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trecant arrest of the Grand DucheM
Pavlovna. a coualn of the' former Em.
and divorced wife of Prince William
en, and a group of perponafres In
'tourace of Grand Iiuke IJorls has led.
n.to the police, to the discovery of a
which the urand Duchesfl nnu two
Dukes were Involved for the procla
Of Grand Duke Nicholas as Emperor.
Duke Nicholas now Is In the Crimea.
Ml Duchess Olffa of Ruesla, a obiter
'abdicated Emneror. who divorced the
'of Oldenbure. has just married Cap-
Xoudlkowskl, of the Russian cavalry.
officers of .the captain's regiment halq
Koudlkonakl to resign owing to his
with the house of Romanoff.
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t SOFIA, April 2. Fremler Itadostavoft,
AAAMaalnff thn 'RulffftrlA.n FnrllMmpnt fin thi
, V'p.fcmlen revolution, expressed the belief that
l R weflla mane possible tne return of good
rwjtwmns oeiween tne uussian nnu uui
'''igamn peoples. He paid a warm tribute to
i n patriotism of the ftimlan Duma and
wiyl.Jiopo now the state of things In Ilui-
IJW1H be consolidated nnd will open the
to a good understanding between our
rfes. Bulgaria declared war against ah-
(1st Russia, but she always Iihh borne In
the distinction between absolutist Hus.
, and the Russian people."
JOHN A. RUDOLPH
Graduate of the schoolship Sara
toga, who points out the need for
officers to man the American mer
chant marine and the opportuni
ties for good positions that are
open to American boys with the
proper training.
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VJ'jT'r' f!iKE,V,KArti;ii
VIC3rjdears This talk Is suggested by a
fMttar lady fourteen years or age. She
lUW'jJUBt been promoted from the seventh
pa to the eight grade of her school at
to middle of the year. She Is worthy df
mr attention.
In 1 -H" young lady Informs nie. that to
HnHwtiYiiiiii one must nave uuuiuvur
pMy dictionary says. In order to nersevere
JWu-must "Maintain .a purpose."
vftHave YOU a nuroose?
& ry ,..-.. t. ,.,:. ......... ...
,( nave, buck 10 ii ana you win come
m. aii rignt in the end.
Pr -onr birds, animals and fishes have an 1m.
& .toanae amount of TnnsrcvM-,i7K?rK
IHave you?
treJJ?" Perseverance 'STICK-TO-1T-1VE-
" ana it will remind jou to stick to
t ,'frii'urpose-
..Jn1Saru, ot water on a stone makes no
j .flWWMon, but a million drops hitting the
' PEP PC wears away the stone.
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MRS. BANTAM
'fhlta .Tl.l.. t.. nt. . .
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f Se.f' ,reat hurry Falhr Duck was ushering
4 iy.Uy Bumpua Into tho parlor. The whole
,"' ".ly were upset when they heard
: a ' ZV "'"'"" ""u jiieneu ni Miner jay
''vi?,r, ,home' for they thought perhaps Mrs.
'.W- D,ru naa aiscovered Mother Duck In
5ri ct of Placing- the egg in Mrs. Jay
'jKJJWrt's nest.
ir32Ther Duck was wondering, too. If Billy
5VfWJUB had told Mrs. Jay Bird what had
bw' ...w niCT ,,v .clinic wnufc wuuia
&l,,pen ln woodland with two fellows like
deal with.
3Rv!m ii wuuuiana viin IW
K ; 'Billy and Mister Jay Bird to
FiN" !L lnat what Is the matter at Mister Jay
L.tfHrd'8 homA7" flnlrcwf Vathn- rk..i .
,teusly.
,;.. "Nothing much. r illt cinlnJ 1 ..
L klm out of the wav. I am now n 'HtMl...
"Wbat do you think of that? A real live del
'?4leUv: Some one has robbed Mrs. Ban
u. (tW of one of her nrerlnnx trcr anrf t n
irJj-l?.,ookout ,or the thief." Billy Bumpus
A I Iflilll, t MWH..J &.. -..!.. . "
ww4 miiuiiu ino rtnm ivun a glare.
-rt' Vttn Dllrlr anri naK. Ti... i. j .
C-''BtU. but noione travft a ulirn
"Well, I don't see any clues here, so I
'mm- soing. saia amy, as he put on his
i.Whars a cluer'aBked Father Duck.
