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Continued

Williams C'ime alp uu deck late TIM
afternoon with Il scared face and ab
nounced that Mr. Turner had locke,
himself in his r;l bin ami waS ravin. II
ue'lrlum on the other side of the door
Turner refused To- open either doul
for us. As well as we could mai ont
he was moving rapidly but almost
noiselessly up and down the room,
muttering TO himself, now aud then
throwing himself on the bed. only II
get up once.
Mrs. Turner dragged herself across
on the state Of affairs being reported
to her. and after two or three abortive
attempts succeeded In getting reply
from him.
Marsh" she called. II want to talk
to you. Let me in
They'll get us" he said craftily.
Us: Who is with yuu?"
Vail" be replied promptly. Hes
here talking. He won't let me sleep '
Tell him to give you the key and
you will keep it for him SO no one can
get him." | prompted. | had had some
experience with such cases in the hos
pital
She tried it without any particular
hope, but it succeeded Immediately
He pushed the key out under the door.
and almost at once we heard him
throw himself ou the bed. as if salts,
fed that the problem of his security
was solved.
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JAIL FOR WATERING MILK
Fined IL Times, Dealer Gets 30 Days
for Thirteenth Offense

New York, Oct. 23.-Louis Wank, a
milk dealer of No. 500 Berriman
street, Brooklyn, convicted twelve times
of watering his milk, but always escap-
ing a Jail sentence, was sent to Jail for
thirty days yesterday in Special ses-
sions, Brooklyn. A milk inspector
found his milk diluted again.
Wank s twelfth conviction was about
two weeks ago and the justice eau
toned him that his next offense would
get term in Jail for him. They re-
minded him also that he was morally
responsible for the life of a man,
Schmidt, who had worked for him, had
been convicted of selling doctored milk
and had hanged himself in Jail when
his employer failed to pay his fine.
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DROPS DEAD AFTER CARDS
Retired Merchant Had Just Expressed
Pleasure Over Luck

Atlantic City, Oct. 23.-"The cards
surely came my way" said B. Honig,
wealthy retired merchant, as he arose
soon after midnight from a game of
pinochle at the home of his friend,
Charles Krulewitch No. 275 South Con.
necticut avenue. He started for the
door, intending to go to his home, a
few doors distant, but staggered and
fell, moaning his wife S name.
Krulewitch and his friends rushed to
Honig's side, only to find him dead. A
hastily-summoncd physician pronounced
it a case of heart disease. Honig was
formerly engaged in business in New
York and Philadelphia, but retired and
took up his residence here.
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OLD DRUMMER BOY LEADS
He Was Little 11-Year-Old When He
Went to War

Allentown, Pa, Oct. 23.-On the
fifty second anniversary of the battle
of Pocotaligo, S. c., in which the com
mand lost several hundred men. sur.
vivors of the Forty-seventh regiment,
Pennsylvania volunteers, yesterday held
their reunion in this city.
Sixty veterans attended, an interest.
ing member being the Rev. D. Asher
Hess, of Philadelphia, native of All.
lentown, who enlisted in the regiment
as drummer boy at the age of II years
and who yesterday led his comrades
through the streets, beating the drum
with the same vigor as he did more
than half century ago on his way to
the war.
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STUDENT DIES OF TYPHOID
Lehigh's Epidemic Possibly Traceablt
to Milk Farm

Allentown, Pa, Oct. 23.-Warren
HEM, Is years old, of Fullerton, died
at the Allentown Hospital yesterday, a
victim of the typhoid epidemic at LIE,
high University. He was the son of
Mrs. Ella Snyder Hem and the late
George Hem, who was killed in an ac-
cident while hauling grain in 1902. His
younger brother, Clarence, student of
the Whitehall High school, died of ty-
phoid just year ago, and the mother
is the only survivor of the family.
The epidemic at Lehigh is believed
to have started through infection that
came from the place of farmer, who
furnished milk to the school, where con
ditions were found to be in abominabe
shape.
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DOWN BANK WITH ENGINE
Crash of Freights in Fog Fatal to One
of Victims

