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Specialties From Parasol Designers MUCH ingenuity is evident in the shaping and covering of new par asols. The skill of the maufacturer must be equal to making up the most fanciful dreams of those who originate sunshades that look like big, brightly colored flowers, with their cups in verted. They have seized upon the Persian designs in silks, upon the broad stripes and checks, and appro priated bold-flgured laces to make the most intricate and the most captivat ing things! One of the simpler designs is shown in the picture. It is rather large and bowl-shaped. Its first covering is of white silk. Posed over this is a vague ly flowered overcovering finished with a scallop at the edge in each panel of the parasol. The scallops terminate In a small ornament which, with a portion of the edge, hang free from the undercovering. A pretty parasol, smaller in size and not so deeply curved, is covered with white taffeta. Long diamond-shaped panels of Persian silk in bright colors, with red dominant among them, are shirred so that their edges are narrow ruffles. One of these is mounted over each rib, their upper points disappear ing under the tip at the top. The low er point reaches within about five inches of the edge of the white taffeta covering. This is a gay and rich-look ing little affair, suited to almost any K- light summer costume. Plain white parasols with borders of black and white “checkerboard" silks are novel and immensely smart. They are not expensive, ranking in price with those made of broad stripes. Among the latter a black and white striped covering has a border of bright Persian silk at the edge, about six i inches wide. It is made on the frame that we are all familiar with, and is moderate in design as well as price. Parasols of shepherd's check, bor dered with bright-colored bands, are not new in designs, but they are, like the all-white ones, always in style. They look especially smart w'ith out ing hats and dresses, and will be seen with the Panama hat decorated with a sash in the same color as the band on the sunshade. They are among the least costly of all and stand near the head of the list of desirable acces sories for summer toilets. Finish for Lingerie. An exquisite finish for lingerie can be achieved by crochet work, says the Modern Priscilla. Instead of but tonholing neck and sleeves, cut smoothly, following the lines of the ! pattern. Turn from you with fore ; finger of left hand, following the method known as rolling or whipping. Over this crochet with fine cotton, white or colored, using four single stitches, and picot of four chain. Set all close together. It is substantial, dainty, producing effect similar to tat ting, and is rapid work. Liberty in Sleeves. There is a delightful liberty in the realm of arm covering. To each aria its sleeve is evidently the creed of the designers at the moment. If a woman wishes to let an admiring public see that she has been given the rare gift of a lovely arm she may adopt the Grecian shoulder drapery which serves as a sleeve, but is careful not to hide a fraction of the arm. A Word or Two About Caps WITHOUT any claim to originality to aid them these two bou doir caps unblushingly call attention to themselves as noteworthy. They are examples of what the new laces bring to morning caps in the way of attractiveness and grace. If these laces and nets were less supple, they would not fall in such soft ruffles, and if they were too sheer they would not make such successful plaitings and hair coverings. The cap at the left has a full soft crown of all-over lace and a frill of lace about the face which widens to ward the back, where it covers the neck. It Is adjusted to the head by the elastic cord that is run in a casing on the under side where the frill joins the crown. A few little roses of chif fon. joined by long stems of silk-cov ered cord, wander aimlessly over the crown. The cap at the right is made of fine net, having a broad panel of lace along the center of the crown run ning from front to back. The frill is of plaited net and the cap is adjusted with a small elastic cord. Narrow satin ribbon is laid in a se ries of short puffs across the front cf the cap. ending at each side in a short, pointed end. These are the simplest of caps, innocent of wires. There are any number of others, in all sorts of shapes, all suggesting the hour of gold en leisure spent at home. They are only a part of the story of caps, which -continue to flourish in the smile of fa vor which the dancing girl still be stows upon them. But the dancing cap is really another story. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. The Hair at Night, When sleeping, the head should al ways be uncovered and the hair will retain its beauty and luster much longer. Brush the hair thoroughly, then raise it nearly to the crown of the head and braid it in one long braid. It can then be thrown over the pillow and you can sleep on eith er side or the back without lying on the hair, and the hair is getting a good airing all night. Lace Flounces Several skirts for dancing have old fashioned lace flounces, two or three of them, festooned under roses, and individualists are elongating their lace sleeves until they form mitts with thumbs to cover the top of the hands. .. i Collie Saves Man’s Life. Fred O’Connell, twenty-four, a SL Louisan, owes his life to the services of a Scotch collie owned by Town Clerk Will Parker of Pana. O'Connell’s left foot was caught be tween the bumpers of two cars when the train took a siding in West Pana. O'Connell's foot was pinioned and he was unable to extricate himself. His cries attracted the collie. The dog Eeerned to take in the situation and ran to the Parker home, one block away, where he gave the alarm. Mrs. Parker followed the dog to the siding and found O’Connell unconscious. .Mrs. Parker notified the trainmen and they extricated O'Connell.—New York Sun. Favorite Target. “You see this shirt,” said the gen eral who was campaigning in a small but turbulent country. “It is full of bullet holes!” “Good heavens! You weren’t wear ing it at the time!” “No. We were using it as a flag i of truce.” LEGISLATURE TURNS DOWN RE QUEST OF STATE MILITIA. REJECTS OFFER OF UNCLE SAM State Deprived of Over $300,000 Of fered by the Government Be cause of Meager Appropriation. Lincoln.—The state of Nebraska has been deprived of over $300,000 of fered by the government because the legislature would not make a suf ficient appropriation to enable the National Guard to put itself on an ef ficiency basis. The finance committee, under the leadership of Norton of Polk, chair man of the committee, slashed the appropriation from $03,000 to $37,000 in the face of the government's offer to give the state $300,000 and besides equip the Ashland range so it would be mobilization ground for the mi litia not only of this state, but of the nearby states. The committee was supported by a vote of 48 to 41. Mer edith of Saunders, moved to amend by making the appropriation $93,000. After voting down by a vote of 40 to 54 the amendment for an appropria tion of $93,000 for the national guard, the house then proceeded to vote down another amendment making the appro priation about the same as two years ago, or $68,000. Governor Signs Four Bills. The governor has signed the follow ing bills: House Roll No. 5—Providing that counties where there is no high school must establish a county high school. House Roll No. 263—Increasing the salary of councilmen in towns of from 5,000 to 25,000 to $1,500. House Roll No. 301—Provdes that property owners must mow weeds on their property. House Roll No. 749—Appropriates $3,000 for the railway commission to use in opposing freight rate increases by western railroads. Now Applies to Parents. Amended so as to apply to parents of dependent children instead of to mothers only, the Beal bill providing pensions for parents of children need ing aid was passed by the house. It now only needs the signature of the governor to become a law. The house also passed a bill regulating the prac tice of dentistry-, a bill forbidding baseball playing on Memorial Sunday until after 3 p. m. and a bill provid ing that clerks of the district court must turn over naturalization fees to the county. Inspection Bill Brought Up. An exceedingly warm session of the house committee on miscellaneous subject took place over house roll No. 2S7, by Stebbins, providing for the in spection of private hospitals, schools, convents and other institutions by the members of county boards once every four months. After the members of the committee had expressed their views upon the bill in the executive session, a vote was taken, which re sulted 8 to 3 in favor of placing it on the general tile. The bill has not yet been reported out by Chairman Korff. First Sign of the End. The first sign that the beginning of the end of the legislature was in sight was given when Norton of Polk, floor leader, sent up a motion for the ap pointment- of a sifting committee. The committee was appointed by Speaker Jackson and consists of three demo crats at large and a democrat and re publican from each congressional dis trict. This gives the republicans six members of the committee and the democrats nine. Omahans Lodge Protest. A petition has been filed with the state senate protesting against, the proposed slash by the house in the appropriation for the national guard in this state. Us: of School Hous:s. The house, in passing H. R. No. 603, by Harris, gives voters of school dis tricts the right to decide, at annual meeting, whether school houses may be used for other purposes. Senators Keeping Up. The senate is making good progress in disposing of its measures. Within a few days, it is expected, all bills will be out of the standing committees. Commission Files Complaint. The State Railway commission has filed its formal complaint with the In terstate commission asking a suspen sion of the proposed advance by the railroads in live stock rates. House Recommends Dope Bill. Without amendment, just as it passed the senate the Rrookley anti dope bill has been recommended for passage by the