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CHAPTER III. (Continued.) Stewart's voice grew rather choky, and le paused for a moment. With a sudlen impulse. Miss Thorne leant over and Ightly touched his arm. "Thank you," he said, abruptly, and 2ien, recovering himself, went on : "The priest came from the nearest tSement to bury the poor little chap with Ü1 due form. He had christened him irhen he was born, so that there was no lifficulty about that. "Besides the funeral, he did another priestly job that of frightening the poor Bother into fits with the announcement that the child's death was due to her sin, ind with threats of eternal brimstone to IqIIow. ' "So having accomplished that nice piece if work, he left us to the contemplaäon of that little white cross on the hillock opposite the house, and with all e fiaming terrors of purjatory rampant etween us. "Luckily for me. harvest time was coning on, and I was too busy by day, and bo tired by night to think but without ihinking, there was always the latent, rnowledge that the purpose I had worked lor was cone. "The harvest was over, and the first irlnter days were as gloomy inside as lut. The poor woman was crushed by priestly terrors, and had once or twice Jroken out that she must go and ask the tuna to take her into the convent, to end fcer days there, and make her repentance, md pray for the child's soul. Poor thing, I believe that what mind she had never fully recovered the shock of the child's leath. "It was on this state of affairs, with the long winter ahead of us. that there tame a telegram from Orkwell with news if my brother's death 'Home, come home it once. Bring your family,' it ended prith. I sat and chuckled over it. It teemed such an irony of fate! And then t blessed God that my boy was dead, ind that that woman could not brand Urn with a cruel name. "I might have felt 'some grief for my rother's death, if he had ever been anything to ma save a bugbear of respectability held over my erring head. "AH at once a great longing for rjy old identity came over me. To go back and be my first, my real self again, and let ill these hard ten years of ceaseless toil fade into a dream. To go back to a iife f ease and pleasure, and assured place. To wear decent clothes and sit at a decent table once more. Then I looked at Mathilde, crouching by the stove, looking more squaw-like with every fresh tear in shed. "i could giveher no place In that new life. I had bought my lesson and knew that my race "must be saved from her, but could I desert her? If she had shown ne sign of clinging to me, I am not sure but that even then I might have sent tack word that I belonged to the new life, and would have set to woik to make myself a place in my new country. "Bat the fates willed it otherwise. While this ceaseless problem was haunting me through the day's round, I came In one twilight to find the priest in possession very much in possession, too, lor , he was about to carry Mathilde off with him. She had her few worldly goods already done up in a bundle, and though he wept and wailed, was quite determined to do. "So I did my best to -get the business through as quickly as possible. I told the priest that I was leaving the country, but would place in his hands a sum for her maintenance. Then I watched them Irire off towards the settlement, behind the hillock where the white cross stood up against the dark sky, and went back into the empty house, a free man. "The next day I cabled to my father that I was coming home at once, and that my boy was dead. As to the wife, I aid nothing. Then I put my foreman In charge, and started off to see what was the next move in the game. "There, do you see anything very heincs In all that?" He turned a look of teen inquiry on his companion, who met h unflirchingly. "No," she said. "No, I suppose that. fudging y men's usual standards, you are not to blame for anything much, so far. "Only," she hesitated, "I do not see how it can possibly fit In with " "With you?" he interrupted. "Well. bear with me a little longer. You see, I am now going back, with my family in otter ignorance as to any details of my life. "My father has no power to do me out af the baronetcy or the estates that go with it, but he can do what he likes with the lands on which are situated the col lieries which supply the cash that makes the whole thing worth having. I received hist before starting, another of his and my sister-in-law's joint epistles, saying that if he were satisfied that my life Was thoroughly reformed one, he would at once make a will leaving everything to me. "If, on the contrary, there appeared to have been any dubious events In my re cent life, every penny that he had power to will should go to my sister-in-law and to the charities that they are both in terested in. "And so you see, the fat would be in the fire should those two get word of Mathilde. "My father cannot live very long. He had a second stroke after my brother's äeath, and is quite helpless. I had made up my mind to tell them that my wife was dead; but even that had its risks. If I were going to say bo at all, I should have done so when I sent the first cable, and have got them used to the idea before they met me. "Anything else, however, means handing over the, best part of the property to that woman, and giving her the chance f branding my boy's name. By heaven, he shall never do that!" And the lean. brown hands clenched fiercely at the in tolerable thought. Evidently feeling that the crisis of his confidence had come, he spoke quickly, is though choking back any misgivings. "It was only yesterday that the idea of a aew solution dawned upon me. Your nswer decides it. Will you marry me 13 soon as we land, and come to Orkwell ind represent my five