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Our yesterday in fo-day we hear the long-dead song, And now we understand !t cadence, and know why it made Our yesterday all grand, i. FOR LOVE OF A TOMBOY. •a ' r t> @ < rr- a nd Love Story. By JOHN FORD. 1 —\ EGG IE COUSINS and Man -1 rice Blount had licen close I \ friends as long as tlie former ij" " could remember. In casting ncntal glances back across those rears of affection and dose union be tween 1 bem I often ■wondered what lad prompted tlielr Intimacy in the Srst place. Blount was some five fears older than Cousins, being a itald, rather matter-of-fact man of ;hlrty at. the time when fate threw the .wo friends Into the constant society if Monica and Maudlc Finlay, the col inel's orphaned niece*. Blount, how tver, was a captain and Cousins mere ly a lieutenant. He was extremely Joylsh for his age, seldom taking any thing seriously. The whole world leemed to he to him “one huge joke,” Is he himself expressed it, hut It was tin hearty laughter, his mischievous pranks and his good-natured tempera ment that endeared hlin to all his fel low officers. But llrst and foremost in the young man’s heart stood Maurice Blount. This affection was fully re turned, and they were known ns the “Inseparables.” Of 'course It. was almost a foregone Poncluslon that the arrival of Monica snd Maudlc on the scene was hound to make a difference to one or other of Ihe two officers, although they had hitherto been known to declare that neither intended to marry, and that each found all he could desire in the close comradeship of the other. But It was more than unfortunate that they Should simultaneously lose their hearts over the younger of the sisters. Man die. Monica was, if anything, lovelier than Maudle, her gray eyes were full of a winsome wistfulness that won the hearts of every one of us, always ex cepting those of the "Inseparables,” It wns apparently to be In their af fairs of the heart 11s in all things— Cousins followed in his senior's foot steps, laying his hand and fortune at the feet of Maudle Finlay, It wns a puzzle how they came to pass over (lie sweeter, gentler, older sister, to fall victims to the boisterous, rather tomboyish charms of the younger. , Maudle only tossed her head at them, delighting in their devotion, which was clearly of the faitbful-dog-feteh and-cavry order, merely because it gratified lior vanity, she having pre viously been well informed that neither Captain Blount nor Lieuten ant Cousins had ever been known to fall In love before. I was oh sick leave at the time this was happening, but I heard it all, with somewhat exaggerated details, when I rejoined, and the odd part of the business appeared to be that both apparently saw' through the girl they worshiped! The elder man had lieen heard re buking the younger for his foolishness in allowing himself to be played with by the heartless coquette. and the younger man had been seen persuad ing Blount not to go near (lie fascinat ing Mandie on various occasions. It .was mysterious, to say the least. At dances they vied with eaeli other In obtaining the greatest number from the younger Miss Finlay. At picnics they outdid each other to the best of their abilities In carrying tempting dishes to Miss Mandie. in seeing after her eomtbrt in every possible way. Neither of them entered for the “Thread and Needle Race’’ at the sports because Mandie could not he partner to them both. And all this while Monica was prac tically left to herself, not that the oil lire regiment behaved as Idiotically as the “Inseparables.” hut because Mon ica. quite early In the game, gave the others to understand she did not re quire their attentions. The fellows chaffed me, saying it was only on ac count of my age that she tolerated my presence so graciously, that no one would think if she was seen about with a man old enough to he her father. About the time that we received our marching orders 1 noticed that Monica had become rather paler than usual, naturally I wondered at it and whether our move to Egypt had anything to do with it. Then one day 1 saw Blount looking at her; Monica's face was half turned from him, and the view he had of it was perfect. 