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reasons says he never writes any
thing that appears In the paper, at
tended an aeroplane meet, and was
approached by a quiet young man
who was evidently a newspaper cor
respondent. Mr.. Murdoch" said this
intruder, IT enjoyed immensely your
articles on aeroplanes, and was won
dering II you would tell me how you"
mo, no! And again, MOI" exclaimed
Murdoch. T never write anything,
and l never give interviews on what
appears in my paper" Whereupon the
young man subsidized into the crowd.
That night, at a banquet given in
honor of the aeronauts, Murdoch was
seated opposite Wilbur Wright, and, in
a break in the chorus Of talk, Murdoch
leaned across the table and said ur-
banely: MIR. Wright, hope you saw
that article I wrote and published in
my paper about you, and He got no
further. Right there was the blow
up, the crestfallen finish Wilbur
gave him a stony stare, and in the
flash of moment Murdoch had recog-
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myself, but when I feel good Just
cannot help 1t. What can I dot

myself, but when I feel good I just
cannot help It What can I dot
SEVENTEEN.
Things that were regarded as I'M
maidenly when your mother was young
are not nearly so serious as offenses
now. I hesitate always before giving
advice contrary to a mothers, but I
really can see no harm in discreet
whistling.
Dear Mrs Thompson: love a
young girl very dearly, but she says
our engagement is broken. She was
going with another fellow three days
after she quit me, and they are great
friends already. She has not return
ed the solitaire engagement ring and
my other presents of jewelry. What
can I do, what should I do?
ANXIOUS.
The young lady, fear, belongs to
the class known as jewelry collectors.
so honorably. If you don't they may
DO displayed as trophies
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have asked
| a girl to marry me, and she says that
while she cares for me very much, she
doesn't want to be engaged. She gets
very angry II think Of looking at an
other girl, and won't permit 1t, but
quite often she goes out with other
fellows. I can't quite make 1t all out
HENRY ].
Apparently you are in the not un-
common state of being engaged to a
girl who is not engaged to you. This
is selfish arrangement often insist
ed upon by very likable girls, and #
your sweetheart is worth while, It
probably would be best for you to bear
with the annoyance until such time
as you can induce her to declare her
tue position. If / were you, I would
insist upon as many privileges for my
self as she takes herself. A pursuit Of
this course might move the girl to
take a definite stand relative to an en-
gagement
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My hus-
band is no longer considerate of me
In little ways. He speaks to me
GROSSLY, and he never thinks of help
ing me about the house, or with the
babies. He spends his spare time in
seeking amusement In which I have
no share. Is there anything I can
do? UNHAPPY.
Your husband Is thoughtless, If
nothing worse. and he needs a jolt.
II you viii attend a few suffrage
meetings and otherwise show your
independence. you will likely have
him on his knees soon, trying to win
back your love.
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Heart and
HOftf4
Problems
b4D
E1L9S TT1ZABFdHTH NfP5

Dear Mrs Thompson: am keep
ing steady company with young lady
who chums with a girl / do not like
This girl very often Is with us and it
Ii very annoying TO me. Please advise.
CONSTANT READER
Tnlees you are engaged you are
hardly In q position 70 ask your girl
friend to take the chance OF liking the
friendship Of the other girl by speak
ing OF your dislike. Better let things
go on as they are for the present
Perhaps the situation may change.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~ What
causes heartburn and what Is good for
tit CD VIII you answer letter per-
sonally IL q seh-addressed, stamped
THE LITTLE ONE.
ID Heartburn is caused by indi-
gesuon. A little baking soda in water
may relieve you. A better plan is to
avoid eating too much rich food. (2)
] shall be glad to answer any question
direct.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am an at
tvactive girl of nineteen and have
had Lots OF beaus In my life, but could
Fever make up my mind to marry
until OF late. Two young men are
10th, although one better, than the
other. One OF them lives near me and
IL a wealthy farmer, but very common
looking. The other lives $50 miles
away and Is a fine looking man, but
is not worth very much, but still like
him best. / would like to have your
advice IS to which of these boys I
Should marry.
ESTELLE.
