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tion there lived in Adrlanople family
consisting of three persons-father,
mother and one son. The latter was a
young man of pleasing manners, good
presence and of remarkable energy ana
intellectual capacity.
The news of the sultan's offer had
reached this retired and secluded fam
lily. and the son, whose name was Os-
man, and who had long been devoted
student of the game, had just an
nounced to his father and mother his
determination to proceed to the capital
and put his life on the hazard of the
event.
To this both father and mother vehe-
mently and very naturally objected and
tried by every argument they could
think of to dissaude him; but the
young man would not be gainsaid, and
at length he set out on his dangerous
adventure.
When Osman was ushered into the
presence of the sultan and the object
of his coming explained, Murid him
self felt some regret that so handsome
and intelligent a youth should risk
his life in combat apparently so un-
equal.
But first, by the order of the sultan,
n sumptuous repast was served, and
at his invitation Osman partook OF II
with him. Then, after period OF
rest during the midday heat, the
| chessmen were brought out, and amid
| a circle of high dignitaries and officials
| OF the palace the youthful stranger
| faced his imperial lord and essayed the
| difficult and as it appeared to all pre-
sent, the foolhardy task of checkmating
| him.
Only five moves had been made dur
| ing the breathless silence, when Osmar
calmly pronounced the word CHECK.
mate" and on inspection the fact was
clearly established.
All were astonished. And the sultan
amazed and almost stupifed, was filled
| with fury.
What" cried he, "beaten and ii
five moves by mere boy! What II
the meaning of this? Say, what de-
mon hath helped thee, or by what pow
er of enchantnent has thou been abl'
to accomplish the feat?'
sire" cried Osman. this opening
| OF the game is a new one. Being com
petely unexpected. it has given me, TO
this time, the victory, which l can new
er hope to again attain over so grea
ana experienced a player as your ma
jesty."
These words somewhat Modified th
sultan, and after having sat silent TO
a few minutes, his wrath being partl,
appeascd he said: by whateve
means the victory has been gained, in
contestably it has been won, and sine
thou must have paid thy forfeit hat
thou lost, Allah forbid that tho'
shouldst fail to receive the reward tina
l have promised"
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bounty of thy majesty shall ! and Fat
ina, my daughter and only child. find
bread or shelter, so great is the skill
of your majesty at this Internal game"
Come, vzier," said Murad. "if ii be
so bad with thee as that I will tell thee
what thou shalt do, Thou shalt on thy
part stake thy daughter, and l on my
part will stake the loveliest odalisque
in my harem, and ten thousand gold
pieces to boot. and we will play yet
another game"
The grand vizier heard this proposal
to stake his daughter, his only child,
with dismay; but he knew his imperial
master too well to venture a refusal.
Therefore they played, and he lost.
Then the unhappy father, in the bitter
ness of his heart, said: "Oh, sultan, |
have my head only, and that is at thy
mercy. but If thou wilt on thy part
stake my daughter, whom thou hast
just won, will wager my head against
her"
"Vizier," said Murad gravely, "the
stakes are hardly even, but If thou
wishest it.so it shall be-"
And once more they played and again
the vizier lost
Then Murad laughed and said: BE
not alarmed: / give thee thy last stake.
for thou has never finched, but has
ever played boldly and well; only this
! understand, we have played our last
| game. and thou holdest thy office only
until appoint another in thy place"
After this final defeat of his courage
| Gus and indomitable grand rizier
| Murad was hard put to it to find any
! suitable opponent to face him at the
| chess board. All men shirked the dan.
| geTOus honor, and the unhappy viziel
| or pacha commanded to undertake the
| perilOus duty found it difficult to guess
whether victory or defeat might prove
! more perilouS.
! At length the sultan bethought hin
! Of a plan which seemed to promise
! more diversion than could be obtained
! from encountering these timorous anC
unwilling adversaries. He caused it Il
| be proclaimed that any man nigh
challenge his majesty to a game o
! chess, the conditions being that tn,
! challenger staked his own head agains
| the office of grand Yi2ier.
| At the time of issuing the proclama
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Sultan Murad was devoted 10 the
game of chess. TO say, without fiat
terry, that he was a good player Is to
say that he was man of considerable
intellectual power. But Sultan Murad
in his play had two failings. He liked
TO have an adequate stake on the event
of the game. and he could very i'll
brook defeat
These weaknesses are always trying,
but in the case of so powerful and alb
solute monarch they rendered the
game one of exceeding danger. To lose
pretty constantly meant ruin; to WIN
too often might easily mean death.
Under these circumstances 1t hesame
difficult for his majesty to find an ad-
versary, and an invitation to a con-
test came to have as fatal slgniti-
canoe and to be as much dreaded. ana,
IL possible, avoided, as the post OF
grand vizier had been in the reign or
Selm the Grim. So many had lost all
they possessed, and some their lives in
10 the bargain. that every high officer
Of state Stunned as far as possible the
dangerous honor Of facing his master
across a chess hoard. Naturally, no
official could with more difficulty es-
cape tue OTutdl llltIll llC 81 piid N'0'NA
himself, and, indeed, 1t was owing prin-
cipally to this cause that so many oc-
cupants Of this high post had rapidly
succeeded one apother during the reign
of Sultan Murad.
1t so happened that the present
grand vizier was as keen an enthusiast
for the game as the sultan himself
This had been probably his chief rec
ommendation for the office; and being
born gambler and of a constitution
ally bold and reckless nature, he was
always ready to play, counting neither
the cost nor the hazard.
He played on with varying fortune
but generally losing. until he hao
staked and lost everything he possessed
or could scrape together.
At length, one afternoon, on the sui
tan saying TO him, "Well, grand Vizier
and what dost thou venture on this
new eame?" he answered Tuefully
"My Padishah, except the garments in
witch / stand before thee, and which
are thine already, there is of a trutf
no one thing I possessed that L have
not staked and lost, and only by the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03
New York Announceme ent.
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is the subject of this announcement.
The term stands for everything that
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in both the simple and ornate lines,
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CoucheS. SetteeS, Easy Chairs, Rockers, Nor
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ExTERIoRIzED sENSIBILITY.
New Freaks of Hypnotism Served
UP in Paris.

