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favr ^ -- r. . OWES I HER | IIPP TO JU&A AV 1V| i Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Vienna, W. Ya.? "I feel that I owe the last ten years of my life to Lydia ' JE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.' Eleven years ago I was a walking, shadow. I had been | under the doctor's f>Pf carebutgotnorelief. jMM?i My husband per? suaded me to try " Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound and it worked 11 Ke a cnarrn. iuo | lieved all my pains and misery. I advise all suffering women to take Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound." ?AlRd. EiOtA Weleaton-, Vienna, W. Va. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com(oound, made from native roots and .ierbs, contains no narcotics or harm> ful drusrs, and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases of any similar medicine in the country, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on file in the Pinkhara laboratory at Lynn, Mass^, fror\ women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, inflammation, ulceration,displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. If you would like special advice about your case write a confiden I tial letter to Mrs. rmKnam, at i Lynn, Mass. Her advice is tree, j And always helpful. Explaining an Excuse. An Atlanta merchant has frequent ?ccasion to rebuke Ike, his darky porter, for his tardiness in reporting for duty in the morning. Ike is always ready with a more or less in: " geniouS excuse. "You're two hours late, Ike!" exP claimed the employer one morning. "This sort of thing must stop! Otherwise I'm going to fire you. Understand?" "Deed, Mistah * Edward," replied Ike, "it wa'nt mah fault dis time! Honest'! I was kicked by a mule!" "Kicked by a mule? Well, even if that were so, it wouldn't delay you for more than an hour. You'll have to think of a better exuse ihan that." Ike looked aggrieved. "Mistah Ed ward," he continued solemnly, "it might have been all right ef dat mule kicked me in dis direction, but lie kicked me de ocfder way."?Atlanta Journal. ' ** ? Vegetable Suspension Bridge. A remarkable suspension bridge spans the river Apurimac in central Peru. The ropes of this bridge are composed of pliable roots and vines, while . the planks are made of branches. In the humid climate of Peru ft would be by no means extraordinary if this vegetable bridge were one day to start growing. ? Wide .World Magazine. The tungsten incandescent lamp Is the first artificial light by which all colors can be distinguished. VITALIZED RESTORES LOST POWERS. A weak man is like a clock run down. MUNYON'S VITALIZER ylll wind him up and make hkJ go. If you are n^tToC, if you are Irritable, If you lack confidence in your- 1 elf, if you do not feel your full manly Igor, begin on this remedy at once. There ore 75 VITALIZER tablets In one bottle; ; erery xaoiei is mil 01 vital power, uon c spend another dollar on quack doctors or spurious remedies, or fill your system with harmful drugs. Begin ou MUNYONS VITALIZER at once, and yon will begiu to >feel the vitalizing effect of this remedy after the first dose. Price. $1, post-aaii iluuyon, 53rd and Jefferson, Phlla, (a. Mother's milk will supply/the baby laxative enough, if she takes a candy Casgaret, And the laxative will be natural, gentle, vegetable?just what baby i needs. Try one and youH know why millions of mothers use them. 1 Vei!-pact?( box, 10 cents?at drnHlorei. People bow oae million boxes monthly. 85C PAD C A | |Tpicture film, , k i? 3M L E lc. per foot. Machine, $40. H. DAVIS. Watertown, Wiaeonvn. l niTPUTA WntlOBE.Cotfmnn,WMl> PATENTS sd^ Stai A Drink in Gothenburg. From Gothenburg, Sweden, a c< respondent writes: '.'The difficult, under which wine an A spirit mi chants labor nowadays fccre may judged from the following incide When I went to buy a bottle of wh iky the other day I was told: ') are not allowed to sell wine or yp .its over the counter.' 'What in t world do you mean?' I asked. it must be ordered in advance.' 'E I want the whisky at once!' The i sistant meditated and then said: you go across the street and te phone to us from the cigar shop 1 can supply you.' I telephoned, a five minutes later I had the whlsl I woirt for another bottle the nt day and found that the regulatio had become more stringent. i though I had ordered it by telephoi I was not allowed to take it hoi myself! I expostulated and the wi merchant said: 'But if your son he with you will accept sixpence for c I livering the bottle at your home could let you have the whisky r\T*r>r\ * Mxr onn o r? r>r\ nhmntinn UUl.t. iU,' OV/U UUU Vt/JVVViVU. Chicago News. They Were Good Mothers. . Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quot as saying that a woman's first du is to develop all her', powers and pt sibilities, that she may better gni and serve the next generation. M: Stanton raised seven uncommon healthy and handsome children, sa an admirer of hers, and the chlldr of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe testify th? virtues of the noted woman as mother. The eagle may be as go a mother as the hen or the goose. Sure of Himself. "I'll give you a position as cleric start with," said the merchant,, "ai pay you what you are worth. Is th satisfactory?" \ "Oh, perfectly," replied the colle erartnate. "hnt?er?do VOU think tl firm can afford it?"?Catholic Stan ard and Times. Tommy to the Fore. Just before the permormance w about to commence at a certain mus hall in Newcastle-on-Tyne, a soldie arriving late, found all the cheap seats occupied. Seeing, however, few of the more expensive places v cant, he made toward them. "Here, where are you going' called an attendant. > "Where am I going?" replied Toi my, cheerfully. "Where a good sc dler should go?to the front, course." * And he went, amid tl cheers of the audience.?Home Nots WHY PEOPLE SUFFER. Too often the kidneys are the cau and the sufferer is' not aware of : Sick kidneys bring headache and si< on/1 atJfPnoco Hi?"; pains, lamcutoo -**?? ?ness, headache tir^d feeling, uri ary troubles. Doan Kidney Pills cu; the cause. Mr Virginia Spitze Puena Vista, Vs suys: "For. thir years I suffen everything but deal with my kidneys, cannot describe mysuffering from te rible bearing down pains, dizzy spell headaches and periods of parti blindness. The urine was full of sed ment. I was in the hospital thr< weeks. Doan's Kidney Pills wei quick to bring relief and soon mac me well and strong again." ' Remember the name?Doan's. F< sale by all dealers. 50 cents a bo: Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. The Amenities. They met at the elevator. "Why, where have you been? haven't seen you for a long time, says the first girl. "Oh, I've been busy," says the sei ond girl. Catching sight/of the second girl new chapeau. "My, what a prett fall hat!" says the first girl. "Yo bought it rather early, didn't you?" "Well?yes, I had to?my summc one was all faded and battered out c shape." "Turn round and let me see ft. It rery becoming. And you have use your coq from your last winter's tui ban?" "No?if you recall?I didn't hav a coq last year. I had a stiff feathe ?tjiat curled at the ends." "Oh!"?New York Times. The GrowMi of Genius. The, man who succeeds above h: fellows in the one who, early in lif< clearly discerns his object, and t< ward that object habitually direct his powers. Even genius itself is bt fine observation strengthened by fij ity of purpose. Every man who ol serves vigilantly and resolves steac fastly grows unconsciously into ger ius.?Bulwer-Lytton. The next time you feel that swalbwin sensation, the sure sign of sore throa' garble Hamlins Wizard Oil immediate! with three parts water. It will save yo nays anu pcrnaps wecss 01 misery. It is estimated that England annual! zonsumes the milk of 5,000,000 cows. H. II. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., ai the only successful Dropsy Specialists in tli world. See their liberal offer in advertis< ment in another column of this paper. It Ls a misdemeanor to tamper with elo< trie light wires in Colorado. is a high grade lump sold at a low price, i that cost more but there is no better lamp ?he Burner, the Wick, the Chiamey-Ho.darings In a lamp; these parts of the RAYO lerfeetly constructed and there is nothing 3 art of "lamp-making that could add to th* i RAYO as a lightrgiving device. Suitable for in the house. Every dealer everywhere, urs, write for descriptive circular to the nearest the idard Oil Company )Incorporated; ?? ?? II? JOY FROM SORROW. Jt< or- a I borrow Joy from Sorrow? t( le9 A Rainbow from the Rain! ? er- If Life were not in Shadow, be My Star would shine in vain! e! i ?R. Valentine Hcckacher, in the Atlantic. is: j * t*. ! a ^ n i I His Masterpiece. | 5 '?' t i " is- By Genevieve M. Bolce. sl le- -fl' we Paul Worthington stared moodily gl nc* Into the glowing fire; Marguerite a W* [ Chantrey,. fair as a king's daughter, bi ^ watched him in silent displeasure, her ? ] ns slender white-gowned figure wrapped In the filmy mist that arose from the j |r le> blazing log!). bi ne The tens? silence that had fallen g] ne between them lasted several moments it ire and the girl clutched nervously at the hi 'e- folds of her gown. G hi 1 Now that the first outburst of emo- fij at tJon was over, in which she had told h ? him plainly her opinion regarding his g< lazy mod^of life and idle pursuit of in pleasure, her courage lied, and she stood by the great organ in the ed library, one hand resting on fts ity ivoried keys, trembling and afraid. >s- Meanwhile a mighty struggle was T de going on in Paul Worthington's mind, rs. Had he not been born to the purple ily and fine linen, fate might have made jj. ys of him a artist of no small c/?pute, for cr en during his college days he had given to evidence of an unusual talent along !