IN THE WOODLANDS. In the forest lawns I see Little ring-plots fenced around. So that shrub and sapling tree Thrive in safe ami happy ground; And I wonder, cannot 1 Keep some little plots apart, Open to the wind anil sky, Jf'or tte growth of mind and heart? —Atlanta Constitution. 112 MY GRANDMOTHER'S | DIAMOND. I | BY ItUBX MAYNE. £ "You will have $250,000 apiece, girls, When I die. My diamonds will goto Jfcfinthrop Mnyne's wife." So saying my grandmother deposited jpon the table a good-sized ebony box, Inlaid with silver; and fitting in its Jock the little key she always wore at tier watch-guard, flashed wide the lid. My grandmother's diamonds! There they were—great wells of light, petri fied sunbeams. As we beheld them ly ing upon their white, velvet cushions, one blaze of splendor, we girls uttered Bimultaneously screams of wonder and delight. Thus was kindled the first spark of rivalry that ever glowed between my Bister Drusy and me. We had each a set of pearls. Drusy liad a handsome |et of sapphires, beside, and 1 of ru bies. Mine were for my name, which Vus Ruby. But these were as nothing Reside grandmother's diamonds. Winthrop Mayne was the prince of jhe family, grandmother said. He was the son of a dearly loved half-brother, and immensely wealthy. We had not Been him for years—not since we were children—till the evening of the day on which grandmother made the an nouncement that we were to have $25(),000 each at her death, and that her diamonds were togo <.o Winthrop Mayne's wife. Mrs. Throgmorton, as we were taught to call grandmother on all cere monious occasions, was in a state of the liveliest glee at the thought of see ing her nephew; and Drusy and 1 nev er made such careful toilets before. Drusy was two years older than I, tall and graceful, and fair-faced, like a lily. She wore a white silk dinner dress with her sapphires. I was little, and dark, with black eyes, and cheeks like pomegranate hearts. I wore cerise satin, and no ♦rnaments. Mrs. Throgmorton scoliled when she Baw me; but Winthrop Mayne, who was with her, declared, as I had de rided, that even a flower would have 6poiled the effect, and said some pretty things about my looks, that I instinc tively perceived displeased grandmoth er. Drusy was her favorite. At the first opportunity grandmother reproved me sharply for bursting iuto the room as I had, without waiting to be sent for. "But, grandma," I pleaded. "I thought Mr. Mayne was making his toilet in his own rooms, and I wanted fou to see how I looked." At this moment my sister entered the drnwing-reom, and Mrs- Tlirog •liortoil's eyes sparkled as she h d Drusy toward her nephew. Mr heart was a cliaos of gratified vanity, of childish anger tit I lie reproof Just administered, of bitter envy of my sister's queenly loveliness. I retreated, unobserved into a cor ner, where a high-backed sofa hid my brilliant plumage, and through the fretwork of the carving watched the three. Winthrop Mayne. with his tawny beard, his magnificent staturu, was my ideal of the kingly creature long since chosen as my hero. How lie was impressed with my sis ter's appeurauee I could not gather from his manner, but I saw his deep blue eyes send now and then a search ing glance to the farthest corner of the room, and I shrank every time lent that azure lightning should full on me , In my hiding. lie must have en tight some flame like glimpse of my dress, for he rose presently ns Drusy was about to ring for a servant to send for me, and came straight to iny lurking-place. "Winty, my dear," said Mrs. Throg morton, abruptly, as dinner was an nounced, "you may take out Drusilla. 1 have a fancy to see how you two will look together, lluby, you must l give me your arm." I sat upon her left, and my sister and the prim e upon her light. There Was a large vase of hot house flowers pi between Winty Mayne's dark blue eyes and mine, nnd grand mother frowned at uie every time I spoke. She Was fond of nie, too; bill 1 discovered very soon that she bad set her heart on making a match between ui.v sister and the prince, "Drusilla will look will 111 diamonds," vftc would whisper to me, sigullhMiitly; or, "1 wouldn't go Into the library Ju*t now, Uuhy; your alster and Winty are there." They were always together, ami I did not hinder them; on the contrary, I rejected allil avoided every |Mi*sib|e opportunity of joliili'K either 111 their morning rumbles or their evening ling erlng iii the music room or library. Sometime* the prince's dark Itiile ryes reproached my avoidance, I liu asined. and now and then his lips put the reproach in words; but 1 only laughed at lilni. M.v sister reniotlßlmtMl with me, t>s>; ■ lid I told her crossly, that