Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 31 March 1904 — Page 7

Spring Modes For the Girls

g O THE young girl with a T 3 < moderate -dress allowance f;_; ' the fashion which permits ? _y her to wear dainty evening é{n blouses, with simple little : skirts in soft . silk, in . muslin, in crepe de chine ©r even in voile, in pale colorings, must come as the oft-quoted boon and blessing. No fashion is prettier for girls than this, and none more becoming or more convenient. One of the summer skirts of last season, after it has paid a visit to the cleaner, may often do duty for theater-going, or home dinner wear, provided that it is seen in the company of something very smart and pretty in the way of an evening blouse. Girls with clever fingers, too, can easily make these pretty blouses for themselves. i : The two very pretty blouses which may be seen in the accompanying ' ("/fi:’z""fl?« : .| ! g ) B Z2A : ) | A - B ; J J] "Y—%" - i i - }ZJ 2N | : R /1{ . f : ;_); AN L , VA ‘7@\l\ o ' Az \\\\\ / f AEf N LB | l | ‘3 LA ALY | S 3wl ZlArToils A L\ 3 : ! - 4 : "«‘j\ifl‘}‘s’/\ \\k‘“ \!\ ) i ) f@ MW '. A ‘ i&%’ ] | ! - e e ey e ST T A PRETTY CASHMERE FROCK FOR HOME WEAR. sketches, should prove specially useful to Mademoiselle, since. they represent some of the newest and prettiest modes of the moment, while at the same tine their perfect simplicity and gracefulness of outline help to make them eminently suitable for young girls to wear. ' The blouse on the left side of our picture is made in that pretty cross-over style which has happily come back again into fashion this yvear, and which is one of the most be-. coming shapes imaginable for slim figures. The material suggested for the making of this blouse is one .of those dainty floral muslins, or mousselines de !'lnde, which, by the way, can always bé procured in such a wide variety of dainty designs. This blouse would look charming made in one of these muslins, with tiny pink -rosebuds and green leaves scattered over a white ground and linked together by true lover’s knots in turqioise blue. _A strap of white silk, embroidered in colors to match the muslin, and edged on both°®sides with a narrow frill of cream Valenciennes lace, outlines the front of the blouse and appears again upon the sleeves, which should be finished, by the way, with a frill of wider Valenciennes. - Two soft choux of -Loouisine silk ribbon give a smart touch to the front of the blouse at the waist. They should be carried out in the 'color which is most prominent in the embroidery, while the deep waistbelt might be made in-the same kind of silk, bnt in a darker shade. Exceedingly graceful and pretty also is that second Dblouse, which should be made in soft white silk or oriental -satin. The deep biblike arrangement of lace is very becoming, and it is an effect which will be seen very frequently this season on evening bodices of various kinds. It looks equally® pretty when the bib is made in some soft material accordion-plait-%d. The deep flounce of lace is con-

Modes That Come in Spring

‘ HE spring season is-advanc-(G ing apace, and the new fashL ions have been received with unqualified approval. é\'CC ~ Charming materials, pretty & trimmings and accessories B are lovelier and mocre abundant than ever, and there are styies to suit all types, only one must be wise enough to know what to leave alone, - The renaissance of 1830 modes shows the influence of fabrics whose chief beauty lies in their delightful suppleness of texture. Costumes that would be crude and hard in outline if fashiored of stiff material are graceful in the extreme when seen in the soft wcolers, crepes and mousseline velours of to day. Thisis also to be a silk season, and most lovely soft makes of silk and satin are manufactiired. e

Skirts for both day and evening wear are made ‘full, -‘fshirrings, plaitings and “tuckings being’used lavishly, = These full skirts are generally trimmed with =one or two flounces which have a deep shirred heading. ‘Puffings, or, as the French term them, bouillonnees, are also much used for trimming skirts in onk Or more rows. . | v

Walking skirts are of even length all round, and about an irch f{rom the ground. A good flare is present along " the hem,-hut they fit closely to the hips, many of the models showing the favorite yoke or plaited effects. The trimming on these skirts is lengthwisce, and of a severe order. A military air is present on these costumes, and also coats. in the guise of braid of all descriptions, into which a gold effect enters, and groups of tiny gilt buttons. For stout figures the least unbecoming skirt is plaited lengthwisé, with a plain front breadth, but the material should be cut away underneath the plaits g 0 as to.lie as-flat as possible round the hips. =~ .

