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LEWIsBURG.

Harry Perkins left for a visit to
Charleston Monday. 80. .......
Robert Bush Is much improved at
this writing
= Rev, Moses Lake went oyer to
Harriaonhgrg last week on business.
Rev, Hughea. P, F.. held his Sec
ond quarterly conference here last
Wiedneaday pIght. Rev. Hughes has
been, received with much Joy by the
entire district and Is meeting with
brilliant success. His discourses
SUNDAY impressed all who were pres
eRt wtth7ths * fact that: he s1s AN earn.
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q MInpLEPORT,

~. Mrs. Flora sutton. of Pomeroy
haAtas guests this week Misses Min.
ME and Marie Bell, OF Athens. and
Miss Amanda Satton, of Rutland. i.
Miss Carrie Riekman, Of Jackson
Is the guest OF friends here. ,
q Prof. Charles Guthrie, OF Owens.
bore, KY, was the guest OF Waite,
Bates and family several days last
week. s.. 60 - ~, >. =.
$ Reuben Watts and wife, OF pitts.
BURG, Pa, are. the, guests of the
rmer'samotnar, Mrs, Fanny Watts
Mrs. Grace Harrington, Mrs. MaBis
Thomas and Reggie Harrington were were
among the excursionists to Columbus
Sunday. "- ). -, H.. -. =. -.
.&r Mrs. F. B. Jones, OF Wheeling, W.
Vas arrived "Wednesday to be the
guest OF her mother. 49,. .><,,
Miss Georgia Sutton, OF Rutland
Is the guest OF her sister. Mrs. Celia
Norris, -, -. ~ - =, - -
Miss Jessie Hale returned Satur-
day after n few days spent very
pleasantly In Charleston. =.
y'oSS NioAA AAC 10 DcSS, MI. AuO
MRS. Chas. Marley Mrs. Eliza Ste
Yens, Misses Mary, johnson and Cas-
STA Bess were among those who at
tended: the X. OF p. festivities at
Charleston. ..~ 49,. = =
&rMrs.s Laura Morton and daughter
qoldie, OF Columbus, spent Sunday
With relatives, Z. -. T. -.
!. = Miss Ara Warren, who has been
III for, several weeks, is able to be
oNt AGAIN. g, III 49,. -. o.. -
j., Prot, Artis Topsy left Saturday
for Christiansburg. Va, to resume
his work for the coming year. e.,
i Mrs. Lottie Ress IS quite Ill at her
home on Sycamore gtreet. .. ... ?, :. -. =.
Miss: Mona >. Norris spent several
days last week with: friends In Spill
man.
Endowment Day exercises were
held at. A. NJ. q, Church Sunday ev-
ening. An excellent program was
rendered. which was. attended by a
large and appreciative audience.
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bailey and led. At. alley. FORGE. l.. He
was; knoWn as Cuffee Tilden, and was
So Inscribed ON the printed rolls. !
The books ut the First Congrega-
tionai church Of Hanover record the
marriage by the Rev Benjamin
Bass, February 8, 1851. Of Jack and
B1llah, servants owned by Job TIL
den, and also. the death OF negro
boy ownedSby Job Tilden, February
~; 1850! ~ $50 ..,'7
-, There are, many other brief rec.
ords OF slaves kept in different fami
lies Iii Hanover. ~ -
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RAIR1AONT.

G. w. Hamilton left Sunday for
PIT. Pleasant and Pomeroy, Ohio.
While away he will be. the guest OF
Miss Bess s. Jordan and Prof. T.. l..
Norton and family.
Charles Williams spept Sunday in
MouAtain Lake Park, Nd.
Miss Beulah Smith spent Sunday
in Clarksburg the guest Of Miss Ha-
gel billiard,
Frank II. Jackson is sick with ty-
pboid fever.
Andrew Noel is improving slowly
Mrs. b. b. Martin has been quite
III the past few days. .....
Miss Lille Notes and Mr.. Henry
Miles were married at the residence
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith OIL
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fHE ADVoCATE

