Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 49, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 September 1906 — Page 3

The Trail of

THE STRÄNGE EXi ERIENCE OF DR. ROBERT HARLAND

By B. FLETCHER ROBINSON (Copyrliht 1903. ty CHAPTER X. Gradens chair toppled to the ground as he rose. In three stridts he was out of the door. I turned to Mossel with a -demand for an explanation. "Wait till Ilerr Graden returns, he grunted sulkily. I hare the strongest objection to those silly tricks of secrecy with, -which the professional police endeaTor to magnify their most simple discoveries. I was speaking my mind strongly, on the subject when my cousin reappeared. "Hallo! what's the matter?" he asked. I explained the position, while the fat German chuckled in aa oily, irritating manner. "Is not the official always the same?" said Graden, with a grim smile. "Come to the light, Robert, and I'll explain." It was certainly an ingenious discovery they had made. Upon the page upon which the map should have rested were several slight indentations, evidently the result of marks made upon the bst paper by a pencil with a fine point. With great ore my cousin tore out te corresponding map from his guide bcok and fitted it into the vacant place. Then, turning it slowly back, he drove a pia through the thin paper at the spots immediately above the indentations on the page below. "The devil take him! he cried. "Look. Mossel. This doesn't help us, after all." It was true enough. The pin-pricks showed, first, Lemsdorf; then a crossroad some ten miles to the east; and then Bremberg, to the north, on the Berlin-Thorn, and Gnesen, to the south, on the I'osen-Frankfurt railways. He had evidently been measuring and calcu-, lating indecisively. ! "Do not trouble yourself, lierr Gra-! den," ,aid Mossel, with a wave of the hand tuat had more than a suggestion of patronage. "There are still telegraphs. I will have him detained at whichever place he reaches. I shall return in half -an hour to a good supper, I trust, Mr. Landlord." We follow 'J.ra to the outer door, which open' .o a writhing wilderness of saowflakes,' for the fall had recommenced. The policeman turned up his collar with a grunt of disgust and melted into the darkness. We turned to meet the face of the landlord, white and drawn with a terrible anxiety. "My soar he gasped. "What of my son?" "Ileaven pardon m! cried Graden, "I had forgotten him!" "This man he drove, that Is about to be arrested is he a criminal? Do not spare me, mein Herr." "Your servant our driver to-day will be teiling the tale in your kitchen, of the death of the Prof. Mechersky, of Castle Oster. This man. whose name is Marnac, killed him. That is wny w pursue. Yet, my friend, I see no danger for your son, unless "Unless what, mein Ilerr?" "Unless he refused to assist In the escape of a murderer." "lie is an honest boy, a good boy, but very stubborn. His horses were borrowed; he had promised to return them tonight, lie would never consent to drive this man to Bromberg or Gnesen. which is at least an eighteen hours journey. ni.ir ITurii mnin TTaM' la hntu J uiciu lucii ill i i nuai i-3 uar pening out there in the snow?" "We are in the hands of Frovidence, my friend, said my cousin gravely, laying his hand on th landlord's arm. "You can do nothing but pray that it may be well with the boy." I was very sorry for BeskL As I made my toilet in my room upstairs, the danger of his son grew upon me. Fate, accident. Providence whatever you choose to call it is a strange thing, for indeed it chooses its victim with a fine impartiality. When X entered our supper room, I found my cousin equally disturbed. ; "This is a bad business about the landlord's son," he said. "I've a good mind to follow the sleigh thoug'i it's little good that would' do." "It's an awful night," I grumbled, for indeed the wind was shrieking in the roof like a lost soul. "You're a queer chap. Robert, with your confounded mannerisms," said. "Yet I'll wager you'd be the first to be off into the storm in a matter of life and death." It was not exactly complimentary, but I let it pass. , Mossel was dekyed. It was close cpon twenty minutes tiore before he arrived, a snow-swathed, stamping bear of a man, whose curses preceded him -as he rolled down the passage to our room. "What's up. Mossel?" Graden demanded sharply. "The wires, mein Herr Graden, the wires! Potstausend! "but this storm has brought them down like clothes lines." A special train, then." "They have not an engine In the shed. I have been to see; it was that which delayed me." Graden drew a sheet of paper from his pocket and glanced at it swiftly. "There is not a train till ten in the morning," he said- "He will be at Bromberg, which is the nearer tcrva, by eleven at latest This is a branch line, and we could not get there under three hours. It is now seven. An old man as he U could hardly travel tnrougn such a night without stops for food. Again, this lad who drove him may have refused to pro- - ceed. We must chance it, my friends, and follow." "I thought you had already so decided when I saw the sleighs at the door," said Mossel. "Sleighs, Mossel? I ordered no sleighs'" "Well, they're tnere. Two troikas with three good horses apiece. Come and see for yourself." The policeman had spoken the truth. On the leeward side of the porch two sleighs were waiting. The light from the open door behind us shimmered on the drifting snow and flashed on the bells about the horses' necks. It was bitterly cold, and I was turning to retreat into the hall when a man wrapped in furs moved out of the darkness. It was the keeper of the inn, his face grey-white, like the underside of a sole. "Whose sleighs are these?" asked Graden sharply. "Mine, Mr. Englishman, mine. I follow to save my boy." "And the horses?" "The best in Lemsdorf. They are private teams, lent by thoso who had pity tipon my sorrow." "May we come with you?" "I would ask for nothing better, mein Herr." Inside of ten minutes I was ready to etart. with a borrowed cloak nun? over my thickest clothes, and a huge hunch of bread-and-meat in my hand. Quick as I had been. Mossel and my cousin were already dressed and in consultation. We were to drive to the cros3-roads, they told me, and then separate, the one sleigh, with Graden, Mossel and an experienced driver, taking the road to Bromberg. which, being the shorter, was more likely to be the one Marnac had chosen; the other, containing the innkeeper and myself, was to follow the Gnesen road. I was not particularly pleased at the prospect of parting with my friends,, but I made no objection to tiia plan. We entered our sleighs, rollizz ourselves in the rugs. "JLn jo.q ajmed.7 Graqen,. .jailed"

