Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 48, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 September 1908 — Page 3

HThe W 7hited Qepulchre JL The VV Tale of O Pelee

By Will Levington Comfort rVn-vr-; crht IOTA, hv Will Tvinartm P.irn frr-

Copyright. XW7. by J. B. Lippincott CIIAPTER VII. (Continued.) I guess that's right, too. So you had to lock up Stembridge ?" "Yes, I found it advisable one day after he had tried to steal the ship while I was ashore in San Juan, Constable explained ingeniously. Tm glad you came, because it will save me from taking him tack. That unless you decide that I'll have to go back, too. I did play pretty rough with you, hut your man had me going strong about that time. Tou've got to acknowledge that he's an artist. Let's get out of this. What do yoa plan to do?" "Go out and get Stembridge, and settle with ycu. "The word 'settle, usually refers to dollars up in the States," Constable said delicately. "It doesn't pay to buck the detective bnreau. Constable, and I'm authorized to take cash for your part this time." "How much?' "Five thousand dollars and expenses.' "It costs money to keep you offtrae's ship." "I'm Crusoe of the detective bureau, and I usually go where I please, was the dulcet answer. "Hi have to go out to the ship to get so much money," Constable declared resignedly. "Ill have to go out to the ship to get Stembridge, said Crusoe. "We'll go together." "Where are your men? "I'm working alone this trp. "You can pick up a couple of gendarmes to help you, if you think you'll need help," Constable suggested. This was the galvanic instant. Crusoe glanced at him keenly. lie had been able to pick no flaw in the moment's talk. He was a shrewd man in his line and schooled, but Constable had rung true. There is no inclination ou the 'part cf the public at large to concede brilliance of acumen to the heirs of millions, nnless the sparkling quality has been exposed in a strong light. The suggestion concerning the gendarmes, and a last glance into the face of the young man, languished Crusoe's final doubt. "I can handle Stembridge very tidily, having your moral support,' be declared, "lie's too old a bird to resist arrest whet he's once cornered. "Just as you say," Constable sail swiftly. "Turn your rig about and follow on. My launch is ahead, at the Sogar Landing." ' It wa3 not until the other was behind, and the back of his own carriage shutting cL the view, that Constable realized he had lost bis headache, and was drenched with perspiration. It was now eight. The kdies had agreed to be ready at nine, in case Cncle Joey had returned with the mail by that time. His several errands must wait., The present matter would take the entire time, and must be done decently and in order. The driver was commanded to make good speed to the launch, which was' in readiness. Crusoe dismissed his rig; Constable bade his driver wait, and the two men boarded. "Make her buzz, Ernst," the owner said to the sailor in charge. "I'm expiring for a drink and a mouthful of clean air." Crusoe was deeply interested in the present manifestation of Martinique's climate, and was not readily diverted to the subject which challenged his companion. Once launched, however, upon the dealings of Nicholas Stembridge, alias Hayden Breen, he became fluent, and Constable learned that his guest was "the Rajah's Diamond among the swindlers of civilization. Stembridge, according to Crusoe, had started a Central American revolution in order to seize a range of rich silver hills ; had mad? good, worked the mines, and sold them, a year later, "salted to a brine," to a syndicate of New York capitalists. He had engineered' the Yarmouth-Learns oil syndicate ( which disordered Lonccn financiers for a day. Of these and other interesting engagements Constable learned as the launch sped across the fouled harbor. "What does this prince of manipulators do with all his money?" he asked finally. "Well, you see," Crusoe replied, "he has his army to pay, aQd he must pay the men pretty well, for the rumor is abroad that they would go on the cross for him. And then he is a golden glory of a spendthrift. I've heard that l'aris looks for his second coming as for a Messiah, since he has promised the Tenderloin a punch from the Milky Way. Here we are. Perhaps yon don't think I was pleased to see your craft lying hre this morning when I came in on the I't.nther?" "I presume you were," Constable replied idly. They were on the ship's ladder, Crusoe walking ahead. The sailor above, on the main deck of the Madame, caught a strange gesture from Constable's hand, and a stranger expression fromN the eye of his owner. The sailor did not understand exactly, but he stood ready for anything that might occur, and accordingly made baste to assist when Constable sprang forward and pinioned the newcomer about the waist. Crusoe accepted his defeat nervily, but when his gun was removed and his wrists enclosed for the time being in his own manacles he regarded his captor with eyes of hate. In which a little reproach was mingled. "What's your lay. Constable?" he inq aired almost steadily. "You're smarter than I thought, and a deal more crooked." "Listen, the other said hurriedly. "I didn't like to do this, but there wasn't any way out of it. I've got a lot on my mind tbi? morning, and you complicated matters. It may be that I'm saving your life. The mountain yonder looks as if he were about to blow his brains out, and I couldn't be interrupted until I got certain ladies safely aboard here from the town. As for the fascinating person you call Stembridge, he may be my guest, and he may not. I'll see you about that later on. He's been square as a plumb-line to me. You're a good man, Crusoe, and Breen is, too. Your lines are different, that's all. You'll get your five thousand that I promised tc-day. Just sit tight, and call for anything you want. We'll be good friends yet. Captain Negley. have Mr. Crusoe quartered pleasantly aft, and tell Macready to serve him with anything he desires. I'll be tack with the ladies in about an hour. You'll of course have the ship keyed for a sprint to Fort de France." Constable hurried down the ladder, and an instant later was again in the launch, which was aimed at the low-hanging pall, back of which lay the tortured city. It was now twenty-five minutes to nine. lie coald make the plantation house slightly after the hour. It was but a morr.ent from the pier to the carriage, and then the half-strangled ponies struggled gallantly through Rue Victor Hugo and up the mo me toward the plantation house. Uncle Joey's rig was at the gate, good evidence that the mails had been brought. Constable entered the house hastily at ten minutes past nine. There was a word of cheer upon his Hps. No one was in the library or the music room; no one bat a maid servant was on the lower floor. She was gathering up the litter of broken envelopes and newspaper wrappings upon the library table. Constable imagined that the maid servant regarded