fAesda;y Z as u !, ja II,
!; sa aes by f ss b ,i1 Arnold, 8 q I: =.
z Mesdames Roht. Hewitt n: sade,
istuhba And aady Han, Of .Monan,
gah. wsfs Seihns on frlAadr here
SUNDAY. >>|' S%5.t3f
NM, ssiIis sSSie has returned fran
Sta3nton, ,ss where she apsnt r&Y,
sral ~ weeks tth friends and irsla.
tiyes.% HssssSs55j '',-1 EF%s:i g {,
Mrs. BETTE chamberlain and Mir
Lizzie Taylqr, sre on the sick list,
!. Correspondents are Fetuastsd tts
mail their 'letters to reach ia not
later later than Tuesday rnornfhiie AEdi.
tor. s:s0h ' ,'t'''i': Il, Ia3.(
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lesion : Friday aud 4, egort ~ grand
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis have moved
into their new home on Artisan ave.
Mrf. Samuel Wade, and children
.lhets fpra. yisit to relatives in .Yyttr-
,ginia last week. III -. -. :, s.' :''' |.
,F wv. Reed spent Sunday visiting
PoHtsmonth friends, "A ~ 80 " .,. TX (
! Mrs. r. w. White left Tor Visit
to hsrs parents at 1T. PHEASANT. before
returning to Washington, to resume
her studies at Howard University.
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Warsaw, Ind, Ang.
pin, of Indianapolis, was attoE !taz So
face by Glen Mob onald pf b
polls, when rifle in zsS 3
hands was sectdentailS
Turpin's condition Is crit ST.
Forest r. HDuser, Il 3apaH
the American Sheet, SEhsa Si s
Plate Company, at
jumped on slowly rsYt s.
to speak to a work man A6s M =.
back broken and life ~
He suffered horrible 81
until ho died. sS ~
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LABOR'S MEaFORTUNE.
Courier-Journal

Courier-Journal
Too frequently iaber--conscienti-
Gus, deserving and patriotic labor
IL unfortunate in It's leaders. The
latest instance in point is that of q
leader OF the striking miners in
Minnesota, who lao. far lacking in
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

