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The Washington times., 1894-04-22
How TO Use THE CONVENIENT
AND ECONOMICAL OIL STOVE.

These first real warm days make those
housekeepers who can do so think of entering
upon season of light housekeeping. Fires
are allowed to so out in the range or stove,
and gas, gasoline, or oil stove will take its
place. much to the comfort of the whole
household.
Some housekeepers. as soon as the Spring
cleaning IS out OF The way. take this season OF
light cookery to dispense with servant for
it is generally found TO be inexpedient to
teach the average girl how to use these Ia
bor-savinc coryeniences to any advantage.
One would imagine they would like to get rid
of the old way of making fires, cleaning up
ashes and serving so many dishes. and the
heat. But experience shows they do not like
''new-fungled" ways that cost little thought
in their management.
A family o. six people can very well supply
all its table needs by using either the bOve
stoves with intelligence. A nest Of tin boilers
five or six high is great convenience for
potatoes and other vegetables, as all can be
cooked at once on one hole of this smaller
stove. with a pudding in the top one.
a lady who lives just outside of the region
of gas finds a double burner oil stove just as
convenient as once she did gas stove when
she lived in the city.
The first thing is to place it outside of
drafts. 1t is always filed ful every morning,
and the wicks rubbed off evenly Lefore light
ing, and the stove top cleaned of every drop
OF oil from the outside. When that is done
the doubie-top plate is put on, as il she wants
to bake anything the oven is put over, and
the tea kettie on top of that. she bakes muf-
fAs and Trolls chops aud fries potatoes all at
one tine in the oven. and by the time the
kettle Is boiled and coilee made breakfast is
ready.
Now simple as that is. there is not one
''girl'' in twenty would have tho '.gumption''
70 get such a breaafAst In that way. This
same little woman keeps all her cooking uten-
sis clean by very simple device which is not
patented. She always keeps n pie tin over
the burners, which being so thin does not
prevent the heat from cooking. but does save
a lot of work which otherwise would be
neccssaryto keep kettles and sauccpans clean.
These il at all crooked should be rubbed
until iree rom smut with old newspapers.
These las. should be put in the fire. but of
the kit hen stove at once, and a match ap-
Piled to them. ThGs attended to, an oil
stove may be kept as clean rs any other
ssove With but very little trouble. Another
thing. Use only the best oil or the best
fluids if You are obliged to use either an oil
or gasoiiue stove.
The Washington times., 1894-04-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

Granulated sugar is the purest brand, con.
sequently the cheapest. Do not use quite as
much as OF other kinds, one-half inch less for
a cupful.
Make boiled starch with weak soapsuds
made of white soap instead OF with clear
water, and you will have no difficulty with its
sticking.
SILK which has been badly wrinkled may be
smoothed by spOnging on the right side with
weak gum-arabie water and then ironing on
the wrong side.
Never put your stovepipes away without
rubbing them thoroughly with linseed oil or
something similar. This will prevent an aecu-
mutation OF dust.
A crepe veil can be renovated By putting it
out for few minutes in a drilling rain until
well dampened. Then fold and put under a
mattress over night. 1t be wonderfully i'm
proved in the morning.
a real Italian Leghorn straw may be cleaned
with nailbrush and CASTLE soapsuds. Rusty
black hats may be renovated with the liquid
dressing or polish sold for ladies' Shoes
White or yellow mats may be bleached by
washing them in clear water and placing them
in box with burning sulphur the fumes of
which uniting with the water form the acid
which bleaches.
By putting handkerchiefs in warm water,
few drops of ammonia and using CASTLE soap.
they are easily washed and made a beautiful,
clear white. Then do not iron. but spread the
handkerchief out smoothly on marble or glass,
gently pulling out or shaping the lace. just
before it is entirely dry fold evenly and
smoothly and place under heavy book or
weight of some kind, and you will find yoVS
handherchiefs lasting thrice as long - go
before.
