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VOL. XLI. NO. 23.
TIONETSA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1908.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
ican.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. T. Carson.
Justices of the Peace G. A. Randah, D.
W. Clark.
CouKCMwien, J.W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. T. Anderson, Wm. Smearbaugh, E.
W. Bowman, J. W. Jamieson, W. J.
Campbell.
Constable Archie Clark,
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Director! J. C. Suowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jamieson, J. J. Landers, J.
R. Clark, W. O. Wyman.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress . P. Wheeler.
Member of Senate J. K. P, Hall,
Assembly W. D. Shields.
President Judge W. M. Llndsey,
Associate Judges V. X. Kreltler, P.
C. Hill. '
Prothonotari, Register t Recorder, die.
-J. C. Oeist.
Hheriff. A. W. Stroup.
Treasurer Geo. W. Uoleniau.
Commissioners Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, 1'hilip Emert.
District Attorney A. C. Brown.
Jury Commissioners J . It. Eden, II.
H. MeClellan.
Coroner Dr C. Y. Detar.
Countv Auditors George H. Warden,
K. L. Haugb, 8. T. Carson.
County Purveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent D. W. Morri
son. Kriular Terns t Caurt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Mondny of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners lHt and 3d Tuesdays of month.
('burrs and Habbnth Hchoal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
in. i M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.O. Calhoun.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
E. L. Monroe, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7::t0 p.
in. Rev. H. A. Hailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourtti Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'PI'.NESTA LODUE, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F.
i. M eets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall. Partridge building.
CAPT. O EORG K STOW POST, No. 274
O. A. R. Meets 1st and 8d Monday
evening in each mouth.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
RITCHKY A CARRINGER.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA VV.
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN.
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tionesta, Pa.
PRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S.
J. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
TIONESTA, PA.
u
R. F. J. BOVARD,
Pliyslclan is surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. J. C. DUNN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
and DRUGGIST. Otttce over store,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
ly responded to at all hours of day or
.night. Resldonce Elm St., between
Grove's grocery and Gerow's restaurant.
D
R. J. B. SIOGINS,
Physician and surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone a complete change,
and is now furnished with all the mod
em Improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout witli natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
J GEKOW A (IE ROW Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This Is the mostcentrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modem improvements. No pains will
be Bpared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public. First
class Livery in connection.
pUIL. KMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over H. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
f ive perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
ion given to mending, aud prices rea
sonable. Fred. Grettenborger
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General Blacksmithing prompt
ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill
Machinery given special attention, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop in rear of and lust west of the
Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa.
Your patronage solicited.
FRED. GRETTENBERGER
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
Furnituro Dealers,
AND
UNDERTAKERS.
TIONESTA, PENN
W3
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OPTIOIAK
Office ) A 7K National Bank Building,
OIL CITY, PA.
Eyes examined free.
Exclusively optical.
SUB-TREArURYTHLFf
Arrest of George W. Fitzgerald
Former Teller.
Fleet Leaves Sydney Thursday Gov
ernor Johnson Renominated Cong
Annexed to Belgium Holland's Ac
tior, Against Castro Proceedingi
Against Coal Roads Marking o
Freight
The mystery of the theft of $173,
000 from the United States bud
treasury In Chicago a year and a hall
Ago Is believed to have been Rolved by
the arrest of George W. Fitzgerald
Other persons are believed to have
been Implicated In the crime.
Fitzgerald was an assorting tellei
enrtor Assistant United States Treas
urer Doldenwreek. Suspicion at th
time of tho theft, Feb. 20, 1!)07, rested on
hl'.n, hut so plausible was his story and
so Intense his apparent Interest In dis
covering (lie real culprit that Interest
ceased to center In him.
Fitzgerald, huwever, was discharged
from the government employ for culp
able negligence lit allowing the theft
to be committed. The money stolen
had been used nnd was tied in pack'
ages, some havlrg been marked for
destruction at Washington. Any ol
tho hills would readily have passed
anywhere except for their large de
nominations. None of the bills was
under $500 and some were of the $t,
OPO and $3,000 denominations, the $10,
000 ones' predominating.
Meantimo Herbert F. Young, a for
mer Chicuso newspaper reporter, and
now hoi'.d of the Young secret service,
became Interested In the case. His
attention was redirected to Fitzger
ald. The latter upon his discharge
from the sub-treasury stated that his
whole fortune consisted of $300 In
cah and a stock certificate for $1,000.