\ f Vi nn/\ Drtoo V*n f rtnno f rao f rATVt f Vto " IUCOC 11I1C9, UUl> UUV/U It WO A.1VS4JA kUV JJJ od influence of the halls of learning, the goddess of pleasure had claimed him for her own, and binding him with w her silken cords had banished all use- m to ful occupations from his mind. gl tid But now under Marguerite's scorn- g0 at f*l discourse on the utter uselessness ja of his life, ambition stirred within ge his heart like the flames that some- W) he times burst from a seemingly burnt- th d- out log, and although he appeared to tjj be watching with lazy interest the w sparks dancing up the chimney like a million golden butterflies, he was se- gc cretly admiring the slender gray-eyed iic girl dared to tell him the truth re ;r> even at the cost of their friendship, tb er His farewell that night was cool tl< a and almost formal. He barely "( a. touched Marguerite's icy little hand, th and entirely ignored the appeal in w ?> her wide gray eyes. She longed to nj speak some word of encouragement ijj u. to him, but pride held her silent, and th ,1. thus they parted, she tremulous and 0{ frightened, he stern and proud. cj( do Society gossiped for the proverbial ia ,s> nine days when the news of Paul Worthington's sudden departure to gt Europe became known, and looked to pr Marguerite Chantrey for an explana- hC se tion; but none was forthcoming, and Bp [t, no one dared to question the heiress ag j0 cf the Chantrey millions, the girl who so ji. held the social sceptre in the hollow th !Si of her hand. WJ n- Days came and went and Marguer- an i's ite heard no word from Paul Worth- fu re ington. SThe tried to periuade her- re s. self that she was perfectly indifferent di ir, to his whereabouts, but her tremul- an i., ous lips and misty eyes bore evidence nc ty to the contrary when his first letter th ;d arrived. wi :h " . . I. have found my life M; I work," he wrote, "and I am deter- fe r- mined to carve a name for myself in th s, the world of art. My one ambition al now is to paint a canvas worthy of ag li- being hung in the Royal Academy, in ?e and for this I am working from early ot re morning until almost twilight. Daily th le the picture grows under my toueh, 01 until I could almost believe it is by IS >r magic." " pi: Marguerite's eyes shone with pleas- th ure. After all, was it not worth the si< many lonesome moments she had Li spent since he had left her in .appar ent anger to know that lie was to ,, make something of his life, and she ' ' fell to dreaming of the time when his picture would hang in the Royal mi Academy,, and the world would speak co his name with reverence. 8 Eagerly she watched for hla letters, y and the disappointment was keen that u they were so few and irregular. At of another time he wrote: "The work is progressing rapidly. ^ Daily the canvas grows more beauti-' Be ful, but in this I must accord a share s of praise to the girl who is posing 's d for the figure in the picture, for it is ga r" often her quick, kindly smile and soft glance of encouragement that urges it? e me to bring the best art there is in 1?' :r me to the surface. Like myself, she na is an American; and when the shad- is ows* thicken and it grows too dark A' to paint, wo sit by the studio fire and Si chat about old friends and home, Is sweet home." . 5, Spring found the Chantreys in Eu- mi )- rope. They lingered longest in fair C ;s Italy, the land of azure skies and ^ it golden sunlight, and the home of the cu c- old masters. Their ancient paintings )- had a peculiar fascination for Mar- ^ I- guerite, and she often found herself th i- thinking of Paul Worthington with ^a1 a wistful tenderness, and wondering en if his name would ever be classed se g among the great painters of pictures. m< Upon their arrival in Rome they ar J, found the city ringing with the ??.a !?