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Company. All rights reserved him strangely, ne ran to the stairway and called: "Are you almost ready, ladies?' He heard footsteps above and low voices ; then a door opened and Mrs. Stansbury crossed the upper hall and appeared at the head of the stairway. Already be was filled with a confusion of alarms. "Pardon me for calling you, but everything is ready as soon as you can come." "We are not going on your yacht, Mr. Constable," the elder woman said coldly. He sprang up the stairs and faced her in the dim light. Two or three times in his life he had become cold like this, some trait of his breed equipping him with an outward calm, when the issue of the moment was won or lost, but lifted from his hands. "What is the latest difficulty, please?" "I would rather not discuss the matter. Mr. Constable." "May I speak with Miss Stansbury?" It was not given to the mother to accede or refuse, for the door behind her was opened and the girl stood in the aperture, her anguished eyes intent upon him. "I returned to announce that everything is ready," be said quietly, "and your mother tells me that you are not going." "No, we are not going," she repeated in a lifeless voice. "Is it too much for me to ask why?" She did not answer at once, but seemed trying to penetrate his brain with her eyes. "Then, you have not seen the New York papers?" she said., "You may have this. The others are below." She handed him the front page of a daily journal, dated three weeks before. His own name was there, and not in honor. When he looked up from the paper the door was shut. Constable went below. "Where is Mr. Wall?" he dally inquired of the maid servant. "He went out to the plantation, sir. immediately upon bringing in the mails." "Where is Mr. Breen?" "He went down to the city, sir." Constable left the house and walked rapidly out the driveway, turning toward Saint Pierre. Here the man's pride intervened. He had committed a folly, perhaps, but no broad evil. The statements of the press were farcical. Lara Stansbury shou'd not have allowed her mother and the New York reporters to shake her trust. With reaction piling upon him its most bitter and tragic phases, Peter Constable conceded his failure as a lover, and turned to his secondary passion Pelee. CIIAPTER VIII. Breen was not wholly unconscious of danger when the large bundle of NewYork papers was brought with the mails into the library. The ladies had busied themselves over a joint epistle from Mr. Stansbury, and .were scanning the' front pages of the journals, when a sudden exclamation from Mrs. Stansbury intimated the ugly truth. Breen was changed from guest to outlaw, Miss Xtans!,urv followed her mother upstairs, the former bearing the paper with her. A second account of the demoralizing incident was not difficult to find. Breen read the following hastily: The Madame de Stael, Mr. lYter Constable's splendid private yacht, cleared for West Indian ports this morning, having on board the young millionaire-owner and. it is alleged. Nicholas Stembridge, the notorious revolutionist, adventurer, and swindling promoter. "The purpose in common of the capitalist and fortune hunter cannot be told. Mr. Constable has, figured in the public prints on several occasions, but chiefly through his eccentric idens of practical philanthropy. So far as is known, he has never before allowed himself to be subjected to the attention of the police. It is feared that he will lose at both ends as a result of his present affiliations. "Mr. Constable's friends aver that the young millionaire could not have understood the character of his companion for the voyage, and point out that Nicholas Stembridge, at his best, is a man of fascinating manners and rre personal accomplishments. It has l-cn added also that Mr. Constable is of a most impulsive temperament, and apt to choose his companions from queer arteries of society. The young man's innocent intent,' however, might more readily be accepted, were it not for the important fact that Nicholas Stembridge. who is known to have been in hiding for several days in New York, was seen on board the de Stael shortly before she sailed; positively recognized, it is paid, by an astute and reliable memj her of the local detective force." A spirited description of the episode on the Brooklyn ier followed; also a portion of Nicholas Stembridge's police record. The conservative character of the paper in which the foregoing appeared led Breen to believe that the account which had fallen into Mrs. Stansbury's hand might be considerably more emblaz oned and embellished. His first thought was that he had become a source of horror to the women, and that he must put himself out of their sight. Breen was not a conscienceless man. A fatalist, a spendthrift, a power that preyed upon the powers that prey, a polished reveller all these he might be, but his blood was clean from the taint of personal treachery. Jle had come to like Constable. The friendship was guileless. He had even thought, with a trace of humor in certain moments, that it was worth being called back from the Brooklyn pier for such a large and clear emotion. It is possible that he had never in his life been troubled as now, having brought a vital hurt to the man he wished only to serve. His face showed nothing, not even the heat of the day, as he left the bouse. His own body had felt all, even the moral dissolution which crawls into the brain to prepare a place for the sinister guest, suicide. The law of cause and effect, unable to find any hold upon himself nor inspire any fear this side of death, had linked him with another, and made that other suffer through him. Breen was smitten with the ugliest punishment that clean fiber is given to writhe beneath that of seeing a friend beaten to the ground by the rebounding volley cf one's own sins. Half way down the Morne d'Orange, he saw Constable's launch turn shoreward from the ship. Constable was probably aboard. Breen wasn't ready yet to meet the man he , had hurt. He must think. Moreover, by no means did he ignore the possibility of the Panther bringing one of his logical enemies, nor was he ready to face an accumulation of consequences in the shape of a man hunter. He turned to the right at the base of the morne, and made his way up one of the winding paths to the terraced streets. That his steps led him to the fruit shop, where he had planned not to go again, seemed now but a paltry addition to the incubus which had so suddenly possessed him. At the first terrace he turned and stared back through the smoke. The launch had just touched the pier at the Sugar Landing. The tall figure of Constable stepped forth and hastened to the carriage, 'which was driven rapidly toward the morne. Breen smiled, because it was easier for him to smile than to cry for mercy. Constable was being driven swiftly to the plantation house, where he J weald find the ugly work that had been dent there. Mrs. Stansbury wouli! not

