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always walk down to Grenoble and sell
it at need. and meanwhile more liberal
buyers may happen along. Our young
men know how hair has gone up.
Tell them a little knowledge is a dan
gerous thing the buyer laughed. BE
cause have given freak price for few
rare heads. they must not think that COM
mon hair is any scarcer for 1t. I'll 20 into
the next valley and find twenty marriage
able girl all anxious to trade off Their
useless locks for the price of young
donkey
He knew that tho miller would spread
this when every one came in on market
day The miller in these remote centers
is the general exchange Incoming peas
ants bring their bag of srst TO him
across the donkey's back. take home a
third in flour and trade the rest Not
twice ii year do they go down to Grenoble.
twenty miles, and trudge back up the in
Vulnerable steep facets of the mountain
roads They fear the citys unknown
ways The buyer knew it when he added:
LAS for the girls selling at Grenoble.
why we send hair to Grenoble, ready
made up.
But the buyer would not leave Saint
Martin-d Uriage without d certain treas
ure.
Ten times q day. alone, he would ia &c
out a folded paper from his card case,
open it, and gaze long at its contents-a
small clipping from tress OF very wavy
ash-blonde hair of rarest tint and quail
ity.
Could he absolutely match that sample.
there was a biy profit for him-not with
the wholesale house, but with the most
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by one she takes them up and iabs them
in where wanted.
Hair for false fronts. Is it because she
has not hair enough Of her own--and very
lovely-that she wears one? Tndeceive
yourself. She has enough, but she wants
more. First. to swell spendidly beneath
the uplifting fronts of her immense hats
coming out for autumn. and, second, be-
cause she goes much in automobiles.
Yes, the automobile is a reason for false
hair.
Speed and dust will cut and dirty her
own precious hair and the wind, break
ing down the undulations of the hot-iron,
those misunderstanding hot-iron applica-
tons must be renewed. except
Except when Milady undulates a false
front!
False front? Rather say the transfor-
nation, true half-sister to the wig: be-
cause with it she can be also undulated
on the sides. yet save her own hair.
If the foundation of wig is like cap
that of the transformation Unto which
the hairs are fasteneGD is mere band
holding tight around the forehead and
diagonally down both sides of the head to
the back OF the neck, where its ends fast
en- together.
See the fair one putting on her trans
formation. Fresh from the hot iron and
waving splendidly, It is a crown of short,
up-waving tresses
Delicately she crowns herself with it.
Upward she smooths its rising wavelets.
mixing them slightly with her own hair
underneath. to where they meet at the
crown. And there she hides their meeting
by frizettes stuck into her own chiSnon
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EXPENSIVE OF Partisan hairdreascrs.
Our client is = ,niilinrdnire Anier!-
caine." the g:cas ha.:dresser wrote him:
so We can oHcr yoa 100 Ger cen; on the
loves: price yoa "!il Fave 70 pay IL case
that you succeed. and "a the lady has
S!"ea Us n p.actiSsly unlimited orde. [
Will not conceal from, you that ar. CIV
ing this same commission 10 several b3y.
ers. You have carte blanche to match TIE
SAMPLE"
An orea price--and I.o:ene CASTS hair
ought TO match the sample. ilow annoy.
Ing 20 could rot go with Il 10 her and
nsk 20 compare Il. But. M he we'll
knew. this one girl laughed at selling
Lorg tho bye: had beea waiting .oy .
young man TO como TO him.
Now. the young rlnn. having seen the
miller happened 10 stroll By.
Have you the clipping: asked the
buyer
No" the young man answered. Il
won't ask her for It TIL l know your
price. l wont sell my girls hair for
trife. like the others. Put down on paper
that you'll give 500 francs. and will see.
Don't forget. my girls hair is naturally
wavy."
Absurd cried the buyer. Look
here. I'll tell you the truth. All depends
on the matching. Without IL your wavi-
ness will add. yes. say 100 francs TO fine
ASH blonde hair, say. three-quarters OF a.
kiio. Why. 300 francs is a rdiculously
high calculation. But I'll write down that
I'll pay 40 francs in case the sample
matches
Georges shook his head.
Five hundred and fifty. I can't do
more
Negation, The young man did love her
hair.
pie matches.
And love conquered-love OF donkeys.
heifers. shoats. lambs. turkeys. poultry.
Write 1t down plain. said the young
man. who also loved Helene Cast. Then.
when he had put the paper safely in his
pocket. he said:
Now, write down what you will give
in case the sample does not match
Next market day at Saint Martin
d'Triage four girls stood, with their
splendid hair all down. around the old
stone bench beside the mill.
