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TURTLE HAS MANY ENEMIES
Only Ten Per Cent of Those Matched
Out Reach Ma
turItV

Concerning the great turtles of the
southwest Indian ocean, traveller
says: The chelonian, or green turtle
(Chelone. mydas), is an animal of
considerable economic Importance to
the atoll, for it still occurs in the vast
hordes which are so often described
by early voyagers in the tropics.
There appear TO be two distinct
groups-one resident and small In
numbers, the other migratory and
visiting the atoll to breed in numbers
impossible to estimate
THE latter arrives in December.
and from then to April the sea seems
alive with turtle. The females seek
the small sand beaches and then as
cend them with the rising tide, push
ing themselves laboriously above high
tide mark Holes are then dug in the
sand by means of the fore fiippers un-
til satisfactory one is obtained, and
the eggs, 200 in number, are buried
the turtle returning to sea imme-
diately.
After 40 days the eggs hatch, al
| most simultaneously, and the young
/ turtles dig their way up out Of the
sand and go down to the sea in g
long procession, in the course OF
which they offer an easy prey to
their enemies, the frigate birds and
herons. Once in the sea, sharks and
other large fish eat them, and only
ten per cent reach maturity"
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THE MIRROR
OF FATE
By cLARIsSA MAcKK

DOrinda Mills carefully mumed the
front door bell and removed the gate
from it's hinges to a safe place in the
woodshed. Then she closed and fast
ened the old-fashioned wooden shut
tiers that no mischievous boy might
construct a nerve-irritating tick
tack" against the window pane.
ct guess those boys'n find mighty
little to play mischief with about
this place." remarked Dorinda as
she complacently opened the weekly
newspaper.
Outside the little house. the fall
wind blew crisply through the dead
leaves and shrilled defiantly down the
wide-mouthed chimney. Indoors the
sitting room was snug and warm with
a blazing fire on the hearth and the
CHEEKY light from the green-shaded
lamp falling on Miss Dorinda's
brown hair and pretty blue dress
Suddenly out of the commonplace
paragraphs of village happenings. a
few lines sprang out as if writ in let
tiers of fire:
Daniel Fuller, of New York City,
has been spending a few days with
his father at the old homestead. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Fuller will re-
turn at Christmas and claim a bride,
chosen from among Elmwood's fairest
daughters"
The paper ratified to the floor while
Dorinda stared unseeing at the leap
ing flames in the fireplace, where
bright pictures took shape and faded
to give place to others more sombre
and lonely.
Her first response to Dan Fuller's
tender wooing and their engagement;
the preparations for their wedding on
Halloween; their bitter quarrel a
week before the date and the broken
engagement that followed; Dams de-
parture for the city. where he buried
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Formosa,s canphor Forests.

The camphOr forests of the world
are located in the island of Formosa,
in the highlands and mountainous Sec
tions. In a dozen different sections
of the island where the camphor for
ests are particularly valuable the cut
ting and transporting of the logs into
the civilized sections are attended with
great risk of life to the laborers, who
are Chinese and Japanese, for these
sections are inhabited by head-hunting
savages, whom the Dutch, Chinese and
japanese, have from time to time tried
10 sUbdue, with varying success
The Japanese and Chinese coolies
employed in bringing the camphor-tree
logs out of the forests are not infre-
quently attacked by bands OF these
savages, and sometimes the whole
gang OF wOrkmen is annihilated before
the lust for human heads is satisfied.
In order to protect in a measure the
laborers OF the industry, as well as
hose engaged in cutting valuable hard
woods of the Formosa forests, the
Japanese are compelled to maintain an
elaborate military and police system
N the head hunters territory Fully
tour-fifths of the worlds camphor sup
ply comes from Formosa.-Harper' s.
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YEAST USED AS A FOOD
Can Be Made Into "a Tasty Paste"
to Be Spread on Bread, Accord
ing to Authority.

