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The difference between evident®
and legal evidence Is as great as th®
between what everybody and wlnt
somebody can prove.
The Italians in their own country
may not be possessed of much indiv
dual wealth, but in other countri- 9
they stack up pretty well. There ai e
•- VO of them in California, and tbe|r
P° BB \lons are estimated to be wort|h
A Frei| C h inventor has devised a
way of a va kenlng sluggards. Mear s
are provided by which the weight of a
person in )e d makes an electric cd "
rent. A b»n and a clock are placed i n
the circuit n nd when the proper tin 0
has arrive*, the clock breaks the clrcu iC
nnd a bell rings until the sleeper 8
awakened dnd arises.
A woman minister who married , a
couple in Pennsylvania recently (an 1 '
It is said to be the first marriage cert-’
mony ever column I zed by a woman ,n
that state) at once turned the nuuL
rlage fee over to her husband* Mlnlf"
ters’ wives have so long been
tomed to receive the wedding fees that
the act seems to be quite Just to ttie
sterner sex.
•ommerrlal '
tlons of ‘.he ear NT'I 4 ’* ten show a bal
ance of trule In their favor, while lhe
remaining 14 buy more than they sell.
These ten are the Argentine Republic,
Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, British In
dia, Mexico, Philippine Islands, Rus
sia. Uruguay and the United Stains.
Russia ia the only one of the
great nations of Europe, whose foreign
commerce is in favorable condition,
ami her balance of trade is only about
14,000,000 a year, while that of the
United States was $521,000,000 during i
the last nine months, a gain of $127,-
000,000 over the previous year.
The woodpeckers are friends of the
farm and should be protected, ob
serves i writer in the American Cul
tivator. They have remarkable ton
gues probes they are. The bird has
a keen ear and locates his prey by
this sense. When he hears the chip
ping of a wood-boring beetle in an a>
pvle or other tree, and dislodges it with
Ids sharp chisel bill and probe, it s
lively that on his next rounds he will
fiid a colony of ants enlarging the
brrow of the dead grub. The bird
nw brings into use the same tools
u-J in catching the beetle, and the
»s are drawn out and devoured,
insects are injurious to the tree.
le Australians are tired of pounds,
flings and pence, and have taken
tIA preliminary and investigatory
rtl toward instituting a decimal
< Ae in their new commonwealth.
Thtiave not yet decided whether
G'*;]! adopt the franc system of
Europe or the dollars and
<'*'• America Presumably dollars
,l "’s will suit their convenience
,ncc the dollar Is the unit not
o, 'lje United States and Canada,
great part of the Orient as
' which the Australians have
'"'''ade relations. A British
Iready coined for clrcula-
East. Knglish meridian's
will used to reclc-
In dollmira. Il would bo
pt< t< tl' Ut If the eventful
i <.f all great British A olonica
th- 4" 1 W‘ lb v**" 1 * 4iis shou I
„ Hi. U.ngß iQklWh. ,to ado:|
4 . at> ,
Who, when the freckleJl achool oy rises
Above the rest and geMs the pri; ?s
Bays: "Huh! It’s unfa fixed an dr—
It was his pull that /jot him thele?”—
The khweker.
Who is it, when the ntaar-,iiie>«"og n
In winning her he loves. procerjMK
To say: "What fools girls are
Will throw themselves away tb a «|fray.”
The knocker. 1|
Who, while the young man fries and
tries | |
To reach the place where honor les,
Is always on the watch to jump
Out and administer a bump?—
The knocker.
Who, when a man succeeds in ga ning
The end for which he’s long bee i strain
ing. -
Says: "Oh, it’s easy to advance
When anyone has such a chance?” —
The knocker.
Who when, at last, the man thfttrwon
Lies down to sleep, his work Well /lone,
Comes forward, looking sad, to sa>;
“By worth and pluck he won his way?”—
The knocker.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
I A STORMY WOOING. |
3 By D. I Metta. • C
P C
4 6 I M'GL’LD die for you, Annie
I Yes, nnd I would kill any
I man that stood between me
and.you!”
