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v^riMK I tn XXII.—Continued.
“If they'll not come out, then we
c'an kill them through the door’.”
some one shouted, when there came
the rush of a tall, sinewy form, whose
impetus knocked the rioters right and
left.
There was a flash of glittering steel,
as Lafitte struck the hand of a man
applying the match, and a spout of
blood extinguished the flame as the
match fell to the ground.
"Take that, for a warning, you mu
tinous scoundrels, who seek to mur
der unarmed men!” shouted a voice
trembling with rage such as was rare
ly manifested. "Disperse, you cow
ards, before I count five, or you shall
, be riddled of legs as well as hands.”
The would-be murderers slunk away
and. in. ten minutes ail was quiet as
though nothing untoward had hap
| pened. %
After sending Pierre, w ho was some
thing of a surgeon, to attend the man
he had wounded, Lafitte demanded
from his sub-captains an explanation
| of the mutiny.
Dommique-Yotrstood silent and sul
lei:. leaving Beluche to tell the story.
This was to the effect that there
had h-een an unexpected rush from
outside; that the men in the stockade
had. at the outset, tried the power of
persuasion, accompanied by that of
fists, bat were preparing, as bidden,
by both Pierre and Beluche. to fire
upon their comrades, when Lafitte ap
peared and put an end to the. emeute.
Lafitte received the explanation in
cold silence, but with a look which
warned Dominique-You as to what
\ measures would be taken in the event
of another outbreak; for a few of the
latter - followers had been amongst
1 the o'her mutineers, who were mostly
; Catalon's men.
Lafitte. after dismissing Beluche.
with orders to keep a sharp look-out,
and M:mmcn him instantly, should
those outside show themselves at the
gate, unlocked the door of his house,
n sto id in the presence of his
[ wondering visiters.
When Lafitte entered, bofh officers
were seated, facing the door. But
they rose and stood for a moment,
while their faces assumed a common
look of austerity. Then, resuming
their seats, they waited for him to
speak.
He bowed, and. without seating him
self. sa: ; w ith his usual calm courtesy
of manner, "I regret most sincerely,
gentlemen, to have subjected you to a
i
! “You! No—a thousand times no!
To repeat your own words, I would
rot trust Claiborne so far. No. we
i will send Beluche, and Lopez shall go
with him.”
“Would it not be well to give Gen.
La Roche some hint of our proposal?”
“That I intend to do. Nato can be
trusted to take a message to him.”
“I think the boy would be flayed
alive for your interests—sooner than
betray them.” Pierre remarked, as he
raised the spyglass and met the eyes
of Beluche looking up at him; for the
Baratarian boat, ncjw freed of its un
welcome passengers, was rearing the
shore below-.
"Yes. he can he trusted.” Jean as
sented. “and, owing to his size and
appearance, he will be less likely to
meet with interference.”
Beluche and Lopez, with a small
crew, departed that same night upon
their mission to New Orleans, taking
with them Nato. who was to be land
ed in the woods, about two hours fast
walk from La Tete des Eaux. Gen. La
Roches plantation on Bayou Bien
venue.
L pon the clay following Belucne s
departure, the Baratarians were sur
prised and puzzled, to see the “So
phia" and her consort sail away to
the eastward, and their departure
caused Lafitte to decide upon a visit
to Bayou Bienvenue. as soon as he
should hear from Gov. Claiborne.
Nato returned several days later,
and brought a message from Gen. La
Roche, urging I.afitte to come at once.
But he waited until the seventh day
after Beluche's departure, passing
meanwhile from wonder to impatience
at the latter ? delay, and at having re
ceived no message from uia emis
saries in New Orleans.
It was Nato who tokl I.afitte that
Count de Cazeneau had removed to
Kanauhana. a small plantation ad
joining I .a Tete des Eaux. The boy
said that the count had purchased
it, and was removing all his slaves
and other property from New Orleans.
