10 mil SCKAOT(h TIUJiliNJv-SATntDA'Y, NOVEMBER 5. 1898. Th? Jad( of Spades. H would liover Imw luuinuiPtl If Mnrtlm had nen lilin ln-feiie i!ip coni-inrnrc-el to ilrcun. Tin to wns some thing wlmtulnr iiImiiii !hn-o ilu'iitnt of Jim th'. "It .. I" till' llMflllllft tlllllK," tllttl paid one moinliii,-. n tccuiintlnR' to tisi tlio wild Mif.'itlcs nt In i binln, ulilrh liml liren ii-jkiiUmI cpiy idKlit for ttioii llinn n wieli "I tliniicht 1 .Vnn s'ltlliK till iiloiip ill li dll'k lOiiin when it little old moiihiii rami' and Ftoud hpfoiv nn with tin- Jni'lc of Himiipi. 'Mail ha IlnirlMin, .Martha linn linn,' hi' snld. juit IIIp that," und "iluitlni liltcln-d hPt olip In u hliih, phi 111 lte; " 'heri'.' anil she hpld thp c ml htlll rloier to in, l.ioi, 'Is thp liitpr of vour elestln.. lit In ouns and dttK and linntlFonii'. Your broth er, J)i. .liwpjih Haiilnn, l ttlvlng to Inliii about u inatiltuonliit alllancp liptwctu ou and a filond of his whom ou IriM- lie or t'pii. but jou are splrltcil and mutt ipupI a?.ilnM bolm trailed off In fiioh a hcattlp""" man ner. The .lark of SpnnVi brlonss to you You will mwl lilm oon undpr very peciiliai iruim't,inei" Do not mold him, luti'v.'i h.iiii'iu Look out for him ' ' My hush md looUel rjrnii ' Mar tlvi, ho rld M n m oiiuuKeil that jou shpiild Inuliiiinit' that I am trjtmr o 'twill ou on'." I icitaluly hopp vrlcfit wlipn ou and mv filpnd nirpt )ou m.i mic for e.irli othi'i. but I Invi' too mill h lo for m onlv slste't to fnrrp !nr Into n mnrilniri tlmt would be (ll'tastPtul to hei. As foi the .lark o" Simile ' Ho p.uiil .mil suppled pontoiuptu oul. Tint nlKht Mm tli i and I wpih to lh opera. The Iioiim was rroueW fiom Riillcn to (ichistii ThPip was hut one iniocpuplcd son In the paniui't, ko far ns wp could -pi'. and tint was the one dliPi'tly In fiont of M.ullia In the hpcliiuin; of tin tblnl net, Just as I'arnieii was latiiontlm; thp fart that, liowcor often sin might tut the raids, "miles uould ippr ir as the harbinger of hei filchiful doom a man came (Uletl down the nlMo and s.H down in the arant ili.ili. Wp wpip too imirh prpocrupied with the m enp on the Btauo to pi nr. ittentlo'i to him at fli'Jt, but when otlni artois came in nnd broke i- spell mst over up by the womlpiful c'urnien e Iriol.tntniil, rave snmr ihoimht to Hip l.ti airhnl He was young .nid daik and ludKlnv by his niofllp. of which I h-il nn ex cellent I .., bo was d.'Pldcdlv h.iml--om. It link M'litlia I ill a moment to icroKiilp him as the male ilall i.illnn of tne hit il of her ore'inis, nnd when Fht ip-illrecl the hlRiilflcanrp of his conilns In nt ib'it IiiibIp mninput .he r:pw milii tmp 'ind dipw closer to my side, is P-oii'i filhtfiicd at the appiom bliij; dcstliv which tb's mnn i onttolipi' "It K the .lii'K of Snaclrs" she whlbpeieil, li ufiilK. and I noddid and ;i:ifseil hei hand u it-uiiiiRl. "eirniPii" had 1 in little attuctlon for me att"i" lint, am' one nt all fir Mriitli.i. run iiiImN b-'hiT intent. In ilcni-d". .inlnu mcniilliii; to cur In leipst lu HiPi.iM, on the m.iii In Tiont of us lie wilt out H the i ml of the third ."it alio .M irlbc leaned over and Mimli i'il tli i h, ill on whii h he hnd Ipft his iirni.tatiiiiip and llluetto. Tn stiail f cliefl.li'K bis oM'itoit he hail lu uiH.il t it Into tl'r theater with him and upon troll's out he had left it Iv IliK ai ro" the biuK of the pliair. It was fo'ded so ps to le.ne oiip of the liorketH eicsiil, and fiom It was pio IrudliiK one comei of i letter In the (lnfiiMnr that l. Imied thioiiRliotit the painuet diiilni,- tin Intel mission each liplon was ,ip,m nth nblMous to the a tloir of nnotl.er nnd. uiidi i covei of brr handkerchief Miuh. Mi iltblh nb Ktracled the papei fiom th poc I et and laid It In hei '.u She looked rullllly mound foi a nionu nt tlcn ciutlously unfoldid the lettei. The llrt tliinff our we leslPd on n the back of n pliyinn caul. She tinned It over and we wcie lookliiR at the Jack of spades. Maltha wan tiemhliuq; violently, but in tiFponse to nu entreaties not to make a Mium sin conti oiled hersplf Milllplentlv to r".'iO thp letter. Theie was one ptseofheav wluti paper on Which seveial s"ilti nce lud been wiltten with a pen il In a hiiKe, bul ni'is.llke hand. Maltha lead It nliiuil "You nu the .Inck ot Spade" Tills Is the best caul In the dei k. You wilt HUPietil In .bnlepi ;.ou undeituke It will bi urpIcss foi people to leslst ou. Yuui iU is h " Tne oiiii'-tia stiuek up the pi elude to the foil) tli net ind Maltha hastily k n IHi i dm nLi There ii a 'widespread ami lale nu- prcsBion that a man, in order to be a cood physician, must bo mote or les heart less People mis take heartlessness fur nerve The two terms are fnr from Hvnonv m ous A man mi) Inve a ntrve of steel aid a