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BUYINGRUGSINCAIRO
It's a Risky Business For the
Man Who Doesn't Know.
LURING ON AN "EASY MARK."
Tho Story of How a Rich Ameri can
' Wat Work ed by- a Crafty Oriental
Salesman—Under the Mystic Spell of
the Dim,' Religious Light.
Writing of "The Passing of the An-
tique Rug" in the Century, John Kim-
berly Mumfor d tells this story :
It is beyond question cheap er to buy
to America your rug and the Ingenious
tale that goes with it than to wait un-
til you visit Constantinople or Smyrna
or Cairo or Tiflis. They are much
more skillful and insinuating over
there. They tiave the advant age of
local color and environmen t and your
common sense is under the spell of the
east to begin with.
Here Is an incident to illustrate. A
party of rich Americans arriv ed in
Cairo one day several winters ago on
a yachting trip and passed a week or
more In sightseeing . One of them had
just finished a palatial house not far
from New York and throughout Eu-
rope had bought marbles and bronzes ,
woodwork and velvets for it with a
lavish hand. The journey to Cairo
was made In order to secur e rugs.
What happened is best told In the
words of a dealer in the bazaar , from
whom 1 had it
"There was a fellow in our con-
cern," he said, "who was always buy-
ing nightmares , and I had to work
myself black in the face to get rid of
them. The week before the Ameri-
cans came this chap had taken in a
shockingly bad pair of Kirmans , enor-
mously big, new and , to my mind, ut-
terly unsalable. When the head of
the house saw them he held up his
hands and shouted , 'Get rid of those
things for a hundred pounds to the
first person who'll buy them.'
"So I rolled them up and put them
one side. Intending to send them to a
commission man in the bazaar to un-
load. Next morning In came Money-
bags from New York with his whole
company. He said he wanted to see
the best carpets I had, and he saw
them. I turned the place inside out
Nothing pleased him, for the reason
that I made the common mistake of
showing him too much. He thou ght I
bad somethin g hidden away, so he
winked me over into one corner and
told me who he was. 'Now,' said he,
'I want you to limber up. I want the
best, and I don't mind price if I get
what suits me.'
"I was in despair , for I had actually
shown the man every carpet I had.
All of a sudden I thought of these two
freaks baled away the day before. I
almost laughed In his face, but finally
I pulled, my mouth down and began
salaamin g and asked him why in the
world be hadn 't told me who he was
In the beginning, then I shouldn't have
wasted his time and abused bis pa-
tience so.
"He grinned triumphantly. 'I thou ght
you had them,' he said.
'"But ,' said I, 'it will take a little
time to get at them, and J must ask
you and your friends to wait pa-
tiently. '
"They waited, and I tell you for the
next half hour the men around that
shop earned their pay. We went up-
stairs and unrolled those two rugs.
We had a great big curtain of green
plush, which we hung against the
wall. Then we pressed the carpets
out and put them up against the cur-
tain. That , you know, is worth 50 per
cent to the looks. Then we adjusted
the lights and stationed men all
around to look as solemn as worshi p-
ers. Nobody was to speak above a
whisper , and every man was to mur-
mur 'Mashallah!' at appropriate inter -
vals.
"When everything was ready I ush-
ered the customers up and on tiptoe
led them In. There is no doubt about
it, the effect was fine. At first every-
body was still. It was like a churc h.
" 'Ah,' Bald the great man, 'that Is
what I came for. I knew you had
them. You needn't tell me the price.
Just send them to the yacht at Alex-
andria. '
"That night I went up to the hotel
where they were stoppin g and got his
check for 60,000 francs foir the pair.
And that wasn't the best of it I had
got Into my stride then , and while he
was busy annexing the Kirmans I had
the porters brin g up seven of the car-
pets he had refused downsta irs and
showed them In that dim religious
light, unrollin g them as if they had
been sacred and sighing soulfully every
now and then. He bought the whole
seven and to the day of bis death fully
believed that I was the original wizard
of the east"
Among many incidents of his wan-
derin gs throu gh Palestine , recounted
by Harry Fra nck In the Centu ry, Is
this:
"An American who was In Nazareth
long ago," said a native, "told me a
stran ge story. I did not believe him,
for it cannot be true. He said that
in America people buy dogs." And the
mere suggestion of so ludicrous a
transac tion sent the assembled group
Into parox ysms of laughter.
