Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Swiss Girl's Sad Plight Pretty Miss Ruffy, Lured Across the Ocean by Love Notes, Finds the Gates Barred Because Man Whose Caii She Gladly Obeyed Cannot Be Found. My i>ear Little Adored Wife?I have been wicked. I have suffered for lt. I did not see you before leaving. I would have suffered too much. But I know you. I know that you love me a little and even much, for you will not forget that you have suffered In my arms. For two years We were two examples of perfect love. "We quarreled sometimes, fought- even, but wo ?oved each other always. What did we not do to see each other? Did I not risk my lifo many times when on dark,nights I dropped from a second story window to go to see the girl I loved? Did X not more than once forsake the pa ternal roof for you? Ida, If you have a heart?and you have one?you will feel that some one suffers and weeps for you. I am still yours. I never deceived you but once. That was at Geneva, and If I could I would beat myself for having done co. , Write to me. I beg of you. One single word from you will prove you have thought of mo one moment, will dry one .of ray tears. I see only you. You cannot believe that enough. My heart is torn. I cannot werfte any more. I want you to be mine.' I adore you. I would kill some one to bring you here. Bnt you will come. I am working and will make money. Ooodby. my dear little wife. Throwing myself In your arms. I kiss you on the mouth. Goodby! Think of him who suf ed in the young woman's plight from reading about it in the newspapers have appealed for her to Acting Com missioner of Immigration Jostph Mur ray. Of course the Immigration officials did not detain Ida Ruffy merely be cause her fiance had failed to meet her nor because she possessed only a limited amount of money, but before the examining board which passed upon her case Ida Ruffy made some admissions in regard lo young Bouet, her fiance, which, taken with a dis patch from Geneva which cast doubt upon her character, led to her exclu sion. "I met Amy Bouet two years ago at a ball in Geneva," said Miss Ruffy to the writer. "His parents are ,very well to do, his father being a rich architect and con tractor there. ?"We fell in love at once. I was a milliner, and his parents did not think I had money enough for him. My PORTRAIT OF MISS IDA RUFFY AND SCENES IN CONNECTION WITH HER LOVE AFFAIRS. 1 fers for you. It is your lover who adores you. A. BOUET. Write to me care of Mr. Ungerer, '273 Seari street. Mow York. This is a literal translation of a' let ter written on Jan. 14 last by Mr. Amy Bouet, aged tweuty-two. residing in New York. xto Miss Ida Ruffy, aged twenty-four, of Geneva, Switzerland. Receiving, this and subsequent letters of a more burning urgency. Ida Ruffy, who considered herself engaged to the young man, sold out the little millinery business by which she bad supported herself and took passage on the steam ? ship President Lincoln for New York. Having notified the ardent Mr. Bouet of her coming, she naturally expected to step from the steamship into the manly arms so much written about. Instead she stepped into the deteution pen at Ellis Island, where she has re mained ever since, and young Bouet. who lived till the day of her arrival at 126 West Eighty-second street and worked for a Pearl street oil merchant as an assayer, has faded apparently from the face of the earth. Meantime Ida Ruffy, who landed here with about $S?, has been excluded as an undesirable alien. She was to have been deported on the Kaiser Wil helm, but persons who became Interest mother, however, has some money, but she Is married again, and I have to support myself. From the beginning Amy's parents tried to break up our friendship, but we made every sacri fice for each other and were very hap py. FinaTly they persuaded him to go to America. When he left he prom ised to send for me as noon as he could. He landed here on Jan. 4. On the 14th he wrote me the letter I have shown you. Then came other letters. I want ed to see him very much, and I thought how pleased he would be. I thought we could marry and I could work as a milliner and we could sa've mouey. So I sold out my little business and wrote him that I would arrive on the President Lincoln. But his parents sent him a cablegram warning him not lo meet me. I think, too. it was they who caused a dispatch to be sent here to Ellis island defaming my character. "I want to live and work in America now that I am here. There Is so much more chauce for a woman here. I have been told. I will work at anything If only some one will give me an oppor tunity. Amy has treated me very bad ly, yet I am sure he loves me. But I will forget