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Ot^iUistouGrniiluf )T-u R. c. COPELAKD, Publisher. WILLISTON. N. DAK. When the Sunlight Pierced the Shadow By AMNIK BRA8HBAR (Oopyrifbt, INt, by DtUjr Story Pub. Co.) THE graphophone had been placed on the table, and the family had gathered around to listen to the new music which Mr. Leigh had brought for the entertainment of the girl sit ting in the shadow of the curtains. For once he almost regretted his popularity in the family, for while his heart was one moment agitated by hope and the next dulled by fear, he was anxious to learn the fate which awaited him. He had asked the hand of the girl in marriage, and to-night he was to learn his fate. For awhile the family listened, then turned away. Mr. Leigh said: "Wait a moment, Mrs. Hardy. Here Is one selection which I am anxious for you to hear. It is, to me, a singularly sweet song, and the saddest romaiM* la associated with it. I have a friend in Dallas who is a dealer in grapho phones. One day he told me the story of this song. Its author was a bril liant musician, and this song was writ ten upon the occasion of his acceptance by the young lady he loved, and after ward lost He allowed my friend to have several plates made, but It was never published. This plate was given to me." He screwed it upon the graphophone, and a prelude, soft, sweet, thrilling beneath the touch of a master hand, floated through the room, and a voice beautiful and vibrant, sang the triumph of accepted love "When the Sunlight Pierced the Shadows." No one noticed the cry which burst from the lips of the girl near the win dow. All were in touch with the senti ment of the words and music. They seemed to feel the hush of evening, to listen to the murmur' of Ji- HER FORM SHOOK WITH SOBS. music among the pines, and to hear the soft trickle of water over pebbles as It hastened to a forest lake. They saw the vision of a girl, dainty, sweet and fair, standing in the shadows of the pines, the glory of the setting sun falling around her, giving her promise to the lover by her side. "It is indeed exquisite," said Mrs. Hardy, as the last notes died away. "We are Indebted to you, Mr. Leigh, for a great pleasure." Then in response to her words: "Come papa, come babies," husband and children followed her from the room. With face pale with emotion Mr. Leigh turned to the girl: "Alice, will you not give me the same promise which was whispered 'when the sunlight pierced the shadows?' Her face was hidden, but her form shook with sobs. He knew that no sympathetic emotion had thus affected her, and his hope was poisoned by a deadly fear, but his voice was as soft as that of a mother comforting .a sor rowing child, as he said: "Will you not trust me, dear, and let me help you in this trouble which I do not understand?" "That is beyond human power." Then yielding her trembling hands to his clasp she said: "Dear friend, that was my song, written for me, sung for me, by my lover. I was the girl who made that prom ise beneath the shadow of the pines. It seems so long ago. I was not a poor teacher then, earning my daily bread, MAKE SOME SUNSHINE. When the clouds hang dark an' drear, Shuttln' out the blessed light When you're feelln* sort o' weary. An' you don't know wrong from right When the sun's forgot his business. An' the world seems dull an' flat, Make some artificial sunshine In the place where you are at. When the skies are most foebodln', When they're black, Instead o' blue, When your heart with gloom's corrodin', I will tell you what to do— Los* your hold on all your troubles— Ssamp your foot an' holler "scat!" Make some artificial sunshine In the place where you are at. If you'd like to try the business I win tell you how to start: The ingredients an' formulas You'll find within your heart Bathe yourself in home-made eunshls* (Very necessary, that), Then just radiate with brightness In the place where you are at. —Benjamin Keech, in Chicago Record-Her ald. homeless, aloiie, but a rich man's niece, whom he always said would be his heiress. One summer when the winter's gayety bad left me in need of perfect rest, I went to a sanitorium in the pine woods of Carolina. It was there that I met Harry Sinclair. When I went away I was his promised wife. My uncle married, died, leaving no will. I was thrown upon the world. I came here to Calvert, Tex., and friends secured me a position in the public school." I "What of the man?" he asked, stern* ly. "Did he dare—" "Hush, hush," she Implored. "He was true to me. Business called him to Europe before my uncle's marriage. He was lost at sea. My sorrows fol lowed each other in quick succession the last being a long Illness and grim fight with death. I care for you, I have seen your love for me. I have tried to yield to it, for I know that you are noble, good and true. My heart has sometimes hungered for your tenderness and care, but phantom hands have always, and will always, thrust you from my heart, for I feel tiound to him for time and eternity." "You say that Mr. Sinclair is dead?" "Yes the vessel was lost off the banks of