Another relic of the past is the skirt cut-in sharp V-shaped points round the hem, or in square tabs over a very full accordion-plaited flounced underskirt. Most of the skirts have a ‘separate foundation, with several frills and flounces. We shall see quite a revolution 'in underskirts;. the tops will have to fit like a glove, and numerous flounces start from the knee. Son?e

‘tinued at the back In the form of a shoulder cape, and is arranged there in a point similar to the one which is seen in front. The upper part of the blouse is filled in with wide insertions of transparent lace edged witl very narrow ruches of chiffon. A similar insertion heads the lace bib, and is trimmed with little wheel rosettes of gathered white satin ribbon. In this case, also, there should be a very deep waist-belt either of Louisine silk or soft satin, boned to keep the folds in their proper places. - Spmething perfectly simple but. very effective in the way of cashmere frock for home wear may -be seen in our other ‘illustration. = Any of the soft fabrics, which seem to fall of themselves into the most graceful folds imaginable, would be suitable for this frock. Tne color might be one of those fresh-looking shades of pale green, which seem always to be soo much in harmiony with the first gleams of spring sunshine. This would make a pretty frock for Easter Sunday. The skirt is gathered just below the waist and is very full all the way round. It is trimmed. with flat cross-way. ftucks of the material, stitched at the top, while at the waist there is a wide belt of soft silk ribbon. The bodice is made very full and has a large square collar either of ecru guipure or, fine Irish crochet lace, lined either with ivory-white satin or pale green silk. The vest and cuffs should be carried out in ecru lace ingertion and arranged to correspond with the collar. They would look equally pretty made up over pale green silk or ivory-white satin, ;although the former arrangement would naturally be the more useful of the two. As far as outdoor costumes are concerned, nothing has been invented yet that is better for schoolgirls of all ages than the useful coat and skirt, in serge or tweed, to be worn all the year round with Viyella blouses. Fanciful Russian coats and elaborately trimmed boleros are - altogether out of place where young girls are concerned, :and should be left to the elder sisters who are emancipated from the school-room and already “out.” For younger giris, the coats in the old Chesterfield or reefer shapes are far’ more practical and more appropriate. Made in a really useful serge or tweed, and lined with what is known as ‘“tailor’s satin,” of good quality, a coat of this kind should last and lock well for two seasons at least, first as best, and afterwards as second best. Serges in dark navy blue, in ghestnut brown, or in a soft shade of gray-blue, make useful

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of the evening petticoats will be made with narrow frilled trains to support the dress at the back; even the old-fash-ioned, starched, white petticoats, it is said, will be revived. The bolero is bound tc be as much a favorite as ever, both in its banded form and without a band, in the latter instance savoring more of the Eton jacket style, to wear with short walking skirts.

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The latest Etons are single-breasted, with the edges meeting, or are made with an elaborately braided vest. Some coats will have quite short basques, and the blouse coat with a postillion back is shown in tailor froeks. Then-a variety of other shapes includes loose coats, semi-fitting coats, plaited specimens, blouse coats, Newmarket shapes, and long-basqued redingotes. : . In Leap Year. Hopeless Widower—Nothing can mend a broken heart. Hopeful Widow—Except re-pairing. —Judge. 2

USE OF ARTIFICIAL FUELS. Many Have Been Invented, But Few Have Met with Any Appreciable Favor. L - Everybedy who has spent any time on the continent of Europe has noticed the economy practiced by Europeans in the consumption of coal, and marveled that the results should be so satisfactory.- To be sure, the lofty, tambstone-like porcelain stove of the Germans has a chilly look at first, and the cooler atmosphere of German houses may give one a homesick longing for the furnace-heated rooms of America, but gradually the openminded stranger comes to look with approval on the European arrangements for keeping warm, and to wonder why his own people have not perceived the beauty, the cleanliness, the economy and satisfactory results that some patent fuels have to recommend them. 'That many a Yankee has turned the matter over in his busy brain is attested by a chapter. on artificial fuels in Edward W. Parker’s report on ““The Production of Coal.in 1902,” which is about to .be published by the United States geological survey as an extract from the annual volume of ‘“Mineral Resourees.”

Prior to 1902 about 400 patents had been issued in the United States on artificial fuels, but up to the close of 1901 none-had proved a commercial success. Mr. Parker gives a list of United States patents granted since January 1, 1%€2. It remains to be seen whether any of them will be successfully developed. The list includes 37 patents, but contains no mention of fuels made from petroleum or petroleum residue, unless used in connection with coal, lignite or peat. Neither does it include any compounds that have for their object the increase of fuel efficiency, unless they are used in the manufacture of the fuel itself. Three patents were used on briquetting machinery. : The steady advance in the price of coal—no less than 40 per cent.—which has taken place since 1898 has stimulated experiments looking to the invention of artificial “fuels. ; Results obtained in foreign countries from the use of lignite and peat in briquetted form should encourage procducers in the United States to try similar meth'ods of manufacture. Small sizes of anthracite coal formerly wasted are indeed recovered now by washeries from the old culm banks and utilized. A’ large amount of coal lost in the form of dust or finely pulverized material might also be put into convenient shape for domestic ‘consumption, and slack now wasted at many of the bituminous mines in the Uniged States might be used to advantage if compressed into briquettes. There are"many indieations that the time is not far’ distant when these neglected fuel resources will all be utilized.

THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. Immense Export Trade of 1901 and 1902 and Increased Yield of s ' Southwestern Fields. The heathen sat in darkness in many parts of the world until the exportation of American petroleum began. There are remote towns in the interior of China where the name of America is hardly known, but where the tin boxes containing petroleum that are brought from the treaty ports are hailed with delight as vehicles of light and warmth, the true gospel of life. For over ten years the export trade of the United States has been increasing steadily and rapidly. The years 1901 and 1902 have been unusually prosperous ones in the annals of the industry. The exports of petroleum and its products in 1902 amounted to 1,064,233,601 gallons. This large amount was less, however, by 14,840,918 gallons than the nimber of gallons exported in 1901. On comparing the separate exports for the years 1901 and 1902 it will be seen that there is a considerable falling off in the naphtha and illuminating products in 1902, and an increase in the amount of crude, lubricating and residuum products. The great increase in the crude production is in the fields of the southwest and west, and it is not surprising, therefore, that 18,430,353 gallons of crude petroleum were exported from Texas ports during the year 1902—a quantity' that represented nearly 13 per cent. of the total crude exported from all ports. - Agnosticism of Japanese. When the Jap became civilized in the accepted western sense he lost his faith in the divinity of his ancient religion, which, it is true, had become sadly perverted by the priesthcod. He did not hesitate to discard the supernatural elements of the national faith ‘while retaining its moral code as an admirable philosophical rule of life. In a word he became as a skeptic who accepts the philosophy of Jesus without accepting his divinity or inspired mission. Thus civilization made the Jap an agnostic without being able.to pros!elyte him to Christianity. ' Tha superior Japanese places the teachings of Christ alongside those of Buddha, Confucius, Mencius and the other spiritual philosophers of the orient, and, while trying to live moral lives, shrug their shoulders at the ‘“‘superstltions” of reli%io'niéts, whetner western or oriental.—Atlanta Constitution. -

Supporting Their Tails. A species of sheep in the east, common ‘in Syria, is so encumbered by the weight of its tail that the shepherds fix a piece of thin board to.the under part, where it is not covered with thick wool, to prevent it from being torn by the biishes, etc. Some have small wheels affixed to facilitate the dragging of these boards after them. The tail of a common sheep of this sort usually weighs 15 pounds or upwards, while that of a larger species, after being well fattened, will weigh 50 pounds. Hard Luck. A couple married at Mars Hill, Me,, recently, had more than their share of trouble. Tirst the minister was an hour late, and then the floor timbers gave way°and precipitated the assembled company into the cellar. Finally when the knot had been tied the horse ran away when it was taking the couple to the train. However, they survived all the catastrophes and after waiting five hours for another train they made thelz escape. e :

T W g LOVE ON WHEELS. BY JOXN WICKLIFTE GRAY. Would she come to-day? * John Haworth leaned back in his invalid’s chair and scanned every vehicle that’ ‘appeared from the uptown horizon. -He was seated in the big bay window that looked out over the trees and meadows and winding roads and paths of the park. Now and then the light June breeze wafted across the street the prattle of half a dozem children at play on the greensward nearest where the invalid sat. To the philosophic and the speculative, it was an ideal spot to study human nature as we find it on the sidewalk—the lights and shadows of the past shining dimly through the features of those Wwho hurry by.

But the speculation of John Haworth ran in another direction. And every morning for two weeks it had been the same. Before that time he had helped to pass the tedious hours by watching the faces just below him on the street from the time they came into good view four doors north or south until they were gone, to give place to others.

There was a look of "ea.gerness on the invalid’s face as he glanced at his watch for the fifth time within the half hour! It Jacked but five minutes now of the time wher the Bicycle Girl, as he chose to call her, would pass through the entrance of the park almost opposite. -

“lI think he might take a bit mora exercise, walking in the park, for instance, in the next day or £o.” John turned to see his mother and Dr. McRae, the famiily physician, enter th 2 room. “There will be no further necessity for iny services, I think. How does that sound, Jonn?” he added, cheerily.

“Almost as good as the sigfit of home after two years in the Philippines, Doc. I think—" he broke off suddenly and turned his eyes to the street.

