Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 May 1909 — Page 3

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The Great Tontine HAWLEY SMART

Audiar ml "Brot Bond. BmiimI to Win." CHAPTER VII. I shall b glad to see Jack Phillimore," $aid Mrs. Lyme Wregis. as shand her granddaughter sat in the drawing room in Victoria Road, awaiting the advect of that young sailor. "It is a good thing for him. of course, to have got a ship, although I supp that means bidding him good-by for a very long while." "Yes." replied Beatrice, "that is the worst of it. It is of course very nice that hn should get a ship, because I know he wants one; but. I m;ist say, I don't like los'uig Jack for so long." "Pooh, child ! Jack hxs got his way to make in the world, and that is not to b done by dangling about your r.pron strings." "I don think Jack minds bring bullied and tcavd by me, grandmamma," replied the girl. "lie will probably bring home a wife from the other side of the world." "Jack will never marry," replu-J the girl quickly. "Ah, well, my dear," said the old lady demurely, "do doubt you know best." "You are a wicke' old woman," cried the girl, as her c:letks An shed, and she threw her arms round her grandmother's neck and kised her. "How dare you entrap me like that?" But now the door opnd, and Mr. Phillimore made his appearance a foodlooking yonng fellow enough, with fair hair, bold blue eyes, and a blonde mustache. He shook hands cordially with the ladies; aüd his greetings made, in obedience to the announcement that dinner was ready, handed Mrs. Ljme V regis with jay courtesy to the dining room. "And so. Jack, you are pleased with your appointment," observed Mrs. Lyme Wregis. "I suppose it really is a nice thin for you." Great bit of luck." he replied. "I am going out, you see, as the Admiral's flag lieutenant." "And so you are to be away three years. Jack," remarked Beatrice. "Yes; b'lt it is to be spent at a firstrate station." "And you would have no regrets about leaving England for so long?" inquired Beatrice, in somewhat more serious tones. "Well, of course," replied her cousin, "I should be sorry not to see any of you for so long a time; but then, you know, when a man turns sailor he o course expects all that Rort of thing. Besides, I shall never be more than a few days distant from you, and can always make a dash home if any event of importance is about to take place in the family. "Such as my marriage, you know," replied Beatrice demurely. "Yes, you may be quite sure I shall be tiiere whenever that takes place," said Jack Phillimore, "even if I am tried for desertioa afterwards." "Oh, but you might not be asked, you know." "Ah, well, Trixie, you know that I should be very unhappy if I thought your wedding could take. place without my being present" "Well, now," said the old lady. "I shall leave you young people to have your talk out by yourselves while I take my usual nap. before tea." "Then you have to leave almost at once. Jack?" said the girl in low tones, while her cousin closed the door behind Mrs. Lyme Wregis. "I leave Waterloo by the mail trail tomorrow sight," he replied ; "and this is the last time that I shall see you, Trixie, till I don't know when. I have got so much to do to-morrow that it will be Quits impossible for me to get out here ; but I have counted on this evening. I . have something to say to you before I leave England, something indeed that I could not leave England without saying: Cannot you guess what It is, Beatrice?" The girl's lips syllabled a scarcely audible "No," to which the blood that mantled her cheeks gave flat contradiction. "Yes, I think you can, darling," he continued. "If I have never told you in actual words that I love you, it is because I have told you in so many other ways that it was needless. I have loved you for years. I loved you as a child, loved you as a school girl, and now that you are a woman grown, I want you to tell me that you can love me in return. Can you not tell me that, darling? Can you not promise that, when I come back at the end of three years, you will be my wife?" "No, Jack, she replied softly, "I can not do that." "Have I been mistaken, Beatrice?" he exclaimed sadly. Caa you not regard me no longer as a cousin, but as your betrothed husband?" "You must not ask that question. Jack." "I cannot see that," he rejoined in resolute tones. "The minute I got my appointment I made up my mind to ask you that question before anything, and surely a man deserves a courteous reply. If It be. to say him 'nay. You may tell me: Beatrice, that I have already had it, and that it is unfair to press you further; but my whole life is ai stake." "But I da love you, she replied, with flashed cheeks. "Well enough to be my wife, darling?" he whispered, as he stole his arm round her waist. "Yes; and I was just about to tsll you so, only you were so dreadfully impetuous. And, Jack," she continued, as sh" fielded to his embrace, "when you began to tell me how you loved "me it was so delightful that I could not interrupt you. I suppose I ought to have melted before," she said half shyly, half saucily, "bat can not you understand a girl being so proud of having wan such a love that she could not bear to break ia upon her lover's pleadings?" "But, Beatrice, dearest, what made you so cruel to me at first? Why did you tell me you could not love me?" "Oh, Jack, I did not. You asked me to promise to be "your wife, and I told you I could not. Now that you have told ni'i that you love me I can tell you all. . Grandmamma, you see, is a very clever !ld woman. There is nothing goes on under her eyes but what she knows rather mere about tban the people concerned. I am ashamed to say that she discovered my secret. Horrible to confers, she liad none of those doubts which so di.jturhd you. She seemed also to divine that you would ask this question before you left England. nd she mad m promise lliat I would not pledge u:yself to be your Wlfü. "Well," crinl Jack, "this is unarunntLie. I declare I thought I was rather a favorite with Mrs. Lyme Wr-si-!. ami ijover dreamed that ?h? would have cod m; ia this manner." "You ar mistaken a;r.iin." t-ni Iiatrie?. "You have no launcher frivol than erandmamma; but thn has a yrc.it objection to long engigrtins." Mrs. Lyme Wrogis had rot only fir.i,-i-ed her !oze, but was pjvlern.ituraüy wide, awake as the young coup! entered th drawing room. She eyed Ut nie:'? keerily, a::l thtn extlainTvl : "Get ne my tra. child ; it has been drawing so long th.it it is doubtless as strong as the protestations Jack Phillimore has bon making you down staim. What has he promift- to bring you home

