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taste, thought and occasionally money

taste, thought and occasionally money
rs well.
The arrangement of the hair, q be-
coming neck adornment, q stylish
veil-these three points of toilet are
serious matters to be well pondered
over.
This season Dame Fashion has seen
fit to provide her followers with o
great variety of neckwear, so that
long throated and short throated,
small necLed and large necked women
may each aid all find something suit
able.
While the skirts of the smartest
gowns are severely plain, trimming
galore is used upon the waist and
most wonderful effects and colors are
accounted fashionable. Embroidery
and lace, silk and satin and all sorts
of contrasting colors. as well as IA
brics, are combined with curiously
bewildering result, which If becom-
ing, calls forth only favorable crl,i-
cism.
Capes and collars of every material
under the sun form most important
part in this seasons outfit. It is said
that there would have been o great
falling off in the receipts of the rail-
roads for extra baggage were it not
for the immense size of the sleeves.
For positively one gown, with half a
dozen different collars and trimmings,
would suffice in place of the same
number of gowns generally considered
absolutely necessary. Fancy en-
broidered collars and fichus transform
plain gowns into most dressy affairs
and cover defects if cut and fit IN o
delightful manner.
In all the shors are now sold these
fancy collars, the prices varying &C
cording to the materials. 1t is posi-
BILE to make them at home if oncs a
good pattern is secured, and, OF
course, by so doing much finer en-
broidery can be had for less money.
The plain ones, which have only band
of insertion, are very effective, and as
they are sold for less than 81, are we'll
worth that amount, for the money
saved would be very trifing, and they
are fussy things and take considerable
time and patience to make. The more
elaborate ones have the yoke of all
over embroidery and one or more full
embroidered ruffles. Some are OF fine
tucked muslin, with lace ruffies. An
extremely pretty style of collar, which
can be bought for $3.50, has the yoke
of narrow tucked organdie trimmed
with heavy lace two inches wide. This
is finished around the neck with n col
lar of folded moire ribbon, deep pur-
pie, and as this year purple is worn
with every other color, will do duty
on pale blue, a yellow or even
light pink gown.
The beauty of the batiste and muslin
gowns lies in the collars, which form
the principal trimmings on the waist.
Four or five narrow bias rufles, edged
with narrow Valenciennes lace, are
sewed on square or V-shaped yokes,
and fall of themselves into graceful
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Sounding the Warming.

An amusing story is told of the
meeting of the Epworth League at
Chattanooga, Tenn. One of the visif-
ing members was entertained by q
hospitable family, and at dinner was
asked to carve the chicken. For his
own convenience he transferred the
bird from the platter to his own plate,
whereupon the young hopeful of the
family, who had heard of the Meth
odist fonGness for chicken, and had
been anxlously watching the proceed
ings, cried out to his mother, with
tears in his voice, "He's going to take
it ALL" Explanations we're made and
tranquility reigned again. The poor
boy had been left with scant portion
of chicken upon some other occasion.
New Orleans Picayune.
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lie Struck the Ex.PreSident.

Gus Butterworth, the popular boni'
face of the Ridgeway House, is prob.
ably the only living man who, literal.
~ speaking, struck President of the
United States and received thanks in.
stead of term in Jail for it. Mr.. But.
terworth once gave it to Benjamin
Harrison in the neck and he lives to
tell the tale. 1t was while President
Harrison was living in his Cape May
cottage. Mr.. Butterworth was run.
ming hotel not far from the Execu.
tive residence. One day while enjoy
ing a ride on trolley car Mr.. Butter.
worth, who happened to be sitting be-
hind short, thlck-set man with gray
hair and beard, noticed very large,
healthy mosquito getting its bloody
work in on the back of the thick.set
mans neck. Acting on very natural
impulse, Mr.. Butterworth raised his
right hand and brought the palm of it
down on the mans neck with a re.
sounding slap. The man turned
quickly around and Mr.. Butterworth
gaw that he was the President of the
United States.
81 beg your PARDON" said Mr.. But
terworth, "but there was mosquito
on your neck"
"Thank you very much" remarked
the Chief Executive, cordially. 'Judg-
ing from the force of your blow I
don't think the insect will give me
any more trouble. 1 don't use slang
very often, bat this is the first time ]
ever got it in the neck-at least in that
fashion"
! Then Mr.. Butterworth plucked the
dead mosquito from the President's
neck, and he and Mr.. Harrison en-.
tered into a pleasant chat on general
topics. Mr.. Butterworth has that
MOSQUITO oyet,-Philadelphi Inquirer.
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Big Vessels for the Lakes.

