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.response to one of the lunges she § oD your voyage. ' g FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1917. 'II»AS THIRSTING FOR BLOOD Had Woman Not Left Her Husband at Miles Block Home There Would Certainly Have Been Murder. A gentleman—and apparently a ter rible-tempered one—sat quietly near the door of a Broadway surface car ms it rounded the treacherous corner at Fourteenth street in New York. It might be well to qualify the descrip- tion of the gentleman by the state- ment that he was quiet when the car started to go around the curve men- tioned. Later on he was less 8o. Among the persons who got on the back platform when the car stopped at the near eide was a stout woman, who, with the combination of her /build || and bundles, had difficulty in wedging through the door. She got in at'a time when the car was debcrlblnfi fancy figures over the curve, and in stepped squarely upon the feet of the guiet gentleman. Apparently he had a corn, which connected directly with |’ his soul. He screamed once and then sat looking straight ahead, very red and very angry. One of his shoes glig- tened and the other resembled a mud cookie. The woman did not go her way, but stood wavering. bundles and all, look- ing at her victim indignantly. He ig- nored her. “Why dom’t you get your old feet out of the aisle?” she inquired after a long stare. The man lonked her straight in the eye, \meanwhile elicking his 1lips speculatively. “Madame,” he sald, “if you had your husband with you I would Kl him, Undoubtedly, I would kill him.” After which he limped out to the platform and dropped off, apparently to be alone with his foot. ' HE WANTED HIS RING BACK And the Brute Got His Lawyer to f erto a Letter Demanding Its Return. o = P Dear Madam: We are nlwayi grieved to see young romance shate tered and irons placed upon the trem- A bling wrists of the goddess Hymen, but when unfortunate circumstances necessarily produce such a sad happen- ing, it 1s customary for the young lady to return those mementoes of affec- tion and high esteem which have been tke evidences of high regard and es- teem of the young man during more friendly moments. i+ More so, it is customary for the young lady to return that pledge of the contract of engagement to enter Into_the bonds which bind as one the possibility for the use of which has so unfortunately been destroyed. ‘We. therefore request, respectfully, hat you return to this office the en- gagement ring of Mr, ——, or we shall, although most reluctantly, be come pelled to institute replevin proceed- Angs for its return.—Docket. Chinese Princess In®U. 8. ‘ Princess Der Ling, a brilllant Chi mese noblewoman and a lady-in-wait- ing to the late dowager empress, has been on a.visit to' the United States, devoted chiefly to the study of Ameri- o’n social and educational customs, The princess has been a pioneer in the advancement of women in the ancient and tradition-bound country of her birth, and is an author. She has writ ten, in a book entitled “Two Years ir the Forbidden City,” valuable impres- sions of Chinese imperial life, so diffi- cult of access for common mortals in the old days of the erupire. She was educated in Paris while her fathev was Chinese minister te¢ France, and has all the culture of the western womap In addition to the daintiness and pie- turesqueness of the eastern. Unramiliar Use of Molasses. Molasses is not only the most impor tant by-product of beet sugar manufac- ture from a financial standpoint, but is also of particular interest chemically and from the point of view of the va« riety of ways in which it as been atilized. Among these sre cattle feed- ing, alcohvl production and extraction processes. In cattle feeding the molasses iy Mhixed with alfalfa meal or beet pulp when avatlable, as the molasses in its vriginal state is too sticky for feeding. Alcohol und vinegar are also made from molasses in this country and abrond.—Metallurgical and Chemicdl Engineering. 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