The Washington times., 1894-04-22

For an instant the tutors self-possession
was disturbed; the color rushed to his face,
and he was about to make some protest
against the indignity when warning glance
from Gladys checked him. ''Most certainly ~
he said "when Mr.. Inspector has searched
the servants rooms he is quite at liberty to
ransack mine. l will remain here with Miss
Harrington and the servants while the exam
lining is in progress" :" he said
Ms. Harrington and the inspector left the
saloon, and again the hum of WHISPERED con-
versation was audible. Gladys, with queer
smile on her beautiful lips. sank into the chair
her stepmother had quilted and turned her
attention to the newspaper which had served
that lady as q pretext for silence during the
purgatoriai half hour that had followed on her
strange eNordium.
Ralph seated himself at scme distance from
Gladys. and Freddy nestled at his side with
a look of puzzled anxiety on his childish face
Once Gladys looked across to the tutor; the
look said plainly: "This ordeal must be
borne for my sake. love you, and trust you;
cannot you trust me?"
Ralph smiled an affirmative. and let his
thoughts drift into pleasanter channel than
that of Mrs. Harrington's enmity. her plot to
ruin him, and the strange upshot thereof.
An hour passed; the whispers of the serv-
ants were hushed; their curiosity was on tip
toe, for in the silence that had suddenly
fallen on the saloon they caught the distant
sound OF the inspectors deep bass voice and
the rustic of Mrs. Harrington's silk dress
descending the stairs. The search was over;
what had been the result
In another moment the lady and the
inspector advanced to the table in the center
of the saloon. Mrs. Harrington's eyes flashed
full on Ralph's face, and for the moment the
mask of courtesy she had hitherto worn in his
presence was lifted, and hatred. rage, and
baffied malice looked out at him from under
her level brows.
Have you found your necklace, Mad
amp" said the tutor.
81 have not; the thief has probably hidden
it too WELL" was her biting reply.
"On his or her person, perhaps" suggested
Ralph ironically. ALLOW me to set an exam
pie, which no doubt others will be glad to
follow. If you, Mr.. Inspector will come up
to my room, will gladly submit to personal
search"
Mrs. Harrington was shamed at last. There
was no mistaking the significance of the tu-
tors words. He had found out the abomi-
nabie plot she had concocted, and he meant
her to know that he had done so.
II cannot allow such an indignitv to be put
upon my sons tutor" she said, dropping her
eyes.
"Mr. Inspector, you are witness that have
offered to submit to personal search: Mrs.
Harrington declines to avail herself OF my
offer.''
The inspector. understanding that there
was more in the affair than met the eye,
bowed respectfully to the tutor and then
asked Mrs. Harrington If she desired him to
prosecute any further inquiries.
Certainly" she answered de1antly. II
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81 think we shall be forced to assume such
possibility said Ralph. gravely "The
first thing to find out is if anyone has left the
| hall during the afternoon or evening. /
scarcely think that thief would attempt to
| hide the jewels in the house after this morn
| ing's affair,
"No one has left, am sure, except Morris,
mammals maid
"Huml Do you know why she left?''
"She had telegram from home summon
ing her to her fathers sick bed.'
do you know anything Of Morris antece-
dents?'
"Oh, Ralph. surely-surely you don't sus-
pect herl Why. she has been years at the
| hall, and my stepmother has the greatest
| confidence in her.
Didn't Mrs. Harrington say this morning
that Morris was the messenger she dispatched
to the station to telegraph to Leatberhampton
for the inspector?''
.'Yes; but
'Then. my dear Gladys, think we have a
clue, but for the present We must keep our
suspicious to ourselves and wait the course of
events. Meanwhile 1 shall do little detec-
tive work on my own account
During the next two or three days Mr.
Inspector paid frequent visits to Harrington
Hall. but no further evidence was elected,
and the diamond necklace robbery still re-
mained enveloped in mystery. Ralph's
amateur detective work had, however. not
been equally barren of result. On the morn
ing following Gladys discovery Of sthe real
theft he paid visit to the station, and learned
from the telegraph clerk that Mrs. Harring-
tons maid had dispatched two kilograms on
the previous morning, one to London, the
other to Leatherhampton. Ralph tried hard
to get sight OF the telegram forms. but the
man declared that to allow such breach of
official discipline would be as much as his
place was worth.
