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Count dl llonltil, the Italian ambas
sador, If at dinner with rUplonmta when
a hiemennar luminous lilm to the em
basiy, whre a beautiful young woman
aeki for a ticket to the embassy ball.
The ticket la made out In the name of
Mini Iaabul Thome. Chief Campbell of
tlie ii-cipi service, and Mr. Urlium, hla
head detective, are warned that a plot la
brewing In Waahlnglon, and Orlintn icnea
to th elate ball for Information. Hla at
tention la railed to Mies Ieubel Thurna,
Who with her companion, dleuppeara. A
allot In heard and Senor A I varus of the
Mexican leirntlon, i found wounded,
(jrlimn la assured Mini Thome did It; he
vIMIa her, dmandlriK kuowledKe of the
affair, and arrest. ictro Petroxlnnl. Miss
Thome visits an old boinh-muker, and they
discuss a wonderful experiment, fifty
Ihoueand dollura la stolon from the office
of Benor HodriKUcx, the mlnlaler from
Venezuela, and while detectives are In
VeallKatlnic the robbery Miss Thorno itp
peara aa a truest of the legation. Orlimn
accuses her of the theft; the money Is
restored, but a new mystery occurs In
the rilsuppearanea of Monsieur Itolsseur
the French ambassador. Elusive Miss
Thorno reappears, bearing a letter which
tat.js thut the ambassador has been kid
naped and demanding ransom. The am
buesador returns anrl ugnln strangely U.
appear. Later he Is rescued from an old
hoUBe In the suburbs. It Is discovered
that 1'lutro ivtroilnnl shot Benor Alvareg
and that he la 1'rlnce d'Abrui.l. firimrn
flgiin-s In a mysterious Jail delivery. He
orders both Miss Thome and d'Ahrtizxl
to leave the country; they are conveyed
to New York and placed on a steamer
out return. Orlinm's coffee Is drugged
and upon regaining consciousness he finds
a sympathetic note from Isabel Thorn.
1 lie conspirators against the government
are located and their scheming l.i over
heard. Urimin orders d'AbruMl to de
stroy tho unsigned compact. Isshol rwj
pels him to obey and Is termed a trait
ress by the conspirators. The detective
Informs high government officers of the
enema. Prince d'Ahruzl leave the
country and the plot Is ubundonvd.
CHAPTER XXVI.
In Which They Both Win.
Mr. 'Grimm dropped Into a chair
with bis teoth clenched, and Ills face
like chalk. For a momeut or mora ho
at 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 wouinn he
loved.
"There's no shame In the confes
sion of one who Is fairly beaten," Iaa
bel went on softly, after a little.
"There are many things that you
don't understand. 1 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 dl Roalnl to ob
tain an Invitation to the state bull
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; Us
substance Is of no consequence now.
"And you remember where 1 first
met you? It was while you were In
vestigating the Bhootlng of Senor Al
varez in the German embaBisy. That
hooting, as you know, was done by
Prince d'Abruzzl. 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,
hut, as it developed, It was about an
other matter entirely."
"Yes, I know," said Mr. Grimm.
"The event of thnt 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
dvli;ory capacity, delivered the an
swer to me, and I pretended to faint
la order that I might reasonably avoid
you."
"1 surmised that much," remarked
Mr. Grimm.
"The telegraphing I did with my
fan was as much to distract your at
tention as anything else, ond at the
same 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
yes to further my plans, made you
believe that Senorita 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
stole the fifty thousand dollars! All
tho details, even to her trip to see
Mr. Grlswold In Ilaltlmore In company
Uh Mr. Cadwallader, had been care
fully worked out; and she did bring
Die tho combination of the safe from
Mr. Grlswold on the strength of a
forged letter. But she didn't know it.
There was no theft, of course. I had
no lutentlon of keeping the money. It
was necessary to take it to distract
attention from the thing I did do
weak a lock InBlde the safe to get a
sealed packet that contained Vene
zuela's answer to our plan. I sealed
that packet again, and there was
"ever a suspicion that it had been
opened."