Do not consider marriage with any
man whom you do not love. A mans
money, or his personal appearance. or
the distance at which he resides should
all be secondary matters IL you de-
eide In favor of the farmer only be-
cause he has money, you will regret
1t. II you choose the other man be-
cause he 10 good Iol1ing, and for no
other reason, you will find his looks
will give you small comfort after your
wedding day. fear that you are not
yet quite ready TO make any decision
at all. When the right man presents
himself, you will have no doubt in
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your own mind as to whether you
should accept him. If you loved either
of Your two suitors deeply, you would
not give the other serious considera-
ton.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am engaged
to a young man whom I have every
reason to admire as well as love, but
he makes it very embarrassing for me
sometimes by being demonstrative be-
fore company. When he puts his arm
around my neck or calls me by terms
of endearment I feel silly. What can
I dor I don't want TO wound him
MYRTLE.
Tell your hanoee In the kindest
manner possible at some opportune
time that you think he had better re-
strain himself in the presence OF
others. He not only embarrasses you,
but also those who are obliged to look
on His heart may be in the right
place, but his judgment Is poor.
Dear Mrs Thompson: My mother
scolds me a good deal because / have
habit of whistling. try to break
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bling. ''An my property, and estate
to go to my eldest daughter. 1 wish
to die firm in the knowledge that the
property is assured to her." continu-
ell the merchant. with eager excite
ment. "Of course-of counsel" fused
the attorney. Would it be asking to
much he asked the dying man, ito
suggest that you should marry her?
Secretary MacVeagh, at a dinner IN
Washington, was urging the need OF
scientific financial laws. But let US
make these laws scientifically" he
said. I'VE muset let in the light We
must work in the light. If we work
in the dark, you know, we viii go
wrong-like young Cornelius Husk.
Cornelius Husk was called one winter
morning before dawn, and told to go
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and harness the mule to the dearborn.
The lad was too lazy to light lantern
and in the dark didn't notice that one
of the cows was in the stable with
the mule AS he tried to harness the
cow his father, impatient at the long
delay, shouted from the house: Cor
ney! Corney! What are We dom p
I can't get the collar over the mules
head the boy replied. His ears are
frozen
A New York surveyor had an as
signment that took him into the
depth Of the wilderness ten miles
from camp. The camp was a hun
dred miles from the nearest railroad
station. To his surprise, he heard the
sound Of an axe. He followed the
sound and found busy woodsman at
work. He had cleared the timber
away for a few rods about, and on
that space had put a snug log cabin.
AL the rest, on every side. was the
profound, almost unuodden wilder
ness. The man stopped his work and
greeted the surveyor pleasantly. And
where did you come from?" he asked.
From New York" answered the
surveyor. Live there?'' said he.
Yes" The man gazed at him as if
amazed, and by and by said: We'll
well! Gosh! I don't see how you can
bear to live so fur away"
Back In the days when Wilbur
Wright was demonstrating that the
art of splitting clouds wide open with
an aeropIane was both easy and prac-
teal, Victor Murdoch, who owns a
newspaper in Kansas and occupies
a seat in congress, wrote for his
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A thousand tongues could not ex-
press the gratitude of Mrs. ]. e. Cox.
of Joliet, ILL.,, for her wonderful deliv-
erance from an awful fate. Typhoid
pneumonia had left me with a dreadful
cough" she writes. Sometimes l mad
such awful coughing spells thought
l would die. / could get no help from
doctors treatment or other medicines
till / used DIR. Kings New Discovery.
But I owe my life to this wonderful
remedy for scarcely cough at all
now" Quick and safe, it's the most
reliable of all throat and lung mediA
cines. Every bottle guaranteed. SOY
and $1.00. Trial bottle free at w. A
D'Alembertes
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nized in Wright the man who had ac-
costed him earlier in the afternoon.
The moral of that" said Murdoch. in
telling the story, els: Either never
write or never lie about your writ =
tnRs"
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1 see IN this paper that DR.. Wiley
says a wife is entitled to one-third of
the husbands salary" Yes. The
trouble is that so many wives don't
seem to know which third 1t is, and
takes all three"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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paper q three cofmun article. prais-
ing Wright In glowing, giittering and
dazzling phrases (says the Popular
Magazine). Shortly after that Muir
dock, who for political and other
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you was a big loser when de game
broke up, wasn't your Yes. OATS
why 1t broke up" WAS it a good
hand dat won de last pot?" 'Yt shore
was. When 1t landed it felt like 1t
mus o. weighed ton."-Washingt
Star.
