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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-25
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John in the spirit, and Miss Estrilla
cor Margarita Perez in the flesh, TO
which this hocus-pOcus was only an
approach.
John is speaking through the lips of
Rosalie lie Grange; and Miss Estrilla
is answering.
Il am stronger now. The flesh in
fluence is not yet gone from me.
There was much on my soul. l find il
hard to forgive. And / know l must
little lady" ROsalie had learned
from Constance that little lady" was
Capt. Hanskas pet name for woman
i'm tender relations. and she let it out
as "A venture.
"Oh. John. But consider how
much l have to forgive. All, did you
ever love me? You never answered
my letters
Il loved YOU perhaps too much.
over here, we can not lie. / was car
ried away-and I was married.
Yes Every one knows that now.
You deceived me. Ii is harder for
me TO forgive that than the other
thing.
"Yes-but l loved you too much
TO risk telling YOU"
Was hat why YOU kept the jew
els. them" a hard attack came into
Miss Estrilla's tone 1t was more than
a question; there was irony in it. Ro-
sale thought rapidly. That diamond
buckle on the stair case-"the Jewels
here was a startling correlation of
facts. She must venture no further;
she must have time TO imagine and 10
plan.
Il can not tell you now" said the
voice of John. Il am-growing weak
II sinned-"
"Oh. he's gone away" broke in the
voice of Laughing Eyes.
Another seance. John is speaking,
Miss Estrilla answering
"Ah. / really love you. But I find
it hard TO forgive"
Don't you understand, John. that
il wasn't revenge. 1t was duty"
Il know. There is much that
do not understand. but / do under
stand that In the flesh. I was al
ways attracted by the glitter OF jew
els" This was lead into territory
only partially explored. And the road
opened.
y think there were two parts Of
you, John. But. oh. the better part
loved me. did il not2"
Yes. loved YOU truly. little lady
John. II YOU had stolen them out
right-but TO use my love-"
Il am going. am not strong
enough yet 10 endure reproach-'
"Oh, / viii not reproach YOU again.
on must forgive. You know how
little YOU have to forgive. Wait John.
wait"
John is speaking again: Miss Es-
triila replies
They give me new strength every
day llut this poor ignorant woman
is weakening. Why did you try TO
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a chance against you if you under
stand your game. Remember that
love is something one cannot demand
simply because ii is ones right.
Never waste time in ealOusy-jeal-
Ousy deprives you Of your own charms
and heightens the charms Of the other
woman by power Of contrast.
Many "A woman has loved her hus-
band devOtedly and made him miser-
able every day she lived with him.
What man IS worth all this
trouble?" YOU ask.
Perhaps. not one in the universe,
my dear, if you look at il in your own
way.
But I am sure that IL I were mar
ried ! would prefer love 10 indiffer-
ence; ! would prefer a happy home 10
a cherries hearth.
IF You are going to marry and live
with a man, why not get all the COM
fort YOU can out Of the arrangement?
The man, taken as a unit may not
be worth the trouble; but the man.
plus love. a happy home and your own
happiness. are worth all you could
possibly give in payment.
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(This was a venture on Rosalie's
part; still there were ways of retriev-
ing the mistake if her guess was
wrong.)
Yes. II was my Dlsu not Juan's--
] have been more l0o'ish than he.
Every day / spent in tie room above
YOU / was afraid you would discover
me. Yet when I thought OF YOU down
there loved you still But my eyes
were really sick. II was because
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get them as you did,"
What was / TO do when 7 found
I had no claim under the law What
was I TO do after you wrote me that
letter."
That happened before 1 passed out.
I could not see YOU then. And / have
not seen any one clearly. / am not
like the better spirits. Ny soul was
not good when il ;eft the flesh. But
l think you came 10 New York just 10
get the jewels
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John is speaking again: Miss Es-
triila replies.
They give me new strength every
day llut this poor ignorant woman
is weakening. Why did you try TO
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cried so much-but I promised not to
reproach you"
Little LADY, was bad, but loved
you. / think II l had seen you,
would have restored them
"Oh. John That is hardest OF all.
II you had-you might have debut
we would have been saved this-and
your conscience would have been
right And John. / can not die and
Join you now dare not--because il
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-25

