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and. upon the inside, he beheld, plainly
marked in ink" r. L." the initials OF
his brother.
How had it come there? Bob Luke
had been iii the hut then, and the belt
had been broken probably in struggle.
Whatever had been done with his body
suppOSing him to have been murdered.
and the things he had upon him SEEM
ed as great a mystery to Luke as ever;
but this piece of belt had no doubt been
overlooked by his assailants, and there
it seemed as a witness against them.
Luke searched carefully amongst the
fern for some additional evidence, but
could find nothing At last, worn out
with thinking, he lay down and fell
asleep
For five or six hours the weary man
slept soundly. The fire had burned
down to a few smouldering logs, and
the tallow dip which he had left alight
had long since expired. The morning
breeze blew keenly through the
crevices OF the slab walls. though the
sun had not yet risen, when William
Luke moved painfully in his sleep.
Then he commenced to struggle and
cry out strange things.
Whatever his dreams may have been
they caused him to clutch and tear at
the sides of the bunk and strike out
wildly in the air, while beads of pers-
piration-silent proofs of his minds
agony-bedewed his distorted features,
At length, as if his soul could bear
the torture no longer, he leaped from
the bed with yell and shouted, Eyes,
Bob-what is it? Here l am. What
was it that you said?" Then he be-
came quite awake.
He struck a match and lighted an
other candle. Seeing no one in the hut,
he listened; but he heard nothing. Still
wildly impressed with the idea that
opened the door, and looked all around
outside. No one was there. Several
times he called out
'Halloa. Bob, Bob Lukei It's me
Bill-your brother Bill, Do you hear?'
No answer came At last he went
back into the hut and sat down to wait
for daylight.
In vain he tried 20 remember what
it was he had dreamed, but all he could
recall was that he had hear his broth
er's voice calling out for help.
ITS that horrible drink; l haven't
got the better of it yet" he murmured
to himself Il am shaken to pieces
with it, and can't sleep in peace!"
(To be Continued.)
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Educated Feet.

The French ethnologist. Prof F. Reg
nault, has made special studies in the
far east in regard to the ability OF the
Hindoos to make use of their feet as
auxiliaries of their hands. This abil-
ity is particularly noticeable when one
watches HindOO tradeSmen at their
work. The carpenter employs his feet
as vice and as a gauge; the shoemak-
er holds the shoe between his feet,
leaving both his hands free to work
upon it; the Hindoo butcher holds a
knife between his big and second toe,
and cuts his meat by drawing it across
the knife and pressing it down with
both hands. The help of the feet is
most valuable in weaving, and it is a
wonderful thing to us to see a Hindoo
artisan use both his hand and feet in
handling his loom. Regnault also OBJ
served child climbing tree, and
grasping the branches of the tree be-
tween the first two toes of either foot,
whenever a hold could thus be Sc
cured
This collaboration of the feet with
the hands, it would seem, is the result
of several changes in the physical de-
velopment which the HindOo race has
undergone in the course of time
through outward agencies. Their hip
joints are much freer and more timber
than ours, and will permit them to
squat on the ground and at the same
time draw the feet SO near to their
hands that they can grasp with their
feet the work in hand, and hold it with
some expense of strength. The ankle
Joint is also timber, and works freely
and the big toe is more developed and
can be moved by them at will as re-
CARDS its bending and stretching, its
separating from and approaching to-
ward the second toe.
The normal foot of the Hindoo
shows a large space between the big
toe and the second. This, however, is
due solely to their wearing sandals.
which are held in place by a wooden
peg placed between these two toes.
The constant muscular exercises prac-
ticed in holding the sandals naturally
tends to strengthen these toes, and the
use of the feet being general custom,
and tried even by children Of this ten
der age, has gradually changed the
Hindoo anatomy.
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CHURCHES.

SBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching at 1890 a. m. and Z p. N.
Sabbath school at noon. Junior En-
deavor at p. m. Senior Endeavor at
p. 10. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening Teachers meeting i'm
mediately following. Rev. ThOrnberry,
Pastor
METHODIST Glass meeting every
Sunday morning at $50 o'clock
Preaching at 1920 a. M. and 30 p. m.
Sunday school at IL m. Epworth league
az $50 p. m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at TOO p, m. /. 8.
Smith, pastor. j. W. Wiltfong, class
leader. ID. Frank Redd, Sabbath school
superintendent.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.-St
Thomas church. Rev. VIM. Writ Ray
mond, rector. Sunday services, 1920 q.
m., 730 p. m. Sunday service, at noon.
Services Wednesday evenings at 1880.
Communion on holy days at 10 a. %.
CHURCH OF GOD-Garro and Wa
ter sts Regular services 1870 a. m,
each Sunday. Third Sunday in each
month preaching ty j. l.. Vince; fourth
Sunday by II. V. Reed. 1870 Sunday
morning and 1880 Sunday evening. Sun
day school at 12 o'clock; Eva Railsback
Snpt. Prayer meeting at 7:30 each
Thursday exening.
UNITED BRETHERN.- Sunday
9:3O a. M, class meeting 1920 a. m,
and $50 p, m, preaching by the pastor
IL 80 q. m, Sunday School. 500 p. m
Junior Y p. &. L. meeting. 600 p. M,
Senior Y. p. G. u. nesting. A cordial
invitation is extended TO the public.
CATHOLIC Church is
held on Sundays as follows: First mass
at 100 a m. second mass at 10 a. m.
Vespers at 3 p. m. Week day mass at
7:45. Father Moench pastor.
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HATS IN a ~ a ME.

Who says we are unrOmantic at this
end of the century? Who says the
that the modern girl has lost her af-
lection for heroes who are all eyes and
highsounding names and for herOines
whose life histories are made to match
the names supposed TO have been be-
slowed on them at their baptism? We
are always being told that We
are nothing il not practical
now and that girls who have
dispensed with cnaperones, who
ride bicycles. who are proud of their APP
petbes and would disdain to shrink
from a live mouse. are much too level
headed to be glamoured by fine names.
In real life as we know. it is not only
the GeOffry de Veres and the Cyril
Deanes who enslave the hearts of the
opposite sex. Plain Johns and still
palmer Samuels are quite successful in
affaires de occur as Montagues or
ClaudeS or Lancelots. But in fiction
all is different, apparently. Heroes
must have heroic names and heroines
are uninteresting unless they bear
some cognomen which goes trippingly
on the tongue. One would have sup
posed, however, that in the modern
novel considerations such as these
would have no weight. That it
is not so very good evidence that the
spirit of romance is even yet alive and
that deep down in the heart of the
modern maiden, though she may not
be aware of it herself. are cherished
the very same ideals that were wor-
SHIPPED by gushing young ladies of the
early COS. One is glad to find this the
case. 1t is a relief to know that an
end of -the-century girl can be roman
tic and silly, even to this extent. When
she can no longer endure heroes and
herOines Of novels with lovely names
| then we shall indeed realize that there
is nothing more to hope from her. The
best playwrights venture to be more
| realistic than our novelists in christ
| ening their puppets. Is not the hero
| inc of Mr. Henry Arthur Jones new
| play Jane? And not so long since it
was Susan he set before us in the
same capacity Mr.. Pinero is equally
reckless in naming his characters, but
! if he or Mr.. II A. Jones dubbed a hero
| William BlOgg or a heroine Matilda he
would be perfectly certain that the
popularity of these persons would not
be affected, because William Blogg and
Matilda would be shown in the flesh
and would prove quite as interesting
as if they had been respectively Au-
Jrey and GwenGoline. The novel
reader can, OF course, only imagine
what He and She are like and ap-
parently it greatly stimulates the
imagination to read that it was be-
tween Clarence, Noel or a Lone
and a Brenda or Viola or Cecily that
the course of true love ran with its
customary turbulence.
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CHAPTER XIV