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An aged merchant was very Ill. He
sent for the family lawyer. Il wish :"
began the sick man, as the attorney
stood by the his bedside, eager to catch
every word as it was uttered. "Y es?
answered the lawyer, hastily. scrib-
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One Of the prettiest women in Wash
ington official circles Is Sonora Diaz.
wife Of Senior Jose Sales Diaz, who
has been attached to the Mexican en-
bassy. Senior and Sonora DiaZ are
leaving Washington for Mexico, where
Senior Dfaz has been promoted to third
officer of state.
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and test the cakes before taxing them
up By thrusting In . clean straw or
thin knife blade. II the thing thrust
in comes out with no sickness cling
ing to It, the cake u done. Bag cook.
ing prevents crusting over, and there.
by facilitates rising. It also saves
from burning and avoids the risk Of
jarring by too much opening Of the
oven door. Baking powder can be
used in place Of soda and cream Of
tartar. but to my thinking the old way
is the best
Raisin cake is made almost the same
as pound cake, but takes little longer
and slower baking.
Every household almost has its own
favorite gingerbread and tea-cake.
Make them In your own way, but re-
member to make them festive. You
can do this easily by cutting them
out in all manner Of fancy shapes be.
sides those already suggested, from
frosting them in many colors-white,
pink. green, yellow and brown, and
sprinkllng them before the frosting
hardens. with tiny colored candies, or
chopped nuts, or candied peel, or
citron very finely shredded.
Pound cake and raisin cake baked in
paper bags can be cut in cubes. rounds,
fingers. or any shape desired, frosted
all over, and be more than ornamental.
A centerpiece for child's party can
be built in the shape of log cabin,
using alternately long strips frosted
white and other strips of chocolate
brown. Or it may be white and pink,
or all white. with a roof of frosting
snow and candy-icicles hanging along
the caves. Vegetable coloring, which
Is cheap and perfectly wholesome, can
be bought from any first class grocer.
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A Paper Bag Dinner
BY Nicolas soyer, Chef Of Brooks Club, London.

excellent cooked after this recipe.
Lima Beans: Take q quart Of Lima
beans, add two ounces of butter, four
ounces Of diced ham, a little sugar
and salt, teaspoonful of -four and
sweet herbs to taste. Put in a
creased bag with half pint of water
and cook for sixty minutes in mod.
crate oven.
Spinach: Pick over and thorough.
~ wash two pounds Of spinach. leave
the vegetable as wet as you can, and
put 1t in bag. Add pinch of sugar
and little salt. Seal the bag and
cook for thirty-fve minutes. Then
stand the broiler bearing the bag over
. large plate. and prick the bottom
Of the bag in such way az to allow
all the water to run out.
Fruit Salad: Take four peeled and
thinly sliced bananas. half . pound OF
well washed and dried Hamburg
grapes. ditto Strawberries. IN apple,
and two large oranges. Pinch each
grape slightly. Hull tho strawbsr.
ries, peel and slice the apple and or
angss VERY thinly. Mix III ven to-
gether a aSdssp bowl. Pour over !
small bottle q raspberry syrup and
. Tablespoonful OF brandy. Mix well;
Leave u - TN nssdsa
(Copyisht 1911, ~ tAsS sturxfa =
3. Walton Company.)
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Duckling with Turnips: Thoroughly
butter paper bag, place the duckling
inside, cut few slices of carrot and
turn1p into fancy shapes, cut up a
few blanched spring onions, and add
. bouquet garni. Pour in three Ia
blespoonfuls Of tomato sauce and a
wineglassful Of Madeira Season with
salt and pepper according to taste.
Cook for forty-f{ve to fifty-five min
utes, according to the size Of the bird.
Chicken . Ia Refine: Take . fowl
trussed as for boiling, and rub 1t we'll
over with split onion. Place It in
. wsll-greased bag and add to It a gill
of good stock. Add also sprig of
parsley, bay Leaf, sprig Of sweet
herbs, and, II obtainable. two or
three spring onions. all tied together.
Take four ounces Of well.cooked rice
and add it to the fowl. Place the
bag on the broiler, simmer very slow
" In . moderate oven until the fowl
81 cooked. then dish up the fowl on
i hot dish, remove the herbs and
empty the rice into Q fresh bag. Add
10 II = tablsspoonful Of stock. agill
81 cream, q little grated lemon peel.
