THE FOOTPATHS. By M AKTHA WOLCOtT HITCHCOCK. Away anil away I them wind whenever I abut my ever. (.ike delicnte countless threads to bind nor manifold destinies, For over the circling world they go where dominant man 1ms gone. And the human tide in its ebb and flow the way of ita will has worn. The rigid highways straightly pass by the fields unreconciled, But the wanton path over dimpling grass escapes like a joyous child; for nature tenderly dock the way that leads to her secret heart As a mother woiiM tempt her babo essay the first feiv steps apart. And tl'o footp.i'lii iljnce over hilltops cool, dividing the golden hroom, Loviniiy nrarr.ig the i en-efid pool and the l.a:u:iii!:g clover biooui. Fern-waves c'envine in woodland dcens (with tha tiiru.'li and the vecrie near) Where the lnveiv f.igu? of the wild flowers . kec-pi its rhythm thto'out the year. A Hero An Involuntary Trip Into a Fever-Stricken Country. By A. S. IT Is said tli.it every uinn ban a blind spot In lils eye. Sometimes I think that I must have a blind spot in my brain, and that tha lia isteru and the silverings of luiiianity jet before It. Floods und earthquakes mid epidemic devastate the ourth, but they nuike little Iiupfcssiou upon me. I rend the headlines in tut' nvws pupors. oud when u man links me for n, dollar for a "suiTorer" In; gi-nerally get9 it; but I lose r.o rest worrying over his sorrows. It may have been nn unconscious seeking after 1111 antidote for my en tirely practical nature that uUractud me toward Julia Mnltland. Julia was beautiful, young nnd romantic, nnd did not seem to desire any corrective for her disposition in the way of nn alliance with me. I nskeil her tn murry mo once, and when alu declined I continued lo visit at her home, with the full appro vn I of her father, and with the full Iai'.::ilon of asklns her nguln. She told tso wiie.i slit? did so that s'uo renpeeted me nnd Iil:ed mo. but that she could neve:1, under any circum stances, be happy with a niau who could appreciate nothing but tlie sor did side of life, t'he salci she had noticed that wli: n I looiied at a paint ing I always valued It, tonk Into con sideration ;n? reputation of the artist, and then ;;avo my opinion upon It. It was just 10 o'clock wbtn I left her bouse. I had time to go dowu to tho office and finish up Mime correspond ence, which tli3 Uii,i'lit of a few nouis with her bad wade to seem of the most trivial lapor.ance curlier la the evening. W? kept a liji In tho office all night. It Iood a tri::.! bi-isht'JV than Usual as It came peering over the transom, but I had a gt.mii,i; si.art of surprise is I opened the iluor with my key, nnd found Iiaiifoni. tuy bookkeeper, ti:l busy. He looked up ns tlij-.-.gh lis had had been expeotiu,; me. "Mr. Duane," Uc said. "h":-ej are some letters that I tir.uk ou;;bt tj be attend ed to at ouoe." I sat ilnwii and looked the letters 9ver. The matter was much more seri ous than 1 had Imagined it could be. After talking j-.nd writing, and talking again for an hear, wo arrived ut the conclusion that tlie only possible way to save the two or three thousand do! Inrs involved was for me to make n Tip to a city in the northern part of the State. "There Is a train at mldnijht-or half-past. Why don't you take that?" Ransom suggested. It seemed tho best possible thins to So. I wai'.ed over to the hotel where I lived, packed my satchel, and tu an otoer half Lour was waiting in the station for my train. I took out some papers I had brought along with mo, and went over them while I wnlted. After a provoking delay the train . pulled out and soon I ordered my berth made up and turned in for tha night. It was lOo'elock nextdny when I arose and dressed t-vself. I didn't think to look out of the window unt.l my toilet was completed. I knew about where we would he at that hour. Already the 'ake breeze ought lo be rushing through the car, mid yet It seemed sultry. I walked out In search of somebody official and met the conductor. "What irnln Is this?" I nl.