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SIGN JOINT NOTE
Powers at Pokin Finally Arrive at
Agreoemnt.
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Forward move for peace begun
taut OhMnclo Removed mill All Hand
Happy yiicullon Up to China Nom-
Document to ltii Delivered to I.I
Hung Chung -Other Now
A Pokin. Dec. 22 dispatch snys: The
Inst tiliitnuU having been removed, the
joint note was signed today by nil the
foreign ministers, Including the envny
from the Netherlands, who arrived
only recently. The note will he de
livered to III Hung Chung and l'rlnee
Citing, the Chinese envoys, iin soon as
the former shall have sulllelently re
covered from his indisposition.
The Chinese close to Li Hung Chung
still prefer to believe, Respite tlie
shining of the note, which they did
not believe would take place, that the
principal negotiations must be carried
on in Imiope or Amoileu. They re
sent the llrltish modilieatioit. for, as
they say, some power or other powers
might not be satislied until the indem
nity lias been paid in full, which would
mean the occupation of Pokin for mi
indellnlte time, ns it cannot be expect
ed Unit China can raise what would be
required 1,000,000.1)1)0 taels at once
As a matter of fact it will take several
years.
TO MAKE IT CAPITAL CRIME
Stern Measure rrupiiM'tl for Kidnaper
In IllliioU,
The Illinois general assembly, which
convenes in limitary, will be tiikeil to
make kidnaping for ransom punisha
ble by death. Stirred by the kidnap
ing of young Kdward Cudahy and his
Release on payment of S25,0m in gold,
some member of tlie slate legislature
are determined that the Illinois laws
shall be amended so as to make liable
to the gallows any one w.io may com
mit similar crimes In this state. Al
ready three state representatives from
Chicago districts aie engaged in draft
ing bills to be presented to the legisla
tme. The present law prescribes n pen
alty of five years lmpiisoiimeiit or a
line of S 100 or both, at the discretion
of the court.
Moth democratic and republican
members of the new general assembly
assort that the death penalty will be
adopted by n unanimous vote.
GARDNER TOLD TO GO.
New York District Attorney Iteinovod
1'roin (mice.
Ail Albany, X. Y., dispatch of De
cember 22, says: Governor Iloosevclt
announced that he had removed from
otllco Col. Asa Mini Gardner, district
attorney of New York county, on
charges preferred by Deputy Attorney
J. II. Hammond, and had appointed
Kugene .1. Philbin of the state chari
ties board to the vacancy. Mr. Phil
biu is a democrat.
In n long memorandum the governor
sets forth his reasons for removing
Colonel Gardner, lie says:
"The charge vitally affect lug the con
duct of the district attorney is that
which relate to his attl.ude at and
about election toward the indictment
of Chief of Police Devery after the lat
ter had issued a scandalously improper
and seditious order to the police force
slider him."
PAT CROWE IS SUSPECTED
Thought to Ilitvn Hud lltiml In Cudahy
Kldiittplug.
It is said by Chicago police officials
that Pat Crowe, who is suspected of
being connected with the kidnaping of
young Cudahy, left here for Omaha
alKiut two weeks ago, and that other
well known characters in ills set arc
also there. While Crowe was serving
n seuteuco in Joliet ills wife worked
as forewoman in the labeling depart
ment of the Cudahy Packing company
in Omaha.
Market Ovcrtuppiicil.
The Western Packers' Canned Goods
Association met in Chicago December
-0, at which thirty packers from Iowa,
Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois were
present. The chief topic of discussion
was tlie manner in which to deal with
the oversupply of canned goods now on
the market. Ab a remedy for the
over-production the packers present
were unanimously in favor of curtail
ing the acreage devoted to canned
goods next year.
' Three Children Drowned.
Eiiirene, aged four years; Julia, aged
eight and Francis, aged six, children
of Raymond Ueutim, a farmer residing
near Ojlbway, Out., were drowned
late December -'0 by falling through a
hole in the ice on Turkey creek, near
their homo. Tito father found their
lifeless bodies at the bottom of the
creek under about four feet of water.
