A CROWN or FAITH
CHAPTER I.
Nearly all the lights were extinguished
In private dwellings in the tr-vn of Ab
botshold. There had been in agricul
tural dinner at the “Black Wo!V* a pic
turesque. many-gabled inn, which stood
opposite the western entrance of the an
cient Abbey church. It was a ghostly
old inn, with its wide window places, high
mantelpieces, odd three-cornered rooms,
long passages, and unsuspected cupboards.
John Clayton, the present landlord, had
inherited it from bis father, who, in his
torn, had inherited it from his father,
and he again from bis. In short, the
"Black Wolf” had been in possession of
the Claytons for two hundred years. It
was the most comfortable inn in Abbe ■*-
hold. The sleeping accommodations, the
fires, the cleanlinen recommended it far
and wide. There was a plumr. motherly
landlady.
The guests at the dinner had departed,
save two, and those two sat each on a
low, lounging chair before a brilliant fire.
Baskets and plates of choice fruit, hot
house flowers in great china vases, yet re
mained on the long table.
Both of the lingering guests were
young: each was singularly handsome.
The elder was fair, with golden mustache,
light curling hair, a finely cut mouth, a
straight profile, large blue eyes —quite an
Adonis of the blond order. Anybody
who understood the signs and distinctions
of the various spheres of society could
divine at a glance that this gentleman
belonged to the upper classes. Aristoc
racy was set upon him like a seal, from
the crown of his handsome head to the
soles of his well-fitting boots. Notwith
standing, there was a daring in his man
ner, a look in his bold blue eyes which
spoke eloquently of the life of the man
of the world. He smiled at his com
panion as he said :
"Tell me your his.ory, life and adven
tures, expectations, ambitions, loves and
hatreds. Now is your time. I am just
in the mood for a good love story. I am
the most romantic fell* w in the world.”
The other young man had deep-set gray
eyes, luminous and full of earnest pow
er. His complexion was brown, his fea
tures nobly cast. A black mustache con
cealed the short upper lip, but the lower
one and the chin were molded as by a
Greek sculptor. He was tall, an athlete,
wiry, muscular. Keen intelligence min
gled with romantic fervor. Here was a
powerful brain, a fervid imagination, a
most passionate heart.
He looked down at his boots —rather
worn hoots, if the truth must be told; for
Lionel Leigh was poor ; a teacher of for
eign languages and classics in the town
of Abbotshold and the villages surround
ing. The remuneration he received was
Rinall, except in one or two instances.
He was fonder of art and knowledge than
of dress. All his spare cash went for
books and engravings. It was understood
that he proposed reading for a degree,
and he was looked upon in that country
district with a species of wonder, mixed
with a half-contemptuous pity.
“I do not believe in your capacities for
romantic feeling,” said Lionel. “There is
so much of the cynic about you, and you
are materialistic, and pleasure lovng, and
money loving—are you not?”
•ft I am,” returned the other, laugh
ing, “I love what I haven’t got. Look
here, my dear friend! not a cent —not the
shadow of a copper—not n mite to place
in a poor box, with the self-complaisant
feeling that I have given up my all!"
and the nristocratic looking young man
turned out his pocket linings. “See!
not even an empty purse; I had one of
ailver chainwork, and I was absolutely
compelled to send it, in the company of
ft ten-carat, showy guard chtin, an old
silver snuff box, and a garnet seal ring,
to enjoy the society of that useful rela
tive, popularly known by the affectionate
title of ’uncle.’ It’s all my own fault,
too. How I shall pay my expenses here
at this good inn—where I have boarded
and lodged at the expense of the fatherly
Clayton for a whole fortnight—goodness
alone knows!”
Lionel looked at his companion; his
face flushed.
“Mr. Barrington,” he said, “you invited
me to dine. I thought you a man of prop
erty. I might have known that an earl's
cousin would not have mnde himself equnl
with a poor professor, unless he had al
ready dropped out of his own sphere
and he tendered the money.
“Ungracious man!” cried Barringtoi,
pocketing the money, notwithstanding,
and laughing; “but I will invite you to
diuuer every night for a week soon, and
give you everything that costs money. I
aiiall be rolling iu wealth soon, tumbling
head over heels in coin. What do you
aay ?o thirty thousand a year?’-
“If I had the sixth part of it, I should
re'oioe with exceeding joy; but explain.”
“The fact is,” he said, “I am a sad
fellow, one over whose misdeeds all the
old spinsters in a country town would
utter a chorus of groans. I was brought
up In the magnificent house of an earl.
1 have a brother older than myself, who
wilt in virtue of seniority, take title*
and estates some day. This fact, per
haps, to begin with, a little disgusted me
with things in general, and my brother In
particular. Now I will confide in you
my troubles, and ask your aid in regard
to a fortune of thirty thousand a year. I
want to run away with \n heiress. I
want to get her off to-mom<w night, u U J
I want vou to help me.”
“Me?”
“Because she is one of your pupils, and
you have access to the house.”
“What house?”
“Bt. Martha's College, Woodmaneote.
