SLEEP SONG. Goodnight, my care and sarrow! Good-night, if not good-bye; Till the breaking of the morrow, At my feet, your fardels lie, Good-night, my care and sorrow! I am launching on the deep; And, till the dawning morrow, Shall sail the sea of sleep. Good-night, my care and sorrow! Good-night-—perhaps good-bye! For I may wake to-morrow Beneath another sky. Good-night, all cares and sorrows! Welcome, my boatlike bed! None or many my to-morrows, This one night is overhead! Harper's Bazar. MY INDIANA GUEST. I had spent the autumn in a waters of the Abittibl, in Ontario. I had lived chiefly beasts of the field and the the air, with a little of pork and tea. November's first snows warned me to return to the city, but the charm of the forest life was too powerful and I stayed on. laying up treasures health with every day that passed. upon the fowls of late from a day's still hunt, with the edible portion of a doe's carcass on an extemporized toboggan of birch-bark, when, on approaching my cabin, served human tracks, not snow-shoe tracks, but apparently those of a man wading laboriousiy through the four- feet-deep snow. They led in the di rection of my shanty, and as [ had seen no human face since last Sep- tember, when a party of mining pros- pectors passed through, I hurgied for. ward, reached my house, opened the rude, door and went in. A bright fire was blazing In the big fireplace, and directly before the hearth sat a motionless man. He was evidently an Indian, for a striped blanket lay loosely around his shoul ders, and his long black bair hung tangled on his neck. A double-bar- relled gun was leaning against wall near him, and on the pair of wet snow-shoes, He did not even turn to I entered. and 1. land etiquette, paid him, but set about cooking some of my recently Killed venison. When the meal was ready | handed my guest a heaping plate and a steaming bumper of tea, and myself down on other side of the hearth with a gale, During the progress the which ated frequent of the plates, [ had a opportn- nity the Indian closely, He was dark-colored, dirty, and about thirty His face wore the Indian's Impenetrable look stupidity. but it me that Wis a age amount of tality in ently and venison and “damper” ply was exhansted. When no more food was offer lighted his pipe and give me an explanation elce in a mixtare of English, eized French and Chippewayan. “Me come far; from there. Heap snow; ver Injun heap cold. leer, no caribou. no mooin (bear. Enfin, my racket he's broke out hees cross-bar,—and me got for wade in sunow so high, an’ I most cold to death, —gie for sure if no reach cabin. Voi Ia!" and he produced the snowshoe in question, of which the forward cross. bar had snapped. slackening the net- work so that it wus impossible to keep the foot in the thongs However little 1 liked the appear ance of my guest, I felt that 1 had been the means of saving his life. and thirew down half a dozen hides and a blanket in one corner for his bed. Be. ing very tired. I lay down on my couch shortly after, but my last wak- Ing remembrance was of seeing the Indian sitting motionless before fire, smoking his short pipe and gaz ing solemnly into the glowing coals. When | awoke In the morning he occupied the same position, the floor lay a look according to when north ne attention cutting up and 10 «nt the similar r. of meal, necessit good to observe very ¥ years old, average of seem to there more than aver. viciousness amd bru. 1 His gq ounntenance, voracionsly as he wi devoured until the the sup ue rexel, We condescended to of his pres. Augli yes, froid; fo Ing over the fire, which led me to in- fer that he had not sat there all night. bound. dugout wooden basin outside, below zero, I proceeded to get break- fast ready. I had supposed would leave shortly after this meal, departure. He continued to smoke, away my meat and in cutting fire. I had left him. He stayed for dinner, and it was not notil well on in the afternoon that he began to mend his snow-shoe. He fin. ished it before dark, but of course 1 did not expect him to start that even. ing, and I went to sleep. leaving him smoking before the fire, Just as on the night before, Now hospitality in the Northern wilderness means something. It re. quires the sharing of your last crust, Af need be, with the stranger, for the next thoe you may be the stranger yourself, At the end of three days, towever, I began to think that it was but just that my visitor should help 0 feplenist the larder which he oon: tinued voraciously to deple — on arising early the ‘the nti _morn- day suilable, I proposed that be should take his gun and accompany me on a wmoose-hunt. He was still in his blan- kets, and he only rolled them more comfortably around nis body, and grunted contemptuously. “You go hunt,” he said, camp.” This reply, coming from his greasy, dirty indolence, made me boll with sudden indignation. 