Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 48, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 September 1906 — Page 3

The Trail of the Dead: $ THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE -OF DR. ROBERT HARLAND By B. f LETCHER ROBINSON and J. MALCOLM FRASCR (Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowle)

CHAPTER VIII. I was not favorably impressed with this breeder of piss. He was an elderly mar, full bodied, with white hair, that stuck out stiffly fron, under his fur cap, a red, bulbous nose, and 6hifty, suspicious eyes. He saluted us with a touch of his cap in military fashion. "And what is your business, gentlemen?".! asked. "It is kss business than gratitude," said Graden courteously. "We have made this little pilgrimage to thank the producer of the Lemsdorf hams." "You are not dealers, then?" "No. but I " "Then take yourself off!" "Herr Drobin I" Go! clear out! Do I not make myself plain?' he cried, his flusned face nodding in time to his violent gesticulations. I will haTe no spies about the place!" Graden sprang out of the sleigh and trode up to the angry farmer. For a moment I thought there would be a scrimmage; but the huge bulk of hi3 antagonist was not without its effect upon the German. I haTe often noticed that great stature has a curiously soothing influence on the bad temper of an opponent. "Why did you call me a spy?" demanded my cousin. "The people about here gossip of some ecret I hold," he answered sulkily. "Perhaps they speak true; perhaps false. Wh can say? At least, I am no longer a tiA; my eyes have been opened. 'You hare a good thing here, llerr Drobin. There is a great future before you, if only you keep yonr knowledge to your' self said the Englishman to me. 'If strangers come asking questions, they will be spies; send them away.' It was fine advice he gare me; anyone can see that. So be off with you!" "I am an Englishman uiyself, llerr Drobin. May I ask my compatriot's nune?' "I do not remember. "What, then, w-s he like?" "I cannot describe him." ,. "You are discreet, llerr Drobin. Come, now, let us strike a bargain. I will make a guess at your secret; if I am right, you will tell me what you know of this Englishman." The German started back, staring at Graden with little, bloodshot eyes, in which surprise and fury were oddly mingled. Tien; side by side, they stepped Into the' shadow of the pines, whispering together "They are all liars, these Germans," aid our driver confidentially, turning tc xne. "For myself, I am a Pole." "You heard what was said. Do you know anything of this English visitor to Herr Drobin?" "Most certainly, mine Herr. lie was of the name of Wakefield. He has stay-j ed several nights at the 'Golden Adler. For the rest, he has been the guest of him who lived out there," and he made a gesture down the road that we had come. A namelf1 fear took me by the throat a fear of unknown possibilities. I would have questioned the man more, but at that moment Graden and the farmer emerged from the shadow of the pines. The latter had abandoned his truculent manner. Indeed, he seemed oddly subleigh, the man bowed low a cirtsy, which my cousin answered with a curt nod of dismissal. "Drive on!" he cried, and once more we were ploughing our way ba;k to the Lemsdorf road. "Did you ever study the properties of the root callel madder, commonly known as a dye?" asked my cousin suddenly. "Xo." "Then I must explain from the begin ning. It is right that you should hear.". He pa.Ixi the flaps oC his deerstalker cap over Iiis ears indeed, it was bitter cold and settled himself amongst the rugs. I caught the outline of his face as jaws set, the cheeks drawn, the eye hard and keen, the whole purposeful and remorseless. "When I was slicing the ham to-day," lie continued, "aa odd thing happened. My knife struck the bone and passed through it as if it had been putty. At a second glance I noticed that the Interior of the section so divided was of a brownish red. It set me thinking. I began to remember certain facts. The talk of the old servant concerning a ecret held by the owner of the pig farm at Gran concentrated my suspicions, the proximity of the dye-works confirmed them. I was almost certain of Herr Drobin's secret before he charged me with coning to steal iL "Let me explain. Madder is a dye, as you know. But administered to man or beast, it has the curious effect of colorin,; and pulping the bones to a gristle. It is used sparingly on a few South German oig farms, that the hams mir appear a. tractive when carved. Herr Drobin introduced it into German Poland. II( obtained the root as he required it by arrangement with the dy works. Perhaps their presence suggested the idea to him. "Whether or no Marnac knew of the ases of madder before he came to Lemsdorf, I cannot tell. From my talk with Drobin it would seem that his visit to his farm was more or lesi of an accident. But, either way, the visit gave him the weapdn by which be 'might make a toad' of hi enemy. That bitter criticism, you may be rare, was for ever running in his diseased braia. The practical details he learned at the farm would help him in what he had undertaken. His advice to that old German was a sound nicve, designed t cover his visits to the ferm and the rpicions they might afterwards have excited. "His method of getting into touch with hU victim was simple. He introduced himself as an Englishman b7 a letter which he himself wrote In his capacity of Heidelberg professor, well knowing that the police had not made public their uspicions of him. He assumed the name of Wakefield the first that suggested Itself to him and the nationality of an Englishman, for, as we know, he spoke the language to perfection. He administered madder in some form until Mecherky grew ill; after which, in his position of medical attendant, the rest was easy. He Ced when he knew that the end of the tragedy was at hand, that every bone of nis victim was fragile ns thin glass. Probably he caught a momentary glimpse of ns in the 'Goldner Adler; and hi? midnight visit was to assure himself of your identity. Yon were in great peril that night. Cousin Robert; I shudder to think how great. 'Ue has probably escaped to-day; there is a fast train to the west at 12 o'clock be could catch. But I vow before heaven, I vo.v before you as my witness, that I will pursue this fiend until I have run him down. Heaven knows I have no hatred towards him. I feel to him as a man might feel towards a mad dog which Is a danger to the peaceful men, women and children of his village. It Is the duty cf the citizen to risk his life in its capture." "Where do we go now?" I asked. "To the railway. We must gather whaS news we can." The winter night was falling drear and cold when our tired Worses staggered tip to the station door. I scrambled out ' fcungry. cramped, exhausted in body and xaind, and followed my cousin within. Uta station was empty at the moment

