Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 38, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 June 1906 — Page 3

for The Term of SJis Natural Life By MARCUS CLARKE

CHAPTER. XXIII. (Continued Th PTriPripno.l nnc?rf l!ar?nliinr5nn did not rate the ability ,of John Uexj mgmy enougn. rrora tr.e instant ine convict had heard his sentence of life banishment, he had determined upon escaping, and had brought all the powers of his acute and unscrupulous intellect to the consideration of the best method of achieving his purpose. Ilia pretended piety had accomplished the end he had assumed it for. He had won the confidence ofMeekin: and into that worldly creature's ear- he poured a strange and ad history. He was the son. he said, of a clergyman of the Church of England, whose real name, such wan his reference far the cloth, should never pass his ips.- He was transported for a forgery which he did not commit. Sarah Purfoy wrs hi3 wife. She, an innocent and trusting girl, had determined to follow, her husband to his place of doom, and had hired herself aslady's maid to Mrs. Vickers. "My great sorrow is for C por woman. She is in Sydney, I have heard, and my heart bleeds for her." Here Rex heaved a igh that would have made his fortune 03 the boards. - . "Yon might write to her." "You knojr the orders, at the commandant rer.ds all the letters sent Could I write to iny poor Sarah what other eyes were to read?" and he watched the parson slyly. "N o, you could not said Meekin, t last. The next day Meekin, blushing with the consciousness -that what he was about to do was wrong, said to his penitent, "If you will promise to write nothing that tie commandant might not see. Rex, I will send your letter to your .wife." "Heaven bless you, sir!" said Rex. jnd took two days to compose an epistle which should tell Sarah Purfoy how to act. The letter was a model of composition' in one way. It stated everything clearly and succinctly. Not a detail that could ariist was omitted, not a line that could embarrass was suffered to remain. John Rex's scheme of six months deliberation was set down in the dearest possible ' manner. He brought his letter unsealed to Meekin. Meekin looked at it with an Interest that was hilf suspicious. "Have I your word tket there is nothing in this that might not be read by the commandant?" John Rex was a bold man, but at the sight of the deadly thing fluttering open in the clergyman's hand his knees knocked together. Strong in his knowledge of human nature, however, he pursued hl3 desperate plan. "Read it, sir," he said, turning away his face reproachfully. "You are a gentleman. : I can trust you." "No, Rex," said Meekin. walking loftfly into the pitfall; I do not read private letters." It was seaU'd.and John Rex felt as if somebody had withdrawn a nratch from a powder barrel. In a month Mr. Meekin received a letter, beautifully written, from "Sarah Rei," stating briefly that she had heard of his goodness; that the inclosed letter was for her husband, and that, if it was against the rules to give it him, she begged it might be returned to her unread. Of eour.se. Meekin gave it to Rex. who ceil morning handed to Meekin a most touching and pious production, begging him to read it. Meekin did so, and any suspicions he may have had were at once disarmed. He was ignorant of the fact that the pious letter contained a private one, intended for John Rex only, which letter John Rex thought so highly of that, having read it twice through most attentively, he ate it. The plan of escape was, after all. a simple one. Sarah Furfoy was to keep a vessel hovering round the soutlern coast of Van Diemen- Land without exciting suspicion. The escape was to be made in the winter months, if possibl, in June or July. Tie watchful vessel was to be commanded by some trustworthy person, who was to frequently land on the southeastern side, and keep a lookotf: for any extraordinary appearance along the coast. Rex himself must be left to run the gauntlet of the dogs and guards unaided. "This seems a desperate scheme," wrote Rex, "but it Is not so wild as it looks. I have-thought over a dozen others, and rejected them alL ' This is the only way. Consider it welL I have my own plan for escape, which is easy if rescue be at hand. All depends upon placing a trustworthy man in charge of the vessel. You ought to know a doien such. I will wait eighteen months to give yon time to make all arrangements." The eighteen months had now nearly passed over, and the time for the desperate attempt drew near. Faithful to his cruel philosophy, John Rex had provided scapegoats who, by their vicarious agonies, should assist him to his salvation. He had discovered that of the twenty men in his gang eight had already determined on an effort for freedom. The names of these eight were Gabbett, Vetch, Bodenham. Cornelius. Greenhill. Sander? (called the "Moocber"), Cox and . Travers. He would urge. these men to their fate, hrad take advantage of the excitement attendant on their absence to effect his own escape. "While all the island is looking forjhese eight' boobies, I shill have a good chance to s;ip away nnmissed." He wUht-d,. however, to have a companion. Some strong man, who. if Dressed hard, would turn and keep th pursuers at bay, would be useful without doubt; and this comradevictim he sought in Rufus Dawes. Beginning from a purely selfiVn motive to -urge, his fellow-prisoner to abscond with him, Jiü Rex gradually found himself attracted into something like friendliness by the sternness with which hb overtures were repelled. , "Have you no friends whom you wish to see?" he asked, one evening, when Rufus Dawes had proved more than usually deaf to hi arguments. "No," said Dawes, gloomily. "My friends are all dead to me." "What, all?" asked the other. "Most men have some one whom they wish to see. "I have resolved. I stay here." And leave your innocence unproved IInw M7 I nrova ft?" rrmA Tfnfn Dawes, roughly impatient. "There are crimes committed ' which are never brought to light, and this , is one of them. "Well." said Rex, as if weary of the discussion, "have it your own way, then. You know best. The private detective ;ame is hard work. I, myself, have '-ne on a wild goose chase befure now. There's a mystery about a certain shipbuilder's son which took me four months to unravel, and then I lost the thread." "A shipbuilders son! Who was he?" John .Rex paused in wonderment at the eager interest' with w'jich the question was put. and then hastened to take, advantage of this new opening for conTersat'on. "A queer story. A wellknown character in my time Sir. Richard Pevine. A miserly oil curmudgeon, with a scape-grace son." t Rufus Dawes bit his lips to avoid showing his emotion. ThJi was the second tine that the name of his dead father had been spoken ia his hearing. "I thLk I remember something of him," he said, with a voice that 'sounded strangely calm in his own ears. - "A curious story," said '-ex, plunging into past memories. "Among Other matters, I dabbled a little in the private inquiry line of business, ana the old man cant to ma. He had a on who had

