Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 March 1910 — Page 3

The Quest of

Betty L

Hy MAC-DA o

CHAPTER V. Everybody but Johnny Johnson followed Betty. Johnson went back to the house where now remained none but Pierre Desterle and several of the older and more courageous bachelors who had lived In the house for years. Betty and her cohort numbered seven. Besides Larry Morris, long and Iumbery. there was the gentle -eyed young Philip Hartley, Hank Smith, tall and tremendously framed, Sothern, fat, blonde and phlegmatic; Frankel, a little Jew, who was automobile editor of the "Times." and Tim Murphy, cartoonist, a great hulk of an Irishman. The Directory Hotel, one of the most exclusive In the town, was only two blocks from LeRoy's. "Now E24 Is my room," whispered Betty. "You let me go up first. Don't let the clerk In on this even, till we find out what's what." Five minutes later the sextette were pulled Inside the door of room E24 by such an excited Betty Delancy as the "Inquirer" once had never seen. "Look!" she Instructed. "Be careful, but look right across." The span of the court did not exceed eighteen. feet Betty's side of the great building was all black and quiet. Not a light glimpsed In any room. The room directly across the court whose windows complimented hers had the shades thrown high, the windows opened wldo and was ablaze with light. There were two occupants in the room, a man and a woman, stated side by side at a table covered with writing paraphernalia. The man was powerfully built, regular of feature and very dark, with peculiarly white and nervous hands. The woman wore a tailored suit of dark cloth and even at that distance her remarkable resemblance to the woman they had last seen lying in the morgue was unmistakable. There was the same soft con tour of chin, the same rust-brown hair, and clear Ivory pallor of the skin. The slight yet perfect modelings of her figure, t!he slender pink-palmed hand, the curve of the forehead, were as like as is stamped from the same die. As they watched, breathless, stupefled from surprise, the man drew a wallet from his pocket and pulled from it several papers. He ran rapidly through them and withdrawing two from the packet handed them to his companion. She reached across to receive them when a sudden gust of wind bellied the curtains into sails and sent them fluttering Into the room and out again. The forte of the breeze caught tjte papers and they were carried out' into the court where they swirled, eddied and ducked, finally alighting on the fire escape that Jutted not Ave feet from Betty's window. . The man who had run to the wlhdow, watched with eager eyes to see where the papers fell. Then he clutched his hat from the sofa and rushed from the room. The woman shrugged her shoulders and sat down again at , the table. They saw her pull out the pins from her copper hair and let It fall In glory over her shoulders. Then she walked Into the adjoining room as If the recovery' of the lost documents was a matter of perfect Indifference, "Hank." nudged Sothern, "you'ro the longest. Climb out and get those papers." "Larry Isn't as long and he's less awkward." commented Frankel. '"And you're worth less than the rest of us; to It yourself. Frankel," Hashed Hank. "I'tty Lancey." asked Larry, "why aren't you fragile and willowy Instead Of a Juno? -Then we'd make a rone of the bed-clothes here for a guide and send you over." Philip Hartley was already out of the window. While the others held caucus he had pulled the blanket from the bed. torn It in half and tied a slip knot firmly around his left leg. "Go easy, boys." he suggested. "That'll make a fair safety." Clambering out on the ledge he steadied himself by the top of the sash and worked slowly round to the farther end of the silL From there he inched his way along a ridge in the wall till he could Just touch the fire escape. The letters were white against the iron and Just the fraction of an inch out of reach. Betty Lancey saw the difficulty"Pass him this hat-pin," she said. "He can fish them over with that" Slowly, very slowly. Hartley v moved the precious papers over the narrow Iron shelf, impaling them on the hatpin point Then with cramped fingers he put them into his htner pocket and began the return crawl. He wa3 barely within Betty's room again when they htard a loud rapping at the next door. After a short wait a woman's voice answered shrilly, "What do you want?" The calmly suave tones of a wellordered hotel employe replied, "Sorry to ai'.turb you, madam, but the gentleman Just above you has dropped by accident corr.e very important papers. They have alighted on the fire escape attached to your window, and we cannot reach them except through this room." "Can't you go ftpm the room above," argued the woman's voice. "The Idea of getting me up lA this hour because some Imbecile hasn't brains enough to keep his letters from blowing out of the window. If he'd been asleep as he should have been at this time ho wouldn't have lost them. -Indeed, I'll not open that door. Go up a flight, or down one." "Oh, madame, I assure you." brcke In the ..