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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

Sherlock Holmes recites in this story
one of his early cases dealing with a
college friend, Reginald Musgrave, an
aristocratic scion of one of the Oldest
families in England, whose estate was
at Hurlstone. in Sussex. 1t opens with
Holmes telling Dr.. Watson how Mus
grave called him in after his fathers
death.
Musgrave's story, as told to Holmes
and repeated by him to DR.. Watson,
deals with a trusted butler. named
Brunton, who had been in the family
for years. He was a handsome mar
and had a strange gift for languages
Upon being discovered looking over the
Musgrave private papers, among
which was the Musgrave Ritual-a
ceremony used when any member OF
the house came of age-he was dis
charged. Coincident with his leaving
Rachel Howells. a maid in the house
disappears. and is traced as far as a
pond on the estate.
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HOW TO MAKE KISSES.

To make kisses BEAT the whites of
four eggs to a stiff froth and stir into
them nine ounces granulated sugar;
cover II baking tin or board with white
paper and drop h mixture in any
shape preferred upon this, ~nlacing in n
slow oven to cook slowly; upon this de-
Ponds much of the success; they should
remain at least IN hour in the oven,
and quite hard to touch, While only the
palest possible shade of brown.
They may be covered with thick
paper if signs of too quick browning
appear. Detach from the paper with
a thin bladed knife and put together
in pairs. For occasions the inside may
bh slightly scooped out n ice cream
placed within each half,
These are the cream kisses; to make
the %cocoanut ones add grated cocoanut
to the sugar and egg, and finish as the
first; vanilla kisses have a tablespoon
full OF the extract stirred into tho
beaten white, and any preferred flavor-
ing may be used to give needed variety.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
! THE QUESTION BOX


VIII you please publish as soon as
possible a number of games for young
people which may he played at a
leap veal party. If you can, win you
also tell me Of some other amusement
| could provide for such an occasion.
BY doing this you will greatly oblige
ANNA e.
Tying love knots is a very enjoyable
leap year.. game and is played as fol-
lows: Each man is provided with q
length of ribbon and it is his duty 70
tie the knot. Three minutes is the
time allowed, and a girl stands in
front of each one and must talk all
the time to divert his attention and
make him answer questions. If he
succeeds in the three minutes, the girl
must wear the bow, but il he does not
he must keep 1t himself and try again.
The one who is last to finish is given
q BOBBY prize.
Another laughable game is as follows:
Let one girl go around the room
whispering the names of the girls pres
ent to the boys, one name to each one.
In the same way one boy should
whisper to each girl the nam of one
boy. Provide all with pap and PEN
ellis and have them write a proposal
TO the person whose name they have
received. telling their characteristic in
such a way that no offense could be
taken and not giving any names. When
all have finished they may be collected
and rea aloud by one person. the conn
pany trying to guess the Identity of
the person described. Those whose
identity is made known are then set to
work to answer their proposals. It
may be hard to start this game. but it
is we'll worth the effort for the amuse-
ment it gives.
Tucker is always good fun when
spirits begin to lag. Have someone
who plays dance music in quick time
play a good march. The girls choose
their partners and there should be one
extra girl. The couples march around
IN a circle, and the girl in the centre
call out the changes-ladies In front, or
in back; face partners; all change.
when they march around, the girls
going one way, the boys the other, in
and out, taking the right hand and
then the left. When the centre girl
calls Tucker the girls grab The near
est partner, even the girl in the centre
trying to secure a partner. The one
who Is left then goes to the centre and
calls changes until she car catch a
partner.
Another very amusing game is this:
Tie a piece of candy in the middle OF
lengths of string; give one end to a
girl. the other to a boy. Their duty
is to put the end of the string in their
mouth and draw it in without touch-
ing il with their hands, until they
reach the candy. This is very laugh-
able, as many funny faces are made
while 'eating the string"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

