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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-06
GRANT COUNTY SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT WHITES AN.
NuAL REPORT SHOW SCHOOLS
m PROSPEROUS CONDITION.

Tho silver City Independent says
that County superintendent Alyau n.
White has completed ana forwarded
hts annual report 10 Territorial su.
perintondont Cbayes The report Gov.
ers the scholastic year from August
/ I. 1903 20 August I, 1904 and shows
the following interesting Statistics
Number Of schools. 20.
Number Of male teachers g.
Number of femals teachers. go
Number Of male pupils enrolled.
$50.
Number Of female pupils enrolled.
500.
Total numbor Of pupils enrolled T..
$751;
Avcraro daily attendance Of males.
600.
Average daily attendance OF fe.
Wgles. il2.
Total average daily attendance.
s72.
NumHor of female pupils between
. the ages of and 2i years, LAS.
Number ot femals pupils between
the ages of and a.. 1851
Total enumeration of pupils Tor the
yoa- 1904. 3.329
Number OF months taught i30
Average number of months taught,
1923
Amount on hand August .. 1908,
gIl.59o5o
Received from county school fund.
{9G1i.O5.
Poll tax. liquor and gambling o..
ccufc8. etc. s97iSg2.
Total receipts ior Jho year. a.
600 iN.
Expended Tor teachers wages. Sii.
Gt0
Expended tor rent lanIior. fuel, etc.,
ei1sib9.
Expended ON school houses aud
lma oycmonts. g2.7erHI
Total expenditure 3912o0G
balance uu hand August O. 1904
tlI5s042
Expenditure ana balance ou hand.
S3i000iS
Estimated valua of public school
houses and furniture fl7s0O
Number of volumes iu public school
libraries 900 Estimated value $3.50
There is no bonded Indebtedness
or special school leyics in any OF tho
districts of tho county Many uf the
districts have now enough funds 90
heir credit to maintain the usual
length 0f school tho coming year
The Alaska hide exhibit az the
Worlds Fair includes raw and
dressed hides of every fur bearing
animal ln that country ono skin OF
a polar bear measures % foet by 8 ln.
ches
Ross Merritt. OF the Bank 0f Con.
mercc. lon last might Tor months
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-06

engine and thrown twenty foet fo.
coiylng a bad brulso on his iack and
a severe punoturo from au iron rod boz
one of hia arms
ur Cutter dressed hia wounds. and
predicts quick recovery if mo- com.
pIicauons onsuo.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-06

Ross Merritt. OF the Bank of Com.
moroe. lofi last might for a month %
soloun on me Pacific coast
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-06

The Alaska hide exhibit az the
Worlds Fair includes raw and
dressed hides Of every fur bearing
animal ln that country one skin uf
polar bear measures n foet by 8 in.
cheB
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look like inverted caterpfllars. The
feet are arranged so that they adopt
themselves automatically to the irreg-
ularities of the ground without dis
turbing the equilibrium of the body of
the engine. Thus one leg-or Wheel
will lengthen itself on one side to
meet rut or Doggy place in the road,
while the other wheel is carefully
raising it's feet to get over a big rock
or pile of timber. The pedrail is said
to be good for roads. The machine is
used in Liverpool for the transporta-
ton Of freight from the docks. The
use of the pedrail for military pur-
poses is also seriously. considered.
Strongly armed and carrying field
artillery the pedrail might prove a
second Merrimac for land operations,
w. w. Jermane
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CHAPTER TX.
Told by Noel Brent.
WHAT I FOUND AT THE HOUSE IN

WHAT I FOUND AT THE HOUSE IN
THE RUE DE LA TOUR.
Never had been caught in situa-
ton more repulsive than finding my
self locked into Juliette de Nevers'
boudoid in the hour Of midnight, while
in the next room she assured her lover
that no man was there.
I had never been in the house be-
fore, and, in trying to discover another
door or window in a dark room alb
solutely strange to me, 1 ran great risk
OF betraylng my presence by STUN
bling against the furniture or knock
ing down an ornament.
I dared not strike a match for fear
Of the noise, and even If I could have
found an electric lamp and switched it
on I would not have ventured to do
so. lest the light should be seen thru
the crack of the locked door.
