Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 January 1908 — Page 3

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By Miss M. CHAPTER XXIII. Continued. Mrs. Carmichael was always at her best during those afternoon tea drinkIngs. The strong tea revived her; Roderick's friendly face and vcice cheered ler. They took her back to the remote past, to the kind squire's day of glory, which she remembered as the happiest time of her life; even now, when her second husband was doing all things possible to prove his sincerity and demotion. She had never been completely happy in this second marriage. Then had always been a flavor of remorse mingled with her cup of joy; the very consciousness that she had done a foolish thing, and that the world her little world within a radius of twenty miles was secretly laushing at her. "Do you remember the day we came home from our honeymoon, Conrad?" she said to her husband, as he sat by her la th? dusk one evening sad and silent "There was no carriage to meet us and we had to come in a fly. It was an onen, was it not?" "An omen of what, dearest?" "That all things tfere not to go woll with us In our married life; tha. wo were not to be quite happy." "Have you not been happy, Pamela? I aave tried honestly to. do my duty to VOM." 1 know you have, Conrad. You have been all goodness. I have always said so to Violet and to every one. But I have had my cares. I felt that I was too old for you. That has preyed upon my mind." "Was that reasonable, Pamela, when ( have never felt it?" Perhaps not at first; and even If you had felt the disparity In our ages you would have been too generous to let me perceive the change in your feelings. You will lose the Abbey House when I am gone, Conrad." "My love, do you think I could live In this house without you?" "And my income, Conrad; that dies with me, does it not?" "Yes, love." "That is hard for you." "I can bear that, Pamela. If I am o bear the loss of yo i." "Dearest love, you have always been disinterested. How couM I ever doubt you? Perhaps indeed, I am sure if I were to ask Violet, she would give you the fifteen hundred a year that I was to have had after she came of age." "Pamela, I could not accept any favor from your daughter. You would deeply offend me if you wero to suggest such a thing." This was true. Much as he valued money, he would rather have starved than take sixpense from the girl who had scorned Lim; the girl whose very presence gave rise to a terrible conflict In his breast passionate love, bitterest antagonism. '.'These are the few things that I possess myself jewels. book3, furniture special jifts of dear Edward's. Those are my own, to dispose of as I like. I might make a will leaving them to you, Conrad. They are trifles, but- " "They will be precious souvenirs of our wedded life," murmured the captain, who was very much of Mr. Wimxnick's opinion that portable property of any kind nas worth having. A will was drawn up and executed jiext day, in which Mrs. Carmichael left her diamonds to her daughter, her wardrobe to the faithful and longsuffering Pauline otherwise M?.ry Smith and all the rest of ler belongings to her dearly beloved husband, Conrad Carmichael. The captain was a sufficient rain of business to take care that this will was properly executed. In all this time his daily Intercourse with Violet was a source of exceeding bitterness. She wa3 civil and even friendly in her manner to him for her mother's Jake. And then. In the completeness of her union with Rorie, she could afford to be generous and forgiving. A few weeks and the old home would bo her own the old servants would come back, the old pensioners might gather again around the kitchen door. All could be once more as it had been In her father's lifetime; and no trace of Conrad Carmichael's existence would be toft; for, alas! it was now an acknowledged fao". that Violet's mother was dying. So Captain Carmichael had to sit quietly by and see Violet and her lover grouped by his fading wife's sofa, and 6chooI himself a3 he best might to endure the spectacle of .heir perfect happiness in each other's love, and to know that he who hr. 1 planned hli future days so wisely, aud provided, like the industrious ant, for the winter of his life had broken down in his scheme of existence after all, had had no more part In this house which he had deemed his own than a traveler at an inn. It was hard, and he sat beside his dying wife, with anger and envy gnawing his heart anger against fate, envy of Roderick Vawdrey, who had won the prize. If evil wishes could have killed, neither Violet nor her lover would have outlived that summer. Happily the captain was too cautious a man to be guilty of an overact of rage or hatred. His rancorous feelings, were decently hidden under a gentlemanly iciness of manner, to which no one could take objection. The fatal hour came unawares one calm September afternoon about six weeks after Violet's return from Jersey. Captain Carmichael had been reading one of Tennyson's idyls to his wife till she sank into a gentle slumber. He left her, with Pauline seated at work by one of the windows, and went to hif study to 'rite some letters. Five o'clock was the established hour for kettle-drum, but of late the invalid had beta unable to bear even the mild excitement of two or three visitors at this time. Violet now attended alone to her mother'a afternoon tea, kneeling by her side as she sipped the refreshing infusion, and coaxing her to eat a wafer-like slice of bread and butter or a few morsels of spongecake. This afternoon when Violet went eoftly Into the room carrying the little Japanese tray and tiny teapot, she foiu;r! her mother lying just as the captUn had left her an hour before. "She's been sleeping so sweetly, m'ss," whispered Pauline. "I never kn.?w her sleep so quiet since she's bef n LI." That stillness which seemed so good a thing to the handmaid frightened the daughter. Violet sat her tray down tastily on the nearest table and ran to her mother's sofa. She looked at

