The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CARUTHERS
AFFAIR
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SYNOPSIS.
Mlnard Hendricks, great detective, Just
feturned from Boston, finds awaiting him
in unsigned typewritten letter directing
him to apartments In I'alace hotel, where
he will find remains of Mr. Weldon Caruth-
ers—currently reported for pasi two weeks
to be out of town. Detective seems to con-
nect letter with attempt made on his own
life some time previous. (Joes with friend,
Dr. Lampkln, to Investigate. Upon search
jC Caruthers* apartments remains of cre-
mated body and Jeweled hand of victim are
found in a vase. Hand bears marks of
finger nails manicured to sharp points.
Lampkln recalls reports of a row between
Caruthers and Arthur Glelow, both suitors
for hand of Dorothy Huntington, who Is
heiress to several millions should she mar-
ry Caruthers, unconditionally in case of
Caruthers' death. Date that night Hen-
dricks and Dampkln call at home of Miss
Huntington. Dorothy shows detective type-
written letter, which was an Invitation for
herself and aunt to occupy with Count
Hantlnni, Italian nobleman, his box at
horse show, as he was called out of town
by pressing business. Sbe recalls Glelow
had expressed before murder Intense ha
t i ed for Caruthers and believes him guilty
yet decides to help him, and with her aunt
^oes to his studio. Glelow has fled. His
servant, Henri, tells of overhearing con
f.sslon to Bantlnnl. llenrl thought his
master Insane. Hendricks, concealed In
room, hears all this, liendrlcks goes to
on.sult Kola, an Kast Indian Interested In
occult researches who had helped him In
much previous detective work, and located
In an old colonial mansion urnong the pal-
isades. l)r. lampkln Is summoned by Hen-
dricks, who has been shot. Bullet Is re-
moved and detective warned not to leave
Iris room. Hendricks calls for a crematory
employe, who confirms the supposition that
ashes found were those of human body
Miss Huntington receives letter from Gle
low in his own handwriting, postmarked
at Charleston. S. C., telllnj? of his crime
and flight. Noted graphologist examine
handwriting of this letter and says It is
genuine. During a call on Sergt. Denham
detective of police department, Hendricks
comes Into possession of cuff with words
written in blood over Glelow's name to
effect that he was Innocent, starving and
confined. Going tc Glelow's studio, Hen
ri identifies cufT as his masterfis. Henr
tells of strange influence Hantlnni had
over Glelow. Hendricks comes to conclu
slon Hantinn! was the murderer, and
through hypnotism made confess
bjth In person to Henri ar.d by letters to
others. Hendricks and Dampkin go to
Kola's retreat. Kola tells them Glelow
Is dead, and to prove his supernatural
powers claims to go to the detective
home In his astral body and bring back
a Bible, which is handed to Hendricks
amidst a lot of occult balderush. Kola
warns detective nn attempt Is to be made
on his life. Reaching home, Hendricks
iearns how nearly Kola deceived him
when his mother tells of disappearance
of Bible after one of Kola's calls during
his absence in Boston. Coming now to
Glelow's experiences, the story goes back
to night of murder, when Bantlnnl by
his strange power abducted his victim.
Bantlnnl tells his prisoner he is In his
power and how during three days of uncon-
ciousness he had been used to w rite letters
to Miss Huntington ar.d the police. The Im-
prisoned artist manages to loosen a stone
la side of cell. Through this opening he
pushes his cuff with its bloody message to
the outer world. Sergt. Denham, not havIng
known of Hendricks' connection with the
affair, comfs to him for advice. This brings
out fact that ruff was found )near palisade..
Detective Is now convinced of identity or
Kola and Bantlnnl, and with Denham and
Lampkln, Joined t.y Mis. Huntington, who
10 accompany them, set out to u.uue
Gieiow Hendricks and Lampkln, leaving
. Denham and Ml-s Huntington In carriage^
go Into the old house. Here they are trapped
by Kola, ar.d would have Been plunjged to
i heir death through trap door Infloor had
nut Denhai" appeared. Kola is bound. Bj
means of ether the doctor decides to make
.him talkative.
CI IA FTE K XX —CON T I N Ued.
