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stopped and looked around cautiously, and
then, without another word, set off down
the street at run.
The fact was, Mr.. Villiers had come to
the conclusion that as his wife would not
give him money willingly, the best thing
to he done would be to take it by force,
and accordingly he had made up his mind
to rob her of the nugget that night if pos
sible.
The afternoon wore drowsily along, and
the great heat made everybody inclined
to sleep. Pierre had demanded by signs
to be shown his bedroom, and having been
conducted thereto by a crushed-looking
waiter, who drifted aimlessly before him,
threw himself on the bed and went fast
asleep.
Even Martha, the wide-awake, was
Welding to the somniferous heat of the
day, when a young man entered the bar
and made her sit up with great alacrity
This was none other than Nj. Nande-
loup, who had come down to see Pierre.
Dressed in fannels, with blue scarf tied
carelessly round his waist, blue necktie
knotted loosely round his throat under
the collar of his shirt, and wearing
straw hat on his fair head, he looked
wonderfully cool and handsome, and as
he leaned over the counter Miss Twexby
the .ght that the hero of her novel must
have stepped bodily out of the book. Gas
ton stared complacently at her while he
pulled at his fair moustache. But he
was not looking at her somewhat mature
charms. but at bunch of pale blue flow
ers, among which were some white bios
SONS she wore in the front of her dress.
(To be continued.)
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Under the YoLxe

New occupations fer American wom-
en- are frequently described in the
household magazines. Meantime many
women of the Old World steadfastly
cling to their old tasks. A traveller with
good eyes may see in a single summer
day in Belgium enough to make him
wonder what are really the boundaries
of 'woman's sphere"
At five O'Clock in the morning ne
may see a red-cheeked old woman, a
rude harness over her shoulders, pull
ing, with a big dog for helper, a heavy
cart of vegetables three miles from
garden to market. The cart holds sew
eral bushels of potatoes, carrots, cab
bages, topped by a great bundle OF dew
sprinkled roses and before the woman
and the dog trudge home with it again.
everything will have been sold.
Our traveller may come upon two
muscular women transferring load of
coal from sidewalk to cellar, shoulder
ing the baskets as easily as men would
do. If he fingers to watch them finish
their task, he will see a girl of sixteen
swing a wooden yoke over her shout
ders, and carry pail after pail of water
from the town pump, two squares
away, for the scrubbing clean of the
dusty sidewalk
Three women toss bundles of oats
upon a high cart, and themselves drag
1t up from the field to the yard, where
the grain is to be threshed, and where
later they will build the straw into
symmetrical stacks.
A great herd Of COWS cluster round
the mixers in the field, and from the
group the talk and laughter of girls
mingles with the sharp whistle of the
milk in the pals.
So, in the little kingdom of Belgium
where wages are low and taxes are
high-women toll at what we have
come to consider work fit only for men.
But it must be said that they do not
look unhappy under the yoke Perhaps
the freedom Of farm and market and
street is really better for their peace
OF mind than the "too much kitchen"
which often makes our more fortunate
women weary in body and depressed in
spirit.-Youth's Companion.
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As to short sleeves.

The short sleeve IS not likely TO be
quite so universal as it has been. II
has had fairly long run, and, now
that its novelty is exhausted it has not
much that is sensible TO recommend 1t.
They need endless new frillings and
a good deal of care, for crushed or
soiled ruffles are not to be borne, ana
whereas a long sleeve can. and nearly
always does, go quietly on to the wrist
and there as quietly stop, the short
sleeve cannot leave off so easily. 1t
must stop short with an outbreak OF
lawn or lace or net.
For general wear, therefore, the long
sleeve will probably be among us very
soon again; but afternoon dresses are
likely to keep to the short sleeve right
up to the cold weather, and also Tor
wear in the South. They are undoubt-
eddy smart. They also give an oppor-
tunity for the display of bracelets,
which the long sleeves nearly always
hide.
Besides, they are horrible as worn
by the masses, either the gloves being
poor or the bare hand and arm ugly.
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CHAPTER IX.-(Continued. J

