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element. and q Miss Knowles. VINO
came for q moment last night to see
Mrs. Wilson, was caughtsin the quar-
antine (see papers). and, after hiding
all night in the basement, IL sulking
all day in her room. Her presence
created an excitement out of all pro-
portion to the apparent cause.
From the fact that ! have reason to
know that my artist host and his beau
tiful wife are on bad terms, and from
the significant chances with which the
announcement of Miss Knowles pres
ence was met. the state Of affairs
| seems rather clear. Wilson impresses
me as a spineless sort, anyhow, and
when the lady of the basement shut
herself away from the rest today ana
/ happened on Jimmy" as they call
him, pleading with her through the
door, l very nearly kicked him down
the stairs. Oh, yes, I'll keep out.
right enough; it isn't my affair.
By the way, after quarantine and
with the policeman locked in the fur.
mace room, a pearl necklace and a dia.
mond bracelet were stolen! Just ten
of us to divide the suspicion! Upon
my word, Hal, it's the queerest situa.
tion l ever heard of. Which of us did
it? make a guess that not a few OF
us are fools, but which Is the knave?
The worst of it is. ! am the only I'm.
accredited member of the household!
This is more scandal than / ever
wrote in my life. Lay it to circum'
| scribed environment, and the lack
of 20 miles over the pampa before
breakfast. We have all been vac.
cinated, and the oficious gentlemen
from the board of health have taken
their grins and their formaldehyde
and gone. Ye gods, how we cough!
The Carlton order will go through
all right, l think. 'Phoned him this
morning. If it does, old man, we will
take a month in September and ex.
plore the Mercator property.
Do you know, Hal, l have been
thinking lately that you and I stick
too close to the grind. Business is
right enough, but what's the use OF
spending ones best year succeeding
in everything except the things that
are worth while? I'll be thirty sooner
than l care to say, and-oh, well, you
won't understand. You'll sit down
there, with the Southern Cross and
the rest of the Internal astronomical
galaxy looking down on you, and the
Indians chanting in the village, and
you will think l have grown sentf.
mental. l have not. You and down
there have been looking at the world
through the reverse end of the glass.
It's a bully old world, Hal, and this
is Gods partNo of 1t.
Burn this letter after you read it:
l suspect it is covered with germs.
Well, happy days, old man.
Yours, TOM.
P. S.-By the way, can't you spare
some of the Indian pottery you picked
up at Callao? l told Mrs. Wilson
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cloths, which are made OF exceeding
~ fine heavy linen instead of damask.

cloths, which are made OF exceeding
ly fine heavy linen instead of damask.
Not every girl cares for a mono
gram, because such a marking seems
just a bit complex or involves
work than one has time or inclination
to accomplish. The point lace stitch
is quite as effective in single letters.
provided the designer can lend them
s~uficient individuality. In the case Of
quite large pieces of linen, like the
bureau covers and the finest towels,
an initial may be enclosed in a round
or square point lace frame.
The point lace stitch is q bit difficult
to learn, but once the art is mastered
the work goes very rapidly. Although
the effect Of such q marking is de-
ughtfully transparent and appears to
be as fragile as filigree, It withstands
4 great number Of launderings and IN
case OF q break may readily be re-
paired. It Ii important. however, to
repair the damage II time 30 that the
single stitch which saves nine. o. 4
~ more. may "A taken and for TINT
reason Z eirl should mike II i rule ~
Iook Over ~ fS<ly Inlndoro1 I'm
StSs even & M M614 ~ @66nEo1
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LACE MoNoGRAMs LATEST
Worked Into Fabric for Marking Hand
kerchlefs, Lingerie and Fine
Portions Of Linen.

