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CHAPTER XIX. (Continued) "If you wish to speak to me," says ehe. I am ready to hear you. Will you come this way? It is very quiet in the garden. Well !" demands she, facing him. She feels quite safe and full of courage. Some instinct tells her that Hilary, whc had so reluctantly obeyed her wish. Is still somewhere near. "Well repeats he. "Is it well for you? You think you are gofog io marry that feIlo-f, Adare. You sti'i think he will prove true to you, when he knows that if he does marry you, his uncle will disinherit him?" "I don't think it says she, in a dear, intense voice. "I know it." "I defy yoi to know it his breath coming more quickly. "Until to-night, although I have warned him of it. Sir Lucien never quite believed that his nephew" with a contemptuous intonation "condescended to admire you !" "Still, I .know it," repeats she, coldly. "And as for Captain Adare's not knowing that his uncle would probably disinherit him if he married mt-, I told him so myself. Ilüt I need not hsve done so: he had quite made up his mind about it." "Ah !" furiously, "then you have promised to marry him?" "No." Even in this dim light he can 6ee the sal and grievous expression that cicada her face. "I have refused him. "UefuseJ him!" Deane stands back from her, amazed, incredulous. "This is ' a trick," cries he violently. "Carnot you see," cries she, turning upon him in a passion of. pain and grief, "that I could not marry him? I love him." She presses her hands as if in pain npon her breast. "I love him; bat with this stain upon my father' memory, I shall never marry him." "You mean," persistently, "that if those Jewels are never found you will not marry Adare." "Yes, I have told him so," she sighs heavily. Deane breaks into a sudden insolent laugh and then as suddenly grows silent. Something in the very calm of Amber's manner has at last convinced him that any hope he has' entertained of making her his is at an end. Dut he can, at all events, prevent her from ever being Adare's ! The day after to-morrow he will leave; and, catching the boat on Thursday next, be out of the country before Sir Lucien is even aware of his having left the Mill House. And, even if pursued, what chance of convicting him of having anything to. do personally with those stones? A man of quick resolves, he now makes up his mind in an instant on a matter that might have taken other men many an hour to decide upon. "Not him or any other man," says she slowly. That laugh of his angered her. There had been distrust of Adare in it. "That lies in the future," retorts' he. "As for me, I have not mentioned it before, but Esther and I start for Australia shortly. This is a secret I know I car. trust you with. It lies with you now to either come with us or stay here here, where you are treated with contempt and despised, and where, if you are in earnest about your refusal to marry Adare until your father's memory is cleared, you will find yourself deserted and alone. For" with a strange glance, menacing, yet appealing "that will uver happen! Those jewels Sir Lucien his set his soul upon will never fall into Lis hands r "You ordy convince me that you know something of them," says she in a low, clear tone. "I feel it is useless to appeal to you, but hear roe! If you do know where those jewels are, I swear I will not marry Hilary, or any man that I will die unmarried if only you will clear my father's name! Is that not bribe enough?" "Hah! you Live come -o far as that," says he. "Weil! you must go farther. Swear you will marry me, and " She, turns abruptly away, as if despising him too much to answer. "Just as you will," he mutters sullenly. "However, a last word. If at any hour you elect to come out to us and I believe Adare will fling you aside when he knows positively what his marriage with you will mean to him then, you will receive from me a cordial welcome. Bear that in mind, my girl. It is worth a thought! And another thing if you agree to cast in your lot with us, you need not think that it must necessarily lead to marriage with me. No! His strange, wild face looks tragically, honestly earnest at that moment. "You shall be free to choose betwixt me and many another; to "You have not left me free this time," says she with a faint smile. "But if you are really going, Brian, good-by. We are not likely to meet again." "You forget you are coming home tomorrow." "No, il had not forgotten. But tonight Madam asked me to go and stay with her for a week, and " "Ah!" cries he fiercely, with the fierceness of acute mental agony. "You are dwelling on the thought that this is our Iart meeting. You hope for that! But," in a choking voice, "It is not our last meeting; in spite of you, I shall see you again "It would not be in spite of me, BrW an," says she very softly and kindly, touched by the certain misery of his whole air. "I only thought it would be for the best for you and me not to meet again. But if you wish to bid me another, more open farewell, I shall be glad to see you at Madam's." "Let that rest," says he roughly, making a gesture as if pushing something aside. "Wt-it I want to know Is, what are you going to do when I am gone? Madam," with a glance at