Kpuulfth Caldnct C'rlilH Panned,
The Spanish cliamhur of deputies
approved the clause hi this special na
val budget regarding the Increase of
the navy In ease of necessity and con
sequently tho minister of marine will
retain his portfolio. The cabinet crisis
has passed.
Mill lleail it ICUIng,
Gun. Osinan Pasha, who led tho Kurd
rising In I87t), told ti representative of
the London Dally Moil that ho would
leave London to bcreT another rising
to frco Kurdlbtan from Turkish rule,
SAYS REVOLT IS SPREADING
Dutch ut C'npo Colony Lining Up Willi
lIlllTK.
"We understand that private relia
ble advices have been received hi Lon
don," says the Dally Mall, "to the ef
fect that virtually "all the districts of
Cape Colony, hi the vicinity of the
Orange river, arc in more or less open
if volt um! that there is likely to be
sharp lighting on a largo scale before
the invasion is crushed. The tactics
of tlie Hows In rullytug as many as
possible of the Dutch In the back
country to th dr cause arc proving suc
cessful." Frewltz, Capo Town correspondent
of the Dally Mall says:
"The second Invading force was de
signed to occupy llrittown,hut, being
checked by the De Aur troops, It has
disappeared in to the Cedarburg moun
tains. An etioimous coneeutratlou of
troops is being made upon the veldt
country occupied by tlie invaders, but
It is not likely the Moors will oiler bat
tle in large numbers."
A dispatch from De Aur, Cape Colo
ny, says the yoemanry have driven the
Moors out of llont Kraal, the enemy re
tiring westward.
('onfmHi'N to Theft of Money.
A disp.itch mentioned the fact of the
l'olk County Independent safe having
been opened and SI I hi money taken,
Ti c young man who took the money
was arrested at Silver Creels and
brought back- by Sheriff Nuquist and
in Ills 'trial before County Judge Mall
he pleaded guilty to petit larceny, re
turning S3 of the money, and the
judge gave him a sentence of fifteen
days in the county jail, no part of
which will lie on bread and water.
The young man had been a trusted
employe in the Independent ofllce and
thus learned the combination of the
safe. In view of the fact that ho
served as a member of the Third Ne
braska regiment the judge was dis
posed to be lenient.
Captured Three Burglar.
A clever capture of three burglars
wiii made near Thdon. Noli., by John
Ashburn and an assistant. Thieves had
stolen 81, .loo worth of dry goods the
night previous from Wolf Mros.' store
at Hlgin, nineteen miles distant, and
olllccrs had been notified by telephone
of the fact. Tlie prisoners were
heavily armed and made some show of
resistance to arrest, but were eventual
ly brought to town and are now in the
custody of the sheriff. All the stolen
goods wore in their possession, packed
in grain sacks and loaded into a heavy
spring wagon.
Tho Men Accused of Theft.
A dctecllve sworo out complaints
against John Whalen and John Uich
ardson, at Plattsmouth, Neb., charg
ing them with stealing a large quantity
of brass from the local shops. Ulcli
tirdsou was captured in Omaha while
trying to dispose of some of the metal.
Moth men have signed a written con-fessi'-n
admitting even more than is
set forth in the complaints. Justice
Archer bound them over in the sum of
330 each. Whalen has been employed
by the company for many years and is
well known in the community.
Teller Said to lie .Short.
Harry 1C. Wiener, teller of the Secu
rity Title and Trust company, a bank
ing institution of New York City, is
said by the officials of tho company to
bo short S'.'O.OOO in his accounts. Wle
ser has secured the bank by transfer
ring to it leal estate valued ut ','0,000.
Wiescr has broken down and lies at his
homo suffering from nervous prostra
tion. It is believed that he had been
trading in the stock market.
Itoily of .Soldier Drought Home.
The remains of Harry C. Flsk, one
of the First Nebraska boys who died at
Honolulu on his way to the Philip
pines, have arrived at Adams, and
were taken to the home of his mother ,
.Mrs. N. M. White. A snort service
will bo held and the remains laid tc
rest in Highland cemetery at Adams.
Jliiml Mangled In Sheller.
