STEADY SUPPLY OF PEARLS
Purpose of Scientific Investigate
in tlie Ceylon Fisheries.
The pearl banks of Ceylon, it ma
be pointed out, are merely san
banks formed of sandstone and coi
cretions upon which isolated mass<
of coral grow without forming roof
bo that severe disturbance of the oy
ter bed may very easily be set u
It Is found that the collection of tt
spat by native divers is slow, but tt
most satisfactory. *
The pearl bearing cestode is n<
a true oyster for edible purposes, bt
Is more closely added to the muss'
farsiiy. It differs from the ordinal
animal in having a "byssus," or bui
die of tough threads, by means <
which it secures a firm adherence 1
suitable materials, and similar to tl
facilities possessed bj? the musse
Attempts are being made in cultiva
Ing this oyster by artificial imprei
nation of the pearl forming larvai
Investigation is being carried out t
ascertain the origin of the spat an
how it periodically disappears. I
connection with this researcn a tuoi
ough study is being made of Ae se
currents on and around the oyste
banks and of the surface drift i
the Gulf.
The fishery is very intermitten
Prior to 1903 there had been non
for twelve years, and the situatio
became so serious that a commissio
was appointed to investigate the sut
Ject. In 1905 the harvest was th
greatest on record. Over 80,000,00
oysters were collected, realizing $1
250,000, two-thirds going to th
island's treasury. In the subsequer
two years it dwindled regularly, an
1908 proved barren. It is agains
the recurrence of intermittent fat an
lean years that scientific deve
opments are being conducted so ths
the fishery each year may be of mor
steady and reliable proportions. B
the assistance of science it is antic
pated that the speculative characte
of the enterprise may be almos
eliminated.
During the last few years the ter
dency toward "community of intei
ests" had developed among the m
tives at the auction sales. A "ring
was rormea to Dring prices aown, e
the same time keeping out small pui
chasers, but an officer promptly sus
pencled the auction indefinitely. Th
members of the ring, apprehenslv
that their journey to the island woul
prove abortive, broke up, since whic
time there has never been any ai
tempt at "combination."?Scientifl
American.
Teacher For Sixty-Five Years.
With the record of having neve
missed even a half day in flfty-seve
years' service in teaching school 1
Boston, Charles James Caper
eighty-six years old, senior master i
the Boston Latin School, retired yes
terday from active duty.
He is the oldest teacher in Bosto:
and probably in the United States
His retirement is due to the sevent
year limit rule adopted by the Bos
ton School Board. Mr. Capen ha
been a school teacher sixty-five years
but since 1852 his service in the Lati
School has been uninterrupted.Boston
Herald.
The Boss Ear of Corn.
Through the schools of a numbg:
of Western corn growing States, boy
and girls are stimulated by prizes t<
plant little patches of corn. Out o
each community where an exhibit I
held, ten prize winning ears are sen
to the county exhibit. The best tei
there are entered in a State show
and then the States compete. Th<
final winners are sifted to the bes
one ear in tLe whole United States
Scientific interest in agriculture i:
growing. It is one finger post on thi
road from the city to the farm.
Ancient and Modern.
The difference between , ancien
and modern jlane was amusinsly iJ
lustrated when the teacher of Englisl
literature asked, "What is the mean
ing of the Shakespearean phrase
"Go-to?" and a member of the clas
replied, "Oh, that is only the six
teenth century expression of the mod
em term, "Come off!" The tw
phrases, while apparently opposite
do, in fact, substantially mean th
same thing.
ORIGIN
Of a Famous Human Food.
The story of great discoveries o
inventions is always of interest.
An active brain worker who foun
himself hampered by lack of bodil
strength and vigor and could nc
carry out the plans and enterprise
he knew how to conduct, was led t
study various foods and their effect
upon the human system. In othe
words, before he could carry out hi
plans he had to find a food that woul
carry him along and renew his phys:
cal and mental strength.
He knew that a food which was
brain and nerve builder (rather tha
a mere fat maker) was universall
needed. He knew that meat wit
the average man does not accomplis
the desired results. He knew th?
the soft gray substance in brain an
nerve centres is made from Albume
and Phosphate of Potash obtaine
from food. The he started to solv
Ihe problem.
Careful and extensive experiment
evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famoi
food. It contains the brain and nerv
KiillfUntr fnnri elements in nnndifin
for easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape-Nut
daily is easily seen in a marked stui
diness and activity of the brain an
nervous system, making it a pleasui
for one to carry on the daily duth
without fatigue or exhaustion.
Grape-Nuts food is in no sense
stimulant, but is simply food whic
renews and replaces the daily wasl
of brain and nerves.
