Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 January 1908 — Page 3

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VIXEN By Miss M. E. Braddon.

CHAPTER XIX. "Yes, dear, I obeyed you. You were hard ad cruel to me that night in the fir plantation; but I knew that you were vase and honest and true; and I made up my mind that I would keep the engagement entered upon beside my mother's deathbed. So I held on, Vixen yes, I will call you by the old pet n?.me now; henceforward you are mine, and I shall call you what I like I held on, and was altogether an exemplary lover, went wherever I was ordered to go, and always came when they waistled for me, and, in a word, did my duty in that state of life to which it had pleased heaven to call me; and my reward has been to be jilted with every circumstance of Ignominy on my wedding morning." jntea: cried ixen, ner big brown eyes shinins in pleasantest mockery. "Why. I thought Lady Mabel adored you?" "So did I," answered Roderick raively, "an 1 1 pitied the poor dear thing for her inatuation. I still believe that Mabel was fond of me once, but Lord Mallow bowled me out. The scoandrel brought a marriage certiticate in his pocket when he came to stay at Ashbourne, and had the art to engage nxjpss it Southampton, and sleep there a night en passant. He left a portmanteau and a hat box there, and that constituted legal ocupancy; so, when he won Lady Mabel's consent to an elopement he had only to ride over to Southampton and give notice to the parson and clerk. The whol thing was done splendidly. Lady Mabel went out at 8 o'clock, under the pretense of going to early church. Mallow was waiting for her with a fly, htif a mile from Ashbourne, i They drove to Southampton together, and were married at 10 o'clock in the old church of St. Michael. Yhl the distracted duchess and her wot .en were hunting everywhere for the bride, and all the visitors at Ashbourne were ar raying themselves in their wedding finery, and the village children were filling their baskets with flowers to strew upon the pathway of the happy pair, emblematical of the flowers which did not blossom In the highway of life, the lady was pver the border with Jock of Hazeldean! Wasn't It ff. Vixen?" "At half past ten there me a telegram from my runaway bride: ?Ask Roderick to forgive me, dear mamma. I found at the last that my heart was not mine to give, and I am -raarired to Lord Mallow. I do not think my cousin will grieve very much ' "That last clause was stnslble anyhow, was it not. Vixen?" "I think the whole business was very sensible," said Vixen, with a sweet, grave smile. "She will be very happy as Lady Mallow," said Roderick. 'Mallow will legislate for Ireland, and sie will rule him. "But how did you come here?" asked Vixen, looking up at her lover in simps e wonder. "All this only hajPpened yesterday morning." "Is there not a steamer that leaves Southampton nightly? IIa4 there not been one, I would have chartered a boat for myself. I would have come In a cockle shell; I would have come with a swimming belt; I would have done anything wild and 'adventurous to hasten to my love. I started for Southampton the minute I had seen that too Messed telegram; nt to St. Michael', saw the registry with its entry of Lord Mallow's marriage, hardly d.-y, and then? went down to the dock3 and booked nw bertlv Oh, what a tons day yesterday was tha longest day of my life!" "And of mine," sighed Vixen, beteen tears and laughter, the shepherd kings." "in pite of ("Are those Jersey people you have picked up?" Rorie asked innocently, .'Thi3 tuned, the scale, and Vixen Mirst Into :i joyous peal cf laughter. ."How did you find me hsre?" she aked. 'Very easily. Your cuslodiaa what a' grlnr looking personage she is, by Uie way told me when you were gne and directed me how to follow yju I told her I had a most import ant message to deliver to you from your mother. You don't Jhird that art less device, I hope?" VNot much. How I flew mamma? She complains in he? letters of not feeting very well." "I have not seen her lately. "When I did, I thought her leaking ill and worn. She will get well when you go batfk to her, Vixen." 'l shall never go back to the Abbey 'House." "Yes, you will; for om fortnight, at least. After that your ?oma will be at Briarwood. You must ba married from your father's house "Who said I was going- to be married, sir?" asked Vixen, vfäh delicious coquetry. "I said it I say it. Do yon think I am too bold, darling? Chrsht I to go on my knees, love, and rrake you a formal offer? "Why, I harr laved you all my life; and I think yob ta7e loved me as long." "So I have, Rorie," she answered softly, shyly, sweetly. "I always loved you; there was no stage ft jay life when you were not dearer Cf cte than any one on earth, except my 'afrher." "Dear love. I am ashaml of my happiness," said Roderick tendwly. "I hae been so weak and unVorthy. I gav away my hopes of blif In one foolishly soft moment, to gratify my mother's dying wish a wish that had been dinned into my car for tLe last year3 of her life and I have done nothirg but repent of my foly ever since. Can you forgive me, Vixen? I shall never forgivo myself." "Let the past be like a dreura that we have dreamed. It will mke the uture seem so much the brigh'er." "Yes," And then under the blue Aagust sky, fearless and unabashed, these happy lovers gave each other th kiss of betrothal. "What am I to do with you?" Vixen asked laughingly. "I ought to go home to Les Tourelles." "Don't you think you might taJa me with you? I am your young mar now, you know." They left the battlements, descended the narrow stairs, and went sid by side, through sun-lit field3 and lsnes, to the old Carolian manor-house. What would Miss Sklpwlth say'i Vixen laughed merrily at the imagt of '.flat cheated lady. It wa3 five o'clock In the titernoon when they arrived at Les Touretfes. They had loitered a little