Yes, there she was. The same_natty, tailor-made rjding skirt and jackei; the same fluffy, dark hair that refused to be kept under the jauntiest of little caps. . :

‘The girl glanced up and—was it.a bow? Or had she merely turned her head to guide her wheel into the park driveway. Who was she? he wondered, as-he had scores.of times gefore in those two weeks he had been sitting by- the window slowly regaining the health that a long fever had stolen. “I think I'll get out my bicycle in a day or so,” he continued, afer the interruption. 5 :

“A good idea, but, mind you, not too much at first. Take it easy, cnd the exercise will be 6f as much benefit as double the amount of indoor labor with dumb bells,” answered the doctor.

“A case of pleasure and medicine, eh, Doc?” said the invalid, with a smile.

“Yes, pleasure is half the cure, with exercise or medicine,” he answered. It was three cays later that John's bicycle, the trusted servant of other days, was brought forth from the at-, tic and, with the help of the porter} put in condition. i S

Ah, but it was glorious to have even a little strength to pedal, thought John, as he took his first ride through the park: He was on the bicycle @ path that ran doyn among the alders, where it wound in and out like a snake. crossed a little bridge and then wormed its way around the hill. it needed only a companion to maiie the day and his enjoyment perfect. . And naturally he reverted to the Bicycle Girl who crossed into the park every morning.

He had not seen heér since that day when Dr. Mcßae was in the room, and now, three days after, in desperation and growing fear that he would not ses her again, he had come out alone.

Suddenly, out of a by-path, the: girl of his thoughts darted. There was a simultaneous twist of front wheels away from each other to avoid .a collision. In a moment they were contemplating each other, with a foot ci each on the ground and their handle bars’ ‘touching. ; ’ .

There was a simultaneous laugh. “Pardon me,” he said, removing his cap. o

“There’s nothing to pardon,” she said, smilingly, as both wheels were righted. John knew instinctively ‘that she would smile like that.

“I see I have bent several spokes,” said Joun. “I suppose I might as well straighten them now,” he added.

John took out his’kit, only to find his wrench missing. ' “May I borrow your wrench?”’ he asked. ;

“Certainly, Mr. Haworth,” she answered. ; .

“You know my name?’ he exclaimed, delighted as well as surprised at the turn of affairs.

“Yes, I was at college with your sister. ‘And.-T want to thank you for a beautiful silk shawl you sent me, though we have never. met. I am Josephine Randall.” A scarcely perceptibie color mounted to her cheek as she extended her hand. John remembered, now, the shawl he had placed in the homeward-bound box of curios for his sister’s chum, Miss Randall, who was frequently mentioned in the letters he had received on the other side of the world. L “Both myself and the shawl are honored,” he exclaimed, with warmth. ~ “We would. have met before perhaps, had your sister been at home,” Miss Randall went on. v “Now that we have met, may not we finish the ride together?” he asked, wistfully. : : And thereaftre the invalid soldier pined no more for a companion awheel. Two bicycles' instead of one crossed the street to the park every morning. : : : Netted with Gold. One of the recent “strikes” of gold quartz in British Columbia is ¥nown as the Lucky Jack vein. Some of the ore, it is averred, will yield thousaunds of dollars to the ton. United States Consular Agent Ohren, at Rossland, says that he has:seen samples as large as a cocoanut broken up, but held together by the network of gold running throughcnt the rock. The prospectors who hit upon this vein also declare that they broke a piece of rock from a ledge at the foot of a hill on Poplar creel:, and found that the gold nearly held the particles together as in a chain.

A DEATH DEALING STORM|

ENORMOUS DAMAGE CAUSED BY WIND AND DELUGE.

Several Lives Are Reported Lost— Property Damage Estimated , . at $3,000,000. :

