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i By HALL CAINE.
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CHAPTER V. ( Continued. )
With that he thrust spurs into his
'Jiorse's sides and went off at utmost
1 speed.
Then Jason was alone on the plain.
Not another human soul was left. The
crowd was gone ; the Mount of Laws
was silent , and a flock of young sheep
ran past it bleating. Over the moun
1ti tains to the south a red glow burned
along the black sky and lurid flames
shot through it.
Such was the beginning of the erup
tion of Skaptar. And Jason staggered
nlong inthe day-darkness alone , aban
ti doned , shouting like a maniac , swear
ing like a man accursed , crying out to
the desolate waste and the black wind
tin sweeping over it that if this were the
end of the world he had a question to
ask of Him who made it : Why He had
n broken His word , which said thatthe
H wages of sin was death why the
Hi avenger that was promised had not
: come to smite down the wicked and
i save the just ?
VI.
I In this valley of the Loberg there is
a long peninsula of rock stretching be
tween the western bank of the lake
i and the river called the Oxara. It be
gins in a narrow neck where is a pass
for one horse only , end ends in a deep
pool over a jagged precipice , with a
mighty gorge of water falling from the
opposite ravine. It is said that this
awful place was used in ancient days
for the execution of women who had
killed their children , and ofmen who
had robed the widow and the orphan.
b ! \ Near the narrowest part of the pen
insula a man was plunging along in
the darkness , trusting solely to the
flight of his pony , for his own eyes
could see nothing. Two long hours he
had been grouping his way from tho
m Mount of Laws , and he was still within
ine short mile of it. But at last he
saw help in his extremity , for a man
mI on foot'approached him out of the
gloom. He took hm for a farmer of
I those parts and hailed him with hearty
cheer.
"Good man , " he said , "put me on the
right path for Reykjavik and you shall
have five kroner , and welcome. "
But scarcely had he spoken when he
recognized the man he had met , and
the man recognized him. The one was
Jason and the other Jorgen Jorgensen.
Jorgen Jorgensen thought his hour
Ifjf had come , for , putting his hand to his
[ 'I weapon , he remembered that he had
not reloaded it since he had shot at
Jason , and so he flung it away. But
the oldtiger was not to be subdued.
"Come7 he said , out of the black
depths of his heart , "let us have done.
What is it to be ? "
Then Jason stepped back and sale" ,
"That is the way to Reykjavik over
the stream and through the first chasm
on the left. "
At this Jorgen Jorgensen seemed to
catch his breath. He tried to speak
and could not.
"No , " said Jason. "It may be weak
ness , it may be folly , it may be mad
ness , but you were my mother's father ,
God pity her and forgive you , and not
even at the price of my brother's lif-3
will I have your blood on my hands.
Go ! "
Jorgen Jorgensen touched his horse
and rode on , with his gray , dishonored
head deep in his breast. And , evil
man as he was , surely his cold heart
was smitten with shame.
i CHAPTER VI.
No Althing was held in Iceland' in
that year of the great eruption of
Skaptar. The dread visitatiton lasted
six long months , from the end of June
to the beginning of January of the year
following. During that time the peo
ple of the south and southeast , who
had been made homeless and penni
less , were constantlytrooping into
Reykjavik in hundreds and tens of
hundreds. The population of the capi
tal rose from less than two thousand to
more than twenty thousand. Where so
many were housed no man ever knew ,
and how they lived none can say.
Every hut , every hovel , every hole was
N full of human beings. Men , women
and children crawled like vermin in
N every quarter. For food they had
what fish came out of the sea , and
p when the frost covered the fiord a foot
h deep with ice they starved on fish
bones and moss and seaweed.
By this time a cry for help had gone
hi up throughout Europe , and Denmark
and England had each sent a shipload
i of provisions , corn and meal and pota
toes. The relief came late , the ships
were caught in the ice and held ice
bound a long month off Reykianess.
and when at length the food for which
L the people famished was brought into
Reykjavik harbor the potatoes were
like slabs of leather and the corn and
meal like blocks of stone.
But even in this land of fire and
frost the Universal Mother is good to
1 her children , and the people lived
through their distresses. By the end
of February they were trooping back
to the scenes of their former homes ,
for , desolate asthose places were , they
loved them and clung to them still.