-...l Mm rather excitedly. He looked at me In bewilderment. "Ain't you one of cm?" "One of what? Isn't this tho train to Clinton? Where are we. anyway?" The conductor looked at ma stu pidly. "You didn't offer no ticket." be said finally. "No, I didn't. I showed the porter my pass-here it Is-and told bin. to' tell you about it. or to take it and how It to yon. and let me go to bed." "Oh, blnii" tlie conductor said, pluck Ing at his beard, "lie can't rend. Ho iiipiiosed it was like all the rest fhey've all got 'em." "All got what?" I fairly .homed at tilm. "W hat nre yon talking about'-" "Young man." said the slow fellow wlemuly-I found out afterward that he bad been chosen for this mlsslou on account of bl calm nature "you nro a a spacisi train, carrying nurses and lectors to the fever towns. You are in juarantlned country now. and bow you ire going to get back I don't kcow ' "Oh, I'll get back." I said, cheerfully. "Just let me off at the next town, and I'll Dud my way back." "I wouldn't do anything raab, If I were you." be said. It was a very stlU llttu town who-. I stopped. There was only oue other sssenger for that plnce a slender girl wltb a clever face that looked too youug for a nurse 'a. I walked i.i-uki.. down the empty platform, hot with iiiiaiiino, and exuding a strone.smuii f rosin from the now nine Lonr.1. There was a black slgu over one of tha closed doors wltb "Telcgianh Oilke' In white letters. lusida there was a "click, click" of Instruments, bat th door was locked. A uegro lad catae, , lounging rouun ino, farcer; , " . "You needn't try tu' get lu bnb," be They are always to the ferry, the forge, the mill, or the clanging factory's gate. Or the market town tip over the hill, or the fields where tho milch cjws wait; For under tho joy that moves us so, like an innocent child's at plnv, Are the huninn need and the human woe that walk in tho paths to-day. Eird and blossom have made them sweet seen t of the frngrant soil But each was carved bv the patient feet as ugc-long daily toil. Like leveled lance point the rays as the bent forms come or go, Nor heed the hush of ths dawninj days, nor tho peace of the evening glow. Little can nature, mother Cc.-.r, with her sottest who or piay, The t'stless brow of the toiler cheer who has wrought from liree.I; of day. Fut we, we follow the pleasant way of pains we have never borne. Heaping the joy of tho footpaths gray that lubor'a feet have worn. The Criterion. DUANE. said, Importantly. ' The opcrutali bo's dnid. Th' fevali's got him. ' "Isn't there anybody In this town who can send n messnge?" I inquired. There was ti touch on my arm. I tinned, to see the girl. "I can." she said. "I nm the volunteer operator who has come lo take ebnrgo of this office nnd send dispatches about th3 state of things here." "Weren't you nfrnld?" I asked bcr. She looked so young. "N'o," she said. "I have bad the fever. New Orleans Is my native city, and I bad It there years ago. I couldn't take this sort they have, so far north." And then, turning to the boy, she asked for the key. Ten minutes later he had returned from the house where the last operator lay dead, with the big door key. and we wore let Into tho sweltering, dusty little hox of a room, -which seemed to me as If It still held traces of the disease. I opened the windows to mnke tho girl comfortable, and sent the boy out nfter somo lco water and some lemons. Then I remembered something. "Say." I called to hlin, and I went outside and asked blm whero I could tlnd the nearest bar. "Ovub thah in th' tnvehn." pointing to n long, low, unpaluted house. I ran across the street, followed leisurely by the boy, and found my way Into a bare room with a shelf across It, nud perhaps n dozen bottles. A portly man, in soiled yellow linen, wns dozing in a chair. I awakened blm. "Have you any tonic?"' I said. "Who's got It n(JwV" bo asked, with a nlnrt. "Cot what?" "The fevnh. Yes, cab, I've got plen ty, sab;" rud he went Into another room, nnd brought out two greenish bottles of tonic. "It's the best medicine thah Is fur It. Who's got It? The nussr-s bring down tonic, but it's no slch brand as this?" "No. I suppose not." I said; nnd then I nslced after lee, but I found that be yond the supply held by the "nusscs," there wasn't any In the town. " I took the bottles nnd went back across the street, followed presently by the boy with the water. "I can cool It," tho girl said, nnd she sent the boy back nfter an earthen Jar of water. She wrapped It in wet cloths, put tho bottles lu it, aud set tha whole lu tbn window. "What's that men.