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Count dl Hoglnl, the Italian ambaa
sador, It at dinner with rtlploinitta when
a me Kiennur aumniona him to the tmi
ba';y, where a beautiful young woman
aaka for a ticket to the eintmaay ball.
The ticket la inucla out In the name of
Mini Isubul Thome, Chief Campbell of
the (! et service, and Mr. Orlimn, hU
head detective, are warned that a plot la
brewing In Washington, and Grimm ("
to the utute ball for Infnrinutlon. Hla at
tention la railed to Mlm Isabel Thome,
who with her companion, disappears. A
hot la heard and Senor Alvarei of the
Mexican leifiitlon, la found wounded.
Urliiuii la UMHunil Mlsa Thorite did It; he
vlclla her, demanding knowledtte of Hie
a (till r. and arreata J'letro lVtrozlnnl. Mlsa
Thome visits an old humh-niaker, and they
dlacuaa a wonderful experiment. IHfty
thouaund dcilliira la etolcn from the ofHce
of Bemir itodrlKUea, the minister from
Venezuela, and while deteetlv-a are In
vest ItcHlng; the robbery Miss Thome ap
pears aa a irueat of the legation. Grimm
aeruKea her of the theft; the money la
restored, but a new myatery occurs In
tho rilauppearanoe of Monsieur Bulaa'-gur
the French umbuaandor. Elualve Mha
Thnrne reappnara, bearing a letter which
(tutoa that tlie uinbiiasadiir haa been kid
naped and demanding ransom. The am
DiinNador return and again etrangely dis
appears. Later he la readied from an old
houi;e In the aubiirha. It la discovered
that I'letro fVtrozlnnl ahot Henor Alvarei
and that he la I'rlnre d'Abrui.l. (ininrn
flgiirea In a mvaterlmia Jail delivery He
orders both Mlna Thome and d'Ahrtiut
to leave the country; they are conveveij
to New York and placed on a sle-im.-r
but return. OrlmnVs coffee la drtiifgd
and upon regaining consciousness he find
a sympathetic note from lHahel Thorne.
" "e conspirators ngnlnat the government
are located and their scheming Is over
lies, rd. Grlmin nrdcra d'Abruit!:! to de
stroy tho unsigned cnmpuct. Isabel rjej
pela him lo obey and Is termed a trait
ress by tie conspirators. The dele.-tlvn
Informs high government officers of the
cheine. Prince d'AhnizzI leaves the
country and the plot Is abandoned.
CHAPTER XXVI.
In Which They Both Win.
Mr. Grimm dropped Into a chair
with his teeth clenched, and his face
like chalk. For a moment or more ho
sat there turning It all over in his
mind. Truly tho triumph had been
robbed of Its splendor when the blow
fell here here upon a woman ho
loved.
"There's no shame In the confes
sion of one who is fairly beaten," Iua
bel went on softly, after a little.
"There are many things that you
don't understand. I came to Washing
ton with an authority from my sov
ereign higher even than that vested
In the ambassador; I came as I did
and compelled Count di Roslnl to ob
tain an Invitation to the state ball
for me In order that I might meet a
representative of Russia there that
night and receive' an answer as to
whether or not they would Join In the
compact. I received that answer; Its
substance Is of no consequence now.
"And you remember where I first
Diet you? It was while you were In
vestigating the shooting of Senor Al
varez In the German embassy. That
shooting, as you know, was done by
Prince d'Abruzrl, so almost from the
beginning my plans went wrong be
cause of the assumption of authority
by the prince. The paper he took
from Senor Alvarez after the shoot
ing was supposed to bear vitally upon
Mexico's attitude toward our plan,
but, as It developed, It was about an
other matter entirely."
"Yes, I know," said Mr. Grimm.
"Tho event of that night which you
did not learn was that Germany
agreed to Join the compact upon con
ditions. Mr. Rankin, who was at
tached to the German embassy in an
dvl;;ory capacity, delivered the an
swer to mo, and I pretended to faint
In order that I might reasonably avoid
you."
