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AT first the child OF destiny demurred
and wanted s.. but | said he was only
worth 81 tn me. and declined 10 give
more. So she rang bell. and the "moke"
entered After much whispering she was
Told 10 bring certain box, from which
was. extracted d dreadful picture of Rich
ard Mansfield
looked at IL closely and then at her
and told her l would give her 81 more
II she would give me his name She
said that Sae didn't know that and would
not rob me. bat that ne was coming
across the sea and would come when /
least expected him. I hope, he won't ap-
pear when he Is got up az Richard for il
mlght make mo nervous. and | want to
he at my best at that time To he quite
truthful. Mansfield seems 20 be my fate
dropped 10 cents in the SLOT down at
toney island ore year ago To get a pic
turo Of my future husband and Mr.. Mans
Held was then 10 the fore, so / am forced
20 think Nv hat does this meane' nj
though MIR Mansfield has a wife. and
hgamy Is not Vet recognized as quite
the thing TN this country.
Then We went 10 another fortune tell
or. stern looking lady with half her
nose gone. She charged higher prices
than the first, but then. * she told YOU
Win look on her face that meant deter
mination, Il am forced 10 use a fresh
egg with each one" ] would have liked
her better IL she had had more nose
She broke an egg IN a glass. then looked
In II ard told nre; You viii have a Sor-
r1wful lifc You will never be rich (Ry
the bye. this wasn't news 10 mel II YOU
marry, you viii bee ch':dless ard I'M
happy wife She wanted me- TO buy IA
package of some kind Of 1peauti4er at g.
pr package ard salf If used II as AZ
rected my entire life Womb D. changed
| don't kr0w alison; my life but I was
sure about MY face. would isa a greasy
haTrld-.ocking thing. with "a suggestion II
the word At large Thar / counted soap
ara water ~ 80 value and thought much
- her Old cosmetic
But il Ms funny. our lf.tIa PARTY went
- hse woman. ana not ore If them could
toll who Wa married and who Wa not.
Maize they wandered So FAR from tae
truth IN regard 80 other things that these
various children - destiny made Il
clear that, wht,e ,hey might have inter-
ro0rs~ win thf spirits. they did tot even
have nitie haven - common sense.
EnoW woman who goes to \ fortune,
teller every week Shs lays Il makes her
f~ei easier. rlay mefst,e-, that she - 3
ktnA #tul WHO vG1g q boarding house
ana II dose ~ fortune telling : any
J.. essu5e 20 hsr gnink sna should re
allowed 20 have b.
rs tees ~*E. ga c-lrsosis old t->ok that
tumt3ti over Rad q story % Louis
NV. having hiS fortuna foi8 H., wen;
1tsa Nine de Maiatenou % mis- man
wau WA< absolutely ignorant of NO tie
people vere wao StssnA before nina hu.
ne barred perfumes ans offered rsra+er<
ana taasn in some aVc-:-StirtnE irvo~a-
tsen he adVsye1 ,l5e powers - hesf % an
swrr hstn \ friyasflI sound a.iea the
whole tuj5.ug au3 tb., kinE and MS
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swu<e never 20 open the package Soon
after he got news that On the very Oc7o-
Der = 100. the king 90 Spain had died ard
left rs SUCCESSOR and aelr Paiap Of
France, Just SUCH an enormous inherit
ance as the astroe0ger had predict ed
After white. talking 30 the great Bos-
saes about magic ard sorcery. the king
told him the story Of tA- package. and
his c0nfeSsor insisted that he should show
als contempt for the falis57anic properties
Of the package by opening Il az once
The king did not fancy doing this. hsst he
had got biz scared. He obeyel the
command and opened the mage parcel
In il was consecrased wafer that rad
in IL as many pins as there had been
saints days since IL has ne@n received
The King was Allied with greae renovse
and underwent severe penanceS and long
days or fasting before he felt relieved OF
the crime ne had committed But this
was only the beginning OF the trouble
To those in the secret o. tiais affair it
was known thai the king lost from that
tiEae as many male descendants "a he
had stuck pins IN the holy wafer.
1t seems funny thar the stately Main
tsson should have encouraged Louis 20
take dip into the future. but be-
neve from Eve down 10 Marie Bashkirt-
self. Yvette Gsslbert and Sarah Bern
hardt. woman has had desire for Know
ing mat WIZ Whtch she would better
have had no acquairya--e. After a.,
what good does IL do TO know what is
going TO happen? Contuc.ps says that
what woman wills God wills" There
fore the future is in our own hands.
