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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

denied himself to all callers. Plainly the maid was very reluctant to dis turb him.
 This suited Hazards plans admi- rably.
 Tell Captain Forsythe." said he to the girl. that fully appreciate the circumstances. shall give him am pie time to compose himself and pre- pare for an interview later on in case it should prove necessary for me to bother him at all Meanwhile. I can be of some assistance to Miss Bertel. There don't seem to be many servants about" he concluded irrele- vanity.
 "No." explained the girl, Captain Forsythe dismissed them all yester- day-aIl but me, the cook, and a wom an who does the rough housework. reckon he means to close the house and go away"
 Hazard and Helen exchanged glances. They placed a different interpreta- tiol upon the captains conduct in dismissing the servants, and it must have required a regiment of them to keep up so showy a home.
 The house was built upon a gener- ous scale. The walls were adorned with all sorts of barbarlc instruments of warfare and of the chase. There was more than one magnificent tiger and lion skin upon the polished floors, besides the skins of numerous other beasts that Hazard did not know. If all these were the results of Captain Forsythe's individual skill with the rife. then indeed he must have been a mighty hunter.
 When the detective expressed an in. terest in the trophies upon the walls. the maid saw no reason why the dep uty coroner should not gratify his curl osity by looking at them. inasmuch as he revealed-unexpected by Helen-a surprising knowledge of the many different kinds: a knowledge. asserted tke maid. that would have pleased the captain at less distressing time.
 Helen. instructed beforehand, moved away with the girl who was to show her where the unfortunate lady's body lay, and Hazard, for the time being left to his own devices, called after her. If you need me I'll be amusing my self with captain Forsythe's interest ing museum"
 Scarcely had the two disappeared
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

than Hazards manner underwent a sudden remarkable change. His eyes sleamed between two narrow slits as. one after another. he rapidly inspected in turn each grouping of weapons. Each was identified by a small tag de scribing it's nature and telling the region from which it came. It was to these tags that Hazard directed his at, tention as he moved through the large room to the left and then around to the right to a much smaller room that had been fitted up as a sort of lounge. Here the savage arsenal was of a cruder, more primitive type, consist. ing mostly of small arrows with fire. hardened wooden points.
 Of sudden he halted abruptly. Be fore him was a cluster of perhaps a dozen arrows and arranged with them were four bows of as many different models.
 Arrows from Somaliland.' he read upon the tag.
 He whipped lens from his pocket and one after another be subjected the point of each to a scrutiny that was galyanic in its quick. nervous iD, tensity. In a few seconds he drew back with sigh. then moved quickly back to the reception hall as the sound of step on the stair struck his hear, ing.
 It proved to be only the maid. how, ever, who came to inform him that the captain would see him if he insisted but If the reason was not imperative he was co utterly broken and un strung that he hoped he might be ex cused.
 All right-very we'll" returned Hazard. doubtfully. Perhaps later will do. I'll wait for Miss Bertel'
 He remarked change in the maids manner and surmised that she had been instructed not to lose sight oi him as long as he remained in the house.
 And why should this order have been given-to a coroner's deputy Had she mentioned his interest in the arrow collection,
 At this juncture Helen came dowr the long, wide hall.
 She cast a doubtful side-glance al the girl as she drew near; but the lat ter merely regarded her with curios
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06
aOTHER! LOOK AT
 CH|LDS TONGUE I cross, feverish, constipated, give California Syrup
 of Figs"

