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as the poor Wit OF operators found opportu.
nifty to use 1t.
Soon after was assigned to the st. Louis
wire. Knew the man in the Missouri city
personally. and we were much given to jok-
Ing with each other. I was ready to pass
the new word on to him when occasion of.
fered. but before the opportunity came .
difference Of opinion rose between NJ over
the subject matter Of newspaper special
then passing between US. At an interesting
point in the controversy my distant frisnd
calmly clicked of the opinion that was
bughouse." 'sWhere did you get hold Of
that?' I asked. He said: 1.-THE man ON the
Cincinnati wire Just yelled It at me-" 30
Baltimore had passed the new slang to Gin
cinnati. st. Louis got 1t next, and probably
passed 1t to Ogden, and Ogden sent Il nyfns
to the Pacific Coast. Chicago had II from
Cincinnati. and passed It to the Northwest.
st. Louis clicked 1t to New Orleans and the
Southwest. It could. travelling at the rate
1t maintained In the first fifteen minutes
Of its life. have traversed the United States
and Canada within an hour. The operators
passed 1t to the clerks In each once, the
clerks to the messenger boys. and the boys
bore It to every nook and corner Of their
respective cities. The next day the smalle
cities had the new idicm. with variations:
next the small towns and rural communi-
ties received It: in q week it was worn
threadbare.
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prolonged supper at Princes. the time had
passed very pleasantly. The drive home
would occupy . good hour more. and Madge
observed with . little laugh that by the
time they arrived Jack would probably be
- angry a. heart could desire.
you've been an awfully good old thing
she said. ~ she nestled back in her corner
Of the carriage. "and-if you like. you may
take my glove or" holding out her hand a
shs spoke.
There were six buttons. and Carpendale
made the task last as long a. possible, his
fingers resting caressingly on the soft.
rounded arm.
It's that all the reward am to haver'
he asked. stin unsatisfied.
Tho last button was undone, and tho glove
was slowly coming OF.
''well-no.:. returned Mira Cameron. con-
siderinxly. III you are very good-ru give
you leave-Just while We are driving home
to hold my
tn be perfectly angelic" he interrupted.
ITO hold my fan" she concluded, slipping
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CHAPTER III.

The early dawn Of the sweet summer
morning found MIS-. Cameron a very
wretcted woman. Her eyes were swollen
with weeping, and her face was drawn and
haggard. She ordered her breakfast to be
sent up to her in her own room. and kept
the curtains drawn to hide the traces OF
grief from the prying eyes Of her maid.
As soon as it was possible she telegraphed
to her dearest friend to come and condols
with and advise her. and the time dragged
YEARLY on as she waited her arrival. It was
about IL o'clock when she heard the front
door open and shut. then someone came up
the stairs tapped at her door. and entered
In response to her Come I'M
Mrs. Cameron rose hastily from her seat.
prepared to throw herself into her friends
arms. her pent-up, emotion bursting FORTH
I'm SO glad you've come" she sobbed.
"Oh, Henrietta"
Then she stopped. for It was not Henrist-
IA. but Jack Cameron. her husband.
He stepped forward to the window, ana
opened wide the curtains. then turned to-
wards her; but as lis eyes rested on her
worn. haggard face. he started back with
IN exclamation Of surprise.
what In tho world In the matter.
Madgef' he asked.
She drew back. and looked at him indig.
nantly.
'You dare to ask me what Is the MATES.
you vile. hateful wretchr' she gasped.
He came to her side. and put his arm
around her
Have you got brain fever. little wom-
an?'' he said. There II certainly some
thing amiss."
His absolute coolness simply deprived her
Of the power Of speech. She took his letter
Of the previous night from the table, and
put it In his hand without note or COM
ment
He took Il with . smile. then he looked
full Into her eyeA did you believe II.
Madger' he asked. tenderly.
| Her flushed tear-stained face and heaving
bosom were sufficient answer. He drew her
closer to him. kissed her on her forehsad.
her cheek. her lips.
Darling" he whispered. you put your
letter to Henrietta. telling Of the scheme IN
regard to Csrpsndale, in the envelope i'd
dressed to me At the offica'
"WenT' she questioned
Then. In order to be even with you,
concocted Q scheme Of my own
She laid her cheek against hta and
rubbed It softly up and down.
"And your letter was all . Ter sAo
breathed
TT was lie, sweetheart"
Her arm stole round his neck. "Oh, ysoh.
am SO sorry," she cried.
