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| gave, but Hester was firm. The dress
must be cascades Of beautiful lace
upon it. Madame shrugged her
shoulders and consented to make the
gown at once.
81 must have it for the concert of
the 10th" said Hester.
The gown came home in the after
noon while Hester was asleep in prep
aration for the evening. The maid
opened the box and spread out the
rich folds of lace and silk with IN ex-
clamation of wonder. Hester's taste
was not usually like this. Even when
at last she had it on the maid could
not seem to make it natural. There
was a carmine spot in either of the
singers cheeks. She had never looked
so we'll. Her manager gasped as h
swept into the anteroom. The man
who came to warn her that it was
time for her to go on stared with
wonder. Hester noticed neither OF
them. One moment she hesitated
and then went out, brave in the beau
ty of the pink dress.
The critics said afterward that b
had never sung so we'll. They spoke
of her high notes and her phrasing
and her intelligence. Hester knew
nothing during the whole perform
ance but that he sat breatlessly in a
box above the stage, leaning out. won
dering, admiringly. She hardly no.
ticed the woman at his side, so busy
was she in singing to him. AT the
close of the last number amid the
crash of applause she saw him writ
ing something. Then as a great
bunch of violets fell at her feet and
as she picked it up she saw that he
had written a message on his card.
She did not pause to read 1T, but ran
out-sickly-eager to be away. She
had done what she tried to do and
she was tired. Later when the maid
had been dismissed she sat by her fire
and looked at the violets lying in her
lap. Upon the card she took it out
she read this:
"You are wonderful. I take back
my prophecy. You have won a VIC
tory"
She raised her head with her eyes
full of tears. The pink dress lay in
all its beauty before her.
"a victory" she said, "a victory
Boston Post.
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Curfew Law.

The practical revival Of the curfeW
law at Paragould, Ark, where it is
now a fneable offense to be in the
streets after midnight, reminds US
that though its penalties have long
since vanished the curfew bell may
still be heard in England, and even In
London. At Lincoln's Inn 9 o'clock
each evening hears the ringing of the
curfew from a bell which is said to
have been brought from Cadiz at the
time of its capture by Essex and Eff
fngham in 1896. A list compiled In
1897 mentions the preservation OF
the custom in many towns, ranging
from Carnarvon to Newport, Isle OF
Wight, and from Durham to Buck
ingham, where the bell is rung every
day between September 20 and March
25. And Canterbury still rings the
curfew from the cathedral, as Oxford
rings it from Christ Church at 9
o'clock.-London Chronicle.
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BURDEN OF PROOF.
Arguments of Health Experts Are Too
Diversified to Garry Weight.

Many attempts have been made 10
get a medical consensus Of opinion
on smoking, on tea and coffee drink
ing, and other such things, but no
SYMPOSIUM Of this sort has carried US
"any forrarder." Doubtless the final
result-hnal for the season, of course
of the interesting discussion OF the
danger to the human race from
houses and clothes will be Of a nature
to cause but little disturbance to the
building and clothing trades.
We are warned that insanity or
merciful extinction will be our fate
in exactly 265 years-talk about the
bankruptcy" of science in the face
of this exactitude as to time-lf we
do not return to nature and savagery
If we do not level down our fiat
apartments, s~kyscrapers and houses
and do not throw away as much OF
our raiment as modesty plus the Sc
verify of the climate in our particular
latitude will permit. We are admon-
ished to take the lid off every pore
and let the sun disinfect us hourly and
unremittingly. Sunlight, we are as
sured, makes the savage the picture or
health he is, and If we cannot initiate
him fully the next best thing is to
live in glass porches.
But alas! only the other day an
other physician and savant warned
us that too much cunshine is making
drunkards, d~egenerates and criminals
of u.s. causing the light types to suc-
cumb in the struggle for existence
here and now. We were told to cul-
tivate not light, but shade, to avoid
glass because it traps heat, and busily
engaged in the search of means OF
survival. Other experts assure US
that nothing really matters so long
as we excise the appendix and the
superfluous intestine.
What are the laymen to do? Moth
ing at all? Well, we might compro-
mise on reform in our bad habit OF
swallowing our food at double-quick
lunches and on trying to be fairly
comfortable as to clothing both sum-
mer and winter. Let us be conserva-
tive-progressive, safe and sane, in by
giene as in politics, and leave the
houseless and clotheless Utopia, pend
ing fuller knowledge, to the medical
radicals. "-Chicago. Record-Herald.
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or died, when I read about Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; sol
began to take 1t, and am well again and
relieved Of all my suffering."-Mra
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40, M~arlt0n, NJ.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm.
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
Of female diseases we know Of, and
thousandsof Observation-Disclosures
on file in the Pinkham laboratory ct
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation, uL
ceration, displacements abroidtumors.
Irregularities periodicpains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostitution.
Every suffering woman owes 1t to her
self to give Lydia E.iPinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial
IF you would like special advice
about your case write q c0nfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Ptnkbam, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free
and always helpful.
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Ocean Red Contour.

