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enough to wash out several pans Of d. t.
selecting spot where the white quartz
was visible, Fleming attacked the bank
with the pick. After one or two blows it
began to yield and crumbIe away at his
rect. he washed out painful perfume
tortly, more intent on the girl than his
work she, eager, alert and Breathe 8,
had changed places with him and become
the anxious prospector! But the result
was the same. He threw away the pan
with a laugh, to take her little hand! But
she whispered, TRY again.
He attacked the bank once more with
sucn energy that great part of 1t eaved
and fell, filling the pan and even burying
the shovel IN the debris. He unearthed
the latter while Tfnka was struggling to
get out the pan.
THE, mean thing is stuck and won't
| move" she said. pettishly. Il think it s
! broken now. too, just like ours"
Fleming came laughfngly forward, and,
putting one arm around the girls waist.
| The pan was immovable, and, indeed,
| seemed to be broken and bent Suddenly
| ne uttered an exclamation and began
| hurriedly to brush away the dirt and
throw the soil out Of the pan.
In another moment he had revealed a
fragment Of deeomposed quartz. like dis
| colored honeycombed cheese. half filling
| pick had struck it glancingly, there was
| a yellow streak like a ray of sunshine!
| And as he stroye to lift it he felt in that
| unmistakable omnipoteny of weight that
1t was scanned and celled with gold.
The news Of Mr.. Fleming's enga cement.
| two weeks later, to the daughter Of the
| recluse religious hunter who had made
a big strike at Lone Run, excited some
Skeptlcal discussion, even among the hon
| est congratulations of his partners.
That's a mighty queer story how Jack
got that girl sweet on him just by bor-
row1n prospecttn' pan of her." said
Faulkner, between the whiffs of his pipe
under the trees. You and me might have
borrowed hundred prospectin' pans and
never got even a drink thrown In. Then to
think of that old preachin' coon-hunter
hevin to give in and pass his strike over
| to his daughters feller, just because he
had scruples about gold dfggin' himself.
He'd hey booted you and me outer his
ranch first
Lord. ye amt takin' no stock in that
hogwash q responded the other. Why,
everybody knows old man Jallinger pre-
tended to be sick o. miners and m min
camps. and couldn't bear to hev 'em near
him, only jest because he himself was all
the while secretly prOspectin' the whole
lode and didn't want no fnterlopers. It
was only when Fleming implied In by get
tin hold O. the girl that Jallinger knew
the secret was out, and that's the way
he bought him off. Why, Jack wasn't no
miner-never was-ye could see that. He
never struck anything. The only treasure
he found in the woods was Tinka Jallin-
ger!''
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Child Freedom.
NasleassAsAasaNseMaassaasez1aaesaas

With show of pride a mother, who
could afford to buy any amount of ele-
gance and luxury for her children. dis
played a dozen garments each for her
five-year-old son and her three-year-Old
daughter that were to form the staple
Of their summer wardrobe. They were
alike in cut and form. differing only in
material and color. loose. comfortable,
inviting sort of garment it was, such as
child could run, jump, kick or climb
in to his hearts content. Attired in 1t
there would be no need of the ttresome
injunction. Don't tear or soil your
clothes "
Practically, it is nothing but sack
like garment with sleeves that reach to
the elbows and trouser legs that come
just below the knees. No over or under
clothes are intended to be worn with it
on hot DAYS. There is nothing to bind
nor in any way to fret the mind or body.
Linen, denim, gingham or any sort OF
strong, cool material may be used, and
if desired the severity Of style may be
modified by white piqus collar and
bands of the same In the sleeves. By
all means there should be a pocket; one
can easily be sewed on the breast and
ure to the possessor, says the New York
Press. One Of the beauties of this ar
ticle of dress is that it is equally within
the reach of the poor and the rich and
another is that it is as desirable for little
girls as for their brothers.
''For the beach or for the country It Is
the finest thing ever invented says an
enthusiastic mother, who tried 1t last
year for her four children. and is going
to repeat the experiment this season. II
don't know what I shall do when my
children get too large to wear them L
was afraid my seven-year-old daughter
would have to give up her overalIs, as
she calls them, this summer, but she
begged to have another season of fun in
them, SO I am going to turn her loose in
them again
This is only one Of the departures that
have been made In the last few years In
favor of children's comfort in preference
to mere appearance. More plain, seIlsi-
BILE clothes go into the trunks that are
packed for vacation days, and less trim
med and be-ruf1ied finery that is tooSsood
to play In.
