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Tadpo1es Mt Wholesale.

A resident of this city is the own
er of a fine aquarium, and recent
ly commissioned street urchin to
procure for him some tadpoles from
suburban ponds, promising to pay ten
cents for a canful of the wrigglers.
The boy was not of a selfish nature;
on the contrary, he tod all his ac-
quaintances for blocks around of this
new source of revenue, and there was
a veritable exodus to the tadpole re-
gions. When the gentleman reached
HON in the evening, he was met by his
wife with reproachful countenance.
Almost Immediately he detected the
sound of shrill juvenile voices pitched
high in dispute. Lined up at the back
door he found the original "contrac-
tor" reinforced by score or more of
his comrades, each bearing in his
hand an old tomato can filled with tad
poles. The aquarium owner, being
possessed of a sense of humor, took in
the situation at a glance, and good
naturally decided to receive the entire
catch, giving to each boya dime. When
all had obtained their stipend, the
boys gave one mighty cheer and scat.
tered in all Observation-Disclosures
| Sun.
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The Stalker stallScd.

The hunter in pursuit of big game
must be prepared for the unexpected.
Mr.. Horace A. Vachell, in ''Life and
Sport on the Pacific Slope" relates the
experience of friend of his, man
for whose veracity he vouches. My
friend was after bear, and was accom-
panied by an Indian guide whom he
always took with him on such trips.
One morning they sighted large
wapiti, which they wounded.
The Indian took the trail; but the
hunter, knowing the habits of wound
ed deer, took a short cut across some
hills, hoping to get another shot at
the wapiti as it crossed certain di-
vide. He reached the divide and
climbed tree for wider outlook.
Presently the wapiti came slowly up
the steep slope; the Indian followed,
knife in hand; and then, behind the
Indian, not 40 yards intervening, wad-
died huge bear. So intent was the
Indian upon his quarry that he was
unaware that he, in his turn, was be.
ing tracked, till bullet whistled past
his head from the hunters rifle and
laid the bear low. That was sur.
| Drised Indiant
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ally finds the dainty frilled white net
or muslin fchu.
Skirts are still built to cling closely
round the hips and back, which means
that the underskirt or petticoat must
fit equally smoothly without ruck OF
wrinkle. From below the knee skirts
are very full, and in light materials
break out into an abundance of frilli-
ness that is really very fetching.
Dress skirts made of diaphanous
materials are often gagged at the
back, or fiat plaits employed to give
substance to the back width. There
is less tucl1ing on skirts, but more
founces and frills.
For country and morning wear
short all-round skirts with boleros of
square-cut pretensions, or with simu-
tweed, covert coating, linen, pique
and drill.
Blouses, or rather slips, as they are
termed, are daintiness personified in
fancy and embroidered muslin, and
especially in black, white and cream
d'esprit net. A net blouse in the lat
ter shade looks delightful made with
quarter-inch tucks and yoke of cream
lace across which are bretelles of
black ribbon velvet with tiny gold
clasp in the center of each. Then
sewn at intervals over the bodice and
sleeves are black lace butterflies.
Black net slips have appliques Of
cream lace for garniture.
The mixture of black with cream
or white is very modish; and pale
blue-real Cambridge blue-is one Of
the spring colors, and is seen in all
dress goods, and also in millinery. A
note of--blacls is usually introduced
with it. Green also, in the shade of
tender leaf green, promises to be
very popular. It has silvery bloom
on it that is very soft and becoming.
Full neck ruffles of chiffon, net and
tulle fasten at the neck with long
streamers of black ribbon velvet.
Some are furnished with wide frill,
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without as with me. None the less,
it was a relief. a few minutes later,
to be overtaken by my friend at the
point where the ditch crossed the
road to enter the Setter field.
"They are bringing him DOWN." l
queried.
Eyes. He came to and sat up Just
after you left. He isn't hurt very
much"
He would have dismounted to make
me ride, but the distance was nothing.
"Will you go back to the Six-Afile
to-night?" I asked, when we reached
the gate. "Selter will put you up
mo; I'll go on back. If I didn't
show up before morning, the boys
would raid Wykamp's outfit. Good
night. You go in and take about
three fingers and go to bed. You'll
be in luck if this doesn't down you
again"
ITO Be Continuedl
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''You FOLLOWED Him TO KILL HIM

