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FOR EVENING WEAR.
some of the Latest Gowns and wraps
for Followers of the
FaskIDns

A particularly graceful evening gown
Is made Of eIfnging pale blue liberty
satin and adorned with Neapofitan vio-
let's and green leaves.
4 comfortable evening cloak hangs
straight from the throat to the feet
and is of deep orange mirror velvet
lined with ernine. A small cape goes
round the shoulders of tawnie velvet,
having a high collar. This cape, like
wise, is ernine-lined Several fluffy
frilIs Of pale yellow chiffon encircIe the
collar and form a jabot down the front,
fastened with a diamond clasp.
A handsome cloak is Of ivory brocade,
woven with threads of gold and cut
shorter at the back and sides than it is
in front, the front beng cutin two long
points. The lining is first soft pink
silk and white chiffon, the chiffon lin
ing being edged all around with chit
from founces headed by a ruche Of vio-
let's. A deep shoulder cape Of violet
velvet falls over three hounces on pale
pink chiffon and a plated violet velvet
fAe'A fAAANA win vic DAfAE aAAh anu y mite
chiffon. An incroyable bow of pink
chiffon with its ends fringed with vio-
let's and fastened with diamond buckle
completes this exquisite evening wrap.
Here is a gown just sent from Paris
70 princess royal. IT is composed Of
pale pink silk and pink mousseline de
sole, the bodice of silk slightly full.
trimmed with mousseline de sole plisse
and lace application. while the graceful
skirt, having a tablier Of silk, is almost
a founce Of gathered mousseline de sole
slashed with pink silk over white silk
foundation. The tablier is finished
with bOulione Of mousseline and
fOunce Of lace. Pink shaded roses.
foliage and lace ornament the sides Of
the skirt and a bunch Of similar roses
garnishes one shoulder Of the corsage.
Quite a caehet is given BY the black
silk and mougseline de sole ceinture.
bordered with diamonds and Jet. terrni-
mating in long ends toward the back
Leisure Hours
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


TIE acreage leugrh OF iife - 81 ysarz
T 3 impossible % run a. "a att
Eaae IF & .6Go feet above Ehe sea
Al the land above sea level would rot
f. up more than one-rhira Of the At
ante ocean
There are 10 mountains Ia Colorado
whose peaks are over I2.80G feet above
the ocean level.
The highest waterfall ia the world Is
ch81oek cascade, at Yosemite. Ca,
which is z6s4 feet high. or just half a
nile
IN elephant Is possessed Of such a
delicate sense Of smell that IT can scent
4 human being at a distance Of a thou
sand yards.
4 curious fact has been noted By
Arctic travelers-snow when at a very
Eoa Temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
The right hand. which ia more sensi-
tive 70 the touch than the left. is less
sensitive than the latter TO the effect Of
The heat and cold
According to a German publication q
chemist Of that country has prepared a
fluid that has the power when in iected
iato the Tissues Of a plant near its roots
Of anesthetlzinQ the plant, not destroy
ing it. but temporarily suspending fts
vitality.
Il IS reported that Mr.. William
Thorpe has presented to the British NIT
scum the she'll Of a giant tortoise which
lived for upwards 81 BOO years I'm the
grounds Of Plantation house. in the
island Of Ct. Helena 1t was frequently
The object Of much curiosity on the part
q the great Napoleon during bis stay
on the Island.
Electric Lighthouses can produce ar
effect at an immense distance by their
light reflected from the clouds. while
they are far below the horizon Cher
boarg light has thus been Indirectly
observed at a distance Of = miles. Capt
Evans. e. 8. ", in a recent voyage or
The cruiser View York, found them con
fasing. az it was impossible to deter
mine In any way their distance The
Indications would not tell whether they
were ten or fifty miles away.
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TREATMENT OF sPRARS
ssIszsI@ Esme Remedies That Nay
save Mach pain and In
ranvenHenee.