Her name is Jenny Wilklusou—not an
aristocratic name, I admit. She Is sev
enteen. Jenr.y lived with an odious old
aunt in a great grim house at Hammer
smith; there were grounds, and kitchei.
gardens, and a shrubbery. Miss Tabltha
Kettle was the name. or. rather, Is the
name of the odious individual aforesaid
—an old soul given to all kinds of pious
exercises. Poor Jenny bad a terrible
time of it. There was an English gov
erness, a very she-dragon of ugliness and
propriety; there was an elderly lady's
maid, there was a serious butler, and a
footman of the same persuasion, now to
get a letter passed, I could not tell. At
last I found that a tall, faded French
woman, with flashing eye*, and an air
of good taste pervading her shabby-gen
teel garments, was in the habit of giving
private lessons every day to Miss Wil
kinson. I lodged in the neighborhood, you
must understand, and by dint of listening
to gossip, I found out all about Jenny,
the tall, heiress. 1 went to Dr.
Commons and had s look at the will, and
discovered vhe heiress-ship to be genuine.
Then I paid court to the French lady.
At first she was surprised, then a little
flattered, then suspicious; then we came
to an understand.ng and made terms.
She was to carry novels secretly into
Hammond House, and Jenny was to read
them; then she was to carry a letter.
After that, if Jenny proved romantic, we
were to meet in a summer house in the
shrubbery. All went well! novels, let
ters. meetings- Everything was arrang
ed, when, in an evil hour, the ahe-dragon
of an English governess discovered a let
ter of mine under Jenny s pillow, wetted
with the sentimental tears of the poor lit
tle creature. The Frenchwoman was for
bidden the house. I was sent for by Mi*s
Tabitba, but I did not venture to obey
the summons. Jenny was sent off some
where: I never found out where until a
fortnight ago, when I discovered, through
the a—iiitsnrs of that indefatigable Made-
molselle Le Blanche, that St. Martha’s
College, in the western Midlands, near to
the little town of Abbotshold. wai the
prison where my distressed damsel was
confined."
“The girl loves you, I suppose, and is
deluded into the belief that you love tier.
Poor child!”
“Well, of course, it was the money first
attracted me: and now, even, it's the
moat important point. Bat I do love lit
tle red-haired Jane. She isn’t ugly, ff
she isn’t handsome. She has beautiful
teeth, and winning ways, and affectionate
eyes. I would not harm a hair of her
little head for all the world.”
“But when you have her money, you
will set about spending it, and neglect
her. She will break her heart. No; I
will never help man or woman to a mer
cenary match.”
“But I tell you I love her, love her
infinitely more than anybody in fhis wide,
cold world. I declare I do! I shall spend
her money, of course; but I don’t mean
to waste it.”
“Did you say thirty thousand a year?”
“Every halfpenny of it. I’ve seen the
will. The father was a stock broker —
fat and vulgar, no doubt; and the child
will want training before she is presented
among my friends. They’ll all notice me
again when I am rich and respectable.
I say, you will help me, won’t you?"
“llow can you ask it?” said Lionel. “1
am teacher at that school. What a breach
of honor to assist one of the pupils to
elope.”
“Mr. Lionel Leigh, I am sorry I have
trusted you. Go to old Miss Pritchard
and tell her what I’ve confided to you,
will you?”
“No,” said Lionel slowly—“No, I don’t
think that would be honorable, either.”
Soon after this the acquaintances sep
arated foj the night.
CHAPTER 11.
Lionel’s chamber at the “Black Wolf”
was one of the ghostliest and quaintest in
tbnt quaint and ghostly inn. His one
wax candle burned dimly on the high
mantelshelf. Thrown up In strong relief
among the shadows was a great four-post
bedstead, heavily curtained with red dam
ask : just the kind of curtains for a ghost
to draw in the middle of night and wake
one up, with the announcement of some
unsuspected, long-forgotten crime.
The rain was pattering against the
window, and every now and then the voice
of the wind was heard, rising like a la
mentation, and dying away in a sigh.
Lionel listened to the wind, and then
glanced about into the corners of the
shadowy room. He was not afraid of
ghosts, but there was an imaginative
power in him, a love of the mysterious;
and this vein was on him strongly to
night while he sat in the bed chamber of
the “Black Wolf.”
Mystery snrouded his birth. Educated
on the Continent, almost entirely, he
came, he was sure, of English parents.
More than that, he was convinced that he
was well if not nobly born; that if he
could succeed in discovering the true
name of his family, he should probably
find himself tin heir to wealth and land,
and even title. But insuperable diffi
culty stood between him and this dis
covery ; nor was he anxious to devote the
precious years of his youth to what
might prove but an unsuccessful search,
and would probably end in blank disap
pointment.
Lionel was only twenty-four. His lodg
ings were at Woodmaneote, a rural vil
lage three miles from Abbotshold, since
most of his pupils lived in that immediate
neighl aood. Lately he had been *-.lrug
gling infully to throw off the subtle and
dangerous fascination which enthralled
him : and, since the first step in this w r ise
direction is said to be to seek society and
shun seclusion, Lionel no longer spent his
evenings in his study with bis rending
lamp, his books, his manuscripts, his pot
of strong coffee, after the fashion of a
would-be wakeful student.
The liveliest place within access of a
friendly youth—without connections or
introductions, in that proud and exclusive
little country coterie, where none were
admitted unless they could bring fashion
able recommendations —was the “Black
Wolf.” So it happened that lately Lionel
had supped at the favorite inn, listened
to laughter and song, and striven to for
get a certain pair of dark eyes which
haunted him continually.
“It’s no use,” he muttered. “I must
leave this neighborhood. I must go
abroad.”
