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CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) The pursuing Borneo had found himself looking right into the eyes of Lionel Leigh eyes which flashed indignant fire; jet the fair-haired gentleman continued to laugh boisterously. "What in the world brought you here to-night? asked Lionel suddenly. "Are you cot engaged to Mis3 Jane Wilkinson, .who will have thirty thousand a year, who loves you, and whom you did not meet thia evening, although the poor child appeared on the wall!" '. "Poor little thing! Well, to toll you the truth, inrpecuniosity is to blame for the whole. You saw the stare of my ex chequer at the 'Black Wolf last night. after the dinner? Well, that state i not changed. I had relied on receivin a check thia verv dav. and I received i 13 it not. The postman passed actually passed the 'Black Wolf,' and left nothing within its ancient portals for xaan, woman or child." "But what do you want with Miss Wycherly ?" "Want the same as you do I want to marry her. Colonel Wycherly can give hi3 daughter estates to the value of ninety thousand a year." "Very possibly." "I had seen this little beanty last Sunday, stepping into the grand Wycherly carriage, at the door of thr abbey at Abbotshold, whither she had ciriven in to service, attended by the veriest she-dragon of a governess. Poor Jenny toppled from hf-r throne in my faithful heart, where she had sat in state ever since last nutrnr.il. Then, vhen I found out that Ella Wycherly :t rich in other gifts than ripe, red lips and roguish dark eyes, -why, I did not d?siair whoa the postman brought no check. I walked over here, I econnoitered ; she appeared at a window, he called to me, and . hen I approached, sbr addressed me a? 'Mr. Calthorpe. Oh ! it i3 the richest joke! Do you kiiow who I am, my dear fellow? The old. crooked Earl of Beryl is my ancle, and 'Arthur Calthorpe is my twin brother ; he 'does me out of the estates and titles only fcy the ppace of one halt-hour. Fact!" And now Lionel remembered that -vhen le had met Miss Wycherly with Mr. Calthorpe in the drive, lie had been struck ty that gentleman's resemblance to some one, though he could not tell whom. "So she called you Calthorpe?" "She did, my dear fellow ; and it strikes tne you and I will find mino admirable brother in the way. The pretty creature is fascinated with Arthur. Come on, now, to the 'Wycherly Arms.' There is cheerful warmth by the ruddy blaze; there Will be Tillage gossip, and Tillage -waggery to amuse us, and a little man who sins The Village Blacksmith so excruciatingly out of tune it's worth a guinea to hear him." CHAPTER VII. Leila Leigh was French governess at St. Martha's College. She had plenty of work from dawn till dusk in these short November days. She had classes before breakfast, classos after breakfast, half a dozen music pupils; she gave lessons in water colors, she taught embroidery, she toiled Incessantly ; but, after the G o'clock tea. her time was her own. Then she might write letters, or read novels, or sew for herself, or practice oa the piano or the harp. On both instruments Lionel's fceautiful ßister was a proficient. On the evening when the attempt at an lopement from the sac.-ed precincts of St. "Martha's was frustrated by the opportune arrival of Messrs. Cummlngton and Howler, Leila was not writing letters nor reading fiction, nor trimming hats. She cat idly enough before a bright fire, which glowed on the hearth in her small apartment i. neat little room, where the plainness of the school furniture was clothed and adorned by the fine taste and delicate landiwork of the poor little teacher. By 10 o'clock everybody ia St. Martha's was ia bed and all the lights were out. It was 7 o'clock when Leila sat bc'fore' her cozy fire. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes shone, her heart beat fast. In her hand was a note received that day. It was not signed, i, -t there was a monogram at the top, and a coronet. The note came from Beryl Court. The writer of the note was An -bur Calthorpe, heir to the Earldom of Beryl. Tears fell upoa that little note. Leila read it, folded it . up, read it again, then sat looking into the fire. All at once came a little, sudden rap at the door. . "Come in," said Leila; and there ran in a little, white woman about twentyseen, with heavy plaits of blown hair, and wearing a green dress. "Oh, Miss Gregson!" said Leila, getting up and offering the little lady a chair. "I am sorry, but I had forgotten all about it." "Nevertheless, dear, you must tell me this story ; I am sure there is a great deal in it. I am writing a novel, and I feel convinced there are the elements of a plot izt the strange history of your youth and your handsome