"They do," I replied.
The pompous ex-mayor fell Into such
convulsions of merriment that his ro-
tund face grew the color of burn ished
copper. _ —
"Spy dogs?" roared his sonB In a
chorus of several languages. "But
what forr „
Never having settled that question
entir ely to my own satisfac tion , 1 par-
ried it with anoth er. "How do you get
a dog if yon want one?'
«W-w-w-why." answered the eldest
son. wiping the tears from his eyes,
"if any one wants a dog he tells some
one else, and they give him one. But
whoever wants a dog?"
The Dog Question In Nazareth.
Philip bought a paper and saw that
all the facts were correctl y stated.
Halfwa y down the column he read iii
subhead type:
THE SECRET SERVICE ACCUSES NO
ONE, BUT A FR
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D OP CAPTAIN
COMSTOCK IS THOUGH T TO BE
UNDER SUSPICION.
Vandermuth gasped.
The same night Captain Comstock
was discussin g the absorbing subject
with his daughter.
"Beverly, " he said, "there is only
one way I can think it was done."
"How?" she asked, with interest.
"I hope it Is not true, but when 1
was closing the door Lieutena nt Van-
dermuth might have thrown the plans
out of the window to a friend."
"Oh , father , you don't think that , do
you?" cried Beverly in despair.
The next morning Vandermuth went
over to the Comstocks', where he was
met by Beverly, who led him to her
father 's study. There Philip found the
captain.
"Ah," he said scornfull y and tact-
lessly, "a clever rogue! Sir. neither
my daughter nor myself can associate
with a man under suspicion. Betty,
show him the door."
Philip was staggered by this and
was about to make a hot retor t but
he turned and march ed to the door,
followed by Beverly.
When out of hearin g of the Irat e
raptain the daughter looked the lieu-
tenant full in the eyes and tremulou s-
ly inquired: ^-
"Did you take those plans?"
"No, Miss Comstock ; I did not touch
them."
A week later be was sitting in the
window of the captain's office, as he
bad done a dozen times since the plans
were lost He had volunt eered his
services to the officials , and, more with
the idea of keeping him under surveil-
lance than expecting any help from
him, they had permitted Vandermut h
free access to the offices.
Vandermut h was looking dream ily
at the big buildin g across the street
when he saw a man's face at a win-
flow several floors up.
"If that man's arm were long enough
he could reach down here," thou ght
Philip.
That evening be went to the Corn-
stocks', where he found Beverly and
told her what he had discovered ; She
laughed at him. Philip explained the
thief might have fished for the papers ,
but Beverly pointe d orit that he would
have been seen from the street
Two whole days were spent by Van-
dermu th going from office to office In
the building acro ssfrom the Westing.
He asked all sorts of foolish questions,
but he always mana ged to look out of"
the office windows. He got into every
office on the sixth, seventh and eighth
floors except one. That was on the
seventh floor, with the name Steven
Skivetsky on the door. -
Philip had been-able to see the cap-
tain's office from every window he had
lookedout of, and from somehe could
even see the safe, hot when the door
of the safewas open he could not see
the Inside. He figured if he could en-
ter ibe office of Steren Skivetsk y he
would be able to seethe compartment
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never find any one in. --—
He told Beverly about Sklvetsky.
and when she was downtown the fol-
lowing day she heard some one say
"Skivetsky. "
Beverly turned around quickly. The
speaker was a tall , clean shaven man
and was talking to a large man with
a full beard.
The one with the beard was saying
to the other , "Skivetsky always does
as he is ordered. "
They were walking slowly down the
street , and she followed them. They
soon came to an old fashioned office
building, which they entered . She
trudged after them up a rickety flight
of stairs to the second floor. On a
door she read "Progressive Order of
Liberty, " and as she passed it the two
men she had been following came out.
She heard one say :
"With those papers in our possession
we can make them do anythin g we
want. "
Beverly went home feeling sure that
she had learned where the plans had
gone, and when Philip " called that
night she told him all she had found.
He became very excited and start ed
for the door , rushing madly to the se-
cret service office. He wanted to know
what the Progressive Order of Libert y
was.