Sit down, Sit down" the hustling
buyer said to two He put their arms
through the sleeves OF a BARRIERS apron.
Over it. around their shoulders. he tied
black muslin cape. | think that II was TO
help him cut-and also judge the hairs
consistency of tint before he actually
sheared it: but II looked uncanny-like
the preparation Of an execution,
Now the first girl was beneath the
comb and scissors. Straight down the two
sides of her head-so that each fell over
shoulder-he combed all her tresses,
pa rted at the crown.
S-ZzzZz
The scissors made long. continuous
sound. no shipping. And in his left hand
he held half the girls hair!
S-ZZZZ,
Off came the other half
The girl was Sheared
Next GIRL
The last was Helene Cast You would
not dream that she had wept all night.
She threw back her head. laughing and
shook out the ripping. wavy, billowing
cascade. The sun struck fire and gay
golden reflects from its ash-blonde glory.
Hair is such a bother" she laughed,
bluffing bravely: land the money is i'm
portant. / hope Georges won't mind
much. He SO loves my hair"
STERLING HELLO,
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permit its barter.
The buyer, boarding with Monzelun, the
miller. was going over his stock and his
correspondence.
The Paris wholesale house for which he
travelled in connection with the most ex-
pensive Of the worlds hairdressers, urged
him by both mail and telegraph for hair,
more hair.
Hair for frizettes. And puffs Both
mounted on pins What lady, keeping in
the style. has not her frizettes? Six are
the average to stick round. underneath
the edges Of the big hats OF 1908. With
out them Milady's pretty face looks like
a peewee under barrack. Some go as
high as ten or fifteen puffs and frizettes
Of the varying shapes and sizes. What
else can she put? GauZa, in punches?
Therefore, when you see lovely crea-
ture sitting pensive. don't imagine she Is
dreaming Of you. She Is only wondering
if her frizettes are sticking in all right.
Two years ago, already. certain ultra
ladies sewed the little puffs and rolls in
proper spots around the inside lower edge
of their new hats When the hat was
put on the false met and Joined with the
true.
But now when the hats are SO varied in
their shape the sewed-in hair trick has
gone out and friZettes answer every need.
Milady puts her hat on first. Each fri
zette-puff is mounted on hairpin. One
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garden full of cactus. Out of this he threw
heavy object. so that the carbineers
hearing the fall and thinking he had
jumped, rushed 10 tn" SPOT. The door
thus left unguardcd afforded the best of
exits. of which the brigand promptly
awaited himself Another time he was
eating his dinner. late at night, in Il
friendly inn when the innkeeper rushed
in to announce that the house was sur
rounded. Faliori arose and. without the
least hesitation, entered il room in which
a tired monk was snoring. donned his
gown and returned 10 his dinner. The
carbineers appeared and searched the
house only TO find no suspect When
they returned to the dining room. angry
and swearing Faliori reproVed them for
profanity advised patience and departed
after administering his paternal benedic-
ton.
$4,000 Reward for Faliori.
His exploits resulted finally in the plac-
ing on his head of a price of $1,000, and
one night a house in which he was hid
ing was surrounded. this time with i'm
mense preca ution. Faliori. however man.
aged to give his would-be captors the
slip and made off with the carbineers
at his heels He was armed with an
eight -cha,nbered revolver. With which he
tecrorized all who got 'in his way and
his escape seemed certain. Suddenly his
"luck deserted him. for he ran almost
into the arms of a score Of soldiers. He
Immediately fired four shots in rapid
succession. wounding four of the SOL
diers. and in the ensuing confusion, again
got away. But the cahh"eers 'n"iu-
t9ired the pursuit. and one officer fleeter
than the rest. was on the point of over
taking tho fugitive when the b-igand
turned and shot him dead. Immediately
afterward Faliori fired at two of the re-
ma ming pursuers. woundnc them both.
With but one cartridge remaining i'm
his revolver the brigand tried to take
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refuge in a house. When the owner
barred his passage he shot and killed
him. Up to this time Faliori had es-
capped injury. although repeatedly fired
at by his pursuers. He was. however.
nearly spent. and. as last desperate
course, jumped into the river. from which
he was soon dragged. The carbineers
had their work cut out for them to pro-
tect their prisoner from the fury of the
mob. The relations and friends Of those
he killed tried to lynch him. and he was
finally landed in prison minus an eye and
with a deep knife wound on his face.
copyright by Curtis Brown,
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SCENE OF FAILLA'S CAPTURE.

IF you viii! surrender L will intercede
for your
No answer.
For third time lower or | fire.
Continued silence.
