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If' MEANT FOR TRIFLES 1: &$;. OLD FASHIONED "PINCH" DAO VSi M08T CONVENIENT. L V t Buttoni, Needles and the Little Oddi Pjg and Ends of the Sewing Room tf. Kept at Hand In Thli Bfff X Receptacle. VfH ' rr holding n fow I'otlons, a papor fli J of ticcdlcg and a spool of thread or Mgw two (hero Is nothing In tho way of a K4fij bag that In mora convenient that tho Vjj j old-faihlonod "pinch" kind. It Is largo BbI r enough to servo n an ordinary travel- HgH Inn work bag and thoro aro no draw- ffgfH ' Ing strings or ribbons to lio bothered jUKJf ' with, Nothing could ho simpler than VMM f fnafiBjjBafijjfiSKj Hi IFSoSr 111 ltKmmKm MCpRK tho flat moiilh which closes Itself and BfMtiv. Is pinched open. Mwi Tho "pinch hag tlcrlvoa Us nanio HfBv' from this opening, which Is fitted with HrBf two short, stiff whnleboiios. Illbbon NKjWft Is best to mnko tho bag of When silk Hjjjwi hy tho yard Is used sonms'ttitist bo Mf turned and thoro (s.nlwnys tnorb or Hjt loss trouble In giving them a ncnt HHw finish lnsldo, Tnko n quarter of n yard Hfy of plain or (lowered ribbon' about three Hjj- Inches In width, or wider If liked, and HHu trim both ends eronly. Flowered rib- vVLv lon of this width Is somethVsg of a HKHp. rarity, oven on tho bargain countor, Efflb, 7et It can bo found In a good quality HK. MAKING OVER OLD QOWN, HF foket by No Means Difficult to Change B Into New Styles, HHf , Ono of tho comfortable advantages HB it tho new fashlonu Is tho way old HBL (owns can bo altered into new styles. Bf 't Is not easy to tuuko n frankly two- Hf, ?'oca frock Into uu empire, but n good flH&- leal can bo dono along this Hue. What iH dromon aro working at most success w fully ii ro yokes. Tho old V-sliapod ono jf nas gono out. EbE. Tho new ones aro round and filial- 1' '-w, a little deeper. In front than IBM ( . it sidos and back. Tho universal fush- Hfl t on for thoso wjth tho hlghbonod stock HK ' ittachod gives ono a chance to cut HHJ i xway tho ton-part of old-fashioned and HHJ i unbecoming gowns and replace bud HB linos with theso good ones. HBrr For theso yokoa colored net Is used KBT"""""' mrTOTnrrrATjrE: Iw'B' To get the full valuu of cold cream KB It must bo let dry on tlio fnce. It Hra' takes tlmo for tho akin to absorb It. NH' In massaging wrlnklos uso tho tips iTH,! of the flngors and thumb, nlwuys work- Pvl Ing ucrosH tho lino; never follow tho pH ' lines of tho c reason. eJHIf Ilushy, Irregular oyebiows should ho with dainty floral pattorns and n nar row sntln edgo. A white ground with pink flowers and n blue sntln edgo makes a dnlnly bag. After the ends nro evened turn them under for a narrow hem of tho cor rect width to nccomtqodato n strip of wlmlobono. Then horn this down with tiny stitches, using fine whlto cotton thread Instond of silk. Tho cotton makes n firmer hem and shows less than tho silk. Tho two heme should bo turned on ono sldo of tho ribbon, tho wrong sldo It thcia Is any differ once In tho pattern or wenvo. Uso puro whlto whnlebono, which comes In long strips and enn bo cut any length desired tor tho pinch top, or tako two wlmlobono collar supports about threo Inches long. Cut two pieces to fit tho hems. Mnko them just n fraction shorter than tho width of tho ribbon so that they will not punch through tho ribbon afterward. If tho wlmlobono strln Is used sor-k It first In warm water, lotting It re main In tho wnter for 1G minutes or longer. Thin makos It cut easily. Aft er tho longth Is found and the whnlo boiie cut. shnvo tho blunt ends ovot so llttlo mid cut them slightly round Instoad of perfectly square Now slip a bono through each hem, fold the strip of rlbboo double with tho topi mcottng evenly, nnd whip tho edges ol tho rlbbontogothcr with whlto cotton, nnd tho bng Is ready to uso. Unless It Is pinched tho top will stay per feutly tight, holding any small nrtlclos. To open tho bng hold tho whalebono ends botwoon tho thumb nnd