board a ship that had been a thlefi refuge. Rue de Rivoll was white and empty. The door of the shop was shut but not locked, and the little round window darkened with a cloth. Breen entered, slamming the door quickly, to keep out the hot, poisoned air of the street. The dark shop was as empty of humans as the thoroughfare, but a quick step sounded In the rear. Pere liabeaut entered from the ash-quiltod court. "What a day, M. Breen! The birds are dead and dying. Soronia is ill unto death " "Soronia ill !" Breen said under his breath. The old man hastened away. At the rear doorway, Soronia pushed by him. Her hair was unfastened, and the loose white garment that she wore was open at the throat. The father stared as if she were a specter. . His lips moved, and he turned suddenly to the man standing in front of the shop. She moved toward the American. Her eyes aroused him. The darkness had no power to divest them of expression, for the passions were burning there fear lest this was not flesh which filled her gaze; ecstasy in that he was there at all, in life or death or dream. His act of yesterday had wrought the ghastly pallor; the deathly illness was heart-starvation. She touched his shoulder and his cheek with chilling hands; there fell from her lips strange, low words of no language that he knew. Suddenly she caught his hand to her breast, whispering that she had feared she was dreaming. "What were you dreaming, little one?" he questioned. , "I thought I was dying when I heard your voice. You said you said you would come no more." "But did I not come, little fairy? Who could remain away frora you?" She seized his face in her cold hands, whispering, "Do you mean that you will stay?" (To be continued.)

