1 . THE WAYS OP THE GOLF CJRL Eliot Grffory IVUh "Wliat luvolvcul ti Being: a Clirunpion Player. It is not a pretty picture that Eliot Gregory paints In The Century, where he describes tho training of a golf champion for tlie fight of her life: Having had the honor this autumn to visit in a country house near New York at the same time as a golf cham pion, whose achievements on the links were thrilling the country, I learned many curious things about athletic damsels and their ways. Tho yonng lady in question arrived a week before the tournament that was to decide her supremacy, accompanied by her English trainer, a masseuse, and in cidentally by her mamma, a feeble minded lady, so completely demoral ized by her daughter's celebrity that she could talk of little else, and would confide, with little of pride, to any one she could get to listen to her, how she could not take a ferryboat or trolley car without being pointed out as the mother of the "champion." Nothing more curious than the habits of the young athlete herself can be Imagined. After a morning round of tho links in company with her coach, she was handed over to her woman keeper, to be douched and robbed and curry-ccmbed till luncheon time. The afternoon was passed exercising In a gymnasium, fitted up In the billiard room for her use. After her dinner, which, by the way, consisted princi pally of moat carefully weighed by mamma In small scales, tho girl was again rubbed and exercised before re tiring. Hers wus no idle life, you see. As the great day drew near envoys from the press appeared on the scene to sketch and snnpshot the celebrity In every pose. Sporty gents in loud clollies followed the morning play sur reptiously. In order that the betting centers might bo kept Informed as to her condition, arid sent to the papers none too delicate accounts of her "form" and general appearance—fa miliarities it was Impossible to pre vent of resent, as tho girl had for the moment become the property of tlie ■betting public, which was putting its money 011 her, and 60 expected to he kept informed us to the chances of success. The strain of the last twenty-four hours was dreadful on the whole household We talked of little but the match and the "odds.'' It was rather a shock, I confess, to discover that our fair Diana (on the verge of a' break down) was being kept to her work by frequent libation 3 of strong "ten" car ried by mamma In a flask for tbc pur pose. All minor Ills, however, were forgotten when at noon on the great day our sportswoman was brought home, collivpsed, but victorious. We felt that glory bad. Indeed, been gbed upon tbe house. Mamma, on the thin edge of hysterics, whore she had been staggering for'a week, sobbed out that her only regret was that "Tom" had not lived to see the day; and that dear •Tolly" had always been the joy and comfort of her life! As all the papers published photos and biographical sketches of the win ner, needlessly I add that her portrait adorned most of the railway stations and hotel lobbies In the country, and that her pet name was on the lips of every sta'uloboy and bartender in the neighborhood, who may Have woq or lost their cash through iter prowess. Cost of a Woman's Clothes. The statement that Mrs. Boosovelt's "dress allowance" is S3OO a year Is discussed with keen interest by wo men,, Seme say, "I don't see bow she docs it;" ten times as many, "I wish I could spend as much." But all agree that the mistress of the White Ilouse sets an example of qniet and unosten tatious living, even though her dresses cost—as doubtless they do—rather more than the very small amount named. Yet in dress personal tasto and means should govern, not fixed rules. If every woman of wealth should limit her annual expenditure for dress to S3OO bankruptcy would overtake hun dreds of thousands of merchants and manufacturers, and many millions of people would face sharp distress. The sudden abandonment of so trivial an article of dress as the hoopskirt three i decades ago, throw dozens of large ll innnufrcturlug towns into dire want. Conv.isely, fashion's aid has often been Invoked for trade, as when Jos ephine at Napoleon's bidding unwill ingly wore French goods of new manu facture, or when princesses of Britain donned Irish poplin to help its manu facture in the Green Island. The taste for pretty clothes is as lijjuocent as a liking for antique furni ture, or "first state" etchings, or water Csly, or rare books whose leaves mtisf remain uncut lest tholr value perish. It ministers to the love and the pride of fathers and husbands. Money is better expended for clothing than for rich food 9 and wines which overtax the digestion. And while It Is flgfllnh to dress beyond one's means, n j better advice can be given to young w'ohien—or, for thnt matter, young men—than to pay diligent hoed to an appropriate wardrobe.