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and J. MALCOLM FRÄSER Joseph B. Routes) across to the innkeeper in his little seat before me. "Yes, mein Herr. Do you go first, for you have the better team." The chase was up indeed! As we passed on to the plain outside the town, the gale that came charging out of frozen Russia leapt upon us with a howl of furious joy. The flakes that j rose from beneath the curved runners and the beating hoofs fled spinning into the night. The sky hung low and black and starless above the white sheet of rolling snow. The little sleigh bells grew silent in the heavier drifts, breaking out again where the track was harder. A hundred yards ahead the sparks of Graden's pipe flashed as they kindled in the wind. The fall had almost ceased. My driver sat squarely before me, with a rein in each of Lis fur-gloved hands. I could not see his face, but from his projecting head and hunched shoulders I could imagine how he looked, peering over his horses into the night, with fear gripping at his soul. I must admit that for myself I was in a condition of petulant discomfort. The slightest movement seemed to give entrance to some new draught that chilled my arm or ran trickling down my spine. Now and again a flake of snow lodged in my neck or ear and melted icily. Tired, old and hungry, I lay amid my rugs, cursing the folly that had led me to take a hand in a business that should have been left to the police. I had the keenest desire for a quarrel, but being to all conversational purposes alone, that reliel was impossible. CHAPTER XI. Within two miles of Lemsdorf we hud left the plain fur the forest. The moon was obscured, yet a faint light filtered down from above, finding a reflection in tho snow, and emphasizing the black pill&rs of the pines that went sliding by. There was now no trace or our companions save the marks of their runners on the track; over the woods brooded an utter silence, broken only by the s vish of our sleigh and the murmur of thi bells rising and falling in a low, monotonous melody. It was as if we were passing through the waste places of a dying world. One of my feet began to grow numb, and when I turned about that X might shelter it, the snow that had gathered on my collar plunged down my neck, so that I shivered with cold. But on the whole I was reasonably warm amongst my wraps, and a feeling of drowsiness grew upon me. It ,was Ueski's voice that woke me. We aad halted in a dim clearing in the wooes. A score of yards away the second sle'gh was waiting. Evidently we had reached the cross-roads, where we were t; part. "Any tracks?" shouted my driver. "Nc," came Graden's answer. "The wind .nd the fresh fall have cleared them away. Are you all right, Robert?" "I am exceeding uncomfortable, if that is wiat you want to know," I shouted back. Indeed, it was a silly question to ask :ne. My temper was not improved by . a distant chuckle which I attributed to Mossel. "Cheer np, Robert!" continued my cousin. "If you run across him, you must do your hes:. Reski will see you through, never fear; but t don't think there is much chance of your coming up with him, for he will have taken the shorter route which we follow. Anyhow, remember that the rendezvous is at the 'Drtl Kronen.' at Thorn. If you catch him. telegraph there; if the wires are down, send a messenger. Do you understand?" "You are perfectly lucid." "Well, good-by." The scow spurted from under their horse's hoofs as they swung on to the north road. Then my driver shouted to his team, and wt, too, rushed forward, but on the other track curving south and east. For a minute I could hear th eir bells tinkling an echo in the distance. Then they died away into silence. My Interest in the chase suddenly expanded. Now that my cousin had deserted me, , it seemed an ugly, dangerous business. Marnac would stop at nothing, that was certain. Supposing we should chance upon this desperate maniac, what then? My driver was armed, and had the appearance of a bold, courageous man. Was he so .in reality? I stared up at his back and wondered. We had traveled the half of a mile, when from the black of the, forest before us rose a cry, a fierce, chuckling bay that sent the horses plunging across the road. In the solitude of those icebound woods it sounded the more threatening, the more utterly malignant. I sprang to my feet, gripping Reski by the shoulder. "What is that?" I cried. "Wolves, mein Herr." 'Will they attack us?" "Call' yourself, mein Herr," he an swered gruffly, his eyes still set on the track before him. "The winter is young, and their mouths are not empty. The pace of the horses had dropped to a slow trot They advanced stiffly, with staring eyes and ears pricked forward. I remained standing, peering" across the driver's seat at the white track that ran dimly away between the banks of pines. .Suddenly from a snow-powdered thicket before us there burst a chorus of low snarls that grew into the short, angry barks of dogs disturbed. With a jerk the horses stopped, trembling and squeezing themselves together with the fear that was on them. "They have something there," cried Reski, and there was a shudder in his voice. "Otherwise they would not be so bold. Take the reins, mein Herr." He thrust them into my hands and jumped from the seat. His pistol flashed, and I caught a glimpse of forms scurrying over the snow. Then the darkness fell again like a veil. "What have you found?" I shouted. "Under the trees it Is hard to see," came back his answer. "Perhaps I was Liistaken. But wait." lie struck a match, and his tall, thin figure sprang ouc in silhouette as he moved slowly forward, shielding the light with his hands. "Here are the footprints of the wolves it was here that they gathered. There is something by the tree. It is not a log ah, no! but it is not a log, though it lies so still. I fear to approach how I fear! Have mercy! It is a man! It is 'Ivan, my We were on Marnac's trail the trail of the dv'ad. . At list it was all over. Akne, for I dared not leave my hold upon the frightened horsps. Reski carried his son to the sleigh and laid him then, beside me, with a nirr ficrosü the face. He had been killed from behind, poor lad, with a revolver shot in the back of his head. He had refused to proceed, and Marnac had not hesitated. That was plain enough.. I thanked God that we had been in time to save him from the wolves. Yet there had been but a short delay. Fcr when Reski had seen his dead bestowed upon the sleigh, he had taken the reins and sent his horses forward. He did not speak, nor did I offer him consolation. But as I watched him sitting above me, peering ahead like some old teak agcre on a vessel's bows, there was a grin) intensity about the man, a fixed