And TESTING aside, we do make our fu-
lures. They are m'rror-fike pictures Of
our pasts. Go to the child of destiny
If you want her TO tell you the same old
story-taat A handsome han Is dying of
love for yoa that you Will have beautiful
children. happy home, and plenty OF
money. IL Is feminine 10 ike this sort
OF thing. and between yoI and me I
have even known a masculine somebody
TO go TO fortune teller. He always said
he went to fird oat something about The
condition OF his liver. Perhaps he told
the truth
But the fortune teller wanted just al
presen. is one who is going 20 say. with
absolute truth. Our brave boys VIII win
the fight Columbia viii rule the wave"
And that's the only fortune teller who IS
going TO get any of the ducats belonging
10 Bah.
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I went to see two maids one day,
Who promised they would show the NJ
4 Welsh rarebit liz deftly beat.
And well. l went there To eat.
The cheese" said Blanche. should a
be dry,
American Is best, say |.
And If you like II salty quite.
I'll add an extra pinch tonight
'of butter. melt wainut's size.
tfcu needn't say I've melting eyeSl
Next add the cheese. OF course, you kno4.
X must be faxed as white as snow.
''The mustard must be mustered In.
Chats meant for pun. so please 20 gfnQ
OF English mixed, a tablespoon
Then taste and add the season soon.
1.-THE moistness OF the melted cheese
Decides how much Of ale Will p1eaoQs
But usually 81 winegiassfnl
Is just enough TO make Il pub
"A dash OF walnut catsup which,
Tf added now. gives flavor rich.
On hot toast pour. You'll find II neat. :.
Now greedy man, praise what you eeH
Resale Isabel Stewart
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Maria Per,a, duchess OF Madrid and
Wits of Don Carlos. the rretender ~
ths throuc 90 Spain. Ia, despite her
husbands unique and NOT altogether
d.gnitiVd position. ore Of the most pop
ular wonsa IN The royal social ctr
chez ~ Europe Don Carlos IL TN
queStionatay entitled 10 the crown
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DO n T. ARE hegInnlug - see the
real side Of war. At first .
wss al play aad mus and
wv merry s0odbSs. buf now
well now somebody's heart
aches. ami the hls. murder
ous sheiis have bsen freed with = direct
neSs that kglei some az our brave men
! hope We VII wits bat 80 not heiieve i'm
vac. I am ilrn believer Ia that sim
pie bu; OH stof' Which was probably sung
In ycur EraBdmoihyg's childhood 81
'isanusffe ard Jesraat'' ard I consider
that Jrannefte salvsd all the diplomatic
questions - the 3av when she said m that
slightly mcuyaful digty:
II were qaesu of France or better.
pope ~ Rome.
ia have 10 aght.ns rslen abroad. 40 weep
iag w4 Is a. heme
Al sh. world shoula Zee ~ peace. and II
King uau$f show thrlf might
let thass who maxi the quarr.iS hc thu
only aues ~ night
That lins Is she hsjkht - Diplomacy and
wisdom and. follow ns Il. peace and hap
pino~> VII result. .sa3 Il took woman to
ssink jt al out-
oue huatuess has gained a great MUM
t,sr - cus5onsFx because x the Nsr. |
10 not mean thc manufacturing Of sell
,ft~fs' Clothes. although ] suppose ihEFr
has feeA an fnetrse- Ia thar. mr. 30 l
ss,ean tae h.awlae of glass bottles iuto
sask shapes shoaEh unieaa there MAS n
eecd stock oH bard thcre Nts pyot-s Ivy
eafstAsfacie Asrc lr fhaf tire. bat whst
! a. mean ~ .hS famcy fae fortune trlicrs.
Naturally ~ >uur y8uuS MEANS gore - sae
~az Vol vast "a k1sw MAJ rs Tat%,s
Eeius % Ae an3 whether he's 60 te made
genera, up aaWyas 7r sf tas unfortunate
sato - Danny n~ske. s "a ba A!S o. Z
ene hasnt a yourE 'nan Who hs> gcac
Is HENF- fH@e i ~ fEsr~,tFF ~ 20 know
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Piptngs of a Contrasting Color.
New York Letter.

Costumes in unusual col0rs of cloth are
very much in vogue. and are trimmed with
bands Of cloth either IN white or some
pale oddly contrasting color. For ex-
ample. a pale and yellow cloth gown was
trimmed with white cloth with p!pngs
Of back. dull green cloth has du.. biu-
cite and white straps. and faded pale
brick red was stitched over with dull rose
cloth bands. a favorite French comhina-
ton. They are invariably made up with
the drop skirt, and usually have some
form OF coat bodice with the new long
basque.