He passed his hand over his forehead,
and then he heard distinctly a cough—
there could be no mistake —a cough,
which the person seemed to strive to re
press. but which broke out again more
loudly—a distinct human cough, as of one
hoarse with cold. Lionel stood up and
seized his candle. He held it high above
his head, and peered into all the dark
corners of the low-ceiled room.
“Nothing to be seen. It must be fan
cy," he muttered. “I might think that I
had heard a neighbor cough in an adjoin
ing room, only it is wiffl known the walls
in this old house are of such a thickness
that no sound comes from one room to
another. It must be fancy.”
He undressed and put out his candle
and crept into bed; but his mind was
too active, too busy, too much peopled
with fancies and plants and regrets and
vague, wild hopes, to permit him to sleep.
While he lay thinking, against his will,
of those haunting eyes, he distinctly heard
the cough again.
“No fancy,” said he. aloud.
Then he sprang out, and went to the
fire, and contrived to light his candle;
and he walked about, carefully searching.
He looked under the ted and felt the
walls. At last, while h>a hand was on the
..ill, the cough came a third ’ime behind
i it. He struck the wall. The sound was
hollow.
“Hello! there is a cupboard here,” said
Lionel.
And so it proved. The cupboard door
was papered over with the same red vel
vet paper as the walls. But Lionel found
a key, turned it, and enteied a large, deep
closet. He fully expected to encounter a
burglar, but the place was empty. He
lifted the candle, and looked all round.
This closet was not used apparently, for
clothes or any other purpose. !t was an
empty, dark place. The wr.lls were cov
ered with ft dull, yellow paper.
“Somebody was here,” said Lionel.
“There must be another door, or a stair-
He began to search, but he found noth
ing. No stairs, no second door. Then he
came Into his room and locked the door of
the cupboerd. and put the key In his
pocket. Re then went to bed. bewildered
and wondering. Soon he fell asleep, and
did not awaken till daylight looked in at
his window.
He rose and began to dress somewhat
carefully; for, after breakfast, he was to
proceed at once to that house where the
haunting eye* which had looked at him
from the embers last night ah one and
softened In the sweet, warm reality of
life.
The sublime ever touches upon the ri
diculous. Lionel dropped ft cake of soap.
It fell at some distance, jnsrt at the door
of that suspected cupboard. He crossed
the room, stooped to pick it up. Lo, and
beholdthe door was ajar. It had been
forced from the inside.
He rushed to the door of his room.
* -Jch he distinctly remembered locking
and trying the previous night. It was
not only unlocked, but ajar. Somebody,
then, had succeeded in escaping walls he
lay sleeping. His first thought was nat
urally of robbery, but he found his plain
gold watch, his purse, with its scanty
supply of silver anil gold coins, untouch
ed. Nothing had been taken fpom his
room.
Was tike house robbed? He looked up
at the walls and wondered. There was
a large ancient sampler, worked in many
colored silks and framed in black, bank
ing over tlie washstand. It bad been
executed by the mother of the present
lanJ’ady, when a child.
The old-fashioned verse* at the end
struck Lionel at the moment like a warn
ing. and a promise, and a threat —ail in
me.
“If thou art wise,
Look to thy ways.
Do not despise
The oiessed daya- ■
“Go not to deal
At Folly’s Fair.
Thy love conceal.
Thou shalt be heir.”
“Thy love conceal, thou shalt be heir.”
Those two lines were worked in bright
scarlet color, unfaded by the lapse of
years.
“Heir!” he said aloud. “Should I be
heir of an estate in fairyland and a pal
ace in the clouds? “Thy love conceal.’
Shall I ever dare to speak of it to mor
tal ?”
And he began to brush his hair and
forget the mysterious cough, and the more
mysterious escape of the concealed person.
Down in the coffee loom he told of his
odd advent-we, and immediately good Mrs.
Clayton began to search her plate basket
and money box; but it turned out that
nothing had been stolen from the “Black
Wolf.”
(To be continued.)
NATIONALITY IN CLOTHES.
Americans aa Viewed by London
Tailor—Men of Other Countries.
A man’s dress lnvuriably proclaims
who and what he is; it Is an index to
his character, his tastes, and his na
tionality; and without making a too
abstruse study It possible to indi
cate those features which proclaim the
nationality of the wearer.
Of course there is an aristocracy of
the nations who are difficult to distin
guish except by some peculiarity of
face or figure. Their clothing is re
fined and tasteful and leads one to be
lieve that their garments are London
made, as they are free from those glar
ing peculiarities which characterize
the products of other countries.
The American’s garments are gener
ally quite two sizes too large for him,
the collar of his coat Is exceedingly
narrow, and the shoulders and back
excessively wide. His jackets are often
extremely long, and his trousers peg
tops finished with raised seams. His
favorite garments are the lounge and
Chesterfield, and these are often finish
ed in some extraordinary way which
he fancies to be original.
The Frenchman is dressy, his gar
ments are close fitting and decidedly
“walsty.” He favors the frock and
the morning coat, which he has finish
ed with as much ornamentation as pos
sible. Silk facings, braided edges, and
fantastic flnps are all characteristic of
his dress, while he also pays a good
deal of attention to his hat, tie, and
cuffs.
The German Is In many Instances a
modified American. He likes plenty of
room, especially about the chest, which
part of his anatomy he delights to
make much of; consequently there Is
often a seam up the front of his coat
from the waist. Id cut his garments
nre angular, and in style he favors
the morning coat and lounge. There
it. a lack of personality nbout his at
tire. and one can invariably detect the
result of his military training in the
uniformity of his garments.