from foreign parts? continued the old: lady, laughing. -Shall I tell you. Mrs. Lyme Wregis r interrupted the young man eagerly. "Yes; what is it to be this time?" "Only a wedding ring." And, Beatrice," interposed the old lady quickly, "you have not promised to wear it, hare you?" "No, grandmamma, dear," replied the cirl: "but I have not vowed to say 'No'

should he offer to put it on for me." "Ah." replied the old lady, with a nod of satisfaction. "Mind you put plenty of cream ia my tea, Beatrice." CHAPTER VIII. "There!" exclaimed Mary Chichester, as she sprang to her feet, after a half hour passed by the side of a bed of s curlet geraniums, "I have snipped aud snipped until I don't think I have left a bud in that border to break forth and destroy the harmony of our arrangements," and as she slipped off her gardening gloves, and concluded her soliloquy, she became conscious that a well-favored gentlemanly looking man at the gate was watching her proceedings with apparent interest. Finding himself discovered, the stranger raised his hat, and, opening the gate, came forward with a bow, and said : 'This is Miss Cntorhnm", I believe; and you, I presume, are Miss Chichester?" "Certainly," replied the girl, "my aunt, Miss Caterham, lives here, r.nd I am Mary Chichester ; but you must excumy saying that I cannot recollect tint we have ever nut before. Perhaps you wish to sr my aunt on business?" "Exactly," replied the stranger. "You are quite ri?ht, neither yon nor your aunt ever paw me before. Miss Chichester; but I have the authority of a very old friend of yours to excuso my intrusion Mr. Carbuckle." "Mr. Carbuckle!" exclaimed Mary. "Yes, he Is a very old friend. You had better come in and see my aunt Auntie, you see, is not strong. However, we shall no doubt find her in here, and then Well, I think I must leave you to present yourself!" and so saying, she opened the drawing room door, and, advancing towards Miss Caterham, said briefly, "This gentleman wishes to see you on business." The stranger bowed and he tid, "My name is Ringwood; you have doubtless received a note from Mr. Carbuckle, introducing me, and saying how glad I should be if I could be of any assistance to you." "Any friend ot Mr. Carbuckle we shall always be delighted to see; but I certainly have received no note from him mentioning your name to me. Perhaps it miscarried; but I really don't know, Mr. Ringwood, that I require assistance about anything." "It is very odd," replied Mr. Ringwood, "that Carbuckle should have neglected to write ; but as it is so, I must ask you to take my own account of things. Carbuckle, as jou know, a very busy man, with more work to do than he knows how rightly to get through what I hope to be myself in dayi to come, but young barristers at starting have always to complain that they have got no work to do. Carbuckle is a very old friend of my family, and he happened to tell me the other evening about the disappearance of Terence Finnigan. lie told me all the facts. Miss Catrrham." Instead of thanking him for his volunteered assistance, or welcoming him as he had imagined a friend of Mr. Carbuckle's might expect. Miss Caterham and her niece gazed at him with evident dismay and uncertainty. At length the elder lady seemed to recover her speech. "I must trouble you to go away. sir. I don't' know how you became mixed up in affairs of mine, or where you gained your knowledge ; but I shall certainly require no assistance from you. Ring the bell, Mary, please." "One moment, Mr. Ringwood ; one moment. Auntie, dear," exclaimed the girl. "Don't you think it is but justice to tell Mr. Ringwood what ho appears in our eyes. It is difficult to conceive what object any one can have In imposing upon us in this matter, and it certainly seems unlikely that Mr. Carbuckle would have, almost simultaneously, sent two gentlemen to inquire 'into this busiuess for us ; but it might be so." "Two gentlemen!" exclaimed Mr. Ringwood. "Do I understand you. Miss Chichester, that some one, claiming to have been sent by Mr. Carbuckle, has called here to inquire about every detail you can remember concerning Terence Finnigan?" "Certainly. A' gentleman called upon my aunt two days ago, professing to be exactly what you represent yourself to be now, a friend of Mr. Carbuckle's, come to make these very inquiries. My aunt answered all hi questions, and he promised we should hear again from him shortly." ' "This is Interesting," said' Mr. Ringwood , quickly. "Of course. Miss Caterham, you look upon me as an impostor. I cannot blame you. There undoubtedly is an impostor in the field, and I can most thoroughly understand his object in the imposition." "I do not know what to think," replied Miss Caterham nervously. "Mr. Pegram said Just the same thing. Mr. Carbuckle would never send two gentlemen about this affair without letting one know. If he had only mentioned the name there could be no doubt about which is the impostor, and even Mr. Ringwood admits that there is one. I don't know what to do; but I think Mr. Ringwood had better go away. I don't feel well. I don't know what is the matter with me," faltered Miss Caterham, with a nervous twitching about the mouth. "Take me upstairs, child. You will excuse me, sir." As she led her aunt from the room the barrister opened the door for them, and in passing him the girl said, "Wait a little, please, Mr. Ringwood. I should like to see you again before ycu go." Left to himself the barrister did what most men similarly situated would have done in his place. He wandered aimleisly about the room, musing over