brother." Miss Gregson took out a pockeibook and pencil, prepared to make notes oa what Leila Leigh had to relate. Leila looked down at the little note folded in her hand, then once more at the fire. Then she began her tale: "Mamma died the day I was born, and her loss saddened all mj father's life, wrapped him in a gloom from which he never emerged for a single day. Mamma died In Normandy, in a little Tillage called St. Pierre des Montagncs, I was put out to nurse with a family of good Norman peasants, and pipa went away with my brother Lionel. When I was seven years c'd, papa came back to St. Pierre des Montagues with Lionel. After awhile I went home to Chateau Moreauville, a gloomy old mansion four miles out of St. Pierre. "My father took possession of Chateau Moreauville that is to say, he rented it from the proprietor, who was absent in Italy. Papa was tired of wandering around the world. lie was a writer of Kcientific and philosopLlcal subjects, and Le 'earned a few hundreds yearly. Some of this money he saved; but be was Tery anxious about the education of bis children, and Tery ambitious that Lionel should shine in some departnr-cnt o'f science or literature. lie was taken with an il!nss, a slow fever, not Tiolent, but lingering, prostrating. By dint of care and watchfulness, he began to recover. In the midst of October, just when the forest was golden, and the scarlet geraniums, which ran wild In the uncultured gardens, were abloom and ablaze, papa came down into the drawing room. We bad a large fire, and we crowded about it Lionel, papa and myself. How pale and gaunt was that dear face which we loved so tenderly, and yet which always seemed to me awful, with the shadow of a secret, which looked out now and anon from the depths of his ! mournful eyes Suddenly he spoke. "'My children, I have done you an hi justice. When I die there will not be more than five hundred pounds left, after my debts are paid, and neither of you have finished your education. I had hoped to live until Lionel waa a man; then I would have told him the story of his mother, and I would have asked Lim to renounce land, gold, title, for her sake. - Title r cried Lionel, fctarting to his feet. Oh, father, who are you?' "Tten papa struck the gold-headed rtick vigorously against the iron grate. Strength seemed to come into his feeble hands, fire seemed to flash out ef his sunken eyes.

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"Ah ! he said, shaking hi. head ami looking sarcastically at Lionel ; 'I would not trust you. A title, thirty thousand a year, an English mansion, a leer park, a Louse in Mayfair, a seat in the Upper House. Lionel Lionel, could you renounce all thee because your father Is a Republican at heart, and would fain have you despise them? No. lad no. I will tell you nothing now. I may not die yet a while. Before I go, you may be wiser you may value other things before these world's gauds?' "And weeks passed, during which the subject was not resumed. Winter came on, and papa seemed better. We drove out once or twice. At iast the snow fell in .silent, swift fashion for two days and nights, and all the park and country was one wi'Ie white sheet. It was piercing cold. Gavotte made up great fires ia the hall. One evening I went and lay on a nig, fu.l in the blaze and warmth, and I fell asleep. When I awoke the hour was late; tut. fire had dwindled to a few red embers; the cold was piercing. My father was pacing the hall length from end to end, and with him was another person. I was superstitious. As a girl of fifteen I had read German legends until I was half afraid to go to bed; and now, while I watched my father come into the faint light of the dying embers, I was thrilled at the sight of a tall man an utter stranger, who wore a long cloak and close skull cap. 1 could not see much of his face; but hi i voice was the sweetest, the strangest, the saddest I have ever heard in my life. It was not a young voice ; the man in the cloak was not a young man. He and my father stood dose to me without perceiving me where I lay, covered with an old black shawl, looking like a blot of shadow on the floor. " 'I must not wrong my children,' said papa ; 'but I do not wish Lionel to have the box or the parchments till h- is twenty-one. At the ame time, you must tell them tell them both when I am gone that there is a title, and that there are lands. You know everything, and you must explain.' "'Where is the box?" said the sweet, strange voice. "Without answering anything, my father began to move away toward the other end of the huge hall. The taii man ia the cloak went with him. I watched them without stirring. I saw them pace down the length of the vast apartment until their figures gleamed ia the