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in the State. Another white diomand of 44-64 carats, was also found.
 American mines in 1911 yielded $2,- 700 worth of diamonds, $9,50O worth of emeralds, $251,313 worth of sap- phires, and $44,751 worth of turquoise according to figures just compiled by the United States Geological Survey. The total output of precious stones in the United States last year was val ued at $343,692; the production in 1910 was valued at $295,380.
 An important feature of the gem ming industry in the United States, during 1911 was the desult of pros pecting at the Turner emerald mine near Shelby, N. c. The quality of some of the gems and the value of posit with small amount of develop ment work are promising, for the out put included gems valued at $100 to $20O per carat and equal in quality to the average run of the emeralds from South America. During the last three years this one locality in North Carolina has yielded gems worth s10, 5O0
 Much interest has lately been arous- ed in the moss agates found in Mon- tana, some of which are remarkable for their resemblance to landscapes. By taking advantage of the arrange ment of the dark seams and dendritlc patches, patterns are obtained that re- semble moss, sea growth. ferns, rush es, trees, and landscapes with water and islands. The cut gems consist | of stones suitable for use in brooches, stick pins, watch fobs, belt buckles, and other ornaments. The gems cut
 from the Montana moss agate on mocha stone command from $1 to $2OO or $500 apiece. Some of the smaller stones suitable for stick pins, if the messy or fernlike patterns are particularly delicate and beautiful bring $25 each.
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EEGLleEEs OF. CHINA SILK
oft, Reclining Garments for the Hours
 When Ceremony Is for the Time Forgotten.

Pale tinted china silk kimonos em- roidered in self tones are charming nd soft, for they, like so many of the eason's garments, are made of the hihnest of thin china silk. These have collar which turns back fiat. and ery short sleeves, the back of the be is plain, and the entire garment
 unlined. In pink they suggest bring blossoms.
 In this very thin china silk may also
 purchased dainty waists made sail
 fashion, the collar, tie and pocket e of striped gray and white china K. At about the same price come lain white china silk waists with high pllars. Marquisette waists for "sep. ate blouse" wear are still very high
 price; some are made of high neck, nd others Dutch neck. Much Cluny zee Is to be seen in the wash shirt. Zalsts of inexpensive mode. These iso come both Dutch neck and igh.
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GIFTS TO PLEASE BRiDESI
Originality Should Be Aim, and tie Forethoueht Will Bring [
 sired Results.
Underwood, \. '.

Every bride likes to have some original, and as the ideal should be something in an dearing form and the tend of the season is to have many b] maids, the, question of e2pepsd also to be considered.
 It is now quite smart to give d of gold Or enameled hatpins wit tertWined initials of bride and g and the date of the wedding. Ed appropriate are these set with stone of the bride or the did bridesmaids.
 Small charms for watch or chatI in bridal emblems are pretty. might be a tiny garter in deep gold, a weddingbell with initials o and bridegroom and date engra} it, or any oval locket, plain or jd containing pictures of the brid bridegroom. On the right side be a large monogram of the twined initials of the bride andI groom.
 Shoe buckles are attra ctive and particularly acceptable just[ Rnoant1v bride delighted he1 dSpeth will carry TOT nlr.4 ,Sse--l
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ACTED AS A WET BLANKET
indignant Lsdy's Rebuke Sounded Somewhat Incongruous, but Play
 uoers Will Understand.

It was a sweet, sad play, and there was hardly dry handkerchief in tho house. But one man in the gallery. "among the gods," irritated his com panions excessively by refusing to take the performance in the proper spirit. Instead of weeping, he laugh' cd. While others were mopping their eyes and endeavoring to stifle their sobs his own eyes brimmed with mer. r:ment, and he burst into inappropri. ate guffaws. At last the lady by his side turned upon him indignantly.
 q d-don't know what brought you h-here," she cobbed, with streaming eyes, and pressing her hand against her aching heart; "but if y-you don't like the p-play: you might llet oths, p.people enjoy it."
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DIAMONDS FROM
 ARK. AND GAL
Most Important Find of the Year Was s Is Carat White stone
 Longest One Yet.

