DEEP IN THE WOODS Doqn in the heart of the silent woods, Stilled to the stillness of thought. Under the calm of the tranquil skies life's best lesson is taught. What is the foolish strife of man? What is his striving worth? When the purest rapture of liviug is found In the beauty and peace of earth? Sweet is the balm of the restful woods, Truthful the teaching, and wise; Joy lives out in the open world, Under the open skies. Evil and sin in the crowded ways Kind a!wrys the surest birth, And it's far from the town that the soul must seek The beauty and peace of earth. —Ripley 1). Saunders, in St. Louis Republic. ILOYE CONQUERED. I Alice Ellingliam was indubitably a pretty girl. Not pretty with the un meaning prettlness of glossy curls, sea blue eyes and straight, Greek features, but with the beauty of soul and mind, and rich womanly temperament—and at 17 Alice had promised her self in merrlage to Oscar Wayne. "My dear, you might have done bet ter, I think," said Mrs. Ellingliam, a portly matron, who had herself been a beauty in her day, and was, in every meaning of the word, a woman of the world. "llow, mamma?" said Alice, simply. "For you know I love him." "Love," said Mrs. Ellingliam, half scornfully. "That's a word that will do very well for poets and romancers. I don't believe In it myself. I didn't marry for love!" "No, mamma," said Alice, mischiev ously, "you married for money; and when poor papa speculated in those horrid Western lands you lost it all, and were compelled to drag out tha rest of your married life without either •.ove or money to console you. I have ueard you tell the story many a time." Mrs. Ellingliam bit her lip and tanned herself violently. "That was because Mr. Ellingliam was too much of a fanatic to take my advice about the investments," she said, tartly. "But it has nothing to do with the matter at present under dis cussion. You have engaged yourself to Oscar Wayne, who calls himself an artist. An artist, indeed—he ha 1 better say a genteel beggar. For what are artists nowadays but starvelings? And he has gone out to the Territories to sketch scenery for pictures that no one will buy after they are painted— and here, in his absence, comes Mr. Fen wick Fontaine, the richest catch of the season, and lays his hand and his heart at your feet. Why, Alice, you are the luckiest girl I ever saw." "Of course his hand and his heart can be nothing to me," said Alice, look ing down at the plain gold engagement ring that shone on the forefinger of fcer left hand. "For I love Oscar." Mrs. Ellingliam lay back among her cushions with a deep and ostentatious sigh. "Alas Alice!" she uttered, plain tively, "I did not suppose you could be so selfish." "Selfish, mamma!" "Don't you see that you are blight ing my future as well as your own? Don't you know that I have always looked forward to my daughter's mar riage as a means of establishing mys< If in the ease and luxury which are almost a necessity to my declining years?" "Dear mamma," pleaded Alice, with « troubled light in her sapphire-blue «yes and color coming and going faintly on her cheek, "that is easily settled. Your home must be with Oscar and me." Mrs. Ellingliam loftily shook her bead. "On a crust a day and a third floor in some wretched tenement-house," enunciated she. "Never!" "Yes, but mamma " Mrs. Ellingliam lifted her smooth, white hand as if to ward off Alice's words. "My dear, we will not discuss the subject, If you please. I am quite willing to allow you time to reflect up on this momentous question. I have told Mr. Fontaine that you will give him an answer at the end of the week. Until then pray allow my tired brain and overworked nerves to rest." And Alice went away to her own room, secretly avowing constancy to tier absent lover. "Dear Oscar," she murmured, softly kissing the engagement ring which his liand had placed upon her finger; "as if 1 could ever be untrue to you. Not all the gold In the world could tempt tne." Hut when the evening mall came In mid brought no letter from Oscar. Alice did feel a little lonely and be wildered. "It will surelv come to-morrow," She said to herself. lint the morrow arrived, and Lrouuht no letter. "It's very strange," said Alice, with tears In her eyes, "lie never fulled before." "No more than I t xj.ected, my dear." said Mrs. Ellingliam. "1 shouldn't be ut all surprised if he lmd falh n In love