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TT uUAiNhMitfMM&MiSMMUliW ttscssiarvMsvc&saBac T:c3 I i i i s , P JL1 ' " MiHI I I KM il M "3y tho Way. Mrs. Conway Dropped in the Office Yesterday. While you Were Away." isy MART ROBERT KINEHART - tzmzoz.ar THE MUUSTRATSDNf COPYRIGHT 1909 fcy BODS? -MeRRtLI. COMrVOV V j SYNOPSIS. l.twifitri' Iil:i5:-lry. lawyer, row. to I'ittr.iinrK witli the "forc;od notes in the itrnii.sim ras.- to k"1 tho deposition of .Icilin Citinme. millionaire A Isnly n usls HlaKfley to luy her a l'ullnian iic-ket. lie gives her "lower 11 anil re tains lower JO. lie funis u drunken man In lower 10 :inJ retires in lower 9. He awakens In lower 7 anil finds tils t lollies and hax missing. Tins man In lower 10 is finiiul munlered. I'ir eiimstnnllal evidence points to luitli ltlal:eley find the man who slole his lollies. Tlio train Is vrorketl and Illal.e ley is resencd from a burning e.ir ly :t Ulrl in liluo. His arm is lirol;-n. The girl proves (o he Alison West, his partner's ;nfllie.iit. Hlakeley re turns home and finds he ts under surveillance.. Moving pietnres of the train t:t'vf-ii Just In-fore the wrecl. rtveal to Itlakclcy a man leap ing from tin- train with his stolen grip. I nves ligation moves that the man's name Is Sullivan. Mrs. Conway, the woman for whom Illakolcy hniight a l'iillin:iii ticket, tries to make a. hargaln with him for the. forged noun, riot knowing that they arc missing. Illakeloy und an amateur de tective lnve.-,ligale the home of Sullivan's nistcr. from a servant Ulakeley learns that Alison West had heen there on a visit and Sullivan had licen attentive to her. Sulliian Is the hushaud of u daugh ter of the murdered man. CHAPTER XXV. Continued. Against both of these theories, I ac cuse a purely chimerical Yerson named Sullivan, who was not seen by nny of the survivors save one. Alison, whom I could not bring into the case. I could find a motive for his murdering his father-in-law, whom he hated, but again I would have to drag In the girl. And not one of the theories ex plained the telegram and the broken uecklacc. Outside tho office force was arriv ing. They were comfortably ignorant or my presence, and over the transom floated scraps of dialogue and the stenographer's gurgling laugh. Mc Knlght had a relative, who was read ing law with him. in the intervals be tween calling up the young women of his acquaintance. He came in sing ing, and the office boy Joined lu with! tho uncertainty of voice of 13. I smiled grimly. I was too busy with my own troubles to find any joy in opening the door and startling them into silence. I even heard, without resentment. Blobs of the uncertain voice Inquire when "Blako". would be back. 1 I hoped McKnight would arrive be fore, the arrest occurred. There were many things to arrange. But when at last, impatient of his delay. I tele phoned, I found he had been gone for more than an hour. Clearly he was not coming directly to the office, and with such resignation as I could muster I paced the floor and waited. I felt more alone than I have ever felt in my life. "Born an orphan." as Ilichey said, I had made my own way. carved out myself such success! as had been mine. I had built up my liniisn nT lifo nn fhr nrnnu tf 1ot- -in.! nrilnr :mH - tr,m.. ....I-,.,.. 1 1 i had withdrawn the supports, and I thUh yo" had con-n'i, crime stood among ruins. "l In ,lot sure tat ' didn't. Mrs. 1 sunnose it is the mnt,.m:ii in n Klopton." I said wearily. "Somebody woman that makes a man tuns to her' when everything else fails nal boy in him goes to i have his I wounded pride bandaged, his tatteroi' self-respect repaired. If he lo.-es the 1 woman, he wants her to kiss the hurt. ! The longing to see Alison, always with me. was stronger than 1 was j that morning. It might be that 1 j would not M.e her ngsv'n. I had noth-j ing to say to her save one thing, and l that, under the cloud that hung over' me. l did not aare to say. 'Jut I want-, tne nouse and honking until some one ed to see her. to touch her hand as ' comes out. He has a code of signals only a lonely man can crave it. 1 1 with the horn, which I never remem wauted the comfort of her. the peace j ber. Two long and a short blast that lay in her presence. And so. with mean. I believe. "Send out a box of every step outside the door a threat ', cigarettes." and six short blasts. 