I.afitte was. for reasons cf his own,
surprised at this piece of information,
, and row summoned Baptistine, the
captain of the poiacca upon which
Nato had returned.
Much of what Baptistine had to tell
was already known to Lafitte. but the
former added to this by saying that
the ferment among the citizens of
New' Orleans appeared to be growing
more violent each day. There was
> talk that when Gen. Jackson arrived
— I
“And is his granddaughter with him?*’
r confinement which must have proved
scare* y pleasant, to say nothing of
the disturbance outside, the noise of
' which you doubtless heard. S^me of
my men made an attempt to molest
you: but. happily for myself, as well
as for you. 1 have made them abandon
the idea. You will now. I trust, ac
knowledge the propriety of my having
restricted your liberty while you were
or. the island.”
He paused, as if expecting a reply
from them. But they only bowed, and
resuming the air and tone he had as
sumed during their former interview,
he continued:
"It is not necessary, neither is it
proper, that I give any reasons for
my present decision. But. if you still
require a final and definite answer
from me. it will be given you on the
eighteenth day of this month, at noon,
upon an island called 'The Turtle,’
lying off the mouth of the East Pass.
I have selected this place because— j
and you will doubtless agree with me \
—I fear it will not be well for either j
of you to come again upon Grande
Terre.”
Both officers began to remonstrate >
and expostulate at the length of time
I.afitte had named; but be checked j
»hem by saying firmly, "Knowing best
what I have to do, gentlemen. I ven
ture to assume that I am the proper i
judge of the time needful to decide
such fin important matter.”
This the Englishmen were com
pelled, although with very bad grace,
to accept as a finality.
They were, not long afterwards,
taken to the beach, escorted by La
fitte and a body of his trusted men.
while the unruly ones hung about
with lowering looks and threatening
eyes, but offered no further violence.
Beluche and a crew of picturesque
ly looking outlaws rowed the officers out
f *o meet their own boat; and Lafitte
and Pierre watched them from the
sho-e until they w ere well away from
the island.
Then Lafitte said, speaking in a low’
tone. “We must, for the present,
guard night and day against surprise,
and that will be all to occupy the
men until I can hear from the gov
ernor in regard to the proposition we
will lay before him.”
“Who will take it to New Orleans?”
inquired Pierre, adding quickly, as he
saw his foster-brother hesitate, “Sure
ly not yourself. Jean; never think you
of such a thing Do not risk trusting
Claiborne so far; but let me taka the
message.”
he would find but scanty support, and
the little man ended with: “If. mv cap
tain, the foois begin to fight among
themselves, what will hinder the Eng
lish from stealing in upon them, while
they are busy calling one another
names."
He spoke in French, and Lafiite re
plied in the same tongue, "Truly they
are fools, to quarrel among them
selves at such a time as this. Of
course," he added, dropping generali
ties, -you saw our men before you left
the city.”
“I did. my captain. They arrived
rhe second day before I left, and told
me I was to pick up Mato ou the Owl's
Pomt. Captain Beluche went ashore
with Lopez as soon as ‘The Lady Inez’
dropped anchor, and neither of them
had been heard from when I left.”
"Now. let me hear—if you know—
of what Naro has been trying to tell
me. It seems that Shapira has sold
his place to Count Cazeneau."
"Shapira has not sold—only rented
it, to M sieur le Comte, for the winter,
as the count is far from well and
does not wish to return to the city
until matters there promise less of
excitement."
“And his . granddaughter is with
him?" inquired Lafitte. in a tone giv
ing Baptistine no hint of how the
questioner's pulses were thriiling.
"Yes. my captain: she. and all his
household—every one. He has brought
all his slaves from New Orleans and
come to live at Kanauhana. It was
Shapira himself who told me this
when I saw him at the Owls Point.
He said he was tired of playing plant
er. and would sooner be back here at
Barataria. He told me that he in
tends offering his services to Gen.
