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undermuslins are out of the question
with the voluminous skirt of the pres
ent mode. Far better bow to fashion
and buy hoop skirt.
If hoop skirt sounds far-fetched to
you, it's only because you have not
seen the dainty creation masquerade
ing under the old name. They are
useful and graceful, these skirts with
the reed, and they are actually going
to wear them with filmy frocks this
summer One store features several
in white and pastel shades of crepe
de Chine with flexible wire inserted
above deep lace f1ounce. AS the
skirt measures only two yards where
the wire is placed, it acts the same as
a stiffly starched skirt. without the
bulk and clumsiness. Another house,
in the very heart of the shopping dis
trict, heretofore noted for it's conser-
vativeness, shows model of ribbon
and net. conspicuously placed in the
boudoir window This in itself is not
petticoat, but merely foundation
coming to the knee. formed Of shir.
red piece of net three inches wide,
stiffened on either side and suspended
| IlOlu d W dioIDoAu Will hoiA 'AAShA ~
bons.
Significant of the change in under
wear fashions, lingerie petticoats
measure from three to ten yards IN
width Now, when you buy an I'M
derskirt you do a patriotic act, FOR
these cambria and muslin skirts con-
sumed large share Of those famous
bales of cotton we heard so much OF
last fall. Some especially pretty fine
cambria and muslin models are
shown in three and five cores. trim
med with gallons of embroidery and
Valenciennes, filet or lierre lace,
These threaten the vogue of crepe de
Chine which has come to be almost
staple. The novelties, of the season
are skirts of null combined with mar
row net ruffles. An Empire design,
made to wear with the new Emplr
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title pal that was sometimes discon-

little pal that was sometimes discon-
certing
/ The hammer thrower looked quick
ly toward Miss Gerald, and his eyes
were full Of jealousy for an instant.
He was not sorry that Bob was going
to "get his" Nevertheless, he would
plead for him again, he wouldn't
cease to be consistent in his role.
"Ill tell you who it is. too, if you
want to know" the temperament
little thing went on to Gwendoline.
my dear. I haven't asked, 1t
seems to me-" coldly, that we are
slightly drifting from the subject
Il believe you stated just now that
you and Mr.. Bennett vowed to be
pals" interposed the monocle man re-
garding Dolly. Does that mean you
agreed to be accomplices-to divide
the 'swag,' in the parlance of the low
er world?'' The monocle man was en-
| joying himself more and more. He
was finding new interest IN the scene.
1t was more "meaty' than he had dar'
ed hope.
, She doesn't mean anything of the
kind put in Bob savagely. she just
extended the hand of friendship. She's
a good fellow, that is all, and | won't
have you imply the slightest thing
against her. You understand that.
Mr.. Bogus Lord?'
| II only asked a question: observed
the monocle man humbly.
(, "Well, you've got the answer In
the same aggressive manner. She's
I "a brick and won't have any harm
! come to her on my account
J None of us would have any harm
come to Dolly" said Gwendoline cold
! ly.
Il wanted him to elope with me,
, but he wouldn't" went on the tenn
peramental little thing, thinking fast.
| Bob listened in despair. Il didn't
know then it was only friendship |
felt, I thought it was love. And
when he refused was furious. TO be
revenged went to that horrid man"
looking at him Of the monocle-"and
| tod him a pack of lies"
"Lies?" said the monocle man, smil-
ing sweetly and screwing his glass in
farther
"Yes. and that's the reason l shall
give on the witness stand" Defiantly.
"I'n tell the truth there-let every
one know how horrid and wicked
| was"
The monocle man shook his head
with mild disapproval What do you
say to that, Mr.. Bennett" he asked
softly.
"Of course I can't let her do any
thing to incriminate herself" answer
ed Bob mournfully "To prevent her
doing so shall have to VOW right
now-and l do'-frmly-"that those
were not lies, but truths she told
YOU ..r.. ,..,
"Please!-please!-"said jolly little
pal piteously. ,,es
Truths said Bob again boldly.
Miss Dolly gave great sigh Are
you going to confess. you are guilty
of all they charger"
81 am not" stubbornly. Il am not.
guilty"
.rm rather afraid certain evidence,
including Miss Dolly's trAths, which
Won acknowledge as such. might tend
to show you are suggested the mon.
ocle man
Again Miss Dolly thought fast. Bob
wouldn't let her declare her accusa'
lions of him lies; therefore only one
alternative remained.
ITO be continued.)
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HARRISBURG MAY
Rim AUTO BUS LINE

