IF I HAD GIFTS
I wrre Kina of Fairyland
And had tha rielit to nay
low blc8Rinan ahntild be aiied around
IJown here, irom nay to nay
If I might Rive to each and all
Whatever giftii I chose
.What ahoiild I give, my little boy,
To you, do you suppose?
Not hoap of gold nor mighty ship
To nail the ocenn blue.
Not wealth to mnke of other boy
The hired staves of yon
But ruddy cheeks and apnrkling eyes,
A laugh that had the ring
Of honest pleiiHure in it, and
A heart for everything!
SHOW it wd, ors
IN the Far Went, particularly In
the For Southwest, the newly ar
rived settler often find) that he
linn strange neighbors not only
Indians, but white desperadoes, who
nre morn to be feared tliiin even Utes
and Apaches.
Two young friends of mine good.
Steady, New ICiigland born young men
were so unfortunate us to buy liuiA
In the vicinity of nn especially ugly
nieniliei of this outlaw fraternity.
They bad been brought up to obey the
law, and respect the properly uud
rights of their neighbors.
They could be bravo enough in the
defense of any just cause, yet they
dreaded and shrank from the use of
deadly weupons against a fellow-being.
I'lain, fanner-bred boys, CJllbert and
Chntlcs Small had, by steady Inbor
and economy, saved up a capital of
$1700. Willi this they emigrated to
Colorado and started a small stock
farm, llfteeu miles from Alamosa. By
availing themselves of the Homestead
ace and the pre-empt ion law, lliey se
cured a tract of 31!) acres of land lying
upon n creek, with a range extending
back over the bills which was not
likely to be taken by other settlers.
At a point a short distance below,
where a mining trail passed them mid
where they judged there would In time
lie a railroad, they built n frame house,
which they opened as a hotei, and In
which they also kept 11 stock of grocer
ies. Some eight or teu miles from them
lived a man named Peter Ilergit, who
professedly worked a mine, but whose
place was really a rendezvous for ren
egade cowboys and other desperate
iMiaracters of the Jesse .Tames type.
It was Intimated that several dar
ing robberies had been planned, and
also that Clate Walker made it one of
his stopping places.
Walker was a notorious gambler and
dead shot. He was supposed to bo the
leader of a band of train robbers, and
was said to have killed not less thail
ten men In various affrays.
It was said, too,., that occasionally,
when times becume' too monotonous
because of the lack of excitement, he
would kill a man "for fun," just to
keep his band in.
He had a pleasing; habit of riding
through small towns and camps, shoot
ing promiscuously at everybody he
saw, to keep up the terror of his name
-a matter he appears to have been
vnin of.
It will seem well nigh incredible that
such a man should be allowed to es
cape justice and to run at large. Such
Is the ugly fact, however. In scores of
similar cases, owing, probably to the
circumstances that n officer likes to
attempt the arrest of these despera
does, who generally carry two, and
sometimes, three, heavy revolvers, and
are marvellously quick and sure of
aim.
As nn example of the wonderfully
rapid and accurate shooting of some
of those frontier men the writer re
members seeing a cowboy at Baton,
New Mexico, ride his horse at full gal
lop past a telegraph post to which was
planed the round while cover of a
paper collar box, and lo.l;;e four balls
from bis Col Cm pistol in this small
jiurk while passing. Afterward he
entertained us by throwing lino the
air, one after aunt her, a handful of
peanuts, and crnkitig each as it fidl
with a single bitilet.
Then he did the same thing again,
tossing the nuts up rapidly, and twirl
ing the revolver round his forefinger
after every f-hoi. Finally, throwing
the nuts up more slowiy, he replaced
bis pistol In Us sheii th at his hip after
every shot, druwing it for eaeii suc
ceeding nut, iind did not miss one out
of six. This shows the accuracy and
quickness of aim of many of these
lawless fellows; and such u marksman
was Clute Walker, who added to his
reputation, moreover, the more mur
derous one of being a "killer," which,
In the phrase of tills section, means a
desperado who will shoot a man upon
the least provocation. Our two young
stockmen had heard of this border
monster, but their first actual ac
quaintance with hlru began the first
week after putting up their sign,.