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ANA enca Niras;iagale most famous
OF army nurses. celebrated her
segeusy-efghth birthday. and Z
memorial address 81 ecngra;uia-
ton WAS presumed 20 her by
Americans IN London ana American
nurses. grateful for the :nteres, she has
shown IN their volunteer movement N our
present war with Spain.
Mrs Nightingale has served well for
mere than the allotted span of life. and
now the heroine Of The 1rlmean war has
come 20 lie all day long. and all the DAYS.
IN q shaded room OF her London home.
IL is hstsrid3en existence. bat Z i one
made beautiful by the light Of other days.
Ne one forgets Florence Nightingale. nor
does she forget. Her room = always IL
tered with new hooks. ma gaz!ues and pa
pers bearing especial reference TO the wo-
manly art Of nursing the sick. She her
Self writes pamphlets on the subject stu.
and pencils and note paper are as abund-
ant IL that sick room a. Is printed mat
Ter. Health and youth shave failed her,
hut not the Old interest and yea. Now.
as ever. she shrinks from publicity. No
reporter Or newspaper correspondent
need send up his card. bur she is always
accessible and at aome 10 any one who
IS honestly interested n nursing or care
OF the sick. and who seeks her all and
advice in this way. Encouragement and
counsel she has for such. but never an
interview has she yet granted 20 a jour
nalisi- So IL is easy TO see how deeply
alive she Is TO all matters concerning the
American nurses who have offered their
services 10 the United States army and
are ready 70 serve their country in this
war with Spain.
From the first the aged herolne's inter
est has been made manifest toward them
and hence the American co.ony In Lon
don have in grateful appreciation sent
this memorial 10 the CHEEKY sick chamber
at Hyde Park Square. London W. for
IL is CHEEKY. and loyal spirit dwells un-
daunted there She who has looked upon
death with fearless eyes Is not ahashed
al the desiroyers drawing her 70 him.
A brave heart is the sublime test OF en-
durance.
Miss Nightingale knows. as. alaCk. bat
few of our ardent young volunteer nurses
even imagine. all the sickemsng horrors Of
war. She was the first OF all hospital
nurses. the glorious pioneer Of Il noble
band, ami her work during the Crimean
war is best estimated by remembering
that before she reached the CriTnea with
her nursing brigade, ~ per cent. of the
SEX and wounded British soldiers in the
hospitals of Scutari were dying, but un-
der her ministra lions the loss was re-
duced - l per cent. This was a triumph
indeed. but it was one in the face Of great
odds. Dirt. bad odorS. lack OF acconmo-
dation and ventilation she had To fight
against. There were not the commoneSt
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necessaries of a hospital. and the soldiers
lay upon the bare ground, with fetid air
struggling for egress from the gaping
chinks In the walls.
Into this purgatory came Florence
Nightingale and her devoted band Of
nurses. The mortality WAS becoming enor-
mous-solders who had not been wounded
succumh.ng 10 cholera, fever and uysen-
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Fourteen Millions Left 10 Chsrtsy

An eminent clergyman. member OF maN
benevolent associations. has prepared 60
parative tables showing the amount
money left for charitable or beneToseA
purposes by testators Throughout u
United States during the past three year
He finds that the bcquests for lM ~
si.01, 600 In excess of those of 1896. ~ "
former year they were upwards OF W
o0a.e1. In 1881 more than sifo0.01. benR
cence has other forms than that OF mones
Great remedies are among the mosf ~
cious legacies bequeathed 10 maakM
Prominent among these Ia Hosfeslay
stomach Biiters, a most effective remeY
for and preventive Of malaria. which g
ten hsme s other caTatiVes. Equally -
Cacious is the Bitters in cases Of dyspepe1
constipation. rheumatism. nervousn0
biliousness and loss of appetite ana ~
AS "a pure and wholesome ssluluians =
medicinal or family use. nothing eqpfs
the famous old JeSse Moore whtEa
which II indorsed ~ the best by al -
have used H. jesse Moore Hunt Co,
Front street, San Francisco. Cal. -
Louisville. Ky. Sold everywhere.
VAN CAMPS Pork and Beans
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I5I@REN@E Nightingale

\ May *. ISIS. Miss Flor
ence Nightingale mos. famous
OF army nurses. celebrated ner
seven y-efghth birthday. and
memorial address 81 ccngrasuia-
fEan WIS rareserl I'd 20 Der by
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which now bedecks the brow OF puny
little Alfonso XIII. and in view of
the troubious times through which
Spain Is passing IL Ia not inn
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VAN CAMPS Pork and Beans.