faint light which streamed through the painted winde V, like ghosts or the shadows of men. My heart beat fast. A title estates ! It was true, then, this vision of splendor which had shone out for a moment from among the thick clouds of nn eventless life? All papa's teachings had not quelled the natural petty ambitions in our young, warm, human hearts. I had fancied that It would be ray fate, when my educatiou should be .complete, to teach ia a school, or go into a private family as a governess ; but now another career opened before me. I should wear diamonds and go to court. Liouel would make wonderful st 'eches ia the English Parliament. "Who was- that odd man in the cloak, who seemed to know so much, and in whom my father confided so completely? I waited anxiously for their return. Slowly along the vast hall, with measured steps, came my father and the mysterious man, and presently they stood once more in the red glow of the dying embers, close to where I lay under the black shawl. " Then the box containing the certificates of your marriage and of the births of your son and daughter i in that large black chest close to your beds head? said the man in the cloak. "'It is there, nad I feel very ill; I have not long to live. I will give you the key of the chest. When you hear of my death, come here and unlock it, and you will find an oblong silver casket and an old-fashioned Maltese cross of yellow topaz set ia gold, with a portrait of Leila, my bride, painted very small cn ivory in the center. There is a necklace of gold attached. Give that and the cross to Leila.' "After that they paced off once more to the end of the hall. Presently I saw them returning; bat they did not stand the third time close to the fire. They passed it, and as soon as their backs were turned toward me, I rose noiselessly and escaped at the other end of the hall. The next day I looked for the stranger at the breakfast table, but he was not there. I did not dare to question papa. I never saw nor heard a word of the stranger from that day to this. "When Lionel returned I told him my tale. He said he thought I must have had a dream before the hearth in the great hall ; but the result proved that to be impossible. Let me hurry over the recital of the most unfortunate event of my life In as few words as possible. One morning. In early spring, when the primroses in the park of Moreauville were blooming in knots of pale gold, under the shadow of the great laurels, when blue "crocuses and violets glowed along the terrace walk ; when the morning breeze was brisk, and the sun was bright, papa was found dead in his bed at Chateau Mareauville. We thought not of the black chest, nor of titles and estates then; we mourned for him. "We have never ceased to mourn for him. He was buried in the little cemetery at St. Pierre des Montagnes. Then we opened the black chest. We never found the key ; but Lionel forced the lock. We found my father's will, stating where the few hundreds were deposited which he had gained by literary effort and giving directions for the money to be used for our education. There were a few rings and earrings of gold, set with pearls and amethysts; there was, above all, the cross, with the likeness of my mother in the, center, which proved that I had not dreamed while I lay before the fire ; but there was no silver casket, while, as for the stranger in the red cloak, he never appeared again." "I would find him out!" cried Miss Gregson, excitedly springing up and walking about Leila's chamber. "Are you to toll as under-teacber for a paltry twentyfive pounds a year, and Is your handsome brother to be snubbed by a lot of manufacturers, when he is a real lord, an earl, nnd English nobleman? If he could on' find it out !" "If he could only find it out!" echoed Leila. CHAPTER VIII. The days rolled &, and the brilliant 7th of December drew nearer and nearer that seventh of the month, when the splendor of Beryl Court was to blaze forth over the whole wide county. Never had such magnificent preparations for a fete taken place within the memory of one single inhabitant in that part of England. Arthur Calthorpe was a young gentlewith artistic tastes and a love of h expenditure. He was heir to the .arldom; and his old uncle refused him nothing. He It was who gave the orders, and devised the decorations, and busied himself with invitations to the numerous guests. December came In, hard, bright and frosty, with icicles on the trees, and skaters on the pond, and a clear, piercing, rarified air. There was excitement in nearly every house within ten miles of Beryl Court. The doctors daughters and the clergyman's daughters were all invited. Young hearts beat, and young eyes sparkled; tongues, young and old, chatted volubly.

