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Race BYHAWLEY CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) "Look here, Nellie," said the squire, At length, "you can't imagine for one instant that I have any intention of coercing Maade on the point. Only giva it a trial. lie reasonable. You say she cares for no one else at present. Let her see young Pearman, and like him, if she can. If not, there's an end of it; but if she could fancy him, it would be well for all of ns. Ituin stares us in the face this would avert it. She. poor girl, will be left but indifferently off should anything happen to me; this insures her position, and luxuries. I don't see why it shouldn't be," and Denison shot' a keen-glance at the pale face opposite I will do what you would have me, Harold." returned his wife, quietly. "I don't think that I have ever seen Mr. Pearman, but I had formed such high hopes for Maude ! I never crossed you yet ; it is not likely X should begin now, when you're in such trouble. But. oh, 1 do wish Glinn could be saved in any other way V You have been a good wife to me, Nellie dear." said the squire, as he rose, and pressed his lips to Mrs. Denison's fair cheek. "You don't see this in the right light, but you will when you think it over. Meanwhile, you will do what I want eh?" "I will tell Maude when you deem it necessary," returned the soft voice of his wife; -but. Harold, 1 can't think it right; though you know best You have not thought it over as I have. Do so. and you will change your mind." said Denison, as he left his wife's boudoir. Sadly mused the wife over her husband's communication. Quiet, undemonstrative woman as she was, yet Eleanor Denison had been brought up from her cradle a thorough believer in the dogma of caste, and even her gentle nature rebelled at the idea that a daughter of hers should wed the son of a low-born attorney. We know her rassionate idolatry of Maude, surpassing even a mother's love. It is easy to picture the bitter tears she shed after that morning's interview. She was a woman naturally given to weeping. No passionate storm of lamentation, but a gentle shower of mourning. As Harold Denison's wife she had had manifold opportunities of practicing her vocation, yet I doubt whether he ever left Salter tears running down her cheeks than he did that bright spring afternoon. CHAPTER VIII. Seldom did eye rt?t on a prettier picture than was made by bonnie Maude Denison this early April morning. The close-fit iing French grey merino dress, with the plain linen collar and cuffs, set oE her beautiful? molded figure to perfection, while the cerise neck-ribbon just relieves and gives warmth to Ler somewhat neutral-tinted robe. Moreover, that the had just returned from-a successful raid on the conservatory, a snow-white camellia and its blood-red sister coquettiftly twisted in "her gVssy brown hair, fctiffieiently attested those crown jewels of the floral world looking more in place now than whoa adorain; their parent stems. Gooü morning, sweet mother mine," cried Maude, as Mrs. Denison entered the breakfast room. "Only look at the plunder I've brought you! I found old Judkins flowers unguarded this morning, and I gathered and plucked. Isn't that a bouquet, mamma, to greet you in April?" "Yes. love glorious. No need to tell me Judkins was away, or never would his pets have been despoiled in this wise." No, cross old thing! He thinks flowers were made only to look at on their stems, and not to wear or decorate rooms." The entrance of Harold Denison here checked conversation. He nodded a careless "Good morning" to his daughter, and then plunged moodily into his correspondence. He found nothing there, apparently, to raise his spirits. At length, thrusting his letters into his pockets, he rose. "Well," he said, "things look blacker and blacker. It's no use struggling; the sooner my scheme is tried, the better. Do what you promised yesterday. Delay is useless." "But, Harold " pleaded his wife, S3 the ever-ready tears rr.se to her eyes. Don't be foolish. It's our only chance. Understand, he said, crossing over to his wife's chair, and lowering his voice so that his daughter could not catch his words "just put it before her in a common sTUe way this morning. How can you tell she will object. She can do as she likes about it. I have no wish ro coerce her in any way ; but, mind, tell her the whole truth. It is only fair the proposal should be laid before her. I'll come up to your room after luncheon, and you can tell me how sae takes it;" and, turning on his heel, Harold Denison left the room. "What's the matter, my mother," said Maude, as she stole to Mrs. Deuison's side, and, passing her arms round her neck, laid her fair, fresh young cheek against the pale, worn, troubled face. "Alore of these dreadul money miseries, i suppese; but don't look so tearful over it. Papa looks to gloomy, and you so sad, it's enough to frighten poor me. Even if he his lost some more money, I suppose w! shall always have enough to lifo upox ; and if you and I, mother, can't bave new dresses for everso long, that's nothing to be very sad about." I am afraid Maude Denison is displaying an ignorance of the world, and a disregard to the vanities and gewgaws thereof, that may soexn a little high-strained; but recollect that she is hut eighteen, taat the Xmbinster was her first ball, and that, owing to iber father's pride and straitened circumstances, she has lived a very secluded life. Few were the strangers that came within the gates of Glinn of late years. Harold Denison scorned to entertain unless te could do so with all the old lavish profusion that prodigal hospitality of former times which had entailed such bitterness in his present dally bread. His wife, naturally an extremely sensitive woman, shrunk also from mixing in society in a much more humble and modest way than ae had been wont to do. She was not of the temperament to face the balf-wbispered comments and upraised eyebrows of her conntry neighbors : "Poor tiling! I hear he has run through everything: even the carriage Lres hav- to be put down." Itemarks of th's kind were past 1-er endarance, and so ii was that since she le'r school, some two years ago. Maude had led a very secluded life. True, many an eld, friend of the Denlaona had offered to take care of the girl to various gaieti? In the county, even if they could not induce Mrs. Denison t come to their houses and chaperone her own daughter; but all such invitations had been met with a brief though courteous refusal. Poor lady, she had more than once pleaded in her darling's behalf; fcut. wrapped in his own selfish pride, Harold Denison said fiercely, he would fce patronized by no cne. And so Maude grew up like some wild flower, thongh not "torn to bloom and tlush unseen." For are there not already two who would fain pluck the wild flower and gather i to their besoms if they may? Did Mance ktio she was handsome? Of course she did. Shs wanted no X minster LaJJ t UIJ hr that. What gir'

