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I U'J- vSU MO CM OF mum JESSE JAMES Death of His Stepfather Recalls Memories of America's Most Desperate Outlaw. Btl(nr. To his mother he was always and affectionate to his wife a Model husband. His children found In Mm, so-farastbelrtender senses could appreciate, every desirable element of For long tluie he assumed the name of Howard. There was lie better citizen thanr "Mr.

Howard," no more thoughtful neighbor. Shortly jMore he waakilledthere bad been a municipal procession In St. Josepn, Burking a local event At the bead Tf Che parade was a platoon of police. Immediately behind the' police rode Isese James on a blooded horse, his little boy Jesse held before hfffl. Such jrere thecbances the bandit took.

There hare bejuAttempts to exalt YVKIe'7tunes. That he was driven Into the bud school of Quantrell must be His mother was a native of Kentatiqr, when the mutterlngs of tltll war were first heard her with the South. So were thoet of Doctor Samuels. In these sympathlesltwas but natural that the boy Mttold share. Quantrell's guerrilla orpa had operated before the declaration It was S- I-J i-jgsfl WflK -ii wsfais Ifj, V-j ftSSIrttMIhi Qnfrinu.

itrell had grievance against the maurauderm of the' border, had nron l) kill all the Fed- they could In reprisal against -v cottages committed by sympathlxers tbs cause of the North. 'As Quan- -wi' SLATER AND ROBBER. OultafM Upon His Family Incited Sim to Seeds of Maniacal £urf Recently the death of Dr. Reuben Samuels, of Missouri, has been announced In a line. To the majority of readers this Item conveycd no slgnlflcance.

let Dootor Samuels was figure In the guerilla warfare that made of Missouri and Kansas settings gpfor the bloodiest and bitterest strife waged by banded assassins, was, however, passive llgtire, the Accidental centarof affairs In which betook no part. Conflict waged about him, Its flory billows surging up to the threshold of his home. For lie was the husband of the'mother of Jesse James. A woman with the heart of a lioness, loving her own with an intensffy fierce as the hatred she felt for her enemies. The death of Doctor Samuels rccnlls 'lbs mad career of Jesse, ns intrepid freebooter as ever murdered and a man who for years, moving In a community where everybody knew there was a price on his head, uever flinched in the' presence of danger.

Barnes was a man of curious paradoxes, 4tt'friendahlT, tmrelentlni In battle, whether under black flag of Quautrell or wnrriue: the society that, had made hint tin A STAGS (NO prestige some soldiers de gertsdt the Gonfedertte ranks to Join 11b, tapdM by blood-last not to be MtisMl'Mt tlM battlefield. They craved the jojr of murder. They gave no quar tsr. Ho prisoner was spared. As they were demons.

They relied up4B Skill as horsemen and with revol WImb they went Into action It fn with fiendish east that could iMt be withstood. tt wsa the practice of every QuantopA follower to take the reins in his horse by pressure of Ike MM alabe and, with a revolver plaltB at foil speed Into was no rrrot, gallop 1" bat mm horses Spfsng to the utmos iklt on the instant The rush was 'tarrtiyiat spectacle, pitiless, awful a swath of death. Jlad as was Qtiantrcli, as monstrous cruelty and measureless his passion, were bodies opposlng hlm that lacked none of his malignity of purbut dld lack his leadership. One the representatives of one of theso code to the Samuels home, DoctOr SaanMU at work th JeOse iln a cornfield. with of could, not tell jVv TMy hOttnMl him to a tree and saspeiMlid until nearly dead, did tho doctof bave to submit Is torturek find was left vemeless Mi.v TPnfn be was ap and (Sjita rows, with bayonets, titttle wonder tuniult of Hlta a' wholly without mercy, hideous methods, its members made up of renegades steeped in and Jaan- bad kllled a "lam JESSE JAMES.