Newfoundland." For a moment the love of tht man struggled with the integrity of the gen tleman. Unconsciously she had be trayed the fact that he might in time Win her love, and save his happiness, but by paying the price of eternal jhame. His soul bowed in the dust of despair, but his honor arose triumph ant from the crumbling ruin of bis topes. "Alice, can you bear a great shock? Bi brave, I have something wonderful to tell you. Harry Sinclair was picked up by a fishing boat, but was desper ately 111 for months afterward. My friend says that he sought for his lost love even as Evangeline sought for Ga briel. Then he heard that she was dead. Weep to your heart's comfort now. I will never rest, never cease in my ef forts, until I lay this little hand in his. I have seen him! A I had only known!" "You have seen him! Is It possible? Oh! tell me all about him. Was he broken-hearted, tad?" "Well, no he did not Impress me that way. I thought him a genial, pleasant fellow." "I do not see how that was possi ble—" "You must not be unjust. You loved him truly and yet you have always seemed like God's smile and angel of light." His voice broke with suppressed sobs as he arose: "Good-by, my lost love, I will go away to-morrow, and when I return, please God, it will not be alone." The shock of the news, the power of memory awakened by the Imprisoned voice, which she had thought stilled In death, left her mind almost In a state of chaos, but the beauty of such unself ish devotion Impressed her as "Love's divine self-abnegation." As if whis pered to her soul, came the words of the Son of God: "Greater love has no man than this that he lay down his life for his friend," and she knew that the sweet est hope of his heart had been slain by her hand. She stood In the parlor awaiting his coming. Her face was like a lily which the frost had touched. Piteous ex pectancy was in her eyes. Her hands were cold and nerveless. She knew that Mr. Leigh had returned alone, but what story did he bring? When he came the pity upon his face did not escape her eyes. "He Is dead," she almost whispered. "I can read the truth In your face." "No it Is worse than that, poor child. Sinclair was married the very day I reached—" "Married, married! Oh, thank God!" and the frozen misery of her face broke up in a flood of tears. After awhile she said: "Listen before you tell me one word. He was my girlhood's lover, associated with the romance, music and sentiment of youth. If he had remained constant to my memory I would have married him. Dudley, the girl loved him, the woman loves you. I did not know until you had gone Jhat I had sent you to find my doom as well as yours." "Alice, Alice!" and he drew her to his heart. "In June I must go to Eu rope. Tell me that I need not go alone." The family had gathered in the sit ting room and the children went as usual to the graphophone. In mo ment the air quivered with the melody of song. Childish voices joined In the refrain, blending with the father's bast and the mother's sweet contralto. Alice moved to the doorway, the por tiers framing her slight form, and sang as no human ear had ever heard her sing. Then turning she laid her hand in his, and he read his answer in the dying cadence: "I will wed you In the golden sum mer-time." Bad Teeth Cause Cancer. London.—Walter Whitehead, the well known Manchester surgeon, believes it possible that cancer may be due to bad teeth. Addressing the students of the Victoria Dental hospital the other day he said, that to drain, trap, and ventilate a house for a man with bad teeth was waste of money, for he polluted the purest air as he breathed It, and con taminated the most wholesome food as he ate It. Dreadfully Provincial. The Strange Hen—You'd hardly be lieve it, ladies, but in the part of the country from which I came incubators are unknown. The Modern Hen—Goodness gra cious! I suppose the simple minded folk out that way still believe that a hen's sphere is her nest.—Town Top ics. W IN A BUDDHIST CATHEDRAL Amazing Musical Service in the Superb Monastery, the Po tala, at Lhassa. A visit to a service in the great Buddhist cathedral, the potala at Lhassa, is described by Edmund Chandler, says the London Mail. The only imposing building in Lhassa, he says, is this Budd hist cathedral and monastery. The potala is superbly detached. It Is not a palace on a hill, but a hill that is also a palace. Its massive walls, its ter races and bastions, stretch upward from the plain to the crest, as if the great bluff rock were merely a foundation stone planted there at the divinity's nod. The divinity dwells in the palace and underneath, at the distance of a furlong or two, humanity is huddled abjectly in squalid, smut-begrimed houses. Above all this squalor the potala towers su perbly. Its golden roofs shining in the sun like tongues of lire, area landmark for miles and must Inspire awe and ven eration in the hearts of pilgrims coming from the desert parts of Thibet, Kash mir and Mongolia to visit the sacred city that Buddha has blessed. The service which Mr. Chandler was permitted to attend were amazing for