HER HOUR OF A RO.WANCti OF BY MARGUERITE STABLER. 6t SAT, nn teiru AT, Mollle," said Nolan. In off hand manner. that's that fellow iu the leggings lolu' up here?" The sun had passed the meridian, ad the shadows were begiuulng to full on Nolan's Hide. The hop-Held code of courtesy demands thill wheu u man la picking vltli a "lady" lie give her Always the shady side. Hut Nolau. Iu tils perturbation of mind, forgot his. manners. "Xothln'," mum lutl i IT'Thoi ly from Molllfi, feeliug the ruys peltintc down upon hnr head, and remembering the tuougtuf illness of the fellow In the legging in pulling the fullest vines down on her side. "Say. Mollle," ask"d Nolan, persua sively, after a half-hour's silence, dur ing which tluie several couples lunl changed sides so that the girl might Lave the. benefit of tTie shade; "what was he hangin' round you all luortiiu' for?" "Xothln'!" The black eyes wei stubbornly glued to their work, while beads of perspiration stood out on the round, tunned cheeks. Thereafter, vine after vine was reached mid stripped In oppressive silence. At length, after having de cided to adopt a course of moody silence, which should break the haughty spirit of this girl, uud make her hanj: upou his slightest word, Nolau heard himself say, before lie knew It, In lender, coaxing tones: "Say, Mollle, what was he talkiu' to you a lion l, anyway?" "Nothln'!" Mollie's chin went into the air und her Hps suapped together like the blades of a Jack-knife. The beads of perspiration had grown Into rivulets that trickled from uose to chin, and s;ihishcl Into the basket. The foreman of the fluid rode by sev eral time, and noticed gratefully there was less talking and mors work being done between the two tlina usual, nd when at la.-i tile shadows grew so long It did not matter which side of the row she was on, and the sun bewail to redden behind a bauk of smoke aud dust, the joyful :;ouud of the quitting bell pealed over the fields. Arms Just lifted in reach a vino, hands iu the ai l of stripping a branch. Angers ju.t crooked to pick n lust hop, stoppMl and fell empty at the sound of (hat liist tap. The unhappy Nolan could cot stop his thoughts so quickly, nor resist last appealing. "Say, Mollle. what's t!i inutt-r villi you, anyway?" But the maid only threw a defiant "Xothln'!"' over her shoulder as she was Joined ut the end of (he row by a tull fellow iu k",'Kiuc;s. The black eyes lost their defiance, the lips rippled luto smiles as she pushed her suu-bonuei back and looked up into the laughing Caco under the sombrero. "Great place, isn't If:" the tall Tel low said, half to himself, as he watched tho pickers lilitig by-Chinamen, Indians, Japs, aud whiles of ev ery brand, and all sorts of conditions. There was the objectionable element, of "hobos." or course, in plentituile, but the majority of : tic pickers were tlm men who, after harvesting their own meagre Utile hay crops, packed their wagons, loaded In their families, whistled to their dogs, aud started off for a three or four weeks' camp In the hop-fields. With these families it is regular institution, and the one In teresting occasion of the year. Here new acquaintances are made, root-bill gossip exchanged for tule district scan dals, flirtatious nnd romances spring up, flourish, and die. with the bops, and most of the back country belles data their social debut from ihe Sat urday night dances. Mollle stole a one-sided glance at the fellow iu the leggings, and took In every detail as his eyes followed the crowd. She held her head JuhI u trifle higher than usual when faralliur faces looked up and saw her chatting with this Rtylihh looking fellow in the cor duroy knickers. Iu fact, when some of her Coon Creek friends came ulong. h found it inconvenient to look ttici. way, for she felt that iu refined society their "Hello Mol!" would not be con sidered good form. 'How long have you worked here?" tlie tull fellow asked her, shortening his stride to fall Iu with her little trip. Mollle, delighted to be called upou for Information, gurgled out everything she knew about the bop-fields; the ad vantage of being paid by the piece Instead of the day, ihe amount the nveruge picker could make a day, the weighing in the baskets, the processing In the kiln, the pressing und baling, and the Joys of the dance given cery Saturday night. Adding, for she could scarcely belle va this dim iugilished-look-lug persunago , could bu u common picker, like Mike Nolau and Pinny Smith.' mid the rest of them: "Are you vlsltiug at Hoplowu?" "No," the fellow laughed, "I'm a rlt Izeu, If I can stand these beastly hours. For tho next few week I'm a son oi' the soil In order to till up my coffers for the next semester." 