(From a I know I will die knowing." dJit 'i'liy citizens od tight upon in ikitttb malilAP lind not kill her. A Utile Infer she was taken to Jail in Liberty, hud there, with her Jo and grossest InrfpltH. She vns a Southern sympathizer and, far denying the fart, gloried In It. In community nfliiiue with excitement and prejudice, growl accustomed to every expansion of violence, tills was offending enough. Slaughter of It was enough, too, to drive Jesse from the perils of his threatened homo Into the ranks of the Quantrell guerrll Ins, There he found himself among men fittingly described ns crossed between highwaymen and tigers.

He was a xfiiootii-faced boy, yet soon there wan not one of bis comrades a more dan serous He was as good a rider as nn. a better shot than any, and the ferocity that hnd slumbered within lilin was roused to a pitch that made lilin us demoniac as the rest of the Inliltoqs brotherhood of butchery. The exploits of the guerrillas, In which Jesse soon took active part, were almost beyond belief In tbelr reckless daring, their frenzied brutal ity. The affair at Centrnlla the actuating spirit. One was September 24.

a train bearing twenty-four Federal soldiers rolled Into the little station. Upon the platform awaited Bill Anderson, one of Quan trell's most Savage followers, and enough of his associates to overawe the soldiers. The twenty-four were niarcli- I'Uotograph Taken In 18T5.) ed out of their car, stood lu a line aud slaughtered to a man. Soon after 300 troops under Major Johnson sought to punish this deed, and approached a rendezvous whert' there were 2C2 of the guerrillas. John sou adopted suicidal tactics.

Evidently lio did not understand Quantrell's way. He caused his men to dismount, and thus they stood awaiting the onslaught On came the guerillas like a whirlwind. They could not be withstood. Human courage could not en dure against these grinning devils, who rode with teeth bared and holding the reins. After ona volley the troops fled.

They were pursued as foxes are pursued, and cf the 300 only eighteen-ear caped. The rest-' were not wounded They were dead. Kj in this charge Jesse James, having the best horse, was In the lead. It was a bullet from his unerring revolver that laid poor Johnson low, and many others were accredited to htm that dreadful day. The guerrillas lost four men.

Such was their usual fortune. By experiences of this kind Jesse James was hardened. He was a butcher of men. An Incident characteristic of Jesse COACH THE JAMES GANG. James may be related here.

After the war, traveling In Tennessee, he found the widow of an old comrade. It hap pened that a mortgage upon her home 'was to bfrforeclosed that day, and she was momentarily expecting the Sheriff and the money lender. The sum she needed was 9800. Jesse bad this with him, but no and be was far from home, but he gave it to her. Then ho secreted himself by the roadside, watch ed the officials and 'the lender arrive and depart, and stepping from ambusli with leveled pistols, made them disgorge the entire amount, with which lie went on his way.

happy having- saved the widow's home at the cost of a trifling. inconvenience -not in Itself disagreeable. When fully launched upon his criminal course, Jesse had with him 'Bill Anderson, the Central la butcher, and four of the Younger brothers, as well as some others, including bis-own brother Frank. Frank has been for many years' now a reputable, law-abiding Individual. He always lacked Initiative, and never had a tithe of the singular ability ofJesse.

The first act known to have bfcen committed by the gang was the robbery of a bank at Corydoc, Iowa, a-bold and open raid, which the perpetrators announced to a gathering of citizens as they rode away, firing their pistols. In July, 1878, they robbed a train on the C. R. I. 4 P.

near Council Bluffs, murdering an unarmed engineer. At intervals followed a robbery on the Iron Mountain, netting 10,000 one on the Uulonv Pacific, where the loot was 55,000, and another With 917,000 haul on the Missouri Pacific. In each instance there, was displayed utter Indifference a3 to the killing of trainmen or passengers, although an. inclination to leave a'few dead to Impress! veness to the occasion. Witf sporadic outbreaks "tto James gang ad nothing eispecialtr SMitahle the Missouri Pacific robbery wn- September.

187Gr- te9 ttajr to rob a bank at NorthflelA llton. Jenn'ing ILr.t the bunk rnshlor hnd been killed. Bill Chndwel), Clell Miller and C'linrley Pitts were shot to cleath aud Bob and Jim Younger, with Jesse James, were wounded. The wounded Youngers, together with their brother Cole, were captured and sentenced to prison for life. Bob died In prison, Cole and Jim were pardoned In 1001, and a year later Cole committed suicide.

