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did not do Il themselves. but they know
who did do IL. ] overheard three Of them
talking about II and have been shadovin q
them ever since. have vet to learn from
them the murderer's name, but-sh.h -
l have not played my final card. -
Before the inspector had time 10 express
his admiration, Gasolini, ears erect and
nostrils distendcd. was once moro upon
the trail ~"
When next he reported he WAS unable
to suppress his enthusiasm.
The mystery Ia cleared'- he cried INV
suspicious were correct. The Secret Ser
vice men frew ALL I've played my final
And Lis final card? What was this
maj Carl i.N'-, the inspector. with more
than siue-show Of interest.
Gasolini glanced about the room TO make
sure they were alone. He leaned over TO
the inspectors desk and whispered:
when all other means had failed. con-
! threw back my coat and cried You are
Secret Service men. ! am Gasolini, the
detective. What do you know about this
barrel mystery
The daring Of my bold coup completely
staggered them. They confessed their
knowledge Of the case. and admitted that
they had been working upon H. More
than that-they even went so far as to
say that they expected TO make arrests
this very afternoon"
Gasolini's final card had won its trick.
Scarcely had the famous detective finished
speaking when the three Secret Service
men. with a dozen prisoners in tow. fled
into the room.
And thus the great barrel mystery. so
far as the police had anything 10 do with
IL, ended triunphantly.
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QUEER CASE OF
" ZEKE HIGGINS.
An Everyday Boy Makes = Won
derful Discovery Regarding
His Ears.
PART ].

just to glance at Zeke Higgins no one
would ever suppose that he was other than
an ordinary boy. bright. full OF life and
gigses, and about a. good and bad as
most other Youngsters Of his size and age
Tut there we're strange and creepy things
about him. although his parents never
even suspected the truth. nor did Zeke,
until on one morning long remembered in
the village OF Zskeville he awoke with the
funniest kind of buzzng in his head.
He seemed to feel something inside his
skull, and that something was for all the
world like a bushel Of humble bees and
mighty big bees at that with each and
every blessed bee buzzing and bumbGng as
trying TO bore hole all the way through
the bones.
Ieke listened for a moment and his dark
blue eyes popped out almost far enough
Tor him to sec a rafting dogfight around
the next corner.
We'll, III be jiggered.- said he. this
beng his mode Of showing great astonish-
meat
With that he gave quick jump out OF
hed'and never did boy get into his clothes
IN less time than did he on that remarkable
dsy In his excitement the youngstcr
actually tried TO comb his hair without
being ordered to do so.
bu, be didn't do much brushing or comb
ing As he brought the brush down on
Inc straggly hairs the handle OF the instru-
neht OF torture slipped through his hand
IKE creased pig at country fair and few
GEAR across the room.
Well. I'll be jiggered.' and he stared
around in great surprise. What's the
matter with that brush? Gee. how my
head does buzz
lie carefully fished the brush from the
drawer into which it had dropped and made
Snother attemp, to run il over his hair.
MS efforts we're followed by a ripping
noise. the brush was knocked out OF his
hand and smashed 37-cent pane Of glass,
Ieke was too much nstonished 10 cay
'h''hnG about being jiggered. and with
I'eai deal OF solemnity he picked up
"e brush. Taking a firm grip with both
- ne carefully drew II down the side
" has head toward his right ear.
There was a swapping sound. followed
oFa zip-zip-zing- gong. and all was quiet
Then Zeke looked at the brush and jumped
nearly 10 the ceiling. II was cut straight
mill
lie youngster was 10 surprised he
dropped the piece he held and put his hand
Ills ear. With a howl the hand was
afaNn back and on the thumb was deep
ND ragged cut from which blood was
bw.ns
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
REAL PIRATES STILL TO-DAY,
FOUND on THE INDIAN OCEAN
AND THE CHINA SEA.
They Make Navigation Perfious Even for
Llners SOmetimes-A Prize Taken
Almost in Sight Of . British Gunboat
Capture Of q Steamship--A Mistake.