gone abroad a wild young dog, by all accounts and he wanted particulars of him." "Did he get them V "To a certain extent. I hunted him" through Paris into Brussels, from Brussels to Antwerp, from Antwerp back to Paris, i lost him there. A miserable end to a long and expensive search. I got nothing but a portmanteau with a lot of letters from his mother. I 6ent the particulars to the shipbuilder, and by all accounts the news killed him, for he died not long after." "And the son?" " "Came to the queerest end of all. The eld man had left him his fortnne--a large one, I believe but he'd left Europe, it seems, for India, and was lost in the Hydaspes. Frere was his cousin." "Ah!" -'It annoys me when I think of it." continued Rex. "With the resources I had, too! Oh, a miserable failure! The days and nights We spent walking about looking for Richard Devine. and never catching a glimpse of him! The old man gave me his son's portrait, with full particulars of his early life, and I suppose I carried that ivory gimcrack in my breast pocket for nearly three months, pulling it out to refresh my memory every halfbour. If the young gentleman was anything like his picture, I could have sworn to him if I'd met him in Timbuctoo." "Do you think you'd know him again?" asked Rufus Dawes, !n a low voice, turning away his head. There may have been something ia the attitude in which the speaker had put himself that awakened memory, or perhaps, the subdued eagerness of the tone, contrasting so strangely with the comparative inconsequence of the theme, had caused John Rex's brain to perform one of those feats of automatic synthesis at which we afterward wonder. The profligate son the likeness to the portraitthe mystery of Dawes life! These were the links of a galvanic chain. He closed the circuit, and a" vivid flash revealed to him The Man. Warder Troke, coming ,np. put his hand on Rex's shoulder. "Dawes," he said, "you're wanted at the yard," and then, seeing his mistake, added, with a grin, "Curse you two; you're so much alike one can't tell t'other from which." Rufus Dawes walked off moodily; but John Rex's evil face turned pale, and a strange hope irade his heart leap. "Trcke's right, we are alike.. I'll not press hha to escape any more." CHAPTER XXIV. The Pretty Mary as ugly and evilsmelling a tub as ever pitched under a southerly burster had been lying on and off Cape Surville for nearly three weeks. Captain Blunt was getting wearied." He made strenuous efforts 'to find the oyster beds of which he was ostensibly, in search, but no success attended his efforts. - In vailn did he take boat,1 and pull Into every cove and nook between the Hoppolyte Reef an. Scouten Island. In vain did he run Pretty Mary as near to the rugged cliffs as he dared to take her, and make perpetual expeditions to the shore. In vain did he-rin his eagerness for the interests of Mrs. Purfoy clamber up the rocks. and

