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er, CLIMBED Tie uvIgui, tied a rope to
the bell, and rang it until the fog
cleared away. The Lighthouse Board
warmly commended Mrs. Fowler's
courage in q letter that Is precious
to her. These are but few transcript
from official pages.
The first woman to act as light
touse-keeper was probably Elizabeth
Smitl, who, n 1880, kept the light at
Old Field Point, Long Island, and had
full charge of it for twenty-five years.
Nancy Rose was appointed in Novem-
Der. 1857, as lighthouse-keeper 10
succeed her husband Mt Stony Point
on the Hudson River. She is the first
woman keeper whose appointment Is
on official record. In her seventy
seventh year, Mrs. Rose still Climbs
the ladder to the light with no uncer-
tain step, faithfully keeping her vigil
under stormy and starry skies. Her
BRIGHT eyes are unimpaired in vision.
THE lighthouse stands on the hilltop.
The keepers cottage is surrounded by
a well-kept garden that during the
summertime is full of blooming dah-
lias. Mrs. Rose maintains the family
tradition in being light-keeper, as
they have held the post ever since the
tower was built. She has raised sew
en- children, and kept the position
through various political changes be-
cause, as she says, Il have done my
duty"
The first women to be appointed
ighthouse-keepers on the Pacific coast
are widows, Mrs. Emily A. Fish at
Point Pinos, and Mrs. Julia +. Will
iams. of Humboldt, California. Point
Pinos light is situated on a point Of
land jutting into the sea. Mrs. Fish
obtained permission to add to the ac-
commodations, and built comforta-
BILE residence with modern improve
ments for herself.
Mrs. Fish keeps tho light with great
care, allowing no one to relieve her OF
the official duties of the station. AS a
result she received, in March, 1901, a
letter of special commendation for the
neatne3s, excellence and faithfulness
of her service, Il document that is
filed with the official records OF the
Board.
Mrs. M. D. R. Norvell is one of the
well-known heroines of the lighthouse
service. She was born in Washington
D. c., and her great-grandfather de-
signed the Washington monument.
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Thirty years of age, possessor OF
handsome fortune and handsome
face; and already become cynical! Sc
riously, Rush, would advise you TO
become a hermit. 1 think o few
months so spent would raise you to
the appreciation of your blessings:
Take it into consideration, old tel-
low. Au revoir!!"
And Harry Withers, touching his
hat, hurried off at the corner of the
street the two friends had approached
together.
Rush Travers walked on alone. The
words to which he had just listened
had been lightly, jestingly spoken, but
somehow they had hurt. Was it true
5thatshe was ungrateful RI Did the 2heaft'
never cry out, in its emptiness, even
when filled with the favor of fortune,
the good will of men. the caressing
smiles of women? Did not the two
latter hang upon the former? What
man, what woman cared for the man
and not the outward surroundings
which he owed to chance? The one
true heart on which he might have
leaned was stilled forever.
Ten years before, in the first flush
of his young manhood he had lost his
mother. There now remained for him
but cherished, idolized memory. His
father had died in his infancy. He
had neither brother nor sister.
At 25 he had fallen in love with 4
woman whose falseness he had dis
covered in time to save the wreck OF
his life, though scarcely of his happi-
ness.
He stood alone in the world-alone
on his richly-freighted bark. Could
all it's treasures atone for the reaiiz-
ing sense of desolation the world i'm
parted?
"Will you buy my violets, please,
sir? Only dime, sir.
It was sweet, pitiful, pleading
voice-a sweet, little pitiful face, look
ing at him from beneath the brim IF
a tattered hat, thrust on to a mass
of bright, chestnut curls.
Children were Rush Travers' weak
ness. At any time he could take into
his arms crying child and hush its
sorrow.
He thrust his hand into his pocket
and drew therefrom piece Of silver,
which he placed in the tiny, out
stretched palm; then, from very idle
ness. he walked on, questioning the
little girl, who ran beside him.
Poor little waif How singularly
pretty she is" he thought.
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:l}oVd0lf
, CHAT:

Mrs. Mackay, the American million
aires wife, is holding aloof from Eng
lish society.
A needlewoman who devotes herself
largely to making children's Russian
blouses has completed her fourth hun.
dred, made within the last three years.
