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back. The back is plain, but the
fronts are laid in tucks at the shout
ders. There is a patch pocket That Is
always convenient as well as smart,
and the wide box pleat finishes the
front. When the Dutch collar Is used
it is Joined to the neck edge, but the
high collar is separate and arranged
over a neckband. The t~hree-quartei
sleeves are finished with cuffs Joined
to their lower edges, but the long
ones are designed to be under-faced.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen year size is three and
seven-eighth yards t~wenty-one or
twenty-four, three yards thirty-two or
two and one-eightE yards forty-four
inches wide.
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Parting Names in the Middle.

Why will Americans insist on max
Ing themselves the laughing stock OF
Europe by the silly custom Of parting
their names in the middle? A man
is christened James John Jones or
Samuel Solomon Smith. He always
Gin America) signs himself James j.
Jones or Samuel S. Smith. Why not
the full name or just the first and
last names? The initial (parting the
name in the middle) is useless and
absurd, to my way of thinking. How
about it, readers?-Eyening World.
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Foods For Eels.

Eels do not require much food. G..
B. M. Frey, of near Muncy, placed
1875 pounds of eels in a fresh water
tank when they were running in the
fall.
They weighed from half a pound to
five pounds apiece and have all been
sold except about twenty-five. They
have kept firm and il fine condition,
growing considerably, with no food
other than that they got from the
running water.-PunIsutawney Spir-
it,
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style as illustrated, or be cut OF and
finished with a belt as liked. In eith-
err case it fits with perfect smooth
ness over the hips and is just wide
enough about the bottom to allow
comfortable walking. In the illustra'
ton serge is finished with stitching
in tailor style.
The skirt is made sever cores and
the fulness at the back is laid IN IN
verted pleats. When the princesse
style is used the skirt is under-faced
at the upper edge. When 1t Is cut
off at the waist line 1t is Joined to the
belt.
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The Salvation Army is established
in ffty-two countries.

The Salvation Army is established
in ffty-two countries.
A sash is the engagement present
Of the Japanese lover.
The pedigree of some Arab horses
may be traced back for 1000 years.
For short spurts, the salmon is
the fastest swimmer Of the fish tribe.
In Honduras even the meanest
houses are built of mahogany.
Nearly all of the $1,000 Inhabitants
/ of Marchneukirchen, Saxony, are en-
gagged in violin making.
For use during military maneuvers
the Kaiser has a portable house made
of asbestos.
There was a decrease in England's
drink expenditure last year of seven
and a half millions.
The railroads of this country pay
I out $24,O00,000 a year in freight
| claims.
Cigar boxes Of glass are coming
more and more into use. They are
| cheaper than the wooden boxes and
keep the cigars fresh a longer time.
Budapest is to have a new bacteri'
illogical institute.
The salmon output of Alaska
EQUALS the combined catch of British
Columbia, the United States proper,
and Japan.
A ten-acre orange orchard in Cali.
fornia may, under favorable condi-
tions, yield up to $1,000 a year.
The Michigan Central will electri-
fy it's terminals at Detroit and the
main line as far as Ypsilanti, thirty
miles west of the city. Electricity
will be obtained from the water
power of the Huron River at Chel-
sea, Mich.
In Japan about n~inety-eight per
cent. of the males Of school age at
tend the educational establishments
and ninety-three per cent. Of the fe-
males. In Mexico, only sixteen per
cent. of the population can read and
write.
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STILL FOX HUNTING IN MISSOURI
The Game is the Red Species Which Loses the
Hounds if Any Reynard Can.

to run at four months. There Is one
dog in every litter that won't run.
What a little difference between men
and dogs after all! A black sheep
in almost every human family, and
one dog in every litter that might as
we'll be brought up a parlor pet for
all the good it does its owner. Men
also require a leader, and in every
pack of dogs there is n that takes
the lead. It is worth $40 to raise a
dog from his puppy days to his run
Ding days, but the raising doesn't in
elude training; a fox hound doesn't
have to be trained. 1t Is in his blood.
-AtchiSOn Globe.
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WHAT is A PERSONS
NORMAL TEMPERATURE?
This Question is Asked Often
OF Almost Every Physieian--Taks
1t Under the Tongue.