e = commonly zaid that q sprained
Tofnt : worse thaa a broken ore, and
f5fs = often tras. for a a severe sJrsin
the Injury : really greater than IL a
simple fracture. The ankle Is perhaps
the nest frequently spFafned Of all the
joints. though he knee elbow and wrist
arr also rsrY liable % De injured in falls
especially.
A s1rafn d 4 joint Fariss greatly in
severity i maY consist Of simple
wrench. without the tearing 81 any Of
the Igzmeh5z. ar It may be a more ex~
tensiee injury. stopping Just short Of a
disIoezfi0n-
n moderately severe case one or
more q the Ifzamentz Of the joint will
be torn slightly, Or possibly complete
y across the membrane beneath the
ligaments, which retains the labricat-
ny fluid Of the JOINT. viii be Fuptured,
permitting the escape Of more OF less
Of this aaid INTO the parts about. and
giving rise sometimes 10 a considerable
swelling this swelling may be in
creased also by an effasion Of fluid into
the joint. especially If Inflammation
sets n. and finally there is usually
slight or even sometimes a quite pro-
nouneed escape of blood into the tis-
ues. and chs, gradually working to the
surface appears as bIaek-and-blue
stain
In more severe cases the tendons
passing over the joint and attaching
the muscles which move It to the bones
may suffer considerable damage, or one
Of them may De broken or torn from its
attachment, bringing with it silver Of
bone. Where 50 much harm has been
done 70 al the parts-bones. ifgaments,
tendons and maseles-it IS easy to IN
derstand that much pain will result
and that the eare will be tedious.
n the treatment Of a sprain the
first thing 70 De aimed at IS 70 relieve
pain aud prevent Inflammation, then
70 favor healing Of the torn structures,
and after that to restore the use Of the
limb.
The first Of these objects is accom-
plished By absolute rest Of the injured
part, the limb being raised and by lead
and opium wash, a spirit lotion or such
other local applications as the ply
stefan may prescribe. Swelling is pre-
vented IN a measure, and pain is some
times relieved By firm bandaging with
a flannel haHda9e.
When the swelling, heat and pain are
r. srrVFTI ~ he rFeaI r.
soon. but should be brought gradually
back to health by a cold douching dry
rubbing-in a direction toward the
body-and passive motion. II is some-
times necessary IN very severe cases
TO treat the sprafn. by means Of spIiuts,
exactly as 4 t we're a fracture or dis
oeation.-Yoath's Companion.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Thomas Hardy, who Ia now a. Work
apaa a long novel, will soon BRING OUT
: collection Of short stories
Mrs. Annie Hurd Dyer Is TRANSMITTING
n Iananese the two novels by James
Lane Allen. ~ Kentucky Cardinal and
Aftermath
ouida. it IL said, has beautlfuIiy
farmed hands and feet, and TO Keep
tbs latter from being distorted by IN
natural pressure on the bones sue
wears open, 0uckled shoes, summer
and winter alike, instead Of boots
when a private in the ranks Is
praised by a general he cannot pre-
s4rae TO thank him. but fights bet
Ter the next day That Is the way
Rudqard Kipling acknowledged COM
rIiraent from Lord Tennyson, accord
iag 70 testimony set forth in the lat
ter,s biography. just published
friend of Ruskin says the great
critic stiu takes his daily walks, sees
his personal friends and spends much
tine in reading. He directs his own
business. but IS obliged to decline cor
resDondence, and cannot reply TO the
many letters which still come asking
for his Intervention in public matters
D. for private advice and assistance
The London Athenaeum calls atten-
ton to the fact that none Of the news
paDers seems to have noticed the orr
gin Of the pseudonym Lewis Carroll,
used BY the late Rev. Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson, author of ~Alice in Wonder
land. - THE Hunting of the Shark" and
other delightful books. Lewis Car
roll IS an anagram on his Christian
names Latinized, Carolus LudoVicus.
The United States navy department
has recently purchased a supply OF
Lieut. Fl. II. Sargent's two books, This
Campaign Of Marengo" and Napoleon
Bonaparte's First Campaign" for dis
tribution in the navy. This action Of
the government is doubtless very graft
flying to Lieut.. Sargent. and the more
50 that some months ago a supply Of
Napoleon Bonaparte's First Cam
paign" was purchased by the war de-
Iartment and distributed throughout
the United States army.
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Opium from Ieftnoo

A sort Of opium is obtained from the
common lettuce. The scientists give
II long name, which, no doubt, mean
something very learned and profound
and declare that they find important
dinerences between the opium of the
lettuce and the opium of the ponnv.
but for all practical purposes. the one
Is identical with the other. MANY a
man who has eaten lettuce knows bov,
sleepy ii causes him to become an - ~"
OF SO after dinner and the older the
lettuce the greater the sleepiness, for in
mature lettuce the milk Juice is well
developed and all the properties NJ ,ba
opium are present.-London Eep,
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moeeg MoyoLoeUE OF GRIP.
what He 4. Reported 20 Have said
to His Wife While He 8az
Suffering From Il.