"Only a suspicion," Mr. Grimm cor
rected. "Then came the abduction of Mon
sieur Bolssegur, the French ambassador-
I plunged into that case as I did
in the other because I was afraid of
Ju and had to know Just how much
u knew. It was explained to you
, Rn attempt at extortion with do
'ails which I carefully supplied. As a
matter of fact. Monsieur Dolssegur
opposed our plans, even endangered
h e,n: anl U was not advisable to
ave him recallod or even permit
m to resign at the moment. So we
umnCted hlm, '"tending to hold him
fro n'rect order couW reach him
all!h Understand, please, that
byth thlnB8 were msule P88lble
Bcoi &ld and c-Peration of dozens,
ordo ' f nEenU who were under my
that ,cvery Person who appeared In
roctln Was worklnK at m? dl"
e(1 Tne ambassador's unexpoct
escape disarranged our plans; but
wa taken out of the embassy br
ausiw
ISABEL
JACQUES fUTRELLE
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force the second time under your
very eyes. The darkness which made
this possible was due to the fact that
while you wore looking for the switch,
and I was apparently aiding, was hold
ing my hand over It all the time to
keep you from turning on tho light.
You remember that?"
Mr. Orlmrn nodded.
"All tho rest of it you know," she
concluded wearily. "Vou compelled
nie to leave tho Venezuelan legation
by your espionage, but In the crowded
hotel to which 1 moved I had little dif
ficulty avoiding your Mr. Hastings,
your Mr. Illalr and your Mr. Johnson,
so I came and went freely without
your knowledge. The escape of the
prince from prison you arranged, bo
you understand all of that, as well as
tho meeting and attempted signing of
the compact, and the rapid recovery
of Senor Alvarez. And, after all, It
was my fault thnt our plans failed, be
cause If I had not been born un
easy as to your condition and had not
made the mistake of going to the de
scried little house where you wero a
prisoner, tho plans would have sue
ce ded, tho compact been signed."
"I'm beginning to understand," said
Mr. Grimm gravely, and a wistful, ten
der look crept Into his eyes. "If It
hud 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
whereabouts 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 have come to war."
"I never permitted myself to think
of It that way," she replied frankly.
"JuBt a word of assurance now,"
she weut on after a moment. "The
Latin compact has been definitely
given up; the plan has been dismissed,
thunks to you; the peace of the world
Is unbroken. And who am I? I know
you have wondered; I know your
agents have scoured the world to find
In a Stride He
out. I am the daughter of a former
Italian ambassador to the Court of St.
JamcaJ My mother was an English
woman. I was born and received my
early education In England, hence my
perfect knowledge of that tongue. In
Rome I am, or have been, alas, the
Countess Rosa d'Orsettl; now I am an
exile with a price on my head. That
Is all. except for several years 1 was
a trusted agent of my government,
and a friend of my queen."
Sho rose and extended both hands
graciously. Mr. Grimm seized the
slender white fingers and stood with
eyes fixed upon her. Slowly a flush
crept Into her pallid cheeks, and she
bowed her head.
"Wonderful woman!" he said softly.
"I Bhall ask a favor of you now,"
sho went on gently. "Let all this that
you have learnod take the place of
whatever you expected ti- loarn, and
go. Believe me, there can only be one
result If you meet If you meet the
Inventor of tho wireless cap upon
which so much was staked, and so
much lost." Sho shuddered a little,
then raised the blue-gray eyes be
seechingly to his face. "Please go."
Go! The word straightened Mr.
Grimm in his tracks and he allowed
her hands to fall limply. Suddenly
his face grew hard. In the ecstasy of
adoration he had momentarily forgot
ten his purpose here. His eyes loBt
tholr ardor; his nerveless hands
dropped beside him.
"No," ho said.
"You must you must," sho urged
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 hare
accepted a fortune at the hands of
Prince d'Abruzzl to remain silent. The
compact has failed; you did that. The
agents have scattered gone to other
duties. That Is enough."
"No," said Mr. Grimm. There wa
a strange fear tearing at his heart,
"No one knows the Inventor more in
timately that I." "No," he said again.
