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Show was to be hers, lot his? Gutlo'r.ng up the long, rustling tram f her hall dress, she mourn ed the subs pushed opt n the door of hi5 dresJng room Edwin my Pod" IheVry brektfrom the lips that BELLS. CHRISTMAS Softly silvern, and RoWen clear, '.lie jMsvtng tclls of ttii piling H wt i ki i &!t K , J 'v5; a'W j.':&& 'fyt - ;?& ,.., -- - J. ...'N i."- -' ; W' " -.. $ h- .ilwrn lltrk' lark - To join th S:. :V- s-a- ti d Hh f U . lie ii Hiht m i O u, lavish aulimn th - u O ( him' JT, and ihe summer full richly ap piil times t It ata'Vt the urn ld d hrisirnis lulls la i m ir ( ilN rihlvm rmirig mi dn motile In 4 hmuM ' v ?--y y; vM : ii t .d For th t ring far the p colors change with every movement of the wearer and of the beholders eye. The makers of the drjjss received queer and curious things and. fl.OOO for it, and complained that the EVENTS. price paid was barely remunerative. Thfe gown contains millions' of .exfine and delicate strands of ' giown stiff anfl still She crept ft tremely 1 Cole Camp, wa ti Her whiU arm and wi ht sti uk a Newly IUseovored spun glass, made and woven Into pure aiHourl IU Bouf, Floor and Hides glass cloth" Ly hand In Dresden, Gerig mist his uplifted hand ' Edwin! l.lned with lUrctec M bite as Snow Why did you do this Yoi many. The rtptb was brought to A Olars Drew. wise about to take your lift Why Paris by a prominent French dressMin maker aad made Into the dress, which Her. hands dond upon his wrist. Clothee-Horsrequired five months and two days to The 1 he- him This pa The dress wasrcut lff th complete and steed angular ilbby ' un the trance in whieh he had stood Is famed for neither giaee nor speed; latest Parisian fashion. It tookover ui i then. fourteen yards of extra wide glass And yet its worth is recognized " Vhy not?,rHe spoke hoarsely. M'hen once a week tls exerclbed, cloth, 35 yards of spun glass braid Can you love nC Can anything reand 25 Yards of glass fringe, making For maidens then upon It place call the words you uttcied two weeks In all 74 yards, to make up this garThe trappings of the human race. at o" ment Many would suppose that this s. The Edwin Forgrt them' Forget'" great quantity of cloth, braid aad thought I kiew sou, he went on Fpon the hearth these faithful Dogs fringe would make it rather heavy, Guard the as before. "I thought 1 knew you as zealously blazing logs. hut It does not weigh any more. If as coltl but not not as you repealed They boast a lengthy pedigree routh, as an ordinary evening gown. yourself that day 1 always hoped, Of ancient English ancestry. Its minute strands are so artistically Is Their breed growing very rare; hoped for your heart some time That woven and Interwoven that It afternoon T saw you and your heart as t am in luck to own a pair. flexible, as a silk dress would v ha You. thev were. what you wish The Monkey-Wrencbe, and can be worn like any other a fortune. Me yu will not need Thou art, to womankind at least, garment with perfect comfort and I do! she cried. You must listen A wtly and unfriendly beast, h freedom. to me You must understand me, Elusive, slippery and wild. though I scarcely? understand myself. Although with man thou'rt tame and WONDERS OF THE ALFA My heart was cruel md cold because It mild. of British And Americas Myriads 1 had never been awakened. never Since thou to him art such a friend, knew you as you are as the man you Perhaps from monkeys men descend. tourists are at this moment delighting themselves with the grandeurs of Alare' Ths Sewing-Ilpine travel. Nothing in the world This Is, in truth, a busy Bee! history la more Impressive than the Edwin Thompson and his wife have It hums about the family tree. story of the Alps. Ten or twleve milbeen abroad two years Thel.s Is a To It oftentimes contrives. lion years ago, possibly far more, string harmonious household Their fortune And on a dish of thrives gossip long unseen line of weakness, a crack draws generously expended society Whene'er its baleful buzz I or fissure in the earths crust hear, about them. But Mrs. Thompson has If possible 1 disappear.'" stretched away from France eastward ceased tor be a society woman," Jeannie Betts Hartswtck. hundreds of miles. On this line folhave so Since when you changed, lowed huge volcanic outbursts. Next Rose" asks her friends. ensued a vast slow subsidence, which A WONDERFUL CAVE. She smiles In a Bad yfct happy way There la a cave near Cole