From the PaII Mail GaHrIte.
A very puzzling young person is at
present exercising the curiosity of
Parisians. She is known to fame as
Mile. Lima. Till recently she was an
artists model. Then Col. de Rochas
and NJ. Jules Bois discovered her
strange capabilities, and Mile. Lima
has since passed much of her time in
hypnotic frances, a state in which she
performs wonders that must be seen to
be believed Her sponsors, it will be
well to remark, are men of high stand
ing and acknowledged reputation and
not professional organizers of raree
shows. Col. de Rochas is at the head
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03
The Old AGENT Store
Now Lies in Ruins

A TEMPORARY STORE WILL BE OPENED TODAY
dispose of the immense stock that stored
away the basement lay packed the original
Also goods that transit the freight depo this
city the fire broke The stock saved from
be accurately estimated in value but it is already
that good thousand dollars worth escaped
the flames, and is only damaged by dirt smoke
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03

Lima was not merely going through a
performance rehearsed beforehand.
What he did was to play a Polish coun-
try dance that has fallen even in Po-
land into almost entire oblivion. To
his astonishment Mile. Lima went
through the dance exactly as it ought
to be performed, though it was utterly
impossible that she could have learned
the proper gestures and measure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-03
Cooking, Agate and Tinware

NUUNIIEy, agate dIIU 4 FITTWdFt
Are in the goods and the sale
o'clock of Take
home and them when they'll good they
$4,000 Worth of HandkerChiefs
We afford
built they'll Half Price Rid of
Lots of housekeeping Things
lin
They be fraction
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
Mr.. ATKINSON WCiIMIzeD.
Ami -ImperiaIist Loses 16 Pounds Sterling to
Smooth. rongued Sharper.

Boston, oct. "a good looking
stranger with smooth tongue recently
buncoed Mr.. Edward Atkinson of
Brookline. the well-knoWn antrim
perialist leader. and the victim has ac-
knowledged the fact in a letter to Chief
Watts. The stranger presented MI
Atkinson with letter of Introduction
from Abraham 5. Hewitt of the firm OF
Cooper. Hewitt x Co. of New York,
which introduced the visitor as +. IA
Mather South African agent fJr
Mather IL Platt. machinery manufac-
turers of England
Mather asked Mr.. Atkinson's advice
about buying second hand machinery
for use in South Africa. and talked 50
plausibly that when he presented a
draft for 16 pound sterling on DreXel Il
co. of Philadelphia, saying he was
short of money, the well-known anti
imperialist did not hesitate a moment
to cash it.
After the stranger departed Mr.. At
kinson found that the draft was worth
less. The New York firm who recon-
mended the sO-called Mather have writ
ten that they were yictimZed, too. Mr..
Atkinson has asked the police to find
the man.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
CONVINCING PROOF.
The Average Augusta Citizen Must Accept the
Following Proof.

