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FASHION HINTS
7oag fine nd extreme simplicity
snake this charming gown of chiffon Tel
vet. A heavy tilk meah Iniartioo four
'lochs wide, it the only trimming Died.
Ic tares Then.
The) American hat the taring grace
f humor. Seldom In the real pinch
-does It tail to come to the uppermost
and he gets a good laugh out ot what
men born tinder other ikies would
construe at nothing elae than a fight
The "bead gent" of a t t t. ahow
playing at Holton recently handed out
a warm one to the audience. There
waa to much going oa In Holton that
night that the theatrical business suf
fered, but the aforesaid "gent" seem
ed to think that the people did not ap
predate the high-class histrionic art
erred, vp by the company. He frank
ly, stated In a curtain speech that In
tils opinion the playa pretented were
too refined for Holton. "But," he add
ed, "w will try to get down to your
terel by presenting 'The Whole Dam
family. which does not contain a sen
lble Una. I think thlt play will ap
peal to you."
"Tha audience," taya Frank Jarrell,
la telling- the matter, "Instead of get
ting mad and lynching the actor, taw
-the funny aide of the case and laugh
ed long and loud at him. He didn't
aay any more." Kansas City Journal.
Hr Oaly Course).
lady Anne Lindsay, the author ot
tho old poem, "Auld Robin Gray," wat
ot only a delightful conversationalist,
but ana waa a great story teller.
This gift made her not only a wel
-com guest abroad, but a valuable
member of the home circle, for It la
elated in "A Group of Scottish Wo
men" that at a dinner party which the
waa giving to tome friends an old
nan servant caused some amusement
by saying in a perfectly audible under
tone:
;My lady, you must tell another
atorr. Tho second course won't be
ready for Ore minutes."
Waistcoats for Dogs.
Faaey cold weather waistcoats for
pet doga, madt by experienced tailors.
U taa announcement that meets the
ye la a London west-end shop. These
walttcoata are made In all the latest
colon and of the finest materials
They are braided and beautifully fin
iaaed. and must take bourt to manu
fax tar. Cftartna In tha shape of mir
rors, tlay amahe with the dog's mon
grun eat the back, and tUrer beads
ara ether novelties advertised for dog
wear.
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The Quest of
Betty Lancey
Tiy WACDA F. WEST
CopyrUbt, 1909, by W. 0. Chapman. Copyright In Great Britain
15
CHAPTF.U VIII.
The warrant was served on the Har-
eourts that morning at six o clock.
ut of consideration for Mrs. Har
oiirt, whom her husband claimed was
dcllcnte, and who really looked as
fragile as a piece of porcelain, the
llarcourts were not removed to the Jail
tit a cordon of sleuths was appointed
to patrol their apartments. The hotel
management was sorely wroth, and
tried to insist upon the departure 'of
the llarcourts, but Harcourt came
down handsomely with an enormous
amount of cash, and the mollified man
agement became less censorious. Ear
ly that afternoon, Mrs. Harcourt fell
very 111 with a seemingly malignant
fe ver an outgrowth of their long resi
dence In India, so her husband said.
There was a brief preliminary hearing
at 2:30 In the Harcourt apartments.
"My name is Harold Harcourt, and
I live In the Hill district. In India," at
tested the witness, when called. I
am 35 years of age and have been mar
ried to my wife for the past six years.
She Is 24, and we have been traveling
for her hearth during the post two
years, following the accidental drown
ing of our baby son. My wife's mind
has never been perfectly clear since
the harrowing moment when she pulled
our dead son out of the clutches of a
treacherous pool, not fifty feet from
her bedroom window. At the advice of
physicians, we have gone from country
to country, seeking novelty and change,
hoping to restore her to her normal
state. My occupation? Why, 1 havo
none. 1 receive a large Income from
Inherited properties, so does my wife
and Jointly we own several rich dia
mond mines. We never saw the young
woman. Miss I.nncey, I believe her
name is, at all. I am positive my wife
never did until last evening. Why we
should be held lilto this Is Incompre
hensible to mo. On this card you will
find the names of a number of London,
and Calcutta firms, who will give you
any references of me you may desire.