Shepherds check in brown and
white wooden with facings OF brown
was used for this model. IL would
also develop well in blue serEe with
red trimming or with a simple finish
OF sOutache braid. The waist fronts
open over a vest that meets a deep
collar at the neck edge. The pattern
is cut in four sizes. s. 10. y and IA
years To requires 9 10 yards OF ~
inch material for 1O-year size
pattern OF this illustration mailed To-
any address on receipt OF Zoe in Sill
YER or stamps.
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would be wrong-and because of
juan
Rosalie noted how the name Of
Juan came in again. For caution.
she must veer away from that lead
at present.
Il think that I felt you near me at
! times"
Did you, John? Did you know [
was in your room once when you were
asleep? Do you remember how you
slept through the fire at homer That
was why 1 dared. There was light on
your face. / wanted TO kiss it,"
eff you had-and Weakened me-"
IF / had-if l only had,' Miss Es-
trilla wept bitterly; the voice of John
answered with caressing reassuring
words.
But John. why can you not for
give? Don't you know al? ?" continued
Miss Estrilla when she had control Of
her voice.
Not all. We do not wake to the
spirit at once. After the shock, we
are in a mist for time. I knew
nothing until / was looking down on
the people who surrounded my body
"a long time after. Then there were
mists and dark spot. 1 saw one Of
the jewels on the floor beside the door.
I could not see yOu-nOr Juan.
must knOw-this is hard am grow
ing weak"
Wait, John waltz cried MISS
Estrilla, for the first time losing con-
troll of herself. John! Come back
You must come back I've something
to tell you that's killing me. John.
John, you must know that ne didn't
mean 10 do it,"
With all the will-power that she
had, ROsalie kept herself from the
slightest movement when she heard
that simple startling pronoun. he
1t was time 10 close this seance. She
summoned Laughing Eyes, who babe
Miss Estrilla gOOd-by in a weak fail
ing tone; she settled into her conclUd-
ing trance"
In the last two sittings. Resale had
been awakening from trance Of her
own accord. Now, she slumbered Oh
for two or three minutes before she
let her eyes dutter open; her face re-
sumo expression.
Miss Estrilla had controlled her
weeping. To Rosale's cheerful.
We'll. was ] out long2" she returned
no answer. Resale looked at her
sharply.
I'm afraid you shouldn't do this
any mOre-in your state Of nerves
she said. "Only reason I've kept IL
you so much good. But today you
look all tuckered out. Ar me-a wet
rag is cast-irOn beside my feeling this
minute Tell me-Was il long after /
stopped talking before / woke upZ'
NO. 1t was shorter than ever be-
fore"
Mimi Well, those that know me
better than l know myself have
watched my frances. They say that
when 1 wake up soon after the spirits
go, it means just one thing-it seems
I'm running down. This mediumship
is like a bucket in the rain. You pour
out the water an you've got 10 wait
a while for the bucket 10 fill again.
When I begun sittin' with YOU. 1 had
more in me than 1 thought. Fact IS.
I'd just begun 10 over flow. which Is
why / couldn't stop that first trance
from comm But now it's about spill
ed out. Trance amt a relief any
longer. It's been a strain on me for
three sittin's, an now that it's begin
min 10 tell on you, we'd both better
stop IL, l guess
But Miss Estrilla raised the eye
shade: and ROsalie saw that she was
weeping gain. "Oh. just another"
she pleaded. Couldn't you. Mrs. lie
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gold and silver which is used to trim
it. For the Mexican spares no ex-
pense when it comes to his hat or his
saddle.
The ordinary caballero wears a hat
which weighs from six to eight
pounds. Again it depends upon the
metal trimmings. .,...
The real swell sombrero is made
of felt, and hand made at that, by
some poor hombre's family, which re-
ceives, say, two pesos for pressing
the felt into shape and depressing it.
Then the Mexico City or Guadala-
jara or Chihuahua hat man gets it,
and does the rest.
The crown of the ordinary SOM
brero is from 16 to 20 inches high,
and the brim, if spread out fiat, would
reach 10 inches, but, curled up as it
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is, it doesn't cover the Mexican's
rather narrow shoulders.
The poems wear straw hats sum-
mer and winter you can say there
is any winter in Mexico-and their
hats are not worth 10 centavos, or 5
cents American, each.
......- UN-AMERICAN
by jove, old chap, you're an hour
later
"That chauffeur of mine cannot
aceustom himself to disregarding
laws and ordinances Puck.
Postal employees in ST. Paul, Mimi,
have organized a cooperative COM
pany and opened a store with a view
of reducing for themselves the cost
of living.
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WHOSE Is NE BLAME?