THE HELL OF WAR. Deaths from Battle and Disease In Time of Wr Ar Appalling. "The splendid achievements of scientific medicine in civic life in the prevention of disease, should be . even more effectually obtained in au army, were only healthy men are accepted, and vigorous outdoor camp life should keep Its unlt3, who are subject to strict military discipline, In perfect physical condition. Health ' alone, however, Is no guarantee against the insidious attack of the silent foe that lingers In every camp and bivouac" says au article in Appleton's. "It is this foe, as the records of war for the past two hundred years have proved, that is responsible for four times as many deaths as the guns of the enemy, to say nothing of the vast number temporarily invalided or discharged as unfit for duty. It Is this dreadful unnecessary sacrifice of life from preventable disease that constitutes the hell of war to-day. In the Busso-Turkish war the-deaths from battle casualties were 20,000, while those from disease were 80,000; In our great Civil conflict, of the nearly 500,000 tuen who perished on both sides, about 400,000 were sacrificed to disease to 100,000 from battle casualties. "In a recent campaign of the French in Madagascar 14,000 men were sent to the front, of whom twenty-nine were killed iu action and ovet 7,000 perished from preventable diseases. In the Boer war iu South Africa the English losses were tea times' greater from disease than from the bullets of the enemy. In our recent war with Spain fourteen lives were needlessly sacrificed to Ignorance and incompetency, for 'every man who died on the firing line or from the result of wounds. The difference between the martyr and the victim, between the soldier who falls on the Held of honor and the man who meets a miserable death from preventable disease, for which his government is criminally responsible. Is as wide ns the celestial diameters. The one meets death compensated in the thought that his lite is given In the protection of his country's flag and honor, the other Is ignomhjiously forced tu his grave through the neglect of the government that shamefully failed to protect the life he offered in its defense, This man represents the victim of the hell of war. "That the monstrous sacrifice of SO per cent is almost totally unnecessary, was abundantly proved in the records of the Japanese war, where 1.200,000 men were sent to the front, in a country notoriously insanitary, and only 27,00 men died from disease, to 50,000 who fell in the legitimate line of duty on the field of honor. This because the Japanese had a proierly equipped medical aud saultary department, whose ofiicers were empowered to enforce proper sanitation and hygiene. In the army of the United States in 180S 2.G40 picked soldiers died in three months in the pest camps of their native land, without leaving the country, or ever having heard the hum of a hostile bullet. These men represent the hell of war as It would exist again In our army If we were suddenly called upon to face an enemy who Is prepared to meet us." Loading; Freight by Cards. "I don't know whether the practice Is still kept up n the far south, but I remember how tickled I was at seeing the method used in loading goods Into freight cars down In Mississippi some while ago," said a railroad man of St. Louis. "A lot of strapping black fellows will be on the job under the supervision of a white man, who will be Issuing orders with great volubility. 'Put this aboard the king of diamonds; take this to the ace of hearts; load.th's ou the ten-of spades ; this to the jdck of clubs and so ou, and then you'll notice each one of the long line of freight cars has tacked on It some one of the fifty-two cards comiof.ing a full deck. The Seneganibian loafers for the most part were ignorant of letters and figures, but every mau of them knew the pasteboard emblems . which he had often handled in games of seven up. That next to craps Is the chief diversion of the colored sports of Dixie." Baltimore American. The Ileanon. "I was sitting in a crowded car today when Mrs. Nabor got on." "Did she thank you for your seat?" "Er no." "That's funny! She has such a reputation for being polite ; I wonder why she didn't." "She didn't get It." Houston Post. Ills Jonah ' amber. Bleeker Do you believe that thirteen Is an unlucky number? Meeker You bet I do. My wife was the thirteenth woman I proposed to. When death, the great reconciler, has come. It is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot. The secret of all true greatness I. simplicity. Jordan.