A laxative today saves a sick child omorrow. Children simply will not .ake the time from play to empty their towels, which become clogged up with 7aste, liver gets sluggish; stomach our.
 Look at the tongue. mother, If coat d, or your child is listless. cross. fev- rish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat ieartily. full of cold or has sore throat )r any other children's aflment, give . easpoonful of California Syrup of Figs" then don't worry, because it fs perfectly harmless, and in few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have well, playful child again. A thor ough "inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

ity with which was mingled an expres- sion of frank admiration.
 Turning her head so that the maid could not see her face, she formed with her lips the word. Nothing"
 For a moment Hazard stood bowed in thought, then. rousing himself, from a pocket he produced a wooden tooth small. smooth splinter. Disregard ing the maid. he handed this to Helen without a word. Then. apparently dis missing the matter from his mind. he fell to inspecting his nails as if any way they were the only things in the world worth while.
 Helen hestitated a moment, as if waiting for him to speak: but he merely smiled and remarked: When ever you're ready, we'll go." They ex- changed a long look, then Helen turned and went back the way she had come.
 Slowly the minutes dragged. And thus possibly five minutes passed.
 Of sudden Hazards attention was caught by two distinctly different sounds. Somewhere in the house a door had opened and shut-softly. one might say stealthily. This he recog. nized as the door to the mortuary room. and knew that Helen was com ing back again.
 But the other sound he located as emanating from the small weapon room. where he had been so inter. ested in the arrows from Somaliland. It, too, was stealthy-in point of fact, Fso slight a sound that when it was not repeated Hazard directed his whole at- tention to Helen, who once more ap- peared, her bright countenance over. spread with an unusually serious ex. pression- The maid was watching him curiously, and so did not see Helen hold up the middle finger of her right hand. But she did observe Hazards short nod of recognition, and wheeled sharply. to bestow upon Helen a look that bristled with suspicion.
 This silent little play, however. was rudely and startlingly interrupted. There was the crash of a pistol shot and the fall of heavy body to the floor.
 With a muttered imprecation, Haz. ard dashed through the larger room and into the lounge where the So. maitland arrows were.
 Clasping . revolver in his right
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06
.GAS, DYSPEPSIA
 AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour, gassy stomachs in five
 minuteS-Time it!

You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach is bad-or an uncertain ons-or 2 harmful one-your stomach is too vaiuable: you mustn't injure it.
 Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed in giving relief; it's harmless ness: it's certain unfailing action in regulating sick. sour. gassy stomachs. Its millions of cures In indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach trouble has made it famous the world over.
 Keep this perfect stomach doctor in your home-keep it handy-get large fifty-cent case from any dealer and then if anyone should eat something which doesn't agree with them: if what they eat lays like lead, fermepts and sours and forms gas; causes head ache, dizziness and nausea: eructa- tions of acid and undigested food remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin comes in contact with the stomach all such distress ranishes. It's prompt ness, certainty and ease in overcoming the worst stomach disorders is reve- lation to those who try it.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

This story throbs with real ism in the words narrowest meaning. it Is a faithful rem derine of an authentic expert enee In the career of a high official of detective agency whose name is a household word throughout the English speaking world. Real names of persons and places are some times disguised. In all other re- speets the amazing, often thrill ing. always gripping facts are recorded just as they happened.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06
Lessons in Memory.

Jaffrey-How do you suppose that dear old man remembered exactly how much he paid for his gold tooth, which he bought forty years ago?
 Agnes-Why. l s'pose he carried it in his head.-Lampoon.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

It costs Great Britain on an average s1,500 year for each man in regular army at the present time.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

Too many of the things we wait for are not worth the delay.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

Piles Relieved by First Application And cured in s Io Is days by PAzO OINTMENT tbs universal -~uaedy all forms of Piles Drugzists refund money If it fails. 60c
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

California's mining properties last year numbered s5s. of which 277 are gold mines.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-06

Philosophers are men who imagine they are in the foolproof class.
Evening journal., 1916-02-10

Miss Edna Finn Walter, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Walter,
and Samuel S. Warrington, both Of
this city, will be married at s o'clock
this evening at the parsonage Of First
Presbyterian Church by the Rev. j..
Ross Stonesifer. The bride will be
attended by her cousin. Miss Helen
Scott, as maid OF honor, while the
groom will have his brother, Wilbert
Warrington, as his best man. The
bride will wear a handsome tailored
suit of black chiffon velvet trimmed
with fur and black picture hat, and
will wear a corsage bouquet Of bride
roses and lilies of the valley.
Following the ceremony, which will
be witnessed by immediate relatives
and few intimate friends only, re-
ception will be held at the home OF
the brides parents, No. 504 Concord
avenue, after which Mr. and Mrs.
Warrington will leave for the north
on their honeymoon. They will he at
home after March /. at No 231O. West
Eighteenth street.
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
Making The Dumb To Speak"
Is One of The Miracles of War

