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FOR "DRESS"' OCCASIONS.
Mm.
Tlu- design <>t 111 is pretty frock would be adaptable to
either a thin frock with trimmings of lace or a soft silk, sub
stituting for the lace bands of embroidery in self-tone. The
lace might be used in this instance also if dyed to match the
gown. The sleeve is a particularly pleasing feature here. A
wide band of the lace runs up the outside of the arm. ending
a little below the shoulder, where it meets a cluster of tucks.
The material i> slightly frilled at the inner seam, the entire
length of the sleeve. The waist line is high, both waist and
-kirt being laid in tiny tucks held by a strip of lace.
DIFFICULTIES TO AVOID
IN BUYING NEW CHAIRS
One Piece of Furniture Often Necessitates Pur
chase of Many Furnishings.
''boosing furuituie often leads to dif
ficulties for suppose the object of our
search is a comfortable armchair for the
library in ;in old-fashioned " ottagv"
house. How impossible it is to set one j
the right size when we are surrounded by ,
hundreds of couches in every imaginable !
form!
The very largeness of the showroom!
leads us to false conclusions. What looks i
?liiite a little chair in the spacious sur-|
ronndings will very likely appear of huge ;
propo tions \\ '.ten it is transferred to our I
own smaller room; and as regards com
fort. <!o<s not every seat seem the acme of,
re<; as we sink into it tired and footsore J
after long wande: ings f<om one depar;
ment to another?
The on'y satisfactory way of buying
thin;;s for our houses is to have them sent
011 approval, whenever this can be ar- ,
ranged. It is utterly impossible to arrive
at any satisfactory conclusions when we
are worn out with a long day's shopping,
and it is equally hopeless to expect to
please all our friends when our improve
ments are eempiete.
Sometimes the purchase of a new pic-1
ture curses chaos in our midst. If we
have had the good fortune to "pick up" j
a thorougnly out of conceit with the j
ordinary engiavings on our lovely More-1
Hot Weather Drinks.
An Easy and Refreshing: Drink.
S'; !"i zc the juice of one lemon into a
pitcher holding about tire pints. Add
foui teaspoon fills sugar, two cup''lis cod
v at' -, and two bottles ginger a! -. Stir j
thoroughly, an*. I if the ale and the water
hav< b<* ii <iii tiie ic<" no more ir ? will be
needed. T ?* makes six glasses.
A Delicious Fruit Punch.
i',nl !i? a sirup foui cupfuls of water
niil two unfuls o:" sticat. It will take
al tw.utv minutes. Separate tw< Ive
Si r ! ? es ? mint. add a cupful and one
lialf boiling water, cover and let stand in
a warm p'.o e for ten or fifteen minutes ;o
Steep. Si rain and add to the sirup. Add
one cupful o a::\ pref? rred fruit juice,
one cup ? of oral ge juice and the juice
of eight lemons, th-n cool.
Pour into a punch bowl with block of
ice, add <i pint of grape juice, then dilute
to taste with cold water.
Garnish with fresh mint h-av and bits
o* p- acli pineapple and serve in punch
glasses.
Another Good Fruit Punch.
Six b.<: ." .t>. > ix orarg'-s. four lemons,
one tint <>*' s.; a wherry jtiic*. four cups of I
Migar. foui > nps of t a. x uuarts of
i< <? - old w.*** one bottle ??!' ap:?ollinai is
water, oik ? up tea, fr< >b nade.
lin ' the water <1 sugai ii i ? n ltiiiiii ? >;
w 1 e ii *?o! add t' e jiii.?,> of t. . oranges,
the 1- :no 's. >lte pulp of four o; the
bananas. in -iit au b< rr> juice and the
1?:?: let st; ;.d on the i in : i! time of
st r\ ig. tier re it- .oli! wat-r. the
appollina. 's. and ,e pulp .>?' ti e other
l o banan..-. cut in slices one-four'h an
inch in thickness.
Harvest Ginger Drink.
I" :* into a pile er one cupful of vinegar,
thr tali!* spoon* ids of sugar or molasses,
on s ,i.:t tables;>oonful ginger sifted, one
w?*li beaten egj: and a quart of cold water.
Iced Chocolate.
I?u. one ounce unsweetened chocolate
into a sainv tan and srir into it gradually
line pint botli ig water, stirring constantly.
\- soon a- tiie chocolate is dissolved
add two cu'i'uls grariulateil >ugar and stir
until it commences to (toil. <'ook three
mill.ires without st.rriiii:, st am and cool.