Mrs. n. N. May, Chicago woman
of leisure and culture, has accepted
al appointment as a volunteer inspec-
tor of streets and alleys in the precinct
in which she resides.
New York State Division Of the Uni-
ted States Daughters Of 1872 has un-
yelled tablet at West Point to the
memory Of the officers. soldiers and
sailors of the war Of 1872.
Thirty thousand women registered
in Chicago in 1894, and voted for
school officers-their first opportunity
mi s'-.cc that time the number regis
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poke, when, as they were in the shad-
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97puhe, sWneuj us tHey were LII sue Shao-
ow voices reached them.
sA beautiful girl-yes. Rush Tfav-
Eerss saprice' they call her There is
some mystery about her. For my pert,
don't believe she's any relation, and
think the mans iii love with hst.
You know the old story about hiri?"
But they heard no more: Pansy felt
hesstrong quiver which ran through
{ him as he drew her away. I.
4Oh, BnGle Rush." she murmured, Il
san so, So sorry"
Sorry for what?" he answered. al
most zharshly: For keeping MY secret
ESQ poorly that it is a football for the
G world For selfishly gloating When
pthsr men were Unsuccessful in gain
ing the treasure l so mad1y covet for
my own? It is true what they say;
i12ansy true; but it shall be so no
longerp
True, Uncle Rush! You mean that
syouslove me?'
SS, i'll " udlllL6.-ss ouIf w. nv ~ ~
ten you: I have not forgotten
/ that j am almost an old man, while
you are on the threshold of your young
life. You shall marry some good,
noble man, Pansy, and shall be happy
in your happiness"
81 shall never marry" the girl an
swered, softly, ''unless-unless-oh,
Uncle Rush! / never guessed my own
secret but / know it now. Whom could
Il love but you? When other men have
.wooed me, have thought of you; and
beside you they seem so powerless to
win one beat of my heart. How could
they, when already it belonged to you?
Was the gift so small that you would
not claim it?"
But he sealed the sweet. questioning
lips with the first lovers kiss which
had ever rested there.
Rush Travers' caprice they called
1t, darlingT he whispered. but they
were wr5ng-it was Rush Travers' in
spiration Saturday Night.
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at the radiant vision which entered.
She threw herself upon his breast,
with a glad sob, then started back.
Uncle hush," she said questioning
ly, "you are not glad to see me?"
He had recovered himself by then,
and welcomed her warmly; but some
thing had arisen between them her
womanly perception was first to recog-
nize. Already this meeting, to which
she had looked forward with such glad
ness, was marred.
From all sides, that night, Mr..
Travers was met with congratulations
on the beauty and brillianee of his
ward, who had received the first hon.
ors of her class. Was the old cyni-
cism growing on him, that he turned
from it all as though weary?
For The first time, glancing casually
in a mirror, be discovered that the
thick, brown hair was streaked with
gray, and the sight hurt him. Why?
He neither asked the question nor
answered it.
There was no doubt now Of Pansys
future, he told himself, as, having
thrown open his hospitable doors, the
world focked there to welcome this
new aspirant to its honors; but, al
most to his surprise, he found that
he could not remain quietly in the
background, spectator. Women still
smiled upon him, still murmured sweet
nothings in his ear, or uttered gentle
reproaches at his obduracy.
Was he never to be lured from his
solitude? Some one soon would steal
from him the bright new star which
now lighted him home. Would he be
content to leave it in darkness? Thus
they whispered in his ear.
Why should he resent it, rather than
welcome it? Had he not planned for
her a brilliant marriage? Already it
was assured to her if she would ac-
cept it. Why, then, did he rejoice as
one and another retired, heavy-heart-
ed, from the lists?
He grew to hate the world anew.
Now and then would come quiet
evening, when, sitting alone in his IL
brary, she would steal softly in, as she
had done so often in the old, childish
days, and sitting on stool at his feet,
lay her soft, velvet cheek upon his
hand.
Would she come to him thus. one
day, and tell him that at last she had
given away her heart? And would he
be strong enough to give her his bless
ing?
All, he had learned his own secret
now.
One evening they went together to
brilliant gathering. A murmur OF
admiration ran through the room as
she entered it, but something in 1t all
wearied her tonight.
