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The Great Tontine HAWLEY SMART Aatlr BrUa BonJ. "BataJ I Win."? Cu. CHAPTER IX. Mr. Carbuckle occupied a set of chambers in the Temple. On the evening after his vfelt to Miss Caterham. Mr. Ringwood wu seated in company with his host. "I have no doubt whatever but you are right in your conjecture, said Mr. Carbuckle. "Pegram is either a shareholder or the agent of a shareholder, but tht Is a thing you can easily ascertain. You have nothing to do but to get a line from me, and would tell him so ; and of course, with the object he had in view, he wonld take very good care not to contra iict her." "My own Idea la that if they can find Terence Finnigaa they intend to perpetrate a fraud. For instance, granting they find him, I should think a few hundred pounds would easily keep him out of th way till his death, which probably cannot be far off, or till the death of Pogram's nominee. Recollect the stake Is so big. It Is a great temptation." "Yes," said Mr. Carbuckle, "it might be so; I never thought of that. Now it would be a great point if we could discover Pegram. First of all, we should be able to get at what sort of a man he is, and to some extent judge whether he is likely to attempt a fraud of this nature; and in the s?-oiid place, keeping a Miss Caterham, accrediting you as her agent, and go down to the board room and look at the list of the subscribers. It is some time since I saw it, and then there were between forty and fifty names still left on. Rut I recollect, when I last talked to Miss Caterham about it, she told me ther-? were only five or six left, and the probability is that one or two of those hare been put out of it since. Then comes the question what is IVgrem's motive? I should imagine feverish curiosity to know whether the life of Miss Caterham's nomine has lapsed." It strikes me," replied Ringwood, "that the first thins to ascertain is. Low diJ this Pegrara discover that I was to call on Miss Caterham on your behalf''" "From Miss Caterham herself, no doubt," replied Carbuckle. "As I, in my hurry, had omitted to give your name, she would naturally think he tame from very sharp eye on Mr. Pegram, it Is quite possible we should find the missing Finnigan. "I know it is rather presumptuous to differ with one of your experience, but I think this probably is the principal, and I will tell you why. If my theory is right, the discovery of Terence Finnigaa Is merely the prelude to the perpetration of a gTeat fraud. It must be obvious to the man who contemplates it that the fewer accomplices h has the loiter. If h- can do without any, better still. Now, again. I think it very likely that he would use his own name in this preliminary Inquiry at Miss Caterham's. In the event of discovery he could easily pass it off as feverish curiosity, and if he appeared under an assumed name, he would certainly lay himself open to the grave suspicion of contemplating foul play of some description." "Yes, there is a good deal in what you say, returned Mr. Carbuckle; "but a visit to the board room will s?ttle the question in two minutes. By the way, when you are thre see if Visoount Lakington is still left in the Tontine.' He was the last time I saw the list, and I can't help taking an interest in his share. It is curious enough, if it had net been for myself and Gerald Fitzpatrrck he would never have gone into it at all." And here the barrister related the story of that famous pool that was played the night of the Ascot Cup, at the little Tilla at Bracknell. Armed with Mr. Carbuckle missive, Ringwood lost no time in once more presenting himself at the cottage. The ladies, once convinced that he really was Mr. Carbuckle's friend, welcomed him warmly, and expressed their gratitude for the trouble he was about to take for them. Mips Caterham was able now to regard him without fear or prejudice, and was fain to acknowledge the truth tbat Ronald Ringwood was a very pleasant, gentlemanly young man, with high spirits, and considerably more than average ability; but the poor lady was still unspeakably nervous on the subject of Mr. Pegram. and was continually conjuring up to herself fantasies of crime more or less deeply tinted. Ringwood made no secret of how he intended to open the campaign, telling them that, in the opinion of himself and Mr. Carbuckle, it was desirable. In the first place, to discover Mr. Pegram. as it might very probably lead them without further trouble to the end of their oal In finding Terence Finnigan. Ringwood duly attended at the board day, and ascertained that Mr. Tegram was a solicitor living in the town of Rydland. in North Wales. "My theory right to start with." he muttered. "What a bit of luck! I am off by the Irish mail to-night to see what I can make of Pegram. An intended fraud for a ducat." He had no difficulty in ascertaining tbat Mr. Pegram was a well-to-do so licitor, who had lived in Rydland all his life; that he was not particularly popular amongst his brother townsmen; that his money was more derived from successful speculation in the new watering place of IJambarlym than his business as a solicitor; that he was now a widower, his wife having died some five or six years ago, and that about tha time he had taken Into partnership his eldest son, and the firm was now known as Pegram Son.