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SUNDAY MORNING. HER BRIEF HOUR OF TRIUMPH ‘ •‘V #♦ - f A ROMANCE OF THE HOP-FIELDS. BY MARGUERITE STABLER. { £ /'—> AY, Mollie,” nald Nolan, lu lip an off-hand manner, Kafe'iLJ “'"'hafs that fellow lit the r loggings doin' up here - :'' ' The sun had passed the meridian. Bud the shadows were lieginning to fall eh Nolan's side. The bop-field code tit courtesy demands Hint when u man •I* picking with ii "lady" lie give her always the shady side, tint Nolan. In We perturbation of mind, forgot Ills manners. . ■ "‘Nothin',*’ came Indifferently from Idollie, feeling tho rays pelting down dpttn her head, and remembering the thoughtfulness of the l i!,.v,- in the leggings in pulling the fullest vines down on her side. 4 “Say, Mollie,” naked Nolan, persua sively, after ti half-hour's silence, dur ing Which time several couples h;,<! ■.-hanged sides so that the girl might have the benefit of l7ie shade, “wlmt was be hangiu’ round you all mornln’ >1 f ’'Nothin’ 1”. The black eyes were j stubbornly glued to their work, while bead* ofpprsplnition stood out Oil the rot*ad, ta fined cheeks. Thereafter, vine after vine was reached and stripped In oppressive Biteaco. At length, after having de cided to adopt a course of moody .aitcuee, which should break tbe .haughty spirit of this girl, and make jitter hang upon bis slightest word, heard himself say, before he .knew it. lu tender, coaxing tones: Hpjir,;:Mr what was ho talkin’ to ' yottjf .it, . i.-vay?” ; T -'ollie'a chin went Into Wic air, and ' ips snapped together Like the blades of a jack-knife. The of perspiration had grown into ; : t,h!it trickled from nose to Mn splashed into the basket. n of the field rode by sev cval times, find notir-ed gratefully there and more work being the two tlmu ustuil, f ftbd.wbw-fit last the slpul.iv. M grew so b ; •' matter . v y Inch side of on. amf"tbe sun begun jfpd rtj/ffl.ni behind a hank'd smoke and CflWt, the joyful sound of ii*.- quitting bell pealed over tbe fields. jp Arms Just lifted to reach a vine, bands In the act Of stripping a” branch, Singers Just crooked to pick a last hop, stopped and fell empty at the, sound of that first tap. The unhappy Nolr.o conbl not stop his thoughts sol quickly, nor resist a last appealing. “Say, Mollie, what’s the matter with you, anyway?” Ilut the-maid only threw a defiant •‘Nothin’!” over her shoulder ns site* .was joined at the end of the row by n tall fellow In leggings. The black eyes lost their d< 'nee, the lips rippled Into smiles as *- • flushed her sun-bonnet back and looked up into the laughing face under the sombrero. “Great place. Isn’t it?” the tall fel low said, half to himself, as he watered the pickers filing by—f’hina -b’-’T Indians, .Taps, and whites of ev pvy brand, and ult sorts of condition*. There was the objectionable element iif “hobos," of course, in plenUtudo. but tbe majority of the pickers were the men who, after harvesting their own meagre little hay crops, packed their wtfgons, loaded in their families, whistled to their dogs, and started oft for a three or four weeks’ camp in the hop-fields. With tit. 'sc families it is n regular Institution, and the one in teresting occasion of the year. Here new acquaintances are made, foot-hill gossip exchanged for tule district scan dais, flirtations and romances spring tip. flourish, and die, with the hops, and most of the back country hellos date their social debut front the Sat urday night dances. 1 Mollie stole n one-sided glance at the fellow In the leggings, and took in every detail as his , yes followed the crowd. She held her head just n trifle 'higher than usual when familiar faces looked up and saw her chatting with this stylish looking fellow In the cor duroy knii kora, in fact, when some of her Coon Creek friends canto along, she found it Inconvenient to look the'., way. lor she felt that ill refined society their Hello Mol."' would not he con sideted good form. “How, long have yon worked hero';” Hie utR fellow asked her. shortening his s stride to fall in with her little trip, f Mollie, delighted to be called upon tor information. gurgled out everything IJilifefe-koew about the bop-fields; the ad .vantage of being paid by the piece r of Hie day, the amount Hie fivesage picker could make a day. the 1.-“ Weighing in the baskets, the me, essim ■t, 14 Tbe kiln, the pressing and halite;, ami the joys of the dance given every SSattirds.v night. Adding, for she could |§H|j£¥Scty believe this distiumiishod-lot jjijßj perswaijge could be a common mtKmft <Mkc Mike Nolan and Finny fpWfi find the rest of them: ‘‘Are d’fib visiting fit Hr.ptown7” gPP*, , '.tie fellow jsogii. and. -rm c-it sjSbw*. If 1 Citfl fit find these beastly ■pars. For tiff hex; f. w v.