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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-08-01
Through the RangeIey Region.
ANNUAL EXCURSION OF THE MAINE
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
(Concluded.)

(Concluded)
After we had spent quiet and resttuI
night at the Birches, the famous Billy
Soule appeared about half-past ten We'd
nesday morning, with two steamers, to
take us up Cupsuptic River for a picnic
dinner. Billy Soule is one of the best
known men of the lake region. Thirty
years ago his father had camp al
Haines Landing. Now Billy is owner OF
the very popular place known as Pleas
ant Island Camps, near the upper end OF
Cupsuptic Lake, also camps on Birch
Island and Little Birch, near by.
I presume his legal name is William,
but if so, doubt if he knows it. On
our voyage that day, it was frequently
the case that some one wished to ask
him some question, and as the noise of
the machinery was considerable, and he
was pretty we'll occupied (he was pilot,
engineer and fireman), it was necessary
first to attract his attention, when the
conversation would run something like
this:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-14
QUEEN" OF A GANG WHICH OPERATED
IN VERMONT STORY OF THEIR
CRIMES AND THEIR CAPTURE
AFTER FIERCE BATTLE.
WHY LOvINA LANFEAR BECAME A ROBBER
Thought 1t "CouIdn't Be Any Worse Than
Working" = Evil Associates and Influ-
ences Work the Ruin of the Daugh-
ter of q Farm Hand.

Bennington, Vt.-Lovina Lanfear, a
bandit queen at Is, is in the Jail here.
According to the officers, the girl is
as desperate character as ever
roamed the hills of the Green Noun
tain state. The capture of the gang
with which she was associated seems
to bear out their assertion, for the
girl and her pals were taken prisoners
after a desperate battle, in which one
man lost his life.
Lovina Lanfear is IN the same cell
in which Mrs Mary Rogers awaited
trial for the murder of her husband.
Mrs. Rogers case attracted worldwide
attention because of the brutality of
the crime of which she was found
guilty The Lanfear girls case prom
ises to become as famous on account
of her youth and the peculiar circum-
stances surrounding her strange ca
reer.
A remarkable story is hers, one that
makes the hearer pity her rather than
blame the girl. Her face is pretty,
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could. Father and mother care? Not
they.
Il married Westcott, but we didn't
get along, SO we just quit
Il didn't care, because he tried to
make me stay in the house nights
when he was away. and didn't want
to. like to enjoy life. Well, when
he told me to go away from him,
went. ] stayed at home little while.
and then met fellow named Albert
Ross, who was clerking at the Putnam
house in Bennington
Eve kept company, Al and l, and
he worked at the hotel and over at
the golf links at Manchester-in-the-
Mountains. But finally we got tired
of living around here, and thought
we'd get out
"The first night it was dark, and
got tired; so Al and went into a
barn to sleep till morning We didn't
know there was anyone in there, but
we had hardly got inside when we
heard our names called. and, looking
up in the haymow, saw my cousin,
Merritt Reed, aad friend named Dan
Brockway.
when Al ana I saw the fellows we
wanted to knoT what they were doing
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but her life has left its marks upon
her features, and the blue eyes that
might have glanced with tenderness
are now shifty and cr,.el, the mouth
is set. and there are no roses in her
cheeks, while her golden hair is tossed
tawdrily over a frowning brow. She
came to the Jail in rags, but has been
given good clothes, yet she wears them
with none of that pride with which a
woman usually wears finery. Lovina
Lanfear, in short, is a good example
of the degradation to which young
girl open to evil influences can sink.
The girl bandit is the daughter of a
farmland, her birthplace being in
Dorset, u nearby hamlet in the hills.
+'Vinie," as she is called, was brought
up in poverty and vice. Her mother
was weak. simple and careless of her
children's well being. while the father
was a brute almost passing descrip-
ton.
Last September she was married to
a young man named Martin Westcott,
who amounted to little. The girl is
the mother of a child cared for at
present by WINES" family.
Her married life was short, and
when she and her husband tired Of
living together they simply separated.