Add a t aspoonful of vanilla extract, bot
tle and stor* in a cool place. When
needed, put two tab! spoonfuls ?>? i tn
choeolate simp in a gia^s with two table
spoontuls crushed ice. a giil of milk,
t rce tublespoonfuls of whipped cream
and half a gill carbonated water, stir
thoroughly and drink at once.
A Goebel Cobbler.
IVr the inilividaal who nee.Is bracing
try this tlociie! . ob'oler. made witiiout
litpjor. Strengthening as well as stimu
lating lias this drink proved for the in
valid for whom i; was primarily designed,
ami print for a moderate sum. it puts
us so that there is only one thing: to be
done. Away the ok] friends have to go.
and by degrees they must bo replaced by
other Morelands* A genuine "bit" of
Sheraton cr Chippendale has revolution
ized a room before now, for it has to
bo lived up to. and the rest of the furni
ture dare not be early Victorian. It is
no light matter, to introduce fresh
elements into our homes. They may bring
changes to pass of such far-reaching
character that we should have been
aghast if we could have foreseen them,
savs the queen.
Some one may say, "Why not consult
wirh well known experts to think out our
schemes of decoration for us?" This is
certainly sound counsel, for the help they
give is often of the greatest possible as
sistance. Out of the fulness of their
knowledge they ran speak with authority,
and many an amateur has reason to be
arrateful for their hints and advice. At
the same time there are a number of
women who like to live in a house which
tefle ts their own individuality, and per
haps a more personal note is struck iit
a home which has been arranged entirely
by its owners. Even if we make mistakes
cccasionally. we learn by our failures, and
how delightful it is when the difficulties
are surmounted, and a little kindly wear
and tear have mellowed the newness, so
that our houses are harmonious as well
as fresh and bright.
and its fame hps spread outside of Ken
tucky, and doctors are recommending it
for the use of anemic, nervous or con
sumptive patients who require nourish
ment. as it can be taken without upset
ting the stomach.
To make two glasses, squeeze the juice
from one orange and one lemon and add
three tea spoonfuls of sugar. Put into a
glas.s can the whites of as many eggs as
can be assimilated without difficulty (in
tii initial case eight were used), add the
sugar, fruit juice and a cupful of chipped
ire. (low the jar and shake vigorously
until its contents are thoroughly blended,
li^ht, and white as foam. Serve at once.
j
West Indian Pine Drink.
I. the West Indies the skin of the pine
apple is not thrown away, but utilized for
a delightfully refreshing drink. Wash
carefully and cut in small pieces. Place
in a wi le-mouthed glass can or flash with
a close-titting stopper. Cover with cold
w.tter and allow to stand several days
until well fermented. Strain, add sugar
ami ice to taste. A little ginger added at
first is considered an improvement to the
flavor.
Pineappleade.
Peel a t ipe pineapple and slice in thin
slices. Place in a jar and sprinkle liberally
v>ith sugar. Pour over it a pint of boiling
water and cover. 1'ncover occasionally
and !?!?<?>.- with a wooden potato masher.
Wlu ii cold strain into a pitcher, add more
sugar if required, c till and serve with a
little chipped ice and a few candied mint
j leavi s added to each glass.
KM MA PADDOCK TELFORD.
Hints for Women.
Among the popular collar supporters
ire t. is-- made of celluloid. As they do
? tot rust in the wash they are not remov
al when the collar is laundered. If the
collar requires ironing as well as wash
ing the supporters should be either re
moved or extreme care must be given to
the ironing.
< >therwise there will surely be an aoci
d? :it. Last week I wa> watching the
ironing of a nice collar (with celluloid
supports! when a tiny explosion took
plu< c. After the odor of camphor had
disappeared there was only the blackened
wreck of a collar left.
?>d<!s and ends of embroidery that may
be left over from the summer sewing or
picked up as bargains now may be used
effectively as trimmings for aprons, as a
couple of strips will make bretelles.
The raw edge should be shaped to bring
the work wide on tiie shoulders and
narrow at the belt.
Then it should be sewed to a braiding
>?i a narrow Insertion. This is a hand
some addition to an ordinary lawn apron.
Small s jtiares or corners of embroidery
m--ke f? t? hir.g little bibs for aprons.
Short lengths of insertion embroidery
| may be used with g'Md effect to connect
bretelles made from lawn.