BY using the soundings shown on
the Admiralty charts, Professor Ed
ward Hull has demonstrated that a
series of iso-bathic contours can be
drawn, showing the form Of the
ocean bed. In this way we can de-
termine the margin of the continental
shelf, which breaks of into deer
water near the 100-fathom contour;
as also the channels Of the sub
merged river valleys which traverse II
down to depths Of about 1000 faith,
oms. BY this mean those of the
English Channel River" and those
of the Loire, the Gironde, and the
Adour, off the coast Of France; also
those of the CAMERA, Arosa, Lima
Deuro, Mondego, and Tagus from on
the coast of Spain and Portugal, have
been determined. The existence OF
these channels, formed by erosion un'
der LAND conditions, indicates great
changes of level In late Tertiary
times, resulting in the climate of the
Glacial period."-Soienti1c Ameri'
can.
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CONFESSIONS OF A CLOWN.
At Last, There Is on Sale a Book
Brimful Of American Humor.

At Last, There Is on Sale q Book
Brimful Of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell You that
the constant quest Of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the ace of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs Of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guaran-
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public a
volume Of the great testers most
pungent jokes, comic h~arangues,
caustic hits upon men, and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of adj
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise, and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings Of
the sawdust arena Of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor Of the
famous lone Horse Show" was more
Of a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book Of 500 pages.
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House. 1874 Leonard street.
New York.
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HRFRN4S IN
MAAEAsS1oMA
The latest color is called artichoke

The latest color is called artichoke.
Dainty pink parasols are embroid-
cred with flowers of lavender.
If you know what color artichoke
is. you know what color you are 60
ing to wear, or ought to-.
There are browns, all kinds of
browns, which is lucky for the few
people who got brown suits last year.
The leather shades are in particu-
lar demand, and reddish browns.
For house gowns, reseda green is
nodish.
Wistaria is still possible, as are
certain shades of dull and darkish
green.
Muslin evening frocks are touched
with metallic trimming.
A new correspondence paper has
white or colored hemstitched borders.
like handkerchief hens, and the pa
per is cross-barred like linen.
Long sashes are being worn with
coat suits.
Some dainty new silk stockings have
lace insteps.
The fancy for drapery around skirts
is growing every day.
The pale green tints are worn with
various shades of green.
Filets and jewelled hair bands have
apparently come to stay.
The newest dancing frocks for girls
are being made of pulled malines over
satin slips.
There has been a notable. increase
in the use of printed materials with
the advance Of the new foulard rage.
The military coat will be prominent
in tailored suitings this fall. 1t will
be slightly bloused and belted.
Old blue linen, with tucks and frills
of white null, is very attractive in
any of the present-day models.
Trimmings just now are put on
quite as much in the perpendicular
treatment as in the round and r:und
effects.
One of the favorites for the season
is the big Gainsborough hat of ~hite
pique, trimmed with a huge bow OF
black velvet ribbon.
Soutache braid is as popular as
ever and rat tail is a close second.
The former is a little more practical.
the latter perhaps a trifle more chic.
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and appreciation like teaching, and
even a very limited experience along
that line is valuable.
If one Is socially Enthusiastically
being used here in its broader mean
ing-teaching may be made to in
clude friendly visiting, a most useful
and absorbing work, and one greatly
in need of new recruits. The friendly
visitor has an unexampled opportun-
ity, and her life, while full of disap-
pointment and disillusion, is yet so
complete in its service and in its con-
seriousness of being necessary to 9TH
ers that there can be no question as
to its being a happy one.
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Now q Woman Aviator.

