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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

handkerchief around the penny that you
have already sewed IN it. 4 little prse-
tice will enable you ta do this in a way
TO escape detection.
You must do the wrapping so that the
spectators. to whom you offer the hand
kerchief for examination. may feel the
penny and be sure that it IS there. Then
lay the handkerchief on the table and
on it place the book. which should be
large enough to conceal It entirely.
All this time you have been holding IA
your right hand. tucked away between
two of the fingers, the penny thai you
borrowed Now take tie basin. or cup,
holding It right uEdes the book Tai
care to hold Il so that your fingers
MAY readily release the penny make
two or three passes over the book with
your left hand say presto and at the
same time let the penny drop from your
right hand into the basin.
OF course the company will lear =
fail. then you bring the basin INTO view
and place it on the table. and as the
company is looking al it, you take the
handkerchief from under the book. and.
holding it by the corner in which the
penny is sewed, you shake 1t and show
that the penny is no longer in IL
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incline. After il reached the ground they
put in another set Of posts the same size
as the last, and the same distance from
where the track was TO touch the ground
as the others. These were put in 10 send
he car up a little after its race down the
incline, and bring 1t to a standstill.
When the posts we're IN the boys start
ed 10 build the track They examined
pretty closely the railroad tracks and
copied them carefully The ties OF the
track they formed by mailing the posts to
gether by stout boards. The tracks they
made by mailing pieces OF board together
a little wider than the car wheels were
10 be
Now. the track was made. next came
the car. They measured their track, then
hunted for a box 10 TT it. The one they
found being TOO high. they cut it down
10 the right height, about a foot, and
strengthened it by putting a narrow
board band around it. The wheels they
got the carpenter 20 make for them.
These had 10 be good and strong TO bear
the weight OF person and be broader
than most wheels Then they painted fl
red and put bells on It. Inside of two
weeks the whole thing was finished, and
as John said when he took his first trip
down, Not such bad job. after all
HELEN BARRY.
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:. THE GAME OF MAGIC MUSIC. :.

Any number OF persons may play this
amusing game, and go preparation is
necessary. one player having been sent
from the room. the others arrange some
thing for him TO do when he returns.
When everything is ready. he Is sum
moned to the room by the magic music.
which is made by tapping poker with
g large key. The player must perform
the appointed task as he is guided by
the musician. who so regulates the mU-
sic that the sounds are loud and noisy
when the player does what he ought
not 70 do. and soft when ne begins TO do
anything like the task
Suppose. for example, that he Is ID
take a sofa pillow and put It behind a
certain girls back, When he enters the
room he is somewhat confused by the
loud elatter Of the music, a cIatter made
for the purpose. II he walks toward the
sofa the music grows soft. which tells
him hat he is going ia the right di-
reetion,
But he touches q chair ahd pauses
perhaps, when the music becomes loud
agaiu. Then he touches The sofa, and
The music becomes soft. aud vixen be
touches the pillow it ceases altoget her
This tells him that he has to do some
thing with that pillow. and nc tries
various things. all OF which are greeted
BY loud music. showing That he has not
discovered the right thing
Finally, he puts the pillow behind one
OF the girls. bat not the right one. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
COSTLY JEWELED MAPS.

JeweIed maps of great value are
among the possessions of certain famous
men. Not long ago one was presented
to colonel Marchand. the French ex-
pIorer, OF Fashoda fame, by number
OF his admirers. It comprised map Of
Africa in blue enamel, with the two
routes followed by the gallant traveller
traced in brfIliants. An especially large
diamond indicated the latitude and
longitude Of the town which brought
fame to the intrepid Frenchman-
The map. which. but for political rea
sons, would have been presented some
little time ago, was probably suggest
ed by the jeweIed map of France that
the Car presented 10 the French ma
ton in 1900, which. after its exhibition
at the exposition of that year, was add
ed to the treasures of the Louvre.
About one yard square in size, this rec
ord map took three years to make, and
cost more than $500, 600.
It is difficult to conceive Of so large
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