her, "will go too! And you! Are you going to live alone in tnat old house?" "I have l!ved alone the greater part of my life." ner voice is very sad and forlorn. "I shall not mind the loneliness. I have had no time to think of it yet; as I had no idea Esther would go back with you this time. But I am sure old Mrs. Blake and her daughter you know how poor they ar?, and Low respectable would come up and take care of me and the house. They are quite nice people, and will not trouble me at all, and I think it will hi a help to them. So you see," with a rather haughty, if distinctly puzzled glance, "you need not bv at all U WOJ CA SSU b LUC CH A PTE Ii XX. "We are going up to the tower to see the stars," cries May. "They will be lovely to-night. Gilby," to drey, who is in close attendance, "has Amber gone? She said she hated cloaks. Oh! come, Iolly, it will be delicious in the tower, and. after all, I'm not a bit sleepy now !" "The stars in their courses," begins Doll;.-, glancing at Everard, "are fighting for you. Come!" Up here in this old' tower the night is magnificent. Stars upon stars stud the pale blue firmament, their brilliant lights defying the darkness. Even Dolly is a little less vivaciuus than usual beneath the heavenly beauty of those silent stars swimming above her in the ineffable blue. It may be their mystic charm, or else a faint twinge of conscience, that renders her mute who can say? It would be unfair to judge her on such evidence, as May is very silent, too; and Amber, with arms on the sill of one of the narrow

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windows, her head uplifted, her large eye wrapt and dreamy, has evidently no word for anyone. Not even for Hilary, who is on her right hand, or for Everard, who is standing on her left. The little touch of calm that seems to have fallen on them all is now broken. From outside, from the stone steps leading up to the first room in the old tower, comes a yell both loud and deep! Naturally, Mr. McGrath is the owner of it. "Owen !" says Mrs. Clarence at once, with an air of resignation; "he has evidently fallen on the hard stone steps, coming up in a hurry, and hurt himself." Indeed, a second later, as he stumbles into the room, he tells them so. "Beastly stairs! Fancy putting stones inside a house. Bad enough before the hall door. Well, here I am at last. Not missed, I can see, although I have been fighting your battles down below. But it's no good ! Nothing would get our darling Lucien off to his silken couch. He grows livelier every minute. He wants to see you, Hilary; I'd advise you to go at once, as he's in one of his tantrums. What are you all doing up here, eh? Mooning?" Everard casts an involuntary glance at Dolly, whose face is impassive. IlaJ she irranged it? And, indeed, perhaps she had. Who could say? At all events, she does not betray herself. Her wonderfully youthful little face, with its lucent eyes of simple blue gazing through the window up to the lustrous stars, is innocent as a babe's of any hidden meaning. Everard's heart begins to beat quickly. The time .has come, with or without Dolly's intervention. . Why trifle with it? Five minutes alone with her with Amber! A word spoken a word answeed. If she will give herself to him! He jibs a little at this thought, he, woh, up to this, has sworn against lasting charms of any sort. But this one creature in all the world has caught and held him. - Hilary below is caught by Sir Lucier. in a discussion about the ' rents of the lower farms first-1-and then, as to the chances of making Brian Deane tell all he knows of the missing jewels. "He knows everything," says Sir Lucien. "I don't believe it," says Hilary, "he is false all through. He is playing with you," and so on. Hilary's manner, in spite of himself, is a little impatient, and he has lost the power to conceal it. His heart is with the lovely Amber upstairs, with the girl who has dragged it out of his breast. This thought delights him. "I have now no heart," he has told himself a hundred times,' glad at his loss. "No heart, but she has given me hers instead. And what a heart!" All her grace and sweetness comes tc him now, threefold as he sits listening to Sir Lucieu's violent diatribes against her mother and her detested father. . As he saw her last, looking up to the stars, her pretty elbows on the window sill, how dear she was. Truth and beauty lay in her eyes. Ah! that is her principal charm, Truth ! But beauty is truth ! And what a lovely nature is hers! Toor Amber! she has need of many witches to keep away the many harms that are following her to-night, had he only known it ! Breaking free at last from Sir Lucien, he rises, and with a haste that I am afraid can hardly be called decent, leaves the room. Now, with mad haste in his steps, he rushes up the broad staircase from the ball, eager to reach again that room in the old tower where he had last seen his beloved gazing with rapt eyes upon tLe stars. The room 'is empty. No Amber Is here now. No one is here it Is swept clear of any living thing. Dolly indeed had been careful to carry off all the others downstairs, when she s&w Amber and Everard go towards the tiny stairs that led to the very top of the tower. Something he