Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1912 — Page 2

Sherlock’s Elopement

Sherlock watched the dapper figure clamber over the side. He had seen him several times over at the hotel. Some one had 'said he was a South American revolutionist awaiting a fa- • ’Vorable opportunity to dash across the -Culf. At any rate he was decidedly too attentive to Leigh Granger to suit . Bert Sherlock. Apparently the little man was not accustomed to yachts for he stumbled on the ladder and would have fallen back into the boat had not one of the sailors boosted him aboard. -‘'The senor skipper?” demanded the intruder as he arranged his disordered dress. _■ ■ ’ "The same,” admitted Sherlock, with a bow. “How can I serve you?” “Much —very much,” gesticulated the other. “l am Jesus Marla Juan Santiago Alvora.” "All of that?’ murmured Sherlock in mock amazement. The other searched the grave face for possible mockery but finding none there continued: "I see you know not who that is.” “The name is imposing—but unfamiliar,” apologized Sherlock. "You see lam recently arrived. lam not yet familiar with the notabilities.” "Very true,” assented Alvora graciously. “You are not to be .blamed. But over there,” he added with a ma- - jestic sweep toward the southern horizon, “they know’ and fear the name. It brings terror to the bravest hearts.” “I can fmagihev” agreed Sherlock politely. “Yes,” beamed Alvoro. “1 have come to see you upon business. Your owner —he is here?” “My owner?” echoed Sherlock. “There is a flag they fly when the owner he is present. I have watch three day. He is not here?” “The owner’s flag is not flying,” he assented “He will be here soon, yes?” asked Alvoro. “Perhaps. I cannot say.” “Three day: a week —two weeks?” “What is it you want?” demanded Sherlock. “I would charter your beautiful boat,” explained Alvoro. “I would " elope.” “Elope? You mean escape?” suggested Sherlock—“from your enemies,” “I have said ’elope’ ” declared Alvoro, kissing his finger tips “I would elope with a goddess.” “And you want to hire the boat?” "Yes,” he exclaimed. “I must have a boat. You will take us to Bunoventa. I shall make a revolution.” “I guess I can fix it,’ declared SherJock. It would be at least a week before Frederick Granger would be gone tend he could make his presence known to Leigh. ' “Tomorrow you shall be at the point,” exclaimed Alvoro. “1 shall ride to the point Two of my men shall be there to help yours; we shall seize her. Once aboard, ho for Bunoventa! She shall marry me then and I shall be dictator.” “Perhaps her parents will object,” suggested Sherlock. “It might get me Into trouble on my return.” was the eager answef. 7 "She only objects.” “What’s the lady’s name?” demanded Sherlock. • “Granger,” announced Alvoro proudly “You mus’ know him. Yes?” “I know him,” admitted Sherlock. “He is with you?” “Mos’ hearty. His the idea is. She like a young man of the north. Granger say ‘you shall take her on to your own land. She will marjy the Presidents and forget the other.”’ “Pm with you,” declared Sherlock. “We’ll make it an elopement to live in history for quickness and dispatch.” “You are my fren’, my bes’ fren’,” declared Alvoro. “You shall be what you call admiral.” “That’s a go, too,” agreed Sherlock, “but loqk here. I can’t have your men on board. I’ve a big crew. They can follow on a fruit steamer.” “Jus' so,” agreed Alvoro. “Be then at the point at 2. I will pay SSOO in gold. Also shall you be admiral.” He tumbled into the waiting boat and Sherlock watched him across to the dock. Then, with a short laugh he turned oc his heel and went Into the cabin. This, then, was the reason his own suit had been received with no favor. Granger was fitting out a filibustering expedition. His daughter should marry the successful leather of the revolution %td the Granger line of fruit steamers would escape the heavy harbor dues. Late chat evening the Enid left her anchorage and drew off toward the point, a protqcntory some three miles to the south of the hotel heavily wooded with cocoanuts and palms. He anchored on tbe further side, and at noon he and his mate went ashore and Concealed themselves in the bushes.. it was s'long wait until the senor and Leigh Granger made their appearance on horseback, followed by the senor’s body servant. At the sight of the boat Alvoro's eyes lighted up. He reined in his horse and turned to his “It was today,” he began, “that you wax tell me that you marry me Say, It it not yes?” ••Never,” was the tam answer. ”1 have told you repeatedly that I shall ‘ never marry you.” “An’ I tell you that you he ghouted as he forced his horse against