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the somber black, it mahes them looh
aged and sallow and for1orn. The
many, however, can wear fused up
sheer waist. and the plump, fair WON.
an can do no better than invest in one
with detachable yoke; wear the
blouse decollette for formal affairs, for
evening at theaters or restaurant and
for afternoon reception, make use OF
the high neck.
A very fetching costume lately came
to my notice 1t was of Alice blue
cloth, fine and smooth, the skirt &C
Gordon pleated and hanging full and
untrimmed The jacket was short and
tight fitting, the hat turban trimmed
with dash of scarlet. Another blue
costume I liked even better; one OF
bluette taffeta, with waist of the
same. Worn with this was along red
ingote of black taffeta, lapels ernbroid.
cred in blue and the turnover collar
of blue taffeta The hat matched the
costume, being IF black with trimming
of blue plumes. 1t was quietly ele,
CANT a reposeful ensemble.
White, once banished so completely
from woman's neckwear, is n highest
favor, and is immensely becoming.
White VS. are introduced back and
front of waist at the neck, white vests
are worn, much Write flufiness. Black
velvet Is as becoming as the white
fiufiness, and it also is well to the fore.
By the way, we may mention here q
beautiful cloak but so luxurious as
not to be had by the average woman
not meant for daily needs. 1t is made
of strips of velvet ribbon Of richest
black alternating with cream inser-
ton; of three-quarters length and the
sleeves voluminous, the wrap is of gen.
erous aspect.
The elbow sleeve is to abide during
the cold weather, the tight lace cuff
piecing it out. With the snow-white at
throat and wrists even "stuff" frock
could be made attractive and dressy.
Girdles probably will remain in style,
though the tendency toward the prime
ess mode may increase and push it in
to the background. Quite few of the
higher priced gown are shown on the
princess model, fortunately one sees
few cheap limitations; it is as difficult
to make satisfactory onelpiece dress
as circular skirt that will hang well
and keep from sagging. But some home
dressmakers attain to the perfection
once in while.
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suits of large number of experiments
have proven that in cooking 100
pounds of beef by this method, there
is upon an average the following
losses: Total losss in weight 1896
pounds, water 3O.75 pounds, protein
141 pounds, fat 1.21 pounds and min
eral matter (ash) 0.46 pounds. The
same experiments demonstrated the
maximum losses to be as follows:
Total loss in weight 1920 pounds.
water 1892 pounds, protein 262
pounds, fat $50 pounds and mineral
matter 07O pounds.
The minimum losses were as fol-
lows: Total loss in weight 1901
pounds, water SGT pounds, protein
$50 pounds, fat 0,03 pounds and min
eral matter obs pounds.
In a large number of experiments
the average losses resulting in the
roasting of 100 pounds of beef were
found to be as follows: Total loss in
weight 23.47 pounds, water 14,6S
pounds, protein OILS pounds, fat $50
pounds and ash 0.12 pounds. 1t is thus
evident that the nature of the losses
is quite different in the roasting OF
meats from that occurring when they
are boiled. In the latter. the greater
part of thS loss is due to water. but
in the former the main loss is dis
tributed between the water and fat.
In other words. the loss Of fat Is
much greater WREN meat Is roasted
than when it is boiled.
The losses of nutritive material in
the pan broiling of meats are very
small as compared with the losses
which take place in boiling and roast
ing
There are two methods which arc
commonly used to determine the di-
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lady pay less and less attention to coat
and jacket of the same material. Which
makes for economy as well as variety.
The three-piece suit is attractive to
so many that it will remain in vogue
for some time, and very good models
are being shown; the skirts, for morn
ing wear, short enough to escape the
ground, the waist of silk, the coat and
length one may choose very short and
Of Elton style, long and plain, or a
basqued affair with fancy waistcoat.
Skirts for dressy wear are long but
without a train.
Broadcloth will continue in fashion,
and this is a material, if the color is
right, that can be worn at any hour
of the day. Colors now, rather than
stuffs, seem to determine whether or
not a costume is dressy. A rose col
ored broadcloth answers the purpose
for gown on which many demands
are to be made, although it has the
drawback of being conspicuous, both
wearer and observers the sooner grow
ing weary of it. The broadcloths this
season have a silken sheen. require
little in the way of ornamentation, be-
ing in themselves so beautiful.
