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IA CHARACTER ? _PARADOX. Jack Bowdoin's Conversion and How It Cam? About. ! | 'BY CLAY M. GREENE. CHAPTER I. He was a gambler and rumseller, who knew all the tricks of both trades, and ; employed them whenever and wherever oocasion seemed to demand. He was an outcast and desperado, who was the one |because his social preferences were those far removed from the customs of polite society, and the other because the value of a human life was measured altogether by the weight of provocation that existed when he felt himself called upon to take one, and he had taken several. If, in a game of draw, his opponents Jong continued to hold stronger hands than he, the dexterous and complacent 'way in which he would "stock the cards," |and turn the apparent tide of chance, "would have done credit to the most accomplished "skin gambler" of the West, j If?as was often the case?an elec-itsvn nj- a hnUHftv fir a vigilance com , anittee meeting had caused a depletion In his stock of -whisky, he would brew a 'Tile decoction of alcohol, water, dried {peaches and burnt sugar, and sell it as Pure Old Bourbon, warranted ten years .?ld." } Sometimes a better judge of spirits than were his usual run of customers would swallow this compound with a Iialnful grimace, and criticise it in anguage grotesquely impolite. "Whereupon our hero would launch forth an avalanche of profane pyrotechnics, and 'hurl it at the wholesale liquor-dealers ita Denver. He would declare between 'the periods of invective that if thete was one thing above another which occupied a large percentage cf his spare jtimeitwas the 6tudy of the welfare of this customers' appetites; that he paid 'more money for one gallon of whisky 'than any other dealer in A6pen paid for ten, and it was a blickety-blanked shame to be stood up and robbed by the man ^or whom he was always too ready and willing to "tap his bundle," as he metaphorically termed the payment of outstanding indebtedness. 1 And yet this unconscionable rogue, this bare-faced swindler, who would as willingly tell a lie as the truth, whose dealings were oftener "crooked than square," who was never invited to break bread at the family boards even of men who called him friend, had a heart in his breast as toft as a woman's and a hidden nature as gentle as a child's. A large percentage of his yearly earnings were divided every New Year's Day among the charities of his State, and the families of three unfortunates, who had been driven to suicide by losses his faro table, were cared for as lavishly as though they had been his own. When they built the little brown church in Aspen he 6ent a thousand dollars in gold to the committee, accompanied by the message that they could have as much more if they wanted it. n.i+ kn VionWa r\f those* Hpx'ont f^hris tians were uplifted in holy horror at the thought that some of the foundation Btones of the house of God 6hould be paid for out of the wa^ee of sin. So the eum was returned with a daintily worded letter of regret, to the effect that, much as the enterprise needed money, It could not possibly receive assistance Irom such a source. But Jack was never -wanting in alternative when faced by a dilemma, and, although the reply of the committee wounded him, he kept his counsel, and sent to Chicago for an organ costing twice as much as his original subscription. This was shipped direct to the church people, labeled: "To the First - Church of Aspen, from a devout friend." The prettj- little tdifice was duly fin isbed, the mysteriously begotten organ crowded into the tiny loft, and on coneeeration day the good minister twice referred to it in his sermon, under the text of "The Lord will provide." Jack was there, standing alone in a remote corner of the church, as though conscious that he must not contaminate the good Christians by coming into closer contact with them. The day before the consecration he accosted a worthy member of the congregation on th# street, and the lollowing brief colloquy ensued: "Say, Deacon, would that there church blow up if l's to go to the openin' tomorrow?" "That is a strange question to ask," replied the worthy man. "Why?" "Well, yer see, they sent back the little bag o' twenties I subscribed, and as that showed there wus a feelin' agin roe, I thought I'd ask fur an invitation, lur I wouldn't like to go there and get fired out." The sinner and wayfarer are always welcome in the house of prayer, Mr. Bowdoin." "Well, if any man in Colorado knows any more about sinnin' and wayfarin' than me, fetch him along and I'll make him rich. I'll be there, dead sure." "I hope so." And the good parishioner, with a nervous glance at a corner saloon where a crowd of idlers stood smiling at this picture of the lion and the lamb, nodded coldly and went away. On the following morning Jack entered the church and braved the scornful glances of the devout who had already assembled. He was indeed a sinner by the wayside, but no good Samaritan was there to lend him a friendly hand, and indicate that he might have a seat if he wished it. So he took his position in