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tiii: KNUAoi:n oiuu
An cngugod girl ia otton a very fool
lah girl with regard to her future hus
band's relatives. Sho looks at them
with coldness, as people who suppose
themselves to lmvo moro light in her
lover than she herself has. She docs
not caro particularly about them, per
haps, nnd thinks them frumpy or over
particular, and she takes little pains
to hido that they don't interest her.
Sho seems to expect that he will lose
his old closonesR of relation with his
own people at once, and adopt hers in
their stead. Sho is impatient and re
sentful of any claim they make to his
tlmo or notice, and thinks sho ought
to have tho monopoly. This is not only
'wrong, it is foolish as well, says the
(Toronto News.
Sho should remember that, after all,
hiB own family have tho prior right,
and that it needs a good deal of un
selfishness and self-effacement to re
sign that right without a pang to a
ptrango girl, if even it is a girl he
lores. Sho'should think that to" even
the most generous of mothers it Is a
hard thing to part with her son to an
other woman, and tho more sho her
self loves that son tho moro she ought
to understand his mother's lovo and
sympathize with it.
Sho ought to reflect that upon her
attitude now toward her finance's peo
plo much of tho happiness or tho dis
comfort of her future llfo will rest.
Sho ought to realize what a torribio
responsibility sho is taking on herself
if she does anything to sever tho close
bond between her husband nnd his
people. It is Inevitable that if sho
makes a faction against them ho will
Bide with her, nnd by how small a
difference may sho mnko a quarrel
that will break tho old affection for
life.
Her nim should bo to win their lik
ing and their confidence, no matter
how littlo congenial sho may chance
to find them, and it docs not always
follow that because sho loves a man
Blio finds his family lovable, too. Sho
should make up her mind to put up
with much, if needs be, to onduro nnd
to be patient, nnd to overlook. Sho
must realize that from henceforth his
RECEPTION AND LUNCHEON GOWNS.
' 1. Reception gown of tan cloth,
with embroidery on tho bodlco In
Bhadea of pink and green; trimmed
with green panne velvet and white
.chiffon. i
peoplo aro to bo her own people, nnd
Mint if she ia not prepared to take tho
rough with tho smooth, In that rela
tion sho had better let tho wholo thing
go. A girl who really loves tho man
she marries will not need ho told much
of what it is right to do in this re
spect. AS TO UKKHSINO TUT. HAUL
With the flat hats and low turbans
now in voguo a chango in halrdross
Inc becamo necessary, and tho colffuro
litis receded from tho cxtremo top
and front of the head to the back.
A charming arrangement has, tho hair
waved softly nil around, parted at tho
side and colled loosely in two llguro
eights, held together by jewelled
combs. The Cutognn braid also is
seen. This old-fashioned colffuro is
mado by tying tho hair Just below tho
crown nnd forming two braids that
are looped up to the tying and fast
ened there. This leaves four lines
of braided hair, which aro flattened
to tho head and caught by pins, nnd
finished with n fancy comb. If tho
loops of the hair extend beyond tho
nupe of tho neck, so much tho moro
fashlonnblo is the wearer. Tho front
of the hair should bo parted off nnd
waved and fnstoned under tho knot,
says tho Plain Denier. ,
It seems quite certain that low and
eKborato hnlrdrcsslng, with many
curls and braids, will tako tho placo
ot the styles that bavo prevailod so
long. Tho pompadour, as of old, parts
reluctantly with Its sway, but it grows
smaller dny by day and cannot last
into tho summer.
HriU.NG HOW.f, TKIl'LU BKIHT.
"Dry rot" is the putrefaction of tho
vegetable albumen in wood, and can
be prevented only by some process ot
hardening or extracting this element.
2. Luncheon gown of mauvo crcpo
do chino, with bolero of panno volvet
of deeper shade of mauve, yoke nnd
sleeves of cluny lace; spangled tullo
drawn from under bolero and knotted
with rosette In front.
Tim laki: sinn.
The shadows round tho Inland fen,
Aro deepening Into nlRht;
Blow up the slopes of Osslpee
They chnne the lessening light.
Tired of tho long day's blinding heat,
I rest my languid recti
I-ake of tho Hills, where, cool and sweot.
Thy sunset waters llel
Along th sky tn wavy lines,
O'er Islo and rench nnd bay,
Green-belted with eternal pines,
Tho mountains stretch away,
Ilclow, tho ninplo masses sleep
Where shoro with water blonds,
Whilo midway on tho tranquil deep
Tho evening light descends.
