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veil over the face viii continue to be
worn.
Very smart little hats are the Napo-
leon shapes of white felt or angora with
just touch of gilt in the trimming.
A pempadour costume is arrived at
with the help of chine sash, big fchu
over the shoulders, flowing skirt caught
up on the hips, and powdered hair.
Golden brown, in combination with
deep cream lace or touch Of gold trim
ming, continues the faVorite color for
receptions and afternoon wear generally.
The old-time ruche has come to the
fore as trimming for taffeta petticoats.
1t is most often used TO head the closely
side-plaited ruf1es and to finish them of
at the bottom.
The separate silk waist OF a shade to
match the cloth or velvet skirt is steadily
increasing IN favor and it is expected that
the old favorite soft white waist viii
have TO take second place.
In nuns yelling and cashmere accor-
dion plating has its charms and. what
Is more. it does not easily get out OF or
der. II worn over 3 petrcoat Of fairly
substantial fabric it requires no lining.
Many reds are popular, particularly the
framboisc and the many new wine
shades There is one warm, deep dahlia
shade which is very rich and particularly
effective In combination with fur. Black
broadcIoth costumes. too. are much worn
in Paris. but they are not 50 popular
herA
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standing, and that there viii be no espe-
cial favorites among the many shades,
yet it should be noted that some of the
new violet shadings SSe advanced per-
sistently, and that grays are likely to
renew TO the full their recent favor.
Browns, too, although many do not ike
them for summer, as being too warm col
oring, are here and there in all manner
OF materials. 1t would seem as II they
must count as newer than the violets and
the grays, and so win acceptance from
those TO whom newness is the first CON
sideration.
Some of the 6ne calling and reception
dresses being worn now are, in effect,
spring styles put on trial Some OF the
wearers of these fancies might be indig-
nant il charged with being the subject
OF experiment in this way, but more
would be battered. And OF course the
new reception or calling dress is entirely
suitable 10 its purpose no matter how
much OF advance fashionableneSs IL may
foreten. Such get-ups are OF especial
interest for THIS look ahead they fur
nish. -Four gowns Of the reception sort
are put IN the first two OF these pic
.ures. The first was irridescent blue tat
feta. one OF the new silk weaves, and
was finished with chantiliy lace and hand
embroidery in white Next comes a
gown Of msuve English satin. with gui-
pure yoke and chantilly ruf1es- Let Il
be noted here that for spring and sum
mer two or more kinds Of lace VIII often
be employed "a the one gown. The next
enc Of Inese dresses IN the pictures was
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"SUMPTUARY" LAWS.
Statutes Regulating Expenditures for
Dress, Ornament and Food.

Statutes Regulating Expenditures for
Dress, Ornament and Food.
While we may pick and choose and
do exactly as we please about our
clothes, there have been, in times gone
by, in many countries, and even in
our own, what were known as stump
tuary laws" These laws regulated ex-
penditure for dress, for ornament, for
food, or for whatever refreshments
you might give company when they
came to take tea.
Among the first Of these sumptuary
laws was one made in Rome in 215
B. c., and called the "Oppian Law"
1t is declared that no woman should
possess more than half an ounce Of
gold, wear dress of different colors,
or ride in a vehicle in the city, or with
in mile of 1t except on occasions Of
public religious ceremonies. This law
lasted only twenty years.
Italy and France are the countries
where most of these laws have been
passed, and some of them read very
strangely In 1880, in Italy no woman
was allowed to wear dress with
figures painted on it; she could only
have them embroidered. And in 134S,
in the same country, neither dark green
nor black dresses We're allowed to be
worn in the morning.-St. Nicholas.
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Modern Farm Life.

