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A IX months before Clorla Spencer left school, a new music teacher was cm- seminary, ployed In the and she was one of liis lie was a handsome, blueehupos. with a musical voice and blonde, yed Lie yus also that manners. perfect tlirt. lie strange creature a male months in winning spent the six Gloria's heart, never saying a word or comcommitting an act that would promise himself. How she lornl him! S "First love? you ask. les. Is there anything like ltf It 1 Tell tbit it comes but once, lie called one night to say Goodby." Globia thought he was coming back. said "I suppose you know He that I am to be married next month? It was a errtel blow. than he have committed "" - On Owning Good Book s e, " m- - Uy She jilted you, I sum ..v No." hen, her voice full of sympathy, he Is dead." Mo, she is not dead Better men murder. e. well aware of it. with all the dormant passion of her nature waking into she was life, jealous of his lirst love. After avvlnle she began trying to win his affection. The restraint that Sidney put upon himself in those days was wonderful. Ills wife was so sweet and gentle, so tender and womanly so altogether lovable, that having loved her always, the temptation to toll her so was almost irresistible. But It was the desire of his life to win her heart, and understanding her nature perfeetly, he feared to speak too soon, and so waited with seeming patience until the longed for treasure should be his. At last, Gloria knew what cntised the jea'ousy that possessed lior, the eagerness to win her husband's regard, the thril that shook every nerve at the touch of his hand. She loved 1dm, with the love of a woman who had lived, and suffered, and learned wisdom; the passion of her girlhood was the fragrance of the rose, this was the rose itself. It blooms once only, but the flower Is immortal; the crisis in the lives of these two came unexpectedly after nil. They were riding home from the theatre. The play was one in which the husband having married to please Ids father, eventually falls In love with his wife. They were speaking of lb Gloria said Do you think people ever do fall in love after marriage?" ,, Sidney replied promptly: I know it. "TS From experience? .Vo. I could not have such an experience. Some light they passed Just then flashed full on his wife's fare, lie saw that she had grown very pale, but she d JZ? Of OT1I1NG Is more popular than violent denunciation of that group persons who arc usually distinguished by a capital S from oilier of universal society. 'Fills fashionable society is so safe a that any one who shies a brick toward it is sure to he regarded Nof to answer at the bar of trust, for the murder of love. Forced 1c d itaminercd really; I I yon know I did that exactly, I wish fen Would not look at it Unit way. We kare been good friends and " Mr. llirlon, Gloria interrupted, will you kindly go away?" opening tic door to facilitate his departure. I hop? we nmy still be friends. he featured ns he passed out. And I hope." she retorted, (lint I ball never look on face again, your r that of anyone like you. In this kerld or the next," Afterward she rend of Ills ninrrtnge. but small ns the earth Is, she never aw him again. As a result f this experience. Miss spencer grew a trille cynical, but pride (Pt any one fmm knowing that had passed over her heart. At Seventeen she learned that men do not always moan wlmt they say. Far ten years this fact formed a centre P pee In lief mlinl around which to frnup all Ideas regarding the sex. At me , having traveled, and thought, she was a jtudH, woman, equal w lnteiieet t0 most men, Every one jud Gloria spencer will be n old Why, not try to do o twenty-seventh- to Id." h'e day cards were Issued for her ferriage; the groom-eewas n well- ""'reliant, slightly thirty. past p Pie talked, speculated and tilled the 'lrdi. when the white wedding, !n affair, iwciirred. .ilncy Clarke was worthy of any '".'Us a fleet loll ,nnd In took his " e 'n l.,s own hands when lie said "i will you e mi wife?" h. u. Id. "wlmt dill'eretice docs " 'k"'.'' and replied 1 " not love yon. Mr. Clarke. It U Ui for to e.iro for any R mn'e, ami, with n col l I,! r.v i"c not In ."'' repeat Itself " V " Still. !f yon wish. 1 u to your wife." end Of three .veufs Mrs. Clarke .' th.r: die and her hoshatnl had 'A,'r 'lll.llf ded, they were good lie never e thought of "ig liked him, h'ln wen and respected seemed Sidney f is I per ly With this State of af- far.'' r W control, at length, St'.T s'l . H he began to Wonder "'.v he did not love her, Iruhi... 