"The night of tho murder of Cerlsse
Wayne we were In Milwaukee us our
hotel bills and receipts will show. The
following afternoon late we arrived and
went to the Directory Hotel. That
evening I was trying to explain to my
wife some changes I was contemplat
ing In my Indian estate and was
sketching the plans with the idea of
keeping her amused, as she had been
particularly fretful and nervous all
day. The room was close, and Insuf
ferable with the smell of steam pipes,
so we had raised the window wide and
flung high tho Bhade. I drew out my
wallet to get a memorandum and In
doing so pulled out by accident a little
photograph of my wife that I always
carry with me, and some important
passports. The wind sent the curtain
flying and whisked these papers out
of my hand. I hurried to the window
and saw them light on an opposite fire
escape and tried to recover them. As
the hotel clerk has probably told you
the papers were not recovered."
"Now, I trust, gentlemen, that my
wife and I will be allowed to proceed
without any further reference or en
tanglement in this most undesirable
affair."
Wasn't there a letter dropped out
of your wallet?" asked Larry Morris,
stepping forward. "If you please, I'd
like to submit two exhibits In evl-
cence." He produced the picture and
the letter that had been fished from
the fire escape and proceeded to relate
how they had been acquired.
llarcourt's face flushed with pleas
ure at sight of the photograph. When
the letter was handed to him ho paled
whether with fright or with anger, was
Indistinguishable.
"Thlt It an insult," he hissed.
"What's your wife's name, Mr. Har
court 7" asked the court
'My wife? Her name? Mm. Har
court, of course."
"Her first name?1
"Narclese."
"Did you ever see this letter be
fore?
The hotel register was brought Into
the room, and as expert testimony
went to the effect that the signature on
the register tallied with the conforma
tion of the writing not only on the let
ter that had been picked up in the
court-room, but with those found in
the Wayne death chamber, Mr. liar-
court was requested to make conies nt
the documents and hand them to the
murt He did this with great trnM..
Hon. but the results were verv nniii.
the originals.
A movement was begun to prove that
Mr. Harcourt had painfully disguised
hl wrltlna- and the matter
to the experts again,
The man's garter Johnny Johnson
had picked up In the closet of Mrs.
Wayne's room, and a second one, only
too plainly Its mate, in the same gold
emerald and amethyst design, marked
with the Initial "II," that he had found
liisLie mo tnresnoia or inn f landers
house at 94 Hrtarsweet place, were
shown to Harcourt. lie disowned these
emphatically nnd declared he had
never seen either of them before.
I-arry Morris, sworn next, told of the
the reasons for Hetty's visiting the
Harcourt apartments displaying sev
eral photographs and sketches that
hud been made of the late Mrs. Wayne,
remarking on the great similarity be
tween the appearances of the two
women, and begging the court to see
for itself.
With Harcourt indignantly fuming,
a comparison 'between the living worn
an and the photograph was made, Mrs.
Harcourt was in a comatose state and
as she lay prostrate on the wide bed,
death pale and with her hair half un
bound, the Inquest of the preceding day
rose like a mirage! The quick and
the dead seemed one.
Harcourt was bound over till the full
term of court. No count was found
against his wife.
CHAPTKIt IX.
When, two days later; Mr. Henry D.
Franx, of Fran, Poubleday & Co.,
Bankers, Ban Kranclsco. California, ar
rived, the Wayne murder mystery and
the unaccountuble disaDDearanca. of
Betty I-anaey were still In a cUiiotlo
and unsolveable state. Likewise . the
Vlan-Aperilla. His going waa like his I diamond mines of great value, appar
eomlna unseen bv man. unknown and I ently. One typewritten letter was In
o
all unlriire:ille. Hamley Hnrkleye, too.
the strange lessee of 94 l'rinrsweet
place, whs not lo be found. Thn nillk
ninn, who tin lined he had been pnlil for
a month's warts In Advance, continued
lo 1 ave n daily allowance of milk and
cream on Hie hack stoop, and the accu
mulation of bottled on tlio Flanders
doorstep was wnxlng large. Cablej)
from London brought word tbnt Hack-
leye was a younger son of tho late Sir
Walter Ilackleye; that for four years
past he had been conducting tropical
explorations, and that he was possess
ed of an Immense private fortune. The
Immediate family, an aged mother and
widowed sister, and two brothers, both
unmarried, lived In England for years,
and had heard nothing of Hamley that
boro upon his llfo with any degree of
leflnlteness. He was a bookish sort of
fellow; Imaginative and fond of origi
nal research, quiet, and of no bad hab
its so far as they knew, agreed all re
ports. No photographs of him since
he was a plump little codger of six
were to be had. A copy of one of these
so ran the message, was being made In
London, and would be forwarded Im
mediately upon completion.
