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BY MARY 0EVEREUX rr* dom c. ivl^on C~'-?ynz**. 002, 6y £**>. from*. *V G**s*yJ Oyr £->&*> CHAPTER XXV* ZjcI'M*. a?>_r time £*j*arrur* of Ja J-Ur be, permitted himwuf tine At* fc**’ tarryii-g £!• Lour or so longer, ii.'viiou^i lie exchanged fcearoely iuif * dorr's word* * life Ma.d*m</i*elie 4* Caz'ueaa. as tkey, with Lazalie and I HaroJc Stem-art, set on the broad ver- ; acda, He »a* unaccountably anxious and depressed; there seined to be some thing in the air about him that set : hi* nerves aquiver, and filled him with I strange feelings. It was after three o'clock when, with a reluctance of which his manner gave no hint. Lafitte rose and signi fied that he must be going. “Will you not come again soon.” asked Lazalie, a new wistfulness showing in her face and voice, as he extended his hand to her. Lafitte's only reply was a smile; and turning to say adieu to Mademoi selle de Cazeneau. he saw that she had left the veranda, and was stand ing on the lawn, some little distance from the house. She was looking off toward the woods, and said, as Lafitte paused be side her, “There is the man from whom grandpere rented Kanauhana, sitting under a tree with his gun.” “He expects to see me before I go, and is waiting for the opportunity,” l^afitte explained, his voice softening as it always did when addressing her. The violet eyes and the dark ones looked into each other; then a shape ly brown hand possessed itself gent ly of a small white one. “Oh. Captain Jean. I am so sorry— so very sorry! Will you not say that you forgive me?” She spoke impulsively, in a kalf whisper. and the other small hand was now laid over the back of the blown one. Her look and words, the faint pres sure of her fingers, sent a wild joy through his veins. "God in heaven bless you for those words. Only there can never be any forgiveness between us, save as you may give me Heaven, by forgiving me. Try and trust me, child. Try and believe that I am not the monster you have thought me. Do this, and raised Lis Land to command “Yonder xesse!* did it. rather that the English/* fee taid. in a voice husky ■ with rage, as be pointed to the dis appearing fleet. “And they are flying the United State* flag!” shouted another of the crew, who had taken the spyglass lying near him and was looking through it. “Shall we venture to land, my cap tain?” ventured Baptlstine. “Draw closer.” said Lafitte, turning to the crew, who were staring with furj-filled eyes at the seemingly de serted island. “Draw closer, and I will signal. But be in readiness to turn about, in case I wish to head for Shell Island.” He waited until the boat was nearer the shore, and then, arching a hand over his lips, sent a water-bird’s shrill call ringing out twice over the water. Not ten second passed when a simi lar call came from the island, follow ed by the appearance of a figure upon the edge of the timber. D was Nato, who waved his arms wildly and came scrambling down to the beach. In a most disjointed fashion and accompanied by hysterical sobbing, Nato. told all that he knew' of a story which, for bad faith and harsh pro cedure, has few equals in history. Early that morning soldiers from several vessels had descended upon Grande Terre. There had been des perate fighting, and all the Baratari ans who were not now lying dead on the bluff above had bten carried off as prisoners. Nato. Juniper and Scipio had fled from the stockade to the thicker woods and more impenetrable part of the island; but they became separated and the boy had seen nothing more of his companions. “Dey was dose Britishers. Marse Cap'n,” he declared between his sobs, and digging his fists into his eyes. “What was the color of their coats?” Lafitte asked of the boy. “Dey wore blue coats, Marse Cap’n.” "As I thought,” said Lafitte calmly, turning to his men. “No British ene “Adieu, and God's angels keep you.” you can save me from what has been ; an earthly hell.” She looked startled, but the glad light showing in her eyes was assur ance that she was not offended by his passionate pleading. ‘‘Adieu, now,” he whispered, bend ing so dose that his breath stirred the bright hair rippling over her fore head. “Adieu, and God’s angels keep you. 1 hope to see you soon again.” He was gone, but her hands still tingled front his close touch and his low, lense voice still thrilled her ears. With a joyously beating heart that made her inclined to weep as well as