-lerk again. "Wht.t's the row, Mary?" growled a leepy masculine voice. The woman on the Inside and the clerk on the oiitaide began a simultaneous explanation. In the middle of it all the sleepy voice rave a return growl and ordered: "Unlock that door, Mary, and get back into bed." There was the grating of the bolt, the lifting of a window, and then a cry of horror. "They are gone! They're not here! Somebody has stolen them. I know they lit here. I was so careful to watch." "Nobody in the hotel got them. Nobody rourti here's got a light," announced the clerk. "Glau they're gone," sounded th voice known only to the watchers . "Mary." "Who in the name of senwould frolic Tound on a fire escape at halfpot three In the morning picking -papers? Now, Mr. Clerk, take your nvn, and go away with him, please. Probably he'll fir.d what he want3 In th court." Trnn!:el. you follow them." suirgted Harry Morris. Frank-!, waiting till he heard the door close. Flipped duvn the hall sfur the two men, Sothern with him. Betty p-ill-d .', -n the shde, closed and loc ;: .! t!.. vi;,rv. Then she locked the d'.-. r.okt-d under the Led, tritd thi hrndlcs or thy doors to UiJ

ancey r. WEST adjoining rooms and spoke breathlessly. "Now, Hartley!" As if to guard him from unseen attack, the boys clustered round him. He drew forth the papers. One was an unmounted photograph that might have been that of Cerisse Wayne or of the woman In the room across the court. The other was a letter In the Identical writing that the envelopes found in Cerisse Wayne's room had borne, and was dated only a week preViOJS. "My Dear Cerisse Check goes by to-night's malL Hope you will find It rifflcient Be very careful. Think we are being watched. A slight mistake would spoil all, and the struggle of years go for naught. Life for me would be. death itself. H." "I'm going to run across, see that woman and chat with her while the man Is gone," said Betty, rumpling up her soft brown hair, dull and satiny as a pecan shell. She threw off her collar and belt, and pulled her shirtwaist out from beneath her skirt. Then she kicked off her shoes, and In this simulated negligee ran softly over the velvet-sodded hall and around through the corridor. "Let me see." she calculated. "I am the one, two, three, yes, I'm the eighth door. That would make those doors eight and nine from the corner on this side." , Betty told off the docs with care. Sure that she was unobserved, she rapped distinctly several times. There was no response, so she knocked vigorously. This time the door flew wide with such celerity that Bett" paled In earnest. "Oh, pardon me!" she faltered. "But I was alone and sick, and I saw your light and thought maybe you could help me. Have you any ammonia? I am so faint I might send downstairs, but I am su unused to hotels, you know." The young women rather stiffly motioned to Betty to enter. Her thick hair was In two long braids; she had changed her tailored suit for a clinging negligee of oriental patterned stuff, and a girdle of mammoth diamonds held It close at the waist Betty had never seen such grace in a woman before and her eyes were the most wonderful the girl had ever gazed upon. They shone so brightly that their color was Indistinguishable. They were twin wells of unfathomable brilliancy, softness anü power. The woman stepped Into the bedroom beyond, and Betty, from her seat on the couch, heard her call to the clerk. "This is E44." phoned the double of Mrs. Wayne. "Kindly serfd your housekeeper here. A young girl, evidently a guest of the house, has become ill, and appealed to me for aid. I cannot have her In my suite. She seems afraid to stop alone, so will you send a woman to look after her?' Betty hurried to the door, stealthily opened It and skulked down the hall. As she rounded the corner something soft was thrown over her head, and fastened tightly around he, neck. She felt the impact of a great furry body close to hers. And then Betty Lancey knew nothing more. She lay In a dead faint. CHAPTER VI. Up at the pesterle house JohnnyJohnson was alternately pulling his frpnt hair and pinching his palms to keep awake. Johnny, with his usual audacity, had ensconced himself for the night in the death chamber. Two Associated Press men were with him; two reporters from others papers and three detectives. The Associated Press Men wanted to smoke, but Johnny rebelled against either illumination or smoking. "If there's anybody comin' back here," he contended, "if he or she smells smoke or sees lights, there'll be no comin'." "Considering the ashes and cigarette stubs that we found on the floor." suggested the first Associated Press Man, "the only way to, invoke the ghost of Cerisse Wayne would be through smoke." "What do we want of her ghostsneered Johnny. "This is no seance. What we want Is the fellow who made the ghost" The bivouac was nerve-racking. The old house apparently had a bounteous rodent population and the little beasts scampered back and forth in the walls with spooky gambols. Every window In the