The Spaniard is a modified form of
the Frenchman. His garments are
tasteful and neat. If the weather Is
suitable he discards a vest, and his
jackets nre close fitting nud finished
with a low roll. Generally speaking,
there Is less peculiarity to note about
the Spaniard’s dress than with many
others.
The Austrian and Hungarian partici
pate in the characteristics of the Ger
man. but are more tasteful in the cut
nud finish, suggesting a skillful blend
ing of French and German notions. On
the other hand, the Italian type Is a
Germanized French style, so that you
get more of the artistic finish of the
French in their clothing than you find
In the Austrian or Hungarian.
The Norwegian and Dane nre sel
dom distinguishable from the English
man ns far ns their clothes are con
cerned, except It be In a preciseness
that Is apt to suggest stiffneis In place
of that ease and grace wb'.qfc mark the
English garments.
The colonel is invariably attired In
utilitarian garb, a tweed lounge suit
in a modified English style, cut for
comfort and made up for strength. He
has no desire for show .and cares little
for decorations, so that he Is rarely
seen In a frock or morning coat—Tai
lor aud Cutter.
Liked the Teit.
Speaking of the letter “h," a writer
says: “Curiously enought the ‘h’ Is
not dropped north of Yorkshire, and
Scotland, with characteristic thrlftl
ness, takes the utmost care of It Ire
land Is prodigal in emphasizing It and
so far as I know the colonies are also
sound on this point. Only Finland re
fuses to aspirate. Sometimes her con
sistent inaccuracy in this matter is
amusing enough.
“For example, there is a village In
the eastern counties which rejoices In
the name of Haw. A parishioner was
asked what he thought of a strange
preacher who had been holding a serv
ice in the village.
“ ‘Well,’ he said. ‘I liked the gentle
man. ’ls tex’ was just suited to u?
folk.’
" ‘Why, what was his text?’
” ‘lt were a tex’ from the Psalms,
“Stand in hawe and sin not”—lt sound
ed so ’omely loike.’ ”
Always Scraping.
“Ah, fair one,” breathed the llttlft
count, “my life has been xe one life of
adventure. All my life I have known
nothing but scrapes.”
“Nothing but scrapes?” echoed the
sensible heiress. “Well, tn that case
it should be very easy for you to pro
cure ft position in ft 5-cent barber shop.
Avaunt!”
That Settled It.
Stern Parent —Mollle tells me that
you never smoke, nor drink, nor play
the races, nor stay out laus.
Timid Wooer—Ne-aever. sir!
Stern Parent—That settles It No
mollycoddle need come around here to
coddle Mollle. —Baltimore American.
When we are happy we seek those we
love; In sorrow we turn to those who
love us.
Harvard leads all American collages
in point at number of fttadantm
Pity Children ot Hantag Wife,
When anybody talks of a nagging
wife it is generally to refer In pitying
terms to the man whom she has mar
ried. Much more to be pitied, how
ever, are the children. A man can en
dure much and find a remedy in retal
iation, but sensitive children shrink
from continual fault-finding and suffer
iu silence.
In fairness to mothers It must be
said that they unwittingly fall into
the habit of nagging their children.
The tiresome ways of the latter seem
more than they can bear at times, and
the result Is that they are apt to for
get themselves.
“Don’t do this," and “Don’t do that,”
and so forth are remarks calculated to
reduce children to a state of sulky irri
tability. Unless the rights of the little
people are carefully kept in view by
the grown-up ones it is small wonder
that they sometimes rebel openly
against an authority whose pressure
they feel in galling jerks and unrea
sonable restrictions.
Under such treatment a child, Instead
of learning to love and trust its mother,
becomes frightened of her. It becomes
nervous of doing anything openly for
fear of irritating her and bringing
down nagging reproof upon itself.
A childish good time does not consist
In Dever being punished. No, indeed,
there are times when even the best
children, just like grown-up people,
need the strongest kind of discipline.
But the thing Is not to be 3Coiding and
nagging at them all the time, making
them cross and irritable, and develop
ing in them nervous and ugly disposi
tions which will cling to them all
through their lives.
Dark Red Cloth Salt.
Dark red cloth was used to make
this charming suit. The coat has a
broad outside facing of black velvet
edged with military braid and is closed
by fancy enamel buttons. The skirt
is made in widely flaring gores with
stitching in coarse black.
Yonr Hoaliand’a People.
Be as courteous and considerate to
your husband's people as you would be
to your own.
Do not think that every fault found,
every disagreeable word uttered, is di
rected at you. ,
Don’t gossip to your husband about
his people. Tell him of the pleasant
things they do and not of the unpleas
ant things.
Do not try to keep him from them.
Encourage his devotion to those of his
own kin, and you can be very certain
it will not be greater than it Is for
you, says Home Chat.
Be helpful If you can to them, be hos
pitable, but do not overflow with con
fidences that you had better keep to
yourself.
When you married yonr husband you
married his family, in a way, and you
can show no greater love and tender
ness to him than by giving and Inviting
love and respect from his people.
Colored Stocking*.
For house wear this winter colored
stockings will be more in vogue than
ever; indeed, the all-black stocking, ex
cept to complete a black toilet, is quite
out of favor.
These colored stockings may be worn
with slippers to match or are much
used with black patent-leather pumps.