And mothers no longer are afraid to
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III Stories OF California.

BILE. even when Tinka herself washed
for ore. The pool became still presently.
for two young people were interested in
each other.
There was a moment of silence. The
drone of a bumbIe-bee near by seemed
to make the silence swim drowsily In
their ears; far Off they heard the faint
beat of a woodpeeker. The suggestion Of
their kneeling figures In this magic mir
ror was vague, unreasening, yet for the
moment none the less irresistible. His
arm instinctively crept around her little
waist as he whispered-he scarce knew
what he said-'Perhaps here IS the treas
ure l am seeking
The girl laughed, released herself. and
sprang up; the PAN sank tngioriously to
the bottom Of the pool, where Fleming
had to grope for it, assisted by Tfnka,
who rolled up her sleeve to her elbow.
For minute or two they washed grave
ly, but with no better success than It
tended his own Individual efforts. The
result in the bottom of the pan was the
same. Fleming laughed.
You see." he said. gayly. "the Nam
mon of unrighteousness IS not for me
at least, so near your fathers taher-
nacle."
That makes no difference now" said
the girl quickly, for dad is goin' to move.
anyway farther up the mountains. He
says it's gettin' too crowded for him here
when the last settler took up a section
three miles off"
And are you going. too?" asked the
young man. earnestly
Tinka nodded her brown head. Fleming
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Prom sand HIu TO Pine is the title of
a volume of new short stories by Bret
Harte. 1t Is from the press Of Hough-
ton AIifiin & Co. The stories possesses
the charm that is characteristic OF all
this authors work. AS a sample of the
stories, take that OF "a Treasure of the
RedwoOds."
One day a prOspector. who was not
specially well trained. wandered In the
woods in a diIatory search and came
upon a cabin. He wanted a prospecting
pan, so he borrowed one from the daugh-
ter of the eccentric old man who lived
in the little clearing, a girl whose big
sunbonnet hid her face The pan was old.
patched and leaky, and he found nothing.
A few days later a note and box came
to the camp for him, brought by NAM
my" the negro housekeeper at Kattnka
Jaulnger's home. The note told an elab-
orate story Of how the borrowed pan.
the owners bread pan, had had flakes
OF gold in it, after all, concealed beneath
the loose patch in the bottom. Katinka's
note also explained that dad was away.
Dad" objected to gold mining and quot
ed Scripture to prove that 1t was wrong.
Excited by the news that he had been
prospecting in a likely place, Jack Flem-
ing hurried back TO the place near the
Jallfnger house Thither came Katinka,
prettily dressed, and this time he saw
that she was a very pretty girl. The
prospector's pan revealed nothing valua-
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the needs of their little ones. Because
rocking babies has gone out Of fashion It
does not follow that mothers are deficient
in sentiment. Mother love IS just as
strong when 1t obeys the Doctors diction
not to rock the baby because 1t IS bad for
the little brain, as when it yields to the
impulse to quiet the little one by the easy
task OF sWaying the cradle backwards and
forwards. or to take 1t up and walk back
and forth until the mother is weary and
the child has discovered what 1t can
achieve by tyranny.
One Of the results of modern child study
and mother training that is much In evi-
dence is the notebook wherein the mother
puts down daily every item concerning he
physical. mental and ethical development
Of her baby At the meeting of a club
Of mothers devoted to this cult not long
ago baby books were produced to be read
for the common veal and instruction.
but so VOluminous was the first book and
so interesting did the reader deem each
recorded fact that no one else got
chance to show the peculiarities and re-
maTkable development Of her own darling,
whose record was the most wonderful
thing In the world
The trouble with these baby notebooks
Is that every other one seems so tame
and dull in comparison with her own that
no mother can be persuaded to bestOw
any attention upon the record OF any
baby except her Donald or Dorothy, 50
that they cannot be said TO have a wide
circulation. To supply this difficulty
body Of women sociologlsts who. having
no children Of their own. are without bias
in their opinions, make these books tho
basis for study. analysis and deduction,
whereby they are constructing theories.
reaching conclusions in regard TO the de-
velopment Of the Individual and the hu-
man race. The publication Of these statis-
tics stimulates the desire on the part Of
mothers to prove new facts through tbs
unique experiences Of their children. Con
sequently baby notebooks multiply indef
fniteIy, for no mothers child is as any
other child In the universe.