David Yells New Yorkers How
to Live Forever.
EXTRA DAY THROWN IN, TOO
Just Go "Into Silence'' Three Times
a Day.
NEW RELIGION IS NAMELESS
You Must Be Careful of Your
Vibrations, of Course, and
Think Bight.
NEW YORK. August 2?.?At the lirst
public meeting held in this city by a
new religious cult last night ttie leaders
,nf thn movement declared they had
leased and dedicated a four-story brown
stone residence at 32 East 33d street for
the purpose of demonstrating their belief
that persons who follow their teachings
may live forever right here on earth.
Thirteen women and four men. at
tracted to the meeting last night by a
newspaper advertisement which said that
a "new revelation" would be mad.', were
admitted by a man servant in livery and
escorted by another man servant in liv
ery to large parlors in the rear of the
first floor.
There, on a thtorte. under an artificial
rubber plant, they found a woman dressed
in flowing white silk robes. She delivered
an address, in the course of which site
said that the cardinal dogma of the cult
which held its flrst public services last,
night was that men and women who fol
low the teachings of that cult will live
forever.
"If I told you how old 1 am you would
not believe me," she said in a whisper,
"but T am not so old as a few persons
witli whom I broke bread not long since,
("tie of those persons was 500 years old.
and another was 1,00?. Live as we tell
you to live and you will live forever. Yon
will grow younger instead of older. David
will now speak to you."
David Tells How to Do It.
David came forward attended by a
blonde young woman, who had previously
said she was one of the leaders of the
new movement. David, who had a high
forehead and a black mustache, wore very
Jight clothes and a lavender scarf.
The woman in the white flowing robes
on the throne waved her hand toward
David and whispered: .
"From India, where he spent ten years
| in meditation."
Before David began to speak the men
servants moved noiselessly to the win
dows and drew silk shades across them.
"I speak in public for the first time,
said David, whose accent seemed more
suggestive of Liverpool than Burmali. I
am here to tell you the wonderful good
news, that you may all live forever, rhe
end of the sixth day in the period of the
creation of the world is at hand. In our
belief a day is as one thousand years and
one thousand years is as a day. It is in
this day that immortality begins on earth.
"I counsel you to go into silence
each morning at six. again at high noon
and again at six in the evening. Concen
trate your thought on the idea that you
cannot die. Live as we tell you to live
and you will find that you can live forever
on this earth."
"Perhaps some of the friends would like
to ask some questions, David, said the
lady in white, mildly; "for instance, that i
gentleman on the sofa may have a ques
tion in his mind."
His Vibrations Wavy.
The gentleman on the sofa, who wore
his tie drawn through a diamond ring
and who wore the look of a man who
has come upon something he has not
expected, coughed behind his hand and
said:
"No, lady, there's nothing troubling
me." , , ..
"But there is," said the lady, sweetly:
"your vibrations are wavy."
"I beg your pardon." said the man. "1
dldr't get that."
"Vibrations." explained the lady, pa
tientlv. "Vibrations by which we live
and by which we shall make you im
mortal are governed by thought, if you
think right you'll vibrate right. If you
vibrate right you shall live forever, aye,
forever and a day."
Before the gentleman on the sofa re
ceived any more information of a bio
graphical character, a woman dressed
in deep black arose to ask why it was
necessarv to think about death at all.
David started to answer, but ihe wom
an on the throne was ahead of him.
"It is not at all necessary," she said,
"vou must not think of death or of any
topic suggestive of death. Think, rather,
?I shall not die.' Keep that thought."
Cult Boasts No Name.
"What is the name of this religion?"
asked a thin man, who leaned pensively
against a shaded lamp.
"It has no name." answered the woman
on the throne. "Most religions have
nothing hut names?names and collec
tion boxes. We have neither. None of
you shall ever be asked for a penny."
"What must be renounced in order that
one may enter into this religion?" asked
the thin man.
"Nothing is renounced." said the woman,
who, with her hand, told David to sit
down, and was obeyed. "Conservatism of
energy is one of the secrets. You give
up nothing. Vou get more of everything
you already have.'\
"That sounds good to me," said the
man on the sofa, who by this time was
shorn of his embarrassment.
The woman on the throne asked a few
more questions and answered them and
then adjourned the meeting, saying she
would soon send out a call for the 144,UUO
persons, whom she says are eleglble to
immortality on this earth. I
Meet After Years of Separation.