On his return from the station Ralph con-
flded to Gladys the result OF his inquiries, and
the two conspirators decided to follow up the
clue thus obtained, and to place the affair in
the hands Of Mr.. Jonas Lynx, noted private
detective in London. While the country po-
lice were leisurely celebrating what steps to
take in regard to the Harrington Hall bur-
glary, the experienced Mr.. Lynx had discov-
cred the Whereabouts of Miss Julia Morris,
had satisfied himself that the respectable Mr..
Morris, OF Holloway, was purely mythical
parsonage, and that the place where Miss
Morris was living was the temporary head
quarters Of gang Of ight-flngered gentry
with whom she was closely connected, her
brother being distinguished member OF the
Fraternity OF the Skeleton Keys and Crowbar.
He also identified that clever young woman
as one Sarah Brown, who, fifteen years before,
had picked oakum in one of her Majesty's
jails for term of twelve months Three days
later Ralph was informed that Miss Brown.
alias Morris, had been arrested at Liverpool
when about to go on board the screw steamer
Hawk. The diamonds, however, were not in
her possession, the stones having probably
unset within u few hours OF their appropriation
The Washington times., 1894-04-22
BLEACHED BY ELECTRICITY,
An Ingenious Method of Turning On
blondes by Wholesale.

An ingenious Method of Turning Out
Blondes by Wholesale.
[From the Electrical Reviewl
An enterprising individual, this time dyer
Of human hair, has projected the following
method; advices, however, do not state that
he has been entirely successful. The process
is ingenious, and for this reason alone it is
worthy Of mention. The subject, who is gen.
orally Of the weaker, and shall we add vainer
sex, seats herself in the operating chair, which
is somewhat similar to dentists chair, and
rests the back OF her neck on metal plate
which is the negative terminal of a rather
strong battery, the current from which is
sufficient to exert moderate decomposIng
action on solutions of salts, containing
bleaching agent such as chlorine
The waving tresseS are allowed to fall back
Of the chair and are dampened with a solu-
ton of what the inventor terms his secret. A
brush composed of metallic bristles, which
have been gilded or platinized, and which are
electrically connected TO the source or cur
rent, thus forming the positive pole of the
battery, is slowly and steadily drawn through
the hair. A slight decomposition Of the salt
held in solution takes place. the bleaching
agent is liberated: and the coloring matter i'll
the hair is lightened.
The discoverer declares that the color given
to the darkest hair may be varied at pleasure
and may also be carefully regulated; further
more, he states that the color does not re-
semble that of ordinary .bleached" hair, but
is more natural and in every way able to de-
ceive the most expert il suoh matter. While
the idea is one which is attractive from an ex-
perimental standpoint, the object attained, il
his statements are true, is one which should
be pushed into obscurity by a minimum
amount Of praise.
Still another beautifying % effect OF the
current is obtained by this inventor, who
seems too fertile in such vanity promoting
ideas. Advertises to make ladies lips resem-
bic coral in their dazzling redness. and to
tempt the silly fluttering butterflies of fashion
into his entangling web he bursts into this
spasm of alleged poetry:
"With coral lips aud teeth Of pearl,
Oh, could you find sweeter girl?7
To give greater emphasis to this miasma of
his mind he puts the effusion between quota
ton marks. His process. to keep pace with
the age is, of course, an electric one, and he
produces an unhealthy reddening of the lips
by forcing an inflammation by means of So
called Faradic current.
There is pretty good evidence that his
snowy operating rooms are well crowded by
"bevy of beauties at all times of the day.
and it is quite amusing to watch the silly
women who have much more money than
brains at their disposal emerge from this
gilded den feeling their fevered lips with their
tongues and trying to smile while ''they are
paying too dear for their whistle"
The Washington times., 1894-04-22
The SiOl6n Diamonds.
Continued from yesterday
CHAPTER III.