-. ks in Hp'fif the soli in < :.i >;t! c-, ; ,i MRkffC’-.s tafi&e nest Sell'.'- • 'J his Mpftt.xftlMied the dil.v :ig Bi.jm.ck eves 1- .111.1 Vin-. Htejag. jputlied Short Pivu* :■ t" ■KnM tfylfh this college senior. ' jgßyt,':fbcy neared the car,!, site was fi double row <>t .tv:.ms HBpyMMrin# at her from u:i !-:• teat BMj|upttlt jpfking her chin up into |J|f 'raeifflj. ftjppat nliy. as if sh,. ami this |rjgeW'friend were alone in a wiklenu-.-s. ■ Before niekma-ttuu- the next morn Rf ■' c lug It was thoroughly understood by all the tenters on Mollle’s side of thb field that Nolan’s race was run, and that Mollie had A. hew “steady” from •‘below,” a# the southern counties are termed by the inhabitants of tbe north ern. Nolan, his wroth cooled by a night’s repose, became aware of this fact tvnen he waited at. the usual trystmg place by the first: row of poles, and saw the tan sombrero looming up In the wake of the blue sun-bonnet. The rest of the day be was pursued by the cheerful Jibes of his friends about being thrown down for a city “guy.” Poor Mike, even his dauntless good humor went down under their clumsy efforts at consolation. But Mike Nolan was not the only one suddenly effaced from tins girl’s fickle memory. There were Pinny, and Spike and Big Terry. Into whose young and susceptible hearts her black eyes had burned l>lg holes, now not eveu sceu when they passed her on the row. The eyes under the sombrero lost nothing of tbe situation. This little girl was undoubtedly pretty after a sort of wil.l-rosc type, sit,' certainly was the only oue In the field who could help to make the long hot days en durable to bln). Her eyes had u way of widening when he talked to her, which was highly agreeable to him, and lie spam! no opportunity to produce that effect. Her cheeks, too. had a frank little way of going pink—sometimes red- when the allusion was direct enough—and altogether her open ad miration put. n fine gilt edge on Uls self-esteem, “Is if possible you have never been td R%n Francisco?” he asked her, oue doyfljgL “No49’Ve never been there," she ad- “apologetically, "but,” she hastened to add, in order to dispel any Idea of rusticity that admission might have saren, “I’ve been twice to Bed Bluff,jl| we live only nine miles from flripk.’; 3L. "Have yoti oter thought you might .... big up to pnir.lown a cut vine from the pole. Hlg glance was very direct this time, and his tones full of meaning. It was pretty to see her eyes nnd checks glow with n deeper hue, so In tent was he on noting the effect lie could produce with the slightest touch. He did hot wait for an answer, but went on. “Wouldn’t yon like ” Hut just then the Sacramento train Blundered by on the trestle, drowning hi words, but not the look In Ills eyes. And Ou, the the heels of that, the noon bell rang, at which everybody quit work, nnd they walked up to the set tlement: together in silence lit lie M,d He’s feet touching the ground only In high places, her foolish little head way ux) In the clouds, the mini's thoughts'miles away from the scehe about bint, and the hope of his heart centred eti getting on the ’varsity foot ball team. By the end of the season Miss Mol lie's social ctrt'lc had narrowed down to few more thru, her own family, nnd "ii,' tall matt. Him had discovered her tastes to bo of the climbing variety, •'l'd had reached the fatal conclusion 'hat not one of her ci.i Yrieuds at Coon * ’reek possessed a particle of culture ■ for another year, the pickers prepared to give a grand ball in bailor of the wind-up of the hop-season/! Mollie de termined to show them the sire of the gulf that now yawned between her self nnd them. These hop-pickers' dances are open to every one, so there are not tunny lines of social distinction drawn. The men exchange tileir bandana neck kerchiefs for stiff celluloid collars, and the girls wash out a sprigged lawn frock, and arc radiant and ready for thi> frolic. But Mollie, with a reck less- slash info her summer's earnings, burst upon the scene, on the eventful evening, an animated billow of frills, alil flounces, and furbelows. As the frolic progressed, the tall fellow with His sombrero under Ids arm, watched thft scene from the door, way with an nmc.sea, vvqudering smile. The big dtnitig voohvtbai seated 300 hungry pickers lir.