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Wife SMART over fifteen. In the most primitive of nations, having beauty, is unaware of it? If there are no looking glasses, are there not deep pelucid waters that will serve as such? Nature's mirrors whereby to wreath wild flowers in the hair? Maidens of our advanced civilization may be haunted with misgivings. Given the face of an angel, can we tell how it may stand the "make-up" that fashion seems to have decreed in these days? How dark eyes and eyelashes will go with golden hair is, of course, an open question. I can fanry the nervousness of those dusky Indian belles till they have ascertained the effect of paint and pigments, and what anxious moments our remote ancestresses must have had when they first put on their woad ! Thus it came about that Maude Denison had been out but on very few occasions, and had it not been that her godmother, who having gold to bequeath, was too important a person to be trifled with, had insisted or. bearing her off, she had never seeu that memorable Xminster ball. Twelve o'clock, and the sun shines brightly into Mrs. Denison's boudoir, throwing rich tints through Maude's brown tresses, and lighting up the pale face of her mother; that joyous, tearful, capricious, womanish April sun so like a woman in its glowing strength, so like her, again, in its overclouded weakness! Poor Mrs. Denison is still pondering on Low to begin the dread task her lord has set her. She knows that glozing phrase of "not wishing to coerce the girl's decision," is but the meanest mockeries; she can look back upon that airy preface of "not that I wish to sway you, my dearest Eleanor," in so many cases, and remembers too well that whatever may have been her misgivings or dislikes, the program has generally been carried out in its orieinal integrity. She has borne these things meekly. They concerned but h'rself; now they threaten her daughter. Weak woman as she is, she would fain stand at bay here. Still, though intui tively knowing that It was false, there is the specious reasoning of ner husband s, that the thing ought to be submitted to Maude herself. Again the tendrils of her affections are twined round dear old Glinn; she feels what a bitter wrench it would be to say farewell to the old place. Above all, there is the strong will of that selfish husband, whom she still loves so dearlv. under whose thrall her life has passed. CHAPTER IX. What slaves these weak women are to those miserable clay idols they have set up only to fall down before and worship! Adoration is the main part of a woman's love. How they still revere these worthless images, despite the daily proof they have as to what miserable potter's ware they are composed of. But they go on, even when bruised and beaten, still firmly believing in their old romantic ideal. Oh, yes, women will shut their eyes to many things sooner than give up that dream of their girlhood. They would sooner re main blind than awake to find themselves utteri.v bankrupt, and their account far overirwn at Cupid and Company's. A woman will forgive the man she loves everything except inconstancy, and only oline the closer to him through crime or trouble. But there must never have arisen a doubt in her mind that she is not still sole mistress of his heart; and with nil his faults, Harold Denison had never brought the tears to his wife's eyes in this wise. But I am wandering far away from the mistress of Glinn, still musing on her unwelcome task. Like her, I am loth to begin, though the miserable story must be told, for the furtherance of this narrative. It is stealing the bloom off the girlhood of such a maiden as Maude when you first break to her that she is put up to auction as veritably as if she stood In the Constantinople slave market. The Turk has suppressed it; but in the West the trade goes on merrily, and Lord Penzance finds it quite as much as he can do to rectify the mistakes that occur from ignoring natural feeling in the contractmatrimonial. "Maude, dear," at last observes Mrs. Denison, "whom did you like best of all your partners at the Xminster ball?" "Like best ! and Maude's great grey eyes opened wide as she uncoiled herself from the sofa upon which she lounged, intent on the latest novel Mudie had furnished. "What makes you ask that, mother?" "Never mind! Tell me." "Well, I don't know ; I never thought about it. Gus Brisden was nice, and Charlie Tollamache he's a dragoon of some kind, you know he was great fun, and valsed very well. Then there was Mr. Handley, not very young, but I Rot on very well with him. I think, though, I liked dancing with Gren best ; he can valse and then we had such laughing over other people; but he got sulky towards the finish, I'm sure I don't know why. I'm very fond of Gren, you know, mother, but he bullies me and can be very nasty at times, and the finish of that ball happened to be one of those times. I don't know why," continued the girl, meditatively, "unless it was my dancing with that Mr. Pearman ;' what could that matter to him?" "And did you and Gren part' on had terms?" "No; I came down and gave him his coffee befoie he went away, and he kissed me and so we parted friends." I think, had I been Grenville Rose, I should have preferred Maude being a little more reticent about the kiss. Still, th slight hesitation in her speech, the slight flush that crossed her cheek as she alluded to it, were favorable signs to an astute' observer. He had kissed her as his cousin all his life why should the recollection make her blush and hesitate now? Young people situated in this way may like each other for years; the explosion of some aesthetic force suddenly awakes love. More often than not the train is lit through the precautions taken o prevent it. The doctrine of separation s in high favor among chaperonej, but they often forget that when using it with a view to a contrary result. "But you don't say anything about Mr. Pearman, Maude; did you like him?" "Well, he was pleasant and amusing enough. I tnly had cne quadrille with him, you know. But Gren scolded so about my dancing with him at all; and said he wasn't 'form or 'bad form, or something or other meaning, in short, that I ought not to have stood up with him. If he wasn't fit to be danced with, mother, why did tney introduce him to me?" and Maude raised her pretty eyebrows, as if sh'e had propounded a regular po.er. "I see no reason in the world. He not one of the old county families, bu. his father is very rich, and he will take his place, ere many years are over, in the county. It depends, of course, a good deal upon how he marries. Suppose he fancied you, now, Maude we are very poor, you know what would you say to ur "I ! Mother, dear, what makes you e.sk such a question? I'm sure I don't know. Glinn is happy home enough for tne at present. P-t I don't think, if I did marry, I should like there to be any doubt about my husband being a gentleman ; and they that Is, I mean Gren didn't seem 'o tiiiak he was."