Fred Kaicr, a farmer who lives eight
miles southwest of Adams, while work
ing around a corn sheller got his hand
into tlie gearing which ran diagonally
across the hand before tlie machine
coulu be stopped. Dr. W. N. Itainey
was called and found it ucccssary to
amputated the baud.
AecitHcil of Stealing (.'utile.
Howard G. Plnney, of Merrick, 111.,
has been arrested, charged with sell
Inir cattle valued at St, .100 belonging
to a Chicago commission company.
Plnney resold and his agents shipped
the cattle to a St. Louis firm while the
agent of the Chicago firm was absent
in tlie country.
Tho Killed lly n Trnln.
A Murlington, Cedar Kaplds . North
ern passenger train struck a buggy
containing three young men. named
Hcinsell, near Shell Kock, Iowa, Dec.
20th. Two of them were instantly
killed and the third fatally hurt.
Tnke t'p CchhIoii of Inland
The Spanish cabinet council has de
cided to present to the chamber the
project of the sale to the I'nited Stateb
of Cagayan island and other Islands of
the Philippine group.
Oppose Aliment)' Hill.
The Aurore, of Paris, publishes a
boven column article from M. Zola to
President Loubet piotcbting in char
acteristically eloquent terms against
the passage of the amnesty bill, which
ho calls a "grave fault" of the govern
ment. Ciinnul Stnwo KutiiriiH.
,T. 0. Stowo, consul general to South
Africa, at Capetown, arrived hi New
York December 20th, on his vacation,
on the now Med Stat liner Yandorlaud.
AFTER KIDNAPERS
Omaha Dctoctive3 on Trail of
Young Cudahy's Abductors.
CHIEF OF POLICE WEAVING A WEB
Ono Innocent Dane Arretted, llul llunlly
l'roe An Alllil Notorious 1'ul
Croon Still Nimpoctcd of Helng
Tlio Lender In the Crime.
There was considerable commotion
in police circles in Omaha Monday,
December !M. w hen the officers brought
in a Dane named F.d. Johnson, suspect
ed of being one of the Cudahy kid
nappers. Ills personal appearance
tallied exactly with the description
given by Miss Munshaw of the man
who inquired about theSchnelderwlnd
cottage about ten days before the
abduction. She said he apparently
wanted to rent It. She described him
as a man about forty-live years of age,
black hair and moustache, through
which were sprinkled many gray hairs.
She said ho was of medium helghth
wearing a dark suit.
The police officers have been seek
ing this man ever since, and Sunday
found him in a little cottage at Twenty-sixth
and Hickory streets. This W
not very far from the house where
vounir Cudaliv was imprisoned. There
are several children In the family, the
eldest daughter keeping house for the
man. It Is said Ills wife deserted him
over a year ago. Johnson was brought
Into tlie office of the chief of police and
put into tlie sweat bo v. lie was also
confronted by lMdie Cudahy, who
listened to the man talk for a few mo
ments, and at once said emphatically
that he was not the man who arrested
htm on the street and carried him oil'.
Later Johnson proved an alibi and was
released.
The importance of this arrest lies in
the fact that itH sequel proves con
clusively that there were but two kid
nappers, whereas at the outset there
were supposed to lie four, and for two
days the police have said that there
were but three. There were two oth
er men described by the neighbors, one
a tall man of light complexion, and
tlie other a little stocky fat-faced man.
From the several descriptions of tills
big fellow by the neighbors in the vi
cinity of tlie Schuciderwiiid cottage
the police detectives are certain that
he is the uotoiious Pat Crowe.J whose
criminal record In Chicago and South
Omaha stamp him as one of the most
accomplished and during crooks in the
country.
There Iseveiy reason to believe that
Crowe left Omaha after tlie abduction
and arrived at Denver on tlie first
train. There is a studied effort on the
part of the chief of police and his de
tectives to give the impression that
Crowe is not wanted, but the facts re
main that they have been working
on his trail ever since the kidnaping
and know his movements for weeks
prior to that time If Crowe is inno
cent he knew he would be suspected
and pulled ot.t to avoid trouble.