BALTIMORE, August 23 ?After years
of separation, with thousands of miles
between them. Miss Ann E. Cothier of
New Plymouth, New Zealand, and her
sister, Mrs. John II. Cooley, 1723 Edmon
son avenue, have been reunited. Miss
Cothier. in 1873, left Liverpool on the
steamer Great Britain for New Zealand
to join her father and two brothers at
New Plymouth. -She and Mrs. Cooley,
who saw her off at the British port, did
not see each other again until several
days ago, when Miss Cothier returned.
For some time the sister in this city had
been begging the other to come here and
live, but as Miss Cothier had built up an
extensive business and owned a depart
ment store, she would not leave. Though
seventy years old. she continued her
business until a short while ago, when
a handsome offer was made to her for
iier store. Deciding to accept, she cabled
Mrs. Cooley and followed in the wake of
the cabfegram.
Girl Seriously Burns at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. August 'Si.?By the heroic
efforts of three persons Miss Theresa
Welsh, seventeen years old, daughter of
Mr. Timothy Welsh, was saved from be
ing seriously burned after her clothing
had become ignited from the gas oven tn
the kitchen of her home yesterday after
noon. Those who went to her assistance
were also badly burned about the arms,
.viiss Wz-lsi. was turning some bread oar
ing in the oven of the ga.s range. As* she
opened the door the draft fanned the
flame against her skirt, causing it to
ignite.
Drowns in Potomac River.
t'l'MBERLAND, Md., August 23.?Roy
Poling of Hampshire county, W. Va? a
pea< h picker was drowned in the
Potomac river, opposite Okonoko. yester
day afternoon. His companion was un
able to give him aid. A number of per
sons heard his cries for help, but he sank
out of sight. Late last evening the body
had not been recovered.
As Millions Know, There Is
No Other Milk Like This
For your own sake, please learn the difference between Van Camp's Milk
and all others. For you save not a penny by taking vastly inferior milk.
You get a full pint of Van Camp's for 10
cents?with two-thirds the water evaporated.
You get a milk which is 28 per cent solids
?8 per cent butter fat. And you get pure
Holstein milk.
You don't get a thin milk, with too much
water left in. And you don't get a milk which
is cheapened with sugar, as you do in con
densed milk.
When others offer an equal milk, they are
welcome to say, "It is as good as Van
Camp's."
But, until they do, we shall continue to
warn you against the inferior brands.
No Tubercular Cows
The chief danger in raw milk lies in tuber
cular germs. Millions of infected cows,
milked every day, are spreading consumption
at a terrible rate.
That is why every authority advises steril
ized milk.
Van Camp's milk is sterilized, but that
isn't all. Our cows are inspected, so we
know none is infected.
Our dairies are sanitary in the extreme.
Our evaporating plants are built without
wood. We employ every modern precaution.
The result is a milk which is utterly
sterile. A milk that is safe, without a germ
of any kind in it.
Rich Holstein Milk
We buy none but Holstein cows?the
World's finest breed, famed for their splen
did vitality.
The milk from such cows is immeasurably
better for children than the milk of mongrel
cows.
This milk, fresh from the cows, is placed
in a vacuum. And a moderate heat, because
of the vacuum, throws off the water in
steam.
Thus we take out two-thirds of the water,
and the milk that results is as thick as thick
cream. It contains 28 per cent total solids,
and 8 per cent butter fat.
We use no sugar, no starch, no preserva
tive. Van Camp's is simply rich Holstein
milk, reduced for convenience in shipping.
Six Cents Per Quart
The cost of Van Camp's, when you re
place the water which we evaporate, is about
six cents per quart.
The 10-cent can contains a full pint of milk
reduced to the minimum. And grocers give
discounts on cases.
' So Van Camp's is cheaper than raw milk,
because your milkman's daily delivery costs
more than the milk itself.
And you have no waste when you use Van
Camp's. You never have milk left over. You
open a can when you want it, and it keeps
till you use it up.
A Cow in the Kitchen
Van Camp's means a cow in the kitchen.
Rich milk or cream for every purpose?all
you want and all the time.
Add one part water for coffee or cereals.
It is then like the richest cream. For cook
ing or drinking, reduce as you like.
Van Camp's gives to milk dishes twice the
richness and flavor that you get from raw
milk. For this is whole milk, with all the
butter fat, all the solids in it.