"Gren, my dear, is prejudiced. Young Mr. Pearman has had an university education, and though his father was a nobody, he mixes, I'm told, with all the best people round." "Well, it don't much matter; I'm never likely to be called on to decide. I think I'd rather not, if it was so. But you don't mean to say, mother, you are trying to fit me with a husband out of my ball partners! Oh, you scandalous match-making mamma!" and Maude laughed merrily. "But suppose I was, whom would you choose?" "Oh, dear, none of them. If it came to the worst, I should say I was engaged to Gren." "My dear Maude!" "No ; dear Maude never had the chance yet ; he never asked her, and I don't think it at all likely he ever will. But I tell you what, mother, if I really was in such a quandary, I think I should ask him. I could tell him afterwards, you know, it was only to get myself out of a scrape, and Gren's been doing that foi me always " "Stop. Maude, and listen seriously to what I have to say to you : Mr. Pearman has asked in earnest to be allowed to pay his addresses to you. Your father recommends you to think over it quietly and soberly. Bear in mind that we arn very poor, and that he will be very rich." "Mr. Pearman wants to marry me!" and the girl's face changed into a stafr of blank astonishment; "why, I never saw him but once." "No, love; but it is true, for all that." "Well, mother, I can hardly believe it. On my word, I'm obliged to Mr. Pearman. I presume he thinks girls, like hothouse fruit, are a mere question of what you will give for them. Rest let him know, mother mine, that your daughter is neither to be wooed nor won in that fashion." (To be continued.)

