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bullets went through the flooring about an
Inch away from the tenderfoot's = heels Go
on and dance II. Willie
well. the poor little chaps eyes al
most popped out OF his head and II didn't
take him two seconds to begin gyratIng
around with his hands on his hips. sailor
fashion.
Why, of course you know how TO
dance H.. said Finn, planting a couple
more bullets dangerously close TO the
little fellows feet. You can dance any,
thing in this yere dancing academy. pro-
Nidin you've got the right kind o music
Jest shake her up a little faster, Willie
and two more balls cut ragged holes in
the floor i'm spots where the tenderfoot's
teet had been tenth of a second before.
Noble had an odd way of half closing his
eyes when he was getting ried up over
anything, and they closed up now so that
IL almost seemed as IL he couldn't see out
OF them. But he did't say word nor
make move. He could easily have got
the drop on Finn with his guns and called
him down and to "A standstill. but ne had
other plans. and ne never used his guns
while he was night marshal unless he ac-
tually had TO. He knew that Firms guns
only held fourteen balls ard he waited.
Finn roarod with the pure Joy of the fun
he was having. and after three or four min
utes he had made fourteen holes I'm the
saloon floor, the tenderfoot hopping up and
down frantically meanwhile. Then Finn
put his guns down on the bar i'm order to
get at his cartridge belt to reload. Noble
flash OF light. and the night marshal
stuck his face within two inches OF the
nule-whacker's red beard.
Ombrey,' said he to Finn. this is a
peaceablc camp, ard it's a camp that's
free to all men that behave themselves.
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man he never made any pretension that
he did.
IF an ombrey's worth nodding to, he's
worth shaking hands with, he used to
say, and where's the decency of giving
your hand to a man that sooner or later
you're liable to have to brand with the
same hand?
Anyhow, Noble leaned on the bar for a
few minutes, talking with Moonlight, when
queer little guy of a tenderfoot came
bustling into the saloon. He had struck
Butte with a wagon train that arrived that
afternoon, and he was about as raw as
they make 'em-gotten up with a regular
scout makeup, with fringe on his pants
sombrero, two guns, dirk. and the whole
thing. His tog-out was the regular stage
conception of the frontiersman, and, as
he didn't look much bigger than pint of
cider boiled down, he really presented a
funny picture. Noble smiled when the
young fellow came in, but went on talking
with Moonlight.
Got any wine?' the little tenderfoot
inquired of Moonlight in piping voice,
throwing down a gold piece.
from Kentucky, yes said Moonlight
grfnning and setting out the black bottle
Finn, immersed in his solitaire game
over in the corner, had not noticed the
arrival of the tenderfoot, but his ear
caught this little talk at the bar and he
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No man has tc dance anywheres around
this camp after the sun goes down unless
he wants to dance, and gun plays don't go
when I'm around. nohow. You've MADE
this little gun play on this tenderfoot here
because, havin' a lot more rum under your
ieit than any mans going to carry on
my beat, you think your sort o. putin il
on to me. Now, you're going to take off
your cap and ask that little snipe's pardon
for giving this camp bad name, and then
you're going to mosey to your shack, and
you're going to do both o. these things
right now
Finn leaped back suddenly and ripped
out his dirk
A Remarkable Battle.
Not by a id sight am L. he said:
but / am a-goin' to cut you up so a can
min factory wouldn't take you and he
leaped in again and made lunge with his
Girk at Mobiles face. But Mobiles face
wasn't there. Noble lodged suddenly. and
Finn fell against the bar with the whirl of
the lunge he had made When he turned
around Noble was in the middle of the sa-
loon, weaponless and apparently content
to be weaponless. Finn made at him again
and gave another frightful side sweep with
his dirk for Mobiles head. He missed again,
and Gus landed a hard one with his right
fist on the mule-whacker's right ear. Finn
WINGED, bat he was a powerful man, and il
took more than one blow to put him out.
Well, this fight between the man with the
dirk and the man with only scientific pair
Of fists lasted for fully five minutes. Finn
striving desperately to land on his man
with his dirk, and never so much as
scratching him, while every time he made
a sweep he got a stunning blow either on
his face or chest. Moonlight would have
shot Finn from behind the bar. but he
was afraid of hitting Noble, the men were
circllng about swiftly. Finally, when
the nule-whacker made one of his swift
side lunges with the knife, Noble suddenly
ducked. ran squarely between Ffnns legs
and lifted the man off his feet as easily
as an ordinary man would hoist a pound of
salt. Finn came down on all fours, and
Noble wrenched his right arm until the
dirk dropped out of his hand With the
dirk at the mule-whackers throat, Noble
then made him repeat after him a grovel-
ing apology to the tenderfoot, who stood
by, too paralyzed with fear to get out.
When he let Finn up, he handed him his
two guns and his dirk, and told him to
make for his shack and sleep of his rum.
The mule-whacker walked out without .
word, 4 beaten man."
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When Spectacles Were New