hcatt as tender as a mother's Of .ill the Hpechlisls In the world, there probably are not two that have as wide an expenetue in the treatnuut of women's diseases as Dr R V Fierci, cliitf ronult lug physieian to the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute, at IliuTalo, N Y With the ass i ft unce of his staff of able physl ciatu., he has prescribed, in the pasylnrty j ears, for many thousands of woiiitu Dr I'icrce is pre euuncutl) a Bjmpatlietic ph) Niciau, l'crhaps moie than any other man In the profession he naluiu the hardships of woman' worl., and tin. didvantaKes under wli'-h she labors because Of the weak, delicate anil susceptible structure of the feminine organism Ills imuienie prac tice in diseases peculiar to women forced upon his ricoRiiltiiiii the fact that women would never take the proper care of their health, so loujr as tHt cr.tc required Un repugnant ' t'xainimtlotis ' and "local treatments" iinistr' upon bv neatly all physicians Afterears of ntudi he invent ed a remedy now known as l)r l'icrce'u I'avorite I'rescriptiou that is an absolute and unfailing cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of diseases peculiar to women This wonderful medicine cures in the privacy of the home, and does away with the necessity for obnoxious "local treatment," It imparts health, strength, igor and elasticity to the org ins distinctly feminine and fits lor wifehood and mother hood. In paper covers, 31 one-cent stamps; cloth binding, 10 cents extra. Dr, Pierce's Com. mon Sense Medical Adviser, Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, HuiTalo, N. Y. vffiw ww m r i ai m tim mi s-i Wlrtf-i U HiBlZZXI III il r?s3 i 1-MMA M. WISE:. lipped tha Utter back Into the pocl.pt. Thf young man lettirnril n f"W mo inpnts Inter nnd fiom then until the end of the opeiu Mm tin witched hint uh one In a ilrpnin DtitltiK the next lialf-lioili there wn n mighty crtiHh In the nicies nnd foer of the crent theatei and It wait fully twent-llve minute nftei the oppiutle Mtais were given theli last ovation be forp we found ouicelveii on the pine nient teadv fur inn innUif-p. Mnitlm had made up her mind to tty to keep i lose to the .lark of Spadpn on our way out. but even befole rpuPhliiR the fojer people had now ded In between tin and niter that It was uelrsi to tr to ft ml him. The mint of the e.uly evening had dimmed Into u Htcady downfall of niliiKled tnln Hhet and snow, but even nflu leachllltr the slipper;, stlect Martha heritaled about koIiik home. "It Ir sheei nonsense to stay heie lotiKei. Mnrtlm," 1 lPinonstratPil, as I drrw behind a Brnnlte column for shel ter "We mliiht as well hunt for the piovellil.il needle as to look for him now " "Veiv well," she t etut tied, dlsionso lately, 'have the can luge railed. I'm lend.v ' I gave our canlagc number to the inaiuigci of the Ihei.v. No M," he called out, loudb "Ah, light heie, madam," he added In the same bieath 'One of vour p'llt!- hat till nily ent'ied the c .tillage. I believe" "One of ntii purtV" 1 nald In sui pile That cannot be There are only two of us mjKelf und she," and 1 indicated Mmtha, who was tandlng rlop beldp mi . "No KPlttlt man' ' he asked, doubt fully "No Mv husband could not acconi pan u We came alone. l'ia let us go at onie. I am chilled to the bone" ' l.et me see your iheck again," hp said, nddrPiMlng the driver. t)ui own loachmnn had been 111 for a few days, and as be had been unable to get out n husband hud, at the lat moment. seem ed the spiv lees of a driver emploved at a livery in out neighbor hood I had given the man but n eas. ual glance us vvp got In nnd out of tho i.irrlage, but little as I had seen of hlm and muffled up as he wuh In rain-coat and hood, I recognized hlm nt once n'i the man who had driven us to the opera He produced his cheek again It was No. 51 "That's all right," said thp manager, "but there Is something wrong herp. The gpntlenian who Is now In the car ilage gave nip this," and lie lipid out a check which had been given hlm before we came up, "and1 It Is alio No. 51. Now, If jou tluep people didn't come together how ate you going- to explain It?" Hy that time Martha and I had grown ijulte nngiy ns well as perplexed, and we were about to step into the cniilagp in suite of the arguments of the manager, w hpn suddenly a man thrii'it his head out of the window and exclaimed, testfl. ' What's the matter out there'' Are ou going to stand there paileylng all night " I want to get home ome time between now and morning." Maitha clutched mv aim and gave utterance to a little ciy of dismay. The electric llchts nt the entinhee of the theater hud been binning low for sev eial mlmltps, but at that Instant thp thinned up bilghtlv and I could distin guish the feiituies