The cleanest lager beer sometimes
contains numbers of yeast cells, says
Pure Products. Still larger numbers
are often found in ale and in Weiss
beer. which probably gives these bev-
ties. But by far the largest amount
of yeast which finds it's way into the
human digestive system is introduced
with bakery goods which have been
made from -four.
Yeast is a fungus and belongs to the
same family as the mushroom, for
which most people have a distinct Tx
ing. The age long use of yeast for
bread raising purposes proves that
this fungus is capable of thoroughly
agreeing with the human organism. In
view of this fact it is somewhat sur
prising that immense amounts of beer
yeast are annually allowed to go to
waste from every brewery in the coun-
try.
There are several circumstances
which have seemed to stand in the
way of employing beer yeast in food
production. The two principal ones
are its dark color and its bitterness,
due to the simultaneous use of hops in
the brewing processes.
These properties of beer yeast, how
ever, may easily be removed. Beer
yeast is not suitable for baking pur-
poses because it grows in a cold me-
dunn and does not possess a great
enough raising power for the purposes
of the baker There is no question
about the nutritive value of yeast,
since weight for weight it is quite
comparable in nutritive value to the
best beer.
For direct consumption in the fresh
condition yeast must be put into
suitable form According to the meth
cd of Kleinschmidt, compressed yeast
which has been deprived of its bitter
substance may be melted with edible
fats, such as butter, the result being
a very tasty paste which can De
spread directly on bread. Dry yeast
can be used in this same manner, and
experience has already shown that
the addition of yeast to certain sauces
and salad dressings is attended with
very favorable results. However, 1t Is
necessary that the question should re
ceive a thorough study from experts
on cooking.
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silk smoothly over the worsted lining
and stitched the center seam onto it,
the edges Of the two materials must
be basted together and then pressed
with warm iron.
The pressing will show whether the
outer side is smaller than the lining.
and If it does this fault must be
promptly corrected lest the strain I'D
on the silk cause it to pull away from
thu center seam. When assured that
both sides are Of equal size the edges
should be run together with a fine
thread and then bound with half inch
strips Of suede or glace kid
Covert cloth, striped worsteds and
fancy mohair make really serviceable
lap robes for moderate weather, and
as all Of these fabrics are very wide
three yards will be enough for the
outer side, which should be tackled to
lining of natural or colored linen,
and the edges Of the two layers turned
in and stitched evenly together. Some
of the coverts and fancy worsted robes
are leather bound, but as it is impos-
sible to do this work with an ordinary
sewing machine the binding would
better be Of tailor's silk or of kid.
Perambulator lap robes are the
daintiest affairs imaginable, and in the
process of construction are a delight
to the worker. A yard of extra width
French piQue is quite sufficient for
one of the wide hemmed robes, head
ed with a border of hand embroidery
or soutache. centered with a small
monogram and trimmed with large
bows of satin ribbon attached to the
top corners. Then there are the lap
robes of allover embroidered batiste
in English eyelet or solid work, with
wide plain hemstitched borders in lieu
OF the ruff1es which Of yore made the
front of the infant carriage resemble
a huge pin cushion, and newer still
are the lap robes of white French ser
pentine silk and linen crepe. These
latter are usually decorated with the
finest of hand embroidered forget-me'
nots If the peTambulator's occupant is
a boy and with tiny pink rOsebuds ii
a girl is being wheeled about
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before the war at lawrence but this
Dne was blown down several years
ago.
The mill was built by Charles
Schwarz. He came from Holland He
had been a miller in his native land
and when he came to Kansas to seek
his fortune on a prairie farm he found
it was many miles to a mill
SchwaTz saw in this an opportunity
for he had been miller in the old
country and the strong winds Of Kan
sas reminded him of the ocean winds
that sweep across the dikes of Holland
and turn the mills dotted all over that
country, so he conceived the idea Of
making the bold, free winds OF the
prairie pay toll by turning a mill that
should grind the peoples grain
But there was no machinery in this
country for such a mill, so with great
care and pains, he drew on paper
drafts of every wheel and cog and
lever and bolt, and taking them TO LIN
coin, Neb-, had the plans worked out
and the parts forged in the foundry
there.
And for nearly forty years the old
mill has been doing duty, working
when the wind blows, resting when
the calm comes; teaching its genial
master many a lesson in patience, fur
nishing food for the public roundabout
and a competence for the man who
saw an opportunity and had the skill
and perseverance to accomplish what
was, in that day, a really great under
taking
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AP robe making Is a new industry
for the amateur needlewoman
whose hm7 hangs heavily on her
hands and it is one which may be
kept up the year round, since the lap
robe of summer differs in weight from
the lap robe of autumn, and the one
for winter is of still heavier degree.
Each and every robe is intended to
serve the double purpose of protecting
the knees during a drive or when trav-
cling on a steamer and the entire
figure during a siesta, for it should
be remembered that no matter how
warm may be the weather or the room
the sleeper's feet should always be
protected by a coverlid of some sort
More elaborate lap robes are of lin
en- surfaced crash in natural tone or
a plain color hemmed broadly and
headed with drawn work. This would
seem like a tiresome task, but, as a
matter Of fact, the threads are so
coarse that the hand work goes very
rapidly and is wonderfully effective
Linen scrim is another good material
for summer lap robe, for, while light
OF weight, the dust does not sift
through its meshes, and If the corners
of the robe are shot weighted they
will not blow away from about the
feet. The blocked designs in two
tones bordered or hem appliqued with
white are effective, and if time is not a
consideration to the needlewoman a
two by three yard piece of ivory toned
scrim may be ornamented with a dark
red, blue or brown soutache braid
outlined pattern and bordered with tat
feta OF a matching shade
Solid colors in taffeta make charm
ing lap robes If they are properly fin
ished at the edges, otherwise they
will strongly resemble the silk quilts
made from the remaining breadths of
grandmother's tea party dress. The
correct way to make a silk lap robe is
to get the widest taffeta obtainabIe so
that there need be but one seam, and
that in the center, which is of the
overlapped sort and tailor stitched on
to a lining of shepherd checked or
clan plated serge. Having spread the
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DUTCH WINDMILL IN KANSAS
Only One In the sunfiov~er State Still
Grinds When the Wind
Blows