1 felt sure. I knew her profile so well and could fancy any man's heart living stirred by its beauty; for all that 1 was puzzled by the look in Blount’s eyes and his lips were set in a hard straight line across his teeth. Then, for one brief mo ment Monica lifted her sad gray eyes to his. and—lie sighed. The next —she was gone, and Reggie Cousins slipped his arm through that of his friend, pulling him round with a jerk, and they both laughed. The laugh I thought a nervous one. Soon after that we sailed. The campaign of IS9- was the first active service young Cousins had ever ■ V . ' jpr pi l' 1 *■’ 11 pTt is not far tojKiterday, ” With glamor of the^se: With haunting echo owffie song That thrilled us to the close. To-morrow and to-day will lose Their darkness and their gloom, And each will soon tie yesterday, With melody and bloom. * —W. 1). Nesbit, in Baltimore American. seen, and I was interested in him and his impressions more than in those of our fellow officers. He was wildly ex cited on the voyage out. and by con trast his very excitement appeared to make the captain’s manner more staid, reserved and unobtrusive. They were not. however, quite so much together ns they had been formerly, and it nat urally became the subject of comment. “Blount is jealous, I believe,” said one. ‘‘.More likely Cousins has been bitten by the green-eyed monster. If they are botli in love with Maudle I should say that the captain would stand the greater chance of winning her, and Cousins knows it,” said an other. Already we spoke of the love affair of the “Inseparables” with an “if.” Cousins, like every subaltern leav ing home and England for the first time, had his ambitions, dreamed his dreams in all of which “Heroes,” “Medals,” “Victoria Crosses” and pro motion figured largely in a delightful jumble, and all In connection with himself. And who has not dreamed those dreams on the voyage out? Who has not looked back on those dreams with a weary smile of resignation, ac knowledging, reluctantly enough, that things are not wiiat they seemed—on the voyage home? As I had expected the campaign was not of very long duration, neither was It. of deadly peril or full of the trials and sufferings so many expedi tions are entirely made up of. There wns the usual amount of trouble, work and endurance to put up with, the fa tiguing marches being the most active port of it, and 1 felt almost sorry for our juniors who had expected so much —most sorry, not knowing what was to come, for young Cousins. Our wounded were few, our dead fewer; the most terrible part being that many fell victims to a dread dis ease. losing their lives, if not in actual, conflict with the enemy, nevertheless while obeying the call of duty. However. It is of one battle I wish to write, no other event having any bearing on my story. It wns a Saturday, tlie 19th of Sep tember, and we were roused from sleep at !1 n. in. We had lain down on the sand and among the lialfa grass, too tired and worn out to think of ene mies other than human, of vipers, scorpions and such like. Four o’clock found us creeping along in Hie dark, uncertain of what we might come upon, hut when the rays of the early sun came to our aid a disappointment wns in store for us. We discerned K to our right, but not all Ihe noise of the cavalry, nor the rumbling of horse batteries awoke the apparently sleeping Dervish camp. We were unopposed. The reason was soon forthcoming. Had Bisharn had taken his men to Hafir in the dead of night. No rest was given us, no break in the long march; our orders were to ad vance two miles further, and then we faced Hafir. It was nearly 7 o’clock before we opened fire on the Der vishes, but it was not till later in tlie day, till the lead came splashing at regular intervals into the water to our right, rattling like hall against the gunboats, ami bullets eauie flying through the air, that I chanced to come upon tin* “Inseparables.” I saw them standing side by side, their faces turned to the enemy. Suddenly, as I looked, young Cousins sprang forward and threw his senior on the ground with the force which lie hurled him self upon him. and then—the most tragic event of the day—Reggie Con sins rolled over mortally wounded at our feet! Quick as lighting I turned. .Tust in the nick of time* The Dervish soldier who had crept unaware upon us, half hidden in the long grass, had turned his weapon upon me. But 1 was before him. I take a sort of grim satisfaction in chronicling the event in those* few words. Had I stayed a moment long er nothing could have prevented me from cutting the dead body of Cous ins' murderer to a thousand pieces. H ith Blount's help I got the young fellow to the rear. and. once in safety, stooped to s**e what could lie done for him. The Captain knelt with his face buried in both his hands, down which the blood was trickling. He had re ceived a wound as we lifted the boy to carry him away. I did not realize how bad aud serious a one it was. Cousins opened his eyes and his lips moved. “You are hurt.” he said, looking at his chum. “I—l wanted—to save—your life. Have—l—failed?” His voice was terribly weak. Blount was sobbing in a heart-bro ken fashion. FT,; you know— the best —always lcuTthe best—for me.” • ) “Oh, Reggie, Reggie, don’t!” Cousins' eyes fixed Themselves on me. “It’s all up,” he said. “Tell—Mau rice—not—to—be—long.” With a great sob of unutterable mis ery Blount fell across the body of bis friend. * * * *.