house. The bill fol lows the federal drug act and makes more stringent the local provisions. Fire Escapes on School Buildings. That school houses of two stories height should be equipped with fire escapes is the opinion of the hous^ members who have approved a bill to that effect. The present law applies only to three-story buildings. Governor Sends in Bill. Governor Morehead has sent a bill to the legislature. It requires county assessors and clerks to return to the secretary of state each year lists of veterans of the army and navy who served in the civil war, the Mexican war or the war of 1812 with Great Britain. These lists are to give in formation as to service records and present postofflee addresses of the veterans. Grand Army of the Re pub’ic officials a re anxious to secure more complete data concerning sur vivors of the three wars. CLEAR PATH FOR MERGER RILL House in Committee of the Whole Recommends Greater Omaha Measure for Passage. Consolidation of Omaha, South j Omaha, Dundee and Florence by leg islative act, without a vote on the question in any of the merging units, was agreed upon by the house in com mittee of the whole. The vote was 55 to 43 in favor of that action. The bill wrent through the committee of the whole only after a hard battle by its opponents. Amendment after amendment was offered for the pur pose of submitting the consolidation proposition at a special election, but they were of no avail, the friends of the measure, under the leadership of Henry Richmond of Douglas, assisted by others of the Douglas county dele gation, held their forces well in hand and refused to budge an inch. Merrick county has takei. an ad vanced step along the line of construc tion of the Lincoln highway automo bile road, a letter received by Repre sentative Osterman of that county from Joe A. Hays, secretary of the State Roads association of Merrick county, containing the following: “At a recent meeting of our State Road association of Merrick county, our president, H. E. Glatfelter, an nounced a gift of 2.000 barrels of ce ment for the construction of a seed ling mile of concrete on the Lincoln highway in Merrick county and our as sociation is now taking the necessary steps to construct this mile at the earliest practical date this spring. “Assuming that your road commit tee will recommend for passage an up to-date, comprehensive road bill, sim ilar to Ohio, and practically along the line of Colorado's convict labor avail able for road work in Nebraska, we ask you to present this to the proper authorities as our request for the first camp of twenty-five convicts for road work, to be assigned to Merrick coun ty." No change is made in the existing laws against prize fighting in the amended boxing bill as reported favorably by the house judiciary com mittee. The bill also provides that all wrestling matches shall be regulated by the proposed state athletic com mission and provides heavy penalties for any person implicated in holding a fake wrestling or boxing match. The principal features of house roll 255 as originally introduced by Representa tive W. N. Chambers of Omaha arc retained, but the measure as first pro posed repealed the present drastic laws against prize fighting. Water power legislation, which has so far been held in the background at this session, now shows some pros pect of taking shape under a compre hensive plan. Three bills dealing with this subject have been reported out for, the general file by the house committee on irrigation, water poweT and drainage. One other bill is in f preparation and will be brought out soon. The special appropriation bills in troduced at the request of the Grand Army of the Republic carrying $12,000 for a Thayer monument and $15,000 to pay expenses of civil war veterans at tending the Vicksburg memorial cele bration. will probably be reported for indefinite postponement. It would not be advisable for the i county commissioners of Keya Paha county to lease permanently a portion of the new court house for county high school purposes, according to an opin ion furnished by. Assistant Attorney General Roe. The state flag bill, introduced as an act of patriotism by Matteson of Clay, passed through the house on third reading by a vote of 89 to 0. The measure is backed by the various pa triotic organizations of the state. Abolition of the office of county coroner will be assured as soon as the governor signs House Roll No. 208 by Tibbetts, which passed the senate. Seventeen bills, seven senate files and ten house rolls, have been signed by the governor. None are of very great importance. • # Hereafter bridges off main roads need not sustain a greater weight than fifteen tons, according to a bill passed by the senate. April the seventh is now fixed as adjornment time by the more ex perienced legislators and employees of the legislature. The Kiechel bill regulating the sale of agricultural seeds and giving the state food commission greater power of supervision passed the senate. It was decided by the finance com mittee of the house to allow the sum of $<7,500 for additional