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ms coopers him philip il w j briggs to bis on yon are 23 years old to day so the family record says father responded the ilegant young gentleman ad- drssed i am disposed to place implicit reliance upon it and on you ion have done nothing sicca you left college but kill time it is only retaliation in advance sir some day or other the old chap with the scalp look and scythe will kill me you are too flippant since your aunt priecilla let e you five thousand s year you have done nothing but spend the money your income ought to be enough for a single man but you draw on me too ill try to draw on you loss sir it is not that pnilip you are quite welcome to a check now and then for i know that you neither game nor revel and i dont mind your horse your club your natural history crazj nor your luxurious tastes but still you spend more money and get less for it than most young men of your age have too much in fact i dont find it too much sir in fact i was thinking what a graceful thing it would be if you were to double it a mere tnfu to a gentleman of your means i have to use the most pitiful economy 1 assure you oh thats it eh well there is a mode to inorease it very much you have heard me speak of philander sprlggs of new york moneylender and skitflict 7 i have heard of him j nonsense philip he is a quite worthy as well as a very wealthy nan and if he prefers to invest ready mocoy in short loans what of that 7 i lend my money or some of it sometimes bat not at cent par cent no matter i dont propose that you shall borrow of him he has an only ohild a daughter who will inherit all hia vast property jusb as you will mine does she shave notes father pail be kind enough not to indulge in chaff i have seen hor and talked with her she is young handsome well educated and has good taste a society gentle woman with domestic tastes well father you are not so old and since you admire her so much i see no rea son why stop your nonsense and listen spriggs and i had a talk over it when i was in now york and we had concluded if you two come together to chip in equally and settle a halfmillion on you on your wedding day with what you have youll do well enough for a while id like to oblige you father i suppose i must marry some day but it will be some one i love and then pailadelphia like i n- sist on a woman of good family some one you love 1 how the deuoe do you know youll not love her till you seo her good family 1 of course youre en titled to that the peerage of england is inll of viscount briggsea the briggses are found in the almaruia ion gotha anions the erlaucht families your grandfather made 300000 in hides and tallow and if he had not invested i in real estate that multiplied itself more than tenfold before he died i should nave been in the same business to day and you in the countingroom or ware house family indeed i youre a foolish boy philip and your aunts legacy has ruin ed you i wish sir there were a balfdt zn more oid aunts to continue my ruin in the same way it is of no use getting angry father you cant keep it up ill take to anything you say law physio or divinity sell my horses drop my olub read by the cubic tfoot but to marry excuse me see hero phil exclaimed the father who by this time was at a whito heat you can marry tc pleaso me and i will not only start you fairly in life now but leave you all i have wheu i am gone marry to euitsomo foolish fancy of your own and ill yes ill found an aaylum for idiots now you understand aw aud briggs marobed off leaving his son to his meditations if i stay here said philip to himself father and i will quarrel bottor givo tho dear old gentleman a chance co cool off ill xuravzj a little that afternoon philip packed a portman teau and with a tishidgrod and mineral hammer starred rff to montgomery county whero an old collegemate of his had mar ried and settled one whom be iwl long promised to vino when bo arrived thcro ho learned that boudinot and his wife had gouo to long branch for tho season and their servams with them the houso being in the hands of a c retaker philip hoard of good fishing in a stream tour miics off and concluded to try it ho found lodgings at a f armheu o nmur the place owned by a man named roth cooper his quarters ivro quite comfortable tho house was an old stono building of ante- rsvolutiodary erection and was roomy he was assigned to a chamber upstairs look ing out on a trimly kept garden in which oldfashioned fljwera and pot herbs were grown tido by side and which sent a pleas ant fragrance through the open window the room iueh was adorned with pictures and knickknacks showing feminine taste and the bedstead was furnished with a hair mattress and cot the bag of feathers of tho vicinage decidedly said philip to himself there is another ferisle on the premises something younger and powibly fairer than tho sub stantial dame cooper and with some re fined taste rut neither that day nor that week did he see any woman