-e • times.q day had been transformed in less then ;m hour into a daubing ball. TtaeJtflWps km! been hoisted to the ceiling by, stout | bale ropes, where they were seAti-ed to the rafters, while the shelf that rati the length of the room on HotH sides, was studded at regular intervals with empty bottles, into each of which was stuck a tallow candle. After the good old-fashioned custom. T’inny Smith, with a girl iu a yellow frock. led off tho grand march, after which there were polkas, quadrilles, schottisches. and dances bis town-bred feet had forgotten, or never learned. When his eye caught MollJeV, he (Tossed the room to ask her for a (iance. From the cppo&ite doorway Spike had starred toward her at the same time. She held her fan—n gauzy, flimsy thing that represented the price of several long days’ picking, so she ■flight not seem to notice Spike—and her breath iu fear lest he should reach her first. The fellow in the leggings was so interested In his surroundings he walked slowly, and Spike, she saw. was gaining. In a second he would be within speaking range and fill would be lost. The next instant she rose to her feet, turned her back on the crest fai!eu Spike, and reached her hand toward the tall fellow, approaching iu his leisurely, indifferent maimer. When the accordion began to wall but “The Blue and the Gray,” the man found to his surprise this little back woods beauty could dance. She didn't hop, nor “scrape matches,” nor stiffen like a poker in his arms; *he dubecd with tlmt lithe free grace With wb!cN ft bird flies-, or a flslt swims, because 11 WaS the natural expression of her bubbling, lightsome spirits. But, all too soon the music was stopped, find there was a mad stam pede for the counter, over which pink lemonade nnd CooklfeS were sold. The leggifted fellow, however, led the ra diant little girl out Into the moonlight, which had transformed the denuded redwood hop-poles iDto endless colon nade*. Regardless of her slippers nnd flounces, everything hut the dominat ing presence of the ttiatt beside her, she strolled down‘the row ou the rough bare ground. When they regained the ball room pro tern., the music bad struck into tbe long, swinging lit rains of “Creole Belles,” Again they circled 'round and 'round, never pausing 'l'or a breath until the music stopped. Happy little Mollie! This was het brief hour of triumph, nnd she can-led it off with a high band. Her Coor Creek friends, who were not toe dazzled by her airs nnd graces, cauit up ns usual and asked her for a dance, but the next one was always engaged Nolan looked a moment longingly Ir her direction when lie caught the first bar of "The Honeysuckle and tho Bee,’ but having heard of the treatment ac corded the other fellows, he turned and consoled himself with tbe Hen easy girls. When at last the dance was over when the accordion bad wheezed out the plaintive strains of ir Home, Sweet Home,” and Ihe lmppy dancers paired off It* twos for tbe best part of the evening’s fun—the walk home In the lpoonllght—Mollie wondered, In her simple little soul, If henven could lu any better than this. Her companion did not tell her t list 1 he was going away the next mornin-. until they had reached her own tent door. He had fancied she might bo sorry, but had not Imagined she would rare so much. He was sorry the moon was not brighter, for bo knew he was missing nip eh of the tell-tale play oi expression tn her eyes and cheeks. And when, after repented protestations ol remembering her until his dying day and promises of coming up to Coon Creek to visit Uncle Bv’s dairy ran it the very first elm ace he got, hr- took her hand to fay “good-by” and bent sc low her cheeks flamed tip as red as her lips. But she could not have been so angry as she pretended to be, be cause, after tlie lights were out ail uf nnd down the line, they Were still saying "good-by.” It, was not a long walk to 1-loptown station, aud next day tho tall youug fellow, again lu tweeds aud a Panama hat, tramped up nnd down tin- pint form, impatient to be back Into the stir and bustle of the life he had left, and recounting to himself for the hun dredth time his chances of getting on the ’varsity team as half-back. - ■ “Hello, old man!” he shouted, as he Jumped ou (lie step, wondering at till? gathering of the clans. - -& "Hello! Hello!” a volley of voices echoed as he cuternl the ear. “Just coming down from Shasta,” one of the fellows explained; "my sister and,some friends of hers in the ear. Come on!” The train moved slowly when St crossed the trestle, Mollie lmd counted on that, ami hurried to tho end of the hop-field so she might get a last smiling adieu from the ear window. Four, five, six windows slipped by. and her heart began to fail, but at the eighth, there he was, looking toward her, too. The black eyes widened ns tin: window came hUreast of her fern e-post. Yes, ids bend was turned In her direction, but why, oil Xvby, did he not see her handkerchief waving wildly i him: The nosi moment brought Into view a fair-haired girl in the s al behind hint, and the sable look, the same smile she bad lived upon oil these weeks were bent Upon Ihe new face. It could not It.i t*.