11,1 ,1' ,,M,t "' Bfohi'ii Hut litiM.v 'uof1 "'"Wise lie could not be "" his wife's affection. r i - te ' 11 . lov-Sh- ' 1 , "lVn"n" " Hi ollilll t m Miut It Is beciMiHi " fof lllell who wove Imllf-Kuewonder If lie ever "i" ashed him. did Jnu ever rare fat Charm of the Blonde Mushy Nlxola The imtrry " and You dont mean that that then she stopped, something choked her a little. Sidney dropped his paper, got up and went over to her. He took her face between his hands, and looked down into the big gray eyes that were shining through tears. My dear wife. he said, you are the only woman I ever loved.'' Chaperone Magazine. IIY do bo many men admire the type of women which other women of more pronounced coloring describe contemptuously as the mushy blonde? Why does the girl whose complexion has the mealy whiteness of a baked potato and whose general aspect suggests that she was grown in a cellar please by her very absence of Intensity? Sunlight fades her. The white light of the ballroom extinguishes her. She never has any eyebrows and her eyes d llower. have tlm wan coloring of a She Is very slender and her whole body droops and flaps belter and keiter like the ensign of a becalmed yacht. And yet. nine times out of ten In tlie matrimonial aliuflle, ahe wins out. She is not a great belle, to he sure, but. theu, every body know s that a great belle seldom marries well. Her dance card is seldom more than half tilled. But it usually has some very eligible names on it. and when she decides which one of them "she would like to have on her vlaltlng cards she proceeds to make it hers. The secret of the mushy blondes success is not difficult to fathom. She Is But she not often beautiful, seldom intelligent and rurely if ever fascinating. of desirable a masculinity when And specimen to specially knows how cling. comes along, she gets him Interested by tlie Judicious exercise of the clinging faculty. She hangs upon bis words and waits expectantly for his reply to her remark that It is a very line day, as If the secrets of the ages wore to be revealed or the Sphinx were about to ask another riddle She makes capital of her lack of beauty she ts not pretty like Blanch or can such a gnat Mg man ace in such a homely little thing? Mabel-wh- at smh is Iht adept use of it, becomes a weapon. She brainlessness, Her very It Is so good of him to explain so many things to her that she Is so stupid them so easy! Who would ihmight she iievr could understand. But he makes have" thought she would ever learn to know the difference between a bull" ami a ' I cur." and wlmt buying m n nrgltm means and all the other wonderful New York World. things that be has told her? rain-washe- Why t.lrU io Armed in Klein. Tretty young women of Elgin have resorted to a practice tbit has caused the Major of the town to go about holding up his hands In iliMim.v and predicting all kinds of dire calamities. The girls bine taken to shooting Irons, and the hard ware men have teld he Mayor that they hau cleaned out their stores of every tiling from a toy derringer to a brerchbmditig shotgun. They are now practicing on different Is afraid some objects, and the Mayor he brother, liti'hand or sweetheart will filled with lead, lie says that no one in the city limits is safe, amt is sure that some down In Clintouvill or Up at Dundee ill he killed. It all came Horn the m t of an rig'o who girl who drew a head on a tramphom-e- . tlm Into her to tried push pat The Weary Millie put P tlie best of In tlie sprint that was ever heard to the pace town, the papers gave up iiii'iiletit, ami now even- woman in the town is determined tu emulate her grit. -- Chicago Tribune. inn.-r.li- Foresees a Yellow Peril Present Conflict Alight Lead China Against tlie Uy f hm hi- - ltnrVU he bis Hist when he Tin n three old. Is J.iM a month on three slip mi lies are written the air in Into thrown names. He rcee.w. of paper and ' "V the temple. whH I"' deity. dressed to the family bears which fall First to the ground -ichild the inline the 'l At lf"- -" '"f r,M. y,.rs boner a new name cmj hoy receives U of age. ""'T. his of coining of hi changed again on the ""hm la kl dvuc old. marriage and on any position, . alanines" chsnr. bore on one A hotel 111 Swltaerluii.l honored Inserlp- time th of IU walla Vfler rebuilding, h in (Iteration caused (Taj, It. on It to r an. atrangcr!) r TUI Kutope-.