him'and work. Oh, don't you think they will let me in?" Man With Bug la Ssaate. Addresses Vice President Fairbanks and Proclaims He Is the Head of the House?Says He Is George Washington. Not since Carrie Nation attempted there to make a speech has there been so much excitemeut in the senate gal leries as there was when a voice from the men's gallery, addressed to "Mr. Fairbanks and gentlemen of this honse," startled the senate during the consideration of the naval appropria tion bill William O'Leary, unshaven, but not otherwise uncouth, was trying to get the vice president's attention. He suc ceeded and was, besides, attracting the gaze of everybody on the floor and In all the galleries when he shouted, "I proclaim myself the head of this house." Before this utterance had fairly es caped his lips the doorkeepers were upon him. A one armed soldier reach ed him first. Three doorkeepers aud a policeman carried and pushed him out of the gallery. When the deiention room, in the basement, was reached it was evident that the man was crazy, and he was locked up for an examina tion as to his sanity. He said he had served as au ordin?r, seaman in the navy. He declared that he was Goorge Washington and that his home vvas the White House. He was not quite ?sure, apparently, as to whether the White House was located in Washing ton, D. C. or at Bremerton, In Wash ington state. He said his auditors could take their choice. In fact, he was most obliging about allowing his hearers to reach their own conclu sions, for he told enough versions, each different from the rest, to furnish the plots of several Jules Verne novels. He said he was forty-four years old. and he looked the part. His next ut terance was that he had made a survey of the entire country 400 years ago, had assisted Ben Franklin in his elec trical experiments and had superin tended the building of the first railroad in the country. He followed this up with the statement that he had been born several times, the last time in 1S03 in Richmond. O'Leary is an ex-sailor, well known In every large port of the United States. He was discharged from the navy for physical disability in 1905. and the department will have to as sinne charge over him until he is cured or dies. The Judge Uses Forcible Language. Judge W. B. Simmons of Fincas tle, Va., told the re, orter that L. & M. Paint was usuoa on his residence in 1882, and held Its color well for 21 years; he furthermore said that 3 years ago he was. induced to use another paint and is sorry he did, because the other paint didn't make good. The Judge will now always use L. & M. because he knows if any de fect exists in L. & 11. Paint, the house will be repainted for nothing. The L. &. M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead r.nd makes X* &*M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. Actual cost of L. & M. about $1.20 per gallon. Donations of L. &. M. made to churches. Sold by J. G., Wannamaker Mfg. Co, Orangeburg. A big or a little cut, small scratches or bruises or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. Gets DoWitt's. Sole by j A. C. Dukes, and A. C. Doyle & Co. CARE OF METAL PIECES. How to Clean Brasses, Bronzes and Wrought Iron. To clean brasses quickly and eco nomically, rub them well witb vinegar and salt or ox::lie acid und s.-ilt fVu.sjj Immediate^ after the rubbing, aud polish with tripoli and sweet oil. Un less the acid Is washed off the thing will tarnish so quickly that its last estate will be worse tban its first Copper kettles and saucepans, brass and irons, fenders, candlesticks aud trays are best cleaned with vinegar and salt Cc ?king vessels in constant use need only to be well washed after ward. Things for show, even pots aud pans, need the oil polishing, which gives a deep-rich yellow luster, good for six months. Oxalic acid and salt is the thing for furniture brasses. If it touches the wood around it, it buly improves the tone. Wipe the brasses well with a wet cloth, and polish thoroughly with oil and tripoli. Sometimes powdered rottenstone does better than tripod. Rub after using either with a dry cloth or leather until there is uo trace of oil. No matter what sort of brass Is to be cleaned, It must first be freed completely from grease, caked dirt and grime. Wash with strobg ammonia suds, rinse and dry before beginning with the acid and salt . . The best treatment for wrought Iron or wrought steel, which both have a knack of growing gray and lusterless, is to first wash it very clean with a stiff brush and ammonia soapsuds, rinse well, dry?by heat If possible then oil plentifully witb sweet oil, and dust thickly with powdered quicklime. Let the lime stay on two days, then brush