too much for him. He was worn out last night and shouldn’t have gotten up so early this morning.’’ “I see,” the inspector nodded. “Heart attack, that’s what usuktfy gets the •> old geesers.” He turned suddenly to the woman. “How did you happen to be here? Are you one of Mr. Lucas's servants, too?” The woman flinched. "Yes, I am,” she said after a moment of hesitation. “Since he’s been in Con gress I’ve acted as his—his house keeper.” “I get you. And It was you who cookei his breakfast this morn ing?” ; "Yes, sir.” i eyou fixed everything?” "Hutchinson made the coffee. I cooked ham and eggs, and gave him rolls with jam.” "Was either of you in the room when Reprcse 'tative .uucas had If you don’t want pour skin to be cov' red with bumps and SURE There is no better way to do this than to use Black and White Cleans ing Cream. This excep tionally fine cream goes deep into the pores to bring out all dirt and impurities. Its regular use will give you a clear, love ly complexion, more charm than you ever had before. Large can Black and White Cleansing Cream 25c at your druggist. Why pay more? KEEP YOUR SKIN Don't let wrinkles creep into your face and make you look old. Black and White Cold Cream I is the cream you need to keep your skin looking young. It re stores rich nourishing oils to skin and possesses an almost magical power in preserving the smooth, youthful beauty that every one ad mires. Large jar Black and White ■at your druggist. YORK SKIN E WEATHER other g or kin, ite B. a e f 9 and creamy-fair, cder base. Large . . Try it today. this attack of—ah—heart trouble?” Hutchinson and the woman both shook their heads. “Did he make any round—cry out?" "No,” the butler said, twisting his h vnds nervously “He just seemed to be asleep when I came into the room. His head had fallen o : on his shoulder and his body bad slumped down in the chair. I called the housekeeper here and togc'her we moved him onto the bed and loosened his clothes. That’s really all I know about the thing.” The inspector turned to me. “And how did you happen to be here wher this happened?” he asked. I explained my reportcrial mis sion and showed him my press card. “I came down to interview Lucas this morning," I explained. “I want ed to get him to .five me a state r-ent about this bill of his that passed the House yesterday.” “How did you get in here?” “I knocked first, but nobody an s- .red. Then I tried the door and found it unlocked. I shouldn’t have done it, perhaps, but I came on in and found these t vo just as they were placing the Representa tive’s body on the bed. I stood there by the door for a few min utes watching them before they knew I was here. They were so en grossed in what they were doing that they didn’t notice me at all until I spoke.” “I guess you re all right, the in spector said. "The-' doesn’t seem to be much to this—the old codger simply died of a hear+ attack and his servants didn’t have sense enough to leave the body alone and call the police. Of course there’ll be the routine investigation and you’ll all have to be the.e. I have a doctor examining the body now, and the inquest will be held in a ccuple of days.” “Then that’s all *here is to it?" I asked. “All I can see,” the inspector said. “How about using the phone to call my paper?” “Better use the one in the ha'l. This one will have to be examined for fingerprints.” “O.K.,” I said, and started to leave the room. As I went through the door, X heard a sudden flurry of excitement in the bedroom. I hurried back to see whether anything new bad de veloped. I saw sever a’ dozen detec tives and the inspector crowded about the congressman’s bed. The doctor who was conducting the examination looked up suddenly, a perturbed expression on his face ‘‘What’s the matter?” the inspec tor asked. “Matter!” th: doctor cried. “This man didn’t die of heart disease at all. He had heart trouble all right, but that never got bad nough to cause his death.” “Then, what happened?” “This man was poisoned! He was murdered!” * * * Sts time new developments in the case of Representative Paul Lucas will be revealed in next week’s exciting installment. Did Hutchinson, the butler, murder his employer? And whs is the mysterious white-haired lady in black who calls herself the congressman’s housekeeper? AFRICANS^SAY: ’'Africans Have much In common with us as wit and wisdom expressed to their proverbs show. It la time for us to get away from the notion that they are to an inferior and her baria state. In more than one sense, we Americans are less civilised and more barbaric than they. — C J. BENDER. A voluture eats only that which is ripe (cairion). -% Look and Learn How fast do radio waves travel? ANSWER 186,300 miles a second, or more than seven times around the world. -o What has been estimated as the minimum cost of pro ducing a man of 21? ANSWER Two thousand five hundred dol lars. NEW GLAND TONIC Builds Up Weak Glands Science has now found a way of supplying the body with ghmd secretions which certain glands often fail to produce sufficiently and which are absolutely nec essary far building health, strength and vitality. You caa have free prvof. Send today for this new wonderful GLAND TONIC —GOLDG LAN—and Try It 20 Days-FREE ThJ« Mhl traatmo* hu brought pep end strength to thousands of run-down, weak men and women._It should quietly do tha same for pea / NO LETTER NECESSARY. Just sand this ad will ■sms aad adidreaa and 10c for postage and packing ■.*«! m.m a. u sdasuesa^, **.