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tite, rounded. graceful figure, soft blue
eyes and crown of golden hair, made her
the belle of the country. But even at
that early age, the eccentricities, now so
marked, began to display themselves.
She went in for literary work, and pro-
duced number of short pieces Of no
especial merit. until her sensational and
somewhat risQue book, '"The Quick or
the Dead" was written.
'THE QUICK OR THE DEAD"
Her father, Col Albert l. Rives, a dis
tinguished engineer, was in France at the
time being connected with the Panama ca
nal work. and the young authoress sub
mitted her manuscript to one of her rela-
tives, a learned professor in the Univer-
sity of Virginia. He strongly advised her
not to publish it without her fathers per-
mission. She refused to accept his advice.
The book proved an instant success, al
though it provoked a storm of criticism.
and the young woman's name was en-
rolled among the rising authors Of the
day. She was overwhelmed with re-
quests for stories from magazine and
other publishers, and in a few years fol-
lowing the appearance of her book wrote
for the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and
Lippincott's, among her more celebrated
efforts being "Herod and Marianne, -
Virginia of Virginia" The Witness Of
the SUM- The Farrter Lass o Piping
Pepworth," '.Athewold.'' According to
ST. John" and others. None. however. at
tracted the attention accorded her first
work.
HER FIRST MARRIAGE.
The beautiful home of the captivating
young authoress was the mecca of scores
of young men of the state, and her offers
of marriage were many. In the first
bloom of youth she married John Arm
strong Chanler. a man considerably her
senior, of grave, dignified demeanor, and
her opposite in almost every respect.
Their married life was an unhappy one,
and, while the ties were not legally sew
cred for years, yet they only lived to-
gether as husband and wife for short
time. He is now In an insane asylum in
New York state. While on a tour Of Italy
some years ago Amelia Rives Chan
ler as she called herself, met Prince
Troubetzkoi, Corsican. 1t seems to have
been q case of love at first sight, and not
long after the legal chains that bound
Amelia Rives and John Armstrong Chan
Ter and which had united them but slightly
were severed by due process of law. In
compatibility of temperament was the
ground on which the divorce was granted.
The wedding of the authore2s to the
prince, which took place in Pasas, was a
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Hm6II0 RIV6S' Lie Ending in GIOOIrl.

RICHMOND, Va, June 16.-A beautiful
wreck Of her former self, Amelie Rives.
Princess Troubetz6oi is now a voluntary
prisoner at the home of her father. Col.
Albert Rives, Castle Hill, Albemarle coun-
ty. 1t seems as though the final chap
ter Of a short but romantic life is being
written. and that any day may witness
Its close.
Many months have passed since this
gifted young lady returned to her faith
ers home from the gayeties of life in
Paris and the great cities of her own
country, with her health ruined ard her
nervous system totally unstrung. Her
coming was an event in Albemarle coun-
ty, and from far and near the friends of
The family gathered to see her. But she
would receive no one. She shut herself
in her own room, and refused to ho.d
communication even with the members
Of her own family. To this day she has
kept up her self-impoSed solitude, and
not until the shadows of night have fall
en- and all the household is wrapped in
slumber does she venture forth. Then,
draped all in white, like returned spir-
fl. haunted by the memory Of deeds done
on earth, she wanders back aud forth
through The wide halls and up and down
the winding staircase OF the old-fashioned
mansion until the dim light in the cast
heralds the beginning Of another day.
PREPARING ANOTHER BOOK.
How her time is spent within the con-
fines of her own room no one knows ex-
cept the trusty colored woman who car
ries all her meals and attends TO her
wants. 1t is known, however, that she
writes at intervals, and this has given
rise TO the report that she is preparing
another book, which may create a SEN
salton IN the world like that produced
by her first venture, The Quick or the
Dead"
Twice a month her husband. Prince
Troubetzkoi. now resident of washing
ton, comes down and sees her, and spends
a few days at Castle Hill. Sometimes
she consents to see him for a short time,
nnd sometimes she does not. The life of
the young princess. now evidently near
its erd. IS more remarkable than many
which have been woven by the skilled
pens of writer's Of fiction. She was born
and raised among the azure-topped noun
Gains OF the Blue Ridge, and grew up
With large share Of beauty. for which
her family on both sides has long been
noted. A. eighteen years Of age there
Ras 20 lovel!er CIR: ia Virginia. Her pc
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brilliant one, and their honeymoon was
spent beneath the bright skies of his ma
tive land and among the gay wtfrl of for
eign cities.