othor than mrs cooper or tho hired girl in a weok s time the country grew mono tonous to him as ho sat upon tho veranda cne afternoon debating tho matter a wag gon was driven up the lane and stopped at the door lightly out stepped a young woman in a neat traveling dress and the driver followed hor with a largo trunk under which he staggered burly as ho was mrs cooper came from the kitchen and exclaim ed why its gony i declare you dear old aunty rath said tho newcomer hugging and kissing the farm- ers wife icamo to have a good time for a month and so you shall my dear was the hearty reply philip took an ocular inventory of tho looks drtss and manner of the newcomer as ho took off his hat a sweet face and graceful figure and presentable anywhere was his internal comment heres luck i shall not visit the branch yot you have a boarder uuctj said the girl when upstairs with mrs cooper yes hes a mr bee said the other it dont look as if be bad any call to work for his living judging by bis white hands and bis fix ops and hes plenty of money bee 1 then be isnt a busy bee but he goodlooking if he be agreeable hell do for a walkingstick mrs coopers mistake aa to philip was natural enough when she had asked bis name on hia coming he bad said is his airy way philip b at your service and the had taken the sound of the initial for bis surname after she had called him mr be several times philip saw the blunder smiled at it and as the naval officers say made it so and when gwenny came co the tsbeshe was introduced miss gwenny mr bee as she was the niece he con cluded her name to be cooper but as the farmer addressed her aa miss gwenny and the farmers wife as g wnny philip chose the more respectful form of the two philip soon learned that gwenny was the diminutive of gwenllian and not of the more stilted gwendoline which interested men philips mother had been a powel with welsh blood in her veins and bore the same name this later gwenllian was a mystery to him what was she a teaoner 7 she had cot the look nor the way ot tho achoolmaam a governess 7 possibly if so in a good family but her belongings were not of the secondhand kind philip had a keen eye for female apparel her lace wa3 of the rarest her gloves were perfect and of the newest her dresses wore pretty in material and well fitting though quiet in tone and though she displayed little in the way of jdwelry the atone that sparkled on the head of a lacepin was unmistakably a diamond she had been well cultured and every word and action showed a purity that fitted her name on the other hand philip was as much a mystery to the young girl he was a gentleman beyond doubt but what was he doing there a man of culture refinemeut and orthotic tastes idling alone the girl did not at first deem she was the attraction but it oame to her after five weeks and sho grew shy and her shyness for the last weok of her stay infeoted philip who became shy too and lost all cane at length she an nounced to mrs cooper that sho had to return home to philadelphia the next day all tho night that followed philip lay acd tossed restlessly he could not sleep he felt that his father would be as good as his word but he would win a wife then or never near morning he arose dressed and bat at the window until the sun showed it self then he slipped out of the house and strolled toward a glen a few yards off incendlng to remain ont until ho heard the breakfast bell it had been a f avorito haunt of tne two and yet for the last few days both had avoided it he made his way to a mossy rook whioh formed a sort of rustio seat and there he saw gwenny miss gwenlliani ho exclaimed she rose with a rather embarrassed air i rested badly last night mr boo and i came out at daybreak i have been here ever binoe the morning air seom to re fresh me i have tho same experience he said i have rested badly or rather have not rested at all i she looked up enquiringly and at some thing sh read in his eyes dropped her own while a flash overspread his face and neck gwenny ho said desperately and took her hand the fingers trembled in his but were not withdrawn gwenny darling he saik we are to part today do you know that i lovo you dearly do you philip she murmured but she did not lork up gwenny he said i have been sailing under false colors but innocently enough i have a way among my friends of using my initials and so i am called among thorn p b or mr b when your aunt asked my namo i said mr b and i did not care to undeceive hor bat i desiro no conceal ment from you unless you do not care for me then we will part as wo mot jut i shall bo a changed man ho waited for a reply there was a slight tightening of her lingers on his as oho half whifperod yon must know that i oaro for you philip now wling satd tho exultant philip you must let mo speak to your father to- egyptian women in youth the women of egypt generally have lovely forms plump supple and ele gant an excess of flesh is rare among them graceful curves an upright carriage and finely