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NE morning not long ago a well-dressed foreigner, evidently an American tourist, was found dead on the pavement in a side street of Paris. Twisted about his neck was a dirty handkerchief with which he had been stran gled; he had been brutal ly kicked and beaten, and in his chest were several knife wounds, any in of which would have killed him. The unfortu nate man had been stripped of all money, jewel ry and other valuables. "Les Apaches.” said the police, stolidly. “He she uld have known better than to go prowling p.l out alone at night.” And in the police records another murder v.as put on the score of the thugs of the “gay capital.” Paris is not proud of her Apaches, and the rest of the world has known little of these criminal bands, though theater-goers in many American cities during the last season were given a glimpse of one phase of their life in the skillful but re volting ‘Apache dance” imported from the French music halls. Yet the story of the origin, de velopment and deeds of these outlaw gangs is fascinating, if not edifying. Nearly ten years ago there appeared suddenly in the underworld of Paris a young woman so beautiful and animated that she r‘ once attract ed gtneral attention and admiral,on among its other denizens. Her head was crowned with a great mass of lovely reddish-gold hair, on ac count of which she was promptly nicknamed “Casque d’Or,” or “Golden Helmet.” Suitors quickly flocked about the girl and in time she selected from among them as her protector one I.ecat, known among his comrades as a clever thief and a bold fighter whom the police would be glad to have behind the bars. All went well for a time, until there came on the scene a more attractive scoundrel, named Manda. Pretty, fickle Golden Helmet promptly transferred her affections to the newcomer, and then the trouble began. Lecat, the forsaken, vowed vengeance on his successful rival and summoned his followers to his aid. Manda also had no lack of friends, and soon all the thugs in the district of the Halles or markets had ranged themselves on one side or the other. Many a bloody battle was fought in the streets between the two bands, cheered on by their female friends, j,nd not a few men were slain in these conflicts. Finally in one of the fiercest of the encounters I.ecat himself was killed, and Golden Helmet shouted aloud in joy. But her triumph was short-lived. Another leader for Lecat's band, known as “Le Manchot," sprang up and the feud was continued with increased fury. One night Le Manchot caught Manda ofT his guard and plunged a knife deep into his back, and for weeks the stricken leader lay in hospital near to death. He recovered at last and was being taken in an ambulance to a cell when the blood thirsty Le Manchot. seeing his victim escaping from his vengeance, broke through the police guard, leaped into the vehicle and stabbed Man da to death. For this murder Le Manchot is now serving a life sentence. Golden Helmet, made notorious by the succes sion of battles and crimes which her attractions had instigated, now sought other conquests, and decided that the drama was her forte. Only the intervention of the police prevented her exploita tion by an unscrupulous variety hall manager. Golden Helmet then speedily sank out of sight, but the rivalry for her favor had lasting results. Always the Apaches have one “queen" whose rule over them is absolute if temporary. One of the most notoriousof these was “Chiffonnette,” v-’no reigned last year. She was 23 years old. (all ar.d graceful, and would have been a beauty savefor the loss of one eye and the presence of many scars, the re sults of her numerous boulevard battles. Sue was elaborately tat tooed and was mighty proud of that adorn ment. Chiffonnette'sca reer came to an un timely end last New Year's day. when she engaged in a desperate fight with another woman whom she hat ed. Cheered on by a crowd of her male and female subjects, the queen finally stabbed herautagonist to death with a stiletto, and now she is a prisoner in St. Lazare. This year's queen of the Apaches is Pepe. She is only 18 years old and a^ pretty as a picture, but as fierce as a tigress and a fit leader for the wretch es by whom she is adored. The comparative im munity from arrest and punishment en jo\e j the Apaches is due to their really won er u organization. They form a community by themselves, apart from all the rest of Paris, ''1 . eir ORn laws, courts and executioners; leir secret passwords, and almost their own anguage, for the argot they use is practically unintelligible to others. Merciless toward their victims, they are no less merciless in punishing those of their own number who are convicted of treachery. A few years ago one Painblanc was accused of being in league with the police. He was for mally brought to trial, the judge being a leader know n as 1 Espagnol.” The charge against Painblanc was not fully proved, but his loyalty was so doubtful that he was sentenced to exile. Rising from his chair in the obscure dive where the trial was being held, he hurled his knife at l'Espagnol with unerring accuracy, and the judge fell dead with the blade in his heart. The police rushed in and carried Painblanc to prison, the Apaches making no effort to save him. Another alleged traitor was Albert Durin. He was condemned to death and two Apaches tied him to the rails of a tunnel of the Belt Line railway of Paris. He was found before a train passed and rescued How many traitors have been executed by their comrades it is impossible to know, for only in such cases as the foregoing do the police learn about the operations of the “tribunals.” The Apache