"Sorry-that Il was Q Her
She laughed a. she kissed him. I've min
utes before she had thought she would
never laugh again.
mo. silly boy she said; "sorry that I
| ever
But he did not permit her to finish her
confession, for the words were smothsrsd
Il before they left her lips
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her fingers out Of the glove which she held
in her left hand.
Mr.. Carpendals leant back In his corner,
and regarded his companion a. steadily %
was possible in the uncertain light
Sleam from lamp a. they passed showed
traces Of amusement In her face.
ri have not the faintest ambition 70 do
anything Of the sort" he said. shortly.
Il don't call that remark at all angelic. :"
she returned. II know plenty Of men who
would count It an inestimable privilege to
be allowed to hold my fan"
"Are there plenty Of men who would
count 1t an inestimable privilege to be al
lowed to take you to tho theater. purely
for the purpose of making your husband
5ealous7"
She bent forward suddenly in the dusky
light. and laid her ungloved hand on his.
mo. Archie" she said, softly; "but then
you are q man in thousand"
He laid his other hand on hers. and drew
a little nearer to her side.
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"Archis." she went on. stu softly. at
seems awfully long ago since that day I
drst met you On the pier It scarborough"
He made no answer. He was thinking less
Of her words than Of the nearness Of her
presence and the soft touch Of her hand.
Il sometimes fancy" she continued.
''supposing-supposing I had never met
Jack-or that Jack had been poor. like
you"
''Yesl" he Whispered. what then.
Madge7"
II might have made you happy. poor old
boy"
Had she looked towards him. even in the
semidarkness, the whiteness Of his face
might have warned her; but she did not
He leant still closer towards her.
"Madge," he said. In q low. tense tone.
from what you said this afternoon ven
tured to hope
''Yes?" still half-absently.
Perhaps. II your words this afternoon
were true
She looked At him bewildered.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-21
KAISER WILLIAM AS A
MEDIAEvAL MONARCH.

The Emperor William 10 probably the only
living sovereign whose portrait as medias-
val monarch has appeared in mosaic Curl
ously enough, however. this interesting por-
trait has now been destroyed BIZ the Kaisers
own ORDERS.
A mosaic group was recently erected N
an asylum for the blind. near Berlin. IN
which the German Empress was representsA
as st. Elizabeth Of Hungary, while the
Kaiser figured as the husband Of the saint.
Il was the ecclesiastical authorities who
nrst brought the matter before the EN-
pefors notice, in the hope that his Majesty
would order the windows removal which
he duly did.
The moasie b . veFy handsome 60 m
represents William II ~ medieval 10per-
ator-A new role for him.
The likeness q said 70 Be Q SOD - and
the exquisite coloy3ng and v0skkanootb
used 70 Be much 9Gmirea ~ IT, VI
$3.50 - .ss;.S S i
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"a PERPETUAL MOTION SEEKERS WON'T GIVE UPno

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
On lower West Broadway. In New York.
In q shadowy back room. IL . little machine
shop presided over by q wrinkled old man
In large. ancient. brass-bowed .spectacles,
who can chat while he works. who can be
interesting while he chats, and who il fond
Of talking about machinery and Of the won
derful things that can be accomplished
through the proper combination Of mechan-
ical forms.
III you only have power you can. do al
most anything with machinery" he said
one day last week while repairing q bicycle
chain for me. but you must have the pow
or. You can't cheat nature by any short
cuts but there are lots Of persons who
think you can. and they are throwing away
their money and brains in trying to dis
cover perpetual notion, There never was
a perpetual motion machine suggested that
figures wont provo to be an utter impossi-
conceive OF them see figures or anything
else excepting their machines going by self
generated power.
There was Billy Herford. the Brooklyn
carpenter-I cab name him, for he is dead
who worked on perpetual motion con-
trivance made Of . couple of wooden cones
that he said could generate pneumatic pow
or to run themselves. He was often in
here, and we used to talk over hia machine.
There. ON the wall at your elbow, are ng-
ures that prove the nearest he could come
to perpetual motion was balance, or no
motion at all: yet he couldn't be con-
WINGED.
