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The Clinton News Record, 1912-11-07, Page 5Mese- es— e Human A Clever. Detective Four Stry _ ' (Continued; from last weels.) , s She oernied a deawer ',on her right. • Theme worse four pistols there and an open ?sex of eartridgee. She Blipped her latest • ,aequisition in bar their aide.• , "X always have these sylies'e my fingere can reseh t12,0211 ill a moment. elle OX. •. Plainociti'ealtheugh. I heve never aped one in my , , It is not st woman's plaue le fiat. More are other • and more deli- ,...... • He salivated. Her face, for a moment, had: been putatively ceuel. •"I tesiteee the continued, "that you hid better epene the rest of the dee with me. It may be interesting.. Only I 1M afraid that isms will not be able to go as Inc seven. as the Cafe de Lugano for luredicon. • Don't you thesis that you had better get ionic, eleareees, and a book if you want one, fronts your mooing, and order some • 'meek/est to be mut in here from some- Pryde was tooling a little like asman in a dream. Ile glanced at his watoli; it was Intet, ame OUlodk. "Yam I will do thee." he aseented. "I wonder. tlesturam if it is safe to leave 'nauitee' she *enured him. "They will wait tar mane time, at any rate, for their friend -trim he Just left US, to return. When iwor ftmi that he dem not, they will be pmspieious, but it is my belief that eheysr.A. riek ovesything for tbe sake of thM little image* He turned and looked at• it. Again the IMMO Unosy fasoination possoesed him. • He ateseeked eat his hand, but she step - "Lea at alone." she begged. "I believe I am evipenibitious about it myself. When , Men ocemLbaok, we will, eiciarinie it ,to. !gni w::::°,7,2eciiIT: m:4 trat'Xil Men then es yet we hams rightly under. atood." It was moldy See o'cleak before their - ' Becloud Minter arrived. Grace and her partner were haying tea together when they hefted a eharp and somewhat insiet int knocking open the door, followed br L110 ringing of tho bell. Grace rose at once and glided into her place before the typewriter. Pryde walked to the door and m threw it open. A eery reeplendent sPerson Mood there, desk, black haired, dressed in the height of fashion, Semitic. He ertood anon the threshold and smiled at them reassuringly; they were not to be overcomei s'I‘le name." he announced, remoeing hie eniny silk hark :'ith Nathan -Mr. Richard Nathan. X galled, with your permission, ' to make a env enquireth." "Come in. Mr. Nathan " Pryde replied Quietly. "My name is 'Pryde. Li it I • Whom aon want to see?" The mane eyed' were everywhere. Sud- denly he saw what he sought. The smile . faded from hie thiok lips. the oily suave- ness left him. He stared at the image Ern the table. The hand which hold his at shook. He was, without doubt, agi- ted. "Xt ith you I want to talk to, my dear )tither Pryde," he began. "Just a few Words, moot important bithnoth-mont Me- ' Portant mdeed; good bithneth for you.' "Beatles?" Pryde remarked politely. "Who Mk the young lady?" the new - farmer demanded. "Introduthe me, if you please." "This le Miss Grace Burton, who le good . enough to do BOUM typewriting for me," Pryde explained. "Thee° are really her rooms, and I don't know how it lo that you should have eonie to look for me here." "Nevis mind that," Mr. Nathan de. ilared impressively. "Never mind that. 110,0 50010 to do eon a good turn. I risieneozhinh on a matter of moth important "Would you like me to go away?" Grace asked- , Mr. Watteau nodded his head with setts. faction. "la will be a ehame to lothe you. my dear," he amid, "but the bithneth ith of asperse° nature." "Pram . net move, Miss Burton," Pryde intervers . "I can lime no lessinees with a perket stranger wbich is of any great importiuseo eo tar ea I am concerned. You San any anything yon like to me before Miss Burton, ' he wont on, "and the soon. Er sou tell ine exantly whet it is that •as tif::4,10 yen here the better I shall a p Mr. Nathan pointed with the shining knob of his Meek toward the idol. The knob quivered a little is the all. "Very well, then," he sesid. "Julie as you 'Pleathe. esee did you get that?" Pryds. too. glamed toward the image. Zu 11.12:440.7. ;.,72,Irtillizta!Ittiri'iegg • in the &comet Imes? "That." Pryde answered, "is not mine. X am keeping ft in Smite." Mr. Nathan hold out his hand. "Shake bands, air," he insisted. "You are an Jame est young man. You shall not lose by it. Istetea. I as the owner or tkat little curio.' ' "Indeed?" Porde replied dryly. "Tell Me at 01/00,* Mr. Nathan begged, "why do YOU look at me the doubtfully? Rath serene dike been here to claim it?" "There was a man eame ill." Pryde ad- mitted. "oedy a few hour, ago. who said eery nattek wise*, you are saying. He could not move his ownership, however, and he crow rather offensive. 