1 telephoned to her. j which sound like a police call, mean She was gone! The disappoint-1 "Can you lend me some money?"" To ment was great, for my need was ' night I knew something was up. Tor great In a fury or revolt against the be got out and rang the door-bell like scheme of things. 1 heard that she i a Christian. bad started home to Richmond but) They came into the library, and that she might still be caught at the '. llotchkiss wiped his collar until it station. gleamed. McKnight was aggressively To tee her had by that time become cheerful. an obsession. I picked up my hat. "Net pinched yet!" he exclaimed CIRCULAR ATAlRCASSl T Mr.C&CTTNJEZ M threw o;cu tin. door, anil, obvious of tin. shock to the office force ff my presence, followed so immediately by my exit. I dashed out to the ele vator. As I w at down in one cap? I caught a gliiup.se of Johnson and two other m v. going up in the nest. 1 hardly gave them a thought. There was no hansn::i in sight, and I jumped on a passing car. Let come what might, arrest, prison, disgrace. 1 was going to see Alison. 1 saw her. I flung into the station, saw that it was empty empty, for she was not there. Then I hurried back to the gates. She was there, p. familiar ligure in blue, the very gown in which 1 always thought of her. the one she had worn when. Heaven IipIt mt 1 had kissed her. at the Carter farm. Anil she was not alone. Hend ing fiver her, talking earnestly, with all his boyish heart in his face, was Ilichey. They did not see me, and I was glad of it. After all, it had been MeKnight's game first. I turned on my heel and made my way blindly out of the station. Before I lost them I' turned once and looked toward them, standing apart from the crowd, absorbed III each other. They were the only two people on earth that I cared about, and I left them there to gether. Then I went back miserably to the oCice and awaited arrest. CHAPTER XXVI. On to Richmond. Strangely enough. I was not dis turbed that day. .McKnight did not appear at all. I sat at my desk and transacted routine business all after noon, working with feverish energy Like a man on the verge of a critica: illness or a hazardous journey. I cleared up my correspondence, paid bills until I had writer's cramp from signing checks, read over my will, and paid up my life insurance, made tr the bcuefit of an elderly sister of my mother's. I no longer dreaded arrest After that morning in the station, I felt that anything would bo a relief from the tension. I went home with perfect openness, courting the warrant that I knew was waiting, but I was not molested. The delay puzzled me. The early part of the evening was unevent ful. I read until late, with occa sional lapses, when my book lay at my elbow, and I smoked and thought Mrs. Klopton closed the house with ostentatious caution, about eleven, and hung around waiting to enlarge on the outrngeousness of the police search. I did not encourage her. "One would think." she concluded pompously, one foot in the hall, "that you were something you oughtn't to - Mr- 1-aWrencP. ThOV acted 33 I U,(!' and t,,e Sl'ner:i! verdict seems to i point my way." b:"-' stared at me in speechless In- dignation. Then she flounced out. Sne ca:ue ack once to say that the I,aPc" predicted cooler weather, and tuat she nad put a blanket on my bed.' uut to ner disappointment. I refused' to rt open the subject ' At half-past eleven McKnight and Hotchkiss came in. Ilichey has a habit of stopping his car in front of "What Co you think ol tnat tor tuck! You always were a fortunate devil, Iiwrence." "Yes." I assented with some bitter ness, "i hardly know how to contain myself for joy sometimes. I suppose you know" to Hotchkiss "that the ro'.Ice were here while we were at Cresson. and that they found the bag that I brought from the wreck?" "Things are coming to a head," he said thoughtfully, "unless a little plan that I have in mind" he hesitated. "I hope so: I am pretty nearly des perate." I said, doggedly. "I've got a mental toothache, and the sooner it's pulled the better." "Tut. tut" sadi McKnight. -think of the disgrace to the firm If Its senior member goes up for life, or " he twisted his handkerchief into a noose, and went through uu elaborate