save for a distant corner where a man sat huddled on a traveling valise. We advanced at once upon him. When we were a dozen feet away, be started up and faced ns. It was Mussel, the lieutenant of the Heidelberg police. "Any luck, raein nerr?" said he to Graden. "What In the world are you doing hereV" was the astonished answer. "Well, mein Herr, I thought you knew something, and followed you. When I arrived this morning. I said to myself: The great white English ferret will be at work to-day searching for the rat. I will wait at the station like a net Into which Mr. Ferret may turn the rat." Graden skipped up to him and shook him warmly by the hand. "Capital, Messel, capital! And you had the net any luck?" "The net was sitting upon the rat's luggage when you arrived this moment The net has been here for five hours, and U cold and hungry. The net Li A opinion that the rat must have seen him and abandoned his luggage. He has not left by train." . "But he can escape in no other way. We hjve him, Mossel, we have him." "So it would seem," said the lieutenant calmly.

CHAPTER IX. III. THE CHASE IN THE SNOW. I have endeayored to give the facts of my strange story without omission or exaggeration. If I have failed, it is not from forgetfulness; for I do not thin there is a single detail that is not permanently fixed in my memory. Even no I have but to shut my eyes to see tie face of Marnac peer into my old rooms at Heidelberg, to stand once more trembling with terror in the desolate court yard of Castle Oster, to drive through the blinding snow to where the body But enough. I do not forget. I have already told you of the murder ?f Frof. von Stockmar by his rival. Prof. Mamac of Heidelberg, and of the discovery of the crime by my cousin. Sir Henry Graden, the well-known scientist and explorer, who was then my guest at that university. I have described the steps that led to our following the murderer to Lemsdorf, in German Poland, and the means by which he compassed ihe death of the unfortunate Mechersky. I have, moreover, laid before you the evidence that led my cousin to believe that Murnac was suffering from delusions, an J that his extraordinary crimes were iu 'revenge for certain harsh criticisms 5; 'a book on which he had spent many rears of labor. In my last statement I traced the pursuit down to the station of Lemsdort. v here the murderer, flying from the 3cen'jVv his revenge upon the Russian professor, had been turned back from the railway by Mossel, the lieutenant of the Heidelberg police, who had followed us to render assistance. Mossel, indeed, had waited by Maraac'a luggage for six hours, but the man himself had failed to appear. The winter's sun, chilled to a dusky ball, was dipping behind the snow-clad ridges to the eastward when we scrambled back Into the sleigh. , As our tired horses stumbled through the outskirts of the straggling wooden town, the shadows rushed across the sky as .'f flying the pursuit of tb gale that shrieked amongst the houses. Night had fallen. Surely we had him in our hands. He had not fled by rail. Somewhere in the town he must t.e lurking, tUs grey-haired figure with the heart of a hunted wolf.' The thought of It drove away the aches ard cramps of exhaustion, and I sat bo'.t upright la my seat, staring into the i;loom ahead, half expecting to see him move across the snow before us like a slinking beast of prey. We had decided to drive straight to our own inn, the "Goldner Adlcr," where, as we bad discovered, Marnac, under the name of Wakefield, an English traveler, had also passed the 'previous evening. Little had we thought that the being we pursue!, fresh from the murder of the man we had come to save, was sharing the same roof-tree. Perhaps there might be news of him at the "Goldner Adler." Iiesm, the tall, handsome Pole, who had about him more of the feudal knight than a country inn-keeper, met us in the porch, bowing a stately welcome. "You have had a bad drive, gentlemen," said he. "The wind has been fierce, and the snow, I fear, was heavy. Supper will be ready in half an hour." "I believe a Mr. George Wakefield slept here last night," said Graden, dusting the clinging flakes from his outer wru.s. "It is always pleasant to meet a compatriot If he is still In the house, perhaps he will Join us at our meal." "Herr Wakefield! No, mein Herr, he has not yet returned." "So, he has gone out?" The innkeeper hesitated, glancing uneasily at his questioner. He was evidently in some uncertainty of mind, i "He is a strange man, the Herr WakeOld; though, perhaps, for an Englishman "He is not more mad than usual, eh, Mr. Landlord? laughed Graden. "Mein Herr, it was not my -intention toi-peak thus of your great people," apologued the man. "If he has surprised us, it is doubtless because we, being ignorant cour.ryfolk, do not understand his customs." "Why, what has he been about?" "Well, mein Herr, it is this way. After you had started for your drive to the house of the Prof. Mechersky, Herr Wakefield came running down from his room with many questions concerning you. He seemed sorry that you had gone without seeing him. He then paid his bill with the liberality of the English, who are indeed a great and generous nation, and commanded that hte luggage should be carried to the station for the midday train. At 11 he himself set out for the station upon foot. We were sorry to lose so good a guest What, then, mein Herr, was our surprise when a Tittle after 12 he reappeared, having ridden back upon the sleigh that had taken his baggage to the station! Tho man who drove it told me that Hen Wakefield had left his baggage upon the platform unregistered, and that be had seen a stranger standing by it as if in charge." Graden glanced at Mossel, who grinned luminously. "Proceed. Mr. Landlord," he said. "He had only peeped into the station and left at oace, the man said. lie demanded of me a sleigh tiuu feuod horses, but the best I had were with you, and it was necessary to send for others from a neighbor. He was very impatient of delay, using angry words. At last he drove away, and he has not returned." "Who went with him?" ' "Ivan, my eldest son." "Did he say where he was going?" '"No, mein Herr; only I heard him cry to Ivan to follow the eastern road which is towards the Russian frontier." "And while he waited for the horses, what did he do;' "As I have said, at first he abused me roundly for the delay. Indeed, mein Hrr, I was surprised at his knowledge of German, for before he had spoken it very badly. For the rest, he sat by himself, reading, in the best room." "Please to fhow us there." We tramped in tingle file after the landlord through the ill-lit tassagea to

