WAB IN SAMOA. American and British Ships Bom bard Native Villages. Polluw rmill Tlulaala Attack (lie Town ul .%|>lu ami 111 llicKklriitiaili Three *»al *»al lorn anil an Ameri can Li»l Tlit-lr l.lic* - .Man) *aiii»aii» Killed. Apia, Samoa, March 23, via Auckland, IN. March 30. -The troubles grow ing out of the election of a king of -Samoa have taken a more serious tinm and resulted in the bombardment of native villages along the shore by the United States cruiser Philadelphia, Ad niral Kautz commanding, and the H'i'tish cruisers Porpoise and lioyalist. Tie bombardment has continued inter mitently for eight days. .Several vilh.jes have been burned, and there have been a number of casualties anion; the American and British sail ors am marines. As yet it is impos sible ti estimate the number of na tives kil.(] and injured. As Matafa and his chiefs, constitut ing the pi'visional government, contin ued to del', the treaty after the arrival of the Ph'adelphia* Admiral Kautz .summoned t e various consuls and the senior naval officers to a conference on board the Philadelphia, when the whole situatin was carefully can vassed. I he ijshot was a resolution to dismiss the fc-ovisional government and Admiral Ka tz issued a proclama tion calling upo Mataafa and his ■chiefs to return t their homes. Mataafa evaeuaed Mulinuu, the "town he had mad. his headquarters, and went into the i terior. Herr Hose, the lerman consul at -Apia.issued a proilamtion supplement ing the one he had issvd several weeks before, upholding the provisional gov ernment. As a result->f this the Ma .taafans assembled in Urge force and 3)emmed in the town. The British cruiser Iloalist brought the Malietoa prisoners frou the islands o which they had ben tr.nsferred by j he provisional government The Americans then fo-tified Mu auu, where 22.000 Malietoar* took ref •e. The rebels- the adhereits of Ma •tifa barricaded the road, within t municipality and seized th> British li'ses. An ultimatum was tlen sent tohem, ordering them to evicuate, at threatening them, in the ev-nt ot resal, with a bombardment to com nifee at Ip. m.. March 15. This was >g r ed, and the rebels commence! an »tt{ hi the direction of the I'nited Sta and British consulates about halVi hour before the time fixed "or the mbardment. The Philadelpha, Porie and Royalist opened tire upcn the 'ant villages. There was great (littiCy j n i( M . a ting the enemy, owing to 'hense forest, but several shore viliaere soon in flames. A <«..-tive shell from the Philadel phia toiled near the American con •s"late,,| the marines outside nar rowly aped. A fragment struck the leaprjvate Kudge, shattering it so bad j 0 necessitate amputation. A not li R agment traversed the Ger jnan r "-i tc, smashing- the crockery. r ,l he tie, s then went on board the German ser j? a lke. Duriin, n ijrt,t the rebels made a hot att.i,, the town, killing three British s_._ British marine was shot in i„. | )V sen f,.y of his own party, an.. was s f,ot in the foot and an Anieii. en try was killed at his post. 1 he bon\ npn j continuing, the in habitants p town took refuge on board tii jj greatly crowding fthe vessel. Manx P'* f ( re leaving Samoa, the tcaptam o '.l i s t urging them to ,tro. >o as terfere with the mili -tary operatic Thp ,» OT . pois ,. sllp]]t . (] ( the Milages i !j( | west () f \.,; a am j ■onpt ured The .\nieric d , !ritTsTl are fight iny sp u . v .Jn» r , but there is a bitter feeling t f the Germans. Iwo nit n, an( j a German subject, have irri . ste| , , ls - The bombard in. , . ' . I time very ho* h " was fo ' Washington, . 30 The npwj from Samoa th rnit((] or,user I hilf.d._ll (1 f)ji> cruisers l - ninM ])a( , bombanledthe to Mataafa who has i hi-- ' official sup port of t.n " rnment, came with startling s . here and displa.. iT lim< . Ih e attention gi\«, M . fl around Manila. I q{ Ma 'V s tut b' r seeondarV importance, but th interest attached to the attit> ' »»nist . , , is he German •i.neinmi n . ' irehensions wp re f '- |t that . . .. jonal com pheat lonsmiglitt n. most fannli.il \»itn • . , . i 4 \.