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How Fashions Originate.
BY LOUISE CAss EVANS.

While doubtless that first modif-
cation of the merely useful garb
which we call fashion vas induced by
the instructive feminine desire to
please the male eye, rivalry with her
own sex has subordinated this aim.
A severely plain head covering is use.
full; when the fair wearer put a feath.
er in her hat she surely won mascu.
line approval-for there was the
decorative touch. But when other
women, dominated by IN ambition to
excel, used the whole bird and sew.
eral strange feathers beside, the or.
igiIal aim of pleasing the masculine
eye was lost In a bitter strife to go
a gorgeous sister lone better" Then
the contest was on-a contest that
has brought to an astonished and/no
utterly inartistic world such exhibits
as the. hoopskirt, the puffed sleeves,
the Merry Widow hat and the much.
constructing corset. Indeed, in the
making of women's fashions enter
every motive that has yer impelled
femininity-and the greatest of these
is rivalry. This is merely one writ.
er's opinion, but it has the philosophy
Of human nature to strengthen the
theory.
In these latter days of combina.
lions and industrial aggregations it lie
interesting to note that fashion has
followed the current of the times.
For were one fashion to run through
two seasons, what would the makers
of feminine apparel profit? Two.
thirds of the sex would surely wear
the same garb till it was called in"
for be it said, the better half" OF
the world does not spend good money
with pronounced ocular results.
/ So we have the yearly or semi.
yearly change of fashion. From some
strange quarter of Paris or Vienna or
London comes annually the news of
the proper thing" The Queen OF
England, perhaps, has designedly or
unwittingly put a plum-colored belt
on with a dark-blue riding habit,
and, presto! the wires carry the news
to the worlds fashion centres, the
facile fashion artists devise a costly
combination of this "tne latest" the
fashion magazines bear the tidings to
the waiting feminine world. A new
fashion has sprung into existence, the
fashion dictators reap a financial re.
ward, the dressmakers add to their
bank account, the world of women
wearing plum-colored belts and blue
riding habits add to their spiritual
contentment-and maybe the sur.
prised Queen of England, who has
changed her belt, looks on in amused
wonder. From do Women Dress
to Please the Menu" in The Bohemian
Magazine. e..
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spaces. Sappho was always "a great
favorite of mine, anyhow.
II mentioned, too, quite a NUMBER
of times, how the mountain looked on
Marathon and Marathon looked on
the sea, and I logged in Aspasia and
her friend Pericles, and did the best
1 knew to w%hitewash the little uncon-
yentionalities of those two. I de-
voted a few moments to Diogenes, as
we'll as Socrates, and l kind o puz-
zled them and aroused their admira-
ton by dwelling upon the Peripatetic
School Of Philosophy - they didn't
know what I was talking about, ana
when a lecturer gets an audience in q
state of mind like that their entnu-
siasm for him increases with each
tick of the chronometer.
After it was over l counted up
the gate receipts and found that there
was $3.50 left for me after paying eX-
penses. 1 went back to the hotel in a
fever and fervor of exultatioD. A
squat, we'll dressed, curly haired man,
with a swarthy skin and a thick
black mustache, was talking with the
landlord when 1 strolled into the no.
tel office. The stranger turned n
smiled a very agreeable smile when
he saw me. I.
"'My FRIEND he said to me, hold
ing out his hand, I congratulate you.
I listened to your lecture. 1t was
and as he was a foreigner he halted
for a word-'immense. When l re-
turn to my own country I am going
to give an illustrated lecture on IL
bet
"'Oh, you've been in Tibet, them
1 said to him.
ooh, no. he replied, still smiling
that engaging smile. That's why
I'm going to lecture on it.
THAT squat man was a sure enough
green tourist and scholar who had
just happened to drop into Walla
Walla in time to. hear ne lecture
about Greece. The memory of his
saturnine grin is a nightmare to me
yet."-Washington Star.
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3 AMERICAS 100000 :
g TRAP SHOOTERS {:


In no other country has the sport
of trap shooting attained the degree
of popularity that it enjoys to-day in
the United States. It is practiced to
some extent in England and the an
nual winter tournament at Morte
Carlo, in which the titled trap shots
Of Europe participate, of course en-
joys a worldwide reputation as a
leading fixture n competitions with
the shotgun. The Monte Carlo tour
nament, however, is what Is known
! among sportsmen as a live bird
event - that is, the shooting Is at
pigeons. released from ground traps
on signal, and the birds, as they soar
swiftly in the air and take rapid flight
in varying directions, tax the skill of
the marksman to a point that makes
a perfect score in a twenty-five or
fifty bird contest an accomplishment
rarely achieved. In the United States,
however, public sentiment has pro-
hibited by law the shooting Of pig
cons from traps, and, while it is still
permissible in a few States, 1t Is prac-
ticed to but little extent.
AS a substitute for the pigeon the
artificial or blue Rock" target has
come into vogue, and the saucer
shaper projectiles, formed of pitch
tar and thrown from spring traps at
about the flight that a covey of quail
maud fo1yn rhon ATchn1 focf Tho
skill of the shooter to almost as great
a degree.
It. is estimated that there are, in
the United States and Canada, ap-
proximately 100000 trap shooters,
and this number is being increased
rapidly from year to year. The ma
jority of these are members of Or
ganized gun clubs which own or lease
their shooting grounds, and which
hold club shoots regularly from
March to December of each year. AS
each of these shooters owns one or
more shotguns, and fires from 800 to
$500 shots a season, each shot being
fired at a target thrown from a trap,
it can readily be understood that they
are no mean factors on the prosperity
of the gun and ammunition trade of
the country. The fact that a single
manufacturer of targets last year
furnished 100000 targets to the
gun clubs and sportsmen's' supply
dealers of the country will give some
idea of the extent to which the sport
is INDUCED in.-Success.
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Red Flag Waivers.

Emil Seidler and Ralph Schulman,
east side youths, were each fined $40
recently by Magistrate Cornell, in
Essex Market Court, for waving red
flags on Saturday night at a Socialist
meeting at Grand and Orchard
streets.
"You mustn't wave red flags" said
the Court. 1.-The only time a red flag
is of any use and the only proper
time to wave it is when it is necessary
to warn the engineer Of a train that
there is danger ahead.
"You and the rest of your people
must stop waving the red flag. We
in this, country won't stand for that
sort of thing. The Socialists ought
to. leave the red flag alone. The red
flag is a relic of barbarism and only
excites revolution.
,"If I didn't think you two ignor-
ant in regard to your crime I would
send you both to the workhouse for
six months" Neither prisoner could
nay his ine.-New York World.
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hens and the closing be made with
buttons and b~uttonholes while the
lower edge and the collar and the
sleeves are finished in any way that
may be liked.
The coat is made with fronts, backs
and under-arm cores and is finished
at the neck edge with a Follower col
lar. The sleeves are in two portions
each.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and a
half yards twenty-four or twenty
seven, two yards %forty-four or one
and three-quarter yards forty-four
inches wide with four and a half
yards of ribbon.
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able waistings. It is just as appro.
pirate for silk and for wash flannel
and the like as it is for linen, madras
and many inexpensive wash fabrics,
It can be made with a collar to match
or worn with a separate one, and it Is
altogether to be commended both for
the odd waist and for the shirt waist
gown.
The waist is made with a lining
which can be used or omitted as
liked, and consists of fronts and back
There. is a wide box pleat at the CEN
tire front, and the tucks are arranged
in groups that are turned some in.
ward, some outward to give a boz
pleat effect at the centre back and at
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Information.

A we'll know novelist was touring
through Lancashire in order to learn
something of the lives of the inhabit-
ants, when he came upon an old man
breaking stones on the roadside, and,
thinking he might gain some knowl-
edge from him, addressed him thus:
How far is it to Fleetwood, my
man."
You'll sc a milestone a bit farth-
er on" was the gruff reply.
What's the use, if / can't read?'
said the novelist, eager to draw the
old man into a conversation.
Then it'll just suit you, for there's
noyt on it." said the old fellow.
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Moose That Drink at a Pump.