TwoIe girls their but work for
the teum of cheap shop Philadelphia had half holiday the other
neighbors say they good girls
Eighty toll in hot
when children play?
mobile young the tired
kids with aching That seemed like
its like fairy princes
smiled smile
honeyed
tired shop girls pleasant would
wiser folk They a ride home
And here They the
and home the mother that the other mother had consented
the the couples mother
already
bitter of
spoiled, of the public at knowing all
The law punish
ried The law however little little
do little while throws the
oy-starved
pleasures eduCtve dangd
fore them by human hyenas.
Whose is the blame?
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street sustained badly mashed
thumb while at work at the Cooper
works Friday.
Fay, the young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Auskings of East Water
street, is recovering from an attack
of diptheria.
Mrs. Emer Tulloss and daughters,
Helen and Catherine, of East Gam
bier street went to Utica Saturday
morning to Witt for few days
Mrs. Solomon Parker of Howard re-
turned to her home Saturday morning
after a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
White of this city.
Mrs. Sherman P. 'Congdon and son
Of Chicago, H., will arrive in the city
this evening to make an extended
visit with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S, Bishop, who kave
been spending several days with Mr.
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their services to the president last
spring when rumors of revolution were
rife.
President Menocal has not yet been
able to secure the passage through con-
gress of the bill providing for the ma
tional loan of $15, 100000.
DR.. Alfredo Zayas, leader of the Lib
erals, has given out statement say
ing his party was acting for the best
interests of Cuba and would not force
conflict. If one came. however, the
consequences would be upon the heads
of Conservatives. the party of Men
ocal.
Colonel Orestes Ferrara, eX-speaker
and at present the strong man" of the
Cuban congress. has declared himself
against the proposed national loan of
$15.000000 and some other policies OF
the administration He has thrown
down the gantlet to Menocal and de-
clares the loan will not be allowed to
pass congress. He eXerts great influ-
ence in Cuban political and legal af-
fairs.
Colonel Ferrara said he was not q
party to the rumored compromise be-
tween the political factions whereby
the government would repay English
investors amounts invested in the
Ports company of Cuba in return for
Liberal support for the loan measure.
In fact. he did not believe the Liber-
ais would be party to such an agree
ment.
81 am not opposed to anything that
tends to upbuild Cuba and its national
credit" he said.
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CUBAN PRESIDENT
READY FOR REVOLT
Government Makes Plans 10
Put Down Amy Outbreak.
LOAN BILL NOT YET PASSED

Liberals In Opposition to Government
Have Fifteen Thousand Rifles In
Their Possession--Ammuntion Like
wise Shipped to That Country Ad-
nninistration Prepared For Conflict.
Havana Cuban government is
adopting plans to prevent other out
breaks similar to the recent uprising
of the banditti in Santa Clara PROV
ince. 1t expects TO be so firmly in
trenched in authority that should ac-
tual revolution occur it can be put
down quickly. President Menocal has
announced he will not brook armed op-
position to his administration, and
those who attempt it will have their
necks twisted" Tie administration
has quietly prepared itself should con-
flict occur. The army is generally re-
garded as loyal.
1t Is known that about $1,000 rifles
apd many thousand rounds of ammu-
milton are scattered over the island,
supposedly in the hands of the Liber-
ais, who are opposing the adminlstra-
ton. Information from the national
palace says the island has been care
fully "gone over" by government Sc
cret service men and every move of
the opposition is known. "There can
be no uprising Of any consequence"
they say. Besides the armed forS%
the administration has the backing of
the majority of the Cuban Veterans
association of the War of Independ-
ence. The veterans number about co.
coo men and are widely scattered.
The central camp is in Havana. Gen
eral Emilio Nunez, secretary of ag-
riculture in Menocafs cabinet, is presi-
/ dent of the veterans. They offered
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and Mrs. H. c. Bishop, West High
street, leave Sunday for Jacksonville,
Florida, where they will spend the win
ter.
Mr. Clay Parker of Philadelphia, Pa,
is the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Parker. East Vine street.
On January l, Mr.. Parker assumes the
management of the Chapman Decor
ating G. Furniture Co., one of the larg-
est establishments of its kind in Phil
adelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Modie, who
We're married at Delaware, Ohio. this
week are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Weaver of Elizabeth street.
Mrs. Modie was formerly Miss EIiz-
abeth Reader of Delaware and is well
known in Mt Vernon. The groom is
"a former resident of Mt. Vernon and
has many friends in this city.
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WOULD FREE CORN
BELT OF CHOLERA
Senators POmGTene and Kenyon
to Address Ohio Farmers.