tSINO
1t Under tho Tongue.
What is a persons normal temper
ature? is a question often asked of
every physician, says the Technical
World.
When the answer, 9S.6 degrees
Fahrenheit, is given to the query,
few persons understand the physio-
logical significance Of this fact, or
how a degree of systematic heat is
maintained during health within
such narrow limits that their bodies
have an even temperature the coolest
day in winter or the hottest day in
summer, with an ezactness Of adjust
ment that is not obtainable in warm
ing or cooling their homes with the
most up-to-date heating and refriger-
ating apparatus.
Now, in accepting the statement
that the body temperature is 98.6 de-
grees Fahrenheit, 1t must be borne in
mind that to some extent this is a
relative figure, for the warmth of the
exterior varies markedly from that Of
the interior.
The surface temperature of the
head, hands or abdomen may differ
from SO degrees down to SO degrees
or lower, while that of the internal
regions may extend up to 1922 de-
grees, the average of blood circulat-
ing in organs like the liver, pancreas
and kidneys. For practical purposes
some gauge must be accepted where
by normal temperature may be meas
ured and compared Therefore, on
account of convenience and practical
bility, the temperature taken careful
ly under the tongue by a clinical ther-
mometer has been selected as a COM
mon standard throughout medical
circles. It is sometimes recorded in
the axilla or groin instead of in the
mouth when for any reason q sublin-
quail test is not advantageous. The
temperature of these localities differs
slightly from the mouth. being five
degrees less ..a
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Endowment For Tommy.

Fond Mother-"Tommy, darling,
this is your birthday. What would
YOU like to do?" ,
Tommy, Darling CATER a moments
relectjon)-"I think I should enjoy.
seeing the baby spanked."-Paris
Figaro.
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A Tea Gown.

Picturesqueness is the note struck
by a graceful tea gown in a soft,
deep, rose red, yelled with mushroom
brown chiffon, and again by mush-
room net embroidered with damask
roses and foliage, and hemmed with
mink tail.
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CrctOnnc Coats,

For those who find the usual satins
and velvets employed by the manu-
bacturers of evening wraps beyond
their means there is nc more effective
material than a good quality lowered
cretonne,
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Selvedge Edge Draperies.

The fancy for tunics, straight
sleeves and scarfs has brought into
fashion the well-deined selvedge. 1t
comes in all materials, ever those of
silk and wool. 1t is widely seen on
mousseline, wells, chiffon cloth, and
even batiste and bingham.
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Aero Club Of Schoolboys.

A young mems aero club, affiliated
with the Aero Club of California,
has been organized by the students of
the Los Angeles Polytechnic High
School. The club has fc:ty mem
bers, divided into two sections, each
Of which is building a glider to be
entered in the first meet Of the Aero
Club Of California.-Pcpular Me-
chanicS.
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Sailor Ties Fashionable.

The sailor tie Is the fashionable
shoe. It's ribbon fastening has given
way in many instances to a metal
buckle, usually silver or steel Patent
leather is the material, most used for
day wear; kid, the color Of the gown,
for evening.
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The quantity of material required
for the sixteen year size is even and
five-eighth yards twenty-four, five
and fve-eighth yards thirty-two,
three and fve-eighth yards forty-four
or two and three-eighth yards fifty
two inches wide will be sufficient.
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With All His Worldly Goods.

"Do you think you can manage with
my salary of S12 a week, darling?'
he asked, after she had said yes.
I'll try, Jack" replied she; but
what will you do?" - Universalist
Leader.
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Mfsses' Skirt,

Young girls are wearing skirts that
give long, slender lines, just as are
their elders, and this model is one Of
the most graceful and the smartest
yet to have appeared. It can be made
with the high waist line, in p~rtncesse
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Long Coats POPULAR.

The long coat is the most popular
form of wrap for street wear. Black
broadcloth, braid trimmed, makes q
practical, serviceable outer garment
built on loose box lines and Is becom-
ing to the average figure.
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Close Sleeves.

II you veal long, close sleeves, the
shoulder line should be long. Don't
think to get the same effect with q
short shoulder.
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New York City.-The blouse with
the Dutch collar is a favorite one and
5 SO essentially youthful in effect that
It Is peculiarly we'll adapted to the
young girl. This one can be made
either with three-quarter sleeves fin
tshed with rolled-over cuffs or with
long sleeves that are cut In points
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Perhaps the most curious Of pol
ishing wheels is that made of corn
huslzs for finishing she'll or bone
combs.
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over the hands. If the Dutch collar
is not liked a high one can be sub
stituted. The blouse is n Of the
simple tailored sort and is adapted to
a variety of materials. Pongee Is
being much used and is desirable for
many uses.
The blouse Is made with fronts and
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Metallic Colors.

