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Show By JOHN R. MLSICK, Mr. f1owrd Author of Mysturtoa Tbi Charlie Allendale's Dark Stranger Double Etc. Copyright, 1697, by Robxkt Bokvxb'i Ail right reeerred. Sos. CHAPTER IX. (Continued.) "Why have you lived bo long In Alaska? "I could not get away, was the answer. "Yours is the only face I have seen since I left my friends, the me Indiana, save those who held captive. And you have escaped? "Yes. Then come with us to the camp on the Klondyke. Klondyke Ive heard of It; they often talk about it when they think me asleep, but I do not always sleep when I seem to. Paul was filled with delight, for here was a chance to unravel the mystery in which he was involved. Another silence fell on the group, broken by Paul asking: "Do you know a miner named Glum? "Glum Glum no. Glum Ralston. The old man again shook his head, declaring he bad never Known such a person. Paul wag disappointed. From what Glum Ralston had told him he was confident that this mysterious .hermit of the woods was the long-los-t captain who bad followed the Indians to the place where they said .gold in great quantities was found. But when the ' mysterious hermit disclaimed any knowledge of him at All he was quite as far away from the solution of the problem as he had been before. Next morning the party resumed their march guided by the. sun, waich shone a portion of the day. Paul and the hermit were constantly together, and hourly grew more and more friendly, until, as the noble nature of the hermit unfolded itself, Paul came to love him. He was known to the hermit by his sobriquet of Crack-lash- , for he had been called by no other name since his arrival in Alaska. Paul was hourly entwining himself about the rugged heart of the old man. One night when they had halted and the Indians were building a fire for the night the hermit said: Crack-lash- , me you impress strangely. I dont know why, but I have grown to love you as if you were my nearest relative. When my own dear boy grows up to manhood I could only wish that he would make as noble a man. Paul, deeply impressed with the old mans sad story, expressed a hope that he would soon be able to leave Alaska and reach his home, and that his wife and child might yet be alive to welcome him.' Their stock of provisions were running short. One day the Indians came on the trail of a moose and were anxious - to start on its trail. Paul gave them permission to go, while he and the hermit kindled the fire and prepared to make themselves comfortable for the night. The prisoner as usual sat in sullen silence, with his back against a tree and bis eyes fixed on the fire. Paul and the nermit sat engaged in earnest conversation. The former was talking in a low tone, telling how he had been robbed by the prisoner and three others, and followed them into tao forest. He was in the midst of his narrative when two objects suddenly appeared before them, each with a Winchester rifle and said: "Surrender or you are dead men. Resistance was useless; they were prisoners almost before they knew it. I dent understand you, Cap; yoti Paul Miller groaned aloud, but are talkin in riddles." th4e no answer. He realizes how I care very little whether you unher danger an.4 how uterly hopederstand ms or not, the old man de- great less he was to aid her. fiantly answered. The secret is lost. Now you san save her,' said MorIt was written in cipher on a walrus ris. hide and the walrus hide is lost. Save her? My Heaven, how? It was some time before the idea What other infernal scheme have you could get through the thics skulls of on hand? the but when they came You were overheard talking with to fully comprehend the less they the old man about a walrus hide. From roared like madmen. Ned seized his what said it was understood you knotted stick and swore he would knew you about it. If you will brain them both, but his more cool give ussomething information that will lead to companion interfered, saying: finding it, you shall be given your libIt may all be a trick. After all it erty and be taken to this young lady, may be only a trick to throw us off Laura Kean. the trail. If we decide for the old I cannot," groaned Paul. cuss to pass in his checks, let it be Why. done deliberately and give him time I dont know where it is. to reflect. What did you do with it? asked So Padgett decided to let them live Morris, his face expressing the deepand trust to some chance to reveal est concern. the hiding place of the money. Paul I gave it to another. Where he is had heard the above conversation be- cr what he has done with i. I do not tween their captors