Mrs. Harrington's fine eyes had never
looked more brilliant and moro malicious
than when they rested on the pale but COM
posed countenance OF the tutor. rs he quietly
entered the saloon, leading Freddy by the
hand.
Excuse my somewhat abrupt summons.
Mr.. Cunningham" she said, speaking very
courtcously, though there was ring of
covert triumph in her clear tones that warned
Ralph that she meant mischief. But a cir
cumstancc has occurred which renders it i'm
perativo that l should speak collectively to
every member of this household
Rulph bowed, but made no reply, though
be could not repress the slightly sarcastic
smile which played upon his lips as be noted
the judicial formality of her manner
Tins morning. indeed not more than an
hour ago. found that. probably during the
night, had been robbed of a very valuable
diamond necklace. NV maid, Morris. and 1
room where, US most OF you know. 1 am in the
habit OF keeping my jewels. We found, much
to our surprise. that the room had been en-
tered from the outside; the window was
securely bolted, and there were no signs what
ever of any evil-minded person having af-
fected an entrance in that way. / am, there
fore. forced to accept the other expla-
nation OF this extraordinary affair, namely,
that my room was visited by some one
from inside. OF course it is just possible that
the thief may have gained admittance to the
house from some other part of the premises and
found his or her way to my apartments. You,
Walters. will be better able to speak with au-
thority on this point than l am. Will you tell
Us il you found any door or window open this
morning?'
The old butler, who had served his mistress
faithfully ever since her arrival at the hall as
bride, twelve years ago, at once declared
that he could solemnly swear that no signs OF
burglary had been visible when he went his
rounds early that morning. look of genu-
me concern was on his honest countenance as
ne met Mrs. Harringtons eye, and certainly
the most suspicious woman on earth would
nave instantly acquitted him Of having had
awning to do with the disappearance of the
Has anything else been missed? Is all the
plate intact?" queried Mrs. Harrington.
There is nothing missing, ma'am. II you
Will examine the strong room"
II am quite ready to take your word - in
terrupted his mistress with smile that stroye
to be kindly.
my daughter tells me that she also has
lost nothlng, she continued
''Mr Cunningham. can you say the same2u
Her cold, bright gray eyes were suddenly
flashed on the tutor.
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81 have lost nothing" he answered quietly.
"Then it seems that the thief was contented
| with my necklace for spoil''
Here the servants looked at each other with
| dlsmay: it was clear TO the meanest under
| standing that Mrs. Harrington suspected that
some inmate of the hall was the thief. There
WIS low buzz of whispers rs their mistress
ceased speaking; the cook and butler
exchanged few words, and then the latter
spoke out.
I'VE are all agreed, ma am. that the fairest
thing to everybody would be that our boxes
should be examined. No ono has left the
house this morning. II, as 1 fear you think,
the thief is here present"
:" think nothing of the sort. Walters; I
have only mentioned the case, which l GER
tainly think so to prove that the thief gained
admittance to my apartment by the door and
not by the window. At any rate, | intend to
place the affair in the hands of person more
competent 20 decide on the matter than N.Y.
self. Directly made the discovery that that
l had been robbed 1 dispatched nv maid to
the station to telegraph to Leatherhampton
for the inspector Of police, who. l expect.
will arrive in less than half an hour. In the
meantime l desire that you will all remain in
the saloon"
The servants again exchanged clances of
CONSERVATION. Such an unprecedented occur
renee as this would furnish food for gossip in
tne servants nall Ior many year to come.
Even the presence of their mistress and the,
uncomfortable chill that had suddenly fallen
on the assemblage did not silence the hum of
whispered talk among the men servants and
maid servants, who waited with what pa-
tience they could command for the next act
in this tragedy-comedy of tho mysterious
burglary.
The half hour expired at last Mr.. Cum
ningham had throughout maintained an atti-
tude of polite indiiference; GLADYS had been
studiously silent, and little Freddy. who had
only half understood the scene, still cluny to
the tutors hand with an expression of min
gled wonder and terror in his big brown ewes
Mrs. Harrington had seated herself in one of
the deep easy chairs scattered about the sa-
loon, and made q pretense of glancing down
the columns of newspaper. Her face was
pale and her lips firmly set, but the hand
which held the newspaper shook slightly. thus
betraying the emotions she strove SO hard to
conceal.