"Small Bros., Hotel a-d Grocery."
Walker chanced to pass one morn
ing, and seeing the new sign, and by
way of calling attention to himself,
reined In his horse, drew his revolver,
and opened lire on the sign, shooting
the first letter, "S," to pieces. Then,
dismounting, he kicked the door open,
and walking in, demanded a "cock
tall." Gilbert, who chanced to be Inside at
the time, told him civilly that there
was no bar In connection with the
house, for, true to their borne princi
ples, the young men bad determined to
keep a "temperance bouse" a greater
auomuly In the West than many may
at first suppose,
"A temperance house!" shouted
Walker, and he vented his astonish
ment and disgust in a burst of oaths
and reviling. "No man shall keep a
hotel with nothing to drink In It In
these parts!" he said. "If you don't
have liquor, and good liquor, too, the
next time I call, I won't leave a whole
dish or a whole bone here!" And as a
foretaste of what he would do he
kicked over the table and smashed
three or four chairs by way of leave
tukin - ,
TO BHINC.
If I were King Fairyland,
With none to any mo nay.
O, little girl, what think you I
Should bring to you to-day?
Nny, I should bring a'-ros the sea
From some knight-ridden strand
No mincing little "nobleman,"
To ask you for your hand!
I would not raise up castle walls
Where you should be the Queen,
Rut I would let you play with dolls,
Still artless and serene.
And I would uut within your heart
The everlasting grace
That lifts n woman out and leaves
An angel in her place.
S. K. Kiser, in Chicago Times-HcralJ.
With such a customer on their hands
It Is little wonder that our young
friends felt very 111 nt ease. Still they
were bold men, nud were determined
not to be bullied Into keeping rum; so
they went about their business ns
usual.
Nothing further was seen of Walker
for two weeks, when one morning,
while Charles was getting breakfast,
Gilbert having gone out to look after
the cattle. The tirst hint that Charles
hud of his visitor's presence was ini
otlier volley of shots at their sign
board. This time date had shot Ihe second
letter to pieces. It was apparently
ills way of knocking. Immediately af
ter he kicked the door open.
Under these circumstances It Is not
very strange that Charles stopped out
of a buck door .:t about this time, and
went behind the corral, from whence
he heard Walker llrlng repeatedly nud
a great smashing Inside. When at
length the desperado had taken his de
parture it was found that he had made
a complete wreck of the crockery and
furniture, and In the grocery room l:e
had helped himself to tobacco and
emptied his revolver nt the kerosene
barrel, which, tapped In half a dozen
places, wus deluging the Hoor.
I shall not undertake to say what
the duly of my young friends was;
whether they should have resisted the
outrage and defended their property
at the risk of their lives or moved
away from so dangerous a neighbor
hood. What they did wns to get out
of sight whenever they saw Walker
coming, and let him do his worst. It
chanced ihat after a time a second
cousin of my young friends came
West to see them. His name was
Forney, mid he was then a student nt
the military academy nt West Point.
He dropped In upon the' Small broth
ers quite unexpectedly one afternoon,
and it Is needless to say that they
were very glad to see him, and that
they passed a very pleusaut evening.
Nothing was Raid about Walker, for
Gilbert and Charles, having nn hon
est pride In their ranch, were loth to
let I.loutennut Forney know how bad
ly they were off In respect to neigh
bors. The desperado happened to
come along, however, the very next
morning.
Charles and Forney were sitting In
the dining-room wh'.'n Gilbert came
rushing In. having seen the gambler
coining up the road.
"Old Clate Walker's coming!" be ex
claimed. "Put out at the back door!"
Charles leaped to his feet, but our
young West Pointer rose more leisure
iy.
"Who in the dickens Is old Clato
Walker?" he nsked.
"A regular border terror! A desper
ado! A killer!" exclaimed Gilbert,
"lie's likely to shoot uny one of us at
sight! Come on!"
"What! Hun from your own house?"
said Forney, surprised. "Why, what
hold has this fellow on you?"
"No hold whatever; but he's a dead
shot and n double-dyed murderer!"
cried Charles. "You don't know him
as we do. Come along with us nnC
get out of his way."