H'.s wife had a $700 Interest In the es
tate of her mother, which was valued
at about $1,000 and was in litigation.
Fitzgerald, however, according to
Mr. Young, embarked In speculation
on a scale not consistent with the size
of his reputed means. There was
however, no ostentntion in Fitzgerald's
life.
I uu fall Colonel Harry C. Gano, a
buRl.uiis man, reported to Mr. Bolden
wreck, it is stild. that Fitzgerald had
Rp'-o.i'-Sied him with a proposition to
rn:-. tevercl $1,000 bills, declaring
tin was $300 In it for Gano.
C'Mjo. It Is reported, declared Fitz
gerald had a roll of similar bills "that
woi'ii! choke a horse."
Oi i o continued negotiations with
Fil.rald with the result that by pre
arraignment several witnesses were
Ferret ly present when it is alleged the
former teller proposed to pass two $1,
O i l bills to Colonel Onno. Thereafter
Fh-'gornld was constantly shadowed
and the trail, it Is Intimated. Involved
others, not only in helping Fitzgerald
to dispose of the money alleged to
have been stolen, but In the very act
of his having extracted it from the
treasury vaults and later in the cover
ing of the tracks.
Governor Johnson Renominated.
The Democratic state convention
a' Minneapolis stampeded for Gov
ernor John A. Johnson and nomin
ai?d him for re-election with a rush
after a remarkable demonstration.
V'hen the rollcall of counties was
made for nomination, Aitkin county
yielded to Ramsey county (St. Paul)
and Mayor Daniel W. Lawler of St.
Paul took the platform and at the con
clusion of ten words ho mentioned the
name of Johnson.
One of the wildest demonstrations
even seen In a Democratic state con
vention in Minnesota ensued. Henne
pin county (Minneapolis) tore up Its
standard and stalled a wild march
about the hall. Everybody else seem
ed to Join In. Some delegates grouped
themselves on the stage about the pic
ture of Governor Johnson. Band music
added to the pandemonium and can
didates yelled nnd cheered for John
son. The convention was wild for John
pon. "Marching Through Georgia"
and "Cheer, Cheer, the Gang's All
Here," were played In rapid succes
sion by the hand and still the crowd
yelled. The galleries joined in the
demonstration. The result was Inevit
able. Nothing could stay the tide of
enthusiasm, and as soon as the ef
fervescence had subsided sufficiently
the governor was named unanimously
(or gubernatorial candidate.
Battleships at Sydney.
Early on Thursday a thin veil of
smoke on the horizon signalled to the
watchers on the coast the approach of
the American warships and iit 5:35
ofllcial notification was Rent out tout
tho fleet had been sighted.
It was yet 20 miles outside of Syd
ney harbor, hut this word whl.;h bad
been awaited eagerly by tens of thous
ands, stirred Australians like a call to
arms, and almost instantly those who
had not already left their homes took
up points of vantage along the bays
and were moving In droves to line the
quays, the roof tops and other places
on the harbor-front, to watch the com
ing of the guardshlps of the New
World.
The fleet lert Auckland at 8:15 Sat
urday mon.ing and with the excep
tion of one day had fair weather all
the way to Sydney.
In perfect alignment, the flage.hlp
Connecticut leading, with fteur Ad
miral Sperry on the bridge, the war
bhlps canio out of the horizon, first a
little smoke showing and theu the
hulls, low down In the distance.
Passing tn through the Sydney
beads in double column, at Intervals
of 400 yards, the ships looked to have
a world of speed and power under their
glistening sides The fleet was at
tended by convoy steamers and was
greeted with a roar of salutes from
the forts, as it steamed slowly along.
The thousands ashore and afloat add
ed their cheers to swell the noisy
welcome and countless British and
American flags were flung to the
breeze and still were waving long af
ter the anchors had been swung from
the sides.
The American ships boomed forth a
salute to the port, and as soon as they
were safely moored at their anchor
age official visits were exchanged.
Fleet Leaves Sydney Thursday.
The festivities at Sydney In connec
tion with the visit of the American bat
tleship fleet will come to an end on
Wednesday and on Thursday the fleet
Will leave for Melbourne.
Congo Annexed to Belgium.