Jackson; and. being so fine a shot, he
can surely render a good account of
himself."
Lafitte nodded and again asked.
“But where is he living, now that
Count de Cazeneau occupies his
place?"
"I asked him that question, my cap
tain, but he laid a finger along that
hooked nose of his, and winded at me
as he said that if ever I sought him.
he would not be found intruding upon
the hospitality of M’sieur ie Comte.
Of course, the men had to hear us
talk, with me on the boat, and Shapira
standing upon the Owl's Point; so
I take it that he intended me to under
stand he was living below, in the
Raven's Cave. You know, my cap
tain—”
‘‘Never mind speaking of the Colon
neh,” LaStte brok* in. with a w anting
gesture. “'Be careful.” he continued
in a low voice, ‘how that place is
mentioned; we may before long, have
need of it for important purposes.”
Baptistme said nothing, but nodded
wisely.
The so-called Colonneh, meaning Ra
ven. was the Cherokee name fora hid
ing-place known to but few of Lafitte's ;
men; and Cherokee also was the
name—Kanauhana—of the plantation, !
taken from the hominy produced |
there, “Ka-nau-ha-na” being the In- |
dian term for the crushed corn, cooked
to the consistency of paste.
The night it was of the seventh day
after Beluche's departure mat Lafitte
left Grande Terre for Gen. La Roche's I
plantation, with sundry bags of silver !
hidden in the cabin of the polacea that
was to convey him up the narrow j
water-way to I^vke Bargne, whence 1
his course la;- westerly, up Bayou j
Bienvenue, an obscure stream, at
whose head was the plantation.
Now and again a panther's scream,
or the whining cry of a wild-cat. made
the darkness seem still more dismal; j
and the booming note of the alligator \
was heard along the sluggish water.
But little cared I^afitte ' as • to the
nature of hi* surroundings, for, from
out the darkness, he seemed to see
the pure face and violet eyes he was
about to look upon after all these
eventful months.
(To be continued.)
AND THE BEER WAS LOST.
Unfortunate Combination of Thirst and
Icy Sidewalk.
There Is one resident of the respec
table South Side who now- rests in an
easy chair at home with a cracked el
bow swathed in lint. Tuesday even- 1
ing his beer thirst sent him out to a
near by groggery with a pitcher and a
nickel. When he left the saloon with
Ms brimming pitcher there was a
smile on his face that would have j
graced a nargoyle. The resident was
about half way home when his feet !
went out from under him. He turned
two or three somersaults in the air. ■
and then made an inglorious attempt
to cave in the sidewalk. In the opera
tion he shattered the pitcher, and ;
broke his elboV. When a barbe r shop |
porter and some kind old gentleman
carried the resident home and sent
for a doctor the resident turned feebly
on his couch, looked pitifully at his j
half hysterical wife, and =aid: "What
did you do with the beer?”
Wife nave him a look, the Mars
came to her eyes, and she said: !
"Dear, yon are hurt. Your arm is
broken. You fell."
"Did I spill the beer.”
‘ No. you broke the pitcher, and it
just ran out.” |
“Didn't they save a bit of it?”
"Not a drop.”
“That’s what a man nets for living
in a town where they never clean the
ice off the sidewalks. I’ve got my
opinion of the old place, anyway.”
And he turned over with a groan.—
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Beggar and Business Man.
John La Farge. the painter, talked t
in New York at the Arts club of the
wit of beggars.
"Beggars need to be witty." he said. I
"They live by their wits, you know.
It isn't strange that they should be
quicker than the solid ar.d respect
able business man in repartee.
“A solid and respectable business
man was hurrying along Broadway
the other night when a beggar accost
ed him.
"The night was cold and very raw.
A strong wet wind was blowing from j
the sea. Now a few snowflakes fell, j
Now there fell a few heavy and cold
drops of rain.