In the course of a speech before the
farmers of Whitman county, Washing
ton. Gov. Henry Mcbride said: Farm
life is not what ii was twenty-five
years ago. You have more of the COM
forts and conveniences of life. You
are not so isolated. The building Of
railroads. the extension of the tele-
graph and telephone systems, the con-
struction of highways, and increased
mail facilities have brought the farmer
in closer touch with the world at large.
The farmer of today. especially in To-
calities covered by the free rural de-
livery system. receiving as he does
his daily mail, is as well posted and
can feel the great throbbing pulse Of
humanity as well as the dweller in the
city.
This is in utter contrast with the
loneliness pervading the farm life in
former years-a loneliness that tempt
ed many boy and girl cftyward
when. in many instances, it would have
been much better for them had they
remained in their old horaes With
the rapid advancement along material
lines-with better schools-with great
er opportunities for social intercourse
with the opening up of all the ave
nues of information. thus bringing il
in closer touch with the great outside
world, farm lie has become more at
tractive. and there is no longer danger
Of the urban population increasing
at the expense of the rural And this
is well: for an intelligent, contented.
sturdy self-reliant class devoted 10 ag-
ricultural pursuits is one Of the chief
bulwarks OF any state or nation"
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clatter of 8algonfe's charger. steel scab-
bard and aecouterments seemed to create
a different effect on the attentive ea- Of
the seemingly drowned man. for the
knave, who had only been acting, start
ed up and. with his spoil. fed like hare
down one of the little alleys that opened
off the wooden street. He vanished in
the twilight, yet not so quickly but that
Balgonie was able to recognize in his
face and form the bulky and muscular
half-breed, the gypsy. Nicholas Paulo-
witch.
What had brought him TO ST. Peters
burg? Was he still logging the iuckless
dispatch bearer. or had he only fed thith-
er that. among its thousands. he might
elude the punishment with which Micro
WITT would be sure to visit him, if the
murder of the corporal was discovered =?
This episode made Balgonie feel un-
comfortable and suspicious that other
and ridden dangers yet meBaced him as
he rode steadily but watchfully through
the densely crowded streets
Along the northern margin of the
Neva. deep, blue and transparent as crys-
tai, lined with solid granite quays and
bordered by many stately palatial edi-
fees, Balgonie pursued his way; but the
stars were shining at midnight on the
vast sheet of water called the Lake OF
Ladoga before he, weary and worn with
fatigue, dismounted beneath the formida-
BILE gates of the castellated prison Of
Schlusselburg
ITO be continually
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7DGEz LxlAI|g2E;5z%lERS
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $780, shee.,, fair to choice, 81 %
to $3.50; wheat, NJ. ? red, 93c TO soc;
corn, No. 2, Doc to Gle: oats standard,
41c to 43c; rye, No. = Goc 20 Use; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $500; prairie 5000 to
$1,000; butter, choice creamery, pc TO
23c; eggs, fresh, 15c TO lie; potatoes,
SIC to Csc.
Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping $500 to
S5.15; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50;
sheep, common TO prime, $3.50 to 1915;
wheat, No. 2. Csc to $780, corn. No. 2
white, 43c TO 45c; oats, No. 2 white. 42c
to 44c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 09c: corn, No. 2,
43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 Ale to 42c; rye,
No 2, 56c to SIC.
Cineinnati-C Cattle, $500 to S4.S5;
hogs, $500 to $5.75; sheep, $500 to
$4.25; wheat. No 2, $1.03 to S1.04; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 46c TO 47c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 42c to 43c; rye No 2. 7Sc to Zoe.
Detroit--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs,
$4.c0 to $5.35; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, o9c to $1.00; corn, No 3
yellow, Acc to 47c; oats, No white, 43c
TO dc; rye, No. 2, 74c to T5c
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern.
97c to 99c; corn, No. 3, 45c to 46c;
oats, No. white, 43c TO 44c; rye, No. l,
roc to Tic; barley, No. 2, G3c TO Gle;
pork, mess, $1400.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Csc TO
S1.00; corn, No. 2 mixed acc to 4Sc;
oats No mixed, 43c TO 44c; rye. No. 2,
Tic TO re; clover seed, prime. S7.00
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$3.50 to 1896; hogs, fair to prime, 500
to 1928; sheep, fair 10 choice, S3.25 10
S4.75; lambs, common to choice, Sf15 to
$6.15.
New York--Cattle. $3.50 to s5.35;
hogs, 500 to $50; sheep. $500 to
1928: wheat. No. 2 red, $1.OO TO S1.01;
corn, No. ., 54c to 55c; oats, No. white,
Sic to 52c; butter. creamery, pc to 24c;
eggs. western. 1Sc to zoe.
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princess affair of pink silk, the skirt
box-pleated, the yoke tucked white chif-
fon, with bertha of embroidery. AT the
right of this is shown a cream white
silk, with shoulder caps of white lace
and with much heavily beaded embroid
cry.
Embroidery for the summer is much
marked by raised designs and by weight
generally, this even on materials of very
light, almost flmy nature. There is to
be deal of perforating. too, the edges
finished heavily and in ways that viii
employ deft fingers for much time. Cross
stitching in color is to be a favored form
of handwork, and what is styled Bull
garian embroidery is TO be very stylish.
Embroidery will be as much favored as
ever, but its winter use on yelvets hardly
will be continued Chiffon velvet, for
example. win escape this ornamentation.
1t is so finely adapted for shirrings that
much of other establishment is hardly
needed. An example of it set for spring
copyists is at the right in the third Of
these pictures. Here the chiffon velvet
was plum colored, and the yoke was
white silk and passementerie. The con-
timed stylishness of voile is impressed
on the shopper everywhere. Here are
shown two handsome dresses of it; a
gray. with cluny lace and landings. and
fuchsia, with embroidery of black cord
and ruehings of black tulle. The newer
weaves of this fabric are remarkable for
openness and looseness.
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TO be continuedD
NATURES DOCTORS.
How the Old Mountaineer Fights
Bodily Ills.