'J'bls fellow relished the dilating power of tho black eyea beside him. and Mollle, haviu? studied Short Primer of Chem istry, felt herself ou nu Intellectual level with this college senior. As they nenred the camp she was conscious of a double row of curious eyes pneriug nt her from under tent flaps, but lucking her chin up into the air, ime walked along as oblivious of tiiciu, apparently, as If a he and this new friend wero tiloiie In a wilderness. Before picking-time the next morn ing It was thoroughly, understood by nil the tenters ou Mollie'a side of the Held that Nolan's race was ruu, aud that iiollie had a new "steady" from "below," a the southern counties are termed by the Inhabituuts of the north ern. Nolan, his wrath cooled by a night's repose, bcuuiun aware of I til fact wticu ho waio?d at, tho Usual U stuig place 1iy tiie first row of pules, uud ztiw ihe tun sombrero looming up Iu the wokf of Ihe blue suuboiinet. The rest of the day he wa: pursued by tliw cheerful Jibes of his frieuds about being thrwwu tlowu for city "uy." row Mlku, BRIEF TRIUMPH THE HOP-IIELDj. even Ids dauntless, good humor went down under their clumsy efforts at consolation. Hut Mike Nolan was uot the only one suddenly effaced from the girl's tickle memory. There were Pinny, aud Splk.j and itlg Terry, Into wbor-e young aud sinceptible hearts her black eyes had burned big holes, now not even seen when they passed her on the row. The eyes under the sombrero lost nettling of the situation. This little girl was undoubtedly pretty after a sort of wild-rose type, she certainly was the only one In the field who could help to make the long hot days en durable to him. Her eyes had a way ot widening when he talked to her, which was highly ugrteuble to him, and he spared no opportunity to produce thai effect. Her checks, too. hud n frank little- way of going pink sometimes red - when the allusion was direct enough and altogether her open ad miration put a flue gilt-edge ou his self-esteem. "Is It possible you have never been lo Ssu KrunelseoV" lie asked her, oil" day. "No, I've never been there." she nd i.iltted. apologetically, "but." she hustened to add. iu order to dispel auy idea of rusticity that admission inl;rbt have given, "I've been twice to Hed Bluff, and we '!vo ouly nine miles from Coon Creek." "ilfive you ever thought you might like t : live there';" he pursued, reach Inr up to pull down a cut vine from the pole. His glance was very direct this lime, aud his tones full of meaning. It was pretty to see her eyes and checks glow with a deeper hue, so In tent was he ou noting the effect he could produce with the slightest touch. He did nor wait fur an answer, but went ou. "Wouldn't you like " Hut Just then the Sacramento trill a thundered by ou the trestle, drowulug his words, but not the look In ills eyes. And on the the heels o." thai, the noon bell ruug, at which everybody quit work, and ihey walked up to the set tlement together iu silence - little Mol lie's feet touching the ground only In high places, her foolish little head 'way up in the clouds, (lie mau's thoughts miles away from the aceue about him. and the hope of his heart centied on getting on the 'varsity foot lisll team. Ky the end of the i.easoti Miss Mol lie's social circle had narrowed dowu to tew more than her own family, and one tall man. Slip had discovered her tastes to be of the climbing variety, uud had reached ihe fatal conclusion that no! one of her old friends ut Coon Creek possessed a particle of culture (): style. And when, before dispersing for another year, the pickers prepared to give a grand ball in honor of the wind-up of the hop-season. Mollle de termined to show ihPiu the size of the gulf thill now yawned between ber Keli' and theui. The-v hop-pickers' dunces are open to every one, so there are not mauy lilies of social distinction drawn. The men er.ehaute their bandana neck 'kerchiefs for stiff e'.luloid collars, and the girls wash out n sprigged lawn frock, ami are radiant and ready for ihe frolic. But Mollle, wilh a reck less slasti Into her summer's earnings, burst upon the scene, on the eventful evening, an animated billow of frills, and flounces, and furbelows. As the frolic progressed, the tall fellow with his sombrero under his arm, watched I he seen:' f?o:n the door. wiih an .uiKtsei!. wondering Mud", i'l:,- big dilKlig r.i.iui that s ited ."no hc:!.V.v pli-Uer.: :ii;e,. im, s a day bud I:; .1 iraic;fo;'iir' I in l"ss thau an hour i:: .) a daueiu', h::il. Ti: nblcs hud b . ti hoisted to iljr. f.'ii;:i;; r , iroet . :'. ' v.;ry, v. h ;: Mn-r.