James Tibbetts, of the Neck Road,
Benton, mas been entertaining strange
company for several dayg. Early last
week MI. Tibbetts went to the barn
and turned out his stock. When he
stepped into the barnyard a few min
utes later To start the water at the
pump ne was surprised to find a bull
and a COW moose, apparently waiting
for water. Mr.. Tibbetts went directly
to the pump and began raising water
from the spot into the big trough
among the first of the animals to
reach it were the strangers. Each
MOSS drank its quantity and then
slowly walked past the farmer to a
low place in the fence, where each
vaulted owe and struck off across
the field in the direction of the woods.
Every morning since the creatures
have appeared in the barnyard when
Mr.. Tibbetts has turned on the water.
The strange part of the affair lies in
the fact that the farm is we'll watered
by three small brooks, which keep
running all winter, and the Sebasti-
cook River is but a few hundred
wards away. 1t is possible the crea-
lures have discovered something in
the brooks and in the river which sets
their taste going in another direc-
ton, for they are watering regularly
at the Tibbettts pump. The moose
have n8'er bothered the COWS or the
oxen Of the Tibbett herd and the lat
ter have never apparently paid any
attention to the presence of the
strangers.-kennebec Journal.
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Potato Sack Skirt.

The potato sack skirt is the name
of a new directoire skirt that will no
doubt prove taking because of its
novelty. It Is a skirt cut straight up
and down, scanned at the sides and
terminating in the back In a curious
little square train. No one knows how
women are, to walk in such skirts, as
it cuts across the knees and also the
ankles, but no doubt they will find a
way.
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Prohibition Upheld in Oklahoma.
= Oklahoma's prohibition law was
declared constitutional by the State
Supreme Court.
Newsy Gleanings.

The first American Catholic Mis-
sionary Congress convened IN Chis
cago.
Plans for the ter-centennial ami
versary of the discovery OF Lake
Champlain were made public at Bur-
lington, VT.
The Tribuna, a Government organ
at Rome, Italy, demanded that the
ENGAGEMENT of the Duke OF the
Abruzzi and Miss Elkins be either
confirmed or denied. ;
Count Hulsen-Haseler, chief or the
German Military Cabinet, died in the
presence of Emperor William at Do
naueschingen.
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HANGED THREE BROTHERS
Wouldn't Wait For Court, SO Trial
is Held at Once.
Victims Were Ed, Marshall and Jim
Stinebach, Negroes, Who Killed
Deputy Sheriff Richard Burruss.

Union City, Tenn. Tiptonville.
bordering on Reelfoot Lake, which
recently has been the scene of many
stirring incidents, witnessed the rlet
galized" lynching of three brothers
who were arrested for numbering Spe-
cial Deputy shertf Richard Burrusa
and wounding John Hall, a deputy
sheriff, last Saturday.
The negroes lynched were brothers,
Marshall, Edward and James Slime
back. They created a disturbance at
a religious meeting near Tiptonville
on Saturday night. When Burruss
and Hall attempted to arrest them the
negroes shot the officers and escaped.
It was barely daylight on Sunday
morning before a posse OF citizens
from Tiptonville and surrounding
towns were in pursuit of the negroes,
but the trio eluded the pursuers until
morning, when they were surrounded
and captured in a swamp near Ridge
ly. The negroes, covered by q hum
dred guns, were quickly placed In jail,
at Tiptonville. When arrested they.
hao 1Wo unS, ooL " olAMu-
milton.
The news OF the capture spread
rapidly, and In addition to the several
hundred captors men began arriving
by eyeryfroad. Soon the jail was sur
rounded by asmob, which had no hes
itancy in threatening a lynching at
once In broad daylight
One Of the few citizens to mount
the steps OF the jail and to appeal to.
the mob to desist waslJ,sL. Brunette,
a lawyer, who recalled the recent
night rider ontrages which disgraced
thearegion. He begged his hearers to
let the law take Its course, promising
that full justice would be done the
three black men. This met with q
long growl Of disapprogal, and Mr..
Burnette, evidently seeing that his
remarks were of ne avail, pleaded
with the men, Il they were deter
mined to lynch the negroes, TO walt
until nightfall.
AS a last resort s. ]. CALDWELL and
Sheriff Haynes went before Justice
Lee Davis and explained the situa-
tion. Justice Davis at once agreed TO
open scourt at 5 O'Clock, Summon q
jury and allow the negroes, after
FALL available evidence was heard.
to be ".duly sentenced to death.
Meantime Governor Patterson was
advised BY telephone OF the situation.
and he ordered a company of militia
to proceed from Union City with all.
haste to Tiptonville, seize theathree
negroes andsconduct them tosa place
Of safety. The troops started at once.
but failed.to arrive instime to prevent.
the lynching.
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ELk HEADS FOR LION SKINS
Seizures Made in the West to Stop
Illegal Killings.