j sunny lanes, stopping to look seaward through a gap in the hedge, or to examine a fern which was like the ferns of Hampshire. "I'm afraid you'll never like Briarwood as well as the Abbey House," said Rorie, humbly. "I tried my best to patch it up for Lady Mabel; for, you see, as I felt I fell short in the matter of affection, I wranted to do the right thing in furniture and decorations. But the house i3 lamentably modern and commonplace. I'm afraid you'll never be happy there." "Rorie, I could be happy with you if our home were no better than the charcoal-burner's hut in 'Mark Ash,' " protested Vixen. "It's very nood of you to say that. Do you like age-green?" Rorie asked, with a doubtful air. "Pretty well. It reminds me of mama's dressmaker, Madame Theodore." "Because Mabel Insisted upon having sage-green curtains, and chaircovers, and a sage-green wall with a chocolate dado did you ever hear of a dado? in the new morning-room I built for her. I'm rather afraid you wont' like it; I should have preferred pink or blue myself, and no dado. It ' looks so much a3 if one had run short of wall-paper. But it can all be altered by and by. If you don't like it." CHAPTER XX. They found Miss Sklpwlth pacing the weedy gravel walk in front of her parlor window, with a disturbed air, and a yellow envelope In her hand. "My dear, this has been an eventful day," she exclaimed. "I have been very anxious for your return. Here is a telegram for you; and as it Is the first you have had since you have been staying here, I conclude It Is of some importance." Vixen took the envelope eagerly from her hand. It was from Captain Carmlchael to Miss Tempest: "Come home by the next boat. Your mother is ill, and anxious to see you. The carriage will, meet you at Southampton."N Poor Vixen looked at her lover with a conscience-stricken countenance. "Oh, Rorie, and I have been so wickedly, wildly happy! she cried, as if it were a crime to have so rejoiced. "And I made so light of mama's last letter, in which she complained of being 111. I hardly gave It a thought" "I don't suppose there Is anything very wrong," said Rorie, In a comforting tone, after he had studied those few bold words in the telegram, trying to squeeze the utmost meaning out of the brief sentence. "You see, Captain Carmlchael does not say that your mother is dangerously 111, or even very 111; he only says ill." "But he tells me to go home he who hates me, and was so glad to get me out of the house." "It is your mother who summons you home, no doubt. She Is mistress In her own house, of course." "You would not say that if you knew Captain Carmlchael." They were alone together on the gravel walk, Miss Sklpwlth having retired to make tea in her dingy parlor. It had dawned upon her that this visitor of Miss Tempest's wa3 no common friend; and she had Judiciously Jeft the lover's together. "Isn't it dreadful?" asked Vixen, walking up and down with the telegram In her hand. "I shall have to endure hoörs of suspense before I can know how my poor mother is. There is no boat till tomorrow morning. It's no ues talking, Rorie." Mr. Vawdrey was following her up and down the walk affectionately, "jut not saying a word. "I feel convinced that mamma must be seriously ill; I should not be sent for unless It were so." "But, dearest love, you know that your mother 13 apt to think seriously of trifles." "Rorie, you told me an hour ago that she was looking ill when last you saw her." Roderick looked at his watch. "There is one thing I might do," he said, musingly. . "Has, Miss Sklpwlth a horse and trap?" ' "Not the least bit in the world." "That's a pity; it would have saved time. 111 get down to St Heller'3 somehow, telegraph to Captain Carmlchael to Inquire the exact state of your mother's health, and not come back till I bring you hi3 answer." "Oh, Rorie, that would be good of you!" exclaimed Vixen, "after traveling so long. You have had nothing to eat You must be dreadfully tired." "Tired! Have I not been with you? There are some people whose presence makes one unconscious of humanity's weakness. No, darling, I am neither tired nor hungry; I am only Ineffably happy. Rorie had to walk all the way to St. Helier's. He dispatched an urgent message to Captain Carmichael, and then dined temperately at a French restaurant not far from the quay, where the ben vlvants of Jersey are wont to assemble nightly. He went to the office two or three times before the return message had come; but at last it wa3 handed to him, and he read It by the office lamp: "Captain Carmichael, Abbey House, Hampshire, to Mr. Vawdry, St Heller's. "My wife is seriously ill, but In no Imemdlate danger. The doctors order extreme quiet; all agitation Is to bo carefully avoided. Let Miss Tempest bear this in mind when she comes home." Roderick drove back to Les Tourelles with this message, which was In some respects reassuring, or at any rate afforded a certaialy less appalling than Violet's measureless fears. Vixen was sitting on the pilgrim's bench beside the manor house gateway, watching when her lover returned. Together they went to the manorhouse, where they found Miss Sklpwlth annotating a tremendous manuscript on blue foolscap a work whose outward semblance would havtj been enough to frighten an&.deter any publisher in his right mind. ' "How late you are, Violet?" she said, looking up dreamily from her manuscript. "I have been rewriting and polishing portions 'of my essay on Buddha. The time has flown, and I had no Idea of the hour till Doddery cawe in, just now, to ask if he should sht.t up the house; and then I remembered that you had gone to the gate to watch for Mr. Vawdrey." "I'm afraid you must think our goings-on rather eccentric," Rorie began.