"Good, good!" approved Hendricks,
as Kola's body began to grow limp
4'Give him some morel*'
"Oh, 110, he must not bi' too deeply
under it," objected l.nmpkin. "He is
just right now. Let lum loose. I'll mail-
age him as easily as a rowboat down-
stream. Now, if lie will onl> talk.
Kola's face was bloodless. For a mo-
ment there was nosonnd inside or out-
side of the house. Lumpkin raised the
towel a little, for the lips of the Indian
were moving.
A lmrsh lough broke from the death-
like face. f|
"It's the wisdom of the east,
chuckled Kola. "I'll never be suspect-
ed, and when Hendricks is out of the
way, I shall be free. Yes, free, and rich,
and as powerful as u king-"
There lie paused. Lampkin held up
his hand to warn the others not to
speak, and in a distinct voice said: ^
"But Qielow—will he be found?"
"Never!" burst impulsively from
Kola's lips. "No one else knows the se
cret door. No one would think of the
head of the dragon."
The eyes of Hendricks and the doctor
met. Hendricks' flashed knowingly,
and he grunted as he turned and run
into the hail. A moment later I.amp-
kin followed, finding the detective ex
uniining the walnut dragon at the foot
of the stairs.
"I believe on my life that the head of
the tiling unscrews," Hendricks ex-
■'laiined, excitedly. "See where it has
been rubbed by use. By Jove, X have
of wood, hut deeper down they were of
unhewn stone.
Perhaps 40 feet from the surface of
the earth, they found themselves in a
long1, narrow cavern, which wound
abount like a serpent's trail. And when
they had gone perhaps 200 yards from
their starting point they found them-
selves stopped by a brick wall in which
was a rusty iron door. The door was
locked, but a bunch of keys hung on a
hook near by.
"We have fouml him," said Lampkin.
Hendricks noddei! as he began to try
the keys in the lock. After many fail-
ures, the door was finally opened, and,
in the combined light of the lantern
and a streak of daylight that came in
at a tiny crack in the rock, they saw,
crouching in a corner, a white-faced
reature with walling eyes nnd dis-
beveled hair.
Who is it?" came from his lips in a
rasping whisper.
"Friends," said Hendricks.
Gieiow tried to rise, hut fell back-
ward.
in God's name—water!" lie gasped.
Here, drink this first," said Lampkin,
kneeling and drawing out from his
pocket a flask of brandy. Gieiow tried
to take the bottle ill his hands, but his
fingers were too stiff from cold. Dr.
Lampkin placed the bottle to his lips,
and Gieiow drank.
"Oh, thank God!" he said. "Is ittrue,
e you friends?"
"This is Mr. Minard Hendricks," an-
swered Lampkin. with a glance at the
holder of the lantern, "nnd Miss Hunt-
ington is outside in a carriage waiting
to take you home."
Oh, no, really?" cried the prisoner,
and then he lowered his head to his
knees and laughed like a happy child.
It seems like years since I came here.'
lie tried again to rise, but Lumpkin
stopped him.
"You must first drink some of this
liquid food," he said.
As lie opened the bottle, Gieiow eyed
it like a famished beast. As he was
taking it from a spoon from the doe-
tor's hands, Hendricks peered out
through the crack.
"1 have the solution now," he re-
marked. "In cutting the new road
along here, they came within a few
feet of chopping the end off tins cav-
ern. The blasting caused the crack,
lie must have thrust his message
through it."
Gieiow nodded us he ate, but he made
no comment.
"Now, that is enough for the pres-
ent," said Lampkin. "We must get you
out of here and warm you up before we
do anything else."
They raised the artist to his feet, and
bore him slowly between them along
the dark passage, and up the dark
stairs to the hall above.
"We'll take him straight to Kola's
room and wrap him up," said the
doctor.
ever goes back on you, or you need em- hence _ ,
I next inspiration was to hypnotize (iie-
roots of his ]
he
ployment, come to me.
lSenliaiu flushed to the
liair.
Thank you, Mr. • Hendricks
said, feelingly.
At this juncture the Indian opened
his eyes and stared fixedly at Hendricks.
"I liate you, Hendricks," were Ins
first words.