By JAMES HAWKINS

hers. The shock half unseated her and as she reeled Iff the saddle two men with masks over their faces sprang..toward her. Fur a moment she fought them off, but she was no match for two muscular men, and before Alvoro could dismount and come to their assistance they were carrying her to the boat. __They placed her, fainting, in the stern. Alvpro leaped into the bow and with strong strokes they pulled toward the yacht. It was the work of a moment to pass Leigh over the side and boost Alvoro after her. In another moment the tender was slung and the screw began to chum the blue-water, Alvoro pranced up and down the deck in jubilation of spirits. Already, in imagination, he could see himself, the victor of the army, ruling in tile executive mansion at Marino. Already two of the Granger fruiters bad started from New Orleans with small arms and field pieces. For a year his agents had been working to perfect an organization. It needed only arms and the men. Both were on the way. He peered toward the south while yet the Florida coast was in sight, vainly seeking a glimpse of the promised land. Suddenly eight bells rang and the new watch came on deck. The .skipper came out of the chart house and stood looking down. At a signal two of the men sprang upon the little man and bore him to the deck. In spite of his diminutive size he was no coward, and he fought fiercely to draw his guns, but it was no use. Presently he lay panting on the deck, bound hand and foot. Sherlock came and stood over him, “The elopement is getting along famously," he smiled cheerfully. “This is treason,” stormed the little man. “I am mos’ surprise that you should act thus.” “I don’t think I care to be admiral, thank you,” was the retort. “I think I would rather marry that young woman in the cabin." “But she is mine.” stormed Alvoro. “You shall be a thief to take her.” “Seems to me we helped you to do a little stealing a short time ago,” suggested Sherlock. “If the shoe gets on the other foot It ought to fit as easy." "But she is mine,” pleaded Alvoro. “Her father have gave her to me. He will be annoyed." “1 can quite understand that,” laughed Sherlock. “He wiU certainly be annoyed with you.” “Non, with you,” Insisted Alvoro. “He is a mos' big man. He Is a millionaire.” This last was in a hushed whisper that brought the smile to Sherlock’s lips. “I’m a millionaire, too,” he ex plained pleasantly. “You are- Sherlock?” gasped Al voro. “At your service,” agreed Sherlock. “But your flag said it was not you,”, gasped the senor. “You should have had your flag if you were on board.” I‘iEhern were pureTy~~personal rea_-_ sons why I did not want to fly the pennant," explained Sherlock. The sendr resorted to Spanish to relieve his feelings. Sherlock, who spoke the tongue, smiled. “I don’t blame you,” he laughed. “It’s turning the tables. Now, look here. You’ve been useful to me. I tell you what I’ll do. You show me the part -of the coast where you can get the boats that are waiting for you, and I'll put you off. That will make it a nice little honeymoon trip for us." “Who will marry yon?” exulted Alvoro, “You forget” ; “Why, Miss Granger,” explained Sherlock. “You have no minister,was the triumphant retort “I shipped one last night,” laughed Sherlock. “Would you like to come down and witness the ceremony?” Alvoro glanced at his bonds. At a sign from, Sherlock a sailor stepped forward and undid the lashings, at the same time feeling for any concealed weapons. Together the two men made for the cabin, where Leigh sat. For a moment Alvpro hung in the doorway, then be went forward and bowed low over the girl’s hand. “I had hoped,” he said, “that it would be our nuptials we would celebrate. I felicitate you, though my heart—it breaks.” With a smile the girl thanked him and turned toward Bert. Alvoro sprang forward. “At least,” he said gallantly, “it should be mine to give away the bride; Your father he has give you to me. Now 1 give yon to Senor Sherlock." He drew from his pocket a handsome ring. "It was all provided.” he explained. “To the victor belongs the spoils." The girl looked at Sherlock, who nodded, and with the ring intended for so different a groom, the wedding was celebrated. Alvoro insisted upon champagne at the dinner that followed He was of too, mercurial a temperament to grieve over -disappointed hopes. At last he sprang to his feet. “1 offer a toast,” he cried: "To yourselves and my seif; to the runaways and the revolutionist. May .1 tmve -plenty of fights and mgy you have none ” And the old clergyman, sitting .part, whispered gently, "Amen.”

THE new French monoplane, "Marcey," which has just been put through successful tests. at Issy-les-Molineaux, is an example of the latest types of aeroplanes, so constructed that their “limbs" are jointed -and movable.’ The “Marcey” when at rest folds its wings as if it were a huge flying beetle. Our picture shows the monoplane with its wings open and shut

Will Market Cats

Company Proposes to Raise Tabbies for Their Fur. Animal Society’s Views—Treasurer Bergh Frowns on Scheme, but Fur Dealer Has Nothing but Praise for It. Corona, L. I. —This city is to have a cat farm, to be run on the same plan as a chicken farm or any othdr kind residents of Corona who foresee a fortune in selling the skins of the cats. Judging by the sentiment prevailing against cat farms, however, the Corona Catskin company, as it is to be called, will have troubles of its own before very long. The company was organized recently and It was said that application for a charter will be made to the secretary of state within a few days. The promoters are to pay nominal sums for all stray cats that can be gathered