* * * * Every spare moment I had I spent by Blount's bedside after that. But life was despaired of for him. and —he did not care to stay. Reggie's dying words seemed to haunt us for nights after, for v,-e knew Maurice was obeying his churn's last request. Rut from tin* lips of the captain a very little while before the end I learned the answer to the riddle that had puzzled us for so long. It was only a wonderful piece of self-sacrifice on both their parts. Kaeli had loved Monica iu the depths of his heart and each had tried to leave her —peerless as they knew her to be—for file other. “We blinded each other so complete ly to the true state of affairs. ’ Biounl said with a sad smile, “that I think if we had gone home wo should both have asked Monica to marry us, be lieving the other to he really in love with -Maudic.” **••••• Then one day I found myself telling of the tragedy of Hafir to Monica, and I told her of the love of the "Insepara bles.” Maudle was engaged to be married to the rector of tlie place. “It will not hurt you to know it?” 1 asked. I was anxious, for she wore sc strangely sad a look. “It never hurts a woman to know she has been loved.” she said, “even though it comes too late.” I knew then she had loved as well. But which of the two, to tills day, no ouo knows.—News. Tlir Mttiincid of Societr* A New Yorker who lias just re turned from a fortnight's slay at New port thinks that he has discovered a new* tendency in tlie manners of so ciety. He found that tlie old fash ioned, sceptical and rather supercil ious way of talking had quite gone out of the mode. “It is most refreshing to observe the undisguised enthusiasm and amiability that lias come to be the fashion in so ciety there,” he said on iiis return, “and there is never a word of criticised or disapproval heard from any soured about any person. In the language of the dwellers at Newport, all the wom en are perfectly beautiful or charming while the men are most attractive and handsome. Al! the parties are per fectly delightful, nobody is ever bored and the most unremitting good humor and charity are exercised continuous ly. Any person who happens to speak unpleasantly or critically of n not lies is heard in chilling silt nee or com pelled to defend his opinions in heated argument. "What all this geniality and love for their fellow men may mean among the people of society nowadays, no body can tel! unless the new manner is so distinctly the mode that nobody dares to talk as he or she may feel. Of course, nobody believes that, these remarks and admirations are really genuine. There is merely anew style which is luckily a little pleasanter id its results than its predecessor. Carp ing. fault finding and criticism are not likely to lie heard soon in society and to he bored now is also hopelessly out of date. These qualities are distinct ly vieux jeu; enthusiasm and loving kindness just now are very much in style.”—New York Sun. Cnrlotn Hoist Customs. In the domains of royalty, says the London Tattler, the rigid observance of ancient customs is not altogether without its humorous aspect, lu the Spanish court it is the custom on the birth of a royal infant to place the off spring of royalty upon a silver tray and thus tender the child to its fhther, who exclaims, "It is a Prince,” or Princess, as the case may he. In Russia the Czar, when going a drive, must on no account pernflPany one to know beforehand what,road he Intends to lake; as the drive pro gresses the driver is directed where to go. In both the Russian and Aus trian courts tio dish must he placed a second time at the royal table, even though it had not been touched the first time it was served. Our own court is fiver than any other from such customs, which are usually re tained at the sacrifice of common sense. The sound common sense which is as characteristic of King Edward as it was of his mother has always been opposed to antiquated ceremonials at court. Rockefeller Dislikes Automobiles. John D. Rockefeller dislikes automo biles, ami, with a view of preventing them from trespassing on his vast do main, called Boxwood, at Pocnntiec Hills, he has erected signs on his prop erty ordering automobile owners tc keep off his land. The signs bear these words: "Automobiles are not al lowed on these grounds.” Mr. Rocke feller has fifty miles of private drive ways on his estate, many of which cover serpentine trails and run along steep embankments. Several times the millionaire’s horse? were fright ened by the machines, and this made him decide to shut out automobile owners from his lands. Watchmen