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w THE WISE CI Thrilling Experi Most Savage < Fish and dog stories wo all know, fai and are accustomed to swallow with wa "sail to taste," bnt it Is only given to kn inuau rv nwor |mi.u IIV?S Ull Lilt: IMUllA'Il UD1 track to hear first hand and in the I It vernacular the inevitable crocodile ' stories with which the river dweller pet of the Eastern tropics loves to regale hoi his white guest, sitting smoking long yai native rokos in the semi-darkness do? <luring the hour between the evening he meal and bedtime. arc What the flsh and dog story is to of us, so is the croc story to the junule- inn man. He even goes further. He as- his tribes to the crocodile supernatural inc powers; he surrounds him with n halo ag. ot' romance; ho propitiates him with om periodical offerings, and when dipio- do( macy fails, he declares war to t~e he death?war lasting for perhaps years infl ?till some trilling occurrence is con- or strued into a sign of surrender on the for pari of the crocodile, and all is peace ow again. rig Wonderful indeed and hard to be- fro lieve are some of these native stories, gri but the majority of them are true for wo all that, though the fascination and hot glamor of them fades when the Ftr smooth musical Malay tonguo is inu r-hnntroil fm> M\jg iiuuni \#i uivi vj uir? il | v\ a ami the flickering glimmer of the da- wa mar torch on palm leaf walls is re- for placnl by the lamp and writing table At of civilization. For tlie.se reasons 1 to have confined myself to recounting a erf few of my own personal experiences to\ in which the crocodile figures. I tear, as not as the native reads him, but as I ov< have found him?savage, crafty and to loathsome to the last degree. am Hut to begin at the beginning. J!v tai first experience of the "river king" pas was many years ago, when circum- sue stances compelled me t<> travel for int several hours in an ettreniel.v rickety on! and dilapidated dugout, along the he; tortuous and stagnant, mangrove11,1...I (.Knob T 1 1 1 . 1 - x I* ' u, x 11 <111 Iiui IH'lfll lOUg in IH't the tropics, and my great wish was tie; to see?and, if possible, to shoot? tor niy fii-Ft croc. In the dugout with my me wore my Chinese "boy" and the op< ancient owner of tlie craft?who, by of tho way, supplied the motive power mo wiili a paddle, while all my energies for wore directed toward keeping my bal- ehn anee and postponing the catastrophy Val of an upset, which each moment ap- aw; peared more imminent. Alter an hoc hour or ho. when familiarity had bred imi contempt, and I was at length em- | use boldened to stretch my crampod limbs tha and find a new and more comfortable cm po'ii;on, I Inquired of my venerable to Charon whether there were any croc- ant odiles in tho creek. The old man, pei going as near to a chuckle as a Malay 1110 will allow himself to do, replied that a i i ii- <- i nut iv Hiiiin), i iiiit moro wore <i"i crocc (1 iIt's, but thai they were kindly 'it' beasts who never interfered with hu- ble man l)f.'i 1115s. Feeling somewhat hurt hot j'.t my inmost thciights being thus we probed, I relapsed into silence and a ere cheroot, and was momentarily grow- wit iny more drowsy, when a remark coc from the old native brought my 1 thoughts hack to earth with a . N>rt. sui 'Itu dia, there's one." ho quietl;. said, cro pointing with liis mouth in the native is fashion toward a tangle i>;' mangrove hjo roots and lotting vegatation. while t'?ll his paddle rose and fell with una!- ?'? ' LIKOA,! "MM . t . . I... . . < .. i ht:i n l nuiiicii, >'.ii I gized and peered among the mot.- >ni| tied shadows, but nothing rould I : "< vill that In any way resembled my id-a .i"" til a crocodile. "Where ' i asked; eve and then it happened. .My Chinese ' oy," ever anxious to please, had bat grabbed ;i piece of wood that was net floating by and hurled it violently at ' ''> the spot indicated by the native. nes The next half minute wn chaos 'ha In my anxiety to see the crocodile I on had raised myself up. and the lurch '!,t: / -ansed by tiic ra. h act of in.v servant wit in tlnotf rig the piece of wood made 'al< nn? lose my balance. i coiiapsed In (luckily into the 1. >, some gallons the of water came in owr the side, and ?th tho old man in