t:HAHlL 1A."kOOntlnued.l
There were present Madame Midas,
Selma, Mcintosh and Vandeloup, and
they were all gathered round the table
looking at the famous nugget. There it
lay in the center of the table. a virgin
mass of gold all water-worn and polished,
followed out like a honeycomb, and dot
ted over with white pebbles like currants
in plum pudding.
Il think I'll send it to Melbourne for
exhibition" said Mrs. Villiers, touching
the nugget very lightly with her fingers.
Deed. G'um, and It's worth it." re-
piled Mcintosh, whose severe face was
relaxed in a grimly pleasant manner.
What's the time?" asked Madame,
rather irrelevantly.
Mr.. Mcintosh drew out the large silver
watch, which was part and parcel of
himself, and answered graveiy that it was
two o'clock.
TThen I'll tell you what said Mrs.
Villiers, rising, "I'll take it in with me to
ballarat and show it to Mr.. Marchurst."
Mcintosh drew down the corners of his
mouth, for. as a rigid Presbyterian, he
by no means approved of Marchurst' $
heretical opinions, but of course said moth
ing as Madame wished it.
Can | come with you, MadameF said
Vandeloup eagerly, for he never lost an
opportunity of seeing Kitty if he could
help it.
Certainly replied Madame gracious
ly; I'VE will start at once"
Vandeloup was going away to get ready,
when Mcintosh stopped him.
THAT friend o yours is going away t
the town the day he said, touching Van
deloup lightly on the shoulder.
What for" asked the Frenchman care
lessly.
"'Tis TO see the play actors, I'm think
in returned Archie dryly. He wants
to stop all night i the town, so I've let
him go, an have told him to put up at the
Waffle Tree Hotel. the landlord o which
Is friend o. mine"
VERY kind of you I'm sure said Van
deloup, with a pleasant smile.
The great nugget was carefully packed
in a stout wooden box by Archie, and
placed in the trap by him with such eau
ton that Madame, who was already seat
ed in it, asked him Ii he was afraid she
would be robbed.
"Ir's always best 70 be on the right
side, men," said Archie, handing her the
reins; I'VE never know what may hap
pen"
why, no one knows l am taking this
TO Ballarat to-day" said Madame, draw
ing on her gloves.
Don't they?" thought NJ. Vandeloup,
as he took his seat beside her. ''She
doesn't know that I've told Pierre"
And without a single thought for the
woman whose confidence he was betray-
ing, and of whose bread and salt he had
partaken, Yandeloup shook the reins, and
the horse started down the road in the
direction of Bailalat carrying Madame
Midas and her nugget.
you carry Cesar and his fortunes, NJ.
Vandeloup," she said, with a smile.
Il do BETTER" he answered gaily; II
carry Madame Midas and her luck"
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FANTASTIC PLAY.


Cape Hatteras Buildings Epgulfed
by Wind-Driyen Sand.
The prevailing winds from little
west of south have played in fantas-
tic way with the sands Of Cape Halter
as, off the main beach of North Caro-
lima, heaping up great waves that en-
gulf whole buildings in their smother
ing folds. These wind rippples, started
in sands exposed by the removal of a
strip of forest next the shore, have
grown in size to great sand waves,
which are advancing on forests, fields
and homes. As the sand wave has adj
vanced it has taken up several feet of
the lose soil over which it has passed,
undermining houses, laying bare the
roots of trees and exposing the bones
of the dead in the cemeteries.
Diurnal winds from the sea have
piled the sands into small wandering
dunes and hillocks and even sometimes
into sand waves, which are marching
steadily inward and shoaling the waters
of the sounds. At Nays Head large
hotel, constituting a solid obstruction,
soon had a sand wave built up short
distance in its rear until the level Of
its roof was reached, when the wave
moved forward and engulfed the hotel.
In the immediate neighborhood two cot
tages suffered 4 similar fate. Here.the
land gained on the sound 800 feet in
ten years.
On the northern end of Hatteras ISL
and a fishing village had been similarly
buried while the sand had entirely
crossed the island at several places
north of the cape. This movement Of
the sand started just after the Civil
War by the cutting of trees next the
shore for ship timbers, and the section
is still known as the Great Woods,
though not a stick of timber stands
upon it to-day. Pamlico sound for two
miles from the Hatteras shore Is grow
ing steadily shallower from the deposit
of blown sand.
On Smiths Island pilots village
has bee- buried beneath the sand wave
for number IF years, but this has been
quite recently resurrected and It's
houses are again occupied. On Curri-
tuck. below Caffeys Inlet life saving sta
ton, the sand has advanced entirely
across the land, and one man, moving
before it. has at last built his house on
piles In the sound.
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Ready-to-Use Hat Elastic.

