THE LITTLE FARMHOUSE-
Back in the little farmhouse, on the quiet
countryside!
And I think of a bygone summer, when I
was a happy bride.
I worked in the little kitchen; you tilled the
. fertile land! ~
For the rainy days a-coming, we'toiledland
saved and planned.
Back in the little farm-house! And memory
- brings to view
A cozy room, scant furnished, and a table
spread for two. .
Back in the little farmhouse, haunted with
mem'ries sweet.
I see familiar faces, and) list for the tread of
feet.
Back in the little farmhouse, dingy, and
old, and brown,
(Not like the newer dwelling, up in the
nearest town).
Ten years have gone, my dearest, and we
come again to-day,
To tread familiar footpaths, in the morning
cool and gray.
.Back at the little farmhouse, we seem to
have younger grown;
The yards are the same, my dearest. and
the grass is newly mown; ~
The stock in the river pasture at the same
fence corner stop,
And the corn is a-waving calmly. but oh,
'tis another crop!
Back from the little farmhouse we turn
with a weary sigh,
And we brush away the tears, dear, but we
do not mention why.
Back in the little farmhouse. time sped on
so fleet,
Our love grows firmer, dearest, .that we
keep this mem'ry sweet.
—Fiora Hazelton Bailey. in Minneapolis
“Housekeeper.
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A CLEVER TRAP
By Claude Oliver g
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' .1 ATH is a- beautiful little place on
; that famous river made dear to the
carts of all theworld, because on its
banks Shakespeare was born. It is
in a fertile valley, surrounded by tow-
ering hills whose verdant sides make a
Lrestful picture for wearied eyes.
’ “Sixty or 70 years ago it was a fa-
vorite resort for health and pleasure-
seekers, who found there something
that they were not seeking. It was
the scene of a series of the most mys~
Cteriqus robberies that .baflied the keen-
cst sleuth-hounds of the detective
forces.”
Just as I entered the. parlor I heard
my English friend relating the above
to his little companion, who was lis-
tening to his words just as I have often
pictured Desdemona listening to the
recitals of the love-mad Moor.
I knew that the big, fine—looking
Englishman was deeply in love with
out little brown American wren, and
that he could have wished me in Hal-
ifax rather than have a company of
three.
“That sounds like a possible ro-
mance," I said to myself as I pricked
up my. cars like a war horse at the
first sound of the bugle’s call; and ‘I
sat demurely down and took out pencil
and paper. ‘
The little brown wren was sitting
with her hands clasped around her
knees, and r pretty, dark head
poised to side. She turned her
sweet head 'slightly toward me and
smiled a cordial welcome.
Not so her hand'some Englishman-l
He frowned at me until his scowl was
like a thundercloud.
“Oh, you needn’t- look at me like
that, Dr. Gilbert," I said saucily, mak-
ing a little moue at him, and thrusting
my chin defiantly outward. “I am here
to stay until I hear the end of that fish
story."
- “Go away,” he said with mock anger.
“If you say that to me again,” I
cried threateningly, “I’ll sit right down.
at the piano and play ‘There’ll Be a
Hot Time. in the Old Town To-nght.’ ”
I knew how the doctor hated that
song, and by this means I always used
to cow him into submission. We were
stopping at a boarding house in the
mountains of Tennessee, and we had
all become like one large family and
said what we liked to each other in
our playful way.
As I uttered my fearful threat the
doctor dropped his hands helplessly at
his sides, drew down the‘ corners of his
mouth and made himself look the very
picture of'fear and submission.
“I’ve never turned my back to the
enemy’s guns,” he said in a. eerie-comic
tone, “but I always quail before the
fire of a woman‘s eyes.”
“Well, if you will proceed with the
omance I will turn the fire of my eyes
on Wrennie,” I said playfully, “while
I take it down, skeleton-like. Then I
will weave it into a story.
“And now ‘perceed with the prece-
dence,"’ I added dictatorily.
But he didn’t proceed. He only sat
and looked at Wrennie as if he would
like to “drink her into the waste places
of his soul.”
“Wrennie, will you kindly command
that slave of yours to finish his recital
for my benefit? Here an 1 at the very
verge of despair for material to make
the pct‘boil, and this wretched old
:brain of mine won’t budge an inch.