years' wife?' Throughout the last half-hour Miss Thome could not but see these words at the end of the conversation. All the. tame, liiey struck her like a blow and deep, painful flush of shame burned aer face. "As a 'habitant woman? As the mothir of the dead child? It is impossible," the said, her voice sharp with pain. Stewart watched her closely, but spoke irith apparently unabated courage. "Please think it over a little bit before ou decide. Surely, the place and position might be worth some sacrifice on four part." ' "But not such a sacrifice as that! Tied to a man I have known for a week, and fho only v professes to use me to further lis own plans. Attempting an imposlibility in playing a part for which I am Utterly unfitted, before the daily scrutiny of a hostile woman I What do I know of how a 'habitant' woman would feel or act in rucb. a position? How could I pretend for a moment to feel a mother's grief?" Again the flush of excitement

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o o o o o Ö o o of Hearts 10 o o o o o o o o o JOHN Leslie Publishing House was lost in the painful wave of crimson. The whole thing would be exploded in a week," she finished decisively. For a moment Mr. Stewart looked as though he might, on his side, wax wrathful : then, controlling himself, he spoke persuasively, "I never could have entertained so far-fetched an idea for ft moment, if I had not seen how resolute and self-reliant you were if I had not known how without family ties and hope ful prospects you are. "If there are difficulties m playing such a part at Orkwell, are there no dif ficulties ahead of you in the Tans lite.' nd surely, you over-rate thee difficul ties. You say you cannot play the part of a habitant. You forget that they are totally ignorant of how such a part should be played. You are half Frencn, so yor. itJ'me. Well, that fact supplies the necessary eiotic element in her eyes. She won't expect you to be what you can guess that poor soul to have been. It is not as though it were for long, it is only to give her time to feel that the eame is up, and that she had setter clear out; and for me to get the will made, and then the difficulties are over. "And then what becomes of me? she asked with a hard contempt, to which he responded gravely : "Then, you are the honored wife of the heir; mistress of my father's house. It is something to consider. There was a pause, then he - went on in a gentler voice. "As for being tied to me, 1 can only say that I should endeavor to repay my indebtedness to you by a loyal con sideration; that I make no claim of any kind upon you save of a d iensive and offensive alliance. For the rest, you must know that if I had not admired and respected you. I should hardly have been willing to place my future so entirely In your hands. "Don't you think that, considering all this, you might promise to think it over?" "I don't know, I don't know," Miss Thorne murmured feebly. AH at once there seemed something very forlorn and girlish about her. The lips that had been so firmly set were tremulous, and the grey eyes bright with tears. A sudden kindly smile heightened the intensity of Mr. Stewart's face. "Don't be so frightened of me," he urged gently. "On my honor, you can trust me. Surely there are many worse motives in marriage than loyal comradeship on both sides! "But I have tired you out now. Just promise me that we may talk it over again, and I will go away and leave you in peace." Miss Thorne was by way of being rather strong-minded, at least she tried to think so herself, often feeling the most feminine weakness when she had best' persuaded others of her stony-heartedness. But now every pretence at stoicism suddenly abandoned her, and left her to gasp out helplessly, "Oh, yes, I promise. Only, please go away now." As Mr. Stewart walked off to the other end of the deck, she sat with clasp! bands, staring at the endless changing curve of the dark waves, and thinking bow very simple it would be to walk over the railing, wait until that side dipped low to meet the rising curve, and slip over. In a moment sue would be in the white, churning wake of the steamer, and then. But no, that were rank cowardice, and there was that in her blood which made cowaraice an Impossibility. While youth and strength lasted, she would fight on when that went, then let all the rest go too. CHAPTER IV. The hours of Christmas day rolled on, bringing, the world over, to lonely hearts the retrospective pangs that no amount of scoffing can who!'y choke down. Brighton, Paris, Nice are the means sought by the prosperous, who have need to smother such memories. A novel by the fire, with a masculine pipe or a feminine cup of tea, supply a secondclass train to the land of forgetfulness. The third is often an investment of all available cash or family valuables in alcoholic oblivion. But there are hours of darkness when all such attempts to cheat the Inner self fail. Hours when the spirit must stand and face its own shattered past, its desolate future hours when dead hands reach out from grave damp, and touch th heart; and chiller still, comes the breath from shattered ideals, and now hopeless self-possibilities. It was into some such valley of shadows that Miss Thorne had gone down during that long afternoon spent in her state-room. The clatter of the lunch hour in the pantry had culminated and subsided, ,the afternoon had early darkened, and the stewardess, after several futile messages that tea was ready in the saloon, had brought It In, and set it on the trunk beside her, but still Mis Thorne sat staring at the white wooden partition where a selection from her wardrobe swayed to and fro with the ship's motion. It could hardly be called thinking, this vivid realization that possessed her mind