Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 February 1908 — Page 3

IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXX)OOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOO

isOOOOOOOO;

oooooooocooooooooooooooooooooooooooooococoo

CHAPTER IV. (Continued.) At that moment the young couple heard a rcstle among the brambles to their left. The next Instant a young man came tearing through the bushes, and leaped to the ground at their feet; ho raised his hat to Ella, colored, then grew white, and his eyes blazed. There was much concentrated pain, wrath and self-contemptuous impatience in the momentary gleam. Another moment and he had hurried, scrambled, raced out of sight in unseemly haste, in headlong confusion, and anger, and shame so it seemed to Ella. "Who is that?" asked Arthur Calthorpe quickly. "My German tu at least, a professor of languages Mr. Leigh." "Leif.Y Le.'gh Leigh," repeated Arthur, tapping his forehead. "Half-foreign, isn't he? What a handsome fellow, to be sure! I mcst put him on my list of invitations." The heir of the Earl of Beryl took out his pocketbook, aad wrote in it. Ella stared at him. "Miss Wycherly," said he, "our ball is to commemorate the fact of my reaching the age of twenty-five, and 1 am going to stand for the borough of AWmtsho'J, ar-d thus we are about to invite everybody who has feet to dance with to the Oalthorpe ball. We shall invite the tradesfolk of Atbotshold; we shall Invite all the doctors, lawyers and parsons in seven parishes. We shall Invite indeed, we have invited the she-dragon of St. Martha's College, aud her bevy of fair maidens: and, moreover, they are coming, too." lie spoke now in a tone of triumph. "St Martha's College? Mr. Leigh teaches there." "Exactly. So I mcst invite Mr. Leigh. All the county folks, of course, are comingeven the duke.' There will be waltzing with the St. Martha's maidens." "I really believe you are in love with one of them," said Ella, opening wide her black eyes. Arthur laughed and flushed. "You are no father confessor, sweet lady. Leigh, did you say? Where does he lodge?" "Hon -ysuckle Cottage, Woodmancote." "Thank you. What a mercy we met him." "Here we are at the house," cried Ella. "Now, what will papa say?" CHAPTER V. Lionel Leigh told himself that he was mad. and that' the sudden haired which flooded his whole soul, and hissed like a serpent in his blood, was an evil and a deadly thing to be struggled with and conquered by the might and main of an honest man's will. Ella Wycherly! What was she to him? Beautiful as an houri, fascinating as a siren, proud at heart as were all that old stock of noblesse, the Norman aristocracy, to which she belonged. Ella Wycherly? Well, he had dreamed a day dream half an hour since, and now it was dispelled ; he had built a splendid castle, and behold; It has tumbled into ruin, chaos, and confusion, broken pillars, crumbled terraces, spilt wine, crushed flowers! He Iicghs bitterly as he owns to himeelf th.it his castle was built of paper tnac me goia was yenow paint, ine etatues, the pictures and the splendor a mere blaze of cheap finery, such as any carter's lad may see for a penny at a show in a country fair. Half an hour before be had sat in the pretty summer house with the enchantress, and it had seemed to him that this homely earth was carpeted from pole to pole with roses. Now what a dreary, cold, bleak world it was! unutterably gray, and grim, and grimy. The young gentleman whom he had met discoursing so gaily and pleasantly with Ella was an carl's heir a petted, spoiled world's darling with money, and horses, and servants at his command, and position and rank in his possession, which Lionel could never attain to, though he toiled for fame and -gathered knowledge until he came to the time of hoar hair and dimmed eyes. He had. left Wycherly Park, and bad struck across a wide moor. Here and there were belts of trees, left from the ancient foists which had mostly been cleared some hundred years before. The wind was now more boisterous, more playful. It was not cold, but it whistled "v?r the moor. Lionel presented himself at the door of St. Martha's College, gloved, brushed, potless, faultless in manner, neat in dress, with an easy smile on his handsome Hp, and a subdued light in his eyes. t. Martha's is an imposing structure a large house, s. built something after the fashion of a French chateau, with towers find niinv ? n rwra ctAnA.vlAPA I tit-?A of sullen aspect, surrounded with a plantation of gloomy firs, and possessing in the rear large, stiffly bid-out gardens, and a gymnasium where the young ladies repair for healthful exercise. It was two o'clock. A tall, pale young housemaid, in a white cap and apron, ushered Lionel upsrairs and into a small anteroom, fireless and nearly bare of furniture. Here he waited a minute, and then the door burst open, and a young girl rushed in, calling out, "Lionel, darling!" and she flew to hij arms, and was folded In tliem tenderly. She was a beautiful girl, with an Italian cast of head, languid dark eyes, golden hair, rich, and long, and wavy ; a lithe, willowy form, graceful as a lily bending In the breeze of June; wann, ripe lips; and cheeks where the color mantled with every passing emotion. She wore a dark gray dress of warm material, a plain white collar, and no ornament whaterer. "Leila, my child, should you care if I went away? to Australia, for instance?' "I should die," she answered ; "I have bat you In the world. There is a person who " Whom do you speak of?" "Hush I Mr. Arthur Calthorpe, of Calthorpe, heir to the Earl of Beryl. He has written me a letter." The door opened. A stout, imposing lady in purple silk appeared. So the brother and sister passed into the classroom; and there, for four hours, Lionel dictated French classics to fifty young ladies, under the supervision of seven elderly ones. Afterward he took his leave, but first obtained permission for Leila to spend the next afternoon with him. The clnck struck six just as he found himself ia the narrow lane, bounded on one side by a little low hedge and on the other by the high wall of St. Martha's College for Ladies. Another instant, a fpmale form had precipitated itself from the wall, and landed heavily upon his breast. Two arms were clasped tightly round his neck, and he staggered; bui he was strong and did cot fall. "There is some mistake," said Lionel. The young lady unwound her araiä and uttered a scream. Thereupon there came to the rescue two gentlemen, who sprang out of a carriage whTch drew up at the side of the road. Th; carriage lamps flashed upon their faces, and Lionel was recognized. The gentlemen were the Itev. Seymour Cummiogton and Mr. Jabez Holler, the actual proprietors of St. Martha's. Each gentleman had daughters at the college, each gentleman scowled at Lionel, as if he had been discovered in an act of burglary. Mr. Jabez ITowlor was a rich manufacturer in a large, smoky, noisy towa, eboiil twenty miles north of picturesque AbbotsLld. The Re Seymour Curamicg'AX 7Rs the wealthy rector of Bi.