Blakesburg, May ga move IS De'
ing talked among the merchants to
run motor bus from Blakesburg to,
Smoky Hollow and it begins to look
very favorable for such conveyance
to be established to this popular min
ing camp. Quite number OF Smoky
Hollow people trade in Blakesburg
and If it were convenient for them to
come. many more would trade In
Blakesburg.
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RlIy HOSPITAL GROUND.

Des Moines, May 29.-In order to
provide for future expansion of the
state hospital at Mt. Pleasant, the
state board Of control has purchased a
tract of twenty acres that adjoins the
hospital grounds. This institution is
now overcrowded, but no relief was
granted by the last general assembly.
The purchase of additional land is to
anticipate an order for more buildings
by the next legislature. The price
paid for the twenty acres was $4,000.
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STLVERWARE is
TAKEN FROM CHURCH

Marshalltown, May 29.-One nun
dred dollars worth Of plated silver
knives, forks, and spoons, belonging to
the Ladies Aid society of the Congre-
gational church has been stolen from
the basement Of the church. Just when
the theft was committed, no one knows,
but it is presumed that the same per-
son who entered the Presbyterian
church last Friday night and ransacked
two desks also was responsible for the
burglary at the Congregational church,
and that it was committed the same
night.
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.JITNEY BUSS DRIVER
Is TAKEN IN CUSTODY

Davenport. May ga Davenport
iitney bus driver whose name was not
given. has been barred from all use OF
the government bridges and their APP
proaches, according to an order from
the commanding officer Of the arsenal.
The reason is that he repeatedly vio-
lated the rule, which prohibits car
from turning out to pass another going
in the same direction on the bridge.
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New York, May 29.--No easy time
will milady have with her lingerie this
summer, for lingerie having forsaken
no signs Of slackening it's mad rush
toward fulness. 1t Is useless to de-
ceive- yourself by thinking you can
make your petticoats and slips of last
season do for this. The old tube-like
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SUPERINTENDENT is GUEST.

Fairfield, May Zy.-C0unty Super1n
tendent Miss June Chichester was a
special guest at Batavia when their
new school building was formally op.
ened with commencement exercises
Miss Chidester presented the diplo'
mas.
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AN ALIEN HEIR


great fortune. How often he had gone
with empty pockets and nothing to eat.
One blissful thought made his heart
leap. He could marry Alice Dale! They
had waited two years because Of their
poverty: there was now no occasion for
delay.
The wind whistled around the house,
driving great gusts of snow against the
windows Dick laughed at its futile
rage, and stirred the fire afresh. In
fancy. he saw Alice sitting on the other
side of the hearth. one pretty pink cheek
In her palm. How graciously she would
rule over the house! He would hasten to
her the first thing on the morrow with
the wonderful news.
The door bell rang. Mr.. Robbins. the
gray-haired minister who had oficiated
at Robert Chilton's funeral that day.
was ushered in. Shaking the snow from
his great coat. he sat down heavily be-
fore the fire. his face wearing a stern
expression.
Mr.. Vance. how long had you known
the deceased?" he abruptly inquired.
About six months. SIR"
You met abroad?'
Yes, sir-in Paris. Mr.. Chiffon fell
seriously Ill at one of the hotels He was
alone and I took care Of him. He was
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Throwing a fresh stick on the fire,
Dick Vance gazed approvingly about
him. The room which the dancing
flames lighted up had a coy. home-like
air delightfully."- in contrast with his
checrless lodgings in Paris. At last he
had one little spot within four walls
that ne could call his own.
As he stretched his legs comfortably
70 the blaze. he was still tingling with
the thrill of amazement he had felt
when informed by the village lawyer.
during their brief interview that after
noon. that he was Robert Chilton's heir
The estate consists Of this old house.
which has been in the Chiffon family for
a hundred years, and $4,000 In stocks
and bonds" Mr.. Blackstone had SAID
And it's mine, really mine. to do what
l please with" Dick ASKED eagerly.
Nobody can dispute your legal right
TO it," was the stir response. Chiffon
took care to make will that would
hold. The Justice of the bequest Is cutie
another thing"
Although three hours had gone by
since then. Dick still almost doubted his
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once-and alone. because her mother Is
ILL.,"
What does she WANT" His voice had
strangely harsh, unnatural sound.
''She hoped to- be in time for the fu-
neral, but her train was stalled. She is
going right away again. I thought. sir. ;
hesitatingly. you might like to see her
first"
See her. Dick felt sick shrinking
through all his l,einG. OF course IL was
a game to whes lie some concession from
him. But 1t would be churlish to refuse.
Where is she?'
I'm the kitchen. She would come no
farther
As Dick started in that direction Mrs
Burke laid her hand upon his arm.
Zone moment, sir. I'd like to tell you
something. The girl loves a worthy man
as poor as herself. They can never
marry now. I'm sorry for them both"
She turned half hercely; but before he
could speak his anger was swallowed
up in pity. The case appealed to him
strongly Was the structure of his hap
piness to be built upon the fuip Of two
lives? If he robbed this girl OF her In
heritance what was left to her?
With these thoughts whirling In his
brain he started on again with heavy.
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By FRANCIS A. COREY