of all her own losses and disillusions: the kindly old father; .the dignlfieo, ample home life of which sue had been the bead ; the brothers older than herself and settled in their own homes, who, without much community of interest, had formed a friendly background to he. life; and the central figure, the good-looking, cheerful lover, always so humbly devoted to herself, always holding before her eyes the prosperous married life ahead of them. It was strange to remember now how she hat' grown to lean on hi self-confident decision, and to accept his coloring of the schemes for their future. It was not more than a month or two sine such had been her surroundings, and now they were more scattered than the leaves which had seen them go. Her i-ier was dead, her home broken up. üro ters anu their wives had shown a perfunctory Interest and kindness which had sometimes seemed a shade worse than open indifference. Offers of a home had not been wanting, but there was not one in which she would not have known her presence to be more tolerated than desired. But brothers and their wives would have mattered little if the central figure of the play could have kept his part of hero. At first there had been ardent sympa thy and every self-forgetful effort to soothe her sorrow, until the girl wa filled with remorse at not having better appreciated such devotion. Then came longer intervals between meetings, a de pressed dwelling on the difficulties of the future, and the postponement of the mar riage. Then there were journeys on the plea of business, and letters full of the disadvantages of long engagements, until in one blinding flash of comprehension. Miss Thorne had seen what it all meant. She sat down at once and wrote a letter which brought back a perfect composition In the way of a sorrowful acquiescence in her decision, and pathetic renunciation of all claims. She was of the sort In whom con tempt kills all affec .ion, and her sister in-law considered thit, in what followed, she showed a grea; deal of womanly feeling. Boldly and gravely 6he made kaown the breaking off of her eogaxe-

ment "by mutual consent." In the same fashion 6he announced her intention of returning to Paris to resume her studies. No one tried to prevent her. She was of age, and her small income would suffice with extreme care and economy. In their plentiful Canadian homes her brothers and their wives little guessed the grimness of that phrase, "extreme care and economy," Jo 8j solitary wom?tn in a tig city. The dreary rooms, .the skimped meals, the shabby clothes, the long street trudsres in storm or darkening winter weather, the absence of all variety or brightness of life. She knew it all well enough the girl who was going to face it. She could see now those dingy rooms high up in a big apurfuient house on the Clichy Heights, v. Inch she was to share with an erratic American widow who seemed content to spend the rest of her existence daubing away at hopeless studies among the chattering girls of the studio Katin. She wondered vaguely if Mrs. Silas P. Stark still wore that sleevehss green knitted woolen jacket and the little corkscrew curls at either side of the shrewd, kindly face, and if the rooms had ever been dusted or cleaned since she herself had left them. (To be continued.)

GREAT BUSINESS OF STORAGE. Depreaslon Doenn't Affect This In dustry at All Unfavorably. The storage is an important adjunct of the shlprin? business. In this ciity and vicinity there are four big storage plants with railroad connections. Two of them aru in Brooklyn, another is on Staten Island and the fourth at Cotnniunlpaw, on the Jersey side of the Hudson III v er. Besides those there are a great many bonded and free warehouses without pier and railroad connections iu different parts of the borough of Manhattan, says the New York Sun. Bonded warehouses are for the storage of dutiable giMxls landed In bond to be held until the consignees find it convenient to pay the duty and take them out. The convenience to merchants of leaving Imported goods In bond until they can be disposed of In the ordinary coutse of trade is manifest. But many merchants also get large consignments of undutlable goods which their private storage facilities cannot aeeoaiinodate, hence the existence of free-storage warehouses. However, the two branches of the business are not entirely separate, for all the big companies and many of the smaller isolated warehouses store bonded and free goods. Free goods, it should be borne In mind, may be either domestic or foreign, for many imported commodities afe free of duty. The beginning of the storage business was contemoraneous with the rise of New York in Importance as a commercial center. Its growth In the last half-century bas been enormous, but the development of the big plants referred to has been comparatively recent. A notable peculiarity of the business Is that it does not immediately feel the effects of industrial depression. On the contrary, it is materially benefited for f. time by a decline of general business. When a merchant carrying large lines of goods finds the market for them falling off he generally sends them to storage warehouses for safekeeping until the market Improves. For this reason the storage business suffered less than any other during the recent extraordinary period of general stagnation. As a matter of fact the storage business "was better in 1008 than in 1907, so It enjoys a unique distinction. It would be a mistake, however, to infer that the business suffers In good times. In a good business year the volume of merchandise coming to this port from all parts of the world is much greater than in a bad business year, and consequently the aggregate placed In storage is larger, but the length of time the