moulded hands and feet are common characteristics tneir faces too are usually pleasing and often beautiful with the richly tinted softness of the south so sweet is the expression of these faces so bowiching are the glances of their dark eyes that an ex perienced traveller declares they are the most perfect women in the world tho eyes of nearly all are large black and almondshaped their soft expression still farther heightened by long lashes and the universal use of kohl witn which they blacken the edges of the lids they have oval faces sometimes a little broad and clear olive complexions the lips are uan- aly quite full the noo is straight though a little wide glossy black hair with eye brows that form a lovely arch complete the features of these sirens famed since cleo patra for their beguiling beauty they dress thehair iu an elaborate fashion it is out short over the forehead but on either side of the face hangs a full lock often curled or braided the rest of the hair is arranged in numerous braids usually from 11 to 25 bat always an odd number three black silk cords bearing little orna- tnonts of gold are generally fastened to each braid hanging down theback in a glittering shower the headdreis is a complex arrangement it consists of a kind of turban ronnd which is commonly bound a gay kerchief or a long strip of muslin folded into a narrow band the latter ia usually black or rose colored the central part is ornamented for sevoral inches with spangles which fall over the forehead while the ends are decked with a gay edging and tassels of colored silks above which a few more spangles are sewed on the crown of the headdress is worn a round convex ornament called the kurs it is about five inohea in diameter and as costly as tho wearer can afford wealthy ladies and even tho wives of some small tradesmen wear those composed of diamonds set in gold olhora wear a simple golden kurs sliver being seldom seen even among sorvants the head veil consists of a long pieco of white muslin embroidered at eaoh end with colored silk and gold or of colored orepe drnamonted with gold thread and spangles this is drawn well forward npon the head while tho long ends hang down behind nearly to the ground the face veil always worn ia public is a simple strip of whito muslin fastened just below the eyes from which it falls nearly to tho feet it completely hides all the features except the eyes but as these are commonly tho greatest beauty of the woman it serves rather to heighten admiration than to quell it lon don truth involuntary musio- mrs poesslay oh i am so glad you have yielded to our entreaties and are going to sing at our musical parties mr tenori bluntly lord 1 what can a man do 7 when you are with the wolves you have got to howl i wasp a man of polish do you seo that man going toward the stairway 7 asked one travelling man of another in the office of a hotel thac big oolored man with the checkered blouse on 7 yos you might not think it but he isa man of a great deal of polish who is he 7 he is the bootblack of thu hotel 7 day i fear you may find him rather obat- nato she said ha sets an unduo store by hia daughter lean satisfy him of my position in so ciety and that i am ablo to maintain you 1 have means of my own and have well 1 may say i had great expectations but my father who is covoral times a millionaire has taker it into his head to fit mo with a wife i prefor to choose for myself if von will be content to share what i have pnilip briggs does tot care for more briggs philip 1 criod gwenny releas ing hersolf from his grasp and looking at him wonderingly is your fathers namo john 7 yes and he lives in philadelphia v yes gwenny burst into a poal of silvery laugh- tar do not feel vexed philip she said at length i am only laughing at tho sim ilarity of our positions my father chose s husband for me in tho sarao way and it waa to escape discussion of tho matt rthat i took these fow weeks rustication ms cooper is my old nurse and i have called her aunt from the time i could toddle around sho was married from our house her husband had vory littlo money and fathor bought them this farm and stocked it but oh think philip dear how your- father and mine will chuckle you are philip briggs and i i am gwenllian spiiggsl har pers bjzar our coming king a monte carlo correspondent says that tho final appeal anco of tho prince of wales at tho gambling tables was mado a distinct sneoess by the delicato bat rattling raillory of joanne granler tho opera bouffe divinity tho actress had been winning for an hour when tho princo arrived from a late dinner and took up his position opposite her he was alert wih enthusiasm and good cheer and diaplaycd tendency to ohafftho actress iu a humorous and royal fashion tho ro- suit was brisk and breezy and tho inter change of delicvto and half veiled personali ties was a tremendous event tho piicca invitedhimselt to dino with the princess do sagan nearly every niht whilo on his brief holiday beauty and