\

THE CHARITY OF TIME.

'-wSh^ 0 *"

, «IUt » mind dli-

br«Ml.

IM to my bMK my wltbar'd bopw I lad o?their oteleaeorn bellered Diofbt; For etlll I fed oa facolee rUlon-wrouent. Or fiubloB'd them like pinned* of reel. To which I dim*; end jet, by grief* be-

quee*.

My mind wu etung by many en embuabed

tboucbL

Twee then 1 courted comfort hero tnlow--In rain. So heerenwarda my prey're did

climb—

led etlll I found not eympethy. But. lo l kt year* roll'd on, a peecefulnrae aubllme Crept o'er my etormy eoul, and 1 did know "e* unobtruUr# charity of Time. -B. M. R.. In the St. Jamee’e Oexette.

man waa dlaculaed. and dimly fancied that ibtt three rough lookln* gtrangera were up tj eotn« / aitech!ef. > But ehe wan thinking of Jack the next moment, and the atrange Incident waa shelved. A few momenta of brisk walking

MU r *n

at an oblique; along tbe aide of the I steep deacent. Bueaa teated herself | on a log and looked down into thn vll- | lage. which lay. as It were, at her I very feet. She traced the one long | street of the hamlet, which waa but a [ continuation of the highway, and followed Its dusty line past her aunt's i trim home, and the little park with | It* soldiers'

1 sum

i Jack's hank—and there her gaze rest*

! e-J.

Miss Susan's eye* weis good ones and tbe air was very clear. She saw a horseman sluing In hls saddle at the bank door. Ho was holding the bridles ot two riderless horses. Even as she noted this the two riders rushed from the building and leaped Into their {addles. There .wore puffs of white emoke and sharp detonations. Susan could see people running In wild con- . fusion. Taen the three riders started j at a sharp canter up the road. Every j dozen yards or so one would turn In hls saddle and Are down too roadway. Susan knew what this strange scene meant. It was a daylight bank robbery. one of a series that had terror-

up the mountain road. j Ued all the countryside during the She certainly waa^an unusual figure | post summer. The three robbers were for that quiet nelghbo'fhood.- At tired retreating with their plunder. What i clcne-fittlng suit of gray with a J had happened In the bank?

wide- j Jack not pursuing them’

| ly turned sick and cold.

SUSAN'S LUCKY SHOT. I It waa a very pretty prospect that coafnmted Miss Susan Gallon Drown.

among the d hllla beilne tree

lear sky that was such a novelty to the girl from the great manufacturing town—It was all bright and fresh and so delightfully clean. Miss Susan . Gallon Brown looked back on the

f gray i and a

1 stuunc

gain."

her beautiful hair, she might, at a distance. sare for the skirt, have been taken for an extremely handsome boy. Her gait would hare carried out the Impression, there was such an unconstrained swing to it. But her high boots were not s boy's boots and her hands were noatly gloved. Miss Su-

i Brown carried something

under tfer arm. It was a light maga-

Why wsi

Jack not pursuing them? She sudden

1 sick i

Then an Indescribable impulse seized her. She let herself over tne edge of the bank and began a mad scramble down the steep declivity. She meant to Intercept the ruffians. She slid, she stumbljd, once she fell, but she never let go her hold on her precious rifle. And then, as the earth suddenly seemed falling away from her. sho reached the level ground In

a confused heap,

her feet la a moment, was directly before her.

were cantering by. The man In the was the man with the beard, and

course—an education rounded off in a j he had a coarse bag flung acroi finishing school, a pleasing smatter- j saddle before him.

Ing of music, taste for art that was j only second to her taste for nature. But all'these were quite dwarfed In

Dalton

xlno rifle, the gift of an adoring father, j For ahe could shoot and fish and swim and run. and do It all In a way that ; met that adoring father'a critical ap- j i proval. She had minor lalenta. of j r

ided off 1

l pi east e for a

t ahe was up oa t. The highway er. The robbers

all right again. "Ou. Jack," moaned Suaan Brown. "I—I thought they might have killed you. and—and I ahot the man. and— and—and sol the money back—oh. oh, oh!” And here poor Suaan quite broke down, and patting her face against Jack's coat, sobbod convulalvely. And Mr. Tompkins told what he knew, and then the astonished and delighted Jack turned the recovered treasure over to assistant, who had bee absent at the time of and. borrowing the happy Mr. TompJdn'a phaeton, drove Suaan to her

aunt's.