goods are held in storage is shorter. In a bad business year the aggregate of receipts is relatively smaller, but the period of storage Is longer. The inference is Inevitable, therefore, that the storage business is a good thing at 'all times. Perhaps storage men as a whole may not be willing to concur with this statement, but there are the facts. Safety at Sea. Some comment was excited In the case of the Republic on account of the fact that the boat equipment was not large enough to carry all persons on board. It Is doubtful whether this is the case In any ship carrying a large number of passengers. The largest lifeboats have a capacity of from forty to fifty people, says the American Review of Reviews, and If the total complement be taken at 2,400 it will be seen that from fifty to sixty of such boats will be required. The question arises bow such an outfit of ordinary boats could be provided. The folding- boat in its latest forms seems to meet this demand to some extent, but still leaves much to be desired, and life rafts are difficult to handle. The ordinary lifeboat of today Is practically the same as for a number of years in the past. The means of launching the lifeboat, however, have been improved. The old davit bad many drawbacks. Most modern ships are generally fitted with some Improved type of apparatus for this purpose. Releasing gears of various types are also now on the market. Every bee carries his market basket around his hind legs. Any one examining the body of the bee through a microscope will observe that on the hind legs of the creature there is a fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the hairs approaching each other at the tips, so as to form a sort of cage. This is the bee's basket, and into It after a successful Journey he will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days. An Apprehensive Epicure. "Do you approve of these recent gastronomic fancies, such as humming birds, possum and alligator steaks?" "No. In n little while I won't be able to read-a menu without wondering whether I am attending a dinner or having a nightmare." Washington Star. In Doubt. "How do you plead?" inquired the Judge, sternly. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" "How can I tell?" replied the prisoner. "I haven't had a chance to appeal my case yet." Detroit Free Tress. Horrible. "That was an awful disaster. There was only one survivor isn't that terrible?" "Fearful. What a bore he'll be!" Cleveland Leader. Would Need He. Miss Foot When I marry It shall be a brave hero who fears nothing. Mr. Koot I'm sure It will.

Girl Who Look for Flnv. There are some people who like to consider themselves "critical" and "discriminating." They pride themselves on "seeing through" people, on hitting on their bad points straight away, on not being deceived by the superficial qualities. They proclaim that they have unusual powers of character reading and are rarely mistaken in their judgments. Well, it is a great gift to be able to size people up accurately. It saves one a great deal of disillusionment and disappointment. But the woman who goes about deliberately looking for flaws in other people's characters is spoiling her own nature, and laying up no end of unhappiness for herself. One cannot think continually of the faults and failings and unpleasant qualities of others without developing a disagreeable nature. However hidden it may be under a cultivated and tactful manner, that unhappy view of life will show itself and freeze everything around. A beau'.Iful and gifted p.Irl, who might be made welcome wherever she goes, can make herself disliked by all her friends by a habit of tearing every fellow being who ventures into her piesence to tatters with her criticism. She doe3 not grasp the fact that she is deprived of much happiness which her friends enjoy, and she would laugh with derision if she were told that it is bftter a thousand times to be deceived and disillusioned again and again and to keep, one's faith in human nature, than to become so critical and suspicious that one can see nothing but harm in the best of people. But it is so, and if you reflect a little you can't help realizing it. The critical woman does not make the best wife either. Men do not want women of that kind as companions. Whether a man 13 in business or however he is occupied, he is more or les3 dependent upon his fellows for his happiness and enjoyment. But men as a class are disposed to be critical themselves. They are apt to lose their ideals and their optimism as

they go through life. They need the tonic of a joyous and hopeful woman to balance the depressing tendency of their own minds. Men are like children in the dark and they want a soothing, mothering voice to say now and then: "It's all right; there's rothing to be afraid of." It Is much more pleasant to look for honeysuckle than for thistles, better to hunt for buttercups than nettles. It is a fact that in this world we find the things which we persistently seek 'for. So keep looking for the best In other people and you will develop the best and happiest 'side of yourself. Home, Street Home. Home Is where we express our worst and best selves. Home Is wht?re the heart finds' Its greatest content. Home Is the result of learning to bear and forbear. Home is the best school for making true men and women. Home is God's blessing to mankind, the safeguard of the world. Home is where love rules, unselfishness, tact and harmony exist. Home is the dearest earthly shelter from the cradle to the grave. Home Is an inn where love is landlord and contentment chief guest. Home Is a corporation whose pre ferred stock is contented children. Home i3 where happiness, health, tarmony, heart's ease, holiness, heritage, heaven dwell. Home is where