Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 50, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 September 1907 — Page 6

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To Hurry Up Canal Work. Many members of Congress who expect to he on the committees which will be called upon to make appropriations for the Panama Canal are makllng arrangements to visit the Isthmus before the session begins. They will do this for the purpose of seeing what 'work has been done, what is doing, iand what is needed to be done. The President, it Is understood, Is to give jmore space to canal matters in his comlng message than he has done hereto Ifore, and Congress will need to inform litself on the subject at first hand, in order to act intelligently. The Presirlont riorl ft irr tr flirt llinl rnne last .fall, and the result was quickly seen dn some changes which he made in the tworklng foms at the isthmus, and in legislation which he urged in a special lEiessage. One of the objects of the coming rvlslt of congressmen to the isthmus is ;to devise means to hurry the work forward. As the army is !n charge of jthe construction now, report says that far more progress Is being made than Iwas doue during the civilian regime. )And there is far less talking by the men wlio are doing the work, and ithere Is no iosIng before the camera. 'During the administration of the civilians the country quickly got familiar jwlth the pictures of Wallace, Stevens, ,Shonts and the others, but nobody outIside of the canal .one knows what the !prcsent head of the constructive forces (looks J'ke, and very few know his 'name. He attends strictly to business, iand the newspapers get no chance to mention him. I Still, it may be possible for the president and Congress to devise means to 'hurry up the work of canal building, (by strengthening the. hands of the army ioflicers who are in charge of uffairs. !If this can lw done the country wants it to be done. The fact that the fleet !for the Tacific will have to sail 10 00 Jmiles to reach a point which coult. be i reached in 5,("00 if the canal were comjpleted Is an eloquent reminder that ithat sliort-cut ought to be pushed with jail possible speed. The country Is spending a good deal of money in canal ! building, but It is willing to spend jmore it the additional outlay will bring completion a year or two earlier. iThe Panama issue Is one of the most (interesting questions which will come .'before Congress this winter. St. Louis ': Globe- Democrat. Hoping for a Word. Chicago LV:uocrat3 are honing, (through the medium of the national committee, V) smoke out "William Jentnings Bryan. Chicago Is bidding for jthe convention, but it fears that with 'Bryan in complete control, h. will ; switch the big gathering tovsome other j city for the reason that Chicago Is not jbubbling over with enthusiasm for the ! Peer ess Oye. Ever slnfe Bryan undertook to teach ! Roger Sullivan his duty as a Demoerat, there has been a growing revolt tin Illinois against the Nebrasknn. Sul!livan. It will b recalled, is a member ct the national committee, but Bryan i claims there Is a taint to the title, and Ihence personally advised him to retire. iThls Impertinence brought a tart r?ply, from the effects, of which Mr. ! Bryan has not yet recovered. But the. Democrats of Chicago don't t Intend this little iolitlcal duel shall deprive them of the honor they seek. They have invoked the aid of Folk's I friends to help them out, and as the program Is designed to place Bryan on record, mutual advantage will be de- ! rived. The Missouri governor has a 'little bee buzzing in his bonnet. He (knows he wt n't cut rauch of a llgure If ! Bryan tries to be the wliole show, Iwhile should the latter eliminate himself, the Folk boom might assume dimensions. Several members of the national committee are friendly to. Folk, land If these can be lined up for Chlicago. It Is thought Bryan will be com'pcllcd to announce his position. The most remarkable evidence of -weakness of the Democratic party is 'this confession that before anj'thing can be accomplished Bryan must be consulted. Even as courageous a man !as Watterson admits that Bryan, the iman who has done more than any oder Democrat to disrupt the Democratic .party, can and probably will, dominate the next national convention. Yet how quickly life could be galvanized into 'that party were Bryan to announce his retirement: Toledo Blade. I ! Tariff Redaction by Treaty. 1 The goods imiorted from Germany !are virtually under the new agreement j allowed to enter at th value certified !by the German Chambers of Commerce. jTLus the duty on German goods is less (than that exacted upon the products of :oth;r countries, which are subject to jan ad valorem rate of duty, because !the lower the value :v Yh imports 'are appraired the less luty. Until j we allow France, Engl.-u.d and other Icountries the same favor it can hardly jbe called a square deal. The Manufacturers' Association and the stand-pa tjters object to this agreement with GerIjnany because it thus reduces th3 rate of duty In this round-about way. Saliern, (111.) Democrat Orer at St. Jo. The elopers were all smiles. The parson had Just tied the knot. Suddenly the telephone buzzed furiously and the bride's father shouted: "Wait for me I" But the bridegroom only smiled some more and sweetly replied: "Not on your life, dad-ln-law! Time and 'tied' wait for no man. We are tied now." Sounded Familiar. Eva Uncle Tom made millions with his mines. When he went over to Europe he cculd afford a private cabin for himself. Edna Gracious! How funny! Eva What is funny, dear? Edna Why, it must have been "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Alviny on Jler Mind. Dick You didn't take th? pretty hair dresser out row teg thin afternoon? jack. No; 3b talks too much shop. DIc Shop! How is that? DJck Why, when I told her how glorious the waves looked the other evening she said they looked just like marcel waves. A new prize of $10,000 is offered In France for the invention of a dirigible balloon. Don't eat pickles or any sour food arhesx nursing the baby.

