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THE t«PHE. O :N WINTER.

loo*. H« MV ih*t tho thu; -sUel l polnU hod drown neorrr. and-with a

•I thr wind rt*M I ihrlek of a*ooy he atain fainted, and __ mui ........ k »«-» nothin* for aareral hour*.

hl*h Bud i.(kIi*i' ! When he came to a ray of daylight u the »tlll *I.•■Iter ..f the wuutitain-fol.l j creeping In between the board■ of The lotiely u..-|.berU light, hi* evetilux ; the trapdoor In the 2oor of the chantnr '"' • | her. and through the rrarka he cooli

■ee the river glittering far beneath him The big door wa« almost abut. The steel points were approaching pitilessly, so slowly that the eye could

not follow their movements.

If the daggers could lytve bored themselves Into his heart and brain at one? he would not have lifted a hand J against them, but the long, terrible I wait erased him so that be tore at hit i fetters with the strength of a madman { and at last broke them from theii | rusty binges. But when he had tried | with all his strength to burst open the | door he understood hoV little he hsd

gained.

The brief light

cold, chill.

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A NIGHT- IN

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IRON CHAMBER.

lin Uhland. the young man in charge |

of the old castle of Rothberg. followed the last visitors to the doqr and began to put* everything lu order for the night. He passed through the cells of the prison vault, arranged the rusty chains and thumb-screws, toims. and ether Implements of torture which had been left In his care by the fathers of

the tot

He was a slender young man. with a grave face and clear but restless eyes. He lived In his books so entirely that the doctor had warned his father against the eon's exaggerated bent for study. But. the boy earned 3500 crowns by taking charge of the old castle, and .the money was welcome, for his father was not rich, and besides be had a cousin In the army who needed assistance. Three days before the opening of this story Martin had lived through an experience more grew some than usual. He had suddenly had the hallucination that the sinister room was full of victims. He saw agonised faces and heard the death groans of the prisons. Suddenly. however, his fear changed into a .devilish Joy. He Imagined that he was himself the executioner and was torturing the victims with his own bands Then be suddenly came to and found himself alone with his books.

leas body in the torture vault. A rope

H, tow I* U>l« «I«i1«>ce urn,.. U. P^i. «nd .nil..*

but while still under the Impression of

however, be laughed at his terror and tontinued his work and his studies, as before. For three days he hardly left

the dungeons.

The evening on which this storp opens. hls‘cousin. Paul Uhland, who was at home on a furlough, became anxious over Martin's prolonged absence; and when, late In the evening, his rousln hod not come home. Paul to the prison. The guard at the gates let him In. and he rapped on Martin’s door several times before it wi opened, and Martin beckoned to him to

come In.

“My dear Martin, what Is the fnstlert" he cried, startled by the gleam In his cousin's eyes. "Why do you look at me in this way? Are you ill? Walt, while I go for a doctor." Martin's only answer was to shut the heavy door and lock it. Paul was not surprised; he was used to his cousin's silence, and followed him unsuspectingly through the hall Into the . vault, where in the middle ages unthinkable horrors were practiced. Here he again asked. "What la tbf matter. Martin? You want to say something

to me?"

The answer was a long, walling cry. ft seemed to Paul like the hoVl of a wild beast and be knew at once that his cousin had gone raving mad. Paul Uhland, however, was not afraid. Though the scene was grewsome—the dark prison lighted by a tingle lantern, far from any living being—it did not occur to the young soldier that he was In danger. "You are HI Martin.*' he re-

e home with me.”

__ ad Id not answer, but paced up and down like a caged beast, tering the long forgotten nami

prisoners who hsd been tortured to

ceetb In the chamber centurii

Once he stopped at the rack, bending over it, and a fearful howl of Joy ech-

oed through the vaults.

Then Paul made a fatal mistake. He tried to take Martin by force and carry him home In his strong arms. But the madman sprang upon him with superhuman strength and they rolled over

os the stone floor.

Paul was dragged over the floor toward the Iron chamber ahd then the Intention of his cousin began to dawn upon him. The awful thought paralysed him; he fainted where he U> and Marlin could do with him what he When Paul Uhland regained

began to strike with bis lists on the rotten hoards of thfe trap door, and— O miracle, tbey broke and fell to the bottom of the preetpite 500 feet undo the b rest works of the castle. The torture vault was built beneath the breast works, and the Iron chamber was • sort of protection banging out over the precipice. When the boards gave way Paul would have fallen had be noi caught at a beam which had recently been put under the protection in ordet to stay 1L He wept and laughed tot Joy as he clung to bis support, and dM not realize that the danger was ar

great as In the Iron chamber.