One of the new tones that is having
Its run just now on the hosiery coun
ters is ox-biood red. It is quite effect
ive when peeping out from under a
vrhite bouse frock above white leather
pumps.
To Cleon Coat Collars.
Apply turpentine to the soiled places,
letting the fluid dry, and apply more
several times: then gently scrape off
the loosened dirt. Wet again with tur
pentine and scrape, repeating this until
al l spots have been removed. Then
sjtfmge with a clean cloth and turpen
tine, or better still, alcohol or chloro
form. and wipe dry. A fresher and
smoother looking surface is obtained
when alcohol or chloroform is used,
as these two substances evapo r ate more
quickly than does turpentine.
Basilicas Woman at Wi(f.
Should a business woman marry,
with the natural attractions of her sex
she brings a keener reuse of sympathy
and forbearance, born of experience, to
her husband in the difficulties of daily
existence, and she has learned how
much greater and harder the trials of
the battle of life are than Lnose petty
annoyances of the home. Bus,ness may
then increase her womanliness, and
make her more precious to the man who
makes her mistress of his home.
Damp Beds.
The time draws near, alas! when
damp beds become greater elements of
danger than they were in warm sum
mer weather, though, of course, at any
time a damp tied is to be avoided. In
no household should the precaution of
airing the bed linen before taking it
Into use be omitted, and It w*H make
the bed more healthy and more com
fortable If an India rubber hot-water
bottle, or a stone bottle cased in flan-
nel, be p<ut in just before bed time. As
a final test of dampness in a bed, put
a small looking glass between the
ftheets. Leave it there for about five
minutes, and if It is then taken out
with a cloud or mist upon its surface,
It Is a sure sign that the linen la not
thoroughly dry. In such a case do not
attempt to sleep between it, for damp
bed linen Is a fruitful source of rheu
matism and lung affections.
Big and bold are the cut out designs
for the jumper waist Silk pieces out
lined with final braid compose most
of the designs.
Panels of very deep tucks are in
serted at the bottom of evening gowns.
The plain portion between the tucks
shows embroidery designs.
Two blues are combined In perhaps
tlie most popular style of millinery.
Dark blue chirked up with some lighter,
brighter shade of blue is nearly the
most übiquitous hat one sees.
Hats with wreaths of white or
shaded purple and mauve veivet and
taffeta convolvuli are much to the fore,
while hats loosely d.uped with chiffon,
or painted gauze scarfs are >ery promi
neut
The general style of winter hat runs
mostly to width. It is short iu front,
scoops down akin to a lire laddie's bon
net behind and soars out ou each side
so that a girl’s best frieud can’t get
within a yard of her.
Some of the new models in the fitted
coats show the square corners in front
in opposition to the cutaways. These
are no doubt excellent for certain fig
ures, but for the majority the cutaway
style is more becoming.
Crochet cotton in the finest weaves
is being used iu the formation of me
dallions, insertion and covered buttons
In colored effects for heavy v aists. Of
ten the cotton is knitted on needles or
crocheted. The colors are dark blue,
red, yellow aud deep brovvu.
The evening scarf is more popular
than ever. It has come out iu per
forated chamois beautifully embroi
dered in gold. It is lined with white
kid, which glistens through tue perfor
ations. Tho gold work is especially ef
fective with the tawny shade of the
skin.
A fashion that preval's mightily,
also, is that of sweeping the atmos
phere above one’s head with an im
mense coque plume, aud the larger and
spottier and more like a top-heavy
feather duster this decoration appears
the better the girl of the period seems
to be pleased with it.
Xagclng Mothers.
When anybody talks of a nagging
wife it is generally to refer in pitying
terms to the man whom she has mar
ried. Much more to be pitied, however,
are the children.
Iu fairness to mothers it must be
said that they unwittingly fall iuto the
habit of nagging their ch'ldreu.
“Don't do this,” and "Dou’t do that,”
and so forth and remarks calculated to
reduce children to a state of sulky irri
tability. Unless the rights of the little
people are carefully kept in view by
the grown-up ones, it is small wonder
that they sometimes rebel openly against
an authority whose pressure they feel
in galling Jerks and unreasonable re
strictions.
Lev# and the Man.
Men in love are delighted to be tolu
that they are never absent from the
thoughts of their sweethearts, but the
husband finds this consciousness a tri
fle yearing. As bad as the clinging
wife is the woman who makes her de
votion too incessant. She is never
tactful, never conscious that he wants
to be alene occasionally, never capa
ble of making herself and her affec
tions a novelty to him. Aud this is a
fatal error on the part of any woman.
ClennlnK Paint.
Every housekeeper knows full well
how quickly the paint in the kitchen
will soil, soon appearing both shabby
aud dull from too much scrubbing.
However, the next time it needs clean
ing, try washing It with a mixture
made by boiling for an hour one pound
of bran in a gallon of water. This
process is said to keep paints not only
immaculate, but bright and glossy as
well.
Secret of Happiness.
Let us sometimes live —be it only for
an hour, and though we must lay all
else aside—to make others smile. The
sacrifice is only in appearance; no one
finds more pleasure for himself than
he who knows bow. without ostenta
ion. to give hfiuself that he may pro
cure for those around him a moment of
forgetfulness and happiness.—Charles
Wagner.
Tke True Home.
