Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 8, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 November 1907 — Page 3

VIXEN By Miss M. E. Braddon.

"4" CIIAPTEP X Continued. There was not a moment lost. Tho stablemen rushed with pails of water, and directly after them the Scotch gardener with his garlen engine, which held several gallons. His hose did some damage to the drawing-room carpet and upholstery, but the strong let of water speedily quenched the flames. ( In ten minutes the window stood blank and black and bare, with Vixen standing on the lawn outside contemplating the damage she had Sone. Mu Carmichael rushed in at the Irawing-room door, ghost-like, In her white peignoir, pale and scared. "Oh, Conrad, what has happened?1 she cried distractedly, just able to distinguish her husband's figure standing in the midst of the disordered room. "Your beautiful daughter has been trying to set the house on fire," he answered. 'That is all." CHAPTER XI. After a long sleepless night of tossing to an! fro. Vixen rose with the first stir of life in the old house and made herself ready to face the bleak hard world. Her meditations of the Qlght had brought no new light to her mind. It was very clear to her that she must go away fas as possible from her old home. Her banishment was necessary for everybody's sake. For the sake of Rorie, who must behave like a' man of honor, and keep his engagement with Lady Mabel, and shut his old playfellow out of his leart; for the sake of Mrs. Carmichael, who could never be happy while there was discord in her home; and last of all for Violet herself, who felt that joy and peace had fled from the Abbey House forever, and that it would be better to be anywhere, in the coldest, strangest region of thi3 wide earth, verily friendless and alone anr.ong strange faces, then here. among friends who were but friends in name, and among scenes that were haunted with the ghosts of dead joys. She went around the gardens and shrubberies in the early morning, looking sadly at everything, as if she were bidding the trees and flowers a long farewell. She wandered in and out among the groups cf wild growing shrubs, rising one acve another to the height of forest trees, and then she went out by the old five-barreS gate which Titmouse used to jump so merrily, and rambled in the plantation till the sun was high and the pines began to breathe forth their incense as the day-god warmed them into life. A message came from the captain while she was standing before her glass tying a crimson ribbon under the collar of her white morning dress. Would she please to go to Captain Carmichael in the study? She went without an Instant's delay, walked quietly into the room and stood before him silently as he sat at his desk writing. "Good morning, Tempest," he said, looking up at her with his blandest air. "Sit down, if you please. 1 want to have a chat with you." Vixen seated herself In her father's large crimson morocco vhair. She wus looking round the rcom absently, dreamily, quite disregarding the captain. The dear oI! room was full of sadly sweet associations. "Your mother informs me that you wish to leave the Abbey House," he began, "and she has empowered me to arrange a suitable home for you elsewhere. I entirely concur in your opinion that your absence from Hampshire for the next year or so will be advantageous to yourself and others. You and Mr. Vawdrey have contrived to get yourselves unpleasantly' talked about in the neighborhood. Any further scandal may possibly be prevented by your departure." "Have you arranged with my mother for my leaving home?" inquired Vixen. "Yes, it is all settled." "Then I will write at once to Miss McCroke. I know she will leave the people she 13 with to travel with me." "Miss McCroke ' has nothing to do with the question. Your roaming about the world with a feuperannuated governness would be preposterous. I am going to take you to Jersey by this evening's boat. I have an aunt living there who will be happy to take charge of you. She is a maiden lady, a woman of superior cultivation, who devotes herself wholly to Intellectual pursuits. Her refining influence will be valuable to you. The island is lovely, the climate delicious. You could not tx better off than you will be at Les Tcurelle3." "I am not going to Jersey; I am not going to your intellectual aunt!" said Vixen, resolutely. "I beg your pardon, yoa are going, and immediately. Your mother and I have settled the matter between us. You haie expressed a wish to leave home, and you will be pleased to g where we think proper." Vixen felt herself conquered. She had stated her wish, and it was granted, not in the mode and manner she had desired, but perhaps she ought to be grateful for release from a home that had become loathsome to her, and not take objection to details in the scheme of her exile. "I suppose I may take my dog with me?" she asked, after a long pause, during which she had wavered between submission and revolt, "and my maid?" "I see no objection to your taking your dog, though I doubt whether my aunt will care to have a dog of that size prQwling about her house. He can have a kennel somewhere, I dare say. You must learn to do without a maid. Feminine helplessness is going out of fashion, and one would expect an amazon iifce you to be independent of lady's maid3 and milliners." "Why don't you state the case In plain English?'' crier Vixen, scornfully. "If I took Phoebe with me she would cost money. There would be her wages and maintenance to be provided. If I leave her behind you can dismiss her. You have a fancy for dismissing old servants." "Had you not better see to the packing of your trunks?" asked Captain Carmichael, ignoring the shaft. "What ij to become of my horse?" "I think you must resign yourself to leave him to fate and me." replied the captain, coolly. "My aunt may submit to the JnCiction of your dog, but that she should tolerate a young lady roaming about the islind on a thore52brcd horse would be rather too

