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N" !T 5 N I**? &> f/i -«fti if 4 CHAPTER XIII—(Continued.) V. And vowing tho destruction ef Km *~meline If again ho got her wltliin liis ..".reach, and, nearly sobered by liis fears, v'.-• lie made liis way to tin room at tin' la.ck «r tho house, which was on a level with that which he Inhabited. .- Jand which looked out upon the yard -_'' "to which Ummelliio had gone in search of tin- money and tho letters. Looking from tlie window, his mind was somewhat relieved when ho dis tinguished the slimmer of a candle 1. tbo shod. ami was made more comfor r' stable when, in answer to his lialf •whispered: "JIMIIICI. young 'un!" f' Knimeline lia.sUly approached, and stood beneath his window. "I have found j-othiug yet," the young iiirl liispored. "Have you searched under tho third lump of woodV" "VPS." "And are ym quite sure you have found nothing?" Nlck^cy next asked, and in ac/euts of suspicion. IOmmolino understood the meaning 'which had been in the ruffian's words, and trembled and it, was son.ewhat faJteringly that she said: "Perhaps yon are mistaken in tlie place in which you have deposited——" Nlckse.v allowed her to proceed no -fnrther. but exclaimi-d savagely: "if the swag ain't now where 1 said It was. I have been robbed, and if 1 luave been robbed. you are the thief. IjEsatid so much the worse for you, young .'un!" He disappeared from the window: nnd Knimeline, fast as her trembling limbs would carry her, hurried back to l.lie shed to renew her sturch. S5|f She felt that now perhaps her very life depended on hor speedy discovery of those bank-notes and lettors. "I'll kill the young 'tui!" Nieksey muttered to himself, as he was about S|ifeto descend the stairs to make his way towanls limiiiellne. fl©i "TliIs is a soberer, this is—protending sf£$ »»t to find 'em won't do for me this Is what a man pets for being too hon est. It's tlie tlrst time I ever tried my hand at that game—never no more, never no morel" And he littered a terrible Imprecation oil his own folly, and the "young 'un's" ingratitude. All at once, and when about half Hf^i'way down the stairs, he stojiped short .nrrosted by a thought which hnd shot through his brain, from which the mists of drunkenness were now almost entirely dispersed. He hurried back to tho room which served him for "parlor and kitchen nnd all and, staudiug in its center, scratched his ragged nnd partly bald liead. as he looked around him, and 6oeuiingly in great perplexity. A few words will explain wherefor the fellow was now so greatly troubled. Noel Barrlngton had been mistaken In supposing that Mr. Nieksey, after his robbery at Mrs. Chesterton's, hul not returned to his own house, for, throwing himself into the lirst hacku'-y coach he bat seen, he had tlown thither with all speed which the driver Incited thereto by a promise of double fare had been able to extort from liis not very Indifferent cattle. Nieksey had made rather free with Mrs. Chesterton's decanters' aud the robbery was a circumstance which hail greatly Increased his excitement and after he had been well shaken up in tho hackney coach, he entered his own bouse in a state of extreme mental con fusion. He hurried to tlie shed and burled the bank notes and letters, precisely as he had told Eminellne. But what lie had now remembered was that having re-entered bis house, after having hidden thein, It bad sud denly struck him that he bad not per haps, chosen a very secure spot for the concealment of his newly-acquired treasure. He hurried back to the shed recover ed bank notes and letters, had returned with them Into the house, and then anew had hidden them—where? That was the question Nieksey now was asking himself, as, with a puzzled look Ills eyes wandered round and round his room. He had been In a CHS® great hurry, he remembered that for the hackney coach was waiting to take him away again and Up feared, lest too much at tention should be called to his dwell lng. Mr. Nieksey was not, generally speaking, an ostentatious man. After considering for several min K^utes, and apparently with no very sat l.t. lsfaetory result, Nieksey commenced /•f to ransack that piece of furniture '7'"-which bad once been a chest of draw era. His slender stock of clean linen be scattered on the dirty floor pulled forth'a miscellaneous stock of articles which the mouth of a marine store keeper would have watered to behold, but found not his lost treasure. He tried the mantel-piece and a -large bole on one side of the chimney $!no satisfactory