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Show 00 What do you think of my gephew, Charles? Th question waa ao sudden and unexpected that Clara gav quite a Jump In her chair. "I I I hardly ever have thought of your nephew Charles. "NoT Oh, you must think him well over, for I want to speak to you about him. "To me? But why? "It seemed to me most delicate. You see, Clara, th matter stands tn this way. It la quit possible that I may toon find myself in a completely new sphere of life, which will Involve fresh duties and make It impossible for hue to keep up a household which Charles can Y A. CONAN DOYLE- - W AC' v 1 w?v . v-r- f cV Jnv Kx 'v. ' X V.v' A ith an evil word In his throat. Thar, there, ma'am, he cried. "Drop It for a time. I have heard enough. You've turned me a point or two. I won't deny ItBut let It stand at that. I will think it over." "Certainly, Admiral. We would not cry you In your decision. But we still hope to see you on our Phe rose and moved about In platform" her lount-l- n masculine from one plcture to another, for the walls were thlcklv cove-ru- t with rerulnlncencta of the Admiral s voyages. "Dullo1" said she. "Surely this ship woul have furled all her lower cnnvaB and lecffS ; tr topsails If she found herself on a ice shore with the wind on her - 1 t - CIIAlri'Ji "It la fu-hio- PMte AMCCItWA. JATEnNATlG'IAL V. (CoNTiscBn). welcome Invasion, stfld he, clearing hl throat a very ma'am, and pulling at his high collar. "Trv this garden chair. .What la there that I can do for you? Shall I rlnt and let Mrs. Denver know that you are here? Pray do net trouble, Admiral. I only looked In with referenoe to our little chat this inorning. I wish that you would give us your powerful suppo.t at our coming meeting for the Improvement of the condition of woman. He "No, ma'am, I can't do that. pursed up his lips and shook his grlz-tle- d head. "And why not? "Against my principles, maam. But why? 'Because woman has her duties and man has his. I may be but that Is my view. Why, what Is the world coming to? I was saying to Dr Walker only last night that we shall have a woman wanting to command the Channel Fleet next. "That Is one of the few professions which cannot he improved, said Mrs. Westmacott, with her sweetest smile. "Poor woman must still look to man for protection. d Ideas, "I don't like these I tell you honestly that I ma'am. dont. I like discipline, and I think every one Is better for it. Women have got a great deal which they had not In the days of our fathers. They have universities all for themselves, I am told, and there are women doctors, I 1 ear. Purely they should rest contented What more can they want? "You .are a sailor, and sailors are chlvelrous. If you could see how things really are, you would change your opinion. What are the poor things to do? There are so many of them and so few things to which they can turn their hands. Governesses? But there are hardly any situations. Music and drawing? There is not ore In fifty who direction. has any special talent Medicine? It is still surrounded with difficulties for women, and It takes to many years and a small fortune 111 qualify. Nursing? It is hard work paid, and none but the strongest can stand It. What would you have them Sit down and do then. Admiral? new-fangle- js ln-th- starve?" "Tut, tut! It Is not so bad as that. "The pressure Is terrible. Advertise for a lady companion at ten shillings a week, which Is less than a cook's wage, and see how many answers you get. There Is no hope, no outlook, for these is a dull, struggling thousands. sordid struggle, leading down to a cheerless old age. Yet when we try to little ray of hope, some ii bring some chance, however distant, of something better, we are told by chivalrous gentlemen that It Is against their principles to help. 1 The Admiral winced, but shook hts bead In dissent. "There is banking, the law. vetcrln i ary surgery, government offices, the civil service, all these at least should I be thrown freely open to women, If they have brains enough to compete ! successfully for them. Then If woman Jwere unsuccessful It would be her own fault, and the' majority of the population of this country could no longer complain that they live under a dlffer-jelaw to the minority, and that they ar held down In poverty and serfdom, .with every road to Independence sealed to them. "What would you propose to do, 1 i quarter I'Of course whe would. The artist was never past Gravesend, I swear. It's the Penelope gs she was on tr.e nth of June. 1857, in the throat of the Straits of Eanca, with the Island of Banca on the starboard bow, and Sumatra n the port, lie painted It from description, but, of course, as you very sensibly say, all waa snug below, and she carried storm satis and double-reefe- d topsails, for It was blowing a cyclone from the sou'east. I compliment you, maam, I