la thosejshly; rbat perhaps Vlx Miss Tern-1

pest has told you what old friends we are; that, in fact, I am qulto the oldest friend she has. I came to Jersey on purpose to ask her to marry me, and she has been good enough" smiling blissfully at Vixen, who tried to look daggers at him "to say yes." "Dear me!" exclaimed Miss Sfcipwith, looking much alarmed; "this Is very embarrassing. I am so unversed in such matters. My life has been given up to study, far from the haunts of man. My nephew informed me that there was a kind of in point of fact, a flirtation between Miss Tempest and a gentleman in Hampshire, of which he highly disapproved, the gentleman being engaged to marry his cousin." "It was I," said Rorie, "but there was no flirtation. I was Miss Tempest's oldest friend hor old playfellow, and we liked to see each other, and were always friendly together; it was an understood thing that I was to marry my cousin. It was Miss Tempest's particular desire that I should keep an engagement made beside my mother's deathbed. If Miss Tempest had thought otherwise I should have been at her feet. I would have flung that engagement to the winds, for Violet Tempest Is the only woman I ever loved. And now all the world may know it, for my cousin has jilted me, and I am a free man." , (To be Continued.)

FACTS ABOUT THE BANANA. Ripened Darius Voynjje an Good aa Ripened I'nUer Tropical San. There is a vist amount of Ignorance prevailing among Intelligent people concerning tb growth, production and marketing of bananas. Many people imagine that the natives In tropical cities step out of their huts in the early morning and p'uck and eat bananas fresh from the plant, the same ai they would oranges and other fruits. Bananas ripened on the plant ore net suitable for food. , Bananas, even after traveling 3,000 miles in a green state, are every bit as good as bananas ripened under a tropical sun. This Is probably true of no other export fruit. The plant of which bananas Is the fruit Is not a tree, nor is it a buh or vine. It Is simply a gigantic plant, growing to a height of from fifteen to twenty feet About eighteen feet from the ground the leaves, oftentimes eight feet long, come out in a sort of cluster from the center of which springs a bunch of bananas. These do not grow with the bananas pointing upward, naturally, and If the stem grew straight they would hang exactly as seen In the fruit stores and grocer' windows. This, however, is not the case ; the stem bends under the weight of the fruit, and Uds brings It Into directly the opposite position, with the large end of the stalk up and the fringes pointing toward the sun. A word of explanation concerning some banana terms: 'Each banana Is called a "finger " and each of these little clusters of fingers surrounding a stalk is called a "hand;" the quality and value of each bunch depend on the number of hands It . has. Some may wonder how the fruit is cut from the top of a plant fifteen feet from the ground. The native laborers cut the stalk part way up its height; the weight of the fruit cause the stalk to slowly bend over until the bunch of bananas first nicely reaches the ground, then the bunch is cut off with the ever ready machete and carried to the river or railroad for shipment. The plant at the same time is cut close to the ground. The banana Is a very prolific producer of Itself and at every cleaning of the land it is necessary to cut down many of the young plants, or "suckers," as they are termed. In order that they may not become overcrowded up to a certain limit; the fewer suckers on a given area the larger the fruit they will produce. Th? Golde' Story. Up among the hills of Sllgo, Ireland, lies a small and mysterious lake much famed n that haunted region. One ijay a noted English professor,' exploring the hills, was asked by his native guide If he would not like to see the lake, "for It's no bottom at all, sor." "How d3 you know that Pat?" asked the professor. "Well,' sorr, I'll' tell ye," agreed the ether. "Me own cousin was showln the pond to a gentlemanone day, sorr, and he looked incredulous like just as you do and , me cousin couldn't Btand it for hlia to doubt his word, sorr, and so he said, 'I'll prove the truth of me words. he said, and off with his clothes and into the water he Jumped. The professor's face wore an ami'sed and quizzical expression. "Yes, sorr, In he Jumped," continued the guide, "and didn't come up again at all, at all." "But." objected the professor, "I don't see that be proved the point by drowning himself." "Is It drowned? Dlvil a bit drowned at all he was. Sure, didn't a cabla come from him next day in China askIn' for his clothes to be sent oal" Hoc nnd Ilolled Turkey. "The hog," said a Baltimore Judge "Is the greatest animal In the world. Every part of him has a different flavor, and each flavor Is better than that of any other animal in the world." "Better than a terrapin?" "I don't call a terrapin an animal. The terrapin Is a creation. But, to return to the hog, all of him is good, from his tail to his front fe?t. Chine Is a great dish, but It doesn't compare with jowl. Jowl and turnip tor3 iu the spring ca:i be beaten by only one thing, and that Is a boiled hen turkey. Nobody but a Yankee or a heathen would roast a lieu tur.':ey In the spring. Hon turkeys are fat before they lay, and the flavor is dellciou. Properly cooked and served, ruch a dish is lit for kings, and nations have gone to war for less cause." Baltimore New The Trlie Covr. 