A detective who knows him like a
book said that Pat Crowe undoubt
edly planned the abduction, and hired
a man to assist him; that the hired
man would get but very little of the
plunder, and that tho strong proba
bility is that Crowe is the only man
who knows where the gold coin is
buried. This much is certain, if
Crowe is found he will have to prove
nn alibi. A perfect description of tlie
second man is in the hands of tlie offi
cers. lie it was who guarded the boy in
the cottage, and there is no doubt that
Kddie Cudahy would know the man's
voice the moment he heard it. The
detectives also have got this man's
tivanderings pretty well lined up
covering a week's time prior to the
abduction, and the presumption Is that
he is a stranger In these parts.
Chief Donahue has said he would
give no more information in the case
until arrests had been made, yet he
claims to be gratified with progress
made so far.
SIOUX FALLS THE LARGEST
Tho C'cnNim rigureH on Cltlcn of South
Dakota.
The population of certain incorpor
places in South Dakota having a popu
lation of more than ',',000, but less than
25.000 is as follows:
Aberdeen 1,037 Mitchell . . . .4,0,".
llrooklngs . . ..a, 310 Pierre '.',.'100
Deadwood....3,IOS Sioux Falls. KU'CO
Huron S.H'.i.l Vermillion. .2, 183
Lead 0,210 Watertown. .3,332
Madison.... 1,330 Yankton. . ..1,125
DlsmUen,ll The Null.
The supremo courtof Ohio dismissed,
on motion of Attorney General Sheets,
the cases against these companies
brought by Attorney General Monnctt:
Solnr Itctlnlng company, Ohio Oil com
pany, Muckeye Pipe Line company,
Standard Oil company of Ohio and the
Continental Tobacco company. Tlie
cases are all dismissed without record
and at, the cost of the state.
FIND CAUSE FORDISCHARGE
Bt, .Jimeph 1'imtnl Clerk AcciiHcd of
IrnxnhirltlcH.
Postofllce inspectors have been dili
gently but secretly at work for two
weeks probing irregularities at St.
Jcscph, Mo., and suspended three of
the oldest clerks hi tho service on a
charge of destroying mall matter. Pa
trons of the otllco have been complain
tng to tlie postmaster general that
they could not get regularly publica
tions that were being sent them and
asked for an Investigation, The crime
is punishable by imprisonment.
BLOW KILLS A YOUNG BOXER
1'ntiil Termination of n Vrltn right ut
riilliiilelphln,
Frank Marr, aged nineteen years,
died In a hospital at Philadelphia fol
lowing a boxing contest at the Petin
Art club. Joseph Kelly, who was
Marr's opponent, and Frank Mender
son, the referee, were arrested.
A tournament between local ama
teurs had been In progress at the club.
Marr was knocked out by a boxer who
was afterward ilisoualltled. This al
lowed Marr to enter the llnals. He
boxed four i omuls with Kill White and
was awarded the decision. He then
met Kelly. The llrst round was fast
mid Kell'v sent Itai r to the lloor. Hell-
dei son. under the amateur rules, stop
ped the round. Il.irr eiime up for the
second touml and Kelly so far out
classed him that the light was. stopped.
Marr sfaggerred as he was leaving the
ring and it was decided to send him to
a hospital. Ileie it was found he had
a fractured skull and death followed
soon after.
DIE AT THE SAME MOMENT
1'uther and Son Meet llorrlhle lute In
Machine simp.
Kdward Clark, aged sixty-eight, and
Ills sou. William, aged thirty-eight
years, both of Camden. N. J., met
horrible deaths while at work at a
machine shop In Philadelphia Decem
ber t"i Young Clark was seized with
chills and In an attempt to get relief
climbed a ladder to the lop of a large
boiler. In a few minutes his fellow
workmen, among them his father,
heard the noise of escaping steam.
The father, reali..ng his son's danger,
mounted the ladder to William's res
cue, lie missed his footing and fell
on a big wheel and was gioiind to
pieces. Young Clark was scalded to
death before relief could be bad. The
safety ball of the boiler had dropped
off aiid allowed the forty pound pres
sure of steam in the bollei to escape.