Frank James managed to get the injured Jesse into Dakota and away. Killed by Treachery. Such a life as Jesse James led was bound to culminate in tragedy. Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, disgusted at the futile efforts of officers and detectives to take him, offered a reward of $10,000 for his capture. One "Bob" Ford, with his brother Charles, determined to secure this sum.

They had won the confidence of the outlaw, the solitary Instance, perhaps, in which his Judgment of men led him astray. These boys had the freedom of the James home. They were both there one warm day in 1882. Because of the heat Jesse had removed coat and vest and then laid aside bis arms, a lack of precaution be had never before been known to exhibit. Observing that a picture on the wall was askew, he mounted a chair to adjust it.

This gave the Fords tbelr chance. They had edged between Jesse James and the bed on which lay his pistols. Bob then shot him in the back of the bead. There were a few gasps and Jesse James, bandit and outlaw, wos dead. He lived just long euougli to be gathered Into the arms of his wife.

The revolver that was used for his undoing bad been bis own gift to the man who used it. The Fords go: their money, a pardon from the Governor and the detestation of even the enemies of Jesse James. Thereafter they knew no peace. There was noue so menu ns to extend a band to them. Charles Ford committed suicide in Richmond.

were no mourners. Bob Ford drifted to Colorado, became nn unwelcome hnbltue of gambling hnlls and was shot In a drunken brawl. For long there has bung In the Samuels home a framed scroll bearing this inscription: in Loving Remembrance of my Beloved Son JESSE W. JAMES JM Died April 8, 18S2 Aged 84 years 6 months 28 days. Murdered by a Traitor and Coward Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear Here.

Such is a brief sketch of Jesse James, dauntless, desperate, brutal, a soldier pt vengeance, who warred upon society, his band against every man, his legacy the memory of bitterness. At once loving and merciless, the Strange and paradoxical product of heredity and environment, it may be said of him, "We never shall see his like again," but in the saying thero can be ho cadence of Jauies ip Philadelphia Ledger. KEPT WITHJN Vonuif l'eople in Vlygtnla in Chief MurihaU1) Daf, In an old biography of Chief Justice Marshall there Is an auecdote whlca gives a significant hint of the discipline to which young people were subject In that earlier day. Several of the great jurist's nieces were In the habit of visiting him, and as they were young and attractive the hot)M became a rendezvous for the leading young men of the city during the afternoons. Judge Marshall's black major domo, old Uncle Joseph, held a tight rein upon these visitors.

Every day at 4 o'clock he would appear at the door of the drawing room in spotless livery and with a profound bow would announce: "Ladles, his honor the chief justice has retired to his room to prepare for dinner. "Gentlemen, dinner will be served at half past 4 o'clock. It is now 4. His honor will be pleased if you will remain, and covers have been laid for you at the table. If you cannot remain, will you permit the young ladles to retire to prepare for the meal?" The gentlemen usually took leave, and the ladles retired In an ill humor, but any remonstrance with Joseph was only answered by "It is the rule of the house.

Young folks must be kept within boundB." In Virginia bouses of the better class, notwithstanding their almost boundless hospitality, the calls of.youhg men In that day were strictly held within limit. No one'was received as 7lsItor to an unmarried girl unless his antecedents and character were well known to her parents. Could Sea For Hlmaelt. Clarence Foster the old ball player, was always busy sewing lu his spare moments In the clubhouse. Foster was a handsome fellow "and took pride in keeping himself looking neat and natty as far as his attire went, he was as particular as an old maid regarding his clothes, so was kept busy doing the tailor act with the needle and thread.