Washington. D. C., July 1S.-The Tinted states Geogological Survey re norts that most of American diamonds come from Arkansas and California; although accounts have appeared in rawspa pers of the! discovery of these gems in Illinois and sFexfFSss2l 4nAi}Rsost important find of the year inv Atkanr ! sas was an 8 1-S carat white diamond -.ths largest diamond so far found
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THAT CONs0LING CUP OF
Traveller Is Wise Who Provides self With Materials for Making u
 Cheering Beverage.

In travelling both at home ;out tn abroad, there is great comfort in ytem III own cup of tea. On the steamer De ban ticularly, you miss your own bra singl and the well-versed traveller who net c wise in the lore of creature comfolower never wanders far from home withGerfec her tea caddy. It adds greatly to IF in popularity, too "Oh if I only hadth a, good cup of tea" is the general
 |. on shipboard and then this far-sig of tn ed woman produces the cheeriys
 leaves and she becomes the center ban attraction, and has her little coterag tn every afternoon. There are some witt ca prefer it for the morning meal, too, iloope stead of the usual mediocre coffee with Al condensed milk. o'
 For this poignant need of the travel w CT, charming little tea box Of ma H hogany containing small silver tea W caddy and little tea ball, reproducing al in miniature tea kettle, has been put al upon the market. It is very simple in
 arrangement, compact, and easy to VI pack and makes a really practical
 gift. m
 There are many places on the con- le tinent where good tea is a real luxury, IT and many an unsophsticated Amer e, ican is astonished when she pays her
 bill for what she considers very
 simple repast. She finds that her cup e of tea costs more than very elabo' l' rate dessert, and so it is great econ- Ii omy as we'll as comfort to carry your N own tea with you. h
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Bureau searfs.

The white linen embroidered scaris with eyelet work, punch work or de- signs in satin stich are always in good form and wear pretty well. TOT a scarf that is little out of the ordi- nary one may find most attraetiVe al. fairs made of bands of, cllny lace. Z ana sla openwork scrim. s These, espsec isily Y when lover color or figured cEstonas' 2 are ekpecially nice for cottage uss. ss rhey Ire finished with an edgins or stkA cNry -.,s<.,.. .~--,
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rib into curves along their CT length) Two large muslin and ion roses mounted at the base of plume finish the model, which is excellent example of what may done with a single plume.
 One of the most beautiful
 shown this season is portrayed in Rembrandt model with short upst ing ostrich feather. It is double of the softest and finest Milan bl and is cleverly shaped into it's lines by means of ribbon l; through slashes in the straw. a hat needs almost no trimming, the single standing plume with curled flues is especially fitting ( hat with so much dash and style. JULIA BOTTOMLE
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The single ostrich feather, uncurled Ind more or less heavy, is mounted fery cleverly on the smartest of mid 3ummer dress hats. Two models
 Eorth studying are shown in the pie ures given here, one of them in two tiews. The beautiful Leghorn with bpturned brim is covered on the upper prim and crown with chiffon in a kolor like that of the straw. Pompa-
 Jour chiffon, by the way, is highly
 avored for this purpose and is useful
 where one wishes to remodel a straw
 bat that is soiled. A, single long plume
 with unusual width of flue is mounted
 t the right side and stands almost
 perfectly straight until the natural bend of the rib tiltst the end down.
 yard. (Some plumes. are bent in the
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retty Collars and Yokes
 Furnished by Pictorial Review
 The Pictorial Review Building z22224-226 West 3oth Street, New York
est 3oth Street, New York