Idle Itleh Like SaTagei. There are savages sitting to-day on the port-lies of the big family hotels of the country's biggest cities. This is one of the charges that Miss Sophonlsba Dreckiur idge. dean of women at at the University of Chicago, brought against the idle rich Iu her talk before a woman's club. "The same spirit," she said, "that makes the savage bedeck himself with s bre KEMSintiE. puiut ami ieaiuer makes the rich man load his wife and daughter with diamonds and silks and surround them with superfluous servants. Luxurious leisure is held to give prestige. This false Idea is passed down to the working gir's. The mere contemplation of such a life of idleness causes harm. Many girls get to believe that wheu they marry they should cease to do anything but finger trashy novels and order servants. Marriage Is really an Institution of usefulness, and Its burdens should be looked forward to." Hovr to Tench Truthfulness. Teach the truth by being absolutely truthful. You have sharp little eyes in your home, seeing more than you imagine, and ears that drink In every word; minds that think over all that is done and pass judgment on all ; so b very careful. If you make a promise, however small to your child, keep It faithfully. In this way does your child learn to be a man of his word in after years. Do- not give too many orders, but when an order Is given, be sure that It is obeyed. Never permit a child to tease you into anything. If it can have what It requests, give it nt onctf, but if it is "No," then stick to It. But consider it well, and do not say, "no" when it might just as well be "yes.' An exceedingly pretty summer hat of white chip, the crown elaborately deeorated with white dotted net arranged In box plaits and encircling which is a wreath of gorgeous pink roses. On the left side near back is fastened a b'.ick aigrette. For hat trimmings the very last cy is the uncurled ostrich feather, knife shaped and with thnf under side a difl'erect color from tie upper. For o?p ample, white on one side and green on the other, or black and gray are favorite coMbinatlous. The fashion of trimming the hats on tlie right rather than on the left side is COOD LOOKING AND STYLISH. gaining favor, though it cannot be said that the arrangement is generally becoming. Nodding plumes or tips are graceful, but the heavy bow of ribbon, with short, closely packed loops, is decidedly the opjiosite iu effect. Tlcre is a heaviness about it suggestive of anything but good taste and not frequently the wearer Is iosttively dowdy looking in consequence, for this style is only suited to very few faces.' Olost women need the aid of clothes that will not detract from a good appearance. Try To Male he Best Of It. There Is scarcely nuy one who does not thi:k but that he has lKen unjustly dealt with, either by nature or fortune. If these individual Imperfections oin bo remedied, strive In every legitimate way to help ourselves. If not, make the best of them. It Is not so much our own actual condition of life that breeds happiness as the use which we make of our opportunities. Some people will be cheery and useful anywhere, and under any livable conditions. Others are correspondingly dismal. Therefore, as a matter of self-convenience, make the best of things, says Woman's L'.fe. A smile and a bright word will lead you to success, when dismal thoughts mean failure. The crepe de chine coat is a great favorite. Pompadour ribbon applied as skirt Orders and waist decorations makes a äellghtful trimming for a dress. The satin coat is an excellent example of the preseut craze of associating a cloth or veiling skirt with a wrap o" satin. . Have a peudaut or two of unattached rhlffon floating about you It makes little difference where and the sucress of your gown will be established. Not a few charming gowns are shown resting ou the ground all around, while an the other hand the walking skirt U short enough to show the aakles,

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EFFECTIVE SUMMER GOWNS.

The three gowns Illustrated In the group cut were all very attractive and smart looking, and although these models were expensive, they could bo copied without difficulty. The gown at the left of the plate was in tne model of pale blue linen rajah, .trimmed with buttons of the same. The way in which the bauds were used iü the upper part of the bodice is worthy of notice, and the yoke, of sheer French mull, with small tucks and insertions of lace, was also unusual Iu desigu. The middle figure shows a gown which could be copied In various soft materials the softer cotton fabrics, such as cotton voile, mull or silk muslin Wing excellent. The ruod'l was of mauve messallne, with handsome white prineesse lace a trimming. The third figure shows a frock of cream-colored linen piped with black linen. The scallop desigu used on the bodice was related around the, skirt, except that in the skirt the black piping was omitted.