-ngo of yours?" sho nsLed. I found she bad already intro duced herself to the other offices nlong the Hue. I sent n telegram to Itnnsom. telling him In the office cipher of my plight, aud Instructing him to make somo arrangement. nbout Retting me out of tlu fix I was In, without saying anything nbout It. I wanted to sneak back without being quarantined. "Wuat Is your uame;" I asked the girl. "Fanuy Martin." sl.e said. "Well. I am going lo hnvo the answer to my message sent to you. I am not anxious to have peopb. talking about my boine; down bore." "Don't want your right band to know, eh?" But I uada r. ) e.-:pltiuaUu!;g. Suddenly MUa ila; tiu care running dowu the path. , "Come lu here, r;u!ck." sbo said, and went back ahead of me. I fol lowed her iuto an old-fashioned square house, with a wide ollclotbed ball, and thin bnlustraded stairs, which she light ly mounted. In tho room wns an old luun who had fallen back on his pillow, (lend, his fuce drawn and yellow with the scourge. (Handing by bis side was a tull, sallow woman, who I am ashamed to confess evea la tbnt mo ment presented herself as a familiar figure. I bad seeu her counterpart on tbn stage hundreds of times us the typical spinster. There wero even tbe glasses and tbe keys, and tbs bunches of skimpy curls behind the cars. 8he was looking down at bur father In a hard sort of dumbness. Tlie servants have gone," Miss Mar tin said. "There Is nobody to do any thing. It is lucky you are here." I did not atop to contradict her, but set to work for humanity's take to do what I could. Odd of tho sorrows of those tiroes was that tho dead must be burled ao quickly. I took a lantern, went out to tho burying ground, aud hunted tip tbe lamny lot. Wltb the assistance of uegro man, whom Miss Martin discov ered, I dug a gravo. Wo went back to tho town and found a coffin, and la the early summer morning wo burled tbe dead man. As wo came out or tho graveyard I topped Kauny Martin. "Have you. been to the officer I asked. "Yes, indued." '." "Well, where la my tcsrsage?" v "There wasn't any." "The deuce!" I snld. and walked on back with her. The spinster lady lin gered by her father's gtsve. Miss Mar ti U seemed loi lUiod to stay, tut I knew ; alls could do do good there, 1 took bee by the arm and led her back to the tel egraph oQlee, and dictated some mes sages that would bring answers. I left her clicking off a long message to somebody. It wns almost dark when a knock came on my door, and tho groylsb negro boy put bis head In and followed it by the rest of bis body, carrying B yellow envelope. It was from tb superintendent, telling me he would da what be could for me, but be feared I should be stopped, as quarantine wns very strict. "If I don't get out, any way yon will be sure to g;t your tonic," I snld to Fanny Martin. We had grown to be fnmous friends. Php was a smart, clever little thing, with a shrewd wny of looking at life, nnd a keen sense ol humor. She bnd mnuo excursion! round shout during the day, riding on horseback. There were very few cases, left, nnd they were going to move ov to the next town. "Tho reports are exaggerated," she said; "but then that's what sells tbe papers. It's nil In the dny's work. Now, suppose you tell me what brought you down here?" "The nurses' train." "Yes, but before tbnt. Hnd you a secret sorrow? Had your wife died, ot your sweetheart Jilted you, tbnt you valued life so lightly?" "My sweethenrt had Jilted me, or ro fused to marry nre, the night I started, but I can hardly say that I valued life much the less. I am going back tc try It over ngaln." "What Is the mutter with you?" Fan ny Martin nsked. "You seem like a very respectable person. The Presi dent of tlie C. A. & S. seemed to think you were n reliable man." "I nut. I nm too respectable. She says I nm 'practical.' For example, she snys tbnt all I see in a yellow fevel epidemic Is its effect on trade." "Aud you came down here to nurse nnd show her better?" "Not by a great deal"' said I em plmtlcnlly. And then I told her exact ly how it nil happened. "Aud she wants a romantic lover 2" "I suppose so." "Ah!" said Fanny Martin. It seemed to me that men looked nt me oddly, nnd shook hands with me more heartily than usual. My friends nre serious, bard beaded fellows, a good deal like myself, not much given to effusive expression; but one of them actually called mo a hero. It Is very seldom that ladies visit my office, but ns I went in I saw a gleam of summery apparel. A mo ment Inter there was a rush and a sob, and Julia, actually Julia, was In my arms. "My darling girl!" I said. "Whnt Is the matter? Is your father 111? If anything wrong?" "No! No! Ob, suppose ycu had died! And it wag