and waiting for know. an opportunity to speak with the herA look of disappointment swept mit when he would not be overheard over the faces of the captors at this by them, whispered: announcement. They retired to near Is the walrus hide you referred to the entrance of the cavern and there the one left in the cavern where you held a consultation. took me? Its all a pack of lies, cried PadYes. Weve been twenty years in gett. I took it. these woods waitin t grab that pile, an no nearer to it now than before. You?" There was an expression on the old man's face almost fierce Knock out their brains an go away is what I say. as he asked the question. Tom Ambrose, though equally as Yes, I took it. ranch a villain as his companion, .What did you do with it? Gave it to the miner who was with urged moderation. During all the me before I fell from the precipice and years the unprincipled rascals had whom I found after leaving the cav- struggled to get possession of their ern. He said he had seen it before. captives secret, Tom had acted as a brake to fiery Neds temper. Where? We have a hold on the old man, The Indians who had enticed his captain away in search of gold had one of the plotters at last declared. He can be made to tell where the some such hide, only there had been gold is cached. painting added to it since. But he dont know. The hermit turned, and fixing his He does know. He must know. great, earnest eyes on him in astonWell, what goodll that do? Haint ishment, asked: His captain had he been a sail- we been the last eighteen or twenty or?" years tryin to open the hatches o the old capen, whos as Yes, sir. as a clam? Weve threatened t hang In what seas? Almost all over the world, but hih him done everything any one kin, but last voyage was in a sealing schooner its all no use. We got a stronger pull now than to St. Paul Island, Alaska, and this ever. coast. What is it? What was this sailors name? close-mouthe- d He is called old Glum." No other name? I believe Glum Ralston is his name, but after all his real name, I dent think, is known. In this country nearly everybody goes by some nickname, and I fancy that Glum Ralston was only a nickname. 'Might have been Jack Ralston. Well, since you mention it, I believe I once heard him say his real name was Jack Ralston; however, I will not be sure. The hermit was very calm. Paul waited a long time for him to answer, but the old man was silent as the grave. Then two of their captors came near where they were sitting, and they dared not talk anymore. Their journey was very painful and difficult. Grown desperate, Paul had determined to escape from their cap-toreven if he had to kill them. One day they reached a great, gloomy cavern which extended to an unfathomable depth in the earth. Their captors had- - pine knots on the wall about the cavern, and lighting two of these went back to where there were piles of dead grass and a table of stone on which lay a pack cf greasy cards. Here they took up their abode. Several days passed, and then Morris and Padgett left the cavern in charge of Tom Ambrose, who tied the prisoners every night, established a deadline in the cavern in daytime, and swore he would shoot the first one who attempted to cross it. Two or three weeks had elapsed, for in that dungeon night and day were one, when the two men came back and with them another whom Morris known. He introseemed to have duced the newcomer to Tom Ambrose CHAPTER X. as a friend fresh from San Francisco. Paul Learns That Laura Is in Alaska. Padgett took Paul to where the He, he, he! chuckled Ned Padgett, stranger sat on a musk ox hide and rubbing his hands gleefully at seeing the latter asked: You hove in the tables turned. Is your name Paul Miller. Must a It is. sight,- mates, in good time. had fair winds. "Are you from Fresno, California? I am. . Paul had no difficulty in .making Do you know Laura Kean? out the two men,' companions of the I do; what of her? His whole third, whom he had met on other occasions. As these were the men who frame was trembling with anxiety and had robbed him and whom he and emotion. Just landed a She is in Alaska. old Glum had chased in the forest, there was little mercy to expect from few days ago at Juneau in company them. With thongs of seal-skiPaul with Mr. Theodore Lackland. It is a lie a lie! roared Paul, beand the hermit were quickly tied hard and fast, and told they must move on side himself with rage and mortification. Its a lie and I will crowd it before the Indians returned. As it was dark and the snow falling down your throat! Before anyone knew what he inrapidly, there was little danger of even the