Fashion seems to have gone auls, mad over separate collars for dresses. blouSeS and coats tnd no wonder They are decidedly bocoming to all women and give che tone to the gar ments with which thev are worn. A somber tailored suit lruks much better when large fancy collar has been added; and a blouse OF dress which is beginning to l9eh q little shabby can easily be brighteund and freshened with a pretty collar. Collars may be attached or worn ssnarately. Tho latter way Is the better. for they can be changed as often as you wish and always be fresh and clean. Sheer als--batiste. organdy, scrim and marduisette-are the favored ones Tbay are finished With just hem yefitched edge or trimmed as eaborately as you choose with lace insertion and edGng. White linen rolars have the edges finished with a bias band of some bright colored fabric When the double collar is male the under one is usually of the dress or coat material and the upper one of linen, organdy or all-over embroidery
 Separate yokes. guilnpes and sleeves are to be commended for the summer frock. and are usually made of figured or plain net or finely tucked organdy
 PICTORIAL RF1E FEW PATTERN No. 3952 consists Of four collars which may be worn with dresses blouses or l are very easy to make. Those illus popular materials such as linen. 3 just a hemstitched edge. or trimmed s folds of colored chambray These col r round Sizes to correspond with 32. long collar requires s4 yard and short
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.onr nA.x u..,....,

Our, MaetS z vaIpabls sRrcducts.
 It Is esttmatsd that two hundred eggs are used in this country every year, for each man. woman anlnehild Poultry and eggs arc the no N Slu able products of Ame1ics.
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Mrs. Taft Caused Bryan
 To Modify Speech
He Didn't Attack President Out Of
 Regard to His Wife.

Helena. Mont. July ,1s.IRobert RpseS forperg secretary to William j.
 Bryan. Z isl ,naped as authority for a story! of how the Nebyaskan modified his Bkl40nt- Morgan resolution in 'the Baltimore conv<atien of the regard
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A yflllOGi dllC udllOIlo1 COlIllAlIICC III SAl- cago next Monday. The suggestions were discussed with him by Judge Hudspeth, William F. McCombs, Ed ward E. Grosscup, New Jersey State chairman; Col. Robert Ewing, Nation- al committeeman from Louisiana, and other leaders.
 The governor has made up his mind, he said, as to whom he will se- lect for National chairman, but will make no announcement of his choice except to the committee.
 Colonel Ewing said that he had stopped on his way to Chicago merely to shake hands with the nominee. He added that they had discussed the National chairmanship and that he had told Governor Wilson that he favored William F. McCombs for the place.
 "Among the committeeman I have talked with, and I have talked with more than half of them,'' said Colonel Ewing" find no opposition to MT. McCombs.
 Colonel Ewing said he believed that it would be advisable to appoint a small campaign committee to direct the details of the fight. If necessary he said. this committee might be se- lected outside the ranks of the na- tional committee.
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No uM.

Johnnie was out walking with his nurse, who stopped with him to look at funeral on his block. As the cof- fin was carried down the stoop John. nie asked, What is that" Nurse re- piled, That's the box Mr. Brown ia in."
 When asked that night to say his prayers he refused to do 50. After much coaxing and questioning he was prevailed upon to tell the reason Of his refusal
 Cause God won't have time ia, night to hear them. he'll be too busy unpacking Mir. Brown
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Small, Elaf .labota,