suey Htthc NuNlBaIOn fictitious EVEN tOI
Liners Sometimcs-A Prize Taken
Almost in Sight Of . British Gmboai
Capture Of q Steamship--A Mistake,
The pirates Of the old school have van
ished quite away. but piracy itself has
by no means disappeared. The principal
field for pirates to-day is in the Indian
Ocean and the China Sea. So common Is
piracy out there that the p. d o. steamers
and the vessels Of the French Messageriee
Maritimes and other lines expressly s,ipu-
late In their bills Of lading that they are
not responsible for pillage and piracy
Only the other day a pirate junk sank a
French merchant ship in Chinese waters
and French man-of-war caught and sank
a pirate In the Pacific.
Not long ago some Chinese pirates capt
ured steam launch and heavily laden
lighter almost within sight OF a British
gunboat. The gunboat sandpiper was
conveying the launch and her tow along
tho coast when she stuck on a sand bar.
A fleet Of pirate vessels hid been towering
In the distance watching for an oppor-
tunity TO attack the launch. and as soon
as the gunboat struck they came swoop-
ing down.
the gunboat, and was concealed from her
sight by a projection Of land. The pirates
swarmed aboard. and when the pilot offered
resist ance they killed him and threw him
to tho sharks. The supercargo. begging
for his life. was bound and thrown into
the cockpit Of the launch The others on
board were natives. who offered no re-
sistance and so were spared
The launch and lighter We're looted and
the valua BILE cargo which they had on board
WIS transferred quickly to pirate junks.
which then hoi sted their greet. creakins
"A liz gain those funny sails like butterfly
wings with bamboo yards-and were Of
for the open yea.
When the Sandpiper finally got on the
he and ste' med down 70 the pila god launch
rot a sil wes to he seen on all the broad
e1panse Of waters.
4 well-known csse OF modern piracy on
n big sclle was the capture OF the steam
ship Nam few year. ago. She was
good -slzed liner. and Vas on her wav from
ports on the Malay Peninsula To Hong Kong
With a valua BILE cargo and 2Ss passengers.
FIVE Of whom were Europeans and the rest
Chinese
Among the Chinese pa eeenser. were sew
erl rich merchants returning TO their
homes with fortunes which they had &C.
cum uIs ted In the Straits Settlements.
OF this "a RI the pirates who haunt the Malay
sess becs me aware. for they have their
a gents in all the principal ports who In
form them when An especially valuable
prize is about to sail.
The NAmoa carried q native crew. AZ
the first stopping place Of the Ste norr the
plrates Induced the regular crew. by brbes
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alta CAMP FIRE ON BROADWAY
THEATRE PARTY or SIN SEEKS
NEW SENSATIONS.
Finds EN- on . winter Night In the Hole
Where the subway ID to Be-CSars and
. Grower. Song and story Where No
body Thought Of Locking for Novelty.

STOWtCTs SOuk uUu btOTy WHITE W.
body Thought Of Locking for Novelty.
Ever at a campfire right in Broadway?'
asked the young man. mo. ] thought
! that would hit you as being q little out
Of the ordinary And then he told all
about Il.
They were three. The FIRST was a young
man from Cincinnati who is pretty we'll
Of as far as money goes and who Is In for
a good time, no matter OF what sort II may
be. Then there was the son Of a rich New
Yorker. and finally there was a New Yorker
who 10 rich in his own name. The last
two were In for just as good time a. the
first.
They began the evening in the very ordi-
nary way of taking three young ladies' to
the theatre. Then they went TO the in
evitabe after-theatre restaurant supper
and they had the usual happy time-not
hilarious. but just happy.
1t was about ? o'clock In the morning
when they left the table and sauntered
out TO get a cab. There didn't happen to
be one that they liked at the door. and
some one Of the party suggested that they
take a short walk up Broadway and ride
later That Is how they happened to find
the campfire.
II was down In the big hole that q con.
tractor is making not a thousand miles
from Forty-fifth street and Broadway 80
that people may some day be able to travel
in cars underground from the Battery to
Harlem The fire made glare that lighted
up the neighborhood just as the six went
past. and, being Of that momentary ex-
ploring disposition which leads to real
discoveries. they went over to the railing
around the excavation to see what II was
all about
Down In the hole there was brisk FIRE
and around the blazing timbers sat four
men, hardy toilers. They were smoking,
talking and having. a good time. even II
they did have to be awake when most
other people were asleep.
Doesn't II look Moe and warm down
there said one OF the young women.
The other five OF the party agreed that 1t
did.
Dare you to 60 down. said the young
man from Cincinnati.
cant dare me- said one Of his COM
panions. but how are we going to get
down.
Can we come DOWN. shouted one Of
the young women to the group Of workmen
who started up In surpriee. I'VE want TO
come down and get warm
Sure. mum why Nv coorse you can como.
Well get a ladder for you ,
And they did Half the fun OF the whole |
AFFAIR vas IN getting the young women
a Ss. ,s sefSTt IL sS o but r: ossS n
had 4 Moe warm IRE and they had pipes |
and they bad eociability, but they also had
a tin -arowler.'
Pretty soon one OF the worlunen picked |
It up and went up the ladder. q When b |
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
CEMENT USED AS PAINT.
4 Simple Discovery Solves . Bis Problem
for the builders Of SkyscraperS.