- uhV'Ii r the le- - ;rr,'x; ol.-- Anglo-Saxo- n Ida k G. Martin u l 1hM enu answer "r Ulmt the without hesitation m.l'- -s be I' dumb, M nm-- t th.nk a lit but the :P .i.c"i' permd for it, r III. Mire, tle Every JZ? JZ? - A OreeleySmIth By course." ifliy foe! About Society By the Editor of Colliers Weekly as having made a very palpable hit. We are not sure that it is to the credit of human nature that It rejoices in the most exaggerated libels of the fashionable, as it does in equal libels of the rich, limy accounts for much in the popularity of this kind of diatribe. What is tlie Innh aliout society in America, or rather in that city where all such discussion cetnro in New York? It is by no means equal to the society of l.omlon, and some other foreign capitals, where the leading social organization is marked by special culture and Information, as well as by sufficient leisure for social pleasures. It is not, as those foreign societies are, especially lanidon, addicted to u process of selection, which brings a remarkable amount of training uml talent Into small compass. But. if one compares it not with what society ought to be, and in some places is, but with unselected humanity, the case is different. AVhnt is called society in New York averages as high and higher than people would average. if taken indiscriminately from other walks of life in equal numbers. It has weaknesses enough, but nevertheless take its thousand families, or its four or five hundred, or whatever number you like, and you will get a quality of human coin asked: peteuee and intelligence above the ordinary level. Its conspicuous absurdities Why?" are committed by a few; the men who are part of it, without being devoted to He could bear It no Jongpr, and takit, are as good as the average, and the women nre much above tlie average. in ing her ids arms, he said: This is faint praise, where opportunities for better things are great, but even Because, my darling, I always loved society should have its due. you. I could not learn !t after marriage, for I worshiped you long before. Oh, love, tell me it Is not In vain," and the wfe of four years blushed In the darkness like a girl as she put her arms around her husband's neck and whispered: I have loved you ever so long, why you I did. Sidney!" for me care did you make Gloria! kr?r I jO Nonsense pro ii e Ktuilcnt's prophetic eye the present struggle It but p. cue to the fur more imposing drama of war sooner or lute to ciisne, whose theatre will be Ihisteru uml Central Asia and wln'se dramaiis personae will embrace the armies and navies of the mightiest mu ions of the earth. Msmer or later Ibe Anglo Saxon and the Muv must gmppk for ascendency ,n the Far Fust in a snt.gu.miiy struggle between antipodal later the Anglo Saxoti-f- or ijp, s of civilization. F".tmr brow will winr the hay of Saxon the Anglo wlio doubts that Slav must meet the piobicuia of with the of test final sireng'b Ike p.'.sMlde yellow peril-- a struggle of races. 'I'm. contest jn.iy bo long and firin' in all probability the puny hand of Japan cannot stay tlm giant ties -in . . Hu.-os'lost certainly Fnuland, not impiobubly tlm Fulled Hates- -, ,,r two powcii In league will pronounce the ultimate thus far k,,,y to Btt'sla,a voracious march of dominion. Japan worsted farther'' no ml Mnnchurln-peilio- pa acquire Korea- - and then it a ssi a will undoubtedly ding to to gain a foothold In imperil the British Empire by attempting When tlm inevitable great Gulf. 1ersinii the to outlet coveted or the Make all upon the fortunes of war Vrom le follies' when Slav and Anglo-uxouniversal epic of battle. r, Asia-Itbut fis conflict, sl no be will iat Anglo-Saxoover the Slav, the victor u Assuming the final triumph of the the wind human family, with su t'l peopled lna, rllt.rl.g and development, It Occidental enlightenment, ot C .Pintf the open lamp - rnt,, n vast tmwder magazine of Mongolian menace. Taught to cultivate .V Vts of war ami peace by Western models, how long ere sleeping China strength, turns upon and rends her would be H.k.a to roalizailo.i of her menace Ihe weapons she will have been tnnght In e and uph'.vlng I fa tins cross Into and overrun Europe, am! re- ,n,., fuce, sweep ever Adit, tlie invasion of the Tartar hordes under Ghcngls Klinn