OID TIM&WOraTES THE HAUNTED PALACE. By KDOAB ALLAN FOR. In the greenest of our valleys By good unrein tennnted, Once a fair and stately palnce- Kadiant palace rear its head. In the monnrih thought's dominion, s It stood there; Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair. Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did float and flow (Tliis all this was in the olden Time long ago), And every gentle nir that dallied, In that sweet day. Along the ramparts plumed and pallid, A wing-ed odor went away, Wnnderers In that happy valley Through two luminous windows sair Spirits moving musically. To n lute's well-tun-ed law, i Hound about n throne where, sitting, J'orphyrogene, In state his glnrv well befitting. The ruler of the realm was seen, ' The Longest BY NORMAN i: "I T wag a very narrow escape snld the doctor. "Crossing the harbor?" I exclaimed. "Tog." snid lie. with n laugh, then gravely, "It was my narrowest escape.' "Tell me the story," said I, much lu terested. It Wits a quiet evening; twilight witn tne Jiartior water unruffled, and the colors nf tbo nf IitpIotv funf fiulln.r from the sky. We were sitting by the surgery door, watching the fishing tionts come in from the son. nnil nnr talk had been of the common dangers or mat lire. "Do von sen tho little rotfnflro nn tho other side back of the church and to the left?" snld the doctor. "T'nder (bo lifer rook?" nM T "Win, the little garden In front and the lad going up tne pntn?" "Aye," said the doctor. "Some years go. when that sturdy little lad was u toddler in pinafores he was taken sud lenly ill. It was a warm day In the ipring of the year. The ice was still In the harbor, locked in by the rocks at the narrows, though tho snow had nil melted from the hills, and green things ivere shooting from the earth In the gardens. The weather had been tine Tor a week. Day by day the harbor jce bad grown more unsafe, until, when tommy, the lad yon saw on the path, rras taken 111, only the daring ventured to cross upon It. "Tommy's father came rushing Into Uio surgery In a pitiable state of grief md fright. I knew when I first caught light of his face that the child was ill. "'Doctor,' said lie, 'my little lad's wonderful sick. Come quick!' " 'Can wo cross by the Ice?' I said. " 'I've come that way,' said he. "Tis i.lfe enough t' risk. Make baste, doc tor, sir! Make haste!' '"Lead the way!' said I. "He led so cleverly that wo crossed K'lthout once sounding tho Ice. It was l zigzag way a long, wlndlug course ind I knew the day after, though I vaa too Intent upon tho matter In hand to perceive It at the moment, that only his experience and acquaintance with !he condition of the lee made the pas logo possible. After midnight, when My situation was one of extreme peril, t realized ' that the' way bad been Jellher safe for ine, who followed, nor tasy for I ho man who led. " 'My boy Is dying, doctor! said the mother, when we entered the house, toh, save him!' "My sympathy for the child and his parents they loved that lad no less lhan n curtain professional Interest Milch takes hold of a young physician to bucIi cases, kept me nt Tommy's bed Ude until long, long after dark. 1 need not have stayed so long ought lot to have stayed for the lad was lafe and out of pain, but In this far sway place n man must bo both nurse ind doctor, and there I found myself. It 11 o'clock of a dark night, worn out, Mhl anxious only to reach my bed by' the shortest way, " 'I thinks, sir,' snJd Tommy's father. Then I made ready to go, 'that I wouldn't go hack by the ice. "'O, nonsense,' said I. 'We came ver without any trouble, and I'll find iy way back, never fear.' " 'I wlsut you'd stay here the night.' laid the mother. 'If you'll bide. sir. " !' ,ranlie yu comfortable.' " n.' said I. 'I must get to mv wn bed.' " 'If you'll not go round by the shore, U. said the man, 'leave me pilot you across,' " 'Stay with your lad,' said I, some what testily. Til cross by the ice.' Twill be the longest way home the night,' said he. When a mnn la ui ,.,i . - " iiutl ii ui II fill no can be strangely perverse. I would nrtfo my own way, and, to my cost. I ns permitted to take It. Tommy's -athor led me to the landing stage, put Ban n my hand and warned me to he .arerul-warned me particularly not .o taw n ,, Wth0lU ,, tll0 1(.p V Ir..?'1"' w-v SnlT' "" " brought ne mtlH lesson to nn end with n wist- L, 'U,,t ou wouldn't risk It.' The tone of his voice, the earnest ness and warm feeling with which he ' J ,1' U1 pftUM- 1 I'esltaledbut ho light In my surgery window, shin lug so near at band, gave me a vision jr clean and comfortable rest, and I Put the momentary Indecision . away from ine, ' 'It Is n ounrter of n tnti- ery by the Ice.' I ,id, .nd u ,8' four i w going the shortest way.' 