Camp, went on through geologic epochs, unand replies:- Since my last New Years ball," lately brought to notice by the sinking til where Mont Blsno now rears ita of a shaft in a hunt for sine ore, which summit 15,780 feet wss a sea fringing I regard as one of the most beautiful an old continent. Large rivers emptied IIow tho Bji Viow It into it. Deposits of mud. sand, gravel "Say, said one small boy the other works of nature In all cave formawere laid one on another as the sinktions. The Is cave twenty feet high afternoon, "has your mother begun t ing went on, until th layers became hurl th Santa Claus gag into you from roof to floor, ..circular In shape, 50,000 ten miles, thick. with a diameter of twenty-eig. feet Then feet, nearly . . yet? commenced a great up- - f last at 1 bin The roof, floor and sides are lined Aw, Bure, wai the reply. 7 subterranean thsstruggling a couple o' months now. with a fine grade tof baryte (tiff they lifting; giftin that forces load. For a raised ages huge in call It the country) white aa snow, Ev'ry time I make a break she points this went on until the rocks, crumbled, her finger at me and tells me Santa and on this white background Iron contorted, rose above the crushed, have been Claus aint t' brtng me nothin pyrites seemingly sprinkled waters, and continued to rise, forming . , tn small particles, as though put on 'fl dont get next if m'self. lines of mountain chains and making with a box. Continual contact pepper "What dye do thsar"Switzerland a tableland. Every hour Aw, what ese would I do but let with the water In the cave gives the since then rain and snow, river, glaher go on tb Inkin, that I blleve In pyrlte the appearance of burnished cier and avalanche have been sculpgold. From the roof hangs great long Santa Claus?" , Into peaks and carving Into vrnfi "highly polished turing That's right, all right, said the calclte and lakes valleys that vast platform other boy. Y might Jes as well let surfaces and colored to perfection. with Us recent sedimentary covering From floor the have grown stalagmites 'em keep on thlnkin' you believe in th' and primeval granite core. The reold fake. It makes em feel god, an of the same character, color and ap- sult is a land of unequal grandeur. you get more wen they think you pearance, but with this wonderful diffe- Find you this In the guide book? Not rence-each one. of tha jtalagmltes blleve In Santy, too. Yet Professor Judd In a word of Sure thing. An, say. Its a good Is tipped with a beautiful cube of lead, bia Volcanoes" (Kegan charming as clean and as If Just made. bright game t write down on a piece o pay tale told the years ago In half Paul) per what you want th old dub t chuck This cube df lead, placed as It Is, so dozen pages. Would not the travelin your stockin, n ban th list X bright and fresh to mind, 1 the er look on the Matterhorn, the Jungyour mother. Sho wants you t' keep strongest proof of the present growth frau, the stupendous Eplugen. th mas- t of lead I have whisker-lets- , ever that tn I and on seen, old bHevin bis right slve GytbariJ, theater der Glace, t? t would ,be highly Interestan she .dontsaat iRdteappolnt Imagine it deep Lake m Geneva4 with quicken 4 you, an shes Jible t' put mos o th ing to scientific men. On the sides of Interest had babble story before him? this cave there are panels of lead that things you ask fr in your sockin, can bq,Uld so easily; but tls And It are eighteen Inches square, inserted, as not there. London4 Oh, I always work that old one," sz said the other boy, and then they went It were. In the baryte. How thick or how far back the lead extends has not on playing shinny. THE WORLDS SHEEP, And a man who had overheard the yet been determined. The Calclte forconversation stroIed away with a feel- mations on the sides resemble in apAmong domestic animals the sheep ing that the world is growing a bit pearance the stalactite, with this dif- Is the most useful to man. In the ference, that they are pressed against British Isles alone there are 29,000,000 hoar and sad. Chicago Chronicle, r the sides, very much after th man sheep. The worlds total stock Is ner one has of crossing the arms on 640,000,000, or fully 100,000,000 more In TtauuM Msantelos. , The residents of the East Tennessee the breast The roof of the cave is than all other domestic animals comfeet from the surface, and bined. It might be possible to dismountains celebrate Christmas day thirty-si- x with a barbecue. An