1 made for him as he lay, and seizing his collar, pulled him out upon the floor and jerked him to his feet. “Then you'll get out of this shanty! I exclaimed. “Va-t-en! Understand? Git!" He made one jump for his gun, but I was expecting that, and my double. 1 turned him out of the shanty, and threw after filme his gun, Lis snow-shoes and all his belongings, with a big lump of cold roast venison ribs. He gathered up all these articles sullenly, and tying on his spow-shoes, tramped off up the “Me mind Now that It was too ate, I began a little to regret my act, for 1 feared that he might hang around and shoot me from behind a tree. close within my did not go out unarmed, but al- though I watched from my window, 1 no more of my late guest. Next day 1 followed his trall for several miles through the woods, and as it north-westward, 1 he had finally left the thought that Four days after. when I was return: I noticed tracks on more storm had the snow once A two-days' over, and the wilderness fresh layer ¢ oll white, beaten hard in open the foree of gale. There upon the snow-shoo track of a narrow the cans me a uneasiness, My heart miszave when I came in sight of the cabin and saw the door standing wide epen. | hurried forward, and in another in- stant had learned the truth. The shanty was sacked and completely dis mantied. My scanty flour, tea, of sugar: the large canister of gunpow the little bags of shot, the loaded all were had dix and Just blown Wis of unbroken places by the was also ns tobogzan, si; ant certain yague me still more stock of of der, The blankets and furs appeared, with the the ax, and my few consumed at the edge Rone, cache of theat books lay half of a living fire hearth, showing that a desire for revenge as well as the me had inspired the deed A clean sweep had vervthing, and | stood ittle more than hatchet and the couple « ed in my belt I at once sel trail of the I found the distinet ol er on the wish to rob of of «mall load been made ris se ksed My gun. my ’ dozen shells myself to examine the and as 1 expected, mark of the pateh SEPOW S00 It my Indian friend dd bel we at that have He bad committed a kiN a man ian depriv eh robber shar in the the sign pedal of Had appears moment, | $ ue might shot him down in my fearful Better right in the North ti : of his sbpppiles Ont im and hun was doubt. agninst cold cnlprit and | ger! However, the less miles awas upon his track set out briskly It appeared that about three as he had passed along before. probably hours he had valles i the toboggan, f my spoils of pathway, ns SOON down the track of with the en a hard make a good pace I Indian, seen me disappear walked in which, the heavy cabin. hall beat enabling Knew that the was by tl ine to encumbered fresh and the able travel but slowly, hoped to overhaul him before At any rate, 1 expected that would camp for an hour or two at nightfall for a cup of tea and a nap, and 1 felt sure of coming upon him be fore hie could start again. Anyhow, 1 was determined to keep up the chase until I dropped or overtook my man. The December as he he snow world and | dark. toboggan. we to he that inexpressibly wierd, noe one can picture unless he has fall. A moon already hung over the and the light waned In the west the snow grew silvery her rays, so that I had in following the trail as smoldering ashes of a fire, and a heap sapin where a blanket hl been The Indian had been gove at an hour, but it was plain that I was gaining on him, so 1 pushed forward with the utmost enthusiasm into a rugged country of hills and small precipices, with a clumsy growth of birch and willow along the frozen stream-beds, I was sipon the brink of one of these which wax piled and eked with a sheer and overhanging mass of huge spow-drifts, blown hard Inid, The trail led along the base {of this hillside, and 1 was considering how to descend If, when a bright flash blazed out from a thicket fifty yards away. The woods echoed the sharp report, and half a dozen buckshot went whizzing past, while I heard another whack into a sapling close hy, Instinetively. 