arc employed Jo enforce the rules. The Great Wall Street Financier Interested in One \ Way. or Another In an Unexampled List of Prop-j ertles,the Capital of Which Reaches a Stupendous Total. : s : : : : : When J. Pierpont Morgan was a stu dent at Heidelberg University he de veloped such an extraordinary apti tude for mathematics that he was of fered a professorship in that science at the time of his graduation. His father wanted him to continue the for tunes of the great banking house, and the cap and gown lost a shining light. It is'told that a short time after Mor gan hail left college a friend met his father and asked how the boy was get ting on. ’’Well, that boy will break the whole world one of thgse days,” replied the elder Morgan. In the unpretentious corner office at No. 23 Wall street, New York City, where the firm of ,T. P. Morgan & Cos. sits in control of the finances of many of this country’s Industries, the ex travagant prediction of the elder Mor gan is never thought of. The whole world already looks to that office for its cue whenever any transaction In volving millions—whether it he a war or a coal strike, an amalgamation of steamship and railroad lines or the financing of a bankrupt kingdom—is up for discussion. J. P. MORGAN HAS A VOICE IN CONTROL OF $6,448,500,000. The properties in which J. 1\ Morgan &. ( o. are interested, either through contro', through membership on their hoards, through financing them or by lea gon of acting as their fiscal agent/?, are. with their capitalization, as follows, ac cording to lists furnished by the financial agencies: SHIPS. Atlantic Steamship C 0.... 5<170,000,000 Total $170,000,000 RAILROADS. Northern Securities C 0... 400,000,000 Northern Pacific 332,000,0C0 Great Northern 22,000,000 Burlington 260,000,000 Heading 320,0f0,000 Southern 300,000,000 Louisville & Nashville.... 170,000,00) Erie 350,000,000 Ivchigh Valley 176.000.000 Atchison 450,000,000 British Electric Traction.. 2.000,000 Monon 15.503,000 Plant Systen 25,000,000 New York Central 235,000.000 New York. N. H. & II 100.000,000 Hocking Valley 15.001.000 International Traction ... 10,000,000 Total $3,088,500,000 INDUSTRIALS. United States Steel Cor.. .1,400,000.000 American Can Cos 88,000.0(0 North American Cos 12,000,000 General Electric 50.000,000 Rubber Goods Cos 2-).000,000 IT. S. Rubber Cos f2,000.000 Pullman Cos 74.0(0,000 Adams Express Cos 24,000.000 Niagara Falls Power C 0... 10.001,00) Coal Trust 100,000,000 Salmon Canning Trust.... 30,000/K)0 Amalgamated Copper Cos.. 156,000,100 Kevstone Watch Case (To. 3,250,000 Total $2,022,250,000 BANKS. National City 43,000,000 First National 20,000,000 Bank of Commerce 20.000,00) Standard Trust Cos 100,000,003 There are twelve partners In the firm, and eleven of then look after de tails of the various great schemes which have given to the language a new word, “Xlorganlzing.” There is only one Morgan o:i whose life Eng lish investors and speculators take out insurance policies paying nine per cent, premium. The amount of capital under con trol from the office at Broad and Wall street is perhaps greater tban the total amount of gold coin in the world. It represents such wealth and power as never before was centralized in the hands of one man. Seven of the twelve partners in the firm of J. P. Morgan A- Cos. are mem bers of the Board of Directors of one or more of the great corporations and trusts which mark this era of central ized capital. The mere list of those companies in whose affairs no move can be made without consultation at No. 23 Wall stveet inspires the defer ence due from a dollar to a million dollars. But there are vast combinations of capital, unions of powerful corpora tions whose affairs are being handled by J. I*. Morgan & Cos., in whose direc torate no member of the firm ever sits. They are known as Morgan compa nies. The members of the firm of J. P. Morgau & Cos. are his son. J. P. Mor gan, Jr.. George C. Thomas, Edward F. Whitney, James W. Patti. Jr.. Ed ward H. Robinson, Edward T. Stotes bury. Robert Bacon, Temple Bowdoin, William Pierson Hamilton. Charles Steele, ,G?orge W. Perkins and J. Pierpont Morgan. According to the public records no one of the first five named sits as a director in any corporation. Temple Bowdoin is named as director only in the Chicago, Indianapolis aud Louis ville Railroad and the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company, but George S. Bowdoin. whose office also Is at No. 23 Wall street, has an active hand in the direction of a dozen great corporations as a member of the boards of directors. William Pierson Hamilton, another partner, appears in the financial di rectories only as a director or trustee in three companies the National Tube, the North