she need not inlnd "tie il'ol ill til" better el ailc* of seeing Wlaiy M'tytie herself and fur my part, I would never marry r~iy niau for th» »ak» of twitm a» 11 Uw ills luouds a* grandmother's. Diuisnia signed. "I know something better than dia monds, if only I might have It," she said, wearily, and she went out of the room. One warm, moonlit evening, in mid summer, I was wafking in the garden, and as I passed the pavilion 1 heard voices, one of which I was sure was Drusy's. As I had left her half ail hour before in the music-room with Wiuthrop Mayne, I wondered some. While I hesitated an instant, her voice reached me In accents stifled with sobs. I did not distinguish what she said, but it was a man's tones which soothed her. Angrily stopping my ears with my lingers, Iran away to the house. The piano tinkled as I entered, and, tiptoeing along the hall, I saw Winty Mayne before it. Without turning his head, he called to me. I went in doubtfully. "How did you know I was there?" I asked. "Didn't you know I had eyes in the back of my head?" he responded, gravely. "Come. Sit here and play this duet with me." 'I haven't time," I replied. "Where is DrusillaV" Mrs. Throg mortou's voice said, at this moment. "She has retired, I believe," an swered Winty Mayne, carelessly. "Sh:» said she had a headache." "Have you been here long?" I asked. "Half an hour or so." "I am very sorry," said grandmother, "but you will have to excuse Kuby. I couldn't goto sleep at all, if she did not read to me awhile." As we quitted the room the prince's hands came down upon the piano keys with an angry clash, and at the sound I felt Mrs. Throgmorton's eyes senrch my face, sharply. 1 did not mind, how ever. 1 was wondering whom my sis ter was talking to in the pavilion. It was a week after tliis that grand mot her sent for me to her private apartments. , She was sitting in rnpt exultation, before the open casket in which she kept her diamonds. Their prismatic flash, as 1 entered the room, almost blinded me. "Take your farewell look, Ruby," she cried gleefully. "Drusilla lias won them." 1 stood as if petrified. "Where is she?" 1 asked. "They are both in thedrawing-room." "'Oh, grandma! grandma!" I cried, wig forward, "let me take them to her." Nonsense! She will have them soon enough!" "Dear grandmother," I coaxed, "I want to see how shi» wtll lot kin them." Mrs. Throgicorton smiled. "Well, well,' she said, and she put the precious casket iu my hands. I darted away to the drawing-room. 1 had a glimpse of myself in the tall pier-glass as I crossed the thick carpet noiselessly. My eyes shone like stars: my cheeks were fevered. Nt>t till I was nearly beside him did 1 perceive, in my excitement, that Winty Mayne was alone. "Where is Drusilla?" I exclaimed, setting down the box. "Drusilla has gone," said Winty gravely. "< ione! Where?" I asked, scared by liis tone. "To l)o married to the man of her choice, which I never was. Ruby, you and I must not let grandmother be too unforgiving." "I don't believe you," 1 burst forth, beginning to tremble. "It is true; nevertheless. She was just lit Ye to tell lue she was going, and to beg me to intercede in her favor with Mrs. Throgmorton. Slut has not more than got beyond the garden-wall by now." 1 guessed how it was. Mrs. Throg morton, ever on the watch for the suc cess of her hopes regarding these two. had overheard somethingas she crossed the hail, which she interpreted to mean the fulfillment of her desires. "That was the man Drusy was talk ing to in tlie pavilion, too," I said to myself. "What have you got there?" Winty demanded; and then lie made me tell him why 1 had brought the diamonds, and, iu spite of my frightened remon strances, he prtwecded to clasp them upon my neck and arms. Then he led me to the pier-glass, gave me a glimpse of myself In Its still depths, and whirled me away to the very pres ence of grandmother. Mrs. Thi«*nn>rton"s first anger was terrible, llut the prince stissl his ground, ami she ended by torgivlng "s all round, and telling me I was wel come to the diamonds. I deserved neither them nor the wife hood they Implied; but both are mine, and Drusy Is too happy herself to envy in**. Saturday Night. ■ln WouMll't Ho. A well dressed lad. tile s- ii of wealthy parents, thought It would be quite manly to earn a few coppers for himself by selling newspapers, lie stopped a tattered newsltoy in the street and said to hint: "|>o yoti think I should be able t« earn money as you do if I bought some palters and cituic to this corner to sell t bent?" "Why do you want to sell papers?'' "I'lU tired of Isdllg Idle." • Well," said I lie philosophic little newsboy, with a serious air. "d yer think you can hold i,li pa|«rs iu one hand, lit W three of four l*»ys bigger'* yerstdf with the other hand, while yer keep* iwo more off with yer feet, and y,>||4 War 'dltloii!' all the time?" "So O. I don't," replied I lie Well dressed Uiy. "Th<*<i jre're no good In the news paper lila." replied the tattered ptiU oaopher "YoU'd l« ller f*r |MMJfK« u> pi u4iWee yer to rwwelhti'S l>(fhl." - i Avars MoUMMiia. 