In the days , of this awful calamity
there were few that remembered Mich
ael Sunlocks. Jorgan Jorgensen might
P < 'have had his will of him then and
h scarce anybody the wiser. That he
M held his hand was due first to fear and
then to contempt ; fear of Copenhagen ,
contempt of 'the man who had lost his
influence over thepeople of Icelan.l.
He was wrong on both counts. Copen
hagen cared nothing for the life of
Michael Sunlocks , and laughed at the
revolution whereof he had been the
fcead and center. But when the people
of Iceland recovered from the deadly
visitation their hearts turned back to
the man who had suffered for their
Then it appeared that through thesa
weary months Michael Sunlocks had
"been lying in the little house of deten
tion at Reykjavik with no man save
one man , and that was old Adam Fair-
brother , to raise a voice on his behalf ,
and no woman , save one woman , and
tnat was Greeba , to cling to him in his
extremity. Neither * of these had been
' . .V. v > * - f-
.allowed to come near to him , but both
had been with him always. Again
and again old Adam had"forced his way
to the governor and protested thai
Michael Sunlocks was not being treat
ed as a prisoner , but as a condemned
criminal and galley slave ; and again
and again Greeba had come and gone be
tween her lodgings at the house of the
bishop and her heart's home at the
prison with food and drink for him
who lay in darkness and solitude. Lit
tle he knew to whom he was thus be
holden , for she took pains to keep her
secret , but all Reykjavik saw what she
was doing. And the heart of Reyk
javik was touched when she brought
her child from Krisuvik , thinking no
shame of her altered state , content to
exist in simple poverty where she had
once lived in wealth , if so be that she
might but touch the walls that con
tained her husband.
Seeing how the sympathy was going ,
Jorgan Jorgensen set himself to con
sider what jjtep to take , and finally
concluded to remove Michael Sunlocks
as far as possible from the place where
his power was still great and his
temptation to use it was powerful. The
remotest spot under his rule was
Grimsey , an island lying on the Arc-
tic circle , thirty-five miles from the
mainland. It was small ; it was
sparsely populated ; its Inhabitants
were fishermen with no craft but open
row boats-it ; had no'trade ; no ves
sels touched at it , and the sea that
separated it from Iceland was frozen
during many months of the year. And
to this island Jorgensen decided that
Michael Sunlocks should go.
When the word was brought to
Michael Sunlocks he asked what he
was expected to do on that little rock
at the end of .the world , and said that
Grimsey would be his sentence of Jor
gen death.
"I prefer to die , for I have no great
reason to wish for life , " he said , "but
if I must live , let me live here. I am
blind ; I do not know the darkness of
this place , and all I ask of you is air
and water. "
Old Adam , too , protested loudly ,
whereupon Jorgen Jorgensen answered
with a smile that he had supposed that
all he intended to do was for the bene
fit of the prisoner himself , who would
surely prefer a whole island to live
upon to being confined in a cell at
Reykjavik.
"He will there have liberty to move
about , " said Jorgen , "and he will live
under the protection of the Danish
laws. "
"Then that will be more than he has
done here , " said Adam , boldly , "where
he has existed at the caprice of a Dan
ish tyrant. "
The people of Reykjavik heard of
the banishment with surprise and an
ger , but nothing availed to prevent it.
When the appointed day came Michael
Sunlocks was marched out of his
prison and taken offtowards tho
Bursting sand desert between a line of
guards. There was , a great throng to
bid adieu to him and to groan at the
power that sent him. His face was
pale , but his bodily strength was good.
His step was firm and steady and gave
hardly a hint of his blindness. His
farewell of those who crowded upon
him was. simple and manly.
"Good-bye , " he said , "and though
with my eyes I cannot see you , I ca\i
see you with my heart , and that is the
better sight whereof death alone can
rob me. No doubt you have much to
forgive to me ; so forgive it to me now ,
for we shall meet no more. "
There was many a sob at that word ,
but the two who would have been most
touched by it were not there to hear it ,
for Greeba and old Adam were busy
with own enterprise , as we shall learn
hereafter.
