DAWN AND SUNSET. At dawn A modest trill is heard, A signal from some unseen bird, Some trusty harbinger of morn; Then from the tiny, swelling throats A hallelujah of rieh notes In greeting to the day just born. At sunset^ When the rosy light Is fleeing from Tppronehing night, And wooCiand shades are growing deep, I ehirj), a flutter here and there, A bent of wings upon the air, And night has hushed the birds to sleep. —Frank H. Sweet. I . . THE . . | j History of a Bonnet. | | BY JANE P. ROWE, j i Mr. and Mrs. Latham had been mar- i ried nearly 10 years. Mr. Latham was , a clerk in a dry-goods store with a salary of sir»o a month. lie was a man of steady habits, and greatly trusted by liia employers. The whole force of bis mind was given to saving money, and with this end In view he restricted his living expenses to the lowest possible sum that ac corded with his position in life. Hut with Mrs. Latham it was differ ent, and she was one of those dainty litUe women that light colors and ele gant material »et off to great advan tage. If she had a passion In life it was for flue clothes. But this passion was never gratified. She had few amusements, for her husband frowned on theatres, and did not countenance lier going to parties lest she should be at the expense of a return entertain ment. Yet she was a cheerful little body, and went on year after year, baking and cooking and sewing and mending for her great silent partner, j because, as she said, she had not a lazy bone in her body. When she was not at her household duties she was making over old clothes; she had one dress that - had been turned ! six times, anil with the assistance of ; the cleaner and dyer was still passably fresh looking. Every new dress came out of her savings from the daily .fare. One of these, with a mournful attempt at pleasantry, she named her robe de mouton, because it had been procured through buying scraps of the least choice parts of a sheep and serving ! them up to a confiding husband with j a deceiving sauce that effectually hid their unworthiness. Another was termed her "ashes of beef." because it was attained through reducing stingy rump steak into small fragments and investing it in an appetizing pie. As for her bonnets, she had quite for gotten the date for their birth; they were, in fact, prc-hlstorie. But one day this little woman met her fate. It came in the shape of a bonnet, a dream in lavender. Sucli an airy thing it was that she almost expected to take wings and fly away before her eyes. So afraid of this was she that she de termined upon securing it at once, so she went into the milliner's and de manded the price. "Fifteen dollars, ma'am." "Oh, dear! ThaC is above me." "Well, you can have it for -510. It Is » sample theatre bonnet, from Paris, and 11s the winter is coming on we are afraid of keeping it too long on band on account of iis delicate color." "Well, I will think it over, and per haps ome for it on Monday. Mrs. Latham's greeting to her hus band that Saturday evening was one «112 unusual fervor, lie wondered and was delighted, but later on was not to well pleased, for when seated at dinner his wife said, — "My dear, we have been married nearly 10 years." "Indeed!" he answered smilingly. "They have par ted like 10 months." "Not to me. It seems an age since I had a new bonnet." "I'm sure the one you are wearing now looks as good as new." "It's as old as the hills—in fact, ante diluvian. And oil, John, I've just turned and remade my wedding dress, and I do so want a bonnet togo with it. And today I saw such a love—l was spellbound by it—l wonder I ever got home —" "llow much was it?" "Ten dollars." "Whew! That's beyond everything. No wife of a dry-goods clerk ought to wear a ten-dollar bonnet." "But, John, I've not had a new bon net since my wedding, and 1 do so want this one! It will exactly match my dress, and I am invited to Miss Simpson's wedding, and 1 want to go." "Impossible, my dear," answered Mr. Latham, in his calm, authoritative way, "If it depends on jour getting that bonnet." "But. John, here bare I been work ing for you these 10 years, without asking anything but mere board and the commonest of dresses; If I had been merely your working housekeeper Iliy wages would have been at least sls a mouth. Surely *lO in 10 years Is not too much to link for a liew bon net." "My dear, 1 have now a nice balance lit my blinker's which will be yours whenever I die. Ten dollars ad.l. d to another '.