-vil to th' rttfte:--. winlr ... h !,' i;u;; nm ill l!;tit Of (he ..om nil boiil side i, v. m:; studded Rr iv.-e',.;.- ;nie:-v;iU wi.h 't::p.y bottles, Palo ,! j o." v. i:!e'i v: . Mr.-U a lullo'.v rail!". After the ,,..! .:;-":;.: ,a. d oioiii I'iuuy Sini'h. iv i.i' .r in yellow i. M.-k, led off ii;e ir.ainl .oa'-ci:. iif: ;-vb-Seli there v.v.y s)o!L.i.-. qri:d:iile, v-lio:tii,chcH. nnd i; :i- hi i ;owi:-ired ! : had l'u.-gutt : c vc learned, '''iieu bi i ve (ii'Ciii ., lie's, il c-..-cd thi. room in ;! ik Jn-r in.- a i'.rie. From ihe oppnsbe doorway Spike had started toward her a: liie siiiue lime. She held l;ir fun - a gailv.y, So.isy thin;,- that repr-yemed the price o' M-veiiil long days' picking, so she ii. 'iL-iu nor seem to notice Spike- and breath in fear lest be should reach her llrst. The fellow iu Ihe leggings was so Interested In his surroundings he walked slowly, aud Spike, she saw. was gaining, in u second he would be within speaking range aud nil would be lost. The next Instaut she rose lo her feel, turned her buck ou the crest fallen Spike, and reached her lniiid toward the tull fellow, Hp(j-oacbiug In his leisurely, ludlfferent muuiier. When tlm accordion began to wall out "The Blue uud the Gray' ihe man found to his surprise this JItilt, buck wood beauty could dance. She dldu't hop, nor "scrape niutehe::," nor stiffen like a poker Iu his arms: f,be danced with that lithe free grace with which a bird flies, or a fish swims, because It whs the nattirul expreou of her bubbling, lightsome spirits. Hut, nil too soon the music was stopied, aud there wus a mad stam pede for the counter, over which piuk lemonade and cookies were sold. The legglued fellow, however, led the va dium little girl out into the moonlight, which hud transformed the denuded redwood hop-pule into endless colon nudes. Itegiirdless of her slippers and flounces, everything but the dominat ing presence of the man beside her, she strolled down the row i;i the rough bare ground. When they regained the bull room pro teiu., the music had .struck Into the long, swinging strains of "Creole Belles," Again they circled 'round a ud 'round, never puuslug for u bp ath until the music stopped. iiuppy little Mollle! This was her brief hour of triumph, and she curried it off wllh a high hand. Her Coon Creek friends, who were not loo dazzled by her airs uud jracu, came up as usual and asked lier for n dance, but the next one was always engaged. Nolan looked a moment longingly In her direction when he caught the first bar of "The Honeysuckle and the Bee," hut having heard of the treatment uc corded the other fellows, he turned nnd consoled himself with the lieu cssy girls. When nt last the dunce wna over, when the accord lou had wheezed out the plaintive strain of "'Home, Sweet Home," and the happy dancers paired off in twos for the best part of the evening's fun the walk home In the moonlight Mollle wondered, In hat simple little soul. If heaven could be any better thau this. Her companion did not tell her that he was golug nwny the next morning until they had reached her own tent door. He hud fancied she might be sorry, but had not Imagined she would care so much. lie was sorry the moon was not brighter, for he knew he wus missing much of the tell-tale play of expression In her eyes aud cheeks. And when, after repealed protestations of remembering her until his dying day, aud promises of coining up to Coon Creek to visit 1'nclo Sy's dairy ranch the very first chance he got, he took her hand to say "good-by" aud bent so low her cheeks flamed up ns red as her lips. Bur she could uot have been so angry us she pretended to be. be cause, after the lights were out all up and dowu the Hue, they were still saying "goorj-by." It was not a lotijr walk lo Hoptown stm ion. and next day the tall young fellow, again in tweeds and a Panama hat. tramped up nnd down the plat form, impatient to tie back luto the stir uud bustle of the life he had left, nnd recounting to himself for the hun dredth time his chances of getting od the 'varsity team as half-back. "Hello, old man!" he shouted, ns be jumped on the step, wondering at thif gathering of the clans. "Hello! Hello!" a volley