the remote corner above referred to, and with hat in hand waited for service to begin. Before many moments a sound swelled through the church that rooted him to his feet in ? kind of stupor of wonderment and delight. It was the organ, nis own mysterious gift, pealing forth the majestio harmonies of Haydn's Offertory. Never before in all of his misspent life had such melody smote his ears. He was passionately fond of music, and had taught himself to strum the popular melodies of the day on the "tin-panny" little piano in his gambling hall; but thoca cniinris that, forth in re iponse to the touch of the unseen organist held him spell-bound. He was enthralled beyond the power of human pen to describe, and had any one of that Christian throng kneeling before him jlven him one word of encouragement w? be ?itood th*r? uhd?r the intlunnp? of flnat noble music, there might have been another sinner gathered into the fold. But when the selection was finished, and the minister knelt in prayer, tho spell had vanished, acd ho ejaculated tj himself: "Why, a p.an3 ni:,;t deuce high to that. I'll fie ml for an organ the fust thing in the mornin' and havo it eot up in 'The Little Casino.' " The intervals between the musical numbers during tho remainder of the service were unintelligible to Jack, and be it aleo recorded, correspondingly tiresome, which condition was several times emphasized by a series of yawns, which he made no attempt to control. When the sermon was reached, how gvejj and the ctonator of the_organ re feried to ae a servant or the Lord who, obedient to the heavenly command, bad magnanimously hidden his light under a bushel, and mysteriously presented it to the church, he could control his 6en6e of humor no longer, and a loud guffaw awoke tho congregation from their devotions. set every member of it glaring at him in unspeakable horror, and. suddenly becoming aware of the offense he had committed, rushed out into the churchyard. "Well, I be blowed!" he chuckled to himself, "the parson claimed the Lord provided that organ, when I sent It to 'em myself on the dead sneak. That 6hows he ain't no better guesser than eome poor cuss that tries to guess the call turn' in a game o' faro; Well, let him think so. I'll never give myself away, and it'll be a 6ight o' help to him in the corrallin' o' sinners." At this juncture the organist played Jhe stirring music of the benediction, m GULFED D0W5 A3 EXCLAMATIOS Of SUBPB1SB. and as the congregation was filing out of the church, Jack sought a convenient corner, where he would not be liable to pass through the awful ordeal of reproach on the part of some good Christian for the unpardonable sin of laughing during service. Soon the churchyard was deserted, 6ave> for_the presence of a_ small boy, and him Jack accosted familiarly: "Say, sonny, was you in church?" "Yep." "Know where that organist lives?" "Yep. Hopkins', on the hill yonder." ~.3iucn oo.'igea. auu iusbiuk wo astonished urchin a five-dollar gold piece, he entered a neighboring saloon, ordered four fingers of whisky to give him courage, and, passing again into the street, walked briskly in the direction of the organist's abode. Arriving at the door, ho rang the bell with an air of reverential awe. He felt that in standing before the shelter of any one whose fingers could conjure an organ into pouring out such entrancing sounds as those he had just listened to must be supernatural. The door was opened by what seemed to him the only beautiful woman he had ever met. If an angel had appeared to him from out of the gates of Heaven, he could not have been eo entranced as he was then by the simple, radiant beauty of the fair young creature who stood before him. He gulped down an exclamation of surprise, removed his hat, and stammered out: "My name's Bowdoin?I?I'm nothin' but a gambler, but I'd like to see the organist o' the new church." Botfl his assertion and the accompanying request seemed to startle her for a moment, but recovering her equanimity she answered modestly: "I am the organist." He started in surprise. "You, Mi6S? Can you play like that?" "I hope to play better when I become more accustomed to the instrument." "16 it a good one, Miss?" "The best of its size I ever played upon. "Miss, I'll give you a thousand dollars for ten lessons." "Why, a hundred lessons would not *- - 1 1 O ?1. ? 4- ?? amount iu nun uiui> sum. "Well, they'll have to for me. A hundred a lesson or it don't go. What do yer say?eh?" % She looked at him nervously for a moment. and he r?