Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 February 1907 — Page 3

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& CHAITER XXVIII. (Continued.) Kitty Marchurst heard all this evidence In dumb horror. SLe now knew that after ruining her life this man wanted her to die a felon's death. She arose to her feet and stretched out her hands In protest against him, but before she could speak a word the place seemed to whirl round her, and she fell down in a d?ad faint. This event caused great excitement in court, and many began to assert positively that Rhe must be guilty, else why did she faint? Kitty was taken out of court, and the elimination was proceeded with, while Madame Midas sat pale and horror-struck at the revelations which were now being made. Vandeloup further deposed that the bottle Kitty took from his desk was quite full : and, moreover, when the other bottle which had teen found in her room was shown to him, he declared that it was as Dearly as possible the same size as the missing bottle. So tht inference drawn from this as that the bottle produced being three-quarters empty, some of the poUon had been used. The question now arose that, as the fuilt of Miss Marchurst seemed so certain, how was it that Selina Sprotts was poisoned instead of her mistress? But this was settled by Madance Midas, who, being recalled, deposed that Kitty did not know Selina slept with her oa that night, and the curtains being drawn, could not possibly tell two people were in the bed. This was all the evidence obtainable, and the coroner now proceeded to sum up. The jury retired, and the court was very much excited. Every one was quite certain that Kitty was guilty, but there was a strong feeling against M Vandeloup as having been in some measure tha cause, though indirectly, of the crime. But that youag gentleman, in accordance with his usual foresight, had left the court and gone straight home, as he had no wish to face a crowd of sullen faces, an! perhaps worse. Madame Midas sat fczUI in court awaiting the return of the jiry, with the calm face of a marble sphinx. But, though she suffered no appearances of suffering were seen on her aerene face. She never had believed in tu man nature, and now the girl whom she had rescued from comparative poverty and placed in opulence had wanted to kill her. With clasped hands, aching keart, but passive face, she sat waiting for the end. The jury returned in about half an aour and there was a dead silence as the foreman stood up to delivei the verdict. The jury found as follows: That the deceased, Selina Jane Sprotts, died on the 21st day of November, from the effects of poison, namely, conia, feloniously administered by one Katherins Marchurst, and the jury, on their oaths, say that the said Katherine Marchurst feloniously, willfully and maliciously did murder the said deceased. That evening Kitty was arrested and bdged in the Melbourne jail, to await her trial on a charge of willful murder. CHAPTER XXIX. Of two evils it is always best to choose Jhe least, and as M. Vandeloup had to choose between the loss of his popularity r his liberty, he chose to lose the fonae. instead of the latter. At last the torture of wondering how auch Kitty knew was too much for him, ind he determined to go to the Melbourne raol and interview her. So he obtained in order from the authorities to see her tnd piepared to start next morning. lie ent the servant out for a hanscm and by ihe time it was at the door M. Vandeloup, w!, calm and well dreased, came downitir3 pulling oa his gloves. The first thing ae saw when he got outside was Pierre waiting for him with his old hat pulled lown over his eyes, and his look of sullen resignation. Gaston nodded coolly to him and told the cabby he wanted to go to the Melbourne gaol, whereupon Pierre slouchtd forward as the young man was preparing to enter the cab and laid his hand on kis arm. "Well, said Vandeloup, in a quiet roice, in French, shaking off the dumb - ... -i ...... - Pierre pointed to the cab, whereupon LI. Vandeloup shrugged his shoulders. SureIy yon don't want to come to the jaol with me," he said, mockingly, "you'll jet there soon enough. The other nodded and made a step toward the cab, but Vandeloup pushed him ack. -Well," he muttered to himself, TU save to humor him or he'll be making a icene yoa can't come," he added aloud, but Pierre still refused to go away. This conversation, or rather monologue, was carried on fa French, so the cabman tnd the servant at the door were quite IgJaorant of its purport, but looked rather astonished at the conduct of the dirty Iramp toward such an elegant looking gentleman. Vandeloup saw this and there fore determined to end the scene. "Well, well,- he said to Pierre in French, "get in at once, and then the iuaib man entered the cab, he explained to the cabman in English: "ThLs poor fellow Is a pensioner of mine, and as ha wants to see a friend of his in gaol 111 take him with me." As they drove along Vandeloup said nothing to Pierre. They went along In silence, and when they arrived at the gaol Vandeloup told the cabman to wait for him and walked toward the gaol. You ars coming inside, I suppose," he said, sharply, to Pierre, who still slouched alongside. The dumb man nodded sullenly. Vandeloup smiled blandly and agreed to let him enter with him. There was some difficulty with the warder at the door, as the permission to see the prisoner . was only made out in the name of M. Vandeloup, but after some considerable trouble they sacceeded in getting in. u3ty faith! observed Gaston, lightly. as they went along to the cell, conducted txf a warder, "it's almost as hard to get DLta gaol as to get out of it." Why have you come here?' asked Kit ty, as he appeared in her presence. "Because I am your friend," he antwered coolly. "My friend ! she echoed scornfully, looking at him with contempt; "you ruined my life a year ago, now you have endeavored to fasten the guilt of murder on tne, and yet you call yourself my friend ; good story, truly," with a litter laugh. "I could not help giving the evidence I did." replied Gaston, coolly, shrugging his shoulders; "if you are innocent, what I say will cot matter." "If I am innocent! she said, looking it him steadily: "you villain, you know I am innocent !" She looked vacantly round the cell and "taght sight of Pierre shrinking back into frhadow. "Why did you bring your accomplice Irith you?" she said, looking at Gaston. "Really, my dear Bebe," he said, lazily, I don't know why you should call him my accomplice, as I have committed no crime." "Have yon not?" she said, rising to her f?et and bending toward him, "think ftgain" "No, I do not think I hare, he answered, glancing keenly at h.r; "I suppose you want me to be as black as your"Xoa coward V she said, Li a rage.

