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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-26
Seen at the Grand Opera.
Vast Variety Toette Lent the Jewel Display Deco.tte
Mode Rules Some Sleeveless Bodies Observed Coifures

The foyer Of either opera house-the
new Manhattan and the older Metro
politan-are delightful places for the stu
dent of fashions and affairs to take notes
and make observations upon the gown
ing, the fads and fancies Of the fashion
ables who belong either by right of aris-
tocracy or plutocracy to the golden horse
shoe Of boxes within.
On arrival, one cannot help but note
that the cape has almost entirely run
the former opera cloak and the evening
coat entirely out Of fashionable precincts.
Those new capes are things Of beauty In
their every line and fold. They extend.
many of them, to the hem of the long
train of the opera gown; rise abruptly
on the sides, to fall to the feet again
in front. 1t is but rarely that there IL
any vent for the hands provided at either
side Of the fronts; the cape Is supposed
to envelope one entirely. a.
Chiffon yelyets- braadelnths of axnnia-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-26

gown in the. boxes that Its presence is
at once marked. Perhaps once In great
while some very elderly lady will appear
In transparent yoke OF some real lace;
but even this concession to bare bones
and scrawny shoulders is but seldom
made. With the beauty experts offering
services on every hand, and most of them
successful, the woman who cannot well
wear q decoilette gown is today the rare
exception TO the general rule.
The sleeveless bodice is asserting itself
strongly where evening gowns are con-
cerned. One charming black velvet cos
tune, cut en- princesse, has heart
shaped decoletage, and just three straps
hanging over the upper arm for sleeve
effect. Others rely upon what is merely
sleeve cap, aud leave the rest OF the
arm covering entirely to the inagina-
ton. Sleeves. too, Of contrasting ma
terial are seen; those Of tulline and span-
gled net annearins IN ali snrfs al con.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-26
HARD ON HIM.

Mrs. writup-Tm going to lecture ON
"Woman,s Rights"
Mr.. Writup WHAT are you going to do
with me?
Mrs. Writup-I'm going to take you
with me as THE Horrible Example.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-26

Ribbon sashes are being tackled upon
all Of the summer frocks. even for WON.
en- of portly ngnrcs and matronly aspect.
Assuredly they do add a dressy touch to-
simple gown; BUT what with tho rnge
for elaboration that is rampant nowadays
even the simplest little lingerie frock
Is costly enough when one comes to pay
the bililwithout this extra ttsn being
tackled on.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-31

We don't buy 0nee Year nor
twice G. year, but we are receiving
ahoes all the time, Peersoa'R.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-31
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and
FEED sTuFFS WE ARE HEAD
QUARTERS

also Exclusive Agenes for
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE
ROBERTSON & co.
200 Bay Street. phons zss
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-31
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Frea MEDICINE sampIss


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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
NOW Mr.. BAXTER HAS REFORMED
In the Future He Will Think More
About Appearances.

One reason why Mr.. Baxter never
likes TO go out evenings is because he
seldom can find room enough in the
street cars to make himself comfort.
able. There never was a person who
liked to spread himself physically as
does Mr.. Baxter. Mrs. Baxter has FIRE.
quently been sorely Inundated by that
fact. When they are out together he
refuses to squeeze into close quarters
just for the sake of being near her.
If there is wide space at the other
end of the car Baxter unsentimentally
moves on and drops into it without
minding in the least that he has left
her alone
Since last Thursday night, however.
Baxter has promised to think less of
his material sensibilities. That even.
ing the Bakers went to the theater
Going home Baxter, as usual, refused
to sit by his wife on the ground that
he would be unduly crowded. There
was rift in the row of humanity fur
Their along the line, and he went down
and filled in there. He sat beside fat
man, who had previously Travelled a
short distance over the alcoholic route
The fat man had noticed from afar
Baxter'S Discrimination to share his
wife's society, and he thought he I'M
derstood the cause. Pleased with his
powers Of divination he nudged Bax-
ter good-naturedly.
That's right" said he. Don't give
her chance to bullyrag you before
folks. It's bad enough when you're
alone, but it's worse when there's any
body around to hear. That's why give
the old lady the slip. Well both catch
it when we get home, but we're safe
for the rest of the trip, anyway"
The alcoholic mans "old lady," half
dozen steps away, overheard, and,
judging by the rapid-fire action of her
eyes. it was pretty safe to guess that
the fat man would catch it" even If
Baxter didn't.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
The Spanish Galleon.

