Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 March 1908 — Page 3

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CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) Ia about an Lour Lionel Leigh entered the room. The young nen hau never exchanged words before. " Lionel bowed. Arthur pointed to a seat. "Mr. Leigh, I hay been excessively annoyed that you should hae been subject to distress on the night when some miscreant tried to murder me. I am sorry. In one snse, that you allowed yourself to be mixed up in an intimaey with ray poor, hair-brained brother Dick. I suppose he maeV himself agreeable?" "Well Mr. Calthorpe, your brother is toi reckbss. and loves trifies and pleasure i tro much, to be qu.te fascinating as a companion to me at f 11 times. He is certainly amnsin? and dishing: but I pitied him. It seemed horrit 1 to be the nephew of a nobleman. anl th twin brother of an earl's hoir, anl to be bmished from home, anl living on his wits, at an Inn, borrowing, and running into debt. I wished the earl to pardon him. and allow him a regular income, and insist on his keeping within bounds." 1 "lie would rever do it." stid Arthur Calthorpe. "lie told me himself that the hundred and fifty half-yearly payment always goes in a week ; anl he s.iid he never paid his debts, either, if be could help it." "lie has told me the same,' said Lionelgloomily. "Well, then, I am sorry yea allowed your name to be mixed up with poor Di'ck's. I thought you might have suffered some annoyance, I know Dick wonUn't care; he is off In Ireland now; and tha next move he makes will be to France. He knows that I believe he would not think of braining me, and bt understands that the earl will never f rgive him the earl never does forgive: so I send him three hundred a year. But you, Mr. Leigh you are sure you have not been snubbed, in consequence?' "Not at nil, nir. I think, on the whole. the Abbotshold people are aware that I am not an assassin in disguise: and I have not lost iay pupils at St. Martha's, even." Tour sister is there, isn't she?" "Yes." replied Lionel dryly. "We Calthorpes are given to making love matches Dick excepted. He is a cold-hearted savage in all affairs of the affections would marry a broker's widow if she had seven thou.and a year. If she were short, stout, red faced, and fifty: but for me, Mr. Leigh, I am sincere; I hope and pray that some day your sister may be Countess of Peryl. What family of Iighs do you belong to?" "Mr. Calthorpe, my father was a Republican what they call here a Radical. I know he was a scholar and a gentleman.' "But ther is breed about her, said the young aristocrat, moving his foot restlessly. "Have you nothing which speaks of ancient family honors?" "Oh, yes; Leila has a gold cross, with a portrait of our mother in the center." "What would I give to see it? Bring it to me." "But, sir, although you speak honorably most honorably there is the earl." "lie i3 seventy-nine. . I would wait ten vears for Miss Leigh." "Then, Ella Watson?" "Why, it was a lark a bit of schoolboy consense. Listen to me. and judge for yourself. I. with two college friends, Everson and Sir Georg Tower, was fishing" in the Highlands; and one week it rained, and rained and rained, and we had nothing to amuse us. and we went into the town of Kuravon, and ate short !jra J. in the baker's shop, which was also lb postoffiee. and made love, all three of us, to this long-faced girl, who stood behind the counter." "Mad love?" Lionel asked dubiously. "Well, yes; talked all sorts of trash to her, all of us; and ye invited her to supper at St. SwithinV Inn ; and she came; and this Ellea, having seen nn envelope addressed to me, called herself Mrs. Arthur Calthorpe, and I said nothing against it. After that, she wrote me a letter, asked for two thousand for her father, who is an unm!tigated scamp, and had the insolence to inform me that she was my legal wife, and that It waj her intention to announce that fact to an admiring world. I was stupid enough to beg her silence, whereas an opn contest would have ieen the best .thing for me; but I feared the earl. I "new his obstinacy." "And now, Mr. Calthorpe, what do you propose doing?" "According to strict law. and this atrociotn Scotch code, which has never been altered, I suppose that my madcap prunk has placed me in this woman's power. Anyhow, there will be a lawsuit and trial. There is no doubt aboi t that; but, meanvhile, I have mad? up mind there is only one woman in the world whom I can over love; and that woaiaa is your sister, Mr. Leigh." CHAPTER XII. Lionel Leigh loved Ella Wychrly. Notwithstanding the strenuous effort made ' by Miss Worthington to banish him from Wycherly, it fell out that he was not forbidden to teach German to the colonel's daughter; and darin.? the three months which followed the ball he had