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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20

face to a sickly white. what steadied his unsteady figure until II stcod straight and stin. what cleared his head so violently that he could think with all the swiftness of terror. On his dress shirt-front was the i'm print of a huge red hand.
 "Whose," Tommy asked himself one instant The next. hts gaze bounded from the mirror to his eSn hands.
 Blood mired hIs fingers. On his coat was blood. on his sleeve was blood, on his knees was blood. on his very shoes. He looked al the mirror again. Across his chin zigzagged a dark red line-blood also.
 His first sane thought was that he had cut himself. and was bleeding to death. He looked again at his hands. but saw no wound. Then, drunken memories lingering a little in his so- Der mind. he remembered the fall and the process Of wipisg his hands He ran back to the hallway. turned up the pin-point of light on the gas jet. There 1t was. a thin stream of blood. spotted a little where he had fallen in 1t. And 1t was widest where it began its fow-at the threshold Of Captain Hanska's door. In a weak access of real terror. he fell to pound ing on the wall and shouting: Murder! Murder"
 Suddenly mastering himself he seized the knob of Captain Hanska's door. The latch gave way-it was not locked. But 1t opened no more than foot or two-scarcely enough to give a man passage-when something blocked 1t from behind. In the tempo rary weakness of his will. Tommy North shrank back from entering such a place of yeritable horror. He shouted again: and now Professor Noll looking in his bathrobe like a strange priest of a strange Eastern rite. rushed from his room gasping: Whats :he matter?"
 The blood, the pale, gibberiug. dab bled young man. were explanation enough. He himself opened the door as far as it could 30, and edged into the room.
 MdtCnSt, QulCh. uc Cdilcu HUH within. Tommy North found his match-case; and the mastery of an other mind. with the example of better courage, drew him after Professor NoIl He lighted a match. held if up. It nared and blazed until 1t burned his fingers. In that nickering transi- tory light they saw all that it was | neresseyv t0 see
 Captain Hanska's body blocked the door. He lay dressed in his pajamas. the shrunken relic of what had been a portly man-lay on his back with his hands lifted over his head as though he were clutching at the air. From his breast stuck the haft of a great knife; and from the wound the pool of blood flowed to the threshold. The match went out; and with common impulse Tommy North and Professor Noil struggled to see who would be the first to get back through that door.
 There followed alarms. screams. the running of women. mysteries on the part of Mrs. Moore, who had started from bed at Tommy's first cry. Tom my North. albet. ordinarily . hrave and resourcsful young man enough.
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Bees and Their Baskets.

Every bee carries his market bas- ket around his hind legs. Anyone ex- amining the body of bee through a microscope will observe that on the hind legs of the creature there is a fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the hairs approaching each other at the tips. SO as to form a sort of cage. This is the bees basket, and into 1t, af- ter a successful journey, he will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20

her fashionable clothes-or was it her compelling look of command-stopped him.
 Listen" she said. There's only . second. Never mind who I am. Look at this" She produced the old and worn piece of paper which she had drawn from her bag a minute before.
 "To the police" it read Any mat ter that concerns the bearer. Mrs. Rosalie Le Grange. is to be referred to me. l request you to give her the greatest discretion.
 INSPECTOR MARTIN MGEE"
 Not a word" pursued Rosalie Le Grange. Now mind didn't see this thing, an don't know as much about it as you. But it's your job to tip me of to the reserves as soon as they come-make them understand that they ain't to stop me whatever I do. smiled in a meaning way-"you soi here just as quick as you could-not a second later-Ill stick to that Now get inside" She waited a moment. before she followed him.
 At that moment. Senor Estrilla came down the stairs from his sisters room. He had opened his raincoat. but 1t was still wet. He had turned up his hat brim, but an occasional drop fell.
 My seester is better" he said. "Oh. can l assist?" And while he helped the men to cover the body. he listened to scattered explanations from the women.
 Now the reserves had come; and after them. the Coroner and the de- tectives. They cleared out the house, holding only those who seemed to them pertinent witnesses. At a signal her for time, on the ground that she had arrived suspiciousIy early. The first unorganized search for the crim- inal simmered down to Tommy North. although even Mrs. Moore ad- mitted that he had entered only minute before the body was discov- cred. In the midst of the investiga- ton, a new quandary presented itself. The house was to be sealed while the police investigated. The innocent would have to find some other dwell ing place. That suited her. Miss Hari- ing remarked: she wouldn't sleep there again; whereupon Mrs. Moore. declaring she was ruined, fell again 10 weeping. And suddenly she who called herself Madame Le Grange stepped forward into the huddled dis tressed group.
 q haven't introduced myself" she I've just opened the house at 442 as boarding house. You ain't going to hold me, of course'-this to the po- lice-"and. anyhow, you know where to find me in case you want me. There's room tonight in my house for you all" She turned, with her eter- nal air of mistress in any situation. to Miss Harding. Come. dress and pack up your night things. my dear. We can move your trunks tomorrow" Mechanically, Miss Harding obeyed. and then Miss Jones. Suddenly Mir. Estrilla, who had been ministering to Mrs Moore by the door. spoke up and asked:
 My seester, too?"
 She's sick, ain't she- inquired Mrs. Le Grange, as If for an instant that gave her pause. Then the poor thing needs 1t worst of all," she answered her own argument Come on!" She dashed away, lightly in spite of her bulk, EstrilIa following.
 CTo BE CoNTINUED)
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CHAPTER |.
The eoaroers.