illegal hllllnSS.
Deputy State Game and Fish Com
missioner H. I. Pritchard seized six
elk heads %yesterdaJ on the ground
that they had been shipped into the
State illegally. Three of them were
found at the Salt Lake freight sta
ton and three in the possession of
A. E. 'Colburn, a taxidermist of this
city. The heads were placed in stor-
age.
The heads were those of elk re-
Gently killed and came from the State
of Wyoming, where they had been
shot, it is asserted, by two brothers.
Pritchard refuses to make public the
names of the brothers until an inves-
tigation by D. c. Nowlan, the Wyom-
Ing State Game Commissioner, deter
mines whether they were unlawfully
shipped from that State.
The Federal law governing the
shipping Of elk heads and known as
the Lacy act provides that a speci-
men head cannot be shipped out of
State where the elk is killed without
tag. This tag must be affixed to
the horns of the elk by a justice Of
the peace after the hunter has made
af1davit that he has killed the animal
In conformity with the game laws of
the State. Under the law of Wyom-
ing only one elk is allowed to each
hunter.
One of the ways hunters have
found to evade the law governing
shipments of elk heads Is to send
one head with a proper tag and hay
Ing the tag mailed back and using 1t
for another head. 1t is unlawful for
a railroad company to receive an elk
head for shipment unless 1t is proper
ly tagged. The heads which were
seized yesterday evidently had been
80 tagged, as the mark Of the tag
wire shows, but the tags were miss
ing and Taxidermist Colbgrn states
they were tagless when he received
them. The supposition is that the
tags were removed in transit.
Deputy Commissioner Pritchard
states that Mr.. Colburn is entirely
blameless in receiving the heads;
that they came to him after CORES
pondence with the brothers, in which
they agreed to send the heads in pay
ment for mounted puma skins. Col
burn kept three Of the heads and was
sending back tho other three when
they were seized.
No warrant has been applied for
In the United States court, and 1t is
a question whether a warrant will
even be asked for. Deputy Conn
missioner Pritchard has written to
Commissioner Nowlan; In Wyoming,
telling him of the circumstances OF
finding the six heads sFithou. tags
and asking him to make, an inyesti-
CATION at the other end. It will de-
pend upon the result of this investi-
cation whether any arrests r made.
Los Angeles Times. 4
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CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.
How Ranchman Treated a Wound
When Far From a Settlement.

Bitten by a rattlesnake in the calf
of the right leg in the Santa Ana
Mountains last Saturday, John Nc
Cornick, a rancher of Grapeland,
saved his life by making an incision
with his pocket knife and inserting
a piece of the reptiles flesh in the
wound. He bandaged it tightly and
walked seven hours before he reached
his ranch, where he could receive
medical treatment. Dr.. Summer j.
Quint was called from Los Angeles to
attend Mccormick. When he arrived
he found that his patient was suffer-
ing from a slight poisoning. He de-
clares that Mccormick saved his life
by his own treatment. @
Mccormick was hunting through
scrub oak when he felt a peculiar,
sting in his leg. He. looked down
and saw the snake dragging on the
ground as he walked. It's fangs had
become fastened in his leggings and
it was unable to withdraw them.
With the butt of his gun McCor-
nick knocked. the snake off and then
| crushed its head with his heel. AS
quickly as possible he ran into the
open and carried the snake with him.
When he barred his leg he squeezed
| all the blood he could out Of the two
punctures which the fangs had made.
Then he opened a cash, cutting
through the two wounds and letting
out the blood and poison. He cut
a piece of flesh out of the snakes
back and inserted it in the wound.
Mccormick used his handkerchief for
bandages and then tied his leg again
just above the knee to stop the poi
son from working through his sys-
TEN.
Mccormick was miles from any set
Element where he could secure medi-
cal attendance, so he started back to
G%rapeland. His leg pulsated with
pain and he soon became deathly sick.
In his weakened condition he was
compelled TO rest on the road time
and again. When he finally reached
home he was almost exhausted and
his leg was dreadfully. swollen and
almost black.
Mccormick says that his treatment
was famous among the Indians for
snake bites and he has known of a
number of instances where its appli-
cation has saved lives.-Los Angeles
Times.
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Tucked Blouse or Shirt Waist.

