hsir,
Tho Iron-Worker's Daughter
H V
HOWARD FORRESTER.
"Might they not be -woman s
broken?"
"It is possible, not probable. You ran
determine that to your own satisfaction.
I have the hair with me. Von and your
struck her, either ber remittance mad
him furious, or she might have endeavor-
! e4 to -ry for help, and he choked her to
; death."
The matter-of-fact manner in which
friend, Mr. Mayberry, may pull a few : pnnn spoke of the killing made his lUten-
CHAl'TEU XI.
The furnace ia Star Mill were "'-'
lug. The peut-up fires in some reminded
one of slumbering volcanoes, while the
rtthsrs blinded the workmen.
Scores of workmen were stirring the
depths of the puddling furnaces. Work
men here slid there niopi-d their faces,
bare arms mid shoulder-.
The great rolls, glistening in the W
of the furnaces, revoked continuously as
the numbers U .1 the h.it tars lietwecn
them, to be huapicd up snd whirled
writhing through them like enormous rep
tile in t-lieir dc;.t!i agony. The elans of
iron failing on the tooling plates, the
shouts of the workmen, ami the roar of
the titan-like machinery tilled the air as
the mill took in pin luefal, weighed, broke
and melted it, boiled it in the furnaces,
vomited the nutal out in huge balls,
which were eaimbt in the jaw of the
"squeezers,'" squeezed into billet, which
were reheated, and passed through gn-at
4nd email rolls, and tossed out and
straightened oti the cooling plates.
Mr. Meeker had just driven into the
mill yard and fastened his horse, when
the new manager approached him.
"What is it, Cummin?"
"I want to speak to you."
"Come into the office."
He led the way into his private room,
and awaited the manager's euriiuiuni a
tion in silence. Gummitt cleared his
throat.
"It's about Atherton. His fnrnarr
: "Sam," said the mill owner dryly, "if
It is about Atherton nothing else make
It as short as possible."
But Gummitt wan a thick-headed and
bull-headed man. He had conceived the
Idea since they bad made him man ner
that be was a very valuable man, in
deed, and one the owners could not easily
dispense with, and he presumed upon thix
to express an opinion when lie ousni i
have remained silent.
"I must speak. Unless I do, he'll think
he can do as he pleases. He is cross this
morning, and refused to repair that is,
he won't shut his furnace down to-day
and let me have it fixed."
"Why not wait till to-morrow?"
"Because I want to put my lt f""1
foremost, and Ret things in shape us soon
as possible. The furnace ought to be
overhauled, but Atherton wants to run
the week out, and let the bricklayers uo
It Saturday. It's sheer stubbornness. Mr.
Meeker, and a bad example to permit."
"U, I wouldn't notice Atherton. 1 have
reason of my own, Sam. Anything
"'"Yes, but I'll wait until this gentleniiu
speaks to you."
This gentleman proved to be Mr. Gripp.
Mr. Orion's manner was always defer
ential to his superiors and his equals.
To hia inferiors ' be was overbearing,
tart hrniuiiie. and often brutal. Now he
was as smooth as oiL He stepped for
ward, rubbing his hands, as the manager
turned to Mavbernr. who looked curi
ously at Gripp.
"Are you prepared to take that lot of
old rails I spoke of, Mr. Meeker t
I am. not sure.
"That's a fine lot of tenants you have
down there in the bottom," said one of
Mr Meeker's iiartnprs suddenly. The
partner was sitting in a comer readin
morning paper.
"Why?" demanded Meeker, turning
half round.
"When they have nothing else to do,
they murder each other. Here's half a
column in the paper about it. A very
mysterious affair it seems to be."
May berry's eyes were fixed on Gripp's
face. Gripp was as unconcerned appar
ently as though the news related wholly
to the affairs of another planet.
"They are not my tenants," said Meek
er. "That wan never my property. It
belonged to one of my brothers years
ago. Who was murdered and where
was the crime committed?"
Again Mayberry's gaze was riveted ou
Gripp's face.
"In a bouse crowded with a rough lot
of people old offenders, soma of them.
Brick stands alone three-story. A
woman either suicided ar was murdered
case a little mixed. The coroner's jury
will determine it."