forofln gor nnd press ar pinch. Ono may liavu sovcral of theso bags, n wholo Hot of different sizes and dif ferent ilbbons, or they may. match. They will bo found most convenient for holding smnll articles". Lnco but tons can bo kept In ono bag, papers ol needles In another, hooks and eyes or patent fasteners In a third, nnd so on until n bag Is provided for ovorythlng, and onco put In order they will re main so. A "pinch" bag will bo found Invnl uablo for kooplng collnr buttons, sleovo links and Bmall mco pins within easy roach. Thoro Is no d.nngor of their ellppll'B out of tliojraso. HEP' Shadow Chemisette Has Come to Stay BL ' r F'd 0( Fan'on That Undoubtedly Bp Savors of Extravagance aWMf . JKflf h Slowly but suroly liavo shadow BfVSi chemisettes boon coming to tho front, giSsT s ( although their success seemed Inovl- hB tablo froul tho first to those of trnlnod, RfHJ'v' fastidious oyo. To tho necessarily M BEt" economical majority, however, this KtBBT covering up o't ono good thing with nn- KH othor bus a savoring of oxtravaganco, MBJk and, on tho wholo, It will bo woll to HCw bolster up that Impression. Hut ns HHi they Btnnd, tho shadow chomUottes Jl'SSf are a ftno Inspiration, and a most wol- KBflF como relief from tholr lingerie proto- lfB' .i types. BB Krojn tho Jpltlal essay of veiling nn BBM : all-over Ivory lace with flno-tuckod BBC chiffon toned to tho color of tho gowu, BB (hero has grown tho veiling of ono BBA chiffon with another, tho under BHk ? i' trimmed with Ivory lnco. And yat a HBBjK further utop la tho shadow corsago, BBJ tho Blight Incldontnl matter that la IBB,. now all that Is oxactcd by tho high- BBa waist as much ns lnco. In fact, tho latter Is somewhat second stylo. Tho now method of draping a blouso, so that thoro Is llttlo (Illinois anywhore, gives ono n chnnco to put Into ncv uses tho nurplus material In tho frock. DAQ FOR SILVER TEA-POTS. Article Saved from Scratches and Preserves Proper Luster. Tho careful hdusoWlfo, who takes n pride In tier shining sllvor tea-pot, nnd who, porhaps, polishes It up her self to tho last degrco of brightness, jnust often bo disappointed to find how quickly It grows dull and tar nished after It has been cloancd, and how often, too, It suitors from mysterl oua scratches, when It Is not actually In uso. A vvlso precaution, nnd ono which Is easily adopted, Is to provldo a greqn bag. llnod with wnsh-lenthor, In a size which fits tho tea-pot protty closely whon tho string ut tho top Is druwn. A bag of ft suitable slzo and shape may bo soon In our sketch, with tho tea-pot drawn upon It to show tho way In which It should fit. Similar bagn of green baito, with wash leather linings, mndo In smaller shapes, would bo usoful also for n silver bream-Jug and sugar basin. In cases where a wholo tea service Is mod. ijFuaiicii nBTrtTT'wiuriri'iiiiioi a irsTr brush dipped In olive oil. Tho same trcntmei.it Is good for stiff ami harsh eyebrows nnd Is said to mnko them grow. Annllld skin Indicates nn anemic condition of tho blood, the lack of the red corpuscles; n good Iron tonic Is a necessity to Improve such a complexion appi?iij w"wr f - - --- - - -.------ ....-...... I) jmn-iw hhwmWm Bf' Dainty Trimming Easily Made at Home W . 1 B' Handsome Touches for Gowns That BBJ 0 Cost Wearer Very Little. BH "You QXtrnvagnnt creature! To buy HBKf that handaotno trimming (or ha rvery- HBB day frock I" Sold 'a-Rlrl aa she gaied BBJI admiringly at A (rtnd's frock of dark HBjjjii bluo wool batiste trimmed with ruh IBJBP' looking band In shades of dull orunxe BBM''- and old bluo BBf "Cost mo lss than a dollar wlmi BflK?! can you show mo cheaper than thnf" BJw wur tho reply. MmK'i "No, not n bargain unlo a few diivs Bsfyy of linnl work nnd three vardii of line II '" ' twolnch-wldo strips, nnd n doaen and H, ,; - ' ' a half sbelna of fllo In llffereut sjwdes HH&f '$ of bluo and ornngo. BB, " k0'lt (tl crasl1 '" tM0 n!turn, BB-;-; & c!or, though anmiitlinoB