pan tomime. "Although Jail isn't so bad, any how." he finished, "there are fellows that get the habit and keep going back and going back." He looked at hi3 watch, and I fancied his cheerful ness was strained. Hotchkiss was nervously fumbling my book. "Did you ever read the Purloined Letter. Mr. Blakeley?" he inquired. "Probably, years ago," I said. "Poe. isn't it?" He was choked at my indifference. "It is' a masterpiece." he said, with enthusiasm. "I re-read it to-day." "And what happened?" "Then I inspected ilia rooms In the house off Washington Circle. I I made some discoveries. Mr. Blakeley. For one thing, our man there is left handed." He looked arouud for our approval. "There was a small rush Ion on the dresser, and the scarf pins in It had been stuck in with the left hand." "Somebody may have twisted the cushion," I objected, but Ins looked hurt, and I desisted. "There Is only one discrepancy." he admitted, "but it troubles me. Ac cording to Mrs. Carter, at the farm house, our man wore gaudy pajamas, while I found here only the most se verely plain night-shirts." "Any buttons off?" McKnight in quired, looking again at his watch. "The buttons were there." the ama teur detective answered gravity, "but the buttonhole nxt the top one was torn through." McKnight winked at me furtively. "I am convinced of one thing." Hotchkiss went on. clearing his throat, "the papers are not ill that room. Hither he carries them with him. or he has sold them." A sound on the street nude both my visitors listen sharply. Whatever it was it passed .in. however. 1 was growing curious and the restraint was t tiling on McKniglit. lie has no tak-nt for secrecy. In the Interval we discussed the strange occurrence at Cresson. which lost nothing by Hotch kiss" dry narration "And so." he concluded, "the wom an in the Baltimore hospital is the wife of ll-r.ry Sullivan and the daugh ter 01" the man he murdered. No won der ho collapsed when he heard of the wreck." "Joy. probably." McKnight put In. "Is that clock right, liwrence? Never mind, it doesn't matter. By the way. Mis. Conway dropped in the ollice yes terday, while you were away." "What!" I sprang from my chair. "Sure thing. Said she had heard griat things of us. and wanted us to handle her case against the railroad." "1 would like to know what she Is driving at." 1 reflected. "Is she try ing to 1 each me through you?" ltlchc-y's flippancy Is often a cloak for deeper feeling. He dropped it now. "Yes." he said, 'tlie's aiVr the notes, of course. And I'll tell you I felt like a poltroon whatever that may be when I turned her down. She stood by tho door with her face white, and told me contemptuously that I could save you from a murder charge and wouldn't do it She made me feel like a cur. 1 was just as guilty as if I could have obliged her. She hinted that there were reasons and she laid :ny attitude to beastly motives." "Nonsense." 1 said, as easily as I could. Hotchkiss had gone to the window. "She was excited. There are no 'reasons. whatever, she means." Ilichey put his hand ou my shoul der. "We've been together too long to let any "reasons' or "unreasons come between us. old man." he said, not very steadily. Hotchkiss. who had been silent, here came forward in his most Im pressive manner. He put his hands under his coat-tails and coughed. "Mr. Blakeley." he began, "by Mr. MeKnight's advice we have arranged a little Interview here to-night If all has gone as I planned. Mr. Henry Pinckney Sullivan is by this time un der arrest Within a very few min utes he will be here." Blind Man's 3uff. "Rliml man's buff." in which none Is too venerable to join .it Christmas, is one of many childibh games which have bren played time out of mind. Medieval missals depict the game which may be traced back to a rite of pagan worship, the hoodwinked pursuer representing aa evil spirit oa the prowl for a sacrificial victim. Such games of the "Follow my leader" or der as musical chairs are variations of ancient choral dances. "Jack stones." which even the twentieth century has not superseded, has been played by man all over the world, alike by savages in the south seas and by Greek soldiers before the time of Xenophon. Originally "hopscotch" was a figurative representation of the ancient labyrinth, afterward adapted by the Christians to symbolize the difficulties of the soul's jou.