—New York World. Jl Work For the Stay-at-Ilomo. Embroidering slippers for the minis ter has gone out of fashion, but we do fancy work occasionally when our cad r tftos ar* tftcii o* the weather stormy. The making of lace absorbs many of ua l'or a few hours a week 07 a month, according to our reposeful tempera ments and Strang wills. Beading purees of silk or sucHe such as our grandmothers used to carry is another gentle employment for slim, white fingers. Stringing rough-hewn gems and Jingles on chains is a fad fresh from Paris, and has a unique feature for fancy work —It Is not hard on the I eyes. | Embroidering with pnlEclte's, crys tals and spangles Is fascinating play, and one can beautify In this way chemisettes, collars, fancy sleeves, cm ] pire bolts, etc. j Strips of Russian cross-stitch are delightful adornments for serge frocks, and liner gauze lengths, decorated with crystals and Jets, with silk stltcli ory Intermingled, make lovely bretelles and other trimmings for evening frocks. Box covering, too, Is made a fine art, and brass and pewter hammering are fashionable pastimes, but rather too noisy for the drawing room. Burnt leather work Is not ns easy as It looks, but It Is Interesting, and it 3 possibilities are not by any means exhausted by burning monograms and sprays of flowers on a cardcase or picture frame. Handsome panels to set in the backs of chairs or In the leaves of screens are burnt on leather. Heads of Van Dyck and Franz Halls burghers, portraits of Romney beau ties or charming hits of landscape are the subjects of hot-needle works of art. —New York Commercial Adver tiser. The Fashion In Tolls. Veils nowadays are of two sorts— thick and thin. The newest thick veil Is In chlfL'ou, of course, and It has large round holes all over It bl lieu of dots, each hole being outlined with sill: of contrasting tint to the veil. Thus brown chiffon has Its rings outlined m white, black in white and white in black, llut the distinction of the veil lies in its hemstitching. This, head ing a very deep hem, edges the veil both along tho front and up the sides. Only the upper edge is unhemstltched. These veils como a trllle larger than those worn formerly. In thin veils tho fashionable thing is a fine close mesh with a small chenille dot There Is al most no stiffness to this veiling, thereby ! insuring Its wearing well. •Dressing," as it Is called, only appears upon the cheaper grades. The woven dot veil ing to which many women were wedded, not alone because of its good taste, hut for Its wearing qualities, Is not to be found nowadays. It Is out of-date, says tho shops, and to be out ol'-dato Is to be non-purchasable. White and black veils continue to bo popu lar, especially nmong woman with graying hair and when worn with all black ham. A few veils are worn In the French style, reaching only to the tip of the nose. The majority of wo men veil themselves to the tip of tho chin, the most artistic method of all. Nobody nowadays allows her veil to wrinkle under her chin, or, Indeed, to extend a morsel of an Inch below It The shadows cast upon the l'nco and throat by such an arrangement are fatal to good looks. More young women are to-day wearing veils than over before. To shroud the face la no longer regarded ns the the badge of departed girlhood. The most youth ful veils are of the unspotted variety. Butterflies for tho hair are made of a fine gold net or cloth of gold. The very rough cloth coats in ex ceedly fine quality are decidedly the most chic of the winter coats if one leaves furs out of the question. Buttons on the fancy waistcoats of the small boy should fill Ills heart with Joy this year. They are shaped and look exactly like small marbles. Queer little bracelets fastening with a clasp are made of rough lumps of turquoise matrix strong together with beads of gold, pendants of the matrix being added to some of the bracelets. A muff of chiffon Is in white, the muff proper small and made of puffs of the material running lengthwise, while from the ends deep ruffles stand far out at either side. There Is a small sable tall and head on this muff. Taffeta and velvet will be used for many of the new long coats this winter, and will be made warm by lamb's wool Interlining. Black and tho dark, rich shades of red, blue aud green will be the colors employed. Point d'esprlt Is used to make some of the prettiest of underwear. Little skirts show row upon row of narrow insertion with a wide ruffle of tho net at the edge. Gowns are trimmed with the insertions and soft ruchings around the neck. It is one of the daintiest and most serviceable of trim mings. Threc-pleco skirts are very popular this season. At the back an Inverted box pleat removes tlie fullness, and the lengtn may be rounded or in a short "sweep." Double darts give a smooth adjustment over tho hips, and the fashionable "dip," either con ventional or quite decided Is thus formed. One of the features of an elaborate evening coat of black is the Jabot of cream lace down either side of the front, the lace edged with a narrow band of sable. There Is a yoke to the coat of shirred cream net, and the lace down the front is a net applique. The showy and expensive filet lace Is also Introduced into the coat. BRIGANDS OF TURKEY AMERICAN MISSIONARIES KILLED BY EL'LCARIAN ROBBERS. How Itniv Helped Undo Eom Avcns© tho Death cf Mr. Cofflnß-Two Cases of Particular Interest That Occurred Forty Years Ago. There have been suggestions that the abduction ot Miss Ellen M. Stone by Bulgarian brigands was In reality prompted by the Turkish Government, and that the arch conspirator was to be found in the Ylldlz Kiosk In Con stantinople. That, however, is not at all likely. Of course the Sublime Porte hates all missionaries, because, through their schools particularly, they educate the people too much. But It fears the Eu ropean