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1 By A. C. M KENZIE. ■'Hard alee. Miss Daakam." said Barton aBologetlcaJly. but the girl did not bend her bead Abe was looking steadily at the broad expanse of marsh U> ward which the sloop waa, rushing. Broad river belied Its -name at this point, the marsh sedge marching tar out from either bank till the channel at low water was a scant half mile wide. Mud oozed and simmered In the »<:n at the roots of the sedge, and r.ggxl strips of cove oysters fringed Um> igh the grass and furrowed the m:>d of the beach as the tide receded. Mi* Daakam shaded her eyes with her band, and .gazed steadfastly at a mud

bank dlrdCtly before her.

"Really. Miss Daakam. we must come about." said Barton again, as the marsh loomed under the low of the gulf: be pushed over the tiller, and the boom creaked across. The tall girl bent Impatiently, just In time. "I'm ever so sorry." began Barton, "but we'd have been aground In a mill* ute more. I Just had to come about, you. know.” He wa* an athletic young fellow, brown of face, deep of voice, and broad of shoulders, so that his shamefaced air did not become him. “Of course you did: why apologize?" said the girl, a little scornfully. thought I saw some animal In the.,

marsh."

“A coon, probably." he answered. ''They come down to eat oysters at. low tide.” The big sail Oiled on the other tack, and the water murmured as the boat heeling over, dashed toward the opposite marsh on a long slant. The girl readjusted her cushions agalnaft the new weather rail and leaned back. "Sorry I can't leave the helm to Ox things for you." said Barton anxlousiyr" "As soon as we round Lemon Island, we'll have a run of It, and then I can make you more comfort-

able."

"Don't be sorry so much." said the t 11 girl. Barton flushed and looked a vay Across the river. splitting ticks with him. another sloop was scattering the white caps "Clark is coming fa*," observed Barton, after a long eilenoe. "Lemon Island blankets us a little, but he is getting It strong over the flats oo his tack. I can almost see Mias Sally emlUng as that five pound box gets closer" " 'Miss Sally?' repeated the girl, with a rising inflection. "Why do you alwgys call her Mias Sally’' and never call me Mias Ruth.' " "Oh, you're different." said Barton awkwardly. "Why It Is?" she persisted, turning her face towards him for the first

time.

"I -never want to cal) you 'Mias Ruth.' somehow." blurted out the young man. shifting his grasp on the tiller and looking away. ••Ott." said the taU girt, bmlling slowly and looking away once more. "Are coons ever white, Mr. Barton?" asked the girl suddenly, as they approached the march once more. "Good Lord, no!" exclaimed Barton, following the direction of her gaze. He saw something that may have been white once, but that was now dtubed thickly with slime and mud. wallowing desperately through the marsh, striving to reach that part of the beach towards which the sloop was heading. At the edge of one of the numerous creeks that flowed through the marsh, the animal stopped and raised a dismal cry. Barton Jumped up and stood shading his eyes with his hand. "Why, that's a dog. Miss Dsskam!" he said. 'That's certainly a dog!" He threw his weight against the tiller, and the sloop began to swing'from her course. "You are losing ground. Mr. Barton." she said, gravely. "You are letting Sally's boat outpoint you." "I've got to drop down a little to reach the dog." be said. "Hi weak he can never swim sera creek." "But you're toeing the race.' the girl, sharply. "Yoa're letting Sally win. Do you really mean tq throw away our race' "That dog will be drowned in a couple of bourn when the tide turns.' he said. "Perhaps yon did not knov

that."

"I know you are deliberately giving our race to Sally.” said the girl, looking at him strangely. "There's never a wocaa lived for whose whim I'd let a dog drown before my eyes," be blurted out "May I suggest that you ait here stern? Ill hare to drop that sail in a momsat and tbs gaff may strlks you. It will oocm down with a run.

jumped for the beach and sank up to his knees In the soft mud. Floundering out. he trudged through mud and water to where the dog crouched and whimpered. "Let him lie there, please," she said gently. Barton aat down again abruptly and stared long at both of them. "It seems to me I'm pretty happy for a loser.” he said as last, apparently addressing the gaff. "Are you?" asked the girl, glancing at him from half shut eyes “Dogs know a lot don't they?' ho said, after another ttanqull silence. More than men?" said the girl. "More than I did." he answered, taking a critical survey of his main-

rail.

