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horpe's weight. although he was heavy

thorpe's weight. although he was a heavy
man.
Presently we heard a tremendous cheer
from the crowd below, which told us that
Oglethorpe was safe. Running to the
window we saw him descending the lad
der with the help of a fireman.
Tom hauled up the rope again and in
an instant l was ready to descend. His
instructions to me were the same as to
Oglethorpe, only be added: IF 1 don't
get out of this alive, Mr. Burrows, you
see that Bessie and the babies get that
million" He glanced uneasiy over his
shoulder to the rear of the room. where
the flames were just beginning to break
through.
made a feeble protestant meant il.
too-that it was only right that he should
go next The rope was his idea and he
ought to reap the benefit and save HIM
self before it was too late.
He replied almost angrily: stop your
nonsense, Mr. Burrows, and get out of
that window! I'll take two turns around
this steam pipe, so as to hold you all
right, and you'll be on the ladder in a
jifty.''
My descent TO the ground Is still like a
hideous dream. / have a dim recollection
of twisting and turning, at the same time
falling down, down. till it seemed as il
l was dropping into a bottomless pit in the
internal regions.
There was more shouting by the throng
of people, more footing of the engine
whistles, and before ! knew il 1 was
standing on Mother Earth again with Og-
ethorpe shaking my arm off.
We looked upward, expecting to see
Proctcr climb down the rope. To the sur
prise of every one he pulled 1t up third
time. What the fool doing?" exclalm-
ed the fire chBf standing near by; why
don't he slidei own that rope? Guess he's
lost his headf
"He knows what's he's about" said the
millionaire, "ioSk!"
To our amazement the rope dropped
from the window with knots in 1t about
six feet apart
by Jove," exclaimed the chief, That's
a trick worth knowing. Wonder how he
did IL in such short time"
We saw Toms feet come through the
window, where he had to maneuVer a
moment to wind his legs around the rope
then he slid down from one knot to the
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expression in her own right. She can't
string sentences together with any en-
phasis and she can't draw or make even
so much as an outline etching, but she can
judge admirably of other peoples efforts
In those lines and can somehow create an
enthusiasm in the writer or the illustrator
Of her ideas tc make them do their best
work
Now that calendar there, that was put
out with Blanks best blueing, is an illus
uation of a ghosts methods. For eight
years We had been getting up Blanks
Calendars as pertinent and timely as we
could devise, and we were at sea what
i1ea to use for a ninth annual when in
walks the ghost with the most strikingly
good consignment on hand not only
something that would hit the business
nail straight on the head. but that would
Be pretty and could be got up
cheap enough to be profita-
be We've been congratulated
on that calendar all over, heard about it
rom places you'd never think it would
get to-Mexico, Nova Scotia. And 10000
are on the books
The ghost is a good adapter. too. She
went travelling out West this summer and
came home with the neatest thing in soap
austrat!on you ever saw. 1t has sold
IKE wild fire and really done the house
good Pople take it to be on ideal sketch
Ol 1t isn't. It's a reproduction of gen.
'ne waterfall, rocks and all, that the
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lion dollars-a million. do you hear?-to be
landed safely on the ground"
As he spoke he emphasized his words by
shaking Proctor's arm almost roughly.
staring into his face with a fierce, des-
perate expression. l glanced at Tom-for
the instant forgetting our psrilous stu-
ation-and noted that. unmindful of Ogle-
thorpe, he was gazing intently to one side;
then suddenly his face lighted up with a
CLEAN of hope. Turning quickly to the
millionaire he exclaimed: DO you make
that as bona fide offer, Mr.. Oglethorpe?"
Certainly 1 do"
'All right 1 accept the contract. No
time NOW for any business formalities.
Shake hands on ii. You witness this.
Mr.. Burrows" said he. nodding his head
in my direction, at the same time eX-
tending his hand TO Oglethorpe.
They hastily graspe6 each others hand
and 1 bore witness of the strangest bust
ness transaction on record,
That's as binding as If drawn up by
a regiment of lawyers" exclaimed ogle-
thorpe when the simple ceremony was
completed. Then he added: my word is
good for that amount, never fear, If 1
get out of this place alive"
A wave of hope and courage took pos
session of me, and / watched eagerly for
the next move in that exciting drama
which a moment before looked more like
a tragedy.
Pushing the millionaire aside roughly
Proctor ran to a case of drawers I'M
der the counter a few feet away. On
the upper drawer was tackled a white card
which bare the simple legend Fish
lines" 1t was only the work of a second
to pull the drawer out and select a heavy,
strong line, about the size used in cod
fishing. The drawer underneath was la
beled "Sinkers," and from this he grab
bed. "a lead sinker, which he deftly fast
ened to the end of the line. From the
wall he tore down a sign which read
mo smoking allowed" on the back of
this card he wrote in plain letters. Hitch
on a rope, quick"
Making the card fast to the line near
the lead he rushed to the window, fol =
lowed by Oglethorpe and myself.
When the crowd in the street spied us
they yelled excitedy. waved their arms,
shouted and groaned until they saw that
we were about to make a move of some
Kind; then all was quiet and the only
sound we heard was the whirr of the en-
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,hhaoitlng tasteful suburban cottages
p D with the savings from their incSme
l iOols exist that the advertising shades
PROGRESSION and perquisites are on the Iup-
grade financially and occasionally Ane
hears OF a widowed ghost or a newly mar
iIeu' OF about TO be married ghost walk
,is as effectively and dispassionately as
her free lance sisters
~, a ghost' lately made a neat thing in
.ile matter OF skirt binding. 1t was
new sort of skirt binding that she heard
OF IN her spirit like way but binding
tnat, whatever its merits, was over
ShauoWed by older and more prominent
piahds. The ghost elected it her peculiar
mission to advance this newcomer among
bindings to a front rank place in the
tIade She thought by day and she
tlousht by night as 10 the best design
m print picture and method. of giving
that obscure binding deserved pubiicitv
having decided on unique and eve fix
ing ldea she donned her discreetly ca
paoie looking tailor costume and betool<
nefselt to the manufacturer of that skirt
plHuilg she got his ear, got his favor
and his order for her idea and his com
mission to employ such an artist and such
writer as would do credit to her con-
ceptloh~ Later when the ghosts idea
was an accomplished fact in black and
the manufacturers eyes and besought
MN to let her order the necessary Htho-
graphing of the duplicates and also TO
place this bid for the skirt bindings
popularity in such current publications as
she saw fit. The manufacturer agreed.
seeing that this was a wise and long
headed ghost and now several purposes
nave been accomplished. The obscure
skirt binding is seeing the light. The
artist and the advertisement writer were
happy at having the order and in paying
the ghost for their satisfaction. The
photographer cheerfully clipped in his
share and incidentally gave the ghost (be-
fore unknown to him) an order for an idea
illustrative of unique stove polishing.
and the various periodicals paid the ghost
their quota and their respects and good
viii. Everybody concerned is pleased and
the manufacturer is recommending that
ghost as having exceptional enterprise and
deserving to get along.
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THE WAY PRINCES ARE PUNISHED.
His Royal HiGhness of Germany Has
to Bear Ills own Discipline.