From the Youths Companion.
In the days when spectacIes were intro
duced the world was not all WISE Glasses
became SO fashion able that people did not
wait until necessity compelled them to
aoopt the new curtom. Whether their eye
sight was bad or good, those who would be
stylish wore spectacles. In Spain they
formed part Of the costume Of every we'll
dres ssed person.
The object of the wearer in putting on
glasses was to increase the gravity Of his
appearance and render himself more direct
ly imposing. A young monk who had,
through the assistance of his family, caus-
ed his order to succeed in an important
lawsuit. felt hi nself literally rewarded
when the prio-, having embraced him
warmly. testified his gratitude by saying:
Brother. put on spectacles."
The glasses of spectacles were propor-
toned in size. not to the eyes. but to the
rank OF tie wearer, those worn by the
Spanish mobiles being as large as ones
hand. The Marquis of Astorga. viceroy of
Naples, after having had his bust sculp-
trred in marble. particularly enjoined the
artist not to forget his beautiful spectacles.
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lathes and benches are spaced so far apart
that free movement Is permitted without
danger of collision. At our school. in a
space 13x40 feet, there are eighteen lathes
and five benches. and the boys fairly touch
as they work. But a comparison of the
forge shop shows more. sharply the differ
ences
At indianapolis this shop is 50xS3 feet
or 1,150 square feet; ours Is 2Ox45 feet or
S0 square feet In the former are twenty
teen forges. a entyhorsepower boiler
and a wash bench. In the former the boys
do not have to wash. but have a separate
rcom- A. Our shop the forSes touch In
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The Governments Old Gold Busines,

AHS governments OIu GOLD Business,
From the Chicago Inter. Ocean.
Hard times can be pretty well estimated
by the amount Of gold jewelry old plate,
ard trinkets, says Director Of the Mint
Preston. presented at the government
mints. During the period of extreme de-
preston the amount of metals purchased
by the government reached high figures,
but in the past year it has dwindled con-
siderably. At the approach of the holiday
season the jewelry sent to the mints to be
sold increases in large proportion COM
pared to the quantity sold in the dull sea-
SON Soon after New Year there is usual
ly heavy installment at the assay offices
and mints.
Within the past week a pair of gold
bracelets, which cost $50 We're sent to the
mint bureau here to be sold for the gold
In them. Their owner said he could not
Keep them, as he required the money and
asked Director Preston to dispose of them
az Whatever value they might bring. The
bracelets on being melted down. We're
shown to contain SIT worth of pure metal
From 1873 down to last year the amount
OF money paid out by the government for
ola gold, plate and jewelry has steadily in
creased The high-water mark was reach
ed II 1871 when the government paid out
for plate and jewelry $4,035, 40. The PhiIa-
oelphia mint melts nine-tenths of the plate
and jeWelry presented to the government
Payment is generally made in gold when
the jewelry Is of that metal.
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Pirates of the Pyramid DIS.
From the Sphinx.