The great Sir Isaac Newton, one OF
the most profound reasoners the world
ever produced, once cut a large hole in
a board fence to allow a favorite cat
access to two gardens. and cut small
er hole to allow her kitten to follow
her. The weakness manifested in Sir
lsaac's action was due to want OF
thought. Any reader who mentally de-
bates the proof offered here about
Doans Kidney Pills and arrives at any
other conclusion than that stated III
this citizens statement, is as short Oh
reasoning powers as the philosopher
when he turned carpenter.
Mrs. f. c. Folger of 36 Northern
avenue, says: In the spring OF lo'' >
got Doan's Kidney Pills at PartrluSe
drug store and they cured me ol en-
cruciating backache. prevented seri,
Gus loss of rest and sleep, ana rehe"eu
my energy so that the pefIoriiiah0e VI
my household duties became a pleasui
in place of pain. L allowed my eA-
perience to be published in our Angus
ia papers at the time. and now lully
two wears and a half after that date, L
am only too pleased to corroDorate
what 7 then said. My cure has been
permanent
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers Price so cents. Mailed by
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. u, sole
ooants for the United States. Remem-
bar the name-Doan'S-and take no
substitute.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
New York Produce Market.

New York, oct. O.
FLOUR Receipts. zl,sls bbls.; exports
gs2i bbls.; sales, 1000 pkSs.; quiet; low
grades were sparingiy offered. while me
dunn and the better grades were more
freely offered at unchanged prices. The
market closed slightly irregular; winter
patents. 50 GJTi3SG; Do. straights, 81. ma
355: DO extras. Sz.i5N,300.
WHEAT-ReceiptB, 25Z 80 bushels. ex-
ports. I39. 81 bushels; sales. l,0iO.WD busht
els futures. 2s0,OG0 bushels exports; spot
weak; No. red. 1914 fob. afioat spot: No
Northern Duluth, SIS fob. afiOat to ar.
rive; No. red, T5h elevator.
ports. q $50 bushels; sales, 5000 bushels
futures, $4,000 bushels exports; spot firm:
No. 2 yellow, An fob. afioat; No. 2, Az
elevator.
OATS-Receipts 1Z7. 200 bushes: exports,
i11G bushels. spot steady; No. 2, =, No q
~: No 9 white, 20; No. white, 81; track
mixed Western, 23m301z; track white, 20
lard w Steady; Western steamed
S5821@; October, $3.50, nominal; refined,
steady.
PORK-Dull.
BUTTER-Strong Western creamery.
17M2i: factory, 14M16.
EGGS-Firmer; state and Pennsylvania,
POTATOEs-Ste Jerseys. 81. Oonl. q;
New York. 81 25Gt1.40; Long Island. 81 &n
/. rs: Jersey sweets, $l.75n2.0O, Southern
sweet $l.GgNtl.25.
ST-GAR-Raw, unsettled and nominal;
refining. "a: centrifugal 96 test, AZ; re-
fined. unsettled and inactive.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
C3UNIERfeiTERS ON TRIAL.
The Big Cigar Stamp Conspiracy Will Now
Receive Thorough Airing.