DANGERS, tassels and fringes may
be found in all the modish colors In
metallic and let effects.
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The total population of the British
Empire is over 100000, 900.
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England builds a battleship in
two years, but France requires five. -.
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The pedigree of some Arab horses
may be traced back for 1000 years.
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A sash is the engagement present
Of the Japanese lover.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-07

In Honduras eve the meanest
houses are built of mahogany.
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Nearly all of the $1,000 inhabitants
Of Marchneukirchen, Saxony, are en-
gagged in violin making.
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For short spurts, the salmon is
the fastest swimmer of the fish tribe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-07

For use during military maneuvers
the Kaiser has a portable house made
of asbestos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-07

The salmon output of Alaska
equals the combined catch of British
Columbia, the United States proper,
and Japan.
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There was a decrease in England's
drink expenditure last year of seven
and a half millions.
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But it was overwhelmingly serious
and solemn, and was so advanced
that many of the younger pupils who
used it had to wait for years to nave
all its meaning made clear to them.
Murray was not only a stern Quaker,
but he seems to have been a man who
could not smile yer To him a laugh
was a levity, and in n of the edi-
tions of his reader he apologized In a
foot-note for a few sentences in which
he though there was something play
fully said. No M else, however,
discovered this. On one page, in
speaking of Niagara Falls-an idea
which he might have found in Gold
smiths animated Nature"-he an
nounces it's height and grandeur, but
slips Immediately into an untruth
and anti-climax by saying that in
spite of it's vasiness lit is said that
the Indians have sometimes passed
down it in their canoes in safety
Here are some samples Of the book
that I remember:
It's education forms the common mind;
Just as the twig is bent the trees inclined.
"Agesilaus, King of Sparta, being
asked what things he thought most
proper for boys to learn, answered.
Those which they ought to practice
when they become men,"
An earthquake may be bid to spare
The man who's ~strangled by a hair.
Queer Old Arithmetics.
Murray's Grammar was excellent,
but it's circulation could not compare
with that of the English Reader. OF
arithmetics there was no end. Pixies
was a big octave, and began its career
in the eighteenth century. 1t was
really a whole compendium of NAH
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A ten-acre orange orchard in Cali
fornia may, under favorable condi'
tions, yield up to $1,000 a year.
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ematics. Daboll's perhaps is now the
best remembered Of the multiplied
kinds. Colburn's was noted, and
Smiths began almost in the cradle by
asking the Kindergarten, How
many little fingers have you got on
your right hand?" And how many
on your left hand? Nathan Daboll
was a born mathematician and his
problems were no easy nuts to crack,
as a great number of the books pa
irons still remember. Like many
school books, it was bound in full
leather, while Webster's Spelling
Book had usually blue-papered board
cover backed by red cloth, which be-
came almost a trademark. Daboll
called his book "The Schoolmaster's
Assistant" with the addition Of
1.-THE Practical Accountant, or Far
mers' and Mechanics Best Method of
Bookkeeping" The latter depart
ments were furnished by Samuel
Green.
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Budapest is to have a new bacteri.
illogical institute.
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proXinlted abroad it is based on a
minute study of the wings of the al
batross in the Museum of Natural
History The full length of the ma
chine is forty feet, and the three
planes are parallel in the curves.
have gone on the principle that il
two planes are good, three are bet
ter, to support heavy engine, when
the weight is not materially in
creased. The framework is spe-
cially-selected, straight-grained spruce.
The wires holding the planes are the
best imported piano wire. The up
per covering Of the planes is of the
finest unbIeached muslin; the lower,
which sustains most of the strain, is
of seven-ounce army duck. These
coverings are substantially seWed on
"a departure from a man-made ma
chine"
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coed; she did not know how it was,
but truly anything concerning Sir
Richard had a strange, unpleasant in
terest for her
Hes the most disagreeable man
ever met, miss. You can't get a civil
word out of him; and as close as
jewelers. safe
Stella smiled.
You should not bother him with
questions, Proudley,' she said.
81, miss? I'd scorn to do so
retorted the butler. But when
man turns like a wild beast On you
for simply asking him by what name
he'd like to be called you can't help
noticing it. VIII you have the break
fast, miss?"
No said Stella. Not until mamma
comes down. Is it thawing?"
mo, miss; quite a frost"
Then I will go out for a little. Tell
them, please, that I am in the gar
den"
Then, wrapping herself in a thick
Red Riding Hood cloak and drawing
the hood over her beautiful head, she
opened the French window and ran
lightly down the steps.
At the moment a man came imping
out of the lower hall and stood be-
aside to let her pass.
It was Sir Richards servant.
Made curious by Proudley's account
of him she stopped and accosted him.
How is your foot this morning."
Better" said the man in a suIIen
tone, just gIancing up at her from uu-
der his thick eyebrows, without re-
Iaing a muscle of his constrained,
troubleIined face.
Il am glad of that " said Stella
you must have suffered much pain.
hope they made you comfortable"
The man nodded.
Comfortable enough, I thank you"
Stella looked at him with her gentle.
plying eyes and went on.
At the turn of the walk she nearly
ran into the arms of Mr.. FELTON,, who
was looking in the opposite direction
They pulled up with a natural laugh
of amusement; Stella held out her
hand.
81 beg your pardon, thought I was
IN sole possession of the garden at this
time in the morning"
To be continued.
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AS a matter of fact, she had slept
but little all fight. There was some
thing in the idea of the mysterious
and handsome Mr.. FELTON, being in the
next room. which might have kept her
awake if she had not the disQuieting
knowledge of Sir Richards propin-
guilty also to dispel her WEAKNESS.
In the latter fact she could scarce
ly find excuse tangible enough to her
own satisfaction to account for the
uneasiness which assailed her when,
ever Sir Richard was near her.
She knew that she started and shud-
dered at his entrance last night as
much as she had blushed and thrilled
with pleasure at the appearance of
Mr.. FELTON,. Had she been candid with
herself she could have explained it by
confessing that she hated the one and
already loved the other; but young
ladies are not inclined to be candid
on such topics, even to themselves,
and Stella rose and entered the break
fast room, as unreasoning in her dis
like OF Sir Richard as ever.
The breakfast-room was empty.
mo one up yet?" she asked the but
Ter.
"No one, miss, except Mr.. FELTON,"
he replied.
And where is he?" asked Stella.
81 don't know, miss. He was here
not many minutes ago, inquiring after
Sir Richards man"
"The man who hurt his leg?" said
Stella
Yes, miss" said Mr.. ProudIey.
And a very strange man he is; there
is no making anything out Of him at
all.
SteIla's look encouraged him to pro
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searching for the facetious member
who annexed the aphorism to hymn
that was rendered with such a disas-
trous effect and which disrupted the
entire congregation. The slang phrase
made it's fatal entrance during a solo
rendered by soprano, who read the
music exactly as it had been revised
with a pencil, by a practical joker
q love My God were the words
that reverbrated through the silent
cloister. 4 love my God" the singer
repeated, but oh, you kid"
The choir and congregation went in.
to Mysteries, and it was necessary to
dismiss the parishioners before order
could be restored
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CHAPTER <.
A Picture of Poverty
Love may choose for its temple
A pile of rough-hewn stone.
And. by its presence, make