Mary de Lode's, the lar-- parish in Abbotshold. The clergym.i ( three daughters under the care Iss Pritchard; the manufacturer had .v ir fostered beneath the sheltering win., of the same accomplished lady. Both gentlemen stared angrily at Lionel Leigh, professor of languages. Each gentleman felt that It might have been one of his own fair daughters who had placed herself in such a very critical and compromising position as Miss Jane Wilkinson now occupied. "It might have been, only it wasn't," as the volatile and irreverent Dick Barrington was heard afterward to observe, when commenting on. the events of that most unfortunate even;ng. Miss Jane had dressed herself for her elopement with an eye to romantic effect. She wore a large white hat, with streamers of bright tartan ribbon, and a great scarlet plume. A scarf of violet velvet was passed over one shoulder and fastened under the other at the side of the waist with a golden buckle. Her bodice an J long sweeping skirt were of lavender-colored silk. On her arm she carried a splendid cloak of white ermine, lined with crimson silk ; this to be worn as protection from the cold of the winter night. Maria, the housemaid, on the other side of the wall, had tossed over into the road a large, square, ugly brown paper parcel. This, doubtless, contained Miss Wilkinson's impromptu wardrobe, for the occasion ot a sudden flight into Scotland, or France, or Holland, or wherever Richard Barington, Esquire, meant to sojourn with his bride. Very pale Jenny looked, and her teeth chattered, and she seemed ready to cry. Those two elderly men the stout, pompous rector, with purple face and scowling forehead, and the severe, irongray man of mettle from the great Midland center of manufactured iron both frowned down upon Jenny, as if she had been a thief. She turned away her head and burst into a passion of 'ears. "Most scandalous!" said Mr. Jabez Howler. "Most dreadful!" growled the Rev. Seymour Cummington. "An elopement," said the manufacturer. "Sad sad sad 1" cried the purple rector. "I don't care!" screamed Jenny, hysterically throwing out her long, lean arms, and turning her young, foolish, freckled face toward the murky November night sky. "I don't care, I will never wed another never, never, never !" "Young man," quoth Mr. Jabez Howler, staring fiercely at Lionel, "this will not pass lightly. The law arms Itself to protect women and children. Your character, your position, your calling Is forfeited, sir, by this attempted abduction. More than that, I believe that, as a magistrate, I hae the power to order you into custody. Is this lady a ward in chancery?" "No," cried Jenny; "I am not; and that gentleman is our French and German master not the one I love. Ah ! no. Where Is he? He would not allow me to bo insulted and frightened. Oh, Dick Dick Dick, where are you?" The elderly gentlemen stared at each other, and then Lionel spoke. "This young lady leaped into the road, mistaking me for another person. I have certainly given her French lesions in a class with twenty other pupils, but there my acquaintance with her begins and ends." The two elderly proprietors looked at each other. Jabez Howler coughed; the clergyman adjusted his spectacles.