- In reply to inquiries as to what age Mr. Pegram might bo, he was informed sixty or upwards, and that the on would probably number about half his father's years. There was nothing further to be done In Rydland at present, so he resolved to return to town by the night mail, and present his meager budget of facts to Mr. Carbuckle. In pursuance of this resolve he ordered an early dinner, and sat down to that meal in all the diguity conferred by finding himself sole tenant of the somewhat dingy coffee room. The door was suddenly opened, and a stoutish, florid man bustled in. bringing with him auch a breeze of life and irrepressible activity that the whole place seemed at once peopled. "Here you are, waiter: let some of them take these rugs and traps to my room. Now, what have you got to eat in the house? Don't be all day thinking about it, but pull yourself together at tmce, man. Hurry up, I tell you. Off to town to-night, sir?" asked the stranger Interrogatively. Ringwood nodded assent. There." said the stranger, pointing to the bill of fare which the waiter had Just placed in his hand, "I know of course that you are out of every ti in g good to eat, which, freely translated, mean yon never had it in your lives. Get mo some of that, and that. Been here long, sir?" RIngwood could not help smiling at his companion's curiosity as he replied, "I came down here the day before yesterday." "Ram place to take into your head to pay a visit to," returned the stranger. This is about the most one-horse old town I ever came across. It hasn't moved a bit since I first kn -t twenty ytars ago. If it wasn't that I bad to

see old Lawyer Pegram occasionally on a bit of business I would never set foot in the old ramshackle place again. The old man did me a turn : he let mj stand in with himself in the little 'ring of the early developers of Llanbarlym a watering place close by. I made a good bit of money out of it at the tim and

have got some house property now ther j that is worth having. However I did UiV viva avA Jlo tutu iu.au uam me, little, as it looked Jike it at the time. I persuaded him to take ä share in a lottery that was a great craze in those days; not likely yon ever heard of it. It was a Qilng that happened before you were breeched ; but people went pretty mad about the 'Great Tontine' at that time, I can tell you. Ringwood here intimated that he knew all about the "Great Tontine," and always felt intense curiosity concerning it. "Well, sir, the 'Great Tontine is just about winding up. There are only two left in it, and Pegram is one. I believe, by the way, there is an old lady who can't find her nominee ; that's probably because he is dead. As I said the other day, it's lucky for the nominees that their names are kept dark, or else I should think they would have a sickly summer. Oh, I can tell you," said the stranger, laughing, "there's a fine melodrama here. Can't you fancy the two last nominators each trying to do away with his opponent's man in five acts?" "Ah, well," said Ringwood. "I don't suppose Mr. Pegram would dream of resorting to such extreme measures." "Well, murder is a strong order, no doubt: but I don't think old Pegram would be over scrupulous about smoothing his way to a hundred and sixty thousand pounds. So you have spent two days at Rydland, have you? Excuse me, but why did you do it?" "Oh, like you," replied Ringwood, laughing, "perhaps I also am assisting in the development of Llanbarlym." "Guess you are rather late in the field then," replied the stranger. "It really h curious what you could have found to do for two days in Rydland. Why. I could do the whole business of the place for the wek in an hour." "It is time I was off." said Ringwood. rising. "I have a novel here which killed my time for me last night. If you will accept it perhaps it will do the same for you this evening." "Thank you." replied the stranger. "It's a good place to do it in," he continued, with assumed gravity. "Put you are the first man I ever heard of who withdrew to this solitude to read bis book. iood-by: my name is Ilmmingby, and I 'boss a show in town. I dare say you have heard of my name as manager of the 'Vivacity' Theater; and I'll have that 'Great Tontine dramatized as sure as you are alive; mind you come and see it." CHAPTER X. Ilemminjrby strolled leisurely up to the oflice of Pejrram & Son. It was evidently only just open, but one of the clerks, to whom Mr. Hemmingby was well known, informed hiui that Mr. Pegram would bs siire to be thore in ten minutrs. "Oh. I suppose I am a little early." said the manager. "By the way, I don't see Mr. Krabbe; I hope there Is nothing wrong with the old gentleman. lie must be a great Pge now." "Turned eighty, sir. He Is quite broke down, and don't come to the office any more. Mr. Pegram was very kind to him took him off to the seaside somewhere for a change of air. He is living in a little cottage Mr. Pegram took for him on the outside of the town, and a nurse they got from London takes care of him. I have seen him occasionally. He Is just rotting away from old age." "Glad to tee you. Hemmingby. glad to see you," exclaimed Pegram as he shook hands with the manager. "Come along into my own room beyond here. Anything we can do for you? Your house property at Llanbarlym will turn money if you want to realize." 