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hard massage and cold spray or plunge
afterwards. The home made imitation Of
such baths even is sometimes too much
for them. Unless they are sure of them
eelves 1t Is not worth while to put good
money into a Turkish bath cabinet or even
TO compass a home made version with a
packing box and little ingenuity. In
Ntead, they may seek substitutes in a SIM
pie fashion. Il rs
4, The most elementary Turkish bath is
made by wrapping the bather in a sheet
and seating her on cane bottom chair
under which is shallow tin of hot water
Set over an alcohol lamp. This lamp should
he of the sort that has an asbestos
burner protected by a wire netting. After
the bather is seated, heavy blanket
should be wrapped around her and the
chair, and she should sit thus until she
ds in a drenching perspiration. When this
point is reached she should get at once
into a tub of warm water. scour herself
we'll with a flesh brush, so as to remove
the matter that the perspiration has
washed out on the skin, and after this
she should try the tonic effect of cold
spray, unless she prefers the cold plunge.
If she does not possess spray she should
dash cold water over her body from a
pitcher. Then comes a good rub down
with rough towel and half hours rest.
Such bath Is advantageous to nearly
every one and especially to the woman
who has poor complexion which Is the
result of imperfect circulation. When a
woman has stimulated her skin to action
by vigorous and healthful exercise and
has thus provoked a flow of perspiration
she does not need the preliminary session
over hot water The bath in the tub
however, with the cold spray to follow is
an essential after violent exercise
Let it be, supposed, for instance, that
a woman has been out on her Wheel II
she is an active rider she has undoubtedIy
achieved the perspiration and with it 9
degree of exhilaration that the period of
retirement in the company of q blanket
and an alcohol lamp would never brina
about
No matter how heated the rider ma,
'be, she should never make the mistake OF
using cold water the first thing after q
ride. The first plunge must be into warn
water. The soaking feels grateful afte,
Hhe tension of the exercise, and the relaxa
.tion of the muscles IS likely to tempt an,
zone to remain too long inN the tub. Bu1
the time for letting oneself go is not yet
tThere must first be vigorous rubbing
;either with a flesh brush or with a rough
cloth or with a bath mitten of Turkish
toweling or some such material This i.
perhaps best, since the hand thus GOV
sered goes over the whole body with al
energy 1t cannot gain when holding s
sWashcloth.
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he Of the whitened bones-ni1fght have

he of the whitened bones.-n1fght have
done this thing, 3too. But s11e only
possessed the half-knowledge of the
working miner, and whilst stunning
the plague-stricken quarry, adopted
the more laborious method zof ma king
an adit to strike the deposit. He sun-
ceeded, to perish miserably in the
hour when he saw himself a million-
aire. sss.s
Was this portent Of the fate about
to overtake the latest conner? jerks,
of course stood up. He always stood
square on his feet when the volcano.
within him fired his blood. S
mo, by God!' he almost shouted.
LIT will break the spell. I atm sent
here by Providence, not to search for
gold but to save a woman's life, and
! if all the devils Of China and Malay
are in league against me I will beat
/ them!'' -
| The sound OF his own voice startled
him. He had no notion that was SO
4 hysterical. Promptly his. British
phlegm throttled the demonstration.
He was rather ashamed of it.
! What was all the fuss about? With
a barrow-load of gold he could not
buy an instant's safety for Iris, S1lot
to mention himself. The language
/ difficulty was indispensable. Were it
\ otherwise, the Dyaks would simply
\ humbug him until he revealed the
| source of his wealth and then murder
him as an reflective, safeguard against
4 foreign interference. ssS.zstff
I Iris! Not once since she was hurled
! ashore in his arms had jerks SO long
forgotten her existence. Should hettell
i her !? rs They were partners In every
Ithing appertaining to the. island-W Thy
4 keep this marvellous intelligence from
Iher?
=, nf 10 fo,, !,
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Thfillls Tale Of shlpVPetk all Adventure.
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By TRACY.
4 ThfilllS Tale Of shIpVretk all Adventure.
By LOUIS TRACY.
Copyrisht 1905 BY Edward J. Cloda.