"The beggar was shivering. He had
on no overcoat and no gloves. His
hands and wrists stuck out of his
tight, short coat sleeves, red and stiff
and cold looking. His cheeks were hol
low.
“ ‘Can you give me a little help, sir.”
he said.
“The husiness man took a dime
from his pocket.
“ Look here.’ he said, ’if l give you !
this dime you won't get drunk on it, [
will you?’
“ 'Oh. no. sir.’ said the beggar. ‘I i
shall go at once and dine at the St.
Regis.’ ”•—San Antonio Express.
Young Mathematician.
This new version of “easting out
devils’’ is given by Senator Latimer
of South Carolina:
“A class of Sunday school boys and
girls were being talked to about the j
miracle of the easting out of devils j
who entered into a drove of swine j
and ran into the sea. During the I
elucidation of this interesting subject !
it became apparent that one youth
was engrossed by anxious thought, |
and that for him the twist was not
wholly untwisted.
“ ’There must have been a lot of j
'em,' said the youth, eyeing the teach
er.
“‘A let of what?’ he was asked.
“ ‘Lots of devils.’
“ ‘No: only cne.’
“ ‘I figured that there must have
been a devil for each pig.’ ”—Nash
ville Banner.
Sad Waste of Cat.
Jacob Riis was talking one day of j
the importance of early training for i
a boy. “Many a boy originally of the
best stuff.” he said, “is spoiled from
hard knocks when he is at the im
pressionable age. One of my neigh
bors had a little girl, a half-grown
puppy and a family of kittens. They
were great playmates One of the
dog’s tricks was to bury ? kitten in
the sandneap back of the hour.# *nd
watch it scramble out. He did it once
too often one day. and the little girl
found one of her pets dead. Boiling
with indignation, she brought the rat
to her mother in her apron. ‘There,
mama,’ she said, ‘isn’t It a shame! A
perfectly good cat spoiled!’ ”
Consolations of the Fallen.
Adam considered his advantages.
“At any rate.” he remarked. “I nev
er had to wear anybody’s cut-dowa
trousers.”
With a happy smile he watched
Eve fix over a fig leaf pair for little 1
Abel.—New York Sun.
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Largest American Cattle Owner.
John Sparks, governor of Nevada, j
is the largest owner of range cattle
in the United States. j
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V9&SS&
White for Shirtwaists.
White will probably be the most
popular color in summer shirtwaists.
Some colored waists are shown, of
course, but the finest handwork and
the best designs are seen developed in
white. Plain and embroidered linen,
the mercerized materials and poplins
are the materials most favored so far.
Pre-eminent among the white waists
will be the lingerie ones. They are
shown in bewildering variety, and for
the woman who is to have but two or
three the matter of choice is no easy
one. Sheer handkerchief linen is usu
ally chosen for these beautiful bits of
daintiness, and handwork is lavished
upon them. The woman w ho has the
time and patience to do her own hand
work will find she has been repaid,
especially if her means be moderate,
for the prices .charged in the shops
are appalling.
Night Gowr for Ladies and Misses.
Dainty lingerie is desired by every j
woman of refined
taste. Soft, dura
ble material should
be the first consid- J
eration, and the,
trimming selected
dainty and fine, but
not too elaborate.
In the accompany
ing pattern the
quaint Dutch yoke
is smoothly fitted
on the shoulders.
the joining to me j >
skirt portion being
concealed beneath the soft ruffle, ^
which is trimmed with a narrow lace ;
edging. The chemise gown, slipped
over the head, has a sleeve banded or
Cowing freely.
i
Colors for Spring.
In the new spring tailor-made gowns
helios and lavenders and plum shades
are well to the fere, and there is a
marked tendency toward simplicity
and fitted effects. The coats of these
early suits run the gamut of length
from the bolero that ends well above
the high girdle to the redingote that
reaches well-nigh to the skirt hem.