The Belgian press welcomes the
end of the agitation of the Congo ques
tion with expressions of relief and as
surance that Belgium will demonstrate
to the world her power to humanely
and wisely govern the African coun
try. The Independence Beige says
that the senate's concurrence for an
nexation is certain, and that, there
fore, "the grand work accomplished
by King Leopold will not be lost to
Belgium."
Tile Dernlere Ileure declares "We
must obliterate the reign of twenty
bloody years, wipe out hatred, dissi
pate distrust and prove to the world
that the Congo's woes and ills are
over forever."
Other newspapers point out that the
Congo debt difficulties will certainly
be adjusted by parliament and de
clare that financial fears are unnec
essary. The annexation of the Independent
State had been received by the pub
lic generally either with indifference
or the opinion that the Congo would
prove a burden upon the country.
Marking of Freight.
The public service commission In
the Second district of New York state
announced its final order In the mat
ter of marking loss than carloads ship
ments of freight. It provides that
when articles are not boxed, barreled,
crated or sacked, but are shipped
loose in pieces, one out of every ten
pieces must be marked. If the ship
ment consists of less than ten pieces
at least two must be marked.
This rule Is to apply to flour, feed,
cement, lime or plaster in sacks. Not
more than ten such markings shall be
required of any one shipper, and any
marking must show the total number
of pieces.
Grapes, when shipped in lots of 10,
000 pounds or more by one consignor
to one consignee, will be accepted
without marking of packages.
Articles which are shipped loose
fronrone consignor to one consignee
and are loaded in cars to 30,000 pounds
or the cubic capacity of the car, will
be accepted without marking.
The new order goes into effect Aug.
25.
France a Sympathetic Spectator.
Although France Is watching with
Interest the Holland-Venezuelan situa
tion on account of her own troubles
with the South American republic, it
can be said authoritatively that she
does not Intend to mix in any way in
the present controversy. If the Unit
ed States, as the recognized corrector
of Venezuela, has transferred the pow
er of punishment to Holland, Holland
Is quite capable of acting and France
will be a sympathetic spectator.
There Is some conviction there In
well-informed circles that it would be
unwise for Holland to land troops in
Venezuela, as this action would Im
mediately be a signal for patriotism
and result in the uniting of the Cas
troltes nnd those who oppose Castro
Tor the defense of the country. It Is
believed an effective blockade would
be more potent and successful.
Action Against Coal Railroads.
Attorney General Jackson has an
nounced at Albany that he had insti
tuted proceedings against the various
railroad companies In New York state
and their subsidiary companies, engag
ed In the transportation of anthracite
coal, alleging that In violation of the
so-called Donnelly anti-monopoly act,
they "have effected and are carrying
out an agreement which In effect con
stitutes a monopoly in the hard coal
business within the state, and that
such an agreement restricts the pro
duction and regulates and fixes the
prices at which coal can be sold In the
Btate of New York."
Thoroughbreds Shipped to Argentina.
Eighty-eight thoroughbred horses,
valued at $300,000, the property of
J. B. Haggin and James S. Keene,
were shipped from New York last
week on the steamship Velasquez for
Buenos Ayres. Specially built and
fitted quarters were at ranged for this
particular shipment. A track on the
deck will be used In calm weather for
exercising the animals The ship
ment is believed to be due to the de
cline In horse racing which followed
the enactment of the anti-gambling
laws in this state.
For Abolition of Duty to Hides.
Tanners from all over the country
will meet in the Coliseum in Chicago
on Thursday to consider methods of
procuring the abolition of the duty on
hides. The agitation Is expected to
crystalize on this occasion on a well
defined movement. Shoe manufactur
ers will be Included, If, as is planned,
a national organization should be
formed.
POINTED
PARAGRAPHS
Summary of the Week's News
of the World.
Cream of the Newt Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.
Wednesday.
It Is believed In Washington that
China will propose an alliance with the
United States.
Richard Croker will come to New
York from l.is home in Ireland in Sep
tember to aid in the effort to elect
his friend William J. Bryan.
Governor Magoon left Havana yes
terday for tho United States to con
fer with President Roosevelt on plans
for American withdrawal from the
island.
Jacob Gould Schurman, president
of Cornell university, said ihe Republi
can party would probably be defeated
In this state If it did not renominate
Governor Hughes.