the stern, steadying wa: the fitnoe with tlif f|iii?'t, instinctive ''(l movement of one who knows his bus- ti'h iii'ss, muttered the one word, " Hofloli'" (Idiot). As I struggled '> on more to a itting postim- l saw ras a long hlack object, which I had taketl to I)"' a log, gli<le noiselessly into 1 1l;e crick, hardly raising a ripple as it vanished, and 1 caught a glimpse !,K< of two beady, cruel eyes, which in ! > iiii/h ki i-i-iiiij <11 Jiif as mey disappeared below tho slimy surface ' I liad eon my tirat crocodile; but whether the old man's last muttered oommc.nl was directed toward me or my servant I have never discovered, nor <1 i<l 1 then OH inclined to ask. In ei'lior case it was richly de:.<Tvr?(l. This \v{: many year;; ago; and though . nice iliat day some dozens of the ' loathsome reptiles have fallen to my rill? I have never forgotten the look of malignant haired and concentrated evil that was shot at me from those two yellowish-green eyes. i 'in iiiim (') prew*iir is Dill <i step 1 for Hid memory, and it is only a few f'?' months sine*! the incident happened v" that I am about to relate My work s'b took me a visit up a river to one ''ol ol Hi > < timber -cutting camps where soi i felled and raft (I the ^reat hardwin I Iors so valued in tho Chinese ~ market. O., tho white man in charge, v 1 eh.in lerlstle old hard case," 1 who had started life before the mast in a ailing ship and drifted in n r ] I) aeh-combini; fashion to our colon' v. ere ii" h:i 1 been ;;iv'. n. almost in e!' a it . a i hord .inte l>i' let in one of . I the 111 I'l'O t Ini be r i on i ?nii' A u ?> " < I it i i my boot at ill" litt!" jolty or I ii st:i-i . I was a :< hod to flml ' ' <1 lyitif, <?n ; rattan cotr 1 within A 1 fi.'\v . nrdn of tii" bank. with a heavy >' >m rit;" a?'ru- x hi* kti< ", gazing nlotitiy at a rough pAgar or fenco * " 1 1. <Mod in ill" M'fani. Ilatu iri.' from '< ' . fcnop, and fow hIo|>f; abovo tho ' ; 1 wore lit" >r!>s"s of a monkoy (,! ??r I . ri! pariah dogs, whilo half '*u <|o7? ili-r'-v, cfic'i tied to tho fence 1 < If ; w ?!i a long string, (lapped :,?l is! i'1" :i", and quacked dl?- val t! ft ' ' 1 f ' Ofk>rl 4 tO f v vhnt.hor the wMa- wo K >)o much koIi ,:|l f i.' ; .4 i)i" 111 is .state of af- bo m ^OCODILE. ipnrpc With :>f Reptiles. rs, when I noticed that G.'s 1 s swathed in rough bandages fr< i>e to ankle. Throwing mya ivn near him in the welcome shai earned the following story: Fwo nights before G. was sloe*; icefnlly in his little palm h ise, in a clearing about twei ds from the river bank, when ? began to growl and refused silenced. G. turned out aud wait >und the hut to ascertain the cat the disturbance, but, seeing no addressed himself to the dog mi iu aim iiiuiur^tsnuG fc>? ship language and retired to 1 lin. Five minutes later ho v e more aroused by a yelp from \ and, this time really annoy seized a stick and sallied forth ict dire punishment on the distu of his dreams. Suddenly a d; m glided swiftly frcin the shi s, and G. felt himself seized by I ht knee as in a vice. Stooping e himself, he found he was in I p of a large crocodile, whoso te< re firmly embedded in flesh a 10. Backward and forward I ugglc swayed- -the crocodile str to pull tho destined victim to i lor's ediro. and (!.. hjimnorpil :i? h by his imprisoned leg, tight iiis life to reach higher grou last the beast, hurling its vicl the ground with a shake of its pc ul head, began to drag him swif vard the water. Poor C!.. feeli he expressed it, that it was " ?r bar the shoutin'," determii make one last effort for his li i, taking advantage of a lnonn y halt as the brute was steer >t a tree stump, he sat, up r :ceeded in getting both his thun o the reptile's eye sockets?I ly vulnerable part of a croeodil ul. Flic rest of the story is perht d. told in G.'s own words, or irly .is circumstances (and the e ) will permit: "So soon as 1 g inumbs made fast in 'is eyes, mis 'is mouth to shout, an' lets my leg. Then, first thing n ruin', the coolies lays 'is breakf 'im, as you see, an' 1 gets into t iir, an' 'ere I stays, if it's a mont inly I tried to persuade (I. to co iy with me to the next station a a doctor. 