FROM tne Sphinx
In taking the visitor to the top the ros-
calls wait till they get him about half way
up on some particularly "skeery" portion OF
the ascent, obviously what the latter-day
rovelists call the psychological moment
and make a unanimous demand for bak.
sheesh. One does not feel like begrudging
a few piastres at such a moment. Youi
glance strays uneasily down the appalling
length and breadth Of tnat huge, steer
stairway Of jagged boulders and you shud
deringly wonder how many piastres IL
would take for repairs to your anatomy il
You were to take an impromptu toboggan
slide 10 the bottom. To keep up their en-
thusiasm and give them object i'm get
ting you back alive you promise them some
thing. You find the whole village waiting
for You with open palms at the bottom.
They swarm over you like Siberian wolves
on a belated traveller. whine and bully you
out of all your change, your last cigar
ette. everything you've got, and then nearly
mob you for not having more. You shake
off the last of your pursuers at the door of
the hotel. pull yourself together with a
sigh of relief and journey homeward, VOW
ing that things will be largely otherwise
and better managed before you appeay
amid the pyramids again.
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culable. By the acquisition of skill In
handling tools and ma achnes the reflex upon
the brain orderly arranges the mental pow
ers and processes Attention, observation
apprehension, comprehension, discrimna-
ton, care. tact and skill acquired in manual
training make their impress upon the men
tai training The faculties acquired in
skiliful work with the hands endure in the
brain and are ready for employment in
purely mental exercise
Accepting as a postulate that manual
training is an essential ancillary of mental
training and a determined factor In educa-
ton. it is the social duty of a community
TO provide due and adequate facilities. This
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THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND.
What Was Done With the Old Seal Of
George ".

What Was Done With the Old Seal of
George ~.
From the Pail Mall Magazine.
The great seal is not allowed to leave the
kingdom without special permission. In
1921 Cardinal Wolsey carried the seal into
the low countries and sealed writs with 1t
at Calais, violation OF duty which formed
one of the articles of his impeachment.
Nowadays, If the chancellor leave London
the great seal goes with him, and if nee
essary the travelling sealer attends the
chancellor for the purpose of actually
applying the seal to documents.
When the great seal is to change hands
the retiring lord chancellor goes to the
queen, attended by his purse bearer, who
carries the seal in its purse. The purse is
BANDED to the queen by the purse bearer,
given back to tnat official by her majesty,
and is then handed by the purse bearer to
the incoming chancellor.
George ~ had one seal only. and when
William ~ succeeded him there was some
contention as to the disposal of the pieces
OF the defaced seal of George. The diff
ncuity came out of the fact that when
Williams seal was ordered august 4
lS5O), Lord Lyndhurst was chancellor but
when 1t was finished and ready to take
the place of George Tvs seal august 81,
lS3D Lord Brougham was chancellor.
Lyndhurst claimed the old seal. on the
red back to the cate of the order for the
new seal, and that the fruit must there
fore be considered as having fallen in his
time; while Lord Brougham insisted that
the point of time to be regarded was the
moment when the old seal ceased to be
the claws regni. The matter was submit
ted to William " Greville In his Me-
,nolrs, gives the following account of the
incident:
king William " is queer fellow.
Our council was principally for a new
great seal, and to deface the old seal.
The chancellor (Brougham) claims the old
one as his perquisite. / had forgotten the
hammer so the king said, My lord, the
best thing can do is to give you the seal
and tell you to take 1t and do what YOU
like with it. The chancellor said Sir, l
believe there is some doubt whether Lord
Lyndhurst ought not to have half of it,
as he was chancellor at the time of your
maJesty's accession Well said the
king, then l will judge between you. like
solomon: here turning the seal round and
round) now do you cry heads or tails.
we all laughed. and the chancellor said,
SIR take the bottom part The king
opened the two compartments of the seal
ana said, Now, then, L employ you as min
listers of state. You will send for Bridge
my sflversmith, and desire him to convert
the two halves each into a salyer. with
my arms on one side and yours on the
other, and Lord Lyndhurst's the same.
and you will take one and give him the
other. and both keep them as presents
from me-
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INJURIES TO TRADE.
Texas Cotton Dealer Sent Poor
Goods 10 Russia.

Vice and Acting Consul Smith, at Moscow
Russia, has written To the State Depart
meat in regard to certain shipments of
cotton that have recently been made from
the United States 1t appears that an i'm
porter in Moscow received offers from
Texas dealer. and, after making inquiries
from several banks in Texas and obtaining
Endorsements as to his correspondents re-
liability, the Russian bought 2,0 bales of
cotton, paying for them in advance. When
the goods arrived it was found that instead
of cotton the bales contained only wadding
having almost no value and entailng loss
to the importer OF about L., 900 rubles (about
81, 100, taking the value of the paper ruble
as 81 cents. according to the statement Of
the United States director of the mint oc-
tober 1, 1897: IL the gold ruble was meant,
the loss exceeded $1,000. The Moscow
dealer has brought the matter TO the atten-
ton of the United States consul and intends
to take legal proceedings against the ex-
porter.
Mr.. Smith incloses samples Of the cotton
actually bought and of the goods received.
Attention is called to the matter becaug2
of the evident injury to United States trade
in foreign countries resulting from ship
ments of goods which do not correspond to
sample.
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BOOness GUN.