and J 'mUIic "f tciror i- n one-fourt- h ""i "Tt S I, farfetched to imagine. In the more or less dlstsnt future, the Anglo to bury past difleremes and mid the Slav forced by the "yellow peril war of races ou the frontiers of tt, vumuiou iimime U league Kurupt? t GIANT TREES. THE COSSACK Femes Six of Them Would Make Mile Kong. Feet High and Twenty-fou- r The only way we can comprehend the greatness of the big trees" of California without actually seeing them Is by comparing them with things of everyday life. Imagine one of these trees being transplanted to the corner of Fifth avenue and Broadway, New York City. It would make the Fifth Avenue Hotel look like a cottage, and if the largest tree now grow in: ou Manhattan Island were placed on the top of the Flatiron Building, it would still be In the shade of the big trees upper General WalteufTel stated branches. not long ago that if he could have had one of these big trees to throw across lliver upon the arrival of the IVi-hthe International army, It would have served as a bridge across which he could have marched the entire 30,000 minutes. men Into Ickln in forty-fivIt Is estimated that some of these trees contain "eO.noo feet of lumber, and we may get an Idea of what this means when we hear that it would make a board fence six feet high and miles long, or tlmt It would twenty-fou- r supply enough telegraph polos to support a line of wires running from Kansas City to Chicago. If the tallest elm tree you know of were cut down and bent Into a circle. It would just about make a ring to lit the base of on of the lilg trees. But it Is not their size alone which makes these giants so impressive; their ago Is still more remarkable. When Chcop's army of 100,000 men began to build the great pyramid of Jeezeli, over 'Jooo years before Christ, these Sequoias, as they are called, had hark on them a foot thick: they were old. old trees wImi Methmuileh was a baby tlrny are the very oldest living tilings on tic' face of the earth. And we Americans should regard (hem as a priceless heritage, which once taken from us could never bo replaced, and we should nt any cost guard them for ever from thos" wlm with ax and saw would In one week undo the work of souq years. Woman's Home tin, Di-ni- WISE RIDE WORD? Baggage nnd burdens come near to being sy mmyiiious. Wlmt we see there will depend on wlmt we f:eek here. Give the reins to appetite aud yon give wings lo happiness. No tlienlogleul faucet Is of any value without the eternal fouutaln. His love for the lost has kept the world from the loss of all love. Wound from wandering are not t be classed with those won iu lighting. Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments w hen the soul is kneeling, no matter what the altitude of the body may be. Victor Hugo. If we ask only tilings of a low trifling nature, unworthy such a giver. He may answer as a prince did, iicse are not royal glfte." Hubert Leighton. The habit of blaming others when things go wrong Is au lusidlous and dangerous one. Far more Is it (he purpose to Inquire within whether tha fault or much of it may not tie at home. Ki:i. l HE New-chwan- e Vlllllne SINGS AS Flrturenqns Kntrjr of tlie Itnsatan Cavalry lulo Xswi'liwsng Described. Russian troops from the luterior con. g tiuue to arrive hero, writes the of Collier' correspondent Weekly, ns they have done ever sine host'dltlea begun. For the last two o three uajs we have heard the lncee-sau- t tram p of infantry nnd tlie chittei of cavalry is they pass along from Now comes a the railroad itatioii. troop of Cossack cavalry mounted on Manchurian ponies, bearing heavy sheepskin overcoats nnd cups, with their riffes slung over their aLenider and their heavy cavalry awords hung to their sides, singing ns they go. Ou of the troop who has a good vole sings the verses of the song alone and tlie whole troop sings the chorus. With tlie tramp of tne horses ,,nu the clanging of accoutrements, tlie slgut is wry impressive to any one who has never seen a troop of Cossack cavalry sweeping by. After tin cavalry come the infantry In ueavy marching order, dressed in sheepskin coats und capo, thumping along in their heavy boots, with bayonets fixed, their etoltd, grltuy faces, prolmlily not washed for weeks, peering out between tliclr cap and overcoats. The Ilung lloodzis r "Bed Beards," which Is an organization of Mancha-riuu- s consisting principally of bandits, are