2i u( iou nave to be a real detective
iiraer io luuy unaerstand what clue is.
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It Is something which puts you on the
track."
"Oh I" was all Father Dude said, as Blllv
disappeared out the door,
"I wonder what will bo happening In our
home next?" nsked Mother Duck, as she
went out Into the kitchen to make ready
the supper. She was glad Mister Jay Bird
did not stay.
In the meantime Billy Bumpus went back
to where Mrs. Bantam was peacefully sit
ting. "Anything new?" she nsked, as Billy en
tered the hen house.
"Not a clue, thus far, but I suspect that
Mister Jny Bird had something to do with
all jour trouble he has a guilty conscience
and that alwajs makes people afraid.
"Do ou know what I am going to do?
I am going to get a magnifying glass and
look for footprints otitsldo our door"
'flreat Idea!" exclaimed Mrs llnnlam
"We must find tho thief or some one will
steal YOU anil some one will steal me, and
then the hen house and cverj thing else.
OH I Brave Billy Bumpus, plc.iho seo If you
cannot find the thief."
This was too much for Billy, so he ran
out of the hen house again nnd began
searching for a piece ot glass, which he
soon found. He returned and discovered a
footprint Just outside of the hen house door,
glass?" asked the little hen.
"It makes no difference, for here Is a
footprint two footprints no, FOl'Il!"
Mrs. Bantam was so excited that she
arose from her nest to take p. peak
"Yes, and they are ducks' footprints I
mean, they are the marks of ducks' feet,"
said Billy, holding the glass down close to
the ground and looking more closely. 'Oh!
I hae It. One of the marks looks like a
oung duck." Billy did not wait to hear
what Mrs. Bantam had to say, but scooted
off ln the direction of Father Duck's home.
Solebury National Hank a Reality
NHW lion:, I'a. April ?. The stock for
the contemplated Solebury National Bank
has been oversubscribed, and tho Institution
will at last become a reality. Many prom
inent business men from New llopoand the
vicinity aro hacking the enterprise and the
scheme meets with the general co-operation
and approval of the farming district, as
farmers either hae to do their banking
across the rlcr In .lorsoy or go seven or
eight miles Io a Pemis!vanla town con
taining a national bank. Doylestown being
the nearest one.
A mwlrilar la holnir Knlltrht tlV the OOlIC
today as the kidnapper of five-year-old
Nathan Plott, of Sll Fernon street, whp li
lna serious condition nt the Mount Slnal
Hospital. After being held a prisoner In
a vacant cellar nmld rats, rubbish and tin
cans, the lad was found nearly starved to
death In a vacant house at 620 Carpenter
street.
The boy's feet had been tied together
with a heavy rope, Tho police had been
searching for him since his grlef-strlcken
parents reported him missing from their
home last Wednesday,
Tho boy himself told a story to the po
lice which will assist them materially In
running down the kldnnpper.
"His name Is Hill," Nathan said. "He
has a wagon nnd a horse and he sells
things to buy candy with He sometimes
goes to the movies and told mo he'd take
me there oncest If I'd go along with him.
"t liked Bill's wagon the first time I
seen It He has knlvis, scissors nnd lots
of other things. Bill nlso mends beds.
Ills Is no pushcart, It's a regular wagon
with n horse hitched to It."
Nathan paused In his narrative long
enough to nsk for morn mllK and cracaers.
He was still hungry.
"Sure. I'll know Bill If I saw him again,"
Nathan continued "His face Is black and
his hair anil hands Is white," meaning no
doubt that his face Is dlrtv.
"The man rame along and said' 'Hello!
want to go to tho movies?' 'Sure,' I said;
but he lied to me He never took me there.
I didn't want to go but ho grabbed mo and
sas. 'Sure, jou'll go!'
"He pulled me along and shoved me till
1 fell down. Then he grnbhed me 'by the
neck He took mo to Carpenter street and
ran led mo to the cellar where he tied my
feet. Ho F,ild If I tried to get away he'd
tin my hands, fjolly' hut I was scared.
"I had my sweatir on nnd sometimes I
fell asleep. Bats crawled over me and I
chased them awav. They would always
rome buck. I cried and cried Then I for
gt m h.it happened I flnall aw a boy
looking through a small window at me.
