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need to be brushed with a whisk
broom, and the sweeper does the rest.
One of the mysteries of the feminine
world is that women will persist in go
ing down upon all tours to scrub the
floor, wearing the skin off their knees
and running their clothing, when there
is no need of 1t at all. The long ham
died mop is now so we'll made and so
easily adjusted when a fresh scrubbing
cloth or bunch of cotton yarn Is needed
that nc housekeeper who has regard
for convenience will be without one.
There, too, are egg whisks, double
boilers for cooking rice and other
sticky substances, perforated spoons
for beating cake and dozens of modern
articles that go to make twentieth CEN
fury housekeeping easier than that of
the past.
MARY ELIZABETH HART.
, 1905-10-04
Carpet Sweepers and Other Con-
venienoes.

Once, wandering over the earth, tar
rying awhile in the Isle of Jersey,
English channel, an American woman
came suddenly on a Yankee carpet
sweeper. Heaven knows how 1t had
strayed across the ocean to that spot,
where the farm women still cook be-
side huge f%ireplaces with swinging
cranes! Yet there it was, a genuine
message from home to the American
woman. 1t told her anew Of the land
where inventors have done more to
make housekeeping easy than in any
other country in the world.
The carpet sweeper is Invaluable in
q house, yet millions OF women even in
the United States still daily ply the old
dust raising, arm firing, rug demolish-
ing broom. 1t is SO easy to cleanse a
floor with the carpet sweeper! No dust
Is raised. She who yields the imple-
ment passes it back and forth smooth
ly and firmly over carpet and rug.
The terrible lint and fluff that so an
noy the neat housekeeper are caught
and held in the covered brushes Of the
machine to be taken out in a mass
after the sweeping Is done. Corners
, 1905-10-04
DOM ESTlC3 II


What Modern Mechanical Genius Has
Done t. Make HouseworE Easier.
No doubt housekeeping is the INT de-
partment of human labor that is still
far behind the times, yet even here
modern invention has devised conyen-
fences and labor saving appliances that
make it easier than it used to be. So
many are these indeed that by their
mid refined women find a real pleasure
in doing Homework.
Among the of the aids to the
practical housekeeper is the bread
kneading machine. 1t saves the arm
and shoulder strength usually required
to work dough to the proper evenly
mixed state, and it Ices the work far
more rapidly than a be accomplished
'by hand"
Labor saving is, however, not the
chief merit of the bread kneading ma
chine. 1t Is that it does away entirely
with the necessity of putting the hands
into bread dough. That, even at its
best, is not agreeable to contemplate.
Eating the breadmaker's aura is some
thing W. would rather not do IL we
could help it under any circumstances.
A treasure in the household is the
pretty little sewing table with folding
legs. Along its side are the inches and
divisions which mark a measuring
tape, SO that here we have the yard
stick painted at the edge of the table.
This useful little article is not new,
but there are thousands Of households
that are without 1t, although 1t is very
inexpensive. l know some bachelor
girls living in a fiat who put the sew
ing table to a variety of uses. When
friends call and play bridge 1t serves
as a card table. When the bachelor
maids wish to proffer tea and cake to
their friends it constitutes Il dining ia
BILE. on a very small scale of course,
but large enough. 1t may also be
drawn up beside n bed or chair to hold
the food of an invalid. Then when not
in use 1t can be folded together and
placed against the wall, taking no more
space Than a board.
, 1905-10-04
LIBRARY WITH FRENCH WINDOWS.

wood. The walls are covered with
tapestry paper showing country Genes
There Is a comfortable green wicker
work chair having a Powered cushion.
The floor is hard wood, polished, and
the rugs are In subdued tones Of red
md green.
Altogether this is a very soothing
room, with it's soft foliage tones, and
when the halves Of the French windows
are thrown open one sees a pretty bal
cony, ornamentei with boxes of au-
tumn foliage and geraniums-an ideal
place In which to sit and read during
Indian summer days.
X. DE La BAUME.
, 1905-10-04