sing, the girl ascended with fleet steps to the veranda and hed to her room, locked the door and threw her self upon the bed. She was laughing, but with tears crowding to her throat, and trying to get into her eyes, where, for appear ance's sake, she did not care to have * them show. She did not ask herself why it was. j what it meant, or what it might mean, to her life. She knew only a half delirious joy. such as never before had come to her. Ah. how (as she now admitted to herselfi she had missed him out of; her life—her brave, handsome Cap tain Jean! How she had missed his 1 chivalrous, protecting friendship—the latent strength and decision showing in all he did and said! How she had missed the gentleness and reverence j with which he always addressed her —the kindly deeds he was always ■ striving to do for her. The sun was nearly two hours high 1 on the following day when the boat | hearing Lafitte hack to Crande Terre stole out from the wooded mouth of ! the Bayou. Looking toward the island. Lafitte j noticed an unusual volume of smoke j lingering above the tree tops, and ' wondered why the men had so much fire at this hour of the day. Then, turning his eyes to the east, he saw a fleet of vessels apparently going down the gulf. While the boat sailed down the island’s shore the smoke against the southwest sky showed more dense, and Baptistine, pointing to it, said. “That smoke looks to be not innocent camp-fire nor chimney smoke, my cap tain.” Lafitte was about to reply, when the boat came abreast of an opening in the trees, through which some of the buildings w^ere seen to be on fire. A chorus of exclamations and exe crations broke from Baptistine and the crew, and one of the latter cried i out, “This is the work of those curs**'! English!” my lias dealt us this blow; it was the governor of Louisiana." He then started up the bluff, the othes following, with Nato bringing up the rear. Inside the stockade were many signs of a fearful hand-to-hand fight. The house of the Lafittes was unharm ed, although there were indications of its having been set on fire; but the flames appeared to have died out of themselves. * There was nothing more to be done at Barataria. All the men, save Bap tistine and his crew, appeared to have been killed or captured; the buildings were burned or despoiled; the vessels taken. l^afitte, therefore, putting aside as best he could all emotion and anxiety, gathered what was left of his portable property, and. with Baptistine and his crew, together with Nato. Juniper, Scipio (the latter two having, late in the day, come from their hiding place in the woods), took his way to Shell Island. The older negroes could tell him little more than Nato had already re lated. Neither could they give him any information bearing upon Pierre’s fate. There was left only the hope that he had escaped to Shell Island, where he might be found, alive at least, if not unhurt. Put in this Lafifte was disappointed. Dotninique-You and some of his men had escaped; but the former had seen Pierre, who appeared to be wounded. < arried to a boat, and taken out to the ships. It was not. until some time after this that T.afirte gathered a reliable ac count of the affair, and knew the rea son for this murderous descent upon Barataria. The facts were these: Beluche had been received ami cably by Governor Claiborne, who, after reading Lafitte’s letter, setting forth in detail the recent offer from the English, listened to all the Bara tarian messenger had to say, and in formed him that he must, before de ciding upon a reply, consult with cer tain other officials. He then, however, while treating Beluche and Lopez with perfect courtesy, held them as prisoners. The conference, in pursuance of in vitations similar to that received by Gen. I .a Roche, was held promptly; and a large majority of its members havlfg refused to believe the truth cf I^afitte’s statements, Governor Clai borne, although himself in favor of accepting the Baratarian proposition, allowed the others to over rule him. The decision was, however, kept from the knowledge of Lafitte’s m#s i jengeis, as was also the fa.:* tha‘ a Jtsm Mrsubt mrot * u cjueklj crgajtii « tx» eebcexd cjhc Gracct Terre. ilot bluer ~ui tr«r before mere La±'-..e * Uy>&gi.:* that £_gr* and the iv.y/« CiJ. All Mr~£ieC iOJrtrlfetec— w» i-opeiem uah. as be renewed th$ fciTMOcii. ifc became »tiiued beyocc. j all to fed tie rase which at | iswrler '.sue »«Lc Lave ueea