So seemed It when you hilt's red crown,
Of old, tho Indian trod,
And, through the sunset ulr, looked down
Upon the Smile of Ood.
To him of light nnd shado tho laws
No forest lyric tnught;
Their living and .eternal cuuso
Ills truer Instinct sought.
Ho saw theso mountnlns In the light
Which now ucross them shines!
This lake, In summer sunxct bright,
Walled round with sonibcrlng pines.
Ood near hlin seemed; from curth and
skies
His loving voice ho hoard,
As, fnco to fnco In i'nrndlse,
Man stood beforo tho Lord.
Thanks. O our Father! that like him,
Thy tender love I see,
In radiant hill nnd woodland dim,
And tinted sunset sea.
For not In mockery dost thou nil
Our earth with light and grace;
Thou hld'st no dnrk and cruel will
llehlnd Thy smiling fnco.
John Orccnlcnf Whlttlcr.
Van Zandt's Vindication,
BY J. P. PHILLIPS.
(Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Asher had Just finished putting nn
extra block of coal in the blazing grate
and was tapping it with tho tonga to
incrcaso Its brisk glow, when ono of
of tho men spoke, thus breaking tho
chain of silenco. Outsldo, tho air was
filled with particles of swirling Bnow
and, all portentous of a night in-doors,
with Jovial companions, oho youthful
member of tho Letho club puffed moro
vigorously than over at his pipe. Then
ho stopped, lookod Inquiringly at tho
coterlo nestling in easy chairs around
tho flro and advanced tho words that
dispelled tho unusual quiet.
"Where's Vanny?" asked Collier, ho
of tho light curly locks, and Arundo
Hau bearing, as ho looked at his
watch. "Ho told mo ho was coming
hero at 10; wo'ro duo to finish that tlo
gamo of billiards, but, as yet, I'vo seen
no sign of him. Wonder what's the
matter?"
"Oh, you needn't bother about Van
Zandt," nnswered Asher, as ho onco
moro seated himself in tho restful
leather covered armchair. "Novor
know him to keep an appointment
Btrictly on time; I'll lay you odds of
live to ono ho finishes tho stretch at
least a quartor hour to tho bad. I
know that's no moro than he'd bo will
ing to allow If ho was hero now. And
besides, it would tako a moro rigid
prom I so than tho ono he mado you to
induco him to leave Miss Trezovnnt
without his customary brief graco for
saying 'good night.' Sho'll bo tho un
doing of him, I'm nfrald."
Carlough, tho club's self-appointed
analyst in all matters pertaining to tho
lovo nffairs, bethumbed tho magazluo
ho had been rcadiug and looked up.
"Well, sho'll have a dandy oppor
tunity to provo her adroitness," said
that gentleman. "Vanny's not the
chap to nllow himself to bo dictated
to. Ho's too much a devoteo at tho
shrino of independent bachelordom;
not saying, ot course, that tho right
woman, at tho proper tlmo, may not
succeed In breaking this Btcel-clad
barrier. He's often spoken ot it to
mo; decried tho weak-mindedness ot
men who allow themselves to bo trans
ported hither and yon by tho buffeting
"Where's Vnnnoy?"
waves of Aphrodite's sea. Ho calls It
misguided reason and silly Hentlmon
tallsm. Mary Trozovant, from what I
know of her, la not tho girl to con
quer under such circumstances. I'vo
half n mind to boliovo alio wouldn't
try, cither, slncu her mother uud sho
are so opposed to men who indulge
their appetite for an occasional brandy
uud noda or a nip of warm Uourbon.
"That may bo true," Interjected Phil
Pearson, a ruddy-faced chap, who,
while Innately championing Vanny's
causo, had hitherto refrained from
saying anything. Witli head bowod
in his hands, ho had sat there for tho
last half hour, as if meditating a great
flyer in wheat or somo now coup on
tho board of trade. In truth, it was
Van Zandt's behavior that concerned
him most deeply; for Vanny and ho
had long been kindred spirits chums
from boyhood. So, when Carlouch
finished hln remarks, Phil's cars were
oon turned to catch ull that was said.
"That may bo so," ho said, "but as
for keeping promises, I'd pit tho old
fellow against anyono In this club."
Hotly, "We know how ho llk3 his
toddy; especially at such a cold, blus-
tory tima aa this, but that doesn't
welch in fiho balance against him
not with mo!"