NINE ELEPHANTS TO A MAN. II axe Bair Made br -Vine Dutch Hunters In South Africa. To secure a bag of eighty-one elephants In these prosaic days will seem like a dream to most sportsmen, but the feat has Just been accomplished by J. W. Viljoen and eight other Dutch farmers in the Loiuagundi district. Tho government has Just thrown the district open for the destruction of elephants, and this enormous bag was made within sixty miles of the capital of Rhodesia, and near the railway. Viljoen and his party pitched thelt camp at Maquadzio, the center of the elephant district, and divided up into pairs, a fact which nearly led to a fatality, for going through the bush Viljoen encountered his first elephant, which he shot. As this fell another one crashed through the trees at the back of the hunter, and pursued him, once striking the horse with his trunk, until Viljoen succeeded In reaching clearer ground, where he found himself thirty yards ahead of his pursuer. Slipping off his horse, he fired at the elephant and killed it. One Incident marred the sport, and that was the accidental shooting of t member of the party named Eloff. ElofT and three companions paired off and walked a distance of about fifty yards apart, when Eloff and his friend suddenly saw two elephants. They firAl, but only succeeded In shooting off a tusk of one of the animals, who promptly charged them. Eloff made In the direction of the men In front of hlin, and they, seeing the beast crashing through the brrsh behind them and Ignorant of ElofTs whereabouts, fired at the elephant, and while one bullet dispatched the elephant, the other found a billet la ElofTs neck, killing him Instantly. The party came back to the Transvaal the richer for 2,000 pounds of Ivory and seven young elephants. The first one was captured when half grown. It was feeding with four grown elephants, all of which were shot, and then the little one. Instead of running away, made for the hunters, two of whom seized Its tall, while the two others hung on to each ear, and there was a tussle for half an hour, after which the elephant was rolled on its back and its feet tied with the horses' reins. It was then fastened to a tree, and the next day driven into camp. After a day or two It became so docile that its attentions were rather a nuisance, for It tried to tread on the hunters toes, helped itself to all the available food, anl would put Its trunk into the cooking pots and take out anything it fancied, while It would follow the natives down to the stream for a drink. On the record day twenty elephants were shot and two llttle.ones captured ; Viljoeu's unaided efforts accounted for eighteen of the twenty slain. These two elephants speedily became docile, and cow that all the -aptives are in a proier kraal they have become quite acclimatized to their new surroundings and are both playful and friendly. Rhodesia Herald Weekly. Acquired Wisdom. The Man I wanted to get married when I was 21, but my father said I didn't have sense enough. So I waited until I was CO. The Maid ALd you married at SO? The Man Oh, no; at SO I had too much sense to want a wife. Anknard. Hubble My dear, if I can not Wave the office in time for dinner tonight I will send you a note by a messenger. Wife You need not go to that expense, George, for I have already found the note In your coat pocket London Opinion. Two Records. "My sturdy old grandfather came over In the steerage. Forty years later he went back In the Lusitanla." 'Not so much. I know of an effete duke who accomplished the same trick in four weeks." Louisville CourierJournal. Keeping Faith. Boss Mark those shirts $3 each. Clerk The cost price i$ only 04 cents. Boss I don't care. Don't our advertisements say that we are selling regardless of cost? Cleveland Leader. Ilia Favorite. "Are you fond of repartee, Mr. Green?" asked the hostess. "Not any," answered the rural guest. I prefer coffee." llefore and After. Green All men are equal before the 'aw. Brown Yes, but after it tliey are not! A Saa-gestlve Title. "What's he done now?" "Lecturing on 'The Decline of Poetry.'" "Wrote verses himself, didn't he?" "Yes, and they were all declined" Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Ounce of Prevention. JImmIe How did you know I was going to call? Her Little Sister I saw Nell tak- - the pins out of her belt. Puck.

FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

How About It? You vowed to be cheerful, The test is to come. Are you smiling this morning Or moody and glum? You vowpd you'd endeavor To spread smiles around; What was it? Co!d coffee, I hear that you frowned. You vowed to be patient; Come now and confess, lias she used your razor To rip up n dress 'i You vowed to be pleasant To all you would meet; What? She didn't say "Thanks" When you gave, up your seat?. You vowed you'd oblige, Yetyou growled over much At thefriend who came in Just to make a small "touch." O, these are the tests That our good resolves end. Come on and confess. How about it, my friend? Detroit Free Press. The Deadly Hatpin. There ought to be a law that wrill prevent a G0-Ineh woman from wearing a 12-Inch hatpin, and Jeopa rdizing the eyes and even the life of every one within sticking reach of her. In the crowded elevated cars it !s not unusual to see men frantieally bobbing their heads about, in a vain endeavor to get out of reach of the hatpins cf the wom en in front of them. It Is all very well to laugh at the victim who goes Into the office with a long scratch on his cheek, and to ask him if he said to the lady: "Never mind, madam, I've another eye left." It is anything but laughable to the victim. A campaign against this murderous but unconcealed weapon has been Instigated by the Berlin newspapers, and a number of serious accidents are reported from London, A lady there has been permanently blinded in one eye and an attendant in a store has had his face so badly Injured that It was necessary to remove him to a hospital. There Is much point to the question, in any event, and it deserves to stick In tho public mlud. hami An imported tweed coat Is cut into deep points around the bottom, with a striped robe border finish. Walking gloves in mousquctalre effect are finished with a buckled strap at the wrist that gives them a jaunty effect. A new wrinkle In sleeves Is to have chenille fringe meandering from shoulder to elbow, so that when the arm is lifted one gets quite a Mexican cowboy effect. Materials show a wider range than ever, cachemlre, heavy crepe de chine and supple broadcloth numbering among the most recent and best liked Innovations. Jet buttons are coming back into fashion. Not only are they being used on handsome black gowns, but a new French coiffure ornament consists of a wreath formed of these glittering disks of Jet. Soutache braid, mostly In extremely naiTow width, is used wherever feasible on both dressy and tailored models, in the shape of cobochons, buckle effects, as well as skillfully applied ornamental motives. For dinner or reception gowns very long trains will be worn, sometimes cut quite square across the end and sometimes divided up the center for a little distance, lna manner suggestive 'pf n mermaid's tall. Another coat Innovation Is the IntroSuction of exquisitely colored silk linings In the outwardly sedate long black broadcloth coats. The unfastening of the garment reveals a lining of old rose, violet, brilliant green, old blue or some other contrasting hue. I he result js an elegance that Iiis the coat for evening as well as for day Itreet wear. Cord belts are the latest wrinkle in rlrCJes. They come lu almost any Itaudard shade and are fastened In front with a huge colored stone of baröarlc design. The belt Is fully a yard md a half long, the ends hanging flown hi front. Immeasurably convenient to women who go out Ic all sorts of weather are the new full-length street coats of serge or worsted which have been crarenetted to make tfceni weatherproof.