given his three weekly lessons. He would tell her that, though tutor, and she heiress, he was still roan, and she woman; that ho had dared to love her boldly, if without hope. Half In rage, and half in triumphant pride, he had vowed that the confession shouid be made. She shouid learn of Chateau Moreauville, and the possible title and estates which had escaped him. Sometimes it seemed to Lionel that he hated Ella Wycherly more than he loved her. Now he was asked for sympathy and help for another lover ; but what a lover! an earl's heir, a spsiied world's darling. No; this pampered aristocrat coul I not love as he loved. At last be said : "Mr. Calthorpe, you will change your mind. When you are free af Nelli? WatBon, yon will not wish to marry a governess." "But I declare it!" cried Arthur, flushing "I declare it, sir, to you, her brother, on my honor as a man and a gentleman ! Can I say more?" "No, Mr. Calthorpe; yoa are sincere. I will speak to my sister. But what about Nellie- Watson?" "You know, of course, she is out of prison, and all chance of discovering who It was that tried to murder ra? seems lost It was certainly not Nellie, nor her fath er. It was proved beyond doubt that old Watson was in the postoffice ?t Euravon, in Scotland, on the night f the seventh. Nellie herself says she should know the man if she saw him ; but refuses, with a smile, to describe him. There is something more In this affair. Mr. Leigh, than any of us dream of. Dick, my brother, is quite incapable of such a crime; it was not his figure which I saw flying away and leaping the palings before I fainted. after the blow. But let us talk of other things. Will you take that brooch and bracelet to your sister, with my "devoted love? They are not diamonds or rubies, only gold, set with pearls and pale-pink topaz a design I chose myself. Soon after this Lionel was on his way to Wycherly "Park ; the case with the jewels was safely stowed away in his pocket. lie strode through the woods where the February sunshine was stream In; between the naked boughs. A turn la the pajtb, and Lionel came upon Ella Wycherly Ella, in green velvet, with a feign crowned hat, end waving, Mack

feather Ella, with cheeks r.fclow, and eyes glittering, and red lips apart, not smiling. "Mr. Leigh, have you hard the news?" '"It concerns you ! You are about to be married. Miss Wycherly !" "It is something infinitely less pleasant than that, and it concerns you, my good German master ! It s an important thing now, since it so concerns that fashionable costume of my worthy irstructor: for you are worthy are you not. monsieur? good and learned, wise and philosophical, fitted to become the instructor of erring, fa dty youth the guide, philosopher and friend of giddy pates, empty heads, dancing dolls, pouting babies, like myself!" She sprang about as she spoke, rxecuted a back step as if shs were taking a dancing lesson, then stood suddenly still, and drew a long face at least, a face as Ion? ns it was possible to manufacture out of hrr rosy, dimpled, piquant physiognomy. "I fjn an unworthy specimen of young ladyhf od. sir," she said, speaking in a nasal t.vang. "I shock your notions of propriety, Mr. Leigh. If I had my scent case I would offer it to yoa, for you. possibly may faint, and that would be so awkward." Lionel laughed, but his voice trembled nervously. He was desperately, madly in love with this fascinating, wild creature, and she was mocking him. He was amused, enchanted, tormented, all at the saiue time. Whatever impelled Ella to tease her tutor so, it is difficult to imagine. Was it simply the outburst of high animal spirits, and the triumph of an exultant vanity? or was it a mask assumed to h.de deeper feelings? or was it a genuine and cruel love of making a captive feel her power and smart under it? The tide of passionate love which had been swept away for a few moments from Lionel's heart, by the cold blasts of Ella's sarcasm, rushed back again impetuously, and engulfed his whole being. "Ella!" he said hoarsely "Ella!" She started; she turned pale; she drew herself up. cold and haughty as a statue. "Listen! Steps! Somebody pulling aside the branches ! Do not speak !" And Ella glided away down a side path, leaving the tutor with his face blanched by contending emotions. He glanced uneasily about, not knowing where to go. or what to do. He dared not follow Ella. Was she offended? Had her haughtiness taken offense? He walked on almost sullenly toward the Hal. Turning round a huge withered trunk of an oak, which obstructed the path, he encountered a tall, sinewy figure a man in a gray suit, with a blue velvet cap pulled low over his forehead. His shaggy light eyebrows met in a puzzled frown. Suddeoly he raised his dep-set eyes, and they flashed kindly recognition on the German tutor. "Hello! Mr. Leigh. The. top