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approaching the subject. But it is very
premature to talk of these things. Your
wife appears fond of the child, and l be-
lieve you have only to claim him to Sc
cure her return to you"
well, what am I to do till she comes
back? She's taken all the money she had
with her, and she'll draw her salary to-
morrow evening, but not a cursed half
penny of it shall l see. It's cruel of her
to leave a fellow in such a plighti'
Here! hold up, man! Don't SWIVEL! l
I'M going to settle the rent for you this
week, and there's a sovereign to go on
with" throwing it down on the table.
but for heavens sake, Jem, don't go and
get drunk again tonight; for the woman
Of the house declared she'd turn you out
Into the street if you did, and she looks
every inch as if she'd keep her wordr'
The poor wretch makes some sort Of
promise to do as he is advised, and sub
sides again into his old respondent atti-
tude. As William crosses the threshold
and looks back at him, he thinks he has
seldom seen a more pitiable object.
, 1899-05-12
CHAPTER VI

On the fourth day after Mrs. Moray lef.
her husband, she rushes suddenly into
Mrs. Horizons room, and without preface
or apology for the intrusion, gasps out:
"They have stolen my boy from mel
They have come by night and stolen away
my boy out of his very bedi Tell me how
l can get hin back again, or be revenged
upon them, for mercy's sake, or l shall
go mad!"
The woman looks as if she were going
mad, as she PAGES up and down the apart
ment, choking with anger and emotion;
her hair hanging down her back, her hat
half off her head, and the rest of her
clothes thrown ON anyhow.
"Dela Moray, how can l or anybody
else understand what you have to say,
while you keep trotting up and down the
room in that fashion? Come and sit down
like a good child, and tell me all about it.
and then perhaps | may be able to advise
you on the subject"
Il can't sit down. l have not sat down
since went home last night and found
he was gone. The cruel, heartless
wretchesl After all l have suffered.
couldn't they have left me my poor sickly
child! Oh, Mrs. Horton! l wish | could
die! l wish could fall down on the car,
, 1899-05-12

"You came home from whereof de-
mands Mrs. William Moray, Mortified.
"From the theater where / play-the
Corinthian. l I'm an actress. l support
myself and Willy, and have supported my
husband for years past by my own labor.
1t is hard that the only requital he can
make me is to steal my child, and that his
brother helps him in the robbery"
"Willgum; Willgumv' calls Mrs. Moray
from the open door.
She has drawn her purple satin skirts
closer around her as the awful truth Of
Delia's profession is made patent to her
sensitive understanding, and now she
her husband at once to her aid.
Her ears nus lave deceived her. 1t can
not be true. The mother of the child now
sitting at her luncheon table, and the wife
of her husbands brother, an actress! and
actually standing within a few yards of
her. If Mrs. Moray were good at faint
ing, which she is not, she would certainly
drop down now. But she grows red as
a peony in the face instead, and bawls,
"Willgum" at the top of her voice, and
in another moment William Moray an.
swers the
(To be c~ontinued.l
, 1899-05-12

The eligibility of a woman to cleo
ton as a county clerk. Is sustained in
State, Grow VS.. Hostetter (Mo.), SO
L. r. A. 2OS, where the Constitution
provides that no person shall be chosen
to office "who is not a resident of the,
United States and who shall not have
resided in this State one year." al
though masculine pronouns are used in
respect to the subject of officers. The
annexation t O this case makes an elab-
crate review of the decisions as to the
right Of women to hold Office.
, 1899-05-12

me Door viii Dorfv 3ey n pan
per cent. a month instead of 10 per
,ent.-12 per cent instead of 12O per
cent. a year.
The Liverpool docks, one of the
wonder of modern commerce, extend
along the Mersey a distance of six
ind a half miles.
Foreign commercial travellers are
.axed $4S.66 in Natal, and if found
without a license are subject to a fine
If four times that amount.
There is a quicksilver mine III Peru
1870 feet dep. In this abyss are streets,
squares and a chapel where religious
Worship is held.
The railway Age says there is every
Indication hat not less than 5000 miles
If new railway will be built in the
United States in 1899, representing an
Investment of about $3.50, 900, 900.
The worlds total copper production
s estimated at 42O, 900 tons for 1898.
rhe copp. consumption of the United
States in 1898 was more thai o~ne-fourth
Of the copper production of the whole
world.
The telephone service of Germany is
controlled and damaged by the Depart
ment for Posts and ~Telegraphs. The
rates are low, the charge for a local
telephone being 1855 per annum, in
clu6ing the rental of the instrument.
If a servant in Germany falls sick
her mistress is not allowed to discharge
her. but must pay AZ cents a day for her
hospital expenses until she is perfectly
we'll. The wages of girls vary from
$40 to 1920 a month, with board.
There has not been a failure or a
Ire in Mazatlan, Mexico, for almost j.
years, and losses on account of bad debts
amount to very little. There are three
banks, and three of the largest mer-
,hants have a banking department
connected with their stores.
A firm of English tea merchants
offers to every married woma who
buys a pound of its 50-cent tea for
Eve consecutive weeks a pension of
$3.50 a week in case of death of her
husband, provided he was III
good health when she began to buy
the tea The pension is to continue
as long as she remains a widow.
, 1899-05-12
Useful Hints.