\o. i1.1., l lie . 1> .. 1... ! u,... 1. be possible that lie bad forgotten her already! thill, trusting little Mollie waved he:- handkerchief, and then her bonnet. His head was turned iu her direction, but lie had eyes for no one hut this trim-looking girl with the dotted veil. A moment; WUM til'’ train was g-me. the rear afiljfl fif tils! till B was out of sigiit.-^'Jll little back to the imp-field, o grfau dry feat in her throat and an empty ache In her heart, the one or two Coon Creek peo ple she nipt let her see they had Unmet! t h£,V were in a expected to speak to her. At a turn iu the romi shy passed a hilarious group of picket-.* ’ex eh an gin a tin-type; with hearty promises of meet ins again next year. Finny was there, lavishing peanuts nnd gum on the crowd, nud though he saw her, lie ‘lid not look up. She drew her bonnet down over her eyes and told hersell she didn’t care. But as she walked pj: the long, hot nveutte alone, she met Nolan, his high spirits restored, walk big home with the red-haired Uenessj girl.—San Francisco Argonaut. The Tallest foru. The number of formers in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma who this seaeot raised the tallest corn is equalled only by ihe total number of farmers whi planted that corn, and the tallest stalk: have not been able to equal the ortli uarily tall stories told about them General agreement, however, seems tt give to Johu Martin, of riatte County Missouri, the honor of raising the tail cat corn. He has exhibited stalks sev enteen feet high. They were grovvr from seed that had been sent to bin: from Mexico. The only trouble abow this corn was that it boro no ears. It al ran to length. Possibly on this account It must be put out. of tlie reckoning.— New York Commercial-Advertiser. Prisoners when arrested in Morocct are required to pay the policeman fi his trouble in taking them to jail, The Brunswick daily news. TRAPPER CALLS GRIZZLY BEAR -dt> •<jt> “MOST PEACEABLE OF CRITTERS.” i* TinJjly Advici to Banters Who Wish to Try a i Shot at the Monarch oi the Western Plains -i Y Best Way to Use Horses For Bait. y Criirreflpoiidente* the 5eW York Time#.l SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.-“ The most absurd thing that East ern people believe they know about grizzly bears,” said Cap tain Harvey Deddfiin, the most famous veteran trappdr and hunter in Califor nia nowadays, J, IS that they are the most ft-roCiou3 beasts on foot in Amer ica. The fact is that a grizzly is about tbe most peaceable of critters. 1 have killed over 200 of then), nnd thousands of smaller wild game, in my forty years In the Sierras. Now, a grizzly never picks a quarrel, and never at tacks anybody, except when it is wounded, and I have even known a grizzly smarting with a rifle ball to get up and run away, However, When a wounded grizzly charges straight at Its foe, it Is generally a most terrify ing thing in furs and claws. Imagine, If you can, the sensations which a lone hunter has when he Is charged upon by a half-ton beast that comes hound ing straight at him, with swaying head and open mouth, uttering a deep roar at every hound. Consider how the hunter feels when he knows that a ball must instantly be planted In a very vital spot In the bear’s anatomy If he would save himself front being torn into shreds by the infuriated beast. “There are very few grlkzly bears In Southern California. I have not seen one In this region for a dozen years, but, taken ns a whole, there are about as many black nnd grizzly bears among the Sierras and Coast Range Mountains ns there were twenty-five years ago. Tho beasts have retired further back among the canons and up on the mountain sides. It seems like a foolish statement, but the clearing of timber from the mountains lias helped the Increase of the bruin tribe. IVhen the timber was thick the bears were compelled to skirmish more for food, and bad to depend to a great degree on roots and bark nnd on the rather acanty supplies which the pigpens and eheepfolds of the scattered ranches afforded them. The clearing of the Woods has been followed by the ap pearance of all kinds of berry bushes, the fruit of-which forms the favorite food of the hears, At the same time the-cutting of the timber has not dis turbed the character of the dense chaparrals, in the confines of which the bears flud safe places