cannot define strike cold to Hilary's heart, as he stands on the threshold of the empty room. She had not waited! It was the one, the first thought. It was senseless absurd; how could she wait, if all the others went? Iut still . . . she had not waited. He turns to retrace his steps. If not here, then perhaps in the drawing room. It is late, however, and no doubt once having abandoned their desire for the stars, they the women had all gone to their rooms. Slowly he goes downwards, and reaching the gallery that runs round part of the house, walks slowly towards a back staircase that leads to the halls beneath. He has gone half way when a slight sound in the distance behind him brings him to a full stop. Steps! Steps surely! He turns .and through the darkness Sir Lucien's economical mind has ordered lights out at eleven o'clock sharp every night through the darkness lit only by the moon, that now is riding gloriously in the heavens outside, his eyes rest instinctively upon the stone steps that lead to the tower. A moment he waits, his heart beating madly a moment, and now through the mists of night, and the strange shadows of it, and the faint rays rushing through the central windows, he sees two forms come slowly forward. They pause. One It is Amber leans slightly forward. Soma words fall from her lips. Her companion Everard, beyond doubt answers her. Another moment, and then Everard has taken her hand, has raised it to his lips, she consenting! A fervent, a passionate caress on the back of that small brown hand, and Everard goes down the principal staircase, leaving her still standing in the full moonlight gazing after him. Adare can see her face perfectly. Beyond doubt there la Intense feeling in it for bitn for Everard ! The fact that Amber is now couing his way, across the unlit gallery, fails to check the devil that is raging in his breast. Ah! last night. How he had admired her then, mad fool that he was, because of her determination not to marry him until her father's name was cleared! She had not waited to clear her father's memory before accepting Everard. What a dupe he has been! It was a mere put off to him, until she could make sure of Everard, and his immense fortune. And he had believed in her; he would have staked his soul on her truth. Nearer, nearer come the footstep.!. Quite in the shadow himself, he can watch her as she approaches, without being seen himself. A cold, hateful disbelief in all things in everyone has seized upon him, taking place of his late mad rage. As she gets within two yard.1 of him he steps forward. "Oh, you, Hilary!" cries she with a ittle throb of joyous surprise in her soft voice. (To be continued.) Ileallani In Art. Two artists were boasting how they could paint. "Do you know," said one, "I painted a sliicnce on the ground one day, and a beggar nearly broke his fingers trying to pick it up!" "That's nothing to what I did," said the other. "I painted a leg of mutton on a stone, and it was so realistic that a dog ate half the stone before he found out his mistake!"

When Should n Girl Marry? Reason should govern marriage to some degree, although It does not. People In love do not reason. Here is where the parents or legal guardian of a girl can justify their office by doing the thinking she is neglecting for dreaming always n more pleasant pastime to one In love. It is a sacrilege for an Ignorant gill of 10 to become a wife. Even worse for her to assume the obligations and responsibility of motherhood The average girl of IS is too young to marry. Immature In body and mind. Far better to wait than to risk the happiness of two lives. Late niarriagos are usually made out of respect and friendship, the foundations of love, but they miss the thrill and passion of iove Itself. Such marriages provide a home and congenial companionship for the man and woman who hare outlived their first youth, with Its buried emotions and tender memories, and makes for them a sort of Indian summer of happiness. The Ideal time of life for a woman to marry is from twenty to thirty five. For a mat, from twenty-five to forty-fite. Society women do not marry young, anu who can find an "old" woman of thirty In society? They are plentiful enough among the 40,000, where women marry at sixteen, seventeen and eighteen, and settle down to a humdrum existence filled with dishes to wash and babies to care ior. Home ought not to be a dull place. It ought to be th3 most Interesting siot in the world to the vife and mother. But It Is Impossible for a girl who has not attained hev physical and mental growth to grasp the true significance and meaning of the home or to bear its burdens without deteriorating. Some of the happi?st marriages are thosfc between persons over twenty-five and under thirty-five. They have seen life and met interesting people, they are sure of themselves, and no '"affinity," were she equipped with magnetic batteries from head to foot, could separate them. They are married for life. Jessie M. Tartlon. A Folding Hand Mirror. A folding hand mirror, particularly adaptable for use as a traveler's observation glass is the invention of a Chicngo man. lne mirror was designed with the Idea of holding It a few inches outside the window of the coach, so