highwayman operates swiftly and skillfully, and lone strangers in the streets of Paris are never safe from his attacks. His favo rite method, known as “le coup du Pere Fran cois. is to strangle his victim by twisting a handkerchief about his neck. After robbing the senseless man. the thug frequently will kill him with the knife, for the Apaches seem to delight in wanton murder done in what they choose to consider an “artistic” way. If the criminal is arrested, a score of his companions spring up apparently from the very pavement, and unless the police are in force they are speedily routed and the prisoner is rescued. An observant visitor in Paris may see Apaches, male and female, on almost any street, but it is in the Place de la lloquette that they are to be found in crowds on ocasion. There is set ud the recently restored guillotine, and whenever there is to be an execution the Apaches tlock from all districts of the city to witness the ghastly sight. Silently they stand, gazing at the1 grim instrument of death, until the condemned individual is brought forth. Then jeers and howls break forth from the crowd, and as the knife falls the Apaches rush forward to dip their handkerchiefs in the blood. These they preserve as souvenirs, or sell them to the degenerates of the upper classes. Strangely enough, the male Apa ches nearly all look alike. They are hollow-cheeked, dark-haired, furtive eyed. shambling of gait and sallow of complexion-always easily recognized among the throngs on the streets. The women on the other hand, as a rule, are handsome, spirited and in telligent. They dress well and give especial attention to the care of their hair, which they never cover with a hat. All of them, men and women, profess to follow some trade as a safeguard against the occasional raids of the police on their haunts. Official Paris is somewhat dis mayed by the rapidly growing men ace of these Apaches bands. The number of robberies and murders at tributable to them is increasing monthly, and as the victims very often are travelers from foreign lands, the crimes are having an appreciable effect on tourist business. _ ‘FLAG DAY.” My Mrs. Edward Dunroy-Reed. The general observance of June 14 as ' Flag Day” suggests the thought that “Old Cllory" was mature at its birth. But its infancy dates back to the earliest recorded American history. At the time of the birth of “The Star Spangled Banner' tradition and verified history had marked some S00 years since the advent of the first European upon American soil. The Norseman and the Danes landed upon the northeastern shores of this continent several times between the years 986 and K>00. as is proven by their own records. In 1492 Columbus planted the flag of Spain on First Flag to Float Over North American Soil. ‘‘Ited Cross of St. George” the banner of Richard * mjcr dr I,ion in 119;, and planted at labrador by Se bastian Cabot in 1497 as the royal ensign of Henry VII. the Island of Sau Salvador, one of the Bahamas, and again in 149S at the month of the Orinoco in South America; but the first flag to float over the soil of the North American continent of which his tory tells was planted on the shore of I^abrador in 1497 by Sebastian Cabot. The first stage of evolution was marked two years before the settlement of Jamestown, when James I. of Kugland, in honor of the union, placed the diagonal white cross of St. Andrew with the red cross of St. George, both upon a blue field. This is the first blending of the American national colors known to history. The red. white and blue is therefore as old as the country, as it appeared in the flags which floated over the Virginia settle ment and was the flag of the Mayflower and of Plymouth. A Use for Liquid Air. Liquid air made from carbon diox ide. according to Dr. David Hubbard. ,'iquifies at a pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square inch. When liberated at a low temperature it becomes car bonic acid snow, crystallizing into a substance resembling common white • halk, though of greater brilliance. This snow has been applied with great effect tc many skin diseases, such as 'tioies, warts, birthmarks, etc., a ten second application ending the growth knd causing it to disappear. Nothing Unexpected A young New York broker of con vivial habits fell in with an old school friend who had gone on the road “Whenever you're in town come up and bunk with me," he urged his friend as they separated “No matter what old time it is. If I'm not there just go ahead and make yourself at home. I'll be sure to turn up before daybreak.” Soon after this the salesman aridved in town about midnight, and, remem bering hia friend’s invitation, sought out his boarding house. There was only a dim light flickering in the hall, i but he gave the bell a manful pull. Presently he found himself face to face with a landlady of grim and ter rible aspect. "Does Mr. Smith live here?" he fal tered. “Ke does,” snapped the landlady. 'You ran tiring him right in.”