Columbus, O., Dec. 27.-Senator
Pomerene of Ohio and Senator Ken.
yon of Iowa will assist the farmers
of the middle west corn belt to COM
bat hog cholera. At the request of
the Ohio agricultural commission,
Pomerene Of the Buckeye state and
Kenyon of the Hawkeye state will
speak at Columbus, o., Jan. Is. SEN
ator Pomerene has asked congress to
give 100000 to aid in control and
eradication of hog cholera. Senator
Kenyon has joined Ohio in urging
such appropriation, his state being a
heavy loser from this disease.
The price of meat is high and will
go higher unless the ravages Of the
swine plague are checked.
Congress is expected to give heed
to an annual loss of $55,000,0O0 to the
farmers. The government aided
southern cattle men and cotton grow.
ers i'll fighting disease, yet the loss
from their ills was not half as great
as from cholera.
Large appropriations are made for
battleships, rivers, harbors and public
buildings. Pomerene and Kenyon be-
lieve that out Of the pork barrel
ought to come some protection to the
pork grower.
The Columbus meeting will con
tinue two days, Jan. IA and Is. Gov
ernor Cox will deliver an address.
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BOARD ENJOINS
LICENSE SALES
Finds BreWeTles TraftiCklng In
Saloon Certificates.
MIDDLEMEN MAKEGOOD PROFIT

Under New Order Transfers viii Be
Restricted to Actual Purchase of
Business and Stand For Which
Papers Originally Issued-Practlcc
Inaugurated to Promote Sale of
Certain Brands of Beer.
Columbus, o., Dec. 27.-Bartering
of saloon licenses, which has been
found to be a means used by rival
breweries to grab business from each
other, is aimed at in an order issued
by the state license board to county
licensing boards.
In some cities brewery agents have
made, tempting offers to saloonkeep-
ers who are selling rival beer to sell
their certificates If the purchase is
made, the certificate is then sold to
retailer who agrees to sell a differ
ent beer, The transaction is made
good by obtaining from the county
board a transfer of the license to the
ultimate purchaser, and usually to
conduct saloon at different loca-
tion which has been secured for him
by the agent, who manages to re-
main a silent party to the deal.
The state board also has found
there is springing up a speculative
trade in certificates. A saloonkeeper
is induced to sell his license and the
buyer disposes of 1t at considerable
profit to another saloonkeeper. The
state board has detected the en-
trance of the middleman into the sa-
loon business.
Believing that the change of loca-
tion is the key to the abuse, the state
board has ordered transfers restrict
ed to actual purchase of the business
Of a saloonkeeper, not merely Of his
certificate, but Of the property and
good will of saloon at particular
location. In doing so, State Commits
sioners Allen, Glendenning and Sc
crist think this indirect method en-
ployed by brewers to obtain control
of retail business will be reduced to
q minimum.
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SHORT LOCALS