She refused the many eager claim
ants for the dance, and stood watch
ing the gay scene, surrounded by a
little court, when, looking up, she saw
Rush Travers eyes fixed on her face.
With sudden impulse she moved
swiftly to his side.
~ am tired, Uncle Rush." she said.
"The garden is thrown open. Will
you take me there with you for lit
tie while?"
He drew the little gloved hand in
his arm and together they passed
through the French window into the
lantern-lghted space beyond, Neither
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he not to her as her own boy? Pansy
had crept into the Kind old heart; and
in the night she had risen from het5
own bed, and stolen into the room sad.
joining hers, to see that the clothes
were carefully tucked about the Httlt5
form: sl
1t was a new thing to the Child; this
watchful care, but she grew and exIl
panded under it like some beautiful
flower.
No one detected her in an untruth:;
She avowed her faults boldly. She
laughed, she sang, she cried, as other
children; yet about her was a singular
charm, a half-sadness, strangely uns
like the ycarelessnesss Of child dhoed.
Thus two years rolled away, and
again Rush Travers determined Stol go,
abroad. Pansy must be educated, too;
but he knew now what he meant to
do with her future. The child was
dear to him as his own, and his own
she should be. He would give her
such an education as his own daugh-
ter should have had, had he possessed
one. He would make her brilliant
woman. She should be worthy OF. some
man whom he would choose for her
husband. She would never know lone
illness more, and in the fullness Of her
lifes promise he would forget the
emptiness Of his own.
Uncle Rush." she called him. The
past was already to her like dream,
She parted from him in bitter tears
when he left her at her new home, the
school at which she was to be edu-
Gated.
Little did Nine. Arnaud dream that
she was receiving among her select
and fashionable pupils street flower
girl. Was this gir! not the niece and
ward of the aristocrat? She had
never welcomed a pupil with greater
pride, nor did the years, as they came
and went, lead her for one moment to
suspect the truth.
Among all this fair bevy Of girls
none so fair as she. who owed the
smooth outer current of her life to
Rush Travers passing caprice. The
deep blue eyes had borrowed even more
of the papsy's purple tint; the bright
rose flush of health was on her cheeks;
the rich carmine natures brush alone
can paint was upon her lips. In the
sunny waves of the chestnut hair
played CLEANS of ripping gold Her
hands and feet were small and dainty.
Her figure had developed into exquisite
grace.
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than the united States, anu
here, where so few profess
sons or callings are barred to woman,
the position OF light-keeper is open to
her; provided, of course, she can stand
the examination that is necessary be-
fore she can be placed upon the roll of
eligibles for appointment. The posi-
tion is both congenial and rcmunera-
tive, and for great many years wom-
en- from time to time have found their
way into the profession. until now
there are few States with coast line
that do not number at least one among
their light-keepers, and frequently a
greater number.
The accommodations Of lighthouse
station are, Of course, varied. Some
times they are simple, but in the case
Of the new structures they are very
elaborate. In the ordinary building
there are usually seryice-room, liv.
ing-room, bedroom, oil-room and q
store-room.
The duties of the li%hthouse-keeper
are many and important. The top of
the tower is usually tiny room, all
glass windows. The lantern is in the
centre Of the room; it is great prism
of glass in shape like beehive. The
lamp is set into this. and the lenses
magnify the comparatively small light
of the lamp and make it a great beacon
seen far of over the waters. Should
the luminant be a fiash-light, there is
machinery to be wound up every few
hours to cause 1t to revolve. At sunset
the keeper climbs the steep steps in tie
high tower, takes down the curtains
that darken it throughout the day, and
sets the lamp inside the lantern. AS
she makes out the last dim sail upon
the horizon ard feels thrill Of isola-
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"And your father!''
"He is dead, too"

Anu your ldIuST
'He is dead, too"
with whom do you live?"
with a woman who is kind to me,
and whom I pay by selling my flow
ers. am all alone in the world"
Alone in the world Who can real
lie as he, the pathetic eloquence held
in the simple avowal? But if to him
the word meant so much-to him in
the pride and strength of manhood,
and position, and wealth-what new
meaning did it gather when it includ-
ed dependence, and poverty, and wom-
anhood?
A sudden thought came to him. 1t
was almost an inspiration. He looked
once more, earnestly, searchingly, into
the little, upturned face.