In milkman's milk, the butter fat rises and
the solids fall. You don't get the whole milk
from any part of the can. Then you let it
stand and it separates more. So the milk used
for cooking is rarely more than a half-milk.
YouH be amazed at the flavor which Van
Camp's gives to milk dishes. Not the slight
almond flavor, due to sterilization, apparent
when Van Camp's is drunk cold. You get
that same flavor from milkman's milk when
you heat it. The delicious flavor that Van
Camp's gives to milk dishes is due to the
richness, the wholeness of the milk.
Don't be Misled
If you want Holstein milk, reduced to the
minimum, ycu will always insist on Van
Camp's.
Others may claim that common milk, only
partly reduced, is just as good as Van
Camp's. But it isn't.
And don't think that condensed milk, which
is nearly half sugar, is anything like Van
Camp's. Van Camp's contains no sugar?no
addition whatever.
Sugar was used to preserve milk before the
days of sterilization. It is entirely unneces
sary now. If you want sugar, you can buy
it for half what it costs in a can of milk.
And condensed milk, because of the sugar,
is unfit for cooking. You can't use it as you
can Van Camp's. ,So, please let no one mis
lead you.
The 16-oz. can of Van
Camp's sells for 10 cents;
the 6-oz. can 5 cents. So
you get one-third more
for your money in buying
the larger cans. Grocers
give discounts on cases.
The milk ia produced at
our dairies, located in six
states.
SkN Camp$
STtRILI ZED
Van Camp Packing Co.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Van Camp's Milk
Evaporated?Sterilized?Unsweetened
SUNDAY IS BUSY FOR TAFT
HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TIME
FOR CHURCH.
Cabinet Members Confer With Him
on Anti-Trust Legislation?No.
Army Reduction.
BBVBRLY, Mass., August 2 J.-1
ministration, after a conference
President Taf. and members of his <ab
net Mr. MacVeagh, the Secretary of
Treasury: Attorney General Wickersham
and Mr. Meyer, the Secretary of tue - ay,
on the Sherman anti-trust act, m the
light of hundreds of derisions, became
Arm yesterday in the conviction that onl.
The most carefully considered changes in
oven ihe wording of the different sections
of the act could be suggested to Congas
and that these suggestions should de?i
only with the application of eases which,
i, is believed, were never in contempla
tion bv the frame s of the original statute.
Tak;> two instances: A merchant or
manufacturer engaged in "
business that covers certain states ?'? -
?o iell'his business and his goodwill, and
?o in the terms of the sale obligates him
self to the purchaser not to go into the
same business in those states. Such a
restraint of trade has always been en
forced at common law.
Again the employes of an interstat
railroad combine and enter upon a pea, e
!, ' 'd lawful strike to secure better
wages At common law such was not a
restraint on trade or commerce, or a vio
iation of the rights oMhc company ortte
lawyers of the present administration t^at
neither case ought to be made a \ iolation
of the Sherman act.
In company with these suggestions will
nrobably be others for changes required
fn the executive departments concerning
lwtter enforcements.
Many other phases of the Sherman ac
were also discussed today, and will b
brought later before other members of the
cabinet Attorney General Wickersham
leaves tomorrow for New ^ o. k, but h
retarv MacVeagh will remain on
North Shore for a few da>* '
turning to his summer home in Dublin.
Interstate Commerce Act.
Regarding the proposed changes in the
interstate commerce act, It is stated that
the efforts of the present administration
will be toward lifting from the shoulders
of the present board the work of investi
gating rates and allegeu violations of the
act and shifting such labors to the De
partment of Commerce.
The retrenchment plans which Se-.-ietai>
Meyer has Inaugurated in the Navy De
partment are expected to take definite
shape before Congress meets through the
reports of the three boards which are
making rigid investigations along such
lines Secretary Meyer will have a teie
phonic conference with Rear Admlra
Swift, commandant of the Boston >ar
?ind chairman of the board on navy yard
administration, and if .no time limit for
that board's report, which is Octobei 1. is
unproductive of definite results the board
will be given a few weeks more.
\ definite denial was made yesterday at
,h'e summer capital of the report that a
reduction of the regular army was under
?(The?only' f'iinet ions which the President
will attend during the twenty-three re
maining days of his stay in Massachu
setts are the Yale Club's outdoor meet at
Brookline, September the luncheon to
the Sonder yachtsmen 011 the Mayflower,
September when the Taft cup will be
presented to the winner of the German
American series, and the banquet of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce. Septem
ber 14. the eve of his departure oil his
western trip. Both the Yale field day and
the Sonder luncheon are of a private na
ture so the only public appearance of the
President will be in Mechanics' Hall, in
Boston, when he will clear his throat foi
two months of oratory.