But all the coats, be they brief or
lengthy, define the lines of the figure
clearly. Many of the wooltex suits
have trimly fitted coats shaped with
the French dart seam, and finished
with basquines which follow the Lou
is XV lines, tapering to nothing in
front, or are of even length all around.
The vest or waistcoat is a feature of
these coats. The skirts of these wool
tex suits show slightly less fullness
than marks their immediate prede
cessors.
Waist of Ytl'ow Silk.
Blouse of pale yellow silk, forming
a sort of draped bolero, trimmed with
a fancy applique j
composed or
tucked bands and
motifs of the silk.
The neck and
fronts are finished
with an edge of
.black velvet, the
I’atter ornamented ;
with tiny buttons :
•and buttonholes
■and opening over
a frill of white
ace.
The chemisette
or guimpe is of gui
pure. The girdle is
of black velvet, over which the trim
ming from the bottom of the blouse
extends. The sleeves, forming double
puffs, are trimmed to correspond and
finished at the elbows with lace ruf
fles.
Spring Skirt Models.
The advance spring models for
skirts decree that the skirts shall fit
the hips closely, gradually flaring out
to the extreme limit of the width
about the feet. One stylish model is
cut with seven gores, finished at the
foot with nun's tucks. At the knees
the gores are overlapped and slashed,
to allow for the insertion of wide ;
pleats which make the required full
ness about the feet. The trimmings
of this brown broadcloth skirt are I
large buttons covered with the same 1
material.
Another pretty model is developed j
in champagne chiffon broadcloth, and
is in two pieces, slightly circular, with
a seam down the center front. The
fullness at the waist is gathered in
to the band. Bias folds of the ma
terial. edged w ith pipings of a darker
shade of silk, are placed about the
very full skirt and give a quaintly old
fashioned note to this ultramodern
design.
Still another model is in the new
panel effect, developed in five gores,
and has two inverted pleats on each
hip and one m the back. Small revers
turn back at the bottom from each
gore, cf velvet of a darker shade of
green, covered with Russian lace.
For the Spring.
Every day nearing spring sees more
of the sort of dresses women term
“little,” irrespective of size or style—
those lightweight woolen gowns of
voile, etamines. eoliennes and the like.
For these stuffs have proved them
selves so satisfactory that they’re
strong again for spring, and they have
gotten themselves up in new little
ways that are charming.
Odd checks, sr-.all dots, checks and
Jots together and small invisible
plaids have come—the very prettiest
sort of things for the walking suits
ind shirtwaist suit3 they are being
nade up in.
Most of them have skirts of the
lew length—just touching all around.
\nd that length is the hardest of all
o wear, for it seems too short to hold
ip, is actually harder to hold up than
t trained skirt, yet aggravatingly
‘cuts” around th® edge unless you
!o continually lift it Dame Fashion
>aa premised us a change in skirts.
but nothing radical seems to be forth- |
coming, just more and more astonish
ing ways of getting fullness in about
the feet.
Short coats are more favored than
iong in these light materials for the
suits to wear with blouses.
But everything is made of them;
they’re even threatening to share
honors with silk, which has had every
thing its own way for the shirtwaist
suits that everybody wears.
Blue and brown—especially blue—
are "staple” and will be worn a great
deal, b it a dozen shades of violet are
promised for the earliest spring days.
Violet has been hinted at, pretty
strongly, ail winter.
jgsScudoir »
]f|pConS idences
It is said that a sound, ripe apple
placed in a tin cake box will keep the
loaves from drying or crumbling.
Sweeping with the carpet sweeper
will be more effectual if the sweeper
is pushed in the same direction as the
warp of a rug—not against it.
A cement made by adding a tea
spoonful of glycerin to a gill of glue
is a great convenience in the kitchen
and is especially good for fastening
leather, paper or wood to metal.
Milk will immediately and effectu
ally extinguish the flames from gaso
line or any form of petroleum, since
it forms an emulsion with the oil
whereas water only spreads it.