Philadelphia. Oct. a.-Interest in the
internal revenue stamp counterfeiting
conspiracy unearthed about six months
ago by the United States secret ser
vice. and which resulted in the arrest
of eight men. one a government en-
plove, and two formerly in the service
of the United States, was revived
Monday. when the defendants We're
placed on trial before Judge Mcpherson
in the T.. S. district court. The accused
are: ext. 5. Dist Atty Ellery +.
Ingham. his law partner and former
assistant. Harvey *. Knewitt; Samuel
II. DoWney, deputy collector on IN
ternal revenue for the Lancaster ais
trict: VIM. NJ. Jacobs and VIM. l..
Kendig. cigar manufacturers Of Lam
caster: Baldwin 5. Bredell. machinist
of Camden. \. j.: Arthur Taylor. en-
graver Of this city ana Jas. Burns.
foreman in Jacobs cigar factory.
The discovery of tho secret service bu-
reau IN connection with the plot gained
publicity. April ~ last. on that date. Ja-
cobs, Kendig ana Burns were arrested.
Jacobs and kcndig were charged with
making an immense quantity Of in;erna!
revenue stamps which they used on their
cigar boxes and counterfeit Money
mead" $lu0 silver certificates, the engraY-
ing on which was s' perfect Az 70 cause
the treasury department To call in The cn n
tire issue Of the notes Burns was
charged with aiding ana abetting Jacobs
ana kendig. Samuel N. Downey was
next apprehendeI charged with accept
ing bribes from Jacobs ANA kendiS Tay-
Ior and Brodell were arrested "a tn
charge of making the plates. counterfeit
money and stamps.
lngham and hewitt were arrested on
he charge Of attempting TO bribe Z.
United States secret service operative.
Each furnished Sl0,enr bail. District AZ
torney Beck asked that tne bills uf indict-
ment against Ingham ANA Ncwitt BE- chn
solidated. and their counsel. :. \. Shields,
not ubjecting. this was done. Mt SAirlds
then entered plea Of not guilty Tor ms
clients. stating that they were charged
only with miSdemcanOrS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A dispatch to Halifax from North
Sydney, G. b., says the steamer Der
France, which ran ashore. Sunday, AT
Point Edward, has been floated with
out damage.
1t is announced that Tom Williams,
president of the California Jockey Club
is making preparations to race stable
of horses in England. 1t is said to be
his intention to get some Of the best
training stock to be had in the stable
and il is understood that he will have
the pick Of the known Burns and
Waterhouse stable.
The big HamburgAmerican liner
Kaiser Friedrich, Capt. AIbers, which
arrived at New York. Monday, from
Hamburg, Southampton and Cher
bourg. grounded for 30 minutes near
the iron pier at Long Branch shortly
after o o'clock during a thick fog. The
steamer backed off the shore with her
own engines aided by the rising tide
and proceeded undamaged to Quaran-
tine where she arrived at 1850
Hunt Mnason. leader of the so-called
band of Angel Dancers" who occupy
what is known as the Lords farm" at
Woodcliffe. New York and his chief
co-worker. Garrett Storms. We're placed
On trial. Monday, in the Bergen court
at Hackensack. y. J., on a charge Of
criminal assault made by Mrs. Annie
Lamb of Bristol. Il. l. Mrs. Lamb ac-
cused the defendants Of enticing her
young daughters Lucy and Emily. aged
II and - respectively. 70 the Woodcliffe
farm.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
EXPECTANCY
Continued from page H.

he will come again next year with an
other boat.
The owner of the challenger voiced the
sentiments Of those on the Erin in saying
that there would be no wind, tomorrow
He felt that the fog which heavily hung
over the Horseshoe, today. would not
clear up for at least u hours, but fire.
ouently expressed wish that Aeolus
would vigorously ply his bellows, tomor
row When asked what had been done
aboard the Shamrock during the day. Sir
Thomas replied that the crew had not
touched a piece of rigging or a sail since
the craft came into her moorings, Satur-
day night. and that his boat was ready TO
sail and race an hour after that of Satur-
day was declared off.
On the Erin considerable interest was
manifested in the Columbias mainsali,
which was hoisted and lowered several
times during the day. Everyone knew
that it was not new sail and that sev
eral alterations had been made in ii. IN
re cutting of the sail gave the Erin PEI
pie more confidence than ever and they
felt that the Columbia people We're a bit
worried as TO the outcome of the series.
Sir Thomas inquired about the betting
and expressed satisfaction that the Sham
rocks stock was going up.
Herbert c. Leeds visited Sir Thomas,
this afternoon. The best of feeling exists
between the Columbia and Shamrock peo
pie and it seems to be the desire of both
that the better boat win. while they both
think their craft is the better boat of the
two. Sir Thomas will entertain another
large party on board the Erin during 10
morrow's race.
A report from Sandy Hook, y. j.. says
AT 6 o'clock tonight, dead calm and 4
dense fog still prevailed. 1t was impos
sible to see 100 feet from the shore ano
both yachts were consequently invisible.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCk MARKET.
The Features Of the Days Dealing in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. oct. 9.-Buying by arbitrage
houses FOR London account made the
highest prices of the day in the genera
list AT the opening. As soon as thar DE-.
mand WaS satisfied the market began 10
drag. There was some support when
prices Of the Iron and Steel stocks were
h.d un but the fact that there was no
vital demand Tor securities and the down
ward drift was renewed. BY the close Of
.hc day the gains Were Wiped out eNcelt
III 4 IeW cases and number Of Indus
Iial stocks showed quite large losses.
Sugar ana Tobacco enjoyed their period
u strength hut both of them closed al
The bond market also was rather
weaker man has been the case up to this
Line, Line, refecting the high money rates.
The situation in the local money market
showed very little change. The majority
Of loans were made at from to 10 per
cent. London took more cheerfM view
NJ the outlook, today. ana the open mar
kst discount rate fell below the banks
official rate. Sterling exchange eased of
IN sympathy at Paris and Berlin. but
held stiff in New York for demand bills
and cables. The bond market was du.l
and weak. Total sales par value Sl5lO
G". United States bonds We're nChange.l
in bid quotations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
NEED CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
Women in Hudson Reiormatory Have Riot
Breaking Everything in Sight.

