "but they are very nice at the time. And he is so agreeable, auntie." Aunt Keturnh smiled and patted Ellen's lovely dushed cheek and sent her to Eed. "2et youor beauty sleep, my lore," said she. "It don't haart a tough old pine knot like me to keep vigili all night-that's one of the numberless adv antagis of being old and toughi but it don't agree wi~h Peach-blossom~ complexions and eyes like hazel stars. The next morning Aunt Keturah and Ellen went shoppingagain, inthe snug little claret-colored coupe which Aunt Keturah hired by the month from a neighboring livery stable. "I need sewing silk," said Anni Keturah, ."and you're always want ing Java canvas or worsted, or s.ome sudh fol-de-rols, and the good fresh air won't do either of us any harm, I'll go bail!" ".Let's go to Leigh & Balcombe's," suggested Ellen. "They always have the prettiest and newest shades of everything there?" "I'm sure I am not particular where we go," said Aunt Keturah. They chanced to go to the self same counter where,hardly more than a weak ago, they had purchased the rose-colored fan. and a pert miss, with a profusion of mock jewelry, came forward to wait upon them and recei.o orders. "You're not the girl that belongs here," said Aunt Keturah, bluntly. "The pale girl that coughed so. Where is she?" The pert miss tossed her head. "Oh," said she, "you mean Eliza Lowe! She's gone." t "one!" Aunt Keturah laid down the spool of silk she was examinig. "I hope she's not ill. That cough sounded to me exactly like consu, p tion ' "I don't know whether she is ill or < not," said she. "Eut it wasn't on account of ill health she left. She i was discharged for tearing a lace fan I --a point lace, 6ver white satin, worth 4 $2-3. She was compelled to pay the 3 full value besides. Mr. Balcombe is very particular about such things." Ellen Purple colored deeply. "But are they quite certain that< she did tear it?" asked Ellen. I "Oh, she denied it, of course," said the girl. "They always do. But she was responsible for the goods under her charge, of course-and if she C didn't tear it who did? That's the question." "I can tell you." said Ellen Purple, s quietly; ".L did." "You, miss!" The girl looked at 1 Ellen as if she thought her partially insane. Aunt Keturah was almost i equally amazed. "My dear child," said she "I don't think.you know what you are say ing" "Yes, I do,'! said Ellen, peremp torily. She has allowed herself through la::k of mo:-al courage, to fall t into an error whose consequences v were more serious than she had T, I nied tod a. IE-EI, an tshe was Ce reiress it as far as possiale, as a looking at that fan a week ago," she went on, "and through my careless ness in shutting it one of the sticks t tore the lace. Where is Mr. Bal- t combe? I must explain inatters to. t him. If anyone should pay the $25 it is I, And Miss Lowe must have i her place again." "quite impossible,miss-the latter, I mean," said the pert girl. "Her t place is filled. There is always plenty of girls glad to get in here." Ellen wrung her lhands. "Oh, auntie!" said she, "what shallr I do? How shall I undo the mischief 1 I have wrought?" Aunt Keturah turned to the shop-t girl. "Can't you give me her address?"y said she. "We can at _least go and see her." And the upshot of the interview was that Eliza Lowe was engaged as seam stress and companion to comfortable Aunt Keturah at a salary that seemed I tr-uly regal to her, Mr. Balconmbe It sent a stiff note of apology, inclosing e a check for &25, which was duly made t good by Miss Purple-and Elizaa thought the millennium was at hand. a And Ellen Purple carried the point' f lace fan, skillfully mended by an old c woman who made such needle-lore her i business, at her wedding with Mr. Middleton. Appearances Wsre Deceptive. You read of sneh things, but ther person eneountering them in the ex- 1 periences of real life is the rare excep- I tion. He was good to look upon, thisa straight, slender little chap in a frocka overcoat, white pearl buttons at the E back, knickerbockers, an astrakan cap a that looked like lami's wool, ruddy face of pink and white, jaunty tie andt walking gloves that attracted atten tion to long slender hands. i He was going down Cass at an easy,a swinging ga~t, lilting his hat to an old a gentleman just as Pitcher street wass approached. Up from the Clay school came a gr'eat "push" of noisy hilari oins boys, a healthy and promising lot* r of youngsters. 