A Mighty Busy Man.
President Taft was so engrossed in the
cares of state yesterday that even church
attendance was omitted. During the fore
noon a long list of pardon cases was con
sidered, while in the afternoon the intri
,-ate and delicate questions of the per
1 sonnel of the new tariff board, the
changes in the interstate commerce and
'un?i trust acts and some economic meas
b?o inrti.uted In .he
I Navy Department were discussed.
Chewing Tobacco Is a Luxury
that every man may enjoy Piper Heid
Hleck champagne flavor plug is the best.
Advt
VETERAN TUGMAN DIES.
Capt. J. W. Collins Passes Away at
Baltimore After Active Life.
BALTIMORE. August 21.?Capt. James
VV. Collins, seventy years old, a vvp'.I
known captain of tugs and a popular
democratic politician, died yesterday aft
ernoon at his home. Bank street,
from a stroke of apoplexy received a
year ago ('apt. Collins spent more than
a quarter of a century plowing the wat
ers of the river and bay in command of
city tugs.
In 1870 he joined the tup Tigress as a
deckhand and won promotion until in
1K7:; he became the master of the city
tug Robert R. Kirkhutd.
Sunday, February 1 Mayor Van
satit received word that a fleet of four
oyster pungies were marooned on Poplar
Island and w< re hemmed in by tl?e ice
anil were without food or shelter. Capt.
Collins volunteered to rescue them, and
facing a fearful storm and bitter cold,
iie steamed slowly down the bay. After
almost incredible hard-ships he came to
Poplar Island and took tlx- stranded pun
gies in tow, and arrived' at Annapolis the
next morning aft^r tlie tow lines had
parted several times. His clothing was a
sheet of ice from his hard battle with
the waves and snow, and he contracted
pneumonia, from which he nearly died.
For twenty-seven years afterward ('apt.
Collins was the master of the city tug
Baltimore and held this position until he,
retired about twelve years ago, broken
in health from his exposure and trips to
save helpless vessels in storms.
FOUND HANGING TO TREE.
Man's Body in Woods Over a Month.
Left Home After Quarrel.
YORK. Pa., August 'Si.?A mysterious
letter and buzzards circling in the air
led to the discovery yesterday of the
partly decomposed body of Lewis Spahr,
forty-flve years old. hanging from a dog
wood tree in the Conewago hills, near
Zionsview, this county. Spahr had com
mitted suicide following a quarrel with
his wife. It is said he had demanded
$20 from his wife In order to take a
trip, and that she refused to grant his
request.
Spahr left his home July s last, and,
judging from the appearance of the
missing man's body, iie must have ended
his life shortly afterward. N'o one
heard of the missing man until about a
week ago. when a letter mailed in Dover
w.is received by his son George. It was
as follows:
"Body of your father can be found ou
hill above Winehold's field hanging to a
dogwood tree." Xo name was signed.
Immediately upon receipt of the letter
searching parties were organized and
scoured the Conewago hills in the vicin
ity of the place mentioned in the note.
Yesterday a number of persons were at
tracted to the spot where the body was
found by seeing a Hock of buzzards soar
ing about in the air. The body had been
hanging so long that ii had stretched
several feet and part of the face was
eaten away.
The note which led to the discovery of
the body, it is believed, was written by
some person who came across the dead
man and did not want to be connected
with the inquest which would follow.
Spahr was engaged in farming and was
always known as being industrious.
Woman Hangs Herself in Stable.
(TMHKRLANI), Md.. August j:; Mrs.
Mary Wagner, aged lifty-six years,
banned herself in a stable in the rear
of 11. R. Brant's res*'denee, on Colum
bia street, this city, yesterday. She had
been ill some time and had separated
from her husband some months aso.
Suffering from melancholia, she secured a
rope and, going into the stable at about
!? o'clock yesterday morning, fastened the
rope to a rafter while standing on a
portable feed trough. When the body
was found by a young lady four hours
later the feet were almost touching the
floor Mrs. Wagner was married twice
and leaves five children. Her first hus
band was named Steckman, and her sec
ond husband, who is still living, "is
Charles Wagner, a wclk known plumber.
Two Hurt in Mountain Runaway.
