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Cy Miss M. CHAPTER XVII Continued. In these last days of July a strange restlessness had taken possession of Violet Tempest She would not read or occupy herself in any way. Those long rambles about the island, to wild precipices looking down on peaceful bays, to fuzzy hill3 where a few scattered sheep were her sole companions, to heathery steps that were craggy and precipitou.s and dangerous to climb, and so had a certain fascination for the lonely wanderer these rambles, which had been her chief Resource and r.olace until now, had suddenly lost their charms "The day after tomorrow he will he married," she said to herself, cn the morning of the COth. "By thi3 time, on the day after tomorrow, the bride will bo putting on her wreath or orangeblossoms, and the church will be decorated with Co vers, and there will be a f.atter of expectation In all the little villages, from one end of the Forest to the other. A duke's daughter is not married every day in the year. Ah, me! there will not be an earthquake, or anything to prevent tho wedding, I dare say. No, I feel sure that all things are going smoothly. If there had been a hitch of any kind mammi would have written to tell me about it." She was supremely lonely. Nobody wanted her. She stood quite alone amidst a strange, unfriendly world. "Except poor old McCroke, I don't think there is a creature who cares for me, and even her love is tepid," she said to herself. She had kept up a regular correspondence with her old governess since she had been In Jersey, and had devel-

oped to Miss McCroke the scheme of had had fQr a we2lca sweet dreamher future travels. J less sleep. The breakfast bell rang

wonuer " jou wuu;u niucii going to Africa?' she wrote, in one of her frank, girlish letters. "There znust be something new in Africa. There Is Egypt for us to do; and you, who are a walking encyclopedia, will be able to tell me 'all about the Pyramids, and Pompej 's Pillar, and the Nile. If we get tired of, Africa wo might go to India. I know you are a good sailor; you are not like poor mamma, who used to suffer tortures In crossing the Channel." The slowest hours, days the most wearisome, long nights that know not sleep, must end at last The first of August dawned a long stream of red light In the clear gray east. Vixen saw the first glimmer as she lay wide awake In her big eld 1 bed, staring through the curtahJess window to the far sea line, above which the morning sky grew red. "Hail, Rorie's wedding-d.-!" she cried, with a little hysteric. Migh, and then she buried her facs . . he pillow and sobbed aloud sobbed a3 she had not done till now, through all her weary exile. There had been.no earthquake; this planet we live on Tiad not rolled backward in space; all things In life pur sued their accustomed course, and time had ripened Into Roderick Vawdrey's wedding-day. "I did think something would hap-, pen," said Vixen, plteou&ly. "It was foolish, weak, mad to think so. But I could not believe he would marry any one but me. I did my duty, and I tried to be brave and steadfast But I thought something would happen." She roso at seven, feeling unspeakably tired, dressed herself slowly and dawdingly, thinking of Lady Mabel. What an event her rising and dressing would be this morning the flurried cnaid3, the indulgent mother, the pure white garments glistening In the tempered sunlight, the luxurious room, with its subdued coloring, its perfume of freshly cut flowers, the dainty breakfast tray on a table by an open window, tho shower of congratulatory letters and the last dellv-ry of wed- ' ding gifts. Vixen could Imagine the scene with its every detail. And RMerick, what of Mm? Sha could not so easily picture the companion of her childhood oil this fateful morning of his life. She could not Imagine him happy; sha dared not fancy him miserable. It was safer to make a great effort and shut that familiar figure out of her mind altogether. "If it would hall, or blow, or thunler, sighed Vixen, with her hands clasped about -her head, "the change night be wme small relief to my feelings, but this everlasting brightness Is too dreadful. What a lying world It is, anJ how Nature smiles at us when our hearts are