"I surmised that much," remarked
Mr. Grimm.
"The telegraphing I did with my
fan was as much to distract your at
tention as anything else, and at the
eame time to Identify myself to Mr.
Rankin, whom I had never met You
knew him, of course; I didn't."
"When next I met you It was In tho
Venezuelan legation; you were Inves
tigating the theft of the fifty thousand
dollars In gold from the safe. I
thrust myself Into that case, because
I was afraid of you; and mercilessly
destroyed a woman's name in your
eyes to further my plana, made you
believe that Senorlta Rodriguez stole
that fifty thousand dollars, and I re
turned it to you, presumably, while
we stood In her room that night. Only
It was not her room It was mine! I
tole the fifty thousand dollars! All
tho details, even to her trip to soe
Mr. Griswold In Ualtiniore In company
with Mr. Cadwalludor, bad been care
fully worked out; and she did bring
he tho combination of the safe from
Mr. Griswold on the strength of a
forged lettor. nut she didn't know It.
There was no theft, of course. 1 had
no Intention of keeping the money. It
as necessary to take It to distract
attention from the thing I did do
break a lock inside the safe to get a
sealed packet that contained Vene
cia's answer to our plan. I sealed
that packet again, and there was
never a suspicion that It bad been
opened."
"Only a suspicion," Mr. Grimm cor
rected. "Then came the abduction of Mon
'our nolsBegur. the French ambossa
, or-1 P'unged Into that case as I did
,n 'he other because I was afraid of
J and had to know Just how much
u knew, it was explained to you
"an attempt at extortion with de
""is which I carefully supplied. As a
'att'r of fact. Monsieur nolssegur
PPosed our plans, even endangered
h"'n:.'lnd u wa" not advisable to
him recalled or even permit
m to resign at the moment. So we
umn hlm Ending to hold him
fro ct orler8 coM rcacn hlm
ftUh ' Un(lerstand. pleaBe, that
bv ti tbln8B were made Possible
s'or ald and c-Peratlon of dozens,
or, 8, ot Eents who were under my
that k iCVery PerB0I bo appeared in
tA ' Tbe ambassador's unexpect
b dlsarnged our plans; but
wa taken out of the embassy by
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I force tho second time under your
very eyes. The darkness which mude
this possible was due to the fact that
while you were looking for the switch,
and I was apparently aiding, was hold
ing my bund over It all the time to
keep you from turning on tho light.
You remember that?"
Mr. Grimm nodded.
"All tho rest of It you know," she
concluded wearily. "'ou compelled
me to leave tho Venezuelan legation
hy your espionage, but In the crowded
hotel to which I moved I had little dif
ficulty avoiding your Mr. Warnings,
your Mr. lllalr and your Mr. Johusoii,
so I cume and went freoly without
your knowledge. Tho escape of the
prince from prison you arranged, so
you understand all of that, as well as
the meeting and attempted signing of
the compact, and the rapid recovery
of Senor Alvarez. And, after all, It
was my fault that our plans failed, be
cause if I had not been been un
easy as to your condition and had not
made the mistake of going to the de
serted little house where you wero a
prisoner, the plans would have sue
cet ded, tho compact been signed."
"I'm beginning tu understand," said
Mr. Grimm gravely, and a wistful, ten
der look crept into his eyes. "If It
had not been for that net of consid
eration and kindness to me "
"We would have succeeded In spite
of you," explained Isabel. "We, were
afraid of you, Mr. Grimm. It was a
compliment to you that wo considered
It necessary to account for your
wherenboutH at the time of the sign
ing of tho compact."
"And If you had succeeded." re
marked Mr. Grimm, "the whole civi
lized world would havo come to war."
"I never permitted myself to think
of It that way," she replied frankly.