for breed lug. The l-of-lty ledges, with their ra vines and caverns, still remain al most. unvisifed by man, and there the Shaggy 'critters find winter lairs as se cure and comfortable as when tbe finest grew above them. SIZE OF THE GttIZZI.T. "How big are grizzly bears? The size varies according to the length of the summer season and abundance of food in tbe locality in which they arc found. I believe the largest grizzlies are those in California, where long hibernation is not accessary, and where there is good bear food any month tbe year round. Now, the Rocky Mountain grizzlies In Montana and Idaho are generally 200 aud 300 pounds lighter than their Cali fornia cousins. The Montana and Idaho grizzlies hibernate at least four teen weeks, and when they coiuc out In tho spring they have to rustle over hundreds of square miles for food amid the molting snows. Bo they soon be come skin and bones. It Is a heavy setback every year for the beasts, espe cially the cubs. Now, the California and Arizona grizzlies don't have any such climatic conditions lo light. Tin average weight of a full-grown Cali fornia grizzly is 900 pounds. 1 have killed a few that weut even to 1200 pounds. I have read stories of 1000- pound grizzlies, but there are no such beasts. When you consider that an ordinary milch cow weighs 700 pounds, you see that 000 pounds or bear, when that bear is maddened, roaring and clawing, is a mighty awing creature to face, because a grizzly, for ail of its clumsy appearance, is as quick as a cat, and Is the most powerful of American wild animals ADVICE ron HCNIBUS. “M.v advice to the hunter who wants to add the pelt of a- great American monarch of wild beasts to his collection of sportsmanlike trophies, is to seek his game in the early summer months. On tbe Pacific Coast a grizzly’s akin Is the best in June-. In Rocky Moun tain regions it is best a month later. In the autumn, even up to tho time they retire for the winter, their fur is not prime, and, again, having become rolling fat by gorging themselves on berries, they move about very little, and that mostly at night, so that a hunter might be in a good locality for them for weeks aud never see more of them than their tracks. But iu the spring, the minute a bear leaves his winter quarters he begins a ceaseless tramp for food Then the wise hunter will procure three of four old erippied horses and kill them in some favorite places among tbe foothills, where bruin Is likely to travel. If oue has three baits, they should be placed about five miles apart, aud camp made with in a mile or two of tbe middle oue. Early in the morning, and again at evening, the nearest bait can be visited afoot, and the other baits can be watched on alternate days, a ten-mile horseback ride being just good exercise for the very weakest tenderfoot. Great care should be taken In placing the horse baits. If possible, find a small WU entirely bare of timber or brush, which dopes steeply down to the west, at tbe foot of which is some heavy pine timber and brush, also water. Kill the horse so that he will lie about fifty yards below the brow of tbe hill, and, If you wish, cut three or four stunted pines and stick them side by side oil the brow of the bill so that they will afford a good screen wheri approaching the bait, or when sitting and watching for the hear to appear. As on this east slope of tin* Sierras the wind is always blowing from the west, and as the bear, once having found the bait, will put in his time between gorges lying in the thick timber at the foot of the hill, there will be no danger of his getting wind of the hunter aud light ing out for parts unknown. Having once found (lie bait, n grizzly will go to it four or five times a day, and eat until he can hold ho more, aud when not eating he will lie in the nearest thick timber to It. BEARS AS FIGHTERS. “It doesn’t lake a grizzly long to eat up a horse. Several years ago a guide went on a spring bear hunt with a New York sportsman. They killed a horse for bait on the side of a Hill as just do- _ scribed, and going to it tbe next morn ing found that two-thirds of it had been eaten during the night. They sat behind the screen of pines to watch, and in less than an hour three fine grizzlies mine out from JHo pines and sauntered up the biil to the Halt. The first shot tile hunter fired took oue of them in the brain, and lie sank down without a kick, while the others sat on their haunches and gazed stupidly around. The next shot brained an other one, and the remaining one, nnd the largest of them nil, started to run. But a ball through the heart keeled him over, and so in less than a minute