of the man who had taken poi'seslon of our cairlage. It vvnp the .lack of Spades "The matter Is," said I, not waiting foi the manager to txplaln, "that you have made a mistake and have got Into out carriage. You will greatly oblige us by getting out at once." Maitha gave m hnnd an admonitory llttlp squpere nt that, but I was rross and was not to be dlvorted from my pin pose "We, like yourself, aie veiy anxious to get home," I added, sharnly. ' I beg our panlon, mndam," he said In a olie fiom which all trace of anger had disappeared and whose depth and musle would hnve thillled pen me had I not been In nuc h a congealed state as to ien.u!re sompthlng more substantial than melody to thaw me out. "Pray allow me to suggest that 1 think It Is ou who have made the mistake. Mv cat l Inge Is No Til" 'So Is mine," 1 ciled. excitedly. 'Then." said he. "the onlv ivav to pi ove who Is entitled to ride home In ibis vehicle Is to put the case In th hands of the driver. Let hlm say vvhlci of us he hi ought to the opeia tonight." He hamllv alighted and stood beside us. ".lames ah is that your name, Junu-s'"' "Yes, nil " ".lames, did jou bilng me to this theater about 10 o'clock this evening?" ' Yes. sir." I started foi waul with nn exclama tion of disgust and Martha looked as If she were about to swoon. "And jou weio given n check whoso number was Si, weie jou not?" ' Vil sh " That will do Madam, jour wlt- lliss " "Ianies'"l fahlv si reamed, "didn't you bring us me and my slster-ln-law to the open house tonight"" The nun slowlv looked us ovei from head to foot, then said, thoughtfully ' I don't lenipiuber anything about It, ma'am, and it oeems ns if I'd have some leeollertlon of It If I brought jou The Inipertui liable coolness of the inscal fanrlj took my breaUi awaj "Veiy well," said I, with fine sar i asm, after a moment's consideration, "thank heaven Martha, we aie In n lnige iit, where cabs and carriages oie plentiful. We nro not dependent upon No fi.l, even though it Is our own nnd Is decoiuted with my husband's monogi.un. and if wp can't And n con veyanie any w heie we have always the street cas to fall baik on And even If thej have stopped I mining on the north side we can walk. We live only eight miles out nnd there Is nothing that lasts while walking In a heavy mm m like thin sllppeis Come on. my dev ' That villainous Jack of Spades bit his undei )i as If tiylng to repress u smile of ridicule which our helpless uindltlon had called forth "l could not think of so discommod ing j on, madam," he said gallantly My catilage yes mine, for tho mono Kiam Is mine, ns I could pi ove by my own coachman weru he here he Is Hltli, pc)or fellow, which explnlns my having u strange driver tonight Is nt your disposal. James shall take jou home first. As for myself, It matters not If I ride all night and nil day to. morrow. The only favor I ask Is that 1 be permitted to nccompaiij jou, as 1 shall be far more comfortable In the carriage than on the street or In the corner ding stole. Step In, ma dam am sonv to have kept jou walling so long." I was about to picllest ngillnst being compelled to travrl such a distance with the mysteiloiis stranger, but Mmtha Interposed "Iteniembor what the little old wom an snld," slip cautioned "1 was to meet hlm under very pei ullai circum stances and was not to nvold hlm no nutltpi wlmt happened Let us go We will accept youi offei. sir," she said, turning to him with tllgnltj "Come, ('turn ' Tne lack of Spndps nsslsted us Into th carriage, then nftei hastily giving lb' driver some directions, which I could not hear, In spintig In nftpr us and we wete off, leaving the manager of the livery looking- niter us In a dazed, bewlldeied way as though lie half suspected we vfii tlueo ghosts who weie out for a poiuiv.il on that stoimj night We hnd Iptt the downtown district and hnd cioscd the liver golnt north hefoie 1 lenu-mbfieil that 1 had not told the stiange man where to take us. "Wheip oi e wp going0" I nskpd, .mxloiidj. "I forgot to glvp von our nildres " "Dy ilpoigp, that's so" said he, re giptfully 'I foi ynl about you and told hlm to take me stialght home. Hut pei haps we live in the same direc tion. Mj home N on Greendnle ave nue " "Oirendale avenue?" Martha and I cilfd In unison. "So i ours." "How foitunate'" said the Jack of Spades with a short laugh of exulta tion "That simplifies- matters for all of tin. What Is j our number, please? Mine Is 11CT " "I'leven bundled and slxtv-sevpn?" Martha and I choiused again. "Why, tbnt' ours, too " ' Ueally," ho cM-laimed, with uicon cenled Interest. "That is still more fortuinte." Martha tested het head against my shoulder and In the stillness that reigned in the cttrlnire for n short while after that. 1 could almost