LOVE. Love is a day With no thought of morrow. Love is a joy With no thought of sorrow. .Love is to give With no thought of receiving. Love is to trust— Without quito believing. —From "With Lead and Line," by Charles Henry Webb. j A FAREWELL ' J BACHELOR DINNER. J It was the Van Waggemans who in troduced Judith Tankerville to soci tty, and she was so much of a success that in six weeks she counted her men friends by the score and not a dowa ger nor a debutante could find fault with her. Refinement, beauty, tact and experience—Airs. Tankerville had them all. Money? Nobody knew, but the women made shrewd guesses when they recounted the number and rare splendor of the jewels which she wore. At every ball or reception a different and more singuar brooch or necklace was at her matchless throat, some odd, barbaric gem was in her billowy black hair. As for her antecedents, everybody knew what the Van Waggemans knew —that the Tankervilles were an oil Irish-English family of high blood and big achievements. The Van Wagge mans had met Miss Judith at Flor ence and later in New York in the company of the "best people." Her distingue bearing and foreign air did the rest. She had the style Parisian, the English poise, the Dublin brogue gave its inimitable twang to the mils'.: of her voice. The debutante envied and imitated her amiable stateliness and saw with eminent gratification that she eluded, though she could not discourage, the pursuit of the "elig ible" young men. Mammas with mar riageable sons and daughters com mended the brilliant foreigner's min gled discretion and brilliancy and "took her up," safe in the certainty (hat she was neither an adventurers nor a fortune-teller. She became the "rage" among the men and the pro tege cf the women —evidence in itself of a masterly diplomacy. It was late in Dember at one of Airs. Hoileau's afternoons that Carrie Hunter Grant, widow of the million aire coffee roaster, twitted her host ess about a "possible case" between Mrs. Boiieau's elder brother and the Tankerville. "To me he looks 'hit,'" whispered the widow, affectionately. "Whenever Judith appears he becomes distrait, blushes —actually blushes. Just fancy a whitehaired veteran like the major blushing at sight of a girl." "Carrie, Carrie, you inveterate plotster," signed the hostess, "brother George will never marry again unless —" (arching her eyebrows knowingly. She knew that Mrs. Grant had her heart set on the rich widower.) ''Besides," she resumed, "hi:.* daughter is of age now. and I'm sure be has no thought of himself till she's settled in life." "By the way," said Mrs. Grant, changing the topic, 'did you ever no tice that marvellous watch Miss Tank erville wears?" 'Which one? I've noticed that she wears a different watch every week or so." "I mean thai, flat, antique thing en crusted with filigree. There never was anything like it on earth. I'm dying to know where she got it. If you ever get a chance ask her, will you, dear?" It was almost dark when Airs. Grant started for her carriage. In the ves tibule she met Major Glendennin, Mrs. Moileau's brother, who paused under the lamp to greet her. Mrs. Boileau was at her shoulder, chatting and both women stood to chaff the old beau. Finally said the widow: "Major, what time is it? 1 want to stop at Mrs. Henry's if I have time." The major fumbled under his over coat and pulled out his watch —a queer, outlandish fiat one encrusted with amber filigree. "What a queer watch!" snapped the widow, laying her hand on Mrs. Boil eau's arm, 'why, it's something like one Miss Tankerville wears." Both women peered at the bauble, but it was jerked back into the ma jor's pocket in a trice. "Quarter past five," blurted the wid owner, flushing and bolting into the house. "Aha, my foxey major," gig gled the widow, 'what do you think of him now, Mrs. Boileau?" The hostess laughed nervously, said "I can't be lieve it"and went in. It was a week later that Major Glendinnin gave a dinner at his club to ten of his old cronies. They were all old soldiers of war or finance; rich, gray old foxes of the fatherly sort; fc'.eek, well groomed men of fashion who "knew the world." Widowers and bachelors ali of them who knew the Tankerville, all good friends gf hers pnd of each other. They had come to the coffee when Glendennin proposed o toast: 'To Judith Tankerville, who is to be my wife." The applause which followed was rot instantaneous, but it came at last, came strong an<J hearty when they ,-sw the major was not joking. Till than none knew the purpose of this little feast. Indeed, it was but one of many of the same kind, but Clenden uin's announcement fell like a bomb among his chums. They rallied with tactful readiness and were standiug with cheers on their lips and wine glasses ready before their host could see through the clouds of smoke above the table the looks of surprise, chaz rin or merriment that were ex changed. "You lucky old rascal," Colonel