"Did?" she asked bending low ovei the sleeping dog. "Now we re clear of Lemon Island.’' bo cried with great satisfaction. “It's a straight run down the river before the wind." He changed the course of the sloop and loosed the sheet. The boom swupg far out. and the great sail screened all In the Dull from the gaze of the boat ahead as effectually as if the drop curtain of a theatre had fallen. Fastening his sheet. Barton took a hitch around the tiller with the loose end Then, silently, he came to the girl, knelt beside her. and took her in his muddy arms. The blood flamed Into her face and her breath came fast ss she struggled against bis tender might. Then she lifted her face io him bravely, and he saw lova Id her shining etyes. The dog moved uneasily, yawned, and trotted to the stern, where he surveyed them both with placid Indifference. "Oh. 1 forgot!" said Barton He Jumped up and stood very straight before her. "Miss Daakam." be said gravely, "will yon pieaa? marry a fellow?' "Not if he stand 'way off there." said the girl, equally grave, f "That's what the dog told me." said Barton, smiling down si her. "While I stood far off. be came close and found love In your heart. Are you not glad now that we picked him up." "It would have broken my heart If you had let him drown." she said frankly. love you because you are the kind /of a roan that would lose a race and woman, too. if he thought It right." Suddenly she held out both hot hi'e arms to him with an Impulsive

TROUT FOUGHT LIKE BULLDOGS. Extraordinary Which Robert W. Chambers Witnessed. Perhaps among trout the unusual and unexpected occurs more often than among any of the more familiar creatures, asys Robert W. Chambers in Collier's. I shall never forget an extraordinary affair that I had the fortune to dimes*'In a stream which empties into' the Neveralnk River In Sullivan county. The time was toward the middle of June, the place was a long stretch of dear brown watar.-two feet In depth on an average, and so limpid that every grain of sand was visible. A fly lightly dropped oo the surface brought no responsible flop of fish, yet I had seen shadowy forms from alar shooting ovm- the sand bottom as though stirred to more than passing Interest by the fly. However, It was no so 1 walked uji. to the pool. And this Is what was going on under the water: Two male trout, weighing perhaps a scant quarter pound apiece, were racing up and down the pool, darting at each other with Jaws agape, snapping, dodging, turning like lightning to nip when an opening came. They paid no ttlon to me as I walked up in full view, and a moment later they seized one another, locking Jaws. Jaw fastened to Jaw. head on. they struggled, shaking. Jerking, wrestling for mastery, crimson fins rigid, talli spread flat for resistance. For morv ten minutes'the tense quivering deadlock lasted: then exhaustion showed in drooping fins. In spasmodic efforts to tight tired bodies which bem to tarn belly up. One trout showed a strip of whin along the noas where the akin was gone: the tendency to turn over apparently became more difficult to overe: they began to drift with tbs current, slowly floating toward the surface. Then the writer waded lo and without difficulty- picked up th« combatants and separated them, placing one at the head of the pool, the oth-r at the fbot. The two fish lay quietly on the sand, alowfy recovering from exhaustion: then as one turned to head up stream, the other darted at him in ungorern able fury: the chase was resumed, the lightning like tsklcs of oflenc* and defence: and. at length the writei left them once more locked Jaw to Jaw. shaking each other like bull terriers. Never before, never since, have 1 seen such a battle between trout I have' to.-n trout seise smaller trout and bolt them, head first I have seen i female trout on the spawning beds, yrardlng her spawn from two or throe greedy male trout; 1 have aeen a voracious bull trout rush at a female and tear the exuding roe from her. But another such combat as I hare described I have neither seen nor beard of; and today I know nothing more

been written here.

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straight at her i ■as sternly set's'll

His Lack of Orlgtaality. Young Husband—"BUB sluing op. dear? Yon ehouldnt have waited (or me. I was detained down town hr

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In CbTg* ''' Tile Japanese

Oriental Customs, ff the fond American mother had to go through the with all the formalities that must attend the placing of a child In school In the Orient I am afraid there would be a sad falling off In attendance at our public schools. An authority tells us k that among the eastern nations the beginning of school life Is a critical time for the child. The priest or astrologer must be consulted to choose a lucky day. Every precaution must be taken to the Jealousy of the gods, whose malice is especially directed against

fine boy

The Chinese lather who adores his son will take the utmost pains lo convince the powers of the air that the boy is of no sccov.nL The child may be given a despicable name, like flea. Cbutze. a pig. or, more insulting still, he may be given a girl’s name. The boy may be • talked off to school wearing a girl s dress and one earring. and II the deception is complete tnls will be the most effectual of all. the gods do not care for girls

school boy wears

banging from his belt a little red bag containing a brass tag with his name and his parents' name and address upon 1L He must have his paper umbrella and bis fan. and In a gay bag upon his arm is a jar of rice for his luncheon. This quaint little fellow has probably made his offering at his own private shrine to Tenjlnsen, the god of penmanship.—Pittsburg Des-