/?? rt f unVnAwn o t? f i r> f rtomorl G1 piaiaca ui an uuivuv/rru niiao uaui^u Clyde, whose picture was on exhibition in the Art Gallery. Even the critics were silent before it; there f was not a flaw in the exquisite paint8 lDg. a j At the first opportunity Marguer- ^i (j. ite Chantrey visited the gallery and se waited patiently until the crowd per" mitted her to stand in the line that tj viewed the famous painting. Thea? m were other pictures by the same artist hanging in the room, but it was be- p0 fore this one that the crowds llru- th gered. "This is his masterpiece," th they said softly, almost reverently. Gradually the crowd melted away ^ and Marguerite stood before the won- j)r derful picture. Like a dream sea stretched the field of snowy daisies fa v.'ith flaming hearts of gold, as if the at dazzling T/hiteness of their petals Le had lu:ed the golden sun from its home in the high heavens and imprisoned it in their hearts, and from this starry carpet, like a spirit of the ? *vrnif_AVO?1 orlrl in in misi, iuse a rsivrmnri f,??i i?? ? filmy white; her arms were filled with the pale, pure blossoms, and half tenderly, half sadly, she gazed on their eh snowy loveliness. A butterfly, ex- su quisifely tinted and flecked with gold, ch j poised on one velvet petal as if ready St ) take flight, and yet loved to linger mid such beauty. White, wind>ssed clouds were overhead, and the lorious light of morning tinged the atlre painting with an ethereal glow. marguerite ieit as xj. uuc giuuau ere slowly slipping from beneath er feet, for the girl on the canvas as herself. Bewildered, she sought er catalogue. Opposite the number f the picture she read. "Margueres," by Paul Clyde Worthington. A mist swam before her eyes and le swayed slightly. Suddenly the "owd parted and a tall, commanding gure stood before the picture. Maruerite felt her icy fingers caught in strong, warm grasp and a voice virant with tenderness whispered, Marguerite." In silent wonder they both examled the product of his brush and rain; truly it was his masterpiece, lowly the truth dawned on Marguere. It was she alone who had been i is model?she alone for whom he i id done this thing?and while her j tigers trembled in his strong clasp j ke a frightened bird, he drew her jntly through the crowd to her waitig carriage.?Boston Post. BIRTH OF OKLAHOMA. he Rush For Land Twenty Years Ago and the Feuds it Has Left. It is not strange that Oklahoma ; is grown with a rush, for so it was eated. Scattered here and there on 3 farm3, behind the counters of its ores, in the offices of its banks, is any a man whose eyes glint as he lis of that April day in 1889 when e prize was to the swiftest, the day hen 50,000; human beings were assed on the frontier awaiting the mshot which was to start them like i many hounds in their race for the nd. Some had put their last dollar to the fleetest horse they could buy, ell knowing the value of getting >ere first. But there were the hack, e pony, even the humble mule, each Ith its eagep rider. Boomers who id been living in their canvas warns for months on the edge of the omised land grasped the reins, ady at the signal to bring into it eir entire outfit, from the tea ket3 to the last baby. And down in the Iraws" and gulches, concealed amid e timber, were hundreds of others bo had stolen over the border by ght and'had skulked under cover le animals in their effort to elude e vigilant soldiery. Before the smoke of the gunshot eared away, the leaders in the "Okhoma run," as it is known to tnis ly, had disappeared from sight, raggling out over mile after mile of airie and valley, the multitude of ' >me seekers followed, gradually reading over more and more area i each individual or family sought me particular goal. They knew e choicer sites, where pure wa'te* as abundant, the soil more fertile id. the woodland afforded shade and el. As fai^t as the, lucky adventurer ached one of these spots, quickly d he drive a stake into the earth id nail his claim board, if he did it plant a flag or pitch a tent. Often at day and the next and the next is "heard the crack of the rifle, any a rider about to claim his prize 11 in his tracks, and the man with e gun stepped in. All this was nearly twenty' years ;o, yet to-day there are families livg within a stone's throw of each her who neither speak nor look as ey meet. They have land^.feuds in clahoma dating back to the run of 189, when two claim boards were it up on the same home site, and e holders built their houses side by le, each refusing to give down.? ppincott's Magazine. World's Largest Beast. What is claimed as the largest anlal in the world is represented by a lossal skeleton in the museum of iristcburch, New Zealand. This is e remains of a large specimen of e blue wliale stranded on the coast thac country. This species is probly the largest of all living azlimals. le length of the skeleton is eightyven feet and the head alone is twen-one feet. vThe weight of the bones estimated at nine tons. This gi- | ,ntic whale gets its name of hlue lale from the dark bluish gray of : upper surface. The tinge of yeltv on its lower part has led to the .me "sulphur bottom," by which it known oft the western side of the ;lantic. It is otherwise known