"I am sorry, Mr. Leigh, that there has been any misconception," said the rector; "but you must see " and there he paused. "Mr. Leigh cried Jenny, "if I go into that hateful house again, I shall die. Oh, take me with you take me to Dick ; he lives at the 'Black Wolf I don't care, I won't go back to St. Martha's." "Miss Wilkinson, quoth the rector, "you must go into the house this moment. I insist!The reverend gentleman readjusted his spectacles, and then laid his hand on the le?n, shivering arm of Jenny. There was powfer, both muscular and moral, in the rector's grasp. He was a man of authority, a man dreaded, ridiculed, respected, among the young Tadies of St. Martha's, according to 'their several temperaments and home training. Jenny dreaded him, and Lionel had the satisfaction of seeing the young lady ied off in a species of fatherly triumph by the rector and Mr. Jabez Howler. CHAPTER VI. It was night a bright, breezy, autumn night with the moon sailing through billows of clouds. The air was mild, yet the south wind was boisterous, and the half-stripped yellow trees In Wycherly Woods rocked about and tossed their branches wildly. , Ella Wycherly stood on a stone balcony watching the night, listening to the wild music of the wind, ' smiKng to herself, when the gusts took the little plantation of larch and bent it down so helplessly, so humbly. Ella wore a dress of gray silk, golden bracelets on her arms, a crimson flower in her dark hair. Dinn.r was over, and coffee was over; and the dull game of whist was over, in which the colonel and the doctor, Mrs. Wycherly and Miss Worthington took part for three hours nightly, while Ella sat by at fancy work, or yawning over some supnmely childish or terribly dull book which her mother permitted her to read. Ella had said good night, and was supposed to be in bed. It was 6nly in the solitude of her own chamber that Miss Wycherly enjoyed freedom. She had told Sistine. the Swiss maid, to leave her alone for a while, and now she had wme out upon the balcony to cool her throbbins temples, and exult with the winds, and with the moonlight, and with the shadows exult in the anticipation of the ball at Beryl Court. She was to dance with anybody who asked her, if she chose. She was to talk with other cheerful girls of her own age she, who had never hitherto been allowed to exchange more than polite reetings with her young neighbors. Arthur Calthorpe, too, was delightful; and he had said that he intended to Invite Ler German master. "It will be what Is called a mixed ball, so there will be no harm in my dancing even with him, if he asks me," thought Ella to herself; and then she threw up her white arms and clapped her fair hands joyously, leaned over the balcony and began to sing a merry French song, but in a low key, for fear her mother should by some chance overhear her, and come in with that white wrath upon her face which the girl so dreaded. Suddenly she paused. What was that?. A figure was darting in among the laurels and firs which border the lawn before the side-front. One of the servants, perhaps, or a poacher, or a burglar. The figure came out again, and stood boldly in the moon's rays on the lawn, a slim, stalwart figure enough. The man took off his hat, and the moonbeams fell on his fair hair. "A charming night. Miss Wycherly." "Arthur Calthorpe!" Who would have thought of his pirout'j;,- among the ßhrubs round the east front of Wycherly Hall at that hour of the night? Eleven o'clock, certainly. "What do you want?" said Ella bruskly. "You almost frightened me." "I delight in singing. Miss Wycherly, and your voice enchanted me."

'But you never heard me sing, lion did you know that I should come on the balcony to-night, end sing that foolish, flippant song? That won't do, Mr. Calthorpe." "Pardon me," the young man answered, with a flourish of his hand; "but I have been guilty of hiding among those bushes for many, many nights, on the chance of teeing your figure pass tho window ' "Is it to be Romeo and Juliet?" asked Miss Wycherly mockingly. "Because, if it Is, let me run in and get a glove and lean my cheek on my hand so, and then you may begin ten thousand fine speeches, aud I can sigh and simper. What a pity there is no one to see us I feel quite dramatic, Mr. Calthorpe." "Ah ! beautiful Ella, winter is not colder than your heart, and, alas! its skies are not more gloomy than your life, if all account be true. Here," and the young man struck his chest, "is a faithful breast, where you might pillow that charming head, with its coils of black hair, its divine, rosy lips, its cheeks like the peach, its eyes of liquid brown, so sparkling and so clear. My ball at Beryl Court " "Cio. go, go ; I hear the door. Mamma is in the room !" Tie gentleman scampered off, took refuge anions the laurels, and was surprised to see the figure of a man dart away amid the tiiick bushes of the miniature wood in the greatest hurry and distress. "What a little flirt!" cried Romeo. "Here is another Romno; but I'll catch the fellow and knock him down. I feel in a fighting mood to-night. That little, saury jade!" And though the other doubled and turned, the pursuing Romeo was upon his heels and suddenly grasped him savagely by the shoulder. The other threw oft his ' grasp. The moon's rays fell full upon his face, and boih young men broke into lauh.Vr, none the less impossible to restrain on lccount of the element of bitterness that mingled in it. "You are a cunning gentleman," said Borneo. "And what of you, then?" asked the other meaningly. "My good fellow, you and I must shake hands," said Romeo gaily. (To be continued.)