3Ir. Bryau and the Republican Party. That Mr. Bryan will reek the Democratic nomination in 1008, and expects to receive it. Is announced by a recognized Bryan spokesman in New York city. There Is nothing surprising about this. It is a logical consequence of political developments in the last three years. The national Democracy, as far as It has an organized existence, stands for nothing but Bryanism. Mr. Bryan is Its only presidential possibilty of national dimensions. Unless there is a revolution within the party, either Mr. Bryan or some man selected by him will be the Democratic candidate. What will be his chances of election? To all clear-eyed and cool-headed observers they now seem better than In 1000, and almost as good as they were in September, 1891. The reason is not that the Democrat

ic party has grown stronger, but that the Republican party has grown weaker. So many conspicuous Republican leaders have gone so far with Mr. Bryan that his candidacy seems a logical consequence of tllr campaign. To make the point clear, let us recall how Mr. Hearst, in his campaign for the New York Governorship, justified himself and his doctrines by printing in parallel columns with his own views the Inflammatory utterances of several ' national Republicans. How, then, shall the Republican party defeat Mr. Bryan? How save the country from the disaster of his election? Plainly it can do so only by adopting a platform of Republican and American principles, by selecting leaders whose lives and characters show both tbe ideals through which this nation has grown great and prosperous above all others, and by thus bringing the American people to a new birth of hope and faith In their country, Its institutions, and themselves. The outlook Is not dark or discouraging. It Is necessary only for the Republican party to do Its duty and attend to Its business. It ha a year in which to accomplish a task more difficult but of the sa ne kind as that with which1 it grappled successfully In 1S00. If the task is begun now with determination, and Is carried on in faith, nothing wavering, we some day shall all look back upon 100S as we now do upon 1S0O, and confess that nothing but our own follies put us In fear. Chicago Inter Ocean. Prosperity- to Star. ' Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture has returned to Washington from the West with good reports of the ripening crops. The Western farmers have plenty of money and are soon to have a great deal more, since they are getting ready to send to market enormous quantities of. grain and othor products, tlood prices for thorn are amply assured. So the process by which an abundance of money Is put Into circulation is about to begin all over again under favorable conditions. The scarcity of money for Investment and speculation in Wall street and other financial centers presumably will Increase during the next few weeks, since the 'moving of the crops will cause the West and South to withdraw their surplus funds to be usd in transactions throughout the regions of actual production. The easing process, so often provided by the national treasury, of preventing a breaking strain by the deposit of government funds In banks In New York and other financial centers will come into piny once more. But while the big financiers are look ing glum and stocks are sagging on the exchanges the producers of the nation will be largely Increasing their stores of money. That Is prosperity. For the producers money soon flows back to the financial centers from the local banks where It has been deposited or rom the cities where it has been expended for supplies. So long as It Is not squandered in foolish speculation or lost In the heart-breaking process of toiling through unprofitable years, which either supply but: scanty fruits of the soil or provide no remunerative prices for them, the country Is truly prosperous. The curbing of tbe railroads, which are now required to carry the products of the farms to market at a reasonable charge, Is an Importart element in tbe present period of prosperity. Chicago News. A Svtlnu Aronnd the West. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson hat returned to Washington from a Journey that lasted several weeks. . Tha secretary has a story to tell of peneral prosperity and he is a practical judge of the real article. He reports good times everywhere In the West, with no symptoms of panic anywhere. Money, he Is convinced, is moving from West to East. . Crops, with few exceptions, are good. The yield of corn promise to be large, and prices are unusually favorable to the farmer. Emigration to the new lands of Western Canada is filling off because the conditions and opportunities at home are more attractive. Secretary of the Interior Garfield also Is Just back from travels In the Southwest. His view of the situation and prospects Is the same, and he finds the great Irrigation projects moving along in gxnl shape. The dwindling of speculative values in Wall street Interests tfie West much less than the bulls and bears Imagine. Perhaps the estimate is correct that stocks dealt in by Wall street have declined $1,750,000,000 since the beginning of the year, but the values that make up the sum of activities In tha West are not shrinking. Lands are not lower; the products of the soil bring excellent prices; the railroads have all the business they can handle; manufacturing shows no falling off and mining grows from year to year. Pa per values In Wall street may be un satisfactory to tbeir chief manipulat ors, but the. fictions they cultivate In water and ring lnards of directors can be dispensed with to public advantage. Wall street has been notified to mend its- ways, and to divert itself of the Idea that it is tbe pivot of pro?ierIty In the United States. St. Louis Clo'i? Democrat. Wouliia't It He Detter. Tc- constitution of the United States wisely provides that all measures for the raiding of revenue shall originate in the ibm-r of Representa tives. This Is because t'it Houe of Representatives Is supioced to te clos er to tbe people than any other body Almost without exception our oxperl ence has shown that when matters like this are left to the State Department the United States gets the worst of it Wouldn't it be better to adhere strictly to the spirit as well as to the letter of the constitution and let Congress pass on all these matter? Cedar Rap ids Republican