appetite i love all that is beautiful in art and nature sho waa saying to her asthenic ad mirer i revel in the green fields the babbling brooks and the little wayside flowors i feast on the beauties of earth and sky and air they are my daily life and food and maudio 1 cried out the mother from tho kitchen notknowing that herdaughters beau was in tho parlor maudie whatever made you go and oat that big dish of potatoes that was loft over from dinner i told you wo wanted them warmed for supper i de clare if yunr appetite isnt enough to bank rupt your pa whioh was most like a hog a good story is told of two southern olergymon ono of whom undertook to ro- huko tho othor for ruing tho weed brother g ho exclaimed without ateppiug to ask any question is itpossiblo you chew tobacco i must confess i do tho other quiotly replcd then you must quit it sir tho old gentleman energetically continued it is a very unclorical practioo an uuoloanly ono tobacco why oven a hog wont chow it 7 fathor f do you chow tobaooo re- pliod tho amused listonor no sir ho answored gruffly with in dignation then pray whioh is most liko tho hog you or i the two beasons- why do you coll the phonograph sho 7 asked thehorso editor of a western paper of tho suako editor for two reasons was the reply first it talks back second it always has tho last word useless mournini sho is waiting in tho darkness sho is waiting by the door and she hears tho tad sea moaning as it beats the sandy shore and sho hears the night bird crying and che wailing of tho trees and npon her fever- od forehead gently blows tho sottkern breeze but in vain she stands and listens for tho coming of the one who to hor is princo and hero who is brightor than the snn close the door oh weeping lady close the door and weep alone to the sighing of the branches to the oceans sullen moan to tho screaming of- tho nightbird to the sobbing of the rain as it falls like tears from heaven splashing on the window pane lst your oyes this night bo rivers and your hair a mourning veil lot yui soul float out to heaven in a wild despairing wail for tho footsteps of your hero do not echo on tho shore and tonight ycnll never see him though youro waiting by tbo door and you will not hear tho music of tho voico you lovo so well you will only hear the moan ing of the oceans restless swell closo the door oh weeping lady look no more for him you love better look for hope and com fort to tho sombre sky above to your sido your lovo aad hero all your watching can not win for ho tried to paint the city and the peelers ran him in their surroundings plays are usually more or less impregnated with vice and gather together the vile of the earth true others may go there and that tends to increase the evil by giving it an air of respectability onticing inviting by thoir presence those who wonh shrink from the immodest aroma of the place the common expression is tobacco drink cards dancing fast women- and theatres wreck a man mighty quick what would you think of a man or wo man who if asked by anyone what must i do to attain to the highest degree of mor ality 7 and no one should stop shore of that who would answer smoke chew drink a few glasses of wino beef brandy or a little wniskey turn about take a hand at cards attend theatres balls danc ingparties and that will lead you out into and maintain you in the highest state of morality would any right minded per son toll anyone who desired to retrace hia steps from a downward path to pursuo the course just indicated 7 if not why not 7 would it bo equal to pouring oil on the fire of thoir iu filmed appetites and passions 7 n onld it not plunga thorn deep er and deeper into the miro and misery of mental and physloal corruption 7 keep off tie down grade propriety and impropriety stand diamet rically opposed the one to the other to one of the twain all thought and its outcome ac tion tends we may therefore j ldge of the propriety or impropriety of the indulgence in tobacco cjcholic drinks dancing curd- playing theatre going ic the use of tobacco especially in the y onng exercises a disturbing weakening influence to whatever heights of excellence anyone may attain it will never be as high as it would have been without its use the ten dency of the continued use of tobacco is to enslave and weaken the will selfcontrol is frequently lost thereby so that it becomes impossible to resist thetemptation to indulg ence if it is within reach the craving there fore being painful to endure the smoker carries with him a conscious ness that the habit renders him offensive as revealed by the efforts made to sweeten his breath to get oct into the pure air to fresh en his clothes and purge away his often- siveness railway companies build smoking cars to abate the nuisano and street railways relegate the smokers to the back seats of prohibit smoking because of its offensivenesj and even taverns provide smoking rooms to give the house ar air of decency selfrespect is lessened no one but a smoker