It's like Jamie‘s old donkey; when it
gets tired it won’t-"‘go’ for love or
money." , 6
“Resume your story"doctor.”- she
.said, sweetly. And the big mzm imme-
diately obeyeda Love is a wonderful
mystery.
“Well—but where was I at '2" the doc-
tor laughingly questioned, while he
looked askance at Wrennie to see how
.she would take his slang.
“Oh, yes! Now I remember. I was
saying that 60 or 70 years ago Bath was
the scene of a series of mysterious rob-
fberies.
“Every day some man or woman
{would find‘himself or herself relieved
Pf? valuable watch, or brooch, or brace—
/;let, or money, and not the slightest
V‘clew could be found to the robbpy.
The most hated detectives were con-
.tinually baffled, and the mystery grew
deeper and darker.
“Finally a young man presented him-
self to the head of the detective forces
and offered his services to ferret out
I I...
m-.- -0 a- ilk-.- I
. For npowder
young man was tall and angular, and
awkward.
iNapoleon Bonaparte’s, and the head
of the detective force, in sheer despera-
tion over all the other failures, told
the. young man he might try his hand.
At that time the best English farmers
‘ dressed like the caricatures of John
Bull; and Fielding, the new detective,
conceived the idea of acting the role
of a well-to-do farmer, with pockets
full of money and anxious to ‘paint
the town red.’ There was one. draw-
back to his clever scheme; for Fielding
was tall and thin, while the typical
John Bull was just the opposite. How-
ever, vvith the aid of a pillow or two
and various other paraphernalia he
soon had himself rigged ‘to the queen’s
taste’—big stomach, loose pockets with
- flap unbuttoned and hanging open;
rattl his money with his left hand
while e walked along gaping up at
the houses, and whistling a tune that
savored strongly of rusticity.
“Strolling leisurely along, and pre—
tending to be very ‘green’ and to have
eyes for nothing but the houses and
picious looking characters.
“Suddenly he felt a slight tremor
near his right—hand pocket, which was
flaring temptingly open.
“The tremor was so very slight that-
only the most sensitive nerves could
havedetecied it. He‘vpretcnd-ed not to
notice anything and continued to
lounge along unceremoniously and in-
difierently, never quivering even the
muscle of an eyelid, until he knew the
hand was well iii—then he clapped his
own over it, whipped out a revolver,
shoved it into the face of his captive,
and said sternly: ‘Surrender, my man;
I’ve got you now.’
“But. his ‘man’ had no notion of
yielding so readily. He gave one
quick, sudden jer‘g in the desperate
hope of freeing his imprisoned hand.
But the jerk was instantly followed by
a sharp scream of pain, as he felt what
seemed to him like barbed arrows
piercing the tender flesh of his white
hand that was soft and dainty as a
woman’s.
“The ingenious detective had sewed
a number of fish hooks in his pocket
with the. points- arranged in such a way
that the hand 'would be firmly hooked
in attempting to withdraw it.”
“Oh—I said it was a fish story,” I
cried, ~jeeringly.
“A fish hook story, my dearmadam,"
he replied, with assumed dignity. “But
if you interrupt me again I shall not-
finish the story and then you can’t
write it, and then you’ll have no pot
boiler."
“I’ll send it unfinished and call it
‘The Second Mystery of Edwin Drood,‘
or ‘The Mystery of the Second Edwin
Drood.’ "
“Well, it is of no use to threaten a
woman—at. least a woman like you—so
I’ll finish the. story just, to spite you.
“The robber proved to be a descend-
ant of one of Europe’s titled families.
Will" ‘
unlit.
Jag
‘ :
FELT A TBEMO'R NEAR HIS POCKET.
He was one of those men Whom the
talented English poet painted in his
lines:
" 'With smooth
grace
A devil’s purpose with an angel’s face.’
“He had been mingling with ihb best
element at Bath.
“All. the women. with their usual en-
thusiasm and lack of prudence—where
a handsome, dashing, fascinating man
is concerned—had received him into
their most exclusive circleswith smiles
of welcome.
“And he had been robbing them even
while whispering pretty nothings into
their listening ears.
"He was tried, proven to be one of
the world’s most. notorious robbers.
convicted and sentenced. The capture
created a sensation, the like of which
Bath has: never since kn own.