Gregory was saying when the waiter entered, salver in hand, and gave the major a sealed envelope. The old fellow growled as he tore off the end, turned pale an instant, cursed in his white mustache and then bawled: "Where is he?" "Right here, sir," said a stranger, who slipped suddenly in behind the servant; "I made bold to come right up, sir, because all of these gentlemen know Miss Tank —" "Shut up" roared Glendennin, pur ple with rage. "Just a moment, major," cooed the interloper. . Then, to the waiter, "Please go out." The waiter left at a signal from the angry major, and the stranger ccolly sat down on the arm of a wall chair. "Gentlemen," he said to the staring, wondering guests, "I'm Hogan, a de tective from central, and I butted in lure because I knew all you gentle men wore—well, I might say, person al friends of Miss Tankerville, Judith Tankerville" (taking a bunch of pa pers out of his pocket), "Miss Judith Tankerville, alias Mignonne Dupre, alias 'The Princess,' and so forth." There was dense silence in the room. Glendennin looked like a man in the throes of apoplexy. ' The Tankerville woman is wanted in Paris for fraud —selling for a spec ulator in watches, jewels, diamonds and stealing the money. They've been following her all over Europe, you know. She's awful slick. Started out right a year ago and for two months sold mor<? antique jewelry than any une an.l cashed in on the square. She began the bunko in Florence eight months ago and has swindled every body since." The detective coughed, reached for a glass of wine, drank it off and con cluded: Now, major, that watch you've got on, the one with the filigree and the funny carving, how much did ynu give her on that." "Why, it's a family heirloom, you dog," roared Glendennin. "I found out she was pressed for funds and let her have three hun —" 'Well, ii ain't a family nothing, sir," said Hogan. "It's just a fake 'an tique.' they call 'em, made to sell for 75, prcbably worth 50. Now, gentle men" (turning to the company), "I know you've all been 'stuck' in the same way. The best way to fix things up "g to give up the gim-cracks. I won't say a word about the matter. Nobody knows SHE'S arrested, and we'll just see that she DISAPPEARS." ****** When Major Glendennin and Mrs. Carrie Hunter Grant had been mar rie.i about six months she asked him: "What had ever become of that curi ous watch you used to wear?" "Oh, that?" he grunted, looking a bit fc'iieepish, "I gave that to Colbnel Gregory as a keepsake when he left for California. He took a fancy to it, and as it was more of a lady's watch, I never liked it." "Where did YOU get it, dear?" "Oh, I ah —er, hem, it was an heir loom in my first wife's family, dear." And his wife looked on in wonder ing awe and was silent. —John H. Raftery, in the Chicago Record-Her ald. PORCUPINE QUILLS. They Are Fastened In and Ma> lie Slntken Out. The myth that the porcupine can discharge its quills to a distance is one of very great antiquity, and, like many myths, it has at its founda tion a grain of truth. The porcu pine's defensive armature lies in the quills scattered over its body, and, above all, thickly implanted in its toil. When threatened by enemies, it uses the tail as a weapon, thrashing and jerking it about from side to side, to the great danger of any living creature that may be within reach of it. Now the quills of a porcupine are so loosely inserted in the skin that they become detached very easily. They are sharp-pointed and barbed, and so stick into anything that they may be roughly brought in contact with. Any one who has ever poked a porcupine with a stick will remem ber that in a very short time many quills were found with their points buried in the stick. The violent thrashings and blows given by the tail o' the porcupine which is defending itself loosen many of those quills, which often are thrown short dis tances, but never more than a few inches, since the quills are far too light in weight to carry any distance. The fact i3 that quills may be—and often are —shaken from the tail of a porcupine and fall near it. Stansead in the last sentence or two of his let ter explains precisely the way in which these quills are loosened and then fall to the ground. It is inter esting to notice that the thrashing of the porcupine's tail against wood oi the ground or leaves is accompanied by considerable noise, and that the quills rattle against each other. It lias been suggested that this sounds like a challenge and that it is also a warning.—Forest and Stream. The Two G»lt«. "How can you stand the slow life oi a small town?" "Oh, it's a matter of taste, like driv ing; some men like to ride so fast they can't see anything—others like to dawdle along and enjoy the view." -Detroit Free Press. The Belgian pigeon which won th« : great race from Burgos, in Spain, tc Brussels, did the 700 miles in 14 hours. I New York City.