'The Llanbarlym property is a paying investment that I mean to. stick to. By the way, I am sohrry to hear such a sad account of old Krabbe." "Ah. yes ; a terrible breakdown. I don't suppose the poor old fellow has many months' life left in him." "Do you think it would please him if I went to see him?" said Hemmingby. 'The old chap and I were always friendly." "Very kind indeed of you to think of it." replied the lawyer, "but I am afraid it would be quite useless ; he does not always seem to know me, and as for Bob, he takes no notice of him whatever.' "I'egram," exclaimed the manager, "it would be rather awkward for you if he had happened to be your nominee in the 'Great Tontine"; and as he spoke Hemmingby shot a keen glance at his companion. The lawyer smiled as he replied dryly, "Yes, he would not be a good life to depend upon just now." "You begin to look uncommonly like taking the whole pool. I wonder it doesn't occur to you lucky people who are still left in to compromise eight thousand a year will stand a little cutting up." "I have been thinking of that," rejoined the lawyer eagerly. "You you know this Lord Lakingtou ; tell me what sort of a man is he" "Ah, you think, then, a compromise would be judicious?" said Hemmingby. "I think it might suit me if I could only see my way. I shall do myself the honor of submitting terms to Lord LakIngton. It would be no good, jou know, to put them before you; you are not empowered to treat," said Pegram. "No; you are right there," replied Hemmingby; "but don't you fall Into tfie mistake of thinking that because Lak ington did not know the value of money in his early days tbat he does not know it now. If your compromise means that you are to have fifteen shillings out of the sovereign. I don't think, my friend, that it will come off." The lawyer sat for some time after Mr. Hemmingby left him immersed in thought. His meditations were interrupted by the abrupt entrance of Mr. Robert Pegram, with indications of a night passed in traveling. "What! back again. Bob? Well, do you bring any news?" "Yes; I have just arrived from Ireland," said Robert Pegram. "I am sorry to say I have made nothing of the Irish quest. I met lots of people who recollected the old fellow, yet no one had seen anything of him for the last few years. This fellow Finnigan will take a lot of finding." "But find him we must," replied his father qnickly, "if i is only to be quits coi tain of keeping him out of the way for the remainder of his life." "We must do our best," replied Robert Pegram; "and now, have you thought out how we are to play oar cards? Things are risky as they stand, you know. Surely we ought to come to a compromise with Lord Lakington." "Yes, my lad," replied old Pegram; "and Hemmingby was here only an hour ago to sound me on that very subject on the Viscount's behalf. Sit down. I have thought it all out; such a scheme! What do yon say to a compromise. Bob, by which you get half and a charming wife to begin with, and the whole to wind up with?" "What on earth do you mean, father?" "I mean this: I have sent Lord Lakington word that I am good to compromise If he will agree to my terms. Now, Lord Lakington has got a grown-up daughter; I have no doubt she is pretty, although I don't know anything for certain on that point. I intend you to marry her." "Under which circumstances," interposed Robert Pegram, "I should have preferred your obtaining more precise infor mation about her appearance." , "Don't talk nonsense," said' the old gen tleman testily; "she has rank, station.

everything you want. "Has it occurred to yoa that Miss Phillimore would decline to have anything to say to me?" "No, It hasn't," exclaimed the old man eagerly, "because that is Lord Lakington's business ; and when Lord Lakington ses how very much it is for his advantage this match will be, I fancy he will use ail his influence in favor of it; rd I iMnk, from all I hear, Bob, that the young fady is likely to do as her father tells her." "Still, I tell you," replied Robert Pegram, "I don't want this marriage. I have a feeling harm will come of it." "Well," continued I'egram, senior, "I shall be ol the day aftev to-morrow to settle things with Ixrd Lakington : and when I come back, Boi, my boy," he concluded with a grin, "it will be, mark you. with orders to get your trousseau ready. In the meantime, I trust to you to spare neither time nor money to find Finnigan. Do what your old father asks you, and say this marriage shall be, as far as it lies with you." "I can't refuse you, father," he said at; length, "although I shall have to contend with a difficulty of which you have no. idea: but, as you wish it, so shall it be, I will marry Miss Phillimore if you can arrange so." 'Thank ycu. Bib, thank you ; and. Bob, my lad, if money will tide over this little difficulty you have got to contend with, recollect I can find any moderate sum. I have seen gold overcome a good many." 'Thanks; should I want any I will come to you," replied the son sententiously. (To be continued.)