result. Presently, and suddenly, bis face flighted up. fj "I know!" be shouted aloud and, ^running Into his sleeping corner, tbrust illiis band, and up to bis shttdder, into lithe old, warn mattress on his truckle pbel. And his eyes glistened, and he ||(buckled nnd was happy *nce again for be bad cli«:hed and now drew forth and eagerly counted bis bank notes. They were all correct, not one miss ing. Then again thrusting bis band Into the inattress. he next drew forth three letters yes, three for Nieksey counted them also, and was evidently perfectly satisfied in. eveir particular. He wiped bis BY ", TIIE A! «noinll« lluthbone," "Poor Ueue* vlcve," A c. been bedewed with a cold perspiration, and said to himself that he was be ginning to feel a good deal better. And the next observation lie made to himself was that it was lucky lie had happened to remember, Just as lie was going down stairs, about the notes, for otherwise before this he should have killed the young 'un. From which it will be understood that Emtni'line had had indeed a very narrow escape from a very terrible dcntli. "I must go and oaso the young.'un's mind and ax his pardon," wo know Nicksey's state of confusion colic TH- ing Emmeliiio's sox. "and I'll confess my fault and tell her liouestlv that I meant to kill him!" Nieksey turned and was about to leave the room, and then he started, and hastily thrust tho bank notes and letters Into his pocket. A man was standing In the doorway. Tho tire had burned low and the meagre tallow candle, which at lvst gave but a feeble light, had remained unsnuffi-d since It had first been kindled by Knimeline so that whit appeared to be. in tlie semi-darkness, but the shadow of a human behig thus suddenly aud unexpectedly confront ing Nieksey. it Is no wonder that, for a moment or two. he felt his knees tremble and a creeping sensation about the roots of his not numerous and straggling hairs. A perfectly innocent man, with the most powerful nerves, might have boon shaken by so strange and sudden an apparition, and Mr. Nieksey was not an innocent man and crime and de bauchery haa sadly shattered his nerv ous system. And shadow and substance both had he to fear, and was saving to liimse'f "ls it a ghost or a Bow street runner?'' His doubts as to the former were aliaved as the man strode heavily to the center of the room. "Have you come to grab me?" Niek sey asked, retreating a step or two. and clutching the heaviest aud best conditioned of his chairs. The man shook his head negatively. "Well, then, let's have a look at you!" Nieksey topped tlie candle with his finger and thumb, and then, with the light in his hand, advanced to the stranger and looked him closely over. But Nieksey gained little by that saw only that tlie stranger was a rather tall man, with no other distin guishing mark about him for his figure was well concealed by a loose great coat: a scarf was folded around his throat and chin, and his hat pressed far down over his brow. "You appear to take good care of yourself, whoever yon are!" sa Nick sev. placing the candle on the mantel piece. "The night is rather chilly, and 1 am not very well," the stranger said. "Have you any business with me?" Nieksey asked, all his boldness re turning. "Yes If I am not D'.istaken in my man." "My name is Nieksey," swaggered that gentleman, and as if he had good reason to be proud of his identity. "Then I must pray you to excuse me." said the other. Seemingly about to leave the room, the stranger stopped when he had reached the door, and looking back to ward Nieksey, said abruptly and sig nificantly: "But perhaps you may be able to tell ine where I may hope to find one Nicholas Shearman?" And Nieksey rebounded a step or two. stammering out "That name—" "I see I am right." Interrupted the intruder on Mr. Nicksey's privacy, and quietly returning and again closely confronting him. "Who are you?" cried Nieksey, b!s voice firm again. "Do not be afraid. I am a friend." "I don't recognize you but then, you are so muffled'up." "You do not know me," said the stranger and as if by mere accident placing the table between himself and the gentleman of the house. "How did you contrive fo make your way into my domicile?' Aud in reply to that question Nick sey's unwelcome guest said he had found the street door not perfectly closed and so had entered without ceremony, having been saved the trouble of knocking. "Curse him!" muttered Nieksey meaning .Tarvls, by whom he rightly conjectured the door had been left un fastened. .Tarvis had pulled the door to after