Chicago, March 26.—The record of flood and wind in the middle west is as follows: Dead, 5; injured, 45; estimat€d damage to property, $3,000,000; states affected by floods, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana: states affected by blizzard and tornadoes—Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Arkansas and Missouri, Chicago, March 25.—A cyclone that missed Chicago by the narrowest of mar- “ gins caused death and destruction in the | subnrbs Thursday evening, while throughout the middle west there raged ‘ a wind and electrical storm that.played ‘ havoc with property. ‘ In Indiana Harbor three deathsarereported, many were injured and a dozen or more persons are missing. Other settlements in the neighborhood of Chicago which felt the fury of the storm are Hammond, East Chicago, West Pullman, South Chicago, Burnside, Thornton, Dauphin Park, Washington Heights, Blue Island and Harvey. At one o'clock this morning it was said that a number of persons were buried in the wreckage of Indiana Harbor buildings, but that owing to the 'darkness and confusion the loss of life could not be estimated. Those known to be dead are L. Barker, proprietor of a dry goods store; an unidentified man and an unidentified woman. They all met death when Mr. Barker's store, in which' a number of persons had taken refuge, was swept away by the wind. Three hotels in Indiana Harbor were prey to the wind, {while 18 houses either were overturded or left roofless. The damage to property was estimated at $lOO,OOO. 1 Last reports from Indiana Harbor were that no word had been received from the residence district of the factory workers, and that it was feared lives had been lost in that quarter of the eity. . 4 ; i At East Chicago a large section of the south wall of the Republic steel and iron mill was blown in and several working men injured. Several dwellings were also destroyed. | ; ' At Hammond the damage was considerable. Four dwelling houses were destroyed, three barns demolished and the palatial residence of W. H. Hammond has one entire wall blown in. 0 Detroit, March 26.—Conservative es--timates of the damage caused by the flooded rivers and creeks of lower Michigan during the past 24 hours place the property loss at more than $1,000,000. At Lansing alone the figures are placed at $200,000. Two lives have been lost, those of an unknown Armenian, who was standing on a bridge at Lansing when it collapsed and was washed away, and a boy who was drowned in a flooded street at Owosso. Reports from many places tell of a steady downpour of rain, with no sign of a let-up. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 26.—The flood situation in western Michigan 1s the worst in 35 years. Grand river is rising by leaps and the valley which it drains resembles in many localities large lakes, while at other points the swollen stream is quite two miles wide. All the large mnearby -towns along it are practically under water. Gver 50 manufacturing firms along the canals and river and in close proximity are flooded and forced to shut down, and 6,000 men are out of employment. A large portion of the western part of the city is flooded; and scores of families have had to abanddn’ their dwellings. ‘

Milwaukee, March 26.—Belated reports of Thursday night’s severe rain and windstorm in southeastern Wisconsin are coming in, and indicate a great deal of damage was wrought. In Racine county the damage is estimated at $15,000. ‘ln the city of Burlington, west of Racine, the large brick smokestacks at the malthouse toppled over, and the dam in. the center of the city was carried away. Appleton reports that Peter Verbost, living near Wittle Chute, was killed by lightning while crossing a field near his home. His right ear was torn from his head and his scalp laid bare. The paper mills suffered heavy damages from floods, there being seven feet of water in several mill basements. In the business district the loss from flooded stores is estimated at $25,000. Pioneer T_;pe Founder Dies. - Cincinnati, March 24.—Hon. Robert Allison, aged 74. president of the board of public service of Cincinnati, dropped dead Wednesday in his bathroom from heart failure. He was at his desk in the city hall as usual Tuesday ‘and was about to leave his residence for a meeting of his board when ne died. He was one of the pioneer type founders in the country. ’ Six Buildings Burned. Scranto‘n, Pa., March 25.—Fire early this morning at Jermyn, 15 miles north of here, destroyed six buildings in the business section, causing a loss of about $60,000. - .

Helped Rescue Greely. Baltimore, Md., March 25.—George E. Yewell, one of the last survivors of the Greely relief expedition, is dead from consumption. Yewell was one of three men with Lieut; Taunt, of the exploring party that found the records at Brevoort island, telling where Greely was camped. Fire in Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., March 25.—Fire in Jones Brothers’ mammoth retail dry goods store, at Twelfth and Main streets, Thursday, caused a loss estimated at $130,000, fully insured. - Famous Colt Dead. : San Francisco, March 23.—The famous; “Worth His Weight in Gold” colt is dead at the Aptos stock farm. This youngster was sired by the champion stallion Cresceus, dam Czarina. He was the only colt of Cresceus in California, so that his premature death is a distinct loss to the breeding industry of California. ' Date Fixed. Columbus, 0., March 23.—At a meeting of the republican state central committee it was decided to hold the state convention in Columbus Tuesday and Wednesday, May 17 and 18. : ;

EDWIN ARNOLD IS "DEAD. Distinguéished Author Expires in London After an Illness ofa Few Days. g London, March 25.—Sir Edwin Arnold, the author, died in L.ondon Thtirsday. He was born June 10, 1832. Although Sir Edwin suffered of late years from partial paralysis, he was not taken seriously ill until lagt week. Early Thursday morning he had a relapse from which he did not rally and died pe‘acefully at 10:30. Sir Edwin continued his literary work until quite recently, his. last writing being in connection with the Russo-Japanese war, i TS o 5 ‘ £/ N § ’é‘_’ » 2 ofa) s f'-». ‘ / ¢ ‘_ é 777 1 dia, N |'\ § — 03 L R TR BT T M N T AN 7 l"-'-',"."f"—"l“ ls MR :’fi‘l’.‘-ifif; RAL ) RS : B 3 O'N\\ ="‘\\\\“\\§\ """"«‘-3‘3}'."-?:“\""‘,““"‘ - AN ;fl’l’ A & Iy ==~ ' /’//// 7 \ IS S SIR EDWIN ARNOLD. _ in which he was greatly interested. The funeral will take place March 28. The body will be cremated at Woking.