like those recently
threatened between the governors of
Louisiana and Mississippi. In the
present instance, however, Governor
Blanchard of Louisiana could not eX-
tend to Governor Vardaman of Missis-
sippi the customary invitation to have
one," because quarantine regulations
keep the former confined to the soil of
his own state. The strained relations
between the governors and the clash
between armed men representing the
two commonwealth were due to the
efforts of each state to protect itself in
it's rights in connection with the out
break of yellow fever in New Orleans
and vicinity.
The cities of the southern portion of
the United States have so often been
devastated by the dreaded scourge of
yellow fever in the past that the very
name of the disease is sufficient to
cause terror; hence the extraordinary
precautions adopted in Mississippi
when the fever broke out in New Or
leans. The fever cases came chiefly
from one part of the city, Gallatin
street. 1t Is only two blocks in length,
yet fifty or more cases have been
treated there. Where the fever APP
peared elsewhere it could be traced
back to Gallatin street. The people of
New Orleans and of Louisiana have
been very active and efficient in fight
ing the disease and, with the aid mod
ern medical study of the subject has
given them, have been able thus far
to prevent such ravages as have been
experienced in former years. DR.. Quit
man Kohnke, who is at the head of the
board of health of the city of New
Orleans, and Professor John Guiteras,
who has served as an expert in all
yellow fever outbreaks since 1851.
have won commentator by the efforts
they have made to restrain the spread
of the malady.
DR.. George NJ. Sternberg, an authority
on the subject, says: yellow fever
is an acute infectious disease which Is
transmitted from the sick to suscepti-
BILE individuals through the agency of
mosquitoes. The yellow fever mos
quito (Stegomyia fasciata) is found in
tropical and semitropical regions, and
especially in lowlands near the sea or
in river valleys. This mosquito serves
as 'an intermediate host for the yellow
fever parasite. which is present in the
blood Of those sick with the disease
during the first three days OF the at
tack. After filing itself with blood
, 1905-10-04
Doors and Window Screens.

The wire screen which allows doors
and windows to be open, letting in air
out all winged as well as crawling
pests, is happily now coming into gen
eral use. 1t is surprising, though,
that here and there the houses of even
well to do persons are without such
screens. In some of the mosquito
haunted districts of our country life
would be uncomfortable without them.
Even the stables have to be provided
, 1905-10-04

vXYHEN the gov
Verno . I
North Caro-
lima made his his
toric remark to the
governor of South
Carolina a prece-
dent was set for the
avoidance of inter
s t a t e hostilities
like those recently
, 1905-10-04

Charity begins at home, but reform
is more generous. 1t begins with the
fellow at the other end of the block.
, 1905-10-04
THE SUBURBAN u
Balconies and French Add
to Charm of the Interior.

The picture shows an attractive way
of furnishing IA library. In the first
place there is a wide table desk with
every convenience for writing notes,
taking references, etc. This is of green
oak. The woodwork of the bookcases
and that of the room is of the same
, 1905-10-04
Slight misunderstanding

Let me see," said the minister who
was filling out the marriage certificate
and had forgotten the date, this Is
the seventh, is 1t notT"
"No, sir" snapped the bride, with
some show Of indignation. This is
only my third, II any one should ask
you."-Detroit Tribune.
, 1905-10-04

men very seldom succeed in connect
ing with the cheese.
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Marriage q Real Lottery.

In some parts of Russia a queer
game is still played which has much
to do with the future lives Of the par
Elephants. Some prominent person 10
the village announces that the annual
merry making will be held at his house.
On the appointed day the young men
and women hasten in huge excitement
to the meeting place.
There are songs and games ana
dances, but they are simply prelude
to the more important business OF the
day.
When the time comes the hostess
leads all the girls into one room, where
they seat themselves on the bencnes'
Laughing and chattering, they are eacD
promptly muffled in sheets by the nos'
tess. The head and hair and figure
are completely covered and when tnis
is done the girls resemble mummles.
The young men draw lots and ono
by one they enter the room where tns
muff1ed girls sit. Helpless so far a.
sight or touch goes, the puzzled lovel
tries to find his favorite. Maybe sne
would help him if her eyes were NOS
hidden, but she is as helpless as Ne
Finally he chooses one and then 10
may unveil her. This is the crltlca'
moment and disappointment or rap
ture will be the result of seeing nee
face.
1t is the law and custom that tne
man shall marry the girl he has plckeo
out, and If either backs out a nea'!
forfeit must be paid. 1t is SAID tna'
this matrimonial lottery is producus'
Of many happy marriages.
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VILLAGES ARE TO VANISH.