"I may conclude It settled, then, I sup
pose, Mr, Meeker 7" said Gripp In his oili
est tone.
, "One minute, Gripp. " How is that? A
woman murdered. Who is she?'
"Why, that's the most mysterious part
of it. She seems to have had two or
three names fine material for a dime
novel in the account panhshed."
. "Any grounds for believing a murder
Wav committed?"
.!., h,,a V u )i 1 1 M anv Villi I.IIII
IVHI ltd H'H5, oi... , . ... '
determine for yourself. Simply a chain
of inferences."
"Well," said Mr. Meeker, with a sigh
of relief, "I'm glad It's only inference.
I never can read or heir of the uiurder
of a woman, Gripp, without wishing I
could lay my hands on her murderer and
help to hang bim on the spot."
"A very natural feeliaf qnite nat
ural," said Gripp.
"YeB I guess you may send the lut
, ..ver, Maberry, make out a check for
the amount, and give it to Mr. Gripp."
And then the mill owner turned to the
malinger.
What ia it, Onmmitt?"
"I'll see yon later in the day. I must
p, into the mill now," the manager re
plied. .
IIi far was very pale; bis voice sound
ed strange to Mayberry and the mill own
er. Mayberry wondered at the extra
ordinary change that had come over the
new manager. If it had been manifested
by Gripp, he could have understood it.
Hut why the mill manager should betray
agitation was strange indeed.
Mayberry turned to bis desk again,
mide out a check fur the amoaut due
Gripp, and waa- in the set of Blading the
check to Mm whes Gripp aaid:
"I bad bettor receipt for It rat."
Mayberry waa so prmccapied that he
had departed from his osaal practice aad
the universal cwatoaj. Bat the nsenaer
in liich Gripp rralatVd bias of the ala
tem, . .mil oveitgbt sngered alas. He was
un -be point of replytag.
i iT-d. ratariMf Grip toe wttb cm
(hit: C ttttraMU attaawtbar
a.f t.asaa klaa list HOtESt
Grir tmmt mm th x to ata
114 t'ttmefrr a t?w t
in?. Gripp's neck was revealed far be
low the line his coat collar covered. There
were five distinct marks on hia neck, such
marks as human nails might make.
As Mayberry looked at these red marks
he shuddered. He felt that he 1 was T with
in arm's reach of a murderer.
"Thauks," said Gripp, in his oily man
ner, as Mayberry handed him the check.
Then something in Mayberry's manner
caused him to start; he looked around
quickly, then down at his clothes, and, re
gaining his self-possession instantly, bow
ed and went away.
.Mayberry immediately picked up a pa
per and hurriedly scanned the account of
the mystery that was set down by all
the morning newspapers as a murder.
Due paragraph in particular attracted his
attention. It read thus:
"There are many circumstances which
warrant the opinion that a deliberate
murder has been committed. The dead
woman's clothes were torn; the seam at
the shoulders looks as though i had been
subjected to extraordinary strain before
it parted. A curious fact is pointed out
by oue of the officers. The nails of her
right hand are discolored; they have a
duli. r.sldish tinge. If this bo blood, an
analysis will determine the fact speedily,
Unfortunately for the ends of justice, it
seems some person unknown swept the
tioor, and thus it is difficult to establish
the correctness of the theory that the
dead woman in the struggle with her
murderer caught his wrist or neck. If
s-he had turn his clothes or torn from
him anything that would have been the
means of identifying him, the sweeping
has removed the evidence, tin the other
baud, two or three well-known physicians
are positive the marks on the woman's
neck were not made by the rope found
around her neck. In tine, it is said that
there is reason to believe the woman tad
a visitor the mysterious caller referred
to in the outset and that she was killed
by him, and afterward placed in such a
position as to convey the impression that
she committed suicide."
When Mayberry read this, be -was con
vinced that he had just parted with the
murderer. The figures before his cjes
were meaningless for a time. He was
thinking of Gripp; of the shadow on the
curtain: of the peculiar actions of Mr.
Irion before the crime was committed;
of the lenirth of time Mr. Gripp remained
in the tenement house.