Mr.. Moggs, who had never pen II,
succumbed 20 "a grippe HIS wife fear.
ing the worst. iotted down a few d ne
remarks. lie made in the first stage of rs
Illness. tt is hoped they viii afford am
cheerful reading when he IS eohFai-
eseing.
There. there. Alice, don't Dc alarmed
Il came home because The Office was
going round with me and i made ne
dizzy. Jones said had cold and saId
me 10 take a snifter-Jones doesH !
know It all, anyway. Look n the F1gat
hand upper vest pocket Of NJ oFeFeoat
and you'll find a recipe for.euFipg a eold
something Jones mother gaFs hin
auinfne, rock candy, honey whisky and
red pepper. say, Alice. leage out the
red pepper, Ouch. In going 70 have
q chill Open the window half an iaca
-no-cIose it an inch and a haif-saaf
the transon a quarter Of an inch. Ouch
There's something going up and down
nv spinal marrow. Hot watef2 Not
much. Now, understand. Alice, i I've
got TO die I'm going to die Ike sol
diert 7 won't be moIIy-eoddied Il
death. Where's that Internal draugbt
coming FROM Ouch! Cant you find
my pulse. No, il isn't in ny elbow. nor
nav collar bone. nor the bridge Of my
nose. A nice one you'd be "a an emer-
geucy ease. What are you laughing at
Why don't you 90 something zpp-
pose you think you'll be al right when
nv life insurance is paid2 0ucht lam
either going TO have fit or paraiytie
ztroke-Oh, you did send for 4 doctor,
did you? Then T must be pretty low
Ard a trained nurse. That's al right.
Mrs. Moggs; now You can STAY out Of
the room and keep up your strength.
Say, darling, tell her I won't be bit
Of trouble. Ouch. They do say any
sickness is contagious, and I wouldn't
have you exposed for the world. Yes
love. III be model sick man. Don't
let me get up too soon for fear Of re-
lapse. Say, Alice, kiss me good-by-
good night, good mo-ning-any old
thing; there's an angel in the ROOM
and I know now my time has come.
What That the trained nurse2 III
be sick man for the rest Of mr. days.
What do you say, dear-I mean Miss
Miss-Nurse? I am not 70 taik2 Al
right, NUNS the word. Chicago
Times-Herald.
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Three pints Of soup stock. one large
bunch u asparagus. eut into short
lengths. The manly paris ~ them.
selves; one e1p ~ mix. ore tablespoon
iui ~ butter rolled IN ons ~ prepared
Hour, pepper ard salt, PIT ihe sf1rk
over fhe FIRE With oil The stalks and
one-ihlrd ~ TIE green heads. eook an.
ul the asparagus ran be rubbed through
a colander. leaving the N01d behind.
rub al through that will pass easily.
return The soup ~ the Ere. season and
bring 10 boil. drop 10 the reserved
heads cut into inches. cook until these
Ore tender in another vessel. heat the
milk stir boz the flour aud butter and
Ddd 20 The soup. line the tureeu with
dice Of fried bread aud pour upon them
the soup This is delioious-B Boston
Herald.
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ENGINEER FOR A PAPER MILL.
Relative of George Washingt to-
Earning His Living asa
Mechanic