1 THE REALM OF FASHION. mmmmmsmmmm-smmmmmt New York City.—Shell pink satin foulard is here stylishly combined witli dark red velvet and tucked ivory mousseline do sole. The picture is-re produced from Modes. MISSES' COSTUME. The bodice is mounted on a glove fitted lining, which closes in the cen tre front. The back is smooth across the shoulders and draws down close at the waist line with tiny pleats in the centre. A perfect adjustment is made with an under-arm gore. The fronts are slightly double-breast ed. The fulness at the waist being arranged in blouse effect #ver a nar row velvet girdle. The shallow plas tron of tucked niousseline is perma nently attached to the right lining front and fastens invisibly on the left side. The special feature in this waist is the tucked collar, which provides a stylish trimming for the back and outlines the plastron, forming broad lucked revers. It extends out over the sleeves, giving broad effect to the shoulders, that is becoming to slender figures. The sleeves are correctly finished with upper and under portions, and finished with a ruffle which fa'.ls over tlie hand. Narrow velvet ribbon is effectively applied around the standing and " WOM BOLE GO. tucked collars and ou the lower edge of the Hleeves. The circular skirt Is fitted smooth across the front and over the hips, closing under an invisible placket at the centre back. It tlares prettily at the sides and falls in graceful folds in the hack. Plain tjnd figured ludia or taffeta silks, poplinotte, crepe meteor, ehallie or silk musliu are appropriate for this mode, with ribbon, lace, tucked bat iste or velvet for trliumiug. To make the waist in the medium site will require two yards of (inured material thirty or thirty-sis Inches wide, or one and oue-lialf yards of forty-four inch width, one-half yard of tucking for shield and standing collar. To make the skirt In the me dium size will require two and one i|imrter yards of forty-four Inch ma terial. A Hlyln <ien«islty Hprninlne. No style of bodice is more generally becoming than the bolero ill it* many forms. The excellent .May Mautou de sign Illustrated in the large picture is adapted to many materials, but is never more effective than, as shown, in black taffeta with ; pplliiue ol Per sian embroidery. The model from which the drawing was made Is worn with u skirt of figured black silk ami over a waist made of ready tucked mousselliie In cream w hlte. The lin ing is white sntlu. but there vers arc faced with black panne, which adds greatly to the effect. The high stock, which utatwlien the walsl, Is tiiiUhcd with an applique of heavy cream lee. Pastel tinted taffetas ure uduiii ami exceedingly attractive for gat .leu party ami informal cveultig wear, but the latest lilnt from Paris tells of laf fcta elicit bed by embroidery iui» which Hold ami silver I breads are introduced. The waist Un.mli may be of auy con trastiiig material, but Is most effective lu such diaphanous tihuy stuffs an chiffon iniiussellue aud liUny gauge To cut this tsiliro for a wuiimu of lutdluut site three yards of material tftvttt/ UM iucltva wide, ot un« and three-eighths yards fifty Inches wide, with one and three-quarter yards of tucking eighteen inches wide for the waist, and one and one-half yards of lining, will be required. Treatment of tlie Coat. Now that it is unsafe togo from home without wraps it is well to un derstand the secret of proper hanging when not in use. She is an unwise woman who hangs up her jacket by a loop at the back of the neck. It makes the cor. 1 : sag where the strain comes, and it gives it a dragged and droopy appearance. If loops are used at all they should be put at the armholes, nnd so put on a.