111 the mid we were Obliged to get rid of him hurriedly." The faee of Mr. Richard Nathan beoarne a etudy. He wee at the same time sus- pl.:dome alarmed, and surprised. "Went away without ite he repeated, half to .limeelf. "Game here and went sway without MI You are sure he thaw "Ohl the person 1 am speaking of BMW • it all right," Pryde declared. "I don't eso what that has to clo with it. Now, Weave, get en with what you have to SAY.' Mr. Nathan nodded. A possible explana. e tion had suggested itself to him. Ho kept edging a little nearer to the idol. "I should litre to egthamin the image for a few minutee. juth te be sure that it Rh mine,, ' lar. Nathan said. "There are tho matey imitationth about." Pryde took it up and placed it in hie visitor's hande. For a single eecond kir. f:cllig'.,!ziktgob airawnei:g making race side. axed Prede Wall etandIng on the alert. Mr. Nathan glanced from one to the other and sighed. With obvious re- • luctance he eet the Mel down. • "rely thing, itlin't it?" Ile remarked, eSbooking!" Pryde agreed. • "Dear me! Dear me!" Mr. Nathan went on. And this porton whe wet,h her be. fore me, thaw this little image, toe; but you wore not able to come to termtle tho be went away and left it, eh?" "Precisely, Pryde assented quietly. 1 "Jule, in the same way that within a few 1 , minutes you, also, will, I fear, have to tear " yourself away and leave the idol here. 'Nathan *tithed his Clips and closed them again, • He looked at Pryde, and he loolted at Grace. Then he set down his hat and • ane 071 a three "Look here," he said, l'For all our entices I will not wathe time. I' have come lore foe this idol. What ith it worth to you?" • Pryde sbrugged his shoulders. 'He took. • the image into hie fingers and held it out at OMM'S length. "It isn't much to look at." he reniarked thoughtfully. "It ithn't much to look at," Mr. Na- • than agreed, "and you lcuow very well • that you have no right, to ie at all. It was thrutht into your possession by a man in "MY STOMACH IS FINE Since Taking Na-Dre.Co Dyspepsia Tablets" • Mrs. J. Mer,khuger, Waterloo, Ont., .enthuelastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dystmesie Tablets. Der experience with them, as the outlines it, explains why. "1 wee gteatly troubled with my stomach", she writes. "I bad taken so much medicine that I might say to take • any more would only be niaking it worse, My stomach juet felt raw. I • read of Na-Drii-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and a lady friend told me they were ,very easy to take, so / thought I would , sive them dtrial and really they worked Wonders. Anydne having anything .wrong with his stomach should give Nit-1.1rix-Co Dyspepsia Tablets a trial, - .they Will do the rest. My stomach is ne now and I can eat anyood.'! One of the minkgood' features of tt.Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets is that • they are so pleasant and citify to take. The, relief they ,give from heartburn, flatulence, biliousness and dyspepsia is prompt and permanent. Try ime after • each ineal--they'll Inake you feel. like -a neW PerSOn. 500. a box at your druggist's own- ' pounded by the National Titug and •pienxical Co. , of Canada, Iseinited,- his latht momentle He wee half blinded, an(1 he mitlitook you for 0118 of nth"' Pryde podded. "That is exaotle the "You went by make thomething by the inithtakee Miathau eentinued. •"I ith natural. • I will not beat about the buth. I will not toll eau any lieth. I am not a curie -dealer. • Teat idol representh more to, me than to 8113'011S elee in life. I want it, I muth have it. It ith in YOUr Poesession by ohanthe-an evil ohanthe for zee. Very welL I will pay. Look here," He, tore hie coat open and drew out a thiek bundle of bank -notes. lie threw teem upon the table. !Vomit theinl Count them!" be cried. "X sue treating you like a printhe. There% eight ' hundred Pounde theists of the betht -Gourd theml That ougbt to pay you, oughtn't it? Night hundred poundth for a copper idol. good Godl" Pryde's grip upon the imago in hie hand had perhaps changed a Mao. Rio' fore- finger kid Dressed more tightly upon a projection of the backbone. The head flew sharply beak Pryde started, lower- ed hie hand, and a wonderful stream seemed suddenly to flow onto the carpeot, a stream of liquid fire -of ruby fire , f green fire, of white, brilliant iridescence. Grace and Pryde were themeelyee almost stupefied. Then Nathan, with a bowl, threw himself upon his knees and began to