The arrival of the inspector Of police was a
was relief to every one Mrs. Harrington
briefly explained to him what had occurred.
and her reasons for supposing that the theft
of the necklace had been been accomplished
by an inmate of the hail.
"Such suspicion is of course very painful
to me" she continued, ''but under the cir
cumstances, Mr.. Inspector, though I deeply
regret the necessity, think it better for the
satisfaction OF all concerned that should ac-
cept the offer made by my servants and re-
quest you to search their boxes. You, Mr..
Cunningham" she added suddenly, address,
ing herself to Ralph, twill, just for forms
sake, undergo the same unpleasant ordeal"
The Washington times., 1894-04-22
House Proceedings,

The session OF the House was exceed ngly
dull yesterday. The only feature was the an
nouncement of Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, that
ne proposed in the future to retaliate upon
the Democrats for blocking fusion legislation
at the Friday night sessions by refusing all
requests in the House for the passage of bills
by unanimous consent. AS ali the members
have a greater or less number of small bills
to pass in this way, Mr.. Hepburn's announce
ment caused quite furry. About an hour
was spent in the further consideration of
the diplomatic and consular bill, and after .
O'Clock, by special order, the day was devoted
to eulogies on the late Senator Gibson, of
Louisiana.
The Washington times., 1894-04-22

! tablished himself in his favorite nook in the
shrubbery when he caught sight of a white
gown through the trees. and in another mo-
ment Gladys. looking pale, scared, and agi-
tated. seated herself at his side.
''What has alarmed you darling?" he said,
finginG away his unfinished cigar and encir-
cling her with his arm. The poor girl was
breathly and palpitating. and her eyes were
dilated with alarm.
"Oh. Ralph" she painted, ''that horrid
necklace
Has it been found?" queried Ralph,
sharply.
mo: it is gone-really and truly gone. this
time. When you brought it to me this morn
ing and explained my stepmother's wicked
plot to disgrace you l was tempted to fling
the miserable thing into the lake there. But
l remembered how she valued it; it was one
of my fathers wedding presents to her and
is worth two or three thousand pounds, be-
lieve: so l hid it away in my dressing case, as
l told you would. But just now. when
went to look if it was safe. 1 found that it
was gone"
You locked your dressing case. of course.
Has the lock been tampered with?"
Il think not: but you know how careless
am about keys and things. When changed
my frock Mt luncheon time / probably lett the
keys in the pocket. At any rate the necklace
has been taken from my dressing case by some
one. Oh Ralph, it seems as if my step
mother is to be punished for her cruelty to
you! Just think what wicked thing-to go
to her room and hide her miserable diamonds
in your portmanteau, and then to get up that
wretched comedy in the saloon. hoping to
disgrace you before the servants and every
one, because she was determined toto part
u.s.
.'But, dearest. this is not time to ponder
Mrs. Harrington'S misdeeds. The question is,
who has taken the diamonds, and how are we
to recover them?"
perhaps mamma has taken them herself.
She would be quite capable OF purloining my
keys and"
''Hush. hush. Gladys; don't be hard on her."
'You may forgive her, but / never canI'
cried the girl, passionately. '.Just think what
your position would have been had you not
found that tassel of beaGsI''
"You would have believed me innocent,
Gladys?'
81? oh, Ralph, darling, Of course would!
I would stake my life on your honor and
truth. But think of the cold, stealthy treach-
cry of woman who could creep into your
room and deliberately plan thing so wicked
and SO mean.''
my dear girl, do try to be calm. That
necklace must be found. Do you think any
one could have overheard our conversation
this morning?'
''It is impossible; we were sitting on this
very bench, says Gladys, looking around at
the shrubs growing thickiy on three sides of
the seat, which was placed in sort of alcove
of closely cut laurels and yews. "a path lead
ing to the stables runs just at the back. Could
any of the servants But no: I don't be-
Heve any Of them capable Of theft"