"Not 1!" exclaimed Forney, who per
haps felr that his military reputatioi
was at stake. "Take your two guns
and stand ready la the kitchen. I'l,
stop here and see Mr. Walker."
lie hurriedly took his revolver from
his overcoat pocket, then stopped tc
the window behl.id the desk on t Jit
counter.
Willi his customary oath, the gamb
ler and dead shot kicked open the door
and slnme In. The young lieutenant
Mit on the high stool behind the desic,
apparently reading the newspaper. He
did not look up.
"Hello, you sneak!" shouted Walk
er. "Where are the tender kids thai
keeps this temperance hotel?"
"I think they've gone out to hide,"
suld Forney, carelessly turning lihi
paper. "They i-uid there wns u man
eater, a regular anthropophugus, com
iug, and they were going to hide some
where."
Walker stared.
"Veil, well!" he ripped out. "If you
ain't the freshest kid I've struck In
ten years: Bight fresh from the East,
aren't you, young f idler?"
"Yes," suld Forney, moving the pa
per. "I'm from the Kust, und I'm
pretty fresh, I suppose. I'm a younf!
fellow, but I'm a pretty nice one."
"Dou't you give me any of your lip!"
thundered Walker. "Do you know wrc
I am?"
"How should I?" said Forney. "It
none of my business, fin only here
on a visit. I don't care who you are."
The bully flushed, stung by the care
less contempt in Forney's tone.
"Suppose," he muttered, tuking n
step toward the counter, while a mur
derous gleam crept Into his eye, "sup
pose i were to tickle your Adam's ap
ple, with my dirk; whut then?"
"Then I'd Bhoot you dead for the
scoundrelly hound you are!" exclaimed
the young cadet, sudden presenting hi
cocked revolver full In Walker's face
"Move stir a hand and I'll shoot you
like a dog!"
"The first man thnt ever got the best
of me!" gasped Walker; "and you a
little whipper-snapper from the Kust!"
"No matter what I am," said Forney,
sternly. "If you move a hand, l'i;
shoot you! Gilbert! Charlie!"
Th two brothers, who from thi
kitchen had heard the above dialogue,
and were several times on the point of
taking to their heels out at the back
door, now entered guns In hand.
"Cover him, Gilbert," snld Forney.
"If he stirs a hand, put a load of buck
shot through him. Now, Charles
come and take his pistols and his
knife."
Having dlsnrmed Walker, they
marched him out of the door and
around the house Into the cattle cor
ral In the rear of It. This corrnl wns
built of ndolie bricks, the wall belnp
from seven to eight feet high, and In
closed a space about eighty feet
square.
They gave him no chance to get the
start, but kept him covered with gun
and pistol. They gave him a chair to
sit on, however, nnd there he sat nil
day, watching the cadet nnd Gilbert,
.md they him, whllo Charles rode post
haste to Alamosa to swear out a war
rant for Ids arrest, nnd summon the
sheriff nnd his posse to take him. The
officers, homing so dnngercus n ruf
flan wns renlly waiting their dlsposnl,
were not slow In responding to Chnrloi
Small's summons, nnd by three o'clock
that afternoon the young lieutenant
had the satlslncilon of seeing the "bor
der terror" taken Into legal custody
and marched off to Jail,
But, ns Is too often the cose In the
Far West, the prisoner was lynched
instead of being tried nud convicted ol
his crimes. lie wns tnki u forcibly
from jail "by a mnsked party from one
of the mining camps, the third nlghl
after being lodged there, nnd hanged,
w lthout any form of trial, to the neat
est tree.
Lieutenant Forney had proven him,
self a hero, and was greatly respected
for what he had done lu bringing.
Walker to justice. Waverley Maga
zine.
Must I'ut the Itlame on Homebody.
The young mnn hnd returned from
his wedding trip, nnd wns again at his
desk In the office.
It wus the day after his return that
the Junior partner called him to his
desk nnd said:
"Now that you're married, Mr. Quills,
I trust you will be considerate In your
treatment of me."
"I don't quite understand you, sir!"
exclaimed the youug mnn, In surprise.
"Oh. It's n little early, I know," ad
mitted the junior partner, "but there's
nothing like taking time by the fore
lock. I suppose you haven't been out
late at night yet?"