Primarily the galleon was but a
peaceful merchant ship, but by the
irony of fate she became, almost from
her inception, center Of the fiercest
fighting. Square rugged and high OF
stem and stern, broad Of bow and low
of waist, with massive bulwarks and
forecastle, and poop three and four
decks high, she possessed a pictur-
esque appearance, but little Of sensi-
BILE naval architecture. The stem was
clumsy, broad and blunt. and smashed
heavily through the waves, to the
great detriment Of speed: this and the
towering stern presented such sur
face to the wind that the difficulties
Of steering were quite formidable and
six or eight men at the wheel were
not unusual The method in this ap-
parent madness of marine construc-
ton was the landlubber's instinct,
still strong in men Of the sea Of those
days, to reduce all naval maneuvers
to the stand-up-and-knock-down tao
tics Of the land fight on common
platform.-Scribners Magazine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
SYNOPSIS.


Chip Mcclure, q 16-year-old girl living
at Tins place in the Maine woods is
sold by her father to Pete Bolduc, a
half-breed She runs away and reaches
the camp of Martin Frisbie occupied by
Martin. his wife, nephew. Raymond Stet-
son, and guides. She tells her story and
is cared for by Mrs. Frisbie. Journey of
IErisbles party into woods to visit father
of Mrs I'rsbie. an old herDit, who has
resided In the wilderness for many years.
When camp is broken Chip and Ray oc-
cupy same canoe. The party reach camp
OF Mrs I'risbie's father and are well
coined by him and Cy Walker, an old
friend and former townsman of the her.
nit They settle down for summers
stay. Chip and Ray are in love. but no
one realizes this but Cy Walker. Strange
canoe marks found on lake shore in front
of their cabin. Strange smoke is seen
across the lake. Martin and Levi leave
for settlement TO get officers to arrest
Mcclure, who is known as outlaw and
escaped murderer Chips one woods
friend. Tomah, an Indian, visits camp.
Ray believes he sees a bear on the ridge
Chip is stolen by Pete Bolduc and es-
capes with her in a canoe. Chip is res
cued by Martin and Levi as they are re-
turned from the settlement. Boduc cs-
capes. Old Cy proposes TO Ray that he
remain in the woods with himself and
AMI and trap during the winter and he
concludes to do So. Others of the party
return to Greenvalc. taking Chip with
them. Chip starts to school in Greenvale
and finds life unpleasant at Aunt Com
forts, made so especially by Hannah.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
Canaanite BuriaIs.

Some important discoveries have
lately been made with regard to the
burial customs of the Canaanites. The
bodies were usually deposited in
caves, as Abraham deposited the body
of Sarah. The caves were either
natural hollows in the rock, such as
abound in Palestine, or artificially
formed excavations, usually roughly
circular. On the floor of these caves
the body was laid, in contracted po-
sition. Stones were placed round It
and earth strewn over it, For the use
Of the spirit of the deceased vessels
of food and drink were placed near
by; not without pathos is the deposit
of cooked meat, with knife to cut
it and a saucer inverted over 1t to
keep it warm, that was found in one
tomb in Gezer. Spears, swords, orna-
ments or other objects which the de-
ceased might be supposed to require
were also deposited. These objects
are valuable testimonies to the belief
of the Canaanites in the continuance
after death of life similar to the
earthly existence.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28