aching. Well, I suppose I ought to wish the sunshine to last till after Rorie's wedding, but I 'don't, I don't, I don't! And then she flung herself face downward on the grass and sobbed as she had sobbed on her pillow that morning. "It rends my heart to know we are parted forever," she said. "Oh, why did I not sar Yes that nieht on the fir plantation? The chance of life-long! bliss was in my hand, and I let it go. The wedding bells must be ringing by this time. She fancied she could hear them. They beat upon her brain. They would drive her mad. She tried to stop her ears, but then those wedding chimes seemed ringing inside her head. She remembered how the joybells had haunted her ears on Rorie's twenty-first birthday, that day which had ended bo bitterly in the announcement of the engagenmt between the cousins. Ho well uhe remembered her despair a i desol.ition that night, the rage that possessed her young soul. "And I was little mere than a child then," she said, to herself. "Surely I must have been born wicked. My dear father was living then, and even the thought of his love did not comfort, me. How idiotically fond I must hare been of Rorie! Ever so many years have come and gone, and I have not cured myself of this folly. She got up from the grass, plucked hereelf out of that paroxysm of mental pain which came too near lunacy, and began to walk slowly round the garden paths, reasoning with herself, calling womanly pride to the rescue. "I hate myself for tM3 wickedness," she protested, dumbly ."I did not think I VZ3 capable of it When I was a child and was taken to the dentist did I ever whine and howl like vulgarminded children? No; I braced myself for the ordeal, and bore the pain as my father's child ought." That evening Vixen did not hear the bell Inviting her to weak tea and bread and butter. The ringing of those other bells obscured the sound. She was sitting with her book before her, her eyes

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E. Eraddon. fixed on vacancy, when Miss Skipwlth, newly interested la her charge, came to inquire the cause of her delay. The girl looked at her languidly and seemed slowly to understand what she said. "I don't care for any tea," she replied at last "I would rather go on with the history." "My dear, you are working too hard. It Is foolish to begin with such impetuosity. A fire that burns so fiercely will soon exhaust Itself. Wo must hasten slowly if we want to make solid progress. Why, my poor child, your forehead Is burning. You will read yourself into a fever." "I think I am in a fsver already," said ixen. CHAPTER XVIII. No sv.ch blessing as a good night's rest was in store for Violet Tempest on that night o? the first of August, f-.'ho lay in a state of half-consciousness that was near akin to delirium. At last, with laggard steps, with oppressive tardiness, came the dawn, the long streaks of lurid light above the edge of the distant waters. "Red sky at morning la the shepherd's warning!" cried Vixen, with dry lips. . "Thank heaven, there will be raia today! Welcome change after the hot, arid skies, and the cruel brazen sun, mocking all the miseries of this troubled earth." "She felt almost as wildly glad as the Ancient Mariner at the idea of that blessed relief; and then, by and by, with the changeful light shining on her face, she fell into a deep sleep. Perhaps that morning sleep saved Vixen from an Impending fever. It wns the first refreshing f?lnmhr sh needed. The rain, forecast by that rPfl kVv m, ln Rnft showera unnn th Lt rratof.ii c,rfi, gave back its sweetest perfumes to the cool, moist air. Violet awoke and found that it was midday. Her mood and temper were wondro.usly softened after a long Interval of thought and prayer. Sho was ashamed ot her waywardness of yesterday her foolish, unreasonable passion. "Poor Rorie, I told him to keep his promise, and he has obeyed me," she said to herself. "Can I be angry with him for that, I ought to feel proud and g'ad that we were both strong enough to do our duty." . She dressed slowly, languid after the excitement of yesterday, and then went slowly down the broad bare stair case to Miss Skipwith's parlor. The lady of the manor received her with affectionate greeting, and had a special pot of