Annie gave a little laugh. How dare
she when her very soul was shaken by
the violence of her lover’s passion,
when, in the darkness, she could see
the sparkles shoot out of the gloom of
his eyes. She knew that his knit brow
was bent close, upon her, and his hands
were holding hers like a vice. But
coquetry was a part of Annie as the
foam Is part of the waves. She gloried
In her power.
"Then there would be two dead men '
of you, all on my account. Two fu
nerals here in the port, and two ghosts '
of you to haunt me ever after on dark !
nights. It is a line offer, Richard, and !
so sensible!” s
The young man recoiled a little un- !
der tlie taunt, as a great oak ffiight <
move in a winter storm. He laid his 1
hands on the girl’s shoulders and held
her off at arm's length. 1
"To love you is to hate you, Annie f
Bergen, and to hate you is to love you. 1
and 1 love you,” he <byiSMMLhe< J
wnbrare.*
Suddenly the girl broke dywn, allmer
coquetry was gone, as the foam goes I
when the wave breaks and leaves Noth
ing but little flicks of mist, which 1
creep sobbing into the earth. Annie ’
....A j. 4 ..... >, .. 1
wet cheek next to his. .
“You love me, Annie. I know it at
last, thank God, and yoi will rnlrry
me. Speak girl, and give me your
promise.”
Then she spoke. They were only
tremulous, and broken words with
tearful Joy half sobbed, half spoken,
but they made her the betrothed of
Richard Cranshaw.
Was it. an hour or only a few min
utes they stood there together? Happy
lovers, they could not tell. Suddenly
a door was opened and a long bar of
light shot out into the darkness. With
• the light came the sound of music and
dancing, and the sight of dancers
whirling past the open door.
“They are looking for us,” said An
nie, "we must go in for the last dance.”
“It is my last dance for a long time,
I sail to-morrow.”
There were no traces of tears on
Annie's face except the shining of her
cheeks, which flashed as roses do in
the last crops of a summer shower,
her lies were tremulous with shy ten-
■ derres -. and her eyes shot spark Ips. of
triumph. Such a face, so quickened in
lao s rli'e of pride and love, one might
never chance to see in a whole life-
Li".e. it caught the gaze of the dancers
: s they swept past. When the music
s’cpped the young men edged about
t'.ie spot where she stood.
“I have been looking for you for
the last dance," said a dapper young
man. who made a bow more elaborate
than that in practice by the young men
of Seaport. He was clearly a travel
! Ing man. The air of cities, of hotels,
and of sleeping ears was upon him.
He had come to the place to sell goods
! and to show samples; had made ac
quaintances of the young men: stayed
j to the dauee and been introduced to
some of the girls.
“Oh. Mr. Marqnett!" cried AnCife. “I
really fear you are mistaken, lujo not
remember giving you this <lam,< !’
“It is a mistake somewhere?' said
Fred Barker, a young man w| > bad
the village store “It's the dan e I en
gnged you for ton days ago w en wo
were talking of getting up the assem
bly."
“Oh. Fred.” Annie answere»l ligMtly;
“you know I have not any i nemory
nnd you ought not to have as k< d me
bo long beforehand "
"It's my dance, and you know It."
muttered Richard In a su ptessed
tone, which only Annie hen 1. lie
s t wvr
’ , W %,>,.••• , - •> ' o*
Fred > J .jjgyJlE
py mean
quett,” aft jMRB
Uark v wl® whirled as-
**MjggHpr F»i*fj|MU~' y^ll I '
ard ChmnshsiTwftl clone tSe same he
might have <fti|!ed off bis foolish
ousy, and from crfi
whose shadow] dogged him like tv
bloodhound foithe best years of his
life. < |
. Rat no. Hi ] watched Annie witty
gloomy eyes f|r a few moments, thety
his face set aai hard he stepped out
upon the piaz/| which formed a gal
lery around tl dancing room and
overhung the ifc. A wind had arisen
and the tide vas coming in, foaming
about the pieit upon which the pa
villion was erfcted. The house had
been built for /he use of summer visi
tors at the lit|e seaport, but out of
season tlie ypijig people of the village
held their danijes in it.