escaping the ground by two to four inches and flaring gracefully at the lower edge. .The empire and the Grecian are a particularly happy combination for a summer evening gown, the tunic lending Itself admirably to the long skirt. For the more dressy tailor-made suit a new combination of white skirts and colored coats is making Its appearance. The little red golf jacket has also reappeared. There is an almost Imperceptible thread of blue in the design of calico which was seized on as an excuse for the vivid blue of the Ii neu coat fiat accompanies it. No summer frock is complete without its yard or two of superfluous chiffon. It is A fad presenting such alluring possibilities to the feminine mind that It cannot be ignored. Not yet has the long skirt come to bo accepted for olher than dressy wear, yet the makers of fashion recommend It for more constant use aud the American women are adapting it slowly. . A new use. has been found for batiste. It now makes its appearance in the guise of coats heavily embroidered :.nd braided and worn with colored gowns of crepe de ch'ne, ionee and cashmere. Health and Beauty Hint. Weak borax water is a good dentifrice. A foot bath In -which a handful of common salt has been placed and following a brisk rub will often remove a severe headache. Weakness of the heart is indicated by breathlessness after any slight exertion and by such evidences of Imperfect circulation as pale fingernails and cold extremities. A. harmless bandoline Is made from three ounces of gum arabic dissolved in half a pint of warm rose water. This will take several hours, and after It is strained a drop of a solution of aniline red Is added to give a tint. To use it put on the hair before waving with irons or on curlers. The girl who is going away on a vacation should not fall to take these few thins with her as first aid to the Inj u red : Antiseptic plaster; rea dy-tu a de mustard plasters; a folded alcohol lamp, with alcohol ; a small jar of boracie acid; aromatic spirits of ammonia ; bicarbonate of soda ; a warm set of uuderwear. For sunburned arms take two ounces of pure honey, three drams citric acid and one ounce of bay rum or pure grain alcohol, put all together and shake well before applying to the arms. Honey and pure cider vinegar mixed thoroughly will also give relief. Work the mixture well into the hands, wipe them carefully with u dry towel aud powder wit i talcum. To Dispel Fleali. If you are ovefstout, don't use drugs. They may bring on another evil worse than flesh. Use the flesh brush. CJ.?t a square cornered clothes brush of manila fiber. At first the skin will be sensitive, but use the brush gently aud steadily and it will not irritate. Pay attention to the muscles of the shoulders and arms, and especially the back of the neck where that unsightly mound of flesh rises. Whenever you can walk, do so. Imagine that the trolley car engenders disease. When you feel sleepy, go out In the sunshine on an inferes ting mission. Do your sleplug at night aud omit the afternoon nap. A Moruliiic I'rork. A smart little morning frock is of dark purple-blue cloth the exact shade of a Princess of Wales violet and with black satin, with a neat waistcoat of violet-leaf green cloth, and a jabot of pleated crepe de Chine In the same tone of blue. It Is worn v.ith a green hat massed with market bunches of violets and a great bushy green and black aigrette. Queen. Teacup Stalna. Teacups, even when carefully kept, sometimes have dark stains nt the bottom, caused by the action of the tannin in the tea. Salt, slightly moistened, will remove these, but iu the case of very fine china sometimes scratches it a little. Powdered whiting will be found quite harmless and equally good.

FOB MIDSUMMER MORNINGS.

No style of suit is better adapted to midsummer morning wear than the ona made in simple shirt waist style and no material suits it better than linen, cotton poplin or soft finished pique. This one combines one of the newest shirt waists and skirts aud Is closed at the left of the front with ornamental buttons, the material being linen in one of the blue shades. The plaits In. the skirt give long aud slender : lines and ars stitched flat well below the hips, so that they produce the desired new clinging effect," while the skirt is full enough for comfort at the lower edge The blouse can be made as illustrated or with a square Dutch neck and elbow sleeves as liked, sö that it becomes adapted both to the tailored suit and to the gowite designed for afternoon wear, wheu it properly could be made from thinner and lighter materials. If liked the long sleeves can be gathered at their lower edges in place of belna tucked and, in addition to all Its other uses, the blouse can be made of linen or other suitable waisting and worn with an odd skirt of serge, mohair or washable material. For the medium size will be required, for the blouse 4 yards of material 24, 34 yards Cl or 2 yards 44 inches wide; for the skirt 0 yards 24 or 33 or S1 yards 44 or 52 luches wide. Panama Ith I.arir Alcrette. Very large hats are generally most becoming and are especially in keeping with summer costumes. Panamas and leghorns are shown wiim j arge urooping' brims, the illustration showing an especially good model of this sort. The straw was of the natural color, and there were draied folds of white satin and a large white nigrottj and buckle as trimming. Fried Sweet l'otatoea. Left-over sweet potatoes are delicious when cut into cubes and fried in deep fat, or they may be prepared after this fashion: Cut the potatoes Into strips lengthwise; warm them slightly in the oven; roll them in granulated sugar. and fry them in a little butter until well browned. During the process of cooking it will be necessary to move the pieces about wccasionally, or to shake the frying pan. Otherwise they are likely to burn. SLirtvraUt Caae. A shirtwaist case is made very much like an envelope with the flap at one end. It is made of white batiste, embroldersd with an initial aud the flap buttons. It is plain and can be laun-. dered. It is a protection for uonwashable waists of fiae materials.

