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The Dermott news., 1914-03-19

you haven't given me an engagement present.
 You'll get a diamond solitaire as soon as l can beat 1t uptown" said Martin.
 "Somethin else first. l want you to fix 1t SO the New York Police Depart ment makes an awful bluff at tindin' Juan Perez an never looks in the right place
 'l guess can promise that laughed Inspector McGee
 An for d weddin' present" pur- sued BosaGe. T guess you can see that this poor sister never gets put through
 That's easy. too. replied McGee Say now that everything is fixed up, where's That EstrillaPerez person. anyhoW2 What did you dc with him s'
 That information is eotu 10 be my wcdd.u present 70 yoa, responded Resale Le Grange
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The Rhino of Pompeii,

Animal stories are somewhat rare in archaeology. but these pictures will help 10 tell a story which has been occupying the serious attention of German antiquaries Before the Der lin Society of the History ef Art, Dr. Harry David recently announced his discovery of fraud" in the Naples museum. in the shape of the bas- relief of a rhinoceros said to have been found at Pompeii
 The doctor triumphantly pointed out that the bas-relief was really a copy of a drawing by Durer in the British museum. and that. therefore, the Ital- ians had been deceived The Italian authorities, however retorted by stat ing that the bas-relief did not appear in any official catalogue. and that, as a matter of fact. the fraud" was really the result of book by a Ger man writer!
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
IF HAIR IS TURNING
 GRAY. USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old Try Grandmother's Recipe to Oarken and 5eautify Gray,
 Faded. Uifeless Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti- fully darkened. glossy and abundant with brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur Whenever her hair fell out or took on that dull. faded or streaked appear auce. this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect By asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you viii get large bottle of this old-time recipe, ready Co use. for about 50 cents. This simple mixture can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair and is splendid for dan druff, dry. itchy scalp and falling hair.
 A welEknown druggist says every body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur because il darkens so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied it's SO easy to use. too You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw It through your hair, taking one strand at a time By morning the gray hair disappears: after an other application or two, it is re- stored 10 it's natural color and looks glossy. soft and abundant-Adv
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
eiSHT 1912 BO8BS MERRILL co

T always maintained that" she re piled. her old self dancing in her dmples
 Martin McGee never understood why his defenses fell all at once, why ance of his will. encircled Rosalie Le Grange
 When. a month before. Martin so eX plo9ed in her presence. Rosalie had wrenehed herself away If she lay unresisting in his arms now. t Was because she had seen his face. And Rosalie Le Grange knew above all things how to read faces She yielded her waist. but not yet her lips
 Martin, she asked softly. is this on the level?"
 It's on the level Rose Rose. don't for anything. want you to marry me-"
 The doorkeeper had been told not 10 disturb Inspector McGee We will join the doorkeeper It seems more tactful. Let us merely glance in on them ten minutes later They are seated again. and McGee Is patttne her hand. ponderously but yet softly. Rosalie.s eyes, usually so big and grave=ln such contrast with her smiles and her dimBles are shining as We have never seen them shine be- fore
 How did f. come asked Martin. that you could ever take to great big CON of fellow like me =
 The mischief danced U her dlmples
 Because you are SO big an. mutton headed T" she said Then the dimples went away. and the eyes again reigned over her expression Because you're a real man. Marty Because you've plugged ahead and done things. an because you're a brute too guess. lt ain't good for a man to be too kind an smart, That's for the woman thats my part in this combination. An besides. the way your hair grows in front Is cute
 "Aw. cut that out. Rosa1ieg=this iu a tone of infinite teuderuess-a tone as playful as comports with the dlg nity of an Inspector
 And but We had better re3ojn the doorman
 Only We should glance h 3ust once more Inspector McGee. IS though struck with a sudden humorous idea. is saving
 It's funny. Rosle-here we've got engaged and don't know your real uamei'
 That's how I'm sure you love me. Martin. When folks are in love they don't ask no questions Well it's Rose Granger. if you've got to know. born Smith A widow sod. not grass I married Jim Granger lie was no good. but cared for him til he died You've got thirty years or so=because l sense we'll both live long to listen to what Jim Granger did to me We've other things to talk about first Marty,
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19