thru quartz In a transition state be-
tween an oxide and a telluride. com
PEELED recognition.
Somewhat excited, yet half skepti-
cal, he returned to the excavation and
scooped outyet another collection This
.lme there could be no mistake.
Natures own alchemy had fashioned
a veritable ingot. There were small
Jumps in the ore which would need al
10y at the mint before they could be
issued as sovereigns, so free from dross
were they.
Iris had gone to Venus bath, and
would be absent for some time.
held in his hand a small bit of ore
worth perhaps 20 pounds sterling.
Slowly the conjectures already pieced
| together in his mind during early days
on the island came back to him.
The skeleton of an Englishman ly-
ing there among the bushes near the
well; the Golgotha of the poison-filled
hollow; the mining tools, both Chinese
and European; the plan on the piece
of tin-ah, the piece of tin! Mechani-
cally the sailor produced it from the
breast pocket Of his jersey. At last
the mysterious sign "32-1" revealed
! it's significance. Measure thirty-twc
feet from the mouth of the tunnel. dis
one foot in depth, and you came upor
the motherhood of this gold-bearine
rock. This, them was the secret 81
the cave.
The Chinese knew the richness Of
the deposit, and exploited its treasures
by quarrying from the other side of the
hill. But their Grass ignorance. Of
modern science led to their undoing
THE accumulation of liberated car.
Ibonic acid gas in the workings killed
them In scores. They probably fough1
4 this unseen demon with the
tenacity of their race, until the plac,
|.became accursed and banned Of al
living things. ct had they dug !;
/ little ditch and permitted the invisi
i bic terror to flow quietly downward
until its potency was dissipated by Sc;
4 and air, they might have mined tn.
whole cliff with impunity.
The unfortunate unknown. y. S.-
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CHAPTER Ix.-Continued.
The Secret Of the Cave.

In pursuance of his latest idea he
.sedulously removed from the foot Of
the cliff all traces of the clearance
reflected on the ledge, and, altho he
covering, he did not adjust it. Iris
and he might lie perdue there for days
without their retreat being found out.
This development suggested the neces-
sity of hiding their surplus stores and
ammunition, and what spot could be
more suitable than the cave?
So jerks began to dig once more in
the interior, laboring manfully with
pick and shovel in the locality of the
I fault with it's vein Of anthony. 1t
was thus that he Numbered upon the
second great event of his life.
4 Rainbow island had given him the
one thing a man prizes above all else
IA pure yet passionate love for a
woman beautiful alike in body and
mind. And now it was to endow him
asof even a South African magnate.
For the sailor, unmindful Of purpose
guother than providing the requisite
a cache, shoveling and delving with the
energy peculiar to all his actions, sud
u denly struck a deep vein Of almost
virgin gold.
& TO facilitate the disposal at dis
II tance of the disturbed debris, he threw
each shovelful on to canvas sheet,
4 (which he subsequently dragged
ssamOng the trees IN order to d1SlOdge
its contents. After doing this four
E times he noticed certain metallic
81 specks in the fifth load which recalled
the presence of the antimony. But
4 lhs appearance OF the sixth cargo was
X 90 remarkable when brought out into
the )sunlight that it invited closer in
FspeA elton. Tho his knowledge of ge-
N9ology was slight-the half-forgotter
u gle5anings of brief course at Elton
he was forced to believe that the
specimens he handled SO obviously
contained neither copper nor iron py.
rites but glittering yellow gold Their
weight, the distribution. Of the meta
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In the first place, the bath means clean
liness-when properly taken For a poor
bath is almost as bad as no bath at all.
And when cleanliness is achieved a long
step Is taken towards health and still
longer towards good looks. No one can
hope to be really attractive who has a
poor complexion and no one can expect a
good complexion who does not keep the
pores Of the skin open and free OF matter
which does not belong there
or course, any woman thinks she knows
how to take bath. Nearly every one
Iabors under this Impression until she
has had Turkish bath and learned what
Ia meant by real cleanliness. After that
she is of a different opinion.
Not every woman can stand the regu-
kation Turkish or Russian baths. with
their hot air, their steam rooms. their
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Good gracious! Don't gaze at me
in that fashion. 1 don't look like
ghost, dol? cried Iris, when near
enough to note his rapt expression.