The child was beautiful; the eyes
were large and truthful; the mouth
showed character, which might be
nodded for good or evil.
"Pansy," he said, scarcely conscious
of his own intention until the words
had escaped him, "you say that you
are alone in the world. So am l. Sup
pose 1 make you my little girl? Do
you think that you would be happier"
"Do you mean that l am to live with
you, and bring you the money for my
flowers? Oh, l should like that very,
very much"
II mean that you should live with
me, yes; but you will not sell flowers
then, though you shall have all that
you want"
The child looked up in wondering
amazement. She could not compre-
hend the words, but Rush Travers had
not uttered them lightly.
What he should make Of the little
waits future he had not determined.
1t should greatly depend upon herself;
but while he lived' she should never
again be friendless.
1t was an easy matter to, gain the
consent of the woman with whom she
she lodged. The sum he put into her
hands would more than reQuite her
for any loss she might suffer through
Pansy's flower selling. From the
woman, too, he learned something
more about the child's history. Her
parents were artists; the mother had
eked out a scanty living by painting
flower pictures on wood, after her hus-
bands death, which had occurred be-
fore Pansy's birth. Then, when the
little girl was about six years Of age,
two short years before, she, too, had
laid down the weary burden Of life,
and the child was left alone.
OF his new whim Rush Travers said
nothing. 1t leaked out, however,
among his fashionable acquaintances
that he was interested in little child,
but all supposed it some relative, and
looked upon it as passing caprice.
He wished that it should be so. He
did not want curious eyes prying into
the past Of one whose future he in
tended to make his care.
The world saw little of him in these
days. 1t almost seemed to him like
coming home, now that he knew little
feet would run to welcome him, little
arms clasp themselves about his neck;
or later, little curly head rest on
his shoulder, while the lids dropped
over the pansy eyes, in happy, care
less slumber.
The old housekeeper alone shared
his secret. She had abused him round
w at first, as was her privilege. Was
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Girl Students who Cook.

a girl who has to work while at col
lege has certain advantages at Ober-
lin; as Hiss Alice Fallows points out
in the Century:
For the Oberlin girl who prefers to
concentrate her housewifely talents
on herself, Keep Home, an old-fash-
ioned rambling house owned by the
college, provides rooms at fifty cents
a week. With the little cook stove
which is part of the furniture Of every
loom, q frying pan and coffee pot,
she has all the paraphernalia neces-
sary for her frugal meals. Her break
fast oatmeal SINNERS while she is
dressing. at noon she slips q potato
into the oven with one eye on her
Latin grammar. and completes her
midday meal with dish Of canned
corn, perhaps, and an egg or two. Sup
per becomes simple or elaborate. ac-
cording to her appetite and the state
of her funds. Meat is sometimes in
cluded in the bill of fare, but to the
girls at Keep Home it often ceases
to be daily necessity. Some Of them
from the neighboring country, and pa
rental Yisists more or less frequently
result in a supply of eggs and vegeta-
bles, OF bread and cake, which the
mother has maze with loving thoughts
of her college girl. But the student
who comes from a distance and has
no convenient link between herself
and the home larder can live very
reasonably and wholesomely at Keep
Home If she has even q working
knowledge of the chemistry of foods.
One students weekly expenses, in
Guiding room rent, fuel, light and food,
amounted to S1.65, and her meals, She
said, were plentiful and good. Week
" expenses, with very careful plan
ming, can be brought down to 81, and
occasional girls have lived on seventy
!. five cents, but not without q loss of
physical strength, which left them in
Z poor condition for college work. Some
fines girls get only their breakfast
and supper, taking dinner in one Of
ahs boarding houses Of the toX,,, and
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Machine Threads Needles.

A little machine which threads 1908
needles minute is in Minneapolis
The purpose of the machine, which
was made in Switzerland, is to thread
needles that are placed afterward in
an embroidery loom for making tee
Swiss or Hamburg lace. The device
is almost entirely automatic. 1t takes
the needle from q hopper, carries 1t
along, and threads, ties the knot, cuts
the thread of uniform length, then
carries the needle across an open
space and sticks it in a rack. The
work Of threading these needles was
formerly done by hand, and lie ad'
vance from what may be done by
hand to 1000 minute by machinery
is an index Of the progress OF the
Sw,ss gepublic.