In his first successful application. DR..
Modena had for his subject the sol
diers of Giuseppe valeri and Nazza-
reno Aquillini Neither man had
spoken for six months. The first day
Or. Modena subjected the men to an
electrical current. and TO the mental
suggestion that they must speak.
Tweniy-four hours were allowed to
clapse that this suggestion might
work in their minds. The, second day
the doctor again applied the current
and. ordering the patient to look him
squarely in the eye. eXerted all of
his hypnotic and will power in inn
posing on his patient the command
TO speak.
Almost instantly Valeri, the first
subject, began to humble inarticulate
sounds A little later he formed the
first two words every child speaks
mamma and bahbo (Dapa) and final
ly began speaking almost with the
same degree of facility he had enjoyed
ptevious TO his injury at the front.
Equal success was met with i'm the
case Of Aquillini the second patient
The method now is generally en-
plCyed in italy.
Experiments looking toward the
restoration Of sight and hearing in
the same way have not met with full
degree Of success, but encouraging
progress has been made
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
Throw Away Your
Eyeglasses!
A Free Prescription
You Can Have Filled and use at Home.

You Can Have Filled and Use at Home.
DO you wear glasscsi Arc you victim
Of eye-stran or other cye-wcakncsses lf
so, you viii be glad 20 know that there Is
real hope for YOU. Many whose eyes were
failing. say they have had their eyes re-
stored through the principle of this wonder
ful free prescription. One man says, after
trying it. II was almost blind; could not
see 10 read at all. Now ! can read every
thing without any glasses and my eyes do
not water any more. At night they would
pain drcadfully. now they feel fine al the
time. 10 was like miracle TO me.
lady who used IL says. 1.-THE atmosphere
seemed hazy with without glasses, but
after using this prcscr rption for htteen
days everything seems clear. eau even
read fine print without glasses. IL Is be-
iicvcd that thousands who wear glasses can
now discard them in n reasonable time aud
multtudes more will be able 90 strengthen
their eyes SO as 20 be spared the trouble and
expense Of ever getting glasses. Eye tron-
blcs Of many descriptions may be wonderfully
benefited by following the simple rules Here
is the prescription; Go 20 any act ye drug
store and get bottle of Opiona. Fill two
ounce bottle with warm water, drop IN one
Optona tablet ant allow 10 dissolve. With
this liquid battle the eyes two 10 Tour times
daily You should notice your eyes clear mp
perceptibly right from the start and .nham-
nation win quickly disappear II your eyes
are bothcring YOU. even n little take steps 90
save flirn now before 10 il too leic. MANY
hopeicssly blind might have hcen saved II
they had cared FOR their eyes IN Time.
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
ny HENRY wOOD.
ed preas Stam CorrospOndont.

United Press Stah Correspondent.
ROME. Jan. 25. (By Mail) Making
the dumb to speak through mental
suggestion and the power OF will is
one Of the miracles almost daily be-
ing performed by Italian army sur
geons The we'll substantiaicd stories
OF what these men are doing rival the
miraculous events chronicled IN the
Book Of Books The story of the
Loaves and Fishes and the raising OF
Lazarus. the widows son. from the
dead, contain little more TO marvel at
than these every day battle front Won
ders of 1915
Hypnotism and mental suggestion
are being successfully employed by
the surgeons Of the Italian army in
helping soldiers who have lost the
power Of speech to recover that fac
ulty. Experiments are also being
made to see IL the method cannot be
employed with equal success on blind
soldiers and deaf men. These expert
ments apply only to those cases where
the nerves OF sight and hearing have
been shocked and not destroyed.
The first successful experiments
with dumb soldiers were made in the
military hospital at Ancona, but have
since been repeated at Cava del Tirr-
reni and elsewhere. Or. Gustav Mo-
dena is the originator Of the method
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
DR.. LYON 4S
Years OLD TODAY
fcontinued From rage i