GREAT FUTURE FOR SIBERIA. It Will Eventually lie the World's Timber and Grain Country. "Siberia will eventually be the greatest grain and timber country In the world," 6ald Major Charles Beverly Ewing, a surgeon In the United States army, who has just returned from a survey of conditions In the Phlllippines and along the Siberian railway, to a Philadelphia Bulletin man. "The boundless resources of Siberia since the railway has made them accessible are far beyond the ken of Russia herself and certainly are not suspect ed by western countries," he said. "Of course, the summer in Siberia Is short and the frost, which lasts until June, prevents nny fruit growing, but their mountains are covered with rich tlm ber, wh:ch the government allows to be cut only in alternating sections of, say 200 feet, and the winter rops of wheat are becoming better each year. "Siberia's grain crops, however, are not so significant at present as her tim ber yield, because, in view of Gifford Pirchot's furecast this morning that the supply of forests in this country would. If drawn upon for the nest twenty years at the present rate, be exhausted, the vast resources of Sibe rian forests, where pines, cedars, silver birches and beeches abound furnish consoling promise of relief. "It is impossible for a traveler to tell how much of this is realized by Siberia herself and how much this Is a factor In her determination to conserve her timber. It may be that because where the trees are destroyed the droughts and overflows make living precarious, the measure Is merely an accidental help to the trees. But Indiscriminate, haphazard cutting is not allowed In Siberia forests. A broad strip of 200 feet or so will bo cut away and the neighboring 200 feet left Intact. "The great difficulty to be faced, Ii Siberia should become the grain and timber center of the world, would be the exporting of her products. There will presumably be no difficulty in preparing the exports, since a recent government appropriation of $9,000,000 for Immigration should provide sufficient men for labor. Rut Vladivostok Is frozen over from November till April, and the only port open during the winter months Is Odessa. There would have to be an open port to the Pacific for export traffic, and that, of course, will take time. "Only about 10 per cent of Siberia's population Is educated. There are very few universities, uid thosq nre for the most part abused by hysterical students rather than put to legitimate uses, and this retards the cause of education. "The Siberian railway Is In some reFpects one of the finest In the world. There Is only one other, the Indian railway, which runs from Calcutta to Bombay, which has so wide a gauge six inches wider than merlcan railways. The beds of the railway there are not so strong, nor are the ties, so that the trains cannot be as heavy, but the roadbeds are even." Major Ewlng will bo assigned to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, after he reports his observation at Washington. ontethlnaj More Interesting: The old darky was having his eyes tested for glasses. After the oculist had put up several cards of Roman letters, which the negro vainly endeavored to call off correctly, he looked over at the oculist and asked, with some disgust: - "Whar's de use in lookln at dem fings?" "With them I'm trying to find out how far you can see distinctly," returned the eye speclallst. "Wal," declared the old darky, unsatisfied, "dey ain't wuth tryln t' make out. Put up er watermllllon. Bohemian. Not a Cheerful II rand. "Haven't you any milk that Is more cheerful than this?" queried the new boarder as he poured some of the liquid Into his coffee. "Why, what do you mean by that?" queried the landlady. "Oh, nothing." rejoined the n. b.; "only this milk seems to hare the blues." One to Follow. "I'll give you a good two-foot rule If you want it," said the painter. "Hand It over," rejoined the carpenter. "Don't wear tight shoes," paid the painter, with a large, open-face grin. I.nrk ot Fortune. Little Willie What la a cynic, pa? pa A cynic, my son. Is a man who sneers at the owner of an automobile because he can't afford one himself. On the Tinning Ilanki. "Did you ever go a-crabblng, Dolly V "No," said Dolly, hopefully. "But I I've gone a-lobsterlng." Xcw York Evening Sun.