-, to stand upright and not stretched across an inch or two of space. But the best way to keep a coat fresh and ill good shape is to keep it, when not In active service, on a wooden 1 anger. Violet Linen Frock. A violet linen frock Is made up witH a fitted flounce at the bottom joined to the skirt b.v insertion of Foint d'Arabe lnec. The girdle, instead of being made of black velvet, is of vio let linen, with ff narrow band of lace Insertion at both edges. Through these bands are run the narrowest of draw ribbons of violet velvet. The neckband is made precisely in this lashion and knots of the violet velvet are arranged down the front of the bodice. Tlie St.vle of Sleeve*. The double sleeve is all the rage just now, and it is as well to have it while so much in fnvor, as there are signs that the st.vle is not come to stay. For one tiling, it has caught o* just a trifle too much. The double sleeve is becoming extremely popular —it will soon lie too popular. This ia sad. for it is a pretty mode, f.nd one which gives an air to a simple muslin frock. One tiling in Us favor is its variety. Moduli Gown*. Next to llie white cloth gowns in fa vor stands gowns of light bhie and mushroom pink cloth and the indica tions are that this is to be pre-emin ently a season of pale tinted cloths for reception wear. An F«.eiitl»l For a Child. The comfortable loose wrapper that cnu lie slipped ou without delay is an essential for the child as well as for its elders. The charming May Man ton model shown has the merit of serv ing equally well for that purpose and for the sleeping gown. For the former service it is admirable made of l-'renoh flannel or the less costly flannelette; for the latter It cnu be made of cam bric. long cloth, nalusiok or the warm er flannelette In preparation for winter night*. The full front* and backs are sim ply gathered and potned to a shallow, square yoke. Over the yoke falls the pretty round collar, with Its deep frill, aud all unnecessary fulness at the neck and shoulders Is avoided. The sleeves are one-seamed aud gathered at both arms' eyes and wrists, where WHAI'PIH. they tcriuiuatc In wrUthauda aud full frills. To cut this wrnpp »• for u child of four years of age litre* yards of ma terial twenty two ittvfc't wide will ha uquued. Feminine Financiering. While the coachman was having his vacation his employer made sudden announcement to his family that he must go at once to the upper penin sula on pressing business. Naturally snough he omitted to state that he was going In an Improvised fishing party. "Here's some money, Nan," and he stopped to produce it, though he had to quit packing a valise that he had been stuffing as though he were baling hay. "Hire a man to take care of the barn till Peter comes back and use the rest of it as you want to." When he was gone she, having the usual Napoleonic financial ability of her sex, promptly decided to look after the barn herself and put the money thus saved Into a beaut',ful summer dress that she did not need. That evening it rained and she tripped to the stables in a mackintosh that she tossed on the nearest part of the nearest horse, in lieu of a convenient peg, and was immediately kicked a doren feet in a straight line. The :ook ran out and displayed her pres ence of mind by turning the hose on her mistress and playing it on her until she had to revive in order not to drown. When It came to putting hay down into the mangers the cook fell headforemost into the funnel shaped chute made for this purpose, *nd most of her blood had gravitated to her brain before the people In the block, two policemen, a contractor, ind a verterlnary surgeon had res cued her. She is in bed under medi ;al care, the wife is being treated for 1 general contusion of the body, and the returned coachman is under extra pay to assure the husband that every thing 1 went ofT nicely.—Detroit Free Press. Expert Flrtitlnvr of Chlne.ie. From the improved fighting qualitloa :>f the Chineee soldier and his expert ase of artillery and small arms it ia evident that he hae profited by the later war with Japan and taken les sons in the gentle art of shooting the head off from European instructors. It may be that after the Chinese trouble is settled the nations of Europo will think twice b«fore allowing their mil itary officers to instruct in war the savage and sosii-eavage people else where. N. WOMAN'SKjDNEYTROUBLES Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is Especially Successful in Curing this Fatal Woman's Disease. IM mmliimX w^tr U( all the diseases known with which the female organism is afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless early and correct treatment is ap plied. the weary patient seldom survives. Being fully aware of till*, Mrs. Pinkham. e-.rly in her career, gave ex haustive study to the subf >c\\ and in producing her great remedy for woman's Ills Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was careful to see that it contained the correct combination of herbs which was sure to control that fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles. The Vegetable Compound acts in har mony with the laws that govern the entire female system, and while there are many so called remedies for kidney troubles, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound is the only one especially prepared for women. , The following letters will show how marvellously successful it is: Aug. 6, 1899. leucorrhoen, falling of the womb, and " PCAB MRS. PIVKHAM :—I am fail- kidney trouble. 