Fire he cried, exasperated. \ vol
ley echoed through the countryside. but
when the smoke cleared away. to the con-
sternation Of the Representative of the
law. the enemy was found in exactly the
same position. The men were on the point
of flying. thinking it magic. but a second
volley was fired. and the marionettes col
lapsed. Thus ended the famous band of
that brigand. whom the Sicilians consider
much more worthy of being baron than
Jacoca.
A quite different figure also from the
: unfortunate baron is hat of Failla Mu-
lone. young shepherd from the interior
OF Sicily. who killed another shepherd in
a fit of jealousy Mulone is still at large.
and was recently heard of near beautiful
Taormina, on the coast. where the for
eigners love to congregate. Mulone is be-
loved of the people for his hair-breadth
escapes. generous acts and undoubted
courage. He also has been bitten by the
publicity bee, and not long ago sent Il
letter to the editor of a Palermo paper
saying that if a correspondent. who had
written of the eX-shepherd's prOwess in
escaping the police. and who he thought
had not been sufficiently f1attering, re-
turned to Montedoro he would kill him
with his own hand. The newspaper man
has not returned.
Stories Told of Mulone
Many are the stories told of Mulone. At
one time the authorities thought to freeze
him out. All his friends and relations
were arrested. also every one suspected
of favoring him. About coo people were
thus imprisoned and were likely to remain
behind the bars until he was ta,:eH.
he left the neighborhood that they might
be released.
usual to the town of Montedoro out Of
mere brarado. Suddenly he heard the
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make. Suddenly the reduced nohleman
attacked his companion from behind with
an AK. The carter. slightly injured. took
to his heels. leaving the baron to search
prorriated $3.50. This caused a great COM
motion In the island. not because of the
act itself but-and herein lies the Oddly
beca use Of the way in which it was done.
Tina: in Sicily. the classic land OF roman
tic and poetic brigandage. nobleman
should commit an outrage in so vulgar a
manner was revolving to the feelings. and
disgrace 20 the Sic!hans' glorious an
cestors in the profession. who must turn
in their graves at such a travesty of their
was that Baron Tacoma deserved to be
hanged.
Bandit Who Was a Strategist.
All Sicilians recall with pride the deeds
of that hero Of the island who. at the be-
ginning of the century, had succeeded in
terrorizing the whole country through
making police and people believe him to
be the leader of an immense band His
method was simplicity itself His band
was nothing but marionettes. which he
could carry easily from place to place. as
he stuffed them freshly every time he
needed them. A carriage filled with peo-
pie would come along lonely road. and
turning a corner find itself in the midst
OF kneeling figures with cooked weapons,
led by a ferocious parsonage, armed to
the teeth, who pointing significantly to-
ward his comrades, shouted ''Your money
or Your life" All went we'll for years.
until one day he was surprised by squad
of mounted police and only had time to
save his own skin. The police faced the
band, while their officer cried:
Lower arms and surrender In the name
OF the law
Profound silence.
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LOVE your hair he said.
And Helene smiled content,
Shake down your splendid
hair" the lover said II want to
the sim light IL I'D glOrlOuSlN,
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i of Rich Women Raises
the Price of Poor French
Peasant Girls Tresses-Greed
and Guile of the Travelling
Buyer-Checkmated by the
Watchful Lover - Tale of
Helene Cast, Whose Wavy
Ash Blond Hair Matched
That of New York Beauty.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
URIAGE, NEAR GRENOBLE.
Dauphiny. France.
August %, 1905.
LOVE your hair he said.
- And Helene smiled content
Shake down your splendid
hair" the lover said II want to
see the sun light it up gloriously.
In lazy happiness. the mount ain-villaee
girl took out four pins. threw back her
head gave a shake-and down came the
ripping wavy, hillowing cascade. Proud.
exultant. he, who seemed but a duh
Dauphinois peasant. without poetry or
tresses for the sun to strike fire and gay
golden reflects from them.
II love your hair. Helene" he said;
and in his mind, he continued thinking
to himself:
II ought to get eight hundred francs
for it. II can bluff that buyer.
The craze of 1905 for great coiffures-
which will be at it's height this autumn
n
out a new hustling type of greedy. willy
b,,yer. securing all France for rare tints
and natural waviness.
I'D to recently (when false hair was
bought only by the hair-lacking). the old
style. easy-going buyer. half peddler.
went through Brittany and the CorreZe
With a stock of gay Shawls. Jackets. para
soils umbrellas and by throwing IN
gold piece here and there he could STOCK
nm the standard shades and QUALITIES
from poor girls who were ignorant or
hopeless.