it off with a clean very stiff brush. Polish witb a softer brush and rub with cloths uutil the lus ter comes out This ought to give the color of iron in daily use, which is nearly the most beautiful in the whole range of metals. By leaving the lime on iron and steel may be kept from rust almost Indefinitely. Before wetting any sort of bric-a brac, and especially bronzes, remove all the dust possible. The less dust water finds about fine Hues and cran nies the less it can leave there. After dusting wash well in strong white soapsuds and ammonia, rluse clean, polish with just a suspicion of oil and rottenstone. and rub off afterward every trace of the oil. Never let acid touch a bronze surface unless one wishes to eat aud pit It for antique effects. How to Make Short Cakes. Put a scant two pouuds of butter in a basin, warm by setting the saucepan in hot water, then beat to a cream with a wooden spoon. Add slowly twenty ounces sifted crushed loaf su gar, stirring well to obtain a white appearance. Add a little lemon peel cut fine, a spoonful or two of milk and stir in flour to muke a short paste, taking care not to have it too stiff Divide into pieces (this quantity will make about sixteen) and work out each piece with the hand into flat, round cakes about a quarter of an inch in thickness and as nearly as possible the same size. Pinch the edges all around with tbe finger and thumb. Cut a small round out of the center, sprinkle a few carraway comfits on top and bake on fiat tins covered witb paper from three-quarters qf an hour to an hour. They should be a pale golden color when done. Tbe pieces will need to be parted again with a knife, as they join in tbe baking. How to Destroy Pests on Plants. The aphis and other insect pests which are\ito troublesome on pot plants can be put to utter rout by the follow ing simple plan, says Suburban Life: Place the iufested plants In any large wooden or tin box that is provided with a tight fitting lid, as, for instance, a common tin wash boiler. Put a live coal or two on a flower pot saucer in the bottom of tbe box and sprinkle some finely cut' tobacco on the coals. Shut the lil quickly and securely, so as to retain all tbe fumes of the burning tobacco. Leave plants for fifteen min utes, and every insect will be dead. Care must be taken not to burn too much tobacco or tbe beat will injure the plants. How to Make Shampoo Soap. Put a teaeupfttl of water Into a saucepan, and into this cut up an inch cube of castile soap. Place on the stove and let simmer, not boil, for an hour. Remove from the fire, add one tablespoonful of ammonia and set away until cooled and jellied. Take the white of one egg. bent stiffly and whip Into tbe soap jelly. Use at once If desired. It will keep nicely in a cool place. This leaves the hair soft and fluffy aDd not sticky, as is usual with hard water. How to Make a Cheap Filter. The most Impure water may be puri fied by filtering through charcoal. Take a large flowerpot, put a piece of sponge or clean moss over the hole In the bottom and fill three-quarters full of equal parts clean sand and chartoal. Over this lay a linen cloth large enough to hang over sides of the pot Pour the water Into the cloth, and It will come out pure. How to Make Eyebrows Grow. Pure alcohol rubbed into the eye brows ,w^thv the finger tips is an ex cellent tonic. A French tonic for stim ulating tbe eyebrows which has ex cellent effects is made of ten grains .of red vaseline and ten centigrams of boric acid. How to Freshen a Veil. If the stiffness is out of your veil and it Is still good wrap It nrnnnd a pasteboard roll, stretching full width, and steam. Let It dry on the roll, ana it will be good as new. i Why buy an Organ from the Peddler? ! When you can buy a superior organ from your factory representative for less money, and on easier terms, and have absolute protection in the guar antee given by the makers. We make low prices and grant from one to two years, without interest, for settlement and only bind the organ as security. We save you money and supply Organs that will prove a life long pleasure. Write at once for catalog and special prices and terms to theoldestablished MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Pianos and Organs. Columbia, S. C An Animal Census. According to an official of the Smithsonian Institution at Washing ton, the latest enumeration of the animals known to scieuct includes i no less thai three hundred and nine ty species. The real number is be lieved to b?i much laiger. It has been estimated that of in sects alone the eartn harbors two million spe;les; but thp late Pro fessor Riley, a recognized authority! on the subject, held even that esti mate as