"Certainly not, sir."
"And It's none of my business If you
have. But when you do stay out some
night, be considerate. Uemeinber thnt
I have a reputation for fairness nnd
humane treatment of everybody in this
oillce that I would like to retain. Don't
tell your wife that you're sorry you're
late, but that that slave-driver at the
office piled work upon you to such nn
extent that you had to work right Into
the night; don't tell her that the tyrant
you work under gave you onc-and-six-pence
for dinner, and told you that
you would have to post all the books
In the office before leaving for the
night. Just Invent some other excuse,
you know."
The youug man thought the matter
over for a minute or two, and then
asked, anxiously:
"Well, if I should bo late, what shall
I say?"
"Oh, put Is on the senior partner, ns
I do. He enn stand it." Tit-Bits.
The Abuses of Advertising.
A conspicuous example of the dese
cration of natural beauty nud gran
deur has been the placarding of the
historic Palisades of the Hudson, near
New York, with advertisements of
real estate, merchandise, and medi
cines, says the Chenango (X. Y.) Her
ald. Happily public sentiment has
been orotised ugainst the particular
offence, nnd it lias in the uinin been
discontinued. This is but one of the
thousands of grand passages of scen
ery that; have been despoiled by the
slgnwrlter's Inartistic and vulgar
brush which ought to be stopped.
Where there exists law, State or muni
cipal, It should be evoked speedily nnd
ellectively to put uu end to this spe
clcs of vandalism. In tlu absence of
legal remedy It should be combated
with an aroused and enlightened pub
lic sentiment. The owner of property,
whoilier in city or country, who allows
it to be made the medium of this par
ticular variety of public offence ought
to be made to feel the effect of public
disapproval.
The spirit -which prompts publicity
in the mutter of business Is, of course,
to be commended, but better results
can be obtained through advertise
ments placed lu the columns of estab
lished newspapers and other legitimate
publications than lu the resort to that
lorm of scenic desecrutiou which Is of
fensive to public taste nud against
which the public is making a vigorous
protest.
In a Hurry For American Bhots.
A man carrying a dress suit ense
plastered all over with foreign labels,
and wearing a suit of tweed that fitted
him like a gunny sack, rushed Into a
shoe store near Broad street station
and called for a pair of American
shoes. "I've been abroad for two
years," he remarked, as he kicked off
n pair of thick-soled, shapeless-looking
shoes about three sizes too large for
his feet, "and I've landed-Just got
Into New York this morning, and hur
ried right over on the first train. I
want a pair of shoes that fit me com
fortably, and yet look like something."
He got them and went out vastly
pleased. "That's nothing unusual,"
remarked the proprietor, after he had
gone. "They don't know how to make
shoes on the other Bide." Philadelphia
Itecord.
Spirit or tha Age Is IT act-Finding-.
"Although It has been the century of
the widest conquest, It has been the
century also of tho greatest toleration,
of the keenest human sympathy, the
most active helpfulness; In an era of
action and of freedom, man has be
come a brother t j man as he never be
came lu eras of meditation and au
thority. It ha been tho century of
heroic fact-finding, the century of the
emancipation cf thought from mystery
and dogma, ard of the yielding of pre
cedent to exwerence. World's Work.
ESCAPED FffOM SIBERIA
REMARKABLE STORY AND THRILL.
INC ADVENTURES OF AN EXILE.
The HuA-erlngs of Frank Oryglaszawskl,
who Hu Bent to tha Mines For Far
tlclpatlng In the Rebellion of the Itus
alan Foles.
Here Is the remarkable story of the
exile of Frank Gryglaszewskl, who
was sent to Siberia on account of his
participation In the rebellion of the
Hussliiu Poles against the Imperial
Government In 18(!3-tl."., who nre five
times wounded by Ilusslrtn bullets,
who wnlked seven thousand miles
through Arctic Ittissln nnd Siberia In
chains, who escnped his enptors by a
method almost miraculous, nnd re
traced his steps for seven thousand
miles along the great Siberian rond,
"During the two years 18031804,"
aid Mr. Grygln, as he is now known,
"sixteen hundred political prisoners
were executed in the prisons at War
saw. My two brothers, who were cap
tured, had been too prominent in the
revolutionary movement to remain
long unidentified. At their trial they
were sentenced to die together, and I
stood among the Polish prisoners nnd
looked on while they were being shot
to death. My own trial enme soon
after. When I wns led out by the
guards I was Informed that I had been
sentenced to n life of banishment In
Lublin one of tho uttermost provinces
of Siberia.