«> awaiting It will make fhio, and bring you In s•"> a year more than you would otherwise have.l have at tills present moment only one $lO bill til tny pocket, and tbti'e it will remain till It goes Into the bank." Mrs. Latlnini rose, and without a word commenced removing the dlnlcs, and nothing further was said about (be bonnet. Oa the Monday •reulog following. Mr. Latham came home In a towevlng passion. He had been to the bank in the course of the day to deposit his $lO, and he found the money was not in his pocket. "Lucy," cried he, looking like a walk ing thunder cloud, "I never knew you were a pickpocket." "That shows how little you really know about me, my dear," his wife answered. "You have not thought it worth while to study my character, you know, therefore one part of it sur prises you." "But, Lucy, do you really think it right to rob your husband?" "No, I consider it very wrong. I merely took a little of what belonged to me; your money is community prop erty, remember. Walt till you see tha bonnet; it will atone for everything. Away she ran for it. She came back soon with a fluffy thing perched on her golden curls that made her look be witching. She rushed up to her hus fjand. "There, now, sir, how do you like that?" she gaily asked, and pushed up her rosebud of a mouth for a kiss. But he, in a blind rage at being so outwit ted, snatched the bonnet from her head and flung it into the Are. The little wife turned deadly pale. "Oh, John," she moaned, "you for- ; get that this is our wedding day!" And putting up two small hands, whose i only ornament was a plain wedding ring, to hide her face, she sobbed like a child. John gazed at her in a dazed sort of , way. He loved her better than his j life, but he had not thought it neces- j sary to let her know it. "Oh, Lucy—oh, my dear heart, stop! j I've been a brute —I see it for the lirst : time! Only stop crying and I'll turn over a new leaf. You shall have a bank account of your own; every month I will give you what I would give a housekeeper. Will that satisfy you, dear wife?" cried he, taking her j in his arms and soothing her as if she j were a pain-stricken child. "Oh, John, I shall be the happiest. ' woman alive!" she said, throwing her j arms round his neck, and smiling j through her tears. And thus, in one house, the cities- j tlon of the wife's allowance was satis factorily settled. , If men realized how happy the pes- | session of money of their own makes women, there would be fewer wives who feel as if they were pensioners J on their husband's bounty.—Waveriey Magazine. r/.ILROADINC IN MEXICO. Re««oin Which (unwed a Train Crfw t« Make for Thin Side of the Border. Ileetntly there arrived in El Paso on the Mexican Central passenger train a brakeman lately employed on the Jiin uleo division ho had been compelled to flee from the country or take his chances of going to jail. His name is with held by request as he said he might want to return some day and, inore ovt r, p. rsons ignorant of the eo d tio i* in Mexico might misconstrue his sudden I flight. 'On Sunday last he was running on a | freight train between Jimulco and Tor ; reon. The track is very crooked and it I is impossible for an engineer to see any distance ahead around the curves. A party of live Mexicans were walking on the track and on account of the curve the engineer was unable to see them until lie was only a few feet j away. He Instantly applied the air, j but it was too late. Two at least of the crowd, one a man and the otherapparently a woman, were struck and knocked off the track. The engineer instantly put on all the steam he could carry and ran on at lull speed without stopping to learn more. At Torreon the train was sidetracked and without saying a word to any one the entire crew departed in different directions. The conductor and engin eer headed for Eagle I'ass, one brake man and fireman disappeared, and one took the passenger train for El Paso that came along an hour later. The last arrived here last night without dif ficulty. To a reporter he said: "The condi tions are something tervible for an American railroad man in many parts of Mexico. Around the bi,; cities it U not always so bad, but In the rural districts it is terrible. The ignorant, petty officials think an American has no rights at all and our consuls as a rule do not seem to make the least ef fort to protect our rights, saying we must settle that ourselves with the Mexican authorities. I know men who have lain in jail without being able to secure any trial or investigation. I know one man who hod a quarrel with a Chinaman tit Saltlllo on the Mexican National and lilt him over the head with a stick, lu the United States be would only have been fined s."