When Michael Sunlocks was landed
at Grimsey he was offered first as bond
man for life , or prisoner-slave to the
largest bonder there , a grasping old
miser named Jonsson , who , like Jor
gen himself , had never allowed his bad
conscience to get the better of .him.
But Jonsson looked at Sunlocks with
a curl of the lip and said : "What's tho
use of a blind man ? " So the end of
all was that Sunlock was put in charge
of the priest of the island. The priest
was to take him into his house , to feed ,
clothe and attend to him , and report
his condition twice a year to .the gov
ernor at Reykjavik. For such service
to the state the good man was to re
ceive an annual stipend of one hun
dred kroner. And all arrangements
being made , the escort that had
brought Michael Sunlocks the ten days'
journey over the desert set their faces
towards the capital.
Michael Sunlocks was then on the
edge of the habitable world. There
was no attempt to confine him , for his
home was an island bound by a rocky
coast ; he was blind and therefore help
less , and he could not step out a thou
sand yards alone without the danger OL
walking over a precipice into the sea.
So that with all his brave show of lib
erty he was as much in fetters as if
his feet had been enchained to the
earth beneath them. T
The priest , who was in truth his
jailer , was one who has already been
heard of in this history , being no other
than the Sigfus Thomsson ( titled Sir
from his cure of souls ) who was ban
ished before for marrying Stephen
Orry to Machael , the daughter of the
Governor-General Jorgensen. He had
been young then , and since his life
had been cut in twain he had fallen
into some excesses. Thus it had often
happened that when his people came
to church over miles of their track
less country lie had been too drunk to
go through with it , and sometimes
when they wished to make sure of him
for a wedding or a christening they
had been compelled to decoy him into
his house over night and lock him
up until morning. Now he was elderly
and live alone , save for a fractious old
man servant , in a straggling old moss-
covered house , or group of houses. He
was weak of will , timid as a deer and
infirm-of purpose , yet he was beloved
by all men and pitied by all women for
his sweet simplicity , whereof anyone
might take advantage , and for the ten
derness that could never resist a story
c ? distress ,
( To Be Continued. )
Couldn't Work Him for a "TeiMple. "
A civil engineer employed in Salt
Lake City received recently from the
cashier at the works at which he had
been engaged his first week's wages ,
less 10 per cent He askad why , hav
ing worked a full week ; tt agreed
rate , there should be any deduction.
"It's the tithe for the Temple , " was
the answer , and on further inquiry it
appeared that it was usual in Salt
Lake City for every citizen or work
man to pay over to the elders a sum
representing a tithe , or 10 per cent of
his earnings or gains. The engineer
said that he knew nothing about the
Temple or the elders , and that he
cared less. He added that he would
have his full pay or know the reason
why. "Oh , it's entirely optional- "
said the cashier , pushing over the-bal-
ance.
Why the King Dropped Albert ,
Many theories have been put for
ward with regard to King Edward's
choice of name ; that is , the dropping
of the appellation "Albert , " it Is , how.-
ever , no secret that the king never
lied the name of "Albert , " and it was
only in deference to his mother's wish
that he signed himself "Albert Ed
ward. " More than once he asked to
.be allowed to sign himself "Edward , "
but the queen was obdurate. The king :
knew that the name , of "Albert" would
not be congenial to the British nation ,
and as soon as Queen Victoria had
passed away he communicated to Lord
Salisbury his wish to be known , as
Edward VII.
One Snip Anchored on Another.
It is not usual for a ship on : the
high seas to elect to cast anchor on
the deck of a passing steamer ; but
that is what a four masted schooner
did recently in the Atlantic. The two
vessels grazed in the fog. and the
"catted" port anchor of the schooner
caught in the steamer's deck "by a
fluke. " It fastened to an engineer's
state room in. such a manner as to
bar his exit , but fortunately the chain
parted just as the room was being
ripped into fragments. The schooner
followed the steamer to its destinatioa
to recover her anchor.
The Shah's 8 OOOO Automobile. .
A builder of motor cars in Liege , .
France , has just sent to Teheran an
open carriage of the landau shaps , or
dered by the shah , at the price of
$20,000 , It has seats for five , one of
which is the driver. The body is
painted royal blue , and the wheels
carmine. The seats are luxurious ,
springy and covered with pearly gray
satin. Two handsome lamps stand out
well from the driver's seat ; the frames
are silver gilt , and the 'glass panes
beveled ; they are decorated in the
middle with the lion and sun of Per
sia.