1 argued with him dorcd him, but it was absolut l'-.sts. He refused to move In t chair till In- had bagged codile, and I was at last ohlfu leave him. having dressed his 1 1 exhausted every known means suasion short of brute force, t him again a week later lying lospital bed suffering severely, 1 ite happy in i In; knowledge t! bones of that crocodile w aching in the sun outside ise. Poor old (! ! Only a t 'ks afterward the habit of clear epers from his pat It in the jutt h the butt, end of his loaded i ked rille proved fatal to him. Perhaps the most firmly ingraii erstition in connection with i codile? if sup-rstition it be flu* linlinf Hint ilw. u>nf>uin? -- I..V, <<<1011111K "1 .s<111ii?> curtain in a river will lowed, within a week, by the del some person in the village on iks at the jaws ot a crocodile, dicitly is this believed that mil agers take their curtains to so igle pool or spring rather tli n use water drawn from the ri his thriugh (ho same poraons v ht> and wash their garmc uall> in the river itself! Tlio der i usually some traveling (' - trader: and. curiously, no 1 n four cases have come to my p iii Knowledge in whim Hie wai of ;t mosquito net in a river 1 hin a week been followed by t ing of a villager by a erocodl one case nobody bad been taken river for over a year; and in i er ras- ilu> wrotehed Chinart s arrested by the zealous local man. him - If a nat ivo of t Ik- < and sent under custody to i i rest Kuropeau ma ci t rate, soldi barged with reusing death* "h; h and negligent act, thereby re 'ting an offense punishable um tienat rorle " \n account appeared some vc > in the local papers of Singap tiling how tho native hunting <1 that part of tho world wore vor that, heing desirous of cross ivor, thoy would llrst congreg tho hank and hark loudly to ct ih crocodiles and thou 1 iflly up stream and cross at m r placo. The talo was gree h much oditorial sarcasm, s nmontod on as "something now < storios." A month or two la no incident recalled the story mind as I sat lato one evening < ising the day's deer hunting w old chief, who himself owned mier pack r>f pariahs in the ( nt. I repeated it, as nearly a iid remember, to t tie assemb lage, who with one accord nt, waiting for the words of v in to fall from the old eliief. 1 n<> minutes lie chewed his quid el niif in ? meditating way, i ESSON OF TH E reneh Tragedy Du i^.. 1- ' yj.v ureeay j Tho national calamits (lint ov olfned Paris and hall' of Franc* most terrific object lesson r|e<| in the history of tho world sard to the waste and wanton net ion of forests. All the Fro I entists are convinced that tho |>i i floods would never have attnii i lie point of real danger h.vl i? n for the wholesale ntting d i ! ;es i II I lie A rdeii !)r tl.c . >?<* i unndy and throughout the tim n| near the affluents of the H<I on Die plateaus bordering leys of Northern Krance. This criminal Krerd for sell 0(1 <it hlpth prloo? i? Hi*; fundam cause of ;i disaster that can o estimated in thousands of mttlii 9 then broke out with tlio following ex- I I nlfi lint irm whlnh T o-lvn l?lc? I . . ? . . v ? *. Q? T V ?" O V? ?? picturesque phraseology: "Wherever there is smoke one must seek the tire. This is a true story that has passed through many mouths. The way ot' it is this. It is not the cleverness of the (logs, hut of the ownerB. The men of my people, when chasing . a deer on foot with (logs, are always careful in crossing a river, for the yelping of the dogs calls together the , crocodiles. The dogs, therefore, are CIO ' trained to stop at the bank and bark loud and long. The hunters then croBS n c /l at a place some distaticeaway,calling "*l their dogs, who follow in their mas1 v tors' footsteps. This is truly how the 18 story began; but it has been altored in the telling, and is now like a child's :G(i fable." ISC rpi, t l.n.1 ?? i uc wi ) n.ij 1 imu au u|i)iui' l~ tunity of confirming this explanation, ,n for a deer put up by my own dogs l"~ during my evening stroll mado )0(* straight for a stagnant back-water of vas the river and plunged in, closely folI ',c lowed by my three yelping terriers, who swam round and round him, to snapping at his back and sides as opll>" portunity offered. Some village dogs, II attracted by tlie din, came rushing up |l('~ and joined in the chorus, but without 'lo attempting to enter the water. Standto ing on tlie bank, I was whistling