the "best room," a parlor set aside for Important guests. It seemed a peculiarly inartistic apartment, with green wall paper and anguiar chairs covered with purple antimacassars. On the central table stood a lamp, rrnd beside it lay a number of those dingy books that seem common to inns of all nations. Graden made for them at once, and as he sorted through the pile of time tables, catalogues, and trade papers, we stood watching him in surprise. Suddenly he stoppet' in his search with a little grunt of satisfaction, and drawing a cha'r to the table, sat down. I looked over his shoulder. He was actually reading a German Baedeker! "Doubtless you are planning a picnic party?" I suggested, with as mucli sarcasm as I could put into the question. "I know you are tired and hungry, my good Robert." he answered; "but please keep quire" He had reached "Lemsdorf I could seo the name at the top of the page and now was turning the leaves very slowly. Suddenly he held up the Baedeker to me; "Do you see that?" he asked sharply. A jagged line of paper ran along the inner crease of the guide book. The map of the district had been torn away! Mossel thrust me gently aside and, bending over, examined , the under page thus left exposed. He took the book from Graden's hands and, carrying it to the lamp; continued his scrutiny. "You are quite 'right, Mossel," said my cousin. "His pencil had a sharp point" "You have a keen eye Herr Graden," grinned the policeman. "In our business you would have made some reputation." "This is a new edition. How long have you had it?" "But a few days, mein Herr." "And have you been visited by any tourists in that time?" "No, mein Herr." "Then this should make It a certainty, for I have a Baedeker of mv own upstairs. One moment, while I letch it" (To be continued.)