that the person holding the glass ran see both toward the front and the rear of the train at the same FOLDING MIRROR. tjme flnJ wltUout placing the bead out of the window. When folded or open It Is neat and attractive In apiearance, and can be quickly folded lrto a compact form to place in the pocket The mirrors are hinged together so they can be folded face to face, with a suitable stop pin for holding the mirrors rigid when open. Medlclnnl Food. Carrots are excellent for gout. Cranberries correct the liver. Asparagus stimulates the kidneys. Watercress Is an excellent blood purifier. Honey is a good substitute for codUver oil. Parsnips possess the same virtues as sarsaparllla. Celery contains sulphur and helps to ward off rheumatism. Bananas are beneficial to sufferers from chest complaints. Celery Is a nerve tonic; onions also are a tonic for the nerves. Beetroot is fattening and good for people who want to put on flesh. Tomatoes are good for a torpid liver, but should be avoided by gouty people. Lettuce has a soothing effect on the nerves and is excellent for sufferers from insomnia. Spinach has great aperient qualities and Is far better than medicine for süIferers from constipation. The Juice of a lemon is excellent for gore throat, but should not be swallowed, but used as a gargle. . Handy Qnok Shelf. Go to any furniture dealer and get from him three wooden window shade boxes ani line them with white moire paper and cover with brown wood-colored paper. You may have to buy the boxes, but they will be only about 10 cents apiece. Have a table In your room and place these boxes so they will rest on the table and against the wall. It is best to separate them with wooden boxes of equal size covered with brown paper. This makes a splenäld three-shelf bookcase in which small books can be placed. If one cares the boxes can be covered with paper to match the room. Embroidered vests of pique and 11a,en promise to be a necessary adjunct to summer suits. As the season progresses the rage Tor crochet buttons as a trimming in :reases. Cretonne is also largely used for waistcoats, hats, parasols, collars and applied effects. A sporty novelty in umbrellas which promises to be popular presents balls of solid leather, with a heavy chenille fringe hanging from them. The balls are fastened to the stick by solid leather straps. A dUnty parasol is of dove giay sUk with embroidered orchids in the space between each rib; some have a border of braided satin ribbon in two contrasting shades along the outside edge, whereas Inside two ravishing rosettes, each repeating the color scheme, are posed at a short space one from the other. Simple little pongee and tusore

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frocks are ornamented with bits of trimming of paisley design. Scarfs are appearing with wide silk paisley borders. Quite out of the ordinary was a pair of mules made from pieces of an old paisley shawl, to accompany a "pelguor" In changeable oriental chiffon. v Long white tulle or feather boas can be made up to date by cutting when Just long enough to encircle the neck, the endsj tied in the back with a bow of broad black velvet ribbon with long floppy loops and ends. The box-plaited ruches of four layers of box plaits divided In half by an inch band of ribbon to match the suit are very fetching and becoming. All the newest collars have ruffles at the to.) and bottom. A pretty one of plain linen has a fluted ruffle also of the linen an inch, and a half wide above, terminating In a V-shape, and another ruffle twice this width fitting over the blouse front and back. The more elaborate dressy collars of chiffon have tulle ruffles, with loops of baby ribbon set at regular Intervals. Buttons are a most favored trimming. They are used not only upon tailored gowns and summer frocks, but upon the more elaborate evening costumes. . They are oft-times placed the full length of the clinging skirt at one side, in tb.e center front or In the center back. This line of buttons is a continuation of the button trimming upon the bodice portion, and is one of the little tricks employed to give the much-desired "long-line" effect. One of the prettiest fashions of a year of pretty fashions is that of threading the skirt of a frock with ribbons at flounce Cepth. Instead of using the beading which was formerly employed in carrying out this idea, this present mode demands that actual slits be cut in the dress. These are buttonholed and the ribbon or velvet Is then passed In and out. The fullness of the skirt Is drawn In to suit the figure of the wearer, a result which is the reason for discarding the less troublesome beading. The ends of the ribbon are either tied at intervals or are all looped at the left side. Eplarrams by Eye. A brother is a mirror that never flatters. Who cares if a duck of a girl is feather-headed? In the merry waltz of life we should all learn how to reverse gracefully. The feminine Intellect topples before time tables and bank took balancing. Life Is a crafty stage manager that keeps luring us on with promises ol an encore.' A diplomat Is a man who knows how to say nothing In '.he most conservative manner. k ' A girl adores fx man because he is strong, then falls out