of the morning to you. I was looking for you. I have a proposal to make to you." Dr. Dundas came .and linked his arm in that of Lionel. "Walk back with me. You are not In a hurry, are you?" "Not very much; only the lesson Miss Wycherly " "Ah! well : she can wait. I have a proposal to make to you. Should you like to come and reside at Y.'ycherly Hall?" Lionel's heart gave a great bound, then thump4! madly against his side. He was afraid that the doctor would notice his emotion. "You take me by surprise," he said. "Of course I do; but there is nothing to be alarmed at. The facts are imply these : Colonel Wycherly has no male heir, and there is a vast property attached to Wycherly more than Miss Wycherly can have need of, and, under ordinary circumstances, she might become the prey of fortune hunters. That young lady is headstrong very headstrong." He paused a moment, and glanced very keenly at Lionel, with the deep-set, keen, sarcastic eyes. "We will guard her from all adventur ers; but the colonel has come to the wise decision that ninety thousand a year is a preposterous fortune for a girl. Thus, she might marry a duke; but Mrs. Wycherly is a very peculiar person ; and so, in fact, twenty thousand a year is to be Ella's portion, with her mother as guardian. Es tates to the value of seventy thousand. including Wycherly, are to descend by will to one Graves Power, a seventh or eighth cousin of the colonel. We have had some trouble to rake this gentleman up ; but he is found at htngth. He is coming ta reside at Wycherly, with bis mother's full consent, his mother being a widow." "And he is to marry Miss. Wycherly?" "Indeed, no. lie is a boy of nine, and I wish you to be his tutor. The boy Is delicate. He has been at a large public school, is industrious, and has overwork ed; and I want to give him twelve months' fishing, and shooting, and riding, under the care of an intelligent tutor, who won't let him carry his gun dangerously, nor swim, after a full meal, nor sit with his feet in the stream, and a blazing July sun on his head. I want you to teach l.iin English and grammar and spelling r.nd French and German, which have all been neglected at his great public school ; and then he will be a young, merry companion for Ella. Poor child! she needs a romp sorely; and if you come, Mr. Leigh, the colonel will make it worth your while. Two hundred a year, a sitting room and bedroom to yourself; and when the boy goes to Eton, you can accompany him as private tutor. I have heard it hinted that you are anxious to distinguish yourself in literary circles. Yu wiil have ample time to pursue your studies. Now, will you accept the position?" To Lionel it was as if the gates of an ' cnanted palace had opened wide, and he .1 been invited to enter. Ella Ella Ella ! Would he listen daily to the music of her voice, and in time who could say nay? win her to something like pity, something like feeling, something like appreciation of his deep devotion his intense love? Then he remembered, with some pain, that Miss Wycherly bad greeted him mockingly, that she had told him the news concerned him and his velveteen coat, was something infinitely less agreeable than her own marriage, that all the Wycherly world were talking of it. lie looked on the ground. Then he said : "Dr. Dundas, I shall be delighted to bcome an inmate of Wycherly.' But, my other pupils?" "Give them a fortnight's notice," said the doctor bruskly. "A fortnight is long enough." "A month," pleaded Lionel. "It would take a month for Miss Pritchard to engage another professor." t "A month, then a month. So you will come in March, and train th's boy, and make him walk in the road he should watt in?" "I will. Dr. Dundas." Ton will dine with ns," pursued the CcKtr. "and spend the evening, If yoa tike. But our evenings are usually dull; whist; for us elders, and silence or a conversation with the cat for poor Miss Wycherly." The good doctor shrugged his shojlders. "Old friendship with the colonel in India years, years ago ties me here." He shook his head, and frowned. "Madam is a peculiarity, as you will find a saint, a tyrant, all In one." A thorough woman of the world," aald Uone.'.

The laugh of the Scotch doctor rang loudly through the bare February wood. "The world!" he echoed. "Oh, poor lody ! How amusing are the comments of outsiders ! No, young sir ; the mistress of Wycherly is not a woman of the world." "At least she proud !" "Proud; yes, as Lucifer. One might think she had fallen from som? higher sphere, and disdained converse with mortals. "They do not receive much company?" as?ed Lionel. "Occasionally. There will be a dinner next month, and the boy heir introduced to the county. Well, here I must leave you, for f have a message to the woodman. It is a bargain, then?" "Yes, sir." And so they parted. (To be continued.)