Topeka. Kan.-An old Dutch wind
mill. the kind one sees in pictures OF
the canals of Europe. has been in OPP
Grafton in Kansas for 40 years and it
Is still doing duty, making the festive
Kansas zephyr do the work that is
ordinarily required Of water power or
steam The mill stands on the high
prairies at Reamsville, quaint little
old village in Smith county. 1t is Is
miles from a railroad It was one Of
the first settlements in the county
End many Dutch live on farms near
there and their meal and -four is
ground as in the old country. by the
old windmill. 1t is the only mill OF
the kind in the state One was built
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his sorrow in business matters-all
these things came before her as she
sat in the lonely brown house.
Dorinda never had admitted to her
self that she still loved Dan Fuller;
she simply ignored the fact that he
had ever existed in her life and out
wardly went on in her calm, unruf
fed way, living alone in her girl
hoods home.
For the first time in Is years she
had barricaded herself against Hal
lowe'en merrymakers. The recurring
anniversary of her wedding day al
ways Jared upon her sensibilities
but she had fought down the desire
to hide herself behind closed doors
while the youthful countryside played
pranks.
She was glad to be alone with the
newspaper paragraph about Dan Full
ler's marriagei Who could it be that
he had chosen from among Elmwood
girls-the fairest daughters of the
village-so the Bugle had announced
Perhaps one of the pretty Lansing
twins
There were guarded footsteps on
the front porch and then the bell
gave forth stif1ed peal. The boys
were at their usual mischief Again
the bell pealed and the steps died
away from the porch and presently
cracked on the hard gravel of the
path around the windows.
Someone raped smartly on the
closed shutters and from a distance
came suppressed laughter. Then all
sounds ceased and silence fell upon
the house.
An hour later the bell peaIed once
more and again the closed shutters
were ratified but Dorinda did not
move from her chair.
The tall clock in the hall had
chimed the quarter hour before IL
when she at last arose and, standing
on tiptoe, lifted from the wall 6
small, round looking glass. She has
tily blew out the light and felt he1
way to the side door and presently
stood on the porch in the pale moon
light. looking like a little ghost her
self with her white face and wide
startled eyes,
Il used to do it-before 1 met him,
said Dorinda to herself; there mus
be some fate for me, too! 1 can't 2,
on forever just thinking and think
ing!"
Gray clouds scudded across tn,
face of the moon high in the heavens
the leaves fell in brown showers a
her feet and ali about the dead gar
den the tall shrubs stood like shad
owy forms. But Dorinda was no
afraid OF her garden even at mid
night and just as the clock struck L
she picked up her blue skirts an
holding the mirror before her wake
backward around the house
Many Hallowe'ens ago Fate ha
shown her Dan Fuller's handsom
face in the mirror beside her ow
and she had turned to find his arr
about her waist Tonight she mad
the circuit of the house with a heal
beating as wildly as it had Is year
ago. and when she stood again b,
fore the side porch. the moonlight r
vesled no. face save her own. pal
and quivering.
With q gesture Of disgust 81
soased the mirES0r into the ahrubber
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shoulder, both back and front A
braided strap outlines the neck and
is also taken down outside OF arm and
round elbow. Hat Of Tagel. trimmed
with cream satin ribbon, completes
costume that has been much admired
Material required for dress: yards "A
inches wide.
Walking Costume.-Fatntly striped
grey tweed makes up most success
fully in this style. The front panel
Of skirt is wide and is cut into two
deep-pointed tabs each side the lower
part, button being sewn in each tab.
The pattern measures just under two
yards round The coat fastens fnvis-
fbIy down front; the tab at the lower
part is ornamental with a button and
is hooked over to the left side The
collar. is faced with grey silk lightly
braided at edge Fancy straw hat In
royal blue, trimmed with ribbon. Ma
teriaIs required for costume: 5K
yards IS inches wide, yards skirt
lining, yards silk for lining coat,
buttons.
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TO HARMoNIzE WITH GOWN
colored Pearl Necklaces, of Hues
Most Popular, Are Now Easy
to Be Obtained

