The American public pays every year over $50,000,000 for general lit erature and school books. A Chicago millionaire paid a widow $103,000 for the return of hislove let- ters. Who says it doesn’t pay to be sentimental ? American enterprise has recorded another victory, Commissioner General Peck having obtained 22,000 square feet more of space for our exhibits at the Paris Exposition. Now let all unite to show Europe the evidences of industrial America’s tremendous achievements. The short Indian war has been a real benefit to the small boy. He had almost come to the conclusion that the noble red man had become inefficient; that there was no further glory to be won in tracking and fighting him in the backyard. But recent events have changed all this. The imaginary In- dian shares with the imaginary Span- iard the honor of being a worthy ob-~ ject of the prowess of Young America. The ward and onward ing world force because he must, ob- serves the New York Mail The Latin is falling behind Heis face Anglo-Saxon .is pushing up- as the overwhelm- and Iix- press, because he cannot help it. to face with conditions which are be- yond his power to meet or control. Nature has practically ended the “‘in- the The Latin evitable conflict’ before armies and navies have begun it. bas had his day. thie twentieth century. of the railroad in Africa it Pending the construction ¢‘Cape to Cairo” is to be observed that there is at the ® . present moment a highway open for travel over that very route, partly on lakes and rivers by steamer, and part- It follows the Nile, the great lakes, and ly on land by railroad and wagon, “the grand trek through Matabeleland and Mashonaland. The distance from Cape Town to Cairo is about 6250 miles,and it may be traversedin safety and comfort in eighty-five days. The science of forestry aims to pre- serve the tree-covered surface of the earth, by cutting according to rules, which will insure a new tree for every old This plishes anu It growths hurtful to those trees that one rcmoved. it accom- more. clears out have ecomeomical value. It diserimi- nates between the more or less valua- ble timbers. It ascertains what kind of trees thrive best in particular soils and climates. It devises the means to destroy hurtful insects, and to pre- vent forest fires, and to preserve game and fish. It concerns itself with road- making and the improvement of water- courses to bring out timber at the In ceeds upon the theory that forest cul- smallest expense. short, # pro- ture is a business, a matter of dollars and cents on a large scale, extending not mere'y over a lifetime, but over the duration of the It sublime thought that when we take world. is a steps to preserve the forest we are conferring benefit upon human beings to all time. Quarantine regulations and busi- ness are deadly enemies, and there- fore it is but natural that a good many people down South have said harsh things about the precautions against yellow fever which a good many other people in that region have seen fit to take. The Lumber Trade Journal of New Orleans is especially and amus- ingly vehement in expressing this in- dignation. It says that without the slightest justification from science or reason, ‘‘commerce is paralyzed, com- munities are practically at war with each other, communication is cut off, towns are depopulated, and hunger destitution : to stretch and begin gaunt: fingers over many sections.” Then the tone changes from serious to sardonic. ‘‘A mild case of bilious or some other fever develops in a small boy in Jackson, the capital of the state. Immediately panic reigns su- preme; ~The mayor advises the de- population of hin otherwise prosperous “and healthy community. The gov- ernor of the commoawealth locks up the state house and takes refuge in The ludicrous fitness of this does not seem to strike the insane asylum. anybody, least of all the craven who In the light of subsequent events the seat of the maintained in its present location.” deserted his post so hastily. state government ought to be And so on for a whole page. No doubt there is considerable excuse for anger. The inutility of quarantine is assert- ed Dy many good anthorities, and the insane panic which a case of yellow fever so often creates certainly does as much harm as results from the mal- ady. Towns that attend to their toi- lets with care need not fear epidemics, and, as a matter of fact, do not. > Night comes with’ FUN IN THE COUNTRY. Good folks, thar's fun in livin’ in the coun- try, all around, When the frost is in the furrow an’ the green is turnin’ brown. When the days are cool an’crispy, an’ the nights have brighter stars, An’ you hear the tinkle of the bells acrost the pastur’ bars. Thar's lots of fun in livin’ when the woods are full of haze An’ you hear the fiddle singin’ whar the cabin fires blaze ! When the gals are candy-pullin’, an’ they've robbed the honey bees; An’ you're dancin’ when you want to, an’ you're sparkin’ when you please! Oh, the whirrin’ of the partridge an’ the