The sub had Just risen, and it was a long time before there was any sign of life In the town. He shouted as loud as his strong lungs permitted, but nobody baard him. As the minutes passe], his Joy waned and he began ir

fear that he would die. after alt.

It was a woman who saved him from his perilous position. His fiancee had beard, early In tho morning, that the cousins had not returned, and bad de-

cided to accompany the men

ed out to search for them. From the court of the castle she saw Paul clinging to the team, and rushed In to the men who hsd Just found Martin's llfe-

... . . . ■ - . . pulled him up. The living and the dead

U,. MMdlj »!«. WlM, nomlM am,. „ Mm , 0 .

In that far-away lime, the horrors of which ought now to be forgotten —

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foot so firmly that be could not even move bis head. A faint atrip of light earning through a door showed him where be was—locked up in the Iron chamber. He still hoped, however, that Martin only wished to frighten him and tried to wheedle his Cousin Into letting him out But be received no reply and the full horror of the situation was soon dear to him. He knew the secret of the Iron chamber—that tha door would close Inch by Inch In the course of an hour, or to hours, according to the regulation of the mechanism. He heard his cousin breathing heavily and understood that Martin was lying In an apoplectic fit outside the door of the chamber. Giving a'loud •chriek of terror Paul began to cry like a child, for he was young and In the town was a girt waiting for hl#r If no one beard his cry, and Martin should recover consciousness, the hour was not far ofl when the Iron door would class In upon him and spear him on the long daggers which woald enter his brain, bean and eyes. He shouted again and again, but the cries died away in the vault, unheard. Hywul never lived through minutes so

GHOSTS OF EuEPHANTS.

Asiatic Region.

In the last number of the Journal ol the Straits branch of the Royal Asia tic society there appears an interest ing article from the pen of A. D. Machado on the supposed evil Influence of ghosts. He says: "Some yeassa^). when I was en gageJ in certtRi prospecting opera tlons In the highlands of Pahang, oc the borders of that state with Perak I bad occasion to make a somewhat lengthy stay at a place called Kampar on the Tue river, one of the tributar lea of the Betok. In Us turn a tributary of the Jelai. the principal feeder of the Pahang river, faelected this spot because It had already been cleared of large tre<*>. and had only recently been In occupation as a Sakai settlement, from the remains of which we reared our unpretentious little camp. The Sakals, however, strongly advised ue to go elsewhere, alleging that this place was haunted by elephant ghosts and that they had been the direct cause of a number of deaths, prlncl pally among their children, whose re mains He buried there. ‘Tt is necessary to explain that at the back of this place not SO yards away. Is to be teen one of those peculiar muddy pools which animals of all

kinds frequent tor their saline proper , h>n thread a nd hold, the

tlei. this particular one being known as the Kubang GsJah Hanui (the mud pool of the ghostly elephants). These salt lakes are also known as genius In Malay. When the Sakals refer to this place it Is usually with bated breath and a mysterious and awesome gesture. These men declared that al moat nightly elephants are seen and heard breaking twigs and branches and wallowing In this mud pool, and yet In the morn In 5 not a vestige ol their spoor can be seen anywhere. Of tbls I am certain; the prints of deei and pigs were always plentiful and fresh, but no elephants could have been within miles of the' place daring my residence in that locality. M> mandor's wife, an oldish person, who always followed her husband In Mr Journeys, doing the cooking for my fol lowers, declared that the first night we slept there she and all my men heard continued long-drawn walls. Ilk* a long wee-e-e-o. which went on with out Intermission until almost daylight This noise, they said, came from those

Sakai children buried there.

"This account la interesting from an ethnological standpoint. In so far a* It Illustrates the beliefs and superstltlons of .'race of very primitive peo Via As for the number of children dying at the time, this would only seem natural, when It Is remembered that an epidemic of measles wpa then and had been for some time raging.”—

Singapore Etraits Budget.