was the youngest OF fourteen children.
His parents were among the first to
settle in Northwestern Iowa. having
gone there in 1912. DR.. Lyons boy
hood was spent in working on his
fathers farm and attending at irregu-
lar intervals the country school, two
miles away He graduated from the
high school at the age of 13, following
which he entered lawyers Office in
tending TO be lawyer and politician.
In 1887 he entered his State univer-
sity, graduating four years later with
honors.
While i'm college he became converted
and then decided 10 devote his life to the
ministry. Foil ing his graduation
from college he accepted the pastorate
OF First Congregational Church, at Har-
vey, III. Four years ago the degree OF
doctor of divinity was bestowed upon
him by Wheaton College
/ His evangelistic career hi been one
of the most successful of any. evangelist
in the country. lie has spoken more
/ than 600 times in ~ States, and has at
least 100000 conversions TO his credit
Ills home life is IDEAL He has five
! children, two of whom are grown. FoI
! fifteen years DR.. Lyon lived at Wheaton
! Ill.,, but he has recently built home
: at Faerholm, Ninona Lake, Indiana.
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
FRENCH Germans
FIGHT FURIOUSLY
ALONG THE SOMME
CONTINUED From Rage Il

Dutch sources, military critics here
do not generally credit the rumors
that the Germans are about to deliver
a hard smash against the Allied lines.
While fresh bodies OF troops have
arrived at the German front in
Flanders other forces have been
withdrawn in the past few days. The
opinion prevails here that the Ger
mans are merely engaged in one of
the periodical "re-shufiiing" pro-
cesses.
The best information available
here indicates that there have been no
large transfers of German troops
from other fronts. Petrograd reported
the withdrawal of Germans from few
sectors of the eastern front, but thus
far none of these forces are believed
to have made their appearance on the
western front
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
cARp PARTY AT sEAFoRD.

pceial TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SEAFORD. Del, Feb. 10. One OF the
largest $500 parties of the season took
place hast evening with Mrs. J. Walter
Brcwmgton as the hostess. Those pres
emit we're: Mrs. Harry H. Dashiel. Mrs.
j. T.. McGmk. Miss Elva \. Eulman,
Miss Cislum. Mrs 5. King White. Mrs.
J. NJ Tculson, Miss Elzaheth Collier,
Mrs. Lawrence Dodd. Mie Virginia
Rrewneton, Mrs. N. Payne. Mrs. NJ. +.
Coulbournc. Miss Margaret Barnett
Miss Edith Cook. Mrs Margaret Lag-
nett. Miss Nina Brewington, Mrs. Eva
y. Cinis. Mrs Salne B. Cook, Mrs 4.
NJ. Jack son. Mrs. Ernest Ellis, Miss
Helen Ulman and Mrs. j. NJ Dick
Messrs T. Walter Brewngtou y. A.
lmckcti. Phillip Luckett. =. NJ. Di,S. \
NJ Walls. Harry l.. Dashiclls. r. A. Erd
man, j. +. Riley, Lawrence Dodd, NJ. Il
Couhnan. John Kelley. Elbert Disharoon
Walter c. Humphreys, Charles Ellen
haus. George W. Lilly, Raymond l.
Jones. ID. S. Caldcn. H. Coleman, Riley
ID. Cilhs. o. O. Tricc, a. NJ. Jackson an'
Charles H. Mock
Evening journal., 1916-02-10

