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TBE McHENRY PLAIlfDRALER, MeHMBT, 1L& ' -. . z • 0 "• • -• f , ;.. ;fc-* :• -/-• v .4. . ,. ^.. -•• •-• -• -•«• ••• i"? \ . • . •. -•• •• - ' .. -v > *-- *-• - ^ -• ?*» -.. Dash and Beauty j>3r»W ^ ..^5"-^'4^f-' '-4i': " _ _ _ p. •• x&l, ^ .'...f*' 5-v*K\'*-. •-'.' ••*"' cii^5®S1»S^, t~ This 1B tb« tine of year when, more tfcan at any other,' one longs to loaf and invite one's soul to be far away from the complication* of life and from such vexing matters aa that o( dress, writes a fashion correspondent 1b the New York Times. Happily, this is a day when "everything goes," when one is expected to ••press one's self, and when individuality is approved, even when It might properly be translated as "peculiarity." Such diversity of styles, such latitude, such extremes In dress have never been known in the past, and never before in the history of modern fashions has the unconventional been so conventional. Originality is at a premium. The demand for the unusual has become so keen that artists having a high quality of talent are devoting themselves without apology to the designing of women's clothes. There have resulted many beautiful and artistic modes that help greatly to dignify tbe subject. Many examples are presented in the latest styles to illustrate the fancy Cor color which has made this season one of real beauty. Every type of gown and garment, from the most casual to the most formal, is shown In symphonies of color. In grace of line, and with a fine sense of ierdltablllty. Radical changes are adapted with skill, and the picture value is emphasized in many artistic ways. The sportswoman has created a style of dress, and the designers who have taken It for their motif have created more chic and really smart frocks and coats and hats, with every detail "and accessory, than have ever been Shown before. The athletic girl who takes the place of tbe stiffly tailored "young lady" of former seasons is a creature of life and dash and grace, of vitality and poise. These qualities are reflected In the togs in which she makes her proud young appearance to do her | bit in helping win laurels for her country and herself. May Display Individuality. 1 Extravagance and eccentricities are Individual, but such broad fields have been searched for novelty and such extremes have been harmonized that nothing startles today, and anything, so It is not commonplace, is liked. What Is popularly known as sports dress has come to be. In a way, a costume for general utility. Fashionable women of today have tempered with common sense the whole subject of dress, the tendency being to simplify, to make as comfortable as possible, the ceremony of dressing. In grandmother's day the belles of Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch, Narragansett and White Sulphur spent the long, warm summer days and evenings dressing, changing many times, displaying as large and as varied a wardrobe as money and time permitted, and making the whole water-place .season a time of laborious effort In the cause of vanity. It is all quite different now. Smart Simplicity is the keynote of the day-- some of it elaborate simplicity, to be sure. Most of the uncomfortable features of women's dress have gradually ' been laid aside--stays and bones and crinoline and the other things that made fashionable dress a barbaric bnsiness. Now health, ease, utility, , clearly expressed in terms of becom- Ingness and style, are the standard, and any departure from these, and Inclination to fusslness, is the reverse «f smartness. The ideal dress for the less pretentious places Is an all-day frock, or practically such--something for morning-- for whatever activities there ma? beta. sports or outing, and for carrying m past. lunches!, with DO need to change until tea time, parhaps not until dinner. Early in the spring at Paris, French women dressed thus, and one saw many smartly dressed Parisiennes shopping, at luncheon, even at tea, in the swagger restaurants, wearing the informal frock. But always they were stylishly batted and booted, and always with a boa of fur or other becoming stuff about the neck. This summer, sports dress, with pretty, snappy skirts of plaited stuff, soft flattering blouses, sweaters, jack- Coctuma Slip of Two-Yon* Italian 8llk; Body of Platinum. ets, boyish hats and wonderful scarfs, answers Just such needs, and Is the most youthful, engaging, girl-boy kind of dress evei- designed. Designs Are Subtly Slnspte. At the other end of the day's program tbe modish dress Is artistic, elaborate, fantastic, costly and sometimes dazzling. The most Intriguing designs are subtly almple In composition, beautiful in color and made of materials of every quality and variety possible to an artistic imagination. The season was begun with many models