"I won from my government a prom
ise to be made good upon a condition
I must fulfill 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 Inventor this man whom you
Insist on seeing Is half Insane with
disappointment and anger," she rush
ed on desperately. "Remember that
a vast fortune, honor, lame were at
his finger tips when you you placed
them beyond his reach by the destruc
tion of the compact. IIo has sworn to
kill you."
"I can t go!"
"If I tell you that of the two hu
man beings In this world whom I love
this man Is one?"
"No."
A shuffling step sounded In the ball
way Just outside. Mr. Grimm Btepped
back from the kneeling figure, and
turned to face tho door with his re
volver ready.
"Great God!" It was a scream of
agony. "Ho Is my brother! Don't
you see?"
She came to her feet and went Btag
gcrlng across to the door. The key
clicked In the lock.
"Your brother!"
"He wouldn't listen to me you
wouldn't listen to me, and now and
now! God have mercy!"
There was a Bharp rutlllng. a clam
or at the door, and Isabel turned to
Mr. Grimm mutely, with arms out
stretched. The revolver barrel clicked
tinder his hand, then, after a moment,
he replaced the weapon In his pdeket.
"Please open the door," he request
ed quietly.
"He'll kill you!" she screamed.
Exhausted, helpless, she leanrd
against a chnlr with her (ace In her
hands. Mr. Grimm went to her sud
denly, tore the hands from her face,
an.l -met the tear-stained eyes.
"1 love you," he said. "I want you
to know that!"
"And I love you that's why It mat
ters so."
leaving her there, Mr. Grimm
strode straight to the door and threw
It open. He saw only the outline of
a thin little man of Indeterminate age,
Was Beside Her.
then came a blinding flush under his
eyes, and he leaped forward. Thoro
was a short, sharp struggle, and both
went down. The revolver! Ho must
get that! He reached for it with the
one Idea of disarming this madman
The muzzle was thrust toward him,
ho threw up hU arm to protect his
head, and then came a second flash.
Instantly ho felt the figure In his
arms grow limp; and after a moment
he rose. The face of the man on the
floor was pearly gTay; and a thin,
scarlet thread flowed from his temple.
He turned toward Isabel. She lay
near the chair, a little crumpled heap.
In a stride he was beside her, mid
lifted her head to his knee. The blue
gray eyes opened Into his once, then
they closed. Sho had fainted. The
first bullet had pierced her arm; It
was otily 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 constable's of
fice?" he Inquired. "Well, there's
been a little shootlug accident at the
Murdock Williams' place, five miles
out from Alexandria on the old Haiti
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
tomobllo a hundred yards away, bear
ing Miss Thorne In his arms. The
chauffeur cranked the machine and
climbed to his seat.
"Washington!" directed Mr. Grimm.
"Never mind the speed laws."
THE END.
For the
The Yarn Charm to Find Partners.
One of the oldest stuuts for Hallo
we'en was to find one's future mate
by the aid of a ball of yarn. A
maiden was to take a ball of yarn and
toss it through an open window and
then hold the end lu 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
back to him. A young matron should
ubo this method of flndlug 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 garage. One at a time the
girls will be given a ball of warn,
there being one ball for each girl, and
she Is to go alone through the yard,
which is to be llghled only with
"Jacks" In the trees. When the man
winds up his maiden, who Is Instruct
ed not to drop her end no matter
what happens, they will go out a rear
door of the garago and Into the bouse
by a sldo entrance Then the next
man Is slipped Into tho hiding place
and another girl Bturted to meet her
fate. There ure to be ten couples, so
this will add much to the fun aud
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 give the recipe for chop suey
which Is flno to serve at Hallowe'en
feasts. The rice is to bt eaten with
chop sticks, which aro .o be retained
as eouvenlrs, 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 boI.
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 the sol.
