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bit of the roof left. 1t is one Of the few
old customs remaining. They say it is ia
give the spirit free egress. AS no Garth
will live where any one has died, and the
pieces carried away can be used for a new
house, this custom has a practical side to
it as well.
From the high woods the soft thud, thud
Of an ak comes floating down the trail.
II is Talaate and Curtin cutting timber
for a boat; clever axmen, as all these
Caribs are. Presently, with a long sigh,
you hear the tree fall, tearing the countless
long lianas that hang like serpents from
every limb. Fine specimens OF men are
Talaate and Curtin. From the fallen trunk
they will hollow out a boat some twenty
feet in length and eight inches wide. This
they will soften with fire and spread with
wedges, or perhaps paddle 1t as II is, over
thirty miles OF open sea, to Martinique,
where those who buy IT will spread 1t to
suit their tastes. Last week they were
swept far out to sea and picked up by a
schooner. The captain, not wishing to be
hindered by a tow, slyly cut their boat
adrift. II was two miles away before they
found it out, but without waiting to com
plain they both plunged overheard. Reach
ing their precious canoe, they clambered In
and padded safely home This is a true
tale, and was not told ms as anything
extraordinary, but as a joke on Talaate and
Curtin. They are very glad to see us when
we approach, but smile-a Carib never
laughs-at the idea Of their being any the
worse for their experience.
There were visitors from town at the
tiny police station last night who brought
with them strange and delicious things to
eat. all packed In little cans with gaudy
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allowed to keep hens and breed cats
for a livelihood. MIR. Gibbs is one OF
Nantucket's eccentric characters and
lives alone, coming to town only when
his stock of provisions is getting low
He is native of the island, and in
early life learned the cooper's trade,
afterward going whaling for over
twenty years, and made several voy-
ages round the Horn,' visiting nearly
every sea on the globe. Since giving
up the sea he has made a living at
whatever kind of job he could Sc
cure, and about eight years ago he
accepted his present position as
keeper of the lighthouse.
Despite his threescore and ten years
he even now hires out to neighbering
farmers in haying time, and is an
expert berry picker, claiming he can
pick more berries in a day than the
Iveliest youngster on the island.
Mr.. Gibbs wears neither shoes nor
stockings in the summer time, but in
the winter resorts to the old-fashioned
leather boots. He says he does not
get lonesome, for his cats keep him
company, and he always has one
event to look forward to each year
the coming of his check in July, when
he INDUCES in a few delicacies for his
table and one or two heads of tobacco
for his enjoyment during the long
winter months.
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TWO CLASSES OF MEN
WHO MAY BE PITIED.

In fine, hardly know who are most
to be pitied, the rich or idle and lazy
who underworld, or the very poor who
must overwork to live. The former
grow flabby or tense, according to
their heredity, in both muscle and
mind, become fastidious, finnicky and
sentimental, are especially prone to
yield to temptations to drink and of
sex excesses, must aimlessly change
their interests, location and pursuits
from sheer ennui; are easily bored
and finally lose the power of being
strenuous about anything. The effects
of an inactive life upon the offspring
are sometimes sadly and markedly de-
generate.
The oyerworked,, especially - ii
young, are prone to many forms of
arrest. Children are undergrown in
both heighth and weight; they are
robbed of the paradise of leisure,
which is the literal translation of the
Greek word school. The high ideals
and ambitions normal to adolescence
fade into dull state of apathy and
Encouragement, and, at worst, of
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SMALLEST SALARY PAID
zs\= BY THE GOVERNMENT