To Brighten the Light of Lamps
A pinch of camphor powdered put into
the oil of lamps will give a bright,
white n steady light.
Cement for Fastening Knife Han
dles%GTwo pounds black resin, ne-
half pound beeswax; melt; then add
one-half pound of finely powdered and
dried brick dust.
To Prevent the Cracking of a Door
or Gate.-This very unpleasant noise
may be easily removed by rubbing q
little o or oil on the hinges.
Save all orange and lemon peel, dry
it in a COO oven, and it will be found
most useful and excellent in havoring
blanc-manges, milk buildings, etc.
To make glasses polish we'll they
should be washed and rinsed in cold
water, wiped off with one cloth, then
rubbed dry and polished with a soft
cloth.
To. Clean Oilcloth.-Carefully sweep
it free from dust, then rub with a
cloth dipped in hot milk, and after
ward rub with a dry cloth. BeeswaS
and turpentine is also good for polish
ing oilcioth, and will prolong it's wear
This is used in the way you would
polish an oak f1oor-that is, rubbed or
with a piece of flannel and polish witt
dry busters. Another simple and use
ful mode is to rub the oilcloth WITT
a rag dipped In paraffin. open the
doors and windows after this, and tht
odor will very quickly depart.
, 1899-05-12
ture support. He has the law, my det
but you have the money!"
Al VII.

As Della, fortified by her friends la
words, speeds upon her way to Brixto
she feels a different creature. After ma
inquiries and several wrong turnings, s
arrives at last before the large stuc
building standing back from the roa
with a carriage sweep in front of it,
the gates of which are inscribed, in DO
characters, 1.-THE FRS"
1t is Sunday, and there are not mai
shabbily dressed people about. Del
fancies she sees the lace curtain at t
window of one Of the lower rooms mQy
as thodgh Somebody We're watching h
approach from within; but she march
bravely up the steps, and gives a Dol
determined double knock. A footman a
swers it, and she asks for Mrs. Mora
The man examines her inquisitively al
ushers her into the drawing room, whit
is on the same floor.
An interval of five or ten minutes o
ours while Mrs. William Moray is arran
ing her laces and ribbons and wiping Il
effects of luncheon from her ample bL.
where the crumbs will settle, and II
mother in the drawing room is wonderir
how much longer she is to be kept in su
pense. But then the dining room do
opens and closes, and in another minu
the drawing room door has followed i
example, and the lady of the house. ARA.
ed in a plain colored satin and yelvt
dress, enters.
Della glances at her sister-in-law an
feels her heart sink and her hopes of syn
pathy vanish. There is nothing In Mr.
MnrnutS foon h,,4 bo uJ,o,, 81 -. -,
She is a woman of about five-and-thirt.
stout and %ungraceful, with small eye
coarse features and limbs and a complet
absence of good breeding.
The elder Mrs. Moray is completely tai
en- aback as Della tells who she is.
Il don't know in the least what your
talking about" she says, looking Deli
,~steadfastly in the face. "There hahn
such q person as Mrs. James Moray
leastways, not connected with hour fam
n.y."
Have they dared to tell you that storI
thenP exclaims Della, excitedly; "dard
to say l am not married to him? oil
Mrs. Moray, 1t Is a f~alsehood-a wicked
cruel faisehoodl I have my marriage cd
tificate at home, and can prove to you thk
a Hh oohhSo Wlle. VueTe is yOur lur
band? He knows me well enough. II
him come and say to my face that l al
mot his brothers wife,"
"Oh, that is heasily settled, young won
an" says the other, edging toward tn
door, and trying not to look uncomforta
Bile; for Mr.. James Moray's wife ha
been dead for hever so long, as / can ties
tify. However, if you wish to see m,
husband, l think it will be the best TO
hall parties, for I am quite ~hunequal my
self to %contending with so h~extraordinar,
a interruption. And hon the Sabbath
too"
1 am sorry l should have had to disturb
you on Sunday; but how could / be ex
pected to wait? l am in the greatest dis
tress of mind about my boy. l came lnm
from the theater last night to find ~
gone from my lodgings-taken aw
stalenZand - word v e to
, 1899-05-12
Research Necessary.