vainly to my dogs, when the deer r gave an agonized scream and disap- c 11 ^ pearcd below the slimy surface of tho 1 ,l? pool, pnlled down by some unseen A 'v" force, never to appear, though 1 wait- * t'u' ed for a good ten minutes. When I left there was not a bubble nor a riplll? pie to show what had taken place. IU'' Hut no explanation was needed as ' im far as I was concerned, and my three 1 >w" terriers, following, cowed and shivering, al iny heels, had learned a lesson i that they remembered for a long 1 n" ; time; though two of them eventually ^ ,<H' fell victims to a similar fate. i 1 have discussed the habits and i n* customs of the buoia or crocodile c i ii ir ....... ... I wiui many natives, ami tlieir solemn- ' md jy delivered opinions would certainly t ibs 0pen tlio eyes of any naturalist. The '1C majority are firmly convinced that f v s the beast has the power of fascina- 1 (ion similar to that generally accord- v cd to the snake, and they also believe f as (hat the crocodiles in any veil river t will not molest man unless man has c ots first molested them. When recently t being paddled up a small river for K? the first time I was about to lire at a cxt young crocodile lying on an exposed mud flat. " Don't sir?don't!" cried t *1';s (iie four paddlers as one man. 1 low- n ered my rifle and asked their objec- t mo lion. It appeared that in this partic- t. l,u' nlar river, though it swarmed with a 1 crocodiles, and the villagers habitue'v ally bathed there, nobody had ever j 1)1,1 been taken; while ir the next liver, ll'J debouching almost at tlio same spot '"'l on the coast, there was continual and bloody strife between the natives and ?l the crocodiles. This was corrobor' atod by other villagers on the river, who ascribed their immunity to the ,ut fact that they had never killed a lint crocodile there nnd ill return the * j crocodiles had novor done them any 'Ms I harm. Whether or not this can bo ow ; accounted lor by tbo theory that a Mig crocodile "turns man eiltor," liko a "h' (5 'i r. is an Interesting problem.? l|"l Chambers' Journal. led the Schoolln>y Logic. ^ 'Should women have votes for Par* ' a Moment? Givo your reasons for and (j lie against." This was a question asked s ith of schoolboys in a recent examination its in Kngland. One hoy replied: "No, So because if they did they would want my to get into Parliament and then they me would pass a lot of silly laws, such as ian that a man was not to smoke before ^ vt>r his wife or that wives were to have V /ill Wednesdays and Thursdays off, and ' nts then the men would have to stay at of- home and mind the children." hi- A logical answer to the question, r.ss "Why does a kettle sing?" was fur:>r_ nished by a hoy who wrote: 'He- j sh- cause if it did not you could not tell las when the kettle was boiling." Asked ju- to explain the initials "C. O. D.," one jI,. boy replied that they stood for "Colin lector of debts" and a second said in. "Cod-liver oil drink " ian Anoi hor enterprising youth de- * p?. scribed a sleeping partner as "a man II _ wlio goes to sleep when playing ' 1,,. bridge." Asked how ho would mend ui,. a puncture in a bicycle tiro a boy's 1 a answer was to the point: "I would l(n. get a box of stuff that you do it with ' I,,, and stick it on."? Chicago N'ews. A Tree That Grows Itrcnd. * in tho South Sea islands there is a tree called tho breadfruit troo. This t ' troo is very 11k?* our horse chestnut to J' look at, and mows to forty or fifty i ' foot high. Its leaves are a very dark I green, and many of them are two foot ( 1111 I in length. The fruit <>f ? /%?. i.. an* the most wonderful part of it. 1 It forms the principal food of the in< natives of these islands, but before t they eat it th y roast it in an oven, 1 '' 1 and when it is baked it looks iust like wheat bread. It Is very nice to eat, ,is" and nourishing, too, like renl bread. Delightfully easy and simple for , the South Sea Island housewife!? , I inNew York Press. , si led silt Of the forty-four Rngllsih county ' vis- chief constables, only threo have ' I'or i i. i n from the ranks, thirty-throe be- ' of inn e<-army officers and one an exind navy officer. ' ! FLOOD IN FRANCE i e (o Forest Destruction , Sellers of Wood. i or-| of dollars, and will hasten