The day arrived Wednesday. Decern" her the 7th. It was early in the afternoon. The Wycherly parry were invited to dinner. Dinner was to be at six; the ball was to begin at eight. Ella Wycherly stood before a long cheval-glass, dressed for the dinrvr and the ball. Her mother bad devised her costume for her. Her skirt wa f rich white silk, brightened by gleams oi a delicate rose color. Ella wore rubies, Wycherly heirlooms, but they had been exquisitely set in pold. A band of rubies confined her dark brown hair. The beautiful face, with its flushed cheeks r.nd flashing eyes, looked discontentedly enough at Its own reflections in the cheval-glass. "Silks, laces and jewels!" said Ella. "I Late being loaded with valuables in this fashion, Sistine. If I might have chosen my own dress, I think I would have chosen white rrape, with a trimming of ivy leaves ; and I would have had ivy leaves in my hair. My only ornament should have been that brooch, with a large emerald which I saw in mamma's jewel case. I hate wearing thesj family jewels and the family lace." In this mood Ella entered the Wycherly carriage, with its fur rugs and foot-warmer?, and all its defenses against winter cold. The carriage held four Colonel and Mrs. Wycherly, Ella and Miss Worthington; Dr. Duuclas sat on the box. Eighty guests sat down to dinner that day at Beryl Court, and from the first moment that she appeared Colonel Wycherly's heiress, with her beauty, her vivacity, and her family jewels, was installed as queen of the fete and belle of the ball. Dancing commenced at eight. The ballroom at Beryl Court was vast. Shrubs and etotics covered the walls from ground to ceiling. Here and, there, amid the bloom and greenery, gleamed cn enormous mirror, in massive golden frame. Chairs and couches of light-green satin were placed against the walls for the accommodation of those who did not dance, nnd oa a raised dais, hung with green velvet and gold, was stationed a full military band. (To be continued.)

REDOLENT VIRGINIA HAM. Properly Cooked and Served, 'othIni; Can neat It as "Good KatlnV It Is coming liam and sausage way the weather. The thermometer ou my front iorcli has said 32 degrees threo mornings la the last tea days. The nip and snap call for vigorous exercise ami good solid food, says Victor Smith In the New York Press. The odor of cooking ham nnd sausage tickles the most delicate palate la such a temperature. The hobo lingers OTer the grating In front of the restaurant and inhales a dinner In the funics of the basement kitchen. He' Is feeding his lungs If not his stomach; and it may be that when a man's stomach Is gone dead his beathlng apparatus will sustain life. . The redolence of a Virginia ham, cured la the old way, cooked la the old way, is a complete dinner. Here comes a letter from a man with a ham and some soras; "A friend sent me a box containing a Virginia ham and some reed birth. We've eatea the birds and now want to cook the ham. Tell us how." Is It a Smithfield? Is It twenty-five years old? Is It utterly devoid of fatty substance? That is, has thj lean absorbed all the fat? Don't forget the story of the leaa and fat cattle In the Bible. Before undertaking to cook a ham know your ham. A genuine Smithfield Is worth 03 cents a Iound and cheap at the price. It Is as solid as a hunk of dried venison. You can eat it uncooked with much relish. If Jhis Virginia ham is a Smithfield and yery strong it must be soaked In cold water for three days. The strength may be determined by inserting a skewer and smelling or tasting it when withdrawn. Fill the big Iron pot with cold water and boil till it sputters. Then drop In the hTiin. This will chill the water to a simmer. Place on tho back of the stove over a slow fire and forget it for ten hours. Make half a dozen corn dodgers and boil them In liquor of turnip greens. Some folk call these dumplings. Garnish the dish containing the ham with them and serve red hot. j