1 "Look at the dude," shouted one c of them. That was enough and there t was soon a manifest disposition to j whip our little gentleman just bec'ause i he looked and acted the part. When he was surrounded he showed t~vo rows of perfect teeth in a good-na tured smile and said pleasant things to the boys, but they were stirred by the mob spirit. He tried to move on, an'd one of them struwk at him. This time he let out a cheery laugh and chucked his assailant under the chin in a carressing sort of way, for he. was several inehes shorter'. But when onie of the larger boys, with a noisy voice and manner',opened hostilities, it was diff'erent. Four of the mob were down before you could count 10, the little gentleman handed his handkerchief to the smallest one,t who ha:. been accidentally hurt,pulled his gloves straight, went smilingly c down the str'eet and never looked 1ack-Detroit Free Press. A Bargain. May-How on ear th did you com to accept him?oe Fay---Ob, he looked so cheap when he nonec'arl 1 annldn't help taking FOR FARM AND GARD.NI Grain for the Sheep. Some breeders do not feed grain i heir ewes except at breeding tim uat there is ha. dly a d;ubt, bat wh: i farmer wonld gain tinancially in tl nd by feeding it in small quantiti< dIl the time. If von use corn thei vould not be much loss, and certainI ime saved, by teedinig it in the en Ior it is clai.nod by a great many th; t does not pay to grind the grain fe :o sheep. The Currant Wr:n Giving rouile. A correspondeut fromi Californ: vrites saying that last spring hc ,ooseberries had small worms or il ects inside before they were ripe an sks for a remedy. The worm is n loubt the one known as the .currar vorm, which attarks currants as we s gooseberries. As a remedy n bout an ounce of heilebore to thre ,allons of water and spiay the plan iberatly with the mixtre.o *.his trea neut is pretty sure to accomplish a hat is required of it.-New Yor Veekly Witness. The Use of Sivet Clover. In an address at Sedalia on so enovation by Dr. H. J. Waters, dea >f the bMissouri agricultural college,: v-as said that the common sweet clove s not the pernicious, dangerous wee o many seem to think. It can : asily killed out by mowing twice ear for two years, he said, and it i ne of the most va!uable soil renova rs known. It will grow and thriv n land too poor to grow clover o owpeas, and it is especially suited t uild up the millions of acres of flint ills that are now absolute ~ .. ste rowing up in brush. Experiment sade at Columbia show that in th: ualhty of soil sweet clover is mor aluable than tha ordinary clovei fter a fe x years of sweet clover,sue oil is built up to a point where it wi row other renovators. In such land b can be easily seeded and wi mother other weeds, and in additio b will furnish as a by-product larg uantities of honey. The Ben and Her Care. Every keeper of poultry should hav light, warm house and one that i onvenient for feeding and caring fc Le fowls. It should be built - rarm, sunny p'aze, wbe:e it wi,* yotee te~ th outh, and iRt do nough to admit plenty of sunlight, a he sun will help warm it in the wi: er. There should be a walk runnin he entire length of the house o be north side, so you can fee nd get the eggs without goin ato the pens. - The feed boxes an .-ater tank should oe made in th hape of a drawer, so you can pu hem out n Il keep the birds froz etting into their feed and drink whe oa are feeding and watering. Th ests should also be made so that the ay be drawn out as you do the fee oxes. The windows are to be cased he same as they are in the -house, s hat there will -be no cold wind entei ag. Cold draughts are sure to mak our birds ick and stop them frox iying in winter. Suggestion to Fruit Cultivators. Many of the tender or half-hard arieties of raspberries and blaci erries would endure our severe wir ers much better, if in the late fall th ultivator was run between the rowe rowing the earth toward the stema nd in edeat ridging or hilling u round thema a little. This loose eart orms a mulch which prevents fre nent freezing and thawing, and as the great advantage of being iulch that can be quickly and cheai y applied, compared to the labor c ringing mulching material from othe laces and