the jwist conersatlon. His brain was of course busy as to what was to be made of the fact that some one else was interested in the discovery of Terence Finnigan. "Pegram," he muttered: "a somewhat singular name. I am glad Miss Chichester told me to wait, as it is esscatlal that I should get that name right. It conveys ccthing to me, but it very likely would to Carbuckle. Pegram!" and here his eye fell on a card basket. He turned two or three of the top ones carelessly over, and then suddenly exclaimed. "Ah ! liere it is; Mr. Robert Pegram. I have cot the name right then; and now, what he deuce can Pegram want with Terence Finnigan? Of course his interest in him must be in connection with the 'Great Tontine.' Pegram is either otie of the lust .shareholders, or acting for one, and upon what manner of man Pegram or his principal may be, turns the use they will make of Finnigm's discovery." Here his reflections were interrupted by the oteriing of the door, nnd Mary once more entered the room. "Now. Mr. Ringwood." she sail, "it is my turn. What made you say so markedly to my aunt that you knew all rho facts in connection with Terence Finnigan?" "Simply that 1 understool Carburk!-' had placed me in possession o the citire story," replied the barrister. "I certainly thought tint you ivir.t more than that," said the young lady; "atul now ex pi. i la to "me, plor.se, t!i f.on of the imposition." "Th.it, Miss Chichester, is ex a -fly v. Lit I cannot do. My Up.- are sesled profesio::aI!y. We lawyer are a'-iii.,i i: r 1 with a good deal that we are r.ot at liberty to blurt out." "I understand it was to b question for question, sir, and I re.il ly cannot understand why we are not to be acquainted with tne reason of an impof-ture that has

been perpetrated upon us, which surely concerns no one so much as ourselves." "I can only regret that my tongue is t'ed. I would tell you willingly if I mlgfit; but I must obey orders." "Of course, if you decline to tell m there is no more to be said about it," sh observed ; -"but if you intend to persist in such reticence, you must excuse my remarking that I do not think your prefossionnl assistance will be of much us to u. We are only poor women," sh continued with a smile, "and, as such, cannot bear not to know what is going on. We like wen to be told that then U nothing to tell." "I like that girl." muttered Ringwood to himself as he mads his way down th walk. "It muftt, of course, appear silly affectation to her my refusing to tell her the cause of that imposition. It is verj curious that Miss Caterham should nevet have told her niece the story of the 'Great Tontine. From what Carbuckle said. 1 should presume that Miss Chichester will chiefly benefit in the event of this missing Finnigan proving the last survivor. Well, the next thing ia to see Carbuckle. Th news that this Pegram is in the field will interest him, nnd decidedly make the chase more exciting." (To be continued.)

"WEALTH rHOM FIVE ACRES. Splendid. Ilrlorn from the Small Fruit Farms of Oregon. Tlu Leaven worth Echo insists that th fanner having live acres of Irrigated land planted lo marketable varieties of fruits Is the happy possessor of all that constitutes wealth.. It states j that hundreds of families make a living nnd hold a gixnl balance in the bank from tho proceeds of five-acre apple orchards, says the Seattle PostIntelligencer. The editor refers to the fact that less than two months ago one tract containing seven acres of bearing trees, situated in the Wenatchc-e Valley1, sold for $21.000. And that does not represent the highest possible point in land valuation, as many predict th: improved fruit farms will command better prices. Fruit growing is a comparatively new industry in Chelan County. It began seventeen years ago" and was considered xonly an experiment for a long time. The early settlers did not think It possible to grow good varieties of apples In that district They pinned their faith to the small fruits, but had no market for berries except In limited quantities. Rut they soon discovered that two-year-old trees, planted and cultivated properly, would bear choice apples tho third season, and that at least five boxes of marketable fruit could be picked from a six-year-old apple tree. Then the secret of financial success was no longer doubted. There is a degree of independence among tho five-acre fruit growers not noticeable in other branches of agri culture. They require but few Iniple-1 X - 1 I ments and may conduct a success. ui bus Ines on an Investment of $100 for farming tools. The labor required may all 1)C performed by members of the family. The space between the rows tof trees can be utilized for gardens and poultry raising and the annual Income enlarged. There Is no necessity for drudgery in 'any part of the work. Harvest season is the only time when the laborers are forced to hurry or work over hours. The work throughout the year is such as may be informed by men, women cr children. Why should families be homeless and dependent upon charity when such opportunities are open for getting homes and making tbc lands pay the original cost and return good profits every year? Some, of the best Rtnall farm.'? have been established by men having little funds. The requisites were health, determination and honesty. With such foundation principles firmly Imbedded In the minds of the farmers and those who desire to enter upon the land and build homes, there is no such word as failure, The five-acre farms are numerous and will increase in the coming years. They hold the keys that open the doors of success. Thins Which "Asree" With Yon. A little Joke floating around In the columns of the press Is that of a man who had consulted a doctor nnd was doubtful of his skill because he did not forbid him eating everything he liked. Its opposite, said to be true. Is of n doctor who writes much for the publ'c on the subject of what to eat. or, prrhaps, more accuirtely, on what not to eat. Ho had written the usual patter about hot weather diet, sticking to fruit, "a little cereal," vegetables ami water and the like, and then was