You would not object if I called
you a vision? 2" he inquired, quietly
avetrting his eyes lest they should
speak more plainly than his tongue.
mot if you meant it nicely. But I
fear that 'specter' would be a more
appropriate word. Via ma meilleure
robe de sortie!''
She spread out the front widths of
her skirt and certainly the prospect
was lamentable. The dress was so
patched and mended, yet SO full of
fresh rents, that respectable house
maid would hesitate before using 1t
to clean fire-irons.
''Is that really your best dress ?" he
said.
Eyes. This is my blue serge. The
| brown cloth did not survive the soak
! ing it received in salt water. After a
| few days 1t simply crumbled. The 9TH
ers are muslin or cotton, and have
n-er-adapted.''
There is plenty Of mems clothing
he began.
/ UNFORTUNATELY there isn't another
island she said, severely.
mo. meant that it might be pos.
i sible to-er-contrive some sort Of RIG
/ that will serve all purposes"
But all my thread is gone. I have
j bearely a needlefu1 left"
In that case we must fall back or
our supply of hemp"
ct suppose that might be made K
serve she said. You are never at {
i loss for an expedient."
cit will be a poor one. I fear. Blu
you can make up for it by buying
some nice gowns at Doucets o,
Worth's.''
She laughed delightedly. "Perhap
! in his Joy at my temperance m.
4 dear old dad may let me run riot ii
Paris on our way home. But that will
not last. We are fairly well off, but
cannot afford ten thousand year TO
dress alone"
i IF any woman can afford such ,
sum for the purpose, you are at leas
i her equal.
Il Iris looked puzzled. Is that YOU
way OF telling me that fine feather
j would make me g fine bird ~ sh,
Iasked.
.sNo. 1 intend my words to be un
4 derstood In their binary sense. 70,
are very, very rich, Miss Deaneal
4 extravagantly wealthy young person.
"Of course you know you are talk
ing nonsense. Why, only the othe
Il day my father said
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

The use of soap is open to discussion.
1t is generally taken as a matter Of course,
and yet I have known competent ply
sicians who claimed that 1t did no good.
The skin that has been first stimulated
does not need soap in order to make it
clean. The rubbing have described will
suffice for that. The waste matter is
removed by the friction without the use
of soap.
: The cold spray seems a rather heroic
measure, but it is only for while that
it impresses the bather as trial. In a
short time she Graves it and feels mo
shrinking from the tingling of Ice cold
water. even after very hot bath. The
spraying need not last long-only min
ute.
The stimulation Of the skin Is pursued
by friction with rough towel The or
binary towel will not serve. Sometimes
even the Turkish towel gets soft, and
in such cases it is well to pass it thru a
little starch water before drying it. 1t
should never be ironed of course.
The ideal method is to take half an
hours rest after the bath, and If the ride
has been a long and hard one or if the
course over the links or the contest In
the tennis courts has been unusually IA
tiguing. it is worth while to give half
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an hour to repose. But the healthy, ac-
tive woman does not usually need it I'M
less she has rather overdone.
The frequency with which such bath
as 1 have described may be taken is a
mooted question. There are some per-
sons to whom it is as regular an every
day function, barring ill health, as is their
breakfast or their dinner. I have known
those who bathed morning and night as
well-a rather foolish thing to do, &C
cording to the doctors Some persons can
not stand a plunge bath oftener than
every other day. 1t is all matter OF
physical condition. To those who have
formed the daily bath habit it is a rea
,privation to give it up.
when can I have bath, doctor?s
queried a woman who was just emerging
from dangerous illness. 1T seems al
age since I was in a tub
my dear madam" returned the ply,
sician, tartly, Il have known patients as
sick as you have been who have not ha6
soap and water come near them for sis
weeks. And you have really been KEPT
very clean!"
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A WATERS INGENUITY

A little story illustrative of the inge-
nuity Of some negro walters when they
are really "up against it, is told by Mon
cure Burke, secretary to Engineer Com
missioner Biddle, says the Washington
Star.