"Just a word of assurance now,"
she weut on after a moment. "The
Latin compact haa been definitely
given up; the plan has been dismissed,
thanks to you; the peace of the world
Is unbroken. And who am I? I know
you nave wondered; I know your
agents have scoured the wot Id to find
In a Stride He
out. I am the daughter of a former
Italian ambassador to the Court of St.
JamesJ My mother was an English
woman. I was born and received my
early education In Etigland, hence my
perfect knowledge of that tongue. In
Rome I am, or huve been, alas, the
Countess Rosa d'Orsettl; now 1 am an
exile with a price on my head. That
Is all. except for several years I wns
a trusted agent of my government,
and a friend of my queen."
She rose and extended both hands
graciously. Mr. Grlium seized the
slender white fingers and stood with
eyea fixed upon her. Slowly a flush
crept into her pallid cheeks, and she
bowed her head.
"Wonderful woman!" he said softly.
"I shall ask a favor of you now,"
she went on gently. "Let all this that
you have learned take the place of
whatever you expected tr learn, and
go. Believe me, there can only bo one
result If you meet If you meet the
Inventor of the wireless cap upon
which so much was staked, aud bo
much lost." Sho shuddered a little,
then raised the blue-gray eyes be
seechingly to his fuce. "Please go."
Go! The word straightened Mr.
Grimm In his tracks and ho allowod
her hands to fall limply. Suddenly
his face grow hard. In tho ecstasy of
adoration he had momentarily forgot
ten his purpose here. His eyes lost
tholr ardor; his nerveless hands
dropped beside him.
"No," ho said.
"You must you must," sho urgod
gently. "I know what It means to
you. You feel It your duty to unravel
the secret of the percussion cap? You
can't; no man can. No one knows
the Inventor more Intimately than I,
and even I couldn't get It from him.
There are no plans for It In existence,
and even If there were be would no
more sell them than you would have
accepted a fortune at the hands of
Prince d'AbruzzI to remain silent. The
compact has failed; you did that. The
agents have scattered gone to otbor
duties. That Is enough."
"No," said Mr. Grimm. There was
a strange fear tearing at his heart,
"No one knows the Inventor more In
timately that I." "No," he said again.
"1 won from my government a prom
ise to be made good upon a condition
I must fulllll that condition."
"Won't you go If you know you will
be killed," and suddenly her face turn
ed scarlet, "and that your life Is dear
to me?"
"No."
Isabel dropped upon her knees be
fore him.
"This Invenior this man w hom you
Insist on seeing Is half insane with
disappointment and anger," she rush
ed on desperately. "Remember that
a vast fortune, honor, fame were at
his finger tips when you you placed
them beyond his reach by the destruc
tion of tho compact, lie has sworn to
kill you."
"I can t go!"
"If I tell you that of the two hu
man beings in this world whom 1 love
this mnn Is one?"
"No."
A shuffling step sounded In the ball
way Juat outside. Mr. Grimm Bteppod
back from the kneeling figure, and
turned to face the door with his re
volver ready.
"Great God!" It was a scream of
agony. "Ho Is my brother! Don't
you see?" 1
She came to her feet and went stag
gering across to the door. The key
clicked In the lock.
"Your brother!"
"He wouldn't listen to mo you
wouldn't listen to me, and now and
now! God have mercy!"
There was a sharp rattling, a clam
or at the door, and Isabel turned to
Mr. Grltnm mutely, with arms out
stretched. The revolver barrel clicked
tinder bis hand, then, after a moment,
be replaced the weapon In his pocket.
"Please open the door," he request
ed quietly.
"He'll kill you!" she screnmed.
Exhausted, helpless, she leanrd
against a chair with her faco in her
hands. Mr. Grimm went to her sud
denly, tore the hands from her face,
nnj -met the tear-stained eyes.
"I love you," he said. "I want you
to know that!"