Fried oysters are considered un
wholesome, because, as usually pre
pared. they become soaked with fat.
To avoid this, immerse them com
pletely in hot fat. so that they are in
stantly seared over and the absorption
of fat prevented. A frying basket fa
cilitates the process.
Mew Triple Skirts.
That the separate waist has indeed
teen promoted must be admitted
when one sees the elaborate white
silk and 'ace affairs worn by social
leaders at the musicales. where the
sar prima donnas “assist.'’ These
shirt waists appeared on the removal
of coats—mostly of the three-quarter
length and matching the skirts—the
hats either matching the costume or
en suire with the furs worn. But
there are delightful exceptions. One
youDg matron in a skirt and coat of
purple cloth wore ermine and a tur
ban of pale blue taffeta with white
plume flecked with black. Another
notable costume was of white serge,
with a plumed black velvet turbau
and lynx furs. The coat was trim
med with black velvet and gold strap
pings.
Sparkles Are in Vogue.
Fashion decrees that we shall once
more bespangle ourselves, fill our
hair, as it were, with fireflies, w. ar
trimmings, and ornaments and em
broideries that, shine, and carry little
shimmering bags and sparkling fans,
and set our feet in shoes that are en
crusted with golden and metallic
beads. It is a good sign that social
life, too, will have some sparkle and
glitter, and that for a season, at all
events, we are going to look on the
brighter side of everything.
Uses for Huckaback.
Huckaback is used -or a number of
articles dear to the heart of the fancy
worker, book covers, cushions—sofa
and pin variety being included in the
list. Mercerized thread is used for
the decoration which is in undulating
rows formed by darning. The work is
very easy.
Fancy a redingote of yellow Vene
tian lace.
Cuffs flare upward, with upstanding
frills of lace.
Colored embroideries will be much
used on white dresses.
Harmony from hat to shoe is the
main point to be aimed at.
Princess gowns are to be the smart
est of spring and summer frocks.
Soft, fluffy and dainty are the
blouses made entirely of Valen
ciennes.
The waistcoat or vest Is almost uni
versal on this season's tailor mades.
The surplice waist runs riot. Almost
every new frock is finished off that
way.
The long redingote is so close fit
ting and so elaborately trimmed that
it appears less like a coat than a
gown.
White mull and lace gowns are well
trimmed with lace and delicate inset
embroidery of the handkerchief order.
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Washable Silk Underwear.
It is very smart these days to have
all one's underwear, even to one’s cor
set, washable, and the best of fancy
silk petticoats are now made of wash
able silk. The new washable silks
are triumphs in the art of silk making
and the wash silk shirt waistJ and
wash silk dress skirts would surprise
the old fashioned dressmaker cf a few
years ago, who labored under the im
pression that silk would spot if wet.
Two-thirds of the summer silks are
washable.
They are promising many novelties
in the wash silk line and all women
should do well to watch out for them,
for they will be handsome and well
adapted to nice wear as well as te
common wear.
Accessories fcr Gowns.
Waistcoats, collars and cuffs are all
accessories of the tailor-made cos
tumes that give the charmingly femi
nine touch that is so attractive with
the rather severe styles. The coats
are made so that the waistcoats may
or may not be added and the sleeves
and collar are also so finished that
they are complete without th ? extra
collar and cuffs of leather, linen or
pique, as the case may be. On the
white serge coat collars and cuffs of
black velvet and then a narrow collar
and cuffs of plain pique, fastened fb
the coat with small fancy buttons, are
extremely smart and give a distinctly
I individual touch that is most desir
able. The pique or duck collars and
cuffs launder well and can easily be
put on.
New Theater Waist.
Blouse of soft silk or crepe de
v.iiilitr, lxji iiiui5 a
sort of fichu
shirred at the
B shoulder, draped
bordered w ith a
rag' lace ruffle and fin
ished at the bottom
with a double fril
Sgg| which is trimmec
SIB with narrow black
)3 velvet.