A good many mothers already use
the automatically adjusted hat elastic.
but a good many more ought to know
about it, as it obviates all the bother
of sewing elastic into chiIdren's hats.
and of shortening it as it stretches.
The ready-to-use piece of rubber
comes in the proper length for a hat,
fitted at each end with two little sharp
wire prongs. You push these through
the side of the hat. and spread them
open. When the stretching process be-
gins, you can shorten the elastic at viii
by means of a small, adjustable slide
The price Of the eontrivance is 10
cents.
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Wedding Sunersfifinns.

The Bridegroom who carries a minia-
ture horseshoe in his pocket will always
be lucky.
The bride who dreams of fairies on
the night before her wedding will be
thrice blessed.
Never give a telegram to a bride or
bridegroom on the way to church. 1t Is
a sure omen of evil.
Marriages on board ship are eonsld-
cred unlucky. If you can't be married
on dry land remain unwed, says Home
Chat.
The finding Of spider on the wed
ding gown by the bride is considered a
sure token of happiness to come.
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"oriented- orient.I..

knowledge Of direction seems to be
instructive with the Burmans. says the
author of "A People at School" They
always reckon by the needle not by
relative position. They do not say
Turn TO the right" but Turn to the
west"
If table Ir a room has two tum.
blers on it, one Of them will be the east
tumbler, the other the west; and the
table itself will be not the table near
the window but the table in the east
of the room" So they speak of the
north or south side of street or OF a
tree, not the shady or sunny side. Even
in rain or mist they know the direction
at once.
An English traveller, waking in the
Burman forest in a foggy morning to
find ali trace of the road wiped out BIZ
rain and every apparent means OF as
certaining direction gone. was at a loss
what TO do. but his Burman servants
knew at once
THAT is north, they said. pointing.
.'and that is east. Our course lies be-
tween" and straight TO the northeast
they marched unerringly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-02

The recent assertive movements in
China have opened the question as to
whether the awakening nation would
customs service. This department has
long been shining example of the best
kind of foreign administration, and
owes its origin and development to the
genius of one man. The Atlantic
Monthly, In speaking of the inspector
general of Chinese customs service,
contains this description of the man
and his work:
Sir Robert Hart was only % years
old when the Chinese government Of
fered him the position. To-day he is
the most famous man in China. With
great tact he felt his way, step by step,
learning the art of waiting from the
Chinese themselves. The position was
one of the greatest delicacy and diff
Guilty. Sir Roberts first duty was to I've
loyal to his imperial employers yet
he was expected to promote modern
ideas Of progress. The result is a. model
organization.
Not only did Sir Robert organize and
develop the customs service, but he
established the imperial postal service,
was instrumental in founding a Euro
pean university at Picking, and has in
fluenced the maintenance of lighthouses
ana lightships on the coasts and rivers,
and the policing of the harbors for the
prevention of smuggling.
Personally, this man who has done
so much for China is quiet and digni-
fed, simple and retiring in manner,
and never presuming on his rank or
Importance. He has by sheer strength
of character guided China's officials
with steadying force.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-02