far too low. According to his opinion, ten million would be a moderate estimate of tue number of Insect species. The number of indi viduals is. of course, incalculable. Paper Familie. There cj.n be'no do?ot that with in a very :'ew years the shortage of paper will work some very cuiious changes in certain fambfar aspects of life. Paper Is made "rom grasses and wood pulp, but so far as news I pere are concerned, almost entire, ly from the lalter. The rise in pa per ic already causing alarm in Eu rope. When morning' tiewspapers are no more the nations will psob ably relapse into barbarlsa: until the forests have grown themselves again.?Indian Daily News, Calcut ta. A Mild Remonstrance. He was a kindly old clergyman and he hated to have to suspect the honesty b? any one. Bui at last It was impossible to Ignore the quality of the milk, and he approached the milkman \ ery nervously. "I merely wish to remark," said the good man In his kindliest, mild est manner, "that I require milk for dietary purposes, and not for use at christenings."?Detroit News-Trib une. Doctored Tea. The tea importers are asking that the Inspection of tea be transferred from the Treasury to the Agricultur al" Department?on the ground, ap parently, that the scientific experts of the latter will be better able to de tect and. stop fraudulent purposes. Cheap teas, they say, are frequently adulterated with Indigo and talc to make them resemble better grades, and these adulterants.are said to be unwholesome. They Had the Habit. "You reporters make me tired," said the cartoonist, who had stroiled in to borrow tobacco. "Why for in stance, dc you always say a subject is to be 'probed' when you mean In vestigated?" "Perhaps for the same reason that you fellows alw.ys represen a work ing man is wearing a square paper cap, rep ied one of the traduced? Philadelphia Ledger. The bigfjest' army depot in the country is, to b established near San Francisco "A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT!" vi: ?Macauley in New York World. Rheumatism ' I have found a tried and tested cure for libra tnntisral Not a remedy that will Btraightentbe distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor turn bony Towths back to flesh strain. That is impossible). Jut I can now surely kill the pains and pangs of this deplorable disease. ? In Germany?with a Chemist In the City of Darmstadt?I found the last Ingredient with Which Dr. Snoop's Rheumatic Remedy was ma 3u & perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last ingredient. I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, it unl> formly cures all curable cases ot this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem to dlssolvt aad pass away under the action of this remedy as freely as does sugar when added to pure water. And then, when dissolved, these poisonous wastes freely pass from the system, and the cause of Rheumatoid Is gone forever. There is now no real need?no actual excuse to suffer longer with out help. We sell, and in confidence recommend Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER. FOR SALE BY A. C. DOYLE & CO. Battling the dements piRST the si3.il and then the rain with their de structive forces soon start decay? unless you've got the right paint protection. Not protection for today, to morrow, or even one year?But paint pro tection for two years, three years, five years, or even ten years. Lowe Brothers with 35 years of experi ence in paint making have solved the im portant problems of paint-protection. They produce a paint that by actual test stands for years if the Paint is prop erly applied on a surface in fit condition to receive it. Lowe Brothers "High Standard" Liquid Paint is an economical paint?not in the price per gallon?but in the cost of cover ing any stipulated number of square feet, and in the length of time it will pro tect that surface. That's the test of the for woodwork and COSTofanypaint. There is a Lowe Brothers Paint for every p ur p o s e. Besides "High Standard" Liquid Paint there are: Interior Enamel walls? Vernicol Enamel White for fine finish and bath rooms? Quick Hard Drying Floor Paint? Carriage Gloss Paint, a beautiful finish with high gloss for bn gg i es and carriages? Vernicol Stain, the best stain and finish for floors, woodwork and furniture? "Little Blud Flag" Varnish for fine house finish. The "111 TLE BL UE FLA G" is Lowe Brothers emblem of quality. 0;i every can of paint it i ; a guarantee of a full measure of paint-satisfac tion. These will save you money. Let us make sug gestion s f or your color com binations. Ask for Color Cards, See sample panels. "TheLittle Slue Flag" FOR SALE BY John McNamara, 38 W. Russell Street. Phone 43.