“Fielding’s name blazed into sudden
fame and he was ever afterward em-
ployed on all the mosrtdiflicult cases—-
one of which was the capture of a
notorious female forger. who had set
all Bath wild with her beauty and her
voice."——'N. 0. Times-Democrat.
disslmulation skilled to
Felicity and a Pig.
There is an, oft-told story ofa rusvtic
who when asked to explain the mean-
ing of “felicity” (a word which had
been freely used in a sermon to which
he had been a supposed listener), re-
plied that he “believed ’twere some-
part of the innards of a pig,” a writer
says. I have often wondered what
process of mind could have suggested
so incongruous a reply, and I think I
have the.cle'w. The poor man thus
challenged for a definition simply be-
thought himself of “flick,” the comm on'
Somerset term for the inner fat of a
pig.—Notes and Queries.
Coot of Burning a new».
In the course of an article sketching
the histories of some early English eo-
clesiastics, a writer tells what it cost
to burn a heretic. The itemsvare taken
from the municipal records of Center.
bury, dated 1535, and are as follows:
u suemi;35.1.1172:I:III£I22:Z..ZI 1"
'-,-W ndso'r Magazine.
the seemingly‘fathomless mystery. The
But he had a head like .
signs, he was on the qui vive for susr
to the city on the same train, but neither
LUETGE‘RT'S courssSaou.
How 'He Cause :0 Grind Up HI». Wife
at the Sausage Factory. ‘
CHICAGO, July 31.—Adolph L. Luci:-
gert’s sudden death in the penitentiary
at J oliet on Thursday last has brought to
light the fact that State Attorney C. S.
Dineen had locked up in the vaults at
the criminal court building, almost from
the beginning of the accused’s trial for
wife murder two years ago an instru-
ment that is considered morally his
confession of guilt. It was made by
Luetgert to a fellow prisoner, in the
jail. It was sworn to by the latter at
the time before the state attorney. Now
it is given publicity for the first time.
From this document it would appear‘
that Luetgert asked his wife to go with
him to the sausage factory office on the
night of May 1, 1897. She refused. This
angered him. During the quarrel that
followed he gave her a violent kick in the
side. This rendered her unconscious.
Luetgert expected she would come to,
but she did not. Seeing that she had
died, he disposed of her body in the fac-
tory vat.
Thousands of personsattended yester-
day the funeral of Adolph L. Luetgert,
the Wife murderer who died at the Jdliet
penitentiary. Prominent in the group
about the bier at the Northwest Turner
hall were Luetgert’s three children near
a floral pillow with the inscription, “Our
father’s words, ‘I am innocent.’ ”
Lawrence Harmon, former counsel for
Iiuetgert, delivered an address, at the
close of which he said: “He is dead, but
his wife lives. I call upon :Louisa Luet-
gert, the missing woman, for whom he
sufiercd without ever uttering an unkind
word regarding her, to come forth and
remove the unmerited stain from the
name of the father and her innocent
children.”
THE DOMINICAN REVOLUTION.
Presidency Likely to Be Offered to
Maximo Gomez.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 31.-A
private cable dispatch received here by
way of Cape Haitien reports that the
revolution in Santo Domingo is progress-
ing favorably. The dispatch says that
the real reason for the detention of Pres-
ident Heureaux's body at Santiago and
its interment there was that the country
between Santiago and Puerto Plate is oc-
cupied by the insurgents, who, abandon-
ing their plan of occupying Moca as a
base of operations, are concentrating to
attack Puerto Plata, which is feebly gar-
risoned. Great excitement prevails ow-
ing to the fact that the government has
not been able to ascertain the extent of
the ramifications of the revolution and is
growing demoralized through the death
of the president.
In the event of the revolution succeed—
ing, still according to the private cable-
gram, it is probable that Jiminez and
Jitoncs, the reputed leaders of the revo-
lution, will agree to retire, offering the
presidency to General Maximo Gomez,
who would prove acceptable to all par-
ties. A deputation, it is reported, is go-
ing to Cuba to confer with Gomez.
A Critical Situation.
PUERTO PLATA, Santo Domingo,
July 3...——~The situation is critical. An
outbreak is momentarily expected. The
friends of the government are under
arms and ready for action to protect
property and preserve the peace. A fee—
ble attempt was made to seize the body
of President IIcux-eaux by the assassins,
Ramon Cacercs. Manuel Caceres, Hora-
cio Vazquez and Domingo Plchardo, who
are in the country about Mom with their
followers. The burial of President Heu-
reaux was conducted with fitting honors.