Indians following on their tended he had his informant by the trail, shrewd as they were in such throat and burled him to the ground. The guards came to the relief of experiences. Paul was quickly The night was dark and the snow their companion. falling, so it was difficult traveling. A torn away from him and his hands the dead grass strip of walrus hide was tied about bound. He lay uponHis mind was in the arms of each above their elbows piled in the cavern. and fastened about their backs. They a whirl and he kept saying to himwere heavily loaded, and threatened self: Can it be possible? No, no, it Is with the knotted stick which Ned carried in his hand when they staggered hot possible. The whole world may be false, but Laura is not. Come to under their heavy loads. . On, on and on they staggered Alaska in company with that man through the darkness and over the no, it is not true. A thousand tumultuous emotions uneven ground. At last Paul, utterly exhausted, sank down at the root of were stirring his breast as he lay on the dried grass, striving to pera tree. Get up! Go on! cried one of their suade himself that after all this was some horrible dream. The man whom captors. he had assaulted in company with f cannot. Ye lie! cried Padgett and raised Padgett and Morris approached him. Morris handed Paul a letter in the his club. handwriting of Laura But one of his companions quickly Lean. It was dated at Juneau and interposed with: Hold on, Ned. Dont be a fool, addressed to Pauls mother in Fresno. now, and throw away every chance The letter was brief, saying she had we have. just arrived, and would rest a day or What ye goin t do? asked Ned. two before proceeding farther. , ' (s that evidenq?? asked Morris. WeTe too far away for the 'Yes; but she di not come with to overtake us. so we will him." till mornin. and wait into camp go ",Oh no; he came on another ship. A roaring fire was built against the Then he. lied when he said they aide of a great stone which reared Its head a hundred feet Into came together." Morris laughed a cold, sardonic the air. Paul's pack was removed from his laugh, and in a voice that seemed to back and he laid on a blanket In have all the evil of a demon in it, front of the fire witu the hermit by answered : Though they came on different his side. The rascal named Morris came to ships from America, there is but one train going to the Klondyke and both the old man's side and said: You said you could not give up will be in that train. The chances are she knows no one but him, and you that secret if you wished. know Lacklands feelings towards the 1 did. girl. When he start to win he wins; What do you mean? hes got millions to work with, and If It is lost. Morris stared at him for a moment its necessary to buy the entire pack train off he can do it. with wide open eyes and gasped: s "Come here. His companions gathered about him and he spread his arms around their shoulders and began to reveal the plan which emanated from his wonderful brain a plan that was diabolical, but promised success. (To be continued.) RACIAL FEUDS IN EUROPE. Between Antagonism Engendered Prussians and Poles. Hardly a day passes but the newspapers contain striking evidence of the antagonistic spirit which Is being engendered between the Poles and the Prussians. Last week it came to the ears of the publishers of a Polish paper circulating in Westphalia that one of their compositors was about to marry a German girl. They considered that this stamped him as a traitor to Poland, and although he had served them faithfully for many years they dismlsed him on the spot. A large number of Poles work in the Westphalia coal mines, and in order to further the amalgamation of the races the authorities have Issued regulations to the effect that no person shall be employed underground who Is not proficient in the German language. The Poles obstinately refuse to know a word of German when they happen to be called up to make statements in public. A few days ago a Polish miner had to give evidence In a Westphalia police court. He was, of course, as babe of any innocent as a newly-borknowledge of German until the magis- trate threatened to report the case to his employers, who would have to dismiss him. been compelled Thereupon his German came back, and be replied fluently to all tbo questions put to him. His wife bad been present during the bearing of the case, and was waiting for him in the passage just outside the court room door. As soon as he appeared she bitterly reproached him for having given way, and to render her arguments more forcible, soundly boxed his ears. She then kicked aim with