The name of Mathern Is a corrup- ton of Mcrthyr Tendris -l g.. ths Martyr Tendris Tendris or Theodor- ic is the reputed grandfather of King Arthur He Was kins of the Ancient Eritons iu Glamorgan in the sixth cen- tury. and resigned his crown to be- come hermit A sudden iucursion of the SaNous however. caused him to resume his armor. and after ter rife battle al Tintern. he defeated them The victory, however. cost him his life, and church was erected over his grave al Mathern
 Nearly a thousand years after Bish- CD Goodwin had the tomb reopened. and the bones of the saintly king were discovered with the skull cleft in twain
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19

rules. Diagrams. Did he do 1t? All right, hang him. You can't look at things except on the outside. l wish you did have few women to look at 'em inside an out. Once In while one of your cussed juries uses its common sense an lets man go when the police evidence is against him But they don't do 1t themselves No sir, It's their mothers in 'em-"
 That will do. snarled McGee; this sufYraxette dope has nothing 10 do with the case. Where's Perez9"
 Now this Perez. pursued Rosalle treating the Inspectors anger as though 1t had not been, was darn fool--worst fool ever saw-as those cute little men generally are. But what was he doin' when Hanska died Gettin' his own from crook. the prop erty that belonged to him. in the only way he knew. Suppose it's true he killed Captain Hanska-did you ever see a man that deserved killin' more? Besides. he didn't"
 You aren't swallowing that yarn about apoplexy. are you'" asked In. spector McGee.
 Tn the first placs.- said Rosalia.
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
 THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kid neys If Bladder 8others You
 Drink Lots Of Water

No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flush ing the kidneys occasionally, says well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain get sluggish and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood then we get sick Nearly all rheu. matism. headaches liver trouble. ner vousness, dizziness. sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidneys
 The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts or If the urine is cloudy. offensive. full of sediment irregular of passage or at tended by a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy take a tablespoonful in glass of water before breakfast and In a few days your kidneys will act fine. This ia. nous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate the kidneys also to neutralze the acids in urine so it no longer causes irrits- tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure: makes a delightful efferves- cent lithia-water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pt1ra thnrahv auojdipg oarin,c Ltdpav complications.-Adv
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
sad MIsQnderstandLna

When Euele Joe Cannot was in congress he wrote q letter To fellow member who vas abie 10 dcc.pber the bieruklyRnes W1th t6e exception of one word He dts!tked to bother Mir Cannon. 90 he Went te several friends among the consressmeu. but none of them could make cut the word in question. This word seemed very i'm portant. as it was underlined. so at last in despair the recipient thought h. would consult Mir Cannon himself. Cannon looked al the letter. and then at the congressman. and then again at the letter. his face somewhat talk lng on peculiar expression Finally he looked at the congressman and with mingled anger and laughter. said Why. yoa fool. that word Is confidential
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19