&ar-w MURDERED RACKETEER. Arthur (Daddy) Black, of Providence, R.I., known to thousands of numbers play ers throughout the State. The “Policy King” was killed recently by rival gangsters. Aids to House-Cleaning Curtains Washing is perhaps the most im portant factor in preserving the ap pearance of curtains, for if exposed to sunlight while dusty, the materia] tends to wear out more quickly. Moreover, if the curtains are not laundered properly the color may become streaked and faded, and the material pulled and stretched out of shape. Shake the curtains gently to re move loose dust and dirt, and re move ink, iron rust, etc., stains by special methods. Measure the curtains before wet ting them, so that they may be stretched to as nearly as possible the desired size after washing. In considering the method of washing, the various kinds of cur tains may be grouped into 5 classes. The method for each of these fol lows: White Cotton and Linen Curtains It is helpful to loosen the dirt by soaking the curtains for an hour dr so in lukewarm Rinso suds. We all like to have work done for us, and active Rinso suds work in and loosen the dirt in soaking. Dissolve the Rinso in warm water. Have enough suds to cover the curtains, and push them well down under the water. Wash the curtains in hot Rinso suds. If a washing machine is used, have the suds hot, and if you are washing by hand, have the suds as hot as the hands can bear comfort ably. Always use enough Rinso to maintain rich suds. Squeeze the suds through and through the ma terial. Curtains tend to become ten dered from hanging, and always should be handled gently. Use fresh suds if the first become dirty. Plen ty of clean suds are necessary in order to get clean materials. Rinse the curtains thoroughly. It is preferable to have the first rinse water hot. This helps to remove the soap and loosened dirt more quickly. Lightly starching thin cotton cur tains gives them & little more body and tends to keep them fresh look ing longer. Use a thin solution of starch about two teaspoonfuls to one quart of water. For white curtains use the starch hot. Squeeze out the rinse-water, put the curtains into the starch, and again squeeze out the moisture. A trace of bluing in the starch whitens curtains which are yellowed. If you have a wring er, it may be used. Do not twist curtains. In using thin starch like this, better results are obtained if the curtains are irohed without be ing dried. Shake them out and iron them in straight lines, keeping the selvedge perfectly straight and even. If you iron curtains crosswise instead of lengthwise they are likely to be short when finished. WHAT BOOKER T. SAID (From the new book, ‘Selected Speeches of Booker T. Washington”) To those of the white race who look to the incoming >f those of foreign birth and strange tongue ind habits for thfe prosperity of the South were I permitted, X would repeat what X say to my own race, “Cast down your bucket where you are,” Cast it down among the eight million Negroes whose habits you know, whose fidelity and love you have tested In days when to have proved treacherous meant the ruin of your firesides. Cast down your bucket among these people who have without strikes and labor wars, tilled your fields, cleared your forests builded your railroads and cities, brought forth reasures from the bowels of the earth, and helped make possible this magnificent representation of the progress of the South. Casting down your bucket among my people, helping and en tion of head, hand, and heart, you will find that they will buy your surplus land, make blossom the waste places in your fields, and run your factories. —From the address delivered at the opening of the Cotton States’ Exposition, Atlanta, Ga., September 1895. Proper Care Assures Late Garden Bloom In well planned flower gardens bloom may be maintained late into, the fall, and home owners would profit by studying the means by which the flowers are maintained. With the peculiar weather condi tions whic’- are prevailfi-g at this! time—and which also prevailed last! fall—there can be outdoor flowers continuing into late October and November. Roses, apple and cherry trees, and even soir? of the spring blooming shrubs have started blooming again. Last year the blooms continued into December. But this freakir1'. action of nature cannot be relied upon by those who wish to maintain outdoor gardens even when leaves are falling from the mild frosts. For those who desire the prevail ing fall colors of yellow, orange, and shades of red and ! rown there can be more to the garden at this time than the goldenrod. sunflowers, and daisies which open fields also con tain. Zinnias and straw flowers, as well as some of the late hardy as ters. can be included. Those gardners who have a bed of hardy outdoor chrysanthemums wil1 obtain late fall color. The season is prolong by keeping the stems tied up and by disbudding to secure larger flowers. The fringes of a garden will keep their color when ageratum foliage, or lobelia have been used. Bar berry or “firebush” hedges, now turning from green to rer and brown, add to the coloring effects supplied by the berry producing shrubs, sumac and woodbine. Just r- careful r'-mning and fall attention to the flower beds prolong the season now. so can gardeners hurry the spring bloomings by prep arations i the next few days. A bed of wildflowers, nestled in bush es or low trees, will supply first l looms in March or April. These "1 be followed by the spring flowers from bulbs that are set out now, of tulips, narcissus, hyacinth, snowdrops, or chinodoxas In the rockery the earliest blooms will come fr - blue scillas, the golden hued winter aconite, and such early peeping species of tulips as the Ktufmanniana. Dog tooth violets, sometimes called trout lilies, the checkered lily, a i spring snow-, flake also belong in the earth nich-i es of rock gardens where early flowering is desired. Daily Menu ONE DAY’S MENU MORNING Stewed Chilled Pigs Cinnamon Toast Flaker Cereal and Milk Coffee Milk NOON Spanish Omelet Buttered Peas Cole Slaw Ieed Cocoa NIGHT Brale 1 Liver and Bacon Lyonnaise Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Fresh Tomato Salad Hot Biscuits Apple Sauce Refrigerator Cookies Coffee -o One pound of butter can be made L..jal to two pounds by adding gradually to one r t of butter one pint of milk and a little salt beat ing it ith an egg-beater until smooth. Put in a mold and set in i cool place. MM; Wfcr Ui«id-T»blet Relief. UwIbrtoMroSmewe Plemfut, Mie, go Interference «n danel SetfMeetion fsnranttet] trmmm OsL PoMg«t il COiX S«g |