■ at the most. lie has been sentenced to four years in the pcu."—El Paso (Texas) Herald. Vnvvn broker* In ( hinra. Among the Canton houses tl.cre ar& occasional i xceptions to the usual one storied or low constructions. Home of these are built like square towers four or live stories high, with no outside windows save at a considerable dis tance above thi' ground, and no out side project lons l»y wh.ch thieves might get in. These cstnMlshnu uts are called pawnshops, it it they ap pear more to resemble banks. It is usual among the Chinese to deposit their possessions of value, when not in um\ In these establishments. The peo ple also store there iii summer their winter clothing, on which money Is often lent. To have dealings with a pawnshop ■* In no way considered de rogatory to a Chinese gentleman's dig. nlUr. 1 THE REALM OF FASHION. | New York City. —No matter how many jackets and coats a woman may possess her wardrobe is incomplete without a cape that can be utilized JRlm\ #ii\ isw&N a svs V JmiSf^Wr TUCKED CAPE. for theatre wear and all those occa sions which mean removing the out side wrap. The smart May Manton model illustrated includes all the latest features aud is comfortable at the same time that it is easily made. As shown, the material is doe colored satin-faced cloth, with yoke of darker velvet aud trimming of embroidered applique, while the cape is lined with fancy taffeta in light shades, but cloth of any color, drap d'ete, Henrietta or peau de sole can be substituted, with any trimming and lining preferred. The pointed yoke and high, flaring collar are cut together, but in sections, which allow of a perfect fit. The cloth that makes the cape proper is laid all around in backward turning pleats, forming an inverted pleat at the centre back. Each pleat is stitched its entire length one-half incli from the edge to form the narrow tucks. The pleats are then laid narrower at the top and widening tow. rd the bot tom and are pressed and tacked on the underfold to position. The cape por tion is attached to a shallow yoke of lining, over which the yoke collar is laid. The stitching not alone is orna DOUBLE BREASTED ETON. mental, it holds the pleats in a way to avoid all clumsiness, yet allows them to flare sufficiently for grace, but it may be omitted aud the edges left plain. To make this cape for a woman of medium size six yards of material twenty-one inches wide, three and a quarter yards forty-four inches wide or three and a quarter yards fifty inches wide, with one and an eighth yards of velvet for collar, will be re quired. Doulile-Ilreastrd Kton Jacket. Every possible variation of the Eton jacket Is shown among the Imported gowns. The stylish May Manton mod el shown In the large engraving is ad mirable for both separate Jackets and suits. For the latter use cloth of all sorts Is appropriate, as is velvet, which is much worn for occasions of formal dress. general wear heavier cloth and heavy ciievlot have the preference, although black velvet is to have an extep ' * vogue for visiting and church wot . s shown, the jacket is de signci . a cost nine of soft tan col ored broadcloth, w'h bands of white, edged with tiny ball but ton trim ming that match.. the cloth. With the skirt is worn a deep draped bodice belt of soft silk, which Is shown at the back, where the jacket slopes up to produce the fashionable slm:t waisted effect. The back Is seamless and (lis with perfect smoothness; the fronts are fitted by means of single darts and lap one over the other in double-breasted style. At the upper edge of the right front are three ornamental buttons that, with the buttonholes, keep the jacket closed. At the neck Is a stand- Ing collar, with double tlariug portions that rest against the hair. The sleeves are two-seamed aud flare over the hands. To make this Jacket for a woman oi' medium size tbree ami three quarlet yards of material twenty-one Incht s wide, two yards forty-four Inches wide, or one and a half yards ttfiy Inches wide, will be required. Hi* H«y»U«ro \\U\e pli-coi of