BLACKSNAKE'S BIG APPETITE.

Six Froa-a, F1t Birds, Turtle Sheila and Beefsteak Done la Him. What's the use for a nature faker to try to reform? Here comes Alton again, says the St. Loui j Tost-Dispatch. This time it's Al Borden's 'snake which tried Dr. Paillous new system of beating the beef trust by eating the Tlesert first and the meat afterward. Al was driving along the Wood River road near East Alton, wondering how much higher the flood was going to go, when he saw something long and black lying on the wagon bridge fifty yards ahead. "Well, 111 swan, if somebody didn't drop his whip," said Al. But when he came nearer he found that it wasn't the kind of a blacksnake he thought it was. It reared up on Its tall and Al recognized It at once from a picture he had seen In the Compendium of Art and Science, in three volumes, $1 down and 50 cents a month. It was a real live blacksnake, Americanus sllpperlnus niger. The serpent looked at Al with its green eyes aud stuck out its fangs as much as to say: "You may have snake-bite medicine in your pocket, but if you come any closer I'll stick you for the drinks. But Al wasn't afraid. He had Iiis trusty rifle with him and he drew a bead on the snake's off eye and blnged away. He missed. . The snake jumped behind an upright of the bridge railing just as AI fired a second time. Al kept popping away. At the seventh shot the snake gave a sickly grin, whirled around three times and fell with Its tail grasping the pit of Its stomach. When he reached the snake It was dead. Al took out the knife he got with trading stamps and cut the snake open so its skin looked like one of these new fangled directolre gowns. And what he found Inside was a caution. Starting from the head, there were first, three turtle shells, then, In extended order, six frogs, three sparrows, two woodpeckers, a beefsteak bone, two clippings from a German newspaper and a quart of raspberries. Of course they were eaten in the reverse order from the way Al found them. . The snake was nine feet long and five Inches In diameter at the largest part, where the raspberry box was. i Legal Information g The Michigan Supreme Court In O'Dell vs. Goff, 112 Northwestern Iter porter, 7CC, holds that mere belief In spiritualism Is not evidence of insanity, but, on the other hand, one who thinks so persistently on the subject as to become a monomaniac. Incapable of reasoning, does not possess testamentary capacity ; and. where a believer ir spiritualism has such confidence- Ic spiritualistic communications through mediums or otherwise that he Is compelled to follow them blindly, his Ire agency Is destroyed, and a will made under such circumstances cannot be ad mitted to probate, whether such con elusion be based on Incapacity or undut influence. A claim for personal injuries does not pass to the trustee In bankruptcy so as to debar the bankrupt from prosecuting an action thereon, according tc the decision of the Massachusetts Su preme Judicial Court in Sibley vs. Xason, 81 Northeastern Reporter, 8S7. The court says that the claim was not a property right until reduced to Judgment, could not be reached by trustee process, nor in equity by a creditor's" bill. In this case, also, the court holds that plaintiff was not precluded from recovering for reasonable charges for nursing and physician's services, because he had Included such claims In Iiis bankruptcy schedules, and had been Jischarged from legal liability therefor. The validity of the New York law prohibiting the employment of females, regardless of age, in factories between 3 o'clock p. m. und C o'clock a. m. came up for final determination by the State courts in People vs. Williams, 81 Northeastern Reporter, 778. The Court of Special Sessions of the First Division of the City of New York (100 'New York Supplement, 337) held the !aw unconstitutional as infringing the constitutional right to contract. This decision was affirmed by the Appellate Division by a divided court (101 New York Supplement, 5G2, 11G App. Dir. 379). The Court of Appeals now affirms the decision of the court below, and holds the law unconstitutional on the same grounds as the Court of Special Sessions. The court says that the courts have gone very far In upholding legislative enactments framed clearly for the jvelfare. comfort and health of the community; but when It is sought, as here, arbitrarily to prevent an adult female citizen from "working at any time of the day that suits her, it la time to call a halt Such a law arbitrarily deprives citizens of their right to contract with each other. Another Victim. Anachronisms are as common now as In the days of Shakspeare. Safety-pins have been found in the excavations of cities buried long before the Christian era. A conversation reported in Tit Bits sounds plausible, considered in lh light of history. What is may har been. Two country youths were on a visit to London. They went Into the British Museum and there saw. a mummy, ovet ivhich hung a card, on which was printed, "B. C. S7." They were very mystified, and on said, "What do jou make of it, .Bill?". "Well," said Bill, "I should 'say i! was the number of the motor-car tha: killed him." Looklnsr for Work. "Why don't you go to work, lnstea of begging and boozing?" "I will, boss, as soon as there's ar openln in my trade. An' I ain't go long to wait now. nuther." 'What is your trade?" "I'm a trackwalker for aeroplam lines." , , Jilted. She jilted him but he could not Forget her ; no poor man ; The gifts he'd made her he had boughi On the installment plan. Boston Transcript. People make fun of parades, but we notice everyone drops his work and runs to the door when one goes past As further proof of the Inferiority of masculine taste, the women say most maaTTrefer greens to palad.