'You'll find it the longest, air,' laid "I FfmnntAjl m t..ii p. uireuiiong ni to the o good night and stepped out on the onTi f WTU fllnre More terror nd dcspHip than, doubtless, any year " my Uf, to come shall know. I am o morbidly afraid of (eatl.. ltVn death that wade ma suffer. It w, Luh".? U0.er ? f co""-" the night. u tho harbor rolls, all Buoraut of my And all with pearl and ruby glowinf Was the fair palace door', Through which can:o flowing, flowing, flow li'g. And sparkling evermore A troop of echoes, whose sweet duty V as but to sing, In voices of surpassing boautv, I The wit and wisdom of their tins. But evil things, In robes of sorrow. Availed the monerch's hk-h estate; Alt. let. ill mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) I And round about bis borne the glory That blushed and bloomed. Ik hut a dim-remembered story Of the old lime entombed. And travelers now within flint vnllev Through the rcd-littcn windows sea , njt forms that move fantastically, To n discordant melody: While, like n ghntlv r;ipid river, Through the pale door A hideous throng ruh out forever And laugh but smile no more. Way Home. DUNCAN. fxtremlly. peacefully sleeping around me tne slow, cruel approach of it, closing in upon every hand, lying all about me, and hidden from me by the .lRiir. The doctor paused. He looked over the quiet water of the harbor. les, ho said, repeating the short. nervous laugh, "It was a narrow es capo. The sun of the nfternoon it had shone hot and bright had weakened the Ice, and a strong, gusty wind, such a wind as breaks up tho Ice every spring, was blowing down the harbor to tne sen. It had overcast the sky wnn twcK clouds. The night was dark, Nothing more of the opposite shore than the vaguest outline of the bills n blacker shadow in a black sky was to be seen. "Ilut I had the lamp In the surgery window to guide m'e, and I pushed out from the shore, resolute and hopeful. I made constant use of my gaff to sound the ice. Without it I should have been lost before I bad gone twen ty yards. From time to time, In rotten places, it broke through the lee with but slight pressure, then I had to turn to right or left, as seemed best, keeping to tbe general direction ns well ns I eotdd all the while. "As I proceeded, treading lightly and cautiously, I was dismayed to llnd that the condition of the lee was worse than the worst I had feared. 'Ah,' thought I, with n wistful glnneo toward the light in the window, 1 11 bo glad enough to get there.' "There were lakes of open water In my path; there were flooded patches sheets of thin, rubbery Ice, stretches of rotten 'slob.' I was not even sure that a solid path to my surgery wound through these dangers, and if path there were It was a puzzling maze, strewn with pitfalls, with death wait lug upon a mis-step. "Had It been broad day my situation would have been serious enough. In the night, with the treacherous places nil coverca up and hidi'eu It was des perate. I determined to return, but I was quite as unfamiliar with the lay or the lee behind as with the path ahead. A moment of thought persuad ed me that the best plan was the bold estto push on for the light lu the win now. I should have, at least, n star to guide me. " 'I have not far to go,' I thought. 'I must proceed with confidence and a common-sense sort of caution. Above all. I must not lose my nerve.' "It was easy to make- the resolve: It was hard to carry It out. When I was searching for solid Ice and my gaff splashed water, when the ice offered no more resistance to my gaff than a similar mass of sea foam, when my footiiold bent and cracked beneath me, when, upon either side, lay open water and a narrowing.. uncertain path lay ahead, my nerve was sorely tried. 