Among the multitude of shirtwaistS
that my lady provides she must include
some which are suitable for afternoons,
or for dressy occasions when a plain
blouse will not answer. The soft mex
pensiye thin silks are charming for
this Use, as is shown by the dainty
model sketched here Pale mauve dots
are sprinkled over on ivory ground and
this bit OF color is still more accented
by using mauve trimming bands A
chemisctte of fine ivory white all over
lace fills in the round neck, and frills
of the same lace edge the short sleeves
In the back two box plaits are tapered
from shoulder to belt, to increase the
apparent slenderness of the waist. The
front Is cut in a novel and artistic
style, giving the blouse an attractive
individuality. The little extension tabs
are faced and caught down with but
tons of gold and white enamel. The
model is made over a lining, but this
may be omitted. There are innumer-
able pretty materials suitable for these
dressy little biouses.
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Light brown etamine Is used for the
gown at the left. The top of the prin-
cess skirt is plated The lower edge
is cut in large scallops, trimmed with
silk braid. From under the plaitS fall
three shaped ruffies of the material.
The eton is boxplaited and trimmed
with the braid. The round collar is
bordered with braid and a frill of
cream taffeta, and over this is turn
back collar of the cream silk, embroi-
dered in brown The elbow sleeves are
gathered into straight cuffs, trimmed
with braid, and finished with ruff1es of
the taffeta. The guimpe is of Valen-
ciennes. The cravat is of cream taffeta.
The gown at the right is made of white
cloth. The front Of the princess skirt
forms an inverted box plait On each
side are stitched bands, passing through
slashes cut in the skirt, and ornament
ed with embroidery. A shaped founce
finishes the foot. The plated blouse is
of white silk, trimmed with cluny in
sertion and narrow ruffle of mousselne
de sole. The high stock is fagoted.
The collar is of the lace edged, with
two ruffies of the mousseline, and it is
ornamented with rosettes and plaitings
of the silk. A band of insertion trims
the box plat on the outside of the
sleeves. The deep cuff IS made of the
lace
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Health and Beauty Hints.

If the hands are rubbed on stick
of celery after peeling onions the smell
will be entirely removed.
To stop noseSleed chew a piece OF
paper or battle the back of the head
and neck with cold water.
To make the eyebrows grow: -Four
ounces of alcohol, two ounces of castor
oil, fifteen drops of the oil of bergamot
Apply with tiny brush night and
morning.
For hands that are rough and sensi-
tive nothing better can be found than
two ounces of listerine combined with
glycerin. The surface will soon become
smooth and less sensitive.
The quick beauty bath every morn
ing with tepid water, a handful of salt
and a good flesh brush will injure no
woman's health but will instead make
her feel bright, rested and refreshed.
There is no agent so effective In aid
ing the whole structure of the skin to
perform it's work and to become less
sensitive than the careful cleansing at
night with hot water and a pure
white soap and complexion brush.
Rinse in warm water and apply a skin
food or a good cold cream.
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The pretty dress at the left is made
of white embroidered batiste. Valen-
ciennes insertion is set into the skirt
to form panels, in which are large en-
broidered motifs. Narrow ruflles OF
plain batiste finish the skirt and form
the epaulets, which are headed by
bands Of English embroidery and con-
nected by loops and rosettes of pale
blue ribbon.
The round neck is edged with the
Valenciennes insertion. The short puff
is finished with a band and bow of blue
ribbon and rufie of the batiste.
The dress at the right is made of
blue pongee. The skirt is trimmed with
three rows of Valenciennes insertion,
and finished with a rufie of the same
lace Two rows of the insertion are
set into the lower part of the waist,
which is plated into yoke of madeira
embroidery, bordered with the lace
rufile.
The elbow sleeve is trimmed with
insertion and gathered into band of
insertion, edged with lace. The sash
is of white ribbon, tied at the side.
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School ErnclSS.

White or colored mohair Is singu-
larly appropriate for these between
seasons dresses, as it has just sufficient
warmth for safety and not enough to
promote discontinue. Then, too, so
many of the pretty trimmings which
give to linen frocks their style and
daintiness can be used with it and the
same effect be gained. For everyday
wear serge is a standby, especially for
the country, where the school is at a
distance. Navy blue, red or tan are adj
mirable With all embroidered white
linen Elton collar and cuffs are attract
i've. and soft silk ties. With the red,
black tie and belt look best, and with
the blue a red tie can alternate with
the black.
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Ten N the PORCH

Tea on the veranda, or tea on the
lawn, is always more dainty than in
doors. But there is always trouble
with the alcohol lamp if the wind
blows. 1t has a hayward fashion of
throwing its flame anywhere, but under
the kettle, so that with guests waiting
for the Indispensable puff of steam it
Some one has invented a pretty remedy
for this inconvenience. a way of thwart-
ing the puffs of the malicious zephyr.
1t is a screen, folding screen of glass,
which is adjusted around the kettle and
keeps it coy, not shutting off the view
of the fame or of the boiling, which
constitutes half the fun of having tea.
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TO Clean Hard Wood.