the pend is , inir leclslalion nn iiw> oniiin/'i if- Singularly enough, a largo portion in of the timber thus felled and sold ! <! tcoes to (Jermany, where, owing to the ' nil -vise Initiative of Kmperor WUllani, 1 es- forests are rigidly protected, ued Pierre Hamlin, a former Minister not of Puhlie Works and head of an irn- * wn portnnt group In the French Parlla. :k ".fiit, hn? for the last ton years been ' ,,er premeunR Just such a disaster aB lias ino now occurred. But he preached in the the desert, as it wore, about the vital necessity of preserving the forests, inv: Is now demonstrated that this reckon less d'-wtruction of French forests Is iily tlx' primary cause of the present diH[>ua ; aster. I : -\W' ill Georgia Girl an Inventor. Men have no monopoly of the ser rices of the Patent OfHco in Washing on, and comparatively few of then lave turned out so many invention! hat have proved commercially sue :essful in the last few years as Misi iertha E.. Baumer, of Atlanta, Ga ler last invention is a novel auto uatic device to save elevators fron ailing when a cable parts or work oose, and engineers have pronouncei t a marvel of mechanical ingenult; ind simplicity. Miss Baumer lias jus :ompleted a student's course in me hanics, and siie Intends now to de 'ote herself entirely to Invention.? few York Press. "Wife and Mother. Corbett, in his well known book 'Advice to Young Men," gave the fol owing advice on choosing a wife There are comparatively few womei lot replete with maternal love, aiu >y-the-bypf take you care if you mee villi a girl who 'is not fond of chil lren,' not to marry her by an; neans. Some few there are win iven make a boast that they 'canno ear children,' that is, cannot endure hem. "I never knew a man that wai food for much who had a dialke fr ittle children; and I never knew 5 voman of (hat tasto who was gooc or anything. 1 have seen a few li he course of my life, and 1 have ncv r wished to see one of them a seconc line."?lionie Notes. The Tight Skirts. It is almost impossible to hold ui I10 long, tight-fllting skirts. On* nust pull the tight part well above he knees, and then, unless 0110 ha: he hem the same length all around n expose is sure to be made. And in walking one is obliged t( nil up the tight part above tin i Potato Doughnuts.? granulated sugar and o three tablespoon ills of spoonful of so''.1 into tli ca- [ *'u> ''rat mixture 2 ( again with one teaspooi "tlf </j ) baking powder and hall ^ i- ( whole to a soft (lough, i o ) to a'wholc c up, hut add c cakes. Take the mixtu > pat into a sheet and cu | often during the fryit ^ ' doughnut. They will 1 Js? Ol. | stiff enough to be han > Magazine. nf>es plan Klpnniin* nfrnsn ;i i? 111 possible. Clearly, the couturicrs Id not intend that thoii trailing kirts should be worn walking. Although this mode for drawing ii losely just below the knees th< raperies both of mantles and 01 ;owns can scarcely be recommended n the score of grace, there is yel oniethinK to be said in its favor as i irauRlit oxcluder, and the curloui vay in which the full draperies 01 oft sapphire blue velvet are drawi lown and held in place by two band: >i iiiiiiv, us very cnaracierisuc 01 in< node of the moment. Philadelphii tecord. What Slie Will Wear. Immense veils. ^ Lots of plaid. Diminutive hats with enormous rib >on bows. Long ostrieb feather bows, tossei >ack over one shoulder. Shoulder collars made of velvet rib >011 loops. Very Ihk round or oval old-fash I.I..... Theatre headdresses of ostricl ips, lullo and roses. Reception gowns of heavy laci (trapped with eloth. Quantities of beautifully tintei grapes on hats. Marabout as a dress trimming am n scarfs. Shirtwaist dresses with separate wat.s. Adjustable collars and cuffs o inen. Dress hats of white niched tulle rimmed with plumes and sable ani nals. Philadelphia Record. Invitations for Tin W edding. In celebrnting tlie fifth wedding an ilversary the tin emblem should pre lorninate throughout the arrange nents. The invitations may be sen >n tin, and from then on the meta ihould be conspicuous. All quests an >xpected to send or bring a Rift, bu t is not good form to present an; Dut the material typified. A pl<;ce o Insb at a tin wedding is not correct nor need one expect that the hostes will wish a handsome remembrance rho funnier the gifts the better, fo It is Olllv wifll tho I iMlun.cio ^ v..