A C L E A N , F E A R L E S S

F A M I L Y W E E K L Y0 m l

D e v o t e d to th e I n t e r e s t s o f B e l m a r a n d Wall T o w n s h i p

( I N C O R P O R A T E D W I T H W H I C H I S T H E C O A S T E C H O )

V O L . X X I I , No. 52 B E L M A R , N. J., F R I D A Y , D E C E M B E R 26. 1913 T H R E E C E N T S

OFC A LU M ET PANIC!

Appeal W e to W i ls o n For In v e s t ig a t o r .

SEVENTY SEVEN KILLED.The Police Have Been Unable to Lo­

cate the Person W ho Raised False Fire Cry — The Dead Are Mostly Children.

C a lu m et, M idi., Dec. 211. C h arles II M oyer, p residen t of th e W estern Fed o ra tio n o f M iners, lots appea led to P resid en t W ilson and lo S ec re ta ry o f L abor W illiam t! W iison fo r a n in v cs lig a tio n of th e lire panic in w hich sev en ty seven persons, m ostly ch ild ren , w ere killed a t a C h ris tin a s eve eeleb ra tion here.

W ith th e co rrec ted lis t o f th e (lead in th e c a ta s tro p h e a t th e I ta lia n U nion h a ll in Red Ja c k e t, i t 'is believed th a t all th e bodies h av e been found . Sev en ty seven a re acco u n ted for, a ll being iden tified , but th e re a re th re e ch ild ren , tw o hoys an d a g irl, so lmdly h u r t th a t th ey m ay die. T w o a re p rac tica lly cer ta in to die..T h e a u th o r it ie s have been u n a b le to

■ a te th e person, c la im ed to h a v e been >11:111 in I lie au d ien ce a t tlie C h ris t­

a s tree exerc ises , w lio ra ised th e hirni o f lire w hich re su lted in th e cas

u n itie s, a lth o u g h supp lied w ith a pe r­fect descrip tion . M rs .Jacob L u s tig o f L aiiritim . w ife of a s tr ik e r , s ta te s th a t sh e sa t behind th e m an w ho first ra ised th e a la rm

P resid en t W ilson is a t P a ss C hris tia ii. Miss., fo r the ho lidays, b u t Secre­ta ry W ilson prom ised to com m unica te w ith him as soon as possib le an d a s ce rta in w h e th e r tlie p re s id en t w ould a ssu m e ju risd ic tio n in tlie ease.

Mr. M oyer’s ac tio n assu m es special sign ificance in view o f th e ch arg es th a t a m em ber o f th e C itizen s’ a lliance, fo rm ed to m ain ta in peace a n d o rd e r in th e co pper m in e rs’ s trik e , w as th e m an wlio gave th e fa lse a la rm of lire th a t b rough t d ea th to sev en ty -sev en and tilled th e hom es of C a lu m et w ith sor row.

"N o s tr ik e r nor any one in sym pathy w ith th e s tr ik e b ro u g h t ab o u t th is d is a s te r .” a sse r ted Mr. M oyer. "T in W este rn F e d e ra tio n o f M iners will bu ry its ow n dead. No a id w ill be a c ­cep ted from those c itizen s wlio a sh o rt tim e ago p ronounced th ese people u n ­d e sirab le c itizens."

M em bers o f the C itizen s’ a llian ce sa id th a t it is p rep o ste ro u s to im ag in e th a t any of th e ir m em b ers w ould have a tte m p te d to d is tu rb a C h ris tm a s eve ce leb ra tio n hy ch ild ren .

T h e co ro n er is em p an elin g a ju ry to in v es tig a te th e d isa s te r , an d m ean tim e m in ers and d e tec tiv es a re try in g to d is ­cover Ihe id en tity o f the m an w ho a p ­peared at th e door of th e crow ded hall and s ta r te d th e aw fu l [unite w ith Iiis fa lse c ry o f ’ F ire ! '' I f th e m in ers find him first, it is believed, th ey w ill lynch him . fo r they a re wild w ith anger.

The Dead Mostly Children,P itifu l scen es w ere w itn essed ab o u t

th e c ity hull and u n d e rta k in g e s ta b ­lish m en ts to w hich th e bodies o f the v ic tim s w ere tak en . B odies o f little ch ild ren som e o f th em tw o, th re e or fo u r y e a rs old- p red o m in a te am o n g the dead.

F iftv -six o f th e v ic tim s w ere ch il­d ren . fa r m ore th an one-half th e to ta l. T h irty -sev en o f them w ere girls , and n in e teen w ere boys.

N early th re e sco re s tr ik e rs ’ hom es h av e been deso lated :

D esp ite Mr. M oyer’s s ta te m e n ts , tlie co llee 'ion of fu n d s fo r b u ria l and for th e re lie f o f re la tiv e s o f th e dead is u n d e r way and proceed ing rap id ly . At a m ass m ee tin g the fund w as in c re as­ed generously .

A rran g em en ts fo r a general fu n e ra l se rv i ie to lie held o ver th o bodies of all th e v ictim s a re in progress.

A new s to ry o f th e a la rm w hich brough t abou t th e pan ic w as provided by M art S aari. a s tr ik e r who identified his hoy am ong (lie dead. S aa ri said l i n t th e cry o f fire cam e frpm w ith in th e hall in a section occupied m ostly b.v ad u lts .

M any in s tan c es o f heroic rescu es a re Ic in g told today. O ne boy, th ir te e n re a rs old. carried a little com panion dow n a ladder to sa fe ty . He S ta rted hack fo r a n o th e r .boy. whom he had

•en tram p led upon, b u t firem en pre- ated him from again e n te r in g th e

w om an and her little d a u g h te r e am o n g th e first to be pushed

wn the s ta ir s by th e crow d. Both of th em w ere killed A son of tills w om an m anaged to ligh t his w ay ou t of th e th ro n g and w as not in ju red .

g I R D S of a feather flock toget= h e r — Peep! P e e p !— But

w h a t of the bird w ith no feathers at a ll?

— H o m e l y

JURY FREES MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER

Mrs. Jasper Lynch Furn isnes M oney To F igh t For A cqu itta l

Of Leehan

G rocery—New goods, m oderate s, L cddon’s, lo th A ve., near F S tree t.

adv.

TOM S R IV E R ,— T h e t r ia l of Jo sep h M o ria rity , a lia s W illiam J. L eeh an , fo r th e m u rd e r o f M rs. C aro lin e T u rn e r a t L akew ood, on A p ril 26, 1911, w as co n clu d ed w hen th e ju r y re tu rn e d a v e rd ic t o f no t g u ilty a t 4.42 o’clock S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n .

T h e e n tire day w as ta k e n up w ith th e su m m in g up of th e c ase by W ilfo rd H. J a y n e of th e d e fen se , fo rm e r a s s is ta n t U n ited S ta te s A tto rn e y G e n e ra l W a lte r H. B acon fo r th e p ro se c u tio n a n d by th e c h a rg e to th e ju r y by Ju s tic e Ja m e s F . M in tu rn . M r. J a y n e co n su m ed one h o u r an d tw e n ty -n in e m in u te s fo r h is su m m ary , Mr. B acon u se d up an h o u r a n d tw en ty -fiv e m in u te s , w h ile th e J u s tic e re q u ire d a n h o u r an d th ir ty - sev en m in u te s.

Im m e d ia te ly a f te r th e ju s t ic e had fin ished h is ch a rg e , a t 3.34 o’c lock , th e ju ry r e ti r e d fo r th e ir d e lib e ra tio n s . T h ey h a d b een o u t b u t one h o u r and tw e lv e m in u te s w hen th ey re tu rn e d w ith a v e rd ic t o f n o t qu ilty .

L ee h an e n te re d th e c o u rtro o m th re e m in u te s b e fo re th e ju ry cam e in w ith th e v e rd ic t. A s h e e n te re d th e room he n e rv o u s ly p u sh e d b ack th e h a ir from h is fo reh e a d a n d k e p t c la sp in g an d u n c la sp in g h is h a n d s . H is face w as w ith o u t c o lo r a n d h is eyes w ere w id e ly o p en ed an d d is ten d ed . T he ju r y e n te re d a n d w ere a sk e d th e u su a l fo rm a l q u e s tio n s by th e c o u n ty c le rk , Jo h n A. E rn s t .

Crowd Approves Verdict.U pon th e a n n o u n c e m e n t of th e v e r­

d ic t th e h u g h c row d , w h ich c ram m ed th e sm a ll C o u rth o u se to th e doors, b u rs t in to w ild c h e e r in g a n d ap p la u se , an d m an y p e rso n s ru sh e d to th e p r is ­o n e r ’s box to sh a k e h a n d s w ith th e a c ­q u itte d m an a n d c o n g ra tu la te him . L ee h an a sk e d th e ju s tic e fo r p e rm is ­sio n to a d d re ss th e ju ry an d upon re ce iv in g th e p e rm iss io n th a n k e d them fo r th e p a tie n c e th ey h a d d isp lay ed an d fo r th e v e rd ic t. H e a lso e x p re ss ­ed h is th a n k s to Ju s tic e M in tu rn fo r th e fa ir a n d im p a r t ia l m a n n e r in w h ich h e h a d co n d u cted th e case. T he a tto rn e y s on b o th s id e s w e re th an k e d by h im fo r th e c o u rte o u s w ay in w hich h e an d th e o th e r w itn esse s h a d been trea te d .

T h e ju s tic e th e n o rd e re d th e p r iso n ­e r to he d isc h arg e d . Im m ed ia te ly upo n h is re le a se L eeh an a n d h is w ife an d son s ta r te d fo r th e t r a in to go to L akew ood. W hen n e a r in g th e b u s i­n e ss sec tio n of th e to w n th e L eeh an s s ta r te d to c ro ss th e s t r e e t an d w ere c a u g h t b e tw een th e a u to m o b ile s of H. T. H ag am an , e d ito r of th e L ak e ­wood C itizen , an d Jo se p h B. Hoff, a lso of L akew ood. Mr. H a g a m a n w as b ack in g o u t of a c ro ss s tre e t , an d Mr. H off w as com ing dow n W ash in g to n s t r e e t a t a fa ir r a te o f speed . L eeh an b e in g c a u g h t a t th e p o in t w h e re th e c a rs w ould converge . Mr. Hoff th rew on a il h is b ra k e s a n d h is c a r sk idded c o m p le te ly a ro u n d . T h e c a r s m issed th e L ee h an s by a m a rg in of le s s th a n six in ches. A lth o u g h b ad ly f r ig h te n ­ed no one in th e p a r ty w as in ju red .

M rs. J a s p e r L ynch , o f New Y o rk and L akew ood, who n o t on ly fu rn ish e d the m oney to finance th e d e fen se b u t h a s been u n t ir in g in h e r e ffo rts to c le a r L eeh an , sa id w hen in te rv iew e d by th e Sun d ay C a ll’s re . re se n ta tiv e :

“ I w ill no t b c o n te n t w ith th e a c ­q u itta l of L eehan . * I w a n t to find th e m u rd e re rs of M rs. T u rn e r . I exp ec t to devo te m y m oney and e n e rg y in ru n n in g dow n th e s lay er. T h e a c ­q u itta l on ly op en s a n o th e r c h a p te r in th e case .”

MOOSE SETCHARITY PACE

Give Christm as D inners to Poor and R em em ber Ch ildren W ith

Candy and FruitThe poor o f Belm ar were we'i rem em ­

bered on C hristm as day by I’lie Belmar Lodge L oyai O rder o f The M oose who gave ou t about tw en ty five bask e ts con­tain ing chicken and o ther good tilings to m ake up a fine C hristinas dinner. I t is the in tention o f the Moose Lodge to m ake this charity an annual one and anyone know ing of a B elm ar fam ily in need, will do the com m ittee a favor by reporting the nam e a t the M oose H all on F s treet.

In addition to th e above contribution the lodge also gave out a box of candy and some fru it to each boy and girl who called a t M oose H a ll y esterday m orning.

Hommel A fte r The CornershipTownship Com m itteem an A drian J . L.

Hom m ell th is m orning announced his candidacy next fall for the D em ocratic nom ination for coroner. The term of Coroner A. W . B ennett o f B elm ar expires next year.

Mr. Hom m el] re tires from ihe township com m ittee Jan . 1, having served one term . H e has been secre tary of the health board an d the san ita ry inspector during his term and it is particu larly for iiis work in health m atters th a t he will be best rem em bered in the com m ittee.

M r. H om m ell took sufficient in terest in san ita tion w ork to qualify with the sta te board as an inspector and he has prose­cuted the work of the departm en t vigor­ously. H e is also the reg istrar of vital statistics.

A young m an and popular with his associates, political w iseacres pred ic t th a t if Mr. Hom m ell sticks to his in tention to enter the race for coroner he will m ake his prese ice felt.

CORONERS INQUEST HELD TUESDAY

Fails To Throw Any D irect L ight On The Shooting of Fred Gaskin

D ecem ber 14th

V IS IT LA K EW O O D

By Thom pson’s I.akew ood-Point Plea- nt S tree t C ar Line, passes Laurelton iultry Farm s, largest in the W orld. 50c und trip from Point P leasan t, until mt. 1st. See schedule on another page.

Funeral O f Miss Connelly-------------

M ary B. C onnolly , 3 -year-o ld d au g h | te r of Mr. an d M rs. R o b e rt C onnolly of 1606 F s tre e t, d ied on F rid a y a ftu r-

1 noon of w hoop ing cough. F u n e ra l vices w ere hold a t 2 o ’c lock M on­

day a f te rn o o n a t th e house . B u ria l

Dem ocratic BanquetT h e M onm outh C oun ty D em o cra tic

ex ecu tiv e co m m ittee w ill h o ld its seco n d a n n u a l re u n io n an d b a n q u e t som e tim e n e x t 'm on th a t th e C olem an house , A sb u ry P a rk . A co m m ittee of a r ra n g e m e n ts h a s been appo in ted .

P h ilip L. C ohen of L o n g B ran ch , th e m an w ho f irs t conceived th e idea of h o ld in g a re u n io n , h a s been m ade c h a irm a n of th e second a n n u a l d in ­n e r , w h ich m ea n s th a t no p a in s w ill be sp a re d in m ak in g th e e v en t a big su ccess . H is a sso c ia te s a re : O ttoW iegand , H a z le t; F r a n k W eeks, C olts N eck, a n d M ayor H a r ry Jo h n so n , H ig h lan d s .■ A t th e in itia l re u n io n co v ers w ore

la id fo r 160. C h a irm an C ohen is co n ­fiden t of a n in c re a sed n u m b e r in 1914, and is a lso p la n n in g fo r sev e ra l good sp e a k e rs .

Surprise SocialA v e ry p le a sa n t su rp r is e so c ia l w as

ten d e red E d w a rd K le in k a u f of B el­m a r by h is w ife on T h u rsd a y e v en ­ing. A m o st en jo y ab le tim e w as had. T h o se p re s e n t w ere R ev. J . A. Sm ith , p a s to r o f th e T w e lf th av en u e B ap ­tis t c h u rch , Mr. an d M rs. H o w ard P a r ­k e r a n d d a u g h te r C h a rlo tte , Mr. and M rs. W y an t M o rris an d d a u g h te r E m m a, M iss M innie T itu s , M iss N el­lie P a rso n s , W illiam G ason, F lo y d P a rk e r , Mr. a n d M rs. E d w a rd K le in ­k a u f an d fam ily , B e lm a r; M r. and M rs. F re d F a lh a b e r , A sb u ry P a rk ; Mr. an d M rs. Isa ac N ew m an and d a u g h te r N ellie , B rad ley B each ; M iss E th e l M ille r a n d b ro th e r R o b ert, S p r in g Lake.

I . iIjw a s m ade a t Mt. C a lv a ry cem etery .

Good th in g s to e a t a t A rm e’s R es­ta u ra n t. Adv.

C O TTA G E W A N TED .

H ave cash for investm ent in small m odern co ttage o f about seven rooms in Belm ar, Must have all im provem ents and be cheap for cash. W rite giving full pa r­ticulars to Box i, care of Coast A dvertiser, Belm ar, N. J , adv. t.f.

Leddon’s New G rocery is on 10th Ave., near E . S treet. adv.

T es tim o n y re n d e re d a t th e c o ro n e r ’s in q u e s t T u esd ay a f te rn o o n in to th e d e a th of F re d G ask in a t B e lm a r e a r ly on th e m o rn in g of Dec. 14 fa iled to th ro w a n y d ire c t l ig h t on th e sh o o t­in g o r th e c irc u m s ta n c e s s u rro u n d in g th e m u rd e r fo r w h ich C h a rle y C lay ­ton , th e co n fessed s la y e r, is a w a itin g t r ia l a t F re e h o ld . B u t th re e w itn esse s w ere c a lled an d n one of th e se w ere p re s e n t a t th e tim e of th e sh o o tin g , th e la s t h a v in g le f t th e h o u se 15 m in u te s b e fo re th e c rim e w as co m m itted . T h e in q u e s t w as h e ld hy C o ro n er A. W. B e n n e tt a t th e B e lm a r boro h a ll.

T h e ju ry , d e sp ite th e la c k of ev i­d ence th a t w ould fix C lay to n a s th e s la y e r , o u ts id e of th e te s tim o n y of H a n ce B e n n e tt to th e e ffect th a t C lay ­to n h a s sa id h e k ille d G ask in , r e tu r n ­ed a v e rd ic t th a t th e dead m an m et h is d e a th hy b e in g sh o t hy a g u n in th e h a n d s of C lay ton .

I t h a v in g b een show n th a t n one w ere ey e -w itn esse s to th e a c tu a l k i l l ­in g e x ce p t C lay ton an d h is w ife and th e fo rm e r’s b ro th e r L ew is, th e re m ay he tro u b le in co n v ic tin g th e m an of th e c rim e. M rs. C lay ton , if h e r m a r ­r ia g e to C lay to n is d e c la re d to be le ­gal, c a n n o t be fo rced to te s tify a g a in s t h e r h u sb a n d . I t is believed , h o w ev er, th a t h e r .m a rria g e to C lay ton , a lth o leg a lly p e rfo rm ed , is b igam ous, a s th e officials h av e so f a r fa iled to find an y re c o rd of d iv o rce fro m h e r la s t h u s ­ban d , sh e h a v in g h a d five a lto g e th e r .

L eR o y R o g e rs of A llenw ood, H a r ry M cD ow ell of N ew B edfo rd an d H a n ce B e n n e tt o f W est B e lm a r w ere th e on ly th re e w itn e s se s in tro d u c ed a t th e in ­q u est, B e n n e tt h a v in g been ta k e n fro m th e ju ry , to w h ich he w as n am ed o r ig in a lly , an d p lac ed on th e l is t of w itn esse s w hen i t becam e e v id en t th a t h e h a d in fo rm a tio n of v a lu e to th e p ro secu tio n .

R o g e rs tes tified th a t h e w as of th e q u a r te t w h ich le f t H e n ry B e n v en g a ’s h o te l a t B e lm a r an d w e n t to Q lay to n ’s hom e on th e in v ita tio n of C lay to n ’s b ro th e r L ew is. H e sa id th a t th ey each d ra n k a g la s s o f w h isk ey w h ile th e re a n d th en a ll C lay ton to ld L ew is to s i t dow n. H e, L ew is C lay to n a n d A lb e rt M ille r a rg u in g ab o u t so m e th in g and th a t C h a rle s C lay to n to ld L ew is to s it dow n. H e w as in th e h o u se o n ly h a lf an h o u r , he said.

Clayton Brothers F ig h tT h e te s tim o n y of H a r r y M cD ow ell,

17 y e a rs old, w as m ore im p o r ta n t an d d isc lo sed a figh t in C lay to n ’s bed room b e tw een th e C lay ton b ro th e rs , w h ich re su lte d in C h a rle s C lay to n se iz in g a sh o tg u n a n d te ll in g a ll of h is v is ito rs to leave th e h o u se if th ey d id n ’t w a n t to g e t sho t. M cD ow ell sa id th a t w hen th e C lay to n s b eg an to fig h t th ey tr ie d to choke one a n o th e r . B o th w ere d ru n k , h e sa id , a n d h e w e n t in to th e room a n d p a r te d them .

T h e e ld e r C lay to n b ecam e a n g ry a t th e in te r fe re n c e and seized th e gun, he sa id , th re a te n in g to sh o o t th e w hole p a rty . H e an d M ille r le f t th e ho u se , h e said . F o r 15 m in u te s th ey c a lled fo r G ask in to com e o u t an d r id e hom e in th e ir c a r r ia g e b u t w h en h e d id n ’t com e th ey c o n tin u e d on th e ir way. A fte r th ey go t a b o u t 100 y a rd s fro m th e house , h e sa id , th ey h e a rd th e gun sh o t b u t h e a r in g n o th in g fu r th e r th o u g h t th e sh o t h a d gone w ild. H e sa id he did n o t k n o w th a t G ask in w as dead w hen officers w e n t to th e S p rin g L ak e s ta tio n fo r h im on S u n ­day m o rn in g .

“I ’ll b low a ll y o u r b ra in s o u t if you d o n ’t g e t o u t o f h e re ,” M cD ow ell te s ­tified th a t C lay ton h a d sa id a n d h e to ld th e ju ry m e n th a t w h ile th ey w ere o u ts id e w a itin g fo r G ask in , C lay ton cam e o u t w ith th e sh o tg u n an d to ld th em h e w ould sh o o t th em if th ey d id n ’t g e t off th e g ro u n d s .

H an ce B e n n e tt to ld o f th e e a r ly m o rn in g v is it o f M rs. C lay to n to h is ho u se w hen sh e to ld h im th a t h e r h u s ­ban d liad sh o t a m an . H e sa id he d id n ’t believe h e r a n d tr ie d to ge t rid of h e r b u t w hen she w o u ld n ’t leave th e house b e c o n se n te d to go to th e s cene of th e c rim e w ith h e r . H e sa id th a t a f te r find ing tho body n e a r C lay to n ’s h o u se h e w en t fo r W ilso n B e n n e tt, an officer, w ho d id n ’t w a n t to m ak e s e r ­vice on C lay ton a n d acc o rd in g ly h e looked up Jo h n C u rtis , sp e c ia l to w n ­sh ip po licem an , who a r re s te d C layton.

Ho sa id that, a f te r C o ro n er B e n n e tt h ad a rriv e d a t th e h o u se C lay to n a p ­p eared w ith tho sh o tg u n a n d to ld th em th a t lie h ad sh o t G ask in .

"I go t h im th e ------ ,” lie isd ec la red to h av e to ld them . H e to ld th e officers th a t they h a d com e to de ­s tro y th in g s , a cc o rd in g to B en n ett.

C lay to n ’s b ro th e r , L ew is, w ill be th e p r in c ip a l w itn ess fo r th e p ro se cu tio n , a s ho is th e on ly m an w ho w a s in th e h o u se a t th e tim e C lay to n ch ased G ask in . L ew is is b e in g d e ta in ed w ith ­o u t ba il a t F reeh o ld .

P ro se c u to r Jo in t S. A p p leg ate a s ­s is ted C o ro n er B en n ett.

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W illiam B arte l, Buffalo; s lig h tly cu t by fly ing debris .

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J . B. S avage, W indsor, O iit.; both fe e t c ru sh ed . ,

T lie eng in e cam e h ere w ith a fu ll t ra in c rew from N ia g a ra F a lls today to pick u p a w e stb o u n d im m ig ran t tra in . A t th e M ain s t r e e t c ro ssin g S chultz , a sw itc h te n d e r , s ig n a led tlie eng in e d r iv e r to sto p so th a t he could g e t a rid e to his hom e in E a s t Buffalo.

T h e en g in e w a s barely m ov ing w hen th e explosion o ccurred . S p an g Was a b o u t to s te p on th e fender. H e w as s tru c k hy th e c row n sh ie ld a n d c a r ­ried 150 feet. T h o rp e w as s ta n d in g on th e tender. T h e fo rce o f th e explosion tilted tlie r e a r o f th e en g in e u p w ard ,

j a n d w hen i t cam e dow n T horpe, who v had fa llen b e tw een th e eng ine and

ten d e r, w as c ru sh ed to death .I B a rte l h a d board ed tlie eng ine a few

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ST R A Y SHOT K I L L S CHILD.Girl P laying W ith Doll Is S t ru c k by

Bullet.N ew Y ork, Dec. 2G.—Siiot w h ile p lay ­

ing w ith a C h ris tm a s doll, six-year-old F ra n c e s P en n i, d a u g h te r o f F ra n k P en n i, a c o n tra c to r , liv in g a t 30 S h e r­lock s tre e t, B rooklyn , d ied in an a m b u ­lan ce ta k iu g h e r to St. M ary ’s hospi , tal. A rev o lv e r b u lle t o f h eavy caliber, ev id en tly fired by som e ca re le ss person w ho w as te s tin g , a C h ris tm a s p resen t, lodged o v er th e l ittle g ir l 's h e a rt. H e r s lay er w a s n o t d iscovered .

As th e ch ild w a s se a te d a t a n open w indow a t th e ro a r o f h e r p a re n ts ' hom e w hen s tru c k , i t w a s believed th a t th e sh o t cam e from one of a row of houses on th e n e x t s tre e t. Mrs. Penni h ea rd a sh o t a n d a h eavy fall. She called to h e r daughter* he r only child, and . rece iv in g no response, sh e ra n to th e p lace w here sh e had le f t th e little one p lay in g w ith h e r p resen ts .

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Then Visits Friends, j A lbany, N. Y , Dec. 20.—G overnor G lynn sp e n t a q u ie t C h ris tm as. H e a te his first C h ris tm a s d in n e r a t the ex ecu tive m ansion w ith M rs. G lynn and a few fam ily frien d s . T o w ard evening be m otored to V alatie, w here h is b ro th e r resides, a n d sp e n t a few hours m ee tin g th e a c q u a in ta n c e s of his early youth . T h e go v ern o r’s younger d ay s w ere sp e n t a t V alatie, a n d he h as a sp eak in g a cq u a in ta n c e w ith a lm o st every one in th e place.

A t tlie ex ecu tiv e m an sio n i t w as re­po rted th a t G o vernor G lynn has not ye t h eard a n y th in g o th e r th a n th a t Ja m e s W . O sborne w ill c o n tin u e bis in v es tig a tio n s o f a lleg ed g ra ft .

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d ered dow n th e s te p s fro m th e e le v a t­ed s ta tio n of th e su b w ay a t M a n h a ttan s t r e e t y e s te rd a y , re a c h e d th e s t r e e t a u d co llap sed . P a tro lm a n Jo h n C ol­lin s sa w th e m an cou ld n o t ta k e c a re of h im se lf a n d a r re s te d h im . In th e W est O ne H u n d re d a n d T w e n ty -fif th s t r e e t p o lice s ta tio n th e p r is o n e r sa id he w as W illiam J . L e e h a n o f • T om s R iv er, N. J.

“ S p e ll i t L e h a n ,” h e g u rg led .I t w as th e n th e p r is o n e r w as re c o g ­

n ized a s W illiam J . L eeh an , w ho on j S a tu rd ay , a f te r a s e n sa t io n a l t r ia l a t \ T o m s R iv er, N. J ., w as a c q u itte d of th e m u rd e r o f M rs. C a ro lin e T u rn e r . In h is p o c k e ts w as $24.75. H e w as locked up. A fte r se v e ra l h o u r s ’ s le ep h e w as ta k e n b e fo re M a g is tra te M arsh in th e N ig h t C ourt.

“W h ere do you liv e ? ” a sk e d th e M a g is tra te .

“W h ite P la in s a n d I ’m a s te n o g ra ­p h e r ,” a n sw e re d L eeh an .

“E v e r a r re s te d b e fo re ? ”“ Yes, once in N ew J e r s e y .”“F o r w h a t? ”“ D o n ’t a sk m e !” L ee h an a lm o s t

sc rea m ed .“C an you ta k e c a re of y o u rse lf

n o w ?”“ Yes. I w a n t to go hom e a n d jo in

m y w ife .”T h e p r iso n e r w a s d isc h a rg e d w ith

a re p rim an d . In* th e c o r r id o r he sa id : “ I ’m n o t a d ru n k a rd . I ’d r a th e r go j

to th e e le c tr ic c h a ir th a n he c a lle d a j d ru n k a rd .”

H e sa id h e w as u n d ec id ed w h e th e r to v is it h is m o th e r a t W h ite P la in s o r j a fr ie n d in E d g ew a te r , N. J ., b u t h e w as su re h e w o u ld go to th e ho m e of a n u n c le , D an ie l L ee h an , in M an -1 C hester, Vt., w ith in a day o r two.

W hen re le a se d o n th e m u rd e r c h a rg e L eeh an to ld M rs. J a s p e r L ynch , w ho a id ed h im in h is d e fen se , th a t h e w a s ! go in g s t r a ig h t to V erm o n t. A t th e | t im e i t w as sa id a lso th a t h e a n d h is w ife w ould n o t live to g e th e r.

Fo u r Fo r Postm astershipF rid a y .m arked th e e x p ira tio n of th e

te rm of P o s tm a s te r W illiam M. B e r­gen of B e lm ar. S e v e ra l p ro m in e n t D em o cra ts a sp ire to th e p o sitio n , b u t C o n g re ssm an T h o m a s J . S c u lly h a s n o t s e n t in a re c o m m e n d a tio n to th e p o s tm a s te r g e n e ra l, o r a t le a s t no p u b ­lic a n n o u n c e m e n t o f su c h a c tio n h a s been m ade. I t is lik e ly a c tio n is be ­in g h e ld up b ecau se of th e c u rre n c y m ea su re , w h ich is o ccu p y in g a g re a te r p a r t o f th e a tte n tio n o f c o n g re ss a t p re sen t.

Of th e fo u r c a n d id a te s fo r th e b e rth a t B e lm a r C. B. H o n ce is sa id to have th e b e s t c h an c es o f su ccess . I t is u n ­d e rs to o d M r. H o n e e ’s n am e w as se n t in by C o n g ressm an S cu lly w h en it w as be lieved th e te rm o f th e B e lm ar p o s tm a s te r e x p ire d a t th a t tim e. Mr. H o n ce h a s given no a s su ra n c e s ince th a t h e w ill be ap p o in ted , b u t h is fr ien d s seem c e r ta in th a t h e w ill be nam ed. T h e B e lm a r p o s tm a s te rsh ip p ay s $2,300 a y ea r. I t is a second c la ss office.

O th e rs w ho a re a c tiv e c a n d id a te s fo r th e p o sitio n a re C o u n c ilm an T . S. D illon , B oro C le rk 0. O. H u d n u t and C o ro n er A lb e r t W. B e n n e tt.

1 0 S U E F O R H IS P I C T U R EW o m an ’s Request Is Denied— Lifelong

Friend of Couch Commits Suicide.L aw y er ’s Affinity Is Offered SeveralVaudeville E ngagem en ts— She Is StillH ysterical.

M onticello , N. Y., Dec. 26.—A nother im rk o f th e d evo tion o f A delaide M. B rim ce to M elvin II. C ouch, in w hose office sh e lived fo r m ore th a n th ree y e a rs , lia s been found , i t is a will m ade by M iss B ran ch b e q u e a th in g e v ­e ry th in g to Couch.

N ot only did tlie w om an sec lu d e h e r­s e lf in a den c o n s tru c te d in th e la w ­y e r’s in n er office, do his ty p ew ritin g , a tte n d to his cooking, n u rse him an d co m fo rt him , b u t sh e w a n te d to g ive him e v e ry th in g a t h e r d ea th . T h ese fa c ts w e re im p ressed to d ay on Mrs. C ouch, th e w idow , and he r d a u g h te r L ouise w hen they tnade a n o th e r sea rch of tlie office and finally opened a sm all s a fe in th e co n su lta tio n room.

Tt w as a lso s ta te d th a t th e B rance w om an will su e th e w idow o f Couch for his pho tograph .

T h e fa c t th a t th e w om an co n tem ­p la te s a su i t a g a in s t th e w ife o f th e m an w hom she loved w as m ad e know n w hen Sheriff K inn ie a d m itte d th a t, a c tin g on M iss B ran ce’s b eh a lf, he had req u este d M rs. Couch to re tu rn to th e w om an a p h o tograph o f C ouch w hich , acco rd in g to M iss B rance , w a s ta k e n fo r he r a lo n e an d rem oved by M rs. C ouch w ith o u t p erm ission . T h e w idow re fu sed th e req u est, a n d xvhen to ld of th is re fu sa l M iss B ran ce d ec la red th a t she w ould su e to reco v er th e p o r tra i t and w ould rem a in h e re u n til sh e ob ­ta in ed it.

W hile thn w o m an ’s g rie f an d h y s­te ria h av e u n d erm in ed h e r s tre n g th so g re a tly th a t sh e is u n a b le to leav e h e r bed d e sp ite tlie f a c t th a t sh e is no longer a legal p riso n er, i t is believed to d ay th a t sh e is im p ro v in g a n d m ay he a b le to g e t o u t in a few d ay s. I t Is und ersto o d th a t sh e ow n s tw o sm all m o rtg ag es an d w ill leave th e s ta te a s soon a s sh e realizes on th e se se c u rit ie s and se ttle s th e difficulty c o n ce rn in g th e pho tograph o f Couch.

Vaudeville Offers.H. O. B rance, h e r b ro th er, is e x p ec t­

ed h e re from H n rtw iek , N. Y. I t is u n ­derstood (h u t he is w ilin g to g ive his s is te r any a id lie can , b u t w ill n o t ta k e her to h is ow n home.

Several v au d ev ille a g e n ts h a v e m ade offers to M iss B rance , a ll o f w h ich she lias co n tem p tu o u sly tu rn e d aside. Mrs. Jo h n I lu m p to n o f G oshen, w ho k new M iss I’rnnce y e a rs ago, has te lephoned to th e ja i l th a t sh e w ould tie g lad to g ive a hom e to her.

S tan ley S m ith , a life long fr ien d of Couch, lias c o m m itted su ic id e h e re w ith a pistol g iven to him by Couch. T he w eapon w as th e one used by Ja c k Allen in a m u rd er y e a rs ago, fo r w hich lie w a s ex ecu ted . T h e e ase w a s C ouch’s m o st fam o u s one.

Now th a t C ouch is bu ried a n d h is re ­la tio n s w ith tlie w o m an h a v e com e to ligh t, th e re a re m any h e re w ho say th a t th ey k n ew o f th e s tra n g e w om aii h idden in h is room s M rs. Jaco b M. M aybie. w idow of a one tim e d is tr ic t a tto rn e y of S u lliv an co u n ty , sa y s th a t sev era l p ro m in en t m en in th e c ity knew of th e s tra n g e a llian c e and aided Couch in keep ing his secret.

Mrs. M aybie sa y s sh e w a tch ed Miss B ran ce an d th a t sh e m ade co m p la in t to sev era l m en. in c lud ing a c le rg y m an , w ho rep lied th a t " th e L o rd w ould r ig h t th in g s .” Siie sa id sh e a lso p ro te s te d to C ouch h im self, w ho replied , “ W h at b u sin ess is i t o f y o u rs , a n y w a y ? ”

K IL L E D BY HIS OWN CAR.Moto rm a n Run Over W hen It Ju m p s

T rack and W recks Saloon.N ew York. Dec. 20.—A B ay R idge

av en u e tro lley c a r ju m p e d th e trac k a t S ix ty -n in th s tre e t a n d T h ir te e n th av enue , a n d th e m o to rm an , H e n ry F rick e . fifty-nine, o f 350 F ifty -e ig h th s tree t. B rooklyn, w as th ro w n fro m th e p la tfo rm . T h e c a r ran o v e r th e c u rb an d sm ash ed Into th e w indow o f a saloon, th e re a r w h eels p a ss in g over F r ie k e ’s body a n d k illing him in s ta n t­ly.

No one i n t h e c a r w a s h u rt , a lth o u g h all w ere bad ly sh ak en . A dozen tip ­p lers in th e saloon w itn essed tlie c a r 's e n tra n c e w ith a s to n ish m e n t.

BORN FA C E TO FACE.

M iss M o rris ’ PartyA s u rp r is e p a r ty w a s te n d e re d M iss

E m m a M o rris on T h u rsd a y even ing . M usic an d g a m e s w e re th e o rd e r o£ th e ev en ing . A fte r w h ich re f re s h - j m e n ts w e re serv ed . T h o se p re se n t ] w e re : M r. an d M rs. N. C. M orris, E th e l T h o m p so n , Id a M o rris, N e ttie j M o rris, M y rtle T h o m p so n , E m m a M or­r is , H e len E lm e r, H e len P y le , N o rris E lm e r, N o rr is W oolley , H e n ry M orris, W a lte r M o rris, G eorge M orris, M artin F re e m a n , W a lto n T ilto n , E v e re tt D on- a liay , Leo T uzenew .

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P a ris , Dec. 20.—“ S iam ese” tw in g irls a m onth old. w ho a re jo in ed face to race, h av e been b ro u g h t to P a r is to be se p a ra ted hy a su rg ical operation .

A ra d io g ra p h e x am in a tio n su g g ests th a t th e tw in s hav e no v ita l o rg an s In com m on. T hey a re so v igorous th a t they h av e beeu c lo thed in w oolen v e s ts inside w hich th e ir a rm s a re im p risoned to p rev en t possible in ju ry to one o r th e o th er b.v th e ir m ovem ents.

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E W Y E A R 'S Is th e o ld e s t an d th e m o s t w id e ly o b se rv ed of a ll th e w o rld ’s fe s ta l d ays. In e v e ry coun­t r y th is d ay h as b een c e le b ra te d fro m th e b e g in n in g of c iv iliza tio n . T h e d ay does n o t com e s im u lta n e ­o usly a ll o v er th e g lobe, fo r som e c o u n tr ie s h a v e a d iffe re n t c a le n d a r from th a t of A m erica a n d E u ro p e .A ll c o u n tr ie s , h o w ev er, a im to h av eth e i r c iv il y e a r co in c id e , in d u ra tio n , a n d a s f a r a s p ra c tic a b le , w ith th e

so la r y e a r. T h e n a tio n s w h ich ho ld th e i r fes­tiv a l in a cc o rd an c e w ith th e G reg o rian c a len d a r, co m p ris in g th e U n ited S ta te s , G re a t B rita in , F ra n c e , G e rm an y an d m o st of th e o th e r w h ite c o u n tr ie s a re th o se w h ich a re le a d e rs in c iv iliza ­tio n , a n d g ive th e law to th e w orld .