count the tumultuous throbbing of her heart. It was very late and quite dark, for that portion of the rltj Ihiough which we were pis-lnR was pooily lighted at best, but a few yellow rays foil Into our earring" now nnd then ns we pnssed a gas Jet on a corner nnd by tliPh- dim light I could spe that our companion was studjlng us even mote intently than 1 was studying 1 Im. So he lived at HOT (Ireensdale avenue I could hardly i red It the statement, for we had been occupying tin apartment tbeio for the Inst three years, and al though I wp" not pefonnllv acquaint ed with the occupants of the other Huts I hnd learned to I now most of them bv sight -mil I wns unite sure I hnd never seen any one theie who re sembled Mmtba's .Tnek of Spades. Having learr.ed n lew things about this mnn who secniPd to have lPiched the supei lathe decree of imstpry. I a? dpternilned to loom -ninetlilng more. "My husband," said I, after a somber silence "Is Di Hmlson If jolt live at 1107 C.ieendnle avenue jou have prob ablv lu. ud of him." "Ye, I think I have," he said; "al though I um not s'uie, ns I have lived theie but a little while." "Aie jou on the recond lluoi .'" I naz al ded wlldlj No," said he 'on the third Moor" Then nftei a short pause he added: "Hat D" "Flat D" I answeied. ' Oreat heav ens, mnn, that cannot he' I live In flat D myself" He and Mmtha both stoited bolt up right then and we thiee sat looking nt each othei thiough the darkness In a sou of tetilDed stupefaction. None of us spoke again until the cairlage Rtopped befene 11(17 "Ah. heie wp mo, Indies," Ptld the Jack of Si iides blnndlv, when he came to n tea iptlon if whue we were He offeiPd v hl assistance In nllght Ing, a couitesv v hlch I icspectfullj de clined but which .Mmtha, feellns that she In a measuie nliendy belonged to hlm, accepted npnthetlcnlly. Then he gave his commands to the driver. 'You know wheie to stable the hoises," he said, conclly "We all eiap here." Then, befoie I was fully aware of v.hat was happening to me, he had bid den us good-night nnd hnd Inn i led up the steps nnd Into the house T'ome on, qulik," snld I to Maithn. "It will not do to lose slgl t of hlm now." The elevatoi nt 1107 Gieendale ave line did not lun after midnight, nnd the onlv way of leiiihlng the upper floors between the hours of 12 and C wns to t limb the stair. Our stiange companion wns aliendy hiuf wav up the'flist tlleht when we enteied the lown hall Again I urged JIaitha to hutiy, but, although we Inn eased our speed to the best inte w were capable of on nn up-giade, it was appaient thut the Jack of Spades was leaving us be hind We weie still at the fot of the second stalrwnv when ho reached the top and withdrew Into the shadows on the landing. I listened for lil foot steps on the Might of stalls leading fiom our npartment to the Moor above, but thcrp wns n tense quietude reign ing theie and It was evident that ho was going no fnrthet. I had reached the middle of the stalls when I hearl a low, siatlng wuind like the turning of a key In the lock A s-cond intei I tome n sluht of our own door und nt that Instant It swung rapidly on Its hinges and closed ,(, u gentle little lick that was siarcely audible at that short distance 1 ciled out then, and, literally dealing the temnlnderof the stall way at one bound, commenced to beat on the panels of the door with both mj hands Maitha. with moie piesenie of mind, lung the bell, it seemed m, eteinltj befoie unj one came to let us In, nlthuuKh It win In reality but a few HiiuirilH, as Joseph was still sitting up studjlng ovei a. dllllcult case He professed lomplete Ignoiaiice of the ntimiRfi whom I pad Just seen enter our house We seaiched mir looms thoroughly but lould find no tiace of HAPPINESS VS, MISERY, i i:Vi '? "'.pp" tor Aicoiioiic nml i ' i.'2,0.hu '."f ''f"'i '"id leaves lnr.ii . ?...!','?l"i1 '"S .' ii" ha uilmlnUterM Althoutthe knowledseortlio pullriu wlier uecewary. Hendfor patnpblU Wm. U. Clark. 36 Penii Ave., Bcralton, l him, and, although we sat up until day light miking over our strange ndvent ure, none of us could hit upon an ex planation It Wns two weeks before Martha ill e allied (Willi "The little old woman came to me ngalu last night. " she said diemlly "One of the uppei cornets of the card wu torn oft. I wonder what that inintis." That orti'tuooli we saw the Jack ef Spades. Mmtha und 1 attended n reception given nt the nrt Institute bj u piomtnenl painter. Kate In the day we found ntii seller i onipanitlvely alone befoie u peculiarly fascinating little sketch In black and white, It repre sented u game of cauls among a pi lest, h soldlei, n peasant und ft bov. The in lest hud nu the p.n k nnd the honor Hint oversnteml the eountelinnc.es of nil four- when thev saw that