-ney to paradise. Prudent. "So the bride and groom especially requested their friends not to throw rice alter them?" "Yes. They asked us to hand the -ice over in a package so that it could j used when they go to bousekeep-ng." "I wan tea to taut to tin: uc.or. was locked up," KIchey explained. "He's clever enough to ba wcrth knowing, and, besides, I'm cot so cocksure of bis guilt 83 our friend the patch on the seat of government No murderer worthy of the name needs six different motives for the same crime, beginning with robbery, and ending with an unpleasant father-in law." We were all silent for awhile. 5Ie Knight stationed himself at a win dow, and Hotchkiss paced the floor expectantly. "It'a a great day for modern detective methods." he chir ruped. "While the police have been guarding houses and standing with their mouths open waiting for clews to fall in and choke them, we have pie ed together, bit by bit, a fab ric" The door-bell rang, followed imme diately by sounds cf footsteps in the hall. McKnight threw the door open, and Hotchkiss. raised on his toes, flung out his arm in a gesture of su perb eloquence. "Behold your man!" he de claimed. Through the open doorway came a tall, blond fellow, clad In light gray, wearing tan shoes, and followed close Iy by an officer. "I brought him here as you suggest ed. Mr. McKuight." said the con stable. "- But McKnight was doubled over the library table in silent convulsions of mirth, and I was almost as bad. Lit tle Hotchkiss stood up. his important attitude finally changing to one of chagrin, while the blond man ceased to look angry, and became sheepish. It was Stuart our confidential clerk for the last half dozen years! McKnight sat up and wiped hi? eyes. "Stuart." he said sternly, "there are two very serious things we have learned about you. First, you jab your scarf-pins into your cushion with your left hand, which is most repre hensible: second, you wear er night shirts, instead of pajamas. Worse than that, perhaps, we find that one of them has a buttonhole torn out at the neck." Stuart was bewildered. He looked from McKnight to me. and then at the crestfallen Hotchkiss. "I haven't any idea what It's all about" he said. "I was arrested as I reached my boarding-house to-night, after the theater, and brought direct ly hens I told the officer it was a mistake." i'oor Hotchkiss tried bravely to justify the fiasco. "You can not deny." he contended, "that Mr. Andrew Bronon followed yon to jour rooms last Monday eve ning." Stuart looked at us and flushed. "No. I don't deny it." he said, "but there was nothing criminal about it. on my part, at least Mr. Brouson has been trying to induce me to secure the forged notes for him. But I did not even know where they were." "And you were not on the wrecked Washington Flier?" persisted Hotch kiss. But McKnight interfered. "There is no use trying to put the other man's Identity on Stuart. Mr. Hotchkiss."' he protested. "He has been our confidential clerk for six yeais. and has not been away from the office a day for a year. I am afraid that the beautiful fabric we hav pieced out of all these scraps is going to be a crazy quilt." His tone was facetious, but I could detect the undercurrent of real disappointment. 1 paid the constable for his trouble, and he departed. Stuart, still indig nant, left to go back to Washington Circle. He shook hands with Mc Kniglit and myself magnanimously, but he hurled a look of utter hatred at Hotchkiss. sunk crestfallen in his chair. "As for as I can see." said Mc Knight dryly, "we're exactly as far along as we were the day we met at the Carter place. We're not a step nearer to finding our man." "We have one thing that may be of value." I suggested. "He Is the hus band of a bronze-haired woman at Van Kirk's hospital, and it is Just possible we may trace him through her. I hope we are not going to lose your valuable cooperation. Mr. Hotch kiss?" 1 asked. He roused at that to feeble Interest "I oh. of course not. If you still care to have me, I I was wondering about the man who just went out. Stuart, you say? I told his landlady to night that be wouldn't need the room again. I hope she hasn't rented it to somebody else." We cheered him as best we