all my fault I should have J driven you to that dreadrul death! Oh, I know you saved hundreds of lives, but -what would that have mat tered to mo!" Julia, my child," I said, "will you toll me what is the matter?" "I know you didn't want anybody to know it, nnd I am rightly punished for having driven you to It, by all this publicity. I am so proud of you!" And Julia, Julia who bnd scorned me, ac tually put her tenr-staincd check against my own, nnd then kissed me. I turned to Ransom. "Now tell me," snld I, "what all this Is nbout." He put his pen between his teeth. and took down copy of a New York pnpar of the Sunday before which had just reached our town. He turned to a bend-lined page, pointed out nn ar ticle, nnd went back to work. I sat down and read It. It narrated the experiences of one of the paper's young women correspond ents, who had volunteered to go as telegraph operator to the yellow fever Infected district. Half the letter was taken up with the noble self-sacrifice of the young millionaire business man from Ohio, Alfred Duane, who bnd brought not only hi personal services and sympathy, but his wealth and in fluence to ah tbe sufferers. He had burled tho dead with bis own hands, nnd tbnt spinster became at the touch of this pen a beautiful girl, supported In her grief by Alfred Duane! And then of a strong man with a broken heart, hiding bis own wounds by minis tering to others, risking 'tho life ho no longer valued because the woman ho loved bnd denied blm his heart's de sire! The letter was tfigned "Fanny Martin." New York News. Vmw lluadiy Head Lighthouse. In 1S2S n lighthouse was erected on one of the seven white cliffs of Deachy Head, tbe well-known headlnnd on tbe south const of England. The height of tho light above the sea was 284 feet. the cliff Itself being 242 foet above tide. Tho lighthouse was originally built 100 feet back from the edge of tbe cliff. Of late years several heavy falls of chalk have occurred, and the struc ture Is now less than seventy feet from annihilation. It Is evidently simply a question of time when tbe whole mass of masonry and Iron will fall Into the sea. This has led to tho construction of a new lighthouse on tbe sands below the cliff. This has Just been complet ed; Its light was shown first on October 2. It Is 142 feet In height, and built of stones, each one of which la dovetailed Into Its neighbor, ao tbat the whole mass really consists of one immense boulder. Its light la made by an oil vapor burner working on the Kltson plan, and Is of 240,250 candle power. It gives two flashes every twenty sec onds. The old Beachy Head light gave 22.000 candles. The new light not only gives ten times tbe light, but uses only one-tenth of tbe oil required for supply lug Its predecessor. The drat atad Ike Lut, carious state of affairs Is noted in Franklin College. Indiana, Illustrative of tbe Biblical saying tbat "the first shall be last and the last shall be first." In tbe class of '61 of that college the man who stood at tbe top was William Henry Harrison McCoy, and the man who was at the bottom was William Tecumieh Stott. To-day Mr. Btott la president of tbe college and Mr. McCoy Is the Janitor. Dr. Btott was elected president of the college In 1872, in which year Mr. McCoy was made a momber of tbe board of trustees.- In 1804 Mr. McCoy obtained the titular position of superintendent of buildings and grounds, but his work Is really that of tho Jnultor. w WONDERFUL MENTIONED LAST YEAR Jhirty-fivte Hundred persons ir IKc U.-vtcd SlY.:3 WSa Jpassed the jMurtdred Year Limit ir 1902 Jzr&gz Expectancy of Life Increasirvj Everywhere. . , IT Is noteworthy how innny persous near or past the century marn figured in the history of last yenr. We often hear that this Is the rou ii g man's nge, nnd this Is largely rue In the business world, but it is ilso nn ago of old people. Much ns ;he youngsters would like to have the ild fellows go to the rear and take a lomforlnble seat on Easy street, the ,'act remains that at no time in the llstory of mail lias the lulluunee and ;he activity of the veterans been more jolent fli the affairs of the world. There nre about ;!