resolve that was strange to witness. So we fled through the ni?ht, down the interminable avenues of pines, bearing our dead with us. It was one o'clock wheu va lit upon a wayside inn. Our clamor aroused the landlord, who directed us to where a kettle simmering on the stove gave a warm mab for the horses and hot coffee for ourselves. He was sleepily incurious, nor did he inquire what wai the th n beneath the rugs which we irarried wta us. But he gave us news. Marnac had left there less than two hours before. lie had been greatly delayed by a collision with a tree, and some rough repairs had been necessary. One of his borses. too

had been slightly lamed. let UeskI showed no unusual interest in the ta we heard. He spent his time with h hi-rM- irroominsr and soothinff them. le is It was not till they had rested three-quar ters of an hour that he called me out from my seat by the stove, and again we swept away upon the chase. It was at dawn that we sighted nim. He was climbing a long s'ope, a black speck in the white ribanl of a road. Above him. long flakes of orange cloud were slowir brightening and deepening in color. As he topped the hill, the sun came peering up over a moorland heaped with tumbled drifts. The sky flushed and fsded to a deep cobalt blue. So day came. It almost seemed as if our horses understood. They increased their pace without a touch of the whip, tugging at the frozen, twisted reins. As they, too, Fa th hill. Reski shouted to them, and they stepped briskly forward. The fresh snow had frozen, and we traveled weu, the surface crackling as we crushed over it. We were less than a quarter of a mile from him when he turned and noticed us. We saw him spring to his feet and lash his team, but the off-side horse was running stiffly and his pace scarcely increased. II a leaned down, fumbling and searching at his feet, while he held th rein in one hand. After that he did not hurry, but drove steadily forward. glancing at us now and again over nis shoulder. (To be continued.) PHENOMENA OF FREEZING. There Is n Iteason AVhy Lakes ConReal to a Certain Depth. Interested to learn why ice on a lake or river freezes-to only a certain depth, F. E. BIsbee, superintendent of the Au: burn water worksT wrote a letter to the scientific editor of the Washington Post, asking hlin to explain this phenomena, says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. ' "I have observed," said Superintendent BIsbee, " that the Ice on Lake Auburn never freezes to a depth of over thirty-two laches. No matter how deep or how shallow the water, Ice never forms to a greater thickness. If the water should be only thirty-four Inches deep there would be two inches of water on the bottom of the coldest winter we have had In recent years. The earth freezes to a greater depth." The reply of Superintendent BIsbee's letter was as follows: Referring to your answer. to H. H. C. on the temperature of Ice, one of the curious phenomena connected with water, before and after freezing, may be demonstrated as follows: Take a tall Jar and fill it with water at say CO degrees F.; at the top of the jar fix a small mercurial thermometer, and at the bottom another; then place the Jar at rest exposed to the cold. The lower thermometer will be observed to fall more rapidiy than the top one, until it reaches 39.2 degrees F., when it will remain stationary. Tho top thermometer will now fall, and continue to do so until the water freezes, the bottom thermometer still remaining at 30.2 degrees F. This Is easllj explained. The particles of water at; the top, being exposed to the cold, decrease in temperature, thus becox ling denser, and fall to the bottom, their places being taken 1 y the warmer particles, which rise, and In their turn undergo the same change until the whole volume of water has completely' circular! and attained a temperature of 39.2 F. The particles now, instead of becoming denser, actually expand, and so remain at the top until a thin layer of lee Is formed. This is exactly what takes place In our lakes and ponds during every frost; the circulation continues until the whole mass attains a temierature of 39.2 F., when it Is gradually and finally arrested and a layer of ice forms at the top, acting as a cloak to the interior, which, remaining always at 39.2 F., preserves the fish and animals from the action of intense cold. Were It not for this provision of nature our lakes and rivers would all be frozen at the bottom and as water Is a bad conductor of heat they would In time be converted Into solid Ice, which would defy the hottest rays of a tropical sun to melt When a .mbstance solidifies or freezes there is always a change of volume, which usually is contraction, but In the case of water an expansion takes place. In Oklahoma. Amber Tete So thar was a reel dude out here from Newport? Bad JMll Yes, an' he was the limit Why, when he went to shake hands with me he held one hand 'way up in the air. Amber Pete What did you do? Bad BUI Why, I thought the galoot was making fun of me, so I pulled out my gun an' made him hold up both of them. Tough Lack. Merchant (to applicant) Yes, I ad vertised for a boy. Where did you work last? Boy At Blank's store. Merchant Why did you leave there? Boy I got fired for beln' too prompt Merchant That's queer. Prompt ness is an admirable trait Boy Yes, but the boss said I was too prompt about goln home even ings. Tried to Obey. "Didn't I tell you to never come here again?" queried the Judge of the la ebriate. "You did, Judge, an' If you don't t'ink I tried to obey you just look at de nose an clothes o' de cop that bruuj. me." Houston Post Too Mnch for Her. Fair Buyer Our club Is going to give a lecture on socialism. Have you any literature oa the subject? ! Clerk Did you ever read "Looking i backward?" Fair Buyer Read looking back ward? How absurd! How could I? Xo More Dictation, i "Old Gotrox has had a terrible time with his stenographer." "Why, I thought he had married her?" "He had." Houston Post The Time to Formet. 4Tt forgotten more than you ever knew." "Forgotten, eh? When were you ever before an '.nvestlgatlng commjt-