22L E. Braddon. j the pale and sunken cheek, just vi3ible in the downy hollow of the pillows; she touched the hand lying on the silken coverlet. That marble coldness, that waxen hue of the cheek told her the awful truth. She fell on her kness beside the sofa with a cry of sharp and sudden sorrow: "Oh, mother, mother! I ought to have loved you better all my life!" CHAPTER XXIV. The day before the funeral Captain Carmichael received a letter from his step-daughter, offering to execute any deed he might choose to have prepared settling upon him the income which his wife was to have had after Violet's majority. "I know that you are a heavy loser by my mother's death," she wrote, "and I shall be glad to do anything In my power to lessen that loss. I know well that it was her earnest wish that your future should be provided for. I told her a few days before she died that I should make you this offer. I do it with all my heart; and I shall consider myself obliged by your acceptance of It." The captain's reply was brief but firm. "I thank you for your generous offer," he said, "which I feel assured i3 made in good faith; but I think you ought to know that there are reasons why it is Impossible I should accept any benefit from your hand. I shall not re-enter the Abbey House after my wife's funeral. You will be sole and sovereign mistres3 of all things from that hour." He kept his word. He was chief mourner at the quiet but stately burial under the old yew-tree In Beechdale churchyard. "When all was over he got Into a fly and drove to the station al Lyndhurst road, whence he departed, by the first train for London. Violet had telegraphed for her old governess directly after Mrs. Carmichael's death, and that good and homely person arrived on the day after the funeral, to take up her abode with her old pupil as companion and chaperon until Miss Tempest should have become Mrs. Vawdrey, and would have but one companion henceforward in all the journey of life. Rorie and Vixen were to be married In six months. Mrs. Carmichael had made them promise that her death should delay their marriage as little as possible. "You can have a very quiet wedding you know, dear," she said. "You can be married in your traveling dress something pretty In gray silk and terry velvet, or with chinchilla trimming, if it should be winter. Chinchilla 13 so distinguished-looking. You will go abroad, I suppose, for your honeymoon Pau, or Monaco, or any of those places on the Mediterranean." It had pleased her to settle everything for the loyers. Violet remem bered all these speeches with a tender sorrow. There was comfort in the thought that her mother had loved her, according to her lights. It had been finally settled between the lovers that they were to live at the. Abbey House. Briarwood was to be let to any wealthy individual who might desire a handsome house, surrounded by exquisitely arranged gardens, and burdened with glass that would cost a small fortune annually to maintain. "I should like to show you Briarwood before It Is let, Vixen," Mr. Vawdrey said to his sweetheart, one November morning. "You may at least pay my poor patrimony the compliment of looking at it before It becomes the property of Lord and Lady Mallow. Suppose you and Miss McCroke drive over and drink tea with me this afternoon? I believe my housekeeper brews pretty good tea." Violet had a new pair of ponies which her lover had chosen for her, after vain endeavors to trace and recover the long lost Titmouse. They found Roderick standing at hi3 gates, waiting for them. There was a glorious fire In the rmber and white drawing room, a dainty tea table drawn in front of the hearth, the easiest of chalre arranged oft each side of the table, an urn hissing, horie's favorite pointer stretched upon the hearth, everything cosy ad homelike.. They all three sat round the fire, drinking tea, poured out by Vixen, who played the mistress of the house sweetly. They talked of old times, sometimes sadly, sometimes sportively, glancing swiftly from one old memory to another. All Rorie's tiresome ways, all Vixen's mischievous tricks, were remembered. "I think I led you a life In those days, didn't I, Rorie?" asked Vixen, leaving the tea tray, and stealing softly behind her lover's chair to lean over his shoulder caressingly, and null hi3 thick brown beard. "There is nothing so delightful as to torment the person one loves best in the world. Oh, Rorie, I mean to lead you a life by and by!" "Dearest, the life you lead me must needs be sweet, for it will be spent with you." (To be Continue.) Former latlrameata of Torture. Instead of gymnastics or games, instruments of torjture were us'.-J for modelling the figure of the yonnx lady of 1S31. An English writer of that year says that "could the modern schoolroom be preserved it would pass tor a refined inquisition. There would be found stocks for the fingers (the cheiroplast) and pulleys for the neck, with weights attached." Fanny Kemble, to whom nature had been by no means unkindly, was found wanting in deportment, and she writes that shi wore a "back board made of steel, covered with red morocco, which consisted of a flat piece placed on my back and strapped down to my waist with a twlt and secured at the top by tVo c-paulets strapped over my shoulders. From the middle of .this there rose a steel rod or spine with a steel collar, wblch encircled my throat, fastened behind." The machine proved a failure, and she was put under the tuition of a drill sergeant, who did for her all that was required. "Social Eugland." No Reciprocity. Mrs. Highmus (on the way back) What a tiresome call that was! Mrs. Upmore Wasn't it, though ! Sh kept telling us all her troubles with hired girls and didn't give us a chance to say a word about oars. The new Queen of Norway is said to be a great admirer of Charles Diclras and to have read "Christmas Carol" so oft that she can recit much of it.