—Every body's Magazine. Just Possible. ‘‘Truth is stranger than fiction.” quoted the moralizer. "And I suppose a good many men avoid it,” rejoined the demoralizer, 'because they are averse to associat iag with strangers.” Convenience in Germany. A purchase in a German tobacco shop entitles you to one telephone call. GIRLS LEARMNG HOW TO PROWOE A ^DINNER " • WARMHG TO PREPARE AH IHFAHTd FOOD Tears ago Solomon set the value I of a good housewife above that of ru bies. To-day. being scarcer than at the time when he expressed his his toric opinion, she is even more pre cious. There is a human touch about the old joke wherein the newly-mar ried husband finds trouble in masti cating his wife's cake, and. being told that she made it out of the cookery book. suggests that his piece con tains some of the cover of the vol ume. Especially among the working-class es is a knowledge of cookery and the housewifely arts a luxury rather than a matter of course at the present day, and because of this the London coun ty council has inaugurated a special school of housewifery at Brixon, and classes in kindred subjects at over 200 of its ordinary schools. This being the case, when Mary Smith arrives in one of the highest standards of her particular school she is now initiated into the dark myster ies of cookery, bed-making, the care and feeding of her baby brother or sister, the making and mending of her own clothes, washing, mangling, ironing, and other things which her mother ought to have taught her, but was unable to enligh*en her upon, for the best of all reasons—that she was ignorant of them herself. Mary, if she is lucky enough to at- j tend the special school at Brixton, I iearns how to be a scientific modern j housekeeper. She is sent into the i splendid laundry and shown how to \ wash special articles of apparel. For j instance she is taught not to put her ; brother's flannel shirt into boiling water with soda in it. because it? unhappy owner would never be able i to get into it again after such treat- j ment. To Mary's astonishment there is a wrong and a right way even in such j an apparently simple business as washing clothes, while, when she takes her turn in the mangling and ironing department, and learns how linen should be ironed and finished, she begins to look on a competent washerwoman as a being worthy of the deepest respect. Of course, dressing and undressing j and washing “baby” is the best fun in Mary Smith's estimation. What Mary does not know about the proper treatment of an infant would, as a rule, fill a large volume, and what she does know is hardly worth mention ing. For this reason she is rot en couraged to bring a small relation for practice work ; "baby” is an inanimate infant and takes the form of a large doll. Thus, without any danger to any- j one, Mary Smith learns from actually doing how to dress and undress a , young child, wash it, put it to bed, and generally provide for its well be ing. Everything is done on strictly economical lines; a superannuated banana crate makes an excellent cra dle when money is a consideration, and baby will sleep just as happily in it as in the most elaborate resting place modern skill can provide. They also tell Mary that beer and sardines, and similar delicacies, are bad for a little thing, although grown ups may enjoy them with more or less impunity, and so she is instructed in the art of preparing the proper I food for babies, and how to make a I limited outlay of money go as far as ; possible in feeding them. Although healthy people can sleep on almost anything, if you have a bed in tbe house it is as well to undet stand it. There is more in making a bed than meets the eye, and at the London county council they show Mary how the best wives do it.. Beds ought to be aired properly, too; and although Mary was taught how to wash the blankets and sheets in the laundry, she is told that proper venti lation is almost as necessary as prop er washing. She also discovers that a bolster need not really be lumpy, and many other little details lhat the good housewife ought to knovr. In the course of time Mary becomes an excellent cook. The instruction is practical. The cookery is based on moderate incomes and Mary is taught within her means. The great aim of her instructress is to teach her how to make whatever income sae may have at her disposal in the future go as far as possible, and to spend it in the most profitable manner so as to secure the utmost value for every penny. Also, the L. C. C. have another ec.d in view almost as important as teach ing London girls to make the most of what they have to spend. They argue that if a girl takes an interest and a pride in household mat ters. whether in a home of her own or in her mother’s house, she has the best possible occupation, and if she can be induced to make a hobby of housework it keeps her away from too many amusements, some of which may not be altogether desirable, and saves her from the feverish desire for change and excitement at ail times, which is such an unfortunate trait in the characters of the working-classes, as of others, to-day. They consider that if Mary is cook ing the supper or putting the baby to bed she will not be at a music-hall, and that domestic pursuits are far more interesting than song ar.d dance turns if she only knew it. Finally, Mary Smith is taught to make and mend her own clothes. She is encouraged to make sewing a rec reation after the sterner occupations of cooking and washing, and it is pointed out to her that while you are sitting down to rest you might as well do a little needlework as read a novelette. Moreover, the instructress draws her attention to the fact that if you will buy your own material and make it up yourself, you get a great deal better value for your money than if you buy ready-made clothes. “You can’t make your own boots. Mary, my dear,” pursues the instruct ress. “but you can make your own clothes, and they'll look better and last longer than any you can buy at the shops. And. by the way, this is the one and only way to make a respectable darn.” etc., etc. By the means described in this ar ticle it is hoped to train up & genera tion of women who know all there is to know about managing their homes and looking after their families. Left Child Tied Outside Barroom. A cable message from London to the Mail and Express of Toronto tells of theoperation of the new children's