spend hours in 'solitary soundings in 1 Blackman's Bay. He never found an oyster. "If I don't find something la three or four days more," said he to his mate, "I shall go back again. It's too dangerous cruising here." On the same evening that Captain Blunt made this resolution, the watchman at Signal Hill saw the arms of the semaphore at the settlement make three motions thus: The semaphore was furnished with three revolving arms, fiaed one above the other. The upper one denoted units, and had six motions. Indicating one to six. The. diddle one denoted tens, ten to sixty. The lower one marked hundreds, from one hundred to six hundred. The lower and upper arms whirled 'out. That meant three hundred and six. A ball, ran up to the top of the post. Tli at meant one thousand. - Number 130G, or, being interpreted, "Prisoners Absconded." "There's a bolt," said Jones, the signalman. . .. The semaphore signaled again Nimber 1411." "With armsT Jones said, translating as I e read. "Come here, Harry! here's a rV But Harry did not reply, and, looking down, the watchman saw a dark figure suddenly fill the doorway. The boasted semaphore had failed this time, at all events. The "bolter" had arrived as soon as the signal! The man sprang at his carbina, but the intruder had already possessed himself of it. "It's no use making a fuss. Jones There are eight of us. Oblige me by attending to your signals. Jones knew the voice. It was that of John Rex. "Reply, -can't you?" said Rex, coolly. "Captain Burgess is In a hurry." The arms of the semaphore at the settlement were, in fact, gesticulat ing with comical vehemence. Jones took the strings In his hands, and, with his signal book open before them, was about to acknowledge the message, when Rex stopped him. "Send this message," he said. "Not seen! Sig nal sent to Eaiehawk!" Jones paused irresolutely, ne was himself a coavict, and dreaded the inev Itable cat that he knew wouid follow this false message. "If they finds me out he said. Rex cocked the car bine with so decided a meaning in his black eyes that Jones banished his hesitation at. once and began to signal eag erly, mere came up a clinking jf metal ami a murmur from below. "What's seeping yer. Dandy?" All right. Get those Irons off, and then we'll talk, boys. I'm putting salt on old Burgess tail." The rough jest was received with a roar, and Jones. looking momentarily down from his window on the staging, saw, in the waning light, a group or men freeing themselves from their irons with a hammer taken from the guard house; while two, al ready freed, were casting buckets of water on the beacon woodpile. The sen try was lying bound at a little dis tance. "Now," said the leader of this sur prise party, "signal to Woody Island." Jones perforce obeyed. "Say, 'An escape at the .mines! Watch One-tree Point! Send on to Eaglehawk!' Quick, now.". . Jones, comprehending the force rf this maneuver, which would have the effect of distracting attention from the Neck, executed the order with a grin. "You're a knowing one, Dandy Jack," said he. John Rex acknowledged the compliment by uncocking the carbine. "Hold out your hands! Jemmy Vetch! Come up, and tie our friend Jones. Gabbett. have you got the axes?" "There's only one," said Gabbett. 'Then bring that, and any tucker you can lay your hands on. Have yon tied him? On we go, then." And In the space of five minutes from the time when unsuspecting Harry had been silently clutched by two forms, who rushed upon him out of the shadow of the huts, the Signal Hill station was deserted. At the settlement Burgess was foaming. Nine men to !eize the Long Bay boat, and get half an hour's start of the alarm signal was an unprecedented achievement! What could Warder Troke have been about? Warder Troke, however, found eight hours afterward,

i disarmed, gagged and bound in the i scrub, had been guilty of no negligence. I How could he tell, that at a certain j fignal from Dandy Jack, the nine men i he had taken to Stewart's Bay would j "rush" him; and. before he could draw ; a pistol, truss him like a chicken?" The j worst of the gang, Rufus Dawes, tiad j volunteered for the hated duties of pile