In i ts u n iv e rs a l i ty th is day d iffe rs fro m a ll th eo th e rs w h ich h a v e w r it te n th e ir n a m e s on th ew o rld 's c a len d a r . T h a n k sg iv in g is a s tr ic t ly A m erican ho lid ay , w h ich did n o t e x ten d beyond th e b o u n d a rie s o f N ew E n g la n d u n til a b o u t a g e n e ra tio n ago. N o w h ere o u ts id e th e U n ited S ta te s does th e F o u r th o f Ju ly m ake an y e sp ec ia l d em an d fo r o b se rv an c e . I t h a d n e ith e r a loca l h a b ita tio n n o r a n am e u n til w e fu rn ish e d th em . N o t u n til a f te r Y ork to w n an d th e a d o p tio n of th e c o n s titu tio n w as th is a sp ira t io n of 1776 t r a n s ­m itte d in to fa c t. By th e P u r i ta n s C h ris tm a s w as p laced u n d e r th e b an , a n d n o t u n til a tim e w ith in th e easy re co lle c tio n of liv in g m en w as i t p e rm it­te d to c ro ss th e b o u n d a rie s o f N ew E n g lan d . M o reover, p r im a rily C h ris tm a s is d e d ic a te d to th e c h ild ren , an d in i ts o b se rv an c e th e o ld e r m em b e rs o f th e fam ily a re m ere ly su b s id ia ry . In c e le b ra t in g i t th e c h ild ren hold th e c e n te r of th e s ta g e , w ith th e a d u lts a s th e p ro p e rtie s an d acces­so r ie s w h ich g iv e th e sp e c ta c le i ts sc e n ic e ffects. B u t N ew Y e a r 's d e d ic a te s i ts e lf to th e grow n-ups, e sp e c ia lly to th o se w ho h av e th e c a p a c ity an d th e in c lin a tio n fo r p h y s ic a l a n d so c ia l a c tiv ity . P a r­t ic u la r ly does It sen d o u t i ts a p p ea l to every b o d y w ho h a s th e f re s h n e s s of s p ir i ts an d th e e n th u s i­asm w hich g ive z e s t to en jo y m e n t o f all so r ts , who a re cap ab le , w hen o ccasio n d em an d s, of tu rn in g b ack th e h a n d s on tim e ’s c lock an d th u s w ho can , th ro u g h a c h ild ’s eyes, look o u t upo n life.

A lth o u g h th is Is th e o ld e s t of th e w o rld 's g a la d ays, its e sp ec ia l fu n c tio n is to te ll u s to look fo r­w a rd an d n o t b ack w ard . F o r th e m o m e n t th e sp o n g e h a s d raw n Itse lf a c ro ss th e d e s ire s an d th e d eed s o f th e y e a r w hich , a few h o u rs ago, w as th r u s t b ack in to th e shadow . A b la n k ta b le t r is e s b e fo re us, on w h ich th e co m in g d a y s w ill w r ite th e ir s to ry . On th e w o rld 's c a le n d a r th is in co m in g cycle f ig u res a s 1914, b u t fo r th e p re s e n t h o u r th is a r b i t r a r y d iv is io n m ay be d is re g a rd e d . A nd w hile th e h o u r re m a in s w ith u s w e a re a ll p r iv ileg ed to s e t u p o u r ow n c a le n d a r . W h ile th e t r a n s i t io n c a s ts i ts sp e ll upo n u s e v e ry th in g is new'. W e a re a t th e b eg in n in g of a n e ra . T h is is d ay 1 o f y e a r 1 in th e new d isp e n sa tio n . T h e u n c e r ta in t ie s an d th e a d v e rs i t ie s of th e d ead cycle c an no lo n g e r m o le s t u s o r m ak e u s a fra id . E v en w h e re fo r tu n e h a s b een k in d to u s in th e re c e n t p a s t, th e d a y s w h ich a re b e fo re u s s ta n d re ad y to h a n d u s c h o ic e r p rizes. K eep in g su n s h in e in th e h e a r t , w e can lau g h a t an y ta le s w h ich th e th e r ­m o m e te r o r th e b a ro m e te r m ay te ll us. W hile th is d ay s la s ts ho p e is th e o n ly d e ity w h ich c la im s a n y a lle g ia n ce fro m an y of us. A ll a re in v ite d to

A NEW YEAR ’S THOUGHT .“ T hou s h a l t love th e L o rd th y God w ith a ll th y

h e a r t , w ith a ll th y sou l, an d w ith a ll th y m in d — h im s h a l t th o u se rv e a n d to h im s h a l t th o u c le av e .”

W h a t, th e n w ill b e th e rewm rd of fa ith fu l love a n d se rv ic e b e? O r a re w e W 'orking w ith o u t th e h o p e of a re w a rd ? T o b e p u re a n d tru e , love m u s t be d is in te re s te d . G ran ted . Y et, is th e re n o t an e x q u is ite joy , a k een in c e n tiv e to f u r th e r se rv ­ice, in th e e n c o u ra g e m e n t w h ich God in h is in ­fin ite g o o d n ess g ra n ts to u se fro m tim e to tim e , a n d th a t in s p i te o f a ll th e im p e rfe c tio n s of o u r love a n d se rv ic e ? W hy , th e n , sh o u ld w e n o t look fo rw a rd to o u r g re a t re w a rd — G od’s a p p ro v a l? If w e tru ly love h im , sh o u ld w e n o t s tr iv e w ith a ll o u r m ig h t fo r h is final “W ell d o n e?” S u re ly i t is n o t w ro n g to look fo rw a rd to th e jo y o f th a t a s su ra n c e , e v en w h ile w e a re fu lly a w a re o f o u r com ing s h o r t o f it , y e t, in o u r b e s t w o rk ; fo r th u s we le a rn to know m ore, a n d to th in k m o re , o f th e love w hich , se e in g th e in te n tio n , g iv es u s c re d it fo r th e e ffort, th o u g h th e r e s u l t m ay n o t be, is no t, w h a t w e h a d h oped to o ffer him .

W ith su ch th o u g h ts th e N ew Y e a r beg in s . A s a ch ild t r ie s to p lea se th e f a th e r h e loves so d e a rly , a s a fr ie n d w ho se e k s e v e ry o p p o rtu n ity to p ro v e h is f r ien d sh ip , so m ay w e loving, th a n k ­fu l c h ild re n of o u r God, re jo ic in g in th e kn o w led g e of h is love, go on o u r w ay, full of t r u s t fo r th o fu­tu re , n e g le c tin g no o p p o rtu n ity , h o w ev er sm all i t m ay be, to p ro v e o u r th an k fu l love, an d a sk in g h im to k in d le in u s an in te n se d e s ire to p lea se h im , a n a r d e n t lo n g in g fo r h is b lessed w ords of c o m m e n d a tio n . “W ell done, th o u good a n d fa ith ­fu l s e r v a n t ! ”

H E R M ISTAKE.

"W h a t is a y o u n g m a n ’s m aid en sp eech , p a ? ” "H is f irs t one, my d e a r .”“ D e a r m e! I th o u g h t i t w as a p ro p o sa l.”

bu ild th e ir a i r c a s tle s w ith o u t an y fe a r of an y d iss illu s io n m e n t, “ fo r o v e r th e se a lie s S p a in .” W e can g e t all th o e x a lta tio n w h ich cam e to A bou H a ssa n w hen th e a m ia b le d ecep tio n of H aro u n -a l-R asch id w as p lay ed upo n h im , w ith o u t a n y of th e ill e ffec ts w h ich we m ay p re su m e cam e to h im w h en h is d re am of p ow er d isp e lled Itse lf. T h e day an d th e scen e in v ite s u s to en jo y m en t, an d to c o n tr ib u te to th e en jo y m e n t of o th e rs . F o r th is one day , a t le a s t, of th e y e a r th e go ld en age is no m yth . I t is h e re w ith us, an d we m u st u ti­lize i t w h ile i t s ta y s . T h is is th e h o u r w hen life ’s w ire le ss te le g ra p h y c a r r ie s g re e tin g s of good w ill b e tw een a ll th e in d iv id u a ls an d a ll th e p eo p le s of o f th e e a r th . T o ev ery one of u s th e w orld s tr e tc h e s fo rth th e glad h a n d a n d s a lu te s u s w ith a “M ay you live long a n d p ro sp e r .”

T h e old p ro p h e ts conce iv ed th e su b lim e th o u g h t th a t th e C re a to r s e t th e h e av e n ly bodies in th e ir p laces to m ark fo r m an th e p ro g re ss o f tim e. T h e e a r ly le a d e rs o f th e h u m an ra c e w ho w a tch ed th e s ta r s in th e ir c o u rses , an d from th e ir m o v em en ts w o rk ed o u t th e d iv ision o f th e d ay s a n d y e a rs , le f t a b le s s in g beh in d th e m fo r a ll tim e to com e. F o r if we a re to be liev e th e re co rd s of th e ro ck s an d c lay s th e f irs t m en w ho lif ted th e ir face s to th e sk ie s in p ro fo u n d aw e an d w ith g e rm s of th o u g h t s t i r r in g in th e ir b ra in s h ad l i t t le if an y m o re co n cep tio n of tim e a n d of th e m ov ing p la n e ts th a n th e b ru te s th a t sh a re d w ith th e s e p r im itiv e sa v a g e s th e cav es o r th e h u ts w h ich w e re a ll th e h o u se s th ey h ad . I t to o k long ag es to le a rn t h a t th e su n is a fixed body a s re g a rd s o u r e a r th , to d iv ide th e g lobe in to d e g ree s a n d th e day in to 24 h o u rs . T h e se a so n s cam e a n d w e n t an d sav ag e m an h ad no c o n cep tio n of w hy beyond th e s u n ’s d e c len s io n below h is z e n ith a n d th e r e tu r n of th e fiery o rb to a p lace h ig h ab o v e h is head . T h en fro m th e c ru d e su p e rs t i t io n s of a s tro lo g y m en of h ig h c iv iliz a tio n w o rk ed o u t o u r y e a r an d s e t th e day th a t , a s th is w e now live, m a rk s th e b eg in n in g of a new c irc le of th e fo u r sea so n s .

T h e c ru d e s t sa v a g e n eed ed no p ro p h e t w ith a m essa g e fro m th e sk ie s to te a c h h im th a t if h e d e s ired to p ro lo n g h is life he m u s t w ork . H e w a s th e m an of a ll g e n e ra tio n s w ho k n ew b e s t th a t “ in th e sw e a t of h is fa ce ” he m u s t “e a t b re a d ” if h e a te a t a ll. S to red -up w e a lth th e re w as none. E ac h g e n e ra tio n b eg an p ra c tic a lly w h e re th e la s t did, w ith no in h e r i ta n c e to p ro fit by. N o r w as th e re a sp a rk of c h a r i ty to m in is te r to th b n e ed s o f age o r s ic k n ess . T h e ch ild b o rn w ith low v ita l i ty m e t Its fa te e a r ly in i ts c a re e r . T h e m an w ho m e t w ith a n a c c id e n t su ffic ien t to in ­c a p a c ita te h im fo r th e c h ase o r fo r w a r w as le f t to p e r ish m ise ra b ly w h e re he fell. W h en ag e d im m ed th e e y e o r m ad e th e h a n d n e rv e le s s th e u se le s s one w as n o t p e rm itte d to be a b u rd e n on so c ie ty . A s th e w ounded d e e r is le f t, a s th e aged w o lf is ab an d o n ed , so w as th e w ounded m an or th e to o th le ss w om an. P a re n ta g e o r o th e r re la tio n ­sh ip co u n ted n o th in g .

A s c iv iliz a tio n c lim bed th e p a th o f p ro g re s s to h ig h e r lev e ls to il b ecam e m o re c o n s ta n t, m o re p re ss in g . T h e sa v a g e h a s few n e ed s an d th e re ­fo re m uch le isu re . H e n e ed s no w eek ly day of re s t . W ith in c re a s in g n eed s to m e e t m an h ad to ben d h is b a ck m ore in c e ssa n tly an d to s tra in m u s­cle, ten d o n an d lig a m en t. L ife h a d m ore en jo y ­m e n t a t th e c o s t of lo n g er h o u rs of to il, t h a t m ade r e s t seem v e ry Bweet. T h en a ro se th e le a d e r of m en, th e re fo rm e r, th e te a c h e r , p h ilo so p h e r o r p ro p h e t w ho o rd a in ed th a t a s th e re w e re tim es a n d se a so n s so th e re sh o u ld be d ay s of re s t . If we w e re to ru n th e w orld a ro u n d w e w ould find m an y S a b b a th s . T h e fo llo w er of M oham m ed ta k e s h is r e s t on F rid a y , th e H eb rew on S a tu rd ay , th e C h ris­t ia n on S unday . A nd th e m an of ad v an c ed id eas w ho g av e m an h is S a b b a th w as a le a d e r an d a b e n e fa c to r in v e ry deed.

T h e m an w ho s ta n d s in th e E sc o ria l in S p a in an d looks on th e s e p u lc h e rs of k in g s re a c h in g b a ck 300 y e a rs , h a s a sp an a b o u t a s long a s th e m o st a n c ie n t h is to ry of A m erica . W h en h e goes to G ran ad a h e is face to face w ith th e t im e s of th e M oors, w hose in v as io n of th e p e n in su la w as c e n tu r ie s b e fo re C o lum bus w as bo rn . A s h e looks on so m e p av ed ro a d o r so m e a q u ed u c t h e is c a r ­r ie d b ack to th e Scip ios, to H an n ib a l, an d b a ck to h is fo re fa th e rs w ho m oved ab o u t h e re ; an d so w e go h a ck to C a rth a g e , w h ich w as a g re a t c ity b e fo re R om e w as founded , an d C a rth a g e ta k e s u s o v e r th e sea to A sia w h e re M oses’ peo p le an d so m e P h ilis tin e s cam e in to com b at. A nd we go b a ck to E g y p t an d i ts p y ram id s, to th e P h a ra o h s an d Ja c o b an d h is c h ild ren , and on b ack to A b ra ­h am an d th e nom ad ch ie fs w ho fed th e i r flocks in th e f a t p la in s of c e n tra l A sia a s long b e fo re th e C h ris tia n e ra a s i t is from th e y e a r 1911. In th e se lan d s , a m o n g th e s e ra c e s of m en, g ra n d fa th e rs an d g re a t-g ra n d fa th e rs c o u n t fo r l ittle . O ne m ee ts m en w h o se a n c e s to rs to o k p a r t in th e ex p u ls io n of th e M oors, w ith o th e rs w h o se a n c e s to rs re s is te d th e m w h en th e y f irs t in v ad ed Spain , an d s ti ll o th e r s w h o se fo rb e a rs w e re in th e a rm ie s of th e S c ip io s o r of H a n n ib a l. T h e m ind lo v es to dw ell on th e m em o ry of th e s e fa r-aw ay d ay s a n d to d re am of th e w ay o f life o f m en a n d w om en w ho d ied so lo n g ago, an d to w hom w e ow e o u r b e in g an d o u r c iv iliza tio n . T h e o ld es t t i t le lan d s in th e P ac ific s ta te s do n o t go b a ck fa r. T h e re a r e t i t le s in Spain th a t d a te b a ck c e n tu r ie s . C astle s h e re a re ow ned by fam ilie s w ho com e dow n di­re c tly o r c o lla te ra lly fo r ag es . T o th e s e a g en ­e ra tio n is a s sh o r t a s a y e a r to u s in o u r b ran d - new c iv iliza tio n . I t is a ll im p re ss iv e , b u t a f te r d re a m in g of su c h th in g s th e m ind in e v ita b ly re ­v e r ts to o u r ow n g e n e ra tio n , to o u r ow n tim e,

an d th e q u estio n com es up w ith sp o n ta n le ty , “W h a t of a ll th is to m e?”

In a c o u n try so new as o u rs , w h e re o n e ’s g re a t g ra n d fa th e r w as a b o u t th e e a r l ie s t on reco rd , tim e does n o t im p re ss us. I t seem s a s if ev e ry ­th in g b eg an y e s te rd a y . In old landB w hose h is­to ry goes b ack c e n tu r ie s up o n c e n tu r ie s th e p rog­re s s of tim e seem s v e ry im p ress iv e .

B u t say w h a t w e w ill, i t is o u r ow n life th a t is th e m o st im p re ss iv e , an d a s th e y e a rs s tre tc h ou t b e h in d u s th e m em o ry of o u r ow n y o u th m ak es a d e ep e r im p re ss io n on u s th is N ew Y e a r’s day th a n a ll th e w ritte n h is to ry of th e w orld , th a n a ll th e tra d it io n s of a ll th e ra ce s , th a n a ll th e re co rd s of th e ro ck s. T h e in d iv id u a l so u ls on d ay s lik e th is n a tu ra lly d iv ide in to tw o c la sses . On N ew Y e a r’s day y o u th looks to th e fu tu re an d ag e to th e past. T o th e y o u n g a il th e p a th s b e fo re th e fe e t look ro se -s trew n and sm oo th . So be it. L e t th e eye b r ig h te n a s i t fe a s ts in a n tic ip a tio n on th e good th in g s th a t m u s t lie e v e ry w h e re to th e end. Y outh! Y ou th ! T h e tim e w hen th e re can b e “no d o u b t o f a n y m y s te ry sav e th a t life ’s lo n g in g s and i ts h o p es cou ld d ie .” L e t y o u th d re am on of ro se s w ith o u t th o rn s , o f b r ig h t d ay s w ith o u t a cloud, o f h o p es th a t a lw ay s find fu lfillm en t, of am b itio n s a lw ay s fu lly sa tis fied . A ll we n eed do fo r y o u th is leav e i t a lo n e w ith i ts d ream s, i ts hopes, i ts am ­b itio n s. W ith th e s e it w ill ta k e c a re o f itse lf. And le t n o t age, w h a te v e r th e y e a rs m ay hav e b ro u g h t, say a w ord , sh a k e a h ead o r g iv e a d ub ious look to d ispe l th e g lo ry of th e d ream , th e b r ig h tn e ss o f th e hope, th e v a u ltin g n a tu re of th e am b itio n . T im e w ill do enough of th is . So le t y o u th h av e its u n d im m ed jo y today .

B u t ag e looks back . T h e fires o f a m b itio n a re d im m ed. T h ey a re a ll h u rn t-o u t a sh e s now . T h e h o p es th a t buoyed us up so sa fe ly in yo u th h av e found w h a t th e re is o f fu lfillm en t a ll too lit t le , of d isa p p o in tm e n t a ll to o m uch. W e d re am no lo n g er o f jo y s to com e, b u t of g r ie f th a t h a s so s tre w e d th e p a th a lo n g w h ich w e h av e com e. T h e sm ell o f th e w oods in e a r ly sp r in g w hen th e f irs t v io le ts bloom , o r in th e h e a t o f su m m er w hen a ll is like th e sp ice is lan d s , o r in fa ll w h en decay is in th e fa llen leav es , o r in w in te r w h en d e a th ab so rb s a ll, no m a t te r to th e aged , a ll c a ll b ack to days long gone. W e w alk a lo n e now , an d a ll a lo n g th e fa r ro ad lie m ounds w h e re w e sto o d an d confided to th e b re a s t of M o th er E a r th so m an y th a t w a lk ­ed w ith u s in th e hey d ey of o u r life . T h e m o th e r w hose so f t to u ch b a n ish ed pa in , th e f a th e r w hose r ip e ex p erien c e ta u g h t u s w h e re to w alk , th e b ro th e rs an d s is te r s w ho w e re o u r p lay m a te s in th o se d ay s w hen th e w orld w as a ll su n sh in e . T h en w hen th e w ing of love c eased to brood o v er u s In th e p a te rn a l n e s t an d w e w e n t fo r th to c re a te a new fam ily u n d e r th e b a n n e r of love, how a day lik e th is c a lls up a ll th e jo y an d te n d e rn e s s o f th e se d ay s of e a r ly m anhood an d w om anhood! So we d re am of th e long-lost c la sp o f th e h an d of lo v e r o r f r ie n d ; so we dw ell in te n d e r m em ory on a ll th o se d ay s of hope, of joy, of e x p ec tan cy an d fru itio n . W e feel th a t a ll w ill soon be over. T h is m ay be o u r la s t N ew Y e a r’s d ay on th is e a r th w h e re w e h av e p assed so m an y e v en tfu l y ea rs . W h en th o se w ho a re le f t a g a in “r in g o u t th e old, r in g in th e n ew ," w e m ay n o t be h e re to r in g e ith e r ch im e of bells. So w e s it an d d re am an d c a ll up from th e tre a su re -h o u se of m em o ry th e faces, w o rd s an d deed s of th o se w ho w a lk ed w ith u s in th e d ay s o f o u r y o u th an d of o u r p rim e. B ut w e w ould n o t be gone y^t. H e is le s s th a n a m an w ho th u s c an s i t an d d ream , th in k of h is de­p a r tu re , an d n o t “c a s t o n e longing , lin g e rin g look b e h in d .” W e m u st go to th e p o e ts to in te r p r e t th is life to us. N o t to th e g re a t o n es o f th e w orld , b u t to th o se w h o se v e rse d e a ls w ith th e com m on th in g s o f life : to B u rn s an d h is "b a n k s a n d b ra e s o ’ b o n n ie D oon,” h is “ H ig h lan d M a ry ;" to th e m an w ho w ro te “H om e, S w ee t H o m e ;” to th e p o e t of th e poor s la v e in th e so u th an d h is “ S u w an ee R iv e r.” W e can go fa r b ack in th e ages , and a ll th e tim e th e com m on h e a r t of a com m on h u m a n ity w as th e sam e a s now . K in g D avid w ould ta k e th e ag ed B a rz illa i to th e cap ita l, to th e co u rt. B u t th e p la in m an of th e peop le w ould be le f t a lo n e to d re am th e la s t d re a m s of life in peace. “L e t m e go b a ck th a t I m ay d ie in m in e ow n c ity .” A nd a f te r d e a th “be b u ried by th e sid e of m y fa­th e r an d of m y m o th e r .” Oh! th e te n d e rn e s s of old age! T h e re a re no fierce p a ss io n s left. Am ­b itio n b u ild s no m o re c a s tle s in th e a ir . J u s t to be le t d re am of th e d ay s th a t a r e gone, o f th e e a rly hom e an d a ll i t co n ta in ed , an d th e n lie dow n w ith th e co m p an io n s of y o u th a n d fo r c e n tu r ie s an d c e n tu r ie s , th ro u g h o u t th e g re a t e te rn ity , le t o u r a sh e s m in g le w ith th o se we loved so w ell.

NEW YEAR RESOLUT IONS .W h ile N ew Y ear is on ly a n Im ag in ary lin e dr<

th ro u g h tim e to m ark i ts d iv is io n s , i t posses a s e n tim e n t w h ich m oves us a ll. I t m a rk s a in ite s ta r t in g p o in t in o u r liv es e v e ry y e a r and ta k e a fresh ho ld upon o u r p ro sp e c ts an d re; o u r fa ith in o u rse lv es an d look o u t upon th e c in g y e a r a s upon a new , fa ir field, w ith pron of b e t te r th in g s . I do n o t m uch be liev e in fo r re so lu tio n s p ro c la im ed loud ly fro m th e em ine of o u r v an ity . T h e m an who, on N ew Yes “sw e a rs off” h is bad h a b its fo r a d e fin ite pet a n d n o tifie s h is fr ien d s an d n e ig h b o rs , is, ft m y o b se rv a tio n , on ly h y p n o tiz in g h im self, m ay h o n e s tly in te n d to s t ic k to h is good re s tio n s , an d p e rh a p s m ak e s h is a n n o u n ce m e n t a s o r t o f m en ta l and m o ra l prop. B u t if h e is d e ad ly e a rn e s t h e on ly n e ed s to p ro m ise all a n ce to God an d h im self. If he does th e th i h e m ea n s to do h is fr ie n d s and n e ig h b o rs g ive h im c red it, an d if h e fa ils th ey w ill n o t ki o f h is b ro k en vow s. R e fo rm s com e from wit a n d deeds, n o t w o rds, p ro v e a m a n ’s s in c e r ity

T h e old y e a r h a s been k in d ly a one to th e fa e r s o f A m erica . T h ey h av e p ro sp e red , an d t h a v e m ad e n a tio n a l a d v a n c e m e n t in social m o ra l life, b e t te r m e th o d s of fa rm in g , am b ro a d e r v iew of th e field of e n d e a v o r h av e b am o n g th e a c h ie v e m e n ts o f th e old y ear. Fi th e y e a r to com e w e hope th a t e v e ry one of m ay h a v e g re a te r p ro sp e rity , la rg e r b iessh a n d b e t te r lives.

AN ABA NDO NED PR O JEC T,

T w o h e a r ts th a t b e a t a s o n e .” The m a n a g e r m used .

“ Oh, w ell," he w e n t on, c o n tin u in g oquy, “I su p p o se w e could g e t up a 1 th a t , b u t sh e w o u ld n ’t be in i t w ith h e ad e d g irl, an y h o w ."— Puck .

S E t K FOR GOLD W IT H MAGNET bay off A ngel Island. T h e sa fe w asd ro p p ed fro m th e hold of th e s te a m e r

Cretonne Furnishings for the Bedroom

S p e c u la to rs Believe T h ey H av e a C h an ce to R ecover T r e a s u r e

S u n k In Ocean.

E le c tro -m ag n e tism is to be em ployed in a novel m a n n e r to re c o v e r gold from th e b o tto m o f th e P ac ific ocean . I t is se r io u s ly an n o u n ce d th a t an e x ­p e d itio n from S an F ra n c isco w ill a t ­te m p t by m ea n s of a m a g n e t to ra is e an iro n c h e s t w h ich c o n ta in s $65,000 to go ld in g o ts from th e b o tto m of th e

C o rco ran , w h ich w as ram m ed and su n k in a co llis io n w ith th e s te a m e r S em in o le In a d e n se fog som e m o n th s ago. W h en th e v e sse ls p a rte d , fol­lo w in g th e co llision , a se c tio n of th e hold of th e C o rco ran b ro k e th ro u g h an d th e c a rg o san k . T h e h uge iro n

j c h e s t p ro v ed v e ry difficult to find, j b u t i t h a s been defin ite ly loca ted .

A p o rtio n is co v ered w ith d rif te d J sa n d s , an d it is c la im ed th a t th e or- | d ln a ry m e th o d s o f sa lv ag e w ould be

u n a b le to l if t lt. A h u g e m ag n e t Is th e re fo re b e in g c o n s tru c te d so th a t , w ith a g e n e ra tio n o f e le c tr ic ity on bo ard sh ip , th e e n o rm o u s lif tin g pow ­e r of th e m ag n e t w ill b e ex e rted , w hich , l t is a n tic ip a te d , w ill d ra g th e p rec io u s c a rg o to th e su rface .

Hope Pea r l th e L arges t .An au c tio n sa le o f p o u r Is, w hich

had one of th e m o st re m a rk a b le seq u e ls on reco rd , w as th a t o f th e col­lec tio n of th e la te B ishop B ub ics of H u n g ary . A m ong o th e r o b je c ts a

h a n d so m e sa b e r pouch w as o ffered of th e s ty le w orn by th e H u n g a ria n H u s­sa rs . I t w as o f g re e n s ilk an d r ich ly e m b ro id e re d w ith h u n d re d s o f p e a r ls of v a ry in g sizes . A fte r keen com p e­titio n (h is pouch wub so ld to P r in c e E s te rh a z y fo r 13,500 cro w n s. Som o tim e a f te r th e sa le , h o w ev er, a le t­t e r from th e la te b ishop w as found c o n ta in in g th e s ta te m e n t th a t he h ad bo rro w ed th e o rn a m e n t from th e jew el room of P r in c e s s E s te rh a z y . N a tu ra lly , th e p rin ce w as n o t ca lled upon to pay th e a m o u n t o f h is bid.

CR E T O N N E , b e ca u se o f th e m an y b e au tifu l p a t te rn s In w h ich i t is

d esigned , an d i ts e x ce lle n t w earin g q u a litie s , is m ad e up in to a g re a te r n u m b er of fu rn ish in g a cc esso rie s th a n e v e r before . I t w ill s ta n d m uch lau n ­d e rin g (if th e w ash in g is do n e p rop­e rly ) an d i t com es in in n u m e rab le flow ered p a tte rn s su itab le fo r th e bed­room of m an , w om an o r child .

T h e b e s t e ffec ts a re ach iev ed w hen o ne s ta r ts w ith p la in w a lls in som e a t t ra c t iv e t in t o r in a n e u tra l co lor, a n d w ith sh e e r w h ite c u r ta in s a t th e w indow s. H av in g th ese , th e n ex t th in g to do is to se le c t a p a t te rn in c re to n n e th a t w ill h a rm o n ize w ith th e w all an d be su ita b le to th e p e rso n fo r w hom th e room is to be p re tt i ly g a rn ish ed .

T h e w indow s f irs t a r e p ro v id ed w ith c u r ta in s of th e c re to n n e . A box se a t is co v ered w ith i t an d p ro v id ed w ith tw o o r p e rh a p s th r e e c u sh io n s w ith th e sam e co v ering . T h en one p ro ­ceed s to m ak e th e sm a ll co n v en ien t b e lo n g in g s th a t a re to b e u sed on th e d re ss in g ta b le o r ch iffon ier.

T h e re m u s t be a p in cu sh io n , a g love box an d a h a n d k e rc h ie f box. T h e re m ay be o th e r th in g s—a lit t le c a b in e t fo r t r in k e ts , a w h isk broom h o lder, a p h o to g rap h fram e , a can ­d le sh a d e , a w o rk b a sk e t, a lau n d ry bag , e tc . B u t one m u s t n o t o v erdo ev en th e p re tty c re to n n e by m ak in g too m an y a c c e s so r ie s a n d p u ttin g th e m in ev id en ce in th e room .

EXCELLENT DESIGN THAT PRESERVES

NATURAL FIGUREON E m u st con ced e th e re a l b e a u ty

o f th is co stu m e , w h ich a p p e a rs to be b u ilt on lin e s a lm o s t in d ep e n d en t o f th o se p ro m in e n t in th e p re se n tm ode.

T h e s k ir t is n o t b ro a d a t th e h ip s (in com m on w ith m an y new ones) th e s h o r t t r a in is n o t a m e re w isp , o r tra i l in g end , a n d th e re is p len ty of room to w a lk in . T h is is one of th o se good d e s ig n s w h ich define th e n a tu ra l figure w ith am p le d ra p e ry a n d can af­

fo rd to ig n o re o r only su g g e s t th e fad s of th e seaso n .

T h e s k i r t is fu ll a c ro ss th e f ro n t and d ra p ed a t th e le f t f ro n t an d a t each s id e of~ the b ack . T h e bod ice is v e ry low an d so m e w h a t too m ea g e r to be w o rn w ith o u t a yo k e of fine n e t u n ­d e r it. W ith th e p re se n t s ty le of low c u t n e c k s—“V” sh a p e d an d o th e rw ise — v e ry fine n e ts a re u se d w ith gu im ps m ad e e i th e r w ith a h ig h o r ro u n d neck. T h ey fit th e sk in a n d a re im m en se ly becom ing . I t is on ly th e lad y of daz­z ling fa irn e ss w ho can affo rd to d is ­p en se w ith th em .

B eads, b ead ed b a n d s an d o rn a m e n ts , a re u sed fo r g a rn itu re on th e gow n p ic­tu red .

E m b ro id e red Lace.A F re n c h sh o p re c e n tly d isp lay ed

a lovely lin g e rie w a is t on w h ich th e re w as m u ch h a n d em b ro id ery , chiefly so lid s a t in s ti tc h . R ow s of w ide Val­e n c ien n e s in se r tio n w e n t dow n e ith e r s id e o f th e f ro n t of th e w a is t, a n d th e c e n te r w as a p an e l of so lid em b ro id ­ery . T h e e m b ro id e re d le a v e s o f th e flow ers p ro je c te d a b o u t h a lf a n inch o ver th e fine lace in se rtio n , an d th e e ffec t w as ch arm in g . G re a t c a re h a s to b e ex e rc ised w h en e m b ro id e rin g o ver la c e th a t th e th re a d s o f th e em ­b ro id ery do n o t pu ll a n d s t r a in a t th e m esh of the lace.

I t is b e s t w ith su c h fu rn ish in g s to d re ss th e bed in w h ite a n d to u se a w h ite d re s s e r sc a rf . O r th e bed w ill look w ell w ith a c re to n n e co v erin g h a v in g n e t o r lace sp re ad o v e r it, o r o n e m ad e of sh e e r fa b ric so th a t th e co lo rs in th e c re to n n e w ill ju s t show th ro u g h .

M en like s tro n g co lo rin g s, deep red s a n d g reen s , s tro n g b lue, gold and b ronze. F o r w om en so f te r co lo rs and rich , In tr ic a te p a t te rn s a re chosen , and fo r young peo p le an d ch ild ren sp a rse ly s c a tte re d , fa m ilia r-f ie ld flow­e rs , of th e k in d th e y know an d love. A g ro u n d of th e sam e co lo r a s th a t in th e w all (b u t n o t n e c e ssa r ily in th e sam e sh a d e ) g raced w ith a gay p a t­te rn in flow ers, o r c o n v en tio n a l de­sig n s, w ill be su re to be p leasin g . T h e b ack g ro u n d in c re to n n e s shou ld be r a th e r lig h t, so th a t a room w ill look v e ry c h ee rfu l ev en on a d a rk , d re a ry loo k in g day.

P a s te b o a rd boxes a re u sed to m ak e fo u n d a tio n s fo r to ile t ta b le a cc esso r­ies . T h e c re to n n e is p a s ted to th em . I t is n o t a t all d ifficult to han d le . T h e su c c ess an d b e au ty of a room so fu r­n ish ed d ep en d s upon th e se lec tio n of th e r ig h t p a t te rn a n d on kn o w in g w h en to qu it. A lthough th e c re to n n e is u sed In p re te n tio u s h o u ses a s a w all cov erin g , in s te a d o f p a p e r o r f resco in g , to o m uch su rfa c e covered w ith gay ly co lo red flow ers is t i r e ­som e. A bedroom shou ld b e d a in ty an d restfuL

•TO CHANGE COLOR OF LACEW h ite May Be Made O ver Into C ream y

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H av e you e v e r n o ticed th a t c ream co lo red lace is u su a lly m o re ex p en s iv e th a n w h ite lace , ev en of th e sam e p a t­te rn ?

N ot b e in g a b le to u u y an y c rea m lace cheap , i t o c cu rre d to m e th a t th e re m u s t be som e w ay of ch an g in g w h ite to c ream . I -asked a f r ien d a b o u t th is , an d e h e gav e m e th e fo llow ing advice, w h ich I h av e s in ce p u t in to p ra c tic e w ith fine r e s u l ts :

B uy five o r te n c e n ts ’ w o rth of F re n c h o c h re (a po w d er) a t an y p a in t s to re . M ix th re e p a r ts o f o rd in a ry w h ite ta lc u m p o w d er w ith one p a r t of th e o c h re fo r a l ig h t c rea m color, or, if a d a rk e r sh a d e of c ream is d es ired , u se m o re o ch re . P u t th e m ix tu re in a bow l a n d ru b th e lace a s th o u g h w ash ­in g i t in th e pow der, a l it t le a t a tim e.

T h e w h ite lace w ill becom e a lovely c ream . B u t be su re a n d do th e w o rk in a room w h e re th e p o w d er can be e a s ily d u s te d aw ay , a s i t s e t t le s o v er e v e ry th in g .

L a te s t Affecta tion.Y oung g ir ls , d e b u ta n te s , y o u n g m a­

tro n s an d ev en g ra n d m o th e rs—all w ho d e s ire to be co n sid e re d up w ith ev ery m o v em e n t of th e t im e s a n d u p to th e l a te s t s ty le in e v e ry th in g h a v e been a ffe c tin g th e slo u ch in th e ir w-alk an d in th e ir s ta n d in g po sitio n . A few y e a rs ago it w as th e th in g to b e a th le tic , a n d a s a r e s u l t w om en sto o d s tra ig h t , w’ith th e ir sh o u ld e rs throw-n b ack , b re a th e d deep an d s tro d e fo r th m an ­fully .

T o d ay i t is th e slo u ch , a n d to m o r­row i t w ill b e so m e o th e r a ffe c ta tio n .

W h ite fo r W in te r .W e a re to w e a r a g re a t d ea l of

w h ite th is w in te r . W h ite se rg e , v e ry heav y , y e t su p p le , is to be u sed fo r c o a ts en d sk ir ts , a n d q u ite o ften it w ill be tr im m ed w 'ith w h ite fu r, o r a g a in w ith d a rk . W h ite ev en in g c lo ak s an d m a n tle s in r ic h s a t in s an d fur- edged a re a lw ay s lovely , and w h ite h o u se d re sse s in th e new b rooches h av e th e i r ow n ap p ea l to th e a r tis t ic .

G ra n d m o th e r ’s Collars.G ra n d m o th e r’s old c o lla rs o f fine

and sh e e r em b ro id e ry can be u sed a s th e y a r e b u t th e h e a v ie r o n es o f old c ro ch e te d lace m ay be re ju v e n a te d by go ing o v e r th e d esig n in co lo r. F ill in th e p rin c ip a l figu re w ith F re n c h k n o ts w o rk ed in co lo rs to m a tc h th e gow n o r in B u lg arian co lo rs . T h is m ay be done w ith h eav y s ilk o r c o tto n in w a sh a b le sh ad es.

Fash ion Novelty .O ne of th e lo v e lie s t of th e se a so n ’s

fa sh io n s is th e chiffon s c a r f th a t is com b in ed w ith a fu r boa. T h e boa is a tta c h e d to one s id e o f a long chiffon sc a r f w e ig h ted W'ith long b ead ta s se ls . T h is s c a rf is to be d raw n a b o u t th e h a ir an d n eck , w hile th e boa fa lls a r ­t is tic a lly off th e sh o u ld e rs .

Jew e led G a r te r F a s te n e rs .Je w e led su sp en d e d g a r te r fa s te n ­

e rs a re one o f th e m o d ern w o m an 's e x tra v a g a n t fan c ies . Som e of th e se h av e p e n d a n t s e t t in g s d a n g lin g from th e m — th e q u estio n is, do th ey tic k le ? T h e fancy , of c o u rse — b u t in ad d itio n

.to th a t , do th ey tic k le?

“WHY I EMIGRATED”T H E N O T E S O F A PR O M IN E N T

JO U R N A L IS T W H O MADE A T R IP T H R O U G H W E S T E R N

CANADA.

A p ro m in e n t jo u rn a l is t from Chi­cag o so m e tim e ago, m ade a jo u rn ey th ro u g h C an ad a o b ta in in g a th o ro u g h know ledge of th e lan d an d people and of th e "b o u n d less p o ss ib il it ie s” th a t C an ad a , th e v irg in land , affords. In a n A m erican S u n d ay n e w sp a p e r h e p u b lish ed a f te r h is r e tu rn th e in te re s t ­ing a c c o u n t w h ich w e p r in t a s toi- low s. H e w rite s :

“ W hy d id you e m ig ra te fro m th e U n ited S ta te s ? ” I a sk e d a fa rm e r in W e s te rn C anada.

“I be lieve th a t fo r a p o o r m an W est­e rn C an ad a is th e m o st fav o ra b le lan d ,” w as th e rep ly , “an d I h a v e now found th a t i t is th e P a ra d is e of th e P o o r."