"And I love you that's why It mat
ters RO."
leaving her there, Mr. Grimm
strode straight to the door and threw
It open. He saw only the outllno of
a thin little man of Indeterminate age,
Was Beside Her.
then came a blinding flash under his
eyes, and he leaped forward. Thero
was a short, sharp struggle, and both
went down. The revolver! He niUKt
got thai! He reached for It with the
one Idea of disarming this miidmun
The muzzle was thrust toward him,
ho threw up ItU nrm to protect his
head, and then came a second flash.
Instantly hn felt tho figure In his
armB grow limp; and nfter a moment
he rose. The face of the man on the
floor was pearly gray; and a thin,
scarlet thread flowed from his temple.
He turned toward Isabel. She lay
near the chair, a llttlo crumpled heap.
In a stride he was beside her, aud
lifted her head to his knee. The blue
gray eyes opened Into his once, then
they closed. She had fainted. The
first bullet had pierced her nrm; It
was only a flesh wound. He lifted her
gently and placed her on a couch, aft
er which he disappeared Into another
room. In a little while there came
the cheerful tlng-a-llng of a telephone
bell.
"Is tills the county constablo's of
fice?" he Inquired. "Well, there's
been a little shooting accident at the
Murdock Williams' place, five miles
out from Alexandria on the old Balti
more Road. Please send some of
your men over to take charge. Two
hours from now call up Mr. Grimm at
Secret Service headquarters In Wash
ington and he will explain. Good-by."
And a few minutes lator Mr. Grimm
walked along the road toward an au
tomobile a hundred yards away, bear
ing Miss Thorne In his arms. The
chauffeur cranked the machine and
climbed to bis seat.
"Washington!" directed Mr. Grimm.
"Never mind tho speed laws."
THE END.
For the
The Yarn Charm to Find Partners.
One of the oldest stunts for Hallo
we'en was to llnd one's rmure mate
by the aid of a ball of yarn. A
maiden wub to take a ball of yarn and
toss it through an open window and
then hold the end In her hand and
walk away If she was to carry with
in the year the ball would be picked
up by the man Inside, who began to
wind up the yarn and thus draw her
buck to him. A young matron should
use this method of llndiug partners
for her Hallowe'en supper, which Is
to be served at 8:30. Knowing the
preference of her guests, she will have
the right man for each maid conceal
ed In the gnrngo. One at a time the
girls wilt be given a bail of warn,
there being one ball for each girl, and
she Is to go alone through the yard,
which Is to be lighted only with
"Jacks" In the trees. When the man
winds up his maiden, who Is Instruct
ed not to drop her end no matter
whnt happens, they will go out a reur
door of the gnrngo and Into the house
by a sldo entrance. Then the next
man Is slipped Into tho hiding place
and another girl started to meet her
fate. There ure to be ten couples, so
this will add much to the fun and
mystery. If the details as given here
are not practical, the same scheme
may be worked by throwing the ball
over a transom or over a bannister
down stairs.
Recipe for Chop Suey.
I glvo the recipe fur chop suey
which Is flno to serve at Hallowe'en
feasts. The rice Is to b eaten with
chop sticks, which ara o bo retained
as souvenirs, each pair being tied
with red ribbon.
One five-pound chicken.
A pound and a half of tender beef.
One pound of celery.
Two pounds of bean sprouts.
One ounce of Chinese sauce, known
as sol.
One can of mushrooms.
Salt, thickening.
Cook the chicken and beef together
till they are very tender, tako out all
the bones, add the mushrooms, onions
sliced In very thin slices, tho celery
sliced In thin pieces, and do not cook
very long; then add the bean sprouts
and the thickening, and last tho sol.
Knough for ten people.
To obtain the bean sprouts snak
beans In water till they absorb It all,
then keep them damp and in a very
warm place. The sprouts come very
quickly, so there Is plenty of time to
prepare them. Sol may be purchased
at a largo grocery or at a Chinese
store; lacking these, use Worcester
shire sauce. Serve the chop suey In
bowls with rice and the tea In cups
without handles. For the table cen
terpiece have a witch's kettle with In
cense burning Inside.
New and Old Trick.