Its flavour is charming, and bein
fully and thoroughly cooked at tb
factory it i3 served instantly wit
cream.
The signature of the brain worke
.spoken of, C. W. Post, is to be see
on each genuine package of Grapi
Nuts.
Look In pkgs. for the famous li
lie book, "The Road to Wellvilie.
"There's a Reason."
. I IX THE RANKS.
!
'D The n.an.v knew not that lie lived an
loved.
j A common soldier in the ranks of man
| Xor how he strove, unenvious of tli
\ van,
1(3 To hold his place, in faithfulness ui
l- moved;
?s Still smiling when his wound no longc
"" 1 proved
s* | The trifle lie would have it as he ran;
S- Falling as cheerfully as he began,
p. Xor failing aught unselfishness behoovet
ie '
ie God of the mighty, lauded long and far,
I The greatly gifted of our humankind,
! We thank Thee lor each blazing splendi
3t star.
It The planets of the Zodiac of the mind
, But more we thank Thee for those live
that light,
y Like fireside lamps, our common hearth
1- at night.
?Robert Whitaker, in Home Herald.
-o C? i
' it THE BARN RAH &
t- ^
??^?^?^?^^.?^?^.?^ySI
o I
I Keene Warden sat at the clumsj
^ old-fashioned writing desk, starin
, hopelessly at a blank piece of lette
paper. Several fragments were scat
* j tered on the floor, bearing testimon
j to fruitless efforts. He was bette
' educated than the average farmer i
the vicinity of Cornsville, and he hai
t a clear, reasoning mind, but his un
e dertaking was of a delicate naturf
' Moreover, his six feet of manhoo
strode away from other people's busi
, i ness instead of poking into it.
?" ^ ,, t,,
q j ne ten, tuau uc u**cu. a. w ui
q ' father's memory to protect his fa
. j ther's friend, Stephen Ross, in hi
*e ! old age. In his day Stephen had bee:
i a prosperous farmer Successive off
seasons had done their work and th
jt j inevitable mortgage had rolled up it
j added interest. His wife's illness an
[? ! death had weakened his strengtl
| and ambition. He had lost his fare
e and gone to live on a ten-acre stri
y saved from the wreck. Then hi
[. ; only son, who had no aptitude fo
; farming, had gone west, married
I j made a fair fortune in mining stocks
and had written to his father to com
: out and share his luxurious home,
p. ! But the old man's heart and mem
t. ories were too strongly rooted in hi
? ; meadow lands to stand transplanting
| So the son had bought the farm bad
and let his father live on tt, also mak
I u.? ? ?AT\AfAnc ollntt'onnc
? lug U1LU <* 50UCI wui? a*?v HUUW
e Stephen was as happy aa his solitar;
e fireside would allow him to be, bu
,3 : the fireside was about to be cheerei
h ; by his grand-daughter, a young gir
I. 1 of nineteen, whom he had not seei
[0 , in fifteen years. Her father was goin;
i to Mexico for a six months' sojouri
' among some mines, and she hai
written that she felt a longing to se
her father's boyhood home and he
1 j grandfather.
n | "It's really hers, you know,'
D Stephen had said, when telling Keen
j the news. "Her father deeded it V
E her when he bought it."
* ! "Her coming will cheer you u]
! wonderfully, Mr. Ross," venturei
D i Keene.
1 "Yes," agreed the old man, bu
y J there was reservation in his tone, i
' | foreboding in his eyes, and Keen'
9 gradually drew from the cause. I
I nrUt/th KnrJ n??Amnf Ai
'? ( yvdo luid tain. wun,u uau
n ; the letter to Ruth Ross. Finally hi
- : managed to explain to this pampere<
; young person that her grandfathe
was old and lived entirely in the past
clinging pathetically to old ways. Hi
told her he knew that the farm wa:
hers, but urged her not to make thi
3 improvements thr.t would doubtlesi
J 1 suggest themselves to her. This thi
old man was fearing'" and dreadini
t that she would do. He feared tha
she might replace the old fireplace b;
a furnace. Stephen made a heartfel
' , plea for the survival of the old man':
j ! altar fires. It "/as a straightforwan
j letter with no apology for his inter
g ference.
. | About si* days after the mailing o
this letter he looked for a reply, bu
| none came.
: OUK is uueuueu auu uiunb uii
t j nervy," he thought ruefully. "Med
dlers always make matters worse
k She'll probably take pains to do al
she thinks I asked her not to do."