observed one day with a big dish of ham and cabbage, sausages, lobster and ale, which he was stowing away as if he thought It go J for him. The average adult is the best judge of his own diet ; he very soon learns what does not ''agree" with him, and, snowing this, the consequences of eating It serve him right If anything does "agi-ee," eat It If you like It Wh? IVUlte Fell. Before Willie atarted for Mrs. Smith's house, where he was Invited to dinner, his mother gave him some final advice. "Above all things," cautioned his mother, "do not drink tea from your saucer." Willie promised. When he got back home his mother inquired how he had enjoyed himself. Willie said that he had enjoyed himself immensely. "I hope you did everything the way I told you to," said his mother. "Ycs'm, I did," answered Willie somewhat hesitatingly. "And you did not drink your tea from your saucer?" "Yes, mamma, I did," replied Willie, "but Mrs. Smith drank her tea from her saucer first." A Difference In Uegrre. "I Just love cake," said Johnnie feelingly. "It's awful idee." "You should not say 'love cake," corrected his mother. "You should say 'like. And do not say 'awful' say 'very Aud say "good' instead of nice.' Now see if you can repeat the sentence correctly." "I like cake," repeated Johnnie. "It's very good." 'That's letter." - "I know, ma," rnup!nin'tl .Tobnnie, "but it founds Jnt as If I was.tilMu' 'bout bread" KwyboJy's M igar'.-u;. , An Kjrly Itler. 'To what does he. attribute h!s success V" "To the fact that his alarm clod: never failed to rinat :"0 in the nioriili)'Z."rin:ii:!i:!!::m Ao-IIcrald. Tiiijp, l'lnce ;inl ;irl. "Are j ou sure thai ho loves you, i:rd you alim.'V'' "(ih, yes. More ihn than at any other time." Otli Down. Mrs. Dough Oh. any one can buy a foreign title nowadays. Mr. Dough Yes, but not on credit

Housekeeping; br 3Inchlnery, In Chicago there is a family whose bread winner earns $18 a week, sas a writer in the April Appleton's. He is employed by one of the great electrical companies of the city. His wife, of course, is her own cook, maid and laundress. On Monday the family wash, which ha3 been soaking In soapy water all night, is put In a tub. She turns a switch; then cuddling baby in her lap she opens the morning papers and rocks and reads while the electric motor is swishing the soiled clothes back and forth in the washing machine. The first step of the laundering process finished, she rinses the automatically cleansed clothing in clear water, turns another switch and feeds the moist cloth through the rubber rolls of the wringer, which is operated by the same motor that ran the washing machine. After the clothes are dried she irons them with 'electrical flatlrons and ,what was once a back-breaking, health-destroying fcrm of drudgery has become almost a positive pleasure. The kitchen of thi3 home has in it a gas stove, but it also has an electrical cabinet on which a goodly part of the meals are cooked. The cabinet is homemade, of dark stained wood, and on Its broad shelf are several electrical "stoves," plates of iron in which are resistance colls that warm up to a cooking heat when the current is turned on. The electrical oven stands on the floor when not in use, for it takes but an Instant to screw, the plug at the business end of its wire into the socket, and be ready to roast the Sunday leg of mutton. And all this in the house of a man who earns but '$18 a week! A mining company composed entirely of women was recently organized in Marquette, Mich. The German empress for state occasions wears diamonds and a wreath of silver myrtle on her silvery hair. In the patent office at Washington is the model of a pocket sewing machine, the Invention of Sally A. Rosenthal of Dubuque, Iowa. There 13 a men's league for women suffrage in London and one lone man was present at the international meeting representing it. Miss Caroline McGill, an instructor In anatomy In the University of Missouri, has won the '$1,200 Sarah Berliner reasearch fellowship for women. . Mrs. Millicent Garret Fawcett enjoys the unique distinction of being the only woman ever Invited tc address the University Debating Society at Oxford. The Japanese woman dresses according to her age. She wears gold pins until she Is 25. At 30 the pins are white and at 40 she wears plain shell combs. Mrs. Philander C. Knox, wife of the secretary of state, personally manages the big fairy which Is conducted on her husband's country estate at Valley Forge. Pa. It is said that Queen Alexandra wishes to establish an order for the recognition of the special virtures of women In civil life, corresponding to the king's order for rewarding heroism In civil life. Mrs. Harold Gorst, author of several novels dealing with the slums of London, and sister of Charles Rann-Ken-nedy, the playwright, who wrote "The Servant in the House," is In thl3 country on a short visit. She Is not a suffragette. Mrs. Mary Crowell, of Byron, 111., is one woman who believes that what is worth doing at all Is worth doing well. She is engaged in the very prosaic occupation of raising hogs, but the dealers say the pork made from her hogs Is of such good quality that they think she deserves to bo allowed to vote. A Two-Tone Turban. The jaunty lines of this turban are most becoming, and the style Is not at all trying despite its rather dashing character. The turban is of mixed navy and steel blue straw and the crown Is entirely covered by a sweeping coq feather made of small gray quills tipped with blue. A scarf of navy blue satin goes around the right side, nnd the left, brim, which turns sharply upward, Is caught by a smart cocade of gray 'ace centered with a steel button. The let I leoat to Come. The petticoat 13 to be reinstated: It it not full. Nor is it stiff. It still fits closely over the hips. A considerable number of silk petticoats will be used for summer. But It lcoks now as if lingerie one? would almost take their place. Tho lingerie onc3 that aro to be worn are dainty and frilly, with lace rufiies and flounces. Anything to emphasize the growing tendency to ward fullness r.round the feet. Skirts are et ill clinging over the hips,, however, fo that the petticoat must be carefully fitted a:id unstarched. Husband fj n Lover. There seems to be a growing and widely spread dissatisfaction among women with the men. Very few women appear to be thoroughly satisfied

with the men of their households. One and all, they fall far short of what they ought to be. Fathers refuse to pay milliners' and modistes' bills with the pleased and unquestioning alacrity a fond and appreciative parent should show; brothers display a careless Indifference to their sisters' company and an unreasonable and altogether Inexplicable preference for the society of "that slrl; " and husbands never mind. The only capacity in which a woman appears to be thoroughly satisfied with a man is when he is a lover "her" lover, of course. As her lover he Is usually all she wants him to be. As her lover ho is willing to spend the whole evening telling her she has the most beautiful eye3, the most adorable chin and the most klssab'.e mouth that were ever placed In the face of woman! As her lover, he never praises another woman, because he never sees another woman! As her lover, he listens avidly to everything she says and believes It! As her lover, he will go -anywhere, do anything, get anything she wants! As her lover, he has neither mind, will nor soul of his own! Yes, as a lover he 13 thoroughly reasonable an,'; a satisfactory person. On the face of these facts does it not appear that'it would be to the Interest of the women to keep tho men their lovers even after marriage? Softening the Skin. Homely conplexlon specifics are almost becoming too homely nowadays. Raw mutton fat, which 13 said to be excellent for the skin of the face in cold weather, is, as a matter of fact, a somewhat drastic remedy, and the same might be said of raw eggs, which are credited with a wonderful effect on the complexion. A well-beaten new-laid egg, spread rather than rubbed over the skin in the evening, and left to dry on, is looked upon by many people as an excellent skin softener and preventive of the crow feet, the first signs of which have always to be closely guarded against. The face is first of all gently washed with tepid distilled or previously boiled water, and then dried with a soft handkerchief. A large sable-haired paint brush 13 afterward dipped In the well-beaten egg and worked over the face untlls the skin feels a little stiff and drawn. Tils 13 left to soak in for ten minutes, when the egg-wash ia gently wiped off with a handkerchief dipped in rosewater. Borax snuffed up the nose is good for cataarh. It is ' said very strong tea will 'atop bleeding from a cut. A sun bath is of much more value to health than much warming by the fire. Undue consumption of tea, coffee, cocoa and chocolate will make the skin sallow. A llttlo good toilet water or cologne poured into a bath is delightful In Its effects. It your heart is weak do not indulge in showers, and be careful to temper the water, no matter how strong the heart. Wherever there is an inconvenient hollow a gentle massage with cocoa butter will soon fill It up, and It is the puiest and best of skin food. A teaspconful of strong black tea tied up in a piece of muslin, with boiling water poured over it, may be left on the eye all night for a sty. Washing the eyes morning and night in water as hot as it can be borne is a wonderful tonic for those useful servants which are so easily injured. An excellent household remedy for byirns 13 pure vaseline or olive oil. The great thing is to exclude the air and dirt from the burned surface, and this the oil will do. A dry shampoo of cornmeal Is rery cleansing if properly done. The meal should not be allowed to get too close to the scalp, and should be brushed out with a gentle "lifting" stroke. To take disagreeable medicine eat one or two cloves or hold ice in the mouth until the tongue is chilled and the medicine will be less disagreeable. Medicines that discolor the teeth may be taken through soda straws. In sleeping, keep the head as low as possible that the blood may circulate freely In the brain. The less pillows the better. Always stretch out your body fully. When the limb?, are crossed or curled up ia any way the rest Is not so great. An Insect in the ear' may be destroyed by pouring a teaspoonful of warm olive oil or camphorated oil into tho ear and keeping it there for some time, holding the head In a position to retain the oil, which will afterward come away with the dead insect. Ilr-nio v lau Scorch. An old negro laundress is responsible for the following cure for bad scorched placed, caused by too hot Irons: A half pine of vinegar isimt on the stove in a porcelain-lined sauoepan. To this Is added the juice of a large onion and two ounces of fuller's earth. The mixture i3 boiled for five minutes, stralr.ed, cooled and bottled. In removing the scorch a little of the mixture Is put on a clean white linen rag and rubbed over the scorched place until it disappears. Several applications may be necessary. Covering for Fentherfied. For a covering for feather beds make a slip of cotton cloth eight inches longer and wider than the article to be covered, leaving an opening at one side a third of the length. On each Inside corner sew tapes six inches long; also sew tapes six Inches long on the four corners, tic the tapes, and either sew the opening at side or uo buttons and buttonholes. Cotton challies can be upod for comforts instead of cotton cloth, AVnlcr Drive -tuny IHofrlip. The brown skin patches which are so disfiguring and seemingly so hard to cure come supposedly from the liver. Many remedies have been tried for them, but the latest "cure" is so sim

ple that it should at least be tested by every woman who wishes to fight the blemishes. A skin specialist declares that he has had more success in treating brown patches by copious water drinking than in any other way. The patient is forced to drink ten or twelve glasses of water a day, taking no other medicine. In a short time her skin shows good effects and In many cases the brown patches disappear entirely. Tacked Blouse.

The 'blouse that Is tucked in various effective ways is the favorite one of the moment, and this model would be charming developed either In lingerie material or such thin silks' as crepe de Chine, messaline and the like or In cashmere; Indeed, in any material that can be tucked successfully. The plain yoke and center front are especially well adapted to the hand embroidery that is so much In vogue, but they can, if preferred, be trimmed with applique or be made of fancy material. Maklns wl Klae Character, The sweetest bread that any man or woman ever ate is that which is won by their own energy, or deserved by their usefulness. Whether labor be that of the hand or the head, there is dignity in it. Do not stand around with arms akimbo until occasion tells you what to do; don't live in hope with your arms folded. Fortune smiles on those who roll up their sleeves, put their shoulders to the wheel and push! To begin at the very foot of the hill and rork slowly up to the top may be a very discouraging process, but it is precisely at this spot whert so many begin to spoil their lives. ' Wlsrs the Fuhlon, Tn sheer despair women have turned to wigs. They have tortured their hair rato so many kinds of shapes demanded by fashion, and have spent so many wearisome hours doing it, that the wig Is a gellef from trouble. These are beautifully made of glossy hair on a gauze foundation that has neither weight nor warmth. There is enough hair for it to be arranged In any becoming and leading fashion and one does not have to submit to the annoyance of sitting to hare it waved and arranged Into an elaborate coiffure. Horn Lot Beat Charity. We have come to realize that a child needs something more than clothes and food to develop the best; It needs the love that can only be found in a home. The success of the whole depends entirely upon the success of the unit, and this can only be achieved by recognizing each unit, though It be merely a puny little child of want or crime, as an Individual, with Individual characteristics and an Individual yearning for love Baltimore Star. Attractiveness. A tnagnetic personality Is often more powerful than ability, and is often, very often, placed in the balance against It It Is, therefore, advisable to exert oneself to the utmost to cultivate that wonderful charm to the highest degree and she who has it not is not so much to be pitied as blamed, for it is more or less within the reach of all. A Flower Hat. Luxuriant flower wreaths composed of all the blossoms that grow weight the huge hats. The coloring of the ex ample shown above was rich and beautiful. The hat Itself, being of a burnt straw, lent a harmonious background t o the wreath of blackeyed Susans encircling the high broad crown. The spots of Intense black furnished by the flower centers gave richness to the color scheme. A huge chou made of many loops of satin ribbon of a rich burnt orange shade was placed on the left and completed the hat. The Outdoor Woman. The sight of an Englishwoman chasing a hare on foot, through brambl and thicket, over bridge and stiles, helterskelter over everything, would, says Town and Country, make a German hausfrau sit down in the middle of the road with her hands folded helplessly In front of her. For the Kitchen Sink. A bottle of household ammonia should be as invariably an adjunct to the kitchen sink and that of the waitress' pantry as the soap dish. It "kills" grease by a chemical combination with It and lends luster to silver by the same. A Point In Iron In p. When Ironing a starched garment, and a part of It becomes dry, do not fiampen with water, but wHh a cloth wet with a llttlo cold starch. This will keep all parts of the garment of equal Ftlffness. Cnrlou, but True. "Girls Who Heceive Hundreds el rroposals" is the title of an article in a oontempoifiry. A curious fact In this respect is that liars, we believe, receive more proposals than any other sort of gill. runch.

TWENTY DROWN IN ÖHI0 EtVEK.

Gasoline Launch, Heavily Loaded with Steelworkers, Sinks. Twenty persons were drowned when a gasoline launch sank In the middle of the Ohio River near Schoeaville, four miles below Pittsburg. Tuesday night. Of the thirty occupants of the boat only ten escaped. All the men were employes of the Pressed Steel Car Company at the McKees Rocks plant. The men had been working overtime until 8 o'clock and left the works to cross the river in the 'launch fifteen miDutes later. The boat is said to have been intended for not more than twenty persons, and it was understood it was dangerous to attempt to carry as many as twenty-five in it. But all the men wanted to get across the river on the first trip of the boat and thirty of them crowded in. There was no explosion, no leak was sprung, but the boat simply sank beneath the weight It had been bearing and went to the bottom. As it sank, it caused a suction which took many of the men down with it Others attempted to swim ashore, but were chilled by the cold water t and became exhausted before reaching the shore. PITCHER IN RAGE KILLS MOTHER Charles Rapp of South Bend Stabs Himself to Death After Crime. Charles Rapp, aged 32 years, well known as a former pitcher of the old South Bend Green Stockings, a crack independent base ball club, Saturday evening murdered his mother with a ,hammer and butcher knife 'and then committed suicide with the same knife, death occurring at the county jail in South Bend, Ind., where he was taken by the police.' The murder was most revolting and brutal, and beyond a statement made by Rapp just before his death, that he intended "to get the whole family," there is no explanation for the crime. Until Rapp fell a victim to the liquor habit he was one of the most popular young men In the city. MISUSE OF $500,000 IS CHARGED. Wanhlnston Police Claim to Hare rroof of J. C. Davis' Swindling. More than half a million dollars i? claimed by the police to. have been illegally disposed of by John C. Davis, a lawyer, who is under arrest in Washington, charged with embezzlement and conspiracy. Davis' alleged victims are mostly aged women. The police say they have documentary evidence to the effect that the prisoner obtained large sums of money, not only from Washington women, but from residents of Alexandria, Va., Cincinnati, New York and other cities. Martin D. Davis, brother of the accused, whe also Is under arrest, charged with conspiracy, and who is said to be secretary of the Potomac Building and Loan Association, says his brother can account for every penny. 14 NIGHT RIDERS ARE GUILTY. Ten Dar In Jail and, fSOO Fine (or Each of Tennessee Gans;. A verdict of guilty swas returned la Waverly, Tenn., in the case of the fourteen men charged with being members of the night riders' organization and with whipping J. M. Reece on Oct 15, 1903. The punishment was fixed at ten days in jail and a fine of $500 for each. They were remanded to jail under a strong military gu ird to reappear in court the next day, when a motion for a new trial was made. After the verdict the defendants shook hands and at night they played the banjo and danced in their cells. WOMAN SLAYER ARRESTS SELF. Body of Man Found After Heiress Reports to Sheriff. Mrs. Myrtle Brewer, a widow and the daughter of wealthy parents at Little River, a village near Lyons, Kan., is in jail, having confessed killing Frederick Arn, a bridge carpenter, Mrs. Brewer visited the marshal's office, said she had killed a man, and asked to be locked up. The body of Arn was found in the yard of Mrs. Brewer's home. He had been shot through the heart and the bullet evidently had been fired from a window in Mrs. Brewer's house. The woman asserted Arn annoyed her. IlandrnfTs Girl to Keep Her. Mrs. Eliana Reed, divorced wife oi B. T. Reed, a wealthy real estate man of Denver, appeared on the street In Tacoma, Wash., with her 9-year-old daughter Inez handcuffed to her. Mrs Reed explained that two attempts had been made to kidnap the child, and she believes the silver-chained hand cuffs will guarantee her daughter safety. ' Girl Freed of Forarery Charge. The charge of second degree forgery against Miss Hildegarde Hallen was dismissed in St. Louis. Miss Hallen was employed by M. Dwight Fortnsr, a real estate broker, who is now a fu gitive. She was charged with having acknowledged as a notary public alleged forged signatures on deeds of trust. Drought in Xebraaka Broken. The drought in the South Platte region was broken the other day by showers reported to be general in the southern and southeastern counties of Nebraska. The precipitation at Lincoln was 34-100 of an inch. Carpenter Heir to Millions. Frank Bastedo, a carpenter, aged 55 years, living at Ludlowville, near Ithaca, N. Y., learned that he is one of the heirs to a Scottish estate valued at $9,000,000. ratora Prayer Cauaea Mistrial. Following a prayer at the opening of court in Mount Vernon, Ga., offered by Rev. Joe McDaniel, a relative of W. C. Beasley, for whose alleged murder Jordan Swain was on trial, the defense moved for a mistrial, and it wa3 granted. Train Kills Three in Family. John Crocket, express driver, was struck by a Big Four train at Alexandrtayille, Ohio, and killed. The same train killed his mother and his son a few weeks ago. Itntller In Mail Man' Ilaff. When John C. Greenwood, of South Xorwalk, Conn., postman, put his hand In his mail bag the other morning he drew it out again in a hurry, for, coiled up in the bottom, was a three-fogt rattle-snake, alive and in good working order. Greenwood killed the reiJ.ile, which was found lo have ten rattles. II nk IIcI!ers ;et 9,COO. The State Bank at Frenkstown, Texas, wa3 dynamited and robbed of 54,000.

j Indiana I j Stale News

WALSH'S MINES SOLD. Bought by Bondholders of Old CompanySteel Trott Not in Deal. In a formal sale of the John R. Walsh and J. K. Seibert mining properties of Sullivan and Green Counties, the bond holders represented by the Equitable Trust Savings Company, of Chicago, purchased the property for $1,500,000. The bid made by the bondholders was the only one. the only other competitor, the United States Steel Corporation, having been blocked from the deal. Edward Daniels, Master of Chancery, at the order of Judge Kenesa,w Mountain Landis, of the United States District Court of Chicago, had charge of the sales, and the officials of the Equitable Bank represented the bondholders. The sale includes more than fifteen of the best mines in the county, and the name will be changed from the Indiana Southern & Southern Indiana Coal Companies, to the Alliance Coal Company. This new company will have complete control of more than twenty thousand acres of valuable coal lands in Sullivan and Greene Counties. SAND STORMS IN INDIANA. Melon llllla Scattered Over Flelda by Fleree Galea. Sandstorms have been frequent in the melon belt, west of Owensville, since the trees and shrubbery have disappeared. There is nothing to break the violent winds that come from the southwest, and, a3 a result, the gales of the last few days have blown hundreds of melon hills away. It it almost impossible to carry on outdoor work in the melon belt, while a strong wind Is blowing. The sand is wafted" in clouds that drive the people to shelter. The growers have found a way, however, to allay the trouble In a measure. Where some other crop has been grown in certain fields for one season, the sand is not so easily molested. The planting or sowing of other crops, besides melons, for one season seems to solidify the soil. Where melon fields are surrounded by trees or shrubbery, the damage done by the wind is small, and many of the growers are preparing to plant trees and shrubbery about their fields. FAILS TO STEAL HER DAUGHTER Woman Slakes Three Darlnjr Attempts to Carry Off Little Girl. Several attempts to spirit away her 10-year-old daughter from Mr. and Mrs. E. Bradock of Gary, to whom she had given the child to adopt four months ago, were made by Mrs. Bessie Odell, formerly of Chicago, but all failed. Learning thai she was about to lose legal claim to her daughter through adoption by the Bradocks Mrs. Odell made an attempt to climb into the Bradock house by the aid of a ladder. She called at the Gary schools and demanded the child from the teacher. When school was out the mother, waiting in an automobile, snatched up the child and was about to speed away when Officer Frank Martin and Mr. Bradock appeared. A struggle ensued, after which Mr. Bradock gained possession of the little girl. BLACKMAIL CHARGE MADE. Zella Clark StHa-er Ilea da Not Culltr la Waahlnjttoa Caae. That the trial of Mrs. Zella Clark Stringer, the woman who was shot a few weeks ago while iu the act of picking up a decoy package supposed to contain $30,000 left by N G. Read, president of the Washington National Bank, will be heard at this tejm of the Circuit Court in Washington is almost an assured fact Ai affidavit charging Mrs. Stringer" with blackmail has been filed in the Circuit Court by Prosecuting Attorney Hastings. By her attorney. Judge W. R. Gardiner, she pleaded not guilty. The defense filed a special plea of insanity, setting forth that the woman has been weak-minded fcr years, and that at the time the crle was committed she was irresponsible. SHORT STATE ITEMS. The Madison County Commissioners have fixed Wednesday, May 26, as the date for the local option election. After a running battle five of the ten men who escaped from the Daviess County Jail at Owensboro, Ky., were captured at Newourg. The residence of'W. E. Blacklidge, one of the largest and best in Kokomo, was destroyed by fire whjch broke out in the morning. Mr. and Mrs. Blacklidge, who were sleeping on the second floor, were awakened by the crackling of flames, and were almost overcome by smoke in getting out of the building. Fire broke out in the three-story brick business block belongng to A. O. Morris In Knlghtstown. It originated in the rear part of Pritchard & Pennington's book store and is thought to have started from an electric light wire. The stock of books and- notions wen? destroyed and damage by fire, water and smoke was suffered by T. P. Wagoner & Son, hardware and wall paper; J. M. Powers, shoe dealer; A. O. Morris, wholesale grocer, and J. E. Keyee & Son, tailors. The village of Vistula was saved from destruction by fire when Elkhart's fire ompany, with a chemical engine, was sent thirteen miles by special train. Adam McKInley's general store, John Callenbcrger's residence and three barns were destroyed. A distinctive type of the early settlers' days has passed away in the $eath of Peter Wells of Elwood. who was the first undertaker in that part of Indiana and who made, by actual account, 3,74 coffins by hand, from measurements furnished to him by families of the district. The charred bodies of Samuel W. cover and his wife were found at ? o'c'ock the other morning beneath tho burning, ruins of a cow barn on their farm twelve miles northwest of Goshen. It was at first believed they had been murdered, but after investigation Coroner Stauffer instructed that a verdict be returns! to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Hoover died in a fire caused by spontaneous combustion. Schuyler C. Holly, who arranged a shotgun in his henhouse near Logansport to catch thieves, opened the door himself and was Instantly killed.