Artistic Timekeeper.
Phil May , , the London artist , tells-
how at the age of 12 he became a
timekeeper in a large iron foundry.
Says he : "I was delighted with : the
office , but the foundry masters were
not auite so satisfied. At first they
were surprised at the great punctuality
of the entire saff -workmen ; later
they simply marveled at its continu
ance , and finally they discovered that
I kept the timebook on. a system , of
my own. "
Wide Variance in Pupils * Ages.
There are 1,100 Chinese pupils , in-
Queens college , Hong Kong , varying
in age from 9 up to. . 23 , . and many of
them have family cares in the shape
of a wife and children at home. Each
year ees a decrease in the proportion
of married school "boys , and the aver
age age becomes less every year. In
its early history boys of all ages were
to be found in the school , and it was
quite possible to find father and son
run a dead heat for the first prize.
Chinese Banknotes 6OO Years Old.
The Chinese have on show in Lon
don , in an exhibition of early printing
from Japan and China , a bank note
issued in the course of the reign of
Emperor Hungwu , 1368-99. This is
300 years earlier than the establish
ment at Stockholm of the first Euro
pean bank which issued notes. This
earliest of banknotes measures , eigh-
teen inches by nine.
Grecian Prince a Dramatist.
Prince Nicholas of Greece , third son
of the king of the Hellenes , was re
cently designated "laureate" in a dra
matic congress organized by the "Uni
versity of Athens. The work which
obtained for him this distinction was
a comedy entitled "The Reformers , "
and was judged on its merits , the com
petitors having to send in their compo
sitions under pseudonyms only.
Her Laudable Ambition.
Colonel G. B. M. Harvey , the pub
lisher , tells of meeting the young
bride of a well known Kentucky fam
ily , who said : "I'm glad to meet you ,
because I'm thinking of writing a
book. " "Of what sore ? " asked the
colonel. "Oh , " was the answer ,
"something like 'Les Miserables , ' only
more lively. "
Fisk's Profundity.
In college the late John Fiske took
up such unusual courses of study as
Gothic , Icelandic , Danish , Swedish ,
Dutch and Roumanian ; then'he delved
in law and was graduated from the
law school at the age of 22. Such a
list of achievements makes him an
Admirable Crichton of extraordinary
profundity.
How He Headed Off Sharpshooters.
William K. Vanderbilt , Jr. , does not
intend that Idle Hour , his new home
at Oakland , L. T. , shall be photo
graphed without his permission. He
has accordingly had pictures taken
from every possible point and copy
righted the results.
Royal Pistol Shot.
King George of Greece has lately
taken up pistol practice as an amuse
ment and is developing a considerable
talent in that direction , so that he
was able in a recent tournaments to
defeat some of the best shots in the
kingdom.
Commoner Comment
Extracts From W. J. Bryan's Paper.
The Ohio Platform.
The Ohio democratic convention was
the political event of last week. The
platform adopted made a strong pre
sentation of some of the issues but
failed to reaffirm the Kansas City plat
form.
It began with municipal and state
issues and the handiwork of Mayor
Tom L. Johnson was evident in the
terse and emphatic declaration of dem-
foeratic principles so far as they apply
to local questions. The necessity for
municipal reform isan Tirgent one and
there is sound democracy in the plank
demandingthat the people be given an
opportunity to vote on questions in
volving the granting-or extending of a
franchise.
The plank Tvhich declares that "steam
and electric railroads and other corpo
rations possessing public franchises
shall be assessed in the same proportion
totheir salable value as are farms
and city real estate" is both logical and
just , but it is likely to offend' the very
people who were to be conciliated by
an evasion of the silver question.
The plank against passes is all right
but will not make votes among the so-
called conservatives. The platform
urges tariff reform.
The anti-trust plank would have been
stronger if it had reiterated the Kansas
City platform on the subject. The free
list and the prevention of railroad dis
criminations are good so far as they
go but they do not go far enough.
Whenever a trust can export its goods
to other countries it can live here with
out any tariff. Something more than
free trade is necessaiy to such a case.