up the brock valley a Little way, 10
find that only one track came down;
he then dircled about the canoe, until
like hound, he found where the clear
ly defined trail left the swamp again
Here in the soft carpet under the
spruce trees one could follow this
trail on TIE run, and here also Old
Cy found where this enemy had halted
beside trees, evidently while watching
them, as the tracks indicated. When
the bordering swamp was reached. the
trail turned in westerly direction
skirting thus for half a mile, and here
also, evider ;es of skulbing along were
visible.
Another trail was now come upon
but leading directly over the ridge, and
just beyond this juncture both the
trails now joined, entered the swamp
and ended at a lagoon opening out
from the stream. Here, also, evidences
of canoe having been hauled up into
the bog were visible.
THAT sneakin' pirate come up this
-tream," Old Cy observed to Ray, as
the two stood looking at these unmis
taxable signs. He left his canoe here
n crossed the ridge above us n down
to whar we left the otter n on to our
canoe. Then he come back the way
we follered, n my idee is he had his
eye on us most O. the time. l callate
he has been laughin' ever since at
what we'd say when we found that
mud daub on our canoe, durn him!"
But their canoe was now half-mile
away and for little time Old Cy
looked at the black, currentless stream
and considered. Then he glanced up
at the sun.
I've a notion we'd best fetch our
canoe ver"here," he said at last, "an'
follow this thief spell farther. We
may come on to suthin'."
Wont he shoot at us?" returned
Ray, more impressed by this possible
danger than was Old Cy.
wal, mebbe and mebbe not" an
swered the old man. "Shootin's a game
two kin play at, an we've jist ez good
a right to foller the stream ez he has. y
But when their canoe had been car
ried over and launched in this lagoon,
Rays spirits rose. 1t was an eXpedi-
ton into new waters, somewhat ven
turesome, and for that reason it ap-
pealed to him.
For two hours they padded alona
this serpentine highway, and then the
vastness of this morass began to i'm
press them.
No halt for dinner had yet been
made. They were both faint from need
of food, and so Old Cy reached for 5
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
Hotel KEYS.

ut takes Just about 500 new keys
year to keep us going" remarked
Dave Mills, assistant manager of the
Euclid, the other day. THAT does
not include the keys that are carried
away and returned by mail. Then
lots of people take the metal tags of
keys in order to carry the keys in
their pockets, and the tags get lost.
Sometimes a guest will return a key
that he has carried for a year or so.
But the funniest proposition l ever
struck was this: We got letter
one day from a man out In Des
Moines, Ia, who wrote to apologize
for not returning a key he had taken
away. He said he found that the key
Just fitted the front door Of his home
and as his wife had lost the key to
the house a few days before. he felt
obliged to keep the key from the
Euclid, much as he hated to do it,
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
CHAPTER Kill,

All fellow-sojourners in the wilder
ness awaken keen interest, and the I'M
broken silence and solitude of bound
less forest make fellow human be-
ing one we are glad to accost.
A party of lumbermen welding axes
causes one to turn aside and call on
them. A sportsman camp seen on a
lake shore or near a streams bank
always invites a landing to interview
whoever may be there.
All this interest was now felt by
Old Cy and Ray, and with it an added
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
CURE FOR ECZEMA DISCOVERED.
Or. J. e. Currier Tells How 1t Can 30
Used by the Patients Themselves.
(FrOnl Detroit NetCS.)


Eczema, letter, ringworm and 9TH
er skin diseases are spreading" says
DR.. j. E. Currier in the Doctors Guide.
writing about. new and wCHerfully
successful cure for skin afff6tieR
Il apply plain pure citrox, dissClved
in hot water twice day. You who
know how stubborn letter. ringworm
and eczema can be, will be amazed to
see how soon this stops the itching.
dries up the eruption and cause a
growth of new healthy skin. | now
tell my patients to get a package OF
pure citrox at the drug store and
dissolve a teaspoonful in two table
spoonfuls of hot water, as this sou-
ton must be made fresh each t'nle
and used warm.
Il am having better success than
ever before. A case of letter on the
hand that had run six months, citrox
cured in a week. and young woman
whose back was a mass of pustules
was cured in two weeks. / could cite
many others. Be careful to. get the
pure drug put up in small SSealed
packages, as the common kind sold in
bulk is not fit for medical USE"
1t will interest women to learn that
this well-known drugs value for skin
diseases was discovered accidentally
by the doctors wife.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
SOMETHING OF A CYNIC.
Papa Had Extreme Views on the Sub
ject of Marriage.