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much' to expect from he-r old-fashioned notions of propriety." "Besides, even Arion would cost something to keep," retorted Vixen, "and strict economy is the rule of your life. If you sen him and of course you will do so please let Lord Mallow have the refusal of him. 1 think he would buy him and treat him kindly for my sake." "Wouldn't you rather "Mr. Vawdrey had him?" "Yes, If I were free to give him away; but I suppose, you would deny my right of property, even In the horse my father gave me." "Well, as the horse was not specified in your father's will, and as all hi3 horses and carriages were lert to your mother, I think there cannot be any doubt that Arion is my wife's property." "Why not say your property? Why give unnatural prominence to a cipher? Do you think I hold my poor mother to blame for any wrong that is done to me or to others in, this house?" "Go and pack your boxes!" cried the captain, angrily. Do you want another conflagration? It might be a worse one this time. I have had a night of fever and unrest." "Am J to blame for that?" "Yes, you beautiful fury. It was your Image kept me awake. I shall sleep sounder when you are out of this house." "I shall be ready to start at ten," said Vixen In a business-like tone which curious'y contrasted this sudden gust of passion on the part of her foe and humiliated him to the dust. He loathed himself for having let her see her power to hurt him. CHAPTER XII. Violet was gone. Her rooms were empty; her faithful little waiting maid was dismissed; her dog's deep-toned thunder no longer sounded through the house, baying joyou3 welcome when his mistress came down from her early morning ramble in the shruberies. Arion had been sent to grass, and was running wild in fertile pastures; shoeless and unfettered as the South American mustang on hi3 native prairie. Nothing associated with the exiled heiress v.'as left, except the rooms she had inhabited; and even they looked blank and empty and strange without hor. Vixen's presence seemed to have filled the house with youth and freshness and free, joyous life. Mrs. Carmichael missed her daughter sorely. She had been wont to complain fretfully of the girl's exuberance, but the blank her absence made struck a chill to the mother's heart. She had fancied that life would be easier without Violet; fiat her union with her husband would be more complete; and now she found herself looking wistfully toward the door of her morning room, listening vaguely for a footstep; and the figure she looked for at the door, and the footstep she listened for in the corridor were not Conrad Carmlchael's. It was the buoyant step of her daughter she missed; It was the bright, frank face of her daughter she yearned for? One day the captain surpri sld her in tears and asked the reasoa for her melancholy. "I (fare say it's very weak of me, Conrad," she said, piteousiy; "but I miss Violet more and more every day.'" "It is uncommon weak of you," answered the captain, with agreeable candor; "but I suppose it's natural. I am honest enough to confess that I am very glad she Is gone. We had no domestic peace while she was with us." "But she Is not to stay away forever, Conrad. I cannot bo separated from my only daughter forever. That would be too dreadful." " 'Forever' is a long word," answered the captfifc, coolly. "She will come back to us of of course." "When, dear?""When she i3 older and wiser." This was cold comfort. Mrs. Carmichael dried her tears and resumed her crewel work. Her independence was gone utterly She awoke slowly to the comprehension of the fact. Her individuality was blotted out, or absorbed into her husband's being. She had no more power or Influence In her own house than the lowest scullion in the kitchen. She had given up her banking account, and the receipt of her rents, which in the days of her widowhood had been remitted to her half-yearly by the solicitor who collected them. But now, with Theodore's unsettled account of four years' standing hanging over her head by the single hair of the penny-post, and likely to descend upou her any morning, Mrs. Carmichael regretted her surrendered banking account, with its balance of eleven hundred pounds or so. The captain had managed everything with wondrous wisdom, no doubt. He had done away with all long credits. He paid all his bills on the first Saturday in the month, save such as could be paid weekly. Theodore's long-expected bill was among the letters in the morning's bag a bulky envelope which the captain handed to his wife with his usual politeness. He never opened her letters, but he invariably asked to see them, and she always handed her correspondence over to him with a child-like