Kane, Pa, Oct 23.-When a freight
train on the Pennsylvania, running
thirty miles an hour, crashed into tine
rear OF slowly moving freight train,
one man was killed and four injured at
Otis, twenty miles south of this city at
o clock yesterday morning. The dead
man is Michael Fitzgerald, of Erie,
and the injured are: Richard Roberts,
Erie, severely scalded; w. P. Smith,
Erie, cut and bruised; David Conway,
Erie; injured in jumping; S. t. Davis,
Erie. injured on face and body.
Owing to a dense fog, Engineer Fitz-
gerald had no chance TO see the danger
uutil he had crashed into tine freight
Tine engine went over the bank, carry
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discipline! Are you trying to disci-
pine me?"
Miss Lee. you do not seem to un-
derstand." said as patiently as
could. Just now l am In charge of
the Ella. You will go back to the part
Of the deck that is reserved for you or
you will go below and stay there"
She flushed with anger and stood
there with her head thrown back. ey-
in4me with a contempt that cut me to
the quick. The next moment she
wheeled and. raising her hand. flung
toward the rail the key to the store
room door, | caught her hand-too
late.
But fate was on my side after all
AS stood still gripping her wrist the
key fell ringing almost at my feet. 1t
had struck one of the lower yard
braces. stopped and. picking 1t up,
pocketed It.
She was dazed, l think. She made
no effort to free her arm. but she put
her other hand to her heart unexpect.
edly. and saw that she was profound
ly shocked | led her unprotesting t.
deck chair and put her down in il
and still she had not spoken. She lay
back aud closed her eyes. She was too
strong to faint. She was superbly
healthy. But she knew as well as
did what that key meant. and she had
delivered 1t into my hands. AS for
me, l was driven hard that night, fol
as | stood there looking down at heI
she held out her hand to me, palm up
"Pleaser' she said pleadingly. What
does it mean TO you. Leslie? We were
kind to you. weren't we? When you
were III we took you on. my sister and
l. and now you hate us. Pleasew
"Some one will suffer. Would you
have tie innocent suffer with the
yuilty?"
IF they cannot prove it against any
3ne''-
They may prove it against me-"
Your
II was in the after house." | said
doSgedly. Il was the one 10 raise an
alarm and to find the bodies. You do
not know anything about me. am
'Elsa's jailbird!"
WHO told you that?"
''lt does not matter-I know it. l
told you the truth. Miss Elsa; came
here from the hospital. But | may
have to fight for my life. Against the
Turner money and influence, | have
only-this key, Shall give it to you?"
l held 1t out to her on the palm Of
my hand. 1t was melodramatic, prob.
ably; but | was very young, and by
that time wildly in love with her.
thought. for moment, that she would
take it; but she only drew Il deep
breath and pushed my hand away.
Keep it," she said. II am asha med =
We were silent after that. she staring
out over the rail ut the deepening sky;
and. looking at her as one looks ut a
presence. so long she sat silent. The
voices of the men aft died away
gradually. as. one by one. they rolled
themselves in blankets on the deck, not
to sleep, but to rest and watch. The
lookout, in his lonely perch high above
the deck. called down guardedly to
ask for company, and one of the crew
went up.
When she turned to me again. it was
to find my eyes fixed on her.
You are not getting much chance to
rest" she said, with a ssigh. and got
up. went with her to the companion
way and opened the door. She turned
and looked at me-
Good night
Good night. Miss Lee"
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Religious Exhibit for Big Fair

New YORK, Oct. 23.-It was an
nounced yesterday by the Federal Coun-
ell of Churches of Christ in America
that its committee of 100, appointed
to arrange for religious activities at
the Panama Pacific Exposition in San
Francisco, had obtained an excellent 10.
cation on the Exposition grounds and
proposed the erection of an exhibition
building there in the interest of the re-
ligious movement.
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LIVE WIRE KILLS OFFICER
Trying to Adjust Arc Light, He Gets
Fatal Shock