What could he do? He was surmising.
If he spoke of the matter, he might sub
ject miiiselt to mucu questioning, Riri
inconvenience, and Gnpp s actions migttt
be explained in a manner that woulil ren
der Mayberry ridiculous.
But murder had been done. If his sus
picious were well founded, it was hia duty
to strive to bring the murderer to justice
Especially if be was the cold-blooded vil
lain and rascal Mayberry had reason to
think Gripp was.
There was another reason. This man
held something knew something that
made Atherton fear him. So Gripp was
a thief, and the shocking impression that
he was a deliberate murderer made May
berry's blood course swiftly through his
veins. He longed to see him brought to
justice.
Mayberry's course was determined on
the instant. He would call on bis friend
the young lawyer immediately. Five min
utes later he was on his way to his
friend's oflice. He was so fortunata us
to find his friend in. He was closeted
with him but a few minutes. W hen l.e
returned to his work it was with a re
lieved mind. .Matters were in train for
getting at the truth.
The lawyer would put a detective on
the affair who could be relied upon a
man of rare intelligence, not a profes
sional detective. It was a case where
this man would demonstrate his tact tnd
analytic power. Mayberry would meet
his friend in the evening, and learu what
had been developed in the meantime. At
the appointed hour Mayberry repaired to
bis friend's office to meet a young man,
neatly dressed, with a very guiet, wlf
contaifted manner. It would be difficult
to determine his place In society or his
calling. He did not seem to notice May
berry, yet in one swift giance that young
man was photographed upon his memory.
"Mr. Mayberry, Mr. Dunn."
The young man bowed. The lawyer sat
back in his chair; Mayberry turned quick
ly to Dunn.
"I have learned something."
"It was not easy, I suppose."
"It was not difficult. It required lit
tle time. I talked to the neighbors, call
ed in the neighboring stores, just as eith
er of you would do, to begin with. J he
dead woman had two names. The stories
published are not true. Hhe was known
as Mrs. Cole by several the people in
the bouse where she died knew her as
Mrs. Knox."
"Wss she murdered, or did she commit
suicide r'
"Murdered."
"Anything to indicate when or how she
wss murdered"'
"Much. A physician whose name is a
Ctiarsatm of sound judgment satisfied
me she was dead six or tea hours when
she wss discovered. There was no one
knew who swept the floor. There wasn't
much fire in the grate, but I found cinders
over, above the film of ashes the broom
bad left on the brick hearth. The streaks
were plain."
"Did yon look at the nails are the
discolored with blood?"
"They are. I could ssy that after us
ing mv class, which Is powerful. I
lieve the man who murdered her did
it to get rid of hershe may have pos
sessed a secret, I think the 0111 Merer
entered the house when nobody paid tny
attention to bim, killed her by choking,
then put tbe rope around ber neck ai d
fastened it to the hook in the wail.
"Why do yon assume it was a man T
"for two reasons both satisfactory
yon will say. la the Brat place, there
will be M dlBculty la proviag a man
ea tared tb bans ia the dusk of the even-
iaf-a asaa wtw does aot rsaide there.
"was ba mr
Tan. B ataaW la tbe koose hy
waasaa. aa4 ala by a aiaa acroaa the
atmt, a abasiaker."
"Tkt as eead maoar
1 faaai la tbe aabaa, aader the irate,
attnl hair. Har a. abart aboal
a Isel af mutt ban?."
hairs, break one or two, and compare
them under my microscope.
Iluna produced a small pocketbook
from an inside pocket, took out a small
piece of white paper, opened it, and laid
it on the table. Next he took from his
eoat pocket, in separate pieces, a power
ful microscope, adjusted it, and stood
aside.
The lawyer broke one or two hairs
plucked from his bead; Mayberry did the
same." and """both observed the difference
between the perfect and broken hairs.
Then Dunn handed them the hairs he
had found under the grate. Last of all,
he showed them a woman's hair, lifted
from the floor near where her body was
suspended.
Then he pointed out the difference be
tween the hair inclined to curl, the curly
hair, and the straight hair. How some
hairs were flat, others round, others with
corners that made them look like small
triangular tubes.