the wife Is neat and clean and the husband sober and industrious, children respectful. Home is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we donot plant it while young it will give U3 no shade wiien we grow old. Lord Chesterfield. When baby Is small the milk In his bottle is apt to get quite cold before he has finished, and the result is often a stomachache. A very good plan to follow to prevent this happening i3 to place an India-rubber hot-water bottle, nearly full of moderately hot water, under the feeding bottle. In this way the food will retain the heat until baby has finished his meal, and a great deal of trouble and anxiety to nurse and mother will be saved. Never talk secrets before a child. Children hear a great deal more of the grownups' conversation than their parents give them credit for, and It places the older people in a very awkward position if a child quite innocently repeats a Konversation he has heard which was not meant for a third person's ears at all. In such a case a mother has no right to scold, as It Is entirely her own fault for speaking before the child. Cutting baby's nails Is often a very trying operation, as most little ones when they see the fcoi3sors advancing very naturally think that they are going to be hurt. The correct way to cut nails is straight across; If the corners are cut off the nails have a tendency to grow Inward, and a bad toe or finger may result. . How to De Agreeable. An excellent way to be agreeable and sweet is to avoid being disagreeable. As a general rule we think an Individual very nice who isn't really mean, dishonest or rude. So many people go miles out of their way to kick somebody who's down that we appreciate the one who will merelv pass by in silence. The first act in the play of self-Improvement is to be civil to everybody, let loose the sweet thoughts and to muzzle the unkind ones. The second act 13 the same. So is the third. The Feakr Fir. The pesky fly now makes you swear by crawling, crawling everywhere. He wipes his feet upon the bread and creeps about your hairless hend Within the milk he takes a bath, and f.i the butter makes a path, and then ce angers ..wary jane by specking up the window pane, and mamma veils and baby squirni3 because he leaves those awful germs. Get out the sticky

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STUNNING AFTERNOON COSTUME.

One of the most stunning costumes recently seen was of Paris construction, as the combination of coiors will prove, and a worthy example of the art of the modistes of the French capital. As shewn by the sketch, it is a one-piece dress of mode chiffon voile, with tunic opening on left side. The square yoke and stock are tucked white chiffon, the former outlined with bands of jet trimming and the girdle of water-green satin fastened in front in a large bow, and runs to waist line at back, falling from there in long ends and loops. The Neapolitan hat, dyed to match the material, is faced with self-tone silk and trimmed on top with two pinkish-red roses and a spreading bunch of mauve uncurled ostrich feathers.

paper, quick, and make him goshamighty sick! Los Angeles Express. The Old-Fanhloned Bonnet. Ho.v dear to my heart is the old-fashioned bonnet. The old-fashioned bonnet that Nell used to wear; Without any plums and red cherries stuck on it The bonnet that didn't require phony hair. The dishpan effect may be stylish and stunning. The waste-paper basket that's lately come in May be quite the rage and recherche and cunning. But give me the hat she tied under her chin. Detroit Free Press. . How to Plant Roses. Invariably roses should be planted by themselves, for they thrive poorly unless allowed to absorb the entire nourishment of a rich soil. Indeed, many growers believe certain varieties do best when living apart from even those nearest of kin and make up their rosariums with many beds, each holding one kind of rose, or set the plants In rows with ample room left between for cultivation. June, however. Is not the time to plan or build a rosarium, which can be done successfully only in the spring or autumn. The Delineator. Ideal Wash Cloth. Some housekeepers think old flour sacks make ideal wash cloths for dishes. The chief objection is the lettering. These can be removed by soaking the sacks In warm borax water over night. In the morning wring out, put in cold water to which has been added enough borax and a little soap to make a strong suds, and boil for half an hour. "Wash lp, Not Down. When washing painted walls or varnished woodwork most people begin at the top and wash down, the water running down over the dirt,, causing streaks to appear, which are hard to rub out. You can avoid this by starting at the bottom and washing up. A good cleanser for thl3 purpose is castile soap, about half a pound to one and a half gallons of water. Boll until dissolved. Modlah niack and White HatBlack and white is a favorite combination for summer millinery. Our cut illustrates a striking hat in black chip, whose high crown Is almost covered with a wide band of jet trimming. The only other decoration is a gorgeous white aigrette fastened directly in center of back with a huge jet cabachon. Turning the Other Cheek. Some very honorable individuals feel that it Is necessary to make a great show of indignation if somebody accidentally steps upon their toes. But fine, broad-minded people say: "Never touched me," and let it go at that. If

you look for fights you will surely find more than you are looking for, because a lol. of them will be looking for you. To take life calmly and with a smile Is the better way. We're seldom Insulted as deeply as we fancy, and even if we are why make retort. Move out of the way, so you won't be in the road 'when the next one comes along.