Miss Marie Cahill, the actress, chose
the chorus girls for her new play /.
Marrying Mary" by measurement.
The Bertillop system was employed.
by thiavtaAe1nent system Of meas
urement," said Miss Cahill the othe:
day, lone gets, in chorus girl, the
real thing. Mirage is avoided. You
know what mirage is? Quite sure?
Well, at any rate, I'll point out it's
meaning to you with story
"a boy looked up from his book
one night
Father he said, what is mi
rage?'
"The father answered glibly from
behind his paper:
1.-The union of man and woman
till death or the law them do part
But said the boy, that's mar
riage, amt it,
"'Same thing, sonny; it's the same
thing replied the father. "A man
imagin1s he sees wonders and delights
where there is nothing. Fight shy OF
'em both, my boy"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28

canoe was found turned half over, and
on it's broad oval bottom was a curious
outline Of black mud. The light was
not good here. A fir-grown ledge
Swallowed the spit; but as Old Cy
stopped to examine this mud-made en-
blem, it gradually took shape, and he
saw-a skull and cross bones!
oval, by the Great Horn Spoon" he
exclaimed, Il never s'posed a pirate
'ud fetch in here! An he's swiped our
muskrats and mink" he added, as he
looked under the canoe, darn him!"
Then the bold bravado of it all &C.
CURED to Old Cy. The theft was doubt
less made by whosoever had taken
their otter, and not content with rob-
bling them, he had added insult.
Il s'pose we'd orter be grateful he
left the paddles n didn't smash the
canoe" Old Cy continued, turning it
over. 81 wonder whot can be?"
One hasty look around revealed the
same bootmarks in the soft earth near
the stream, and then he and Ray
launched their craft and started for
home.
I'm goin' to foller them tracks to-
morrer," Old Cy said, when they were
entering the lake and a light in the
cabin just across treasured him. ut
may be little resky, but I'm goin to
find out what sorter neighbor we've
got"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
0 also the same footprints they had fol.

also the same footprints they had fof.
lowed.
Another bit OF hard bottom was
reached, and here again was another
deadfall. Tracks evidently made with
In few days were about here, and
tied to its figure-four' spindle was a
freshly caught brook sucker.
1.-THE scents gettin' warm" Old Cy
muttered, as he examined these signs
or trappers presence, and then,
mindful of the sun, he padded on
again.
And now an upland growth Of tall
spruce was seen ahead, the banks be-
came in evidence, and slight current
was met. One more long bend in the
stream was followed. then came curry
ing banks and large-bodied spruce.
They were out of the swamp.
Soon a more distinctive current OBJ
posed them, low murmur CT running
water came from ahead, and then a
pass between two abutting lodges was
entered. Here the stream eddied over
sunken rocks, and pushing On, the for
est seemed suddenly to vanish as they
emerged from the gloom of this short
canyon, and the next moment they
caught sight of long, narrow lakelet.
The sun, now almost to the tree
tops, cast a reddish glow upon it's
placid surface, and so welcome a
change was it from the ghostly forbid.
ding swamp just left, that Old Cy halt
ed their canoe at once to look out
upon it. 1t was seemingly mile long,
but quite narrow lake. A bold, rocky
shore rising in lodges faced them just
across, and extended along that side,
back Of these low, green-clad noun
tain, to the right, and at the end of
this lanelike lake holder, bare-topped
cliff was outlined dear and distinct.
The strip of water, for it was not
much more, seemingly filled an oblong
gorge in these mountains, only one
break in them, to the left of this bare
peak; and as Old Cy urged their canoe
out of the alder-choked stream, now
currentless, once more, margin line
OF rushes and reeds was seen to form
the low ledge they had passed.
Looks like good hidin' spot fer a
pirate" he exclaimed, glancing up and
down the smiling lakelet Thar amt
many folks likely to tackle that swamp
it took us most all day to cross it.
I'll bet no lumberman ever tried it
twice, n if l wanted to git absolutely
way from bein' molested, I'd locate
here. l dunno whether we'd best
cross N make camp 'mong them
lodges or go back into the woods.
Guess we'd best go back n take a
sneak round behind the ledge. | no.
ticed loggin leadin up that way fore
we left the swamp"
But now something was discovered
that proved Old Cy's wisdom, for as
they, charmed somewhat by the spot,
yet feeling it forbidding, still glanced
up and down the bold shore just
across, suddenly a thin column of
smoke rose from away to the right,
amid the bare lodges.
First a faint haze, rising in the still
air, then burst of white, until the
fieecy pillar was plainly outlined as it
assembled and drifted backward into
the green forest.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28