do Indeed! "Oh, I have done a little salloring myself as much aa a Woman can aspire to, you know. This la the Bay of Funchal. What a lovely frigate! "Lovely, you aay! Ah. ehe waa lovely! That Is the Andromeda. I was a mate aboard of her they call It now, though I like the old name beRt. "What a lovely rake her masts have, aqd what a curve to her bows! She must have been a clipper." The old sailor rubbed his hands and his eyes glistened. His old ships bordered close upon his wife and his son in his affections. "I know Funchal, said the lady carelessly. "A couple of years ago I had a seven-to- n yacht, the Banshee, and we ran over to Maderla from Falmouth." ? "You, ma'am, In a With a couple of Cornish lads for a crew. Oh, It was glorious! A fortnight right out In the open, with no worries, no letters, no callers, no petty thoughts, nothing but the great silent sky. They talk of riding. Indeed, 1 am fond of horses, too, but what Is there to compare with the swoop of a little craft as she pitches down the long steep side of a wave, and then the quiver and spring as she I tossed upwards again? Oh, if our souls could transmigrate I'd be a seamew above all birds that fly! But I keep you. Admiral. Adieu!" The old sailor was too transported writh sympathy to say a word. He oould only shake her broad muscular hand. She waa half way down the garden path before she heard him calling her, and saw hla grizzled head and weather-staine- d fare looking out from behind the curtains. "You may put me down for the platform, he cried, and vanished abashed behind the curtain of his Times, where his wife found him at lunch time. "I hear that you have had quite a long chat with Mrs. Westmacott," said cutt'-r-rlgge- seven-tonner- ehe. "Yes, and I think that she Is one of the most sensible women that I ever knew. Excpt on the woman's rights question, of course. Oh, 1 don't know. Fhe had a good deni to say for herself on that also. In 1 ) fact, mother, I hnve taken a platform ticket for her meeting. CHATTER VI. AH OI. D STORT. UT THIS was not nt the only vhleh Mrs. event-conversati- West- macott held that day, nor was tha Admiral the only ma'am?" "To set the more obvious Injustices person In the Wilderness who waa desand so to pave the way for a re-- I I right, ' tined to find hla form. Now look at that man digging in the field. He can I know him. opinions considerneither read nor write, he Is steeped In ably changed. Two neighboring familtwhlsky, and he hat aa much intelll-igenc- e from Anerley, ea the potatoea that he Is dig ies. the Winslow I Ring. Yet the man haa a vote, ran and the Cumberbatchea from Clpsy the scale of an election. anJ Hill, had been Invited to tennis by Mr. may help to decide the policy of this Westmacott, and the lawn waa gay In empire. Now, to take the nearest ex- the evening with the tlazera of the ample, here am I, a woman, who have young mn and the bright drosses of had some education, who have traveled, the girls. To tha older people, anting garden and who have seen and studied the inround In their wicker-wor- k stitutions of many countries. .1 hold chairs, the darting, stooping, springing considerable property, a 1 I pay more vhlto flgures, the sweep of skirts and ,in imperial taxes than that man sprnda twinkle of canvas shnc,th click of th n whisky, which Is saying a great deal, racket and sharp whli of the balls, nd yet I have no more direct Influence with the continual "flfu n love fifteen 11'" of the marker, made up a mTry upon the disposal of the money which 4 pay than the fly which creeps along and exhilarating scene. To see their sore and daughter so flushed and the wall. Is that right? Is It fair? The Admiral moved uneasily In his h.Milihy and happy gae them also a Sehalr. "Yours exceptional tase," refected glow, and It was hard to say eald he. w),i l ad most pleasure from the game, But no woman haa.a voice. Consider tin e tv ho plned or those who watched. Mrs. Weslmucott had Just finished a that the women nre a majority in the nation. Yet If there was a question of sd when she taught a glimpse of Clara 'legislation upon which all women were Walter sitting alone at the frrther end court, jngreed upon one side and all the, nom of ile ground. Sh ran down tha of th the net to the amazement ,upon the other, It would apjcnr that . the matter waa settled unanlniouHly ,!.rs, and Seated herself beside her. when more than half the population Cliu i s reserved and refined nature shrunk from the boisterous frankness to It. Is that right? rere opposed and sirange manner of the widow, and the Admiral wri;g'l. It wa her fenlnlne Instinct told her that ory awkward for the gallant scam.in s lay do have a handsome womnh r"p"l'" j,,,. iih all her pecullnrl'l-- there Fhe do him, bombarding hint with questions idiH u that was good and n.dle, d no do non of w) h h he could And sn ansn.ih d up nt h