'I'ake for yourself a well brod cow, get her on full feed, crnm and feed and stuff and cram her for, say, a year. Go to the trouble of wnsbing nnd currying and scrubbing and combing her twice a day, get down on your hunkers, my friend, sandpaper her hoofs, groom her legs, polish her horn3 and brush her tall, and by the time show season comes around you should havo a very creditable looking show cow. Sheridan (Mo.) Advance. Dnrlns the Reception. Era Percy Sapp is going to recite another poeni. Some of the romantic girls call him the "Mountain Spring" because he 13 always gushing. Katharine H'm! He reminds mo more of an artesian well. Eva Because he never ceases? Katharine No ; because he Is such a great tore,

"Woman Enemy. "It is not the work that tires you at all; it is the way you do it," said a wise counselor to a discouraged and broken-down school teacher. The word fits the case of many a woman who is not a school teacher. The fanner's wife who des the whole week's work in Iter imagination after she goes to bed Sunday night tho bookkeepcr who in her dreams adds columns of figures to bring out an obstinate balance; the school girl who grows hot and cold iu anticipation of an examination; the dressmaker who never forgets her apprehension lest her customer shall not be pleased all these and a score of other kinds of women need to learn the lesson of the value of the mind at ease. A conscientious, worrying wife of a Maine fanner hurried to the hen house one icy day with a pan of food. She slipped and fell and a broken hip stopped the quick footstep and dulled the keen vision for "things which must be done." For three months the patieirt lay in bod, alone many hours of each day, thinking ovev her life and habits and responsibilities her successes and her failure. When she could hobble to a wheeled chair, she was a different creature from the anxious, nervo' s woman who had been forced to submit to imprisonment A perspective of the months and years of life, a now conviction that peace of mind is more Important than pies and cakes, a sense of proportion which included herself and the claims of her own nature as well as the appetites of her hungry family and the profits of the farm, had revealed themselves to lior in the lorg days of enforced inactivity. "My broken hip saved my life and my soul, too, I guers." the grateful woman used to say, with the smile of oue who had found that the worst enemy of good work is worry. Youth's Companion. A Modern Meditation. Idle not; for idleness is the mother of all sins. Neither dawdle nor dilly-dally; for the dawdler groweth weary and accomplished naught Delay not, nor postpone ; for more crimes are due to postponement thao to deliberate Intention. Hesitate not an hour In performing thy tasks ; for the only way to get a thing done Is to do it now. Glower not, nor grouch; for It Is a fearful crime to make other people unhappy. Never Indulge thyself in despair; for there is no surer way to miss all the good things that are coming to you. Neither indulge in vain retrospection ; for what is done Is done forever, and the only wise thing is to forget it Blame not thyself nor any other person too much; for there are laws stronger than any of us that govern the universe. Make hope and industry thy habits; for by these two practices shall a man reach the highest place even contentment The Terfeet Höstes. You know her as soon as you step over the sill. She has diffused an atmosphere of welcome over the entire house. You feel at home In every room, even though left alone, says the Cooking Club Magazine. And you are left alone sometimes. For the perfect hostess doesn't dog your footsteps every minute. She knows that you will want to write letters, and nap and read. She gives you the house to entertain yourself In and you can have her, too, whenever you want her. She does not wear you out with too many entertainments or too many persons. She doesn't make you feel that you've got to "pay for your keep" by doing chores. Neither does she refuse to kt you help her, If she sees it would make you happiest. She gives you the Impression It's a Joy just to have you in the house. And you always want to see her again.