Soon we shall have a war OF the
sexes in the air. The inevitable wom-
an has invaded the field made famous
by the Wright brothers, Bleriot and
Curtiss. Mrs. S. F. Cody, of London,
won her husbands cooperation when
she told him she had the only practi-
cal idea about airships. The English
newspapers in yesterday relate how
the British woman sailed without &C
cident for seven miles at Aldershot
on August Is, returned to her start
ing point, took her husband along
and covered three miles more. The
machine cost less than s2300jand can
be made by the dozen for $500 apiece
Mrs. Cody says the sensation of flying
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QUEEN ELIzABETH's METHODS.
| One Of Her Atrocious Deeds is Now
Basis of Search For Treasure.

Basis of Search For Treasure.
Three hundred and twenty. years
ago, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
of. blessed memory, the Spanish Ar
NADIA, broken and beaten by the Eng
lish fleet, fed northward and around
Scotland to meet with storm and
wreck on the Scottish coast. One of
the great ships, the Floridas more for
tunate than others, found her way
into the Bay of Tobermory, on the
Sound of Null. The Spaniards, think
ing themselves safe in those neutral
waters, leisurely began repairing. the
ship and provisioning the troops.
Scottish visitors came to the vessel
and were Hospitality entertained.
News of these happenings came to
Queen Elizabeth. She was advised
there were costly stores and much
money on the Florida. She deter
mined the vessel should be destroyed
and not be allowed to escape to Spain.
The man chosen for the work Of de-
struction was named Smollett, an
ancestor, 1t is said, Of the novelist.
He went to Null as a drover, and as
he spoke Gaelic and wore the High
land dress, he had no difficulty in 60
ing aboard the Florida. Watching his
opportunity he placed combustibTes
in the magazine, and shortly after he
went ashore the ship blew up. Near
ly all on board persisted, including a
number of Scottish visitors.
The vessel and the treasure were
gone but not forgotten, for in this
prosaic money hunting age an effort
is being made to recover the treasure
buried so many years in the sands Of
Tobermory Bay.
Queen Elizabeth, not by any mean
always nice in her methods, as witt
ness her participation in the murder
Of Mary, Queen of Scots, by this act
did a most atrocious thing, as the law
Of nations should have been a pro-
! lection to the Florida in this neutral
port. This, an almost forgotten Incl
dent in history, would indicate that
the title of good" Queen Bess is
hardly appropriate to this daughter
| of Henry VIII.-Indianapolis News.
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The Middle Splash.