Berlin, March 26.-That there is no whip
ping boy in Germany was evidenced the
other day when the Empress sent her eld-
est son. the future Emperor, from the IA
BILE on account of his rudeness. The Prince,
It appears, was unmannerly to a younger
brother and the Empress, turning to the
French tutor, who on that occasion had
charge of the Princes, said;
Monsieur, / beg that you will ask ms
to excuse his Royal Highness the Prince"
The tutor begged that the Prince be ex-
cused, and that young gentleman was
forced to leave the table without finishing
his meal. 1t is we'll known that the royal
boys of Germany have had to grin and
bear many a sound logging administered
by the imperial hand, along with vast
deal of discipline from governors, tutors,
etc.
A different state of affairs this from the
time when a boy was kept to be punished
instead of a prince. In England such
youth was called the whipping boy, and
famous English artist, w. A. Stacey,
painted a portrait of Prince Edward, af-
terward Edward VI, trying 90 defend his
whipping boy from a fiogging which he
himself deserved.
In those days a prince who was to be a
king was looked upon ana treated as
person OF great Importance. His person
was held 10 be sacred. and SO it would
never have done to punish him. II an
English prince missed his lessons, was
rude to his teachers or committed any OF
the other naughty tricks common to saucy
children, his whipping boy was fiogged.
In Staceys picture the Princes gOverness,
an old woman, is represented to be about
to fog with a formidable bundle OF
switches the litle whipping boy. who
with hat In hand, appears astonished whem
the Prince, rushing up. seizes the bundle
of switches
on that occasion Prince Edward had not
only refused to learn his lessons, but had
persisted In teasing his old governess to
such "A degree that she was finally forced
to resort to the extremity of Furnishing his
whipping boy. The name Of the lad who
took Edward WIS fogging for him was
Barnabas Fitzpatrick and II Is said that
he and the Prince were lifelong friends.
The painting represents the last fiogging
which he was compelled to take for the
royal child, who was so much impressed
by the injustice of the practice that he
ever afterwards behaved himself so well
as 10 leave no excuse for punishment
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ADVERTISING GHOSTS.
ruIS SPECIAL SPIRIT WALKS ny
NAY RATHER THAN by NIGHT.