with him because she can't twine him about her little finger. Camphor to Cure Cold. One of the most efficient remedies for breaking up a cold during its earliest stage is camphor. When the eyes begin to water and there Is an accompanying tingling of the nose and feeling of chilliness, place three drops of camphor on a lump of loaf sugar and place the sugar la the mouth. Kepeat this every fifteen minutes till four or five doses have been taken. At the same time place the feet where they will become thoroughly warm. This win usually prove effectual in breaking u; a cold If the cold Is taken at Its very beginning. For a child but one drop should be placed upon the sugar, and five or six doses administered. Insom ula. Insomnia is not the uncommon fate of the brainworker, who, after years of continuous mental straiu, retires from active life. The rea reason Is that mental activity demands a large supply of blood for the brain, and the blood vessels gradually accommodate themselves to this In rge supply. But, when the bard work Is over, the brain does not always realize that It needs less nourishment, and hence the condition of excessive mental activity, which is what insomnia Is. London Mail. He ware of Talking. That excessive talking Is the cause of many nervous diseases and for the increasing amount of insanity affecting modern society la the Interesting

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theory elaborated before the PsychoTherapeutic Society In London the other nl-,'ht by Itev. B. S. Lombard, a London vicar, who has given the subject much study. "An enormous amount of vital energy is wasted In talking," said the vicar. "An excessive talker is a human vampire, who saps the vital energy of those about him. People silent by nature seldom are III. A large percentage of the victims of nervous disease are great talkers, who discuss imaginary ailments until they get them." Dr. Stenson Hooker supported the vicar In a recommendation that one room be set aside in each of the London hospitals for silent treatment. Neither of the gallant speakers particularly mentioned the talking proclivities of women In his argument against garrulity. Gorgeous Plante Hat. An attractive millinery creation In black aiul white, than which there 1 nothing richer. In this case the large hat with slightly rolling brim Is black chip and the only decoration a generous numb" of beautiful white ostrich plumes. A hat of this type Is always good style and may be. worn on almost any and every occasion. Gotrn Trlmmlnffi. Shall the gown be made plain or shall It be much trimmed? Both extremes are sought by those who go In for pretty dresses. Should one be unable to decide upon a style, there is the popular plaited or kilted skirt made a,nkle length with a fitted hip yoke. And there is the cutaway coat which buttons with two or three buttons and Is cut away to show the waist and belt This style is very fashionable. Odor of the Kitchen. At a cooking lecture In Brooklyn recently a woman In the audience, during the conference that followed the lecture, satd that she had learned when boiling any vegetable of high flavor, such as cabbage or onions, to do the work In the oven. This saved the permeating of the kitchen and other parts of the bouse with the malodorous steam. To nepalr Rubber Shoe. Pece of caoutchouc (India Rubber), not too thick, Is beveled off at the edges with the aid of a wet knife. The damaged place and the patch are then moistened with oil of turpentine; the parts moistened are brought into contact and subjected for twenty-four jours to a moderately heavy pressure. Scientific American. Place for Everything;. Every house should be supplied with a handy lox which contains one tube of glue, ball of twine, lox of assorted fasteners and suspension rings, rubber bands, gummed labels, bottle and jar labels, small string tags, iwckao of large and small tags, spool of adhesive tape and a lox of key tags. Keep Needle for F.inerKf ney. Always have reedles threaded with white and black thread and be sure to put in the knot. This last item, small as it may seem, will save a lot of time when the children are getting ready for school cr going to Work, and perhaps you only have a minute. The "Word Diva. The word diva Is derived from the Italian and means a goddess or sweetheart. In its English application it designates a prima donna that Is, a female operatic singer of celebrity. Pour John! .Milton's wife went borne to nj-. So I've ascertained ; Wonder if 'twas then he .wrote His "Paradise Regained."

