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Mrs. Anna ' Seefloth, of California, Is the guest of her brother, Mr. Julius Katte of this city. .V'-" J A card party invitation requires an Immediate 7 acknowledgement and must be regarded as an almost unbreakable engagement. A dinner party is important and if, at the last moment, a husband or wife is unable to attend, then the other should also stay at home so the number of guests will not be unequal. This may usually be arranged over telephone, depending much upon the intimacy existing between hosts and guests. An invitation to a dance and a ball may be accepted even if there is some doubt about your ability to go. As these two functions are usually large and the number of guests accepting need not be taken into consideration, it is safe to assume that you. will be able to attend. 0 d Mrs. Eli Wasson was very pleasantly surprised Sunday by a number of her friends who called at her home, 610 Sheridan street. Games and music were features of the day. The affair was also given to celebrate Mrs. Wasson's birthday anniversary. About twenty-five guests were present among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Starr and daughters Zelma and Josephine, Mr. and Mrs. Will PorterfleW and daughter, Miss Luclle of -Boston, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Silas Fitzgibbons and son- Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haller. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Gaines, Mrs. Charles Midaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huck, Mrs. E. A. Porte rfield, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pitman and daughter, Miss Helen, Miss Anna Wasson, Mr. Eli Wasson. Miss Mabelle Gaines and Miss Ruth Haller. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Kirkman and children, Miss Hilda and Master Rpscoe, Jr., have taken apart men ta in the Blacherne, at Indianapolis, where they will be pleased to greet any of their friends who are in Indianapolis. . -". ?r .... Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Krull have returned from their wedding journey and are spending a few weeks with Mrs. Krull's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ii. D. Pierce, befor going into their apartments in the Blacherne. Indianapolis Star. . ' . 5' Dr. Charles Bacon of Hutchinson, Kan., who has been visiting Dr. C. K. Bruner and family at Greenfield, Indiana, is now the guest of his son Stawart at Earlham college. at The woman who has a largo correspondence has taken to using what is known as the hasty lino pad. By "correspondence" one doesn't mean letters. Thl3 form of exchanging courtesies has almost gone out of style. Few people receive letters any more In the true sense of the word. ' rjA v& 4 Mrs. Walter Templin who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Moore has returned to her home in Milton. Mr. Edward Tyler of Chicago, 111., who has been spending a few days at Indianapolis, visiting .with friends came to Richmond for a short visit. J J J Miss Jessie Winkler left this morning for Indianapolis where she will attend Mrs. Blaker's kindergarten school. Miss Winkler was a former Earlham student. : 0 J a Arrangements are completed for the By Lydia E. Pinkhatn's Vegetable Compound Gardiner. Maine. "I hare been a frreat sufferer from organic troubles ana a severe female weakness. The doctor said I would have to go to the nospuai tor an operation, but I could not bear to think of it 1 decided to try Lydia . jnnxnam s vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash and was entirely I cured after three months' use of them." Mrs. S. A. WILLIAMS, R. F. D. No. 14, Box S9, Gardiner, Me. Xo woman should submit to a surgi ral operation, which may mean death. until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made exclusively from roots and herbs, a fair trial. This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to be the most valuable tonic and renewer of the female organism, women resid ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testi mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia "E. Pinkham's Veiretable Compound. It cures female ills, and creates radiant, buoyant female health. If you are ill for your own sake as well as those you love, give it a trial, Mrs. Plnkbani, at Lynn, Mass., invite all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice is free, and always helpful.

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reception and ball to be given tonight in Indianapolis at the Propjiaeum by the citizens inaugural committee in honor of the new Governor and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall. A large number of invitations were issued by the com

mittee to the out of town friends as well as the representative citizens of Indianapolis. The reception !s at 8 o'clock in the assembly hall. The committee on reception includes the following: Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kern, Mr. and Mrs. William Line Elder, the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph M. Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Murray Ayres, Mr. and Mrs. John Newman Carey, Mr. and Mrs. Evans Woolen, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand L. Mayer, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert I). Anderson, James Whitcomb Riley, Gen. and Mrs. Charles Shaler, Mr. aijd Mrs. Stoughton A. Fletcher, the Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Haines. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taggart, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Lynch Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Volney T. Malott. Mr. and Mrs. John Perrin and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hobbs Burford. ji j je Mis3 Minnie Young was a guest at Indianapolis last week. CLUB NOTES At a meeting of the Ladies of the G. A. R. held the latter' part of the last week, the following officers to serve for the coming year were elected: President, Mrs Ella Howe; senior vice president, Mrs. Sophia Drosty; junior vice president, Mrs. Flora Branson; secretary Mrs. Jenuie Harris; treasurer, Mrs. Martha Lamb; guard, Bessie Lenand; conductor, Mrs. Mary Modlln; assistant, Mrs. Mary Moor; patriotic instructor, Mrs. Louise Bailey. v& 5J The central aid society of the First Christian church will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. L. S. Mann, 109 North Ninth street. All members are requested to be present. The East End Aid society of the First Christian church will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Christian Vossler at her home 506 north Sixteenth street. J Jt jfi Mr. E. G. Hill will address a meet ing of the Men's Union of the First English Lutheran church Tuesday evening at the church. His subject will be "Flower Gardens of France." The public is cordially invited to at tend. The Spring Grove Sewing circle will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Harry Engelbrecht at her home in Spring Grove. The members are all invited to be present. 8 The Sunday school of the First Eng lish Lutheran church has arranged for a lecture and entertainment course to be given this season. The program will be given in the lecture room of the church. The course promises to be most excellent and will probably be well attended. The schedule for the same is as follows: January 20 Stereopticon lecture, "The Wonders of Italy." Rev. J. W. Kapp. February 17 Concert by Richmond artists. Marchc 8 J-ecture, "Oratory and Or ators," Dr. J. Everest Cathell. April 27 Cantata, First English. Lutheran Sunday school. The Missionary society of the Whitewater Quarterly Meeting of Friends will be entertained" Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Samuel Dickinson at her home on East Main Street. A social and. literary session will be held Tuesday evening by the Epworth league of the First Methodist church at the parsonage on South Fourteenth street. The young people are cordially in vited to be present. Mrs. J. W. Finfrock will be hostess for a meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Grace M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at her home 113 South Eleventh street. A paper an "The Trail'' will be read by Mrs. Elizabeth Close. j j j There were no dinner parties yester day at the Country Club house. Mrs. Harry Mather entertained the members of the Ticknor club at her home on South Eighth street this af ternoon. The regular meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of Grace church will be held on Tues day afternoon, Jan. 12, at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. W. Finfrock, 115 South 11th Street. HENRY E. ROBINSON ENDS HIS LIFE BY SUICIDE (Continued From Page One.) to Richmond a short time afterward and became a partner with his father in the Robinson Machine Works. He was made vice-president of the company, when it was incorporated in 18S9, as Robinson & Company. When his father died in 1897. Mr. Robinson was chosen president. He continued in that position until the date of his death. Mrs. Robinson died as the result of a railway accident near Bayview, Mich., in 18D9. .

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til i'w S ct) 'VTVii'iv.-? mm MRS. AND MISS HIGGINS. Miss Josephine Higgins, above, and Mrs. F. W. Higgins, below, the daugh ter and widow of .the former Govern or of New York, who are believed to have perished in Italy's earthquake. LOCAL OPTION CAMPAIGN IS ON IN EARNEST NOW (Continued From Page One.) of th argument that a saloon was good for one community, but admittedly bad for another. If it is bad for he believes it is bad for the other. The speaker stated thta because there are individual failures in home life, in the schools and in the churches by reason of there being cases where home life is not happy, where a teacher does not come up to the require ments morally and otherwise and be cause some of the churches have hypocrites in the membership the church, the school and te home should not be declared failures. These institutions are on the whole successful, pointed out the speaker. It is shown by the character of the majority of the mem bers of the churches and those who come in touch with these influences. The question was asked why the tax rate of Richmond and Cambridge City was high when the saloonists say that abolishing the saloon will mean the increase of the tax rate. "Why should Cincinnati be nearly bankrupt if the saloons lower the tax rate," was ask ed. He pointed out that in the dry counties the exact opposite is true as the tax Tate has been lowered in many instances and a general beterment in the condition of business has resulted He sh,owed how little goes to the working man for the average expenditure of $100 in liqour, while the very large per cent, going to the laborer in the manufacture of shoes, clothing and the like was pointed out. It was shown that in the liquor business nearly everything is profit for the saloon keep er. Statistics were also used in com paring counties dry and wet in regard to crimes wUh the better showing com ing form the dry counties. Other Meetings Held. Other meetings in the county yester day were as successful as the one held in this city according to reports reach ing the county organization headquar ters. In the evening Judge Blair prac tically repeated the address made here at the Methodist church in Cambridge City. Rev. R. J. Wade reported that he had a very interested audience at Hagerstown in the Methodist church in the evening. Advocates of the cause declared that never in fifteen years has the temperance cause been advanced so in Jefferson township as Rev. Wade's address. The Rev. G H. Hill had a very good meeting a Greensfork in the afternoon. The re port In regard to the afternoon meet ing at Fountain, City addressed by Attorney Will A. Bond of this city and E. B. Reynolds of Hagerstown and chairman of the county organization was encouraging. POT AND PAN SPICK AND SPAN Some people imagine that "WHIZ is made only for hand use. It's splen did for the hands, but just as excellent for household use. Keep a can of "WHIZ" on your kitchen sink and another in the bath room and you will be surprised to see how many little uses you will find for. it. Grocers say it's their, biggest seller. Ladies, see our counter of 98 cent Muslin Gowns, Skirts, Drawers, etc. Knollenberg's Store. City bowling alley, 22 N. 9th 12 If

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ARTISTIC AMD USEFUL Bellows Tempt the Modern Connoisseur In Ancient Furnishings. SPECIMENS IN RARE DESIGNS. Lyre Shape of the Louie XVI. Period Said to Be Werk of French Ebeniete Jean Demontreuil Charming Italian Renaissance Pattern. Bellows are details of old time fur nishing which, somewhat curiously, seem to have escaped the attention of many writers on the furniture of the past and to meet with comparatively slight esteem among the generality of modern connoisseurs, and yet if one begins to "take up" the subject it is by no means lacking in interest. One reason far its being apparently neglected may possibly be found In the fact that bellows of the olden time were such indispensable and constantly used members of the family house hold goods that very few have sur vived to tell their mute tale of bygone usefulness. In mediaeval kitchens of the great the bellows blower was a recognized functionary, whose duties, according to Joinville, probably in cluded looking after the turnspit dogs in their revolving wheel cage. And it was not only in the kitchen that the services of the bellows were called into requisition, for the log fires of the ban queting hall and the guest chamber equally demanded their ministrations. and the honor in which they were held before the days of coal fires is sufficiently indicated by the lavish decoration that was frequently bestowed upon them. A finely finished pair of decorated bellows of the middle ages will often be found to' be worthily representative of the furniture style of its period. Pre-eminently was this the case in Italy when, in the exuberant art of the renaissance, the great mas ters themselves did not begrudge their labors even on the adornment ot such a comparatively humble detail of do mestic plenishing. Some of the most exquisite pieces of carved walnut wood furniture belonging to the Italian quatero cento and cinque cento periods are the bellows, a pair of which, with wondrously elaborate Venetian carving, fetched at the fa mous sale of the Magniac collection in 181)2 no less a sum than $2,300. Experts abroad often make rare finds, a few of which are here repro duced. Distinctively renaissance In character, the Italian type pictured Is of walnut wood, carved and gilt, with nozzle of copper, richly chiseled. The front is surmounted by a mascheron, or human mask, .which forms the handle. Following the curve at each side is a grotesque male torso, terminating in scrolls, and in the center a winged amorino beneath a garland of fruit. The handle on the reverse side Is formed by a beautiful female bead, crowned and draped, and the central ornament consists of a grotesque mascheron, its open mouth forming the wind hole. Scallop shells, scrolls and draperies surround it, after the style of the period, which incorporated Cupids and grotesques, scrolls and flowers, draperies and masks, In a wealth of decoration. Those of Venetian origin are charmingly interesting. French bellows of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were often of great beauty. A lovely little pair is purely Louis Seize In character, with its severely simple ornament In tulip wood inlaid on carved mahogany. Claiming to be the work of the maitre ebeniste Jean Demontreuil, it Is a departure from the traditional form, suggesting a lyre shape, which Is emphasized by the lines of the inlay taking the direction of the strings. To bear out the resemblance the nozzle Is. well subordinated, being made as short as Is possible consistently with its purpose. These are only a few examples the antique bellows. An Unsocial Pedant. , "At Trinity, Cambridge, the great Dr. Whewell was the incarnation of masterful unsociability," says Mr. Tollemache in his reminiscences. "A Trinity friend told me in the fifties that Whewell's evening parties went by the name of 'perpendiculars' because the undergraduates were expected to remain standing all the time, though he himself sat down whenever he chose. It is also related that, being thortsighted, he inspected each man in turn at unpleasantly close quarters, and It was a high crime for any one to speak until he was spoken to. On one occasion under the trying scrutiny an unwary freshman remarked that the weather was fine. 'Sir,' replied the pedant, 'are you not aware that if you have any communication to make to the master of your college you should make it through your tutors " The Way He Felt About It. While several young ladies were discussing novel plans for a church bazaar a new member of the committee proposed to have the pustor's photograph reproduced on pillow tops and "chance" them off. All the girls voiced their approval at once, but when the plan was suggested to the parson he objected. "I really cannot consent, said he. "I've been sat on enough as It Is. Ladies Home JournaL Secondhand.' "Can't I go out into the back yard and play In the garden, mamma? "Certainly not. child. You must stay in and stndy your nature books." Life. Integrity without knowledge Is weak and useless. Paley. When a dentist in China Is extracting a tooth for a patron an assistant pounds on a gong to drown out the cms ot the patient

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Her. Leisure, EMBROIDERY SILK CASE. A Comfortable Possession For the Woman . Careless . With Her Skeins of Silk Couch Cushion That Is a Little Out of the Ordinary. The case shown here is an ideal receptacle for embroidery silks. In It they remain smooth, straight and clean. In the book are sheets of plain paper. Each skein is laid between them. Cut two pieces of linen 11 by 4 ' inches. Tlace the design in the center of one of the pieces, with a piece of carbon paper under it- Draw around the design. The embroidering is done in a plain, solid Kensington stitch. Next cut two pieces of pasteboard, 8 by 2Vs inches. Cover these with the pieces of linen, turning the material back over the edges, and sew it back and forth from side to side. In the center of the long edge of each piece sew a piece of half inch satin ribbon for the fastening. Cut two pieces of plain white paper 7 by 1 inches. Paste these pieces firmly over the wrong side of the covers for a finish. Lay the covers wrong sides together and overhand them neatly down the back. To make the inside of the case, cot three pieces of .Dlaln .white paper, 7tt by 14Vi inches. Fold one sheet of th paper exactly in the middle, the fold being of the seven and a half Inch length. Fold each half over again, bringing the outside edge of each half over until it touches the center fold. Repeat this folding on the other two sheets, and put the center fold of each sheet together, one over the other. Put these folds against the overhandlng down the center of the case and sew through all. This forma six little pockets in which to put the skeins of silk. It would be a pleasing Idea to put a skein of silk in each pocket before sending It to a friend as a Christmas lift. Applique Couch Cushion. A method of work which produces the same bold effects as those of the stencil, but with greater richness and effectiveness, is that of applique. The use of one fabric upon another, with outlines and small details of design brought out by embroidery, is peculiarly pleasing in its results and a method which has heretofore not been thor oughly appreciated by art needle workers. The principal object In these simple designs is the obtaining of good mstfni lines with broad effects In color and mass which arc not handicap ped with too much detail. Applique is well suited to this purpose and Is very easily done. All that Is necessary is to cut out the design and after rarefully basting It in place make it secure by a couching stitch about the edge. The outlines of the design are then worked in outline stitch and the small details in satin stitch as required. The seed pod design illustratIN SEED POD DZHIGH. ed is so simple that almost any woman accustomed to art needlework could cut her own pattern, but craftsman shops, however, sell these designs for those who cannot make their owu for the seed pod cushion. A gray green canvas could be chosen, and the pods could be cut from golden linen with the seeds done In a brilliant peacock blue. This would give a sharp color contrast to the pillow. The couching and outlining are done In rich golden brown floss. ASKS SANITY INQUEST. Asa Pitts has filed a petition in the Wayne circuit court, praying for a sanity inquest on the person of Martha' Pitts. CHARITIES COUNCIL. The council of the associated charities will meet tomorrow afternoon at the office. South Fifth street, at ' o"clock. , CfL CURED IN ONE DAY t Monxoa"s Cold Efmrty Rimtb the in-ai. throat and 'vngn aliooft immediateIr. Checks Fevers, stop Dischargee of the w. take iwr aii ehes and pain caused bT ooM. It nm Grip sod oheUaate t'aaghs and prtTeats Pneumonia. Prte 25c. HaTe yon stiff or ewollea Joint, no natter how chronic? Ask Tonr druggist for MonjrocT Khecmatiinn KenxJj- and aee Lo-w quickly row w-ill be enred. It joa hare any kidney or bladder trouble get Mnnyon Kidney Remedy. Mnnrnn't Vim M- imItm v ... strong end restores lot powers.

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MRS. JAMES STILLMAN. Mrs. James Stillman. Jr., and her mother, Mrs. Brown Potter, have just been reconciled. WILL NOW GRIND OUT MEASURES III QUICKSTEP TIME (Continued From Page One.) the candidates for United States sena tor to prepare for the democratic joint caucus which is set for Wednesday night It is still an open fight with all the candidates making strong claims of strength. There is no question but that Kern has the inside track and that unless something turns up that cannot now be foreseen he will win But he must fight it out in the first place with Shively for the control of the votes that the two will have at the start and then he will have to fight it out finally with Slack on the last ballot. It was intended at first to hold the caucus on the night of January 17, two days before the first ballot would be taken in the legislature, but this late date did not suit Governor Marshall and it is known that be urged the democrats to hold an early caucus so as to get the senatorship settled ear ly in the session. He said that little business would be done by t'je legisla ture until arter the senatorship was settled, and he was not in favor of such delay. There is too much to be done, he said, to allow any time to be wasted. So the early caucus was call ed. Open or Secret Ballot? Two questions confront the candi dates for senator which they must settle before the caucus opens Wed nesday night. Qne is whether the caucus shall vote by open ballot or by secret ballot, and the other whether or not the low men shall drop out of the race at the end of the third or fourth ballot. Both proposi tions have been made and are still un der consideration. The Shively peo ple have not said whether they will accept an ouen ballot, but it Is known that all the other candidates will be satisfied with either. Kerp and Lamb have declared for the open ballot. Opposition is expected to develope to the plan for the low men to drop out of the race, however. The low men will contend that this gives the leaders an undue advantage. They will insist that the balloting will last a long time and that no selection of candidate can be made on the early ballots. Therefore, they will contend they should be permitted to remain In tae race until some one is chosen The plunder committee of the house composed of Representatives Faulknor, of Michigan City, Strickland, of Greenfield and Sweeney, of Tell City, is expected to make its report some time today. This is the committee that gives out all the jobs in the house. The committee Is swamped with applications. Few of the legislators remained In this city over Sunday. Nearly all went home Friday night but they were nearly all present today for the inauguration of Governor Marshall. MRS. JOHNSON DEAD. Local relatives have received word of the death of Mrs. Rebecca Johnson at Rich Square. The funeral wHl take place Wednesday morning - at 10 o'clock. The deceased was related to Mrs. Elizabeth Toms and Mrs. Eliza Bell of this city. For a good, wholesome, cheap breakfast, always buy Mrs. Austin's pancake flour. Your grocer has a fresh supply.

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Squadron of American Battle ship Fleet Arrives at Italian Port. BRING CHEER TO STRICKEN SOCIALIST DEPUTIES AT ROME MAKE AN ATTACK ON THE PROPOSED REFORM MEASURES IN THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE. Naples. Jan. 11. The Tnitcd State . battleships. Connecticut. Kansas, Min nesota, and Vermont, under Rear Admiral Sperry, the commander of the Atlantic fleet, arrived here at dawn yesterday, anchoring between the Italian battleship Bendetto Brin and the cruiser San Giorgio. Ambassador Grlscom returned from Messina to present Rear Admiral Sperry to the king. The steamer Verona arrived off th!s port yesterday with refugees from Reggio, and $2,600,000 for the Bank of Naples. The vessel was unable to enter owing to the rough sea and a tug went out. While being towed thhawser broke. The tug was so badlydamaged it sank. The crew was res cued, but the Verona ' was nearly wrecked. The Italian parliament hi had un der consideration at Rome a special law authorizing the expenditure of money and the enforcement of special measures in the earthquake area. It had been hoped that the bill would he passed without discussion, hut amendments were introduced by Socialists, who criticised In various particulars and deplored that no legislation was proposed in behalf of those made orphans by the calamity. Socialist Attack on Government. This proved the entering wedge fo an attack on the Italian government hv Sir rff FVdion SrwialiKt Oe Felico said the rescue work had been insufficient and many victims ; perished who could have been saved. rriiiiu minister uioimi isiuiea inff house the orphans had not been forgotten and said a special commission mwia1rff lvA rvrwkl t hsf Avj1eleAle S a sider them. - Then Sig. Faranda. surviving depu ty for Messina, lamented the establishment of a state of siege, declaring it too harsh a measure, especially for the neighboring country districts to which It extended.- It was, he added. as bad as a second earthquake. Sig. Giolitti defended the action of the government in declaring a state r.f clmn ,-n It l-JI. ..VI. to prevent plunder. . Sig. Denava, the Calabrian deputy, thanked the British navy for the as sistance it rendered, which caused ths bouse to applaud. - Survivors Cling to Ruins. The criticisms led to modifications of a few clauses of the bill, which then passed with only Are dissentients in the full house. . Efforts to hasten the evacuation of Messina have been only partly successful. It has been imiossible to exclude survivoors by force, while the plan to cease the distribution of food ashore, limiting the distribution to the ships, proved to be practically useless. The survivors obstinately cling to the ruins. They say they would rather die from starvation than abandon their native city. Moreover, the soldiers share their rations with the hungry sufferers. Refugees who arer now scattered throughout Italy are clamor-' ing to return. Notwithstanding that ' burials and disinfection still go on efforts to destroy the odor of putrefaction are unavailing. In accordance with instruction from the archbishop, priests are now traversing the ruins of Messina, praying for and absolving the 'dead with uplifted hands. The battleships Wisconsin, Illinoif and Kearsarce of the Atlantic fleet left Port Said yesterday for Malta. Tl, , 1 . a . ii, The repair ship Panther and the collier Ajax entered the Suez canal today bound north. - The American battleships Wisconsin. Illinois and the Kearsarge are expected to arrive at Malta on Thursday, to remain four days. Effect of Balmy Weather. At Messina, balmy weather, despite Its disadvantageous effects upon decaying animal and vegetable matter, makes it possible at least for troops and survivors to live more comfortably in tbe open. Occasionally there are earth shocks. Some have brought down more broken walls, but the people have become accustomed to these minor shocks. Gen. Mazza.- who is in supreme command, has adopted stringent measures In order to protect people and property. In addition to establishing a police service around the city, be has issued orders that any person found excavating without a permit shall be shot. Gen. Mazza's command extends to both sides of the straits. : In' an interview he said that some semblance of order was at hut being reestablished. The work is now' systematized and the situation. b bs lieved. was well In hand.

TEN C0HF.nt.AT.0fJS Rev. Watkins who has been conducting revival services at the First Baptist thurth during the past week had a very successful meeting last evening. Ten persons, were made members of the church. He will probably remai here the remainder of this wee", . i