Bemooraic Watches. Belletonte, Pa., May 26, 1916. What's in a Name? [By F. A. Mitchell. ] Caspar Kneiblitz’'s great-great-grand- father was a German. He was not a Prussian nor a warrior, but a Han- overian and a professor. Indeed, the old fellow was a bookworm, who, if a fly had attacked the tip of his nose, would have been too absorbed in his studies to have defended himself. And if the fly had succeeded in arresting his attention he would not have in- jured the intruder for the world. He would have opened a window and put it out. His son, Caspar, was called to the chair of a university in France. Thenceforth the family became French. The men, of course, kept the German surname, but by the time the fourth Caspar Kneiblitz came this was all the German there was about them. Not one of them could speak a word of German, and the third Kneiblitz had given his life for France in the war of 1870. ‘When Germany advanced into Bel gium to seize Paris, Caspar Kneiblitz of the fourth generation, the hero of this story—if the word hero is a proper appellation—was twenty-one years old. He was only deterred from joining the colors by being so desperately in love with Hortense le Verrier that he was unable to tear himself away from her, though it must be admitted that if he had been able to master his own feel- ings sufficiently to leave her she would not have let him go. For a Frenchman to have a German name accrued to his disadvantage as soon as the war broke out. Caspar Kneiblitz was at last driven to part with his beloved Hortense on this ac- count. When others had joined the colors and Caspar remained at home it was suspected that the reason he did not go to the war was because of German sympathies. When he came to know of this suspicion he was much pained. He told Hortense that he must not listen to the voice of love any longer and at once began to make preparations to go to the front. Of course he met with great opposi- tion. Hortense was sure that she ‘would never see him again and that her life would be blighted. He tried to reassure her, but in vain. However, since the suspicions of his countrymen that he was loyal to a country he had never seen and of whose language he did not know a word had been aroused his resolution was taken. In order to make the separation easier for his sweetheart he promised to write her a letter every day that it ‘would be possible for him to write. Another thing she insisted on which ‘would not likely be possible was that after every battle, if he came out alive, he telegraph her to that effect. Caspar fully realized the crowded conditions of the telegraph lines, especially im- mediately after a battle, and that they ‘were under control of the government, but he had not the heart to make it known to the girl, thus denying her this crumb of comfort. However, not knowing what possibilities might arise, he drew up a cipher code by which he might add a few endearing words of information concerning hmself. It was decided by the lovers that they would be married before a sep- aration that might last forever. The ceremor® was performed privately with few persons present. Within a week after its conclusion Caspar de- parted for the front. ‘While Caspar’s loyalty to France was not questioned by those who knew him personally, his name at once ex- cited suspicion in strangers. He had scarcely broken away from the cling: ing Hortense and gained his regiment before he began to be looked upon as a possible German sympathizer, though ‘why he should be in the French army - if he was loyal to Germany was not explained. Truth is that many a man loyal to France or England who had German blood in his veins experienced a like suspicion. Caspar joined the army as a private and would have been promoted had it not been for his German name. Sev- eral times he distinguished himself, and, officers immediately above him having been killed off, there were va- cancies. But when it came to a ques- tion of filling them and Caspar was pro- posed his name caused his rejection. “What! Lieutenant Caspar Kneiblitz to command Frenchmen? Impossible!” Of course Caspar knew nothing of this; he only knew that when vacancies occurred he was not promoted. It did not trouble him, for his heart was with his dear Hortense, and all he desired was that the war should be ended and he might return to her. As luck would have it, Caspar found a friend, an operator in the military telegraph department. One day when he was feeling very homesick Caspar ‘went to the office and asked his friend to send a dispatch for him. No fight- ing was going on at the time, and the telegraph was not very busy, so the friend told the lover that if he would leave his message with him he would endeavor to siiuggle it through be- tween messages for the government, Caspar left his message, which the operator put on file without looking at it and when a convenient time for sending it arrived took it up for the purpose. Sa He was surprised to see that it was in cipher. Not feeling at liberty to send a cipher message, the operator Jaid it aside. When Caspar came again todnquired if it had been sent and was told that it was held because it was in-cipker Caspar looked so disappoint- edsand begged so hard that it be put over the wires that his friend promised to do so, though he feared trouble would result. Caspar assured him that | there was nothing in the dispatch that France, and this turned the scale. M. Larrabee, deputed to examine tel- egrams received in Paris, was sitting at his desk when an operator handed him Caspar’s dispatch. The moment he read the name of the person to whom it was addressed and noticed that the message was in cipher his face assumed the expression of cne who had unearthed an announcement to German sympathizers that Paris was about to be attacked by a hundred Zeppelins. “Mille tonerres!” he exclaimed. “Has it come to this? Do the enemy send cipher messages to their spies in Paris over our telegrapn lines? To Mme. Kneiblitz, 21 Rue Pomponier. Could there be better evidence that this message is intended for one of the horde of German spies in our midst, who are watching our every act?’ Taking up a telephone receiver, he called up the officer in charge of the military telegraph and informed. him of the message, stating that he did not doubt that it had been surreptitiously sent in the expectation that it would be delivered by some one in the tele- graph department who was working secretly in the German interest, Colo- nel Bombardier, the officer telephoned. directed that the dispatch be sent to him and, after receiving and examin- ing it, called a council of war to de- cide what to do in the premises. ‘When the council assembled experts in interpreting cipher telegrams were introduced and began the work of translating it. This was not easy to do, for it consisted in certain sen- tences which doubtless had a meaning for the receiver. However, the ex- perts, not daring to acknowledge that they could make nothing of it, gave a possible translation, - admitting that they could not vouch for its correct- ness. The meaning they placed upon it was that it announced a meeting of the German spies in Paris to receive one high in the German secret service. Meanwhile Hortense was arrested and taken to Colonel Bombardier's of- fice, where she was kept in an ante- room awaiting the result of the work of the experts. In time she was called in to face an array of men who looked ready to send her to the gallows. “Frau Kneiblitz,” said the colonel. “do you speak French?” “1 don’t speak any other language.” was the meek reply. “Do not try to deceive me. You are German, as your name indicates. A dispatch in cipher addressed to you has been intercepted. It is an an- nouncement that an officer of high rank in the German secret service is coming to Paris to meet the spy corps in Paris.” This was said because if it were the true interpretation of the dispatch the young woman would likely col- lapse. She did no such thing. She simply looked at her accusers wonder- Angly, raat rd E “Who is Caspar?’ asked the colonel severely. “Monsieur, he is my husband. Has anything happened to him ?™ she asked, paling. “You play your part well. but it will net serve.” “Have you a dispatch from him to me? Oh, give it to me!” After a conference it was decided to read the dispatch aloud to her. The colonel began with the first sentence, “The weather is very fine,” and asked her what it meant. She did not need the key to tell him; she knew it by heart. “I am well,” she replied. The second sentence read was, “Yes- terday it was hot.” Hortense, somewhat abashed, plied, “Sweetheart, I love you.” The members of the council looked at one another incredulously. Again, “We are expecting cooler weather tomorrow.” “That means a thousand kisses,” re- plied the bride, dropping her eyes to the floor. “This climate js trying.” “I shall never see you again till France is victorious.” “The mud is very deep.” “Goodby, sweetheart. I shall love you forever.” Several of the men who had been impressed with Hortense’s gentleness, honesty and, above all, that she was essentially French smiled. Colonel Bombardier’s countenance assumed a shamefaced expression. He stood with the dispatch in his hand wondering what next to do. “Colonel,” said one of the council, “you've struck what they call in Amer- ica ‘a mare’s nest.” “The case,” said the colonel, mair- taining an official tone, ‘“will be bet ter examined into by a woman. 1 shall send Mme. Kneiblitz to Mme. Leblanc, head of our woman's detec- tive bureau, and if she reports favor- ably the prisoner will be discharged.” Mme. Leblanc, instead of assuming the pomposity of the officers, began by soothing the poor little bride and soon discerned that she was wrapped up in her husband and had no other concern. Hortense produced the cipher code, and Mme. Leblanc saw that ev- ery sentence in it was nothing more than a love message. Then she re- ported to Colonel Bombardier, who pigeonholed the matter. ‘When Hortense wrote an account of the affair Caspar Kneiblitz applied to his superior to be entered on the army voster as Charles Nightingale. re- His Long Suit. Mr. Swiggs-—Anyway, you can't ac- cuse me of contracting bad habits. Mrs. Swiggs—No, indeed. You in- variably expand them. ——Have you tried the “Sheridan Troop” 5ct. cigar? It makes a mighty satisfactory smoke. 61-17-3t ———Have your Job Work done here. would be of the slightest injury to | HOW SLEUTHS MARK MONEY Pinpricks Made in Certain Places on Currency Gives Evidence That Usually Convicts. In their surveillance and apprehen- sion of suspected persons government secret service officers often find it necessary to “make the money” han- dled by such persons. There are va- rious methods of so marking the na- tional currency, one of the most novel of which is the ninprick. The note to be marked is, say, the $5 silver certificate bearing the vi- gnette of an Indian chief in his full re- galia of feathers and trappings and presenting a full-face view. With the aid of a pin the secret service man makes two punctures in the bill di- rectly in the pupils of the Indian’s eyes. To the casual and sometimes even critical inspector of the note these pinpricks are invisible. If raised to the light, however, the bill will distinctly reveal them. The markings are complicated by the following process: The pinpoint is applied in the “twist” of the large figure 5 at the two upper corners of" the note. These tiny twists do not ap- pear in the. “necks” of the two fig- ures 5 that are at both ends of the bottom of the note. The note is now pierced again, this time in the ends of the scrolls on each side of the word “five” in the lower center of the bill. The marking is now complete. In se- cret it is exhibited to one or more per- sons for purposes of identification and is then placed in the till or money drawer to which the suspected person has access. It is said that the pinpricks will re- main perfect for some time. Wher such bills are produced in court and their markings are explained under oath, conviction is practically certain. —Literary Digest. SAMOANS IMITATE EUROPE They Wear Civilized Clothing and Eat Fancy Food—Native Homes Now Made of Sawed Pine. The natives of Samoa are exhibiting a marked inclination to imitate Euro- pean manners. The beautiful siapos, hallowed by age-long usage, are dis- appearing more and more, their places s— Remember, It’s the First Big Circus in 18 Years. being taken by imported cloth. Wom- en and girls like to put on greater’ quantities of European wearing ap- parel. In the vicinity of Apia native Sa- moan house and kitchen utensils have been replaced by European articles of less worth. New foods are being in- troduced. Instead of taro, bananas and yams, the natives now eat rice, biscuits and bread, and even drink coffee in the morning. The new foods however have but a limited number of consumers at present. : The native huts were formerly cov- ered with thatches of sugar cane. In- sects have destroyed the sugar-cane plantations, and the natives now cover their dwellings with corrugated irom, which gives them much less protection against the sun during the day and against the cold at night. 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