forming muds which will no doubt give the Bussiana no end of trouble. They know the country so well that the Bussiana will have no chance of capturing them. They will do everything they can to cut the telegraphic communication with St. Petersburg, ami disable the railway line and bridges. This would seriously delay reluforcencMits and make it almost for the Bussiana to supply their army, especially In the summer rainy season, whci the roads are absolutely tmpi ssalile, and curt rink up to the hubs of their wheel in tb soft mini. On lUrry Thurston Peck the greatest leaders In aesthetic thought among English speaking people. Buskin, was a stroug advocate of owning good b''ks, going so far as to say that cheap books had a pernicious effect on the reader. There Is no doubt but that this la the day of cheap books, and that with the accumulation of many cheap hooks one loses the relative value of the master pieces of liter-nterThe most popular form the cheap book takes is the novel, and the season of all seasons for the novel reader is the summer time. The reading of fletlon Is a good reereaiton, hut a very poor occupation; as a recreation it takes one out of one's self and away from the monotony and cares of everyday life, but as an occupation it Is unwholesome, false Ideas of life and vitiating the taste for more giing solid reading. There is plenty of bright, sunshinlng, healthy fiction which Is most beneficial ns a relaxation for a holiday season, but care should be taken that this ephemeral diet be not eohtinuod too long. Own a few good editions of the standard authors, and take pleasure In the possession of them. Begin a library when youth is still with you, but begin one anyhow, even if you are old, and surround yourself with such friends as good books always nre. Bead and your Buskin and your Carlisle; your Shakespeare and your Horace; your Tennyson and your Timrod; they will give you thoughts which will rest your miml by the seashore or in the mountains; on the lonely country highway, or In tlie crowded city streets. I,et your lmoks he selected as your friends are for those qualities which last and not merely for amusement, amt your youth and your old age will be crowned with lrieiui-ship- a which bless and loves which last older wotnas would have concealed au almost igortal wound, hut he grew so white that he sprang to Sard her. dear." Don't touch me," she gasped, struggSome time afterwards Mrs. Clarke womanlwith then and her agony, ling said: y pride triumphed, and into her eyes "Toll me aliout that girl you loved leapt a flame that literally scorched ago. Sidney. long bill). What girl?" in surprise. I fear you have misunderstood me," Have you forgotten, you told me ke said gently. had a lirst love; I have woudered you ..Were you engaged when you came her." did not Ail THE - The convention v'vas then find was not ivsnuioti;interrupted but Mrs Clarke wondered now why her husband married her, and before she was 80 18 noU,er- - It is that before very long the Dead Sea will be exploited for Industrial-purposes. French engineers are at work on three different projects with this purpose iu view. The level of the Dead Sea being more than 1300 feet below that of the Mediterranean nnd Bed seas, It is thought by connecting cither of those two seas by means of a canal with the Dead Sen, a stream of water would flow with a velocity calculated to produce some 25,000 There is danger, it is horsepower. asserted, of an overflowing of the Dead Sea, for the waters there evaporate at so great a rate (0,000,000 tons a dayi tlmt the incoming waters would make no appreciable difference in the level. One project is to start the cntml front the Bay of Acre, lead it southward past Mount Tabor, and let It join at Biiisnn, tlie waters of the Jordan. Another plan is to build tlie cuiml along the railway Hue from Jaffa to Jerusalem. But this would mean blasting miles a tunnel of some tliirty-sevethrough the mountains of Old Judea. XV bat Lla The third project, the cheapest, proThe madness of suicide as a relict poses to start at Akaba, iu tlie Bed from mental anguish was vividly illusRea, and pass through the desert of trated years ngu by an incident which Having obtained power occurred iu au Iluliau tow n. Morettl, In this manner, It Is thought many In- a tailor, w as sent to prison on a charge dustrial works will bo curried on. of fraud, liis sweetheart called upon London