To Pad an Irontne Board. The next time the blanket on yor Ironing board wears out and you must hunt a new one to replace It, try sub stituting newspapers. Newspapers not only have the merit of being more easily put on and causing your board to be more even, but they can be quickly and easily replaced at no cost. To Clean Brass. Pour strong ammonia on it, then scrub well with a brush, Hnse in cold water and polish with a scfr, dry cloth. Lacquered bras3 should be washed occasionally with warm, soapy water, and then dried with a soft cloth and polished with a dry cham ols skin. fiids and fahctes Usually when the suit 13 of a decided color a hat of some soft, vague tint Is worn. Except fcr an occasional scent flounce, all trimming is put on In lengthwise form. Figured as well as striped henrletta3 are seen In the shops In all the newest colorings. The picturesque Charlotte Corday fichu Is appearing on some of the sheer muslin gowns. Unusual, to say the least,, 13 a wreath of prickly green burrs around the crown of a straw hat. Serge Is a good, practical material for all-around wear. It wears well and has a decided style of its own. Pear-shaped pearl3 or Jewels, oi strands of platinum threaded wita diamonds and pearls, are fashionable Colored net or tulle sleeves have & lining of gold net. This gives Just t charming shimmer through the outer mesh. White violets are to be more popular than the Russian and Parma violets, which have held undisputed sway. Glace kid gloves are Imperative for full dress, except in very hot weather, and may be worn with almost any costume. P nnants most elaborate In workman mip have as their chief ornament a tiny watch, not larger than a 10cent piece. Spanish lace scarfs, scarcely seen since the days of their popularity, twenty years ago, have again made an appearance. A great many odd shoulder bands and st -aps are being introduced, par ticularly as a finish for jumper gowns worn over gulmpes. To 3Iend Kid Gloves. Whereve- a break appears In kid gloves plice the edges as closely together as. -possible and apply court plaster on the wrong side, pressing it firmly to the kid. This gives a much better apoearance than stitches, and. If properly done, will last as long as the gloves. To Clean Globes. When the giol.es from a chandelier have become dirty from smoke, they should be sorAed in warm soda wa ter about twenty minutes. Then add. a few drops of ammonia and wash the globes well with a soaped flannel, rinse in clean cold water, dry with a. soft linen cloth. For Drooping: Plants. Jf your plants Ecem inclined to decay, try sticking half a dozen matches in the earth around them. hcad3 down. The sulphur them will kill the ths roots.

REVIEW OF Wm

Mrs. George Sweigert committed su icide at Middletown because her twins died. Free delivery of mail will be insti tuted at Winona Lake, beginning Au gust 16. Mrs. Lewis Cooper died in Darling ton from the effects of a fall she received a year ago. She was 76 years old. George W. Larimore fell against a circular block saw at the Indianapolis Handle Company's plant and had both hands cut off at the wrist. Joseph Harnes, of near Rushville, was severely bitten by his dog while trying to release the animal from a wire fence In which it was caught. George French, aged 2S, arrested for stealing a horse, was taken ill in jail at Valparaiso with appendicitis and died at the hospital shortly afterward. His home was at Dexter, Mich.. Albert C. Smiley, a hay and grain merchant at Lawrenceburg, accidentally tripped and fell over a large black cat in his warehouse. He suffered a broken arm and a badly bruised face. Thomas Lanahan, a farmer near Marietta, fell dead while climbing a strawstack. He was In good health when ho arose from bed. Heart trouble was: the cause. He was 67 years old. Leaving a note to his wife that he was going away and that she would never find him, Harry C. Mains, a traveling salesman, disappeared from Fort Wayne.. He had previously resigned his position. Since May there have been 250 cases of measles reported in Logansport. The last quarantine sign was taken dov a a few day3 ago and now the first time since May 1 there is not a case of con tagious disease in the city. Peter Horn, of Ligonler, caught a minnow hook in his eye while fishing at Waldron Lake. The suffering man was taken first to Wawaka, then to Ligoaier and finally to Elkhart before a surgeon was found who gave him relief. ' Louis Kell, of Princeton, found a freak hen egg in his chicken yard a few daj-s ago. It was about the size of