their musical features. He says: The monks have extraordinarily deep, devotional voices, reaching deeper tones than any western bass. The voice of 1,000 monks resembles the drone' of a subterranean monster, musically plain tive—the voice of the earth god pray ing for release to the gods of the skies. In the inner temple are three enormous images of the Buddhist trinity, set with jewels from foot to crown. In the upper story, in a place we called "Hades," some lamas were worshiping the demon protectress of the grand lama. The music here was harsh and barbaric. On pillars and on the walls were displayed freaks of diabolical lnventipn in the shape of scrolls and devil masks. The object of this worship was huddled in a corner, a dwarfish abortion, hideous and malignant. All about the lama's feet ran little white mice, searching for grain, with which they are fed daily. They are scrupulously cared for, as in their bodies the souls of previous guard ians of the shrine are believed to be re incarnated. Some of the rites were con ducted in deep and impressive silence. The monks sat like stone figures, as if oblivious of our presence. The reek of candles was almost suffocating. GORGEOUS PERUVIAN ROBE Magnificent Specimen of Ancient Inca Weaving Lately Brought to View. What is said to be the finest and most gorgeous garment of ancient Peruvian workmanship ever recovered and which Is classed as one of the most extraordi nary pieces of primitive weaving in tho world, says a writer in the St. Louis Re public, is a multicolored royal poncho, interwoven front and back into 100 squares, while these In turn contain more than 300 additional figures, mak ing 500 varied designs used. The squares contain different geometiric patterns, a conspicuous one being a series of ter racelike steps, with a bird, thought to be the condor, ascending. The two lower sections contain the border, which depicts a conventionalized warrior, with lamp and shield, in sev eral attitudes. Other types of ponchos and shawl-like garments are ornamented with large hammered disks of silver the size of an ordinary saucer. These, as well as the border, are festooned with handsome feather work. Great numbers of these fabrics were prepared and con sumed in religious and ceremonial rites and sacrificial observances. Many young girls were demanded as yearly tribute from distant conquered tribes, and during the period of their captiv ity were engaged in weaving these bril liant ponchos, though they were des tined themselves to be offered up as a sacrifice on some great occasion. A year or more, it la thought, was needed by these captives to turn out an elab orate ornamental poncho. mtrSTXC BEPABTES. Special care was taken to preserve the fleet wild vicuna, which furnished the fine wool. A special game preserve was set apart for them by the lords and the ordinary people were not allowed to hunt In It. The coarse wool of the llama and alpaca was allotted to the common folk for the weaving of their appareir while the fine, silklike skeins of the vicuna were reserved for the no bility and the ruling incas. The color of the vicuna's wool is a ruddy yellow, and It retains its hue forever. Insurance in Russia. The poor activity of the insurance business in Russia is shown by the fact that in the entire empire there are only 18,810 companies, while the amount of Insurance taken out is only J38 321.4UL Stone Breaker—Hit a bit harder, guv 'nor, or yer won't get to market in time. Pig Driver—You hit them flints a bit harder, or the road won't be mended in time for yer funeral. HOUSES IN ONE SOUP PIECE. Novel Plan of Constructing Them of Concrete Is Tried in New York City. A novel plan of house building haa made its appearance in some of the suburbs, says the New York World. The usual way has been to build a house out of stone, brick or wood, in pieces which are mortared or nailed and can be sectionally taken apart Under the new plan a house is all one piece and after a few years' exposure the walls are like solid rock. The material used In concrete. Every one has seen the way In which the workmen on the subway mixed their concrete to make the lin ing and filling for the tunnel. In the new method of building house walls the concrete is mixed in much like manner and poured into a mold. Be ginning with the foundation the mold Is raised foot by foot as the concrete Is poured in and hardens, until, when the roof is reached, the whole wall is a solid mass. Holes are left for the doors and windows during the con struction. This system is cheaper than stone or brick and at the present price of lumber and shingles, than wood, un less the wooden house is flimsily con structed. Its advantage Is also in permanency in painting and repairs. The concrete of which the walls are built is more cheaply mixed than the concrete used for subway work, where there has to be a constant jar and more tensile strength required. The proportions on subway work and sand. On house work one part of cement to seven or eight parts of gravel or crushed stone insures a strong wall, if properly made and set, and If a coating of best