"We are tired ol bobbing for ap
ples," Bald a young dev7ee of the de
partment who was asking me for new
stunts for Oct. 31. Hut did you ever
bob for them prepared In this way?
In a light zinc tub which may be
brought from the laundry put at least
Invalid's
Anything that tends lo tho comfort
and enso of an Invalid, who may for
a long period be confined to bed, Is
well worth attention, and our sketch
Illustrates a capital suggestion that
may bo carried out without much dllfi
culty. The bed should be placed In the
corner of the room against the wall,
nnd a shelf about nine Inches wide by
two feet six Inches long, fastened to
the wall In the position shown. This
mny bo easily done, and a piece of
board of the size mentioned should ho
procured, nnd three strong metnl
brackets of the nature indicated by
diagram "A" In the sketch fastened
on underneath. Brackets of this kind
can be obtained for very little at any
Ironmonger's, and tho shelf can t.U'i.'
Green Is the ruling favorite for even
ing gowns.
Three piece suits of serge aro In
great flavor.
While serge has Jumped Into favor
with a bound.
Skirts show a decided tendency to
ward drapery.
There seems to bo no end of black
velvet BiisheB.
Satins contlnuo to hold a firm posi
tion In fashion.
Rows of tiny buttons are used on
wrapB and gowns.
The dlrectolre coat may be a fea
ture of fall fashions.
There Is again springing up a feeling
In favor of hoarders.
Mission handles aro still In excellent
slylo for umbrellas.
Each week sees long skirts coming
iV.ue ulx'. I ore lulu favor.
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in foquc
Hostess
a dozen red apples, and In four of
them conceal a ring, a thimble, a but
ton and a coin. Just press the arti
cles carefully into the fruit and the
mutilation Is not discernible In the
water. The boy or girl getting the
ring will be married or engaged with
in the year. The thimble mea.is no
such luck; the one getting It must
remain single or unattached for an
other twelve months. The coin means
wealth and the button means one
must win lame or fortune by one's
own exertions.
Who remembers the old trick of
trying to get a coin out of a pan or
flour with the teeth, '.he hands being
Hod behind the back? Tills Is a laugh
able sight. Sometimes a wedding ring
Is concealed In the flour, and The one
getting It will bo married within the
year. Of course, the coin denotes
wealth.
Party Given In Barn.
I must tell you briefly of one party
to be given in a barn, where the deco
rations W be branches of ai.tiiinn
leaves, which remain brilliant In the
country Tar longer than In town.
There are to be grinning "Jacks" set
on posts along the driveway, and In
side the barn all the lanterns are to
have electric lights to avoid possibil
ity of tire. Cucumbers, squash and
many other vegetables are to be made
Into lanterns and candle holders. The
hostess Is to dress as an old witch,
and all tho girls are to have witches'
hats, surmounted by black cats, pre
sented to them. The boys will wenr
hats of scarlet and adorned with
horns.
A Chinese feast Is to be served at
a table where black and scarlet drag-
Litis will run rampant. The part of
the barn reserved for the party Is to
be gay with Chinese lanterns, fans,
screens and parasols.
Hallowe'en Cakes.
Often a few novel recipes have to
creep Into the department, so now for
these very unusual and seasonable
rules. First for "Jack o'lantern"
rakes: From a plain loaf cake baked
In a sheet cut pumpkin-shaped cakes
about two and n half Inches wide and
two Inches thick and Ice with frosting
colored yellow, wl!h the yolk of eggs
or with saffron. While the Icing Is
still moist, Insert two small red can
dies for the eyes and nose and a row
of them for the teeth.
For the "clock faced" cakes, buy a
few vanilla wafers, coat with vanilla
frothing nnd let them dry. With melt
ed chocolate and a new Binall paint
brush you make the numerals of the
clock, the hands In the center point
ing to midnight, "the witching hour."
Children ndure these confections,
which require only a little time and
patience. I am sure every mother Is
more than willing to do this.