Easton, Pa, Oct. 23.-James Lavelle,
aged %, patrolman on the Easton
police force, was electrocuted last night
when he tried to adjust a city arc lamp
that was not burning properly in a res,
idential section of the city.
Lavelle grssped the wire rope and be-
gan lowering the lamp to inspect the
carbons, when he received the full force
of the current He fell to the street
dead. The jar set the carbons prop
erly, and the lighted lamp disclosed
Lavelle s body to residents of the
neighborhood.
The young man was formerly CON
nected with the detective department
of the Lehigh Valley railroad.
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5000 SEE FALL TO DEATH
New Jersey Aeronaut Drops 5000
Feet at Virginia Fair

Fincastle, Va, Oct. 23.-Walter
Flaxton, 80 years old, an aeronaut of
Gloucester, n. j., was dashed to death
yesterday afternoon at 3 clock, at
the Fincastle Fair, when his parachute
failed to work and he dropped 5000
feet on to one of the grandstands
The young man, who had been max
ing the circuit of fairs, giving balloon
ascensions, had planned to make a
triple parachute descent, but the para
chutes failed to work, and when he
came down he was grasping bundle of
cloth. His body was horribly mangled.
The aeronaut s tragic death was wit
messed by 5000 people. The body was
shipped to Gloucester last night
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Central Fire Alarms Lebanon

Lebanon, Pa, Oct. 23.-The plant
of the Steitz Hat Company, in this city,
was Quilted by fire last night, entailing
a loss of $4,000. The plant occupied
the major portion of a triangular piece
of ground formed by the intersection
of Spruce, Weimer and Lehman streets.
and its proximity to the extensive plant
of the Weimer Machine Works caused
great apprehension for time.
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FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS SOON
Treasury Aims to Inaugurate System
Within Month

Washington, D. c., Oct. 23.-Al
though representatives of the II Fed
eral reserve banks voted in favor OF
opening the banks November 80, mem
bers of the Reserve Board yesterday
were going ahead with plans for put
ting the new banking system in opera
tlon November 16 or 90, if it be found
that this can be accomplished.
Secretary McAdoo favored November
Is and President Wilson thought the
banks should begin business at the
earliest possible date.
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CAT THAT BIT FOUR MAD
Also Infected Other Members of the
Feline Family

Mahanoy City, Pa, Oct. 23.-Spe-
cialists at the Pasteur Institute, in
New York, yesterday declared that the
pet cat which few days ago bit Mrs.
Eugene Kuder and either bit or scratch
ed three other members of the same
family, had rabies.
Other cats in the vicinity were bit
ten by the rabid animal, and now the
health officers have declared a war of
determination on all "pussies in the
neighborhood.
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NOT DISCHARGED FOR DRINK
Only Half Dozen Railroaders Repri.
manded, It Seems

Reading, Pa, Oct. 23.-The state
ment telegraphed to Philadelphia from
here Wednesday night that forty local
employees of the Reading railway had
been discharged for drinking was n
gross exaggeration.
Only half dozen were reprimanded
for alcoholic indulgence.
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Says Fiance Cheated to Wed

YORK, Pa, Oct. 23.-AIIeging that
Ivan P. Folkenroth, former Alderman
of this city, obtained $50 from her
after promising to make her his bride,
and then used it to take trip to Phil
adelphia and marry another girl, Miss
Fannie E. Good preferred a charge
against her former fiance, and he. was
arrested last evening.
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DR.. Flower Valves Extradition

Toronto, Ont, Oct. 23.-Dr. Richard
G. Flower, alias Montgomery, alias Ok
ford, arrested Wednesday night after
chase lasting II years, waived extra
dition yesterday and left for New York,
in the custody of "a Central Office de-
tective.
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Forest Smoke Hard to Breathe

Pottsville, Pa, Oct. 23.-A great
forest fire is raging between PottsvilIe
and Mt, Carbon, and dense volumes of
smoke descending upon the houses in
Mt Carbon borough threatened to suf-
focate the people
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BUSINESS CoLLEGEA
Cumberland Vallev Railroad
In ERECT May "a, 1914.
Trains Leave Harrisburr-

SOB, "7.50 a. M, *3.40 p. m.
For Hagerstown, Chambersburg and
intermediate stations. at "5.O3, $50,
'11,53 a. M, +S.40. 5.32, '7.iO, 11.00
p. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle and
Mechanicsburg at 9.4S a. M, Els, 3.a7.
For Dilisburg at sos. 1850 and s11.5s
a. M. 2.18. $40, 5.32, $50 D. IN.
Daily. All other trains daily except
Sunday. j H. TONGE
II. A. RIDDLE, G. p. A. Supt.
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ING Engineer Fitzgerald and Fireman
Roberts with it,
The wreck tied up railroad traffic for
twelve hours, and is said to have been
caused by giving wrong signal.
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To Be Continued.