meekness. Today she was slow to hand the captain her letter. She sat looking at the long list of items with a clouded brow, anl forgot to pour out her husband's coffee in the abstraction of a troubled mind. "I'm afraid your letters cf this morning are not of a very pleasant character, my love," said th captain, watchful of his wife's countenance. "Is that a bill you are examining, I thought we paid ready money for everything." "It is my dressmaker's bill," faltered Mrs. Carmichael. "A dressmaker's bill! That caa't be very alarming." He held out his hand for the paper, but Pamela did not give it to him. "I'm afraid you'll think it awful high, Conrad," she said. In a deprecating tone. "You sen it has been running a long time since the Christmas bofore dear Euward'H death, in fact. I have paid Theodore's sums on-account In the meanwhile, but those seem to go for very little against the total of her bill. She Is expensive, of course. All West End milliners are; but her style is undeniable and she is in direct association with Worth." "My dear Pamela, I did not ask fou

for her biography, I asked you only foi her bill. Pray let me sec tne total, and tell me if you have any objections to make against the items." "No," sigiieu Mrs. Carmichael, bending over the document yith a perplexed brow, "I believe indeed, I am sure I have had all the thing3. Many of them are dearer than I expected; but there is no rule ns to the price of anything thoroughly Parisian, that has not been seen in London. One has to pay for style and originality. I hope

J you won't oe vexed at having to write so large a check, Conrad, at a time when you are so anxious to save money. Next year, I shall try my best to economize." "My dearest Pamela, why beat about the bush? The bill must be paid, what ever its amount. I suppose a hundred pounds wid cover it?" "Oh, Conrad, when many women give a hundred pounds for a single dress.' "When they do I should say that Bedlam must be their natural and fitting abode," retorted the captain, with suppresesd ire. "The bill is mow than a hundred, then? Pray, give it me, Pamela, and make an end of this foolishness." This time Captain Carmichael went over to his wife and took the paper out of her hand. He had not seen the total, but he was white with rage already. He had made up his mind to squeeze a small fortune out of the Abbey House estate during his brief lease of the property; and here was this foolish wife of his squandering hundreds upon finery. "Be kind enough to pour me out a cup cf cofTee," he said, resuming his seat, and deliberately spreading out the bill. "Great Heaven!" he cried, after a glance at the total. "This is too preposterous. The woman must be mad." (To be Continued.) KuKllah Bor In Had "Way. Ninety per cent of our school boys are being educated to present a flawless smoothness of mental surface; very soon they will show an equally monotonous sameness of physical build. Now, what is the outcome of all this undue constraint on a lad's character? There i3 reason to suppose that its effect is one of compression on the mind ; as regards Its result on the disiosltion, it Is necessary to speak with caution. It is perhaps impossible accurately to sum up the average characteristics of the average product of our athletic school system, but, broadly speaking, such a boy may be described as an incarnate hurricane; for his existence is a continuous banging about, he is naturally Impatient with everything out of keeping with his own robust being, is intolerant of anything purely literary or artistic, treats with contempt (thanks to the precept and exemple of his directors) all "non-sportsmen," and, when he has reached sixth form status, confines his literary studies out of school hours to certain gaudy weeklies and one or two "muscular" monthlies. He has a fluent command of language which is not English, is apt to be rough in manner, and is by no means free from what the moralists call vicionsness. On the other hand, he is not without some good qualities notably a certain bluff straightforwardness arising in part from his steady obedience to tho sporting maxim of "fair play" and in part from his uual want of mental depth ; he shows in bjs quieter moments a patronizing consideration for his weaker brethren, and now and then tbere peep out traits of character which tell us that, given a happier training, he might not have made his life incessantly rotate round a center of muscle unaffected by other and worthier centers. , In fact, there is every sign that many of our boys are degenerating Into an unintelligent animalism. Westminster Review. But He Snuuff 111 Lantera. An old negro watchman was stationed at a crossing of a Southern railroad, his duty being to warn travelers of approaching trains. One night a farmer's wagon was struck, and during the lawsuit which followed the old negro was star witness for the company, lie, replied to ail the cross-examination and when asked If he had swung his lantern when ne saw tha train coming, replied : "I shorely did, sah!" The case was won by the company, and the lawyer congratulated the old negro for hl3 valuable testimony, to which the latter explained : "Thankee, Mars John, but I was sorely skeered wher Cat laywer man begin to ask me abect the lantern. I was afraid dat he was go In to ask me If It was lit or not. De ol! done glva out some time