with some young woman < ut then* and settled down for life. I'm told art is better appreciated in th went than It Is here," Alice bit her Up—but she d d not speak Hu«-b bitter words were bet ter left unanswered. .Mr. Fontaine came at about noon to take tile ladles out driving. Alice's first Impulse was to decline, but ► !»» remembered that her mother was fond of carriage excreta •, aud had very few opportunities to indulge that liking—and she sakl "Yes." "I'll drive out to Fontaine Abbey," said the rich and confident suitor. "My gardener sends In word that the white grapes are ripe, and there are some very fine tropical flowers in blossom in the conservatory. And I thought Mrs. Ellingliam might per haps honor me by by partaking of a little lunch after the drive." Fontaine Abbey was a fine old place, built in the style of a stately medieval castle, with grounds that sloped to a serene, silver river, acres of conserva tories, a picture gallery and a nob'.e entrance hall, where knights in armor kept mailed guard. The carpets were Persian—the tables of Florentine mosaic—the lunch table a marvel of Serves china, gold plate and import ed luxuries. Mr. Fontaine played the accom plished host to perfection—and Mis. Ellingham's eyes sparkled ut the effect which all this luxury and re finement were evident!/ producing upon the susceptible nature of her daughter. "Oli,!" she sighed, scarcely audible, when Mr. Fontaine had left them for a moment, "what bliss it would lie to end my days in a place like Fontaine Abbey!" Alice said nothing, but there was a far-off, absent look in her eyes, a strained, set compression to her lips. "Well, why not?" she asked herself. "Since Oscar lias forgotten me—why not V" The week rolled to its close, still without any token or sign that her far-off lover remembered her very ex istence—and when Fenwick Fontaine proposed formally to her, Alice Elling liam answered "Yes." "My darling! my own noble-natured child," said Mrs. Ellingliam, folding Alice close to her heart, and never noticing how pale and cold her lips were, how listless the droop of her head. "I have sacrificed myself!" Alice kept repeating to herself, "but how ; shall I ever endure the life that lies before me?" For three days she lived through the new existence—a pale, passive statue—at their close she took off the j great diamond solitaire, clear and j limpid as a monster drop of dew, j that her new financee had placed on her finger and gave it back to him. "I cannot marry you!" she said, "I cannot belle my own nature; 1 would rather live in a garret, and die an old maid than marry you while my heart is all another's." So the brilliant engagement, which had already become the talk of the town, was broken off. and Mrs. Ell ingliam, deeply offended, vowed that Alice might turn seamstress, school teacher or salesgirl, for all of her. "I wash my hands of you, ungrate ful, undutiful girl!" she cried, through torrents of angry tears. "Mamma. I love Oscar," was all that Alice would answer. She was sitting alone in the twilight that evening, crying a little by whiles, but yet happier, far, than when she was the beihrothed bride of the millionaire, when a footstep sounded on the threshold, and, turning, she beheld —Oscar Wayne! "Oscar!" she cried out. hysterically, ••oh. Oscar, my darling, 1 thought you had forgotten me!" "I meant to give you a surprise, j Alice," lie said, ga.vly. "For I have come home for good. Listen, dearest, it's like a fairy tale. I have made no sketches at all. My time has been en tirely occupied in nursing a poor. In firm old man. who was my fellow- j passenger across the plains, and died, with his head on my arm, half way be tween two cities. And, Alice, that lonely, unfrienly old man proved to i»e immensely rich, and took the strange fancy to leave me all his wealth. I need paint no more pic tures now, except for my own gratifi cation. We can lie married at once, dear, thanks to old Malcolm Mur doch." And then Alice told liini all—how nearly she had yielded to the terrible temptation of Mammon and the world —how she had been true to her self and him at the last. The next week, when financial cir cles were ringing with the failure and decampment of Fenwick Fontaine, the millionaire, Mrs. EUlngham was forced to confess that Alice's simple heart wisdom was superior to her own worldly policy. She was quite satisfied—she had a rich son-in-law. after all. And that was what she wanted.