MONEY WITHOUT OWNERS. Millions on Deposit for Which Claimant Cannot be Fcaod. Although there are millions of people In the United States without a dollar to their names, there are perhaps in the aggregate millions of dollars lying in savings banks and other financial institutions without owners. In some States such accounts pass into the possession of the State after a certain number of years. In Pennsylvania, for example, the" law directs the disposition of money of the dead or missing after their accounts have been inactive for thirty years. This law was passed in 1S72; it requires that officers of savings funds make returns of such accounts to the State Treasurer and turn over to that ollicial the moneys which thus escheat to the State. One of the largest Institutions in the State since the passage of the law has turned over something like $30,000. Another, ia one year, turned over $2.400. In a number of States there are no legislative regulations like in Pennsylvania, and financial institutions are considerably enriched by the money of missing depositors. One such institution in an eastern State Is said to have paid for a splendid new building largely with money In its vaults that had no owners, or, at least, none that could be found. It is not to be inferred that financial institutions, as a rule, hold and use the money of missing depositors with dishonest Intent. Most of them make earnest endeavors to locate the owners of accounts. Sometimes accounts get into the missing owners' lists In singular ways. Some time ago a prominent pavings institution unearthed, after considerable search, a mau who had $200 on deposit there and knew nothing of his good fortune. It seems the money had been placed there In his name several years before by a relative, Nit the rela tive had neglected to inform him of the fact. A great deal of money In the ag gregate escheatä to various State treas uries each year from estates of peonle who die without heirs. As a gen eral thing the separate amounts nre comparatively small, but now and then a fortune of considerable size goes that way. Only a little while ago the news papers told of $150.000 that was lying in a Philadelphia bank vault waiting to be claimed by a soldhr of fortune! a man who had been rich in British South Africa, had lost his estates in the Boer war and had drifted to various countries since, at cn time being a conductor on a New York-Coney Island trolley car. The money comes from the British government to repay In part the losses on his State. For several months earmst efforts to find the man proved unavailing. Thinks Mllllocilre lufaappr. John Burroughs, the naturalist, believes that few millionaires are really happy. He Is quoted In an interview as follows: "I do not believe In the doctrine attributed to John D. Rockefeller, that If you want to make your wife happy all you have to do Is to give her plenty of money. I do not believe that iossession of money nnd happiness are synonymous. If Mr. Rockefeller has been quoted correctly, he Is making a declaration that I believe American women and women all over the world will resent. They want love first of all, If they are provided with the right Instincts. "I sat behind Jay Gould In school and once ho wrote a composition on a slate for mo when I needed ideas. That day he needed 70 cents and I gave the sum to him for two old school books. I saw him later in life, when he was worth $70,000,000, but I do not think he was happy. The money fire was blazing in his eyes, and I am sure It reached his brain and consumed his life, sending him to an untimely grave. "I know millionaires, and know few happy ones. True, Mr. Carnegie seems to be an exception, because he Is different from many other rich men. He Is tryin to get rid of his money and he takes a keen delight la doing good with it." In the Doctor's Family. On her sixth birthday Ethelberta's father, gave her a little ring with a tiny pearl lu It. Not very long after that she appeartd In her father's office looking very woebegone. "Oh, daddy," she said, "I've lost the little pill out of my ring!" Philadelphia Ledger. BneoaraKlng, "Doncher know," began Saplelgh, 'that I'm er sometimes inclined to think " "You really ought to try it," interrupted Miss Cayenne. "It's not such a difficult thin after one gets used to itTact. Hostess Miss Robinson has no partner for this waltz. Would you mind dancing with her instead of me? Hawkward On the contrary, I shall be only too delighted. Answers. The Mohammedans uso the lunar year, which Is ten days and twenty-one hours and a few seconds shorter than ours. x