Of volcej echoed as he entered the car. "Just coming dowu from Shasta," one of tbt fellows explained; "my sister aud gome friends of hers in the car. Come on!" The train moved slowly wheu It crossed the trestle. Mollle had counted ou that, aud hurried to the end of the hop-field so she might get a last suilliuji udieu from the car window. Four, five, six windows slipped by, nnd her heart began to fall, but at the eighth, thert he was. looking toward her, too. The black eyes widened ns the wludow came abreast of ber fence-post. Ye his head was turned In her direction, bur why. oh why, did he not see bet handkerchief waving wildly at hlui'i The next moment brought luto view a fiilr-hnired girl in the sent behind him, and ihe same look, the same smile she had lived upon all these weeks were bent upou the new: fuce. It could uot be possible that be had forgotten ber already! Still, trusting little Mollle waved hen handkerchief, and then hei bonnet. His head was turned In hei direction, but he hud eyes for no one but this trim-looking girl -with the dotted veil. A moment more uud the train was gone, the rear end of the baggage car grew smaller aud dimmer, till It was out of sight. When the forlorn little figure turned back to the hop-field, a great, dry sob in her throat nnd an empty ache in bet heart, the one or two Coon Creek peo ple she met let her see they had leu rued they were not expected to speak to her. At n turn In the road she pussed a hilarious group of pickers exchanging tin-types with hearty promises of meet ing again next year. Pinny was there, lavishing peanuts und gum ou the crowd, and though be saw her, he did uot look up. She drew her bouuet down over her eyes and told herself she didn't cure. But as she walked up ihe long, hot avenue alone, she met Nolan, his high spirits restored, walk ing home with the red-haired Heuess; ;.:lr!. S::u Francisco Argonaut. Cnvtii'iiuieut Control of llnllivp j in Mexico The ivi .liuieut has purchased a major part of tu:; rcceiii Wstie of the Iure:-ocenni( l:uilroad Couipuuy's bond-, i bus oo.ulaiicj the controlling Imprest in the road. The bunds were hutight at 'Ms pel c ut. of .heir I'uiiiiiiHl valtt". and bear iu "ies, at the rate of -t'j per cfur. uu uvr.lly. P 'yiii.-ui win miidc from the i .-.-.ve ftiinN ut V.ir Natiuual 'J'rcas- I - comiiifiitiu;; on ho trau-tu-tlon, ui- public press suys that the Presl-li-iii ud Keereiury of i be Treasury have been actuated by motives of the :;i iatesi inciortain e to the welfare of tiie Industries of the cottutry, ioi Iii seeking ti profitable ni-vef- i mem for the r 'sia ve funds ill Hi" Treasury, bill iu iiylng lo prevent i in' formation of "pools" uud "trusts," with a view of controlling the import aud export i rattle of the Republic. Thf Mexican loveininmit being in control of u railroad of the first Importance, like Ihe Ii:ic:ooeaulc Railroad, nil freight discriminations to the Injury of native inuir.iiaeiuriug aud commercial I:ileri-ts will be prevented. Tiie railroads of the Penlusulu of Yucatan, .Mexico, with the exceptlou of tiie Southern Railroad, huve receut ly effected u combination, to be oper an d under one general luunngeuieut, und this hus now ls:u Joined by the company owning the general or "fiscal' wharf lu the harbor of Progreso, there being left but one wharf, owued by thf "Clinton Wharf Company," outside of the above combine. Tho Tallest Cora. The number of furmers iu MUsouii, Kansas aud Oklahoma who this season rulsed the fullest com Js equulled only by tiie total number of farmers who planted thut corn, aud the tallest stalkf have uut been able to equal the ordl' niirily tall stories told about them, General ugreemeut, however, seems tc give to John Martin, of Plutie County, .Missouri, the honor of raising the tall est corn. He has exhibited stalk sev en I ecu feet high. They were grown from seed thut had been aeut to bin from Mexico. The only trouble about this corn wus that It bore no ears. It all ran to length. Possibly on this account It must be put out of the reckoning. New York Commercial-Advertiser. riiloa'f ConfoHloa. The action of the Chinese Govern ment in sending 'a number of yotiug Mongnliuu to different universities lu America would seem to Imply vhut some things may be learned In this country which have not beeu.kucwn lu China 0000 years.-Kausaa City Star. MAPPER CALLS GRIZZLY BEAR j dr "MOST PEACEABLE OF CRITTERS." -S------------ t4 Timelj Advic: lo Hunters Who Wish to Try a jt Shot at thi! Monarch of the Western Plains j, Best Way to Use Horses For Bait. :: :: :: f ---- ----B- - --- (Spvi'lal ('orreiuuiMit:t lb Xw York TIium.I SAX DF.RXAlimXO, Cnl.