likely Ur centre* ka. Bsst. true to Ms nature, be did not' permit Mmeeif to be overwhelmed uj tie great disaster and sorrow tbat bad c*m.e upoc bint A trusty tcesses- I ger bad been uispaicbed at cnee to a point not iar from New Orleans, where mere those to be relied upon for the latest news from the city; and, I upon the third day after the attack upon Grande Terre, the messenger returned with information that de termined Labile to proceed there at once. Pierre mas at New Orleans, in gaol, wounded; some said mortally, otners I declared he mas dying. Wrapped in a long, dark cloak, with the broad brim of his hat mak ing a deeper shadow over his face. Lafitte. as he stepped aboard the craft that mas to convey him from Shell Island, looked a commanding figure of stern sorrow. The men were reluctant to see their leader going into New Orleans, but none of them dared express this feel ing in words, except as they talked among themselves. “If any harm comes to him we’d better join the English, and help burn New Orleans,” said one, as they watched Lafitte’s boat pulled up the stream. “Caramba!” growled a Spaniard. “It is to the cutting of the illustrious Senor Governor's throat I would pre fer to give my attention. "So would I,” declared a Yankee, lounging next to the last speaker. “It is the governor’s fault that Grande Terre was attacked. Captain Lafitte said so.” “Aye. we all know that,” affirmed several voices, and Nato, unable to en dure the hint of harm coming to his master, rose from his place on the edge of the group and stole away to join Scipio and Juniper, mho were sitting by themselves before the door of Lafitte's cabin. But here he found the same topic under discussion, for Scipio mas say ing to the younger negro, as if in re ply to an assertion the latter had made. “Zey all so—dam! Zey Anglaise an/ zey ’Merican. bose so—dam! Yo’ Juniper, ef zat le capitaine he come back nevvair, den yo’ bettair run— vamose avay. lek de diable. Zey git yo’ to choke miz rope roun’ yo’ neck, ef zat yo lose dey protection of le capitaine.” (To be continued.) NOT THE HORSE FOR HIM. One Reason Why Chauncey Depew Did Not Go to the Front. During the rebellion Mr. Depew made his first hits as an orator, and the fury of his ‘‘spellbinding’’ carried all before it in the rural districts. His voice, like Moloch’s, was for war. He called on the men of the North to stream to the South, and there do bloody deeds as did their sires at old Ticondeioga. In the parlance of the streets, Mr. Depew's civil war oratory was “great stuff.” One day a farmer entered Depew’s house in the country and said: “Me and wife heard you speak last night, and we want to do something for the cause. We are old, and I’m lame, and we can’t do much; but, seein’ as how you want everybody to go to the front, we thought we’d help you go yourself, and I’ve brought you the old horse as a gift,” “How’s that? How’s that?” said Depew. “Where’s the animal?” "Just across the read, sir. You kin look him over.” Depew went out, mounted, took a turn along the road, and, dismount ing, remarked to the farmer: “No, thank you. I don't think this horse is just what I want.” “No?” ejaculated the patriot. “What's the matter with him?” “Well,” replied the orator of a hun dred platforms, “this animal is a lit tle too swift in advance and a little too slow in retreat for me.”—New York Commercial. Considerate. Representative Kehoe of Kentucky tells of a considerate judge in his state who passed a sentence on a man convicted of murder. The judge said: “Mr. Dodson, the jury says you are guilty of murder, and the law says you are to be hanged. It is my'wish that you and all your friends on the river to know’ that it is not I who condemns you; it is the jury and the law, Mr. Dodson. At what time, sir, would you like to be hanged?” The prisoner made answer that it was a matter of indifference to him, and that he was prepared to be swung oft at any time. The judge continued: “Mr. Dodson, it is a serious matter to be hanged. It can’t happen to a man but once in life, unless the rope should break before the neck is broke, and you had better take all the time you can. But since it makes no dif ference to you. you may hang four weeks from to-day at 12 noon, but you may have a good dinner first.” Prof. Bowne’s Drachm. Prof. Borden P. Bow-ne ’ of Boston university is not only a great wit, but an inveterate punster. One morning in the philosophy class a student who was not willing