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VEGETABLE LITTLE USED.

How to Prepare Salsify for the Winter give; :i restricted number of vegetable, m. my of which arc lightly ?steeruetl ecnus;j they seen coarse to palates accustomed to moro delicate Savors. Salsify, or vegetable oyster, though thought tasteless by many housekeepers who do not know how to cook it properly, is one of the most delicate ind delicious of winter vegetables. It rannot be cooked as carelessly as potatoes, to be sure, but if prepared In the proper manner will be found very "tasty." Buy the white variety. Scrape the roots and throw them at once into cold water, to which you have added vinegar in the proportion of two tableKpoonfuls to a pint of water. Leave them in this at least five minutes. Then they are ready to cook. Cook them tender in boiling water; drain and serve in a white sauce. This Is the simplest way and the first thing to do in preparing other dishes. To fry, after loiled tender, cut in Jhrce-ineh lengths, dip in an egg batter, fry In deep fat, sprinkle with chopped parsley and a 1'ttle lemon Juice. Drain on brown paper or a folded napkin. For fritters, grate the roots raw ami mix with the usual fritter batter. To escallop, loil till tender, season with salt, pepper, butter and cream. Place In a baking dish, cover with bread crumbs seasoned and dotted with bits of butter, and bake brown. Try some of these ways and you will no longer Ignore this vegetable. Cane of the Black McCartney. There were two McCartneys in Room D. In the bosom of Ler family and in hopeful hours, Frances Heid called them the Bed and the Black, and told stories that greatly amused her hearers. The lied, so named from the coloi of his tousled locks, was heedless, mischievous, incredibly unfortunate, but possessed of a smile that assured him the forgiveness of all the world; tha Black was defiantly lazy, snatching hla Information from the recitations of others, and sitting bored during study hours, yielding not to argument, to entreaty nor to threat, ycc curiously never missing a day. Once Frances had called upon his mother. She was found taking her ease upon the doorstep with the air of one possessed of boundless leisure, although a glance at the interior behind her suggested many possibilities in the way of duties. She beamed affectionately upon Frances when she introduced hcrwlf. "Sure, 'tis yersilf that Danny do bi talkin about all the time, darlint," she. said, -but he didn't tell half, tha gossoon! Tfis a wonder all the city don't be goln to school to ye." "I came," Frances hastened to say, "to ask if you couldn't make Danny study at homo. He is very bright, and if he would only study She broke off in amazement. Denny's mother was shaking with laughter. "Him study? Danny study? Sure, darlint, ye don't know what ye're sayin'. Danny ain't wastin' his brains wld study. He's going to be a boss." "And the worst of It Is," France would declare, telling the story, "that I'm afraid it's not unlikely." Well, there wa3 nothing to do except tp plod patiently on. The Bed at least tried when he did not forget but the Black . Frances, after an espcv daily difficult day, burled her aching head In her arms and wondered If there was any use In trying. A noise In the yard under her window brought her to her feet It was probably the Bed In another fight, she thought, wearily. It was a fight, but It was not the Bed. It was the Black's voice that came up to her: "Take that, ye coward, an that, an' lie to Miss Heid again If ye dare! What business Is It of mine? 1 guess ye'll find out if ye try again. Misa Reid's boys are goin' to bo straight while I'i here, that's all." It was a terrible breach of discipline, but Francos stepped softly back from the window. All the lessons were not In the school books, after all. Youth's Companion. End of the World. A scientific forecast of how the end of the world might come has been given by Professor Ellard Gore. His theory Is that final cataclysm may possibly be the result of a collision between the sun and some dark, dead, derelict planet. Although astronomers have no actual proof that such dead suns exist, without life or light and careering about in space, they believe It quite possible. The result of n collision between the sun and a' dark planet would bo that the former's light and heat would be enormously Increased and the earth instantly destroyed by combustion. Professor Gore tells how we should be warned of our approaching doom. "When about 13,000.000 miles from th sun, the dark body would begin ta shine by reflected light. In about ten years It would have become so bright as to be visible to the nked eye. In fifteen years it would be brighter than any object except the moon. Very soon afterward would come the great catastrophe of its collision, moving at 400 miles a second, with the sun moving at the same speed." Dundee Observer. Little Mamie Rone Rose. "It doesn't take those little Russian children long to catch on to things in this country," remarked a teacher of the Educational Alliance. "When oDe explains a word to them they never forget It, and they are always ready with an Illustration of its meaning too. I remember that some time ago I had explained to the clas3 the meaning of the word 'ambiguity,' and thcR, as the custom is, I turned about and made theru explain the word to me. "'Now, is there any one I asked, 'who can give mo an illustration?' "A grimy little urchin at the back of the room stuck up his hand. "'Here's a ambiguity fer ye, he cried. 'Little Mamie Rose sat on a tack little Mamie Rose. See? "Oh, no," concluded the teacher, "you don't have to explain a thing to the east side child twice." New York Sun. She More than Half. Man calls his wife his "better half," But that's a sort of bluff; He can't deceive himself, for she's The "whole thing" sure enough. Philadelphia Press. Everything the people should do by hard work, they are now trying to do by law.