Dreaaed In Their Beat.

The little coat on the standing figure Is made of bright red cloth, trimmed with black braid and straps of the cloth, finished with gilt buttons. It is cut with a very full flare In the skirt. The dress is navy blue cashmere, trimmod with parallel crimson silk folds, with stitch" between them done in hl IV saddler's silk. The guimpe Is white chullie, trimmed with navy blue soutache. Ailvlet to Letter "Wrl ter. Edward Everett Hale tells letter writers to h:io- what tliey waat to s.-iy. t s;v it, to use their own guage. uing short words rathvr than c.'c'. with as few wn:'ds ns possible, .ui:l to leave out Jill the fine passages. That is no doubt good advhv, but it would j:ecui to :ipply more particularly to those :ho write letters on a typewrii?r. Surely the "fine passages' need not bo left mit of a friendly letter, and most persons who get letters are not so particular as to logical sequence. About the Hyrhrow. Many children possess beautiful heads of hair, which is often allowed to hang loosely over their faces, without being confined In anytV7ay. This may certainly show the hair off to the best advantage, but quite hides the best points of the child's face and often Is the cause of scanty ew brows a dis-

ITVE SIMPLE GOWNS.

figurement which will be more noticeable when the child is grown up. The growth of scanty elebrows can, however, be encouraged by brushing lightly with a soft brush, and this also tends to make them arched, but on no account should they be clipped to insure their thickness. Clipping the eyelashes to promote their growth Is also .1 practice that should be abolished, as If the child should move while they are being clipped it may result in injury to the eyesight The Greek coiffure is much in evidence with opera costumes. Fancy color effects In shoes for day wear are gaining In popularity. Banana brown and cinnamon form a favored combination of coloring in many costumes. Some of the winter muffs are made of tippet pieces, laid on flatly and hanging like a flap. Patent leather shoes are being worn this seasou, decorated with little folded bows of leather. A trig little red English morocco bag is fitted With folding opera glasses, powder puff, and mirror. An applied cloak tuck, three inches wide, furnishes a tunic effect on many of the long-cloth skirts. , For handsome gowns matrons are wearing black or dark, rich colored silks, brocaded In velvet Lovely are the evening bags of white Irish crochet, lined with white silk and mounted In gold frames. A new fad Is the evening cloak of the bame color of the gown, especially to wear at little theater and restaurant functions. One of the most striking gowns seen at a recent wedding was of bottle green satin trimmed with green lace and yellow panne. A chic departure in theater waists is the separate waist In chiffon, generally black, and worn over a pale colored or white foundation. When the Frenchwoman wants her decollete gown for restaurant or theater wear she adds a transparent guimpe of white tulle and a tiny cravat of fur. The return of the tight skirt is perhaps the harbinger of tight sleeves and wiists that have been banished so long, to say nothing of the waistline and Its natural position. The new sleeve, called the "step ladder," is an outgrowth of the kimono sleeve, and consists of a succession of deep folds, one over the other, narrowing in as they reach below the elbow. IlnKband II renk er. The Ingenuity of the modern woman lias discovered a new method of earning a competence. She breaks husbands. There hate been women who made their living at breaking horses, but r.ot until very lately did some emancipated feminine genius go In for husband breaking. Ingenious woman! For a moderate fee she Is prepared to make a lengthened stay, nnd gradually mold the newly-married husbaud according to the pattern that his wife requires. Since Adam was driven from Paradise It Is doubtful if man las ever felt the effects of the fall so severely as he does at this moment! Kternnl Feminine. Men say that women's friendships are not as staunch and true and lasting as men's because a woman is so ready to believe all that she hears against her best friend, while a man will only Judge his friend by what he is to him, not by what the world says of him. Is this true? If so, it will remain so just as long as average charmers see in 'man nothing but possible husbands, escorts and gift-givers. Married Women ns Ilreadwlnner. Twenty-seven thousand women in New York support their husbands, according to Mrs. Frederick Nathan, a leader in the movement for women's suffrage in New York. Mrs. Nathan does not either approve or disapprove of a woman making a living for her spouse, but makes her statement as one of fact Women who support their husbands, she says, are not in any one