Juliette, knew we'll, was praying
for me to be out of the house, and I
was certainly far from wishing to lin
ger.
moved slowly, and with infinite
haste, and even so only saved myself
over and over again from upsetting
one of those useless little silver-loaded
tables that women love-a jar Of
flowers or light chair.
At last found the window, and be-
lieved for moment that the worst
of my troubles was over, for the bou-
do1r, being on the ground floor. tho
rather high above the level of the gar
den, I could easily let myself down.
But when had slipped in behind the
heavy satin curtains (Which were
drawn, as I had guessed) 1t was only
to encounter new difficulty.
The window, unlike most windows
In France, was Of the kind with sashes
that push up and down. A careful
servant had closed and locked it for
the night. evidently not expecting the
room to be in use again; and when I
had pressed back the fastening which
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OF ventrilokist, and I thrown my
voice as if it come from somewhere
else on the gangWay, so, making a. dis
turbance, and in that way by
stumbling agenst you, managed to
slip cigar case, in which carried
Valable juils for my master, in your
pocket: But, in SO doing, I was
obliged to take out case which you
had there, or you would at once have
felt the thickness, and pulled out
what was there, and then my fat would
have bin in the fire. Besides, you
would have bin in danger. which was
not fare. But hanged if I'll look in
from your sweetheart for all I know.
You can have it agen by giving me
what you have Of mine, which is fare
exchange. 1 can't call on you, for the
reeson l don't know ware you are go
ing, and dare not hang round to see on
account Of the terrible danger run.
MY one hope is to get as quick as
I can to place ware I expect to find
a CRATE friend who will help me to
keep it off, and I must: try to reach it
without axidents. The best I can do
is to slip this note into your pocket
like I did the juils, and that shall
manage in the railway station, for T
am clever in those kind of; things. You
see how L depend on you to bring back
W
the gent'lman you are; and there was
no other way for me, I have no time to
explane why: Come as soon as YOU
can when you have red this to the
back room on the left-hand side of
the passage, top floor, No. lit, Rue de
la Ture, "Boolvard ST. Michel. I'll be
there all right and L hope my friend !;
and there are no, wrods to express my
gratitood in advance-Yours trusting
ly, H. j., .Juillers Messenger. P. s.
For Heavens sake don't fale, and ask
the conserge for the name Of Poisson .
by Jove!" invpluntarily ex-
claimed aloud as I finished reading
this extraordinary communication, and
so furious was at not having dis
covered it before, thus saving desper-
ate anxiety for Juliettes and myself,
that hardly remembered to rejoice
that our trouble was over at last.
. Gladly I would have gone back to
the house in the Rue d'Anjou with my
news; but as De Ribaumont was prob
ably still there, I was sure, that, even
Sin the circumstances, Juliette would
thank me to keep away. T determined
to make all speed to keep the offered
appointment with III. IT, not return
ing to my hotel until I had the treaty
safe in my possession. If the de-
tective were there he must wait or go,
as he pleased. I could not stop to
consider him now, and perhaps when
the treaty was in my hands I might
risk calling Juliette up In the small
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opening Of the door. I passed into
a dim entrance, to be challenged by q.
sleepy voice proceeding from the
cOncierge's box. A head showed itself
behind the grating, and monsieur the
stranger was requested to state which
resident of the house he wished to see
at an hour so late.
I replied that my object was to call
upon Monsieur Poisson, who occupied
the back room at the left, on the top
floor, and if he were not at home I
would content myself with the society
of his guest, gentleman from Eng
land who had arrived that night.
"Ah, yes; monsieur has been here
before already remarked the sleepy
concierge. 'He now returns, as he
said that he might do?''
1 reflected for the fraction of a Sec
ond, then decided that it would be
wise not to correct this impression.
It would be simpler to let the man
suppose me to be this person with an
than run the risk Of inquiries or a
row. It is upon such trif1es as these
that the issues of life hang; but this
is a lesson never learnt, even by eX-
perience.
quite right assured the somno-
lent guardian Of the house, and
pressed on up the stairs, ascending
The upper story, which was the
sixth, was in darkness, tho dim lights
had burnt in the passages below. I
had to resort once more to my wax
vestas before I could be, quite sure
of the door. When I was sure I
knocked, but there was no answer.