him. but had not tried If It were prop erly closed he had been In too great perplexity to think of that trifle. "And now you are here. I BO forebeud, which bad should like to know what you have come for?" Nieksey next said, and not very amia bly. "X have come to save you," was the reply. Nieksey laughed. That was all rub blsh. be said. There was nothing against him Just at present be knew that well enough. "I tell you," pursued the stranger, "it is a very pressing danger of which I have come to warn you." "And what is it all about?" "Have you already forgotten the rob bery lately committed by you at Mrs. Chesterton's?" Nieksey laughed again nnd this time more loudly and heartily than before. "A robbery!" be exclaimed "it was nothing but the settlement of a long standing account between us now, I am paid, and I will give her, if she likes, a written receipt" And Nieksey still laughed on. "I tell you," cried the stranger, "that in consequence of that affair, officers are even now in search of you." "I don't believe a word of it," Nick- soy said defiantly "she wouldn't dare!" "You employ a wrong term, my friend from pity," strongly empha sizing the word, "from pity, perhaps, she might have spared you—" "Humbug!" cried Nieksey, with a derisive gesture. The other proceeded right on: "But, you had been s:ooii esiaplng by the private staircase, and as amongst Mr Chesterton's guests last night there happened to In- a genth-innn who is a magistrate, orders wen- at ouee given that you should be pursuetl." Nieksey thought of the letters then In his pocket., and what a lucky fellow he was that he had not burned them as had been his intention, aud tlmn he said, with great bravado: "Suppose I am caught, what do care: she will be obliged to get ine out of the mess!" "Mrs. Chesterton has not wished to wait until you are eaptm'ed before coming to your rescue!" pi-r.-ued the stranger, "but leaving in your p's-e- sion the money of which you have di prived lier. she has arrange 1 every thing for your immediate escape from file kingdom." "I can't exactly see my way." said Nieksey, very distrustfully "she must liavo great eonlidence in you. my friend, to entrust you with such a com mission." And the oilier readily replied: "1 am but a poor man. to whom, formerly, Mrs. Chesterton rendered so great a service that she can nmv. with confidence, rely on my discretion." "Yon advise me. then, to make a bolt of it?" "This very night. But before leav ing you must place in my hands—" the man hesitated. "Well, go on!" cried Nieksey. "what must I place In your hands?" "Those lettirs which, by aceWb'iit. happened to lie in the pocket-book with the bank notes!" "Ch!" drawled out the other. "Mr--. Chesterton then, is rather anxious about tlios" letters?" "She wishes that should annih'lat" them, and the instant I have roc ived them from yon 1 shall burn them here before your eves." "My good friend!" lavghed Nieksey. "1 fancy, somehow, that 1 sluviM lose by the bargain yon propose to me. (To Be Continued.) HAS WOT A 1'LI I.I.. C. W. Iliirillnc. the Chimiploii Unit HMII Onrxmnn. Much interest has centered in the sculling match between Charles W. Harding and Thomas Sullivan, which took place on the Hivcr Tyue on Feb It from the fact that it was under stood that if Harding won this rac he would row Jake Caudaur, the Amor lean champion. This he succeeded 1l doing, and it is probable that the in C. W. Ilnrdlnff. ternatlonal race will now be arranged Churles W. Harding was born In I .on don and was reared as a waterman on the Thames. He won his first racc Oct. 13, 1800, when he rowed against Jacob Tyrrell. In 1S92 he won the Searle memorinl cup, and on eFb. 5. 1804, he defeated George Bubear, the English champion. The race between tlie English and American cliaiuplous will tike place on thi9 side of tlie At lantic and will be for $2,500 a side and tlie single-scull championship of the world. The Human Body a Furnace. The digestion and food assimilation by the human body is really a species of combustion, as, of course, nearly every one knows, and that the human stomach may well be likened to a fur nauce In which certain quantities o* fuel must be burned to accomplish cer tain purposes, has received a new and very Interesting demonstration by M. Plctet who of late bas carried out a series of striking low temperature ex periments. The most recent of these related particularly to heat radiation from tlie human body. As described before tlie French Academy of Sci ences, he placed himself, well protect ed with furs, In