driving, and Troke had felt himself secure. How could he possibly guss that there was a plot in which Rufus Dawes, of all men. had refused to join? Constables, mounted and on foot, were dispatched to scour the bush round the settlement. Burgess, confident, from the reply of the Signal Hill semaphore, that the alarm had been given at Eaglehawk isthmus, promised himself the recapture of the gang before many hours; and giving orders to keep the communications going, retired to dinner. His convict servant had barely removed the r.oup when the result of John Rex's ingenuity became manifest. The sem aphore at Signal Hill had stopped work ing.' ' "Perhaps the fools can't see," said Burges. "Fire the beacon and -sad He my horse." The beacon was fired. All right at Mount Arthur, Mount Communication, and the coal mines. To the westward, the line was clear. But at Signal Hill was no answering light. Burgess stamped with rage. "Get me my boat's crew ready; and tell the mines to signal to Woody Island." As he stood on the jetty, a breathless messenger brought the reply. "A boat's crew to One-tree Point! Five men sent from Eaglehawk In obedience to orders!" Burgess understood it at once. The fellows ' had decoyed the Eaglehawk guard. "Give way, men!" And the boat shooting into the darkness, made for Long Bay. "I won't be far behind 'em," said th? commandant, "at any tat. (To t continued.) "THE COLONEL'S BONNET.' Expensive Finery Taken from British Ships by American Sailors. A few years ago a pretty story of a Revolutionary wedding-gown was told by Miss Ellen D. Larned. A young girl, daughter of n patriotic family, was about to be married. The war was at Its height ; prices were high, luxuries scarce and the pretty bride's trousseau was simpler than if would have been in happier times. She did not complain ; nevertheless, she had repressed longings fur pretty thalngs which she believed were unattainable. But a little while before the wedding a peddler came to the house, selling about the country booty" taken from a British 'prize by a Yankee privateer, and his wares Included a roll of rosecolored satin, exquisite in tint and texture. The girl, the instant her eye fe'l uin It, wanted It for her weddingdress. But It must be costly, she knew, and she did not feel the courage to ask her father outright for the money. He had been sitting, busy over his accounts, In a corner of the room, noticing nothing that went on. Suddenly, seized with a happy impulse, his daughter unrolled two or three yards of the rosy, shimmering stuff, draped It lightly abCjt her figure, and crossing to his side, knelt before him and laid an appealing hand on his knee. He looked down; she looked up. Then his hand went quietly to the little drawer in his desk, extracted $47, and laid them gently, with no word spoken, in her open palm. She was married In pink satin. She was not the only Yankee bride whose wedding finery was unexpectedly provided by one of the boIdXew. England privateers. It is told that shortly before the marriage of a certain fair Eliza to the youth of her choice, her father, a sea captain, arrived In port with his vessel, convoying a prize, which had been destined for New York, then held by the enemy, and carried, as part of her cargo some very fine laces, destined to enhance the attractions of the dandy British officers In the eyes of Tory belles. ' Two rarest pieces, which report said were ordered by a Colonel who was someth'ng of a bean, the captain gave his daughter fur a wedding gift With one of them she adorned her wedding dress; with the other the mantle and bonnet In which she "walked out bride," the Sunday after the wedding, She died In middle life, and the lace was divided among her daughters, a yard or two to each, with the exception of that on her bonnet, which was not disturbed, but passed, bonnet and all, to the eldest daughter. Indeed, it passed intc.ct two generations farther down, before at last it was ripped up to decorate a modem dress. As long as the bridal head-gear remained undespolhxl It was always spoken of as the "Colonel's lwnnet." Youth's Companion. Still Hope. "I am afraid it is all over between Jeannette and Jack." "Why, dear?" "She has returned his photograph." "You don't mean It?" "Also his" letters." "Gracious!" "And his ring." ".My ! My ! But there is still hope. He gave her a kiss as they parted la the old lawn." "And what dVl she do?" "She she returned thut, too." M ficht Live Too Lonff. 0 Old ' Gotrox I proposed to Mlsa Peachly last night and what do you suppose she said? His Friend She said "yes," doubt less. Old Gotrox No ; she said before glr ing me an answer she would like to look at my family Bible. Now, what do you suppose she wants to see that for? II U Friend Oh, she probably wants to Hee If you come of a long-lived famuy. Jot a Question. A West African on a visit to Eng land with a missionary society was shown a collection of photographs. "What Is this?" he asked, gazing von derlngly at one of them. "That Is a snapshot taken during a scrimmage at a Rugby football game." "But has your church no missionaries to send among these people?" Lindon Tatler. Ftetort Courteous. "Hold your tongue for. a fool," growl. ed Mr. Naggs, who was trying to ab sorb some Information from his paper. "Oh, very well," rej'jined his hotter half. "I didn't know you wanted to talk." u Trontlnt? to Aip-artinee. "A photographer Is really among the most trusting of men." How do you make that out?" "Doesn't he always take people at their face value?" Baltimore Amerl can. True Ilrnvery. Wlggs You haven't tLe courage of a rabbit. Waggs Not of a Welsh rabbit one had the nerve last nl;;ht to disagree