ox or steer is, one of the most gorgeous sights pense with the 2,800,000 tone of mutseen ever have a under for bright light ton th world devours in the course of prepared roasting, the Interior is filled with chickens, ducks, wild tur- The owners of the property are to a year, though it comprises one-fift- h keys and birds, and the whole is sus- pump the water out next week, and of the total meat supply; but what pended over a huge wood fire which is with some geologists that I have in we could not do without U th wool. built in some convenient outdoor lo- vlted, will examine it during the fair Great Britain alone exports 841,000,000 week at Sedalla. For an attraction lb. weight of wool in a year, turning cality. The guests com from adjacent know of nothing more beautiful, and this vast amount of fleece Into matecounties In great wagons covered with could It be arranged to take the lin rial valued at $220,000,000. The world cornstalks, from beneath which black ing of this cave out and reproduce it st large works up very nearly 12,000, Jugs are drawn and their contents at the worlds fair at St, Louis, I am 000 tons of sheeps wool In the same sure it would be very attractive to period. This to a hugely greatersampled. There are than that of any other matela the shape all, Including the scientific and the Cotton of small fires at which the boys roast lover of art in nature. Worlds Fair rial used for the other and 18,000 tons, runs the fat coons captured la their coon Bulletin. only alhunts, and there Is a fiddler who no forty fibres la common use do not amount, of thla half sooner starts np "The Arkansaw Travaggregate together ABOUT OSTRICH FABMINU. da eler than old and young begin to fifteen the For ostrich past years dance. HIGHEST EUROPEAN RAILWAY. farming in Cape Colony has been Ice cream there Is none and bonhighly successful Industry, la the past , Tha highest railway 1b Europe to bons are unknown, but cider and ginsummit of th gerbread abound. Often girls, escorted ten years ending In 1899, before the bow being built to th above sea level. feet the of number 18,670 of the war, beginning Jungfrau,. their Will by walk seven admirers, the birds Increased from 115,000 to The track will run through a tunnel miles to attend. Twenty-fiv- e 261.000. years ago the winding round the solid body of th of said that Eiger mountain aa far aa Eiger stastatistic Colony Cape Hm4(-Wh. CbrltmM Aboard m : ostriches ten tame were there only la tion, about 10,587 feet' shove Christmas dar nowhere anticiThe told each galleries, the colony. birds yield about which is to be open by pated with more pleiure or celebrated Bn for more jovially than among the Jackies a pound and a half of feathers every It wilt continue in a straight the diin value then $12 the average being year, Tome distance, falling r. on board the , Wherever finest keeping of The of th Jungfraujoch, course, feathers, rection pound. the ship may be oa Christmas, and wing feathers of the male bird, 288 feet below the surface of th ridge, , the navy Is usually scattered all over the the are which long and white and bring and finally curving rotlnd the upperthe the world, day is Invariably set mountain, $50 to $70 a pound. - It takes most solid block of the from aside for a general jollification, T of them to make a pound. The reaching its end point' on a plateau elaborate Christmas dinner, the dec- eighty It to exfeathers of the female ostrich are 12,300 feet above orating of the ship, the skylarking wing much lbwerln value because they are pected that the first station, at Elger-wan- d, and games have become tradition lu will 9,400 feet above always gray. The supply was much the navy. The officers and men alike smaller when it cmnr wholly from be at Eismeer, at an altitude of 10,370 all join In making the day a very wild birds and the best quality of feet; thla will be th highest railway merry Christmas. feathers frequently brought as much station In Europe. The length of th as $135 a pound. As each male bird line will be a little over seven miles Turning tb yields only about twelve or fifteen of He who has well nigh filled, perthese feathers and as there Is always PoUonoo Tre chance unprofltably, the space allotted a demand for them the price most extraordinary tree to his little episode In the universal Is steady the of One until much fall to the not likely fl ngers tremble record,-whiover, ostrich farming Industry becomes Fn the world to found ln Madagascar. perhaps, the last leaf of his autoIt Is known as the tangen treer and than It Is jjoWj s biography, will do well to look to the larger because it abounds In poison the name rounding of his final ptriol; while the tanghlnia venenlfer has been given ds Yuthwhohaa.