5 1 Wsmwl

I'luln Facts. Once upon a time there were gathered together a dozen women high in the councils of. education. When the business which occupied thorn had been disposed of, a tpiiet woman asked their attention to a matter of her personal experience. In tho course of her service on n certiiSn committee it bv:uiie her duty to visit the rooms of a girls' dormitory iu a college. Some alterations were to be made in the building. As .he went into room after room, she was startled by the amazing spectacle which met her at every threshold. To ?ny that the rooms weiv in disorder would convey but faint idea of the facts. Skirts, shoes, hats, gloves, books, papers, cake, fruit, collars, ties, Mouses, pens, pencils, corsets, stockings, pictures, sweaters, handkerchiefs- clean and soiled candy, pillows, letters and curls were a few of the articles strewn on the floors. Closets were even more cluttered than the rooms. Confusion was worse confmn led with actual dirt. Ilerrick's "sweet disorder in the dress" was here become a disorder which did not commend itself to any of the senses. What more dire revelations might have been made by the bureau drawers tiie visitor was glad not to learn. She told bor story to the Hstenin,? women, and when she ended. It was greeted with a melancholy chorus of sympathy. Every woman could verify some detail of what she had heard by what she had herself seen. Modern life and modern education, they declared, were thrusting out the dainty habit of mind and of hand from the character of young women. After an hour of discussion, the woman who had broached the subject turned to tho wisest, most exierienced educator among. them and said, "Miss Blank, what can be done about this?" There was a moment's silence, and then she answered. "Nothing!" and the meeting broke up and the women went dejectedly away. Would the mothers of the girls make the same reply? Youth's Companion. . V More than fifty labor unions in Massachusetts have lately passed resolutions in favor of womeu suffrage. Following the recent example- of Great Britain, the Parliament of Iceland has Just voted to make women eligible as municipal councilors. , Miss Lucy Jennings lias been elected a director of the National Bank of Winchester, X. II., to fdl the vacancy caused by the death of her father. Mrs. Julia It. Dorr, who hag dolighted several generations with her poetry, Is S3 years af age. The girls' dormitory of St. Catherine's Indian School, Santa Fe, X. M.. founded by Mother Drexel, of Philadelphia, was burned recently. Seventytwo girls were rescued and taken tc the Federal Indian Industrial School. At the annual meeting of the New York State liar Association Mrs. Harrlette M. Johnston-Wood, who is her husband's law partner, was admitted to membership by a unanimous vote. She Is the first woman to be admitted. Miss Helen Gould has lately given $5,000 each to the American School for Girls at Luxor, Kgypt, to the American College for Women at Assiout, Egypt, and to the American School at Cairo, and $'J,000 each to American schools at Jerusalem, Damascus and Tarsus. IIotT to Clean a Clock. Often a chx-k will refuse to run merely because It Is clogged with dust. A very simple way to clean a clock Is to place a piece of cotton or a small sinnige soaked in kerosene In the bottom of it and let stand a few hours. The SK)ng will gradually be filled with the dust from the works, and when the clock Is again started Jt will genjrally run without further difficulty. " If j-our nickel-plated alarm clock refuses to run, as It' will be apt to do after it has been In use a year or so, It may be cleaned In the following way: Take stiff feather-one from the win? ot a chicken is excellent and dip It In kerosene oil. Then Insert it In the :hcle around the winding keys and the keys that move the hands to remove the dust. Wind the clock and let it run a few days, and then apply a tiny drop of sewing machine oil from the ?an to each of the wludlng keys. Valuable Washing Fluid. A housewife tells of a valuable jvashing fluid which saves clothes and it the same time saves much rubbing. "It Is made of a 10-ceut can of potash dissolved in four and a half quarts of hot, but not boiling, water, nd mixed thoroughly with one. ounce ach of powdered ammonia, borax and salts of tartar. When cold It was bottled for use and two-thirds of a cupful of the mixture was added to two-thirds of a bollerful of cold water with one-third of a bar or soap shaved op. The clothes went into thh cold mixture while dry, and were brought to the boiling point and boiled from sight to ten minutes. Ordinary rinsing followed and whatever obstinate stains remained were rubbed on the board. MKUt Terror of Children. This trouble Is always to be regarded as evidence of ill health. The conli lions producing night terrors in either children or adults are usually of alincntary origin. A simple diet, two aieals a day, consisting of breakfast and early dinner, at K'ast six hours befce bedtime, with a proper amount of xerclse and not too much study, will relieve most of those cases. Severe ?ascs, of course, demand particular treatment, but generally night terrors mean indigestion. iol mid Silver Ornament. There Is no abatement In the use of gold and silver. Slippers of one or th-j other are worn currently with all sorts of evening gowns, and, by the way, also popular are rich laurel green kid slippers, these being Infinitely elegant, especially when worn with a black cen-

THREE DESIGNS

r- T 11 'sssr ' 7.