Carve-s' Tonic Tablets
For nerves, weakness and nervous
prostration, so cents at druggists.
Adv.
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CHAPTER VIII.
The First Mate Talks.

~1ERSONALLY. | was convinced
O that Turner was guilty. Per
hups, Iulled into false
security by the incarcera ton of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
1Coquetry Unprecedented In Hosiery and Footwear

silk stockings embroidered with bead ed lizards in iridescent coIors. and the dainty bronze beaded slippers with straps .buttoning across the instep show that these stockings are intended to tango in. A black silk stocking has a tiny monkey nbroidered in chenille and beads. sss. .s.
 Besides the monkey stocking is a very smart striped stocking for wear with a b1ttoned street boot, ff1e stripes of flesh tinted silk and dark gray silk having Startling effect above the bo6tatopafs5 sssa s 2sst9 sEi g4 sa
 A clocked stocking of novel style Is pictured. the clock being made not of the usual embroidery, but of white cord lacings. which pass through tiny embroidered eye1ets.
 Near this clocked stocking is a bracelet hose, intended for wear with aA low pump. The bracelet is embroid- cred on the silk with tiny gold beads and fiat cabochons initiating Jewels
 On the4seated figure a very popular tango stocking is shown. Woven into the silk mesh Of this flesh tinted model lis a. black tango boot initiating the tlaced cothurns so much in favor at the moment.
 Sock stockings are striking ifs not pretty. The upper part of this freak ish stocking is of flesh tinted silk, the lower parts of some dark color. The linesof demareation comes just above 1.-the top of. the buttoned walking boot.
 ~ - -tt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
ARTICLE NO. 2

whether this be tea, coffee. sweets or pastries. Light desserts do harm. but rich pies and buildings that keep the mother awake at night will have precisely the same effect on the baby.
 No young mother should listen to what doctors call '.o1d women's tales'' bad advice about extremes in diet. I have heard a young bother say that she was drinking malt to make her milk more nourishfng for the baby. And how she did hate that malt. It nauseated her every time she drank it
 When the doctors told her that any thing which nauseated her would eff feet the baby in the same way she was actually relieved. Yet she had been forcing herself to. drink the malt be- cause an elderly neighbor had told her what wonders it had done for other women. Doctors. not neighbors. should be consulted about these problems.
 Another condition Of the mother which win affect the baLby's digestion is nervousness. A baby should not be nursed when the mother is angry or Is suffering from shock of any sort The mother who is very tired from her household duties should sit or lie down and relax before nursing the baby. If she sips glass of milk or eats crack CT or biscuit before nursing the baby she will help its digestion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
LOOK MIO THIS. GRLS

WHEN the girl who isf obliged to
 earn her own living grad1atea from high school or college her first thought in selecting a vocation Co thas of school teaching. She is apt to over look the fact that one of the pleas antest and most profitable Of prores- sions open to women nowadays is that of physical training and recreation work Indeed. it pays much better than teaching in a college
 Any girl. provided she has the physi- cal makeup for the work, may nt her self for this calling. The work itsef Is vigorous and wholesome and es- pecially well worth doing as form Of service to the community.
 If a girl decides on this line of study she should first look over the various normal colleges which prepare for tllll work and if possible consult an expert on physical education in her own town When she has decided upon the best school she has only to give herself conscfentiously to the work planned by all the work in the playgrouuds t1at come her way. F5
 After several years training she should be prepared to pass the examl- nation of the civil service board in Q large city and in this way get a good appointment or to obtain position di- rectly in a smaller town
 Not only the regular school work 60 open to the physical director. but all kinds of recreation and playground teaching. This, Kind of physical in- struction is obtafnable. 100. at evening schools.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
CAKES FOR THE CHILDREN