'At times, overcome by the peril I could not see. I slopped dead and trem bled. I feared to strike my gaff, feared to set my foot down, feared to quit the square foot of solid Ice upon which I stood. Had It not been for ths high wind high and fust rising to n gale I should have sat down and waited for the morning. But there were ominous sounds abroad, and. although I knew little about the ways of Ice, I felt that the break-up would come before the dawn. There was nothing for It but to go on. "And on I went, hut at last th mis chance was Inevitable my step was badly chos:n. My foot broke through. and I found myself of a suddeu sink ing. I threw myself forward and fell with my arms spread out: thus I dis tributed my weight over a wider area of lee and was borne no. "For n time I wqs Incapable of mov. !ug n muscle; tho surprise, the rush of terror, the shock of tho fall, the sudden relief of finding myself safe for the mo ment had stuuued me. So I lay still, hugging the lee, for how long I cannot tell, but I know that when I recovered my Belf-possessioii my first thought wub thnt the light was still binning In the surgery window an Immeasurable distance away. I must reach that light, I knew, but It was n long time beforo I had the courage to move for ward. "Then I managed to get tho gaff un der my chest, so that I could throw some pnrt of my weight upon It, and began to crawl. - Tho progress was Inch by Inch slow and toilsome, with no moment of security to lighten It. I was keenly, aware of my danger; at any moment, ns I knew, tbe Ice might open and let me In. "I had gained fifty yards or more, and had come to a broad lake, which I must round, when the light in the win dow went out. " 'Elisabeth has given mo up for the night,' I thought In despair. 'She has blown out the light and gone to bed.' "Tbero was now no point of light to mark my goal. It was very dark, and tit n few minutes I was lost. I bad tbe wind to guide me. It Is true, but I aoon mistrusted J,he wlod. It was veering, it had veered, I thought: it was sot posalblt for mo U trust It Implicitly. In whatever direction 1 get my fare I fancied that the open sea Iny that way, "Again and again I started, but upon -ach occasion I had no Rooner begun to crawl thnn I fancied that I had nilscho sen the way. Of course I cried for help, but the wind swept my frantic screams away, and no man heard them Tbe moaning and swish of thr gale, nt It r.in past tho cottages, drowned mj cries. The sleepers were not alarmed. .Moanwiiiio tnnt same wind wai breaking up the Ice. I could hear the cracking and grinding long before 1 felt the motion of the pan upon which I lav. Dut nt last I did feel that mas of lee turn and gently heave, end ther I gave myself up for lout. " ' Doctor! Doctor!' "The voice came from far to wind ward. The wind eaughi. my nnswcrlna Shout and carried It out to sea. " 'They will not bear me,' I thought . j ney will not come to help me.' "The light shone out from the surg ery window again. Then lights ap peared in the neighboring houses rnd passed from room to room. There had bfen nn alarm. Hut niy pan was brenking up! Would they find me la time? Would they find mo nt nil? "Lanterns were now gleaming on th, rocks back of my wharf. Hnlf n dozen men were coming down on the run, bounding from rock to rock of the path. By the light of the lanterns 1 saw them laueh n Itoat on the Ice and drag It out toward me. From the edge of the shore Ice they let It slip into the water, pushed off mid came slowly through the opening lanes of water, calling my name at Intervals. "The Ice was fast breaking and mov ing out. When they caught my hull they were not long about pushing the boat to where-1 lay. Nor, you may bo sure, was I long about getting aboard." "Doctor," said I. "how did they know thnt you were In distress?" "Oh," said the doctor, "It was Tom my's fntber. He was worried, and walked around by tbe shore. When he found that I was not home he roused the neighbors." "As the proverb runs." said I. "the longest way rouud Is sometimes tin shortest way home." "Yes," said the doctor. "I chose the longest way." Youth's Companion. Belt Maite at Pennies. One of the most original of belts and also n necklace wero finished during the week for a woman who is enthu siastically Interested in Indians and their progress. An Indian silversmith did the work, which was in copper, and after it was eompfcted the mate rial for a gown was selected and made up to go with the ornaments. These hitter were of fanciful disks ot copper, the copper used being all Unljed States pennies. There were thirteen largo disks in the belt, each made of twelve pennies. An idea of