such vigor that he had to race down the corridor into the street to escape the attentions of his patriotic better half. London Leader. n well-know- n -- snow-cappe- d . f jt WHY FRANCE HAS NO NOBLES. Gambetta Discusses Use of Aristocrats With King Edward. The veteran Marquis de Gaillifet, former French minister of war. Is letting some of his recollections get into print. He tells of meeting King Edward in Paris in 1880, when the latter dined with him and met Gambetta. At dinner the prince said to CITY OWNERSHIP QIBLK Leading Opponent of Policy Praises the System and its Results. , The American who dreads municipal ownership for fear of its being used to create political machinery and rob the public and who declares that we must first establish the merit system may be astonished, says a writer in when he learns the the World extent of the development of British municipal trading under these conditions. Seeking to learn the other side of municipalization in Great Britain, the investigator is at every turn referred to Arthur Kay. a distinguished citizen of Glasgow and head of the great merchandising house of Arthur & Co., as the arch enemy of municipalization. He Is president of the Citizens union When and tne Taxpayers federation. asked, "Do you think Glasgow should own and operate Its trains? he answered: Certainly. The owning and operating of these tramways has been highly profitable and thoroughly satisfactory, the accounting is correct and nobody oppose it. But you think the trams should be operated for profit In relief of rates? Not at all. They should be run on a lowr factor of safety, and profits be sunk in betterment or reduction of charges. But this is socialism? Well, they call It socialism municipal socialism. And this from the man who was to have given the final word against municipalization! In Great Britain there is opposition, not to municipal ownership as such, hut only to its excesses. To-Da- Caprice in Trimming. variably rigidly tailored Into flat muffs Those who are always on the look- - and small scarfs, to be worn with uxe But for new trimmings should learn to trim walking suits. Sometimes one make "cretes. To make a Crete take sees smart little bubbling" coats of a frill of silk and scallop both edges. yetta, often trimmed w ith leather Now shirr it a little way from the edge, And again one sees this reversed, and until the frill is moderately full, and the coat of the leather with trimmings set it upon the skirt. of the yetta. This will make the edges stand out Pony sklu is also developed into like narrow ruffles, each side of a full long and loose auto coats, and for very i puff. And there are different ways of making cretea. They take silk and cut It in strips and double it. Both edges are now pinked or frilled, frayed, or The frill is now shirred scalloped. over a narrow cording and the cord is pulled until the frill Is just full enough. It is sewed on the skirt or the waist upside down, so that the edges will stand out in the smartest Imaginable fashion. Tba fcieuj Light Blue Silk Waist. Blouse of pale blue louisine, the front and back forming a plastron ornamented with fagoting. The collar and narrow chemistte are of bordered guipure, with a shaped band of silk and a plaiting of mousseline de soie or lace, which is wider around the neck, forming a sort of collar. A knot of velvet d ornaments the front. The sleeves are plaited at the top and again on the outside at the bottom, where they are finished with flaring fagoted cuffs and plaitlngs of mousseline de soie or lace. The girdle of the silk is ornamented in front with knots of velvet. Drowned. Arrange In nervlng-dish- , the following sauce and pour over chill thoroughly. Cook two ounces of sweet chocolate, one teaspoon sugar, one and a quarter cups of milk, in double boiler five minutes, then add a mixed with a arrowroot, teaspoon quarter cup of cream and a pinch of salt, cook ten minutes. Melt one and a half tablespoonfuls of butter, add coldest weather rather shapeless af- four tablespoons powdered sugar and fairs in bear are appearing. cook stirring constantly until wen Moleskin is losing ground this win- caramelized. Add to first mixture, ter. The furriers discourse its use add half a teaspoon vanilla, and strain because of the very great amount of over pears. Montreal Hera'd. labor required in its fashioning. They claim the prices they can obtain for mole garments do not cover the great j labor of sewing these tiny skins. Then, VfUlLB TH& too, the mole, like ue broadtail, is a very thin skin and easily torn, and garments of it are far from serviceable. Nothing brightens up a dark