turning on him, "how dare you taunt me in thii manner? Is it not enough that you have imperiled my life, without jeering at me thus?" "Bah!" retorted Vandeloup, cynically, brushing some dust off his coat, "this is not the point; you insinuate that I committed a crime, perhaps you will tell me what kind of a crime?" "Murder," she replied, ih a whisper. "Oh, indeed," sneered Gaston, coolly, though his lips twitched a little, "the same style of crime as your own? and whose murder am I guilty of, pray?" "Randolph Villiers." "Who can prove it?" he asked, contemptuously, j MI c?n!" "Yon." rfl:h a sneer, "a murderess?" "Wbj n prove I am a murderess?" she eric .rildly. "I can," he answered, with an ugly look ; "and I will if you don't keep a quiet tongue." "I will ke?p quiet no longer," boldly rising and facing Vandeloup. with her hands clenched at her sides ; "I have tried to shield you faithfully through all your wickedness, but now that you accuse me of committing a crime, which accusation you know is false, I accuse you, Gaston Vandeloup, and your accomplice, yonder," wheeling round and pointing to Pierre, who shrank iway, "of murdering Randolph Villrs, at the Black Hill, Ballarat, for the sake of a nugget of gold he carried." "You are mad," said Vandeloup, in a cold voice ; "this is the raving of a lunatic ; there is no proof of what you say ; it was proven conclusively that myself and Pierre were asleep at our hotel while Mr. Villiers was with Barty at two o'clock in the morning." "I know that it was proved," she retorted, "and by some jugglery on your part : but, nevertheless, I saw you and him," pointing again to Pierre, "murder Villiers. "You saw it," eihoed Vandeloup, wilh a disbelieving smile; "tell me how." " .vh !' she cried, taking a step forward, "you do not believe me, but I tell you it is true yes, I know now who the tw men were following Madame Midas 'as she drove away; one was her husband, who wished to rob her, and the other was Pierre, who, acting upon your instructions, was to get the gold from Villiers should he succeed in getting it from Madame. You left me a few minutes afterwards, but I, with my heart full of love wretched woman that I was followed you at a short distance, unwilling to lose sight of you even for a little time. I climbed down among the. rocks and saw you seat yourself in a narrow part of the path. Pierre that wretch that cowers in the corner came down the path and you spoke to him in French. What was said I did not know, but I guessed enough to know you meditated some crime. Then Villiers came down the path with the nugget in its box under his arm. I recognized the box as the one which Madame Midas had brought to our house. When Villiers came opposite you you spoke to him ; he tried to pass on, and then Pierre sprang ott from behind the rock and the two men struggled together, while you seized the box containing the gold which Villieis had let fall, and watched the

struggle. You saw that liners, animated by despair, was gradually gaining the victory over Pierre, and then you stepped in yes; I saw you snatch Pierre's knife from the back of his waist and stab Villiers in the back. Then you put the knife into Pierre's hand, all bloody, as Villiers fell dead, and I' fled away." She stopped, breathless with her recital, and Vandeloup, pale but composed, would have answered her, when a cry from Pierre startled them. He had come close to them, and was looking straight at Kitty. "Then !" he cried ; "I am innocent?" "You!" shrieked Kitty, falling back on her bed; "who are you?" The man pulled his hat off and came a step nearer. "I am Randolph Villiers!" Kitty shrieked again and covered her face with her hands, while Vandeloup laughed in a mocking manner, though his pale face and quivering lip told that his mirth was assumed. "Yes," said Villiers, throwing his hat on the floor of t&e cell, "it was Pierre Lemaire, and not I, who died. The struggle took place as you have described, but he," pointing to Vandeloup, "wishing to get rid of Pierre for reasons of his own, stabbed him, and not roe, in the back. II thrust the knife into my hand, and I, in my blind fury, thought that I had murdered the dumb man. I was atraid of being arrested for the murder, so, as suggested by Vandeloup, I changed clothes with the dead man and wrapped my own up in a bundle. We hid the body and the nugget in one of the old mining shafts and then came down to Ballarat, I was similar to Pierre in appearance, except that my chin was shaven. I went down to the Wattle Tree Hotel as Pierre after leaving my clothes outside the window of the bedroom which Vandeloup pointed out to me. Then he went to the theater and told me to rejoin hira there as Villiers. I got my own clothes into the room, dressed again as myself; then, locking the door so that the people of the hotel might suppose that Pierre slept, I jumped out of the window of the bedroom and went to the theater. There I played my part as you know, and while we were behind the scenes Mr. Wopples asked me to put out the gas In his room. I did so, and took from his dressing table a black beard. In order to disguise myself as Pierre till my beard had grown. We went to supper, and then I parted with Barty at 2 o'clock in the morning, and went back to the hotel, where I climbed into the bedroom through the window and re assumed Pierre's dress forever. It was by Vandeloup's advice I did not go to the Pactolus, where my wife would have recognized me. Then I, as the supposed