An attractive assortment OF fish
pearl necklaces is now being offered
by the shops, composed OF the pearls
in fashionable colors.
The idea is that women can obtain
In the necklace a color to harmonic
with their gowns, millinery or other
apparel. Some Of the colors shown
are chanteeler red, sky blue, Helen
pink, pumpkin pelloy, anthracite gray
and black
From a standpoint Of carrying out
color harmony, the necklaces are
practical, while at the same time they
can be had at popular prices
One of the newest ideas in plaque
pendants is the combination OF coral
with rhinestones. In some OF these
PLAQUES a rhinestone face is trimmed
with coral. while others have merely
touches OF coral surrounded by rhine
stones.
The combination is unusual. but Al
The same tine = thoroughly up e
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Relic of 177e.

In Stockton, and the morning Of JC1y
Fourth, during the Spanish-American
war, started 10 a downtown store to
purchase q flag to adOrn his home As
he was going down the street he hap
pened on the veteran, who was hob
bling along with the flag under his
arm. Mr. Mobley spoke to the vet
eran, whom he found was trying 10
sell the flag The veteran was going
to be taken to the poor farm that day
and the flag was the only thing he
owned Mr.. Mobley purchased the
flag, from which the veteran parted
almost tearfully, and has preserved it
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RENCH Drawers and a Pretty :,

- RENCH Drawers and Pretty
CamisoIe.-These drawers are
= very cool and comfortable for
summer wear when made in lawn,
they are trimmed with wide frills
edged with lace and headed by inser-
ton. The upper part of the camisole
is in all-over embroidery, cut In one;
it is outlined with beading threaded
with ribbon; the lower part is Of lawn
The neck and sleeves are finished with
lace Materials required for the draw
ers: yards So inches wide. IL yard
insertion, 215 yards lace For the
camisole, q yard 2s inches wide, 2Z
yards beading, yards ribbon.
Alpaca Dress.-For useful, yet smart
dresses, alpaca is an exceedingly nice
material; cream is chosen here The
overskirt has a panel front and is
trimmed at edge and a few inches
above by bands of material, braided in
a Greek key design A pleating forms
the underskirt, this is well pressed
and tapped to keep the pleats fiat The
Magyar bodice has fine tucks on each
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Amenities of coIIaboratIon.

Booth Harrington, at a banquet in
Indianapolis, where he was the guest
Of honor. described some Of the as
poets Of his collaboration with H. L
Wilson.
All collaboration said Mr.. Tark-
ington, 'is due to one motive. It is
due to the fact that each collaboration
hopes that the other will do all the
work.
'Collaborators are very polite to
each other. Their criticisms OF each
other are not at all like the crit
cisms of their joint work that you
read in the newspapers If I, for ex-
ample, ever disapprove Of one Of Viii
sons passages, say to him:
Rather Shakespearean, is 1t not {?
And If Wilson finds one Of my
scenes worse than usual he viii say:
A little too much like Ibsen, don't
you think?'
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Exhibition Of Real Faith