SEIZE WOMAN'S BAGGAGE
Sunkor of leUIn siege Held to Letter of
the I..IW.
At New York, on December 22. Miss
Mary Comllt-SmlthV baggage was ie
tallied by tlieoustimsndthiritics when
it was tiikeu from the American liner
SI. Louis today and sent to the ap
praiser's stores. Miss Coiiiht Smith ex
plained that she had lost all her cloth
ing In the seige of Pels hi. and that she
had purchased a new wardrobe while
in Paris. She pleaded that as her
clothing had been lost in the ilelouse
of Pokin she was entitled to bring into
this country that which she had pur
chased abroad. Deputy Collector Mot
rliiian and Deputy Surveyor Dowllng
said, however, that it was not for them
to Interpret the law and that they
therefore would have, to confiscate her
trunks and bags.
VICTIM OF SIX DAY RACE
Oncnr Aroiimm Die " Itenult of III
Injuries.
A New York dispatch says- Oscar
Aronson, the bicycle rider, who was
injured by a fall in a six day bicycle
race, died In the New York hospital.
Harry Kikes, who, with Floyd Mac
Farlan'd, won the recent six-day race,
before .1.000 persons in Madison Square
Garden.showcdhissuperlority ny ne.u-
iiiir.Minmv Michael in a l.Vmile race-
The men started from opposite sides of
the track, but. before they had traveled
three miles. Kikes caught Michael and
at tho seventh mile lapped him. The
race was won by Mi laps. Time,
Jii:03 'J 3.
FOUND FREEZING IN ALLEY
Treaiirer of it Lodge (lagged and Left
to Die.
N. J. Neillsen. treasurer of the Work
men lodge of Mitchell, S. 1)., was hold
up by footpads December 22, bound
and gagged, his pockets rilled of SJ50
and left lying in an alley to freeze.
When found by a night watchman
Ncillscn's hands and feet were badly
frozen, and lie was unconscious, The
money taken from his pockets was
funds he had collected as treasurer of
the lodge and which lie was preparing
to turn over to his successor, "'here
is no clue to the perpetrators of tho
crime.
Think It u Unie of .Smallpox.
There Is considerable excitement
at Henderson. Neb., over tlie discovery
of a case of supposed smallpov G.
Kost returned from Grand Island, and
It is supposed that while there ho con
tracted tho disease. He stopped at
the hotel for the past two or three
days, complaining of not fojling well,
anil stayed around his brother's bil
liard hail and other places of business,
and nearly every one in Henderson
has been exposed. The chairman of
the village board called Dr. Shldler, of
York, who examined the patient, and
says that If it is a case of smallpox It
Is quite mild. Mr. Fost has been re
moved to his father's home in tlie
country.
Society note in tho Preston Plain
dealer: Horn, to the wife of Georgo
Shaffor, a hoy. on Monday. 'Wo sup
pofo it will be iicccBsiiry for her to
temporarily give up her school ut
Hunker 1UIL .
Vnliiiildo Mull Touch Stolen.
A disrateh to the Chicago Uncord
from Helena. Mont., says;
A registered mail pouch due to leave
hero for tho east is missing, it evi
dently having been stolen between the
posto'lllcc and tho depot. The pouch
was an extremely valuable one, con
taining, as it did, the principal portion
of Christmas remembrances sent east
from here, being duo In Chicago Mom
day morning.
A man who ought to bo contented
in Burlington Is Mr. Dull
LITTLE INSECT PESTl
ARM TUB BNBflY OP CUftrtON HOUSU PLANTS
The arch enemy of the window Har
den Ih the Insect pest. They spoil a
phint'H good looks mid lower Its vital
ity until It either dies outilght or
ceases to bloom or make active growth.
Probably not one woman In twenty
takes her plants through a winter
without having them attacked sooner
or later by Insects. Once on the spot
and unmolested, they Increase like the
hordes of Kgypt. eating the leaves and
sucking the nap until they quite ruin
the little garden.
The reason Insects are worse on
house plants than In the Harden Is be
cause the first are grown under highly
nrtlllrlal conditions. Living rooms arc
ttuhcalthfully hot; the potted plants
are cramped hi root and subject to
water gorge or thirst starvation If tho
watering pot Is In cureless hands.