1. White batiste gown, trimmed with Irish and Cluny lace.

2. Morning eostume of pink taffeta batiste, with embroidered vest of same material.

ing gown. The costume should include a green ribbon wound about the head and a large grecii chiffon shawl wrapped about the figure, Health and Ilenuty Hints. The habit of putting a baby on its back to stare at a white parasol In its carriage is frightful. "Dilated heart" is only one consequence of rushing at exercise when the muscles and the body generally are flabby and feeble after a winter's disuse. It Is not difficult to select a bloodmaking diet, but it must In? closely followed. Among the foods recommended are underdone meats, beef blood and raw beef sandwiches. . "Always, after using a tooth "brush, it should be held under a hot-water faucet lo rinse tlioroughly, and onco a day It ought to be plunged into a strong ammonia water to puritj, thus cleansing of germs. The prevalence of granulated lids among children at the public schools shows how the eyes are neglected at home and this dried matter or "granulation," is not uncommon on the lids of babies whose sight seems to be good. Never force a child to eat that tgalnst which he rebels, even though It be the most staple of foods. White potatoes will make some children, very sick, showing that there Is something In the potato which Is absolutely poisonous to their systems. To make raw beef sandwiches grate the round steak. This makes a paste, which is seasoned only with salt This mixture may then be spread either on very thin bread or on salted crackers, as one chooses. They may be eaten at any time during the day. Girdles are empire at the back. The small velvet toque is seen on every side. ' The new tallormade is prettier than for years. Sleeves, despite variations, generally are upou Japanese lines Coats are short and fit the form closely In the newest suits. Cretonne patterns appear on everything, from organdie to pique. Skirts almost without exception are plaited In one way or anoher. The plain coat sleeve is the only one used for the new short, tight skirts. Lace sleeve rulfing dangling over the knuckles is a fashion that is being revived. The touch ot green Is chic just now, and Includes the kid slippers of rich laurel green. A glorified rajah silk Just out, seeking favor, lias a satin finish and Is In a two ton.- weave. A Jaunty English coat suit, oue of the advanced spring models, comes In worsteds and homespuns. Black hats for evening, trimmed with a mass of scarlet feathers, are the newest Paris wrinkle. A new freak is to wear rings on the Index finger and thumb, leaving the outer fingers unadorned. Chip straw hats, It Is said, again will blossom out. Just now leghorns lead.- Coarse straws are more prominent than formerly. A new muff Is knitted of angora wool. It is slipped like a pillow, is fluffy as a kitten, and should be accompanied by a scarf to match. One of the quaintest developments as regards the feather fantasies of the moment is the two-color scheme where the ostrich plume Is concerned. Close fitting froeks make It necessary that the petticoat slionld cling. A new kind with elastic gores set in over the hips' clings like a tallormade. A new sheer voile has Inch wide stripes, alternating pale blue and white. On the blue strips are white dots and on the while stripes are blue dots. In suitings 'for spring stripes are much in evidence, and thus far browns and blues lead." Sometimes the stripes are a darker color, but again It Is suggested in the weave rather than by two tones. The l'hyftlenl Model. A well-formed woman of to-day weighs 1-15 pounds a gain of 20 pounds over her grandmother. When the arms are extended a perfectly formed woman should measure, from the tip of the middle finger to the tip of the middle finger, just 5 feet 0

FOR SPRING.

0. Afternoon gown ot embroidered linen, with oversklrt. inches, or exactly her own height From the 'thighs to the ground slu should measure just what she measures from the thighs to the top of hei head. The knee should come exactly midway between the thigh and the heel. , A woman of the last generation took pride in a waist of 18 inches but to-day a woman is not considered well formed if she has a waist measurement of less than 28 inches and a bust less than SO inches. Am Dou't forget that children's clothing should be warm, but at the same time light. Don't forget that tight woolen under garments are just as uncomfortable for little folk as they are for "grown-ups Don't lift baby by . the arms. JS child's bones and muscles are so deli cate that life-long injury may be done by this means. ; Itemember, too, when taking a small child for a walk, to suit your speed to his, and not vice versa. What may seem quite a moderate pace to you may b? a terrific strain on tiny legs. In the Home. An open fire is certainly a "happy feature in it. Readable books and magazines lying around loose are one of the Important tiiiugs. In the living room there must be a softly shaded light placed low for reading and sewing. Chairs that can be sat upon are a more necessary essential than some housewives think. Stilted "suits of furniture are a good thing to avoid; also loud papers and highly colored pictures. A carpet that can be walked on by the family Is much better than ona preserved for. the sacred feet of strang"s. ' , As to tobacco smoke and dust weih there have been homes with them and places without them that utterly failed to be homes. Cheerfulness and love and mutual accommodation as to tastes go further to make u real home than overzealous siHjtlessness and everlasting oversight Pretty Nwkwfar, Frrnrh Woman's Shoe. " The French woman does not take to the American shoe. She objects to the heavy sole and wants her buttoned shoe for she never wears the lace kind much higher than Is found la the American stores here. Her shoe generally begins at eleven buttons and runs to Uilrteen or more. She has the Idea that the very high shoe makes a better finish to the profile of the foot. Don't 11 n Shirtwaists. Too much cannot be said in praise of the shirtwaist, but many girls spoil their nice blouses by pinning them to the skirt. I always put an eye In the center of my belt. Then make a small pad and a hook In the center of it. Hook It on, thus keeping the skirt and waist from parting. Coat Correctness. With the short walking skirt, the favored of all the models which are now in vogue is the half-length cutaway coat, As a rule this coat is open iu the front most of the way and Is worn with a lingerie blouse smartened with a frilly lace jabot. CrraklnK Doors. The unpleasant creaking of closet doors and bureau drawers can be remedied by rubbing the edges 'with soap. Hon Abont Girls Proposing. It is tolerabl certain that womec would not take a refusal In as philosophic a spirit as the majority of men.

DENTISTRY FOR DOGS.