shutting steps. The girl sat before the
kitchen fire. her face in her hands. Dick
saw the dropping figure as through a
red mist. He began speaking rapidly. in
"A tense voice. as il half afraid to trust
himself.
I'm a selfish brute. At first didn't
realize the injustice of accepting .
legacy that means everything to you-"
At his first word q tremor had shaken
the bowed figure She lifted her head
suddenly with a startled exclamation
Dick, DickI'
He stood staring. All at once the mist
seemed shot through with q dazzling
light He. leaned nearer. like one half
blinded, and brushed his hand across his
eyes
"Alice. It is Ance?' he SAID incredu-
lousy.
She. the quicker to grasp the situation.
looked up at him with happy laugh.
"Dick, Oh, DickI Nobody told me the
name of the man who had robbed mo Of
my birthright. / never dreamed 1t was
you. I thought II was some ADVENTURE.
That Is why meant-to go away-with.
out seeing you
The wordAdied IN an inarticulate muir
muir. Her blushing face was pressed
against his heart
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farther forward on the parapet, he
had the camera demolished by the
force OF the conclusion and several
blades of the rapid shutter broken.
He was satisfied, now, that his
effort to actuate the camera mech
anism from the gun-carrlage would
never give the requisite precision in
results, and he saw that he must
work with a device functioning
more reliably.
Some Effective Experiment..
In the months that followed be-
fore the next target practice, the
captain did some experimenting,
and finally determined making the
projectile itself displace length of
piano-wire fixed across the 1nuzzle
of the gun, and thus actuate the
electrical system and operate the
shutter.
In this way he eliminated trou-
blesome variables of recoil, elastic
ity of the carriage, etc, leaving to
determine only the time element of
the electrical system to function.
This result was admirable, and,
after taking several similar pic
lures, the captain found that he
could now operate with great pre-
cision-tfat is, he could get the
same phase of the discharge with
almost identical shapes of gas-cone
and smoke-cloud, and he could get
these every time.
In the fall of 1912 Capt. Behr
succeeded in obtaining a series of
extremely rapid photographs show
ing a twelve-inch mortar battery in
action. In taking these pictures the
camera was placed on an elevation
about ten feet above the concrete
floor and about sixty feet back of
the mortars. The electrical device
for working the shutter was actu-
ated by the mortar itself in its re-
coil. These pictures were taken in
about one hve-thousandth of a sec
ond.
So great was the precision of the
electrical device as to render pos
sible the Photographic recording of
these mortar projectiles, moving at
great velocities, in almost any de-
sired position after the discharge,
say two feet away from the muzzle,
or six feet away, or twenty feet
away. or right at the muzzle.
1t is interesting to note that the
strange "powder-puff' effect is
never seen, and although the crash
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The Projectie Almost Out of the Mortar The Ga.
Ring Is Formed at Its Upper End.
The Gas