One Augustj "Pop" was taken 111 and was ailing for some few daya The fact of his ill-, nesff got into the public press and sa became conjmon talk among the A few days after the announcement was made that Foster was 111 the St Loots aggregation blew Into the Washington gronnds. The'first day Foster was discovered sitting In front of the clubhouse, busy at his everlasting sewing. "Hello, Pop!" shouter Catcfier joe Sugden. "I heard you were sick, but botor are you now?" "Well, Joe," carelessly responded Foster as be paused a moment In Ms tailor stunt, "1 have been sick, but just at present, as you can see tor yourself, I happen V-V "So yon have determined to civilize our said the swarthy native. have," answered the white man "Now, tell me what feature of civilisation Interests you most." 'Well, If you are absolutely determined to civilise us, I'd like to take out somo life Star.SHi Ig'-i It isn't what a woman aiya, hat bow looks when she says It thar TALES or nciANs.

ikandrl Glwnpo eccentric Tbo Throat. Handel was ntueli given to flying InU eccentric rages, tliotiKli he was not a wholly unkind man. lie knew his power, says a biographer, as every genius knows his power, and It Is not surprising that Ire wag thought to be overproud and egotistical, lie would deal out torrents of abuse when "t'ings vo9 mixed," to understand which one required an intimate acquaintance with at least four lnnt French, German and I till Ian. Yet these rages, it has been said, were the healthy outbursts of a great mind, not morbid, jealous feelings. Such fits of wrath led to amusing scenes.

Handel thundered and roared at Cuzzoni when she refused to sing an air he hnd written for her, and she did so only from fear lest he should give effect to his threat to throw her out of window. Again, he administered a thorough rating to a chorister named Jansen, who had assured Handel that he could sing at sight "You yelled nandcl, shaking his flst underneath the nose of the frightened chorister. "Vat do you mean by delliug me dot you could sing at sight?" "So I can, sir," stammered Jansen, completely uunerved "but not at first sight, sir." In 1753, in the Lenten season, minor canon from the eathedral of Gloucester offered his services to Handel. His offer was accepted, and he was employed in the choruses. Not satisfied with this department, the canon requested leave to sing a solo, that his voice might appear to more advantage.

This request was also granted: but he executed ills solo so little to the satisfaction of the audience that, to bis great mortification, he was violently hissed. When the performance was over, Handel, who for once was not in a rage, came to the unfortunate and said, "I am very, very Borry for my dear sir, but go back to your church in de country. God will forgif you for your bad singing dese wicked beoples In London, dey will not forgif you." Thpre Is a good story told of a prima donna named Marie Frausch, who Jived in the tlmp of Frederick the Great. Whenever anything o.r anybody displeased jthe haughty Frausch, she, after the manner of prima donnas in general, would suddenly become too hoarse to sing. One evening there was to be sung nn opera In her repertoire, and It was expected that the king would attend.

At the appointed hour the manager came forward, and announced that owing to a sore throat, Fraulein was vnable to appear. The people were preparing to leave the house- but his Majesty rose and Commanded them to keep their seats. 4 few moments afterward an office tnd four dragoons entered the singer's room. the officer, "tjie king inquires after your health." "The king very good," said Frausch, with a pout I have a sore throat." "His Majesty Is aware of the fact, and has charged me to take you to the military hospital to be cured." Fraulein turning very pale, suggested that they were jesting but was told that Prussian officers never indulged In persiflage. Soon she found herself In a coach with four men.

"I am a little better now," Frausch faltered, "apd I will try to sing," "Back to the theater!" said the oflV cer to the coachman. The Fraulein began to think she bad yielded too easily. "I shall not be able to sing my best," she Interposed "Pardon, Fraulein," responded the officer, "but I think you will." "Because two'dragbohs in attendance behind the scenes have orders to carry rou off to the military hospital at the cough," Fraulein Frausch never sang better than she did that night. Gottschalk, the pianist, was noted for his enormous physical strength, almost as much as for his brilliance as a pianist On one occasion he gave a practical illustration of his strength, Which, did not display his disposition In the most amiable light, undoubtedly afforded him much satisfaction. He was, in concert, playing on a piano that was built on a new model, one of the peculiarities of which was that the lip of the keyboard cover protected farther over the keys than in most pianos, when the instrument was open for playing.

