The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 14, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 31 July 1913 — Page 6

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, . - - Indiana. SMOTHERED TO DEATH JOHN MORROW CONFESSEV TO KILLING INFANT ON MG3NING infatuated With the Child's Mother— He Hoped She Would Tilope With Him if Freed From the Care of the f Child —Other News of the Day. Delaware, 0., Dec. 11. —That he smother’ed to death her two-year-old laughter was the substance of a confession made by John .Morrow in the presence of Mrs. Frank Piatt, and Sheriff Chilcote, of Morrow county, in the jail in this city. Morrow, whc aad been a boarder in the Piatt home ;vas arrested here, charged with the murder of the infant, which was found dead on the morning of Thanksgiving day. Morrow declared that he was infatuated with Mrs. Piatt, 40 years his junior, and hoped that slk would elope with him if freed of the care of her child. Mrs. Piatt was ~ prostrated on hearing the man's confession and is in a serious condition. Mrs. Piatt formerly lived in Delaware but removed to Marengo, Morrow xninty, some months ago. Morrow said that he smothered the child with blankets. ■ Miles of Grain Boats at Anchor. Buffalo, N. ¥., 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 w inter quarters here is estimated at $20,000,900., 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. Whistler Did Good Service. Connersville, Ind., Dec. 11.—Shrill whistling saved the life of Ed Baker, an insane prisoners, in the county jail. He tried to hang himself with his suspenders. They broke. He then tried to strangle himself with the longest piece of the suspenders and his face had turned black when the prisoner nearest him. an umbrella mender, began whistling with surprising shrillness. Baker quit choking himself and, listened. The longer he listened the better be seemed pleased, and the whistler whistled away with all his might. The insane man threw down the suspender end ami began to dance. While he was dancing the suspenders were whisked out of his cell with a long stick. Gouged Out Eyes of Infants. Cerebere. Dec. 11. —A man and wife, living in the village of Gacvo.’in Catalona, were caught in the act of gouging out the eyes of their five-year-old child with the object of rendering it more pitiable and thus able to obtain, as a beggar, more sympathy from the public. The other inhabitants of the village were attracted by the child's screams and when they arrived on the scene found that it had already been blinded and otherwise mutilated. The man and woman were arrested. 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 fire on them and drove them out. Half a Million to Charity. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 11. —The greater part of the estate of the late Bishop H. S. Hoffman, one of the most widely known clergymen of the Reformed Episcopal church, is disposed of in the form of public bequests by the will of the bishop, which was probated here. Bodies of Man and Woman Found. Hudson, Wis., Dec. 11.—The bodies of A. L. Tilseth and his wife, who were to cross the St. Croix river on skates, were found by searchers who had “covered the river for many miles ip and down stream. Woman Aided in Husband’s Murder. Moose Jaw, Sask., Dec. 14.—Mrs. Ralph Warwick, a young English woman, confessed at a coroner’s inguest that with her consent, Stanley Price, a neighboring farmer, had killed her husband near here three weeks ago by striking him on the head. Three Murderers Pay the Penalty. Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 11. —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.—Th® American Telegraph and Typewriter Company of Brooklyn, a corporation , sapitalized at $10,000,000, has been InJicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of using the mails to defraud