Il went into a nearby pie garden the
other day, says Mr.. Burke, 'and ordered
a sandwich and cup of coffee. 1t is one
OF the rules of this food emporium that
the waiter shall write the order on a lit
tie slip of paper and put the price oppo-
site. The check is then paid to the
cashier at the desk
When had finished my. light repast
picked up the slip placed on the table by
the waiter, and, glancing at it, saw writ.
ten thereon:
Pie. &C.
"'Coffee, &c.
Z called to the waiter in curiosity
Hey. John, I didn't have any pie. I ate
a sandwich
That's all right, boss, he replied, ri.
and, san'wich is both the same price
and amt no good on spellin' that san
wich.s"
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was resumed, she to go back to her
position in rsociety, he to become gain
a. disgraced ex-offcer, apparently
working out a, mere existence; before
the mast or handling plates in a saL--
loon. 51s..s $50 s5 4. 2ss
s. Would. it, not beAa sweet defiance
OF sadNersity were he able, even under
such ditions, to win her love. and
then disclose to her the pofeIatia lities
of the islands? Perchance he might
fail. Tho rich Is as .Groesus he
would still be under the social ban
melted out to a cashiered officer. She
was a girl who could command the
+ gift of coronets. With restoration to.
her father and home gratitude to her
preserver would assuredly remain,
but, alas! love might vanish like a
mirage. Then he would act honor
ably. Half Of the stored wealth would
be hers to do as she chose with it.
Yes, this was a, positive alternative.
In case of accident to himself, and her
ultimate escape, he must Immediately
write full details Of his discovery, and
entrust the document to her, to be
opened only after his death or six
months after their release.
| The idea possessed HIM so thoroly
that he could brook no delay. He
searched for one of the note books
Iitakenr from the dead officers OF the
Sirdar, and scrubbed olloWipg let
liter: So. 81 50 S. !. IS. 4,
| Dear Miss Deane: IS ~ So. 81 !. Il
ssWhether am living or dead when you
| read these words, you will know that
! love you. Could I repeat that ayowal
!. a. million times, in as many varied forms
EI@should find no better phrase to express
4 the dream I have cherished since a happy
] fate permitted me to snatch you from
death. Sol simply say, Il love you. !.
1 I will continue to love you whilst life
lasts. and it is my dearest hope that in
i the life beyond the grave may still be
! able to voice my love for you.
4; But perhaps / am not destined to be
Iloved by you. Therefore, in the event
j Of my death before you leave the island
/ wish to give you instructions how te
/ find a gold mine of great value which is
/ hidden in the rock containing the cave
/ You remember the sign on the piece OF
! tin which we could not understand. The
figure 80 denotes the utmost depth Of the
excavation, and the 1 signifies that one
foot below the surface, on reaching the
I face of the rock, there; is rich vein Of
4 gold. The hollow ons the other side Of
the cliff became filled with anhydrate
gas, and this stopped the operations Of
j the Chinese, who evidently knew of the
| existence-of the mine. This is all the in:
formation TIE experts employed by ST
Arthur Deane viii need. The facts ar
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Excuse me. What is the average
price of walking-dress from lead
ing Paris house %
Thirty pounds
And an evening dress?''
ooh, anything. from fifty upwards"
He picked up a few pieces of quartz
from the canvas sheet.
Here is your walking-dress. he
said, handing her lump weighing
about a pound. with the balance in
the, heap there you can stagger the
best-dressed woman you meet at your
first dinner in England"
do you mean by pelting her?'' she
inquired, mischievOusly.
Far worse. BY wearing more ex-
pensive costume"
His manner was SO earnest that he
compelled seriousness. Iris took. the
proffered specimen and looked at it.
From the cave, suppose?
thought you said anthony was not
| very valuable %
THAT is not anthony It is gold
| BY chance have hit upon an extreme
! ~ rich lode Of gold. At the most
modest computation it is worth hun
dreds of thousands of pounds. You
and are quite wealthy people, Miss
| Deane.''
Iris opened her blue eyes very wide
1 at this intelligence. It took her
breath away. But her first words be-
/ tokened her innate sense Of fair deal
ing.
II am SO glad for your sake, but tell
me, pray, MIR. jerks, what have got
i to do with it?'