They are in dark blues, browns and other colors as well as black, and are close fitting and finished with velvet collars, making them suitable coats for clear weather as well as stormy.

The Mother' Tart, Roys have to fight battles to-day as their fathers before them. All modern teaching that children should not fight, that boys should be friendly to each other, la very well In theory, but the "bully" Is still In existence to-day and the word "liar" is answered by a blow in the best-bred circles. Boys should not get into fights for the sake of fighting, but every boy has to learn to take care of himself when he starts out in the world, with other boys. As soon as the mother starts to side with her boy, to show sympathy for him and reprimand other boys for their brutality, she will have to stand for that boy's unpopularity and see him grow into a coward ; but if she allows him to fight his own battles, even at the expense of a few bruises and scratches, he will be worth while. The whimpering child who always runs to his "mother" with every offense has small chance In the big game of life to come. A Girl's Allowance. The sooner a girl Is given an allowance, at any rate for the small items of dress, the better, as It teaches her to be careful In detail, the neglect of which so often mars a toilet. The dance or party frock Is the first consideration. So many delightful Impromptu occasions' arise that to obtain sufficient variety Is often a serious difficulty. The average girl certainly requires at least

WRAPPERS. NEGLIGEES. DRESSING SACQTJES. AND TEA GOWNS.

two good evening frocks, well cut, and, for the younger one?, of a style that admits of "doing up." Take, for Instance, satin frocks. The girl of 17 should bo possessed of a smart dance frock in plain taffetas or satin. This, after the initial or "ay, is a really economical purchase, since after a few visits to the cleaner's it can be turned Into a foundation for another frock. Woman, Lovely Woman. Her waist begins just below her neck. Her hips have been planed off even with the rest of her body. She is usually buttoned up the back, and around her neck she wears a Rection of barbed wire, covered with lace. She wears on her head a blonde haystack of hair, and on top of. this a central dome with rings about the same size as those of Saturn. She is swathexl in her gown like an Indian papoose, and on the end of her feet are dabs of patent leather. She walks on stiltlike heels with the expertness o a tightrope dancer. The pores of Ler skin are full of fine white powder. Harper's Weekly. For the Table Cloth. Nothing Is more provoking to the careful housewife than to have a perfectly clean tablecloth liberally bespattered -with gravy the first time it is used. Get a large table napkin, one to match the tablecloth, if iossIble, and a plr: of white oilcloth, cut an inch shorter and an Inch narrower than the napkin. Place the oilcloth where the n:et dish will stand and spread the napkin over it The gravy cannot penetrate through tbe oilcloth, thus there is a considerable saving in the washblll. ; Carl n ft- for IaTalld'a Hair. "When caring for a patient ,wlth long, heavy hair, I arrange it In two firm braids," writes an experienced nurse. Fastening two long, soft ribbons or strips of cloth at the top of the braid, I wind it closely to the end, again securing the strips carefully. In this sheath the hair lies smooth and untaug'ed, only needing to be cared for once In several days, and giving the sick one the least possible annoyance.' s Vor Cleaning Fan. Heat fa the oven one-quarter of a peck of bran, place fur on clean tab. take a handful of hot Iran and duh Into fur well, doing one part at a time. Continue this process keeping bran hot all the time until all the fur has been gone over, then take outside and shake vigorously until all bits of bran have fallen out Fur will then look as good as new. The Flrtt Woman Mayor. Mrs. Garrett-Anderson, M. D., the uwiy-elected mayor of Aldeb;rgh, Suffolk, Is England's first lady mayor. Mrs. A nderson, who was elected to the Coun cil iast year, has been an M. D. (Parij F.lnce 18T0, In which year she served on the first London school board. She i-