HAS LOST HUMAN HEADS

University of Pennsylvania Museum Has 200-Year-Old Smoked Heads. Chickasha, Okla.—Prof. George B. Gordon, director of the University of Pennsylvania museum, has just received, through his agents In London, three human heads, which, although preserving the full contour of the features, are approximately 200 years old. They are the grotesquely tattooed heads of leaders of the ancient Maori of New Zealand, who were first discovered in 1770 by the famous explorer, Capt James Cook. Professor Gordon explained that the heads were preserved by a process of smoking them and were kept for the same reasons that Caucasians keep pictures of their ancestors. The beads are not gruesome or revolting, even to the most sensitive and highly Imaginative person. The faces are smooth and pot suggest human flesh any more than the face of a wax doll. The eyes are closed and the hair is well preserved. The entire face la covered with fanciful though symmetrical figures, tattooed during life. The Maori are the only tribe of the entire Polynesian race ' who preserved their heads. The people of Borneo also preserve beads,"but do not tattoo their faces as did the Maori. According to Dr. Gordon, the preserved heads are very rare, there be ing only two or three known to be in existence besides rhe Robley collection at Columbia university, which contains nearly a score.— North American.

MONOPLANE THAT FOLDS ITS WINGS

up within a reasonable freight rate radius. Having possession of these cats, they intend to go into the business of breeding cats on a large scale. Should this scheme become effective the first to oppose it will undoubtedly be the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Henry Bergh, treasurer of the society and a member of the board of managers, when asked about such a scheme recently, said that in his opinion the society would be authorized to interfere. “I/donT think the object attained by the killing of cats by wholesale,” he said, “would be justifiable. Of course it raises a point which would first have to be decided. "The promoters of the catskin company might argue that killing cats for their fur Is no more unjustifiable than killing birds for their feathers. I doubt whether it would be justifiable to kill cats under any consideration unless the flesh of the animal Is to be used as food. Of course, I realize that some use might be made of the

SAYS DON’T WED ORIENTAL

Princess Hassan Points Out Fatal Mistake After Five Years’ Trial. New York. —“Neves marry an Oriental —it’s a fatal mistake,” said the beautiful Princess Hassan, who, before her marriage to a cousin pf the khedive of Egypt, was Miss Ola Humphrey of California, an actress. After five years* absence from her native land, the princess has arrived from her home in London and she will remain a few days at the Knickerbocker before going to join her mother in Oakland, Cal. ; The princess spoke feelingly and somewhat knowingly, on the subject of marriages between members of the Oriental and Occidental nations, for her life as a member of the khedive’s immediate family was one that waafar from romantic and happy. “To begin with,” she said, “an American girl la far too Independently brought up and too spoiled by her own countrymen to be dominated in the manner an Oriental expects his wife to be. Yen see, my meeting with the Prince Hassan was so romantic and I was so overpowered by bls great manner and his magnificence that I married him Impulsively after two months’ courtship. “I have always been Impulsive and I shall always be so. My marriage with Prince Hassan should have taken sdme of that quality out of me, but it hasn’t „ “I know, however, enough to give advice to other and the advice Is never to marry people of Oriental origin or with Oriental strains

flesh other than for food purposes, but this, to my mind, would be unjustlliable cruelty to animals. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will certainly Investigate such an institution if it becomes effective.’ The use of common, ordinary domestic catskins in the fur business, although not common, has’ been heard of in this city. The fur appears on the market under various trade names, and a select lot of skins, it Is said, can be utilized to such advantage as to make a fine appearancel I. Freundlich of I. Freundlich 80 Sons, furriers, said that in his opinion there would be a big market for a catskin Industry, so large, In fact] that enough eats to furnish the demand could never be raised. ■ ■ “I would not be surprised at all to see such industries flourish in the future.”

Nose May Grow Un Again.

Albany, N. Y.—Michael Bello’s nose was cut off with a razor; eight hours later the member was found in a doorway where the fight occurred, and just before sunset surgeons grafted i$ back in position. They believe that the operation will be successful.

in the blood. They can neven-under-stand each other and the woman will be the one who suffers." I The princess was wonderfully at* tired in a new Parisian frock and ermine toque trimmeiF with sweeping aigrettes. The Skirt of the frock, by the way, was made simply of a-wide border of lace over nothing but chiffon. No petticoats were worn underneath. “All the frocks are made In that fashion in Paris and London now f and no petticoats are worn,” she added.