Among the long list of government
employees who draw salaries from
Uncle Sans pocketbook, the distinc-
ton of being the smallest salaried of
any falls to Charles Henry Gibbs,
keeper Of the 'bug light" at Nam
tucket, Mass, who annually about the
the goth of July receives a check of
81, his years salary, and cashes it
with as much concern as if it were
$1,000,000 instead of 100 cents.
What is known as the bug light
house, is situated on hill near Mo-
nomoy, on the south side of Nan
tucket harbor, and at the time when
the island was at the height of it's
fame as a whaling port was consid-
cred an invaluable guide to vessels
entering the harbor at night. It ranged
with the light on Brant Point in such
a manner as to indicate the channel
entrance; but for over twenty years
it has not been used at all, the shift
ing sands of Nantucket bar and the
buildings Of the jetties bringing it
several hundred feet out of range,
The name "Bug" was applied to the
light by the old mariners as a nick.
name, evidently from it's resemblance
to fire fly when seen at distance,
However, the government still re.
tains the lighthouse and is willing to
pay a man 81 a year to live there
The keeper has no work to do, but is
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A mattress and several bed cover
ings hide the bottom. Along the
sides are two shelves, on which are
ranged bits of fishing tackle, tea
pot, coffee urn, bottle of milk,
knives, forks and cooking utensils.
Around the sides are his clothes,
neatly hung on hooks. At one end
is lighted lantern. On the whole,
the place looks extremely cozy and
comfortable.
''I've been here since the blizzard
of 49, said Bailey, in answer to a
question. up to tnat time I'd lived
in cabin little farther down on the
shore, but the place was too cold,
and I mad to find more comfortable
quarters. l bought this box for rs
cents-rather cheap for home,
wasn't it?
."Ya-as, it's little cold in winter,
sometimes, but then, you see, the
place is all my own. I'm protected
from the rain," and he pointed to the
rough tin roof that covered the top OF
the box, '*and in summer time I'd
sooner sleep here, where I can open
the lid and get the full benefit OF
the breezes, than in. a hot, stuffy bed
in real house."
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SOLDIERS BELIEVE IN
CHARMS AND SPELLS.

During the South African war a
number of instances have cropped up
showing that the idea still prevails
that there are such things as charms
and spells against wounds and death.
Not long ago paragraph appeared in
some of the papers to the effect that
soldiers watch, with a charm at
tached to it, had been found on one
OF the battle-felds, and was being held
for rightful claimant Earlier in the
war private's letter told how a COM
rade had come in safety through hot
engagement by virtue, as he thought,
of an amulet he wore, to be mortally
wounded i d subsequent skirmish,
when, by be merest~ chance, he was
not wearil \ his charm. A relatives
letter from the front tells the writer
of young fellow who wore a charmed
ring suspended from his neck. The
wearer had it from his sweetheart; he
placed the most perfect faith in it.,
and, though he had been in several
hot corners, he had hitherto always
come out scathless.
Although this kind of belief is of
very ancient date, it is curious as
we'll as interesting to find it still in
existence in the British army. Per-
haps we ought to say traces of it,
for it is hard to believe that it is
widely prevalent. And yet it would
not be very surprising if it were so,
seeing that a certain proportion of
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smoldering revolt against the existing
order of things. To be always tired
is miserable, and individual or social:
misery is a powder magazine liable.
to explode at any time.
Man is endowed with a fatigue
sense that tells him he is tired, con-
tinues a writer in Ainslee's. 1t seems:
to be a specific feeling, due perhaps
to accumulated products of decompo-
sition in the muscles. This pain-t1re
is warning to stop or let UP. It is,
however, possible to press on in de-
fiance OF it, and if we persist in so do
ing there comes point when this
fatigue sense is itself fatigued and
tired out and ceases to act. This is
when runners get their second BREATH
when those beginning night work
have fought through the period OK
sieepiness that<comes when they have
wont to go to bed and feel very wide
awake and alert as if they could go
on forever. But the day of reckoning
comes. They are now living on their
capital, which is being rapidly over
drawn
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HEARTH ANDBOUDOIR j il ( j
NOTES ON TOPICS OF INTEREST
TO THE FAIR SEX z..@=
Two.Piece Gown with Princess Ef.
feet, Meant for Slim Women-New.
est Recipe for Chicken Salad
Petticoats of Silk Gowns. l.
Silk Gowns for Petticoats.