class, but are found in all classes, from that of the woman who scrubs floors to that of the woman who marries a title. That a woman can be a wage earner and at the same time care for her home Is possible, Mrs. Nathan says, and there are many cases In which it Is eminently satisfactory to have a mat and his wife both wage earners. Mrs. Nathan gives the following two as the principal reasons why married women are wage earners; "Men waste so much money in smoking, gambling and drinking that they have none left for family expenses. Many women havi minds superior to their husbands and can earn more. In that case it Is the woman's plain duty and should be bei pleasure to earn whatever her talents Will bring." Linen Supply. The young housewife with little money, to spend may begin with a small supply. Six or eight pairs of sheets are essential. One bolster and two pillow, slips should be allowed to each pair of sheets. Several white "honeycomb" spread! and a white marseilles counterpane arc needed. At least two dozen face towels, a dozen dish towels and four roller towels are essential. Four white tablecloths, one of finer quality for "occasions," will do for a beginning. There should be. a dozen napkins to match each cloth, and, if possible, a dozen extra fruit napkins. A dozen hemmed cheesecloth dusters also belong In the outfit Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett Is ai enthusiastic gardener and her country home In Kent, England, is noted for lta rose garden, where in summer she does much of her brilliant writing. Dr. Mary Merrit Crawford has been appointed house physician fn the Williamsburg hospital, Brooklyn, having won In a competitive examination over thirty-four men. She Is but 23 years old. A widow living In the Brightlingsea almshouses, England, recently celebrated her ninetieth birthday by Inviting two old sweethearts to tea. One of them was 00 and the other 93 year of age. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lawrence, of Hucknall Torkard, Notts, claim to be the oldest married couple In England. On May day they will have been married seventy-two years. Mr. Lawrence is 92 and his wife 91. An aged beggar woman, known among her neighbors as "Old Mother Snuff," was lately found dead In her house in Paris. The place was searched and the search revealed $15,)00 in bank notes and $1.000 in gold hidden In a mattress. Queen Victoria had twenty-one granddaughters, and of this number only four remain single. They are Princess Victoria of England, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg, Princess Patricia of Connaught, and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. f t i The Cilrl in Gold. One of the colors which the girl in her first season has taken up more enthusiastically than any other this year is yellow. Buttercup, daffodil, old-gold and the soft toues of crocus yellow are all included in her colony card, and these, when softened with veilings of cream ninoii or laox are taking the place even of the all-white gown when the Import ceremony of the debut itself Is over. The Small lint. The most advanced dressers are neglecting the huge hats which are "the fashion,' for the small hats which are the fashion of to-morrow. They are small and curly of brim, sit low about the head, have high soft crowns of hairy felt or of soft velvet tossed aloft and are empauacher with plumes of flaunting aspect. Teach Children Care of Clothe . Teach children to fold their hair ribbons and put under weight on dresser every night. The neater appearance pays for the effort

P0WEES JURY DISAGEEES.

