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thing but stew.
In dressing a rabbit there is a
little secret that will remove the
gamy odor which is so Objectionable
to some. 1t is to remove the thin
membrane which extends from the
tanks over the intesttnes. The strong
flavor will be removed and the flesh
must of course, be carefully removed.
Roast Rabbit.-Put the rabbit, care
fully dressed but whole, into kettle.
Add a quart of water and pinch of
soda and stew until tender. Take from
the broth. Mix with the broth to
moisten, well-seasoned bread crumbs.
stuff the rabbit, lay in pan, spread
with butter, sprinkle with salt and
pepper and bake rich brown Serve
with brown gravy made from the
broth adding little Drowned onion
for seasoning.
Barbecued Rabhit.-Open plump
young rabbits all the way down the
under side, wash and lay fiat in pan
Of salt and water with weight to
hold them under the water. Wipe dry
and slash across the backbone in,
eight or ten gashes. brush with olive
oil and broil before clear fire, turn
ing often. Lay on hot dish. season
with salt, pepper and plenty of butter.
hen set in the oven for the butter to
soak in. Heat in a small pan two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, with one OF
made mustard; brush this over the
rabbit while boiling hot. Garnish
with parsley or watercress and serve
with a currant-jelly sauce. Cook
tablespoonful of onion in a tablespoon
full of butter. add one teaspoonful of
-four and half cupful of rabbit stock.
season with salt, teaspoonful of vine
gar, bay leaf, Glove and table
spoonful of currant jelly. Simmer Eve
minutes and serve.
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CHAPTER v.
An untimeIy Visitor.

She really was one still, for in these
days it is an elastic term, and in
Blanche's case there was no apparent
reason why it should ever cease to
apply, or to be applied by every decent
tongue except her own.
Much the best tennis-player among
the ladies' of the. neighborhood, she
drove an almost unbecomingly long
ball at golf, and never looked better
than when padding her old canoe. or
punting in the old punt. And yet. this
wonderful September afternoon, she
did somehow look even better than at
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beads finish this iaunty but refined bit
of headwear.
The muff is made by laying the vel
vet in irregular plaits over bed and
gathering in the ends to achieve the
fashionable barrel shape. At each end
pointed cuff of velvet is lined with
satin in the same color. A broad band
Of the fur crosses the front, and a
narrow band extends part way about
one side. A cluster Of little fruits,
made Of satin in bright colors and COW
cred with silver tricotine, adds little
playful touch of brilliance, posed in
the middle of the broad fur band.
The neckpiece is merely band of
fur finished with cuff of velvet, like
those on the muff, gathered up and
sewed to the end of the band. The
ends of the neckpiece overlap and
fasten with snap fasteners.
These are two very strong points
to consider in the matched sets. They
unity the costume and they are very
inexpensive as compared to fur, just
as comfortable and just as elegant
looking.
G<, Bray
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Nou4 hle4~ ~sao
RIna Weighed q Pound.

One of the largest rings is the one
which was presented to President
Franklin Pierce in 1852 by some citi-
zens of San Francisco. 1t weighed
one pound. The hoop OF the ring is
cut into squares. on each of which was
shown some scene in the history of
California. The bezel bearing the
seal. has engraved upon it the arms
of the state of California. surmounted
by the stars and stripes of the United
States. and the name of Franklin
Pierce. This ring was valued at ST.
OO0.--W Washington Post
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SYNOPSIS.