powers too much to resort to any openly violent acts, and contents itself with petty persecution, which can he construed as coming under the laws of the country, such as they are. Even in the great massacre of ISRO, in the Lebanon, which was practically prompted by the Government the mis sionaries were left undisturbed as far I as their lives and property went. There have been numerous eases, neverthe less, where American missionaries have been killed by robbers, and two of them are of particular interest. They occurred nearly forty years ago. and the first crime appeals especially just now because It was committed in the region where Miss Btone was kid naped. On July 3, 1802, Rev. William W. Merlam, a missionary of the American 1 Board, stationed at riiillpopoiis. was I returning to that city from Constantl j noplo, where he had been to attend the I annual meeting of the mission. lie was j in a wagon, there being no railroads in those days, and was accompanied I by his wife and family, and two or j three native attendants. At noon of that day Mr. Merlam reached the town of Hermanli, where he lunched, and then set out on Ids journey. The country was infested with brigands, but Mr. Merlam had of ten traversed It in safety and had no fear, notwithstanding the fact that hands of robbers had been seen in the vicinity. The September issue of tho Mission ary Herald of 1802 lias a graphic ac count of what followed, written by Mr. | Crane, of Adrianople. Mr. Crane says: "They were informed of danger. Sev eral suspicious persons—armed horse men—had just passed through tho place. The villagers, alarmed at tho sight of the horsemen, endeavored to dissuade Mr. Merlam from proceeding, but as others were willing to start they apprehended no danger. They had goue hut a few miles when five mounted brigands attacked them. "The Government guards ran on the first appearance of the robbers. This left them defenseless, except so far as they might hope by their numbers or any demonstration of resistance to in timidate the bandits. One of the rob bers, dismounting, seized the horses of Mr. llerinm's wagon, which was in the van. Mr. Merlam drew Ills revolver and warned the man, who Instantly dropped the bridle, while the driver, an energetie Mussulman, whipped up his horses to escape. They sprang forward, and Mr. Merlam, thinking escape cer- I tain, turned and remarked to his wife, 'Thank God, my pistol lias saved us.' The robbers, however, soon com menced firing In quick succession at the wagon. A ball at length struck one of the horses and he reeled and fell. "The brigands still firing, Mr. Mer lam, fearing for his wife and family, got up and was in the act of alighting when he fell pierced by two halls in his right side. One of the two robbers then sprang forward and stamped on his face and head." This brutal murder aroused great commotion, and the entire machinery of diplomatic influence was moved to avenge it. The Turkish Government acted with what, for it, was prompt ness nud arrested a number of men. Although Mr. Crane, in ids report to the Misionary Herald, mentions only two robbers, yet three were sentenced td death in October, 1802. Their names were Balsam, Bamiznn and Khaleem, and their execution expiated the death of Mr. Merlam. In March of the same year .Tackson G. Colling, a missionary at Adaua, in Asia Minor, was killed by robbers near Alexandretta. On March 24 Mr. Cof fing was journeying from Adaua to Aleppo, when he was set upon by high waymen in the mountains above Alex andretta and shot in the side. Two days later lie died in Alexandretta, where he was taken by lfis servants the robbers having escaped. A rather picturesque incident is con nected with this murder. It chanced that at the time there were one Ameri can and two Italian gunboats in the harbor of Alexandretta. The Ameri can commander was intensely aroused over the affair, and sent a peremptory demnud to the local officials that tho murderers he caught ami punished. He did not get much satisfaction out of them, and decided on more stringent measures. The Italian commander sympathized with lym entirely, and the two laid out a plan of action which speedily brought the governor of the province to his senses. They wasted no further time on argument. They simply cleared ship for action and trained their guns on the town. Then they waited. In a very short time a man named Ah med was arrested, and on September 25 was executed. There has always been more or less of a suspicion that Ahmed was only an unfortunate scape goat, and that the real murderer es caped, but with the American and Italian guns staring him In the face the I'asha did not want to take any chances. So he put Ahmed to death, and the chances are that Ahmed do served the fate, whether he killed Mr. Coffing or not.