British and Mercan tile Insurance Company of London and Edinburgh, and the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company of New York. I Even George W. Perkins, to whom P ORGAN NOW LS $6,448,500,000. the detail of the great coal strike was referred by Mr. Morgan when Bishop Potter broached the subject of a set tlement on their recent trip across the Atlantic together, is named as a direc tor in only four companies. But the remaining partners could spend their entire time attending di rectors’ meetiugs, had they na more important use far their business hours. Morgan & Cos. are interested directly or indirectly iu a great many of the leading concerns of the country. The total capitalization of such properties is estimated at $0,448,500,000. Besides this vast sum other great accumulations look small. The gold eohi and gold certificates in tlie United States Treasury only amount to abont $550,000,000, and yet this is unprece dented. All the gold coined and uncoined in the whole world is estimated at $4,- 841.000,000. The total number of human beings i.i the world is estimated at 1,320,000,- 000. The public debt of the United States on .1 ui’.e 30, 1900, was 5i.107.711.257. The entire revenue of the forty-three Chase National $4,000,000 N. Y. Security & Trust Cos. 1,000,000 Guaranty Trust (To 2,000,000 Total $187,000,000 MISCELLANEOUS. West. Union Tel. Cos 97,000,000 Pacific Cable Cos 10,000,000 Mexican Telegraph Cos. ... 2,000,000 N. Y. Life Ins. Cos 290.000,000 Mutual Life Ins. Cos 363,000,000 Harper & Brothers 3,500,000 Met. Opera & R. K. C 0.... 3,250,000 Madison Sou arc Garden... 2,000,000 Associated Merchants* Cos. 20,000,000 Aetna Fire Insurance Cos., West Shore and Ontario Terminal Cos., Jessup A Moore Paper Cos., Lehigh Valley Transportation Cos., M i ssou r i Rail \v a v Cos n Ktruction Cos., New York Standard Watch Co..Penn. Mutual Life Insurance (To., Bank for Savings, Cata ract Construction Cos., Commercial Union Assur ance Cos., Commercial Union Fire Insurance Cos., Niagara Developing Cos., North British and Mcr- • pantile Life Insurance (To., of London end Edinburgh. North British and Mer cantile Insurance Cos., of New York, Outing Pub lishing Cos., and scores of smaller corporations not vet Morgunized into a Total $980,750,000 Grand total $6,448,500,000 principal nations of the world for the year 1900 was $5,888,392,563. New York World. Pre-Columbian HouLi. When hieroglyphs a rif mentioned, one naturally thinks of the records of an cient Egypt; yet before Columbus land ed on these shores the Aztecs of an cient Mexico had a most elaborate sys tem of writing in hieroglyphs. They formed long strips of deerskin into hooks folded screen fashion, on which were depicted signs and representa tions of ceremonials. These old pre- Columbian books the Spaniards greed ily collected and burned, so that but ten are known to-day in the whole world. One of these lias only recently been found in one of the libraries of Eu rope. and an exact copy presented to the American Museum of Natural His tory in this city, where it will shortly be placed on exhibition. The* text rep resents Ihe history of the lives of sev eral individuals. One recounts the life of the Lady Three-Glints, who has :'V# husbands aud a child, and goes through elaborate ceremonies. Another portion of this old “Codex,” as it is called, treats of the life of a great ImiM and eonquerer named Frie-deer. whm in company with other chieftains, makes many conquests. This old book proves most conclusively bow love, religion, and warfare went hand in hand in the lives of the ancient Mexi cans, just as in people's lives to-day.— New York Times. • A Punctual Kird. What tempts the little humming bird that we see in our gardens to travel every spring from near the equator to as far north as the arctic circle, leaving behind him, as he does, for a season, many tropical delights? He is the only one of many humming birds that pluckily leaves the land of gayly colored birds to go into volun tary exile in the north, east of the Mis sissippi. How it stirs the imagination to picture the solitary, tiny migrant, a mere atom of bird life, moving above the range of human sight through the vast dome of the sky. Borne swiftly onward by rapidly vibrating little wings, he covers the thousands of miles between his winter home and his summer one by easy stages, and arrives at his chosen destination, weather permitting, at approximately le same date year after year.