Homes are not built of bricks and
mortar. It is the people, not the places,
that make the homes; the face of a
smiling woman, the patter of tiny feet
and the music of children's voices, aye,
even the barking of a dog mil tbe hu
man look of joy at our corniug, bring
ns the nameless charm that we call
“home.”
rc*k in th' Kitchen.
Housekeeping will be simplified if
in one corner of t.ie kitchen or pantry
is a small desk where are kept the
filed bdls. household accounts, the gro
cer's books, milk and ice checks, and
a tablet or slate npon which to write
dally orders for the cook.
Carling Flames.
Tbe cheaper variety of ostrich plumes
are never in a very presentable eondi- ■
tion after once losing their original j
flirffiness. And seldom can they be >
made dainty In the manner which
freshens piumesi Tbe curling iron can
be used to great advantage in giving :
cheap pinnies a fresh appearance. The
curler most not be too warm, and care
must be taken in catching the feathers j
to have tbe sheath side of tae curlers :
on tbe upper aide, or the tip ends will
be reversed. Take only a few feath
ers at a time, curl toward the stem
and gently pull apart with a hairpin.
They will stay in curl until worn on
damp day.
Health and Beauty Hints.
A skillful hairdresser knows how to
take off years from the face of his pa
tron by the manner in which he puts up
her hair.
Mothers should not forget that with
summer complaint, vomiting is a se
rious symptom, and a doctor should be
sent for Immediately.
Tall women look bad with a high
coiffure, while -a mignon beauty will
gain dignity and Inches by having her
hair dressed on the top of her head.
To preserve a good complexion
never wash the faro with hard water.
If natural soft water cannot be obtain
ed, throw a little oatmeal in the water
used.
Boiling vinegar as hot as can be
borne i.u the gum and cavity of an
aching tooth will allay the pain. Us*
a bit of absorbent cotton to pack the
tooth cavity and apply until relief is
obtained.
When washing the hair is necessary,
harmless shampoos should be chosen.
The simplest which can always be madt
is to melt a cake of castile soap in a
quart of boiling water. Put it into a
wide-mouth jar and use about two ta
blespoonfuls at a time. Massage well
iuto the scalp.
AdjaHtnble Hand.
An easy means of preventing rings
from slipping off the finger has been
devised by a New York man. Valuable
rings become too
large for the finger
and they very reud
/y "y Bll P unno
(l Y\ tieed. The owner
If i \\ ■ JJ invariably neglects
U M to have them alter
jJv ed. thinking that
she will be able to
prevent their loss In
adjustable band this way. The ring
shown in the illustration lias an ad
justable baud on the portiou opposite
the setting. This band is a metallic
strip, t e ends of which overlap, form
ing a wedgelike Incline. A clamping
collar encircles both end sections, be
ing movable lengthwise and adapted to
clamp them together. This device
should prove valuable in connection
with young children's rings—the ring
being adjusted to suit the quick growth
of the child’s finger.
Colored Gloves Barred.
The edict has gone forth that colored
gloves are barred 'r the coming sea
son, and nothing bu! white, black and,
possibly, pearl gray will be worn. This
sweeping decree is brought out in the
effort to make the fall toilets harmo
niou:, for bright colored gloves would
be an almost impossible accessory with
the vivid shades in dresses that are to
be used. And to avoid any jarring
tone in a costume, black, white, or pearl
gray hand coverings seem to be tha
only choice.
Pair of Odd Hats.
The light hat is a pale blue felt,
trimmed with feathers a little lighter,
and a pink rose with green leaves.
Around the crown Is a bund of gilt
embroidery, edged with ruffles of black
velvet ribbon. The dark hat is rich
royal blue sutin, with plumes.
Care for Smoky Lamps.
If the smokiness is not caused by
dirt in the wick or a defect in the
lamp, the oil is to blame for ‘.he dingi
ness. To cure this, put a l *aspocmful
of vinegar in the bowl with the oil.
This will do much to improve the light,
making it clear and brilliant, and wi..
also do away with the unpleasant
smoke and odor.
To Henovnfe Shade*.
Holland shades that have become
dirty in places should be rubbed with
a piece of fairly stale bread. Tbe
bread should be constantly turned and
renewed as it becomes soiled. This
simple treatment will “freshen up” the
blinds wonderfully, and put off thft
washing of them until some distant
date.
Everyday Woman.
About the everyday woman there can
Ik? no mistake: she stands outside of all
Isms and ologies; she thinks of the day
as it Is, of people as they look, of her
surroundings as they are; (he great
aim of her life is to live though every
day -with all the quiet, the comfort,
and the dignity that she can.
Cnt-Ont Trimmln**.
Cut-out trimmings are again the
vogue, and a cut-out pattern in velvet
showing a conventional leaf design,
was applied to a mode colored French
broadcloth. Gowns made in this way
are always a great deal of work, and
they art? correspondingly expensive.
SiteplnK Hardwood Floor*.
In sweeping a hardwood floor or mat
ting, piace a flannel bag over the broom,
and It can be done easily and without
dust arising.
Boy*e—That feliow is always tbe
loudest in the argument. Joyce—l sup
pose he thinks his train of thought has
the right of way.
Dusty Rhoades—Why does Percy tie
himself to a tree when he lays down
for de night? Wrary Willie—He Ift
afraid dat be will walk la bis sleep.
VALUE OF 1907 CROPS
GREATESTON RECORD
Products of Soil to Brins $74*2,-
000,000 to Farmers This
Year.