I am satisfied any one can tell a brok
en tiair rrom one torn out ny rue roois,
suid Mayberry.
Especially when you can see tbe bulb
at the root," said the lawyer. "WkIi
what nejtt?"
There was a long pause. The lawyer
und Mayberry felt that tbe next ques
tion was all important that the answer
would govern their future course.
'It is your opinion tbe woman was
murdered that she was choked to death.
(hen hung by the neck to a hook in the
wall; that the murderer was a man; that
ho was seen; that at least two persons
can identify him; that this man commit
ted tbe murder last night, and afterward
swept tbe room, or tbe part near the fire-
plrictr; that htr vrpt wiuic Ot mJ 0"'n
hair under tbe grate the hairs you have
here. The presumption is, tbe woman
fought for ber life pulled the hairi out
of the man's head?"
The detective nodded gravely as ick-
urson ceased. "Have you any idea who
the man is?"
HANDSOME NEW SILKS
CHAPTER XII.
Nickersou was the first to break the
silence that ensued. He arose and paced
the floor.
"You said there was a woman in the
bouse, and a shoemaker across the way,
who saw and even described the wan?"'
"I did."
"To whom does their description
point?"
"Unmistakably to Atherton. Almost
any one who knows him would recognize
him from their description.
"Whateer is done," said Mayberry
with resolution in his face and tone, "I
want to have no share, no hand, in bring
ing Atherton into trouble. I can't be
lieve be would murder any one. It is not
like him to strike a woman, either."
"I have told you all I know," said
Dunn, ia a respectful but firm tone. "I
never permit my feelings to interfere
with my judgment.
T believe you; but there is some terri
ble mistake here. Don t don t let us
blunder. It may cost a man more than
life is worth; it may rob Atherton of his
reputation."
"It Is like to end in somebody losing
life." said Dunn. "There hasn't been any
hanging here for some time. The first
bad case will serve for an example."
Mayberry shuddered. He imagined he
beheld Irene Atberton's face looking at
him. Me beheld the reproachful look in
her sad eyes. Then he recovered his self
possession and decision.
"Admitting it was a man's deed. Ad
mining that Atherton was in th house
that evening, it does not follow that he
committed the murder."
"Not necessarily," said Dunn. "It is a
incidence, and migut be explained
away.
NicUerson looked from the detective to
his friend, then said, slowly aud with rare
leliberution:
I see. We had better talk thin matter
over very carefully and quietly. We must
make no mistakes leave no room for
misapprehensions."
Exactly what I was going to say
said Mayberry.
"Mayberry, tell Dunn all you know.
Whereupon Mayberry briefly related
the facts as they fell under bis own ob
servation, not omitting the marks on
Gripp's neck. The detective paid due at
tention to tbe narrative.
What do you think now?" the lawyer
asked.
"It puts a different light on the matter.
but it only confuses. It don t help to
straighten things out. We are running
off on another track, that's all."
"It may be the only track-the real
track," seid tbe lawyer.
"How are we to know which is the
right track V
"Why, by showing Gripp had an object
n view; that he pursued a course of ac
tion warranting the belief that be 04
wronged one persou: that be is tt man
who would not scruple to commit a crime
whereas Atherton has always borne a
good reputation.
"You can do thisT"
"We can," said Mayberry.
"Mayberry," said Nickerson, "we had
best tell Mr. Dunn the story of Atber
ton's patent."
Mayberry again related tbe facts In a
concise manner, i lie aerecuve usieiiea
with evident interest. When Mayberry
ended, the detective said suddenly:
'This is tbe most important of all. tt
will help 11s to get at the truth. You say
you beheld a woman accost Gnpp in tbe
evening? Could you describe her general
appearance dress"
She was dressed in black, or some
thing that looked almost black. She im
pressed me somehow as a nnrtdle-ugca
woman." .
"When Gripp paused near the news
stand, he did not have any exctine for
standing there?"
"He avoided observation, I thought,
and made sure no one was near when he
entered the house.
"Yon are sure he entered It?"
"Positive."
"Now the shadows on the curtain
too felt there was something?"
" could not leave the spot; for some
mlnotes, I supose sis, or maybe more, I
watched for tbe atadow."