tea brewed for her, and Insisted on her eating some dry toast, a form of nourishment which this temperate lady deemed a panacea In illness. "I was positively alarmed about you last night, my dear," she said; "you were so feverish and excited. You read too much for the first day." "I'm afraid I did," assented Vixen, with a faint smile; "and the worst of it Is, I believe I have forgotten every word I read." "Surely not!" cried Miss Sklpwith, horrified at the admission. "You seemed so impressed so Interested. You were so full of your subject." "I'll go for my favorite walk to Mount Oxgueil. I don't think there'll be any more rain. Pelase excuse me if I am not home ln time for dinner. I can have a little cold meat, or an egg, for my tea." You had better take a sandwich with you," said Miss Skipwith, with unusual thoughtfulness. "You have been eating hardly anything lately." Vixen did not care about the sandwich, but submitted to please her hostess, and a neat little paper parcel, containing about three ounces of nutriment, was made up for her by Mrs. Doddery. Never had the Island looked fairer in its Summer beauty than it did to-day, after the morning's rain. These showers had been to Jersey what sieep had been to Vixen. Reslicnatlon was to bo her portion henceforward. She must live out her life In isolation' almost as complete as Miss Skipwith's, without the innocent delusions which gave substance and color to that lonely lady'3 existence. "If I could only have a craze," she thought hopelessly, "some harmless monomania which would fill my mind! The maniacs in Bedlam, who fancy themselves popes or queens, are happy ln their fodish way." The sun was gaining power, tho air was drossy, the soft, ripple of the tide upon the golden sand was like a lullaby. Even that long sleep of the morning lad not cured Vixen's weariness. Ther i were long arrears of slumber to be ?uade up. IIer eyelids drooped, then closed altogether, and Vixen sank quietly to sleep, her head elaning on her folded arms, the gentle west wind faintly stirring her loose hair. "'O'a, happy kiss that woke thy sleep!'" cried a familiar voice close in the .slumberer's ear; and then a warm brer.th, which was not the Summer wind, fanned the cheek which lay i.pmost upon her arm, two warm lips were pressed against that glowing cheek in ardent greeting. The girl started to her feet, every vein tingling with the thrilling recognition of hr assailant There was no one else none other than he In this wide world who would do such a thing! She sprang up and faced him. her eyes flashing, her cheeks crimson. "How dare you!" she cried. "Pray, is this the nearest way to Norway?" Yes, it wa3 Rorie, looking exactly like the familiar Rorie of old; not one whit altered by marriage with a duke's daughter. "Not to my knowledge," answered this audacious villain, in his lightest tone. "I am not very geographical. But I should think it was rather out of the way." "Then you and Lady Mabel have changed your plans?" said Vixen, trembling very much, but trying desperately to be as calmly commonplace as a young lady talking to an Ineligible partner at a ball. "You are not going to the north of Europe?" "Lady Mabel and I have changed our plans. We are not going to the north of Europe." "Oh!" "In point of fact, we aro not going anywhere." "But you have come to Jersey. That is part of your tour, I suppose?" "Do not be too hasty in your suppositions, Miss Tempest I have come to Jersey I am quite willing to admit as rcurh as that"

"And Lady Mabel? She Is with you, of course?" "Not the least bit In the world. To the best of my knowledge, Lady Mabel I beg your pardon. Lady Mallow is now on her way to the fishing giound3 of Connemara with her husband." "Rorie!" What a glad, happy cry that was! It was like a gush of sudden music from a young blackbird's throat on a sunny Spring morning. The crimson dye had faded from Violet's cheeks a minute ago and left her deadly pale Now the bright color rushed back again, tho happy brown eyes, the sweet blush rose Hps, broke into the gladdest smile that eve? Rorie had seen upon her face. He held out his arms, he clasped her to his breast, where she rested unresistingly, infinitely happy. (To be Contlnuefl.) MOST SOUTHERLY HOME IN U. S.