was irresistible. Here for an hour we
had been straining every nerve to
save the life of man whose death
was every way desirable-but 1
checked myself at once. Macpher-
son was glowering at the PROSTATE
figure beyond the fire in way that
made me SILVER. / made haste to
bank the fires of wrath.
cit is unfortunate that Setter has
put himself on the wrong side of the
criminal fence" I remarked.
Macpherson responded quickly, as il
glad of the diversion.
cit is; devilish unfortunate. The
thing hangs by thread. If that fel.
low suspects that it was giant
powder and not the flood, we'll all
hear from it,
"Wjll he suspect?"
Macpherson shook his head. "He'l
reason it out, if he hasn't been toe
badly shaken up. And we'll be lucky
if we're not dragged ir as witnesses
He went silent for minute, ant
when he continued his thought wa:
for me. "Say, Jack; suppose you take
the back track to the farmhouse
There is no need of your being
mixed up in this! and if you're no
here when his men come, no one will
be the wiser. Follow the bed of tn
ditch and you won't meet them"
The advice was sound, but I hest
tated.
"But that will leave you to bea,
the brunt Of it alone, Angus"
He waved me off. GO on, and g,
now, or it will be too late. I'm i,
for it, anyway, because he saw me
Get move"
went at that, scrambling acros
to the line of the ditch and wallow
ing downward through the dry san,
of its bed. Halfway to the gap il
the hog-back could look down upol
the party of rescuers on it's way VI
the trail, and was half minded t.
turn back when saw it was heade,
by the Mexican. But l went on whel
I reflected that Macpherson woul
account for himself quito a we
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WHEN BABY WRITES A LETTER.

When baby writes a letter to her Daddy far
away,
The occasions most important, for she has
SO much to say.
She sits up to the table, as grown-up FOLKS
all do,
And then pile of paper all around her we
must strew.
With Grandmas golden spectacles safe
perched upon her nose
She dips her pen into the ink. then straight
to work she goes,
And the onslaught fierce that follows would
fill you with dismay-
When baby writes letter to her Daddy
far away.
@'Baby sends her love to Daddy, and hopes
that he is well.''
Us the sentence Baby first indites-her
methods 1 must tell
For the sweet and simple message that
expresses Baby's love
ds dot and dash and big ink-splash below
and just above.
She perforates the paper with many tiny
pricks,
And plays tattoo on her chair with sun
dry little kicks,
And all the floor is scattered DER with frag-
ments of the fray
TO tell us Babys writing to her Daddy far
away.
The letter is long one for scores of sheets
are used, =
And every one bears witness to the way
it's been abused.
a page for every word she takes, she quite
Ignores the lines,
While each one as it's written to oblivion
she consigns;
Then proudly for an envelope Miss Baby
now will call,
And she fills it full of paper, with no writ
ing on at all.
The address is SO illegible, much regret
to say,
It's doubtful if twill ever reach dear
Daddy far away
Charles Noel Douglas, in Woman's Home
Companion.
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WAS GOING TO ",MERIKY."
And Eliza Wanted Her Hat Trimmed
in the Latest Style for
the Event.