~ I'. ?M ^oo wi jvair when silver, glass and linen annlver carles arrive, that elegance aiul for mailty art? oxpeeted. When invitations for a tin weddlni are sent the boivices of a tinsmitl will be required, for he must cut th sheet metal into pieces the proper slz to flt note envelopes. The wrltin [>n these iniiHt he done with a fin paint brush dipped into white o paint. The lettering will not be dlfil cult. As the gathering is Informal an tno Bpaco limited, the hostess ma write: Mr. and Mrs. John Smith want you to come to make merry their Tin Anniversary, Tuesday the 25th. Tacy will oxpect you at eight thirl; Those Invited should aekuowlede the invltatluv in an informal note. I ( \ : J T ? ' ' ; DQlrC=======^Q) da (XT for n p,t I WOMAN'sf 1 REALM <T = S. /7 sh( \ Sir's vvij no aw -<\v\ 1 ? aft tr? ly The hostess should provide such tn. - entertainment as she knows her - friends enjoy. If she decides to givo i ? umuer or a supper all Her euerglea s should bo concentrated on arranging ** - the table, which must carry out the g s metal Idea. The centrepiece should be of white r/i . flowers standing in a tin vessel. It 'J0 i may be surrounded with smilax or * ^ s asparagus if wished. The little dishes kl< 1 holding candles, nuts and small cakes 60 y must bo tin, and the usual small bII- ?' t ver should be replaced by ordinary m - tin kitchen ware. If tin Instead of . china plates are used the meal will be I _ all the mp.Tlcr.?Rosanna Schuyler, I in the Nf <v York Telegram BQ ! 1 t The cape craze is a raging one. All velvets are extremely popular. y The bolero is promised a great t' vogue. ? Street skirls are narrow and quite 3 Blouses of chiffon to match the j suits are In full vogue again. i Striped flannel, linen and madras 1 are used for morning shirt waists. I 1 Suede shoes in grays, browns and I blues, as well as blacks, are seen. H/ Three yards Istheregulatlon length H of the chiffon or net evening scarf. | Round collars arc Increasing In j size ancl bid fair to develop Into capes. , The frock of ChanttUy lace Is an i old-time favorite that is again to the Paris milliners are now expert- | > meriting with medium-sized picturej offect hats. -Beat throe eggs; heat in one cup of ne cup of mashed potato mixed with melted butter. Stir half a level tea- H roe-fourths a cup of thick, sour milk; with four cups of sifted flour, sifted I ll'ul of sail, four level teaspoonfuls of j [ a teaspoonful of mace, and mix the I I More Hour will he needed, from half no more than is needed to shape the re onto the hoard, a little at a time, t into rakes; fry in deep fat, turning lg. These are a particularly good >e soft, even if the dough ho mixed died easily.?Boston Cooking School ? Very pretty with coats and colored i blouses is the deep cuffs of linen with ; pleated lace frill. Chantilly, imitation thread, Eng- 1 1 lish thread and other light laces of j ? this character are rroenini* into fn?m. > Ilaflla is being used for embroider- j fi)k designs on curtains or monk's cloth. This effective work is quickly : 1 done. f Unless a glove oxaotly matches a j ( dress gown, it will bo of white in . preference, then champagne, tan or pearl. t The eight-button gloves are graceful with a dress sleeve, avoiding any dividing line between the glove and sleeve. With highly ornate umbrella handles in style, some are now offered . with tiny vanity boxes concealed in the handles. l For evening wear satins of more or less luster are holding on tenaciously (g - and may go through the winter as a ~* favorite material. To match the tailored suit, there is now offered the muff of velvet, big, 1 flat, trimmed with fur and with heads and tails to match. c Among the new colors is a yellowish tan, called mandarin, and an extremely faded shade of old rose I known as Corinth. All silk goods of the "cashmere" ,, finish class are In excellent demand for the voluminous wrana and even f ; lng coats now in the height of fashion. y A late model in a Hlmple evonlng t! coat baa n queer little cape-hood ar- J rangenient, that would bo nice for ? tho girl of Blender lines. Fur collar, t! cuffs and tie ends make a rich trimming, but heavy lace, or nomethlng