.You!,' he repeated. ttAre we not
j partners in this island? BY squatter's
right. If by no better title. we own
land, minerals, wood, game, and even
such weird belongings an ancient
lights and fishing privileges
~ don't see that at all. You find q
gold mine, and coolly tell me that am
a half owner Of it because you dragged
q me out of the sea, fed me, housed me,
q saved my life from pirates, and gen
i orally acted like devoted nursemaid
4 in charge of baby. Really, Mr..
i jerks
Really. Miss Deane. you will an
i noy me seriously If you say another
word. I absolutely refuse to listen to
such an argument"
4 Her outrageousIy unbusine ss-like
utterances, treading fast on the heels
of his own melodramatic and written
views concerning their property, net
4 tied him. greatly. Each downright
syllable was a sting to his conscience
q but OF this Iris was blissfully Unaware
s else she would not have applied caus-
tic to the ranking wound caused by
his momentary distrust OF her.
{To be continued to-morrow.l
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unquestionable.

unquestionable.
: Assuming that am alive, we will, of
course. be co-partners in the mine. II
am dead I wish one-sixth share to be
given to my uncle, William Anstruther,
Crossthwaite Manor, Northallerton, York
ito me during my early life. The remain
der is to be yours absolutely.
Robert Ahstruther.
& He read this remarkable document
twice thru to make sure that it ex-
actly recorded his sentiments. He
even smiled sarcastically at the en-
doWment Of e the uncle who disin-
herited him. Then, satisfied with the
perusal, he tore out the two leaves
covered by the letter and began to de-
wise a means Of protecting it securely
whilst in Iris possession.
At that moment he looked up and
saw her coming towards him across
the beach, brightly flushed after her
bath, walking like a nymph clothed In
tattered garments. PerceiVing that he
was watching her, she waved her hand
and instinctively quickened her pace
Even now, when they were thrown
| together by the exigences of each
hour, she disliked to be long separated
Efrom him..
r. Instantly the scales fell from his
mental vision. What! Distrust Iris
Imagine for one second thai
sriches or poverty. good repute or i'll
would affect that loyal heart when TT
].yirginal font was filled with the love
THAT once in her life comes to every
4 true wonan!. Perish the thought
1 What evil spirit had power so to blind
i This perception of all that was strong
1 and beautiful in her character. Brave
uncornpladning Iris! Iris of the crys
4 tai soul! Iris, whose innocence ant
candor were mirrored in her blue eye
1 and breathed through her dear lips
Here was Othello acting as his owl
tempter, with not an Iago within |
thousand miles.
Laughing at his fantastic folly
jerks tore the letter into little pieces
It might have been wiser to throw tn
sheets into the embers of the fire clos
at hand, but for the nonce he wa
overpowered by the great awakening
& that had come to him, and he uncon
sciously murmured the musical line
&. of Tennyson's Maud:
4 "She Is coming, my own, my. sweet;
n Were 1t ever 50 airy tread,
Il My heart would hear her and beat
Were it earth in an earthly bed;
Il My dust would hear her and beat,
4 Had lain for g. century dead
Would start and tremble under her feet,
Il And blossom In purple and red. !"
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A POETS JEST

Among the speakers at the banquet OF
the Franklin County society at the Wal
dorf Saturday night was Abraham Gruber,
the distinguished lyric poet He was feel
ing we'll. His admirers-and who is not
among them Presented his failure to slide
gracefully into verse at an interesting
stage of his remarks, and later in the
evening they chided him.
Boys" said the poet, 'I'm planning
something good on the Russo-Japanese
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war. It will be based upon information-a
touching Observation-Disclosures by Mr.. Uchi-
da, the Japanese consul-general."
What's the yarn? Tell us that any
way"
I'm told that when the Japs announced
their Carnegie hall meeting to raise war
fund, the Russian foreign office cabled for
the name of our chief of police in the
hope Of having the meeting stopped. The
reply, of course, was McAdoo.' When
Emperor Nicholas heard it he exclaimed:
'Mik-Ado! Mik-Ado! Has he got New
York also? Then give up - :.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST

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