Three Ham1ets to Be Obliterated to In.
crease New York's Water Supply.
Three more of the Croton valleys
most picturesque villages are soon to
be obliterated to meet the ever-increas-
ing demand Of New York City for wa
ter. The hamlets doomed by the wa
tershed authorities are Croton Falls,
Cross River and a part Of the town Of
Somers. The houses, churches, stores,
shops and even the cemeteries are to
be blotted out leaving only the bare
land, which will be flooded with wa
ter, making two lakes, each about four
miles long. The first of the villages
to go will be Cross River, where New
York has begun the erection Of an int
mense dam to cost $9,OOO,OOO, one of
the busiest manufacturing centers Of
Westchester County. 1t has a popula-
ton of 500, with postofflce, three
churches, two schools, cemetery and
a half dozen stores and shops.
The place was founded In revolution
airy times and was famous generations
dSo AoA us paper HduuAdCtOIlcS. lie
people will be paid for their property
at market value" but this will hard
ly compensate them for the loss Of
their homes and the breaking up Of
their associa TONS
About 700 persons in the three con-
demred towns will lose their homes
and business, and most of them will
be compelled to go out in the world
and begin life over among strangers.
In the case Of the old people the cir
cumstances are pathetic, and many sad
scenes are expected when the time ar
rives for them to bid farewell to the
homes and neighbors they have known
since childhood
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BURGLARY AS A FINE ART.
No Longer Practiced - Safe Blowers
Now Mere Tramps.

No Longer Practiced - Safe Blowers
Now Mere Tramps.
Not many years ago the bank bur-
glar was looked up to by other GRIM
inals with something like reverence,
says the Kansas City Star. He was
regarded, in fact, as the true aristo-
crat of crime, and was pointed at with
furtive admiration upon the streets
when at liberty and in penal institu-
tons when occasionally deprived Of
his freedom. Nowadays almost every
burglary that occurs In the United
States is performed by common tramps
or hoboes.
This situation is what the racing
men would describe as a startling re-
versal Of form, and it shows to what
depth once exalted profession may
fall when it passes out Of the hands Of
those associated with its highest
flights. Indeed, as compared with the
exploits Of the old timers, or stool
men, as they are technically known,
the burglaries of recent days-or
nights-might be described as petit
larceny, for it is rare occurrence that
more than $4,000 or $4,000 has been
involved in felonious expeditions dur
ing the last dozen years.
In former times, when the bands or
ganized by 'the big fellows" went
after the contents Of banking institu-
ton they took pains beforehand to
know that large amounts of money
and securities were housed In the
vaults they had marked for violation,
and they rarely came away without
bringing with them booty worthy of
their enterprise. The records Of thefts
by "yeggmen," the bank vault and safe
burglars Of to-day, show that they have
taken desperate chances Of being shot
or imprisoned for long terms to blow
| open safes containing amounts as
small as $50.
Few Of the old-time burglars are
| ever seen nowadays. Some are dead,
many have retired to quiet and I'M
| offending occupations, and here and
| there-but not often-is one who can't
resist the habit Of breaking into the
| penitentiary. Such, for instance, was
| the case Of Dunlap, of the once cele-
| brated burglar partnership of Scott
and Dunlap, who participated in the
| Northampton bank burglary. Scott
| died in prison, and a wealthy New
York woman spent her time and money
| in a persistent effort to secure Dun
| laps release, in which pursuit she ul-
| timately succeeded.
1t was thought that the convict,
given a chance to earn respectable
living. might take advantage of it. and
| it seemed for a little time that he had
| determined to do so. But q number
Of burglaries in Western cities not far
from Chicago were executed with such
skill that they were obviously the
work of high-class criminal and sus-
picion soon centered upon Dunlap. He
is now completing a term in the Joliet
penitentiary.
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sketch IL vastly more interesting for 1t
suggests, besides, both power and
pathos and no one can look long Oh
Mr.. Rockefeller without feeling these
qualities. The impression he makes
on one who sees him for the first time
is overwhelming. Brought face to
face with Mr.. Rockefeller unexpected
~, and not knowing him, the writer's
immediate thought was. This is the
oldest man in the world-a living
mummy" But there is no sense Of
feebleness with the sense Of age; in
deed there 10 one of terrific power.
The disease which In the last three or
four years has swept Mr.. Rockefeller's
head bare of hair, stripped away even
eyelashes and eyebrows, has revealed
all the strength Of his great head. Mr..
Rockefeller IL big man, not over tall
but large with powerful shoulders and
q neck like that of a bull. His head
IL wide and deep and disproportionate-
" high, with curious bumps made
more conspicuous by the tightly
drawn, dry, naked skin. The interest
Of the big face lies in the eyes and
mouth. Eyes more useful for a man
Of Mr.. Rockefeller's practices could
hardly be conceived. They are small
and intent and steady. and they are as
expressionless as a wall. They see ev-
erything and reveal nothing 1t is not
shifty eye-not a cruel or leering one.
It is something vastly more to be
feared-a blank eye, looking through
and through things, and telling moth
ing of what they found on the way.
But If the eyes say nothing the
mouth tells much. Its former mask
the full mustache Mr.. Rockefeller has
always worn, is now completely gone.
Indeed the greatest loss Mr. Rockefel-
Ter sustained when his hair went was
that it revealed his mouth. It is only
a slit-ths lips are quite lost, as If
by eternal grinding together of the
teeth-teeth set on something he would
have. 1t 10 at once the cruelest fea-
ture Of his face-this mouth-ths
cruelest and the most pathetic, for the
hard, closest line slants downward at
the corners, giving look Of age and
sadness. The downward droop is en-
phasized by deep vertical burrows run
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CHAPTER Xxx