Pierre, was discharged, as you know. Vandeloup, apin friendship, drew the dead man's salary and bought clothes and a box for me. In the middle of one night I, still disguised as Pierre, slipped out of the window and went up to Black Hill where I found the nugget and brought it down to my room at the Wattle Tree Hotel. Then Vandeloup brought in the box with my clothes, and we packed the nugget in it, together with the suit I had worn at the time of the mnrder. Following his instructions, I came down to Melbourne, and there disposed of the nugget no need to ask how, as there are always people ready to do things of that fort for payment. When I was paid for the nugget, and I only got eteht hundred pounds, the man who melted it down taking the rest, I had to give six hundred to Vandeloup, as I was in his power as I thought, and dare not refuse in case he should denounce me for the murdeT of Pierre Lemaire. And now I find that I have been innocent all the time, and he has been frightening me with a shadow. He, not I, was the murderer of Pierr Len aire, and you can prove it." CHAPTER XXX. Madame Midas, now that Melbourne was so hateful to her, determined to leave it, and sent no to Mr. Calton in orded to confer with liim on the subject. Cat ton came down to St. Kilda and wu shown into the drawing room.

"It was kind of you to come quickly," she said, in her usual quiet, self-contained manner; "I wish to consult you on some matters of importance." "I am at your service, Madame," replied Calton, taking a seat and looking keenly at the marble face before him. "I am going to England," she said. "After the trial, I presume?" observed Calton, slowly. "Yes," she answered, hesitatingly; "do you think they will they will hang the girl?" "I can't tell you," answered Caton ; "if she is found guity well I think she will be imprisoned for life." "Poor Kitty," said Madame, sadly, "it was an evil hour when she met Vandeloup." A sudJen exclamation made him turn his head, and he saw Madame Midas, white as death, staring at the open French window, on the threshold of which was standing a man medium height, black beard, and a haggard, hunted look in his eyes. "Who is this?" cried Calton, rising to his feet. Madame Midas tottered, and caught at the mantepieee for support. (To be continued.)

A STRANGE ROMANCE. Ceorire lion und Iii Priv rate It A larUn Colony Our favorite story 13 the one Mr. Clifford calls "The Romance of a. Scot's Family." George Ross, the eon of a poor tenant fanner in the Orkneys, went out in a whaler to the China seas, entered the East India company's navy, and ultimately took to shipbuilding. When fortune came to him be went back to Scotland and carried off his whole family to the Cows Islands, which he annexed as his own. The tale of the colony which he founded there is scarcely Inferior In Interest to the history of Sarawak. Ills son was a dreamer, but his grand son was a . mighty man of his hands, who turned the settlement of the Cocos Malays into a model common wealth. "They have developed much of the Scotsman's love of order, regularity, neatness and cleanliness all virtues foreign to the race from which they spring. Their wctnanfolk. who tyrannize shamefully over the men since George liosa has set his face like a flint against the time-honored practice of wife-beating, indulge every Satur day In a wholesale 'redding up' of their houses, the like of which Is not to be seen in all Asia. Their sole lapse from virtue'3 way appears to be that they are apt to construct and conceal from the sight of their own rulers certain Illicit stills things not unknown in the records of Scotland, but startlingly Inappropriate to a Mohanimetan people wherein to brew cocoanut toddy of an exceeding vileness." It Is said to think that the old latlon Is likely to disappear, since cable station is to be erected ok atoll, and strange men and Ideas soon break In upon the IslanC rdm. Every one must regret with k& tStTiford the "loss of the simplicity and the seclusion, which have been ttie tools in the hands of an obscure Scot's family wherewith to fashion swnethlng go near In likeness to the perfect state." London Sjectator. Loi( If er Perquisite. There uic people who make a boast of their timidity, and Mrs. Stapleton V among the number. "I was horn so," she announced wrfb plaintive pride to a comparafve tranfer one day. 'I inherit it from my mother; she was afraid of almost all animals. She never traveled, and she was In absolute terror of thunder showers an.l of high winds and of hailstorms." "Dear me," said the listener, trying to be properly sympathetic. "How little enjoyment she must have had." "She was Just like me In temperament," said the timid one, penslvl. 