He was informed tha i the Pro gress-
ive Order of Liberty was a society of
Russians which had been watched by
the service for some time, but—was
nothing but a socialistic order.
The following day he went to the
superin tendent of the buildin g where
Steven Skivetsky had his office and
made bold inquiries about him.
"He is a good, quiet tenant ," said
the superintendent , "but we will lose
him, for he is going to vacate next
week."
"Fine!" said Vandermuth. "I would
like to take his office when he leaves.
May I look throu gh it?"
"Well ," said the superintendent , "I
will ask Skivetsky, and if you come
around later and I get his permission I
will show you throu gh."
Philip returned to Captain Com-
stock' s office, opened the safe and then
went over to the office of Skivetsky
and knocked on the door , but as no
one answered he went after the su-
perintendent. That functionary greet-
ed him with the tidings that he had
Skivetsky 's permission to show him
through the office. It was a small,
dirty place, with one desk and severa l
chairs.
He opened the closet door and found
hanging on a hook a large coil of silk
fish line, with a long barbed dart at-
tached to the end.
"This was what he got them with ,"
mused Vandermuth. "But how did ha
get them on that line?"
"Ah , here it is!" he exclaimed aloud
as he picked up a large air rifle with
a dart in the barrel like the one be had
found in the closet. "This is what he
shot them with."
"Shot what?" asked the superintend-
ent
"You 'll find out soon enough ," said
Philip. "If Steven comes back keep
him here."
Vandermuth dashed to the secret
service office, rushed in and yelled :
"I' ve got him—the man who stole
the plans!"
"What!" cried the chief, springing
up. Philip hastily told his story, and
the chief, with several men, went up
to Skivetsky's office. The superintend-
ent was sittin g on a chair and was
covered by a revolver held by a tall
man with a heavy beard. A third
man was leanin g over the desk takin g
out a bundle , which Philip instantly
recognized.
"The plans !" he shouted. The man
with the gun turned to fire , but in a
twinklin g the men were overpowered.
"Ah , Steven, thanks for those plans!"
sarcastically said Philip. "And you've
found that the secret service is hard
to dodge."
"Rather , 'tiff hard to dodge you, Lieu-
tenant Vandermut h," said the chief.
"Congratulatio ns on your fine detective
work. Here are the plans. They are
the best proof you have that you are
Innocent"
Philip took them and drove quickly
to the Comstocks'.
As he went Into the living room he
met Beverly, who, seeing the rol l of
papers , figured out what they were.
Bhe cried. "Oh , Philip, I'm so glad !"
"Beverl y," he said, "did you ever
think I took them?"
"No, Philip '
"But your father did."
"Yes. And, Philip, I know he'll be
proud of the fact that you've cleared
your good name."
"That I've cleared it? Why, Betty,
you helped. Only for ^our faith and
patience the task would have been im-
possible. And, Betty," he continued ,
even more seriously, "we've earned a
good name, haven't we?"
She understood .
"I—I think we have," she replied.
And they forgot to rush immediate-
ly to Captain Comstock with the plans.
LANDES SHEPHERDS.
French Peasants Who Are Experts In
Walking on Stilt..
There Is a vast district in Fr ance
where the entire commun ity goes
about and transacts its business on
stilts. This district is called "Les
Landes."
The inhabitants , who are among the
poorest peasants in France, gain their
subsistence by fishing, by such little
agriculture as Is possible and by keep-
ing cows and sheep. The shepherds
make use of their stilts for two pur-
poses—first, because walking is quite
impossible on account of the sage and
under growth of brush , and , second,
because the height of their stilts gives
them a greater range of vision.
The stilts generally are about six or
seven feet high. Near the top there Is
a support for the foot which has a
strong stirrup and stra p, and still
nearer the top a band of leather fas-
tens the stilt firmly to the leg just be-
low the knee. Some stilts, especially
those made for fancy walking and for
tric ks, are even higher than seven
feet and the man who uses these—
and he must be an expert —can trave l
as fast as ten miles an hour. The
lower end of this kind of stilt is
capped with a sheep bone to prevent
its splittin g.