"'And under he cried. You have
omitted the land under
II had thought that 1t meant that
we We're to dig. but now, Of course, I
saw at once that I was wrong. There
is a cellar under this, then2' | cried.
Eyes, and as old as the house. Down
here. through this, door
I'VE went down a winding stone
stair, and my companion, striking a
match. lit a large lantern which stood
on a barrel in the corner. In an in
slant it was obvious thai we had at
last come upon the true place. and
that we had not been the only people
to visit the spot recently.
ut had been used for the storage of
wood, but the billets, which had evil
IDENTIFY beer Uttered over the floor, were
now piled at the sides, so as to leave
a clear space in the middle. In this
space lay a large and heavy fagstone
with a rusted iron ring in the centre
to which a thick shepherds check
muller was attached.
"By Jove!' cried my client. That's
B%runton's muffier. / have seen it OF
him. and could swear to it. What has
the villain been doing here?'
ITO be Continued Tomorrow
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
NEWS FOR SHOPPERS

Some beautiful Smyrna ugs are seen
at Hahne's. Those OF dark blue and
dark red are the best colors.
A beautiful bracelet. which is also
not expensive, is of gold rings. holding
between them round pieces of coral.
This may be found at Frank Hollis.
Hack suede slippers for evening wear
are among the attractive offerings at
Marshall & Balls.
Pretty linen collars. embroidered in
colors. are offered for small prices at
Bamperger's.
Boxes of ruching, cut in lengths and
of assorted patterns, are found at w
v. Snyder's, for a small price.
The scores to the latest musical sue
cesses may be found at the Lauter
Company's ~showrooms.
This is the time to lay in a stock of
accessories to the work basket. No
tions are now marked down at l.. S.
Plaut's.
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SAVE YOUR NERVOUS ENERGY

Again, when the fertile Bobby, in
search of occupation, makes mud pies
on the front parlor rug, just before thu
first call of your most fashionable
neighbor. don't make it q tragedy rank
ing with bankruptcy and sudden death.
Bobby must have a nice, appropriate
punishment. of course, but don't draw
out of your nervous bank account for
the urpos an amount of emotion that
ought to last o a week.
once more, when you are in the midst
of an important piece of literary work
and the Irish maid in the next apart
ment furnishes a continuous concert of
the key, don't condemn her to everlast-
ing torment. but bride her kindly to
stop. If you an. If you cannot, stuff
your ears with cotton.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

BY persistent practise of such little
exercises as the following may the
comfortable result be attained, says a
writer in Harper's Bazaar. When
housecleaning is on hand, and Dinah
is snappy. and the meat doesn't come,
and your forgetful husband brings an
unannounced guest. and you want &c
fly into ten thousand pieces, don't.
Find the funny side. Sit down one
minute and laugh about it. Then make
the best of the situation, and after
wards figure out how much nervous
energy you have saved to spend on a
pleasanter thing. and how much dis
comfort from your bad temper you
have spared a really good-natured and
%repentant husband
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
THE PRIZE WINNERS.

%HE correct answers to last Mon
days puzzle were: l, Beetle; .
Beet; 3, Beef; A. Beer. The fol-
lowing children We're the prize winners:
GERTRUDE MURPHY, aged 10. 55
Gone street, Orange embroidery set);
MARY KREUTER. aged 70, 514 Fiji
teenth avenue, Newark Cbook); ADELE
NASA, aged ., ga Littleton avenue,
Newark (book); THEODORE FEHR-
ENBACH, aged "A, IL Springfield we
nue.. Newark Cpaint box; ANTHONY
KEARNS. aged 10. Lyons. Somerset
County, n. J. fountain penn; JAMES
CANNON. aged 8, 80 Goshen street,
Paterson (paint boxl.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
EVENING STARS MENU.


Observation-Disclosures
Oranges
Cereal with cream
Creamed Goldfish
Popovers Coffee
DINNER
Clam broth
Baked ham Potato chips
Mashed turnips
Mince pie
SUPPER
Clam fritters
Baking powder biscuits
Jelly roll Tea
RECIPES.
Dreamed Codnsh-Soak the salt
fish over night to freshen. Pour
off water, add more and bring
to a boil. Pour off this water,
sprinkle over a tablespoon of
flour. stir in and add slowly a.
cup of milk. Return to heat and
let come 10 a boil. Add a piece
of butter and serve.
Baked Ham-Soak ham for a
few hours. Place in roasting pan,
half fill with water. Add
tablespoon sugar, a bay leaf,
three or four peppercorns and
cloves, and two tablespoons Vine
gar. Cover and bake two to
three hours, until very tender.
Then uncove TO brown. Thick
en- the gravy slightly and use as
a sauce,
Jelly Roll-Three eggs, n cup
sugar. three tablespoons cream,
one cup flour, one teaspoon bak-
ing powder. Beat eggs very
light, add sugar, then the cream,
or one tablespoon melted butter,
and lastly the flour and baking
powder sifted together. Spread
thinly in shallow pans lined with
parafin paper and bake about
twelve minutes in a quick oven.
Turn from pan Immediately. re
move paper. spread with jelly
and roll while still hot. If the
jelly Is warmed slightly it will
spread more easily.
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right quantity can be used when de-
sired, and there have lately been de-
signed little gold boxes for the tiny
puff and small gold TASKS with a slid
ing perforated top for the powder.
These two are connected by means OF
small gold chains with a longer single
chain to attach them to the ring with
the rest of the Junk" A gold case
for lip salve is another indispensable
part OF this collection.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
USEFUL LEWELRY.