—New York News. A (iood Country for Coimuinpti v**. 'Consumptives who goto New Mex» Ico should make it their business to get well." said Dr. John Tuscher of Albuquerque, to a Washington news paper man. "They should have enough money to keep them from worrying. They should go there for the rest and not for sightseeing. Above all else, they should disabuse their minds of tlie idea that they will get well In a month, or three months, or six months. It takes a great ileal longer than that. They should be free from bother. This they cannot be if they are looking for employment. There are twenty appli cations for every Job that Is vacant. Then, again, sh-k people do not want to work. They should be free to use reserve strength in casting off the dis ease. New Mexico w ill lie the great est health resort In the world. It has ill the advantages. The climate Is the best In the world. We have more mill .nil springs containing different healthful properties than any other place known In any part of the civil ized world, none excepted. I liars visited all of the famous health resorts, and know that none of them have tlx* .ulvautaircs possessed by New Meslco." ths E©l®T& Of pASHiQH- New York City.—Rci and white striped madras, white lawns and all over embroidery with edging and in sertion to match are the materials combined in this attractive and dainty A DAINTY LITTLE FROCK. little frock. The full body is arranged over fitted linings, which close in centre back, the -lpper portions of which are covered with the embroid ery to round yoke depth. The pretty bertha of unique shaping is made of the white lawn, to match the sleeves, and its edges are handsomely trimmed with insertion and edging. This lin ing may be omitted, and the waist finished with the bertha in guimpe style. The lining may be used with CHARMING WASHABLE WAISTS. the sleeves as 1 separate guimpe. to which the embroidery is applied in round yoke outline. The sleeves are gathere into wristbands of insertion finished with a frill of embroidery. The full round skirt is deeply hemmed at the foot, gathered at the top anil joined to the lower edge of waist, a band of Insertion forming the belt. To make as illustrated will re quire two and three-fourths yards of striped madras, thirty-two inches wide, one and five-eighths yards of white lawn guimpe, with sleeve and bertha, anil three-elghtl-s yards of allover em broidery for yoke and collar, three yards of iusertion and four and one half yards of embroidery. Wachable Slilrt Wal«t«. Midsummer demands that 11 generous supply of washable shirt waists be kept on hand, and the simple styles now iu vogue are easily made at home with the use of a reliable pat tern. The material represented in the drawing on the left of the large pict ure is red and white Scotch madras, simply machine stitched ami closed In front with pearl buttons. The back tits smoothly across the shoulders, and may be made with or without applied yoke, the fulness at the waist being adjusted by tapes run thrcugl. a cas ing. The fronts have attractive tul aess laid In live small backward turn ing pleats at the neck. The regulation shirt waist sleeves nave openings finished with under and over laps, anil the wrists are com pleted with straight link cuffs. The mode Is desirable for all wash fabrics in plain, dotted, striped or figured designs. To make this shirt waist will require In (lie medium size three and three quarter yards of material twenty-one luches wide, or two and a half yards thlrty-slx inches wide. ltibbon and lace insertion united .>y machine stitching is the dainty fabric illustrated In the other drawing. The front and sleeves ure cut en bias and a strip of the Insertion is applied over the pleat in frout, which rcudsrs the closing Invisible. The wulst is arranged over fitted llu iugs of silk or lawu which match th: color of the riblioii. (lathers at the neck and waist Hue give the fronts a graceful, slightly bloused, effect. 