Some of tfiese Landes shepherds are
wonderfully clever-in-the management
of their stilts. They run races, step
or Jump over brooks, dear fences and
.walls and are able to keep their bal-
ance and equilibrium while stooping
to the ground to pick up pebbles or to
gather , wild flowers. They -fall prone
upon their faces and assume their
perpendicular without an effort and
in a single moment after they hare
tfcusjtrostrated themselves.
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1 was in Switzerland and about to
climb the Jungfrau when a bundle of
letters and newspapers were handed
me. While waiting for my guides I
tore open the wrapper of the papers
and , scanning one of the journals , no-
ticed a marked item stating that my
grandfather , Sherman Wellesley. aged
eighty-five , had married and died the
same day .
In a twinkling 1 was deposed from a.
position of heir expectan t to a great
fortune to—I did not know what. My
grandfather bad bitterly opposed my
propensity to travel and especially to
climb mountains. I was his only de-
scendan t, aud be had long endeavored
to induce me to settle down to the care
of the millions which be bad willed
me. He lived in constant terror lest 1
should make a slip on one of my
climbs, go several thousand feet down
over a precipice and the fortu ne that
had been accumulating during his life
time would go a-begging. In other
words , it must be left to charit y.
His intention in marr ying was plain
to me. He could- not have an heir
(other than myself), but he could have
a wife. He bad doubtless lost all pa-
tience with me and at the last moment
married some woman who would sup-
ply my place as an heir.
I hesitated what to do. but , looking
up at the glittering top of the white
mountain , forgot for the time all about
the fortune I had lost, and . my guides
being ready, I started on what proved
my last ascent. On returnin g to my
starting point , luterlaken , I left for
home. As soon as I landed I wrote my
new grandmother asking for informa-
tion as to ber husband' s disposition of
the property . By return mail 1 receiv-
ed this reply:
Your grandfather , being taken suddenly
ill, concluded to destro y the will leaving
you his sole heir , not having confidence
that you would settle down and attend to
the propert y. Havin g but an hour or two
to l
ive, there was no time to make a de-
tailed will. His brain , always quick to
work , solved the problem in this wise:
Having great confidence In me, he mar-
ried me on his deathbed and signed a
will comprised in a few words leaving me
all his property. He. however , exacted a
promise from me that if you desired to
marry me 1 would taKe you for a hus-
band.
Phew! Marry my grandmother !
Well, all depended upon what kind
of a"'woma n she was A hope sprang
up in my brea st that she might be of a
suitable age for me and passably good
looking. I wrote her that I would run
up for a conference and politely as-
sured ber that _lf she was not favora-
bly Impressed with me I would release
her from the verbal condition by de-
clining to marry her. This, 1 flattered
myself, was a very foxy way of put-
ting it, my real object being to decline
to take a wife with a fortune if 1
didn 't like ber.
1 was doomed to a terr ible disap-
pointment. 1 found my grandmother
a veritable grandmother. She was six-
ty-five years old, fat bald and not a
tooth in ber head that was her own.
I cursed myself for a fool to have de-
clined to comply with my grandfa-
ther's wishes during bis life, for now
that the blow had fallen 1 realized my
folly. It was evident that to save the
fortune I must marry an old woman,
and even then she would own the
property till her death, and I should
have to ask her for every penny 1
spent.
Having taken sufficient time to make
up my mind what course to pursue , 1
sounded her as to wheth er 1 could
marry her, take an allowance and
spend my time anywhere but with ber.
She said she would think It over, and
I had hope. But the next day I was
informed that such a course would not
be carr ying out her late husband' s
wishes. He had desired that I should
take care of the property.
The medium through whom I receiv-
ed this answer was Agnes Dorchester ,
my grandmother 's secretar y, a young
woman not quite my age. Indeed , 1
was obliged to transact everythin g
through this girl, and it was not long
before I saw plainly that Mrs. Welles-
ley was completely under ber thumb.
This added to my chagrin. Another
had stepped in between me and the
fortune I had been brou ght up to ex-
pect would be mine, and I was not
even at libert y to deal directly with
that person.
Having discovered where the power
lay. there was nothin g for me to do
but endeavor to gain such points as I
wished to make throu gh its possessor.