sondes was tin Hump caul was so ndmlrably deolcttd that It was depmted to us und nu inn omfoi table creepy sensution began to steal ovei me. warning me that II was time foi us to seek n more llvelv comer of the galleij Sudelcn lv upon looking up, I saw the Jack of Spades atnndlng close by Malthas side "I ft list I am not intruding ladles," he said -veiy softlj-, "I am verv sorry I have had no oppoitunlty of seeing you since the night or the oppia. Thprp were no serious effects I hope, from the damp nnd cold?" "No," .nld 1 biusquelj-. "Other things have given us far greater con cent than the weather. Where did you go that night"" "flat a," Mmthn put In, depiecnt Inglv "Where did vol! go" he repeated, not heeding the Intel ruptlon "Why I went home of course, when did jou go"" "Home," said I, to "Flat ." "Ueally," said he languidly, "this Is too absurd to talk about. Let's dlscuss's nrt. Isn't that a vvondei fully icallstlc thing, that little card scene In black and white? It,. seems ns though there are pome people whom spades are bound to follow thioughout life I am one of those persons, but to me they mean nothing but good. Hut I fenr I am nnnojlng jou 1 will detain you no longer " Theie was a hurried good-bye to me, a swift, keen look at Maitha and be was gone agnln as uulcklv nnd as si lently as he had come. While talking he had moved around in front us and hnd stood for a moment with one hand resting on the extenuation of the window sill Martha nnd I stared at the doorvvnv through which he had passed In mute surprise, then, realis ing that there could be no chance of pursuing hlm we turned to the window sill He had left a sera.,) of paper ly ing there Mai tin snatched It hastily It wns a small leaf that had bien twice folded nnd turned down at the eo-er. It was nddresoed to her "The little old woman was wrong," he wrote, "My will Is not law, Inex orable and unalterable Were It so in deed, I should not go away without knowing you. Lnn night she came to me again with the queen of diamond" and that Is you The upper left-hand corner was torn off tin card Do jou know what that means? it means that we shall never fee each other again I am called awaj-. Good fortune nwalts me where I go. I trust the same may come to jou Above nil, do not think of me. Our romance Is ended. Yours slneoiely, "The Jack of Spades." Then, for the (list time In her life, Mmtha fainted. She was verv 111 for two weeks after that and It was more than a month before she was able to resume her old plnce in our home. "Martha," said my husband, one moinlng In enrly May, "I have Just re ceived a lettpr from my friend, James Holtot. Hi Is ready to visit us novr. You must think no more of my old plans, Martha. I have given up the Idea entirely. On the contiarj', I shall try to find the Jack of Spades for you. If he is worthy jou may have hlm.. Do you dream any moie?" "No," snld Martha, "and please, Jo seph, do not trv to find the Jack of Spades I'm glad your fiiend Is com ing He will be company for me." Mottha and I were greatly disap pointed in my husband's mueh-talked-or friend He might hnve been excep tionally learned, as Joseph declared, hut he did not look It, and ho might have been the handsomest man In the w oi Id another bit of my husband's fulsome praise but I could not see him In that light To my mind he seemed a veiy ordinal y person. Indeed. I told Martha o. "You are rleht." said she. "I can't see for the life of me whv Joreph should find hlm so Interesting." "Martha," said I. piesently, "doesn't he seem familiar in some waj. Doesn't he Impiess you as some one whom jou have seen befoie?" Mnrtha blushed. "I I don't know," blip paid. "Well, I feel that way about It," said 1. "I may be losing my senses, "out somehow ho reminds me of the Jack of Spudes." "Oh, Claia"' "Yes," I went on, mercilessly, "his Voice Is the same and his eyes are the fimp. To be suie, this Mr. Holier is not so tall nor so dark nor so hand some as the Jack of Spades but they look verv much alike for till that." "You come acioss those striking te semblnnces once In awhile," said Maitha, Six months nftervvard Martha di earned again. "I saw the little old woman last night," she raid to me one morning, "nnd she hnd u biand-new Jack of Spades. What do jou suppose that means?" The next day hei engagement to Mi. Hotter was announced to the Immedi ate f i lends nnd relatives A few even ings later Joseph und I were discussing the coming wedding. 