<t oiiieia, <»\ehnni?es i>etN\e<ii \ i i» iTnl ton » don and Berlin, did gloomv view of the on s " pl ' a While recognizing■th«l at Samoa created a \e delicate situation, yet it <" «nd a situation which had In' ,0 be prehended and had beei'y n P* •ulvance between the n«-d in of the three government'tnes crisis, from an internal real point, occurred last week V>nd prehended outbreak wa- d "P though relations were grea - i, was possible to seeuie'-d, standing which is said td er that the outbreak now r.-ji't' not cause a rupture in tlull jH.twe.Mi the I nitedSStatse s many, or between Great I<n- Germany. Tlx- I'unt* Muk'i*' strl. .. , .... p .% I'iiilit Willi lliilibrra. Philadelphia, March Cl Marches. \ pitched in g ,mnts makers yesterday P> , foug ,„ Hffht nliles north to the contractors the seal. M 112 Sl|nday | )( . tW( . en Charles Heii an,l other demands dcenlei ' , lj ri( . ksoll and a Rang of thieves, of •the strikers. Following this •.],j cJl }lfi was t]iu head, and Sheriff contractors conferred with * ),e ins !ln d a posse of officers. After ers' committee, but came to ' " en m j n „tes' battle, during whieh 100 went. During 1 the day the sw were flml> Hondrickson was held a number of meetings am , receiving a wound in the head, able reports were recenei o i< Ini| „htcr, who was an active par ti„n. Last night the contract,...- .foi - 112 „ n «rp.n.»t,on .t "bte- (] ! () and Deputy C. R Booth was stated it was imp » t)v uo <mded. Headrickson and to the operators dc"M"< . a ng are fugitives from Franklin clothing dealers paid higher ia.t*,i. - BURNED BALUCAN. Wllplnos Destroy a Large Town ID Their Flight- IVlalolos In Abandon ed. Manila, (March 28.—A thousand Fili pinos, composing' the rear guard of the rebel army which is retreating on Ma lolos, Aguinaldo's headquarters, made a stajid yesterday in some strong en trenchments about Mariloa, across the Mariloa river. In the engagement six Americans were killed, including three officers. and to were wounded. The Washington regiiuont had an exciting experience and displayed much gallantry. The soldiers found I a band of insurgents concealed in a stone house over which a French flag was flying. A private volunteered to set fire to the building. He did so and the troops approached when it was burning and the Filpinos had appar ently fled. But they were gieeted with >i sudden volley from tlie balcony of the house, resulting in the building ; being cleared of the enemy in short j order. The American forces advanced from Neycauyan. They finally discerned i white roofs and steeples among the ] trees beyond the river. The rebels had an unfordable river in front of them and they poured in a fire so ef fective that it shewed they were vet erans. The American artillery put a dramat ic end to the battle. Approaching, j under cover of the bushes, the artillery men emerged upon an open apace com- i manding the town. When the Ameri cans appeared they gave a great yell i and the Filipinos were panic -stricken, | alw>ut 100 seeking safety in flight, while a white flag was raised by those | who were in the trenches, who also j shouted "amigos" (friends). Col. Funston. with 20 men of the Kansas regiment, swam across the riv er to tin' left of the railroad bridge and captured *0 prisoners with nil their arms. The Pennsylvania regiment captured 40 prisoners. By this time the right of the Filipinos was demoral ized. The Americans refrained from burning the town and rested in. there last n'ght. Washington, March 2*. —The third day of the fighting -north of Manila brought little of a decisive character from which war department officials could judge what the final outcome of this movement would be. The engagement has now shaped it self so that it is looked upon as more of a chase than the execution of a strategic movement. With the Ameri can base advanced to Mariloa and the insurgent base forced back to Malolos the main bodies of the two opposing forces are about 10 or 12 miles apart. This could be quickly covered in a forced march under fair conditions, but it is 12 miles of innumerable ditli culties and obstacle.?. Malolos is the insurgent capital, where the assembly lias been sitting. New York, March 29.