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"When I Woman at Her Beit! "If it is not a paradox," says a man, "I like a woman best while she is still a girl, while she still retains her frank innocence and freshness, the bloom which the world so soon rubs off. The girl in her teens is simplicity itself and simplicity is woman's greatest charm." "A woman Is at her best when she ha3 just become engaged." another says. "She sees everything couleur de rose then. The whole world is bright and beautiful. Everybody seeni3 kind to her, and she feels on the best of terms with everybody. She becomes bright and animated. She achieves things, launches out in ways that nobody supposed her capable of." "A woman is at her best during the earlier years of married life. During the engagement she has perhaps been selfishly wrapped up in her lover, and has only striven to cultivate that side of her character which most appeals to him. After marriage, though the glamour of romance still lingers, she is installed in a home of her own, where the more practical side of het character is developed. Her outlook is broadened, her sympathies deepened. The sacred duty of motherhood has claimed her, but she has not reached the trials and anxieties that too often age a woman before her time." "I think a woman is at her best in the bloom of young motherhood. Her sympathies are readier and deeper, her whole nature is softened and made beautiful.'" Another suggests that tho mother of 25 or so, with three or four young children, is even more at her zenith. "She has passed the empty foolishness of youth, she has learned the grandeur and nobleness of bring ing up children. But she is still young enough to enjoy herself. She has enough children to make her happy, but not so many that they overtax her strength." "The woman between 25 and 40, married or single, still retains some of the freshness of youth, tempered by the ripeness of maturity. If she Is married, she is the guiding light of her home, single, she is that splendid thing, a mother of many mothers' children. She Is lenient and charitable in her views. She has learned to Know human nature and adapt herself to circumstances. She knows that a woman needs more than personal beauty. At 30 and upward the best side of a woman's nature shows to the best advantage and it Is then that her attractiveness is at the zenith of her power. And she has a repose and restfulness about her which is delightful in these hustling times." "I think a woman is at her best between 40 and f0," says one reader. "A woman at that age has learned the true value of ' things. There, is something wonderfully attractive In the face of a woman who has profited by the lessons which life teaches, who has 'come through the furnace.' At that age, married or unmarried, she is the mo3t useful member oi society." Serviceable Uumlnem Hat. Thi3 simple but attractive model liSJ eestfon for th ttks business ciri. It is modish, goodlooking and practical, as in its construction 1 1 employs only ma terials which can not be harmed by sun or dampness, the fashionable bucket X I The hat of shape may be had in almost endless variety of straws and braids, and for trimming there is used one of the new silk scarfs &o attractive in their pretty colorings as well as soft one-tone effects. Directly in front is placed a huge bird, ita bill just peeping over brim. To Color Hair Red Henna to color the hair red is prpared by making a tea of two ounces of the leaves, powdered, to a pint f boiling wrter. The two steep gently for fifteen minutes or inure, und when cold the tea is strained. The hair is washed and thoroughly dried, using ammonia or soda in the water to remove natural oils. When quite dry it Is wet evenly with the tea, that dries on in the sun. The hair Is again washed, this time In clear water, drying also in the sun. Peenllar Nevr Color. There is a new color that one does not know how to classify. It is not brown and it certainly is not gray, and it does not belong to the greens, but it has tints of all three colors. The general tone is as much like putty as anything else, but it is not putty color. Shoe That Hart. Women with narrow heels frequently have trouble with ready-made footwear. The shoe rides up at the heel wid a painful blister occurs, which ef-

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fectlvel,crlpples one for the time being. Tnls is especially true of low shoes. To prevent it with your next pair ott a few inches from a piece of old velvet, or get a bit of velvet ribbon to fit between the heel and the shoe. It can be either tacked into place or pasted. This renders the heel comfortable without lessening the size of the shoe, which is the disadvantage of the felt sole. There are over 600 women students of medicine in French universities. Last year Mrs. Russell Sage made public gifts amounting to $1,559,635. Statistics show that out of every twenty greenhouses in this country one is managed by a woman. Countess van B003 Farrar 13 to build a orae for the children of criminals at Spring Valley, N. Y. Ada C. Sweet, formerly United States pension' agent in Chicago, was the first woman ever appointed a3 disEASILY MADE bursing agent for the United States government. Red morocco cases containing 22 varieties of cigarettes are bought by the queen of Spain for presents to the ladies of her court. There are 7,670 woman postmistresses in the United States government employ, some of them receiving more than $l,SoO a year. Six towns and cities of Colorado have elected women as treasurers in the last few weeks. Two women have been elected as town clerks. Women writers of Paris and London are raising a subscription fund to erect a monument to Mine, de Stael, whom Napoleon honored with his