y. PerHlan In effect, would bo equally * ;c good for finishing the neck and jP | Bleovea. "'' ""-' A " -MSBKfiT . THB DECIDPTIVK MIRROR. Dne's reflection In a mirror never es one Justice. .Comfortable though' ' the plain and pretty alike! Com* txlon, expression and color are all illy hotter than tho shining- gins* ikes them appear. Lot not 'her to 'Will uciiuio uuri uecu t-'juiiiilK ?M ll'_*i arms despair. If sho would seo her f In the deceptive mirror as others ) hor with th* eye. or as nearly as sfllblo, let hor hasten to a draper's c>p and buy a quantity of soft, pure ite material?gauze. If i>cfislblo; 11 t, flwlss or Indian muilb: will after very well, says Woman's Life. He cure to havo It pure white, and ter polishing the surface of the rror gather the material at tho ceni of the top and bring It flown softat either side, framing tho glass A DFJOOItiATIVB B9SENTJAL. "I guos? we'd better sell that cow," ifl 'Mrs. Corntossel. "She doesn't ir*. nnu rv-illlr 1' "No," answered her hint band. "But > daen'fc sell her. Every summer ardor aatoa if wo keep a cow an' l ro got to 'oo ablo to say 'Yes.' I'm est if I Rco what city people find , confounded ornamental in a cow." I Washington Star. lit Rim "I had a mishap at the ag< fix," writes Mrs. Georgia Uslie "I was unconscious for would have fainting spells, d headache, heart palpitation, and "I suffered greatly with ail life and had 3 doctors, but they to try Cardui. "Since taking Cardui, I am all my housework." The Woma Do not allow yourself to g get In so bad you would find i Better take Cardul while 1 still in moderately good health, j and kppn vnn in fin Inn rnnHit J ?. I' In this way your troubles, ually grow smaller instead of 1. up-grade instead of the dowr arrive at the north pole of perf Get a bottle at your drugg THE BLADE It will save you one-fourtF field. You can use it without ski stand. ttJff With its keen cutting cori PUSH away the stalks nc a stand. JLdP ~ If you will but examine il at a glance. Manufactured l>y tltn AMKHIOAN KM THE JOHN REILY HOE ^ x* \? 4a For Agricultural Impk ^ Diso Harrows, Cotton and 1 if fertiliser attachments, Ct Handy Wagons, Distributor W Stalk Cutters, Wire Fencir o SOUTHERN FARM TOOL CO., Cor. LI<S9 CLAjRA BA.RTON DHvrVFlRS 1 mpr/>MAa Mlsft Clara IHirton, formorly pro#!- . ent nt th? Matlonul Hod flrinu an l kty, and at present h??d of the Na onnl Draf. Aid Association, had a mnarkablo reception when sho do ' vered th? diplomas to tho graduat- | ir nltRB of tho Philadelphia School of Nurse*. When sho made her ppcaranoe on the stsgo she was surouridcd hy a score of young women 'ho waved tbo flags of all nations ver her head whllo the orchestra ; truok up, "Tho R?d, White and Hue " The audlnnrri roao to itn foot n<l joined In tho choruB.?Now York lun. OU> fflAiDITS. "Do you like to have 1)Ouquot8 hrown i\t you?" "I prefer to h&v? ?m handed ovei j ho footlights," answered Yorlck : I?mm. "I Involuntarily nldestop /hon I see anything coming through ho air."?/Trenton A/merlcan. iFormer Vlo?-Preftldent L?rl P. larton at eighty-six assumot the Uairpuuishlp of th? board of one of h? -two ltfgvst trutt convpaaUa In h? ootiotry. ; :i-T,.s: TRIED REMEDY Pgjg| FOR THE GRIP. 'world hardly uhob a man iih >adly as lie imaglncu. Don't accept a nnbstituto for /Vrru nnr,i?> T'ainMUer. Nothing is a* good for rWunnvtiain, neuralgia and similar troubles. Hesitation 1b Half asncnt. I Fix T e of 41, which left mc in bad rf of Conyers, Ga. three days, and after that I ] il-ri MACO M AflfAHOMnno ii./.hiv00| uti vuuoiltas, SIV.IV many strange feelings. ments due to the change of r did no good, so 1 concluded i so much better and can do CG41 n's Tonic ei lino a oaa nx. you mignt BS t hard to get out. there Is time, while you are ust to conserve your strength whatever they are, will grad- -H arger?you will be on the i?and by and bye you will ect health. ists* today. ww en You Buy Hoes b Year Be Sure to ; for ?eily" Hoe FOR DIXIE i labor and time in the cotton innincr and bruisincr the cotton ners you can CUT instead of >t needed in bringing cotton to t you will se? its superiority HtK AN1) IIOK CO. A*k your donler lr to CO., New Orleans, La. lc im? Tfajr W Southern g I| Farm ? ||) Tools ? 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