BILLIONS FOR OTHER THINGS.
Hay and Cotton Next to Come,
While $500,000,000 Is Wheat
Output.
One billion three hundred and fifty
million dollars, says Secretary of Agri
culture James Wilson, will be the value
of this great crop of corn. Only four
crops before have exceeded $1,000,000,-
000. The farm value of the corn crop
of eigh* such years as 1007 would pay
for duplicating every mile of steam
railroads in the United States and pay
for their costly terminals, rolling stock
and all property.
The value of the total farm produc
tions in 1007 exceeded that of 1900,
which was far above that of any pre
ceding year. The total value for IQO7
is $7,412,000,000, an amount 10 per
cent greater than the total for 1900,
17 per cent greater than that of 1905,
20 per cent above that of 1904, 25 per
cent iu excess of that for 1905 aud 57
per cent greater than the total value
for 1599.
The animals sold from farms and
those slaughtered on them in 1907 were
worth about $1,270,000,000.
During the fiscal year 1907 the ex
ports of farm products exceeded the
imports bi $444,000,000, a balance that
has been exceededd only four times—
in 1890, 1899, 1901 and 1902.
Appj *ently the hay crop this year is
more valuable than the cotton crop. On
account of the varieties and qualities
of hay its average price is difficult to
determine. The computed value of the
01,420,000 tons of tlie crop is $000,000,-
000. The tonnage has Ikhoi exceeded
several times, but the value is SOS 000,-
000 above the highest previous value,
that of 1900.
In value the cotton crop of 1907, es
timated to be from $050,000,000 to
$075,000,000. takes third place, if in the
final estimates it does not displace hay
for second rank. Though its farm val
ue is probably a little below that of
last year’s crop, in other respects It will
tie tho most valuable cotton crop ever
raised in this country, and 7 per cent
above the average farm value of the
crops of the previous five years.
Wheat Im Worth *500,00* 'OO
The wheat crop of 1907 is 625,570,000
bushels, 5 per cent loss than the aver
age quantity for the five preceding
years. But the value is about $500,000,-
000, or s '/! per cent more than the av
erage.
The farm value of sugar beets, sugar
caue. sorghum cane end molasses nud
syrup made ou tlie fa\ is $04,000,000.
Sugar made in sugar ink s (including
raw cane sugar and refined beet sugar)
amounts to 889,000 short tons, worth
$73,000,000. Other products of the suj
gar mills bring the value up to $95,000,-
000; three-fourths of this is farm value.
The oat cro bushels—
is 39 per cent below the five-year av
erage, but tin? value is 20 per cent
above the average, or $300,000,0().
I’otatoes —292,427,000 bushels—are 2
per cent above the average; the value
is $190,000,000, or 20 per cent above the
average.
Barley also is 2 per cent above the
average in quantity, while the value is
extraordinary, about 85 jht cent above
the average. The quantity is 147,192,-
000 bushels, the value $115,000,000.
Tobacco declined to 045,213,000
pounds, 11 i>er cent below tin* average
in quantity, with a value of $117,000,000,
or 0 ]x*r cent ulsive the average. The
crop is smaller than for many yars.
Irrigation Is yet confined almost en
tirely to the arid anil semi-arid regions
of the West and the rice lands of the
Gnlf coast. The irrigated area now
under cultivation in this country is
1.1,000,000 acres, and the crops grown
were worth not less than $175,000,000.
Rye produced 31,500,000 bushels, with
a value of $23,000,000; a quantity 4 jkt
cent above the average and a value of
29 per cent above.
The seven cerenl crops produ<H*d
4,135.000,000 bushels, showing n loss of
214,000,000 bushels, or 5 per cent below
the five-year average, the loss being
chiefly due to oats. The total value is
$2,378,000,000; this exceeds 1900 by
$290,000,000 and is 23 per cent above
the average.
Dairy products of the country alone
were worth nearly $500,000.000 In 1907,
or much more than any crop save corn.
The poultry and egg products for
1907 should be estimated at more tlinn
$000,000,000 iu value. In fact these
products were worth more than the
wheat crop.
The total crop of alfalfa hay in 1907
is estimated to Ik* worth $100,000,000.
I Hiring the fiscal year ended June 30,
1907, the domestic exjiorts of farm
products were valued at $ 1.055.000.000,
or $79,000,000 al>ove the high record
of 1900. Plant products made up four- j
fifths of this total, cotton alone amount j
tug to $482,000,000.
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.
Crew of Norwegian bark lost in Pa
cifie rescued after living mon'iis on desert
island.
Fire at Winnipeg destroyed the Rat
Portage Company's sash and door fac
tory anl other property of an aggregate
a)ue of ?144.<*#).
Mrs. Anna widow of Cen.
Robert X. HaeLaren. former '.imruander
at Fort Soelling. diet at S‘. Pae', at
the age of 7*> year-. Mr-. Ma' lain n was
horn at Caledonia. N. Y. <en. Mac-
Latren died iu INS.".
Peter Callahan of Chicago went to
Milwaukee to pay a note for ?2T. lie
tendered the bank a SI.OUO hill, and re
fused to accept the change in scrip. He
was paid in cash, and it consisted of U 74
*ilver dollars, weighing sixty pound*.
The sale of the jewels of the late
Queen Marie ilenriette of B-lgium at
liruasels has again been postponed, this
time for three weeks, at the request of
ber eldest daughter, Princess Louise. The
sale was recently ordered by the courts
for the benefit of the creditors of the
princess.