a remarkable woman, and she has th distinction of being portrayed by Charles Reade In his "Woman-Hater." The' novelist made use of her plucky fight to enter the medical profession ai a part of the theme of his story; and in commenting on the refusal of the male students to sit at medical lectures with her, he made the pertinent re mark: "All her troubles ended where her competitors' began at the public examinations." Home Notes.

Ultra Modish Hat. An extremely modish hat in all black is pictured In the cut. The shape Is the corday or mushroom type. In black velvet, with a long black silk scarf whose ends are finished with deep fringe, artistically draped around crown and falling over brim on left side. To Clean A II-Wool Fabrics. Shave up half a bar of any good laundry soap, add four tablespoonfuls borax and a little water and melt over fire. Then add four tablespoonfuls ammonia, put in tub and half fill tub with cold water. Insert articles to be clean ed, let soak our hours. Then rinse in water containing four tablespoonfuls of borax and four tablespoonfuls of am nionia. Do not wring. The articles to cleaned will be just like new.' A Woman' Ideal Home. Evelyn Sharp, writing in the Man ehester Guardian, says that every worn an has a dream of home, not a castle in the air, but a house that she has planned all her life, in which she would like to live. The dream home contains the right sort of people, and they have the courage to throw away everything ugly, even to the mistaken wedding pnVent, and harbor only beautiful things. Rut the dream home Is always only a dream home to most women, and fortunate, indeed, Is the one who real Izes her ideal. Trnntparrnt Sleeve. It is rare to see a sleeve that is lined these days unless It Is of rough cloth as a part of the waist fabric. Transparent sleeves are everywhere. They are of net, chiffon, filet, tulle and laea and are worn on cold days on the sueel under a coat. , They are conspicuously transparent, however, even In the house "when the coat Is removed. Added to their thin ness and this la the point will bo strips of the thickest fur to weigh them down. I'epalar Designs In Tailor-Made. Two distinguished looking tailormades are shown in the accompanying cut. The first is made of elephant gray satin cloth, which fits the figure closely. The front Is draped across tho bust, and narrows Into two shoulder straps, on the edges of which are cloth buttons and buttonholes. There is a curious little "vestment" of grayblue cloth, and above this a tucked yoke of white net and Jabot of same The sleeves arc of the cloth laid In narrow tucks. The second suit is ot taupe cloth, the skirt plain and tho coat elaborated with wide and narrow scataohe, button cold buttojj locps.

TAFT PRAISES CANAL WORK.