*ad her thoughts, but awaited her reply. "Well, I?I hardly know what to say. I hope to get my living ty teaching music, but " "But you don't think you could afford to teach a man like me. Is that it?" A moment's hesitation, a bluSh, and 6he replied: "Frankly, then, yes. Bui I'll consult our pastor and let you know." "Do, Mi6s; please do." And here he evinced a tenderness and earnestness that was quite new to him. "Tell him I'm a gambler, and the worst o' raj kind, for I deal a brace game. But I feel. Miss, there's something inside this here tough hide o' n:ir.c that musft like yours can bring out. Tell him I hearc him 6ay to-day", 'Seek, and you'll lind knock, and it'll do opened to yer.' And I'm knockin' at your doorto-day, seekin for somethin' that'll make a better max o' me. Will yer tell him this?" "Yes." "And when'll I hear from yer?" "To-night." "Then good-mornin', Miss, and I'n obliged to yer for wastin' so much time " c ,.n,l I-Of tTKfl T.iffli UU UlCl UVllU J V* AAV/fcV? W XUV -U4V14V Casino.' That's the name of my place.' "Very well, sir." And the door closed, shutting cut his iirst glimpse or paradise. That evening a noto came to him, wordod as follows: Dear Siri After consulting with the pastor, I am forced to the conclusion that It will be unadvisable for mo to give you the organ lessons spoken of this morning, and 1 must confesB to you that I am truly Horry. Yours, Hulks Charles. "I thought so," ho said, with a sigh. "I was afruid that 'ud bo the answer. But 6he's sorry, and thero's some sunshine in that. I'll start in to-night and try to turn square. Maybo that'll make the parson ohango his mind. It'll take some time, though, and, as I can't wait for thom lessons, I'll 6end for an otupv rignt nwaj, anu iearn tne aarned thing myself." A duplicate of the order for the church organ was sent to Chicago by the iirst mail, and that night Jacs took his first ' step toward turning square by dealing an honost game of faro, and losing live thousand dollars. CUAPTEIt 11. During the two weeks following the events recorded in the preceding chapter, the habitues of "The Little Casino" noticed a marked change in the habits and demeanor of its proprietor. His whisky became so popular that drinkers passed by other 6aloons and went "around the corner to Jack's for a docent drink." His faro game had even in this brief fortnight earned the reputa tion of being the "squarest in Aspen," for Jack had registered a shockingly embellished oath to sell no more manufactured whisky, and to rest satisfied with the natural percentage that must <ome to tho deafer in every banklnjf game. His change of manner was even mors strongly commented upon. He exercised his usual careful supervison over all the brauches of his nefarious business; ho was as courtly as ever in his treatment of patrons; he permitted miners and blacklegs to slap him familiarly on tho back, without a shrug of disapproval; but with it all every one remarked a serious change. . Some ?aid h? Jxad d^yelopei 9, for religion, tot a rumor that lie hau been seen coming out of church, on at hi least two occasions, gained much credence in sporting circles. Others de- s< clared him to be in love, for one of his barkeepers had caught him in the very fr act of conversing with "the young lady nj at Hopkins'," on the duy before the change was first noticed. gj Whichever it was, the fact remained le that he was no longer the devil-may- b] care, happy-go-lucky Jack Bowdoin they th had known for so many years. He sub- N stituted 6acred music for "Johnny Get pi Your Gun," on the little piano; he dis- tr : charged one of his oldest employes, after repeated warnings, for cheating at "6tud-poker;" ho made mysterious pil- iD grimagos to the hill beyond the brown c{ ! church, and, for several days in succeseion, was observed pacing the platform _( of the railway station upon the arrival of every train. 0j It was no use. The boys could not 0J penetrate his secret, follow him as they C( would, and at last they decided to 6tand ^ by and await developments. .,( One evening he sat dealing faro when y a letter was handed to him. ? Nervouslv ^ calling one of his dealers to occupy hfs a, chair, he opened the letter, and a shout yn yr\r* 'hrnnrr'h thfl TV/fim Ui upii^ub 1UU(^ vmvu^u ?*?V drowning the clatter of glasses, the c( click of the "chips" and the strumming ai of the "Professor" upon the piano. a? "By Jingo, she's come, she's come at .. last! Look out lor the game, Charley. " If she loses more than's in the drawer w here's the key o* the Bafe. I'm off fur n< the denot." And he rushed out cf th? _ room, roliowea Dy at lease a dozen ol the bystanders, who heaved sighs of relief at the prospect of probing the mystery whioh for tho past two weeks had enveloped every movement of Jack f Bowdoin. w ' Arriving at the depot the crowd dis? ) covered Jack in the midst of a hetero- 'te geneous mass of express matter, paying oi ; marked attention to a "huge packing ; case, upon which his name was emblazoned in Jarge letters. ' m "Did yer find her, Jack?" 