what was required was given the In dian workman, and ho made his own designs. The necklnee was of smaller, disks, each made from a penny, but thinner and larger in circumference, mid ninde In a design to mutch the belt. The necklace was rather long, falling to the bustline. Tho disks were not Hat, but raised a little lu the centre, and in the beautiful red oi" the copper after It bad been worked, delightfully effective. To wear with the necklace nnd belt a gown of golden brown cloth wan bought which exactly suited thu orna ments. The work was so entirely satis factory thnt the originator of the Idea immediately ordered another belt and necklace for a friend. Indian workmen do not always work by scale, and the disks of the second necklaco were lightly larger than those of the first, and the chuln was made longer to give it a better proportion. The woman who received It, not caring for this ex tra length, bad several of the 'disks removed and sent for three more to add to them, and this gave her a bracelet of the copper. The. set of belt end necklace cost about $30. Tho only person who was not pleased with the work when it was completed was the Indian. He Is a Navajo, and a particularly Intelligent mnn, but be Is n silversmith, and he does not believe In Working In "the red," ns he culls tbe copper, and which ho considers to be very commonplace. As a matter of fact, tho Indian work In copper is more artistic than that In silver. New York Times. To Arrest fire in Ships' nolils. P. W. Coding, United States Consul at Newcastle. Kngland, describes an ippnratus for arresting flro in ships' holds ns follows: "The apparatus consists of a fairly watertight wooden box or trough, built on the floor of each bold at the lowest point, nnd ns near the centre between the bulkheads as Is convenient (lu coal bunkers, nt the bottom toward one side), and a small pipe leading from the deck to this trough. In coal ships the ther mometer tube may servo for the pur pose, and when the ship Is carrying a general cargo tuo tune may remain a permanent fixture. The trough Is filled with n few tons of a material about one-half as bulky ns coal. This, with some gallons of nn easily stored liquid, comprises the entire outfit. The en tire cost of fitting n ship with appara tus surticieut for charging tho hold six times Is estimated at $100. As tbe material docs not deteriorate with age or exposure to the action of salt woter. it may be carried for years, yet Is al ways ready for. use m caso of emer gency." Ibe SI ail Inventor at Eerlswood. The mad inventor Is the most Inter esting figure nt Earrswood. His work shop, crowded with bis Inventions, Is one of the sights of tho country, which tbe public never aeea. Sitting at a bench suspended In nild nlr, Mr. James Henry I'uilcn builds model bouses and model ships which would tax many saner men with a grasp of 'mechanics and a brain behind it. Ills models of well-known ships, comprising vessels of almost every type, would make up a little nary, nnd some of them have been shown ot exhibitions in London and lu Paris. An Ingenious kite of his own Invention la one of the familiar sights In the grouuds at Earlswood, and Mr, Fullen la a puluter, too, with pictures hanging round bis room such ns would not shame a ltoyal Academic ian. Yet Mr. I'uilcn. artist and Inven tor, who ha nindo over two thousand articles on bis mid-air bench, is as mad os the hatter lu Wouderlaud. St James's Oasette. REFRIGERATOR CARS MADE THE BEEF TRUST POSSIBLE i Development of the Chicago Stock Yards --More Than a Billion Pounds of Dressed Meat Leave the Windy City Annually. t4 Chicago's meat Industry had Its real origin In the refrigerator car, some what more than n score of years ago. The Capital Union Stock Yards Trans fer Company was chartered In lscj.", and it soon grew to bo an institution of magnitude. But it could never have been more than a slaughtering place aud market for Chicago and a "clear ing house" for live cattle destined for other markets save for this invention. A steer weighing 1200 pounds con tains about 8S0 pounds of useful prod uct. Only about 000 pounds of this Is directly salable as meat. In shipping :attle on the hoof It is necessary to pay freight on the whole llioo pounds. Abil ity to slaughter In Chicago aud save tho freight on GX) pounds gave tho Western man an advantage tho East erners could not meet. The