f'S oOafbtiB.
 Regarding the events of that rainy autumn evening al Mrs. Moore's boarding house in the far West Twen. ties Of New York. accounts differ somewhat-although not enough, after all. but what we may piece together a connected story. Until the great event. they were trivial It was the reflected bght of the tragedy which gave them their importance.
 Most Of the boarders remained in- doors. since 1t was too wet in the early evening for faring out-of-doors with comfort After dinner, Miss Harding and Miss Jones. stenogra- pheTs. who shared a room-and alcoye on the second floor. entertained com pany" in the parlor on the ground fiocr-two young office-mates who fig. ure but dinly in this tale These call CTS came at eight o'clock A few min utes later Professor Noll joined them. Professor Noll was a diet delusionist. the assistant editor of health-food magazine, He lived on the third floor across the hall from Captain Hanska
 Miss Harding and Miss Jones had not arrived at that point with their young men where they wanted to visit alone. When Professor Noli entered and suggested music, they welcomed him. He sat down to the piano, there fore. and they all sang the foolish ephemeral songs of the picture-shows. Mrs. Moore stood in the hall for a time. listening Once or twice she left momentarily 10 look after towels. fur mace heat and other housewifely cares One Of these tours took her 10 the top Of the house, where Miss Estrilla, the lady sick with weak eyes, lived in a halt darkened room. She was a new conner. this Miss Estrilla. and not yet well enough to take her meals in the dining-room. Miss Estrilla's brother, a slim. mercurial little Latin with an entertaining trick Of the tongue, was reading to her by a shaded lamp. as he often did of evenings. When Mrs. Moore rejoined the others. they were singing fullvoice
 On the stairs Mrs. Moore met Cap tain Hanska passing up from his late and solitary dinner He was a little irregular about meals: and this eve ming he had come in, demanding din. Ter, after everything was cleared away. Half the boarding house liked Captain Hanska. and hal; disliked him. Rather (and more accurately all halt-liked and halfhated him.
 Before he started up the stairs he paused an instant al the parlor door and looked upon the singers
 Come on in-the waters hne," called Miss Harding iocularly.
 Captain Hanska returned no answer Apparently one Of his sardonic gibes was on his lips. but he let it die there And he turned away.
 He can certainly be grouch when he wants to-" said Miss Harding, as though apologizing to the young men
 "Fierce," exclaimed Miss Jones' And they resumed their singing. As Captain Hanska passed Mrs Moore on the lower flight of stairs. his head was bent and he gave no sign Of rec ognition.
 Mrs. Moore did not leave the par. Tor, she testified afterward. until MT. Lawrence Wade called. asking for
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20
STABLES DURING THE WINTER
Whether Building Is Intended for Horses or Cows it Should Be We'll
 Lighted and Airy.

well-lighted horse or dairy stalls are even more imperative during the winter months than in the summer, since the absence of light lowers the temperature
 Then, leading the animals forth into the glare of day, after their long con- hnement in the gloomy stalls. is liable to bring on defective eyesight. while the poorly lighted stalls also contrib ute to the advancement of almost every known ailment of live stock.
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For Protection of Hen.