grope about desperately. Pryde caught him by the collar and dragged him flame. "So this is whet you are trying to hey for eight hundred pounds, is it. My friend?" he exclaimed. "No, let them lie there! They're eafe enough, 111collect them afterward.' For a moment the man rimmed about to throw himself upon Pryde. He was trembling in every limb. Ilis face wart convulsed. The paesion of greed was mak- hue him almost courageous, "You have no claim to the jewelthl" he snarled. "They belong to Mal" "That, my friend," Pryde remarked drily. "/ should be iuclined to doubt." Nathan staggered to his feet. The tele- phone bell VMS *ringing. He turned sharp- ly toward it. "Whatth that?" "Only ono of my clients," Grace amerce - ed calmly. "Are you there?" she went on. "Yes, the emend lot of beim will be ready in a very few moments now; the third lot probably Mo -night. Yeal Yee! Quite, thank you. Goodbye." Mr. Nathan wiped his forehead. He wrie not a very pleasant sight. "Look here,' he said to Pryde, "we don't need to guar. rel. DU an infernal piece of luck, but you've thumbled into this. Thereth enough for, all of uth. Turn them oat upon the table. We'll share them up, you and I; half for me, half between you two. That'th fair, ithn't it? Only let's do the job quickly and let me got off. There's sixty thousand poundtle worth of jewelth there. You're made for life, and if you take my advithe, you'll lear out. I can isive you an addretla or two in Mather. dam, where you can get rid ,of them, if eou want to know." Pryde hook his head. "Mr. Nathan," he declared"you aro waeting your time. Neither this young lady nor I myself lume the slightest idea of benefiting be the possession of the jeweis. We UM', grave doubts," he went on, with a faint smile at the corners of his lips, "as to how they may have come into our p00- 8088100. We shall run no risk In the matter. We shall seal the idol up, and if no one cornea here to lay claim to it with better credentials than you and your friend, during the next twenty-four hours, we shall send it to Scotland Yard.' Nathan glared at them. He wae half suspicious, half stupefied. "You mean that you are on the straight?" he de. mended fiercely. "Abeolutelye Pryde assured him. "I must admit that I had some sympathy for that poor fellow when I saw him being hounded, and I meant to keep possession of the little idol until 801110 authenticated person mem to claim it. Now, of course, t is a different thing, I shall keep it "lira Nathankr notheor t.w.edntyhliottrheurs." mouth and dosed it again. Ke looked at the carpet, he looked at the idol, he looked at Grace, be looked at Pryde. "God bless ray thoull" he spluttered. 'Are you mad, lsoth of you? Done you want money? Don't you know what money ith?" "We want it very badly sometimes," Pryde replied "but, you see, there is al. ways the risk that these jowele may not hams been honestly come by." kir. Nathan tried to speak and failed, He had no words. Very slowly he took an his hat, brushed it with his ooat gamma. and turned toward the door. "If I hear hat the poor fellow hath left any writ. en inthrtzetienth," he promised, "I will et you know. I understand you to them that you will keep the jewele for at leatlit twenty-four hours?" Pryde nodded. Mr. Nathan turned away to hide a somewhat curfew tintyPall• sion at the manors of his lips. "Yery well," he said, "I wish you good afternoon. You are very honest; both ot eon. I hem you will find that honethty will pay.' Re walked out, slamming the door a lite tle behind him. Ther heard his retreat- ing footsteps. Grace touched the bell at her feet and raised the telephone receiver once more to her ear. "One visitor," she announced softly, "hae just left. Please do not let anything important happen Just round here. There is one more to come. Yee, suite all right, thank you. Good-byel" She laid the receiver down. "After all," Pryde remarked, "our friend Mr. Nathan was not one of the fighting sort. Somehow or other, I fancy that our lest visitor, if he comes, may be differ. eta." That night,for the first time, Pryde dined with his partner. The meal sent 1/2 from a neighboring restaurant was by no means an elaborate one, nor did Grace unbend in the least. Nevorthelese, Pryde began to feel more cheerful. The living together through these few thril- ling moments of adventure could scarcely fail, at any rate, to fosMr the spirit of comradeship. She trusted him, too -had confidence in him. It was impossible, he told himself, that she was really so cold and sexless fla she appeared. The even. ing wore on. Occasionally they heard the elevator pass up; oftener stile there were footsteps ,071 the stairs. Their expected visitor, however, did not arrive. Toward ten e'clook was always a quiet time in the flats. There were very few people coming or going. With thessilence Pryde became conscious of a curious feeling of untheinese. He found himself watching the door every moment. wonder, he said, half t..o himself, "what (107111011 scheme this man whe calls himself the professor will invent!" AMOS leo ed up from the bookwhich she had been reading. There was not the slightest sign of excitement in her face. Her hair wait Jlriiniy arranged', drawn back tightly with the obvious intent to nullify its naturel fluffiness. Her plain Meek dress was unrelieved by even a touch of white at the neca. Ifer cheeke were as pale a,s ever. "You must bear in mind," she reminded him, "thee neither Mr. eTathen nor hie predecessor will have had an oppoetunity of 'communion:tine with him. Tf thee had any plans for meeting formed, he may have become suthicious. On the other hand, he may believe that they have gone off with the jewels, very much aa Mr. Nathan believed that the Met man was trying to do, Tie will probably come nett° harmiesely and with very much the same sort .of offers. Listen!" Pryde /Muhl hear uothing. but 11P11430 crossed the room swiftly mai seated her. self before her typewriter.The, green. shaded lamp wa.s already in position,,18 half -finished eheet of inenuseript in the machine. She began to work. With one hand she elicited the &theme on her l'ight. flooli side. "Be careful," she whispered. "Someone is fiteing ru key into the Meth." Almost as she spoke, the door wee noiselees1 d A through the crack and toeched the ltnob white) coperolled the electeic lights. The room was in slerknese except for the lamp s Lace 8 WC. A man slipped quickly in and closed tete door behind' him. "The lamp," he vvliarlied, unfortu- nate." e/ - He was a man of about middle heleht, of 1110St ordinary appearance. A black overcoat, which fitted, him 110110too well, hung about, epare form. He had a pronounced' stocip, gold -rimmed thectatilee, and white, untidy hair rather long at the back,.. Me wore a bowler het, with a broad ' brim. He stood a kW yards ineide the roorn, ,both heeds concealed in his over- coat Pockets, , eYoung lady,' he mid calmly, "and Y,01.1, sir, YOU IllaY be expecting ineeyou may not. There te a little mestety con- cern,ea with this thorn and ite octet pants which I have- not eat solved, .but in case my simpletons of you both are Correct, let Me warn von that, however quickly :Nue hence) may go Vs your pockete, for em 'holding a Mittel it/ either hand, pea 1 lean -lea te shoot through my path - eta a good Inane Smare ago, You me?" . Greets. 'oohedat bine , uninoved, item Me the top of her typewriter. "You aro (Mite' sure, sir, that you aemmit meking. iftzgarioftwearr~e401~1 • A GOOD HABIT Tea when you are tired; partioularlY if it's • • • L1PT TEA Goes farthest for `the money outiamotausszonist" "I am making no mistake," the now. earner assured thein grimly. "I Lhaver thine to recomm a piece of broperty Which YOU 011 117 or may not -know about. There it etands upon the table -ugly, gleaning monstrosity. Now rn buy it from you 'or fight for it, Whichever you like, but I have come for my idol, and I am not used to paying visite in vain." He OLLUle a little closer to them. It Wall Quite Meer that he had Men speaking the teeth. The outline ef the nisole 'was there, showing from inside his overcoat DOukets. Oue was directed toward Pryde, one, toward Grace. Suddenly the tele- phone boll rang. "If you weever that," the Proferelor Mid softly. "X shall shoot. Yon mae be honest fools, you may be urinate:es yr ur- selves, you may be creaiures of the mze liee. I am taking no risks. Dead men and women are the safest witnesees." He epoke in a slow, almost nsonoteneus tone, but with a manner surausly im- Preesive. 'Somehow or other, they lath of them felt that ole was a being et 18dif remelt order from either Nathan or his Predecessor. The maater wits there. Grace knew perfectly wellthat if she even stretched out her hind toward the re- ceiver of the teleehone, he would keep hie word. "Thank you," ebe faltered. ' am er- rifled to death. I Call assure you that I shall lot the telephone rine." 