"l'lics seem to do the same thing iu
the summer," answered Hendricks,
drily, "but I mauage to get along. I
am not bald-headed,
"If you will guarantee safety to
inc." said Kola, after a moment's delib-
eration, "I will restore Gieiow to
you. He may be alive yet, but if 1 do
not reveal the secret of his hiding-place
he will never see the light of day. 1
tell you I am positively the only living
possessor of the secret.' ^
Hendricks' face wore a comical ex-
pression. lie glanced at Denham and
said:
44liich, isn't it?"
Denham nodded, and Kola's bead-like
eyes rolled back and forth wondering
lv as his gaze vibrated between them.
4,It is not an unreasonable request,
said he.
"You forget," replied Hendricks,
suavely, "that you have already court
eously volunteered all the information
necessary. You are a gem, Count llan
tinni. You a'ttpully do so inan.v good
deeds tliat you forget about them. \ on,
of course, remember telling* us about
the head of the dragon, the lantern,
the stone stairs, the long cavern, anil
the cell at the end."
Kola's face darkened. He reflected
•a moment and then said:
"I see you made me talk unconscious-
ly. 1 acknowledge that you have un-
done me completely."
He sat up and his handcuffs clanked
as he folded his bauds over his knee.
"Is Gieiow alive?" he questioned.
"Thanks, yes;" said Hendricks.
"Well, I am glad of that, anyway. He
stood between me and my desire, that's
all 1 had against him."
rtt
Half an hour later Hendricks went
out on the veranda and looked down
the road. Dr. Lampkin was t here walk-
ing buck and forth.
"How's Glelow?" asked the detec-
tive.
"Tip-top," answered the doctor.
"He'll be at his easel in a week. How's
the prisoner?"
"Resigned and meek as a lamb," an-
swered the detective. "He made a com
Grasping the head in his hands, Hen-
driek- gave it a powerful wrench, and it
begun to turn. In a moment it caine
off, and they saw, protruding from a
liollow tube in the neck of the dragon,
a steel rod with a ring on its end. Hen-
dricks tried to push the rod downward,
but it resisted his efforts. Then, as-
cending the steps till lie was above the
ring, he pulled it steadily upward. A
little bell inside the dragon rang. This
was followed by a creaking sound un-
der the ball floor, and a tall gilt-framed
plate-glass mirror in the brick wall
near by leaned outward on one side.
Kunning to it, Lampkin pulled it out
nnd found that it turned on hidden
hinges. And behind the mirror was re-
vealed a doorway and a narrow flight
of stairs leading downward into the
darkness. There was a lantern on the
first step, and Hendricks lighted it, and
holding It above his head he hurried
down the stairs. At first the steps were
CHAPTER XXI
When they had put him in a big, soft
bed in the chamber adjoining Kola's
reception room, Hendricks went out to
the carriage. The green curtain was
still down, but he saw that it was pulled
aside, nnd that the occupant was peer-
ing cautiously out. \\ hen she saw him
coming, she opened the carriage door'
and looked anxiously into liis face.
Hendricks smiled.
"Gieiow is safe," he said. "He is
weak, of course, but he will pull through i
all right."
Sbe seemed unable either to answer
or to move. The stare of her eyes
seemed to indicate doubt on her partus
to the verity of t*he news.
"I think you might come in, if you
wish," nddeci Hendricks. "We have put
him to bed, and the doctor is preparing
something warm for him."
Without a word, she got out of the
carriage, and dumbly followed him.
As they were ascending the steps, she
paused half-way up the flight and
looked at Hendricks pitifully, and then
down at her feet. Her knees bent nnd
she clutched his arm.
"I—I don't know what's the matter
with me," she faltered. "I don't seem
able to move. Oh, please pardon my
weakness."
"It's the shock," said Hendricks, al-
most tenderly. "You must try to calm
yourself. All the trouble is over, you
know, and the prisoner is in chains."
"I thought something serious had
happened," she said, slowly recovering.
"I heard the crash, and then, as you did
not appear, and the sergeant remained,
I thought something was wrong."
"Perhaps you had better go back to
the carriage and not try to go in," sug-
gested Hendricks.
The reiuprk seemed to rouse her to
action.
"Oh, no, I must see him! 1 can help,"
and, releasing his arm, she mounted the
steps unaided.
Hendricks led her to the door of the
room where they had taken Gieiow.
Lampkin appeared on the threshold.