'ic "Hallo! Foliered me, did yer? Tes, d< she's come." Where is she?" ol "Why, in this here box." And turning tt to the teamsters, ho insisted that the ct ca6e should be at once placed upon a st truck, at; the same time accoleratinj? w their movements by a liberal system oi tips. "She ain't dead, ij she, Jack?" ? "Dead! Who?" "The gal." "The gul! Why, you internal fool, it's an organ!" * There was a momentary lull oi 11 mingled astonishment and chagrin, then ?' a loud peal of laughter, and before the dozen or so of eavesdroppers could sum- jjj mon sufficient couraee to gain further ! j information, Jack had mounted the !u truck and was on the way up town with I his precious consignment. The bulky packing case was trundled into the main hail of "The Little Ca- ? eino," aud when it wa6 opened a loud succession of cheers greeted the dia? closure of its oontents. The organ wai set up In the place which had been prepared for It, and its delighted owner ordered champaign all round by way ol christening what was unanimously pro- t i nounced to be the most beautiful piece 1: of furniture ever seen in Aspen. d "Is it better'n a pianner, jack?" was j, asked. a "Better'n a pianner! Why, if a deuce is better'n an aee; if a fish-horn's better'n a brass band, so ran this here ma- ? chine give a pianner high, jack, game, i * ? ""Give us a tune, tneu," was suggested and echoed at once by a dozen voices. E "All right," cheerily responded Jack; E "and if you fellers don't 6wear you never n heard real music before in all yer lives, , I'll give up every dollar I've got." He sat before the instrument with an 0 air of.unwonted self^eonsciousness, and p pressed his fingers upon the keys. But v tho $2,00!) investment failed to give forth v i the slightest sound. *nd a yell of de- t rision greeted his failure to produce the * "only real musio they had ever heard." i a "Stuck, by thunder! The damned li thing's a dummy, and tho drinks are cn me." But the TProfessol" came to his + rescue, explained the use of keyboards, ~ stops, pedals and bellows, and Jack ~ " "" " P made another attempt. The" ?en'ect was p electrical, and the success of the second '? effort moBt complete. It was indeed a weird, fautastio scene. As if by magio, every sound save that of the organ was ^ hushod, and a hundred desperadoes " stood gathered in' restful attitudes r< around it, while this enthusiastic out- n cust, for tho first time on record, played tl the holy strains of "Kock of Ages" in a r, rrrt mKHnr* Violl VI ^OtVIU I^UlUUiUI^ UV4AI Q It is not the purpose of the vrrlter to ti dwell upon the history of that organ at f? "The Little Casino," nor to particularize , as to its many successful recitals. PJ [ Suffice it to say that it proved the har' binger of a stupendous run of luck to w j Jack Bowdoin, and ho made 6uch a m | rapid advancement as an organist that y< within a month he committed to memory tG every selection he had heard in the lit- a tie brown church. < , To effect this result he was forced to J?1 pass through the same fiery ordeal of ministerial anathema whenever he at- to tended service, and that was twice every m 1 Sunday. He felt that whenever the worthy pastor shook his finger at him and shouted the usual cnmWso'"" rxl"fltudes, he was being neiel up Defore the congregation as a terrible example, but oi he bore it all patiently, and his uneasy 6r twistings in his seat ceased whenever aI the choir began to sing. He drank in every sound of voice and organ with " studious avidity, and when service was UJ over he would duplicate them in "The a? Little Casino." ci After a time he grew dissatisfied at b; the brevity and simplicity of his reper- xv tory, for the selections of the church choir had grown to .be a tiresome serieB UI of repetitions. He purchased volume ,, after volume of organ music and read * the titles of hundreds of offertories, i sonatas, and Te Deums by the great tv masters, but the notes were as unintel- tl ligible to him as the signs of the Cabala, a and ho was all the more helpless becauso the "Professor" could not read a note of ra music. *, There was but one way out of what had grown to be a serious trouble; ho , must take lessons from the lady organ- :: ist, and as she could be reached only 11 through the minister, that worthy must bo interviewed without delay. tl In less than half an hour Jack was a knocking at the door of the parsonage, c< mul thfl minister's ononiriir it. Btood eying him with an inquirisg glance. * "I want to see tlic parson." . "Who shall I say, please?" Jlx "Er?ah?Mr. Ihompson, of Denver, w on most important business." ill "Not the 11 cv. Mr. Thompson?" pc "Well?er?no, mum, not exactly?er th ?I'm his brother," ' cr "He will be glad 1o see you, I am 6uro. You will find him thoro in his , study." And she indicated the direction z~ of that sacred snuggery by a wave of CI her hand. Jack entered the room and stood nervous and uncovered in the presence of the liev. Joshua Sampson, lie had far rather have faced a pair of loaded revolvers, but although he never for a moment lost his self-possession, ho was ci doubtful as to how to begin tlio inter- A view. ol Finally Mr. Sampson broke the si- fi lence, which was beginn ng to grow ti MT.