THAT is impossible" said Senator
Aldrich Of a ~socialistic proposition.
He laughed.
I'm its impossibility," he went on,
cit reminds me of Joe Jobson's mid
die splash.
"Joe Jobson, a very ignorant and
pig-headed chap, presented himself
at the church with his infant son for
the christening. The following dia-
logue then took place between Job
son and the minister:
"'What name do you give this
child?'
"'Peter Ananias Jobson.'
"'Ananias? I refuse to christen
the child In that name. Do you know
who Ananias was?'
"rI don't know who he was, and
what's more l don't care
"'But Ananias was the greatest
liar in all biblical history
We'll, that's nothing to me. My
baby amt no liar, so what's the diff
ference? 7 want him christened Ana
MAS because I like the sound of It,
"'I won't do it. I will christen
the child Peter Jeremiah Jobson.'
"And the minister was as good as
his word, and as he repeated each
name he sprinkled a little water on
the infants face.
"'And 7 rub out that middle
splash said the father, heatedly. He
rubbed his sleeve across his child's
wet face and sprinkled a little more
water over 1t. 4 rub out that middle
splash, substitute this one for it, and
christen him Peter Ananias Jobson.'
And that settled it." Washington
Star.
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Macaroni au Gratin.-Almost all the recipes for macaroni
call for cold boiled macaroni, Or macaroni boiled in the
usual way; and az there are always new housekeepers, those
who have not had any experience as yet in boiling macaroni,
I think 1t we'll to tell how mcaroni is properly boiled, so
that the inexperienced may have knowledge to proceed with
the more elaborate dishes. The water in which, macaroni
is cooked should be boiling before the tubes are put in.
Have plenty of water, and when 1t begins to boil hard put
in about a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful Of pepper.
Now drop in the macaroni and boil for twenty minutes. If
the macaroni is to be in small pieces it may be- broken before
being put in the pot; if 1t is desired its full length, grasp the
macaroni on one end, dip the other in the boiling water. and
as the steam causes the macaroni to become limp It may be
formed in a circle and will soon At into the pot without
further difficulty. For the Macaroni au GrarIn, break in
small pieces before boiling. When boiled as directed put
sufficient in baking shells or shallow dishes. Mix together
bread crumbs, chopped parsley and a few chopped mush-
rooms, if at hand. and put a thick layer of this over the
macaroni. Sprinkle fecks of butter on top, put the shells
on a large baking pan and bake slowly until a golden brown.
Serve each shell on a breakfast or tea plate.
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The New Cent and Its Maker.

An interesting article appears in the
issue of Harper's Weekly, descrip-
tive of the new Lincoln cent and It's
designer, Mr.. Victor D.. Bremen. The
story of the poor immigrant from
Russia who has made his way in the
face of overwhelming difficulties is a
bright commentary upon the advan-
tages both to this country and to its
immigrants which our hospitality ex-
tends. Incidentally this article eX-
plains the appearance upon the penny
of the designers initials, which called
forth some ~unfavorable comment.
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chem with more honey. Miss Haw-
kins says they will not sting the hand
that feeds them.-New York Press.
Dress Accessories.

Among dress accessories, the hoods
and scarfs. the latter of Spanish lace
with long fringe across the ends, are
the smartest novelties. The hoods
are veritable creations OF delicate fab
rio and color. For example, over a
hood of pink liberty satin a drapery
of Iead-gray tulle is arranged. There
is a double ruching of these fabrics
to frame the face, and on n side a
full bunch of small old-pink roses.
and on the other a smart little bow of
Nattier-blue velvet. The scarfs are
almost of the dimensions Of a shawl,
and indeed the shawl shape is slowly
coming into vogue. Then there are
the marcasite jewelry novelties, set
in white metal or silver with garnets,
topaz and those other inexpensive
stones that are so attractive when
made up in quaint settings.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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The Ascent Of the Aviator.

In the air one minute-"Another
fool inventor"
In he air three minutes-''Hasn't
ne killed himself YETI"
In the air five minutes-"All the
fools amt dead yet"
In the air thirty minutes-"Mr
Ayrider, the we'll known aviator"
In the air one hour-"Our distin'
guished fellow countryman."
In the air n hour and a quarter
THE wizard of the air."
In the air one hour and a half
THE Legion Of Honor could have
been bestowed on no worthier man.
From Life.
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COVERED WITH HIVES.

Child a Mass of Dreadful Sore, Itch
ing, Irritating Humor for 2 Months
in Terrible PHght-Disease
Cured by Cuticura.
MY six year old daughter had the dread.
full disease called hives for two months.
She became afflicted by playing with chill
dren who had it. By scratching she caused
large sores which were irritating. Her
body was a complete sore but it was worse
on her arms and back. We employed a
physician who left medicine but it did not
help her and | tried several remedies but
without avail. Seeing the Cuticura Rene
dies advertised, 1 thought 1 would try
them. 1 gave her a Rot bath daily with
Cuticura Soap and anointed her body with
Cuticura Ointment. The first treatment
relieved the itching and in a short time the
disease disappeared. Mrs. G.. l.. Fridhoff,
Warren, Mich, June 30 and July Is, '0s."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston MASS.
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Morals Reversed.