—A dispatch to the Journal from Manila, dated to-day, says: Hocave has been taken by our troops. The railroad bridge is unin jured. Gen. MeArthur is now within eight miles of Malolos. A dispatch to the Herald from Ma nila says the insurgent capital has been moved from Malolos to San Fer nando. The insurgents burned Hula can Tuesday afternoon. The moni tor Monadnock shelled Los I'inas, south of Manila, Tuesday noon. The insurgents attacked the Ameri cans Monday evening at Marilao, but were repulsed with severe loss. Our loss was five killed and 14 wounded. The engineers are repairing bridges, the rebels having failed to destroy the iron work, and the railroad is kept busy hurrying supplies to the front. The country near Malolos is level, wrth occasional streams and patches of wood, but there are no more jungles. The American line is about 1,200 yards from that of the rebels. De sultory shots were exchanged yester day. The American reports show that 20 men were killed and 01 wounded on our side on Monday. , According to prisoners in the hands of the Americans, Aguinaldo's gen erals, Garcia, Tofreo and Paehcso, were with the Filipino army on Mon day and drove their followers into the first aggressive demonstration. The rebels attempted 'to eliarg. across the pl.nr, east of the railrod, bita the Americans charged to meet them and the Filipinos bolted after a few shots, leaving several men killed on the field. The Filipino prisoners declare that the rebels have lost all taste for light ing and their oflicers have to keep them in line by beating them with swords. The prisoners say Aguina'lo has de clared that if the Americans can lake the Filipino capital he will surrender. •Singapore, March 20. Trouble is brewing in the island of N'egros, where the inhabitants repudiate the self-con stituted authority of Aniscto l.acson, president of the provisional govern ment, to arrange affairs with the Americans and have attacked the Americans. The censor at Manila suppressed the details. < liargeM « o»»|»iracy. Philadelphia. March 29. -Col. John I. Rogers, of the Philadelphia baseball club, said yesterday that he believed the action of the National league in changing the schedule as regards the Louisville club was the result of a con spiracy to freeze out the Louisvilles. The conspirators, in his opinion, had the additional object of forcing the league to support or buy out the Cleve land and Baltimore clubs, and, pos sibly, to buy out the Washington club. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1899. A BAD GANG OF CROOKS, For Tear* Tliej Operated 111 Kinm and Indian Territory Other* H>r« lni|>rl*oned tor t'rlnie* < ununited by the Hand. Kansas City, Mo., March 29. —The Star prints a three-column story re garding the arrest of a remarkable gang of Kansas criminals who have for years lived by means of robbery and murder. One of the gang is be lieved to be the murderer of Joseph New, who vva.s killed in Greenwood county, Kan., two years ago, for which crime New's wife and George 11. Dobbs are now serving life sentences. So firmly does Warden Land is, of the Kan sas penitentiary, believe in the inno cence of Mrs. New and Dobbs that he will immediately urge Gov. Stanley to pardon them. Frank Altgood, alleged to be the real murderer, is in jail at lola, Kan., under a charge of forgery. Alvin Bal lard, serving an eight-year sentence in the Kansas penitentiary for horse stealing, has confessed that he, Alt good and "Bill' Turner were the mur derers of New and that Mrs. New and Dobbs are absolutely innocent. Tur ner has not been found. It seems that the very men who murdered New and robbed his dead body, conspired after wards to convict the widow and Dobbs. The supposed murderer, Altgood, ac cording to Ballard, even went so far as to try to get on the jury which con victed them. Ballard says that he, Altgood and Turner were members of an organized gang of thieves and murderers that operated in southern Kansas. As a result of his confession, IS stolen horses, a bag of counterfeit silver dol lars and a counterfeiting outfit have been recovered. Beside Altgood, B. L. Ma flies, Mary Mat lies, Herbert Simpson are under arrest. Fifty oth er horses stolen by t?»e gang have Iteen located. The officers are on the trail of other members of the gang. Bal lard also alleges that Altgood mur dered William Coulter, near Eureka, In I.SSO. Otlieers who have been work ing on the case have corroborated many of Ballard's .statements. Ballard confessed to the prison of ficials several days ago and the arrests noted were the outcome. Ballard said: "We had run from Texas and Indian Territory all No Man's Land and ■the sand hills south of