"Geatlemea." aaid the detective, alow
I. "I tbiak tbe murder waa committed
then. I'll five yon mf reason. Tbe woin-
an. H hi now pretty certain, waa killed In
tbe eraaiaf. TM man wnoae nana sr
Matberrr aaw raised maybe only intend'
ad to atria bar. Why? Because. If he
bad ajaaat BMaraar at Brat, be woold have
la bk baad. After U
ers shudder. They seemed to be loosing
on the tragedy. It was a reality, as Dunn
described it.
Then you incline to the opinion that
Gripp is the murderer?"
That is a thing none of ua can deter
mine until we know more. I see wiiat
you mean, said uunn to aiayoen-j . ju
think because the shadows were turon
on the curtain so soon after Gripp en
tered tbe house, that he committed the
mtirder. Thar wiii not oe -th-eme ui
cient. We must have sometning more.
Let us try the glass again. What sort
of hair is Atberton's?"
"Brown," said Mayberry, promptly.
"And Gripp's, now. What color is his
airr
"Black." said Mayberry.
Dunn pointed to the paper containing
the hairs he had found in the fireplace.
"If the color of these corresponds Willi
Gripp's he is the man. l-et us ueier.uine
the color of the hair."
Mayberry and the attorney awaited tne
result of Dunn's examination with ex
traordinary interest. He invited the oth
ers to look. The moment Ni kerson's eye
was fixed ou the class, be exclaimed.
'They are Gripp's iie.v.md a peradven-
ure; .
Then Mayberry looked at the nair.
"It is Gripp's hair."
"You are satis-lied, gentlemen.
"There is no doubt about it." said May
berry. ...
"The next thing to do." said l'nnn, ,s
to prove it in court."
(To be continued.;
DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS.
i A rropaaated liither t.v Root or
by eed, Which Must lie Kilted.
ti. nra t-n rbisses of weeds
1 . A -1..3A
those that come from seeiis ami
which are propagated principally by
means ut their roots. Weeds which
spring up from seeks can m uraimjiu
by Bueecssively bringing the sews
the anil to the surface, where tlicy
germinate. The seed of iwme wwls
have great vitality and remain, m
, for Years. Some are Inclosed, in
ohvhi nml are retained fur another
na,n tmt when the clods are broken
ud the weed seed exposed to warmm
.1 .... f.nt- nt
near Uie sunace, mey mc
existence by the narrow u
tlicT germinate, for which ren son it i
impossible to clear a piece of land
from weeds In a season unless every
cl.xl Is tmlverizeiL The oft-rcpeateu
Inquiry, "Whence come tne -weens.
mr he Hnswered: "From the clods,"
n, pt.nn.ieinhs.i Uecord. The
weed that Rpring from roots are cui
up, checked and prevented from grow
in t.v freouent cultivation, becnuse
thev cannot eihrt for a great length of
ttmo nnloKs nermitted to gW- " DO
leaves are allowed on sucn pianis mey
nerlsh from suffocation, because tney
wQ, tt.rnnyti the agency of the
leaTea. The advantages derived by
the soil In tbe work of weed destruc
tion reduces the cost of warfare on tne
weed, for every time the harrow or
cultivator is used the manure Is more
intimately mixed with the soil, more
clods are broken, a greater proportion
of nlant food Is offered to tbe roots,
the loss of moisture is lessened and tbe
carincltv of tiie plants of the crop to
mirn mnrn food Is increased. The
cost of the destruction of weeds should
ivt be charged to the accounts of a
single vear only, as thorough work
during a season may obliterate the
weeds entirely, or so reduce their num
ber as to make the. cost of their de
atrurtion during succeeding years, but
a trifle.
THEY ARE 80 MUCH BETTER
THAN WASH GOODS.
The Woman Who Must Economize
Will Hove to Ponder Well Before She
Makes Her Investment in the t-hlm-aerinB
Bluffs-Fashion Notes.