Absolute fairness in railroad rates is
desirable , but even this will not make
private monopolies impossible. The
Kansas City platform suggested a com
plete remedy the only one yet pro
posed and it is to be regretted that
the Ohio' convention was so prejudiced
against the last national platform 'of
the party that it ignored a remedy en
dorsed by more than six millions of vo
ters.
ters.The
The plank condemning imperialism
criticizes the republican policy without
pointing out a remedy. Here again
the failure to reaffirm the Kansas City
platform has weakened the Ohio dem
ocracy ,
" The convention endorsed the propo
sition to elect senators by the people.
The labor plank is excellent , but those
who wrote the platform failed , either
intentionally or unintentionally , to
mention government by in junction , the
black list and arbitration. A reaffirm-
ation of the Kansas City platform
would have covered these points also ,
but having failed to reaffirm , the con
vention should have been careful to
touch on all the important questions.
The convention not only failed , but
refused to endorse the Kansas City
platform , and , from the manner in
which the gold element has rejoiced
over this feature of the conventionone ,
would suppose that the main object of
the convention was not to write a new
platform , but to repudiate the one up
on which the last national campaign
was fought.
General Finley was right in insist
ing upon a vote on his resolution en
dorsing the Kansas City platform , but
he made a mistake in including in his
resolution a complimentary reference
to Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan is not a can
didate for any office , and a mention of
him might be construed by some as an
endorsement of him for office. The
vote should have been upon the naked
proposition to endorse the platform of
last year , and then no one could have
excused his abandonment of democrat
ic principles by pleading his dislike for
Mr. Bryan. The cause ought not to be
made to bear the sins of an individual.
Mr. Bryan will endure without com
plaint any punishment which the dem
ocracy of Ohio may see fit to adminis
ter to him , but he does not want his
name used to the injury of a good plat
form.
The gold papers asstime that the con
vention refused to endorse the Kansas
City platform because it contained'a
silver plank. If so , it would have been
more courageous to have declared open
ly for the gold standard. If the gold
standard is good it ought to have been
endorsed if bad , it ought to have been
denounced. To ignore the subject en
tirely was inexcusable.
The money question is not yet out of
politics. Every session of congress
will have to deal with it. Republicans
declare that it is dead but they keep
working at it. At the last session of
congress they tried to make the silver
dollar redeemable in gold and when
that is accomplished they will try to
limit the legal tender qualities of the
dollar. The gold standard will not be
complete until gold is the only legal
tender money and bank notes the only
paper money. Then our supply of pri
mary money will be controlled "by for
eign financiers , and our supply of cred
it money by domestic financiers.
This plan has been developed grad
ually and every step Las been taken
secretly and stealthily. The republi
can leaders have been in this movement
for years ; as soon as the democratic
The men who paid the Porto Rican
tariff under protest are not worrying.
They added enough to the price
charged to the consumer to pay the
tax , and now they are to get the tax
back. The tax payerwho fails to
see the point deserves to be held up.
This is the season when the benefi
ciaries of republican policies meet at
cool summer resorts and devise plans
for making it hotter for the masses ,
who have neither the time nor the
money to take a vacation ,
&n.i-f-
party found that some of its leaders
had joined the conspiracy those leaders
were deposed. It looks now as if the
reactionary influences were once more
trying to secure control. If they suc
ceed in Ohio or elsewhere it simply
means another gigantic struggle such
aswas witnessed in 1890. The demo
cratic party cannot be made a pluto
cratic party even if there was room iu
this country for two such parties.-
There was a time , under the Cleveland
regime , when the party leaders used
general and ambiguous phrases to de
ceive the voters , but that scheme can
not be worked again. We cannot expect
the voters to have confidence in the
party unless the party has confidence
in the voters , and if the party has con
fidence in the voters it will state its
position on all important questions be
fore the country and invite judgment ,
The present campaign involves a sen
ator , as well as a state ticket , and as
the convention dealt with other na
tional questions it should have dealt
candidly and honestly with the money
question. Mr. McLean is supposed to
be a canditate for the United State
senate , and is also supposed to have
dictated that portion of the platform
that has to do with national issues.