"Now," said the man who had been
lecturing, 'there are many theories as
to taxation. You doubtless have your
own ideas on that subject"
EYES," replied the candid acquaint-
ance.
what kind of property in your opin-
lon ought to bear the greatest burden
of expenseY
II can't answer that until I have
taken an inventory to see what 1 have
the least of."-Washington Star.
, 1899-05-12
Martin Luther,s Wedding Ring.

Martin WcuuihE ming
The wedding ring of Luther is still II
existence, and has been exhibited IN q
jewelers. shop at Dusseldorf. On 1t Is
a representation of the crucifixion OF
Christ, a small, bright ruby standing
for a drop of blood. The Inscription iss
Catherine Won Bora to DIR. Martin
Luther. 18th June. 1925"
, 1899-05-12

Old Grumpy have found it the SAT-
est rule in life to trust nc man-to take
it for granted that every n is only
waiting for an opportunity to beat you.
Miss Cutler-Ah, your cast only en-
phasizes the fact that too much retro
spection Is a bad thing.
, 1899-05-12
HuMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Lauxhable Phases
Of Human Nature Graphically Por-
trayed by Eminent Werd Artists OF
Our own Day-A Budget OF Fun.
, 1899-05-12
His Point of View.

deacon, do you think that the moral
tendency of bicycle riding Is bad?"
Eyes, for those who do not ride."-De-
troit Free Press. W
, 1899-05-12

The skin of the black fox of Kam-
chatka is the most expensive fur, a
single one often costing as much as
$1,000. A coat worn by the Emperor
Nicholas was lined with this fur and
cost SIC. 900.
, 1899-05-12
Household.


Fried Fish.-Ciean we'll, removing
the head, and if quite large the back
bone also. Slice the body crosswise
In five or six pieces, season with salt
and pepper. Dredge with flour, brush
each piece with beaten egg, roll in
bread or cracker crumbs and fry in
hot lard or drippings. Be sure to have
the fat hot, as it will not be absorbed
so quickly. When the fish is Drowned
turn carefully TO avoid breaking, and
brown the other side. Garnish with
slices of lemon.
Broiled Salmon.-Cut slices an inch
thick, dry them in cloth, season with
salt and pepper, dredge with -four and
broil on a grid iron rubbed with suet.
Serve with anchovy sauce, adding g
few chopped herbs if desired.
Beef Cannelon.-Five pounds of lean
beef, two scant tablespoonfuls of salt,
one t~easpoonful of pepper, two table,
%spoonfuls of lemon juice. one and one
i've tab1espoonfulsV $780,
five eggs, one-half of c~bful of suet
Put the meat and suet through a chop
Der, add the other ingredients and work
with the hands until thoroughly blend
ed. Mould into two long loves, arrang-
ed on q swallow pdhllS VI IOdotih5 pan
and bake for from three-luarters OF
an hour to an hour in a hot oven,
timing it according to the thickness
Of the loaf. Set away until cold, cut
in thin slices and garnish with pars'
ley. :
Stewed Beef and Macaroni.-This ex-
| cellent dish should be prepared the
| day before 1t is to be eaten. Take a
good beefsteak and cut it into strips
and the fat into dice. Dip each strip
into seasoned flour, pepper and salt,
roll it round a bit of fat, lay in a deep
pie dish, cover with stock or water
Tie a creased paper over and bake in
a moderate oven for an hour and a
half to two hours. If this cooks toe
| FAST the beef will be hard, as the gravy
will boil. Next day taxi off the paper
remove all fat from the top of the
gravy. Cover over with creased pa
| per again. Have ready a quarter OF
a pound of macaroni boiled in sailed
water till tender; stir this into some
good tomato sauce, and simmer for
fan minutes. Place the meat In the
centre of q hot dish, arrange h ma
caroni round, and serve very hot
, 1899-05-12
h Reason why.

..Now," said the professor in natural
history, take the case of the hen. Why
does 1T lay the eggr"
Because it can't lay carpet" replied
the bright boy of the class.-North
American. - TE as +. as.s,
, 1899-05-12
Industrial.