-"The most absurd thing that East ern people believe they know about grimly bears," ald Cap aiu Harvey eddam. the titiMt famous veteran trapper and hunter lu Callfor ila nowadays, "Is that they are the nost ferocious beasts ou foot in Auier ca. The fact is that a grizzly is about .he inoft peaceable of critters. 1 have ;illed over '-' of t lie in, and tiiousuuds f smaller wild giime, iu my forty years lu the Sierras. Xow, a grizzly lever picks a quarrel, aud never at :acks anybody, except when it Is .vounded, and I have even kuowu a frizzly smarting with a rifle ball to jet up and run nway. However, when l wounded grizzly charges straight ot ts foe. It is generally a most terrify ng thing in furs and claws. Imagine, f you cau, the sensations which a lone innter has when he Is charged upou i.v u hulf-tou beast that comes bound ng straight nt hlui. whh swaying head aid opeu mouth, uttering a deep roar it every boiiud. Consider how Ihe muter feels when he knows that a 'mil must Instantly be planted lu n rery vlttil spot In the bear's iiuutotiiy f he would save himself from being torn luto shreds by the Infuriated jeast. "There are very few grizzly bears in oiitbern California. I have not seen jne in this region for a dozen years, mt. taken as a whole, there are alsiut is many black nnd grizzly bears uuong the Sierras and Coast Range Mountains as there Were twetity-tlve years ago. The liciists have retired Further back among the cnuous and up hi the mountain sides. It seems like t foolish statement, but the clearing of timber from the mountains has helped the Increase of tlie bruin tribe. Wheu the timber was thick the bears were compelled to skirmish more for food, and hud to depend to a great degree in roots and bark and on the rather meanly supplies which the pigpens uud shecpfolds of the scattered ranches afforded I hem. The clearing of the woods has been followed by the ap pearance of all kinds of berry bushes, Ihe fruit of which forms -the favorite food of the bears. At the same time Ihe cutting of the timber hus uut dis turbed the character of the dense chaparrals, lu the coullnes of which ihe bears Und safe places for breed ing. The rocky ledges, with their ra vines and caverus, still remain al most itnvlslted by man, and there the shaggy critters find winter lairs as se cure and comfortable us wheu the forest grew above them. SIZE OP THE ORIZZLT. "How big nre grizzly bears? The size varies uccordlug to the length of the summer season and abuuduuee of food in the locality iu which they are found. I believe the largest grizzlies are those iu California, where long hibernation is noi necessary, and where there Is good bear fond any month the year round. Now, the Rocky Mountain grizzlies iu Montana und Idaho nre generally 200 and :hm pounds lighter than their Cali fornia cousins. The Montana and Idaho grizzlies hibernate at least four teen weeks, and when they come out in the sHiiig they have to made over Kindreds of square miles for food uuild the melilug suows. So they soou be come skin and bones. It is a heavy set jack every year for the beasts, espc rlaiiy the cubs. Now, the California nnd Arizona grizzlies don't liuve any such cliiuutle condltious to tight. The average weight of a full-grown Cali fornia grizzly Is iJittt pounds. I have killed u few that went even to 1200 pouuds. I have read stories of ItsHi pound grizzlies, but there are no such beasts. When you consider that an srdlnnry inilch cow weighs 700 pouuds, yon see thut WW pounds of bear, wheu that bear Is maddened, roaring aud rluwing. Is a mighty uwing creature to fuce, because u grizzly, for all of Its iumsy appearance. Is as quick us a cut, and Is the most powerful of American wild auiinnls. ADVICE FOR HCXTERS, "My advice to the hunter who wanis 'o add the pelt of a great American nommii of wild beasts to his collection )f sportsmanlike trophies. Is to seek Ills game lu the early summer months. :jn the Pacific Coast a grizzly's sklu is the best In June. In Rocky Moun tain re.vloiis it is best a mouth later, i In ihe uuluinu, even up to the time they retire tor the winter, their fur Is ot prime, and, uguiu, huving become todiug fat by gorging themselves oil jerries, they move about Very little, mil that mostly nt ulghr, so thut u hunter might be in u good locality for hem for weeks and uever see more ol