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The American public pay every
year over ."0,000,000 for general lit
eratnre and school book.
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A UMCRSro millimiuiro uim n
0105,000 for the return of hi love let
ter. Who nys it doesn't pay to be
sentimental ?
. itnarinan Aiiteinrisa ha recorded
nm nnr vicifirv.i'Uiiiiiuniuuci viruonu
PK 11ILV1IIU UllllllllCll ..,,...
feet more of Kpace for our exhibit at
the Pari Exposition. Now let all nnite
to show Enrope the evidences of
America' tvemendon industrial
achievement.
The short Indian war ha been a
real benefit to the small boy. He had
almost come to the conclusion that the
noble red man bad become inefficient;
that there was no further glory to be
won iu tracking and fighting him in
the backyard. But recent event have
changed nil this. The imaginary In
dinn shares with the imaginary Hpan
iard the honor of being a worthy ob
ject of the prowess of Young America.
The Anglo-Saxon i pushing up
ward and onward a the overwhelm
ing world force because he must, ob
serve the New York Mail and Ex
press. The Latin is fulling behind
because be cannot help it. He is face
to fnce with conditions which are be
yond lm power to meet or control.
Nature lias practically ended the "in
evitable conflict" before the armies
and navies have begun it. The Latin
bn had hi day. Night comes with
the twentieth century.
rending the construction of the
"Cape to Cairo" railroad in Africa it
is to be observed that there is at the
present moment a highway Jlen for
travel over that very route, partly on
lake and river by steamer, and part
ly on land 1V railroad and wagon. It
follows the Nile, the great Inke, and
the grand trek through Matabeleland
and Mashonnland. The distance from
Cape Town to Cairo is abont 6250
miles, and it may be traversed in safety
aud comfort in eighty-live days.
The science of forestry aim to pre
serve the tree-covered surface of the
earth, by cutting according to rules,
which will insure a new tree for every
old one ri in ved. This it accom
plishes an 1 more. It clears ont
growths hurtful to those tree that
have economical value. It discrinil
uatee between the more or less vnlna
Me timbers. It ascertains what kiud
of trees thrive best iu 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 roud-
inakingandthe.improvement of water
coursis to bring ont timber at the
smallest expense. - In short, it pro
ceeds npou the theory that forest cul
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 world. It is a
sublime thought that when we take
steps to preserve the forest we i
conferring benefit upon.htiman beings
to all time.
Quarantine regulations and bust
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 amns
ingly vehement in expressing this in
diguation. It suys that without the
slightest justification from science or
reason, "commerce ia paralyzed, com
munities are practical! v at war with
each other, communication is cut off,
towns are depopulated, and hunger
and destitution begin to stretch
Kaunt fingers over many sections."
Then the tone changes from serions
to sardonic. "A mild case of bilious
or some other fever develops in
small boy in Jackson, the capital of ttia
state. Immediately punio reigns su
pre me. The mayor advises the tle
population of an otherwise prosperous
ud healthy commnuity. The gov
arnor or mo oommonweaitu locks up
the state house aud takes refuge iu
the insane asylum. The ludicrous
fitness of this does not seem to strike
anybody, leant of all the craven who
deserted his post so hastily. In the
light of subsequent events the seat of
the state government ought to be
maintained iu its present location."
And so ou for a whole page. No doubt
there is considerable excuse for auger,
The inutility of quarantine is assert
d by many good authorities, and the
insane panic which case of yellow
lever so ofteu creates certainly does
much barm as results frointbemul
t j. Towns that attend to their toi
' i i'.h ears need not tear tpiJj'nU--
ci matUr U tit, i
FUN IN THE
flood folks, tlinr' fun In llvln' In the coun
try, nil around.
When th frost Is In the furrow an' the green
Is turnln tirown.
vYhen tltn ilnvs are cool an' crispy, an the
nlihts have brighter stars,
n you bear tho tinkle ol the nciis acrost
the pn-tur bars. '
Thar's lots of fun In llvln' when the woods
are lull of hare
you hxnr the fiddle alngln' wliur the
cabin (Ires blaze I
When tho gnl nre candy-ptillln', an' they've
roiioeti the noney Decs,
An' youre dancln' when yon want to, au'
you re sparmn wnen you pieosei
S Within an Ace of flurder. J
HY STACKI'Of.K
MV VV V
Milly Bronghton wa the only
nughter of a Welsh collier, who lived
in a smnll villnco in Oinniorgnnshire
and worked in one of the many neigh
boring coal pits.