improvement for the state fish hatcheries at South Bend and Valentine. The proposed appropriation of $10,000 for this pur pose was scaled down by the com mittee. Municipal equal suffrage went down to defeat in the house by a vote of 40 for and 54 against Many voted in the negative because they felt It too important a matter for legislative ac tion. House ro'.l 307. the Anderson bill to permit of the appointment of a com missioner to inspect all cars of stock and investigate all disputes between shippers and commission firms, has been reported for the general file. The new plan of reapportioning state school funds—something which created discord in the committee of the whole because it shears Douglas and Lancaster counties of a total of $25,000—was approved by the house on third reading. The vote was 58 for and 36 against. TAKES OFF DANDRUFF HAIR STOPS FALLING Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick, Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful—No More Itching Scalp. Within ten minutes after an appli cation of Danderine you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks’ use, when you see new hair, fine and downy at first—yes—but really new hair—growing all over the scalp. A little Danderine immediately dou bles the beauty of your hair. No dif ference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect is amaz ing—jour hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance; an incomparable luster, softness and luxuriance. Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from any store, and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any—that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment—that's all—you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try a lit tle Danderine. Adv. KILLED WHILE ROBBING TOMB Plunderer of Egyptian Sarcophagus Crushed When Roof Fell in, and Companions Fled. Professor Petrie, the eminent Egyp tologist. while exploring about thirty five miles from Cairo, discovered a tomp of the Twelfth Dynasty that thieves had broken into thousands of years ago. A tragedy attended the robbery, as Professor Petrie also dis covered. The Sunday School Times calls it “a tragedy of providential justice.” "It appears," says Professor Petrie, “that the plunderers removed only a few bricks, so that a man could crawl into the tomb. One of the men entered, opened the coffin, lifted the mummy out and laid it across the coffin, so that he could easily unwind the band ages. He first found a collar of beads, which he passed out into the shaft, where we found it. Then he came to the jewels (a beautiful work of gold and colored gems), and took it from the body. Before he could do anything more the roof apparently fell in, and crushed him and the mummy. The other robbers, seeing the fate of their accomplice, abandoned the tomb, and filled in the shaft to hide their guilt." The explorers found the skeleton of the robber beside that of the mummy. —Youth's Companion. Gave Himself Away. The general was distributing medals for special valor. Summoning Private Bumptious to step forward, much to the general surprise of the ranks, he thundered out: “Men. look upon this hero, and imi tate his bravery! All through the long night he stood firm at his sen tinel’s post, although completely sur rounded by the enemy, and there he remained calmly.” Urivate Bumptious turned deadly pale. But before he fell in a faint to the ground, he gasped out: “Then they were enemies! I thought they were our own troops." A fat purse and a thick tongue rarply go together. Why cannot the groom sometimes be the best man at his own wedding? r | WORTHY A PLACE IN HISTORY Cadets of Chapultepec Made for Them selves a Record Which Will Long Endure. The defense of Chapultepec. during the war between the United States and Mexico in 1847, was almost as gallant as was the attack. In this attack forty-eight Mexican cadets, among others, lost their lives. The story is a stirring one. For many years the celebrated Castle of Chapultepec, where Monte zuma held his barbaric court in the surrounding groves of cypress, where, during nearly three centuries, lived the successive viceroys of Spain, and where Maximilian made his imperial home, has been the West Point of Mexico. When General Scott had taken the place by storm and General pravo bad surrendered, a Mexican cadet, only fifteen years old, seeing the flag of his country in peril, most of his comrades being already slain, climbed the flag staff, tore the banner from its place, wound it around his body and slid down, intending to plunge over the precipice, in order to save the colors from falling into the hands of the enemy. * The act of heroism being frustrated the brave boy, with the banner still wrapped about him, fought until he was cut in pieces. Forty-eight of these schoolboys, ranging from fourteen to twenty years, lie buried in one grave at the foot of the hill. Year after year the cadets of Chapultepec strew flowers upon the grave.