The chemisette
** is tucked crosswise
and trimmed wilt
\ lace, which also
* forms the collar
The girdle is ol
velvet. The ful'
sleeves are finished
at the elbows with velvet-edged frills
| o£ the material and with lace ruffles.
Popular Lingerie Blouses.
The tremendous vogue for lingerie
| blouses is a wiser mode than it seems
at first thought. They are always
fresh and dainty, not at all perishable
and as warm as any of the lighter
weight silks when worn over one ol
the well-cut linings of heavy India silk
Then again they may be worn aii
through the year, and in character ol
! fabric answer a certain hint of infer
j mality in the nature of the blouse
j proper. At any rate modish women
are buying them by the wholesale.
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Scents for Milady’s Locks.
Just a hint of vioiet or white rose
j perfume adds to the attractions of the
dainty girl. Her shining hair, too,
gains by suggestion of sweetness.
There is a new powder, straight
from Paris, made for scenting the
hair. It is nothing more nor less than
a finely powdered sachet, and comes
in tints to match any shade of hair.
It is dusted into the pompadour and
over the bun by means of a powder
puff, and imparts to the tresses the
faintest and most facninating odor im
aginable.
Trimming Materials.
Both cloth and velvet gowns show
a varied assortment of trimmings, and
none of the importations are pl^in,
but display two or three different
trimming materials. Silver and gold
braid and embroidery done in the twc
metal shades adorn the heavier
gowns, while gaiioons of all widths
and varieties are applied to the mixed
cloth fabrics.
More Material Called For.
The amount of goods necessary foi
a dress to-day is almost twice the
number of yards used in the gowns of
two years ago. the full sleeves taking
a vast amount of material, and the
shirred and plaited skirts demanding
an amount of colth astonishing to the
man who has to pay for it by the yard.
FOR AFTERNOON WEAR.
1. House dress, of palest green silk
crepe, embroidered in wreaths of for
get-me-nots. tied with white ribbon
bows, over a foundation of changeable
green taffeta. 2. Fashionable reding
ote of brick red lightweight broad
cloth, the tucks of the skirt stitched
down below the knees. Trimmed with
sable to correspond with toque. 3.
Heavy corded siik visiting toilette,
the shirred bodice buttoned o***- *
cream lace vest and collar. Fuli gath
ered skirt falling from shirred hip
yoke.
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CARRY TREASURE IN SAFETY.
Ships With Specie on Board No Long
er Fear Pirates.
An ocean steamship carrying near
ly $10,WO,000 in gold is advertised to
sail this week from New York to Eu
! ropean ports. A few weeks ago an
other steamship carried $7,000,000 Li
| gold to Europe, and heavy shipments
j of gold from Europe to America or
from America to Europe are of com
mon occurrence. Many a vessel sail
ing from Alaska to San Francisco car
ries more of the precious metals than
did the famous galleons of Spain in
the eighteenth century.
The vessel to sail this week with
| gold as ballast will carry three times
1 as much bullion and coin as was car
ried by the whole fleet of Spanish
treasure ships captured by the British
, in 1S04. This one modern vessel car
I ries ten times as much gold to Europe
| %s was carried by any treasure ship
1 that sailed the Spanish main in the
time of the old buccaneers.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth
| centuries the treasure ships sailing
from Mexico and South America and
from the Indies were objects of inter
est to nations at war and to buccan
neers and pirates. Freebooting expe
ditions were organized to capture
them and fleets were maneuvered
with the treasure they carried in
mind. The sailing of a treasure ship
brought the buccaneers of American
waters into action, and there was no
safety even when the treasure ships
were guarded by war vessels.
The Western seas were then a high
: way beset with pirates and freet>oot
ers, acting often in the name of Eng
land, France or Holland, but always
with plunder in mind. These free
I hooters became so strong that they
not only conducted campaigns against
the treasure ship3 of Spain, but or
ganized governments and captured
and held cities.