"Oh. Jack." she murmured on the way. “it was so unwomanly and so cold blooded:" “I'm afraid It waa, my dear," said Jack in a painfully solemn voice: "hut as It savod the bank la which I am Intimately Interested $87,000 In cold cash, and at the same time ap pears to have broken up the most desperate gang of thieve* the stale has ever known. I fear I must condone the fault. But you will promise not to do It again, won't you dear?" Susan promised.—Cleveland Plain

Dealer.

MERRY CAME OF SQUASH. ProalM* to Ho Stool Popular or Iko SoaooD'a Sport*. Squash, which wag comparatively little known a year or so ago. promises to be one of the most popular I of this summer's sports, and squash-

squash should have been given it Is not discoverable. It certainly has no bearing upon summer squash, the vegetable, for, being an in-door game, it can be playod as well In winter as In summer, and no other points of resemblance can be traced. Properly speaking. Squash Ball is the title, and "squash" Is only the ab-

breviation.

To have your squsjh-court this summer. if you hare any pretcnslbna to style, la as necessary as to have your ping-pong table or your automobile. Lost summer the game was so much of a novelty that the story la told o< a family In a fashionable sea side re who made their way into the el^ct

her daddy's opinion by thwc manlier attributes that he so assiduously cultivated. She was nis -nn panti.n

•on iianti.n on i trips and an

I upon t n with a

say that quiet Elmi this accomplished very doubtful tX-

It is needless wood looked young woman

presslon. She was a little too advanced—that was the term they used —tor Elmwood's old-fashioned Ideas of maidenly modesty. The motnera of Elmwood held her op as an example of the baneful coming woman, and the girls of Elmwood thought her dreadfully bold—and secretly envied her. As for the men—well, there wt-re but few of them in Elmwood whose opinion was worth recording, and of these a mere handful dared to exp-ess an honest opinion in the fac« of tha universal feminine condemnation. Of *’ '-depende

bat Mr.

' first and foremost.

If Mist Suaan Gallon Brown knew of the unfavorable light In which her short skirt and hor Teddy hat had placed her—and 'there Is no doubt she did—the matter falie-l u> worry her In

the least. She had come down lo Elm- -4lle suspected.

opposite Suaan as she pluni

to the edga of the roadway. He must have taken her for aa enemy, for hls glittering revolver flew up and he Bred In her direction quite at random. Susan felt a sudden twitch at bar broad brimmed hat and quickly dropped behind some busheu that lined tho roadway. The barrel of her rifle rose. The robber was rapidly Increasing the distance between them. Could she shoot this man In cold blood? She had him cowered. A moment more snd It might

is dlrecjly » ort who “•Jc their way Into the el^yt iged down through their squash-court. It being He must the second only of its kind In the

place. This year It Is even mi

Ual to one’s social success.

Yet there are many people clamoring

to know what squash la.

too late. She thought of Jack and

rider heavily to the earth. As he went down he dragged the bag of plunder with him. The ridericos horse gal-

loped after hls companions.

Then Suaan Gallon Brown sprang I ^ i ° lnK nt to the roadway .and fired five shots ro} '* 1 pr | a<

with a few minor differences, has been known since the time of Henry VIII. of England. As yet there has been little squash literature, hence the world-at-large has had no opportunity of becoming acquainted with it in story. Even the squash joke has not yet been sprung. The game of fives, which is still played extensively, la of the squash family. In this game, as It was originally played, the hand was used, hitting a ball against a wall on lines laid out for a tennis-court, log back into early history, we find

into the roadway .and

In rapid succession after the two

ing In t

Busan ran forward to the prostrate man. He was unconscious. She stooped over him for a moment and then drew away the coarse bag. As

t was half filled with

wood to stay a momh with her maiden { currency. She shuddered

aunt—her dead mother's only sister-—

who lived in the big whir.- mansion ‘ t bey o'