suit so elegantly as a white hat and a little Dress Wrinkle. The newest wrinkle in dress Is the ermine cravat. For evening wear the feathered sleeveless Jacket. It would be a bolero if it were of a little different stole has a dainty rose of a camellia shape. It Is made exactly like a little fastened at the left side. A trimming fancy much seen is the tight fitting coat, except that it has no sleeves. Its material is something use of silver-edgestraps and buttons pretty, usually a brocaded silk, and it of kid or leather. is abundantly trimmed, making a garOne of the new iace blouses has ment of a great deal of elegance. perfectly close plain sleeves after the From the bolero to the sleeveless fashion of ages ago. Jacket is, indeed, only a step. The boThere are hats so big that they lero In all its forms is well known. are ridiculous and others so absurdly And the sleeveless jacket will soon little as to be ludicrous. be. It opens up such a fine possibility jSilk and fur are happily combined for pretty vogues that modistes are in gowns of the new soft silk, mad rushing into it headlong and are ornate with fur bands. So light and pretty are the mara spend.rg a great deal of money upon it. it has taken the fashionable world bout hats one wonders that any womquite by storm. an should choose heavy fur creations. The skirt to wear with such a coat as this must match the waist and thus Shot Silks Are Coming in. a very handsome costume is made, a Shot silks are coming in, and are dressy thing for any occasion. used Just now on Louis XVI dinnet fiocks for the underskirt and cuffs In Light Taffeta. and revers, the rest being brocade. Of Blouse of light gray-blutaffeta course all the hats are tricorne in plaited at the top, where it is trim- some form or another, and on the med with embroid- whole are pretty and generally beered squares bor- coming. One form of trimming Is to dered with bias lay a feather across the crown, from bands of taffeta brim to brim, and add one very long fastened with fan- one. which trails down on the back The of the hair and in some cases sweeps cy buttons. front of the blouse half way around the neck. is trimmed in the same way, and the Continental Hats. yoke, or guimpe, is The continental hat has more vogue of guipure. than ever and appears with various The sleeves are modifications. Some of the smartest plaited at the top models have the under side of the to form two puffs, roiling brim covered smoothly with with cuffs trimmed black velvet. with embroidered squares, bands and The upper side of the brim and the buttons. The wrist ruffles are Of lace crown are on beaver in white or some or guipure. pastel shade, and clusters of velvet roses or the rather absurd gold or silver grapes are tucked into the Paprika Snitzel. Cut two pounds of thick veal steak brims indentations. into small pieces, rol! in seasoned flour, fry brown in salt pork fat. RePretty Theater Waist. move the meat from the pan, add two Blouse of light ecru crepe de chine or peau de cygne, forming a sort of tablespoonfuls of flour to the remaining fat, brown lightly, and pour in bolerol gathered gradually the strained liquor from a at the bottom to Add a slice form a little ruffle, pint fan of tomatoes. of onion and carrot, three bay leaves which is headed and a bit of mace, then return the by a puffed band meat to the sauce, cover closely and of the material, of an hour. simmer which through When done, remove the meat, add a golden brown velmore to if little salt the vet ribbon is run, necessary sauce, a large pinch of paprika and the latter knotted strain on the platter. (The pork fat in front. The bolero is also helps to season it.) gathered at the top A New Dessert. where it is trimWhat a boon to the housekeeper a med with puffed bands of the new dessert is! Here is one which 1 material and bands of lace insertion. am sure you have not tried, and once The puffed bands border the fronts tried you are sure to have it again. forming scrolls over the blouse, which It is called chocolate pears and is is of ecru lace, as is also the yoke. made by paring four pears, cut in The sleeves are made and trimmed to until correspond. fours, and saute in butter t t Waterfall for SL Petersburg. St. Petersburg is looking for a waterfall, and has been so looking for more than twenty years. Its object is to find a fall capable of furnishing sufficient power to supply St. PetersHitherto the burg with electricity. most suitable for this purpose appeared to be a cataract in Finland, which it was proposed to utilize for the working of an electric railway. Further researches, however, have resulted in the