Neve York Maa's Tropical Paradisa fit Lower End cl Florida. The most southerly mansion on 'the mainland of the United States is being rapidly pushed to completion by W. J. Mathewson of Lloyd's Neck, R. I., says the New York WorM. Several months ago the newspapers mentioned the departure o the Matbewsoas for Cocoanut Grove, Fla the fact being addeJ that they were to build a new home there. Mr. Mathewson la too modest to venture any estimate of what tha place will cost him, but an ultimata outlay of $200,CC0 is a conservative figure. The location of Mr. Mathewson's fifteen acres is a mile south cf the Cocoanut Grove post office, the laad being oa either side of the highway. On the roadway sides are walls of rock masonry, along the top of which pineapples have been set at regular intervals. Most of the land will be us?d for growing fruit Within a stone's nrow of his own windows Mr. Mathewson will be able to gather bananas, oranges, grape fruit, pineapples, figs, dates, cocoanuts, apricots and tropical produce In general. Down one side of hh carriage path Is a long row of enormous century plants, that were growing wild there in such abundance when ha bought tha place that he had to destroy them by wholesale, as if they bad been weed.!. Some of the rarest cf trees are flourishing on the property. The general scheme of the architeel has been to reproduce an old Spanish mission. The mansion Itself, in the middle of the iaelosure, to the cast of the highway, will be low and square, about 123 feet ln size, built with massive walls of coquina rock, the roof being in pyramidal form and covered with clay tiles. Of course there will be a large courtyard in the center. Some Idea of the solidity of the structure can be gained by the fact that the rock house Mr. Mathewson has built across the way for bis superintendent has walls of at least two feet in thickness. Water pipes burled only a few inches below the surface will serve to irrigate every section of the gardens. FORTUNES STRANGE WHIMS. One 31 i Woo and Loat Six Forfunr In III Lifetime Nothing ln real life Is more grim than the way In which fortune, sought or unsought will suddenly smile upon an inividual, and then, with equal suddenness, withdraw her favors. Such cases, of course, are to be seen by scores at gambling resorts like Monte Carlo. Quite recently a young Austrian omcer won $115,000 at the table in five days and lost every penny of it on the sixth. The vicissitudes of fortune were never more vividly illustrated than by the evidence given recently In a bankruptcy case In the Sydney court The bankrupt, a mining engineer, had won and lost no fewer than six fortunes la his lifetime. Once he made $35,000 In a single week by buying a mine and selling It again. So soon as he was paid the money be went to Wyoming and Invested It, and some $3,000 besides, in purchasing an Interest ln a copper mine. Before night came the news that the copper lode had suddenly "pinched out" The Investors were beggared. James Addison Reavis spent more than twenty years in building up a fictitious claim to 12,500,000 acres of land In Mexico and Arizona. Thin enormous territory was originally granted to Don Miguel, a grandee of his court by Philip V., of Spain, and still belongs to his heir, if one can be found. . Reavis Invented one In the shape of a beautiful Mexican girl. There Is no space here to detail the Ingenious forgeries of birth and marriage certificates, the false miniatures and other evidence which this brilliant swindler prepared In order to bolster up the claims of the girl. Maximilian Ilershal, a wealthy mteer, was found one day In his wretched room dying and was carried to a hospital. At once he asked that his adopted daughter might be sent for. On her arrival he told her that be had left her all his wealth over $1,500,000. Breath was failing him fast but after a short pause he began to speak again, in low, broken whispers. Suddenly he fell back and expired. He had not revealed the secret of where bis bonds or cash were hidden. Search proved useless and the poor girl, wealthy for a minute, went back to work for $3.75 a week. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lincoln tbe Law e. It Is conceded by all his contemporaries that Lincoln was the best allround jury lawyer of bis day in Illinois. Undoubtedly his knowledge of tuman nature played an Important part In his success. lie possessed another quality, however, which is almost If not quite, as essential In jury work, and that Is clearness and simplicity o! statement Ills logical mind marshaled facts In such orderly sequence, and he Interpreted them In such simple language, that a child could follow him through the most complicated cause, und his mere recital of the Issues Lad the force of argument. Outury. The Mole lias Eye. Tbc majority of people believe that the mole is even ' blinder" than the proverbial bat, but the naturalists know that such Is not the case. Sir Jahn Lubbock and Carl Hess, the latter a noted German naturalist, by careful Investigation proved that the mole has eyes which are as perfect as those of a horse or an elephant They are very small optics, to be sure (only one millimeter in diameter), but In the matter of reflection and refraction do not differ fror, the normal eyes in larger animals. It i:i stated that at least -0,000 square miles An Liberia ar covered with dense rubber-tree forests. The coach in which the Lord Mayor of London rides on state occasions has been 1a use nince 1757.