will entertain the same esteem for a man after he has discovered him to be the victim of the smoking or chewing habit what respect is it possible to have for any one man woman boy or girl whose olothes as they approaohorpassyou exhale the stale offensive fumes of tobacco what right has anyono who has rendered himself thus offen sive to enter any place of public accommo dation if anyone was to sprinkle himself with benzine or carbolic acid and then enter a street or railway car or public hall the ory would go forth put biai out i put him out i the tobacco user should re- ooive a liko ovation beoause he has wilful ly rendered himself effmsire and reveal ed no respect or consideration for the feelings of others with much greater force do tho preceding words apply to the use of alcholio liquors wrecks wrecks 1 on 1 on 1 reeling along with accelerating speed down down the ilown trade to tho final plunge began in moderation with the posi tive determination never to exceed that limit and now hell opens wide its ponder ous jaws to receive the victims yet men women boys and girls thoughtlessly step on to the toboggan alcohol slow at the start but wait a little the smash will come and who will be the victims the tendency ot dancing is never towards increased morality but on the contrary towards lasciviousness and immorality the whole history of tho dance between the sexes reveals that tendenoy downwards never upwards in like manner the tendenoy of card playing is not towards honesty and uprightness of character no oho would ever recommend card playing to develope hones ty and uprightness of character it wont work that way theater going is most usually among the first steps of a down ward course no ono ever ascends in the soale of morality by witnessing a play a scene or recitation of even a latent lasoivious character what the minds or passions absorb they impart toj totuppfy that whioh had been destroyed by 8p0hge griftihg a remarkable case or surgical iagennlly in building ip flesh tluae the case of a german woman named htn- nah breeze who has been in st lakes hos pital hartford has been considerably dis cussed for a fen days among the medical fraternity she was a victim of the rare disease known as ergotism resulting from eating rye meat her malady was at first diagnosed as leprosy it began with the most agonizing pains which ran all over the body seemingly from a central point in the spine midway between the shoulders the agony was so intense that opiates had little or no effect aud the only relief was obtained from a free use of chloroform this cou- dition was superseded by one directly op posite she lost the seosd of all feeling en tirely needles could be inserted into any patt of the body except the head and neck without produclgn any shock and the tp vetest tests were triod without awakening the least sensation she still had tbs power of motion in a measure but lacked confi rtence and would not try to help herself in any way h her mind was alio affjeted and she often talked about dreams all of which had the element of 1iorkok uppermost this condition was followed by spasms nausea vomiting and great exhaus tion and when these subsided the entire body became dark and had the appearance of being in the early stage of mortification the temperature ran up to 110 degrees which is indicative of a speedy death and yet the patient did not die tho body grew blacker steadily and finally small ulcers ap peared on tho hands and feet they rapidly extended over the hands and arms but only two came out on the body the extremities were simply irightful often the ulcers had extended so that the arms and legs were a solid mass of pus centres both the natnre and causes of the disease remained obscure until the consulting sur geon learned from the patient that she was passionately fond of rye meal and had long been in the habit of eating it uncooked then it bscame easy enough to diagnose the disease as a pare type of ergotism which is caused by the ergoo in the ryo in its natural state there is no record of a similar case in this part of the world this disease is found among the natives of africa and south america and is mistaken for leprosy it is usually fatal the physician searched high and low in the medical records for a cure but could not find anything more than a few hintaon the plan of treatment that proved to be of no use being thrown upon his own resources- he invented a ji oe oe treatment that proved successful the first sepwaa to mike an examination of the bones in the arnib and legs to see if there were any carim this waa done by making incisions in different places the bone waa found to be healthy except in four tees and these were amputated after the patient had been acamthetizul the next step was to stop the progress of decay the formation of ulcers and to oreate new tissue mr walters eolation to the times tho expenses of the parnoll commission ud to this the 54h day to the times have been 110000 and they are still going on