discovery of the Kirimemi waterfall on the river, Voksen, forty-si- x miles from St. Petersburg, with energy equivalent to 25,000 horse This waterfall is forty five power. miles closer to the Russian metropolis than tnat in 1 inland, and is offered for sale at a considerably less price. Unless the difficulties of cqnvejmg the current prove insuperable, the Kirimemi waterfall will be purchased. e t Chiffon. A charming dress for a girl who is to help receive vith one of next week's debutantes is of pale whitish-greechiffon, its plaited SKirt trimmed at bottom with two noops of waved and knotted green ribbon. Its bloused bodice has a lace bertha and is daintily garnished with ribbon Knots, 'ihere is a tiny chemisette of white guipure. Whitish-Gree- n . three-quarter- s Every saucepan that has been used and is finished with should be filled with cold water and put on the stove to boil out Ebonize old or unpainted furniture, especially chairs or library tables, by rubbing in a mixture of lamp-blacand turpentine. To clean nickel scour with pulverized borax, use hot water and very little soap.- - Rinse in hot water and rub dry with clean cloth. To cut fresh bread easily and neatly heat the blade of the breadknlfe by laying first one side and then the HANDSOME TOILETS IN BROWN. i ' other across the hot range. Always buy an extra yard of stair carpeting, folding it under at each end so the carpet can be moved to equalize the wear over the edge of the But the world widens when Such hope of trivial gain that ruled us lies Broken among our childhood's toys, for then We win to And mail ourselves in manhood, and there rise Upon us fiom the vast and windless height Those ebarer thoughts that are unto the soul What stars are to the night. Spectator. Bleeves l! with lace and The. standing collar is pi-:- The Seasons Furs. Novels Read by Statesmen. Numerous faddish furs have been inThe yearly bill for novels supplied to the library of the French Chamber troduced this season, and are enjoying of Deputies iB usually between $4,000 their meed of favor. 1 he skin of the baby calf is one) of these. It is in- and $4,500. 1 Frog Culture by Millions. The cultivation of frogs is a new Industry, but it can be made profitable, as there are thousands of acres of in Pennsylvania, worthswampland less, which could be utilized. About two million will be distributed in the state. Some of the applications received by the department are very amusing, and they will be stored away among the state archives. A New Bedford applicant wants to know if the frogs will flourish and do well In ponds that have been constructed for fish, but abandoned, or ponds that are made to cut Ice off, as they are fed A Breadysville, with clean water. Bucks county, farmer, asks for from ten thousand to fifty thousand frogs with which to stock Neshaminy Creek, which, he says, seems to be run out of fish, so let us have some bullfrogs. A Tullytown man writes for a supply to stock our millponds with, as they are excellent ponds for that purposes." A Philadelphia man writes to know if the frogs are green, and if they will keep babies awake nights by their A Clearfield county man croaklngs. asks if the frogs are good eating, and whether they are "real frogs or Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraponly hoptoads. days, We, on whose eats youths passing bell has tolled. In blowing bubbles, even as children do, Forgetting we grow old. have deep cuffs trimmed with the soutache and motifs and finished fur-line- d . This has not been satisfactory, and it has been suggested, says a writer in La Nature, that the atmospfiere acts as a prism, refracting the last luminous ray from the sun at the time of its disappearance and decomposing and spreading it out according to the succession of colors of the spectrum. The red, orange and yellow rays are the less deviated and are confused with the solar point of which they have the color, but the eye perceives dearly the green and blue rays while the Indigo and violet which are the most dispersed and the most luminous, cannot be seen. s terie. For Travel or Driving. In describing coats the field is so wide that it is not possible to cover the whole ground. One style seems to be almost indispensable, and that tweed or cloth Is a long, coat. Such a coat Is a wrap par excellence for driving, motoring or railway travel. The mode has no rival and so far as comfortable knock-abou- t comprehensive wear is concerned. One example of a coat of this description and merit. I see you are a true republican, M. is made of light gray tweed, and is lined throughout with squirrel lock, Gambetta. Allow