Then the came rioun and got me out,"
Tho lad was found by Joseph Arnflcant,
of OIK'v C'.irppnter street He liberated tb
child nnd notified the police. Nathan was
nearly dead from starvation when found.
"UNLOADED" PISTOL KILLS
Fatal Accident to Younjr Man at He
bron, Near Lebanon
I.KHANO.V, I'a April 2. Calvin Bentz.
nineteen jeais of age, of Hebron, died
from it bullet wound In his head Im
medlatolv above tho tight, ear. The po
lice found he had accidentally killed him
self In demonstrating his assertion that his
levolver was not loaded.
When he first pointed the weapon at his
companion, Harry Deckel t, and pulled tho
trigger, there was no discharge, and Deck
el t stronglv reproved him for his danger
ous act. Then Bentz, In further evidence
ot his contention, pressed tho muzzle to
his own head and again pulled the trigger.
This time there was a discharge and Bentz
fell fatally wounded.
Revenue Receipts Increase
YOIHC, I'a, April 2. Receipts of the
local offio of the ninth Internal revenue dis
trict were $124, SOB. 42 during March, a
gain ot $7000 over those of the previous
mouth, and more than $21,000 In excess
of those of the coi responding month of last
year. The inciease was clue to the record
sale of cigar stamps.
JglBB " JB.SMPf J
Dizzy?
Ever feel this way after a smoke?
You'd better switch to Girards.
That's the way to take the whirl out
of your wits, straighten out your
thinker and bring back the mental
punch that knocks the kinks out of
business problems.
Never, gets on yoiirJnerves
The Girard Cigar never interferes with the reeular
business of vnnr v... .,.. i j "r. Jcauar
t. z 'w .., jrum ncaa or your digestion.
Puff for puff you can't beat it for Jure pleasure
If. a genuine Havana-faU-flavorS I and iSS
Xtncy. nCVCr impaifS your hcal or iSr
That's why the Girard is the national curar
SLSSSA country S2X
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PHILADELPHIA
The Foster Father
Belgian Children's Week started yesterday.
$100,000 a month for the next six months
will be Philadelphia's share in this great hu
manitarian movement. And every cent
must be raised before next Sunday.
Each dollar will give one little un
fortunate an extra daily ration for one
month an extra biscuit and a cup of
cocoa. It is far from a meal. as the
children qf Philadelphia know it but
it is enough to save the lives of thou
sands of half-starve.d children in that
war-torn little country.
Over a million homeless Belgian
children need food. They want it with
an urgency and an intensity which the
imagination can hardly conceive.
They must 'Have 'it 'In 'order to 7Ve
And remember they are just little tots'
fighting for existence against odds
that are staggering thousands of older.
folks. They are weak from hunger;
and exposure.
America Is going to Help th'em-
Ihis country has guaranteed the funds'
to provide every child in Belgium wittf
its much-needed extra iheal- every day.
What Are You Doing to Help?
'Arc VOU doillf? vour narr ?n raicinrr PMI.
delphia's share?
Give what you can to a "Ration Club."
Hundreds of them are enthusiastically en
gaged raising funds to provide extra food for
the children of an entire town.
Or, better still, start a "Ration Club'
yourself in your office, club or church. We
will tell yotu how and assist you in every way.
Or, if you prefer, send in'your individrnfl
contribution And do it now, during Belgian
Children's Week.
Whatever you do, give generously and
promptly. No one should feel that a single
contribution, however small, can be spareH;
Ihere can be no worthier occasion fot
the rich to give abundantly from their abun
dance or for the humble to spare something
of their smaller portion.
the slKa
of food for some Belgian child. All incidentai ex2 W lnatcd lTJ1" worth
phia's committee. incidental expenses have been provided for by PWIadel.
PihU? elia'S f nt,ire contribution must be
pledged this week-how much will you give?
Make your check, money order or
other remittance payable to James
Crosby Brown, Brown Bros. & Co.,
330 Chestnut street, or leave it at any
bank or trust company in Philadel
phia to be forwarded. Or fill out the
attached coupon.
BELGIAN .CHILDREN'S RELIEF
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To JAMES CROSBY BROWN, Treasurer,
BROWN BROS, ft CO. 330 Ch..tVt wL. PWUMU, Pfc
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