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MONABCniES OPPOSE EMIGRATION.

T Is not surprising that

who Is In Europe Investigating conditions of

Immigration, leports that ments are mu 'h concerned of their young nscu to the

In this the rulers of Europe see the reason

for this republic's present

ness. To maintain our supremacy among the nations we might build fleet after fleet of $20,000,000 battleships, increase our standing army until It equals that of any two European powers combintd and spend fortunes on coast defenses ; but of far greater value to us is the steady Inflow of sturdy, adventurous Europeans who come to this country to make their fortunes and establish their homes. Through a peace conference the powers of Europe might possibly Induce us to restrict our army and navy, but they have no means of cutting off the immigration which Is a real source of our greatness as a nation. There Is no mystery about the reason for emigration from Europe. Taxation to maintain great standing armies, compulsory service In such armies and hard-set class lines and governments Petting up the absurd claim of divine right persuade men to try life In a better country. Once they are here their success and their letters home draw others. Every good citizen gained by the United States Is a revere loss to his former government. No one understands this better than the rulers, who must confess themselves powerless to check the movement that, more surely than any military supremacy, could possibly do, 13 making the United States the strongest as well as the greastest of world owers, Chicago American.

MINING SPECULATION.

PERIOD of general prosperity Is almost sure

to be also a period of unusual speculative activity. The present time Is no exception to the rule. The craze to inest in mining shares has taken such a hohl and become sj

rl widespread that conservative men in several

cities have felt It to be

a warning. Speculation Itself may be said to be a trait of human nature. It takes various forms. The "South Sea bubble" and John Law's Mississippi Company were famous speculations of the early years of the eighteenth century. The railroad craze in England and many wild speculations In land and In bauks In this country distinguished the nineteenth century. Mining schemes possess elements of chance to a marked degree, and have attracted Ignorant and reckless inrestors over and over again. It is sj at the present time, ilines gold, silver, copper, zinc, or anything else that can be made to look solid on paper or, more accurately, the promoters of mining companies, are besieged by men and women offering their hard-earned savings for a gambling chance. The fact that great fortunes bare boon made In legitimate mining Investments bus been seized upon by shrewd promoters and used as a bait. Their advertisements are written in a plausible, seductive and ostentatiously oorifidentlal style. They profess to be conferring a benefit when they offer their shares for sale, ami they put the price of shares po low that even the members of the Infant class might break open their tin bauks and buy a few of them. . It would be unjust to condemn as worthless all schemes advertised In the confidential manner and all companies