illustrating different types of evening gowns, heavily beaded, or of handsome material richly trimmed; for dinner and the most formal evening entertainments, fairylike tulles, floating chiffons and softly clinging crepes, fine traceries in crystal, metal, pearl, needlework, laces, applique, hand-painting, ostrich, with jeweled ornaments and ribbons. All these types go into the making of the latest gowns for fashionable occasions. Tbey are as different and numerous as types of women, and they all are good style. The beaded gown carries on. Invariably the pattern Is done on chiffon cloth or voile, producing a clinging, caressing effect, idealizing tbe figure and giving an appearance of radiance, with the luster of the beads with which the pattern is outlined. A, beaded gown is always ready, and Ats many an emergency. Every woman appreciates the convenience of having at least one beaded gown. Some, to whom the straight lines and weighted softness are especially becoming, have several such garments among their summer togs. Delicate Dance Frocks The latest Idea in dance frocks Is something as delicate as a moth's wings, as fragile as the petals of a poppy that lasts scarcely while you gather It. The latest things from Paris are the lightest and loveliest Imaginable, built of tulle, of mous- Sellne de sole revived in gossamer feave, of georgette, cobweb laces and Sfgandie. A frou-frou dancing frock has the usual unbound, unlined slip of satin ' or taffeta, and the illusion is put on In many flounces on overlapping petticoats with the airy crlspness of ballet skirts. The dress In itself is kept almple In Frenph models; only the billowing stuff Itself, with always a garniture of nosegny of flowers. This is the type of frock that comes back and Is repeated, in but slightly varying versions, sometimes after Intervening years. Because of the unelaborated treatment of tulle, the color of the dress la important. White is having a vogue. The frocks of frosty white tslle trimmed with trailing sprays of lowers, the kind we know as "French wreaths," are the loveliest things seen at tbe dances at fashionable resorts. Yellow Is quite the rage, too--a clear shade of canary is enchanting. To Clean Cretonne "Dry bread crumbs will clean cretonne, chintz, etc., when the colors are liable to run if washed. Tbe crumbs can be tied in a piece of strong muslin or applied loosely In a large handful. Chair covers, difficult t» remove, can be beautifully cleaned In this way. The Mode in Whit* A sports hat that is just a little different is of white felt with a band around the crown composed of patchwork flowers in orange and green. The flowers are made of crepe de chine. Faahionable Gloves There are no more plain gloves. Even the soberest silk ones have circular ruffles which range all the way from narrow tucks of the g^QdS to wide lace flouncing*. T Small Headgear Seems to Have Call for Fall Judging from the collections the autumn hats promise to remain small. There Is a concentrated effort to do •way with the cloche, says the Dry Goods Economist, and these newer hats turn up sharply at the side to descend - at tbe opposing point. Crowns are higher and squarer, in telescope effect. Satin for early fall, hatter's plush and velvet for later, and course some felt, seem to be tbe predominating media. Black and brown, with black in the lead, are the favored colors. -v " In trimmings we find a marked en- 'dporsement of- black ribbon--satin, ; Moire, grosgraln--and birds rather than feathers find representation. $n one instance tiny bird heads lined Up in close formation form the entire fcrlra of a black, hatter's plush hat. Vhe bird treatment has already been accepted on sumoer felts. Ostrich tufts are smart, often daringly placed in the center front. Trimipings at large occupy a lateral position and are usually of ribbon smartly looped *or, as In one instance, a nail-head hand that completes a brown duvetyn hat edged in a fringe of gaselle fur. - Gay Color Combinations -for Winsome Negligees For practical purposes and for the woman who travels there is no wiser choice than a negligee made on the lines of a coat. These are smart when developed in wide-striped tub silk In gay colors, or in tbe plain colors bound with a contrasting shade. Orchid and powder blue, delft blue and yellow, and yellow with apple green are some of the color combinations seen in these negligees which are serviceable as vrell as modish and may be easily laddered. Military Buttons Military buttons of silver or gunmetal are silk gowos. • 0OHOHBHMHGH(HQHCHSH&Q4Q40$HCHHMCHMHBH£ Wasn't Feeling Well, Man Coughs Up Lizard Houlton, Maine.