T h e fa rm e r, a p io n ee r of th e w est, had five y e a rs e a r l ie r le f t Iow a fo r C an ad a to se c u re a new hom e th e re . A fte r t ra v e rs in g th e co u n try fo r som e tim e he s ta r te d h is hom e on th e open p ra ir ie and w ith s te ad y in d u s try de­vo ted h im se lf to th e w o rk in g of th e v irg in soil. N ow h e is th e w ell-to-do o w n er o f th a t e n d le ss s e a of w av ing w h e a t e a rs th a t g o es on fo r m iles be­fo re m y eyes. H is s tro n g , su n b u rn e d figu re finds th e b e s t b ack g ro u n d in h is fa rm itse lf , w hich is th e ou tco m e of h is c e a se le s s a c tiv ity — a p re tty two- s to r ie d d w e llin g hou se , a la rg e c lean s ta b le in th e m id s t o f a h a m le t of b a rn s , sh e d s an d o u tb u ild in g s, a u se ­fu l g a rd e n overflow ing w ith p ro d u c ts ; h o rse s , c a ttle , sh e e p an d sw in e on th e r ic h p a s tu re s , a n d a ro u n d to th e h o ri­zon w h ea t, go ld en w h ea t.

"In Io w a?" th e fa rm e r c o n tin u ed , “I fa rm e d on re n te d land , for a t th e p rice of $100 p e r a c re I did n o t p o ssess m oney eno u g h to buy. I m ig h t fa rm , I m ig h t fa rm a s I cou ld m ore th a n th e liv in g fo r m y se lf a n d fam ily , I cou ld n o t a tta in . S o m e tim es th e h a rv e s t tu rn e d o u t good, so m e tim es bad , b u t th e g ran d to ta l w as a b i t te r c o m b a t to k eep w a n t from th e door. I t w as im ­p o ss ib le to lay by fo r bad t im e s a n d in sp ite of a ll t ro u b le an d w o rk a n old a g e f re e o f c a re w a s n o t to be th o u g h t of. My d e a th w ould hav e b ro u g h t h i t te r p o v e rty to m y w ife an d c h ild ren .

“I decid ed to b reak -u p and go to C an ad a , w h e re a t le a s t I cou ld fight o u t th e s tru g g le fo r e x is te n ce on my ow n land . I s ta r te d o u t w ith a m ule team , a ll m y e a r th ly p o sse ss io n s w ere in th e p ra ir ie -sch o o n e r w ith m y w ife an d c h ild ren . T h en I to o k up a hom e­s te a d o f 160 a c re s to w h ich I ad ded by p u rc h a se g ra d u a lly ; now a s a w ho le I co u n t a b o u t 3,000 a c re s a s m y ow n. T h e w hole p ro p e rty is fre e of deb t. I do n o t ow e a c e n t to an y o n e . I b o u g h t m y la n d fo r $2-$10 p e r a c re , now I w ould n o t g iv e i t up fo r $50.”

“ Do you m ean to say th a t you paid fo r th e w ho le lan d In th e five y e a rs? ” I in te r ru p te d .

“ In a m uch s h o r te r tim e ,” rep lied th e fa rm e r. “T h e lan d pa id fo r Itse lf, som e a lre a d y by th e f irs t h a rv e s t, and a t lo n g e s t in 3 y e a rs each field h ad b ro u g h t In i ts p u rc h a se price . If you do u b t th a t lan d in W e s te rn C an ad a p a y s fo r i ts e lf w ith in 3 y e a rs you can ea s ily co n v in ce y o u rse lf of th e t ru th o f m y a sse r tio n . L e t u s a ssu m e th a t a fa rm e r b u y s a fa rm of 160 A. a t $15 p e r A. fo r $2,400. F a rm m ach in es, seed p lo ughs, m ow ing an d th re s h in g m ig h t b r in g up th e o u tla y to ab o u t $10 p e r ac re . I f th e fa rm e r sow s th e 160 A. fo r 3 y e a rs in su ccess io n w ith w-heat an d h a rv e s ts 20 bus. p e r ac re , th e n th e p ro d u c t of an A. a t th e a v e r­ag e p r ic e o f 75c p e r bu. is e x a c tly $15 p e r ac re . If you d ed u q t th e $10 o u t­lay , you w ill r e ta in a c le a r r e tu rn of $5.00. F o r 160 A. th e a n n u a l ex cess a m o u n ts to $800, co n se q u en tly th e fa rm h a s a f te r th e th ird h a rv e s t b ro u g h t in th e p u rc h a se p r ic e of $2,400.

“ S o m e tim es— and n o t ra re ly — th e lan d p ay s fo r i ts e lf by th e f irs t h a rv e s t o f 35 bus. of w h e a t b r in g in m ore th a n th e p u rc h a se p rice of $15 p e r ac re . A s in som e y e a rs I h a rv e s te d m ore th an 35 bus., you can re ck o n fo r y o u r­se lf how quick ly I paid fo r m y fa rm .”

“W ould you n o t p re fe r y o u r ow n fa rm in Io w a?” 1 ask ed .

“N o,” rep lied th e fa rm e r, “ n e v e r w ill I go back . In g e n e ra l v e ry few A m erican s e t t le r s re tu rn to th e old hom e. In Io w a a 160 A. fa rm c o sts 100 p e r A., $16,000; in W e s te rn C an­a d a $15, on ly $2,400. F o r th e sam e m oney th a t you re q u ire to buy a 160 A. fa rm in Iow a, you can buy h e re in W e s te rn C a n ad a a fa rm of 1,000 a c re s . I h a v e m oney eno u g h to buy a fa rm in Iow a, if I w ished . B u t th e re m y y e a r­ly in co m e w ould be a sm all one, w h e re a s h e re I w o rk fo r a g re a t gain . T h e re I w ould on ly be a sm a ll fa rm er, h e re I am a la rg e lan d e d p ro p rie to r .”

In a c o rn e r of th e fa rm y a rd I had d u rin g o u r c o n v e rsa tio n n o ticed a m ound of e a r th o v e rg ro w n w ith g ra s se s a n d w ild flow ers. T o m y in ­q u iry a s to w h a t i t w as, I re ce iv e d th e re p ly : “ T h a t is th e ru n of th e w ooden sh a c k co v ered w ith sods, w h ich I ca ll­ed m y ho m e w h en I se ttle d h e re five y e a rs ago .”

I g a th e re d a w ild a s te r fro m th e ru in an d flung it in to th e a ir . In a pu r­p lish -g litte r in g lin e th e w ind d ro v e th e flow er to w a rd s th e fine, m o dern -equ ip ­ped fa rm h o u se . W h a t a c o n tr a s t be ­tw e en th e low ly e a r th y h u t of y e s te r ­day an d c h a rm in g p a la ce of to d ay ! T h is c o n tra s t sa y s en o u g h of th e un b o u n d ed p o ss ib ilitie s , w h ich th is nev lan d offers to th e w illin g w o rk er. How th e p o o r e m ig ra n t on th e op en p ra ir ie , th ro u g h e n e rg y an d a c tiv ity , w ith in 5 y e a rs w ork ed h is w ay up to b e in g a well-to-do fa rm e r an d e s tee m e d c it i­zen! M ore, th e fa rm e r did n o t re ­q u ire to say . W hy did h e e m ig ra te ? W H Y ? W hy I saw th e a n sw e r w ith m y ow n e y es .”— A d v e rtisem en t.

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A simple remedy against coughs and all th roat irrita tions are Dean's M entholated Cough Drops—5c a t all good Druggists.

On th e leve l, d id you e v e r see a w om an w ho w as sp e e ch le ss w ith rag e?

M rs.W inslow ’s S oo th ing S y ru p for C hildren tee th in g , so ften s th e gum s, red u ces intlam m a- tio n ,a llay s p a in ,c u re s w ind co .ic ,25ca bottie^dv

Y our young p h y sic ian very speedily acq u ire s a w ise look

JU L IA BOTTOMLEY.

H A S L I F E ' S S E C R E T

Humb l e To i l er Rea l i zes Tha t Happ i n es s Has its Or igin in

the Gratefu l Heart .

Marve lous Geo log ica l Cur ios i ty in New Mex ico .

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A nnie e a rn s $10 a w eek m ak in g lam p sh ad es . W ith h e r f a th e r and y o u n g e r s is te r sh e lives In tw o room s on S econd av en u e . T h e fa th e r is an in v a lid . T h e y o u n g e r s is te r Is in school. A nnie is sev en teen . W h en sho b eg an to w ork sh e m ade $5. S he w as fo u rte e n th en .

M onday even in g s, a f te r th e d in n e r d ish e s hav e been c lea red aw ay , th e h o u se tid ie d up an d fa th e r m ad e a s co m fo rtab le a s p ossib le , A nnie w a sh e s the w h ite c lo th es. T u esd ay s sh e co l­o red c lo th e s ; W ed n esd ay s sh e iro n s , T h u rsd ay s sh e sew s an d m en d s , F r i ­days she sc ru b s and c lean s . S a tu r ­days and S u n d ay s sh e s tu d ie s , fo r sh e is w o rk in g to w a rd a n id ea l; sh e is p re p a rin g h e rs e lf to m ak e m o re m oney th a t f a th e r m ay h av e th e c a re of a sp ec ia lis t.

I v is ite d th e l i t t le ro o m s n e a r T h an k sg iv in g tim e. A n n ie w a s m en d ­ing. W ith a h ap p y sm ile sh e g re e ted me, w h ile h e r, long , s lim fin g ers b u si­ly p lied a n e ed le sh e gave m e of th e tr e a s u re s of h e r l i t t le g irl h e a r t . A nd as sh e ta lk e d , a ll th e sh a b b in ess fell from h e r w orn g a rm e n ts , a ll th e pov­e rty of th e room w as obscu red . E v en th e w h iten ed , w ith e re d , su ffe rin g old m an, ly in g so s ti ll and h e lp le ss on a co t in th e co rn er, seem ed to glow and expand u n d e r A n n ie ’s e n th u s ia sm — cheer.

“ Yes, e v e ry n ig h t on m y k n e es , I give th a n k s to m y c re a to r fo r life ,” she sa id , w ith h e r d a rk , h a u n tin g eyes eyes fu ll on m e. “I am so g lad to be alive. 1 am so th a n k fu l to h a v e m y w ork a w a itin g m e w h en I g e t up in th e m orn ing! I am so g lad to h av e s is te r and— fa th e r! T h a t is th e s e c re t of

.happiness, I th in k . S o m e th in g to w ork for, bu t, m o stly , som ebody to w o rk for.

“W hy, h e re fa th e r w a itin g fo r m e e v e ry n ig h t w hen I com e hom e. And th e r e ’s s is te r go ing to school and p ass in g h e r e x am in a tio n s th e v ery h ig h es t in h e r c lass . I sn ’t th a t fine? And b o th of th em n eed in g m e a ll th e tim e. I sn ’t th a t s t i ll f in er? A nd th e re am X, m ak in g th e m o st b e a u tifu l lam p ­sh ad es to d e lig h t th e h e a r ts of w om en, to m ak e hom es glow w ith lig h t and cheer, a d d in g m y m ite to th e w o rld ’s b eau ty an d p lea su re .

"I d o n ’t know w hy peop le a re e v e r u n happy o r m ise ra b le w hen th ey can find b e au tifu l w o rk to do, som ebody to w o rk fo r. W hen I hav e do n e a t th e shop an d fin ished th e ev en in g ta s k s a t h o m e th e re is a lw ay s so m e th in g slse w a itin g fo r m e; som ebody b es id es my ow n fo lk s’ n e ed ip g m e. M aybe a ae ig h b o r is p in in g aw ay fo r a fr ien d ly word. P re t ty crow ded h e re an d th e re a re m an y n e ig h b o rs , you know . M aybe ane of th e g ir ls in th e shop n e ed s a boost. M aybe som ebody n e a r m e d o esn ’t know w h a t to do nex t. O h : •.here a re so m any , m an y peop le to do for, and do in g fo r th em b rin g s such happ iness.

“ I t is so w o n d e rfu l to g ive th em from y o u r h e a r t . O f cou rse , th a t is a ll t h a v e to give. B u t I be liev e th a t it lo e s n ’t m a t te r m uch ab o u t th e body f th e s p ir i t is b rav e . D on’t you? I celieve th a t i t h e lp s peop le m ore to ;iv e th e m so m e th in g of y o u rse lf th a n so m eth in g to ea t, o r m oney, som e- :im es. So m an y peo p le w ho a re fed and c lo th ed s ta rv e fo r a l i t t le w a rm th , i l it t le re sp o n se , m ay b e a l i t t le love. Bo m any m ak e m iss tep c ju s t fo r th e lack of a l i t t le en co u ra g em e n t a lo n g :he w ay; m aybe on ly a sm ile.

"I th in k w e shou ld g ive th a n k s ;v e ry day fo r th e p riv ileg e of w ork . I do n o t see how people can be u n h ap ­py w h en God h a s g iven th e m su ch a big w orld to m ake good an d such a lo t of peop le to w o rk for. A nd I th in k if you a re happy , you shou ld he lp o th e rs to be h appy . F ro m th e t in ie s t deed so m etim es g re a t th in g s grow . A lit t le boost, a l it t le h e lp a t th e r ig h t tim e, bas m ad e m any a c rooked life s tra ig h t. L et peo p le know you be liev e in them , if you w a n t to re a lly a id th em . Show th em a l i t t le of y o u r h e a r t.

"T h an k sg iv in g m ean s to sh a re a ll the good th in g s th a t com e to you. I t m ean s do ing som e h e lp fu l th in g fo r a n e ig h b o r in h is nam e. I t m ean s to be a fr ien d to th e f r ien d le ss in h is n am e. I t m ea n s to d ream b e au tifu l d ream s lo r o th e rs . A nd th en , w hen, so m etim es th e d re a m s com e tru e fo r th em , oh, w h a t h a p p in e ss ! W h a t a th an k sg iv ­ing! J u s t now I am d ream in g fo r p ap a ; d re am in g th a t som e day h e w ill be w ell an d s tro n g ag a in . I sn ’t th a t a sw ee t d re a m ? ”

W h en I h ad re g re tfu lly sa id good n ig h t to A n n ie , I w en t aw ay th in k in g , th in k in g deep ly of th e l it t le c re a tu re s th a t liv e u n d e r m y d o o rstep s, e a t my c rum bs, com e w h en I call. She h ad m ade m e re m e m b e r th a t I cou ld do so m e th in g fo r som ebody, so m ew h ere , In h is n am e, n o t on ly on th e g re a t T h an k sg iv in g day, b u t ev ery day.

L e t us g ive th a n k s fo r o u r sw ee t, p a tie n t, tru s tin g , b ra v e l it t le A nnies and th e ir re sp o n siv e h u m an h e a r ts ! — B uffalo E x p ress .

Two Square M iles of Va luab le C om ­merc ia l Materia l, 900 Feet in

He ight— Estimated to Conta in Many B i l l ions of Tons.

W h a t is d e c la re d to be “one of th e m o st m arv e lo u s geo lo g ica l an d n a t­u ra l c u r io s it ie s in th e w hole w o rld " is a m o u n ta in o f a lu m , tw o sq u a re m ile s in e x te n t an d 900 fe e t h ig h n e a r th e G ila r iv e r, in so u th w e s t N ew M ex­ico, D. M. G rosh w rite s in M erck s’ R ep o rt. T h e in d u s tr ia l v a lu e of th is e n o rm o u s d e p o sit c an n o t ev en be a p ­p ro x im a te ly e s tim a te d to th o se in d u s­tr ie s d ep en d in g up o n th e m in e ra l, and a s s u re s an a lm o s t in ex h a u s tib le so u rc e fo r th e p u rp o se of re d u c tio n . W h ile th e d e p o sit h a s b een know n for y e a rs , i ts lo ca tio n and lack of t r a n s ­p o rta tio n fa c ilitie s h av e de lay ed its deve lo p m en t, b u t th e s e h av e been ov erco m e and now p e rm it th e m a rk e t­in g of b illio n s o f to n s of a lu m in o u s o res , kno w n v a rio u s ly a s a lu m rock, a lu m ite , a lu n o g en , g ila ite , e tc . T h e U n ited S ta te s g eo log ical su rv e y h as re c e n tly m ea su re d th is m o u n ta in of w e a lth an d a ssa y ed i ts c o n te n ts . W e re ad :

“T h e d e p o sit is so p u re th a t an y g ra d e o f m an u fa c tu r in g a lu m can be pro d u ced ch eap ly a s co m p ared w ith th a t fro m o th e r so u rces . F o r m any u se s i t c an be m a rk e te d in i ts n a tu ra l s ta te , a n d so im m en se an d p u re is th e d e p o s it t h a t th e re is no d o u b t it- w ill co n tro l th e m a rk e ts of th e w orld . T h e c o n s ta n tly in c re a s in g d em an d fo r th e m e ta l a lu m in u m a lso te n d s to m ak e th is d e p o sit o f in c re a s in g v a lue . In co n n ec tio n w ith th e m a n u fa c tu re of a lu m in u m n a tu re h a s c e r ta in ly b een m o st p ro d ig a l in th is reg io n . E n o r­m ous b ed s of l ig n ite a re a t h a n d to p ro d u ce .the p o w er n e c e ssa ry fo r i ts re d u c tio n a t a co s t one-fo u rth to one- h a lf th a t o f h y d ro -e lec tric pow er. No su c h c o m b in a tio n a s th is of u n lim ited r ic h a n d p u re raw m a te ria l an d th e c h e a p e s t pow er e x is ts in th e w hole w orld .

“T h e d e p o sit is of v o lcan ic o rig in a n d i t w ould n o t be su rp r is in g if p u re a lu m in u m m eta l w ould be u ltim a te ly found, a n d th is a n c ie n t c r a te r be th e so u rce o f th e p la c e r gold found n e a r by.

“T h e a n h y d ro u s ox ide a s p roduced by th is d e p o sit h a s b een c la im ed by a u th o r i t ie s to be th e op en in g w edge fo r a n in c re a se d p ro d u c tio n o f m eta l a t a m in im u m ex p en se , an d w ill be th e m o st b enefic ia l to th e co n su m er by th e c o n se q u en t ch ea p en in g of th e p ro d u c ts . M uch of th e a lu m in u m w a re a s m ad e to d ay , by re a so n of im ­p u r itie s o f ca lc iu m an d iro n , u n d e r­goes a sp o n ta n eo u s d is in te g ra tio n . In v e s tig a tio n show s th a t a c e llu la r s tru c tu re dev elo p s a n d ’d is in te g ra tio n is due to th e o p en in g of th e jo in ts be­tw e en th e cells , due to sm all a m o u n ts o f th e se im p u ritie s .

“T h e co m m erc ia l p ro m o tin g of th is w o n d erfu l co rn u co p ia o f beneficen t n a tu re is a p ro je c t o f n a tio n a l con­cern . I ts b en efits to th e in d u s tr ie s of th e co u n try a re p a te n t to all. It can only be co m p ared w ith th e g re a t oil and coal m ea su re s , and w e may look to see g re a t in d u s tr ie s d e riv in g co m m erc ia l an d in d u s tr ia l b en efits w h ich w ill be sh a re d by th e .in tire n a tio n . A ny p ro c ess th a t can p ro ­duce su lp h u ric ac id ev en a f ra c tio n ot a c en t c h e a p e r is bound to be of im ­m en se v a lu e a lone , i t b e in g th e k ing of th e a c id s a n d of ch em ica l p ro d u c ts , an d th e o th e r b y -p ro d u cts a lso c a rry th e ir w e ig h t in th e i r u tiliz a tio n .”

GOV. JOHN K. T E N E R ’S V I EWS

Escaping Danger.W hile v is itin g h is nep h ew in th e

c ity , U ncle T om S h im m e rp a te stopped , in f ro n t o f a m otion p ic tu re b illboard on w hich w ere d isp lay ed p ic tu re s of lions, tig e rs , e le p h a n ts an d o th e r Af­rica n wild an im a ls .

“G re a t guns, H en ry ,” h e sa id to b is nephew , “ I’m m igh ty g lad to leave tow n S a tu rd a y a f te rn o o n !”

“W hy a re you so anx io u s to ge t a w ay ? ” ask ed th e nephew .

P o in tin g to th e b illboard , U ncle Sam re a d a loud th e w ords; "T o be re­lea sed S a tu rd a y n ig h t.”— Judge.

New Word in the Language.In d e c la rin g th a t th e g o v e rn m en t

m u s t p ro te c t i ts a irp is ts , A rm s and th e M an ad d s a cu rio u s w ord to th e lan g u ag e . T h e a irp is ts m ak e u p th e a ir co rp s of th e a rm y , w hich is su b ­je c t to m an y fa ta l a cc id e n ts b ecau se ill-equipped.

Japanese in Brazil .E ig h te e n h u n d re d Ja p a n e se em i­

g ra n ts le f t fo r B razil recen tly . T h is m afte^ th e fe ta l in th a t co u n try 4,800, a ll o f \v h o m a re en g ag ed on coffee p la n ta t io n s iu Sao Pau lo .

The New French Dance.A y o u th fre sh to P a r is from th e

p ro v in ces w as la te ly in v ited to a sm all d an ce by one o f h is m o th e r’s frien d s . As h is d an ce re p e r to ry co n ta in ed n o th in g m o re novel th a n th e w altz a n d th e q u ad rille , th e ru s t ic c av a lie r so laced h is so litu d e w ith freq u e n t v is its to th e buffet. T o w ard s th e end o f th e ev en in g he fe lt en co u ra g ed to ta k e th e floor a lo n e an d a tte m p t a c o u n try jig . T h re e t im e s ro u n d w ent th e m e rry g u est, an d th e n s ta g g e re d to a sofa. H is fr ien d s , w ho saw w hai w as w rong, go t h im o u t o f th e room in to a cab , an d so to bed.

N ex t m o rn in g , sad an d so b e r, th e y o u th w as w ritin g a le t t e r of hum ble apo logy to h is h o s te s s w h en one of h is fr ien d s cam e in a n d a sk e d h im w h a t he w as doing. “ D on’t do th a t for h e a v e n ’s sa k e ,” sa id th e frien d , w hen to ld . “ You c re a te d q u ite a se n sa tio n la s t n ig h t. Y o u r h o s te s s Im plo red me to a sk you th e n am e of th e new s tep you d anced , a s ev ery b o d y h ad found it so o rig in a l a n d c h a rm in g .”

A New Branch of the Elks.A t a f irs t n ig h t o f a new p lay in New

Y ork re ce n tly Sam H. H a rr is , p a r tn e r of G eorge M. C ohen, en co u n te re d L ouis V. de Foe, th e d ra m a tic c r it ic of th e N ew Y ork W orld . F ro m Mr. d e F o e ’s w a tch ch a in h u n g a P h i B eta K ap p a key, aw ard ed him a t th e U n i­v e rs ity of M ich igan y e a rs ago fo r h igh sch o larsh ip .

“ W hy d o n ’t you g e t a m o d ern , up- to -date w a tch ?” d em an d ed H a rr is .

" I ’ve go t one,’ re c la re d De Foe."N o, t h a t ’s a k ey w in d e r y o u ’re

w earin g ," rep lied H a rr is .“No, th is is a s tem -w in d in g w atch ,"

In sis ted th e c ritic , e x h ib itin g a 1913 m odel gold tim ep iece .

“ G re a t S co tt, th e n ,” ex cla im ed H a r­ris, “ why do you w e a r th a t w a tch key on y o u r c h a in ? ”

“T h a t’s th e key of a so c ie ty — Phi B e ta K ap p a ,” ex p la in ed De Foe.

“I go t you,” sa id H a rr is , " a new b ra n ch of th e E lk s ."

Hait i Reform ing lt-\ Currency.T h e rep u b lic o f H a iti h a s decided tc

re fo rm an d s ta b ilize i ts cu rre n c y , and a f te r J a n u a ry 1, 1914, th e m onetary u n it w ill be th e gold g o u rde , w eighing 418 g ram s, n in e -h u n d red -th o u san d th s fine, m ak in g i t equal in va lue to the q u a r te r d o lla r of th e U n ited S ta te s .

Words and Reason.Men sup p o se th a t th e ir re a so n has

com m and over th e ir w o rd s ; s t i ll it h ap p en s th a t w ords in re tu rn , e le r e lse a u th o rity on reaso n .—F ra n c is Ba­con.

Recently E lected President of the Na­t iona l League Discusses Nat ional

Game— Must Be C lean.

H e re a re six c a rd in a l v iew s o f Gov. Jo h n K. T e n e r o f P e n n sy lv a n ia , w ho h as ju s t been e le c te d to a fo u r-y ear te rm a s p re s id e n t o f th e N a tio n a l le ag u e a t a sa la ry of $25,000 p e r a n ­num , upon th e n a tio n a l g am e:

1. T h e g am e m u st be k e p t a b so lu te ly c lean .

2. B aseb all n e e d s no d o c to r. If e v e ry th in g e lse w e re a s h e a lth y a s b a se a ll p h y s ic ia n s w ould go o u t ofb u sin ess .

3. P re se n t-d ay p lay e rs a re no b e tte r th a n th e o ld tim e p lay e rs , b u t th e y g ive m ore a tte n tio n to d e ta il.

4. M ath ew so n sh o u ld n o t be a llow ed to q u it th e gam e. A m an w ho h a d h is a b ility to ho ld up th e h ig h s ta n d a rd of

.Governor Tener , Recently Elected President of Nat iona l League.

th e g am e sh o u ld g e t a c lub fra n c h ise w hen h is p lay in g d ay s a re over.

5. U m p ires shou ld ru le th e field, bu t a t th e sa m e tim e sh o u ld c o n s id e r th e public .

6. I am proud o f h a v in g been a p ro ­fe ss io n a l b a se b a ll p lay er.

In a n in te rv iew ' G o v ern o r T e n e r p o in ted o u t w h a t h e w ill t ry to do:

“I w ill n o t t ry to a ssu m e th e ro le of d o c to r,” sa id M r. T en e r, a big , ro b u s t six -foo ter. “I t w ill b e m y .p u rp o s e to see th a t th e g am e is k e p t s a n ita ry and avoid th e l it t le th in g s w hich m ig h t ten d to b rin g on d isuse . B a se b a ll is h e a lth y .

“ I w ould lik e to be a c o n s tru c tiv e lea d e r. I t is m y am b itio n to bu ild . T h e one g re a t fe a tu re of th e su ccess of th e A m erican leag u e is t h a t P re s i­d e n t Jo h n so n h a s ta k e n a p e rso n a l h a n d in g u id in g i ts d e s tin ie s to k eep it on an e v en k ee l.”

GOSSIP T * A M O A G I

SPOPT5W ick C u rry h a s b een th e b u sy boy

am ong th e y ea rlin g s , h a v in g d riv en 18 of th em to s ta n d a rd reco rd s.

A d m ira l D ew ey, 2 :04% , w a s th e fa s t­e s t t r o t t e r developed in 1905 and h is 3on, L ord D ew ey, 2 :0 3 % , h a s th e sam e h o n o r fo r 1913.

R o b inson , th e new m a n a g e r of th e B rook lyn c lub , is t ry in g to lan d M il­to n S tock , th e young sh o rtf ie ld e r of th e G ian ts .

R e p o rts fro m C uba a re th a t M endez, th e w o n d erfu l C uban, w ho is ca lled th e "B lack M a tty ,” h a s re g a in ed th e u se Of h is a rm .

T y Cobb p ro b ab ly tr ie s m o re bone- h ead p lay s th a n a n y o th e r fellow in b a seb a ll, b u t h a s th e leg s to g e t aw ay w ith th em .

O nly th re e A m erican leag u e h u r le rs w o rk ed in o v er 300 in n in g s each la s t seaso n . T h ey w ere Jo h n so n , R u sse ll a n d Sco tt.

C h ris ty M ath ew so n is ju s t lik e w ine, 3ay s a C in c in n a ti sc rib e . T he w o n d er­ful p itc h e r o f th e G ia n ts se e m s to b e ­com e b e tte r a s th e y e a rs ro ll by.

"W ild c a t” F e rn s of K a n sa s C ity w as p ra c tic a lly k n o ck ed o u t by M ike G ib­bons o f S t. P a u l a t N ew O rlean s in th e second ro u n d of w h a t w as to h av e b een a ten -ro u n d bout.

T h e su c c ess of th e M ichigan A ggies m ay lose’ th em th e ir coach , Jo h n Mack- lin (P e n n .) . H e h a s acco m p lish ed w o n d e rs in tw o se a so n s and m ay a c ­c e p t o ffers to go east.

M an ag er H u ghey Je n n in g s sa y s he will a ss ig n B illy P u rte ll , who w as d ra fte d from Je rse y C ity by th e T i­gers , and w ho once p layed w ith th e W hite Sox, to th ird b a se n e x t sp ring .

Bob M cA llis te r, th e C a lifo rn ia m id ­d lew eigh t, m ad e h is f irs t a p p ea ran c e In th e e a s t a t N ew Y ork in a ten -round b o u t w ith Y ounj| M ike D onovan, and c lev erly o u tp o in te d h is m an th ro u g h ­out.

T h e new s ta d iu m of th e co llege of th e C ity o f N ew Y ork, g round for w hich w as re ce n tly b ro ken , will hgve a c in d e r tra c k , a m ile s tra ig h ta w a y , a g r id iro n and a d iam ond. I t will be fin­ished b e fo re th e o p en in g of th e 1914 college y e a r, a n d w ill co s t $200,000.

JACK CARKEEK YIELDS TO FRANK G0TCH

Gotch Work ing Bar and Further Arm Hold in Pract ice Bout.

W H E N F ra n k G otch w as b o rn in 1878, J a c k C a rk e e k s to o d fo re ­m o st am o n g th e w o rld ’s w re s tle rs . T w en ty -sev en y e a rs

la te r in B u tte , M ont., S ep t. 4, 1905, th is v e te ra n m e t h is W a te rlo o a t th e h a n d s of th e y o u n g m at H e rc u le s from H um bold t.

G otch tra in e d lo n g and h a rd 'o r th is m atch , e x p ec tin g one of th e h a rd e s t b a tt le s o f h is c a re e r. T h e m a tc h p ro v ed a su rp r is e to b o th G o tch an d h is m o re e x p erien ced foe.

G otch ru sh e d C a rk ee k to th e ed g e of th e m a t w h en R e fe re e M cD onald ca lled tim e. T h e w re s t le rs cam e to th e c e n te r o f th e m at, to o k th e re fe re e h o ld an d sp a rre d fo r ’ som e e ffec tive g rip .

C a rk e e k w as fam o u s fo r h is t r ic k ­e ry a n d k e p t G otch on th e lo o k o u t fo r th e u n e x p ec ted ev ery m om ent. C ar­k e ek sh if ted to o n e sid e an d re so r te d to an old s tra ta g e m , try in g to tr ip G otch to th e m at. G otch w as p a rtly o v e rb a lan c e d an d cam e n e a r go ing u n ­d e r, b u t m an ag ed to re m a in on h is feet.

N e ith e r w re s t le r w as ab le to p u t h is o p p o n e n t dow n fo r se v e ra l m in u te s . T h ey tu g g ed and pu lled a n d sh if ted fo r holds. S u d d en ly G otch, w ith a lig h tn in g -lik e m ove, c au g h t C a rk eek by one of h is leg s and h u rled h im to th e m at.

C a rk eek , w ho h ad d e fea te d a h o st of w re s t le r s w ith m ore o r le s s ease , a t th is s ta g e lea rn ed so m e th in g of th e so r t o f m an he w as w res tlin g . T ry as h e w ould, h e cou ld n o t rise . H e r e ­so r te d to ev ery tr ic k know n to th e g am e to com e to h is fee t, b u t to no ava il. G otch re ta in e d h is leg hold, w o rk in g w ell to one side , an d k e p t th e v e te ra n b u sy e lu d in g d a n g ero u s ho lds. C a rk eek cam e to a s i t t in g pos­

tu re , th re w h is fe e t fo rw a rd a n d tr ie d to b re a k a w a is t hold . H e h ad been ab le to b re a k aw ay fro m h u n d re d s of w re s t le r s in th is m an n e r, b u t G otch, tra in e d by F a rm e r B u rn s , seem ed to ho ld h im a s th o u g h h e w ere bound by a c h a in o f s tee l.

G otch tr ie d fo r a foo t ho ld a n d C ar­k e ek tu rn e d to one side. G otch, q u ick a s a flash, g ra sp e d Car-k e ek ’s f u r th e r a rm an d by fa s ­te n in g a c ro tc h ho ld g ra d u a llybore th e v e te ra n ’s sh o u ld e rs toth e can v as. C a rk ee k once h ad th e s t r e n g th to r e s is t su ch ho lds, b u t a d ­v a n c in g ag e an d th e w o n d e rfu l pow er of h is o p p o n en t cau sed h is dow nfall.

G otch fo rced th e b a tt le in th e se c ­ond a n d d ec id in g bout. H e ru sh e d C a rk e e '. to th e edge of th e m at. A f­t e r ab o u t tw o m in u te s of f a s t w re s t­ling , in w h ich C a rk e e k fo u g h t d e sp e r­a te ly to go to th e top , G otch p u t h is foe to th e m at. C a rk ee k re s is te d a co m b in a tio n h a lf n e lso n and c ro tch . T h e re fe re e o rd e re d th e m en to th e c e n te r o f th e m at.

C om ing to th e fo o tlig h ts , C ark eek a d d re sse d th e c row d, sa y in g th a t h e w as b e a te n a n d u n a b le to c o n tin u e th e m atch .

“G en tlem en ,” h e sa id , “G otch is too y o u n g an d too s tro n g fo r m e. I am fo rced to a d m it d e fea t. F o r th e f irs t tim e in m y life I h a v e b een b e a te n in a catch -as-ca tch -can w re s tlin g m atch . I am g ro w in g o ld er, b u t I re a liz e th a t I h av e m et a w o n d erfu l w re s t le r to ­n ig h t. H is s t re n g th an d sp eed w ere a re v e la tio n to m e.”

C a rk ee k an d G otch b ecam e w arm frien d s , an d th is v e te ra n m an of th e m a t h a s b een a n a d v is e r a n d t r a in e r o f th e ch am p io n in se v e ra l im p o r ta n t b a ttle s .

(C o p y rig h t . 1913, by J o s e p h B . B o w les .)

BOER IS ALL ROUND A TH L E T E SHELDON TO QU IT H00S IERSBesides Being F ine Boxer, George

Rodel Was Star Football Player and Scholar—St i l l a Boy.

To be a re a l so ld ie r in th e B o er w ar, a sc h o la r in E n g lan d , a s ta r fo o tb a ll p la y e r an d a m ig h ty good h e av y w e ig h t bo x e r a re th e d is tin c tio n s th a t b e long to G eorge R odel, a y o u th w ho m ade an e x ce lle n t sh o w in g of h is r in g a b ility a g a in s t J e s s W illa rd in a M ilw aukee rin g . T h e re is q u ite a b it o f h is to ry to th is R odel fe llow . H e is s t i ll a boy, tw en ty -fo u r y e a rs old, a n a tiv e o f J o ­h a n n esb u rg , S o u th A frica . T o beg in w ith , h e is a re a l B oer, b u t h e ta lk s

Coach of Ind ian E leven for E ight Years Notif ies President Bryan

of In tent ion to Quit.

Ja m e s M. SheldQn, co ach of th e In d ian a u n iv e rs ity foo tb a ll sq u ad fo r th e la s t e ig h t y e a rs , h a s no tfied P re s id e n t W illiam L ow e B ry an a n d Dr. C h a rle s J . S em blow er, h ead o f th e a th le tic co m m ittee , th a t h e w ould n o t re tu rn to In d ia n a n e x t y e a r . T h e b o a rd w ill ho ld a m ee tin g soon to c o n s id e r a su c ­cesso r.

B efo re com in g to B lo o m in g to n in 1905 Sheldon p lay ed en d on th e C hicago u n iv e rs ity team . D u rin g th e s e y e a rs In d ian a w as fa r dow n on th e lad d e r in fo o tb a ll s ta n d in g , b u t in th e fo llow ing y e a rs w in n in g te a m s w e re tu rn e d out. A s a c o n seq u en ce of h is b r i l l ia n t w o rk h e re S heldon w as ido lized by th e s tu ­d e n ts . T h e te a m h a s w on b u t one con­fe re n c e g am e th is y e a r, b u t h e is s till a s p o p u la r a s ever.

W h e th e r S h e ld o n ’s su c c esso r w ill be a w e s te rn o r e a s te rn m an is a p rob lem th e b o a rd w ill h av e to w o rk ou t. B e­fo re a new co ach is n am ed h e w ill be reco m m en d ed to th e co m m itte e by A th ­le tic D ire c to r A r th u r B ern d t.

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George Rodel.fine E n g lish . H e Is a s tu d e n t an d pos­se sse s m uch re fin em en t. A nd ju d g in g from h is p a s t w o rk in th e r in g h e is to be ju d g ed som e fa ir ly good figh ter. H e faced G u n b o a t S m ith , L u th e r Mc­C a rty an d se v e ra l o th e r to p -n o tch ers and fa re d well.

W h en h e w as fifteen y e a rs of age he s to le aw ay from h is hom e, and a f te r som e difficulty e n lis te d in th e B oer w ar. B en t upon a n ed u ca tio n , he w e n t to E n g lan d and a tte n d e d school. T h is w as, o f cou rse , a f te r th e w ar. H e w as an a p t sch o lar, b ig an d stro n g , w ith p len ty of n e rv e . H e m ade a h i t w ith h is fellow s tu d e n ts b ecau se o f h is love fo r a th le tic s an d b ecau se of h is s tre n g th . H is w o n d erfu l a th le tic a b ili­ty g a in ed fo rm a p lace on th e foo tb a ll e leven . I t w as due to th e foo tball g am e th a t R odel b ecam e a boxer.

In a c e r ta in g am e there- w as one ro ugh p lay e r— th e u su a l ta le . Of cou rse , R odel gave h im a w h ipp ing in th e g am e, an d a f te r th e g rid iro n gam e th e B oer re p e a te d th e p e rfo rm a n ce in re a l fistic fash io n . H e d isp lay ed so m uch sk ill th a t fellow s tu d e n ts p re ­d ic ted a fine c a re e r in th e sq u a red c ir ­cle fo r h im . H ow ever, i t to o k consid ­e rab le p e rsu as io n to m ak e R odel be­liev e he w as a boxer. T h e re w ere th e u su a l try o u ts an d th e B oer m ade good. T h en he cam e to th is c o u n try , an d s in ce h is a r r iv a l h is c lim b up th e pu­g ilis tic lad d e r of fam e h a s been su r­p ris in g . H is v ic to ry o v e r G u nboat S m ith m ade him look su rp r is in g ly good, and J im m y Jo h n s to n g rab b ed him . Jo h n s to n Is a n a s tu te m an a g e r and p re d ic ts th e h eav y w e ig h t t i t le fo r h is m an.