1 dropped. and the shadows near the ground concealed me, So 1 lay motionless for some min: utes, til 1 began to fear that 1 should be frozen, for the night was still and intensely cold, Presently, however, 1 saw a dark figure cveep out from the blackness of the thicket whence the shot was fired, and advance slowly across the glistening surface toward I could hear the creak and crunch of his saow-shoes, amd did not need the moonlight to identify my treach- erous guest, I might easliy have shot him as | lay, but I could not bring myself to draw trigger on him in cold blood, My plan was to halt him and make him surrender. He approached closer, looking hard at the point where I had stood, and holding his gun ready for action, till he stood almost directly beneath the little overhanging bluff, Here he pansed, evidently looking for a way to climb to the top. when suddenly an immense mass of snow, well-nigh as large as my little shanty, was detached and slid downward like an avalanche, carrying me with it Full upon the hupless redskin we fell, and he was buried instantly out of sight, while I myself was lightly covered with the snow; but I quickly scrambled free, and looked for any trace of my would-be murderer. There was none; he had been com- pletely engulfed, and 1 set myself to dig him out with a snow-shoe which I took off for the purpose. In about five minutes I encountered a wriggling with arm attached. 1 grasped this and pulled vigorously, and my Indian was at length brought to light. He half stunned and wholly and stared wildly and un- comprehendingly at me. I was somewhat at a what to do with him, right to execute the him, and if 1 seemed loss to know for 1 had no death sentence turned him repay another load of buckshot, I tied him hand and foot, and went look for the toboggan-load of my possessions, It was in the thicket had ambushed himself, and fire, made tea and conshd- loose, me {0 he I lighted a that the I should long ago, value Were packed the that by going to the tlements I could hand over my prison er the authorities. So we camped there that night, and with the row’'s dawn we set ont southward, Indian drawing the benting a road for me hind him, with my hand, ready instant In the course week we arrived at a little village called Ramsay, upon the Canadian Pacific Railway, where I lodged my captive In the lockup, and swore out a warrant for burglary and attempted murder. I myself took next train for Toronto I was never dence SOON In Finally It winter was returned all my snugly occurred to me growing on, that Have to the «oi that now iy moveables of AWHY on LO boggan, and set. to mor the toboggan and as I walked he loaded gun in my for use, f Of A the called upon to give evi against my anaged to escape, Ms in guest, for he and was not Abittibi a cer. late recaptured visits to the country will element of future have and peril not hitherto Pollock, in Youth's the tain exciteinent they have Frank L. Companion pos A Mooted Question Judge Roger 8, of Seattle, is of the best-known members of the Washington. He both on and is looked up to by men one of State. But this the judg ’ fol- Gireene, one bar hax ha off bot hy "OX and and lay the rience the Inawyers as ' ¢ the Hrs<t men of does not in the least jirevent from ; 1 admitting the trath ing torn himself B.F Dennison, yf Olympia, the and territorial « apit al, of ar i case of the low] on State ber of the arguing a wlhien I States bench marks, Mr refer to a ov city, Judge Greene, the United course of his re- had of reports of now before the latter was on in the Dennison ocoasica to rtain set of the old and {ireeone Judges, “Mr Philadelphia courts, often quoted, listened (unlike and after a while sald: Dennison, 1 in very not som other notice the What is your au pronunciation, had a final ie to it for that “The spelling, honor = B-r-o-w-n-e, Brownie, “Well, Mr. Dennison, my name has a final « to it; you would not call me ireenie,” would you?” “That depends entirely on how your honor decides this question.” -—Har- per's Round Table, lasects Faster than Birds. house fly Your A common i= not very the air twenty-five feet, under ordinary circumstances, in that space of time, " When the ingoct is alarmed, however, it has been found that it has increased its rate of speed to over 150 feet per second. If i could continue such rapid Bight for n mile in a straight line it would cover that distance In absut thirty five seconds, It is not an ancommon thing when fraveling by rall in the sanner time to see a bee or wasp keeping up with the train and trying to get in at one of the windows. A swallow is consider. ed one of the swiftest of the flying birds, and it was thought until a short time ago that no insect could es cape iL A naturnliet tells of an exciting chase he saw between a swallow and a dragon fly, which Is among the swift. est of Insects, The Insect flew with incredible speed, and wheeled and dodged with such ease that the swallow, despite its utmost efforts, completely failed to overtake and capture it. a Suicide in Africa. A favorite mode of suicide among the African tribes who dwell near lake Nyassa Is for a native to wade into the lake and calmly wait for a erocodile to open its mouth and swal low him. NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX. ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI- NINE TOPICS. ————— Opizions on the Corset —National Colors Still the Rage—No Gathers in the New Skirts — A Coavenlent Pocket-—Elc., Etc. OPINIONS ON THE CORSET, There are verious opinions as to the healthfulness of corset wearing, and while some doctors disapprove of the corset altogether, others advise its use in cases of weak back, ete, All, how ever, agree that the bones should be flexible, aud that they should be worn loose enough to allow asbdominal breathing. Fer growing girls nothiog stiffer thau corded waists should be worn, but care should be taken that these are not tight enough to prevent full, deep breathing. LADIES SHIRT WAIRTS {Hints by Clara Lloyd.) This box plgited skirt waist veloped in cadet blue cheviot. box-plaits are stitched firmly right front and one In the left front the closing being accomplished invis- ibly under the center plait. The plaits in the back are stitched in place and attached to the lining of the yoke and over the upper edge is stitched outside yoke, An underarm piece is de Two in the backs. The segiped and an and enuff. A are also pro This fronts and the are the provided with a turn down collar and ided for by the may be lined or not of the wearer Three and inch material this waist for a lady No, 336 is cut inches bust measure Joins the sleeves one neat ap belt patti waist at the fourth yards of required to make of medinm size one are in sides COLORS 2TIiLL. THE RAGE slucing our nation Led ost NATIONAL The rage for intr al colors has not abated blue in some of the shades produced Inappear among 1al velvets, ete, for autumn gowns the white needed vests these Pry lor cloths we have ever seen dyes and trace of guimpes, or blouse fronts of millinery theses col and in the fs in that ave superb examples of the dyer's 1 ie Io duck and serge skirts the pockets are worn anywhere bit on the hips and inside the front widths Two with flaps that bat sewn on the within handy ton down, are frankly front part of the skirt, reach of the wearers right and lef: hands, and Into these she puts her belongings easily and comfortably. promise of the tailors is that wool walking skirts for autumn and winter convenience and that none of skirts shall have a gather or a pleat the whole waist band round. A CONVENIENT POCKET. that a pocket for valuables which is now on sale at all the stores will be found most useful. It is made on the simplest cut of a chatelaine pocket, but has no harsh or hard fittings or clasps. It is made of the softest gray chamois and is divided off Into various little pockets for different Kinds of valua bles or money, and the flaps buttoned down tightly. The pocket can be worn under the dress skirt, and is fastened to a thin but stout belt of linen by suspender straps of the same. GERMANY'S HUMBLE HEROINE. We have had our Red Cross heroines during the war with Spain, and pre vious wars in our history have their record of heroic women, the best. known to fame being Moll PMHolier. But Germany also has its heroine from humble life who did valiant work in the Aghting line. Khe is pictured in a recent publication entitled “German Heroes from the Time of Emperor Wil Ham the Great.” Her name 8 Kath. arina Welssgerber, but she was known in the army as “Die Schulzenkathin,' probably becausy Schuitzer Is the Ger- man equivalent of Tommy Atkins, It was the battle which razed the Helghts of Spichern, in Augusi, 1870, that afforded Katharina opportu. nity to distinguish herself. Through: out the fight the citizens. of Baar bruecken outdid each other in bring: ing sustenance to the men of the Ger: man army. In ibis work women and girls vied with the mea, hut foremont among all was Katharina, who pene- trated with her water pall and dipper as far as the skirmish line. For ber bravery on this occasion she received the war memoriai