. "Late In August the) transport left
St. Petersburg, and nt tho end of three
months we arrived at Tobolsk, Just ov
er the Siberian boundary lino. Our
lino of march wns along the? great
Siberian rond, of which much has been
told and of which so much more enn
never bo told. The prisoners wnlked
lu chains, nnd were tied to one anoth
er to prevent nny one escaping. In
front, to cither side and behind the
guards marched, with loaded muskets
uuslung. Their orders were to shoot
any .who attempted to escape.
"Following the main Hue of inarch
came the 'telegas.' These were rough
wooden wagons without springs. If
a man fainted or dropped lu the line
from sickness ho was loaded on one
of these until the next 'etnp,' or sta
tion, wns reached. Here a stop was
made for the night.
"Even during the journey of three
mouths in Kussla there was much dis
ease nnd dentil In the transport on ac
count of overcrowding in the prison
ers' rooms. But It wns the hospitals
that we feared tho most. Time after
titue I have seeu men drag on uu
til they dropped dead In their tracks
rather thnu enter one of these hos
pitals. "Long before we reached Tobolsk the
horrors of what was to come hnd
dawned upon us. The pittance which
the Government granted us for support
was smi'll enough, nnd permitted our
buying only the coarsest kind of meat
nnd Hour. But for many days before
our arrival at' that city the oflicers In
charge hnd withheld the greater part
of the allowance, nud no one received
more than three or four kopecks a' day.
After we had talked among ourselves
I was selected to present the griev
ances of the transport to tho Governor
of Tobolsk. This I did when occasion
offered. He Immediately tlew into a
most violent rage, nnd roundly abused
tho officer iu charge of our party.
"I wns stripped to the waist, and
two soldiers were detailed to give mo
a hundred lashes with the knout. I
wns benten accordingly until I fell In
n faint from pain nud loss of blood. At
the conclusion of my punishment salt
was rubbed Into my wounds and I was
thrown on n 'telega,' where I was left
to recover my senses. That the ex
ample might prove even more elllcleut
the officer ordered that I receive on my
bare back twenty lashes with the
kuout before the transport entered
every great towu.
"In the 'etnps' the vig'lauce of the
guards Increased, If uuythiug, nud
under no conditions were the prisoners
ever allowed to leave their room. No
water wus allowed, except for pur
poses of cooking nnd for drinking. The
penalty for tho Infraction of the rules
wns death.
"Tho women nnd the children num
bered at tirst about two hundred. The
children died llrst, then the women.
As long as nny-of these unfortunates
could hold up they stayed afoot; then
they took to the wugons.
"We pushed on through the winter,
spring- and summer of lHii.". The pris
oners had dropped off from lidOO to
10D0, and with the coming of the win
ter of 18(i5 only nbor.t eight hundred
were left alive. One day the
prisoner 'next to mo procured
a sniull Kulle a mere play
thing, fashioned for wearing us n
wntchcharm. With this he managed
to sever the arteries of both wrists.
As he held It In his hand for u moment
while tho blood began to How, I
reached for It and quickly concealed
It by sticking the blade lu the burk
thong which bound me to the prisoner
opposite the dying nmu.
"When the guards stopped the trans
port to drag the suicide away my
pockets were searched. No pointed
Instrument was found about tne and
the Incident was soon forgotten. But
with tho knife I managed to slowly
saw away the thongs which bound me
to my neighbors on cither side. On
tho morning of December 0, 18051
have alwuys celebrated the day as my
Fourth of July having severed my
bonds and awaited a favorable oppor
tunity, I broke from the transport and
ran.
"I was muflled up In the some great
coat that I had worn from the hospital,
and my feet and hands were heavily
covered, as was my head. Tho
guards were ulso encumbered, and I
had run perhaps a hundred and fifty
feet before three or four shots rang
out almost simultaneously, and I fell.