F.Icclrlc Ilonaoolcaiiing:. Electricity is now being used to operate carpet cleaners. A Pittsburg man recently patented the apparatus shown in the accompanying i 1 1 u s t ration, which Is more serviceable thin the pneumatic cleaner for small houses. It resembles the familiar carpet cleaner in appearance. A motor operates a turbine aud brush, the revolutions of the lat ELECTEIC ( LEANER. ter agitating the nap of the carpet and loosening the dirt. The turbine creates a suction, drawing up all dust and dirt and deiwsitlng it In a dust receiver provided for the purpose. It is claimed that carpets can be thoroughly cleaned on the floor and every corner can be reached. Nothing need be moved. At tachable appliances are also provided for treating walls, ceilings, cornices, chandeliers, curtains, etc. Mattresses, cushions, upholstered furniture and pillows can also be aerated as well as cleaned by this appliance. The machine works noiselessly and quickly. Power to operate the apparatus can be obtained from the ordinary Incandescent socket. Shonltl "Women Live Cheaper? Mrs. Ellen II. Richards cf the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said at the recent quarter centennial meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae : "The demand for increased salary is constantly met by the assertion, 'It costs women less to live. But does it, to really live? And, if It dors, should it? Because they j carry self-sacrifice to a greater extent, should they? Is not this acquiesence in cheaper living the real cause why women lose efficiency? Good food, travel, amusement, social companionship all tend to good temir and good work. "The research worker Is scarce, because original thought means a mind free from the distractions of economy. The wearing and dwarfing anxieties of making both ends meet are at the root of those physical and. mental breakdowns of college women, occurring now and then, which gives such joy to the 'I-toId-you-so onlookers." Paid to LanRb. There is at least one woman who is paid a regular salary for laushing. She was once on the stage. She has a trained, flexible laugh, musical and contagious. And this laugh is worth money to the proprietors of a music hall, who pay her to sit in one of the boxes and release her flow of vocal appreciation at certain iTiges on the program. Whenever she perceives that the audience Is losing interest in the humor on the stage, cr needs to be worked up to a proper pitch of enthusiasm, she lets go her cachination. It never fall's to have a salutary effect. Persons who never look more than mildly amused burst into extravagant laughter. Everybody in the audience is put In the right humor to enjoy himself. And under ' the Inspiration of all this merriment the performer do better than ever. Sie lltntlon of n Splnnter. A breach of promise suit may be bad, but the same girl as a wife would be worse. When people are happily married it means that they both have the same ideas about how to spend Sundays enjoyably. It takes a real homely old girl to believe that the reason why more men do not proiwse to her is because she won't allow them to get to that point. Most marvelous of all his accomplishments is ihe way that the deepctdyed man never looks guilty, but as Innocent as a lamb. Philadelphia Telegraph. Ladle' Overblonse. Simple shaping characterizes the blouse, which has a broad tuck on each shoulder, so as to afford a slight fullness both in front and at each sMe In the back. It is drawn down closely at the waist by gathers caught 1 the foundation. The closing is majy at the back, so the plain space in front may bo decorated with hand embroidery. The short sleeves were t; il ;hed with a band of hand embroidery. Thf material used for this waist was pale blue liberty satin, with filet lace. 1'erfanies. It is a well-known fact that workers among lavender beds seldom take infectious ailments, and those engaged in the perfumery trade are singularly i-oe from them. A good perfume, in the old days, was considered an excellent disinfectant. The doctors then used to carry walking sticks with silver or gold knobs. These opened with a lid, disclosing a tiny vinaigrette box, which the phj-sicians held to the nose when entering rooms containing patients ill with any infectious diseases. Patting on a Veil. The woman who Is putting on a veil should have a mirror right before her. She should so place the veil that the plain or net part comes over her eyes and nose. The figures may surround her features, making a sort of a border. But never should there be dots coming in front of her nose or In the mid Jli of her eyes. A smart veil is carefuly planned In