Millv was peculiarly promt of her
ancestors, and she delighted iu relat
ing their deeds of courage and even
heroism. For many generation her
family nnme figured on the death roll
of the pits the roll of honor detailing
those who had died in tbe performance
of their duty a colliers, procuring coal
for the comfort anl enrichment of
their conntry.
The girl was known by young and
old in the colliery district a "Our
Milly" aud "Our Lassie," nnd she
was looked upon almost a the prop
erty of the various pits, while the
pecial pit where her father ami three
of her brother worked was known
more as "Milly's I'it" than by the
name of its proprietor.
Millv was a striking looking girl,
much taller than any other members
of bcr family, ami, though rather
slight, she was ueat and well propor
tioned.
That she had many suitors wn not
to be wondered at, but only two out
of them all received any encourage
ment from her. One was the local
preacher, who often preached in the
little chapel at which Milly and her
people attended; the other was the
young mnu who played the harmonium
at the chapel and who was looked
npou as. a musical genius iu the dis
trict. Like most musician he was of
a very jovial nature, and naturally he
was a grenwavorite both lutue village
and in tbe pit in which he wsftked.
Both of these -young 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 musiciaa.
It was Milly s eighteenth birthday,
and it happened to be a Monday a
duv on which most colliers do not work.
Milly had received numerous little
presents from her various admirer,
which she had strewn on the kitchen
table, before which Bhe sat contem
plating them with a beaming fuco.
1 he picture wa a pretty one. The
kitchen of a steady, eober.iudustrious
miner is not a plnce to be despised.
This particular one had an air of tidi
ness and comfort, with a certain amount
of refinement a I.. above the ordi
nary. Through au open door conld
be seen a cozy little room, on the floor
of which was a bright carpet and iu a
corner a piano. Milly gave music les
son to many of the colliers' children.
So she wa iudepeudent aud able to
contribute toward the general inuome.
It was a warm summer s eveuiug,
and Milly was sitting at the door of
her little home; the ray 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 tbe
snn which dazzled her eyes. How
ever, she had been seen by the young
man in the distance, and he was ap
nroachina ber. He was dressed in
Lis Sunday clothes, and though, per
haps, be was in manner somewhat
serions and overstately, yet in figure
and looks he was such a niau as a girl
might like. ' He had every appearance
of physical strength combined with a
certain amount of rnggecl intelligence.
Milly received him with sign of
pleasure. She showod him the various
articles on the table, expatiating on
the kindness of those from whom she
bud received them.
'I, too, have a present for you
Milly," the young mail suid presently,
as he took out of his pocket a little
morocco case and out of it a ring. He
took Milly's hand aud placed the ring
upon ber engagement nuger.
"You and 1 huve loved each other
long time now, Milly," he continued.
"I should have asked you to allow
me to do this before, but it was only
this morning I heard that I wn to be
made an overseer. So uow we shall
be able to keep house."
He did not wait for a reply, but con
tiuuod iu more passionate language to
express his feeling. Milly tried to
stop him more thau once, but he paid
no atteutiou to her.
"Morgan, "she said at last, "yon are a
good fellow, und I like you aud 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 aud
wy father."
Morgan could not reply. He tried
to say something, but bl tongue
seemed as if it were tied. He became
so pale that Milly was frightened. She
placed a chair near him aud pressed
him iuto it He grasped the arms of
it and trembled all over. Again and
gain be tried to speak, then be ges
ticulated feebly with his hands.
"Stay there I" she died, "I will
bring someone."
The nearest bouse was locked, Tbe
t rirl had to go farther. Whan Ca re-
' irstfi 11 waa
' !THi Uvgar. tiu gone,
COUNTRY.
Oh, the whlrrln' of the partridge
an' the
botindin' of the bud
The treeln' of tho 'possum an' the rabbit's
foot for luck T
The barkln' of the squirrels on the onk and
hick'rv trees
An' you rlmf, Vm when you want to. an' you
shoot 'em when you please I
Thnt's the time that gits me! fer the world I
((nod to see
When ilm flridle Is a-slngln' an' my sweet
heart smiles on ni!