—New York Mail and Express. Good Times For Farmers. Their wheat (Top is worth more than last year's by $130,000,000. Other grains represent as large a to tal this year as last, the shortage in yield cf corn being made up by ad vance In price. Potatoes are so high that the short crop will probably return more money to the farmer than ever before. Live stock represents a value of nearly $250,000,000 over last year. Apples and other l'ruiis are extraor dinarily high. The farm products of tho United States this year are doubtless worth $400,000,000 more than last year's out turn. The cereals (wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley) raised in the United States during the past five years represent a value to the farmer of $0,250,000,000, or an Increase of nearly $1,000,000,000 over the preceding five years. Cotton growers have netted $400,- 000,000 more for the past five years (1001 crop estimated) than for the pre vious five years. Taking ISOlt as a fair basis of rallies during the late agricultural depres sion, nine staple crops for this year represent an iuorease in value of over $700,000,000. Live stock is worth $1,000,000,000 more now than then. During the past five years agricul tural exports have been $035,000,000 greater In value than for the preceding five years, a gain of thirty per cent. With a keen foreign demand for our surplus, the American farmer certainly rejoices in a glorious prospect for profits, prosperity and happiness.— American Agriculturist. Wealth is Not Worth. If there is anything disgusting or in congruous to lie seen in life, 'tis the vulgar display of wealth by those whose personalities lie Very close to the brute—who aro undeveloped, coarse and repulsive. How often we see refined and beau tiful character and charming person ality shown by a servant in tho family of a brutal, vulgar millionaire! There aro servants in thousands of wealthy American homes who are infinitely su perior, from every posible standpoint of real value, to those they serve. Those servants are the only pearls, perhaps, lu the entire household, and yet are unappreciated, unrecognized trampled in the mud by tho hoof of the beast wiio has managed to grasp and wrench from others his vulgar mil lions. Many n hod carrier is superior to the owner of the bricks he staggers under; many a coachman on the box is worth a thousand times more than the man or woman Inside the carriage, when measured by every moral meas urement. We shall never have a true measure ment until we cease to gauge a man's worth by his bank account or his busi ness, or to estimate a woman's real standing by her apparel, her jewels, or the cost of her entertainments. Ruf fians often wear broadcloth, and sen sual women often rustle iu silks and blaze with jewels, while real worth does its work in coarse serge or cheap calico.—Success. And Ho Hooked Like Thirty Cents. As a man went up the stairway lead ing to an elevated station the other day he took some change out of lfis pocket to buy a magazine. Near the end of a platform he accidentally dropped a nickel and several bystand ers looked around at the sound of the coin. They were surprised to see the man take a quarter from lfis pocket and deliberately let it fall through a crevice iu the flooring caused by a broken board. The silver piece fell to the ground, landing just outside a high fence he hind which a building was in course of erection. Its owner watched to see where It fell ami then started to go down after It, explaining, however, as he noticed the looks of astonishment on the faces of his spectators: "I have just lost a nickel through that crack, but it's not worth going after, so in order not to waste it I have thrown a quarter after it. I can afford to lose the next train for thirty cents."—New York Times. DsirkiieHit of Ocean Depths. How far does sunlight penetrate be neath the surface of the seas? lias been asked many times, ami now the cam era has answered the question. By ex posing the most sensitive photographic plates at various depths it has been ascertained with definiteness how much sunlight there is in the water with each descending foot. There is a point at which no action of light is found, and that point is six hundred feet under the surface. Be low that is absolute darkness, and the only way in which the mcst delicate plate cau be affected iu that black abyss is to send down an electric light with It. lloa Monopoly of Moving Coin. One truckman down town Las for many years had a monopoly of tho moving of bullion and coin, and he could not probably estimate even roughly the number of millions of dol lars that he lias carried ou his truck. For the purpose of transportation, gold is boxed In heavy packages. The truck is guarded by several men always, and on one recent occasion when the amount involved was very large, Wall Street was treated to the unusual spec tacle of the cashier and assistant cash ier of the City Bank riding on a load of gold.—New York Commercial. Right. A woman always has time for re flection when she sees a mirror.— Philadelphia Record. Miss Liilie Degenkolbe, Treasurer South End Society of Christian Endeavor, 3 141 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111., Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " Dear Mm. Piskiiam : When life looked brightest to me I sustained a hard fall and internal complications were the result. I was considerably inflamed, did not feel that I could walk, and lost my good spirits. I spent money doctoring without any help, when a relative visited our home. She was so enthusiastic over Lydia E. Pinkliani's Vegetable Compound, having used it herself, that nothing would satisfy her until I sent for a bottle. I have thanked her a hundred times for it since, for it brought blessed health to me and cured me within seven weeks. I now wish to thank you, your medicine is a friend to suffering women."— Lillib Degenkolde. 