-jufit.-6fBuienet!t- i his lo tt lynatsntstsrTu the criminal vec-orA DRESS M ADE" OF SLAVS. .life Journal cannot ba too careful that of MMagasear it has played a most carious at One of the objects It shall contain no entry which, dying, the Paris exposition was a dress of notable part , until quite recently. was he would wish to blot Ths fabric closely resembles Whenever an accused person gajM from the fruit Into tree, court, brought to comfortable wear, rich silk, to quite For this remarkable feast of Christdurable. It consists of about the size of an apple, was handed mas of the olden time a- faveriterEng-Us- h strong and when spun to him by an; attendant Thereupon ' dish was plum porridge. The threads of glass, which, by lose brittle- the Judge, who was surrounded their fineness, to great out of the early centuries ate Englishmen to said tp be several witnesses, bade him eat th which The ness. dress, his plum porrlde with a zest, he might of its kind, was bought by fruit, and assured him that If It prowell have saved for the more elaborate the onlyon 111 effect be would concert singer, who now duced no a young dishes. After such a bowl of porrldze deemed Innocent of the charge which her at appearances. wears public it considered he bis aa portion which ths threads were had been made against him. On ths there 1 ersson to wonder where The glass from was perfectly dev, other hand. It the poison In the fruit made originally s. be found place for his made up baa a killed him, he would be considered when fabric the 1 In th centuries long gone plum pot- but In daylight. At guilty. Many unfortunate persona, green tint tage was ajwsys served with the first curiousIt ha to said, lost their lives in this way. a ita Irrldescence, strange night course of the Christmas dinner - IN TIIE ODD COItNER. -- or bwclls .N Into upper air, nm rare m hutuii art singing hlhnraid fir i rartng mr t and tTt dazzling H nr 'r to t f e ang iv t ry ing U to lilt li" to ul ea t H m tuflh i d hot t from hiin'tt j tin and gl it 1 i Inga u,k t t Ii i i M U m., -- In s Magazine utiik t j IS e. ret-aHc- Fire-Dog- 1 Bt the man merciful goodness cried out, driven to half-c- i azed desperCan't Don t you uudei stand ation It is ruin' It is you understand NEW YEAR'S ADVICE. There Is a foe that watches Tour comfort to destroy, Assuming shapes of evtl To Interrupt your joy, To keep him at a distance Should be your purpose true, So never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you'" Each day he may remind you Of sorrow that s In store. Each day with hints and shadows Perplex you more and more, But go not forth to tneet him As many people do. And never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you'" Tls time enough to worry When misery appears 'Tls time enough for weiplng When there's exdusc fui tears; So ever at the fouti' Un Ofiprayer your faith renew, And never trouble trouble Hill trouble troubles you' Tor they who brrrow troubla Are never out of debt O er every fancitd evil They worry, fume, and fret; And if you would b happy Another course pursue, And never trouble trouble TUI trouble troubles you!" Anticipating pleasurt May give relit f from pain; Anticipating sorrow Is never any gain; And If you would be cheerful In mind and body, too, Then never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you!M fewWarS )Ffre$epjm 1 a j Maude and May Robbins In the window with their heads Estelle, 'stood , cloge together, I am so sorry, whispered Estelle. "I do so want to make mamma and papa a New Year's present and I have '.spent all my money every cent. So have I, said Rosy, and I have J'svnot kriit even a piece of ribbon or an "Njffce of worsted." Jf'lt Is too dreadful, Maude whlsper-bi- . "If that horrid Miss Croker had ,'f not Insisted upon our buying those lit-- f jtle books at the fair we would all have had plenty of money. I wonder Ibow long she Is going to stay. She Is Iso fussy," said Maude. Nothing suits ber. Sometimes she says: This egg jls too soft, Lizzie; take it away and bring me another. Then Lizzie makes mp a face and I have to laugh. ! "Well, but Maude, said Estelle, who jwas the eldest, "that is wrong. The ' girl who is tired to wait on the table jf should never make facee, no' matter iwhat happens; and you must never f laugh at her again. I am sure Miss Croker saw you thla morning." "But she la fussy, said Ray, "and I iish she would go home. f"Mamma likes her" replied Estelle. You know she was mammas teacher Wind some one left herablg for--X and so she stopped teaching." d mamma says, too, that she Is lhari table and gives heaps and rfto the poor people, put In Ray. Then I wish she had bought those oka herself Instead of making us grumbled . pend all our money, ' Maude. "If w had been honest and said ; right out, "I want all my money formyself, perhaps she would," said Estelle. 