Thomas S. Baldwin was officially In
formed that the tests of his dirigible
balloon have been satisfactory to ths
government and that he will receive
payment when he has given the neces
sary Instructions as to its operation
to the signal corps men.
Thursday.
Greene county citizens warmly
greeted Governor Hughes at the Cairo
fair.
Figures of exports and Imports for
July show a big decrease as compared
with last year.
The Baldwin dirigible balloon was
formally accepted by the government
after eight experimental trips by army
officers.
From Manila came a dispatch say
ing a navy officer there had received
a letter from Captain P. C. Halns, in
which the latter accused W. E. Annie
of ruining his life.
It is believed in Washington that
the United States has informed Hol
land that this country has no objection
to punitive measures being employed
against Venezuela.
Friday.
Speaker Wadsworth told the State
Firemen's association that there are
now enough laws on the stotute books.
Orders were issued from the Canad
lan Pacific offices for evacuation of all
houses owned by the company and oc
cupied by striking employes.
Holland has framed a warlike reply
to President Castro of Venezuela and
Is preparing to meet any emergency,
rushing her naval dry dock work.
The tendency toward modernism in
the United States is so slight that il
need not be feared, says Cardinal Gib
bons through a cable dispatch from
Brunnen.
Saturday.
The Congo annexation treaty passed
the Belgian chamber of deputies, aye
a dispatch from Brussels.
The Inhabitants of the Dutch island
of Oruba, says a dispatch from Willeni
stad, made a demonstration against
the Venezuelan consul.
Chinese editors, a cable from Shang
hai relates, enthusiastically welcome
the proposal for an American-Chinese
alliance.
Governor Hughes received a great
ovation at Oswego, where he told fire
men why he vetoed their bill and an
swered other critics.
Rear Admiral Sperry, his chief com
manders and 2,300 bluejackets and
marines of the American fleet were
formally welcomed on shore at. Syd
ney and paraded through the streets
amid scenes of wild enthusiasm.
Monday.
Senator Hale, says a dispatch front
London, thinks an extravagantly large
navy Is not needed by 'the United
States.
President Roosevelt approved Secre
tary Wright's recommendation tfiat
the cadets charged with hazing be dis
missed from West Point.
The government's petition for a re
hearing of the case against the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana was filed
with the United States court of ap
peals. William H. Taft pledged himself, if
elected to the presidency, to call an
extra session of congress immediate
ly after his inauguration to revise the
tariff.
Tuesday.
The Newport conference decided to
recommend 'the lowering of the armor
belt on future battleshlpB.
William J. Bryan is seeking a suita
ble manager for his Eastern campaign,
Senator Culberson having refused the
position.
The. vice president of the Queen and
Crescent railway declared that the
proposed advanced rates would scarce
ly be felt by consumers.
Injunction proceedings against the
so called "Coal Trust" are under way
at Albany, following investigations by
special officials of tho state.
President Roosevelt, congratulating
his special investigation board on itu
report on Panama canal conditions,
made public its account of the marvel
oub progress on canal work.
The attitude of the Netherlands In
regard to the dismissal of the Dutch
minister, M. de Reus, by President
Castro, remains firm and no compro
mise with Venezuela will be accepted.
F0UNDLEPER IN WASHINGTON
Discovery of Diseased Pension Appli
cant Causes Alarm In Capital.
Washington, Aug. 25. Washington
is greatly agitated over the discovery
of leprosy in the city. A vl&lm of
the scourge has been stalking the
streets, eating in lunchrooms, riding
In streetcars and generally rubbing el
bows with the residents for five days.
By accident his condition was discov
ered when a physician was called to
treat him for a trilling illness.
The plague victim Is John R. Early,
whose home Is In Lynn, N. C, and
who as a veteran of the Spanish-American
war came to Washington to apply
for a pension. He Is 35 years of age
and has a wife and one child.
Upon his arrival Early rented a
room in a cheap boarding house on
Pennsylvania avenue, and then pro
ceeded to see the town. For days he
moved around untranimeled. On Fri
day, however, he called in a physi
cian, who, upon seeing ithe patient,
Immediately pronounced him a leper.
The local health authorities were
summoned without loss of time and
hastily, transferred the victim to a
detention tent on :the outskirts of the
city. There he is held under guard.
Apprehensive that the scourge may
have been spread by Early, the au
thorities are keeping a vigilant watch
for developments, have ordered all
places he Is known to have visited no
he fumigated and also have placed
disinfectants In streetcars in which he
is supposed to have been a passenger.
