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A Bomb Burst Fifty Feet Away.

plans for a long-continued hegira. Her
uncle, a wealthy man, was awaiting
her in Paris. Her beauty had capti-
waited Noble at the first. Her courage
and fearlessness of a situation that
would have thrown most women into
Mysteries aroused his admiration. Just
o he saw her coming down the
street, calm, unterrified at the peril
and panic on the street. She halted to
reassure a frightened child. rushing to
her skirts for protection. Noble lifted
his hat as he approached, with the
words:
Il do not imagine that these stray
shells are anything worse than a re-
hinder, or a threat, to scare the ma
tives, but you should not court the
risk of the open street"
But your" she challenged him, with
a friendly smile.
He shrugged his shoulders. 1t was
Everything was ennui to him at the
present moment.
Il have a mission" she continued,
her face instantly becoming grave.
The priest at the old hospice down
the street yonder sent a messenger to
the hotel to learn if some arrival there
bound for France would call upon him
on a matter of vital Importance. | vas
the only one there answering the de-
scription. so"
You risked your life" ~interposed
Noble. Miss Moore. | shall insist up
on being our escort. We are compan-
ions of voyage and it is my province to
protect you"
AS you like. and thanks" she
laughed lightly. but with an entire alb
sence of affectation OF coquetry. Il
fear some new situation and misery
impels the appeal.
That was true. AS they rushed to
the old, dilapidated shell of a building
they were greeted at the door by a
serious but kindly-faced old man in
the garb OF a priest.
He led them into a room where a
dozen young children were play.
ing on the floor with some building
blocks. He motioned his visitors to be
seated.
You are truly kind" he said. 81
am placed in a position where my
heart nearly fails me. You see these
poor little ones? They are orphans,
all OF them. brought from along the
line Of war devastation. without
friends, without q shelter save my
poor home here"
Noble viewed the little group pit
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we'll as empress of the French.-Wash
ingtOn Star.
MATERIALS FOR THE JUNIORS
List Is a Long One, and Provision Has
Been Made for Every Style Of
Garment.

Tweed. cheviot, vicuna. corduroy
and b~roadcloth form the a fabric
list. Sometimes there is a border OF
plush Stimulating fur, but mostly 1t Is
fur itself that constitutes the trim
ming. Dressy coats Of ~velveteen in
cline to such shades of Burgundy.
Russian green, sapphire. blue and
gold.
For the dressy frock Georgette
crepe combined with velveteen. with
taffeta or crepe de chine is favored.
The semiprincess style is the n
which young girls seem to like. but
no matter what the special lines, al
ways the ensemble remains exceed
ingly simple and appropriate for the
youthful wearer
Evening gowns are liked in tulle in
several pastel tones mounted over sat
in. Two-tone taffeta is another fav-
pred material, and there are beautiful
frocks of velvet with just a suspicion
of gold tracery on bodice and skirt.
Many of the party frocks are provid-
ed with sheer yokes and sleeves of
tulle or maline.
For sport wear there are sweaters
of angora or llama wool, with borders
and collars in contrasting color. For
those who like the silk sweater there
are new models in checked or striped
designs. High colors lead in sport
garments. but the girl who is going
to normal school or entering her fresh
mar year at college will be able to
select a sweater with a matching cap
and scarf in the school or college col
ors.
The schoolgirl who is the daughter
of a practical mother has her dress OF
plated washable flannel or of serge
completed by boomers of matching
material. which add to the warmth Of
the garment without additional weight.
Moreover, there is economy in the
bloomer dress, since the neither gar
ment does not show the soil as quick
ly as the muslin one. The wise parent
usually provides two or more bloom
ers to a single dress.
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SIMPLE DANCE FROCK
ESPECIALLY DAINTY IN DESIGN,
AND EASILY MADE.
Net Fiounces, So Popular This Year
Constitute the Principal Trimming
Wide Silk GirdIe Should
Be Worn With Il.

1t would not be possible to find a
simpler or more easily made little
frock for misses and small women
than is shown in this design. The lines
are good and are easily put together
by the home dressmaker, and the Span
ish founces can be made Of bordered
or plain or any kind OF material of
which the frock is built. So many en-
broidered and fancy net founcings are
on the market that one is saved much
stitching and planning when these can
be purchased and merely sewed to-
gether and adjusted to the waistband.
Here is the secret of a well-titting
skirt. Make your skirt top well set
n the whole skirt will hang prettily.
One Of the most popular of the net
tiouncings for dresses this year is ell
embroidered with narrow braids. such
as soutache, satin braid. rat-tail and
the like. These braids are so stitched
novel hand-embroidery, and they
weight the net sufficiently to make it
s%erviceable as a founce. The lining
of these frocks may be of any color
OF silk, or a substitute for silk, and so
the color effect is obtained. Of course,
such ribbons and flowers as are used
should be of a color to match the lin
ing or to harmonic with the COM
plexion, eyes or hair of the girl. Either
long or short sleeves may be worn,
and the collar at the back may be
omitted. at will, since collars vary so
that a dress for a whole season will
want more than one sort of collar be-
fore the season is concluded.
For young girls sashes are prettier
and more fashionable than belts, and
wide silk girdles, many of them
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MAKE THEIR MEANING PLAIN
Masters of Literature Have Always
Refrained From What Might Be
Called ~"Highbrow" Writing.