Thanks to the immense hats that nave
been evolved in the past year and more
however standard hair has trlpled IN It's
price and now that the rich women OF
America and Europe are engaged IN
matching their own splendid tresSeS TO
pile hair on hair, the foremost Paris
hairdressers have sent out TINS new style
of BUYER and one such had come TO
Saint Martin-d Crtage.
x ::
He was securing all Savoy and Dau-
phiny, but for nine peasant girls in ten.
he remained the cheap-price. half-peddler,
out of whom, however. good money might
he luckily extorted for heads of hair,
long and heavy of good quality, in stand
ard browns. blacks, pale and red blends.
l., r;ol with the tenth
girl that had set them fiuttering. and all
the more as the last prize winner had
been old Mother Grivonne. sixty-seven,
but still lively in both wind and limb.
After weeks dickering, the buyer had
given her eighty dollars. in bright ten
franc gold pieces-and clipped, what no
one of the. mountainside had noticed she
possessed, a very heavy head of silvery-
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Special Correspondence Of The Star
NNPI. ES August -.
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CH.Y. the home of brigandase, l:
in q fer,nent over a gross Viola
ton OF the ethics CT the Gaining
Few Sicilians blame man 10
being a knight OF the road-es
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-08-25

/ Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. N. Bradley visited Lura.
last week.
| NJ. Adonzo Engle and daughter have ty
phoid fever.
Miss Mamie Young is visiting friends a
Hayfeld. Va
Justice j. J. LaRue, of Kabletown Dis
trict, is very i'll.
Mr.. James Simmons, of New York, visited
his sisters here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Morss, of Baltimore,
are at Mrs. Francis Gibson's.
Miss Mary Moore. daughter of Mr.. Chas
H. Moore, has typhoid fever.
Mr. and Mrs W. s. Kennedy are sojourn-
ing at Gracey's Landing, Md
Mrs. W. s. Conant. of Detroit. Mich is
with her parents at Maplehurst.
Mr.. A. S. Allen spent Sunday at the resi-
dence of mis- father. near Summit Point.
Mr.. Douglas Sappington and wife of Fair
mont, spent few days last week with their
aunt Mrs. John p. Oden.
Little Misses Frances and Mildred Brad
ley, daughters of Postmaster Bradley, re-
turned Saturday from visit to their aunt
in Hagerstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.. Miller. of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio. with their nephew and niece, Louis
and Brenda, are visiting the family of Mr..
s. H. Higginbotham at Wheatland- We
were pleased to meet Mr.. Miller. and to find
him whole-souled. genial gentleman, like
his generous host. Mr.. Higginbotham.
Misses Nyna Woodward. Kate Sheetz Po-
ling, and Nettie Polling, of Romney; Miss
Mamie Chilcs. of Summit Point, Messrs.
James Reid. of Midland, Nd, and Floyd
Keller, of Romney. are tenting at Van
Myra's Grove camp meeting, near Burling-
ton, w. Va. The party is ehaperoned by
Mrs. F. w. Snyder. of Romney.
Mrs. Rebecca F. Parker and daughter.
Mrs. Blanche Maslin, of New York, have
been visiting the family of County Commits
sioner Daniel Hefebower, and left for home
yesterday Mrs. Annie Arnold and daugh-
ter, Nellie, of Burkettsyille, Nd have also
been guests at the Hefebower home, aud on
Sunday there was a grand reunion there of
relatives far and near. including some forty
or more persons.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-08-25
Church Items.

Services in st. James Catholic Church I'd
Sunday of each month at 9 a. m.
Rev. Dr. A. G. Hopkins will preach at
Kabetown next Sunday afternoon, at
O'Clock.
Protrscted meeting services at Halltown,
August 26-September g. Services every
evening beginning at 8 o'clock. Rev. A..
Knox, of Strasburg, Va. will assist in the
meeting. The public cordially invited to
attend these services.
Preaching services Sunday, August 80, al
Bakerton, IL a. M; Shenandoah Junction
Is p. m; Halltown, 8 p. m. Protracted
meeting services at Halltown, beginning
Wednesday night, August 26, will continue
through next week. The public cordially
invited to attend these services.
R. X. hewitt. Pastor
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From the Harpers Ferry Times:

From the Harpers Ferry Times:
Mr. and Mrs John Russell aud daugh-
ter are stopping at Sparrows Inn.
Dr. Will Trail, of Washington, visited
his mother, Mrs Alberta Trail this week
Miss Bessie Geary of Washington is
visiting her cousin, MISS Uppie Rready.
Mrs w o Towns LETT on Thursday for
a months visit with relatives in Parkers-
burg, w. Va, and Chilicothe. Ohio.