Gir.LS .DEPENDED SOLDIERS. Ho j cot t .KiiiMt Uojcott lu a. German ilia üt -Cure for Jeuloiiny. There is always jealousy iu the German rural districts over the favor that the trumps detailed to various villages und Muall towm tiud from the young women, says the New York Sim. Things took a queer turn lust summer In Forst, a village of Uadeu, near Uruchsal, where the One Hundred cud I'orty-seeoud Regiment of the line, recruited at Olfenburg, was quartered during the season or tield training. The good eld method of thrashing soldiers who made themselves agreeable to the girls proved a dismal failure. The men of the One Hundred and Forty-second were husky and hard hitters and stood together when threatened by numbers. The country boys at last determined, to get square with the girls who acccpteJ attentions from the soldiers. The word was therefore passed around that any girl who was detected in talking, walking or Cirting with s 'musketeer," or receiving visits from one. should be boycotted they have adopted the word into German at the dance which was to follow the religious services at the close of the harvesting. A notice to this effect was even printed iu tte IJruchsal newspaper. It seemed quite settled that the girls who smiled oa the soldiers should have no partners at the great event of the year. Rut the young men altogether underestimated the loyalty of the girls to each other. In the next number of the Iiruchsal paper there appeared n notice of the unanimous resolve of all the maidens of Forst to boycott completely the local youth at the coadng dance. A formal invitation was further conveyed to the members of the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment to come to the dance, with an assurance that they would not lack partners, so far as the Forst girls would go round. The young women's notice ended with these patriotic words: "It is not clear to us why we should be exieeted to treat the soldiers slightingly. Are they not as good men ns our lads in Forst? And why should the poor soldier who serves his God, his prince and his fatherland have no one to say a kind word to him?" This was signed "The Association of Girls of Forst for the Improvement of Foreign Relations, Especially with Regiment No. 142." Negotiations for a truce, it Is reported, were not wholly unsuccessful and no engagements. were broken. Defrauded. That this Is a world of disappointments, Mrs. Green had long ago learned; but she found one more disappointment to add to her list during her visit to her daughter-in-law. "I declare, you never can count on what folks will do, and you might just as well give up first as last," she said, dejectedly, to Mr. Green on her return. "There I counseled them to name that baby Emma Louisa, for aunt ; and what do you suppose aunt has done a'ready?" Mr. Green professed himself unable to conjecture. "She's willed the Bunker Hill teapot and the Paul Revere sugar-tongs to the Historical folks," said Mrs. Green bitterly. "And I expect nothing but what the blue and white counterpane will go next, and there'll be that poor helpless baby without a single Inheritance to her name!" Youth's Companion. lie Was Willing. In the morning niail the bus editor found the following letter written on a postal card: "Dear Sir: I have Jjst graduated from a correspondence school of Journalism. Would you like to have me write for your paper? J. Alexander McNutt." Seizins his trusty penc.l, the. busy editor dashed off the following in reply: "Dear J. Alex: Certainly we would le pleased to have you write for our paper. Kindly address your letter to the circulation manager and inclose the regular subscription price." Advice to a Young Man. "What do you say to a young lady at a dance?" queried the youth wbo was about to attend his first ball. "Oh," replied the society man, "talk to her about her beauty." "Rut suppose she hasn't any?" a'd the j-outh. "In that ease, rejoined the s. ia "talk to her about the ugliness of the other girls present, Ills Case. "Do you really believe that living expenses have increased 20 per cent lu the last five years?" Marryat What ! Why, they've Increased 100 per cent at least. Singleton Nonsense ! Marryat Not at all. Five years age there was only my wife and I, and now there's six of us in the family. Philadelphia Press. Am the Yfar fio By. The count had Just filed his application for the hand of the multimillionaire's only daughter. "Alas!" sighed the old man, "things have changed since I was young ! Folks used to wait fifty years for Ndr golden wedding, but now they dep. and 't at the start" Might De Serlou. "Do your own dyeing" read the phy 6lclan's wife. "That's a funny way tc begin an advertisement." "Here, let me see that," cried the husband. In alarm. "Oh, It only refer to dyeing clothes. I was afraid It was some new scheme to do away with, out profession." lie Knew, "Does your little brother know hoi to walk, Abner?" MYetn. He knowth how; we all showed him, but he can't do It yet" Sore Thine. Green What's the quickest waj of acquiring shorthand? j Wise Caressing a busy, buzx-i&ir.