house rattled, and the pall of emptiness that always hangs heavily In a deserted human habitation rested a dead weight In the air. Two blocks distant the elevated trains rumbled dully by, and the morning parade of the milk wagons had not yet begun to touch the visIons of the nig'it with the realities of the day. "This is too much for me," cried one of the detectives. "Let get out and take a breath." The little group, all except Johnny, arose with alacrity. He stopped alone in the old house, and tried to keep his eyes open and. failing, wondered why he didn't advertise the newspaper business, as a cure for Jnsomnta and accrue cash thereby, when "What's that?" asked Johnny of himself. He heard with Joyous ears a scraping and sliding In the cloiet opposite, where he had picked up the gold and amethyst garter. It pounded as if t'.e baseboard were being forcibly removed, or, rather, as if someone were endeavoring to slide it back, and as if the board were sticking in an unaccustomed and stubborn fashion. Johnny looked for a convenient corner in which to duck. He couldn't fi: into the drawers of the chiffonier or the bureau, and the bed, stripped of all Its coverings, even of the mattress and pillows, was fiat against the wall. On a chance Johnny crawled beneath it. with one eye fixed steadily upon the loset door. He had not long to wait Stealthily the door opened, and through the crack came a gleam' of a pocket electrlo flashlight The man who was holding the light whirled It hastily around the room, scanning it closely as if to make sure he was unobserved. "Oh," groaned Johnny, and slunlc "ser Into the corner, rolling hlmsfir till more tightly into a. ball, and pulling his coat up over his fiery head. The Intruder walked over to the bureau drawers and began to search hurriedly. They were empty, tnd at this discovery in each successive drawer the man flunrr them shut with a gesture of disappointment. The voices of Johnny's returning ompnnioris echoed through the corridor.? and their foof.-teps sounded on th itMinvny. The Intruder put out Ills lir;ht and started for the closet. The dawn war. n.v so far advanced that s he j.,.scd the uin.low Johnny distinguished his features clcany. He ni-r

have been at least fifty years of ae, a rather stockily built man, of good appearance, with a tired face and dark hair, thickly streaked with gray. He hurried Into the closet and shut the door behind him. and Johnny heard, again the struggle to slide the paneS Into place. "Who called, son?" asked the fat detective, jocularly, 33 he entered the room. "Did they leave cards for the hull of us? Say, where Is that bricktop, anyway?" Johnny, with considerable wriggling and squirming, came out from beneath the bed. "Funny how thundering much easier It is to get under a bed than out from underneath it," he commented, rubbing the dust from his knees. "You didn't get chased there, did you, now?" came the question. "Were you seeing things, or what?" "I saw enough," retorted Johnny. "Guess I saw more than you did. and It didn't cost anything for the vision, either. Here, Farley, let's have light; where's that pocket contraption of yours?" Farley brought it out. and Johnny, glorying In the Importance of knowing something that the others did not and reveling In the curiosity and Impatience of his fellows, strode majestically Into the closet. When Johnny had anything tucked away In his cranium that he was crazy to tell as other people were to hear, he puffed out to the dimensions of the fabled frog. That was the time when Johnny was really funny, and more provocative of risibility than any of his ever-rldlculous yarns. Entering the closet he scanned Its calclmlned side closely, running his slender, long-nailed fingers carefully down the wall. Then he hit the baseboard. The group around watched m tense silence. "Oh, John, cut It out and open up," snarled Gorln. Gorln was one of Johnny's best friends. (To be continued.)

MALAPROP HUMOR. An Admirer' Dancled Flattery The WroHs INnlm to Welcome Judge. Most of us are ' acquainted with Punch's Joke concering the son of the house who. as he gallantly escorted the beauty of the evening to her carriage, gushingly remarked "I have been waiting all the eveing for this moment." It is an example of bungled flattery which compares very favorably with the remark of an unlucky admirer of the great French actres3, Mme. St. Denis. Her performance of Zara had just been greeted with enthusiastic applause, and as she stepped from the stage she said, "To -act that well a woman should be young and handsome." "Ah, no, madam!" exclaimed the unfortunate man, in his anxiety to pay the highest compliment possible. "You are convincing proof to the contrary." Twice in one evening the great novelist, Charles Dickens, was guilty of an embarrassing malaproplsm. "I have distinguished myscif in two respects lately," he wrote to a friend, explaining the matter. "I took a young lady unknown down to dinner and talked to her about the Bishop of Durham's nepotism in the matter of Mr. Cheese. I found she was Mrs. Cheese. And I