"To my knowledge there are now i've men
in New York who are experimenting with
the problem. and they are all about a near
it as Billy ever got. No telling how many
more there are, but no doubt there are lots
Of them. and about 80 per cent Of them
are trying to cheat gravity. They think
what doesn't 60 up viii come down. OF
what comes down win Of itself turn around
and go up again. The ideal
The FIVE men refer to often come In
here and have me do necessary bits OF
work to perfect their machines. tell. them
they are fools. but they insist on paying me
good money to carry out their bad ideas
L tell them that every piece they put in
their models only adds to the friction, and
that each step 10 q backward one, but they
look wise. talk nonsense and 90 ahead.
mo one Of the i've has q solitary new
idea, but each fool Of them is threshins
over old straw. It is the same old story o,
| ignorance making trouble for Us. Three Of
these men are working with falling weight.
| that turn wheel. and then get power from
the wheel to climb back again ana give Il
another turn. That beats Christian Sci
ence. Another man has two spfinss tina
are kept busy winding each other up-som.
hocus pocus or other making fraf one Iii,
stronger and then the other. TIA other ma,
has . hydraulic eemhinatien thss = ii sna,E'
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HOW THE SLANG PHRASE
"BUGHOUSk' ORIGINATED

It II q curious fact that slang travels
faster than steam" This u vaguely as
cribed to the telegraph and tho operators,
but no one save the operators seem to know
how quickly catch phrases are made to fly
from city to city. ALI things center in the
telegraph offices; to them go all sorts Of
people-theatrical folk ''horsey" men, COM
mercial travellers, men about town. Mes
sengers. receiving clerks. and, in smaller
cities. even the operators, hear and are
quick to pick up the --latest phrases and
catch-words. such as will lend themselves
to intersection between the messages ham
died on busy wire. Telegraph offices are
busy places, and those working In them
must needs condenss their humor into the
smallest possible space or 60 without It;
hence. telegraphie wit u generally con-
fined to crisp things that come out with
click. and are so edged with sarcasm as to
reach hundreds Of miles to the man at the
other end Of the wire.
One somewhat vulgar word. "bughouse,"
originated In q telegraph office, and had a
surprisingly quick popularity. On . busy
morning the first wire Of q telegraph COM
pany between New York and Baltimore
went out Of balance" In other words, the
delicate currents traversfng 1t encountered
a resistance great enough to cause them to
cease intelligibly to actnate the multiplex
instruments connected with 1t. Tho wire
chiefs between Baltimore and New York
were called in. and. after much testing. the
trouble was located In Baltimore's instru-
ments. The Baltimore wife chief. upon close
examination, found that the trouble was
caused by . cockroach, which, after tum-
bling into an inkweu, hush with the table,
crawled out and dragged its wet body upon
the top Of the resistance box, trying to es-
cape into the box's interior through one Of
the switch-plug holes.
The insects wet body formed q connection
and the current travefsed It as readily as
1t would have Q metal plug placed In the
hole; therefore many hundred ohms too
much resistance was thrown across the
path Of the passing currents. Hence the re-
sistance box "had bug" which created
| wire trouble" This information was re-
peated to New York when the wire started
| again. The story was told about the metro
| politan ONCE, discussed and commented up
on, and new slang word came into being.
one just suited 70 tslesraphjc usea. varia-
| lions were settled upon within fifteen min
! utes, and the new bit Of slang WAS sent
axhe 80 - l1ezx - a1e3 llre1a1I
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Two ladies were suitors for my hand. In
aass this nay b misunderstood although
Z an sure Il would not Be with those who
0now mel, must explain that I was the
beoe tonn1s player In. the house. and both
fAAy Beatrice ana Lady Kitty Trehearne
}sarsA mo eoe . partner In q tournament
pcsmoesd b. our hostess. Just at that time
0ouuip was Alling everybody's mind. and
shefS Was quite enough Jealousy out walk
- - maize the tournament Of no small
nnpce&ance. Each gentleman was to ask a
nv b play With him. and II was thought
peonaAla. IN opms cases, that It would lead
. q permanent partnership. On the other
AAnd, love Ia tennis means nothing. ana ID
much disii1sd b. the players.
However. - old Sir Mannering remarked
. ne In the amokins-room: ut would GER
onauly ssfvs 70 show predictions. ana pro-
~ topics for discussion"
0afsane In the orchard on the afternoon
spsosainy tie great event. smoking dream
n A the ahaas Of the trees. observed
EAAy Beatrice approaching. She was appar-
eneay unaware Of my presence until too
lAeo - rotrsa&. for she asked. forgiveness
- ngtwbine my rneditasionA impiored
- . havo plsy on my loneliness and. a.