Iproduce enormous pressure, but it
generates inconceivably great heat.
Water boils at 100 degrees Cent?
grade; iron melts at 400 degrees;
platinum and the most resistant
metals at 1900 degrees: while the
hottest thing on earth is the tern-
perature of the electric arc, in
which carbon boils.
This temperature is between 5000
degrees and 1000 degrees Cent?
grade. and is believed to be the same
as that of these great powder
chambers when the gun is fired.
Thus a diamond, the hardest sub
stance known, would melt in the
barrel of twelve-inch gun at the
moment OF discharge.
The consequence is that at each
discharge of a big gun a thin skin
of metal inside the barrel is literally
fused, and this leads to rapid ero-
sion of the softened surfaces under
the tearing pressure of gases sener-
ated. The ritling is worn away; the
band over the projectile becomes
loose-htting; and soon the huge
gun. that has cost such a great
sum, is rendered unfit for service.
The life of a twelve-inch gun is
only $50 rounds, that is, the gun
would be worn out if fired every
three minutes for a single day. Al
ter that a new life NAV be given it
by boring out the inner tube and
putting in new steel lining.
Millions For the Secret.
\ few words may be added
about the formidable smokeless
powder used in these great guns.
This powder. in spite of its terrible
power, is of innocent appearance.
and small stick of it may be held
safely in the hand while it burns
with a vivid yellowish flame.
There is no danger of its explod-
ing or decorating like stln-cotton.
and vet it is made from sun-cotton,
treated by a colloiding process that
is one of our jealousy guarded mil
itary secrets.
There are foreign governments
that would give millions to know
exactly how this powder is made
and how it is preserved for years
without deterioration. The destruc-
ton last year OF two ships OF the
French navy was due, it is believed,
to deterioration OF their smokeless
powder.
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, waves but now. after it has buried
itself in the ocean, is heard its own
unmistakable voice, a low, buzzing
um-m-m-m approaching from the
shore.
The projectilc itself has arrived
before the sound that it makes i'll
transit. and the sound arrives after
ward. Last of all is heard the boom
of the discharge.
Owing to the great velocity of
gun proJectiles, it is almost iInpos-
sible for an observer near the target
to see them as they approach; but
a trained eve can discern the slow
err moving mortar projectiles as
they drop out OF the sky, shrieking
as they come, curving downward
from height of four or five miles,
half a ton falling from a height of
four or five miles.
An Enormous Force.
1t is difficult to realize what an
enormous force is released when
! one of these twelve-inch guns is
discharged. The pressure inside of
the gun behind the projectile is be-
tween thirty-hve and forty thousand
pounds to the square inch.
No engine or machine made BY
man produces anything like this
pressure in steam-engineS, or in
big turbines driven by superheated
steam. does not exceed two hundred
or three hundred pounds to the
square inch. The huge hydraulic
presses that would crumple up a
steel girder do not exert pressure
of more than one thousand pounds
to the square inch.
The only reason a gun-barrel can
resist this pressure (forty thousand
pounds to the square inch) is that
it is built up in series OF concen-
trio steel hoops or tubes shrunk one
over the other until there is re-
sistance capacity of from seventy
thousand to ninety thousand pounds
to the square inch.
Even at rest, the barrels Of these
great guns are under such enornl-
Gus compression. from being thus
squeezed within these outer steel
coverings. that. il the retaining steel
Jackets were suddenly cut, the tubes
would blow themselves into pieces
from the violent reaction of release.
The Hottest Thing on Earth.
Not only does this smokeless
powder. burning inside these guns,
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Tweke-inch Coast Defense Gun in Action.