expatiated to the member for Marylebone. Lord Fermoy generally conceiving him to be an Irish member on the contemptible character "of the Marylebone constituency and Marylebone representatives." Even these situations, however, are not quite so embarrassing as that of a member of Parliament who at a certain political reception remarked to a neighbor, "I wonder who that homely old woman is over there?" pointing out a rather stout old lady at the other end of the room. "That, sir," was the reply, "Is my wife!" "Oh, no, no!" stammered the onfused parliamentarian. "I mean the person standing on her right." "Indeed! That is my daughter!" i The first Baron Kenyon was rather fond of telling the story of how, while on circuit with Justice Rook, they entered a village just in time to accompany the population to the little vil lage church. The parish clerk, anxious to have the congregation F.bow due appreciation of the honor, conferred by the presence of the distinguished Jurists, gave out two verses of one of the metrical psalms, "Speak, O ye Judgeo of the earth, if just your sentence be; or must not innocence appeal to Heaven from your decree? Your wicked hearts and judgments are alike by malice swayed; your griping hands by mighty bribes to violence betrayed." By this time most of the adults had woke up to the application of the psalm and remained silent, allowing the children and a few women to continue the second vorse. Tit-Bits. A Sybarite. In the gray light of early morning the traveler in Scotland faced the night clerk resolutely: "You gave me the worst bed in the inn!" he began, indignation in his voice and eyes. "If you don'.t change me before to-iflght I shall look up other lodgings." "There 13 no difference In the bed3, sir," the clerk replied respectfully. "If that is so," he said, "perhaps yon wouldn't mind giving me the room on the left of mine?" ' "It is occupied, sir." "I know it is. By a man who snored all night, and wa3 still at it ten minutes ago. His bed must be better than mine, or he couldn't sleep at, a maximum capacity of sound eight hours on a stretch." "The beds are all alike, sir. That man has been here before, and he, always sleeps on the floor, air." ' Youth's Companion. Practical. Walking leisurely around the Egyptian sphinx, the traveler from America inspected it from all points of view. "It's a shame," he exclaimed, "to leave the thing In that shape. If , I had it out in Chicago I could clap a good cement nose on that face so quick it would make it3 head swim! "--Chicago Tribune. Quite at Home. Bacon And did you feel at home traveling in Russia? Egbert Oh, quite at home; when the brakemen called out the Station I couldn't understand them any I tcr than I can over here! Yonk Statesman. The Iletort Sympathetic. Amelia (with a simper) I have such hard work to keep Goorge from being silly when he is with me. Prlscllla (tartly) You don't expect impossibilities cf the poor fallow, do you? Baltimore American. A movement is on foot to Introduce trad:!.'.-- trolley lir.es in Ireland. ThQ firn probably will bo from DonayLro.j.:, rtar Dublin, to Bray, a eeasida lTiOrt.

Mu' M-:m Way. Pa has no use for suffragettes, he says that home's the place Where woman has the chance to do most for the human race. "Why should she want to vote?" says , pa. "or stand around the polls. And let her children go to school with stockin's full of holes? "I've got no use for women who get out and fuss and tear, Forgettin' that they've homes to run and solemn duties there. How many of these suffragettes who say they'll vote or die Know how to bake a loaf of bread or make a decent pie? "They'd better learn to stitch and hem, and let the votln' go; The wife that wants to be a gem ain't makin' speeches no. She's busy where she ought to be. without no time to gad, Content to do the things she knows'll make her loved ones glad." Ma sat and darned away awhile and then she spoke at last: "I guess you're right," she said; "at least I want no vote to cast; As long as I can give you joy by humbly slavin' here, I'll gladly scrub and cook and darn to make you happy, dear." Then pa got up and walked around. and kicked a chair aside "Yes, there you go again." he said, so mad he nearly cried; "Nag just because I can't afford to keep you like a queen And stop that darnin', darn it all. You just darn to le mean. Chicago Record-Herald. Mrs. Annie Crawford is traction manager of the United Verde Copper Company. Mis3 Caroline McGill of the University of Missouri faculty has been made a scholar of a Naples association for promoting scientific research by women. As specimens of "heroic woman hood," the Rev. Dr. Alced names Katherine Breshkovsky, Elizabeth Kovalsky and Hope Sigider, because of what they have accomplished for the Russian cause. Miss Lida Stokes Adams is instituting a house-to-house campaign in the East in the interests of the suffrage movement. Miss Adams' assistants will dlstribue a folder -devoted to the interests of suffrage, and other suffrage literature as well. Care of Lacen. Always iron lace on the right side first, and then on the wrong side to throw up the pattern. When ironing laces, cover them with clean white tissue paper. This prevents the shiny look seen on washed laces. When putting laces away, fold as little as possible. A good plan Is to wind them round a card, as they do in the drapers' shops. Use cornflour instead of ordinary starch for stiffening laces. This makes them firm, and does not destract from the "lacey" appearance. Laces and other delicate trifles should be placed in a muslin bag before being boiled. This prevents their getting lost and torn in the wash. Lace on collars, handkerchiefs, etc., should always be mended before being washec". In these cases it is very true that "a stitch In time saves nine." 