could, and I suggested that we go to Balti more the next day and try to find the real Sullivan through his wife. He left sometime after midnight, and Kichey and I were alone. j ll'O UK CONTINL'KD.) Table Rapping New Fad. "What in the world Is that noise?" asked a visitor as a continuous dull thumping sounded just over her bead. "That is the family above us," said the hostess. "They are interested in psychical research, and are making a table rap. as they often do of an eve ning. Yes, it is quite annoying, but they are good neighbors and we don't complain. The two daughters of the house are quite expert ia this line and last week a society woman hired them to entertain her guests for an evening. They tell me it was a great success." As George Sees the Peers. "David Lloyd George." said the miner from Wales, as he emptied his glass of cwrw. "David is a very witty speaker. I've heard him many a time ia Carnarvon. "Speaking in Welsh, he once ridi culed in Carnarvon the house of lords. He said the average peer thought so much of himself that at family pray ers he always made ono well-known passage run: "'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and 1 will dwell in the bouse of the lords forever!'" London Globe. TIMELY SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL HELP THE HOSTESS A Cup and Saucer Shower. A charming entertainment was given recently for a December bride-to-be. The hostess enclosed a pink card board heart with her Invitations, tied with a knot of pink baby ribbon put through a hole pinched in the center of the heart. She asked each guest to write an appropriate senti ment on It. either original or quoted, and return it tied to the handle of the teacup to be presented. All to be rent to tho home of tho hostess before the day of the party. When the guests assembled at three In the afternoon they gazed upon a perfect wilderness of pink hearts. AH portieres and draperies had disap peared and In their place were de lightfully pretty curtains made of pink hearts strung on baby ribbon. The lacs curtains were veiled in hearts, quantities fluttered from gas Jets and chandeliers. Tho stair ban nisters were covered and made a flno background for the rose colored love symbols. After tho exclamations of surprise subsided, berlbboned heart3 with pink pencils attached were pass ed, the hostess explaining that the conglomeration of words (twenty-five in all) would tell the contents of the bride's trousseau when properly put together. All worked busily for twen ty minutes, then rewards were given to the fortunato and unfortunate ones, consisting of a hat pin. needle book und card case. Then the hostess led the way to the dining room, where the bride-elect was given the place of honor in a great high back chair at the head of the tabic, her bridesmaids handed her the shower cups and can cers, from which she read the vcrre lets Inscribed on each card. Heart Ehaped cakes, chocolate and a dainty apricot Ice served In heart ico cups, surrounded with tissue paper petals to look like a pink rose, were the re freshments with hearts shaped can dies. Every one sale it was the pret tiest affair of the season. A Sale for Dolly. A club composed of ten girls from the ages of ten to fifteen, managed and mado ready this bazaar which they gave for a charity devoted to children. The affair was given in the afternoon at the home of one of the members, the room was arranged like Fancy lVg fr f D..;n. - .- ;- OKE of the chief characteristics of modern dress Is the extraordi nary number of trifles by which it Is supplemented. No woman who val ues her appearance, and wishes to be well dressed, can contrive to do with out them. Collars, ribbons, laces, veils, handkerchiefs, gloves, all play a more or less important role as ad juncts to the toilet, and all are in dispensable. But. unfortunately, as our list of requirements gets larger and larger, so do houses and flats dis play a decided tendency to grow smaller and smaller, and how and where to dispose of her many belong ings Is a problem which faces many a girl as she looks round a small bed room, which she is omigea. very po3- ... .!! alulut In tttli Elbly. to snare iiu- o.oi... ... -uv. a case she will find It the wisest, as well as the tidiest, plan to keep all these multifarious odds