From the Louisville Post
I'VE have an old relic up in our country"
said a gentleman from eastern Kentucky.
which could tell thrilling story IL it
were only provided with tongue and brain.
1t is an old rife which is said to have been
owned by Daniel Boone. the great pioneer.
On the stock fifteen notches have been cut
and these are said to represent the number
of redskins the fndomitable Daniel slew
during his numerous expeditions in the
wilds of the then young state of Kentucky.
On the stock il cut this inscription in rude
letters: :.BoONEs best fRIN.' The old flint
lock was given to an uncle of mine by q
trapper named Dedmon. who lived on Pow
ellis river, in Virginia. and whose grand
father had hunted. fished and trapped with
the hardy Kentucky woodsman on many
an occasion"
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He +. ENJOYS BASE BALL
Son of the Noted Hstty Green as Magnate
and Fan"
His Experiences as Manager Of the
Cuban Giants and as n Compro-
mise Umpire7-In Politics,
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
E. H. Green, the Only son of Mrs. Hetty
Green, the richest woman in America. is a
thirty-second degreeE base ball fan. Dur
ing the brotherhood war Mr.. Green. who
was then very young man Che is now
only twenty-nine years of age), was fnan-
cially interested, in large amount. in one
of the clubs. During those early days of
his base ball experience he was the owner
and business manager of the Cuban
Giants with whom he toured the coun-
try. His experiences in connection with
this are interesting and amusing He
treated his players royalty, and was al
ways ready to pay the limit for frst-class
artists, and consequently always had a
strong aggregation of players. The great
est difficulty he experienced was with the
hotels. He would always stop at first-class
hostelries and register his combination
but when the boys would show up for as
signment of rooms the proprietor would in
form him that he would accommodate Gu
bans, but he had no place for .niggers' -
and other arrangements would have to
be made, which was frequently very en-
barrassing He said he did not accumu-
late any large revenue from this enterprise.
Yet he had what he went after a "bushel
of fun," and some very valuable experience
While at college he always played on the
nine, and was famous back stop Being
adapted for the position, and possessed the
happy faculty of knocking the ball out of
the lot.
As IN Umpire.
He has had some very interesting ex-
periences as umpire. One case in point is
worthy Of mention. game was arranged
with two of the best clubs in New Eng
land, between which there was a very bit
ter rivalry, and each club was backed by
large and enthusiastic constituency. A
large amount of money was wagered by
the boys, and when the teams met things
were at fever heat. The players went upon
the field, receiving the usual college greet
ings from their friends. 1t was estimated
that fifteen thousand people were pres
ent. The umpire who had been secured for
the OCCASION, seeing the excited condition
of affairs concluded he would not take
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this training as q mental exercise, dis
severed from IL the merchantabie feature
and gave the world the Russian system
OF tool instruction. Under this system. as
developed in Russia. the pupil was taught
of tools in the technical school Principles.
not results: the plant, not the fruit; were
the OBJECTS sought. Some two years after
NJ. DeNa-Nos had taken the initiative
sweden took up the cause. Ii was at first
utilitarian. so as to encourage Eome in
dustries- But In 1877 Herr Otto Saloman
pruned the system, so to make Ii pure
y educational All forms except wood
WORKING were discarded. This Is termed
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rear has been added a livery stable, and 10.
we have our manual training school, All
honor to the instructors and boys who
have evolved such splendid results from
such unpropitious surroundings If it were
not for the results obtained we should be
ashamed that we lag so far behind in the
tram that is moving ever forward toward
advancement and culture, and ashamed we
should De that We do not furnish to young
ardent and aspiring minds the fitting means
for their progress.
Now let view the interiors, the enyf-
ronments amid which the pupils labor At
Indianapolis in the wood turning shop the
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most important branch of an enlightening
and broadening culture should meet with
free-handed encouragement.
In Europe.
Manual training had its birth in Russia
Its growth III Sweden and has reached it's
perfection in the United States. For q CEN
tury there had been trade schools in Rus
sia, and in 1850 the Imperial Technical
School was started. But these schools were
not for distinctive adjuncts to mental
training. but for making salable goods. But
A. Della-Nos recognizing the advantage of
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building. located upon a square of ground
bounded by Merrill, Meridian and Garden
streets and Madison avenue. Five hundred
and twenty-six students were first enrolled
and now. by the last report, the school has
an enrolment of SS3 students (i59 boys,
424 girls. The building Is a handsome
brick structure, one of the most imposing
in the city, and bears tribute to the enter
prise and zeal of the citizens, who were
determined to give their children the very
best facilities to be had
And see the contrast with our own poor
forlorn little shop" Two petty two-story
brick buildings. one formerly beer saloon,
have been fitted up, ard to them in the
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pairs. with very narrow alley amidst
them. At India lapolis there Is plenty of
space. There is an average Of eighty-three
square feet to a forge, while with US. al
lowing for the boiler and wash bench, there
is an average of forty-five square feet.
The same difference substantially exists
between tho machine shops in the two
cities. In addition to rooms for teaching,
the Indianapolis building has large semi
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berance of such facilities in other places
not so latent that the observation of their
1uxtaposition can leave but one moral.
Manual training is a well-recognized and
essential factor in the mental training of
the young. Its disciplinary value is meal
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Noble Gould Use His Fists as Well as
a Gun.
FORMERLY NIGHT MARSHAL OF BUTTE
He Was the inventor of One Kind
of Pistol Pay.
SOME FAMOUS ENCOUNTERS
Written for The Evening Star.