Enough for ten people
To obtain the bean sprouts soak
benns 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 bo purchased
at a large 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 oi bobbing for ap
ples," said a young devotee 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
InvalicTs
Anything that tends to tho comfort
and ease 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 be carried out without much diffi
culty. The bed should be placed In the
corner of the room against the wall,
and a shelf about nine Inches wide by
two feet six Inches long, fastened to
the wall In the position shown. This
may be easily done, and a piece of
board of the size mentioned should be
procured, and three Btrong metnl
brackets of the nature Indicated by
dlugrnm "A" bn the sketch fastened
on underneath. Brackets of this kind
can be obtained for very little at any
Ironmonger's, and tho shelf cau tho
1 wm-
Green Is the ruling favorite for even
ing gowns.
Three piece suits of serge aro in
great flavor.
White serge has Jumped Into favor
with a bound.
Skirts show a decided tendency to
ward drapery.
There seems to be no end of black
velvet Bashes.
Satins contlnuo to bold a firm posi
tion In fashion.
Rows of tiny buttons are used on
wraps and gowns.
The dlrectolre coat may be a fea
ture of full fURhions.
There Is again springing up a feeling
In favor of boarders.
Mission handles aro still in excellent
slylo for umbrellas.
Each week sees long skirts coming
iVJie uif. tore into favor.
y ...r.. 'KtS. "fill s- 11 1 1 :i 1
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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 means 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 tame or fortune by one's
own exertions.
Who remembers the old trick of
trying to get a coin out of a pan of
flour with the teeth, the hands being
tied behind the back? This Is a laugh
able sight. Sometlmos a wedding ring
Is concealed in the flour, and The one
getting It will bo married within the
year. Of course, tho coin denotes
wealth.
Party Given In Barn.
I must tell you briefly of one pnrty
to be given In a barn, where the deco
rations fill be branches of at.ttimn
leaves, which remnln brilliant In the
country far longer than In town.
There are to be grinning "Jacks" set
on posis 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 oilier vegetables are to be made
Into lanterns and candle holders. The
hostess is to dress as an old witch,
nnd all tho girls are to have witches'
hats, surmounted by black cats, pre
sented to them. The hoys will wenr
hats of scarlet und 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 guy with Chinese lanterns, fans,
screens and parasols.
Hallowe'en Cakes.
Often a few novel recipes have to
creep Into the department, bo now for
these very unusual and seasonable
rules. First for "Jack o'lantern"
cakes: From a plain loaf cake baked
In a sheet cut pumpkin-shaped cakes
about two and a half Inches wide and
two Inches thick and Ice with frosting
colored yellow, with the yolk of eggs
or with saffron. While the Icing I
still moist. Insert two small red can
dles for the eyes and nose aud a row
of them for the teeth.
For the "clock faced" cakes, buy a
few vanilla wafers, coat with vanilla
frothing and let them dry. With melt
ed chocolate and a new small paint
brush you make the numerals of the
clock, the hands In the center point
ing to midnight, "the witching hour
Children ndore these confections.
which require only a little time and
patience. I am sure every mother Is
more than willing to do this.
MADAME MERRI.
Coats for Children.
For children little couts 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
2 facr Cinchcs -
be (securely nailed to tho wall.
Diagram "IV shows the under sldo
of the shelf and Indicates tho posi
tion in w hich the three brackets should
bo fastened. For appearance sake,
a little flounce of some pretty cre
tonne can he tacked all round the
edge of the shelf, and tho material
may easily be arranged so thnt It
forms a tiny frill at the top with a
flounce hanging down underneath',
A shelf of this kind will prove the
greatest boon to an Invalid, as on It
may be kept we!l within reach all
those little things In tho shape of
books, papers, watch, glass, etc.. that
are always so necessary for the In
valid to have 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 variety of collars Is being
shown for fall. While tho newer mod
els do not show the regulation sailor
collar, many are made with the new
ahnped Biilior, which almost reaches to
the waist line, but Is considerably nar
rower th it 11 the old style. Large,
round collars and pointed collars-are
also much in evidence.
Hoods and hood efforts are meeting
wllh considerable success. Some of
the, coats have tho collars tnado.so as
to fiavo an adjustable hood which can
bo used to cover tbo head, when de
sired. When unbuttoned It forms a
Bailor collar.