they had three fine grizzlies, all of good size aud wearing thick coats of prime fur. “A bear chase is often a long and tiresome piece of work, for when a bear finds tlmt it Is tracked It picks out the most tangled paths. It often leads the hunter twenty miles over mountains and through valleys, where the brush and briars are harassing, and tbe swamps almost inaccessible to man, although the bear shuffles along with his clumsy geit as rapidly ns if ou the best of roads. I once followed a bear thirty miles in a day and a moonlight night, I never knew such a cute beast as she was-. She would hide behind rocks aud boulders as well as any boy seeking escape, and run ns fast when she knew I had a chance to fire at her. At la-st she got away h.v dodging into some boulders, when I was too tired to I'ollpw her longer. “A bear hunter's outfit Is simple: A good up-to-date rifle, heavy boots, thick trousers, a light hunting nxc In a belt, a pistol, and a long blailed knife for emergencies. If a hunter Is anxious to bo put on his mettle while on the hunt, let Him give the licav a scent of him. Then the bear will take a course which will require nerve, wind, and a tough sklri to follow. When the Sttow is deep, a bear chase is generally slow nnd tedious. With a light fall and a fresh track, however, there Is no sport so exciting, and eveu an amateur hunter will find himself going milea on a good stiff trot. It is no hard mat ter to kill a bear if The dogs understand their business when the bear is brought to bay, for it will give all Its attemion to the dogs that are yelping around It, while the hunter stands off and fills him with lend. But there are times when a bear will brace himself for a tight from the word *go,' and then if the hunter does not kill at Ihe first fire, he Is apt to have about as lively a time as he ever dreamed of. No story of a hoar fight that was ever told can be much ahead of the incidents that occur during a fight if it is a good one.” Trc as Rain TeHer*. It is true that people ofteu say that tlie turning up of leaves is a sign of rain, says the Weather Review. I have beard the remark many times, but as far as my observation go, tbe sign does not seetu to be a very sure one. There arc many kinds of trees, like tbe silver leaf poplars, in fJet all poplars, the maple and some of the oaks, which turn their leaves up when ever there is a fairly strong, steady wind, but they do it as much lu* clear weather as in rainy. It has been sug gested to me that possibly the belief may have arisen from the fact that wiuds capable of turning leaves over very often precede or follow rain storms, and as people are usually on the alert when the general atmospheric conditions favor rain, looking for signs to confirm the general feeling they have that it is going to rain, it might l>e that tlie turning up of the leaves would be especially noted at such times. Siam Xlenitcrtl. Fearful rumors from the north of Siam continue pouring in. aud the gov erunreut authorities here are simply transfixed at the awful reports cur rent of the havoc aud loss of life that is being wrought by the armed Shans who are bursting over the Burma frontier. If the flame once catches the Malay states by some stray spark, a general conflagration may be antici pated aud then “finis” might safely be written to the history of Siam.— Bangkok Siam Free Press. . , household Matters Popular Bedspreads. Bedspreads of flowered organdie are much liked, accompanied by bureau, chlffonnier and washstnnd cover to match; for bedrooms of dainty debut antes. A pattern should be chosen of large design nud quite deep tint, as It loses in tint when spread over white Three breadths are necessary for the bedcover, run together so the flowers will match, and finished in valance effect by a deep ruffle. An under ruf fle of thin; Inexpensive lawn or tam bour muslin is necessary to prevent its being transparent. It should be sufficiently long to cover the round bolster at the top and should have the ruffle opened and hemmed at each side at the bottom to allow it to hang straight down around rite bedposts. J)en Decoration. An odd decoration for a “den” is in the form of a good-sized drapery of fine leather, soft brown in shade and having a design of pine-tree limbs cut out upon it. The peculiar feature of Ihe decoration Is that, let in behind the branches, is satin, colored to sug gest a sunset sky. The tints are red dish brown, harmonizing with the leather, yet warm enough to suggest a rich sunset tone. The leather is in closed in a scroll of etching work, col ored in brownish olive tones, and at the top of the simulated flame has been placed a cluster of pine cones in burnt work. The pine-tree limbs are also shaded in pyrographlc effects. The “skin” hangs upon the door, and lends an artistic decorative touch to the apartment. Tn Japan..