rho Plain, Every Day business Man
in the Midst of Debating Letters
and settling Deals Has Ten Times
uetter Chances of Seeing Her Than
.bc Wan of Leisure or Law-And
she's Worth Seeing, This New
T;me SpOok-There's Naught of the
winding sheet and Blood Chilling
SUGGESTION in Her Presence-She
Has Left OFF Traditional Mysteries.
Mirage and Chain Ratings, ana
cot Down to Matter-of-Fact Bust
ness, working for the Good Rather
Tbun the Consideration of Man.
New York, March 3O.-"You should see
,nr ghost! She's a great one," said the
manager of a publicity bureau lately.
Good worker? Well, no, can't put it
that way. The office ghost never works,
YOU know. but as suggester of ideas,
.chemes for presenting and pushing mat
ers she can beat the ordinary designer
two 10 one. a man couldn't begin to hatch
mt all the clever inklings that girl can
-,sce blue with smoke. Its initiative work
she does. Her quirks and notions come to
her in the night, she says, and she goes
around disposing of them by day. I've
studied psychology and phrenology both
q little. as a side interest and I've often
wanted to get hold of the inside of that
voman's skull and see what wheels and
nansprings turn out the succession of
IDEAS. Ideas all wide apart from each 9th
fr in separate fields, but with good telling
poperties
The Way She Works.
The ghost is useless as to any practical
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saosI visited. All she did was TO put
W. Wy nymph under the veil of waters
'oasalng her hair with the magic cake oil
'P And the idea was complete"
Her Many Commissions.
me ghost haunts the advertising de-
''''neuts Of big business houses. And
rough won ran across her in the cor
.''' Or r"ing up in the elevator, you
s's"' mistake her for an ordinary young
s4e body out doing an errand for her
rs'oer she can talk costs and results"
t,,' "h Intelligence that commands at
arsrun ana engineer her interests so ef-
N,o mat she gets commissions from
tDr ''parate parties in q single transac-
ht sounds paradoxical to say, so,
no,b'.'r are spooks supporting their
ably and younger brothers comfort
tcy CITY flats, IN high renting dis
tlpb,. lhere are ghosts living al dizzy
BY M h tail studio buildings respected
ntr 4hatantial tradesmen who bring
'a''s 'ca~er and there are others
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the fact that he paid up like man Is
proof that he considered it a square deal d"
How about that string of knots in the
rope?' / asked. I'm very curious to know
how you did it, and so are some OF the
firemen."
"Oh. that's simple trick l learned at
sea" he replied. You make a cell of half
bitches, pass the end of the rope through
the center of the coil. and II comes out
with knots about a fathom CT so anart ."
by the way. Mr.. Burrows. that was
the turning of the tide after ALL"
And l answered; 'Wel l should say
sor'
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CASH FOR BITS or MONEY.
skiIfuI work I'm the Redemption
bureau of the United States Trca-
Trom the New York TrIbnne.