boundin’ of the buck! The treein’ of: the ‘possum an’ the foot for luck! The barkin® of the squirrels on the oak and hiek'ry trees— An’ you find 'em when you want to, an’ you shoot 'em when you please! rabhit's That's the time that gits me! fer the world is good to see When the fiddle is a-singin’ an’ my sweet- heart smiles on me! An’ if it is a quadrille-——I'm not takin’ any chance, But I'll bet you that the purtiest gal is goin’ to have a dance! —Atlanta Constitution. { Within an Ace of [lurder. BY STACKPOLE KE. ODELT,. gE IgE gE I OOO WE OOO OR gE gE OEE EE Milly Broughton was the only daughter of a Welsh collier, who lived in a small village in Giamorganshire and worked in one of the many neigh- boring coal pits. Milly was ancestors, and she delighted in relat- ing their deeds of courage and even heroism. For many generations her family name figured on the death roll peculiarly proud of her | of the pits-—the roll of honor detailing | those who had died in the performance | of their duty as colliers,procuring coal for the comfort and enrichment of their country. The girl was' known by young and old-in the colliery district as ‘‘Our Milly” and. ‘‘Our Lassie,” was looked upon almost erty of the various pits, while | he lost his preferment. He was a good fellow, but Milly loved another. To Le the husband of this girl had been the dream of his life. His love for her was an insanity. He felt that he could not live without "some hope of obtaining her. He would not for a moment allow that she was not to be his; to have done so would have meant | I suicide. For a whole month he kept away from the pit, in consequence of which | During that time he went from place to place, bat- tling with the great love that was | burning within him, But it increased; and she | as the prop- | the | special pit where her father and three | of her brothers worked more as ‘‘Milly’s Pit” name of its proprietor. Mifly was a mugh taller thaw any other members of Tier © fam#y, “md, thongh rather slight, she tioned. ° was than 4 St That she had many suitors was. not to be wondered at, but only two out of them all received any encourage- ment from her. One was preacher, who often preached in the little chapel at which Milly and her people attended; the other was the young man who played the harmonium at the chapel and who was looked upon as a musical genius in the dis- trict. Like most musicians he was of a very jovial nature, and naturally he was a gregh favorite both inthe village and in the pit in which he waked. Both of these oung fellows worked with Milly's father and broth- ers, and either would have been con- sidered a good match for her,but espe- cially the musician. It was Milly's eighteenth birthday, and it happened to bea Monday—a day on which most colliers do not work. Milly had received numerous little presents from her various admirers, which she had strewn on the kitchen table, before which she sat contem- plating them with a beaming face. The picture was a pretty one. The kitchen of a steady, sober,industrious | miner is not a place to be despised. This particular one had an air of tidi- ness and comfort. with a certain amount of refinement a l.. i.e above the ordi- nary. Through an open door could be seen a cozy little room, on the floor of which was a bright carpet and in a corner a piano. Milly gave music les- sons to many of the colliers’ child#en. So she was contribute toward the general income. It was a warm summer's ‘evening, and Milly was sitting at the door of her little home; the rays of the setting sun lit up her pretty face as she sat there thinking of David. A man was coming toward the cot- tage—it was the miner-preacher. Milly did not see him, owing to the sun which dazzled her eyes. How- ever, she had been seen by the young man in the distance, and he was ap- proaching her. He was dressed in his Sunday clothes, and though, per- haps, he was in manner somewhat serious and overstately, yet in figure and looks he was such a man as a girl might like. He had every appearance of physical strength combined with a certain amount of rugged intelligence. Milly received him with signs of pleasure. She showed him the various articles on the table, expatiating on the kindness of those from whom she had received them. 44]. too, have a present for you, Milly,” the young man said presently, as he took ont of his pocket a little morocco case and out of it a ring, upon her engagement finger. riking - looking girl, | : 3 = 2 TF. Lt mosity. was neat and well propor- | Cr os a= * prog {toward her, so their former friendship | known | by the | & : : LA 18: ful rival, who was still his friend itt mastered him. Milly’s image was constantly before him, and for a time his disappointment drove him drink. a At last he decided: to struggle no longer against his love; so he went back to work by the side of his success- and against whom he could bear no ani- He saw Milly as of* old. She thought he had conquered his feelings | was renewed. the local | | “but David has met with |'—a