The perfectly plain circular skirt
is the thing, but it takes an artist to
make it hang well, set just right;
when the perfection is attained there
is nothing better to be had in the way
of skirt The upper part of the cos
tune bears the trimmings, we shall
have again this year the rich, con-
trasting vest, the revers, the fancy
collar.
Blue keeps its popularity, probably
because it is the least trying of col
ors. Cream color is well liked, and the
use of bit of black or bit of white
about dress. Tire question as to
whether black will be fashionable in
itself, is hard to answer; we are in
clined to say that for street wear, no.
For afternoon and evening affairs the
spangled thin black waist will ap-
pear; and by the way, waist OF this
kind is a valuable portion of almost
any woman's wardrobe-but there are
some that never, never should put on
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fluence upon the digestibility OF the
cooked meat That is to say, natural
digestion experiments point to the
conclusion that fried beef, when prop
erly cooked, is as completely digested
as is boiled or roasted beef, when prop
erly cooked. However, artificial di-
gestion experiments indicate clearly
that raw meat and meat cooked by
boiling and roas ing are more rapidly
and easily soluble or digestible than
broiled or fried meats.
1t has also been plainly shown by
these investigations that fat beef is
not as easily or rapidly digested as
lean beef. For example the average
coefficient of digestibility of three
samples of very fat beef was only 80.45
at the end of one hour, while the
average coeficient Of digestibility OF
three samples of lean meat was S5.52-
This difference was also noticed at the
end Of the second hour, the ratio being
then as 87.66 is to 1919.
In a considerable number of the
natural digestion experiments, the sub
jects who were strong, healthy, young
men lived almost entirely upon meat.
In living for three or four days at q
time, every other week, upon diet
consisting almost exclusively Of meat,
they experienced no detrimental or in
furious results. They were no more
Inconvenience In making meat the
chief article Of their daily diet than
when bread or any other food was used
as the main constituent in the diet
No disorders in the proper workings OF
the body were observed. 1t does NOT
necessarily follow from these expert
ments that continuous meat diet
would not finally produce effects of am
injurious nature. In fact. the results
of the experiments at the UniyersitH
of Illinois have led to the tentative
conclusion that judiciously mixed
diet is most advantageous for thu
average Individual
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banished, and repeatedly we see it
waving its wreathed plumes. We
noticed one the other day that seemed
to fit well with the costume and wearer
thereof; the gown was a black and
Write striped silk, the effect really
gray; girdle, ruche, and hat were
black. 1t was Frenchy and becoming,
relieved by a square neck and Slew
puffs of creamy lace.
One pretty summary dress, the sort
that will be worn yet when winter fires
are burning, was made of shimmery
light stuff, but the sash, which reached
to the bottom of the dress. was black
and black velvet ribbon adorned the
big white hat A dozen small ruffles
close to the hem of the gown. made
great fulness about the ankles, but the
skirt fitted close about the hips. And
this style we think will prevail over
the founced-to-the-top skirt. It GER
tainly is more shapely, more generally
becoming.
ELLEN OSMONDB.
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After she left Westcott the girl met
Albert Ross, member of the gang
of bandits over which she soon ruled.
In fact, he was the most desperate,
and was the one to lose his life when
the country officers and the gang met
in battle.
Asked to tell her own story in her
own way, she does SO willingly, and
with freedom that in an innocent girl
would be taken as naivete, but in her
case can be called nothing but aban-
don.
Certainly I'm guilty of being with
the gang" she says, though you
couldn't call us bandits. We didn't
do anything SO horrible, and if we'd
been let alone we'd have got away
without causing any harm except TAX
ing what we needed when we could
find it.
Everybody around here knows me.
I was born near Dorset. and went to
the district school. | didn't care much
for it, and used to stay away when
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-14
Vanity.