0lIk Gowns TOR PettlcoatS.
Old silk gowns may be utilized for
petticoats. The petticoat is to-day
very important part of the costume.
The smartest gown may be spoiled
by an ill-fitting petticoat. The best
fitting is made with the habit back
and an opening at the side. 1t has a
broad circular flounce and is trimmed
with rufhes or lace or silk and chiffon.
Pleated founces are always in fash
ion, but if made with taffeta do not
wear as well as the gathered ones.
White muslin skirts with embroid.
cred or lace ruf1les are very fashion.
able. The fad of the day is to wear
petticoats of the finest lawn and lace
frocks instead of silk skirt.
A serviceable skirt is of dotted
Swiss, with ruffle or hounce
trimmed with rows of lace put on
over deep flounce of taffeta, so that
it can be taken off and washed.
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WOLCOTT'S BIG LUCK
IN GAME OF POKER.

Senator Wolcott is said to be one
Of the coolest of men when engaged
in a game of poker. In describing his
play, Albert Watson of Denver said:
"The senator once found himself in
game of poker where three Of the
other players were playing a sure
game They we're professionals, and
were after big bundle Of money
Wolcott had in his possession, as well
as looking for that which a fifth
player, mining operator named Dur
kin, was known to have.
"Wolcott knew in twenty minutes
after the first hand was dealt that the
intention was to rob him, and wearied
his wits in trying to find way to get
out of the game without making
trouble, but he could not do it. At
| last he was dealt a pat flush Of dia-
nonds, made up Of the five, seven,
eight, nine and jack.
"He skinned the cards over and did
mighty piece of thinking. He felt
in his bones that flush would be
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the rank and file are illiterate, and
come from a stratum of society which
is largely superstitious 1t is curious
to compare OF army in this respect
with the German.
Those who happened to-. be in the
fatherland during and Immediately
after the war of 1901 must have
been struck by the amount of super
stition that, hidden under ordinary cir
cumstances, in the then excited state
of the public mind made it's way to
the surface, much as the mud of a
stagnant pool floats to the top when
the water is agitated. Nothing seemed
too absurd to be believed. Portents
and warnings were seen everywhere.
Black crosses, observed for the first
time in window-panes of the houses
of the peasantry throughout Baden
and the south generally, were held
to be signs of divine wrath against the
turn things in general had taken in
the fatherland, especially in regard
to the church. The excitement touch
ing this pherom enon became intense,
and was only allayed when a Baden
glass manufacturer came forward and
demonstrated that the warning crosses
were marks imprinted on the glass in
the process If making.-New York
Evening Post.
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HIGH COST OF LIVING.
ProdigaIity Has Reached Stage That
is Almost Epidemic.

ProdigaIity Has Reached Stage That
is Almost Epidemic.
It seems to cost a great deal to
live nowadays. Most persons notice
It, especially persons who are hard
put to it to find the money to pay
their bill, says Harper's Weekly. The
statisticians report that commo odities
In general use cost, on an average,
about 10 per cent more than they did
q year ago. The rise in the price Of
meat contributes a good deal to this
advance, though breadstuffs have been
high, too. Articles of luxury have
grown dearer in proportion than most
articles of necessity, because the huge
influx Of money that the country has
sustained has made a brisk market
FOR luxuries. Rents are higher;
houses cost more; servants get higher
wages board " is higher at summer
hotels. Another thing that counts for
IS great deal is that in prosperous
times like these the incomes Of very
many people are increased and their
expenditures are proportionately am,
Iplifed. They spend more money, live
more luxurio iously and raise the stand:
! ard of liYing The living expenses Of
I 5$ny given family are very much 6
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MAN WHO
LIVES IN PIANO BOX.