slight accident. | One day, a few hours hal commenced work, Morgan came to Millv looking very pale. “Do not be frightened,” he said, an accident He has been ex- ploring a used-up pit where he thought there was a seam of coal that could be got at. He has uncovered a lot of stuff and found the seam, so he expects to get a good sum of thoney for his find, if he does not try to rent the place and work it himself. He took me down this morning to see it. While stripping some of the surplus a lump of coal fell across his leg. He has lost a little blood and is resting. He thought if you would bring down a bandage or two we might set him right between us. You see, with a shout as | in a far corner. the to | “There is— Milly.” “Milly? Poor Milly! Iam afraid we shall never see her again,” sobbed David, breaking down for the first time. He was holding Morgan’s hand. He felt a great shudder pass through his friend’s body. “Stoop,” said near as you can. telling you.” In spasmodic tones, with long pauses, constantly interrupted with €xclama- tions of horror from David, Morgan told how he had inveigled Milly into the old pit and had imprisoned her so that she could not possibly escape and left her only food enough for one day. It was a terrible story to hear in that dark vault, without a gleam of light or a clear hope of escape. David seemed to forget that Jie had been for five days without food. A great surg- ing tide of indignation rolled like lava through his veins as he thought of Miliy, his own darling Milly, to whom he was so soon to be married. The story was hardly finished when, savage as that of a wild beast deprived of its mate, he sprang np and seized the dying man. He lifted him in his arms with the in- tention of dashing him down again. was a moment of uncontrollable passion, roused by the thought of Milly’s lingering death. David held Morgan for a few secouds and pre- Morgan, ‘‘stoop as I cannot die without | pared to fling him against the sharp rocks of coal. Suddenly a gleam of light appeared Milly herself entered cave. David became powerless and dropped Morgan at his feet. Milly bad not been long in her prison when she escaped. She had | heard of tho-explosion and since then, | by day and by night, for | at Fall the old mines searching i the crime of after the pits | I its events do not he does | not want anyone to know of his dis- | covery just yet, so you must not hint to anyone of it.” Miliy went with Morgan immediate- ly. He led her to the pit, which was in a very out of the way place. “David is in there,” he said, point- many hours had traveled through for a pas- one. She was a time, she sage to the exploded just in time to. save her lover from murder. Morgan, how- ever, did not live many hours longer, A GENIUS AT ADAPTATION. fo the Wrong Girl, to the Bargain. Scarcely a day passes that some of affirm the old saw that teuth is stranger than fiction, says the Detroit Free Press. Out near Muskegon there is a big family made up largely of sons. None of them has a supertluity of intelligence or push, so that the one most favored in this respect is4ooked upon as a genius by the other members of the household. He can do a fair job of painting, from water colors to barns and back fences, has a knack for interior decoration of the more ancient type, patches, mends, tinkers, and has a smattering of all the common mechanical trades. Thus gifted, the young man con- cluded to fit up a cart and go about the country soliciting odd jobs of all kinds. Among those with whom he Proposed but Stuck { found employment was a tenant farmer having several fair daughters. With | one of these the genius had a lengthy | ing to a dark archway from which the ! | followed coal had been excavated. Milly entered. Morgan immediately and closed a door | him —a door rudely made, but strong. { Then he told Milly that David was not | hurt at all and that he | her to this place in order to tell her independent and able to | long time now, Milly,” he continued. | “tT should have me to do this before, but it was only this morning I heard that I was to be made an overseer. So now be able to keep house.” He did not wait for a reply, but con- | tinued in more passionate language to express-his feelings. stop him more thau once, but Le paid no attention to her. “Morgan, she said at last, ‘you are a good fellow, and I like you and am glad to hear you have got the rise at the pit. I hope we shall always be friends; but I cannot marry you-— David is to be my husband—that was settled last night between him and my father.” Morgan could not reply. to say something, but his tongue seemed as if it were tied. He became so pale that Milly was frightened. She placed a chair near him aud pressed him into it. He grasped the arms of it and trembled all over. Again and again he tried to speak, then he ges- ticulated feebly with his hands. “Stay there!’ she .cried, ‘‘I will bring someone.” The nearest house was locked. The girl had to go farther... When she re- turned Morgan was gone. He tried we shall lamp alight.” asked you to allow | greater, He | that he could not live without her and that he might make her promise to marry him. He tried persuasion and threats in vain and at last left her, tell- ing her that he would call each day with food and for her reply. He went back to his work in the pit at once, making sence. When Milly would be missed suspicion must not fall upon him. He had hardly commenced to ply his pick when a tremendous explosion took place. All the outlets from the mine were completely blocked. Morgan found himself in the dark, lying prostrate on his back, with a quantity of coal upon him. His face and head alone were free. Ie cried for help in vain. For many hours he lay there, unable to move. Each hour seemed as were a day. His perturbed. He did not care. much about dying or about the pain he was suffering. His thoughts were chiefly occupied with the poor girl he had imprisoned. What would she do for food? He pictured her dying of star- vation. His mind had been well in- culeated with the principles of Chris- behind | | reached home to though it mind was terribly visit while about his work and became impressed with her charms. For the remainder of the season she was in his thoughts, and by the time he remain during the | winter, he had made up his mind that had Tomah i he was in love and. would propose to 12( ‘ought | the girl he had seen butionce. He wrote a straightforward business let- i ter explaining the state of his feelings {and asking her hand | Back in from marriage. came the answer “Dear i Mary,” to whom he had written, say- ing that she was willing. tianity; this made his remorse all the | felt the torments of re- Again aud azain he shrieked, At last a voice answered his eries. It was the voice of David. **Is that you, Morgan?’ “I was stunned. Wait Lie said. It did not take some of the fallen him long to remove coal and extricate : : { Morgan. Milly tried to | Sen And then for five dreary days they remained prisoners in the darkness. David’s lamp did not remain alight for long, not even long enough for them to explore their surroundings. It would their sufferings, more especially those of Morgan. He was frantic at times, and it was all that David conld do to prevent him irom dashing out his brains against coal. At last the time came when Morgan was so faint that he could hardly move. David's strength, meanwhile, had kept up wonderfully, and he did all he could to cheer Morgan. The latter, who used to pray and preach so much, had now not ¢ae prayer to offer. David could not comprehend this. ‘Why don’t you pray, Morgan?’’ he asked. “I can’t,” came ' faintly from Mor- gan’s dying lips. > “Is there anything on your =ind?” As he lay helpless with, for a8 : {all he knew, tons of coal on top of him took Milly's hand and placed the ring |, alveadv ! ? I morse. “You ar ive loved eac 3 AQ | Ia: ; : i 3: : You and I have loved each other a | 10 71 4 overcome with horror. coiling round it, I with the points of its scales. The thing was to be done in some ; : style, so that printed invitations were excuses for his ab-| _- . i sent broadcast and a great feast pre- pared. When the genius reached the busy scene of preparation he was somewhat disturbed to find that Mary was not the girl he had falleu in love with. at all, but the elder sister. He did a little quiet figuring on the cost of new invitations and another wed- ding supper, tore the paper up when he-was through, kept his own counsel and married Mary. The only com- ment offered is that they seem to be an unusually happy couple. QUAINT AND CURIOUS, The Tibetans have a week of five days, named after iron, wood, water, feathers and earth. Some of the screws used in watches are so small that it takes 380,000 of them to weigh a pound. The smallest salary paid to the head of a civilized government is $15 a year to the president of the Republic of Andorra, in the Pyrenees. A snake does not climb a tree by but by holding on A snake could not climb a glass pillar. till I get my | The hearing organ of animals is not always located in the head. In some | grasshoppers it is in the forelegs, and | appears on the wings of many insects. In the old cemetery at Cambridge, | Mass., there 1s growing a pear tree be impossible to describe | which was planted bythe Stone family when they came over from England 263 years ago. clock The Milan has a curiosity in a which is made entirely of bread. | maker is a native of In ia, and he has the jagged rocks of i which absolutely builds a nest. devoted three years of his time to the construction of this curiosity. The clock is of respectable size, and goes well. There is a fish foundin Hudson bay This it does by picking up pebbles in its mouth and placing them in a regular way on a selected spot on the bottom of the bay, where the water is not very deep. There has been discovered in India a strange plant which possesses aston- ishing magnetic power. The hand touching it immediately receives a strong magnetic shock, while at a dis- tance of twenty