05000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS XCT GEXTJI3TE. When womon are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, loucorrhcsa, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of tho ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous pros tration, OT art fceaet with such symptoms as dizziness, faintpess, lassitude, excitability, irritability,. nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all gone," ana "want-to-bc-left-alone" feeling 3, blues, and hopelessness, thoy should remember there la one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Philchain'a Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. Blrs. Phikhatn Invites all aiolr women to write her for advice. Bke has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. EQUINOCTIAL STORMS. What Is Supposed to Cause These An nual Disturbances. Tho belief that tho sun's crossing the equator iu the spring and the fall causes atmospheric disturbances dies hard, but it is dying, for ail that It Is true, as a rule, that we do have such disturbances about the middle of March and the middle of September, but the mere "crossing of the line" by the sun does not produce them, as many persons believe. The dis turbances are due to atmospheric changes that take place over the equatorial belt when the cold season gives ylaco to tho warm, and when the warm season gives place to the cold. It has been shown by carefully kept records in England that more storms occur dring the week preceding and the week following the equinox than during the week of the equinox. That the sun's passing an imaginary line should cause a storm Is absurd ■"rom the scientist's standpoint, but It true, nevertheless, that tho storms caused by the sun'B position in .* oky. There is no objection to 'lag the storms equinoctial because occur at the equinoctial season, tut there is objection to applying that term to them because thoy aro ex pocted on the equinoctial date. The Healthiest Land in Europe. An article in the Statlstische Wochrnschrlft, upon the comparative increase of longevity in the various nations of Europe imagines that Sweden will before long become rec ognized as the healthiest of Euro pean lands. In the early part of the last century its sanitary reputation was bad, but between 1830 and 1840 its mortality was reduced to 26.8 in the 1,000. Each successive decode has shown a remarkable improvement in the longevity of Its Inhabitants. In 1870 the deaths were 20.2 in tho 1,000; in 1880, 18.3; in 1890, 16.90, and lastly, in 1900, 16.5. With such favorable conditions of health It Is no wonder that, the tourist In Sweden should say that ho "mot an old Swedo at evory turn." Marriacjo Epidemic. Servia is in trouble now with an epidemic of marriages. The cause is tho system of marriage banks founded as an encouragement to thrift, but which have proved to have quite an opposite effect. The young men and maidens of Servia begin paying in to these institutions at an early age on the promise of a premium on mar riage. Immediately a small sum has been accumulated tho deslro for mar riage grows overwhelming, with the result that the first oiler is snapped up. In consequence prematurely early and unhappy marriages are gen eral. The matter has now reached such lengths that it Is seriously troubling tho government, and the ad visability of abolishing these banks, which are held to be tho root of tho avil, is being debated. In 50 years the words and phrases of the English language lexiconlzed under the letter "A" have increased from 7,000 in number to nearly 60,000. Science and invention requiring non terms are largely responsible. GREATEST WfIJW&GAIPI W J iUft £UfiJMO.J}j. section we find that we hare more HUNT i NO J CLC)TrtiN'U. EOOTS,L<>A DfI I) Si'IHLL-sAnd [t SPOftTlNa U00D.3 in general than we can Bell. We pro- P°*e to make some extm. or<lit - , - ' *•• "' -*' ' ' '•'•■■ 1,; ''■ 8 in., twist barrels l>orei?, rebounding** bar locks,'ateel works, top snap pistol grip, walnut stock and fore-endboth checkered. RUniNOTON model breech, extension rib, double IUK; a jrun exactly a 4 ; the picture aboro (from a photograph) shows for $10.35 sent to any part or U. 8. ou {receipt of $1.60 C.0.1), subject to examination. largest and cheapest sporting goods honst in the world. Forty-fire years in bnsinesa, references any bank or express copinany. Complete Gun Catalogue free. SCHHIEkZEN ARMS CO. Kansas City, Mo. The Height of Waves. At the recent Glasgow meeting of the British Association for the Ad vancement of Science Mr. Vaughan Cornish read a paper on the size of waves at sea. Ho said that the height of the ocean waves in deep water far from land had been deter mined with fairly concordant resultn by a number of independent observ ers. He gave the following table as the average of the heights of a number of successive waves: Hur ricane. 23.51 feet: strong gale, 20.64 feet; gale, 15.42; strong breeze, 10.83. These values are only about one-balf of the 40 or 50 feet which experienced seamen frequently state to be the size of the waves met with in strong gales. The author explained this by the fact that waves of a larger size probably rocnr at short intervals and that It is theso which rivet the attention and are dangerous. V 4HN 3>* * ? Of '-I * 5 At . 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