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working out the cost Of 1t, which is
ten cents or more, by washing the
dishes and setting the table afterward.
Keep Home for more than forty
years has been the refuge Of poor stu
dents. While college life for its occu-
pants, perhaps, has not been so full of
color and enjoyment as for the girls
who needed to take no anxious thought
for the morrow, they have made the
most Of the blessings they could have,
and, without exception, by their
achievements in the world have made
Oberlin proud to acknowledge them as
graduates.
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Louisiana. at his death Mrs. NorveH
succeeded him as keeper Of the light,
in 1891, and she brought up her Two
children in the sunshine and storm of
sea-life.
Another of these heroines is Mrs.
Martha A. Keeler, who has spent
twenty-four years in various light
houses along the North Carolina coast.
Nine years of this time she was
fourteen miles from postoffice and
ten miles from land, but she bad her
birds and flowers and books, and be-
tween them and the performance Of
her household duties the time passed
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A New Couture.

IA
There is new coiffure. 1t W
-by those English beauties, tn,
.nf NnstninsS and her Sis.
Princess of1Fless, and by tina, si@s
scan beauty Lady Curzon. 1t - zae
coiff OF the season, and many arr
characteristics. -. .:.ii:;;s.
1t is built very low.
It is very large, though not cumber-
some by any means.
1t suggests an old-fashioned type,
while being strictly new.
And, finally, it is easy to do up,
though it looks difficult.
The new coiffure is built very low
Mt the back Of the head. To accom-
plish it, 1t is necessary to go back to
ones schoolgirl days, when the hair
was twisted in a double loop at the
back.
The hair must be worn more closely
than it was in the schoolgirl days,
and, to keep it snug, must be tied at
the back, just between the ears, and
almost at the neck.
Now, with one hand, the hair must
be twisted, and with the other it must
be pinned as it twists. If done just
right it will fall in a double loop and
will hang pretty low at the back.
The hairdressers who do things so
very we'll have faculty Of using hair
pins. Not less than twenty are put in
this knot, and the pins are located at
each side and at the top in steady
profusion. 1t is faddy to use pins that
exactly match the hair, and those Of
amber-hued hair are selecting amber
pins, while the pure blonde is using
the pure blonde pin Of gold. The ra-
ven-haired girl may wear gilt pins If
she chooses, but they must be very
bright and pretty, or they will look out
Of place.-Detroit Free Press.
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in & keeper is imperative. Daily.
monthly, quarterly and annual reports
are rendered to the inspector, and each
report is a detective upon the other,
every light is a watch-tower, and every
visible light-station reports the others
on the log-book or daily journal.
The pathetic story of Lena, the six
year-old keeper Of port light on the
Mississippi River. brings tears to many
eyes. The blind grandfather pleaded
with the child not to venture to the
island post that night, in vain. Lena
had promised the inspector never to
forget that light, and, although a
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or INTERE ST
Novelties In Jewelry.

Novelties in jewelry are constantly
appearing. Both new and smart is q
long chain of Eastern cut gems, and
irregular pearls and turquoise strings
wound about the neck are gaining in
favor rapidly. A lovely brooch of
ahaded eIamel is made like q Wild
rose, but has the odd addition Of
cherub's head in raised gold in the
centre. Amethysts are worn, once
more, after long disuse, and often are
combined with diamonds.
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The Popular Girl.

The type of girl that everybody likes
IS she who appreciates the fact that
she cannot always have the first choice
Of everything, nor does she want it
She is the girl who is not too bright
to be able to tnd brightness in every
one, and pleasure in everything; she
is neither aggressive nor a tale bearer
nor fault finder. She is tactful, kind
and. pleased with every attention. She
is, in fact, the girl who makes the
world pleasant place because she
is part Of it, and you like her because
you feel she likes you.-Ala -,
Queen. $s!S,s
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The romantic, brilliant and versatile
girl married q young man Of fortune.
who suffered financial rcverses, and
was appointed keeper of the light at
the Head of the Passes, Por: Eads,
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tion of all supplies furnished yearly in
large quantities by the Government.
The accounts are piled up in pamphlets
full of figuring, and the minutest &C.
curacy is absolutely necessary. Trust
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The average price received by all
the gas companies in Massachusetts, is
$1.10 per 1000;