putting it in place. To b iosat effectual it should be done a te in the fall as possible, and if dE iyed until some morning when th :round is frozen an inch deep, c bout that, it will be none the worse s the success depends much upon th arth that is thrown up being ligh ud no us. The fall trimming, pruning and cul ing out of old or supertiuous cane hould be done before this, as it faci] tates the working among then, an li the wood removed should be take way and burned to destroy any it ects or their eggs and any fungon iseases that may be on or in their Ve do not doubt that similar trea1 ient w'ould be beneficial to the hal .ardy ross and many of the shrul: n the lawn, exceptin g that some< hem are better trimmed in the sprini uit the hilling up around them wi elp to 1:roa~ct their roo:s. Keep Your Strnble Light. When in a darkened stable the iris r brownish curtain a ound the centr f the eye, expands so as to admit th assage of snifcient rays of light it istiuct vision, but on emerging int h' glar e of day the same aperture in ediately closes or grows less, maller quautity of light being necem ary under these altered circun tances. Any person who has felt thm ain and- in-:onvenience of comin uddenly from a dark room into tb ull blaze of day will readily conceiv he necessity for lighting a stable i he proper manner. Tfhis is too ofte eglected in confined stables, and thm onseliuences are mjos:t distressing t ,human observer. The poor horse ed sutidenly &2ut to his work, show~ is pain by unm~istakable signs, stun les, and runs against anything th: 'ay happen to be near, until the ey as im sno degree accommodated i elf to th. - ew circumstauce idt ~hieh igi placed, Nor 'a this all BY a Cnniananc of this change from darkness to sud den daylight the eye becomes seriously injured. The retina, or sensible ner vos expansion, becomnes deadened and more or less useless; the horse's sight is injured; ae starte and shies at objects which he sees imperfectly; and o many a rider who has received a dan gerous injury has had to thank his in Lt attention to this simple cause rather e than any vicious habit of the animal, I to which it has been attributed. e -Blindness is almost certain to be ! caused by inattention to the above caution; but eien. blindness itself is less dangerous to'the rider tha. im a perfect sight. In the first case the horse is forced to trust entirely to the bridle; but in the latter objects only half distinguished-terrify azid startle, a though they would under ordinary i circumstances be passed without notice.-F. D. C6burn in The Hcrse d Useful. Lt Breaking up sitters. Some find the breaking up of sitting e hens a very difficult thing to do, and e they really think they have to torture the hen in order to make her abandon her desire to brood. We have known I poultry men and women to duck the k hens in water several times and then turheuineeysve- nithe hens to go about with hoods on so they coul~d not see, and to be .shut up in 1 dark places without food or water for a week or more. It is not necessary t to resort to cruel methods to break up r a hen that wants to sit, says a writer d in Blooded Stock. What is wanted is to turn the desire to sit into the desire a to lay again. It will be but little ad vantage to have them broken from wanting to sit and have them lay four or five eggs only to again become broody, which they will do if they are not-cared for as they should be. The reason for this is that the conditions which caused the hen to become broody have not lieen changed and they cannot be changed by force. When. a hen becomes broody it means that the egg-producing capacity of her system, fer the time being, has become exhausted and that recupera tion is needed. Thi first step to such recuperation is rest, and being an in dustrious bird, they feel that theyI e might as well -aise a brood while resting as to f, ol away their time. Some animals au, 4irds may be stimu lated to do that which is. not natura for them, but is it best? The tired e horse may be urged on by the aid of a s whip. r A practice that is recommended by R some thoughtful br ders which will e have her In w. o go e right to business, is - place o eegg under her. letting. her sit for one s week, feeding her ce in two days - daring the time as she were really sitting on a whole tch. But very little food will b needed on account of lack of exerci. At the close of 9 the week place her in-a coop with a slatted bottom raised a - few inches e from the ground, for a couple of days, I and she.will -lose he-desire to sit and a in a few days will begin laying in earnest. It ems oftInt rest to Farmnr. 