Hutchin son, Kan. We stole (horses, buggies and cattle. There are caves and un derground houses all over the north ern part of the territory and Kansas that were dug or found by the gang. Up in the sand hills they have lots of plate machinery where we turned out I money. Mathes* ranch near Hutch | inson is the headquarters of the gang, j Mathes lias a corral on the ranch into J which stolen cattle and horses are driven from the territory and then ; shipped. There are tools hidden all I around the ranch house and a few ! graves, too." Ballard described these : graves, smiling as he said no one knew who were their occupants. "A few stragglers," he said. "This gang," continued Ballard, "did I lots of things the Dalton boys were credited with. The older ones in the gang have robbed trains for 20 years and are guilty of crimes others are suffering for. Three of the men who were in the Missouri train robberies have been robbing trains and stages in Texas and the southwest for 20 years. A band of eight men, every | one of whom I know, did a hold-up at Albuquerque two years ago. Another robbery was of a train near Ardmore. There was a run to Missouri and Ne braska. Altgood and Tim Kennedy made several hold-ups near the Blue Cut together. Altgood has done a turn in some eastern penitentiary. Kennedy is believed to be the no torious .Tack Kennedy now in the Springfield, Mo., jail awaiting trial for train robbery. KILLED A ROBBER. Plucky llotelkeeper t.lvc* Suree*kfiil Iluttle to Five Itandlt*. Scranton, I'a., March 28.- —Five masked men shortly after midnight entered the Carbon-lale Traction Co.'s car barn in an isolated spot at May field and sandbagged Engineer Patrick Dempsey, Fireman Frank Coggins and Watchman Brokensli ire, rendering them insensible. They then ransacked the offine, carrying away the box with j Sunday's receipt*, estimated at up i wards of SI,OOO. When they left Broken shire regained consciousness and fired at them sev eral times but without effect. The burglars boarded a northbound coal train and got as far as the Ararat Sum mit, when the train men threw them off. They attacked the latter with revolvers, but no one was injured. The noise of the shots aroused Will iam Leek, the Summit hotel keeper and he came out to investigate. The robbers drove him back into the hotel, but he got his gun and revolver and came out, opening fire as soon as he saw the men. One of the robbers was killed and two others wounded. The wounded men were made prison ers and later removed to Carbondale hospital. The identity of the des peradoes .is unknown. The stolen money has not been recovered. Given $300,000 to a College. Montreal, March 29. Sir William Mc- Donald. the millionaire tobacco manu facturer, has made another donation, said to be $300,000, to McGill univer sity. This time it is the school of mining which benefits. The total amount of Sir William's gifts to Mc- Gill university exceeds $3,000,000. Experiment In Wlrele** Tele^rnplij, London, March 29. —Guglielmo Mar coni. the inventor who recently ob tained permission from the French government to establish a station on the French coast for the purpose of experiment with wireless telegraphy between England and France, an nounces that he Ins conducted suc cessful experiments between the South Foreland, county of Kent, and Houlogne. The Times prints a 100- word dispatch, the first press message of the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy, describing the experiments between fhe South Foreland and Hou loifue. UNDER Ti BAN. The Government Condemns Chain Letter Schemes. ARE DECLARED ILLEGAL. The Anti-Lottery Law Applies to Many Such Enterprises. THEY DEPEND UPON CHANCE. lleiulered by .%Mfti*tant Attor ney 4.<ii<-ral ltarr«*tt,ol tin* l*o*t Ofllee rliiH-nl, I* a Heart Hi low to lie* vice* o! Tliin l)e*<-riptioii. i Washington, April I.