'My dear," said 1, nbiuptly. after a short pause, "I can't help hut think that jou know pomc-thlng about tho Jack of Spndes " "I?" exclaimed my husband, In as tonlbhmeiu "Yes," suld I. "jou 1 have thought a gieat deal about that little expeil. ence of ours unci I have decided that theie i'u n be hut one explanation. Jumes Hotter came to town unexpeit edlj und that little toinedy m the opera was a pieconceited airaugement be tween jou and hlm, with the dilver for un nicomplice When he luine up the stalls nhend of us that night he let himself lu with your latchkey, which you hud given hlm, nnd jou let hlm out at the back dooi, which yuli stopped to lock befene admitting Mnitlm and ine It wns jou who Instlguted thut maneuver nt the Ait Institute. Noth ing would have been euciei than for him to dye his hair and moustuche and durken his face and 'make-up' his fea tures nnd j ou had nn the details of Martha's dreams for him to vvoik on Mind you, Joseph, 1 don't say positive ly jou did those things, but I strongly suspect It." Joseph'H amazement, whether genu Ina or feigned, was boundless. "O-o-oh," he groaned, ''what an In- genlous argument I How brilliant you are, Clarn! You women will be the death Of me ,ct." NEW YORK FASHIONS. Bell Sklits Short Jackets -Coat Ef fects I'ttrs Flaring Cnpes Com bination Capes Mitirs Trimmings Notes and Answers. Special C'ompondence of The Tribune. New York, Nov. 4. The pioportlons of the fashionable Bklrt have giadually narrowed until the extreme Is u bell shnped uffulr, glove-flttlng uround the hlpt and expanding Into many graceful ripples at the lower edge. No stiffen ing should be used lu these skirts, nnd most of the Imported ones nre cut on this model, the rltcular flounce thete fore Is it clever substitute, conveying n liming effect. The partial blouse waist conceals ft many defects, Is so tomfoitable, jet vvlth.il so uttiactlve, opening on tucked ot corded white silk, satin oi f tilled chlrfou gulmpes, or those of spangled net ot gathered ribbon, that they nre not easily displaced. a mvAi,, howi:vi:u, appears In very Jaunty, short Jacket where the ft out and uillur aie equally seductive, and the gulmpe Is not neces-1'Jij-. Collins aie as high as It is pos slble to wear them, usually matching n gulmpe, but Independent ones of ilb bon ate very giaceful, apparently vv inpped mound the throat two or tfireo times without nny special object, with a luooch oi fancj pin nt one side Sleeves are often tut open nt the top and elvet oi other ti homings Inserted nnd sometimes the sides me tinned baik, forming a miniature rovers. The long "coat effect" Is prominent In house, dinner or evening drotes, and In the latter, a lace drapery at the back In some cases falling almost to the edge of thp skirt (open up the back) and laid plain over waist and sleeves with late levels Is called a "coat ef fect." ron svch pfuposr.s lace li woven In a special shape, free fiom wami of nny kind and In henu t If lit medallions or lloral designs. Verj handsome velvet, lit clouded or chene silk coats with lound sklits, nre cut back below the ipvpis, pieclsoly simi lar to n gentleman's dres coat Fronts must bo very elegant nnd sleeves trimmed to match A cloth suit coat usually has a longer skirt cut up at the back, while In a third style, the coat fronts point downwards, sloping nt the back, and thus It mny be di vined that anj thing and everything convejing the "coat effect"-Is fashlon nble, rrits Am: a suiui:ct of in. ciu:asi:d inti:hi:st after C C. Shaync's opening, and bi) jond doubt baby lamb Is the season'? lending fur, closelji followed by ermine or Russian Hl:rs, mink or Persian lamS, however dyed otter und all the light furs retnln popularltj-, Medluni length capes nre edged by ltiflles nil niound, which give the effect of the fashionable Hare. Combinations lu capes display the beauties of both fuis to gteut advantage, as for example, a seal cape with Chinchilla rovers (set on so full as to produce the Jabot ef fect) forms a beautiful contrast. ran SAsir idha Is curled out In n baby lamb cape botdcred with llimln-, oi a seal capo mny have a mink vok edged with lit tle head, or on a mink cape n Persian lamb j-oke Is styllWi. Perl.m lamb, seal or babj- lamb a're used for long, tight-flttting coats rounded nt the fiont, Hiring nt the lower edge, nnd with verj- high collais. Fur Jackets lis a nile mc shoit and close-Ilttlng, and nothing Is more elegant than a baby lamb Jacket with Hussian sable collr and rveis. Shoulder collars aie always handsome nnd tlesliable, n very ptetty shipo called the "Stai" collar showing five slashes with n cluster of mink talis on the shoulders und nt the fiont. NHW M'lrFS me largo at the lower part, loping Inward to tho top (wheie the hands are Inserted) an illustration In baby lamb liuvlns ymds of black sutlnVlb bnn knotted nt the top with a cluster of Russinn sable tails nt either side liroid white satin ribbon bows are used with excellent effect on mink muffs or coll irs. Inch-wide fur bands of Alaska sable, mink, Persian