1 Keep charcoal and salt where the ,fattening hogs can have easy access to o them. - Breed the young-cows so that they Swill harrow their young litters in the spring after the grass has come. That the hog is a filthy animal is the fault of its owneir. Hogs prefer cleanly quarters and will take them when they can get them. Only a small amount of cornmeal eshould be used in feeding the pig,and it should be combined with other feed that makes bone and muscle. p Growing pigs must -have exercise, a but not too much of it. If they run - over an extensive range they cannot t be kept in sudiciently go4.-eendition a to give the test'i-eslts. -It takes the least feed from the time fof weaning until the pig is tinished r for market if it is kept always in good Scondition. If it loses that condition sthere must be extra feeding and longer -time to bring him up to it again. e To raise them profitably the pigs r should be kept in good health audl 'continually growing. There is some B thing wrong in the breeding tor care if tthe pig cannot be made ready for mar -ket by the time he is ten months old. sThe scraps fro:n the table and . kitchen and- .getable waste, fruit Ipeelings, etc., should -all be utilized 2 as ieeding stuff. The pigs and chick - Iens will eat them, and they furnish a s vaiety, and the kind of food that is .needed. -When the weather is cold and wet Sremember that a portion of the feed is s employed in keeping up the animal iheat, and that. consedjuently more feed .is needed at such times. Well-shel 1 tered, clean, diy, warm quarters, economise feed. Extermination W/ Gull. A New London correspondent gives e some detaila :if the work of feather e huutaf:s in exterminating the small r herring gulls at the eastern end ofI o Long Island sound and the islands beyond. The herring-gulls used to a be very common in that region, but Sthe feather hunters have killed or -driven away almost all oi them. On e 1'enikese island there used to be a g large colony of these birds, which was e protected and thrived so long Agassiz e had his summer school there, but a afterwards the feather-hunters began a their work, and a woman who visited ethe isla id last summer saw hundreds o of dead birds with their wings torn , away and many wingless birds still s alive, fed by their mate-s. There used eto be a colony of the birds on Plum .t island, but now driven away by the e federal works, and the birds are rare -at Nantucket. The larger gulls are rnot killed. by thea feather-hunters, as their wings are too big to be hva ou e ano t' w{ew York Pen NEWS AND NOTES 5 FOR WOMEN. i An Odd Combination in Hats. Chiffon was never worn more than this winter. Chiffon hats multiply, and, combined with fur, they are beautiful and stylish, though the com bination seemed odd at first. Slashed Cravats the Latest. Silk cravats, long enough to go around the neck, cross behind and tie in front with long ends, are new and pretty where the ends are slashed into strips about five inches long, each strip being button-holed all around with black silk, or of silk of a darker shade of the same color as the cravat. Some of these cravats are slashed into five strips, some as many as ten, according to the width of the silk ribbon used for the purpose. Such fanciful ties, of course, are more suitable worn with open-work em broidery or mousseline collars than with the mannish linen band. -__ A Genial Star-Gazer. Maria Mitchell,who has been called the "Mother of the Stars," when pro fessor of astronomy and director of the observatory at. Vassrvm Rtn-iu spiring teacher, and, in spite of her brusque manner and severity, was adored by her pupils. Every spring, tjust before the commencement, -she gave a "dome party" to the girls. 