I nm rnUier t"1"1 c arry I did no.t dye It to match th kmttaic, n Maude did. hor. I put en, PW. tko doslgn myself, coyplng tr from tho BB' j " bortier of n I'erslan shawl mother HB uwntf, rodic!njr II, whenever ueros- B' sary Kg "Th.o work l cusy, really nothinK WM n ra Btotffclji v ' ""' ' ' II i I but stocking darning. I oovor each llglire with long stltahoa thsn weave In and out In n OfOM illreotlon. When the space Is covered I outline the eria In a different tune, 'The stems it outlined, nnd ovory hfire and there on the crash I run doU In bluck to bring out (bo other colors. "Could ou make wwne (or jour gray frock In n week? Certuliilj l's n veiy light lone of crash and work It In old pink and silver. Any art-needlr-work store will dtainp yon a bold con ventional design If yuu do not nam te bother putting on your own." Placing Ostrich Feather. The quills or pluiuaae do not show this season. llKcaiwe of the fondness (or murabou, the plumes now start oR from u llttlo bail ef It. The mara boti Is made Into a llutfy rotto nnd 1$ laid ll over the .villi part of the foather It Is n good trick and ono that should be followed. Colored Laeti. Colored IncPH are mo 'is vogue thau over The Drt4mmer9j Sermon 'Being a Drummer's Pfiltosopftlelng Concerning Some People lie Has Met on tile RodThe Exceeding Humaneness of Human Nature A Brlttth Dame Who Wanted a "Patutah,'- and the Hoosler Who Knew About Excursion Train 'All the World Comes to Kandy. ' ' Dy WILLIAM T. ELLIS. (Copyngm, by Joncpli II. llowJes.j A party of young Ilooslcrs who lic5 been up to tho lakes got aboard an accommodation train In southern In diana u fow months ngo. They were mostly young follows from tho farms, and real cut-ups, Having beon away from homo over night, they were now traveled men of the world, they wanted you to know, nnd they took possession of thnt sleepy old conch In real coltish fashion. I'vo seen that type often, In so many places that I was not especially Interested. Across tho alslo from me, though, occurred a rather Illuminating Incident. Two of the oxcurslonlsts, n young mnn'nnd his "steady company," seat ed themselves In front of Jenkins, who travols for a book hoiiBO In New York, and who Is really ono of tho most cultivated and urbnno men on tho road. Young Hayseeds lighted n rank cigar, and began to smoke, to tho evident distress of the girl and several Indies near by. In a mlnuto Jenkins leaned forwnrd and tapped tho smoker on tho shoulder. "Pnrdou mo, my friend, but this Is not a smoking cnr." "You dnrst smoko on excursion trains," caino back tho rather belliger ent answer. "Ah," very politely, "hut this Is a rogulnr train, not nn excursion train. And you will find n smoking car for ward." With a look of triumph, and a noto of contompt for Jenkins' Ignorance, tho bumpkin rotorted; "Huh! Hut this Is nn excursion train, 'cause I have nn excursion ticket" On Ceylon' Spicy Isle, Thoro was no gnlnsaylng such mon umental prnvlnclnllsm ns this, and Jenkins sank back In sheer enjoyment of tho situation. Ho has all tho literary man's lovo of "types." I watched tho barnyard rooster turn to his compan ion nnd crow over the defeat of that greenhorn back of him. Ho know tho world, ho did; nnd ho could toll thorn alt a thing or two, I buppobo If Jenkins wero to moral Izo aloud over tho Incident ho would say that tho commonest fault In all this big world Is Just provincialism. Kvory pig thinks his own barnyard tho universe Tho episode recalled my visit to Ceylon. I had dono somo business for tho housa at Colombo, which Is a more Important city than a man from Iloston thinks, nnd having a full day THE OOHMOHEST BULT 13 PEOVINQALIgM BBMBBBBM beforo my steamer sailed, I bad run up to Kandy, a beautiful mountain town thnt Is tho centor' of lluddhlsm. Iluddha'a tooth or what passes for Buddha's tooth Is worshiped thoro. A black and oily Iluddhtst, with fow clothes and a vast array of misin formation, had attached himself to