My fall was due rather to chance than
to Intention on my part, for as It hap
pened the bullet which struck me
could not have knocked me down. For
some tlmo 1 lay In he suow motion
less. "I had learned while with the trans
port that It would be useless to at
tempt to escape by going East. Ac
cordingly I turned back upon the road
over which I had come.
"If I had been supplied with weap
ons of any kind 1 might havo been
comparatively safe from the attacks
et the wolves. As It was I was forced
to sleep at night tying myself in trees
along the rohdslde. Living In this
fashion I followed the trail for six
weeks, growing weaker day by day.
Finally a blinding snow storm came
on. Feverish and confused, I wan
dered from tho trnll nnd lost my way.
That night I ascended a tree with dif
ficulty, tied myself to the trunk nnd
went to sleep rather, I should say, I
must have waxed Into Insensibility.
"The fever must hnve seized strong
ly upon me, for when consciousness
returned to me lu the movulng if I
may cnll It consciousness I wns dim
ly aware that my hand wns almost
frozen, while I thought thnt I had
heard the sound of rifle shots. Some
one came tinder the tree and spoke to
me, I felt myself be"lng untied, nud for
six weeks I know no more.
"I was In the exile home of two Rus
sian university students, who were
serving out a term of some years for
having been suspected of plotting
ngntust the Government. They hnd
been hunting on the morning that they
hnd found me.
"I followed the rond n year, and
came In the spring of 1807 once more
to the city of "Tobolsk. Here I ob
tained, through the agency of friends,
a disguise, and here I wns furnished
with additional funds.
"I pnssed the Austrian line In safe
ty, nnd, learning that my mother nnd
only sister were living nt Cracow, I
made my way to that city."
There Is little more of noteworthy In
cident In the life of Mr. Grygln. For
a while he lived In Cracow with his
mother, but his proximity to the Uu3
Rhin border made his friends nnd fami
ly advise thnt he either enter the Aus
trian nillltnry service or leave the
country. With $50t) in gold ho bndo
n last farewell to European shores nud
sailed for the United States In 1870.
He wns then but twenty-three years
old. In Minneiipolis young Grygln
went Into business ns a contractor, in
1888 he wns appointed Assistant Su
perintendent of Public Buildings un
der tho Harrison Administration. After
leaving the Government service he
traveled extensively throughout Cen
tral und South America In the Inter
est of American capitalists, and In
18!)3 he accepted the position of spe
clnl land ngent to Alnskn for the In
terior Department. New York Herald.
CURIOUS FACTS.
There Is a well at CarlsbrooUe Cns
tle, Isle of Wight, lu which the water
stands 170 feet below ground level.
Yet drop a pin into It and you will
distinctly hear it strike the water.
A spiral chimney, lHO feet high, has
been built near Bradford, England.
Tho chimney Is square in cross-section,
and euch layer of brick Is shifted
three-sixteenths of an Inch out of
place, thus giving a peculiar twist to
each side of the (Hack.
It is tho law in Maine that tho boun
ty for bears shall be paid when the
animal's nose Is shown. In New
Hampshire the cars must be exhibited.
Some enterprising sportsmen living
near tho border of tho two States get
a double bounty by collecting on the
noses In one Statu and on the ears In
another.
Of the few Chlnnmcn, compared
with the population "In the Celestial
Empire, who reside In the United
Stntes, not inn.uy take their departuro
by the American route. If a China
muu gets tho notion somewhere in tho
nlghborhood of his cue that ho Is listed
for a world beyond the present one,
he makes baste to get home and find n
resting place on the Oriental side of
the Pacific Ocean.
A pocketbook mode from the skin of
a murderer is In possession of the New
Jersey Historical Society. . A man
named Antonio Lo Blanc in 1S:W killed
a man, hU wife and a servant, nnd
tried to kill a daughter of the same
mail In order to get n gold watch
which belonged to the daughter. Lo
Blanc wished to present the watch to
his sweetheart. Lo Blanc was bunged
in Morristown, where u public park Is
now located. His body was turned
over to a physician fot- dissection. Tho
pocketbook was for years the property
of Sheriff Ludlow, who hanged Lo'
Blanc.