h.au husn ana ratheg< hst .plsited jabots, F9,' H'sa are oplyi suAici ntly large to |,s m .s sa sne neck cpening1 ot the coat. | nelpg worn. a6ds Toras iks ' aifancy' sIi. st|, K <! 'sss E ' Sevs . an,sAapsd
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whole expression that of pure and
dignified womanhood She puzzled
him, and he scarcely knew what to
believe. or exactly how to act toward
her.
Our friends back yonder should be
turning out from the corral by now"
he said finally. anxious to break the
silence, for she had not spoken since
he ended his tale. 1T will not be
long until they discover Hawley's
predicament, and perhaps the welkin
already rings with profanity. That
may even account for the blue haze
out yonder"
She turned her eyes toward him,
and the slightest trace of a smile ap-
peared from out of the depths of their
WEAKNESS.
If they would only remain satisfied
with that. VIII they follow US. do
you think? And are we far enough
away by this time to be safe?'
1T is hardly likely they will let us
escape without chase" he answered
oioWly. we pOoSCSS lOO IiuCu
nation now that we have their rem.
devious located. and Black Bart will
have a private grudge to revenge.
wonder II he suspects who attacked
him! But don't worry. Miss Hope;
we have miles the start. and the wind
has been strong enough to cover our
trail. Do you see that dark irregular
tty ahead?"
yes; Is 1t cloud?"
mo; the Arkansas sand dunes.
am going to try to keep the horses
moving until we arrive there. Then
we will halt and eat whatever Neb
has packed behind him, and rest for
an hour or two. You look very tired
but | hope you can keep up for that
distance. We shall be safely out of
sight then"
Indeed. am tired; the strain OF
waiting alone In that cabin. and all
that happened last night, have tried
me severely. But-but can go
through"
Her voice proved her weakness, al
thOuSh IL do uctcl uliuSu anu
Keith. yielding to sudden impulse, put
out his hand. and permitted 1t to- rest
upon hers, clasped across the pommel
Her eyes dropped, but there was no
change of posture.
Your nerve is all right" he said,
admiringly. You have shown yourself
a brave girl
Il could not be a coward. and be
my fathers daughter" she replied.
with an odd accent of pride In her
choking voice. but have been afraid.
and-and am STILL"
"Of what? Surely, not that those
fellows will ever catch up with us?"
mo. | hardly know what, only there
is dread | cannot seem to shake off.
as II some evil impended, the coming
Of which can feel, but not see. Have
you ever experienced any such pre-
monition?"
He laughed, withdrawing his hand.
II think not. | am far too prosaic
mortal to allow dreams to worry me.
So far have discovered sufficient
trouble In real life to keep my brain
active. Even now cannot forget how
hungry am"
She did not answer, comprehending
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
ALAS! THE POOR DUCHESS
She Thought Wealthy Couple Were
Making Sport of Her Wedding
Present.

Recently. when the wealthy Mile. de
R. was to be married. one of our good
duchesses had to make her present
just little present. The duchess
thought it would be useless to expend
much money for a person so rich. She
thought If she would look through her
vast mansion she would be able to find
something. some trinket, to which the
addition OF her card would give snf1
cient glory. She finally found In her
writing desk an Insignificant cameo
that she had once worn.
The following day she received from
her young friend a letter of enthusi
astic thanks: "Oh. you have been very
foolish! This is too too beautiful"
etc.
She is making sport of my little
present" thought the good duchess.
Then came second letter. this time
from the husband who was to be:
How can we thank you? We are de-
lighted. This will spoil US"
The impertinent fellow" said the
duchess. The wants me to understand
that | have been niggardly."
Nevertheless she went to pay visit
to the RS before the marriage. There
in the midst of the presents. exposed
In most prominent place, she saw the
little cameo placed upon her card. An
old gentleman approached her. He
was a member of the Academy OF In
scrptions and Belleslettres.
What wonderful present you have
given these children, Madame la Ouch.
ess," he said For forty years we have
been seeking for this very cameo. 1t
is of the era of Trojan. and this trim
ket is valued at two hundred thousand
francs"
All. the poor duchess.-Le Cri de
Paris.
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~ lice
lU3SZz

Jack Keith, a Virginlan. now a Dor
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties 81 savages. He notices camp
ire at a distance and then sees a team
attached TO a wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and locket
with a womans portrait He resolves to
hunt down the murderers. Keith is ar
rested at Carson City, charged with the
murder his accuser being ruffian named
Black Bart. He goes to Jail fully realiz-
Ing the peril of swift border justice. A
companion in his cell is a negro. who
tells him he Is Neb and that he knew the
Keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one of the murdered men was John
Sibley, the other Gen. Willis Waite. for
merry an officer in the Confederate army.
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
rell, and later the two fugitives become
lost In the sand desert. They come upon
g cabin and find its lone occupant to be
young girl, whom Keith recognizes as
singer he saw at Carson City. The girl
explains that she came there in search Of
a brother who had deserted from the
army. A Mr.. Hawley induced her to
come to the cabin while he sought to To-
cate her brother. Hawley appears, and
Keith in hiding recognizes him as Black
Bart. Hawley tries to make love to the
girl. There is terrific battle In the
darkened room In which Keith overcomes
Black Bart. Horses are appropriated, and
the girl who says that her name is Hope,
Joins in the escape.
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The MIddIe-Aaed Woman.