Point lace monographs worked into
the fabric are the very latest thing IN
markings for expensive handkerchiefs,
lingerie and the finer portions OF the
dover chest linen. Like most very
dainty kinds Of expert needlework. the
price charged BY professionals IS
rather layge, and the bill rendered for
decorating q number Of articles would
certainly appall eyen IN heiress Of
many millions.
Unless the embroiderer IL exceed
ingly expert and possessed Of original
ideas she would best have 9 profes;
sional needle artist design several
monogram arrangements of her INF
fials ana then make choice from
them. This viii Gre ~ l61ividualism
V her marktnxs and 64<4oy use the
patfern IA xayz6<x ffom "a
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WI1ENAMAN
MARQHS ~
HpMRNM RW[DEM1S MlNzGAM ll
0HuTOP Of TIE CIRCULAR SNIRcASG
THE NAN IN LOWER TEN, ETC.
IN LOWER TEN, ETC.
nohE94Vr

care of Union Nitrate company,
Iquique, Chilli.
Dear Old Man:
/ think i was fully a week trying to
drive out of my mind my last glimpse
of you with your sickly grin, pretend
ing to be tickled to pieces that the
only white man within 200 miles OF
your shack was going on a holiday.
You old blufferl l used to hang over
the rail of the steamer, on the way
up, and see you standing as left you
beside the car with It's mule and the
Indian driver, and behind you a mil
lion miles of soul-destroying pampa.
Never mind, Jack; l sent yesterday by
mail steamer the cigarettes, pipes n
tobacco, canned goods and poker
chips. Put in some magazines, too,
and the collars. Don't know about the
ties-guess it won't matter down
there.
Nothing happened on the trip. One
of the engines broke down three days
out, and / spent all my time below
decks for 4S hours. Chief engineer
raving with d. rs. Got the engine
fixed in record time, and haven't got
my hands clean yet. 1t was bully.
With this / send the papers, which
will tell O how / happen to be here,
and why l have leisure to write you
three days after landing. If the sit
uation were not so ridiculous, it would
be m~addening. Here / am, off for a
holiday and congratulating myself
that | am foot free and heart free
yes, my friend, heart free--here | am,
shut in the house of a mar | never
saw until last night, and wouldn't
care if l never saw again. with a lot
of people who never heard of me, who
are almost equally vague about South
America, who play as hard at bridge
as / ever worked at building n
forgive this, won't you? the novelty
has gone to my head, and who belong
to the very class Of ~extravagant, lux
ury-loving, non-producing parasites
(isn't that what we called them?) that
you and l used to revile from our lofty
Andean pinnacle.
To come down to earth: Here we
are, six women and five men, includ-
ing a policeman, not a servant in the
house, and no one who knows how to
do anything. They are really i'm
mensely interesting, these peoples:
They all know each other very well,
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GRO BE CON rINUED.)
They Do Things Better In France

They Do Things Better In France.
It is no easy matter to be married
in France. says F. Berkeley Smith.
In Success Magazine. One great
thing in favor Of SO sacred q cere.
mony is that it cannot be hastily per
formed. It is an event requiring
months OF preparation, Of the signing
Of endless papers. the certificates Of
birth and the consent of parents, I'M
til at last the wedding day, which has
been arranged for to the entire salts
faction Of every one concerned, In
Guiding the legal authorities. arrives.
If marriage is difficult. divorce ID even
more so. There are no such romantic
and youthful adventures as clipping on
q $12 capital-handing ten to the
accommodating parson and wiring for
forgiveness with the chang
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and 1t is Jimmy" here, and Dali
there-Dallas Brown, who went to
India with me-; you remember my
speaking of him-and they are good
natured, too, except at meal times.
The little hostess, Mrs. Wilson, toes
over the cooking, and although lunch
con was better than breakfast, the
food still leaves much to the magma
ton.
I wish you could see this Mrs. Will
son, Hal. You would change a whole
lot of your ideas. She is a thorough
bred, sure enough, and of course some
of her beauty is the result Of the ex-
quisite care about which you and f.
still from our Andean pinnacle-used
to rant. But the fact is, she is more
than that. She has fire, and pluck, no
end. If you could have seer her this
morning, standing In front of a cold
kitchen range, determined to conquer
it. and had seen the tilt Of her chin
when I offered to take owe the cook
ing-you needn't grin; ! can cook, and
you know it-you would understand
what I mean. It was SO clear that she
was paralyzed with fright at the idea
of getting breakfast, and equally clear
that she meant to do it. BY the way,
/ have learned that her name was Nc
Nair before she married this would-be
artist, Wilson, and that she is a daugh-
ter of the McNair who financed the
Callao branch!
1 have not met the others SO init
mately. There are two sisters named
Mercer, inclined to be n~oisy-they are
playing roulette In the next room
now. One is small and dark. almost
Hebraic in type, named Leila and
called Lollie. The other. larger. very
blonde and languishing. and with q
decided preference tor masculine
ciety, even satin8 TIE marx. mime!
Dallas Hrouns6 Wifes good looMfne.
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and waist-band are faced with silk.
Large hat of fine straw. simply
trimmed with soft silk.
Materials required: S yards 46
inches wide, 81 yards skirt lining. S
yards silk for lining coat. y yard silk
for trimming.
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THOUGHTS or FOOD.