There are many novel adjuncts to the
Junk collection. Vanity boxes are no
longer new, but are TO be found In
many novel shapes and designs, and
with space for even more necessities
than in the first cases. BY some it is
thought better to keep the powder and
powder puff separate, so that just the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
A TEST.

Place a small lump of butter in a tin
spoon and hold right over the flame Of
an oil lamp. If it is oleomargarine, 1t
win sputter like grease and water, ii
pure butter, it will boil with little
noise and usually produces an album
dance of foam.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
CAN YOU SOLVE THIS CAN PUZZLE?

u y on would OF think that IN old can could be so important when u
N sto forming words, yet here we see Uncle Jack has drawn on
4 tbn blackboard orr pctures illustrating words beginning with the let
tiers CAN. one Of them is CANINE. If you guest the others, MI ol be cou-
nor boy ad sed it to Uncle Jack, EVENING STAR, Newark n, J.
The three girls and three boys who send in TIL neatest answer an nave
bear. a pair of ronerskates n al embroidery set Uncle Iaek% m ppDns'
Tho picture of any pizewhnner who cares to send HIM a photograph
Only children under 10 years Of age are eidble TO eom9ete hs sure r g
ptace a tNocent stamp on our answer, to avoid della at e posu9We ny
names Of the pnze-vdnners will be announced in THE ENENlNG sIAF q
Monday March 2
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
A DAILY THOUGHT.

He who hath the sacred fire
Hidden in his heart of hearts,
1t shall burn him clean and pure,
Make him conquer, make endure,
He to alh things may aspire.
King of days, and souls, and arts.
Richard Watson Glider.
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x q z q z e z
A LIMERICK GAME.

IL ERE is a game, children, that
kW creates a lot of fun for young
and old. Distribute paper and
pencils to tho players. Then announce
Il certain subject and tell them that
they must write a Limerick rhyme
about II. You might give them the
first line of the verse if you Wish.
Az soon ass all have finished, collect
the sheets and read them to the CONF
pany. 4 triaing prize should be
awarded for the best rhyme.
/ went 10 a Limerick party the other
night and had great fun. One Of the
subjects given was THE Automobile
A bright young girl won the prize with
the following jingle:
When I'm rich, I'm going to be queen
OF a big red touring machine;
Some girls like to walk
And others TO talk,
But the autos the best sport I've seen.
You viii find. after a few moments
practise, that you will be able to write
some very bright things in rhyme, if
you use your wits. Try it some time.
II you are successful, send what you
write to Uncle Jack and he will try to
publish it.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE.