The eccentricity of the princess, how
ever. was growing apace, until it untitled
her for the world and eliminated, as has
been related. in practically burying her
alive in the once happy home of her girl
hood days. The prince is a painter Of re-
nown, and his Washington studio is a
fashionable one. He has painted the por-
trait of the queen of England and Of
other crowned heads of Europe. The
Princess Troubetzkoi is said to have
amassed several hundred thousand dollars
by her literary labors, and will not want
for temporal comforts the remainder of
her life
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have their darlings go barefoot. They
have learned that there are curative
properties in the earth that make it de-
sirable for the little feet to come in con-
tact with it. The virtues of the sun
bath are acknowledged. and the COM
pleXion bugbear is done away with
" hen mamma was little girl she had
to wear sunbonnet oy a big hat TO
keep from tanning her pretty face; but
her little daughter is permitted to get as
brown as the sun will paint her sturdi-
ness being appreciated more than deli
cacy in these days.
The coolest and most cOmforta BILE kind
of summer headgear for children. when
they must wear any, is the little round
hats of lawn or linen that can easily be
laundered when sOIled or crumpled.
Freedom for growing children is the
watchword in the vocabulary of the mod
ern mother. The child must not be
hampered or restricted by dress or other
artihcialities. AS soon as he can toddle
he IS encouraged to run about and in
dulge his animal spirits. Even the wee
thing. unable to stand upon his wabbiing
legs, lis put out of doors on the turf or
warm sand. little burdened with cloth
ing, and permitted to kick his heels joy
ously and stretch his arms widely in the
instructive pursuit Of health and strength.
IT there is a suspicion of dampness in
the ground he Is put on a rug or blanket.
The reform In the method of dressing
children has the sanction Of physicians,
but on one point they lift q warning voice.
In this changeable climate wooden gar
mentS should always be at hand, even in
midsummer, to supplement the thin and
scanty clothing so appropriate for hot
weather. Children are more susceptible
to climatic changes than their elders. and
should be protected most sedulously
against them.
There Is as much menace to health in
being chilled by insufficient clothing as by
being weakened by evermuch. Especially
on or near the seacoast the changes come
abruptly, and the single cotton garment
that was sufficient one hour may have to
give way the next to warm wooden suits
and stout shoes and stockings.
Training was a word formerly applied
almost exclusively to children. but nova
days one hears nearly as much about the
training Of mothers as of their offspring
Not only are there mothers clubs and
mothers congresses. but there Is a large
and growing literature on the duties,
methods, etc, o. mothers. Although there
Is doubtless some danger Of material indi-
gestion from overcramming of facts and
theories and a possibility that mothers
may be too busy learning about their du-
ties to their offspring to perform them
properly yet there are unmlstakable
gains for children in the efforts that
mothers are making to get a more intelli-
gent and sympathetic understanding of
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in weight, sheds the water, even as does
the proverbial ducks back. and can be
bought in the most charming cOlors and
combinations of eolors. Scarlet duck
lawn trimmed with wide white braid,
pale blue trimmed with either black or
white stripes of old rose and pink, with
touches of black, white or dark blue,
would make attractive surf costumes for
the woman who sees no necessity of
making herself look unsightly, even If
she is taking sea baths solely and sim
ply for her health
$50
Belt buckles vary In size from two to
four inches, and the oval seems to be
the favorite shape. Enameled buckles
are the latest cry of fashion. and their
exquisite coloring and brilliant polish
make them most desirable additions to
modish toilet They are usually of fill
gree, and the designs show tiny birds.
horses, deer and other fanc-es from the
animal kingdom, or one may have flowers
SO perfect in form and tint that they al
most seem to grow. AT the back or the
belt a snake may be worn, whose enamel
scales and emerald eyes might startle
one into believing it real; or lizards, toads
and turtles may cling apparently to the
waist.