Miss Hazel Hersey of Howard street
has gone to Van Vert and Delphos to
visit with relatives for two weeks.
Miss Ellen Kerst went to Warsaw,
Ohio, Friday to make several days
visit with relatives.
Mr.. Lester Dutt went to Wellsville,
Ohio, Saturday morning to visit for a
few days.
Miss Vera Beal of Mansfield will ar
rive in Mt. Vernon this evening to
visit over Sunday with friends.
Miss Nellie Walsh of Cleveland, o.,
spent Christmas with relatives in the
city.
Mr.. William Burnett went to Mans
field Saturday morning to make a
short visit.
Mr.. Sperry Bogardus of New York
City is the guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. P. Bogardus.
Mrs. Ethel Sutton Smith of Upland,
Ind, is the guest of her mother, Mrs,
l.. E. Sutton and also her brother in
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Newton left
for Garrett, Ind, today after spending
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. r. s..
Hull, East Gambler street.
Mr.. William Mccormick returned to
Akron Friday evening after having
spent Christmas with relatives in the
city.
Mr.. John McHale of West Gambler
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RED CROSS BUSY
Relief Is Distributed to Needy Amer
leans In Mexico.


Washington, Dec. 27,-The state de-
partment mas no information of 30
American employees of the United
Sugar company being in desperate
straits and in danger of starvation at
Topolobampo, on the west coast OF
Mexico, it was stated. 1t is not be-
iiexed that any situation so acute ex-
anywhere on the west coast.
lmnygh the Red Cross, however,
A.department is extending re-
AN destitute Americans on
- kst of Mexico, especially
4 Sinaloa. A Red Cross
in that district, supplied
funds and authority to
randed Americans. This
being constantly pa
sells of the Pacific fleet
in Mexican waters.
- partment was informed
Zionist leader, General
b the attempt to cap
cently, occupied with
anahI hacienda and
- Int of $4,000 TLis
: I'D by the Tampico
- NY According to
4 f ! Syolutionists were
% ! T. :! T. j + pelling the com
=. r Ad their horses.
Saw.
!, e. 81 r H. = =, has been traced
Il be saw. 1t was
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BILLY SUNDAY srlRs PITTsBuRe

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 27-Pittsburgh
is stirred from centre to circumfer-
ence over the coming of Billy" Sun
day, who is scheduled to open one OF
his characteristics evangelistic cam
paigns in this city tomorrow morn
ing. Pittsburgh is the largest city that
the noted evangelist has ever invad-
ed and he has made his plans in pro-
portion. A monster tabernacle has
been erected in the heart of the city
and mammoth chorus has been
trained to lead the singing. Three
hundred ushers have been trained in
their duties and one hundred dlsnpans
of largest size are in readiness for use
in taking up the collection. While the
voices of 10000 persons have been
raised in nightly prayer in preparation
for the opening Of the campaign, an
equal or larger number o. persons
have been active in opposing W The
opposition, which includes a lumber
Of ministers and many prominent
church workers, went SO far as to
seek an injunction to restrain the
building of the tabernacle.
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OLD LANDMARK DESTROYED
Michigan Central Depot at Detroit
Goes Up In Smoke.

0oeS Up IN smoke.
Detroit, Dec. PA spectacular
fire, starting from cause undeter-
mined, swept through the main depot
Of the Michigan Central Railway
company here. The blaze, which
started in one of the office rooms in
an upper story, gained great head
way before an employe discovered it,
and although several hundred per-
sons were in the building at the time
only one, male employe, was in
1ured. His condition is pot serious.
After three hours of hard fighting,
hremen had the fire under control
The damage to the depot proper was
estimated at $150,000. Railway rec
ords, freight and express were also
. consumed, and officials of the road
Aaid the total loss might be $250,OO0.
The depot was built about 30 years
The new Michigan Central ter.
E large and costly structure,
Antly completed, and it was
4 earlier this week that the
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SIMPLIFIEs NAVIGATION.
U. s. Naval Observatory Issues Con
densed Computations.


Washington.-A contribution to safe
ty at sea has been made by the United
States naval observatory in the form
of u publication which greatly simpli-
fies and facilitates computations incl
dent to the navigator's work.
Elaborate interpretations are done
away with and all information con-
densed and made readily accessible
The publicgtion contains only thirty
seven pages and star chart, yet con
tains all the information ordinarily
required by navigators in practical
everyday work.
At present it will be issued as sup
plement. but later will be included In
the Nautical Almanac itself.