The problem how TO prevent steel from
oxidation which has been a source Of great
anxiety to the owners and constructors OF
many modern buildings and has led to
Wholesale experiments by paint manu-
facturers, has been solved by a discovery
90 simple that II is a wonder no one ever
thought OF il before.
II has long been noticed that iron which
has been embodied in concrete for many
years has shown a wonderful state OF preserv.
alton when taken out. Experiments have
since been made with Portland cement,
with tho result that il Ia made plain that
a thin coating Of Portland cement properly
applied to iron and steel will arrest oxida-
ton.
The cement must be finely divided. free
from iron salts and diluted with pure water.
Then, II IL is free from iron, calcium sui
phate and sulphites and Is Of low specific
gravity. II viii set quickl. and become
practically q part OF the metal. II will
set within the iron and will not wash on
with rain, and no moisture, carbon dioxide
or factory fumes will affect the metal.
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Mrs SIitcher - George. Willie's eaten
every bit Of that pie made for supper to-
night. / really don't know what to do with
him.
Mr.. Snitcher-Dont do anything. 1t
serves him good and right for stealing It.
QUESTIONS witheot Answer.
Uncle. whom Your watch goes.
Wherever does II go?
Your breath where did II come from
When you said. My breath came slow.
What makes the parior clock rum
Why don't it sometimes walki
II wouldn't have to stop 40 much.
Does money really talk?
And. uncle. when your heart beats
What ever does II beat?
And say. now. honest injun,
Has poetry Got feet?
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4 Prot est.

Bug Bear-Don't be afraid. young man
I'm not going to do you any harm. But
before give your gun hack you muet promise
that In the future you'll conhne yourself
exclusively to bear hunting. When you
fire at US we enjoy II just as much a. you
do: but when you get to shooting round
at rabbits and birds and things. why that's
really dan Rerous. II was only yesterday
you npped a piece OF fur out Of my wife's
new coat. and II she'd been q little further
back OF you there's no telling what might
have happened
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FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEF DEAD.
Floating on, Head Of the Winneba Soc.
Buried With Honors.

OMAHA, Neb.. April "a special de-
spatch tonight from Decatur, NIB, tsys
Floating on. the famous chief Of the Wine.
bago Indians and n member Of the Grand
Council OF that tribe, died yesterday and
was buried to-day with full tribal honop.
OF the exercises and performed the mites
which drive Oh the evil spirits. Tonight
q hre was built on the grave and will be
kept burning for three nights. that Floating
OFFS soul may have light on its journey
TO the Happy Hunting Grounds.
Floating On was the last descendant OF
Chief Black Bird, the greatest Indian q -
West during his life.
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Naturally.

Naturally.
Tho Student--That fellow has his work
cut out for him.
The College Man-What fellow?
The Student-My tailor. -Hdrpord Low
poon.
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FUN or rue COLLEGE BOYs.
IyrOkc into Song.

Drokc into SONG.
Upon a kes Of dynamite.
Little Georgia sought reposc.
And slyiy lit "A cigarette.
Ny Little Georgia Rose
Cornell Widow.
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Ready for Any Emergency.
He-If I should kiss you. what would you
do?
She--I never meet an emergency until It
arises.
He--But II II should arise?
SHIELD meet 1t face to face.-Yot Record.
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Niorningside Philosophy.