ADULTERATION OF FOODS. What Inspection and Rigid Lawi Hhtc Done In Maacnuett. Food science Is founded upon and involves principally three distinct sciencesviz., political economy, physiology (especially nutrition) and the physiological chemistry of the animal and vegetable substances used for food, briefly known as food chemistry, says It O. Brooks In the Review of Reviews. The first named, with a few references to the others, concerns us here. From the first laws up tc the present time pure-food legislation has considered principally the economic and commercial aspect of the, question. The earliest laws dealt with the adulteration of wines, beers, tea and cofTee, these being among the most Important commercially and frequently also from a revenue standpoint. In very few cases were the Inert, worthless foreign ingredients added, or the substitutions made harmful from a hygienic standpoint, and this Is even more generally true to-day. The whole subject of food adulteration and Its control Is almost entirely an economic ano. commercial ethical question, the hygienic aspect of It being relatively unimportant, although unfortunately for the. success of many a pure-food law the most talked of. A glance at the list of adulterants so plentifully found in foodstuffs, as given below or In any modern food-Inspection report reveals practically no substances that can be considered poisonous or directly harmful to health la any sense of the word. The nearest approach to such a possibility Is in the present undesirable tendency toward the unrestricted use of certain antlceptic preservatives whose hygienic effect Is still a subject of scientific debate, especially when used in milk. The frequent reference, In the reports of untrained, prejudiced, or corrupted food-lnspectjon officials, to such an admirable, wholesome and valuable food product as glucose, for Instance, or the many harmless coal-tar colors as "poisonous," "harmful," "deleterious," etc., arouses only disgust and antagonism among the better Informed. . Considering the alarming extent to which the adulteration of foodstuffs Is practiced. It Is indeed fortunate that the character of the adulteration Is generally harmless, except from the very important economic and moral standpoints. Were the case otherwise, the damage done to the public would be Incalculable hygienlcally as well as economically. The magnitude and gravity, however, of the present annual economic loss alone, and Its effect upon the reputable manufacturers, upon the bettering of the condition of the poor, and upon the balance of available capital, should make the suoect of pure-food legislation of more Interest to legislative and commercial interests than to even the already interested official, medical and general public Too 3Iuch Darkness. The advance agent rolled up to the village hall In his red automobile. "Good morulng," he greeted briskly, as he stepped out with a big roll of posters under his arm. "I want to hang up announcements that our big show Is coming to town." "What's It called?" drawled the manager of the hall, as he rubbed the yellow freckles on his wrist "Why, 'Knights of Old.' Greatest production of the year." "I'm afraid It won't take In this town, mister." "Why not?" "Wall, first we had the 'Arabian Nights' by a bunch of amateurs, who rehearsed for a year over a livery stable; then we had The Twelfth Night' by a troupe of hungry barnstormers who lived on prunes and crackers and then Carrie Nation came around in Ten Nights In a Barroom and almost caused the town to go dry at the next election. Yeou'll have to bring around some 'day' plays If yeou want to make a hit" Itatber Hard. "You have come back after another piece of pie?" Interrogated the stern wouian In the wayside cottage. "Yes, mum," replied the tall tramp. "I wouldn't have come, but you see, I have been offered a Job down de road." "A Job? What kind of a Job is It?" "Why, splittln' rails, an I want the piece of pie as a wedge." Not So Bad. Mrs. Gyer Did you hear the . latest? Gycr Can't say. Come on with It Mrs. Gyer Mrs. Neighbor's husband left her this morning. Gyer Left her I Mrs. Gyer Yes; he left her $25 for a new bonnet Don't you think It's up to you to go and do likewise, dear? A Bright Man. "Why do you always take your wife's advice about things?" "Because, as a general rule, It la good, ftnd when It Isn't good and I get bumped she never says, 'I told you so. " Houston Pest ...

Advice for Ihe Xevrly Married. If it were possible for the young husband to take up life where some prosperous business man has laid It down there might le spared him the self-denial and long years of labor that otherwise lay the foundation for his future success, says Auut Jane in Wallace's Fanner. Most young people must begin life with very little money or experience, and it Is to them I wish to preach. Perhaps the income may be smfiicient to provide a nicely furnished home in a rented house, plenty of rich food and expensive clothing, but tljere is nothing left "In . the beginning." Those are wonderful words. A new life Is opening before you; old things have passed away. You have cut asunder the rhains that bound you to the old home. You have embarked together alone on life's sea. Look well how you steer the bark. lest you lecome wrecked on the shoals or reefs of expensive living and wastefulness. Begin with economy as your watchword. Begin by giving up all useless expenses. Begin by being contented with living sufficiently within your int.ome that you may lay by something from your Income each month." "In th beginning" it Is so much easier to start right than It is to get right after the habits of living have been formed "In the leginnlng" the foundation Is laid for successful ending. Begin rigbt, end well. After a while sickness will be sure to come to one or both of you ; added expenses constantly arise; and unless you begin to save from the start you will find it difficult to save at all. Don't deny yourselves every comfort In life and become mere "money grubbers." Enjoy necessary comforts, but beware cf unnecessary luxuries. Learn to be contented with what you can afford, and don't .worry because some neighbor or friend has more expensive things than you. Look well to the little expenses. A good many of the severe forms of chemisette are being worn again. These are made of lawn slightly stiffened, aud In some cases the choker is encircled by a satin ' frock. Lace nnd lingerie gulnipes and chemisettes have been worn so long that these new ones are a welcome change. The tulle boas look well on women whose necks are long enough nnd who are also tall enough to carrj them, and they provide sufficient protection to the neck from drafts, while loosened an-1 pushed back on the shoulders they remove even the little bit of warmth th;y possess from the throat. If you make n belt out of ribbon, which, of course, Is on the straight, It Is very much more satisfactory to use two lengths of 'narrow ribbon instead of one length oC wide. Do not sew the two lengths of rlbbcn together, but adjust them to the bones at the front, back and side. The two pieces of ribbon will allow more "give" than one piece would, so that the belt will fit better into the line of the waist The best housekeeper Is not she v ho passes the whole day slaving In the houso "doing the work," she terms It ; muddling t the correct expression. A woman with method gets through her domestic duties, even without the aid of a servant, by midday or soon after and Is ready to take a walk, make a call or two or rest, comfortably with a book or her needlework. Her home Is tidy and she is always neatly aud consistently dressed. Meals are prepared tastefully and economically and are always punctually served. Although no one enjoys a pleasant chat more than she does, she avoids anything like idle gossip, and no one can tempt her to waste the early morning hours In talking over her neighbors' affairs. A good housekeeper also avoids debt She Insists upon paying for everything as she gets it and sees that she gets good value for her money. A fussy woman may be a prim old maid, but she is probably an untidy wife, always very unpunctual, for she has "no time" to do anything, her faculty for fuss retarding her actions. She never spares herself, never idles a moment and thinks nothing can be done so well by any one as by herself. Hence she Is quite unnecessarily overworked, overfatigued and frequently fractious. The husband goes to-his club; the children are so accustomed to continued scolding that they Ix'cbme either hypocrites or unusually unmanageable and heedless of rebuke. To some extent they deserve pity, for they are teased about their food, clothes, health, exercise, games and lessons. Nothing is done without plenty of fuss and discussion and many harmless pleasures are lost. For Mefnl lied. If metal beds are chosen with an eye to their keeping bright and thoü given just a little care, there s no necessity for their turning dull and tarnishing. Experts say that brass ought not to taru I.?. If It is properly treated In the first place and the brass trimmings to white beds are the first places usually that show wear. Be careful In getting your bed to see If the trimmings (or the bed itself, If It is all brass) are carefully finished. If jou do not know the signs yourself, ask some one who docs; It may cost a little more than you thought, but it will be less in the long run. Enrme!mg can be done (redone, that Is) at home with very little trouble. Aud enamel paints cost so little that there Is no excuse for letting a white Iron bed go fhabby. even though frequent handlings may have scarred the enamel