Fannie O'Kennon, daughter of Feter
O'Kennon, died recently nt her fath
er's home In Matoaca, AVest Ya. The
doctors say she died of old oge, al
though she has Just celebrated her
twentieth birthday. She was remark
able from tho fact that she had not
grown In stature since she was two
years old, and her faculties nt tho
time of her denth were those of a
child. She was only two feet two
Inches tall, could only articulate such
words as she could when two years
old, played with picture books and in
every way acted as a child. Her face,
however, was wrlukled like that of nn
old woman.
Herlousness of n, German Olllelol.
Not long ago an American resident
in Hnmburg hud a funny experience
of tho seriousness of German official
dom. Her pug puppy barked friskily
one evening from his ploco In the frout
garden at a scud-Intoxicated custom
house officer who leaned against the
pnlllugs. The next morning a ponder
ous document was presented to tho
owner, which ordered In pompons
terms that "tho dangerous dog" should
be kept In tho house, under a penalty
of $125, until tho official veterinarian
should pronounce upoii his condition.
For ten dnys poor puggy was kept In
the house before the State veterinarian
found it convenient to call, and he was
then gravely freed from his durance,
as the Inspector found him "not suf
fering from hydrophobia nor iu dan
ger of biting."
Jo Honor of Her Mew Cork Leg.
Near Sallna, the other day, tho
friends and neighbors of a youug wom
an who had met with an accident pro
ceeded In a body to her home aud
through nu eloquent spokesman pre
sented her with a cork leg, after which
there were music, recitations nnd a
supper. The local paper lu giving an
account of the affair, delicately notes
that "tho next day the donors were re
joiced to know that the limb fitted ad
mirably." Kansus City Jouruul. -
THE E!T& Of FASHION)
New York Clly. Every woman real
ises the advantage of a wnlst that can
become decollete or high ns occnslon
requires. Tho present style if
guimpes for nil ages makes such a
trnnsposltlon ensy of accomplishment
nnd enables both the high nnd the low
styles to be equnlly effective.
The very pretty Mny Mnnton model
Illustrated can be mnde with a guimpe
or permanent yoke nnd sleeves ns pre
ferred, nnd Is suited to nil soft silks
crepes, nets, laces nnd the like. In
the original, however, It Is of apricot
satin Alglou, with trimming of velvet
ribbon in a darker shade, and remov
able gulinpe of cream guipure over
white satin, nnd makes part of a cos
tume of tho new nnd wonderfully
beautiful soft silk with satin finish.
The foundation for the wnlst is a
fitted lining cue with the usual pieces,
which should be carefully and thor
oughly boned. On it nre nrrnnged the
yoke, simple back nud full front when
the bodice Is to be worn high. Whether
the wnlst Is to be worn high or low
tho right front laps over the left In
surplice style, und tho double frills
edge, tho low, round yoke nnd run
down the edge of the opening to the
waist, two extra ones being arranged
nt the ni-iu's-cyes to form short sleeves,
Narrow ' velvet ribbon edges these
frills, nnd wider is made iuto bows nt
the right shoulder, the neck und thy
waist, with a loose, soft strip connect
ing the two Inst. When worn high the
neck Is finished with a stock that
closes invisibly at the centre buck.
To make this waist for a lady of!
medium size four and a, half yards of
material twenty-one inches wide, or
two yards forty-four inches wide, wiU
be required, with cue and seven-eighth
yard of all-over lace eighteen inches
wide for yoke and sleeves.
Woman' Tliroe-uurter Coitt.
As genuine winter hns become ."
fact the demand for the comfortable
warm coat has niado Itself felt. The
May Mnnton model shown In the lnrgo
drawing Is smart nt the snmo time
thnt It fulfills all the demnuds made
by Jack Frost, and Includes many od
mirablo features. The original Is
made of tan colored melton, with col
lar, revers nnl trimming of mink, but
mode shades, brown nnd black are all
In vogue; all fur Is correct and many
excellent models lire mnde still sim
pler with collar of cloth and reverp
of penu do sole, or velvet or both of
cloth braided nd edged with fur.