MADAME MErtrtl.
Coats for Children.
For children llttlo coats of taffeta
are in vogue. A pretty little model
of dark navy blue silk has collar and
cuffs of brighter blue, edged with sil
ver buttons.
Bed Shelf
be securely 'nailed to the wall.
Diagram "B" shows the under sldo
of the shelf aud Indicates the posi
tion In which the three brackets should
bo fastened. For appearance sake,
a little flounce of some pretty cre
tonne can be tacked all round the
edge of the shelf, and tho material
may easily be arranged so that It
forms a tiny frill at the top with a
llounce hanging down underneath'.
A shelf of this kind will prove (he
greatest boon to an Invalid, as on It
may be kept well within reach all
those little things In tho shape or
books, papers, watch, glass, etc., that
are always so necessary for the In
valid to havo handy, and who may
thus obtain them with the leat pos
sible exertion.
VARIETY IN FALL COLLARS
Simple and Effective Designs Seen In
Latest Offerings of Dame
Fashion,
A large vurlety of collars Is being
shown for fall. While the newer'uiod
els do not show the regulation sailor
collar, ninny are made with the new
shaped stillor, which almost reaches to
the waist line, but Is considerably nar
rower thin the old style. Large,
round collars nnd pointed collars -are
also much In evidence.
Hoods and hood effects are meeting
wllh considerable success. Somo of
the, coats have the collars made, so as
to nave an adjustable hood which can
be used to cover tho head, when de
sired. When unbuttoned It forms a
Bailor collar.
Doublo collars, consisting of a deep
capo collar coming over tho shoulders
and a small turndown collar, usually
of another material, are alstv seen In
tho lines. Whllo the majority of coats
havo the turndown collar, a few aro
made with tho standing military col
lar.
DRINK HABIT AMONG WOKEN
Americans Consurre More Liquor Than
Do Their Engliah Sisters Much
of It It Done Openly.
American women drink as much as.
If not more than, English women, ac
cording to Dr. John I). Qiiackonbos.
who has made a study of the ques
tion. I'nllke Dr. Murrny Leslie, a lxa
don physician, who asserted that there
Is far more n'crct drinking among
women than hid generally known, Dr.
Quackenbos says that In America
women ninlte 110 effort to conceal their
drinking, but proclaim their ov-rfond-liens
for highballs, cocktails and cham
pagne by Indulging to excess In pub
lic cafes, restaurants and the big ho
tels. Smoking, tno, he Bays, Is a vlro
coupled with the drink ha hit that is
working havoc sniong wumen as well
as girls.
"There Is not so much secret drink
ing here as In England," Dr. (Jiiacken
bos said, "because women can he seen
any night drinking what they lanry
and without trying lo keep any one
from knowing what they are drinking.
American women In doing anything
good or bad generally go to extremes,
ami my experience In New York shows
It Is very difficult to control the drink
habit, among them because of their un
willingness to mako any social sacri
fices. "For Instance, they keep going to so
cial functions where punch and oilier
alcoholic drinks nie served, and they
give wine dinners themselves. They
will play with tiro and tempt Provi
dence continually. There Is one wom
an now who Is a patient of mine who
will take as many as ten glasses of
brandy at a sitting. And the most un
fortunate thing about It Is that the
htihlt Is developing nniong young glfls,
and debutnntes at their luncheons and
dinners couple It with smoking cig
arettes and playing games of chance
for money.
"The women of the middle classes
In America drink beer, but not to ex
cess, as a rule. It Is a custom to
have beer with dinners, and If tho
stuff were pure the harm would be lesn
than It Is.
"Hut tobacco Is doing Just as much
harm as alcohol, for the two go to
gether. And 1 know that too much
tobacco leads to too much alcohol,
because the tobacco habit depresses
tho nerve centers and caur.es a de
mand In the system for an antidote,
and II I antidote for tobacco poison Is
whisky.