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here and there. Once In every few weeks, too. an enameled bed should be gone over with a -soapy rig; it is surprising how much dirt will come off i'nd how. fresh the enamel will look after its cleaning.

X Fancy Dresn lint. Yellow and white are the colors of a smart hat for dress wear. The narrow brimmed, low crowned hat Is fashioned from Porto Rico cone. These cone points are flattened into effective shape and give the hat a pretty air. The straw is of corn yellow. Large white daisies, with charming yellow eyes, are placed In conventional stiffness about the crown. Two long of 'rich feathers are on the left side of the hat, and drop across the back. These are white, shading to a deep rich yellow. For a Cheery Corner. ilang a wicker basket or china ornament In basket effect against the side of the house on your piazza, sheltered from any sudden gust of wind that might demolish it or scatter the contents. Keep this filled with whatever hardy garden flowers are In season, and note how cheery aud homelike that corner seems. Zlnias, la their lovely shades of tan, orange and lemon, with some of the other Indescribable colors deftly Introduced for contrast, will give charming effects, and besides, will last for a day or so without shedding petals. To Make a Happy- Home. An American writer says; "You want to help the man you marry to be tine and strong and true. Show him that you believe he has all those qualities. You will raise his own self-respect and bring him to the level you tell hhn he occupies. Believe In him; be gentle with him; don't contradict him when he is tired; let him tkink he is having his own way In h's own house; feed him with what he likes and laugh at his jokes. Herein lies the secret of a happy home." Enteil"! Earrins. Earrings are another revived form of ornament that Is now very fashionable, and already quite long ones are being l)Ought and worn. They are very becoming to most women. It Is "barbaric" to pierce the flesh In order to Insert a jewel, no doubt, but what does that matter? L.Isbt Silk Dlonse. A beautiful silk blouse has a lace yoke bordered with chiffon roses or lace motifs heading tiny ruilles of silk. Across the plaited body are similar ruffles headed with roses. Health and Deauty, Daily bathing promotes health, vigor and beauty. Dryness of skin and general eruptions call for more fruit to be eaten. Bathing behind the ears with right hot water often relieves a headache. Almond meal may be used Instead of

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Embroiderd messallre, with paralleled skirt and vest and flat collar of lace. Girdle of ntin or taffeta a little darker In tone than the frock. Checked rolle in brown and white, with bands of the material piped wltli brown taffeta. Waistcoat and belt of white cloth, with brown button.