regard to the placing of the figures. This is the difference between the veil that is aud the one that is not becoming. As to the pinning, it -is quite simple. Just before the last pin is put in, pout out the mouth a little. This will adjust the veil to the shape of the nose and chin and gives a leeway to talk. It is most necessary in putting on a veil properly. Tied room Curfainn. Window- hangings in bedrooms must let in the ligac and give seclusion, and for this purjose dotted Swiss muslin is a desirable material. Made from this fabric, curtains may be just the straight kind with ruffled edges or the brise-bis, the French form that hangs straight and flat against the pane, dropping from the Inner top of the sash. This latter style drapery may be fashioned from alternate strips of lace and muslin or- net, the bottom scalloped, edged with the insertion, and then finished with a frill of lace.

Aftbentos Table Mat. Very thin mats of this material may now be obtained at any up-to-date kitchen furnishing store, and they can be used between a soft lining and any elaborate doily. No housekeeper who uses a polished dining table can always prevent the placing on the table of a dish so hot that it will Injure the polish of the table if she, serves her food hot enough to be palatable. Of course, these mats cannot be used under eyelet-

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work fZoylles or centerpieces, and if used with Cluny-trlmmcd articles the mat must not be larger than the linen center. Kitchen Welnchta and Measures. Ten ggs, one pound. One cup of butter, half a pound. A piut of liquid weighs a pound. A quart of sifted flour, one pound. A tablespoonful of liquid, half an ounce. A pint of brown sugar, thirteen ounces. " A sid pint of chopped meat, one pound. ' Four kitchen cupfuls of corn meal, one pov.nd. ' Three kitchen cupfuls of corn meal, one pouad. A dafch of pepper, an eighth of a tea spoonful. Four traspoonfuls of liquid make one tablespoonful. Four tüblcspoonfuls of liquid, one gill or a quitter of a cup. Two cupfuls and a half of powdered sugar, one pound. Ladies' Home Journal. 'or.- Lentis to Failure. Worry Is the twin sister of nervousness. Neither should ever enter into the daily life of anyone. Mod, in Iiis AU-Wise Providence, put- the head of a human being on top, that all might lo subservient to it. There I. something wrong above the eyes, in the region of the will power, when one locomes nervous in the sense of excitability. "Know thyself" is good; control thyself is better. Worry and excitement never aided anyone. , Any fool can get along when everything Is all right, but it takes a wise man, a levelheaded man, to get along, and not worry nor become nervous when everything Is all wrong. Ladies' Home Journal. ItnlnlnK a Child's Character. How often do we see parents who never punish their children unless they are In a rage. The children are allowed to do precisely as they please, and are not corrected unless they grate Ulon the caprice of the mother. Then she will fly into a rage at a mere trifle and belabor the poor children as if some great offense had been committed. Such treatment 13 weak, unjust and ruinous to children. Xew Skirt In Tight. Tall, slim women will be glad to know that the skimpy skirt Is coming In again. They are wearing a corselet skirt in Paris that defines the figure very perfectly, and makes it Impossible to wear very much clothing underneath It. The plait in the back also defines the waist. These skirts are the delight of the woman with a good figure, but let the fat lady beware of them. Why Worry T Why worry o'er the petty things That clog and snarl and flurry? Defy them and they'll all take wings; Why worry? Why worry o'er th stumbling blocks That check -ou in your hurry? Defy them they are crumbling rocks. Why worry? To Itemove Cinder Marks. The linger marks so frequently left on painted doors by children or careless maids may be removed by rubbing

with a perfectly clean cloth dipped in a little " pa ratline.. The place should be afterward carefully rinsed in cold water and given a final polish with a clean, soft cloth. There is no real remedy for finger marks on light wall paper, but sometimes simply rubbing with a clean cloth will help. Watet accidentally spilt on wallpaper will usually not injure it, and sboultl be left alone to dry, as interference may c.iuse a lasting stain.