"Nono of us Is trying to poss no p
cnint, my dear boy," mildly lntoipwnd
Cnrlough, "you have plated a wrong
construction on what I havo sail. Wo
l'tivo a hit of tho ancicn'. spirit about
each of us, when It cornea to a tempt
ing glass or a pretty woman, nnd you
know thnt. Vnniiv'n tin nxccntlon. In
his case, unllko tho acid and tho nl
knll, howovcr, ono will not ncutralhd
me other; ono must glvo way and I'm
ready to vouch for his good sense."
hound of a famlllnr voice m tho cor
ridor announced tho arrival of tho
'For the second, yon would better ask
Miss Trezerant."
much-discussed Van Zandt. A kindly
word to tho porter and a nod to friends
in the billiard room, off tho hall, nnd
soon tho young lawyer, with cheolts
aglow, strode Into tho room, w'.ioreln
ho would find his cronies. At sight ot
him, there was a simultaneously whis
pered greeting from each, but !t was
plain that his cntrnnco had caused a
lull In tho conversation.
Tho possibility ot losing ono ot tho
brotherhood of Lothcuns, Now York'B
famous bachelor organization, after all
kinds of resolutions against marrlago
had been passed, was moro than tho
most stanchly hearted of them could
bear. A mental pall seemed to scttlo
over tho littlo gathering, aa if ono ot
their number was already undor tho
shadow of somo mysteriously ominous
power. Ho who brought tho pervad
ing gloom, maintained n rigid stlonco,
not at all In keeping with his conduct,
when, with glass to lips ho was wout
to Join In tho chorus:
"He's a Jolly good follow,
Ilu's a Jolly good follow,
He's a Jolly good fellow,
A Jolly good fellow Is be."
Then someono suggested tho regular
nightly potation, which, for somo
strnngo reason, thus far, had been
overlooked. Prospects ot that which
was to follow brought back the good
choor and soon all were laughing nnd
Joking, conscious only ot tho Joys of
comradeship.
"Let's drink a toast to Vnnny and
his promises," suggested Dan Wilson,
an cx-football player who wus always
ready for a tackle at Just ouch criti
cal times. At this Juncture u clinking
sound marked tho rlso of tho glasses
as they went uloft; all eyes woro cen
tered on tho member whoso Immediate
futuro was a matter of so much con
cern. "To Vanny and his promises!" all
yelled and it was not until silenco en
sued that any of them noticed tho
emptiness of Van Zandt's hnndi. Many
lookod aghast; so great was thcl.' sur
prise Vanny grasped the back of his chair
as ho aroso to glvo response. Some
thing tugged at his throat, a sign of
tho weakness his companions would
charge him with, nnd which mndo
speech, for tho moment, difficult. His
heart throbbed fast in tho excitemont
but thoughts ot her steadied his norve
and calmed his voice, so that his words
fell measurably clear and eloquent.
"I'vo a confession to mnko," he ad
vanced. "It's duo to you, I know,
slnco I'm tho first to nullify our
bond of fellowship. Your toast has
taken mo completely off my guard. I
hadn't considered, for a moment, that
you know of tho serious turn this af
fair had taken how could you7
when tho alternations woro mado only
tonight. Thoro woro two o: them; tho
third shall bn an Invitation to dlno
with mo Thursday evening. Will you
come?"
A curious lot cried "Yes, go on!"
They wondered what would follow
next.
"I don't drink with you tonight,
boys, because I'vo quit. Now that's
tho first promise, and It's ono I shall
keep.
"Kor tho second, you had better ask
Miss Trezevaut."
l'lnoForinit of Arlrnna.
Arizona Is supposed to bo almost an
unbroken desert, but In reality It has
tho largest unbroken pine forest lu tho
1'nltcd States, covering tin area of over
8.000 squaro miles. This timber is
usually found In an altitude of between
fi.GOO and 7,500 feet. Tho totnl quantity
of plno timber fit for sawing purposes
within tho boundaries of tho territory
amounts to 10,000,000,000 foot, which
can supply tho needs of a populous
state for moro than a century.
Clilrif llutler fif Knglitixl.
The tluko of Norfolk-, na hereditary
earl marshal of England, has entlrt
control over tho urrangemonts nl
Westminster abbey at a coronation or
other ceremonial of r. public character,
and nK chlof butler of England ho la
entitled nt a coronation to recolvo n
drinking cup ot puro gold. Ho can
claim an escort of cavalry whenever
ho likes. Tho dukedom goes IkujU
more than four centuries.