The senator elected by the next Ohio
legislature will have to vote on the
money question. The democratic par
ty of the'nation is opposed to making
the silver dollar a promise to pay in
gold , and is also opposed to substitut
ing national bank notes for govern
ment paper , but the democratic party
in Ohio was silent upon these import
ant subjects. Why ? Did the leaders
ignore the money question in order to
please those who bolted ? Or does Mr.
McLean want to be left free to affiliate
with the republicans on financial ques
tions in case of his election ?
Mr. Kilbourne , the nominee for gov
ernor , is an excellent man , a lifelong
democrat and an active , supporter of
the national ticket in both 189G and
1900. He is better than his platform.
He deserves and should receive the sup
port of every democrat in Ohio.
If any of the Ohio democrats feel ag
grieved becausethe reorganizing ele
ment of the party triumphed at the
convention , let them not visit their dis
appointment upon the state ticket , but
rather see to the nomination of sena
tors and. representatives who will se
lect a trust-worthy senator. Let them
see to it also that the state platform is
made at the primaries next time rath
er than at the convention. lithe voters
at the primaries had instructed their
delegates to insist upon the reaffirma-
tion of the Kansas City platform the
result would have been different.
In the Hollow of Their Hands.
At a banquet given by the American
Society in London on July 4 , the Rev.
Joe Parker proposed a toast to President
McKinley ; and in the course of his re
marks said :
"Despite the traditional prejudice ,
which happily has been weakening
during the past century , it is now well
recognized that no other nation can
sustain the relation to Great Britain
which the United States now holds ;
and , fortunately for the world , Great
Britain and the United State now holds
the world's peace in the hollow of their
hands. "
Great Britain and the Udited States
probably do "hold the peace of the
world in the hollow of their hands. "
This might be true because of the great
influence and power , moral and ma
terial , wielded by these two great na
tions. It happens , however , to be par
ticularly true at this time because ol
all the governments of the earth , the
Unitad States and Great Britain are
the only ones now engaged in serious
warfare. Ou the part of Great Brit
ain , it is a case where a nation claim
ing to be the greatest civilizer of all
nations of the earth is engaged in de
stroying two formally organized re
publics. In the case of the United
States , this government is carrying on
a war in the Philippine Islands , a war
that stands as an antagonism to the
purest of American traditions and the
most sacred of American principles.
Granting it to be true that Great
Britain and tlie United States ' . 'hold
the peace of the world in the hollow of
their hands , " is it not strange that
these great nations do not discharge
the high and sacred responsibilities
always resting upon exclusive custo
dians of great purposes ?
All over the land today men and wo
men are hoping and praying that the
terrible blight of drought will not be
visited upon this country. The anxiety
is not confined to the farmer for men
in all the avocations of life are asking
the question , "What shall the harvest
be ? " All the material interests of the
country are being affected by even the
threat of crop failure. This should
serve to open the eyes of those who
have been blind to the fact that the
welfare of the general public depends
largely upon the welfare of the farmer.
' 'Burn down your cities and leave our
farms and your cities will spring up
again as if by magic ; but detroy our
farms and grasswill grow in the streets
of every city in the country. "
If the republican reformers are so
horrified at Democratic rule in New
York , how will they feel when they
survey the corruption of republican of
ficials in Philadelphia.
If the administration is responsible
for the bigwheat yield , in .Kansas it
stands to that " "
reason "JBryanism" must
be responsible for the burning tip of
the southern Kansas corn crop.
At any rate the commissary fraud
seems 4:0 : b keeping well up with the
GETTING READY FOR BED. : <
A Balk ! One of the EuatI > I *
Recommended.