II does not necessarily follow that a man
with flowing locks has water On the brain.
An original joke Ia one so old that every one
els has forgotten IL.
II you have a good temper. keep IT, II you
Jesfer
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Took Unfair Advantage Of Iiis Condition.
Party In Car With Generous Bum shay.
c'nduct'r. + give you 'nick1 f'r ride.
Conductor-That's fare enough. --Horrard
La IN NOM
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After the Wedding.
Ethel-How did you think tho bride looked?
;race-Oh. remark ably well-grocmed. -
Hdrrdrd Lam poon.
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Very Oarful.
u IBID u Gladly.

An oarftl sight Freshmen eight row.
n9 down the river. --toiuntbia Jcsier.
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We'll. that lets me out" grinned the hobo.
pointing TO the open cate.--CorneH n'idov.
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For Shame!

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Of
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

1 was hurrying away with ali my might
making dash for the kitchen in the hope
that / could reach my destination before
he could say another word But he was too
smart for me. He caught me just as /
reached the swinging doors-ran after me-
you understand-and asked me if / didn't
think quarter of watermelon would be the
best thing for him, after all. 1 told him that
L thought maybe pink pill might do him
more good than anything else, but that we
didn't have any in stock. There are lots of
chaps just like him. They really don't want
anything to eat and they make life bur-
den for the walters when they try To make
up their minds as to what they'd better
tackle
The high-class restaurants and cafes are
hardly to be considered at all in the towns
rush for the midday meal OF course, the
fashionable places. where the best of things
on the market are to be had and where the
best of cooking is demanded and obtained,
are we'll patronized by the people who have
the time and money TO indulge in the most
tempting of hot-weather dishes, but these
people do not belong to the hurry-up crowd.
Occasionally man who possesses ap-
petite for the luxuries of life, but who, at
the same time is hard pressed for time at
the noon hour is to be seen at one of the
quick-lunch places trying to satisfy his in
ward cravings in a way that would bring
tears to the eyes of an out-and-out epicure.
AS the u o'clock whistles were blowing the
other daya well-known man-about-town who
is connected with certain ice company
was to be seen sitting at a little table in a
basement lunch-place on South Meridian
street with plate of ccrned beef and cab
bage and pint bottle of champagne on the
colored cotton table cloth before himi He
paid Is cents for the luncheon and 2 for the
wine If the chef from one of the fashion
able clubs or hotels had chanced TO walk
into that place at the time it's dollars to
peanuts that he would have fallen to the
floor in blue fit.
Down around the Union Station, where
many cheap restaurants are to be found,
there is always a rush of business in the
middle of the day, no matter what the sea-
son of the year. The noon hour meal in
this district is not luncheon, but dinner;
it's the all-important meal of the day and
you are given all that you can eat for 25
cents-sometimes less.
The proprietors of these eating places are
not at all backward in heralding to an in
terested world that they are serving the
best dinners on earth at the prices asked.
Each of the cheaper restaurants clustered
about the depot employs smooth-tongued
gentleman whose business it is to stand out
on the sidewalk in front of his respective
"cafe''-most of them are "cafes"-for the
purpose of inviting the hungry public to
lest step inside an git your moneys
worth. and if you don't git all you want
to eat, you git your money back"
Table etiquette is not of any great impor-
tance in these dining rooms, and the man
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

who can balance a fried egg on the end of
his knife. while conveying the said egg to
mis- mouth. is more likely TO be admired for
his skill than to be tabooed for his man.
ners. IL isn't everybody that can accom-
plish this feat. and it seems to be gen.
orally agreed that the person who can Sue
ceed in doing it as it should be done is
deserving of some degree of appreciation.
To see it done gracefully is most gratify-
ing. There is something beautiful about it.
But beyond all doubt ability in this direc-
tion is a gift of nature. although constant
practice will, of course, help one to attain
the perfection that every true artist should
always covet. If you are ambitious to add
this accomplishment to your list of other
talents there is no better place to go into
training than these eating houses in ques-
ton. Fried eggs are plentiful there. and,
knives are more common than any other
table weapons, there is no earthly reason
why you shouldn't at least have every op-
portunity to indulge in thorough school
ing. You will not be the only student pres
ent for you will find that nearly everybody
else is practicing. too. IF you can't sue
ceed, after a series of determined efforts,
it's because nature never intended you
for juggler.
Where do all of the working girls of the
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