And so. as he grew in years, drink
ing became a confirmed habit in him.
By-and-by he found it was almost a.
necessity. Until he had stimulated him
self for the day he was wretched and
almost incapable of attending to his
duties BY night he was generally in
tOxicated; and on such a night, while
perance, he had fallen a victim 20 that
horrible accusation.
The noise of the men in the huts
had ceased. A great stiffness seemed
to have set in. and the very silence
reused Luke to the fact that he had
yet to go to bed.
Having piled more wood upon the
fire, he proceeded to make himself COM
Portable for the night. Upon the
wooden bunk or bedstead, which had
been made with rough planks and up
rights driven into the earth, there was
an ample supply of dry fern and heath
er which had served as a mattress for
the previous occupants of the hut. This
Luke had proceeded to shake up, so
as to render it more comfortable, for
it was hard and closely pressed from
being in use for some time.
In doing SO, he suddenly started
back What was that at the head of
the bed? A snake?
Selling a stick, he advanced care
fully, holding the candle in his left
hand. No, 1t was no snake. II was q
piece OF leather-a broken waist-belt
Taking it up, he carefully examined it;
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governor recommends that no insur-
ance commission be created, declaring
that the matter was better handled
through the auditors office than it is
by separate commissions in either
Ohio or Illinois. He recommended Il
drastic antitrust law. declaring that
the one enacted two years ago is value
less.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
SOCIAL PRETENDE RS.

The ways of social pretenders are al
ways amusing and often ingenious.
The query. do you know the Smythe-
Hobsons?" and the reply, "Oh, init
mately: why, / dined with them only
two nights ago" are common every
where. though they deceive no one,
In England, however, there are special
forms and devices which are particu-
larly interesting. An Englishman tells
of a certain ingenious friend of his
who. when writing a letter, invariably
begins with Dear Duchess" Through
this he lightly runs his pen, and then
proceeds below soberly with Dear
Smith" BY means of this simple de-
vice he has contrived to advance him
self considerably in life.
I'm the earlier days of my London
career" continues the Englishman, Il
remember having been much i'm.
pressed by an individual who was ap-
parent,y acquainted with all the car
rage folk in town. His hat was per-
petually on the move. No sooner had
carriage dashed past than he would
lesiurely bow, at times casually re-
marking. why, there's Lady Balti-
more. What a charming woman she
Isl or otherwise making some such
airy comment on the situation. AS
matter of fact, he was every bit as
complete stranger to the lady as L
was myself. | grOan when l recall
the numerous dinners and other eXpen-
siye civilitieS | wasted on this eX-
ecrable old humbug in those innocent
days"
Another self-advertiser had once, and
once only. been favored with a brief
conversation with a prominent royal
personage. Ever afterward he invar-
iably addressed every one as Sir oc-
casionaly, however, correcting him
self and apologizing on the grounds OF
his long connection with royalty Still
another individual cOntrives to enter
| upon his intimacy with great people
| Immediately on learning of their de-
mise. No sooner do the papers an
nounce that THE right honorable the
earl of Scattermore" has departed this
life than this fellow straightaway
| adopts the late peer as an old and
much-lamented friend. He thrives on
these spurious post-morten intimacies.
The most surprising scheme, accord
| ing to American notions, is that of
Mrs. Somerset Cobbles. fascinating
and ambitious little lady, possessed OF
pretty eyes and a fixed determination
to make her way up in the world.
Daily for weeks did a smart single
brOugham bearing the royal cOlOrs and
stamped with the royal crest, display
itself at her door, and daily for weeks
did the enviOus neighbors grind their
teeth thereat. Somehow her secret
leaked out She had. it appeared. bribed
the cOachman into bringing his mas
ter's carriage to do short duty each
| day outside her door!
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Tested Him.

Butler-"Oh, Mr.. loot, while you
were out a gentleman called" "Ah!
Was he big, strong MANI" mo, he
wasn't very strong. l found no trou-
BILE in throwing him out"
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In the government refOrmatory at
West Australia boy prisoners are to be
handed over to the Salvation Army
authorities, who will employ them on
a new industrial farm in the Collie
district.
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ARE YOU ALIVE

To the fact that all successful business men
credit iheir success to the liberal use of print
sts inki Why not profit by their experienced
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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
MASONIC.