' ; A week later Ruth Ross arrived an<
g Keene went over to meet her. He en
tered the big living and dining-room
braced to met a scornful young dam
0 sel. The room was lighted only b;
, i the flames from the fireplace. Thi
^ old man sat in his usual place, look
lng, as Keene's quick, keen glanci
j noted, ten years younger and twent:
! years happier. A slender slip of ;
; girl with soft, sweet eyes and smooth
1 shining hair came forward with ex
r itended hand.
"Mr. Warden, papa has told me s<
d ! often of all the pranks you plavei
y when you were a boy that I feel as i
lt ; I knew you."
,g ! "You do," he said earnestly. "Th
0 summer you were here when yoi
g : were four and I fourteen we were firn
T i friends, but, of course, you don't re
s : member."
3 "I am not so sure about that," sh
[_ j replied. "When I smell new mow]
( hay I have a fleeting vision of a bi;
a | boy with a' gentle touch who used t
? i carry me on his back through fields.'
y I "I was that boy," he declared,
v I ' Then draw up a chair to our love
b | ly fire."
lt "She likes the fireplace, Keene,
j said the old ma;i in childish eager
n I ness. "She says it's the most beau
d tiful fire in the world."
e [ "Of course," she asserted, lookin
, at Keene. "It makes me loathe stear
>g . and coal."
[S ; That night Keene went home wit
e his heart throbbing. She was not oi
D fended, then, and from the fireplac
; iJivjpyaiLiuu il luutieu as u sue ivei
t? J going to follow out his suggestion;
r. The next morning he met her drivin
d | her grandfather over the place.
e | "Isn't it a dear old farm?" sh
;g . cried.
j "Keene," said the old man delight
a : edly, "she loves the fence. Sh
h ! doesn't want it down."
;e I "Want it down!" echoed the gir
l looking at Keene. '"It is so pictui
g ! esque! And I like the idea of fenc
te ing in your possessions. I'd go fai
b ther if I had a home; I'd build a wai
around it."
;t "I was afraid you'd think us olc
in fashioned," suggested her grandfr
2- ther. "Maybe, now, you'd like sow
new chairs and sofys."
t- "Why, grandfather, you couldn
! buy such beautiful old things anj
1 where. It would sfioil i
put anything modern in it, wouldn't
it?" appealing to Keene.
j j "Indeed, it would," he replied, his
heart warming.
i; The next day lie met Stephen driv11
ing from town. There was a slight
i- flush in his withered cheeks and a
light in his dimmed eyes.
!r "She's deeded the farm back to
me, Keene," he said with a sob. "She
said I had worked out my life on it,
and that it belonged to" me. Of j
course. I shall will it to her, but it j
is mine, now." |
d "She has made him a man again," j
Keene told himself, his heart full of j
; a tender reverence for the generous !
young grandchild.
is Each day brought some new evi- |
dence of her thoughtfulness for the ]
old man's comfort and happiness. |
E Towards Keene himself she ever
P showed a gracious air of good fellow- j
? ship.
P "Next Thursday," she announced
5 one day, "is grandfather's birthday, i
r and I am going to give him a barn, a j
g big, red one."
r This had been a long-felt want of :
the old man's, and he was greatly j
v excited over the prospect.
r "We'll have a barn raising," he de- |
n cided.
d "What is that?" asked Ruth won* 1
deringly.
- - - * j!
> When the old man naa expiaineu, i
d he added, with a sigh: "It ain't what [
it used to be. They have new fangled
machinery and just a few men who
s bring their own dinner with them."
"How was it in the olden time?" ,
s "It was a great event. Men came 1
a from miles around, twenty-five or j
>_ thirty of them, with their families. |
e We set long tables and most always ,
s killed a sheep. Your grandmother j
^ made a few dozen pies, and in the j
k evening we had dancing and games." |
Q "We'll have just such a one this ,
p time," she said ecstatically.
s Forthwith they began to plan ac- !
r cordingly. This renewal of an old ,
I custom was looked forward to in the
.' whole district, and when the event* j
g ful day arrived, Keene was the first i
one on hand. He caught the infec- j
tion of the old man's delight and
s helped to make the day a success, ,
, and the dinner was one never to be j
? forgottea.
"What wonders she has worked!" j
, thought Keene, looking at the happy !
y young hostess. "How glad I am I
t gave her the keynote. She is so good
^ she could not help" being generous to
2 him, but she might not have grasped
the situation so quickly if I had not :
? written to her. It is sweet in her j
* never to have alluded to it in any <
3 way-" I
His courage was inspired to the
point he had been yearning for since i
that first glimpse of her by the flre?
side. When, after the departure of '
the guests, he was left alone with
her, he opened his heart to her, and
she shyly responded to his love.