1t is quite generally assumed that
the great and the true are intrinsically
too difficult for common understand
ings. | believe the assumption to be
nonsense. Henry Sydnor Harrison
writes in the Atlantic. If a man thinks
he has a story to tell and deliberately
sets to work to tell it in such a man.
ner that only extraordinary and brill
liant persons can hope to follow him,
that man is a dreary fool.
But great novelists, whatever else
they are. are never dreary fools; and
their unapproachableness. when they
are unapproachable, is never willful, 1
suppose. and never the proof of their
greatness. To employ a manner and
a narrative method which ordinary
readers find quite impenetrable and
eve the most cultivated persons at
times find irritating to the last degree
this is no mark of the good, but the
limp in a great mans gait.
To battle, bewilder. Illustrate and
lock up" the reader-this is a nov
elist's crime. no matter who commits
it. And the fixed truth seems to be
that the biggest episodes, characters.
conflicts. morals and meanings are
not at ell beyond the mental grasp Of
ordinary persons; md the greatest
novelists have commonly and without
effort, lodged their intentions in the
minds of great masses Of plain people.
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Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away I'll the stomach, Iiv-
CT, and bowel poisons be-
fore breakfast.

To feel your best day in and day
out. to feel clean inside: no sour bile
to coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head; no constipa-
ton. bilious attacks. sick headache.
colds, rheumatism or gassy. acid stom-
ach. you must battle on the inside like
you battle outside. This is vastly
more important. because the skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood. while the bowel pores do.
says a well-known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before
breakfast each day. a glass OF hot wa
ter with a teaspoonful OF limestone
phosphate in it. This will cleanse.
purify and freshen the entire alimen-
tary tract, before putting more food
into the stomach.
Get a quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate from your druggist or at
the store. Ii is inexpensive and 81
most tasteless. except a sourish
tinge which is not unpleasant. Drink
ph~osphated hot water every morning
to rid your system of these vile poi
ons and toxins; also to prevent their
formation.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood. nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac-
emulation OF body poisons. begin this
treatment and above all, keep it up!
AS soap and hot water act on the skin,
SO limestone phosphate and hot water
before breakfast, act on the stomach.
liver, kidneys and bowels.-Adv.
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BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK '%'CASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.


Sick headache, biliousness. dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, fou taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed. fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue il cause con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
C~ascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
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No Need TO Worry.

She was a very recent bride and
endeavoring to keep house In the ap-
proved hygienic manner. Entering a
strange bakery one day. she say a
huge cat put its paws on the low
show windows and vault lightly in
among the cakes.
"Oh, looki" she exclaimed TO the
stout lady in charge. Your cat!"
dat is all right" soothingly replied
the wide lady, with a wider smile.
Dat is Henery. He will not eat any
thing; he chust schniffs 'em."-Har-
per's Magazine.
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Pomade ror the SCALP.

A pomade for the scalp that is high
ly recommended is made of strained
beef marrow and olive oil.
The marrow is obtained from beef
bones and put into a small saucepan
to melt. 1t should then be strained
and the oil added. Twenty drops of
benzoin stirred in will preserve the
mixture. The quantities required are
a gill of strained marrow to a table
spoonful of olive oil.
The pomade is greasy. but the grease
is really required. In order that 1t
may be applied without making the
hair temporarily impossible to dress.
the hair should be parted in a great
many places and a tiny bit of the
pomade rubbed into the scalp on the
tips of the fingers. Most women make
the mistake of putting on too much OF
any unguent at n time.
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Not a Myth but an Actually
Shown in the Returns OF Ag-
ricuIturaI Statistics and
Every Department of
Trade and Com
merce.