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Tlie Woman of tfce Future. It is somewhat reassuring to learn that the woman of the future "will in all probability speak less than the woman of to-day, but her silence and her smile will be more eloquent." That is good. Hut we aro not told that she will possess that most essential quality humor. Without this gift she would be, despite her iosses.sion of all other virtuos, something less than a joy forever. According to the "Maxims of Methuselah," as translated by Gelett Burgess, "a woman without humor is an annoyance; sha is as the touch of wet velvet or a mouse nibbling In the night. She is as a cigar whose wrapper is torn and the air leaketh therein; nothing can mend her." "And like the alarm clock that gocth off at 7 n. m., so Is she who salth : I told you so.' " An to Women. There will always be something now to say about women as long as one is left among us. Man would not always walk straight ahead if be did not meet a woman at each stop. She Is a charming traveling companion, but one who does not know her wiy, and she prevents us from seeing ours. Since the creation of the world fashIons change constantly, but woman never changes. To ascertain the age of a woman It is necessary to ask her and to ask her best friend. She will say CO, the friend will say 40, and then you take the average. Women who excite In Oar minds merely exclamations of admiration are like Iiaeine's tragedies too perfect One prefers those who excite Interrogation points, says Life. The heart of a woman is at once her friend and her enemy. Philadelphia Record. Gown of Meaiallne. vVV v V.Wv The new shade of smoky gray. In ustrous messaline, was used tor the nodel costume pictured. The skirt was ong and sweeping and was triinrned Dnly by a deep hem, piped with a cord ;f the material. The bodice was trimmed with cut-out square sections of the satin, corded on the edge and ititched over white Cluny lace. The ong shirred sleeves were of very sheer white tulle lace, aiwas the yoke. The Japanese sleeves were of the heavy 'ace, edged with folds of satin, and tassel drop ornaments to match were jsed on the bodice. Shampoo Iteelpe. A good shampoo mixture Is made by scraping an ordinary cake of castlle soap and putting with it a pint of boiling water. Place in an agate saucepan and let simmer slowly for ten minutes after the soap Is dissolved. Pour into a wide-mouth Jar and cover. When cold It will be jelly. To use take two tablespoonfuls and bat into a raw egg. adding half a cup ; of warm water. Massage the scalp thoroughly with this and wash In clear warm water. An ailing scalp Is often best treated by wetting with olive oil a couple of hours before shampooing, when the castile soap and egg mixture given may be used with good results. Hopping Good Kxerclfte. Hopping is one cf the best exercises for developing muscles. It Is easy to do, too, for the movement consists of jumping first on one foot and then on the other, so that the whole weight of the body will be borne by one foot and leg for one or more minutes. This exercise improves tho way of carrying the body when walking, for It develops balance as well as muscle. This exercise should le taken when going to bod and the windows should be open, so there will be plenty of fresh air In the room. While hopping breathe deeply. Frosted Lace. Laces are exceptionally elaborate this season, and show all kinds of combinations. One I saw had a background of lilet net, appliquod with motifs of lace, in both cluny and baby Irish. Tiny sprays of ribbon flowers were wrought out between the motif aud silver thread defined the pattern on the face. It was exquisite, and the only hing that I could think of when I saw It was a cobweb glisl?nipg with frost. The price was beyond any average purse, but the same idea could be worked out at home at small cost. Shopper IIenlnehe. Shoppers' headache is generany supposed to be due to tha fact that one has not eaten enough. There is no work more nerve trying than shopping, and a good, substantial luncheon will help much. Take an hour for rest and eat thinking as little as jtos-sible of the tasks yet to bo accomplished, and there will not be such a splitting headache to take home on the train in the evening. Women who live in the city have little excuse for shopping all day. Velvet Conts. Velvets of various weaves and fmist ?s and in all colorings are unusually prominent wherever fashionable women congregate. Black velvet coats are 'worn quite as much for evening as for dress wear during the day. Those are brightened in various ways by the employment of handsome buttons, and ilto by the Introduction of color in

their trimmings. A smart coat is of Mack velours in Princess coat, and quite plain except for a few 'jeweled buttons and for the facing of the long shawl revers and flaring cuffs. These are of black satin, brocaded in velvet roses iii natural color and shades of pink and crimson.