The career of Sir Edwin Arrold has been one of peculiar interest. He attained high rank in'both of his chosen professions, literature and journalism. The east had a stroag fascination for him. and he went there, becoming principal of the Government Sanskrit ccllege at PA)onah. His work there was exceptional, for besides being quick to master the oriental languages, he was a keen judge of the Hindoo character.

In 1861 he returned from India for = vacation, but became aitracted to jourralism. He recigned his position in the orient and devoted his energies to his new profession. Twenty yearslater, while on a visit to Japan, he grieved and shocted his family by marrying a Japanese girl, but her devotiocn to him won over his family. : : It is only natural that, so much of his early life having been in India, his writings should deal with eastern,themes. The most successful has been. “The Light of Asia,” an epic poem upcn the life and teaching of the great Indian prophet Buddha. ‘“The Light of the World” and “With Saci in the Garden” are among his best-known works. '

FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Troops Under Gen. Wood Defeat Moros with Heavy Loss to i the Latter.

Manila, March 21.—News of an important military engagement has just been received from Catabalo, capital of the; province, of Mindanao. . On March 7 detachments of Seventeenth and Twenty-third infantry, troop B, of the Fourteenth ¢avalry, and Gately’s battery, in all 450 strong, under command of Gen. Leonard Wood, attacked and captured the cotta (fort) which was held by the Datto Ali, who resisted the anti-slavery law. His defensive works were destroyed and their abandonment forced by tke accurate fire of the battery. Two thousand Moros made their retreat, with a loss of 100. . The Americans sustained no losses. ¢

Twenty-four cannon, 46 lantacas (native artillery) and a !arge quantity of ammunition were captured, and the fortifications reduced. ; Maj. Truitt and Capt. Mac Coy pursued- and captured the Datto.lybangu and his retainers. Troops are |now trailing Ali. _ ' SCALE IS SIGNED. Two Year Wage Contract Between the Miners and the Operators, Agreed To. . Indianapolis, ‘lnd., March 23.—Eight coal operators and eight miners, composing the joint sub-scale committee of the central competitive district,”on Monday affixed their sighatures to the articles of agreement which: provide for a two-years’ wage contract between the industrial and capitalistic interests of the coal industry of the United States. No change was made in the compromise proposition of the operaiors which was accepted by a referendum vote of the miners. A rehabilitation. og, FYle interstate joint conference was effected by fixing January 25, 1906. as the date for the next joint conference of the operators and miners i the central competitive district. Duke Buried with Honors. London, March 23.—The duke of Cambridge was buried Tuesday after a funeral such as has been accorded to no English soldier since the death of the duke of Wellington. King Edward, Queen Alexandra and nearly all the members of; the royal family, representatives of foreign monarchs, a majority of the nobility, the diplomatic corps and representative British subjects of all walksin life attended the impressive national service at Westminster Abbey.

- Awarded Damages. Los Angeles, Cal.,, Mar¢éh 25.—Miss Anita Kelly, of New York, was awarded a verdict of $35,000 damages and costs against a Santa Barbara hotel company for the loss of a limb in an elevator accident in July, 1903. She sued for $50,00. : Will Meet in Trenton. Newark, N. J., March 25.—The democratic state committee set April 12 as the date and elected Trenton as the place for holding the convention to elect delegates to the national convention at St. Louis. : ‘ Treaty Is Abrogated. Manila, March 23.—Maj..Gen. Wood reports from Jolo that the sultan of Sulu has accepted the abrogation of the Bates treaty without any evidence of excitement. Evidently he had expected its abrogation since hostilities began last fall. Lo Car Strikes Minstrel Parade. Keokuk, la., March 22.—A trolley car ran through & minstrel parade, probably fatally injuring James Barandi, hurting five other persons and destroying nearly all the musical instruments and costumes of the band.