'She didn't mind her sufferings ( much if they were only understood, an) she needn't conceal them. "Now I am in abject fear of spiders, and do you know at a place I visited this summer a great spider was crawl ing up my skirt, and one of my friends took It off and flung It away .without saying one word to me. If I hadn't happened to turn quickly I should never have knoVm there had been a spider near me! As I told her when I recovered from, my hysterics, I should hava thought she would have known better, as she was well aware that spiders always make me faint. But I think she'll never do such a thing again." Nine Millions for Fake Serres. French authorities have figured örrt that every year more than $9,000,00C worth of fake Sevres porcelains aro manufactured, principally In German's at Leipzig, Berlin and Ruhm, and ttaf there Is no way of stopping this falsification of a special kind of manufacture of which the French governmail has long bad the monrjioly. The trade mark of the Sevres porce lains has changed with the successive reigns and empires, that of the present bearing the republican Insignia. For this reason the German manufacturers produce the fake Sevres porcelains an3 place on each piece a mark of the olden time, which Is no longer a trade mark and thus canned: be prosecuted by the French government It Is said that most of the German product Is sold In America, and that while you can buy a plate of Germanmade Sevres In Paris for CO cents, you have to pay as much as $34 in Loadou and New York for the same stuff. Ab Exception. Kulcher Summer reading, so-called Is pernicious. The average woman' reading is not productive of any profIt Marryat Don't you believe that! When she reads the bargain ads It's productive of profit to the advertisers. Philadelphia Tress. Found the Solen. Hungry Hiker Dese here corporations has no souls. Useless. Useless Urban Yer off, here. Hung; I felt a pair of dere boots last night, when I was trown off dat freight car, an' de soles was dere, all right, all right. Toledo Blade. Au Experiment. Suburbanite (to visitor) Oh, how are you? Come right In! Don't mind the dog. Visitor But won't he bite". Suburbanite That's Just what I wan to see. I only bought that watchdo-. this morning. Paris Rlre. Ou the Fly. He Did you have a nice vac gne splendid! Jack taught fish. Fie Catch anything? She Yes, I caught Jack. V ton Star. When a man beholds nis boy him patlx qf life looks a

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wim Finding I'anlt itIUi Your Children. It lit at times necessary to censure and punish; but very much more may be done by encouraging children when they do well, lie, therefore, more careful to express your approbation of good conduct than your disapprobation of bad. Nothing can more discourage n child than a spirit of incessant fault finding on the part of Its parents, and hardly anything can exert more injuri ous influence ujKn the disposition both of the parent and the child. There are two great motives influencing human actions hope and Zvnr. Doth of theso are at times necessary. But who would not prefer to have her child Influenced to good conduct by a desire of pleasing ratter than by the fear of offending? If ti .uother never expresses her gratification when her children do well, and Is always- censuring them when she sees anything amiss, they are Ciscouragetl and unhappy; their dispositions become hardened and soured by this ceaseless frettinj:; and at last, finding that whether they do well or 111, tltoy are equally found fault with, they relinquish all efforts to please, and become beedies" of reproache. irsr vi ,i , L r.. 'Thre Is every indication that the reign of the elbow sleeve Is drawing to a close, the sleeves on the n6v gowns are short, but come well below the elbow, and the close-fitting cuff of tucked chiffon and lace lengthens them still more. The fashion has leen so exaggerated and caricatured that it has entirely lost any smart effect, excepting In some elaborate gown with which elbow sleeves are appropriate. For midsummer and In the thin fabrics the fashion will revive ti a certain extent, but fortunately its popularity has proved its own undoing, and ere long it will be numbered as a past fashion." Each year and each season of the vo ir discloses greater freedom of choice i.i gowning ns compared with former years and thLs makes for more artistic draping of the human form and more charming framework In the way of coiffures and chapeaus for the feminine face. Time was. and not so very long since, when every one had to wear Immense sleeves or else be hopelessly oldfashioncd in their frocks, and how hideous these outstanding puffs were! They suited only the tall and thin, but the short, stout woman added .ten or more inches to her breadth and deducted an equal number from her height with great cheerfulness rather than appear old-fajhlcned. . "What Women Do. There Is a woman who s a successful Jockey. Another who i3 an Intrepid deep sea diver. Another who Is a successful gold prospector. 0 Another who is a railway constructor and president of the road. Another who, though but 19 years old. Is a marine observer on an Island off Cape Cod. Another who Is harbor mistress of Tacoraa. Another who is keeper of Point PInas lighthouse at Monterey, Cal. Another who farms a Texas ranch 2,000 square miles In area. ; Another who farms frogs In Jersey and clears $1,500 a year by the enterprise. Another who Is a capable grave digger. Another who Is a professional nut cracker. Boston Traveler. Jut an It Should De. At a meeting of the forestry and park association In Lincoln, Neb., recently the women outnumbered the men two to one. This baa been the experience of club women wherever they have endeavored to Interest a community In the subject. This Is all very well, too, as the men can attend to their other business, while the ladles gather facts and then communicate them to the husbands and brothers, or, possibly sons. To Clean Gilt Frame. Water should never touch gilt frames, but thf.y should be cleansed with dry cloth or chamois. In fact. If any lacquered roods have once been washed, the washing and polishing will have to be kept up continually. Never use so much water In washing mirrors that there Is enough to soak In at