Tommy North. returning to his room in Mrs. Moores boarding house at @:3o a. m, discovers the body of capt John ltansht. another roDmer. with d knife wound on his breast Suspicion tests upon q man giving the name of Lawrence W ade. WHO had been heard guarrehnC with llahSkt. During the excitement strange woman who gives her name as Rosalie .e''fahsS' appears and takes into her own hoiii' across the street all Of Mrs Mooit ooardcrs including Miss Estrilla, an lh valid. whose brother was taN NoIH' among the other boarders W ade tS ai rested Mrs. LeGranGe. who. while PlIinS her trade as trance medium hau ,i t.t Police Inspector Martin McGee seTt times examines the house where ttaii ska was killed and finds on the nIe s9 cape outside Hanska, windo" req s5 Grange pretends to go into a tlas'ea ',fth Miss tstrlla's room and commuhes MI %LS, spirits Rostlte finds evidence io sHgN that Fstritla's real name Is lettE 1a.| that they formerly lived In Port oi span Tn succecaing seances Rosaue ieads "4s Estrilla to believe she Is taLklnH VII, "l.a ,5t spirit of John Hauska- NltN lhFI1sm , m.s McGee and detectives at the tSs Rosale in I final sSance, leads Mls0 , t. triIla to tell In a suppoSeQ r"nNe'H',b with the st.,rit of Hnnska. that her ht2tn CT Jlar held the knife that pierced liah- ska's heart Confronted by the ofaS1I Miss Estri!la makes full coNte7S'"' ' tells how Hanska securel posTT'sS1i''' a1a her jewels and led to New CT k. a'.. how sbe and her brother Juan had traced him to Mr- Moeres house Sht -, S.a, that Juan dressed in her c!othrS, s,nfs Hanska's rnou to search for the js"t - that Hanslta awoke and rushed at a, l,,e ,6e 'l', truder who picked up knlle rom ..,s table te threaten Hanska. Sh' a's,.t,t ,i.ty IIanska. in hts rage w.ts suddenly stfl.N sn with aroPiexy ana'feu upon the k,5,t = which pierced his heart RoSAhet sH tt,., thizinr with Estrtla. or Perez warns u.,n @ .ns afla rtrn tn escape NcGee is en- ragged and threatens to send her 10 .ts,s t,.,s but finally recognizes that her tHe'NS' of q best
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
Women MultInN Their Trouble.

The popularity Of bridge h4s swept all records so far this season Any prominent society dame eets an aver. age ... saN. one invitation per after noon This she could manage beautts fully were the invitations for success siye dates But suppose they bunch themselves so that she gets halt dozen far the same afternoon So c.ety. through necessity. has evolved noyal plan to meet th3s II Is the substitute fly the operation of this plan. tho mueh=rasHed society woman Is enabled to enjoy her afternoon Of bridge at the house she chooses. se- cure in the kaoWl.dEe that she Is be ing represented bT her proxies in five other homes Hridse Tor bridges sake has resulted. for the invasion of the proxy has done away With the social aspect to a marked degree. Hut the proxy player has come 10 stay. as she is necessity in the strenuous life Of the social swim
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THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONE
Ausent.m Minded Bridegroom Had Not Become Accustomed to Travel
 Ing With His Wife.
He stepped to the ticket seller in the

He stepped to the ticket seller fin the depot A ticket for SQueedunk. h. said
 Only one" asked the agent
 Get two. whispered the blushing girl at his elbow We are one. but ned two tickets
 Yes. two" stammered tho young I.isn
 They entered the train You don't mind if go to the smoker for min. atee" he asked.
 She did not At least she said she did not
 When he found the extra ticket when the conductor calledl, he won dared where tt came from and why he had 1t
 Guess shes In the other coach. suggested the conductor-who knew
 At the hotel he registered Mir. Ev- eryman." and asked for room.
 Have one with bath to it." sug- gested the little woman
 He was Hurried, Will I write the Mrs in. or will she sign?" he asked the clerk.
 The clerk pointed to Mrs" insert ed a score of times Either way: but this seems to be the rule. he said.
 The young man continued the same n absentminded conduct In street car, theater, restaurant. everywhere.
 Back in the hotel. in the train. in the ticket office, everywhere. men were epitomlzing the situation: He only remembers that they are one nnd hn atill thinks he's the one"
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
BATTLE BETWEEN
 LIFE AND DEATH
RidgeIy Lady Tells of Her Fierce Struggle and How She
 Finally Won.

