with gallant step and flashing eye” Aa Eo ance and contene Bird, marches gaviy d down the street fo martial music loud and sweet, an fa batore him naught he knows deadly wounds from lurking foes; the glory of the brave dn fn fags that proudly wave, wien gushisg sheak and hopeful Cam He waves his farewells, but tha while A sudden tear all quickiy dried _ Shows the warm heart he cannot hide, The other, bent and old and gray, Watohes him jgayly march away; | Adown the sea and wrinkied shack | biaden teardrops slowly ereep. ay - ——— Awittly the yeas sweep back, and lo! A vision of the long ago. The same gay throng. the erowi, echeprs, The martial airs, the fags the tears. the Himself so brave and young and strong, Ona of the noble gallant throng, A rade arm josties hin: and then Back to to-day he somes again, And nobly forcing bask the ery {if longing “hat to do and dis With trembling voles he weakiv © And turns aside 10 hide his tears oh Aare God Gloss the young! God hives the old! For patriot hearts of purest gold? And o'erthem bath the noble heave, Our Flag of Frosdom syor wave! Kansas City Star, sh By Ward Macauley and James Buckham. AHE senior partner, | Mr. Paul Dockfelt, of the firm of Docklelt & Free man, No. 126 and 128 —— street, Buffalo, N.Y, sat in his private office engrossed in f one of the largest retail ery stores in Baffle, He was a tall, spare man, and to an ordinary observer his appearance was very pre- | ng. His clear-ent, kindly displayed character in every line face of a shrewd yet strictly ble asd thoroughly sympathetio | Indeed, Panl Dockfeit was a oan of high and sincere aims, as well mblie spirit, and his numerous is were contemplating a move | to nominate hire for alderman mn his ward. the moment when Mr. Dockfelt r his pen to write an impor. tant business letter, hs was interrupt: od by a loud commotion in the main e, the character of which he conid | at determine, as his office was en- | After listening impatiently moment, hé rose and strode ont fu the stare. As he entered the room, be observed that the dis a od from the cashier's : altercation seemed to be ‘on botween the cashier, Fred is, andl the head olerk, Edward " Thomas, although he had . Dockfelt's employ but | —— the firm name ad be it & Thomas; for Mr. Dockfelt , however, Mr. Dockfelt re. e old firm name. Mer. Balfour was also quite a favor- it Mr. Dockfelt, in whose em. bad been about three months. and re- kfelt saw men a in a quarrel, uietly behind the en rho. were so farious st : did not notice i sprout. =) tapping Mr. Bal sad, in a stern : “Toons stron air ‘replie: : clerk, wheeling around and d- | nsnal time, He opened the store luo: self, and waited, impatiently, for the d grocer. an pura 1 don't know, sir,” said “All I know is, that, just , . Balfour's cash carrier came I took it down, and : git ‘empty, thonght Mr. Bal- 1 Wi playing 4 trick on me, so 1 the carrier buck —empty, of se. A minute later he comes hing up snd angrily demands the of my sending him no change. (all 1 know about it.” Thomas,” said the merchant, ve Mr. Balfour his change. r, you may take it to the mer. Then return immediately, we sittle this effair. Hurry!” the cash system used by [elt was as follows: Fach rk was provided with s small lash ming at the top. ge forated in the middle. pe side of the perforation the clerk the amount of the sale, He then tear across the perforation send tie low half to the cashier's » small cash cups or commonly used in a retail Te with this cheek, or 10 detached slip of is _ The cashier would put the Ea on the ® e belon ch clerk should tally with the to- Q the “stabs” in his book. This e method in general use in retail Mr. Balfour returned, the t said, sharply: ‘‘I suppose . have no objection to being hed? g Each of you may first Mf e contains three silver dollars, ah bill, some small change, and six tickets,” answered the head clerk. “Thomas?” : ~ #Mine contains two fives, one sil- dollar, some small change, two e stamps and three car ticke , Balfour then produced his it. and it was found to con- | gality party. a suspicion agsinst the latter, clerks to arrive, clerk appeared, ter. Fe then went through the same operation with Thomas with the same result. Next. Mr. Doekfelt examined the cash-desk, and ascertained that there were no $10 bills