An' If It is aquadrilleI'm not takln' any
chance, .
But Ml but yon that the purtlcst gnl Is goln'
to have a dune 1
Atlanta Constitution.
K. (IHEI.I,.
He was a good
fellow, but Milly
loved auother.
To be the husband of this girl had
been the dream of hi life. Hi love
for hor wn au insanity. He felt that
be could not live without some hope
of obtaining her. He would not for a
moment allow that she wa not to be
bis; to have done so would have meant
suicide.
For a whole month be kept away
from the pit, in consequence of which,
he lost hi pwcferineut. During that
time he went from place to place, bat
tling with the great love that wn
burning within him. lint it increased;
it mastered him. Milly's image wa
constantly before him, and for a time
his disappointment drove him to
drink.
At Inst ho decided to struggle no
longer ngaiust hi love; so he weut
back to work by the side of his success
ful rival, who was still his friend and
against whom he could bear no ani
mosity. He saw Milly as of old. She
thought he had conquered bis feeling
toward her, so their former friendship
was reuewed.
One day, a few hour after tho pit
hal commenced work, Morgan came
to Milly looking very pale.
"Do not be frightened," he said,
"but David ha met with nil accident
a alight accident. He tin been ex
ploring a used-up pit where he
thought there was a seam of coat that
could be Hot at. He has uucovered a
lol of st ii IV nnd found the Ream, so he
expects to get n good sum of nroney
for hi nuil, 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 hi leg. He
ha lost Brittle blood and is resting.
He thought if yon would bring down
a bandage or two we might set him
right betweeu ns. You see, be does
not want anyone to know of bis dis
covery just yet, so you must not hint
to anyone of it
illy went w th Morgan immediate-
It. He led her to the pit, which was I
iu a very ont of the way plnce.
"UavKl is in there," he saul, point
ing to a dark archway from which the
coal had been excavated.
Millv entered. Morgan immediately
followed and closed n door behind
him a door rudely innde, but strong.
Then he told Millv that David was not
hurt at nil and that be bad brought
ber to this place in order to tell her
that he could not live without her and
that he' might make her promise to
marry him. Ho tried persuasion and
threats in vain and at last left ber, lull
ing her that he would call ench day
with food and for her reply.
He went back to bis work in tbe pit
at once, making excuses for his ab
sence. hen Milly would be missed
suspiciou must not fall upon hint.
. He had hardly commenced to ply
his pick when a tremendous explosion
took place. All the outlet from the
mine were completely blocked.
Morgau fouud himself in the dark,
lying prostrate on bis back, with a
quantity of coal npou him. Hi face
aud head alone were free. He cried
for help in vain. For many hours he
lay there, unable to move.
Each hour seemed as though it
were a day. His mind was terribly
perturbed. He did not care much
about dying or about the pain he was
suffering. His thoughts were chiefly
occupied with the poor girl be had
imprisoned. What would she do for
food? He pictured her dying of star
vation. His mind bad been well in
culcated with the principles of Chris
tianity; this made bis remorse nil the
greater. As he lay helpless with, for
all he knew, tons of coal on top of him,
be already felt the torments of re
morse. Again aud u'jaln he shrieked,
his miud overcome with horror.
At lust a voice answered bis cries.
It was the voice of David.
"Is that you, Morgan?" he said.
"I was stunned.
Wait till I get my
lamp alight."
It did not take
him long to remove
Home of the fallen
coal aud extricate
Morgan.
Aud then for five dreary days they
remained prisoners in the darkness.
David a lamp did not remain alight
for long, not even long enough for
them to explore their surrouudings.
It would be impossible to describe
their sufferings, more especially those
of Morgan. He was frautio at times,
aud it was all that Dnvid conld do to
prevent him from dashing out his
brains agaiust the jagged rocks of
coal.
At last tbe time came when Morgan
was so faint that he could hardly
move. David's streugth, meanwhile,
had kept up wonderfully, and he did
all he could to cheer Morgan. The
latter, who used to pray aud preach so
much, had now not one prayer to offer.