"We'll live here in the dear old :
^ home with grandfather," she pleaded j
when he was saying good-night,
j. "To-morrow," he thought, as he
was walkiner home. "I will soeak to
\ her of the letter."
t When he went into the house he ,
j found a missive from the dead letter 1
office. Opening it, he found his let- j
j ter which had been misdirected. He
watched it burn.
"I will never tell her," he con- !
g eluded.?New Orleans Picayune.
Quite Different.
3 "Maria," said Mr. Rawlins, laying
aside his hat and overcoat and rub- j
y bing his hands gleefully together, j
? "you know that for years we have
been wanting to buy a building lot j
t in Kennedy's sub-division, but could
not afford to do it on account of the j
j high prices they ask for land out
there. Well, I've just learned that
Quinlan, who owns one of the best ;
f lots in that entire neighborhood, will
sell it for half what it cost him, if he
can get the cash. He needs the
money, and can't get it any othei
2 way. I have a great mind to buy it
to-morrow morning. It comes easily
within our means."
"I don't think you ought to do it,
Joshua," said Mrs. Rawlins.
* "You don't think I ought to buy j
it? Why not?"
"It would be taking advantage of
his necessities."
^ "But, Maria?"
e "Besides, I have just learned of a >
splendid opportunity to buy some fur- j
e niture that we need. Grigson & Mul- |
^ lins are advertising parlor sets at one- j
a third less than cost because they are !
' overstocked and can't afford .to carry !
" them through the season. I'd like to 1
buy about $200 worth of parlor furni- !
0 ture. We'll never have as good a i
\ chance again."
1 Being a man of excellent self-control,
Mr. Rawlins merely smiled.?
e Youth's Companion.
l _____
1 j
For One so Young.
Every day of his life, and in many j
e little ways, Robert Murdock dis- !
a charged some portion of his hereditary |
g obligation, and felt the responsibility j
o of that peculiar relationship which i
" the ante-bellum patriarchs sustained |
toward their people. He was not j
i_ their master, but the Almighty had
endowed him with greater gifts than j
> theirs. Noblesse oblige.
"Well, Uncle Andrew, I'm glad to
[. see you. Sit down."
Murdock's voice grew softer as
rr he spoke to the old negro who came !
n in, leading a small boy by the hand. I
Uncle Andrew was an old-timer, one
h of the remaining few.
>. "Marse Robert, please, sub, take j
e dis boy in ae sto ana teacn lm
e sumpin'. I can't do nuthin' wid 'im. i
5 He kiu sweep out an' fetch water an'
<r run errands."
3 Murdock glanced at the shrinking,
e white-eyed little negro. "Well, L'ncle
Andrew, is he honest?"
Andrew scratched his head, cone
sidered a long time, and replied:
"Dunno, Marse Robert?dunno yit. i
j But I 'spec' he's tolerable honest for
/ his age."?Everybody's Magazine.
General Edwards Played Hookey.
II General Edwards is guilty of lese
majeste and is likely to be dismissed
I- from the army. Declining a "comi
mand" from the President to play J
e golf on the score of "pressure of official
business," he went to a base't
ball double-header, and there was
Charley Taft, who gave him away.?
; PMl&sJelpbia Inquirer.
Founds a Scholarship.
Mrs. Margaret E. Langdale, of
Cambridge, Mass., has given the Phillips
Exeter Academy $50,000 to
found a scholarship to be known as
the Charles E. Langdale scholarship.
Mrs. Langdale's husband, the late
rroiessor manes n. i_ia.uguaic, ?a=
for many years the dean of the lawfaculty
of Harvard, and this scholarship
is to commemorate his work.?
New York Sun.
Collection of Dolls.
The Countess de Blonay is said to
have the best collection of dolls in
the world. Her collection has just
been on exhibition in Brussels for the
benefit of the Calvary Guild. The
oldest dolls came from the ruins of
Nineveh and were presented to the
countess' great-grandmother by
Queen Marie Antoinette. The most
striking dolls in the collection are
said to be the Fingo dolls from South
Africa.?New York Sun.
In Giving a Shower.
The natural embarrassment which
a shy girl is apt to experience in finding
herself the object of an unexpected
shower was obviated at a recent
function of this kind in a simple and
amusing way.
The gifts were all needfuls for the
kitchen. They were brought in
packed in a large hamper, and as
each was taken out. the bride and un
married girls of the party had to ex- \
plain the uses of the instrument or
appliance in question.
Some of the guesses were diverting
in the extreme, explanation of the
simplest dippers and lifters often going
wide of the mark. The group
of matrons and a few trained husbands
present were kept in shrieks of
laughter.?New York Herald.