I knocked again, and for response
had only silence-a silence that got
on my nerves. I pounded once more,
very hard, and then when no sound
from within followed I tried the door.
Somewhat to my surprise, it was not
locked. I opened it, and crossed the
threshold, stepping from darkness
into darkness, and smelling strong
odor of paraffin. I lighted another
|vesta-my last-and had just time to
peer about, gaining a vague idea of
the arrangement of a bare, disorderly
and shabby room, when a draught of
air, evidently from an open window.
blew out the little flame and slammed
the door, which shut behind me at the
same instant.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow ;,
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way connected with the stolen treaty;
but as far as + was concerned this
last mystery must also remain I'M
solved, since the one course for me
was to put myself on the other side
Of the high wall which shut in that
garden as soon as might be.
The gate was still unlocked Git had
probably been left so for De Ribau-
mont), therefore T could walk out
without leaving suspicious traces of
departure; and my first idea was to go
straight back to my hotel, where Du-
bois might be waiting. But by the
time I was out of the Rue d'Anjou I
had remembered the bit Of paper
which I'd dragged from my pocket
with my handkerchief short time
ago.
Curiosity prompted me to examine
1t without, delay; and in the. next
street I stopped under lamp, and
produced it from my pocket again.
It was a leaf torn from notebook
that t! which goes by the name OF
strong enough to show me that
the scrap. was covered on both sides
with small writing, so evenly done as
| to suggest the work of a stylographic
pen; butSsIs could not make out the
| tiny, cramped words. -,
| Here was new stone in the amaz-
ing puzzle mosaic Some one had
| slipped the paper into my pocket
! withoutsny knowledge! Why not the
same melody who had put, into an
other the case of diamonds and, pre-
sumably, removed the letter-case with
the treaty? Keyed now to a high
pitch of excitement, I took out my
! MATCHBOX, lighted the wax vesta, and
protecting the flame as well as ]
could, proceeded to study the hand.
writing.
ON Bord the Fome,'' were the three
lill-spelled words at the top of the first
page. And the Foam was the name OF
the boat in which had crossed the
channel.
Tn taking big risks were the
next words which eagerly read, but
needs must when one is drove to it
/ am drove to what I've just done, fol
/ it's that or worse. You saved my life
and lot more to-day, tho you didn't
| know it, and I'd bet my last quid that
you're a gentleman and an honest
man. I am juiller's messenger sir
| trusted with a thing worth many thou.
sands, and from my first start knew
| I was in terrible danger. Just before
seen you I thot was done for, but
you saved me, and the only way is tt
make you save me agen without youl
knowing, for there's reasons why
can't speak to you in private or make
sines. On this bote I m safe, but wher
I get to Paris it's worse than before
: so what done was this: I'm a bi
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with my left hand separated it from
the folds of my handkerchief, and
having secured it, examined into it's
nature as well as T could with the I'M
aided sense. of touch. AS my fingers
still tested the rough edge of the pa
per, / became aware that the excited
murmur Of voices had ceased in the
next room. I even .fancied, that T. had
heard the opening Of door.
For a moment I waited; and as the
silence remained unbroken, I told my
self that Maxine de sRibaumo ont had
gone and my chance had come at last.
Then followed a few seconds of indie
cision, while I:debated the wisdom of
lingering in the hope Of a further ex-
PLANTATION with ,Juliette; by the time
one could have counted twelve, how
no more risks of delay, but to get. out
of the house while could.
pushed up the squeaking window
sash and dropped on to the grass
which, owing to an incline, was six
or eight feet below. Then Il +skirted
round to the front of the house, NOV
ing cautiously lest De Ribaumont
should not yet be out OF the grounds;
and it was fortunate that I did So
for as I came in sight Of the front
door I sawtft standing open and two
figures walking slowly along the path
to the gate, bending down as if search
ing for something.