"Woiurii and Housekeeping. If there bo any one thing more than another calculated to try the patience of a faithful housekeeper, it is to discover, after dutifully accomplishing a morning's routine work, a rip in the carpet, or a worn place in the rug. grinning Insinuatingly at one. with the suggestion in its ojten countenance of the truth of th saying that woman's work is never done. I have long wondered, and am still r.t a loss to decide (having tried both method), which is the happier woman. she who at oiko goes .ind mends the rip. or dams the hole, or she who puts her shawl over her head and runs into a neighbors to gossip till time to get dinner. One thiiiR is certain, the woman who doesn't let tho rip affect her consciei.ee will keep a smooth complexion longer, and the question is, will her husband be more disgusted by catching his foot in the rip, or with the wrinkles she brines upon her face by jersistent application to the petty duties that waste the heart and wear the body? It Is a fact that men are not given to a warm appreciation of donesllc virtues; they take them too mu-'h as a matter of course; they do not stop to consider that washing dishes and sweeping lloors and cooking meals N work, and work of tho very hardest; and most trying kind. The average man comes home from his business in the evening expecting to lind a nicely cooked, nicely served dinner awaiting him. He is ignorant tt the many steps, the infinite care, the inconvenience of being roasted over tho stove, and the countless trials and annoyances that are Incident to the preparation of a meal. He thinks it is natural to a woman to keep house, and if die does it well she is only doing what she ought to. I have frequently noticed that women who are not too careful in housekeeping have the most devoted husbands. Women who wear thc-mcelves out accomplishing narrow perfections must lind in those perfections their own reward, for men will never appreciate them. The good dinner, the general aspect of comfort, these impress man deeply, but for the rest, he would rather have a pretty and smiling wife than one too earnest In her household duties. Hence I believe it is Just as well to put a rug over the ripped place, or set a footstool over it, and go gossiping, as to get down on all fours and make your I: ck ache and ruin your fingers sewing t up. I'lessed be the woman whose blocd and judgment are ro well co-mingled that she finds time for botli mending ard gossiping, and does not allow Leisel' to become hopelessly ad dieted either to the mlnutia of housekeeping or to the habit of indiscrimi nate gadding. Juliet V. Strauss in Chicago Journal. Cettlni; to Sleep. If you are troubled with Insomnia some of the following Ideas are worth trying out, as they are certain to ac complish what ecms iniiossible of achievement, wooing sleep successfully: A warm bath before retiring not a cold one, for the latter will wake you. Irlnk a cup of cool, not iced, water, and this will bring good repose. Sleep with your windows open at the top and bottom, be It ever so small a space, so you can Just feci a breeze on your face. Put In your bath a little bag containing dried clover tops and laven dor llowers, and as the water cools there will be a delightful odor arising from it. It is thus medicated ami slightly perfumed and a sure cure for Insomnia. Hat with Illffh Crown. The frame of this hat had a high crown and narrow turn-down brim. It was covered with dark blue liberty satin, which was plain under the brim and tucked on top. A wide piece of embroidered velvet was draped around the crown. A iearl buckle was placed on the right side near the front. A large hunch of fancy feathers orna ments the left side. The 1'cononilcHl Woman. The woman who must study economy In planning her new spring clothes will find a separate skirt a useful nddi tion to her wardrobe. If she carefully studies the latest fashion reports from abroad she knows that the costumethat Is, the skirt and waist made of the same material and sometimes cut In one is much more the vogue than the separate skirt and the shirt waist, Yet sometimes it is not always convenient to have an entire new gown, ii: which case the separate skirt will prove invaluable. Iiuttonn mm Trimming. P.uttons are to be used as trimming for all the spring dresses, and there can be no better time than the present to make them, so that when the seamstress conies In the spring they will be ready. For linen gowns the buttons will be covered with linen, but many will wear crocheted buttons, and as these are easy to make with a crochet hook and coarse cotton, they might as well be started. First the button is covered with linen to match the suit, then over this Is fastened a loose crocheted mesh. When Yoa Visit. When you contemplate a visit try to make it a point to arrive at your destination during the daytime. It Is often difficult to locate a place at night and is embarrassing to the hostess and

guest. Many women could confess to

their great annoyance at receiving a card stating that a guest would ar rive that day and "please meet me at the train." Tossibly there is not a vacant room in the house for a guest aKd hundreds of trains may come In during the day, yet the writer never states what train to meet and the annoyance of preparing meals and the like makes a guest of this kind anything but wel come. Some women swoop down upon a hostess, never sending word, but an excuse is in:le that she wished to surprise them. She doe. A woman is a hospitable creature and entertaining is one of her delights, but she does not want it a compulsory affair and she wants time to prepare for it When you desire to visit z friend write htr relative to your- desires, wait for her reply, prepare for the appointed day and go on the train you tell her to meet, or telegraph any change. A woman who has no consideration for her hostess is not deserving of a very cordial welcome. RIaborate braiding is seen on manv of the newest models, both in cloth and velvet, the narrow soutache being the most popular. Braiding, combined with heavy embroidery, is particularly effective on broadcloth or velvet. A Jacket showing a decided point at the front is one of the styles seen among the newly arrived linen costumes. It Is a pattern carried over DAINTY HOME - from early winter which had its share of iopularity among the more dressy jacket suits. Tiny folds of satin or of taffeta are used to trim pemidress costumes and lend themselves admirably to original effects. They may be applied in broadening designs and n'so In serpentine lines and short zigzags on hems and wa!stcoat3 ami ae also used to frame motifs. With the summer dress will be worn some pretty ribbon sashes. But these riblMns will be wide, ethereal in appearance, and