In cooking a ham that has been properly cured avoid rich sauces, never use sherry, do not bake with sugar, cloves and other spices. If a man wants to spoil his ham at the table after it Is sliced to him, give him catsup or mustard. In cooking a ham it is assumed that you waut to retain the flavor of the ham. Don't ruin it with condiments. Radium In the Slmplon Tunnel. Prof. Joly, who made a geological examination of the stones and the debris collected during the construction of the Simplon tunnel, reports that he lias found rich traces of radium, indicating larger deposits than have yet been discovered elsewhere In Europe. He believes that the existence of so much radium caused the abnormal heat developed in the construction of the tunnel. He Is continuing his researches. Although scientists believe that radium, discovered by Mme. Curie in 1902, is widely distributed over the world In minute quantities, the present principal source Is the pitchblende of Joachimsthal, North Bavaria, where a few grains of radium appear in a ton of pitchblende. A pound of radium. If It could be bought, would cost about ?900,000. The Final Shower. "And you say when the heiress became the wife of the foreign nobleman it was a shower wedding." "I should 6ay so. The bride wore a shower bouquet" "Yes." And then there ,vas a shower of rice." "My !" "Followed by a shower of congratulations and old shoes." "Well! Well! And how did it end up?" "Very embarrassing all around. Th nobleman's creditors came around and resented a shower of bills." Slake a Difference. "If a man loses his pockeibook," said the moralizer, "Le thinks the chap who finds It is no better than a thief If he doesn't return IL" "Yes," rejoined tho demoralizer, "but If he finds some other fellow's pocketbook well, It comes like pulling teeth to give it up." The Artist's Tftrash. "Mr. De Jones said I was a perfect picture," said the first dear girl. "Yes," rejoined dear girl Xo. 2. "He asked me If your maid wasn't a professional painter." Asleep. "Why didn't you knock at that man's door?" asked Fate. "I did," replied Fortune, "but he was too busy snoring to pull the latchstring." An Andartoaa Tlilef. "Policeman, that ruffian tool: my wife's arm." "All right, elr; we'll search him at the tation." Punch.

Work and Women. For tho first time in its history the United States Supreme Court has recently been called tipori to decide the right of a State to regulate the working hours of adult womvn. A law of Oregon limits these hours to ten in one day in factories, mechanical establishments and laundries. Curt Miller, a lauudrymnn. attacked' th constitutionality of this law, whi-h was, however, upheld by the Oregon Supreme Court in 1!00. The decision of the Federal Supremo Court, to which the case was appealed, will substantially determine tho constitutionality of nil laws restricting women's working hours in the United Stales. Such laws have been enacted in nineteen States, the earliest In Massachusetts in 17-1. the latest more than a generation afterwards. These laws are not the result of an ephemeral public whim, but a deliberate public purine. One of the leading members of the Boston bar, Mr. Louis I). Braudels, generously volunteered his services as associate counsel in arguing at Washington this Oregon case. Mr. Brandeis also submitted a brief which Is of extraordinary interest, in that It brings before the court the actual facts at issue in this case that Is, the effects, physical, moral and economic, of regulating women's working hours. The Outlook. Prevents lint Slipping. Men often wonder how the fair sex are able to keep those large, broad hats with long, flowing plumes, on their heads. The ordinary long hat pins won't do it. In fact, the wearer Invariably take s advantage? of readjusting Jhe hat to its proper position whenever she sees a looking glass. IlealItoaliing that sonieII AT FASTK.NF.K. 1ZlI1 tUat SOme" thing resides the to prevent the hat