as bbald's rorqual (Balenoptera slbldi). The chief food of this gigantic anlal is a small marine crustacean 'rysanopodraj inermis) known to e whalers a^ "kril." Another spe;s of the same shrimp-like group ,s been obtained in thousands from e stomachs of mackerel caught on e Cornish, coast. The nearly reted opossum shrimps, found in ormous numbers in the Greenland as, form the chief food of the comDn whale. Some of the trysanopoda e phosphorescent and contribute to e luminosity of the sea.?Atchison obe. No Cheaper Shoes at Present. It can be truthfully said that the oe manufacturing business is barely profitable one under the rulmg contions. Raw calfskins are to-day lling at a record high price, and the nner has no voice in the matter. 10 supply of domestic skins is of tie account as far as supplying the aners of them, and they must imrt skins in enormous quantities. If ey do not want to pay the price ey cannot buy them. Raw goatskins and pickled sheepins are selling at abnormally high iccs with no relief in sight for the nner. While these conditions obin. shoes cannot be made and sold any lower prices.?Shoe and :athcr Reporter. Good For a Laugh. "Miss Prue has a theory for reforing the world." "What is it?" "That mothers ought to exchange ildren, because they always have ch strict ideas how other women's ildren should be brought up."? . Louis Times. Mrs. Rice 2n Charge. Mrs. Isaac L. Rice, of New York, was chosen at the recent conference in London of the International Society for the Supression of Street Noises to have charge of the second congress pf the society, which is to be held in New York City in 1912. The first congres?. i3 to meet in Berlin/in June, 1910.?New York Sun. Outdoor Sports. j The girls of the Boston public schools are to have an opportunity of taking part in outdoor sports on the same terms as theiV brothers when the school term begins this autumn. Outdoor games and gymnastics will be made part of the curriculum just as soon as playgrounds for girls can be fitted up. Baseball, basketball, running, jumping and all sorts of other games will be taught. ? New York Sun. Ballooning Advocated. The Hon. Mrs. Assheton Harbord, of England, maintains that ballooning is not only less dangerous but also far less expensive than motor-, ing. She was once caught in an electric storm while crossing the English Channel in a balloon, and on another occasion was obliged to make a descent at such speed that the members of her ballooning party entered Holland on their heads. In neither instance did Mrs. Harbord or any of her party experience anything worse than a severe shaking up.?New York Sun. ' * I Women Harvest Crops Well. Many hundreds of women assisted in gathering the harvest around Bea- i trice,, Neb. They were lured to the fields by the offer of board and $3 a day. A farmer went into Beatrice .0 jj Mayonnaise Dressing mustard, three tablespc o. S *" o '' egg, seven tablespoons g06 Beat the eggs, then add O to a boil. Remove qu g mixture will keep for sc o j can be used to make an looking for farmhands. Loungers in the town refused to work, and the farmer had to face the possibility of losing part of his crop. He went into a restaurant, and when waiting to be ' urao atriir.k with the idea of J3C1 TCU niM M?. bidding for the waitresses as harvesters. He offered them $3 a day, and every waitress threw asid? her apron and went to the farm. They did such efficient jvork that other farmers sought women, and they drew school teachers, stenographers afid\ college girls as well.?^-New York Press. I ' i Mrs. Longworth Ambitious. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth continr.es In her oppqsltion to women voting. For several years she has been petitioned to express herself in favor of equal suffrage, but she has the Roosevelt spirit of sticking determinedly to her convictions. She refuses to be budged from her attitude of complacent indifference. She does not openly commit herself one way or the other, but many times she has left no doubt of her opinion that the world will not gain by women voting, but ^may escape harm by refusing them the bal lot. Mrs. Longworth now is preparing for the social campaign in Washington, D. C. She has become ambitious to establish herself as a social leader, and the way seems to be open to her. In the last year she has become keenly interested in her dressmaker, who previously had found her almost careless about dress.?New York Press. Lady War-render No Suffragette. Lady Maud Warrender, popular in British society, has resisted much 1L. n__ oc 4-rs inln persuasion Dy me ouuingcuco w their ranks. Her refusal bears out. the belief in London that all women enjoying the friendship of Queen Alexandra are set against equal