Cazalet, on the steamer Kaiser Fritz.
homeward bound from Australia. cries
out in his sleep that Henry Craven, who
ten years before had ruined his father
and himself, is dead and finds that Hill
ton Toye, who shares the stateroom with
Macnair, a former neighbor and play
mate. When the daily papers come
aboard at Southampton Toye reads that
Craven has been murdered and calls
Cazalet's dream second sight. He thinks
of doing little amateur detective work
on the case himself. In the train to town
they discuss the murder, which was COM
from Cazalet that Scruton. who had been
Cazalet's friend and the scapegoat for
Craven's dishonesty, has been released
from prison. Cazalet goes down the
river and meets Blanche.
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heAMATEIR CRAlKSMAN

biscuit in the box, though he had be-
gun by vowing that he had lunched in
town, and stuck to the fable still.
Old Martha had known him all his
life, but best at the period when he
used to come to nursery tea at Little
ford. She declared she would have
known him anywhere as he, was, but
she simply hadn't recognized him in
that photograph with his beard.
Il can see where it's been.' said
Martha, looking him in the lower tenn
perate zone. But I'm so glad you've
had it off, Mr.. Cazalet."
There you are, Blanchie!" crowed
Cazalet. You said she'd be disappoint-
ed, but Martha's got better taste"
1T isn't that, SIR said Martha ear
nestly. tits because the dreadful
man who was seen running out of the
drive, at your old home, he had a
beard! It's in all the notices about
him, and that's what's put me against
them, and makes me glad you've had
yours off,
Blanche turned to him with too ready
a smile; but then she was really not
such great age as she pretended, and
she had never been in better spirits in
her life
You hear. Sweep! call It rather
lucky for you that you were"
But just then she saw his face, and
remembered the things that had been
said about Henry Craven by the GAIA
let's friends, even ten years ago. when
she really had been girl.
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er be allowed until after the second
year and then but one piece twice a
week after the midday dinner. Often
children of two do not gain in weight
because of too much sameness, not q
lack of quantity in the diet. Children
should never be allowed to hurry or
slight the breakfast, but the noon
meal is the one which should be the
heartiest and simple supper of bread
and milk, milk toast or some light and
easily digested food
Too much excitement and play will
often take away the child's appetite.
They should not then be forced to eat.
but put to bed earlier as sleep is the
best of tonics for an appetite.
For child from two to three the
following foods may be served. at va
rious times, not all at one meal.
Fruits. orange juice, prune juice,
pulp of stewed prunes. baked apple,
apple Juice, apple sauce, stewed april
cots, figs, soaked and stewed, scraped
raw apple.
Oatmeal, cream of wheat, rice, IA
rina, hominy, all slightly salted. we'll
cooked and served with the top of the
milk or thin cream.
Eggs coddled, that is dropped in the
shell into boiling water and removed
at once from the heat, standing FIVE
or six minutes or longer; soft poached
eggs.
Meat.-Scraped beef of rare roast,
white meat of chicken, center of lamb
chop, roast lamb, broiled beef steak.
or boiled or broiled fresh fish. all
minced fine.
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COIu Storage. A6 dB0
of a rabbit may be told
by the paw. If there is
a little nut in the paw
which may be easily
broken with the thumb
and finger, the rabbit is
young; If it has disap-
peared and the paw re-
sists pressure, the rab-
hif is tnn old for anv-
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/ need not enlarge upon the advan-
tage of money: everything we see and
everything we hear puts us in remem-
brance Of it. AS the world Is. 1t Is
sort of duty to be rich. that it may be
In ones power to do good.
Montagu.
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its KIND.

THAT fellow has what call para
doxical impudence."
How do you mean?"
HE is always to the front with back
talk"
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and then only as a
treat and for varie-
ty. Pastry should
not be given a
child until it is ten
years of age. says
one of our famous
c child physicians.
Nondu should vav
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Accustom children to elegant objects
as far as ones means permit think
one might manage so that every COM
mon jug and basin in the house were
well nodded with such curves as would
not offend the Athenian. There is so
much in the form of tIings.-Mary
Hewitt
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HOW TO PREPARE RABBITS.

A rabbit should not be hung longer
than two or three days unless kept in
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MORE ABOUT CHILD FEEDING.

Simple dessert should be given
rarely until after the eighteenth month
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DikeS Break and Silver Lake Is
a Real One.
Water at ROSSville Near the TOI
of the Levee.
SOLDIER CREEK COMING UF
Within a Few Inches of Last
Weeks High Mark.
Rain Did Not Cause Overflow Of
the Shunganunga.