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Some say that the draped skirts are intended to counteract the Influence of flounced effects, which some designers foci have enjoyed fashionable favor long enough. It cannot bo denied that they at 2 adapted to a greater variety of becoming arrangements than flounces, which at their scantiest are looked upon with distrust by women no longer slender, though gracefully dignified. Some of the smartest draped effects are raised at the front, appearing as if the pauel has simply been terminated at the knees and left unstitched to fall over a deep hem or fold of a decorative fabric or bit of lace. Again the drapery appears at the side and still again one sees it falling in a point at J the front, perilously close in its resemblance to the old-fashioned overskirt Those who are perforce compelled to consider the practicability of a mode before anything else will find the stitched draperies both smart and effective. They form self trimmings, or may be of velvet, moire or even simply a simulated drapery achieved with braid in a slightly darker shade than the material of the gown. Skirts of cloth falling over petticoats cf taffeta finished with deep folds cf moire or panne are used to embody some very clover ideas by the leading dressmakers of Taris, and If the coat Is of dark color, as many of the latest tailored models are, the facing of the mounting corresponds with the shade of the coat. Health and Iirnatr Hint. Warm lime water used on the teeth at night will tend to counteract overacidity. For chilblains rub on witch-hazel. Thi3 is also excellent for pain In the joints, poor circulation or stiffness. A baby's eyelashes may be clipped to induce the growth, but after earliest childhood that method is inadvisable, as the lashes may not grow a second time. Do not drink hot coffee Immediately after eating Ice cream If you value that enamel, also do not acquire the threadbiting habit or try to rival the squirrel In nut cracking. Ragged eyebrows may be readily reformed by simply painting them nightly with a small camel's-halr brush dipped in vaseline and smoothing them gently with a soft brush like that used on an infant's head. A cold may often be prevented if when the first creepy feeling is noticed one gets down with the back close in front of a hot register or radiator and stays there until so warm as to be uncomfortable. It Is, of course, important not to chill after this toasting. PncklnK a Coat. A useful thing for wives to know when they are packing up for the summer holiday is how to fold a man's coat. There Is a knack in it, that it will aid domestic happiness for her to master. Lay the coat out perfectly flat, right side up. Spread the sleeves out smoothly, then fold them back to the elbow until tho bottoms of the cuffs are even with the collar. Fohl the revers back and double the coat over, folding it on the center seam. Smooth out all wrinkles and lay it on a level surface In the trunk. Good Fnce Cream. A delightful face cream, which works veritable wonders if employed as soon as It is made, and never after it has been mixed more than a week or so: Blanch for the purpose four ounces of sweet almonds and pound them till they are smooth, add the yolks of three eggs, and mix with fresh creani; boil as t you would n custard, stirring all the time, and remove as soon as It thickens; then add the perfume you prefer. Seal while hot. Marrlaice. The Englishman It's rather the proper tiling to do. The Irishman A foretaste of heaven. The Scotchman It's aricht If she's got the siller., The Dutchman Who vlll cook der dinner if you no have got der vraw? The Italian Marriage gives a man another angel to pray for him and saves him the trouble of doing it himself. The American Haven't got the time. Extremely smart gowns consist of woolen skirts made of tartan, worn with plain cloth or plain velvet jackets. The shoulder seam In all dresses is disgulsMl by draperies or embroideries, and the shoulder line is always drooping. The square jacket and, the plaited skirt ln some heavy stuffs, plaids or plain brown-reds or very dark blues, are mud. worn. With them are seen shirt blouses and Jabots that grow fuller and wider. The foremost couturiers are making