The school commissioner of Cald- well, N. J, caused so much comment by leaving an open umbrella on his front lawn for many days that he finally had to explain that 1t was a protection for his strong minded hen. who was sitting out there. and not at all amenable to suggestions that she move
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20

Captain Ranska- As on previous oc- oasions, he gave her his card, which rad: ~Mr. Lawrence Wade, Curfew Club He had called before; whether t~o ar three times. Mrs. Moore's mem ory would never serve 10 tell. But she recognized him perfectiy-she would have known him anywhere. she said
 Ms. Moore carried the card to Cap tain Hanska room on the third noor.
 What is it?" he growied. as che hnocked
 MT. Wade to see you" she replied
 She remembered afrerward that he paused for an instant before he an- swered; also she heard a rustltng as though some one were moving about
 i've gone to bed" he said after a pause, Where Is he? Down-stairsT
 Yes. sir"
 Then show him up." said the Cap tain. but say I've gone to bed"
 Mrs Moore turned back to summon
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To haif pint of water ada oz.' Bay Run, . small box of Barbo Compound, and OF of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice . week until It becomes .he desired shade. Any drug gist can put this up or you can mix 1t at home at very little cost. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and re- moves dsudruf. It is excellent for falling hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, ii not sticky sf greasy, and does not rub oR.-Adv.
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Practical Application.

When Josh got home from his edu- cation" said Farmer Corntossel, he started right in instructin' me about agriculture. So I didn't lose no time to try him out"
 What did you do?'
 Sent him out to round up a swarm of bees"
 Was the experiment successful"
 Some. It didn't hurt the bees none, an kep' Josh from gettin' in the way fur most two weeks"
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The Idea.

Miss F1ip-Why are they objecting to this munitions business?
 Miss Elite (vaguely)-I guess it is because it is some sort of a shell game.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20
Pops Opinion.

Gracie-Arthur and have promised :o stand sy each ether
 Pa-You're sitting on the sofa by each other every time pass the par Tor door.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20
Why Dads Go Oippy.

"Pa, was Joan Of Arc Noah's uifei" GA moment later):
 Pa, does ink come from the Black sea?"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20
SpineiesS,

Yes" said Mrs. Twickembury, you seldoD see Mr T~ickembury without a cigar in his mouth. He's a most in- vertebrate smoker"-The Christian Register.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20

Never causes . Jar. What kind of money will asv0 cause family auarrslsf Harmony
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-02-20

The wise man takes back seat and watches the fool butt into danger.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-20

Agnew T. Dice, president Of the
Reading Railroad. who was stricken
with typhoid fever at a conference OF
railway heads at Washington, has
virtually recovered ....@
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FULL LIST OF new BRITISH CABINET
OFFICERS and THE WAR COUNCIL"

LONDON. Eng 10,
been constituted with
cabinet comprising the following .
Lloyd president of the council Earl
leader the house of lords
Miner minister
portfolio chancellor of the excheque
leader the house
cabinet without being
pected to attend regularly.
in the cab
net, -.
high chancellor Bannatyne Ffnlay. r.
Of department george cave
affairs Arthur j. Balfour
Secretary of for the colon les Walter Hume Long
Secretary of for Earl or DERBY -
Secretary o Austen Chamberlain
President of the local ent board Baron Rhondda
President Board of Trade, Sir Albert Stanley
Minister of labor John Hodge.
First lord of the admiralty, Sir Edward Carson
Christopher Addison '
Minister of blockade Lord Robert Cecil
Controller Baron Davenport. -.
Shipping controller Sir Joseph Patton Macay.
alton, Herbert l. Flsher
works. Sir Alfred NJ. Mond
DuChy Sir Frederick Ca"ey
Postmaster-general Albert Hin gworth .
O pensions n. Barnes
Attorney general Frederick E. Smith =
citor general Gordon Hewart, X. c.
Secretary Scotland, Mr. Munro
Lord advocate Clyde, X, c. ~.
general Scotland Thomas b. MORRISON N u
Lordli Ireland, Barren Wmborne
secretary Ireland, He nry E Duke
Lord chancellor Ireland Ignatius j. OBrien n T.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-20