intense hostility. Probably the highest-paid women in the United States civil service are two young woman translators of French and Spanish employed at the bureau of American republics. They receive $2,400 a year. The queen of Denmark is exceedingly interested in having women vote at the coming elections. When these elections were held last month, the queen went to a polling place and urged women to exercise the right of franchise. . l For Injured Flycn. A good remedy for pain in the eye when caused by an injury to the surface is a little cocaine ointment. Of course, if there is any grit present this should be removed. Cocaine ointment will so far lessen pain as to allow the removal of grit with comparative ease; and if there is no grit the relief obtainable is equally great. One does not need to use a large quantity of the ointment. A piece one-fourth the size of a pea usually suffices. It should be placed beneath the lid that covers the painful spot. llab' Frock. A little empire frock for babies' wear is one of the new season's offerings. It has the tinlent. shortest yoke, cut out in the conventional square, which is daintily finished with beading, ribbon threaded. The full skirt is gathered to the yoke and is trimmed on the bottom with groups of tucks and lace Insertion. The little puff sleeves end in narrow lace frills. It is a sweet little frock and is entirely new in design. ' For Itoash llnnda. Another quaint "farmhouse" remedy for rough hands was made of three parts of pure shredded beef suet to one part of pure beeswax, simmered over the Are until melted, and then poured Into a mold. In applying it dairymaids, whose arms and hands were apt to become very red and chipped after scouring out the milk pans in cold

weather, were wont to dip theli hands in hot water, and then, sitting before a red fire, to rub the cake of soap well over the hands until tfc

pores of the skin had absorbed emollient. tic Fashion Item. A good potato sack will make A very stylish gown, The narrower the better, so You don't by chance sit down. The corset now must be of steel, All riveted before You get it in the antique shows. The kind Crusaders wore. The scuttle used to carry coal Now makes the swellest hat. When trimmed with rubber auto tires Put on quite plain and fiat. No puffs are large enough to suit The coiffure of the spring, " s So feather pillows pinned behind Are now the proper thing. New York Press. Should Girl Box? or Coarse! An Kvanston (111.) club has passed by an overwhelming affirmative vote the following proposition: "Resolved, That girls should be taught to boi." Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulIoch, a woman justice of the peace, Introduced the resolution. Work of the Woman. Mrs. Catherine B. Bell, editor of the Cannon, of Cannon City, Colo., besides TUB FROCKS. attending to her household and editor! ai duties, finds time to serve as probation officer in her home county, to do the work required of the president of the Board of County Visitors, to act as special agent to the County Commissioners in cases of destitution and to be the humane officer and secretary of the local Humane Society. She Is a widow with three children. She is a New Yorker by birth and has lived in Colorado less than eight years. The length of skirts varies almost as much, from one season to another, as the shape of sleeves, and that is saying a good deal. However, all walking skirts must clear the ground all around this year. The skirts of the new tailored suits for traveling and shopping are all walking length. More handsome suits, in broadcloth, rajah and other fabrics used for "dressy" wear appear with a short train. Many suits are being made this season with one coat, usually braided and in the three-quarter length, or longer, and two skirts. One of these will be off the ground, in trotteur length, while the other, for more ceremonious occasions, will have the graceful short train. Walking ! skirts are capable of some variation. The short woman should wear hers as long as she can without touching, while the tall woman will look well in a much shorter skirt. Women of medium height will find a skirt two inches off the ground an effective length. Genuine princess gowns should always have trains. This is not true, however, of the semi-princess frocks where the belt destroys the actual princess lines. All evening frocks except those for dancing are being made with trains. Meal Are Short. Meals of inordinate length are no longer considered good form even for elaborate occasions. A few courses deliciously cooked and properly served are all that are necessary even for dinner giving. Dread and Datier Plate. Bread and butter plates are no longer used on formal occasions, but are too convenient to be dispensed with at family meals. They go to the left of each plate above the plates, and the glass of water to the rights Dresses Tell A are. The Japanese woman dresses according to her age. She wears gold pins until she is 25. At CO the pins are white, and at 40 she wears plain shell combs. Tu Polifth Japanned Trays. Clean japanned trays by rubbing them over with a little olive oil, and then polishing it off with a soft cloth.