# EflVct. For the Japanese corner—the latest fad—matting nnd bamboo are prime requisites. The matting is used to cover seats and form a sort of wains coting. Bamboo forms the framework of the corner and the same pliable ma terial Is utilized for the simple fur nishings nnd wall decorations. Singa pore lattice, fish nets and like materials are utilized for drapery, and while the decorative objects, such as tennis racquets, golf appurtenances, etc., are supposed to reflect the taste of the owner of the den or corner, distinct ively Japanese decorations must bo conspicuous if tbe character of the corner would be maintained. Cushions whose covers display all the brilliancy characteristic of Oriental productions must be piled In profusion on the com fortable seat which is an inseparable adjunct of tbe furnisblugs of this Jap anese corner. New rictnre Hnnging;** There tea new way of hanging pic tures this season which adds the good effect of freshly-paperei* walls. It is used with the clasps which clutch the picture rail to avoid peppering the wall-paper with nails and tacks. The new way does away with the old method of making a triangle of wire from the top of the picture to the rail and clasp: Two wires are used for each picture in place of the single long one. The wires nre fastened at the outer and upper edge of the frames. The wires go straight up and are fastened to the rail Instead, of converging at a point midway above the picture frame. To avoid a short end of wire use a 1 piece extra long, which could go i straight up over the corners and cross in a right angle turn, which should be invisible, and continue on to the corresponding clasp which clutches the rail on the other side, and then to descend in an unbroken line to the other upper and outer edge of the picture frame. The effect is very pleasing.—New York American. . ; RECIPES : r T Turkey Hash—Mince one pint of told turkey: add one-lmlf cup of turkey stock. Ileat it very hot in a saucepan. Lay a large spoonful on a round ol toasted bread: continue, until all is used. Put a sprig of parsley on the top of each one and serve. Pickled Grapes—Pick the grapes from stems, put them in jars; to seven pounds of grapes allow one quart of vinegar, three pounds of sugar, one tablespoon of whole cloves and one tablespoon of cinnamon; let these cook for fifteen minutes; let cool, and while a little warm pour over the grapes and serve. Cheese Cakes—Rub one and one-half cupfuls of cottage cheese through a strainer: beat tbe yolks of three eggs; add them to the cheese with three tablespoonfuls of milk, half a cupful of sugar, rind and juice of one lemou and one tablespoon of melted butter; beat this mixture well: line a pic plate with rich pie crust, turn iu the cheese and bake twenty-five minutes In a moderate oven. Potato Gems—To one cup of warm mashed potato add one tablespoon of butter, one tablespoon of salt, the yolks of three eggs well beaten aud one cupful of milk; pour this over one and one-balf cupfuls of flour; beat well and add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff, and ‘two and one-UaU level teaspoonfuls of baking powder; fill greased gem pans two-thirds full; bake in a quick oven twenty minutes. Omelet Souffle—Beat the whites of three eggs very stiff; heat tbe yolks until thick, add them to tbe whites, then add one aud one-half tablespoon fuls of powdered sugar and the juice of half a small lemon; put these ingre dients together very carefully and heap by the spoonful into a buttered dish or into buttered paper cases with powdered sugar and bake iu a mod erate oven a golden brown; twelve minutes should be ihe time to bake; serve a* soon a* removed from oven. , DECEMBER 21 DETECTION OF FORGERY. (I-ns Of Fraud That Appear Ouly t Trained Eyes* Avery curious fact about the phli<s iophy of handwriting is this. That a tnau never writes his name twice in exactly the same way, or, in other words, one signature is never a fac simile of any other. So that, if an ex pert finds among some genuine signa ture tfne. tha f ' corresponds in every de tail with it disputed signature —and such a thing ha's happened several times—he is absolutely certain, first, that the letter really is bogus, and, sec ond, that lie has before him the very model used by the forger. All detec tives of the inkpot agree that the dis covery Of two signatures ts inch, on being .superimposed and held to the light, (ire identical, seem ns one, is