ma ns guide. Ho was supposod to bo educated, nnd a half-way Iluddhtst priest himself, so he gave me quite a lecture on lluddhlsm, and tho glories of this particular Bhrlne, winding up with tho assertion thnt "All the world comes to Kandy every full moon." And ho believed It. His horizon was .MrcQwahnt.vjijjnijitihtQrii was peopled chiefly with Jusky devo tees of "tho gro,-.t gawd Hhudd." It Is human to think your way the only way. Tho Drltlshor who cleverly breakB tho top of his bollod egg and eats the-contents from tho shell Is horrIfled"t tho mussy American way of cutting tho egg In half nnd Bpllllng the whole mess Into n cup. Tho Ameri can thinks the Urlton "queor" because he ends his brfftkfast with fruit. In-. stcaa of beginning It so, nnd becnuso tho Urlton must have his afternoon I tct., nnd because he eats such slathers of meat at every meal. This Is mere ly each man's putting up of his own locnl standard ns universal. Woll do I remember the half-con cealed look of pitying scorn on tho face of my Indian room steward tho first tlmo I cvor entered A P. nnd O steamer and began to dress for din ner, ns Is the way of tho 'world east of I'rovlncetown. The P. and O. line. It would by myriads bo considered pro vlnclnl not to know, has customs as firmly Axed as those of a court. "Uut, sir," he remonstrated, "you know wo do not dress for dinner in harbor." 1 didn't know, any more than I knew thnt It was "tho thing" for a man' to go Into the dining room nny tlmo be foro eight o'clock In his pajamas for his "llttlo breakfast," or that pajamas wore n sufficient dress for deck nny tlmo after 11 at night nnd before eight In tho morning. On another line, this sort of dlshablllo would not be toler ntcd. 8he Wanted a "Pawtah." Spcnklng of our British friends, re in I ml b me of a lot of quUt fun a car load of passengers had over nn English woman who wns "doing" America from a cnr window She had como to theso shores absolutely assured that "PAWTAW! !" . . . . tho English way In everything Is tho only way, nnd her comments upon whnt bIio snw, mndo In a loud enough voice for her neighborhood to hear, would havo been maddening wero we not all so highly amused at her. Tho climax como whon tho wholo trnlnlond of people had to change cars nt n llttlo junction, whero thero wero few conveniences except a lunch coun ter. Into this most of us had piled, and wore ornamenting tho Btools near, est to the grub when tho door opened nnd n familiar voice called, "Pawtah! Pawtah!" No portor responded, for the slmplo reason that thoro was none: nnd nftor mndam had again cried, "Pawtah! Pawtah!" this tlmo more peremptorily than before, a good-natured drummer near the door stepped up nnd, raising his hat, asked If ho could bo of nny assistance. Giving him a cold staro through her lorgnette, the old damo demanded, 'Aro you the pawtah?" Tho drummer confessed that ho wasn't, but thut overy American man was nt the service of any lady In need. "Oh, but I'd over so much rather have the pawtah," was tho disconcert ing response. "I know It, madam, but I regret to say that there Is no porter here, Can I help you?" Quite ungraciously tlie snorting traveler, muttering comments aloud about how much hotter they dc things In England, allowed him to transfer her 18 pieces of hand lugguga to the other train, Then, when ho had finished, bIio offorcd him n tip! Anybody who has been n thousand mllos from his own doorstep can mul tiply Instances of this sort Indefinite ly. For tho moment, though, I am In terested In tho truth that provlnclnl Ism Is ono of the great factors In tho world's religious life. It Is petty-mind-cdneas that has filled the earth with local deities, or with partial and Inade quate Ideals ot n Supreme Being, Go whero you will nnd you will find locnl ciiHtams being practiced, Instead of a supernatural religion. Provincial creeds take tho place of universal truth. Puritan ancestors aro followed Instead ot tho Almighty. Wo