MONTE CARLO PLAGUE SPOT. Twenty Saleldea a Lay Innplre Pub lic Sentiment to Revolt. ilonte Carlo, the most Immoral spot on the face of the globe, with Its unparalleled list of ruined lives, suicides and murders, is to be wiped out, if tbe Bgltatlon against this plague spot of Christendom now raging In England Is successful, says a London correspond ent Civilized sentiment against the noto rious gambling den at Monte Carlo has been Intensified by the murder of Mine. ' ml GAMBLING CAMINO AT MONTE CA Emma Levin by "Sir" Vero Goold, brother of an EngKsh baronet, and bis Wife, who dismembered her body, placed It In a trunk and carried It with them to France. T'jey were arrested at Marseilles. Tho Goolds had borrowed a large amount of money from Mme. Levin and had lost It on the gaming tables at Monte Carlo. She pressed them for payment and they killed her. On the same day on which this ghastly crime was committed a young Englishman and tha American g'rl whom he had married ended their lives at Castellamare. They were on their honeymoon and had lost every cent they bad at Monte Carlo. Vhen the gambling season is at Its height there are sometimes twenty suicides a day at Monte Carlo. Nobody even takes time to look cut of a window when a shot is fired. Everybody knows what it means. Murder? The taking of life in the frenzy of gambling Is by no means uncommon. A quarrel at cards a shot, a break for liberty and the game goes on, with new players substituted. A murderer nt Monte Carlo Is usually afforded every opportunity to escape. Murder trials are costly; besides, the notoriety is too great. Can these horrors be suppressed ? That Is the question which is now being widely agitated and discussed in England. It has been suggested that President Roosevelt take the initiative In thli rhrateous crusad, sine Amerl

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Senator Dillingham, European govern abcut the exodus United States. and future great teg 4 f their duty to sound can plutocrats are as prominent at the gaming tables as the aristocracr of Europe. To compel the Prince of Monaco to close the Monte 'Carlo casino would require unanimous action on the part of the great lowers, and Englishmen who are starting the present movement are hopeful of being able to secure tills. The Trince of Monaco receives from the company operating the Monte Carlo tables S-iOO.OC'O a year, with occasional bonuses declared periodically on . the extra earnings of the casino. The next 4 RIX) AND PRINCE OF MONACO. bonus to him will be made In 1913, and If the present rate of profit making Is maintained he will receive $3,000,000. The annual profits of the gambling den are $0,000,000. The concession to the present company has forty more years to run, but this fact does not disturb the anti-gamblers, who declare Europe should not recognize any legal rights of the company to continue the operation of a plague spot. ' SHIP HIT WITH A GIANT MERO. Flan AVcIshed 1,200 Poand and Fed a Whole Village. Down in southern wuters, where many strange things happen, the steamship Zulla of the Red D Line encountered a huge mero, a southern food fish which, attains l large size, says the New York Times. While the Incident was not entered in the ship's log by Capt Bennett, her commander, the story of the encounter was duly chronicled by YV. A. Hasan, a passenger, and here It is as he wrote It down: "On June 15 the steamship Zulla, loaded with coffo? and boxwood, was crossing the bar at Toblazo. It was necessary to exercise great caution and to keep the hand lead going all the time, as the channel Is very narrow and so shallow that at times there are but a few Inches of water under the bottom. She had passed half way through when she struck omethlnz and careen

which divide their capital Into a large number of lowpriced shares; but for one who is tempted to embark In any enterprise which promises to make one rich In a few weeks by an Investment in some widely advertised mining stock, the best advice is don't. If the temptation Is too strong to permit you to follow that advice, go te any reputable but disinterested broker or banker who knows the ins and outs of the speculative game, and ask his opinion. The information which he will give you will be worth more than the stock would have been. Youth's Companion.

A LIFE INSURANCE FREAK HE Cleveland man who canceled his policy

j I premiums, because he had a premonition of

üeatn ana was conscience-atnctn at tne prospect of defrauding the company, 'evidently needs a guardian. But what can be

thought of the Insurance company that would thus deliberately take advantage of Its client's ignorance? Life Insurance rate are based on expectancy. The average age at which e Thousand persons die establishes a rate for all. Some d'e earlier, while others live long beyond the average. The man who dies first reaps the greatest1 direct benefit from his Insurance, while fhe man who lives longest receives his compensation In that fact That the company may be protected from los, the level premium rate is loaded to meet the expenses Incident to the business, to provide a reserve fund against emergencies and to pay Interest on the capital Invested. The company, therefore, would not be the loser If the man should die the day before his premium fell due. If the policy was canceled unconditionally and the policy holder did not accept its surrender value In cish or paid up Insurance, then lie defrauded himself or his beneficiary and should be entitled to recover. At any rate, he has nn entirely wrong conception of life Insurance principles. But, reallj-, what a snap It would be for the companies If all iolicy holders were to entertain similar views, and be as strong on conscience as Is this man from Cleveland! Toledo Blade.