quality Portland ce ment is washed over the outside. Where gravel, small stones and sand are readily accessible and cheap ly to be had, as they are in almost all of New York's suburbs, the main expense of a concrete house is for the cement. This can be lessened by us ing the cheaper grades of Rosendale cement for the main walls and using the more expensive Portland cement only as a wash. If plenty of suitable stones have been found in digging the cellar they may be used for the foundation, or the concrete construction may begin from the foundation trench and continue solidly to the roof. The molds are either wood or metal, with a hollow core. The object of the core is to save material without loss of strength and to provide for an air circulation within the wall. Hollow concrete walls are cooler in the sum mer and warmer In the winter than a solid stone or brick wall Walls made In this manner may be tinted any color both inside and out by coloring the Portland cement wash. The color then cannot wear off, as it la part of the wall. Floor beams are set in the concrete as In a brick or stone wall now. Windows, doors and frames are Inserted as how. Several of these concrete houses have been ornamented in a novel way by sculptor friends of the owners. The material Is almost as soft as clay when first put up. It can readily be modeled into faces, figures, scroll work or any kind of designs. Skillfully done this concrete modeling gives the effect of stone carving at a small fraction of the expense. A Farmer of 1648. In the old days in this country farming and manufacturing were carried on to gether to a very large extent. A letter written from Virginia in 1648 gives the following picture of life on the planta tion oCa certain Capt. Matthews, a lead ing citizen of the colony: "He hath a fine house and all things answerable to it. He sows yearly store of hemp and flax and causes it to be spun. He keeps weavers and hath a tanhouse, causes leather to be dresfced, hath eight shoe makers employed in their trade, hath 40 negro servants and brings them up to trades in his house. He yearly sows abundance of wheat, barley, etc. The wheat he selleth at four shillings a bushel. He kills store of beeves and sells them to victual the ships when they come thither. He hath abundance of klne, a brave dairy, swine great store and poultry."—Chicago News. Poison in Sierra Leeue. It is stated by the Journal of the Afri can society that for some years death by poison has been the subject of talk In the colonoy of Sierra Leone. No one, it would appear, dies from natural causes. Poisoning in one form or another is put down as the cause of death not only among the poor, but also among the rich, A vegetable poison that produces par alysis is used. FASHIONABLE GIRDLES. Fhe Girdle Is Considered a Very Im portant Part of To-Day's Costume. By the way a woman defines her waist line do you determine whether or not she has any claim to membership in the smartly gowned class, for it is this little joining of skirt and bodice that tells the whole story of a woman's knowledge of the fashionable details of dress, says the New York Herald. Once considered of no consequence whatever, the belt, and its more elaborate form, the girdle, have of late assumed a very important position in the feminine wardrobe. Ideas and designs to be carried out in the space offered by a girdle for a TWO MODISH GIRDLES. fashionable woman's waist must neces sarily be very limited, and when a dressmaking establishment or a tailor conceives a smart effect that suits the general run of figures he or she is pretty apt to work the design overtime. This duplicating of models even In details of dress is always a little bit annoying and the happiest way to escape this monotony of repetition is to design your own belts and girdles. If it isn't easy to do the entire designing by yourself, at least a little originality can be In fused into one of the copied confections and a new effect secured in this way. Both taffeta and soft silks vie with velvet at present for first choice of ma terial from which girdles are made, and the balance is just a little in favor of the velvet account of its reintroductlon among the fabrics of fashion. Besides it lends itself admirably to the crushing and shirring, to say nothing of the snug ness which characterizes the modish girdle. Plain effects are usually carried out in velvet. The most popular style of this material ia nothing more than a ten inch bias strip of velvet crushed into folds so that it measures about three and a half inches in front and scarcely two in the back. A silk encased whalebone to which the plaits are fastened gives the proper stiffening to the front, and the same means is used In the back. The prevalence of tiny, crooked backs, crooked legs, of contracted lit tle chests, and pallid child frailty, with the inevitable accompaniments of sharp, shrill young voices, and weary, anxious, joyless little faces, is ap palling. It keeps us studying what such sadness means, and how we can mot quickly and surely help it—or, best of all, how prevent it For