Great Britain has 1000, 900 working
women.
Passenger fare on the new Congo
railroad Is 33 1-3 cents a mile.
For $500 a ear a man can, in Japan,
pay for a house, food and two servants.
In Paris there is a movement on
foot to inaugurate street ars for
ladies' only"
In 10 years the production of steam
engines in Germany has been more
Than doubled.
The annual loss by fire in the United
Ytates is about 81, 500, 900, 900 IN insured
roperty.
Oil refining in Western Siberia is
baking fast progress, and large guam
.itieS are sold abroad.
The total value of the worlds pro-
buction Of all kinds of slate in 1898
WAS approximately SIG, GAS, 791.
| The shipyards in Great Britain, all
working together, could turn out a big
Bteamer. every day of the yea
Y Chicago has decided to inaugurate
lnic.11el .awnshops. The poorest of
, 1899-05-12

ST don't know whether or not the
women are arming for the fray" said
the perfumery clerk; "but we have sold
quite a lot of powder of late. "-Phila-
delphia North American.
, 1899-05-12
to Be Used.

Sure to Be Used.
First poet-I am going to have my
revenge upon the editor.
Second poet-How?
First poet Qn a hoarse whisper)-I've
sent him a poem, and I've poisoned the
, 1899-05-12
And Likewise an Empty Head.

"How emphatic Whooply is in every.
thing he says"
Didn't you ever notice that an emp
'ty wagon makes the most noise ?"-De'
troit Free Press.
, 1899-05-12

"Uncle Jim, why do some of the col
ored people place empty medicine bot
ties on the graves of their deceased
friends? 2" s"@ ssl@~~ -
II dunno, sub, onless hit Is ter let de
worp know what killed 'em!'-Atlanta
Constitution.
, 1899-05-12

1t is a fad among Partisan actress
SEES to have themselves swathed as
munlmies, n thus photographed In
their collins.
, 1899-05-12
He Moved On.

at rests with you to say whether I
shall remain here and be happy or go
to brave the terrors of the frozen Klon-
dixie"
81 appreciate the favor you have
shown in applying to me first" replied
the widow, ''but my property is SO tied
up that I think you would find it easier
to get your grubstake somewhere else"
Cincinnati Enquirer. .fe
, 1899-05-12
Keeping 1t.

Keeping 1t.
care your folks keeping Lent very
strictly this year?'
II should say so. They've had the
dressmaker every day for two weeks,
and are now getting ready to clean
house."-Cleveland Leader.
, 1899-05-12
His Rule.

IT suppose you have your own ideas
as to the proper line Of warfare" said
the Spanish official. O.
YES" replied the general. "Seven
words to the line is the average upon
which l base my calculations Wash.
ington Star.
, 1899-05-12

"Why do they call it a flying squad
ron,' 1 wonder?"
Because it'll make the fur fly when
1t meets the enemy."-Cleyeland Lead.
er.
, 1899-05-12
His Penance.

Wlkns-Are you keeping Lent?
Harper-Yes, 1 always do. My wife
has her mother spend the month before
Easter with her every year.
, 1899-05-12
Cruel.

Hell never discuss matters upoI
which 1 am not fully Informed.
She-What do you ever talk about be
sides cigarettes?
, 1899-05-12

That was a difficult thing to prove,
In the absence of documentary evil
dence.
you are sure that he regarded you
as his wife?" asked the lawyer.
'SureY" replied the woman. "Surei
Say, 1 once gave him a letter to post
and he carried 1t around in his pocket
for six weeks!"
All, but unhappily the letter could
not be produced in court.-Detroit Jour.
nal.
, 1899-05-12
Truly Loved,

Mrs. Adsley-My husband is very
good to me. He always accompanies
me to church on Sundays.
Mrs. Darling-That's nothing. My
husband looks under the bed at my re.
quest, every night.
, 1899-05-12

Send Five Cents TO THE R1PANs CHEMICAL COMPANY, No. 10
Spruce St., New York, and they will be sent to you by mail; or
n cartons will be mailed for IS cents. Tho chances are ten to
one that Ripans Tabules as the very medicine you need
, 1899-05-12
The Base of unbeIief.

D1
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Some Sapient Sayings About Men,
Women and Things In
General,