befo' de accident" Latch Key SuflTraice. Over ia England the possession of a latchkey has lately been held In the courts to have an Imjortaut bearing on the electoral rights of a man claiming to be a householder. With us th-3 latchkey has grown so universal as to be ni Indication of a man's status, or a woman's either, for that matter. Not so very long ago the American woman's right to the latchkey was subject for jocular argument pro and con, but women's latchkeys are now as common as men's. For an Institution that datas back only about seventy years the latchkey has stepped with some suddenness into its place of a universal necessity. Boston Herald. N Cobalt, Ct. There's a flag station in Connecticut, L S. A., called Cobalt. The Pilgrim fathers or their near relatives mined the mineral not wisely nor too well. The mine Is still , there, but no one works it. Not one man In ten thousand in the United States knows the village of Cobalt Conn., is on the map; but nine out of ten men In New York tlty and Iu every United States town boasting of a live newspaper, knows Cobalt, Ontario. Canada, as well as he knows Butte, Mont. Toronto World. Ancient IntSanrr. Th author of the celebrated Junius letters was writinj the iura?. "Curses on my fatal gift of genius!" he exclaimed. I have to hammer them out myself. After what has happened to Harri.T.ac I dou't dare to employ a stenographer." ' Remarking, furthermore, that it was none of the public's business whether ho was Sir Philip Francis or Murat Ilalstead. he proceeded to take another whack at Kinj George III. 1,'npi e;nr?l." A Jim Zawfox Have yoa named tht new baby at your house? Job Sturky (with a resentful sniff) Yes; but we haven't founJ a nauie fcr hi: twin sifter yet. Aaion? the crying r.eeds of .South Africa ore wire screen doors and wire screens for the windows, for the purpose of keoptn; out the insect pest. Hitherto screens bav been but little used in t.it J ccuctry.

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Vity Children of Xaeslng Wife. When anybody talks of a nagging wife it is generally to refer in pitying terms to the man whom she has married. Much more to be pitied, however, are the children. A man can endure much and find a remedy in retaliation, but sensitive children shrink from continual fault-finding and suffer In silence. In fairness to mothers it must be said that they unwittingly fall Into the habit of nagging their children. The tiresome ways of the latter seem more than they can bear at times, and the result is that they are apt to forge them.Wves. "Dou't do this," and "Don't do that," nt.d so forth are remarks caiculated to red ace children to a state of sulky irritability. Unless the rights of the little people are carefully kept in view by the grown-up ones it is small wonder that they sometimes rebel openly against au authority whose pressure they feel in galling jerks aud unreasonable restrictions. Under such treatment a child, instead of learning to love and trust its mother, becomes frightened of her. It becomes nervous of doing anything openly for fear of irritating her and bringing down nagging reproof upon Itself. A childish good time does not consist in never being punished. No, indeed, there are times when evea the best children, just like grown-up people, need the strongest kind of discipline. But the thing is not to be scolding and nagging at them all the time, making them cross aud irritable, and developing in them nervous and ugly dispositions which will cling to them all through their lives. Dark lied Cloth Salt. Dark red cloth was used to make this charming suit. The coat has a broad outside facing of black velvet edged with military braid and Is closed by fancy enamel buttons. The skirt is made iu widely flaring gores with stitching in coarse black. Tour IIuMbaiicl'a People. Ite as courteous and considerate to your husband's people as you would be to your own. Do not think that every fault found, every disagreeable word uttered, is direct ed at you. Don't gossip to your husband about his people. Tell him of the pleasant things they do aud not of the unpleasant things. Do not try Id keep him from them. Encourage his devotion to those of his own kin, and you can be very certain it will not be greater than It Is for you, says Home Chat. lie helpful if ycu can to them, Le hospitable, but do not overflow with confidences that you had better keep to yourself. When you married your husband you married his family, in a way, and you ran show no greater love and tenderness to him than by giving and inviting love and resiect from his poople. Colored Stocking. For house wear this wiater colored, stockings will be more in vogue than ever; indeed, the all-black stocking, except to complete a black toilet, is quite out of favor. These colored stockings may he worn vith slippers to match or are much ued with black patent-leather pumps. One of the new tones that is having Its run just now on the hosiery counters Is ox-blood red. It is quite effectire when peeping out from r.nder a white house frock above white leather puuips. To Clean Coat Collar. Apply turpentine to th'j sailed places, letting the .fluid dry, and npply more several times; then -gently scrape off the loosened dirt. Wet again with turpentine and scrape, repeating this until all spots have been removed. Then sponge with a clean cloth and turpentine, or