fastening invsibly behind, of gray suede. rms
is embroidered With silver about the decolletage
and the bottom. where it is attached with silver
buttons TO high waisted skirt. The armhoies
are very large, opening almost TO the bottom
of the garment, and are draped to fall a little
over the tops of the sleeves. There is a lace
choker. with motifs running down on the
guimpe. The skirt is cut to simulate a draped
tunic over an underskirt of fine tucking, the
tunic part being finished the bottom with an
edge of embroidered kid
a new shirt waist is of checked or rather small
plaid linen in three four colors, decorated with
white. The shoulders are in the new fashion,
with inserted tucked pieces piped with white.
The chOker is of tucked white batiste. trimmed
with Crossway bands of the plaid. and the cuffs
ter length, the cuff four inches deep and set on
well below the elbow. AS the model stands it is
Worn with the fashionable double frll down the
front.
The dressmakers refer to plaid gauze as fash
ionabe summer fabric, and they show some
charming youthful suits. short plated skirt and
blouse top. made up In various gauzes. The
third piece is a sleeveless vestee Of cloth, blue.
green, white. whatever may be the back
ground of the plaid.
Even modest summer wardrobe IS incomplete
without one more Of the caSaque shaped sepa-
rate garments of white cloth or linen more or
less decorated with lace and embroidery The
general shape is short and square behind. with
long, broad stole pieces in front and for sleeves
mere extension, or one, two or three pelertne
pieces This form in cloth or heavy linen with
one single broad band of irish lace or embrold-
cry about the shoulders and down the front
makes the most useful kind of summer wrap
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cal charm for artists" Naturally her house WAS a
favortte resort for actors and musicians and music
and the stage were the familiar subjects Of
conversation in the family. In this way and by
hearing good music in the theatre Richard was
being prepared for his future work although he
had almost no regular instruction in music in those
days. His Latin teacher gave him few lessons
on the piano but soon gave him up as hope
lingering, and so he learned to play the piano
or any other instrument. AS Rich hard Wagner
his general education than has been the case with
many other musicians. He especially fond OF
hts taste for the theatre in these studies. II
and when he was thirteen he began to learn Eng
ish on his own account; so he could read Shake
to write poems and tragedies and when he was
nate Witch was consered e T worthy "a after some
changes of being printed After reading some OF
Wbic6 was e combinatien Of King iear ar" and
Hamlet" This play was a most exciting one, for
that the author was obliged to bring some of them
eroSsb. 70 drIsb the pav with About the time
he finished this tragedy he heard some music that
He was so impressed by this music that he re-
accompaniment. and THAI he himself should com
pose ii. He never doubted his ability TO carry out
tnis resolution but thought II wise before be;
Ginning his task to learn some or the princiRat
subject, and hoped TO De ready to compose after a
be learned than he had supposed. The dlihculues
however only increased his interest, and II was
''N'''' ~
musician
The Wagner family did think much OF Rich
ards new plan, but were persuaded 10 consent 10
his having harmony lessons. His first harmony
teacher could make more Of him than the Latin
tutor who had tried to him to play the piano,
but the aspiring young musician was quite undis-
turbed either by the opinion Of his instructor or
the reproa of his anxious relatives He perse-
in having one of the results of his efforts per
formed by the orchestra Of the theatre in which his
lister playing. The audience laughed at the
music but Wagner. though his feelings were hurt
was still undscoura4ed. After a time he put HIM
caIP into Tho bpn ndG Of
pied the position cantor of the Thoma sschule,
which had been filled by Johann Sebastian
Bach. He studied some months with einlig, and
at last Of his compositions was performed at
a concert with encouraging applause Before he
twenty years old his brother Albert was able
TO get him position as "A director OF choruses in
a theatre in which he himself was stage manager
From this time Wagner's powers as composer in
creased steadily. until about year before his
death. when he finished his last great work. Par
must have heard of 'Parsifal," and those who have
not should Immediately begin TO ask questions and
persevere in asking until they find out something
about il.
Wagner began poet and was poet to the
poems of all his great music dramas himself. Much
most forgotten. because II was set to words that
happen 20 WagneTs music, because the poems are
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Geyer who had been Of his fathers best
trends Ludwig Geyer an actor by profess
s-cn' and he and his little stepson who had in
herIted his fathers fondness for the theatre found
great pleasure IN each others society They at
tsT-ceo rehearsals together and at an age when
other children hardly know what theatre is the
fllaH filcEard freqUented II regularly In the
evening, II his mo:Eer wanted 10 keen him at
ho'ne 70 do his lessons. he cried until he got per-
-.sslo1 10 do as he pleased. Herr Geyer always
hso ~ idea that something might be made of his
snail s:epson, but did not live long enough 20
know what the something was to be- At one
tine he thought Re might be a painter but wag-
ner himself tells that he had no talent for
drawing, The little boy played on the plano by
fsr and able 20 read music too Just before
L1dWig GeyeT did be asked Richard one dav to
Play couple of little pieces he knew, and when
tie boz had finished. he said. What II ne has a
git for music.' 1t a good many years before
any one else thought Richard Wagner had any gift
7oT 1.#fic, "Hd ae met some people during those
years "ao thought themselves wise and we're yet
qai'e sure .aat musician was The one thing he
could never 5e.
Fs'cAard was only eight when ne found himself
.slherless "A second time. Ha must have missed
'"A sbpaiher E-ry much. bus his death did not
'Af much change in i.ichard's connection with
W metre, His brother Albert fourteen years
.,l'f 'ian ne and three of his sisters were on
- - Stage Richards mother has been spoken Of as
A., ~ Charming and intelligent Mime. Geyer. whose
manners and lively character had a spe-
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to handle saucepan, but whose perceptions are
quick and developed by all round modern edu-
cation, and who knows her chemistry. can. when
the need comes not only master cookery in short
order. but be tactful house mistress as we'll AS
a matter Of fact. housekeeping calls for a good
brain There is hardly any faculty of the mind
that is not called into action in running the do
nestle machine.
zone of the best woman doctors in Chicago is an
admirable hOusekeeper. Many woman writer's have
homes. managed by themselves that Ideally
comfortable. Not many years party OF
well known artists and writer's. old friends. were
stormbound at Alpine inn. The person in ths
kitchen dismayed at the sight of so many
people and appeared unequal TO the task Of getting
dinner. Whereupon these artist women turned up
their cuffs and in no time all had delightful
dinner smoking the table
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Pa ris. Nav y


ChiiEren's EowIs are particularly dainty and
erect tais summer although ii must be ad-
tired that they share IN the tendency toward
,xrrsssivaness which pervades every item of
dress a. present For girls in their early teens
ttere ave rhe most delightful gowns of silk null
4overf5 fn pale. delicate shades These are
trimmed with herstitched tucks Of a solid color
male blue. green or pink. or any color that may
he proYln70t il the design. The flower patterns
are apt ~ 5a large. Dt their distinction lies in
ths fac that they are not spread equally over
,he whole gown, hut only where they belong as
trimming
TIE rinafore model is conspicuous for little
children and for girls in their teens, and calls
fer the most exquisite lingerie guimpes simpler
than those worn by women. but made up of the
most exquisite handwork and perhaps a trifie
Of real TalenCiennes.
pretty idea Tor q batiste or plumetts gown
for girl Of eight is as follows: About the
breast is a four or five inch band of shirring.
making broad CouIsse. through which is run
pink silk ribbon showing family under the
white This ties behind in a butterfly bow with
long ends. The gown is OF elaborate lingerie
work, but the idea could he used on a simple
gown.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
THE INTELlEcTuAL WIFE.