with my mother-in-law. Exchange,

Womaa In the Profe-lon. Jusiice David J. Brewer contributes an interesting article on "Woman in the Professions," in the Delineator. The Justice comments on the fact that during the last half century woman has broken down the doors of entrance into professional life, that she is no longer merely an incident but a conspicuous factor in pontics and many of the professions. To quote in part; She has a brain and is capable of receiving th? highest educational training. The land Is covered with co-edu-catlonal colleges and universities, and no one has yet had the hardihood to say that she does not make a success of her work In them. In the realm of literature she is constantly present. Prose and poetry ,are at her command. Who writes the most of our acceptable stories? What masculine poet dares to look down on Mrs. Browning? No longer are face and form everything. We have learned to behold the Intellect in her. We see her in the pulpit, at the bar, and In the doctor's office. She knows something of the Bible, quotes Blackstone, and, like masculine doctors, writes prescriptions in a dead language. She claims the right to be In every department of professional lite, and many are asking how far she has gone and will go in that life; what has been and what will be her success. True, she has not yet become baseball or football champiou and this department of culture still remains the peculiar occupation of masculine students. But who knows how soon Rhe may become a successful competitor therein? She Is developing as an athlete. Some so-called physiological statisticians affin that her average stature Is increasing. In the economic world she has broken the confinements of home and entered the doors of outside toil. She has established the fact that she has a mind as well as a heart" New sheetings for suits and dresses and a dozen purposes already bleached, instead of the half-bleached kind we've been used to. There's a new shade out whkh goes by the name of biscuit, but must ceralnly refer to them In their uncooked state, If the name Is right. The prettier biscuit color Is the palest tint of a tan Just one remove from cream. A very charming dance frock for a young girl was made of painted muslin, the design pale-yellow roses and foliage. and hemmed with soft ivory duchesse satin, the top finished with inch-wide klltlngs, both of muslin and satin. Japanese crepes for klnomos and dressing sacks have cherry blossoms and dragons, quaint little Japanese maidens and butterflies In a confusion of gay colors, with a disregard of pro portions and probabilities that Is us attractive as the soft, crepy cotton stuff they are printed on. : Just at present the material most In demand is pongee, in all Its different qualities and colorings. House dresses. handsome reception gowns, coat and skirt costumes, traveling dresses it docs not seem to matter for what purpose, so varied are the spring and sum mer models in pongee and rajah, cloth. For a light-weight traveling suit rajah Is- excellent. It does not show dust readily and it will stand a tremendous amount of wear. There are a few models made up. with the box rever semi-fitted coat, but the majority of designs have the eton or bolero trimmed with ruchlngs of taffeta and lace. Just now there are to" be seen among the simpler street models quite a number of coats with long tailor sleeves A smart dinner gown Is of silk voile, In the new and popular shade of "nature" blue. A surplice effect is used with considerable grace, It extending from the throat to the hem of the skirt, widening from the waist line. A cape collar of Bruges lace, dyed to match the tone of the silk, is he!d In place by large rosettes of soft, opalescent ribbon. A girdle of the riblwn is nt the wals, which is also finished with the rosettes. Lace panels are upon the skirt, edging the Inserted silk. Engagement Ring. An engagement ring should never be regarded as a woman's property till the marriage service has been read. There may be urgent reasons for braking engagements to many, and the ring should then be returned to the giver. Should he ask that it be kept as a pledge of friendship, It can he done without offending good taste very much; but such a thing rarely happens. The ring is a money investment to a young man ; and, besides, there are other girls In the world, says an exchange. Usually men have the good sense to make no fuss over a woman's greediness, but an occasional man wants not only his ring but all the other presents he has given returned; -and the law says he has a right to them whenever the law Is asked to settle the question. Wives Wanted In Canada. Canada Is winning the unenviable reputation of an Eveless Eden. The men outnumber the women, and even Immigration does not mend matters, for It Is figured that of the 14.000 new set tiers who have arrived In Canada since the first of the year not more than 8 per cent of them have been women Of this 8 per cent the majority were married women. In the western part Of the Dominion the lack of women Is a serious handicap to the development of the country. The settlers cannot find wives, and as a woman plays Just as imiwrtant a part as a man in the drama of a new country, the government of Canada Is worried over the unenviable situation. ' A Dun IHnlnjf lloom. Many women are having their din!ng rooms done in buff color Instead of the blue wbleb has been so much In vog le since the rage for Dutch furniture, placque;, mugs and chlnaware of all sorts. The walls done In this tone are light enough to permit of half drawn blinds of the same shade, and In many

Instances there are' diminutive silken curtains of a lighter shade of yellow. Any yoke furniture blends nicely with this decoration on wall and windows, and especially effective is brassware samovar, teakettle, coffee urn or finger bowls In a dining room thus arranged.

For Afternoon Wear. If one is in search of a frock that is simple and charming at the same time, this model Is highly commended. It Is developed In cream -colored nun's veiling, the skirt having plaits and several rows of shirring about the waist-line. Above the hem there are two applied tucks. The blouse is stitched with embroidered straps simulating plaits, and Iks a yoke effect outlined with fchlrrlng, above which is a collar of all-over lace. Why Women Grow Tired. A wise counselor tells tired women that It Is not the ;rork they. do that tires thorn, it is the way they -do It. The woman whose work. Is never out of her mind Is the woman who is al ways tired. The farmer's wife doing a week's work In her imagination, after she goes to bed ; the bookkeeper searching In her dreams through columns of figures for an obstinate balance all these are tired because they do not know whit It Is to have a mind at ease. A story is told of a conscientious worrier, who, hurrying about h-r work, slipped and fell. The result, a broken hip, placed her for weeks out of reach of "the things which must be done." Weeks of lonely rest brought her a new perspective of life, and a conviction that peace of mind Is more than pies and cakes. Realizing .at last that the worst enemy of good work Is worry, she afterward said, with a peaceful smile, "my broken hip saved my life and souL' The Walking Skirt. It Is of white linen. Or perhaps of Ilnene, the mock linen. The crash skirts are well made this year. f Those who don't like the fellow crash can srt It in silvery gray. Panama cloth skirts are Xvol and light weight for hot-weather wear. For the elderly woman there are walking skirts of black duck from $1 up. ' Blue duck, pin spotted with white, has Its attractions. Pique colored linen and white lawn of . the finest all comes In the separate skirt. This year there are separate skirts In all the light-colored voiles and In black,' as well as in silk. A handy skirt to have is one of white mohair, Sicilian or brilllantlne. To Wear Dlack. Customs concerning mourning are not at all arbitrary nowadays, many persons not putting on black at all for parents, brothers or sisters. They do not however, wear colors, but. pure white, using dull-finished white ribbons GARDEN PARTY wm