better still, alcohol or chloroform, aud wipe dry. A fresher and smoother looking surface is obtained when alcohol or chloroform Is used, as these two substances evaporate more quickly thau does turpentine. Haaliiesi Woman at Wife. Should a business woman marry, with the natural attractions of her sex she brings a keener sense of sympathy and forbea ranee, born of experience, to her husband in the dlfliculties of daily existence, and she has leaned how much greater and harder the trials of the battle of life are than l -.ose petty annoyances of the home', J.us.npss may then Increase her womanliness, and make her more precious to the man who makes her mistress of his home. Damp Ilerfs. The time draws near, alas! when damp beds become greater elements of danscr than. they were in warm summer weather, though, of course, at any time a damp bed is to be avoided. In no household should the precaution of airing the bed linen before taking it Into use be omitted, and it will make the bed more healthy and more comfortable if an India rubber hot-water bottle, or a stona bottle cased in flan

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nel, be put in jnst before bed time. As a final test of dampness in a IkhI, put a small looking glass between the sheets. Leave it there for about five minutes, and li it is then faken out with a cloud or mist upon irs surface, it is a sure sign that the linen is not thoroughly dry. In such a case do not attempt to sleep letweeu it, for damp bed linen Is a fruitful source of rheumatism and lung affections. 5 Big and bold are the cut out designs for the jumper waist Silk pieces outlined with final braid compose most of the design! Tanels of very deep tucks are inserted at the bottom of evening gowns. The plain portion between the tucks shows embroidery designs. Two blues are combined in perhaps the most popular style of millinery. Dark blue chirked up with some lighter, brighter shade of blue is nearly the most ubiquitous hat oue sees. Hats with wreaths of white or shaded purple and mauve veivct and taffeta convolvull are much to the fore, while hats loosely draped ith chiffon, or painted gauze scarfs are ery prominent. The general style of wln-ei bat runs mostly to width. It is short in front, scoops down akin to a tire laddie's bonnet behind and soars out ou each side so that a girl's best friend can't get within a yard of her. Some of the new models In the fitted coats show the square corners in front in opposition to the cutaways. These arc no'doubt excellent for certain figures, hut for the majority the cutaway style is more becoming. Crochet cotton in the finest weaves Is being used In the formation of medallions, insertion and covered buttons in colored effects for heavy waists. Often the cotton is knitted ou needles or crocheted. The colors are dark blue, red, yellow and deep brown. The evening scarf Is more popular than ever. It lias come out in ierforated chamois beautifully embroidered in gold. It Is lined with white kid, which glistens through tue perforations. The gold wtrk is eioeially effective with the ta vny shade of the skin. A fashion that prevai's mightily, also, is that of sweeping the atmosphere above one's head with an immense coque plume, and the larger and spottier and more like a top-heavy feather duster this decoration appears the better the girl of th period seems to be pleased with it 'nCKlnc Mothers. When anybody talks of a nagging wife it is generally to refer in pitying terms to the man whom she has married. Much more to be pitied, however, are the children. In fairness to mothers it must be said that they unwittingly fall into the habit of nagging their children. "Don't do this," and "Don't do that,'" and so forth and remarks calculated to reduce children to a state of sulky irritability. Unless the rights of the little people are carefully kept in view by the grown-up ones, it is small wonder that they sometimes rebel openly against an authority whose, pressure they feel ia galling jerks and unreasonable restrictions. , Love and the 3Iun. Meu in love are delighted to be told that they are never abseut froip the thoughts of their sweetheari, but the husband finds tills consciou'Mcss a trilie yearing. As bad as the clinging wife Is the woman who m.iU?s her devotion too incessant. She is never tactful, never conscious that he wants to be alone occasionally, ucver capable of making herself and !ier affections a novelty to him. And Urn Is a fatal error on the part of any woman. ClennltiK Taint. Kvery housekeeier knows full well how quickly the paint in the kitchen will soil, soon appearing both shabby and dull from too much scrubbing. However, the next time it needs cleaning, try washing it with a mixture made by boiling for an hour one pound of bran in a gallon of water. This, process is said to keep paints not only immaculate, but bright and glossy as well. Secret of Hanpliie. Let us sometimes live be it only for an hour, and though we must lay all else aside to make others smile. The sacrifice is only. in appearance; no one finds more pleasure for himself than he who knows how, without ostentation, to give himself that ho may procure for those around him a moment of forgetfulness and happiness. diaries Wagner. The True Home. Homes are not built of bricks and mortar. It Is the people, not the places, that make the homes; tho face of a smiling