PAP.CEL3 POST A BAD THING. ,

ERCIIANTS In small cities,. In vllages, and. at country cross roads are likely to overwhelm congress wth protests against the adoption of Postmaster General Meyer's

pian ior a parcels pesi, as recently outlined. mrfrLirj If the government should compete with exI II I IBM press companies at a low rate, big mail order houses would soon have a monopoly in the country. Small merchants could not compete with them and widespread ruin would result. Th.re are hundreds of thousands of such merchants, and they, their clerks, their families, their relatives, and their friends will all bo opposed to the parcels post scheme. These merchants and the auxiliaries they can bring to bear are powerful In congress, and It is hardly possible that any parcels post bill can get through that body. Congressmen are not going to pass legislation that would bring poverty to a large class of the population. The country merchant Is a useful citizen and at one stroke to deprive thousands uiou thousands of their 'livelihood would be, to say the least, decidedly unpopular. Chicago Journal.

1 A ..a ed to starboard. Capt. Bennett stopped the vessel, soundings were made and the Venezuelan pilot acquired a more complete knowledge of the English language in a short time than he had had a chance to obtain in some time. "The soundings were found to be right and In a few miuutes the vessel steamed ahead and the spot was marked for future Investigation. Ve arrived at San Carlos. "A Venezuelan sloop was going through the channel when her skipper, Raymond Jesus Gracla, suddenly exclaimed: 'Saint Marie! Likewise Holy Saint Joseph! What sea monster Is this which rises from the water and bars our progress?' Then he tacked ship and viewed It from a distance and found that it was a gigantic mero, whose head had been crushed by the Zulla. He took the monster In tow and soon arrived at San Carlos. The mero measured 20 feet In length, 14 feet In circumference and weighed about 1,200 pounds. "On his arrival a temporary market was established, and the fish sold at 20 cents, Venezuelan money, a slice. Capt. Raymond Jests Gracia made $40. Some idea of the siie of the fish can be otained when It Is said that the whole population of San Carlos. 000 all told, dined sumptuously on mero that day, which caused Capt. Raymond Jesus Gracla to remark : The saints be praised and may the Gringos, whom It Is the will of heaven should all be fools, kill another n According to Director Spencer of the aquarium the mero is a food fish allied to ti e black grouper and called by the Spaniards mero de lo alta. It attains a weight of 500 pounds and is found In southern waters, sometimes off the coast of Florida. Work Treatment In Dlneaxe. Some Interesting experiments conducted at the state Institution at Mauer Oehling have completely demonstrated the great value of work as a means of healing In various forms of chronic Illness, especially In mental and nervous disorders, alcoholism and epilepsy, says the Vienna correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. Under the supervision of Dr. Starlinger, the chief of the Institution, no less than 54 per cent of the patients are engaged In pome kind of occupation. The majority are employed In farm, dairy and garden work, while others turn their attention to mechanical trades. Including the production of a newspaper, which Is printed and also largely written by the inmates. It has been found that mentally affected and those suffering from alcoholism make the most willing and efliclent workers. Work has a quieting Influence and renders the patients much more satisfied. The favorable effect on their physical condition Is shown from the fact that the number of deaths from tuberculosis have steadily decreased since the introduction of the work treatment, although the number of patients has constantly Increased. One other good effect of the work treatment Is that the general public are found to lose much of their dread of asylums when they see the patients engaged In some useful occupation. Jlesult of Practice. "He Is a sharp one, is young Comeup. It doesn't take him any time to take people's measure." "But don't you know before they struck oil, he was In a tailoring establishment?" Baltimore American. Ever notice how a woman lowers her voice when she has occasion to ask a favcr? . ... ....

THEE. He sits above the ruin that Is his. Making his mock at love, faith and funis, At Winter's gloom aad Summer's gladsonieness, Man's tolling and the gods that flout his name. He laughs and makes a mock of all that is, Knowing the end of all to be the same. He graves his mark where tLey that run may rea, Who, reading, pass along and no more heed. He hears the song faint ere the singer sing. He sees sick Autumn In the bloom of Spring: The sapling felled, the dead flower in the seed Old age In youth, and death In everything. . He Is old Time, the mocking, weary one, The old, old god, whose days are never done.