Organization, Progress and Spirit of Employes Are Satisfactory. President-elect William H. Taft and party left Colon Sunday evening on board the United States cruiser North Carolina for New Orleans, accompanied by the cruiser Montana. Just previous to embarking Mr. Taft gave out the following : I am not prepared now to make a statement as to the results of the trip to the isthmus, except to say that we have found the work progressing in a most satisfactory way; the organiza tion better than ever before ; the esprit de corps excellent, and the determllnation of all, even the humblest laborer, directed to the building of the canal. I am sure this has impressed Itself upon every one of the board of visiting engineers as It has upon me. With ref erence to the type of the canal and the continuance of the present plan, the engineers promise that they wlW be able to hand me their reiort by the time we land at New Orleans." Mr. Taft ar.d party reached Colon from Panama at 3:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Governor Mclendez and a large gathering of the Panama - Railroad and the isthmian canal commission employes were present at the dock to bid the President-elect 'farewell. Lieutenant Colonel Goethals, chief engineer of the canal, accompanied Mr. Taft on the North Carolina. He will proceed to Washington to discuss the matter of appropriations necessary for the completion of tbe work. As the tug which transferred the visitors to the cruiser moved away the crowds cheered lustily. Mr. Taft looking the picture of health, fcowed and called out laughing, "Keep your eye on that subterranean lake at Gatun." During his visit which lasted ten days, Mr. Taft accompanied on many occasions by the special engineers who came to the Isthmus with him, visited every section of the canal. Ills Influence was exerted also in bringing about a better feeling between various factions that have been opposing each other since the last election. FOURTH GIRL IS SLAIN. Finger Marks of Large Hand Show How Murders Were Committed. For the second time within a fortnight and the fourth time In a little more than two years, the strangled body of a girl, young and attractive. was found in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, fin ger marks about the throat made by a gigantic hand showing the manner of her death. For th6 fourth time since the series of murders began, the police are completely baffled in their efforts to apprehend the murderer, and the women of Dayton, terrified befoie, no longer ven ture out unescorted even in the day time. At least two of the murders, all of which followed atrocious mistreatment were committed In the broad light of day, and In spite of many nr rests it Is known that the slayer still walks the streets of the city. At any moment his maniacal lust for blood may come upon him nagin, and any of Dayton's daughters may' be his next victim. The latest victim was Lizzie Fulhart. IS years old. Her body was dragged from a cistern In the rear of a vacant house, but marks on her throat and body showed tbe manner of her death, The young woman, who was very pretty, came there on Jan. 29 to look for employment, and was staying with her aunt, Mrs. "Samuel Dcclers. Tbc body was found by Charles 0. Weaver, a contractor. Around the bead was a burlap bag, and the Indications were that the girl had been lured into the unoccupied' house and murdered, aftrr being kept a prisoner no one knows how long, and that finally her body was carried to the cistern and hurled In. GOVERNOR INDICTED FOR FRAUD Haskell of Oklahoma Charged with Conspiracy to Get Indian Lots. Governor Charles N. Haskell of Ok lahoma was Indicted by the Federal grand jury, which reiorted Wednesday afternoon, for conspiracy in connection with the scheduling of Muskogee town site lots. Tbe maximum penalty it $10,000 fine and two years in the penitentiary. Six other men, promiuent In the af fairs of Oklahoma, were Indicted at the same time. They were C. W. Turner, A. Z. English, F. B. Severs, W. It. Eaton, W. T. Hutchlngs, and J. W. Hill, all of Muskogee. English is now at Los Angeles, Cal. Bond In each case was fixed at $5,000. The Indictments were returned under Section 5,440 of the Federal Statutes, which reads as follows: "If two or more persons conspire either to com mit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States In any manner and for any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to affect the object of the con spiracy, all the parties to such conspir acy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $10,000 fine or to imprison ment not to exceed two years, or to both fine and Imprisonment, at the dis cretion of the court"4 The men will be brought to trial im mediately, their case being heard before Judge Campbell at this term of court Seventeen Die In Bllae Blnat. Seventeen men are dead as the result of an explosion In the No. 2 Short Creek mines of tbe Birmingham Coal and Iron Company, at Birmingham, Ala. Five of the dead are white and twelve are ne groes. The explosion is thought to have been caused by a windy snot Darled Alive In Cemetery. One man was killed, two almost smoth ered to death, and two others slightly in jured by a cave in of an excavation for a vanlt in Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Ohio, Michael Jennings, 55, of Chicago, was buried undeT four feet of earth. His dead bedy was not recovers! for more than half an hour. John Gilmer Speed a Sntctde. Jonn uumer peeu. auinor ani jour nalist, committed suicide in his boarding house at Mendham, N. J., by shootinj himself through the right temple. lit left no explanation of his act Holmea I Declared Innocent. Charles E. Holmes, charged with having killed his wife, Pauline, was acqmt tod by a jury in Judge Brentano'g court in Chicago. Tears came to Holmes' eyes when he thanked the jurymen for the decision. A reconciliation between father and son followed. Injury Stops Falei-evrWI. Because of a slight injury to oat of his fingers, sustained wlnle playing at Carnegie Hall, New York, the recital which was to have been g'ven by Ignace I'aderewski at 1 hiladelphn has been can celed. The injury is trivial