Many a father and mother Will envy
the New Jersey parents who have beer
able to give their fou boys a sort o!
shed OF bungalow in the back yare
which they can have for their very
own; wherein they sleep and work and
| play, keeping it in order as well.
Who knows? Perhaps this fore
shadows the time when every family
who can afford it will not only give
their children oil domiciles, but little
outside houses wherein they a study
from childhood up the science of keep
ing house.
This will b. done not only in the in
terest of the children, but for the sake
of the parents as well. The father, to
be sure, who is away ALI day is not so
great a sufferer. but the mother who
must hear the children, see them and
wait on them for every twenty-four
hours that rolls along, would hail such
a respite with delight, says Louise
satterthwaite in the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph.
For my part, 1 think it is high time
that we looked into parent care as we'll
as child care. Nowadays it is the fad
to make q great fuss about the ,psy-
chology of juvenile mind training-and
whereas In past times a rosy family
was allowed to grow up or rather
tumble up, any old way, now the
mother of one boy spends many hours
studying, reading and thinking over
the intricate process of giving him cor
rect care.
Not that such is not a good way, but
sometimes the busy. earnest wife and
mother inds herself pretty nearly worn
out with all the demands upon her. She
gets discouraged, almost doubts that
she is a normal mother when some-
times it happens that hcr nerves rise
in rebellion against racket and noise
and the answering of questions.
But the real explanation of it lies in
the fact that she has taxed herself too
much; thinking always of others, no
other has thought of her. and so she is
very nearly breaking down under the
strain. It is no joke for anyone, woman
or man, to be cooped up, for any length
of time, inside of four walls, with a
number Of restless, hustling. noisy and
naturally selfish children. ut is not the
children's fault. either, but their mis-
fortune, that their strenuous Vitalities
are too much for the mature and set
tied mortal who must be their keeper.
That is just why the children's house
would be a great institution: where
they, for their part, would be free from
a continuous shower of 'Don'ts'-and
where they would be safe, busy and
happy, and where no fine furniture or
wall paper could be endangered by their
antics, leaving the mother enjoying a
blissful calm. seeming like Paradise in
deed to her shattered nerves.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
FOR WOMEN.
x x e. e Ns ~ e. ~ I

When nothing seems to agree with
baby, and you are actually "up a
stump as to nourishment, try some
good fresh sweet buttermilk. 1t has
been known to adjust numerous cases
in which the babies began to gain in
weight the first week. Some of them
viii vomit slightly at first, but will
tolerate 1t by a little persistence in a
day or two.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

Last winter my small grille tipped
over my bottle of ink On the dining
room table. | was in despair. Table
cloth, table-mat, tray cloth. napkins,
all were saturated. l had a bottle of
oxalic acid solution, which / kept for
the purpose of taking out iron rust. ]
turned it all in an agateware basin and
set it on the stove. When boiling hot
] dipped the stained pieces up and
down in the liquid until every thread
of linen was wet, then l rinsed in hot
water and proceeded to wash in the
regular way, boiling all in soap suds
Every trace of the ink WAS gone an6
my table linen looked as nice and white
as if nothing had happened, l have
tried the method with similar ink spots
many times since then, n find II
works well with white goods every
time.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

When smuggling chickens, always use
white paper or wrapping paper, and
you will never have black or smoked
chickens to clean. 1t is the ink on
paper which causes them to turn black.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

Melt together equal portions of resin
and beeswax with twice the quantity
OF mutton-tallow. and use for boils or
Inflammation of any kind. Always APP
ply warm. Especially good for gathered
breasts.
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one-half cup water, let boil, and add
two cups of sugar and one-half cup
syrup (honey drip best). Let this boil
until 1t hardens in water. BE sure to
cook long enough; can't cook too long.
Take from stove and stir into the we'll
beaten whites of two eggs. Beat until
stiff, add nuts and pour into buttered
tins.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-23
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Sealed Proposals will be received
at office Treasurer, Southern Branch
n. II. ID. v. S., National Soldiers
Home. Va, until 1880 p. NJ, May 49,
1908, and then opened for furnishing
cake cutting and dough mixing ma
chine. bakers peels. ammonia anhy,
drous and calcium chloride: until
1880 p. NJ. May 19.190S. and then
opened for furnishing and delivery OF
annual supplies under Subsistence
and Household: until 1880 p. NJ. May
90, 1908. and then opened for furnish
ing and delivery OF semi-annual sup
plies, under Current Expenses. Sub
sistenca, Hospital, Repairs, Farm and
Clothing: until 1890 p. NJ. May 81
1908, and then opened for furnishing
and delivery CT quarterly supplies I'M
der Subsistence. Household, Repairs
and Farm, in accordance with instruc
tions and specifications, copies oil
which, with blank proposals and other
information may be had upon appli
cation to JOHN IT. HUME, Treasurer
4-23-5.3.
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remove the timber.

remove the timber,
Judge West further held that the
Camp company should pay interest on
the purchase money according to the
terms of the deed.
This decision Is regarded as one OF
great Importance to the lumber inter-
ests of Virginia and North Carolina.
the points raised having never been
passed upon by the Supreme Court
of either of these states A suit in
volving The validity of the same con-
tract or deed is now pending in the
Supreme Court of North Carolina, and
the brunswick cases will be appealed
from the decision OF Judge West 10
the Supreme Cont of Appeals of Vir-
glnia
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-23
EX.S SENATOR BARKSDAlE
DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Well Known Lawyer and Former
Member Of the Legislature Pass
es Away at Houston.