The care «f Pssrla Clear water dots pearls uo barm, but soap will discolor t.icm'and In time cause thfm to peel. They suould not be worn constantly, as rontlnfieJ exposure to the light and air seem* to have a similar effect. Tbey should be placed as scon as they are taken off In a c’.ostftl case, as tbls Is tue surest way to preserve their beauty. Bad Habits. Turning down the leaves of books, though a marker may have bean pro-

vided.

Folding Illustrated papers quite flat, so than the pictures Inside are practically ruined, when rolling would have done Just as well. Cramming limp-covered bcoks Into a bookcase with never a.care as to whether the covers have got turned

back.

Putting walking sticks ino the hall stand with no regard as to whether the end baa got Inserted wjthln me folds of some one else’s umbrella. Hanging other folk’s coat up by the middle of the back If necessity entails -their moving It at all. The borrowing of books and other snides and neglecting tbelr return is. of coarse, something mere than a carehabit. absolute rudeness being perhaps nearer me mark. A good however, are guilty of these and other pieces of carelessness, which are very Irritating. To the Highest Bidder. While some furniture fas being sold recently at auction at Orkellyunga. Sweden, a curious Incident occurred. A young girl pushed uer way through the crowd until she waa quite close tfe the auctioneer—so close. Indeed. that she somewhat Impeded him when he desired to make effsctlve gestures. Being a man of humor, be resolved to get rid of her In a novel manner, and tj?reforw, taking her by me arm, be shouted: "Here, now Is an excellent bargain! A young girl, age 19. very pretty and well educated. #hat am 1 offered? Come, we'li start it at 3000 crowns." At once ritere was brisk -bidding, which continued until an elderly bachelor fanner offered 10.000 crowns. The auctioneer tried to get a higher bidder l-ien mis. but failed, and so be declared the farmer to be the purchaser of the girl. AH tnose present thought that It was s good Joke, but it was more than that, for a few Jhys later the farmer and tie girl were married In the pretence of the mayor, and before the ceremony t'.:e farmer presented the young woman, who ia^n orphan. im 10.000 crown* the exact amount which be was willing to pay for her at auction.—Detroit Free Press. Money Saved Is Money Earned. Do you know, young lady, that neat and stylish dressing is far more a matter of care and thought than money? A girl can manage to dress tastefully on a small Income If she only understands buying In the first place, and to know how to darn the glove, mend the rip In the gown and the art of remodeling, cleaning and caring for fcer small belongings. Yon wHl only have to try If for one year to find it true. Your pin money will be almost

doubled.

The cne lt“m of cleaning your own gloves saves wonderfully. When you wish to clean them darn every small rip and use cotton thread, the color of the glove, of course. It Is much bet-

vritli a silk that would make one bles/ threatening skies As to the clothes designed chief!) for orssment. tbey may be as foolish!) sweet as they please. And what more adorably foolish and swrjt'rhan pompadour ribbons, petticoats tinted like morning glories and under 1 Ijeves? The English Woman. At one time the English woman had a reputation- and the comfort ol having come by It rightfull) —as the won t-dressed woman In Europe 01 America, sc-corllng to the law ol Mon; the most practically dressed according to the law of comtnor And now? She observe* the mode inor;- scrupulously than the Parisians an) Hhrows common sense to the s'lnus, as If eager to make amends fot he crimes of her Ill-dressed past ays the Atlantic Monthly It u not meant that she can yet rival the Pa rislans—it is not In her nature to; but •he devotes her energies to the at tempt with such zeal that she rushes to the (Other extreme. Antic! pallor the hours snd their obligations, she sp >t high noon In gowns that. In the previous phase, she would have •rtl.iar dinner. Iff 1— She faces the winter’s cold In lace and j the summer's deluge In slippers snd openwork stockings. The most abonInable. climate In the world cannoi check her ambition nor the dirtiest town put a restraint upon her frivolity. There was s time when It was thr American who was supposed to be the ioollsh one. Indulging In s perpetual round of diamonds snd silks. Now. tl In Bond street or Piccadilly, you see » useful tailor gown, next linen skW •tout, well-made boots, you may know the wearer for an American The ts hies are turned and it Is the Engllsu woman who must be held up as tie model of extravagant inappropriate

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Living with At the present time •there U a keeper on a Hertfordabtre estate who has about twenty shots In his head. Nearly thrity years ago this man was accidentally shot by an onderkeeper, and there were twenty-two hoolts In the hat he wore, which is preserved to this uay. The Injured man never had the shots extracted, was long between life and death, and completely lost hts

seams together more strongly, the gloves on carefully and waah them In dear gasoline, rinse In dean gasoline and dry them on your hands out In the open air. Then comes your dozen more piece* of lovely ribbons; waah then In gasoline and while wet wind smoothly around a smooth bottle and dry in the open air. Laces can

be cleaned also.