The two walked to the gate, opened
it, passed out, and presently, returned
again.. i now had cause to be thank
full that I had not waited in the bou-
doir for Juliette to come along and
let me out, for she and her lover en-
tered the house and closed the door:
AS they moved up the steps which led
to If WAS not ten feet distant from
them in my hiding place, and heard
Juliette say aloud: There is witch
craft in it, With that they passed
into the house, and De Ribaumont's
answer was lost to me-. could moi
help wondering what it was that they
had searched for so eagerly, and
whether their quest were in any
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hours, for certainly, there would be no
sleep for her tonight.
1 walked on thru quiet streets for
so far without seeing an empty cab
that gave up the idea Of looking for
at all, absorbed in thinking over the
affair of the strange exchange which
had been made, and little dreaming
what an amazing difference in events
the simple matter Of not taking a cab
was to make.
The thing which bothered me most
was the effect likely to be produced
upon III. j." when he discovered that
I could not hand him over the dia-
monds for the treaty. OF course, !
did not believe for an instant his
story about being a jewellers messen-
ger, tho possibly I might have cred
Juliette with the history Of the dia-
monds, and the loss. had very little
doubt that the rat of man who had
betrayed such panic terror in a rail-
way carriage was the expert thief who
had relieved De Ribaumont Of the
duchesse's necklace on the way to
Amsterdam. Following out the theory
thought it possible that the fellow
had had confederates, whom he con-
trived to dodge by travelling to Lon
don with a view to cheating them of
their promised share in the spoil. Tri-
| umphant in the thought that he had
put them off the scent, yet too pru-
dent to take chances, he had reserved
a first-class carriage for himself as
far as Dover; but after all, he had
been followed by his ex-pals, who had
provided themselves with railway
key in case of the very emergency
which had happened; and If had not
CHANGED to be late and forced my way
into the same compartment, III. j..
Juiller's Messenger" might have been
found murdered when the train
reached Dover.
All this was only deduction, of
course, as III. j." did not explain the
nature of the peril he so much feared,
and so far as I had seen, our two
travelling companions had not even
attempted to accost him. Still, the
| theory accounted for everything
which had seemed mysterious, and
made it plausible that a man should
risk the honesty of a stranger rather
than fall a victim to the revengeful
greed of those he knew too well.
! I had resolved to put forth all my
powers of diplomacy-my line Of ac-
ton to be more or less decided by III.
]. IS" method of beginning-when /
arrived in the Rue de Ia Tour, an ugly
street of which one of the least at
| tractive houses was No. 1T.
Not a light was to be seen, but q
ring at the bell had the effect OF caus-
ing a slight "click" that meant the
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES
By MRS. C. ~ WILLIAMSON
Author of "ady Mary of the Dark House."
fortunes Sport" ETC., Etc. Etc.
BY MRS. C.. N. WILLIAMSON
Ali Rights Reserved.

held the two sashes in place, discov-
cred that the cord which lifted the
lower one was broken. AS the win
dow was very large, each sash con-
tanning one huge pane of thick plate
glass, it could only be opened by the
exertion of considerable strength, and,
as my first cautious essay proved, also
with tell-tale squeaking noise that
was not to be avoided.
After one such rasping squeak I
stopped, my forehead growing damp
| atthe thought Of the effect it might
already have produced in the adjoin-
ing room. But after standing motion
less for two or three minutes, I was
convinced by the continuance Of the
| conversation beyond the locked door
that no harm had been done. I then
began a further tedious examination
of the walls, my only guide the knife
| blade of yellow light under the door
place of darkness. ~
| AS I expected, the time occupied in
the search was lost; and still the
voices in the next room talked on.
Therefore I had to resign myself to the
knowledge that, for Juliette's sake, ]
must be helpless. And yet it was for
her sake that I was impatient to he
Off. ),
My nerves prickled, and tho it was
a cool night grew as hot in this close
airless room as if I had been in q
Turkish bath. The sweat started out
on my face, and irritably I searched
for my handkerchief which I was &C.
customed to wear tucked into nv
sleeve. 1t was not there, and T fei,
in my coat pockets, finding it in a
moment in one where I must have
thrust 1t, in a fit Of observation-disclosures
AS I pulled it out, something crisp was
| crushed into the cambria folds nv my
fingers; small thing which to the
touch was not unlike creased bank.
note.