BOMB WITNESS 15 HELD FOB™ Second Witness for Defense to Be Arrested. WAS CHUM OF M’MANIGAL F. W. Zeiss Contradicts at Dynamite Trial Testimony He Gave Before Grand Jury Concerning Explosion in Detroit. Indianapolis, Dec. 15. —Frederick W. Zeiss of Chirag;’. a union ironworker, was placed in jail by order of Judge Anderson, who is presiding at the “dynamite conspiracy” trial here. Zeiss is charged with telling the truth before the federal grand jury last winter when indictments in the dynamite cases were returned and with testifying falsely in an effort to impeach McManigal’s confession. Zeiss is the second witness for the defense to be arrested for perjury within a week. He was MeManigal’s room-mate in Detroit in the spring of 1907, and worked on the job with him there at that time. McManigal testified he had never talked to Zeiss about Jiis first explosion at the Russell Wheel & Foundry company in Detroit, June 25, 1907. Zeiss contradicted this, and said that McManigal told him he (McManigal) caused that explosion, and further told him before the explosion he Was going to Bloomville, Ohio, to get the dynamite. lie also said McManigal Invited him to become a dynamiter. “I told him the game was too dirty for me,” said ZeiSs. “Do you say that you knew that this explosion had occurred and you said nothing about it?” asked Judge Anderson, in astonishment. Zeiss made no reply. “Do you know where you are? Answer my question/’ continued the court. “Certainly.” “And you knew who caused the explosion and didn’t inform the authorities, and you said nothing to the officers of the law?” “Certainly,” was the terse reply of the witness. After a brief cross-ex-amination, District Attorney Miller informed the court that he had asked Zeiss if McManigal had told him who caused the Russell Wheel & Foundry explosion’ when he was before the grand jury during the investigation of the dynamite conspiracy. “Zeiss swore to that grand jury that he knew nothing of the explosion,” said Mr. Miller. He then asked that the witness be held to the grand jury. FOUR MURDERERS HANGED. Oregon Governor Permits Executions in Hope of Educating Electors. Salem, Ore., Dec 15.—Despite the efforts of the Anti-Capital Punishment league to save them four murderers were hanged in the penitentiary in this' city within a few moments of each other. The quartet had j 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 scores 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 Mqrgan, all murderers from obscure counties in the state. SULZER RESIGNS HIS SEAT. Governor-Elect of New York Tenders Resignation as Congressman. Washington, Dec. 15. —GovernorElect William Sulzer has sent to Governor Dix of New York his resignation as representative in congress from the Tenth New York district, to take effect January 1. Mr. Sulzer will be succeeded .as chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs by Representative Henry D. Flood of Virginia. ISMAY RETIRES AS CHIEF. White Star Director Broken in Health by Titanic Disaster. London, Dec. 15. —J. Bruce Ismay, his health seriously impaired by the Titanic disaster and its aftermath, has virtually withdrawn from his position as managing director of the White Star line. Mr. Ismay has not been in Liverpool in several weeks. He is living in seclusion on his Yorkshire property. Ex-President Castro Found. Paris, Dec. 16. —Clprianio Castro, former president of Venezuela, who has become known as “the lost fugitive,” was found in the home of a Venezuelan friend in Compiegne, fifty miles from Paris, Friday. 21,000 Workers Locked Out. Bremen. Dec. 16.—Twenty-one thousand textile workers were locked out on Friday by the Employers’ association of the Muesterland district because of a strike of workmen in a small mill there. Author of Boys’ Books Dead. Poruknd, Me., Dec. 13.—James Otis Koler, widely known as the author of books for boys, died here Wednesday at the age of sixty-four. Under the name of James Otis he wrote 145 books for boys. Breaks World’s Altitude Record Tunis, Dec. 13.—The world’s altitude record for aeroplanes was broken Wednesday by Roland G. Harris, the French aviator, who ascended 5,801 neters (19,032 feet). The best previ- | ms accepted record was 17,881 feet