William Spills little girl, who had
been playing at making mud pies.
aided by a tiny sprinkling can for 2
reservoir, ran to her father as he
alighted from q car, bearing q pack
age Of dry-cleaned wearing apparel
Pointing to her muddy little boots Fa-
ther Spill admonished his tiny daugh-
ter, impressing her with the value OF
a neat appearance
That night the young lady offered
her usual prayer with great earnest
ness. And don't forget, dear Lord. .
she prayed feEerishly, ito dry-clean our
streets, and my shoes, for Jesus sake,
amen!"-Cleveland Leader
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"Dorinda Mills. you're the silliest
little foolI Don't you know that
you've just got to live all alone the
rest of your life ard sew and sew
and sewl" She broke into a little
sobbing laugh and turned to enter the
house.
A shadow detached itself from the
tall shrubs and came across the turf.
"Dorinda Mills said the shadow in
a strangely familiar voice-a voice
that belonged to Dorinda's youth.
What do you want?" asked DORM
da coIdly. who are your"
The shadow evolved itself into q
mans tall form He paused before
her and turned his face toward the
moonlight Daniel Fuller" he said
quietly.
"Oh!" said Dorinda breathlessly.
81 came to see you earlier thas
evening" rang the bell but you did
not answer. came around the
house and found the shutters closed.
1 supposed you were away and so 1
sat in the garden a while-we used
to sit there, Dorinda, you remember"
Dorinda nodded her brown head.
1T is not much like the garden 1
remember, that was full of roses" he
said musingly. You remember that,
too, Dorinda?"
yes" she said, slowly.
Il remember everything
thing-and because I did remember
came back tonight am going away
tomorrow and next week I must leave
on an extended western trip-wili
you forgive a fool, Dorinda, and mar
ry him and go along too?" He drew
nearer and caught her hand in his
own warm grasp.
Mono" she cried sharply, lean
ing against the pillar of the porch.
Il cannot do that!"
why not?" he demanded. Then
you don't care for me. OF course, aft
er all these years you would forget, u
he said hopelessly.
81 have not forgotten" she retort-
ed; "only-only you saw me running
around the house with that ridiculous
mirror-and you are sorry for me
and yor are asking me out of pity!'
Nonsense, Dorindc darling;
wanted to run nd take you in my
arms as I did once before-you re
member, dear? But 1 did not dare
| How could 1 know that the years had
not changed you ?-and that you were
not looking for another fate? But
when I saw your little white face In
the moonlight, could not resist com
ing. You will not send me away
we need each other" His arms were
about her now and still she withdrew
from his embrace
The paper said you were coming
back at Christmas to marry-some
one," she said, looking into his eyes
wistfully.
THAT was some of Benson's fool
ishness. He puts on that stun In hi:
| paper just to raise a laugh. There
isn't anyone else, Dorinda; there
never has been and there never viii
be anyone at all unless you marry me
next week and we take that western
trip together"
81 suppose 1 might as well" saiC
Dorinda; although the mirror of fat,
didn't reveal your face to me, Dan,
shall never be happy without youi"
Your eyes are the mirror of N!
fate. Dorinda- Look in them and yo1
will see your own sweet face"
And yours in mine, Dan," sh,
whispered softly
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HoOSIER HAS VALUABLE RELIC
Tattered BattIefiag Believed to Have
Been In War Owned
by Indianapolis Man.

Indianapolis, Ind--D- L Mobley, a
travelling salesman Of this city, pos
sesses a flag which is believed to have
seen service during the revolutionary
war The flag is tattered, stained and
falling to pieces and was obtained in
Stockton, Call by Mr.. Mobley, who
purchased II from a Mexican war vet
cram The flag bears 13 stars on a
field of blue.
The flag came into Mr.. Mobley's
possession under rather striking cir
eumstances. The salesman was living
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DON'T BUY WATER.

When you buy bluing for your laur-
dry work, get RED CROSS BALL
BLUE. A pure solid ball Of blue, not
a bottle Of cOlored water.
Used in thousands OF homes for 20
years. Makes clothes pure white.
Two sizes 5 and 10 cents. AT ALL
GROCERS.
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Unexpected.

Suddenly the umpire called time
Jaw, what's the matterI" demand
ed the catcher.
Somebody IN the grand stand ep-
plauded me-" he said. wiping the
binding tears from his eyes, and I
wasn't prepared for that q.
Play BALI"