Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 July 1905 — Page 3

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L r By H. W. CHAPTER XVI. Continued.) Imaginative boys of fifteen Lave repeatedly precipitated a panic by dathing dwn the Overcoat road with certain news of the rapid approach of the enemy, now that everybody knows that Sandtown is In the lawful and peaceful possession of the Sandtown Circuit Court Judge Jim Skillet upon the bench for the purpose of hearing motions in injunction proceedings, in a vast number of cases of sales to take place on the morrow, unless enjoined. Squads of riflemen marching in no particular order so far as the keeping of step and alignments are concerned but hot a whit the less formidable, be it understood marched or straggled out along the Overcoat road past the fields of halfgrown corn on the one side and the hazelfringed edge of "Wickly's Woods," as the timbered hills upon the left had been christened a year ago. Away to the east along this Junction of bottom prairie and wooded hills there were unwonted movements of men across little patches of corn, or standing long and steadily behind a "string" of north and south fence from which the occasional scintillation of the sun upon a rifla barrel jrave ominous electric warning of the presence of imminent war in the land. All manner of reports came thronging into the Redden mansion, and directly up to the bedroom where Lizzy Wickly and her mother sat at an east window, and watched and thought, but spoke little save in answer to the frequent reports and comments that some one or another of the numerous visitors brought up at frequent intervals. Now it was that Mr. Mason had been captured by the sheriff's re-enforced posse; and the Big Rattlesnake Creek were upon the point of "hossun him up," as the expression was, for'summary and dire vengeance. This frequently recurring form of the report always had its effect upon Lizzy. Always startled her out of a pleasant reverio in which she was going ovir some part of last night's final colloquy with variations of her own Invention in the line of her after thoughts and wishes. Again there were martial stories of sanguinary encounters somewhere in the depths of "Wickly's Woods," or upon the neighboring banks of Big Rattlesnake, where, according to all accounts, the warlike clans were encamped and fortified. One nan brought in a new and unheard-of story to the effect that Coonrod Redden and the sheriff were not in the hands of Mason and his men; but were csptiv in the camp of an opposing arm- i ed body of railroaders belonging to an- j other and opposition company. lie said, too, that the whole difficulty was really and in fact a sharp, keen trial of shrewd overreaching between two rival railroad companies. That Mason, representing one of these, had secured a legal advantage over the other in the purchase of some mortgage notes upon some very valuable mining property somewhere. And the other company discovering this, had sent down a force of armed operatives to prevent the making of a track upon the mining lands. He also said that Coonrod Redden and the sheriffs posse had not been held prisoners by anybody. According to his story there had been a shatp and determined encounter between the men of the two contending interest n. In which a number had been seriously or slightly wounded, and several killed outright. And that up to the present time Mason had the best of the fight, and his men were working like beavers, protected by two lines of riflemen, lie himself had seen a few of these men on picket guard in some openings of the woods; and the hills fairly rang with the echoing blows of hundreds of axes, and the crash of falling trees. This story, not at all suited to the notions and preconceived opinions of the people at Coonrod Redden's, was generally discredited especially as no one seemed to be "acquainted" with the man who told it. And hence, he was without a voucher, and his story was without corroboration. However, word was brought down directly from Judge Jim Silket that five hundred armed men had been sworn in as deputy sheriffs for the purpose of arresting a large number of railroad employes who had been fighting one party against another. That these deputy sheriffs in columns of fours had ridden out of town and would be heard from before night. This news was brought by Columbus Redden, who had prudently refrained from joining his four brothers in the morning hunt for their father, but who now had his colt hitched in the front yard, where he wouldn't be In danger from the teeth or heels of the rapacious mares of Redden township that were making day hideous with their squealing and trampling in perpetual combat Immediately after dinner Columbus was to take the road in person; and everybody believed that he, too, would be heard from. In this state of active siege, with so many