lace insert ion are applied lu diagonal Hues across the I skirl of a taffeta silk gowu, thus glv ing it a modified Bayadere aspect This effect should not be attempted by a very short woman, as the ar rangement of lines tends to make the figure look abbreviated. With such a gown the same idea should be car ried out on the bodice. The waist should be cut double-breasted across the chest and fasten on the left side. This is the best model for displaying diagonal lines of insertion on a bodice. Modish Fun*. The small fans which will be car ried with handsome gowns show the cut-out effect of so many other tilings. There are white lace flowers on black net, the net showing only on closest examination and the flowers standing off by themselves, conventionalized tu lips perhaps, or beautiful fleur dc lis with a few silver spangles to brighten them, set in black handles. Or the black lace fans will have spangles of gold and handles of gold and black. White For Winter Wenr. Ture white toilets are to be as popu lar during the winter season as they have been during the summer, and are being prepared in cloth as often as in lighter materials for house and even ing wear. The white cloth gown and white felt hat, in combination with heavy furs, will be a favorite fad of the woman to whom expense and dur ability are of no concern. Sen Gulls on Muffs. Sea gulls are used for the body of chiffon muffs and fancy small cape collars to match; one gull on either shoulder, the heads pointing down on the bust. Two birds are also used for the muff with chiffon frills at either end. lilack nnil Ool<l. Black velvet embroidered with gold is used for decoration on the new rough materials. Zybelinc is especially pretty ornamented in this way. Ladles' Mornlnjf Jacket. A simple breakfast jacket makes an essential part of every wardrobe. There are days and hours when even a shirt waist is irksome, and nothing takes the place of a jacket that is per fectly comfortable and easy, yet does not degenerate into tlie negligee that can lie worn in bed or dressing room only. The tasteful May Manton mod el shown is suited to flannel of various weights and qualities, from the fine French to the simple outing, and all washable stuffs. As illustrated, it is made of the Scotch sort that contains Just enough cotton to allow of wash ing without harm. In cream white, with stripes of blue, and is trimmed with faucy blue braid about the scal lops. The jacket is fitted loosely at the front, but Is snug enough for neatness and style. The backs are cut In French style with a curved seam at the centre and are joined to the fronts by broad underarm gores that are shaped to give a graceful outline to the figure. At the neck is a deep turn over collar that can be worn with a simple ribbon tie. The sleeves are two-seamed, snug without being tight, and flare becomingly over the hands. To make this jacket for a woman of Jpi| MORNING JACKET. > medium size three and five eight* yard* twenty-seven Inches wide, of two and three-quarter yards thirty* two lucliis wide, will be required. STORY OF THC CREAT WALL: Puck's Veracious Account of How It Wal Kullt. Chin Chi Hwangti, emperor of China In the third century B. C., was a great man, although it is possible that his name is not at all familiar to you. H« whipped everybody in his neighbor hood who wanted.to fight and quite 112 number who did not. But like manj another successful man, he was sub ject to periodical attacks of the .blues Oil one of these occasions, while hf was sitting In iiis palace, gazing de jectedly nt the luxurious furniture. At j Tull, the most influential politician ir j the empire, dropped In. "What ails Your Majesty?" inquired Ah rull. "Does tli ' B other of tli • Sui and Moon sigh because there are nc more barbarians to wallop?" "Nay," said the emperor; "there arf plenty of them; but I was meditating on the usclessness of walloping them If I go after them they retire beyond the frontier into the veldt, if I may use the expression. If I return to my capi tal they cross into my dominions and raise Cain. Nor is there any glory in it when I do wallop them; for then doth the public say, 'Oil! they were dead easy, anyhow. Pity he wouldn't!' And then I was worrying about the .surplus in the treasury. This emp'.ra of mine is so blamed prosperous that we have more money than we know what to do with. Every day I get a note from some friendly power