--Herb - Tealing of this place has just gone through an experience he does not care to have repeated. For the last few weeks he has not been feeling in the best of health and complained of something in his stomach, which seemed to be crawling and for which he could not account. He had been losing his appetite and was hardly able to walk. The other morning he had a coughing spell and a live Heard was coughed up. For a time Mr. Tealing was ill at ease, but he has begun to recover. He thinks he must have swallowed the lizard while drinking alongside the road somewhere. DARING BOY SCOUT SAVES GIRL'S Rescue* Her from Wheels of Elevated Train. New York.--One of Man! crowded subways recently saw a Roman saved from death through alert and fearless scout good turn J While standing on the Wall Street station early one Saturday afternobn. Scout John H. Jebens, Jr., of Troop 5, Babylon, L. I., noticed a young woman perilously near the edge of the platform and swaying dizzily. She seemed to be trying to move back, but was unabte to take any steps. At this moment, as the train came ffeshlng towards the station, the young woman lost complete control of her strength, and would have lunged forward to the tracks, had not the scout jumped to her side, and grabbed her. The weight of the falling woman, however, pulled the pair over the platform. They fell to the side of the track, and landed against the end of the first car. To save the girl and himself from being caught in the wheels -or dragged, the boy reached for the lattice at the end of the first car. His clothes were caught In the coupling and torn. He himself was dragged a short distance, but he managed to keep the girl from slipping to the tracks. When the train came to a standstill, the scout steadied himself and started to lift the woman to safety. Willing hands lent aid In bringing the fainting victim into the car. The boy aided in helping revive the patient. As she was regaining consciousness her nose began to bleed. The boy, applying his first aid training, stopped the bleeding. At Fourteenth street the gfrl got off the train to meet an acquaintance who was awaiting her there. The boy went on his way quietly, without even disclosing his name. The next day the girl's father wrqte a special letter of appreciation to the National Boy Scout office, and enclosed the scout's registration card, which had dropped from his pocket in the strenuous rescue, and, when picked up by a bystander, had been placed in the girl's bag by mistake. Woman Throws Dog to Stop Motor Policeman RocliesteF,'^.'. Y.--According to the evidence bought out when Mrs. Clara Nelligai^, ^wenty-seven years old, was arraigned before Judge Kohlmetg, Motorcycle Patrolman Louth had an Interesting time when he arrested her the day before. She was accused of erating an automobile while Intoxicated. She pleaded not guilty. Louth^ejotorcycled after the woman following collision w!th Joseph Prulter, fifty-five, who was sweeping the street In Clinton avenue north, near Marietta street, where the woman is alleged to have run him down. When the motorcycle officer called to her to stop, she answered him by "stepping on the gas." The officer steadily gained on her car and just as he came abreast of It he got the surprise of his life when, he claims, tbe woman suddenly threw her Airedale dog at him. Overcoming his slight discomfiture, he renewed the chase, but Mrs. Nelligan finally decided to stop and argue the matter with him. The patrol wagon was summoned and she was driven to headquarters. The dog. being temporarily forgotten, followed the "blufe taxi" and was there to greet his mistress when she alighted, assisted by the attendant and was escorted to s freshly dusted cell. Then the police faced the great problem of what to do with the dog. There was no charge against him, unless It was creating a disturbance by his barking, but even so where were they to house the canine? The situation was finally met by one of the motorcycle officers loading the dog Into his side-car and conveying htm to the Nelligan domicile. Find Watch Long Lost Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -- Twenty-two years ago--'way back In 1902--Jewett Dyer, Wilkes-Barre business man. had a gold watch stolen from him In Baltimore. The watch was valued at $200. He reported the theft to the police, but never heard of it again. Recently he received a " letter through the local police from the chief of police in Baltimore, saying they had recovered his watch and asking him to Identify It. Dyer did so and has become an enthusiastic booster for all police departments and their efficiency. Dog Haunts Death Spat Sandusky, Ohio.--A black and white fox terrier haunts a spot on the Highway at Genoa, near here, sniffing lonesomely and running back and forth, disconsolate. The place is where Andrew Peterson and his wife and four relatives were killed when their automobile was struck by an interurban car recently. The dog Is one that was dropped out of the enr miles up the road before the family met itf^ death and thawed the trail 4< the spot ^ . FIFTH AVENUE 15 TOO EXCITING FOR MAN FROM THE WEST "too Many Stich-Upt and "Doggon* Many Ptoplm," Sayt Guidm. few York.