why is it that harbor conviction
that keen intellect disqualihes a woman for the
domestic sphere?' asked prominent woman edu-
Gator THAT they do harbor 1t is proved by the
fact that when it is question of marrying they
deliberately pass the clever woman they en-
ioyed talking with and take some sweet silly little
thing for "a wife. Listen to men talking when they
get on this subject and in nine out of ten 1t
will be observed that the general drift of their feel
ing is that the nice satisfactory wife, the kind
who keeps a mans slippers werm and has his din
ready time, seldom evolves out Of the girl
who reads Greek and is up in chemistry and
nomcs. They frequently marry the latter kind
but they expect to sacrifice their dinners. and are
agreeably surprised later on to find the dinners
coming along all right.
LAS a mater of fact. though it will take men
long time to learn it, comprehensive ignorance
and the ability look pretty and embroider sofa
pillows do not In themselves guarantee future
domestic efficiency. A girl may even know how
to cook and yet turn out lamentably poor house
keeper while girl who has never had occasion
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Dra"ing-The neatest and best original draw
ings of Little Girl Roller Skates were done bv
Helen Belts. No sprngwood avenue NorwaIk
Conn., who desires Tribune fountain pen. and Har-
rlet Crane, No $40 Walnut street Richmond HILL
n Y Tribune fountain pen
Things 10 Think About.-The prize winners and
ther prizes In this contest Dorothy Rawson aged
nine years no. 5s FaIrmount street, Norwich Conn
!fioune fountain PEN and Amira Brown, aged thir.
paints - - 80 Va "e''i So4o'
Inc amateur Detective PuIzie-Biil pitcher pale
taS tsnt ana eheck are the Ave facts about Lena's
oISuleF Inc neatest and best two were con-
IFopiea m oy Gretchen Fuchs, thirteen years No
lo South Main street Port Chester. Y. who wishes
an eIAproldcTy act and Edwin T Hauser aged eleven
dne watch. 800 '''' q" Inv
n Letter ST. Box-see iotters by prize published
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
A VISIT TO PEARTs SHIP.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: thought you
would like TO hear about trip took with party
OF thirty-two boys. We Invited by the mother
and father OF OF the boys. who also OF
the r0rty. Three OF the teachers in school
went, too.
We left Englewood the trolley crossed the
river and took the subway down TO the Battery
There took tug down to Shooters Island We
went through the Roosevelt. Peary's ship, and cut
off souvenirs from the mast and broken rudder.
Then went TO PeaTy's EsQuimau dogs. They
looked just like wolves.
After that went through mills on The
island and picked souvenirs, for instance. In the
tin punching mill. We got quantity of the pieces
that were punched out.
Then boarded the tug again and went up the
harbor. We stopped At place did not know.
There went through oil refinery and picked
up souvenirs OF all kinds. We them f1ll and
seal the cans OF oil and pack them in boxes that
made
After that wo went straight up the river. passing
the warshipS our way We saluted them with
the Stars and Stripes. Every one OF the foreign
vessels saluted in but only the Iowa OF The
United States vessels. Saluted
The tug landed the New Jersey side OF the
19jth street ferry We then took the car and when
reached Englewood every one OF the party got
a soda MORTON NJ. CHARNIEN.
No. l54 Ensle street. Englewood, y. J.
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Contest No (Tho Alphabet Family Puzzle of
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paints leather cardcase fo the neatst ana best
Contest No detter Boxl-Przes Of 81 Will be given
for letter printed under this heading The stories
contain incidents Of real life stories Of pets strange
accidents novel school experiments things in travel
they be fiction These stories be original
and he written side OF the paper only.
Re 10 state your
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BE 10 give your and address Some OF our
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Boybo0d Of cVagner.
BY ELIZABETH DUDDERIDGE.