"1 can Rnfely say that 75 per cent,
of the drink Irouhl among men, and
women, too, Is due to tobacco. Where
women are not so particular about
concealing the fact that they drink
they are careful to conceal the fact
that they smoke.
"I know that many raise the ques
tion as to w hether a woman hasn't as
much right to smoke as a man. It
doesn't turn on the question of moral
right. The answer turns on the ef
fect smoking has on the woman's char
acter. It destroys womanliness."
Drunkenness Not Found Alone.
Drunkenness Is never to be found
alone, never unaccompanied by some
horrid crime. If not by a wicked
crowd of them. Go to the house of
the drunknrd, consider his family,
look on his affairs, listen to tho sound
that proceeds from the house of
drunkenness as you pass, survey the
Insecurity of the public ways and of
the night streets. Go to the hospital,
to tho house of charity and the bed of
wretchedness. Enter the courts of
Justice, the prison and the condemned
cell. Look at the haggard features
of the lamed crlmlnnl. Ask all these
why they exist to distress you, and
you will everywhere be answered by
tales nnd recitals of drunkenness.
And the miseries and the vices and
the sorrow, and scene of suffering
that have harrowed up your soul
were, almost without exception, eith
er prepared by drinking or were tin
(lerpono 'or procuring the means for
satisfying Mils vice which sprang
from It. Archbishop Vllnthrope.
German Social Life.
Writing on (lei man social life In
the English press ri'iently, Sir Henry
Johnston says: "I am told by so
many thoughtful Germans that the
abuse of alcohol still strangles the
mental and physical efficiency of a
large proportion of German men In
the upper and lower classes, that I
am compelled to believe In an evil
which Is only Just lessening Its hold
over our own people, and which Is be
ing fiercely chased out of tho United
States. Yet I am pleased to state
that I never encountered a drunken
porRon In Germany throughout my re
cent tour, though I was aware from
the newspapers and reviews that a
growing Indignation was making It
self felt among the bourgeosle and
professional classes egnlnst the
srnreless eighteenth-century tradi
tions of German studenthood."
Temperance In Hawaii.
The friends of temperance In Ha
wall are having a dlllicult time to
prevent the slow but steady extinc
tion of the native race by his Initia
tion of the vices of the white mnn.
At the last meeilng of tho Antl Saloon
league In Honolulu the president mado
ecrious charges of apathy or hostility
against the public oluclalH of tho
Islands. Dr. Dorenius Scudder. speak
ing at tho same meeting, extoilcd the
local option Idea; frankly rerognlzed
the social appeal of the saloon, which
must be conserved In nil ratlonnl at
tempts to rival It, and told of his sur
prlso In finding saloons In tho outly
ing sections of the Islands which could
not exist wero tho Christian land
owners and well-to-do proprietors hos
tile to the liquor drinking habit.
"Catch-My-Pal" Cruaade.
Tho "Catch-My-Pal" crusade in Lon
don has had considerable success.
Over LO people took the workers'
pledge In the first fow days.
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
Outside Firms Withdraw.
Four manufacturing firms which
sent cundy Into the Stato under a
guarantee that It compiled with tha
laws were forced to withdraw their
goods from sale, because chemists' re
ports to Dairy and Pood Cointnlsslonar
Foust demonstrated that the candy
was adulterated. Over two hundred
samples of candles were taken In vari
ous parts of the State this fall and
the chemical tests showed five In all
were not up to tho standards required.
In one case' a Pennsylvania manufac
turer was sued aud fined, his ware
being taken off the market Immediate
ly after, but In the other four In
stances, all of which occurred In Alle
gheny county, It was found that mer
chants were selling goods under a
guarantee from the makers that It
would he In accord with tho Stat
laws. The merchants were not ar
rested, but were required to ship all
the candy back to the factory.
Wants Old Ticket Redeemed.