Uinta to Ilonsekeepem. Raisin bread, which is made like ordinary white bread, with the additior of one-half cupful of vraisins to a small loaf, is appetizing for Sunday night supper. White summer shawls, made of sofl wool, may be cleaned by rubbing their in several changes of magnesia and flour mixed. To brown a meringue on a pudding or pie, an ordinary fire shovel Leate2 red-hot and passed over the surface un til the desired color is obtained is as good as a regular salamander. Car is required not to allow . It to scorch. Vinegar will brighten copper. Vinegar and brown paper will heal a bruise or "black eye." Vinegar and sugar will make a good stove polish. A Valuable Prescription. Here is a simple and available recipe a medicinal bath for the nervously worn and those who cannot sleep o' nights. It was the prescription of an old physician. Take of sea salt four ounces, spirits of ammonia two ounces. spirits of camphor two ounces, of pure alcohol eight ounces, and sufficient hot water to make a full quart of the liquid. Dissolve the sea salt In the hot water and let stand until cool. Pour Into the alcohol the spirits of ammonia and camphor. Add the salt water, shake well and bottle for use. With a soft sionge dipped in this mixture wet over the surface of the whole body. Bub vigorously until the skin glows. When nervous, or "blue" or wakeful do not omit this bath. The rest and refresh ing that follow will amply repay the effort required to prepare IL A pretty finish for the back of an empire waist in ecru lace was a straight stiff two-looped bow of twoineh black velvet ribbon, with two cameo medallions defining the loops about an inch apart. From the center of this bow and between the buckles floated the long ends of accordionplaited tulle. Two similar bows with hut one buckle to each bow caugnt up the Japanese sleeve on the inside seam Last season there was a fashion of arranging ruffles on the bottom of skirts that were raised on the two sides ; now they are set on high in the front, in a point, some reaching as far as the knee, where they gradually de scend to the hem, covering it in the back. Large drop ornaments or handsome bows of ribbon hold down the point In a pretty way. The arrange ment Is a graceful one, but should ony be attempted by a slight and tall, girlish figure. The Wan of Women. It sometimes happens that the girl who jilts a young man does him a favor. Perhaps if there was a woman in the moon Instead of a man it wouldn't get full so often. Offer a woman an apology and the chances are she will offer an excuse for not accepting it. To Freshen Old Carpets. Before sweeping sprinkle with pieces of newspapers wrung out of water. Sweep thoroughly, then wipe with a cloth wrung out of warm water In which Is a small amount of ammonia Girls Are flood. Law court records and' reformatory institutions show that only a very small percentage of girls, as compared to boys, are lawless or crinilaaly inclined.

LOADING Alf AFBICAN SLAVES.