Apparatus has been invented to per-
nit man about to undergo a sur
gical operation to administer his own
T.. H.. Il. -..-.. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-20
FRENCH TO STUDY
i. S. BUSINESS

PARIS, France-Next summer 50
young Frenchmen will be sent from
France to the United States and Cana
da to study American commercial
methods in large typical banks, fac
tories and shipping firms, and to be-
come acquainted With the American
mind and its principal viewpoints.
They will stay month in the United
States, visiting in banks, factories and
shipping offices at New York, univer-
stiles and spinning mills in Boston,
lumber mills and tannerieS in Montre-
al, canning factories in Chicago. the
seat of government at Washington,
iron and steel works of Pittsburg. the
grain stores at Baltimore, and 'scul-
ture in general at st. Louis Mean
while so young Americans will be do
ing exactly the same sort of thing in
France with a view of getting a no.
ton about French commercial meth
DDS and French points of view.
A steamship company has agreed
to charge only 1900 francs per student
for the voyage to and fro. the families
and towns concerned paying one-half
and the Chambers of Commerce the
other The feeding of the youths and
traffic arrangements generally will be
undertaken by travel agency.
The students in order to qualify for
the trip must have the diploma of a
commercial high school or agricultur-
al college, and be able to speak well
English and French respectively. The
choice of the students in America will
be made by the Franco United
States committee in connection with
American Chambers of Commerce;
and, CORRESPONDENCE, in France The
French youths arriving in New York
will be personally conducted in
groups by expert instructors. Two
French professors will guide the Am
erican students in France
NJ. Guisthau, president of the Fran
co-United States as Frank Wander
lip is president of similar commit
tee in New York, tells the Associated
Press that it is hoped to establish aft
er the war Institutes in France and
America which will supply all neces-
sary commercial Information, display
specimens of goods and in general
promote reciprocal economic knowl-
edge between the two countries
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-20
CELEBRATE FEAST
OF DEDICATION

The Feast of Dedication (Channu-
kah) commenced at shutdown Tuesday
and lasts for eight days. 1t celebrates
the successful ending of war against
religious tyranny. It's predominant
message therefore is religious liberty.
In the year 1872 before the present
era, the Syrian king, Antiochus Epi-
planes, set up statue of pagan
deity in the Jewish temple of Jeru-
salem and tried to compel the jews
to worship it and abandon their own
historic faith. This effort at forcing
an alien religion upon the Jewish
people provoked a bitter revolt in
which the Jews, led by the famous
Judas Maccabeus and his brothers,
finally defeated the Syrian armies, re-
entered the temple and rededicated
Il as the center of Jewish worship.
In honor of this rededication the Feast
of Channukah (dedication) was estab-
lished, its eight days to be holidays,
days of song and thanksgiving.
The holiday is marked by special
prayers of thanks and psalms OF
praise inserted into the daily ritual
and by the kindling of the Channukah
lights. The usual custom is to light
one light on the first day, two on
the second, three on the third and
so on. adding one each successive day
of the feast As to the reason for
this custom Of kindling the lights,
legend tells that when Judas Macca-
beus and his victorious army rededi-
Gated the temple and cleansed ii of
all the impurities of idolatry, he found
that there was only enough pure oil
to keep the perpetual light burning for
one day, and il would be long before
new oil could be procured. But mir
aeulously this small amount of oil
lasted for eight days and the pei
petual light was not eXtinguished. For
this reason it was ordained that every
year lights should be kindled for
eight days in every household. 1t pc
came customary for the lights TO be
placed in the windows and the door
ways. so that the streets of the cities
be lighted up. Thus the feast came
to be known also as the Feast OF
Lights
The Jewish date for the beginning
of this feast is the 18th of the month
of Kislev. According to one tradi
ton, the reason that Judas selected
this date is because il fell exactly
three years after Antiochus had de
filed the temple; according to another
tradition it is because that was also
the day when the Israelites, after be,
ing delivered from Egypt, completed
the tabernacle in the wilderness.
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lost ADJ Brings
BACK LOST SUIT