In delightful contrast to the many
slovens are those who do not ignore ,
not only every principle of hygiene ,
but every particle of common decency. {
A woman , maybe every whit as tired
as the first one , but , not ignorant of
the value of a truljr restful sleep , will
remove her garments separately and
with care , shaking them slightly and
hanging petticoats , chemise and cor
nets upon pegs or chairs ; she will put
on a tidy bathrobe and prepare a bath
for herself acording to her individual
ideas as to temperature. The time
spent Inthe bath will also be-regu
lated by her individual wish , and she
will emerge from it with the work-
worn feeling dissipated and a luxur
ious glow of comfort in Its place. Her
body has been cleansed and soothed ,
the nervous strain of a busy day has
been removed. Next her teeth are
thoroughly brushed , and an antisep
tic spray cleanses nostrils and throat
alike. There may be only a gas stove
in her room to radiate warmth , but she
will sit before this in luxurious ease
and remove the hairpins from a tired
head , and then , crowning rest of all ,
for fully ten minutes her glosy hair
will be brushed and rebrushed until it
shines anew then , with a feeling of
content equal to that of her ladyship
the cat , she will lie down between cool
sheets and sleep peacefully for eight
hours. When one pauses to consider
that a third of the twenty-four hours
is spent in sleep , it is surely not too
much to meet the rest , time in a
clean condition. Fruit stains of food
particles on the teeth , tobacco smoke
on the eyelashes , dust from the street
upon the body , soiled hands and tight
ly pinned up hair ugh ! what a way
in which to woo repose ! Small wonder
that some people complain of insom
nia or awake in the morning with a
taste of red flannel in the mouth , or
wonder why the head aches and
"sleepers" seal fast the eye-lids ! Les
lie's Weekly.
A QUESTION FOR WOMEN.
Balancing Account * Every Day Is a
Safeguard for the Housekeeper.
The question of cash or accounts is
ane that is debatable in the mind of
the modern woman , particularly the
: ity woman. Distances in a large city
ire so inexorable that the convenience
Df mail or telegraph shopping is very
tempting. It is possible nowadays , in-
ieed , to take advantage of bargain
zounter attractions at long range.
Many women , knowing their shops
svell. will unhesitatingly telephone for
& marked down article on opening the
morning paper to find it advertised ,
some shoppers holding an account at
iifferent stores for no other purpose.
Sometimes , Indeed , these purchases
: an be sent C. O. D. , but often they
: annot. In the matter of exchange , too ,
the charge customer has an advantage
in the ease and celerity with which
jhe can manage these transactions.
Against , however , this saving of time
ind strength and of opportunity must
be.set . the objection to extravagance ,
says Harper's Bazar. When an article
is to be charged it seems much easier
: o make the purchase. One of the
phrases common among women hesi-
; ating at this point is : " will only
leed a little larger check , and few dol
lars one way'or the other will make
10 difference , " and it rarely fails to
; ip the scales in favor of the purchase ,
yet it is just here that the danger of
in account lies in the establishment
3f moderate means , and the woman
who finds herself sliping along this
jasy , dangerous road can find safety
> nly in stern repression , or to per-
nit the account to lapse. An every-day
Dalancing of accounts is a wonderful
safeguard for a housekeeper , and sel-
lom occurs with the woman who
: harges things. Boston Herald.
Slang : from the Bench.
Even jurists are not exempt from the
prevailing custom of using slang in
expressing their sentiments. Quite re-
: ently Sir John Madden , the chief jus-
: ice and lieutenant governor of Vic-
: oria. New South Wales , angry at the
ibsence of all the barristers in a libel
: ase that was down for hearing , char-
icterized the proceeding as a"fake. "
rhis is a piece of pugilistic slang and
s understood to mean a. make-believe
ight , both boxers having previously
igreed as to the final issue. Chicago
ind New York have witnessed many
such "fakes. " Next morning the three
eading barristers concerned appeared
n court , explained their absence and
ndignantly repudiated any idea of a
fake. " The chief justice then apolo-
jized expressing his regret that he had
) ermitted himself to use such a word ,
ind adding that the bar would under
stand how such expressions sometimes
slipped out without due regard to the
unrounding circumstances. A bland
issurance of his belief that the parties
n the case were animated by the "full-
: st litigant animosity" raised a laugh
ind agreeably closed the incident.
Senate Not Dominated by Money.
It is to the credit of the senate that
wealth is not yet the standard by
which its members judge each other ,
[ "here are millionaires in the senate
who occupy insignificant places , who
ire never consulted by their colleagues
ind who simply follow where others
lead. On the other hand , men who
possess brains are consequential fac
ers in determining legislation , al-
: hough in material wealth they may
36 as poor as church mice. A man
: annot rise to eminence in the senate
ijy wealth alone. Herein is much basis
tor felicitation. Until this condition
changes the senate will continue to be ,
what it is today , the greatest legisla
tive body in , the wj > rld. The Forunx