to accept anything until he saw it raised a great many objections. The professor answered them as best he could; then, looking around tne class, remarked: “Has any one else any scruples?” and proceeded to make a bad pun by adding. “If we could get scruples enough together wre might raise a drachm among us.” To which the student replied: “Pro fessor, a good many people take that kind of a drachm without any scruples." Making Maids of Honor Useful. Taking a leaf out of the book of Mary Queen of Scots, the empress dowager of China, it is said, is going to have her handmaids in the palace tae.ght to sew and spin. In lieu of the tambour frame they will be supplied with looms and learn the useful art of weaving towels and other domestic line*1 WHAT SMART WOMEN ARE WEARING The Pans Gowns. From Paris comes word that the j b*:w gowns lor the ekgac’.es sbo hare fled to the Mediterranean, which compares to our Florida, are practi cally all made with the fullness of the sleeve pushed quite up to the top of the arm. The lower pan is very often, ft is true, gathered or gauged or made essentially full; hut all this folding is caught in to the shape of the arm, so as to outline it, and in many cases the fullness left loose at the top is practically a deep epaulet and no more. Skirts are also made to sit closely to the figure at the top and flow in full folds below the knee, the length all round being as nearly the same as the necessity for walking allows—that is to say, in the front the skirt is made to lie as much on the ground as it can do without trip ping up its owner constantly, and then the sides and back are alike three or four inches on the ground. Such skirts are unsuited for the prom enade, for which cloths are provided. Many of these have short jackets, or boleros, over deep silk belts, and in no case are the sleeves exaggerated In any fashion, but generally are sim ple coat sleeves. French women who dress well do so by exercising com mon sense in such matters; nothing can be too “fussy" for the smart cos tume; but the simple, everyday frock is a practical affair before all. White Lace and Ribbon. New lace waist, trimmed with pale green satin ribbon, the ends > of which pass through silk rings to match and are -inisheJ in little ears. The full sleeves and deep cuffs are trimmed to correspond. the latter finished at the wrists with lace ruffles. The girdle is of satin, matching me ribbon. Colors to 3e Popular. Velvet will be worn late, and all shades of mauve and violet will be especially popular. For the late spring and summer white will be the thing, just as white satin reigned su preme this winter. Modified redin gotes will be worn this spring, but so many cheap ones have already been seen that their popularity has rather waned. Made by a good tailor and on simple lines, worn over a plain skirt and by a woman who holds herself well, they are extremely good looking. The Louis XVI. and XV. coats are holding their own, and are economi cal and in good taste always, and for hotels and moving about from place to place, either here or abroad, a couple of theie jackets would be just the thing, say. a light, low-necked one of flowered silk, to wear with light skirts, and a black one of silk or satin, with lace jabot and light waistcoat. Pansy Is a Modish Color. Pansy color will be popular this spring. It is a color that is neither a purple nor a lavender, but which suggests the full blown pansy in its softest, richest tones. One can get a great deal of wear out of a pansy cloth gown, as it can be trimmed with one of many colors and frequently changed. Green, white, black, corn color and violet all go well with pansy color. There is a perfect fad for trimming a gown in such a way that the trim ming can be taken off and other trim mings put on. A pansy-colored gown can be trimmed with new green. This makes a very dressy suit with its gorgeous green vest, while the hat has its shaded green plume. Later in the season the green can be removed and white satin can be applied in its place. Now there comes the white mull, or the white lawn shirt waist, or the shirt waist of white nainsook, or of any delicate washable material. Russian Blouse Suit for Little Boy. The illustration shows a suit of brown holland, opening shirt fashion in Iront, with a lap and three but tons. A white lin en “Buster Brown” collar and red tie, | with a red enamel ed leather belt held in place by straps of the ma terial sewed to the side