a goose egg, and when broken it contained the usual amount of j'olk and white together, with another wellformed, egg of average size. John Arnold, living two miles north of St. Paul, has a cow minus a tail. She was switching flies and got her tail caught between a barbed wire fence and a fence post. She gave a jerk to tear the tail loose from the fence, and instead tore it loose from her body. A Young Men's Industrial Association is being organized for the purpose of boosting Rushville. Ibe movement has been set in motion by three of the city's prominent young business men and is being pushed with enthusiasm and energy. Its success now seems assured. Norman Byrns, the engineer who was killed In the wreck of the Monon passenger train at Crawfordsville last week, was strapped in his cab with a heavy leather belt, which he wore during all his runs. This was used on account of curves and grades and aided him in reversing his engine. James Southwood, a well-known farmer and stock raiser near Boonville, had an unusual experience with a sick horse. The horse acted as If choked, and when several remedies were applied without avail, Dr. Cook put an instrument down its neck and extracted a coiled piece of baling wire. It is supposed the horse accidentally swallowed the wire while eating baled hay. Otis Chapman, 12-year-old son of Jerry Chapman, of Bloomington, suffered a broken leg and received other seriou3 injuries when his foot caught In a buggy wheel. The boy stepped on the wheel, his foot slipped, caught In the wheel, and as the horse moved forward the boy was thrown over and over with each revolution of the wheel. At first It was feared the wounded leg would have to be amputated, but now it is thought amputation will not be necessary. Leonard B. Clore, of Franklin, who represented Johnson County in the recent session of the Legislature, has been notified of his selection as superintendent of judges for the 1910 annual corn exposition to be held in Omaha, Neb. A recent announcement from the directors of the National Corn Exposition barred Mr. Clore from entering any corn In any class. Mr. Clore won the $1,000 trophy and J 1,000 In gold last December on his entry of Johnson County white Dent corn, and on a single ear he carried off the first prize, which was an automobile. Mr. Clore has decided that he will not go to Russia to conduct a three years' school of Instruction in the raising of corn. Henry Hoar, said to be the only United States pensioner that never wras a soldier or in any way connected with the army, died recently at Salem from a bullet wound received in the John Morgan raid, July 10, 1863. Mrs Fred Finley, of Bloomington, was bitten by a dog thought to be mad. It Jumped at her face and bit her nose. The injury is severe aside from the danger of rabies. The dog was killed and its brain is being examined. Joe Palmer, a young man near Decatur, some months ago wrote to Miss Daisy Talbott, of Bedford, whose name he found written on an egg purchased at a Decatur store. ( Acquaintance followed and now the young people will marry. On the farm of Alvin Brailey, eight miles southwest of Bloomfield, near Newberry, a large wildcat was killed by Phenis Cade and his bull terrier. This ' is the first wildcat killed in Greene County in many years. It is possible the animal Is the one that escaped frcm Brazil a month ago. Jacob Click, 50 years old, bachelor, deeded all his property with $2,600, to Methodist Old Folks' Home at Warren. He is to be given care for the rest of his life free. Relatives in Anderson have been advised of the recent drowning of Henry Miller, 80 years old, a resident of Madlsou County until two years ago, near Tuttle, Okla. He had been living with his daughter, Mrs. William Iane and family. Mr. Miller was found dead in a foot of water and his faithful dog stood by the body until it was recovered,