One whose genealogy seems to es-
tablish his claim as a blood relative Of
George Washington is working as an
engineer in the Hartford Cnd.l paper
mills. Only a few years ago this man
was worth at least $500, 900. Now, in
spite of his education and the fact that
he and his wife passed three years trav-
cling around the world, John Ball Is
apparently contented with his lowly
lot
Ball IS related by blood to the Vir-
ginian family of Balls, one of whose an
eestors, Mary Ball Washington, was the
mother Of George Washington. He is a
direct descendant Of Joseph Ball, whose
vast estate in Philadelphia, Virginia
and Kentucky is now in litigation. He
vas educated for the paper business,
and for years was engaged in that BUSH
ness in Watertown, n. Y. In 1875. while
rated at $500, 600, he decided 10 take his
wife and see the world. He went to
Europe and put in three years visiting
the various countries of the eastern con-
tinent. He returned TO his native land
and resumed his bushes, and for time
was successful.
But, q few years ago, business re-
verses dissipated his fortune, and he
was reduced to the necessity Of earning
lis living as a laborer He had con-
siderable amount Of mechanical skill,
and was employed as engineer in the
paper mills Of this city. He has judg-
ments of $4,000 against one man, and
of about $4,000 against another, as the
sole remainder of his once comfortable
fortune. He says he does not expect TO
realize cent on either. He relies on his
wages as an engineer for the support of
his growing family and is seemingly
content.
Ball is one Of the heirs of his ances-
tor, Joseph Ball, whose estate is in the
courts. His grandfather was a son OF
the old man who died in 1920, leaving an
enormous estate under long leases.
These are about to expire and the rela-
tives of the father of his country Is
hoping that a settlement will restore
him to his former position in the world
The estate is valued at something like
S10O,0OO,0OO. While there is an army of
heirs, still Ball feels that if they win in
their fight he will have enough to re.
establish himself as an independent
business man.
Ball says the estate of his great-grand.
father consists Of 400 lots in Washing
ton, $4,000 acres of land in the Tigris
valley in Virginia and All 900 acres IN
pennsylvania and Kentucky. He has
no doubt that in the event of the prom
erty being declared the property of the
estate that lie will realize enough TO
make him independent once more.
Meanwhile, he is apparently content 10
dream OF the good times of the past
Chicago Chronicle.
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VII AND WISDOM.

Quite True--.W hat i the rest oftb.t
quotation. Art : long but-2" AR,
i Ion2. but artists are usually Short
Truth.
Doctors saT that weeping is benea.
efaI for women. Yes when I cry real
hard my husband generally gives ma
Sc. Chicago Record.
why do Yau never applaud at tia
theater7's When I pay s1-50 for a
seat. ct the deadheads attend to ths
PHYSICAL demonstration = Chicago
Record.
Willie twho has eaten his piece Of
cake as fast a. pazsibleI-''I say, Ethel
lets play menagerie. III be the mon.
KEY and you feed me with your CAKE
TIt-Bits.
Freddie-..Papa, what's a genera.
ton - Papa--Why. ny SON. Fred.
die Cause Nellie told ne she was III,
first child N their family for four gen.
erations.H Truth
Hit nevuh pays said Uncle Eben
~foh er man ter lose IS temper. But da,
IS 'easions when he do seem testified in
deliberately gettin' rid o his good ma.
tare. s7-WashingtoH Star
.Gold-hauters are not TO be permit.
ted to 90 to the EIondike without two
years supply Of food Gracious. II
| could raise two years supply Of food
I'd stay right here and enjoy myself
Detroit Free Press
sfmmons-.sTimmins' most strikinu
literary works have never been Dub
Hshed.a Watts--fou are right. j
have several letters Of his striking ne
for aYes and tens. that have never seen
publicity. Indianapolis Journal.
Witness. said the eross-examinins
lawyer. are you willing to swear thai
the prisoner vas smoking a pc at III,
time ?s NO. sir replied the witness;
q never swear. But I an willing TO BET
you SO 70 s. that he was. Chieagc
News.
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| hand and stood up TO cheer me with its
/ light. knew that had over two hours
tc wait, and my only doubt was whether
/ ] could stand the strain without faint
/ ing. don't know which hurt most. the
I gag or The tightly tied cords on my
/ wrists and ankles. ! soon found that 1t
was no use trying to get loose, and that
the best thing TO do was to keep quiet
and try to bear the eyerincreasing pain.
Then heard the souuder family as IL
licked away in the far-ofi room. could
Just make out that 1t was my friend
down the road, and that he was alarmed
about me because he got no answer to
his calls.
"The time dragged YEARLY after he
stopped, and finally I lost all knowl-
edge Of affairs. guess swooned. but
! came 10 in time TO catch the sound Of
the Instrument again as II told that the
owl was only 10 miles away, and that
the crew was ready for trouble at the
junction. Twelve miles meant not more
than is minutes in that case, but the
IS minutes seemed Ike a month 10 me.
Then heard the welcome whistle. and a
moment later half dozen railroad men
we're searching for me or my dead body.
They found me hanging limp by ny
cords and cut me loose. The train was
held ~ minutes before 7 could tell ms
story and they could pull The stove
apart and get the box. Then 7 was
dosed with a big drink Of whisky and
put 10 bed. Next day 7 was pretty stiff.
but ! sent word 10 Jake 70 come down
and box mp bis snakes. and when he
came ! told him how the reptiles bad
saved roy life and the company's prop
srty. fle said that he thought 10 woa.d
he q good idea 70 keep b0x Of snakes
10 the station all the time a. say5gef
Tor meddIers'
"Nsxt day ! got letter telling me-
that ! would b. relieved That evening
ard 70 report At the main oefcs if ibis
city ~ soon az possible They gave rs
. Job Az train messenger on The main
line, and after that came roats agent
for the express company. ~, Y. sun.
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TIE oLc GUIDE BOARD.