-"00 persons over (00 years of nge In the United States, file nvcrago expectancy of life is lu- .reusing all over the world. It Is es llnmted that the prolongation of life las gained twenty-five per cent, in the nst fifty years. Tbe list of cvntouHr ns Is growing longer wltb each sue .ceding year. It Is u curious fact. too. ;hat for every man who lias reached :he nge of 100 there nre t wo women, statistics of n.osi countries cotilii-ni ;hls statement. It used to be said that foriy was "the )ld age of youth" nud that fifty was 'tho youth of old nge." Charles T. Verkes, lu a recent Loudon Interview, laid that a man wns nut really ripe for huffincss until he wns fifty, being with few exceptions merely an apprentice before that age. Henry Clews lately laid be knew ninny men who bud ichieved their greatest success after I hey were sixty. Everybody knows tbnt Michael Aflgelo, Titian, Voltaire, Franklin, Newton, Lord Brougham, I'almerston, Kent, Goeth?, CJ'.ndstoue, Bismarck and others performed great things even nfter they were eighty years old. In fact, there are theorists jo-day who assert that tbe man who dies at 100 dies a century too young. wocld rr.oioxo lifb. How to extend the span of life in ilenitely is tbe problem to which many teem to set themselves nowadays. Sci entists nud doctors promise almost un limited nge to coming generations. Pro fessor Jacques Loeli and others nre working on experiments wulch have for their objects the production of life without a father pathcuogeucsls and the arrest of death In germs. I'asteur Institute experimenters ure trying to prolong human existence Indefinitely by checking the advance of death on tbe thrcshhold, in the cells themselves, ;hus arresting senile decrepitude by the use of a specific scrum for the blood, Instead of attempting to combat ex ternal disease. But let us turn to some of the inter esting old people of lust year. The old est practicing physician in the United States, and probably the oldest In the world. Is Dr. J. I. Wood, of Coffey ville, Kan., who celebrated bis 100th birthday early In 1902. He wag born In Dublin on January 4, 1802, aud be gan practicing at the age of twenty two. "But," he always adds. In telling about It, "I have dotio mighty little practicing on myself." He served as a surgeon In General Taylor's army lu the Mexican War. Dr. Wood attributes bis long life nud sustained vigor to the fact that ho has always lived plainly nnd temperately. Indulging In no excesses and shunning liquor and tobacco as he would a dead ly poison. As a student in Transyl vania Medical College be Jollied a co terie of classmates who had pledged themselves to this manner of living. All but one of tbe parties to this com pact lived to be over seventy-live, five lived to be over eighty, oue became a nonagenarian, while Dr. Wood, the sole survivor, isnow In his 101st year. A nCMABKABLB MAN. John Barlow, a remarkable old man of Montgomery County, New York, who passed bis 107th birthday last spring, tells us thut ho has drank whisky nnd chewed and smoked to bacco nearly nil bis life. He was still hale and hearty at last accounts, and, moreover, was said to be courting a well-known widow aged ninety-seven, with good prospects of making her his fifth wife. This wonderfully preserved old man has cover required tbo ser vices of a physician, a dentist or an oculist. He bus lived mucn in tho open air as a farmer, aud hag always pre ferred walking to riding In bis local travels. Keeping the temperance question lu view, however, ns a sine qua non to loug life, Francis M. Anthony, a cen tenarian living near Bloomlngton, 111., who celebrated the 102d anniversary of his birth last May, counters upon Mr. Barlow In flno style. At this cele bration Mr. Anthony told his friends, with uo llttlo pride, that la all the years which bad been allotted to blm he hod never tasted alcohol or tobacco. He put stress on this .as an indispensa ble condition to health, happiness and a sercno old age. He is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to this country in 1820, settling with his parents In upper New York. In 1873 ho removed with bis family to Illinois. Many old wove. 