them thuu their tracks. But iu the qiring, the minute a bear leaves his ivluter quarters he begins a ceaseless .rump for food. Then the wise hunter .vill procure three of four old crippled 'joiscs and kill them lu some favorite daces uuioiig the foothills, where bruiu is likely to travel. If one has three baits, they should be placed about ivo miles apart, uud cu tup made with in a mile or two of the middle one. Kaiiy in tiie morulug, au'd agalu at evening, the nearest buit cau be visited afoot, and the other baits cun be iv ii tclied ou alternute days, u teu-uilhi turweback rldo being Just good exercise 'or the very weukest tenderfoot. Great -are should be taken Ju pluclug the uorse hults. If possible, find u sinull illl entirely bure of timber or brush, fvhlch slopes steeply dowu to the west tt the foot of which Is some heavy pine timber aud brush, ulso wuter. Kill the horse so that he will lie about fifty yards below the brow of the hill, uud if you wish, cut three or four stunted allies and stick them side by sldo on the brow of the bill so that they will ifford a good screen when approaching he bait, or when sitting und wutchlu "or the bear to nppeur. As on this ?ast slope of tho Sierras the wind Is ilways blowing from the wustyuji:! (rs .he bear, ouee having found the bait will put lu his time between gorges ' tyin, Il. the thick timber ut the foot of the hill, there will be no danger of hi getting wind of the hunter and light ing out for purts nukuown. Having once found the bail, a grizzly will go to It four or live times it day, and eat until lie can hold no more, aud when uot eating he will lie in the nearest thick timber to It. BEARS AS rtOHTKBS. "It doesn't take a grizzly long lo ent up a horse. Several years ago a guide went ou u siiing bear bunt with it New York sportsman. They killed a horse for bait on the side of a bill as just do scribed, aud going to it the uext morn ing found that two-thirds of if hud been enteu during the night. They sat behind Hie scrceu of pines lo watch, and lu less than au hour three tine grizzlies came out from the piues and sauntered up the hill to the bull. The first shot the hunter fired took one of them In the brain, and he sank down without a kick, while the others sat on their haunches and' gazed stupidly around. The uext shot brained an other one. and the remaining one, and the largest of theui all. started to run. Uut a ball through the heart keeled him over, and so in less thuu a minute they hud three tlun grizzlies, all ot good size and wearing l hick coats of prime fur. "A bear chase Is often a long nnd tiresome piece of work, for when a bear finds thut It Is tracked ir picks out the most tangled paths. It often leads the hunter twenty miles ovet mountains and through valleys, where the brush aud brlurs are harassing, .'ind the swamps almost Inaccessible to mil u, although the bear shuttles along with his clumsy gait as rapidly as if ou the best of roads. I once followed a bear thirty' miles in a day and a moonlight night. I never knew such a cute beast us she was. She would hide behind rocks aud boulders' as well as any boy seeking escape, and run as fast when she knew 1 had n chance to tire at her. At last she got away by dodging luto some boulders, when I was too tired to follow ber longer. "A bear hunter's outfit Is simple: A good up-to-date ride, heavy boots, thick trousers, a light hunting axe In a belt, a pistol, and a long-bladed knife for emergencies. If a hunter Is anxious to be put uu his mettle while ou the hunt, let hi in give the bear a scent of him. Then the bear will take a course which will require nerve, wind, and a tough skin to follow. Wheu the snow Is deep, a bear chase is generally slow and tedious. Wilh a light fall and a fresh track, however, there Is no sport so excitlug. and even au anuiteur hunter will find himself going miles on a good stiff trot. It Is no hard mat ter to kill a bear If the dogs understand their business when the bear is brought to bay, for It will give all Its attention to the dogs that are yelplug around it, while the hunter stands off and fills him with lead. But there are tiiuen when a bear will brace himself for a fight from the word 'go,' aud then if the hunter does not kill at the first tire, he Is apt to have about us lively a time as he ever dreamed of. Xo story of a bear fight that wus ever told can be much ahead of the Incidents that occur during a fight If It Is a good one." A PLOT FOR A NOVEL. () Oflored Heady-Mario