Xew Tork correspondence:
AIXTY tricks of
introducing t glint
of color here or
there In au other
wise subdued gowu
constitute a notice
able feature of the
new fashions. Now
and then the meth
ods resorted to are
mora ingenious
than pretty, but
for the most part
they are effective
and tasteful. Very
often a tiny bit of
color fJiows In only
one place on a coat
or suit, and in such
way that it almost looks as if it did nut
belong to them, but these fancies cer
tainly sre more attractive thsn nil black
suits, which had such a run a ehort time
ago as to result in somberness of attire.
New silks are the cause of much study
ing of ways and means by the shopper
who must economize. Shell ponder 'heir
considerable cost, and find many offsets
of the aecompsnying pieiorM
at the left, s psttern fown of Ibjbt M
crepe de chine, veulse laoa
white silk cord aud tssaela, and banld. It
is a handsome house gown of wblta peen
de soie and cscurial lace, with front or
white India silk. Both theaa alike re
tain their vogue finely, having proTasI
well adapted both to lavish trimmings
and to more simple arrangements. Of
tbe latter was tbe gray crepe de cnino at
tbe right of this picture. Its tnromloga
were white net lace insertion and eteel
bead embroidery and fringe. Embroid
eries on silk dresses are done with a
very free hand, this point being Impress
ed ou the shopper st every turn, "'"j
ssdrviably-deeorated-as-waa.Uat skef:!!-
ed for todsy's initial are not unusual,
the go.ls here being white allk, the em
broidery white chenille, black velvet be
ing m.ed as indicated for contrast Em
broideries in summer silks are unusually
heavy, and this, with the abundance of
fringed weaves, promises showinese for
warm weather's silk drefses.
Shirt waists and dres-y separate waleta
repay a visit to the stores. Many of theao
pattern waists and the manner of deco
ritinir them is so varied that there is a
splendid chance for original designs. Fsg- j
gotting Is very stylish and it is done in
counties ways. .Sometimes medalllona
of lace are faggotted in, again squarea
of Ibe waist material are used In thia
way. Some waists are entirely composed
of strips of silk two inches wide held to
gether with wide rows of fnggotting, and
it means lots of work to make such a
waist. Think of the fitting, alone, for
anything that is so uneven to hold makeo
a fine fit very hard. Black lace Is used
a rrcat deal on waists and Is very hand-
tit
r
FINE SILKS A'D A SIMPLE SUI1IT WAI8T SCIT. f '
Operating The Marionettes.
"The Ingenuity of some of the hand
lers of marionettes," aaid a ahowman,
"is incredible. I know a man wno
conduct a marionette theater, wherein
an orchestra of eight pieces plays un
der marionette leadership, while In the
boxen a dozen marionette spectators
laugb and applaud, and on the stage a
marionette drama briskly enacts itself.
"The conductor of all thia stands,
exposed to the waist, at the back or
the stage, and apparently he Is motion
lesn. though really each finger of both
hand and the majority of the toes of
both feet are working with unexam
pled rapidity. For each marionette ia
connected by a string with a toe or a
finger of the operator, and thia string
sometimes hns as many as ten or fif
teen branches, Joined to the manikin's
face, liody, arms, legs, etc., bo that It
may dance, smile wave Its arms and
do a number of other lifelike things.
One of these figure, Indeed, is connect
ed by thirty-two strings to the opera
tor.
"It Is bewildering to think of tbe
number of strings there must be alto
gether," concluded the showman, ac
cording to the Philadelphia Record,
and really It la Impossible to conceive
of the dexterity and the thought re
quired In the artistic manipulation of a
band of marionettes."
therefor. They're so dressy, she thinks,
aud so cool, light and sofj. Nor will
they crush nor be affected by dampness
bs are wash gowns, organdies and the
like. So the silks find many purchasers.
Especially attractive are the new foul
ards that come in pattern gowns ready to
be madti into shirt waist suits. Tbey are
so nicely set off with the lace or appli-
iue of net that furnitJies their decoration,
that it is a very easy matter to make the
suit up and save the dressmaker's charge.