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from E n g la n d to co m p e te a t th e a n ­n u a l re la y ra c e s u n d e r th e au sp ice s of th e U n iv e rs ity o f P e n n sy lv a n ia n e x t A pril. I t h a s n o t been decided in w h ich e v e n ts th e O xford a th le te s w ill co m p ete , b u t a th le tic a u th o r i t ie s be­lieve th e E n g lish u n iv e rs ity w ill be re p re se n te d in th e four-m ile ch am ­p io n sh ip re la y e v en t. T h e re a re th re e m en on th e O xford te a m cap ab le of ru n n in g th e m ile in le s s th a n 4:20. T h ey a re T ab o r, fo rm erly o f B row n; Ja c k so n , th e E n g lish m a n , w ho won th e 1,500-m eter e v e n t a t th e 1912 O lym pic g am es, an d R udd, th e S o u th A frican half-m ile cham pion .

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of th e A u s tra lia n g o v e rn m e n t, w ho is s tu d y in g A m erican a th le tic m e th o d s in th e U n ited S ta te s , is e x p re ss in g h im se lf a s am azed a t th e hold w hich a th le tic e n th u s ia sm h a s upon th e yo u th of th is c o u n try . H e d e c la re s he h a s found th e c o lle g ia te a th le tic in te r ­e s t a p h a se m o st w o n d e rfu l to him , a s i t is p ra c tic a lly u n k n o w n in h is co u n try . H is v is it to th is co u n try is w ith th e fa r s ig h ted v iew of b e in g p re p a re d fo r th e tim e w hen A u s tra lia m ay be ca lled upon to s ta n d sp o n so r fo r th e O lym pic c o n te s ts .

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e lec ted a d ire c to r o f th e F e d e ra l leag u e , an d w ho is a s w ell p o sted in b a se b a ll a s an y m an in th e g am e to ­day, sa y s th e F e d e ra ls sh o u ld in v ad e N ew Y ork. H e b e liev es a c irc u it m ade up of N ew Y ork, B a ltim o re , W ash in g ­ton , B uffalo, P it ts b u rg h , C in c in n a ti, C lev e lan d an d C h icago o r St. Louis w ill be ju s t ab o u t r ig h t.

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All notices of en te rta in m en ts by church­es, societies, e tc ., a t which an admission fee is charged, for resolu tions o f organiz­ations in cases o f d ea th o f m em bers, or sim ilar reading m atte r w hich is no t in the form of general news w ill be charged for a t th e ra te o f five cents pe r line for each insertion.

L e g a l N o t i c e s .—T he C oast A dvertiser is a lega l newspaper, an d as such is the proper medium for a ll legal notices. Some advertisements belong to us by law , while w ith many others it is optional w ith the party interested as to w hat paper shall publish them .

Items of Loca l and Personal In terest Inv ited

F R ID A Y , D E C E M B E R 26, 1913

N ex t T h u rsd a y is N ew Y e a r’s D ay. H ow m an y of u s a r e go ing to tu rn o v er a new leaf. Do a l i t t le b e tte r by o u r ­se lv es an d by o th e rs . W e a re su re ly in a p o s itio n to m ak e a t le a s t one

so u n d re so lu tio n ; o n e th a t we a re p o sitiv e w e c a n c a r r y ou t. T h e C o ast A d v e r t is e r ’s re so lu tio n is to give its r e a d e r s fifty -tw o good, live a n d n ew sy issu e s d u r in g 1914. W e a re go in g to s tr iv e to m ak e eac h issu e b e tte r th a n th e one p rev io u s , an d we feel co n fid en t o f th e m e rc h a n ts su p p o rt. A s a su g ­g estio n , w e th in k th a t if w e a ll r e ­

so lved to g e t to g e th e r, h e lp one a n ­o th e r , s to p k n o c k in g , p a tro n iz e h o m e tra d e a n d su b sc r ib e fo r y o u r H om e N e w sp a p e r th a t th e y e a r o f n in e te en fo u rte e n w ill h e a H a p p y one. W e

su g g e s t t h a t M ayor a n d C ouncil m ak e th e fo llo w in g re so lu tio n s : H av e F s t r e e t pav ed , s to p b icy c le r id in g on th e s id e w a lk s , e s ta b l ish a y e a r ’ro u n d ash , t r a s h an d g a rb a g e se rv ice , sto p p e r­so n s a tt i r e d in b a th in g c o s tu m e s from p a ra d in g th e s t r e e ts in th e sum m er.

L E G A L N O T IC E

H e serves a ll w ho dares be true .—Em erson .

E D IT O R IA LB elm ar L odge L oyal O rder o f Moose

has set th e charity pace. Y este rd ay they m ade tw enty-five families*happy by sup­p ly ing them with a sum ptuous C hristm as d inner. 1 Even th e school children were m ade happy with a box o f confectionery and fru it. G re a t ' T hey have been or­ganized less than a y ear and have done w hat o ther organizations should have s ta rted long ago.

ON R U L E TO BAR C R ED IT O R S .executrix’s notice.

E lizabeth C. D ennett, Executrix o'f A rthu r C. D en n ett, deceased, by order of the S urrogate o f the County of M onmouth, hereby gives notice to the creditors of the sa id deceased to bring in th e ir debts, dem ands and claim s ag a in st the e sta te of said deceased, under oath of affirmation, within nine m onths from th e Tw enty- second day of N ovem ber, 1913, or they will be forever barred of any action there for against the said Executrix.48-5-10t. E lizabeth C. D ennett.

GREATEST CARE IN MAKING LOANS AND INVESTMENTS

T H IS B A N K E X E R C IS E S T H E G R E A T E S T C A R E AND D IS C R E T IO N IN E V E R Y IN V E S T M E N T AN D LOAN.

This assures S afety to a ll funds en trusted to its care. A ccounts subject to check, or aw aiting investm ent cordially invited.

O ur In te re s t D epartm en t has grown wonderfully since we s ta rte d i t a y ear ago in Jan u a ry , perhaps you have some money to s ta r t a saving account fo r the boy or g irl, i t will m ean so much to them when th ey grow up. S ta r t an a c co u n t b e fo re Jan . I.

C apital $25 ,000 .00S u rp lu s 25 ,000 .00Undivided P ro fits 25 ,000 .00

The First National Bank Gf Belmar,B E L M A R , ISI. J .

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, BELMAR, NEW JERSEY.

I t is g e tt in g to be u n sa fe fo r a m an to t r u s t h im se lf a lo n e in a g i r l ’s com ­p an y , ju d g in g b y th e c h a rg e s lev e led a g a in s t p re a c h e rs , schoo l p r in c ip le s a n d o th e r m en w ho a re e asy m a rk s fo r b la c k m a ilin g sch em es. S u ch a c ­c u sa tio n s o u g h t n o t to be d isc o u rag e d b u t th e y sh o u ld be a cc ep te d o n ly upon u n im p e a c h a b le ev id en ce fo r th ey a re te r r ib ly d a m a g in g to c h a ra c te r and th ro w u p o n th e accu sed a b u rd e n of p ro o f th a t is o f ten d ifficu lt to su p p ly ev en in th e a b se n ce o f a ll g u ilt.

The Annual M eeting o f th e stockholders o f th is B ank for th e election of D irectors for th e ensuing y ear will be held a t the B anking H ouse, corner N in th A venue and F S tree t, on T uesday , the T hirteen th day of Ja n u a ry , N ineteen H u ndred and F o u r­teen.

The polls will be open from one o’clock P. M. un til two o ’clock P . M.

R obert G . Poole, C ashior.

The Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank Asbury Park, New Jersey

T h e H i s t o r y o f t h i s H a n k f t o m i t s B e g i n n i n g ; i n 1 8 8 9 I n s p i r e s (Confi­d e n c e i n i t s M e t h o d s a n d M a n a g e ­m e n t .

Capital Surplus and Profits, $400,000.00C om p le te Safe D epos it D epa rtm en t .

O F F IC E R S D IR E C T O R SH enry C. W insor, Presiden t. T . F ra n k A ppleby,C. C. C layton , V ice-P res. A. E . B allard ,Edmund E . D ayton , C ashier. Cornelius C. C layton,

John H ubbard ,F . M. M ille r , A ssistan t C ashier. H enry C. W insor.H . A. W atson, A ssistan t C ashier E. E. D ayton , W . H arvey Jones

P R O P O S A L S F O R C O A L .Sealed proposals for supplying coal to

the Board of E ducation of the Borough of B elm ar for the school y ear 1913-1914 will be received by th e B oard a t th e ir m eeting on D ecem ber 26th, 1913, a t the School H ouse a t seven th ir ty o’clock.

P roposals to be for 75 tons m ore or less of stove coal and 25 tons m ore or less of pea coal, th e coal to be delivered as re­quired by the B oard, the cellar to be sup­plied a t all tim es, un til otherw ise notified, with no t less than ten tons of coal.

T he Board reserves the right to reject any or a ll bids.

N E IL H . M IL L E R ,D istric t C lerk.

D ated Dec. 18th, 1913.

IN S U R A N C E R E A L E S TA TE

INEIL H. MIL.LER708 NINTH AVENUE BELMAR, N, J.

"THINK THIS OVERW e have a l in e of the best F ir e Insurance Com pan ies

In the bus iness.No one shou ld be w ith o u t som e p ro tec t io n from loss

by f ir e , w e can g iv e you th is p ro tec t io n at a sm a ll'co s t .M A Y W E QUOTE YOU RATES?

C O M M IS S IO N E R O F D E ED S NOTARY P U B L IC

E d ito r C o ast A d v e r tis e r :

W h ere a re a ll th e p eo p le o f B e lm a r th e se b e a u tifu l d a y s? One .m ight th in k th ey w ere on th e b o a rd w a lk o r a t A sb u ry P a rk , b u t n o you w ill find m an y a t th e B e lm a r P u b lic L i­b r a ry a f te rn o o n s a n d ev en in g s. T he l ib r a r ia n h a s s e n t to T re n to n fo r la rg e n u m b e r o f re fe re n c e books and a n u m b e r o f n o n -fic tion books a re o u t, so i t is n o t s im p ly fic tio n th a t ta k e s th e p eo p le to th e l ib ra ry , n o tic e d one p e rso n re a d in g A ris to p h ­

a n e s A ppology , a n d a n o th e r T h e I n ­sid e o f th e Cup. A s fo r th e c h ild ren it does one good to see th em th e re .

NOTICE f

T h e C u rre n c y B ill w h ich h a s a t la s t rece iv ed th e a p p ro v a l of C o n g re ss is a b e t te r m e a su re th a n w as a n tic ip a te d , a n d th e S e n a te a m e n d m en ts h av e v a s t ­ly im p ro v ed it. T h e re re m a in som e fe a tu re s w hich c au se a p p reh e n s io n , fo r th e re is a p o ss ib il ity o f in fla tio n ,

a n d th e g o v e rn m e n t c o n tro l o f th e d e ­ta ile d b u s in e ss o f th e b a n k s g iv es a few m en in p o lit ic s a v a s t p o w er. T h e d ifficu lty o f g e tt in g a n y a g re e m e n t h a s b een v e ry sev e re , an d we sh o u ld ,

• p e rh a p s , be g ra te fu l to Mr. B ry a n th a t h e h a s been b ro u g h t to con ced e so m u ch to th e f in an c ia l in te re s ts , c o n ­s id e r in g h is v a s t in flu en ce in th e A d­m in is tra tio n a n d th e l a t t e r ’s c o n tro l of C o n g re ss . T h e re h av e been a m u s in g fe a tu re s , c h ie f a m o n g th em b e in g th e d e te rm in a tio n n o t to fo llow re co m ­m e n d a tio n s o f th e A ld rich C om m is­sio n , a n d th e su b se q u e n t r e lu c ta n t

y ie ld in g to i ts log ic an d force . A s e r ­io u s o b je c tio n to th e b ill a s p a sse d is

th e re fu s a l to p la c e th e g o v e rn m e n t c le rk s u n d e r th e c iv il se rv ice ru les . T h is is, o f c o u rse , p la in p a r tis a n sh ip , in te n d e d to find p la c e s fo r D em o cra ts , a n d it is g o in g b a ck w a rd in a m ove­m e n t w h ich h a s lo n g been re g a rd e d a s o f th e g re a te s t p o ss ib le im p o rta n ce

to e ffic ien t g o v e rn m e n t.

Change o f Schedule F o r Th o m p so n 's S tre e t Car Line

W inter Schedule in effect O ctober 10, 1913 C A R S L E A V E L A K EW O O D

W eekdays—6.30, 10.30a.m. 2 . 10, 5.40p.m.Sundays 7.20, 10.00a.m . 2 .45,5.15p.m .

C A R S L E A V E P O IN T PL E A SA N T W eekdays—7.20, 11.25a.m. 3 .00 , 6.50p.m. Sundays 8 .10 , 11.00a.m . 4 .00 , 6 .35p.m.

The above schedule is fram ed to connect with th e im portan t incom ing and out-going tra ins a t P t. P leasan t. For inform ation telephone 166 Lakew ood. G e t tim etables from N . Y. and L . B. R . It. S ta tions.

N e w J e rsey C e n tra lT R A IN S L E A V E B E LM A R

For New Y ork , N ew ark and E lizabeth via all ra il 5.56, *6.40, *7.45, 8.33, 11.15 a . m ., 2.02, 3.44, S4.40 7.00, 8.44, p. m.

S undays—8.11 a .m ., 4.03,6.29,8.18 p.m . C hicago and W est, 6.40, 8.33 a. m .;

2.02 p. m.*New Y ork O nly . sS a tu rd ay only.

P r o f e s s io n a l C a r i ls .

A f lL O I I . C R E G O ,JU STICE OF THIS PEA< F

N O T A R Y p u b l i c .C O M M IS S IO N KR i l l » » m

F 8 tr « e f . R tJnittr N .1

FURN ITURET h e C h r i s t m a s d a y s a* e o v e r o n c e

a g a i n a n d o u r n e x t w i s h t o \ o u i s a H a p p y N e w Y e a r .

M a k e t h e N e w Y e a r a H a p p y o n e b y b u y i n g * s o m e n e w F u r n i t u r e f o r y o u r i T v i n g * R o o m , D i n i n g * R o o m o r R e d R o o m . W e a r e r e a d y t o s e r v e y o u a t p r i c e s t h a t w i l l a s t o n i s h y o u .

I f y o u h a v e a h o u s e t o f u r n i s h c o m ­p l e t e y o u c a n n o t a f f o r d t o p a s s u s b y ,

l \ R . F R E D T. H A B E R S T IC K , D E N T A L SU R G EO N

PO ST O F F IC E B U IL D IN G . Phone 514-L B elm ar, N. J.G as adm inistered H ours 9-5

j y R . ST A N L E Y D. PA L M A T E E R

D E N T ISTCham berlain Building, N in th Ave.

Belm ar, N . J .O ffic e H ours: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.

T elephone 59-2 M

Paul C. Taylor

JA M E S B. H O U S E L Justice of the Peace

B E L M A R . N . J.N otary P ub lic and

C om m iss io ne r of Deeds O ffice— E ig h th A v enue and F S tre e t Hours : 5 p m. to 8 p. m.

IJA M E S H . SEX T O N

U N D ER TA K ER & E M B A L M E R606 F S tre e t , BELMAR

156 Main S tre e t . ASBURV PARK Tel. 21 A sb u ry P a rk , R esidence 3^7

T elephone o r te leg rap h a rd o rs receive personal a tte n tio n .

•Keep p o s te d on th e S h a rk R iv e r

Im p ro v e m e n ts , th e n ew S o u th E n d

S ew ag e a n d w a te r w o rk s , a n d m an y

o th e r th in g s w h ich effect' you. A ll

th e liv e C o u n ty n e w s, a p p e a r s in th e

CO AST A D V E R T IS E R , each week.

The Coast A dvert ise r is for sa le at S eym our’s S ta tionery Store.

W here do you buy your B uilding M aterial ?

W hen in w ant do no t fo rget th a t the Buehanon & Sm ock Lum ber Com pany of A sbury P ark can supply you. W rite o r see D. C. C onklin , J r . , our Local A gent, P. O . Box 46, B elm ar, N. J .

T h e Coast A dvert iser is fo r sa le a t j a l l news stands and by news boys.

Men’s and Youth’s OvercoatsK e r s e v ’s, M e l t o n ’s, F r i e z e an d M i x t u r e s , 4 4 and 50 in. lo n g , s in g le an d d o u b le b re a s te d , c o lla rs v e lv e t and c o n v e r t ib l e clo th w ith and w it h o u t belts, l ig h t a n d d a rk c o lo r s , t|ijs s.easog m o d e ls P r ic e s as follow?.:

$ 2 2 .0 0 and $25.0,0 v a lu e s at $ 18.5017.00 an d i,8 ..q o ft ft 1 2 . 7 5

12.00 an d 13.00 ■“ “ 8 . 7 5

Boy’s OvercoatsG r a y s , B r o w n s , Blu.es an,d F a n c i e s , b u t t o n to th e n e c k m o d e ls , n ic e ly tad,oped. G o o d yyarm g a r m e n t s ; gi/.es 3 to (2 y ears. P r i c e s 4s foljowsc

$ 4 .0 0 v a lu e s at $ 2.756 .0 0 “ 4.508.00 " '* 6 50

g > t n n b a d f ( H f l h t i j i a i t y

Asbunt f ark,

WALL TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS REPORT

N am es of Pup ils Who Have Been Neither A bsent Nor Tardy

During MonthW E S T B E L M A R

7th a n d 8 th G rades, 92.6 p e r cen t. E m e rso n A bbott, W ilb u r S ch en ck , G il­b e r t V anN ote, G ladys A b ram s, H u b e r t H offm an, R aym ond W rig h t, E ls ie A b­bo tt, S u sie G ibbs, R ose Ja n e lle .

5 th a n d 6 th G rad es , 86.1 p e r cen t. M arvin W hite , E lm e r H a b e rs tic k , N el­son A bbott, W illie C u rtis , E zek iel S h ib la , W illiam A llgo r, J o n a th a n A ll­gor, D o ro th y P o lh em u s , M adeline A ll­gor, L a u ra C am p, Sad ie C lay ton , V iola H ow land , M in erv a S h ib la , K a th ry n E s- te ll, L en a B row n .

3rd a n d 4th G rades, 80.2 p e r cen t. M a rtin B row n , C la re n ce C u rtis , D ono­van E m m ons, M yron E m m ons, H a rry H av en s , F re d e ric k H o w lan d , A r th u r N ew m an, H e rm a n O ehm e, C h a rle s T i­tu s, L es lie P o tte r , Id a B ro w n , P e a r l C o ttre ll, H e len H a rt, M uria l H aw k in s, F lo ra N ew m an, L a u ra Oehm e, M ary Sofian, A n n a S tew ard , F lo re n c e W rig h t, J e a n H a b e rs tic k .

1st an d 2nd G rades, 87.3 p e r cen t. E d w a rd B row n, J o h n C u rtis , V ern o n G lab, R u d o lp h H a w k in s , T h eo d o re H aw k in s, Jo h n P e rry , W illiam P e rry , M arv in P o lh em u s , A lice B row n , M ary B row n , P e a r l N ew m an. R u th P o lh e ­m us, C la ra T itu s .

Honce & DuBoisREAL ESTATEAMD INSURANCE

706 TENTH AVENUE, Opp. R. R. Depot

W e have som e ex ce lle n t BA RG A IN S in LO TS in B e lm a r Park and now is th e p roper t im e to in ve s t the re .

L A K E COMO7th a n d 8th G rades, 94.4 p e r cen t.

A llen W . S m ith , C has. J . C av an a , V e r­non P e a rc e , Jo s . T. M ortim er, J . H il­to n B ritto n , L e la n d C om bs, F lo re n c e H en v ille , E lle n N ew m ap, M arion Com bs, A n n a V a n B ru n t, M a rth a V oor­hees, N o rm a M acD ow ell, A n n a W hite , R ose C apelji, R ose L aS alla , R u th B u t­ler, V e rn a B a rb o u r.

5th an d 6 th G rades, 92.3 p e r cen t. A lice A llgo r, D o ro th y B rp w n , R u th C om bs, L o rn a D u n n , H e n r ie t ta G ifford, H o ra ce H u rle y , R o g e r T ay lo r, H e n r i­e t ta Ja c k so n , A n n a L aS a lla , N ellie V oorhees, A lm a W a rn e r , W m. Com bs, C a rl N ew m an, W a lte r W hite .

3 rd a n d 4 th G rad es , 97.73 p e r cen t. N icho las L aS a lla , J e r r y V oorhees, E v ­e r e t t N ew m an, A rch ie W in em u lle r, A bram N ew m an, Jo h n M ontgom ery , G eorge H en v ille , H a r r y B u rr , R a y ­m ond B earm o re , H a ro ld Cook, L e s te r R eynolds, S a ra h B e n n e tt, G e rtru d e N ew m an, A m an d a B row n, F lo re n c e E r ­rick so n , E ly a H e u lit t , E ls ie H u rley , L e o n o ra B e n n e tt, F lo re n c e H e rb e r t , E lla B ark a lo w , I re n e D u n n , N o ra O s­born e , M ary H u rle y , H e len G ran v ille .

1 st a n d 2nd G rades, 96.4 p e r cen t. D avid T u zen u , E rv in H e u lit t , A dam N ew m an, C a lv in W a te rs , J a y W ick ­ham , T h o m as M assey, E r n e s t Jo h n so n , W m. M ontgom ery , F r a n k V an d erh o ef, C h a rle s W a te rs , M arv in H u rley , A l­b e r t W hille , H e n ry Jo h n so n , W illiam G row , L eo n B rpw n , T a y lp r D arby , H e len S m ith , M ary C av an n a , C a rr ie T ilto n , Jo se p h in e M ontgom ery , C aro lyn A p p leg a te , F ra n c e s A p p leg ate , M yrtle N ew m an, F lo re n c e N ew m an, E v ely n E rr ic k so n , A n n a C av an n a , H e len F e r ­re tte , A gnes W h ille , A n n a W hille , G race O sborne, E t ta B ritto n .

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N A T I O N A LB I S C U I T

C O M P A N Y

A llan W eolley , E rn e s t L isk , L y le E l­m er, K a rl El.mer, K a th a r in e S chw eick - a r t, E d n a S h e rm an , R u th E lm er, Em m a H av en s , G ladys H av en s , E d ith H u rle y , P le r a L isk , L e ila M cKelvey. D e ra M egill, F le re n c e M egill, M ild red M egill, A rv illa R e b in sen , S te lla M or gan , V e rn a L aw ren ce .

BLAN SIN G BU RG87.7 p e r cen t. R a lp h P a tte r s e n ,

F re d M iller, F r a n k D ppp, J e h n F ay , E ls ie C u rtis , S am u el P a t te r s e n , F r a n k ­lin Osborne," Jo sep h A n g e rt, K a tie M il­le r , R ose F ay , E m ily A n g ert.

NEW B ED FO R DG ra m m a r G rad es , 92 p e r cen t. H ow ­

a rd F ra n k lin , C la re n ce W oolley , F ra n k A llgo r, E v e re tt H o llo w ay , M ild red A ll­g o r, A lice W oolley , L en a W oolley , A delle L u tz , E d n a H e u lit t , E lm ira W oolley, L e ila W allace .

P r im a ry G rades, 88.3 p e r cen t. S id ­ney A p p leg ate , M cC lellan C lay ton , Roy C am p, H e n ry F ra n k l in , C h e s te r H e u ­lit t , E llsw o r th M cD aniel, O sca r N ew ­m an, H a ro ld N ew m an , P ra n c e s H e u ­lit t , H e len H o llo w ay , C h e ste r S locum , W eldon S locum , S te w a r t R o g e rs , Le- Roy W hite , W ilb u r N ew m an, F ra n c is C onover, W esley H e u lit t , R o b e r t W hite , B e a trice H o llow ay , E th e l P o lan d , C la ra H eu lift.

V IL L A P A R K94.4 p e r cen t. C la re n ce A llen , F o r ­

r e s t H av en s , H a ro ld P ow ell, H o w ard Ja c k so n , L ero y Ja c k so n , H a r lo d D un- fee, E m ily A bbo tt, L ou ise P o w ell, M ar­g a re t M cK nigh t, R o b e rt N ew m an, R o b ­e r t A bbott, R o b e rt R u n y an , G arfie ld H u rle y , M ahlon D unfee, A lice Mc­K n ig h t, H e len H azel, M a rg a re t H ow e, M ary H ow e, S a ra h H ale .

I t w as I)r. C u r le tte . b ro th e r - in - la w to M elv in II . C o uch , th e M o n tice llo la w y e r , w ho rec e iv ed th e te le p h o n e ca ll f ro m M iss A d e la id e M. B ra n c h t h a t C o u ch w a s d ead , a n d h e a ls o d is c o v e re d th e w o m a n in the s e c re t ro o m a d jo in in g C o u c h 's office.

Real Es ta te Tra n sfe rsE lia s B. G reen , e t ux, to E m m a H .

Cook. L o ts 53, 54. Sec. C, P e a rc e and P a r k e r t r a c t , M an asq u an , $1.

W m . H. K in g to L o u is A. L a n th ie r L o t 12, B lock 2, m ap est. E. H. J a c k ­so n , M a n asq u an , $1.

Id a E. S p e n c e r to L o u is A. L an th ie r. L o t 13, B lock 2, m ap est. E . H. J a c k ­son, M an asq u an , $1.

A n n a J. H . F le tc h e r to L o u is A. L an ­th ie r . L o t 2, B lock ,2, m ap est. E . H Ja c k so n , M an asq u an , $1,

S am u el M ichelsohn , e t ux, to W illiam E c k e rt. L o t 2245, O cean B each A ss’n, $1.

L en a M. R o g e rs to M am ie M. R og­e rs , L o ts 5, 23, 37, B lock 10; 36, B lock A, m ap E. H. Ja c k so n , M an asq u an , $750.

E d w a rd H u tc h in so n , jr ., e t ux , to C ecil M. H e rb e r t . L o t 1139, O cean B each , $1,

Cecil M. H e rb e r t to C la ra S. H u tc h ­in so n . L o t 1139, O cean B each , $1,

M ary T. B ro th e r to n to S a ra h B ro th - e rto n . L o ts 18, 19, 20, B lock B e lm a r P a rk tra c t, $1,

A n to in e tte P . W a tso n a n d H a r ry A. h e r h u s ’d, e t a l, to W illa rd A. F r itz . L o t 18, B lo ck 59, S p r in g L ak e , $1,

E lle n V. W igh t, e t a ls , to C h a rlo tte W ild m an . L o t 1845, O cean Beach A ss’n, $1,

A LLE-N W 00BG ra m m a r p ra d e s , 95.(j p e r cen t. E a r l

W polley , Jo h n C am pbell, R pbt. T h o m p ­son, W illiam B u n k e r, C arJ F ra z ee , L aw re n c e C o n tip i, F r a n k N ew m an, I ja rp ld N ew m an, F r a n k R a th m e ll, R o b e rt G ifford, H o lm es K ing , Jo s e ­p h in e C on tin i, G race A llen , P e a r l A l­len , E ls ie , H e rb e r t , H a r r ie t G ifford, E l­sie A llen , F lo re n c e W ylie, H a r r ie t M essier, B essie A llen , G race H e rb e rt , H e len L ay to n , M abel S m ith , G ladys A llen , C h r is tia n a H aley ,

P r im a ry G rades, 88.9 p e r cent. C h a rle s F razo e , A rch ie G ifford, E lm e r H a ley , C la re n ce Gifford, J a m e s H o l­low ay, H a r ry H o llow ay , H a r ry Gifford, R aym ond F ra z ee , B enn ie B en n ett, L loyd N ew m an, A gnes A llen , E liza ­b e th N ew m an, L o ttie H o llow ay , T o ro - th e a H e rb e r t , M abel M essier, E m ily R a th m e ll, E liz ab e th B urdge.

H U R L E Y ’S93.8 p e r cen t. G eorge B oyce, M or­

r is H av ilan d , W illie Irp n s , F ra n k Goetz, K en n e th M orris, E d g a r J a c k ­son, E m m a H a rr iso n , M ildred H a v i­lan d , M ario n M o rris, J e s s ie S p r in g ­s te in , B essie Ja c k so n , R u th Ja c k so n , M ildred H a rr is o n , M a rg a re t G rady.

IREW O R K S E X P L O D E ; 19 DIEE igh teen Seriously In ju red In Fac to ry

A cciden t N ear Naples.Rom e, D ec 26. — N in e teen p e rso n s

w erti k illed an d e ig h teen se rio u sly iu- ju re d by a n explosion in th e firew orks fa c to iy a t T o rre A n m m zia tn , n e a r Na­ples.

B R I E L L E94.4 p e r cen t. W ilb u r L av an ce ,

Jo h n Legg, L eo n a rd L egg, K en n e th C lay ton , H a r ry T ro tte r , H a r ry J o h n ­son, W a lte r O liver, R u sse ll W oolley , Chas. F la n n a g a n , G eorge L egg, Ida G ro ssg a rt, J e n n ie Gifford, G race Oliv­er, E ls ie C lay tpn , E th e l L egg, M abel M organ, D p ro th y A aro n so n , M artha- A aronson .

R oom Np. 2— 3rd an d 4 th G rades, Comp, w ins tl)e “A tten d a n ce B a n n e r” fo r th p m p n th pf N ovem ber w ith 97.73 p e r cen t. B a iley ’s C p rn e r lo s t by 2-100 of 1 p e r cen t.

109, S H E P R E S I D E S AT F E A S TP rin c ip a l G uest a t Son’s W edding, He

Being S ix ty -sev en .L ondon, Dec. 20. — M rs. R ebecca

C larke , w ho Is 100 y e a rs o f age, p re ­sid ed a t th e w e d d in g b re a k fa s t o f h e r b ab y son. l la r r y . w ho is six ty-seven .

T h is is Mr. C la rk e ’s second v e n tu re o n tb e m atrim o n ia l sea . H is tw p b ro th e rs a re sp rig h tly b achelo rs o f •ev en ty a n d se v e n ty - th ree y ears . Mrs. C lark e to a s te d th e n ew ly m arried couple a n d a te th e first slice of th e w ed d in g cake . ‘■lie a tte n d e d th e C h ris tm a s w ed d in g c e leb ra tio n iu th e even ing .

W ea th e r F o recast.R ain q r sn p w a n d co lder ton ight; to­

morrow f a ir an d epldpr. w ith sh if tin gsa le s

GLENDOLAG ra m m a r G rad es , 92.5 p e r cent.

! J e ro m e C ohen, A lv in M artin , F ra n k P ipnp , W m. T. Pope , C has. Rope, Chas. H a lse y , C has. W oolley , Geo. C hasey, F re d N u tt, W a lte r Pope , M yrtle T h o m p so n , A d a NfcDaniel, Io la M c­D aniel, H azel A pplpgatp , Id a Cohen, H elen S o u th a ll,

P r im a ry G rades, 94.8 peV cen t. M or­r is C ohen, S a lv a to re M istr.etta , G eorge W oolley, M elvin H a ll, H a r ry H a ll, G e o ..

j H a ll, M aud Morris , E lizab e th Apple-1 ! ga te , R aym ond W hite , M adeline South-1 j a ll M arion M artin , M abel M o rris H azel i M orris, T h e lm a Jo h n s to n , A nn ie M or- | ids. E |s ip P ianpo , Jp se p h in e M istre tta .

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ISA IL E 1 T S CO RN ERJ7.71 p e r cen t. E a r l E lm er, R ay-

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T h e d ifficu lty in the p a s t h a s b een t h a t w e h a v e n o t e m p h a ­sized th e L ove of God. H o w could we. w h en o ur eyes of u n d e rs ta n d in g w ere m isd ire c te d by o u r c reed s a w ay from th e G od o f th e B ib le to a c reed a l im age p ic tu r in g th e H e av e n ly F a th e r In m ost S a tan ic co lors—m ore loveless th a n any dem on w e c an possib ly im ag ine.

B u t w h ile w e h a v e g o tte n a w a y from “th e d o c trin e s o f dem ons,” a s S t. Pau l calls th em (1 T im o th y 4:1), C h ris ten ­dom still ho lds up th o se h o rrib ly sian de ro u s c reed s b e fo re th e w orld , h in ­d e rin g th em fro m g e ttin g even a g lim p se o f “th e L ove of God, w hich p a sse th u n d e rs ta n d in g .” a n d g iv ing them , in s tea d , te rr ib le m is re p re se n ta ­tio n s o f D iv in e in ju s tice .

B u t G od’s people a re a w a k e n in g to th e T ru th , a n d g ra d u a lly g a in in g co u r­age to a s se r t it. W e a re now m e t w ith th e d ifficu lty th a t th e w o rld h as so th o ro u g h ly b e lieved o u r b lasp h em y of th e D iv in e c h a ra c te r th a t th e y can sca rce ly be liev e th e g ra c io u s M essage o f th e B ible—th e M essage o f D iv ine Love.

O u r te x t i l lu s tra te s o u r fo rm er b lin d ­ness. I t does n o t say . a s once w e su p ­posed, th a t G od g av e H is Son to sav e u s from e te rn a l to r tu re . Q u ite to th e c o n tra ry , i t d ec la res t h a t I l i s m ission w a s to sa v e fro m perish ing . W hen b ru te b e a s ts d ie, th e y perish . God h as m ad e 110 p ro v isio n fo r th e ir re su rrec ­tion. M an k in d w ou ld h av e likew ise pe rish ed , h ad it no t been fo r G od’s M ercy a n d prov ision in C h rist.

B ecau se o f .Tesus’ d e a th th e re is to he a re su rrec tio n , n o t only o f th e ju s t, now in h a rm o n y w ith God th ro u g h fa ith , b u t a lso o f th e u n ju s t—th e u n ­ju stified , w h o se eyes o f u n d e rs tan d in g h a v e n o t y e t opened to see th e g race o f God. T h u s w e read , “A s all in A dam d ie, even so a ll iu C h ris t sha ll be m ade a liv e .” “ Since h y m an cam e d e a th , by a m an a lso [C h ris t Je su s ] com es th e re su rrec tio n o f th e d ead ” — “ev ery m an in iiis own. o rd e r.”

“The Bette r R esurrec t ion .”T h e c h ie f re su rrec tio n to glory, hon­

or a n d im m o rta lity is on ly fo r those called d u rin g th is G ospel Age, who lay a s id e ev ery w e ig h t an d ru n th e ra ce w ith p a tien ce . T h ese sa in tly ones w ill c o n s titu te th e R oyal P rie sth o o d , w ho w ith .Tesus a s R oyal C h ief P rie s t, w ill b less th e worlds re su rre c tin g m an ­k in d fro m sin a n d d e a th conditions, d u rin g H is M essian ic R eign.

T h e D iv ine P la n is pu rpose ly so a r ­ra n g e d th a t no n e can o b ta in e v e r la s t­in g life e xc ep t th ro u g h p e rso n al re la ­

tio n sh ip to C h rist,SO D S BLESSINGS th e R edeem er, andI THROUGH CHRIST TO SE • „ TI-•W O R L D -W ID E faitU in H is M,‘- ........... • deem in g blood and

obedience to I liscounsels. T h is be­in g tru e , th e h ea ­th e n a re y e t un sav ed . N one liv­in g b e fo re Je su s c a m e In to th e w orld a re saved. T h e g re a t m ass of o u r f r ie n d s and ne ig h b o rs , y ea, of

o u r ow n fam ilies, a re s ti ll u n sa v e d : fo r th ey h av e n o t com e in to v i ta l re la tio n ­sh ip w ith th e Savior. “ H e th a t h a th th o Son h a th life ; he th a t h a th n o t th e Son sh a ll n o t see life .”

“Testif ied In Due Time.”St. P au l, co m m en tin g up o n th e fact

th a t Je su s d ied a R anso in-price fo r all. d ec lares th a t th is w ill b e tes tified in duo tim e. (1 T im o th y 2:5, C.) G od’s d u e tim e fo r th e te s tim o n y to reach th e World ev id en tly h a s n o t y e t a r ­rived. T h e te s tim o n y began w hen J e ­su s “b ro u g h t l ife a n d im m o rta lity to lig h t th ro u g h th e G ospel.” “So g re a t sa lv a tio n b eg an to b e spoken by our L ord .”—H e b rew s 2:3.

God h a s p e rm itte d th is b lindness , b u t d ec la re s th a t u n d e r th e b lessed in ­fluences o f th e K ingdom th e tru e lig h t sha ll sh in e ev ery w h ere . W h a t a b les s­ed v is ta th is opens b efo re u s on be­h a lf o f th e poor w orld ! W e th u s see th a t God h as sp e c ia l g race a n d b less­ing fo r H is fa ith fu l C hurch , th e sa in ts ; a n d w e also perce ive t h a t H e h a s a b lessing fo r th e w orld, a lth o u g h a d if ­fe re n t b lessin g from th a t prov ided fo r th e C hurch . T he la t te r a re to h av e life 011 th e D iv ine p lane , sh a re rs o f th e glory, honor a n d im m o rta lity o f th e M aster, w h ile th e w orld , hy fa ith and obedience d u rin g th e M essianic K in g ­dom, m ay re u tta in e a r th ly life and pe rfec tio n , lo st by A dam , b u t redeem ed by Je su s a t C alvary .

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C ream S au ce fo r C odfish—T w o ta ­b lesp o o n s b u tte r , one an d one-half t a ­b lesp o o n s flour, o n e-h alf cup h o t c ream , one-half cup h o t m ilk , one-half te a sp o o n s a l t an d few g ra in s p ep p er. P u t b u t te r in sau cep an , s t i r u n til m e lted and bubbling . A dd flour m ixed w ith se a so n in g s , and s t i r u n til th o r ­ou gh ly b len d ed . P o u r on g ra d u a lly th e m ilk an d c ream , a d d in g a b o u t one- th ird a t a tim e , s t i r r in g u n til w ell m ixed , th e n b e a tin g u u til sm o o th and g lossy . If th e c ream is th ic k one ta ­b lespoon of flour w ill he p len ty .

P re p a re y o u r fish a s I h a v e w ritte n , an d w h en re a d y fo r th e th ird w a te r add tw o h e ap in g cups d ried p o ta to e s (c u t b e fo re m ea su rin g ) to one cup s a l t codfish. W h en p o ta to e s a re so f t th e fish w ill be done. D ra in th ro u g h s tra in e r , r e tu rn to k e tt le an d m ash th o ro u g h ly ;, be su re no lu m p s of po ­ta to e s a re le f t ; add o n e-h alf ta b le ­spoon b u tte r , eg g w ell b ea ten , and p ep p er. B e a t w ith fo rk tw o m in u te s. A dd s a l t if n e ce ssa ry . M ak e in to l i t ­t le cak es . F ry ou t th in s lice bacon an d th e n fry cakes.