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Pattern Department aaauaaaaaauaauauuuuuuaauaauaauaaaaaBaauaaaaaBHuaaaaaB UP-TO-DATE DESIONS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER V V V Waist Aeeeaaorle. It has been well and truly said that the accessories often make or mar the costume. If they are up-to-date and chic they give Just the touch of smartness that we all like so well, and If they are fresh and Immaculate they suggest that daintiness, which should be the essentia) feature of feminine dress. Here are three different sorts that are adapted to different occasions, but all. of which are novel. The tailored set Is severe in style and is designed to le worn with plain, shirt waists. In the illustration it Is made of blue '.inen scalloped and the two front pieces ire buttoned together by means of mall pearl buttons. The smaller jabot PATTERX JfO. 50'Jd. and pointed stock can be made of laci as illustrated or of fine lawn or embroidery, or indeed of any material that is suited to such purpose, while the longer jabot and the hirrh stock can be made from lawn or linen as Illustrated, from silk or lingerie material, or the collar and stock can match the waist, 'while the jabot Is of net, lace or other thin fabric. The tailored set consists of the front piece and belt, the cuffs and the rollover portion of the collar. Both the turn-over portion of the collar and the cuffs are designed to be attached to those of the waist by means cf buttons and button holes In the bands, while the front piece Is arranged over the box plait, the belt concealing its lower edge. The above pattern will be mailed tc your address on receipt of 10-cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Depart ment of this paper. Be sure to give botli the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. Foi convenience, write your, order on the fnllnwincr cnnnon ' ' cj i " Order Coupon. No. r00G. SIZE NAMF. ADDRESS ' Four Gored Skirt. The skirt that allows of effectlvt treatment for striped material is on( much In demand just ntnv, for stripes are In the-height of style and chevror effects are much In vogue. This on( can be so treated with singular success yet need not Ik confined to strlpec PATTEIiX SO. 5DS1). fabrics, as it is a simple gored sklr vhlch can be cut from any seasonable material, and either left plain oi trimmed as liked. In this Instance the stripes are made to form a succession of chevrons at the front and at the sides, but even If striped material Is used it can be cut on the straight 11 preferred. 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 give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. Foi convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 50S9. SIZR NAME ADDRESS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. At Roman marriages the weddinj ring was placed on the thumb. In Spain water In which a wedding ring has been 'dipped Is good for sore eyes. In Java, as a part of the marriage ceremony, the bride washes the feet ol the groom. In Servia and Bulgaria the grooa gives the bride a tap with the heel ol her own shoe. Secret marriages are In every coun try In Europe considered Illegal. The Greek church employs two rings In the marriage ceremony, one of gol! the other of silver. The wedding ring has at one time oi another been worn on the thumb anc every finger. Four rings were used in the weddinj ceremony of Mary Stuart to the uufor tunate Darnley. The use of the wedding ring Is firs' noted in Egypt, when the ring1 was th emblem of eternity. Among the New Zealand natives th most important part of the ceremony Ii a terrific mock scuffle. The crusades introduced a fashloi of holy cross rings each containing t fragment of the true cross. Marriage by capture prevailed among the Turcomans until a very re cent date, and the fonn Is still kept up A hundred years ago, when the brid had a fortune, the newspapers state that fact and gave also the amount A lawyer Is willing to fight your bat ties If you will supply the ammunition

PRICES AT HIGH MARK. Level for 1907 Twenty-Nine Per Cent Above Average for Years. It will be of interest to those who were busy last year in keeping the wolf from the door to know that figures on wholesale prices of 253 representative staple articles reached the apex of their soaring last October. These statistics are for the eighteen years between 1S00 and 1007. The annual report on this subject of the Commerce and Labor Departments shows that the average for the year 1907 was 5. per ceit higher than for 190G; 44.4 per cet higher than for 1897, the year of lowest prices during the eighteen-year period, and 23 H per cent higher than the average for the ten years from 1S00 to 1S09. Price reached their highest point during the ?Ighteen-year period in October, 1907, the average for that month being 12 per cent higher than the average for the year 1907, and 2.8 ier cent higher than the average for December, 1903, the month of highest prices In that year. When the commodities are divided into nine groups every group shows an Increase in price In 1907 as compared frith 1900. For farm products taken as a whole this increase was greatest, namely, 10.9 per cent; for food, 4.G per rent; for clothes and clothing, 5.C per cent; for fuel and lighting, 2.4 per reit ; for metals and implements, C.1 per cent; for lumber and bulldinc materials, 4.9 per cent; for drugs and chemicals, 8.3 per cent; for house furnishing goods, C.8 per cent, and for the miscellaneous group, 5 per cent The effect of the money stringency In the latter part of the last year is reflected in the decrease recorded in all commodities during November and December, the average price showing a 3ecrease of 3.5 per cent below October. Of the 2Ö8 articles for which wholesale prices were recorded 172 showed an increase In the average prices for 1907 as compared with 190C; thirty-five showed no change and fifty-one showed a decrease.