Hudson. y. Y.-Oct. 9.-When the
governor appointed "a new board oi
managers Of the Hudson Reformatory'
a few months ago, one OF their hrst
acts was the abolishment of all corporal
punishment Since the new system mas
been in force a number OF outbreaks
by the women inmates have occurred
but nothing in comparison to that
which commenced, Sunday. at about
noon and continued until today. The
girls had lust returned from services IN
the chapel. when under the leadership
of a Miss Mccormick. about 90 broke
ran and commenced to smash and
break everything in sight. Their yells
We're like those of Indians.
The few guards and matrons We're
poweress to subdue them. The spirit
of riot was soon communicated 10 the
rest of the cottage inmates and soon
80 yelling females We're on the rampage
They tore down gas pipes, water pipes,
electric wires. smashed furniture the
fixtures. Wrenched the plumbing apart.
broke the tables and chairs and threw
them through the winds. Their Ian
guage was disgraceful. They ran the
hose cart to the hydrant. attached the
hose and nearly drowned a matron
who demonstrated.
These scenes lasted, during the after
noon. when the Hudson police We're
sent for The women faced the Off
GERS and Chief Lane was forced to
throw some of them through the doors.
Quiet was finally restored, but it was
not to last long. Some of the officers
h.. tI+ n
started. Securing broken pieces of
furniture they again commenced to
break everything in sight. They even
attacked the guards, knocked one Of
the men down and trampled on him.
The police We're again sent for and 1t
took them several hours to line up the
women. They at one time made rush
on the officers and Sergeant Cruise was
| forced to draw his revolver and point
| it at thine before they would desist.
| There were no cells to put all the
prisoners in and all night and this
| morning the air was rent with cat
| calls and blasphemous language A
| reouisition was yesterday made on the
| state comptroller for p pairs of hand
cuffs and these and all that could be
| borrowed from the Hudson officers and
| from Sheriff Jessup are now on the
hands of the girls. Five of the leaders
| are chained to the floor of cottage No.
| s.
| This afternoon, on application of the
! board of managers. Sheriff Jessup
swore in II deputies to guard the
| grounds. A meeting of the managers
| had been announced for Friday. The
| destruction done in this last outbreak
| will amount to about 5000, making in
! all during the past four months about
| $500 worth of property destroyed by
| unruly inmates.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-10
National League Standing.
ALL DETECTIVES DETAILED
To uuravel Mystery Of Dismembered Bodi
Thoughts Of WhitechapeI fiend.

New York, Oct. g.-The mystery sur +,
rounding the identity Of the mutiateu
woman, portions of whose body were
found in West 18th street and in the
North river, Saturday. is still unsolVed
Several men and women have positlVely
identified the dismembered portions OF lle
body but SO far these identificatio tions nave
been without result and it is believed that
the persons making the identilcatio'i
have been mistaken.
Police Captain Price thinks that the au /
thorities are confronted with problem
more difficult of solution than the buiueh
suppe murder pi
Dr. Albert r. Weston. coroners physl
clan, is convinced that the case Is a a
repetition of the Whitechapel murders OF
London The victims body mas peeii
mutilated in the same manner as Were
those of the unfortunates in the LONDON
crimes, certain organs being missing from
the portions found. The doctor says lnr
lungs were normal. but that the victim
had had a touch Of pleurisy.
So important Is the case considered IN II
II has been transferred from capt. PrlcI'
to Chief of Detectives McClusky, anu az
the detectives in the city are under or
ders to closely watch for clues leading 70
the Identification Of the remains ana th4
anurehension Of the murderer.