'All laces, before being ironed, should be carefully pulled out, each point being attended to. The lace will look twice as well for this and will stay clean a much longer time. Chiffon mi Orerdrapery. There is a certain charm in the very mystery of the new penchant for draping a gown in chiffpn of a contrasting or harmonizing shade. Permo material, in a wonderful new shade of golden ochre, forms the foundation of this model. The bodice and upper portions of sleeves and skirt have been draped with chiffon cloth just a tone darker than the gown proper. This elusive material is laid In deep pleats on the shoulders, the same pleated effect appearing again in the arrangement of the oversklrt. Rat-tall embroidery In self color ornaments the bodice in bolero effect. To Ilriuove Finder Marka. The finger mark3 so frequently left on painted doors by children or careless maids may be removed by rubbing with a perfectly clean cloth dipped in a little paraffin. The place should be afterward carefully rinsed in cold water and given a fin& polish with a clean, soft cloth. There is no real remedy for finger marks on light wall paper, but sometimes simply rubbing with a clean cloth will help. Lorrcrlnsr ihe Vitality. All kinds of ailments are engendered and developed by keeping the body too warm or too ro!d. Whichever way ! one tiors u lowers tt:e vitality so thnt j the body rannet rsiot disease- in a ; vigorous niaim.-r. The doctors agre j tut clothing of any appreciable weight

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Here i.s a group of good looking miiiiutry fashionable in childland, and all of them smart and serviceable. At top of cut we show a large pink beaver, with brim slightly rolling front, and faced with black velvet. The crown is trimmed with black velvet ribbon, pale yellow roses and foliage in natural tone. Lower left figure is wearing a modish dish-shaped hat of dark green velvet, trimmed with puffed rings of pale green silk. The remaining model is light smoke velvet, faced with blue silk. Crown band and rosette on top are of same silk.

Is not good, and the manufacturers have met this dictum by making excellent fabrics and undergarments t'iat have warmth without weight. Union suits from knee to chest are considered more healthful than flannel of any kind. They protect the body because they cling closely. They are made of Swiss cotton and linen mesh. Wool is not allowable. Those without sleeves and low in the neck are right, because they are kept on in the house, which is too warm for a heavier garment. When one goe3 out into very cold air it is better to put on a Shetland wool undervest, which i3 thin enough to run through a bracelet and warm enough to keep out icy winds. The vital thing is to keep the body from getting moist and making it a victim to every breath of air. The shawl is now one of the most important articles of dress in Paris. Long, tight, severely plain sleeves are rapidly giving way to the elaborate models. Fine frills of hemstitched lawn brighten up a woolen or dark silk waist wonderfully. Unfinished fabrics, such as homespun and hopsack basket weaves, are popular a3 novelties. Sleeves made up in a series of flounces are among the prettiest conceits in dancing frocks. While skirts may be plaited, they do not express fullness.' In Paris there are under tapes to hold them down. Instead of a single fancy button as a finish to the front of a coat, a tassel more or less elaborate is often used. Bishop sleeves are in the height of irshion, and they' are often trimmed with bands, forming the sleeve into puffs. The kilted plaid skirt with the plain cloth bodice, with tight sleeves, Is among the fashionable delights of the season. 