SENATOR K. I. PERKY h 4/WIR-vfey 1 U J ItgSgß io tew ■ wdS Kirt'and I. Perky was appointed United States senator from Idaho by the governor to fill out the term of the late Senator Heyburn. GEORGIANS WOULD FORBID ALL MIXED MARRIAGES Roddenberry Makes Fiery Speech in the House —Attacks Jack Johnson. Washington, Dec. 13. —Members of the house on Wednesday listened to one of the most fiery speeches delivered before that body within the past half century. The recent marriage of the negro pugilist, Jack Johnson, to a white girl in Chicago, was the subject. After introducing a resolution to amend the Constitution to forbid the marriage of negroes and persons of any other color, Representative S. A. Roddenberry of Georgia denounced such unions as “black slavery;” characterized the action of the state of Illinois in permitting tliQ marriage in question as “damning” and predicted that the practice would plunge the United States into as bloody a war as it has ever passed through. “We have heard a great deal in late days about the white slave traffic and its enormity in New York and Chicago,” said Mr. Roddenberry. “Terrific and revolting as it is, it is not so revolting as that in Chicago. White girls of this country aro made the slaves of an African brute, sanctioned by the laws of the state, and solemnized by the form of a marriage ceremony. “The negro question stands out in the example of Johnson’s marriage in Chicago as presenting to you as grave a negro question as ever confronted your brethren in th? south. “The records of Chicago and other cities show that from time to time negroes are binding themselves in matrimony with women of the white race. Gentlemen, that does not happen in the south. BUTTER TRUST IS SUED. U. S. Files Suit to Dissolve Elgin Board in Chicago. Washington, Dec. 15.—0 n Saturday a bill looking to the dissolution of the Elgin butter board of Chicago, which it is claimed controls the price of butter throughout the country, was filed by t/ H department of justice. Control of the output of dairies, railroad fare, cold storage rates and other subjects which influence the price of butter have all been looked Into by the investigators of the department. It has been found that the Elgin board controls the output to the trade almost absolutely and is. therefore, able to fix prices at any level it chooses. The board is an alliance of dealers and manufacturers and while the principal office is in Chicago it is represented throughout the land. I MILLION A DAY LUXURIES. Needless Things Arriving in the United States at Astounding Rate. Washington, Dec. 15. —Imports of luxuries into the United States during October were probably the highest on record. The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the department of commerce and labor estimates that luxuries are coming into this country at the rate of $1,000,000 a day, and if that rate holds good it is estimated that Imports of luxuries will aggregate $250,000,000 for the year 1912. 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. Roberts Heads U. S. Express. New York, Dec. 16. —D. I. Roberts of the Delaware & Hudson railway was elected to succeed the late Senator Platt as president of the United States Express company on Friday last. Fire Loss Is $1,000,000. Bayonne, N. J., Dec. 14. —Fire Thursday destroyed three huge oil tanks and a large building, the property of the Standard Oil company. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. The building contained valuable machinery. Report Greek Massacre. Athens, Greece, Dec. 14.—1 t was seml-officially confirmed Thursday that Black sea Turks have been burning villages and massacring the inhabitants in the neighborhood of Gallipoli and Lalos.

MILLIONS LOANED OVER TELEPHONE Congress Learns of Vast Transactions in Gotham. HIGH RATES COUNTRY DRAG Consolidated Members Explain That They Are Prohibited From Having Deals With New York Stock Exchange. Washington, Dec. 14. —The inner workings of large New York financial institutions , were revealed on Thursday before the house banking and currency committee in the money trust investigation. Operators on the New York Stock exchange told how an artifically active market was created by prodding it with simultaneous buying and selling orders for the same stock by the same broker. J. a H. Griesel of the firm of Griesel & Rogers testified that millions of dol lars are loaned over the telephone in the course of regular business of New York banks, and said it was impossible to prevent the manipulation of the stock market by pools and syndicates “Sometimes,” Mr Griesel said. “$3.500,000 or $4,000,000 is lent within fifteen or twenty minutes, this volume of transactions serving as a basis for rates on renewal of loans. 