Midshipman John Sylvester. is expect
ed the first of September with sever al
class mates. to spend his vacation with
his parents.
Mr. Geo r Bready is greatly improving
his already beautiful residence by large
annex TO the eastern end and general
improvement throughout
| Mr. and Mrs F A Thuee and sister. Mr.:
H ] Berens and two daughters. Mise:
Henrietta and Helen arrived on Tuesday
evening for visit to their parents. Mi
and Mrs A r Miles.
| Mrs Harrison Butt Of Bolivar, while
descending stairway in her home OF
Sunday night, stepped on dog. which
was sleeping there and fell. overturninf
the lamp she was carrying. The blazs
from the burning oil set FIRE to her cloth
ing, burning her severely though no
seriously.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List OF letters remaining In the Postaffice Of
Charles Town. Jefferson county. W. Va. or
SATURDAY. August 70, $685. Persons calling for
same will be required to pay one cent fol
each letter:
Mrs John Carver, Miss Lillian Christmas
care Mrs w G Christmas; Miss Annie John
sou, care Eettie Johnson; Mrs ] Halem
Mrs Connie A Robertson. Miss Elizabeth
Thompson, Miss Lizzie Walker. Mrs Larinis
Wilson. Mrs. Alice Winston. Tut " hit.
ney, Charles Brown. Herbert Kable, Messrs
Craig and Guthrie, COLLEEN Clone. L Cuse
bay. Fred Dunn, care Base Ball Team; Re,
G. A Fulcher. Taaiel James, Bert S Leopold
G. @ MaGlasson, care National Emp Agency
Geo Mcdonald, A d McCracken ] q Nichols
DIR G r Sherdon, Fred B Shepherd, l.
Summons, d, John Whalen,
The above letters. if not called for within
fifteen days, viii be sent TO the dead lettel
office. Persons calling for them will pleas,
say that they are advertised.
ii. N. BRADLEY. P. III.
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Gloves at Landis's.
Umbrellas at Landis's.
Toilet soap at Landis's.
Buy groceries of Ronemus.
Buy dry goods of s. H. Lands.
Savory roasters G. N. Coleman.
Fresh Saratoga chips at Landis's.
Try Brown Bros Mothers Bread.
India linens, AZ in. wide, 121Sc., at Ian
dis's.
Asuit made TO suit at price to suit at Sach
d Co.
A. G. Wynkoop sells farm and town prop
critics.
For yelling, lace and embroidery, go tt
Landis.
westphalia hams. good as ever. sold b,
Sands.
Fresh candies at Miller's Pharmacy, al
the time.
The latest styles in soft and stiff hats a
OFT Bros.
White frost, sanitary refrigerator. G. N
Coleman.
Nm Solid oak, cork lined refrigerator. G. N
Coleman.
DR. Shoop's health coffee sold only by S
H. Lands.
Buy your shelled and cracked corn at E
L. Wilson'S.
Up to date Gents and Ladies' furnishings
at Sachs & Co.
Corn meal and cracked corn a speciality
at E. L. Wilson's
If you are looking for the best groceries
buy of Ronemus
Taffeta ribbon, all colors, and yard wide
silk. See Lands.
Do you shave yourself? Buy razor from
Miller's Pharmacy.
Want a good tooth brush; we have it,
Miller's Pharmacy.
The fly rbbon-a new and ideal fly catch
er. G. N. Coleman.
A full line of whitewash and paint brushes
at Cook & Philips.
First-class dyeing and securing at low
H;ces. Sachs l. Co.
Ralston Health and Walkover shoes anG
Oxfords at OFT Bros.
Yard wide satin in popular colors, 81 pei
yard S. H. Lands.
If you want to sell your farm put it in A
G.. Wynkoop's hands.
WAmerican and Elwood fencing and gate
at Cooke & Phillips
Zieglar Bros. and Queen Quality shoe:
and Oxfords at OFT Bros.
DIR. Cox's baking powder. absolutely pure
for sale by s. H. Lands.
Neckwear hosiery. shirts, hats, gloves
and underwear at OFT Bros.
White Star coffee. the flavor you cannot
forget. sold by S. Ii. Lands
Oliver chilled wood and steel beam plowi
and parts at Cook & Phillips.
Shamoken white ash. broken for furnaces
q speciality. j c Burns & o.
The price of our o. X. horse feed is with
in reach of all. E. L. Wilson.
Drink cool, delicious soda water at oul
fountain. Miller's Pharmacy.
For all kinds of cut flowers. wreathes
&c, call on Miss b. w. Allen.
All sorts of talcums, face powders ant
perfumes at Miller's Pharmacy.