How the Old Mountaiueer Fights
Bodily Ills.
when the Adirondack native be-
comes afflicted with any of the numer-
ons trifiing ills which make mankind
to a New York Herald reporter, ''he
does not waste much time on doc
tors, but goes straight to the woods
or the attic for natures own remedies.
There is one old man whom / have
met with a packbasket on shoulder
and shears and a rough board stool in
his mittened hands, going after var
row, which, dried, is the standby for
coughs when it has been made into
wicked looking brew. Fir balsam,
coaxed, drop by drop, from the bis
tiers which swell on the balsam fir at
full moon, is a sovereign remedy for
chest and lung complaints.
Gravel weed, by which name they
insult trailing arbutus, is excellent
for the complaints which gives it its
name. and bladder root has a de-
sirable effect on the kidneys and
neighboring organs. Sage tea, con-
tanning little summer savory, is eff
cacious for worms in children, for
which belmonia, also stepped, is also
used. Sunflower seeds, also STEPPED,
strained and sweetened with molasses,
will cure the whooping cough. Horse
radish leaves. wilted and bound on
the face and back of the neck, will
drive away neuralgia, and a nutmeg,
bored and tied around the neck, will
keep it away. The nutmeg must be
renewed about once every six weeks.
Onions sliced, pounded and placed
in cloth and laid over the affected
part, will draw out Inflammation. A
red onion, halved. and with one part
slightly scooped out and the cup
placed over a carbuncle or a boil will
speedily remove the pus, and has saved
life
There are many more of these SIM
Pile remedies in the North Woods
pharmacopoeia which the wise ones
have at their fingers ends, and if
they are not more widely used and
money kept in the oyeralls Of the
thrifty native it is because a lenient
and more fortunate fate presides over
the incomes of the Adirondack medi.
cos"
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about this and simpler cut is more
favored. The number and variety of fab
RIGS offered for waists and suits is as
large as it was last season. Practically
all summer stuffs are available, and the
lack of new features in the waists them
selves may result in some straining after
novelty in the material chosen. Sugges-
tive of this are waists of scrim, with no
pretense of being anything else, but em-
broidered with cross stitch in colors.
Neglige attire is especially a timely
consideration just now, and ranges all
the way from what should fairly be
classed as wrappers to affairs hardly less
fine than evening dresses. Many tea
gowns are of the latter class, and are the
product of very skillful makers. There
are simple tea gowns, too, and no end
of simple jackets. In fact, the jackets
themselves are usually of simple con-
struction, the look of especial delicacy
and elaboration coming in most cases
from liberal application of lace and rib
bon. In this is an unacceptable hint to
economizers, for more than half of the
seemingly elaborate negligee jackets can
be made at home by anyone with fairly
practiced hand.
sheer ones, and others of remarkably
loose weave Gauzes and veilings are
especially filmy, and silk foundation for
them is an absolute necessity. The shop
per is confronted, too, by many fabrics
Of basket texture or of mesh apparently
but little removed from common bur-
laps, and finds that these stuffs are ad-
vanced as new and at the prices usual
with unfamiliar fabrics. Softness and
pliability are noticeable in practically
all the new silks, and the range Of color
ings is large. with little to furnish sur
prises. Figured silks that seem espe-
cially attractive after a winters supply
of bold designs, are delicate Of tracery
and not assertive in the matter OF color
matings. AS to colors in these mate
rails, while it is asserted positively that
all the current offerings will retain good
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IN NEWLY STYLISH FABRICS AND TRIMMINGS