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The sidewalk in front of old Jeremy's shop on Wyatsvllle's principal thoroughfare was littered wth many un odd piece of furniture und bric-a-brac. It might reasonably be inferred from the crowded condition of the gloomy old shop's Interior, that this heterogeneous collection of chattels had been turned out for lack of ;oom; but the more particular object of old Jeremy in thus exhibiting these various pieces of furniture was that their beauty and utility might be Impressed upon those who chanced to pass that way, In such a degree that a sale must be the logical result George Shoreham, however, had passed this tempting display fully a hundred times on his way down to the little stuffy den in which he awaited daily the clients who seemed in no particular hurry to avail themselves of his vast stock of legal lore. Yet, advertising along any particular line is bound to win, If persistently adhered to, and this particular morning the sidewalk exhibit won. George's undoing was an ancient looking walnut desk of massive proportions. It occurred to him that this piece of furniture would lend to his office that air of distinction which at present It lacked. Scenting a prospective customer, old Jeremy emerged from the dusty precincts of the shop. "That," said he, in reply to George's Inquiry as to the price at which he would bo willing to dispose of this treasure "that Is a desk with a history. It is all that remains of a lot of furniture I got. at the Essex sale. You've heard about Beverley Essex, no doubt?" George admitted that he had. "Well, the old judge sold the house and all the furniture, fo as to square things up. I bought a lot of the stuff, and, as I say, this is the only thing I have left. Valuable old piece of goods, but kinder cumbersome, so I'm willing to let It go cheap." Whereupon he named a figure that eould hardly be construed as cheap. But, after being made acquainted with the desk's history, George was doubly desirous to possess it. and pretty soon a bargain was struck. As George sat that evening at his new acquisition, which occupied nearly one-half of his sanctum's limited floor space, it seemed to him that the old desk was a new link between himself and Lucy. Lucy's full name was Lucy Essex. To George she was the one woman. Now, Lucy Essex was a sensible woman, and when George had revealtd his state of mind to her that is to say, arally; for, of course, he had revealed It otherwise long before that time she let him know that his love was not distasteful to her. In fact, she loved him fondly in return. Yet, she would not consent to become his wife until the cloud which now rested uion her brother should be dissipated. Beverly Essex, the son of old Judge Essex, and Lucy's brother, had been employed as tookkeepcr and cashier by a large mining company In Wyatsvllle. In J.hat capacity he had received late one evening, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, in large bills. In settlement of a deal which had been successfully engineered by the firm. Wyatsvllle boasted but one bank, and that was closed for the day. Bererley, as be afterward asserted, feared to leave so large a sum in the, antiquated otlice safe over night; he therefore carried it home, intending to place It in the bank as soon as It was opened the next morning.. ( That night the bundle of bills disappeared. The question was, how? There was nothing to Indicate the commission of burglary, save the bare fact that the money was missing. According to Beverley's account of the matter, he had told no one In the house of the fact that this money was la his possession, with the single exception of his father. The latter had expressed considerable concern for the safety of the money ; had referred at some length to a number of daring robberies which had lately been committed in the town ; and had taken extra precautions ia locking up the house for the night. Beverley, however, had assured hlra that there was no occasion for alarm, and upon retiring had simply placed the precious package beneath his pillow, t When morning came. It had vanished. The best detective skill was brought to bear uixm the case : but neither could the bills be found, nor any 'clue j as to the manner of their disappearance. Young Essex had been brought up In Wyatsville, and had hitherto borne an unblemished character. But ugly rumors soon ipread abroad, us rumors will at such times. It was said that Beveley had been speculating a good deal on his own account, and that he was simply keeping the money hidden for future use when the storm should have passed over. Ail stupid enough, of course, as rumor generally is. There was no prosecution, however; the loss to the firm being made good by Judge Essex, as related by Jeremy. After this, Beverley found life In Wyatsville unbearable, and an opportunity occurring by which he might work out his passage to South America, he embraced it. Some months later his ( father, to whom the affair had proved a heavy blow, although he firmly believed In his son's innocence, went to Join his wife, who had not lived to witness her boy's disgrace. Luc was left in very poor circumstances; but some of her father's frlfmrt Imd nsitpl hfr tr ohtnln n knowledge of shorthand and typewrit