Hydrophobia is in reality so rare and so terrifying that its symptoms and treatment are little understood. As a matter of fact, the commonly accepted expression of madness in a dog is often misleading. The real mad dog does not shun water, as it is said. On the contrary, mad dogs often rush to the water and drink eagerly, if they are able to swallow. ' The mad dog does not froth at the mouth. It does not run amuck, snapping at everything in its path. What, then, are the indications of the mad dog? To those familiar with a given dbg the surest symptom and the cne which would excite closest attention is a distinct and unaccountable change in the dog's disposition a staid dog becoming excitable and a frisky one dull. That condition does not necessarily mean rabies, but it is suspicious, and if, in addition, the dog Sias trouble in swallowing as though it seemed to have a bone in its throat beware ! That dog should be instantly tied up, because if it be rabies it takes but a day or two for ferocious instincts to develop. The unmistakable evidence, however, of a dog with rabies is the sticky, whitish saliva which covers the teeth and shows on the drawn lips. The eyes glare and are red; the dog has paroxysms of running fury, during which it barks hrsely, which alternate with periods of temporory exhaustion. Caspar Whitney, in Outing for July. Doctor Dtacusa Industrtallam. The effects of the present-day tendency of women to enter into economic competition with men came up for an airing before the Chicago meeting of tbe American Academy of MeiÄcine. Several of the male physicians deplored the fact that "too many women unsexed themselves by forsaking home life for worL in shops, stores and factories," and one said that the lack of servants and housewives was disrupting society. A woman doctor, Helen C. Putnam of Frovidence, came out squarely for woiran suffrage, holding that every woman had the right to develop h-.r best faculties, to seek education and to enter a business field where she mipht select a father for her children on te-ms cf ocial and intellectual equality. Dr. Burrell of Boston, the new president of the association, took strong ground in favor f educating the public as to general hygiene and sanitation, saying this was the duty of the n?dical profession. Tt.e House of Delegates of the association recommended the creation of a commission to watch and oppose legislation against vivisection. A. Heavyweight Tieket. In spite of the fact that Secretary Taft has often laughingly declared that "no real .gentleman weighs more than 300 pounds," his solid bulk combined with the jompact frame of his running mate, Jameg S. Sherman, makes the heaviest ticket ever put forward by any national party. The two men together tip tie scales at something not far short of !00 pounds. The record before this was held by the Democrats on the strength of the avoirdupois of Grover Cleveland. When nominated in 1S92 Mr. Cleveland weighed about 275 pounds, but the small figure of Adlai E. Stevenson kept the total around 425 pounds. Jones' Boomerang File. Charles O. Jones made a remarkable trial flight in his airship Boomerang, starting at Hammondsport, N. Y. He sailed first to Watkins, twenty-six miles, and then on to within six miles of Bath, where he ran into a tree and ripped his gas bag. Tbe novel features in the Jones ship are the use of a second ;as bap trailing behind to replace the supply of the main bag, which is 93 feet long and cigar-shaped, and a system of ballast moving that employs a little sand car moving on tracks. New Cure for llablea. An improved prevention of the developaient of rabies has just been brought into use at Paris. Although it acts more quickly than did the ld method, it must oe administered before the germs have multipli'l so as to reach the nerve centers. . The Latent Hainuiondport Fllsbt. The airship known as the June Bug Josisnod by C II. Curtis, has had a successful trial flight at Hammondsport territory. The June Bus went the record distance of 217. feet at a speed of thirtysii miles an hour. Shredded Dananaa Next. Two chemists in the University of Washington at Seattle now claim to have liscovered a method of treating the ripe banana so that it can be flaked or shredJed as a breakfast food, and preserved inJefinitely in any climate, with all its flavor and food value preserved. Record Aeroplane Flight. Delagrange, the Frendh aeronaut, coninuing his aeroplane tests at Milan, Italy, has surpassed all previous records by flying from sixteen to thirty minutes, during ill which time his machine was between 10 and 18 feet high.

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LONQ LOST MATT SUES SIS TEH. Would Set Aalde Mother'a Will ' Get Share of Fatate. Reappearing after thirty years' iibwnce, Harry Newman, son of the late Mrs. Mary A. Newman, who was the wealthiest woman of Wabash and manager of the Treaiont Hotel, brought uit ta set aside her will giving his titter, Mrs. Lincoln Ouynn, practically all of the estate. He brought three suits against Mr. Guynn, the first charging tlander, because he claimed he was a waif and not a rightful son ; the second, charging that a deed conveying valuable property was secured by fraud, and the third, charging that his estate from a former relative was misappropriated by his sister. The parties are wealthy and socially prominent. WILL HEAX HIS GUKKESS ST0EY Laporte Sheriff Going: to Texas tm Talk with Allea-ed Aeeomplle. Julius