sorties in progress or contemplation; with hundreds of rumors coming and going, and the sight of little squads of men riding this way and that, becoming of less and Ies3 moment to Lizzy end her mother, the day went by. Long before it had passed the hungry Hoosier mothers of Reelfoot Pond and vicinity had filled their good, strong, reliable stomachs to repletion; ha-3 smoked comfortable pipes of twist tobacco, and had talked in loud, strong voices all At once on the south porch and the nortii porch, and the back porch, from all of which quarters a roar of Vze's" and Vzi's" had gone up about the four cor- . Hers of the Redden mansion unrestrained by any of the modern tricks of courtesy that throw plentiful dashes of cold water upon general conversation, with numer ous "excuse me s" and "beg pardon rrinterruptieg's," etc., etc. And having performed all these neighborly and patrictic offices, by far the larger number had led their refractory mares up beside convenient fences; had seated themselves on saddles of women's and saddles of men's, and even upon tanned sheepskins and folded horse blankets single, doubl and sometimes treble as to riders; ha ridden away In various directions to "set to the house" or "milk," or "feed," or git suppur fur" "Jim" or "Bill," or "Jawn," according to the wording of the various apologies for not remaining longer. Then, with the coming of night, there fell down upon all the length and breadth of th Overcoat road and Its tributaries and purlieus, a supplanting of all the Bounds of human Ufa by the strange, lonely, incessant, stridoloos discords of the multitudinous and multifarious insect life of the new country. The sharp, c!:ar gratlzs of the nyriats of tl-ci cad gray crickets, the loud humming of tlocrznds cf huge tlaci tcctltts, th Li-cr and Cntr ttiUZzzi cf czzHJ: un

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TAYLOR known winged flies of the outer night, all welded together with the thin, resonant hum of the little creatures of the mosquito tribes these, with the soft flutter of bats' kings and the frequent loud, hoarse, rubbing sound made by the halfclosed wings of the bull-bat, falling from unseen heights of night air with mouth wide open in order to sweep myriads of flying insects into his rapacious maw, In this long and lightning-like dive through the thin lake of transparent, star-lit air all these small, shrill, unceasing sounds of the night took oppressive possession of the world of sounds, leaving the human sense of sound upon tip-toe, and in breathless suspense. CHAPTER XVII. Far In the night the mother and daughter again lay down to sleep that came readily to the elder woman, and far more tardily to the younger. In Lizzy's central thought two opposite and irreconcilable solutions of one problem contended for sole recognition. Had Mr. Mason played parts in everything he had done, as she had charged him yesterday evening, and which he hid not denied in so many words? She had charged him with this, and much more! She had charged him with studied and persistent eulogisms of an unknown man for the purpose of piquing her womanly curiosity, and thereby amusing himself. He had gone on with it day after day, week after week, and month upon month, until he bad fully succeeded In bringing her to love him and to yearn for him. How many and many anxious hours she had passed in doubt3 and fears for his safety! now eagerly she had pored over chance newspapers from the great city, and from remote parts of the country, hoping and fearing that she might see some mention of the beloved name. And how she had beamed with gladness at each return of the absent man, an nounced always by his assistant, and by no one else! What a fool she had been! Even he said, last night, something about her sus picion reaching Its zenith weeks ago in stead of beginning to dawn only the day before, when she had seen him driving through the streets of Sandtown, and without his principal! Hi3 principal, indeed! She had thrown that fraud at him hard enough, she hop ed. She had given him to understand that there was no longer the slightest chance to continue that imposition upon her. Mr. Huntley, the man of straw! The myth! Tho creation of the man who had palmed himself off on her as the assist ant of his man of stmw! A noble and a worthy work for a man of his attain ments! All this merely to amuse himself, while he was living in an enforced exile from the city! She had hoped she had thrown that at him hard enough. But again, there were many, many sin cere looking and earnest-sounding things that he had done and said, all along. He had sought her company from the first day, and persistently and continuously kept It.