a Conclusive proof that there has been tracing. ' , . Such are the leading principles of the expert’s profession. How are they ap plied? In‘some oases they, are not ap plied at oil. The paper itself, the stamp, if there is one. may proclaim a document to be a forgery. Then the microscope and other appliances will sometimes show whether a signature is fraudulent Swindlers commonly write a name in pencil and then ink it over. If the expert has reason to be lieve that this method has been accept ed—and it is not difficult to detect, be cause. for one thing, the signature looks duller than the other writing—lie has only to put a drop of acid on one of the letters, ami, presto! the ink dis appears, revealing the glistening plum bago beneath. But it is practically im possible to obtain by any mode of trac ing a sign-manual that will success fully bear the closest scrutiny. In fol lowing the model, whether that be a fae-simile in pencil or carbon, or a genuine signature held to the light, the pen hesitates, giving the writing a zigzag appearance, which, although not visible to the naked eye, can be clearly seen with aid of a microscope. The most useful ally of the. expert, however, is the camera, which has no equal for showing signs of erasure, correction and pen hesitancy. In one way or another, then, a docu ment may be pronounced a forgery without any comparison of writing. Rarely is this so when Die work of a really accomplished professional pen man comes to hand. He generally practices a signature till he can imitate it. closely enough to deceive any bank cashier, when he dashes it off at the foot (ft a check with greater fluency, perhaps, than could its owner. Til this art Jim the I’enman was an adept—tin greatest adept in the annals of crime. No tracing or boggling for him, no rub bing out or touching up; he wrote at once exactly what was wanted, imitat ing the most difficult hand with a free dom, an ease and a perfection that were marvelous.—Cassell’s Journal. lamming nd Age. Men of thought hare always boon distinguished for tlicir ago. Colon, So phocles, Pindar, Anacreon and Xeno phon. were octogenarians. Kant. But ton; Goethe, Pontenelle and Newton ■were over eighty. Miehaolangclo and Titian were eighty-nine and ninety nine, respectively. Harvey, the dis coverer of the circulation of the blood, lived to be eighty. Many men have done excellent work after they have passed eighty years. Landor wrote liis “Imaginary Conversation” when eighty-five; Isaak Walton wielded a ready pen at ninety. Hahnemann married at eighty, and was still work ing at ninety-one. Miebifelangelo was still painting liis giant canvasses at eighty-nine, and Titian at ninety worked with the vigor of his early years. Fontenclle was as light heart ed at ninety-eight ns at forty, and Newton at eighty-tliree worked as hard as he did in middle life. Coroaro was in far better health at ninety-five than at thirty and as happy as a sandboy. At Hanover Dr. Du Bolsy, was still practicing as a physician in 3807, going his daily rounds at the age of 103. William Reynold Salmon, M. It. C. S., of Cambridge, Glamorganshire, died on March 11, 1807. at the age of 100. At the time of liis death he was the oldest known individual of indisputa bly authenticated age. the oldest phy sician and the oldest nieuiher of the Royal College of Surgeons. England.— Chambers’ Journal. A Kecord in Stacks. The longest authentic period for which a wheat stack has been kept nuthrnshed is forty years. The story of this forty-year-old stack is briefly as follows; The crop of which the stack was built was grown in 1856. This stack and another belong to two brothers, both farmers, who lived in tile neighborhood of Harrogate. In March of the preceding year the Cri mean War broke out, and the price of wheat rose by leaps and bounds. Shortly after the stacks were built the price of wheat, rose to 975. per quarter, and at this price one of the brothers sold out. The other, however, determined not to sell until the price rose to £5. Js> In March. 1850, the war terminated. ami the price of wheat fell. The farm er. however, stuck to his resolution and refused to sell. He kept his stack until 180.', when the farm the hands of a v■ bretfc- then thrashed it cut. During tke whole forty years of its exist#t}ce it had en joyed perfect immunity. front 1-atjg, but had been the abode '< of spiders. It yielded oajßuunrters of wheat, loir the u;- rendered • '• \ Probably the oldest oat tHEtras that which lie!.- Mr. ler. near I>o\ i~. in thrashed our aSUfI twenty telle V. ; ’lt-. Xho Corr Population. A Ffetich statistician < -; number e.,s. . thO ;■ -••v- a y*’