from slipping out of position, a Pennsylvania woman has Invented the hat fastener shown In the Illustration. Her object was to provide a clasp which will securely engage the hair and afford a means for maintaining the hat In proper position by the aid of the ordinary hat pin. Of course, the clasp is Invisible when the hat Is pinned in iosition. The fastener is made of rubber or celluloid. Learn fo Shake Hand. One does not need to grasp the hand In a death-like grip, but there is something about a good hmulshake which Is the silent Interpreter of a welcome. A person itosscssing a great deal of personal magnetism may just take your hand In his and the cordial welcome is recognized without even so much as the slightest pressure of the fingers. Others may have a good grip, which Is more like a clutch. There is not set rule for handshaking unless a person bears in mind that handshaking must be a feeling expres.-ed with the hands and not the eye or voice. If only done through a matter of form, there Is no earthly use of shaking hands at all. Strong Intuition serves a great many persons, ami to grasp a cold, clammy hand, which lies like n piece of marble In one's hand. Is to make a big-hearted person feel like he had come in contact with the wrong party. Divide lied for Chlllren. Here Is a simple contrivance which takes the place of separate beds for children. Take an old soft comforter which can bo easily washed and roll it the long way so that It will reach from the head to the foot of the bed. At night place this roll down the etnter of the IhhI, between the sheets, letting it also separate the pillows. The children are thus entirely separated, though one set of covers does for both. The covers can 1k pinned to the roll with large safety pins to keep them from slipping. The roll prevents the motions of one child from disturbing the otlier, holds the covers In place, and gives the little ones something soft to "snuggle up" to. Each child Is practically alone in a bed by Itself. Lcnoni Kill Gorma. The hygienic properties of lemon3, which contain citric acid, have leen well known for many yetirs, but it is only lately that scientists have discovered the acid was powerful enough to kill the germ of typhoid fever in twenty-four hours. Some typhoid fever bacilli treated with raw lemon juice and placed in the sunshine were killed hi two hours, the sunshine proving a quick agent In connection with the medicinal properties of the fruit Lenions have been found beneficial in the worst forms of smallpox and cholera, so it is well to know the medicinal proiertIes of a harmless yet powerful fruit acid. The Antolnele Unfile. The newest waits show many varlaiions of the Antoinette ruffle. The one on the left Is made of lawn and lawn embroidery, the work being dono In lavender and the edge appliqued upon a val. lace Insertion, which connects It with the plain lawn. The c-ther is of sheer linen lawn, with hand embroidered collar nnd cuffs. To Plenne an Invalid. A gift for an invalid that costs a small sum is a half dozen doilies measuring seven Inches sipiare that are cut from the better parts of old, line dinner napkins. They are fringed all around, the fringe secured by a loose buttonhole stitch, and are used In a number of ways, such as a towel for TClpiBS a spoon, a3 a cover for a glass,

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At top, hat for Iiivicra wear, of brown straw with a round crown, red straw ribbons as lining; trimmings or red silk roses and green foliage. At left, below, Louis XVI. style royal blue Japanese straw; antique embroidered silk galloon edged with straw ribbon, ending in loop in front; two blue and two green-gray shaded ostrich feather tips behind, three old red muslin roses with leaves lenoath, brown maline eombscreen. At right, below, greenish gray tagall straw lined with greenish-blue straw. Same colored taffetas is draped, six blue ostrich feathers on left side.