Ridgely, Tenn.-''If 1t had not been for Gardui the wOmans tonic says Mrs Jennie Estes, of this town. T honestly believe l would have been in my grave today Therefore. I want to say something good for Cardui. but l cant begin to say enough.
 l was sick abed with womanly trou- bles. from February until October, and was in very bad condition was treated three or four times a week. but 1t did me no good
 battled between life and death. and my husband thought surely l would die
 One day, l thought l would give Cardui, the woman's tonic q trial. had no confidence in it. at all, but bought bottle In few days, I was up and doing my housework Now. l have gained l5 pounds and feel as veil as l eyer felt in my life.
 l advise all sick and suffering women to try Cardui II cured ne when all other medicines failed
 If you are weak tired. worn-out, or suffer from any of the pains peculiar 10 weak women. such as headache, backache pains in arm, side or limbs, or any other symptoms of womanly trouble. you are urged to try Gardui. the womans tonic We think 1t will help you
 N B. Rtrtte to. Ladies Advisory Dept. chatta- nooga Medicine Co. Chattanooga. Tenn, for Spctfai Iastructons and 64-page book Home Treat ment for Women" sent in plain wrapper. on request Adv.
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
HENS BEAR PROFIT.

Healthy hens are great profit bear CTS Tse Ross Dead Quick Spray about your poultry. It is the lust rgeht1 chicken disinfectant and insec- tcide II keeps them free of mites. lice, and destroys germs that cause roup. cholera, etc. Sold by your drug l,ist W. C Ross Manufacturing Co.
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
ke Got 1t,

T had a dream the other night" said the joker at luncheon table recently. T dreamed I was in bust ness with rich man. selling potted lowers. But business was bad and we decided to discontinue business. I wanted the pots and flowers and took hem. What did the rich man want?" asked one of the guests inno- gently. He wanted the earth" r~ piled the wit.-Exchan6a.
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
eishoo's Palace Sold at Auction.

What was formerly bishops pal ace was offered for sale recently, fin an auction room in England. This was the old house at Mathern. near Chepstow.
 This ancient building was for many years the residence of the bishops of Llandaf, but was abandoned as an episcopal seat in 1706
The Dermott news., 1914-03-19
He Admired Her Judqment.

she Oh Fred, dear. you are SO no- ble. SO generous. so handsome, so ehiv, alrous. so much the superior of every man l meet cant help loving you. Now what can you see i'll plain little me tn admire
 He Oh | don't know dear but you certainly have very good judgment. Dis
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without union there would be no dt vorces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
BED FAILED TO HIDE HIM
Daring Fugitive Who Scared
Woman Is Captured

Lowering himself in the dumbwaiter
shaft until he came to the door leading
to her apartment a man sprang out
into the presence Of Mrs. Mary Gerrity,
of 147 East 32d street, last night and
terrified her so that she offered no
protest when he got into bed with all
his clothes on after informing her that
he had escaped from the police
A short time afterward Mrs. Gerrity
opened the door to admit Detective
Carlson Of the Tenderloin station. He
had pursued an express thief from
Madison ave. and Goth ST
Mrs. Gerrity insisted that she had
not seen any strange man, but the de-
tective was persistent in his intention
to make a search. In the bedroom he
found a man who gave the name Of
John Gerrity, Of $50 Second ave.
Mrs Gerrity declared that the pris-
oner was no relative Of hers. and he
was taken away. At the station house
ne was charged with grand larceny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
BID MISS WARD FAREWELL
Friends Honor Suffragist, Who
Will Go to Maine.

Eighty OF the friends of Miss Susan
Hayes Ward. poet and painter, gathered
at the Murray Hill Hotel yesterday 10
give her farewell luncheon. Miss Ward,
her brother, DR.. William Hayes Ward,
and their sister are going soon to live in
the home Of their grandparents, at South
Berwick, Me.
The luncheon was arranged by Mrs.
Kate Epson Clark. OF Brooklyn, and Miss
Sophia Walker. head of the Young
Womens Christian Association art
school. Some of the speakers were DR..
Ward. Or. c. Irving Fisher, superintend-
emit OF the Presbyterian Hospital; Dr.
Clarence Bowen and Mrs. Lillian w.
Belts. Mrs. ]. X Creevey, Of Elizabeth
y. j.. presided.
Mrs. May Riley Smith read an original
poem. and 10 did Mrs. Clark Dr. Ward
70 retiring from the editorship Of THE In
dependent." and Mrs. Slosson, wife OF Dr.
Edwin Slcsson, Of the periodical was
there TO tell the guests how much they
regretted losing him.
Miss Ward declared that she WASH
going TO get out of touch with events De-
cause she was going to i've in Maine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
DIES IN WARD HER
HUSBAND HAD QUIT
Woman, Felled by Auto, Recog-
nized in Hospital Where She
Had Been a Visitor.