all seem bound to worship God, It nt all, ac cording to Luther, or Wesley, or Cal vin, or Channlng, or Campbell, or somo still smaller man. Ab I havo sized up tho altuatlon, tho greatest barrier encountered by tho bigness ot tho Christian religion Is tho smallness of human nature. Seems to me that tho Founder of Chilstlanlty afla-ilimt-todMtll )V provincial ho. cnuso ho preached a gospel too big for his tlmo. Ever since then his true rep resentatives hnvo boon trying to pull men nnd women out of their two-by-four stnto ot mind' Into tho broader vlow, deeper sympathy nnd longer reach of n unlvorsal religion. Tho spirit of provincialism and the spirit of Christianity are deadly enemies. THD DKUMJinit. ALL HAVE HAD TO TIP Petty Extortion It 8eems Impossible to Eradicate. More suggoetlvo ot the bpok'a title, than tho tople ot llbrnilea Is the all Important subject of tips, to which Mr. TUiBsell devotes a chapter. Like all wise people, he lins given up the strug gle against tho tip, admitting that you "might us well try to poultice the hump off n camol'a back as to euro mankind of theso little corruptions." Dosldes, from time Immemorial, overy- !,.,.. lino tin, - Mr. ftr.".-- Pot T ' "'Hits Is a bi range country," Bald that king, nccordlng to the report ot Hor ace Wnlpule. "Tho first morning nftor my arrlvnl at St. James" I looked out ot tho window nnd nw a park with wnlks, and n oannl, which the; told me wero mine. The next day Lord Chotwyni'., ..ho ranger of my park, sent mo a fko braco of carp out ot my canal, find 1 was told I must glvo five guineas to Lord Chctwynd s servant for bringing mo my own carp, out of my own canal In my own ourk." Out, nftor all, Oeorgo'B little perplexity was nothing compnred with the grim Irony of William Lord HubboII, as ho dlsousBed the question ot the. tip while under sentence ot death. "He asked," snya Illshop lSurtiet. "what ho should give tho executioner. I told htm ton guineas. He said, with n smllo, It was n pretty thing to give u fee to have hta head cut off." T P Loudon Weekly. Woman Suffrage Again. i ., ... ... ,-. .. . I, ,- .. ... nt n new quarter!), tho organ of the New York Association Opposed to the Further Extension or Suftrngo to Women. Tho new publication contains only four small pages. Miss Harriot May Mills edits the News Letter, the official organ of the New York Wom an's Suffrage association, a magazine with twenty-odd pages and a subscrip tion list enld to bo larger than that ot many dally papers. Gait receipts the sprinters pay r" Light i Freights By I I V. IV. JACOBS I Sam's Boy (CopjrltfM, IHkM, !! Comi!!.) It wns getting Into In tho afternoon ns Master Jones, In a somewhat famished condition, strolled up Aid gate, with n keen eye on the gutter. In senrch of anything thnt would servo him for his ten. Too late, ho wished that he had saved some of tho stale bread and damaged fruit which had' constituted his dinner. I . Aldgiite proving bnrren, ho turned up Into tho qulctor Mlnorles, skilfully dodging tho mechanical cuff of tho constable nt tho corner ns ho' passed. He saw n stranger ndopt n mongrel. "'E's nil right," sold tho orphan, wistfully; "no coppers to chivvy 'Im nbout, nnd ns much grub as ho wants. Wish I'd been a dog." A thought struck him Just as a stout, kindly-looking seaman passed with n couplo of shlpmntes. It was a good-natured face, nnd tho figure wns that 61 a. man who lived well. A mo ment's hesitation, nnd Master Jones, with n courage born of despair, ran nfter him nnd tugged him by tho sleevo. "Hnlloal" said Mr. Samuel llrown, looking round. "Whnt do you want?" "Wnnt you, father," said Master Jones. "Look here, my lnd," exclaimed Mr. Drown, goaded Into action by Inter cepting n smllo with which Mr. Charles Leggo had favored Mr. Harry Green, "you run off homo." "Whero do you llvo now?" Inquired Hilly, anxiously. Mr. Green, disdaining concenlmcnt, shipped Mr. Leggo on tho back, and, lnughlng uproariously, regarded