askluf me for a loan." "Ju-t so!" said Ah Pull. "I have sal up several nights of late thinking ot that surplus. Now, 1 have a plan t» get rid of the surplus and the barbae rians at one fell swoop. Build a greal wall around the frontier. I shall or. ganize a Wall Building and Construe tion Company—" "What do you estimate that the wall would cost?" asked the emperor. "The surplus," replied Ah Pull, ehecj fully. "Then," said the emperor, who was not without experience in public works, "as we may reasonably figure that it will cost three times the estimate, it will use up the surplus and leave a large and interesting national debt." "Exactly!" said Ah Pull, with con siderable enthusiasm. "It will keep th» , Brother of the Sun and Moon hustling j to pay tlie interest and he will not have ' to mope around his palace for want of occupation." Convinced by these arguments, Chin Chi Hwangti passed the necessary ap propriation. It is not recorded that he was ever again troubled by h surplus. —Puck. The Klondike Cook. The ideal cook should possess a Sem itic incline to his soul. Initiative in his ! art is not the only requisite; he must keep an eye upon the variety of his larder. He must "swap" grub with the gentile understanding^; and woe unto him should the balanceof trade be against him. His comrades will thrust It into his teeth every time the bacon is (lone over the turn, and they will even rouse him from his sleep to re mind him of it. For instance, previous to the men going out for a trip on trail, he cooks several gallons of beans in the company of numerous chunks of salt pork and much bacon grease. This mess he then moulds into blocks j of convenient size and places on the i roof, where it freezes into bricks In a couple of hours. Thus the men. after a weary day's travel, have but to chop off chunks with an axe and thaw out in the frying-pan. Now the chances preponderate ngainst more than one party in 10 having chilli-peppers in I their outfits. But the cook, supposing | him to be fitted for his position, will | ferret out that one party, discover j some particular shortage in its grub I supply of which he has plenty, ai"l j swap the same for cliilli-peppers. 1 These In turn lie will incorporate In the | mess aforementioned, and behold a disli which even the hungry aretle gods may envy.—Jack London, in Har per's Bazar. An Arab's l'arlnr. A woman traveler in Egypt is ' amazed at the dearth of the natives' household goods, says a correspond ent of the Chicago News. There is little furniture, because the Arab needs ! little. Ills lite Is spent out of doors, j and he can sleep in any handy gutter as peaceably and happily as a child, | while most of his meals are eaten in the oiM'n air. In one exceptionally luxurious house, I that of a charwoman, the traveler j found a parlor. It was regarded as a ' sort of shrine by Fatima. She had made it a fetich, devoting to Its enibd- I llsliment all the money she could spare ' and sacrificing to it even her children'* 1 wants. The visitor was shown throilkl; ' a broken-down doorway Into a sqwflid ' passage, where two rooms at either i end revealed perspective* of grease' i squalor beyond. Children t' env c I from every entrance. ' Arrived at the holy of holies, tlit j door had to be unlocked. It was a brand-new Birmingham lock, distant Manchester had supplied a carpet blaz ing with roses and small creton cur tains of brilliancy to match. Stieii thing* are in Carlo called "fellah" • vill ain. as nolle but fellaheen are foil id to be purehesers of them, but poor Fa tlina's horrors are not yet quite cata logued. From some common shop In the Mu*kl she had captured two »r three Kins* vases, and in ihem lhi> last touch of triumph wire artificial flowers. Thai Warrlil Krhs. "Alice, your conduct li n»o»t remark able. I distinctly beard Mr Knrlsoit M»» yoil twice out 111 the vestibule." ••|i Isn't true: there'* a horrid echo In I hat old »e»tlbule." Sondag«-NI»s« Modern Arrangement of Furniture. Informality of arrangement is the proper thing these days in living rooms, libraries, dens, etc., or. In fact, I In any room where the family lire. Reception or drawing rooms may lie made ns elaborately handsome as dc sired, but those for daily, comfortable use should be tastefully consistent In their furnishing, yet not one tiling to appear as too good for constant' and careless use. A Way to Improve Sturelt. A hint for