'he vieitor moved a stop or twc nearer still. Ile was now within a few feet of them. "You aro not terrified to death," he said coldly. "That is what alarme me. I will content; to you that I have the feeling that I am in a trap, but in ease you are deriving any satiefamion from that fact, let me aeeure you that if I am, both of you will answer for it with your lives. You know who I am? I am Holski, chief of the Human roue. I have killed it dozen 111011 this year. I believe In killing: it has become an art with me. If It were not for the noise, I think should kill you both, just as a precau- tion. Young lady," he added, a peremp- tory note in hie tone, 'get up. Into that corner, if you please. I don't like the way your hand is prowling around that drawer. Quick!" She hesitated for only a se gin mement Then she rose. "Back! And you. 'too!" Mao professor ordered, turninom suddenly to Pryde. -No nonsense! I could shoot your teeth away, one by one, if I those. Back, both of 7011." They obeyed: He looked into the drawer. From the drawer he looked back again into their faces, aud there was monetbeng terrible in hie silence. He drew Ms hands from hie pockets. He held a repeating pistol in either hand. "Beteg me that idol," he directed Pryde. "Bring it here and place it on the table before me." Pryde walked elowly th the other end of the room, took tip the image, and brought it toward the table. He was with- in about a yard of hie destination when the door was suddenly opened. The pro. feseor turned like lightning.' The door- way wee full of men. 1.n inspector in peeked cap and uniform was foremost, a detective in plain clothes by hie aide, The professor's arm shot out, and Prydo, with- out hesitation threw himself bodily upon lain, pushing 'hie arm toward the ceiling. The next second he himself was thrown haleway ',Arose the room. With amaz- ing ettee the professor had freed Muncie He dropped on his know behind the writs Mg -table. The dull metal of his pistol gleamed wickedly in the light of the green -shaded lamp. Hie left hand, clasp- ing a pistol, was stretched out behind _ "Ahl" 'he muttered. "I Bee vome friends. Mr. Detective Simmons. I think; Insect). tor Johnson. Not a step nearer, please. Remember, I have nothing to lose by kil- ling a few more of you. These are my last moments. I want to think." There was a queer. breathless silence. Pryde was still lying where he bad been thrown, and had the air of being unoon- meow. Grace had advanced toward him, but had suddenly stopped and retreated. She was °haltered now behind an easy. chair. Then the inspector spoke. "Better give yourself up, Ifelski. There's no hope her you. We've other men upon the stairs. "You are right," the professor admit- ted. "I have fought too many battles not to know when the end has come. but don't any of you flatter youreelyes that I walked blindfolded into this trap. I knew Yore well that the odds were ten to one against me, but I have never learned tho trick of poverty. If I could have got away with our little friend Imre, you d never have been troubled with Inc any more." "Put 11.1) your hands, Helskie the in. Imam ordered. "I am coming to take YOU." The man's pistol never wavered. Only for one second he glanced around and back again. Pryde was lying quite still; Grace was out of sight. "I am not quite ready yet, Inspector," he said softly. "I have no grudge agstinst you. Stay where you are. I have a mat- ter of twelve livers here. I don't think it will pay you to rush me. You know I don't often mine I shouldn't advise you to try 11117 tricks. WhereM the girl?" There WOO 110 reply. "I have a sort of fancy," the professor went on, "that she is the brains, of this enterprise, that ehe is the person I ought to reckon with. I wonder!' Once more be turned his head, looking back again instantly. "Ah!" he proceeded. "Behind that easycbair I. A eery insufficient shelter, an easychair. think I can do a little dam- age through that. Mr. Inspector, I con- gratulate you. You will probably effect MY capture without the lose of a single one of your force. It's the girl I'll settle accounts with this time," Hie pistol covered them no longer. He swung round, turnine toward the -easy- °hair. Then Pryde, who had been creep- ing gradually closer, gathered himself up and sprang at him. The attack was so unexpected that for a moment Pryde had the advantage.From the first he knew that he was struggling with a etronzer man, but it was a matter of sewn& onle. He went for the hands which held the pistols, forcing them to. ward the floor, For the fleet few sea ends he was successful. Then slowly his arms,inch by inch, were forced, •baok, The right hand with the pistol in it came 'traveling round toweed, the ease - chair. • Pryde's strength was almost .ex. haueted. but it Incited long enough. The Mesh., after all, was only one of sea onds. The iuspector and policemen were swarming around. With a blew of his thunelieon, the former kneeked the wee, non out of the hand of the professore and a policeman, stooping