soap If the latter is Irritating to the skin. If possible, pass at least two hours of each day in the sunshine and open air. Arnica diluted wtlh warm water acts like magic in soothing tired, swollen feet. Practice deep breathing constantly. After a short time it will become a habit. If your nose Is shiny use almond meal Instead of soap and powder lightly with starch. Soak the finger nails In warm sweet cil to get them fine and smooth and healthy. Iodine will help neuralgic pain if the siot where the pain is' severest be painted with It. Moistened tea leaves applied to a burn will relieve the inflammation and prevent a scar. If It Is found necessary to wash the face shortly before going for a drive omit the use of soap. Never use soap and water on the face just before going out in the air or directly after coming in. . When a cut will not stop bleeding apply ground rice or flour. Either one Is said to be very efficacious. Massaging the scalp has a good effect upon the muscles of the face, giving them new life and vigor. In event of slight inflammation cf the eye a mild stringent wash, such as diluted boracic acid, does much to relieve the redness. v Oalmeal In the bath water will Impart a velvety softness to the skin. To avoid stopping the waste pipes tie the oatmeal In a good-sized cheesecloth bag. For hypersensitive spots on the teeth, due to an acid condition of the mouth, apply sodium blcarlwnate with an orange-wood stick every mcming and evening. Kvery night bathe your face carefully with pure soap and warm water, afterward using a good skin food or cream. You will soon have your complexion clear and fine. For headache squeeze the juice of a small lemon into a glass full nearly up with water; add a good pinch of soda and drink while foaming. Is especially good If one is dyspeptic or bilious.

4:. Lady Durand, wife of the British ambassador to this country, has a '.'Diekens room" in her Washington home. .The dowager empress of Russia is so fond of the Danish black bread "that she has a loaf sent to her every fifth day. The amusements of Queen Wilhlmina of Holland are skating and riding, but as a child her hobby was the keeping of poultry. When Miss Angela Burdett-Coutts was cre-atl a baroness by Queen Yictoria thirty-five years ago there was not a sin gle ingress in her own right in the British kingdom. Miss Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, a yreat-great-granddaughter of President John Quiccy Adams, has presented soma interesting teciruens used by her ancestors to the presidi'ntial collection of china, in the White House. Patti, of all the vocalists in the world, stands alone in earning ability. Her marvelous voice, aided by histrionic ability of high order, has frequently brought her $.".000 a night. Next to her stood, and probably still stands Jean de Iteszke. The waist of Queen Maud of Norway measures but seventeen inches, nnd she is so tHhereal In appearance that even in England, w-h'.'re the cult of thinness has as worshipers practically all the women of the realm and many of the men, she is called j rather too frail and delicate la appearance. '' Princess Victoria, the Kaiser's only daughter, is now a well grown girl. She is -tall for her age, and uncommonly plain in feature, but what she lacks in beauty is made good in sprightliness. For one thing, she stands in no awe of her sire and puts etiquette to flight when any whim seizes her. Prickly Heat Itemed y. If the baby Is troubled with prickly heat, perhaps It Is dressed too warmly. Loosen the clothing and make It a lit tie lighter. Dissolve a small teaspocnful of bicarbonate of soda In his bath. You might also bathe the affected parts with diluted w,,fch hazel, using a soft linen cloth.

GIRL TERRORISTS.