AA-AA u LIN ~ALAAA.
We left the station, invaded a vehicle
and arrived in twenty minutes before q
shabby looking shanty, where the court
was held.
There was a crowd. The affair Ind
got abroad. 1t was known that a swind-
Ter had come in box in a Grand Trans
asiatic van free, gratis, and for nothing
from Tifis to Pekin. Every one wished
to see him; every one wanted to recoy-
nize the features of this genius-it was
not yet known that he was a hero.
There he is, our brave companion, be-
tween two rascally looking policemen
yellow as ounces. These fellows are
ready to walk him off to prison at the
judges orders, and to give him few
dozen strokes on the soles of his feet if
he is condemned to that punishment.
kinko is thoroughly disheartened.
which astonishes me on the part of one
L know to be so energetic. But as soon
as he sees us his face betrays a raw of
hope.
Our young advocate was really "a
thetic and amusing. He interested the
judge, he excited the audience with the
story of the journey, he told them all
about 1t, and finally he offered to pay the
company what was due to them. I'm
fortunately, the judge could not consent.
There had been material damages, moral
damages.
Thereupon Pan Chao became animated
and, although we understood nothing he
said, we guessed that he was speaking
of the courage of Kinko, Of the sacrifice
he had made for the safety of the trav-
elers, and finally, as a supreme argument.
he pleaded that his client had saved the
imperial treasure.
Arguments were of no avail with this
pitiless magistrate who had not acquit-
ted ten prisoners In his life He spared
the delinquent the bastinado; but gave
him six months in prison, and condemn
ed him in damages against the Grand
Transasiatic Company. And then, at a
sign from this condemning machine, poor
kinko was taken away.
Let not my readers pity Kinko's fate
l may as well say at once that every
thing was arranged satisfactorily. Next
morning kinko made triumphal entry
| into the house in the Avenue Cha-Coua,
where we were assembled while Madame
Caterna was showering her maternal con-
solutions on the unhappy Zinca Klork
The newspapers had got wind of the
affair. The Chi Bao, of Pekin. and the
| Chinese Times, of Ten-tsin, had demand
ed mercy for the young Roumanian.
These cries for mercy had reached the
| feet of the Son of Heaven-the very spot
where the imperial ears are placed. Be
sides, Pan Chao had sent to his majesty
petition relating the incidents of the
journey, and insisting on the point that
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BIRD WITH WOODENLE0.

This StOrk Walks With Dignity and
Scorns to Limp.
This is picture Of stork, one of
whose legs was broken quite close to
his body. 1t had to be amputated, and
a clever artificer made for the bird
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A HamDle of The Sea.

On his return to Cordova lrcm
visit to Mar del Plata, where ne nao
beheld the sea for the first time, feui.
brought with him a bottle contalniue
about an inch Of sand from the snois
and two inches of salt water to enap''
his parents, who had never seen NV
ocean, to form some idea OF Wnat
was like. We are Informed that W.
parents were greatly impressed.-Sa'
IA
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%eR@u1N4