sense of danger. No friendly hunter
the woods. This practically minded
thief must have seen them, for the
spruce-clad oval, perhaps half mile
in width, was comparatively free from
underground where they had been
working. He had crossed it within
fairly open sight of them, had found
the otter hanging from limb, had
taken it, and thence on to rob their
canoe, 9aub it with that hideous en-
blem, worldwide in meaning and then
had gone on his way. Almost could
Old Cy see him watching them from
behind trees, skulking along when
their backs were turned, a low, con-
temptible thief.
Old Cy knew that bordering this
oval ridge on it's farther side was a
swamp, that stream flowed through
it, and surmising that this fellow might
have come up or down this stream, he
left their cabin prepared for two or
three days sojourn away from 1t,
which meant that food, blankets and
simple cooking utensils must be taken
along.
No halt was made to visit traps.
Old Cy was trailing bigger game now;
and when the point where they had
left the canoe the day previous was
reached, the canoe was pulled out on
the streams bank, the rifles only taken
and the trailing began. He followed
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
Toy Balloon Travelled Far.

How's this! A tiny balloon of Grim
son rubber sent up by a child from
the Tuileries garden October 20, at
the children's fete at which 1000 of
these balloons were sent up, has beat
an the worlds record for speed and
distance. 1t went 1,211 miles In 19M
hours, and was caught at Underman-
,aani, in the parish of Jetti, Finland.
shortly before noon October 81. What
pity somebody wasn't aboard this
iny record-breaker! Only the name
md address OF the child who liberated
I In Paris, with card asking the
,uder to send it back, made this ex-
raordinary voyage. But 1t is a straw
howing what we are all coming to
ne OF these fine days.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
CHAPTER XIV.

Old Cy was, above all, a peaceabe
man, and while curiosity had led him
to follow the trail of this robber and
saw the suggestive smoke sign, he
hesitated about venturing nearer.
Il guess we'd best be keerful" he
whispered to Ray, cor we may wish
we had been. l callate our pirate
friends got hidin' spot over thar, N
most likely don't want callers. He
may be only a queer old trapper a lit
tie short O. scruples ag'in' talIin' what
he finds, n then ag'in he may be
worse'n that. His campin' spots ag'in
him, anyhow"
But the sun twas now very low; a
camp site must soon be found, and
scarce two minutes from the time he
saw this rising column Of smoke, Old
Cy dipped his paddle and slowly drew
back into the protecting forest. Once
well out Of sight, the canoe was turned
and they sped back downstream and
into the swamp once more. Here he
turned aside into lagoon they had
their canoe out into the bog.
The two gathered up their belong
ings, and picking their way out of the
morass, reached the belt Of hard bot
tom skirting the ridge. They were
now out of sight from the lake, but
still too near the stream to risk a
campfire, and so Old Cy led the way
along this belt until more secluded
niche in the ridge was reached, and
here they began camp-making.
That night was the longest ever
passed by Ray. for not until near morn
ing did he fall into fitful slumber,
and scarcely had he lost himself be-
fore Old Cy was up and watching for
the dawn.
Its first faint glow was visible when
Rays eyes opened, and without wait
ing for fire or breakfast, they started
for the top of the ridge. From here
curious sight met their eyes, for the
lake and also the ridges out of which
the smoke had risen were hidden be-
meath white pail of fog. Back of
them also, and completely coating the
immense swamp, was the same sea
of vapor. 1t soon vanished with the
rising sun, and just as the ledge across
the lake outlined themselves, once
more that smoke sign rose aloft.
And now the two watchers could
better see whence it came. Old Cy
had expected to obtain sight of some
hut or bark shack nesting among
these rocks; but none was visible. In
stead, the smoke rose out of Jagged
rock. and there was not cabin roof
or sign of one anywhere.
THAT feller's in cave" he whis-
7ered to Ray. AN the smokes comm
out o. a crack sure's gum"
1t seemed so, and for half-hour the
two watched = in silent amazement.
Gro BE CONTINUED
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-12-28
How He Did II.

Early in the morning session, when
the pupils were feeling bright and
happy, the teacher thought it good
plan to give them sentences to cor.
rect, both as to grammar and sense.
She accordingly wrote on the black
board:
THE hen has four legs. He
done it,"
Thoughtful little Ignatius, at the
foot of the class, pondered deeply. and
at the end of Is minutes time, allowed
for correction, he wrote:
HE didn't done it; God done it."