or the many ways in which the mid
dle-aged woman may vary the effect
of her afternoon gowns none is SIM
pier than the use of collar and cuffs
of white wolfe edged with scailoping
an dembroidery in floral design. An
other change may be the frock set of
white chiffon with border of black
malines, and still another is the one of
black net hemstitched with silver
thread. Some of these collars are so
long in front that they terminate only
at the waist line, where they cross in
surplice effect and are tucked away
under the girdle. An excellent model
of this sort is of light blue lawn en-
broidered with black dots, and sec
ond is of white agaric trimmed with
tiny folds Of broadcloth, alternating
with eponge.
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Ford of the Arkansas.

tHC I-Std W hi'C - Ndhooos
They were still in the midst of the
yellow featureless plain. but the weary
horses had slowed down to a walk,
the heavy sand retardiug progress. 1t
was a gloomy. depressing scene in the
spectral gray light. a wide circle of
intense loneliness. unbroken by either
dwarfed shrub or bunch of grass,
barren expanse stretching to the sky.
Vague cloud shadows seemed to fit
across the level surface, assuming fan
tastic shapes. but all of the same dull
coloring. imperfect and unfinished.
Nothing seemed tangible or real, but
rather some grotesque picture of de-
lirium, ever merging into another yet
more hideous. The very silence of
those surrounding wastes seemed bur-
horror. They we're but specks crawl
ing underneath the sky-the only liv-
ing. moving objects In all that i'm
mense circle of desolation and death.
Keith turned In his saddle, looking
back past Neb-who swayed in his
oSdt, Will nCdu Ou uR
as though asleep, his horse plodding
after the others-along the slight trail
they had made across the desert. So
far as eye could reach nothing moved,
nothing apparently existed. Fronting
again to the north he looked upon the
same grim barrenness. only that far
off. against the lighter background Of
| distant sky, there was visible a faint
blur, blush haze, which he believed
to be the distant sand dunes border
ing the Arkansas. The intense dreari-
ness of it all left feeling ofdepression.
His eyes turned and regarded the girl
riding silently beside him. The same
look OF depression was visible upon
her face, and she was gazing off into
the dull distance with lack-luster eyes,
her slender form leaning forward. her
hands clasped across the pomme.
The long WEAKNESS of the night had
left traces on her young face, robbing
1t OF some of its freshness. yet Keith
found it more attractive in the grow
ing daylight than amid the lamp shad-
ows of the evening before. He had
not previously realized the peculiar
cLearness of her complexion. the rose
tint showing through the olive skin,
or the soft and silky f1neness of her
hair, which, disarranged. was strange
ly becoming under the broad brim OF
the hat she wore. drawn low until 1t
Swallowed her eyes 1t was not face
to be easily associated with frontier
concert halls, or any surrender to
evil: the chin round and firm. the lips
full. yet sufficiently compressed; the
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TEXT WAS NEW TO HEARERS
Germans Struggle With the English
Language Praseworthy, but Some
what Mirth Provoking.

Prince Henry of Reuss, who speaks
superb English, laughed good-natured-
ly at dinner in New York, over the
account of certain officers of the Ger
man fleet.
"One of our chaplains,' said the
prince, "had the hardihood to preach
in English at one of your Lutheran
chapels the other day. He astonished
his congregation by saying, as he rose,
that he would choose for his text the
words:
And he tore his shirt
"A quite audible smoker went round.
The chaplain noticed it, flushed, and
repeated the text In a louder, slower,
more distinct and impressive voice:
And he tore his shirt
The smoker became a laugh, and
the pastor rose and said:
"'Our good brother is quoting, of
course, the familiar words:
And the door is shut"