lamb, ston" marten, Hudson Day sable, Hus sion sable or ermine will be used to a great extent this season on evening, illnn0r and reception dresses, hats or children's olit-door gaunents, impnrt lng that peculiar elegance, second only to an entlit fur garment. New, In dependent neck collais nro made so full that they lie In tipples around the neck, the collar attached to a garment however, although ery high, Is plain mound the throat. "Mary Howlnnd 'Your Inquiry con reining dres bindings i readily an awer;d. In choice gowns, clrculur flounces me handsomely finished bv the S. II. & M bias buisli edge Bklrt binding, n delightful nnd most timely Impiovement on foimer Ideas; because loundul In a natural eurvo that fits without a pucker or wrinkle', nnd In cons?quenc nppears ns a part of the dies fibrlc, while nffordlng the coni plet and permanent piotectlon that In these duys of long or deml trained skirls Is so cxtiemely desirable. "Kittle Blanchaid" The rlbbun you desctlbe will mnke n "ciush bolt" which Is the novelty In bolts Three steel slides nnd n buckle oi clnsp used to keep the ribbon In mil low folds One slide at back, one at ''Ither side nnd the clasp In front. Any kind of live-Inch wide ribbon Is appioprlate "Amj Houston" You can make n eij fashionable fiont by tucking white mour-fccllne-de-sole, and running on two or tlueo lows of fine blink hue Insertion between the tucks or rrj nnirnw gntheied bind: satln-rlbbon al ternating with white on n thin founda tion Is stjllsh Chenille cord Is In great fi'Vin. Tannic Field Classed. "Isn't that new nelphboi of vours ratliei c t t-iit t !( ' Iniiuliiil the louun-rclal trav elei "No answered one if the villages prominent rltlZ'is 'He uh t ric.i iimusli to he cjllid Ycccntili He s just a plum crank "Washington Stui McMUNN'S UM OF on .s a prcpniutlon ot til's Drug by which Iti Injurious effects are leinoved, whllu the valuable medlclnnl properties mo re tallied, It possesses all the seOatlvo. unodjne und uiitl-spusinodlo powers of Opium, but produces no skkness of ihc Btnninrli, r.o vomiting no costlveness no hecdnihe. In acute nervniui disorders It la an Itnr.tuulilo lenicclv, ami Is recom mended by the best ph.-slclans (-"ERRETT, Ag.nt, .171 Pearl ht New York .14 II L 11 B V "W I w 1 Da BBy OF Use Pe-ru-na With Won derful Results. THEIR FAVORITE REMEDY GRIPPE AND ST. VINCKNT'.S ORPHAN ASYLUM, KAST MAIN ST., COMMIJUS, OHIO. In every city anil town In tho I'nltoil States tho Sister of Charity lias be come a futiilllur object The Uatliollc SiHterssweot inctHeiiKOis of charity, reaBelef-s nub Iniiolutigublo in their lab r inovi tiulutly unil swiftly In nnd otitiimone- the people, tecclvitifr, illspi'ii.n.nslstluir anil cotnforthiir Neither beat nor colli, f.ttlijiio or iiani?or ilni them from their eir.unls of mercy They arc to be found, in palace" nml hovel in luu boulevard, nml brothel. Nothing .Intuits them Ruthlng llscotirnu;i-i ilum. Vast InstltutionH of rufngo for tho homelesH unit hopeless btivo nrlscn in ovoiy city by their UrelvHilaboii'. Hy no mi'iins the. least sctvlco they render helpless humanity is their dia pensat on of medicine. Their experieneo among tho nick, anil tliiilr anxiety to be of ussi-tanee to them, soon lend them to know the nioit elllclent nnd safo remedies. It would be inino-Hlble that m popular und vnluablo a remedy aa rc-iu-na could havo cocapeil their attention Many litturs have boon received fiom institutions of this kind pinlsine; the b.-nofU that IV-ru-nn has been to them. Following is a letter tecoutly rocolved by Dr. Hurtman: St. ViNcn.vr's Ohi-han Ahymmi, i v Main St., Coit. Hosi: At , Columbus, O. J Dr S. 15. Ilnrtman: "Somo yenrs atro a friend of our institution recommended to us Dr. Hart man's 1 e-ru-na' as an excellent remedy for the Inlltioua, of vvlilcli wo then hnd seveial cases which threatened to bo of n Fcrlous clinraoter. 'We began to use it and expeilenced such wonderful results that stneo then To m na has become our favorite medicine for inlluena. catutrli, coughs, colds nnd bronchitis. Sisti:uh or St. Fhancis, "St. Vincent's Orplian Asylum." Mr. O, Arliiite, of ColllntriUv Tex, VMlles "TiiWB be n lisliiK Pe'-iu-i'i for coiiKli 1 Imvc hud fur nonui time It ban complete) iiireel mi, nnd I do he.trtll recoinmrnil It to those Bi.fTirli r from ioukIis mid enlils. I ii75tv if" b.o 'i r '."- OT.l tf S.ift ty?r- P5?4 Mi. ll W Ailnge and Sun will pta'su 1'i-iu na fonvci ' Mr Joteph Klich iiistliur 7 L'roton Mreet, Cleveland, O , fi "We h.iv. und Po-ru-na foe i Ifht ji'iiis un our t u m 1 1 y medicine Diirlm tlio whu'i -)C ' that time wi I'.