me, sir, retorted Gambetta, handsomely adorned exteriorly with to confess that I think you consist- a huge roll collar and revers of gray Persian lamb. ent In being a royalist. green-blue- To toll for only fame. and the fickle guests ol praise. For place or power or gold to gild a name Above the grave whereto All paths will bring us, were to lose out Fancy Shirt Waist. Blotfse of light weight wool shirred along the shoulders and made . with box plaits, the latter trimmed with soutache and motifs of passemen- wrist ruffles. of lace. Refracts the Suns Rays and Produces the Peculiar Green Color. The green ray at sunset is sufficiently well known to make unnecessary any mention of the beauty of the spectacle and the ordinary conditions of Its observation. The ray may be seen on beautiful evenings on the seashore and elsewhere, although the intensity is variable; in general, it is necessary that the state of the atmosphere be such that the horizon may be clearly distinguished as the solar disk sinks behind it. In explanation of the green ray recourse has been had to the theory of an optical iliuslon, due to the yellow-orang- e light of the sun, which at the moment of the disappearance of the last small portion of the sun becomes affected by the complimentary color, pace. every purblind passion that has ruled Our noiseler years, at last Spui 8 uk in vain, and weary of the race. We caie no more who loses or who wins Ah; not till all the best of life seems past The best of life begins. Buttermilk Is excellent for cleaning 6ponges. Steep the sponge in milk for some hours, then squeeze it out and wash it in cold water. . Lemon Juice is also good. full AS A PRISM. And steps. The ATMOSPHERE The Best of Ufe. Not till lifes heat Is cooled. The headlong rush slowed to a quiet Gam-betta- "May I ask you why you and your friends keep the French aristocracy out of office? But, sir, there is no aristocracy in France, answered Gambetta. There are dukes that head no army, marquises who defend no marches, counts and viscounts who have no counties or viscounties, no authority or influence. then, that I spoke of Suppose, nobles. But they dont want to be employed. One only meets them In the army and navy and now and then in In these careers they diplomacy. cut, I own, a good enough figure. "But why do you not act as in my country, queried the prince, where out the b?st in manufacture, we trade, science and literature and ennoble them? "lit your country that Is possible, The duke of but not In France. Mossystone would object to rub shoulders with the duke of Cotton-millWe cannot in a republnc have any aristocracy but that of science IN BRITAIN. panne. The skirt is shirred at the top, except in front, where it forms two box plaits. It is finished at the bottom with two flounces, set one on the other, and headed by little frills of brown taffeta or satin. The draped fronts of the bodice cross and are bordered with bias bands of the panne ornamented with embroidered buttons. The yoke is of cream lace and the shoulder collar is of cream lace and brown silk lace. The puffed sleeves The basque Is attached under the vel- are shirred along the outside and orvet girdle, the latter fastened in front namented at the top with little frills with a gold buckle. The leg of silk or satin. They are finished tit sleeves are trimmed at the bottom the elbows with frills of chiffon and to correspond with the reRt of the lace. The folded g rdle Is of 1 the gown. The other gown is of brown panne. The first is of brown cloth (rinmed with bands and motifs of blown crushed velvet or plush, 'and with braid. This trimming encircles the skirt and forms the yoke of the blouse, which fastens a little on one side with gold buttons. The turnover collar is of tlie cloth embroidered in green and brown, and the standing collar is of white cloth or silk, also in green and brown. embroidered i Prove Property and Take Away. This winter weather reminds m of a story about Mayor McClellan, said Representative Spaulding of North Dakota, at Washington. "It was delightfully pleasant out in my state when that young blizzard struck New York early in November. Eastern people are always sympathizing with the Northwest on account of its Dakota blizzards,' so the mayor of Bismarck telegraphed Mayor McClellan, offering his sympathy and asking if he could do anything t help New York out. Yes, wired back Mayor McClellan, come and take your damned blizzard away.' Examines Brazilian Coal Fields. Dr. I. C. White, state geologist of West Virginia, sailed for Brazil recently, where he will examine and report on the coal fields of Rio Grand do SuL |