) < -‘.‘,‘_ ’" ‘ 2 fl SR SRR UOIU( LS ) Jlb ke Ok P K ".' R ts . ~ :r”', W MoBa0s)le .~:- = O N Pe !LA)&’ ey \// ;- I ~ -\l A - : e A e Ae e i i, A SONG OF SATU RDAYS. Sing a song of Saturdays, - ! Band of fifty-two,. : ? Joining hands about the year, : What a merry crew! .. = : | How they make the hours dance! How they shout with glee! Yes, the happy Saturday 3 Is the day for me. < i - Sing a song of Saturdays, Pearls upon a chain, = . Hung about the New Year's neck When she comes again. . : All among the other beads; Pink or blue or gray;. How you love the shining glc-am’ : Of a Saturday! fe . fing a song of Saturdays, ! - Roses in a wreath, .. Fifty-two so big and bright— Who woul!d ook bereath? Other days may be as green, s Others: bloom as ‘fair, . : , Yet a single -Saturday i We could never spare. Sing a song of Satnrdays, Rests along the road; . Here we halt to take 'a breath, - - Ease the weary- load; Ho! Another mile-stone passed - Toward the goal we seek, Then, refreshed, we travel on”. For another ;week. : —Abbie Farwell Brown, in' Youth's - - Companricn, AN ALBATROSS CAKE WALK Aquatic Birds Perform*Cufious Antics on the Sandy Beach of a - Facific Ocean Island. ) _ Sailors visiting the island of Laysan, in the Hawaiian group, are greatly amused by the .curious antics of the Laysan albatross, or gony. @&These birds sometimes perform, in pairs, a Lind of dance, or, as the sailors call

- h\ 7 i ¢ L o 5T ":- S ‘/§ L v K~ >~ s‘ ‘-Q,‘ (X //, -~ NN @3’ ' ) o et “‘\f nf%’/ Jiy : \\\“\\\‘\\‘ ’ e gy -=2 N\ e gy ) T=) g‘fflifl\\é /gy S\ A ’ == G/a’ o ZAar’ q,,‘,‘r“_' ) . ‘ DOING THE CAKE WALK. iit. “cake-walk.” = Two albatrosses approach one another, nodding and mak‘ing profound bows, cross their bills, ’ produce snapping and groaning sounds, ' rise on their tces, puff out their breasts, and finally part with more nodding and bowing, only' to céme together again and repeat the perfcrmance. Occasionally .three.engage at once in this singular amusement. ~The spectators are always impressed with the extreme “politeness” ‘of the- birds.—Youth’s Companion. cl - NIGHT WITH HUNGRY LION. Well-Known Traveler Tells of Thrilling Adventure He Once Ead in Central Africa. - Lions, it seems, take to man-eating only as a means of self-defense, or when they become too old to be a match for the wild prey, the flavor of which they so much prefer.. Old hunters declare that” they never knew a lion really to “stalk” a man; that, as a rule, they rather ‘“turn up their noses” at civilized flesh, and are more or less easily diverted from the scent. ' In “Days and Nights by the Desert” Parker Gilmore tells of a trick he once played on one of these animals. - .“I was hunting ostriches,” -he says. “At'a bend in the ravine the bird disappeared, and I was about to follow it, when, by the merest chance, I looked behird me, and to ‘my sufprise and horror saw that a largelion was not over 70 yards behind me, and evidently ‘stalking me as carefully as I had been stalking the bird. “If I could have' gained a -tree I ~should certainly have climbed it in a hurry; but no tree was near. ‘To make a ryn- for it would have brought the lion upon me at once. I kept steadily along the edge of the ravine till I came to a place that promised shelter; it was a drop of four feet to a ledge about 30 inches wide, and-.afterward a perpendicular descent of 50 or 60 feet, terminating’ in a quantity of broken bowlders and jagged stones. “With as little appearance of alarm as I could assume, I sat.down on the edge of the precfpice,fevex_‘ '_and anon ta¥ing a careful glance behind to see where my foe was. ~About 20 rods behind me were a few ragged bushes. Behind these the lion had taken shel-, ter, and was keeping a careful survey upon my every movement. Darkness was rapidly coming on, when I slipped from my seat and dropped"g‘own‘ to the ledge. = Imstantly I slipped -off my coat and hung it on the muzzle of my musket, and shoved it up over the upper ledge where I had so lately been sitting. i o | e

' “Scarcely was this done when my coat was torn away and my gun hurled to the bottom of }he gully. 7 But they did not go alone. ' No; .my‘’assailant was with them, and there he remained all night, 'gru\inbling over his disappointment at not having me for supper. : “A colder night I never’ passed, but I had to make the best ¢f it. In the morning I found-my assailant -had smashed his fore leg in his fall. The musket was not much injured, and I coon ended his suffering.” - Has Purest Water. Colorado Springs, Col., nas the purest water of any city in the United States. ' The supply is derived from reservoirs and lakes on the sides of Pike’s Peak, which are fed by springs and melting snow. Chemical -analyses of the water have repeatedly shown it to be purer than that of any other city in the zountry, due to the fact that the supply is derived at such an altitude as to make contamination impossible. e S Eagie e 2