Miss Frances Keller, of the Women's
Municipal League of New York, Illus
trated admirably at a recent dinner
party point which she wished to make
in reply to man who had said
'.,aomen are vainer than men" "Of
course" Miss Keller answered, 81 adj
NIT that women are vain and men are
not. There are thousand proofs that
this is so. Why, the necktie of the hand
soonest man in the room is even now up
the back of his collar" There were six
men present and each of them put his
hand gently behind his neck.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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gestibility of foods. They are actual
or natural digestion method and the
artificial method. The latter consists
in treating weighed quantities of the
food with a very delIte acid solution.
In the actual or natural digestion ex-
periments the subject Of the expert
ment, usually healthy, strong man, Is
fed upon the food or foods, the di-
gestibility of which are to be deter
mined. In the experiments at the
University of Illinois. the diet of the
subject consisted chiefly of beef, to-
gether with bread and milk.
The natural digestion experiments
teach the fact that tire nutriments OF
beef are almost completely digested-
The average results of go experiments
show that the proteids, the most val
liable food constituents of beef are
practically completely digested and
that about SO to SO per cent. of the fat
of medium lean meat are digested by
healthy men, doing active work.
The results Of the experiments indi-
cate plainly that the different methods
Of good cooking have little or no in
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dresses are bedecked with yards and
yards of gathered lace or batiste.
Over in London they are putting
forth befrilled shirt-waists. AS yet
these waists have not appeared here,
but it is safe to say they will land ere
long.
A pretty turquois-blue silk waist that
was designed for a card party, had in
its makeup something less than five
wards of silk and something over 20
wards of lace. 1t was fashioned with
suspenders of the taffeta, and botn
waist and straps were edged with frills,
very narrow and full. Turquoise but
tons added to this blouse the metallic
note which promises to be so much IN
evidence the coming season. A go0d
authority makes declaration that me-
tallic colors will be much worn, and
metallic trimmings much in vogue.
Mention is given of suits Of gold color,
of brass-colored cloth, of gowns OF
gun-metal gray and nickel gray. silks
that come in a variety OF metal colors,
leather ornamented with glitter, but
tons of enamel and metal, great stones
inlet in stomacher-wide girdles and in
narrower belts. We are to glitter as
well as be be-rufded.
It is doubtful il evening dress will
depart so radically from day dress as
to give up the sheath-like skirt for one
flounced to the waist; but there are
some signs that threaten this wide
divergence. One should be SLOW though
TO 90 in for eccentricity, marked
change from what has obtained in the
world of fashion. Be not too quick to
lay the old aside is wise advice as well
as the companion piece that one cling
not too jealously to ancient forms.
One thing we must look upon now as
ancient form is the sloping shoulder,
its day is over. Nevertheless cape
sort of trimming, which certainly gives
breadth to the shoulders, is coming in,
PROMISES to be worn on waists as well
as wraps.
Over in Paris hats with very high
crowns have blossomed forth, but
knowing ones declare they will be a
long time in winning acceptance here.
The small and medium sized shapes
will be worn the coming season. and
doubtless the picture hat will adorn
the head Of many :. girl that thinks
she is of the Gibson class. We are
repeatedly told that the picture hat Is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-14
Tnfal1ible Remedy.

81 am troubled with insomnia, doc
tor" said the haggard-looking man. Il
can't sleep a wink at night"
eff you will follow my advice re-
piled the physician, "Pll guarantee a
cure"
"What shall do?" inquired he OF
the haggard look.
"Got job as night Waterman" an
sWered the M. d. 1.-TWO dollars,
please" -Cincinnat Examiner.
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y wSAk living beings. The Strug-
GA N gle for existence among an
SNlNT finals and primitive man
consisted almost entirely
in getting sufficient nour-
ishment, and in avoiding enemies. In
the civilized world to-day. we some
times forget the extreme Importance
of this elementary biological fact. The
questions of how to get food. of the
most economical sort Of food, of the
food that gives the greatest nCurish-
ment, and of the best ways to prepare
this food for eating, occupy uncon-
sciously, large part of the life of the
men and women of to-day. For the
poor, it is a matter of getting sufficient
food, and for the rich it is often a mat
ter of getting food that will digest.