the edges, and never wash a mirror standing In the sun. Credit la Juntlr Iren. Now that the general federation of women's clubs has succeeded In having child labor laws passed In most of the States, and Is so constantly agitating the subject, the National Civic Federation has asked the clubwomen to appoint a committee to confer with one of Its committees to further put down the evil and protect children of tender years. Will .Not Wear Tliem. An English woman visiting In this countiy deplores the fact that American women do not wear trains to their dresses and gives reasons to show that If they could bring themselves to such dress they would Ik? much handsomer. The American woman seldom does anything that will make her more tautlful at the expense of good sense. For Walls. Few of the people who have artistic taste In furniture know how to decorate their walla artistically; or, if they know good pictures, they have too little Idea of proper framing. By good pictures are not necessarily meant paintings they are for the favored few who can frfford to own them; but black-and-

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white reproductions of the best pictures may be had at a nominal cost and if suitably framed and properly hung are beautiful ornaments for any home. A good black-and-white print of a masterpiece is vastly better than a poor painting. The Japanese fully appreciate the beauty of empty spaces; they go to the extreme of keeping the'.r ornaments In warehouses, displaying but one or two at a time In their homes. With the Japanese an ornament is purely for decorative purpose.?; otherwise It has no place In the home. To Keep Her Youth. She eats three regular meals a day. She doesn't waste her vitality In talking nonsense. She Is careful to keep as much in the open air as possible. She walks every time possible, that is, if the distance is short. She sleeps eight hours at the least, and as often ns iossIble two of them before midnight. She never lets the past worry her. It is gone and she endeavors to mak the future as pleasant as iossible. She manages to take a rest every day, in the afternoon If possible, which rests her nerves and keeps her cheerful. She is neither self-centered nor family -centered, and has a few fresh outside interests which keep her alive to the goings-on of the world. SI ii Ktn nnd "Work. Singing while doing your housework will help you through many an unpleasant task. It is the best of tonics for the spirit and the body, too. The lungs are filled and the blood revived and freshed by the vocal exercises. Working around the house In very soiled, untidy garments will tire one twice as quickly as taking your tasks in a methodical manner. Housework can be utter drudgery or it can be a pleasuraole occupation, the difference is found in the worker's viewpoint. When washing do not stoop over the sink; this tires

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the shoulders. When sweeping, have every window open. You don't take cold ; your exercise will keep you warm and safe from chills. If you can spare the time, have a little nap every afternoon. Some women do their housework as If they were carrying the weight of a nation upen their shoulders. Such will grow old while they are still young. The empire modes of to-day are much prettier In their modified form than were the original. For a young girl's dance frock nothing Is prettier than a round length skirt with baby bodice and a sash. Some of the feathers oa extreme hats not only fall over the brim, but extend to the shoulder or half way down the back, they are so long. Velvet coats come in the most exquisite pastel shades. One blue empire coat was lined with white satin and had cuffs of renaissance lace, finished with ruffles of Irish lace. The short bolero with Japanese floral revers Is the latest fancy. The little garment Is worn over a chemisette of n-oussellne de sole of the same hue and can be taken off at will. It Is marvelous how linen collars have taken hold of feminine affections. There Is no abatement la the demand for them, although the designs are steadily becoming more ornate. Brown broadcloth coats, lined with squirrel and finished with a collar and cuffs of caracul, are good looking and serviceable. The darker grays are tans, either fur or satin-lined, are very good among the moderate priced coats. Wearing black velvet ribbon around the neck with ball gowns Is Immensely fafch'onable at the present moment. The velvet Is as wide as can be worn comfortably and is fastened at the back with a Jeweled bar. In front Is a diamond pin or buckle, diamond slides at the aide or fine specimens of the Cartier Jewelry may be worn over the velvet. Lace Is more fashionable than ever, and the soft lace ties, bows and Jabots are Immensely becoming and extremely popular. A band of Valenciennes insertion, with a narrow edge to match, makes a charming tie, the end.? finished with a wide rufile of the same lace. Valenciennes and the fine laces are the most used for thU fashion. Rare old pieces of lace are making their appearance. Alwnrn the nme Trouhle. Old books slwjw that at the close of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century children were overworked and mistresses had trouble with the domestic service eiren as now. Mistresses were advised to give the girls more "free day," and It was suggested that the better type of the working girl class would then seek domestic service Instead of wanting to work in a shop.