How n Cargo of Hainan Freight Wn Secured. The king, queen, royal family, chiefs. ind people were invited on board. They lad previously been treated somewhat sparingly with liquors. In the meanrime all the water casks were filled and nostly stowed i the lower hold aft, together with all the stores and goods, m a platform resting on the keelson. i very large supply of Irons had been taken on board at Cardenas, writes T. v Briggs In Harper's. The trading bad icon proceeding on the upper deck and i large supply of the various articles Df food laid In, and now all was in readiness. The afternoon of the enter tainment had arrived. Two larg3 puncheons were placed on the upper 3eck and the heads knocked In, and ibout twenty-five or more gallons of strong rum put into each puncheon. also a hundred-weight or so of sugar md a bushel of cut lilies; to these w ere added a specific quantity of a certain drug which would presently proluce a prolonged stupefaction. The between and lower deck3 were swept clean, and all was In! readiness for the company to the number of about 1.500. As fast as they came on board they were plied with the drugged punch ; many soon became stupid or helpless and were placed below to make room for others. When they were all on board and most of them stupefied 1 they were seized, ironed and passed below. The first row were seated with the knees drawn up close to the side of the vessel, one arm put through the becket, and irons clapped on. In the next row another arm was put through the same becket, one bolt and becket thus answering for two persons. It will be remembered that the main hatchway was partitioned In the middle, and the after part Inclosed between decks, giv ing a separate connection with the tem porary deck. A wide and short gangboard was placed from the other side of the hatchway to the temporary deck. well slanting, and the captives destined for the lower deck were placed on this and slid down, when they were packed and secured. The between decks was packed full with nearly 800, and about 500 or more were on the temporary deck. There were still two hundred or more that they had neither room nor irons for. They might have been dropped into the periaguas and left to find their way ashore when they came to their senses. It was too late; the periaguas had been cut adrift as soon as they began to secure the captives. Now the anchor was trimmed, the sail hoisted and the Javer Caribbee, as she was afterward called, was miles away before the last were secured. Many of those remaining were now coming to their senses. Do you ask what became of them? "They were shot and thrown overboard"; such was the record. CURING A BALKY HORSE. Strike Qnlck Blow on the Hoot Held In the Hand. In that part of Washington street where window shoppers are thickest street car traffic was congested the other day by a balky horse driven to a surrey, in which were two women, one angry because her prided horsewomanship failed to move the stubborn animal, the other frightened at the thought of capricious behavior of the brute after the balkiness might cease, says the Indianapolis News. And 1 may be said that every balky horse moves when the proper remedy is administered. Before the wrecking car could be called telephone lineman riding on a bicycle noticed the stiff-legged horse, the surrey and the woman occupants across the track, as well as the line of street cars in waiting. He dismounted from his wheel, set it against the street curbing, grasped one of his steel "climbers" In his strong right hand and approached the balky horse. Lifting up a fore foot, as a blacksmith would, he struck the hoof a stinging blow. The horse darted forward and the crowd cheered as the silent electrician mounted his wheel and rode away to adjust a balky telephone. "You see," said a scientist, too dignified to intrude, "the man by the smart blow stimulated the periphery and communicated forcibly with the cortex. thus giving stimulus to the concept of locomotion. Hence the semi-voluntary procedure of the horse." One of the perspiring policemen who had tried to drag the horse from the track remarked: "I didn't know the 'hot foot would work on a horse." Maintaining Hla Dlcnlty. Even the elevator boy has to draw the line somewhere, to prevent his be ing made too common. The maid who announced to the guest waiting t the door that "she didn't hear her until she had rung three times," meets her match In the elevator boy described by a writer in the New York Evening Post. "If any one calls, Tcrcy, while I am out, tell him to wait. I shall be right back," said the woman to the apartment-house elevator boy. There was no answer. "Did you hear me? Why don't you answer?" asked the woman, with some heat. "I never answers, ma'am, unless I doesn't hear, and then I says, Whatr " He Kneir Ilia Sister. Since the engagement of his pretty sister her small brother had been puz zling his head to understand what it meant. "Why," -exclaimed his mother, "Mr. Skaggs has asked sister to marry him. That means that he'll take care of her." "Buy her things?" asked the boy. "Yes." "Hats and dinners and ice cream and everything?" he persisted. "Yes," was the answer. The boy thought It all over for a moment, and then he said: "Well, that man's got lots of courage, hasn't lie?" Ladies' Home Jour nal. , Her Simplicity. "Charlie, dear," said young Mrs. Torkins, "what beautiful names they give race horses." "Yes." "I don't blame you for liking to converse with lookmakers. . They must have lovely vocabularies." Washington Star. It is wonderful what cheap looking jewelry people wear, and what rich heirloom Jewelry and precious stones are missing after a burglar has visited them.

A new serio-cornic song is entitled: "I'm So Poor that I Have No Place to Stick My Gum When I Eat"