Fichus, which depend for their grace
upon the manner QEdpiu6b dIC inc
height of the mode and are especially
adapted to youthful figures, giving that
broadening touch at the shoulders which
is so essentially becoming. These fichus
may be in Marie Antoinette style, or
Ia Montespan, or a Ia Pompadour, or,
in fact. SO arranged as the individual
fancy thinks best. The newest are ex-
qufsttely hand embroidered on the finest
lawn or cambria, family butter-colored,
and some are shaped in a rounded piece
without any frilis, ready for placing on
the shoulders and knetting in front. As
a natural accompaniment short elbow
sleeves appear on the newest foulards
and musllns, with full elbow ruff1es. These
are far more likely to be worn by good
dressers than the much-talked-of and
written-about sleeve of the fifties, which
is rather quaint than pretty, though
there is a charm about it for tea gowns
and wrappers.
An attractive automobile gown Is of
green mohair trimmed with white gimp,
which outlines the lower edge of the
skirt and runs down on either SIDE OF
/ the front. giving a panel effect with
| this is worn a littlecbox coat with deep
| scalIoped collar outlined, as we'll as the
edge of the jacket, with the gimp. Ihefe
are two little pockets son the left side
/ of the coat. With it was worn the other
| day a pretty little sky blue blouse.
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BOOKS HOUR. Fl :a:
''The Burden of Christopher.~

''The Burden of Christopher" by Flor
ence Converse. Houghton, Mtffiin &
Co. Boston and New York.
This story should be read by every
thinking person. The heart interest Is
intense and humanity IS sounded to it's
depths. It's moral must be left to the
reader. The story commences at the
home of Christopher Kenyon, manufac-
turer of shoes, in the village of Kenyon.
The Kenyons have beens at the head of
the factories for generations, and the
name has always been synonym for
honor and trustworthiness, albeit there
have been some hard and close men
among them. Christopher has taken his
place at the helm at his fathers death.
and now after stxfysars we find him with
fourishing business, but zunsatisfed
ideas. f,,
His old college instructor of economics,
Prof. Gillespie, the professors daughter
Agnes and the rector of the village, Phil
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some Of which are 1Gdicrcus In the ex-
treme. OF special interest at tlsla time IS
the story Of the census eEumeratOT's ex-
peTisnce with Aiekey's Snrru'Ous mother,
while the wcoden-legsed shAnghaF' and
the rooster" are pictures Of domestic
sensations that must have thrilled Coon
ey issend to the extreme. A chapter OF
history, the north pole, and Lesson In
geography are amusing, II not really
Instructive and there are In all thirty
sketches IN this volume, The Illuxtra-
Hons are excellent
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FASHION NOTES.

The Chicago club women took so many
trunkfuls Of clothes with them to the
great club pow-wow at Milwaukee last
week that iron coupling pin of the bag
gage car broke and the special train was
delayed two hours. There were 750
trunks and each trunk had an excess
weight tag. Three trunks TO each wo-
man was the average. Mrs. ]. M. Flow
er, of the Chicago Womans club, an
nounced to the women who shared her
car: We'll, 1 didn't break the coupling
pin, for L only brought a dress suit case"
= =
Roses are largely in evidence in mil
lfnerial decorations. Abroad the fancy
is running riot for the wearing of abse-
lutely monstrous. but nevertheless very
beautiful roses that certainly would never
have grown on any bush that had not
the strength of the oak to support their
splendid proportions.
One rose Of the accepted correct size
is sufficient, with the addition Of a little
foliage and a band of ribbons, to trim
an entire hat. The newest roses, in fact,
are about eight or ten inches IN diameter,
while the immense number of their petals
and the general luxuriance of their out
line make one hesitate to hazard q
guess as to their probable c1rcumfer-
ence.
The new fowered muslins are charming
for young girls. the effect in the coloring
and pattern closely resembling hand
painting. These are made up with quaint
lace trimmed fichus and worn with a
dropping trimmed lace-like straw hat
faced with folds of colored chiffon. The
skirts are variously trimmed with lace
insertion and made up over fine lawn
and chiffon underskirts, one over the
other. trimmed with narrow ruffies and
ruches of ribbon.
Duck lawn. or galatea, makes most
serviceable suits for the surf. 1t is light
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BOOK NOTES.

The Riverside Press. Cambridge. has
Just tSsued another edition OF e. W H0We's
romance. ''The Story Of a Country Town"
one OF the most popular Of the old Tick
In paper. Howe, a Newspaper man. has
told the Incidents OF life IN a country town
so well tha6 the atmosphere seems 10
cling to the pages Of the book