The Fan-Parasol.
The folding umbrella, walking
stick and sunshade, combination
pieces of furniture, and transformation
gowns, are all old stories, but the
fan-parasol?or parasol-fan, as you
will?is the latest novelty designed,
for killing two birds with one stroke.
m ) Indian Chutnee.?Half
o (t salt, two ounces garlic, t
i1 dry ginger, two ounces r
QSZ Z ' seed, six ounces stoned r
tS? i1 fifteen sour green apples,
O s garlic, raisins, shallots a
S ^ seed in half the vinegar
5 j apples and sugar and bo
Cm. ~ | then add the other half c
S. I or place in glass jars and
It is the invention of a French woman,
and the importers are preparing
to spring it as a surprise for next
peason.
Open, the sunshade looks like the
ordinary article of its kind, inclining
a bit to the Japanese. Closed, it
etill appears as a sunshade, if deairoH
Rnf nr^ss a tinv soring, and
lo! the rod has shortened to half its
original length, the handle has
doubled up, And the covering has
wrinkled itself on the ribs In even,
. regular undulations, and there you
are with a pretty round fan that is
just as serviceable to create an artificial
breeze as it was a moment ago
to protect one from the sun.?New
York Evening Post.
Bags Match Costumes.
No matter how good looking a
leather purse or handbag may be
that is of smooth or pebbled leather,
It is not as first class as the new suede
bag fringed at the ends.
The smart thing is to have one of
these to match the costume. The bag
has a ragged effect by reason of all
the fringes cut from the leather banging
from it. It is not stiffened in any
way, and is carried by two long loops
of the suede.
On some of the handsome ones
fhoro a mntineram of semi-nrecious
stones. The imitation turquoise is
especially used for this work.
In shape these bags are square,
oblong, rounded at sides and bottom
and cut off sharply at top. Some clasp
In the regular purse way, and others
have a deep flap that catches with a
patent clamp over which is a large
uncut stone.
The prettiest ones that are seen
are in the natural suede set with blue
stones, and the peacut blue and green
ones heavily fringed, with the monogram
in green and blue crystals.?
Philadelphia Ledger.
Putting On a Veil.
"There is only one 'proper way to
put on a veil, madame," said the forewoman
of a Fifth avenue millinery
hat shop to a customers who had
just bought one of "our imported
models" made in a large establishment
on lower Broadway.
The forewoman, who was very
magnificent and condescending in her
manner, then proceeded to take a
veil at $1.50 a yard, cut off a yard
and a half, wave it about to shake
out the folds, get the exact centre
and place it under the lady's chin.
She then fastened the lower edges
I at the back of the lady's neck with
the barrette out of her hair. Lifting
the upper part of the veil, she placed
It smoothly over the brim of the hat
[ and fastened it at the back. It was
; certainly the best way of fastening a
veil, as there were no ends over the
face and the veil lay smooth and taut
from the brim to the tight band over
the neck. To lift the veil, one had, of
I :ourse, to take out the barrette, but
| veils which are put on in this way,
last a great deal longer and look better
than when they are laid around
the brim of the hat first.?New York
World.
Mrs. Ward on American Divorces.
If Harper's is not to be particularly
felicitated on its latest serial it is not
1 to be greatly commiserated, either,
upon Mrs. Ward's apostasy so far as
'Marriage a la Mode" is concerned.
t-Ier habit of holding a brief has alKavs
entailed its xisks. and in this
Instance, at least, fairly incurs the
forfeit. From its opening sentences,
one smells the tract. American divorce!
what more fruitful theme for
the British (or American) moralist?
It may be cheerfully admitted that
Mrs. Ward has made a sad picture of
it, with her two selected instances.
But it is disconcerting that she should
have handled her material with such
vehemence, such violence. Her hatred
of the cin far too plainly extends to
the sinner. And her indictment of
the "States" is so specific that it is
impossible not to take Daphne as, to
her mind, a representative American.
Consequently, her success in making
Daphne a hateful person, ill-bred, pretentious,
egotistical, peevish, strikes
one as a little malicious?though, no
doubt, unconsciously so. The whole
thing might have been done on a
higher plane, less crudely?should
have been bo done by this distinguished
commentator on human affairs.?H.
W. Boynton, in Putnam's.
Opportunities of Clubs.
Many girls come home from college
with a violent attack of .the woman's
ClUD iever. we ueneve u uomg tuc
club as a means to an end, not as
an end in- itself, says Ruth Cranston
in the Delineator. Organization is
essential to efficient co-operation, and
this is the justification of the woman's
club. Every one knows what a power
for reform and civic integrity some
of the women's clubs of America have
proved to be. If none exists in her
own home city, she may even be ambitious
enough to organize one. However
this may be, the secret of success
as a clubwoman lies in not overconcentrating,
in using the club as an
instrument for reform, not as an excuse
for neglect of home duties.