Perhaps the strangest place of
abode for a human being has just
been discovered in Baltimore. 1t is
piano box, located on branch of
the Chesapeake Bay, and is occupied
by James Bailey, wooden-legged fish
erman. There are several boxes on
the side of the river, all, with the
exception of the one occupied by
Bailey, being used as lockers by fish
ermen who live in the vicinity. The
box in which Bailey lives is made
or rough boards, and was once the
nome OF an upright piano. 1t is about
3 feet IL length, feet wide and a
little over feet high. 1t is known as
mo. z,5O1," and has been used by
Bailey for the last fourteen years.
From the first of February until the
last OF November he eats, sleeps and
lounges in this box, deserting it only
when the winds which sweep over the
river make it uninhabitable even for
an animal.
Ihe old fisherman has never known
day of sickness, and says that he is
perfectly happy, reports writer in
the New York Herald. Though he has
several children living in Baltimore,
all of whom are anxious and willing
for him to spend his declining days
at their homes, Bailey stoutly re-
fuses all invitations, preferring to
end his days in his mansion" by the
river.
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of no account in the world when it
came to a show down, but he Clipped
in to draw cards.
''He pondered long while between
discarding the five spot or the picture,
and at last tossed away the jack and
called for a card. The dealer looked
astonisled at his wanting any, but
gave a card.
"Wolcotr picked it up and found
that he had got the six spot OF dia-
monds. He never turned a hair. The
betting began, and he nursed his Sc
quence along, letting the other fellows
do the raising. At last it got down
to Wolcott and one of the profes-
sionals.
FINALLY there was call, and the
other man showed four queens VOL
colt laid down the five, six, seven,
eight and nine of diamonds and swept
in the money. The game stopped
right there. I reckon that was the
greatest piece of luck any man ever
had in a poker game
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VILLAGE BLOTTED OUT
By SHIFTING SANDS.

Not alone volcanoes, floods and cy-
clones show the inability of man to
cope with the aroused forces of ma
ture, as recent dispatch from Los
Angeles, CAL, show.
Just across the mountains to the
east of Redlands, CAL, in the Mojava
desert, lies the village of Indio, a sta
tion on the Southern Pacific railway.
Two years ago it was surrounded by
an arid waste of sand. Nothing grew
there-Dot even sage brush. It was
as desolate and dreary a waste as
Death Valley, 100 miles to the north
east.
Someone put down an artesian we'll
and found abundant water short dis
tance below the surface. Other wells
were sunk. Water was turned on the
land and the desert began to blossom.
Land which had been worthless began
to sell at all the way from $40 to $1OO
per acre.
And this land grew anything It pro-
duced melons every month in the year.
1t grew alfalfa six crops yearly. Any
thing that was planted produced huge
crops. Indio was the center of fer
tile and fruitful district.
Two or three weeks ago the desert
wind began to blow. It had blown
often before and the people of lndlo
were not alarmed. This time, how
ever, it continued to grow in strength.
Fine particles of sand filled the air,
and still the people were not alarmed.
They had had sandstorms before. But
not this kind of sandstorm. The
wind grew fiercer< and f1ercer, rolling
clouds of sand before it and finally
swooping up whole acres of it and
hurting it upon the cultivated fields
and fruitful gardens of Indio.
At the end Of three days, when the
desert wind ceased, the whole culti
waited region was once Eore an arid
desert, buried under sand many feet
deep. Not green thing was spared
Everything had been obliterated by
the force breath of the simeon. The
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WHEN is A MAN WISE?
Differences Of Opinion Concerning a
Most Important Point.

Differences of Opinion Concerning a
Most Important Point.
What age brings with it of wisdom
on the one hand CT irresponsibility on
the other depends largely On the point
of view. The recent unfortunate slip
of Gen. Briggs pen regarding the
Cubans was under discussion the
other. day, between two men, both Of
whom had seen, in their time, good
deal of public life.
II am sorry for Bragg" remarked
one of them, "but he is far too old to
be placed in a position of the delicacy
of that of consul general in Cuba at
this STAGE"
II am not so sure of that" an
swered the other. Il was once, as a
youngster, with President Lincoln
and Secretary Seward when the lat
ter was urging that a certain diplo-
matte mission requiring the ripest and
soundest judgment should be given to
a certain man he had selected. Mr..
Lincoln inquired how old the candi-
date was, and was told that he was
past middle life. The president shook
his head 5S~
"'He won't do,' said he; he's too
ola for such post. should be too
old for it.; you would be too old. for
it Seward - - s5s.5 Il &
mo answered. Seward, equally
earnestly, the trouble is just the other
way. I am not old enough to fill it
properly; ! never shall be old
enough" ,% III e. 3ss@. 4.
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Tailor-Made Gown of Cheviot.