'Many of the new skirts show plaits introduced in great variety, side and box plaits mounted on hip yoke or side yokes, or laid in full length. A tie worn on waists which go under a Jumper is a long, narrow cravat, caught at the neck with an ornament, the untiqd end3 being finished with pendants. The sharp-pointed waist is seen now and then in ultra-fashionable costumes, but it is still too radical to be exploited freely. "Whether it is to come back to its own remains to be seen. Cashmere cloth is one of the most popular of the reason's fabrics, and nothing is better for practical hard wear. It is to be had in nearly any design and color. Black and blue are popular. x How Fabric Hot Their Aaiuen. Calico comes from Calicut, India. j Satin came from Zaytown, China. ' c "-rge Is named after Xerga, Spain. cul, which is in Asia, is the namesake of muslin. The ancient city of Damascus i3 responsible for damask. Cambric gets its name from Cambrai, and gauze from Gaza. Taffeta Is namd after a Bagdad street, where the material was at one time sold. Alpaca derives its name from the Peruvian animal, from whose wool it was originally made. Cashmere was originally made In Thibet, in the va'e of Cashmere, where sheep growing a peculiarly fine grade rf wool grazed. Thomas Blanket, a celebrated cothler who is said to have introduced wool into England in the fourteenth century, is responsible for the name given to our bed covering. Care of a Canary. "So many people think a window the best place for a canary, while, on the contrary, it Is the very worst!" said a bird fancier. "If it is a sunny window the poor little mite's brains are cooked by the heat. There is always a draft in an open window and a canary's body is too delicate to endure draft. I'm always telling my customers that a bird mustn't be put In a draft, but, dear me! it's little use talking." Woman' IllKli mid Itelislon. An eminent theologian propounds the prophecy that the religion, of tomorrow will be founded upon the freedom of woman, who. he seems to think, has hitherto been the mistreated and downtrodden victim of the church. It docs not appe-ar that vornan has been thus ill-used. In fact, the pages of histc-j teach us that the place cf

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woman in the home and In the social order has been vastly improved by the church, to which she is indebted for her removal from a condition little better than slavery to be the equal, and, later, the. idol of man. The sort of freedom for woman advocated by George Sand is not likely to find wide advocacy among decent women or thoughtful men. But necessity of providing for children and properly defining clearly the laws of inheritance and property renders such freedom Impossible even if it were not otherwise repugnant. Chicago Journal. Care of he Sewlnff Machine. Sewing machines occasionally need careful personal attention. If the machine works hard or squeaks, then you may be sure It needs a thorough cleaning. Remove the needle and shuttle and give every joint and' bearing in the machine' a generous bath of kerosene. With the needle and shuttle still out, turn the wheels briskly to allow the kerosene to penetrate every part of the machine, and loosen and clean out all old oil and grime. After the wheels have been turned for a minute or so, wipe away all visible oil, greese and dirt. Cotton rags are the best for wiping away the oil, for they absorb the grease readily. It is necessary that every drop of oil be removed. Now oil the parts with good oil and run the machine again for a few minutes before inserting the needle and shuttle. You will find that after this treatment your machine ls in perfect temper and a delight to work with, so smoothly and easily will it run. Wedding Invitations. They need not be p.nswered, unless the recipient is an Intimate friend. Then a congratulatory note may be sent. An announcement demands no reply. The matter of. wedding gifts is of course an unsettled question. There are a number of well-bred persons who do not respond to an invitation with a gift, believing that it Is poor taste to send gifts to them whom they scarcely know, but to whose weding they may have been Invited for some reason of courtesy. .Of course, the fact that one knows the groom rather than the bride makes no difference one way or another. It is to the bride that the gift is sent An "at home", card inclosed in the Invitation necessitates a call ' within the time named, or. If one lives in a distant city, a card sent by post. Correct and Incorrect Carriage. A til lie frock. A quaint little frock that will be serviceable can be made from a remnant of demi-flouncing hemstitched on the embroidered edge. This is placed at the hem. cf course, and' the top is gathered in a Mother Hubbard style into a neckband edge with a little frill, The sleeves rje in bishop style confined with bands trimmed to match the necic. Ink Slain. To remove Ink stains from a colored tablecloth, dissolve a teaspoonful of oxalic acid in a teacupful of hot water. Hub this solution well into the stain until it disappears. If applied at once before the ink has had time to dry in this will quite remove it. Overheard on the Honeymoon. The Bride But why look so blue, Freddy? You know pap has promised he will still buy all my frocks. The Groom (gloomily ) Yes but I'm wondering what the dickens we shall have to eat! Throne and Country. The Heller Way. A young lady who wishes to enslave a joung man will do better by showing an interest in him than by any amount of fascination. William de Morgan. f WlUlitf Up." "How's your wife?" asked the sparrow. "Oh, she's pickin up," replied the bluejay. Chicago Record-Herald. The first horse railroad was built ia 1S25.