attack on the Kastern market was begun in Boston. That city was soon won over entirely to tho Western packers. Then New York was Invaded, and after that the rest of the world was brought Into line. The Chicago slaughter houses, wero doubled and doubled oguln. Acre after acre was covered with new build ings designed for use In the Industry. Thousands of men were put to work at construction in . Tack Ingrown, which was built on tho western edge of the stock yards. Other thousands went to work in tho cities which the packers Invaded, building storage houses and wholesale markets, first lu the big cities, then In the smaller ones, until wherever one goes to-day he finds the Chicago dressed beef storehouses close beside the railroad. And near scores of lakes In Southern Wisconsin may be seen the gigantic Icehouses In which lee is stored in hundred thou sand ton lots to aid the refrigerating. Refrigerator cars are expensive. There are many trunk lines of rail road running east from Chicago, and Co one of them could nfford to bi-.l.d and own enough refrigerators to carry lue output of tho big packing bouses. Tbe leading packers built tho cars for themselves, and, having the cars, were able to ship by what line they would, nnd charge the railroads a stiff price for the rent of the cars. Competition was found to be n useful means of Keeping down freight rates, nnd the packers used It freely. To-day more than 20,000 refrigerators are lu use car rylng meat products from Chicago, and nearly all of these belong to the pio neers lu tho field "tho Big Six." Ar mour & Co. own more than 10,000 of them. Swifts more than half as many, l.lpton, the Auglo-Ainericnn, Ham inoud, I.lhby, each concern has its own. There are others owned by the rallroada and by the smaller houses and by special companies, which nc commodate those who have not cars of their own. There are more than loo firms engaged In the business of pack Ing meat about tho Union SUjck Yards, though the six big ones have the bulk of the business. cmoioo's or.EATEsr industry. Thus It is that of all the beef slausli tored In this country more than forty per cent. nearly one-half. In fact- Is killed lu the packing bouses about tho Chicago Stock Yards. In 1001 mare than S.OOO.OOOcattle were shipped tintuor from every State In the Union. and of these nearly two-thirds a little less than 2,000,000 wero slaughtered aud dressed In the yards. Eight mil lion hogs of 22,000,000 killed In tho whole country and 4,000,000 sheep shared their fate, as did nearly 200,000 calves. A single railroad brought 07, 000 carloads aud others nearlv it tunny each. These millions were not the lank, long-horned Texas cattle, that formerly met their death in Chicago, but blooded stock, mostly hornless, though number ing many fancy short-horn, and they reached the yards fat and sleek from tho feeding farms of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and, in fact, from nearly every -part of the country. Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas raise corn by millions of bushels. Tho greater pnrt of that corn they feed to tho cattle from the grazing country. These corn-fed cattle have ninde Amer ican beef famous. And in the dressing mid shipping of that beef nt Chicago centres tho labor of not only the herd ers of -Texas nnd the short-grass coun tryall of Western Kansas and Ne braska but the corn raisers as well, who form middlemen between the plainsmen and the packers. The farmers arc swiftly learning that corn In tho siiapo of good beef U worth r.ioro than torn on the cob. So not only from tho West, but from the South and even from the East, fancy cattle go to Chicago. It Is not uncom mon for a blooded cow or bull to bring P2IHK) at tho stock yards. Farmers who ten years ago had not a beef animal on their ground now number their herds by hundreds, nnd hnve found that n r-mall herd of fancy stock can be raised and marketed profitably where the long-horn of happy memory would have been an utter failure. Ten years ngo tho action of the rresldent would have nflW-ted uot n tenth of the nen and women who are rjat-hed by It to-day. i FIVE HUNDRED BU8I A'llES. This meat trade of tho country cen tres not only In Chicago, but In a re stricted area in that city, lu tho old town of Lake. lu that uren. where last year forty per cent, of the cattle und a third of tho hogs of the country wero marketed, tbero