Both classes are confronted with the
problem of obtaining sufficient nourish-
ment; one class has not enough money
to get the actual food they need, the
other cannot find the food that will di-
gest. With both classes it is a prob
lem of partial starvation.
Until recently, science has paid little
attention to this question of food. The
whole thing has been more or less a
matter of guess work and tradition.
We once labored under the supersti-
ton that tomatoes caused cancers, fruit
seeds appendicitis, and that bananas
were bad for the digestion. We have
been flooded with a mass of literature
on pure foods and "back-to-nature"
diets, but the statements made have
lacked scientific verification.
Some time ago, Prof. Atwater, of
Wesleyan university, Middletown,
Conn, began a series of important
nutritive investigation which at
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HERE will be the fall suit
whose details match, there
will be the separate coat to
wear with gowns general
ly. A feature, however, it
seems safe to prophesy, of
the season will be THAT my
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Nanv Frills and Furbelows

ERTAIN of our gowns are
very plain and tailory,
others are adorned with
numberless frills. House
dresses are putting on ruff
fes, going in for airy noth-
ingness; not a few street
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-14

HE question of food is an
all important one for all
living beings. The strug-
gle for existence among an
finals and primitive man
consisted almost entirely
in nnffinn cnfioinnt nni1r.-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-13
Combination Of Equitable With
Several Trust Companies.
THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD
Three Large Trust Companies to be Con-
solidated With the Equitable Life AS
surahce Society is the Plan Outlined
By Thos, F. Ryan, of New York.

lew York, June l2.-The organization
of the largest trust company in the
United States and one of the largest
financial institutions in the world, was
said today to be part of the plan of
Thos, +. Ryan in negotiating the pur'
chase of the stock of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society held by James Hyde.
Ryan's plans, as reported today, will
be to consolidate the Equitable Trust
Company, the Merchantile Trust Com.
pany and the Morton Trust Company,
all of this city, with the last named in
control. 1t is expected that this will re-
suit in creating financial institution
with deposits second only to those of
the National Bank of New York City,
whicu has deposits amounting to $685..
100000. The deposits of the proposed
consolidated companies would amount to
$l69, 100000, capital stock to S7,OOO,OOO
and surplus $22OOO,OOO. Ryan's plan
as reported today contemplates the elm.
nation of the control of the subsidiary
companies by the Equitable Life Assur.
ance Society.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-13
STORY OF WAR
Russian Naval Officers
Make Statement.
LACK OF DISCIPLINE
Not a Single Officer Of Russian
Fleet Knew OF the Admiral's
Plans.
EXTENSIVE TARGET PRACTICE
Rojestvensky Continued Careless Man.
euvering and When japanese Appeared
The Russian Fleet was Caught in I'm.
possible Formation and Were Helpless

Vladiyostok, June IA series OF in.
terviews which a correspondent OF the
Associated Press has had with the naval
officers OF the Russian fleet who survived
the battle In the sea Of Japan have de.
'clopcd most sensational story OF the
causes Of the Russian disaster first Of all
and the complete decentralization which
followed the sinking OF the flagship
kniaz souvaror and the wounding Of Ro.
jestvensky.
II Is explained that not single officer
Of the feet knew the commander in
chiefs plans. The admirals in command
of divisions knew no more than the sub.
lieutenant and had to rely on the signals
from the flagship. Nebogatof upon
whom the command deyolyed had seen
Rojestyensky only once after the juno.
ture of their squadrons and then only for
a few minutes.
All stories OF extensive target prac.
tice at Madagascar were fakes. During
the entire voyage there was practically
no training in gunnery worth OF name.
Ugly stories OF the happenings at NADIA.
gascar are told. Even the very morn.
ing of the battle, while buzing wireless
instruments on the Russian ships showed
the japanese scouts communicating his
dispatches TO Togo, Rojestvensky con.
tinued careless maneuvering and when
the Japanes appeared the Russians were
caught in an impossible formation and
were attacked on three fronts. Roiest.
vensky's position was so cramped and his
transports so badly placed that il cauS
ed confusion. While the Japanese wers
raining projectiles on the Russian ship
the latter were huddled together blank.
citing each Others fire.