It w.

td Jack to call, and although this was a particular yonth, with high ideals >T w.*manhood. he called again, and -gale, and again. What was strange about it, too. was that Jack ha'lcd from the east, and from Puritan surrounding* .at that. Yet with all this discreet hrluglng up be certainly was fascinated v.lth the wild wcaterr. hoyden. They all said that Jack Cortwright was s rising young man. Boston capitalists had sent him—fresh from col-

3 wet

their In I coal i

lew miles north i

lege—lo tho western town to look after their Interests In certain undeveloped coal mining property that lay a*

i of Elmwood. And

Jack had taken off his coat, metaphorically. and gone to work to develop It There was plenty of capital behind him. and be bad built a railway branch to the mine, and started a bank In Elmwood, of which be was temporary cashier, and stirred the little town Into making certain Improvements that had long been discussed. . In short. Jack Cortwright waa recognised even by those who didn't approve of hi* revolutionary tactics to be the liveliest

i the sleepy little

luck that Wight October afternoon. 8be didn't abuse a solitary rabbit. But, after all'it was the tramp she was after rather .ban toe game. Still ahe most have a shot at mra-Khlng. So ahe pinned a brllUar.t leaf to a tree trunk and at 20 paces--split it at the

first trial.

The sun v bills when ■

i still high above .the

looked at the livid face of the ruffian and then at the blood that was slowly saturating his coat sleore. She be-

gan to feel a little fain:.

She was aroused by the sound of rheels and the abouting of a man. A light phaeton was coming toward her.

ivery sti beside h

o' my s 1 got

-iSlri Si. b. «,o«. Jtttf ed in a paroxy jm of excitement. “I aln<led

was just ready to drive out o' stable when they pelted by.

Into the roadway I saw you blazin'

away. Kill him?"

“No." said Suaan. "he is stunned by the fall from his horse. 1 only aimed to break hls shoulder." "you done It all right." cried the livery man. "By George!' he shrieked. “It’s Jim Baacom himself!” Suaan felt her head going around.

horse again. And the next group heard the same story, and the next, and the next. And they all turned and stared after blushing Suaan Brown. And then they were at tbe bonk.'" There waa a little crowd about the door. But they quickly made way for Susan, and the liveryman, and the pre-

clou* bag.

And there was Jack sitting up In a big chair, and aamebo-Jy waa bathing hls head, and he waa blinking queer-

rly waking up. But lagt fd to regain hls foe- chir

■ bead,

ly like a

Ls suddenly

aojne coses, gloves. When the bat came into use It was called Bat Fives. TTaen another evolution, and the ten nis-racket cams upon the scene. Tha walla were enclosed, a floor and celling added, and volla! rackets. Squash is merely a variation of rackets, and the courts are the same. The walla are marked off by palntod lines: tbe service-line, above which the ball must strike when served, la six feet from the floor. Another line, called the telltale, is two feet from flhe floor, and after a ball baa been served, the second played must return It onto the front wall above the telltale before It has bounded twice. Tbe players then continue to return tbe ball alternately nntll the rally la lost. A ball is In play until It touches the roof, posts, cushions, or la driven into the gallery, then out of court. The court la

a line Into two equal

apace*. There U a cross-cut through the centre. 2$ feet from the back wall.

Tbe game Is played with a ball, usdal-

ly of India rubber, and a i

with

idla rubber, and

tennis-racket, strung

weighs b<

light-weight

gut. Tbe nine and

squash-bat

t<wi

la one of tbe the ball hits the striker'* adversary above the knee, «r If It hits the striker's partner or himself. It counta against the striker. One of the rnlee of the game is that every player

kindly drive me to the bsnk aa quick-

ly as you can?"