Qodfish— P re p a re codfish a s I hav e w ritte n , h a v in g th re e -fo u rth s of a cup. P ic k in flakes, w hen cooked ad d one cup c rea m sauce. Add one b e a te n egg ju s t b e fo re sen d in g to th e tab le .— B o sto n Globe.

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d raw in g s w hich is sa id to w o rk qu ick ly a n d w ith o u t d a n g e r o f cu ttin g . I t h a s a h a n d le lik e a sad iro n a n d tw o c u t­tin g p o in ts below . T h e p o in ts a re s e t on e ith e r s id e of th e can top an d th e h a n d le is th e n p re ssed down. T he

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SOME H E L P F U L “ DONT’S . ”If you a re b lessed w ith a good m em ­

ory, d o n 't w eak en it by c h e r ish in g th in g s a g a in s t people .

I f you h a v e a s tro n g p o in t ln your c h a ra c te r , d o n ’t m ak e i t a w e ak n e ss by a d m ir in g i t too m uch.

D on’t te ll l i t t le lies. I f you m u st be u n tru th fu l , te ll b ig o n es a n d be­com e kno w n a s a s ta tis tic ia n .

D on’t fo rg e t w hen th e tro u b le you fe a r com es to you it w ill be m uch e a s ie r to b e a r th a n you im agine.

D on’t k eep a d iary . Som e one m ig h t p ro d u c e i t w h en y o u r en em ies a re try in g to p ro v e you a re in san e .

D on’t p u t a b a rb ed w ire fen ce a ro u n d y o u r ow n se n s itiv e sp o ts and in s is t th a t o th e rs h av e b a rs down.

D on’t p u t so m uch ho p e on th e New T h o u g h t th a t you s lig h t th e im p o r­ta n c e of th e good old Second T h o u g h t.

D on’t fo rg e t th a t n e x t w eek you m ay be lo o k in g b a ck w ith g re a t re g re t b ecau se you d id n 't show g re a te r a p p re c ia tio n of today .

D on’t fo rg e t th a t ev ery ta s k you n e g le c t th a t you m ay ta k e a v aca tio n w ill m ee t you a t th e s ta tio n w ith all i ts re la tiv e s an d fr ien d s w hen you ge t back.

D on’t s i t in id le n e ss w a itin g fo r y o u r sh ip to com e in. You w ill be lu c k ie r th a n m o s t peop le if, w hen it finally com es in, th e S ilen t B o a tm an is n ’t in charge .

D on’t fo rg e t t h a t if a l i t t le fa iry shou ld a p p e a r and m ak e v is ib le th e b u rd e n s a ll a r e c a rry in g on th e ir b ack s y o u rs seem sm all an d tr iv ia l in c o m p ariso n w ith m ost.

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p o in ts e n te r th e m eta l an d th e ed g es th e n cu t e ith e r w ay an d th e h a n d le Is p re sse d fu r th e r . T h e re is no need to h o ld th e can , as th e p re ssu re is a ll dow n, an d w hen th e can is o pened th e h a n d le b o tto m s on th e lid so th e fin­g e rs do n o t com e n e a r th e t in edges, w hich, h o w ev er, a r e ro u n d ed off sm o o th a n d tu rn e d u n d e r. W ith th e o ld -sty le can o p e n ers th e can had to b e held , a s in th e lo w er d raw in g , and a s lip m ig h t m ean a n a s ty cu t. W ith th e new one th is is d one aw ay w ith .

S t r a w b e r ry B asket.M ake a good sponge cak e . H e re is

one good re c ip e : B e a t th e yo lks ofth re e eggs t ill th e y a re v e ry l ig h t; ad d a sm all cup fu l o f su g a r a n d v e ry g ra d u a lly h a lf a cup fu l o f b o ilin g w a­te r . S if t one tea sp o o n fu l o f b a k in g p o w d er w ith o n e cup fu l of flour, an d ad d th is by d e g re e s ; la s t o f all m is in th e stiffly b e a te n w h ite s o f th e eggs. B ake in in d iv id u a l t in s . W hen co ld c u t a p iece from th e c e n te r of each. F ill th is w ith p re se rv e d s tra w ­b e r r ie s an d p u t w h ip p ed c re a m a ll a ro u n d th em an d c u t s tr ip s o f lem on peel to fo rm h an d le s .

B u t te red Apples.P a re six la rg e a p p le s n e a tly , an d

k eep th e m w hole , ta k e th e co res out, h a v e a p iece of b re a d c u t fo r each a p ­ple, th e sam e size a s th e app le , one Inch th ick . G rease a p a n b ig enough to ho ld th e b re a d an d a p p le s w ell, p lace th e b re a d f irs t - th e n a n app le on e ach piece, fill th e co res w ith su g a r an d b u tte r . P u t in ov en an d cook u n ­t i l so ft, w hen re a d y ta k e o u t o f th e oven an d fill th e co res w ith a n y good jam , a n d p lace in oven a g a in t il l jam Is h e a te d . S e rv e on h o t d ish p o u rin g th e ju ic e an d b u t te r o v e r th e app les.

ITEM S OF IN T E R E S TT he w orld is co n su m in g m o re th an

1.000.000 g a llo n s o f k e ro se n e ev ery day.

T h e B ible c o n ta in s 3,568,480 le t te rs , 733,748 w ords, 31,173 v e rse s , 1,189 c h a p te rs an d 66 hooks.

O nly one p e rso n in a h u n d re d in ­h a b ita n ts o f G re a t B r ita in ow ns m ore th a n an a c re o f land .

L ondon lia s a b o u t th ir ty e le c tr ic l ig h t com p an ies, su p p ly in g c u r re n t a t v o lta g e s v a ry in g fro m 110 to 240.

In th e d e n se s t p a r ts o f B om bay th e re a re 740 p e rso n s to th e ac re . New Y o rk h a s 1,000 in th e sam e a rea .

T h e v a lu e of th e m in e o u tp u t o f p re ­c ious an d sem i-p recio u s m e ta ls in Id ah o in 1912 w as $21,466,521, a g a in s t $19,100,S93 in 1911.

J a p a n each y e a r p ro d u ces m ore th a n 260,000,000 b u sh e ls o f rice , n e a rly60.000.000 po u n d s o f te a an d m o re th a n 25,000,000 p o u n d s of silk .

N ew E n g lish e y e g la s se s a re so fo rm ed th a t w hen n o t in u se a n d fo ld­e d th e y re sem b le a lo ck e t and m ay be w o rn on a c h a in fo r a n o rn a m e n t.

M etal d isk s ta k e th e p lace of sp okes in a new w h eel fo r h eav y tru ck s , th e ir d iv e rg in g r im s w h e re th e y a re bo lted to th e fe llo e s a ffo rd in g resilien cy .

T w en ty y e a rs ago L ondon o m ni­b u ses, a cco rd in g to a police s ta te m e n t a t th e tim e, tra v e le d a t th e r a te of six o r se v e n m iles a n h o u r an d th o u g h t th ey w ere m aking- speed .

P a r t ly o w in g to h eav y p u rc h a se s of c ig a re t te tobacco , th e U n ited S ta te s of la te h a s becom e T u rk e y ’s b e s t cu s­to m er, n e x t to G re a t B rita in , F ra n c e ra n k in g th ird and G erm an y fo u rth .

S a l t m ak in g by th e ev ap o ra tio n of sea w a te r is th e p rin c ip a l in d u s try of th e T uko an d C aicos is lan d s colony, an d is c a r r ie d on a t G rand T u rk , S a it C ity an d C ock b u rn H arb o r, th e la t te r b e in g th e p rin c ip a l se t tle m e n t in th e C aicos is lan d s .

Brown S te w of Beef.R em ove a ll fa t, bone, sk in and

g r is tle from one pound of ro u n d s te a k of s te w in g m ea t an d cu t th e l a t te r in to one-inch sq u a res . T ry o u t th e f a t and in i t b row n h a lf an onion, chopped fine. S p rin k le th re e tablespoGir.fuls of flour o v e r th e m e a t an d add to th e fa t a n d onion. W h en th e m ea t is w ell b ro w n ed add one p in t of b o iling w ato r. L o w er th e h e a t a n d s im m e r one hour. A dd th e d u m p lin g s 15 m in u te s b e fo re th e s te w Is done.

New W ash in g Machine.T h e vacuum p rin c ip le in c lean in g

h a s in v ad ed th e lau n d ry . F o rm e rly w ash in g m ach in es w ere a r ra n g e m e n ts o t cogs th a t ru b b ed th e c lo th es as th e y w ould be ru b b e d on a b o a rd ; n e x t th e p e rfo ra te d cy lin d ers , w hich w ere tu rn ed b.v w a te r o r o th e r pow ers, ap p ea red . T h e la te s t dev ice is a tin a ffa ir th a t can be p u t in to a n y c lo th es bo iler, and. w o rk s e x ac tly like a coffee p e rco to r. 1

K ettle Cover.Should th e kno b com e off an y k e t­

tle cover, a sc rew can be slipped th ro u g h th e h o le w ith th e h ead in ­sid e th e lid, sc rew a co rk in to th e p ro tru d in g en d ; th is kno b w ill n o t g e t h o t an d can be re p la ce d in a h u rry .

C leaning E nam eled Dishes.S a lt m o is ten ed w ith v in eg a r will re­

m ove b u rn t m a rk s from enam eled sa u c ep a n s and d ish es, b u t d o n 't fo r­g e t th a t th ey shou ld be so ak ed in cold w a te r for a few h o u rs f irs t to loosen th e s ta in s .

S T A R S AND S T R I P E SL a te s t fad in a v ia tio n is : How fa r

can you fa ll and r is e ag a in ?

C o n g ress p u ts a “h o rse o n ” S ec re ­ta ry o f L ab o r W ilso n by re fu s in g him a n au to .

T h a t V en ezu e la fiasco a p p e a rs to h a v e been a n exam ple of th e “rev o lu ­tio n in v is ib le .”

H ow u n lu ck y fo r T haw th a t th e sy m p a th e tic Mme. D upuis, w ife of th e C oaticook ju s t ic e of th e peace, is no t C an ad ian m in is te r o f ju s tic e .

S te fan sso n found "b lo n d e E sk im o s .” N ow th re e A rc tic t r a p p e r s com e ac ro ss E sk im o s “fa ire r th a n w h ite m en .” A DoctQr Cook shou ld d isco v er E sk im os “w h ite r th a n c h a lk .”

7 2 2 M A T T I § O N A V N H U H A s b u r y P a r R , N . J .

te le p h o n e 64 Asbury P ark Open Day and N igh t.

Prjvqte Ambulance to H ire at Reasonable Rates y-s

An a p p ra is a l pf th e e s ta te lo ft hy j M atilda M orrow , filed a t B rook lyn in th e office o f tho c le rk o f th e s u r ra - j g a te ’s c o u rt, sh o w s th a t w hen M rs. J M orrow , w ho w as a re s id e n t o f Ocean G rove, p assed aw ay th e re on F eb . 27,1 19*10, sh e lo ft a n e s ta te of $5,400.

C h arg ed up a g a in s t th e e s ta te a re ex p en ses o f $1,558.91, m ak in g tho n e t . e s ta te $3,841.09 an d w hich , u n d e r th e I

d irec tio n s o f h e r w iil, e x ecu ted Oct. 21, 1899, p a sse s o v e r a s fo llo w s:

T h e sum of $1,500 e q u a lly be tw een tw o b ro th e rs a n d a s is te r , J a m e s B., of O range, N. J „ R o b e rt 0 „ o f W a r­w ick, N. Y., an d E m m a J. W ilson of P a te rso n , N. j ,

TI10 sum of $500 g o es to M ary Ja n e D o ck stad er, n iece, of M o rris P la in s , N. J ., us a life e s ta te fo r h e r w hich , a t h e r d ea th , is to p a s s o v e r to N ann ieH. D o ck stad er, w idow of W illiam H.

QUAKER QUIPSA fool a n d h is m oney a re soon p a r t­

ed w ith o u t an y a lim ony.

M any a m a n ’s id ea of co n te n tm e n t is h av in g m ore th a n h e can possib ly use.

T ak e c a re o f th e n ig h t before , and th e m o rn in g a f te r w ill ta k e c a re of itse lf. '

Blood will te ll, bu t lik e lo ts of o th e r ta le -b e a re rs i t d o e sn 't a lw ay s te ll th e tru th .

D o c k s ta d e r o f Como, N. J .T h e b a lan ce , $1,841.09 goes a s a life

e s ta te to R eb ecca W. M orrow , a s is te r , of Como, N. J., th e p r in c ip a l, a t h e r d ea th , to p a ss o v er to C h a rlo tte M. M orrow , a niece, o f th e sam e a d d ress .

R ebeccp W. M orrow of Com o and W illiam N elson , of P a te rs o n , a re th e ex ecu to rs .

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W e a r e c o n d u c t i n g a c a m p a i g n t o i m p r o v e s t o r e l i g h t i n g . O n e o f o u r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s w i l l c a l l o n y o u s o m e t i n e t h i s m o n t h .

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Less T h a n $500— Tew Have a s Much a s $800.

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U n ited S ta te s sp en d m ore ev ery y e a r fo r tobacco th an th ey do fo r e d u ca ­t io n , an d even m o re fo r can d y th a n fo r th e schoo ling of th e young , is s ta te d by S ta te C o m m iss io n er C alv in N . K endall in h is a n n u a l re p o r t to th e S ta te B oard of E d u ca tio n . T h e C om ­m iss io n e r sh o w s th a t th e c o s t of ed u ­ca tio n in th e p u b lic sch o o ls of th e S ta te h a s in c re a s e d in th e ra tio o f th e a d v an c e of th e c o s t o f liv in g . T h e c au ses , am o n g o th e r th in g s , c ite d fo r th is co n d itio n , a r e th e h ig h e r s a la r ie s p a id th e te a c h e rs a n d ja n ito rs^ a n d th e a d d e d c o s t of a ll fue l an d m a te ria ls of e v e ry c h a ra c te r . “ F ig u re s w h ich seem to be re lia b le ,” sa y s th e re p o rt , " in d i­c a te th a t th e to b acco h ill In th is coun­t r y is a lm o s t a s g re a t a s th e bill fo r p u b lic e d u ca tio n ; th a t th e b ill fo r c an ­d y is one-fo u rth a s g re a t ; th a t th e b ill fo r a u to m o b ile s is one-half a s g re a t. H ow m uch is sp e n t in th e a g g re g a te fo r a m u se m e n ts — m ov in g p ic tu re show s, vaudev ille , th e th e a tre , b a se ­b a ll—no o n e know s, B u t how fa r w ould th e b ill fo r th e s e a m u se m e n ts fa ll s h o r t of th e b ill fo r ed u ca tio n ? W ould i t? I t c o s ts th e n a tio n a l Gov­e rn m e n t m o re th a n $2,000 a d ay to m a in ta in th e b a tt le s h ip N ew Je rse y .

S a la r ie s T oo Low.“ T h e in c re a s e d c o s t o f sch o o ls fo r a

p e rio d of sa y 10 y e a r s is d u e to five m ain c a u se s : “T h e In c re a se d c o s t of liv in g h a s m ad e i t n e c e ssa ry to pay te a c h e r s an d ja n i to rs a n d o th e r sch o o l em p lo y es la rg e r sa la r ie s . Of th e to ­t a l school e x p en ses fo r o p e ra tin g th e sch o o ls la s t y e a r, p ra c tic a lly $11,000,- 000 o u t o f th e $15,000,000 w as paid o u t in s a la r ie s to te a c h e rs . In som e c o u n tie s of th e S ta te , how ever, m ore th a n o n e-h alf o f th e te a c h e rs rece iv ed le s s th a n $500 a y ea r. In th e se coun­t ie s n o t 10 p e r cen t, of th e te a c h e rs re c e iv e d g s m u ch a s $800 a y e a r . T h e N ew J e r s e y B u re au of L a b o r S ta tis t ic s is a u th o r i ty fo r th e s ta te m e n t th a t th e c o s t o f food su p p lie s h a s in c re a se d 25.5 p e r cen t, in th e p a s t 10 y e a rs .”

D em an d s a re G rea te r .D u rin g th e schoo l y e a r e n d in g Ju n e

30, 1913, i t c o s t $40.81 to e d u c a te a ch ild . In 1912, th e sam e ch ild cou ld b e e d u c a te d fo r $39.83, o r 98 c e n ts le s s than- th e p a s t y e a r . T h e p rin c ip a l re a so n g iven by D r. K en d all fo r th e in c re a s e in th e h igh c o s t of liv in g w h ich h a s b ecom e so n o tic e ab le d u rin g th e p a s t ten y e a rs , and a n o th e r v ita l c a u se fo r co n d itio n s is th e in c re a se of schoo l a c tiv it ie s , b e ca u se of th e p u b lic d em an d s, such a s m ed ica l in sp ec tio n , v o ca tio n a l tra in in g , n u rse s in th e ci­tie s , b e tte r s a n ita ry co n d itio n s, k in d e r­g a r te n s , th e o p en in g of sch o o lh o u ses a s so c ia l c e n tre s , an d o th e r th in g s . T h e C om m iss io n er a lso m ad e 31 sp e ­cific re co m m e n d a tio n s fo r th e school sy s tem , an d a m o n g o th e r th in g s he sa id th a t th e e lim in a tio n o f p o litics w as a b so lu te ly n e c e ssa ry . H e said t h a t “ pu ll” a n d fa v o ritism in th e a p ­p o in tm e n t an d p ro m o tio n of te a c h e rs sh o u ld be done aw ay w ith a s th e re w as n o m o re re a so n fo r p o litic s in th e sch o o ls th a n in th e a ffa irs o f a g re a t m e rc a n ti le e s ta b lish m e n t. H e sa id t h a t w h ile p u b lic confidence in e d u ca ­tio n is a fine th in g , i t does n o t re liev e p a re n ts from te a c h in g th e ir ch ild ren th e e le m en ta l v ir tu e s of in d u s try , th r if t , o b ed ien ce an d se lf-re lian ce .

F a rm E x ch an g e Pays.A b u s in e ss of $1,053,256.16 fo r th e

fiscal y e a r e n d in g N o v em b er 29 la s t w as re p o rte d by W . H . In g lin g , g e n e ra l m a n a g e r o f th e M onm outh C oun ty F a r ­m e r s ’ E x ch a n g e a t th e a n n u a l d irec ­t o r s ’ m ee tin g a t th e C o u rt H o u se h e re . T h e t r e a s u r e r ’s r e p o r t sh o w ed a n e t p ro f it o f $15,485.55, a n d i t w as a n ­n o u n ced th a t th e d ire c to rs h ad vo ted a d iv id en d of 6 p e r cen t, on th e c a p ita l s to c k o f $75,450. T en p e r c e n t, is c h a rg e d off a s d e p re c ia tio n on E x ­c h a n g e p ro p e rty , a n d th e b a la n c e is p la c e d In th e su rp lu s a cc o u n t. T h e E x c h a n g e b e g an b u s in e ss s ix y e a rs ago , a n d in th a t tim e h a s do n e a to ­ta l b u s in e ss o f $5,374,004.25. I t now h a s a m em b e rsh ip of 1270, an d th e d i­r e c to r s h a v e d ec id ed to issu e no m ore s to c k , b u t to Issu e m em b e rsh ip c e rtif i­c a te s , e n ti t l in g th e h o ld e rs o f a ll o f th e m em b e rsh ip p r iv ile g es of b u y in g a n d se llin g th ro u g h th e E x ch an g e fo r five y e a rs , w ith th e r ig h t of ren ew a l. S h ip m en ts w ere m ad e th e p a s t sea so n , th e m a n a g e r re p o rte d , to a ll of th e s ta te s e a s t of th e M iss issip p i w ith few e x cep tio n s, th e g re a te s t d is ta n c e to w h ich sh ip m e n t w as m ad e b e in g 1292 m iles . T h e E x ch a n g e did b u s in e ss in

W o m a n on B oard.T h e d e s ire fo r a t le a s t one “w om an

in th e B oard of E d u ca tio n is g ro w in g s t ro n g e r in m an y se c tio n s of th e c ity . U n fo r tu n a te ly , th e fo rce s th a t seem to co n tro l an d d ire c t th e se a p p o in tm en ts a r e n o t b e liev ed to be a t a ll e n th u ­s ia s t ic to h a v in g w om en on th e hoard . T h e “p o w e rs” a re chiefly in te re s te d in k e e p in g th e ir m a jo r i ty o f one. T h ey w e re b ad ly s c a re d la s t su m m er w hen th e flve-to-four v o te in th e bo ard fo r w e ek s w as in g ra v e d a n g e r of sh iftin g , an ti a r e lik e ly to in s is t th a t th ey be a s su re d a m o re d e p e n d a b le m a jo rity .

C ost of T u b e rc u lo s is Pavilion .M e m b ers o f th e B o ard of C hosen

F re e h o ld e rs do n o t a g re e w ith th e E s ­sex c o o u n ty c o m m itte e o f th e S ta te C h a r it ie s A id A sso c ia tio n re sp e c tin g th e p ro p o sed tu b e rc u lo s is pav ilio n a t the O v e rb ro o k H o sp ita l. R e c e n tly th e free h o ld e rs a d o p te d p la n s fo r a b u ild ­in g t h a t w ill a c c o m m o d a te 100 p a ­tie n ts and c o s t a b o u t $120,000, o r a t th e r a te o f $1,200 p e r p a tie n t. I t h a s been lea rn ed by th e c o m m itte e th a t five s im ila r p a v ilio n s e ls e w h e re h a v e co st up to $452 p e r p a tie n t. Iow a c o ttag es fo r p a tie n ts h av e c o s t $250.

159 c itie s , in 24 s ta te s . P o ta to e s w ere th e p rin c ip a l p ro d u c t g row n by th e m em b ers , th e sh ip m en ts a g g reg a tin g 476,489 b a rre ls , o r 2603 ca rs . T h e av ­e ra g e p rice pa id th e fa rm e r w as $1.58 p e r b a rre l, o r 5 7 cent s p e r bushel. T h e a v e ra g e p rice paid fo r th e six y e a rs of th e E x ch a n g e 's ex is te n ce is $1.66 1-3 p e r b a rre l. T h e E x ch an g e d u rin g tw e lv e m o n th s h an d led 635,372 p ack ag es , o r 3081 carloads.

C augh t by N ight Opening.T h e n ig h t op en in g of b a n k s w as re-

sp o n silb e fo r th e a r r e s t of J a m e s M ar- cellis , of J e rse y C ity, h e re . M arcel- lis g av e h is b o a rd in g m is tre s s , M rs. M ary C u rran , a ch eck fo r $16. M rs. C irrran w en t to th e b an k a t n ig h t, a n d w as to ld th e ch eck w as w o rth less . Mnr- cellis w as a r re s te d by D e tec tiv e C lan ­cy w hile try in g to cash a n o th e r ch eck h e h ad g iven in p a y m e n t fo r som e flow ers to be s e n t to M rs. C u rra n .

F E D E R A L C O U R T OV ERCRO W D ED .

T im e of Only Ju d g e Now S it t ing Oc­cupied w i th Du P o n t Suit.

T h e d e a th of U n ited S ta te s Ju d g e Jo se p h C ross tw o m o n th s ago an d th e fa ilu re to fill th e v a ­can cy h a s cau sed co n g es tio n in th e b u s in e ss of th e U n ited S ta te s D is tr ic t C o u rt h e re an d th e re is ta lk now of th e n e ed of th re e Ju d g e s In p lace of th e tw o th a t fo rm erly h an d led th e m a t­te r s in th is co u rt. W hen c o u rt closed fo r th e w eek-end th e re w ere 60 ac ­tio n s a t law , 50 eq u ity cases, 20 a d ­m ira lty su its , 5 ju ry b a n k ru p tc y cases, 50 su its a g a in s t co rp o ra tio n s to en­fo rce p e n a ltie s an d m o re th a n 100 c rim in a l a c tio n s re a d y fo r tr ia l . T h is d oes n o t in c lu d e th e g rg e a t n u m b er of m o tio n s upon a ll k in d s of c ases w hich o ccupy M on d ay s to th e exclusion of all o th e r b u sin e ss E v e ry th in g in th is c o u rt, w h ich is th e ch ie f F e d e ra l t r i ­b u n a l in N ew Je rs e y , is b e in g r e ta r d ­ed by th e p o w d e r su i t of th e B u ckeye C om pany a g a in s t th e du P o n ts to col­le c t $4,800,000 u n d e r th e S h e rm an a n ti ­t r u s t a c t . T h is c ase o ccup ied ex ac tly 43 d ay s o f th e tim e of th e C o u rt and ju ry , in c lu d in g fo u r d ay s w ith an a r ­g u m en t fo r a non-su it. T h e case w en t o v e r u n til D ecem b er 30, fo r th e ju ry to re p o rt . C ounsel fo r th e du P o n ts a s s e r t th a t i t w ill ta k e a t le a s t a

i m o n th to co m p le te tn e ir c ase and ,I w ith th e su m m in g up a n d c h a rg e to

th e ju ry , th is m a t te r w ill occupy th e e n ti re a tte n tio n of Ju d g e R e lls tab , w ho is now th e o n ly Ju d g e on th e local bench . O th e r c ases a re now c lam o r­in g fo r t r ia l . A lea d in g one is th e a c ­tion of W a rre n B ros, a g a in s t A tla n tic C ity , in v o lv in g th e q u estio n o f g ra f t in c o n tra c ts , w h ich s e n t “ C om m odore” L ou is K u e h n le to p riso n . If th e com ­p an y is su ccessfu l, i t is a s se r te d , i t w ill be sh o w n th a t K u e h n le w as im ­p ro p e rly se n t to p riso n . W ith th is co n g es tio n of th e c o u r t c a le n d a r In m ind, th e a g ita tio n fo r th re e F e d e ra l ju d g e s in s tea d of tw o and fo r th e p ro m p t a p p o in tm e n t of a ju d g e to fill th e p re s e n t vacan cy , is g a in in g su p ­port.

Sign of Good B usiness. t •D esp ite th e fa c t th a t th e re is sup ­

po sed to be a so r t of b u s in e ss slum p th ro u g h o u t th e S ta te , th e S ta te B oard of R ip a r ia n C o m m iss io n ers re p o rte d to G o v ern o r T ay lo r th a t th e p a s t y e a r h a s b een th e m o st p ro sp e ro u s in i ts h is to ry , an d th e r ip a r ia n a c t iv ity d e ­p en d s la rg e ly upo n b u sin e ss cond i­tio n s . T h e B oard rece iv ed $60,000 in e x cess of th e a v e ra g e fo r th e p a s t five y e a rs and $90,000 in ex cess o f th e fo u r p re c e d in g y e a rs . T h e to ta l r e c e ip ts a m o u n ted to $288,043.49, d e riv e d a s fo llow s: G ran ts , $55,492.66; c o n v er­sio n s, $14,658.57; le a se s , $184,892; lim ­ite d lea se s , a n n u a l re n ta l , $21.43; re n ­ta ls on lea se s , $32,858.89; in te re s t on g ra n ts d e lay ed in acc ep ta n ce , $119.94. T h e re p o r t s ta te s th a t A c tin g G over­n o r F ie ld e r, su c c ee d in g G o v ernor W il­son, h a s co n tin u ed to fav o r th e policy in a u g u ra te d by th e C om m ision of m ak ­in g g ra n ts in fee o r le a se s in p e rp e tu ­ity.

B u rg la r Binds W om an.M rs. L ero y F o rg e r, o f 314 P e r i :

s t re e t , h ad a th r il l in g ex p erien c e w ith a b u rg la r a f te r m id n ig h t a t h e r hom e. T h e m an , w ith th e lo w e r p a r t of h is face h id d en by a h a n d k e rc h ie f , s te p p ed o u t o f a c lo se t in h e r room . A blow on th e h ead re n d e re d h e r u n consc ious, a n d th e in tru d e r th e n bound h e r w ith to w e ls an d th re w h e r on th e bed, w h ile he ra n sa c k e d th e h o u se . T h e w o m a n ’s h u sb an d , re tu rn in g hom e an h o u r la te r , d isco v ered h is w ife ’s p lig h t. I t w as found th a t th e b u rg la r h ad ta k ­en a n u m b e r of a r tic le s v a lu ed a t $500.

S h i f t B lam e fo r Escapes.R e p o rte d e sc ap e s o f co n v ic ts from

th e S ta te ro ad cam p a t A n d o v er h a s led to th e officials try in g to ev ad e re ­sp o n s ib ility . S ta te R oad C om m ission ­e r S te v e n s issu ed a s ta te m e n t in w hich h e sa id th a t h is d e p a r tm e n t is on ly c o n ce rn ed a b o u t th e se lec tio n of th e cam p s ite , th e p u rc h a se of th e su p ­p lie s and su p p o r t o f th e m en ; th a t i t is up to th e p riso n officials to look a f te r th e sa fe ty o f th e co n v ic ts . Col­onel S te v e n s th in k s t h a t leg is la tio n w ill be e n a c te d to p lac e th e re sp o n s i­b ility fo r th e co n v ic ts d e fin ite ly .

R efuses P e rm i t fo r Sign Fences .T h a t th e tow n officials o f Irv in g to n

w ill h a v e a figh t on th e ir h a n d s s h o r t­ly a s a r e s u l t o f th e d ec is io n to re fu se a p e rm it to th e N ew J e r s e y S ign A d­v e r tis in g C om pany to e re c t a b illb o ard fen ce on th e p lo t on th e so u th e a s t c o rn e r o f C lin to n a n d M aple a v en u e s se e m s a fo reg o n e conclusion , in view of th e fa c t th a t C ojincil a p p a re n tly can n o t e x erc ise co n tro l o v e r th e s e u n ­s ig h tly s ig n s w hich a d o rn th e com ­m u n ity from o n e end to th e o th e r , be­c au se of a S ta te law w hich Is sa id to ta k e th a t r ig h t aw ay.

T ro lley W ag e s Increase .T h e re is g ra tif ic a tio n from th e re-

p o r t th a t th e tro lle y c a r m en, f ro n t p la tfo rm an d re a r , a r e to re ce iv e a c o n s id e ra b le in c re a se in w ag es a t th e f irs t o f th e y e a r. A ll re co g n ize th a t th e ta s k s of th e s e m en h a v e req u ired m uch m o re sk ill th a n fo rm erly , an d th a t th e d em an d fo r e x p e rtn ess , po­l i te n e s s a n d a le r tn e s s c o n s ta n tly in ­c re a se s , m ak in g i t n e c e ssa ry to g e t th e b e s t p o ss ib le fo rce , w hich can on ly b e d o n e by re w a rd in g th em p ro p e rly . T h e w o rk is h a rd a n d h a s trouble.! a ll i ts ow n.

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B i l l W o u l d E m p o w e r Any Ton P e r s o n s to 0 g a n i z e Bank .

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Bond I ssu es N o t to Exxceed F if teen T im e s th e Capita l and S u rp lu s of

In s t i tu t io n — M easure F ram ed Urges Long Loans.

W ash in g to n .— T h e e s ta b lish m e n t of a sy s te m of " lan d b a n k s” d es ig n ed to e x te n d to fa rm e rs se e k in g lo an s on th e ir p ro p e rty w ill be p ro p o sed In a b ill soon to be in tro d u c ed in C o n g ress w ith th e b a ck in g of th e co m m ission w hich in v e s tig a te d ru ra l co n d itio n s ab ro ad .

T h e a d m in is tra tio n ho p es th a t a ru ra l c re d it b ill w ill be p a sse d b e fo re th is se ss io n of C o n g ress com es to an end. I t w as o n e of th e q u es tio n s g iv en p ro m in en ce in th e P re s id e n t’s g n n u a l m essa g e su b m itte d a t th e be-% g in n in g of tjfe sess io n .

T h e h ill u n d e r c o n s id e ra tio n w as .p repared by ’th e g o v e rn m e n t com m is­sion th a t w as s e n t a b ro ad to s tu d y th e 'question . I t is su p p o sed to re p re s e n t ithe b e s t of a ll r u ra l c re d it sy s te m s in (operation in o th e r co u n trie s .

A cco rd in g to th e co m m issio n ’s r e ­p o r t a g r ic u ltu ra l c re d it n a tu ra lly d i­v id e s i ts e lf in to tw o c la sse s , w h ich is defined a s “c re d it to m e e t c ap ita l re q u ire m e n ts of th e fa rm e r, a n d s h o r t .timor o r p e rso n a l c red it, w hich is d e ­fin ed a s “ c re d it to m e e t th e c u r re n t o r a n n u a lly re c u r r in g n e e d s of th e fa rm e r .”

A t f irs t som e m em b e rs of th e com- jm ission w ere s tro n g ly im bued w ith th e id ea th a t bo th m o rtg a g e c re d it an d p e rso n a l c re d it shou ld he d e a lt w ith in th e p ro p o sed bill. -A fte r fu ll con­s id e ra tio n of th e q u estio n , how ever, i t w as decided th a t p e rso n a l c re d it w ould be m o re su itab ly m e t by s ta te r a th e r th a n F e d e ra l a c tio n in th e se re sp e c ts in w hich th e p e n d in g b a n k in g an d c u rre n c y bill fa iled to m e e t th e r e ­q u ire m e n ts of th e fa rm e r. T h e re fo re , i t is th e ju d g m e n t o f th e co m m ission th a t th e d ev e lo p m en t of a lan d m o rt­g ag e sy s tem of b a n k s Is th e m o st im ­p o r ta n t a n d th e p r im a ry s te p to be ta k e n to im p ro v e a g r ic u ltu ra l c re d it co n d itions.

U n d e r th e p ro v is io n s of th e p ro ­posed b ill a n y ten p e rso n s can o rg a n ­ize a b an k w ith m in im um cap ita l w ith a fixed ra tio b e tw een th a t c a p ita l a n d lan d b a n k b o n d s w h ich th ey m ay issu e a n d w ith a n a re a o f o p e ra tio n s a s w ide a s th e s ta te in w hich th e y a re o r­g an ized . T h e b ill w ill p ro v id e fo r F e d e ra l c h a r te r s fo r such b an k s. I t w ill reco g n ize th e v a ry in g r a te s of in ­te r e s t in th e v a rio u s s ta te s .

T h e a m o u n t of lan d b o nds t h a t m ay he issu e d w ill h e fixed a t a sum n o t to exceed 15 tim es th e c a p ita l an d su rp lu s of th e b a n k so th a t th e m ax i­m um ra tio b e tw een th e c a p ita l an d th e su rp lu s on one h an d an d th e o u ts ta n d ­ing o b lig a tio n s on th e o th e r , m ay be m ain ta in ed .

VOLCANO K ILLS 500 P E O P L E .

W ith T err i f ic R oar C r a te r s Shoot F la m e s High in Air.

L ondon .— T h e D aily T e le g ra p h ’sS yd n ey c o rre sp o n d e n t w ire s :

“ F u r th e r p a r tic u la r s b ro u g h t hy in ­com ing v e sse ls r e g a rd in g th e vo lcan ic e ru p tio n on A m b ry m Is la n d in th e N ew H e b rid es in d ic a te th a t i t w as th e m o st v io le n t sh o c k ex p erien c e d fo r a c e n tu ry . I t is e s tim a te d t h a t a t le a s t 500 n a tiv e s p e rish ed .

“T h e e ru p tio n d e v a s ta te d e n tire vil- ag es an d p la n ta tio n s a n d tra n s fo rm e d th e w hole face of th e is lan d .

“ C apt. C h arv in o f th e s te a m e r Pa- cifique d e sc rib e s th e e ru p tio n a s he ll on e a r th , an d o th e r w itn e s se s s ta te th a t th e u p h e av a l w as so trem en d o u s th a t th ey ex p ec te d th e w h o le s id e of th e is lan d to d isa p p ea r.

“W ith one te rriffic ro a r, fo llow ed by a ra p id su ccess io n of a r ti l le ry lik e d is ­c h a rg e s , five c ra te r s e n te re d in to fu ll a c tiv ity an d s tre a m s of lav a w ere seen ru sh in g dow n tiie s lo p es lik e go lden re d s e rp e n ts .”

TR A IN W I R E L E S S BRINGS AID.

Speeding E x p res s S u m m o n s an A m bu­lance fo r a Sick P a ssen g e r .

S c ra n to n , P a .— W ire le ss te le g ra p h re ­cen tly in s ta lle d on tr a in s of th e L a c k ­a w a n n a R a ilro a d to t r a n s m it o rd e rs to th e c rew s a n d n ew s to th e p a sse n g e rs , p ro v ed its r e a l w o rth w hen it w as u sed to su m m o n a n a m b u la n ce to rem o v e a p a s se n g e r w ho h ad b een se ized w ith a fit. I t w a s a t f irs t su p p o sed th a t th e m an w as dead , an d th e m essa g e w as s e n t w h ile th e tra in w as ru n n in g a t fu ll speed , h u t by th e tim e th e tra in re a c h e d th is c ity th e m an h ad been re v iv e d an d th e h o sp ita l co n v ey an ce w as n o t n eed ed .

S H O O T S W OULD-BE D E S E R T E R S .

F ed e ra l C o m m a n d e r a t G u ay m as T a k e s S u m m a ry Action

H erm o sillo , S o n o ra .— T h e com m is­sio n ed officers an d m an y S e rg e a n ts a n d c o rp o ra ls of th e T e n th B a tta lio n of th e F e d e ra l g a r r is o n a t G uaym as w ere sh o t a t su n rise . T h e officers a n d m en of th e T e n th w e re d isa rm e d sev ­e ra l d ay s ago by Gen. O jeda, th e F e d e ra l co m m an d an t, w h en he d is ­co v ered th a t th e y w e re p lo tt in g to d e s e r t to th e ra n k s o f th e in s u r ­g e n ts .

H E N S R E T U R N TO SE T T IN G .

Mild W e a th e r Also B r ings F re sh Crop of Eggs in O range .

M iddletow n, N. Y.— T h e u n u su a l m ild w e a th e r , a cc o rd in g to p o u ltry r a is e r s in O ran g e C ounty , is c au s in g h e n s to s e t an d lay j u s t a s if i t w e re S p rin g , and th ey be liev e th a t if th e w e a th e r c o n tin u e s m ild th e p rice of f re sh e g g s w ill ta k e a s lum p .

Som e of th e b re e d e rs of fine p o u ltry h a v e p e rm itte d th e ir h e n s to s e t a s an ex p erim e n t, h o p in g to h a v e fine pu l­le ts .

BURLESON URGES U. S. T E LEG R A P H S

G o v e r nm e n t O w n e r s h i p of T e l e ­p h ones A lso R e c o m m e n d e d

ACT OF 1866 IS C I T E D

P ra ise s Parce l Post and Pos ta l Sys­t e m — Also D ecla res T h a t D ep ar t ­

m e n t H as S u rp lu s— F irs t Y ear Y e a r S ince 1883.