The trade revival in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta is an actually
and not a myth. There is today a
spirit OF optimism In the air. Just az
two years ago there prevailed the op-
posite spirit OF pessimism.
A general trade revival has been
felt in every department of business In
the Prairie Provinces. The agricul-
turists are in better shape than they
have ever been before In their lives.
No farmers OF any country are In bet
ter financial condition and in a more
general state OF prosperity than are
the farmers OF Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta. The farmers have
harvested a record crop-a crop which
enriches them to the extent OF some
thing over $500, 000, 900.
In the cities the prosperity OF the
country has been reflected. Every.
where business is on the hustle. The
wholesalers and the retailers and the
implement dealers find business good.
The banks and other collection houses
find collections satisfactory, and inan-
cial men declare that westerners are
the bank ~clearings have been the larg-
est in history, exceeding some weeks
the figures Of Montreal and Toronto.
The grain shipments have been the
biggest In the history OF Winnipeg and
in the history of the twin ports. Fort
William and Port Arthur. The mail
order houses have had a big year, the
rush Of fall orders exceeding all previ-
u years and taxing the capacity Of
these establishments. whose most SAN
guine expectations have been exceeded
by the actual business done.
The tide has turned in western Can
ada. The people of the West are
forging ahead. forging ahead In actual
production and in creation Of wealth,
giving generously to charitable and
other funds. paying up their back
debts, while going along carefully as
regards any creation of new debts.
They are economizing but not scrimp-
Ing, acting cautiously but not miserly.
The financial heads of eastern Canada,
OF the United States and Of Europe are
no longer cr.ticizing western Canada:
rather they are unstintedly offering
thei praise and their compliments.
The financial press recognizes that
the tide a turned in western Canada,
and it has been published to the world.
The condition Of western Canada at
h close Of 1916 is one of optimistic
prosperity. backed by the same deter
mination OF western people to go on
increasing their productiveness and
maintaining the records which they
have already established.
The trade revival of western Canada
10 the happiest feature in the business
survey of the whole Dominion for 1915
and in the outlook for 1916.-Adver.
tisement.
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Amid Wars
Alarms

BY MABEL WORTHNGTON
Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman.)

Copyright, 1915. by w c. Chapman
A bomb burst fifty feet away from
the street. A woman screamed and
even a municipal officer lost his head
and dashed helter-skelter from the
spot. A young man, well dressed,
composed, rather interested than
aroused, lit a fresh cigarette and
viewed the scampering residents, a
slightly amused expression upon his
handsome face.
A new philosophy had been born in
him during recent critical hours. He
was one of many refugees driven to
the little Belgian town, at first a seem
ing sanctuary from wars alarms, but
now practically invested by the enemy.
In one direction it was open country,
but there was a desolate waste to
cross scarcely having roads before a
railroad was to be reached. That leav-
ing the town was torn up for ten miles
and blockaded beyond.
Driven closer and closer to the Dor
der, some fifty tourists had been finally
grouped at the little town. They had
rapidly separated in various direc-
tons. Those of the permanent inhabi-
tants who could had fed. That morn
ing Adrian Noble had arrived in an
old-time diligence attached to a tired
and wornout horse. At Manse it had
picked up a young lady passenger. She,
too, had come to Elton to find herself
there with no guaranteed egress from
the place.
Noble was a man of leisure. This
much he learned of Miss Violet Moore:
She was of an artistic temperament
and the war had interfered with her
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Simple Method by Which Color May
Be Restored TO Garments That
lave Lost Freshness.

Have you a little pile Of discarded
underwear and blouses in one n oil
a bureau drawer-clothes discarded
because they have lost their once pink
complexion and are now a disconso-
late grayish-yellow heap?
If you have such things. take heart.
The blouse that through careless wash
ing or sun or perspiration has turned
yellow a be made a pink again. The
night gown or petticoat, camisole. or
other piece of underlinen a be re-
stored to it's original pinkness.
More than that. a white garment
that has grown yellow because OF the
water, perhaps, with which it is nee
~essarily washed-a surprisingly large
amount of water has a yellow tinge-
can be dipped and made pink to cover
the yellowness.
Now, there are several ways of col
oring white things pink.
One way is TO buy a package of red
dive and use a very little of ii, well
diluted with water. Dip the thing to
be pinked into this. and if it is not
dark enough, add more dye. Let il
dry and iron ii and it will be ready
to wear. OF course this color. easily
applied. easily ome out. so after a
few washings the dipping must be re-
peated-perhaps the very next wash.
ing will take II all out. But II is nc
more trouble to use than bluing water
Then there are special colored pow
ders for the purpose that are dissolved
In water to be used like bluing. These
powders come In most OF the popular
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
Movement Of Marian Canals.