Far tho Dos perato Lltoraloiir. A novelist In Boston do not nlugn, there are novelists In Boston, yet, and actually living here said to us the other day:- "If I could only Bud a plot!" Here Is a plot for him free of charge, uud the story Is a true one: "In 173U a lady-a real lady came Into Birmingham, England, with a handsome equipage, and desired the landlord of the iun to get ber u hus band, being determined to marry some body or other before slip left the town. The man bowed, and supposed her ladyship to be lu a facetious humor, but belug made sensible how much she was lu earnest, went out iu search of a man thut would murry a Hue lady without asking questions. "After inuuy repulses from poor fel lows who were not desperate enough for such a venture he met with an ex cise man, who said 'he could not be In a worse condition that he was.' und ac cordingly went with the Inn-keeper and made a tender of himself, which was all he had to bestow ou the lady, who immediately went with him to one who gave theui a license uud made them man and wife, ou which the bride, gave her spouse 11200, anil without more de lay left the town und bridegroom tu Und out who she was or unriddle this strange adventure. Soon ufter she was gone, two gentlemen came luto the town iu full pursuit of her; they hud traced her so fur upon the road, and finding the Inn where she bad put up, they exumlued luto all the particulars of her conduct, and upou hearing that she was married, gave up their pursuit uud turned back. "Truly, a noble duuic, oue worthy of a full length portrait iu the gallery con structed by Thomas Hardy. "Why did this uoble dame offer her r.elf to the first comer? And why wero the respectable males of the town so buck wti rd V There wus Ho liiut of rcaudul. Who were the pursuers? Did she wish by one sudden marriage to escupe oue deliberately coutrlved and repugnant? Was the excise man a pretty fellow In spite of his abject con dition? Hid she ever see him again? Hid she ever regret that she bad not braved the world and lived wilh him? Perhaps the memory of her apparition haunted him: perhaps It aroused him to doughty deeds. It'g a pity that Mr. Hardy has not accounted for her ac tion and her fute with his glim irouy," Bustou Journal. . Wln 111 Cod Aro FuudiI. The records of the Great Bnuk of Newfoundland show thut the cod leave there eullrtly two mouths every yeur, December and January, M New York City. Blouse coats are pre-eminently fashionable and nre ex ceedingly becoming to youthful figure. This stylish May Mnntoii design in cludes the new and becoming shoulder capes but so arranged thut the blouse cun be left plain wheu preferred. The original is made of royal blue broad cloth with collar and cuffs of velvet and makes part of u costume, but nil suiting and Jacket materials nre appro priate. The edges are simply finished with tailor stitching In cortlcclli silk, but plaiu or fancy braid may be sub stituted if preferred. The blouse consists of front, back nnd under-arm gores aud Is fitted by means of shoulder and tinder-iiriii seams. The back Is smooth uud without fulness, but the fronts blouse becomiugly over the belt. To the lower edge arc senined the basque portions, the aeam being concealed by the belt. The triple cape are arranged over the shoulders and Joined at the neck, to which Is at tached the collar that rolls over with the fronts to form lapels. The sleeves are full In bishop style, nnd are gath ered luto roll-over cuffs, but the cuffs may be omitted nnd the sleeves tlu Ished lu bell style or the pi. tin coat sleeves lu.ed ns shown in small sketch. The quintity of material required for the medium size (fourteen yenrsl Is five yards twenty-one luches wide, two yards forty-four Inchest wide or WOMAN'S BLOUSK WITH oue and three-fourth yards tlfty-two Inches wide. Fflective af Well as Fashionable. "Blot seam" effects make a notable feature of advance styles and are both novel and effective as well as fashion able. The stylish blouse shown iu the large drawing Is of pastel green alba truss with touches of black aud white giveu by black silk laid under the pleats, aud stitching with white corti celli silk. Tiny black and white but tons decorate the fronts, each side of the princess closing, and a tie of black edged with white aud a black belt held by a silver clasp give a smart finish. All wulstlug materials, wool, silk, linen uud cotton are, however, appropriate and wheu desired the waist cun be reu dered still simpler by omitting the silk beneath the pleuts, leaving the mate rial only. The foundation liulug Is smoothly fitted uud closes ut the centre front, hut separately from the outside. The waist consists of fronts and buck that nre luid lu narrow tucks, which are turned toward one another Iu groups of two aud arc stitched Hat to form the "slot seams." The closing, is effected be lies tb the left pleut of the centre group aud Is Invisible. The sleeves are iu bishop style, but are arranged Ir. "slot scams" at their upper portions which fall free to form soft puffs at wrists. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four yards Iwenty-ouo or twenty-seven Inches wide, three and one hulf yards thirty two luches wide or two and oue-elghtti yards forty-four inches wide. The Vuicua or ftrajr. For visiting and reception gowns there is uothlng smarter than gray. It Is the first choice of the present time. Formerly gray wus chiefly Ju use for siiiiug aud summer gowns, but this sea ho n It is chosen for winter. There uro many shades of gray eteel gray satin or velvet, gray tafeta, "Loudon smoke" broadcloth or plush,, pretty gray zibelliies, with here and there tufts of long, silvery hulr woven into the fabric; accordion-pleated chiffon In a cool tlut of pcurl gray, gnu metal camel's hulr serge, Quueu'g gray and MISSBS' BLOUSE JACKET. TriC Bfe LATEST French gray paticl-clotn, pastel gray peau de crepethese nre some of the tints and stuffs for which there la a demand. Smoked pearl buttons and cut ornaments, such ns paillettes and cabochons, nre duly supplied as a gar niture for dressy gray toilets. Splilor Web Lattices. Such a dainty little blouse In crept de chine, n robin's egg in blue. If shirred lioth ns to the blouse propel and the sleeves. The whole yoke, with extensions over the sleeve tops aud the cutis are composed of lattices made of narrow folds of the dainty blue crepe de. chine. And In every little square between these folds there Is a spider' web done In the same shade of blue. These nre exquisitely effective, not to mention their utility in holding the open-work scheme together. W'heTe this oMMi-work Is Joined to the crepe de chine there nre clever lace medal lions en applique. These are of vary ing sizes, and the figures are accented by the narrowest pale blue velvet baby ribbon, which Is run In and out. Fruit and Mllllni-rj. The plum, grape nnd orange reign in the color world in millinery. All shades of these fruits nre used in all sorts of materials, though as to out line the grape predominates. The mushroom shades nre combined with these with charming effect. A Prottv Ornauipttt. A pretty ornament for the hair la fl single short white ostrich feather, with two small, tiny ostrich tips iu color at the base. These are In some ornaments piuk or pnle blue, nnd others have the two feathers ot black. In lied and Itlark. In red and black is a pretty fen I hot ornament for the hair. There nre two tiny red t these showered with black, while between them are raised aigrettes in red and black. Woman's Blouoe Jacket. Stole effects miike oue of the most marked features of the season, and are seen upou the latest wraps of all sorts. This very stylish blouse jacket com "SLOT SEAM" EFFECT. blues the narrow elongated fronts wltb a circular frill that hives the sugges tion of n cape nnd is both novel and smart. As showu It la of zibellne, lo myrtle green, with collar and cuffs of embroidered velvet, nnd Is trimmed with pendants of black silk and stitched with self-colored cortieclll silk, but the design suits all the season'i fabrics, the odd wrap as well as tb entire suit. The Jacket Is made with a plain back, under-arm gores and fronts thai are lu two portions, tuu upper or cape portion being extended to form the stoles. Over t''e cont are arranged the circular frills, that are Jolucd nt the edges of the cape portions at the froul but are simply applied over the back, cuffs at tho wrist which match the the stitched trimming strap conceal ing all edges. The sleeves uro big and In bishop style, finished with roll-ovei collar. To tho lower edge are seamed the basque portions, v the fact being concealed by the belt which covers the seum. The quantity ot material required for the medium size Is four and seven eighth yards twenty-one inches wide. BLOUSE JACKRT. two uud three-eighth yards t'orty-fo' luches wide or two yards flfty-to luches wide, with llvo-elghth yard velvet for collar, cuffs and bull.
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