Ono of tho most recent nnd useful
applications ot electricity is to tho
work ot typewriting. An eloctro mag
net la put Into a central position In
ono of theso typewriters In which an
Ink ribbon Is used. In such machines
thero nro a lot of type-bars, which fly
up and hit the ribbon and white
pupcr, thus transferring somo of tho
Ink from tho ribbon to tho sheet. Tho
mngnet Is properly connected with
somo convenient Bourco ot current
Tho koya of tho mnchlno nro so ar
ranged that depressing any ono of
them, no mntter how lightly, will turn
on tho -current, energism tho mngnet
and mnko tho latter do tho heavy work
of operating tho type-bar. Tho type
bar then fnlls back to its normal posi
tion automatically.
In tho mnnufneturcr's salesroom and
ibuslness office, whero tho machines
'aro In use, a plug has been inserted
in tho electric light aockct, and cur
rent 1b taken from tho local lighting
circuit. A flexible twin cahlo leads
'to tho renr of tho mnchlno and la con
nected by binding posts.
Tho machine can alBo bo operated
,by using five cells of prlmnry battery
or two small cells of storage battery.
There is very littlo current consumed,
as was shown by a metro measuring
tho current used by ono mnchlno in
constant service for one month. Tho
bill was twclvo cents.
Tho strength of tho eloctro mngnet
la controlled by n well-known elec
trical devlco known as a rheostat, tho
handle ot which Is Just hack ot tho
mngnet, so thnt tho forco ot tho im
pression la regulated at tho will of the
oporator, according to tho kind of
work being dono. Kor ordinary work
a weak current la used, but for tnklng
carbon copies tho strength of tho cur
rent is increased, so that tho typo-bar
delivers a Btrongoi' blow. Moro thun
twenty distinct copies with carbon
paper havo been mado ut ono tlmo, ot
n quality not yet attained by any non-
electrical typowrltor.
Other advantages of tho electrically
operated typewriter aro thus stated:
Only n light touch Is necessary, a four
ounco touch being sulllclcnt to opornto
tho koy; tho depression of tho key is
only about one-third that of non-electrical
machines; a running or overlap
ping touch la easily acquired by tho
operator and several koya can bo de
pressed in succession without rolcna-
Ing tho preceding key; a saving ot
ono action on each word is mado by
making the space simultaneously with
last letter of tho word; tho printing
Is uniform as to clearness, as each
type-bar Is. Impelled by tho Bamo mag
net, In tho same manner, and with
Identically tho snmo amount of force.
Tim ri.owi:its or Tin: hi:a.
Tho sea has flowers as tho land has,
but tho most brilliant or tho Bea
llowers bloom not upon pluuts but
upon anlmnla. The living corals ot
tropical flcaa' present a display ot
floral beauty which In rlchncsa and
vividness of color and variety and
graco of form rlvnls tho Hplendor of a
garden of flowers. Tho resemblance
to vegetnl hlossomB la bo complotn
that some persons find It difficult to
boliovo that tho brilliant display con
tains no element of plant llfo, hut Is
wholly animal in its organization.
Among the sea animals which bloom
as if thoy wcro plants aro Included,
besldeB corals, the sea-anemone and
the sea-cucumber. Dr. C. M. Black
ford, Jr., remarks that, among tho co
ral gardens the birds and butterflies of
tho upper world aro replaced by flahea
of curious forms and flashing colors,
which dnrt about among the animal
flowers. y
AN Ol'TIOAI. I'ltOIlI.KM.
Tho slmpla illustration herewith
raises a queBtlon, namely, why in
looking at tho sixteen black squares,
a Bhadow Is Been whero four corners
moot except at the plnco where tho
eyo directly gnzes. This exception Is,
of courso, explained by tho fact that
Just there, in tho direct lino of vision,
the image falls on tho highly sensitive
yellow spot of tho retina. Hut why
tho blui'H in the other positions whoro
tho white bands cross?