He's begging to see you, Miss Hunt-
ington," said lie.
He pushed the door open, and when
she had gone in he closed it and stood
facing Hendricks. For a moment they
looked into each other's eyes without
speaking. Then Hendricks turned
away abruptly.
He went into a little alcove off the
big reception-rooin, and, glancing at
Denhani and the sleeping Indian, lie
rang the telephone.
lie ordered from the nearest police
station a patrol wagon, for the prisoner,
and an ambulance, with all the com-
forts available, for the transportation
of an invalid. Then he came and looked
down at Kola's face.
"I presume you found Gieiow pretty
bad off," remarked Denham. There was
nnd make him confess and flee, but
for a week the artist pi1 rsistent iy av oiil-
ed him, and it was not t i' KoLi disco\-
ered that 1 was back from liostou that
lie accidentally met the artist and ac-
complished his purpose."
"lint why diii Kola make the llrs: at-
tempt on your life?" asked the doctor.
"Because he had already decided to
murder Caruthers, marry the heiress
and continue his role of Italian
count iu New York, and was afraid that
1 would sooner or later recognize him."
"But ine second attempt on your
life?" questioned Lampkin.
"Was because he found out that 1 was
at the rooms of Count Ituntintii the.
morning after Ciielow s apparent fiight,
and was afraid I would finally discover
his disguise. i think from the fact that
he avoided me during that time that
h<* was afraid of me, but after he played
the Hible trick on us I think he be-
lieved he could frighten me out of fol-
lowing up the llantitini clew and into a
belief in the guilt of Gieiow. However,
his fears got the best of him nnd he
decided to kill both you and me by-
means of his dead-fall.
.Inst then there was the sound of a
gong down the road and the patrol
wagon dashed into view.
"The ambulance will follow pretty
soon," remarked lieiulrii'k>. "Uoctor, I
•nn going to leave you and M)n Hunt-
ington with the patient while Denham
and 1 go in with our booty."
"That will be nil right," answered
Lampkin. "We'll look after him.
Denham and Hendricks had led Kola
out to the wagon utid put him in, and
Hendricks was about to climb ill after
bill! when Dr. Lampkin came to the
dour and signaled to Hendricks to conie
back.
'Miss Huntington wants to see you
fore you go," lie said.
A sheepish expression wn^ mingled
with the flush on Hendricks' face as
he entered the room where Gieiow lay
awake nnd smiling contentedly. Miss
Huntington rose from the bedside and
held out her hand.
1 couldn't let you go without speak-
ing to you," she said, her eyes filling
"1 shall never forget your goodness as
long ns 1 live. Von are the best friend
1 ever bad. Arthur," she said, turning
to Gieiow, "I cannot say what I want
to say. I am going to kiss him." And
she put her arms around the neck of
the detective and kissed him on the
lips.
Hendricks grew very red in the face,
nnd saying something about wishing
lie had it all to do over again, lie backed
from the room. As be turned at the
threshold he stumbled over a rug and
almost fell Into Lumpkin's arms.
The doctor braced him tip with a
hand on each of his shoulders, and
grinned and smacked his lips signifi-
cantly. lint Hendricks only swore at
him, waxed redder in the fnee and de-
scended to the wagon and crawled itt
besiide Kola.
THE END.
NICE PRESENT FOR A BRIDE.
Former Sweetlienrt of Charlie'.
Have Iler n Pillow SlnlTi-il Willi
Ilia Pretty Turin.
BELOVED BY SOLDIERS.
fc|ilrllillil Wnr Heeor.l of Mr*. Snrnli
J. Kaula. « Colored %.i er-
lr ta Arui> >urw.
Sarah .1. Funis is one of the heroines
of tin' war. Sbe went lo Santiago as a
contract nurse on the 12th of .luly, IS'Js.
nnd is still employed in the general
hospital in tb.it city, under Sergt. Carl'.
Sbe lias never been ill a minute, lias
never been off dm* a day since she ar
rived there, and at one time at Kl Caney
had III) siik and wounded soldiers tin
der her charge. Only one of Micm died
\ I It ii rnete r 1*1 le Ini'filolf tl tliel.ulit
l-Intprea* of \ii*trlu Itrluted
l > Iler I on im *loi .