1 have lent sometimes $20,000,000 or $25,000,000 a day and borrowed perhaps $15.000.000 on a single day. i have lent as high as $35,000,000. I represent the borrower rather than the lender and of course I get the benefit in the loaning transactions.” The method of lending money In “the loan crowd” on the stock exchange was described by the witness. He said that New York banks lending for out-of-town banks usually made known the banks for which they are lending. “What would be the result of fixing a rate of interest on money on the stock exchange?” asked Mr. Untermyer. “Why, it would keep the money at home in the country banks,” answered Mr. Griesel. That commissions amounting to nearly $50,000,000 a year are poured into the pocket of Wall street brokers each year was the testimony given frytwo governors of the New York stock exchange before the house committee investigating the "money trust.” Frank K. Sturgis and Rudolph Keppler were the witnesses under examination. Both are former presidents of the exchange. Mr. Sturgis was led by Counsel Untermyer for the committee through ,a lengthy discussion of the moral aspect of “short sales” or sales of stock which the seller does not possess. He admitted that personally he believed the "moral obloquy” of such a transaction overcame any argument in its favor. PRINCE LUITPOLD IS DEAD. Oldest Ruler in Europe Succumbs to Ravages of Bronchial Catarrh. Munich, Bavaria, Dec. 14. —The much beloved and venerated Luitpold, prince regent of Bavaria, is dead here at the age of ninety-one years. The prince regent had been in failing health for several months. The immediate cause of his death was bronchial catarrh, which was aggravated by the feebleness of old age. He passed away before his eldest son. Prince Ludwig, could reach bis side from his estates in Hungary. Prince Luitpold was the oldest ruling prince in Europe in point of years. He was nine years older than Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. FIND BIG SMUGGLING PLOT. Authorities Declare Government Has Been Cheated Out of Million. New York, Dec. 13. —The biggest dress smuggling conspiracy the government authorities have ever had to deal with, through which the government has lost more than $1,000,000. is declared by the port officials to have been uncovered in the indictment by the grand jury of Mrs. Antoinette Haldron, thirty-five years old. of this city and her arrest. Gowns worth $15,000 were found in her trunks. Several prominent New York and Boston dressmakers are involved and more arrests are expected. DINNER IN TAFT’S HONOR. Plans Are Completed by New York Republican Organizations. Washington, Dec. 14. —Arrangements for the Republican dinner in President Taft’s honor at the WaldorfAstoria on January 4 are complete. It will be under the auspices of the Republican club of New York, the Union League club of New York city, the Republican club of Massachusetts and the Union League of Philadelphia. Invitations have been sent to all Republican members of congress, Fell 3,000 Feet In 1895; Dies. Edmonton, Alberta, Dec. 14 — Charles Wolcott, who fell 3,000 feet with a balloon in South America sevteen years ago, died Thursday, after a long illness. Wolcott was the only man to recover from such fall. Miss Asquith to Visit U. S. London, Dec. 14.—Miss Violet Asquith, daughter of the premier, announced Thursday that she will sail for the United States.. She will spend most of her time in Washington as the guest of Mrs. Bryjie. Gets 25 Years'as Wife Slayer. Rockford, 111., Dbc. 13—Fred Wheeler, charged with poisoning his wife, was found guilty by a jury Wednesday, the penalty being twenty-five years in the penitentiary. The Jury was out ail night. Two Allens Abe Reprieved. Richmond, Va., Dec. 13.—0 n representation of their attorneys that evidence bearing on the’case had been recently found. Governor Mann reprieved Floyd Allen and Victor Allen until January 17, Wednesday.