—Blouse waists make the accepted models for all simple gowns and odd bodices. This satis factory May Mnntou model Includes BLOUSE WAIST. the new deep pleats at the shoulders and is rendered peculiarly effective by | the shield and collar of contrasting material*. The design is suited to all silks and soft wools, but in the original is made of pastel blue pcau de soie with bands of taffeta in the same shade, stitched with corticelli silk and | shield and collar of tucked white mous seline. ! Tlie lining is closely fitted and closes ; at the centre front. On It are arranged tlie various parts of tbe waist. Tlie I shield Is attached to the right side I and hooked over onto the left, but the ■ deep fronts close separately at the left ; side. Deep pleats are laid at the shoul -1 ders that extend to the waistline where ; the extra fulness is arranged in gatb | ers. To cut this blouse for a woman of 1 medium size, three and seven-eightli yards of material twenty-one inches : wide, three and one-half yards twenty | seven inches wide or two yards forty four inches wide will be required, with oue-lialf yard for shield and collar. Two Attractive Waists. No single article of dress is more fashionable than tlie odd waist of white. The smart May Manton model shown in the large drawing is made of taffeta, mousseline combined with cream lace, the edges of fronts, collar FANCY BLOUSE. and cuffs being stitched with many rows of corticelli silk. Buttons of crystal are placed on the fronts in groups of three. The foundation lining is snugly fitted and closes at tbe centre front. Tbe waist proper is plain at the back, snugly drawn down in gathers at the waist line, but is elaborated at the front by a yoke of lace and full vest portion of silk that falls in soft folds and pouches slightly, but tlie main portions are smooth at the shoulders and full only at tbe waist line. The big square collar is attached to the back of the neck and the fronts, while a regulation stock is worn at the throat. The novel sleeves are in bishop style with deep cuffs pointed at the upper edge and are arranged over fitted linings. To cut this blouse for a woman of medium size, three and three-fourth yafds of material twenty-one inches wide, two and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide, one and one lialf yards forty-four inches wide will be required, with one and three-eighth yards of all-over lace to make as il lustrated. Shirt waists with deep tucks stitched from shoulders to bust make a con spicuous feature of the season's style. The pretty model given in the large drawing is made of white silk chain - bray and is exceddingly dainty anj charming. The fronts of the waist are closed through the regulation box pleat and three tucks are laid in each that are trebly stitched with corticelli silk from neck and shoulder edges to the bust line, where tlie fulness falls free to be gathered at the waist, or, left loose to be arranged as desired. The sleeves are in bishop style with cuffs of the latest width, having rounded ends but toned over. At the neck is a turn-over collar of linen, \jut which can be cut of the material when preferred. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size, three and seven-eighth yards of material twenty-one inches wide, three and one-fourth yards twen ty-seven iuclics wide, two and three fourth yards thirty-two inches wide or two yards forty-four inches wide will be required. Kope-Uke Folds. All those who have been in mourning well know how hard it is to think up effective trimmings "out of whole cloth." One woman lias gotten around it in this wise. The dress is of soft, rich black goods, the bodice being tucked, save at the front, where a vest of crepe, in panel effect, is introduced. This is criss-crossed with folds of the crepe, tile crepe weave giving a rope like appearance. Five of these folds are down each side of the vest. This idea might be carried out entire, with fine results, tbe panel running down tlie front of the skirt and also heading the flounce. Folds of crepe are a most effective trimming, anyway. Shoes of Satin. Satin shoes or slippers to match all gowns for dressy occasions are almost de rigeuer now, and another luxury are gloves of white 'glace kid, suede or tlie heavy skins that are worn with every sort of gown. They are seen so much one wonders how any colored gloves are sold in tlie high priced shops. One exception is made in tlie heavy black glace gloves with white seams and stitching that look very chic for a time, and as the seams are soiled look just like the old style funeral kids. A Novel Jewel. A Parisian jeweler has introduced a trinket which is considered most de sirable by fair ladles. It consists of a single pearl or other gem, from which a tiny filigree ball is suspended. In this ball is a wee bit of sponge, which is always kept saturated with the favorite perfume of the wearer. This jewel is worn hanging by a tine gold chain, or with other trinkets, very like ly on a