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probable that he will shortly Gonna
INTO his own. In that event charming
MARIA berta would of course be the
queen conSort. Such a contingency
ny the way, is about the best thing
Tor spain that could happen if she IS
10 retnhin factor in European poll
tics.
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Morets words a reeuscitation Of the
old hope Of European intervention, not
a barren hope were 1t not for the action
OF Great Britain. The Spanish minis
try cannot get beyond this. Moret does
not declare what will happen If that
great reliance which he places in Ad-
miral Cerveras skill and squadron is
as cruelty crushed as was the crowns
earlier reliance upon Montiio at Man
lila. Cervera is not hampered, 1t APP
pears. with instructions This may be
a etratcgical policy Of a very high
order. Cervera has taken the utmost
advantage Of it. He seems to have
avoided hitherto an engagement with
trepidation, If not with actual coward
ice. We do not, however credit the Span
ish admiral with disgraceful motives.
He realizes that the future. not alone
of the war but Of his country, depends
upon the outcome of the action in which
he will be engaged shortly. 1t is ter
ribe responsibility. one which demands
stout heart and a cool, calculating,
scientifically balanced head, not high
urally he is cautious.
If we turn from the general military
and political condition of Spain to the
domestic affairs of the nation, we find
them as might be naturally expected
in a state of complete disorder The
quiet now prevailing is due to the in
tense mental tension under which the
people labor They are as anxiously
awaiting the result of the next engage
ment as we are, but under that ter
rible mental and moral perturbation
which shuts out the thought of the
possibility of defeat, and yet dares
not hope for victory. our mental
euupoise is one Of undisturbed seren-
| ity. We believe that Sampson and his
/ fleet will win: we are sure of it; that
/ is all The bread riots i'm the prOvin-
! ces have not continued. The condi-
I tions exist. however. that may at any
moment reproduce them. Spanish in
dustrial life is almost completely para
! lyzed and the Norkingmen of Spain
are wandering about the country living
on hopes of a speedy return of better
times and the help of neighborS almost
/ as poor and destitute as themselves
This is the sort of war spirit that
pervades the country. If Senor Moret
imagines he is deceiving us by his an
nouncement of rising war spirit
his effrontery is all the more anus.
ing.
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To SymboIize Sectional Reunion.

Colonel Allen, of Cincinnati, formerly
of the seventh Ohio cavalry, has ad-
dressed a circular letter to fellow vet
Grams which says: THE present war
for humanity having demonstrated
that the ex-confederate soldiers and
their sons and the ex-union soldiers
and their sons are one in devotion to
our united country, and that we are
all good Americans now, fighting under
the one flag, is not this the right time
to wipe out the last trace of i'll feeling
engendered in the argument of 1851
1865, and return to the survivors of the
southern regiments the battle flags
which have been held for the last
thirty years or more as war trophies
at state capitals of the north and at
the war department in Washington?
Personally | favor the suggestion that
the survivors of the union army shall
of their own accord, as their voluntary
act, return the trophies of the civil
war to the survivors of the southern
regiments to do with as they please. il
these flags had been battle trophies f
a foreign war l would be in favor Cf
retaining them for all time"
The suggestion is one of some deli
cacy, concerning which the yOunger
generation will hardly be expected to
offer advice. But in a general way it
is timely to remark that the happiest
consequence of the present war thus
far discernible is the wonderful effect
it has had in alayiug sectional feel
ing, and there does not seem 10 be any
thing which the North could do that
would more effectually cement this
reunion and symbolic the buryirg Of
the hatchet for all time than to adopt
Colonel Aliens suggestion. 1t is known
now to all men that the principles de-
cided at AppomattoX were decided per-
manently. 1t is also clear that the vet
! erans of the South have moved half
way to a clasping Of fraternal hands.
Let us, then, as General Grant said
! have peace, at all events so far as re-
| lates to former sectional divisions and
| prejudiCes.
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The Situation In Spain.

Senior Sagasta on Monday afternoon
visited the palace and formally handed
the resignation of the ministry to the
queen regent. The queen authorized
him to form another cabinet and Sa-
gasta has consented Sagasta's resig-
nation from Office, if it had become ef-
fective, would probably have caused no
lamentatiOn even in Spain. Neither
will his resumption of an office which
he ostentatiously resigned a moment
before cause any surprise The in
supcrable difficulties which any new
ministry would have to face in view of
the tolcrably certain defeat of the Cape
Verde fleet would have made it impos-
sible for it to govern for day, and the
politicians comprising it would partici-
pate in all the odium and peril incur
red by such defeat without getting
any Of the benefits of the popular feel
ing In Spain for a continuance of the
war.