like misty, delicate pictures OF rose gar
dens.
The chain Of gun metal has had large
sale this season.
Shepherd plaids in velvet appear for
early spring wear.
Ribbons with gold effect are the nov
city of the moment.
The fair Partisan is wearing mitts
with her dinner toilet.
Shirred velvet forms the very iovely
collar of an evening coat.
Flower-incrusted crowns are to be the
millinery fad of the season.
The elbow sleeve for dinner and even
ing gowns continues in favor.
Some of the prettiest tailored gowns
are made of deep purple cloth.
Silk belts with scalloped edges of leath-
err i'll contrasting colors are new.
One Of fashions developments takes
the shape of heightened shoulders.
In Paris they affect gray a good deal,
relieving it by cream near the face
Now and then a really smart little
stock is to be picked up for a quarter
Band trimmings of every description
are seen on many Of the new gowns.
Gauze or tulle strings are predicted on
the dressy creations in spring headwear.
Knitted waistcoats with lined and pad
ded sleeves of taffeta in the same color
are useful accessories.
To get the most approved effect from
your long fur stole curl the ends in two
soft loops about the wrists.
Popular patterns for buckles are the
butterfly, Grecian head, ivy leaf with
medallion and Louis XVI. designs.
Underslips of silk or fine cambria are
necessary for the lingerie and thin silk
blouses so much " orn this winter.
Toques are narrow and elongated,
while picture hats are abnormally large.
The lace curtain behind and the lace
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ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.
Fatal Wreck on the CeutraI-Priest
Will TAX. No More Patients-HoId-
Up An North Bend Wedding CHESTS
Hit by Train.

A failure on the part of the telegraph
operator at Marshfield to oliver train
orders to a south-bound extra the other
morning is said to be the cause of the
wreck which occurred between Auburn
dale and Hewitt on the Central The
body of Burt MeCarty, the brakeman,
who was riding on the Inflated engine,
was taken to Appleton for burial The
body was found under the wreckage. one
part of it twenty feet from the rest of
the body. Charles Kelly, the fireman,
was crushed between the tender and the
trebox, and the body was burned past
recognition. He was the son of Tim
Kelly of Manitowoc and had been on the
road one week. He was p years of age.
Ed Moran, engineer, is at the Marshfeld
hospital
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22

William NJ. Treloar. postmaster at
Mexico, Mo, has been removed Is a re-
suit of charges.
The Mississippi Legislature refused TO
adopt a resolution to invite w. J. Bryan
to address il.
Carmen employed on the ST Louis and
San Francisco road have been granted
an increase OF per cent in their wages.
The international Harvester Company
OF America has opened offices in Hutch
inson for the Kansas headquarters Of the
company.
The United States mint ia San Fran
cisco turned out $21, 10000 for the
month OF February. The coinage includ
ed S2l,50O in gold double eagles and
$4,000 in standard dollars.
The executive committee Of the Co
operative Grain Growers and Stock Rails
ers' Association is planning a national
meeting. 1T has also recommended
change in name OF the association.
William J. Bryan has informed Judge
Cleayeland Of the Probate Court at New
Haven that all the parties Interested in
the viii OF the late +. S. Bennett, Of
which he is executor. have agreed on
plan for the disposal Of the personal es-
tate.
Sergt. Major Walter G. Mills, who lad
acted as postmaster at Willets Point
army post OF Long Island. has disappear
ed and is said to be short in his accounts
to the amount Of $4,000
John Thompson. aged 40 years, com
mitted suicide AZ San Francisco By drink
William Thompson, senior nember Of a
manufacturing firm Ia Brooklyn, y. Y.
Long Wah Sang. known as chief Of
the Chinese Free Masons. is dead In Den
yer. After elaborate funeral ceremonies
bis body will be shipped direct 70 Hongs
king. Long owned nearly all the Chi
nese gambling resorts a Denver and vas
Eepstsd to be very wealthy.
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snitters Pav small Fines.

The first prosecutions have been
brought in New Richmond and fines col
lected in each case, for violations of the
city's anticipating ordinance. Eight
young men and boys were arrested for
violations committed i'll Fagan's Opera
House. They pleaded guilty and were
let off for so cents a head The maxi
mum fine is So
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Priest viii Heal 10 More.