woman, tlx? patter of tiny feet and the music of children's voices, aye, even the barking of a dog md the human look of Joy it our coming, bring us tho nameless charm that we call "home." Ilek In the Kitchen. Housekeeping will be simplified if In one corner of the kitchen or pantry Is a small desk where are kept the filed bills, household accounts, the grocer's books, milk and ice checks, and a tablet or slate upon -which to write daily orders for the cook. Curl I nor Planten. The cheaper variety of ostrich plumes are never in a very presentable condition after once losing th?:r original flutlinc??. And seldom can they be made dainty in tie maune,- which freshens plumes. The ctirll:ig iron can be used to great advantage in giving cheap plumes a tresh appearance. The curler must not be too warm, and care must be taken in catching tue feathers to have the sheath side of tiie curlers on the upper side, or the tip ends will

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be reversed. Take only a few feath- ' ers at a time, curl toward the stem and gently pull apart with a hairpin. J iney win sray in curi unu; worn on a damp day. Health and Deautr IKnts. A skillful hairdresser ktwws how to take off years from the face of his patron by the manner in which he puts up her hair. Mothers should not forget that with summer complaint, vomiting Is a serious symptom, and a doctor should be sent for Immediately. Tall women look bad with a high coiffure, while a mignon beauty will gain dignity and Inches by having her hair dressed on the top of her head. To preserve a good complexion never wash the face with hard witer. If natural soft water cannot be obtained, throw a little oatmeal ia the water used. Boiling vinegar as hot as can b borne to the gum and cavity of an aching tooth will allay the pain. Use a bit of absorbent cotton to pack the tocth cavity and apply until relief is obtained. When washing tho hair is necessary, harmless shampoos should be chosen. The simplest which can always be made is to melt a cake of castile soap in a quart of boiling water. Put it into a wide-mouth Jar and use about two tablespoonfuls at a time. Massage well Into the scalp. Adjaatable Hand. An easy means of preventing rings from slipping off the finger has been devised by a New York man. Valuable rings become too large for the finger and they very readily slip off unnoticed. The owner, invariably neglects to have them altered, thinking that she will be able to prevent their loss in ADJUSTABLE BAXD ms way Tue ring shown In the illustration has an adjustable band on the portion opposite the setting. This band is a metallic strip, the ends of which overlap, forming a wedgelike Incline. A clamping collar encircles both cud sections, being movable lengthwise and adapted to clamp them together. This device should prove valuable in connection with young children's rings the ring being adjusted to suit the quick growth of the child's finger. Colored Glove Unrred. The edict has gone forth that colored gloves are barred for the coming season, and nothing but white, black and, possiblj-, pearl gray will be worn. This sweeping decree is brought out in the effort to make the fall toilets harmonious, for bright colored gloves would be an almost impossible accessory with the vivid shades ia dresses that are to be used. And to avoid any jarring tone In a costume, black, white, or pearl gray hand coverings seem to be the only choice. ralr ot Odd Hat. The light hat is a pale blue felt, trimmed with feathers a little lighter, and a pink rose with green leaves. Around the crown is a baud of gilt embroidery, edged with rutiies of black velvet ribbon. The dark hat is rich royal blue satin, with plumes. Care for Smoky Lamps. If the smokiness Is not caused by dirt in the wick or. a defect iu the lamp, the oil ii to blame for Vae dinglness. To cure this, put a teaspoonful of vinegar in the bowl with the oil. This will do much to improve the light, making it clear and brilliant, and will also do away with the v.npleasant smoke and ouVr. To Itenovate Shade. Holland shades that have become dirty Id. places should be rubbed with a piece of fairly stale bread. The bread should be constantly turned and renewed as It becomes soiled. This simple treatment will "fresh-n tip" the blinds wonderfully, and put off tho washing of them until some distant date. Everyday .Woman. Alout the everyday woman there can !e no mistake; she stands outside of all isms and ologles; she thinks o' the day as it Is, of people as they look, of her surroundings as they are; the great aim of her life is to live though every day with all the quiet, the comfort and the dignity that she can. Cat-Oat Trimming. Cut-out trimmings are again the vogue, and a cut-out pattern 'in veivct showing a conventional leaf design, was applied to a mode colored French broadcloth. Clowns made Iu this way are always a great deal of work, and they ate eorrcs-iKnidlngly expensive. SvrenlnK Hardwood Floors. In sweeping a hardwood floor or matting, place a flannel bag over the broom, and it can be done easily and without dust arising. lioyce That fellow is always the loudest in the argument Joyce I suppose he thinks his train of thought has the right of way. Dusty Khoades Why docs I'ercy tie himself to a tree when he lays down fcr de night? Weary Willie He is ft. f raid dat he will walk In his sleep.