—The govern ment's policy tow:inil the numerous chain letter schemes that have flour ished throughout the country in recent years is brought out in two decisions rendered Friday by Acting Assistant Attorney General Barrett for the post office department, holding them in cer tain cases to lie violations of the lot tery l.iw, as dependent on chance. One scheme officially declared to be illegal was where a trip to the Paris exposition, with S2OO for expenses, was offered as a prize. Each person enter ing the contest is required to pay 30 cents, then send to friends two letters, requesting them to send their names to the original promoter to be repeated in definitely. Each person writing to the original promoter was to receive an of fer allow ing him to start a chain on his own account on payment of no cents, the trip and money going to the one whose chain brings out the largest number of letters. The ostensible ob ject was to secure names for employ ment at the exposition. The other enterprise barred offered nn $s kodak to the person starting a chain which was operated in the fol lowing manner: The starter was to send cards to ten persons, each to pay the operator insti gating them ten cents. Each recipi ent of a card is requested in turn to send the operator ten cents, for which lie received ten cards. These cards are to be sent to ten other persons, who are in turn to send them in with ten cents for ten other cards. If the ten cards sent out by each of the ten per sons addressed by the starter of the scheme are sent to the promoter a $3 kodak is to be sent to the starter. All this is declared to be dependent upon chance and illegal under the anti-lot tery law. A lto*> View ol' til© Time*. Springfield, Mass., April I.—Herbert My rick, editor of the New England Homestead and American Agricultur ist, who has just returned from a trip through the west for the purpose of investigating the present state of in dustry and public opinion in that re gion, says in an article which the New England Homestead publishes to-day: "Industrial conditions throughout the country are in fine shape. I he agricul tural depression which began at the east late in the '7os and at the west some years later, has passed a way sineo 1590." Humor* About a Coal Truat. Cleveland, April 1. —"Every pound of coal in the Massillon district may be owned by an immense trust before ten davs or two weeks," said a leading Mas sillon coal operator. Friday. "Options have a 1 readv beein taken by the trust on every mine in the Massillon district. The parties who are back of the deal are financially able to carry it out. and its success seems assured. A meeting of all the operators will be held in this city within a few days, when it is ex pected that many of the mines will be transferred to the trust." < oiiihiiie* 'Z'l < oiireriw. New York, April I.—Articles of in corporation will be filed in Trenton and Jersey City to-day for a new company to be called the Republic Steel and Iron Co., of this city, with a capital of $35,000,000, which may possibly be in creased to $100,000,000. This company will combine several iron interests and be a connecting link between the fed eral Steel Co. and the tin plan l inter ests, with the former predominating. There will be 22 concerns in Pennsyl vania. Olii > and West Virginia in the conioini.vic.il. Fire !.»** of #500,000. San Francisco, April 1. A fire which strafed last night in the Pacific fold ing paper bag factory spread to the ad joining five-story building occupied by Miller. Slnss & Scott, wholesale hard ware dealers, totally destroying the factory and gutted the hardware warehouse. The print ing and publish ing house of the 11 ieks-.ludil Co. was also damaged by fire and water. Ihe loss will probably amount to $500,000. Will A*li lor Pension*. Chicago, Vpril 1. More than TOO members of the Eighth Illinois -olored volunteers who will lie mustered out of the service next Monday intend to file claims for pensions as compensa tion for physical disability received as a result of their sojourn in «'iilut. In one company all but five claim to be disabled. The men say their health lias been ruined by tropical malaria. Fatal Resemblance. Paris, April I.