strengthening the back muscles, lay the baby flat on Its stomach, with tbe front of the body hanging off a FOR DEVELOPING support Hold the little feet down and the arms outstretched, and coax the up-pulling of the body by the back muscles, with help at first, and finally without help. With children old enough, swimming movements of the arms may be introduced for increas ing time endurance. Letting babies lie down and stretch and breathe and turn until they have strengthened their muscles into readi ness to sit up of their own accord, is the beginning of wisdom in physical care. Adult training does wisely now adays in following the same precau tion. Overtaxed muscles throw too much burden back upon bona and or gans, upon nerves and energy. Just this one simple, inexpensive precau tion of letting babies lie flat with Physical Culture for Children THE JEWELRY OF THE HOUH Coral te the Fere Again—Much Coler Noticeable in Chains and H^slacss. The chain of the hour, whether it* he of finest gold or of cheapest plate, sug gests savage garishnees in its treatment.' In the matter of beads, coral leads all comers. A four-foot string of coral chips can be bought for 60 cents, and they are just now in great demand in the- department stores. A real coral chain has in the center the largest bead, measuring half an inch in diam eter, and the beads become smaller toward the back. In the correct rose tint such a coral necklace costs J350. Both the very deep and the very pale coral are cheap the highest priced is the medium tint The coral appears also as a slide, used to connect groups ol links in gold, silver and gunmetal. The long chains of imitation coral are fin ished with tassels, and are knotted in stead of being connected by a clasp. The very best chains do not have the tasseled ends, but are of continuous rope in gold, sterling silver or gun metal, set rather closely with jewels to match the gown. The topaz studded chain is particularly desirable fqr wear with the new shades of brown cloth, and amethysts are liked for wear with the velvet in this somewhat trying shade. Ropes of pearl beads braided close ly, so that they measure half an inch in diameter, are finished with tasseled ends, the tassel built of small pearl beads and attached to the chain by & dragon's bead in gold. A new stone for the chain slides is onyx in robin's egg blue, flecked with white. A new dog collar, three-quarters of an inch wide, is of gold studded with every Imaginable stone, from pearl to emerald, diamond to ruby. These are not always of the same size It must be said that it looks like a piece of crazy patchwork gems. Last year the slender, snug-flttlag aeck chain had a single pendant. This year there are any number of pendants from the single chain, and cameos are extremely popular in this connection. Fresh water pearls and mother-of pearl are both combined with rose gold in one of these short neck chains, the mother-of-pearl oddly carved, forming the pendant. Amber beads are also in demand, and they are worn at the top of the collar, fitting very tight. Chains, whether of jewels or of beads, partake of the general craze for color which has attacked the feminine world this year, and unless a woman is very careful In the selection of these orsa ments she will look more than ever over dressed. Common-Sense Health Bint. For a sluggish liver lemons furnish the most beneficial of adds. Next to them in point of value stand tomatoes. These should be eaten freely at all meals. The juice of a lemon squeezed into a glass of water ought to be drunk as often as possible, but especially upon rising In the morning before anything has been put into the stomach. Pretty Stationery Case. A stationery case can be made of cardboard, covered \#ith blue denim, with designs embroidered in white silk. Two pieces of cardboard covered with denim form pockets for envelopes and writing paper. free, deep breathing, and easy twist ings and turnings, until they sit op of themselves, Is a rare boon. It is also a potent charm against indiges tion, weak lungs and throat, flabby muscles, shivering circulation, bend ing bones, and fretful nerves. Un comfortable babies are either rebei liously cross or dlscouragedly re signed. Now It la time to begin also to pre pare for the next step of standing, and this is exhaustless fun for Young Am- LEG AND ANKLE, TO STRKNGHTEN THE BACK, TO STRENGTHEN THE CHEST. bitlon. It is wise to first give strong down-stretching of the legs, from tl thighs to the tips of the toes, the slow, gradual, strong up-stretching. Then down-stretching, with circling at the ankle, may be given, and sim ilar circling with upstretching. This work can be taken both sitting and lying down. Then stretching, with circling at the hips, and always plenti ful stretching, with full, strong down and up pull of the toes and muscles over the instep and calf of the leg. Sooner than is credible, the foot and calf muscles begin to grow firm and strong, the thighs get sturdy, and the hips swing free, until at last the legs are as strong as the trunk, and are able to share the body's work of standing.