in the drawer, After instructing Mr. Thomas to charge the missing sum to loss and gain, the merchant retired to his office to ponder the mystery. How could it have happened? He bad siarched both the clerks, but he conld not resist the sonvietion that, if the money had been put into a cup, it must have reached the cashier's office. Either Mr Balfour or Mr Thomas was the bat to determine whieh was no easy task. To be sure, of the two men, Mr, Dockielt preferred Mr, Thomas; still, heconld not help seeing that his favorite had the better thanece, not only to take the money, but to secrete it as wail Again, if Mr. Ba wished fo steal, how much better it would have been to sell the goods and pocket the money. This was a strong point against Haonr Thomas. The only possible reason why Balfour shonld have sent the empty carrier to Thomas was to create in cane either was saspected of theft Whoever the thief was, Mr. Dock. felt said to himself, he was cortsinly the most daring, as well as the siick- est of rogues. The very pext morning the niystery deepened. Mr. Dockfeit wan again appealed to by Mr. Thomas and Mr. Balfour, who made the same statement as on the previous morning — a bill bad been sent to the cashier and had dis appeared. Mr. Dockfelt again searched each of the clerks, bat did not dis. cover the missing mosey, which was, in this case, 8 twenty dollar hill. Mr. Dockfeit was very much puz- zled, What bold or clever thief was this who dared to steal the very day after the first theft, when he must know that the proprietor would be keenly watehfal. When the same thing happened on the next day, too, Mr. Doeckfelt was perplexed and exasperated beyond words, for he saw, if this pilfering continuad, that he might be seriously afleoted. "Yet he did not wish to dis- charge both of the clerks, mx this] would surely prevent his discovering the guilty party. On the morning of the fourth day, | when he arrived at the store, Mr. Dockfelt was much incensed to find the doors not yet opened, slthongh it was later by ten minntes than the Soon the shipping to his employer's great relief, for he had some ship ments which he wished to send out as early as possible. Then the other clerks began to arrive, and among them Balfour and Thomas. The for- mer was one of the first to take his, place, snd he soon made a sa'e, Now, the store was bmilt, as gro- ceries often are, in two divisions, so! that it was impossible for Mr. Balfour | at his post to spe who was making | change. Mr. Dockfleit purposely took | Mr, Thomas's place, just as the car- rier came along from Balfour's eoun. see whether the money would bie there. He tock down the earrier, and found the tip snd bill there, exactly as would be expected. Mr. Dockfeit stayed at the cashier's desk for haif an | pocket and asked siruptiy. hour or more, and every time that Bal- four's earrier came up, the monsy was safe. This certainly looked bad for Thomas. The next day the climax was capped —~and more than capped. Mr. Bal four was down late, so Mr. Dockfeit undertook to wait on a customer st his ecunter. The gentleman bought some mniiscellaneous rive, and gave in payment a silver dollar. The change for that arrived all right; bat the next customer tendered in pay- ment s $5 bill, and Dockfelt seat it along to the cashier, The cup came back empty. Mr. Dockfelt lost his temper, and! rushing furiously up to the cashier's desk, demanded of Thomas what had become of bill and check. The cashier merely replied that he had received an empty carrier, and so re turned it. “Very well,” said Mr. Dockfelt. “Give me my ‘change and then eome into the office. Simpson will keep the cash." Mr. Thomas was very soher when he entered the merchant's private office, and had nothing to say when Mr. Dockfelt remarked, pointedly, that he was sorry the theft had oce- | enrced. Mr. Dockfelt continned: “Fred, have I not always been kind to you? Have I not done my best by | you? Tell me, have I ever treated | PS “Mr. kfelt,” replied Thomas, The proprietor was curious to / {were stolen from. 5. Doekfelt himself put money in| for you, you ave aay been the kindest of employers. I also think and faithfvlly. Therefore, it grieves of dealing Jdishonestly In this matter, however, I sm innocent.” suspect me with you. yon are mistaken, “I wish from the botlom heart, Fred, that I could you,” answered his employer. how ean 17 You say you are cent, belteve ‘‘Bat nnn. did not yom {Yon evidently | olerkiag wien | money. “Then you believe me gaiity, Mr. i Dockfelt™ i “Yes, Fred, it is not possible for me to come to any other conclasion.” “Well, then,” sad gMr. Thomas, “what do yon propose to do with me? Have vou already sent out for an officer to arrest me?’ “No, Fred, no give you another chance, the stolen money, apologize to Bal | four, and all will be weil.’ | “Did 1 not tell yon I was inno- rant? oried Thomas. “What, then, have I to surrender or apologize for?’ “Well, Fred, I'll leave it open’ said Mr. Dockfelt. “If anythang more is stolen, I'll discharge you You may go back to your desk now.” The next morning Mr. Thomas came down as usual, and was at work in the desk, when, as on tise previons day, Raifonr's carrier cama along the wire, this time in company with two thers, A minute later Mr. Thomas called Mr, Duockfelt, saying that three empty coshi-cnps had been sent hum, sehile, at the for each carrier were clamoring for shang, Natuwally, Mr, Dockfelt flew into a towering passion, "Leave my store,” said he, You are by far the most hrazen rascal | have ever aspen in my life Leave at ones’ CRA wr “But sothang What you have stolen will more than pay the amount af your salary now due. Go! or, | swear, 1 will have yon arrasted!” than nseless to expostulate with Mr Droekfeit, Nevertheless he was greatly pained to think that his em: ployer and friend shonld consider him guilty of petty stealing. He took down hit hat sod overcost and left thie store. On the following morning Mr. Doeckfelt arrived early, an he wax to bi his own cashier, In fact, he was the first man in the store, with she ex ception of the shipping clerk. An un- srupected customer came in, and Mr. Dockfait made a sale, and, forgetting that thers was no one in the eashier's desk, sent the earrier along, He quickly remembered, however, and, making change for the customer from his own pocket, follcwed the cup, which had barely phased ont of his sight, He advanced into the desk and took the carrier down. Mar velons! Could he believe his eyes? Both tip and bill were gone. If Mr. Docklelt had ever heen be- wildered in his life it wax at this mo ment. He was positive he had put the money in the carrier, und equally sure it wis rot there now. He shook the cup, and hunted carufnily abont the desk, but in vain, Then he mut- tared, half aadibly: “Tiere ix but one thing to do ia such a case as this, [will see my friemd, Joba Garner, the detective, and let Lim straighten ont the mystery, if he ean’ Duriag the course of the afternoon, in response to Mr. Docklfelt's message, ia thin, swkward-boking nan entered the merchant's private office, Mr. Doeck{elt held ont his hand cordially. “Well, Garner,” he cried, ''l ean truthfully say that I was never more glad to see you in my life” He then gate (iarner a complete history of the affair which had so perplexed him, | t $ # and conciaded: “I have prepared a statement of points, which you can | study at your lewsars’ He then hasded Ciarner the following. 1. Theft always ocomired on the | first sale in which a bill was tendered in poyment. , Theft always bills, sever mive a. Theft was generally Letween Bal Hoar and Thomas, 4. On the last morning several cups earrier, which reached its destination amply. Mr. Garner put the paper in his “W hi opens the store in the morning?’ Somewhat surprised at the question Mr. Dockielt replied: “Charles Hurst, the shipping clerk.” “That is all, for the present,” said Garner, Theu he arose and left the office. is During the next few days there were repeated consultations between Garner and Dockfelt, each time the detective being in disguise. The third day the disguise was so complete of an apparently ill-bred and boorish {allow with a sharp “Wall, sir?” The detective bent forward. “Gar mer,” said he. “Well, well!" eried the merchant, “Your disguise is complete. How is “*Have I solved the problem? Well, my dear vir, it's one of the most peca- have.” ‘Mr. Wait,’ iv. ‘about it!” he exclaimed, chair nearer to the detective's, | peoket and said, “Look at this.” Mr. Dockfelt took the bottle and {saw it contained a scarlet liquid. | this,” he said said Garner; “hear