On this strange night of a strange
day. nothing in the least unexpected
was to be regarded as insignificant
With quick thought of this I4did not
let the crisp thing fall to the floor. but
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stitched and trimmed with pearl but
tons. To facilitate the laundering the
epaulet are finished at the front
edges and buttoned into place.
The waist consists of the fronts,
back, epaulets and sleeves. The back
is tucked to give the effect of a single
box plat at the center, and the fronts
to form wide box plaits that extend
from the shoulders, while at the center
is regulation box plat thru which
the closing is made. The epaulettes
can be finished separately at the front,
as in the case of the model, or stitched
to position as preferred. The sleeves
are the favorite ones Of the season
that form wide puffs below the elbows
and are finished with shaped fared
cuffs.
The quantity of material required for the me-
dunn size is yards q inches wide, 3h yards
81 inches wide or yards "a inches wide.
| The pattern 1851, is cut in sizes for So,
! "a, &c. 50 and 4O-inch bust measure.
In ordering pattern fill in this
co,InOn
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CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect number and size Of patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure You need only mark 80, "a
SO or whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, %, "a, 26, or whatever
it may be. When misses or child's
pattern, write only the figure repre-
senting the age. It is not necessary to
write inches or years"
Patterns of this garment will be sent
postpaid on receipt Of 10 cents. Be
sure and mention number of pattern.
Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT.
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
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Observation-Disclosures OVER STUDY

their brains MS, are s,a RESPONSIBLE for tho
handy shortcomings.
The professor who has made this
important sociological discovery Is DR..
r. E. Bolton of the University of Iowa.
He announces the results of his inves-
tigation in an article in the February
number Of the School Review, in
which the professor concludes that
Latin and Greek are very bad things
to have in the circula of colleges.
Better, says the professor, be able to
remember to buy a spool of thread at
the right time than to have all the
conjugations Of the irregular Latin
verbs on your tongues end.
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Wars of the lasts, 900 years are sup
posed to have cost 100000, 100000.
They say that each man who falls on
the battlefield costs $2,74O to kill, and
that the countries Of Europe to-day
are paying to maintain an armed
neutrality the small sum Of $50 per
second.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
Iowa University Professor Says Man
Who Has Too Much Greek For
gets to Mail Wife's Letters.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Feb. 12.-The reason why
husbands forget to mail their wives
letters. fail to buy spools of thread
and cannot remember the kind of a
dress some other mans wife wore at
dinner party has been discovered by
a university professor, who says that
mathematics, Latin, Greek, and other
foolish things with which boys and
young men are compelled to cram
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An experiment made some time ago
by a professor in one of our big uni
Vers1t1es, proves that 165 separate
tlnts are discernible to the normal
human eye in the spectrum.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
For Minneapolis and Vicinity: Warmer
night and Saturday.


AM Saturday
a 8
ing cas-
win 7
portions
to
Wisconsin and Alberta
falling this
II. Sector
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rYP-TO-THE-MINUTE
u FASHIONS
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of tho
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department are eminently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifing cost thru The. Journal The
models are all in good style. pretty and
original in effect and not 70 elaborate
for the ambitious amateur to repro
duCe.
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The love of the military said to be
inherent in feminine human nature is
making itself apparent in prevailing
styles and appears in the waists as
well as in the outer garments. The
very stylish model illustrated shows
the characteristic epaulettes and Is ap-
propriate to the whole range of waist
ing materials. The model, however,
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The pope was once designated as
the servant of the servants of God.
Most of our servants seem to be af-
fected with the idea that they are
pOpeS, too. 49,. G.. t.. IT, 49,.
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Louis Tracy, author Of "The Final
War;" has written a new story Of
thrilling interest entitled 1.-THE Winas
Of the Morning." Its publication as
daily. serial will begin In The
journal as soon as the present
story Is concluded.
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Only one marble statue of the hu-
man figure with eyelashes is. known
to exist. 1t is the sleeping Ariadne,
one OF the gems of the Vatican, and
was found in 1903,
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Platinum has been drawn into wire
so fine that eighteen strands of il
braided together could be drawn thru
the hollow of a human hair,