Double collars, consisting of a deep
capo collar coming over tho shoulders
and a small turndown collar, usually
of another material, are alsrk'secn In
tho lines. While the majority of coatB
havo the turndown' collar, a- few are
mndo with tbo standing military col
lar.
DRINK HABIT AMONG WOKEN
Americans Consume More Liquor Than
Do Their English Sisters Much
of It la Done Openly.
Amerlcnn women drink as much as,
If not more than. English women, ac
cording to Dr. John D. Quackeiibos,
who has made a study of the ques
tion. I'nllke Dr. Murray Leslie, a ln
don physician, who asserted that there
Is far more Kecret drinking among
women than lis generally known, Dr.
Quuckenbos says that In America
women make no effort to conceal their
drinking, but proclaim their overfond
iiess for highballs, cocktails and chain,
pagne by Indulging to excess In pub
lic cafes, rpRtattrants and the big ho
tels. Smoking, too, ho says, is a vlco
coupled with the drink habit that Is
working havoc among women as well
us giiis.
"There Is not so much secret drink
ing hero as In England," Dr. Quucken
bos said, "because women can be seen
any night drinking what they fancy
and without trying to keep any ono
from knowing what they are drinking.
American women lu doing anything
good or bad generally ro to extremes,
and my experience lu New York shows
It Is very difficult to control tho drink
habit a more; them because of their un
willingness to make any social sacri
fices, "For Instance, they keep goliig to so
cial functions where punch and other
alcoholic drinks me served, and they
give wine dinners themselves. They
will play with lire 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 Bitting. And the most un
fortunate thing about It U that the
habit Is developing among young girls,
and debutnntes at their luncheons and
dinners couple It with smoking cig
arettes and playing games of chance
for money.
"Tho 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 the
stuff were pure the harm would be less
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 causes a de
mand In the system for an antidote,
and tl antidote for tobacco poison is
whisky.
"1 can safely say that 75 per cent,
of the drink troubl 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 whether 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 aud of
the night streets. Go to the hospital,
to tho houso 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 crlmlnni. Ask all these
why they exist to distress you, nnd
you will everywhere be answered by
tales and recitals of drunkenness.
And the miseries and the vices and
the sorrow, and scenes of Buffering
that have harrowed up your soul
were, almost without exception, cith
er prepared by drinking or were un
dergone for procuring the meuns for
satisfying this vice which sprang
from It. Archbishop Vllathrope.
German Social Life.
Writing on German social life In
the English press recently, 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, mat I
.. . . i i i .. 1 1
am compeiiea to oeneve in un mi
hlch Is only Just lessoning 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
person In Germany throughout my re
cent tour, though I was aware from
the newspapers nnd reviews that a
growing Indignation was making It-
elf felt among the tiourgeosie ana
professional classes npalnst the
cureless eighteenth-century iraui-
thins of German studenthood."
Temperance In Hawaii.
The friends of temperance In Ha
nd nm havlna a difficult time to
prevent the Blow but steady extinc
tion of the native race by ins muta
tion of the vices of the white man.
At the hist meeting of tho Anil Saloon
eague In Honolulu the president mailo
eiious charges of apathy or hostility
..ninci tim tuihltc officials of the
Islands. Dr. Doremus Scudder, speak
ing at tho same meeting, extolled tho
local option Idea; frankly recognized
the soclnl appeal of the saloon, which
must be conserved In nil rational 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 tbo Christian land
owners nnd well-to-do proprietors hos
tile to the liquor drinking habit.
"Catch-My-Pal" Crusade.
The "Catch-My Pal" crusade In Lon
don has had considerable success.
Over 1,500 people took the workers'
pledge In the first few dayB.
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
Outside Firms Withdraw.
Four manufacturing firms which
Bent candy Into the Stato under a
guarantee that it compiled with the
laws were forced to withdraw their
goods from sale, because chemlHts' re
ports to Dairy aud Food Commissioner
Eoust detuonstiated that the candy
was adulterated. Over two hundred
samples of candies were taken In vari
ous parts of the State this fall and
the chemical tests showed five in all
were not up to tho simulants required.