a sum being expended upon a single
map, but when it is pointed out that
this work of art IS a veritabIe mosaic
Of gems the problem presents no fur
Their mysteries. As a matter OF fact.
each department in the country was
represented by a special stone such as
malachite, onyx. agate and Jade. cut 10
exactly coincide with its contiguration,
while the rivers were marked in plati-
mum and the sea in lapis lazuli; each
Of the large cities, 20 the number OF
los, was. as IN the case Of Fashoda n
the previous example OF ieweled ear
Biography. represented by a gem Thus.
a ruby occupied the site OF Paris, an
opal stood for Bordeaux, turquoise for
Lille, an emerald for Marseilles, and &
diamond for Lyons.
This map was. at the time OF the ex-
position. mounted on marble embeIiish-
ed with ermine. and was surm0unted BY
the Russian and French flags, which
We're TO be replaced BY frame of solid
silver.
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Roller skates are the things TO have
Just row" Watch the girls. they are
getting ready 10 dazzle you with their
spring hats" Henry SchanEe is about
ready 10 open his circus. We trust
the dogs won't run the cats up a tree
this time"
The boys al first had a hard time 10
secure q suitable place in which 10 cs-
tablish their Offices" The principal OF
ire grammar school was appealed To-
and when the matter was put before the
board. & was unanimously voted to give
over an unusued room IN the school
house 10 the "Gratz Park News" for
II was decided that this paper would be
almost as important an educational or
gan as The school house itself OF
course. the boys accepted, and now
Business and Editorial Rooms Of the
Graft Park EeTs Is the sign which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

we have had 10 run an additional sheet
o. advertisements
We don't get any help from our par
eHts. Each boy has his place on the
paper, and he has 10 WORK hard TO hold
il down Craig writes the poetry. Nc
ClUre does the society stunts. Mcdowell
does the Town Topics, Fred Leonard
runs the printing press. / o. X the
articles and write the editorials. and our
reporters all have their particular dis
Lricts
See those rules over my desk? They
must be followed 10 the lefrs
IN front OF Master Bergman hangs the
inscription
Rule When the editor speaks jump
and follow Instructions.
s-TI-Hats on :u the Office.
.'III-No swearing in the presence Of
ladies'
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The Sweet Miss Peas

We're a rainbow band
With sun bonnets gay;
We're nodding and smiling
The whole summer day.
We are white with terror,
Cause naughty boys steal
Away our sweet sisters
Just think how you'd feel.
Some are purple with rage,
When rude people dare
To say We are common,
Or not at all fair.
Then others turn yellow
At hearing men cry:
Miss Rose is the beauty.
For her we would die"
And all pink with bushes
are those when tbs said.
These are the sweetest,
These we would wed.
But how mixed We appear
When folks want to know
How so many youngsters
In one bed can grow?
We're often quite rakish,
And sometimes in weeds:
But we never SOW more
Than a few little seeds.
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music now grows so faint that he knows
he has discovered what he has to do
with the pillow, and he puts it behind
one girl after another. until he finds
the right one.
other players 20 out of the room in
turn. but the musician keeps his place
during the whole game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26
WHY CATS WASH AFTER EATING.

A cat caught a sparrow and was
about TO devouf 1T, but the sparrow said.
No gentleman eats until he washes his
face" The cat, struck by the remark,
set the sparrow down and began TO wash
his face with mis- paw, but the sparrow
few away. This vexed puss extremely
and he said "As long as l live I viii
eat first and wash my face afterward. d"
Which all cats do to this day
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& broth of boy from Tralee
Met a p'tite demoiselle from PaTee.
Bsbette said, Bon jour
Said Mickey. Why, suTe!'
Conversation soon ended, you see
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29

that while uprisings In the Turkish do
tlninion were more or less chronic, the
present state of affairs assumes the pro-
portions of an Instruction Of considerable
magnitude.
He would not disclose the contents OF
1.-The cablegrams received last night from
Minister Leishman but said that the min
listers advices were that the erroneous
report on the assassination of Mr.. MaGels
sen was due to the use of the wrong code
number and not to any error In trans
mission.
The information given in the cablegram
was that the governor called at the con.
sulate, offered prompt action and prom
Used to make every effort to find out ano
punish the would-be assassin. Mr.. Leish,
man further advised the secretary that
several Of the consulates have reported to
their governments that the condition or
the city Of Beirut at the present moment
lis unsafe.
With a view to furnishing Secretary
Hay with the fullest facts concerning the
reports which have come from the mis-
sonaries in Turkey, a committee repre-
senting the board of American missions
will call upon him tomorrow or Monday,
Inc having indicated desire to meet such
committee and to obtain from them all
the information in their possession.
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FORTUNE FOR FOUNDING
Miss Tiona Kings Unique Name
Serves to Disclose Facts Of
Her Percentage.


Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 2s.-Lfke fairy
tale is the story Of pretty Tiona King,
who, because she was the possessor of
a unique name, the only heritage of her
mother. who died In giving her birth. was
able to discover the identity of her pa
rents and enter into the possession of a
fortune that had awaited a claimant for
sixteen years. p
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph King, well known
residents Of this city, adopted Tiona, when
she was a founding in the Girls Indus
trial home. Her father disappeared be-
fore her birth, and her mother left no
clew as to her identity when she died.
Recently a woman in Leroy named Belle
Craig noticed an item in the society col
unans Of a local paper which stated that
Miss Ttona King was entertaining few
friends from Chicago. Mrs. Craig was
attracted by the name Of Tiona, which
was that of her girlhood chum. It's unique
ness decided her to investigate. and, find
ing that Miss King was founding, she
kept up the investigation which finally
resulted In unearthing the facts concerns
ing the parentage OF the girl. In addi-
ton it developed that Miss Tiona is
heiress. to twenty-seven acres of valuable
land in Kinmundy, Ill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
CAss LAKE Us. BEMlDJI
Location Of Land Office Will Be De.
cided Shortly Washington
Posts Comments.
From The Journal Bureau, Room Is, Post Build
ing, Washington. Y

From The Journal Bureau, Room Is, Post Build
ing, Washington.
Washington, Aug. as.-congressmen Buck
man and Steenerson are both In Washlngto
armed with data for the arguments they will
make at the hearing before Land Commits
sioner Richards on Monday in the Cass Lake
Bemidji land Office contest. Buchanan is ac-
companted by A. G. Bernard Of Cass Laks and
STEVENSON Is supported by A.. A. Crawford
and L. H. Bailey of Bemidji.
In column article in the Washington Post
this morning the claims OF Bemidji people are
set forth. Aside from various facts well
known to readers of T b e j o u r a / the in
tfmation is made that snap Judgment was
taken when the office was located at Cass
Lake. On this subject the Post says:
There are five land offices in Minnesota,
and about year ago all land around the
office. at Marshall was disposed of. Not to
abandon an office, it was decided to move
the force from Marshall to st. Cloud, and the
office from st. Cloud to northwest Minnesota
This necessitated q Encouragement Of the
boundaries of the land districts. At con-
districts affected. with Commissioner Rich
ards, the boundaries were agreed upon. The
location of the land office In the northern
N district was to be LETT open fol
the time being. gCoss Lake and Bemfd1i were
the two points desiring the Office. 81
Despite the fact that the location was to
be left open for time, before the friends OF
Of their an m ordee eny
issued locating the office at Cass Lake
Representative, Stevenson Immediately
came to Washington upon the return of Presi.
dent Roosevelt from his western trip and after
laying the matter before MIN on the ground
that the office should be so located as tc
give settlers the best accommodations ar
sioner Richards is said to be entirely i'm.
partial in the affair and, like the president
desires to have the office at the most com.
modious point.
u 10 w
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M ISIS CAMILLE CHARTER, s West
III Lexington Street, Baltimore, Nd,
lu writes.

nj ISIS CAMILLE CHARTER, s West
Lexington Street, Baltimore, Nd,
III writes:
''Late suppers gradually affected my di-
gestion, and made me miserable dyspep-
tic, suffering intensely at times took
several kinds of medicine, which were pre-
scribed by different physicians. but still
continued to suffer. But the trial of one
bottle of Peruna convinced me that ii
would rid me of this trouble, so continued
| taking it for several weeks, when was In
excellent health, having gained ten
pounds Camille Charter.
Miss Mayme Kearns, 1905 Dean Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
"Peruna means health and health means
happiness. TO me Peruna means both
Last summer I felt unusually Frustrated
from the heat. My appetite and sleep failed
me, and my strength seemed to ooze out
with the prespiratton, and had a weak,
gone feeling.
Three bottles Of Peruna changed all
this. recuperated quickly and blessed
sleep and rest came to me. Peruna is
better than a seaside trip, better than a
vacation; i'm fact, better than anything I
know to build up the system. Miss
,Mayme Kearns.
Peruna Is just as sure to bring an ap
petite as the Asun4is to bring the day. A
good healthy appetite and good digestion
of food generally correct a host Of Az
ments. Losstof strength and loss Of sleep
depend 1n a majority of cases upon loss
Of nutrition. II the appetite fails, sufficient
food Will not be taken. If sufficient food
is not taken the system suffers from star
walton. This will surely lead to a host OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
MILLER LOSES PAY
Can't Collect for Time He Was Not
in Government Employ.

From The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post Build
Ing, Washington.
Washington, Aug. 29.-Controller OF the
Treasury Tracewell to-day made public
his decision on the claim of w. A. Miller
for pay during the time he was out Of
the government service. In Transmitting
this claim Public Printer Palmer stated
that Miller was suspended for a certain
time and was finally discharged from the
government service. He claimed total
Of $403.20, and was paid for 265s days
leave of absence, the balance alleged to
be due being S352.80.
The controller cites various cases re-
lating to the employment and discharge
of government appointees. and says that
under the decisions rendered he has no
authority to review the question of
whether Miller was unjustly separated
from the service, but can only decide
whether he is entitled to, pay for the time
he was out of service. In deciding that he
says:
II have no doubt as to the fact that you
are not authorized to pay Mr.. Miller any
sum for wages after date Of his dis
charge until his reappointment to office .
w. w. Jermane
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
UNION IN CHICAGO ?. 0.
It Is Made the Subject Of a Secret
Report to General
Bristow.