: dust, Of nutmeg, and pepper and SALT
70 taste. Nix thoroughly. add the
:Wsll.bsaten yolk of m Cd, make hot
aSain On tho broilsr and serve 6 oncs.
/ Turkay ma MET q vsal ars both
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CHAPTER xW.-(contlnued.)

Coast waited to hear no more. Dumb
with rage-to be SO tricked and BAN.
boozled! to have his teeth drawn in
such manner. by a blind man. almost
without a struggle!-he stopped,
picked up heavy monkey.wrench,
and threw himself at Blackstock.
Before he had covered half the
scant distance between them, however.
he was caught up suddenly from be-
hind, jerked back and held, struggling,
kicking, helpless as child in the
arms Of Chang.
AS If he were wholly unaware of
what was taking place, Blackstock's
voice rumbled on: :" adopted
this means Of making my wishes
known. l trust you won't resent it
when you wake up to the reasonable
ness Of my attitude. You weren't hurt
of that I'm sure-beyond your feel
ings. perhaps. And" he added, suave-
~ sardonic. Il beg to apologize for the
fndignity, Mr.. Handyside."
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grave though Il slowly starved-hs
heard faint cry from seward. turned
in surprise, and saw Katherine STUN
bling hurriedly up from the beach.
Though she had evidently been rum
ming for some distance and was flush.
ed and breathless, there was some
thing more than haste in her manner;
there was its stimulus, commingling
Of strong emotions 80 interdependent
and confused that he found them I'M
Ineligible and recognized only in
tense excitement into which they
merged.
Garrett" she gasped-"Garrett-l
want you to tell me the truth, IL you
know 1.-THE truth. Garrett. though
I'm afraid to hear 1t She
paused, shuddering, the crimson eb-
bling from her cheeks and lips while
terror played like lightning in her
eyes.
Cautiously he looked round. +.
But the deserted buildings shut them
OF from the farmhouse, and there
was no one visible on the bluffs or
downs. He took her tenderly in his
arms:
-. There" he soothed her gently.
Tell me ;"
I'm afraid" she breathed brokenly.
TITS too awful. Garrett, too dread.
full. It can't be true :"
Tell me-" he begged. though now
he knew.
"It's-about Mr.. Power, Garrett. {
-I-he never left this island"
Il know" he said.
She drew away, her eyes widening.
You knew, GARRETT"
"They-" he stammered-"It hap.
pened yesterday morning, Just before
I came ashore-about daybreak."
"You-you know this to be SOP"
He told her briefly what and how he
knew of the tragedy. "This dog" he
concluded, has been there-you must
have noticed-by his grave ever
since"
She nodded. 81 saw him." she said
in low. vibrant voice; butt didn't
understand. remember thinking 1t
strange. He was here when We came
"a legacy from the former tenant
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WON'T SELL JEFFERSON HOME
Congressman Levy, Owner for IS
Years, Announces He Will Not
Dispose Of Monticello.

New York.-Congressman Jefferson
NJ. Levy has no intention Of selling
Monticello, once the home Of Thomas
Jefferson, to the government or any
one else. The idea Of the purchase Of
Monticello by the government, recent
ly proposed by patriotic societies in
Washington. is distasteful to him, no
declares, in statement given out
here.
Mr.. Levy has been tho owner OF
Monticello thirty.five years and dur
ing that time the property has been
scrupulously maintained. Visitors have
been admitted to the estate freely,
Mr.. Levy explains, and the condition
Of the property Is better than Il
would be II owned BY the government.
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csy meet: poayslss sa @sa q S MSo
s .3tt6,,. him te z card party; Hs accepts.
con being that both arc In love With Kath-
srine Thaxter. Coast fails to convince her
that Riackstock 10 unworthy Of her
named Band.. tss eEy VIZ Ss.t sTo e
+ ,,gg quarrel and Blackstock shoots Van
. ley dead: Coast struggles to Mrest the
cover theme from him thus ths police az.