feet a magnetic needle is affected by it. - a III IRININIRIDIRIIIIIIOIOR THE REALM OF FASHION. Ladies’ Military Jacket. This natty jacket, while illustrating the trend of national affairs to in- fluence women’s dress this season, at the same time affords the protection A NATTY JACKET. requisite for a comfortable top-coat. The style is unobtrusive, but may be still less marked by the omission of | | are here given. | fine covert cloth, is what is ecalle¢ i | re the nautical looking shoulder straps. While navy blue is the favored cclor- SHATHASHASHASHASHAL RR RRS RRO ORONO The broad collar forms a round yoke outline in black and meets the unique- ly shaped lapels that roll back from the fronts. Stylish sleeves are ar- ranged with downward turning pleats at the sides and gathers at the top over linings that are closely adjusted to the arm. The wrists flare in rounded bell shape over the hand, showing a lining of white satin and ruching of mousse- line de soie under the satin quilling that finishes the edges. The graceful skirt is of circular shaping, the gradu- ated flounce being joined to its lower edge under bias folds of cordings of satin. While desirable for silk, satin, poplin and other dress fabrics, the mode will cevelop equally well in any of the seasonable wool or mixed fabrics now fashionable. Braid, passemen- terie, insertion or-applique will pro- vide suitable decoration, while a com- bination of velvet. silk or satin with woolen material will produce happy resutts. To make this waist for ‘a woman of medium size will require three and one-quarter yards of material forty- four inches wide. To make the skirt will require four and one-half yards of material forty-four inches wide. Hints on Remodeling Sleeves. Some of the coats worn two or three winters ago can be made in style this winter if only the sieevesare cut over, and large sleeves may easily be re- modeled by either of the styles which No. 1, represented in — WOMAN’S AFTERNOON TOILET. ing for such jackets, they may be made en costume with any seasonable woolen fabrics in black, brown, green, gray, red, or mixed colors—tweed, serge, cheviot, covert, or broadelot being fashionable. The close-fitting back is arranged below the waist with coat-laps and plaits that give the scant but fash- ionable flare. The side-back goxes are shaped high in correct military outline. The loose-fitting frents lap double-breasted fashion, the neck being closely fitted by short darts taken up in each front. Brass mili- tary buttons are used in closing, and the shoulder seams’ covered with pointed shoulder straps are held in position by buttons to match, but of smaller size. The neck is completed with a standing collar of true military cut, and a smart finish is given by the in stylish application of black braid on | the collar, straps, fronts, wrists and pocket laps. The plain two-seamed coat sleeves are military in cut and finish, the mcderate fulness being disposed in gathers at the top. To make this jacket for a lady of medium § size will require one and three-quarter yards of malerial fifty- four inches wide. Stylish Black and White Costume. A stylish black cud white combina- tion is shown in the large engraving in black peau de soie and guipure lace over white satin, the full chemisette of white mousseline over satin imparting a soft and dainty finish. A narrow quilling of pean de soie, applied with a corded heading, trims the broad col- lar, revers and epaulets on the free edges. The stylish waist, equally suited for [informal dress or ordinary wear, is smartly adjusted over correct- ly fitted linings that close in centre- front. The full fronts and seamless back are laid in overlapping pleats at the loose edge, and between the front edges is disclosed a smooth vest por- tion that ends under the bust in point- ed outline. The full chemisette puffs out slightly, and the neck is completed by a high standing collar of white satin, covered with ‘black guipure. | box sleeve. Instead of the usual pleats or gathers at the top, it is shaped by short darts that are taken up at regular intervals and finished with straps applied by machine stitching. The straps may be omitted and the dart seams simply stitched and pressed flat. A shapely under-arm portion fits the sleeve comfortably, and the wrists are finished with a double row of stitching at round cuff depth. No. 2, in rough woolen cloaking, is shaped with upper and under portions, the fulness at the top being laid in two downward-turning pleats at each side WOMAN'S ‘COAT SLEEVZ, of the shoulder. The wrists are ccin- pleted with a cuff, simulated by two rows of machine stitching. To make these sleeves for a woman of medium size will require seven- eighths of a yard of material fifty-four inches wide. The Silk Petticoat. The new silk petticoat which can have any place among the new fashions must be fitted as carefully as the skirt which, covers it, made almost as leng, - and quite plain about the hips.’ 3
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