Washington, Aug. IA report has been
received BY Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Bristow from oPstoftice Inspector Stuart
at Chicago regarding the organization Of
unions among employees Of the Chicago post
office. The report is interesting to postal
officials here, by whom it Is held in the
strictest secrecy. Both Mr.. Bristow and Mr..
Cochran. chief Of the postofice inspectors,
refuse to discuss the matter It On the
It is known. however. that Stuart goes into
postoffice matters very exhaustively. He
treats the history OF the movement from Its
inception, tells Of its injurious effect upon the
service and recounts steps that have been
taken to stop the organization OF the union.
The report is regarded as putting 1t up to
the administration to take steps against the
union movement. The president has stated
his positions in regard to labor organizations
in the department. He is known to be strong
allied to any union for the unions are apt to
place their own rules obave the national
laws. So
It is believed that the promoters Of the
movement II the Chicago poHofice will hear
from the president in no uncertain Languages
before long.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
PROTECTS HIS PATRONS
East ST. Louis Saloon Man Adopts q
Novel Expedient to Attract
Custom.

East st. Louis, H., Aug. 2s-To protect
his patrons from highwaymen, who fol
several weeks have been fnfesting East st
Louis, @. Reeb, who conducts q saloon on
Tenth street, furnishes each patron with q
revolver and a guard when the patron goea
home late at night.
Reeb conceived the idea OF hiring two
fearless men as guards to protect his Gus
toners when they are on their way home
Tuesday he laid In a supply Of dozen
revolvers and enlisted Harry Williams and
James Johnson to act as guards. The men
are paid $3.50 each and are on duty from
t6 p. m. until midnight, when the saloon
closes. When one OF the guards goes tt
escort a patron home each carries one OF
Reebe's revolvers, and when. the man has
reached his door he turns the revolver over
to the guard.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
INSULT TO FLAG
Leads to an Alteration in New York
Restaurant,

New York, Aug. 2s.-An appeal to the po-
lice has followed scene of considerable ex-
element in the main dining hall of Fifth
avenue hotel restaurant arising from an al
tercation over the American flag. Colonel
George R. Dyer, Of the Twelfth regiment,
New York national guard, a captain in the
same body and stranger are the persons
said to have been the principal figures.
Colonel Dyer and the captain were dining
together. Yachting fay MN were distributed
yachts, one placed before the militiamen,. a
stranger at an adjoining table arose, took the
Irish flag from the captains favor and placed
1t above the American emblem.
The captains indignant response was to
cast the green emblem upon the floor. In
stantly the faces OF the three meen flushed
with anger and there was heated alterca-
ton. Scores Of diners, many OF whom were
women, arose in alarm.
Colonel Dyer stepped into the street and
summoned an officer. The latter refused to
arrest the stranger. unless he committed an
assault. Finally the colonel and his COM
panion visited the precinct. police station
and demanded the arrest OF the man, but
were unable to procure 1t without war
rant and the matter was dropped.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
SHOOTING OF PAT O'BRIEN
Telegram From Milwaukee to Hi,
Brother at Saltwater.

Special to The Journal
I, Saltwater, Mimi, Aug. pa telegram
from Milwaukee last night toll dof the
shooting Of Patrick O'Brien a brother OF
William OBrien Of Saltwater and
former resident of this place. William
O'Brien will start tonight for Milwaukee.
The details Of the affair are not known
here.
Rev. Charles Gorcoran has been added to
the list Of speakers for Labor Day.
The tug st. Croix, owned by Musser,
Sauntry & Co., broke a shaft and lost her
wheel in the lake. She will be taken to
the South Saltwater boat yards for re-
pairs.
The South Stillwate rauthorities will
open bids on Monday for new waterworks
and an electric light plant.
The steamer Ben Hershey and bow boat
cleared last night with a tow Of logs for
the Empire Lumber company OF Winona
Ladies of the library board are preparing
to open the Carnegie library building
about Oct. !. The interior work on the
building Is practically finished.
DR.. D. Kalinoff, physician at the city
hospital, has been appointed physician at
the prison to succeed DR.. Joseph Millett,
resigned.
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Ships on Their Way,

Washington, Aug. 29.-The navy de-
partment has received cable message
from Captain Henry McCrea, in command
of the gunboat Machias, saying that he
had finished coaling the ship and that it
would sail at once from Genoa for Port
Said.
A message also was received to-day
from Admiral Cotton announcing the ar
rival of the Brooklyn and the San Fran
cisco at Genoa and saying that they hat
begun coaling.
Acting Secretary Darling has advised
Secretary Hay that as soon as the Brook,
Ign and the San Francisco finish taking
on coal they will sail for Beirut under
present orders.