A Wrongtal Grief. There are tragedies, too, on the ve randa, soniG that a bit of exercise might prevent or lessen. I have one in mind now. All day long on a boarding-house veranda not many miles from this city sits a young woman, large-eyed, sad-eyed, never smiling, seldom speaking, though at lie: side Is a maid companion hired for the express purpose of "cheering her up." Eery night the woman's husband comes from towt, smilingly greeting her, and only a nod, never a smile in return. They sit at a table in a cor ner with meals altogether different from those served at the long table In the center. Great Jugs of cream, luscious berries, bread made to order, a special brand of butter, artistic-looking salads, try to tempi the woman to heartiness and cheer. A year ago sin must have been pretty. Now she is plain, though her every feature Is perfect Her hair Is glossy and would wave except for her insistence upon the application of a wet hairbrush by the maid companion. She dresses once a day, always in plain black, with never a bewitching ruffle nor coquettish end of lace. Every morning the husband's cheery "Good-by, dear!" rings across the veranda, half hopefully, half discouraged, for now it is five months since this woman's baby died, and she has not smiled since! Pinned to her plain black collar is a brooch of the baby's photograph and containing his hair, clipped from him when In the colli n. He was three months old when he died, and after five mouths the mother does not smile. Somehow one wants to shake the woman In black, pinch her, tell her that her mirthless life Is a life of sin more terrible than almost any other sin of which one may conceive. For there is the dead child's father to think of and the future children which she should take to her heart and mother. One would tear from her the horrid black robe and robe her In the pink which would brighten her skin and lighten her eyes. One would unroll her hair and scatter its tresses to the sun till the god of light brought back the waves and careless curls. One would make her laugh till the verar.da rang with echoes. One would take even the brooch from her throat and plac it tenderly, lovingly away. And then one would have her fall upon her knees confessing her sin both to her husband and lur God. For greater sin hath no woman than this the spoiling of the life of the man who loves her, the refusal to look up and be glad and hide her heartache. Everything feminine wears beads, and the shops are yet full of dangling strings beseeching buyers. Lovely colorings are shown this year pale, translucent rose, yellow aniber, currant red, mauve and lavender and the strik-lnglj-chle green jade, as well as the exquisite pinkish white coral. Of the colors slated for popularity in the new season's costumes blue In its many shades and tones is much In evidence. IU quite universal acceptance may be due to the fact that It is a color becoming to almost every woman, but It's more likely that the real reason lies behind the fact that Paris has gone daft apparently over this color and Is sending it to us In gowns, coats and hats together with accessories In every conceivable shade. Browns are also to ie much worn with beguiling shades of green, apricot, mode and champagne in cloths, silks and crepes, but even with this wide color selection blue loses none of Its favor. A very dainty evening blouse In turquoise blue messallne silk, Intended for wearing with a skirt In ninon de sole of the same shade exactly, Is made with full handkerchief folds, gathered oiJ either shoulder, and then crossed In front and drawn down uuder a deep walstbelt of the same silk, finished with tiny silk rosettes, each rosette centered with a miniature buckle In diamonds. Both back and front the space between the folds of pale blue silk Is filled in Just to the right height for the decolletage, with a chemisette of white tulle, bordered with silver lace. In and out through the silver lace a very narrow black velvet ribbon Is threaded. Very charming bridesmaid dresses are made of printed chiffon, large, softtinted roues scattered over the surface or merely forming a wide border. There are also some beautiful, grays and blacks among these printed chiffons which make up iuto attractive gowns for matrons. Then there Is a black net, scattered all over with tiny satin figures, that Is very pretty, and grenadines, the real old-fashioned sort with colored flowers and figures and satin stripes, are In vogue again. With these frocks moderate-width girdles of a colored silk are frequently seen, but black and white seems to have lost its prestige for the moment It never stays 'out" for long, so we shall expect to to bob up serenely among the early winter creations. How to Dry the Hair. Some children catch cold very easily after having their hair washed. In order to dry It quickly and prevent this, use for the final rinsing quite hot water in which a few drops of alcohol have been added. Then rub the hair well with alcohol and wring It out as dry as possible, x Next take two or three towels, divide the hair and wipe each strand separately, says Home Chat. Let the child sit in a warm room, or. If possible, in the sun; fan tho hair arid wipe each strand separately, and It will soon be perfectly dry. Commercial School for Girl. There are commercial schools for girls at Cologne, Berlin, Cassel and Munich. These schools have passed the experimental stage. They have been proved a success, and henceforth they are to become a permanent thing, to be established alongside the commercial schools existing toif ho, appren