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princess dresses of dark-tinted velvets, sapphire blue or peacock, myrtle green or the very fashionable shade called "ecaille blonde," made with sleeves of Italian point A blue cloth costume was trimmed with a pale yellow rest and white lace empieeements on the jacket portion only. The three pale tints.were nicely blended and the jaunty little jacket was well matched In the neatly plaited skirt, also cut in the latest godet pattern. A high round girdle laid in soft folds of plain satin was given a novel touch by two broad sireamers of brocaded ribbon, ten or more inches wide, that came from the top of the girdle in the back, where the ends were caught through an oval rhiuestone buckle. As many lace waists in the burntirory tone as those made of white or cream are to be worn. Tiny gold buttons in clusters trim prettily in many cases, relieving the depth of color by a touch of brightness. A cerise cravatte is also one of the best color contrasts to be worn with one of the waists. A nightgown that seems to be growing in favor is tho Josephine or empire model. This Is particularly liked by stout women, who find extremely comfortable the band of beading just below the shoulders that s run with ribbons. The opening at tbe neck is generally the short, full strip of the regulation empire models, but occasionally it Is arranged In a V. Caring for the Hand. Remember that scissors and the cuticle of the finger nails are deadly enemies. Scissors should never be used unless it is absolutely necessary. llemember to shape the nails after every particle of superfluous skin has been removed from them. Remember that the nicest shape foi the nails Is oval or slightly pointed, and the almond shaped nail is indicative of good birth. Remember after filing the nails tc the proper shape to use a tiny emery board to smooth the rough edges. Remember to prevent the skin at base of nail from growing too rapidly by putting a few drops of acid on it and pressing skin back with the fingers. ABI When the baby Is C months old it is usually put In short clothes. If It Is born during the early spring the time for short-coating is sometimes advanced so that the tot may be used to abbreviated garments by the time frost comes, while if Its first birthday is In the autumn the long clothes are retained until the first mild days of spring. The Designer. For children with rickets diet is most Important Give raw or slightly cooked meat juice, or very underdone finely chopped meat, lightly cooked bacon, gravy and meat broths; cream, potatoes and milk puddings. A diet of this kind given to weakly children who have a tendency to rickets will help them to outgrow It Leave III Card. A married woman, when paying a for mal call, always leaves her husband! card, even though he may not know the people whom 'his wife is visiting. Omission to send his card, however, iS equivalent to saying that he does nol wish to know them, or that his wife docs not wish that he should, so thai even In a visit to an unmarried womar his card should be in evidence. s In calling upon a married worriur the visitor always leaves one of bei cards and two of her husband's, one ol his being for the hostess and the othei for the host. As a woman never eali upon a man, one card of hers Is su.G cient Novel Medicine Cheat. When sickness occurs in the countrj It means, unless medicines are In th house, that a doctor must be sent for, and In many cases it will be hours' b& fore he can nrrlre. Every woinut should have a small medicine chest provided with at least 10 to 25 cents' worth of each of the following medicines, which often will relieve and cure what might otherwise necessitate a doc tor's visit: Sirup of Ipecac, castor oil. sweet spirits of niter, arnica, witchhazel, sweet oil, bicarbonate of soda, Hecvrice compound, camphor, vaseline, paregoric, mustard, small roll of antiseptU cotton. Separate Illoase. Separate blouses to wear with tin new close fitting skirts are made of materials that contrast with them or are trimmed with a vivid color, lilucs, dull green and Chinese pink surmount skirts of brown or black cloth. Dainty silk muslin blouses lu pale tints in various tones, such as grayish blue, faded pink, etc., are Incrusted with Venetian lace or with motives of embroidered doth. lie Head Ills Ticket. An official of a railway once got leave to get married and received a pass ovci the road. On his way back he gave tc the ticket collector his marring? erti floate instead of his pass. Tho lattei studiod It carefully for a few moments aud then said: "My man, you have got a ticket for a long, wearisome Journey, but not on this railway." Love' Young Dream. They wore sitting on a bench. "I feel as if we have been sitting here all our lives, Algernon," she murmured, with an ecstatic trill in her young, but fruity voice. "Yes, Marguerita," he answered, turning up his collar as the shades of evening fell, "I've got a touch of the cramp, too." Do Your Own Bleaching. For ordinary use and if you have a good laundress and a place to sun your wash It Is found economical to buy unbleached linen and whiten It yourself.

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GREAT FLOOD OF LAW.