r. therefore, and II swer. "Couldn't even get the tornplons greeting c wi y &rtt t you pJaylftjf lb n ? of hla guns," as he eplalnel the mines sake, begin to be languid to f Doctor the that evening. S'Ut tlo'-are leally th points that sul oung Indj h'h. When nu give up shall lay strss upon at the s.M'e sports jeu give up yuth." have played a set. Mrs WVstmaThe free nnl complete turning of of Jha professions, the llnnl abolition ' the renana I call It, and the francbl-'Tlmts right, toy dear.!' Fhe sat down and I up I'd 1T upon tl1 t all women who pay Queen's tax tushie with her tennis racket, 'I I'k you, hnve a (crtntn Slim. Purely Here Is b 'thing uiiieasoiinble In that, N'othmc dear, end 1 nm going to eall yu b! leh could offend your prinelpbs We riUH. Von are not a isre'lve a I Still I Ilk yOU hall have mtdh-lne- . law, end the SUonld w leh, Clal. hilt 11 H very t urch all rallying that night for the v.o-- mii'li. rath011 know, but we have tad to woman. Is the of .'l navy tmteotlon er i, run h of It on out- side, and profession aheenl? Ht ,h J Tha Admiral of hla chair should Ilk to sc Jumped out m is-a- d Id-r- , ' 1 j e t- -r, ' m e MCORMICIMIANNA WEDDING CELEBRATED WITH MUCH POMP One of the most notable weddings the year took place June 10 in St. Paul's Episcopal church, Cleveland, Ohio, when Miss Ruth Ilanna, daughter of Senator and Mrs. M. A. Ilanna, was united In marriage with Joseph Medill McCormick of Chicago, bod of the United States ambassaror to Russia and grandson of the late Joseph Medill. The church was crowded with a brilliant President assemblage. y Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, Loeb, Capt. V. S. Cowles and Dr. Grunwefl arrived in time for the eremony on a special train from Washington. St. Paul's had been elalioratcly lecoratod in white iud green. Flvo immense trees of white peonies landing about the chancel readied to the top of the windows. The walls wue hidden with white flowers eot m greon foliage. Thousands of white audios completed the dccoiative cheme. The church was packed to the doors. Over the expectant hush that preceded the entrance of the bridal party floated the first notes of the Tvohor.grln" march, rendered . by a hotr under the direction of Mrs. Sea-burC. Ford, and there entered first the ushers, followed by the bridesmaids. All the maids were gowned alike In of share." Clara stared. Did this mean that she was about to marry again? Wbat list could It point to? "Therefor Charles must hava a household of his own. That Is obvious. Now, I don't approve of bachelor Do you? Really, Mrs. Westmacott, J havs never thought of th matter. Oh, you little sly puss! Waa there ever a girl who 'never thought of the matter? I think that a young man of ought to he married. Clara felt very uncomfortable. The awful thought had come upon her that this ambassadress had coine to her as a proxy with a proposal of marriage. But how could' that he? She had not spokenmore than three or four times with her nephew, and knew more of him than he had told hernothing on the evening before. Itwas Impossible, then. And yet what could his aunt mean by this discussion of hla private affairs? Do you not think yourself, she persisted, "that a young man of Is better married? I should think that ht Is old enough to decide for himself. "Yes, yea. Ha has done so. But la Just a little thy, Just a little pharles alow In expressing himself. I thought that I would pave the way for him. Two worn-o- n can arrange these things ao much better. Men aometlmes have a difficulty In making themselves clear, 4 really hardly follow you, Mrs. Westmacott, cried Clara In despair. He has no profession. But ha has nice tastes. He reads Browning every night. And he is most amazingly strong., When he was younger we used to put on the gloves together, but I cannot persuade him to now, for he say he cannot play light enough. I should, allow him five hundred, which should be enough at first. , "My dear Mrs. Westmacott, cried Clara, "I assure you that I have not the least Idea what It' Is that you are talking of." "Do you think your sister Ida would have my nephew Charles? Her sister, Ida? Quite a little thrill of relief and of pleasure ran through her at the thought. Ida anil Charles Westmacott. She had never thought of It. And yet they had been a good deal together. They had played tennis. They had shared the tandem tricycle. Again came the thrill of Joy, and close at Its heels the eold questionings of conscience. Why this Joy? What was-treal souree of It? Was It that deep down, somewhere pushed back In the black recesses of the soul, there was the thought lurking that If Charles prospered In his wooing then Harold Denver would still be free? How mean, how unmatdenly, how unslsterly the She crushed It down and thought! thrust It aside, but still It would push up lta wicked little head. She crimsoned with