--Joe Jones, om Of the best known guides In Wyoming, Is counting the minutes until he can get back to the open spaces where men "don't ride like cattle In a cattle car." Joe sat in an office overlooking Fifth avenue and expressed himself in crash words like a pneumatic riveter in reverse. "I've seen a man get off a boss on the Injun side and break out In cold sweat," he said. *Tve seen 'em run a hoss In a prairie dog town, and Tve seen 'em pull going up a steep place and wondered when they were going to pitch backward. But I wouldn't live In New Yowk if you'd give me the whole city with a fence around It. 1 cain't sleep; I cain't eat. I keep my hand on my pocketbook in the subway. Good Jupiter! mister, you're liable to get stuck up any minute, and It's as much as a man's life is worth to cross Fifth avenue. Why, I've seen a drlverless flivver, standing quietly at the curb, suddenly take after j«n innocent pedestrian and chase him'all over the place. Goshl How He Dreads Trips. So Joe is going back to Wyoming ,and he's counting tbe minutes. He came to New York on business and was appointed one of the official guides of the Buffalo Bill American association at 409 Fifth avenue, to Chased Hiss All Over the Plaea. conduct parties to Yellowstone park and to the site of the association's bronze equestrian ststue of Buffalo Bill on the .heights above the Shoshone river. New York Is not new to Joe. He has been coming here at least once a year for twelve years. And, gosh, how he dreads it! Joe has a dude ranch out in Wyoming, fifty miles from Cody and twelve miles from the old T-E estates owned by Buffalo Bill. Wealthy New Yorkers visit the ranch each summer, up at the end Of the wagon trail, to hunt bear, moose, elk, deer and big horn sheep In the hills of the Continental Divide. They get hardened, too. Joe, who has spent most ef his life tn the saddle, says a saddle Is far different from perching on the upholstery of a fine automobile, especially St the beginning. He says, too, that at the end of a forty-flve-mlle trip, somebody is likely to get careless and fall off a cliff, damaging the heads of the big game they're bringing back, to say nothing of themselves. Too Doggone Many People. Joe is keen-minded, but nature neglected him In stature. In fact, back In 1898, when he went to the Philippines with the First Idaho Infantry, he was the smallest man in the army --five feet two Inches, and weighing 118 pounds. His legs never will be straight. But Joe was mournful now. He probably would have cried right Into his strawberry Ice cream soda if he had h€d one, but he was so nervous he ^didn't dare go out on the street. Joe Is different at the summit of a mountain crag back home. He shook his head. "Lemme get out where there ain't so doggqne many people," he sighed "Gimme my pack mules and saddle hosses. Gimme the altitude of the mountains and the camp fire, where man tells you his life history. Lord but I want to get back! I'd greaze my man's boots to be there." Man Buried as Pauper Was Worth $100,000 Hutchinson. Kan. -- Supposedly a pauper, J. Eggstein, who died at tbe poor farm and who is buried in the Potter's field, was worth more than $100,000, according to inflation reaching the county authorities here. A man who did not leave hisxname got affidavits of Eggstein's death from the superintendent of the poor fann, saying that the man had $21,000 in a Kansas City bank and $100,000 worth of bonds. Eggstein was picked up on the street, supposedly a stranded harvest hand, last summer. He refused to give any information concerning himself, saying It was nobody's business. Has Narrow Escape Augusta, Ky.--Mrs. R. J. KaUfftmi Is recovering from shock and bruises sustained when she slipped and fell on the track between the trucks of an interurban car at Cincinnati. As she observed the wheels of the rear truck about to pass over her neck she fainted. A forward part of the truck struck her shoulder, pushing her along the rail for some yards and finally forcing her out, the wheels cutting off the brim of her hat. ,imi p4berwl»e shs iras uninjured. Three Feeds Now Problem Becoming Nation- Wide Because of Increasing Use of Soy Bean. (Pnp«n< by m United stua* Dqartaw « Arrlculture.) The feeding of hogs so a's to prevent the development of soft characteristics, once thought to be a problem only In those regions where peanuts are fed, is no longer a sectional difficulty, says the United States Department of Agriculture In calling attention to the results which have been obtained during flve years of Investigation. It Is now almost a nationwide problem among hog raisers because of the