a huge tube of which the temperature could be reduced to as low a point as 130 degrees Centigrade. His head alone remained outside, since the breathing in of air as cold as this would be seriously injurious. At a temperature of 50 degrees the furs were found to arrest radiation, which fact explains the resistance to cold ex hibited by polar animals. Below 70 degrees the heat passed through tlie furs, but no-special v." sensation of cold was felt. Nature at this point came into action by exciting internal phe nomena of combustion and digestion, so that In about four minutes the sens ation of hunger was experienced. In fact. M. Plctet 'asserted that in this way be was cured of dyspepsia, from which he had suffered for several years, eight sittings in a tube cooled down to —110 degrees having sufficed for the purpose. We have here, there fore, decidedly novel exhibition of thermo-dyuamic functions going on within our bodies.—Cassler's Magazine. Why Re Named Her. Miss Wanterneau—Why do you call your dog Trilby, Mr. Wagleigh? Mr. Wagleigh—A policeman hit her with one of those new concealed clubs tlie other day. Miss Wanterneau—What has thai to do with It? Mr. Wagielgh—Don't you see? She was struck with a Little Billy. 0 'ri THE MARKETS. |jUt-Ht QnotutioriM From Grain and Mve Stock Center*. Chicago, March 1M. Wheat lower March, r..".e .May, 51 ,'!-8e July, r.r» l-2c. Corn lower: March, -l4 3-.se May. -Pie July. -ir.".-le. Oats- May. l!'Jc July, 2-Se: Juno. L'S.'l-le. I'ork lrigher Mav, £12.0.1: July. $12.2.1. I.ard higher May, ,SC.!I2 1-2 July, $7.07 1-2: Septem ber. $7.2.1. Short ribs higher May, $. i.1. Minneapolis, March 24. Wheat closed easy March, 57 3-4c May, .17 3~le July, .IS l-2c: September, .1lil-2i:. On track—No. 1 liard. .1*.) l-2c No. 1 Northern, 5S l-2c No. 2 North ern. 17 l-2e. Milwaukee, March 24—Wheat weak No. 2 spring. .1,11-4c: No. 1 Northern, 04c: May. Dt! 1—It*. Corn dropping: No. 3. 44 l-2o. Oats lower: No. 2 white, 31 .'{-!(•: No. 3 white. 31 l-4c. Barley nominal: No. 2. .12 l-2c: sample, 51a 53 3-le. Bye firm No. 1. .1.1 1-4e. Pro visions higher pork, $11.8.1 lard, Chicago. March 21.—Hogs-Market active and .laTOe higher: light, .?4.35a 4.70 mixed. M.lOa4.7.1: heavy. $ 1.10a -i.'.io rough, $4.40a4.,1.1. Cattle—-Mar ket steady at yesterday's prices. St. Paul. March 24.—Hogs 10c h.'uh er: quality poor yards clear early to pickers at $ 1.2.1a I..1'*: pigs. S3.7.1. Cat tleHood cattle of all kinds strong and in demand canners weak. thrplliiit IturnM nt Wolm-y. '.iron. S. D.. March 24. During severe storm of yesterday aftir ii the Henry Moshor house. In Isey. occupied by Walter W. Mo lough. was totally destroyed by together with his household ds and furniture. The house was of the best, in Wolsev. and with contents made a loss of about •W. with no insurance. Tl the in" W. Cui lire goi on. its $4,1 ICoc-ts In Cn^cd. Milwaukee. March :.'t. William Ko. Ii. formerly leader of the military baud at Fort Snelling. Minn., was sentenced to the house of coirection to-day for one year for forgery. It developed in tl.e trial that Koch left the army in disgrace, being found jruiity of theft, and before his dis charge signed a lo- umeiu acknowl edging his guilt. Prolmlily I.OMt. New York. March 24.--A rate of .10 er cent is being asked for reinsurance? I 5 iot hi'on slanted, nml aHJioujrlj every effort has been made to find trace of hor, her fate is unknown. Illot In Ili-lK-lnm. Liege. Belgium. March 24—A general strike of the miners in the collieries lias commenced. To-day the strikers became riotous and there were sev eral collisions between them and the police in which revolvers and stones were freely used. Several men we're wounded in the lighting. The ring leaders were arrested. lllln Dnrn lit Owntonnn. Owatonna, Minn.. March 24. The Riverside roller mills burned to the ground early this morning, being a total loss. The origin of the lire is not known. A high wind was blow ing at the time, and the adjoining buildings were saved with difficulty. Loss. $12,000. SceoroR a I1ivorc«». St. Louis. March 24.—In the circuit court to-day a petition for divorce from hor husband. Chris von Der Alie, the base ball magnate and president of the St. Louis Browns, was granted to Sirs. Von Der Abe. She charged hi in with violations of liis marriage vows. Fire at Sit. Chnrlea. St. Charles, Minn., March 24.—The large O'Neill elevator, with about 12. 000 bushels of grain, and the North western railroad depot were totally destroyed by fire about 0 o'clock this morning. O'Neill's property is cov ered by insure L-ce. Murder Trial Beican. I^ancaster. Ky.. March 24.