-rnompBOii, ui uenver, 1 thihk j. eard you say?" "Well?er?yes, I did 6ay so, but, you jellied." "And was that necessary, my good iend?" This with an expression of ingled surprise and pain. "Yes, I reckon it was, because if I'd iven yer my real name yer wouldn't a t rne in. I'm Jack Bowdoin, the gamier, and I'm no good. Hold on, don't irow me out?I'll make it all right, ame yer price, and whatever it is I'll ly it; but I tell yer, Parson, I'm in ouble." "Don't get excited, Mr. Bowdoin," rented Mr. Sampson, kindly. "I had no itention of throwing you out, as you til it, and if you are in trouble it is my ity as a minister of the gospel to lend )u a helping hand. You are welcome." "What, me! Me welcome in the house ! the dealer of a Bible game? That le little word comin' from you opens a >rner o' my heart I never kpowed was tere before. Now, look a-here, Parson; ju ain't got yer church paid fur yet. ou've been tryin' to raise a thousand jllars and can't do it. Well, I can, id there it is." And taking a huge wallet from hla >at pocket, he counted out the sum id 6pread it upon the table before the itonished Pastor. "You're very kind, Mr. Bowdoin," said ie good man, rather nervously, with a istful glance at the money. "Mag. n 1 mimous; in iaci "I know what you're goin' to Bay. ou've refused money before that I win imblin'. But supposin' my old mother id sent it to me to invest in just such a ime?" "I should receive it cheerfully and ith thinks." An inward sigh of relief that the insnded lie had turned out only a white le, and he said: "Then put it in your pocket, and say & more about it. I tell you, Parson, oney talks every time, and we've got > get that there little church out o' abt." The worthy pastor made no further Section, but after profuse thanka took le money from the table, placed it irefully in the drawer, opened his sub:ription book, and, with pencil in hand, iid"I have noticed you in church on sevral occasions, Mr'Bowdoin, but nevei reamed that you took so deep an in* jrest in religious matters." "Oh, yes, I always had a leanin' thai ray, and, on the dead, Parson, if 1 adn't been forced into gamblin', so to peak, I'd a took to preachin', sure." "I am sorry now that we thought best > refuse your first subscription. But, len, the Lord will provide, Mr. Bow* oin." "Y-e-s: I heard you say that ones efore." "By-the-by, what did you Bay was our mother's name?" "Mary?Mary Clarissa Bowdoin." Thank you." r*o BS OOWTTWTJro.1 Japan's Industrial Army. Japan's other army is not the vieorious army which lately marched ike fate toward Pekin, defeating and lemoralizing its huge, unwieldy foe, mt it is the workers who labor in Japn's factories, and prodnce the wealth rhich buys the arms and ammuniion, the uniform and the rations of ts more widely known brother in the ield. Japan has made astonishing developcents in he? industries, and her workaen are intelligent and diligent. ?be principal following is the manuactnre of cotton goods. Unfortuntely the employers abuse the complaisance of their docile and faithful workmen. The usual time to begin rork in the factories is six a. m., but he workmen often appear earlier, ^irst-claso workmen earn fifteen cents day, so that Japan is not only the md of poetry, but of poverty also. The Government first built the factories, and then handed them 07er to be companies now owning them. >ne establishment alone, with the unronounccable nane Kanegafuchi, em loys 2100 men and 3700 women, hese are divided into two shifts, day Qd night, of twelve hours each, and nly once in the twelve hours do the i borers pause in their hurried toil for jfreshments. All these establishlents, of which the above is but one, lough one of the largest, have firstite English machinery, and the proaction is not equal to the consumpon. So Japanese syndicates are ipidlv increasing their original ant. Thirty-five of these spinnerie3 give ork to 17,879 women and only 5730 en. Little girls from eight to nine jars old are forced to work frDm nine i twelve hourThe law demands tat these babies should be in school. it the law is outraged. These mxstries made Japan financially able i sustain her war with John Chinaan.?New York Ledger. InSnmntra Juugles, Sumatra is a veritable dime museum ! nature. Jn no other place is there ich a collection of odd animals, birds id trees. The sunbear is one of the neer animals. He is about three feet igh and wholly untaught can perform itonishing tricks. The kukaug is a irions animal the size of a cat. It is rown with a fox-like head and paws hich it uses as if it were a monkey. ;s eyes are remarkably large, round id yellow. The rhinoceros bird'is le size of a small turkey, bat has a 2ak a foot long whish joins the skull ?o and one-half inches deep. Over lis is another beak reversed, forming cap or helmet. Snakes of all size abound in the Su^ *r - l - ? 1! atra jangles, .tuonscer nzurus are icre measuring six and seven feet, lie bouse lizard is about twelve inches >ng and makes a noise which sounds ke the bark of a toy terrier. There is ail euorinons black spider iree inches long as to body and with stride of legs that would almost )ver a dinner plate. Its web some* mes extends between trees eighteen lrds apart. The "deadly" upas tree is fairly rge, with a thick, dark bark which hen cut gives forth an oozy, milky lid. This liquid is used for arrow )ison by the uatives. The terror of ie jungle is the ringgus tree. When it with an as a shower of milky fluid >mes forth, and whenever it touches ie skin it is agonizing in effect.? licago News. Spider Silk Stronger Thau Steel, It is not generally known that, size r size, a thread of spider silk is dededly tougher thsiu a bar of steel, n ordinary thread will bear