With regard to the alleged shifting
of The canals OF Mars I'VE the face
of the planet. Professor Lowell states
in Popular Astronomy that this phe-
nomenon was detected at his observ-
atory 10 years ago, and is therefore
no novelty. He believes that there
is n o an actual displacement OF the
canals, but that there are. in each
case, several canals that become sue
cessively visible.
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| kept getting worse. Ny limbs from
my ankles to my knees swelled and
my eyes were sc swollen that /
couldn't see. AS a last hope | thought
| would give Dodd's Kidney Pills a
trial. l gradually improved and kept
on taking them and they cured me
thoroughly"
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, y. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved.
soc per box.-Adv.
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The kindergarten teacher was try
ing to give her small charges a feel
ing of some other locality than the
one in which they dwelt. They did
not grasp the idea as well as she
wished. and after a while she said:
who knows about some other landI
Can anyone here tell me?"
Il cam" said ~four-year-old John.
Very well. what land can you tell
me about?"
Sweet land of liberty" said John,
showing plainly how he had profited
singing.
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oresidht

Twenty years ago | could have
bought that corner lot over there for
five hundred dollars. It's worth TWEEN
ty-five thousand today"
TOO bad you didn't buy IL"
Not at all. | bought one on the
next corner instead. and | was offered
fifty thousand for it yesterday"
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DECORATING the Fish Bowl.

Surprisingly charming in effect is a
modern style aquarium. 1t is in the
shape of a huge fish bowl. On the
outside of the bowl are painted black
the bottom OF the bowl. instead OF the
usual gravel. are a lot Of Jade mar
bles. The color effect with the cop
perry fish flashing in the bowl is lovely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
Frequent Shampoos With cuticura
Soap Will Help You. Trial Free.

Precede shampoo by touches OF Gu
ticura Ointment il needed to spots
Of dandruff, itching and irritation OF
the scalp. Nothing better for the com
p~lexion. hair, hands or skin than
these super-creamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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have been blessed
with good health ever
since my cure. When
the doctors pronoun-
ced my case Bright's
Disease [ was in such
a serious condition
that they could not
do ANYTHING for me.
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fringed, are preferred to the simpler
forms of girdles. The general tend
ency in dress accessories is to quaint
ness and to the styles worn during the
Civil war and on the continent when
Eugene reigned empress of beauty as
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Many Children are sIckiy.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds In "a hours. relieve Feverish-
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels. and
Destroy Worms. They are 80 pleasant TO take
them. Used by mothers or2eyears-
All druggists. sc. sample FREE. Address.
Mother Gray Co., lie Roy. ". u.
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hioh Satin Boots for Evening.

The shoe shops are showing satin
boots in all the evening colors for
wear with dance frocks and In beau
tiful brocades as well.
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No. GRAY Hair, but Tired Eyes

make rs look Older han We are. Keep
YOUR Eyes young and you Will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co..
Chicago. Sends Eye Book or request.
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Bad Bebt.

The world owes me a living"
Maybe II does, my boy. but you'll
have TO hustle like blazes to collect
it."
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Two STYLES.

Il believe i'm the mailed fist"
And | am the pacifst.
Sun.
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The people OF Brazil are either rich
or poor, there being no middle class.
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CURED OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE.

Mrs. A. L. Crawford, Medfield,
Mass. writes: "Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured me of Bright's Disease. and /
am healthy and strong to-day and
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Milwaukee has installed % pool or
billiard tables in its public school
buildings.
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Only One "BROMO OUININE"

10 get the genuine. call for full name. LAxA.
TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature
Of l. W. ROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. aso.
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TO RENEW FADED CLOTHES

light shades-tan and lavender, blue
and pink.
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It's easier for a oma to fool any
man than IL is to keep him fooled
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Austrian soldiers In the trenches
will be warmed by electricity.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-12-19

if all are compelled to give full and true return there will be no in- equity and there will be no eva sion.
 It. is most regrettable that the merchants and business men them. selves fail to perceive this. And be. cause they fail to perceive this, is reason the more why they shouli have the matter quite forcibly drawn to their attention.
 Today there is a certain assessable roll. Some are approximately as. sessed higher than the others, and it is this injustice which rankles. But if the merchants themselves would insist upon each and every man in business returning his full assessment or knowing the reason why, there would be the same taxa ton returned the rate would b. lowered that there would be no in justice whatever.
 It is because some come near the true values of their property, anu some do not that the trouble mani festiy is. And until the commercial interests in this town are educated up to the fact that it is good bus mess principle and the only prin~ ciple in keeping with the integrity we hear so much about and see so seldom. that true and correct re- turns be handed in by all.
 That all this is so manifest and so clear and yet should be so gener- ally ignored is the most remark able fact in connection with the an nual meetings of the Board of Equalization.
 And it is a constant source of friction and a constant source of very adverse and not unjustifiable criticism.