earn their daily bread by manual toll are TO
be seen Fastening backward and forward
between the numberless eating places and
the Offices. stores warehouses and factor
les of the busy city. The trolley cars are
all packed with passengers at this time
of the day. for thousands of workers who
are not too greatly pressed for time, pre-
fer eating their noon-day meal in their own
homes rather than i'm the crowded restaur-
ants and cafes of the city's business dis
trict
Indianapolis is not a city of high-class
eating houses for the very reason that.
despite its remarkable growth in recent
years, it still remains distinctively city
OF homes. and the man who could afford to
patronize the best restaurants finds ii much
pleasanter to go to his own residence for
his luncheon and enjoy his midday refresh
ment in the bosom of his family. And so.
as there is little demand for the best in
culinary art. the vast majority of the local
eating places are modest establishments
where well-cooked but unpretentious dishes
may be had ut very reasonable prices.
The dairy lunch has become very popular
in this city of late and i'm any of the res
taurants where dairy edibles are made the
most prominent feature of the menus. you
will find a crowd OF busy mortals during
the noon hour. = dairy lunch" does not
necessarily mean repast made up of such
healthful things as milk and butter and
eggs, for the dairy lunch counter is the
home Of the pie and rich pastry and other
tempting palate tickiers whose object In
this world is to promote dyspepsia AT the
dairy lunch counter Is to be found the man
who devours two big. flabby doughnuts,
a couple Of leaden butter cakes and a
slice of cream pie. He is extensively cheer
full and optimistic about the proceeding
and If you chance to meet him later in the
day and find him looking into space with
vacant stare he will tell you that he can't
for the life of him imagine what has caused
his sudden indisposition.
The experienced restaurant managers will
tell you that they have far more trouble in
satisfying customers during the summer
months than they do during the winter
especially the MONDAY meal. In the winter
time the man who works is usually hungry
by the time the noon hour comes around
and has no difficulty in quickly making up
his mind as to whether he would rather
have a bowl of soup, a couple of lamb
chops or plate OF pork and beans. But
the same individual is seldom hungry in the
middle of a hot day. He eats just because
he thinks he ought to eat, imaginging that
something might go wrong with him if he
abstains from food until evening. And,
oftimes the very fellow who is the most
anxious regarding his internal machinery
is the one to devour the biggest slice of
underdone pie to be found on the lunch
counter.
The walters say that Indianapolis men
are cross in the summer time when they
come into the restaurants for luncheon.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-16

At the noon hour Indianapolis presents its
busiest appearance. Noon hour is really
but a figure Of speech. for instead OF being
sixty minutes duration. the noon hour be-
gins at IL O'Clock and lasts until 2 1t
takes the town just three hours to eat its
luncheon Not that the Hosier capital
IL slow in consuming its midday meal-Oh
dear. no. quite the contrary!-but in order
TO allow business TO progress without too
much of an interruption the good Indian
apolitans must eat their luncheons in relays.
In the cities of the Old World business
shuts down for a couple Of hours when the
sun is highest in the heavens, and the
man who works turns away from the hurry
and worry OF a busy life long enough to
give his brain a bit OF a rest and his
stomach something of a treat. But In
America-and particularly in the hustling,
busting cities OF the Middle West-recrea-
ton must not be permitted to interfere
with business until the days work is en-
tirely at an end. And so Indianapolis goes
about eating it's luncheon I'm much the same
do-or-die spirit with which it goes about its
trade and traffic.
From II until the downtown streets
are teeming with a swarm of humanity that
seems to be engaged in a continue! struggle
for life between the wheels of numbering
vehicles and amid the hundred dangers that
follow in the wake of the swift electric car.
Everybody seems to be either on the way
from business to lunch,' else on the
way from lunch to business" Merchants,
professional men. clerks. department store
employees. stenographers and laborers who