medal, and later on, the Cross of Honor, HOW A BUSINERR GIRL MAY TERTAIN. “As you gain friends,” says Ruth Ashmore in an article in the Ladies Home Journal, “the lsw of hospitai ity will govern first one and then an other, EN of each. Perhaps may have a real her day's work, mother and by the children, and though they live in what to your country-bred eyes seems a small space, still to the city girl it counts as a large one which is made by willing one of these girls home, where, after greeted The other girl, in the house, and you find two or girls there, and like you, lives hall room of a boarding yet, on your arrival, three other pleasant everybody The bed is evidently a closed one, none is in sight, while on a fancy merrily as it boils the water for a pot of chocolate, a dish of little cakes pretty little cups and i You all have a jolly evening day, talking it over with your of the night before, you find out how a few cents saved from this and a few cents saved from that, pald for the pretty belongings: how little the chocolate and how the pretty cups and saucers have been picked up bargains. A good example coniagious to i you will arrange to enter some Saucers, The next hostess has Coste, i ns think how tain; then you unused, you begin | remember there are sons old fashioned cups that you | be sent you from | not only attract | but will have would that will pretiiness, ial charm of thelr are sure 10 home, by thei: fo a spec you, at least, because association GIRL'S BLOUSE {Hints by stylish JACKET. Clara Lloyd. garment for a is developed In Dotti This miss Young Breve stor. | serge and trimmed with mil simple of body portion cousis back and fronts, the right front ping well over to the left side make a { double The fastening may | accomplished by butt and invisibly with hooks and loops rows of row on each deep sailor i neck A belt which i : tary braid, tit Is exceedingly { tion the COnsSTri ing of th lap breast, Iu Ons button holes ot but placed, center. A the two should be of the collar finishes the asque buttons one side CONeon Ix added b seam secures the pot sleeves are their ful tion fo the bloum:. The i the regular two-searmed sort, ness being gathered into the The stripe apd scroll of military braid make an neat finish for the wrist, Tie | same decoration is used for the added basque porton, One and one-half yards of 54 material are reauired to make garment for a miss of 10 years, No. 363 is cut in sizes from 6 to 14 sears. inch this — A GIRLS PRETTY FROCK. very heavy wiry blue serge. The fa- i bric i so coarsely ribbed as to have a great deal of style | particularly effective for little folky { dresses, standing out well and making | jaunty. The bodice Is made with « | very trim blouse, a deep square sailor Lecollar and a pointed vest. The vest {and half of the collar are of scarlet cloth, the outer half of the collar be. ing of the blue serge. Where the two { materials mest is a light scroll braid- Ling of black «ilk. A knot of scarlet ribbon where the collar meets In front and a belt of red edged with the black scroll braiding and deep cuffs and a stock of red and back finish the bodice, The skirt is finished with a banil of the red and black around the bottom. BRAVE WOMEN OF THE REVO. LUTION. From South Carolina comes the story of two young women whose he. roism during the stirring Revolution. ary days is worthy of recall. It was at the time of the sieges of Augusta and Cambridge by the French and Ameri cans, in June, 1781, that two young women—Grace and Rachel Martin went to stop with their mother-in-law while thelr husbands joined the forces, One evening having received word that a courier under guard of two British officers,” would pass their house with important documents, the two women decided to obtain the papers. Dress. ing themselves in their husbands’ ap- parel apd providing themselves with wt behind their shelter and covering the men with thelr pistols, ordered them to surrender the papers. Taken by surprise the trio obeyed, After putting thelr prisoners on parole { the women hastened home by a short { path through the woods and sent a | single messenger with the papers to j Grenernl Green. Boon after reaching | home and assuming thelr own apparel | the men rode up to the house pale and | trembling and asked for accommods- | tions for the night, exhibiting their {paroles and stating that two heavily {armed repels had taken them prison. The young women asked them | jokingly If they had veo arms to de- | fend themselves with, which they replied