—Coun try Life in America. HOUSEHOLD * * * * 9 MATTERS Effective With Ught Oak. Many housewives have a number of light oak furniture pieces that they are forced to retain and are at a loss for a harmonious color scheme with them. While blue Is perhaps the best and red not at all desirable, yet green is always effective with light oak, too. To Take Oat Ink Stains. Ink will yield to oxalic acid and steam and to salts and lemon. If ox alic acid Is employed, rub the spot with a stick or cork which has been wet ia the acid and hold it at once over a steaming spout, which is ready for the purpose. Unless all traces of the acid are removed by thorough washing a weak spot will result from the treatment. „ ap** > Wle<i Clotl, fiflnns. For cloth gowns that are wrinkled after packing draw the bathtub half full of hot water, bang the gowns above it to steam; in a couple of hours the wrinkles will have disappeared. It also freshens lace and chiffon gowns. In packing always stuff sleeves with a little tissue paper, laying the waists flat in the tills. Also cover velvet col lars, cuffs or vests to prevent marking. —Good Housekeeping. DeTlefs For Lightening Work. “With all the multiplication of in ventions for household convenience we cannot keepabrenst with the wants of the modern housewife,” said a deal er. "When I began business, nearly forty years ago, our women patrons shrank from experimenting with new devices, but the woman of to-day not only seizes upon every novel idea with readiness, hut assumes that labor sav ing machinery iu every line is her due. “She no longer, with Griselda pa tience, drops oil with one hand while she heats it and the egg together with the other for the mayonnaise. Not she. Instead, she uses one of tb? nu merous implements devised for the purpose, and does in a few minutes what it formerly took her an hour to accomplish. With the whipped cream churns, fruit presses, vegetable cutters and slieers, almond mills and the hun dred and one other contrivances, the work of the young housewife, as com pared with that of her mother, in her young married days, is greatly minim ized; although, to keep the law of com pensation balanced, there may be more dishwashing and a larger num ber of utensils to care for and ar range.”—New York Tribune. * ( The Safe Keeping of Poisons. System is a uspfnl tiling to have in a house, and in nothing is it more necessary than In the proper disposi tion of poisonous substances. A poi son in the wrong place can do so much damage that it is of the highest importance to confine it to its proper area. It is not enough that all bottles of poison should be labeled with a skull and cross-bones, for in the dark, or in a half-light, these devices are not no ticed, and the bottle is likely to be mistaken for medicine. Some druggists have adopted the ex pedient of using a triangular or hexa gonal bottle for such liquids, the unu sual shape of it being a sufficient pro tection against carelessness by nigiit or day. If the housewife will only se cure a few such receptacles, and take ■are that they are never used for any thing but poisons, and that poisons are tlways kept in them, she will save her self some dauger and considerable worry and bother. It is a good thing, also, to have a special shelf in one's cupboard for these things, and select one which Is too high up for the children to reach. Another useful device is a list of an tidotes pasted up somewhere, so that it will not be mislaid or lost, and will always be readable if it happens to be wanted in a hurry. Information such as this is almost always wanted in a hurry, and in such circumstances pa pers and books have a way of slipping into some corner where they are in visible to the l'rar.tic seeker. New Y'ork News. fi. .recipes . :^j Apple Pudding with Rice—Six sour apples, one cup boiled rice, one pint milk, one cup sugar, the juice aud rind of one lemon, and yolks of four eggs. Cove and chop the apples: add the boiled rice and milk, beat the lumps ont, add the other ingredients aud bake. Beat the whites of the four eggs with a little sugar, spread on top and brown. Brown Hash Chop remains of steaks, roasts or stews very fine; put a layer of mashed potatoes in a greased deep pie dish, then put over a layer of meat, then a layer of stale bread crumbs: sprinkle with salt and pepper and put over small bits of butter and pour over a little beef gravy, then more potatoes: dip a knife into milk and smooth over the top; bake ia a moderate oven half an hour; serve hot. Peach Blanc Mange—Steep a dozen peach pits in a pint of milk for half an hour. Take out the pits, add four tablespoonfuls of sugar and bring to i scalding point. Mix three heaping tablespoonfuls of corn starch, with a little cold milk, add a pineli of salt, pour into the hot milk and stir till thick. Cover and cook for ten min utes, add a dozen ripe peaches pared and cut in bits. Turn into wetted molds and set away till cold. Serve with cream. Ambition 1? very often only another name for greed, OCTOBER 12