society Is utluS the characters ana
incidents of Mrs. Wharton's 9Th.
House Of Mirth" to people and things
in real life. In using the chronious
scanduleuse Of high society Mrs. Whan
ton most admirably sustains an illusion
Of reality, rather than reality Itself
The story Is certainly one of the moot
striking in the fiction of to-day.
1t was recently stated that hlrs
Anne Warner French went abroad fo,
"a complete rest" She now notifies a
friend on this side that during the lirs.
six weeks Of this complete rest" che
wrote 15,OOO-word Susan Clegg story
and a novelette, Of $1,000 words. u
would be Interesting to know Mrs
Mrs. French's conception of work.
1t is said that the new biography Of
Lady Burton, compiled by Mr.. W. II
wilkins from letters and papers left
behind upon her decease. is a fine vim.
dicatiOn Of a noble woman from III.
detractions and petty scandals of III.
spiteful and malignant. The plain
truth, as told from documents in tba
biographer's hands, controverts au
calumnies.
Robert Nelson Stephens continue.
popular as writer of romantic nov.
els, new editions Of An Enemy f.
the King $3.50, The Road to Paris"
QS9S), "A Gentleman Player" nSS9),
and Captain Ravenshaw" Q9OD hav.
ing been printed this season. Mr.. Ste.
phens has turned over to his publish.
ers, L. l.. Page & Co., Boston. the
manuscript Of a new novel, "Tha
Flight Of Georgiana."
AS illustrating Miss Jeanette Gil.
der's recent discussion of the question.
Does it pay to be literary womany'
it Is significant that the two most
prominent present-day writers Of
short stories IN Italy and in Spain are
women. Mathilde Serao is easily tho
most popular author in Italy, and no
other modern Italian, with the excep-
ton Of the dramatist, D'Annunzio, Is
SO widely known in other countries In
Spain somewhat similar position Is
held by Emilia Pardo Bazan, an au-
thor has been as prolific as she IS
popular. Besides her admirable work
in fiction. she has maintained for sew.
eral years in Madrid newspaper de-
voted to theatrical criticism written
entirely by herself.
F. Hopkinson Smith deals with all
sorts and conditions of men In AT
Close Range" his new book Of short
stories, and one of the most amusing
characters Of them all is the courier,
Joseph Hornblend, in the story called
"A Point of Honor" This man 10
drawn from life, line for line. He still
lives and travels over Europe and Asia
and Is to-day as amusing and versatile
q rascal as ever. By birth Joseph 10
a Levantine from Constantinople. With
Greek, Armenian, Hindu and perhaps
Turkish blood in him. He also Is q
person of some distinction, having
been decorated by the Sultan for lead.
ing an expedition into Asia Minor.
His control of language includes, Of
all European tongues and e1.
tends to Turkish, Arabic and innumer.
able dialects of the regions around y
Best Of all, he has Oh
his bushes cards the words Joseph
Hornblend, Courier to General Nelson
A. Miles, Mr.. Hopkinson Smith and
the Emperor of Germany"
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CHAPTER xxx.

III ever the expression sinking In
sight of port could be used in it's pre-
else meaning, it evidently can in this
case. offer my arm to Mademoiselle
Llnca, and lead her to my carriage, and
we return rapidly toward the Hotel of
the Ten Thousand Dreams.
There l find Major Noltitz and the
Caternas, and, by lucky chance. young
Kan Chao, without DR.. Tio-King. Pan
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ming from each side of his nose. Mr..
Rockefeller may have made himself
the richest man in the world, but he
has paid. Nothing but paying ever
ploughs such lines in a mans face,
ever sets his lips to such a melancholy
angle.
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Tho Ethics OF tho UmhrelI.

Lend me your umbrella, dear. It's
raining, and I've got to 60 to the YES.
try meeting again tonight"
But, John, why don't you take the
one you've been carrying for the last
weekw
What, to the vestry meetingi Why.
that's where I got t."
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ROCkEFELuER'S FACE.
Ida M. Tar bell's Description Of the Oil
Kings Physiognomy.

Study the photograph. the last taken
Of Mr.. Rockefeller, study George Vari-
ans powerful sketch from life made
in 1908, and say If 1t be worth while
to be the richest man in the world at
the cost these portraits show, writes
Ida NJ. Tarbell in McClure's for Au-
gust Concentration, craftiness,
cruelty, and something lndehnably re-
pulsive are in them. The photograph
reveals nothing more. Mr. Varlan's
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It Is all right on vacation 10 81
as close to nature as possible, ".
we notice that those returning a.,
mighty glad to get back to the oa'.
tub.
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Perhaps one reason every one NV.
a little girl Is that she will play W.
her doll and make no noise about IL