Johnny Johnson felt that he had
drawn a blank in bis sleuthing expedi
tion through tho house at 94 Briar-
sweet riace, where tho death chamber
visitor had vanished. The rooms smell-
ed musty and the house bore the stamp
of the unoccupied save for several
suits of clothes, wearing the imprint
of a I'lcadllly tailor, banging in the
closet of one of tho bedrooms. These
must have fitted a man of medium
height and build. There were no per
sonal memoranda around, and "to all
intents the house was tho same as
when Attorney Flanders had let it
nearly a week previous. The garter
Johnny had found on tho threshold
was a woeful aggravation.
"If tho owner had only lost one of
them," soliloquized Johnny, "I might
have traced him by matching the pair.
As It is now, there's no chance at all!"
Mr. Franz, who was a plump little
German, a shade too well-tailored, a
whit too urbane, had fetched with him
a picture of Cerlsse Wayne that tallied
exactly with the portrait that had
blown from llarcourt's window. That
the same negatlte had permitted both
prints was manifest.
Then they led him into the presence
of Mrs. Harcourt. She was sitting in
the shadow of the window wrapped In
a wadded gow.i o' , ;. y - I . -).
was very listless and had not c.jokun a
word for hours. Harcourt declared that
this had been her wont at Intervals
since the death of the baby.
They sent Frana into the room a lit
tle ahead of his escort. "Mrs. Wayne,"
ejaculated the banker, letting fall his
little black valiso. "Why, they told
. JIM
me you were aeuu:
Ho advanced a few steps, and reach
ed forth' his hand, but the moment he
glimpsed Mrs. Harcourfs eyes he drop
ped his outstretched arm and stepped
back.
It is it is not the Same," he
murmured, studying closely the face
and figure before him. Mrs. Harcourt
dropped her eyes in a terrilled fash
ion and raised them again to find llv
soft, calm gaze of Philip Hartley fixed
gteadlly upon her. For a full moment
she looked sharply, composedly at
Hartley, then from him to her hus-
band, and then again to Frans. Spring.
Ing from her chair, with the terror of a
child, she flung aside her wrappings,
and throwing herself upon Hartley,
clung to him, screaming:
'Oh, can't you tave me from them;
save me, take me away; they kill me
with those awful drugs!
Fram paled and turned his horri
fied gaze out of the window.
"The delirium again!" cried Har.
court "Poor girl, poor girl."
Harcourt strove to take his wife
away, but she would not looso her
grasp upon the arm of the reporter,
and there waa no gainsaying the clasp
of those cold and tautly Interlocked
fingers.
Hartley, the tender, coaxed the
frightened woman Into the bedroom,
and despite llarcourt's expostulations
sent for a doctor. Harcourt swore they
would kill her and declared himself a
better man of medicine than half the
practitioners In the town. Every time
he approached his wife, however, she
broke into rrignuui screams, ana Kepi
nor eye" constantly avenea iron nor
husband's gaie. l ne signt or trans
appeareu 10 imvo un.ntm num. cuo,
have forged some link in her mind
thllt bor directly upon this mystery-
u'lfoldln mystery.
While they anticipated the doctor
the examination of Henry Frans went
on. It was disappointing In Us In In
definlteness of result.
Hut the body of Cerlsse Wayne had
been taken from the vault where It lay
pending Identification by Mr. Frans,
so from airs, narcouris rooms iney
led him to the body. Then the comn
lid was loosened and the shrouded fig
ure of tho deud woman wus revealed.