xence. Dundas names Blackjack 40 the
m no and kills himself. Coast be:
Eatnerine Thaxter and fed. Coast pur-
S E.a 80, yacht and while sailing sees q
49,, an ttnroWn from . distant boat. He res
They arrive at q lonely island. known as
Mo Mans Land. Coast starts out to ex-
23 .acs.I TIE Place and comes upon some
dead: Upon going further and approach
Ing a house he sees katherine fhaxter,
VINO explains that her husband. under the
e station there Coast informs her that
nsr husband murdered Van Tuyl. Coast
nsSs 6iackstock and some Cinnamon
- rescued by Appleyard. who gets him
70 tne .t Echo in safety. and there he re-
sed It, that ne is secret service man
Coast is anxious to fathom the mysteries
Or No Mans Land. and il determined
% 70 save y katherine. Appleyard believes
Of the wireless station to conduct a SNUG
Gling business. Coast penetrates to the
. ant. OF Biackstock's disguise. Katherine
which tells Coast that neither his life
or her own are safe. Coast feels that
SSlackstock suspects him. Appleyard and
tne Echo disappear. Coast assures Kath-
ef1ne OF his protection. and she informs
Immediately.
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Facade Of Government Buildings.

Its agricultural possibilities he rates
as low, but there is good pasture for
cattle. The meat trade, however, Isl
not organized at all. Vladivostok,
close by, gets It's supplies in cold stor,
age from Australia. ::
Coal is probably the best Of its as;
certained properties. He believes
that there are at least ten million
pools of it in the island. 1t would;
find a good market in the western
states Of America, besides in Japan.
Deep borings are now in progress for
naphtha, which is in as good position
as the Baku wells and should be able
to compete with American petroleum
in east Asia. Gold prospecting has
not had success. There is a great
supply of timber, Of which no use
was made until in 1906 firm began
to export railway sleepers.
The population, which dozen years
ago consisted of 10000 Russian deport-
ed convicts, and about half as many
free persons, sank to about 5000 after
the Japanese war. The convicts had
6SS SASAA AAOVAIy vi COuOAlAOu Lu0y
volunteer for the war. Russians
sold their houses for next to nothing.
A whole village was left to caretakers
for 80 rubles. Last year the ex-con-
victs who had served in the war and
returned were declared free peasants
and settled near Alexandrovsk, the
seat of government.
Sakhalin's weak side, as M. Polovoy
found it, is in its cut of condition, not
SO much geographically as through
want of steam navigation. Moreover,
the coasting trade is closed against
foreign shipping. There are very few
roads into the interior, even the roads
prospected by the Russian prisons de-
partment have fallen back into waste.
Harbors are scarcely to be found at
all. Labor is unskilled and there is
no ascertafnable general rate Of
wages. Evidently the plantlessness
that has hitherto marked the admins
tration of the important cork of the
Amur" will need to be changed If its
great coal and lumber resources are
to get chance.
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For one reason, because I wouldn't
've got It Would r.

= For one reason, because I wouldn't
've got It Would IT. !.
Certainly not What right"
Zone moment: I m coming to that g
Blackstock smiled his secret smile,
weighing the weapon renectively be.
fore bestowing 1t securely in . hip.
pocket. ut was q matter Of discipline
morale 10 the better word. You
had to be made to understand that on
this island I am dictator. my word law.
my wishes laws equivalent. Your
personal independence doesn't amount
to q row Of tacks, 30 longs you're
on No Mans Land; I'm boss. and
you've got to come to me. I don't al.
low anybody but myself to tote gun
here. and since knew you'd refuse q
request, took this spectacular means
Of making our relations clear a. day
light. The main trouble with Power
was his exaggerated conception Of the
importance of his blessed ego: when
I gave him practical demonstration
Of its relative insignificance in the
cosmic scheme. he got peevish. Don't
you make the same mistake"
I'm surprised" retorted Coast, de.
liberately offensive. that Power didn't
beg to be allowed to stay and lick
your boots"
THAT" said Blackstock, with an
open grin. sounds suspiciously like
mutiny. Mr.. Handyside."
Call 1t any name you like. Pos.
sibly you may ind somebody to
knuckle under to such treatment for
the privilege Of earning a bare living
on this God-forsaken island, but
Well, 1t wasn't Power and it won't
be me. I've had enough of you and
I'm finished. Get voohhis to send you
another man as soon as you like:
leave, the first chance that turns up"
Then the sooner you get that mo.
tor running, the quicker you'll be
suited" returned Blackstock. YOU'D
better get busy"
GO to the DEVIL" said Coast coolly.
IF you send out any messages from
this station, some one else will have
repaired your motor-I shan't. Good.
night"
":Good-night. Mr.. Handyside." rang