|increments or decrements of time
as small as the one-hundred-thou-
sandth part of second.
TO the uninitiated it seems in
crcditable that such infnitesimal di-
visions of time can be used in prac-
teal calculations: but every trained
physicist knows that i'll wireless
work scientists of today speak cas-
ually of experiments that take &C
count of two-tenths or one-tenth of
millionth part of a second!
What happens to the proJectile
after it leaves the gun, or after the
discharge of the gun, and before
the projectile has had time to issue
from the gun-barrel? What is the
action at the muzzle of gases gen.
Grated? What shape do these gases
assume as they leave the gun
What causes the much discussed
''gas-rings" that sometimes form
when a mortar is fired, and oftener
do not form? What phenomena
attend the arrival of the projectile
at solid steel target? Is the steel
actually fused by the heat of i'm
pact? Is it vaporized: Or what?
Appeal to the Imagination.
These are some of the questions
that Capt. Behr set himself to
solve, or to help in solving, as he
worked out his methods of rapid
photography. His aims were strict
ly military, but his results make
fascinating appeal to the general
imagination Fancy doing anything
in the one-llundred-thousandth part
,of second!
Capt Behr's general idea was to
utilize some phenomenon connected
with the discharge to actuate, by
electrical connections, a mechanism
that would work a rapid shutter i'll
a properly placed camera.
The phenomenon of conclusion
was tried hrst-the smash of air
against a little swinging door; but
this was much too slow. The pro-
icctile was hundreds of yards away
before the camera had registered its
picture. And that chance was gone
In the next trial. several months
later. Capt. Behr arranged to have
the electrical connections made or
broken by the movement of the
gun-carriage itself in recoiling; but
the result was unsatisfactory.
Nor was he more fortunate at
the succeeding target practice,
when, having placed the apparatus
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, He would be fool to abdicate in her
favor No doubt she deserved all that
had befallen her. and even worse.
Presently his thoughts turned to Alice.
She had forbidden him to write to her,
He should be free. she had said., since
they would be unable to marry for years,
IL ever. Not line had passed between
them for months. But he felt no mis-
givings. She loved him-she would re-
main true.
'How I wish it were morning that
might go to her," he said aloud.
He smiled. and yet heaviness lay on
his heart. The sad face of the woman
whose birthright he had stolen seemed
to stare at him reproachfully from the
corners Of the room. 1t even framed
itself in the smouIderipS logs as they
blazed up fitfully and fell apart.
The doorbell rang again. After long
delay the door opened to admit Mrs.
Burke, the old housekeeper. She was
pale With suppressed emotion.
Another visitor?" he exclaimed with
annoyance. who Is it?'
mr.. Chilton's granddaughter. sir. I"
was the startling response.
Dick sprang to his feet.
THE poor child did not learn Of her
grandfather's death until today, sir. The
storm delayed the mails. She came At
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pleased to think that my nursing saved
his life
You Travelled with him afterward?"
II did. I was a poor medical student.
had just taken my degree. I could act
as courier and also keep careful watch
over his bodily health"
Dick smiled pleasantly. but the cler-
gyman's face grew harder than before.
ibid he ever speak to you OF his
family?'
"Only once-Just before he died. He
said they had betrayed. forsaken him
that he was worse than alone in the
world He made me promise to bury him
from his old home. never intimating that
I was to be his heir. That came as
complete surprise. Oh. sir" Dick added.
with kindling eyes. this legacy means
everything to me-success. happiness. a
prosperous career
Looking at the young man over his
spectacles, Mr.. Robbins said gravely:
Then you are not aware that Mr..
Chiffon left a daughter and a grand
child?"
Dick turned pale and all at once there
was a curious pounding in his ears.
NO, It simply can't be! He would
have told me-
1T seems that he did not His daugh-
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ing explosion has taken place and
the projectile is already started on
its long journey. the men (even the
LANYARD man. who is nearest) have
heard nothing, since the sound
waves have not vet had time to
reach their ears. Nor has the NOR
tar itself had time to recoil, as it
does presently, down into the we'll
in the floor of the pit.
Accuracy Of Aim.
The men aboard the towing YES
sells that drag the floating targets
during gun and mortar practice
would seem to be in a dangerous
position, since the tow-linc is not
more than 200 yards long for guns
and 500 Yards long for mortars,
and a very slight error in aim or
adjustment might cause deviation
OF several hundred yards when the
range is eight or ten thousand
YARDS.
As matter of fact, such errors
do not occur. and a gun-pointer
who would make a right or left de-
Walton from the target of ten
wards. or at the most fifteen yards
at a distance of five miles. would
be considered unfit for his job.
In one or two rare instances a