- Iiis manner was not that of the languid and impatient man of he world, tired of his enforced seclusion. N. He had set himself about a laborious task of bringing her to see some glaring deficiencies in what she had thought was her all-sufficient self. lie had gone further. He had shown his great liking for her. He had, in effect, sought to tell her what everybody had long before said again and again that it was the plainest of nil plain propositions, that he loved her! She had laughed at that! She had even confessed her love for his principal Huntley, the man of straw; the myth; the creation of an idle fancy! Kot only so, but she had told him plainly that she could not then tell whether she were not Irrevocably bound, by a strangely romantic passion, to what ishe at last recognized as the mere creature of another man's idle fancy. That had gone home to him! That had hurt if he could be hurt. And here, upon this very point, were a few things that she could not help going over and over. And never did she, in reminiscence, approach the chief of these episodes that her heart did not leap and her ultimate fibrils tingle, with something closely akin to happiness. First, that sudden and unexpected appearance in that cone of light that seemed to have been photographed upon her retina, so constant was the picture. How well he looked! How fittingly that halfmilitary engineer's dress became him! And what a startling transformation was there in everything that had made the assistant geologist tame and commonplace. Even to the black, close-cut hair. She had forgotten that among her charges of duplicity. Perhaps the fact that she admired black hair had been token as a silent condonation of the offense to having concealed it under a brown wig. Had he really loved, her when he was playing Ms many parts on the little Sandtown stage? If she had been sure of that would "she have arraigned him so bitterly? Had she been shrewish? Had she shown an ugly temper? She didn't believe she had an ugly temper. But what had he thought of it? Certainly he had seen no display of it in all his former acquaintance with her. And in that Intimate relation that must exist among people who gather In the same room every evening, and eat at 'the same table three times every day not forgetting the Sundays in which he had hardly left her side half an hour for the whole day; if she had known this, what a splendid op portunity to have appeared at her very best. For really, she had not tried to appear welL She had teased him unmercifully. She had taunted him with remaining contented with a subordinate place and a scant salary. She could see now how It was that he could bear such teasing as that with a smiling stoicism." But, ah I the very last words ho had said to her! And the very last thing he did! Her face crimsoned at the recol lection, but always wreathed with her sweetest, softest smiles, too. He had looked even in that dim starlight, so eager, so earnest, so handsome. He had said almost in the manner' cf giving his isible pledge that he would see her l again! Remember that, Lizzy! no . ould see her soon if it lay within his power. If it lay within his power! And then he started away, up the dark road. And before he had gone ten steps. he turned and saw her still standing there and looking after him. Maybe that was how it came that he thought of run nlnar bade Very well! If she had done anything to bring him back for that sup plemental rartln. chr was glad of it He had held her a moment to his breast. His strong arms had been about her. Even now, at the reminiscence, the felt the tingling that had rippled along every littla nerve from her crown to her totes, --d to he? Czcr eax And then tta . säur cf Z warm lips vzrx hi? ewn. tuilJy c;cn tcr 11; jI Thb lzl c.zli-

dons semi-soldier that he was! She would punish him for thtt How? By having him kiss her again? Well, the unusual and startling surroundings must be his good excuse. Only let him come

soon! CHAPTER XVIII. In spite of the prediction that Judge Jim Kilket's extraordinary pesso comi tatus would "be heard from! and that soon," It was no sooner enveloped in the dim and leaf -arched aisles of Wickly's Woods, than it passed as far beyond the ken of the Sandtown people as if it had freighted a Spanish galleon and sailed away down the Wabash with current and wind both favoring the voyage. True, that certain adventurous spirits came back at intervals, riding down the already drying sands of the Overcoat road as if they brought tidings of stirring things. But they rode straight to the eourt room, where the judge sat In the midst of his bar and four strange, city gentlemen, who were the clients of Billy Biler, our Congressman, and who represented the interests of the pew Sandtown and Northwestern Railroad. Having ridden straight to the door and dismounted, these messengers would run into the court room, advance straight to the Judge, who, seeing them coming, would be upon his feet In an instant, and would lead the way to the grand jury room, where they would remain for some minutes free from intrusion