WHAT AUOUT Till! I'AKKKNOKU ,
The public Ib Indebted to tho Dally
Mall of London for Introducing,
through Its Oenova correspondent, an
engineer, who la credited with an In
vention of a "mechanical brako"
which stops a train thnt Is running at
fifty miles an hour within a distance
of twenty yards. Oood! Hut what
about tho passengorB? A train run
nlng nt tho rate of fifty miles an
hour covers Boventy-thrce and one
third feet a second; and to stop a
train moving nt this speed in twenty
yards means thnt it must bo brought
to n full Btop in four-fifths of a sec
ond. When wo remember thilt, In an
end-on collision, it takes aovcrnl sec
onds for the momentum of tho train
to expend Itself in telescoping car into
car, ono is moved to uak what would
bo tho condition of tho living contents'
of ,a passenger car that was brought
to a Btop In a fraction ot tho tlmo thnt
It takcB to bring tho last car of a tele
scoping train to rest? Sclcntlflo
American.
AN OUTDOOR KI.KVATOIL.
In tho drawing bolow Is Bhown.a,,
flro cscnpo designed by n Minnesota
inventor. It is Intended to facllltato
tho cscnpo of persons In high build
ings In enso of fire, nnd can ho utilized
long nfter tho elovntors inaido tho
building hnvo been abandoned .on Re
count of tho Intenso draught caused
by tho open nhnfL This apparatus in
Intended to bo oporntod by tho fire
men, tho car being already suspended
from tho top of tho structure, with
Its cablo extending downward In read
iness to bo spliced to tho ono carried
by tho flro engine. Tho latter cablo
la carried on a reel. connoctod with tMdVi
englno, nnd a small steam cnglno Is
provldod to wind up tho cablo and
haul tho empty car to tho top of tho
building utter each load of humnn
freight ban bcon deposited safely at
tho bottom. To regulato tho speed of
descent n brako Is provided nnd tho
car can bo stopped at each floor. A
sliding steel door Is provldod on tho
sldo toward tho building which can
ho closod tightly when pawing
through flames. With thin apparatus
It ia also posslhlo to olovato linos of
Iioho to tho tops of high buildings for
putting out the flro.
JU-SIII.TH I'KO.U KAUT1IO.IIAKK KTUOY,
Prof. John Mllno says that upon
knowledge dorlved from tho scientific
study of enrthquukca now rules nnd
formuluo for engineers nnd bulldon)
have bcon established, nnd theso prin
ciples lmvo been widely applied In
Japan and other countries, thereby
minimizing tho loss of Ufa nnd prop
erty. Such studies havo also been of
practical uso In tho working ot rail
ways, especially in Japan, by local-'
lzlng faults in the rocks and suggest
ing alterations in tho balancing or
locomotives. Another advantage
galnod relates to ocean cables, (is It
has become poBalblo to Indlcatofparth
of tho sen-bottom that should bo
avoided lu laying such cables.
ijii.il 't
POrtlLAll BVIKNL'K.
I
Anlmrtt luvudara of ICarop.
Mr. L. Stejncgar showed boforo tho
niologlcal society In Washington at
lta December meeting how there have
been three great migrations of Slbor-'
Ian animals Into Europe. Tho. first two
occurred In connection with tho ago ot
ice, but tho third is still In progross,
and both birds and mammals aro now
piiKslug from Slborln Into Scnndluavln,
tho moat travoled routo of tho invad
ers lying along tho shores of the Arc
tic ocean. j
; '
To Koip ICye-dlxies Clear. 1
Wearers of eye-glasses aro fre
quently annoyed In cold weather by
tho deposit of molsturo thnt forma on
tho glnsB upon entering a warm room.
According to u German technical jour
nal, a simple preventive of this annoy
ance 1h tho rubbing of thu glossos with,
soft potash soup every morning. After,
tho snap Is applied tho glasses can bo
polished bright, tho invlalhlo film that
remains sufficing to prevent tho de
posit of moisture.
AnU ThrU Uniw MuMirooiii.
Prof. W. M. Wheeler In tho Ameri
can Naturalist describes a spoclos of
nnta which ralso "mushrooms" for
food, Thoy first cut loaves into small
pieces and carry thorn into tholr un
derground chambers. Then thoy rccluco
the leaves to a pulp, which thoy de
posit In a heap. In this heap tho
rny cell urn of a speclos of fungus finds
lodging, and, tho subterranean condi
tions favoring such a result, njlnuto
swellings are produced on tho vegeta
ble miiBS. These uro tho "hiuhH-j
rooms," which constltuto almost thq
sole food of tho colony ot anta that
cultivates them.
Tho workor wasps, llfco tho worker
bees, aro smullor thun tho- queens or
males. ,
1 liki?
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