From the New York Tribune
Washington. March l7.-One Of the most
interesting departments in the Emitted
States treasury is that devoted TO the re-
demption OF mudlated currency. To II are
sent all varieties OF bills. I'm every con
ceivable stage Of mutilatlon. II IL seldom
that the experts cannot decipher the barn
cd crisps or piece together the myriad
fragments. The collection IS curious
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health to the number of ghosts I have
about The best one is a young woman
who never had her foot in a city until six
months ago. She was living at a little
way station in Vermont and was known
TO one of our head artists TO whom she had
given ideas occasionally. Through his in
strumentality she came to town and now
she is accommodating ghosts love fast and
getting down to the true principles of the
trade" Olive +. Gunby.
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A Badly Sprainad Arm.
HOUSTON Tera

HOUSTON, Texas.
DIR. RADWAY & CO-Dear Sirs: August
18th last had a badly sprained arm After
using six different (what were caned) rem
edies, l never got relief till l used Rad
ways Ready Relief, which eased the pain
ut once and cured me in two days. My
father, who is Sc years old. says: Rad
waX's Ready Relief and Railways Pills
are Nthe best of all medicines" We keep
them Yin the house the year round Re
spectfulM, THOS. HANSBOROUGH,
Special Police CITY Hail.
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DENMARK u II 81 11( II s

~ = " .DssiShs West iSaisss Il - .
New York, April L. A,gsSttemadn
prominently connected in sankoficial
way. with Danish Affairs; uitlesa state
ment with regard to the 'negot iations
for the purchase. by the United States
of the Danish West Indies. The state
ment is prefaced with the remark that
1t may be considered semi-official. It
says Denmark will positively not part
with her possessions in the West In
dies for the sum Of $3OOO,O 600; that it
has not agreed to do so and never will.
Denmark asks a certain price, says the
statement, and it gives to the United
States representative, Henry White,
secretary of the American embassy at
London, its reasons for asking that
price. When Mr.. White opened the.
negotiations he was told that a reason
abe price from the United States might
be considered if the negotiations and
eventually the treaty would he sure
OF ratification at the present session of
the United States congress- The state
ment says that Mr.. White was frankly
told that the islands were financial
burden upon the shoulders of Denmark
and that the Danish government would
fix price upon the basis of the present
indebtedness of the islands to the
mother country. This price, it is said,
was between four and five millions. A
strong sentiment against selling the
islands has sprung up in Denmark and
so forcible have been the protests that
the king and assembly officially an
nounced that if the United States
should fail to avail themselves of the
propositions already made he would
promise that the islands should not he
sold.
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AIR FILLED WITH lRuMoRs,


Bat No New Developments In tho
Murder Case at frankfort.
Frankfort; KY, March 30. - There
were no Developments in the assassina-
ton case yesterday, though the mir
was filed with rumors of more arrests
and other new rhases. twas reported
that prominent man who was sup
posed to be at Winchester, would be
arrested. but dispatches from Win
chester say that the suspected man Is
not there and that no arrest has been
made at that point. 1t is claimed that
the statement made by w. H. Culton
to the attorneys for the prosecution in-
volved this suspected man, he having
been named by Sergeant Golden in his
statement last Saturday as one Of the
promoters Of the movement which re-
suited in bringing the mountaineers
here. The visit of Culton to the at
torneys for the commonwealth Tues
day has caused great deal Of talking
on both sides. and while the Demo.
Gratis claim that he made a confession,
the Republicans state that he told moth
ing whatever about the tragedy, as he
knew nothing to tell beyond the impor-
tation Of mountaineers to Frankfort.
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FORBES DEAD.

Well known War Correspondent
Expires After Protracted Illness.
London, April /. - Archibald Forbes
died in this city during the night. He
was we'll known war correspondent.
He had been in bad health for some
years, and during the last six months
had been unable to write or do any
thing owing to complications arising
from rheumatism and paralysis. He
spent most Of his time at his home in
London. His wife was Miss Meigs.
daughter of the late quartermaster
general Of the United States, Gen. M.
c. Meigs.
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DR.. Thomas Wilson of the United
States National Museum, discussing
some Of the problems Of American an
thropology, points out among the Pc
culiarities yet unexplained, that a
fringe of country lying between the
coast range and the Pacific contains
4 greater number of stocks, or families
of Indian languages than all the rest
in North America combined. The ar
row and spear-heads Of the Pacific
coast are notably different from those
Of other parts Of the country Pottery,
although made by neighboring peoples
IN Mexico and in the Pueblo county,
was absent from the arts of the Pacific
coast, while, on the other hand, the
finest specimens of hasketry perhaps
In the world, either in ancient or mod
ern times, are to be found in Califor-
MIA. Doctor Wilson regards the ia
NOUS Calaveras skull as genuine
relic of ancient man On the Pacific
slope.
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A BLOODY BATTLE.