shame at her own baseness, as she turned once more to her companion. I really do not know, she said. She la not engaged? "Not that I know of. "You speak hesitatingly. Because I am not sure. But ha may ask. She cannot but be flattered. "Quite ao. I tell him that It la the most practical compliment which a man can pay td a woman. He Is a little shy, but when he sets himself to do It he will do It. He la very much tn love with her, I assure yoj. These little lively people always do attract th- slow and heavy ones, which Is nature's device for the neutralizing of bores. But they are all going In. I think If you will allow me that I will Just take the opportunity to tell him that, so far as you know, there Is no positive obstacle tn the i way." (TO SI CONTINCSD.) j the bride and her father passed to tho eharxel steps, where they were met by the groom ami his best man, who was his brother, Rutherford McCormick of Chicago. Here tne betrothal Sec-etar- y ceteniony was performed by Bishop W. A. Leonard. It was followed by the wedding ceremony before tho altar, In which the bishop officiated, assisted by Dr. Billings of Groton, Mass., Dr. George II. McBrew and Rev. W. H. Jones of Cleveland. President Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt wero seated next to the Hanna family In the front pew on the right side of the elntuh. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at Glentneie, tho Hanna homo. Mr. and Mrs. left for the West at once. They will spend their honeymoon nt the country place of Samuel Allerton, Monticcllo, 111. Among the many beautiful presents is an afior dimief coffee set from President Roosevelt and a beautiful Italian vase from Mrs. McKinley. Mrs. Hannas present to her daughter Is a string of pearls, and from Ambassador and Mrs. McCormick sho received a pearl and, diamond necklace. Among the guests at tho wedding breakfast were President Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne, SHEEP IN THE UNITED STATES. Slmep In the United States on the n ( , - - f v'4 - , Ath ,, f I vttr I v , y, feA ht'w Roky Mountains. . All of the Eastern and Southern stRtes have lost In number of sheep, somo of them heavily, with the exception of Delaware, which reports an Increase of 302. All of the states of the middle West have lost heavily. Practically everywhere east of the Mississippi sheep Interests are on the decline. An equilibrium seems to exist in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Indian Territory, each of which reports a small gain. Of the large sliccp raltlng states tho following decreases are reported: Texas, 152.GR3; Ohio, 672.812; Michigan. 2S2.388; Indiana, 3SG.5CC; Illinois, 42,407; Wisconsin, 202, 26G; Colorado, 226,888; Utah, 218,353; California, 200,531. The gains, except as mentioned above, are as follows:. Montana, 2,7G1,-82Wyoming, 72G.537; New Mexico, 174,419; 777, GG9; Arizona, Nevada, 147,787; Idaho, 1,420,283; Washington, 210,710; Oregon, C29.4GS. Vi if i, ' ' ; Jl v ,. r 8; ? uos. mom K1 comics: Life la Massarbasetts. entertainment was given last evening In the Second Unlversallst Church In Lynn, says th Boston Her aid. It waa called a Tom Thumb and the wedding, contracting parties Justified the title by their shortness of stature, which almost equaled the shortness of th term of the marriage contract. The bride waa Miss Ruth Williams, S years of age, and the groom waa Master Thomas Casey, years of age. The ceremony took place beneath a daisy bell tn the auditorium of the church, which was prettily decorated. Th bride and groom were attended by Hazel C. Town, 4 years old, maid of honor, and a groomsman, six costumes of white silk mull over pale bridesmaids, six ushers, two flower-girl- s, were Imdhca Tho silk. green and two pages, all attired In full plaited, with jokis of court costume, completed the bridal and tie skirts accordion party, which passed beneath three floral arches to tha altar, where the bride was plaited, will) au appllt.uo flounce of Master the same lain. The git dies were of given away by her "father, Harlan Drown, 4 years old. palo gteen satin tildam, with lint The cerem my wa performed by the hoops and ends. Tiny wore hire rector, the "Rev, Harry Dale, 4 years hats of lace, trimmed wlih pale green Id. attired In clerical vestment ostrich feathers. After th ceremony the brl le and Follow leg the maids was the maid weda a brief held and groom reception honor. Miss I in la MeCuidy, Die of ding breakfast was served. cousin of tho bride, wearing a pown like those of the imilds, mado over Making llint'elf t'sefnL white, will) a whit'- - girdle nrd a ut A woman residing In a flat ordered a trimmed with whUe dm rich fi mints, Th pice of Ice from th grocery. s Tho maid t honor and the hi youth who brought It waa a German. f r fs show nil lsuuim tarried He put It on the dumbwaiter In the bnsmcnt to be hoisted up. She