C. Truelson, in' jail at Vernon. Texas, on a forgery charje, who recently confessed being an accomplice of Mrs. Belle Günne, will receive another visit soon from Sheriff Smutzer of Laporte county. The Laporte officers have been investigating the story told by Truelson and have found it substantiated. Sheriff Smutzer has left for the Pacific coast and will stop at V?rnon. Truelson has written that he would like to have another talk with the sheriff. Indleted for 22,300 Theft. Oliver P. Ensley, former county treasurer at Indianapolis, was indicted on three counts charging him with the ea bezzlement of $22,500 from the public funds of the county. Mr. Ensley recently returned $22,500. Other indictments returned by the grand jury are against former County Auditor Cyrus Clark and Henry Marshall of Lafayette, former speaker of the Indiana House of Repre sentatives. Trlea to Aid Woman) Mar Die. Edward Beech, pitcher with the Vincennes ream of the Eastern Illinois Baseball League, was so severely slashed in face and body at tie celebration at Lakewool Park, Vincennes, that he may die. The park was crowded with, women and children and Beech attempted to protect woman from the slurs of rowdies, but two of the latte attacked him with razors.' Dangeroni Polish Sold hy Womau. A liquid stove pol is said to ontain a largft percentage of benzin, haj caused three serious explosions in Eransville. As a result, frightful burns were iaflicted on Mrs. Charles Weber and tie 10-year-old daughter of Edward Saupert. Both are in a serious condition. The police report that the polish was peddled from house to house by a womam. Katrine Kills Daaed Woman. Dazed, as a Waba?h freicht train bort ;'down upon her suddenly, 'Mrs. Charles McNown jumped from the buggy in which sJie was driving across the tracks at Andrews, and was instantly killed, the engine striking her. Her daughter drove by in safety. Woman liana: Ileraelf. Mrs. Sarah Beard, wife of William Beard, a well-known Frankfort cititea, committed suicide by hanging herself in the woodshed while her husband was in the house writing a letter. Ill health It assigned as the cause. She was 5." years old. Stolen Sweets Stranarle Cow. The cow tf Charles Stewart was found dead in Terre Haute with a tin bucket fastened over her face. The bucket, half filled with molasses, had tempted the animal, wbie!i. with its head caugat, died of strangulation. llooaler Banker Killed. Buskin Arnold, aged 42, formerly cashier of the First National Bank of North Manchester, and later in a bank at Kansas City, Mo., was killed in the latter city the other day. Slab of Honey Ela-ht Feet Look. A slab of honey 8 feet long. IS inches wide and 4 inches thick, weighing 102 pounds, was taken from the rafters in the attic of the home of Jacob F. Schäfer, near Lawrer.ceburg. Wheat Shoeka Droned tr CI am ret tea. Small boys smoking cigarettes on the banks of Haw creek, near Columbus, set fire to Edward Brown's wheat field, and twenty-one shocks were consumed before the fire was suppressed. Aaleep on Track J Killed. While asleep on the tracks of the Eransville and Mount Vernon Traction line, near Evansville, Bruno Feh re man of diat city wa run over by a car and instantly killed. ; 2ILK0B STATE ITTiT.TS. George Bau man, 74 years old, one of the best known farmers of Spencer county, was killed at his home in Luce township by a fractious horse. William Ilearn, ß years old, son of William 1 1 earn, near Tippecanoe lake, had a penchant for playing with matches. On a recent afternoon he started a fire in his father's barn, consuming the structure and contents, including hay, farm implements, buggies and wagons. The postoffice in Carlisle was robbed of $50 in small change, taken from the cash drawer, and nearly $30 in stamps; stolen from the safe. Jockey Sullivan fell under suspicion and he was followed to Terre Haute and arrested, the stolen money and stamps being recovered. Lightning struck a small ahed in Matcie in which Mr. and Mrs. Harry Breeze, Mrs. James Bell and the latter' 15-year-old daughter, Marie, were huddled while sheltered from the torm, and instantly Jellied Mrs. Breeze, probably fatally in jured Mane Bell, and slightly injured the others. Mildred Gamble, daughter of Prof. A. W. Gaiuble, a scientist, now steward of the Northern Iadiana hospital for rb insane in Logansport, eIoied with E. II. Beatty, son of 11 B. Bcatty, Pan Handle road foreman ofj engines, whom she married in Covinpton, Ky , Charles Morton. 15 years old. wa shot and killed by his 7-year-old cousin, son of Washington Morton At Petersburg. Other Eiem'.wTs cf the family were absent. Th( younger boy, anry, went into anather room and rcapjeared with a shotgun. Taking delilorate aim. h tiis"h.irge1! tae contents iwto the abdomen of his victim, causing Lis d&th in a few hours. AIlcrt L. SinUh, I years eld, a traveling piano salesman with headquarters at Detroit, Mich., is under arrest in South "end on a charge of attempting to defraud Warren Irwin, an aged blind farmer residing north cf South Bend, oat of between $1700 and $20,000. Search of Smith's room is said to have revealed evidence against him. The warrant 'on which Smith was arrested charges him with the lan-eny of two promissory notes, several account, and a Lank book from Irwin. Fred Wiltroul, K) years eld, of Silver Lake, declaring Liniself tired of life, in slowly starving himself to death. He hat eaten nothing for more than sixteen days. Xlif wndjtjoa is said t be SSjigiU, r