COL GEORGE W. GOETHALS ■ j ‘Mf ‘ A . !• / I ■■ ■ ■ As reward tor his services as chief of the Isthmiaa can. I. Colonel Goethais will be made a major general, if the bill introduced by Senator Sanders, creating an additional major generalship. becomes a law. President Taft probably will offer the post of governor of the canal zone to Colonel Goethais. COLONEL ROOSEVELT CHOSEN TO LEAD PARTY IN 1916 Former President Again Made Candidate at Progressive Conference in Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 12. — Amidst the ing and shouting of men and worflW| during a wave of religious fervor thfr swept over the Progressive party conference here on Tuesday, Theodore Roosevelt was unanimously named as the presidential nominee of that party in 1916. Benjamin Fay Mills, evangelist, was just concluding an oration, likening the Progressive movement to a religious cifusade. when he stopped and mentionjed the name of Roosevelt. The clipering swept over the 1/200 men and women. He then proposed Mr. Roosevelt as the standard bearer four years hence, and thp demonstration was like that which produced pandemonium in the .Coliseum convention last August. Earlier in the proceedings Colonel Roosevelt, delivering his set speech to the conference, declared that the question of leadership would work itself out naturally and that the leaders would be developed by the events of the next two years. The Progressive national party will run on its own tracks and fight consistently for the enactment of social justice legislation in state and nation. There will be no alliances with old parties. This was the announcement made by Coh Theodore Roosevelt on Monday. He voiced the sentiment of other new party leaders in attendance at the Progressive party national conference, which opened this morning at the Hotel La Salle. MENACES WILSON, IS HELDLad Placed Under Arrest For Threatening Life of President-Elect. New York, Dec. 14.—Herman Steinberg, a seventeen-yenr-old boy who is alleged to have declared that he was going over to New Jersey and shoot President-Elect Wilson, was arrested here and held without bail. A loaded revolver was found in his pocket. The youth was standing in front of a police station, shivering in the cold, when a detective questioned him. “This is not a fit country to live In.” he said, according to the detective. “It’s no place for me to work. I can’t go back to Russia, so I would rather go to jail, but 1 would like to shoot Wilson and my boss aad all the judges first.” Newark. N. J.. Dec. 14. —United States Commissioner Stockton issued a subpoena for President-elect Woodrow Wilson, whose testimony is desired at the hearing of Seeley Davenport, Warren Dunn and Jake Dunn, now uncer arrest here in connection with the sending of threatening letters to Mr. Wilson. BOWMAN LOSES HOUSE SEAT. Pennsylvanian Ousted Because of Alleged Fraud in Election. Washington, Dec. 14.—RepresentaCharles C. Bowman of the Eleventh Pennsylvania district was unseated by the house of representatives by the passage, 153 to 118, of a resolution declaring that corrupt practices had been used in his election in 1910. Pass Omnibus 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 annual’y to the pension rolls. Whitelaw Reid Seriously 111. London. England, Dec. 16.—Whitelaw Reid. United States ambassador to Great Britain, is severely ill. He is suffering from asthma and his condition became considerably worse on last Friday. Kansas Gets $33,000 Dexter Tax. Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 14.—The state of Kansas received an inheritance taxjif $33,000 on the $2,000,000 estate of me late Henry Dexter of New York Thursday. Dexter when he died owned $600,000 in Kansas railroad stock. , Kills Father for Using Whip. Los Angeles. Cal.. Dec 14. —Daniel H. Rickart was shot and killed by Martin, his thirteen-year-old son. while whipping an older son Thursday. The boy confessed, saying his father had been brutal to his wife.