Spread parraffin oil on the soiled
woodwork and let it stand for an hour
or more to soften the dirt, then wash
with soap and warm water and wipe
dry.
Next rub on a mixture of paraffin oil
and urpentine-one-third turpentine
and two-thirds OIL Polish with soft
old flannel. Let it rest an hour or two,
then polish with soft old linen.
If the surface is very dull, dirty and
scratched, instead of washing with
soap and water, add more oil and
sprinkle powdered rotten stone over It,
Rub gently and regularly, first with
circular motion and then with the
grain of the wood. When the surface
is smooth and bright wipe off the rotten
stone and finish as you would after
washing with soap and water
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place here, her wealth would not have
served him or gained political promo
ton as it did in England. He would
still have been, whatever his place,
holding only for term of years, sub
ject TO the recurrent choice of body
of democratic equals. Only on these
terms could he share in the exciting
task of government For decade she
drunk of the best of life's cup. No mar
riage in this country could have given
her life as vivid, as spectacular, as
brilliant or as conspicuous"
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A Mothers Awful Moment.

How much agony can person endure
In moment and yet survive? 1t is a
thing immeasurable. A few days ago
Mrs. John Fl. Bahs, of Milwaukee, and
her three children were crossing the
maze Of tracks used by the St Paul
Railroad In the city when the foot of
her baby daughter, Elsie, became
caught between the rail and crossing in
such 8 manner IL could not be extri-
Gated or pulled from the shoe. A fast
freight train was upon them Brush
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-02
LAYS CORNER STONE.
Vice President Fairbanks Presides
at Ceremony in Chicago.

Vice President Fairbanks Preside.
at Ceremony in Chicago.
Fifty thousand people stood in Clark
and Randolph streets, Chicago. Friday as
Charles w. Fairbanks Vice President OF
the United States, laid the corner stone OF
the new $5,0O0,000 Cook county court
house. STOPPING his towering figure, the
Vice President laid little dab of mortar
on the foundation of the stone and then
stepped back while the three-ton block Of
granite was slowly lowered into position.
This last operation consumed some time,
for the block at the end Of the big der
rick had become tangled in flags generous
ly used in the scheme Of decoration. A
magnificent audience cheered the Vice
President approvingly.
Short addresses were delivered by May
or Dunno, Gov. Deneen and Mr.. Brun-
dage between spirited selections by the
various bands that had occupied places
in the procession and the singing of ''Illi-
nois" by a quartet. Then the chief speak
er of the day was introduced.
After a glittering eulogy of Cook coun-
ty, which Mr.. Fairbanks said was greater
than many States and not a few foreign
countries, such as Portugal Switzerland
and Greece, he predicted Chicago was des-
tined to become the seat of commercial
power not only in the intermediate West
but of the continent.
The exercises were preceded by a mill
tary parade, which reached the reviewing
stand at Clark and Randolph streets at
2 40 o'clock Mr.. Fairbanks, accompanied
nv Mayor Ilunue Gov Deueon Con Hon
ry G. Corbin, President Edward J. Brun-
dage of the County Board, Archbishop
Quigley, Gen. William II. Carter and Sen
ator Albert ]. Hopkins. took a place on
the speakers platform.
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To Make Ten.

The best way to make tea is to take
a clean earthenware pot make it thor
oughly hot, then place the tea in it, a
teaspoonful for each person. The water
to be used should boil, then be imme-
diately be poured on the tea II al
lowed to boil over, the peculiar property
Of boiling water which acts upon tea
eyaporates and eventually disappears.
The tea should be allowed to draw six
minutes and then be poured out, as in
this way you gain the full flavor, quail
fly and strength without extracting the
tannin. which is so injurious to the d.
gestive organs.
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when Men Wore au~s,.s

"Bustles were ridiculous" said an an
tiquarian. DO you remember the bus
tie Of 1885? It shot straight out from
the waist; broad seat on which, hon.
estly, an adult could have sat
yes, bustles were ridiculous. but no
more ridiculous than the tournures of
Francis II. The tournures were worn
by men. They were bustles-front in
stead of rear ones. Yes, in the time Of
Francis II. portliness was considered
stately and men tied on tournures or
false stomachs In order to achieve an
air of dignity"
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A View Profession for Women.

A new profession for women is that
of teaching men and women to make
after-dinner speeches. a lady in New
York who makes such speeches herself
when required makes bit Of money by
writing such 'fmpromptu" after-dinner
and other speeches for social occasions