—The trial of Ilenry Ueddick (colored), charged with burning the Miller hotel on Jan. 12. in which his mother-in-law and son perished, was begun In the circuit court to-day. Montnnn Senators III. Washington, Match 24.—Senator Lee Mantle of Montana has been seriously 111 at the Cochran in this city, suf fering from an attack of grippe. Sen ator Carter, of the same state, Is ill at Helena. Monchoftee Dead. Stillwater. Minn., March 24. Mos cliosee. tlie Indian United States pris oner sent here from Texas to serve five years for horse stealing, died "here to-day of consumption. Died In Great Auony, Minneapolis. March 24. Nathaniel W. Chamberlain, the aged citizen who was struck by a Hennepin avenue trolley car Wednefday, died last night in great agony. Miller Appointed. Washington. March 24.—W. P. Miller of North Dakota has been appointed a special assistant United States at torney for the District of North Da kota Bttrnctl to Dentil. Milwaukee, March 24.—Charles F. Farnswortb, an old man living near Clinton Junction, Wis., was burned to death this morning in his home. Cursed the Jodgc. Minneapolis, March 24.—James Ter ry. a colored man, was sentenced to prison for rtur years for burglary. When sentence was pronounced Terry called Judge Smith all the vile names he could think of. He was removed from tbe court room still cursing. Haadat In Loalaliw. Natchitoches. La.. March 24. Tlie execution of Joseph Valsln, colored, for the murder of MnJ. Anthony, col ored, took place within the enclosure 'it the Jatt. FOR THE FAIR SEX. IXTKHIiSTIXO I.'OR MAID £.NI» MATKO.V. Wluit tlie SPXI'B I.:l%e In Kuclt Otli'-r —KxpatllliT—She. IN 1'i-rHlnt etil—SIUMII'N MlitclitnK All iltirN KIINIIIOII KelturN—IliiuKelioItt 1UU!M. There is a certain something, which, for want of a better name, is called womanliness, and It Is that which makes women attractive to men. A great, many virtues go to make up this one trait. Men like. In tho tirst place, amia bility ln*a woman. They like a pleas ant appearance. 1"liey like the doing of little things that are pleasant to them. They like the courtesy ol' the fireside. They like women whose lives and faces are always full or the sun shine of a contented mind and a cheer ful disposiliou. Tlioy like ability to talk well, coupled with a proper appre ciation of the charm of timely silence. They like a motherliness large enough to understand the wants of the older as well as the younger boys. They like a natural disposition to speak good rather than evil of any human being. They like sympathy, the ear that lends it self willingly to the tale of sorrow or gladness. Tlicy like a knowledge of how to dress well'--which, by the way. does not mean conspicuously. They like intelligence, but they prefi that the heart, should be stronger than the lira in. They like to tind in a woman a companion, one who lias sulhcieiit knowledge of the world and l's ways to lall well with them who is interested in their lives, their plans, their hoii who knows how to give a ehe rl'ut word or to listen fjtiiotly and by a ten der look express the grief which tlie heart is feeling. A man may some times sav that children are a Pore and a nuisance, but he will shrink from a woman who ueelares he/ dislike of them. A man expects the maternal in stinct in woman, and is Women, on their part, like manly, not womanish men. They like honesty of purpose united with consider ".'oil. They like men who believe in woman. They like their opinions to lie thought of some value. They like a man She I* Perititrnt. Sorosis declared with much emphasis the other night that the modern woman is not persistent enough. This view of the case it is safe to say, has not- yet impressed itself upon the modern man. Not so many years ago the modern woman became convinced that she wanted a collegiate education on sub stantially the same terms with her brothers. Conservatives shook their heads and sedate professors declared that the thing was preposterous. But the lady in the case persisted and to day she has not merely invaded, but has conquered, a large portion of the realm of the higher education. Then she declared that she proposed to enter the pursuits which had been the exclu sive possession of masculinity for un numbered ages. Again obdurate man kind said no. but woman doctors, law yers. journalists and merchants are now so common that they do not even excite comment. Whatever the modern woman has really set her lie-art upon she has gen erally succeeded