Rev. Father Dagnault. Catholic
priest at Peshtigo, has published an an
nouncement in which he says he will re
eeive no more patients. For several
months past he has been treating many
afflicted people who came TO him from all
parts of the State and upper peninsula.
He has made many cures. so his friends
claimed, but on account of the notoriety
he received from the newspapers he has
decided to cease the healing work. He
claims that he heals by the power of
theodic force of the body and ridicules
the idea that it is Dowieism or Christian
science.
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The Fly in the Ointment.

Mrs. Henpeck-I understand young
Poorman. who WAS married last June.
has unexpectedly fallen heir to the
property of rich uncle.
Mr.. Henpeck-Well. well.
Mrs. Heppeck-Talk about luck.
Mr.. Heupeck-Yes, il is tough. If
he had only gotten il before last June.
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A SHORT LOOK AHEAD
MARCH BRINGS MUCH STUDY
OVER SPRING COSTUMES.
Many Late Winter Gowns Are Ad-
vanced Tentatively as Forerunners
Of Later Modes = Their Reception
Will Settle Their Fate.
New York correspondence:

ARCH brings much
study over shirt
waists and of the
pretty suits named
for the waists, but
considering h 0 W
large an item these
garments and suits
are III summer ward
robes, TIA re is
mighty little in the
new ones that is
outright new. No
lack of popularity
for them is limited,
yet there are few
changes OF fashion
in them, no change
that is at all radical.
Shoulder slope is
aimed at, but that
is not new. and in
all +ho @ sin, "a n p
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Train Hits Wedding Party.

While returning with a group of young
people from a wedding, Miss Ida Knopp!
aged 20, was struck and killed by Mil
waukee train at OconOmowoc, and her
sister Annie and Herman Raasch seri-
ously injured. The party stepped off one
track to allow a fast mail train TO pass,
and upon another track, directly in front
of a freight train.
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Grams MONEY and Runs.

A hold-up occurred at North Bend the
other night. when $500 was stolen from
the cash drawer in the store of Heineck
& Patterson. A clerk was about to close
the place and had gathered the money
from different tills, and was about to
extinguish the lights, when masked
man stepped into the sto~e from the
rear, grabbed the money and disap-
peared.
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Accepts milwaukee, Oface.

Carroll G. Pearse of Omaha recently
arrived in Milwaukee and after a con-
sultation with the school board said as
would accept the position of superin-
tendent of Milwaukees schools despite
Mayor Roses veto of the bill to increase
the salary of the superintendent from
$4,000 to $4,000. Mr.. Pearse expects to
begin his duties June /
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22

She-I am not the only girl you have
ever kissed.
He-How do you knew thatg
She-weIl. I've had some expersl Ice
myself. Detroit Free Pres&
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CHICAGO.

/
l-J turn of more seasonable
weather conditions and lessened Difficult
ty In the movement of commodities were
favorable factors. Reports show gain in
the distribution of goods and larger re-
ceipts of farm products. while the man
uracturlng industries advanced in ac-
uFlty. New business improved in the
volume of finished iron and prices were
strengthened. although commitments
were mainly confined to present require
ments.
Notwithstanding the high average cost
the final consumption of necessities has
continued strong and buying was heavier
in leading retail lines. Jobbing sales of
spring wares reached satisfactory ag-
gregate, with frequent requests for early
shipment to western points. Large
transactions were closed in the dry goods.
millinery, clothing and footwear divis-
ions, and dealings were increased in
suits and cloaks, mems furnishings and
hats and caps. Easier deliveries placed
groceries and canned goods in better POI
sition and sales widened. Mercantile
collections generally presented little
complaint.
shown more urgency and covered wider
variety of needs. with rails, pig iron,
structural and wire materials in best
request. Receipts of lumber ran 20 per
cent short of the volume year ago
Grain shipments were 2,3T2,45T bush
els, Is per cent under those of year
ago. With the recent fall in values inn
provement was looked for in the spot de-
mand, but actual sales failed to develop
Importance, and receipts of all bread
stuffs, except corn, were heavier. Prices
declined steadily until Wednesday. when
recovery set in. but, compared with the
closings week ago, quotations have de-
elined in wheat 1 cent, in corn q cent
and in oats Il cent. Receipts of live
stock were 253,25 head, as compared
with 29I, 436 head a year ago, showing
the 6rst notable decrease this season.
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waists there is no novelty about the ways
of suggesting it. In some shirt waists
Of the fancy orde~ there is yoke, usual
ly reaching over the round of the shout
der, but there is nothing strikingly new