1 The back tits smoothly across the shoulders, scant fulness below being drawn to the centre at the waist line. Stylish flaring cuffs fall in scallops over the hand and finish the wrists of the dress sleeves that have only slight fulness at the top. Tiny darts taken up in the founda tion of the stock collar curves it com fortably to the neck and over this tlie material is smoothly adjusted. To make this waist In the medium size will require three and one-half yards of material twenty inches wide, or two anil one-quarter yards thirty six inches wide, with one yard of lawn or tw~ y .rds of silk for lining. The Long Glove Acntu. With the adoption of the short el bow sleeve on some of our smart gowns the long glove is again worn; indeed, there are whispers that Pari sians are trying to»introduce silk mit tens. It is a fashion for the lady of beautiful hand and handsome rings to rejoice at. Wrapper With Watteau Pleat In Back. The comfort suggested by this pret ty, cool-looking wr.-'.pper is most be witching. Soft wool challies that has a green leaf on a cream-tinted ground, is the material illustrated. The point ed brctelles yoke and collar of leaf green Liberty satin are overlaid with liussiau lace, and trimmed with a quilling of three-quarter-Inch Liberty satin ribbon in the same shade of green. Ribbon two inches wide is used for the semi-girdle, which is sewed on the underarm seam at the waist line, and stylishly bowed in cen tre front. The upper part of the front and back lining Is faced to square yoke depth. The full fronts are gathered and applied over the lin ing to the edge of the yoke, and the back is arranged in a stylish double box pleat, which is attached to the lower edge of back yoke and falls in graceful folds to"the lower edge. The collar which curves high in the back closes in centre front, and the closing may be made visibly or with buttons and buttouholes, as preferred. The two-piece sleeves are correct in shape, and the pretty pointed epaulettes that are sewed 011 over the shoulders, at the yoke outline, stand out stylishly over the tops. The wrists are sim ply trimmed on the edge with a band of quilled ribbon. A wrapper in this style can be appropriately made in lawn, percale or ginghnm, with allover embroidery insertion and edging for trimming. Made In foulard or China silk, a combination of contrasting color or tine tucking, with trimming of lace, will be attractive. Cashmere of light weight wool goods will trim daintily with ribbon or Irregular Insertion. To make this wrapper in the medium size will require six and one-half yards of cashmere or other material forty four inches wide, ten and one-half yards thirty-two Inches wlde.or twelve yards twenty-two inches wide. To trim as represented, seven-eighths yards each of satin and allover lace, LADIES' WIIAI'PEU. eighteen Inches wide. Is needed for the yoke collar and bretelles, with seveu yams of rlbltou for quilling anil two aud oue half yard* («t girdle. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. A Preparation for Cleaning Cutlery. For cleaning cutlery use ashes 11111 tie from pine wood and sift through a fine sieve; rub gently with soft woolen cloth and use castile soap; rinse in worm water and dry with soft linen cloth. For fine cutlery that is not used often this preparation has been found to be good: Take a piece of leaf fat from the pork; render and strain through a flannel cloth; use no salt, as it will rust; will keep best in a glass jar. Put a small portion of this 011 a flannel cloth about six inches square; rub the blades and wrap care fully in tissue or waxed paper separ ately. Decorations and Garniflliincß. Even slender purses can afford the luxury of a few flowers for the table in the season of flowers, and no table should be without them. They are so restful, so gratefully inspiriting when one is fagged, hot or tired by general weather conditions. A flowering plant may be substituted for cut flowers acceptably, but whether a plant or flowers be used, only those without heavy odors should be chosen. It is wonderful how pretty and tasteful a table may be made with the plainest table-service if the cloth is well laun dered, each article arranged with care and order, and there Is added the transforming touch of a bunch of bloom. Even a knot of field-daisies sets a seal of refinement upon a table which is not to be disputed. In sum mer it costs but a trifle to add pretty garnishlngs to various dishes, and cer tainly such touches add to their act ual enjoyment.