in obtaining, in most of the Western states she has tlie fran chise in one form or another in Colo rado she has exactly the same political privileges, as men, and has selected three representatives of her own sex to the legislature. If she doesn't vote in the East as yet. it is simply because she hasn't quite made up her mind whetlietyon the whole the ballot would be becoming to her. When the bicycle, most unruly and diabolic of vehicles, made its appearance, the world re marked: "Lo! here is something that must forever belong to man alone." The modern woman heard this man date, smiled a knowing little smile, and forthwith set about mastering this novel epitome of mechanical depravity. At present she not ouly rides the wheel with calmness and determination, but she rides it in Turkish trousers and hints ominously of knickerbockers in the near future. Decidedly, if fin de siecle feminity has faults, lack of persistence is not among them. Sorosis does not need to worry over the up-to-date woman. She has triumphed over everything she has undertaken to subdue—Greek roots, business difficulties, political methods and the bicycle. And the end is not yet.—New York Sun. Trifle* Light as Air. A Wx direct, honest way of looking at every subject is always to be recom mended. Vet there are times when It is neither expedient nor dignified'1 to en ter seriously into deep matters. The time may be limited, or the listener 1 disappoint'-. I if he does not tind it. Men like women to lie affectionate there never yet was a man. no mutter how stern, how cold, how given to repressing his own feel ings. who did not like a loving pressure of the hand or a lender kiss from tlie woman nearest to him. 1 who can be strong as a lion when trouble comes, and yet. if the woman in iiis care is nervous and tired, can button a shoe or draw off a glove or smooth a pillow with unobtrusive- helpfulness. They like a man who can even master a baity, convincing it of liis power and reducing it to subjection and sleep when its natural care taker is unstrung and helpless. They like a man, who. however large his own concerns, is In terested in their new dresses, and can give tin opinion on symmetry, color and fit. They like a man who knows their innocent weaknesses aud caters to them who will bring home a box of fruit, the latest magazine, or the clever puzzle sold on tlie street, and take his part in entertaining the household for an evening. They like a man who is master of every situation, who has wit enough to realize, when one of their sex is slightly stubborn, that persua sion is more powerful than argument. They like a man who likes them—who doesn't scorn their opinions, who be lieves in their good taste, who has con fidence in their truth, tind who, most of all, knows that the love promised is given him. That's tlie sort of a man a woman likes, and her every sigh of gratification is a little prayer: "(iod bless him."—W. A. England in Kate Field's Washington. 1 /i I not axirecir.tive responsive. If tln-rc is opportunity for but few words, those are best devoted lo some light or pass ing interest. It is an excellent accom plisiimeut to be able to talk entertain !y and smoothly on trivialities. Hut to lie a sui-ee.vr.ful talker on tri fles iloes not necessarily imply ill-it tho s.i' i,«• is a trivial. The thought which lies behind in the man's mind may give a meaning as well as a brilliancy to his most careless speech. Such trivialities may bo the :r.i:ull coin of society, but the profusion and tho rapid passing of this coin should IK plain evidence of the goodly sum con tained in the exchequer. A light wit and ready tongue are valuable pos^essio-is. Tb -y need tra' I ing aud curbing, of course. Hu: when the possessor of sound sense and pro found thought adds to them the gra.ci of the polisht-.l talker of trivialities. )io discovers in this tinal gift the pvwor which charms society and captiva."vi tiie heart.---Harper's Kazar. l-'.-:sh:i)ti I'eli fluid. Jet and bronze spangles an 1 s"i|tiins are to ti" more used than evi on galloon and passementerie triM ml]'g. In very many handsome -p/ii: toil! ts the entire yoke of ihe bodice is a mass of these glittering garniture.^, and tlie sleeve decorations ma'ch it. from wrist to elbow. The box-plaited Norfolk jacket rr-np- pears among costumes aud toilets for spring and summer wear. It forms ,-i part of utility gowns uf tweed, cheviot, shepherd's check, etc.. as well as :h v.'ai.