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1. Hydrangea blue linen, with wide lace Insertions,. Bodice laced with blue satin ribbon back and front over fine white lugerle blouse. White leghorn hat, with pink roses banked at the back, and a cluster of peacock feathers caught by a buckle on the left side. 2. Princess gown of silk mousseline of a watermelon pink shade, having double row of real lace around top of corselet and in points around skirtFlat collar of same lace, V-sh;ped neck felled with tucked white mousseline. Pink wide-brimmed hat, with long black plumes.

cr crepe llsse as trimming. There ar mourning textures in cloth and silk fabrics. Black belts and ribbons may also be worn.' If black is preferred two years for heavy black for a husband, two years for parent or child and six months for sister or brother is the usual time for wearing It. After that It maybe lightened. The stationery Is usually deep branded for heavy mourn ing, growing lighter by degrees. At any stationery store they will tell you th latest rulings In this respect In reply to letters of condolence a black bordered calling or correspondence card Is used, and on It may be simply written. 'Thanking you sincerely for youi sympathy." Face veils are short wttb a hem. The heavy crepe veils that used to be worn are never seen now. Even if a black veil is used over the hat, 11 comes scarcely to the shoulders, and the face veil is separate frbm the one or the hat '

During Gloves. . Many women buy their gloves care lessly. They do not examine the glovi and later find to their sorrow that tha glove that seemed pretty and effective .off the hand is badly made and of poo material. "In selecting a pair of gloves," said i glove saleswoman, "the best plan Is tc test the kid by stretching It. ( Take th side seams between the thumbs and fingers and pull. If the kid is soft and pliable, the iores small, even and nol socially noticeable and the glove Im mediately tikes on its original shape It gives evidence of not only being elastic and therefore full of new life but of being of a fairly good quality. The heavy walking gloves can be tried In the same way, but as sure a test as any Is in smelling them, and if there is a rather fragrant odor like that of Russian leather, they, too should be all' right The stitching in the seams should all be carefully examined to see that it is perfect and that there, are none sewed so close to the edges that they will tear out If well made they should have a small gore between each of the fingers. HE- . ABY The arrival of hot weather means sickness and suffering for the babies. In some cases sickness and death are Inevitable, but much suffering may be avoided, and the death rate lowered, If mothers use better Judgment In feeding their children. , The babies that are fed as nature meant they should be escape many troubles that bottle-fed babies must endure, but the really critical time la when the little one is strong enough to sit In the high chair, and the mother has no better Judgment than to give the child some of everything on the table. The teeth and digestive organs differing in adults and babies would call foi different foods In most of families. If you. being an adult, choose to live on baby foods, that's your business, but if you give the baby food suitable only for an adult you'll have a funeral this summer. The great pity of it all is that the helpless child must suffer for the mother's Ignorance, and when finally the child dies, the Lord or the doctors are held responsible for'the death. The child should not be fed from th table till a j'ear old, then milk and stale bread or soft boiled eggs and bread crumbs may be given in small quantities at the usual time of nursing! and the child gradually weaned In this manner. Study to know the foods suitable to the'ag of your child, and there will be fewer Ick spells. Ella IC Dearborn, M. D. 3Iatrlmony Made Eaiy, . In an Austrian newspaper a matrimonial agency offers to soieanlze a marriage, provide witnesses and a guaranteed gold wedding ring for 10c Cd. TOILETTES.

HAAKON IS CROWNED.