Indiana i j State Nevs

M0EE "BLIND PIGS" THAN BASS. Authorities of Clinton Doay Running Down Vtolatora of Liquor Ltt. Court developments showed tbat while Clinton Las forty-nine saloons, the lown and country nearby supports half a dozen "blind pigs" to every saloon. The authorities are kept busy running down flewa ond making arrests. The ingenuity of these violators would furnish material for criminologists. A favorite device is the boarding house ruse, in which the proprietor furnishes beer to his boarders. A strip of paper is tacked to the wall, with the name of each boarder on it. Each bo'ard:r helps himself to the beer, putting down on the paper what he has drunk. This is charged up to him, the boarding house keeper collecting each pny day. In the Italia a quarter nearly every house has a "bliad pig." Even the saloon men have rooms in which intoxicants are dispensed oa Sundays and after hours. In one street secret tunnels, ler.ding from basements beneath saloons, reach basements under private dwellings, thus making it easy to get supplies for Sunday drinks. ATTORNEY KILLS HIMSELF. Worry Over Son's DUsrarr Cam the Deed. Suffering from a broken heart, caused by sorrow over his son's disgrace, Ira C Hoops, CO years old, a wealthy attorney of Kokomo, committed suicide at hi home. Unobserved by members of his family, Mr. Hoops entered the parlor, made a pillow of his overcoat, lay down before the grate and fired a phot from a C2-ealiber revolver into his right temple. The bullet passed entirely through his head and killed him instantly. Mr. Hoops had been cast down and unconsolable for several months and his srief was pitiable. Last March his son, Bichard Hoops, who. was a student in the Lake Forest university, was arrested for robbing homes o millionaires in Evanston, I1L, and confessed his guilt, but was not prosecuted! because it .was represented that, when a, boy, he had met with an accident which might have led tc kleptomania. HUNT TIGES IN INDIANA FIELDS. Army of Thousand Search for Animal Ocaped from 3Ienaa;erle. Nearly 500 men and boys, armed with guns, revolvers, pitchforks, clubs, hatchetc and knives, are engaged in an exciting hunt for a tiger that has been destroying hogs and other animals near Petersburg. Women and children have been terrorized by the beast. The tiger seems to be afraid of persons but does not run from dogs that try to interfere with its depredations. Three dog3 that gave battle to the animal were so badly injured that they were killed and several others have been maimed and torn. The grneral fear of the animal has canned the people to tarn out to hunt it down. It is believed that it escaped from a menagerie. So great is the excitement that parents have withdrawn their children from the schools. KILLED BY FALLING SLATE. Pit Bou Loin Life While Examining Condition of Sitae. Lon Ragsdale was crushed to death by falling slate in the l'ilmore mine, near Sullivan. He was the pit boss and he had gone through the mine to inspect timbers which the miners said were rotten and were likely to loosen at any time. While engaged in this work the slate fell. He was 42 years old, a man of family, with his home at Washington. ' State Troops Leave Mnncle. The five companies of the Indiana National Guard remaining in .Mundo left for their homes Friday. Muncie is now without military protection. The troops were ordered there Jan. 4, when martial law was declared on account of disturbances in the strike of the street railway employes. Liked Blind Boy Mamie. Inspired by the manner in which Clarence Clark, a lt-year-old blind boy, played the organ in the North Side Mission Sunday school at Crawfordsville. Mrs. Julia lloefgen of Crawfordsville. left him $r00 as a legacy. She died a few dayi' ago. Clark is a student at the School for the blind. Korbld Carrlaeea to Poll. In addition to forbidding candidates to treat during the coming campaign, the Wayne County Republican central committee has decided to refuse to pormit the use of conveyances to get the voters to the polls. 1V1U Lire Without Stomach. Physicians have taken out the stomach of Mrs. Minerva I'orter of Evcnsvillc, aged HS, ,and connected the esophagus with the little intestine. She will live. The woman suffered from 'cancr of the stomach. Train Pin nice from Trestle. An engine on the Southern railway plunged from a 00-foot trestle at Corydon Junction, and Engineer Clarence Dunham, Fireman W. II. Scott and Ilrakeman Frank Carter were killed. BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS. Fire at Otwell destroyed a barn owned by Joseph Ien2ey, together with hay and grain, causing $1,500 loss. While hunting near Evansville William York, farmer, was instantly killed by the accidental d uncharge of a gun in the hands of a companion. The open winter is beginning to show its effects on the winter wheat, Ahich has been damaged. It needs snow and unless that is forthcoming the crop wiil be a failure around St. 1'auL In Evansville a Circuit Court jury in the case of John Klaser, indicted for the murder of Thomas Flagler, has returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter. The State asked for life imprisonment, and not the death penalty. Since the tragedy Klaser's wife and ihild have died. Patrick McXicholas of llrazil. 3.1 years old. a miner, was found dead beside the Indianapolis Southern railroad track at Linton. It was nt first thought he had In-en murdered, but the coroner returned a verdict of accidental death by oeing run over by a train. A large hole was in the back of MeNicholas' head. Charles Walton, blacksmith, employed by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company, and working in the blacksmith shop at Mitchell, was fatally injured by a boulder hurled into the air by an explosion at the quarry and crashing through the roof. His skuil was fractured. Despondent over the sudden death of her husband, Mrs. John Mack, (3 years old, committed suicide at her farm near Wabash by drowning herself in th water lank. The Iliads were prominent in church circles and had lived together more thau forty years when the husband waa stricken with apoplexy. His death preyed upon the mind of his widow uutil it undermined her reason.