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REVIEW r fr Bruce Hunt, a farmer, was killed near Monon, when he fell from a load of hay. Hunt was a sufferer from epilepsy. A widow survives him. St. Joseph county will not have voting machines this year. The county commissioners rejected the one bid on file, that of the United States Standard Voting Machine company. No reason for the decision' was announced. Physician are unable to check the hiccoughing of J. F. Croker, aged 73, a negro of Richmond, and he is dying. For nine days Croker has been hiccoughing and has been practically without sleep or food during the entire period. The controller of the currency ha3 authorized the Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank of Redkey, to begin business, with $23,000 capital. Martin Dull is president; Henry M. Neely is vice-president and Harry M. Sartell Is cashier. Realizing that he was gradually losing his mental faculties, John Logan, a farmer near Greencastle asked the sheriff to take him to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Indianapolis. A lunacy commission recommended thatJ he be committed to the institution. Mayor T. Ed Hoover was selected by the Sullivan aerie of Eagles to shoot a bear being kept at the Country Club, and he killed the animal with two shots. The lodgemen will give a big bear supper soon. The bear was brought recently from Washington state ' by Charles Riggs. It weighed 230 pounds. A large crowd witnessed the killing. f The Brandon-Henderson Insurance agency at Anderson was sold by the assignee, Charles P. Colchen, to Wallace B. Campbell, of that place, for $392. Thye agency recently assigned, Bhowing assets of $600 and liabilities of $1.90. Campbell will probably continue the busines of the company. He had no interest in the old agency, but owns the building In which the office was located. The home of Col. H. P. Dorsett, of Belle Union, was destroyed by fire and only the heroic efforts of the aged man succeeded in saving the life of his little granddaughter, Maria Hitch, of Gibson county, who had been visiting him. The colonel awoke in the' middle of the night to find the house in flames. He rushed to the room of his granddaughter uptsairs, and by groping his way through dense smoke and flames, reached her bedside in time to seize the child In his arms and carry her out; just before the collapse of the floor in the room. The house and contents were lost. - The fire started from a defective flue. Chicago capitalists hare sent a representative to Fort Wayne to interest busienss men in a project to establish a plant for the manufacture o' peat fuel at some point near that city. It is said that there are in Allen county some sitxeen thousand acres of peat bog from which abundant material can be obtained, andean effort Is being made to arrange with local coal dealers to handle the output of the factory. It is a $50,000 enterprise, and the claim Is made that the fuel can be supplied to the consumer at a lower price than that of soft coal. It Is hoped to have the new fuel on the market In time for next winter's use. t That part of the historic National road, just west of Richmond and extending three miles to the Center township line, is to receive some city "frills" If the prayer of the six hundred petitoners askng for its improvement s granted by the board of Wayne county commissioners. The board named Richard Smelser, of Center township, and L. M. Pelrce, of Jefferson township, to make report on the proposed improvement Not only do the petitioners ask that the highway be converted into a crushed stone road, but they also want cement curbs and gutters for the entire three miles. It Is these "frills" that will add greatly to the cost and may result in a formidable remonstrance. At a social .session held by Jefferson lodge at Jeffersonville, No. 3, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, William H. Buckley, one cf the oldest Odd Fellows in the state, was presented with a picture of himself which will hang on the lodge walls. Tne Rev. J. Nelson Jerman made the speech of presentation. Mr. Buckley will be 90 Aug. 10, and has lived in Jeffersonville since 1848, having worked continuously at Howards shipyards from that time to this in spite of his age he still does his daily work as a foreman caulker. He has be,en an Odd Fellow nearly 62 years, having united with Chosen Friend ladge, No. 2, June 22, 1848, transferring to Jefferson lodge in 1861, and Is a frequent attendant still at lodge meetings. He Is the oldest and senior member of the lodge, a total abstainer, but a modcrate smoker. He has never, once been delinquent While out hunting, George Frazee, of Danville, was accidentally shot in the legs and seriously wounded by his uncle.Thomas Keel, of Westville, whom he has been visiting. The boy's legs may have to be amputated. James Crockett, a farmer living 17 miles southeast of Washington, In Reeve township, captured an American eagle in a trap. The bird had been stealing the farmer's chickens. The eagle Is a fine specimen of its kind and is being held in captivity. It was learned at Valparaiso from Linkoing, Sweden, that John Bleckman, of Chesterton, who died at the poorhouse last month, left an estate in his native country valued at $33,000. He has heirs in this country, but their whereabouts are unknown. Patrolmen of Muncie will don women's clothes in the near future and serve as decoys in an effort to capture purse-snatchers if the plan of Chief of Police Otto Willamson does not miscarry. The latest victim of a purse-snatcher in Muncie is Miss Gertrude Feldman. Matthew S. Sillwell, age 74, a steamboat carpenter, of Evansville, died after a brief Illness. He lived at New Albany for several years. He is survived by a widow. Mrs. Mary K. Landis, mother of exCongressman Charles Landia, of Delphi; ex-Congressman Frederick Landis. of Logansport; Judge K. M. Landis, Chicago; Dr. John Landis, Cincinnati, and Walter Landis, Postmaster" of Porto Rico, is reported dying with pneumonia. Four of her tons are at her bodfide. Walter Landis has been summoned from Porto Rico.