a weight i three grains. This is just about fty per cent, stronger than a steel iread of the same thickness. WEARING THE HAIR. A REVOLUTION SAID TO BE IMPENDING IN COIFFURES. Less Simplicity and More Crimps Than Ever?Changes In Autumnal Costumes?Styles In Fall Millinery. ~w T io Vitr nnn mVin Vtxitph. I that 'wo are to have a revolution I in the styles of wearing the hair. (T The disadvantage of the incoming styles is that they are apt to inaugurate an era cf false hair, as the component parts of which the new coiffure is composed may all be bought individually and adjusted. The implements are a toothed crimping iron, a wire frame and some extra hair, if a woman has an insufficient amount to produce the necessary abundant effect. American women wear less false hair, proportionately, than the women of any other country. English women of all classes load their heads with false "fringes," switches and bangB. The hair problem is a very serious NEW STYLES II one to the average British woman. In the arrangement of her hair she is almost as helpless as her Japanese sisters. If her maid cannot dress her hair she calls in a professional hair dresser. On all festal occasions her hair must be elaborately drsssed. Mrs. Bayard, wife of onr American Minister, tells the most pathetic story of how she had to arise one morning at 5 to meet an engagement with a hair-dresser, as it was the only hoar that he could give ner during tne aay. The function was her presentation to the Queen of Eogiand, and naturally her looks had to be arranged according to the canons of the country. The day of severely simple coiffures is past. The new order of things has its advantages, as well as its disadvantages. At least we will be relieved from seeing the round faced girl with parted hair drawn down over her ears after the Madonna mode. Pretty girls have disfigured themselves trying to carry out a classical arrangement of the hair when it was diametrically opposed to the contour of their faces and headp. The hair will be crimped, if possible, more than ever; and it will be loosely drawn back from the temples, not down over the ears, as it was last season. The top of the ear is no longer covered; the hair must be placed back of it. Doubtless a great many false waves will be worn. They are cleverly attached to a small comb, which is put in back of the front hair, which is worn in soft curls on the brow. The hair continues to be dressed on the crown of the head, but the arrangement is more elaborate. Soft, natural looking wave3 of hair are made by rolling it over large soft kid curlers, rolling from the top of the curl toward the end. The hair should be wet and left on the rolls over night. If that is not done, pinch the curls with a hot iron. I CHANGES IN AUTUMNAL COSTUMES. Elaborateness in skirts seems to be the coming order of things. Many accounts to the contrary, skirts are unmistakably growing more and more in the direction of puffs and ruffles and garniture of various sorts. A favorite fashion is to open the seams and set in either folds, puffings or contrasting material, in qualities that suggest elaborateness by their richness. The skirt and waist are trimmed to match, and for street costumes this NEWEST STYLE OF A FALL COSTUME. 1,00 flin nf nnifTT a 11 /?F which mean^ the decadence of the shirt-waist for cold weather. The full skirt has fought its way to popularity, where it is likely to hold its own for a time yet at least, and the pouched front bodice was found to bo so generally becoming as to be transferred from the filmy gowns of summer to the wool fabric of fall. While some of the new dresses show long Bhoulder seams, it is safe to say that more of them do not. It is difficult, indeed, to force upon the women of the present dny a fashion eo uncomfortable and so annoying. And even though it may obtain for a time a foothold, it certainly cannot last, and ' , \ y it is folly to make dresses in that tray. Besides, all of the straight-shouldered effect is very easily produced by the flat trimmings that are applied and that project over the sleeve tops. J The fancy for the full-fronted waists seems to be growing, bat in a rather conservative way. The style is unbecoming to many people, and must, for this reason, be used with caution. One idea is to have the sides and back of the waist close-fitting and sew the material into the second dart, then leave the rest loose from the neck. Properly managed, this gives the best eflect of any of the styles where the full front is made with the material. Of course, in the extra pieces that are applied, the allowance for the fall from the collar to the belt and the overlay is something like three or four mcnes. There will be a revival of the tailormade costume in homespun, tweed or covert cloth, perfectly fitted, with handsome buttons as the sole trimming. STTLES IS MILLDTERV. Fall 6tyleB in millinery are pleasing from the brightness of color displayed. Some of the pattern hats, says the 'q/^ I HAIBDRESSING. New York Press, are made almost entirely of flowers, great poppies, pansies, orchids or roses. Foliage is largely used for