or interruption of any sort. Then they would all come out, wearing grave and determined faces, the judge coming back to hb chair, and the couriers going back to their saddles, and away, up in tho Overcoat road and into he mysterious fastness of Wickly's Woods. To those who were bold enough to ask Jude Jioi what it meant, he replied uniformly, that negotiations were In progress, but that he was by no means at liberty to say of what nature, or with what prospect of success. But while this simple declaration was quite sufficient to persuade the Hoosier people of Sandtown and vicinity that the very best was being done for all concerned, it did not satisfy the four polished and well-dressed, easy-mannered gentlemen who represented the new S. & N. W. And they manifested their dissatisfaction through their attorney, Congressman Biler, in many motions with which he attempted to move the court to proceed then and there with the sales of land under mortgage, and assigned to the aforesaid S. & X. W. by the Farmers' Bank of Sandtown. To all of these motions Judge Jim, true to the long training he had received under the noted old Judge Barks, had repeatedly said: "I am In some measure the custodian of the private interests of the parties to all the proceedings in my court In these mortgage sales It has come to my knowledge that the property will bring a greatly enhanced price through another bidder, who will certainly be in town, as I am informed, before 5 in the afternoon." And although the sales had been lawfully advertised for that day at 10 a. m., he had advised the sheriff not to proceed with the sales until further notice. No question of the legality of the sale could be entertained in his court And, happily, at that day it could be entertained nowhere else until it had first been entertained there. (T be continued.! HERR KRUPP ALWAYS HUNGRY. With an Income of Millions He Never Had Knough to Kat. Interesting reminiscences of the late Frederic Alfred Krupp have recently been made public by a friend who passed much time with him on the island of Capri. Much of his time there was spent in making trips on the water to continue the deep-sea investigations in which he was deply Interested. His invariable companions - were a noted German scientist who has a villa at Capri and a young instructor from the university at Krakau In whom Herr Krupp took a great interest, for whose future he had already made every arrangement. He never made himself popular in the ordinary sense of the word. His chief social pleasure was to make friends among the people. He was quite inaccessible to the guests at the Capri hotels who sought him out as a celebrity. So the foreign colony held him to be disagreeable, which was a wholly unjust verdict In reality, Herr'Krupp was a moder ate, simple, almost shy man, who al lowed others to follow their own ways of life and without pretense asked for himself merely the same right One of the greatest paradoxes In the life of the great iron master was the fact that In spite of his fortune of $30,000,000 and his yearly income of $3,500,000 he nearly starved. He ato ac .cording to a most rigid Schweninger regime, taking barely enough to keep himself alive, and the poorest laborer that he employed enjoyed more com forts of the table than he. Wine he never touched under any circum stances. During his whole life his health was poor, and that combined with his great business responsibilities, gave him at 45 something of the look of an old man. And he always looked more than his age. He was simple and direct in conversation, and the requirements of his business led him to express as much as possible in the fewest words. He spoke English only moderately well, although he knew the language as well as his own. ne was absorbed to all works of art and music, and his generous encour cgement to the artists whose pictures he bought helped mai.y of them on their career. He was especially liberal to the artists at Capri, and"Sold to Krupp" was a familiar legend in the windows of the picture shops in spite of his efforts to put an end to this harmless advertisement He also took a great interest in the music of tho Islanders, and used to pay the natives to sing their folk song In tho hotel for the enjoyment of himself and the other guests. One year he took back with him to Germany, a house painter and a mason to sing for his guests at home the songs of the natives. , He also took with him to Essen, In order that he might undergo the Schweninger cure, the keeper of one of the hotels frequented by tho na tives. Many of tho inhabitants of Capri are said to have reason to remember his generosity, whi$ was fre quently of the most unostentatious, even secretive, character. And his public bensvolenca was enough to make him loved by all the island people, whatever the feelings of the forcljn eclesy toward him may Lave Lcru. :.:t7 Ycri Cun.