—Woman's Home Com panion. To Take Spots Out of Papor. Sometimes it happens that you get a grease spot on a letter or the page of a valuable book and you are at once filled with a sense of the hopelessness of ever removing the ugly and irritat ing blemish. Here is a remedy for the evil that lias been tried with success: Heat an Iron and hold it as near as possible to thestfcin withoutdisccl lring the paper, when the grease or wax will disappear. Upon any traces that are left put 011 powdered calcined mag nesia for a time. Bone, well calcined and powdered. Is an excellent absorb ent of grease; also plaster of paris. For extracting spots of a resinous na ture use cologne, turpentine or benzine. A beautiful bound book and quite new had oil from a lamp spilled over it. The culprit called for quicklime, but there was none to be had, so he got some bones, which he quickly calcined and pulverized and applied. The next morning there was no trace of oil, but only an odor, which soon vanished. The chilli'* Room. A mother is fortunate If she catk empty the room which she is to ic furnish. for the results are infinitely more satisfactory to begin at the be ginning. If she is to have a new paper she must study the location of the room. For a north room a warm color —rose, yellow, or even crimson—while If the room face the south she may choose a floral pattern 011 a whit - ground, or some pretty shade of plain color —cream, pale green, or pink. Blue is seldom successful. It is distinctly a cold color, and in winter, or on a gray day, makes the room gloomy. A b»y usually prefers a simpler paper as less "fussy" than one that has a pattern, while a girl's heart is delighted with something that is at once gay and ar tistic, such as American Beauty roses, or poppies 011 a white ground. The ventilation of the room should be perfect, and the child trained t> sleep in air that is quite cold. The curtains which adorn the windows, therefore, should not hinder the free current, but should lie of the lightt st kind. Muslin, stout enough to launder well, are the most satisfactory. —Harper's Bazar. Keclpe*. Orange Custard—Peel and slice fout oranges, put them in layers (silting white sugar between) in a deep glass dish, and pour over them a plain boiled custard flavored with vanilla. Sliced bananas or strawberries may be used instead of the oranges, and will make a delicious dish. Almond Icing-Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth, add l'J ounces of confectioner's sugar and 1- ounces of ground almonds, or almonds which have been blancli"d and pounded in a mortar, to a paste. Flavor with orange flower wat T, apply at once before the sugar Icing is placed over It. | Whipped Cream one and a half pints rich sweet cream flavored with three teaspoon fills vanilla, and sweet ened to taste; whip to a still' froth. IMssolve three-quarters of an ounce gelatine In a small cup hot water, and when cool, pour into the cream. Beat thoroughly, pour in molds, and set away to become firm. Vegetable Salad- Cut two (Killed po tatoes In squares, add one onion, one cucumber and two ripe tomatoes sliced thin, and a few pieces of celery and a little shaved cabbage which has IMJ« come csisp from remaining lu ice water for an hour or so. Arrange the vegetables alternately on lettuce U-avt s mid serve with French dressing. Italian Cheese l»lsh Mix one fourth of a cupful each of cornstarch and flour with milk enough to pour and cook in the r« »t of a pint or niHk fur l.'i minutes: add one-fourth of a ••up of blltter, the belltell .Volks of twfi i ggs. a nultttpiMiufiil of suit and half a cup of t'urincHiiU cheese. S»tlr until the egg U cooked, then' spread ill a blltfered pan. When cold cut In squares, sprinkle with cheese and reheat. Horse Take* a Boer Prisoner. During one of the outpost skirmishes between the Englishmen and the Boors one of the latter had his horse shot under him, says a correspondent of the Washington Post. Seeing a British cavalry horse with out a rider, he captured it, and was riding away, when a bugler caught eight of him, and, putting his bugle to his lips, blew a shrill blast. The horse wheeled sharply around, and, despite the strenuous efforts of his rider, galloped madly back to the British lines, while the Boer, unwilling to lose his prize, held on too long and was taken prisoner. ltoers Not Led by Foreign Officers. There is a mistaken notion abroad that the operations of the Boers have been directed by European and Amer ican officers. This widely circulated statement contains scarcely a scintilla of truth. A few European officers and one American (Colonel Blake) are here. They may be men of ability for all I know, and competent to give the Boers excellent advice. Other foreign officers would volunteer if they could get commissions in the republican army. The talent can easily be se cured. But how devise a scheme to apply It? The Boers will not obey their own officers, much less foreign ers.