Shu was more the Image of Mrs. Har
court thun Mrs. Harcourt herself. For
Mrs. Harcourt, when they left her, was
sunk in a deadly coma, and the llvor
of death Bcemcd reflected on her coun
tenance. Cerlsse Wayne lay there.
calm, quiet and all ut ease, like sleep
ing marble.
'Wonderful, wonderful! The like
ness,' commented Mr. Franz. lie
scrutinized the face and hands of the
corpse closely and said slowly:
"I am positive that this is the worn
an that our firm knew as :r
t tha tax
Wayne. Who tho womun a
rectory Hotel may be, the woi
so closely resembles ser, I cannot say.
All I know of Mrs. Wayne is that her
deposits with us have been coming,
as I wrote you, for some time. When
we bud notlco of her death we delay
ed opening her safety deposit box till
we hud a court order. Within wo found
the most gorgeous collections of Jewels
Imaginable here are photographs of
them necklaces, stomachers, all of
them trinkets for the adorning of
woman. Also copies concerning trans
fers of various property interests In
Central Africa, particularly in the re
I glons mapped as unexplored. Several
I of these make mention. Indefinitely, of
the box, addressed to Mrs. Wayne and
signed, 'Your Fond Father.' Here is a
copy of it."
My Dear Daughter It Is with
great despair that I urge upon you
again, the necessity for finding your
brother Francis, and securing from
him the route to the Tiougaley Mines.
He is the only living soul who has this
knowledge. Ills refusal to divulge the
Information to me is but another
proof of his unnatural and unflllul at
titude. I must Insist that you find
Francis and make him tell you the lo
cation of the lost fields. Cease seeking
your will o' the wisp Ideal your fool
ish love. Find Francis Instead and
having found him return home to
Ilackleye as soon as possible. Ho Is
growing uncontrollably Jealous of you,
and not only threatening your life, but
mine, and that of the children, too.
They are both well, but Taula has had
much trouble with her throat since the
rains began. I'm afraid she will never
be well in this climate. Do not mis
understand me. Ilackleye Is where
you cannot trifle with him any longer,
and the demands on our moneys have
been so great that unless we get hold
of the new fields, we will be poverty
stricken nt the end of the year. I wish
you would quit your gaming. I do not
mean less wealthy, mind you, but prac
tically poor. Iteflf-ct what this means.
Cerlsse, seek out Francis, find him if
possible, and by all means make him
draw you a chart or map of those fa
mous and almost forgotten fields. Take
care of yourself, my daughter. With
much love,
"Your Fond Old Father."
"That straightens it all out for us
nicely now," chattered Hank Smith's
voice on the air. "Hamley Ilackleye
is Cerlsse Wayne's husband, and
Wayne must huve been her maiden
name. Evidently she didn't love Ilack
leye, and she ran away to love some
body else and to find her brother Fran
cis, and 'to learn about those diamond
mines. Now If the whole bunch of them
lived In Africa, I'd believe that ths
Man-Aperilla Is a trained ape, a sort ot
body servant that followed along aftei
the husband. He traced her here to
the Desterle house, leased the Flandera
home, and then called h her surrepti
tiously. I don't believe Hubby evei
went to murder his little wife, but the
cot Into a family row because Wine
didn't want to go home with Hubby,
and In the fracas that followed wlfW
got :he worst of it, and, by the way"
here Hank's voice sank to a whisper
"I wonder if she really was dead or
only drugged? And have any of you
noticed the similarity between the
names 'Hamley Ilackley and 'Harold
Harcourt?'"
' "You reason like a woman. Hank,"
growled Larry Morris. "You're con
tradictory from the start."
"Perhaps."
(To be continued.) !'
STUDIES AMERICAN WAYS.
Syrian Girl Learns to Wear Corsets
and Hot After Severe Trial
Betrothed seven years ago In hei
Syrian home to Wllllaai Bofysll, now
of this city, 18-year-old Mary Abraham
has arrived here from over seas tc
marry him, the Owosso (Mich.) corre
spondent of the Detroit News says. But
marriage Is a serious business in
Syria. "Whom God hath Joined to
gether let no man put asunder," la In
terpreted literally there. So William
and Mary nre sensibly preparing them
selves for matrimony so that no mis
take shall be made and their live;
ruined.