Perfumes for Women. * Comparatively few new perfumes have been added to those available for extracts during the last four or five decades. Par and away .the most widely sold scent of the present day Is that of the Parma violet, which. In Its highest and most refined type, is produced from the flowers grown on hundreds of acres on the shores of the Mediterranean, and especially In the vicinity of Grasse. But this Is a decidedly costly and somewhat elusive perfume to manipulate for trade purposes.' even with .the orris tool which is an uncertain crop and Is at times excessively expensive. Chemistry has therefore* stepped In. and with a substance brown as "ionprorides a erode sad rank substitute. Japan has given us one or two slightly different odors In recent years, but European taste does not greatly care for the distinctly Oriental perfumes. To most people .of the west, the strong, clinging redolence of sandalwood oIL so gratly loved In ; of India. Is really disagreeable. At the present moment, so far as can be Judged, scents that-are largely coming into demand are those distilled from old fashioned garden flowers. like honeysuckle, heliotrope, verbena and stock, which must be the subtlest and most delicate odor. Many women nowadays affect one scent as peculiarly their own. and by means of sachets set within their wardrobe, tinv tablets concealed somewhere in their dress, e fragment of powder strewn over note paper or personal belongings, snggest a dainty but scarcely definable exhalation of characteristic fragrance. Anything strong or overpowering is in the worst possible form, and Is never now adopted by women of rear fastidious tastes. The late queen of England always showed a illke for powerful scent

The Ladies of Japan. The Japaneee woman have always had a peculiar faadnatlon for the terser. From the crown of her black head to the tips of her dainty white socks Mimosa Ban is a quaint little peraonagfi gentle, quiet.

lata at all la Japan. Is In Its babyhood. Although there are actually wo doctors the emancipated woman ta a rare phenomenon; and It will take

the little merchants. 'The tea to a bright yellow color, made by pouring boiling water over the green tea leaves, and Is Innocent of either cream or sugar. One rarely sees ladies of the upper classes about the streets, and In their homes they are generally quietly dressed In dark silks. It Is only at slate functions and entertainments that one has an opportunity of seeing how magnificently they can dress. 1 have In no other country seen such exquisite silks as some of the women wear.—Philadelphia Evening Tele graph. Care of the Skin. For generations It has been told ostensibly to comfort the homely girl, that beauty Is only skin deep, that handsome la as handsome does, and other tiresome maxims, yet down In every girl's and woman’s heart Is the »slre to be outwardly beautiful and sane, natural wish it Is. loo. Although all may not have regular ot classic features. It to possible foi every one to have a good complexion and that courts many points In a beauty contest Every baby has a skin like satin and a roeeleaf complex ion. and It certainly to not a cardinal >r an indication of weak charac o wish to preserve what we were given. But no one can have a good .complexion who Is not wholly healthy. Good, wholesome food Is essential to beauty, but especially in the spring of the year It Is desirable to fast occasionally. As Epictetus, the wise old Stoic philosopher, puts It: “Practice sometimes a war of living like a person out of health that you may at some time live like a man la health." The theory that It Is ne^ssaty to take some medicine In the spring has been superseded by a new one—take more exercise and eat-leas food. One cannot eat too much spinnach. lettuce, watercress, dandelion „and carrots; they are guaranteed complexion beau tillers. If girls would eat more fruit and less meat, "their skins would grow velvety. And besides more fruit, more water to needed to wash the Impurities from the system. Every grown person should drink not less than three pints of Water a day. Cot and tea taken In moderation will hurt no one; but there U food for re flection in the vegetarian's statement that these beverages will in time in evttably reproduce in the complexion their tawn-bruwn tints. A sallow complexion. Indicating some disorder of the liver, needs internal treatment One of the best agents for clearing the system and giving a fine skin Is the onion. Oranges and grape fruit in the iqoralng (never at night) are well [amended as well as the dally consumption of a crisp, Juicy apple The acid of a lemon act* directly up on the Brer and for an actually bll I our person the Juice of a lemon In a cupful of hot water, without sugar, to prescribed as an early morning drink. Of course when there to Indication of acute liver or bowel trouble, a physician should be consulted without do

Fashion Notes. Braiding of all kinds is used extravagantly. Fur trimmed house gowns are the latest thing. Oriental silks and embroiders are distinctly fashionable. The new combs of oxydlxed met*; set with colored stones are very hand ime. Lace shirt waists, lined with col ored silks and made perfectly plain are charming. The gujfnpe. the bertha and tht wide round yoke have returned te favor for bodices of the dressier kind in cotton goods The Introduction of the stripe in fig urad materials, marks the difference between last year's diaphanous stuffs

righto of their wolnen kind than it has taken them to build a navy. In the large hospitals, which are

little, white-clad nurses have proved themaelveb both capable and reliable. 1 visited the Red Cross hospital at Tokio last summer, where the quaint little nurses are dressed in white, with

huge Mite mob caps ad or the Red Cross decoration.