a serviette when partaking of a little fruit or other light refreshment nnd even for cleaning spectacles. The invalid would be delighted with them. Water Cure. Speaking of the dangers of excessive coffee drinking, an authority says noth ing will so quickly and thoroughly take coffee from the system as to drink plenty of water through the day. A half an hour after breakfast a glassful should be drunk, and very soon an other glassful. Three should be taken In this way through the morning, not drinking any later than half an hour before luncheon. Half an hour after luncheon the water cure may le begun again, until, from breakfast to late dinner or supikt. at least a quart has been taken. In this way the system is Hushed and much deleterious matter is removed in natural ways. To Detret Watered 3111k. A simple and effective test to deter mine whether water is present In in ilk may be made with an ordinary knitting needle If the needle is bright and well polished. Dip the noodle Into the milk nnd quickly w ithdraw It In an unrlght position. According to Suburban Life if the milk contains only a small quantity of water this will prevent even a drop of milk adhering to the needle. To Slain a Floor. A cheap stain for floors is made by dissolving Ti cents' worth of iermanganate of potash in a pint of water. It Is easy to find exactly the shade one needs, and the darker the tint required the more coats of stain will be needed. Probably two will be enough for most Iooph for very dark staining does not look well with the light wall papers and white paint which are now so much in vogue. To Cleanse lllnuketn. The theory now Is that blankets must be washed instead of dry cleaned to be healthy. To have them soft as new, make a soapy suds in a half tub of warm water by using one-half cup of washing powder and soak a blanket In It for half an hour; then simply move it around and rub the soiled spots; rinse in warm water of the same temperature and hang up In a warm place or sunshiny outdoor air. Thread Keonomr, When basting or tying a comforter, T when much thread is needed In sewing anything, place tho spool in a machine drawer or any empty vessel, thread the needle .without breaking the thread off, and begin your sewing. Yards and yards of thread may be used

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ma m 5'- V - Y A f V v1 :- 'v)u ' Ii V.without breaking the thread, rethread lug the needle and knotting the ends: and much time Is saved. For Your Photo. If you have a good figure, take care to preserve a clear outline. If not, never be taken full-length. Much jewelry Is a mistake. But one or two really g(Kd things look very well. A fine string of pearls is always safe to wear. Avoid violent contrasts In color or light and shade in your attire. Plain colors are best for gowns and draperies usually come out much better than frills and llounces. Wear the sort of dress you usually do. You can't make a bigger mistake than to don some sort of get-up that you're totally unaccustomed to. If you're in the habit of wearing a stiff collar, don't go and get photographed in a fichu. Fatal Explanations. Nothing is more fatal to friendly relations than complaints and reproaches and demands for explanations. People must be judged in the wholeness of their conduct. A thousand subtle influences, unexpected and unforseen events, have their action and reaction on life. A thousand things occur that can neither be analyzed nor denned. Many a temporary alienation is effectively overcome by silence. Reproaches, questionings, but widen 'the gulf. Leaving It aloiuy taking up other interests and ideas, bridge It over. Drying the Hand. After washing, when the weather. -fs cold, the operation of drying can not be too thoroughly ierformed. Many women take the wise precaution of rubbing a little oatmeal powder or almond meal over the backs of the hands, the fine ixjwiler absorbing any suspicion of moisture which may not have been removed by means of the towel. Milk Sturch. Use skim milk for starch. Take sweet milk that has stood long enough for all the cream to separate, silm, and use milk for starching black underskirts, dark red percales, etc. Iron on vrong side. The articles will have the anie stiffness as when new. Olive OU Polishes. By pouring a little olive oil over a eoft linen cloth and gently rubbing over surface of mahogany furniture, the white- covering caused by dampness, rJso all dust, Is removed and leaves the furniture as clear as a mirror, and saves having it polished. Frozen Hands and Feet. Hold In kerosene (coal oil) until the lood circulates.

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some AstonlMhintr Things Which Are I'fted as Cores for Diseases. Wondrous are the remedies used by ihe Chinese in their pharmacopoeia, rhe sovereign of all medicines is the aiajoon, composed of pearls and other precious stones ground to a powder. Koxt to majoon comes spotted rhiuocer)s horn. It appears that the ordinary rariety is of little value, but the spotred horn is a wonderful cure for intes:inal troubles. This horn, or the aniiial to which it pertains, is found .hiefly in the Philippine Islands, and it Singapore a single specimen will Dring as high as $30. Horns of many iinds are held in great esteem by the Chinese. Deer horns In the velvet are ised in extreme cases, but they must be )f an exact shade of color, and when f that shade will bring from $100 to $200 a pair in the wholesale market. 