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■wf 4 j (fif / M&tild&.’s Mutirvy COPYRIGHT. 1902. BY DAILY Polly Fox, who six months before had gladly left the village's ever In creasing sisterhood of spinsters to be come the wife of the Revet-end Mr. Fox and mother to the little and big Foxe*. said to her husband, as Ma tilda, tall and trim, swung down the village street at a puce that comes from strength: "It's plum scanlou* —she's got on a short skirt an' her hair down her back It's her birthday an' she ain’t done a lick o' work to-day. Jen' left it all for her mar an’ Mary. Sed she'd been alavin’ ten year, sence she come home from college, an' she intended havin' a day off. They done a bad thing for her when they sent her to college. She got quare notions an’ has flouted ev ery man in the village. I don’t reckon she'll flout any more.’’ Matilda left village behind her and plunged into a near wood. She flung herself full length on the ground and lay Ihete motionless. Id re had brought her nothing of what she had dreamed. There was a flash of moving color and a burst of song in the silent wood; below, the river roared and tumbled in Its eager seaward rush. June lay on the wide, wonderful mountains —June, with its glory of color. Its abundant young life; and the June time which live* in the souls of unwed women was in Matilda. The June time! It revolt ed at life and death in a country vil lage; It scorned the spinsters with their sharp tongues, their sagging shoulders and sagging hips, their duil hued lives of toll. Suddenly Matilda got to her feet and began heaping up the earth into a mound; she worked industriously and when she tossed back the heavy braid of hair that had slipped over her shoul der she laughed—a reckless laugh. “It’s almost amusing." she said. “If I were in the secret l am sure I would agree with you.” The voice was not far off that bad spoken the words. Matilda turned with the air of an in sulted p>ince«B. The short skirt, the braided hair accentuated the youthful look. “This," she said, haughtily, “is a pri vate wood,’’ “And I am on a fence," was the calm rep4y, "and beyond is the king s high way.” * Matilda gave the stranger a grave looking over hut he stood unflinch ingly. “The ceremony was about complet ed.” she spoke more graciously, “the song comes next,** She threw back her head and eang In a clear, fresh voice. “How tedious and tasteless the hours.” At the end of the first line she stopped and laughed. -‘‘You are putting away the dolls and playthfhga of life?” the man asked. “I found that the dolls were sawdust and put them away twenty-five years ago.” This In a disdainful tone. “What an ancient you are," said the man. "Yes,” humbly. The men got down from the fence and came over to Matilda. “What did you bury there?” he asked, indicating the mound. “My youth,” she spoke defiantly. “Ye gods!” the man burst into laughter. Matilda came a little nearer. “You are a southerner and a gentle man," she said. “I know from your voice and your eyes. I’m celebrating. It's my birthday. At first 1 wept. You should have seen the glances that fol lowed me down the street I know how their tongues wagged when they saw nay hair down my back; they all know that I am thirty.” “Well,” said the man, “what If you are! I’ve known women of thirty “What did you bury there?" who were much nicer than whlte-mus ltned, blue-ribboned, giggling girle" “Out there, ’ with a comprehensive sweep of her hand that took in the , world beyond the blue circle of moun tains; “here,” she pointed to the vll l church spire that cut the blue \ reach of sky, “a woman s life ends at v tMrty, If she's unwed. She is a per aonal grievance to every man and pig 'woataa In the village, and as long as IS thers’s breath In her body they feel |«5 responsible for her and try to marry 1 i|| °®- enough when a new ill ,n * <l 0011168 ' n to the community; it's |jj shivery when a man*, left a widower-- 18 oh, how 1 hate widowers'.” She made |W a gesture of despair. Iffi "You might try suicide." the man soagoited. || ' , Jam J Lindsay Co/tman STORY PUBLISHING COMPANY "I've thought of It,” said Matilda, darkly. They looked at each other. The sun Altering through the trees flung coins of gold at their feet. "It’s my birthday,” the man spoke slowly. “We might celebrate together; we might have one last day of youth.” A sudden wistfulness shone in Ma tilda's eyes, but she shook her head. “It would be the one delicious, iso lated Impropriety of your life.” She looked at him doubtfully. “You've lot the band go down the other street all your days?” “Yes,” pensively. “You have done the things you hate and left undone the things you’d love to do.” “How did you know?” she asked. He trampled the grave she had made “We have had to-dav.” —the grave that held her youth and pointed to the water below, where a boat rocked softly. “Come,” he said. Matilda moved slowly from him In the direction of the church spire. “The music,’’ murmured the man Impressively, "is going down the other street.” "Where are we going?’’ asked Ma tilda. She had stepped into the boat. "To a land of mutual discovery,” he said gayly. “It leads through winding paths; perhaps it returns to the level; perhaps It goes to the heights ” Matilda’s heart had leaped to her throat at the look he gave her. It was a strange proceeding for so aged a heart that had put aside all youthful follies. The boat moved slowly; the river swept away Into the forest's depths. Their laughter was the spontaneous laughter of two who find content in each other’s presence; their silence held no estrangement. A purple mist settled on the blue mountains that belted the d'stancc; from some near hill, a milkmaid’s call floated. The knowls above them were massed in bloom. A deep sweet hap piness filled the woman's soul. It was but Just that life out of Its fullness should have given her this one last day of youth. The boat turned homeward. The sun, a ball of fire, was dropping behind a far mountain peak. It was dragging her off to a dream country from which she would wake in a shiver. Alas, that from dreams the dreamers awake. But the boat crept on in the perfumed gloom the laurel crowned hills were white. It was still a dream. A school girl dream come true. A castle built on lonely evenings when the wind had shivered and the thoughts were long, long thoughts—a castle turned to gleaming marble. The boat touched the landing. For an instant the man felt the pressure of her light weight; then she stood be side him on the river bank. “Good-by.” said Matilda. She held out her hand; her eyes had a strange sweetness —the sweetness of a Joy re linquished at birth, laid reverently away with her one day of youth. “Good-by,” she faltered. “It grows late.” “Good-by?” the man said, puzzled. Then he laughed down Into her eyes, “Good-by until tomorrow." “We have had to-day.” said Matilda. “And will have to-morrow." The man’s boat shot out into the stream. Matilda climbed the hill that led to the village—the dreary village. And In the west where the day was fast dying the star that comes first to the waiting sky glowed. The Indian and the Spectacles. The Holton Recorder tells an amus ing story of an Indian from the Potta watomie Reservation who visited an oculist In Holton to get a pair of glasses. The oculist seated him, and went through the usual tests with printed cards, eliciting from his cus tomer but little comment as he tried on the different lenses. At last, when the oculist was almost In despair, the Indian pulled a couple of dice from his pocket, threw them on the floor, snapped his lingers as he grunted. “Come seven!" and then smiled all over his fat face when he found he could distinguish the spots readily. And the lesson seems to be that even the unphllosophic red man has grasped the immortal truth that the price of success Is painstaking attention to matter of equipment. Adversity may prepare a man for the life beyond, but it curtails his credit | while hears on earth. —Chicago News. A TOWN’S RAPID GROWTH. KfTeet of President Visit to a Honsos Villas*. Mr. George Clements of Kansas City, a well-known knight of the sample case, is responsible for the following story: “Talk about the rapid growth of cities, why, Neosho Falla, Kan., holds the record. I think the town is still on the map, but I won't be sure. At any rate. I remember when the population Jumped in one day and the next day Jumped back again. 1 nls was merely occasioned by a fair, and not a county fair at that, but sim ply a little crossroads celebration. It was Just after President Hays had been elected. He was touring the West at the (ime, and the citizens of Neosho Falls secured a promise from him to attend their fair. The town was for tunately on the line of a railroad, with a service of two trains a day. but when the company learned of the President's proposed visit a gang of workmen at once started to lay sidings. At least a dozen were constructed around the little frame station, together with a Y for the convenience of the engines. When the great day arrived the Presi dent was at hand, with several mem bers of his cabinet and a military es cort from Fort Riley. The railroad company estimated that 40.000 people visited Neosho Falls that day, and I dare say some of them are talking about It yet. The next day the visitors were all gone, for there were no hotel accommodations, and nothing to feed i them with. The gang of workmen '■aine bark and tore up the sidings and the Y, and the town again resumed its normal placidity, Just as though noth- i ing had happened.” SOME AGED ANIMALS. Thmc Who flwva mi Kaij Life Live for IJultv l.i'ngthr Porloil*. In the vicinity of Paris a home for old domestic animals was established some time ago, and among the present inmates are a mule 72 years old, a cow 36, and a pig 25 years old. It is claimed that domestic animals which lead an easy life are likely to live far beyond the average age, 11 properly cared for. Many birds cer tainly attain an extraordinary age. Eagles, ravens and parrots frequently live a hundred years and pelicans prob ably live as long, for it is recorded that one of these birds was placed in the Amsterdam zoological garden some time before 17i#2. and was still there in 1870. This pelican, too, was at least four or five years old when it was placed in the garden. Eels are also long lived. Professor Buchner tells of one, which was kept for twenty-six years in a pond at Thiengen, in which it was placed at the age of eight years. It attained a length of nearly five feet, and its fav orite haunt was in the current that flowed into the pond. All authorities agree that domestic animals which aiw obliged to do a good deal of work do not live so long as those which lead a placid life. Q«i«*r A<lvertlaementa. A general servant advertised in a Bristol paper for a place the other day, but required “no inquiries; no caps o* aprons; every evening out; good wages,” and a journalist advertised himself as of “no particular ability’* as a recommendation. A clerk re cently sought a place “where greal strength, personal appearance, or abil ity are not required.” “Good butter, fid a lb. Nobody can touch it,” was ambiguous and may have been wrong ly interpreted by the public; and a Gloucestershire paper which inserted the advertisement, “Our one-and ninepenny dinner at 6:30 p. ra. Funerals promptly attended to," apol ogized next day for mixing up two sep arate and distinct announcements. But It Is a fact that a church paper ap pealed lately for “Old man, lam \ deaf, epileptic. Will any Christian take him for a gardener?” ami that in a leading Scotch journal an advertiser asked for “£65 to pay debts incurred through losses at betting.” Tarquolae* Id A«i». Turquoises are the favorite stones of all the Mongol races, and are gener ally worn in their original state, ex cept by the Chinese women, who have them roughly cut, and wear them mixed with pearls and coral. Both the Tibetan men and women ornament themselves with lump turquoises, the men wearing them attached to their single gold earrings, which are worn in the right ear only. The women of (mdakh carry their fortunes on their hands, in the shape of a broad strip of red cloth studded with huge tur quoises. which, starting from the fore head. Is carried over the head, and bauds nearly to the waist. These peraks. as they are called, sometimes cost as much as £2O. By the Ladakhis those turquoises are preferred that have little black specks on them. Ac* or tb« Keg* The Backer und Konditoi zeiting gives the following method of deter mining the age of eggs as practiced In the markets of Paris: ‘ About six ounces of common cooking salt Is put into a large glass, which Is then filled with water. When the salt Is in solu tion an egg is dropped into the glass. If the egg is only one day old it imme diately sinks to the bottom; if any older it does not reach the bottom of the glass. If three days old it sinks only Just below ths surface. From five dsys upward. It floats; the older It is, the more It protrudes out of the water.** He is no wiße man that will quit a certainty tor an uncertainty. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦ ♦ Tile Tlls\t ♦ Some Diseases of t : ms 1 ncir : Positlvc Good to : X Benefit ♦ Humetnity. j By a curious natural law of compen sation various diseases tend to prolong life and Improve the general health. Oouty and rheumatic persons, it is said, have especial cause to be thank ful. Perhaps this 1 nowledgv will help them to be more cheerful than they usually are at seasons of festivity. Gout and rheumatism are exceeding ly painful diseases, and, of course, in some coses prove fatal, but they confer many a blessing upon mankind; and rheumatism particularly is well known to doctors as a preventive of many other diseases. It is a notorious fact that gouty subjects generally live to a ripe age, and albeit they suffer very severely at times, they generally enjoy excellentgeneral health.the very causes of the gout keeping their blood in good condition and making it unendurable to many kinds of microbes. Take half a dozen persons over the age of seventy who suffer from rheu matism or gout, and half a dozen oth ers who suffer from neither, and you will find that, axqppt for their rheuma tism or gout, they enjoy very much better health than the non-sufferers, and stand a splendid chance of outliv ing the latter. Moreover, gout and rheumatism greatly enhance a suffer er's chances of retaining his mental faculties until the end. A large per centage of centenarians who die with MARCH OF PROGRESS DOES AWAY WITH OLD TIME FOP.T ii ii —n —: FAMOUS BUILDING AT PRAIRIF DU CHIEN. WIS.. TO v v BE TORN DOWN w- v* Old Fort Crawford, at Prairie du Chien, Wis., famous in the history of the settlement of the northwest, is be ing torn down and before many days the last remnant of the old fort will be destroyed. Already workmen are tearing away the massive old walls w'hleh long ago sheltered all who sought refuge behind them. For a cen tury and a half they have withstood the ravages of time and the attacks of the painted Indian warrior. Fort Crawford is a relic of long ago; around its barren ruins is grouped more history than at any other place in Wisconsin; it is, indeed, a thing of history, romantic, bloody and price less. Even before the pickax of the first workmen clicked against the crumb ling masonry, there was but little left of the famous old fort. Barren and alone, like towering sentinels guard ing its sacred secrets, two walls of the fort hospital remain. The remainder of the once imposing series of mas sive buildings haVe been entirely de stroyed; they lie In a weed-grown heap of rocky ruins, like a fallen and neg lected monument of fame. The stone walls were fast falling to decay, but the deep narrow windows and the bat tle-scarred buttresses still remain. Toward the Mississippi, which flows past a few rods distant, is a gnarled and stunted oak tree. It is so near the old fort that the afternoon sun sends its thin, sharp shadow upon the barren walls. This alone will remain to mark Thelr Number Constantly There are to-day over three million wage-earning women in the United States, and the only place where wo men have not as yet entered to usurp man’s position is as an officer in the United States army and navy, or a? a sailor or marine. From the inventor down to tho Idegraph messenger men are standing aside bewildered, and in some cases indignant, seeing their po sition taken by a vast and increasing number of women. The position of the wage-earning woman to-day de mands attention. It is true that “fathers throw their daughters into the industrial world on much the same principle that they throw their boys into the water to teach them to swim.” And through heroic struggles the girl Is coming to the surface and learning the strokes. DISASTROUS FRIENDSHIP. Champion* of Orejrfua llhth Suffered Very Naturally there is much speculation in Paris and elsewhere, as to the true cause of the alienatiou of some of the most prominent champions of Alfred Dreyfus from the former wretched pris oner of Devil’s Island. Few persons be lieve that it was only the dismissal of M. Cornely from the Orande Revue that induced M. Reinach to recall the brief in the Henry case from M. bori, or that this affair can at all ac count for the attitude of M. Labort, or Lieut. Col. Picquart toward Dreyfus and his family. That M. 1-abori was profoundly stirred by the remark of one of Dreyfus’ friends that he “could not live on the ‘affaire’ for the rest of his career,” was proved by his pub lished letter, in which he said: “Is it an authorised friend of the Dreyfus family who publicly uses such lan guage? Yet he knows that on the eve of those events I occupied an honor able position at the Palais, that when 1 became counsel for Alfred Dreyfus, briefs flew away from me on the wind of the storm, and that I only recovered my business after the amnesty, against which, although it was against my ta- ■MKv • j A ~ Wage-Earning Women all their wits about them, and with ex cellent memories of the days of their youth, have suffered for many years from rheumatism, and been particular ly free from other diseases. The loss of a leg or an arm is also said to do you good in the long run. It certainly