HELD IIP BY A
LONE HIGHWAYMAN.
Tourists In Yellowstone Park
Had to Hand Over Valuables.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 25. Informa
tion is received at the Northern Paci
fic railroad headquarters here that a
lone highwayman held up Beven
coaches of tourists in Yellowstone
park and compelled the occupants to
turn over itheir valuables to him.
The holdup took place between Old
Faithful Inn and Yellowstone Inn, and
the robber, after securing his booty
took four horses and with them start
ed in the direction of the Jackson Hole
country. The desperado was masked
and was ubout 50 years old.
There are four troops of United
States cavalry In the park and a por
tion of the troops have been ordered
to scour the country for the bandit.
Catcher Killed by Swift Ball.
New York, Aug. 23. Struck on the
head by a swiftly pitched hall, George
Fleischmann, catcher of the Stapleton,
S. I., baseball team, died In St. Vin
cent's hospKnl from the effects of the
Injury. Fleischmann was 24 years
old and lived in Brooklyn.
MARKET REPORT
New York Provision Market.
New York, Aug. 24.
WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.00 f. o. b.
afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.13.
CORN No. 2 corn, 90fcC f. o. b.
afloat; 90c elevator.
OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 lbs.,
D2Vjc: clipped white, 32 to 10 lbs.,
6662c.
HAY Good to choice, 80 83c.
PORK Mess, $17.00 17.25 ; family,
$18.001t 18.50.
BUTTER Creamery specials,
24c; extra, 23&c; process, lSilc;
state dairy, 18 22c.
CHEESE State full cream, fancy,
12U13V4c.
EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 28
29c.
POTATOES Jersey, per bhl., $1.85
&2.50; Long Islund, $2.50(fi 2.75.
Buffalo Provision Market.
L Buffalo, Aug. 24.
WHEAT No. 1 northern, old, car
loads. $1.25; No. 2 red, 99c.
CORN No. 2 yellow, 84Vc f. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 yellow, 84c.
OATS No. 2 white, 53'c f. o. b.
afloat; No. 3 white, 62".
FLOUR Fancy blended patent,
per bbl., $6.00 6.75; winter family,
patent, $5.406.15.
BUTTER Creamery, prints, fancy,
23c; state and Pennsylvania cream
ery, 23V4c; dairy, choice to fancy,
21(fi22c.
CHEESE Choice to fancy, now,
13c; fair to good, 1212V4c.
EGGS Selected white, 25c.
POTATOES Jersey, per bhl., $2.50
ffi2.65; home grown, per bu., 65
90c.
ri Buffalo Live Stock Market.
CATTLE Choice export steers, $6.00
(5 6.25; good to choice butcher steers,
$4.505.60; choice to extra fat
cows, $4.755.00; fair to good heifers,
4.005.00; choice heifers. $5.25'
6.50; bulls, fair -to good, $3.80)4.00;
choice veals, $8,751 9.00; fair to good,
18.25 8.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice
spring lambs, $6.50 6.75; common
to fair, $4.:iU4.75; mixed sheep,
$4.25 4.60.
HOGS Light Yorkers, $6.006.59;
medium and heavy hogs, $7.107.15;
pigs, $5.25 5.60.
Utica Dairy Market.
Utica, Aug. 24. Transactions on the
Utica Dairy Board of Trade today
were as follows:
Color. Lots. Boxes. Pr.
Large white 1 41 It 'A
Large white .... 1 75 11V4
Large colored ..13 846 1 1 V4
Small white .... 4 382 11
Small colored .. 30 2,490 11
Totals 49 3,834
There were no sales of butter reported.
3IKLT0N EMERALDS
It was certainly a remarkable
likeness, so remarkable that It
caused a stir in the court room, a
faint buzz which settled after a
while Into silence as I faced my ac
cuser over the twisted iron bars of
the prisoner's dock. For fully a min
ute wo stared, the surprise and won
der In his face finding Its counter
part, in my own as though caught In
a mirror, and adding the last touch
to our exact similarity of feature.
His lips moved as though to speak,
his eyes still fastened on mine. Per
haps If his thoughts had reached
sound, my story need not have been
told to the eager faces turned to
ward us from the rrow'ded court
benches, but as if unwilling to be
cheated out of the denouement, the
voice of the court broke in demand
ing that I answer to the charge of
the theft of the Melton emeralds.