—Thomas F. Millard, in Seribner's Followed tlie Emigrant*. Apples were unknown in California previous to the Easteru emigration to the coast, Jn 1849. In that year and the following years until the railroads were built the thousands that went overland made large provision for sustenance on the way. Bales of hay and whole oats were carried along for the cattle nnd mules, and from tho Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean there sprang up grasses that were strange to that country, and to this day the old trails are marked with timothy and oats that grow wild and Are indestructible.—Washington Star. Time's Changes. Before marriage a man's display of affection is very apt to bo overdone: after marriage it is more likely to be rare.—Chicago News. I.adfe* Can Wear Shoes One Blze smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, sorns nnd bunions. At nil druggists anil Mioo -tores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail, iddress Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Roy, N. Y. Life is like a crowded street car. Tho peooie with push are the ones who move up front. IVllfit slia.ll We Have For Dessert? This question arises In the family daily. Let is answer It to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious md healthful dessert. Prepared In 2 mtn. No jolilng! no baking I Simply add a little hot vaterA set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Saspberryand Strawberry. At grocers. 10c. Even the breezy young man can't always •aise the wind. Ti Cure A COl curs. S. W' Qaova't signature Uon sack box. 23c. Tennessee pays the Chief Justice of its supreme Court an annual salary of $3500. Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothtug syrup rorcluidrtn ttethlug, softens the gums, reduces luttamim - Jon, allays nain, cures wind colic. Mc.n bmtli. The doctor and the legislator both tmend the constitution. Albert Burch, West Toledo. Ohio, says: 'Hall's Catarrh Cure saved my life." Write iim for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Chicago's latest count shows that it has 4IS attorneys. Indigestion is a bad companion. Get •id of it bv chewing a bar ol Adams' Fep iln Tutti Frutti after each meal. A fellow can't even learn to play the »um unless he sticks at it. Plso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of 112 a cough cure.—J. W. O'RIIIE -, to Third ve., N., Minneapolis, Minn., .lan. 0,1800. Aesuan, Egypt, has two new hotels and in English church for 300 people. Frey's Vermifuge hus many imitators. Be sure to get the genuine, made by E. & S. i'rey, Baltimore, aid. It takes a brave man to tell a funny story when his wife's around. OVARIAN TROUBLES. lydls E. Flnlthsm'i Vegetable Componnd Cares Them -Two Letters from Women. "DF.AR MRS. PINKHAM:—I write to tell you of the good Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has done me. I was sick in bed about five weeks. The right side of my abdomen pained me and was so swollen and sore that X could not walk. The doctor told my bus- |2V|BI band I would have to undergo an operation. This I refused to do >JAW, I XMV until I had given your medicine a trial. He- X fcf gM fore I had taken one bottle the swelling be- ,1 i« gan to disap- ICv fll ■ pear. I con- ' 'fej '// I tinued to use '.AjL // 1 your medicine —\ until the swelling 7/ ' 1 was entirely gone. 11l \ When the doctor kfJ came he was very much surprised to see me so much better." —Mns. MARY SMITH, Arlington, lowa. " DFAR MM. PIMKHAM:— I wasalekfor two years with falling of the womb, and inflaiutnatiunof theovariesand bladder. I was bloated very badly. My left limb would swell so 1 could not step on my foot. 1 had such bearing down pains I could not straighten up or walk across the room ar.d such shooting pains would go through me that 1 thought I oould not stand it. My mother got me a bottle of Lydia E rirUham'a Vegetable Com pound and told m* to try it. * X took aix bottles and now. thanks to yonr won derful inadieine, I am a well woman." —Miu. EI.SI* H*' <»tt