VeTr Deelftfona and Statutes Male Hard Work for the Stndent. The mass of printed legal decisions gathered into volumes in the United States every year is so great 100,000 pages that a lawyer, to keep up with them all, would have to read nearly levea and a half large, closely written pages an hour for 24 hours of all the 3G5 days In the year. He would not have time to eat or sleep, much less attend to his practice. And even if be were physically able to keep driving through the legal literature at this inhuman rate, he would find at the end of the year that he had not had time to glance at a single one of the 20,000 pages of American statute law that had been added to the libraries In that time. Few laymen realize the great volume of these constant additions to the literature of the law. But with courts in 50 jurisdictions (counting the four branches of Federal courts) constantly grinding out new decisions the total can be easily appreciated. One would think that, unddr the growing burden of legal tomes, the task of the law student would become year ly more difficult and complex. To the layman, the student would seem to have an almost insuperable task ofoptical digestion. And the contention that the task of learning the law is becoming harder would seem to be borne out by the fact that the New York University Law School, which has the largest number of students of any university law school ln the country (over eight hundred studmts this year), has just announced that, beginning with the fall of 1909, Its morning, afternoon and evening courses in law will be Increased from two to three years. The university authorities have found It increasingly difficult to train a young man for the law In two years of study. According to excellent authorities, however, the law is not necessarily getting more complex from mere volume. Its Increasing complexity comes rather from new laws covering subjects new to civilization. Chemistry has brought to the Industrial field many things that have made necessary new laws. An increasing number of laws duster about the telephone and its use. The skyscrapers, underground railways, wireless telegraphy, patent foods things like these ail bring into being an attendant host of new laws, which are really only the application of old legal principles to new conditions. Twentyfive years ago there was practically no law on the subject of electricity. Today there are volumes. Ten years ago automobile law was unknown. To-day there are many cases, a book or two and any number of statutes. Ten years from now the law of the airship may be an established factor In our legal literature. Though the law is no harder to learn in New York than in other States, admission to the bar in New York now rests upon a comprehensive knowledge of the law. A lawyer must follow the progress of the law in his own State and the United States law, too, and it is apparent from this that the conscientious New York lawyer has a reasonably hard time. Two thick volumes of statutes show that New York, with its population of 8,0C0,000, got 1,9:0 pages of new laws In 190G. England, with a population of 40.000,000, hi:d new statute? amounting to only 438 pages In this period.. In New York there were about 10,300 pages of reported decisions, while all England showed only 4,200 pages. In the big library of the University Law School, with its 21,000 volumes, eight little shelf sections In a corner gallery serve to contain a double set of all the volumes of decisions handed down In English courts since 1SG5. Feed Ins the Flower. "Come and see me feed' my flower pets," be said. And he led the way, bearing some chopped raw fish In a saucer to a huge aquarium. The bottom of the aquarium was covered with flowers. In the silent submarine garden clumps of beautiful bright growths, yellow, white, pink, blue, swayed gently in the clear water. "Watch," he said, and he thrust down a small morsel of fish on a rod. Immediately a white flower like a daisy drew towards the fish, bending on Its stalk; It wrapped its petals, like slim white fingers, about the food. "Another," he said, and this time a yellow flower bent forward and took a morsel. "Isnt it wonderful?" he cried. "Living, thinking flowers! Before they knew me they would turn away, they would shut all their petals tight when I tried to feed them. But they are my friends now, these sea anemones." Foatofllce DerelIct. On an average no less than 130,000 letters are posted annually without any address, some of them containing money which amounts to about 0,000 a year. Among the cryptographic addresses submitted for decipherment to the postofiice expert were "Obanvldock," which being Interpreted Is "Holborn Viaduct" and "Ililewlte," which stands more obviously for "Isle of Wight" These were easy of decipherment compared with a letter addressed "Ilaselfeach In no famptshere," which nevertheless was duly forwarded to "Ilazelbeach, Northamptonshire," and with another thus superscribed, To the Cectery off Wore, Chelsey Oslittle, London, Queen Victoria," which was duly delivered to the secretary of war. T. r.'s London Wcekl3. Toad Slept Twenty Years. A remarkable case of a toad sleeping for twenty years Is reported from Stone, in Staffordshire. Twenty years ago George" Lewis built houses in front of which were large stone steps. This week the steps were removed, and Imprisoned In the stonework a toad was found in a comatose state, but It soon became active when removed Into the sunshine. There can be no doubt that the toad had lived twenty years ln a hermetically scaled chamber, as all around, ln perfect condition, was a foot thickness of stone and cement and the toad was In the center of the cavity. Kansas City Journal. Now and Then. Diogenes (200 1$. C.) My lamp Is nearly out and I have not yet found an honest man. f .Subpoma Server (190G) I have been everywhere, but they are too slick for nie. I can't find those dishonest fellows. American Spectator. D 1 aeon ra semen t. "Don't you want to make a speech that will be remembered by posterity?' "No," answered Senator Sorghum; "after hearing some of Daniel Webster's orations delivered in schools, I don't care about It" Washington Star.

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