The Czar 1m In Greatest Danger from Female Assavsln. The Czar of Russia never stood in greater danger of assassination than hjoes to-day. Disaffection is so widespread Msd the terrorist propaganda has entered sj many walks of life that for aught h? knows one who is the nearest to him may have taken an oath to remove him. rrhaps he stands in greater danger frora women than froai men. for to women have been delegated fiorne of the most dangerous work of the crew of assassination. As far back as 1ST) women of good family began to assume nihilit leadership and became even more fanatical than th? men. Some of them proved absolutely fearless and regardless of their own lives. They cut off their hair and as men studied in the colleges, particularly along the line of chemistry, until thej- became expert makers of deadly explosives. Young women of the highest rank dressed themselves as peasants and sought menial employment that-tiey might be emissaries of nihilism. The rrincess Tomborskoie was found working among washerwomen spreading the propaganda, nnd the universities became mere training schools for such as she. Many of them have been sent to Siberia. One of these women leaders was Mine. Catherine Berschkovsky, a member of an aristocratic family, who was imbued with revolutionary ideas from her youth. She lectured to the peasants till silenced by the government. Then, undrr various d'sjruises, she traveled about until 1S74. when die was arrested and sent to Siberia with soma 500 others. She was the first woman to be sentenced to hard labor in the mines. She escaped, bur was recaptured and kept a convict till 1S90. . In the recent outbreak of assassinations women and girls have committed many of the most daring attacks on officials of the regime. The instance most familiar ii that of the killing of Luzhanoffsky, chief of the secret police, by Marie Spiridonova, who has bpen called the second Charl.nte Corday. She is only 17 years old. After shooting the official she was subjected to such inhuman cruelty by the Cossacks who sent her at last to the hospital with a' fractured skull and many frightful wounds on her hotly, and there" was 'a great outcry throughout all Russia against such barbarism. Recently one of these fanatical wom?n committed suicide because her plans at assassination had failed. She was Barbara Printi of Moscow, daughter of Lieut. Gen. rrintz. Among.her friends at s?hool had been the daughters of Gov. Gen. Gaulbars of Odessa. These young ladies sent her an invitation to ray them a visit. She told her superiors among the nihilists of the opportunity presented by the invitation, and they commissioned her to kill the governor general. She went to Odessa and was daily a visitor at the palace of the governor, though part of the time occupying a room at a hotel. Friday she started from the hotel to go to the governor's palace, having in the meantime learned the easiest uieans of gaining entrance to his presence. Beneath her cloak she carried a 4omb. Accidentally she dropped the bomb on the street and it exploded with terrific force, but she was not injured. Knowing that any further effort at assassination would now be fruitless, she returned to the hotel and killed herself with a revolver. Nearly $400,000 is to be expended by the Illinois Central Railroad for new passenger train eqnipment. Frederick Underwood, president of the Erie road, holds seventy-two directorships and trusteeships, but is second in the United States to W. II. Newman of the New York Central in point of holdings. The interstate commerce commission, in session at Toledo to investigate the relations of the railroad with the ice trust, brousht out numerous facts showing that the Ann Arbor road had discriminated in freight rates in favor of the trusts. There were indications that the commission was about to make t thorough investigation of coal-carrying railroads of Ohio. Officials of the Lackawanna railroad announce that they are about ready to dispense with the services of all telegraphers after which they will control the movements of the trains by the automatic block signal system, supplemented by telephone facilities. This will effect the entire system and it will be the first railroad in America to make sweeping change. The Western Pacific Railway Company is perfecting plans to enter California, and when the road is completed it will be one of the greatest railroad engineering fedts of modern times. The engineers in charge have instructions to keep one object in view, the straightest line with the least grade. To accomplish this forty-five tunnels will be bored in eastern California, between Oroville and Beckwith Tass. Instead of going around mountains the Western Pacific is going through them. By the time tie western wheat crop is ready to move the Canadian Pacific will have a hundred additional engines and 8,000 cars, which wiii be exclusively used to haul the western crop. Further than that, the roadbed has been and is being so improved by reducing grades and curves and double tracking that where formerly trains of five hundred tons were, about the limit, in places the engines can now haul fifteen hundred ton loads, which means a vast improvement in the capacity of the road. It is claimed that with the recent general reductions in passenger fares in the West and the 2-cent fares in effect in thickly populated States east of the Mississippi river the passenger tariffs of the United States are now way below those of Europe and among the lowest in the world. A newly incorporated holding company, to be known as the Beach Creek and Mastern Coal Coinpanj', capitalized at $8,000,000, has taken over the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company, the alliance of which with the New York Central was recently investigated by the InterState Commerce Commission. The summing up of "business done by American railways in Jnly shows the greatest total on record for this period. It was greatest not only in freight tonnage but in passengers carried and in revenue received. Joseph Ranisey, Jr., former president of the Wabash railroad, while in New York consulting with financial interests r?g;irding his new railroad enterprise the New York, Pittsburg. Pittsburg and Chio.igo Air Line, said that entrance into Chicago would be a comparatively easy matter, as there are several belt lines from which terminal facilicies could be leased. A preliminary statement of the gross receipts of the Southern Pacific for the fiscal year ending June .)0, which includes the first two and a half months following the San Francisco fire, gives $100.000.000 as the gross income, making the Southern Pacific, in that respect, the second greatest railroad in the country. The figures indicate an increase of $.",000,0 M) over the previous year and $22,755,000 over the gross earnings in 1001. President Stkkuey of the Chicago Great Western says that the railroads have now taken to manipulating tariff schedules to take the place of rebates. He says the constant filing of new tariff schedules should not be permitted.

I Dndiana I I ....State News':