31d deer horns are boiled down to uake the medicinal glue which binds :he forty or sixty Ingredients composing the average Chinese pill. Equal In medicinal efficacy to the lbove are three high-grade tiger renielies the eyeball, liver and blood. As nay be imagined, tiger eyeball, I. e. Jie genuine article, can be prescribed for only the exceedingly wealthy Chllese, their Morgans, Astors and VanJerbilts. Similarly the liver when dried and reduced to a powder is worth its weight in gold all over the Orient. Tiger blood when evaporated to a sed'ment at a temperature of 110 degrees ind taken in the form of powder is believed by all Asiatics to make a reloubtable warrior out of the most craven hearted. Of recent years the United States aas come to supply the Chinese with a ?reat part of one of their most highly irized medicines, ginseng root. Ordinary cultivated ginseng may be purchased for .$0 an ounce, but the wiid root may run up to a thousand times its weight in silver, or somewhere In' the neighborhood of $400 an ounce. The latter variety wrapped In silk and en?ased in several metal-lined boxes- to protect it from moisture, Is often exchanged among wealthy Chinese as a present. Such specimens of ginseng must not be handled or even breathed aion for fear of detracting from their rirtue. As liniments the Chinese physicians pin their faith briefly to the fats and )ils of serpents. Apparently the more Jeadly the serpent the greater is the teneflt to be derived from its extract. Thus In cases of chronic rheumatism the Chinese doctor can do no better than recommend cobra tail oil imported from India. In connection with. Chinese medicine It may occur to many people that they have never seen a Chinaman bereft of an arm, leg or other member of his body. The reason for this Is that all Orientals maintain a profound, objection to surgical operations. Indeed, they much prefer to die rather than to be deprived of a member, because as it is undeniable that they came into the world with two arms, two legs, eight fingers, two thumbs, etc., they must of necessity go out of it with the same number. Otherwise once on the other side they might be sent, to hunt for a missing member nnd spend the greater part of eternity In finding it Perhaps the nearest approach to Internal surgery that a Chinese doctor will attempt is to stand on the patient's body and with his bare feet move about on the part nfHicted. In dentistry the Chinese have reached the discovery that the nerve Is aworm, and the best method to treat an aching tooth Is to loosen it by driving In wedges In order that the worm may escape. CEYLON HAVING A BOOM. Trade Outlook the Dest Ever Known In the Illstorr of the Island. Ceylon as a whole is experiencing a period of exceptional prosperity and the trade outlook is the best ever known in the history of the island, according to the Journal of the American Asiatic Association. Tea, cocoanuts, cacao, cardamons and citronella are paying well, and rubber nnd camphor are still more profitable. There has been a continued boom in rubber planting, which now occupies about 113,000 acres, while tea has had a revival and high prices are now being realized. Camphor rrices are very high, and the cultivation has been extended so that there are now some U00 acres under this product A transportation question that has been agitated in Ceylon for a long while, and that is now being brought actively to the front again, is that of connecting Ceylon to India by a railroad across Adams bridge and the shal low bodies of water lying between Iiameswaram and Tallaimannar at the northern end of the island. , The South Indian Hallway company is bringing its line to the extreme point of the small Island of Iiameswaram, so that only a small gap of water will Intervene between the terminal of the Indian and Ceylon railwaj-s. If the connection Is made at all it will make Colombo the iort for Southern India, and will greatly benefit the tea and rubber industries by facilitating the transportation of laborers from India. How the Galveston Scheme Works. We in Galveston do think, however, that we have pretty nearly solved the most difficult problem of civic administration. After six years trial of It there Is very little that we would want changed in the charter, and we have re-elected the whole board of commissioners three times. There is no polities In it and the remnants of the old board of aldermen and the "bad" element following them and yearning for the old days of misrule and graft have tried very hard to Inject iolitics into It. It is a plain business government, on a plain, everyday, commousonso, business, human plan; It has nothing sectional, racial or geographical In it that will limit it; It Is practical for every American city, even the very largest one, for size has nothing to do with its principles. Ulectlon at large of a commissioner for each department, or group of departments never less than four nor needfully more than seven. A sharp definition of the departments. An equally sharp definition of the powers and responsibilities- of each and every head of department. A president also elected at large not having charge of any department and who lias a vote but no veto. No "executive" sessions. No "standing" committees nor any "committees in the usual alder-nanic sense. That is all. As Kipling says, "Think of the gorgeous simplicity of It 1" Success Magazine.

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