has beon a stock yard for thlrty-sevca years. Iu thone years the $400,000,000 of stock that has been marketed there hag aggregated tho stupendous sum of more than $0,000, 000,000, aud thut is merely tho raw ma teria! that baa come there to bo manu factured Into meat. Tho value of tho manufactured product Is Incalculable. The stock yard company's original stock of $1,000,000 wus quickly sub scribed. The yards, as opened lu De cember, 1803, occupied 300 acrea of marsh laud on Halstend street the present altc. At first tho cttle cauio lu rudo curs, crawllug over rough C rails from the West, to be unloaded, fed, watered, rested and sold at tho yards, thence to be dispatched East or slaughtered for local consumption. The value of the cattle handled In creased in eight years from $10,000,000 to three times that sum. Last year l.-.OOO.ooo animals, with a value of $l':t,0OO,00O, wore handled In th? yards. To-day the cattle, sheep and hogs travel Chleagoward at express sched ules, in "palace stock cars," and it Is no remarkable achievement for a man to land a herd of 2000 animals In tbe yards In a slnglo day, so that they may be disposed of at once at "the top of the market." The old way of send ing In cattle and taking the best price obtainable has passed. To-day the tanner watches the price of beef, and when It goes up rushes his cottle at limited? train speed to tho yards and sells out before the drop comes. For the handling of these cottle the orlglnul 300 acres has increased to 500, 450 acres of which is paved, most of it with brick. In these clean, brick paved pens (which number 13,000) there are twenty-five miles of water trough. There lire 250 miles of rail road track In tho yards, four miles of unloading platform with chutes, twenty-five miles of street, ninety miles of water and fifty of sewer pipe, 10,000 hydrants and a water works having six artesian wells running down 2250 feet into the earth uud supplying 0,000,000 gallons of water a day. TOUn STEERS KILLED EVERT MINCTZ. The day has gone when the leading packers are willing to give out figures which will show the extent of the enor mous business which they are carrying on. Tho statistics which follow, lrow ever, are from n recent authority, and represent the second largest of the establishments making up the so-called "Big Six." The buildings occupied by tbe firm, and which are in the heart of "Packingtown," cover sixty-live acres of ground. They range from one-story sheds to eight-story smokehouses and warehouses, and aggregate 150 acres of floor space. This company employs 18,433 men, to whom Is paid a weekly wage of more than $200,000. Iu one year this firm bundled In Chi. cago 1.437,844 cattle, 2,058,051 sheep and 3,928.059 hogs. Much of the prod uct of these wos consumed iu Chicago, being carried out from l'acklugtown In the endless string of wagons which run from the warehouse to tho city by day and night. One hundred nnd seventy thousand six hundred mid eighty-four carloads of dressed beef aud other meat products were shipped from the city, much of It for Eastern consumption and export. Nearly 300 carloads a day were shipped by thi? oue firm of theChieitgo packing bouses. The largest single day's klllii.g by tins' ilrm vo 55.140 anluiiil.s 10,973 cattle, 10,911 sheep nnd 27,250 hogs. In the enormous cold storage houi-o which ad joins tho abattoirs Is room for the car casses of 15,110 cattle, 18.0JO slicep and 47,400 hogs. The complete slaughter and dressing of a steer In this bouse from the time It Is knocked lu tho head In the pen till It has been beheaded, hung up by tho heels, skinned, gutted, split, washed nnd passed on to the cooler takes thirty-nine minutes. Cattle tire slaughtered in the ordinary course of business at tho rate of 240 an hour, or four every minute. Hogs are killed and dressed more quickly than cattle. From the time thnt the porker is shackled by the hind legs and hoisted on to the trolley till he has run by the sticker, been cleaned, dipped in scald ing water, split und trimmed till he it in a temperature of thirty-eight de grees and slowly hardening is only thirty-two nnd n half minutes. From 000 to 700 hogs are slaughtered every uour nt Swift's. Sheep take two min utes longer than hogs for killing and dressing, and 020 are handled every sixty minutes. As tho business of pork aud beef packing has Incseascil the tendency has been to nurrow tho work of each man down to some single act. Time was when the butcher stuck tho knife In the pig's throat, hung him up. gutted him, and by deft strokes of many kinds , reduced hi m to marketable shape. To day ever hog passes 150 men, each of whom has ono thing to do in the pro. cess of dressing. One cuts away the bench bone, another odd bits of hair, and another the "leaf." 