Mnstor Jones with much kindness. "You mustn't follow me," said Sam, soveroly; "d'yo henr?" "All right, father," said tho boy, dutifully. "And don't call mo father," vocifer ated Mr. llrown. "Why not?" Inquired tho youth, art lessly. "If you don't run nway," said Mr. llrown, hnrshly, us ho turned to tho boy, "I shall glvo you n hiding." "Where nm I to run to?" whimpered Master Jones, dodging off nnd on. "Hun 'omo," said Sam. "That's whero I'm going," said Master Jones, following. "Hotter try nnd glvo Mm tho Blip, Sam," Bald Mr. Leggo, In a confidential whlspor; "thought It secniB nn unnat ural thing to do." "Wot's your nnmo?" "Illlly," was the reply. "Illlly wot?" "Illlly Jones." Mr. Green's faco cleared, nnd ho turned to his frlonds with n smile ot Joyous triumph. Sam's faco rollected his own, but Charlie Legge'B was still ovorcast. "It ain't likely," he said, Impres sively; "It ain't likely as 8am would go and got marrlod twice In tho same name, Is It? Put It to yourself, 'Arry yould you?" The unfortunate Sam said nothing, but strodo n haunted man down Night ingale Lane Into Wapplng High street, nnd so to tho kotch Nancy Iloll, which was lying nt Shrlmpott's wharf. Ho stoppod on board without n word, nnd only when he turned to descend tho forccastlo ladder did his gaze rest for "Wish I'd Been a Dog." n moment on tho small, forlorn plcco of humanity stnndlng on tho wharf. "Halloa, boy, what do you want?'" crlod tho skipper, catching sight Of him. "Want my father, sir Snm," re plied tho youth, who had kept his oars open. The skipper got up from his sent and eyed him "Snm, your boy's asking after you." said tho skipper. inning madly. "He's not my boy, sir.' replied Mr nrim-n Mirntn.li 11., rvlr...-.. 1 ,r.oil, "Woll, you'd better come up and see him," sold the other "Are you sure he Isn't, Snm?" "You hoar whnt your father says," Bald tho sklppor ("Hold your tongue Sam.) Where's your mother, boy?" "Dead, sir," whined Master Jonee. 'I've on'y got 'Im now " The skipper wb n hind henntod man, ami ho lpok.od pltylugp- nt the forlorn llttlo flguro by his side And Sam wob ill' Rood man of tbo ship and a leading light at Dlmport VMI3f .jrwwMj -a-.-r.J L y. "How would you llko to ronto to sea with your father?" ho inquired. The grin of delight with which Mnstor Jones received this proposal wns sufficient reply. At lx In the morning they got under way, tho hoy going nearly frantic with delight ns sail after sail was Bet, nnd the ketch, with n stiff breeze, rnpldly left London bohlnd her. Mr. llrown studiously Ignored him. "I cant hne somorsautt u' that on this cfo ship, Snm," he remarked, shaking hU head; "It nln'l tho plncq for 'vru." ' - "I wonder nt you teaching 'Im such things," said tho mate, In grave dis approbation. "Me?" said tho hapless Sam, trem bling with passion. "He must 'ne seen you do It," sold tho mnte, letting his oyc rove cnsunlly "Don't Talk Nonsensel" Said the Skipper, as He Came Up from Be low. over Barn's ample proportions. "You must ha' been leading n double life nltosethcr, Sam." Ily tho following nfternoon Snm wns lu such a state of collapse that, when they jmt In nt tho small port of Wlthersca to dlschargo n portion of their enrgo, ho obtained permission to stny below In his bunk. Work pro ceeded without him, nnd at nlno o'clock In tho evening they sailed ngnln, nnd It was not until they wero a couplo ot miles on tholr way to Dlmport that Mr. Leggo rushed aft with tho announcement thnt ho was missing. "Don't talk nonsense," snld the skip per, ns ho came up from below In re sponse to a hall from the mate. "It's a fact, sir," said Leggo, shak ing his head. "What's to bo dono with tho boy?" demanded tho mate, blankly. "8am's a unsteady, unreliable, tricky old man," exclnlmcd the skipper, hot ly; "the Idea of going nnd leaving n boy on our hands like that. I'm sur prised at him. I'm disappointed In Sam deserting!" "What aro you going to do, Hilly?" Inquired the cook. "I dunno," said