"Yes, ma'am. I. will." he replied, with great heartiness. "Yon’vs got the Huff there, have yon? Jump In." And a moment later they were speeding xward tbe bank. They had : not gone 20 yards when thjy mat the first group of histOy armed men who were on the trail of the robbers. 'TouH find Jim Baacom lyin’ np

therd - .” shouted the liveryman. “She —, „ shot him an' we've got tho bonk stuff The total length of the court^la 21.6 all here!" And he touched up hls ~ - —- —- - -

a let or not.

The marker's decision la considered

final.

doubles or singles, and in a four or a

three walled court.

Any arpentar can build the house, which Jg,.not elaborate in any way. line height'of the front wall i» 16 feet

feet: and the breadth, 164 feet—Cd

Udr’s Weekly.

Vb« Kad *f lh» War.

A country correspondent tails ua that tho end of the war waa announced to him by a servant In the following quaint terms: “Oh, sir, the bells boa been, ringing all night, and the war's at peace ” Many country dwell era who

went to bed reasonably early c

day nfffht wore awakened by unexpected bell*. One of tbe quletert vll-

Surrey was flooded with at 11 o'clock at night Indeed,

altles when Susan Brown, forge.fiU of,, it may be said that peace. Ip this ineyes about her, sudden- . ciance. more than war, "stArUed the i her kneys beaUe him villages with strange alarm*.”—Lon-

li tbe curiocn e;

L

State road a sudden clattering causod her to turn her tend. Taree men mounted on powerful horses came •rotting down the slope. Susan stopped a^ido to*l« liom peas and one of tbe hcitc*. catching sight of her. suddenly sprang aside and almost unseated hU rider. Susan looked up anxiously and naw to her astonishment that the mail's heavy beard was twlaied vtry ,

much :o on* side? But he quickly re-< "Way. ii _ - , . _ gained hls seat with an oath. and. ! Jock. "Thore. there. JaBt Votry. I'm : Japan 138,000 copise of the 8crl] striking ihe'hc.-se. clattered efter hli \ Just a Utile daxad. One o* them hit : Uu.il 20 ynn ago tha Prfnttn

- vhv th* -i me over tho head with xnethlo*’ from I diatr

“Oh, Jack!"

"Wnj

AND

JFHlfoft

Mew York City.—Shirt waists that ore full at the shoulders suit many flgbetter than any other sort and tbe ward-

urea better tbao any otbe make admirable additions ti

k STTUOB KHIBT waist.

robe. The stylish May Manton model abown is cut after the latest style

Is—Oxford.

and lulls many materials—Oxfi

nels i

is; but. in her’s linen

itlng

light-weight wools and t the original. Is of white hotel and is worn with a stock and tie of the material, the latter dotted with French knots In blue. When desired It can be made with elbow sleeves and a collarless or English neck, as shown In back Jfew. Tbe waist is made quite simply and cut witb fronts and hacks only. Tbe back is plain across tbe shoulders drawn down In gatbera at tbe waist

cry. A good model Is tbe pleated aklrt, or skirt with attached flounce; tbe waist Is pleated to match, or has a box-pleat jnst In tbe centre, with a small ay-sight hand of Ibe Dew-filet lace or c^fcroldery, tbe collar being in one piece, with a straight band. Tbe foulard and India silk gowns in plain colors arc also smart for mornlug. and tbe black aod white checked ginghams which look so much like silk are in great demand.—Harper's Bazar. A Pratty Xffart. A white silk petticoat has a pretty effect when made with coarse net ruffles' trimmed with lace and narrow white ribbon. At the lower edge of the aklrt are two narrow ruffles edged with the narrow ribbon slightly ruffled. Above there Is a deep raffle, pleated off with tbe narrow rlbboo. and In tbe large squares made by It are appliqued medallions of lace upon tbe net. A very narrow ribbon-edged ruffle falls over the top of tbe large one as a finish. HeaBtlfol MbsUo Ureues. The simple dresses of sheer white muslins are beautiful made witb many rows of cotton laces, and many of tbem button in tbe back. Tbe sleeves are elbow, with frills at tbe bottom, witb touches of coral pink, Nile green or turquoise blue satin ribbon. Tbe flowered mnsllns are quite tbe daintiest and coolest looking dresses shown and. worn witb the flower hats and creamy laces are attractive beyond expression. Ko*e bbB Oharry Batts. A novelty In belts consists of a firm band In substantial ribbon as a foonda-