Gottschalk, who was accustomed to throw up his hand to a sonslderable height during the performance of brilliant passages, and was unused to this new form-of keyboard, constantly h.tt. his knuckles against the prejectlng lip. This repeated rapping of his knuckles at last began to have an Irritatiug effect on him, as the audience could plainly see. Suddenly, after a particularly hard rap, he stopped short in the middle of his selection, wrenched the offending cover out of tlip instrument by 'malri' force, and burled ft across tlie, platforod with great violence. Then, with a smile of the greatest satisfac-.

don, he reseated himself at tlie pia: tnil continued his pinning. If you wish to ralsa a good crop ot bachelor's buttons, It will first be necessary. to see that tlifere are no widow's weeds in the vicinity. A good bayrake has about fifteen of course, ou the age of the rake. Do not drain "off your swamp land.

Plant tadpoles and raise frogs, and the bops to Milwaukee. Here we mpy say that tbp somewhat iarger than the skip, tfiVugh not so the Certainly' WnM. City Man (to It yoor eyes If you were to look across at that, lot there and see one of our skyscrapers covering It? Tillage I gtiess it would, ssetn' as I've got twenty head cattle gnuda' Bohemlaib fr, THE CHURCH'S OBlIGATION TO W0RKINGMEN. By Bishop Henry C. Potter.

You and whether we are disposed to like the situation or and most of us resent it as an insufferable Impertinence are confronted' in this republic and In this twentieth century with Incomparably the most tremendous problem in its relation to tlie right construction of human society with which the republic bus yet had to deal, and that problem is the problem of the unification of the ideas and sympathies and purposes and alius of men. It is not ilie giving of money or tlie creation of chrtrltnble institutions that builds up the feeling of brollierliood among men. The poor man resents our condescension. lie does not want that or your gold he wants recognition of his manhood. The-shop girl wants you to honor her womanhood to respect her in the task In which she is tolling and suffering.

You can do much to make Hint tusk easier and create an atmosphere in which slio and you can move alike as members of the sniiur divine- society and fellow soldiers under Christ. 11ISU01' L'OITEH. This brings into view the relation of the church to these great social problems. You and I somehow or other must bring the man who works with his hands to recognize his place, his right, his office, his calling, in the church of God. Tlie first business of the church Is to place her houses of worship at the service of the people who work with their bands and then in the life of the church to encourage that spirit which will help us to understand and to serve it.

There is but one way to do that. Instead of turning to any "ism" of the hour or theory of social reconstruction, or any new philosophy which undertakes to re-create society upon theories which are essentially barbaric in tbelr nature, you and I must go back and look Into-the face of the Master and flud in Htm the secret of our service and our triumph. ILLIMITABLE ENERGY OF THE ATOM. By Gustave Lebon. Shall we some day succeed In liberating the colossal force-that lies within atoms? No one can tell.

Neither could one have told in the time of Galvanl that the energy which was used with difficulty to twitch the legs of a frog and attract small fragments of paper one day would set in motion enormous railway trains. Perhaps it always will be beyond our powers completely to dissociate the atoms, because the difficulty probably would increase as dissociation advances, yet to dissociate a small part would sofflce It Is in these atomic systems which were Ignored for so loug a time because of their extreme minuteness that we doubtless must look for the explanation of some of the mysteries that surround us. The infinitely little may contain the secrets of the infinitely greats It not only is from a purely theoretical point of view that it is OLD LOVE LETTEBS. She'd been up in the attic, This little wife of mine, Jl-rummaging and tumbling, For what I can't divine. Hot suddenly I noticed A silence weird and strange, And wondered what had happened To cause this pensive change, Tor quite an hour I listened.

And then, alarmed, 1 stole Up to the lonely chamber, 7.. My conscience to And, well, would you believe if? I found her reading low, Ave letters that I wrote her Some fourteen years ago "Si Her face was wreathed in Her dreamy eyes half closed Her heart was beating You'd thought I'd-juat proposed? round tier were those tokens Thai spone from heart to heart Good saints! what founts of passion, At faded sheet will start. -Truth He Needed Advice Billlter aud Thornby went down In the elevator together, as they generally did. They were pretty chummy In the though they didn't seem to have nuch In common, Thornby being a ratlitr spruce individual whose conversation was mostly on the gayetles of life and who often brought a suitcase to the office, while Billlter was serious, prematurely bald and totally without soda! ambition. This particular evening, instead of turning south as usual.