A government report of vital statistics
recently published covering the decade
ending with the year 11*00, reveal* a
marked decline in the birth rate of Eng
land and Wales, fn IX7O the rate was
as high as 36.3 per 1.000, but at the end
of 1000 h was 28.7. *Phe birth rate is
falling more rapidly than that of any
•titer civilised country.
Construction work on the Pail am a ca*
Dal will be rushed next year. Thirty
two millions, approximately, are to tie
expended. Congressman James A.
Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of the
committee ou appropriations. Just re
turned from Panama with seventeen
members’ of the committee, predicts
that the canal will be completed by
I>ee. 31, 1914. “We found everything
going along in the most satisfactory
way,” the Congressman declares.
“There inrr U* a million cut off the
sum of >32.000,000 asked for construc
tion, although demands in the maiu
have been modeet. Reductions will be
asked in only a few departments. "So
cial conditions there ere better gener
ally than among the workmen of the
United States. Workmen are well
cared for and satisfied. We found the
employes, clerical, medical and engin
eering, were paid 50 ikm* cent more
than at home, while quarters are fur
nished. A single man gets n room:
married men a house. Canal men are
paid one-third more than at home, and
they can live more cheaply. The gov
ernment sells them supplies at a lower
rate than home prices, let* water and
light are cheaper than in New York.
Sanitary conditions art* all that can be
desired.”
In all the money routers of the coun
try, ns well as in Wall street, the news
of tin* government’s bond anil note is
sues caused a feeling of relief and the
financial skies were clearing. Every
where bankers were eager to get (he
new securities and there was no need
of an underwriting syndicate. Many
sent telegrams of congratulation to tin*
President and Secretary Cortelyou.
Subscriptions to both issues have al
ready begun to pour In. Nevertheless
Chicago's clearing house carried out its
project of issuing certificates In denom
inations of sl, $2, $5 and $lO, and over
$3,000,000 In these were eagerly
grabbed for current business needs. At
New York quantities of currency
brought 2 and 3 i>er cent on the curb.
But at the same time arrangements
were In progress for a resumption of a
cash basis all over the country. The
Indictment of three officials of thu Bor
ough Bank of Brooklyn for false re
ports of the bank’s condition was taken
as another sign of .he financial house-,
cleaning In progress.
Three railroad companies, the Atch
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe, St. Louis
and San Francisco, and the Missouri
Pacific, have absolutely declined to
comply with an order of the Postoffice
Department that for the next forty
days these roads should carry empty
mail bags and other mail equipment
back to the distribution centers with
out compensation therefor. The reason
for this order was a desire to prevent
n tie-up or congestion of mail during
and just preceding the holidays. To
this end, it was thought that It would
l>e well to have the equipment trans
ferred more speedily than can Im* done
by freight, which is the method pro
vided. While there Is some doubt as
to tlie right of the department to en
force Its order, the law permits the use
of the express companies for the pur
pose in question, which would meet the
emergency, though proving rather ex
pensive.
The military authorities of the vari
ous governments have not overlooked
the important part which nirshljis will
probably play in the wars of the fu
ture, and are making notive prepara
tions for both offensive and defensive
operations along this line. It Is re
ported that Captain Thomas T. Love
lace, the aeronaut, recently made a bal
loon trip over the walls of Fort Wads
worth, New York Harbor, and took a
series of bird’s-eye photographs of the
fortifications, showing the entire prac
ticability of obtaining information in
this way. This material was turned
over to the War Department, ami it Is
intimated that the aeronaut will be giv
en a commission In the United States
Army Balloon Corps.
Developments In regard to the pend
ing prosecutions of the whisky dealers
for violation of the pure food law Indi
cate that the question <i to what
should Ik? construed as pure whisky
was finally decided by President Roose
velt, to whom tbe matter was taken by
Dr. Wiley, chemist of tlie Department
of Agriculture. The President con
curred with the chemist in tbe opinion
that to meet the requirements of the
law tSie whisky must 1k? (he pure spir
its, unmixed with neutral spirits, fla
voring or coloring matter, which pro
duces the article called “blended
whisky.”
Delegates from five Central Ameri
can republics met with Secretary of
State Root and Ambassador Creel of
Mexico at Washington to discuss a per
manent peace program. Speaking as
the temporary chairman, Mr. Root told
tbe delegates very plainly that here
after something more than fine words
and promise* must be given, and that
the means for enforcing a j>eace agree
ment must he supplied which would
hold responsible those who might vio
late it
The Indian Bureau Is Informed that
In an engagement between United
State* troopc and roving Indians in
southern Utah three Indians were
killed and one wounded, while ten oth
ers, including tie leader of the band,
were arrested.
Governor Post of Porto Rico has been
■ummoned to Washington by the Pres
ident to answer charges that be recent
ly made a coarse, blasphemous speech
before the assembly of school superin
tendents.
The first of the new coins designed
by the late Augustus Saint Gandens
under the general direction of Presi
dent Roosevelt has reached the Treas
ury Department from the United States
mint, In Philadelphia. It is the $lO
gold piece, or half eagle, and Is pe
culiar from the fact that for the flvst
time since 1873 the words, “In God
We Trust,” are omitted from the coin.
Oklahoma’* constitution is tbs big
gest In the Union, being made up of
sixty thousand words.