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YELLOW STRAW TOQUE.
One of the Very Prettiest OF the MIL
Iinery Fancies of the
Spring Season.

A pretty example of the early spring
toque is of pale yellow straw, inter
plated with white chiffon. The brim
rolls back away from the face, permit
ting the puffy pompadour to frame the
face as usual. The trimmings. CON
sisting Of knot Of turquoise blue
the color par excellence for the coming
spring and two rather tan
black ostrich tips, is placed directly
In front.
Some Of the new toques are of fulIe
and chiffon, strewn thickly with pail
lettes; black glace silk as well as col
orsd is employed for the foundation
to the feathers, lace and flowers.
Toques are certainly becoming larger
and more important, and lower and
fatter in the crown.
a novelty for the coming season is
swan feathers, which are soft and be-
coming, recalling marabout.
The new colors are several shades of
the nasturtium. which tone to various
gradations Of yellow, from brown to
tawny red, and there is hardly any
flower which finds more frequent use.
Black osprey, crinkled chiffon and
erinkled straw combine to produce the
desired effect. y model hat recently
imported, which seemed to embodv all
the new whims of millinery, had a
wedge-shaped crown entirely formed
OF overlapping silver sequins; the brim
was Oblonp and blacl ar,a III
bow Of yellow in front. Masses of pink
roses and black colored wings promise
to be popular trimmings. The osprey
II waning in popularity.-St. Louis Re-
public.
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open and she fVo strangers eaHae sasf
70 the ticket effee and looked farsaz
the window az ne One q them asxed
about the ate train for Nee Tezk. ard
as looked I'D 70 answer am 80 fhs
n1uzzie Of big revolver looking Ger
the ledge Of the window and = saId
Just unlock that door qB5ele aa1
DON'T yawp or I'D put bullet iata gaar
head. Move lively now. Yaa knew what
we want. We've come after fhat box
that come up from fhs wreck this after
noon and we're going 70 ct T T -
have to sil JON and everybody else a
tais town
II unlocked the door 4efek sasaga.
and they both came n and boxed
around. Not seeing the box anywhere.
they asked ne where r .as. and tod
them T didn't know Naas hey were
talking about Al I gbf for saas e
was a clip on the iaw thar knocked M
over my bed. and minute 49, 80
fled hand and foot and bad gag De-
tween my teeth Then ere picked aD
my lantern, and the other dragged ne
into The freight room. where they led
me 10 stanchion and eft ne whfs
they searched thu place. Suddenly ane
Of them stumbled onto Jaleefs box ard
said; Here f f.. He hafast even hid
II, Ben. This is dad easy. Fefsh that
Ratchet n did not take them mir
ute 10 rip the cover 81 that boz and
then they jumped back with Feff -
ont poured four II the feeliess big
spotted sdders that ever grew o. Jersey
soil. where they grow seven feet long.
Ben dropped the lantern ard s4a ether
fellow threw down the hatcher rs fae
snakes ran out their red and black
tongues and raised their heads as 4 to
strike ~Rattlesnakest~ yelled Beus and
they both dug out Of that room - ffthe
devil wa after them.
wow. + never did Ike makes. and
used 10 handle Ja<e's freight with more
care than did anything sIse thas
passed through ny hands. Here I eas.
tied 70 post, with four 81 the reptiles
crawling around The room. sud a.
though believed pine snakes 70 Be
harmless, 7 don't know bat What
would have preferred The company q
the robbers who bad fed and saut the
door after them. I could hear fkem
cursin2 and ransaeking the Office. and
then 7 heard the door Of the waiting
room shut and their footsteps going
down the platform. The snakes dfsap-
pesred behind some coils 81 telegraph
wire In The corner. and soon I had no
company but the lantern. which luckily
righted itself as 1t fell from the fhfefs