Governor Pepin has assembled troops in
Moon, and the governor of La Vega Real
has 1,000 men.
STRIKERS STILL UNRULY.
Cleveland Has 11 Quiet Sunday, but
Trouble Comes at Night.
CLEVELAND, July 31.—At 10 o’clocs
last night 500 persons assembled at the
corner of Fleet and Tod streets, :1 Polish
settlement, derailed a street car and ston-
ed it and several policemen.
The policemen, after vainly trying to
get the crowd to disperse, fired their re-
volvers into the crowd, hitting one. They
secceeded in arresting two men who had
placed obstructions on the track.
A call for troops was sent in, and Cap-
tain Pond and part of a company of mili-
tia responded, dispersed the crowd and
succeeded in getting the car back to the
barns.
Crowds were upon the streets yester-
day, but until nightfall there were no
outbreaks of violence, and apparently
very little attention was paid to the Big
Consolidated cars, which ran on all lines
on schedule time. Adjutant General Ax-
line, speaking of the fear of the people to
ride on the cars in certain sections of the
city at night, said: “This state of aifairs
is likely to continue for several weeks or
months unless ‘a settlement is reached.
The only way to put a stop to it is to de-
clare martial law. That will require 4,000
or 5,000 soldiers, and every street will
be patrolled. Everybody will be required
to remain indoors after a certain hour,
and all who are out after that time with-
out a permit will be arrested. But mar-
tial law would put an end to the trouble
effectually.”
Trolley Car Accident.
NEWARILN. J., July 31.—-Miss Irene
Simpson, 27 years old, of this place was
crushed to death under a trolley our early
Sunday morning. Her brother \Valter
received a terrible scalp wound and other
injurieS, while her brother Charles es-
caped with slight bruises and a bad shak-
ing up. The Simpsons had been out for a
drive through the suburbs and were hur-
i-ying home to get out of ,the rain when
the accident occurred.
Secretory Alger-’15 Last Day.
IVASHl NGTON. July 31.—Secrctai'y
Alger and Mrs. Alger returned to Wash-
ington yesterday. afternoon. The secre-
tary will formally relinquish control of
the war depmtmcnt today, and his suc-
cessor, Mr. Elihu Root, will take hold.
Senator Burrows of Michigan returned
knew of the other’s presence on the train
until it was some distance out of New
York.
Valencia Safe It Manila.
WASHINGTON, July 31.--Genen.l
Otis has informed the war department
of the arrival at Manila Saturday morn-
ing of the transport Valencia. There
were no casualties en route. The Valen-
cie sailed from San Francisco June 29
with headquarters. Companies B and M,
Fouith cavalry, and Companies E and
H, Twenty-fourth infantry, in all 10 al.-
ccrs and 4534 enlisted men.
F
FAMOUS WOMAN DEAD.
Mrs. Kate .Chase Spraizue, Who Was
a Power ‘In Washington Society.
l
the late Salmon P. Chase, governor of
Ohio, United States senator and chief
:justice of the United States supreme
, court, died at her homestead, Edgewood, I
‘ in Washington’s suburbs, yesterday. She -
was 69 years old. For three months she
had been suffering with a complication of
' liver and kidney troubles, but had con- .
sented to medical treatment only ten
days ago. ‘
Kate Chase Sprague was the (laughter
of Salmon P. Chase of Ohio, once chief
justice of the supreme court and the man
. to whom everybody expected the nomina-
tion to go when Lincoln was named for
president.
Mrs. Sprague was in many respects
one of the most remarkable women ever
known to Washington society. In tine
days of her prime there was no disputing
her leadership. She was actually the
queen of society. She could make or un-
make social aspirants With an invitation
or a snub. Many stories are told of the
peculiar power which she at one time
wielded in,Washington.
It was often predicted before the down-
fall of Governor Sprague that the arts
and fascinations of his wife would make
him president if he lived. Through all
her troubles Mrs. Sprague laughed at her
own misfortunes and wore a bright and
Winsome smile throwh all the dark days.
Her only son committed suicide some
years ago at Seattle. It is remarkable
that the union of two such distinguished
families as the Spragues and Chases
should have led to such misery. Nothing
but ill luck followed either of the families
since the separation of Governor Sprague
from his wife.