It Is really a trial betrothal. Will
lam is fond of America; he will never
go back to the "old country" to live;
so it Is necessary that his wife be
come acquainted with American ways,
aid also be given time to decide
whether K.he will be satisfied here.
With forethought Bofysll has arrang
ed that the girl be given a practical
course in domestic science. His plan
la proving successful, and the wedding
will undoubtedly take place within a
few weeks.
Mary arrived about three weeks ago.
She waa still clad in the picturesque
garments of the fatherland. She wore
bright-colored bodice and skirt, and
wooden sandals. Her crinkly, abund
ant black hair waa bare. She had
never worn a hat.
Bofysll haa relatives here In the dry
goods business, and the wife of one of
these relatives undertook the task of
getting the newcomer Into American
clothing. Mary had never seen a cor
set, much less worn one, and she
screamed with pain and fright when
the lady and a girl clerk began lacing
up the stays: "O-oh! It Is hurting my
heart!" In a few days she became
reconciled to It, aa she has to a be
coming hat which was purchased for
her. At first she said with a wilful
pout: "I have never worn a hat, and
I won't wear one now! I hate any
thing on my head!"
Miss Abraham Is studying the Amer
ican way of keeping house in the home
of an American family in this city.
She speaks no English, and they do
not, of course, understand her lan
guage, but by means of signs and a
few phrases which each has added to
the common vocabulary, they get along
famously. The girl calls the man of
the house "papa," as she has heard
his daughter do, and calls his wife
"mamma." The groom-elect oom.es
each evening and Is delighted at the
progress which she proudly recounts
to him.
Tho colloquial name for the aristoc
racy In Mary's home town which la
Andara, Lebanon is "Turkey." So
her state of mind can be dimly Im
agined when Mr. Bofys''. chanced to
remark the other day tbfct they would
have "turkey" for Christmas dinner.
Earnest and repeated explanation, in
which everybody In the house took
part, waa necessary before Mary grasp
ed the fact that Americans are not ad
dicted to cannibalism. In fact, only
ia of tne blri1 wnlcn was t0 Brace
wa V.ard on the feast day coma anay
the last lingering suspicion.
Klsalna Privileges Barred.
George Shute of New Jersey, has
Just been bound over under a heary
penalty for kissing his wife against
her will. Justice Ware warned tho
man not to kiss his wife again with'
out first obtalulug her consent.
National Iiarere.
"Chinamen are very different from
us in one thing, ain't they, pop?" ia
a great many, but what's your oat?"
"Why, if a Chinaman don't get a yellow-jacket
on him, he's stung."
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY PTJZZL2.
'
FIND LITTLE GEORGE, THE HATCHET AND THE CHOPPED-DOWN
CHERRY TREE.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
All honor to that day which long ago
Gave birth to him who Freedom's
cause espoused;
Who, by his ardor in the sacred fight.
The fire and strength of patriots
aroused;
Who knew no master, save that One
divine
Whose strength was his, who knew
no fear, save one
The fear of doing wrong! All hall the
day
That gave to Freedom's cause George
Washington!
Years come and go, and generations
fall
Into the dust. The world Its heroes
gives.
They step upon the stage, tlien pass
away
And are no more, but Freedom ever
lives.
And while it lives, and while Its ban
ner bright
Is upward flung into the golden sun.
Within the, heart of every freeman's
child
Will live that honored name, George
Washington.
Then honor to the day that gave him
birth.
For It is also Freedom's natal day.
Let all who worship Freedom's cause
stand forth
And to his memory their homage
pay.
And let each loyal son the work take
. up
For, know ye, Freedom's work is
never done
And greater, grander, build the edifice
Begun so long ago by Washington.
Arthur J. Burdlck.
When George Became a Mason.
One of the Interesting evidences that
George Washington la not a myth is
the record of hla becoming a Mason.
Fredericksburg lodge. No. 4, has been
In existence since 1752, and In the
vaults are the original documents
showing that George was Initiated as
a Mason on the 4th of November, 1752;
he passed to the Fellow Craft degree
March 3, 1753, and was raised to Mas
ter Mason Aug. 4, 1753. The entry on
the Journal reads as follows:
4th August, 5753, which day, the
lodge being present, transactions of
the evening are: George Washington,
raised Mason, Thomas James entered
an apprentice.