tied in four loops at the back. Some of the streamers are also knotted a few inches lrom the end. The idea is to get a ribbon to match the delicate weave of the dress. The smartest dresses worn at present are those composed of cloth skirt, velvet jacket, braided and fancy or oldtime waistcoat fastening . down the front with small antique buttons. The popularity of gossamer tissues much embroidered is very evident, the Idea having been borrowed from the Kast. A simple- house wrapper is made with a square j-oko, rolling collar, bishop sleeves and five-gored skirt that is attached to the waist. While a wrapper, yet It has a shirtwaist finish that is neat. Polka-dot materials that is, of the'small design with bindings or bands of plain trimming, look neat for such garments. The handsomest and most expensive of t'ae stiff collars have Irish lace insertion used in a sort of conventional design. While these collars may be very beautiful, they are less satisfactory than are the hand-embroidered collars, for the lace will not hold the starch and constant heavy washing soon tears the fragile material. In making up a black spangled robe over a ruffle of plaited chiffon it is a clever idea to connect the two by sewing to the rufile at regular Intervals big disks of black velvet. These may te cut out, leaving the edges raw, for they will not fray, and they relieve the dead whiteness of the rutlle in contrast with the black above and make a connecting link between the two materials. ltent a ii it Poverty, Men connected with charity organizations in the big cities hate discovered that there is the closest connection with the rating of a family and tho rent paid by the same. In other word.', if a family is found applying for heip which pays alnmt J?S or 0 monthly for vent, nt which price only the poorest apartments of very few rooms c;;n le secured, they are found invariably to be shiftless and on a very low plane of living. On the other hand, if they have been paying about $15 a month they prove to be thrifty and self-respecting and their need of assistance to le due to temporary hard luck. l'e or Hair Tonj;n. Unless a woman really desires to be gray long before her time, the constant use of tongs to make the hair curl is not to be thought of, for the heat from the irons cannot fail to dry out the natural oil in the tresses, making them crisp, broken and often gray. Instead of waving the hair by this injurious heat process, substitute patent wavers or liquid curling preparations. To Whiten the Skin. After you have washed and dried your face carefully, apply the following lotion : One quart of water previously boiled and strained, thirty drops of al-

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grains of bichloride of mercury, twenty drops of glycerin. The most simple way to reduce your flesh Is to avoid all starchy and sweetened food, all cereals, vegetables con taining sugar or starch, such as peas, beans, corn, potatoes. Have your bread toasted, sprinkle it with salt instead of 'using butter. Milk, I regret to say, If It be pure enough, is fattening. Skimmed milk may be drunk. Hot water Is an excellent substitute for other liquids. Add a little Juice of limes or lemons to it, if you choose. Limit your sleeping hours to seven at the outside. No nap3. You must take exercise. Yonr Scalp. An nppaling amount of injury may lo done to scalp and tresses by i.q norance in brushing and combing. For iustance. tangles must be removed gently, 'if the hair is not to be snapped. and the comb must go lightly over the scalp, stimulating circulation, without scratching. Thin, poorly nourished hair would be less common were scalp circulation better, for through its aid the hair follicles are fed, and the natural secre tions are normal. Without it the scalp tightens to the skull and the roots are choked or starved. Illreonsh. Kanilj- Stopped. This is a mast distressing and" ob stinate complaint to those in whom it occurs, says the Family Doctor. We do not refer, of course, to the hiccough attendant upon great pros tration of the system, but to those instances (very frequent, indeed) of a simple spasmodic condition of stomach and esophagus which assails the in dividual without any other symptom of disease, and In the treatment of MADE NEGLIGEE. which antl-spasmodics prove inert. Iielief can be obtained by directing the patient to hold the arms straight above the head and to keep inspiring as long as is feasible, po as to retain the air in 'the luugs for as long a period a3 possible. vlkW The average weekly wages paid to female laborers of all classes in Ger many is a little over $2.25 each. Out of every l.CftO.000 girl babies born S71.2GC are alive at the age of 12 months; ."0,000 less boys live through the first year. The possession of $in,0C0 left to her by a relative so unhinged the mind of a young woman named Bell of Sterkstroom. Cape Colony, that she commit ted suicide. The medal presented to Grace Darling for her heroism in saving nine lives from the wreck of a Forfarshire steamer in 1S38 will shortly be sold at auction in London. Miss Mira L. Dock, who Is one of the vice presidents of the State Federa tion of Pennsylvania Women, has the unique honor of being the only woman on the forestry commission of Penn sylvania. Ohio stands second in the number of clubs in the general federation and seventh in the club membership among the States represented in the general federation, with 003 club and 12,500 clubwomen enrolled. Miss Martha K. Johnson, of Lacoula, N. II., has the somewhat unusual honor for her sex of being a tax collector. She does It well, too, and her first annual report is so satisfactory that sh? is to be reappointed. One of the most fearless adventurers in the world is Miss Lavinia Budberg, who, under the auspices of Yale I'niveisity, was sent up into the wilds of the Qulnault Indian reservation to tak the physical measurements of the In dians. For School Wear. A white and brown checked Panama skirt, plaited from the hips to the knees, a white and brown madras waist, white linen collar, brown silk throw-over tie, brown shoes and hose and a brown chip sailor hat will be a suitable outfit for the high school girl who contemplates a new frock for spring wear. Match-Scrntcher. Fasten a bristol board nail file to the wall, where matches are apt to be scratched, and you will have no fur ther trouble with marred walls. Keep Glove White. To keep white gloves from soiling when carrying muff, pin with small safety pins a clean handkerchief in muff. For Dainty Finger. To remove Ink stains from tte fingers, rub the brimstone of a match over the soiled parts. Austria's great salt mine at Wielczka has GOO miles of galleries and employs P.000 miners. It has been worked for the last six centuries.