■'illiam Newman, a lineman, lie* at _ _ point of death in the hoipital at Lung Branch. While at work on a telc4 rifraph pole on Brighton avenue he came n t" contact with a live wire, and after be ing frightfully burned fell headlong to the street, breaking his leg and sustaining internal injuries which it is feared will prove fatal.

line, but the fronts are arranged In gatbera at the shoulders and can be gathered at the waist line cr adjusted to the figure as preferred. The sleeves are In bishop style with the fashionable cuffs tbat are buttoned over at the seams. AS the neck Is a regulation' stock and the fronts are finished wlfh a central box ple»t In which button-; boles are worked. When desired the sleeves can be cut at elbow length and finished with bands to match the neck. To cut this waist in the medium size four and a quarter yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, three yards twenty-seven Inches wide, two and a ball yards tbirty-two Inches wide or two yards forty-four Inches wide will be required.

tlon. which Is covered with flower*, rose belt has the belt Itself covered with tbe green leaves and a cluster of rosebuds concealing tbe clasp. Another one has cherry leaves, with a bunch of the fruit In front. Mrs. Ormlston Chant, the well known British lecturer and sociologist, will soon visit America. MIum- Konta Carlo Jarkot. Loose jackets. In box or “Monte Carlo" style, .are much In vogue for young girl* and are as convenient and ifortalde as they are smart. The

and suit the greater number to a nicety. The smart May Manton model shown In the large Illustration is made of white linen with shield and trimming of white dotted with blue and makes part of a costume, but the design suits odd waists equally well and Is adapted to all washable fabrics, to flannel, albatross and waiating silks. Tbe Mouse Is cut with- front and bade only and fitted by means of shoulder and under-arm seams To its open neck Is seamed tbe big sailor collar that can be cut Id round or square outline oa preferred. The shield to which tbe short collar Is attached 1* buttoned round tbe neck anfl fastened to tbe waist beneath the collar. The sleeve* ore In the new bishop style with deep pointed cuffs. To cut this blouse in' the medium sige four yards of material twenty one Inches wide, three and three-quar-ter yards tweuty-seven inches wide, three yards thirty-two Inches wide or two yards forty-four Inches wide will be required, witb three-quarter yard for shield and stock collar.

For the morning a wen cut, v hung aklrt of pique, duck or Bnen. w a pretty shirt waist of the same co

wen cut, well

with

same color,

outfit as It at all nec-

Tbere are many good designs for simple percale* and ginghams, especially the lUk ginghams, which are ~ with very little trimming, and

r.

itlng and that trimming is Inexpensive embroid-

and

•nanl

trimming of cream guipdre lace nnd

arrow bands of tho material lakes n most satisfactory

wrap, but moire velours satin, pongee

1 linen are nU correct.

'Ue coat Is fitted by means of shoulder and under-arm scams and hangs loose from tbe nfeck and shoulders.

Tbe neck Is finished portion that crosses

which tbe double shoulder capes are attached. The sleeves are In tbe fashionable bell shape and allow of slipping-on and off with ease and without danger to those of the gown.

... miss of four'

three-quarter

yards of material twenty-one Inches tklde, four and a quarter yards twenty-

ta' MOXTX CAJttiO OOAT.

seven Inches wide, two and three-quar-ter yards forty-four laches wide, or two and a quarter yards OTty-two

Inches wide will be required.