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MINK JACKET. A mink pony jacket, with muff tc correspond. This shape coat is very fashionable in cloth as well as in fur. The Embroidered Glove. It I; ?-itd that as gloves play so large a part In the scheme of our dressing, a3 sleeves still keep most determinedly curtailed, the ancient fashion of embroidered gloves is to be resumed. But not in the style of the lovy worked gloves of Elizabeth's time, ?na even pearls and precious stones were used, but with all the decoration at the end TOILETTES. of the glove, either worked on the suede or kid or with separately worked gauntlets, often of a harmonizing material, the hand of the glove being left severeiv alone. Froek for Children. Piques, linens, dimities and muslins all find favor for the little frocks. The long-waisted frocks are still considered the most fashionable, although the effect of the Empire styles is noticeable In the more elaborate little dresses for afternoon wear made of the finest lawn or cambric, says Harper's Bazar. A band of embroidery across the top of the waist, with a ruffle of embroidery, Is all the trimming required. If It Is desired there can be also a ruffle of the embroidery around the hem. Teach Your Girl. That happiness Is a matter of spirit, not "things." That it Is possible only when every member of the household Is considered. That to be in her own place, wherever that may be, a beautiful homemaker Is the loveliest ambition any woman can have. That It Is better to be a beautiful homemaker than a fine housekeeper. That the one Indispensable quality in a home Is happiness. Every home, no matter how beautiful, which misses that is a failure, but no home. Paftlnar of Pompadour. Slowly but surely Is the pompadour roll In the front of the hair losing its hold on fashionable favor. The front and side locks most certainly stand out around the face, but the hard, stiff and uncompromising line of the pompadour Is no longer thought smart, and the hair must be In soft waves over the forehead. Prefer to Be a Splnater. One of the richest unmarried women in the world Is Princess Marie Bonaparte, who owes her wealth to her mother, one of the daughters of M. Blanc of Monaco. She lives with her father, Prince Roland Bonaparte, In a mansion not far from the Arc de Trlomphe. She prefers the "single life" even as Miss Could seems to. Oelllnic Her Doe. An Ohio church has made the pastor's wife asistant pastor, and gives her a salary an excellent substitute for nn Increase of the minister's salary. Every man's wife Is his assistant, entitled to a fuir part of the family earnings, and she ought to receive her week ly or monthly envelope even If her name does not appear on the payrolls. Men Are Tea Tippler. The men nnd not the women In the Interior of Australia are slaves to tea. They put the tea in the pot every day In the week without removing the brew of the day before, and at the end of the week start again with a new brew. It Is, however, regarded as perfect when It Is strongest and they drink it all day long. Men Want Wive. IiOnely men In Canada are writing to the agent of the Canadian government In Canada to find them wives. At first he took the matter as a Joke, but finding It was only too serious has been able to supply the wank to some extent by Introducing young women irtr ranted to make good wives.

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INDIANA LAVMAKERS. Intimidation of Voter.,, Just what shall be regarded as intimidation of voters is sot out in a bill by Representative John S. Weaver of Marion county, .passed by the House Thursday. "Whoever, on or before the day of election, attempts to influence a voter to vote for or against any candidate for public oflice, or to vote for or against any proposition submitted by law to the voters of the State or of any municipal corporation in the State, or not to vote at such election, by violence or by threats of violence, or by threatening to enforce the payment of a debt ; or by threatening to eject from any house which such voter may be then occupying ; or by threatening to commence a criminal prosecution against such voter or to injure his business or trade; and whoever, being the employer of labor or the agent of the employer of labor, threatens to withhold the wages of any employe or to dismiss such employe from service for the purpose of influencing him uot to vote, or to vote for or against any candidate for public office, or to vote for or ngainst any proposition submitted to popular vote ; and whoever, bein; an employer of labor or agent of such employer refuses to allow to any such employe time to attend at the place of election and vote, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, nor less than twenty dollars, and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for any determinate period not less than five years, to which may be added imprisonment in the State prison for not more than five years nor less than one year' Draatlc Antl-Trnut Dill. The most, stringent anti-trust bill that ever 'was proposed in the Indiana Legislature was passed by