PLYMOUTH KILW MING
LODGE, No. I49, F. and a. NJ;
meets first and third Friday eve
nings of each month. Daniel
Mcdonald, w. NJ. Iohn Corberly,
Sec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, M
40, r. A. NJ; meets second Fri
day evening of each month. L.
Southworth H. P. J. c. Jilson,
Sec.
PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY,
No 20 K. T.; meets second. and
fourth Thursday of each month
D Mcdonald E. c.; L.TannerRec,
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No
20, o. E. S.; meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month. Mrs
Mary L. Thayer w. NJ. Mrs. 6.
Aspinall. Sec
ODD FELLOWS.
AMERICUS LODGE, No. oI;
meets every Thursday evening at
their lodge rooms on Michigan st.
Ed Campbell n. 6. Chas.
Shearer Sec
KNIGHTS OF PYThlAS.
HYPERION LODGE, No. III
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. Lou Altman &C.
Chas. S. Price K. of r. and S.
FORESTERS.
PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 400;
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings { each month, in
K. of P. hall. Elmer Werntz
&. r. Daniel Cramer sec.
HYPERION TEMPLE RATH-
BONE SISTERS, meets first
and third Friday of each month
Mrs J. @. Davis, Mrs. Rena
Armstrong
N. ". l.. IVA.
PLYMOUTH TENT, No. AZ;
meets every Tuesday evening at
X. O. T. NJ. hall. Dan. Jacoby,
Com. James Hoffman, Record
Keeper.
L. o. T. NJ.
WIDE AW AXE HIVE, No. 81;
meets every Monday night at K.
O. t. NJ. hall on Michigan street.
Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander.
Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper.
HIVE NO. IS; meets every We'd
nesday evening in X. O. 7. NJ.
hail. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com,
Alma E. Lawrence, Record
Keeper.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Meets first and third rW ednesday
evenings of each month in Simon's
hall. Moses NJ. Lauer, Regent.
Francis McCrory, Sec.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
Meets first and third ednesday
evenings of each month in K. of P.
hall. c. NJ. Kaspsr. c. G. Joe
Eich, Clerk
q. A. X.
MILES II. TIBBETS POST, 6.
A. r; meets every first and third
Monday evenings in Simons hall
Dwight l., Dickerson Conn.,.
Charlie Wilcox, Adjt.
SONS OF VETERANS.
Meets every second and fourth Fri
day evenings in g. A. r. hall
J. A. Skunk, Captain. Cora B.
North, Ist Lieut..
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chase more than the dollar some one
owes you.
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ODD FELLOWS.

AN1ERICUS LODGE, No. OF;
meets every Thursday evening at
their lodge rooms on Michigan st.
Ed Campbell n. 6. Chas.
Shearer Sec
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SONS OF VETERANS.

Meets every second and fourth Fri
day evenings in @. A. r. hall
J. A. Skunk, Captain. Cora B.
North, Ist Lieut..
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PLYMOUTH TENT, No. ~
meets every Tuesday evening a
X. O. T. NJ. hall. Dan. Jacoby
Com. James Hoffman, Record
Keeper.
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ROYAL ARCANUM.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in Simon's
hall. Moses NJ. Lauer, Regent.
Francis McCrory, Sec.
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PLYMOUTH Kill w MIN G
LODGE, No, I49, F. and a. NJ. ;
meets first and third Friday eve
nings of each month. Daniel
Mcdonald, w. NJ. Iohn Corberly,
Sec.
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WOODMEN OF THE WORL D

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in K. of P.
hall. c. NJ. KasPsr. c. c. Joe
Eich, Clerk
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KNIGHTS OF PYThlAS.

HYPERION LODGE, No. III
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. Lou Altman &C.
Chas. S. Price X. of r. and S.
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looking out for the boats, as he should
have been doing. And there was the
TriXy, instead of rounding the stake,
speeding off down the river as fast as
wind and tide could take her. \ shout
CT dSmay. a hasty scramble, but already
she was too far away IN too deep water
for the boys to venture out.
There were no large boats near for
anyone to go after her, and nothing
could be done but just to stand and
watch the beautiful boat as she gaily
tlOated away. and was soon out Of sight
Evcryonc's JOY was turned to sorrow:
but poor Tommy, he was wretched i'll
deed. There was no comfort for him,
not even in being Immediately elected
commodore of the club by Il unanimous
vote. Silently and sadly he took his way
homeward, surrounded by crowd of
sympathizerS.
Sometime afterward. old Capt. JOHN,
coming in over the bar with a dory full
of cod and pollock, saw a strange craft
down upon him. AS she came nearer, he
thought that he recognized the "cut of
her jib' and when within reach he drew
her aboard, and sure enough, it was the
Trixy. the very boat which he had made
himself and given to Tommy.
And so it was that when Tommy. that
night, was sorrowfully relating to Il SYM
pathizing audience, for about the hun
drcdth time, how it had all happened.
there came a knock at the door, and
Capt. John walked in. and the beautiful
TriNy became once more the possession
Of happy Tommy Brown, commodore of
the o. J. Y. C.-M H. w. Carter in
Youths Companion.
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How to Frcshen Chiffon.