Dreamy Dupont-Dey say dat q man
down east has invented a machine Ter
photygrafin' what a Teller thinks.
Windy Rivers-Well. II dat guy
could only photygraf what's on me
mind at dis minute he'd git an epicu-
rean masterpiece dat would make yer
sit up and take notice.
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school Boys Garden.

An admirable scheme to have a
school boys garden next year, mas
been planned by the authorities OF
Ginning, N. Y. Last summer a nun
dred boywsmade good as farmers OF
vacant los, and it Is now proposed 70
place practically all such unused
property in the city under cultivation
the pupils of the public schools to be
the gardeners and to reap the profits
from their products.
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p,srEmPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed. Over 6OO.Oo0
bottles sold last year $50 and $l.O0. Any
rood druggist, orr send to manufacturers
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical CO., Spec.
Contagious Diseases, Goshen. Ind.
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the
MOS,ningy

we tell you about how good you'll
Ieel after taking a CASCARET-
tnat millions of people-buy, use
and recommend them-But that's
taiK--you buy a box now-take as
directed tonight and get the proof
IN the morning-After you know
CASCARETS you'll never be
without them.
CASCARETS Zoe a box for a weeks
treatment, alldruggists. Biggest seller
IN the world. Million boxes q month.
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Cheerful Antjcipation,

"Have you seer my Descent Into
Hell?" asked a poet.
"No," said Curran, warmly; 4
should be delighted to see it."-From
Clark's Eminent Lawyers"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-03-31

Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red,
watery EYES and Granulated Eyelids.
No Smarting-Just Eye Comfort. Mu-
rine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes New
Size Csc. Murine Eye Remedy Liquid
Csc and SOC,
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Whenever there is a tendency to consti-
patton, si~ck-headache or ~biliousness, take a
cup of Garfield Tea. All druggists.
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1t must have been a spinster who
said that some widows wear heavy
wells to conceal their Joy.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-03-31

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That ia BROMO QulNINE. Look for
the signature of b. w. GROVE. Used the World
ever to Cure q Cold in One Day. &c.
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Heaven won't seem worth while to
some women unless there's an occa-
sional bargain sale.
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Town criers were abolished when
women's clubs were organized.
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From Maxwell Reed to Richard Bur-
ton Bagley, University club. New
York.
Dear Dick:
Inclosed find my check for five hun
bred, as per wager. Possibly you were
within your right in protecting your
bet in the manner you chose. but
while | do not wish to be offensive,
your reporters are damnably SO.
Yours,
MAXWELL REED.
(TO BE COMrINUED.)
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about it. and she was immensely in.
terested. Send it to this address.
Can you get it to the next steamer!
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at lower part. these are crossed at the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