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BJSH FIRES CAUSE HEAVY LOSS

Big Mills Go Down Before ti OnRush of Destructive Flames. Word has been received at Winni peg that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property was ' de stroyed and scores of ranchers were forced to flee for their lives, as the re sult of disasters from bush fires that swept the country from Notch Hill, as far east as Three Valley, and south from Sycamore as far as Vernon in the Kootenays. Among the losses are two large saw mills, both of which were totally consumed in the wall of flame that swept overland. The Carlin mill, located between Tappem Sid ing and Notch Hill, was wiped out, with a loss of $75,000, as was also the Carrigan mill on Salmon river, valued at $33,000. Several mill hands had to flee for their lives. Three large bush fires have been burning for several days, and a terrific gale soon brought them into contact with each other. Barns and houses fell prey to the fire, and many head of cattle were lost while scores of settlers left everything and hastened to save their lives. The total losses, it is known, will reach half a million dollars. The Canadian Pacific Railroad fences and telegraph lines were destroyed for nearly twenty miles, and telegraph lommunlcation between Revelstoke and Kamloops was cut off for hours. West of Kamloops the wires were blown down by high winds. MOTHER'S TOIL IS IN VAIN. Because She Cannot Fay Hospital Fee She Must Be Deported. For ten months a baby girl has been :n the hospital at the Ellis Island imiiigration station, while her mother, Mrs. Hode Chanin, a Russian, has :oiled, with three other children, to jay the hospital fee of $23 each aionth. The child is suffering with a Malignant ringworm that go far has aot succumbed to the usual treatment. As the board bill, which is payable in advance, is not now forthcoming, there is nothing for the authorities to do but to send the child back to the port whence she came. The steamship line that brought aiother and child here last July will have to take the baby back without :harge, but the question arises what will become of the baby? Joseph Murray, acting commissioner of immigration, said the case was not unusual, but that in most cases the parent returns with the child. Derision for Tobaeco Trnst. Chief Justice Cullen, of the New i'ork Court of Appeals, has rendered in important decision bearing on the right of a corporation or an Individual to control a staple article of trade. The complaint wa3 that of John A. Locker against the Ameri can Tobacco .Company or the tobacco trust and its agents. . It was held that the latter owned or controlled so large a part of the staple tobacco articles that no dealer or jobber could io business without handling the ?oods of the trust, and that the trust bad appointed an exclusive selling agent in New York, refusing to sell any goods to the complainant. The judge held that unless It could be shown that several persons or com panie3 bad combined or conspired in this particular case to refuse to sell to or deal with the complainant it could not be maintained in law that the refusal was Illegal. He did not think that "the extent of the business can affect the rights of the parties. In conclusion, however, he says: "If the aggregation of enormous Indus tries under a single control is economic evil, as to which I express no opinion, the evil can be easily cured by the Legislature." Socialist I'dltor Convicted. Fred C. Warren, managing editor of the Appeal to Reason, was found guilty at Fort Scott, Kan., on the charge of having misused the mails in connection with his offer of a re ward of $1,000 to any person who would kidnap former Governor Tay lor of Kentucky, and return him to that State. This offer, which was circulated two years ago, was de signed to draw attention to the al leged kidnaping of the accused min ers' leaders from Colorado by the of ficials of Idaho. Former Gov. Taylor was present at the trial as a witness for the State, but was questioned only briefly by the State and not at all by the defense. Warren's defense was that he has as much right as pri vate citizen as any official had to of fer a reward for the capture of any fugitive. He charges that the jury was composed of men openly hostile to him and to his party. The case will be appealed to a higher court. Observation of Mothers Dar. The 9th of May was more widely and generally observed as mothers day than ever before, the wearing of the white carnation being the symbol of reverence, which originated in the suggestion of Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia two years ago. Many ministers made the observance the theme of their sermons. C'ltr IMannlns; Inhibition. In the great drill hall of the Twenty-second Regiment at New York the Conference and Exhibit on City Planning has been opep to the public free for two weeks and it will next be taken to Washington. Every department of civic improvement was represented in models, designs, pictures and maps, while lecturers were on hand to explain the proposed improvements. Thirty American cities are represented in the exhibition. Aid for Unemployed. At 14 State street. New York, the flrst public office of the National Employment Exchange has been opened. No fees are to be charged for registration of persons looking for manual labor and for the present none will be charged employers who get helpers through this bureau. When work is secured for an applicant a fee of $2 will be charged and deducted from the first earnings. Employers are to pay the cost of transporting laborers. More Customs Frauds Itevealed. Within the week several New York Importers of figs, cheese and olives have been investigated by the federal authorities in connection with systematic weighing frauds similar to those disclosed in the sugar trade. Collector Loeb dismissed five employes who had been connected with these later disclosures. These facts are to be laid before the grand jury. The electric locomotive holds the world's record for speed, a mile In 27 seconds.