W ash in g to n .— A . d e c la ra tio n in fa ­v o r of th e p rin c ip le of G o v e rn m en t o w n ersh ip of te le p h o n e an d te le g ra p h lin e s and a n a s se r t io n th a t th e p osta l se rv ice now is se lf-su p p o rtin g fo r th e f irs t tim e s in ce 1S83 a re f e a tu re s of th e a n n u a l re p o r t of P o s tm a ste r-G en ­eral B u rleso n , t r a n s m it te d to C o n g ress.

C o n cern in g th e a cq u is itio n of te le ­p hone an d te le g ra p h lin e s h e sa y s th a t th e G o v e rn m en t h a s d e m o n s tra te d its c ap a c ity to co n d u ct p u b lic u til i tie s , a n d fro m h is p re s e n t In fo rm atio n h e is in c lin ed c le a r ly to th e tak in g o ver by th e P o s t Office D e p a r tm e n t o f th e te le g ra p h lin e s and p o ss ib ly a lso of th e te le p h o n e lines. D iscu ss in g th a t th e P o s tm a s te r-G en e ra l sa y s:

“T h e su ccess fu l o p e ra tio n of th e p a rce l p o st h a s d e m o n s tra te d th e c a ­p a c ity of th e G o v e rn m en t to co n d u c t th e public u t i l i t ie s w hich fa ll p ro p e rly w ith in th e p o s ta l p rov ision of th e Con­s titu tio n .

I t is g ra tify in g to re p o r t ,” sa y s he, “ th a t th e to ta l ex p en ses o f m a in ta in ­in g th e p o s ta l se rv ice fo r th e fiscal y e a r en d ed Ju n e 30, 1913, a re found to b e exceeded by th e re v e n u e s fo r th e sam e p e rio d ; th a t th e re is a n ac ­tu a l su rp lu s o f $3,811,906.78; an d th a t th e p o s ta l se rv ic e Is now fo r th e f irs t tim e sin ce 1883 se lf-su p p o rtin g .”

A m ong re co m m e n d a tio n s a re :T o a u th o riz e th e P o s tm a s te r-G en e r­

a l to c o n tra c t fo r e x p e rim e n ta l a e r ia l m a il se rv ice , fo r w hich an e s tim a te of $50,000 h a s been su b m itted .

T h e re p o r t in d ic a te s th a t th e g row th of th e p a rce l p o s t b u sin e ss h a s been p h en om enal. “T h e e x p erien ce ga in ed in th e o p e ra tio n of th e sy s te m u n d e r th e re v ised r a te s and w e ig h ts h a s show n th a t a fu r th e r re d u c tio n of ra te s a n d in c re a se of w e ig h t lim it a re ju s tif ie d ,”’ sa y s P o s tm aste r-G en e ra l.

M r. B u rleso n d iscu sse s a d d itio n a l c o m p en sa tio n to th e ra ilro a d s fo r c a r ­ry in g m ails. H e sa y s th a t d a ta a re b e in g secu red by th e d e p a r tm e n t w h ich w ill e n ab le h im to lay b e fo re C o n g ress a t a la te r d a te h is conclu ­sions.

I t Is th e an n o u n ced p u rp o se of M r. B u rleso n n o t to en co u rag e th e e x te n ­sion of free d e liv e ry o f m a ils in v il­lag es, b ecau se of th e in fe r io r ity of th e se rv ice and th e im p o ssib ility to se c u re econom ica l a d m in is tra tio n of it. I t is h is in te n tio n , th e re fo re , w h e rev e r p ra c tic a b le to u tilize th e se rv ice of ru ra l c a r r ie rs .

In co n clu sio n P o s tm a ste r-G en e ra l B u rleso n p o in ts o u t th a t th e P o s t O f­fice D e p a rtm e n t is e sse n tia lly a b u si­n e ss in s titu tio n . “ F o r th is re a so n ,” he says, “ th e m e r i t sy s te m sh o u ld be a d h e re d to In th e P o s t Office D e p a rt­m e n t ab ove a ll o th e rs , In o rd e r to se ­c u re th e v e ry h ig h es t s ta n d a rd of effi­c iency in th e co n d u ct of i ts a ffa irs .”

S T A T E ’S IDIOTS NU M BER 30,000

But In s t i tu t io n s Have Room for Only4,000, R eport Says.

A lbany , N. Y — A cco m m o d atio n s fo r on ly 4,000 id io ts o r fee bn. m inded p e r­so n s a re p ro v id ed fo r by, th e S ta te of N ew Y ork, w h e reas a b o u t 30,000 shou ld be u n d e r S ta te c a re , th e B oard of C h a ritie s d ec la red in a re p o rt. M ore in s t i tu t io n s sho u ld be b u ilt im ­m ed ia te ly , th e re p o rt u rg es.

In s t i tu t io n s a re now b e in g e rec ted in N ew ark , R om e and L etch w o rtli V il­lage.

N E E D L E PRICK K ILLS DOCTOR.

Blood Poisoning from In jury F a ta l to W. C. B ar trum .

N ew burgh , N. Y.—Dr. W illiam C. B a rtru m of th e s ta ff of S t. L u k e s H o sp ita l, son of C h arles W. B a rtru m of Sw eet, O rr & Co., died a t h is hom e h e re from blood po ison ing re su ltin g from a p r ie s on his finger w ith a need le w h ile eng ag ed in an o p e ra tio n a t th e h o sp ita l. Dr. B a rtru m realized th e d a n g e r an d took ev ery p recau tio n to h e ad off th e in fec tion . H e w as 34 y e a r ; of age.

U. S. TROOPS K ILL M E X IC A N SOLDIER

W a s Caugh t , F u l l y A rmed , on A m e r i c a n T e r r i t o r y

F E D E R A L S C R O S S BOUNDARY

Sold iers f rom M ercado’s A rm y A t­tem p t in g to Rush A m erican Bor-

Open on th e S e n t r ie s W hen T h e y Refuse Passag e .

P re s id io , T ex .—An e x ch an g e of sh o ts b e tw een M exican an d A m erican so ld ie rs on th e A m erican line , tw o m iles w e s t o f P re s id io , re su lte d in th e d e a th of L u is O rozco, a F e d e ra l re g u la r fro m th e a rm y of G en era l M ercado , a t O jinaga , o p p o site h e re .

T h e M ex icans fired th e f irs t sh o ts, O rosco, w ho liv ed se v e ra l h o u rs , a d ­m itted a f te r b e in g sh o t th a t h e a n d h is co m pan ion h ad c ro sse d to th e A m erican s id e w ith a n o te a n d th a t w hen th ey w e re h a lte d by th e A m eri­can s e n tr ie s , th ey fired.

A s soon a s th e sh o o tin g a c ro ss th e b o rd e r b ecam e k n o w n a t U n ited S ta te s a rm y h e a d q u a r te rs , a w a rn in g w as s e n t to th e M exican co m m an d er th a t th e sh o o tin g m u s t n o t be r e p e a t­ed.

A cco rd in g to ey e-w itn esses, th e Am ­e ric a n so ld ie rs on d u ty n e a r w h e re th e sh o o tin g to o k p lace w ere in fo rm ed F e d e ra l so ld ie rs w ere in h id in g in a h u t 300 y a rd s from th e r iv e r on th e A m erican side . T h e A m e ric an s w en t to w a rd th e h u t to in v es tig a te . Tw o M ex ican s ru sh e d fro m th e h u t a n d s ta r te d ru n n in g to w a rd th e r iv e r.

T h e p a tro l ca lled to th em to h a lt. T h e on ly on ly a n sw e r w as a sh o t from a rifle of one o f th e fleeing M exicans. T h en th e A m erican s re tu rn e d th e fire a n d one of th e F e d e ra ls d ropped . T h e o th e r c o n tin u ed firing a s h e ra n .

E l P aso , T ex .— A n o th e r t ra in b e a r­in g re fu g e e s fro m C h ih u ah u a C ity a r ­riv ed h e re , b r in g in g th e to ta l n u m b er of t r a in s to five an d th e to ta l n u m b er of re fu g e e s to m o re th a n 1,400 m en, w om en a n d ch ild ren of a ll n a tio n a li­ties.

T h e fu g itiv e s a r r iv in g tell new s to ­r ie s of V illa an d h is in c re a s in g greed fo r gold. S ev e ra l o f th e re fu g ees w e re “s tu c k u p ” by V illa b e fo re th e tra in le f t C h ih u ah u a and m u lc ted of a ll th ey had , on p a in of be ing rem oved from th e tra in . V illa le t no S p a n ia rd s of w e a lth leav e u n til th ey h ad p a id j ra n so m s ra n g in g from $1,000 to $5,000. L o u is S iq u e rr iro s a n d h is fam ily w ere ta k e n from th e tra in an d pa id $5,000 fo r th e p riv ile g e of com in g to th e b o r­der.

BU R N S SCH OOL FOR LOVE.

Spreck W an ted the T ea ch e r , His Fos­t e r D augh ter , to Return .

L an s in g , M ich.— F re d e ric k S p reck , a w e a lth y fa rm e r, h a s sig n ed a s ta te ­m e n t th a t he b u rn ed a ru ra l school ho u se a t H a rr iso n in th e hope th a t th e tea ch e r , h is fo s te r d a u g h te r— his “ lit t le sw e e th e a r t ,” a s h e ca lled h e r — w ould be th ro w n ou t of em p lo y m en t and th u s be re q u ire d to r e tu rn to h is hom e, w h ere sh e w ould be u n a b le to a cc ep t th e a tte n tio n o f a young fa rm e r w ho w ished to m a rry h e r . T h e g irl is 18 y e a rs old.

U. S. W IL L FLASH " I T ’S 1914.”

Navy W ire le s s P la n s W orld Greet ing as New Y ear Dawns.

W ash in g to n .— N ew Y e a r’s g re e tin g s will be flashed to al th e w o W hy th e U n ited S ta te s n av y a t m id n ig h t on D ecem b er 31. I t w as an n o u n ced th a t th e n a v a l o b se rv a to ry w ill send th ro u g h th e A rlin g to n ra d io s ta tio n tim e s ig n a ls m a rk in g a c c u ra te ly th e and of th e old y e a r an d th e b eg in n in g of th e new . All m a rin e rs , sh o re s ta ­tions and ev en a m a te u rs a re in v ited to lis te n fo r th e s igna ls .

DEER IN G E S T A T E TO SONS.

H a rv e s te r King L eav es F o r tu n e of $12,000,000 to His Children.

C hicago.— T h e g rt a te r p a r t o f th e512,000,000 e s ta te le f t by W illiam D eering, th e h a rv e s te r m an , w as be- [u eathed to h is tw o son3, C h a rle s and lam es, a cc o rd in g to th e s ta te m e n t cf ’x ecu to rs of th e w ill, m ad e p ub lic by counsel fo r th e e s ta te .

Mr. D eerin g had g iven aw ay la rg e su m s d u rin g h is life tim e, in clud ing ibou t $1,000,000 to N o rth w e s te rn U n i­versity .

W ILSON M O N E Y BILL PASSED

R e p u b l i c a n s Jo in D em o c r a t s in the F i n a l Vote .

V I C T O R Y FOR A DM IN IS TRAT ION

Effective a s Soon a s O rgan iza t ion IsCom ple ted— Victory Greeted W ith

C h eers ; H i tchcock and Six Re­pub l icans S u p p o r t Bill Passage .

W ash in g to n .— T h e A d m in is tra tio n c u rre n c y bill a s p e rfe c te d by th e O w en su b -co m m ittee an d ra tif ied by th e D em o cra tic c au cu s p a sse d th e S e n a te by a v o te o f 54 to 34.

T h e o rg a n iz a tio n of th e new sy s­tem w ill be u n d e r ta k e n a t once and p u t in to e ffec t “ a s soon a s p ra c t ic a ­ble."

T h e p a ssa g e of th e c u rre n c y h ill th ro u g h th e S e n a te m a rk s th e second n o tab le v ic to ry fo r P re s id e n t W ilson .

P re s id e n t W ilson an d th e D em o cra ­tic le a d e rs see in th e m ea su re a s tim u ­lu s to b u s in e ss a n d a re co n fid en t i t w ill soon end th e c rie s o f ca lam ity h o w lers.

W ith th e new m e a su re on th e s ta ­tu te books th e y be lieve an y d a n g e r of a se rio u s p an ic in th e c o u n try is now a th in g of th e p a s t and th a t th e U n ited S ta te s is a s su re d of a re a lly e la s tic c u rre n c y sy s tem an d one w h ich w ill re ad ily p e rm it of th e m ob iliza­tion of re se rv e s to m e e t a n y th re a t­e n ed em erg en cy .

In th e v o te e v e ry D em o cra tic S e n a ­to r p re se n t, in c lu d in g S e n a to r H itc h ­cock, o f N e b rask a , w as re co rd e d in fav o r of th e bill. Six R ep u b lican s a lso vo ted fo r i t— C raw fo rd a n d S te r ­lin g o f S o u th D ak o ta , Jo n e s of W ash ­in g to n , N o rr is o f N e b ra sk a , P e rk in s of C a lifo rn ia an d W eek s of M assach u ­se tts .

S e n a to r P o in d e x te r , P ro g re ss iv e , of W ash in g to n , a lso vo ted fo r th e bill. S e n a to r L a F o lle tte w as r e c o rd 'd a g a in s t it.

W h en th e r e su l t of th e final w as a n ­nou n ced th e re w as e n th u s ia s tic , even u p ro a rio u s , a p p la u se on th e D em o cra ­tic sid e and in th e g a lle rie s .

T E L E P H O N E T R U S T TO DISSOLVE.

Avoids Federa l Su i t by P ro m ise to

Sell W e s te rn Union Holding.

W ash in g to n .— T h e A m erican T ele ­p h o n e a n d T e leg ra p h C om pany, b e tte r know n a s th e Bell sy s tem , o r th e T ele ­p h o n e T ru s t , h a s a g ree d to d ro p its c o n tro l o v e r th e W e s te rn U n io n T ele ­g ra p h C om pany au d to re o rg a n iz e im ­m ed ia te ly u n d e r th e te rm s of th e S h e r­m an law a t th e su g g estio n of th e D e­p a r tm e n t of Ju s tic e . I t h a s vo lun ­ta r ily a g ree d to a d ju s t i ts b u s in e ss to th e co n d itio n s of co m p etitio n , a n im ­p o r ta n t fe a tu re of w h ich w ill be to th ro w open its toll lin e s to in d ep e n d ­e n t com pan ies.

A tto rn e y G en era l M cR eynolds, w ith th e a s s e n t of P re s id e n t W ilson , h a s a cc ep te d th e re o rg a n iza tio n p lan , and w ill n o t p ro ceed w ith th e c o n te m p la te d su it a g a in s t th e co m p an y a s a com ­b in a tio n in r e s t r a in t of t r a d e u n d e r th e A n ti- tru s t a c t.

T h is a g re e m e n t is th e f irs t im p re s­s iv e ev id en ce of th e a d m in is tra t io n ’s new policy to co-opeirate w ith “big b u s in e ss” in th e m a t te r of re a d ju s t­m e n ts u n d e r th e S h e rm an law . I t is th e m o s t e n co u ra g in g s te p th u s fa r ta k e n by th e W ilson a d m in is tra tio n to re s to re th e confidence of th e b u si­n e ss In te re s ts o f th e co u n try .

A m ong th e le t te r s g iven o u t by A t­to rn e y G en era l M cR eyno lds b e a r in g on th e s u b je c t w as one w r i t te n by P re s id e n t W ilso n to M r. M cR eyno lds e x p re ss in g g ra tif ic a tio n “ th a t th e com ­p an y sh o u ld th u s v o lu n te e r to a d ju s t i ts b u sin e ss to co m p e titio n .”

M A R SH A L L ’S L E C T U R E PL A N S

F our W e e k s ’ T o u r A f te r C o n g ress Ad­j o u r n s — C an 't See any O bject ions .C hicago .— A loca l ly ceu m b u re au a n ­

n o u n ced th a t V ic e -P re s id e n t T h o m a s R. M arsh a ll h ad sig n ed a c o n tra c t to le c tu re fo u r w eek s a f te r th e c lo se of th e p re se n t se ss io n of C o n g ress. T h e V ice -P re s id en t w ill rece iv e $300 a 'ec- tu re . M r. M a rsh a ll h a s ex am in ed a ll th e re c o rd s a n d p re c e d e n ts a n d *an find no va lid o b jec tio n s to h is ta x in g e n g ag e m e n ts on th e le c tu re p la t ­form .

HID W O M A N IN ROOM 3 Y E A R S

M e l v i n H. Co u c h , Noted Montl- c e l l o L a w y e r , Led Du a l L i fe .

D I S C L O S E D BY H IS DEATH

None of T ow nsfo lk K new of th e Worn-an, W ho Left Lit t le Room Onlya t N ight— L aw y er P leaded L am e­

ne ss a s an Excuse.

M onticello , N. Y.— A g rim je s t th a t M elvin 11. Couch, fo rm er D is tr ic t A t­to rn ey of S u lliv an coun ty , an d fr ien d of B en jam in B. O dell, fo rm er G overnor and A lton B. P a rk e r , p layed on h is f r ien d s fo r th re e y e a rs cam e to lig h t a f te r h is su d d en d ea th .

T h e b re ak in g of a blood v esse l k ill­ed h im an d s e n t a m idd le-aged w om an, g ray -h a ired a n d u n p re p o sse ss in g , w hom h e h ad h id d en in a r e a r room in h is office in th e M asonic b u ild in g e v e r s in c e 1910, sc re a m in g a n d m o an in g fro m h e r s tra n g e sh e l te r to seek a doc­to r ’s a id .

N o t a p e rso n in M onticello h a s an In k lin g th a t C ouch w as lead in g th is d o ub le life, a lth o u g h m an y w ere a w are th a t h e w as s e p a ra te d from h is w ife. T h e m e e tin g o f M rs. C ouch a n d th e g ra y -h a ired w om an, A d e la id e M. B ra n ch of M idd letow n , in th e office w h e re th e law y e r h ad la id th e scen e fo r a d ra m a a lm o s t m e lo d ra m a tic in i ts b o ldness, w as one th a t re s id e n ts of th is tow n w ill re m e m b e r fo r m an y y e a rs to com e. T h e w ife had seen h e r h u sb a n d se ldom in th e la s t th re e y e a rs , b u t th e n e ig h b o rs re c a lle d th a t C ouch u sed to go hom e to S u n d ay d in n er. .

T h e law y er w a s 65 y e a rs o f ag e . H e w as a p ow er in S u lliv an coun ty . W h en O dell w as G overnor, C ouch en­jo y ed h is f r ien d sh ip a n d confidence a n d becam e R ep u b lican le a d e r in th e co u n ty . B efo re th a t h e h ad been on f r ien d ly te rm s w ith P a rk e r , w hom h e m e t o u ts id e of b u s in e ss an d p o litic s .:

On tw o o cca sio n s C ouch ra n fo r i D is tr ic t A tto rn e y an d w on out, having* e s tab lish e d a re p u ta tio n fo r sq u a re d e a lin g an d b ra in s . T w ice h e w as d e fea te d w hen h e w as n o m in a ted fo r C ounty Ju d g e .

In s tra n g e c o n tr a s t to th is figure, m a s te r fu l an d a m b itio u s , w as th e w om an h e h a d ch o se n a s h is com ­p an io n an d sh e lte re d in a l i t t le room b ack of h is office. F if te e n y e a rs ago sh e v is ited M onticello . S h e h ad l i t t le m o n ey a n d found a th re a d b a re liv in g se llin g books. Som e one in th e tow n re c a lle d th a t sh e p ed d led “T h e L ife of D ew ey,” a m o n g o th e r vo lum es. T h o se w ho saw h e r su m m ed h e r up a s a d ra b p e rso n a lity .

D is tr ic t A tto rn e y G eorge L. Cooke, w ho h ad offices som e tim e ago in th e sa m e b u ild in g a s Couch, re ca lle d t h a t h e o ften u sed to h e a r a type­w r i te r go in g a ll h o u rs of th e day an d n ig h t, S u n d ay s in c lu d ed . H e to o k it fo r g ra n te d C ouch w as w o rk in g th e re . H e a n d o th e r frie 'nds of th e d ead law ­y e r a lso re m e m b e re d th e y n e v e r go t in to C ouch’s office w ith o u t w a itin g se v e ra l m in u te s . T h ey in v a riab ly fo u n d th e d o o r locked.

FOYE P L E A D S GUILTY.

F o rm e r B an k C lerk Got $200,000 by F o rg e r ies— $32,700 Missing.

P h ilad e lp h ia .— Ja m e s E . Foye , w h o fo rm erly w as a $75-a-m onth c le rk in th e em ploy of th e F a rm e rs L o an & T ru s t C om pany , in N ew Y ork , p lead ed g u ilty b e fo re Ju d g e P a te rs o n , in Q u ar­te r S ess io n s C o u rt on fo u r in d ic t­m en ts , c h a rg in g h im w ith fo rg e ry an d o b ta in in g $20,000 on fa lse p re te n c e s fro m th e b ro k e ra g e firm of C h a rle sD. B row n & Co., of th is c ity .

L a s t m o n th F o y e o b ta in e d lo ans, ne ­g o tia ted th ro u g h B row n & Co„ a m o u n tin g to $200,000 le s s com m is­sions, from loca l b a n k in g co n ce rn s . A ll th e m oney h a s b een re co v e red ex­c e p t $32,700.

I t w as h o p ed th a t th e m iss in g $32,- 700 of w h ich $25,000 w as in c u rre n c y an d th e b a la n ce m isce lla n eo u s c h e c k s w ould he fo rth co m in g from F oye w h ile h e w as a w a itin g tr ia l . M r. R o g ers sa id th e p r iso n e r h a d n o t d isc lo sed th e w h e re a b o u ts o f th e m oney.

W A G E S H IG H E R , H O U R S LESS.

G o v e rn m en t E x p e r t s Find Improve- im ent in Shoe a n d H os ie ry Industr ies .

W ash in g to n .— W ag e d a ta , c o v erin g e a rn in g s an d h o u rs o f em p lo y m en t o f m o re th a n 15,000 peo p le In th e b o o t, shoe , h o s ie ry a n d k n i t goods in d u s­tr ie s , w e re m ade p u b lic by th e B u reau of L a b o r S ta tis tic s .

In th e boo t a n d sh o e b u s in e ss , w age r a te s p e r h o u r in 1912 w ere 0.8 p e r c en t, h ig h e r th a n in 1911, w ith a r e ­d u c tio n in w o rk in g h o u rs o f 1.5 p e r cen t.

In th e h o s ie ry a n d k n it in d u s try w ag es p e r h o u r in 1912 w e re 5.8 p e r c e n t, h ig h e r th a n in 1911, d e sp ite a re d u c tio n of 1.7 p e r c e n t. In th e ac ­tu a l tim e of cm p lo v m en t.

FOUR C H IL D R E N IN A YEAR.

F i r s t T w in s of H a r t s Died, b u t S econd Are Doing Well.

N ew H av en , C onn.— G iv ing b ir th to fo u r ch ild ren in o n e y e a r is th e re c ­o rd of M rs. J a n u a ry H a r t of G ilb e rt s tre e t , A lling tow n .

T h e tw o m o s t re c e n t a r r iv a ls cam e M onday, an d w ith th e m o th e r a r e do in g w ell. T h e o th e r p a ir c am e J a n . 19 la s t a n d w e re a boy an d a g ir l. T h ey did n o t su rv iv e m an y d ay s.. T h e H a r ts h a v e tw o boys a n d a lso a girl.

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None From N ew Y o rk a s Yet— Shaw- m u t in List.

W a sh in g to n .— T h e S e c re ta ry of th e T re a su ry h a s rece iv ed n e a r ly 40 r e ­q u ests fro m n a tio n a l b a n k s fo r p a p e rs of In c o rp o ra tio n u n d e r th e new c u rre n ­cy sy s te m . N o re q u e s ts cam e from New Y ork.

T h e m o st im p o r ta n t ban k w hich s ig ­nified i ts d e s ire to com e in to th e new system w as th e N a tio n a l S h t^ ^ n u t B ank of B o ston . A te le g ra m w as re ­ceived to th a t e f fe c t ">

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v o ices floated sh rilly o u t In to th e g a r­den , on a su n sh in y m o rn in g of 1820 fro m th e g r e a t e n try o f a n old fa rm ­h o u se in th e v a lley u n d e r th e J u r a m o u n ta in s . T h e g ra n d m o th e r , s i t t in g w h ite -cap p ed in th e c e n te r of th e h u b ­bub , h e a rd one m o re w illin g ly th a n th e o th e rs , fo r n o t on ly w as F ra n c o is h e r b e s t loved, b u t a lso th e s to ry h e a sk e d fo r w as th e s to ry sh e lik ed to tell.

Sm iling , th e g ra n d m o th e r b eg an : "Y ou m u s t know , m y ch ild ren , t h a t i t w as on a day in th e m o n th o f M ay, In th e y e a r 1818, t h a t h e cam e. You, L ucie , a n d you , P ie r re , a n d M arie w e re n o t b o rn , o n ly F ra n c o is and T o m as. F ra n c o is w ae th e o ld e r— no t q u ite th re e y e a rs old. T h e m o th e r h ad g o n e to c a re fo r y o u r A u n t L ucie , who w as ill, a n d I k e p t th e h o u se fo r y o u r fa th e r . I t w as th e y e a r of th e g re a t co n sc rip tio n , w hen th e e m p e ro r took a ll th e m en to lig h t, n o t on ly th e s tro n g ones, b u t th e boys, a n d th e old a n d in firm , If th ey m ig h t b u t d rag th e m se lv e s a t th e ta i l o f a re g im en t. So th e few m en w ho w ere n o t u n d e r th e flag w e re so re ly n eed ed by th e ir fam ilie s , fo r i t w as n e c e ssa ry , If th e w om en an d c h ild re n w ere n o t to s ta rv e , th a t so m e sh o u ld s ta y to w o rk In th e fields. Y our f a th e r w as of th e few w ho h a d e scap ed In o u r v illag e of V ieques.

“O ne m o rn in g a m an a p p e a re d In th e v illag e a n d sa id t h a t N apo leon w ould p a ss th is w ay w ith in a few h o u rs.

"O u ts id e 1 h e a rd th e n e ig h b o rs call- th e sam e tw o w o rd s— ‘N apo leon e s '— one ca lled I t to a n o th e r . If t ru m p e t o f th e a n g e l so u n d ed th e o f th e w orld , th e y cou ld n o t hav e m o re fe a r . T h en y o u r fa th e r

k isse d m e, a n d k n e e led an d h e ld you, F ra n c o is , an d T o m as, in h is a rm s , an d 1 saw te a rs , bu t h e w as b rav e— bu t y es. ‘C ourage, l i t t le m o th e r ,’ h e said , 'fo r m e an d fo r th e b ab ies . C o u rag e .’

“A nd a t th a t y o u r fa th e r , w ho w as m y l i t t le lad once, you know , m y d ears , h ad gone, an d I stood w ith a n ach e w h e re m y h e a r t sh o u ld h av e been , and fo r a m o m e n t I w as s tu p id an d could n o t ^th lnk .

“A s I stood so, lik e a blow th e r e w as a ru sh of g a llo p in g h o rse s in a sh o w er o f n o ise dow n th e s t re e t , a u d m y h e a r t s to p p ed , fo r th e h o rse s d rew up a t th is hou se . So th a t I w as s t i l l in th e m idd le o f th e floor w hen th e door opened .

“ I t op en ed , th a t door th e re , and a g a in s t th e l ig h t I saw m en c ro w ding In th e e n try . T h ey w ore u n ifo rm s of b r ig h t co lo rs , an d sw o rd s h u n g a t th e ir

a n d on th e ir h e a d s w ere h a ts w ith tr im m in g s of gold. T h en I saw — N apoleon . W ith a s te p to w ard m e h e sp o k e in a k in d voice, h a lf sm iling .

“ ‘M ad am e,’ he sa id , ‘w ill you le t us UBe th is room a n d th is ta b le fo r an h o u r? You sh a ll n o t be d is tu rb e d in y o u r w o rk .’

“I m ad e m y c o u rte sy to th e se g re a t g e n tle m e n a s I h ad b een ta u g h t, an d I found m y se lf sa y in g q u ite eas ily to h is m a je s ty th e em p ero r, a s eas ily a s if I ta lk e d to M o n sieu r le C ure, to w hom 1 w as accu sto m ed , th a t h e w as w el­com e; th a t I w ould se rv e h im g lad ly If h e w ished to com m an d m e. A nd th e n I le f t th em . I w en t in to th e k itc h e n a n d b eg an to g e t d in n er, b u t I w as so dazed th a t I cou ld n o t seem to m ak e th e soup a s u sua l. W hen , su d d en ly , I h e a rd a ch ild cry , and w ith n o th o u g h t th en b u t o f m y b ab ies, I flew to th e d o o r of th e g re a t room and s to o d look ing , fo r I could n o t p a ss th e se n tin e l.

"A m ong th e officers in th e ir u n i­fo rm s th e re lay on th e floor l it t le F r a n ­c o is in h is n ig h t-d re ss , and a ll th e of­fice rs looked a t h im and laughed . T he ch ild , s le ep in g in th e f a r th e r room , h ad w ak ed a t th e v o ic e s , a n d had c lim b ed dow n fro m h is c rib an d to d ­d led o u t to see . T h e g l it te r o f th e un i­fo rm s m u s t h a v e p leased h im , and as th e y a ll b e n t o v e r th e p a p e rs on th e ta b le h e h a d pu lled a t th e sw ord of o n e w hom I a f te rw a rd knew to be th e g r e a t M arsh a l N ey. H e w ore a d a rk c o a t a ll h e av y w ith gold lace , m y ch il­d ren , an d w h ite p a n ta lo o n s an d h igh sh in in g b lac k boots, and a c ro ss h is b re a s t a s c a r le t rib b o n . H e s a t n ex t th e e m p ero r. T h e m arsh a l, tu rn in g sh a rp ly a t th e tu g , kno ck ed th e l it t le o n e over. I t w as th e n F ra n c o is c ried o u t.

“ N apo leon h im se lf w ho sp o k e a s I p ee red u n d e r j h e s e n t in e l’s a rm . H e sh o o k h is f in g er a t h is officer.

“ ‘M arsh a l, M a rsh a l,’ h e c rie d , ‘a re you n o t too q u ick to o v e rth ro w so y o u n g a so ld ier, so fu ll o f love fo r a rm s ? ’

"T h e e m p e ro r seem ed to jok e , fo r h e lau g h ed a l it t le , y e t th e re w as a so u n d In h is voice a s if som e p a r t w as se rio u s . H e tu rn e d sh a rp ly to th e m ayor. ‘W h a t is th e c h ild ’s n a m e ? ’

“ T h e m ay o r w as o u r fr ien d and ’ new th e b ab ies. ’F ra n c o is B eaupre , s i r e ,’ h e a n sw e red trem b lin g ly .

“T h e em p e ro r gave a sh o r t nod, ‘M ake h im k n ee l,’ he sa id . 'M arsh a l, y o u r sw ord .’

" I t w ae s ti ll fo r a m om ent, an d all th e officers stood up s ilen t, and th en th e e m p e ro r to o k th e m a rs h a l’s sw ord a n d s tru c k th e b ab y ’s sh o u ld e r a ligh t b low w ith th e fiat o f it.

" ‘R ise C h e v a lie r F ra n c o is B eau p re ,’ h e sa id c lea rly , a n d in th e p au se he ad d ed , w ith a look In h is eyes as If o ne gazed fo rw a rd : ‘Som e day , p e r­h ap s , a m a rs h a l o f F ra n c e u n d e r a n ­o th e r B o n a p a rte .’ ”

C H A P T E R II.

T h e S t ra n g e r .On a n a f te rn o o n In Ju ly In th e y e a r 1820, F ra n c o is , b e in g ten y e a rs old

d a d re am er, c am e a lo n e th ro u g h s g a te an d s a t dow n w ith h is sh o rt

n g lin g o v e r a n a n c ie n t w all, t s h e e r dow n. H e s a t th e re , o r ta b le an d sec u re , an d

k ick ed h is h e e ls , an d th o u g h t o f h is b r i ll ia n t fu tu re , an d a lso o f th e s to ry o f th e g r e a t dog a n d th e tre a su re . T h e tra d it io n ra n th a t a g es back , in th e tim e of C a esa r, fifty y e a rs a f te r C h ris t, a R o m an g o v e rn o r In th is G allic p ro v ­in ce h ad b u ilt a fo rm id ab le c a s tle on th is h ill o u ts id e th e v illag e. T h e c a s tle h a d g re a t g ra n a r ie s to hold th e g ra in w h ich th e g o v e rn o r to r tu re d fro m th e p e a sa n ts an d s e n t to R om e to se ll. So h e g rew r ic h by o p p re ss io n , an d th e gold w ru n g fro m th e p eo p le h e p iled in c e lla rs deep in h is c a s tle . W h en it cam e to be a g re a t a m o u n t h e s e n t fa r to th e n o rth an d g o t a hu g e dog, and th is dog he tra in e d to a te r r ib le fie rce ­n e ss , so th a t a n y o n e com ing n e a r in th e long u n d e rg ro u n d c o rrid o rs w h ere h e g u a rd ed th e tre a s u re w as su re to be to rn In p ieces, e x ce p t a lw ay s th e g o v ern o r.

F o r y e a rs th in g s w e n t on In th is w ay, th e g o v e rn o r g r in d in g th e p e a s­a n ts , a n d th e g ia n t dog g u a rd in g h im a n d h is t r e a s u re , t ill a t la s t th e re cam e a th u n d e rb o lt— th e g o v e rn o r w as s e n t fo r to com e to R om e to g ive a n a c ­c o u n t o f th e r ic h e s w h ich h e h a d k e p t fro m th e em p ero r. H e h ad to go, b u t h e le f t th e dog in c h a rg e , a n d th e n ig h t a f te r h e w as gone th e p e a s a n try g a th ­e red an d s e t fire to th e c h a te a u and b u rn e d I t to th e g ro u n d , an d th e dog a n d th e tre a s u re w e re b u rled in it, a n d th e re th e y a re to th is day. T h e peop le o f V ieques b e liev e th a t if a m an w ill go to d ig th a t t r e a s u re and w ill s ta y t ill m id n ig h t, th a t a t tw e lv e ex ac tly a co lo ssa l dog w ill r is e from th e ru in ed s to n e s an d com e, b re a th in g flam es; In h is m o u th w ill be th e key o f th e tre a su re -v a u lt, a n d b ack of him w ill s ta n d th e g h o s t o f th e R om an gov­e rn o r w rap p ed in w h ite , h is face cov­ered . A nd if th e m an w ill be bold eno u g h to ta k e th e key from th e flam ­in g m o u th , th e n dog a n d g o v e rn o r w ill v a n ish in a c la p o f th u n d e r , a n d in f ro n t o f th e d a rin g one w ill r is e th e door o f th e tre a su re -v a u lt , a n d h e m ay tu rn th e k ey an d go in an d h e lp h im ­self.

F ra n c o is c o n sid e red , and , fee lin g no f e a r In h is sou l, decided th a t h e w as th e m an d e s tin e d to ta k e th e key o u t of th e d o g ’s m o u th an d g e t th e tr e a s ­u re , w h ich h e w ould a t on ce tr a n s fe r In ta c t to h is m o th e r. H e h ad no need fo r t r e a s u re ; th e re w e re th in g s m ore Im p o rta n t. I t w as fo r him to becom e a m a rs h a l of F ra n c e . N apo leon had sa id so ; i t m u s t be so ; b u t he shou ld like , on th e w ay to th is goal, to face th e dog an d ta k e th e k ey a n d g ive h is m o th e r th e t re a su re .

In th e g a ie ty o f th e th o u g h t, and fee lin g b o th a m b itio u s a ll b u t acco m ­p lish ed by th is d ecision , he lif ted h im ­se lf on th e p a lm s of h is h a n d s and k ick ed o u t l ig h tly o v e r th e abyss. As h e k ick ed th e re w as a su d d en s tro n g g rip on h is sh o u ld e r ; h e w as je rk e d b ack w ard a n d ro lled on th e g ra ss .

“A re you t ire d of life a t th is age th e n ? ” a s t r id e n t vo ice d em an d ed , and F ra n c o is lay on h is b ack an d re g a rd e d , w ondering , a t ease , th e b ro n zed lin ed face of a big m an s ta n d in g o v er him . F ra n c o is sm iled ; th e n lau g h ed w ith a s su ra n c e of th e o th e r ’s fr ien d lin ess up In to th e s tra n g e m a n ’s face . He g o t to h is fe e t an d stood.

“No, m ’s ie u r ,” h e sa id po lite ly . “I w as on ly p leased a t th in k in g w h a t I am go ing to be som e d ay .”

"A h! . Is i t p e rm itte d to a sk w h a t m ag n ificen ce i t ie th a t you a re to h e ? ”

“C e rta in ly i t is p e rm itte d , m ’s ie u r ,” F ra n c o is a n sw e red in h is courag eo u s, c o u rte o u s w ay. “I sh a ll one day b e a ‘m a rsh a l of F ra n c e u n d e r a n o th e r B o n a p a rte .’ ”

T h e s t r a n g e r w a tch ed h im , a s to n ­ish ed , and th e n he la id h is han d on th e s lim sh o u ld e r in its h o m esp u n b louse, and h is g ra v e vo ice w ae g en tle . "My ch ild , b e c a re fu l how you sa y w ords

“ Rise, C h ev a l ie r F ra n c o is B e a u p re !”

lik e th o se ; you m ay g e t y o u r fa th e r in to tro u b le . I t is a good be lie f to k eep in o n e ’s h e a r t , an d you an d I m ay y e t sh o u t ‘V ive l ’E m p e re u r ' fo r a N a­po leon ag a in . Yes, w ho k n ow s? B ut I m u s t go on. Good day , m y frien d , th e m a rsh a l.”

C H A P T E R ill .

W i th o u t Fear.T h e g ild e r w as a t w 'ork g ild in g th e

g re a t ball on to p o f th e c h u rch s teep le . E v ery tw en ty y e a rs th is had to be done, an d it w as an e v e n t in th e v il­lage. M oreover, i t w as d an g ero u s , and, lik e a ll d an g ers , faec in a tin g .

T h e boys of V ieques s tood in g ro u p s in th e s t r e e t w ith th e ir h ead s b e n t b ack , w a tch in g th e t in y figu re of a m an th a t c re p t up an in v is ib le lad d e r fa r In th e g.ir, la sh ed to th e sid e of the s teep le . U p and up it w en t, lik e a fly. c raw lin g on th e fleche, and th e re w as a s in k in g fee lin g in eac h boy’s s to m ­ach w hich w as d e lig h tfu l, to th in k how a t any m o m en t th a t c reep fn g b lack sp o t w h ich w as th e g ild e r m ig h t fail dow n, dow n, and be d ash ed to pieces,

A ch ille D ufour su g g ested , "E ven

F ra n c o is w ould n o t d a re c lim b th a t la d d e r to th e ball. D a re y o u ? ”

T h e g re a t b ro w n eyes o f F ra n c o is tu rn e d a b o u t th e g ro u p ; th e boys w a it­ed e a g e r ly fo r h is an sw er. I t w as a l­w ay s th is o n e w ho led In to th e d a n ­g e ro u s p la c e s ; a lw ay s th is one w ho w e n t a b it f u r th e r w hen th e o th e r s ’ c o u rag e failed .