NATURE'S WONDERLAND.

Hot SprlnKM Do Away with the Fuel Problem In Xew Zealand. Imagine a tract of country 1,000 square miles in extent, consisting entirely of volcanoes, both great and email, active and extinct. Holling gey sers, too, throwing hissing Jets hun dreds of feet Into the air ; tremendous cliffs, uncannily alive with steam Jets and blowrholes, and "porridge-pots" or mud volcanoes innumerable. Think of all these in a wild medley, and you will have .soiiis faint notion of New Zealand's Wonderland, in the North Island of Great Britain's model colony. Dig anywhere, with a spade round alMut the town of Rotorua and you will produce as many hot springs as you make holes. There are whiffs of sulphur in the nir, and the ground quivers with mysterious activity. And when the wind lifts the eternal steam clouds you will see the extraordinary carved huts of the Maoris that won derfully Intelligent people so recently cannibals, but now given over to the arts and crafts of civilization. The women arc robust creatures ; and truth to tell nature has wholly spoiled them even for the little housework native women are called upon to do. A fire Is utterly unknown in a Maori hut, for when its mistress wants to cook her dinner she simply puts pud ding or joint in a string bag to which a rope Is attached, and then drops the raw material in any hole in the ground filled with boiling water. It is the strangest sight imaginable to see three or four Moarl women wandering with sure feet amid the bubbling porridge pots, and at the sam time swinging and dangling the family's daily dinner. which is Just alK)ut to be swung casu ally into some favorite cooking pot in the earth, thoughtfully provided by na ture ! Naturally enough the family's wash ing and the Maoris are an exceeding ly clean race is equally facilitated For every back yard has its bathing pools anil laundry reservoirs, whose hot waters bt.bble up mysteriously from the quivering eanh. Sometimes you will see a mother and her girls doing white folks' washing in the snow-white cone of a boiling geyser. The woman is perhaps gay in the crim sons, greens and purples affected by her countrywomen, and is sure to le puffing stolidly at a pipe, with a quaint baby slung across her back. The boys of the family, and most likely the men also, spend their days, especially In winter, literally basking in the pools of hot water, waist deep, Or should there be British "or American tourists about, the urchins will dive Into the warm pools for small coins, while tiny maidens are shrilly clamorous to dance a fierce haka for their white visitors, or to sing to them songs of love or war in rhythmic meas ures of the ixd dance. It is no wonder the New Zealand government has set aside this wonder ful volcanic and thermal region ns a vast health resort, to which patrons come from all parts of the world. At Uotorua are enormous swimming baths of hot, hissing mineral water, fed di red from the spouting geysers. The 'cure" lasts about six weeks, but visi tors usually staj' much longer, for at every turn there ar? sights and scenes such as are wltntsscd nowhere else on earth. "The Cruise of the Port Kingston, by W. Balph Hall Caiue, in addition to describing the great earthquake and telling sbnictliing of the history an literature of Jamaica, deals cmphatlcal ly with such questions as mixed mar riages in the West Indies the suggest ed fusion of white and black races, the negro marriage, the "goddess in choco late,' the pagan and superstitions beliefs -of the negro, and the strong caste feeling among the people. In an article on "The Art of Conver sation" in Harper's Weekly the writet tells this delicious anecdote of Carlylc and Tennyson which can never be toh too often. All those literary pilgrim who have wandered through the Carlyle house on the Thames embankmen will remember with' what pleasure the old Scotch kccicr retells day after day "In this room it was that Mr. Carlyle and Mr. Tennyson spent a long even ing. each smokin' his pipe and neither of them speakln a word. And after three hours, when Mr. Tennyson rose to go, Mr. Carlyle said to him, 'It's i grand evenin' we've spent, Alfred, a grand evenin', and Mr. Tennyson lie Just said, too, 'A grand evenin and went out" A book by Dr. John Duncan Quack ?nbos upon hypnotism as an agent for reforming character and curing certain ills of the flesh is to be published soon This Ixiok will recall an experinen tried some years ago in one of the large universities in which a perfectly hon est man was hypnotized and the experi inenters tried In vain to compel him to commit n forgery. This and other ex perlments tend to confirm the view which Dr. Quackenbos holds that the determining factor in hypnotism Is not the will of the operator but the character of the subject. "It is not the will of another that reforms and regen erates, it Is not God compelling wor thy action. It is the free man come to his own assistance." 