'At various times during tbo year at teutlon was drawn to remarkable old ladles, tbe more notable of whom form exceptionally Interesting lluks wltb the past. In 1704 Mrs. Fannie Epstein was born In tbo Russian city of Kovno. This aged woman, who has celebrated ber 108th birthday, is still living lu Chi cago, making ber home with a daugh ter eighty-eight years old. Her mother, born at the close of the seventeenth century, lived to the age of 103. Miss Margaret Carpenter, 108 years old, was still living in Philadelphia In February. She was cheerful aud spry, notwithstanding a sad love romance which cast a shadow over ber life. "Yea, I have lived a loug while," she said, when asked for bor reminiscences. "I suppose it Is because I have always worked hard and eaten good, plain food. My home here Is as good as any t could have on this earth, but I want to go to a better home, nnd doubtless I Will pretty soon. I want to meet my sweetheart, James, who died many, OLD TOLI1S many years ago, after receiving my promise never to marry another." Mrs. June M. Boyd, of Allegheny County, I'ennsylvnnia, celebrated Her 100th birthday reeeutly. Two of her grandchildren nre missionaries In Egypt. Her grent-grandpnreuts were Scotch-Irish, who cam; to America lu the seventeenth century and settled In Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Johu Cnriuihaii wns her father, nnd her uncle. James Cnrnnhnn, wns Presi dent of Princeton College from 1823 tu 18.18. Among the wonderful old ladies told of diiiins the year was Mrs. Johu Hock well, of Chicago, n member ot the family of Eugene S. Pike. She Will reach the century murk If she lives r.niiliiiext April. This woman was In her .'Ids wheu Chicago was yet In its swadiiling cloliies, having been born In the yenr that Fort Dearborn was es tablished ssveii told A ti', At the town of Leyden, N. Y.. 'ives or did live in the spring of l!)0'J-n ;e mitrknble centenarian of the name of James Stewart, who adduces evidence to show that be has passed the 104th milestone on life's Journey. A pe culiar distinction attaches to Stewart despite his extreme age. He avows that In all his long life he has never told ft lie, notwithstanding the dictum of writers nnd philosophers tbnt all men are ltar. From bis enrliest youth until he was ninety ho was n free user of alcoholic beverages, nnd tbe tobacco habit had hlui tightly in its grip. At ninety, however, be "swore off." Since then his motto has been: "Shun liquor aud tobacco ns you would the devil." It is well known that many negroes reach an extreme old agu. bat In most cases convincing proof to verify their claims Is lacking. "Uncle Elijah" Bled soe is either a liar or a miracle, for he put forth claims last year that he wag born in 1771. thus being 131 years old. He Is a Southern "darky." who still en Joys life, and while he may not be the oldest man in this country, as be as serts, no one doubts tbat he is a cen tenarian. John Carey, a colored man who died In Washington, D. C, some years ngo, bnd written evidence to show that he wns 114 years of nge. He had papers to show that he was au officer's ser vant with Braddock's army when it was repulsed nenr Pittsburg, twenty years before tbe Revolution. "Uncle Ben" Brown, of IUchvIew, 111., nt the nge of 100 Is growing an entirely new crop of wool on the top of his bend af ter being as bald as a billiard bnll for forty years. Last July, Ferry Cliesuey, a colored man in Tennessee, died nt the nllcged nge of 120. As a slave be had belonged lo Jonathan Jackson, at Clnrksvllle, Vn.. on the Konnoke River, nnd when twelve years old he snw Goorgo Washington. "Grandmother" Stewnrt, an Inmate of the Home for Aged Colored People, In Chicago, died nt the nlleged age of 128. HAD LIVK9 117 riAns. Unquestionably one of the most re markable centenarians wbo passed away during the last year was Senora Catalina Flores, who died at Pasadena, Cal., at the nge of 117. This wonder ful woman had lived In parts of three ceuturies most of the time uuder the shadow of San Cabrled Mission and wns In possession of all her faculties almost to tha end. On a lonely island, opposite La Crosse. 1n the Mississippi Kiver, Nile-Se-Ga. mother of Chief Red Snake, the famous Winnebago warrior, died at tbe age of 128. She was said to be the oldest Indian lu Wisconsin. Daniel Smith, the oldest man In Michigan, died at Orrvllle, Saginaw County, aged 111. He never touched liquor, neither did ho smoke, but be chewed tobacco. 