down, kicked the other one from the man's deubled-ne left arra. Byen then the etrugele was not over. With a ore of rage, the tra,p- Ped man flung himself, unarmed as he wae, upon tbom ,a,11. One of the police- men went over like a ninepin, For a nice ment It seemed as though he would break through them. Then the inthector seized him from behind, a policeman teipped him. Even :when they had him on the floor, it was several moments -before thee could handcuff him. They got him out of the room at last. The inspector lin- gered behind. "Young lady," he said to Grace, "this is the best day's work you've ever done We've got the lot." • "Reep • me out of it," she begged, "We'll keep you out of everything ex - nth Z----no—te)A9f4 - evem-flofre;Pize Zjem,e'emZepeati payfoyeadlecia0 Or., the CLEAhlEST, SIMPLEST, and BESTIl,ME Dili, one .enn you don't even have to lowny'whet END of ClOth your Goodo aka, mate ob.-So Mistaken aro haposaltle, Sand for Pico Color Card, Story 'Booklet, ,and Booklet giving (.00010 of 1)y.ollta over other colors. The 30111,18014,10,I0HA1D onset the rewaid,": ill' toin"-PPwrythdre. r"Tlihea4t, watainaiti,rilevt. htitielithlatinfal:uh,,,,, otoie.0,,,i90 ,u Mo harrieaboor.:hpeiryeil,rawndhowwe aal:h,Bistellttunddele1,1 clared..d'nefe, se. n lirviutfrttilleedd;.hivilii' W1 0149?:41 6n -e-(1 tgd:oon ke .toward`si; at 0s 1 i7e1 ha t1 I'M hvia 'hi' 'tide' •Shei;f weft Mill Terfeet • ,Kb ycal,i.j.:,,.1ihbouerensoidnoinii,.. ttiTrume,ne.eooad..gp!bt:::!ul, :Iv: yidth toa. -rge - 'mot eave that swisoleez:,(1) Naga - ......my,.. She Baid'''''°°"1(0°I't , nur A. LICENSE TO DRINK. You Do in Australia, and What You Take Is Recordm . The Australian liquor law is the best after i1, if you really want to cobtrol the traffic and at the same tithe make it produce revenue. Bettor tha.n the English law that requires the barkeeper to post the nanies of the drunkards in the bar, for a man that's a drunkard doean't care if his name is posted. ' In Australia they allow as many saloonas there are men willing to pay the nominal license, which is just enough to pay the registration fee. Every man who drinks, or ex- pects to drink, in a saloon must go to the City Hall and take out a li- cense in the shape of a brass check, on 3vhich is stamped a number, and for this he pays $5 a year, and must always carry it with him. Before he can get a drink hi' any saloon he must display that braes check. If lie is a native regular customer, a barkeeper looks ower his bookand tallies his drink or drinks. If he is a stranger, and has taken out his license, the new man is entered on the book with his number, and his drink entered up against him. Failure to do this, or selling a man a drink without having been shown the brass cheek means the absolute and actual closing of the saloon, and there is no appeal. Every morning a blacklist.is sent out from the City Hall to each sa- loon, and woo unto any barkeeper who sells a drink to a man whose name is on that list. • Now, you see the revenue must be 10 times greater than if only the saloons paid the license, for in that country, at leset, there must be many drinkers, not so much of whisky. because of the climate, but of the light wines and beer. Then there, is a public record of every man who takes a drink and the number of drinks be takes in the course of a day, week, month or year. THE STRONGEST RACE. Albanians Are Said to Be Fearless Fighters. Of Turkey ,in Europe 65;000 •square miles are left, one-third as large as Germany or France. It is fair and fertile, but ill -cultivated. There are 1,000,000 people in Con- stantinople, 5,000,000 outside. Next to Constantinople, Salonica, ia the best town, placed to become a Liv- erpool. Together the allies have 84,460 square miles, and nearly 10,000,000 people. But .Turkey draws .011 Asiatic provinces with 693,000 square miles and perhaps 17,000,000 people; no one has counted them. Much more trade comes into Con- atantinople by land from Asia than from Europe. Half Asiatic Turkey is desert, but Asia, Minor is fertile. • The real Turks are not numerous. In A,sia they rule, Kurds, Tartars, Armenians and Arabs, being every- where a minority except in Western Asia Minor. On the European side Turkish farmers are most numerous about Conetantinople, along the sea of Marmora, and west to Adrian- ople. All Central Macedonia is Bulgarian, except that about Sa- lonicaa the Greeks, a seafaring race, predominate. South of Ser - via, lies "Stara" (or Old) Servia, kin in speech, except for scattered sections of Mohammedan , Alban- ian.s, the Arnauts, who nag the Ser- vians. The strongest raee oecupies the west cosat,--the Albanians. They