the Senate Wednesday by a vote of 41 to 2. The law is aimed principally at the Standard Oil Company, which operates its own transportation pipe line company, though its provisions are general. The bill provides that it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or firm engaged in transportation to discriminate in prices asked, received, offered or paid for any product or commodities, and that any person, firm or corporation, foreign or domestic, dotbg business in Indiana, and eml ged in production, manufacture or distribution of any commodity in general L's that shall for the purpose of destroying competition discriminate between different section, communities or cities of the State, by selling such commodity at a lower rate in one than in another, shall be deemed guilty of a m!sdemeanor and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000 and imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year. Senate ranne Ilijrh License Dill. After a debate that lasted more than two hours and in the presence of the largest crowd of spectators that has been in attendance since the session of the General Assembly opened, the Senate Monday afternoon passed the Mattingly $1,000 saloon license bill by a vote of 20 to IS. Galleries and the space on the floor reserved for spectators were filled long before' the debate began and as it waxed warm, the number of visitors increased. There were saloonkeepers, brewers and temperance workers in the crowd who opposed the high license bill ?md there were also brewers, saloonkeepers and temperance people present who were said to favor it. The interest in every speech was intense, but the great crowd made absolutely no manifestation until the vote had been taken and the result announced. Then there was an outburst ol handclapping from every side of the floor and galleries. Child Lahor mil Killed. . , The American Federation of Lalbor's child labor bill, the most important provision of which was that seeking to prevent the employment of children at night, was killed in the House. After friends of the measure had failed to table an amendment excepting factdries from the nisht work provision, the author, Mr. Kleckner of Cass county, moved to strike out the enacting clause of his own bill. This motion carried by a small majority, but the real sentiment of members was shown on the first vote that on the motion to table Mr. Fitch's amendment excepting factories. The defeat of this motion was by a vote of CI to 31. Helen M. Gonsrer Addreunes Sexslon. Mrs. Helen M. Gougar of. Lafayette pleaded before a joint session of the House and Senate in the hall of the House of Representatives the other afternoon, for the enfranchisement of women. She spoke for half an hour. Lieut. Gov. Miller presided during that time. Mrs. Gougar asked the Legislature to grant to the women of the State the right to vote and hold offices in the municipalities. Her remarks were frequently interrupted with laughter or applause. Fail Train Crew Bill Panned. A full train crew bill was passed ly the Senate Tuesday. The measure procides for a crew of six men on all freight trains carrying over fifty cars and a crew of five men on all freight trains of a less number of cars. The bill has passed the House. Life Sentence for Kidnaping. The overwhelming vote of 88 to 2 carried Mr. Joyce's bill to provide life sentence as the penalty for kidnaping to exact ransom. Concealed Weapon Bill Pannen. Mr. Woodfill's bill to make the carrying of deadly weapons a felony passed on third reading by a vote of 75 to 8. Governor U raren Innnrance BUI. Gov. Hanly sent to the House a mes sage urging the passage of the BabcockFärber bill for the creation of an insurance department. He defends it against the attacks of those Indiana company men who have complained that the bill is unfair to home companies, pointing out that it applies equally to foreign companies. He declares that the fundamental purpose of the bill is the protection of home companies. The message was read in the Senate also. A seal n Kill Board of Pardons Bill. The House refused, by a vote of 47 to 41, to change its mind on the question of abolishing the State board of pardons. The bill by Senator Cox, which had passed the Senate, received the same treatment that had been given the Hanna bill a number of days ago. High School Dook DIU Pansen. Senator Moss' bill to provide for a uniform scries of text books in the hish schools of the State was callM up on third reading in the Senate and passed. Seventy-three members of the House voted to pass the blind tiger bill and the bill went through the House a-sailing. There was no fight, the opposition to it having exhausted itself last Friday when the bill was up on second reading, and was advanced to engrossment. The bill had already passed the Senate, where it was originally introduced by Senator Ganiard, by a large majority. When it first came to the House it was attacked with a number of amendments, but none of them was successful except a slight change in one of the sections that was made for the purpose merely of clearing up an ambiguous sentence.