1 1 Ira in Cronk, a pensioner of tbo War of 1812, died at Duubrook, Oneida County, N. Y aged 103. He was the last of tho soldiers of tbnt war on the pension rolls. The oldest member of the Polish cob ony In Chicago, Mrs. Eva Wllenska, died In July at the age of 103. Another remarkablo centenarian was Mrs. Kate Zlclenskl, who died nt Coldwater, Mich., In April, aged 112. At Montreal, In November, Mine. Elizabeth O'Reilly, wbo had lived In three centuries and under five sovereigns of Great Britain, died after reaching the 107th milestone In life's pilgrimage. Sirs. Anna Doug las died in Frankfort, lud., after pass ing her 101st year. Her youngest child wag seventy-five years old. Mrs. Ma hula Waters, snld to be the Inst of the twenty-five girls selected by tho Mayor of Washington to assist n receiving General Lafayette, in 1825, when he was the Nntlon's guest, died at tbe Capital, In October, aged ninety, Mary Jane Edwards, the oldest resident of Macoupin Comity. Illinois, died Decem ber 27, sfter being on earth 105 years. Alexander Cunu, aged 114, and his wife, who passed tbo century mark four years ago, wero still living at Harrington. Kan.. Inst March. They were ninniod seventy-seven years ago, and it was claimed tbnt they were the oldest married couple In the United States. Their record seems to be eclipsed by that of Mr. and Mrs. Volen tine Orllk, 590 Holt avenue, Chicago, both belli? centenarians, wbo celebrat ed tho aeventy-ulnth anniversary of their marrlago Janunry 29, 1902. They are undoubtedly the oldest married couplo lu this country. Mr. and Mrs. John lams, of Washington County, Iowa, nged ninety-four and ninety three respectively, are able to look back on seventy-six years of wedded life. Captain Jerome Osier, 101 Evergreen avenue, Chicago, wbo commanded the first vewel that ever entered Chicago harbor-In JST.2-U still living at the ripe old age of 102. He seems to be evergreen both. In spirit a oil longevity Chicago Becord-Ilvrald. , The Ignorunt peasants ot Central Russia believe thut rain Is tin perspira tion of tbo sky caused by Ita hulug sa near the hot sun, , HEW. YORK. New York City. Blouse Jackets made witn small rapes nre much liked and will be much worn during tbe season to come, both by young girls and mn- misses' bxocsk jacket. ture women. Tbe very stylish May Mnuton model given is adapted to all suiting nud Jacket material, but, as shown, Is of canvas cheviot In tnn :olor nnd is tailor stitched with cortl ;elli silk. The enpeg nnd tho rerers ire exceedingly smart, but the' former :nn be omitted and tbe Jacket can be buttoned over snugly, as shown In the small cut, whenever preferred. The blouse consists of tbe fronts and back, and Is fitted by means of shoul Jer nnd under-nrm seam. The fronts nre deeply faced and rolled back to form tbe revers and, are gathered at the lower edge to blouse slightly over the belt. The capes nre nrrnnged over the shoulders and tbe neck is finished with a turn-over collar. To the lower edge Is attached a circular basque por tion which can be omitted If a plain blouse Is desired. The sleeves are In bishop style with cuffs cut nfter the 'atest model. The quantity of material required for medium size (fourteen years) is two md a half yards forty-four inches wide or one and tbrce-quurter yards fifty two inches wide. Very Oenerally Bcotnlns;. Blouse Jnckets are always jaunty, al ways smurt and very generally becom ing. The excellent model illustrnted In tbe large drawing Is of zlbeline, lu brown with threads of tan color, collar and cuffs of brown velvet edged with bands of tan cloth, stitched with cortl cellt silk, and makes part of a costume, but tbe design suits the odd wrap equally well and is adapted to nil tbe season's materials. The collar is a spe- TUCKED BLOUSE JACKET, clal feature and Is both novel and styl ish. Tbe Jacket Is made with fronts nnd back and Is smoothly fitted at the back but blouses slightly over the belt at tbe front. Fronts, back and sleeves are laid In tucks. In groups Of three each, and are finished with machine stitched edges In tailor style. . The right front laps over the left nnd the closing Is effected by buttons and but tonholes In double-brenstcd stylet The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twenty one inches wide, two aud nn eighth ynrdg forty-four inches wide or oue nd seven-eighth yards fifty-two inches wide, with seven-eighth yards of vel vet for collar, cuffs and belt. Skirts laid In generous pleats tbat conceal tbo seams and are stitched flat at their upper portions, are among the latest shown and are eminently grace ful and effective. The smart model In the large drawing Is shaped with nine gores tbat allow only narrow spaces between tbe pleats which provide ful ness and, with tbe flare on each gofe, glva a stylish flounce effect where they fall free. As shown tbe material Is ecru eta mine, stitched with corticelli silk, but