I Invited Miss Dorchester to a confer-
ence, in which I played my best card
in an attempt to induce ber to per-
suade her mistress to fulfill her prom-
ise, allow me a stated Income and per-
mit me to live abroad .
"Mrs. Wellesley," she said hi reply
to this proposition , "would not bare
been intrusted with this matter were
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It not that she was to be iui|il i ill ..
trusted with < :irr .vinK it out. Your
itrai-dfat her 's objwt was to make a
man of one who was wasting his tnl-
pnts in globe trottin g."
While I was disappoiuted. I was im-
pressed. Even this jdrl. whom I had
begun by disliking, saw that 1 was not
wort hy to be trusted with a fortune—a
fortune of which she herself held the
rea l management.
I spent some time at my grandmoth-
er's endeavoring to brin g her to some
terms. She declined all my proposals ,
adhering to ber late husband' s Inten-
tions. She would fulfill ber promise
and would not consen t to any subter-
fuge to get around it A mouth passed .
and I was about to give it all up aud
go a way wbeu M rs. Wellesley herself
came to me with a proposition.
"I sympathize with you hea rtily ."
she said, "in being obliged to give up
a fortune or take with It an old wo-
man like myself. I will tell you what
1 will do. I am as attached to Miss
Dorchester as If she were my daugb
ter . She is of suitable age for you
and a woman of rare good sense. I
can safely trust ber to carry out your
grandfather 's intentions toward you.
If she will have you and you will
have her I will make a will leaving
my property to yon both jointly, giv-
ing her meanwhile control of the In-
come."
"But I don't know that I like Miss
Dorchester. " I exclaimed, taken aback
at this offer Then after a pause,
"Will she consent to the plan?"
"That is for you to tind out"
1 bad uo hope that Miss Dorchester
would marry me simply to gain a for-
tune, and hi any event I should have
to live with ber and carry out my
grandfather 's wishes. But anything
rather than beggary. 1 went to the
young lady, -told her of Mrs. Welles-
ley's proposition and asked her to be
my wife.
What did she do but toss her nose in
the air and decline to have anything
to do with such a proposition.
I left her furious. She would rather
give up a fortune than be my wife.
1 spent the next twent y-four hours
In inventin g imaginary ways of tortur-
ing her. The upsta rt !
We ail know that a woman scorned
becomes a fury. There is no such
adage about a man. but there should
be, "A man scorned is soon conquer-
ed." I resolved that I would make
Miss Dorchester love me. then toss her
aside as a wax doll.
In a few weeks I hud softened her
so far as to-receive a proposition from
her.
"1 cannot bear. " she said, "to stand
between you and a fortune. I feel that
It will br Impossible for Mrs. Welles-
ley to carry out your grandfather 's in-
tentions toward you. 1 Will agree to
her proposition to marry you provided
you will promise to go away and not
trouble me."
1 bad secured terms that In the be-
ginning I would have considered very
acceptable. But what did 1 consider
them now? An insult
"Are you aware. " I said, the color
rising to my cheek and a spark glitter-
ing In my eye. "that you are by no
meaiu flatterin g?"
"But I supposed what you wish Is
to go abroad and brea k your neck
climbing mountains. "
"Oh!" I exclaimed Ironically. "In
that case you would not be troubled
with me further. "
"And death would release you fro m
living with a wife you had married
for convenience. "
In this retort I fancied I could de-
tect somethin g womanly—something of
pain. I was surprised . 1 went to her
and laid my hand on ber arm. 1 was
not repulsed.
"1 think ," I said, "that you could
carry out my grand father 's wishes
At any rate , try. I will do all I can to
help you."
"To retain your fortune ." she said,
pouting .
"And become a loving husba nd."
• • • . • • • •
The evening before the weddin g,
when I was a hundred miles from my
intended bride. 1 was thrown into a
wild state by the receipt of the follow-
ing telegram:
You must marr y your grandmother , aft-
er all, or lose your fortune. AGNES.
What new complication could have
arisen ? Why could not those lawyers
be certain of anything? 1 had become
violently In love with Miss Dorch ester
and would not in any event give ber
up. 1 replied:
Grandmother be banged! I will marr y
you tomorrow.