persistent labor along lines that are
practical, at the hands of men who
are accustomed to the country, thor
oughly understand the habits OF the
wild animals and are familiar with the
means of their determination.
Where hunters are employed, the
use OF poison as a means OF extermi
nation stands first Its advantage
lies in the ease and rapidity with
which it can be handled. Where the
labor of a half a dozen men would be
required in setting and watching q
line of traps, one man could easily
cover the same country with poison
The greater the number of bats the
greater the chances for killing.
For bait fresh rabbit meat is the
best. but if this is not to be had boiieo
ham, fresh liver, mutton or beef tai
low, bacon or quail are fair substi
tutes. The quail, II broiled, and the
breast meat used is almost equal tc
the rabbit. Never poison anything
containing a bone. Never touch the
bait with the hands or any other part
of the body. Strychnine is the besi
poison. Ordinarily, as much as car
be held upon the point of large blade
of a pocket knife will prove fatal tc
any animal"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Now Aim to Make the Panama Canal Pay

make possible the passage OF the
worlds fleets without confusion or de-
lay. The report showed that the engi-
neers' board has already found that
all the concrete In the great Gatun
locks will be laid by June /. 1912, ana
five months later the locks on the
Pacific side will be finished. except
the gates, which will be ready June 1.
1918. Meantime by April l, next, the
giant spillway at Gatun would be at
the fifty-foot elevation and the entire
dam there would be completed by the
following winter.
The excavation through the Culebra
cut, the greatest earth-digging enter
prise the world has ever seen. will be
completed July 1. 1913, II the slides
are not in excess OF the estimates. In
that case the exterior channel will be
sufficiently advanced to pass the ship
ping that would use the canal.
The total outlay for maintaining
the canal viii be for wages OF the op-
erative force, engineering work. sani-
tation and civil administration. The
commission was insistent that the
revenue Of the canal should go to pay
not only the operating expenses. but
to repay the capital invested. Every
legitimate means for raising revenue
should be adopted. said the report
which recommended that the govern
ment should not only supply coal and
oil for It's own vessels. but should sell
them to merchant shipping.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Given FIapjacks Instead of Chicken

diers in the Philippines, PASS cents
and the native soldiers in the Philip
pines, 14.57. Even the Philippine is
lands shows a greater average cost
per diem per man. The report shows
the average cost per year per man in
the United States to be $105.96, and il
the Philippines, $114.21.
1t is interesting to note. the report
says, that out of total Of $ll,S64,894
spent during the year for subsistence
only four-fifths of per cent, or $685.
906, is accredited to losses from such
causes as ordinary wastage in issue
and transportation, deterioration from
climatic causes. theft and property
worn out.
The experimental farm copducted
by the subsistence department al
Camp Wears, P. l., for the purpose Of
determining whether potatoes could
be successfully raised in the Philip
pines has proved the unfeasibility Of
such a project. Although the condi
tions were exceedingly favorable when
the plants first came up, the report
admits. blight invaded the farm, and
while the yield averaged twenty-five
bushels to an acre. only fourteen OF
these were found fit for consumption
While the results are declared tc
have been a great disappointment, the
commissary general feels that the ex
penditure of time and funds was well
repaid.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the Introduction
OF John Stephens adventurer, Mhhsa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities az
Valparaiso. Chile. Being Interested IN
mining operations in Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectlonlsl
and as consequence was hiding. AZ MS
hotel his attention was attracted Dy an
Englishman and young woman.
Stephens rescued the young woman from
a drunken officer. He was thanked by
her. Admiral OF the Peruvian navy con-
fronted Stephens, told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the office OF captain. He
desired that that night the Esmeralda, u
Chilean vessel should be captured.
Stephens met motley crew, TO which he
was assigned He gave them flnal In
structions. They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
10 be the Esmeralda, through strategy.
Capt Stephens gave directions for the de-
parture OF the craft. He entered the cab
In and discovered the English woman
and her maid. Stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been captured.
1t was Lore Darlington's private yacht,
the lords = fe. and maid being aboard
He explained the situation to her lady
ship. Then First Mate Tuttle laid bare
the plot. saying that the Sea Queen had
been taken In order to go to the Antarc-
tic circle. Tuttle explained that on a
Donna Isabel was lost in 1858. He had
found II frozen in a huge case or Ice
on an island and contained much Bolu
Stephens consented to be the captain
OF the expedition. He told Lady
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sea Queen encountered a vessel In the
fog. Stephens attempted to communicate.
This caused a fierce struggle and he was
overcome. Tuttle finally squaring the sit
uatiOn. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttle's guidance the ves-
sci made progress toward its goal.
De Nova, the mate, told Stephens that he
believed Tuttle, nov acting as skipper,
insane because of his queer actions.
Stephens was awakened by crashing of
glass. He saw Tuttle in the. grip of a
spasm OF religious mania and overcame
him. The sailor upon regaining his senses
was taken i'll. Tuttle committed suicide
by shooting. Upon vote Of the crew
Stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt, the islands being supposed to be
only 200 miles distant. Tuttle was buried
I'm the sea, Lady Darlington pronouncins
the service. Stephens awaking from
sleep saw the ghost, supposed TO nave
formed the basis for Tuttles religious
mania Upon advice of Lady Darlington
Stephens started TO probe the ghoSt'
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez the drunk
en- officer he had humbled in Chile. lie
found that at Sanchez inspiration, En-
gineer Mcknight played ghost to scare
the men into giving up the quest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Wants Pension Office Beauty Restored
m ENsION COMMISSIONER JAMES