me that I have tried to serve you well] | cepted — Harst barns for revenge, me sorely to see that you must pow | position yon see in that bottle, Lit seems that Hurst has discovered of my Wateh the effect of the staff.” | Tien who did steal the money? | You surely don’t scense both Balfour and myself of conspiracy against yon? know | was ; secreted the | Fmd, [indeed | destroyed. {counts in your statement, [I called you to Surrender ; | strong enough for one bill. | was always in bills, becanse any metal * | ia proof against this strange composi: {eontingency. same tima, the clerks | Thomas saw that it wonld be worse | grocery ing trick in f some job, bat it 8 perfectly feaxibile, that Mr. Dockfeit greeted the entrance | it? Have you solved the problem?” | i Wers running away, Dockfelt at once became all! wa eagerness. His cheeks glowed with | excitement and his eyes shone bright- “Well Mr, Garaer —let me hear | drawing his | the tree, Garner took a sme!l vial from his the wagon passed over without injary. “| don’t exactly see the significance of clerk, in the cange of all this tronble, He and Thomas are in love with the same girl, Thomas has been asc- I suppose I wan the only person who knew the secret of the powerful coms Fat also. Garner took a «ousil pisce of paper from his pocket, md it on the table and nneorked the vial. He poured » small quantity of the liquid on the | paper and in ten seconds all that was left of the paper was an alwost napal- pable grav ash, “The affect,’ said Garner, £4 #0 that it the ashes of the paper. morning, put some of this liquid jo Falfonr's carrisr-—a very small amount The money was, of coarse, I think I ean explain the 7 he added, taking from his pocket the slip of paper which Dockfelt had handed him a few days before. “Theft always oe- enirred on first bill sale of the morning becadse the Hquid need was only The loss tion. The theft was always between Balfour and Thomas, becanse Hurst wanted to make a mystery about it in the beginning and then suddenly con- viet Thomas by having several cups | stolen from. This also explsinsconnt | number 4, It is nesdless to expain | wity the money did not arrive which Mr. Dockfelt himself put in the car- rier. Hurst had not provided for this | xy The grocer was both astonished and | delighted at the unraveling of the mystery. “You are a denvediy clever man, (earner he ered ‘Now tall me how on earth you got the facts, so far as Hurst 18 conoerned ’ “Fasily encagh.” replied Garner. “As yon know. | am interested in Shsmastry, mented with the staff used by Hurst, I saw immediatsly how the deed was fine, termine who did it openad the store avery morning, and td and have often experi- | The next thing was to de. | I learned who | , AEX IA FE Ard Ao py The Latest Hesdgear, Snunbannets have taken of a new as. pect this season, writes May Manton, | are the fapanese, i SE ; : 08 R88 DOS ye The Japanese Straw Hate. The prettiest things in hats of straw The most inexpen- (and are the latest headgear for the sive ones are of coarse materisl, per- ‘musidens who play golf and tennis, or fectly round, linduige in any other form of outdoor | crown, but shaped like the top of & “of the | [somposition upon the wood bottome i of the carriers is to render the wood | immediately absorbs © Hurst, every | A PETCHING GOLF BONNET. secreation. Quite faneifui nnd dainty | they look made of sheer fabrics, such as organdie, silk, muslin, dimity or fine lawn, with lace-edged frills and ruchings of the same material, The ‘front is made over a suff lining of | canvas, which holde it in shape awsy from the face and protect the com. | plexion from freckles and tan, Pictar- esgie bonnets in this style are made | to mateh the gows, and are worn for morning and afternoon walks in the [ ponntry, for boating and picnic par ties. For more practical purposes, | snch as working in the garden, ging ham may be used. | The pattern comprises foar portions | wfront, crown, curtain and tiestring, witk no clothes hamper, snd nearly as large. Uthers of an olive shade and fiviner [WRATH with a black band of the straw at the crown, are shaped more like | 3% 1 charming. hats. There are two varieties, hoth with srownse, Onaeshapeis round and the other is like a big poke. With a shirring of silk or mull on the