Word was received at the local
weather office at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon that the Silver Lake levee
broke this morning and that this
afternoon the lake is 500 feet by one
and three-quarters miles in extent.
This information came through the
manager of the Silver Lake Telephone
water at Rossville this afternoon
lacked but eight inches of going over
the dixie at Rossville and five inches
of going over the dixie at st. Marys
The stage of the kaw at Silver Lake
at 2:30 this afternoon was reported to
be eight inches higher than the maxi
mum of last week.
The farmers east of Silver Lake be-
gan to move from the lowlands late
Friday and continued operations to-
day. They are taking their household
possessions and their live stock to
farms on higher land.
May Help Topeka.
The situation may ease up at To-
peka somewhat late today because of
the break in the Silver Lake levee, ac-
er should go over the dikes at Ross
vile and st. Marys it would also tend
to help some here.
Local transfer companies reported
this afternoon that some of the more
timidly inclined had been moving out
of North Topeka today as was the case
last week when the Kaw began to
rise.
Big Rain at Junction City.
A telegram from H. E. Montgomery
at Junction City received this after
noon reads:
1.-TWO and one-quarter inches OF rain
fell here within half hour this morn
ing flooding the streets. Hundreds of
people were late to work. The Re-
publican river rose a foot last night
and this morning hit the thirteen
foot mark, one foot higher than last
weeks record.
"a portion of the Union Pacific
branch track three miles west of this
city is under water. Farmers living in
the bottom lands near Aida are NOV
ing out
Sand Bags for Holiday.
The Santa Fe loaded sand bags at
Topeka today for shipment to Law
renee and Holiday for the protection
of the tracks against flood water.
Soldier creek is rising slowly this
afternoon and at l o'clock it had
reached a point within few inches of
the high mark of last week. The low
er parts of Garfield park are flooded
and a large lake has formed under the
figure-eight from the old drain pipe
which gave trouble last Friday. Cen
trail avenue has been impossible since
an early hour this morning
The rains did not affect Shunganun-
ga creek, but all morning the spillway
on Locust street was full to the top
of the high curbing and there was
swift current between Sixth and
Fourth streets.
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the agent, who reports that Soldier
creek fell four feet since the high
mark of Fridsy.4 However two inches
Of rain is reported since o'clock this
morning at Grove and $50 a. m. it
was still falling.
The reports brought to Topeka show
heavy rains all along the Kaw valley.
So far. no more washouts have been
reported.
The Rock Island reports heavy rain
fall today at Manhattan and Clay
Center, with water standing in the
streets at both places. The Rock Is
land has had no difficulty whatever
with washouts. Trains are running
behind schedule on account of the
soft tracks. Wire communication
with the northwest was broken off at
The Santa Fe reports no damage
whatever, except the soft tracks which
necessitates slow movement of traf-
fic- The Burlington branch. which
was out of commission Friday, has
been repaired.
Rock Island train No. 40 from Col
orado, due at Topeka at 1880 this
morning, is being held at Cuba, Kan,
on account of flood conditions.
Water Standing in Field
With water standing in many of the
wheat fields of Kansas, the prospects
are slight for an immediate harvest, of
the grain. Reports from over the
state say that growing corn is being
damaged by the heavy rains.
When asked about any proba bility
of the wheat crops being seriously
damaged by the water, ]. r. Koontz,
general freight agent of the Santa Fe
railway, replied today:
Il am unable to say anything defi-
nitely about the matter
Both the Rock Island and the Santa
Fe report that in the 1ow1ands many
of the fields are regular lakes. The
fields on the hil1sides are not endan-
gered in this respect, but a continuous
rain will have a bad effect upon the
harvest. The farmers are looking
anxious over the prospects, as are the
railroad companies.
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killing of D: P. Berry. A: w and B.
B. Berry and the injury of Roy Berry
ranchy1en of CheyenDs county in 903,
wi7er 1he ranch warssof western 41an-
sas were at their height. Chauncey
Dewey, neighboring rancher, and
eleven of his cowboys, were charged
with the murder and arrested. The
shooting took place just across the
RaWlinS county line in Cheyenne
county. Dewey and his men were ac-
quilted of the charge by a jury
In 1905 damage suits for the death
of d. P. Berry, A. w. Berry and the
were filed by the administrators of the
Berry estate. A few years later a
damage suit for SO, 700 for the death
of Burchard B. Berry was filed.
1t is the latter case which will
open Monday in the Goodland district
court. Fred Robertson, United States
district attorney, and General L. w.
Colby of Beatrice, Neb., will represent
the Berry administrators.
History of the Case.
Harriet M. Berry, administrators
for the Berry estate, is named as
plaintiff in the suit which will open
Monday morning.
The Berry killing and the Dewey
Berry litigation following is one of the
most famous cases of its kind that
the first damage suits for $4,000 were
filed lawyer appeared in the Good
land courts and filed agreement to
settle the suits on the part of Chauncey
Dewey. The lawyer claimed to repre-
sent Dewey
A short time after this the damage
suit for the death of Richard Berry
was filed. Then, Chauncey Dewey,
contending that the lawyer did not
have his authority to file the agree
ment of settlement, filed petition for
Injunction against the carrying out of
the agreement. The petition for in
junction was filed in federal court on
grounds that the federal court had
jurisdiction over state courts For
years the Injunction suit lay dormant
in the court at Topeka. Last year the
Berry administrators came to Topeka
and retained Robertson and General
Colby to try the case.
In an opinion handed down in the
case a few weeks ago by Judge John
c. Pollock of the Kansas federal court
the Berry administrators were favor
ed Judge Pollock held that federal
courts should not conflict in jurisdic-
ton with state courts.
Chauncey Dewey now lives in Chi
cago. He owns a ranch-one of the
largest in the state-near junction
City In the last few years he has
paid occasional visits to Kansas.
Fred Robertson, attorney for the
Berrys, will leave for Goodland to-
morrow
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.U-29SUNkBY BYTANK
Polite Pirate Victim of His Own
Humane Heart.
Sent to Bottom Asking British
to Show Papers.