FEXCE PACTOaV IS DtnCD. DIaze at Frankton fnof a Lo of $40,000. Fire totally destioyed the factory of the Hoosier Fence Company at Frankton and also John Hays' livery barn and several frame buildings resulting in a total loss of About $40.000, of which onehalf was on the fence factory, with $S,000 insurance. ' The factory was owned by A D. Hurst and W. II. II. Quick of Anderson and was regarfled as remarkable because in thirteen years past it had netted for its owners about $200,000. They will rebuild. YTCGGS XEAItLY DESTROY TOWX. Dcrglam Set Fire and Rollins Prairie IIa Narrow Earape. The safe in Eugene It. Adam i general store at Boiling Prairie was blown e?.rly the other morning by robbers who either accidentally or intentionally set fire to the tuilding, which was totally destroyed, inclo linz contents. The safe contained less than $50. The loss on the building and contents is $1S,000. The robbers escaped. The residents with difficulty aaved the business district from destruction. GIRL OF ELEVEX A THIEF. Steals 140 from Parents, Dar Clothes and Slakes Trip. Lucy Hill, 11 years old, daughter of Frank Hill of Kokomo, took $140 from a dresser, bought some new clothes, jewUv and a railway ticket to Dallas, Texa. She started south alone. Her parents thought she bad been stolen, but she was arrested in Oklahoma. She will be returned to her distracted parents. "Oh, I just went out to have the time of my life, was her only explanation. SHOT DOWX IX HIS IXOSXE. A BoVtwUle Miner While Drnsk Threatens oncer and Is Killed. Marshal Charles Sciave of Boonville shot and killed William Woods, agd 32, a miner.' ' Marshal Schave was called to Woods' house by the Utter's wife and when he arrived was met at the door by Woods himself, who threatened to kill th? effieer. Schave Tetreated acrv the street and then fired three shots, which resulted ia the mr n's death two hoars later. Woodj Lad been drank all mgtit. Leaps from Moving Train. A man supposed to be Victor Holer, aged 40, of Rhinelander. Wis., leaped through a window of an east-bound Pennsylvania passenger train at the Ohio State line. lie hr g been unconscious with a fractured skull all day and may die. Drowned In the Kankakee. Adolph Kisner, 20 years old. -xa drowned while bathing in the Kankakee river. He was a member of a theatrical troupe playing at Shelby, and the body was shipped to bis home in Chicago. He was alone .at the time of losing his life. Farmer Killed br Fall from Train. Lige Hetti, 23 years old, a farmer of Dale, returning home from the fair at Christney on a crowded train, fell off and struck his head on a tie. fracturing the skull and' sustaining fatal injuries. Brief State Iii pienXn2TS. Joseph F. Robinson, & wealthy farmer, depressed by ill health, committed suKJe by shoot ins himself twice with a revolver at th? Dejeans hotel in Viacennes. IIa leaves a family. He carried $20,0 k.) life insurance. Gertm-le Price attempted sniciJe by jumping into the harbor before the eyes of , several hundred Chicago peopl?', who wore passengers on the steamer Roosevelt, which was pulling up to th( dock in Michigan City. Charles Marshal!. a; lifesaver, dived into the water and saved the girl. Disappointment over a love affair is given as the cause. Suits have been filed by th Indianapolis prosecutor and State railroad commii sion on relation of the State against the Adams, r the American and the United States express companies, char?inz them with habitual failure to obey the law in respect to express package delivery and asking that their charters be revoked. i,t the same time mandate suits to compel deliveries and for the collection of the $?Q0 .:- .; - fu., . panies establish their own delivery limit, while the law says they shall deliver without extra charge to any point within an incorporated city having a population of 2,500 or more. The companies refuse to make deliveries outside of limits established by themselves. Within two days two small boys died near Terre Haute from gunshot wounds received mysteriously and which they wera not able, owing to prolonged unconsciousness, to fully explain. The 0-year-old sen of Bernardo Trucca was found on th? porth with a gunshot wound. No one was near and at first it was reported he was a victim of feudalism among the foreigner at the mining camp. Onc in the three weeks he lingered he was conscious for a short time and muttered something about another boy accidentally shooting him. The coroner is investigating. Harry Morris, 8 years old, son of a farmer south of the city, died from a wound receive I July 21. Frank KaufTman, another boy, says that he, Kauffman, shot at a bird in a tree and that the bullet glanced from the tree and struck Morris. The latter, in his conscious moments, told his mother that Kauffman ordered him to go hoai9 and that when he did not comply Kau5man shot him. George Zumbrum, the militiaman who pleaded guilty to the charge of throwing acid in the face of his former wife, Mrs. Ira Vandevener, seven miles west of Windfall, was taken to the penitentiary at Michigan City to serve the sentence of from two to fourteen years imposed by the court. George Wolfe, proprietor of the Hotel N'ickel, suddenly left South Reno. His creditors held a meeting and the tdieriflE attached the hotel. The Kamm nnd Schelliuger Rrewing Company of Misbawaka holds a mortgage upon the place. Wolfe's shortage will aggregate $10,0 K). James, the 12-year-old son of John C. Craig, died in Xohlesville from the effects of lockjaw, caused by stepping on a rusty nail. "I wil be a criminal unless I nm restrained," was the remark of Arthur Smith when taken to the county jail in Laporte to await trial. If I can b snt t-; the reformatory I can be saved.' Smkh, r;ho is only 17 years of aze. sot lire o three stacks of hay on a farm adjoining that of his father and then urrenl -rl himself into the custody of tht oT;cers. Au effort will be niffde to save Smith from the penitentiary, but h dlare tht if he is not sent be will commit other crimes. Rev. Lewis Teeter, one of thi? widely known clergymen of Wayne county, and who for several months has been in the decline, being afflicted with a tubercular trouble, is trying the fresh air cu.'e at th recommendation of his physician, nnd is making rapid improvement. Rev. Teeter lives one mile south of "Ilagerstowu nnd has his tent pitched in his front door yard, where he eats, cooks and sleeps, using shelter only when nevssary to protect him from inclement weather. Catherine, the 4-year-old daughter of Charles Connett of Fort Wayne, over turned a kettle of soup in tt;e kitchen accidentally and died from her terriblt burns.