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ing, and afterward secured a position for her. ; She did not hear from Ler brother for a long time, nor did she know where to address a letter to him ; but at length a letter reached her in which he stated that the sad news of his father's death had come to him through the columns of an old newspaper. He was still resolved, however, not to return to Wyatsville until he had accumulated sufficient money with which he might defray the expense of a thorough .investigation of the mysterious happening which had blighted his life, and. If possible, free his name of the odium which now clung to it. He had enclosed a small , sum of money for her own use, with the promise of more later; but in a reply full of loving sympathy, she told him that she had no present need of money, but that she had great need of himself. George Shoreham had met Lucy Essex when he came to Wyatsvllle after being graduated from the law school, and the friendship which had sprung up between them soon developed into something stronger. But Lucy had refused to become his wife, for the reasonalready stated. George had thereupon devoted all of his spare time '.o the unraveling of the mystery of the missing money ; but day öfter day passed without any material progress being made In his self-appointed task. As George sat at the old desk turning these things over In his mind, he presently felt an overpowering sense of drowsiness, and leaned forward upon the desk, laying his head upon his extended arms. What followed, he never rightly understood. It seemed that he presently found himself nearlng the old Essex F'ace on his way to his boarding house, lie noticed with some surprise that the house, which had stood vacant for several months, now appeared to be occupied, for lights shone dimly from the windows of the upper story. For George eked out his very slend r law practice by acting ns agent for such owners as he could induce to place their property in his hands; and it so chanced that the Essex house was then being advertised by him In the Wyatsville Free Press as a very desirable residence, for lease at a low figure to a good tenant, and the front door key was even then ia his pocket Thus, It was all the more astonishing to him to find the-place' apparently occupied. Falling to elicit any response, after repeated ringing of the bell, he unlocked the door and entered the building. His perplexity was Increased by the discovery that the house was furnished ; but the light from the turned-down hall lamp revealed no sign of life downstairs. : George was nq coward; and, although the thing was unreasonable to him, he determined to see it out Ujstairs ho accordingly proceeded, and knocked loudly at a door beneath which a ray of light escaped. No one deigning to reply, he boldly entered the apartment The dim light apparently proceeded from another room, the door of which stood ajar. It revealed to Geor-ro a large bed at the farther end of the room In which he stood. In which lay a young man, asleep. As young Shoreham stood debating with himself whether be should awaken the sleeper and request an explanation of this mystery, or should follow the wiser course of leaving the house and returning next day for that punoso, he was startb?d by the appearance of an old gentleman, clad In dressing gown and slippers, who came from the adjoining room, carrying a lighted candle in his hand. George made an effort to speak, but his vocal organs failed to respond; neither did he for the moment seem capable of locomotion. The old gentleman walked noiselessly to the head of the bed, fumbled around among the bedclothes for some seconds, and then slowly shuffled his way out of the room. George found himself following this strange visitor. They passed through the adjoining room, where the flickering candle gleam revealed another bed, the disordered condition of which ;.idicated that it had but recently boon occupied. On through the hall and down the staircase, they went at last entering a room cn the lower floor, which he judged from its furnishings to be the library. On a large desk in one corner of this from the old gentleman placed tba candle, and although George Shoreham was beginning to look upon these strange proceedings In a matter-of-fact way, he found himself noting with puzzled interest the fact that the desk at which the nocturnal rambler now seated himself was identical with the one he had himself so lately acquired. Unlocking a drawer of this desk, the old gentleman searched around In It for some little time, and then placed