act in London. The law. the report says, proved a great boon on Sunday to the tea places at the popular holi day resorts. Parents being unable legally to take their children into the barroom had tea with them instead. Inquiries at many tea shops did not reveal a single instance of the children being left alone there while their par ents visited the bars. Dover, however, had the sight the other day of a little child tied to a lamp-post outside a barroom. It caused a crowd to gather, and the police made inquiries. They found the child’s father drinking with in the bar. As he was unable to take his child with him he had adopted this method of preventing the young ster from straying. Strictly Thoughtful. Actor—My new part is one which requires a great deal of thought. Cruel Friend—Yes. I heard you bad another thinking part. NEW IDEA IN PHOTOGRAPHY Woman Has Discovered Method of Transferring Negative Directly to Tile. It has remained for Miss Marion Peters of Middletown, Pa., to photo graph directly upon ceramics. About j ten specimens of her work were in cluded in the exhibition of photo graphs that was held a short time at the Franklin institute. It was the first exhibit of this kind to be made anywhere, for while me chanically printed photographs on ceramics are quite common, this is the first time where the work, trans ferred directly from the i«-gative to the tile, has been seen. The superior ity of the work by Miss Peters’ pro cess is unquestionable, as it retains all the fine lines and sharpness and clearness of the negative, but also has a softness of its own that makes the pictures extremely attractive. The most remarkable feature of her method is th- t the pictures are mnde permanent l y res .rr.of their b- ing covered by the enamel that is insep arable from the tile. The subjects ex hibited are varied and include an ex ceptionally fine medallion of Martin Luther, German market scenes and numerous interior and exterior views. One of the latter, a view of the fore castle of a steamship, is wonderful for detail. The forecastle is shown, and beneath that a portion of the main deck. So sharp is the work that ropes and small objects are clearly depicted, although the picture is a miniature. During the year of 1908, it is safely presumed from the nearest figures ob tainable, there was enough coffee drunk in the United States alone to fill a cistern 20 miles long, one mile wide and two miles deep. Of the 78. 000,000 people of the United States, 84 per cent, are coffee drinkers. There were more than 11,000- carloads of coffee grain brought into this country last year, or G7 shiploads, to say noth ing of smaller shipments that are not recorded. To Enjoy the full confidence of the Well-Informed of the World and the Commendation of the most eminent physicians it was essen tial that the component parts of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be known to and approved by them: there fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub lishes a full statement with every package. Tlie perfect purity and uniformity of pro duct, which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical character, are assured by the Company's original method of man ufacture known to the Company only. The figs of California are used in the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but the medicinal principles are obtained from plants known to act most beneficially. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine—manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by all leading druggists. HOW CARELESS! He—There was nearly a bad fire at the theater. She—How was that? He—The villain lit a cigarette and tossed the match into the snow! TORE HIS SKIN OFF In Shreds—Itching Was Intense Sleep Was Often Impossible. Cured by Cuticura in Three Week*. “At first an eruption of small pus tules commenced on my hands. These spread later to other parts of my body, and the itching at times was intense, so much so that I literally tore the skin off in shreds in seeking relief. The awful itching interfered with my work considerably, and also kept me awake nights. I tried several doc tors and used a number of different ointments and lotions but received practically no benefit. Finally I set tled down to the use of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pill*, with the result that in a few days al! itching had ceased and in about three weeks’ time all traces of my eruption had disappeared. I have had no trou ble of this kind since. H. A. Kruta koff, 5714 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Ill, November 18 and 28, 1907.” Potter Dreg a Cbeai. Corp., Sole Props., Boston. Home-Made Names. “That little girl,” remarked the druggist to the doctor, “was just In for ten cents worth of tincture of ben zine. But I've had it before and gave her benzoin.” "That was easy.” answered the doc tor. “This morning on a diphtheria case the woman wanted to know if I administered antitoxin with an epi demic syringe.” Good to Remember. Physical defects can be turned into incentives to success instead of draw backs, what we look upon as handi caps in the end may prove spurs to en able us to reach the goal of desire, if we know but how to use them. We make our own bappines, we carve our own success.—Exchange. Red. Weak. Weary. Watery Eyea Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu rine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain. Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists. A girl never likes to admit she was kissed unless she wasn't. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. You pay 10c tor cigars not »o good. 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