Nothing affords a sharper contrast
between the conditions of a hundred
; or two hundred years ago and now
than the sailing of the modern trea
ure ships from American ports. No
secret is made of their sailing, and
the amount of gold and silver carried
:s published to the world. No expe di
tions are organized to waylay them,
no plots are concocted to destroy oi
; capture them.
X'nder the rules of the nations gov
| erning ocean traffic, the treasure ship
is as safe at sea as is the fishing
smack. There are no outlaws of rh«
sea. and there is no outlawry on (he
sea. because civilization united to sup
press piracy in all its forms, and tc
i make the ocean safe for all commerce
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CLOTHING MAKES THE MAN.
Historical Personages Stripped of Ac
customed Raiment Seem Unreal.
A meeting of the Custom Cutters’
Association of America was held in
Philadelphia the other day. J. O.
Madison of New’ York, in explaining
the part that clothes play in making
the man, said:
“An undraped Caesar never could
have quelled rebellion with a speech,
nor could, undressed, our great Wash
i ingtcn have awed his friends with his
impressive dignity. What do we
^ know of Moses, not knowing how he
was dressed? And how much greater
| would our interest be in Aristotle
if we knew the kind of clothes hd
was in the habit of wearing?
“What do we know cf Nero or of
| Judas, ignorant, as we are, of what
! their clothes were like? And if we
knew how St. Patrick clothed him
self how much more feelingly would
the Christian world do reverence tr
his memory. We know that Adam
wore a fig leaf, and he seems, because
of this historic fact, more real than
! if we knew him only as the nun
whose appetite for apples made tail
| oring necessary.”
The Optimist.
Laugh with me. quaff with me, mtka
merry chaff w ith me;
Fill up your glasses and raise th-m
with mine.
| Drink to the nearest one. ay, and th«
dearest one;
I give you Pleasure, and pledge it with
w ine.
Think not of sorrow, nor yet of to-mor
row.
Bask in the sun of the Present's bright
smile;
! Woes will com®, foes win come, what, ne
one knows will come
Laugh while you may and make merry
the while.
; What Is ahead of us, who w ill instead
of us
Revel to-morrow, light-hearted and
fre® ?
Warm life is calling us, beauty enthrall
ing us.
Now !s the time, lads, for you and foi
me.
.We've tim® without measure—let's give it
to pleasure;
My secrets are yours and your secretf
are mine:
I’p with your glasses, lads, drink to th#
lasses, lads.
I give you Love, and I pledge It with
wine.
—Ruth Bassett, in Boston Globe.
.
To Banish Inebriates.
The Glasgow corporation is consid
ering a scheme under which the city ?
chronic inebriates shall be banished
to the Islet of Shura, one of th® He
brides group. This islet is leased tc
a farmer and has been practically for
gotten by the corporation of Glasgow,
who have owned it for a century.—SL
James’ Gazetfe.
_
London Railway Stations.
In an address to the Society of Arts
In London, January 25, the Hen. Rob
ert P. Porter said there would sood
be six hundred railway stations in
London, and that from $125,000,000 tc
1150,000,000 was now being spen*
there in electrifying roads and in th«
extension of tubes.
Power of the Press.
Complimentary to the power of the
| press is the letter of a Buenos Ayres
i woman who writes to the editor of a
| London evening paper asking him to
use his influence to prevent the earth's
orbit from being changed.
To Test Dirigible Balloons.
Gen. Greely. chief signal officer, U.
| 3. A., will convert the Omaha tXeb.)
j barracks into a signal corps post,
where experiments will be made with
! tirships and dirigible balloons.
Work for Unemployed.
To meet the unemployed difficulty
In Manchester, a new industry, col
lecting scrap tin from rubbi -.h heaps,
has been started. *