'The Boyal Family by Pen and Cam era" is a sumptuous record of the Kngllsh reigning house extending over a Ieriod of forty-two years. One of the prettiest portraits of the Queert is that in which she is holding the present Queen of Norway in her arms as a baby, the cap the Queen is wearing in accord with the customs of the day Inn ing especially becoming. The thing that Is especially noticeable all through the series of portraits Is that the Queen has chanped so little with th; years. As one of her bridesmaids de scribed it, calling at Marlborough House on the silver wed?!fng day of the then Prince and Trlncess of Wales. "We were all middle-aged women, but the Princess looked as young and pretty as she did on her wedding day." Proving It. "I hate a conceited person." 'That goes to prove the truth of what Jinx was saying about you yesterday." "What was that?" "He said you were your own worst enemy." Houston Tost Very Likely. Mr. Hogg Here is some fool says In the paper that women have forgotten how to laugh. Mrs. Hogg I guess he means married women. Cincinnati Enquirer. Every man has a right to keep bis opinion to himself.

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIGN'S FOR THE HOMC DRESSMAKER V V V nionNe Walt with (inlmpe. The over blouses that give a gulmpe ffect are Iu the height" of style, and his one is susceptible of great varia tion, while it is both novel and chic. n the4 illustration louisine silk is piped with velvet and worn over a gulnipc )f thin lace, but for the blouse itself verything seasonable is appropriatei, vhlle the guimpe can be made of laqg Miibroidery or of the still simpler lingerie material or of chiffon as liked. PATTKEX Xa 5S01. It Is entirely separate from the blousa and consequently It can be varied a$ often .as may le liked, bo that really with very little labor the one blousa can be made to take on two or three quite different shapes. Again, the model Is just as well suited to the odd wais as to the entire gown, and consequentlx Is an exceedingly valuable aequisitio to the possibilities of the wardrobe, la this case the guiinpe Is made with thenew long sleeves, but it can be made quite sleeveless and those of the blouser only worn If liked. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on -receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to girboth the number and size of pattern, wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on thcr following coupon: i Order CouponNo. 5801. SIZC NAME '., ADDRESS Child' Urawers. The first requisite of the child's under garments is that they shall be comfortable and the second essential is that they shall be dainty In effect. Here are drawees that allow of a fin ' PATTI3X NO. T.SG4. Pill of three sorts and which art adapted to every material in use foi such garments. They can be made ol canton flannel or of other heavy ma terial for cold weather and finlslied with the bands iu knlckerbocker style, or they can lie made from nainsook, longcloth and the like and finished either with straight lower edges or with curved ones In French style. Ia any case they are closed at the tddes and are finished with bands, by means of which they are buttoned to the unlerwaist. Iu the Illustration the knlckerbocker and French drawers arc trimmed with frills of embroide-y, while the plain ones are finished with frills of linen lawn and with a few tucks above. The above pattern will be mailed to your address cn receipt of 10 cent. Send all orders to the Tattera Department of this paper. Be sure to glvs both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on th following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 5SG1. . SIZE NAME ADDRESS Interesting Items. The London police force guards prop erty valued at over $250,000,000. Two crimes which are cn the decrease nre arson and counterfeiting. The military and naval expenses of the Japanese arc under $35.000,000. The price of whalebone has risen In ICO years from ?130 to $1,500 per ton. The carat used In estimating the weight of gems is a grain of Indian wheat. Paris has 4f,.933 telephones, or alout one instrument to every fifty-fc-even inhabitants. The Austrian government gives her aged natives a pension of nearly $2Ü0 jx r week. Canada's trade with this country !s three times greater than with the mother country. A rope that had been used by the public executioner iu the hanging of several murderers was sold at auction In London the other day and brought $1.25. So many languages are spoken in the provinces of Austria-Hungary that interpreters are employed In the various parliaments to interpret the speeches of the delegates and make them intelligible to all the members. To Italy telongs the distinction of having equipped with electricity the first long-distance main line railway in Euroie. The Swiss government, which owns most of the Swiss railways, has lust decided to electrify all Its lines. Water power i now being sought, as Switzerland possesses no coal field ol Its own.

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