One day a stout person penetrated
from the laundry to the drawing
room door, hastily pulling down the
sleeves over her scarlet muscular
arms, says Nineteenth Century.
eff you Please, missus," she said,
"doost'a think tn yoong lady as is so
clever at trimmin' that's a'd be so
kind as to trim me oop one? A
'ardly like to ask, but hoo's that kind
a thowt a'd try"
The young lady, visitor in the
house. was greatly taken with the
idea, and the dolly tub was left to
itself for time while Eliza expound-
ed her views, which were definite, as
to choice among the prevailing fash
ions. When the work of art was
completed she expressed high salts
faction.
CA wanted to luik well wen a goes
over there to my son and lis family,
d'yo' see??"
cover where, Eliza?"
"Why, over at 'Meriky, missus; am
going to see I'm just now. A meant
to las year, but a couldna save quite
enough for tn passage money; now
wiz yo' washin' all winter that's "a
right, SO am goin' over in tn Teu-
tonic week after next to ave look
round at them aw'. There's my sis
ter's husband out too since last Bar
naby, and my neebour as well. While
works been slack in town, folks
thowt they'd try tn other side"
So Eliza tried the other side, too,
but not finding it to hec liking, re-
turned to Midtown and reappeared
at the washtub with as little in the
way of travellers tales as anyone
who ever left her native land.
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specimens are beautifully silky in APP
pearance, and frequently have fancy
designs imprinted on them. In pearl
gray, willow green and soft dove
color these are suitable for dressy
toilettes and dust cloaks.. Favorite
trimmings for alpaca are coarse
cream lace-Irish or Venetian point
for preference-and ecru applique
with an edging of gold thread.
Foulards in silk, and in their excel
lent cotton counterfeits, are prettier
than ever, and are especially suited
for wear in this month of tears and
smiles. Rose-pink in rather deep
shade is charming in foulard, trimmed
lace insertion and knots of black vel
vet ribbon.
Delaines, in exquisite colorings and
designs, are not only stylish for
dresses, but are much used for
blouses, of which the narrow turn
over collars and cuffs are fashioned
of hemstitched or lace-edged silk,
matching the prominent shade in the
pattern.
All transparent fabrics over silk
will be much worn. Sometimes the
silk underslip is of contrasting
shade, such as green under pink, vel
low under mauve, etc. Very beauti-
full are the clinging English-made
crepes, with satin striped cream back
ground, on which are printed clusters
/ of lovely pink roses, chrysanthemums
or honeysuckle. Fairies themselves
would not .disdain to wear these ideal
| productions.
Soft grenadines in stripes and floral
designs, d'esprit net and voiles are
trimmed literally with lace and made
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| time TO serve notice on the man who
is responsible. That's what brought
me up here tonight. They told me
at the camp that Wykamp mad come
up here, and | thought it would DO a
good chance to get him by himself"
"Forgive me, Angus" 1 said, in
honest contrition. you're a better
man than 1 thought you We're; bet.
ter man than I'd be under the same
conditions, I'm afraid. What will you
do?"
'Get over on the aggressive side
The man on the cth'er side of the fire
stirred uneasily and groaned, and
Macpherson waited until I made sure
that Wykamp was still beyond caves.
dropping. "Get over on the aggres.
sive side, and begin the development
of my placer. AS stockman they
can do me up cold, every time; but
when | turn miner 1 shall have the
entire legal machinery of the great
est mining state in the union behind
me. The boys will be up here with
their picks and shovels tomorrow
morning, and we shall build flume
and make peremptory demand for
water. Well get it. Not even the
Glenlivat syndicate is big enough to
buck against miners right. And
when we've used the water in our
rifle boxes, it can go down to the
settlers for their burnt-up felds.'
81 sec," said. "Why didn't you do
it long ago."
:sThe time wasn't ripe. Between
us, don't hope to make anything
out of the placer. We've all planned
at it now and then, and nobody has
found more than few 'colors' to the
pan. But it comes in pat now, just
at the right time. Public sentiment
is strong on the side of the settlers,
and against the land company; and
I happen to know that President
Baldwin is beginning to be bit I'M
certain about this location for the
dam. Did you see the pit before the
coffer-dam went out and filled it up?"
"Yes.'
''It was fully 20 feet deep and they
were still in this loose shale. If they
go on and put in their masonry, it's
pennies to dollars that the first
cloud-burst takes it out. Baldwin
knows the risk, and so do the stock
holders. The stock has gone down
ten points in as many days. That
was why they got together and made
a pool to try to buy me out"
Decent figure?"
"Fairly decent. They strained
point all the points, I imagine, in
the present uncertain condition of
affairs; but I wouldn't sell for twice
fifty thousand"
81 don't blame you; it's more than
a money fight"
Macpherson's soft brown eyes
flashed responsively. "Much more.
We charge Setter with making it
personal matter, but I'm afraid it's
come to be that with me. The day
when I can run that fellow out of
this valley at the tail of broken en-
terprise will be happy one for me.
It's the least I can do-and the
most. And I'll do it, if / live"
Wyllamp flung his arms abroad like
a man in bad dream. I laughed
aloud. The grim humor of the thing
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The Trouble s
on the Toro1ito.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright 1898. by Francis Lynde)
CHAPTER X.-CoSr1NuED.