09e wses Two chairs close together undef
- ~ a1pss trss enot an unusual occur
0pcsD. Ghs eooDsnted.
|rn awfully excited atyut tomorrow.
- ia. a&tsr . few irconseQuent remarks.
= wssoe What ths-pairs viii be.
4 Z voodAS.. said L
~ isanad l1ttio toward ma
xN esn prAcsicing my service thu
0eea1Rg. can sorsw 4 now"
!. s "a eaoW q m excellent thing I -
-. easaeully ahstaining from: too much
Un1hA1asm, = SIS
m wuald 50. splendidly with your fes'
{ Gesvaeatr ~ remarked thoushtfulix
IL Z nnonnl - IL homA -. -----.--.
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other plate. on which lay a square inch
Of cake.
This 10 an honor" said I, astounded.
''one large lump and one small; and not
too much milk" said she, holding the cup
out to me. 81 think that is right"
took the profered refreshment, and
Lady Kitty sank into q chair. remarking:
81 must wait for the cup"
"But, really" began, resuminE my seat.
eft b . pleasure" she said. .T've Just
come from the tennis ground, and thought
sou might like It"
She paused for q moment: then added:
'Tve been practicing my service"
began to understand. said: "OhY
II can place 1t anywhere now; q nice,
fast service. think that's much better
than screw. don't your
She looked up at me. Big hats become
her remarkably we'll
Infinitely better" said L
DO you think that-that-re should mako
q good pair?' she asked. after a moment
silence.
How could resist? There was the tea
and the cake-and the big hat-and am
mortal. Lady Kitty graciously consented to
play with me In the tournament.
She n, CONSIDER, . most charming GIRL.
But whom she left me. after further con-
| sideration on that and other matters "a
most enjoyable time to mel. began to re-
| ALIKE that things were not az they should
! be. For was compelled to choose between
| the two young ladies. with the certainty of
! offending one This was very anxious to
| avoid--a& any rate. Just then.
| had struck match to light Q fresh
cigar, and was gazing thoughtfully 1t the
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II don't understand you: what words did
] say?''
"That your heart had been in the same
place ever since you first lost it,
Certainly" she answered. weir
"And that was three years ago at Scar
borough"
She drew her hand from his.
"Ohi dear NOT How can you be 80 obtuse.
Archief You know perfectly we'll that lost
1t when first met Jack 1t Dover"
"Indeed?' he remarked. dryly, ''then
have been under . slight misapprshension.
and the man In whose keeping It nov
IS
"Is my husband Of course. Silly Bnlyi
Who else should It ber' she returned, Eaily.
"Ahi yes, Of course" he agreed. more
dryly still; ''who else, indeedr'
It cannot be said that Mrs.. Cameron was
exactly happy. as on reaching home. after
saying good-by to Mr.. Carpendale. she
waited for the maid to open the door. Now
that the freak was over. the delinquent fe
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TO INCREASE THE OUTPUT
OF THE WORLDS GOLD.

We see 80 much gold In jewelers. shops
and elsewhere nowadays that the possibility
Of the worlds supply dwlndling OF the need
Of superior methods Of extracting it IL not
apt to strike us.
Nevertheless, scientific men are constant
ly puzzling their brains to invent machines
which will increase the worlds gold output.
The latest example Of this 10 Professor
Gates's electromagnetic separator. the posi-
bilities Of which are said to be remarkable.
Its whole secret lies In removing from the
gold-bearinN sand the magnetic iron
Qknown az '.magnetits) which such stun
always contains, as preliminary to sep
arating the gold The new machine not
only removes every particle OF the mag
netite from the sand. but works wet sand
under water.
Perhaps tho most striking points about
the machine at first glance are its extreme
simplicity and its small stze relatively to
the work It accompanies. It may be stood
conveniently on q small table and easily
operated by hand with q crank. Ordinarily,
however, an electro-motor furnishes the
trifing power required. The apparatus con-
sists Of copper drum about as big as q
+ good sized top drum. inside Of which is 9
powerful electromagnetic.
The sand Is poured into sort OF hopper.
Small as the machine is. it is capable OF
handling about ITO tons Of sand In day.
sitting out every particle Of magnetic from
that quantity Of the raw material.