Lecturing to women's clubs offers
possibilities to the college woman of
ability, who has something of interest
to say and knows how to say it. This
is, moreover, a very satisfactory and
powerful way of influencing prom:^+
w/xtvi4-/-* #1 nHorf a lr^ riftiia
civic r.nd Federal improvements
which would otherwise never come to
their notice.
Indeed, thu life of the modern col!
pound moist sugar, quarter pound
wo ounces shallots, quarter pound
ed pepper, quarter pound mustard
aisins, one bottle of good vinegar,
six ounces of tomatoes. Chop the
nd tomatoes. Wash the mustard
and let dry. Then add all to the
il slowly for an hour and a half,
if the vinegar and let cool. Bottle
seal.
lege girl is determined far more by
herself than by her environment, and
her work should be decided after
careful consideration of present and
future situations; but even if the decision
results in failure there is no
reason for discouragement if one's
effort has been fruitful. College
teaches courage and self-reliance;
life teaches infinite patience and hope
for the future, and leads the disheartened
out of the depths of discouragement
with the cheering words, "Begin
again!"
The erp-ieral trend of the hat brim
Is downward.
Never were linen suits more popular
than now.
The princess costuipe is a feature
of the season.
Simplicity i3 the keynote in children's
apparel.
Jade bracelets with dainty silver
or gold deposits are among the novelties
in jewelry.
The silk skirts are very tight fitting
to the knees; then a full sun pleating
is used as a finish.
The princess, both fitting and semifitting,
the directoire and the empire
are all holding their own.
Necklaces of small cut jet beads
will be worn much by those who
favor the collarless gown.
Real pockets, long and -fiat, are
concealed beneath the trimming on
the sides on many of the tailor mades.
T* V\ q Klff Vi o f Vi o rt era r?n In cnito nf oil
the attractive forms of headgear that
have been designed to replace it, and
still is predominant in dress effects.
Paris has a new skirt, known as
the "reasonable" skirt. The back is
furnished with two pleats, which give
a certain fullness where it is most
needed.
There is a new skirt made upon
directoire lines which is partially divided,
but which is so carefully hung
that when walking the division is not
evident.
The new "pepper and salt" feathers
are much worn in conjunction with
a toque of sorrel green velvet, this
color combination being much
favored.
Cotton Bedford cord is to be had in
a wide range of colors. It is similar
to pique in appearance, but different
enough to appeal to those who like
a change.
The deep pointed bodice is already
lioi-fllclorl In* flip rpvprso nnsition of
the pointed girdle which is beginning
to turn downward at the front rather
than upward.
White edgings for waistcoats are
having a tremendous vogue this season
and men are wearing them not
only with dark suits, but with light
ones as well.
One of the late favorites with
motorists in England is the knitted
turban with long Shetland veil attached
for tying over the ears and
around the throat.
The fashionable plume Is very
thick and curls over at the tips, so
that two or even three of the old
thin kind will be required to produce
one of the oresent vintage.
wrov ji
j The dollar sign is derived from the J
letters "U S" in monogram.
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I Tea leaves are gathered four !
j times a year from the tea plant after j
I its third year.
i Live teddy bears are now being ex- !
tensively cultivated as pets.
I ? i
j Grilled grasshoppers on buttered
: toast are the latest Parisian delicacy.
Many valuable pearls are being ;
found along the Japanese coast of ;
the island of Saghalin. Some are j
j gray, others black, and a few are of >
| the rare yellow variety.
Twenty-eight and one-fifth seconds
i is the shortest time on record in
which a motor car has covered a mile.
Arkansas claims to have the largest
peach orchard in the world, and !
j 1000 men and 300 teams are harvest- I
i ing the crop. The orchard is in Se- I
j vier County, and has 200,000 trees.
; It covers 2800 acres, and trees on ;
*2000 acres are bearing i
'
j Austria proposes taxing bachelors
! and widows and married people withj
out children. ?
c
] In the island of Trinadad there is a *
; lake 115 acres In extent,'which, in- ^
| stead of containing water, contains ^
j asphalt in almost inexhaustible quan- n
j titles, for nature fills it up as its con- u
! tents are abstracted. a
P
African catfish have the power of j*
discharging an electric shock suffl- '
j ciently powerful to disable a man. '
Human hair to the weight of 207,- *
j. 414 pounds was shipped last year
; from Hong Kong to the United States. r>
n
In the last ten years the value of ?
i the cocoa exported from the Gold
I Coast, West Africa, has increased ?
from $50,000 a year to $2,500,000,
! This industry is a native one, worked
i by the natives themselves, by whom
; it was started. A railroad now be!
ing built from Accra to Akwapim will
j greatly increase the output.