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CHARGED WITH WHIPPING GIRXt Superintendent of Orphan Home at Indianapolis Is Under Arrest. Henry Roesener, superintendent of the German Protestant Orphans' Home in Indianapolis, was arrested on the charge of whipping Bessie Sturgeon, 15 years old, an inmate of the home. The arrtst was the result of action by the executive committee of the Indianapolis Humane Society. It is alleged that Roesner whipped the girl with a sewing machine belt because she pro tested against assisting in washing dishes. The case recently came to the attention of the police department and the humane society and it was proposed to the directors of the orphanage that no affidavit would be made if Roesner resigned or was dismissed. The directors, however, decided tft await the action of the court. Roesener was released on $40 cash bond. TOE OF KNOX IN JAIL CELL. Indiana Attorney Taken After Los Hunt br Girl's Father. Charles W. Caldwell, ah attorney, who lately gained some notoriety by attempting to file in the courts of the District of Columbia a suit to oust Philander C. Knox from the office of Secretary of State in President Taft cabinet, was arrested in his office la Columbus after an all-night cn,ase. Men with dog3 and guns, led by A. M. Remy of Elizabethtown, who allege? thr.t Caldwell has been secretly visiting his 16-year-old daughter, made the capture. Caldwell Is 40 years old. His wife recently filed suit against him for divorce. In court Caldwell was put under bond of $300 as surety of. peace. He was unable to give the' bond and was sent back to jaiL BIG BEIX FALLS; MANY ISC APE. i ahes Through Roof While RlngInK Oat Student Baseball V Ictory. -A bell weighing 500 pounds, which -had hung in the tower of Butler College, Indianapolis, tlnce 1874, was jarred from its rusty fastenings while it was being rung in celebration of the defeat of Depauw University's baseball team and crashed through the roof of the building Into the chapel. 100 feet below. A group of Ftudents working at the bell rope just missed being crushed and the chapel was filled with debris. The night before the chapel was crowded for an entertainment, ia the course of which the bell was ruag and had it fallen then many would have been killed. BOB CHURCH CAR DURING MASS. Thieves Take Glass Bowl Containing 1,000 for Extension SoeletrThe St Anthony car, that has traveled over many States in the interest of the Catholic Church Extension Society, was robbed at Evansville during religious services. The car was filled with representatives of the Roman Catholic church of the city attending mass when the robbery occurred. The money, consisting of silver and gold amounting to nearly $1,000, was in a large glass bowl on the altar and had been contributed by communicants at various places. The headquarters of the Church Extension Society is in Chicago, where the car began its tour. CONFESSES HE BURNED TO ROB, 91 , Arreatetl After hne. Tells Hiding Places of Plunder. Joseph P. Sobe-ski, a-rested in Importe on Thursday, following an automobile chase, aft?r the theft of $1.000 worth of goods from a sporting goods house, the wrecking of the store by explosion and fire, and theft of a. racehorse, confessed. He admitted to the sheriff that he had robbed three sum-; raer cottages at Fish Trap Lake three months ago. and then destroyed the buildings by fire. Part of the . stolen plunder was found in the places mentioned by Sobeski in his confession. FOUND IN DESERTED HILL. Colombo Police Illseover !lsom Dixon 1'nconsrloas mud lllreülnscThe Columbus ilice found Nelson Dixon, of that city, lying unconscious in the old Cerealiae mill, an establishment which has been vacant for several year. The man was unconsciou3 and was bleeding from the mouth. The physician said the man was suffering from an attack of apoplexy. Physians say he has little chance for recovery. k . ALL OVER THE STATE. An alleged attempt to kidnap little Willie Hamilton, son of a North Vincennes contractor, took place the other day. To the police tfcf: would-be abductor gave his name as J. E. White from Texas. White is 30 years old. The windstorm which swept through the southern part of Elkhart county Saturday carried havoc and destruction In its path. The storm traveled over a path about seven miles wide, and its worst effects were felt southwest of New Paris. Thousands of dollars' worth of timber was blown down. Fences, barn roofs, windmills, telephone and telegraph lines were leveled and the loss will reach nearly a half million dollars. This year's fruit crop, suffered serious damase. Karl Freitag, editor of the Michigan City Weekly Times, was attacked by R. C. Fedder, president of the Board of Public Works, and badly beaten. The assault followed the publication of an alleged slanderous editorial ia the Times. Posey County, by a majority of 1,500, decided to retain its fifty-two saloons, but the decision was not made without strenuous opposition. The "drys" fought hard, but were unable to overcome? the nxcat influence of the drinfc traHic in Mount Vernon,-which gave the "wets" 7.V0 majority. Warren S. Wolhaupter of Chicago was killed and three others badly injured while at work on the construction of the New-York-Chicago Air Line near Valparaiso. A section of trestle was blown down and the men were pinioned under the wreckage. The body of a baby girl clad In A silk skirt and silk shirtwaist was found in Calumet River near the Nickel Plate Railroad bridge at Hammond. A post mortem revealed that the child had been murdered. Polico believe the child was killed on a train, and hurled into the river.