HIGH FIELD. Md., August i.'!.- Fred
erick W. McComas, son of Henry Mc
Comas of Hagerstown and Blue Ridge,
and a. nephew of the late Senator Mc
Comas. and Mrs. Frederick W. McComas
and children were thrown from their
carriage when the vehicle overturned on
the Monterey road yesterday afternoon.
Mr. McComas had his right ankle and
Mrs. McComas had her left arm broken.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. McComas
?i i: Murray Mi-Cop.:.s. J' ? p
P. McComas of Annapolis. Md.. and a
nurse were also thrown into the road,
but were not injured.
APPROACH OF HALLEY'S COMET 1
WILL BE NEAREST THE EARTH
NEXT MAY OR JUNE.
Approaching Us at Rate of Million
Miles a Day?Brilliant Spec
tacle Predicted.
According to local astronomers. Hal
ley's comet, wliose approaching peri
helion passage in the sky will mark the
most important astronomical event of
the year I'.MMJ-Iiiln. is now within the
orbit of the planet Jnpiter. and is com
ing into 'lie orbit of the earth at the
! tapid rate of a million miles a day.- As
! a faint nebulous object near the eon
' stellation Orion, it will probably be
; picked up by a telescope in the south in a
i few weeks: in fact, celestial photography
i has it located in limitless space, fat be
i yond the vision of the most delic ate tele
I scopic research.
j As the comet enters the orbit of the
! solar system it will grow brighter every
'day until it becomes visible to the naked
i eye?the most brilliant object that is to
| cross the heavens in the life of the
present generation.
The coinct will approach nearest to the
earth next Mav or June, and will come
within a few miles?by astronomical
reckoning, twenty million miles. After
June or July. P.tlo. the comet will grad
ually pass from the path of the solar
? system, never to lie seen again by those
of this generation. Early in 1911 it will
disappear.
Haliey's comet has an interesting his
tory in classical and astronomical liter
ature. the record of which dates back
to some years prior to the Christian era.
but most conspicuous when its appari
tion attracted universal attention at the
time 01" William the Conqueror.
The comet was last seen in 1NJ5. a
year before the birth of Simon Newcomb,
who died recently.
' TO CHURCH ON ROLLER SKATES
Bridal Party in Berlin Affected by
Prevailing Craze.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN. August J.'..?The roller skating
craze, which dominates all Berlin, reached
a culminating point a few days ago when
a bridal procession, numbering twenty.
: went to church. 011 roller skates.
t The bridegroom was in evening dress
and tall hat. as is the custom in Ger
many. and the bride wore a white satin
robe and long veil, holding her train in
one hand. One witness was on their right
and one on their left. The father and
mother of the bride were behind the
young couple, the guests following.
They all "rolled" through the streets,
somewhat astonishing the Bei;liners, who
greeted them with cordial cheers. It was
a rather difficult performance, especially
for the mother, a typical stout German
lady, but all went well. At the entrance
to the church a messenger l>oy was wait
ing to mind the skates during the cere
mony. Afterward all put on their skates
again and skated to the registrar's office,
and from there to the restaurant, where
the wedding dinner was given.
| PRINCE GIVES UP RIGHTS.
t
I Pressure Employed to Induce Him
to Abandon His Claims.
BERLIN. August i!L?All claims to
reign over a territory of l.:)S>i square
miles, with a population approaching
400,000, in tile heart of Germany, have
'been renounced by Prince Hermann ol"
Saxc-Weimar-Eisenach. who lias defi
nitely abandoned his rights as a member ,
i of the grand ducal house of Saxe-Weimar
Eisenach.
The prince is the elder son of Prince
William, cousin of the reigning grand 1
duke and iieir presumptive. in future
he will bear the name of Count von i
Ostluiin. lb- is twenty-three years of]
age. His renunciation is not entirely j
voluntary. He had. in fact, to y eid
to the pressure brought upon him aftar
hi- had shown finalities which were re
garded as undesirable in a future ruler
of tiie state. His highness' habits of
life were much discussed last vt-ar on
the revelation of his relations with cer
tain Berlin money-lenders, to whom ne
owed some $2,">0,000. He was at the time j
a lieutenant in the l."?th Hussars, sta
tioned at the little town of Saarburg. in
lAirrainc. His offer of marriage to the j
Princess Marie Bonaparte, granddaughter
of M. Blanc of Monte Carlo, was refused.