Diamonds and Falae Teeth Inserted In Canine Month. Tainless dentistry for dogs is now ts highly developed as for human bo ngs," said a specialist in dog diseases. 'The operator needs four, five, or even ilx assistants, according to the size md energy of tho patient, even after cocaine has been applied, and often we ise gas if the patient proves to be too nuch for us. But with dogs, as with people, care must be taken that the aeart Is In good condition before the ;as Is admlnlstred. "For filling a dog's teeth gold, silrer, and platinum are used, and freluently if the filling Is very large and lonspicuous a gold filling is used with FILLING A DOG S TEETH. a small diamond inserted in the mid dle. "And If milady's pet poodle has a tooth missing, particularly one of the four front teeth, which show when he smiles, a porcelain or gold tooth can ?aslly be substituted. Often when one of these teeth is broken a gold cap Is put on. "For the more pugnacious bull pup who has an opportunity for all kinds jf warfare a whole roV of false teeth Is sometimes needed. This can always be done as long as there Is a tooth on ?ach end to which the false teeth may be fastened. . "Many dogs have to have their teeth cleaned regularly, especially those who live on a bonbon diet" Legal Information t The United ,Stntes Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Grainger vs. Douglas Park Jockey Club, 148 Federal Reporter, 513, upholds as constitutional a Kentucky statute, which, while exempting from its' provisions trotting meetings or races conducted by fair associations, prohibits the conducting of any running race In the State except by a corporation or association licensed by the State racing commission, and empowers the commission to grant and reject licenses, to adopt racing regulations, and to fix the time for races between specified dates of the year, its action in certain matters to be subject to reTiew by the courts. A limited use of the Bible in the pubtic schools is approved by the Texas Court of Civil Appeals In Church vs. Bullock, 100 Southwestern Reporter, 1023. It Is there held that the constitutional guaranty of religious liberty is not violated v by morning exercises, in the public schools consisting of the reading, without comment, of non-sectarian extracts from King James' ver sion of the Bible and by repeating the Lord's Prayer and the singing of appropriate songs Iu which the pupils are Invited but not required to join. Decisions from Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan, Iowa and Massachusetts are cited in support of the court's holding. In Vance vs. Kansas City, 100 Southwestern Reporter, 1101, which was an action fot injuries received by falling sver building stone placed in a street It appeared that though the particular stone which caused the Injury had been placed there only a few hours before the, accident, other loads had been left unguarded for three days, continuously maintaining the obstruction. Under such circumstances the Missouri Court of Appeals held an instruction that the piling of the last load of stones was too short a time before the accident to Impart constructive notice was erroneous, as the ider.tity of the stone was of no moment, so long as the obstruction was continuously maintained. That a recorder ofdeeds Is liable on his bond for a negligent violation of the statutory requirements In entering satisfaction of incumbrances and departs from the law at his peril is the gist of the Missouri Court of Appeals holding in State ex rel. Philips vs. Green, 100 Southwestern Reporter, 1115, wherein-the court decided that a recorder of deeds was not relieved from liability for permitting the release of a deed of trust without requiring the production and cancellation of the note secured or affidavits showing payment by the fact that the vendee of the property accompanied the beneficiary of the deed to the recorder's office and remarked that they had come to satisfy the record. Maw His Own Finish. Some time ago the wife of Judge Blank lost her cook, and, since she had no other resource, Bhe rolled up her sleeves and for a week provided such meals as the judge had not enjoyed since those happy days when the Blanks did not keep a cook. The Judge's delight was so great that by vay of appreciative acknowledgment he presented Mrs. Blank with a beautiful ermine cloak. Quite naturally the Incident was a good deal noised about among the social acquaintances of the Blanks and a spirit of envious emulation was developed In certain quarters. It was In this mood that Mrs. Jerome recited the story to her husband. "What do I get, Jerry," she asked, if I will do the cooking for a week?" -Well," said Mr. Jerome, "at the end Df a week, my dear, you'll get one of those long crape veils." Argonaut Didn't Overlook That. "Love is certainly blind." "Another instance cropped up?" "Tes, Gladys Svelte marrying old Skmla ; lie's ugly as a rhinoceros. "But he has a splendid figure." "Rats! He's a cross between an elephant and a mud turtle." . "Don't Interrupt! As I was about to pay, be has a splendid figure to bis credit at the banks." Houston Tost Willie. Notorious Willie on a tear, In a flywheel caught his hair; William left this world too soon, We're seeking for him with a spoon. Cornell Widow. When a young woman asks a young man to let her sew on a button, the world holds Its breath.