'Another splits the back bone, another divides It Into halves and another washes It with hot water. This single firm sells anuuall.v more than fi.OOO.OOO hams, most of which are from the Chicago house. It kills a small nioiiortioii nt Omaha. Kansas City and St. Joseph. A Ilrro Drstinml to lie Unsung. Thomas Kelly, who rode n mile on horseback to zivo on iihirm of fire which saved the village of Luxembourg from destruction, Is n hero who U apt to bo cheated out of his Just rewards' on account of his name. He bus al ready been likened to Paul Itevere, and, like that gallant rider, he deserve to be made t.nuous in verse, but hi tho first place tbero is no Longfellow to celebrate his deed lu heroic metre, aud then minor poeis would Und It most dllllcult to construct rhymes for 'Kelly." If Itevere hud been named Kelly Instead of his own euphonious patronymic, he would have been com paratively unknown, it would not Eouud a bit heroic to say, ''Listen, my children, and I will tell 'co, the mid night ride of Thomas Kelly." Or. If we attempted to describe tho mauuer of his rldlUR, wo should have to say something profano or anatomical, which might be embarrassing. Wo are sorry for Mr. Kelly, but If ho wants a poem written about hta exploit he will huvo to petition the Legislature to c-hango his name. St. Louis Ulobo Democrat. Tho length of a honeymoon generally depends upon tba amount ot money you start out with. New York City. Small capes always make desirable wraps for mild weather wear. The very stylish May Manton one Illustrated is adapted both to the woman's cxrn. costume and to the separate wrap, but as shown is of tab colored cloth and makes part of an entire suit. The stole fronts are trimmed with drop orna ments, but the edges nnd senilis are simply machine stitched with cortlcclli silk. Tho cape Is cut to give the ef fect of a pointed yoke nt the back, nnd with clrculor portions that fall over the shoulders nud arc Joined to the centre portion with Inverted pleats at fronts and on centre back. The neck Is finished with a tint collar that ter minates In stole ends. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is three and one fourth yards twenty-one Inches wide, one nud five-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide, or one aud five-eighth yards fifty-two Inches wide. Women's Shirt VfaUt. Shirt waists are among the desirable things of which no woman ever yet had too many. The stylish model Il lustrated In the large drawing Includes tho latest features In the graduated box pleat and tbe wide tucks thnt ex tend to yoke depth. Tho original is FASHIONABLE made of white mercerized vestiug, with dots of blue, and is trimmed with orna mental pearl buttons, but nil wulstlng materials, cotton, linen, wool and silk are appropriate. The waist consists of fronts, back and pleat. The back Is plain and drawn down In gathers at tho waist line, but tho fronts are arranged to blouse slightly over tho belt. The graduated pleat Is joined to the right edge, and Is hooked over Invisibly onto the left. The sleeves are the new ones that fit smoothly nt tbe shoulders, but form wldo puffs over the narrow straight cuffs. At the neck Is a slock cut with the fashionable clerical point. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and five-eighth yards twenty-one inches wide, four yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and one-half yards thirty-two inches wide, or two yards forty-four Inches wide. A Shirt Waist rtnlt. "" Your dressMiaker will be sure to ppr suude you, or at least to endeavor to guide you In having her make up a shirt waist suit for you. It is a good pattern for n foulard or summer silk, which will be used as a street gown. Tbe "shirt waist" idea does not neces sarily condemn you to this form of bod Ice. Many of the so-called shirt waist suits bhow Jacket fronts and a narrow walstcont effect. Tbe buck of the bod Ice Is made like a shirt waist, and tho Jacket fronts are never loos-, but are stitched down to the