Indignation at being held on a
charge of which I was entirely Inno
cent, pave way to a wonder us to just
what part I had played In t lie
strange series of "events which end
ed for me in the prisoner's dock fac
ing, as my accuser, a man whose
face and figure were so nearly my
own that my mother must have diffi
culty distinguishing us.
It was late afternoon of the day
before that, after a week of fruitless
learch for employment, I stood pen
niless and in despair on the edge of
the busy sidewalk, gazing absently
ahead and wondering where supper
and a night's lodging were to come
from. Crowds hurried by unnoticed
and unnotlrlng, for I was a stranger
in Boston, having come from my na
tive New Hampshire town only a
week previously, to try fortune in
the metropolis. Suddenly I became
aware of a strange, uneasy sensation
of being watched. That unexpltilna
ble Impulse which causes a person to
seek out the eyes spying upon one
made me turn my head toward a
group passing directly behind me. A
middle-aged man, well dressed, and
with a suggestion of smugness- about
his well-shaven chin nnd blue eyes,
was watching me intently. He turned
his head away quickly and walked
on. I watched him for a time, and
saw him turn squarely about and ap
proach me.
"If you will allow a strnni;er the
liberty, may I ask whether you are
In trouble?" he said. His vole and
manner matched his sleek, well
the first kind, Interested ones I hnd
heard during lhat long, gloomy
week, fell pleasantly on my ears. At
another time I might have resented
his intrusion, nnd answered his ques
tion by turning on my heel, hut one
carries himself dltterently when one
finds himself at nightfall with empty
pockets In a strange city. So I ex
plained to him my predicament.
"Not an attractive situation, cer
tainly," he said, when I had fin
ished; "hut If you will consent to put
yourself at my disposal for say
two hours, (his evening, I think you
will find It profitable."
He paused for my reply, while I,
startled by the strangeness of his of
fer, sought In vain for the clue to his
meaning.
"I put. it rnther crudely," ho re
sumed, "nnd you, no doubt, nre at a
loss to understand whether I am of
fering you charity or a hand In some
unlawful undertaking. Neither is
right. What I should ask of you is
hardly a pleasant service, since it has
to do with solving a domestic tangle
which has led to an estrangement
between my son and myself.
His frankness nnd convincing
manner won me completely nnd a
little while later I was hurrying off
to the nearest restaurant, two crisp
$5 notes In my pocket, and an ap
pointment for 8 o'clock with my
benefactor.
Promptly at the appointed time I
found myself standing on the steps
of a great gray stone house In a
beautiful resldentl.il district, with
my new-found friend.
On the stairs Inside wo met a ser
vant In livery who pnssed my host
without notice but bowed to me In
stead. I wondered at the strange
proceedings, but In another moment
was led Into a largo, well-lighted
room where a fire burned cheerfully.
It was a sort of sitting room filled
with heavy comfortable chairs and
tables strewn with books. Through a
half opened door I caught a gllmpso
of a bedroom beyond with soft (luted
walls and simple elegant appoint
ments. Through this door my host
disappeared, closing It behind him
after he had drawn a chnlr before
tho Are for me nnd Invited me to
mnke myself comfortable during Ills
absence.
From time to time from the bed
room came muffled sounds us if
heavy drawers were being opened
and their contents displaced. For a
long time I waited while the fire
burned brightly and a drowsiness
crept over me. Still my host con
tinued his search In the bedroom and
did not reappear.
I think I must have dozed, for the
next thing I knew 1 was seized by a
servant and two policemen and was
being hurried away to the police sta
tion to answer to a charge of theft of
the Melton emeralds.
You know the rest; how the real
thief, my . erstwhile benefactor, was
Intercepted and brought back Jusl as
he was stepping Into Canada with
his booty. I met him of course at the
trial and he seemed not in tho lenst
upset by the turn his affairs had ta
ken, regretting only that he had
laused tne worry and notoriety,
earnestly hoping that my fortunes
had mended and wishing me all the
the success in the world.
Even the baby In the cradle finds
a pretty rocky sort of a world.
NPWSPAPERS IN COLORS.
Have Been Printed a Scarlet, Mauve
and Yellow.