Berlin, June ia British tank
steamer flying the Swedish flag ram
med and sank the German submarine
U-29, whose loss was admitted sew
erai weeks ago, the admiralty an
nounced today.
The U-29 was commanded by Otto
Weddingen, German U-boat hero, who
won from the British the title of the
polite pirate because of the consid-
Grafton he displayed to crews of tor
pedoed merchantmen. The admiral
tvs statement today declared that
Weddingen's humane treatment of
merchant Seamen undoubtedly cost
him and his crew their lives.
Weddingen ordered the tank stea M
er to stop and shcw It's papers, the ad-
mira1ty stated. Taking advantage of
this delay, the British steamer
rammed and sank the submarine.
This is sure proof of the British
abuse of neutral flags" said one of the
Berlin newspapers. This illegal atti-
tude of British trade ships has COM
PEELED German submarine command
ers to consider their own safety first
and torpedo such vessels without
warning
"A change of German submarine
warfare is impossible without Eng
land changing her uncivilized meth
odS."
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City might expect a flood as big as
that of 1908.
There is no telling how high the
rivers will get said Connor. How
ever, there no longer is time for de-
lay on the part of residents in the
East and West bottoms. They are go
ing to get high water in two or three
days that will flood them out unless
they move right away to second
stories"
"A. c. District Menaced.
The districts affected by Connor's
warning are in sections of the city ad-
joining the banks of the Kansas and
the Missouri rivers, which, because of
recent rains, are rising rapidly.
Most of the foreign laborers en-
ployed at the packing houses live in
the West bottoms, the district which
contains many of the big wholesale
houses, and this morning hundreds
of clerks were engaged in carrying
goods from Easements and first floors
to higher stories.
A foreign colony of truck gardeners
inhabits of East bottoms. Here the
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CONTINUED on Page Two.1
HOPE FOR LEO FRANK.
Georgians Bet 3 to 1 Governor Will
Commute His Sentence.