that the rebels were so fierce {and they came so suddenly thai they | had no chance to use them, They were entertained that night by their host with true southern hospitality, {and when in the morning they resumes their journey they were still in igno- i rance that their flerce captors were none other than the charming women | who had afterward entertained them | graciously. Times-Herald. | ers, to | PRROR i | KO Chicago WIFE'S PRESENT. One of the season's gifts to the Ger. man Empress husband is a splendid schooner yacht, iduna. The Iduna swift and bandsome American-built boat of about the same American boat enough in Emperor inte in A ROYAL by her the ix a the splendid when the ordered that her done anew and Empress, proportions fax Yampa. Though all fittings bought her, he rior decorations be the favorite col and white boat this Her the sh the E that of ths Kiel on aed her pale her abso ws of the On royal blue the decks of pleasure lady is uni re 1 with ori pr Istress, s#liors are Tite mi in white bar while with embroidered formed bands vate signal Yacht Club, i= caps and shirt v . Whether for yachting is a but MPress 8 blue vests Empress cares question or not the has with pever settled mirable complaisance a's wishes she : wnplished sailing bit to di When sailed of 11 , under a mo or. tO Steet yae and ii 3 the handling of her sails annual at Kiel were races this summer the Iduna was one pe yachts contesting Empress string of schooner for cups stood at the helm has taken of yachting, eons aboard her boa, and the More fle ar honors | h than this, stu woeial inneh actively to side ar 1 gives dinners and ventures ont This sifhice and on a two days’ cruise was scarcely a venture, however two powerful steam tugs followed close in wake should ¢ ldupa's in order to rush in to hie rescue nature attempt any familiarities with German roy alty. FASHION NOTES hats now appear ties are ing. Pretty brown and seal in winter shades of golden in evidence there seems 10 be a shad » of red. much and ors are ! materials rage for es There ented by a is a new design in gloves, Michigan woman. | palm of the hand and the { thumb and fingers fo prevent out so soon pat The inside of the loed with glove from are { leather the {| wearing For autumn wear Deige and deep | Tuscan vellow of rough straw braids, | trimmed with green velvet and shaded | velvet geranium or nasturtitum bios. : in all their glowing colors, will favored combination. | SOIns, «be a Designed for the maiden of unbash. ful fifteen is a toilet of tucked muslin, sleeves and front apd side | panels are of soft silk, frilled. and ~ ribbon trellis atlorns the front of the bodice, which is held by a sash. The bodice, Few women can afford to adopt the eelskin sleeve, with nothing in the way of a frill, puff or epaulet to give the required breadth to the shoulders, but all shoulder trimmings must be ex | ceedingly small to meet fashionable demands, Rleeves are being made smaller and without rimming, except at the wrist, | Waists are elaborate, with revers and i epaulets, and skirts are tucked, ruffled amd braided. Suits of cheviot., cover? ‘and cloth sre braided. while silk and {cashmere are ruffled or tucked, | The draped waist front has again | made its appearance, and some stylish {and artistic garments are shown with {this feature. Soft, lightweight woo! ens, such as cashmere, Henrietta, en dora and the like, make up effectively in this manner. Surah or foulari cana also be used to advantage, Li 4 x Superutitious Man An American millionaire who has a palace at Venice i# more superstitions than his countrymen usualiy are. On Thanksgiving day be invited a party of friends, including a Roman prince. one of the Queen of Italy's maids of honor, and various sprigs of the al fan aristocracy. The Romau prince, however, failed him at the last me ment, and the host refused to sit down to dinner on finding that the company consisted of thirteen persons. He made various fraitless attempis to se. cure another guest, and at last, in de apair, he announced that he intended to follow the custom of the Arabs, whe always walt upon thelr guests, aml eat their own dinners hy themselves afterward. The meal proved a8 great success. Rketeh, » * The longest plant in the world is the seaweed. One tropioal and sab tropical variety Is known which, when it reaches its full development, is at least six hondred feet in length. Soa. weed receives Hts pourishment from the alr and mineral matter held in
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