tho boy, miserably. They enmo In sight of Dlmport. Mr. Leggo, who had a considerable respect for tho brain hidden In Mint small head, pointed It out to him. ,. iV. . "Iloy's worried," Bnld iho 'skipper, nsldo, to the mnto; "cheer up, aonny." Illlly looked up and smiled, nnd tho cloud which had sat on his brow whon ho thought of the coldblooded deser tion of Mr. llrown gave way to an ox prosslon of sereno content. At tho quay tho skipper locked up tho cabin, nnd then calling on ono ot tho shoro hands to keep nn oyo on the torccastlo, left It opon for the con venience of tho small passenger. Harry, Charlie, and tho cook stopped nshoro. Tho skipper nnd mnto fol lowed, and the latter, looking back from BOtnd distance, called his atten tion to tho dosolnto little figure sitting on tho hatch. "Father," cried n small volco. "He ho's adopted you now," snld tho skipper, huskily. "Or yon," Bald tho mate. "I never took much notlco of him." "It'B you he's after, I tell you," snld the mato. "Who do you wnnt, Illlly?" "1 wnnt my father," cried tho youth, and, to provont any mlstnko, Indlcnted the raging skipper with his finger. "Who do you wnnt?" bellowed the Intter, In a frightful volco. IWaat i-ciL tathorj: chlrmmvi. Master Jones. "What's the matter?" Inquired Mrs. Hunt, eyeing tho crowd In nmnzomont ns it grouped Itself In anticipation. "Nothing," said her husband, off handedly. "Who's that boy?" cried the Inno cent woman. "It's n poor llttlo mnd boy," begnn tho skipper? "ho camo aboard" "I'm not mad, father," Interrupted Master Jones. "A poor llttlo mad boy." continued the skipper, hastily, "who enme aboard In London nnd said poor old Sain llrown was his father." "No you, father," orlod tho boy, Hhrllly. . t "He calls evorybody his father." said the skipper, with n smllt of auuutsh: "that's the form lila madness takes. Ho onlled Jem here his father." "No, he didn't." said tbe mate, bluntly. "And then he thought Charlie was Mb father." "No. sir," said Mr. Legge, with re spectful firmness. " qo ' -M Mi II,,.. ...I.K 7, in tr smile, "and theso men have all come up piepaied to swear thnt the boy said Snm was his father Haven't you?" -"Yes. mum." chorused the crow, de-IlKhted-nt being understood no easily. Thero wm sn uneomfortnble sllenee during which the crew, stnndlng for tho most part on one leg In sympatic with their chief's ombarressinent nudged osch other to say someililng o clear the charactei of a roan whom all esteemed "You tingrntoful little devil " bar nut Mr I-ogsn, nt length "aftar tl?! kind wny tho Skipper treated you too" "Did ho treat him kindly'" nojl. the captains wife, In conversation toncB. " "Llko n fn llko n uncle mum mm tho thoughtless Mr. Leggo "rjate tl n passngo on tho ship nnd fnirly srow Mm. Wo was nil surprised at the fB,, o mado ot Mm; wasn't we Harry'" "Look hero, Polly," ho began "Don't tnlk to mp," wns tho rep), "I .wonder you can look me tn tfc face." " ' "I thought tfiero VM Something .' . crct going on," snld Mrs. Hunt "i', often looked nt you whon you'vo been sitting In thnt chair, with a worried look on your face, nhd wondered what It wns. Ilut I never thought It was to had ns this. I'll do you tho credit to i sny Oiit I novor thought of such thing ns this. Whnt did you sarf What?" "I snld 'damn!'" said the skipper explosively. ' Even ns ho spoko the hnndlo turned nnd the door opening n fow Inchei disclosed tho nnxloug faco of Mattel Jones. "Mother!" ho said, softly, Mrs. Hunt stiffened In her chair nd her nrms fell by her side ns she gaiej In speechless amazement "Mother, enn I como In?" said th boy. "Oh, Polly!" sighed tho skipper, i Mrs. Hunt strovo to regain the utter nnce of which astonishment had de prived her. "I what Joe don't bo n fool'" . "Yes, I've no doubt," said the iklp ; per, thcatrlcnlly. "Oh, Polly! Pollji Polly!" "Whnt do you menn by calling ma ' 'mother?'" she demanded. Tin not your mother" "Yes, you nro," snld Master Jonei. Mrs. Hu.nt eyed