inside If they are not ased for “headwear” these hats are ex- tremely pretty for workbaskets, and can be decorsted with indefinite vari- ations, Jopanese Newspaper Woman, Mase Takahashi, a Japanese wom- an, is the business manager of the leading and oldest J; newspa- per, the “Hawaii Shinpo.” This is the nuly Japanese daily in Hawaii, and is circulated in the Japanese col= onies throughout the world. Mase Takabashi is the wife of the proprie= tor. She speaks English and Hawsi- isn and always carries ber notebook when gathering news, Yor s Pretiy Walst. Very pretty waists classed with shirt waists are made of linen batiste with banda of lace insertion between groups of tucks down the front and back where the waist fastens. The collar is wim- ply a transparent band of lacs with oovds long enough to tie in & bow, A Stytiah Wala, Hydrangea bine silk, woven with bayaidere stripes of white, that form a | doulile cord, is here delightfully com- | bined with a square yoke plastron of | finely tucked monsseline de sole inlet finding that it was Hurst, I at once began to pry into his private affairs | as a detective must, you know-—and learned that he and your cashier wera iw love with the same lady. The case was ganily brought to a conelusion when, by carefully searching the ship- ping room, [ fonnd two bottles of this hgmd.” The sequel is not hard to gness, The firm name of the great Buffalo house is now kfelt & Thomas, and the lady for whom Mr, Thomas was unjustly and mysterions- ly persecuted is now his admired and devoted wife. Hurst wan not prose. cuted for his villainy, but it is an. necessary to say that he is no longer | shipping clerk under Mr. Dockfelt. Detroit Free Press, BOILING WATER WITHOUT FIRE. It Can Be Done by Stirring With s Pad. | dle For Five Hours, t is possible to make a pail of wa ter bail without patling it on the fre | and without applying external heat to it in any way. In fact, you can make » pail of water boil by staply stirring | it with a wooden paddie The feat | was recently performed in the phywi- | cal laboratory of Johns Hopkins Uni. versity, in Baltimore, Md, and any one mav do it with a little tronhle and perseverance. All you have to do is to place your water in a palit may be ice water if gecessary--and stir at with a woodon paddle at it long enough it will certainly bord. Five hours of constant and rapid stirring are suflicient to perform the feat successfully. The water will, af. ter a tune, grow warty, asd thew it will sriw hot =n hot in fact that you cannot Bald your hand in it, sad, nail, it will bal. Professor Anes, of Johua Rapkins, ANN some of the phenomena! heat by have one of lie students perform the ront of his class. Tt is a tire. iy ilnstrates The point which Professor Ames wishes to itlustrate i= wha is known as the mechapieal eqmvalent of By turning the paddle ia the water at a regular spead oS ia possible to find ont just ehh work is required to raise the SeBTAraty re of water ous degree. The best measurement so far wade, and, in fact, the one which ia wcoepted as the standard of the world, ix that which was measurad in Jouus Hopkins ecllege Heat ix developed in almost any sanhstance which 1» sabjected to con tinaons or very violent action. Iti ® A neg? ho w without fire. Long continued and violent hammering on two pieces of | an ex tent that they ean be welded together, if shot dirsetly at a stone wall, will develup heat encagh | by the contact to melt and fail to the | There are | wire will hent them to such A lend bullet ground a milten mass many other occasions wherein this mechanical development of heat be- comes manifest, —Cincinnati Commer- | eial- Tribune. Mules Ue 1 = : Tron. A team of four mules of the Fifth | Dlinois recently performed the seem- | ingly impossible feat of ranning over | ' a tree twenty-five feet high at Camp | liar casss—yes, I think I may say I| Pp The mules and an on thar heels, Thomas, Chickamauga. gon was trailing feet high, on, shoved the frst pair iGerally up | tion, whish bent gunder the w sight antil the top touched the ground, and The tree was barked to the top and bears ample evidence that this tale is | : : : { mediam size will requirn three and one-quarter yards of material thirty- | true. It 1a vouched for, however, by i Colonel Calver, and Chaplain