Another Interesting bit of corrobora
tion as to the existence of such a per
son as George Washington is the will
made by his mother. This Interesting
document is still part of the records to
be seen at the Fredericksburg city
hall. Few people see any of these
historical treasures, however, as only
men of strong physique are able to
endure the bed and board of Freder
icksburg's one hotel. The will, after
the solemn introduction, refers as fol
lows to the Father of His Country:
"Imprimis: 1 give to my son, Gen.
George Washington, all land In Acco
keek run, in the county of Stafford,
and also my negro boy George, to him
and his heirs forever. Also my best
bed, bedstead and Virginia cloth cur
tains (the same that stands In my best
bedroom), my quilted blue and white
quilt, and my best dressing glass."
Washington and Lincoln.
Happy Is the nation whose mightiest
events are grouped about great person
alltles, know-able, humanly complete,
heart-satisfying. In them is embodied
the spirit of the historical movements
they commanded. Through them the
best Ideals of their contemporaries are
clear to us. Their biographies are na
tional eplts.
Without Washington America, by
weight of growing nationality, would
have parted sooner or later from the
mother country. Fifty years ago the
forces that tended to national unity
were stronger than those that made
for disunion, and In the end unity
must have prevailed, even without
Lincoln. But in Washington and Lin
coln are concentrated the meaning of
tho nation's great triumphs. The young
nation scrambling to its feet after the
struggle for independence, uncertain,
untried, became Instantly personified
In the grave wisdom of Washington.
The spirit of union, so sorely crippled
by the Civil War, and long suspected
by many Americana to be but the spirit
of tyranny in disguise, took before all
men's eyes the rhape of Lincoln, so
that Whitman il ri:c,ht of unionism as
"a new ' virtu", unknown to other
lands," to l:e rdr'e.l to Lincoln's hon
esty, goodneu. shrewdness, conscience.
That the n:it ion bred, ,each for hla
time, the man who led and typified his
fellow men justifies democracy In its
hope for the future. Washington was
the product of transplanted English
civilization, adopting when the time
came Ideals hostile to the traditional
order, but preserving the essence of
that order in his conservatism and gra
cious dignity. Lincoln was the perfect
fruit of a half-century of national In
dependence, realizing a democracy that
was not In Washington's blood, but
which he believed in and hoped for.
The new nation had made a new man.
We can easily forget or fall to learn
the principles of events long past. But
the men who were the nation's soul,
them we can understand; we hear
their voices; we see their faces; we
love their living presence. And so
patriotism cannot grow cold. The
heart of American history is In these
vivid personalities, and its spirit looks
out
From behind this bending, rough-cut
mask,
These lights and shades, this drama of
the whole.
Youth's Companion.
FACTS ABOUT WASHINGTON.
As commander in chief of the army
he drew $500 a month.
Of 69 electoral votes cast for tho
first President he got 69.
He was 57 years old when he en
tered upon the office of President
His army, when he first took charge,
was 14,000 men, 9,000 of them from
Massachusetts.
, He always had his hair powdered at
public receptions, and never shook
hands with any one at such times.
His father had a fanm of 1,000 acres,
so that chopped cherry tree wasn't
such a heavy loss after all.
He was very successful as a raiser
of wheat and tobacco, and In addition
carried on brickyards and fisheries In
terests.
At his Inauguration he wore a full
Bult of fine cloth made by his own
servants, and the dresses of his wife
were alsg woven on the plantation.
He was just 21 years old when Got.
Dinwiddle sent him on a perilous jour
ney to Ohio to find out the strength of
the French, which he accomplished
handily.
The Indians said he hore a charmed
life after he got four bullets through
his coat and had two horses shot under
him In a movement led by Gen. Brad-
dock against Fort Duquesne.
At 13 he was the strength marvel
of the neighborhood, being abundantly
able to outwrestle, outrun, outleap, out-
p I ten quoits and outtoss Iron bars any
boy of his age In Virginia, to say noth
ing of his hatchet accomplishments.
He wrote Gov. Clinton, at the close
of the war: "The scene is at last
closed, and I feel myself eased of a
load of public care. I hope to spend
the remainder of my days In cultivat
ing the affection of good men and In
the practice of the domestic virtues."