Tho coat is cut with a modified box
front uud half-fitted buck, which In
cludes under arm gores and provider
the perpendicular Hues that are so
generally becoming. The fronts are
under-faced and roll back to forin the
revers, and the collar Is In curved sec
tions that fit the neck comfortably and
provide the correct flare. The sleeves
are two-seamed and in bell shape
They are faced at the wrists, and mny
be finished with or without the culTs
The coat is closed in double-breasted
stylo with handsome buttons. The
front and lower edges are finished wltb
machine stitching In tailor style.
To cut this coat for a woman of me.
dlum size three nnd one-eighth yards
of material fifty Inches wide will be
required.
FIunIi Kevlved.
Plush, a fabric which has been out
of style for some years. Is now revived
SVENINO WAIST.
ny some smarc tauors, wuo can in a v inchc
way mnke almost anything "go," pro- J terlal twenty-" y wj(ic
vlded that it be In good taste. The B yards thirty-two "",. M
bond around the bottom of the skirt I and thrce-quai'tt ' re(,uircil.
is a feature of a tailor-dress. It can lunches wide, ww
TJ-' .i
be of plush ns well ......
need not be straight. hut ' Tot
ns a wnvy border. The wi,i,i J
TinrMftr ttnr ob r.,.. ... '
With a cloth gown use ,, '
velvet or nlush. . ",nl"
ns n linriW fne n . . 11 or A
,. .tucj SKrti
The Vogue In .lewrlrv
Everything In Jewelry, M "
lets and earrings, teems ' '
ion, nnd long gold chains sot win,
els nre very much vtnm
of ennmeled gold set In nt J'i
Ihe entire long!!, for,,, on, "ll
which is set rortu as nPVV t .
are more attractlve.and tis not ,',
snry thnt they should i,e
kind In one chain. Young Kin, d,
In n chain which is hm)K ,vi k
charms, given to them from tin
time by their friends.
The I.lHlo KW,
Instead of using lm,',0lV
which Is fult nnd loos,. ,US (1
Into n narrow, tight eiilT, tmm
dhdes prefer to semi li,n . .
with the sleeve teriiihintiuK j, !
..o,,,.,, v.uiru hip iiiiii. a,.e fl
This begins Just above tli (vrl
falls almost to tin- kiuicklcs,
resembling an old-fnslii0 1
It Is a lacy sheath for tiu. !,,,.
palm of the hand. It , 0.
keep them fresh If made f ,vll,(,
An KsHxpci-iitlnK Will,
Tossibly is exasperating n wi
was ever drawn was thnt of Sit.
Maynnrd. a fatuous lawyer In (in
of William HI. It Is si'iid that 1
liberntely worded his will In ai;.
ous terms, so thnt. several fine i
tlons which iind disturbed him ii
lifetime might be decided In cutir
tor he wns dead.
Hosiery to Mnlrh,
Hosiery to match the drew i
latest fad, nnd ns if this wcr.
enough it must be Inset Willi littl
tifs of luce like the trimming
costume.
Voiiinn'A IIoiim (lon-n.
The careless, 111-lltting wriippe
fallen into deserved ohlivlou, I
tasteful homo gown In '
which 110 sensible woman 1or
nut. The sinilile. but em-lh-'l'1
Mnnton model shown lu me -
panying cut, Ills closely tit "
i.t f t ilu front, wliei'
held by a ribbon nt the wnlsi
shaped backs nndjmut'r"
,rlv nil (.ITlu-t- 111" fill'llllenil'SS HI
and the soft folds of ilie front :ij
versnlly becoming. -s fh""'11
i. i I, ,.ciimi.i'i iii dahlia I
II, 1,1,11,1 l1-llllWlltll anil " '
uiiifr nm f-niiiil v ntim-oP'"1"
MM... .,!iii.ni;J lllll'k.
with uu
gore. Ilts smoothly, i'"1 '
Is made over a slant limni.
almrln ilnrta TIlO sUeVCI
seamed, and roll over to tutm J
the wrists. The neck i
.. i (,n.iiiw collar that
omitted when desired and one j
worn In Its stead.
x ii.i t,,r n womnn
111 cut linn !, ,
dlum size six and a hid' 'aru
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