trimming. In the illustration on this page the crown of the hat is of dark green velvet, slightly puffed with a band of the velvet. The 1 - rm..? nowers are very Birijuug. xuoj mo roses, made with a niching of green taffeta, shot with rose color for the petals. The centre onea are yellow flowers, which resemble sunflowers slightly. On the left side of the crown in front is a yellow feather A FALL HAT. aigrette and two black ostrich feathers, fastened by a brass buckle. On the opposite eide, at the back, are two more ostrich feathers. Another "fetching" hat shown by a Fifth avenue milliner is of fine black straw, with wide brim and low crown, surrounded by a thick wreath o'f colored dahlias, from which springs another wreath or crown of black feather tips which entirely surrounds the crown, somewhat in wild IndiaD fashion. Underneath the brim at the back another dahlia is placed which falls over the hair. Hats are larger this season than in the summer, but for faces which cannot stand a wide brim some pretty toques are made. One which ie especially effective for such a face this month is of yellow straw which ie made into ruches to form the brim; on either side are arranged three cornflowers of two shades of blue, together with a pair of brown Mercury wings. On either eide at the back is a rosette ? *1? -L -A ~."n?:uu?? oi Drown ana oiue buoi aim. nuuuu, i THE FASHIONS 10 BE. The reigning fashions art? to be in the Marie Stuart style. Already the bonnets are assuming the shape o) the hapless Queen's coiffure, and the collarettes are either absolute rutHef mounted on a collar band or squaretabs of jetted or wired tulle3 in the i same guise. Sashes will be worn draped around the hips and fastened on oue side, and the return of flounce? is all but an accomplished fact. It j would be an invaluable wiy of renoj vatin^ our dresses, an-l what is practical is sure to succeed. ? I NECK -DRESSING. The fancy l'or sashe3, fichus,ribbons and neck-dressing is running to a wild extreme, and,for cooler weather, enormous neck ruchings divide favor with the boa, which some extremists clung to during the entire summer. There is a fancy for dresses with Louie XVI. silk coats, and for autumn use this is one of the most popular styles. France has 7,S-42,053 houses, ol ; which more than half have but one j story, 221,793 have three stories, and t 77,4S7 only four stories or more. ' % ' t TEMPERANCE. M TEMPEBAIJCE EDCCATIOS. Through education full and freo The battle must be fought, And in the great Redeemer's name The victory shall be wrought. Then drink no more shall gloat above Its victims pinched and pale, It shall no longer feed the grave, The poorhouse and the jaiL It shall no longer break the ties Of friendship and of love, Nor rob men of their home on earth? Nor of their heaven above. No longer cast the children forth, To die before their time, "With souls all dark with Ignorance, And hearts all black with crime. The time shall come when want and wo ; ^ And vice shall pass away. viuii anyo su; ici US ucip u uu By the best meanj we may. ?Youth's Temperance Banner. PROFITABLE LOSSES. The following good speech Is nearly a verb-; al report ot one heard at a temperance -< meeting: "I have been thinking, since I came into the meeting to-night, about the lossesTve V: met with since I signed the total abstinence ' pledge. I tell you there isn't a man in thej society who has lost more by stopping drink) than I have. Wait a bit till I tell yon what I mean. There was a nice job of work to be> done in the shop to-day, and the boss called for me. I ' 'Give it to Law,' said he. 'He's the best hand in the shop.' ' Well, I told my wife at supper time, and/' she said: ; ' " 'Why. Laurie, he used to call you the -1$| worst. You've lost your bad name, haven't -;.j you?' j "That's a fact, wife,' said L 'And It % ain't all I've lost In the last sixteen month*' ' j either. I had poverty and wretchednessj and I lost them. I had an old ragged coat * and a shockin* bad hat, and some waterproof boots that let the wet out at the toe* as fast as they took it in at the heel. I've. lost them. I had a red face, a trembling] . hand and a pair of shaky legs that gave mei ^ an awkward tumble now and then. I had & had a habit of cursing and swearing; and! . < I've got rid of that I had an aching heed] ' j; sometimes, and a heavy heart, and, worse! than all the rest, a guilty conscience.' Thank God, I've lost them all!' "Then I told my wife what she had lost is " 'You've had an old ragged gown, Mary J ' <* saidL 'And you had trouble and sorrow and a poor wretohed home, and plenty of & heartaches, for you had a miserable drunk- ":>l ard for a husband. Mary, Mary, thank the' jj, Lord for all you and I have lost since I; signed the temperance pledge!' "?Chase City Progress. NO LIQUOR IN THAT KABCH. An officer has just completed a long march' M f.Am PaahmaM frt Qfmla via T .oVi oml TTtaJ lang. He performed the journey of 700 miles } on foot, and his average daily march waa| twenty-flve miles. From Leh to Kyelang' <v; his road lay across an elevated plateau, dee-' tltute of animal or vegetable life, varying 