ing for the children of school No "A
Yesterday afternoon in Hanover Presby-
tcrian Church. Mr.. ~ase spoke ON The
Force of Ilabit.' AT the conclusion the
invitation was offered and IL children
accepted Christ.
Read Girls Poem.
When the delegation Of young wO-
men from the silk mill of John Hand
and Sons. Inc, visited the tabernacle
on Tuesday evening. one OF the young
women handed to Evangelist Lyon a
poem she had written II was read by
Mr. Clase. as follows
Let us take to our hearts lesson,
No braver lesson can be.
Than we silk weayers
On this side Of the sea.
Above our heads the pattern hangs,
We study it with care;
The while our fingers deftly move
Our eyes are fastened there.
They tell the curious things besides
OF the patient plodding weaver;
lie works on the wrong side evermore,
He works for the right side ever
Il is only when the weaving stops
And his web is loosed and turned,
That he sees his real handiwOrk.
That his marvellous skill is learned.
] Oh. the sight OF its delicate beauty.
How e pays him for all its cost;
For rarer, dantier work than this
Was never done by frost.
The Master eiveth him golden hair
And giveth him praise as we'll;
For how happy the heart OF the
weaver is
No tongue but his own can tell.
The years Of man are the hours of
Cod
Set back by the place of the sun;
We are weaving ever. till
The mystic web is done.
Weaving blindlv. but weaving surely,
Each for himself his fate;
We cannot see how the right side
looks.
We can only weave and wait
hut looking above into Heaven
or this one thing we are sure,
We may find one perfect example.
That The perfect pattern is there.
Farewell Demonstration.
The Lyon meetings will close on
Sunday night. February 20, and Dr.
Lyon and his party will leave Will
mington on Monday morning. and al
ready big demonstration is being
F. planned by his frieds az French street
station to bid him farewell II is
expected several THOUSAND persons
will gather az the station.
Evening journal., 1916-02-10
MAY BUILD WATER
PLANT ADDITION
Council Said to be Favorable
to $425,OOO Expenditure
This Year
PRESENT RESERVOIR
NOT LARGE ENOUGH

Members of City Council, at a meet
ing of the committee Of the whole
last night, conferred with City Engi-
neer Edgar NJ. Hopes, Jr., relative to
one of the most vital problems the
city has had to contend with for some
time. that OF the water supply. It
developed at the conference that the
water supply of this city is running
close to the capacity Of the present
reservoir and pumping systems The
Board of Water Commissioners being
familiar with this condition. had
George w. Fuller. an expert of New
York, visit this city and make a sur
vey of local conditions. Copies of
the engineers report were supplied
the Councilmen sometime ago.
Following the conference last night
it was said that while no action had
been taken. it was understood that
something would have to be done and
the members of Council. it was said
are willing to comply with the re
quest of the Water Commissioners to
finance additions and improvements
to the local water system at a cost
of 100000
It was said at the conference last
night that the Water Board wanted
to begin operations on the new pro
ject early in April and the sum OF
S425.00 would therefore be necessary
this year.
In his report Mr.. Fuller urges that
new reservoir be constructed at the
site of the old one at Eighth and Rod.
ney streets. This will be covered and
used as a skating rink in summer and
with a flooding of water in the win
ter months it would be used for a
like purpose. This would cost little
if anything. It is also proposed to
have three new pumps which with
the two now in use. would make five
in all. Mechanical filters are also to
be provided for at Sixteenth and
French streets.
With the three new pumps in SER
vice, the city would then pump filter
ed water from the mechanical filters
into the mains. and the surplus
would back up into the two storage
basins. In cases of emergency these
pumps could be connected up to pump
directly the unfiltered water for use
in case of big fires. II is estimated
that a large reserve pumping capacity
is far better than large reserve stor-
age capacity and this is the reason
the additional pumps and rapid filter
are suggested The rapid filter is
! suggested so the water could be
pumped directly into the mains. This
plan would insure TO the city good
water supply and a reserve pumping
{ capacity for any emergency that
might arise until the population Of
Wilmington had been doubled. The
Porter reservoir would also insure a
/ good supply for the section nortd OF
the Brandywine creek for many years
( to come