'Small tables were placed around the -laige telescope in the observatory, and roses from Miss Mitchell's own garden brightened the atiosphere. -Nonsense poems were a feature of these breakfasts, and the astronomer wvas proud of her skill in writing Them. She was not without a keen 'ense of fun, in spite of her constant pnd absorbing studies, as was shown by her dryly consoling observation to an awe-stricken student whom she nvas leaving one day in charge of the instruments of the observatory. Look ing back at the worried face of the girl, Miss Mitchell said: "And re inember, if the chronometer stops and the sidereal clock stops, the universe WC n't stop." A Guessing Game. Each guest is given a numbered en elope containing a certain number of slips on-which is a letter of the alpha bet. These letters spell two or three words, and the guest is to guess the correct word, according to a'list which is reserved by.the hostess. The words 10 edtre 01 Meve-d m one n tcontains the letters C A T,which spell both cat and act, and another contains the letters P E A R, which also spells pare and reap, and so on; the ques tion is, Which is the correct word, according to the hostess's list? After envelopes are handed in bear ing the names of the guests and the answers, the latter are read and the correct words also given. Those hav ing answered correctly receive prizes. One can also place in envelopes let ters spelling the name of some noted book or play. It is better to choose rather short words, for, if too long, i': requires too .mich time and thought to place letters correctly. Other avail able words are rat, stud, heart, net and tea. Children and Their Studies. The cramming system and its accompanying evils are characterized as "A National Crime at the Feet of American Parents" by Edward Bok, in the Ladies' Home Journal. "No child under fifteen years of age," he contends, "should be given any home study whatever by his teachers. He should have not more than from one hour to four of schooling eich day, the hours increasing with his years. Outside of school hours he should have at least three hours of play. After fifteen the brain has another period of rapid development, with special increase of the higher faculties. Four hours of schooling, then, is not too much, provided the child's physical being is capable of it, and in time an hour of isolated study may be added. B it that is enough. Five hours of brain worka daf isiire most that we. sliould ask of our childrea, and the child should pass at least two hours a day in the open -air. Our boys and girls do not get enough fresh air and sunshine into their bodies ana natures, The high~er in stitutions of learning understand the need of physical development for brain growth far better than do our lesser schools and our homes-sad as it is to admit it." fA Group of Beautiful Hati. The hats this season are enough to rejoice the heart of any woman, or man either, for what man is not glad o see a pretty face crowned by a be coming and beautiful hat? The toques for afternoon and evening wear are of the most delicate shades, and being of ten combined with lace they have an exquisite airy effect. One of the lovliest recently made by a fashion able milliner has a soft, full crown of rose pink miroir velvet, over which a delicate yellow scarf is draped. The small flaring brim is of ermine, double aced, and a snowy white plume start ing in front sweeps over the pink vel vet until it rests on the hair at side and back. A very dainty toque for evening wear is of blush roses, which form both crown and brim. Several ct steel buckles are run through with pink velvet rosettes, and a white paradise plume gives a very dainty effect. Several shades of red are exquisite ly combined in a small Spanish tur-; ban, whic has o of black se quin cerise velvet sua A oluster ad ntal stands at the side,ana is shaded in like manner from crimson to rose pink, combined with green velvet leaves. * * * Pink is a favorite color for hats. It is seen more than any other shade ex cept white, and a combination of the two'is !:-equent. Another Spanish shape has a brim of ermine, a crown of white moire and a cluster of shaded pink roses at the side. The latest roses have rather ragged petais and are shaded exquisitely. * * * One of the daintiest hats worn this season has just been sent home to a beautiful blonde society bud. It is of pink tulle, tucked and shirred into toque shape and turning back from the face with a rather wide brim which is covered with a lovely design in silver to give the wheat effect so popular this season. * * * One more hat