—A wealthy gentleman named J'ourret was shot dead last evening in the Hois de Houlogne by a man who mistook his victim for Presi dent Loubet. to whom Tourett bore a striking resemblance. The murderer, whose name is Ozouf, is thought to be insane. Will strike lor More Pay. Philadelphia, April 1. The .Touniev aien Hricklayers' Protective union, numbenng 3,000 of the 4.000 bricklayers in this city, has decided togo on strike to-day for an increase in wages from 37'/« to 4i cents an hour. CARE OF KID GLOVES. «ome t Hi-Inl nu* Of Information That May Prove Profitable to tbe Economical Women. Economy in small tilings is often overlooked, anil if only more considera tion were given to this subject quite b considerable sum might be saved an nually. The cureless manner in which a large number of ladies treat their gloves is an instance in point, and per haps the following hints may serve to show how the reasonable care of kid gloves would result in a reduction of expenditure: in the first place, it may be pointed cut that, rough handling is specially disastrous to kid gloves, and it often happens that a. new pair are split and ruined by jerking them on in a careless fashion. Always put on a pair of kid gloves for the first time long enough before they are to be worn to allow of due deliberation in the task. When a pair of fine gloves are bought the pur chaser should insist that they be fitted on in the shop; then if there are any flaws the}' will be detected before the gloves are paid for and taken away. Cheap gloves are generally risky in vestments, but some of the best shops keep a fairly good line of gloves at low prices, which are worth.buy ing for com mon wear. If strong and well made they will serve for shopping and morn ing walks or for bad weather. 1 n putting on a glove be careful to get each linger straight. Coax each one on by rubbing gently with the thumb and first finger until the tkigers are down to the ends. In takingthe glovesoff turn the wrist the lingers and take hold of the ends of the lingers through the wrist. It wears a glove out badly to pull it off by catching hold of the finger tips. Pull the glove into shape and lay aside care fully. Silk should be kept to match each shade, and gloves should be mended as soon as a break appears, for the old proverb, "A stitch in time saves nine," is especially appropriate to these articles of attire. Glove mending is delicate work, which requires both skill and dexterity, and when well done pays admirably for the pains taken. Glove powder should form one of the adjuncts to every toilet table, and a pretty glove stretcher another. French women set a good example, and have made quite an art of putting 011 gloves, and this is why a Parisienne's. gloves last her four times as long as anybody else's. Buttoning gloves should never be done in a hurry. The wrist should be carefully and gently pulled straight and the buttons insinuated gently into the holes. Usea glove buttoneralways, it ruins both the buttonholes and the finger tips to button them without. After purchasing a new pair of gloves always sew the buttons on before weir ing them. The annoyance of having the buttons drop off will then be avoided. —Woman's Life. NEW FRENCH IDEA. Apple* Willi Inlrleiite Monoitrani on Their Slile* In*eribeil I>> Na ture Herself. A French fruit-grower turns out ap ples with monograms inscribed on them by nature. Anybody's crest or monogram can be secured. When the apples are the size of walnuts they are covered with paper lxigs. which keep tiic-m green. When the maximum size MONOGRAM ON APPLES. Is reached the first bags are replaced by others, which have the crest or mon ogram stenciled into them. When a stencil is used the monogram comes out red on a green ground. If yellow or green on a red ground is desired the monogram is cut out and pasted on the apples- How to Keep Cut Flowers. It is a mistaken belief that ammonia or other drugs putin the water will prolong the freshness of flowers, says the Gentlewoman. If the flowers begin to droop they can sometimes be revived by placing them in a cool place or even 011 the ice for a short time. By placing cut flowers in a refrigerator over night they can be kept beautiful and enjoyed by day for a much longer time than if left in a warm room all the time. The cold delays the process of ripening, which ends In decay. Loose flowers keep longer than bouquets. But all flowers need to have their stems slight ly cut every day before being placed in fresh water. Seoxlllve About III* Age. Senator Hoar, it is said, re.vents any attention shown him which impliesdef erence to his advancing years, lie se cured the discharge almost a year ago of an overpolite conductor on. one of the street ears who jumped from his platform to help the aged set.at».r. whom lie did not know by sight, up the tt.eps of his car. This l taught the observant street car men a lesson, anil