"I d a re ,” sa id F ra n c o is . T h en th e d a rk h e ad s cam e to g e th e r in an u n ­e asy m ass, an d th e re w as w h isp e rin g .

A t th e d in n er-h o u r th a t day se v e ra l m o th e rs of th e v illag e re m a rk e d th a t th e ir sm all lad s w e re re s tle s s , n o t in ­te n t a s u su a l on th e b lack b re a d and th e so u p of chopped v e g e ta b le s and th e g re en b e a n s— a ll an x io u s to fin ish an d g e t aw ay . O nly th e m o th e r of F ra n c o is , ho w ev er, re a so n e d from thiB th a t m isch ie f w as b rew in g . W h en th e slim , w iry , l i t t le figure s lip p ed from th e ta b le an d o u t th ro u g h th e open door, sh e ro s e and fo llow ed an d stood in th e g re a t e n try w a tch in g h im ra ce a c ro ss th e field to w a rd th e c h u rch . H e v e e re d b u t on ce in h is s t r a ig h t p a th — to tu rn to th e P rilp o te a u x co ttag e , w h e re th e g ild e r lo dged w h ile In V ie­ques.

“ H ow Boon w ill one be a t w o rk up th e re a g a in ? ” he a sk e d th ro u g h th e w indow o f A u g u s te P h ilp o te a u x s i t ­t in g a t h is d in n e r, an d th e m an a n ­sw ered g o o d -n a tu red ly :

“I t m ay be in h a lf a n h o u r, m y boy, N o t so o n e r.” A nd F ra n c o is ra ce d on.

B y th is tim e a boy h e re a n d a boy th e re had s to le n fro m th e ir d in n e r ta b le s an d w ere g a th e r in g in g ro u p s dow n th e s t re e t , b u t th e e ld e rs paid no a tte n tio n . F ra n c o is d isa p p ea red In­to th e c h u rc h ; th e boys b eg an to g row b re a th le s s .

“I t w ill ta k e som e m in u te s fo r th e s ta ir s ,” one sa id , an d th ey w aited . T w o m in u te s , th re e , p e rh a p s five; so m e th in g ro se o u t of th e trap -d o o r lead in g to th e p la tfo rm from w hich th e s te e p le sp ra n g — a figure, loo k in g very sm all so fa r up above them . In s ta n tly i t a tta c h e d itse lf , lik e a c raw lin g fly, to th e s id e o f th e s te e p le ; i t m oved u p ­w ard . H e n ri D ufour, below in th e s t re e t , ju m p ed a s a h a n d g rip p ed h is a rm . H e looked up fr ig h te n e d a t L a C laire .

“Is th a t m y F ra n c o is ? ” sh e d em an d ­ed s te rn ly , b u t th e boy did n o t n eed to a n sw e r.

W ith th a t , by d e g ree s peop le cam e from th e c o tta g e s a s a t som e m y s te r i­ous w a rn in g and stood silen t, a f ra id to b re a th e , w a tch in g th e l it t le figure c ree p in g up , up th e dizzy n a rro w in g p eak of th e c h u rch s te ep le . A r id e r g a lloped dow n th e ro a d ; se e in g th e g ro u p s, he p u lled in h is bay h o rse and h is e y es fo llow ed th e u p w ard g lan ce o f th e w hole v illage.

“W ho is i t? ” h e flung a t th e n e a re s t k n o t of p e a s a n ts ; h is vo ice w as a b ru p t a n d com m and ing .

-The m en p u lled off th e i r caps, and one a n sw e red re sp e c tfu lly : “I t is l i t ­t le F ra n c o is B eau p re , m y s e ig n e u r; i t is a ch ild who h a s no fe a r ; h e is a l­m o s t a t th e top , b u t w e d re a d i t w hen h e d e sc en d s .”

“ M on d ie u !” th e m an on h o rse b ac k g row led . “If h e looks dow n he is lo s t; th e lad is a bo rn h e ro o r a bo rn lu n a ­tic .”

T h e c raw lin g sp o t up th e re show ed d a rk in th e su n lig h t a g a in s t th e new g ild in g of th e ball. I t s to p p e d ; th e b lo t w as fixed fo r a seco n d ; a n o th e r second . F ro m th e c row d ro se g asp s, an d ex c ited b ro k en se n ten c es .

“ H e h as th e v e rtig o ! H e is lo s t ! ”T h e d a rk b lo t c lung a g a in s t th e g lid ­

ing . T h e n su d d en ly i t m oved, beg an to m ak e a slow w ay d o w nw ard , an d a long sig h , lik e a rip p le on w a te r , ran th ro u g h th e ra n k s o f people. No one sp o k e ; a ll th e ey es w a tch ed th e lit t le figure s lip dow n, dow n th e u n se e n la d ­d e r in th e a ir . A t la s t i t w as a t the b o tto m ; i t d isa p p ea red in to th e t r a p ­door. E v e ry one b eg an to ta lk volubly a t o n ce ; a w om an cried fo r joy , th e n a ch ild sp oke in a h ig h voice.

“S ee ,” sh e sa id sh rilly , “th e m o th e r of F ra n c o is goes to m e e t h im !”

L e C la ire w as fa r dow n th e s tre e t , g lid in g to w ard th a t c h u rch door w hich w as u n d e r th e s teep le . A s sh e re ac h ed i t th e l it t le lad cam e out, h is face flushed, h is eyes sh in in g w ith ex­c ite m e n t an d tr iu m p h . S he took h is han d s ilen tly , h a rd ly look ing a t him , an d tu rn e d so, qu ie tly , w ith o u t a w ord of e ith e r joy o r rep ro o f, h e r face im ­p assiv e . S h e h ad g o t h e r boy ag a in from th e dead , i t seem ed to C laire , and th o se f irs t m o m en ts w e re beyond w ords o r em b races. To to u ch h is w arm h an d w as enough . T h e m an on th e bay h o rse , t ro tt in g slow ly a long , saw th e m eeting .

“ I t is a w om an o u t of th e com m on, th a t o ne ,” he sp o k e a loud. “ She ru le s h e rse lf and th e boy.” A nd th e boy looked up a s he cam e and sm iled and tu g g ed a t h is c ap w ith th e h a n d w hich h is m o th e r did n o t hold.

"G ood m o rn in g , m ’s ie u r ,” he sa id w ith frien d lin ess , an d th e r id e r s ta red .

“S a c re b le u !” h e flung b ack in h is s tro n g su d d en voice. “I t is my frien d , th e m arsh a l. W as i t you, th en , glued up th e re ? Y et a n o th e r fash io n to play w ith d ea th , eh ? N om d ’un ch ien ! You h a v e a s t a r o f good lu ck —you a re sav ed fo r so m e th in g g re a t, I t m u st be .”

“ M 's leu r th e M a rsh a l,” he flung a t F ra n c o is . "C om e an d se e m e in th e c h a te a u .”

T h e re w as a c la t te r of gallop ing h o o fs; th e bay m a re an d h e r r ld q r w e re f a r dow n th e s tre e t .

“W ho is it, m y m o th e r— th e fierce g e n tle m a n ? ” F ra n c o is ask ed .

“ You a re fo r tu n a te to d ay , F ra n ­co is ,” C la ire a n sw e red him . “T h e good God h a s sav ed y o u r life from a v ery g re a t foo lish n ess, an d alBO I th in k you h av e m ade a frien d . I t la th e new se ig n eu r.”

C H A P T E R IV.

Conning to His Own.Six y e a rs ago, befo re W aterlo o , N a ­

po leon h ad g iven th e new c h a te a u of

V ieques an d i ts lan d s to g e n e ra l th e B aro n G asp a rd G ourgaud , w hom he h ad b e fo re th e n fa sh io n ed In to a very good p a tte rn o f a so ld ie r o u t of m a te ­r ia l le f t o v e r from th e old a r is to c ra c y . V ieques lay in th e V alley D e lesm o n tes — “of th e m o u n ta in s”—a leag u e from th e l i t t le c ity D e lesm o n tes , w hose six th o u sa n d in h a b ita n ts c o n s titu te d i t th e c h ie f c ity o f th is v a lley of th e Ju ra . O v e r V ieques h u n g th e m o u n ta in ca lled L e R ose, b eh in d L e R o se loom ed th a t g re a te r m o u n ta in ca lled L e Rai- m eu ; b a ck of L e R a im eu ro lled th e J u r a ran g e .

T h e B aro n -G en era l G ourgaud , ta k in g p o ssess io n of th e c h a te a u in th is m o n th of Ju ly , th o u g h t i t lucky he had n o t se e n th is dom ain o f h is b efo re , e lse th e v is io n w ould h a v e tu rn e d h is h e a r t from h is d u ty . A fte r a fu ll c a re e r a lm o s t in boyhood— for th e C ross of th e L egion o f H o n o r had com e to him a t tw en ty -fo u r— a f te r se rv ice in th e S p a n ish an d A u s tria n c am p aig n s and d ip lo m a tic m iss io n s ; a f te r sa v in g th e e m p e ro r’s life a t M oscow ; a f te r W a te r ­loo, N apo leon h a d ch o sen h im a s one

‘Come and See Me in the C h a te au .”

of th re e officers to go w ith h im .to St. H e len a . T h e c h a te a u a n d e s ta te of V ieques h ad been given to h im by th e e m p e ro r a f te r th a t b ra v e an d lucky m o m en t a t M oscow w hen, th e firs t m an to e n te r th e K rem lin , h e had B natched th e m a tc h fro m a m a ss of g u n p o w d e r w h ich w ould a m o m en t la te r h av e b low n up b o th officers and e m p ero r.

T en y e a rs b e fo re he h ad m a rr ie d ; fo u r y e a rs a f te r th a t h is w ife h ad died, an d th e d a u g h te r sh e le f t w as now a g irl o f sev en , a fa iry ty p e o f g irl.

“You a re p e rfe c t In ev ery w ay b u t one, A lixe,” h e sa id , a s h e sw u n g h e r h igh to k iss h e r. "Y ou a re — ”

“I k now ,” th e l it t le g ir l in te r ru p te d , com rade-like . “I know th e fa u lt I have. I am n o t a boy. B u t I do n o t w ish to be a boy, fa th e r . I w ould th e n grow to b e a g re a t fierce p e rso n w ith a m u s­tac h e — lik e you. Im ag in e m e, fa th e r , w ith a m u s ta c h e ,” an d th e tw o lau g h ed to g e th e r.

“F a th e r , f a th e r ! ” A lixe d ash ed in to th e lib ra ry .

“ T h e re is a q u eer, l it t le , v illag e boy — b u t a good boy, fa th e r . H e h as b ro u g h t you a b unch of le ttu c e — such w h ite f a t le t tu c e ! W ill you se e h im ? H e is a v e ry good boy .”

“A lixe, you a re in ip ay ab le ,” th e g e n ­e ra l g ro an ed . “I am y o u r p lay th in g ! Y es, sen d fo r a ll th e v illage— th a t will h e lp m e w ith m y w ritin g .”

A lixe, ig n o rin g sa rca sm , h ad flown. In a m in u te sh e w as b ack an d led by th e h an d F ra n c o is .

“A h !" th e g e n e ra l g re e te d h im s te rn ­ly. “My frien d , th e m a rsh a l! You h a v e a lre ad y b egun th e a t ta c k on m y c h au tea u , i t se e m s? ”

“No, m y se ig n eu r ,” th e boy a n ­sw ered g ravely . “ N ot y e t. I b rin g you som e s a ia d e a s a p re sen t. I t is from m y m o th e r’s g a rd en . I ch o se th e b e s t.”

“I th a n k you ,” sa id th e g e n e ra l w ith se r io u sn e ss . “ I am n o t su re if your m o th e r w ill th a n k you equally . I t is a good p re se n t .”

F ra n c o is w as g ra tified . L e C laire h a d th is m o rn in g s e n t h im to th e g a r­d en s w ith a w ide m arg in o f tim e, and th e in sp ira tio n had com e a s h e looked dow n th e g leam in g row of w h ite le t tu ce th a t h e w ould ta k e a t r ib u te an a m ak e th e v is it w hich th e se ig n eu r had a sk e d him to m ake.

G en era l G ourgaud b ro u g h t dow n h is fist on a ta b le so th a t i t ra tt le d an d F ra n c o is s ta r te d — b u t n o t Alixe.

“ S a b re de b o is !” he th re w a t th e tw o ch ild ren . “You h av e ru in ed my m o rn in g b e tw een you. I m e a n t to fin­ish th o se cu rsed c h a p te rs th is m o rn ­ing. B u t le t th em w a i t H av in g th e h o n o r to rece iv e a v is it from an officer o f h igh ra n k , th e le a s t I can do is to e n te r ta in h im . W h a t a m u sem en t do you p re fe r , M’s ie u r th e M a rsh a l? I am a t y o u r se rv ice .”

I t w as n a tu ra l to F ra n c o is to be lieve ev ery one k in d ly ; h e a cc ep te d w ith s im p lic ity , if w ith s lig h t su rp r ise , th e g e n e ra l’s speech .

“T h e se ig n eu r h as fo u g h t b a tt le s u n ­d e r th o g re a t em p ero r h im se lf? " th e boy ask ed in an aw ed tone.

“ Y es,” cam e th e a b ru p t an sw e r. “T h in k !” w h isp e red th e F re n c h boy.

“To h av e fo u g h t u n d e r th e e m p e ro r!” A nd th e old so ld ie r 's h e a r t th rilled sudden ly . T h e ch ild w e n t on. “If th e se ig n e u r w ould te ll m e a s to ry o f one fight— of juBt o n e !”

“ R atlsb o n , R a tisb o n !” c lam o red A lixe, an d sh e sc ram b led o v e r th e a rm of h is c h a ir to h e r f a th e r ’s k n e e and h e r h an d w e n t a ro u n d h is neck . “T ell a b o u t R a tisb o n and th e d itch an d th e lad d e rs , f a th e r .”

“H a l t ! ” o rd e re d th e g e n e ra l. “ I h av e n o t a w eek to ta lk . B u t I w ill te ll ab o u t R a tisb o n if you w ish .”

T h e deep voice sto p p ed , th e n w en t on again . “T h e A u s tr ia n s h e ld R a tis ­bon an d th e b rid g e a c ro ss th e D anube r iv e r. T h e em p ero r w ished to ta k e

th e to w n an d th a t b rid g e . M arsh a l L a n n e s w as o rd e re d to do it. You see, m y c h ild ren , th e w alls w e re v e ry old b u t filled w ith A u s tr ia n a r ti l le ry , and th e re w as in fa n try on th e p a ra p e ts . An old d itch lay u n d e r th e w alls , a la rg e d itch , d ry , b u t tw e n ty fe e t h ig h an d fifty fe e t w ide. A ll th e b o tto m of It w as a v e g e tab le g a rd en . T o ta k e th a t to w n i t ivas n e c e ssa ry to go dow n in to th a t d itc h an d clim b up a g a in to th e w a lls , an d a il th e tim e o n e w ould be u n d e r fire fro m th e A u s tr ia n s on th e w alls— do you u n d e rs ta n d th a t , c h ild re n ? V ery w ell. T w ice th e m a r­sh a l a sk e d fo r fifty v o lu n te e rs to ta k e th e lad d e rs a n d p lace th e m In th e d itch . T w ice one h u n d re d m en sp ra n g fo rw ard , an d i t w as n e c e ssa ry to ch oose th e fifty. T w ice th e y d ash ed o u t, c a rry in g th e lad d e rs , from beh in d th e g re a t s to n e b a rn w h ich b ad cov­e red th em , an d each tim e th e d e ta il w as w iped o u t— fifty m en w iped ou t. I t w as lik e th a t , m y ch ild ren , th e fig h t a t R a tisb o n ."

“T h e e m p e ro r !” F ra n c o is b re a th e d — " th e e m p e ro r w as th e r e ! ”

P ro b a b ly n o th in g , w h ich h ad n o t to do w ith h is d a u g h te r , cou ld hav e to u ch ed G en era l G o u rg au d a s d id th a t tr ib u te .

“ S a p r ls t i ! " h e g row led . "T h e arm of th e l i t t le c o rp o ra l re a c h e s a long w ay. T h e ch ild h a s n o t ev en se e n h im , a n d voila , h e lo v es h im .”

T h e c h ild ’s face flushed. "B u t yes, m y se ig n e u r ,” F ra n c o is sp o k e qu ickly . "B u t yes. I h av e seen th e e m p e ro r."

"Y ou h a v e seen N ap o leo n ?" T h e g e n e ra l w as su rp r ise d . “ H ow is t h a t? ”

In a b o y ish fash io n , in ho m ely lan ­g uage of h is c la ss , y e t w ith th a t d ra ­m a tic in s t in c t w hich is c h a ra c te r is tic ­a lly F re n c h , F ra n c o is to ld h is ta le a s h is g ra n d m o th e r h ad to ld i t to h im an d to h is b ro th e rs an d s is te r s — th e ta le w h ich th e c h ild ren ca lled "N apo leon C om es.” T h e g e n e ra l l is te n e d w ith a s in c e re in te re s t .

"M y h oy ," h e a d d re sse d th e lad , “I do n o t know th e law — I am a so ld ier. Y et by m y id ea you a re c h ev a lie r , c re ­a te d so by th e a c t o f th e moBt p o w er­ful m o n arch w ho e v e r ru led F ra n c e — by o u r E m p e ro r N apo leon . T h e tim e m ay com e w hen , a s th e e m p e ro r sa id , you m ay be a m a rs h a l o f F ra n c e u n d e r a n o th e r B o n a p arte . B u t th a t Is a sm all th in g If th e tim e com es w h en you m ay h e lp a n o th e r B o n a p a rte to com e to h is r ig h t, to ru le o v e r F ra n c e . I t is th a t of w h ich you m u s t th in k till th e h o u r s tr ik e s , a n d th e n i t Is th a t w h ich you m u s t g ive y o u r life fo r."

L it t le F ra n c o is , th e v is io n ary , th e h e ro w o rsh ip e r, trem b led . "I w ill do i t, m y se ig n e u r ,” h e sa id , fr ig h te n e d y e t In sp ired , lif ted in to a trem en d o u s diz­zy in g a tm o sp h e re . A nd w ith th a t a s e c re t w h ich h e h a d to ld no one, n o t ev en h is m o th e r, b ro k e fo rth r "M y se ig n eu r, a s tra n g e th in g h a p p en s so m e tim es— I h a v e d re a m s— y e t th ey a re n o t d re a m s—in b ro ad d ay lig h t. I s ee th in g s—I h e a r vo ices— w hich a re n o t o f o u r v illag e . T h re e tim e s I saw a long ro ad up a m o u n ta in , an d o v e r th e m o u n ta in w as a la rg e s ta r . I saw i t th re e tim es , an d on ce a vo ice sa id T t is th e s t a r of th e B o n a p a rte s , b u t a lso y o u r s ta r , F ra n c o is . F o llow it.”

T h e g e n e ra l w as a h a rd -h ead ed pe r­son fo r a ll h is c u lt of N apo leon , an d v is io n -see in g a p p e a re d to h im n o n ­sen se . H e pooh-poohed a t o n ce th e id ea o f a s t a r d iv ided b e tw een th e h o u se o f B o n a p a rte an d a sm a ll p e a s­an t. “ Y our m o th e r h ad b e tte r p u t a w e t c lo th in y o u r cap ,” h e ad v ised . " P a rb le u — se e in g s ta r s in m idday! Som e one-legged old f ig h te r h a s been g a b b lin g b e fo re you a b o u t th e s t a r of th e B o n a p a rte s , and th a t and a to u ch of su n s tro k e in th is h e a t, i t m ay be, h av e tu rn e d you silly . L e t m e h e a r no m ore of s ta r s , b u t k eep a t y o u r lesson and le a rn to be— ”

W ith th a t h e w as a w a re th a t th e boy did n o t h e a r h im . T h e lig h t figure w as on tip to e s— th e la rg e eyes s ta re d a t th e w all, and th e ch ild sp o k e in an u n in flec ted vo ice a s if so m e th in g m uf­fled sp o k e th ro u g h him .

“I see th e s ta r ,” he sa id . “I see i t th ro u g h a w indow w h ere th e re a re

iro n b a rs . . . . A h !” T h e in te r je c ­tio n w as in th e b o y ’s n a tu ra l accen t, an d he sh iv e red v io len tly . " U g h !” H is te e th c h a tte re d a n d h e looked ab o u t v ag uely . " I t Is lik e a n Icehouse. 1 do n o t l ik e th o se d re a m s ; th e y m ak e me so cold. S e ig n eu r, i t is la te ; m y m o th ­e r w ill n o t be p leased . A nd I m u st s to p a t th e g a rd en an d p ick th e vege­ta b le s fo r su p p e r— c a rro ts a n d peas. I m u s t h u rry to g e t th e p e a s a n d c a r ­ro ts .”

L it t le A lixe, c lu tc h in g h e r f a th e r ’s th u m b , w a tch e d a s th e boy d isa p ­p eared . T h en , to th e g e n e ra l’s a s to n ­ish m en t, sh e b eg an to sob. " I— I d o n ’t k now ,” sh e a n sw e re d h is q u ick ques­tion . "B u t I—I th ' " 3' i t is b e ca u se I am s o rry th e littltliW ^^*;, a s s o cold .”

C H A P T E R V.

A Gam e of Cards.F ra n c o is B eau p re— L e F ra n c o is o f

V ieq u es— so b er, lab o rio u s , h a d in him a c e r ta in p ig -h ead ed n ess , and a lso a v e in o f th e g a m b le r w h ich h ad sw ollen w ith u se ; y e t b e ca u se i t h a d so fa r b ro u g h t h im on ly good lu ck th e n e ig h ­b o rs ca lled th is good ju d g m e n t H e w as a d e a le r in w o rk in g o x en ; he b o u g h t a n d ra is e d a n d Bold th em , an d on ly h is w ife knew w h a t ch an c es h e o f ten to o k in b u y in g young beeves. I t w as a s im p le so lid fo rm of sp ecu la tio n , y e t It w as th a t.

On a day In S e p te m b e r he le f t V ie­q u es e a r ly in th e m o rn in g to d riv e to th e m a rk e t in D e lesm o n tes , a leag u e d is ta n t , tw o p a irs o f oxen w h ich b e h ad b o u g h t a s c a lv es fo r a lm o s t n o th ­in g fro m p o o r s to c k o u t of a fa rm lea g u es aw ay . H e h ad fed an d tra in e d a n d c a re d fo r th em til l now th ey w ere a ll w ell se t-up a n d po w erfu l an d sm o o th -w o rk in g — re a d y to se ll fo r a good p rice . A t th e m a rk e t h e found th a t th e re w e re few oxen to be d is­posed of, no n e w h ich co m p ared to h is, an d h is Id eas o f v a lu e w e n t up— he w ould g e t n in e h u n d re d fra n c s fo r th em , w h ich d e lay ed th e sa le.

So I t c am e to be , by th e tim e h is b a rg a in w as c losed , th re e o ’c lo ck In th e a f te rn o o n , a n d h e h a d h a d no d in ­n e r. W ith th e c a t t le off h is h an d s a n d th e m oney In h is p o c k e t h e fe lt a se n se o f le isu re an d of w e a lth . H u n ­g ry a s a w olf he f e lt a lso , an d h e tu rn e d in to th e Inn of D e lesm o n tes , w h e re th e s ig n o f a h u g e b e a r, c u t o u t o f t in an d p a in te d b lack , sw u n g b efo re th e door.

A w a itre s s a p p ro ac h ed h im —-a som- m ellie re— trim In h e r s h o r t calico s k ir t an d w h ite ap ro n , h e r h a ir d o n e in th e p ic tu re sq u e fa sh io n o f th e p lace. Thj& g irl to o k h is o rd e r ; a s sh e tu rn e? to go a m an Ju s t co m in g In kno ck ed a g a in s t h e r, a n d ap o lo g iz in g w ith m an y w o rds, c a u g h t s ig h t of F ra n c o is .

“Good d a y !” h e sa lu te d h im h e a rtily . “Good day, M o n s ieu r B e au p re ,” an d F ra n c o is , f r ien d ly a lw ay s , a n sw e red “Good d ay ," b u t w ith a re se rv e , fo r he d id n o t re c a ll th e m an . "Y ou d o n ’t re m e m b e r m e? T h a t Is n a tu ra l, fo r w e m e t b u t once. Y et I h av e n o t fo r­g o tte n you. I t w as a t th e h o u se of m y cousin , P a u l N o irjea n o f D e v illie r.”

Now P a u l N o irjea n w as a n o ld a c ­q u a in ta n c e an d a so lid m an , and th o u g h B e au p re did n o t see h im o ften , liv in g six leag u es aw ay , h e re sp ec ted h im h igh ly . A cousin o f h is w as to be c o n sid e red , an d F ra n c o is w a s e m b a r­r a s se d th a t h is m em o ry could n o t focus on th e m ee tin g . H e tr ie d to c o v er th is w ith co rd ia lity , and in v ited th e s t r a n g e r to sh a re h is m eal.

“N ot a t a ll, n o t a t a ll,” th e o th e r a n sw e red . "Y et w e m u st h a v e a b o ttle o f w ine to g e th e r, b u t i t sh a ll be m y b o ttle .”

F ra n c o is o b je c te d ; th e m an in s is ted . A t le n g th : “ See, w e w ill p lay ca rd sfo r th a t b o ttle ,” th e u n k n o w n m an sug­g e s ted , and th e c a rd s w ere b ro u g h t, and a g am e of L a ra m s—e u c h re —w as in p ro g re ss in tw o m in u tes .

M eanw hile th e w ine had com e, and F ra n c o is , a to u ch m ore g e n e ro u s an d m o re co rd ia l fo r it, w as g e n ia lly so rry w h en h e w op an d th e s t r a n g e r m u st pay.

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Recall t h e W o rk s of G rea t A uthor.

T h e h ap p y d isco v ery in C halk c h u rch y a rd o f “ th e im m o rta l n a m e s” of T w is t, F lig h t an d G uppy rem in d s m e th a t som e y e a rs ago in B unhill F ie ld s c em e te ry I n o ticed on som e to m b s to n e s n o t fa r a p a r t from one a n o th e r th e fo llow ing n a m e s : S a ra h B rass , G a rlan d a n d S o p h ron ia , a ll of w hich a p p e a r in "T h e Old C u rio sity S h o p ;” O ram , th e n a m e of th e u n d e r­ta k e r in "D avid C o p p e rfle ld ;’’ and B lig h t and G eorge S am pson , n am es o c cu rrin g in “O ur M utual F r ie n d .”

G eorge S am p so n is th e m uch sn u b ­bed su ito r o f B ella W ilfe r’s s is te r L a ­v in ia . "Y oung P lig h t,” w hose w ages w ere 15s a w eek , is e la b o ra te ly d e ­sc rib ed a s b e in g “ m an ag in g c le rk , Jun io r c le rk , com m on law c le rk , con­vey in g c le rk , c h a n c e ry c le rk , ev e ry r e ­fin em en t and d e p a r tm e n t of c le rk , of M r. M o rtim er L igh tw ood , S o lic ito r .” D ick S w iv e lle r’s "T h e M arch io n ess," w hom h e n am ed “ S o p h ro n ia Sphinx ," a s b e in g “a n am e eu p h o n io u s a n d g en ­tee l, an d fu r th e rm o re in d ic a tiv e of m y s te ry ,” is know n to ev erybody . In “O ur M utual F r^gnd,” how ever, th e re figures a m uch le s s d is tin g u ish e d and w ell know n S o p h ro n ia , th e w ife, n am e­ly, o f “ th e g in g e r w h isk e re d ” and d is­

re p u ta b le Mr. L am m le .— C o rresp o n ­d en ce L ondon T im es.

H istor ic City of Kiev.K ieff o r K iev, scen e of th e g re a t

“r i tu a l m u rd e r” tr ia l , is th e e a r l ie s t s e a t of C h ris tia n ity in R u ssia . A s th e m o st a n c ie n t c a p ita l of th e em p ire It h a s e a rn e d its t i t le of m o th e r of c ities . I ts fa r s tre tc h in g m o n a s te ry of P e tcb - e rsk a y a L a v ra is one of th e w o nders o f th e w orld . W ith m an y a c h u rch a n d c h ap e l a n d in n u m e ra b le m o n k ish ce lls w ith in i ts h ig h wall', th e “c ity of c a v e s” fo rm s a to w n by Itse lf. T o th e c a tac o m b s c u t o u t o f th e solid ro c k e v e ry y e a r com e p ilg rim s fro m a ll o v e r R u ss ia to w o rsh ip a t th e sh r in e s o f th e s a in ts w ho cam e y e a rs ag o fro m B y zan tiu m . B u t K ieff is n o t a ty p ic a lly R u ss ia n c ity . I t h a s lo s t i ts e a r ly B y z an tin e c h a ra c te r w ith o u t g a in in g th e m o d ern R u ss ia n sp ir it.

M edals fo r W h a t T h ey D on 't Do.“D ear m e,” sa id th e p o te n ta te , “w ho

a re th o se peo p le an d w h a t is th e m ean ­in g of th e i r en o rm o u s b a d g es? ”

“P r in c e ,” w a s th e rep ly , “ th e y a re m em b e rs of a te m p e ra n c e so c ie ty and th e ir b a d g es sig n ify th a t th ey n ev er g e t d ru n k .”

T h e p r in ce frow ned .“If I w o re a b ig badge,” h e sa id , “fo r

e v e ry w ro n g th in g I d o n ’t do you c ou ldn ’t see m y c lo th es a t a ll .”

S T A T E -W ID E J E R S E Y ITEM S

G o s s i p y B r e v i t i e s W h i c h C h r o n ­i c l e a W e e k ’s M i n o r E v e n t s .

B U I L D IN G B O O M S R E P O R T E D

Real E s t a t e T r a n s a c t i o n s In d ic a te a B u s in ess Xwakening In M any

Sec tio n s— C h u rc h es R ais ing F u n d s fo r W o r th y O bjects .

C elery g row n by ir r ig a tio n on fa rm s n e a r N ew field is find ing a r e a d y m a r­ket.

P u p ils of th e C la rk sb o ro P u b lic School a re b uy ing a p ian o fro m c ak e sa les and o th e r a ttra c t io n s .

P o s tm a s te r Jo h n W . D avis, o f B u r­lin g to n , is s till c u ttin g b loom ing ro se sfrom h is hom e g a rd en .

C h arg ed w ith la rc en y w ith h is em ­p lo y er, G eorge E d w ard s , o f B rid g e to n , w as a r re s te d in M illv ille and h e ld by J u s tic e B irch fo r a fu r th e r h e a rin g .

A t E liz a b e th sev en th o u sa n d em ­p lo y es o f th e S in g e r p la n t a re la id off to J a n u a ry 5, w hile s to ck Is be­in g ta k e n .

T h e W illia m sto w n R ead in g R oom A sso c ia tio n h a s e le c te d th e se officers; P re s id e n t, P e te r S. C am p ; s e c re ta ry a n d tr e a s u re r , M rs. S am u el G arw ood, a n d l ib ra r ia n , I r a S tile s .

B ecau se B e rn a rd M cD onough ow ed him 20 c e n ts a n d w ould n o t p a y i t W illiam Sym es, se v e n te e n y e a rs old, of E lizab e th , s t r u c k h im o n th e h ead w ith a pool cue.

F ire s ta r t in g in th e b a se m e n t o f th e W. E . M o u n t C om pany , g e n e ra l s to re a t E n g lish to w n , to ta lly d e s tro y ed th e s to re , a tw o-sto ry b r ick s tru c tu re , a n d a ll i ts c o n te n ts , c au s in g a lo ss of $60,- (K>0.

A t ,J e rs e y C ity Ju d g e W a rre n in th e F i r s t C rim in a l C o u rt fined J o h n S a n d e rs a g ro c e r an d m e j t d e a le r , of 387 O cean av en u e , $100 b e ca u se h is sc a le s w e re re g is te r in g fifteen o u n ces to th e pound.

H aro ld H . Jo n e s , 26 y e a rs old, died a t h is hom e a t F a ir H a v e n firom p to m a in e po ison . H e w a s s tr ic k e n on T h an k sg iv in g D ay, a f te r h a v in g e a te n a h e a r ty m eal, p r in c ip a lly of ro a s t duck.

A t B la irs to w n W a lte r E rv e y w as k illed w h en th e au to m o b ile in w h ich he w as r id in g c ra sh e d in to a n e le c tr ic l ig h t pole. H a ro ld C ra ig , w ho w as d r iv in g th e m ach in e , e scap ed u n in ­ju re d . A blow -out h a d m ad e th e m a­ch in e sk id .

M rs. J a n e F le tc h e r , w ife o f fo rm er A ld erm an S am u el F le tc h e r , o f J e r s e y C ity, w as a c q u itte d b y a ju ry in th e H u d so n C oun ty C o u rt o f Q u a r te r S es­s io n s o f th e c h a rg e o f p e rfo rm in g an i lle g a l o p e ra tio n w h ich c au sed th e d e a th la s t J a n u a ry o f M rs. Z ygm ond Szad iosk i.

A t P a s s a ic B a rto lo M on ite l, aged fo rty -th ree , o f N ew Y o rk C ity , who a d m its h e h a s se rv ed tim e fo r sen d in g “ b la c k h a n d ” le t te r s a n d b e in g im pli­c a ted in bom b-th row ing e p iso d es , w as co m m itted to th e c o u n ty ja i l in d e fau lt of $2,000 ba il by P o lice J u s t ic e C os­tello .

Sued fo r d iv o rce by h is w ife, W a lte rE . S teu p , o f 188 M y rtle av en u e , Je rse y C ity, d u rin g th e h e a r in g b e fo re Vice- C h a n ce llo r B ackes, p a sse d th e lie to th e p la in tiff , M rs. Effie G. M. S teup . M rs. S teu p is th e d a u g h te r o f M rs. M a rg a re t M illa r, a w e a lth y re s id e n t o f N o r th A rlin g to n .

D r. W illiam F . G reen , fo r tw en ty y e a rs in sp e c to r o f food an d d ru g s for th e P a te rs o n B o ard of H e a lth , w as a r ­r e s te d on a c h a rg e o f a rso n . H e is a ccu sed of try in g to b u rn a new ho u se b u ilt by h is fa th e r , a w e a lth y re tire d g ro cer. T h e po lice say th e re w as a fam ily q u a rre l.

S h eriff A lb e r t B o llsch w eile r, of M id­d lesex C ounty , w hose a p p o in tm e n t as U n ited S ta te s M a rsh a l fo r th e d is tr ic t of N ew Je rse y h a s b e en co n firm ed by th e S e n a te , w e n t to th e F e d e ra l B uild ing , T re n to n , fo r th e f irs t tim e s in c e h is ap p o in tm en t. M r. B o llsch ­w e ile r w ill a ssu m e c h a rg e o f h is new office J a n u a ry 1.

Jo lte d hy a n e lbow of a n in san e a lien w ho w as b e in g ta k e n a b o ard the re v e n u e c u tte r E m ig ra n t a t th e C en­t ra l R a ilro ad s ta tio n a t J e r s e y City, R o b e rt W alsh , a w a tch m an , em ployed by th e G o v ern m en t a t E llis Is lan d , fell se v e ra l fe e t fro m th e p ie r to th e deck o f th e c u tte r . H is n e ck w as brokeD a n d h e d ied in s ta n tly .

M a rtin S te n g e r , tw en ty -tw o y e a rs old, d ide in th e G lad d en L odge H o s­p ita l, Irv in g to n , a s a r e s u l t o f in ju r ie s rece iv ed w h ile te s tin g a s te am jack e t in th e O sca r B a rn e t t F o u n d ry Com­pany , L y o n s av en u e , Irv in g to n .

C o u n ty S u p e rv iso r Ja m e s F. O ’Mea- lia , C oun ty E n g in e e r W a s se r an d the m em b e rs o f th e ro ad c o m m ittee of the H u dson C oun ty B oard of F reeh o ld e rs w e n t to N ew ark to co n fe r w ith the officials o f th e P u b lic S erv ice in re ­g a rd to th e p roposed im p ro v em en t oi th e N e w a rk tu rn p ik e .

A t J e r s e y C ity M rs. M arie L u tjens, a m idw ife , H oboken , p leaded non vult b e fo re C ounty Ju d g e M ark A. Su lli­van to th e ch arg e of p e rfo rm in g an illegal o p e ra tio n on a young W est H oboken g irl la s t N ovem ber, w ho sub­seq u en tly recovered .

F ra n k C hrzaszez, n ig h t w a tch m an a t 58 D evan s tre e t , J e r s e y C ity , ap ­p lied to Ju d g e G eorge G. T e n n a n t Id th e H udson C ounty C o u rt of Q u arter S ess io n s fo r p e rm iss io n to d isc a rd his su rn a m e an d to b e h e re a f te r know s a s F ra u k Young.

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t a L L \ i t u y a n y p r e c io u s s to n e s , 1 p a r t ic u la r ly D I A JI O N I ) S, u n t i l y o u h a v e m a d e y o u r s e l f f a m i l ia r w i th o u r lin e s to c k , b o th in lo o se a n d m o u n te d g o o d s . S t e p in to a n y r e l i a b l e j e w e le r s a n d a s k to se e a n y g r a d e ; m a k e a n o te o f w e ig h t a n d q u a l i ty , r e m e m b e r t h e p r i c e a n d th e n c a l l o n u s a n d s a t is f y y o u rs e lf h o w m u c h m o n e y y o u c a n s a v e . I f w e se ll y o u a D ia m o n d a s b e in g p e r ­fe c t, y o u w ill f in d i t so a b s o lu te ly .

Morris May & Co.“ T h e r e ta il s to r e w ith

w h o le sa le p r ic e s .”

Cor. Cookman Avenue and Bond St., a s b u r y p a r k , n . J.

ORANGES AND LEMONST H E IR U S E FU LN ES S AND V A LU E

IN T H E HOUSEHO LD .

A* Foundations for Dishes, and as F la ­voring, They Are Essent ia l ly De­

s irable in the Household Menu.

E n o rm o u s n u m b ers o f o ra n g es a re b e in g Im p o rted in to o u r m a rk e ts now ; a n d th e y a re of th e g re a te s t v a lu e to us, fo r th e ir w h o lesom e a c id s a re g re a t ly n e ed e d by p e rso n s w ho e a t a s m u ch m e a t a s w e do.