HEW JERSEY STATE NEWS. latest Condensed Special Dispatches From Maa> Poiat*. BROTHERS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. a*** SUsIs ROM Werth si P..hrj-tu, 0U From Sheet ssd Fall- Uihislsf task Ihe Shsss Prea F«rt ef Thr*« Mts—ElseHea Office.* Deusd Par—Pel Sera|« B*lM*t 0*1 9t Bsilscss-

Rev. F. Lr-Jewet: and Mix Ro»a nacht while bathing in the Hammomon lake. The Junior Epworth League o( ihe Methodist Church were having a picnic at the head of the dam at old Hammomon. While a crowd were en ioying the bathing Pastor Jewett wa» swimming in deep water, became exhausted and tank, when Mr. Steel came to hii aid and succeeded in landing him

water. Mr. Jewett,

said. 1 over

■ hit aid and succe ssfely in shallow '

who is a good swimmer,

estimated my strength, not nasi dulged in swimming lor two years Miss Kufcnacht got into deep watt

becoming frightened, was very

ing drowned, when she was a!»<

by Mr. Steel.

also rescued

are rejoicing. This fact may be attributed to the arrest in Philadelphia o! two men and a woman who are charged with having robbed their henneries repeatedly during the past year, the aggregate losses being estimated at $4000 I'he defendants. Jonas Rain, of 1019 Vine street, and Jos. Wilson and I.ydia McDonald. of 9*7 Wood street, were ar raigned before Magistrate Kochersper ger at the Central Station and were held pending the arrival of requisition papers

from the State of New Jersey.

During a thunder storm four Italians employed in the Anderson gravel pits as. Tuckahoc. were struck by lightning. They had stopped work and were sit ting in their house when the bolt came down the chimney, tore the shoes from

feet of three of them and burned

"-K,r„, b nf

conscious ever since and

unable t

A bulldog that has bitten at least a dozen persons, and which the police of Gloucester City had been trying to locate for a month, attacked two horses on King street and tore a piece out of the nose of one of the animals. Police

man White, alter a chase of eleven blocks, cornered the dog and shot it in oods fronting on Jersey avenue

>n in their dr ervices at last

Failing to get recogniti mands for more pay for service* at last fall's election, the thirty-six members of the Plainfield election board have now retained counsel to take the claim tp the Supreme Court. James Wismer, of Lahaska. was thrown from a load of hay. and in falling the horses' reins became fastened about his neck, and only for the tiraely arrival of his employer he would have

been hanged.

Dr. J. B. Smith, State entomologist, is spending some time in Burlington county watching the effects of a preparation that is being used for the destruction of the San Jose scale. The fact that Joseph Hsnn, of Glassboro. traded a horse for a cow with a gypsy and got tbe best end of the bargain has raised him in the estimation of his townspeople. A chicken without a single feather or a particle of down on its body joined Harry Alkire's flock at Pitman Grove. No one knows from whence it came. Ralph Barber, of Millville, won a $75 cut-glass bowl prize as being the most popular glass worker at the Flint Convention. Wheeling. W. Vs.

All of the glass factories in Bridgeton arc being largely increased in manufacturing capacity during the present summer. A Bridgeport pastor conducts wharf meetings every Sunday evening with a brass band as a special musical feature. Henry Peek, who has been a soldier in the Philippines for three years, returned to his home in Millville. It has been decided to hold a convention of Gloucester county Sunday schools at Pitman Grove on August 21. Swcdesboro Borough Council has recommended that $3050 be appropriated for expenses during the coming year. Unde Sam is after the harties who have, been tampering with the rural delivery boxes around Swcdesboro.' " The tax rale dor Greenwich township. GlouceMer county, this year is $1.50. 8 cents higher than last year. r, the refc assisting at the camping held at West Palmyra. Daniel Myers, of Pennsville. sold s. calf the past week that' was only »eveti weeks old. weighing 240 pounds. Bugs of various kinds are playing havoc among the sweet potato fields around Bridgeport. Joseph Lowe, of Paulsboro, is growdig tomatoes that weigh a pound and $ver. Pennsgroye merchants have adoptedi the early closing

,

t Dictionary on Clay Blab*. I • — - - - - have b ruins of Babylon 1. sent by the German Oriental society j But two of them are yet deciphered but they are pearls of Babylonian lit croture. One -tablet explains tht Babylonian cuneiform character*. I' U a very ancient dictionary of cxcep Uonal value practically. The soeont tablet contains the litany yhlch waj chanted by the singers of the Tempi* of Koaglla on»lhe return of the gof Marduk to hls sanctuary. MM