The .imnor1als." as those are called who have
done things so great and wonderful that the world
can never forget them. are usually thought of as
people who died a great while ago. but probably
there are as many great men to-day there
were, and this story is going to be about man
vho. though he was great enough 70 be called an
Immortal" has been dead only very short time
Richard Wagner born in Leipsic May %.
1913. and died only twenty-four years ago. The
parents or grandparents Of some Of the boys and
girls who read The Tribune may be able TO tell
rhem something about the time when his music
was quite new. In those days. while some thought
the finest music that had ever been written,
others We're o. thu opinion, because It Was very
different from anything they had ever heard before
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VISIT TO MONT aAIfl7-mlcHEL

Dear Edito-: 1 send The NewTorE Sunday iris
u2e each Wees TO my small ni1cs In Paris. France
She is interested i'm tnis co,Jr.c Of t3e paps-
has sent the inClose,t letter SsS.0G sle for
ward 1t to you, which z S,t6ll Gr 'r-Csr.2s that
lt vii, be printed in Cur Letter Box I an very
truly NJ : FEsy4 lines.
40. 15S Archer avenue. Mount rorn -a, y =.
Tie letter referred to above follows
Dear Little Men and Little Wome=: On tbs
northern OF Brittany the-c IS little island
called Mont Satnt-NicheL We yye.t there the sur
before last II IS a queer place and the Stresrs
very narrow. The only thing of interest IS ths
abbey, which is extremely old and has walls two
yards thick To get to YOU have climb almost
two hundred steps. II is divided into enormous
halls There ara also great EaOy dungeons and
Oubliettes- Adjoining the abbey IS museum. whers
they exhibit many things and sell bTOOf hes and hat
pinS mIGe out of 'GeS &c mUnfreS.'' At NfOrE
Saint-NiicheI the tite CONES m wI;b as 0aishins
raudity. When TIE tide is the island u
rounded by quicksanGs in which 4 sI"et manv
persons have Seen lost To get from the
land 10 tne island You have to cross bridge. but
the DAY We Went the tide high thac II cams
up into the main street and the bridge too
short had To finish journey ir
boat. MARY LINES (aged Ii.
No. Ils Rue de la Porlpe. Paris, France
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1'fr1GT0re Model Worn in Paris.
With Children Wear Exquisite Guimpes Lingerie
Hat

IEe prettiest headgear. is the lingerie Char
lotte, and the only novelty in this line IS the
rlpoons used for trimming. These are generally
Drocaded and show quaint, soft coIors: indeed
IN many cases they look like old hand embroid-
cry rather novel hat has a fiat brim of stiff
white pique, with embroidered troutrous.
through which is run a scarf of soft white rib
oon tying in the back with falling ends.
LINGERIE COATS.
At the first night of Strauss's "Salome" there
We're as might have been expected some beauti-
ful costumes: indeed 1t may be said to have
oeen the most ''dressy" theatrical event of the
year Especially noticeable were some particu-
larly handsome evening coats on the lingerie
order and quite unlike anything that has been
worn during the winter. 1t seemed impossible
that they could give any warmth. but a thin bit
OF warm padding is always inserted between the
lace and mousseline lining. One coat of allover
Nalenciennes was lined with pink crepe and this
in turn decorated with fine rufTies of the mar
roWest NalencienneS edge. Over this was a
shorter sleeveless garment. something on the
order of a stole, but with big armhoes. slightly
draped, of pink tussor embroidered with white
SOutaChe
Another coat Of Irish lace finished hY q
broad band of Natter blue velvet, which served
as foundation for silver embroidery, part of
New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
MY DOG TOGO.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Last YEAR I
had little brown and white collie three months
old, and named him Togo. He very frlsky.
and always knew when mealtime came. One day
| carrying him his dinner when jumping
Up. he hit my arm and the greater part Of his
dinner fell into an empty He immediately
rushed with the tho rear Of the yard and
began eating Pretty soon heard awful dismal
howl. and on looking up | saw Togo daShing wildly
around che ward trying TO dsengEge the can
which was stuck firmly over his head and ears
finally caught him. but all attempts To remove the
can We're of no avail and he howled Nt last
took can opener and cut OF the bottom OF the
Togo Immediately dashed away under the
conviction that he was free. but he soon returned
a wiser ana a saddeT dog | then took of
timers shears and the side carefully for fear
Of ms he1d. At the idst cut | caught his ear and
though did not wound II. il received good pinch
Togo gave one awful howl. wrench and free
\ happier dog I never After that when Togo
can he would sniff al IL and then lug Il of
and half bury Il. Yours sincerely.
AVERY HAGA\ (aged Il.
No. S3 WhaNey avenue. New Haven.