Annie had ciosen her partner w'th
reference to ier lover's weakness,
thinking that le could not possibly be
.jealous of an mtire stranger, though
he might be ItlfßT Fred, who had been
an old friend of hers and his own
chief rival. But Richard was madly
Jealous; he set the flame of bis burn
ing heart by witching her through the
window. SmiJng and radiant, she
danced and wft-led about the room in
the arms of tlmt detestable stranger.-
“There is noitruth in her,” he mut
tered, gnawing his moustache. "One
word or look from her, and I should
have said, ‘I have a right to the dance,
for we are engiged.’ But no; any one
but me—that idiot, that smirking
jackanapes of n tailor's sign! Here she
comes with hh>».”
Annie and her partner were waltzing
down the room towards the long sash
door where Ri-hard stood. Annie
looked like a glowing rose, but Mr.
Marquett, what was the matter with
him? He suddenly seemed to go to' !
pieces—like a rtuin of shreds and tat-I
ters, his knees knocked together, his
limbs shook. His face turned grey
like a clay masque, be reeled and
swayed and staggered forward. Rich
ard threw open the door by which he ;
stood, and Annie with a strong grip
half carried her partner through the j
doorway on to the piazza, where he !
fell upon the floor.
“Oh, what is this? Oh. what has '
happened?” she cried, kneeling by him i
and pushing back the hair from his
pale face. "Is lie dead?” She sprang
tffjUJjUilff t 0 She Hung to>
Ser lover in a frenzy of fright. “Oh,
Richard, what shall we do? Shall I
get some water?”
"There Is water enoap i here,’ said
he, savagely flinging he- arms from
his neck, while with on»> touch <>f his
boot ho. nnab-Wlb'* Maicnott
off the gallery platform nto the dark
waters. »
—“Get him out and dance with him
some more! Good-bye,” and Richard
sprang like a hunted deer, cleared the
piazza, with one bound and disappeared
into the darkness. From that time on
he was seen no more in Seaport. It
was as if the earth had opened and
swallowed him up. The men rallied to
the help of the fainting man, who, it
was understood, had fallen accidental
ly over the railing. He recovered soon,
the incident passed from his mind, and
the village life went on as before.
As years went by Annie Bergen kept
her beauty wonderfully. The gossips
were busy with the coming and going
of her beaux, Fred Parker, after a
long siege gave her up and forgot that
he had ever wanted her. Mr. Mar
quett proposed in vain. The rich wid
ower and the classic young minister
shared the same fate.
“Annie will go through the woods
and take up with a crooked stick at
last,” said the gossips.
It was a long storm and a terrible
one in which many a ship met her
doom. On the blackest night of it
Richard Cranshaw, mate of the Anna
Belle, stood on the deck of his ship
with a heart that defied the storm. He
was a bronzed, deep-chested man of
aetio'n. His dark mood was upon him
and he eared not. tWough the brig
writhed and stranded in the torture
of the sea as if she might go to pieces
any moment; the waves roared, the
spray hissed as it broke over him, the
limbers beneath him were groaning
the shrouds whistled aloft. But in
the midst of it all and over it all there
sounded a grin, a boom. Again an
other. It must be. Yes. it was a slity
in distress, the danger signal of perish
ing souls.
"1 will go.” said Richard. “Give m<
the life-boat. I'll go to them!”
“Fool.” shouted the captain througl
his trumpet. "Who will go with you?’
“Who?’’ shouted Richard, holding u]
his hand. Four men stepped out, the!
hands up.
There came a sudden lull of tin
wind, and the boat was let down inn
the sobbing sea. It was the Florida
bound steameijin distress, and the firs
woman let dbuin over the side was An
nle Bergen. Richard caught her In hi
arms. He her face in the glean
of a flashing light: he felt the warn
clinging of hen arms and knew it wa
she—the only [woman who ever hel
UH
e R U -auß e Iti'B'fd. but a wil
e and stormy »u<h ns suited we
* nature of Richard an
... DecemlM
Novelties in Jewelry.