seems that when a man Is deprived of a leg or an arm, the vital ity and vigor of the lost member re main with him to increase the vitality of the remainder. Numbers of elderly persons In more or less feeble health are kept alive by coughs, such, for instance, aa bron chitis. Chronic coughs are peculiarly common to old people, and hundreds who complain of the distress caused them by such affections are really In debted to their coughs for their length of life. The reason of this is that most elderly persons suffer with weak heiuts and feeble circulation of the blood, and weak hearts become weaker and weaker merely as a result of their weakness. A constant cough corrects this, keeps the heart boating more strongly than it otherwise would, and the strong heart beat keeps the blood circulating more quickly, and the vital organs are thus kept in a state of activity which could only be main tained by artificial means and for a limited time but for the troublesome cough. the spot where at one time many of the most famous soldiers of the American army fought. • To the lover of the historic and ro mantic there is something cruel about the destruction of the remains of old Fort Crawford. To the residents of Prairie dn Chien, who for years have seen and thought little of the past of the dilapidated old walls, it is a bard, cold business proposition. They see no reason why sentiment should retard the progress of their city. They can see nothing to be gained in the pres ence of the staring sentinels of stone. But a few rods north from the site of the fort, hidden from the casual glance by the thick growth of rank weeds, and made more obscure by the presence of broken down fences, is the old federal cemetery. There is no hand to strew flowers upon the graves of the heroes whose remains lie there. It is a place of mysterious surroundings and is avoided and shunned. Though upon the age-worn granite tablets th« epigraphs of many whose names arw inserted in living letters upon the pages of history are carved in crude broken letters, there is none to notice them nor to give them a passing thought. The massive old fort proper has long since been torn down and upon Its site now stands the beautiful St. Mary's academy. Where the report of the sen try’s gun once startled the wilderness now Is h»ard the peaceful tones of the convent bell. ncreasing in the United States In order to become a wage-earner in the city the girl must have some sort of preparation and experience. This means if she is to learn her trade she must practically give a year of her time and work without wages, al though her brothei at the very outset earns something even as an apprentice and is advanced according to his abil ity. The wage-earning woman and her problem has accomplished two things; she has formed a mutual bond between women or leisure and women of labor, and she has also opened the eyes of philanthn/plsts to the fact that the In dustrial problem of women is at the bottom of the moral problem, with the result that the Rescue Homes for Women are being supplanted by homes for wage working women. tcrests to do so. I struggled incessant ly.” Nor are M. Uibori and CoL Pic quart the only malcontents. M. Ibels the artist, who did yeoman's work for Dreyfus in the old days, with his biting caricatures, says in a letter to the Libre Parole: "I am not the only one to perceive that the great and splendid affair of humanity was nothing but a dirty commercial and political deal fa cilitating for the Jews the conquest of power and the cornering of markets.” Igiter on, in an interview M. Ibels re marked: "Among the Dreyfusarde, as we were called, there were honest per sons. such as Zola, 1-abori, CTemenceau, Picquart. myself and others. Poor, hon est people and simpletons that we were. How we have been done, and how wo have been dropped once the peril over. How we have had to pay for our independence of character and dis interestedness. I have seen laibori cry and not so long ago. Ho shed tears In telling me how he suffered, and how heartbroken he was. Col Picquart also Is heartbroken. He will have a lot to say. He remains on one aide, sacrificed like us. Zola has lost his cross. Pi#, quart his rank, Laborl his practice, and I the right to earn my living.”—Mew York Post WHERE DOCTORS Ft To Cure Woman’s Ills, LydU E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com. pound Succeeds. Mrs. Paulina J udioon Writes: “D*ar Mbs. Pin kham:—Soon after mj marriage two years ago I f ounil myself in constant pain. 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