She who has a little ingenuity and can
do this, can manage several handsome
gowns for the price of oue in ado by a
good dressmaker. Skirts come all made
but for seaming np the back breadth,
where extra fullness can be arranged to
make tbe skirt fit. Then there are two
or three yards of plain silk and the em
broidered fronts for the waist, so that a
little variety is possible In making. But
. . . . . r
some. The artist bas put here tnraa
pretty waists; first, a fine white linea
embroidered in white, then a white Ubaaj
ty satin with yoke of faggotted strip"
and with white guipure lace and wblta
silk grapr-s for trimming, and last, a
white linen trimmed with Hungnrlsn em
broidery. Fashion Notes
Fascinating pongees have appeared
that are charming for between seasona
indoor gowns and later will be worn on
the street.
All the popular silks will be employed
for the making of theso dainty creatlona.
Taffeta, peau de soic and liberty satin
are the favorites, although louisine and
fancy silks are not forgotten.
Fashion seems set against anything
cumbrous-looking or overheavy In tha
way of trimming. Small flowers will
NEW SEPARATE WAISTS.
Asphalt Pavements.
Though asphalt pavements are Inju
rious to trees they are not Invariably
go, tlieir Influence depending upon the
elm racier of the soil. Where it is deep
the roots find nourishment under the
pavement, which keeps it from evao
ratlng and holds It in supply for the
trees. Where trees have been killed
by asphalt pavements or cement alde
wnlka, It will frequently lie found that
It has been caused by cutting the roots
In tba process of construction.
Jaot a Flip.
Brady Did old Fog aee tbe Joke In
placing a banana akin on tbe pave
ment T
Broadbent-Ob, yea; be tumbled, all
light ,
It la surprising how good a competent
cook can make a cheap ateak Uate, tad
bow poor tha finest steak taatoa after
an iMoatpatMt eoa baa handled M.
if one hss a shirt waist pattern that Ota
it is very easy to do the whole thing and
:ire a bit, A handsome pattern in dark
blue foulard sprinkled with tiny white
dots has at the bottom of the skirt an np
pliipie of white lace net. The embroid
ery on tbe aist appears on full fronts
and sleeves. Htich dresses, of course,
tire in a very different grade from simple
uliirt waists of inexpensive wash stuffs.
Y't these have about them sn anmistak
:,l,!e sir of stjle. One of green linen
i t mh is shown w to dsy's first group. A
host of equally simple designs la availa
ble. Ki pensive pattern gowna of thin silks
hare the skirt yoke of hesvy lacs, the
I nee -extending to tbe bottom of tbe aklrt
in points. - This counts for elegaoee, but
In considering tba coat of such It la well
to remember that-an entire foundation of
good 1 Ilk must ba Included, for tbe open
work is so open that a good quality of lln
'tig is sn essential. Standard silks are
ulentiful among the stylish goods, and
'1 leu give tbe shopper better returns
iiice there's always increaaed price In
really new weavea. Not a few of the
older alike are Ireproachable aa ta etyl
Ishiifse, toe, aud not a few pattern
I ' are foaad ia theaa. Ia the Int
have the preference over Urge bloona.
and nest, compact. looking clusters wilt
succeed the Urge, showy bunches.
v .... , ,
v un,,, wvtj pruiiuiieuuy aa a .
trimming for tbe spring bate narrow M
scarfs of black Chsntiily. deep cream ajk
Ivory-white luce draped around the rial
of brond brims, the ends hanging down
either at the back or side.
livening petticoats are made of white
llk with accordion flounces of silk gaiise
or mousselins de chiffon. Koine very use
ful petticoats sre of accordion nun'a rett
ing. These sre always made with a deep
htn vriUa notl trlmtn..,l wrlil. 1.-
of satin ribbon, 'T,
Many 'bats still have most of their
trimming on the undertide of the briav
bat milliners promise a complete rhaage
and predict the fall of a single dreopiag
feather. In millinery decoratioaa aa weO
aa In every other department ef dreaa
(MIdit la tha katnnU
The newest sleeves art alamlaatr ana
pie, lucsen or tox piaitea from the 1
0r to above the elbow or
either aide of lace lasertiea,
01 embroidery which Ilea
to the wrist. Tbe lea-o' i
and the oriental sleeve are atfa I
from the ahewi- (
or plattai a I
eo, or a hand
Inside tha ami
attaB totit
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