hold right up to the Montenegrin border and slope over it EL bit,,In Greece also are many Albanan sections. The Albanians won Greek independence. The Greaek nation- al costume is Albanian. The Albanians are said to have the best heads of all the race.s of Europe, but undeveloped. Theirs is a race lying fallow. There is no railroad in their country, scarcely a written language. Nothing but the fact •that they are divided in religion, half Moslem, half Greek OhllYCh, alELS kept them from win- ning independence. They are fear' - less fighters, the best in the Turk- ish Army. NAVAL EXPEIdDITURE. Statistics Show Great Imre:Ise in Last Decade. A report issued by the Baitish Admiralty gives details of the total naval expenditure of Great Britain for each year since 1900, compared with ilm other chief maritime pow- ers---Erance, Germany, ' ;Ruseia, Italy, Anstria-Hungary, the United States and Japan. From this it appears that the groSs expenditure increased as 11n - der in poi -Inds sterling :- 1901-02 1912-13 Great, Britain .34,3'725299 45,616,140 United States 16,012,488 86,540,010 Germany. .. 9,530,000 22,609,600 The figures for France, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan do not admit of exact comparison, but in each case large and eoritinn- ous inceeases are 'shown. As 'regards new construction, in - chiding armaments, Great Bratin will spend this year 217,271,527, compared with ,19101420,256 in 1901- 02, and Germany 211,494127, as against '24,65.3,42:, in 1901_-02. There are euffici6nt places in the aiitesasSigessealsonnass;erwitaa. t",4 'Trxri,"? Hipoi nap 1 , , • • ,,:„ 460.41,goveos.i,..h..64646,161,03 Vegetable and Cream 'Salads. It is, of course, needless to wen - *ion that lettuce a,nd cress should be carefully Washed iv two waters, the water salted to kill stray in- sects, and shaken dry in a bowel. The salads, exoept the potato, should not he' mixed until just be- fore serving. All should be served as cold as possible. A small pit- cher of the dressing should be sent to the table, GS some like more than. others, Cream salad dressing is as delic- ious as it is easy th ma,ke. The fol- lowing quantities may' be doubled for a family, as, in a stoppered bot- tle in a cool place, it will keep for weeke. One-quarter tablespoon salt, half-tableepoon mustard (dry), quarter tablespoonful sugar, one egg, slightly beaten (white and yolk together), 224 tablespoons melted butter, three-quarters cup cream or milk, quarter eup vinegar. Mix in- gredients in the order given, adding the vinegar very slowly. Cook in an earthen or enamelled saupepan over boiling water (stirring con- stantly) until the mixture thickens. Properly made, it should not need straining. The dressing made, com- binations of vegetables, vegetables and meats, and meats and fruits in season are legion. The following are merely a few suggestions that will be varied by every housewife who attempts to carry one out. • Potato Salad.—Cut in cubes or mash with a fork cold boiled pota- toes, toss them in a few spoonfuls of the dressing, pile lightly with a fork on a bed of crisp lettuce or cress, or both, decorate the top with slices of hard-boiled egg, cu- cumber, carrot, shreds of olive in- terspersed with spoonfuls of the dressing, and finish with a tuft of he -art lettuce leaves or a sprinkle of young cress. Bean or Pea Salad.—Use cold green beans or peae, or beth, or a can of baked beans, mixed with cut celery and salad dressing and de- corated after the fashion of the potato salad. Celery cut in small pieces may be mixed with the beans or potatoes. Tomato Salad.—Wipe and cut a slice off the tops of medium-sized tomatoes; scoop out the inside and mix with equal quantities of cold beef, lamb, veal, chicken or turkey, and some celery cut fine; mix all with a few spoonfuls of dressing, fill the "baskets" high, lay on the "cover" with a slab of dressing and a spring of parsley, and serve each on a oriap lettuce leaf, either on a platter or on individual plates. Fruit salads are in particular de- mand in the "dog days"; bananas, apples, pears for a foundation, with or without celery, according to taste. Lay in your salad bowl a bed of heart lettuce leaves heap your fruit, previously mixed with some of the dressing, in the centre, de- corate with spoonfuls of dreasing and the heart lettuce leaves, and sprinkle over a handful of coarsely broken walnuts. Banana Salad.—Sliced bananas and apples in equal quantities could be decorated with spoonfuls of dressing and handsome bunches of white and red currants, or with cherries stoned and the holes filled with a hazel -nut kernel. Dainty Dishes. Ham Toast.