Time and court plaster heal all wounds.
Woman's chief aim seems to be at target
called man.
Some men are SO fixed that they have no
use for moving van.
Charity never begins at home while house
cleaning is going on.
No man is modest enough to believe him
sell overestimated by others.
Beware of the cyclist who praises a wheel
OF different make from his own.
There are men living to-day who would
rather be right than be vice-president-
Providence takes care of some fools by CIV
ing them wives to look after them.
When man inherits dishonesty that is
about the only thing he honestly acquires.
But few women would carry pocketbooks
If they couldn't put anything in them but
money.
The man who can acknowledge mistake
without blaming it on some one else has true
moral courage
Imitation may be the sincerest flattery, but
more men acquire wealth by doing as they
see others do not do.
After man has dropped few thousand
dollars in stocks it is useless to tell him there
is no money in them.-Chicago Evening
News.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Tie prompt man always has plenty
Of friends.-Olean On. ~ Times.
When we get wise enough to live II
Is time for us to die.--Chicago Record.
1hs arguments of the loquacious indi-
vidual are mostly sound. - Chicago
Daily News.
Mrs. Naber--'Do you believe that
sea ndalous story about Miss Giddy?"
Mrs. Gossip (eagerly)-"Yes; what is
it?"-Town Topics.
When woman gets brand of coffee
that is not good she sets it to one side
to use in paying back when she bor-
rows coffee from the neighbors.-Atch-
ison Globe.
Mamma-aGladys, you had betterac-
cept young Mr.. Dolley. tits an offer not
to be sneezed at" Gladys-"But how
can I-kerchoo-help it, with this-ker-
choo-infiuenza? "-Harlem Life.
Street Railway observation-disclosures
that new fender working?" General
Manager-"Excellently! Ten people
have been killed since we put it on, and
not. a car has been injured!"--Town
Topics.
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A Curious French Law.

Owing to the existence of peculiar
law in France, which exacts that "any
person named or referred to in any
periodical publication shall have the
right to reply in the next number in the
same place and in the same type, pro-
viding the reply Voes not extend to
more than twice the length of the
offending article, zone of the forthcom-
ing numbers of the Revue des Deux
Mondes, the most important and la
auential monthly review in France,
will contain an article Of. unusual
length, and couched in edkravagant
language, which will appear in it's
pages in spite of the opposition of the
editor. 1t will bear the signature Of a
dramatic author, who, Infatuated by
the nature of the criticism passed by
the Revue on one of hip plays, has in
voked his rights underartictf 10 of the
press laws, rights which were in vain
contested by the editor.-N.E. Sun.
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Alpine Glaciers DecreSstnx.

Glaciers vary in length FRI h year to
year and apparently in cycl( of years
also. those of the Alps having shown
a general diminution since 1850. An in
yestigation of the changes Of the Arc
tic glaciers has now been made by Oh.
Rabot. There is no sign of a general
retreat corresponding to that of the
Alps, but in Greenland the ice is at
present at maximum and stationary.
In Iceland there was general increase
in the eighteenth century, interrupted
by a partial decrease. Then came a
very extensive advance during most of
the present century, slight retreat
not comparable with that of the Alps
having begun in the north of the island
about 1s55-1s6o, and 20 years later in
the south.-Chicago Chronicle.
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The Ancient Poppy.

Very ancient is the history Of the
poppy; it was wreathed with The lotus
in Egypt, and twined with thyme and
parsley in Greece. 1t was also one of
the flowers dedicated to Venus; and
the witches who wrought their spells
and muttered their incantations on the
mountain tops cast into their brew the
horned leaves.
1t was early recognized that the pop
Ply in its simplest form is one of the
most decorative of flowers. It's SIM
plest form is, of course, the wild flower
Of four petals. 1t is treated decorative
ly in a number of ways; either as fat
design of the lifted cup. or as com
ventional representation Of the four
petals encircling the receptacle, or as
the stem upholding the dome-like and
sometimes strongly ridged seed pod.
But, after all, the most marvellous ar
tistic suggestions are found in the
sharply outlined leaves which rise to
slender gothic points. These serve as
models of leaf design, and were carved
boldly and delicately in the stone of
ancient athedra!s.-Godey's.
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Bogus Egg. for Amateur Fanciers.

A curious account is given by Paris
correspondent of the discovery of an
eggforger, whose false productions are
purchased for scientific collections and
by amateurs. The man was very clever.
A visitor saw him make penguin egg
that could not be distinguished from
the real one that served him for a
model. He made the shell of plaster of
paris, burned and glazed. The egg was
intended for man who furnished eggs
for a foreign scientific collection.
These imitation are not difficult, for
among the real eggs of most species
there are SO many varieties that even
the most practiced expert could not
distinguish all Of them. The eggs of
the common fly catcher are very cheap.
By chemical treatment they acquire
bluish-green shining color, and are
then sold at very high price SIS the
eggs of the silk-tail. From common
Guck eggs are fabricated the eggs of a
falcon, for which 40f. or 60f. are paid.
The duck eggs, for this purpose, are
given silyer-green color. Pigeon and
wood pigeon eggs are also transformed
into rarer products of middling-sized
birds. Nightingales' eggs al e difficult
to procure, and are therefore very
dear. They are initiated by coloring
larks' eggs brown. The egg forger was
for long time an assistant in natural
histor7 museum in the provinces.--
Londoa News