tices all over the empire. During the last ten years Germany has thrown open wide the doors of her universities, as well as opening many of the professions to women, and their advent into many phases of commercial life has now become a part of the established order of things. The only question now is how best to prepare them to fill mercantile positions of Importance and trust It was decided at the congress In Wiesbaden to recommend decisive measures for the establishment and maintenance of girl apprentice schools wherever necessary in Germany. Toilettes for Early Fall.

The cut at the left represents a gown of mauve voile moussellne. The skirt is deeply trimmed with ruffles, heauod by bands of guipure, over which Is a lattice work of narrow ribbon. The draped corsage forms three epaulet ruffles, headed by a wide fold of the voile. It is finished in front with bands of colored embroidery. The blouse and elbow sleeves are of guipure. Around th neck is a double ruffle of Valenciennes. Tho high girdle Is a taffeta, headed with folds of white and a large gold buckle. The other gown Is made of white radium taffeta. The princess skirt is trimmed with ruffles of Valen ciennes, with hands and motifs of gui pure. The top is plaited, the corset being edged with a iointed piece of black velvet ornamented with rhiuestone buttons and bands of guipure. The blouse is plaited and trimmed with the guipure and has a plastron of Valenciennes, The elbow sleeve Is finished with a band of guipure, over a wide cuff of Valenciennes. Both are edged, with a narrow ruffle of the lace. v Souvenir of Deadueats. A framed piece of needlework, consisting of buttons sewn on a silk foundation, was recently sold by auction In North London. It was made by the wife of a, country parson who used to utilize "in this way the buttons found in offertory bags in her husband's church. The peculiar collection covered p. number of years, and it was seldom, Indeed, that a special collection of any kind was taken up without a number of buttons being deposited, some by mistake, but most of them purposely. To Clean Silver. When a big box of sterling sliver came from the safe deposit vault the other day, a housewife who knows short cuts In her work" made a solution of salsoda and cold water, put her silver into it and let It stand five or six minutes. Then she took It out, laid It on a towel and wiped each piece with a polishing cloth. The work was quickly done and, Judged by the gloss, was an eminent success. Old Maid Are Unpopular. A girl in Denmark, Who is an old maid, is not as badly off as she might be, for she has taken the precaution to Insure against it In early life, and Is thus certain of at least a small support To be un old maid In Greece is to bring everlasting disgrace on the family name, so the children are betrothed in childhood, the mother of a girl looking about Immediately after the child's STYLES

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birth for a nice family with a little boy. Seldom are these engagements broken In after life. Housewife's Table. Two wineglasses equal one gill. Tea ordinary eggs equal one pound. Twenty-five drops equal one teaspoon full One quart wheat flour equals one pound. Two tablespooufuls liquid equal one ounce. One tablespoonful salt equals one ounce. Four tablespoonfuls liquid equal one wineglass. Two tablespoonfuls powdered sugar equal one ounce. Three tablespoonfuls grated chocolate equal one ounce. One heaping tablespoonful sifted flour equals one ounce. One heaping tablespoonful brown or granulated sugar equals one ounce.