David could not comprehend this.
"Why don't yon pray, Morgau?" h
asked.
"I can't," earn faintly from Mor
gan's dying lips.
"It there anything on your salad?"
"There is Millv."
"Milly? Toor Millyl I am afraid
we shall never see ber again," Mobbed
David, breaking down for the first
time.
He wa holding Morgan's hand. He
felt a great shudder pass through hi
friend's body.
"Stoop," said Morgan, "stoop as
near a you can. I cannot die without
telling you."
In spasmodictonea, with long pannes,
constantly interrupted with exclama
tions of horror from David, Morgan
told how he had inveigled Milly iuto
the old pit and had imprisoned her so
that she could not possibly escape nnd
left ber only food enough for one day.
It wa a terrible story to hear in
that dark vault, without a gleam of
light or a clear hope of escape. Dnvid
seemed to forgot that he had been for
five day without food. A grent surg
ing tide of indignation rolled like lava
through hi veins a he thought of
Milly, his own darling Milly, to whom
he was so soon to be married.
The story was hardly finished when,
with a shout a savage as that of a
wild beast deprived of its mate, he
sprang up aud seized the dying man.
He lilted biiu in his anus with the in
tention of dashing hi in down again.
It wa a moment of uncontrollable
passion, roused by the thought of
Milly's lingering death. David held
Morgan for a few seconds nnd pre
pared to fling him against the sharp
rocks of coal.
Suddenly s gleam of light appeared
iu a far corner. Milly herself entered
the cave. David beenme powerless
aud dropped Morgan at hi feet.
Milly bad not been long in her
prison when she escnped. She had
heard of tb.) explosion and since then,
by day aud by night, for innuy hours
nt a time, sbo had traveled through
nil the old mine searching for a pas
sago to the exploded ono. She was
just in . time to save ber lover from
the crime of murder. Morcan, how
ever, did not live many hours longer.
A CENIUS
AT ADAPTATION.
Iroiiitel
to tli Wrong flirt, but fi'.mk
t the llaranln.
Scarcely a day passe that some of
it events do not affirm the old snw
that tenth is stranger than fiction,
say the Detroit Free l'res. Out near
Muskegon there is a big family made
up largely of sou. None of them has
a superfluity of intelligence or push,
so that the one most favored in this
respect is looked upon ns 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,
ha a knrck 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 abont
the eosyitry soliciting odd job of all
a -LI. ..!.. 1..
, found employment waa a tenant farmer
having several fair daughters. With
on,e of these the genius had a lengthy
visit while about hi work aud became
impressed with hor charms. Fov the
remainder of the) season she wa iu
hi thoughts, and by tbe time he
reached home to remain during the
winter, ho had made up bis mind that
be wa in lovo and would propose ho
the girl he bad seen but once. He
wrote a straightforward busbies let
tor explaining the state of hi fooling
and asking her hand in marriage,
Hack came the nuswer from "Dear
Mary," to whom be bad written, say
ing that she was willing.
The thing wa to be done in some
style, so that printed invitation were
sent broadcast and a great feast pre
pared. When the geuius reached the
busy scene of preparation be was
somewhat disturbed to find that Mary
wa not the girl he bad falleu in love
with at all, but tbe elder sister. He
did a little quiet figuring ou the cost
of new invitations and another wed
ding supper, tore the paper np when
be was through, kept his own counsel
and married Mary. The only com
ment offered in that they seem to be
an unusually happy ooupla.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The Tibetans hare a week of five
days, named after iron, wood, water,
feathers aud earth.
Some of the screws nsed in watches
are so small that it takes 880,000 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, iu the Pyrenees.
A suake does not climb a tree by
coiling round it, but by holding ou
with the points of its soales. A suuke
could not climb a glais pillar.
The bearing organ of animals is not
always located iu the head. In some
grasshoppers it iH iu the forelegs, and
appears on the wings of many insects.
Iu the old cemetery at Cambridge,
Mass., there is growing a pear true
which was plauted by the Stoue family
when they came over from England
263 year ago,
Milau has a curiosity in a clock
which is made entirely of bread. Tho
maker is a native ot In ia, aud he ha
dovoted three years of his time to tbe
construction of thi curiosity. The
clock is of respectable size, aud goes
well.