Noaro luminal.
Tourist So you knew George Wash
Ington? Is it true that he never told
a lie?
I'ncle Ephralm Well, If he did, sun.
be done and gone and tole It In slcn
a way dat It sounded precackly talk
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TBOfAPSON'S EYE WATER
A Matter of Diction.
In all Its phases of development, lan
guage has Its niceties, and the fine
shadings in the meaning of words cur
rent in different communities, between
which at first glance there might seem
to be little choice, are sometimes well
worth consideration.
No one gifted with even a modicum of
sympathetic imagination could fall to
be touched by this plaint from a hard
working, motherly woman, born and
bred on a farm In one part of Mis
souri, and now summoned by destiny
to prepare the meals of a household ot
miners In another section of the same
state.
"Here I stand the whole day
through," she said, sadly, "boiling and
sweating over the hot stove, trying to
fix up something tasty to fill up the
stomachs of a lot o' men-folks, and
then they up and call my good grub
chuck!"
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ins falling airancn.
In the grounds of Dalhousle castle,
Scotland, Is said to be a famous ex
ample of the sympathy of the vegeta
ble world with human death. It waa
anciently believed In the neighborhood
that a branch always fell from this
oak when a member of the family died.
Apparently the fall of the original tree
early In the eighteenth century did not
break the sympathy, for a new one
sprang from the old root, and It Is
upon record that as lately as 1374 an
old forester, seeing a branch fall from
this on a still day, cried, 'The laird's
deed noo!" News of the eleventh Earl
of Dalhousle's death soon followed.
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Dothircll and Queen Slary.
Dunrobln castle, In Scotland, was
the scene of a discovery a few years
ago of a document relating to Mary
Queen of Scots, which, had it seen
the light when poor Mary Stuart was
about to commit the crowning act ot
folly In marrying Bothwell, would
have changed the whole aftercourse
of her life. The document was the
original dispensation granted by the
Vatican to Lady Jane Gorden to en
able her to marry her cousin, the earl
of Bothwell. When the latter wanted
to espouse his sovereign he declared
his union with Lady Jane Gordon null
find void on the ground of their rela
tionship and obtained a divorce. The
assumption Is that Lady Bothwell was
only too glad to get rid of the aris
tocratic blackguard she called hus
band, for she must have had the dis
pensation, the production of which
would have made her marriage valid
and prevented Mary's taking place.
That she had it is proved by Its being
found in the charter room at Dun
robln, where it had Iain for three
centuries, and whither she doubtless
brought It on her second marriage In
1573 to Alexander, earl of Suther
land, ancestor of tho dukes of Suther
land. A Fussy Set.
"What's all this talk about boycot
ting Dick Bannerman?"
"Haven't you heard? He was seen
kissing the cook!"
"The cook! Why, good gracious,
man, Dick's wife does her own cook
ing." "Does she? I didn't know that But
that doesn't let him out."
"Why not?"
"In our set It it considered very
bad form for gentlemen to kiss their
wives." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
GET POWEH.
The Supply Comes from Food.
If we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can?
That Is only possible by use of skil
fully selected food that exactly fits the
requirements of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a
poor fire Is not a good steam producer.
"From not knowing how to select
the right food to fit my needs, I suf
fered grievously for a long time from
stomach troubles," writes a lady from
a little town In Missouri.
"It seemed as If I would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything that
I could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
Blled my stomach with gas. I got thin
ner and thinner until I literally be
came a living skeleton and in time was
compelled to keep to my bed.
"A few months ago I was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such
ood effect from the very beginning
that I have kept up its nee ever since.
I was surprised at the ease with which
I digested it. It proved to be just
what I needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms, the
heartburn, the Inflated feeling which
gr.ve me so much pain disappeared.
My weight gradually Increased from
98 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded
out, my strength came back, and I am
now able to do my housework and en
Joy It Grape-Nuts did It."
A ten days' trial will show anyone
some facts about food.
Look In pkga. for the little book,
"The Road to Wellvllle." "There's a
Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A
sew one appears from time to time.
They are genuine true, and full of
human Interest.