Famous Kentucky Political Prisoner to Have Fifth Trial. The jury trying Caleb Towers at Georgetown, Ky., on the charge of complicity in the murder of Governor William Goebel, was dismissed by, Judge Morris. The jury stood ten for'acquittal and two for conviction. One of the jurors who held out for conviction was 'willing to come over to the acquittal side, but the remaining juror refused to change bis decision. The charge was complicity in the murder of Governor Goebel, 1890. Four trials have been held 1900, life imCALEB P0WE2S. prisonment; 1902, life imprisonment; 1003, death penalty ; 100S, no verdict Immediately following the discharge of the jury in the Powers case, aftt'r a disagreement had been reported, attorneys for the accused sent a telegram to Governor Wilson asking executive clemency. A petition was started In Georgetown asking the Governor to pardon Towers. Similar petitions will be circulated throughout the United States. " PARTIAL LAW AT HTJKCIE. Street Car Strike necessitates Use of National Guard. Because of the riots following the street car strike at Muncie, Ind., Governor Hanly issued a proclamation declaring that city to be under martial law. The proclamation say9 that Muncie and its immediate environs is In a state of riot and insurrection against the laws of the State, and suspends civil law. Quartermaster General Towell was sent to Muncie with troops, and carried the proclamation in person. With the proclamation was a letter to General McKec advising him of the step that had been taken and ordering him to take command of the city of Muncie and the surrounding district Soldiers were at once put on patrol duty, guarding the car lines. With their arrival' the Union Traction Company announced It was ready to begin running all regular cars. "Shoot to kill," was the order given to the troops when they were put on cars with strike-breakers. In the troublous times since the strike started scores have been injured, some seriously, and considerable property dan'Ttge has been done. Several cars were demolished and shot at by strike sympathizers. Governor Hanly has declared he will protect property and preserve peace, and also endeavor to get employes and company officials together in an effort to settle their differences, which arise over low wages and long hours. Figures compiled by officials of the Southern Pacific show that in 19(X the Tacific lines of the system had 1,198 locomotives und 20,148 freight cars, an increase in motive power of 10 p. cent and in freight cars of 20 per cent. State Legislatures do not possess autocratic powers over the railroads within 'their borders, according to a decision of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and though the constitutionality of their ccts may not be directly challengeable, still they are subject to a review of the courts as to their reasonableness and justice. That officials of railroads cannot be held responsible in any criminal sense for wrecks that may happen upon their lines, even though the cause may be traced indirectly to their failure to provide adequate safeguards, is the essence of the instructions given to the jury by Justice Kellogg at New York in ordering the acquittal of Vice Tresident and General Manager Smith of the New York Central railroad. Mr. Smith had been on trial for manslaughter in connection with the wreck at Woodlawn on Feb. 1C, in which twenty-three persons lost their lives. This case has attracted attention throughout the country as the first in which a serious attempt was made to hold a high official of a railroad resiKnsible for the acts of subordinates. A decision recently rendered by the Interstate commerce commission has an important bearing on the effort which electric traction lines have been making for some time to force the steam roads to give them recognition in the sale of through tickets and the routing of through freight. In the expectation that industrial conditions will be much more favorable for the prosecution of large undertakings iu which labor constitutes an essential part, the New York Central has decided to push to completion its terminal improvement and extension work with great vigor. The notice served by Tresident Mellen of the New York, New Haven and Hartfcrd railroad that all joint rates on through freight to and from New England prints would be canceled on the Beading. Jersey Central and Baltimore and Ohio lines on and after Dec. 17, has started a commercial war that may extend far. This ir.rans that the Tennsylvania is to be favored with the New Haven business. Already the Jersej Central has called upon the Interstate Commerce Commission for help and the New Haven officials have been summoned before that tribunal of trade. Mcllen's men say-that the Jersey Central is slow in handling the freight. The United States Circuit Court of Appals at St. Louis, reversing the decision of the District Court for Colorado in the case against the Colorado and Northwestern l'ailroad Company, holds that any rjiilroad wholly within a State, but carrying goods consigned from one State to another, is subject to the interstate commerce law and to regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Judges Sanborn of St. Paul and Van Deventer of Cheyenne gave the decision. Judge Phillips of Kansas City dissenting. The Erie Railroad has announced the withdrawal of all its passenger rates in the Chicago rate sheet and other tmnk lines were expected to follow suit