Novelties in jewelry are constantly
appearing. Both new and smart is a
long chain of Eastern cut gems, and
irregular pearls and turquoise strings
wound about the neck are gaining 1n
favor rapidly. A lovely
shaded enamel is made like a wild
rose, but has the odd addition of a
cherub’s head in raised gold in th?
centre. Amethysts are worn, o^ e
more, after long disuse, and often i re
combined with diamonds.
The Popular Girl.
The type of girl that everybody likes
Is she who appreciates the fact tlint
she cannot always have the first choice
of everything, nor does she want it.
She is the girl who is not too bright
to be able to find brightness in evss-y
one, and pleasure in everything, S ?
is neither aggressive nor a tale bearer
nor a fault finder. She is tactful, urn
and pleased with every attention. She
is, in fact, the girl who makes the
world a pleasant place because
is part of it, and you like her became
you feel she likes you.-Amencaa
Queen.
A New Coiffure.
There is a new coiffure. It was wQ.n
by those English beauties, the Duchess
1 of Westminster and her sister,
Princess of Pless, and by that Amsii
i can beauty Lady Curzon. It is .he
I coiff of the season, and many are its
characteristics. . h-L
It is built very low.
It is very large, though not cumlfr
some by any means. I
It suggests an old-fashioned type,
while being strictly new. r
And, finally, it is easy to do up,
though it looks difficult.
The new coiffure is built very lew
at the back of the head. To accqjn
plish it, it is necessary to go baclr to
one's schoolgirl days, when the hair
was twisted in a double loop at the
back. j
The hair must be worn more clos ;
than it was in the schoolgirl ,
and, to keep It <nug, must be ti< Qd
the back, just between the "ars, , M a
<ilr2£2xn>. n.K *ar*nlr..
Now, with one hand, the hair ait I
be twisted, and with the other it..n| I
be pinned as it twists. If donsjll
right it will fall in a double loof if I
will hang pretty low at the back f I
The hairdressers who do things! I
very well have a faculty of using hi I
pins. Not less than twenty are pul I
this knot, and the pins are located! I
i each side and at the top in a ste/
profusion. It is faddy to use pins tl
exactly match the hair, and those! I
amber-hued hair are selecting amt I
pins, while the pure blonde is usj I
the pure blonde pin of gold. The 11
j ven-haired girl may wear gilt pins! I
she chooses, but they must be ve
bright and pretty, or they will look t
ol’ place.—Detroit Free Press. '
j
Girl Students Who Cook.
A girl .who has to work while at. i
• lege has certain advantages at Oil
lin, as Miss Alice Fallows points 4
i in the Century; i
For the Oberlin girl who prefers! I
concentrate her housewifely tales I
■ on herself, Keep Home, an old-fai I
loned rambling house owned by t
t college, provides rooms at fifty cG& I
i a week. With the little cook ove 1
> which is part of the furniture of -ery
e room, a frying pan and a eoffeewt,
f she has all the paraphernalia ijes
i sary for her frugal meals. Her bak
-4 fast oatmeal simmers while sffiis
e dressing. At noon she slips apo to
s into the oven with one eye on .er
e Latin grammar, and completes ier
e midday meal with a dish of caied
corn, perhaps, and an egg or two, xp- I
u per becomes simple or elaborate, c
e cording to her appetite and the ste
i- of her funds. Meat is I
p eluded iu the bill of fare, but to B I
i- girls at Keep Home it often eeifs
to be a daily necessity. Some of .vm
ie from the neighboring country, an pa
rental visists more or less frequitly
h result in a supply of eggs and jgpta
■” bles, or bread and cake, whichthe I
ip mother has made with loving thot hts
ir of her college girl. But the stvent
who comes from a distance andhas
ie no convenient link between lieself
■o and the home larder can live ery
a- reasonably and wholesomely at leep
st Home if she has even a wofing
q. knowledge of the chemistry of sods.