WHEN THE HAKE WON As in This Case, Old Proverbs Sometimes Prove to Have 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. “Ves, mother,” continued the girl. “I really ‘think I can 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 intended 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 ali 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 vou , might succeed better with your ho°me- ■ made candies than you do with the ! Writing? You know that every one j who has ever tasted your candies al- ' Ways longed for more and I am sure? you could get any number of orders I for them;” Ruth smiled at her mother’s suggestion as to her change of occupation, but answered: “No, mother, I mean to keep on trying; I have Just finished a dear little love story which I am sure will be the very thing for Up-to-Date Romance, ind 1 shall start it at once. I have sever sent the editors anything.” At last her patience and perseverence were rewarded. After a short time, instead pf the usual bulky en velope, came one of the ordinary business size with “Up-to-Date Romance” printed on its corner and enclosing a nheck 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 ail her spare time to the proluction of some very readable stories Success had had a good effect both on ;he writer and on her writings. For nearly a year this state of affairs continued. Then, upon entering tmr daughter’s room one afternoon. Mrs. Harrison found Ruth dissolved in | tears. “Why. Ruthie, what is the matter?” queried her mother. “Mother, I shall never write another word.” answered a doleful voice. “It bas been a farce all through. Frederic Mortimer owns a large interest in Up-to-Date Romance and he has made :hem accept my stories just because ae thought it would please me—l shall never forgive him.” “Wh'y, child,, how did you find that cut? And if it is so, surely it was kind of Frederic to want to make happy. Why should you be angry with him?” But Ruth was not be comforted. Mrs. Harrison gazed at her daughter in perplexity. What could one say to such an unreasonable young person as this? Th? desire of her heart had long been that Ruth would wed the son of her dearest friend. Jane Mortimer. ?nd 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 this 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 aui? with a.happy disposition. From their first meeting there seemed a mutual attraction between Ruth Harrison and Gu,y Atkinson. When his dark eyes looked into her own Ruth experienced a feeling utterly new and strange 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 lotg lashes. Guy Atkinson had heard of his cousin’s love for Ruth, for Frederic could not kee > some mention of her out of his lett rs and the cousins had corresponded for .years. He was prepared to admire her as Frederic’s sweetheart, with no thought of danger to Mmself.

■ acre were many picnics and other uncial gatherings during that summer and Ruth often met the Californian. Mrs. was delighted with the way in which her daughter had changed. She said to her husband: ‘The child really seems to be growing fond of her household duties and I never hear a word about any new effort at earning money. I believe Frederic s faithfulness is beginning to tquch 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 repast 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. Suddenly, the hem of her dress touched an outlying brand and at once blazed up. Guy was a few feat 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 he 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 ejirly 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. Harrison, I wish to apologize for speaking as I did to you. 1 have known all along that you were to become Frederic’s wife and I did not know until I saw your danger how ! loved you. Ftrgive me —I 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 hesitated. “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 without any of her old timidity—and the answer must have been in her eyes, for she spoke no word. Letter Writer's Scheme. Dozens of persons write plainly and legiblynmtil they reach the pagewhere they sign their name. The sig nature trails off vaguely, vowels and consonants running into one another until the unfortunate person who receives 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 th? signature of a correspondent on the envelope that carries back her repij to an interesting letter. She has cided 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 passenge. steamers the sailor in charge of th? passengers’ luggage Was having a tn> time. One old lady especially.so need lessly worried the seaman that a. length, in exasperation, he gave her a cordial invitation to go to Jericho. The indignant old dame stalked n the captain and breathed forth threats about headquarters knowing,, and s<. on The captain advised the sailor for his own good, to apologize. Afte* some persuasion the Highlander sidfec up to the aggrieved passenger and. looking sheepishly at her, said, m hu imperfect English: “Are you the old lady that was told to go to Jericho?” “Yes,” she replied. •‘Well” —with a gulp—“the captain says you needn’t.” Dead or Alive. Two Irishmen were working on Um roof of a building one day when one made a misstep and fell to .the ground. The other leaned over and called: ■Are yez dead or alive. Mike?” “Oi’m alive,” said Mike, feebly. “Sure you're such a liar Oi don’t know whether to behave yez or not " “Well then Oi must be dead, said Mike “for y ez "ould never dare tc call me a liar if Oi wor aloive.”—Philadelphia Record. Unfettered. “Those framers of the United States Constitution did great work,” said the patriot. ‘‘lt seenis to nw did it pretty easy,” replied the member of con gress. “They worked with compara tively free hands. No legal experts could arise to contend that the things they were putting into the doenm.-nt were unconstitutional. Round and Round. He—Do you approve of dancing? She —No. He —Why not? She —Why, it’s mere hugging set to music. He—Well, what is there about that vou don’t like? She—The music. —-Tit Bits. Jones’ Windfall. “Poor old Jones! He had a windfall last week." “A windfall? Then why do yo« say ‘poor Jones?’” “Well, you see, he’s an aviator. -