A movement is now on foot for 10,I
000 Irishmen, resident in America,
j to make a pilgrimage to the Emerald
Isle next summer. i
<
| , Application will shortly be made to
Incorporate a line of railway to run
from Helena, Ark., to Pensacola, Fla.,
passing diagonally through Mississippi.
The promoters propose to give a
J new line from the Mississippi River
J to deep water on the Gulf Coast.
MOUNTAIN OF BORAX
! A Deposit of Great Value in Heart of
Death Valley.
With the exception of the Grand
j Canon there is probably no more ?
famous locality in the West than ,,
i Death Valley, known as the "vale *
below the sea," and although there
ar& a number of Mount Blancos in i
the Great American Desert, the Mount 1:1
Blanco of Death Valley is the greatest ?
; of its name. 4
! It rises like an enormous white
J breast against the terra cotta ridge. ^
of Funeral Range, close to Furnace it
Creek Canon, a great rent that cleaves ; a
the east rampart of Death Valley. I J
i Around it is a rolling waste of bald |
yellow hills, none of which is a mere i
j knoll, and it towers a good 1000 feet t
above them. The lowland of Death 1 b
] Valley, sinking for several miles f d
j westward, is probably 2500 feet b
| lower. f;
No one ledge or series of ledges h
anywhere in the world contains the j c
j immense amount of borate quartz j a
j shown in the surface of this mountain i ii
' of Colemanlte. It is a body of ore j c
i measuring 1000 feet in width and
| 5000 feet in length, pitching into the
; mountain range at a thirty-three de1
gree angle. It is a borax quarry j
j whose limitations cannot be even s
' roughly conjectured, but it must exceed
by thousands of tons any known
, borate deposit.?Detroit News.
King Edward's Consideration. j
I It is customary on the royal yacrit j
i to keep the red carpet on the deck un-,
! til the King or the last officer has ,
! come aboard for the night. One J ]
! night, not long ago, his majesty did
' A * 1 A Vl a TL'QO
j XIOL go itsuure. rvu aw v i.iu>.n uv. .. ? * .
I enjoying a cigar on deck, when he
j called out to the quartermaster, n
j "Send for the officer of the watch." s
I On his appearing the King inquired, U
"What are these men hanging about b
j for?" "The carpet, sir." "What do d
j you mean?" The officer explained | F
I that it was the rule of the carpet. P
i "But," said the King, "don't these \
j men have to get up at 5 o'clock in Si
the morning?" *!Yes, sir," the j F
officer admitted. "Then," replied his |
' majesty, quietly, "in future, whether j
j I am on board or not, you take up I
, the carpet before you pipe the men j e:
to supper." Incidents such as this li
spread rapidly among the sailors of | a
the various squadrons, and that is j si
1 why the King is so great a favorite i a
' - ? ~ TiwifloV, fJdvu rinnrlop AH- ! V:
1 III I lie UlillOU a ^ t* r J iyMu?vv - . ,
! *.1
i vertiser. I tl
j c
i n
The Black Spruce. i
j Time brings revenges, even in the j p
timber trade, and a humble conifer j
long treated with contempt seems
literally to be on the point of getting i
?_ ?_ M fV*ts !
a rise in me wunu. miucnu mv ^
black spruce," says the Dundee Ad- j a
vertiser, "has been despised by our i
few British foresters as ol' meager j }
commercial value, the yellowish timber
being soft and easily indented,
.though very light and long of grain.
It has lately been discovered that by e'
virtue of the last named two quali- p
ties this tree furnishes by far the best j
wood for aeroplanes. As yet the ig
black spruce has rarely been planted ' ^
toy our sylvicultures save for ornameat
or shelter." T
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01 GIB LAM
Sir HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS,
oases, flatulency, heartburn,
vokiting, indigestion,
dyspepsia, constipation, and
All Troubles of the
STOMACH, LIVER
and BOWELS
FULL BOTTLE MAILED FREE
W Write Today for YOUR Fre* BottU '
DR. GREENE !
MEDICAL j
SPECIALIST
9 West 14th St., New York City i
Long established and successful
practice. Proved professional
skill and ability. Expert and
honest treatment. High standard
of medicines. Reasonable
and fair charges. Advice free.
All who write receive the personal
attention of Dr. Greene
himself, proprietor of the great
family medicine, Dr. Greene's
Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy.