There is a fish found in Hudson bay
which absolutely builds a nest. This
it does by picking up pebbles iu it
mouth aud placing them iu a regular
way ou a selected spot on the bottom
of the bay, where the water is not
very deep.
There has beeu discovered in India
strange plant whioli possesses astoti
ishiug wuguetio power. The band
toujuhiug it immediately receives a
aU'ons magnetie shock, while at a.ilU-
tanca of twenty feet a magnetic needU
id effected by it
THE REALM
OF FASI-IION.
Laities Military Jsrkrt.
This natty jacket, while illustrating
the trend of national affair to in
fluence women's dren this season, at
the same time affords the protection
requisite for a comfortable top-coat.
The stvle is nnobtrnsivo, biit may be
till less marked by the omisBion of
tbe nautical looking shoulder strap,
While navy blue is the favored color
A NATTT JACKET.
if !feA,
ssil lit Ms w. VV
WOMAN'S AFTERNOON TOILET.
ing for such jackets, they may be
made en costume with any seasonable
woolen fabric! in black, brown, green,
gray, red, or mixed colors tweed,
serge, cheviot, covert, or broadcloth
being fashionable.
The close-fittiug back is arranged
below the waist with coat-laps and
plaits that give the soant but fash
ionable flare. . Tbe side-back gores
are shaped high in correct military
outline.
Tbe loose-fitting fronts lap in
double-breasted fashion, the neck
being closely fitted by short darts
taken np in each front. Brass mili
tary buttons nre used in closing, and
the shoulder seams covered with
pointed shoulder straps are held iu
position by buttons to match, but of
smaller size. Tho neck is completed
with a standing collar of true military
out, and a smart finish is given by the
stylish application of black braid on
tbe collar, straps, fronts, wrists aud
pocket laps. The plaiu two-seamed
coat sleeves are military in out aud
finish, the moderato fulness being
disposed iu gather at the top.
To make this jacket for a lady of
medium size will requhe one and
three-quarter yards of material fifty
four inohes wide.
KtvlUh Ulsrk and While CoitniM,
A stylish blaok r.ud white combina
tion is shown in the large engraving
in black peau da aoie and guipure lace
over white satin, the full chemisette of
white mousseline over satin imparting
soft and dainty finish. A narrow
quilling of peau de soie, applied with
corded heading, trim the broad col
lar, revers and epaulets on the free
edges. The stylish waist, equally
suited for inforinal dress or ordinary
wear, is smartly adjusted over oorrect
ly fitted liuings that olose in centre
front. The full fronts and seamless
baok are laid in overlapping pleats at
the loose edge, and between the frout
edges is disclosed smooth vast por
tion that ends under the bust in point
ed outline. The fall chemisette puffs
oat slightly, and the neck is completed
by nigh standing collar of white
Htio, eovaied with black guipure.
The broad collar forms 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 ovef
linings that are closely adjusted to the
arm. The wrist flare in rounded bell
shape over the hand, showing a lining
of white satin and ruching of mousse
line de sole under the satin quilling
that finishes the edges. The graceful
skirt is of circular shaping, the gradu
ated flonnae being joined to its lower
edge under bias fold of cording of
satin. While desirable for silk, satin,
poplin and other dress fabrics, the
mode will develop 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
results.
To make thi waist for 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-balf yards of
material forty-four inches wide.
Hint on Itsntoilellns; Slst.
Borne of the coats worn two or three
winter ago can be made in style this
winter if only the sleeves are cut over,
and large sleeves may easily be re-
moneied iy eituer ot the style which
nre here giveu. No. 1, represented iu
fine covert cloth, is what is called the
box sleeve. Instead of the nsnal
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 onff depth. No.
2, in rongb 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 SLEEVa.
of the shoulder. Tbe wrists are com
pleted with a cuff, simulated by two
rows of machine stitching.
To make these sleeves for woman
of medium size will require seven
eighths of a yard of material fifty-four
iuohea wide.
Th Milk 1'stUcoat.
The new silk petticoat whioh can
v i . .i. .. fu:
must be fitted as carefully as tbe skirt
wbicb eovers it, made almost as long,
a wl nalU ntaln Ksinfc tit V, i
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