1 Tomorrow is New Year's day. It la too late to get anything now, sighed Ray. "If we only had some of that lovely Y wool Miss Croker has been winding for the last three days, we could knit h. mamma iomebeautifuluiats for her wesfnghjase, I could knit one be- 4tfrk," said Estelle, mournfully. JSuld you, my dear? said a voice them- -1 Je behind The three children turned and saw ss Croker sitting In a rocking chair behind them. They did not ' ;sw how long she had been there or t much she had heard, but ehe had 1 balls of brilliant colored w! inlarge 1 her lap. Are you sure, Estelle, that you IrH make a mat before dark? said f41 Croker, looking over her epec- the three blushing faces be-W. Maude and Ray answered very ahyly. said the lady, "ait own the sofa and I will give you of theee balls of wooL - ,at 'laude But Ray, remembering that Miss Croker must have heard her say he wished she would go home, want ed to hide herself However, she tame out fiont behind the curtain and seated herself close to Estelle Misj Croker then gave them each a crochet needle lhia blue hall Is for you," he said, plating the wool in Estelle b The mauve for you, and she Lp another dropped ball In Maude's hands, and the pink for little Robv Rav " The children laughed merrily but at the lad 's last woids their fans ' Now grew very long "1 girls, want three mats for my diessing cast at home and I know you will be de lighted to male me a piesent before go, wliith will be voiv toon now Shf looked at Ray while she spoke ane then It ft the room Horrid thing' said Ray, as the door tlosel wont knit a mat foi her I thought she meant to give us the wool " It jiibt selves us right for talking about mammas friend as we did, reWe will have to knit plied Estelle. them Come, Ray. Ill begin yours and Maude, dont you remember? Make a chain of three stitches and 1 the next row plain. (fSr ii You are very kind," said Estelle. Thank you. Miss Croker, said They were all three fond of this kind of work and presently forgot their , j disappointment The sun was Just setting when Estelle said: "There, thats the last of the wool and my mats done. But Just see what a big wad of paper Miss Cro-k- er rolled her wool upon." She tossed the paper under the grate and fastened off her knitting neatly. And mine's finished. said Maude, and here is anotheT great roll of paper, and there is something hard In It Maude opened It slowly, laughing as she did so. A bright five dollar gold piece. Oh, look! Just look! I wonder If Miss Cioker meant to put it there! "I am sure I dont know, answered Estelle, but waft until Ray has finished her mat then we will go complete ruin' She stood before him like one of the antique Greek statutes that look calmHer cold ly out from jeweled eyes mouth curved a little I suppose you mean that our expenditure has been too heavy, that we must retrench You are dramatic about It as you are about everything" She And you shrugged her shoulders know that I detest the dramatic " As he saw that still she did not understand, the moisture came out on his forehead. So, I do not mean that we must retiench, as you conceive the word, Rose I mean that everything is gone. 