which deserves a de scription has a Spanish brim of chin chilla with a soft tucked crown of lav ender chiffon. A large cluster of silk and velvet fleur-de-lis in exquisite shades of purple with touches of- yel low gives distinction to this bit of millinery. What Wonen Are Doing. Florence Nightingale now spends all her time in bed or og a couch. Mrs. Humphry Ward does- niuch' philanthropic work in addition to her literary labors. The Suffrage Bazar just held in Bos ton by the Massachusetts Woman Suf frage Association cleared $200O. Miss Florence E. Wood is the first woman licensed to run an automobile in Central Park in New York City. The Empress of Germany has taken a sudden fancy to. green, and may be. seen in every shade from Nile to em-n erald. Miss Sylvia Howland Gien; daugh ter of Mrs. fetty Green, has become interested in automobilism and has purchased a machine which she is learning to operate. 'Miss Pauline' Johnson, through whose veins runs the blood of Mohawk chieftains, has been startling Loiidon recently with the composition and rec itation of Indlian poems. The Female Society for the Belief and Employment ofAdhe Poor is prob ably the oldest wjaos. association in America. It wasifennded in Phila delphia over 104 years ego. The Canadian W4 '4i Council is planning to help theomer'.th& Doukhobors persecation they .....d to endure in Russia. Mrs. James R. McKee, daughter of former Presidert Harrison, is taking great interest in the woman's work in connection with the Paris Exposition. She has arranged for an exhibit of glass pottery and embroideries. Mrs. Joseph Cliamberlain, who was Miss Endicott, of Boston, daughter of Judge Endicott, former Secretary of War, is extremely populsr in Eiiglish society. She is pronounced as decid edly attractive in appearance, and has noticeably pretty coloring. Miss Alice Rollins Crane, who holds the place of prison inspector in the employ of the Government, recently returned from Alaska, where she was sent by the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution to study and report on the prison life. Gleanings From the Shops. Fancy neckwear in various com binations of white and black. Dainty muffs made of plaited chiffon in three shades of one color. Watch chains set with rubies, opals or diamonds with and without slides. Many walking coats having high Medici collars and revers covi'ered with fur. Full lines of single figures, busts and groups of delicate white French bisque. Stock collars made of white satin overlaid with cream lace and edged with fur. M~any varieties of richly figured panne showin'g all the beautiful even ing shades. Jaanty little boleros of 'broadtail with revers and bands of black stitched velvet,. White and brighi, ,:oJored collars, ests and revers effeetively -striped with narrow black vel vet ribbon. - Dotted nets showing pretty arrange ments of white chenille in combina tion with narrow ruffled ribbon. Fine quality Arabian laces in all overs, bands and variously shaped pieces suitable for applique purposes. Heavy laces on which are repre sented hand-paiuted flowers of cloth, elvet or satin outlined with gold :ord. Many styles of small gilt buttons, with or without jewel settings, for ecorated stock collars or some por ion of the bodice.* Severely simple cloth gowns in which waved laces or Grecian pat erns carried out in machine stitching form the only trimming. Flowers fashioned from hand ainted gauze, as well as jeweled igrettes and wired bows of either lack or white lace for the hair. Long scarfs of tulle or chiffon which fasten in front with rosette bows of panne, satin or velvet, termi nating in pointed fringed ends. A hroad range of coiffure ornaments f gaug:e or net effectively dotted with jet, steel, spangles or rhinestones in the form of butterflies, dragons or bows. Elaborate trimmings for evening gowns made of padded chiffon flowers in combination with lace appliques, jewels and silk lWeidegy.