The plain, tailored shirt waist is the
one which is sure to be in demand
Just now. It suits the lato summer
season admirably well, and 1t always
is well, liked for between seasons
wear and the early fall. This one Is
quite novel, the tucks being arranged
to give an effect of wide box pleats in
combination with groups Of narrow
tucks; and is adapted to all season.
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Blue Popular.

In spite of its long continued reign
in popular favor the forecast Of co..
ors shows that blue is in the lead.
The greenish blues and the blush
greens will be very fashionable. Pea
cock blues, some light shades and
some deep, are most attractive. And
then come the cloudy Dlues, the gray
ish blues and slaty blues, blues with
a suggestion of lavender and those OF
the electric hue. The Gobelin blues
are liked and the old navy is never
taken from the list.
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CARNEGIE TO BE CALLED
To Tell Ways and Means Committee
His Views on the Tariff.

Washington, D. C.-Ittis the inten-
ton of the Ways and Means Commits
tee to summon Andrew Carnegie to
give his views on the tariff.
The committee was moved to take
action, it is said, by Mr.. Carnegte'a
magazine article favoring the aban-
donment of the. protective principle In;
its application to the steel industry,
High protectionist members OF the
committee will be in a mood to give,
the Laird of Skibo a hazing.
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GUESSING SONG,

We are very. very many, and although so
small we be.
With our numbers we are able to control
the mighty sea.
You may tread on US at pleasure, but re-
a member, as you so,
That we keep a faithful record of your
passing to and fro.
So, if you are bent on mischief, kindly go
some other way;
Let us have no guilty secrets to conceal or
to betray; "
For it pleases us far better when we share
your lawful sports
And you pile us up and shape US into
monuments and forts.
Answer-The sands of the seashore.
Henry tombstone. st. Nicholas.
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Embossed Satin Vests.

If you want to prepare a stunning
accessory for your next winters coat
suit, pick up a bright green or rose
pink or bright blue embossed satin.
mike a waistcoat Of 1t in skeleton
shape, using China silk or white
muslin for the back and under-arm
pieces. Cut it very long and fasten
single breasted with gilt buttons.
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equally appropriate, while cashmere
and henrietta cloth and fabrics OF
similar weight arespreferred by many
women, and the design suits them all
equally well. Again, If something
still less expensive is wanted the pref
ty fannelettes and cotton crepes may
well be suggested as being especially
we'll adapted to the purpose. II the
closing of buttons with loops Is not
liked the fronts can be finished with
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KILLED By FRIGHT AT MOUSE.
New Jersey Girl Dies When Cat Brings
in Trophy Of the Chase.

Florence, N. J.-Miss MarysLahelia
Mead died suddenly from fright at
the sight Of a mouse.
She arose from the piano and went
into the kitchen. The cat was bring
ing in a mouse. Miss Mead shrfeked,.
Don't bring that nous In here!n
and leaned over to draw her skirts
closer about her. Suddenly she
Strengthened up and told her mother
that she felt a pain In her heart. II
less than a minute she was dead.
The attending physician said the,
girl hadssuccumbed to Yalvular heart
trouble, her death being fastened by
fright. a5S
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Tee Shawl Collar.

A shawl collar of black satin end
ing in cravat ends could finish the
neck. To it might be added a narrow
turnback collar of m~auvescloth, the
lining of ecru organdie printed with
orchids in natural colorings. This
coat could be worn at a church we'd
ding over a black net frock.
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New Dress Fabrics.

OF the seasonable dressy fabrics
crepe de chimes and Ninon, thin Ra-
jahs, meteors, Liberty silks and tulle
which, by the way, is o the mod
ish name for all sorts of nets-com-
prise the list of lovely fabrics made
up into afternoon costumes, only in
Guiding, however, the ultra smart
ones, of course. -
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New OverWaist.

There is a new Directoire over
waist made of black taffeta. The
waist has a deep shirred girdle and
crushed bretelles, which. catch to the
girdle at the front with cut steel ca
bochons. The sash is draped and
caught to the middle of the back,
from where it falls in long straight
ends.