1 also had a pain Ing very fast, since January have >»hea standing or walking, and some lost thirty-flve or forty pounds. I times there seemed to be balls of tire have a yellow, muddy complexion, in front of me, so that I could not sec feel tired, and have bearing down for about twenty minutes. Felt a* fiains. Menses hare not appeared for tir,«d in the morning when I got up hreemcnths; sometimes lam trou- as if I ha<l had no sleep for two week* bled with a white discharge, and I also Had famtinir spells, was down-hearted, have kidney and bladder trouble. . . and would cry."—Mas. ISrsniA Ot'Eß, I have been this way for u long time. Secousl and I iaytou Stv, Chester Pa. and feel so miserable 1 thought I would write to you, and see if you " DRAR MR*. PINKHAM : I cannot oould do me any good."—Miss KUNA lind language to express the terrible YMDSHICK, Troy, Ohio. suffering 1 hare had to endure. 1 had Sept 10, lIW. TR °"' F "PEAR MRS. PINKHAM : I have 'iw.ttowyh. ff 112 used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable \ i Compound according to direction* A ' 112 and can aay I have not felt so well } tried sevcra doo- / for v.ars as Ido at present Before j ''l"'J Voa en? i\%T J I taking your medicine a more mister- . .. }.. , I \ P able parson you nevar taw I could o 1 k not eat or sleep, aud did not care to ' .112. ' .. . A [rt t&'T^,J talk SQV . iic. Idi t not < uj«iv i , , s_„ o.W'./i • *1 life at all Now, I fe.l so well I can- ** . - jiV not ba grateful enough for what you , ' 'V .. " . A have d<>ue tor me. VJU ara surely a 1 , * ?" lP . , woman , friend Tlianking yon a i . , '" n , y °" r tli.itiftA.Mil I I aui * well woman 1 «au IfSf 'vtittn ' uot your meiticine too highly Misa bo MA V'HMDIIU'I ,OR ' KNOW '» will do all, sud even MIM HU*A »•%"«"" «; mora, than It is reeoatmended to do I roy, unto. { (#n (Wf |a(Mt|| wani , B »h..ut " PRAR MRS PINKMAM I ha»a your Vegetable t'owpouad, and urge takan live bottles of Lydia K Piuk tbsai to try It and sae for theinseffea httiu aVsgatablai uaua»undsaJ .mauol . what it will da" —MM MAR* A. 112 raise it eneafh. had headaches, I NtraKe Maaefceeser lad tsMisßga«seag3ag HETTY GREEN'S WEALTH. Would Have a City of Palaces If Her Mortgages Wore Foreclosed. No one knows precisely the extent at Hetty Green's wealth. It consists for the most part of government bonds, railroad stocks and mortgages, accord ing to the Ladies' Home Journal. Sli» says she is not so fond of government bonds since the finances of the nation have become polluted with politics. Good mortgages of any kind are now her favorite form of investment. If all the mortgages she holds were fore closed tomorrow twenty-eight churches of various denominations, In almost as many states, would become hers.and four cemeteries would be added to her real estate. Besides there would be blocks of great business buildings and splendid city houses, theaters, livery stables and hotels, country residences, farms and ranches, factory buildings and thousands of acres of valuable land in all parts of the country. Several years ago she ma.de a tour of inspec tion of all the property on which she held mortgages. She spent two years traveling and staid at forty hotels in as many cities. Sint>e then she has added largely to hor holdings of this kind. The most conservative estimates places Mrs. Green's wealth at $60,000,- 900, but it is probably more. She, her self, won't discuss the matter, except to say that it is overstated. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not spot.streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed ap pearance. Sold by all druggists. The number of rooms in a house, of windows or doors in a room, even of rungs on a ladder, in Siam must al ways be odd. Even numbers are con sidered unlucky. Don't drink too much water when cy ciiue. Adams' Pepsin Tuttl Fruttl Is an excellent substitute. The coal famine in Germany is lessening the output of pig iron materially. The Best Prescription for Chills and Forer is * bottle of Gaovi'g TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It Is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. rrlce 500. The high roller and the rolling stone gather no moss. Carter's Ink Is the best ink that can be mad*. It coots you ma more than poor atufl uot lit to write with. An apparatus for condensing sea fog into drinking water has been invented.
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