increasing use of soy beans which also produced carcasses lacking in firmness. There are now three feeds recognized as producers of soft pork, peanuts, soy beans, and rice polish. Result of Experiments. . At the recent annual meeting at Rnoxville, Tenn., representatives of tbe state experiment stations taking part in these investigations, and representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, discussed the results obtained in this long series of experiments. This is the first year it has been possible to make definite statements on the Influence of soy beans on firmness of hogs. Summaries of the experimental results obtained by the Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas agricultural experiment stations in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture during five years' Investigation of the soft-pork problem have shown that: 1. Soy beans grazed or self-fed alone or with minerals self-fed through a period of seven to eight weeks to pigs starting at approximately 100 pounds weight and making gains of 40 to 50 pounds produce soft carcasses. Further, the results have shown that the degree of softness of the carcass Increases as the gain in weight of a hog on this feed Increases. 2. Soy beans grazed or self-fed alone or with minerals self-fed to pigs starting at approximately 100 pounds weight and making at least a moderate rate of gain through a period of seven to eight weeks will not produce firm ^arcasses even though a subsequent gain In weight has been made by the pigs on corn and tankage equal to that previously made on the soy beans. 3. Soy beans grazed or self-fed with a supplementary ration of per cent of shelled corn with or without minerals self-fed produce soft hogs when the pigs are started on the feeds at approximately 100 pounds weight and make at least a moderate rate of gain through a feeding period of seven to eight weeks. 4. Rice polish and tankage self-fed, free choice on oat or rye pasture or tn dry lot and with or without a small supplement of skim milk hand-fed to pigs starting at 35 to 125 pounds weight and making gains of 90 pounds or more through a feeding period of eight to fifteen weeks, produce soft carcasses. 5. There Is a direct relation between Immaturity and softness in pigs. When pigs are fed on ordinary feed combinations which are not unusually low In fat content, such as corn and tankage, or corn, middlings and tankage on pasture or in dry lot and slaughtered at a weight of approximately 100 pounds or less they are. In the usual case, soft. Feeding Corn and Tankage. (L Hogs fed corn and tankage gradually become firmer as they mature or take on weight and finish. While hogs fed In this way are usually soft at 100 pounds or less, the hardening is progressive, so that when slaughtered at approximately 175 pounds or more they are. In the usual case, hard. 7. Brewer's rice and tankage selffed, free choice on oat pasture with or without a small supplement of skim milk hand-fed to pigs starting at approximately 60 pounds weight and making gains of 150 to 200 pounds through feeding periods of 12 to 15 weeks produce, in the usual case, extremely hard hogs, in fact, of a degree of firmness distinctly greater than that occurring in corn fed hogs. 8. The mixture of cornmeal 5 parts and peanut meal (hull free) 1 part self-fed with or without supplementary minerals to pigs starting at approximately 80 pounds weight and making gains of approximately 100 pounds through a feeding period of 9 to 10 weeks produce. In the usual case, hard or medium-hard hogs. 9. Results have shown that when the softening feeds and feed combinations-- peanuts or soy beans alone, soy beans supplemented with a 2V4 per cent ration of shelled corn, or rice polish and tankage (each with or without minerals)--are fed to pigs'which have previously received no softening feeds, there is s distinct relation between the degree of softness and the starting weight and the degree of softness which develops In the pigs decreases as the starting weight Increases, provided equal gains in weight are made and other factors are uniform. Whether the lighter pig of the higher degree of softness or the heavier pig of the relatively lower degree of softness will be hardened more readily ^by subsequent feeding of hardening feeds Is still undetermined. Experiments to settle this question are now In progress. Liming Treatment Will Increase Yield of Corn Liming for legumes has become such a common practice that the Idea is often held that these crops are the only field crops that will rtfftpond .to this treatment. It IS, of course, true that sweet clover, alfalfa and red clover, will not grow profitably on sour soils and lime is often necessary to establish them. Few other fiejd crops are so sensitive that they fail without lime, but though they