seams, give the neces sary color touch to the neutral tint of the holland. The full sleeves are held in place at the wrist by back ward turning tucks. The bloomers extend a short distance below the skirt of the blouse. This suit would be very serviceable made of dark blue or brown cheviot. For Hat Ornamentation. In hat materials hair braid, woven usually without regard to any pattern, but fine and narrow, leads for dressy hats. The glace effect is the most fashionable. The hair braid comes ir. all colors. Some of these braids show as many as five tints in the mother-of-pearl. Others show but two. One beautiful effect is produced in silvery green, or pale green changing to silver in different lights. Spring Styles in Suits. The street suits which are being turned out from the Paris workrooms are handsome, but it can truthfully be said, even after a study of their best points, that they are no better than those of homemake. They are not as neat as the English tailor-made suits, nor as elegant as the American tail ored garment. True they are chic. But that is a quality which is fast being acquired here. One of the prettiest of the spring stylos is the coat and skirt style. This is Immensely popular and what is bet- | tqi grows more and more so. It is very convenient to purchase a little * coat and skirt and more than conven ient to near the suit with a pretty ; shirtwaist underneath. “For spring," said a modiste, “1 ! lock forward to the coat and skirt idea almost exclusively. True there is a great deal of talk about the old fashioned basque and the bodice. But I look for a Renaissance of the two piece suit, the coat and the skirt And I am sure that it will be twice as popular as ever.” Kitchen towels should be washed ; out every day after the dinner things j are washed and boiled at ieast once a week. Wooden spoons should be used al ways when making sauces and beat ing cakes. If metal spoons are used they become ground down at the point and also wear out the saucepan. An egg whisk made of wire set in a wooden handle is a necessity in every kitchen. It is required for clear ing soup, beating whites of eggs or cream and to make chocolate froth. Directly a saucepan is empty and taken from the fire fill it with cold water. When time allows, add a piece of soda and boil out the vessel. Sauce pans treated like this are easy to w'ash and always in good order when wanted. Peacock Eyes. The iris in the superb tail feathers of the peacock is the model for a beautiful design in spring materials. Peacock "eyes,” so-called, are sprink led upon the lustrous surface of a changeable silk, where green and blue are interchangeably wroven. Peacock "eyes” with high metallic luster are achieved by using the changeable bluish-green paillettes, either on lace or velvet. These are truly superb. Th paillettes are used on a bodice, in yoke and on girdle, and occasional ly on the cuffs of the sleeves. The fashionable gauntlet cuff affords abun dant opportunity for applying these pailletted spangles. The pailletted girdle is a feature of new spring gowns. Wedding Cake. One cup of butter, 2 of sugar, 3 of flour, 4 eggs, 1 pound of raisins, 1 pound of currants. % pound of citron, 1 teaspoon of cloves, cinnamon, nut meg, and 2 teaspoons of baking pow der well mixed with 'the dry flour. Flavor with lemon. The fruit should be chopped fine and well mixed with flour. The cake will seem very stiff, but it is all right. Bake in slow oven. oudoir Confidences Rice cloth in pale colors is a pret ty and inexpensive fabric for home frocks. Something new are the deep collar and cuff sets striped horizontally with pale blue or pink. Chiffon voile comes in pale checks ; and is very like the real voile, only much less expensive. A new black veil is sprinkled with white dots and bordered with three rows of vafeaciecaes. Anon? silk glc§taats are dark shaded effects that will make up al> nx s' like a soft shaded silk. Chiffon Washable. Good chiffon can he washed again and again and used until literacy j worn out. looking "as good as new” each Time. Use tepid suds, made with a pure white soap, and add a tea spoor of alcohol to each quart of«suds. Rub gently between the hands, applying the soap directly to very soiled places When clean, squeeze in the hand, in stead of wringing, as wringing or hard rubbing is liable to separate the threads of the fabric. Rinse in tepid water, with alcohol, as before Squeeze again, this time in a clean