Mrs. Agnes Pringle, of "a west l44tn
ct. lay dead last evening In the same
ward in Harlem Hospital from which
her husband was discharged on Thurs
day after a long Illness. He was walt
ing home for her last night when she
was run down by an automobile and
fatally injured.
The woman was waiting for car at
the corner Of 1890 ST. As the car came
along she stepped back and directly
in front OF an automobile. The ma
chine throw her several feet, fractur-
INK her skull and breaking her spine.
There was nothing 10 indicate her
identity. but she had been in the nos
pital but few minutes when a nurse
recognized her as the wife OF Pringie,
who had called daily 20 see him during
his illness. She died within half an
hour after she arrived In the ward.
Pringle, still weak from his illness,
WAS not told last night OF his wlfe's
death. Physicians were afraid the
g'-'s'f -Tfi~tf - fafql ~ him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
SING HOI A REVOLVING DOOR
AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
Buoyant Boosters Hero with Trainload Of Produce
Broadway Hasn't Seen So Much Alfalfa Since
Days of the PopuEsts

gathered together 11o Of its most promi-
nent and representative citizens, packed
them into a special train Of twelve steel
cars, slowed some Of Southeastern Kan
sas and its products on the train for ex-
hibition purposes. and left the thriving
town Of Independence on April IL for a
two weeks swing around the country.
Yesterday morning they blew into Now
York
Up at the Hotel Mck1pin, where some of
the Kansas boosters are staying. John
Lacey and L. V. Stanford admitted that
there never was place like Southeastern
Kansas and that there never was boost
ing trip OF the magnitude Of this one.
II takes two cars 20 carry all the Kan
sas products, including growing wheat
and alfalfa and a revolving door. manu-
featured right In Southeastern Kansas,
by gosh,
They said also that no small feature or
the tour is Walter McCray's band. There
are twenty-four men in the band-men
who in their home haunts are druggists.
undertakers, bankers, oil men and the like.
1t is the best band in Kansas, too.
The tour will wind up in Independence
on April 20, and by that time the boosters
will have covered $500 miles and hope
TO have induced any number or persons
TO move to Southeastern Kansas forthwith.
In general charge of the tour is r. r.
Blttman, banker of Independence.
Yesterday afternoon the crowd attend
ed the ball game, because in addition 70
wheat and alfalfa, the State OF Kansas
raised Walter Johnson. Walter showed
his appreciation Of the fact by climbing
into the grandstand and shaking 100
n aDda
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
CATCHES BOY WHO
HIT HER WITH STONE
Mrs. S. A. Syme Stops Auto and
Chases Lads, One of Whom
She Takes to the Police.

As Mrs. Elizabeth r. Syme, wife OF
Sydney A. Syme, lawyer, of 3s1 East 18th
St, and 132 Clark ave, Mount Vernon, was
riding in her automobile along the South
ern Boulevard, yesterday, stone, thrown
by a boy near 1S0th St, struck her on the
mouth.
Mrs. syme stopped her car, chased the
boys and caught Louis Pelman, nine
years old, of 1853 Intervale ave, dragged
him to the auto and took him to the
Bathgate ave. police station, where he
was locked up charged with Juvenile de-
linquency.
A little later, Frederick Kirk, egg deal
er, Of 1873 West slst ST., complained at the
same station that at the same spot he
had been struck in the eve with stone
and had chased the boys but could not
catch any. His eye had to be attended by
Dr. Albion Cross.