INDIANA FAIRS. Following are the names and places of fairs for 1903, with names of secretaries: Fairmount, August 9-13, Xen H. Edwards. Newcastle, August 10-13, W. L. Risk. Lebanan, Aug. 10-13, Riley Hauser Russiaville. Aug. 10-13, A. C. Shilling. Rockport, Aug. 16-21, C. M. Partridge Greensburg, Aug. 17-20, J. B. Kitchen. Mt. Vernon. Aug. 17-20. J. M. Harlem. Muncie, Aug. 17-20. F. A. Swain. Newton, Aug. 1S-19, C. W. Smith. Frankfort, Aug. 17-20, Joseph HeaviIon. Crawfordsville, Aug. 23-27, Jesse W. Canine. ; Marengo, Aug. 23-27, H. W. Key. Boonville, Aug. 23-23, J. F. Richard son. Rushville, Aug. 24-27, W. L. King. Warren, Aug. 24-27, J. G. Click. . Elwood, Aug. 24-27, W. C. Clymer. Laporte, Aug. 24-27, J. E. Boswell. Franklin, Aug. 25-27, Martin Sellers. East Enterprise, Aug. 24-27, John M. Davis. . Pine Village, Aug. 27-23, John G. MoCord. Corydon, Aug. 2S-Sept. 3, U. G. Watson. Lafayette, Aug, 30-Sept. 3, Charlea W. Travis. Princeton, Aug. 20-Sept 4, Paul S. Brownlee. Liberty, Aug. 31-Sept 3, Milton MaxwelL Marion, Aag. 31-Sept 3, W. Williams. Crothcrsville, Aug. 31-Sept 3, H. L. Bridges Portland, August 31-Sept 3, James F. Graves. ' Boswell, Aug. 31-Sept 3, W. D. Simpkins. Crown Point, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Fred Wheeler. North Manchester, Aug. 31-Sept 3, Charles, Wright Connersville, Aug. 31-Sept 3, B. F. McCready. Shelbyville, Aug. 31-Sept 4. E, W. McDanlels. Rochester, Sept 1-4, E. C. Mercer. Indiana State Fair, Sept 6-10, Chaa. Downing. Salem, Sept 6-11, E. W. Pickhardt Huntington, Sept 7-11, A. S. Beck. Chrisney, Sept 13-18, J. P. Chrisney. Vincennes, Sept 13-17, James M. House. Scottsburg, Sept 13-17, Noble Hays. Terre Haute, Sept 13-18, C. I. Fleming. Goshen, Sept. 14-17, Frank E. Yoder. Covington, Sept 14-18, Thomas IL Bodine. Fort Wayne, Sept. 14-18, Dr. Wrm. F. Myers. Kentland, Sept 20-23, T. B. Cunningham. Converse, Sept 21-24, Omer Hamblen. Angola, Sept. 21-24, Orville Goodala. Bremen, Sept 21-24, L. G. Ditty. Kendalhille, Sept 27-Oct. 1, U. C. Brouse. ' Bourbon, Oct 5-8, B. W. Parks. Shelbyville (races), Oct 13-15, Jas. Morrison. By the splashing of molten metal In a steel mill at Anderson, the hands and arms of James Shottner, 38 years old, were literally cooked, and there is some doubt as to whether Shottuer will recover the use of his fingers. In Huntington County the wedding of Mrs. Sarah Mygrants and Levi W. Pownall was solemnized with Rev. Eby, of Goblesvllle, officiating. Mr. Pownall has been married three times previously and Mrs. Pownall has been married twice. The multiplicity of marriages causes a funny mixture in relationship, making Mrs. Pownall grandmother to her daughter-in-law and mother to her son's mother-in-law. "The wires In your head ar crossed," remarked pretty Vera Fowler to her husband, Cary, to whom sht had been married less than a month, according to a complaint for divorca filed In the Superior Court at Muncie, by the aggrieved husbtnd. He also avers that he and his wife were Incompatible. The court must decide whether the remark of a wife that her husband's wires are crossed constitutea cruel and inhuman treatment within the statutory meaning. The people whose dead are buried In many country graveyards south ol Terre Haute, in Vigo and Sulliva Counties, are horrified by the disco ery that ground hogs have been ghouls. The animals have burrowed into many graves and bones of the dead were found strewn on the sui face. These bones have been reburied and the people are trying to stop tha molestation. In some cases water has been poured Into the holes. In others wood fires were started at the mouth of the openings with sulphur thrown in and a lid securely placed to confine the 'fumes to the interior as much as possible. "Dutch" Lyons, of Brook, a wellknown grain dealer, Is In a critical condition as a result of an automobile wreck north of Morocco. Mr. Lyons was thrown from the machine while it was running at a high rate of speed. The threshing machine of Frank Roe was totally destroyed by fire on the Zimmerman farm three miles southeast of Ligonler, Just after the men had finished threshing. It is thought the , fire caught from a hot box or a match. No other damage was done. Mrs. Charles B. Fagan, of St Paul, was badly burned In a gasoline explosion. Afte- pouring some gasoline into a pan she struck a match. There was a flash and Mrs. Fagan ran screaming with her clothing In flames. The flesh on her arms was cooked. Robert V. Braxtan, a well-known stock m?n and farmer, was killed last week at Paoli when his horse ran away. The animal became frightened and dashed int"- a tree, throwing him headlong on the stona pavement and rendering him unconscious. He died two hours later. The St Joseph Valley Traction Company has begun condemnation proceedings to secr.re its right-of-way for a line between Elkhart and Bristol. Mrs. Nancy Raynold, 62 years old, of Linton, and George Wompler, 70 years of age, of Balnbridge, w ere married at Bloomfield a few days ago. They had been corresponding for six weeks and saw each other only once before the wedding. Mrs. Raynoli's husband has been dead twenty-five years. Wompler U a wealthy retired farmer. They will live in Llntoo.