DANE NOW REIGNS AS KING OF NORWAY. Coronation I Accortllnir to Ancient ore Ceremonlen Attcension of Queen Maad to Throne Follows Xorwny Become Independent. . King Haakon and Queen Maui were Friday crowned respectively King and Queen of Norway la the cathedral at Troudhjem. Only In one important particular were the customs of olden days departed from in the day's ceremonies. King Haakon and Queen Maud' did not bare their breasts while ecclesiastics : crossed them with sacred oils, as -did King Oscar of Sweden when he received the crown forty years ago. The King and Queen were anointed on the forehead and wrists only. The ceremony was chiefly religious, the bishop of Troudhjem and other high church dignitaries taking the leading part In carrying It out. After the royal mantle had been thrown over the King's KINO HAAKON VII. shoulders by Premier Mlchelsen, the crown had been placed on his head by the bishop and the scenter and orb placed In his hands. War Minister Olssoa handed the King a naked sword. S salute of ' seventy -one guns was finnl and after the singing of a hymn by the oathMral choir the bishop offered prayer. .IXnmcntoas Year for ZVorway. The crowning of King Haakon VII. and Queen Maud was made possible by the momentous event of last 'summer in Norway. For many years differences had existed between that comtry and Sweden as to the Interpretation to be put upon the convention of lSli. and tho'rikstag of 181.". Norway claimed to bo an Independent nation and not to belong constitutionally to Sweden. The riht to appoint consuls to foreign countries was one of the chief matters In dispute for several years. In May the Norwegian storthing passed a bill for a separate consular system. It was vetoed bj King Oscar, whereupon the Norwegian council of state resigned. The resignation was not accepted and then the storthing passed' a 'resolution declaring the union between Norway and Sweden under one King dissolved. This was on June 7. For some time war between the two countries was threatened, but finally commiss-ionVrs wore appointed and the treaty of Carlstad was adopted by which the dissolution of the old ties was confirmed and arrangements made for future relations on the basis of complete Independence. Some of the people of Ilorway were In favor of establishing a republic, but the majority were opposed to taking such a radical step and the government. QUEEZT MAUD OF TTOBWAV. wlncn was now composed of the members of the council of state headed by Premier Christian Michelsen began looking about for a suitable man to occupy the throne. King Oscar peremptorily refused to allow any one of bis sons to consider an offer and tlr.e choice eventually fell upon Prince Charles of Denmark. His name was submitted to the people and he was elected Kin? Nov. 12 and 13. A few weeks later he took the oath of office and was duly Installed as King of Norway. The crowning as Is customary, was iostponed until a later date. He took the title of Haakon VII., and with Queen Maud occupied the royal castle in Christianla. Both at once became popular with the people on .account of their democratic and unassuming ways. Norwar' Tragic lllntorj-. A.D. Olaf Traetelia founded the nucleus of the monarchy in Norway Kiuxs of Denmark and Sweden divide Norway Harold Hardrada invades England Magnus III. invades Sitland.. Norway united with Donmark and Sweden 1000 1OO0 1093 l.50 1024 1S14 Cliristiania built Norway given to Sweden Norwegian storthing decides to leave the union June 7, IMS Norwegian flag flown without the union mark June 0 The Norwegians decided by :IS,000 votes against 1S4 to dissolve the union Vug. 13 Referendum held as to the choice of rrince Cliarle Nov. 12 Ship Trust Shows n Profit. The report of the International Mercantile Marine Company shows an increase in gros and net earnings, leaving a surplus of $2,020,r0. The company carried one-o,iurter of all the passengers between this country and Europe and half of the fir.t-class passengers. Thomas B. Collier, a member of the lower house of the Tennessee LegTslature, and a prominent State politician, was tstabbed by T. It. Tucker, a real estate man, on one of the downtown streets of Memphis. Old papers for sale at this Gee.