Soon afterward he was dismissed from
the army. His right of succession passes
to his brother Albert, his junior by only
eleven months.
ENDS LIFE WITH ACID.
Edward Volker's Body Found in
Rear of Baltimore Greenhouse.
BALTIMORE, August :3.?Brooding
over the dea'h of his father, which oc
curred several years as", and over his
separation from his mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Volker-Lutz. front whom he ran
away about eighteen months ago upon
her s cond marriage, Edward Volker.
j twenty years old, of Hamilton, committed
! suicide either Saturday night or early
; Sunday morning by taking carbolic acid,
j Lying in the rear of a large greenhouse
ion the land surrounding the residence of
; his uncle, John H. Somniers, about 100
! f.-et from the house, with an empty
thr^e-ounce phial labeled "Carbolic acid"
near him. his body was discovered about
o'clock last evening by Mr. and Mrs.
P. B. Mason, whose house is nearby.
Coroner Schone gave the verdict of death
by suicide and stated .hat young Volker
i had been dead about ten hours.
I I'nusuallv devoted 1o his father, Volker
was stricken with grief at his death,
j about live vt?ars ago.
l>ast Saturday morning young Volker
! left his home in Lauraville and went to
I sc.- his uncle, Mr. Sommers, with whom
| he took dinner. Shortly after dinner he
! left the house without telling any one
| where he was going. When lie did not
| return that night his uncle was not wor
ried. for he thought that he might have
returned to Lauraville. Not being used
in the summer, the sreenhouse was not
visited by any members of the family
either Saturday night or yesterday morn
ing. and their first knowledge of the sad
affair came to them when Mr. Mason
sent word that he and his wife had dis
i covered the body while walking along
| the road.
HONEST WIFE RETURNS CASH.
'Norfolk Woman Says Hubby Stole
It. but Withholds Name.
j N'OuFifLK. Ya., August 23.?When a
j burglar entered the apartments of Sam
Silberman. 07 Bank street, and stole
from his trousers pocket he never ex
pected to get the money back. In less
than twenty-four hours afterward, how
ever, the wife of the burglar, bearing in
; her arms a three-month-old baby, ap
peared at the Silberman home with $""?
of the money which her husband had
i stolen and begged that be be not prose
i cuted.
j The woman refused to give her name,
and with tears in her eyes pleaded with
Mrs. Silberman not to try to find *0111
I who she w;is and not to prosecute the
! burglar, who. she said, was her hus
j band. She claimed he was drunk when
l he stole the money aand that he had
never robbed any one before.
Mrs. Silberman accepted the JL'l," front
th'- young wife, who wore a heavy veil.
Mrs. Silberman insisted that the woman
take $."? of the money for her honesty.
TUNNEL FIRE STARTS AGAIN.
! Lynchburg- Has Another Cave-In
Along Water Street.
LYNCHBURG. Ya.. August 23.?Al
though Contra tor Elivier was confident
that the fire in the Southern railway tun
nel was out and that he could resume
I work Monday, fire was discovered again
j yesterday, follow ng another cave-in in
Water street and Rivermont avenue. The
tire, although not burning rapidly yet, is
in the southern end of the !hn? feet, w hich
was believed to have been saved from
the lire which destroyed the other km
feci nearly two weeks ago.
Steam was pou ed into the remaining
portion of the tunnel for 130 hours, and
when an effort was made to remove the
barricade at the nort'.-.ern end it was found
to be tilled with carbonic ac d gas. In an
effort to get this gas out of the tunnel
several men were overcome by the gas.
and thev nea ly lost their lives. Com
pressed air was used to force tl e carbonic
gas out, and this probably fanned the
smoldering timbers nto a b'az again.
Five or six dwellings are located in
Water street dire tly over the standing
part of the tunnel, and if thes timbers
are burned out these houses are a:m<st
ceitain to go into the cave-in that will
follow. The tunnel has been closed up
again, and four bo lers are aga n S liding
steam Into it. while several sreams of
water are going into the fire thro-.tgh the
big cracks in the top of the tunnel.
The scene of the disaster is remote
from the present loute of the Southern's
main line, and in no way interferes with
traffic.
Mrs Jinks?My husband did not like
that tea you sent lis last.
Grocer (politely)?Did you like It,
madam?
Mrs. Jinks?Yes; 1 liked it.
Grocer (to e'erk >?James, send Mrs.
Jinks another pound of the same tea she
had last. Anything els?, madam*??
Punch.