About Xapklns. At the best houses, napkins are still laid at the left of the forks or upon the service plate If preferred. Sometimes they are half folded over with a small piece of bread or dinner roll inclosed, though ordinarily these are now laid upon the bread and butter plate. The napkins Is folded square, with the Intlal or monogram of the hostess on top. Napkins fold?d In fancied shapes are not tolerated outside of country hotels and restaurants. The luncheon napkin may be smaller than the dinner one. Napkins should be Ironed while quite damp, so as to give them the gloss and finish so desirable in all table linen well laundered. Hand Sevrlns: Machine. Some Improvements have been added to the hand-sewlug machine which won so many friends last reason. It is Indeed a great convenience, weighing only 30 ounces and so small that it can easily be attached to the arm of a chair. Its price also Is alluring, only $4. It has automatic tension, stitch and feed regulator, and will do any sort of sewing, coarse or fine. Mothers taking away their families on vacation find It a great convenience. r?c2 The queen of Siam is said to haye the smallest foot of any titled person In the world. Mrs. Metcalf, wife of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, makes most of the exquisite embroidery that adorns her dresses. Miss Lillian Corbin, niece of Lieut Gen. Corbin, U. S. A., retired, is to have n part in "The Virginian. Mme. Curie's appointment to the chair at the Sorbonne In Paris lately occupied by her husband, though the first instance of its kind In France, Is not wholly an initial triumph of feminine learning In European universities. Princes Wah-Ta-Waso of the Iroquois nation, who lives near Montreal, where her people are permanently settled, is a charming girl of 20, well educated, and has traveled a great deal, but has never ceased to be proud of her race. For Cllmblnir Plant. An ornamental wire trellis for the training of climbing plants can now be purchased for 12 cents a foot It Is a great improvements over the chicken wire which has hitherto done duty and comes in 12 and IS Inch widths. The price mentioned is for the narrowest width. ' "ChamoU" Skin. What Is known In the market as chamois skin Is really oll-tauned sheepskin linings. The supply of real chamois skin is very limited, and all there Is in the world would not supply the United States for a single day. FOR BOYS. 1V y rfl

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PARLOR BASEBALL.

Trrel Toy Which Should De mt In terest to the Youngsters. Miniature baseball games are not lew, but as In the majority the game ran only be uninteresting. A Maryland nventor has schemed up one which an be played regular baseball style. sides can be chosen, and pitching. ratchlng and batting Indulged In withut danger to the furnishings of the oorn occupied. The base Is a board f the shape of the ordinary ball field, ind arranged correspondingly. Recesss of different sizes are formed at all ositions. A small leather covered ball ttached to a cord is used for pitching iie end of the cord being secured to the ward. A small bat Is used to bat the all. In playing this Interesting game, me person, representing the pitcher, akes his stand at the foot of the table, vhile the batter stands at the head vlth the bat In his hand. The pitcher mist throw the ball so that it will pass :lear of the board and between the egs, In which event the batter endeavrs to strike it If it be thrown clear )f the board and between the pegs, is called a "strike," whevher the batter strikes at It or not If it trikes the board or passes outside the egs, It is a ball. If the batter strikes he ball and it drops Into any one of :he Infleld or outfield recesses, the ball r-LAY CALL. is regarded as having been caught by i fielder on the fly and the batter Is out If the batted ball strikes the board inside of the diamond and passes Into Ither of