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nODY FOl'XD WITH THROAT CUT. Lake County Coroner Hellere Contraetor Wei Murdered. 'Th? mangled remains of Fdwarl Parrel! of Ilobart, a wealthy contractor, were found beside the Pennsylvania railway track near Miller's station Ly section men. The authorhies of Lake county vere not notified of the finding of th body for some hours. Across the throat from ear to par w.;is a knife wo Jul whh-ii, in the opinion of th 1 coroner, caused Farreli's death. Farrell enjoyed a large number of men at Oar;, ta? steel trust's new city, four 'jailes east of Hammond. Recently he hid a dismte with three of the laborers rgarClng wages. "Never mind. Farrell; we will get you soma time and cut your. throa" one of the men is sail to hava r?raarke-l nfter the quarrel. Nothing extra ordinary was-thought of the tiireat at th? time, but Farrell was never seen el:ve aain by any of his friends. The three men implicated in the quarrel disappeared an! Farr?ll's body was found. IJoia lgs had beec; cut off by passing trains. The authorities believe he was waylaid and killeJ, after which the murderers placed his body on the railway track, so that it would be so badly mutilated by trains that there would be no c!tw o the murder, i " ' . ' CURTIS HAYS ACQl'ITTCD, Plea of Sei '-Defense Saatalned bf , . Jury In Blooialnffton. Curtis Hays, one f the tost known young fanners ia the southeastern part of Monroe county, was acquitted of th muruer of John Mitch ?ner, a n:gh!or, after being on trial for three days ia Bloominjton. The jury waw .ort only fifteen minutes, long enough to take ons ballot. It was proved that Hays had been threatened three different times an4 then he only struck Mitcheaer with a spoke when he was pursued. Mitchener was killed a year ego last May. PnEVEXTS C03I1JIVE OF" MILLARS ' Government "Warn- FIoarmaLeni JVot to Vorm I'roposeU "Trut." Having bnen warn! by th government tht they would gt into troub! with the federal authorities if they formed the combination of fiour millers, which they proposed to millers of other Stat, to reguUte prices of flour, the tnemVers of the Indiana Millers' State Association, so it is said, abandoned the .-project at their recent meeting. THIEVES EJNTEtt POSTOFFICE. Raid at Hamilton Realties f 100 la Cjtslt and Stamps. .Burglars plundered the safe in th postoffice at Hamilton, stealing over $100 in cash and stamps. K. G. Dirria. pos--master, lives with his family above the postoffice. but he heard.no noise. This makes the ninth postoSee rolbery ia northern Indiana within a fear monthi. Arm 'Jerked from Shoulder. Joseph Carico, employed ia th? Carnahan factory in Loogootee, was caught by n iapidly running belt and his ana was Torn off at the shoulder jiir.t. The injured man has a family ami is G4 year old. His chances far recovery are excellent. Wealth r Farmer Cat "Throat. Because of worry over family affairs, Bluford Chambers, eaid to be the wealthiest farmer in Pike county, committM suicide by cutting his throat witii a razor. He was 43 years vld. Start Fand for Alumni Hall. The graduating class has presented $500 to Notre Pame university to be used as the basis for a fund for the erection of a new residence hall, to be known as Alumni Hall. Mnrderer Geta Life. Wesley .Williams, charged witii killing James Leigh in t quarrel over bone meal sacks, was found guilty of murd.T in the first degree by a jury ia Fvaasvilld and sentenced to prison for life. End Life Decaae Too Old to Work. J. B. Holmes, agd GH, a railroad engineer of Loogootee. committed Kuicid? at Princeton by shooting. He wa too old to get employment and was ' without money. Gerrite Ade Cilve f2,SOO. After President Stone of Purdue university had conferred dgres on 213 graduates he announced thit Gorx Ad, 1K, had Kul!cribed $2.." to t'.e Purdue memorial gymnasium fund. nrlfe Barn to Death. Mrs. Charles Smith, 24 years o'i. a recent ' bride, burn.d to dath- in Viocennes while attempting to kindle a fire with kerosene. :.- Internrban Line Sold. The Evansville and Princeton traction line in Indiana has Iwn so! i to th Mur-dock-Marshall syndicate of Lafayette. The road is twenty-eight mils long. Dor Drowns 1 u the Ohio. , Malcolm Boyce, aged 13, was dr."wn?3 while swimming in the Ohio river at Mount Vernon. Thrown from Horse and Killed. Itay Ashnry, son of Rev. A. P. Asbury, was thrown from a horse in T?rre Haute and killed. Zlluor State It ecus. Teter Webber, 20 years oM, of Wood burn, farm laborer and unmarried, committed suicide by drink'ng carbolic acid. In a family quarrel, Mrs..Ilbey, wife ot a Cincinnati manufacturer, was probably fatally shot by lr brother-indaw, William Hisey, on his fam near Aurora. Lizzie Owens, 20, seven miles tast of Brazil, committed suicide by jumping Into a well. She had been despondent for several days and told her sister the felt so badly that she intenfad to kill herscjf. In Evansville Mrs. Bena Goodwin wa? fined $3 and costs for bors2wkipping Mrs. L'zzie Young. Aft r he was fined it developed That Mr. Goodwin's sister did the whipping, and that she whipped Mrs. Young by mistake for her sister. Itay M. Lance, traveling far L. D Clark, a law publishing house of Chicago committed tuicide in Fort Wayne by putting a bullet into his right temple. Letters on his person indicate his parent live In Wauseon. Ohio. He was dead when found in his room. Frlnest and Warter Carruih, brothers, were sentenced to prison for perpetrating i peculiar fraud on the Indianapolis street enr company. Walter can throw his ank1? out of joint at will an! the scheme of the nrotners was tor waiter to an irom a car and then claim djmajres for alleged injuries to his ankle. Traction cttir.pani-'s in a dor.cn cities have been dvfraad d by this nviiiod. Kkia;ed by tramps an, ht-'.l for ransom I supposed to be the fate of William Fry, a 12-ycar-uld boy of lürter county, who is strangely missing, and ol whose whereabouts no trav can be fouud. When last feon he was in the company of two strange men. He is suhjoct to freQucnt illnesses. His mother is frantic and it is feared will lose her reason unless the fate of her son is speei'.!y determined. Otto. Hipplehau-er, formerly treasurer of the People's Brewing Company ia Terre Haute, was arrested on aa indictment for embezzlement. Ie is reportej to be short over $7,000 la LU &ccou.: with the brewery.