Indiana I I Slafe News I

KITCHEN RANGE EXPLODES. nir Through Walls of Home and Sets It Ablate. Samuel Rett!, at Oakland City, bailt a rousing fire in his kitchen range, preIaratory to breakfast, and while Mrs. Reod was standing directly in front of the stove there was a tremendous explosion, hurling fragments of the range througli the walls into the yard, blowing two doors off their hinges and knocking out three windows. The kitchen fnrnishings were smashed. Fragments of ' iron were forced through Mrs. Reed's dress, but she escaped unhurt, while another fragment struck a three-gallon measure fified with coal oil, setting the' room ablaze. The house was greatly damage! liefore the fire department had the mischief under control. During the night the "pipes con-' ucciing with be water works were frozen, and the supply to the boiler of the range Was cut off. The Iwiler was" hot and dr when the ice thawed and the explosion was the result. PEOPLE DEPOSIT IK BAXKS. It en I dents of Vodbk America Hasten to Tot Their Wealth In Safe Tiare. The recent raid on the town of Youn America by burglars, who robbed half a dozen stores, rifled the postollice safe and stole a horse and bussy and made their ei-cae, has h.".d one good effect Residents who withdrew their money from the Kokomo and Loansport banks when the recent financial - flurry swept over the country, are depositing ii as speedily aa possible. Abe Johnson, who drives the stage coach 'between Young America and Kokomo and Logansport, has a load of gold, silver and paper money on every trip. . BATTLED WITH TRAMPS. Charles V. Fe nt more Wounded While Enforcing Company Order. Ia a battle with tramps, whom he had ordered off his train, Charles V. Fenimore of Decatur, HI., was shot in Feru. Although greatly outnumbered, Fenimore stood his ground till he was wounded, when he fell backward off the car. The bullet entered his thigh and in the fall he was painfully bruised. The tramps escaped arrest. Donbllue Vp to Save Rent. Although factories are shut down, or only operating in part, and there are sex-, eral hundred vacant houses In Muncie, apparently there has leen no loss of population. Indeed, the school enrollment shows a substantial increase over that of the year before, and all other years. ! School authorities are inclined to account for this by saying that the vacant houses are caused by two and more families "doubling up" in a single house, whereas the families formerly lived separately. Aeetdentallr Shot with Own Weapon. Patrolman Henry Nieters lies at the point of death at his home in Vincennes. He is 43 years oil. He had completed a night on his beat, and was ascending the steps in the city building, when he slip ped and fell. . His revolver, which he was carrying in an inside coat pocket fell out and was discharged, the ballet tearing a hole in his right thumb and burying itself in his neck. Darted Hog Is Alive. That a hog can live six months without food or water was proved on the farm of Charles Eglu, near Richmond, when an old straw stack which was overturned six months ago was torn to pieces. A hog which had become buried by the straw was found alire aud sprightly, although much thinner .n flesh than it was when I nprisoned. Onee Wealthy; !Vow I' Isoner. John Shank, formerly one of the most prosperous business men of South Bend, has been taken to Danville to answer a charge of embezzlement. From a position of influence and honor Shank sank within ten years to a cot in the county asylum. His business failed because of his drinking habits. Victory for Miner' Law. Judge Piety of the Vigo Circuit Court decided the miners' washhouse act enacted by the last Legislature to be constitutional. - It was introd u-ed by Senator Blank of Greene county, and compels operators to furnish and equip with hot and cold water washhou.ses for the ue of the miners. Ends Life Before Train. In sight of a dozen persons a welldressed stranger threw hi msi-if in front of a fast Lake Shore train at La Torte, and was killed. He was about oT years old and had money, but absolutely no papers or marks on his clothing to disclose his identity. Quarrels with Lovers Takea Poison. In Evansville Miss Bertha Utley, 18 years old, took chloral after quarreling with her lover, James Wheeler, a city fireman, and will die. The mother of the girl tried to kill Wheeler with a pistol, but was oerpowered by officers.

Italians Flee Town. Alarmed by warning placards and anonymous letters, fifteen Italians employed in the quarries at Reed's station, left there on trains for the East the other, day. "WITHIN OTJB BORDERS. Fire destroyed the Mort Brothers elevator and cold storage building at North Manchester. Loss $10,000. Insurance $3.000. "Don't get red-headed about it," say R. It. Miley, a conductor on a Jonesboro street car, to Mrs. A. Cooper when she remonstrated against paying full fare for the passage of her 6-year-old child. It so happened that the woman's bair was of an auburn hne and she arose from her seat and gave the conductor's ears a boxing. Miss Crystal Finley, the 17-year-old daughter of Ir. and Mrs. Finley, was seriously injured at Brazil by falling on the ice, on her way home from school. Her head struck the pavement, and she suffered concussion of the brain. The clerk of the Bartholomew Circuit Court received a letter from Mrs. Rtta (laston Keller of Oklahoma City, saying that the understood a fortune awaited her as an heir of Mrs. Martba (iasjon Terry, who died ten years a,ro. The clerk examined the records, and found that $H.SJ was due Mrs. Keller, and that it had been awaiting her order for eight year. She lia lnen so advised. The New Albany business lilock occupied as barracks by the American Salvation army Las Ufn placed under quarantine because of smallpox. Mrs. John Haoi and son, members of the colony, have the disease. Charged with the rmliezzlcment of $.V fX from the American and United State Express companies, of which he was the a?(nt in Ilairmond, Albert F. Kilborn was placed under arret. Kilhorn admitted the theft and after a preliminary hearing was released under $1,000 bonds. Kilborn. said that betting on horse races ed him to "borrow" money from the companies," hoping to make restitutioa with his winnings. --7 '