him In bewilder ment, nnd then, roused to a sento of 'her position by a renewed gurgling from tho skipper's chair, set to work to try and thump that misguided man Into n moro serious frame of mind, Falling In this, sho sat down, and, utter n futile, struggle, began to laugh herself, nnd thnt bo heartily that MtiBtcr Jones, smiling sympathetically, closed tho door, and camo boldly Into tho room. Tho stntoment, generally believed, that Capt. Hunt nnd his wife adopted him, Is Incorrect, tho skipper ac counting for his continued presence In tho house by tho slmplo explanation thnt ho had adopted them An ex plnnntlon which Mr. Samuel llrown, for one, finds qulto easy ot acceptance. JOHNNY'S HOME LESSONS. Tells About His Work of Latt Yen and Hopes for Improvement. "Vacation Is over, nnd I must return to school again. I think ot this with the groatest pleasure. I shall fall In lovo with my teacher, and tho walk between my homo nnd tho sclioolhotlse will bo romantic. "Last term I had orthography, writ ing, history, grammar, mathcroatlci, drawing, current events and about 11 othor things. This term I hope I shall havo about 50 studies. "Last term I had to study all day and until ten o'clock nt night, and then get up nt six In tho morning and go nt It ngnln. This term I hope I shall havo to study nil night and all day Sundays. "Nothing does n growing boy io , much good ni to work his head sc , much that he has no appotlte, and goel about wishing ho wns dead. He . ought to bo mndo to tako up nt least 40 studies. lnt will be of no me to him whatever ns n rnfcV "toVtomu UcrjicjMa bopcrfectj In mv studies from AXf toav.-fiitd-to hnvo tho help ot my father, mr mother, my brvthor, my sister nnd my undo Jim. Myfnther nnd Uncle Jim did tho swearing for the whole crowd ot us. I "This term thiey will all help m nguln, nnd I Bliilll havo tho aid ot grandpa nnd grandma besides. I think ' wo shnll get through tho work every night by midnight. ' "Thero aro boys going to private schools who don't hnv6 moro than six , studies, nnd who havo tlmo for recrea tion and sleep, but I don't envy them. It Is such hoyB thnt nrow up to he como pirates In the t nd. Tho way to mnko a good man of n boy Is to send him to n public sc hool nnd cram him so full of knowledi e that ho will go around with his eye i half shut and , his mouth wldo ope a." Rochester Democrat nnd ChronlcU;. HIS PREFERENCE DtjjLY STATED. All Things Considered, Wai Up to the Commltttfe. Mnny years ago Mr Hll, one of the pioneer Bhoojnanufnc jurors, had sluTpTirBTonohnm, lviieroyfie"eThTs ns boss In his stitching rJiom one Dan Lowo, who, being a goniXtl, convivial man nnd a master of hlsX trade, was" liked pnd respected by nil "t Ono fnll tho stitchers (lonsplred to f make Dan n birthday piVsent but, f being unable to ngrco ns uf the nature ) of tho gift, they cnlled oil Mf" H'u w .t ndvlso them. Mr. Hill, r. Iter eel'""1 thought, located Dan on t ie top Soor, , and thus nddroesed him ' "Mr. Lowo. the ladles t'l : the tllc' ing room, being deslroiUfof ra"11". i you n birthday gift ns n si.l l! toUenoi ( tholr esteem, hnvo subscil'licu ftO " j moro, nnd nro unable tol",''M tweon nn oiisy chair, a ch!Vin and and sovornl othor nrtlclesl Tct a pealed to me for ndvlce. niVl I monsM the wisest plan to ask ytu))' lr!''. your preferonce nnd thus JI v " "Air. Hill," snld Mr. I.owi . ' ' iw reflection, 'T hnv a goodl cV'n m11 padlock, Btrong enough to l"ld '"! gallon keg A i en-gallon kV" ' P00: whisky could bo bought fi $' aWl .If J had a ton-gallon lte? ofl d wt"' Uv Woll rliiln1 lmvn In m. , 11" SSf old chobTwmluen?!vT,l,"" Mr. Hill rotired for fuilhtlr -1 ' ' tlon. . J Von Through Force, ofljCrlt. Louise II. Aloott fouMit ,i v ' ,or t SO years, fighting it wlihj s'"lp A headaches, weary limbs ind al'tril,1 heart, but she made over $InoooO will1 .ior pen and cleared all tb" faro'1' I debts, even those eutlaweill Her B7" j alone sustained her aga)In3t P00' health , I