—Mix with four table- spoonfuls of finely chopped ham the beaten yolks of two eggs and a lit- tle milk. Heat over the fire with- out boiling. Spread on thin butter- ed toast. Minced Pancakes. — Take any good paneake mixture, bake a nice brown, taking care that the pan- cakes are of uniform size and shape. Spread each cake with finely minced rad creamed lamb, roll and serve with a brown gravy. Lamb Timbitles.—Six cups of fine- ly chopped cooked lamb, left from Wednesday; two cups of fresh bread boiled in four cups of milk; yolks of four eggs, two teaspoonfuls of ealt, three-quarters of a tea- epoonful of pepper, beaten whites of four eggs. Bake in greased molds in a pan of boiling water, 'covered with greased paper. Serve yvith tomato sauce. Chestnut Soup.—Peel and blanch one-half pound of chestnuts; out in pieces. Add one quart of water, one onion a,nd a half cupful of rice, a little butter and seasoning, When the chestnuts are tender, mash a,nd put through a sieve. Before serv- ing add one cupful of cooked mac- aroni, broken in half-inch pieces, Conform* tot hign standard ediefra good ilaeftif for live kindred /map ilviaae in CcarLaaak !LLE" PERFU ilikkombuinninim fa. 'i-va-',-aa-',--elsdvaaafacats-we , 41filli erakii'ataaaist,M, and one-half cupful of grated cheese. Serve toasted crackers with this. Chicken a la King.—Out the fowl into neat pieces and chop very fine a tiny <mime Heat a cupful of milk in a saucepan, adding a pinch of soda to prevent curdling, and stir into this the onion and chicken meat. As soon as it bubbles, stir in the beaten yolk of an egg and set the saucepan in a pan of boiling water for three minutes, stirring from the bottom several times. Sea- son with a teaspoonful of minced parsley, salt and paprika to your taste. • Arrowroot Pudding.—One heap- ing teaspoonful of arrowroot, one cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of sugar, a little grated nutmeg. Put the arrowroot into a basin, mix with a tablespoonful of the, iilk, put the remainder of milk in a saucepan and boil up, stir the mixed arrowroot into the boiling milk, add the sugar anal stir over the fare until it thickens. Pour in- to a buttered baking dish. Bake for fifteen minutes in a hot oven. A nicely browned meringue on top greatly improves it. Brown and White Sandwiches.— Boston brown bread, -white bread, creamed butter, chopped olives, celery salt, red peppers. Season the butter with a bit of celery salt, finely chopped red peppers and olives, work to a paste. Cut the brown and w.hite bread into thin, even slices,and trim off the crusts until the pieces of bread are of the same size; then spread on the but- ter. Place the slices alternately, first a white and then a brown slice, until you have five layers. Press these down firmly but evenly and with a sharp knife cut down lices about half an inch thick. Stuffed Onions on Toast.—Peel three or 'four large white onions; boil until tender, taking care to keep them whole. Remove the in- side portion, leaving a cup -shaped Take the centeri; chop them, and add to them one cupful of finely chopped ham and some cold boiled rice, the yolk of one egg and milk enough to form a thick paste. Fill the onion cups with this mixture, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake till a light brown. Ha,ve ready some nicely toasted rounds of bread, place an onion on each piece of toast, and serve with a cream sauce. Tips to House To prevent stove off too quickly add a syrup to the polish. To keep white ena discoloring, make a s af baking soda and put the utensils in at hard. They will b when new. Mayonnaise dreiein ate when too much.'sal ded the egg yolks, oil has been dropped the ingredients are n chilled when used. All vegetables ex should be cooked in u es, If cabbage is rath losee color it is becaus put on in cold water, has been covered. If a quart fruit jar is the outlet of the grin possible and held ther ing with the other han will be caught, inste them flying around the ing unnecessary disord To Wash Feather your tubs with hot sod the pillows one at a Souse them up and do with a stiff brush. T clean warm water an the line in hot sunshii ticks dry, beat and sh there violently up an over and over, grabb with both hands and the bunches of featIn inside. Do this agai hanging on the line position after each separating. By the t thers are dry they will fluffy, and if they musty at first they a and nice when you ha them. I Lucid Explat "That's a terrible nursery, Mollie," said "What is the matter keep the baby quiet?' "Sure mum," replie can't keep him quiet him make a noise." 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