Plans already fo:med settle the
question whether lake steamships 400
feet long or upward, with capacity
of carrying 600 tons OF freight at a
load, will be common after the open.
ing of the channels twenty feet deep
through all the shadows between Du.
luth and Chicago and the ports OF
Lake Erie. There is no longer a
doubt that such monster vessels will
rapidly multiply within the next few
years, and they are certain to do a
great part of the carrying trade Of the
lakes, perhaps most of it, before the
end of the century.
The steamships already contracted
for and those which are certain to be
built before next spring will undoubt-
edly so far surpass all vessels now in
use in ability to make money at low
rates for freight that other vessel
owners will be forced to follow the
pioneers Of this latest step forward in
the construction of splendid lake car
riers. Even an over supply of tom
mage, such as is very likely to be the
resalt, will not prevent the work of
replacing small craft with steamers of
the largest size from going on stead
lily. In one sense it will hasten the
change. Only the biggest vessels can
make money in such seasons of gen
eral over-competition for cargoes, and
in order to continue the business the
owners of old boats must let them 90
out and put in commission steamships
equal to any on the great lakes
Cleveland Les ader.
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BICYCLE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN.
The Wheel Covers Much more
Ground Than the Walker.

The great distance covered by bicy-
clists with ease shows conclusively that
the human walking apparatus, al
though it may be the best possible
contrivance for all the uses for which
it was designed, is not to be compared
with wheels, for the one purpose OF
getting over the ground. A single
observation Of wheelman going at
moderate speed shows that. with an IN
effort which in walking would result
in two steps of say two feet each, or
q total advance movement OF four
feet, with the wheel the advance
movement would be two bicycle steps.
or downward pressures of the feet,
each resulting in forward movement
of seven and one-half feet, or fifteen
feet for one entire revolution of the
pedal shaft, and this with less ezertion
than is required to take two steps. In
fact. it would be easier for the bicy-
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An Experiment With Frozen Milk.

A year ago q Danish merchant ex-
perimented by taking Danish milk,
which is peculiarly delicate and rich
in favor, freezing it by the use OF ice
and salt and sending it to London.
On it's arrival the milk proved to be
as sweet and we'll tasting as if it had
been just drawn from COW in the
middle of Sweden. The milk was 80
much in demand and proved so prof
liable an article of commerce that the
exporter immediately took out pat
ent on the shipment of frozen milk
from Sweden and Denmark to Lon
don. He then sold the patent to q
stock company with large capital,
which on February last bought one
ofthe largest Swedish creameries, con-
verted it into a factory, and, having
put in a special freezing apparatus,
began en- May the export of frozen
milk in large quantities.
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small black chenille dot, is even more
attractive. The great disadvantage
with it is that 1t is not so transparent
as it looks and is opt to be very daz-
zling. Tue Newport women started q
fad last year, which is as popular as
ever this season of wearing two wells
at once. The inner ono is OF dotted
net or chiffon, worn close to the face
and tied tight ct the back OF the head.
Over this from the brim Of the hat
hangs dark chiffon veil, quito loose,
brown being the favored color. The
effect Mt distance is to make wo-
man look as though she had some
eruptive disease. but it is supposed to
preserve the complexion.
How long a veil should be is sub
1cct OF discussion. The mask length
for fine wells is undoubtedly the most
comfortable, but although some wo-
men haye tried to bring back tho
fashion tLis year, it has not met with
universal approval, and the wells arc
still worn to the chin and under.
The real lace wells, black ami white,
while very handsome in themselves,
have C mesh that IS not SO becoming
rs Yelling itself; consequently they
arc not popular. Black and white are
tic most worn wells, but those with
dots Of the same are occasionally seen
when blue gowns and blue hats are
worn.
There is more ert III putting on
veil than is generally supposed. All
fulness over the face should be avoid
cd, for when yelling lies in folds it
makes the skin look li7id and wrinkled
4 box pleat in front, or the veil
will prevent the ugly folds
which are so unbcconing, end the veil
should be short enough to tic Or pin
ut the back Of the head, without leav-
ing rugged and untidy ends. When Il
veil is put on just right is is wiser not
to disturb it.
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A Little Heroine.