the employes of the capitol are well acquainted with l his idiosyncrasies, and never cross the dangex line. SMART CALLING OUTFIT. One of Hie PretNest Model# That Could He Selected for Formal Spring \lalt*. If you intend to be fashionable yoik must ha vp a calling toilette for spring. This does not necessarily mean that your gown shall cost a hundred dollars or thereabout, for a great many of tha attractive designs that you will see in your travels will not have come more than a tenth of that amount —never mind how smart they look. A modest tailor-made suit of cash mere consists of a skirt plainly rnadt NEW CUTAWAY COAT. and a long, tight-fitting coat. Ovei these is worn, a cape. But if you were wise enough to pur chase a cape with many fur tails when they were advertised in this newspaper, just after the holidays, now is the time that you can bring it into play. Re move the tails from the cape —and thii can be easily done, without harm to the wrap —and sew them upon a round yoke of nearsilk or other substantial material. Since the foundation will not show it need not be of expensive goods; only see that it is good and firm. Sew the tails upon it and finish the edge with a ruflle of silk which has over it aaother ruffle of lace, and you have not only a charming, but a very fashionabU wrap. An upturned hat of light felt, th« color of the gown, trimmed with rib bon to match the cape trimming, goet with the toilette. A muff of velvet, decorated generour ly with lace and ribbon, completes thi very charming wardrobe. ON SHAKING HANDS. Friends May Shake Jnst n* Thej Please, Hut Society Prescribe* \Muit Others Shall Do. While everyone shakes hands, not everyone knows the etiquette of the cer emony, which changes from season to season, according to fashion s latest caprice. Friends, of course, may shaka hands as often and in whatever manner it pleases them best to do so. They may grasp each other's hands heartily, hold them for a bit if they will, then rt-lease them with a cordial pressure. They may give the real old-fashioned "pump handle" shake or the high lateral move ment that means nothing but that a simpleton is at one end or the other of the shake, or they may give the shake rotary. A hostess, if a true one, should shake hands with any and every guest brought to her house by friends. She should do so on their arrival and on their departure, and when she meets them again if she desires to keep up the acquaintance. When a girl is introduced to a married woman the older woman must always take the initiative, and if she be good-natured and cordial a handshake will follow. When a man i« introduced to a woman he must await her pleasure, unless he be a much older man or one particularly distinguished. If one woman introduces her husband or brother to another woman it would be natural, indeed almost imperative, for the latter to shake bands with him, but were he a mere acquaintance it would be bad form to shake hands with him 011 first introduction. Regarding dinner guests: If a man is introduced to a woman for the pur pose of taking her into dinner she does not shake hands with him, but merely bows. Even at a second meeting bows only are interchanged, and it depends entirely 011 circumstances whether the acquaintance ever ripens into a shak ing-hands one. —Chicago Times-Herald. Delicious Prune Fritters. Stir one pound with a little sugar and a small stick of cinnamon. When soft, mash. Cut two days' oW bread into thin slices, spread these slices with the mashed prunes and cut in quarters. Each slice of bread upou which is spread the prunes is again to be covered with another slice of bread. Heat six eggs, add half a cupful of milk, a pinch of salt, a little sugar and a pinch of powdered cinnamon. After beating this well dip the quarters into the mixture and fry in hot lard. Canned Cherry Salad. One and a half pounds of cherrie* one cupful of tapioca, one cupful of sugar. Cover the tapioca with cold water and soak over night. In the morning put it 011 the fire with one pint of boiling watev. Simmer slowly until the tapioca i« perfectly clear. Stone the cherries, stir them into the boiling tapioca, add the sugar. Take from the tire, turn into a serving dish and set away to cool. Serve with sugar anil creaui. 3
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