T h is m o n th w e find m an y blood o ra n g e s a n d th e s e a re o f e x tra fine flavor. T h ey a re p ro d u ced by g ra ftin g o ra n g e s lip s In to p o m e g ra n a te s to ck s a n d th is f ru i t Is g re a t ly p rized by e p i­c u re s ; u n fo r tu n a te ly th e s e g ra f ts do n o t b e a r so p ro fu se ly a s th e tru e o ra n g e tree .

O ran g e m a rm a la d e Is th e fa v o rite p re se rv e of o ra n g e lo v e rs ; th e S co tch re c ip e fo r th is d a in ty h a s b e en g iv en ln th is co lu m n b efo re , b u t th e fo llow ­ing re c ip e s w ill be fo u n d to he su p e r­la t iv e ly good.

E n g lish g ra te d o ra n g e m a rm a la d e ;G ra te th e ye llo w rin d off th e o range,

b u t do n o t g ra te ln a n y of th e b i t te r w h ite lin in g . P re s s th e o ra n g e pu lp th ro u g h a s iev e an d add a p in t o f w a ­t e r to e v e ry fo u r p o u n d s of f ru it. M ix a p o u n d of su g a r ln fo r e v e ry pound o f f ru i t an d bo il th ir ty m in u te s .

S m a ll o ra n g e s c ry s ta ll iz e d : R em ove th e sk in a n d w h ite lin in g fro m sm all, o ra n g e s a n d ta k e c a re n o t to .b re a k th e se c tio n s a p a r t o r to p u n c tu re th e sk in fo r a ll th e Ju ice m ay s ta y ln.

T h re a d a s te r il iz e d n e ed le w ith w h ite lin e n th re a d a n d ru n th ro u g h th e c e n te r of eac h o ra n g e so i t m ay b e su sp en d ed .

M ake a h e av y f ro s tin g w ith p o w d er­ed s u g a r a n d th e w h ite o f eg g s an d d ip th e o ra n g e s in to i t by th e th re a d so e v e ry p a r t is covered .

N ow h a n g th e f ro s te d o ra n g e s on a s t ic k so th e y do n o t to u ch one an o tb q r a n d su sp en d in a h o t ov en to / . W h en th e f ro s tin g Is firm th e y a re done. T h e se l i t t le com fits a re v e ry p r e t ty in bo x es o f h o m em ad e sw ee t m ea t.

T w o re c ip e s h av e been rece iv ed fo r u s in g lem o n s from a re a d e r o f th is s e c tio n w ho Is so fo r tu n a te a s to ow n a lem o n g ro v e ln C a lifo rn ia . One is fo r p re se rv e d lem on peel. P e e l th e y e llo w r in d from th e lem o n s w ith a s l i t t le w h ite fib er a s p ossib le . M ake a th ic k s iru p o f su g a r an d w a te r and s im m e r th e p eel in it. In a h a lf h o u r th e r in d w ill b e te n d e r an d m ay be p u t ln sm a ll g la s se s an d co v ered w ith th e s iru p an d th en se a le d w ith p a r ­affin. T h e o th e r re c ip e w ill be u sefu l w h en lem o n s a re a t th e ir lo w est p rice ; I t Is fo r p re se rv in g lem on ju ic e

R oll th e lem o n s an d sq u eeze >11 th e ju ic e from th e m ; s tr a in i t th ro u g h v e ry fine m u slin so no pu lp goes th ro u g h . H av e p e rfe c tly c lean b o ttle s w a itin g , w ith new c o rk s. P o u r th e ju ic e in u n til w ith in h a lf a n inch from th e top . N ow p o u r on a th in la y e r of paraffin ; w h en th is h a rd e n s co rk t ig h t­ly an d k eep in a cool p lace.

T h is c o rre sp o n d e n t sa y s th a t th e ju ic e w ill k eep p e rfe c tly f re sh u n til u sed .

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a Part icu lar ly Del ic ious Combinat ion .

P rie d R ice— C u t cold r ice in n e a t s lices , co v er w ith b e a ten egg and ro ll in c ru m b s a n d fry brow n.

B ak ed R ice— T w o cu p fu ls of cold bo iled rice , h e a te d w ith enough m ilk to co v er it. S easo n w ith s a l t and p e p p e r . ' Add a lu m p of b u tte r , m ix w ell and s e t in oven to brow n.

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Js of s if ted flour. N ow s t i r fh e egg b e a te n to a

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i sw ee ten to ta s te a p in ch of s a l t and

o r n u tm eg . S t ir in ilks o f th re e eggs

■ wo, B ak e in a qu ick •<ven f ■' >ur. B ea t to a stifff ro th th e i ,h ite of th e egg w ithone tab le sp o o n of su g a r an d a lit t le flavor. S p read o v e r p u d d in g th is m e­r in g u e an d s e t in a cool oven, door open , fo r a b o u t 20 m in u tes .

R ice w ith H a sh —T a k e cold rice , th a t h a s been le f t over, sea so n w ith s a l t and pepper, add a sm all lum p of b u t te r and som e m ilk o r c ream . H ave p re p a re d a d ish of h a sh th a t does n o t sa v o r o f m y s te ry and p o u r i t o v e r th e rice , w hich h as been h e a te d and se t in th e b a k e r a few m in u te s to brow n.

R ice D u m p lin g s— M oisten , r ic e w ith a l i t t le m ilk (cold r ic e ) , m ash sm ooth an d d re d g e o v e r it, s lig h tly , flour. P a re a n d scoop o u t th e co re from t a r t ap p le s o r q u a r te r th em . W rin g o u t of h o t w a te r th e d u m p lin g c lo th s , d red g e w ith flour. C over th e a p p le s w ith th e r ice an d p re ss firm ly in to shap e . W rap in th e c lo th s an d s te a m fo r one- h a lf hour. S e rv e w ith c rea m o r sauce.

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p iec es , in h a lf p in t o f w a te r , and, w h e n so ft, m ash w ith a p o ta to m ash e r v e ry fine; le t th e w a te r dry aw ay , w a tc h in g c lo se ly to p re v e n t b u rn in g o r sco rch in g . F o r each p ie ta k e one w ell b e a te n egg, h a lf cup su g a r , tw o ta b le sp o o n fu ls p u m p k in , h a lf p in t rich m ilk ( a l i t t le c re a m w ill im p ro v e i t) , a l i t t le sa lt, s t i r w ell to g e th e r, and se a so n w ith c in n am o n o r n u tm e g ; b a k e w ith a good u n d e r c ru s t in a ho t oven . S o m e s te a m th e p u m p k in in ­s te a d o f s te w in g it.

Roe 8avory.T a k e th e so f t ro e s from fo u r b lo a t­

e r s ; co o k in th e o v en ; th en pound th e m in a m o r ta r w ith tw o o u n ces of b u t te r , a l i t t l e c a y e n n e an d th re e pep ­p e rc o rn s . S p re a d th e m ix tu re on ro u n d s of h o t to a s t, lay a fr ied egg on to p of e ach , s p r in k le a l it t le m inced p a rs le y o v e r a n d se rv e .

For Carpet.T o c le a n so o t from c a rp e t c o v e r

qu ick ly w ith sa lt, a n d you w ill be ab le to sw ee p it off w ith o u t le a v in g sm e a rs or it&i&A.

Standard Forumu la That Makes One pf the Best of Relishes for

Roasted Meat.

S o ak th e p e p p ers in b o iling w a te r a b o u t tw e n ty m in u te s , th e n lay in cold b r in e o v e r n ig h t to d raw o u t th e c ru d e ju ic e s o f th e v eg e tab le . C ut in th in slices, d isc a rd in g a ll th e seed s and s tr in g y pulp, an d m ak e in to a sw ee t p ick le p re c ise ly a s p e a rs , ap p le s o r p e ac h es a re p ick led .

A s ta n d a rd fo rm u la fo r th is is th re e p o u n d s o f su g a r, a p in t of c id e r v in e ­g a r, tw o tea sp o o n fu ls each of w hole cloves, a llsp ic e and c in n a m o n . Scald a ll to g e th e r an d cook u n til th e p ep ­p e r is te n d e r R em ove th e p ep p ers and cook th e s iru p long en o u g h to th ic k e n s lig h tly , th e n p o u r o v e r th e s liced p ep p er. T h is is an ex ce llen t re lish w ith ro a s te d m eat.

REPORTED A “ B IG” ROBBERYCapta in Was En t ire ly R ight in Thus

Descr ib ing the Theft of H is 1,000-Pound Anchor.

C apt. H e n ry V iv ian , o f th e K n ick ­e rb o c k e r Ice co m p an y b o a t co u rt, m o o red a t th e fo o t of E a s t N in th s t re e t , r a n u p to P a tro lm a n L oughlin , o f th e U nion M a rk e t s ta tio n a t m id­n ig h t an d puffed o u t:

“Officer, th e re ’s b een a ro b b e ry — a big one— dow n on m y b o a t ”

C ap ta in V iv ian b eg an to r u n h ack an d th e po licem an follow ed. T h e cap ­ta in re ac h ed th e b o a t f irs t a n d b ro u g h t up L o u g h lin to a h a l t w h en h e po in ted to a b ro k e n c ab in w indow . T h en he led th e p o licem an to th e s te rn , w h e re he p o in ted to a sp o t a b o u t e ig h t fe e t in a re a .

“T h e re ’s w h e re i t w a s w h en I le f t th e b o a t th is ev en in g . A nd now i t ’s gone .’’

“F o r th e love o f M ik e !” e ja cu la te d th e po licem an . " W h a t is i t y o u 're ta lk in g a b o u t? ”

“D on’t you se e ? ” d em an d ed C ap ta in V iv ian . “I t ’s th e a n c h o r t h a t ’s gone —a n d th e c ab le ’s gone w ith i t .”

“W hom do you th in k g o t i t? ” a sk ­ed L o u g h lin , a f te r h e h a d e lic ited th e f a c t th a t i t w a s a 1,000-pound a n ch o r.

C a p ta in V iv ian th e n sa id th a t th re e m em b e rs of th e D ry D ock g a n g a few n ig h ts ago a te m p te d to ho ld h im u p fo r a p in t o f b eer.

“ ‘I ’m a n E n g lish su b je c t,’ I to ld th em ,” sa id th e c a p ta in , “ ‘a n d I re ­fu se to be he ld up. Be off,’ an d th ey w e n t aw ay . X th in k th e y ’v e s to len i t fo r re v en g e .”

L o u g h lin re p o rte d to th e s ta tio n , a n d D e tec tiv e S n y d e c k e r w as a s s ig n ­ed to in v e s tig a te th e case.

S n y d e c k e r w e n t to th e b o a t an d looked o v e r th in g s . H e b e liev es a d iv e r cou ld lo ca te th e a n c h o r q u ic k e r th a n a d e te c tiv e . H e is loo k in g fo r th e " g a n g s te rs ” w ho h e th in k s pu sh ed th e a n c h o r o v erb o ard .

Wo lves in Canada.T h e re a p p e a rs to be no d o u b t w h a t­

e v e r o f th e in c re a s in g a b u n d a n c e of w olves in o u r n o r th c o u n try . T h e in ­fo rm a tio n co m es to u s from too m any so u rc es to a d m it o f a n y d o u b t on th e su b je c t. T h e re a re a lso p e rfe c tly n a t ­u ra l re a so n s fo r b e liev in g in th e ib - c re a se o f th e se ra v e n o u s c re a tu re s in th e L ak e St. Jo h n co u n try . A ll who h a v e s tu d ied th e i r h a b its know v ery w ell th a t th e y follow th e re d d e e r in i ts m ig ra tio n s . D u rin g th e l a s t few y e a rs , th e d e e r h a v e b een d riv en f a r ­th e r an d f a r th e r so u th by th e w o rk of ra ilw a y c o n s tru c tio n in th e n o rth , an d th e w olves h av e n a tu ra lly enough fo llow ed th e deer.

T h en a g a in th e in c re a se o f big g am e, a n d e sp e c ia lly o f red d e e r, in th e N a tio n a l P a rk , w ith o u t a p ro p o r­t io n a te d e s tru c tio n of th e fo llow ing w olves, h a s a p p a re n tly p ro v id ed th e d e s tru c t iv e a n im a ls w ith a co m p a ra ­tiv e ly sa fe a sy lu m .— Q uebec C hronicle .

SE EK ING TO SQUARE H IM S E L FCareless Husband Very Much “ Up

Against It,” but He 13 L iv ing in Hope.

B a y a rd V e ille r h o p es to b e on sp e a k ­in g te rm s w ith M rs. V e ille r in a few d ay s. A t th e p re s e n t tim e h e is to b e fo u n d a t o n e of th e F o rty -seco n d s t r e e t c o u n try c lubs, r e la te s th e N ew Y o rk T e leg ra p h .

I t seem s th a t M rs. V e ille r in v ited se v e ra l fr ie n d s to d in n e r a t h e r a p a r t ­m e n t o n e re c e n t M onday. S h e gave th e in v ita tio n to h e r lo rd a n d m a s te r to m ail th e p re v io u s T h u rsd a y . M on­day n ig h t a rriv e d , b u t n o t one g u e s t p u t in a n a p p ea ran c e . W h en th e c lock s t ru c k e ig h t M rs. V e ille r decid ed to ca ll u p th e g u e s ts to le a rn w h a t h ad h a p p en e d to th em . S h e w as am azed to le a rn t h a t n o t o n e h a d rece iv ed an in v ita tio n .

T h e t r u th d aw n ed on h e r jn a m o­m e n t an d sh e b eg an a cross-exan jina- t io a of M r. V e ille r. H e sw o re up and dow n th a t h e b ad m ailed th em , b u t u n ­d e r th e th ird d e g ree b e b ro k e dow n a n d a d m itte d he h a d d ro p p ed th em in a box in J e rs e y C ity , w h e re he h ad b een c a lled on b u s in e ss th e m o rn in g sh e h ad g iven h im th e le t te r s to m ail. As th e y w e re a ll a d d re sse d "C ity ,” th ey h a d gone to th e d ead le t t e r of­fice.

V e ille r h a s o ffered a fu r c o a t to sq u a re h im self, b u t M rs. V e ille r is h o ld in g o u t fo r a p e a r l n eck lace .

E d iso n A m b e ro l W ax R e c o rd s 31c. E d iso n S ta n d a rd W a x R e co rd s 21c.

M any o t theso o t tho very latOHt selec tions.

N ew B lu eA m b e ro l R e co rd s in S to ck50cAlso fu ll lino of

Victrolasand Victor RecordsAll m akes of P ho n o g rap h s R epaired .

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Dredging Silver LakeC overed w ith inud from h ead to foot,

G am e W ard en E lv in 0 . B u rtis , M arty M u rray , H ow ell Scobey, N ew m an D ol­by an d W illiam Scheffler, cam e b ack fro m S ilv e r L ake, S p rin g L ake , T u e s ­d ay m o rn in g , a f te r w o rk in g fo r ab o u t fo u r h o u rs d re d g in g th e lake .

A few d ay s ago, G am e W ard en B u r­tis rece iv ed a n o rd e r from T re n to n to ta k e th e w h ite b a ss o u t o f S ilv e r L ak e an d p u t th em in T a y lo r 's Pond . T he five m en , m ade th e tr ip in M u rra y ’s a u to an d w ith th e h e lp of a n e t fu r ­n ish ed by Scobey, d red g ed th e lak e an d p u lle d in s ix bass. W hile th e fish e rm en w ere w a llo w in g a ro u n d in th e m ud, L eo H o rto n , h ead of th e P a th e F re re s 'm o v in g p ic tu re com p an y a t S p r in g L ake , took a m ov in g p ic tu re of th e p ro ceed in g s . T h e p a r ty w en t b ack W ed n esd ay w ith B u r t is and tr ie d to g e t th e r e s t o f th e bass .

G e o . G iffo rd SurprisedG eorge G ifford of E v e rg re e n av enue ,

W es t B e lm ar, w as su rp r is e d S a tu rd a y ev en in g hy a n u m b er o f fr ie n d s fro m New B edfo rd , L a k e Com o a n d W es t B elm ar. T h e occasio n w as a n e n jo y ­ab le one, g am es b e in g th e lea d in g fe a tu re . A lig h t lu n ch w as served .

T h o se p re s e n t w e re : Mr. an d Mrs. S h u ck W oolley , M r. an d M rs. Ja m e s N ew m an, Mr. an d M rs. P e a rso n W ool­ley, Mr. a n d M rs. A dam B ro w n , Mr. an d M rs. G eorge Gifford, M e ssrs A dam B row n, C la re n ce W oolley, E a r l B row n, C a la in W oolley , W illiam Gifford, F ra n k F e n to n , M isses S u sie Gifford, D o ro th y B row n and G e rtru d e N ew m an.

Unbaked Fru it Cake.T ak e equal p a r ts by w e ig h t, E n g ­

lish w a ln u ts , B razil n u ts o r a m ix­tu re ; D a tes a n d figs ( if p re fe rre d s u b s ti tu te ra is in s fo r fig s). P u t th ro u g h th e food ch o p p er. G rease bow l o r sq u a re c o rn ere d g ra n ite pan w ith b u tte r , p re s s th is m ix tu re down h a rd an d le t s ta n d o v e r n ig h t th en tu rn o u t an d s lice cake.

A lso :— T w o cups of s to n ed and chopped d a te s , one cup ch o p p ed E n g ­lish w a ln u ts , m ix th o ro u g h ly , an d p re ss in sam e w ay. If lik ed add one- h a lf cup chopped ra is in s .

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Bali! a ll m en a re se lfish — th e best h o s t, b ecau se th ey do n o t know it.— M a a rte n M a arten s .

Be a n d c o n tin u e poor, y oung m an, w h ile o th e rs a ro u n d you grow rich by frau d a n d d is lo y a lity .— H ein ze lm an n .

Seasickness a Real Blessing.Good n ew s is an n o u n ce d by th e A u s­

t r ia n sp e c ia lis t, D r. R ek k el-F e rm o r, w ho d e c la re s th a t se a s ic k n e ss is a b less in g , an d th a t , so fa r from try in g to avo id it , tb e h p lid a y -m ak e r sh o u ld w elcom e it. T h e d o c to r w a s led to th is d isco v ery by th e o b se rv a tio n th a t p a tie n ts s e n t on se a v o y ag es go t su rp r is in g ly w ell, d e sp ite th e fa c t th a t th ey w e re c o n tin u a lly sea s ick , an d o u g h t by th e o ry to h a v e b een w e ak ­ened . On th e o th e r h an d , p a tie n ts w ho w e re n o t s e a s ic k b en efited only to a n o rm al e x te n t. "It is q u i ts 'p la in ,” sa y s tb e d o c to r, “ th a t s e a s ic k n e s s is a n e s se n tia l p a r t t>t th e se a cu re . P e o ­p le, It is tru e , h a v e d ied from se a ­s ick n ess , b u t th ey a lso h a v e d ied fro m e a tin g , e x e rc ise an d o th e r n e c e ssa ry an d d e s ira b le th in g s .”

Dr: R e k k e l-F e rm o r a lso d e c la re s th a t th e ir r i ta t io n of th e v ag u s n e rv e (I t a ffe c ts n e a r ly a ll th e o rg a n s ) , w h ich acc o m p a n ies a ll s e a s ic k n e ss , h a s a n e x tra o rd in a ry to n ic e ffec t ou th e s to m ac h , k id n ey s an d liv e r.

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Cucumber Pickles.P la in l i t t le g re en cu cu m b ers can be

p ick led lik e th is : W ash an d d ry a h u n d re d of th em an d p u t th em in ja rs . C over w ith a b rin e s tro n g enough to b e a r an egg fo r 24 h o u rs . T a k e from b rin e , w ip e d ry an d p u t in c lean ja rs . C over w ith h o t v in e g a r in w hich an on ion , 12 w hole c loves, th re e b lad es of m ace a n d an eu n ce of m u s ta rd seed h av e been boiled .

Maple Sugar Cookies.O ne cup of su g a r, one cup of m aple

su g a r finely sh av ed , one cup of b u t­te r , tw o w ell-b ea ten eggs, tw o ta b le ­sp oons of w a te r , tw o tea sp o o n s ot b a k in g pow der, a n d suffic ien t flour to ro ll. B ake ln a qu ick oven. T h ese cookies a re e sp ec ia lly n ice w hen sp rin k led w ith a la y e r o f chopped n u ts b e fo re 'b a k in g .

Ju a rez . M exico. Dec. 2(>. — T orreou . one of th e Im p o rtan t s tra te g ic p o in ts in n o rth e rn Mexico, is ag a in in th e h ands o f tlie rebels. It w as tak en w ith heavy loss o f life on bo th sides a f te r th re e d a y s o f ligh ting . T h e fall of th e c ity b reak s up tlie federa l p ro ­gram of b locking V illa 's m arch sou th to M exico City. Rebel b an d s a re g a th ­erin g n b o u t Z aca tecas and A guas Ca- lien te, th e tw o m ost im p o rta t p o in ts w h ere th e fe d era ls can m ake a s ta n d ag a in s t th e so u th w a rd m ovem en t of tlie rebel a rm y .

A n o th e r piece of C h ris tm a s new s w hich h as ch eered th e reb e ls is th a t th e fe d e ra ls a re a b o u t to e v ac u a te G tiayrnas. an im p o rta n t w e s t co as t port. T h e co n tin u ed d ese rtio n s from th e fed era l g a rriso n lias fo rced G en ­eral O jeda, th e fed era l co m m an d an t, to w ith d raw a li his o u tp o sts. L ieu ten an t Colonel I’ablo U odressa an d fifteen o th e rs a re tlie la te s t to s u r re n d e r to tlie C o n s titu tio n a lis ts there .

A rebel rev erse is re p o rte d fro m San Luis Po tosi. w h e re a t C a rrito s ”00 in su rre c to s w ere d e fea ted by a federal colum n u n d e r M ajor P edro P en a . F e d ­eral sy m p a th iz e rs a lso rep o rted th e de­fe a t o f a ban d of reb e ls u n d e r th e lead ersh ip of a P o rto R ican physic ian w hich a tta c k e d T am p o lla , a sm all to w n n e a r T u x p an . T h e lead er is re­po rted k illed, an d tw o rebel reg im en ts a rc sa id to h av e lost th e ir colors.

F ifteen th o u san d m en a re sa id to have been engaged. It is re p o rte d th a t th e re w as m uch han d to h an d fighting in stead of tho long ran g e o p e ra tio n s w hich h av e m ark ed tiie p re se n t revo lu ­tion T h e fa ll o f th e c ity no t only opens ( |ie w ay so u th fo r Villa, b u t it c u ts off G enera l llu b io N a v a re tte from jo in ing any o th e r federa l fo rce in th e north

SIX S T I T C H E S IN HEART , L IVESSurgeons S a w Man’s Rib and Sew Up

W ound.N ew York. Dee. 2ti —V incenzo Lauro.

th irty -liv e y e a rs old. o f 340 D egraw stre e t. B rooklyn, w as h u rried to th e Holy Fam ily hosp ita l sem iconscious from a s ta ll w ound in th e le f t b reast over th e h eart.

A fte r an e x am in a tio n Dr. R aym ond Sullivan , a ss is te d by Dr. E d w in II. F isk e and Dr. F red D illem uth , decided th a t th e left v en tric le o f th e h e a r t had been cu t and th e left lu n g p u n c tu red .

I t w as decided to c u t th ro u g h the rib s ov erly in g th e h e a r t an d sew up th e w ound, w hich is a ra re o p era tio n tin accoun t of tlie w eakened condition nf th e p a tie n t no a n a e s th e tic w as used, bu t cocaine w as in jec ted in th e region i>f th e h eart.

A fte r c u ttin g one rib th e doctors took six s ti tc h e s in th e w a ll o f tb e h eart H is condition is favorab le.

T h e C h ris tm a s e n te r ta in m e n t of th e S u n d ay school o f t*ie F i r s t P re sb y te r ­ian c h u rc h a t B e lm a r w as g iven in th e c h u rc h la s t n ig h t b e fo re a n au d ien ce th a t w as of good size d esp ite th e bad w e a th e r. T h e p ro g ra m p re se n te d w as a p le a s in g o n e a n d i t w as m u ch e n ­joyed. A fte rw a rd g if ts w e re d is tr ib ­u ted .

T h e p ro g ra m w as a s fo llo w s:S in g in g by th e schoo l, “F o r th to F in d

H im ;” re c ita tio n , “T h e C h ris tm a s C o u n te rs ig n ,” H e rm a n S tru d w ie k and L eo n a rd Ja c o b s ; s in g in g , “A n g e ls’ Song ,” p r im a ry d e p a r tm e n t; re sp o n ­sive re a d in g ; p ra y e r , Rev. D r. C h a rle s E v e re tt ; s in g in g by schoo l, “Ju d a h . Jo in th e S o n g ;” ex e rc ise s , “ C h ris tm a s S to c k in g s ,” e ig h t l i t t le o n e s ; song , “ B eth lehem B e lls ,” J e s s e H e n d e rso n an d M arie W illia m s; re c ita tio n , K im ­b a ll H a rv e y ; re c ita tio n , “A S to ry ,” F lo re n ce W rig h t; s in g in g b y th e schoo l, “ C aro l Y e ;” ex erc ise s , “H ow H e C am e,” five g ir ls ; song , " H e ra ld s of G lo ry ,” M iss M oore’s c la s s ; re c i ta ­tion , “T h e G uest,” M ary M oore; s in g ­in g by th e school, “H a rk , F ro m th e H e ig h ts ;” re c ita tio n , “ T h e T w o M its,” T h o m as W illiam s; c o lle c tio n ; v io lin solo, L ees B room e; re c ita tio n , “ C h r is t­m as ,” M ary Sofian ; s in g in g by th e school, “ O B lessed B e lls o f C h ris tm a s- t id e ;” ex e rc ise s , “T e lep h o n e M essage ,” s ix l i t t le g i r ls ; re c ita tio n , “W h a t S a n ­ta K n o w s,” M arie W illia m s; re c i ta ­tion , “ My C h ris tm a s G ift,” .Violet M ar­t in ; s in g in g by th e schoo l, “W h ere Is th e K in g ? ” ; re c ita tio n , “A B rig h t Id e a ,” R o b e rt P o o le ; re c ita tio n , “A C h ris tm a s T h o u g h t,” M a rg a re t W il­lia m s ; s in g in g hy th e schoo l, “ Seek W e th e M a n g e r;” re c i ta t io n , “A V ir­g in ’s V ision ,” R u th W oolley.

Steamed Brown Bread.One cup sw eq t m ilk , one cup so u r

m ilk , one tea sp o o n soda, one a n d one- h a lf cup m o lasses , o n e-h alf cup flour, p in ch of sa lt, o n e-h alf cup ra is in s if d e sired . S te am th re e ho u rs . T h is is d e lic io u s e ith e r h o t o r cold.

P o ta to Dump ling .Tw o cups h o t m ash ed p o ta to es, b u t­

te r size of an egg, tw o eggs, fo u r ta ­b lesp o o n s of ch ic k en o r o th e r stock , th re e tab le sp o o n s of sw ee t m ilk ; add a p inch of sa lt, b e a t w ell an d add enough flour to stiffen .

BOMB FOR MOTHER AND CH ILDi t Is Put Under The ir Bed and Blows

Off The ir Legs.Des M oines, la.. Dee. 20.—A d y n a ­

m ite r en te red tlie hom e of M rs. So- pbron ia Jo h n so n , ag ed th irty -five , and placed a bom b u n d e r h e r bed.

T h e bom b exploded, b low ing off th e legs o f M rs .Johnson and h e r eleven- year-old d a u g h te r O phelia. T h e house tvas w recked .

Mrs. Jo h n so n w ill no t ta lk a b o u t the •ase. T h e p jlic e believe th a t th e dyna- n i t in g w a s th e w o rk of a rev en g efu l

Adm irer.

Rusks W ith Jam.P o u r a p in t of bo ilin g m ilk , sw ee t­

ened and flavored , o v e r five o r six ru sk s in a p ie dish. L e t th em soak fo r ten m in u te s , th en b e a t th e m lig h t­ly w ith a fo rk and sp re a d up o n T hem a la y e r of good jam . P o u r upon th is som e c u s ta rd m ad e w ith a p in t o t m ilk , th e yo lks o f th re e eggs, a l it­t le su g a r an d flavoring. L eav e th e p re p a ra tio n till cold, s if t p o w dered su ­g a r o v er it, o r lay upon it th e w h ites of th e eggs b e a te n to a foam , and se rv e . T im e, th re e -q u a r te rs of an h o u r to p rep are .

Home-Made Sirup.T h e very b e s t s u b s ti tu te fo r m ap le

s iru p is m ade in th e fo llow ing w ay: Mix to g e th e r ope pound of d a rk thrown su g a r, one pound of g ra n u la te d su g a r, o ne-half p in t of w a te r, onp tea sp o o n ­ful o f v an illa . P u t on th e fire and b rin g to a boil and a llow to boil for tw o c r thr.ee m in u te s. W h en cool i t is re ad y to se rv e . It is v e ry a p p e tiz in g and m uch p u re r an d c h e a p e r th a n any o th e r im ita tio n of m ap le sirup .

Banana Coffee and Flour.T h e b a n a n a h as long been reco g ­

n ized a s a w h o lesom e food w hen its s ta rc h p a r tic le s h av e been ac ted on by h ea t. T h e re is b e in g offered n o w b a n a n a flour fo r p a s try and cakes, and se v e ra l k in d s of cook ies an d bis­c u its m ade from th is p re p a re d m eal. A c e re a l coffee, a lso of b a n an a s , h as a d e lig h tfu l flavor, an d m ak e s an ap- p e tM n g beverage.

S A Y S T H E 0W LBorne m ep a re n e v e r loyal sa v e to

th o se Jn a po sitio n to han d th em som e­th in g . *

To th e p e ss im is t p o ss ib ility is al­w ays p ro b a b ility w hen it re fe rs to ca lam ity .

We so m e tim es w o n d er if ev e ry th in g is a il r ig h t b e n e a th th e e x te r io r of th e po lish ed m an.

C.-cam Suggestions.If iu an e m erg en cy , c rea m fo r th e

coffee is lack in g , b e a t up an egg, di­vide i t am o n g th e cups a n d pour th e coffee o v e r it. T h is m ak es a rich and de lic io u s b ev erag e .

W hen c iea rn re fu s e s to w hip, add th e w h ite o f an egg to it, and le t th e m ix tu re becom e th o ro u g h ly ' ch illed . T h en try again . It u su a lly w h ips w ith th is ad d itio n .

Salad Dressing.P u t th re e eggs in a pan , th e one

you in te n d u sin g , th e n add one te a ­spoon of sa lt, one tab le sp o o n of su ­gar. B e a t v ig o ro u sly a b o u t te n m in ­u tes , add h a lf a cup of v in eg a r, b e a t ag a in , th e n one cup of sw ee t m ilk an d bea t. Boil u n til lik e c ream , re ­m ove fro ln fire an d add o n e-fou rth cup of b u tte r , b e a tin g u n til m elted . T h is can be p laced in a g lass ja r , co rk ed an d k e p t in ice ch est.

T a s ty O m elet.A h o u sew ife w ho tu rn s off ta s ty l i t ­

t le b re a k fa s t o m ele ts h a s one th a t is h e r ow n in v en tio n . S he c u ts a q u a r­te r p f a re d p e p p e r an d a q u a r te r of a g re en p e p p e r in to d ice an d m ixes th em an d tw o o r th re e tab le sp o o n fu ls of m inced boiled h am w ith five s lig h t­ly b e a ten eggs an d th en h a k es i t in th e o m ele t pan a s u sua l. F o r every egg sh e u se s a tab le sp o o n fu l o f ho t w a te r in th e m ix tu re .

Vegetab le Salad.L ay le t tu c e lea v es on y o u r d ish ,

th e n cold p o ta to e s s liced fine, on ions chopped fine. You can u se a t d iffe ren t tim e s b e e ts , c a r ro ts , tu rn ip s o r any o th e r v e g e tab le sliced , w ith ha rd -b o il­ed eggs and sa lad d re ss in g . W e do not lik e le ttu ce , b u t we h av e sa la d s ju s t th e s a m e .^ B o s to n Globe.

Pickle Secret.A t la s t h a s been d isc lo sed th e se­

c re t of a h o u sew ife fam o u s fo r h e r w ell-flavored, c risp p ick les. She has h e rse lf d ivu lged th e sefcret of th e i. c risp n ess , w hich p ro v es (jo be n o th in g m ore th a n th e ad d itio n 6 t f re sh g ra t­ed h o rse ra d ish to th e c o n te n ts of th e p ick le ja r . j

-,---To Soak Ham.

W hen so ak in g sa l ty ham , add a tab le sp o o n of m o la sses to th e w a te r. I t im p ro v es th e ta s te and m ak e s th e h am fry a n ice brow n.

M exican Codfish.S a u te a sm a ll pnion chopped fine in

th re e tah le sp p o n s of b u tte r , th en add fw o tab le sp o o n s o f flour, h a lf a g reen p e p p e r m inced an d a cupfu l Qf s tew ed and s tra in e d to m atp . W hen th e sauce r e a c h e s bo iling p p in t add h a lf a pound o f flaked codfish th a t h a s b een fresdi- cn ed in cold w a te r an d p a rb o iled . S im ­m er slow ly fo r ten m in u te s an d se rv e v e ry hot.

Cupboard Contr ivance.. M etal tow el ra c k s , th a t h a v e flat p laces a t e ach c u rv ed en d to sc rew to a w all w ill a lm o s t d o u b le th e ca ­p ac ity of y o u r c lo se t if sc rew ed to th e bo ttom of th e lo w e r ' she lf. A dozen g a rm e n t h a n g e rs m ay be su sp en d ed fro m each one.

Engagem ent AnnouncedA n n o u n cem en t w as m ade T u esd ay

by M r. an d M rs. H e n ry H o w la n d of St. C la ir av enue , S p rin g L ak e , of th e e n g ag e m e n t o f th e ir d a u g h te r , M iss E ls ie V. H o w lan d , to O liver H . B row n , 2d. M iss H ow lan d is a p re tty b ru n e tte an d a fa v o rite in th e y o u n g e r soc ial s e t of th a t p lace . H e r fiance is th e son of P o s tm a s te r P e te r C. B ro w n and is em ployed in th e F i r s t N a tio n a l h a n k of S p rin g L ake.

M A N A S Q U A NM iss H aze l D unfee of M o n tc la ir w as

th e g u e s t of M iss L ill ia n B en ed ic t r e ­cen tly .

W illiam B u rro u g h s of J e r s e y City, w as th e g u e s t o f h is b ro th e r , G eorge, a p a r t of th e w eek.

M rs. A. C. G o ddard of C la rk sb u rg is v is itin g re la tiv e s in to w n fo r a fo rtn ig h t.

M iss A da G oddard , a te a c h e r in a schoo l in K e n ilw o rth , s p e n t S un d ay w ith h e r p a re n ts , M r. an d M rs. F ra n k G oddard . R u sse ll P h a re s of T re n to n w as a lso a v is ito r a t th e G oddard hom e.

A lb e r t E. S u d d e rly h a s se c u re d w ork in M arion , N. Y., an d w ill m ove h is fam ily th e re .

G L E N D O L A

Quick Dutch Cake.O ne cup su g a r, one ta b le sp o o n b u t:

te r , one cup sw ep t m ilk , tw o cu p s flour, a n d th re e te a sp o o n s b a k in g pow der. D ot w ith b u t te r an d sp r in k le w ith c in ­n am o n an d su g ar.

M rs. A nn ie Low an d son H a r r is w e re v is ito rs a t M rs. D o n a h ay 's on F rid a y .

A new h en h o u se w as d e liv e red to E ddie D eM ount on F rid a y .

T w en ty g ra n g e rs fro m th is p lac e a t ­ten d ed th e F a rm in g d a le g ra n g e a n n i­v e rsa ry F r id a y even ing . A fte r th e re g u la r o rd e r o f b u s in e ss w a s o v er th e g u e s ts w e re se rv ed w ith r e f r e s h ­m en ts . I t w as th e F a rm in g d a le g ra n g e ’s e ig h th b ir th d a y an d th e g ra n g e b ir th ­day cak e w as m ade an d p re se n te d by M rs. C h a rle s C raig , w ife o f th e w o rth y m as te r . I t w as a la rg e fro s te d cak e b e a r in g e ig h t c an d le s , w h ich w ere lig h te d w h ile th e g ra n g e r s w ere e a t­in g a f te r w h ich th e cak e w as c u t and served . E v ery g ra n g e in M onm outh c o u n ty w as r e p re se n te d a t th e m ee t­ing.

T h e l i te r a ry p ro g ra m w as n e x t in o rd e r, in c lu d in g sp eech es an d re c i­ta tio n s by tw o m em b e rs fro m each g ra n g e re p re se n te d . T h e re w ere 101 v is ito rs p re se n t. T h o se p re se n t fro m G len d o la g ra n g e w e re : Mr. an d M rs.E. C- W hite , Mr. an d M rs. A llen H e u ­l it t , M r an d M rs. R o b e r t H e u lit t , Mr. an d M rs. G eorge W. D o n ah ay , Mr. and M rs. N. C. M o rris, Mr. F r a n k C lay ton , M rs. A nn ie Low , M r. an d M rs. J . V. P lye , M iss N e ttie M o rris , M iss Id a M or­ris , M iss E d n a W hite , M a rtin F re e m a n , R. B. P y le , E v e re tt D o nahay .

M rs. M ary H a ll a n d M rs. -George D onahay sp e n t T h u rsd a y in L ong B ranch .

On F rid a y ev en in g th e re w ill he an e lec tio n of officers by G len d o la g ran g e . M em bers w ill p lea se r e tu r n l ib ra ry books by th a t date.

C h a rle s C onover, w ho h a s b een c o n ­fined to h is hom e w ith rh e u m a tis m fo r a few w eeks, is a b le to be ab o u t again .

F ra n k H u rle y of A llenw ood sp e n t S u n d ay w ith h is b ro th e r , W ilso n H u r ­ley.

M iss M am ie C onover, w ho h a s been v is itin g w ith h e r s i s t e r in J e r s e y C ity, h a s re tu rn e d hom e.

M iss E d n a R o c k h iil is sp e n d in g a few d a y s w ith h e r s is te r , M rs. A da M artin .

J 'llr. a n d M rs. Jo h n M a rtin sp e n t S u n d a y a t E a to n to w n w ith M rs. M ar­t in ’s a u n t.

L e s te r R o g e rs , w ho h a s b een b u ild ­in g a new ho u se , h a s now s ta r te d th e fo u n d a tio n fo r a new b a rn .

G eorge M o rris m o to red to A tla n tic H ig h la n d s on S u n d ay to sp en d th e day w ith h is cousin .

M r. and k)rs. E d w a rd W h ite and d a u g h te r o f S p rin g L ak e sp e n t S u n ­d ay a f te rn o o n w ith M r. a n d M rs. F re d N utt.