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Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIONS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER v v Mb Gored Skirt. The plain gored skirt is an unquestioned favorite of the moment, but It is varied in a great many ways so that the fact means nothing like montony. Illustrated is a model trimmed to ;iva the tunic effect and with ornamental buttons on the front gore. As Illustrated it Is made of lustrous mohair with bands of taffeta stitched with beldimj. silk, but it is adapted to linen and to other washable fabrics as well as to wool; Indeed, to all skirting materials rATTrux no. 00.12. that can be made in the plain gored style with success. It would be charm Ing made of linen with either heaTj lace or braiding in soutache betweea the 'bands, it would "be exceedingly handsome made of pongee, and It is appropriate for all the .wool suitings. , The above pattern will be mailed to j-our 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. For convenience., write your order, on the following coupon : Order Coupon. No. G0C2. I sizn NAME ADDRESS ' Tacked Dlooae Tilth Yoke. i The blouse that is made with a yoke always allows effective use of contrasting material, and this one, in addition to that advantage, is trimmed in 9 novel and distinct!ve manner. As illustrated, this trimming consists of bandi and medallions of lace, while the yok is cut from tucking and the, blouse itself is made of fine white lawn. Bal for the yoke lace or inserted tueklnj or any fancy material can be utilized, or plain lawn can be daintily embroidered by hand, while the banding can be lace or embroidery as liked. Figured PATTERN NO. materials as well as plain are belnj much used just now, and white Swisi muslin with embroidered dots of color would lie both dainty and fashionable. The alove pattern will be mailed to your address ou receipt of 10 'ceuts. Send all orders to the Pattern Depart-. tuent of this paper. Be sure to frfve both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly, "For convenience, write your order on the following coupon : 1 Order Coupon. No. OOIS. SIZE NAME ADDRESS LITTLE ABOUT EVERYTHING. Germany's medical students number v - The report of a cannon has been heard 140 miles. The limit of mining operations In Ilitgland Is 4,000 feet Statistics show that the Englishman is the heaviest eater. Too much food, exercise and education have serious effects on the memory. The total seating capacity of the theaters and music halls of London is 327.000. One-seventh of the foreign commerce nt Great Britain passes through the Suez canal In eleven years the coal output of Japan has Increased from 200,000 tons annually to 11,500,000. , Modelled alter the great Taj Mahal temple at Benares, a Hindoo church has been built and consecrated at San Francisco, being the only one so far as Ttnown in the Western world. Ouly 13 per cent of Engish cities un. der 7,000 population have trams. In the. United States the percentage Is Just four times as large. ; Under the cepter of the Czar of Russia livf thirty-eight different nationalities, ouch speaking Its own language, which Is foreign to all others. 1 To meet tha deficit In the budget the French minister of finance suggests the doubling of the licensing fees of renders of absinth. This taxing of Um "green peril" will, it is thought, t popular; the minister anticipates tha

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