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.
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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.
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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.