POOR PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH.

A. Striking Illustration of Ignorance Canal nc Poverty. The twlnship of poverty and ignorance is strikingly illustrated in the, mountain region of North Carolina: ' The rural mountaineers, excepting those who own the fertile valleys, are the poorest people to be found in the South, says the Charleston News and Courier. The plantation negroes in South Carolina enjoy comforts and lux uries of which the dweller Iu the hovels in the little clearings far up the mountain side have scarcely dreamed. Their scanty cabbage, . corn and apple crops provide them with only enough cash to purchase In small quantities such necessaries as sugar and coffee to them the choicest and most prized luxuries of life. Yet between these people and easy living stands only the barrier of not knowing how to produce the scores of things for which there Is a ready and ever-growing market at their doors. The villages and larger towns teem with summer visitors, many of them residents and housekeepers for three or four months. These flock to the mountains not only from the seacoast but from all the Interior of the southern country. Hundreds of families of well-to-do farmers of the Piedmont' as well as from rice and sea island cotton plantations fill the boarding houses and hotels. Nature has made these mountains a food-producing region, but the singular anomaly Is that nothing Is so difficult to find In it as good things to eat In the smaller towns days pas3 In the summer when a pat of butter is not to be had for love or money. Four years ago It was the experience of a vellknown Charlestonlan to arrive at a fashionable hotel at supper time. As he strolled Into the dining room and took his seat at the nearest table the 100 or more guests at the other tables began to clap their hands In applause. They were not greeting the Charlestonlan, but a procession of waiters with the first butter that had been seen In forty-eight hours! Fruit In the mountains, with the exception of apples, Is scarce and tue apples are often undesirable citizens of the fruit kingdom. Grapes should be plentiful, but they are to be seen only In a few places, of which Tryon is a noteworthy example. Delicious raspberries may be easily raised, but only here and there are they heard of. The few peaches offered for sale show plainly that they are produced by their own exertions ; they have never known cultivation. With the exception of green corn, cabbage and beans, the fruits of the earth are self-made in western North Carolina ; the husbandman Is not in alliance with nature. The native beef Is second rate, though the lamb and mutton re excellent Indeed, lambs chops and roasting ears are the redeeming foods of the country. Foultry and eggs could be produced at nominal cost, but the supply Is never plentiful and the prices are always high. Of course, it Is not intended to say that there is nothing to eat Visitors with plenty of money do not starve, but the opportunity is present for 'the mountain people to cultivate numerous crops," which they could sell at excellent profit The mountaineers are not lazr. To walk fifteen miles to Waynesville or Hcndersonville with a pall of huckleberries which will sell for 40 cents requires physical energy. The trouble is ignorance. The same kind of energy exerted In the care of peach trees, in fertilizing them, and in spraying them, would yield ?4 Instead of 40 ccntx Outside of the towns and the spier; did valleys, the North Carolina mountaineers are a race going to waste. Hardy, brave, honest and intelligent, they are languishing In the dullest poverty, they are shivering In rags when the winter sets In, for no otner reason than that there is no one to tell them how to do; to arouse them; to start them on the easy route to a comfortable condition of life. The Basiard ia Flight. There can be no doubt ihat the buzzard is the living aeroplane ia ferfeetion. It cannot sail against the wln except as other birds do by sheer pow cr of moving wings but It can sail at amazing speed before the wind, at right angles to t,he wind and can sail within a few points of the wind. When there is no wind Its flight il clumsy not much of an improvement on the flying of a hen. .Authors are wont to describe the buzzard as sailing In the sky on days when the earth perspires beneath a sultry, still atmosphere. But It will also be remembered that these authors invariably describe the buzzard as being "a speck In the brassy heavens." As a matter of fact that is Just the point of the buzzard's aerial knowledge. When tbere is no breeze close to the earth it Is always to be observed roosting In a tree or flying laboriously Into the zenith until it finds an upper current, where it can navigate without labor. New York Times. Biff Jumps by Rabbits. How fast do hares and rabbits rani Ferhaps you have wondered while out gunning and watched the