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SHOWES OF $40,000 FALLS. Children and Grandchildren of Godlove Conrad! Get L.e.z,nclem. Happy with the memories of a married life well lived and surrounded by a large group of children and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Godlovc Coaradt celebrated their golden wedding at Peru by bestovr ing on their descendants the sum of 10, OuO, the bulk of their -earthly possessions. We are near the allotted years of life, are going to take our leave from you all in the fullness of our time, and we want to see you enjoy these gifts," they said as the legacies were distributed in nearly equal parts. The Conradts are pioneer of the county, nd were married therei TJiey amassed a considerable fortune in property, which was distributed from time to time as the sons and daughters were married off. The latest gifts were mostlt ia cash. PKEPAUE3 DUnrEH; USX 3 LIFE. Woman Stvullow Arid and , Before Hoarder. After preparing an elaborate dinner, Mrs. Phoebe Klinger, proprietor of e of the largest boarding houses in S"uth Bend. tepjed from the dining rood, swallowed carbolic acid, nnd then, staggering back into the dining room where the boarders were seated, announcel: I am done for. She died three hours later. Domestic trouble is assigned as the cause for the act. The woman came from Warsaw. HAVE A NEW MASCOT. Snake AVarni lp to Driller "When Thawed Binde Pet. Gas well drillers on the Jesse Johjfon farm, near Upland, have a pet blue racer. II. Ii. Miles discovered a snake's head protruding from the earth that had been thawed out near the well. He and James Moore dug it up, thawed it out thoroughly, and, as it appeared grateful for this attention and disposed to be friendly, adopted it as the mascot ofj the drilling outfit. j1 Killed on Drldal Trip. A dispatch from Wonachee, Wash., to relatives in Wayne county, announces the accidental death of Jacob Swearinen in a railway accident. Swearingen was recently married at Milton to Miss Ida Ferguson, and they were on their honeymoon trip, meaning to take up their residence in the West. . Prominent riiyildan Die. Dr. Hubbard M. Smith, one of the oldest practicing physicians in Indiana, died at Vincennes as the result of a fall ereral days ago. He vas ' 87 years old. He was the snthor of a book of poems and of a history of Vincennes. Dnrglara Haul Safe Away. - Burglars entered Hudspeth's saloon la Boonville and loaded the safe into a buggy, hauling it into the country for two miles, where they rifled it and secured ?300. They also stole a horse from the proprietor of the saloon to escape. Clothlna Firm Falls. Rost & Marshall, clothing dealers, suspended business in Richmond. The liabilities of the firm are $i0,000, while the assets are $14,000. The company will reopen if it can reach an agreement with its creditors. Bor Inhed by Court Order. James Tindle, a boy charged with disturbing a religious meeting, was given a severe lashing by his father with a cat-o-niue-tails upon order of Judge J. (?. Winfrey of the Evansville police court. ; Fire Destroy Tlirteen Car. Fire destroyed thirteen cars of a derailed Erie train at Disko. Seven of these cars were filled with coke and were ignited by friction. Farmer Endi Life with Rasor.- . Gus Zohr, 00 years old, a farmer liring in Gibson county, committed suicide by slashing his wrists with a razor. . SH0ST STATE ITEMS. With one exception, all the affidavits filed against Henry county druggists, resalting from a visit of the pure Lod inspector, have been quashed in the Circuit Court, and the remaining one wilL in all probability, meet the same fate as have its predecessors. Hogs from many part3 of the country will aid in paying off the debt which now overshadows the First Baptist church at Hope. It is proposed to hold a hog sale the latter part of this month, each hog to be contributed by a friend of the church. The hogs will be sold at auction, half of the money to be retained by the church and the other half to be sent to the person' who contributed the hogs. More than thirty hogs have already been contributed for this purpose. The church dtbt amounts to about $1,0(30. "An Overall Romance" would be an appropriate title for a tale of the love affair of Fred Crjddy of Rushville and Miss Agnes Adams of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The latter has been employed in an overall factory there. It all resulted from Croddy finding of a small slip in the pocket of a pair of overalls which he purchased about a year ago. Next week the two will be manied at roughkeepWe, Croddy having started for that city. Of course that note in the overalls pocket contained the young woman's adJress and a request that the wearer write to her. Croddy will bring his bride to Rushville, where he has furnished a home. Mr. and Mrs. Rush McCammon, Greene county, are entitled to membership in the anti-race puicide club, the fourteenth child having been bom to them in fourteen years of married life. Thirteen of the children are living. Mr. McCainmoa is 40 years o!d and his wife h T.4. Because he said in a sermon that all women who dance are questionable characters Rev. Ernest Sweeton, a holiness minister of St. Louis, was egged and clubbed on the streets of Newburg. The eggs nnd other missiles knocked him down, and men then beat him with clubs. No arrests were made. An old family grmlgc, renewed while both men were dissipating, led to the fatal stabbing-of Lee Wilson, 'M years old, by his brother-in-law, Edward Stoae, at Evar.sville. In Terre Haute Oliver Key shot himself while his wifi was shopping. She found him unconscious 0:1 a sofa. thvr n-year-old child phijiug on the Moor, thinking its father asleep. , In Elkhart Frank Guzzo, an Italian, -! years old, took an overdose of tablet containing a mercurial element and died, lie thought a big dosa necessary fo remedy his ailment. He had .been dissi;uitiog. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dressier, S7 and 7:1 years, respectively. for twenty-six years residents of South Bend, were found dead in bed by their daughter, Mrs. John Hnebleiu. Death was the result of asphyxiation by gas. They celebrated their, golden wedding anniversary two years ago. Coming to Petersburg late the othr night on the E. & I. tracks, John Howard, a farmer, discovered iron bars aiJ car springs placed across the track to wreck the north-bound passenger train. Howard cleared the track just as the train came in sight. Had not the train been an hour late a serious wreck would have occurred.