The biography of Kli/.ubetli, recently
published by Harper A llros. under
the title "The Martyrdom of «n Km
press," ron tains inan> interesting in
cidents and adventures of which tin*
empress was tin* heroine during her
lonif and eventful life. Klizaboth and
her constant companion.
the author.
V
"we have found him.
plete confession to Denham and my-
self just now."
"And I presume the mystery is solved
at last," remarked Lampkin, tenta-
tively. "I must say, however, that
I am still in the dark on one or two fea-
tures of the case. For instance, it
seems nn unnecessary thing for Kola
to cremate the body and inform you
anonymously that the remains would
be found in the hotel."
"That seems to have been an after-
thought, and there was a reason forit
explained Hendricks. "He was spend-
ing a pleasant evening w ith his victim
in Caruthers' rooms nnd committed the
deed sooner than he really intended.
Caruthers, it appears, was just begin-
ning to suspect that Kola was not an
Italian, and a dispute arose between
them. Kola struck him n single blow-
in the temple, and he fell dead with-
out a sound or blood."
"Ah, I see!" exclaimed Lampkin.
"Then," went on Hendricks, "Kola
feared, as lie was seen to enter Car
uthers' rooms, that he would be sus-
pected, so he quickly resorted to the ex-
cellent scheme of making it appear
that his victim had suddenly left the
city.
"He first crowded Caruthers' body
into one of his big trunks and deliber-
ately went down to the street and em-
ployed a passing baggageman to come
up for the trunk, pretending that it
was his. Without attracting notice,
he got the trunk delivered at his own
rooms in town, and early the next morn-
ing had it removed out here by his In-
dian servant. He next dropped (ar-
uthers' valet a note from Philadelphia,
which was mailed in that city by an
eastern confederate, and later he
forged another communication toMisj
Huntington.
"But, In the meantime, he was think-
ing of some unique means of totally
destroying the body. He ended by cut-
ting It up and reducing it to oslies by
oxy-hyd.rogen flame, all except the
hand, which, for a time, escaped bis
notice. He was about to throw the
ashes away when he ran across the
hand. Then the thought occurred to
I'.otli of the girls had been unfortu-
nate enough to full iu love with the
same man at different period's of his
and their existence, und the girl who
had been engmged to him for over
three years nt one time was not the
one who finally married him. The
other girl, while knowing nothing of
the actual engagement, knew that the
first.girl had been a strong and danger-
ous rival, and she was more than
pleased to receive, among her other
wedding gifts, a dainty remembrance
from her husband's old love. 1 he
husband, being better acquainted w ith
the old love, suspected something pe
culinr, although he didn't know what
or why.
"That was a beautiful slumber pil-
low you sent us," said the bride to the
other girl, upon the occasion of the
first call, "and such lovely, firm fill-
ing, too. What is it filled with, dearie
—excelsior or curled hair?"
"Curled liair," the other girl made
smiling answer, "curled hair, my dear;
Charlie's hair, in fact. All the time he
was engaged tome—over three years
as you know, of course, darling. 1
made him save his pretty curls every
time the barber out them, and bring
them to me. It was an awful bother
to him, but he always would do any-
thing I asked him—1 hope your in-
fluence over him is half as strong, my
dear girl and I got enough linir in
time, naturally curled lrnir, you might
say, to mnke a lovely big pillow. i
thought you renllv ought to have it
now, as you finally captured, liini, so
1 sent It to you. Tell Charlie all about
it, won't you?"
The ragman who haunts the alleys
of that particular neighborhood made
the find of a beautiful soft pillow on
the bride's garbage box next morning
—Chicago Tinies^IIernld.
MltS KNNIS. THK COI.OUKH M ltSK
All "f ber superior officers and asso-
ciates. us well as her patients, speak in
I lie highest terms of ber skill, ber en-
crjjv ami devotion.
Mrs. r.nnis is a colored woman, a nu-
tive of Santa I'm/., Wcsl Indies, and
is now years old. Sbe came lo Ibis
countr\ with her husband, who was a
steward on the ill-fated steamship Kibe,
of the North German Lloyd company,
which went to wreck several years ago
on the coast of Ireland, \fter his ileatli
she entered the school for I rained
nurses connected with the I' man's
hospital for colored people in Washing
ton a ml graduated from 1liut instiiii
Hon in April. Is'.is. From that time un-
til she went to Santiago in .1 uly slie iva
employed as a nurse in some of the best
families of Washington.