Atlanta, Ga. June 19.-Bets at to
1 that Leo NJ. Frank would receive a
Communication of sentence from death
to life imprisonment were freely made
on the streets today. 1t seems to be
the unanimous opinion that the gov
ernor will grant clemency.
Frank himself wears an air of as
surance, and the special turnkeys as
signed to his cell say that he constant
ly assures visitors that he is conf
dent of commutation.
Governor Slaton today continued
his exhaustive study of the case. He
said he probably would not be pre-
pared to announce his decision on
Franks application for Communication
of his sentence to life imprisonment
until Monday afternoon or Tuesday
morning. Governor Slaton said posi-
lively there would be no respite, but
that by Tuesday he will decide either
to commute the sentence or to decline
to interfere
'tThe judgment of the court said
the governor, should cause the pris-
oner to prepare for death. In the
event my decision should be adverse
he has had ample time to make
prepa ra tiOn.'
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HEAVY TOLL OF DEATH
IN STORMS IN 3 STATES

Richmond, MO.-MrS. Arthur
Covey and small child killed when
their home was demolished by
tornado; Mrs. Mary Bell, 60 years
old, struck by lightning.
Westmoreland, Kan. Charles
Morris, his son, and John Gunther,
drowned when a gasoline motor car
was swept into a creek by sud-
den rush OF water.
Onaga, Kan.-Fiye members of
killed when a tornado demolished
the Burgess home.
Nevada, Mo.-Mrs. Gertrude
knau. so years old, lost life when
house demolished by tornado.
LatOur, MO.-MrS. Alma Altman
killed when wind swept her home
away.
Montrose, Mo.-Unidentified IN
FAINT killed in wind storm.
Wamego, kan.-Gene c. Nichols,
farmer, struck by lightning.
Goltry. Okla.-Mrs. Carrie Ford,
killed in tornado that demolished
her home.
Joplin, Mo.-Two year old
daughter of Frank Ross, drowned
in swollen creek. near DoSS home.
Waterville, Kan.-Frank Re-
bOuII, drowned when a bridge went
down, taking eight section men
with it.
Downs, Kan.-IIOuis VanderpooI.
farmer. drowned while attempting
to cross the Solomon river.
Guthrie, Olla.-Claude Barnes.
IS, and his brother James, II, kill
ed by lightning.
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FREAKS OF BIG STORM
IN WHICH DEATH LOSES

Many stories of narrow ESCAPES
came in as telegraphic communica-
ton became better i'm the area af-
fected. At Goltry. Ok, j. II. John
son and Volney Kraft, farmers, led
their families into caves at the ap-
prOach of a small tornado and
saved their lives. the homes of
both families being demolished.
The stone house of Melvin Pipkin
was blown over while Pipkin and
his wife were within. Both es-
capped with bruises. Mrs. Clyde
CarwOOd was carried from her
home into a wheat field a mile
away and escaped with slight in
juries. B. E. Bowen. farmer.
suffered a fractured skull when a
dwelling was Blown in upon him.
He will live.
Sfxty-five cars were blown from
the Frisco tracks in the yards at
Fort Scott, Kan. One was a work
train i'm which track laborers were
living. Three were injured. The
home of j. t. Wood was blown
over intact. carrying the occupants
with it, No one was hurt. Several
farm houses and many small build
ings north of Fort Scott were blown
away.
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powerful craft ever built for any navy.
Fifty thousand persons gathered at
the New York navy yard to see the
launching of the monster battleship.
Despite the efforts of those who would
have the vessel christened with water,
q bottle of hampagne-home grown
was smashed against her flare bows
as the great hull began its long glide
down the ways. Miss Esther Ross of
Prescott, Ariz., acted as the sponsor.
Built for Punishment.
Ships of the line, like the Arizona,
are built to give and receive punish
ment in sea battles. Their mission
has little in common with that of the
battle cruisers which have been the
largest ships to engage each other
during the European war. Speed is
sacrificed in the construction of the