1? -A height from 12.000 to 17,000 feet above the/ , $ sea level. The whole journey was performed] VZ on total abstinence principles, and without any detriment to the traveler, who arrived -. ? In Simla In a thoroughly fit condition, deeSite a march of thirty-two miles on the lasq ay. This Is another confirmation of the fact that in long and fatiguing marches and1 in high altitudes the use of alcoholic stlmu lants is absolutely unnecessary.?Alliance News. rr causes povzstt ato cam, Intemperance is the prolific cause of poverty and crime. Tens of thousands are1 kqpt poor by drink. The money that should! be used to make wife and children happy ia M squandered on liquor, and the children, ln^ - <* stead of being sent to school, are forced into shops and factories to earn a living;' girls once pure and virtuous are driven tof ,'4, lives of shame, and boys, once good, become1 street loafers, thieves and murderers. THree-rourtns 01 tne muraew ana ouxeu * ; crimes dally committed In our cities u4 caused directly or Indirectly by drink.', Three-fourths of the criminals that fill our *? jails and penitentiaries have been brought there by the demon drink. Three-fourths of b, the Inmates of our orphan asylums hav? been left without a parent's care through drink.?Bey. S. M. Lyons. A3 "iJfDCSTBY" INDEED! There is something absolutely hideous and, revolting in the disgusting cant of this whisky ring about their particular industry ?an "Industry" in whioh colossal fortunes go to the maker and a bare subsistence wage! to the worker; dog-carts and diamond rings' ^ for the wholesale merchant, and sixteen hours' work a day and a bare living for the -f# iA ? ?V*V%A nnoftlAna "S Wiilier WUU Ut? bv iciau iUO pbvivuo L/wvtw? . ; ru that fills our lunatic asylums with the hapless victtms of dipsomania, oar jails with.' Vs criminals, our streets with unfortunates and! \% tens of thousands of homes with squalor, / want and misery, while it fills the coffers and the pockets of the distillers ,with untold I wealth-?Michael Davitt. DEIN'K 8EXT HIM BACK TO JAIL KT A HTBBT. Daniel Gallagher was released from Sing i Sing Prison one day recently, after having completed his sentence of five and a half * years for burglary. He received $10 from ; the warden to pay his railroad and other ex-' penses to his destination. When he got to Sing Sing village he proceeded to celebrate the regaining of his liberty. He got drunk and became so noisy at '-: f. the railroad station that he was arrested. It ; took four officers of the local police and a team attached to a tiuck to convey the prisoner to the village lockup. Next morning l Justice Valentine sentenced him 'to six months in the Kings County Penitentiary. lie had enjoyed just four hours of liberty. ? OVEBCSE OF ALCOHOL. According to M. Chervin, in a paper to the i Societe d'Anthropologic, the low birth rate in France is largely due to prodigality in Paris and thrift in the provinces. M. Roch- < ard, however, ascribes it mainly to alcoholIsm, the annual consumption of alcohol having enormously increased of late years in France. Paris has a wine shop for 6very three houses.?London Globe. A WHISKY WAGEB. TIenrv Kinc. a farmer sixty years old, en tered a saloon at Courtland, Ala., on a recent Saturday night and made a wager of $1 that he could drink a quart of whisky without ceasing. He won the wager, but his dead body was found on the street on'Sun- . \J day. and a coroner's jury decided that too : much whisky caused death. TElirERANCE SEWB AND XOTE8. The W. C. T. U.,of Camden. N. J., have given an impressive object lesson by prepuriue a map of the city on which they have placed 230 black spots, each of which represents a saloon. Eighty per eent. of New York's saloons are mortgaged. Also, a thrist for drink mortgages a man, soul and body. i * g A cabman of Swansea defined a moderate drinker In an English court us '*a man who takes only nine pints a day." Dr. Launeiongue, a French savant, says that rum kills morn people in a month in Franco than would fall in battle. tKq ,->f to Vino a elftRS of shftrrr h<> AiAW * U.WViii ^ yy ? ^ j fore dinner is denounced by Sir Henry Thompson as a "^astronomical and physiological blunder." I The Mayor of St. Petersburg has ordered the name of every individual who is found drunk to be poste 1 in ^peciflo public places ;tnil printed in the Ofllciul Gazette. A Rood! idea. More than one hundred acres of land ad?j ' joining the Chautauqua grounds in New' York have been purchased by a breweryj lirm, which will defile its atmosphere of] Christian culture with the fumes of brew-; cries. In the New York World, of recent date, ^ under the head of "Situations Wanted?i Zj? Mules." forty-eiprht different advertisements' up pear of those wanting the position of bur'seeper." That indicates that the business is pretty bad in New York Citv ; It i3 now illegal to introduce ?uropean liquors into British Central Africa, and the >lavers on Lake Nya?ahave been suppressed. Along the banks of the Shire Rivertnere are cornfields and peaceful native villages where 11 few years ago was the centre of the slave trade. , tJ X'j