Chiffon can be made to look like new
by being carefully steamed. but it must
first be very evenly pinned upon box
lid. length by length to get the desired
result.
1t takes time to pin and unpin and pin
again, but unless this is done the edge
will be wavy and uneven. If it is to be
used in, way that the ed sc will not
show, then quicker method to accom-
plish the result is to hold it stretched
tightly between the hands, says the New
York Post.
Crepe is even more satisfactory when
renovated in this manner, the steam Civ
ing it the stiffness of new material, and
also taking out all the dirt and dust. A
veil carefully done in this way will leave
nothing to be desired.
Velvet to be we'll steamed must he
done by two persons, one to hold it we'll
and firmly over the steam, while the
other brushes vigorously the way of the
nap with whisk-broom. Don't be afraid
to brush too hard, for the object is to
raise the pile which has been Aattened
by use.
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CARE OF THE VOICE.
By Training We Can Make it Any.
thin: We Wish,

BY Training We Can Make it Any.
thing We Wish.
Like anything else. the voice can be
trained and modelled with a little care.
One should never scream. shrek or even
raise the voice above it's natural PITCH
and when singing should avoid straining
the vocal chords, which, when once ill
jured, never regain their softness. Milk,
buttermilk, raw eggs, lemonade and oc-
c;lSiOnally Il mouthful of hot water have
a beneficial effect on the voice. Chick
weed tea cures hoarseness and 50 does an
infusion of plantain leaves and elder
blossoms. In the Orient u wonderful
paste is prepared from the pulp of the
apricot and the fig which marvelously
softens and sweetens the voice. The
fruit is peeled and slowly cooked with
an equal quantity of sugar until reduced
to a thick syrup, when it is poured into
fat pine boxes, and allowed to dry in the
sun. \ few pieces Of this paste eaten
two or three times day are said to cure
all the small troubles of the throat and
lungs-cankerS, colds, etc. Another, and
this is a very ancient remedy, for the
same complaint is to slice some raw car
rots into deep plate or dish and to
thickly cover them with fine granulated
sugar. Put the dish on ice for three
hours, when you will find that all the
juice of the carrots has turned the sugar
into a delicious syrup, a spoonful of
Which Is to be taken at Il time.
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his prospective title
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md came T New York with married She frequently
LORD Francis Hope heir the dukedoms
notice and has
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band
He has pyed himself the ndthrts
backing
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Singing Kind Of Wit.

1t seems at first blush ridiculous to say
that one can be too apt at repartec, but
many an over-smart reply has made an
enemy for the person who showed his
peculiar wit i'll this fashion.
Gay, good-natured badinage is Il de-
lghtful thing, but it is the retort cour-
teous alone that is used by the woman
of tact and refinement.
Very young girls-those who have not
yet attained the graceS Of WOmanhoud
yet who have outgrown the naive frank
ness of childhood-secm especially gifted
with sharp tongues.
Someone, for instance, remarks at the
dinner table that he ''trembled for his
BRAIN that day. so great had been the
demands upon it, whereupon his neigh
Dor, many years his Junior, replies
promptly; why tremble for what never
eXisted?' and looks around for appre-
citation of her readiness. To her surprise,
seeming rather disturbed at the brus-
querie of the remark, says the Baltimore
News.
She may, at heart, be an extremely
gocd-natured person; she may have in
Vulnerable good qualities and be only
suffering from extreme crudity, but she
has made Il disagreed ble-1mpression upon
the older ones Of the hearers by her i'm
pertinence. that it will take a goodly
time to efface.
The thing better left unsaid is con-
tinually in evidence among some young
women. who haven't the faintest idea
that they could hurt anyone's feelings
by their gibings.
1t is better far never to achieve a
reputation for brilliancy than to gain
one ut the expense of others. for society,
after all, regards such IL person as de
cidedly unpleasant, not to say dangerous,
since no man knoweth when the missiles
of speech will fall in his direction, and
the feeling of those around is as if they
were standing on a highly-explosive dy-
Mantle cartridge, which may injure one
at any moment.