pulled white swim pens am! maidenhair fi rn. awsy. ahe exclaimed, "how Then tame the bride, leaning on "Grci lousl heavy this c Is. The groier must have the arm of her fa'hcr ml indiuntiy ghen m good weight." lovely In a princess gown of w ri'o Ty great exertion she succeeded In pcau do so'e, evipiihitely trimmed getting the dumbwaiter up. To her as- with duchess lu'-Hid hand she found the seated tonishment boy ry of while rhet li'c ut d pearls, on the Ice. With what breath aha had Tho trailing dilrt was plain to tho left she demanded: "What did you make me pull you up floor, with tho exccpMoit of four Inserts of the lace, enrii hoidorid wlli here for? Thu "Whv," replied the boy, "I thought a rpray of tour go hhi-onthe cake would be too heavy for you to whtdn wm coven d with a lift, so I came up to help you off with veil of tulle whlth hunt' from a coroIt." net of ornnge bio. stunt. Loosely cla'-pcIn her hands was a gnat were first mad In ArUflePtl eye bouquet of lilies of the vniiey find Egypt. They were of gdd and allver; while orehlds. and cheaper one weie of Ivory and copAs tho pnrtynpprnurhed tho dinnper. Hundred of year later, In th wer tn the tnalds and the usher sepaed century, they mad, glxteenth rated to form an old through which Europe, of porcelain. A unique valen-clenr.e- 1 hits-maid- cm-hrol- co-tu- with their niece, Miss Jones; tant General and Mrs. Corbin, tor and Miss Kur.e, Senators Adju- SenaBever- idge anu Hale, Senator and Mrs. Wet-mor- e and Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. Fourteen-Year-OlProfesaor. Albert Spalding, 14 years old, the son of J. Walter Spalding of New r York dty, obtained a diploma as of tho violin at the Bologna Conservatory of Music. He la tho joungent person upon whom sueh a Young degree has been conferred. Spalding took tho examination in on May 1G last. A Jury of six professors Inard him play and his success ivai markel. lfo ban never studied In th" Conservatory of Music In fit Ingnn, hiving been taught by Prof. Chit! and Irof. Buitrngo, In Flop erne. Thirty lsiints weie neceasary to pass, 1ml the joung musician won forty-ligh- t out of a possible fifty. d pro-feh- Ilo-hun- a Greedy Hotel Proprietors. liotd proprl'tois hnve carried their designs for "fleet lug Gordon Burnett iaci vUltorn to stub outrage-ou- s that thn Hotel and Tourist a odation of Ireland hns now taken action In tho niattur. Dtmunds of mi. t unreasonable character have bet n made. Thirty dollars a night for no riom in a tounlry hotel, 823 In another tnsc, $lou for a weeks uso of a small plot of gimiml (not paying $10 a jtar rent) on tho lino of route, Irlt-- Cov. Beckham Sharp Reply. Tho New York World asked young Cov. 1!' ckham of Kentucky to com municato to It (and to the public) his plans for putt lug a stop to tho feuds, Luck: Hu ti legrap.ied ''Whi n you succeed In evolving a real good plun for stamping out slu and trims In New York dcaso Id 1110 know what It Is and I v try It in Kentucky If reccBoary." 1 FEEDING MOLASSES TO HORSES. A report of the Department of Agriculture says: It Is interesting to not the result obtained by G. E. Griffin In the experimental feeding of cano sugar molasses to army horses In Porto Rico. In accordance with the local custom, this material was fed with chopped grass, the ration being gradually substituted for the usual ration of oat and hay. The molasses was diluted with 25 per cent of water, and as much as possible was mixed with th chopped grass. Th remainder was added to the drinking water. Th test reported continued som flv month and led to the deduction that 35 pounds of grass and 13 to 15 pounds of moUvsses dally per 1,000 pounds llv weight 1 sufficient to maintain a hors In good condition In a cllmato Ilk that of Torto Rico. This method of feeding, It was believed, had somo dlfr advantagfs, which wero as follow: Molasses altracta Insects, notably file and ants; It sticks to tho animal' coat, smears hts faco and breact, halter and halter strap, soils tho clothing and equipment of tho men, and cause come trouble and delay In mixing It with tho gram, whlth must bo cut lino. G. 11. Herns reports the surcesiful feeding of molasses to 100 draft horse working ten hours a day hauling very heavy loads usually nt a walk. Tho In 1,700 pounds horsmi averaged we'ght and wero ftd per head, night and morning, 1 quart of molasses diluted with 2 quarts of water and thoroughly mixed wtth 6 pounds of cut hay of good quality, 1.5 quarts of corn meal, and 2.5 quarts of course bran. In addition they wi ra fed 5 quart of dry cats In the middle of the day and It Is 11 pounds of long hay nt night. stated that tho horses gradually Improved In condition and gained In weight during tho fourteen month tiulr co.ua becomcovered by the , whlio the amount ing sleek and ghrii-yof work performed was tho tame a molasses ration was tho before adopted. tt, 1 |