A hundred yards below the dam
workings my ditch crossed the trail
below and the stream by boN-tume
bridge; crazy structure on spind-
ling stills that weaved and racked
under me as ran. did not dare to
look down or aside until 1 had won
across; and then I saw that 1 was
90 late, and that I was on the
wrong side of the stream. The
wooden coffer-dam was built out
from the other side of the canyon;
and the engineer, leaving his horse
where I had once left mine, had
climbed to the top of the timbering
to look down into the seething flood
hammering at it's upper side and
sweeping foam-fecked past its outer
extremity. And on the trail below,
with his horse neighboring playful
ly with Wykamp's, was Macpherson,
waiting quietly until the engineer
ihould finish his inspection and come
down.
My end Of the fume was in the
shadow of the canyon wall, and I
knew that neither of them could see
me; but stood up and waved my
arms and shouted to them. NV
tongue clave to my teeth, and
whether my cries were louder than
whispers, I know not. 1t mattered
little; the thunder of the torrent
was deafening, and no warning shout
of mine could dominate it. With
shaking knees I climbed a little
higher on the canyon wall to lay hold
of gnarled tree growing from a
left in the rock. When I looked
again, the engineer had turned to
creep back over the dollhouse tim
sbering of the coffer-dam. In the bal
'ancing instant I saw a worm-like
thread of fire eating its way up into
the black shadows on the down
stream side of the timbering; saw it,
:and saw that Macpherson had seen
it, He was urging his horse up the
trail, and his ringing shout came tc
me above the din and turmoil of the
waters. Then the thread of fire dis
appeared and rumbling crash SHOOK
the mountain like the shock of ar
earthquake. I heard the grinding
crunch of shattered timbers. ant
when I looked again the coffer-dan
had become mere log-jam in the
seething whirlpool, and the released
torrent was breast-high on the trail
where Macpherson had halted. Blu
for the sight of him sending hi
horse zigzag up the steep acclivit,
opposite, should have tainted ant
fallen. AS it was, my brain reele,
and horrible nausea seized me. Fo
at that moment Macpherson fun,
himself from the back of the scram
bling bronco and ran out on tn
wreck of the timbering to loo.
down into the surging maelstron
roaring through the gap. 1 looked
too, and saw what he saw. In tn
spume of the caldron, clinging DIES
perately to one of the half-sub
merged logs of the wrecked Golfer
dam, was the engineer. I saw hi
face upturned in the moonlight, an
1T was the face of man whose lif
had eaten out the fortitude where
with a brave man may go to hi
death.
And on the broken timberin
above, within arm's-reach of tn
drowning man, Macpherson stood an
Booked down upon him. He had blu
to withhold his hand, and Gods yer
geance would fall swift and sur
upon the poor worm writhing on it
log in the reek and spume of tn
whirlpool.
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vaienciennes Lace Insertion, Ribbon Vel.
vet, Silk Herringbone and Arabian Lace
Guimpe.
which droops over the shoulders in
cape fashion.
All the smaller yet now essential
dress accessories are very pretty, and
much skill is expended on their man
ufacture. Narrow collar and cuff
bands are made of lace or finely en-
broidered muslin, and used to deco
rate cotton and silk blouses. These
trifes are easily fashioned by the
home worker, as we'll as embroidered
waist belts and sashes. There is also
ample scope for the artist to achieve
beautiful decorative effects in the
painting of satin, muslin, chiffon and
lace.
Transparent lace Jokes and collars
are worn. These should be lined al
ways with white chiffon, as it makes
the skin look whittier, and also affords
more perfection from the too ardent
attentions of King Sol. Dress collars
are generally soft and dainty look-
ing, or, more often than not, are con-
spicuous by their absence.
Silk petticoats have deep founces
of muslin and lace made to button on,
so that they are easily removed for
the laundress. The petticoat worn
should, if possible, tone with the pre-
dominating color in hat or costume.
For instance, pale blue hat,
trimmed with black, and costume of
the two colorings, would be worn
with a pale blue underskirt. Thus
one could have Hounces of different
colors to fasten on to the same upper
skirt.
Cream lace wells are la mode, worn
either as veil pure and simple or
draped carelessly round the brim of
the hat to end in a cachepeigne droop-
ing over the hair. The smartest
sailor hats have cream lace wells
draped on the brim.
MARIE BAYARD,
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CHAPTER XI.
La PETITE GUERRE.