towel. Pull gently into shape and iron while wet, letting the iron, which must be very clean and smooth, go right on the chiffon with no inter vtning cloth. Stiff Collars With Tailor Suits. Embroidered linen collars—stiff, mannish, straight linen collars, their character utterly belied by the grace ful little designs with which they are embroidered—are worn with tailor suits, and finish in a soft silk tie. They make a pretty change, too, to the stocks you’ve worn all winter. Short Evening Coat. The above coat is white broad cloth, with lining of heavy white silk. The shaped yoke of unique de sign is of Russian lace, the rounded scallops outlined with a biased fold j of cloth and white braid. Similar treatment is given the deep cuff on sleeve. Two Pretty Effects. Very fetching is a gray plaid cos tume seen in one shop. It is made with a three flounced skirt, edged with plain gray cloth. The blouse bodice is full, with seams only under the arms. It is trimmed with a round sailor collar and chemisette of lace. The short sleeves are made of two 1 ruffles corresponding to the skirt ef fect. Another smart frock is carried out in very lightweight velvet. Tucks and pointed bands of stitched cloth trim the skirt. The short coat has lapels of stitched cloth, a tiny vest, and a wide upper portion to the sleeves. The cuffs are finished with stitched cloth. Pretty Kimonos. There is nothing prettier nor more girlish in the way of dressing sacques than a short kimono, especially when its Japanese character is brought out by the material of which it is made. If a plain color is used, let it be of some soft pale shade, with the bands that border it of a contrasting color. If there is time and work to spare, a design of scattered blossoms, em broidered in natural colors, makes up charmingly and makes it still more Japanese. Drapery silks, well cov ered with chrysanthemums or cherry blossoms, are the next best substitute, and are both wide and inexpensive, although a number of cotton stuffs, which will bear repeated washings, are much less expensive and almost as effective. ADVANCE SP RING STYLES. The gown at the left is of wood brown Satin-finished cloth. The sides of the bolero are slightly gathered to the fronts and back, which form a sort of stole crossed in front, and or namented with four buttons. The shawl collar is of nile green velvet ornamented with buttons of embroid ery and false buttonholes of cord, and finished with a plaiting of brown taf feta. The chemisette is of lac«, orna mented with pendants, or motifs of passementerie. The girdle is of nile green kid. The full sleeves are fin ished with turnover cuffs of the green velvet, ornamented with the buttons and buttonholes and edged with brown velvet. Below these cuffs are puffs and frflls of lace like the chemi sette. The skirt is made with two double box-plai^ in the middle of the front, forming a narrow tablier, and is ornamented at the bottom with stitching. The other gown is of ol ive cloth, trimmed with braid of the same shade. The habit bodice is plaited at the shoulders, gathered in front, where it crosses over a waist coat of apple green cloth, fastened with two rows of enamel buttons. The revers are of white silk, embroid ered with green, and the chemisette is of plaited white linon, with cravat of lace. The sleeves are full at the top, where they are plaited into the armholes, then are draped below, and finished with braid-trimmed cuffs of the material and little puffs of linon. The skirt is plaited over the hips, and has groups of fine plaitings at the bot tom. It is elaborately trimmed with the braif MARVELS OF AMERICA SCENES F BEAUTY UNEQUALED ON THE EARTH. No Wondrous Sight Shown th« Trav eler Abroad But Can Be Duplicated Here in Our Own Land—A Few in stances Ta*en from Lung List. Pavare wrote "Tkamli Xo Place Like Home." he gave poetic ex pressioe to Che lore he bow toward the more precious than -temples or palaces.'