CLEVELAND-s Barbour.
Soldiers Refused Food, and the Sick
Denied Medical Aid.
CLEVELAND, ‘Aug. 2.-—-Adjutant
General Axliuc said last night that he
had found a way to smash the boycott
so far as it aife‘cted the troops. Every
day since the soldiers arrived they have
been subjected to petty annoyances be-
cause of the refusal of merchants to sell
them necessary supplies. General Axline
pointed out the other day that these mer-
chants could be prosecuted under the civil
rights law, which requires all keepers of
inns, restaurants and places of public
amusement and accommodation to serve
all people alike. General Axline declared
that if any more complaints of discrimi-
nation against soldiers came to him he
would appoint a judge advocate general
to proceed against the merchants and
thus seek to bring them to time.
A prominent physician last night gave
an instance of the way in which the boy-
cott is being enforced. He says he was
called to see a little girl who was dying.
He was met by two men, who told him he
had better not attend the child, as its
father was a “scab.” He replied that
they ought to serve notice of the boycott
on the llmighty and inform him that
they would not go to heaven, for the child
would be there in a short time.
Monday night a man was refused medi-
cine at two drug stores even though he
w’as in. a critical condition, simply be-
cause he had ridden on a Big Consolidat-
ed car.
Christian Workers at Northfleld.
EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass" Aug.
2.——The general confereafe of Christian
workers, the largest of c three confer-
ences which are held here every summer,
Was opened and will continue until Aug.
20. As is usual, no definite pro -9
of meetings has been decid d up p, t
there will be morning, a ernoon and
evening meetings in the Audi'i‘orium and
twilight rvices. on Round op. A. e
ministers rom England, who are already
popular with Northfield audiences, have
Rim secuM by Mr. Moody—Rev. F. B.
- eyer of London, Rev. G. Campbell
Morgan, who, except Mr. and , has
been considered e most pop écakel'
st Northfield the set the y rs; e . 8.
A. Selwyn of Bouruelon~ fiwd,
and Rev. Dr. F. G. Cunnililhfln in-
burgh.
Polloned' Children dine nor-“e15
DETROIT, Aug. 2.——Mrs. new a»
venson of 205 Clinton street'ye I:
afternoon poisoned her two children, In-
ma, aged 3, and Ella, aged 6, with nor-
phine and took a dose of the dru hers f.
Both of the girls are dead, and t e no -
er is at Harper hospital with very small
chances of surviving. Mrs. Stevenson
was in straitened circumstances, and dc-
spondcncy over this is supposed to have
been her reasd’n for killing her babies
and attempting suicide.
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Leaf Green 00‘?) Gown. '
The tendency of all uuluznn gowns is
We
ently see plain black and dark colored
silks in great numbers and more sober
times in cloth, although these will I e
relieVed by band trimmings of velvet,
lace. contrasting c102 "us of VarioLS
weaves. A 1) advance design for early
autum from Harper's Bazar is chosen
herewith. The skirt; is a shallow cir-
culur that spreads wide at. the three
darts so that. when stitched, a tiny
pleat is formed an the icon of each dart
that. yields a pretty fulness to the low-
er skirt.
smoothly fitted over the long hip darts
and these are stitched in place with
green silk, and finished at. the lower
point. by large silk tackings. The skirt
has a center back ”mam and a ten inch
train, finished .n seven-stitched,
inch wide tucks.
toward plain fabrics. shall pm 3—
Flat cream satin bands are-
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: waist. line,
The Eton jicket. has a. seamed and
fitted back. and one dart. in front. The
long rolling collar reaches quite to the
and is ornamented with
5 small gilt. buttons distributed in groups
of three. The sleeves are sheath-fit-
ting about the upper and lower arm.
but have a Shirred efi‘ect at. the elbow
in both btck anl front seat: 5. The
cudsareartistic noveltiis having an
inner and outer p lint, both lined with
cream cloth stitched with green silk.
The shoulders are also capped with
cream cloth epaulettes over green cloth
and interlined with crinoline. Cream
cloth was the medium employed for the
vest in the original model. This should
be made upon lining and inter-lined
with thin canvas, crinoline, of stiffen-
ed lawn.
white opera. cloth.
To make this costume of plain cloth
54 inches wide, 7 yards of material will
be required, together with 1} yard of
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