—Lewiston Journal. A Leading Question. In the blue days between Christmas and New Year’s, when a printing order would have caused either of them to start an inquest to determine the san ity of the customer, two printers met in the corridor, says Associated Adver tising. “Just transacted some business?” quoth one. “Naw!” said the other, in a tone to tease a further response. “Yes, I did—I just mailed a letter,” said the first. To which the other responded, breathlessly, “Tip me off—where’d you'd get the two cents.” Mick’s Pipe. The Irish Guards were holding a po sition at Ypres, and flying bullets were the order of the day. The Germans endeavored to break through, and after a particularly brisk volley Private Flynn was heard to shout: “Murder of wars, I’m done now alto gether!” “Why, have you been hit?” shouts Captain P-. “Not entoirely hit, sir.” shouts Flynn; “but I’ve been waiting this ten minutes for a smoke from Murtagh’s pipe, and by the powers they've just shot it out iv his mouth.” Generally Amusing. Would-Be Contributor—Do you print serious poetry by amateurs? Editor—Only in the humorous col umn. The Result. “That man arrested as a fence has political influence.” “Then he’ll be whitewashed.” It isn't heroism so much as the ac cidental limelight upon it that makes heroes. It is far better for a man fp talk through his nose than through his hat The man who is away from home most of the time dodges a lot cf do mestic trouble. No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box now. Turn the rascals out—the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases—turn them out to-night and keep them out with Cascarets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom ach. Don’t put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour, fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret to-night straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv. PUT WARFARE ON NEW BASIS Use of Field Artillery at Crecy Marked the End of the Mail-Clad Fighting Man. Of all the world’s great battles Crecy possesses a unique interest. The English used only three pieces of field ordnance. They were small cannon made of trees, bored, and bound with iron hoops, and the missiles were of stone, scarcely larger than baseballs. Doubtless this rude artillery made far more noise than it affected damage. It was the longbow and the broad sword that won the battle, but never theless gunpowder was henceforth to play an ever-increasing part in the strife of nations. Explosives wrought a vast change in fighting methods on land, for many of the old-time weapons were rendered quite useless in face of death-dealing ball and shot. Warfare afloat, too, would be revolutionized. Hitherto the fighting ships had been largely car riers of soldiers in order to board and fight, as on land; whereas the time was at hand when ships could be rid dled with cannon-balls without the crews coming into actual contact. Couldn’t Feaze Her. A young woman was recently intro duced to a voluble old lady as "sister to So-and-So, the artist.” Instantly the latter exclaimed: "I should have known the relation ship, my dear, by the resemblance. Why, it is perfectly startling. I never saw two faces more exactly alike in contour and—” “But, Mrs. C.,” interrupted the girl. “I am only his sister-in-law.” “Which makes it all the more won derful,” continued the other, without displaying the least embarrassment cr hesitation. After the War. "When I was at the front in Bel gium, I took part in many running fights.” “And I'll bet they were the only kind you were in.” Even an obese family may have a skeleton in the closet. Everything comes more quickly to those who refuse to wait. I The Question Before Us Is— Wha importance—if any—is there in the Mineral Content of food? Listen then, to a well-known physician:— “Unfortunately for the well-being and health of the individual and the human race, the manufacture of foods has been tending more and more to isolation of chemical entities; and our modern methods of ‘refining’, ‘purify ing’ and ‘improving’ the foods which Nature so abund antly furnishes, deprive the natural, wholesome food products of most of their mineral constituents and there by reduce their real food values to a minimum. “The human organism receives but a small fraction of the nutritive minerals which Nature evidently intend ed it to have, and the inevitable result is Mineral Starva tion and its dire consequences in the shape of Malnutri tion, General Debility, Anemia, Indigestion.Tuberculosis, Rachitis, Gout, Carcinoma, Diabetes, Nephritis, Decayed Teeth, and other modern diseases." The recognition of these facts led, about twenty years ago, to the perfecting of a food extraordinarily rich in those “mineral constituents” mentioned above, and which are so necessary for proper growth and maintenance of body, nerves and brain. That food is Grape-Nuts —a food containing all the nutriment of wheat and barley, including the priceless phosphorus, iron, lime, sulphur, etc., of these grains. Easy of digestion, nourishing, economical, delicious-1—this food, as a part of the daily ration, has proved its worth to thousands. “There’s a Reason” —sold by Grocers everywhere.