A Woman of Tact. The tactful woman is never the candid woman. The tactful woman Is always a delight to her friends, while the candid woman somehow throws one into a little flutter of unpleasant expectancy. The candid woman will say to you, My dear, I have something to say to you," and then proceeds to say it, and It is ever the fct that what your candid friend has to say to you "for your own good" is always unpleas ant. Now, the tactful woman overlooks your shortcomings, and, if she loves you well enough to play the part of missionary toward you, she finds a nicer way to help you remedy your mistakes than by telling you plainly and bluntly how very faulty are your actions. The tactful woman is not the Insin cere woman. By no means should we confound the two. Indeed, the tact ful woman Is always tender of heart and ready with sympathy, else hr role would be easily guessed, which would spoil it all spoil it all for us who love to see her coming because we know that while she is with us we will feel that we are at our very best, and that when she leaves us we will not be hauuted with the thought that maybe, after all, we are not nearly so clever and bright as we thought ourselves. It is not necessary to te character less, to be ever agreeing with others In what they think, but the tactful woman knows when and where to disagree. When she meets some one as generous as herself that is, willing that others should enttrtain their own views as well as they do theirs then she holds to her own. But there are folk3, you and I know, as well as the tactful woman, who Insist that they and they alone hold the right opinions of a certain or any situation. Then the tactful woman sinks self; not humbly ov with any show of doing so,' but so gracefully that there is not the least little sting felt by anybody. And the woman who an do this is generous. Some women are born tactful, oth ers learn the art, but alas! more are not born that way, and as many more never learn the art The Housewife. Simple Dance Frock. Pink messaline was used to build this simple but effective dance frock, which has a full circular skirt laid In tiny tucks over the hips and across back, and five deep tucks around tho bottom. The same material also makes the deep girdle on decollete bodice; the top part and short puff sleeve employing dotted messaline in same shade, bordered top and bottom by tiny ruffles of messaline. Two white lace butterflies give a pretty finish, and are set on Just a trifle to the left where a closing is made. Wedding Gift Burdens. A young couple Just starting in life, with only enough for staple and economical living, received at their wedding several hundred handsome, expensive and many of them ornate presents; presents from relatives whom they had never seen, from mere acquaintances and from people for whom they cared nothing. It took them years, as they said, to live down these presents. Many of them they simply put in a safe deposit vault; but they felt under obligation to each giver of gifts, and when, in turn, these friends and acquaintances were married, the young couple felt In duty bound not only to send them a present, but one that as nearly as possible approached In financial value that given them. It behooves us to call a halt in the giving of engagement presents, and to curb as much as possible promiscuous giving in wedding presents. A wedding Is a family rite, and an intimate sharing In It belongs to those alone who are nearest the bride and groom In blood and sympathy. Women's Voices. Women spend years In learning to play a musical instrument, in polishing their manners and In studying the mysteries of dress and fashion, yet their voices äre left uncultivated, though on these depends in highest degree the charm of social intercourse, (fb into a drawing room or a dining room crowded with women, and the din of the vocal discord is distressing, yet all this is conquerable by education and the conquering of. It is one of the most important functions of education. The musical instrument most carefully to be cultivated is the human voice, from the earliest childhood to maturity. New York Sun. Good Housekeeping. Wherein consists good housekeeping? For one thing it implies such keeping of house as makes everybody from daddy to the baby happy and comfortable. The housekeeper is retpcnsible for the smooth running' cf

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the family machine. The order of the home depends upon her management. If she is a heedless person who has no system, meals will never be in season, and things will be at sixes and sevens all through her domain. If Ehe be a slave to her system, cramped by it and unable to give or take any freedom, the family will suffer. System must needs be elastic in the best regulated home. In good housekeeping there are wellkept tidy and clean rooms; dust and cobwebs are not In evidence. Breakfast, dinner and supper are appetizing meals, however simple. The house is restful. Old people enjoy its repose. The children bring their friends into the home sure of a welcome. The work is done; it does not drag. If there is a maid, she Is loyal. She holds a relation of friendliness to the whole family and Is not a mere hireling. Good housekeeping means room for expansion in every faculty of soul and body. It takes no ordinary woman to be a perfect housekeeper and homemaker. Christian Herald.

Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Tossibly the first woman in the hearts of the passing generation of the south i3 the wife of their beloved leader, the story of whose life has been so graphically told by Langdon Knight in his book, "The Real Jefferson Davis," says the Pilgrim. Varina Howell Davis was born at Natchez, Miss., May 7, 1S2G, educated privately and married in 1S13. The same year Mr. Davis was elected to congress, but resigned eight months later to engage in the Mexican war. While recovering from severe wounds MKS. DAVIS. he received in battle they lived on their Mississippi plantation and afterward went to Washington during Jefferson Davis two terms as senator and secretary of war. After his release from prison at the close of the war they lived abroad for three years, then returned to Mississippi. Since her husband's death Mrs. Davis has lived In New York city a greater part of the time for health reasons. Only a strong character could go through such vicissitudes and preserve the calm serenity which Is so dominating a trait of Mrs. Davis. A Woman Worst Fault. There are many situations In life that are pretty hard to bear, and which, at times, tax all our endurance, but they are never Improved by either a display of temper or the Indulgence of a tirade of which we are heartily ashamed after the heat of passion has cooled off. The one who keeps cool in any argument or disagreement of any kind always emerges at the winning end of the game. The woman who rules her household through her temper and the fear of it . which she inspires in others can never hope to be loved. "She may be feared, and it is a thankless Job to try to please her, but as for love having no control over herself she cannot hope to control others. A temper never improves with age. If nursed and given way to when young In life, It gets worse and worse, until those who love you heave a sigh of relief when death comes as an emancipation from the thralldom. And yet even the worst temper can be cured by thought and keeping a strict watch over one's self. One of the most passionate women it was possible to know cured herself by leaving the room and counting one hundred before she allowed herself to speak. It Is a simple method, but certainly efficacious, given the wish to cure that which wrecks many homes. Women Behind the Throne. Many years ago when Madame Kattle Schratt was a brilliant star at the Hofburg theater in Vienna she was presented by the empress to Francis Joseph and has ever since maintained an extraordinary ascendency over her sovereign. Kind-hearted and generous, Madame Schratt is spoken well of by all the world. She has only one fault says London Tatler incurable extravagance. She buys everything that is offered to her and then gives it away. Over and over again has the emperor paid her debts. Up till now she has refrained from mixing in politics, but rumor asserts that she has been won over to the Radicals on the occasion of her recent visit to Hungary; consequently there is much excitement In Vienna. Wiat Culture Is. Culture is simply the perfect development of the life within. Culture is hopefulness of .mind and heart, lightness of touch, deepness bf Insight, freshness of feeling. It has been said thtt were it not for the children the world would grow old. The cultured man is a child in his magical power of seeing things Joyously, surprisingly. He retains the delight of the first Impression, be it the beauty of a poem or the glory of an art creation or the loveliness of a landscape. To be able to see a familiar object the hundredth time with the same approach of surprise and charm and enthusiasm that you saw it the first time; to see with fresh eyes and feel with a fresh heart Is one of the happy and helpful things some carry with them from childhood over Into middle life, and a rare and fortunate few even down to old age. M. J. McCleod. When People May Marry. In France the minimum age for the man to marry is 18; for the woman, 10. In Epaln the man must be in his iftccnth year, and the fair maid nusl

have "turned" 12. Practically the same law obtains in Switzerland. In Austria both "man" and "woman" are of age to marry when they have attained H summers. In Turkey there are two preliminary conditions stringently required In the case of marriage; both parties must be able to walk properly and both must be able to understand the necessary religious service.