all tbe seasonable pliable ma terials are appropriate, foulard, taffeta and liberty silks, pongee, veiling, alba tross aud tbe like, wltb tbe lovely soft finished linen and cotton fabrics. Tbe skirt Is cut In nine gores that widen perceptibly as they approach the lower edge and are specially adapted to narrow goods. To cut this skirt In tbe medium sis ten and five-eighth yards ot material rwenty-one Inches wide, seven and a luarter yards twenty-seven Inches wide, seven and a quarter yards thirty two Inches wide or four and three luarter yards forty-four Inches wide will be required. Collar r ovular. Lacs collars of all sixes and shapes ire In great demand (and there are many bargains offered), for there eems to be no sort of gown or wrap, coat or negligee with which they can not be woru. The lace collar reaching to tho shoulder Is the ' favorite ' Tor gowns for bouse wear, especially morning robes. Even on tho street J LATEST gowns Inee collars nre on nil tbe silk nnd fancy waists, especlnlly on after noon gowns of cloth velvet and the heavier silks. Funclea In Kle-a. The "fancies" In sleeves seem to be almost endless nnd tbe wonder is they nre all pretty nnd artistic, but those in the lend nt tbe moment are open on the outside of the arm down to the el bow, where they end in ruffles. This opening on tbe outside la also filled in with some sort of lnce or chiffon nnd lends a most refined touch to the gown. I.aee on (Spring Clowns. Leading modistes sny that In the, spring und summer gowns much "dead white" mid "blue white" lnce will be used, but as tbe crenra nnd ecru shndes nre so much more becoming and richer looking It Is doubtful if the new fad will become popular. But the faintest yellow shades of lace nre effective on the gowns In "dend white" materials. rrlncfiss Model In High FTor. The princess model continues In high favor with those who can wear this somewhnt trying type of gown nnd gome exquisite evening gowns and re ception costumes are being fashioned In this stylo by modistes. One princess robe of soft green velvet was relieved by trimming of knotted silk fringe and lovely gold embroidery. Cnllnrlass Costs. To such an extent are boas worn that collars on wraps are things of the pnst. First came the low collar, then no collar at all. And now some of tbe smart coats are cut so low ou the shoul der thnf only a narrow band shows nbout the arm, the gown showing above it like a yoke. T-stdlno; Bprlus; Pabrlo. Etamines and veilings are the leaders In spring fabrics. In the former fancy effects and noticeably an openwork weave resembling a check are expected to be more in demand than the plain materials. rinldwl Huttons. Plalded buttons are one of Dame Fashion's latest freaks. They nre small and fir.t nnd ure covered wltk shepherd's plaid, black, white and gray check. Girl's Ureas. Simple little frocks made with gath ered skirts are always chnrmlug upon little girls, and have tbe great merit of being peculiarly well adapted to wnsh able fabrics. This very pretty May WITH NINE GORED SKIRT. Mnnton model is shown In pale blue chnlllo dotted with black, wltb collar and cuffs of cream colored lace banded with black velvet, but Is suited to all simple wools and to tbo cotton and lin en fabrics of warm weather wear. The original is made with the full front arranged over the Uulng and plain backs, but the front also can be made plain, and plain sleeves can be substituted for those of bishop style whenever preferred. The lower edge of the skirt Is simply hemmed, and stitched with corticelli silk. The dress consists of plain front and backs of waist, upper and under of plain sleeves, full front, bishop sleever nnd skirt. When the full front is used It can be arranged ever tbe plain one which acts as foundation or be left un lined if washable fabrics are used. Tbe bishop sleeves nlso can be made ovei plain lining sleeves, which are covered at their lower edges to form cuffs, ol unllned and Joined to tbe cuffs. The skirt Is straight, gathered at tbe uppei edge and Joined to tbe waist. At the neck Is a straight standing collar. The quantity of material required foi medium shte (eight years) Is four yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three yard OIBIi'S SBERS. thirty-two Inches wide or two and a half yards forty-four Inches wide, wltb three-eighth yarJs of ell-over lace fu collar and cuffs.
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