may not fall utterly without this treatment there are some that profit by it. Among these crops Is corn. On 18 fields of the Missouri experiment station where one and one^half tons of lime were used every six ^ears In the rotation of corn, oats, wheat and clover, the increases in bushels of corn per acre as a result of liming go as high as 7.9 bushels with an average of 3.02 bushels. With a conservative price of 60 cents for corn, this gives a net profit of 81 cents per year On a dollar Invested. Surely at the rate of 81 per cent profit, on§ need have no great hesitation In calling attention to liming for corn as well as to liming for legumes, especially when the effect from lime may be partly lost, since it goes on to (he ground ahead of the wheat and two years pass before the corn comes round In the rotation. CROWDS THRONC TO ALTAR OF "HEALER" Check Cherry Leaf Spot by Working Well Ahead Last summer many cherry plantings shed their leaves prematurely due to a severe outbreak of the cherry leaf spot disease. The early shedding of the leaves In this way, year after year, greatly weakens the trees and may eventually kill them. It is said. Last year's fallen leaves will be the chief source of Infection in the spring unless they were plowed under In the fall, and in any event the fruit grower will find It well worth while to take the necessary steps to prevent another outbreak of the disease. Removing the chief source of infection by plowing under the leaves Is the first step in the successful control of the disease. SOIL EROSION IS PREVENTED ^ BY USE OF BENCH TERRACING Gives Best Results Used on Any Steep Slope. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Soil erosion, which annually results In enormous losses to the farmers of the United States, is most effectively prevented or controlled by terracing. There are two distinct types of terraces, the United States Department of Agriculture points out in Farmers' Bulletin 1386, Terracing Farm Lands, Just published. For use on moderate slopes the ridge terrace is best adapted. It says, while for steep slopes the bench terrace gives the best results. The ridge terraces are divided Into the narrow-base and the broad-base types. The broad-base terrace can be cultivated and can be'readily crossed by modern farm machinery without injury to the terrace; the narrowbase terrace does not possess either of these advantages, and under ordinary circumstances is less desirable than the broad-base type. The broad-base, level-ridge terrace la Isld out absolutely level. This more nearly meets the requirements of an ideal terrace than any other type. Its distinct advantage over the terrace with fall is that practically none of the fertile parts of the soli are removed fro*n the field. It is particularly suitable for use on open, permeable soils. When used in connection with tile drains on any type of soil it unquestionably Is the most effective method employed to stop erosion. The broad-base, grade-ridge terrace, generally known as the Mangum terrace, possesses all the advantages of the broad-base, level-ridge terrace with tbe exception of the one joat stated, it «a|[ ha used on say type of soil, but Is recommended for use only on soils where the broadbase, level-ridge terrace without tile drainage cannot be used successfully. Copies of the bulletin may he had free, as long as the supply lasts, upon request to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ^armHint/ Vegetables for vitamins, vigor and vitality. • • • * Save toil and time by spending some mental effort. Summer rations for*' laylhg, hens need not differ greatly from winter rations. A dairy cow Is a good "middle man" through which to market forage crops and farm by-products; • • • Milking machines must be cleaned and kept clean If the milk that passes through them is to stay clean. • • • If your local fair was not as good last year as it should have been, start now to make It better this year. • • • Pure bred rams give offspring with six and one-half pounds wool clip, as opposed to two pounds from common native sheep. A word to the wise Is sufficient. • • • Now the savory perfume of the preserving kettle, the soft gurgle of the boiling canner, and the dappled whiteness of the drying screen should be foretelling of good things to eat th§» winter. Remarkable Cares Credited _ to New York Minister. , f Hundreds of persons afflicted Willi' physical and mental ailments, sought to storm the chancel of historic St. Paul's chapel, Broadway and Vesey streets, where George Washington once worshiped, when the Rev. Dr. R. B. H. Bell of St Thomas' Episcopal church of Denver, announced that he would cure them of their ills "through the power of God's love." So great did the press become that the Rev. Joseph P. McComas, vicar of the chapel, became alarmed and, in