1 Indiana I State News

SAY'S HE BOBBED POSTOFFICE. Danchmna Pleads Guilty of DloOTlafJ Safe at Upland. James Baughman, the safe blower, who was arrested at Anderson, pleaded guilty in the Marion Circuit Court to robbing the Upland postoffice. He will be turn ed over to th; Federal authorities. Baugh man expressed a desire to plead guilty with the understanding that the officers ask him no questions about the others concerned in the Upland robbery. The officers, however, have information con cerning the other safe blowers, which they believe will lead to their arrest Lee Ihiughman. a brother, and Lewis Ljkins, a brother-in-law of James Bau;hinan, were convicted two months ago in the Grant Circuit Court on the charge of bur;lary. MISTRIAL IX EXPLOSION CASE. First of Eighty Salts Aaralnst Da Pont Company la Failure. The' jury in the trial of the firrt of eighty damage suits against the Du Font powder trust, growing out of the wreck ing of the town of Foatanet and the killing of thirty persons when a powder mill blew up, was discharged disagreed after thirty-three hours. Only three juror held out for damages for Mrs. Margaret Borders, who alleged &be was injure! when her house came tumbling down on her. The company has settled many cases for personal injury and damage to houses at an outlay of more than $100,000. ( 1,200 IN STATE PRISON. Only for Short Time, for One Man Is Released. The population of the State prison iu Michigan City has been gradually on thj increase of late. For some time Clerk Daly has watched the count approach the 1,200 mark, and the other day it was reached. However, it remained thcrq only until the next morning, when one man was rel?ased, lowering the count to 1,1JX. As several courts are in etisioq in the State, it is expected that the couni will go considerably over the 1,200 mark in a short time. FINDS THEM TAKING CORN. Farmer Discovers Wagron ln Field and Two Men Busy. Albert Newsom caught two men in his cornfield, near Columbus, and, instead of having a shovel and a hoe, according to the negro song, they had a spring wagon partly filled with corn. He held them at the point of a revolver until officers arrived, and they were jailed. The men arrested are William Shatto and Daniel Shatto. They will be tried in the Bartholomew Circuit Court on charges ot larceny. USES HATPIN ON EUFFIANS. Girl Fla-hts Off Her Assailants Yonna; Man Is Arrested. Miss Lulu Hossler, an 18-year-old girl, of. Xappanee, was attacked by two young ruffians at the entrance to an alley in Nappanee while on her way home. The girl fought hard and finally thought et ber hatpin. She put up such a hard fight that her two assailants deristed. Oscar Hepler, ID years old, who ives in Napr pance, is held oa (he charge. Hoy's Prophecy Trne. A remarkable gift of prophecy seems to have been possessed by a Shelby County boy who died on December 27. This lad was Everett Griffey, the 10-year-olJ son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter (JriÖTey, east of Shelbyville. Frequently, ince the child was 0 years old. he had told his parents and other relative? that he would live to be 10 years old, bu: that he woalJ never reach his eleventh birthday. At the time of his death he was 10 years. 7 months and twenty-six days. Girl with Pitchfork Injures Tramp. Miss Hazel Phillips, 13 years old. whil alone in the haymow at her home north of Warsaw was attacked by a tramp who threatened to kill her. The jirl gndhol a pitchfork to defend -herself and when the tramp started toward her she ran the pirchfork through his hand. He jumjtod from the mow, ran across a field and escaped. The other members of the Phillips family are in bed sick. Iyoot Safe DnrlnK Storm. f Yeggmen blew the safe of Martin & Co. at Lafontaine. The work was done under cover of a thunder-storm, which caused residents in the city to thiak the charge a thunderbolt. There are no clews. Convicted of Klllinn- Half Brother. Frank Likens, charged with the murder of Amos Tiatt. his half brother, last June, after a trial in Delphi lasting five days, was found guilty of manslaughter. ' lie will spend two to fourteen years in prison. Teacher Dead of Malarial Fever. Tresley Wylie, 23 years old. a school teacher and high school graduate, died in Bloomington of malarial fever. AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. The postoffiee at Upland was robhod of $l,fi00 in cash and stamps duting a recent night by burglars who escaped in a stolen rig. Although the safe was badly wrecked no me heard the erplosion and the big dog which the postmaster kept in the office gave, no alarm. Fire at Crawfordsville destroyed the mill of the Montgomery Hard Wood Lumber Company. The loss is ? 12.000 and the insurance $5,000. A sandhill crane was k!IM east of Unos, in the Leaver Luke country, wl-kh stood four feet and nine inches hi-h and had a breadth of -ing of tive f-i fi.d nine Inches. Fanned by the heavy winds which prevailed, fire of unknown origin destroyed the large two-story house on the farm of Charles A. Quick at the edge of CarmeL Riley Cain and his family, the tenant, had narrow escapes. Harry A. Axtell. former city trcisurei of nfoomington. charg-.sl with em'.y. $7,000 of city funds, was found not piiity. His defense was that ity booki have always been wrong; slipshod methods have prevailed in municipal affairs, with a careless CU7 Council. John Nanick. of Indiana Harbor, was arrested the other day on a charge o! arson. A few days ago Xanick's house, which was insured for $2,000, was damaged by fire. On making an investigation the police found a large quantity of excelsior saturated with kerosene under 4 he eaves of the house. The bed clothes were in the same condition. Thomas Steinberg, the 17-year-old schoolboy, who ran away from his home in Itloomington, was found in Iafnyette am! taken home. He had been in Kokomo. Peru and Ft. Wayne. Turing her clothes and raving for three days, Mrs. Katies Wilson died in the county jail in Wabash, from her weakened condition due to her violent exercise and fatigue. Clyde liatemnn killed his little sister while playing in Marion with a gun. Clyde told his sister Edna to throw up her bauds and say "(Jood-by to mamma, at the same time touching the ttijger. lue child fel? dead. The boy did not now the gu was loaded.