BliKter took his friend's arm and said he Relieved he would walk a little way vith him. "I wanted to ask your advice on a 1ttle matter, Thornby," he said. "That Is, If you'll promise not to laugh at "I hope yon know me better than to think I would dream of It," said Tborn- "You know all about women," began Billlter. "Oh, "I mean you associate more or less vlth them and knew all about barn lances and cotillons and things, and I rnppose you know how to Ingratiate least, you-know how fOu would go about it If you wished cultivate the acquaintance of any artieular young woman. I wouldn't, you, know.

ReaUy." "You're joking," said "Thornby. "You're Just trying to lead on and then you'll spring one of those gags of roura on I know you." "if assure you I haven't the least Intention of such a thing," said Billlter. Tve never paid any particular' attention to ladles, but I'm see, I don't just know what yon would call polite attention and what would have 1 certain significance." "Which variety of attention do you rant to asked Thoraby. "Do yon to be, polite without compromlstag yourself?" "I should like to makg myself agree-' ible," replied Billlter, blushing slightly. "I shouldn't want to.be Considered iffensive.

I should like to convey the fact that I am interested in a certain here." said voir want me to tell you anythlnc or itfvo you any advice, suppose you stop beating about the bush and tell me the whole story." "I've told you everything," said Billlter. It's a lady in whom I am Interested. I may say deeply Interested. It's rather remarkable, too, because such a thing never happened to me before. I want to know what is usually done in such cases." "All sorts of fool things," said Thornby.

"It all depends on how much of au idiot a man Is." do wish that you would be serious. It's a serious matter to me. What first steps would you recommend? If. you want more particulars I'l give them to you. The lady lives in the same house with me and eats at the same fellow boarder, In fact She is extremely-attractive and received a great deal of attention one or two of the other Is, they talk to her a great deal and seem to seek her society.

I don't talk much, you know. But she has been very nice to me. In fact, I may say that she has shown me some preference. I hope that doesn't sound vain?" "Not a hit of it," said Thornby. "Good for you.

What more do you want, though?" "I want to show her as delicately as fact is, I get nervous and I have rather avoided her of late. Not because I want to, but because I am naturally bashful. And when I say that she prefers me I don't mean that she has a thought of anything but friendship. I. am not so presumptuous as that.

But I thought I might in time If I were careful build BOW UkTI 18 THE LATE on a friendship something of more tender nature. I did bring her some flowers the other evening and she didn't seem to be at all offended. I think she was pleased. But I kind of hurried away. I was afraid I had gone a little too far.

Do you think so? I'm very much "What kind of a girl is she? Very young?" Billlter coughttl. "She is not exactly what you would call a young girl," he said. "In fact, she has been married. She is a widow. I am rather afraid she may be too greatly devoted to her husband's memory ever to consider a second marriage." "How late Is the late husband "1 am told be died about three years perhaps four." "Excuse me-for a moment," said Thornby.

overtake you." He hurried away and disappeared In a doorway." Thornby emerged presently with a lighted cigarette and a composed face. He was silent until Billlter again asked him what do. Thornby. "Don't yon do iWHjttlng. YOa leave It all to If widow of that long essary to study the atomic systems and the tremendous energies that work within theni.

Science may be ou the eve of capturing these energies, whose existence wus unsuspected, and thus render unnecessary the mining of coal. The scion of science who finds the means of nominally liberating the forces that matter coutnlns almost instantly wlA change the face of the world. An illimitable source of energy being gratuitously at the dia-. posal of man, he would not have to procure It by severe labor. The poor would be the equals of the rich, aud the social questions no longer would be agitated.