'Everything' 'You will not starve You will have a house over your head But She smiled ironically. Thank you That is much Yes, 1 think I understand now " f She turned to the door. "Rose' He called her back. His eyes strained out of bis Ashen face. "If you knew If vou knew how I have strusgkd agam,t it' For mon'hs it has been coming But I always hoped that I would retrieve all. One unfortunate investment followed another Stilj I would not tell you, 1 could not toiTTd "not' But now I will explain everything She drew Oh, prav spare me" aside the folds of her houserobe, as if his outstretched hand might Seize and I wish for no detain bei expanation of disagieeahle events After our New Year's eve ball 1 wl bear as much of what you may have to say as I cars to know though speech Is useless enough now." After the ball? he repeated. You do not mean it Is not possible that you think of still giving this New Years ball? She gazed at him coldCertainly. This ball shall bg given. My ly. Invitations went out today. "But It Is monstrous! cried Edwin Do you realize what will Thompson. be said of us? In a fortnight more the whole world will know that I am a bankrupt My honor Your honor! she Interrupted, laughing a little. A man who marries a girl above him socially, but .of impoverished family, under the claim of being wealthy, and who, five years later, announces to her that he is bankrupt, need talk little of his honor! She turned away again and finally, as she uttered the words They had been spoken in her even, clear, cruel voice. Surely In the five years of their married life Edwin Thompson had learned to know those tones we 1. They had never warmed with love or melted with tenderness. They had remained what they had been when he, a man, a man who had arrived at great rlehes. despite his youth, had paid his addresses to the daughter of the old Vlokas, and had been willing that she should marry him without, as she confessed with explicit calmness, loving him In the least. 1 and ask her , It is done, said Ray, and here is another five dollar gold piece. Estelle, you'd better get a poker and pull out that paper you threw under the grate. Estelle soon had the paper In her hand, and Bure enough, there was a third gold piece hidden away In it "She must really intend them for us, said Ray. I feel so ashamed because she heard me say, T wish Mrs. Edwin Thompson had given her she would go home. ball and it marked the summit of the While the three girls with the money holiday season. The early morning In their bands and the mats in their hours wore on towards the dawn. The laps were wondering what they ought last carriage rolled away. Mrs. Thompto do, Miss Croker walked In. son would fall; but It would be a fall So I see my mats are finished," she enwrapped In splendor. said. They are very pretty and I She was about to move past her ms will keep tiemalway in rem,embr&nce t band without a word. He'eheeked of my three little frlenda. 1 have been waiting to see you unEstelle held up the shining coin. 1 the til lest guest had gone. There has fefund this in my ball, she said. one thing of which I wish to I put it there as a little surprise happened to you very briefly. I shall not speak for you, replied Miss Croker, "and keep you long. 1 had a relative en now I hope you can buy some small nncle of my mother. He was an ungift for your mamma and papa. Then married man, and rich. For years we she added, Come, children, hurry on held no communication with each other. It came to me that I would appeal to him not for myself for you. He paused. She stood, her head half averted, reluctantly He waiting. looked at her. She did not Bee the glanee. He resumed. 1 wrote three days ago. Today I received this letter. Ha took out a fo'd-e- d sheet. It Is from the old man's uncle died a My mother's lawyer. o; week-agand Ilun of all his property, The silence that fell upon the great room could almost be heard. Not a muscle of - Roses body moved. Her head was still averted. I telLyou this, because it Is you THE PINK FOR LITTLE not I who hereafter .will own this ' ROSY RAY." That Is all." -your wraps and I will take you down When she turned sharply he' was town to choose your presents. Never did three little girls dress In gone. The blood surged to her cheeks, and left them again deadly pale. Was such short time. it true? Yes; she knew that It was. Miss Croker took them to such wonderful stores and w As so pleasant and She might taunt him with having won kind that the three little girls never her by false claims, but she knew, in her soul, that falsity and he could not 4 forgot that New Years Eve. The gifts that they carried home to together he mentioned. His word was never doubted. What did he mean, their parents, which were selected under Mist Crokers advice, were real- then, by saying that nls fortune, which had fallen to him in the hour of dily very pretty. rect need, like rain from, the clouds, self-ma- heir-at-la- w ' isr-tun- e. -- ht fr it -- Tflfph. " side-issu- es cloth-makin- g. . l,. men-of-wa- sea-lev- sea-lev- Lf. ms - after-course- V . i r 3 |