suffrage. It has been observed that as soon as a woman is taken in by the Queen she begins to talk against women entering politics, and all this is attributed to Alexandra's influence. The Queen never has hinted openly at her opinion of the Suffragettes, but the feeling is general that she is opposed to them. Lady Warrender savs that women have onough liberty as conditions prevail *o-day, and that in politics they would be out of their natural sphere. Instead of accepting overtures to take part in the aggressive campaign for the ballot. Lady Warrender busies herself with society, golf and singing. She has a fine contralto voice, and is heard frequently in concerts for diaritios.?New York Press. Besetting Sins. There is rarely found i person who has not a besetting sin. By this I mean a certain special sin of some kind, which seems to cling to us in spite of our effort to ward it off. It can be compared to a disease tnai follows oue through life or a weakness of some part of the body, not neccfissarily fatal, yet we are told iu the medical world this special weakness will iu time undermine the health and be the cause of death. It is just so with our besetting sin3. If we do not conquer them they will conquer us. Bad temper is one. In some it is a demon in disguise. making home and all around unhappy. The one who has it suffers none the less than those around him. King Solomon said: "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that tak^s a city." Another is tale-bearing. It is like a canker that corrodes one's life until we are disliked by all, even our best friends. ;; , : -'.'Ji'-T>> > ' . . ; . : f? > < V We forget that silence is^ golden sometimes. To be miserly is another," for the world says: "The love of money is the root of all evil." A miser is the poorest person on earth in the sight of his Maker. ' Give and it 3hall be givpn ybu, good measure pressed down and running over. 1 If you are miserly fight it to the death or you will wish you had some time. There are many other besetting sins too numerous to mention, such as drinking/ smoking, gambling and swearing, which if followed leads to a demoralized condition of life. We each know the one that besets us most, and we may be thankful that we can by God's help conquer every one if ;we want to, and by so doing 4ead a truer, happier, nobler life on earth, and be missed when we have passed away. Is there a sin tbat besets ub, And seems to follow us on. Help us, great Master, to fight it Until we know it is gone. ?^M. A. Powell, in the New Haven -?L. Register. , Handkerchiefs are now chiefly In solid coloringa. Four out of five women now wear buttoned shoes. , The cameo holds a prominent place in new jewelry. .t Hand-painted belts will be worn , with evening gowns. , The Henry VIII. and Marquise hats enjoy considerable favor. For children's hats nothing Is \ ? Vi \ for j.?Three eggs, one teakpoon of (OAs sugar, butter the size of an vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. ' the other articles and let all come ickly and set away tc cool. This. ime time if set in a cool place, and y kind of salad on short notice. more lovely than the popular panne ribbons. - velvet is again in uuunsuiug m.j.o, both in millinery and in coats and dresses., Muffs again are of mammoth propotions, but this .year they are round instead of flat.' The military coat, simply bloused and belted, will be prominent in tailored suitings. A newcomer among hatpins has a' big head of wood carved in bird 01 insect shape. / Gold bands are now much more fashionable for the hair than the erstwhile ribbon ones. Irish crochet buttons and lace appear as trimming upon some of the crepe-llke tissues. The middy sweater has made its appearance. It is the successor to the ; middy blouse so much in use last sea- j son. - 1 11 Soft, thick silks of the poplin de' - ??11 A. mmIma onftnna I scripuon, as weu as uiuiic ouuiiun | and velvet, are generally finished with buttons. Moire bands are used for trimming the tailored hat this season In much the same way that velvet ha^ been and still is being used. . \ It is no longer necessary to have stockings match the -fbotwear; Instead they match the skirt, the headgear, and even the gloves. Cloths of the short-haired zibeline look are again seen,though the vogue for rough fabrics has not yet reached the stage of the long-haired, shaggy zibeline of a few years ago. In some of the afternoon tailormades there is a relief from the dark C ? J ?? rvnlrty. r?n tho 1pt>p1<3 Clf thP' iuuuuanua wiui ww ? , coat which ore often of Oriental embroidery or its effect, while the collar is of black velvet, satin or moire. A fine example of a coat for all round wear, is this one of black broad cloth. The collar and cuffs are inlaid with heavy corded silk A handy coat for evening train wear, when a fane* wrap :s somewhat out of place. 