* What flowers of rhetoric could approach in power of assertion, these fire little moaosx Ua hie words. “There's No Place Like Home"—to gainsay which were impos sible! It is the great privilege of Ameri cans to be able, without hyperbole, to apply them to travel, for what is there in any part of the habitable globe more fraught with interest, instruction, education, refreshment of mind and body and uplifting of soul than nature has provided, with hand so lavish, for the delectation of those having the good fortune to dwell in this goodly land? Would he see a Riviera? We have several on the shores of the am re waters both of the gulf and the Pacific, far distancing that laved by the Medit erranean. Does he pine for snow-capped moun tains? Let him repair to the plains whence Pike's Peak, ML Logan and our other great elevations rear their hoary summits into eloudland. Would he witness a majestic cata ract? There is but one w ithout a rival, the imperial Niagara—in the chain of our great lakes, most turbulent of links. Neither Nile. Niger, nor Ganges— great rivers though they are—are com parable to our own Mississippi, well named “The Father of Waters.” Our peerless Hudson excels in picturesque effects the vaunted Rhine. What of the beauties of the Golden Gate, on whose shores sits enthroned queenly San Francisco, pronounced peerless among cities by a much-trav eled European prince of imperial blood. Where is there, even in miniature, anything to vie with that earthly para dise, the Valley of the Yosemite; what to compare with the deep and rugged gorge through which passes to the sea the impetuous Colorado river? The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, one of the world’s wonders, is as yet but partially explored. Why, then, travel abroad, w’hile all these and vastly more than can be here enumerated, remain unseen, at home. “Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?” said Naaman the Syrian of old, when ordered by the prophet to betake himself to the Jor dan for healing. Who can help admir ing his pride of country and robust patriotism? Most worthy are they of emulation. Be it for health or recreation, there is no grander travel field than we have at home.—Travel. The Judas Kiss. Dr. H. W. Wiley, the brilliant and original chief of the bureau of chem istry of the Department of Agricul ture, was asked the other day by a re porter why he did not investigate rouge. •‘Rouge,” the reporter said, ‘‘may be very harmful, very poisonous, sir. Don't you think tfiat it requires inves tigation?” Dr. Wiley smiled. “No.” he answered, ‘‘I can’t say I do. If rouge were poisonous, unnum bered women would have died of it long ago. ‘‘By the way. I’ll tell you a queer thing about rouge. It is something that I came upon one day in a phar macy, and I think it illustrates an odd phase of human nature. ‘A young girl was buying a pot of rouge and I heard her murmur to the clerk: *• ‘You guarantee that this will not rub off?’ “‘I do, indeed.’ the clerk answered. ‘This, like all of our rouges, is war ranted to stand the hardest kiss of in vestigation that any of your women friends will try on it.’ ”—Salt Lake Tribune. English Employes in Ruts. Mr. Ruggles of Chicago continues his description of English business ways in Vanity Fair. “I have seen only one office where there is any real enthusiasm, and the employes seldom have any interest in the business be yond drawing their salaries. In most of the factories, and even in the of fices, they are taught a certain round of duties, and they are allowed to do nothing else. They seldom suggest improvements for fear of losing their places, where in America they’d soon lose their places if they didn’t make suggestions. Here, it’s the firm in its private offices, and everybody else do ing as little as possible, and never stepping out of the rut they’re put in; and there it’s everybody working to gether, coals off, and the head of the concern glad to listen to the office boy, and to do as he says if it means results.” British Agricultural Schools. In 1904 British educational institu tions received nearly $50,000 for farm studies, and special grants, aggregat ing several thousand dollars, were made to various agricultural and in dustrial societies. Dairying and sheep raising are receiving special at tention. and some important results recently have been attained in cur ing or preventing diseases peculiar to sheep. Knew What He Was Doing. Postmaster Willcox has a friend who is the possessor of an only son. One day his mother heard him sliding down the banisters of the front stairs and asked him what he was trying to do. The little fellow thought a moment and then said, “I am making a pair of pants for a poor orphan boy.”—New York Times. Japs in California. California believes that it has one third of the 100.000 Japanese now in this country. In 1880 there were only eighty-six Japanese in the state. When the war is over there is likely , to be a rush of Japaueae immigrants.