and ends in separate boxes, which need not neces sarily be unornamental. but which clever fingers may easily convert In to things of beauty. Cardboard boxes of various shapes nd sizes are quite easy to obtain. Those In which shoes and corsets have been sent home will prove ex ceedingly useful. The covering of theso with cnmiz. nus.mi or .mi, is , not at all a diKicult matter, and they can be transformed into remarkably 1 f.retty articles, which may not only j ornament the maker's own particular bauctuai. but be given away as very j welcome presents. For the Home Milliner. In sewing trimmings on a hat It Is hard for the huni? milliner to knot the ends of the threads, but If you will leave one end loose. Instead of draw ing the knot close to the hat, and. artcr securing tho trimming, tie the two ends together, the effect will be better. A New Material. A new matrrinl for little folks' co.its nd caps Is sealskin ve'r.ur. It convs !n an exceedingly soft, silky thick pile relvrt. light and warm and very use ful, an It does not easily crease. It is not to be thought of as an Imitation ur cloth in any sense, but more as a handsome velour. Fancy Straw Baskets. Fancy straw baskets which so many of us accumulate can be put to a gra cious use by filling with fresh fruit and sending to an invalid or to a friend starting upon a Journey. The artistic effect is enhanced by adding lose of tte fcUasA OMpp JF,! LtMBk M a department store, with all articles belonging to dolls most attractively displayed. Now that there are pat terns for dolls so that completo ward robes may be made, the girls found It great fun to make the clothes, hats, muffs, etc.. and orders were taken for all articles for doll houses, such as sheets, pillow cases, even with the doll's monogram embroidered, wee towels, wash cloths, etc.. The moth ers and big sisters of the girls served light refreshments or rather donated them and the girls served. Quite a sum was realized and the girls had a fine time many weeks beforo in happy anticipation and preparation. A Japanese Tea. Nothing makes a more effective dec oration than Japanese lanterns, para sols and fans. By stretching cords from the four corners of the room to the center chandelier and hanging lan terns of varied size and shape from them, a very striking overhead effect is gained at very small expense aud labor. A good sized Japanse umbrella with tiny lanterns suspended from ev ery rib is also very pretty. Chrysan themums, mustard and cherry blos soms are the favored flowers, they may be made of tissue paper, if net in season. The Iris or common "flag" Is a Japanese flower, also the lotus which resembles our water lily. The Japan ese Hag In silk may be purchased by the dozen at small cost, and one given each just makes an appropriate sou venir. Serve tea in cups without han dlesto be truly "Japanese." To give novelty to thi3 "tea." here Is a recipe for a Japanese salad: Select even sized beets, boll until tender, scrape off the skin, hollow out the center with a spoon. Stand in weak vinegar on ice for two hours. Cut boiled potatoes and celery iDto dice, chop pecan nuts and a few sprigs of parsley, season these with a Tew drops of onion juice, salt and pa nrika. Kill the beet cups with this mixture, put a spoonful or mayonnaise ( dressing on top and serve ot head Candied ginger and orange peel should be passed. Wee or fish is also correct if one desires either of theso dishes. The hostesses should wear kimonos with the hair loaded with . ornaments. MADAME MEKRI. Boxes o. V f r., ..., To cover a cardboard box It must, first of all. be taken to pieces, care fully slit along at the corners, keep ing the edges thus made as smooth and even as possible. The material Is then cut out, each piece being twice the size that it Is Intended to cover, and half-an-inch being allowed for turnings. It will he found easiest la all probability to double tho material before cutting it out If. however, the box is to bo lined with a different material from the cover. lay the ma terial and the lining one on top of the other, and cut to the shape and size required, allowing half-au-lnch all round for turnings, as before. Fold the material carefully round the card board, arrange the turnings, and then neatly oversew the two edges together with