-t-portiou of dainty toie-s of t'f fe:a. fancy surah, faille, striped ai-1 dolled satin, erejuni ciuth and a host, oi' hot weather textiles. Long ostrich plumes are Just now greatly used in combination with short full tips and tuf:^ or aigrette:-!. I hese trimmings art* seen upon pic ture hats of various shapes, and o:i toques and turbans as well, also r.:t the matador hat that is still quite.- pop ular. but suited to but \.w faces. The li.it gives a circular appearance to ii:e lie-id. which Very t'e'W figures are lall enough to be ir without looking top heavy after the elaborate trimmings have been added. With dressy jmst-Lenten costumes will be worn single or doubie-bre.isto.l Kton jackets of black velvet mad-r with full muuun-leg sleeves, lined with shot silk aud trimmed with cut jet in points or narrow lines of gimp. More ornate jackets have trimmings uf deep ecru guipure lace. This garment is a useful, desirable, ami not very ex pensive in vestment, for it will also do for a light wrap over summer evening toilets. It can lie made in other colors, bur black takes proo-douce because it can be worn over gowns of every shade. Velvet blouses and other waists in black, dahlia color, brown and green will be in highest vogue this spring. These velvet garments give a rich ef feet to a costume at comparatively wuall exfiense. They are stylish over skirts of silk moire, satin, shepherds' check wool, plaided cashmere or taf feia. crepon. or. indeed, any pretty skirts cut in fashionable shape ami gracefully hung. It is practically im I possible to get tlie sleeves of a velvet waist into the sleeves of a coat with out ruin to the velvet ones. Nothing but a cape is to be thought of In sncii a case. Our largest sleeves will have full play from Easter time on to sum mer season, as then there will be r.o longer need to consider tlie qii.\s-J'!! their accommodation. The question of the continuation "f full sleeves and flaring skirts is set I tied for a season at least, ami pr.-bi blv for the entire summer, for light and diaphanous materials are part ularly appropriate for these styles, and besides all women seem desirous of having fashion continue in her pre.-. -ut comfortable and picturesque moo !, Box plaits at one time threatened t. I supersede godet or organ plaits, but the latter seem to have attained su I premacy. and are considered superior to box plaits, which lie flat instead of standing out in rounded form In t.h* exact center of tlie back. Kilts, how ever. are much used ou each side of the gored front, or on tlie entire front and sides of the skirt, with gob't plaits In the back. Without doubt Hie tendency is still toward volume at ilia edge of the skirt. ., Household Hints* White turnips become a choice veg etable when cut into cubes, boiled un til tender and served in a cream sauce. Many housekeepers still need warn ing Against the frequent use of feather dusters. These dusters simply chase the particles from the furniture into the air. where they are inhaled. A soft cloth is good, and a chamois skin is sometimes better for a duster. Cut glass washed in warm soap suils. rinsed in hot but not boiling water, and then stood in a pan of dry saw dust till dry. then brushed with a soft brush and rubbed with a piece of chamois will have its brilliant beamy dazzlingly brought out. To remove paper from a cake, when the cake is partly cooled, turn it bot tom upward and brush the paper with water until it is thoroughly dampened. It can then be easily removed. To keep a cake from sticking to the pan, butter the pan slightly, dredge it with flour and shake tbe flour out before pouring the cake In. For hives in children, rub the irri tated skin or the pustules with castor oil. applied with the tip" of the finger. Baby will pass from fretting to slum ber while the process is golug on, tbe relief will be so great and quick. For inflamed eyes, bumped hends and sprained ankles, use abundantly water as can be borne. A tomato soup that will help the Lenten menu is made from a quart can of tomatoes and a pint of cold water. Put these together in a saucepan, and in a frying pan melt a tablespoonful of butter, adding when hot a large onion cut fine. When the onion is col ored stir into the butter a tablespoonfut of flour and add all the tomatoes. Sea son with one tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt and one tea Spoonful of pepper. Put the saucepan: on the fire and let the contents boil slowly for twenty minutes. Color wltli a little burned sugar, strain through a fine sieve and serve with bread cut iilttf dice and' fried a crisp brown, or small squares of toasted bread.