Sagasta's resignation, in other words,
was hollow pretense, demanded by
innumerable difficulties which have
surrounded his administration since the
war began. He could not very well
have done otherwise in view OF the
critical position of the throne, He is
loyal, and knows well the revolutionary
forces at work in the Peninsula to
overthrow the reigning dynasty and
bring in the Carlist pretender or estab-
lish a republcI Hence Sagasta's show
OF Difference to the constitutional obli-
cations of the minister to the nominal
sovereignty Of the crown,
Senior Moret, the minister for the
colonies, is reported TO have said that
recent events have greatly increased
the war spirit of the nation. Very pos
sibly they have. 1t is one thing, how
ever 10 raise the frankenstein of ma
tional war spirit and quite another
thing to allay it by the defeat or ami
hilatlon Of the enemy. We see in
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Under date of May General Garcia
wrote from Bayamo, Cuba, to General
Palma: Il am now at Bayamo, your
native town, for so many years held
by the Spaniards against us, This Gu
ban army OF ragged soldiers, who have
endured all sorts of privations during
three years, is now here keeping order,
safeguarding property and honoring
with their behavior the lone star flag.
You can say to the American people
that net a single act of retaliation has
been committed. The stores kept by
Spaniards are open as usual and those
OF my soldiers that have money to pay
are the only ones who enter them to
buy clothes and provisions. Before en-
tering. here ] issued severe orders to
prevent any kind of abuse, but no case
has happened in which l had to enforce
them" Those who know General Car
cia will not doubt his word. Those who
don't can take comfort from the fact
that Lieutenant Rowan, of the United
States army, who recently conferred
with Garcia at BayamO, fully confirms
it. The capability of the Cuban people
for self-government is likely to prove
much greater than most Americans i'm
agine
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SPAIN.


4 SCARED old snarliEg lion, with scragGy,
tattered name,
His claws and teeth all broken, lies the
ancient realm of Spain;
With the thirst for blood still on him,
and still with hungry NAV,
He rCnds poor bleeding Cuba, prostrate
there beneath his paw.
He's fierce and famed man-eater and
from early days of yore,
Has raVaged many an island, wasted
many teeming shore.
And the victims number millions whom
his strength has Uverpowered,
Whom with raNoning, bloody slaughter
he has manged and devoured,
But his roar grows faint and hollow, and
a hunter from the west
VIII snatch away fair Cuba, with her
tern and bleeding breast,
And send him bowling, limpinG, reriled
of gods and men,
Back to growl midst bones and darkness,
in his medieval den.
New York Tribune.
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BATTLE SONG.

For The Tribune.
Hark! the rife balls are WhistlinE;
See! the cannon's lurid glare;
List! the soldiers last death rattle,
Mark! the eyeballs CLASSY stare.
Drums are beating, trumpets blowing
Sharp commands and yells OF rage,
While the red blood flows still faster
As the awful fight We wage.
Here a shell and there bullet
Strikes a man; he shrieks and falls;
Clutches at the wound in falling
Then for wife or sweetheart calls.
Here--aong the line is dashing
Horse with saddle riderleSs;
Thore-our standard bearer falling
Drops the colors in the press.
All! the enemy are on us
Brave the charge and sharp the hght-
Gods! with sword and clubbed musket
How we battle for the right.
Now like Dante's mad Inferno
Howls the battle round the guns,
But the foe is beaten backward
Now he falters; now he runs.
Yet again is ours the NiCt'ry-
Raise the flag once more on high;
Shout! We brave ones, round the banner
Let your cheering rcnd the sky.
B. w. Tennant.
West Pittston, Pa, May l6.
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TOLD BY ThE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Dawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AstToloGeT.
Astrolabe Cast: 4.59 a. M, for Wednes-
day, May IS, 1898.

"a sS: %
A child born on this day will notice
that there is more dust in the atmos-
phere.
The man who predicted a dry May
has taken to the dense woods,
This year the base ball bulletin board
does not attract as much attention as a
keep off the grass" sign.
1t is believed that Mayor Bailey would
make a speech giving Joe Chamberlain
the freedom of the city should the popu-
lar secretary see fit to visit Scranton.
The man who goes to the circus lust
TO see the animals" generally stays to
the minstrel show.