I could not get a train till early the
next day. but after a sleepless night
at 6 a. m. was Bteamln g toward my
bride that was to be. On my arrival 1
hesitated whether to go at once to see
her and discover the meanin g of her
telegram, but there was little time,
and my mind was made up as to the
marria ge, so I dressed for the wedding
before settin g out. I dashed up to the
house in a carria ge, alighted and hur-
ried up the steps. Agnes was standin g
In a front window lu bridal arra y, ber
face radiant with happiness. Rushing
into the room where she was, I caught
ber in my arms.
••What'sthe matter?" I asked, breath
less.
"You're going to marry your grand -
mother. "
"No. I'm not I'm going to marr y
you."
"I' m your grandmother. " Her eyes
were dancin g a hornpipe.
Then I saw It alL My grandfather
bad married ber instead of the old
woman. She bad been playing a game
with me. My grandfather in the pres-
ence of death bad bit upon the expe-
dient of marr ying the girl who bad
been supplying my place by devoting
herself to him. This would make ber
Inheritance stronger hi law. though be
left a will In ber favor telling ber that
It was his wish that she should marry
me and make a man of me.
But she bad no mind to make a
business tra nsaction of the matter.
She had therefore put an old woman
forward to personate ber as the widow
while she stood in the background.
The old woman bad nothin g else to do
with the matter except to receive a
handsome salar y. I bad been com-
pletely duped , but had become so Im-
pressed with the abilit y and good
senseof my real grandmother that the
moment I was piqued I was hopelessly
m lore.
Midnight Messages. -
The hour grew kite.
"Do you believe^m mental telepa-
thy?" asked the first clubman.
, "1 do," answered the second club-
man. "I know what my wife Is think-
ing right now."-Waabington Herald.
Jodg* of a man by bis questions
fatherthan by Us aaawm.-?otta lnt.
Heavy Warm Shoes
For the Cold Wet Weather
Yon can't do without them much longer. We have a good
supply of sll kinds now. Some new ones with Rubber Soles,
warm / lined. Many kinds for women for bouse and street.
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THE SILK SPECIAL
Fast Train That Carriss tha Raw Ma-
terial Across the Continent.
Wheu a fast mall steamer fro m Yoko-
aama , Shanghai or Canton , tbe great
silk ports of the orient , docks at Van-
couver , Tacoma. Seattle or Sau Fran-
cisco a special train stands read y on
the pier awaiting ber arrival. It is not
the private conveyance of some tra ns-
portation king or multimillionaire or
of any of tbe passengers who thron g
the decks, nor does it tarry for tbe
aacks of letters from tbe far east. Ita
coaches do not sbuie with tbe reful-
gence of varulsb and plate glass. Their
paint Is dull, and they are wiudowless .
like express cars. The side doors to-
wurd the ship are open. This special
is the emperor of trains. It Is reserved
for the costliest of all freight—ra w
Bilk. When it starts eastward Its lad-
ing will be worth a fortune—a million
and a half , perhaps two millions, of
dollars.
A giant locomotive, built for speed,
with driving wheels greater In diam-
eter than the height of a tall man.
backs dowu and Is coupled on to tbe
cars, now sealed and locked and ready.
With clanging bell aud biasing stea m
the train glides out and. with a burst
of speed tbat seems almost exultant ,
takes the main line rails for tbe long
Journey. The silk must be landed in
New York in tive days. Even tbe
United States malls will not tra vel
faster across tbe continent. Day aud
night tbe silk train rushes eastward
over mountains and plains , across des-
erts and through great cities. It never
stops except to change engines. Then
it halts only for a moment. Another
giant locomotive, oiled and groomed
and fit. Is always waiting to take up
the race.
Tbe silk train la run as a special. If
a limited loses time and gets in tbe
way tbe limited has to fret on a sid-
ing while tbe silk train roars by In a
whirlwind of dust. The silk special
runs on no schedule except that of tbe
greatest speed consistent with safety.
The chief dispatcher of each division
listens watchfully to tbe news of its
progress coming in over the wires
from one signal tower and station after
another. While tbe silk tra in Is yet a
thousand miles away It Is being pre-
pared for. The capabilities of engi-
neers and engines are thoughtfully dis-
cussed by division dispatchers and
trainmasters, and tbe men and ma-
chines with tbe highest capacity for
speed are picked. Tracks are cleared
and a thousand details arranged so
that there shall be no delay in burl-
ing this huge projectile across tbe con-
tinent. —Har per's Weekly.