MEETS DEATH IN WIRE FENCE

Wealthy Pennsylvanian, Unable .to Free Himself, Freezes, White Friends Search. Pottsville, Pa.—Too #oak to free himself from a barbed wire fence that held him captive on a mountain three miles from here, Louis Stoffregen, 80 years old, a wealthy resident of Pottsville, was frozen to death. While hl body was swaying about in the wins hundreds of friends searched the valley below. Mr. Stoffregen left home in the after* noon to take a walk. He apparently climbed the mountain, and was held fast when his clothing caught in S| barbed wire fence. The aged mad was probably exhausted by the loni climb, and his feeble shouts were lost In the rush of the wind. , Friends started the search when he failed to reach home at dark. State policemen who had been called in climbed the mountain and found tM body.

USEFUL FOR KITCHEN

ZINC-TOPPED TABLE IS A GREAT CONVENIENCE. Ingenious Bride Contrives Home* • Made Affair That is Constant Do- - light—ls Wonderful Saver of Time and Labor. A home-made zinc-topped table is a convenience that is a constant delight in the home of an ingenious bride. She carried out the idea very inexpensively, after admiring a costly metal-tdpped table with a -raised border of the metal all around the edge to keep small objects from rolling off wheq the surface was wet and slippery. She had noticed in her girlhood home that the kitchen table in constant use caused considerable annoyance in keeping it clean and sightly after hard service. In spite of constant care, grease spots frequently penetrated the wooden surface and' refused to be removed. Dishwashing stains from pots and pans resulted from mishaps when the dishwasher was too busy to take the usual precautions. Stains and marks from canning and preserving, knife-marks from careless bread cutting, meat stains and evidences of various forms of cookery left their mark, until It seemed almost impossible to keep the table presentable while in constant use. The metal-topped tables (especially the desirable zinc-topped tables) proved out of the reach of the moderate pocketbook of the bride in - search of novelties and devices in kitchen furnishings. Sim determined, however, to improve on the old methods in furnishing her new kitchen, and to consider first of all every possible method of labor saving. She avoided the usual stumbling block of considering anything good enough for the kitchen—the castoffs. from other parts of the house usually relegated to kitchen limbo—and studied the developments of the newer science in .housekeeping displayed in the attention paid to the construction of kitchen furniture and furnishings. In her crowning achievement —of developing a home-made zinc-topped table—she chose the smallest of her , kitchen tables, without drop leaves; and" purchased n Tjiece of zinc to exactly cover it, giving the dimensions of the table top, without allowing an edge for turning under. Then to give a smooth finish and prevent the slippery edge that turned-under zinc would give, and also to avoid the rough sharp edge, she nailed securely all around the edge of the zineflush with the extreme edge' of the table —a bit of wooden beading well rounded and smoothed.

Chestnut Stuffing.

Peel one quart of large chestnuts and cook in boiling water until the skins loosen and rub off easily between the thumb and forefinger. Then _ put the nuts into stock or boiling salted water, and cook until tender. While still hot, pound smooth or rub through a coarse colander. Divide the amount of mashed nuts and lay aside for the cause to go with the turkey? Mix with the remainder one cup of fine cracker crumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of pepper, a teaspoonful of chopped parsley and the rind of one-half a lemon. Moisten with just enough of hot water to swell the crumbs, but not enough to make the force meat soggy; add one-half cup of melted butter. mlx thoroughly and stuff. Onehalf cup raisins seeded and cooked in water to cover until plump may be added, if desired.

How to Cook Cabbage.

Take one-half small cabbage, soak it one hour in salt and water, wash it well, and cut in small pieces, put on to boil in plenty of boiling water. Let ft boil on the front of stove with cover on for five minutes, then remove lid or cover from the pan you are cooking the cabbage in, and put it back where it -will just simmer for 25 minutes longer. You will find the cabbage cooks tender and there will be no odor while it is cooking. Be sure and remove the cover.

Curtain Rods.

Small curtain rods that spring into the window frame and hold themselves there without fixtures save much trouble in putting up and taking down curtains. The rods are of the extension kind that may be made longer or shorter by screwing or unscrewing them, and they have flat rubber disks on the ends which cling to the basing of the window when they are screwed in tight The rods are /strong enough for sash curtains Of long as well as short lefigth.

Rooks.

One and one-half cups, brown sugar, • three eggs beaten separately, one cup butter, one and one-half pounds walnuts chopped, two and one-half cups flour, one pound raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon, three level teaspoons baking powder, pinch salt Make in balls and bake a dark brown.

Wellesley Fudge.

801 l a quarter of a cake of chocolate, a. pound of granulated sugar (2 f cups), a cup of milk and a teaspoon of butter five minutes. 1 Then remove from the fire and add a pound of marshmallows cut into small pieces; beat it until it begins to. stiffen and pour in buttered tins. <