The power Of one small adj in the
classified columns, and the multiplied
action Of two, was forcibly demon
strated by the return to Lieut.. A. p.
Matthews, u. S. dental surgeon, of a
suit of clothes he lost last week
The doctor believes that adyertis-
ing is great game inasmuch as he
paid two daily papers to recover his
missing apparel, but as each paper
did its all-effective bit he smiles and
says nothing.
When Matthews Ilewly-pressed and
ready-to-wear coat and trousers, wrap
ped in a neat little package, disap-
peared from the dentists auto while
he was driving around with one door
open in the tonneau he Immediately
made bee line for the Stap-Bulletin
office to insert a lost" adj Then he
went back to his office, calmly and
somewhat doubtfuIly awaiting the
work of the little lad"
Imagine his surprise a few days
later when he saw in the morning
paper under the found" column a
notice of his suits recovery. The boy
who got a liberal reward had heard
there was a lost adj for a suit, took
it to the Advertiser. where a found
adj was inserted And the doctor
paid both bills and smiles for it was a
good suit, SO he says.
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JAPAN STANDS BY ALLIES
tspeci.l cab. % Hax,il Hochil

Especial Caolo 70 d1Wau dochtl
TOXIC, Japan, Dec. 2O.-United
States Ambassador Guthrie called up.
On viscount l. Motono, minister OF
foreign affairs, yesterday and pre-.
scented a message from President VIII.
son which officially notifies Japan on
the terms of peace offered by the
Teuton Powers.
Soon after the American ambassador
left the office cabinet meeting was
called by Premier Terauchi, and it was
decided to reply to the United States,
after consultation with the Allies, that
il is forbidden to the Entente Allies
to conclude separate peace.
Premier Terauchi and Mr.. Motono
sailed at the imperial palace in the
afternoon and reported the details of
tke message to the Mikado
Mapanese papers published here de-
IRE that il is not the time to talk
peace and are bitterly attacking the
Teutonic government, asserting that
their conditions of restoring peace
lack sincerity.
AS result of the American ambas-
sador's formal notification the prices
of various stocks, especially that of
steamship companies, have fallen
again.
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RATE CASE EVIDENCE ......:....
IN HEAVY MANUSCRIPT

Evidence taken in the lnter-Island
rate hearing and transcribed from
stenographic notes has already reach.
ed a volume Of 1900 typewriter pages
to eb reviewed and gone over by the
commission as the hearing comes to
an end. 49,. ..-.. T.. -.
Chairman Forbes has announced
that the commission will begin al
noce a review of the testimony with
view to arriving at a final decision
upon the questions at issue. Judge
E. NJ. Watson, recently appointed at
torney of the commission, has been
furnished with copy Of the evidence
thus far as we'll as the special report
of Auditor H. Gooding Field. j. ....
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KOENlG EXONERATED;
TUG CAPTAIN GUILTY
lAssnciated Press by Federal Wirelessl

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Nirelessl
NEW LONDON. Conn, Dec 20
As a result of the findings Of the
board of inspectors in the case OF the
sinking of the towing tug Scott by
the German commercial submarine
Deutschland off this port, when de-
parting on her recent return trip to
Bremen. Captain Koenig of the
Deutschland has been eXonerated from
all blame " .@.-@.
The ramming, report the inspectors.
was the result of a mistaken bell sig
nal given by Captain Quincy of the
tug. upon whom the entire blame must
rest. -. -. +. +. ...: .'-.. I'LL. ,.@,
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HOUSE VOTES RAISE TO
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATED Press nv Federal wfreisssl

ASSOCIATED Press nv Federal wireisssl
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 20-By
a unanimous vote in the house yes
terday. salary increase for all the
employees of the legislative, executive
and judiciary departments now re-
ceiying less than $500 a year was
passed, included in the appropriation
bill for those branches of the govern
menL
The increases range from minimum
of five per cent to maximum of ten
per cent in the existing salary rates.
Some sixteen thousand employees
will benefit from this salary increase.
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FIVE MILLION COTRACT
FOR MACHINE GUNS

lAssociated Press BY FEDERAL WiFeIess)
\ WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20. -
Following the official announcement
by Secretary Of War Baker Of the fail
ure of the Lewis machine gun to equal
the demands Of the exhaustive tests to
which it was submitted by board OF
ordnance officers, the war department
announced yesterday that orders have
been placed for 1000 vicker-Maxim
machine guns and accessories, the
contract prices totaling $500. 900. In
announcing this contract the war de-
partment states that this is only the
first of other contracts for machine
guns to be placed in the near fuure.