-ve ; not hud to imploj a wvipiivsicinn. ijur t.iui Ct 11 enm.lHf' nf ,ei. V' and we :iIw.1m ine It for the tlioini.n J Mr JoHcph nnd rue nllnuntH to KlrcheiiMtilrer. which mankind Is liable-. Wo huv e ufi d It In cites of f-ciilet fever, measles and diphtheria Whenever one of the fnmilj feel In the least III mother nlw.ivs s.it "Tike Pc-ru-ii.i and miii will be well or If we do nut hippen to hive on,, "A e will have to pet more Pi-iu-na' Pe-ru-nn Is nlwajs satlafactoi j In colelb and rour-hs " Is- fly Mm&$te p i run: coRRESi'oNnr.NCE. TIip climatic diheases of vvinlei n:e mainly cotighs.coldsatarrli, bionchltis, tousllltid and otlier eitanlial aU'ectious of "Iho lesplrutory tract. Poru-ua li nn absolute specillc for ail of tlioso nH'cctliuis. Pe-ru-tuv v 111 cure n cough or n cold in a veiy few days. IV-ru-na will cure chronic catarrh even of years' standing in a fovv weeks, l'c-ru-uti should be kept In every house ns a safe gunid against the many nflcetions to which the family is liable during tho winter season. Old cases of chronic catarrh should begin nt once n course of treatment witli Pe-ru-na. After taking tlio remedy faithfully for one month, write to Dr. Hurlmun, Columbus, Ohio, stntlng nil the facts in your case, and lie will give you lurther advice fico of cliaigo All correspondence held strict ly confidential except at request of the writer. A-k any druggist for a free Pc-ru-nn Alumnae for the year 18!)f), NIMH SflLBS FIRE Ml n OF ANY KIND, traisht Business Cash or Credit. Hous3S RiMUhiJ Coimfot) BARBOUR'SHOMECREOITHDU 25 LAC'CAAyAvl 4 . I IV3ADE ME A MA AJAX TABLETS TOSITIVKLY ( t Jiri-ou JHifitMei railing ory, Impotency. blplinoso, etc . et vr Atjucg ot' other 1 xoeinos and ) c rot loin, Mw fjuichly and tm rotloro Jntiiolity in oldor:utifitr JliPQ 111 nent and ik nrou Iiaftna tho Ltnutno AJ.ii lut Jotrf. 1 lore curoa tbous&ndo an willcuroyou. Wovivn ' ltr written guaruntno to eftort a euro t'ft rt-f at h caw or rot uu J lUo idouaj- Vtico Ov UlC icbat-ej or ill lUei (full iroatpienU for i2 W. nil, in plain bmiw, tiiKin nxrlptof itIpo, ( Irru AJAX REMUDY CO., tytESxn Tor unlo In ficrnntcn, Pa, by Mnttlieu. Oios una II l H.imlfricii, iliuefiistu. BiflTheBO liny Cniiknlrn or- .-"""v ? Rlf Jrct In 4h bnun wltlioiit,tl,, ; Hr21iirunvriUrniF,n(lirtlunbM(nY eM,J3la UIe'i . upiillin. fn-Vul-'J , '. Mflufbn nml Inlrclluin full. N.,, i w EVERY WOMAN (3cm3tlcltsiieoliarlUb!, rxoathlT.rcculatlnr rocdlclLa. Coir tarmUMtfii tbepurutdrLgsihould tauieJ. l70uwiuililibi,g,i Op- Pecsij's Pennpoyall PflBis Tbty am prompt, .' asd oerUIn In rwnlt. Tbc rtnalmi (Pr. rcnl'i) nertr 4Ua. nolut. Soatanjwhere, (t.00, AddreuFui. Milieus Co., OTliad,0. netua)v ' 5s For Solo by JOHN Spruco streot. T. FRANCIS FOR COUGHS, COLDS, LA CATARRH, Mr Albert Ilcirn Kracbei, of Mavillo, U Is i.ijb "I want til tell '.nil Hint I have been K I V i n Kood health i I'e-ru-u.i. In Si plun her lb'", I caught u verv bdd cold It m ttlid on m j Iuiiks with nlitht swiats and a terrlblo rou;;h I could not Hle-cp part of tho time. I could ic.iriely breathe Mr. Albert ltomBrucbcr. I becaii to take l'e- rii-nn, and in i short time was cnttrelv" lined I alwii,! bIvc it a IiIkIi recom mimlntlou I fcel'verv grateful " Mi. W. li McKaln, . .,v low.i I'aik Texan, -vfKJ ho was complete! i i'2it restored to health St) 1 X$'y& by the lino of I'e-ru- 'V ($& '"' w"lH nB fo1" IOWS "1 IK1VO U'Ull jour re-iu-na nni havo Riven It a thor. ouh tilal I must .i the result wai flutteiinpr to you, and I cm conscientious lv reoomirend It for Mr W H McKnln coukIis, cold, and cb I rclnlly la nrlppe " Addicts Ur. llaitnian, Cobimbus, O, for n book on chronic cntatrh, Sent fico. NEW YORK HOTELS. e St. Denis Broadway and Cloenth Et., New York, Opi. Orjice Church. Uurcpaan Pisa. Rooms $1.00 a Day and Upwards. In a raodost and unobtruilvo way there aro few butter conductuil autcla la the raetropcUi thnn tho St Donia The fTvkt impularlty It hns equlra oan ullly ha tiuiod to Its unlcpiu loc atlon, lta r.i-llke ntmoipliori. tao piuulUr ezcaUano i-i cuisine ana oorvloo, and 111 rery mod o priceu .VILLIAM TAYLOR AND SOW. I m iiuuu.u.i iiuiuui Cor. Sixteenth SL and Ir7lug Place, rsJENA VORK. AMERICAN PLAN, Hay nnd Upwards. EUKOPCAN PLAN, Day and Upwards. $3.50 Per $1.50 Per I. D. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. For Business fvlen In the heart of the u holesale district. For Shoppers .1 minute, will, to Wan-minker. 8 iiiuuitra to sIcrcI Cooper s llic store l!rny of accc.s to the Kreat Dry Goads Moics. For Sightseers. OiiHilovk IromB'way Car giilnsr easy liaiibporutiou to ull points of interest otel Albert, NEW YORK. i ir mil sr I'Nivj'Ksri y rr.ACK. Out) One lilocli from llroaelway Rooms, & i Up. ?sn"T I - V r PBICC9 RCASONADIC ::-::::xx-c-::x.x-xx:' mmw M H. PHELPS. Phnrmcltt, co Womlna enu tMotJ I I I
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