To the heroism of Gertie Anderson.
the eight-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Anderson, of Grand
Rapids, Mimi, more than twenty peo.
ple owe their lives. The child was
picking berries along the Duluth,
Mississippi and Northern Road, near
Mahoning, when special carrying
Assistant Superintendent Ketchum, OF
the South Shore Road, and some of
the Duluth, Mississippi and Northern
officials passed. The train had not
gone thirty yards when 200 feet of the
track over which it had passed sank
out of sight, nearly half of it being
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lie Bit Through q Board.

When Richard Johnson, colored.
forty years old, Of Frankford, bit
piece off an inch board Monday, his
friends concluded that he had hydro
phobia. The police were called in
and they, too, were deceived. John
son was hurried to the Episcopal
Hospital. On the way it taxed the
strength of five policemen to hold him
down, and he bit through piles of
rope and straps, which he got between
his teeth. At the hospital the doctors
said johnson was suffering from de-
lirium tremens.- philadelphia Press.
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How Weather Affects Health.

You know that the weather affects
your health, but have you ever salts.
fed yourself as to how it does 1t?, By
observing the barometer for few
months and comparing your feelings
with its readings you will discover that
they fuctuate in harmony. Then, just
little plain thinking will make it
clear. When the barometer is low the
atmosphere is light, and the air pres
sure on the body is considerably less
ened. When this pressure is removed
the blood is forced to the surface and
distends the surface and distends the
vessels. Weak or diseased parts are
congested, sensitive nerves submitted
to unusual pressure, and a sense of
fulness, a sort of::stuffy feeling per-
vades the whole body. The blood does
not flow freely on account Of the loss
of nerve tone, the brain becomes slug
gish and mental acuteness is in paired.
The barometer is not responsible for
all this, but it explains how it all hap
pens.
Healthy, vigorous persons are not
affected by the changing pressure and
moisture of the atmosphere, like those
who are diseased or have weak spots.
They have sufficient vital energy to re-
sist the tendency to congestion of the
small blood vessels and of the mucous
membranes to throw off more moisture
than the atmosphere will absorb. It
is for this reason that children and
young people in good health do not
suffer to any extent from atmospheric
changes. .-Pittsburg Commercial Ga
Zette.
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mousseline de sole are the foundation
for any sort of collar of fichu, it is
best to use considerable, as the mate.
rial in itself is go soft that quantity
is needed to look anything at all.
The ribbon collars are still part
and parcel of every high necked gown.
They are still made with rosettes and
bows at the side and back of the neck,
but lately it has been more the style
to tie the ribbon in bow every time
it is put on, rather than to have a made
collar. The tied ribbon does not last
80 long, md is consequently more ex.
pensive, but it is softer and more be-.
coming. There are so many varieties
and patterns OF ribbon to choose from
this year that if q woman does not
wear becoming collars it is her own
fault.
The fashions in wells vary every few
months, and as the really handsome
ones cost considerable money they are
by no means q small item in O
woman's expenses. The dotted wells
are always becoming and almost al-
ways injurious to the eyes, but the
last is of small consequence compared
to the first. A white mesh veil, with
black chenille dots, makes even a
thick, muddy complexion look well,
while in a white chiffon veil, dotted
with black, n woman OF fifty looks like
o young girl.
Wells of white chiffon were fashion
able last year, but this style, with the
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Pin Recovered After Thirty Years.