lining. The elas tic phrase permits n good deal of varia tion from the titular model, and Indi vidual choice can determine iu what meas,:re yon wish to deviate from Un original di sign. Openwork Wines. Winged ornaments are ornamental additions to the spring blouses, both of silk, linen or soft woolen cloth. The butterfly with "sail set" In full flight, or the gauzy drngou fly are fuvorltu models. They are set on tho blouse front, or shoulders usually, and the prettiest of the models have open work wings, while the body of the flying figure la embroidered solidly or Iu out line applications. These pretty put terns are especially suitable for decor ating young girls' garments. They rival flower designs In present popular ity. But every one wear them, pro vided they can secure the novel decor ations for the useful blouse. As to W carina the Tell. Frenchwomen, while doing Justice to American woman's taste In dress, aver that not til sf us know how to wear a face veil. They cannot understand why these tissues should be strained closely over the face. Their argument is thut the modish veil should be loose ly draped over the countenance, bang ing like n valance from tbe hat o toque, nud never dragged tlglit over? the face. It Is not meant by this thai the veil must necessarily be gathered under the chin or balloon out with 8 gust of wind. It must slinulnte loose ness, however, and not bo drawn like av mask over nose and cheeks. Velvet Tee downs. Tea gowns of velvet are nt present considered smarter than those of dia phanous materials, because of the love ly lights and shades that fall on tho long lines, giving a most artistic effect. The various shades of gurnet, and es pecially those of purple, are tbe favor Ites. heeatise so effective; royal purple. heliotrope and mauve show up lovely In the draping, which must be on tho picturesque order. The princess model Is the favorite, but the front Is elthpr flowing or draped, and. In addition to) the long train, the front is made long- ctiorgb to hide the feet. Rats llrnw Smeller. Smaller and smaller grow the haft displayed for early spring wear. Th turban with turned up brim Is mora nnd more popular nil the time. For tb moment, when the bat Is not made of some soft material, the brim is faced with some soft fabric, tulle, chiffon or "frayed silk." so thnt no harsh line will come against the face, nnd th brim nt Hie back is so narrow that aU the luilr Is seen. Ribbon Ore pes. The ever-present grapes are made of ribbons and sold In bunches for orna ments. One bunch Is made of black ribbon, each grape being as large aa a good-sized natural grape, round ana full, nnd there is n knot of bright green ribbons nt the top. Another bunch of grapes Is made of green ribbon, and 1 has a knot of white ones at the topT Finished VTlth Narrow Borders. Many of the new spring goods ar SHIRT WAIST. finished with narrow borders. ThcM borders are effective on the bottom ot tbe skirt or applied In lengthwise; straps on the seams of the skirt aa well as on the bodice and sleeves. They are; iu nil the daintier wash fabrics (lines and cottons), as well as silks. mohaJ-" and flannels. Teltlug- Again 1'opular. Old-fashioned tatting Is again popu lar. Many of the new spring waists, made of the sheerest lawns and mulls, hnve insets of tutting in wheel design all over the fronts, sleeves and stocks. Other new waists have butter colored lace, combined with pure white lawn. n very smart combination. Girl's Tucked Coal. Loose fitting tucked coats are greatly lu vogue for little girls aud will tor much worn during the season to coma. The stylish little model shown Is made) of pongee with trimming of heavy linen lace of tho sumo shade, but all pliable materials nre appropriate. The coat consists of fronts aud back, both of which are tucked and stitched with cortlcelli silk to flounce depth. Over the shoulders In capo collar that Is shaped with seal- Kipi-u outline, ine sleeves are In bell shapo and can be slipped on and off with case. The right side of the coat laps over the left ami la l,...l i. double-breasted stylo with buttons and uuiKiunoies. Tho quantity of material required foe oiaL'a tucxbd coat. medium also (four ream la four and ouo half yards twenty-one Inches wide. four yards twenty-seven Inches wtslev or two and one fourth yards forty-fokir incues wiuo.
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