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something In It which he appeared to take from the folds at his dressing gown. Meanwhile, George had remained standing at the door of the apartment,' a silent witness of the old man's strange proceedings. He now consider-! ed It high time to seek a solution of the riddle, and with that purpose in mind he advanced toward the desk. As he did so, he stumbled and fell heavily to the floor. Wheu he picked himself up. he made the startling discovery that he was In his own dingy little office. The little nickle-plated alarm clock suspended from a nail on the wall, indicated that the hour was 12, whereas but a feW moments before, he would have madt an affidavit to the fact that It was onlj 8 o'clock. Clearly be had been asleep Ills 6trange experience was but ( dream, from which he had been rudelj awakened by a fall resulting from th sliding backward of his revolving ofilet chair. And yet ! he bgan a feverisl search through the drawers of the ani dent desk. Nothing there, of course, for had he not looked all through them when It had been delivered to him thai afternoon? But another idea came to him. He recalled that the old gentleman of hla realistic dream had not placed anythlnj directly in the drawer, but had appeared to search around In it before dolna so. Ah! that was It a false bottom! Upon sliding out a panel, there was disclosed a cavity in which lay a dusty package, and in tLat package were the missing bills. As early in the morning as propriety would allow, George communicated the glad tidings to Lucy Essex, and together they prepared a long cablegram for Immediate transmission to Beverley. Some hours later, Lucy received the following reply: "Am rejoiced at vindication of family honor. Why didn't we think of father's somnambulistic tendency before? Property Interests prevent immediate return, but will be with you Christmas. Recovered money all yours, with suitable reward to finder, as have 6truck It rich here. BEVERLEY." And when Beverley gave the happy bride away at Chrlstmastide, it seemed to George Shoreham that so entirely suitable a reward had never before fallen to the lot of a lucky finder. Waverley Magazine,

TSAININO THE BABY. Ills Spartan Father Takes a Hand at Ills Education. The Wllloughbys had spent the evening with the Harlans, and had filled them to the brim with good advice about the baby. "You see how It Is, my dear," said Papa Harlan, wisely, as the door closed behind their guests. "The whole trouble comes from giving la to them. Now, If you'd only let baby cry it out some day, our troubles would be over. "But I'm always so afraid he's In pain." "Nonsense! It's pure spunk half the time. If the Wllloughby baby can learn to sleep straight through without being fed, I guess ours can. Wlil you promise to lie still and not go to him to-night If I take all the responsibility r "Oh, I'll try, but Roger, see here, I don't believe one bit la the Wllloughby idea of punishing a child like that" "I believe in the Wllloughby results," the stern father replied. "And they didn't get them by coddling their babies. We'll see- what can be done in one night" At the usual hour a questioning sound from the crib opened the eyes of two watchful parents. "Keep perfectly still. Don't notice him," Harlan whispered. The sound grew Into a wall, the wail Into a screech. Mrs. Harlan lay with clenched hands, determined not to let her own weakness Interfere with the molding of her child's character, but growing more nervous and distressed with every scream. "Roger, he's either In agony, or else he's starving hnngryl" she declared at last almost In tears. ."Hush!" said Harlan. That's temper, I tell you. This, Is the time to be firm." The mother compressed her lips after that and both kept silent through a long, long series of ear-splitting shrieks. Then, without a ward of warning, Harlan threw back the covers savagely and bounded to the floor. "Roger, Roger, stop!" cried Mrs. Harlan, 6tartled out of her self-control. "What are you going to do to him?" "Do?" was the curt response, "I'm going to get that boy his bottle!" Youth's Companion. Steam Autos for Heavy Work. "Steam motor trucks and steam automobiles are not so popular In America a? are gasollno machines, due partly to one maker holding the basic patents for the accepted style of steam care in which type the steam boiler, as understood In locomotive and ' statloni ry boiler practice. Is not used, but a flash generator resorted to Instead." So writes David Beecroft In the Technical World Magazine. "This generator, roughly, Is a series of small-diameter spiral tubing Into which water enters at one end and before reaching the opposite end Is not only converted Into steam, but superheated to a great extent The fire for these generators comes from a gasoline flame fed by some form of automatic regulator freeing the driver from all care ; and the use of an automatic regulator for controlling the flow of water to the generator further relieves the driver of this function, his duties being solely those of controlling the machine. So great has been the demand for thbi style of pleasure car ii America that the efforts of Its mrkcr have been confined ertlrely to the production of pleasure cars and th large steam commercial wagon or truk has been neglected. The story In America Is largely a repetition of that In Europe, as control of tbe 6team generator patents has for years reposed with one manufacturer and the useful output has been confined to his factory facilities." Ueuare nt ned Hair. At Falrmount park yesterday a redhaired girl who stood alone watching the feathers attracted the notice of a rather stout youth wie segued id consider fchiMCif the official "jollier." After watching her a few.yinomcnts he approached her. "I beg pardon," he begen, "but are you the lighthouse?" The red-haired girl turned and calmly surveyed the over plump young man. "No," she replied. "Are you the roundhouse?" Then the red-haired girl passed on. but the "plump man stood there with his mouth open until a small but observant boy, who had been near by, shouted : "Stung." Kansas C3tj Tier.