strong thread. When all the pieces are carefully covered, saw them together firmly, according to the original shape of the box. with over sewing. Tho lid may be fastened by oversewing along one side, or. If pre ferred, hinges may be made of rib bon, by means or which It Is attached to the back of the box. A layer of. wadding placed on the Hd helps to give a slightly padded effect to the material, which greatly Improves Its appearance. The box may then be dged all round with fine cord or very narrow passemen?erle. which will cov r all the seams and give a neatness and finish which Is sometimes great ly needed. The Wrist Pincushion. ' A pincushion on the wrist is a con , venlence to the home dressmaker. It 1 should be a small, soft cushion, at- tached to an elastic band Just snug ; enough to wear on the Mt wrist. .Vo j stopping of work Is then necessary to 1 look for a pin. I Simple Marking;, j Simple markings on watches and I lockets are In favor. If the block let ter with or without a circle or oval is . not used, old Hngllsh laitlala are the next favorite. Scaling Her Dawn. Mrs. Goodacle Have you soen Mr. Hlghsorae since her return from Ku rope? She say3 she went everywhere and saw everything that was to be seen. Mrs. Chllllcon-Carcey Tes; but she's not quite the traveler her tnsnka label her. Jinx's Investment. "Jinx has got a gadabout.' "Wife or acJsy -fV THE HIGH COST & OF UVING REDlJp Much haa beer aald abeat the ISgm cost of living; Its cauaati and. the possi bilities of Its reduction. But little haa been said about the most costly leak I the false economy estotlng today la near ly every household. Much foodstuffs are bought with but one point In view: "How cheap can 1 set It without a thought et quality or "after cost" One of the meat serious la baking powder. By the use of perfect baking powde the housewife can derive aa much econ omy as from any other article used la baking and cooking. la selecting the baklns powder, therefore, care should be exercised to purchase one that re tains Its original strength and always remains the same, thus making the food sweet and wholesome and producing sufficient leavening gas to make the baking light Very little of this leavening gas la produced by the cheap baking powder, making It necessary to use double the quantity ordinarily required to secure good results. You cannot experiment every time you make a cake or biscuits, or test the strength of your baking powder to find out how much of It you should u.se; yet with most baking powders you should do this for they are put toge'hor so carelessly they are never uniform, the quality and strength Tarylng ltb each can purchased. Calumet Baking Powder la made of chemically pure Ingredients of tented strenRth. Experienced chemists put It up. The proportions of the different materials remain always the same. Sealed In alr-tlght cans. Calumet Baking Powder does not alter In strength ana Is not affected by atmospheric changes. In using Calumet you are bound to have uniform bread, cake or biscuits, aa Calumot does not contain any cheap, useless or adulterating ingredients so commonly used to Increase the weight. Further. It produce pure, wholesome food, and Is a baking powder of rare merit: therefore. Is recommended by lending physicians and chemists. It complies with nil pure food laws, both STATE and N ATIOXAI. The goods are moderate in price, and anv ladv purchas ing Calumet from her grocer. If not sat isfied with It. ran return It and have ha money refunded. Costly Talent. "You are sure that airships will make war so expensive as to be utter ly Impracticable?" aald one military expert "Quite sure," replied the other. "The flying machines won't cost so much, but we won't be able to pay the sums required by aviators for go ing up in them." Not to the Wise. Howell A word to the wise la suf ficient Powell Then how do you account for the long-drawn-out speechea over the telephone? Good sense is not a merely intel lectual attribute. It la rather the re sult of a just equilibrium of our facul ties spiritual and moral. Lavater. HAD TO BE POSTPONED. His Friend I fought you wua goin to commit suicide, James? The Rejected I wns! but when-: got to de river I remembered I'd for got me swlmmin' tight. 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