Miss Aimee Tourgee, only -child of the late Judge Albion W. Tourgee, i3 expected to follow in the literary footsteps of her illustrious father. She has his poetic temperament Mrs. David Murray, of New Brunswick, N. J., has presented Johns Hopkins University with a valuable collection of books and relics illustrating the history and institutions of Japan, collected by the late Frof. David Murray. Mrs. Frederick Krupp, widow of the famous gunmaker, has donated 200,000 marks for a convalescent laborers' home, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the opening of the great Gruson works, near Madgeburg, Germany. Lady Helen Forbes, In an English woman's periodical, has been considering "How superior a product the American girl is to the American man." But, going further, she spoils this statement by adding that this "product is educated for conquest." Mrs. Fairbanks holds three collegiate degrees. She was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware in 1S72 in the same class with her husband. Afterwards she took the degree of bachelor of laws, and then took a full course in parliamentary and international law. The Woman Who Gambles Men who gamble are gamblers, not men, says Rev. Isador E. Philo. Women who gamble are unfit to be mothers, wives, sisters, sweethearts. This is the verdict of full-statured manhood. I share this opinion. My convictions are the result cf years devoted to the study of the psychology of woman. While I believe in a single standard of morality for both men and women, yet nature has so ordained it that many tilings a man may do a woman may not do and remain morally untarnished. While public opinion is not always the best standard by which to Judge morality, simply because it represents the majority and majorities,- while not always wrong, are never in the right yet it Is the ci iterion by which the acts of men and women are gauged. A man who gambles may be a saint; a woman who gambles is a sinner. And the most sinful are ever ready to cast the first stone When a man gambles he only risks losing his money. When a woman gambles she risks losing everything a good woman holds dear.' Whether she wins or loses money, in either case she loses her womanliness. Elaborate .Linen Gown Even lie gowns Intended to pay frequent visits to the cleansing tub of the laundress share in the universal elaboration of the season, but most of the trimming effects are arranged flat for these, so that the skill of the laundress may compass the best effects. The corsage Is on blouse lines, box plaits adjusting the fullness, and the front is arranged to allow of the Insertion of a separate chemisette. There is a smart frill over the shoulder and the sleeve Is full and puffy, ending in a double frill above the cllow. The skirt is an exact circular cut plaited over the hips, and with little diamond-shaped motifs appliqued at intervals upon the hem. . You Owe It to Tour Mother. - To manifest an interest In whatever interests or amuses her. To seek her comfort and pleasure In all things before your own. Not to forget that, though she is old and wrinkled, she still loves pretty things. To .make her frequent, simple presents, and to be sure that they are appropriate and tasteful.. . To remember that she Is still a girl at heart so far as delicate little attentions are concerned. To give her your full confidence, and never do anything which you tblnlz che would disapprove.