Experiments show tbat light can be
seen through a clean cut opening of
not more than one forty-thousandth of
an Inch. This fact was determined by
taking two thoroughly clean straight
edges and placing a piece of paper be-
tween tbe surfaces at one end, tbe op-
posite end being allowed to come to-
gether. Tbe straight edges being placed
between tbe eye and a strong light in a
dark room
, a wedge of light was per-
ceived from the ends between which
the paper was placed and tbe opposite,
which were brought together. The
thickness of the paper being known ,
tbe distance apart of the two edges of
the small end of tbe wedge of light
wu easily calculated.
Penetration of Light.
Eighty years ago the etiquette of
letters was far more rigid than now.
Bren the twopenny post was not con-
sidered good enough for correspond-
ence addressed to persons of-any
fftflHP "g In her "Bemlnlscencesof
an Octogenarian" Miss Leo
lsa Facke
tells us that when her father had oc-
casloD to write to Londoners In his
own class of life tbe letter was al-
ways conveyed by a servant not for
any reasons of urgency, hot bocsuso
the post was considered a vulgar me-
dium of communication for persons
residin
g far the same city and only to
be usedfor the conveyanceof letters
to the country.—London
Chronicle.
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sel
f, and he who deserts himself is
soonAs
serted by hisfriends.
If yocbaTeat tke tisM to exarchs ng-
¦tarl y.Doss
's Bagalau will pnrmt ooB*
sUpsttosi. They tedaee a slid, assy.
healtMal aettoa of tte bowels wttboat
gripts f.
Ask yoar druggisttor ttosea.So.
Etiquette of Letters.
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The residence of the late FRANKLIN B. OO33, consisting ol 2-story tram e dwell-
ing ol -o ne 14 r wan , ample olos^ti , roomy h ill* and wide piazzas , is offered (or sale
¦Li b*r ?iin to settle tne estate. Tola p'ace is near railroad station , on hish ground ,
lurroan isd by a flne gro.vtn ol trees. Ten minutes walk to salt water , p ist offloe ,
(to. Urge stable and plent y ol rooai lor carriages and autoa. Correspon dence so-
licited. . .,
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February 5, 1910
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"K«cted localit y said to an Irish real-
Ufiflt;
"fat, r m surp rised that you stay In
^Place vber e people die so
thick and
*faIth'" rr-jo!ued Pat , "If you'll be
J
kr teiuv ilie av a piaCe where
wyple niver ,]ie oi'U move the re to-
¦wr y an' end me days."
,» H is Relay 8tunt. I
»f . I *a s simply great to relay
"" tts. 1
boastpd the boy from college.
w>od ctou gh, son! We'll make use
£
them taknts . Your ma will aoon
«|ready to relay the carpeta. "-Lou is-
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Couri er-J ournal .
Tad Miles of Them.
**ay (in ffloaern bookstore )-I wish"
« He all of the ,ateBt j ^
^ SaleB.
j^ n-Very weU> madam. Will yoo
*»y?~L
tep
°n board thta icenic r*U"
Cot 6b recor<* of wheat growin g In
^as t
ar
back as 3000 B. C.
Quito Willing to Migrat e.
The time that has elapsed since tne
first appearance of life on earth has
been vario usly estimated at 100,000.-
SS to 200.000000 years. To tu. our
mvwers of comprehen sion as little as
£Xe DrVSchmidt of Jena has
token the short est estimate and has
Wed to make understand able the five
25 eZutionary periods through
which life has passed by comparin g
ttem with a day of twenty^four hours.
ThTfa the result: The archeozolcr pj
rfod (52.000.000 years , ^wwg
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Life 's Day.
A Clever Bit of Detective Work
That Won a Reward.
By KARL K. SHIM ANSKY
Copyright . 1
9
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Association .
The acquaintance began In this wise:
Lieuten ant Philip Vandermu th was
walking toward the war departmen t in
Washingt on when Miss Beverly Com-
stock' s horse started to run away.