the recesses representing the Infleld players, the pitcher must then throw the ball Into the recess at first base. If he succeeds in doing this fie batter Is out ; otherwise he Is safe. If the ball be batted so that it strikes the board outside of the diamond it is a base hit and the batter is entitled to place his game piece upon first baso. rhe pitcher must then serve the ball Into the second-base recess In order to prevent the batter from making a twobase hit If the ball be knocked completely over the edge of the board or table at either end or sides, It is rejarded as a hit to the pitcher, who can latch the bail on the fly, or If he faJl to do so can serve It to first base. The rdinary rules regarding foul apply. ASSASSINS' W'APON. Unwritten Superstitious Law of the Reigning House of Europe. For obvious reasons It was natural that the Spanish police should be anxious to secure the bomb which did not explode when thrown at the royal couple. , There was a reason behind the defdre to nip in the bud chance of further damage. There is an unwritten law In the reigning houses of Europe, says the London Evening Standard, that all ellcs of attempts upon royal lives, as well as the Instruments used for treating the wounds caused In such attempts, shall be destroyed. There was a solemn assembly in Geneva of Aus-tro-IIungarian ctlicials to witness the destruction of th instruments which caused the death of the Empress Elizabeth and of. the surgical Implements used In making the post mortem examination. The custom is based to a certain extent upon suierstitIon, but more solidly upon the determination to prevent the relics from falling into the hands of exhibitors of such tragic trifles. The custom in this matter once was to grind to pieces the weapon. which had been employed. When, however, the dagger was secured with which the priest Martin Merino attempted to murder Queen Isabella of Spain, rather more than half a century ago, the blade was found to be of such finely tempered steel that it resisted every effort to file and stone. Something like a panic was caused when the news got abroad; the Spanish peasants imagined that there must be magic in the blade. So a cabinet was specially summoned to deal with the crisis, and It was determined to submit the steel to the influence of acids. This proving successful, all Implements used for the like foul purpose' have undergone the like treatment knives, swords, daggers, revolvers, and, presumably, boinl?. It was a cruel Irony that the bombs thrown at the young King and Queen of Spain should be hurled by a man secreted In the only house in Madrid owned by Queen Christina. This, at first sight is surprising. Napoleon III, In the terror which Orslnl's attempt Inspired, bid for . safety by buying up the houses facing the Tullenes, so that bombs should not be flung there by his enemies. It is from places whose position should guarantee their safety that danger comes. Only a mlracle'prevented Alexander II from being blown to atoms in his own Winter Palace. The Grand Duke Sergius was assassinated outside the law courts at St Petersburg; Gen. Bobrikoff was slain when entering the Senate; M. Plehve was struck dead with his secret police all around him; the King and Queen of Servhi perished in their own palacv. A blow aimed by the would-be murderer is aimed in spite of the most elaborate precautions of the police oi Europe. The detective forces of all the capitals of Europe were represented at Madrid. Probably all the anarchist focieties in Europe, too, were represented there. riots are always on foot, though they may not come to anything. The police get to hear of a movement; the conspirators are warned of the discovery and abandon their plans. The authorities do not unnecessarily display their knowledge. There is danger In publicity, the anarchist Is Imitative, and will strive to share the fame, as it la esteemed, of the man who, discovered