m ENSION COMMISSIONER JAMES
L. DAVENPORT has an eye to the
artistic, and as much as it is possible
for that genial gentleman to be dis
gruntled, is nightly grieved over the
fact that the pension office does not
look as pretty as it ought to, and
nothing like as pretty as 1t might.
Commissioner Davenport says that the
pension ofIice ought to be one OF the
show places in Washington, and there
was time when this was true. Now
II is half-filled up with the desks, ME
cases and literature OF the Indian Of
flee. which really hasn't any business
there. In fact, the great court OF the
nension Office, which until the new
government printing office was con-
structed was the largest building In
the world, all under one roof, looks
more like a clutter closet so far as
the main floor is concerned, than like
a decent, respectable public building
The great interior court is surround
ed by the various Offices which rise
tier on tier to the great glass ceiling,
with the rows OF handsomely orna
mented balconies opening upon the
court In the center OF the court is a
beautiful fountain, and It used to be
that exquisite little models OF the
Monitor and the Merrimac chased
each other around and around in this
fountain. There are a number OF
wonderful columns OF brick cemented
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17
Happening That Decided Him on Seek
Ing Another Restaurant.

For wears Mr.. Clerklie had eaten his
frugal but nourishing luncheon in IT.
tie restaurant half a block north from
his office. He was an easily satisfied
person, and what he ordered seemed
always to suit him to perfection. The
mattresses never knew him to com
plain.
But one day things went wrong. the
butter was rancid, and the bread SO
moist that Mr. Clerklie who had de-
cided ideas about hygiene, would not
eat it, He did his best, and left the
table early.
The next day the same thing oc-
Cured, and the day after there was no
Improvement. He called the waitress
to him.
May / ace the proprietor, pleaseY
he inquired.
The girl disappeared for a minute
and returned with the news that the
proprietor was out
The following day as well as the
one after there was no Improvement
in the food, and no sign Of the pro-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-11-17

ATO more chicken in the army, turkey
~ twice a year-Thanksgtving and
Christmas-and flap jacks" instead
OF hard tack" sum up the important
changes in the army ration for the
American soldier made during the past
year, according to the report of Com
missary General Henry G. Sharpe. The
elimination of chicken has resulted in
a yearly saving to the government OF
S52, 1000. The poor soldiers now have
to worry along on beef, pork. mutton,
bacon, eggs and fish.
1t cost the United States 1914 cents
a day more to feed the American sol
dier in Alaska than it did those sta
toned in the United States. This is
declared due principally to the cost Of
beef and its transportation to the iso-
lated posts in the territory.
The daily average cost of the ra-
tions issued during the year in the
United States alone was 22.75 cents;
Alaska, $3.50 cents; Hawaii, 24.1O
cents; Porto Rico, 2S.72 cents; aboard
transports, 1882 cents; American sol