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MlLKofulMru i A hog, weighing 600 pounds, sold to a butcher in Owensville for $8.50 a hundredweight, or $51. This is the largest hog marketed for a long time, esLecially at this time of the year when finished hogs are scarce. . Frank Barman, a wealthy farmer living near Cedar Lake, six miles south of Hammond, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree near his home. Some time ago his brother, Peter Carman, a wealthy farmer, also hanged himself to a tree. It is thought the suicide preyed on the elder brother's mind and prompted him to take his life. Thomas Taggart was in Indianapolis one day last week the first time since his serious accident In the south on a hunting trip. Taggart came to get a few of the shot removed from his neck and face. Taggarfs right eye, which suffered most seriously when he received the discharge from a shotgun in his face and breast and shoulders, is getting along satisfactorily, and there is no doubt, it Is said, tht the sight will be preserved. Sebastian Lamey, age 26, son of J. W. Lamey, a mill operator of Evansville, disappeared from home six years ago and his parents lost all trace of him and had mourned him as dead for the last two years. Great was their surprise when their son urrived home with a wife, who was Miss Bessie Lincoln, of 'LaGrande, Ore. Young Lamey has prospered In the west during the last five years and will return there with his wife after a short visit. A movement has been started by Spencer members of the Grand Army to consolidate all the Grand Army of the Republic posts ia Owen county. The action has been made necessary by the falling off in membership of all the posts In this vicinity and the lapsing of some, due to numerous deaths in the ranks of the veterans. If the merger can be affected the new organization will retain the name ct Spencer post, Gettysburg, No. 93. Daniel Bradway, age S3, a pioneer resident of Straughn, is In a serious condition from paralysis and result of inhaling a quantity of artificial gas. Bradway was home alone when he was stricken and fell to the floor. In his effort to regain his feet he accidentally kicked over a gas stove and" disconnected the rubber pipe attached to it, besides doing other damage to the room. He lay prostate for three hours before he was found by a neighbor. A Jaybird which Mr:. Phoebe Hayden, a widow living near Hazleton, has been feeding during the snowy weather, is repaying her kindness by keeping her "posted" when the rural letter carrier leaves anything in her box. Whenever the carrier puts up the ted flag on her mall box to indicate that Mrs. Hayden has a letter or newspaper awaiting her, the jaybird flies to her window and screams knowingly. When the carrier passes and Mrs. Hayden draws a blank the jaybird does not como around. The death of Martin L. Bundy, aged 92, in Newcastle, recalls his explanation of the cause for longevity, given to a friend some years ago. Mr. Bundy said: "There is nothing. I think, which contributes to longevity more than an even temper of mind. We know that certain things must happen, and therefore, it Is better not to worry and fret when they occur. If any one must walk the floor and wring his hands In agony, let the other fellow do it" Mr. Bundy did not use liquor in any form, and was never v addicted to the use of tobacco. In order to save his faithful dog from death in the Icy waters of the Wabash river, Harold Rolli, age 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Rolli, of Vera Cruz, came near drowning. The lad stepped on to thin ice in an effort to rescue his dog, which . had broken through, and was successful In grabbing the animal by Its shaggy coat The weight of the two , however, caused the ice to break and boy and dog fell forward Into a swift current Orris Masterson. a young companion of the Rolli lad, witnessed the accident, and, Jumping Into the water, was able to rescue young Roll! and his pet. j A Tipton you-.g woman, just before she went to sleep, laid bor "rat" on the floor beside the bed. Her father had' put out poison for mice in- the same room. A mouse ate some of it and crawled into the "rat" He did ont eat quite enough to kill him, but he was paralyzed for the time. In the morning when the young woman was awakened by the arrival of one of her girl friends she dressed in a hurry and did not examine the "rat" closely before putting it on. It was npon and she was at the dinner table when the mouse recovered from the effects of the poison and jumped from the "rat" to the table. Some new dishes will have to be bought While at work in the Sunnyside coal mine at Evansville, Jacob Howard fell before a loaded coal car which weighed several tons and was run over. His body was crushed and little hope It entertained for his recovery. Alfred Shaw, age 84, postmaster ot Vevay for thirty years and a prominent Indiana' Republican, is dead at his home from apoplexy. He Is survived by a widow and five children. He wa3 a brother of Judge Shaw, ot the California supreme court Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, has issued a bulletin showing th-re were 2,883 deaths in Indiana in January, a rate of 12.3 per thousand population. There were 400 deaths from pneumonia and 302 from tubercular diseases. Mrs. Wilson Knapp, aged 60, of Cambria, while visiting at the home of het sister, Mrs. Sarah Sherfety, of Rossville, was perhaps fatally burned, when her clothing caught fire. In trying to extinguish the flames . Mrs. Sherfey was also badly burned about the hands. The Washington city council hat passed an ordinance requiring all dogs to be muzzled. In case the police find a dog unmuzzled the ordinance demands that the officer at once kill th animal. Captain David E. Deem ha3 tendered his resignation as chairman of the building committee ol the new Owoa county court houe. He assigns uo reason -for his action. Captain Deem has served fis trustee of Purdue university, president i.M elecldr and coramender of the Indiana dcrartmeat, Qj A. U. ' '