RICHMOND. VA, April ga tel
esram received in this city today from
-.arshall b. Booker, clerk of the Sen.
ate, announces the death OF ex-Sena
To-. William Peter Barksdalc ut Hous-
ton. Halifax county.
HE end came Mt 2:30 o'clock this
morning after long ILLNESS OF tn
borculosls, and the sad news will oc-
cason but little surprise. us the worst
had been feared for several weeks
Senator Barksdale was in the prim.
of life when he died-Only Il short way
In the forties. Prior to his illness he
was inclined TO embonpolnt, and his
rotund personality had good deal
of the picturesque about it, for at all
times it was Illuminated by smiles ana
the merry twinkle in his eye He was
unmarried and II lawyer by profession.
His academic education was oh.
tanned at the Virginia Military ms
titute, ANA he loved to talk ab0w; his
experiences nj that famous school
For years he represented Halifax in
tho Senate, and as legislator he nc-
uuilcu Wluc reputation. This was
won chiefly by his rcrvld. oulspoken
oratory, which ever was replete with
hunor.
AS n political speaker he was often
In demand, for there were few more
vigorous. aggressive or persuasive
siumpers. But Billy Barksdale. with
all his vital energies and activities.
had way of winning friends. He
likewise possessed the art of not
making enemies.
Perhaps The last time he spoke IN
public was ut the trial of ex-Judge
Loving last summer, when he was one
of counsel for the man who killed
Theodore Estes. Despite the warnings
OF his physicians he then insisted on
arguing the case, but his voice almost
forsook him before he got through.
Since his retirement from the legls.
laturc Mir. Barksdale had practlced
law and been an examiner of records.
The ex-senator was n nephew or
Circuit Judge w. r. Barksdale, OF Hal
flax
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-23
Ganes Today.
Brooklyn at New York.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
st. Louis at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at Boston
Ovation Eor Manner.

PITTSBURG. PA. April 22-.Pltts
burg defeated ST. Louis In the open
ing game here. Wagner received .
great ovation and justified the con-
iidence in him by knocking two
base hit in the fifth inning with two
men on bases.
The score: II. HE
Pittsburg .....20oO300Os-5 10 Q
st. Louis .....oO000O1oo-1 z l
Batteries: Camitz and Gibson; Nc
ann and Hostetter. Time hour and
80 minutes. Umpire. Rigler.
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SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Default having been made in the
payment OF the debt secured by that
certain deed of trust executed by Will
nani Whitcraft to the undersigned as
trustee, and recorded in Deed Book 20,
page al, in the Clerks Office of the
corporation Court for the City bf
Newport. News, Virginia, at the re-
quest of the beneficiary therein. /
shall on the Gath day of April, 1908,
at IL o'clock noon. sell FOR CASH
at public auction. OH the premises
where located. the personal property
located in the Lexington motel and
annex, situated on the corner of
washington Avenue and Thirty first
street, Newport News, Virginia.
j. WINSTON READ, Trustee.
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sDALED PROPOSALS will be re

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at Office of Treasurer. South
ern Branch. N. H.. d. V. s., National
Soldiers Home. Elizabeth City Conn
ty. Va. until 1870 p. NJ, May 9Th.
1908, and then opened for labor and
materials for repairing wharf In ac-
cordance with instructions and speci-
flcations. copies OF which, with blank
proposals and other information may
he had uuon application to JOHN T.
HUME, Treasurer. 4-1222.
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Donlin's Home Run Saved Day.

NHy NSSUCIdItu FTUSSJ
NOW YORK. April 22-New York
heat Brooklyn. to 2. in the opening
game at the Polo Grounds today. The
visitors held the lead up to the finaI
inning, Then, with two men on bases
Donlin snved the day with home run
scoring Tenny ahead of him.
The score: r. II. %
Brooklyn ......OOO100O10 Z c
New York ....OOO0OOO 2-3 i
Batteries: Mcintyre and Bergen
Matthewson and Bresnehan. Time 1
hour and 81 minutes. Umpires-E Ems
lie and Rudderham.