Moreover the atmosphere is surcharg
ed with dust ami coal smoke. Ami us
Insects always attack first weak and
dirty foliage there Is u special attrac
tion to them In eveiy struggling house
plant.
The common house Insects are aphis,
or green plant Ioukc, the sculo and the
red spider. The aphis In the most
common. Tho usual recommended
kerosene cuiuIhIoii will kill them read
ily enough, hut the trouble Is that at
the Unit sprinkle they drop off and
full to the earth. Here they hide,
ready as soon as the flurry Is over to
climb up to the stems ami go sucking
the plant's Juices again. To avoid this
lift the plant from the shelf with great
fin o. so as not to Jar or dltiloilgu them.
Wrap a cloth around the top of the
pot ami close to the plant's stems, ho
the earth In the pot can neither tumble
out nor the Insects tumble In. Then
quickly Invert the plant's top Into a
pan of water, and If the water Is quite
warm so much the better. Lift the
plant out ami shake vigorously. Dip
again In the water, then again shake,
ii ml so continue until every tiny louse
ANTI-PROFANITY CONFERENCE
An nnti-prof.inlty conference was re
cently held In Albany. N. Y under
the' auspices of the Holy Name So
ciety, a Komiiu Catholic organization.
The Holy Name societies of Mrooklyn
recently assembled In that city, mid
marched thtongh the streets In a great
procession. The thousands of men In
line represented no less than sixty so-
THE PISTOL HABIT.
Our the Court Should Do Their licit
to DlneiiurMKe.
The courts are not severe enough It
would seem from the unremitting ac
counts of crime and accident, In pun
ishing the pistol carriers. The law
against the bearing of com cnled weap
ons Is susceptible of much more effec
tive application than is usually given
to It. The luihlt of currying "guns'
i still clings to the Inhabitants of cities,
nnd the death record Is swelled aiinu
ally as a lesult. A tragedy In New
York the other day Illustrated the evil
forcibly. A man was kneeling on the
sidewalk In lion I of his place of em
ployment, marking a packing case,
when another man chanced to pass
Just as the worker turned his head
and expectorated on the sidewalk. The
pedestrian was angeied at a supposed
insult, and after the exchange of a few
words, diew a pistol ami fired a fatal
shot Into the kneeling man. Within a
minute two lives were ruined for a
trifle. The man with the pistol nuver
had the slightest legitimate need for
the weapon, Doubtless never In his
life had he been in such danger as to
warrant Its use or even display, par
ticularly while proceeding through the
streets of a city In broad daylight. It
Is with the pistol carriers engaged In
otherwise proper pursuits Just hi large
measure as It is with the burglars, ob
serves the Washington Star. They are
potential man-slayeis, and as such
are amenable to severe punishment
when detected. If the courts were to
Insist upon proper verdicts In the
homicide enses which so often the ju
ries will leniently term manslaughter
or Justifiable killing, and were to Im
pose the maximum penalties whenever
pistol hearers tiro convicted of the of
fense, this "habit," a relic of tho fron
tier days und the wild times of war,
would be discouruged.
C'orimtalli 1'oUnn C'nttlfl.
Cattlemen In tho vicinity of Kim
hall, S. I)., are much exercised over
losses of cattle which have boon graz
ing In Holds of cornstalks. Nearly ov
ery eattlo raiser bus lost from ono to
twenty head, nnd examination of the
stomachs of tho dead animals shows
no unusual conditions. Sometimes a
steer will drop dead almost lmmedl-
EGYPTIAN WOMEN
Tho condition of woman In ISgypt has
greatly changed since tho old days
when Cleopatra reigned supromo upon
the Nile nnd had tho whole world ut
her feet. Miss Carrlo Uitclmunn.a mls
clonary of sevon years' experlenco,
testifies that woman's lot Is, perhaps,
t.ao most deplorahlo feature of tho
sountry. "They uro rated bolow
has been tllHlodgid, Klnso the top
well In clean water ami return to the
window. If a thorough Job litis liocn
done there will he no moro trouble,
but the plant should be examined
again In a couple of days and, If need
he, the treatment repeated.