A supplemental complaint wns filed
with the State Itallroad Commission
here by W. II. Holt against tho In
creases of suburban rates of faro on
the Philadelphia & Iteudiug Hallway
outside of Philadelphia. He filed a
complaint some (line ago signed by
six hundred per-ions. The commission,
has been asked by C. W. Itiltetihouiie.
of Seranton, to Investigate refusal of
the Pennsylvania Itallroad to redeem
a ticket bought September 30, 1880,
at Tyrone. The railroad contends that
punch marks show tho ticket to have
been used In part and that the record
of the tale has been lost.
Harrlsburg Curbing Condemned.
Contractors for curbing and paving
of Harrlsburg city streets have been
thrown into a panic by the strict In
spection nietlioils adopted by Highway
Commissioner W. W. Caldwell. More
than two thousand feel of granite
curbing on Seneca street have been
condemned, umie of It after being lu
place, and sections of asphalt paving
are being Inspected by experts.
Dairy Inspection.
Dr. C. J. Marshall, Stute veterinari
an, who has taken over the direction
of the State's dairy Inspection serv
ice, conducted until a few months ago
by the State Department of Health,
has received close to three hundred
responses from veterinarians through
out the State who have expressed a
willingness to co-operate with the In
spection work and to make Inspections
lu their districts for tho Stato.
Disturbed By Church Rule.
Members of the I'nited Hrethrea
Church lu this vicinity are consider
ably disturbed over the action of tha
conference at Iteudiug directing that
the camp meeting at Mt. Gretna be
discontinued unless the controversy
between the clerical and lay members
ends. This action has been communi
cated to Harrlsburg members of the
church, by the conference otllcers, and
meetings will he held lu an effort to
reach an agreement.
Harrlsburg' Open Air School.
The city school authorities have
established an open air school for
children under the plan adopted In
Philadelphia, those having a tendency
to tuberculosis being cared for In this
manner. The school has proved a
great success and another probably
w 111 be opened.
Pennsylvania Charters.
The following charters havo been Is
sued: Smlthton Water Company,
Smlthton, capital, $:il),000, and Salts-
burg Electric Company, Saltshurg,
Indiana Couutv. i.VOOO. Charters were
also issued to six water roinnniifea ta
operate In townships of Washington
and Allegheny Counties, with head
quarters at McDonald, tho capital of
ouch to he $5,000.
Pastors Petition Wilson.
The Harrlsburg Ministerial Associa
tion passed resolutions requesting Sec
retary of Agriculture JatncB Wilson
not to preside at the brewers' nutional
convention at Chicago. Tho resolu
tions will be forwarded to the Secre
tary. State Engages Alexander.
If arrangements made by Samuel D.
rtambl, Superintendent of Publlo
Grounds and Pulldlngs, are ratified by
the Stato Hoard, John W. Alexander,
of New York, will paint the mural
decorations for the north corridor of
the capltol.
One Vote Nominates Man.
U. II. Koch, Republican and Citizens
candidate for Judge of Schuylkill coun
ty, was declared the Prohibition nomi
nee as well, because on the official re
turns he received single voto undtr
Hint party caption.
Centipede Is Harmless.
The centipede or "thousand legger,
as It is better known In many parts of
the State, Is Just as harmless In these
latitudes as a butterfly according to a
bulletin which, State Zoologist II. A.
Surface has completed. The poison
with which Keystone State ceutlpedcs
are credited with Is not strong enough
to harm anyone, but to enable them
to overpower their enemies or prey.
Dr. Surface Fays that the prejudice
against the insects Is unreasonable
and that tey detroy much vermin.
Complains Cf Frankford Fare.
Rev. John U. Laird, of Philadelphia,
has filed a complaint with tno Stat
Railroad Commission, complaining of
the rate of fare on tho Pennsylvania
end Philadelphia & Reading from
Broad Street Station to Frankford, and
attacking the Heading service. The
companies will bo asked to make
answers.
Capital Stock Doubled.
The Reading Hardware Company, of
Reading, filed notice of nn Increase ot
its Brock from $7C0,000 to Sl.fi '.",000.