As the sand is poured into the hopper II
falls through it and against the side Of the
revolving drum. The drum, thanks to the
magnet inside Of it, draws every particle
Of the magnetic iron out Of the sand and
holds it tightly against the outside Of the
revolving copper drum. while the sand
that is to say, the silicious particles and
dirt-drops straight down into q receptacle
beneath the table. The particles Of iror
while magnetically held against the drum
are moved downward by it over the wav,
lines Of force Of tho huted magnet face and
vigorously shaken to and fro SO a. to de
tach ali foreign matter. The machine pick
the attracted sand into thousands Of piece.
| and shakes out tho nonmagnetic sand.
The magnetic once removed. the separa
ton of the gold from the sand from many
mines becomes comparatively easy.
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,andage with my handkerchief. was dis

bandags with my handkerchief. was dis
abled.
As remarked at dinner that evening, It
was q most unfortunate occurrence. but
hoped with care and nourishment soon to
regain my former vigor. could not, OF
course. play in the tournament, but would
gladly pour out the tea. and make myself
generally useful.
To have offended either Lady Beatrice or
Lady Kitty Trehearns would have made me
most unhappy.
For 1 am very fond Of both my sisters
Tho King.
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They also serve who only stand and
wait" quoted
"1 haven't asked you. abe cried indig-
nantly.
l. said nothing. Lady Beatrice rose
81 won't play with you now" she said.
But this was not the result desired.
was very anxious not to offend her. Really,
remarkably anxious
(, Forgive me-" implored. .And may
have the pleasurer'
mo"
Then have no chance Of winning" I
said ningfng myself back In my chair in
an attitude Of despair. Lady Beatrice stood
for q moment In silence, steadfastly regard
ing her parasol. Presently she said:
"You think We should get on well to-
getherr'
81 know It." replied. fervently.
''well. you have been horribly rude. but
perhaps-I do 90 want to win. and you're
the best man In the house"
.'Such an opinion from you" cried joy
fully.
"At tennis" added Lady Beatrice
My Joy moderated.
"You say too many, nasty things for any
one to like you. you know" abe said. I
1umped up. Ehe walked quickly away. But
she looked back oncs ana smiled ct me-
Lady Beatrice Trehearne n considered.
most charming girl.
I seated myself again under the apple
tree. ana began to think Of possibilities.
And after a half hour Of deep meditation
, saw no reason to rscant my opinion that
LADY Beatrice Trehearns was most
charming girl, and one eminsntiy fitted e
UNFOLD the dignity of IN ancient name.
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a small Niagara turn . handspring and run
up hill.
Il think that in my experience Of fifty
five years at the bench have known more
than hundred men who were working at
Perpetual motion. and the whole entire lot
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didn't have i've ideas. and what they ala
have were old and decrepid before they
were born. will say to the credit Of
women. that never knew one Of them to
work at or even think Of perpetual mo-
ton"
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outrageously angry. and I shan have paid
my debt"
Mr.. carpendale pulled his mustache with
an uncertain air. 81 will do this on one
condition. Madge."
: "Any. condition you like; am quite reck-
Iesse' she answered.
'-That you tell me the exact locality your
heart has strayed at present"
Mira Cameron rose from the seat
'It Is time was going" she said
He caught both her hands In his.
Tell me. Madge." he whispered
She flashed one swift glance at him. then
looked away.
"Oh. Archier' she said. I'll needn't tell
you-you know already. It has always been
In the same place since I drst lost Il"
CHAPTER II
It was exactly half-past twelve when the
brougham containing MrA Cameron and
Mr.. Carpendals started homeward. With
an evening at st. JameSs Theater. and .
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UNITED EFFORT.

In the promised developments conse-
Quent upon the Mayors dinner last Sat
urday night there is a reasonable
guarantee of a betternent If existing
local conditions, as regards municipal
affairs and their management, which
justifies a most hopeful view of the rear
future.
The civic spirit manifested by the
various heads of municipal departments
and by the eminent citizens who at
tended the Mayors dinner cannot fail
to bring great good to st. Louis if it is
maintained to the point of materializa-
ton into deeds following words. There
Is no reason to believe that it will not
be so maintained.
Mayor Wells has lone an excellent
thing for St. Louis in getting these
representative citizens together and
inaugurating a harmonious movement
for municipal Improvement. There was
good practical compon sense in the idea,
and its initial working has been emf
nentiy satisfactory. 1t is not taking too
saDguine a view of the outlook to be-
lieye that st. Louis is soon tc witness a
betterment Of municipal conditions
which will be epochal in its significance
Of benefit to the community.