YOUNG PEOPLE TRUST YOURSELVES. By Leo Tolstoi. Trust yourselves, youths aud maidens who are emerging from childhood, when first the questions arise in your soul: What am Why do I exist? Why do all who surround me exist? And agitatiug of I and are all around me living as we should do? Trust yourself then also when the replies to these questions which suggest themselves to you do not agree with those pressed on you in childhood and do not agree with the life that you and the people around you are living. Trust yourself when in your soul is heard, not wish to excel others, to distinguish yourself from others, to be more powerful, more important, or more famous, or' to be saviors of men, freeing tbein from the evil organization of life, but trust yourself when the chief desire of your soul is to lie better yourself I will not say to perfect yourself, for in self-perfecting there is something personal, something gratifying to self-love, but I will say, to make yourself such as the God desirea who gave us life, to disclose in yourself the principle, like unto Hlin, which is In us, and to live "godly," as. the peasants say.

WOMAN'S COQUETRY ADVANCES MANKIND. By Paolo Lombroso. Femlniue coquetry has one capital excuse Its cause is entirely masculine. For the crav- -vC, tug of women for elegance, luxury iu dressy aud their extravagance in jewelry and othei ornamentation are merely an outcome of their desire to please man, to attract his attention, and conquer him. No wonder coquetry became so powerful an instiuct with them.

It Is the most persistent characteristic. It hardly ever -1 disappears. Women ought to be proud of all the trouble they take iu this matter. It is hq easy thing to dress well. There Is such a thing as martyrdom for coquetry.

Woman, will smile and chatter, be graceful, and delight around her, while all the time she is suffering tortures in her tight dress and can hardly breathe. She does not allow anyone to discover strict diacipiine to which coquetry condemns her. The would be dull, sad and gloomy without coquetry, which, In spite of a frivolous appearance, has intraduced Into social life one serious and most Important pleasure aud the happiness of living. she'll manage all there is to be managed." "Thornby," said Billlter, "I consider that you are coarse and wholly lacking in a fine appreciation of the nature of a noble woman. I'm sorry I asked you anything." With that he turned and walked away.

Thornby was rather. Inclined to be amused, but there was a biting tempt In Biiliter's tone that made him angry, so he. did not apologize to BiUiter the next morning. Billlter said nothing to him for over a week. By -1 that time Thornby realized that he had been in the wrong and said so in a manly fashion.

Billlter shook his tended hand cordially. "I was coarse," said Thornby. give me." "Say no more about it, my dear fellow," said Billlter, heartily. "I'd fo give my worst enemy the greatest crime ever committed, let alone a little misunderstanding like that. I'm the hap- piest, luckiest man you ever knew.

I took your advice, too." "What?" cried Thornby. -f 2" "Yes," grinned Billlter, "you may 'tv -0 congratulate me. I'm News. vLf Helping Him Out. Mr.

Lord looked so grave one evening that his very young onenoticed It, and asked what was the matter. "I suppose business is troubling you," she surmised, shrewdly. "If you've struck a snag, why don't you tell me, and perhaps I may be able to help you." After more affectionate adjuration Lord admitted that his pay-roll bothered him. "I've made It up as far as the workmen go," he said, "but If I pay the stenographer there won't be a penny left for Davis and me. Davis says lie can't stand that he must have some money this month." Lord's wife was momentarily grave then her face brigthened.

"Why don't you give the stenographer a month's vacation?" she suggested, eagerly. "Then divide what there is with Davis. It seems to me." Judicially, "that would be fair all around. Intellectual Improvement. "Elsie says she is going to Improve her mind and join a Browning class." "What on earth made her think of that?" "She has to make some sacrifices, yotr know, this Lent, and it was either joining the Browning class or giving up chocolate caramels, and she wasn't realiy equal to Amerlcan.

What Cared Cold. see your cold is better this morning. and I believe.I've discovered a sure remedy for colds. Hicks- What is It? collar button. I swallowed one last night in mistake for a quinine Catholia Standard and Times.

Bait. Mrs. A. (over you send me up a cook t6-day, Mr. Dwyerf Head of Intelligence I can't accommodate you, Mrs.

but we have only one In the office. Mrs. why mayn't I have her? Head ot- intelligence we have to her as a Weekly. JL mm.