P One student’s weekly expenses. In
in eluding room rent. fuel, light and pod,
in amounted to $1.65, and her mealMshe
i s said, were plentiful and good, wek
1J ly expenses, with very careful fan
ning. can be brought down to sl,r.nd
11 occasional girls have lived on seveity
>l| live cent#, but not without a loss|[ f
id physical strength, which left then' *
poor condition for college work. So me
times girls get only their creak 1 ' 1 '
takin- d.nmr u on^* 1
the cost of I , v
rcstß or mere, by
UV? and setting the tablft* ,
t0 ~ “° re u fZI
x ears has been the re uge JOr
dents. While college life for i t 3 Os . J
pants, perhaps, has not been so fu
color and enjoyment as f or tJ1(? . ■
who needed to take no anxious th ov J
for the morrow, they have m a d e .J
most of the blessings they could h a '“,l
and. without exception. b y *1
achievements in the world have nnll
Oberlin proud to acknowledge them J
graduates. ■
gfTJoydoir!
CHAT:
Hsh society.
A needlewoman who devotes hers J
largely to making children’s Puss 1
blouses has completed her fourth 7 I
dr»d. made within the last i “ t " 4’3
, Mrs. H. N. May, a Chiens -
t of leisure and culture, has ’
k an appointment as a volunteer inX H
tor of streets and alleys in the
in which she resides. Precincts
New York State Division of the rnf * '
ted States Daughters of isr> hna
veiled a tablet at West Point to the*
memory' of the officers, soldiers
sailors.'of the war of 1812. * 4U(i
• T ™ y thousand women registered'
in 1894, and voted Ur’
school officers—their first opportunitr/j
but since that time the number regisCl
tered has .diminished steadily, and ./
now hardly noticeable.
Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, who? j
statue of Farragut occupies a place of I
honor in Washington, is completing
figure of Thaddeus Steven* j
which she is to present to Lancaster' '
Penn., where Stevens is buried.
Although the Boer women have al- /
ways been more bitter against the 1
English than the men, kind treatment
has so affected the Boer widows who 7
are refugees in tIW camps that
many of
non-commlssltned officers. '
The blrtb- a y anniversary <4 ■
tine Nils a was recently cefc
at her d h °me in Sweden, a
famo’ v °calist attended ari I
- £J eople ' She is
< y<?ar ' aUd for sou;t - time
J y Hied m practical retirement V
?At work of the two women recently I
a l’P™ n ted as assistants on the Board
ot factory Inspectors in Germany has
prned so satisfactory that the Bud
UNQhr < JjyU Bi r p -
tf&cJLvvJßr Legislature has recdru
mended the appointment of other
women to similar position.
One of the three wome who have
been honored in England by public
statues to their memory was Dorothy J
Patterson, or, as she was cated, “Si I
ter Dora.” Although a school 1
she studied medicine to relieve suffer- I
ing, and often ministered to the pa- I
tients at the risk of her own life.
One-button gloves, usually of sue |
are worn with fussy sleeves. I
Picture hats'of pleated straw and 1
tulle, with trimming of a single lai-e
French feather, are among the newest |
conceits.
Burnt straw, with garniture of vel
vet ribbon aud acacia blossoms, repre
sents a strikingly pretty hat by a
French designer.
Organdies, and in fact, all t-- 3 '-
gowns that have a tendency
orateness, have elbow sleeves, caisut <
with either frills or cuffs.
The fashion of wearing the hair 1'
seems to be increasing. It is war-,
at the sides aud slightly puffed at
coiled in a soft twist at the nape
the neck.
- « it M /
Buttons of smoked pearl, mother <
pearl and imitation colored stones <
various kinds now appear with an a
plique in the form of a delicate tra
ery in gilt, silver or alumnium.
A pretty hat, which is of whi
horse hair, has lines of black at tl
edge of each braid running aroui
the hat, dots of black on the bran
and a row of tiny pink roses on'
edge. '
Pretty and reasonable head-coyeru
can be found in the way of siml
outing hats. One large hat in all
straw has the top covered with a v
work of black velvet bauds, and J
fastened in the front with a bucki«|
gold. I
Skirts of pique, linen, duck ■
crash, or butcher’s linen of n*|
weave, for beach and mountain
are almost universally uiadejm-J
I clear the ground. They arf jQ
I about the hips, and tc
hare below the km- • t 0
one ot the t»«
■triih odd bleueee 8 a nit tb'-
muslin. tvltlrU > 8 trite:-