housekeepers is that starch is improved when a little table salt is added, but like many hopeful hints it has another side. Ironing is easier with the salted starch, but the least dampness reduces the stiffness to a limp and unpleasant state. Either borax or gum-arabic has the opposite effect, preserving the stiffness. Some housekeepers make their strach of soapy water. The soap prevents the iron from sticking. But it isn't a good idea, to use soap in starch. It has a decided tendency toward turning the clothes yellow. Fruit* for the Table* One of the most discouraging things that the housekeeper encounters fre quently is the remarkably poor quality of some remarkably tine looking fruit. There is practically only one way to escape these troubles, and that is to become familiar with the popular virie tics. There are difficulties in the way, but If the purchaser is insistent to know what she is purchasing, the mar ket will find it profitable to take pains to have everything named. Peaches are a good example of possible diffi culties, as many of them look much alike to the average person, but what differences in quality there are! In the case of apples one *could soon learn those which are most stable in quality; some are of very little account if kept too long, but are of finest quality early in the season and others will improve j by keeping.—Meehan's Monthly. Household Decoration. The fireplace, as we all know, must , be the centre of interest in a room, rep | resenting, as it does, the gatherlng [ place for a family. The mantel is part j of the fireplace, and generally gives the keynote to the room. When it is architecturally good, as iu this In stance, it must b.' 1 treated with more or less formality. The ornaments which goon it should be those which ! in themselves are interesting, on which I the eye ran rest with satisfaction when 1 it travels up from the blaze beneath. Little gewgaws and knlckknacks have | no place on it. Dignity, simplicity, and j reserve must, together with the beauti ful, be suggested in every detail. When a mantel-shelf is low, low en ough to support an elbow, and wh >n it comes over a grate, it can often iv> | treated in a much more Informal man ' ner, and be made to enter into th' daily life of the housekeeper, as st ! were.—Harper's Bazar. J&%LAfC(/S£'/fc L& Amber Lemon Tie—Cream half a pound of butter witli a pound of sug ar, beat in the yolks of six eggs and ; tiie juice and grated peel of a | lemon, season witli a little nutmeg and : a table-spoonful of fruit juice aiul then beat in the whites of four : eggs beaten stllT. Bake with low : er crust only, and when . done cover with a meringue made of '■ the whites of two eggs beaten st'.ff with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Eat cold. Delicious, i Fruit Meringue—Beat the whites o' four eggs with one tumbler of granu lated sugar for one-half hour: place a sheet of writing paper in an Inverted dripping pan and pile the mixture tip on it tit will be too thick to rut' **vei the sides*, and bake in a slow nven ! for another half-hour. Whip one pint i of cream until thick and add jus' be fore serving, two tabb'spoonfule of strawberry prt serve, cherry, apricot er any preferred fruit. Split the mer ingue when cold and till w.tli the ; cream. Orange Straws. Save the peel from oranges used in the house, put them In a large bowl of water, keeping it i one week, changing it daily. Thlf j takes all the poison <<ut of the peel aiu leaves It with a delicious llavor. Tr the peel of six oranges take one pound of granulated sugar and tine half cup ! ful of water. 801l until It hairs, thei add the orange peel, which has btvi. cut In thin strips and dried on a cleanj towel. Stir until the sugar hardens al| over the strips, then pour on a plat tor, rick the mass apart before It harden* Arlcndorf, a Southern torn Bread-* One pint corn meal, one and onehal. pints of warm corn meal inusli, wi» and one-half pint* of sweet milk, t'oui t u-s beaten separately. < nr teaspoon ful baking powder, one I aspoonfu salt. Mix the meal. mush, milk am yolks of egg*. Add white*, bnkiiu liowtler and salt and bake about H minutes In a well buttered trianlte 01 cart en w are dish In which it Is to K ' Be lit to the table. To be served wit! I a spoon and eaten with a fork, it W j too soft to handle. TUlu will uiak* « ' large quantity.
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