at tho rato of about 1500 a day the other sides expenditures are not nearly so heavy but as sir charles rasacll gots a thouiand pounds a woek it will bo under stood that they are not inconsiderable i have but i dont know how true it is that mr walter intends to bear this great burden himself oven if he has to sell his es tate of boarwbod the position in which hostanda is certainly peculiar he is a com paratively small proprietor of tho times in fact ho has only a sixteenth and a half share of tho paper this has been inter preted to mean that he has half the times and a sixteenth bat tho interpretation is fal lacious his wealth is derived not from the times itself but from a contract to produco and print it the printing is done according to schednlo tho copyright of the timu is not his his agreements with the proprietory may be revised every thrco years but tho timet effhe belongs to him tho timts stsff is his all- tho maohincry all tho organization by which tho times is made a great paper are in his hands tho proprietors of tho times can neither appoint nor dismiss either editor leader- writer or correspondent if the oontract were broken tho times might appear next day under a new name exactly as it did tho previous day whereas tho proprietor would have to issue a new paper under tho old name mr walter is therefore master of the situation one can understand that he shrinks from throwing upon his follow-pro- prietors a ruinous burden which they have done nothing to create and ho has assisted to pile op roman satire little son fapa when brutus said tho roman senators were all honorable men he didnt moan it did ho 7 fathor nohe spoke satirically whats that 7 he meant that tho hon in front of their names were put there by tboir con stituents just for joko those old romans relished humor just as much as we do tho ulcers the ulceration was altogether too extonaive to transplant live tissue from another body and the surgeon determined to try and build up tho body by sponge grafting it was a bold undertaking requiing great skill and patience to make it success ful the finest quality of sponges were used they were given a bath in diluted nitromuriatic acid tor seventytwo hours then washed in water and liquor potassor and finally allowed to soak in a week solution of carbolic acid before baiug thua treated the sponges were cut into slices one quarter of an inch in thickness all tho cretaceous meterials wero destroyed and only the horny framework of the sponge remained in preparing the legs and arms tor the sponges the ulcers were scraped and all the good tissues united whilo the patient was undor ether the strips of sponge were then carefully laid ciobb togother until every par of the diseased tiasuo was covered in the arms and legs fine a trips of sticking plaster were used to hold the sponges togother and the whole was firmly bound in bandages dipped in a carbolic solution turpentine camphor and wino were given internally for several days bofore tho operation aud were also continnod afterward the effect upon the ulcerated tissue was remarkable all tho sponges were inherent inside of fortyeight hours and the growth of new tissue followed at onco gianc cells were thrown out into all tbo little canals in the sponre until they were all filled up then fine streaks of red that under the mi croscope were found to be blocd vessels were developed and with tho bleod camo nerves an vitality a small scotion of sponge was oat from the call at the end of two wcoks end it waa almost solid when tho sponge was out it blod freely the same aa if tho leg had been cut after three weeka there was a marked change in the sponge it had the sppearance of raw bsef and was very sensitive to the touch the carbolic solution was frequently applied to the dressing as if it had been pressed by a magic wand tho spongo slowly faded from view and was convert od into good healthy tissue the only explanation of this marvellous change is that a sponge is an animal tissue and does not act as a foroigo body aud set up in flammation and blood poisoning at the end ot six weeks small spooks of white appeared and indicated that tho sponge had beon entirely abiorbed and that skin was forming this procai took the most time and it seemed doubtful at times if tho akin would ever bo perfected bat it finally healed and both logs and arms wero completely covered by tisauo and skin and the ulcers were entirely wiped out of exist ence the flesh of course shows many scars and irregularities but is sound and save great eensitivonoss which will diminish in time it is as good as new tho patients health improved as the ulcere healed and she will be discharged in a fow days the only way a surgeon of tho qm school could have relieved this patient would havo bson by amputation of the arms and legs and death would havo been preferable tho baroness hurdett coatu gavo aa many stalls in the savory theatre as there were years to her age at a thoatre party ia honor of her latest birthday