elusive anl mals speeding away. According to J. G. Milllas, the length of a hare's stride is about four feet while that of a rabbit Is about two feet. Under conditions of fear the hare Is said to leap ten tc twelve feet, some authorities claiming that it can jump ditches ten to twentyfive feet in width. A hare can jump upward perpendicularly five feet Rabbits can make leaps of six or seven feet horizontally, but cannot Jump higher than three feet When compelled to do so, It Is said, rabbits can swim as well ns dogs. Philadelphia Nortfe American. Mean. "I think that Mrs. Welldressed is Just too mean for anything." "Why, what's the matter now?"' "I met her on th street oar and offered to pay her fare. And would you believe it the mean thing let me." Detroit Free Press. Judgment. Mr. Itedd There goes Mr., and Mrs. Greene in their new car. ' Mrs. Iledd What make is it, dear'i "Same as ours." "Oh, is It? It doesn't smell the same, does it?''-Yonkers Statesman. Tonsorlal Artistry. Customer (facetiously) Do you suppose you can cut my hair without making me look like au idiot? Barber (diffidently) It will be a pretty difficult thing to do, but I will try. LIpplncott's Magazine. Sooner or later, about all the powder mills blow up? Are you watching your mill?

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIONS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER V V V House Jacket. The tasteful breakfast jacket Is ne of the most satisfactory garments any woman can possess. This ono can be made as illustrated, with the V-fhaped neck and elbow J cares, or high with a sailor collar and Ions sleeves, ho that It becomes adapted both to present needs and to the future colder days. As illustrated the material is India Unon with the yok of tucking and trimming of embroidery, but there are a great many similar washable materials that are liked by women who prefer snch at all seasons of the year, while there are also Innumerable light weight flannels, albaPATTEBX XO. Cm SO. tross, cashmere and the like, that als are well adapted to the design. The above pattern will be mailed ta your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to giT both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on tha following coupon: Order Coupon. , No. Ö7S0. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Fancy Clonic V.'alat. The fancy Mouse is always in demand and is ever taking on fresh and fascinating forms. This one is distinctly novel aud Is adapted to all the pretty materials of the Incoming season. It would be equally charming la light weight silk and wool, and, as we are promised an increased number or tioth, it will find imvnv uses. In the illustration chiffon taffeta Is stitched with bei ling silk and is combined with lace, while the edges are piped with, very narrow velvet, the color being one of the new orchids that are constantly PATTERN XO. Ö7S2. Increasing in favor. Marquisette, veiling and all similar materials are, how ever, quite as appropriate as the silk, and either face, embroidered net or some pretty light weight contrasting; plain material can be used for the chemisette and tinder sleeves. The blouse Is made with a fitted lining a which the yoke, the front and the back are arranged The above pattern will be mailed t your address on receipt of 10 tents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. De sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. Ö7S2. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Item of Interest. In Iceland the horses are shod with horn, while iu tho Sudan they wear socks of camel skin. About $5,000,000 worth of tir color are sent from Germany to the United States every year. S. S. Wertz of Altoona, Pa.. Is tho proud possessor of the watch once owned by Lafayette. In Milan CO per cent of the families have only one 'rcom to live In, 70 per cent have fewer than three rooms. Marion Crawford, Count SodcrnI and Professor Clement are at work on a life of Leo XIII, to fill four volumes. It Is noted that English ideals of comfort are gradually al'.cring tho stylo of German domestic architecture. All of the houses in a poorer quarter of Honduras' capital are of mahjgany which wood costs loss than pine there. Does frequently tly three miles in search of huiunniaking supplies, and sometimes, when compelled to do so through scarcity of matoriai, they double this distance. Fifty-five vessels are constantly employed iu laying and repairing the submarine, cables of the world. Since the foundation of the government in 17S'J tbree States have faruished twenty of the forty-eight Attorneys General. Pennsylvania supplying eight, Massachusetts seven and Maryland five. ' The world's rice crop Iu 1903 aggre-'. gated 170,tC0,C00,0C0 pounds. The greats bulk of this enormous yield was pro-; duced and consumed by the people of Asia, the Chinese taking the lead both! .

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