Daily News. the police officer to ask how long Morettl w as likely to be conlined, and was Ititdiiim told that it would be probubly fur United States Consul General many years. The policeman hud been Guenther, of Frankfort, writes ns fol- instigated to say this by the girl's lows: Dr. Duricr, of Paris, describes mother, w ho disliked the match. Overa case of c.urrr cf the face which, whelmed with grief and thereby driven through application of radium, bad to despair, tins poor girl put an end to Hlmllur re- her life by poison. A few days inter been rendered painless. sults have been obtained by other Morettl was released from custody, noted experts. He has also found the accusutiou against him having effects of radium been proven false. He returned 1mm quick and in certain diseases of the eye. The to find his affianced bride a eorpsa Influence of rudium upon the motor Frenzied at tlie sight, he, too, denerve centres he considers of atilt stroyed himself. The lie wrought Iu two cases of double tragedy. great e Importance. nervous spasms, which occurred three or four times a week, weak radium N Inntnri Among Anlml It hns been said by a writer of uutur preparations were applied to the temples for two or three days, when the books that a coon will amputate it siu sms ceased. In ii case also of pre- Wounded foot and treat the stump in a sumptive Inability of limthui, caused by rational way to allay the inflammation. a If oue cuou will du this, then aU coons debility, radium complete cure w ithin three days pro-abl- will do It under like conditions. Th however, through suggestion. In am writer avers that be Lai seen m ute facial paralysis of entirely new woodcock with a broken leg mend th origin, radium offeeted a cure In one leg with a cast made of clay aud dry day. Samples of weak radioactivity gniss. Then will all woodcocks with are now ratln-inexpensive, so that broken leg do tho sum thing? Kx oilier pliyslelaus are enabled to verify ccptlunnl inlcliigcnce of so extraordintiue results. ary a character does not occur a lining Die auiuinls. If one fox has bees Ilutlrd In at I Im Weilillnf, known to catch ernha with Ida tail, Land office regulation unfeelingly then will all otner foxes, under th biiLted in on the plans of Cupid thi- stress of hunger, where crabs abound, An anluinl will ol her day ut Wuut'iku and stopped a (Mi with thetr tails. Hnmucl Moshr, a home-Hit-.- . not do uny thing which necessity l.a wedding. Hr of tlmt vicinity, Iu arruiiged not taught its progenitors to do. John u buxom widow, Burroughs, in Independent. to vud Mrs. wlm had but recently made her Fin.it! I Im li Trsitw In Cliln. proof before tlie tor.it court com. ids Siole A J n pa in m- - newspaper Just before the et rt tnoi.y says: "The lin'd Word cm ue that II wit-- ' iiiiliM hull ki t i lin ks Is gradual! ness' failure to properly sign his name becoming deprciuied, owing to tlie war, had caused reject inn of the pa per by tiie high pi U article suffering musk th luterior Department. The wed Du the other hand, the exportation of ding wm postponed, tlie grioiii to be clocks to Hunt h China la Increasing. apparently being more willing to tem- Tho export amounted to HiO.ifK) yea porarily relinquish a bride than to if IKTi.ihsI) lii vulue last year, and will relinquish a prolmbly exemd tlmt sum this year. (Texas) These clocks are principally used by the Chinese for decorative purps Old KnalDh Custom, rather than for telling th tlm." Rlr Walter Ilesant's study of old English customs shows that the doctors of Child, A father of much experience aeverul centuries ago prescribed for y: cold water affusion" with Wash a baby dean atul dresi him up fevers drinking of aasea' milk. When the real pretty, and he will resist all with the most superlative ero queen was til In I'M"! they shaved her head and applied pigeons to her feet, ness: but Id him eat molasv ginger-breaand find around the coal hod for I'owdcrcd mummy for a long time was considered to lie a speeitle uguliist dis- half an hour, and lie will nestl hi eases, It I said that Hu- - reason It dear III tie dirty face close up to font went nut of use was that dealers took dean shirt Imsom ami be Just th to all to embalming bodies and then sold eunidugest little the world." them for genuine ancient mummied. u lll. Wady-cl-Jebe- Ialn-KIIle- r. pnin-klllin- s efft-ote- d Mit'-hctl- . t. .u j furm.--.Msngu- fr m Hun-.MIrro- t, rcal |