Now comes the woman of many
husbands, a suggestion that man is
conquered. Miss Charlotte Mansfield
who returned to London last week
from a trip through Central Africa,
in which she covered 1000 miles in
1856 days, found two tribes in Umtali
chieftained by women. The men are
the slave sex, if Miss Mansfield be not
a humorist. Every woman chief has
from three to ten husbands. The men
do all the work and the women en-
force the rude laws for government.
New York Press.
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Founder of q League.

Mrs. Gilbert Jones, founder of the
League for the Civic Education or
Women and chairman of its executive
committee, is a resident of New York
City, and is much interested in the
:woman's suffrage movement. She
has Of late appeared prominently as
the leading woman opponent of that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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The grand jury at Greensburg, Pa
the other day recommended that the
amount paid to the sheriff for the
daily food supply Of prisoners in the
Jail be cut from twelve and a half
cents to six cents for each prisoner.
The daily portion for each prisoner
is one loaf of bread two cups Of cof-
fee and one bowl Of soup, with meat
once a week. The grand jury says:
I'VE believe the same can be served
st a cost not to exceed six cents"
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A Wasp Tanner.

More painstaking than Miss Cody,
if not more successful, is Miss Ma
rian BIack-Hawkins, of Andover, Eng
land, who conceived the idea of tam
ing the common wasp and of making
it a house pet to kill the pestiferous
flies and noxious insects that get into
a household. She holds she can
identify each wasp, that. she can fon-
die them without injury and that
they can be trained. She captures
the wild wasps, keeps them until they
are almost dead Of hunger, then feeds
them with honey, let's them grow
hungry again and finally domesticates
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is just the thing women need for
their nerves and, while her mono
plane cannot make long flights, it is
just the thing for house parties in the
big estates of Merrie England. Twen-
ty thousand persons saw her fly.
They had faith in what she could do.
as she Is the successful owner Of a
patent for electric photography.-
New York Press.
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Forthe Kidneys
and Liver
Or. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy

is the best and surest
medicine fer all diseases
Of the Kidneys and LiY-
er; rheumatism, dys.
pepsia and chronic con.
stipatiop. Stops pain In
bach, scaldingand burn
ing urine, headache, ach-
ing eyes, swollen ankles
sour taste In mouth
coated tongue; cleara
up urine and bauishes
many other symptoms
Of Kidney, Liver and
Bladder troubles.
&c. Wilcox, $50 New
Britain Ave. Hartford,
Conn.,, says: VI had
frightful pain In back.
Doctors seemed pow
rl.ess s. I tried Or.
David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy. u
cured me compietely.'
Large bottles $i,@
aHdrugGsts.
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Brazilian exports In the first three
months of 1909 totalled a value OF
$79,702,00o an increase Of $24,300.-
600 over the same months Of 1908.
Coffee and rubber enjoyed ninety per
cent. Of the increase. Imports de-
creased 14.45 per cent.
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THE LIGHT OF LOVE.

Dark is the night.
The hills are hid;
Nor on the earth, nor skies amiSc,
There CLEANS a ray of light.
Dark is the day!
The future, hid;
But shining bright the gloom amid,
Her love illumes the way.
Garfield Fuller, in Gunter's
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indigestion or any stomach or liver alIment
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills regulate the
bowels. correct indigestion, constipation.
b~iliousness, torpid ~livers, iaundice, sallow
and dull compilations. They purify the
blood and clear the skin of pimples, sores
and most eruptions.
One pill is a gentle laxative; two pills a
thorough physic. They do not grippe, they
do not weaken. Price Is cents.
MUNYON'S REMEDY CO.,
SD and Jefferson Sts.. Phila., Pa.