-DeP un4a Rennn9i -, . THE CONTENTED LIFE. 1 wouldnt be an emp'ror after suipper s cleared away; I wouldn't be a king, sub, it I could, So long is I've got health and strength, a home where tian stay, And a woodshed full o' dry and fitted wooL - For Jimmy brings the bootjack and mother trims the light. And pulls the roller curtains, shettin' out the stormy night, And me and Jim and mother and the cat set down -0h, who In thunder'd hanker for'a crowm? Who wants to spend their ev'nin's settin starched and prim and straight, A-warmin' royal velvet on a throne?' It's a mighty tedious bus'ness settin' up- so - thund'rin'late With not a minit's time to call ycurowh I'd rather take ny comfort after workin through the days With my old blue woolen stockin'snigh the fire's social blaze. For me and Jim and mother and the old gray eat, Come mighty near to knowin' where we re at. -Lewiston (Me.) Journat HUMOROUS. . Jones-I say,J3iiss Brown, how is it that you are always out when I call? She-Oh, just luck. Little Miss Wayupp-Isour butler English? Little Miss Highupp N-o, but his clothes is. "Your bookkeeper is subject to fits of ill humor, isn't he?" ."No; he has wideiyisolated attacks- aniability " "Sir," began the boo'canvasser, "I - have a little wor here "Sorry," inter-upted the busy "but I have a great deal of work here. Good morning." "I disown you!" cried the angr parent. "I shall.cut you off with a dollar." "Yes, sir," replied the..e r ing son, meekly; "and might I have the'dollar now?" A Maxim-How did Tweeter beh under fire? Did he shrink?'atling --No, I don't know ashe shrank;bt him he e% idently tried to make himsel a small as he could. - "Dearest," she murmured&Tm o afraid you'll change." "Darling- h auswered, "you'll never find any 41 change about me." Which was fully true in a double sense Lives of great. men all remindAs We can make our lives soblime;- Ali But as days roll off behind us, We get lazier all the-.time.:' "No," said the consciient date,. 'Td like very m~ch the nomination, but .I lie." Oh, that swered old mk and ape o -teacp, "thet-o of the bread mihei The old joke in such a her geredhim. "In-in 'wat gasped. "Why, you are -sca Mack-Did you give h ring when he broke thes gmat Ethel-Of course. -Bu......... him with the next girl gaged to. I took the and had a paste ninitation set place. - Davy-Cousin Kit, iwhas crobe? Cousin Kit (reading and not wanting to bebohrd-O f it's a thing that gets into~ Davy-Well, the baby'a. for every time- -I go dows~r~~. gets into my things.A -~ Early one mornin'g little Helenii~ came restless and crawled oiut of tiny bed. "What are .you~ Helen?" called her moter>' lookin' for a match," was hae "what do you wanti witha asked her mother. "Oh, I to light the gas to seeif it's answered Helen, - . 3fooseloo'kmeguntic's Mysterious Smesum The mystery of .Mooseloohieu' tie's big salmon has- at 'last. bear solved. For several smennenov anglers who have wet their nies Bugle Cove have coae backito~ with tackle decidedly outo and with -blood-stirring stales of te' ~ monster salmon that "rose" beneati a certain .overhanging bireh, ad hooking on, 'gave them the battle o their lives-always breaking loose at the finish, however, taking with him ' everything not tied in the boat..~. It was always the same birch where the fish rose, and the - tacties he-em p!oyedl of sulking with .a bulldog - taicity,- refusitig to be diawn to the - suriace, were always the same. The . fame of this remarkable fish spread - throaghout the lake region, -and -ag ers from the other lakes ceame down~ialy and oftsn to try their skill. & salmon, but they never sucede in landing hiim. 'It was estimated the~ $500 worth of tackle, timeoand bitR were wasted last sunmmerin Bugis' Itve. low water now in Mooselook. megnati~s lake, and the water, though low, is remarkably clear. The other day Mrs. Ed Whorf id son Carlof. the Mooselookmegantic Houseran their boats onto an unmarked stump in Bugle Cove, right beneath an ov'er hanging birch. And from that birch they plucked just thirty-seven spoon hooks, spinners and artificial flies. Lewiston (Me.) Evening Journal. Biroke Up a Crowd. - One of those crowds which gather at the least provocation and blockade the sidewalks and streets wadilently and effectually rebuked an Devenshire street. So-nehody stopped andibegan '. to gaze at the top of the building on the opposite side of the street; -thers - joined the first, aad still-others, until the sidewalk and street weto filled for a distance of 100 feet. *Then- ome wit in an oficee of th building- at whieh so much curipsity'i-sa sidne& ' hung a.n old "rubber" shoe froin the-> window, and the wondeiing nass - hnanity, at first slowly, then ~~ guidly \etdaay-o