The Hon. A. S. Twitchell, Of Cor
ham, N. H., who was in town recently
attending the reunion of the Fourth
Maine Battery, told an interesting war
experience. During his journey
South, he and his comrades were
obliged to travel in box cars, and he
lost Masonic pin, having the square
and compass inclosed in circle Of
gold and his name engraved on the
back. During the reunion, very much
to his surprise, the pin was returned
him by one of his comrades, who said
that he received it a short time ago
from Grand Army man from dis.
tant State, who happened to see MIR.
Twitchell's name IN paper connected
with the reunion, and, not knowing
Mr.. Twichells address, sent it to the
comrade to return to him. ..-Portland
ME- Press.
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the striped galatea, are now worn by
women as we'll as children, and quite
irrespective of sailor dresses. They
are invariably becoming, and look
fresh and neat. The inner vest piece,
with high land about the throat, gives
pretty finish to the front OF any
gown.
The linen chemisettes, with turned
down collars, edged with narrow lace
and worn with cuffs to match, trim
wash gowns better than anything else
and are inexpensive. Like linen col.
lars and cuffs, they are quite beyond
amateurs, and should be bought, not
made at home.
Individual taste can lie exercised as
to how elaborate these accessories may
be. Yards snd yards Of insertion and
lace can be utilized and Ggain very lit.
tie will look we'll. When chiffon and
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ApDles Grow on a Pear Tree.

A pear tree loaded with apples is a
freak of nature that can be witnessed
on the old Dunklinson farm, two miles
north of Sailor Springs, Ill. The farm
is occupied by Captain George Elliott,
who discovered the tree loaded with
green apples few days ago. The tree
has born pears Of q fine quality for
eight years in succession. People are
coming from the surrounding country
and towns to view the phenomenon.
Captain George Elliott and Police
Judge Frank Van Houten vouch for
the truth of the storytelling o
Times Herald.
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An official Government flag is seen
in this country nowhere but in the
Port of New York, and on the high
seas only between that port and the
cities of La Guayra, Venezuela, Ha-
vana, Cuba and Tuxpan, Mexico. 1t
is the pennant of the ocean mail SER
vice, and flies upon the mizzenmasts
of twelve subsidized American vessels
carrying the United States mails by
contract.
It consists of red field with blue
border, having the American eagle IN
blue and the words "United States
Mails in white letters. 1t meas
ures fifteen feet long and has been In
use q little over two years. Last year
it was seen also in San Francisco and
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The Dangerous BuscOmboo.

A Mrs. James, of Lexington, KY,
attacked, and desperately injured
Michael Driggons with buscomboo.
This is one of the most dangerous
weapons known to the Italians. 1t is
supposed to have been made by Mrs.
James's husband, who is an Italian.
The weapon is made of small cedar
sapling, the root forming the knob
into which twenty-five long steel nails
are driven. The handle is fourteen
inches long, the knob four inches
long and two inches in diameter. A
loop OF silk cord is attached to the
handle to secure the instrument to the
wrist. New Orleans Plcayune.
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A FARMERS AFFIDAVIT.
DECLARES HE WAS CURED IN 4
MARVELLOUS MANNER.
Covered With Sores and Strange Spots.
Itched All Overflow Ho
Was Cured.