They are a vary domesticated little people in the Land of Sunriag and at their boat la their

Glace and 1 iridescent favorite effects in evening materials is are obtained in. a variety of ways. One of the expedients to tht veiling of one diaphanous weave with another of a contrasting or hannonto

Ing tone.

A good many skirts of thin mate rials are cut straight and gathered into the girdle and for several inches below R. But the suppleness of the fabrics and the skilful manipulation of thd makers save them from any thing like bouffantry at the hips. Most of the heavy wash materials

gives, arm In winter, are buying them

haring them made up for in

Due to Sensationalism President Hopkins, of Williams ColE C ' the c *‘ e ? one ,0 ° strongly when he declared, in the course of *n address the other day before a body of college men in New York, that the "enormous gain in the ratio of crime to the population is. beyohd question, owing largely to the increased publication of the details of bestial crimes. These realistic descriptions constitute the suggestion, in the technical sense of the word, which acts upon half normal. Undeveloped natures of multitudes" In the di»cussion oi the prevalence of lawlessness in this country, its causes and too little has been made sensational publication of crime ai a factor in the case. In no other cotin try are so many publications to b< found devoting their space largely t< crimes'and scandals, and in no othri of the great civilized nations are mur ders ind lynchings proportionally so i numerous —Leslie's Weekly.

Awful.

Sillyrus—Crayonite ought to make a success on the stage as a lightning F.asymark—Why He can't do very good work. "Still he ought to be able to draw 3 full house whenever he wants to” And thd ambulance was there ten minutes later to take Sillycus to the

hospital

A widow says that a husband on earth is worth two in the other place.

Any Dope Would Do.

Stuart Knott, president of the Kansas City Southern Railway, was entertaining in his privat - car a Mr. Collins, a wealthy Galveston broker whose brains and money he hoped to interest in the development of the

territory contiguous to Port 'Arthur, ‘

the southern terminus of the road The weather was stickily hot. The air wa* united with the fumes of oil, and the broker was kept busy beating off mo«quitoct nad making polite expressions of appreciation. Mr. Knott, after duly extolling Port Arthur* natural advantages as a port, a rice, oil, cotton and lumber center, said: ' "Now, Mr Collins, what would yoo

take to locate here?"

replied Mr Collins, slapping at a herd of gallinippcr* "I’m not sure whether I'd igfce cocaine or morphine."

Wanted to Use It. Sharpe—Thought I'd have a joke on that tramp. Offered him my bathWhelton—What did he say? Sharpe—Said he’d take it on condition that 1 give him ? ticket M

Florida.

Cotton jumped about too point* when Uncle Sam's bearish report on the crop was issued. The Government's final estimate of the 1903-1904 crop bears out Sally’s predictions pret-

A prominent club woman, Mrs. Danforth, of St Joseph, Mich., tells how she was cured of falling of the womb and its accompanying pains and misery by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "Dux Mm PnnmjLH:—?J*a looks dark indeed when a woman », feels that her strength is fading away and she has no hopes of ever ' being restored. Such was ay feeling a lew months ago when I was advised that my. poor health was caused by prolapsus or falling of tbo womb. The words sounded like a knell to me, i felt that my aim had set: hot Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound came to me a« an elhrlr of life; it restored the last forces and built me up until my good health returned to me. For four months I took the medicine daily and aa/*h dose added health and strength. I am so thankful for the help I obtained through its use.”—Mn« Floexsch Daxtoxtc, 1007 MUfiS Ate, Bt Joeeph/Mich. ▲ medicine that has restored so many women to health mad »*»»« produce proof of the fact most be regarded with reaped. This to the record of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, which cannot be equalled by any other medicine the world has ever produced. Here is another case t — "Dxab Mas. PoncHAM:—For ream I wa» troubled with falling of the womb, irregular and painful menstruation, leucorrbcee. bearingdown pains, backache, headache, dixxy and fainting spells, and stomach trouble. “I doctored for about five yean hot did not seem to improve. I began the use of yoor m»H Inina, and ns re taken seven bottles of Lydia B. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, throe of Blood Purifier, and also used the Sanative Wash and liver Pills, and am now enjoying good health, and have gained indesfa. I jhiank you very much for what yoo have done for me, and heartily recommend your medicine to all Buffering women.”—Miss Emt* Sarrant, SIS Bam

Center Bt, Marion, Ohio.

“FBEB MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMKH. (Tomes would save time and much sickneas If * • to Mra. Pinkham for advice aoon aa MydlW It Is free, and has put thousands of 1 violates the confidence toss entrusted to sigh she publishes thousands of testtseesdals ttms wesaes who have bees benefited *- •-*- sever in all her experience her the fun consent, and often by

snefited by her advice and mediator has she published such a letter wltkss* by special request of toe writer.

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