The little white necktlee and cellars can be washed beautifully In suds of rain water and pearllne. rinsed In rlexr water and Ironed on wrong side while damp. There are other accomplishments along this line which will save you money and yet appear exceedingly stylish.— Detroit Free Press. \

Present Frivolities.

Ribbons a'e employed oa all bouse toilettes and upon underwear In enormous quantities. The dainty pompadour sort in tints to match tbe skirt appear on some French petticoats n thin brocaded and covered silks. Such skirts are exceedingly beautiful, and as they will be sported with black or darkly hued gowns, their glorifying effects may be relied on. Rich ccatrasts for these skirts and gowns are violet with plom, yellow with gray, green with brown, and btak and white with blue. A bia-k gown will admit of a petticoat In any color, but the more delicate its . hue. the better, unten the (kin is for the roughest kind

Tho trend of the moment Istoward decoration and a return which di*

If fair woman bows to t practical dress, her frivolous I eeata will r

Shampooing the Hair. Lon* fine hair Is rather difficult tc manage, yet it can be successful!) cleaned by exercising a little patience, and toe painful tangle and chill of which you complain can be avoided Before wetting the hair be sure you htve everything needed in readiness: Plenty of fresh buck towels which are free from lint are best. Have ar abundance of pure soft water, both wt.-m and cool, and some pure bland X Never use Inferior soap nor ab own shampoo mixture and alsc avoid the frequent use of borax gnd ammonia If the hMr Is dark and oily a few drops of am man Is or a pinch of borax In a large basin of water will not be injurious, but either Is injurl ous when the hair is Ugkin color and dry and fine. Part tbe hair through the centre. from_tho forehead to the neck, and comb forward; tie the oCtet half so that It will dot become tan gled and proceed to wash one half and then the other, rubbing a lather, made of the soap and a little hot water. Into the scalp with the tips of the fingers. Dip and squeeze the hair In the warm water until clean, rinse In several wa ters, each a little cooler than the preceding. and last In cold water. Wipe and press the fi-.r with towels to re more the water as quickly as possible Shake out the damp strands snd sit or stand near a fire or register to fa cllltate the drying. Comb out any tan gles. rub the scalp thoroughly with a tonic composed of bey rum and quinine which jnay be obtained of any first clast druggist. The rum keeps the fcsir dry and soft and prevents on* from taking cold. A reliable shampoo mixture Is made In the following man ner: Shave a half pound bar of pure castile soap Into one quart of boHlag water, when dissolved, add one tea spoonful of bicarbonate of aodr. cool, perfume if desired, and pour Into a wide mouthea Jar. so tna* the Jelly-like substance may i.e readily removed when wanted.- To use. dissolve a tablespoonful of the mixture in a cup hot water, rnblbfo the seal !> and wash a=d rinse as above directed — Mirror and Farmer. Fashion Notes. Plaited costumes are liked for both liottsc and street wear. Chinese embroidery In bands, is a smart finish for tbe blouse of a walk Ing suit. In sleeves the Idea seems to be to use as much material as possible, pro vidlng tbe reverse made be not chosen Among the evening panne silks there Is a wide and lovely assortment, and the brocades and flowered silk of pom padour suggestion ere being much

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Lovely “sets" now come In tbe pop ular purple tints. A favorite one in pinky violet tone comprises a hat. a tie of tulle, a graceful collar of taffeta and one of those huge new muffs Tbe narrow fringe stripes In the col or of the sUk are perhaps the best of the bayadere designs, and some neve! and pretty frocks hare been made of this material, with little additional trimming. Bro'-ade end flowered silks as well as soft, heavy, plain silks, satins, and velvets are made Into moet plctur eeque gowns whose full skirts open over a sheer mousseline petticoat end whose sharp pointed bodice has a draped fichu and sleeves of moosseL

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