In one case a Pennsylvania manufac
turer was sued and fined, bis wares
being taken off the market Immediate
ly after, but in tho 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 be in accord with tho Statu
laws. The merchants were not ar
rested, but were required to ship all
the candy buck to the factory.
Wants Old Ticket Redeemed.
A supplemental complaint was filed
with tho Stato Railroad ('ommlHBlon
here by W, H. Holt against the ln
cieit: rs of siihurhun rules of faro on
the Philadelphia & Reading Hallway
outside of Philadelphia. He filed a
complaint some time iiko signed by
six hundred persons. The commission
has been asked by C. W. RittcnhouHe.
of S'Tanton, to Investigate refusal of
the Pennsylvania Railroad to redeem
a ticket bought September .10, 18X0,
at Tyrone. The railroad contends thVt
punch marks show the ticket to havo
been used in part and that the record
of the su'o lias been lost.
Harrlsburg Curbing Condemned.
Contractors for curbing and paving
of llairisburg city streets have been
thrown Into a panic by the strict in
spection methods adopted by Highway
Commissioner W. V. Caldwell. More
than two thousand feel of granite
curbing on Seneca street have been
condemned, some of it after being lu
place, aud sections of asphalt paving
are being Inspec ted by experts.
Dairy Inspection.
Dr. C. J. Marshall, State veterinari
an, who has taken over the direction
of the State's dairy inspection serv
ice, conducted until a few months ago
by the Stuto 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
in their districts for tho State.
Disturbed By Church Rule.
Members of tho United Brethren
Church In this vicinity are consider
ably disturbed over the action of the
conference at Reading directing that
the camp meeting at Mt. Gretna be
discontinued unless the controversy
between the clericul and lay members
ends. This action has been communi
cated to llarrlsburg members of the
church, by the conference ollicers, and
meetings will be held lu au effort to
reach un agreement.
Harrlsburg'i Open Air School.
Tho 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. Tho school has proved a
great bucccbs and another probably
w ill be opened.
Pennsylvania Charters.
The following charters huvo been Is
sued: Smlthton Water Company,
Smithton, capital, $:i(l,0u0, and Salts
burg Electric Company, Saltsbtirg,
Indiana County, $5,000. Charters were
also Issued to six water companies to
operate In townships of Washington
and Allegheny Counties, with head
quarters at McDonald, tho capital of
ouch to bo $5,000.
Pastors Petition Wilson.
The llarrlsburg Ministerial Associa
tion passed resolutions requesting Sec
retary of Agriculture James Wilson
not to preside at the brewers' national
convention at Chicago. Tho resolu
tions will be forwarded to the Secre
tary.
State Engages Alexjndsr.
If arrangements made by Samuel D.
Ramlil, Superintendent of Public
Grounds and Muildlugs, ure ratified by
the State Hoard, John W. Alexander,
of New York, will paint the mural
decorations for the north corridor of
the capitol.
One Vote Nominates Man.
It. II. Koch, Republican and Citizens'
candidate for Judge of Schuylkill coun
ty, was declared the Prohibition noral
neo as well, because on the o'.llclul re
turns he received a single vote undr
thnt party caption.
Centipede Is Harmless.
The centipede or "thousand legger,"
as It Is better known in many parts of
th.o State, Is Just as harmless In these
latitudes as a butterfly according to a
bulletin which, Stnte Zoologist II. A.
Surface has completed. The poison
with which Keystone State centipedes
nyo credited with Is not strong enough,
to harm anyone, hut to enable them
to overpower their enemies or prey.
Dr. Surface says that the prejudice
against the Insects is unreasonable
and that tey dctroy much vermin.
Complaint Cf Frankford Fare.
Rev. John I). Ijilrd, of Philadelphia,
has filed a complaint with tno State
Railroad Commission, complaining of
the rate of fare on tho Pennsylvania
Rnd Philadelphia & Reading from
Rroad Street Station to Frankford, and
attacking tho Heading service. The
companies will bo asked to make
answers.
Capital Stock Doubled.
Tho Reading Hardware Company, of
Reading, filed notlco of an Increase of
its Brock from $710,000 to St.fi 17,000.