Covered With Sores and Strange Spots.
Itched All Overflow He
Was Cured.
From the Times, OUego. ". j. =
Having been informed that Mr.. Harlin
Scott, Of the town of Candor. Toga Co., n.
Y, had received great benefit from the use Of
Pink Pills, reporter of the 0uego Times
drove out to Mr.. .Scott's farm and found that
gentleman hard at work and apparently In
the best Of health. On making inquiry as
to the truth OF report, Mr.. Scott was very en-
thusiastic and cheerfully furnished the fol-
lowing af1davit n
Harlin J. Scott, being duly sworn, says that
he Is a farmer living in the town Of Candor,
Tioga County, State Of New York. Had for
merly lived In Caroline, Tompkins County,
N. Y. For several years was afiicted with
disease Of the skin, in which brown spots
and sores appeared upon his face. neck and
body. At times suffered burning, prick
ling or itching sensation that was terribly
annoying and disagreeable, especially so
when perspiring, and was unable to work.
Consulted the local physician, who said my 3
tions did not benefit me. took blood reme-
dies recommended by druggists. with no
help. A friend called my attention to Pink
Pills for Pale People. purchased pox OF
druggist in Ithaca in February, 1894. The
first box had a beneficial effect. Have con-
tinued to take them, and there is scarcely
any spots or pimples on my body. I can
now work MISREPRESENTATION causes no an
noyance. I sleep well, and am confident
that my recovery is due to the Pink Pills.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
18th Of May, 1895.
CLARENCE I. Nixon, Notary Public,
Moga County, N. Y.
The foregoing is but one Of many wonder
| full cures that have been credited to DR.. Will
isms' Pink Pills for Pale People. Diseases
| which heretofore have been supposed to be
| incurable. such as locomotor ataxia and pa
| ralysis, succumb to this wonderful medicine
as readily as the most trifing ailments. In
most cases the reported cures have been
| investigated by the leading newspapers and
verified in every possible manner. Their
| fame has spread to the far ends Of civiliZa-
| ton, and there Is hardly drug store In this
country or abroad where they cannot be
| found. -
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nery-
Gus headache, the after effect Of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
compilations, all forms OF weakness either In
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by eli
dealers, or will be seht post paid on receipt
of price, (50 cents box, or six boxes for
S2.5O-they are never sold in bulk or by the
1907 by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y. ~
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Tile Birch Tree That Split Rock.

Among the hills of old Berkshire is
a noble birch tree, gigantic in trunk
and limb and abundant in foliage,
which towers above his neighborine
companions, but grows, apparently,
out of On immense granite boulder.
Here, one might think, it would have
paused, submitting to the adamantine
pressure, either crushed utterly to the
earth or dwarfed and deformed by its
unyielding environment. But it had
the irresistible evolutionary forces OF
nature behind it. The sunlight above
wooed it from its prison house; it
pushed upward toward the light.
Gradually the little crevice in the rock
was widened, the great boulder was
split asunder as by the hammer OF
Thor-the noble tree was scarcely dis.
torted by the struggle, protected
from destructive storms by its con-
quered enemy.-Boston Transcript.
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Aluminium Neckties.

Aluminium neckties have been intro
duced into Germany. They are really
made of the cosmopolitan metal and
frosted or otherwise ornamented in
various shapes, initiating the ordinary
silk or satin article. They are fastened
to the collar button or by band
around the neck, and are particularly
recommended for summer wear, since
they can be easily cleaned when soiled,
while they are not perceptibly heavier
than cotton, cambria or silk.
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Spider Venom Not Deadly.

A recent article by an entomology
cal authority contains the following:
1.-THE tarantula of the West and South,
the red-bellied spider of New Zealand,
the hepata of Italy and several other
species of the spider family have the
reputation of being deadly venom
Gus.
"The fact is all spiders are more or
less poisonous, but none OF them are
deadly. I doubt if there is an authen.
tic case on record of healthy human
being dying from a spiders bite. -
New York Journal.
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subsequently found IN thirty. eight
feet of water. The regular passenger
was due in short time, and the ck:ld,
dropping her berries, darted down
the track to bend, around which the
train would come. By standing on
the track and swinging her sunbonnet
she caused the engineer to bring the
train to halt. Had he gone thirty
rods farther the train would have gone
into the underground lake and not q
person would have escaped.
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Lighthouse and Ancient Mariner.

Lighthouses for the guidance of
mariners are very ancient. The earli'
est in England of q permanent char
acter were the North and South Fore
land Lights. They were merely lath
and plaster buildings, with light on
top of them in glass lantern. The
first Eddystone was erected about the
middle of the last century. Detroit
Journal.
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and becoming folds. Broad, square:
full collars of colored silk muslin are
also trimmed with these lace edged
mfles, and give a smart look to the
dowdiest gown. They must tit we'll
around the neck, but apart from that
one point can be left to lie or hang as
thew will. The sailor collars OF white
and colored pique or duck, and also