FOR THE INDIANA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Judge Leathers, of the Marion County Superior Court, Appoints W. F, C Golt, of Indianapolis. The Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Indiana, which was ordered to cease business Juno 2nd by Auditor of State ISherrick, was placed in the hand3 of a receiver on Thursday last by Hon. James M. Leathers, Judge of the Superior Court cf Marion county, with instructions to the receiver to wind up the affairs of the company at once. The company was promoted and organized by parties from North Dakota and on strength of an affidavit to the effect that the company was possessed of $100,000 in bona fide premium notes, and $10,000 in cash, was permitted to begin business by the auditor of state in September. It subsequently developed that there was somo question as to its cash reserve and notes, the attorney general of the state deciding in Hay that the notes held by the company at organization were not bona fide premium rotes, that the organization was not in eomj lianee with the law, and therefore the ac:s of the company were illegal. Acting on the advice of the attorney general, the auditor of state ordered them to cease business, Later, on complaint of several policy-holders and also original subscribers to "stock" notes, who alleged that the funds of the company were being misused, and that under the law it was impossible to reorganize the company, suit was filed for receiver, and W . F. C. Golt, cashier of the Columbia National Bank of Indianapolis, was appointed. Notices of cancellation are to be sent to all policyholders asking that all claims bo fixed, and the affairs of the Company woundup under the direction of the Court. Under the same condition of allairs, the Merchants National Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Indiana, organized by tho same promoters, and under a likeplan,was also placed in Receiver's hands on Friday, Fred. J. Meyer cf Lafayette, being appointed by the Court to wind up its affairs. NO POLICE GRAFT IN JAPAN. Loss of Caete Follows Acceptance of Gift by an Officer. William II. Shelton, the artist, returned recently from a visit to Japan. While' there he was impressed much by the Japanese police. lie came away with the idea that the Japanese police department was much superior to other police departments, principally owing to the apparent elimination cf graft. "While I was at Nagasaki," ho says, "Captain Barker, the American quartermaster there, lost a very fine uncut diamond. lie hadn't any idea where he had lost it. He sent word to the police and a regular policeman came around and made Inquiries about the 6tone. "With the politeness that is characteristic of the country, the policeman announced that it would give the police great pleasure to find It if they could. Several days later he appeared with the diamond, which must hava been very hard to rind, owing to Its being in an uncut state. "He handed it to Captain Barker with a bow and walked away. Trua to his American Instincts, Captain Barker called him back, reached down into his pocket and pulled out a couple of yen. which he offered him. "The policeman seemed to be both surprised and offended. It was against all the rules of the police, he said, to accept such gratuities from any one. "I found later just how serious it would have been if he had taken it It seems that the policemen in Japan are recruited from the middle class and punishment for anyone caught grafting means much more than dismissal from the service or imprisonment It means loss of caste. "A man dismissed from the police department for such an offense, no matter what his previous rank In society, becomes a marked man and is regarded as a coolie, the lowest class of society. As a coolie nothing is left to him but hard labor for the rest of Lis days." Washington Fost. Ttia Lesser Evil. The death of the sculptor, BariholdL who is best known In America by his statue of Liberty In New York harbor, recalls an incident connected with his work. This Liberty has been caned "a great girl," but It is chiefly her size which is remarkable. Her artistic merits, says the Boston nerald, were summed up by a distinguished foreigner. When he sailed into New York harbor he pointed to the gigantic figure, and asked: "Is that Liberty?" "Yes," said a bystander. "Then," he concluded, quoting ratrick Henry, "give me death." He Know. "But, my dear sir," protested the banker, "I don't see how yoa can spare the time to go to the baseball game. You don't know what is going on in your office while you are away." "Oh, yes, I do," chuckled the old broker with the grandstand ticket "The office boy is smoking cigarettes and the bookkeeper Is making love to the typewriter." Dave' Boy. "Old Dave Westcolt's boy didn't turn out very well, did he? Studied' law four years an' failed to get admitted to the bar. Failed to pass . tha teachers' examinations, too, didn't he?' "Yep." "Wonder what's become of him?" "Dogged if 1 know. Believe I did hear, too, that he's the official edvlcs giver, on a big newrnaper answers-to-ecrrespondents editor or something like that." Detroit Tribune. She Thought of Nothing. . . "Your little birdie has been very, very 111," she wrote to the young man. "It is some sort of nervous trouble, and the doctors said I must have perfect rest and quiet, and that I must think of nothing. - And all the time, dear Gussy, I thought constantly of you." The young man read It over and then read it through very slowly, and put it in his pocket, anrl went out under the silent stars, and kept thinking, end thinking, and thinking.