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EXPOSritE KILLS A HERMIT, 1 laquent Ilevealn Mynterr of Reclane at Hammond, lad. i The remarkable history of Henry Scholkes Ilelwig, the mysterious hermit of Hammond, was revealed in part at the inquest over his body, which was found frozen stark in his lfttle hut. Helwig was CO years old. wealthy, and reported to be of aristocratic German lineage. Rruises on different parts of his head and ltody led the iolice to suspect he had been murdered for his hoard, but Coroner lloskin cave a verdict of tlonth by exposure. Life had been extinct three days when the body was found. The bruises on his head. th doctors say, were caused by bis falling out of hi? bed. It developed at the inquest that Ilelwig. when he was an officer in the Franco-Prussian war, was charged with a breach of discipline in taking the command of a column from a superior officer during an engagement ir which the Prussians had been routed Later they rallied under his command, but he was court-martialed and sentenced to be shot. While imprisoned in a fortress he was pardoned by King Frederick. Broken hearted, he fled to South America and became a soldier of fortune in several. revolutions. He left Brazil fifteen years ago and came to New Orleans,' later set tling in Hammond, where he refused to talk to any one save a crony called Holtz. He had plenty of money and corresponded regularly with hi relatives in Germany, but refused to return there. MURDERED BY TKA3IPS. Edward ol(a, of Princeton, Foob Dead In Illinois. Edward Nolta. who was found dead at the pumping station of the C, 15. & Q. railway at Centralia, I IL, was a resident of Princeton, having been employed as a fireman on the Southern road. A committee of Princeton firemen, who returned from Centralis, say it is the belief there that Xolta was killed by tramps because he refused them entrance to the pumping house. The man's skull was fractured in two places and a monkey wrench covered with blood was found a few feet from h: body. ' RDWED AFTER MANY YEARS. Conple Separated by Children Marry Afra.'n In Secret. After eighteen years separation as husband and James and Melissa J. lireedlove of Kokomo have remarried. They were divorced in 1SS9, as the result f differences over tlie management of children Mr. Rreedlove had by a former marriage, but during all this time suffered no diminution of affection one for another. The marriage was a secret one and came as a totil surprise to the carldren and relatives. Farmer Found Fronen. The body of Joseph Timm, missing for three weeks from his home, was found in a ditch near Michigan Citj-. When he disappeared he" had several hundreG dollars from the Kale of his farm. When found he had $2. His brad, facv and body were so disfigured that the police suspect foul play. An investigation is being made. Banker Sentenced ly Friend. Fred G. Gihnan, the Goodland banker who was arrested in 1J looming on, I1L, for embezzlement, was sentenced to the Indiana State prison for a term of one to three years. Sentence was pronounced by Judge Hanloy of Kentland, a close personal and political friend of the banker. It was largely through Gilman's influence that Judge H.inley was elected. Hans Slayer In Dead of N'ljtht. George Williams a negro," who with Jesse Coe, also a nero, now a fugitive, killed Policeman retticord and Russell in Indianapolis last September, was hanged in the Indiana State prison. in Michigan City. The prisoner walked to the gallows shortly after midnight. Twelve minntes after the drop fell Williams was pronounced dead. Nineteen rw Brldjren In Gibson. The County Commissioners have awarded contracts for the construction of nineteen bridges in Gibson county: Vincennes Ilridge Company, Vincennes, ten; consideration, $3,107; Indiana Bridge Company, Muncie. four, consideration $.V 204; Lintz Brothers, Fort Branch, five, $2,345. Ifnnband'n Pnme W Cloned. Claiming that during their married life her husband had given her but 23 cents for her support, Flossie E. Burton of Kokomo has sued Omer IC Burton for a divorce. Brief State Happenlnza ; The postoffice at Oolitic was robbed of all the stamps and a small sum of money. Some articles in the building also were stolen. Jealous of her husband's attentions to another women, Mrs. Jack .Iale, aged 19, drank chloroform in Hammond to end her life. She will recover. A daughter weighing one pound and eight ounces arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles- McCoy in Kokomo. Tha baby is well developed and hearty. The State railroad commission, which ii conducting an investigation of the Big Four wreck at Fowler, learned that the crew of the freight train had violated one of the rules of the company in not clearing a "superior class" train five minutes. Bert Tctfa of Pike county died from grief over the death of his two little children, ho were recently burned to death. A. M. Sweeney, president, and Samuel Quinn, vice president, of the State Life Insurance Company at Indianapolis severed their connections with the company by resigning, as a result of receat scandals. The long search of Dr. G. Walter Barr of Keokuk, Iowa, for his brother, Wlllard D. ;3arr, who disappeared Jan. 12, ended" with the finding of the body on the river bank near Vincennes. The deceased had a unique career. The plant of the Daleville Gas Company has been sold for the benefit of creditors, bringing but $2,100. Francis M. Boyer was the purchaser. The new Presbyterian chui-ch in Corydon, built at a cost of $10.000, of which $3,000 was subscribed by George W. Applegatc, president of the Corydon National bank, has been formally dedicated. The Standard Oil buyers of crude oil have doubled the price paid to the well in Terre Haute district It is presumed this is a move to forestall a bill for a law to the same effet-t which Senator Carvin of that city has announced he would introduce in the Legislature. The announcement was made in La Porte that the entire construction department of th Chun c;o-New fork Kh-ctric Railroad Com any would be rroved to La Porte, which will Im the point of dira tion of the first section of the systeat oxienwing from Chicago to Goshen. It is a Im authoritatively stated that a force of 1,(km men will be put at work in the construction department a. soon as weather conditions will permit. Jude James Piety of the Vigo County Circuit Court instructed the grand jury to investigate the Sandford powder explosion in which a passenger train wu blown to pieces and fifteen persons vera killed.