The groom was throw n out, and the
reins dropp ed to the pavement. Van-
dermuth was jus t In time to stop the
horse. Miss Comstock distrusting her
groom's driving abilities , Vandermuth
drove her home. He was introduced
to her father and spent the evening at
her home.
When Vand ermuth arrived at his ho-
tel he found that all that he could
think of was Beverly Comstock.
The next morning he received a note
from Captain Comstock requesting him
to go to Comstock's private office in
the Westing building, and he respond-
ed forthwith.
"I am glad you came," said Captain
Comstock. "I want to talk to you
about some plans I have in hand. "
The captain went to a large safe
which stood open before a wide win-
dow.
"Young man," he said to Philip, "if
you knew how valua ble that roll of
plans is you would not wonder at our
watchfulness. They are the same
ones I told you about last night. The
man you saw at the door is a secret
service agen t detailed for duty here."
While he was talking he had taken
a paper from the safe, and , leaving
the door open, he took it to the tabl e
where Philip was sitting. Philip and
the captain discussed the plan for half
an hour or so, when Captain Comstock
went to the safe to get other dra w-
ings.
Philip was startled by a loud cry
und saw the captain fall with a thud
to the floor.
Vandermuth rushed at him, saw that
he had fainted , then opened the door
and called for help.
He looked Into the safe and gasped.
The plans were gone.
The secret service man stationed out-
side rushed in and ^ezclaimed : "What' s
the matter ? What' s this disturbance
about ?"
"The plans are stolen!" cried Philip.
Several other men came running in
to see what had happened. One of
them, a doctor , examined the captain
and announced that his condition was
serious, but not dangerous.
In the meantime the man whom Phil-
ip had met at the door called up the
secret service office, and in a few
minutes the chief himself hurried in,
and straightwa y Vandermuth was put
on the grill.
The secret service men examined the
room from end to end. The doorkee p-
er said no one had passed him.
The captain had recovered by this
time and was sitting on the couch,
pale and weak.
"Well ," said the service man, "the
secretary «f war orders us to find
those papers if we have to use the
whole force."
As Vandermuth went to his hotel he
heard the newsboys yelling:
"Extra , extra! All about the big
robbery! Government plans stolen 1"
The Mystery
Of the Open
Window...
Many conscientious minisie™ -»"
bad troub le wit h wayward cnoin*JJ t
not all have had Dr. Samuel West*
witty address or mana gement Toon
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toy morninggaveout hla
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Genealogical Notes of Barn -
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being a reprint ol th e
Amos Otis Papers
from tbe "
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BOUND IN ONE
"Genealo gical Notes of Banutable Vamllta *'
U a reprint of tbe Amos Otis papers , or!glaau >
published In tbe Barnstable Patriot, now iwriMd
by C. V. Swift, two volumes In one. (F. B. ft
F. P. Com, Bamstable, publishers.) Nowhere
else Is to be found a more accurate ,or derw
picture of colonial life than In these pavers.
Just how the flrst whites llred, bow tbe Indlaas
llTed, the relations between tbe settlers and tbe
abori gines, church and family histor y, art all
setforth , not, of eoorse, in seqnenee, bat with
photographic verity. To those whose ancestors
were among the nrst settlers of Barostable tbe
book will bare an additional and sacred valu *.
And all readers will feel deeply grateful to the
sntnor for the Industr y which bas produced a
moststrikin g
pictureof tbe founding of an md-
ptre.—BeatonGlobe.
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bound in one, cloth binding, |6.00.
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Ancient Doctors of Tibet.
Tbe physicians of Tibet 1,500 yean
ago employed the same means of diag-
nosing the condition of a sick person
as the .physicians of tbe present day—
they felt the patient' s pulse, looked
at bis tongue, etc. Among the "reme-
dies
" which tbey_ recommended were
not only vegetarian diet, baths , com-
presses , but also massage and capping.
What Is more remarkab le Is that phy-
sicians who did not keep their Instru-
ments quite dean were severely pun-
ished. Tbe ancient Tibetans were la
this respect extremel y modern. Tb.
9U Tibetan medicine book prescribe *
: that healthy person a should "lead an
i elderly, sens
ible manner of life" —
. Chica
go Becord-Herald. ;._
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