Scale Insects stick to the hark or
leaves as though they were glued
there. DlHlodge them with a wooden
toothpick, keeping a close lookout for
them and finish by washing the plant
well In soupy water. This must bo
repeated every few days until no more,
scale can he found. They are not
over-coiniuon, hut a peculiarly stub
born pest. Kcd spider Is almost us
common us aphis, hut so liny that few
know that this Is what Is the mi.ttcr
with theh plants. When without any
apparent reason leaves turn a sickly
color or show little yellow specks all
over them, or begin to curl at tho
edges, we may suspect llttlo Mr. Hod
Spider, no bigger than a grain of red
pepper and camping with his wife and
b.ihlrs, his parents, grandparents,
aunts, uncles ami cousins on tho under
side of the plant's lo.ivcs. Too hot and
too diist air Is the cause of the red
spider. There Is one sure and simple
remedy for hlm and his. It Is water.
Have It warm and plenty of It, and
see that the under side of tho leaves
get us much wotting as the uppor.and
this foe Is soon vanquished. A plant
can bu dipped In water us hot as the
hand can be home In It and It will not
hurt in the least, If not kept longer at
a time beneath the water than two or
three seconds. That degree, of heat kills
the red spider quickly. Dip half a
dozen times In the hot water in quick
succession and tho work Is done.
Wash all plant leaves often. A
clean plant is not Inviting to Insects.
Kill the first foe that makts his ap
pearance ami you have solved tho se
cret of keeping house plants frcu from
Insect posts of all kinds.
cletles of tho Holy Name, attached to
us many churches. At the conclusion
of the exercises a cablegram was read
from Leo Kill, bestowing tho Papal
blessing on tlie members. The streets
were crowded along the line of march,
and the Influence of the demonstration
reached far beyond the considerable
membership of tho societies which
participated In It.
ately after being turned In among the
stalks. Several animals may thus bo
lost, yet when the herd Is turned Into
another field of Btnlks closo by no evil
results may show themselves.
Walk with n llrokon llnrk.
A case that Is attracting attention in
tho surgical world Is that of Mlchncl
Kepler of Itavono, Pa., who Is suffer
ing from a broken buek. Flvo years
ago he fell and sustained tho Injury.
Tho local doctors did not give him
much relief, nnd nfter two years ho
went to Mlossherg. Since then ho has
undergone fourteen operations. He
was discharged from several hospitals
us Incurable nnd wan told to prepare
for the end. Kepler never became dis
couraged, and about a year ago ho
commenced to gain strength nnd for
several months he has been able to
walk. His health is excellent, but the
prln In his hack Is Intense. Tho bono
Is decaying, and a large amount has
been cut away. He Is ono of tho most
Jovial, good natured young men In
tho town. He has gone to Kane for
another operation. Philadelphia Led
ger. Kcnillnur MkuIiim to Army.
Those who wish to send magazines
and other reading matter to tho sol
diers in tho Philippines can avoid
transportation charges by forwarding
tho books to any commissary depart
ment of the army. These books must
he in good condition and the llteraturo
of a wholeaomo ehnructor. The books
and magazines must be packed In sub
stantial boxes, but not addressed to
any Individual. Thoy should be ad
dressed to hospitals, commands or li
braries. (iomi Improved by Gitall;ht.
The appearance of nil flno gems Is
Improved by gaslight. A perfect
emerald, despite Its color, which In
anything else would turn to a dull
bluish hue, Is only Intensified in bril
liancy of color by artificial light. Th
blue sapphire, though darkened, re
mains true to Its color, as by daylight.
The alexandrite Is the only gem that
chnnges, turning from a dnrk olivine
to a brilliant blood red by candlo or
gns light.
brutes," bIio says. "A man
speak of his domestic unheals, bj
jutiiuoii ins wiroB name l
a breach of etiquette In Its ,
It It doe8 hnpnon that
the tonguo tho wife's noj
Uio husband spits on tl
mediately afterward,
tempt and cleanse his.