Tli Chung Ngol Can Po, which reo.
ently celebrated its Jubilee by appear
ing on scarlet pages, has had many
equally unconventional predecessors.
When the stock of white printing
paper In the Island of Trinidad once
ran out the Port of Spain Gazette
made a'brllliant appearance on mauve
paper, with a bright yellow Inside
supplement, followed by an issue
rinted on cerise paper, with a mag
enta supplement; a Cape newspaper
was once published on brown paper
the normal use of which was for par
cels, anil two successive issues or a
native Journal of Ahmedahad, were
a brilliant yellow and a dark green.
Even more remarkable was L.e
Miiicliolr de Poche Politique, a
French dally paper, which was prime!
on linen, and served the double pur
pose of a news purveyor and a hand
kerchief. From tho Westminister Ga
zette.
Making Money by Giving Advice.
Human nature has been very niucti
the same since the beginning, an 1
their have always been philosophers
and givers of advice. Recently thera
have hern translated from monunieiiTi
In western Asia, believed to be 8,000
years old, tabloid talks for the benefit
of mankind which, but for greater dig
nity, In phrasing are not unlike thj
sentences of the young men anj
young women of the American press
who do "plain ami fancy writing by
the day or hour," to quote a New
York journalist's statement of the n.i
iii re of his duties.
In the time of Ptah-Hetop, ' wh-j
was either " a perfect feudal lord'
or had sufficient influence to get that
description of himself chiseled lu eu
duiiiig stone, It was written:
"If thou deslrest that thy conduo
should be good, keep thyself from ai
attack of bad humor. It is a fatal
malady. It causes wife and hiisbanu
to hate each other.
"better a compliment than rudu
uess. "Be not of irritable temper In re
gard to thy neighbors.
"I et thy countenance be cheerful
during the time of thy existence."
In the time of Ptan-Hetop these
things were engraved laboriously in'
on monuments and read by persons
w'nn happened along or came especi
ally to acquire merit by gaining wis
dom. Today they are printed in
thousands of one-cent newspapers
niiil ten-cent magazines und scattered
over the face of the civilized earth
so that he who runs cannot escape
reading th But just as it befe.l
In the days of "the perfect feudal
lord," they serve, chiefly, to give em
ployment to formulators of advice
rather than to prevent any one from
av.ildlng an attack of temper, paying
a compliment when he harbors a
"giouch" being pleasant to the neigh
bors or wearing the smile that doen
not come off during the time of his
pert lily existence.
Hut giving advice Is not wholly
unprofitable. Doubtless the thinkers
wl.o were employed to cut their max
ims into the monuments of western
Asia 8,0110 years ago were paid, and
wer- accustomed to let their mlud
dwell upon tho pay rather than t'
(...il piuiosopiiy. And the modern
space- writers get counin rates, even
if they do not succeed In getting their
fellow -men to live up to the search
lugs of today and of eighty centuries
ago. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Africa to Furnish Wood Pulp.
Africa may help to suve our for
ests from being demolished for wood
pulp. There Is a grass, known as 'il
ia, which can bo grown In the desert
region to nn unlimited extent. It U
cut and harvested like hny. A Lou
dun daily has for some years beeu
printed on paper inado of this ma
terial. Relief For Sunday Dinner Mother.
The working class mother, con
tinually kept from church by the nec
essity of preparing the Sunday din
ner, seems likely to have the problem
solved In one town of Uincaslilre,
England, by tho serving of a slmpl
ready-moked meal from a central
kitchen.
The hums of Tlntern Abbey.
The f.itnous ruins of Tlntern Ab
bey, .Monmouthshire, England, are be
ing restored as far as the four great
arches are concerned, and more exca
vations are being made around It in
the hope of dialing new buildings.
Sounds Like "Tearing Rags.
C. Wesley Wootton of Germantown,
Pa., who recently pronounced Whit
man as "an offensively dirty person."
has now referred to Tennyson's poe
try us sounding like "tearing rags."
Record of Ocean Travel.
All records In the transportation of
passengers across the Atlantic were
broken during the first ten months m'
19(i7, during which 2,000,0(10 travelej
across.
No Robbers There.
Mayor Morrow of Benton Harbor,
Mich., threw the key of his grocery
store Into the canal five years ago,
and tho place has not been locked
since.
All plain, blunt men do not uso thi
still) puns.
.
A miser can make a sweeping as
sertion without throwing away nil
dust.