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V Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE OESIQNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER Comfortable Kimono. There is one Oriental garment upon which the Occident has set the full seal of its approval and that is the kimono. Its. use Is so general now that one wonders how we ever did without it. Girls find it the most com fortab! PATTEBf NO. 1314. of lounging robes to slip on in their rooms for the study hour, in the evening or before breakfast, or for a few moments rest before dinner. Since th garment is Oriental in design, it is a pretty idea to keep the Eastern coloring, and vivid reds, blues and yellows are very popular. There are entrancin; Japanese figured silks that are most attractive, but, alas, rather exjensive. Very pretty gowns can be made, however, from the bright cotton creies, silkalines or challies, at little expense. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern vnnted. and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 1514. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Lovely Summer Waist. Here Is a chic little blouse for afternoon or erening wear made of corn yellow crepe de Chine trimmed with delIca.e batiste embroidery and ve!vet ribbon, . A deep chemisette of transparent tucking fills in the neck at the front and bacii. The- stock and cuffs (on sleeves which are little more than a deep full puff) are als of embroidery. The back Is tucked to the waht line. This blouse has that nir of ornate simplicity which I the distinctive "stamp of the smartest French modiste. Worn with a skirt to match It is quite 1323. pretty enough for any ordinary midsummer function. All the thin summer silks and also delicate flowered muslins, lawns, batiste, and linens of the finest weaves, plain and embroidered, are among the materials suited to the design. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Tattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order oa the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. lo23. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Unfamiliar Facts. The first issue of medals to British troops was In 1043 by Oharies I. Nearly 120,000 hogsheads of tobacco are in stock at Liverpool, England. The street pasenger traffic of London gives employment to 50,000 persons. Alsace-Loraln is one of the best recruiting grounds for the German army. Herr Krupp's Income, the largest ever known li Germany, was $4,7G0,0oO a year. m There are 102 centenarians In Con' naught Ireland, and 1,100 persons over 90 years old. The number of Bismarck monuments of all kinds In Germany and other Et rojtean countries now exceeds three hundred by onTZ Next to Queen Alexandra, the young Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Vauderbllt, owns the finest set of poavls in England. A Frenchman nanied Gemot has invented an artificial bait consisting of a gelatinous paste for use in the Newfoundland fisheries. The Limerick Corporation recently adopted a resolution that during Its year of office the mayor r.nd city high sheriff should not accept British honors. More than lirJf the murders and crimes of violence, of which Italy ranks first among all rations of Europe, are attributed to alcoholic excesses. Some of the German health insurance companies have found it a payinj Investment to esta?)!isü sanatoria for

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