bangle. Oltl-Fasliioneri Laee Scarfs. Old-fashioned Spanish lace scarfs are used for muffs, made up with chiffon, which, wadded, of course, forms the foundation, and the frills as well. The scarf twists around the centre and | ties in a knot and ends, with a bunch of llowers or a handsome buckle. Tlie Kibbon Finish. No dainty piece of lingerie is com plete these days without its ribbon TUCKED SHIRT WAIST. finish at neck and sleeves and here and there for trimming, whether in rosettes or rows of ribbou-rim beading. This season will be no exception. Cllrl'g French Apron* French aprons, as well as French frocks, have a peculiar smartness ol their own and are very generally be coming to small folk. The dainty lit tle apron shown includes the long waist and other essential features, and is suited to all the long list of white and colored apron materials, but as here shown is of white dimity, with edging and insertion of needlework. The waist is gathered at both uppei and lower edges, the fitting being ac complished by means of shoulder and under-arm seams. The full skirt is also gathered, and is seamed to its lowei edge. The neck edge is llnished with a bertha collar that flares apart in points at both front and back, and the apron closes by means of buttons and buttonholes at the centre back. To cut this apron for a girl of sis years of age, two and one-half yards FRENCH APRON I-OR A QIRL. of material thirty-two inches wide will be required, with three years of edg ing and four yards of insertion to trim n» illustrated PEARLS OF THO'JGHT. Delicacy Is to the affections what grace is to beauty. They are never alone that are ac companied with noble thoughts. We cannot judge for each other. We have each our peculiar weakness, and temptations. Sympathy is easy to get, but when you need help you will find that is a different question. Instruction is a teacher, but Exam pie is an artist, and our emotions are the colors he mixes on the heart's pal ette. The people who help us are those who make light of our achieve ments and have faith in our possibili- I ties. For things never come quite right | in this world. The threads seem to slip out of our hands as we arc go ing to tie the knot. The inward influences and illumin ations which come to us through those who have loved us are deeper than j any that we can realize; they pene- ( trate all our life, and assure us that there must be a fountain of life and j love from which they and we are con ' tinually receiving strength to bear j and hope. It is seldom that a man loses his temper, even under the greatest prov ocation, without having cause, sooner or later, to regret his want of self command. There are few of our fel low creatures so important that it is j not worth while to conciliate them, j | none that may not some time have it I in their power to Inflict on us an in- j ! jury. AMERICANS COFFEE DRINKERS. riiry Continue Much Mora Ulan Anj Other Nation. The Americans drink more coffee I than any other people in the world. : Not only does this country consume ! more coffee than any other country, 1 but the American individually drinks more of the beverage than any one : else in the world. The German, who comes next to him, drinks six pounds per capita. The j | Frenchman, third in the race, drinks nearly five pounds per year. Uncle Sam leads with eleven pounds per J capita. The year just ended was by far the I greatest coffee importing year in our history. For the first time we im j ported upward of 1.000,000,000 pounds of coffee in a single year. Eight I years ago we imported a little more than a half a billion pounds a year. Not only has the importation of coffee been vastly greater than in any I previous year, but the value has stead- 1 ily risen, until in 1901 it reached 570,- | 000,000. The cost to the consumer, however, has been reduced below the j average for the years from 1890 to I 1897. Some of the interesting facts ! brought out by the tables of the treasury bureau of statistics are the j relatively small amounts of coffee con j sumed by the Russians and the Eng | iish. The Russians drink so little as to make the calculation a matter oi: fractions, while the Englishman drinks I only seventy-two one-hundredths of a j ! pound a year. The Italian approaches | the pound average, and the Austrian almost exactly doubles this average. By far the greatest part of the ccf fee drunk in the United States comes from Brazil, and most of the rest \ comes from American countries to the south. The King and the Itetiurtero. i It is reany too bad that his majesty I of England should be offended at the j attention paid him by the press, and I by the fact that all his movements are ! watched. A man of his experience r tnd j resource should be able to abate the j nuisance, and at me same time do a ! lot of amused chuckling. If lie would ! only observe the methods of some of j the sovereign American voters who visit his dominions, he would learn a ; trick worth more than all the laws against lese majeste enforced by his ( irritable cousin the kaiser. Let hi.u I learn from t'lem how to use a press j agent, and it will not be long until the bare mention of l«js name will be ! enough to throw a whole press asso ciation into an ague of terror. Let him not only furnish the papers with lull advance notices of all his movements, but also insist that they be published, and at the same time keep shedding type-written interviews with himself, full of spontaneous opinions on all kinds of subjects of which he is igno rant, and I will guarantee that in ■ a very few weeks even the most hard- ; ened newspaper men in his kingdom will wear a hunted look, and if he happens to come on a group of them unawares, they will go through doors and windows without the formality ol opening them. It is the fact that he makes his doings and thinkings hard to get,at that makes every paragraph about them so valuable.—Harper's Weekly. Valley Forge as It In. Many people have the impression that Valley Forge is a wild glen high among the mountains where wintei ; frosts and snows hold unrelaxing j sway for many long, dark months , every year. But really its situation is \ neither lofty nor remote, and the rig ors of the cold are not nearly what they would be in our more northerly states. Comparatively little snow falls, and often there is not a week's, sleighing the winter through. The valley is only 23 miles from Philadelphia, with which it has direct communication by a railroad that skirts along the Schuylkill river.— Woman's Home Companion. Western Australia is making heroie efforts to develop farming industries, I especially the growing of grain. ! S U.u,. Belvos.—New Y«rk Press. A cod-iih caught recently on the Nova Scotian coast had in Its stomach the mouthpiece of a trombone. Thirty minutes is all tho time required to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by till druggists. The fellow who says he has loved and lost may simply ho thinking of the pres ents she failed to return. For the llnwfld. No matter what ails you, headache to a ciheer, you will never «et well until your bowels are put ritfht. CASOAUETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. OAS CAUETS Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on It. Beware of imitations. Private golf links over two miles in ex tent have been laid out for the King at Windsor. FlTftpermanently cured.No fltsornnrvous ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerveltestorer.is2trial bottle andtreatlsefreu Dr. 1(. H. KLINE, Ltd., i)3lAroh St. Phlla.,Pa. After three months the newly married man can say "my wife" without stammer ing. I am suro l'iso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mils. THOMAS Ron niNs, Maple St., Norwich, N. V., Feb. 17, I'JOO. In the last fifty years France has con verted 9,000,000 acres of waste land into forest. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren teething, soften the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Some people feather their nests with borrowed plumes. Sad Coughs mull II 111 ■!■— ! mil | airidlfliftßßWMHHß a "I had a bad cough for six weeks and could find no relief 1 until I tried Ayer'3 Cherry Pecto- 9 ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle 9 cured me." ft L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. B fl Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don't wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral just as soon as your cough begins. A few doses will cure you then. Three sliec 2Sc., 5Sc., St. All droplets. * Con«ult your doctor. If he says take It, tlien do a* he says. If he tells you not to take It. then don't take it. He knows. Leave It with him. We are willing J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. ■KMMMMMMnaaH Language#! of the Itrittsti Kmplre. A compilation of considerable inter est has just been brought out„by Dr. It. X. Cust, I.L. I),, the well known Ori ental scholar. It takes the form a complete list of the languages find dialects spoken and written iu the British empire at the close of tho nine teenth century. The total number of these is 204, of which eighty-live tire furnished by Asia, fifty-eight by Africa and thirty by Oceania. Among the tongues included in this list are manj which are decidedly unfamiliar to the "man iu the street." India, for exam ple, furnishes Khowar (Cliitral), Ivor tha (Assam), and Lepeha (Thibet fron tier!; then from the Celebes Islands comes Ail'nor, from tlie Island of Zan zibar Pokouio, from Sierra Leone Bui lom, and from the Niger territory bira. The language spoken in the llud soil Bay district is called Kri, in Xe\v Brunswick Mailislt and in British Guiana Acawoio. In the Friendly Isl ands the inhabitants wish one another a Merry Christmas in Tonga, while at Port Moresby they do so in Itoro.—Lon don News. A BOON TO HUMANITY. 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