cream. gradually beat in one cupful Of granulated sugar:s then; the beaten yolks of three eggs. one cupful and a half of sweet milk, one pound of gra- ham crackers rolled fine and sifted: then mixed with two slightly rounding teaspoonftals of baking powder, and, lastly. the whites of three eggs. beaten dry. says the Boston Cooking School Magazine Bake in three layer cstlSe pans about twenty-five minntes- Put the layers together with mocha frost ing, Spread mocha frosting lightly over the top and sides: then decorate the top and sides with the rest of the frosting. Use a pastry bag and very small five pointed tube in piping the frosting. The cake may be baked in 2 dripping pan and cut into individual cakes
 Mocha Frostins.
 Beat half pound of butter to cream and gradually beat in two cup fuls and a half Of sifted confectioner's sugar and scant quarter of a cupful of very strong black coffee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
THE LATEST THING
 IN LAMP SHADES

THIS is the age of the utiIitarfan. for
 who but a practical woman of this twentieth century would ever have thought of making a lamp shade from her grandmothe~s old parasol top7 Am ingenious young bousekeeper has ac- complished this feat. She had among her inherited treasures an old high glass lamp with gilt trimmings and also a rose brocaded silk parasoI tipped with carved ivory knobs. Combinins these two treasures, she made a lamp and shade of which any interior dec orator might be proud.
 One sees at once that the shade has been a parasol with merely the stie<
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03

GO many women who do their own housework complain of backache after much dishwashing. and they wonder why this is the case. An easy enough question to answer. madam. xour Kitchen sink is too low. Raise the sznk to fwenty-nine and one-haH inches in height that's the cure. Merely for the addition of a few inches more of papaug women have been suffering with baekache or propptng mp their dfshpans in porcelain sinks
 The average sink of conauerce comes twenfy-four inches, and the builders buy these ready made articles and in- ntan them in thsEr houses. but tu New
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03

EFHE natural. the best food for the
 newborn babe is mothers milk And the Creator has given the aver age woman strength to nourish her child In this natural way. Sometimes. directly after the baby's birth. the mother is very weak: then we'll mean ing but interfering relatives and ad- visers urge her to wean the baby at once. when with a little patience the supply of milk would De ample Un-s less the mother is anaernic or suffering from constitutional or acute disease the baby will thrive best on mothers milk, and the ability to nurse the baby until a safe time for weaning can be encouraged by careful attention to the mothers diet, says Anna Steese Rich ardson in the Woman's Home Com panion.
 A well balanced diet. made up from a variety of foods which the mother graves. will nourish both mother and Hchi1ds
 Meat that is easily d1gested. like chicken, beef and lamb. Is better than pork and veal Fish may occasionally be substituted for meat. and eggs are desirable if they do not create bilious condition. Green vegetables and fresh or stewed fruits the mother should have in quantity. On the other hand. she should avoid excesses in diet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03

street or evening In the days of our sgrandmofEsrs it was considered i'm modest to show even an inch of such an intimate detail of the wardrobe as the stocking, and in consequence the frflI of a prim and decorous pantaIet fell to the boot top.
 All this has been changed. however. and nobody makes any bones-if one may thus refer to pretty ank1es-now- adays Of showing several inches of the anatomy above the slipper or boot top and beneath a generously slashsd skirt
 Modern stockings are expensive items Of the wardrobe. and whereas three for Ha dollar lisie hosiery used. to do duty for all ordinary occasions. with pair or two of silk hose for special times the we'll dressed woman of the moment wears silk all the year round. And
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
WAY or WASHING, DISHES

York city. fl the plans Of the suffra- gists go through. the sink will: become a campaign issue. Vote for the man who will raise the sink!s will be the slogan of the housewives.
 There is also another little matter in connection with the sink and that is the drain, which is worthy of atten- ton It is usually found on the right side of the sink when 1t should be on the left This causes a crossing of hands in washing. as one must wash with the right hand and to; place the dishes when washed back on the right is a waste of labor that could be easily avoided.