US NOBLE, WHO
was night marshal
OF Butte when Butte
was ornery and dan
gsrous TO 1--we in"
slid a Montana man
to a Star reporter,
was 4 notable man
among the after-dark
peace preservers of
the western country,
for two distinct rea :
sons. In the first
place. he was the in
ventor. and. when
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Long Walk After Chickens.

From tho keokuk Constitution.
Bailin Hawley, who served writ of at
tachment on some farm products few
days since. there being number of chick
ems levied upon among other things. is
said to have returned bill of mileage for
100 miles. He claims. and eye witnesses
say he is right, that there were fifty chick
ems In the bunch and that he had to walk
two miles to catch each chicken. 1t isn't
probable that he will be allowed his claim,
although all admit that Re is justly enti-
tied to It.
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NAoi oaos soy . <AA ..
Malaprop, but the
philosophic dame does
not animadvert upon
contrasts. Where diff
ferences are great
and obvious there is
no invidiousneSs in
showing them. The
lack of facilities in
this District for man
ual training in the
public schools Is so
na tont ond tho av,
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Every wife should be alarmed when
her husband begins to lose a certaip
amount Of interest in other women.-Ltse.
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looked up and leered when he saw the
new arrival. Finn had enough whisky in
him to be evil. and he was probably sore
besides because Noble had not returned
his nod when he came in. Anyhow, he
got up. stretched himself and walked up to
the tenderfoot, looming a good foot over
him.
Say said he, addressing the scout
you look like you ought to know a heap
about dancing a hornpipe, Willie
1.-The tenderfoot didn't seem to under
stand at all what he was in for.
NO he said. looking at the big man
unsuspiciously, they didn't teach that at
our dancing school,
On With the Dance.
They didn't! said Luke. Well. they
teach ii at this dancing school. and it's
dead easy when you're helped along
bit Dance 1t. son., and out came both of
Firms guns at the same instant and two
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The District is Behind in Opportuni-
ties for Manual Training.
WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE
Remarkably Good Work With In
adequate Accommodations.
CONTRAST, NOT COMPARISON

Krittaa for The ET ming Star.
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A Quick killing.

"Scarsdale never had a chance to finish
telling what he was going to do. There
were two sharp pistol cracks. almost to-
gether, and Scarsdale fell dead, with one
bullet through his heart and the other
through his right lung. Mobiles partner
looked mystified until hs saw Gus pull his
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How the Trouble Began.

Noble drifted into Tad Moonlights gin
mill one night when things seemed to b,
kind o quiet around town. The only Gus.
toner in the place was a big mule HACK
er named Luke Finn, a man whose hard
name for cattle rustling out in Idaho had
followed him to Montana. Finn was play
ing solitaire at a table in a corner of the
saloon. He nodded 70 Noble when the
night marshal came in, but Noble didn't
return the nod. When Gus didn't like a
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COMPARISONS ARE
odorous" says Mrs.