0 wm\ i W^Suamtj^k 1 t and 11 ^ r-A S-> The bamboo tree does not' bloom until itfl thirtieth year. I Breslau is to have its forty-seventh: International exhibition next May. It is estimated that last year half a million of the population of the Punjab succumbed to malaria. % The late M. Chaucard paid the sums of $160,000, $200,00*0 and <?220,000, respectively, for three of Millet's paintings. :i A mnnif Xftiunn wrlfe? A talk editor to know upon which side of the girl the man should sit when "buggy riding." The Field museum in Chicago now. v has what is said to be the largest meteorite ever found in the West. It weighs about two tons, and was found at Tonopah, Nev. . ? , J A New "forker earning |i& & week is sued for $100 a week alimony.' Social clubs to take the place oI high school fraternities, which the Chicago Board of Education is deter* mined to abolish, are'planned by the i president and superintendent of the j board, \ . ;- j A The Prussian Parliament has <3e~ 9 creed that henceforth a tax of $2400 9 is to be levied in case of the bestowal M of the ducal rank. A new prince pays. ? $1500, a count $900, a baron $$D0. , M The largest tobacco manufactbriig centre in the world is St. Loute Iw I annual sales aggregate $45,000,000. I which is equal to eighteen per cbnt. of 9 the total tobacco output of the United I States. ' . ' j, ; : 9 Brazil had to import over$48i00Q1,- I 000 worth of foodstuffs in 1908? I ' During the recent epidemic of ty phold fever in Madrid the. discovery, I was made i that it was customary at | some of the hospitals to give to the poor the remnants of the dishes eaten by the patients. y Some New England bread Is still made from yeast brought over in th* Mayflower. '~ Germany utilizes twenty per cent 'of , her water power; Switzerland, twenty-five per cent.; Prance only eleven percent. After working for Heathcoat jfc Co.; lace manufacturers, of Tiverton, England, for seventy-one years, William Huxtable has just retired. There is a large demand in Germany for American apples, and It ca* be increased by intelligent effort on ) the part of American packers and shippers. In sympathy with the world-wide ilflplino nf hnainoaa tho of thff ~ "" "" T" Suez Canal tell to 3795 vessels last year, a decline of 472, as compared with the previous year. It will be a great satisfaction to 1 those who are fighting for the preser. vation of the Adirondack forests tc learn that the first two of the 'oilburning locomotives to be used have proved signal successes. Traits of a Great Man. Cesare Lombroso, the noted Italian criminologist and alienist, who died October 19, is thus described by a1 former member of the scholar'^ household in Turin: "In appearance he was most unimposing. Diminutive, very stout, with a stiff, projecting bit of chin beard, he had a very Ions: waist and very short legs. This gave him in walking the effect of pushing along over the ground. He took small steps and was always the same abstracted, faraway visionary, thinking of something that had little or nothing to do with the present. I think that it was his prosaic, almost comical appearance that prevented us as children from appreciating with what a great man we were associated^ "With some amusement I now recall how his family were forced to guard him from the depredations of a world he wa3 ill-fitted to resist. In fact, it was no exaggeration to say that without his devoted wife he would have been penniless in no time. A man of unbounded kindness, he could never resist appeals for assist aucu. n.y rcicivcu tuuuucos p.eals, and, needless to say, most of them were impostures. "I have a vivid memory of his unconcern about dress. Many a time when he started out to the university, his wife had to run after him and bring him back to put on his necktie. Equally careful she had to be to see that he did not wander forth on cold evenings without an overcoat. Dress in general Professor Lombroso regarded as a bothersome necessity; he considered that he lacked the time to give to such niceties."?Chicago News. Why They Resigned. TTnrmor Pnmmi.winnpr nf Tmmiirra tion Robert Watchorn said recently, of an immigrant: "He was a bad case. He was as ignorant of government as the two Polish policemen were. Two new policemen were once put on the Warsaw force. They did good work, they arrested a lot of people, then suddenly they resigned. " 'Why are you resigning?' the su perintendent asked. "The older of the two men. answered respectfully: " 'We are going to start a police station of our own, sir. Boris here will make the arrests, and I will do the fining.' "?Washington Star.