response to a telephone message to lice headquarters. Captain Masterson and the reserves were sent from the Beacli street station. Captain Masterson remained during the afternoon and Sergeant Dietrich and five patrolmen were stationed in front of the chancel to'prevent the concerted rush that several times seemed imminent. The crowd was highly emotional. Women became hysterical. Some of those who said that Doctor Bell had restored their sight, or their hearing, or had brought life back into long paralyzed limbs, wept as they struggled through the throng to gain the outer air. Others collapsed In i»ews. One woman, Mrs. Aniaqda Clarkson, eighty-three years old, a widow, who said that she had injured her left foot several years ago and could not walk upon It, threw away her crutch, which was later placed before the altar, says the New York Times. •Thank God ! Thank God!" she cried, as she made her way out to Broadway. She was the last to pass that way. The crowd became so dense that the Broadway doors were ordered closed and thereafter every one who came for treatment was required to enter through what was originally tbe front of the chapel, on the west. Doctor Bell had intended to treat all comers for an hour. He began his ministrations shortly after 1 o'clock and three hours and a half later hundreds were still waiting, although the dense throng which had tilled the church earlier In the afternoon had thinned somewhat. At 4:30 o'clock he stopped, exhausted and announced that he would resume an hour later. Doctor Bell estimated that he had treated 1,500 persons during the afternoon and that "80 per cent had been cured or greatly benefited.'* "It is the greatest day I have ever had In all the years I have been doing this work with God's power and love," said he. "The people of New York have great faith. I have never seen anything like it anywhere." Catholics and Protestants, Jews and gentiles and some who professed no religion at all, flocked to the altar rail. Doctor Bell placed his hands upon them, usually upon the afflicted $art, and made the sign of the crots upon their foreheads. His voice was vibrant with sympathy and with fervor. His words differed somewhat In individual cases, but usually they were, "Lord, Jesus Christ, make Thou this body whole!" "The cures are exactly the same as those made by the apostles," he said afterward. "They result from God's love and from faith, but love is the grestest thing." Thinks Sat\ Will Split The sun spots which have attracted the attention of astronomers for many years are spreading and will ultimately cause the sun to split Into two pieces, according to David Todd, the well-known astronomer. He thinks that later we will have two suns Instead of one, each moving in its own orbit. But It would probably be many years, declared Doctor Todd, before any effect of this split would be noticeable on the earth. However, other scientists do not seem to be much impressed with the' theory. Dr. C. Q. Abbot, of the Smithsonian institution, thinks the notion is not well founded. --Pathfinder Magazine. V#j 'if- " French CirPs Dot There Is no law in /ranee providing that a girl must have a dot before bhe can be married. The dot Is merely a prevailing custom which dates back many centuries. It Is the marriage portion which a woman brings to ber husband. The husband may use the Interest or income from the dot for the upkeep of the household, but the principal remains the property of his wife. The custom is so consistently observed In France that if a father cannot supply a substantial dot his daughter is placed In a disadvantageous position In respect to her opportunities for marriage.--Exchange. Thunder Superstitions Swans are said to be benefited by thunder stonns. It is a common belief among swan-fanciers that a swan cannot hatch otft without a crack of thunder. Medieval England was superstitious about thunder. A Sixteenthcentury almanac says, under the title of "The Prognostication Everlasting": "Thunder on Sunday means the death of judges; on Monday, the death of women; on Tuesday, plenty of grain; on Wednesday, more misfortune to women ; on Thursday, plenty of cattle; on Friday, horrible murders; on Saturday, dearth." Mirrored VisU0*."- Sam Tiana, a fourth-grade pupil In Fairmont, W. Va., public school, has a mirrored vision. Sam sees backward. reads backward and writes backward. The teacher has to hold his writing to a mirror to read It. Instinct has taught the, youth to take care of himself. When he Is crossing a st ree| be realizes that a car which seems to be going away from him Is actually coming toward him. When Sam sees steps which aeem to lead up, he steps down or goes around them. Approximate On««mer--1 waut a couple tf low-cases. Salesman--What slse?' Customer--I don't know, 1st IW jit sis* seven hat. - "V- > i