It was a sodden thing, limp and
u.responsive, that Macpherson
dragged OF t of the nav of the hungry
whirlpool and carried across the tot
tering wreck of the coffer-dam to the
balf-finished excavation in the oppo.
site canyon slide. When I joined
him. by way of the precarious fume-
bridge and scramble along the
steep ACTIVITY down which had
once slsst TO plunge in the icy
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fussy with many lace-edged tiny
founces. Plain, clear white muslin
is made up into simple gowns and
blouses. The latter have a tucker of
pink or blue ribbon, ending in ro-
settle and streamers at the back OF
the neck. The bishop sleeves are just
pinched at the elbow, where a knot
of ribbon to match prettily adorns
them. The waistband is also com.
posed of strands of ribbon.
Long silk sashes, with fringed OF
hand-painted ends, frequently accom-
pany frocks of muslin and thin silk
Where the sash is, there also one usu
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why Everybody Laughed

A Baltimore lady donned an $1a
new hat for promenade and won.
dered why the first admiring glances
on the street were changed to stares.
Eventually she found that the hat
had dropped off, and search for it
proved vain.
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6: =: q: :; !: $: !:
1@ ranging from regal bro
cades to fabrics of gossamer light
ness.
Our old favorite, alpaca, is again
smart wear. Some of the recent
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che BncheTor,. Opinions.

The truth that is in wine is about
as sincere as the lies that are in
charity.
The only vigilant night watchmen
are the wives who sit up waiting for
their husbands to come home.
A woman can respect her husbands
business ability if he can keep her
from finding out anything about his
business.
The girl never was born who could
understand how you can love her
without telling her SO twice in every
Is seconds.
No matter how low down man
knows he is he never feels he has
gone tn the limit till he let's a wom-
an make love to HMM. Z. Press.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-20
z Prus Polskichl.