Davis. —Chieago Iater- “during the short time I have worked | through. Charles Hurst. the shipping | Ocean. If vou keep | and twenty tive | The second pair crowded | i AF 3 Lieutsnant Colwell | - Ihe ruching, hemmed or lace-edged, | WOMAN R ATINDE | with lace insertion over white satin. ‘and from two to three inches wide, be. The tiny revers that roll back from ling laid in double box pleats anl the frouis are faced with white satin, stitohed on in centre. While quite as protective as iheold- | Applique bands of white embroidered ehiffon form the handsome decorstion fashioned sunbonuet, this style has around the square-cut neck and ou the ' the advantage of lighter weight and edges of each fromt, un cooluass, the thin crown rising epaniette and The stylish arrangement of Brin froin the head and the faring frout the waist is made over perfectly fitted standing well ant from the face, To make this bonnet will reauira Linings that close in ceutrs front. The seasnless back ean either have the one and one-half yards of matevial yoke spplied over the material or the thirty-six aches wis le. Yake Elects on the Tnersase, CGuimpe and yoke effects are on inerease, made low-cut and sleaveless, styles af gauppes wear with then, a a Sav ata and thus ive charm 1 varimy Ww the totlet. Two styles are shown in the large engraving Ne. 1, of white suk moensseline, made over a lmug of pink taffeta, idee gsined to be worn with 8 gown of asa gray veiling. The liming ws fitted with doable bust darts, ander-ann ' gores and a centre-back seam, that is bedng of rovided A 18 sha? materisi san he aut away to give the inalide gnunpe effect, or it can be fatirie if so preferred. The yoke a is ineluded in the right fash of ine pi LEATYS and many pew gowns are ghoalder seams, ita sides being seenred ha linings ssder right front, while wit wipe and shonider ars Anished rately, ad provided with hooks to alesse at the shoulder and ander lef§ teen. The standing ei nr. made to watch the yu the, a8 ined to the neck and oloses at the | 7% aide. The back we drawn with sly shit fainess at the waiel jie, while the front is arranged in tine fastinonabl « and becoming pouch. \ fancy belt ar one of the material can 1 may end just below the bust or at the La arn at the waist, C waistline, as shown, This elosine is Siviiah slesves, only siightly full, effected invisthly in centre-front hy .., arranged favor Ntted linings, amooth hooks and eyes. The hinuag is ftted, the shoulders seamed and the stnad- an old trick for a blacksmith to forge | ; the shirred material is applied. The monssehne 1s arranged un gradustad | puffs by gathers at he pattern by perforated lines. is applied to the lining at correspond. | ing perforations on the collar, bust and back, as illustrated. Hows of | shirring to mateh extend the whole length of the sleeves, that urs arranged aver two-seamed linings. No. Jshows ‘he lining eut off below thy bast, the sumpe and siesves being made of ale bine Liberty silk, decorated in ie sun-ray style, with nwrvow ruch- igs of the same material that radiate rom the neck. A stock of the same, with ruche-finished ends, covers the army | Mianding collar and closes in centre | | back. vy : {pl s The front pair split around a pine tree | TH0%eR for midsummer wenr, guimpes ‘six inches in diameter While sheer materials are in this style will be made from mik, | velvet, brocade and gnipure lace, over | matin, ax the seascao advances, Inser gimp, ruchings of net or ribbon rows of frilled nibbon and braid, { ean De used to decorate in lattice or | diamond outlines, To make Noa. 1 for 4 woman of 1x inches wide. To make No. 2 will require twe yards of tte iyne wilth i be reauired. materiale A A 5 NAO fanuel shaped | Lo coloring can be readily developed spacings, front and back, indicated on | ts This ! i i square esuda falling Soft {rillings epanieties with gracefully aver the tap. ing collar joined to the meck before pf wmonsseline do soe with ruched finish the neck end wrists edges combinations of material Charmung oy IE sii nS MH SS Se the mode, which : lends itself to al} qualities and kinds of material and any style of trimming. To make this waist for a woman of medium size two yards of material forty-four inches wide will b ¥
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