Three other colored nurses went to
Santiago on the 1 .Itb of July and still
remain there. They are all from New
Orleans, and their names are Mrs.
White, Mrs. May Williams anil Mrs.
Siiumlers.
Sister Fortunnta. a colored nun from
the Charity hospital. New Orleans, who
is now in the military hospital in I*•
]{ico. is suid to be a niece of < Jen. t ioincz.
— \Y. K. Curtis, in Chicago Record.
used to disguise themselves und
the .slums of the cities, nursing thesiek
, nd comforting t lie afflicted. Due ui^ht
the> were riding through the outskirts
of I'esth when they heard a woman's
screams from a rickety hovel.
••On the impulse of the moment, sn\*«
the author, "we both leaped from our
horses, and, rushing to the door and
pushing it open, we found ourselves ia
a villainously dirty room, where a huge
rurtian of a man was dragging a woman
about the floor by her luxuriant, un-
bound hair, kicking her vigorously as
lie did so. Ilefore 1 realized what was
happening the empress had laid ber
Iiea\y hunting crop about the fellow s
face, and so surprised was lie lit our
unexpected appearance and at this \ i}j
orous onslaught that lie dropped his
victim ami stared at us in blank amaze-
ment. His astonishment was, however,
as nothing to ours when the ill-used
dame sprang to her feet, and, putting
her avins akimbo, demanded, iu her
shrillest 11 ungarian. ami with a torrent
of invectives, what 'we hussies' meant,
by interfering w ith her husband. I he
empress burst into a peal of laughter,
and taking from her habit a couple of
gold ten-gulden pieces she handed them
to this model benedict, exclaiming:
'Heat her. my friend; beat her all she
wants. Sin* deserves it for being sii
loyal to you.' "
EXQUISITE HOSIERY.
I'lie Delicti. Whleli I'orni I'nrt
Sir.. Willie K. * nnilerl.lll'n
Hlahorate Trou*wenia.
Here are f.ve of the prettiest of sev-
eral pairs of stockings which area part
of Misa Virginia Fair's wardrobe. They
were seen in the establishment of a
Fifth avenue hosier just before they
were sent to the home of the young
woman.
For cycling, at which she is an ex-
pert. Miss Fair has open-work silk hose
iu dark green, brown, blue and tan.
There are two designs to he worn
ith low shoes. One is dark blue em
something in bis tone which showed I him that unless it mis proved beyond
doubt that Caruthers was actually
vast respect for Hendricks.
Hendricks nodded, and then he
stretched his hand over Kola to the
j*oung officer.
•'My boy, you saved three lives this
morning, and showed the sort of stuff
you are made of. I shall never forget
you. You won't lose by it. I shall
speak to your chief about you. If he
dead there would be endless litigation
before Miss Huntington could eotne
into her uncle's estate. As you know,
that would not have suited Kola, so he
put the ashes and hand in the vase,and
managed to get them Into Caruthers
apartments. His first Idea was tbat it
would be taken for the work of a crank,
Important Step*.
Not long ago a number of consta-
bles were assembled at Scotland \nrd
London, for the purpose of being ex
amined in matters relating to polic(
duty, previous to being appointed ai
sergeants. The following question wai
asked a candidate by u member of the
examining board: "Vou are on duty
in the vicinity of a menagerie, and
you are Informed that a lion hai
broken loose and Is roaming about
the street*. What «tepj would you
take?" "Jolly long ones, sir!"
plied the con tabIe, to the amusement
of the other members of the board. -
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
About tlae Slip of It.
Willie—Say, pa, the paper says the
wedding wus a very quiet affair; what
does It mean by that?
Pa—It must refer to the murrlage ol
a deaf and dumb couple, my son.—Chi-
cago Daily Xews.
KUSSET SHOE POLISH.
Formula for >lnkiiiK One** Own Mnp-
l |> of lil«|ui«l Cleanlier unil
u Stlffer I'aate.