What is more fetching than a wo-
man of perfect figure and distin-
guished bearing clad in a severely
plain tailor-made gown? The very fact
that these gowns are more rarely seen
than formerly gives them a greater
distinction of appearance. AS they de-
pend entirely upon cut, material and
finish for effect, everything for such
a gown must be carefully chosen and
of the best quality. The suit illus
trated was of cheviot of a very light
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The first gown, designed by Paquin,
Is of white silk yelling. The. skirt is
plated all round and the only trim
ming is hip-yoke of points embroid-
cred with pastilles of black chenille.
The bodice is also plated, and the
collar and revers are of green velvet
trimmed with embroidered points.
The other is Doucet gown of EN-.
pire green taffeta. The skirt, plated
grey, the gored skirt being of the
most approved cut, close fitting in the
upper portion, faring below the knees,
and finished merely by several rows
of stitching of Corticelli silk in self
color. The single breasted close f1t-
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over the hips, is finished at the bot.
tom with five double folds, or shaped
ruf1es, headed by medallions of vel.
low Irish lace around which twine
ruches of green taffeta. The plated
bodice is elaborately trimmed with
the lace and ruching, and opens over
full front of white mouseline de
sole, with jabot of the same incrusted
with the yellow Irish lace.
"~~~~~-~~-~~~~~~
of each pleat is ornamented with an
elaborate applique Of white cloth,
stitched with pale blue Corticelli silk,
the material of the frock being bis
cult colored canvas. Upon the upper
part of each pleat is stitched strap
OF taffetas of a peculiarly soft shade
OF blue, the stitching of this being in
biscuit colored Corticelh sewing silk.
True to the one piece idea, by which
so many two piece gowns carry out
the Princess style, the same trimming
is carried up on the bloused basque,
only the order here is reversed, the
white cloth applique forming the yoke,
and the stitched straps the lower por-
ton Of the blouse, as we'll as the
basque. A great Louis XIV Knot of
pale blue panne is placed at the left
side of the vest, which is overlafd
with the white cloth applique. -!
Chicken Salad. ~
To mako chicken salad after an
Englishwoman's rule, plump, nicely
boiled chicken is required. Cut Oft
the choice portions of the meat, and
set them aside: Fill q border or ring
/ mold with tomato aspic Jelly (made
by adding strained tomato pulp to the
,aspic), decorating the sides with fan
cifully cut bits Of tomato. When set,
unmold and dll the center with shred
aed celery and the best. portion Of the
chicken cut in cubes. Chop and
pound the inferior portion of the
chicken with two spoonfuls o1
blanched almonds or Of pine nuts. Add
to them an ounce of bread crumbs
season with pepper and salt, and mois
ten with two eggs. Decorate some
little buttered shef, tins with bits o1
trufiie, and press the mixture into
then. th1 Poach gently half an hour
and when cold place them round th1
salad Garnish the mold with olives
and serve WitE may ayonnaise fauce.
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Two-Piece Gown with Princess Effect.
For slender women, gowns of voile.
canvas, and foulard are made up with
fulliess at the hips and back, pro:
ducsd in various ways, whether by
shiHings, shirred tucks, or pleats OF
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Jealous desert had claimed it's own
again. Crops, irrigation bitches and
improvements valued at over 81 1,O00,-
600 had vanished-blotted out by the
shifting sand.
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cuffs, showed a novel touch in fac
Ing Of smooth finished cloth exactly
matching the cheviot and pierced in
a#Hersian pattern, this being everlaid
upon figured panne in = very brilliant
colYrings, the touch of color giving
the gown an individuality all it's own.
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The monogram fad is all right, but
better let it alone There are times
when positive Identification might be
embarrassing.
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To be found in bad company IS often
equivalent to being lost. s..5s> .sa
To be contented you must be good
friends with yourself 55,s. .;55s..l3 5s=sls
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The man Who is bravest in words is
often weakest in action.
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fected By the expenses Of ether famf%
lies of their acquaintance, and the
scale of living of "other families'>
seems just now to have become in-
conveniently liberal. There is noth-
ing that we are reader to share
than our economies. 1t is easier to
ecoEomize when it is the fashion
Just now prodigality is: So conspicu-
GUS that is has become: more or less
endemic -~~, ~ -. ~ lzs1 =: