The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 34, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 December 1912 — Page 6

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, • • - Indiana FIND GRIM RELICS OF AVIATOR KEARNEY AND HI3 COMPANION. WERE WASHED ASHORE The Wreckage Was Found Four Miles South of Redondo Beach by Pau! Banzschaf and Two Companions— Other News of the Day. Los Angeles, Dec. 18.—Fragments£>f a hydro-aeroplane and clothing which were washed ashore and identified, proved that Aviator Horace Kearley and his reporter companion, Clan ence Lawrence, met disaster soon after they started last Saturday on lheir proposed flight over the ocean io San Francisco. The exact eirsumst.ances surrounding their death probably always will remain unknown. They may have died within a few hours after they vanished Saturday afternoon in the mists of Point Firmin, or they may have clung to their fragile craft all through a stormy night and the next day. Judging from the position of the wreckage, which gave the first definite clew to their fate, they died a short distance from shore, and in all probability their bodies now rest in the tangled morass of kelp beds near Redondo beach. The wreckage was found four miles south of Redondo beach by Paul Banzschaf And two companions, who conducted mi independent search. The searchers picked up a shirt and vest. Glenn Martin, who undertook Sunday the dangerous hydro-aeroplane flight in search of Kearney, declared that the vest was part of the clothing Lawrence wore when he boarded the aeroplane with Kearney. The shirt and vest were ripped and torn, indicating the haste and desperation with which their wearer had cast off impediments for his battle with the sea. A pontoon found nearby was battered and dented, and the condition of a fragmentary wing tip also found gave evidence of having been battered by the waves. — Miles of Grain Boats at Anchor. Buffalo, N. Y„ Dec. 14—Three miles of grain freighters, their hulls filled with millions of bushels of grain, are riding at anchor inside the breakwater of Buffalo’s outer harbor, forming one of the heaviest blockades of grain in the history of this port. Fiftythree vessels in this line carry cargoes aggregating 15,000,000 bushels of export grain, practically all of being wheat. In the inner harbor are twenty more vessels and a like number is expected from upper lake ports before the lakes become unnavigable. The total cargo value’of the fleet in winter quarters here is estimated at $20,000,000. The grain will be transhipped at the rate of 500 to 1,000 carloads a day during the winter and the remainder will be shipped by canal in the spring. i ' Mrs. Gunness Lives? Laporte, Ind., Dee. 18.—The story that Mrs. Belle Gunness, on whose farm the bodies of thirteen persons believed to have been murdered, were found, did-not 41e in the fire which Bestroyed her home early in 1908, was revived yesterday. Charles Meyers, alias Reed, a paroled convict from the Michigan City state prison, said that Ray Lamphere, now dead, who was a prison mate of his and who was convicted of burning the Gunness residence, told him Mrs, Gunness escaped In an automobile, which headed for Chicago, and carried a tin box filled with money. Lures Sweetheart to Death. Palouz, Wash., Dec. 13.—Luring his sweetheart, Miss Jennie Liner, 18 years old, into the depths of a mine near Harvard, Idaho, Jesse Dillman shot and killed her and fatally wounded himself, according to messages which reached here. Men entered the mine to investigate the cause of the two shots, but Dillman opened fin* on them and drove them out. -. Mississippi Mob Kills Negro Murderer. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 18.—An unidentified negro, who shot and wounded Patrolman Joseph White, after wrestling a pistol from the officer, was killed by a mob here. Thieves Work on Grand Trunk. Valparaiso, Ind., Dec. 18. —Thieves who worked on a Grand Trunk train relieved passengers of $175 in money and watches and tickets worth $75. Jannus ' nds Trip. New Orleans, Dec. 16.—Tony Jannus, the aviator, arrived in New Orleans at 8:30 last night, completing the longest hydro-aeroplane flight on record. Mississippi Bank Looted by Bandits. Modena, Miss., Dec. 18. —The Bank ®f Modena was robbed of when five men blew open the safe. Many people were brought out on the street by the explosion, but the robbers held them at bay, firing about 50 shots and sec aped. Three Murderers Pay the Penalty. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14. —Three convicted murderers were hanged for their crimes in Georgia and Alabama. Two were negroes and one a white man. All admitted their gilt For Using Mails to Defraud. New York, December 13.— The American Telegraph and Typewriter Company of Brooklyn, a corporation Bapltalized at $10,000,000, has been inlicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of using the mails to de mTAVIu,

CONTRACT OF COAL ROADS IS ILLFGAL U. S. Supreme Court Smashes 65 Per Cent Agreement. SAYS NO “TRUST” EXISTS Decision Holds That the Government Has Failed to Prove That There Is Anthracjte Combination. Washington, Dec. 18.—The Supreme court of the United States on Monday canceled as violative of the Sherman anti-trust law, the contracts by which railroad-owned coal companies in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields had pur-chase<L-ihe output for all time of “independent mines.’’ The charge of a “general combination*’ was not sustained. Attorney General Wickersham expressed the belief that the decision “will so completely destroy the combination which now controls the price of anthracite that it must result in a distant measure of relief to the public.” The case was brought by the government against the Reading and other railroads, charging them with illegal combination to control the price of anthracite, and with having conspired to shut out competing lines, said act being in restraint of interstate commerce. In the opinion of the department of justice it will now be only necessary to bring actions under the Sherman anti-trust law against tl competing railroads to eradicate the coal trust altogether. Away to such actions was distinctly left open by the decisiofi which was handed down by Mr. Justice Lurton. Although asserting that as yet the evidence of an illegal combination among the railroads has not yet been established, the court holds: 1. That the principal defendants (the Reading and other coal-carrying roads) did combine for the purpose of shutting out from the anthracite field a projected Independent line of railroad, the New York, Wyoming & Western. To accomplish this purpose the stock of the Temple Iron company in suits of this kind to be filed by the was acquired, with the Intent not of normally and lawfully developing trade, but of restraining interstate commerce and competition. 2. That certain contracts made with producers covering between twenty and twenty-five per cent of the total annual supply of coal known as the 65 per cent, contracts, while legal, taken singly, were illegal taken together. These contracts bound the producers to deliver the output of their mines to the railroad company for 65 per cent, of the average price at tidewater. The contracts were declared void, because In violation of the antitrust act and. abnormal and Illegal restraints upon Interstate commerce. 3. The court reiterates the decision on the Standard Oil cases, that the act of congress does not forbid or restrain the power to make normal contracts to further trade by resorting to normal methods, whether by agreement or otherwise. But It holds that the Temple Iron company case and the 65 per cent, contracts were illegal and therefore come within the antitrust statutes. 4. Certain minor contracts claimed to be in violation of the act are dismised on the ground that the court has no right to consider them. Divested of technicality, the decision breaks up the iron-clad monopoly secured by the railroads through the purchase of the Temple Iron company and the Simpson and Watkins collieries; declares that the contracts made with the coal companies must be canceled, and opens the way for the department of justice to proceed against the railroads for combining through control of each other’s stock under the Sherman anti-trust law. Precedents for favorable action by the court and the Simpson and Watkins collieries government was furnished lately in the Harriman merger case. NAVY IS SHORT 6,000 MEN Army Shows Increase of 4,455 During Past Year. Washington, Dec. 18. —There was a net decrease of five officers and a net . increase of 4,455 enlisted men in the authorized strength of the regular army last year. The annual report of Brigadier General George Andrews, adjutant general of the army, shows that the present authorized strength of the army is 4,992 officers and 87,141 enlisted men, although the actual strength is 4,650 officers and 87,965 men. There were 1,017 army officers on the retired list at the close of the last fiscal year. The navy is about 6,000 men short of its authorized strength, though latest reports show an improvement In recruiting. Ocean Crafts Are Safe. New York, Dec. 18.—The steamship Impoco and the barge Hainaut of the Standard Oil company fleet, thought to have been lost in the Gulf of Mexico with 36 persons aboard, arrived at Galveston, Tex., Monday. New Cuban Frauds Found. Havana, Dec. 18.— New frauds which are said to amount to many hundreds of thousands of dollars were declared to have been discovered in the department of agriculture here Monday. Two in Aeroplane Lost. San Francisco, Dec. 17.—Nothing Is known as to the fate of Horace Kearny, aviator, and Chester Lawrence, his passenger, who left Newport Beach, near Los Angeles Sunday, for a hydro-’ aeroplane flight to San Francisco. Policeman Kills Chief, > Riverside, Cal., Dec. 17.—Police Officer Bert Barrett of the local force shot and killed his superior, Acting Chief of Police John R. Ifaird, Sunday. Barrett’s later attempt to kill himself — ______

WALTER F. FREAR ’ OHB. ' i ■K' 1 a wfe"- JI ijl/ > Walter F. Frear, governor of Hawaii, has been reappointed by Presl* dent Taft. Charges made against him by the Hawaiian delegate in congress fell through on investigation by Secretary Fisher. HELEN GOULD ENGAGED TO WED RAILROAD OFFICIAL Brother of Wealthy Woman Announces She Will Become Mrs, Finley J. Shepard—Date Not Fixed. New York, Dec. 17.—Miss Helen Miller Gould, one of the world’s richest women, and world famed because of her philanthropies, is to be married to Finley J. Shepard of St. Louis. Miss Gould is forty-four years old. Her fiance is forty-five. The announcement of the engagement was made on Sunday by George J. Gould at his home, Georgian Court, Lakewood, N. J. Mr. Gould gave out merely this formal statement: “Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould announce the engagement of their sister. Miss Helen Gould, to Finley J. Shepard of St. Louis.” Scant information was ventured at Lakewood as to the plans for the marriage. The only word was that it would occur late in January. Miss Gould, who was at Georgian court accepting a shower of warm congratulations, offered no hint of the exact day for the wedding if, indeed, she had decided upon it St Louis, Dec. 17.—Finley D. Shepard has been in railroad work nearly all his life. His romance with Miss Gould dates from last March when Miss Gould was making a tour of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain systems. « Mr. Shepard was of the party that accompanied her and with her he inspected the numerous Y. M. C. A. branches along the line. Miss Gould is an ardent Y. M. C. A. worker and consulted with Mr. Shepard on many points and took his advice. As a result of these many conferences they began a correspondence which resulted in the announcement - BUTTER TRUST IS SUED. Abolition of Elgin Board of Trade and Manufacturers’ Body Asked. Chicago, Dec. 17.—The “butter trust” — hobgoblin of housewives throughout the nation —was made the target of government prosecution when a civil suit to dissolve the alleged illegal combination was filed in the United States district court Saturday. The suit was filed on telegraphic orders from Washington, sent by United States District Attorney James H. Wilkerson to William A. Small, chief clerk of his office. The defendants named are the Elgin Board of Trade and the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers, with their twenty officers. Sweeping charges of a conspiracy to fix arbitrarily the price of butter in the interest of big manufacturers and cold storage concerns and to the detriment of the farmer, other small producers and the consuming public are made by Attorney General Wickersham against the so-called trust. DR. IS APPOINTED Provident Taft Names Successor to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. Washington. D. C., Dec. 18. —President Taft directed the appointment of Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, chief of the bureau of plant industry, department of agriculture, to succeed Dr. Harvey W. Wiley aa chief of the bureau of chemistry. Justice John P. Hand Better. Springfield, 111., Dec. 17.—Justice John P. Hand of the Illinois supreme court, who was stricken with paralysis, was in an improved condition Sunday. He was gradually recovering the use of his right arm and right leg. Mrs. W. E. Corey Bars U. 8. New York, Dec. 17.—Mys. William E. Corey, formerly Mabelle Gilman, an actress, “simply cannot live in America” any longer. The country is too noisy. She said so herself when she arrived on the France Sunday. Adopt Lincoln Memorial Plans. Washington, Dec. 16. —Senator Cullom’s resolution approving the site recently chosen by the special commission for a monument in Washington to Abraham Lincoln was unanimously passed by the senate Friday. D. I. Roberta Heads U. S. Express. New York, Dec. 16.—D. I. Roberts of the Delaware & Hudson railway was elected to succeed the late Senator Matt as president of the United States Express company on Friday J***

WHITELftW REID DIES IN LONDON I Ambassador to Court of Great Britain Succumbs to Asthma. BEEN FAILING FOR YEAR Break Down Dates From Last Winter, When He Entertained Duke of Connaught in New York City. London, Dec. 16. —Whitelaw Reid, United States ambassador to Great Britain since 1905, died Sunday afternoon at Dorchester house, his London residence, of pulmonary oedema. Mr. Reid was in his seventy-sixth year and the end was quiet and peaceful. Only his wife and daughter, Hon. Mrs. John Hubert Ward, were at his bedside when the end came. His son, Ogden Mills Reid,■ sailed from New York Saturday on the Kronprinzessin Cecelie, the ambassador’s family not realizing the seriousness of Mr. Reid’s condition until Friday, when they cabled Ogden to sail Immediately for England. Ambassador Reid’s breakdown dates from his trip to New York last winter to entertain the duke and duchess of Connaught, who came from Ottawa to be the ambassador’s guests at his town house in New York. , Washington, Dec. 1 . —News of the death in London of Ambassador Reid came as a shock to official Washington, for it had not been generally realized Mr. Reid’s illness was of a serious nature. President Taft paid an unusual tribute to the late ambassador and expressed his grief in a cable reply to a message of sorrow from King George of Great Britain. The president also sent his sympathy to Mrs. Reid. Through his own personality, Mr. Reid, the president said, had draw r n America and Great Britain in closer friendship. Thomas Nelson Page of Washington is said to be slated for ambassador to England to succeed Whitelaw Reid. It is said that President-elect Wilson will appoint him as soon as Mr. Wilson is Inaugurated. President Taft announced, through Secretary Hilles, that the post of ambassador to Great Britain, made vacant by the death of Whitelaw Reid, will not be filled by. him. The president understands that Mr. Wilson already is considering a man for the London post and he does not wish to appoint some one who can serve at best for only a few months. FLEETS IN BIG BATTLE Turks and Greeks Have Sea Fight, but Result Seems a Draw. London, Dec. 18. —A naval battle between the Greek and Turkish fleets was fought while the peace plenipotentiaries of the Balkan allies and Turkey were gathering for their first exchange of terms. The battle took place between the Dardanelles and Imbros island. Official reports from the Turkish and Greek commanders show that the Turkish warships left the Dardanelles at 8:20 o’clock on Monday. The fight began at 9:25. What ships were engaged is not known. After a heavy cannonading the Turks, who remained throughout under the protection of the forts, retired within the Dardanelles. They reported having silenced the guns of the armored cruiser Georglo Averof, but the Greek account says that only Jive men were wounded. So wide is the divergence between the respective claims of the Balkan allies and Turkey that there is little prospect of an early termination of the peace conference. Moreover, Christmas, when no sittings will occur, will mean the loss of a couple days. FOUR MURDERERS HANGED. Oregon Governor Permits Execution* in Hope of Educating Elector*. Salem, Ore., Dec 15.—Despite the efforts of the Anti-Capital Punishment league to save them four murderer* were hanged in the penitentiary in this city within a few moments of each other. The quartet had been under reprieve, granted, by Gov. Oswald West, for varying periods in order that the electorate of the state might have an opportunity to pronounce its verdict whether the men should hang. The verdict was given on November 5 and was in favor of hanging. Governor West turned a deaf ear to the score* of appeals that he save the men’s lives. He declared that he would let the hangings go on, as he believed that that was the only way to convince the people of the state that legal hangings should be discontinued. The men executed were Frank Garrison, Noble Paulder, H. E. Roberts and Mike Morgan, all murderers from obscure counties in the state. / Navy I* 6,000 Men Short. Washington, Dec. 18.—The navy 1* 6,000 men short of its authorized strength, though reports show improvement in recruiting. In the last few months enlistments dropped off in unprecedented degree. Porto Rico Quarantine Still On. Havana, Dec. 18—The Cuban sanitary officers decided here Monday to continue the present quarantine re- , strictlons against Porto Rico owing to the report that the bubonic plague has reappeared there. 1,000 Ohio Miners Strike. Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 17.—One . thousand miners in the East Ohio coal fields struck Sunday. The adi journment of a conference here after • a failure to reach an agreement may cause 17,000 more to strike. 12 Hurt as 20 Buildings Bum. I Pittsburg, Dec. 17.—Fire believed to have been of incendiary origin, de- ■ stroyed twenty stables, warehouses I and residences in Braddock Saturday night Scores were rescued, twelve of whom were injured.

i JESSE C. ADKINS — IBm******- *■ Mr. Adkins Is the attorney of the United States department of justice who has charge of the inquiry into th* alleged Illegal traffic agreement between the Grand Trunk and the New Haven railroad companies. SIX DEAD, OTHERS HURT IN RAIL CROSSING CRASH Six Injured When Coal Train Dashes Into Street Car in Ashtabula, Ohio. Ashtabula, 0., Dec. 18. —Six* persons were killed, several others injured on Monday as the result of a collision between a street ear and a Lake Shore coal train on the Oil City branch at the Central street crossing in this city. The train, consisting of twenty heavily loaded coal cars, plowed through the street car and piled up hundreds of tons of coal on top of the wreckage. Owing to the fact that the coal had to be shoveled away before the victims could be reached, it is not known just how many lie buried under the wreckage. Known Dead. Mrs. W. H. Cook, wife of a deputy county auditor. Mrs. Frank Bartlett. Mrs. George Kitson. Miss Laura Leahbart of Ashtabula. Mrs, Emma Espy, wife of J. C. Espy of Willoughby, traffic manager of the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern railway. Twenty hopper coal cars were wrecked and ten thousand tons of coal and debris strewed the tracks for half a block. One car crashed through F. W. Dorman’s grocery store and spilled its contents therein. The side of Mrs. Frances Culver’s residence was torn away and eighty feet of Richard Brothers’ brick warehouse was demolished. Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 18.—A* the result of a head-on collision between passenger trains 23 and 24 on the main line of the Rock Island road near Minnekah, Okla., one person was killed outright, fifteen seriously injured and about twenty others received cuts and bruises. ABANKER BALKS IN INQUIRY. Frederick Lewisohn Refuses to Answer Query in Money Quiz. Washington, Dec. 18. —The refusal of Frederick Lewisohn of the New York banking firm of Lewisohn Bros, to make r> a statement as to the profit made by a syndicate formed to float the stock of the California Petroleum company forced an adjournment of the house “money trust” committee. The committee adjourned to allow Mr. Lewisohn to confer with his counsel, Martin Vogel, as to answering th* question. If Mr. Lewisohn declines to answer the question when the committee meets again the committee may take the matter before the grand jury and ask for an indictment for contempt of the house, which is punishable /by imprisonment. BOMB WITNESS IS HELD. F. W. Zeiss Contradict* Testimony and I* Arrested for Perjury. Indianapolis, Dec. 15. —Frederick W. Zeiss of Chicago, a union ironworker, was placed in jail by order of Judge Anderson, who is presiding at th* “dynamite conspiracy" trial here. Zeiss is charged with telling th* truth before the federal grand jury last winter when indictments in th* dynamite cases were returned and with testifying falsely in an effort to impeach McManigal’s confession. Zeis* 1* the second witness for th* defense to be arrested for perjury within a week. He was McManlgal’a room-mate in Detroit in the spring of 1907, and worked on the job with him there at that time. Consul General Resigns. San Francisco, Dec. 18.—Henri Merou, consul general of France ia San Francisco for more than six years, said Monday that he had tendered hi* resignation, to take effect January L He will soon leave for Europe. Drives 1,250 Turkeys 26 Mlle*. Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 18.—A flock of 1,250 turkeys was driven into Sedalia from the northeast part of the county and sold here Monday by Josh Golden at 16% cents a pound. The turkey* were driven 26 miles. Pas* Omnlbu* Pension Bill. Washington, Dec. 16.—The omnibus private pension bill, providing increases for 228 pensioners, passed the house without a record vote Friday. It adds about $50,000 annually to th* pension rolls. Whitelaw R*ld Seriously ill. London, England, Dec. 16. —Whitelaw Reid, United States ambassadoi to Great Britain, is severely ill. He is suffering from asthma and his con dition became considerably worse on last Friday. ■

WHEN THE_HARE WON] As in This Case, Old Proverbs Sometimes Prove to Have L Exceptions. By M. DIBBELL. •'Mother, I am going to try to write stories.” Little Mrs. Harrison breathed a patient sigh and answered, “Yes, dear. Do you think you can find a market for your stories?” This tall, handsome, imperious daughter had always been a problem too deep for her to solve. Why anyone whose family was in comfortable circumstances should persist in efforts to be self-supporting was utterly beyond her comprehension. But, also, since it was Ruth who was attempting it of course it must be right. “Yes, mother,” continued the girl. "I really think I cln write quite as interesting tales as the general run of those with which the papers and magazines are filled—at least I mean to try.” Later when Ruth informed her father of the new field of labor she in- ■ tended to enter he simply laughed and wished her every success in her undertaking. At once she set to work and her first effort in the literary field was sent out to all the available markets. After the regular return of the manuscript at larity, did not discourage her. When over six months of unrewarded effort had passed Mrs. Harrison said to her daughter: “Ruth, child, don’t you think you might succeed better with your homemade candies than you do with the writing? You know that every one who has ever tasted your candies always longed for more and I am sure you could get any number of orders for them.” Ruth smiled at her mother’s suggestion as to her change of occupation, but answered: “No, mother, I mean to keep en trying; I have just finished a dear little love story which I am sure will be the very thing for Up-to-Date Romance, and I shall start it at once. I have aever sent the editors anything.” At last her patience and perseverance were rewarded. After a short time, instead of the usual bulky envelope, came one of the ordinary bustaess size with “Up-to-Date Romance” printed on its corner and enclosing a :heck for her story. The letter contained also the encouraging Information that if she could send them anything equally good they would be pleased to see it. After this the regularity with which Up-to-Date Romance accepted and printed everything coming from her pen seemed remarkable. Ruth thoroughly enjoyed this new work and devoted all her spare time to the production of some very readable stories. Success had had a good effect both on the writer and on her writings. For nearly a year this state of affairs continued. Then, upon entering her daughter’s room one afternoon, Mrs. Harrison found Ruth dissolved in tears. “Why, Ruthie, what Is the matter?" jueried her mother. V “Mother, I shall never write another word.” answered a doleful voice. “It has been a farce all through. Frederic Mortimer owns a large Interest in Up-to-Date Romance and he has made them accept my stories just because he thought it would please me—l shall aever forgive him.” “Why, child, how did you find that eut? And If It is so, surely it was kind of Frederic to want to make you happy. Why should you be angry with him?” But Ruth was not be comforted. Mrs. Harrison gazed at her daughter hi perplexity. What could one say to such an unreasonable young person as this? The desire of her heart had long been that Ruth would wed the son of her dearest friend, Jane Mortimer, Mid settle down to a life of peace and happiness. And now, because Frederic had tried his best to do what would give her pleasure, everything apparently was at sixes and sevens. For four years Frederic Mortimer had been trying to win Ruth Harrison's promise to become his wife, but her reply was ever the same—that she wanted to have her own share in the battle of life, not become merely an onlooker. Frederic Mortimer was an energetic young man, comfortably supplied with this world's goods and continually adding to his store. He admired the untiring vigor that Ruth displayed in her desire to be something more than a mere nonentity; but he wished above all things that tjiis bright particular star of womanhood might shed Its light upon his own house. The incident of the stories was only half as bad as Ruth considered it, for unless they had been worth printing they never would have been published in Up-to-Date Romance, even with Frederic’s influence. It took time and patience for him to make his peace with the offended young woman, but before many weeks they were apparently on their usual terms —all a lover’s devotion on Frederic’s part, friendship on Ruth’s. Not long after Ruth’s sad fall from the pinnacle of fame a cousin of Frederic Mortimer’s arrived to spend the summer with him. This was the cousin’s first trip east, for he had been born and reared on a big ranch in California. He was a fair type of the breezy west, tall, straight handsome, full of life and vigor anir with a happy disposition. From their first meeting there seemed a mutual attraction between Ruth Harrison and Guy Atkinson. When his dark eyes looked into her own Ruth experienced a feeling utterly new and Ctrange to her. The even beating of her heart changed to a fitful fluttering, and instead of returning his gaze with her wonted serenity her eyes soon sought shelter beneath their .‘own long lashes. Guy Atkinson had heard of his cousin’s love for Ruth, for Frederic could not keep some mention of her out of his letters and the cousins had corresponded for years. He was prepared to admire her as Frederic’s sweetheart, with no thought of danger to Mmselt

I There were many picnics and other . social gatherings during that summer and Ruth often met the Californian. Mrs. Harrison was delighted with the way in which her daughter had changed. She said to her husband: “The child really seems to be grow■ing fond of her household duties and I never hear a word about any new effort at earning money. I believe Frederic’s is beginning to touch her heart.” The friendship between Ruth and the western cousin continued through the summer. Then a rather rude awakening came to them both. Toward the end of the season a party of young people planned for a sail down the river, the party to have a picnic supper on a small island which was a favorite resort for such affairs, and take the homeward sail by moonlight. The program was carried out perfectly until the point of getting supper on the island. Here some of the number wanted to make a fire to boil the kettle for a pot of tea. They all set • to work collecting sticks and soon had a merry blaze. Ruth and Guy were left to tend the fire while the others were busy spreading their rtpast on a convenient knoll. After a few*’moments Ruth, with the impatience of youth, bent over the fire to see if the kettle was heating as rapidly as it should. 1 Suddenly, the hem of her dress touched an outlying brand and at once blazed up. Guy was a few feet away and saw the accident. Tearing off his coat he quickly wrapped it about her, and in a few second the flame was smothered. He had fallen to his knees to reach her flaming skirt, and now looked up into her white face. “Darling, you are safe,” he said simply—then he realized the term ha had used and a slow flush spread over his face. It was matched by the scarlet of Ruth’s own. He rose to his feet and their friends came rushing up. Guy donned his slightly scorched coat and Ruth’s friends assisted her to make repairs. The next morning Ruth received an earty call from the Californian. She was wandering about the beautiful rose garden which was the pride of her father’s heart when Guy .found her. » With western frankness he went at once to the point. “Miss Harrison, I wish to apologize for speaking as I did to you. I have known all along that you were to become Frederic's wife and I did not know until I saw your danger how I loved you. Forgive me—l wish you and Frederic every joy.” For a moment Ruth did not answer,] and she said slowly: “I shall never marry your cousin. I do not care for him except as a friend.” She hesl-; tated. “I too, made a discovery yesterday.” Poor Frederic was forgotten by them both; the light of hope and happiness: came into Guy’s eye, while he asked,: trying to speak calmly: “Can I dare to ask what that discovery was?” . .. Ruth lifted her gaze to his any of her old timidity—and the answer must have been in her eyes, sor 1 , she spoke no word. Letter Writer’s Scheme. Dozens of persons write plainly and legibly until they reach the page where they sign their name. The signature trails off vaguely, vowels and consonants running Into one another until the unfortunate person who re- r ceives the letter Is puzzled to ascertain from whom it has come. A woman who receives a great many letters from the outside public is sometimes compelled to paste the signature of a correspondent on the envelope that carries back her reply to an Interesting letter? She has decided upon this plan as the only peaceable way of saving herself from misunderstanding and of lessening the burdens of the officials In Washington who open and return dead letters.— Christian Herald. Duly Apologized. On one of the Highland passengm steamers the sailor in charge of th* passengers’ luggage was having a ho time. One old lady especially so need lessly worried the seaman that a« length. In exasperation, he gave her e cordial invitation to go to Jericho. The indignant old dame stalked t* the captain and breathed forth threats about headquarters knowing, and sc on. The captain advised the sailor for his own good, to apologize. Afte? some persuasion the Highlander sldlec up to the aggrieved passenger and. looking sheepishly at her, said, in hl imperfect English: “Are you the old lady that was toll to go to Jericho?" “Yes," she replied. “Well”—with a gulp—"the captain says you needn’L” Dead or Allv*. Two Irishmen were working on th« roof of a building one day when on* made a misstep and fell to the ground. The other leaned over and called: “Are yez dead or alive, Mike?" “Ol’m alive," said Mike, feebly. “Sure you’re such a liar 01 don i know whether to beliave yez of not.” “Well, then 01 must be dead," said Mike “for yez would never dare tc call me a liar if 01 wor alolve.”—Philadelpbia Record. Unfettered. « “Those framers of the United States Constitution did great work.' said the patriot. “It seems to me they did it pretty easy,” replied the member of congress “They worked with compara* tively free hands. No legal experts could arise to contend that the things they were putting into the document were unconstitutional. Round and Round. He —Do you approve of dancing? She—No. He— Why not? She— Why, it’s mere hugging set td music. He—. Well, what Is there about that you don’t like? . She—The music. —Tit Bits. i _—— ...... Jones’ Windfall. “Poor old Jones! He had a wlnE< I fall last week.” “A windfall? Then why do JOE , say ‘poor Jones?”’ • "Well, you s«e, he’s an aviator ”