LOADS OF MIDWINTER FUN. Buffalo Boys Have Invented a “Jumping Jack” That Catches Fish — - ‘While They Skate. The problem of how to keep warm and enjoy yourself while engaged im the ancient pastime of fishing through a hole in the ice has been solved in a verrmgenious manner, as the accompanying sketch indicates. Several ' bright American boys skating on the lake at Buffalo are believed to have originated the idea of the “jumpingjack” fisherman, as it is called. a = The northern boy used to sit over a hole in the ice and wait for the fish to bite, but that became too slow and, besides, it detracted from his-pleasure - at skating. So his inventive genius - set -itself to work, and the “jumpingjack” was the result. The string which has to be pulled to make the “jumping= ‘jack’s” joints move is tied securely to the fishing uane. The hook is baited and lowered into the water through a Ll AH 7. : '[fl" /.5.7/.»"/-,"7/ 7 A - - iitaiv!” | oy ‘”‘ | o ™ ol N |t T i 7% s 2, i\ 1 1 H & < ;J.i;u.l. P \3) WSS ST ‘£ T R . e ; : \fi‘: [ i | ‘Qf‘;;;f e e R e S FIS?IING THROUGH ICE. | 'hole in the ice. The “jumping-jack™ is fastened to a small stand placed at the edge of the hole and then the boy goes skating, occasionally - casting™ a glance at his “jumping-jack.” - When the hungry and nnsuspicious fish comes along and swallow§ the bait the “jumping-jack” waves his arms and legs frantically, and also a small flag fastened to one arm. Then the youngster stops skating long enough to pull in the fish and bait the hook for another catch. A simpler signal is called the “tieup” pole. This is made with two short, light sticks tied together at right angles in the way shown in the sketeh. To one of the poles a flag is fastened. When the fish is not biting the flag lies flat on the ice, but as soon as a (fish ‘has guiped down. the hook or even taken 4 nibble at the bait, that fact is signaled by the flag. . As soon as the flagpole stands upright wafting its bright-colored flag to the breezes it is time for the fisherman to haul in his line.—N. Y. Journai. o FUN FOR THE 'YOUNGSTERS How They Can Make a Kaleidoscope | Which, Produces Really Beau- . tiful Resulits. ; < Leave two small strips of looking glass with their long sides against one another at an angle of 6) degrees, and join them with the help of a small piece of linen and glue. The third side of the triangle is formed by a strip of black cardboard of the same length and width as the pieces of looking glass. When tbese three pieces are glued together (see lig. 1) a paper tube a trifle longer than the strips of looking glass has to be made, wide

B 0 R H oo e i i U B 7 N\ = T B ( WA B i oo " \ i ‘i 1\ ) =P | \\v/, £ : IMPROVISEP KALEIDOSCOPE. ‘ enough to admit the triangie of looking glass. Close one end .of the tube with paper and make an opening in the center to look through; while on thd other end of the tubzs you® insert a round piece of common window glass and fasten it. Strew all sorts of small objects, such as fine gravel, pieces of colored glass, etc., on this round piece of glass and place a second round piece of glass over it in such a way that the small bodies have sufficient space to move freely. After everything'is in order and well dried look through the opening on the other end of the tube and you will seé the beautiful patterns. Every time the kaleidoscope is turned the figures vary in form and the results are beautiful.—Cincinnati Enquirer. From the Flowery Land. The rarest, most costly, and most curious fish for aquariums come from ‘the east. Goldfish breeding is a specialty among the celestials, the fish having been first introduced into Europe in 1611.. They were then so costly that only royalty could own them; iu faet, fancy prices are still paid for some _breeds of oriental gotdfish. The “brushtail” is'the rarest of these, one having been sold in Berlin for more than £l4O, others bringing as much. as from £5O to £lOO apiece. ' | This Dog Died of Grief. A bulldog owned by Edgar Cave, Liberty,Mo.,adeputy sheriff who is in Kan‘'sas as a witness in the Dewey murder case, died of grief. Whenever Cave Lad heretofore been absént more than a _day the dog plainly showed his uneasiness. His master’s absence this t«me .was too long for him, however. : Disappointed Young Miss. A small miss who had but recently mastered her catechism confessed her ~disappointment with it thus: “Now, I obey the fifth commandment and ‘honor my papa and mamma, yet my days are not a bit longer in the land, lror I'm put to bed every night at seven o’clock just the same ™ A el s : Ain