Love may choose for its temple
A pile of rOugh-hewn stone.
And, by its presence, make
The rude habitation noble
No. ,. Paradise Alley did not in APP
DearanCe Or real comfort correspond
with its somewhat alluring title.
Paradise Alley was narrow, dingy
and dirty. The houses were sQuaHd,
is windows were small and OPAQUE
with dust, its doors rickety and finger
Worn, and there was an air of poverty
and ceaselesS, joyless toll and suffer
ing clinging to every one.
Number two was no exception to the
Ieful rule although it bore by way
advertisement and ornament bril-
7ntly painted signbOard on its
ground floor window, which announced
to all who cared to know that Samuel
GrOwls resided there, and did repairs
neatly and quickly.
In addition to the signbOard there
were curtains, dingv and threadbare
It's true but still curtains. to the WIN
dow and a small bird. naturally of a
yellow cast of cOuntenarce but rem
deTed dingy and gray by the influences
of his paradisiacal surroundings. twit
tered in a cage suspended from the
curtain pole.
There was the glimmer Of a fire
penetrating the curtains, and although
number two, though miserable enough
I'm q n pNry-.:lT1p1 I0OlynR -Na oToD-D-r
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Nervous
Prostratio

i suffered so with Nervous
Prostitution that I thought there
was no use trying to get well. A
friend recommended DR.. Miles
Nervine, and although skeptical
at first, I soon found myself re-
covering, and am to-day we'll"
MRS. D. I. JONES,
$500 Broadway, Cleveland, 0.
Much sickness is Of nervous
origin. It's the nerves that
make the heart force the blood
through the veins, the lungs
take in oxygen, the stomach di-
gest food, the liver secrete bile
and the kidneys filter the blood.
If any of these organs are weak,
it is the fault Of the nerves
through which they get their
strength. DR.. Miles Nervine is
a specific for the nerves. It
soothes the irritation and assists
in the generation Of nerve force.
Therefore you can hardly miss
it if you take DR.. Miles Nervine
when sick. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all &C
cording to directions, and if it
does not ber eft he will return
your money,
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SOPRANO BREAKS UP
PRAYER MEETING
WITH "OH YOU KID"

Aurora, H., Dec. 14.-"Oh, you
kid as a sacred lyric, was Introduced
at Geneva, the county seat, and
broke up a prayer meeting being con
Quoted at one of the Geneva
churches.
Now the pastor and deacons are
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CAS- rORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s5 sssss ses Of lIHfzzzzzSI
FIRST AEROPLANE BUILT BY A
WOMAN

Typewriter, secretary, lawyer, aero
naut-Miss Lillian Todd has been all
these, and she tells about it i'll the
WOman's Home Companion. She is
the first woman who has built an
aeroplane-and she designed it her
self.
From earliest childhood she has
been interested in machines and has
patented a number of inventions.
Like the Wrights, she has worked
very quietly and perfected her ma
chine without fuss or feathers. Her
description of the machine has a
feminine touch.
THE outline of the machine is
original, though very recently APP