Two Men Killed in a Fight between
DcsDc-adOen and a Shcriff's I'Oxxe
Denver. Colo. March 31.-A special
from Gallup. N. Mex, says bloody
battle between sheriff's posse and a
gang Of desperadoes occurred near
Navajo Springs. sixty miles west Of
Gallup, Wednesday afternoon in which
two of the posse, Gus Gibbons and
Frank Lesueur. were killed. Five of
the outlaws We're captured. two badly
wounded. Three escaped and are be-
Ing followed. The gang had been
stealing cattle in various parts Of the
country.
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Fuse1i, an eminent historical painter,
was rather fond of sarcastic remarks
at the expense of his friends. North
cote, contemporary, exhibited his
Judgment Of Solomon" Fuseli lock-
ed at it with a smirk ON his face. "How
do you like my picture?" inquired
Northcote. Much" was the answer:
'the action suits the word Solomon
holds out his fingers like pair of open
scissors at a child, and says: Cut it,
like it much" Northeote remem-
bered this when Fuseli exhibited a pic
ture representing Hercules drawing his
arrow at Pluto. How do you like my
picture?" inquired Fuseli. "Much,"
aaid Northcote; ut is clever, very
clever; but he'll never hit him." "He
shall hit him." exclaimed the other.
''and that speedily Away ran Flu
self with his brush, and as he labored
20 give the arrow the true direction he
vas heard to mutter: "Hit him! By
Jupiter. but he shall hit hint"
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WAR ALARMS IN THE AIR.

Extraordinary Activity I'm Naval and
Army Circles ut SebastOpOl.
London, April 1. - The Sebastopol
correspondent of the Daily Graphic
says:
War alarms fill the naval quarters
here The whole Euxine squadron is
fully equipped for instant service.
Troops with full war kits are daily ar
irving from the interior. The garrison
will soon be a powerful army corps.
There is much excitement among the
staffs Of both services and all the talk
is of bringing Turkey to her senses by
forcible measures.
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Body Found Floating in the River.

Body Found Floating in the River.
Norwich, Conn.,, Marc! 3O-The body
Of Miss Annie G. Lamb was found
floating in Peauetanuick cove, a small
town on the Thames river. about five
miles below here yesterday. On Jan.
"a Miss Lamb and Frederick H. Moll,
a tailor for whom she worked, disap-
peared. and their whereabouts were
unknown until last Monday, when the
body Of Mol was found in the same
place where the woman's body was dis.
covered yesterday. Moll was about
fifty-tive years old. and at the time of
his disappearance he deserted his wife
and four children, leaving them desti.
tute. 1t is supposed that Moll and
Miss Lamb walked down what is
known as the drainage and jumped
overheard.
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In a New York hospital moving pic
lures have been made of epileptic pa
dents, as We'll as of persons affected
with locomotor ataxia. This is follow
ing the example set in Vienna, where
moving pictures have been made Of cell
ebrated surgeons performing critical
operations. The purpose in both cases
Is to enable students and practitioners
to study the peculiarities of diseases
and the methods Of distinguished oper-
Ators.
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Defeated nv Joe w.,cot.

New York, March 3O.-Joe Walcott.
the Barbados negro welter-weight
pugilist. defeated; Andy Walsh of.
Brooklyn. who is still in the middle
weight class, in twenty-found bout
at the Broadway Athletic club. last
night. Walsh, who had only been in
training six days. was substitutes in
place OF Mysterious Billy Smith, who
was too Ill to go on with Walcott. Wal
colt weighed 142 pounds and Walsh
154. Walc0tt was a favorite at 2 to i.
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ATTACKED BY A PEDDLEK.

An Italian Resents Being Snow.
balled and Slabs Two Boys.
Chicago, April 1. - Delight in snow
balling may cost Albert Mcneil, four
teen years old, his life. After supper
he and his brothers left their home
and joined a crowd of twenty-five boys
who were pelting another crowd Of
boys with snow. Joseph Scotia, an
Italian peddler, passed. A SNOWFALL
struck him, whereupon he attacked the
boys with q pocket knife, inflcting
serious wounds on two of the Menzel
boys. ... ..,..sz,