Write Today
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Decline of Track Gambling. '
Only a few years since race track
ambling was widely prevalent. Cftiago
was among the communities
rhich took the Lead in suppressing
his evil. Somewhat over a year ago
Governor Hughes inaugurated a
lovement against race track gamling
in New York State. Success
ttended his efforts to secure the
assage of a law which has dealt a
low to this practice. Since that
Ime Louisiana, Texas, California and
Washington have enacted laws hav-,
ng the same purpose in view. Last
^eek the Florida Legislature passed a
111 designed to prohibit gambling at
ace .tracks. The success of the movelent
against this particularly harmul
method of spreading the gamling
fever is a gratifying sign of the
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iauuu o iuuia>i ucT^tvpiuvuw?~
ago News.
~MUNY0N'S~
PAW-PAW PILLS
^ The best Stomach
and Liver Pllla known
Ua and a positive and
K speedy care for Constlpatlon,
Indigestion,
Jaundice, Biliousness,
j9B^h2m|PJA Sour Stomach, Head*
I W ache, and all ailments
arising from a dlsorMllUVilSM^ered
stomach or
sluggish liver. They
ly'lVflftaUl contain in concentrate
U4Wfl3H ed form all the vlr
2U5SSJB tues and values of
w Munyon's Paw-raw
"'gjAuf" tonic and are made
from the Juice of the
Paw-Paw fruit I unhesitatingly recommend
these pills as being the best laxative
and cathartic ever compounded. Oet
a 25-cent bottle and If you are not perfectly
satisfied I will refund your mon?y>
?MIINYON.
FIFTY-THIRD and JEFFERSON STS-,
PHILADELPHIA. PA. f
\DADGY NEW DISCOVERY;
* ? \J i girw qolok relief tad cm
tntnuo jtrwiknf tMtimo&iali* lO cUrt'trMtadtt
res. Dr. hTh. QEMH'S SOSS.BbxB.AtUmU.G*.
China will not in the future send any
iplomatic representatives to other coun:ies
who are not conversant with the lanuage
of the country.
jk Tour Dragglit Kor Allen's 7oot-E?s?
"I tried Allen's Foot-Ease recently, aad
ave just bought another supply. It has
ared my corns, and the hot, burning and
ching sensation in my feet which was aP
iost unbearable, and 1 would not be withut
it now.?Mrs. W. J. Walker, Camden,
f. J." Sold bv all Druetrisw. 25c.
Starting Indians as Farmers.
The Cheyenne River agency will be
usy for some time to come, as the',
istribution of live stock to Indians
egins to-day. To each head of a
it? Krt Mron fnrontv-thrAfl
amiiy IS LU UC 511CU vnvuw; ?M. wv
ead of two-year-old heifers, or in
ase he so desires a team of mares,
wagon and harness, agricultural
mplements, five cows and $50 in
ash.
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TIRED ALL THE TIME.
Languor, llstlessness, dullness of
pirits are often due to kidney dlsor_______
ders. Pain and
"&ery9iclure Tells weakness In the
JSIory' back, sides and hips,
?\ headaches, dizziness,
urinary disorders are
sure sI^ns t^iat
kidneys need immediate
attention. Delay
is dangerous. J.
WI1fred Zell, Duncannon,
Pa., says:
uKHL "Kidney backache
J and rheumatic pains
lade my life miserable. I could not
leep well and always felt tired. My
Imbs were stiff and sore and I was
ardly able to work. I was so bad I
Id not care to live. Doan's Kidney
'ills brought quick relief and soon a
ei^nanent cure."
Remember the name?Doan's. For
ale by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
'oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Meaningless Names.
A Southern priest sent me the othr
day the catalogue of a girls' school
1 Alabama apropos of some remarks
lade here in re silly spellings of senible
Christian names, and absurd
cd meaningless names, fond things
ainly invented. Here are some of
le gems from that list: Wyllle, Mai,
athryn. Aylee, Buhlah, Dorie, My- '
ie, Julya, Hellyn, Hyllin, Hycle,
.uthye, Wvnye, Oralce, Donnieben.
oor girls!?Living Church.
Extravagant Simplicity.
A deceptive feature of the reigning
lode in Paris is the apparent slmlicity
of the sunshades. They may
f- in silk or tussor and have a border
[ printed flowers in various tones,
he shape io less deep than it was,
ut it is not quite Japanese, and the
stravagance of this apparent slmlicity
lies In the fact that the suntiade
must tone absolutely with the
own with which It is carried. Torjlse
shell handles are very'much in
ivor and the stick should be long.?
he Queen.
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