!, PE ELF .l3s': poviaduts!m@y GIG
e. tn towar1ystvo Hsl1lsetyteet6sy1fk.
!, ste ,r,..e'k,u' s''. MT asae.stlsy't
Pelp!iu !; okolioe lekarssn prote-
Stanton i Niemeem, ME mnosac
spokojn,e spad 0 to :ze tam pracuje
sdw6oh zdolnYoh piinYoh lekarsy
Polak6w, kt6rsY wsxelk,m potrse-
BON zado6t osYniai r6wna gosl,-
woeeia tax Nlemo6w jak Polaktw.
lecza. O miesskanie juz sip ola
niego w~ystarano i ogloszono "
gazecle. ze RAD bedzie piaoil rocz~
ME 1000 marek " got6woe . PROOF
tego sluzY mu wolna praktYka "
miejscu zamieszkania i okolioy, "a
mieszka}ej przez wlelu N,smc6w
Pr6bowano nsjprv6d s%prowadze~
MEM takiego1 lekarza do pobli-
skiego Rudns, ably eel potadany
osiegns6 ale gdY sig mimo wssele
kich wysi}k6w i pobadowania mu
gmachu ma pomiesskanie rzecz ME
uda}a, przychodzi kolei ma Pelp]lp.
TAX to starala sic naszych .zewssYd
wvprzec, ale pc 6wieole roztrabia.
re to potrzebne ola ucisnione]
niemczyzny. .
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-20

BRODNICA (Strasshurg
Westpr.) ,,Gesellingsr" poda& VIA
domost 0 bunoie ); n%iedalok'ej re-
wolucYl, oraz formowaniu kosy-
n,erow. i wzburzy& ta: wiadomo6c'q
Gala okolice. Sprawl mia4a SIG, 1ak
op,suje Gaz. Grudz. nastepujaco:
w lokalu B. zapjjano " k6lku
xnsjomrch pewnego dnia u Mem
COW i Polak6w ulubiona w6dke,
kt6ra ma tytu} ,.Kosynierka".
Wddke te fabrykuje pewna ME-
miecka frma " Toruniu. Narsz
przyszed1 do s:olu nowy gosd l
zaz4da} take owej w6dkl. Ma to
jeden ze e~iedsaoYch "a stolen
powiedzla& mu: te Woke mote
tylko ten pic, kto sig DO kos5n'e-
row wkup,. 0w cziowiek RE w'ele
myslac, zaraz uklak3 1 podn'6si
reke, jakoby do przyslegi, a jeten
trzymat mu kose fkt6ra zdun G
prseprowadzaiqc sig. pozos:s VII W
owym lokalu] pred oczyma. Gdy
sig ceremonial skoncsy}a, wssystkc
kisd{o sis cd emiechu Z owego
fgla, Sw,adklem calej tel AVIAN
fury byi talze pewien na1ogowY
pijak, ktdry ozesto byi karaoy Is
rozn.alte brudne sprawY. Gospodsrz
B. ME choia} mu v 6w wieoz6r'
dawad wlecej trunk6w do p'oia, a
6,w p'iak odszed}, grozac zemsta.
Gdy tedY owl fglarse ieszoze wiecej
podobnYch 3art6w wYprawl,d
chcieli, gospodsre, obawisjao sig
s}u:zn,e niemi3ych nastepstw, sta
nowoso i'm tezo sakaza1. Obawy
gospodarza B. okaza}y sie siussne-
ml, DO DIV piiak. zualas&szy do
kompanii podotnego sob'e ,,brata"
.assal po knajpaoh wygadywa6 o.
polskiej kosynierce, prsepow'ada6
nspa6d ma ROSARY, prochownia u
mordo wsnie poszoseg6lnyod i"l~
merry. lynn czasem owl flglarse.
niechoac SIG wyrzeo swej zabswV,
poszli do innego lokalu i pros,l, o
~sobDy pokoik. dodsjec prsytem
.artem, g w}atoicielka paul X.
must i'm zsprsysl4ds tajemn,oe.
Siowa te sl,szell tak&e Niemcy ,
oosYw'soia donieS'i policy. Gdyby
nie owl dwaj pijaoy, sprawl ia nie
bylaby wsoale narobila lyle wrsawy.
Zotnierxe ode brali ostre iostrukcye,
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