Replying* to inquiries from corre-
Apoiiilcnls, the American l)ruggii-:t gives
these recipes, the lirst for a liquid pol-
ish, and the second for n Ktiffcr pnste:
The liquid preparation has a composi-
tion resembling the following: bellow
beeswax, two ounces; flaxseed oil, three
ounces; oil of turpentine, ten ounces.
Dissolve by menus of a water bath in a
closed vessel anil add hard yellow soup
lineiv shaved, cue anil a quarter ounces.
Dissolve the soap with the aid of heat in
14 ounces ol' water and add the solution
to the solution of yellow wnx and flax-
seed oil formed in the lirst instance. A
nice russet brown color may be impart-
ed to 1 his shoe polish by incorporating
about three grains of liismarck brown
to each ounce of the polish.
Husset shoe paste has many of the
characteristics of rosin cerate. It usual-
ly consists of an ointment of yellow wax
anil turpentine, colored with palm oil
The following formula may be used:
Yellow wax, one ounce; palm oil, one
ounce; oil turpentine, three ounces;
oil mi rim lie, 1.1 drops. Make into
paste. The color may lie heightened if
not of the right shade by the judicious
use of butter coloring mude from an-
batto.
Htrawlierry I'uritflnK.
Take a quart of nice ripe berries and
mash in a deep dish. Sugarwell. lake
one quart of milk, scald and put in
pinch of grated lemon rind and thicken
with cornstarch and yolks of two fresh
eggs and set aside to cool, lieat up the
two whites to a stiff froth, pour thecus-
turd over the strawberries, then tin
whites. Put in a hot ovea for a few
minutes to slight ly brown the whites of
the eggs. Serve very cold.
Hhubarli fake.
Four eggs beaten separately, three
eupfuls of flour, two cupfuls of sugar
half a cupful of butter and one cupful
of sweet milk. Flavor with lemon and
add two teaspoonfuls of cream of tar
tar. Carefully wash nnd stew a large
stalk of rhubarb, sweeten to taste nnd
drop in n teaspoonful of grated lemon
peel while cooking. When cold placr
between the luyers of cake and spread
over the whole with chocolate.
Kllllnlc H|inrroHS In lluntun.
Sparrow exterminators in liostou de-
stroyed 1,101) nests on the Common in
two days.
HOSIERY I-'DR A BRIDK.
broidered in red upon the instep an
well up the front; the other is black
also embroidered but with the addition
nf white silk polka dots.
For afternoon wear Miss Fair has
hose with fancy tops and for evening
she has stockingsof all the new delicate
oli;rings embroidered in mock gems.
Miiklnic Kyelet Hole*.
The home dressmaker may find it
useful to know that when bodices are
laced instead of being buttoned or
hooked the eyelet holes through which
the cords are passeil should be made in
a narrow space between two small
whalebone strips. The whalebone 011
h side of the row of eyelets prevents
the cord from wrinkling 1 lie bodice.
The places for the bones may be pre-
pared, but the bones need not be slipped
in place until the eyelets are mnile, ax
it is much asier to make the latter be-
fore the material is stiffened. Very
stnull, round whalebones are most often
used for the stiffening, ns they adapt
themselves more reudily to the curves
of the figure than do the flat ones,
which will only bend backward an</
forward.
The Wlnilow r«ll lier .
To clean chamois polishing cloths
pour six tablespoon fills of ammonia In-
lo a quart of tepid water and soak the
chamois skin for about an hour. With
a spoon work and press it to free as
much of the dirt ns possible; lift into
n basin of tepid water and rub well with
the hands. Rinse in fresh water until
clean; dry in the shade and w hen dry
rub between the bands.
When the Noar llleeiln.
To stop a bleeding nose, keep the pa-
tient's bead thrown back and his arms
raised, llold a cold cloth or sponge to
receive the blood. Press the fingers
firmly on each side of the nose where it.
joins the upper lip. A piece of ice or a
cloth wrung out of icewater may be
placed at the back of the head. Ladies'
Home Journal.
Frosen Oi-Hrirl Clierrle*.
Two quarts of thoroughly ripe cher-
ries mashed through a sieve, one pint
of cream, two eggs beaten light, two
quarts milk, sugar to sweeten to taste.
Put In freezer nnd freeze same ns ice
cream. If the freezer is too full leave
out a little of the inilk, as the freezer
should lack about three inches of be-
ing full.
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