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Secret Mail System
of Macedonia

z N MACEDONIA the secret revo-
lutionary committees have a mail
l. system doubly as rapid as that
Of the Turkish government. A
British correspondent who was re-
Gently in Sores, Macedonia, gained the
confidence Of the insurgents by the
favorable attitude toward their cause
which he displayed in his dispatches.
One day he complained to native
friend Of the slowness Of the Turkish
mails.
Next time you have a letter to
mall" said the Macedonian, give it
to me and it shall not only escape the
censor, but reach its destination fully
a day sooner"
The Englishman did so. Next day
he mailed two letters at once, one
by the Macedonian, another by the
government post. AS he afterwards
learned, the letter which passed
through the hands Of the insurgents
reached London two days before the
other.
This insurgent mail is conducted by
a system Of couriers, the messages
passing from the local insurgent com
mittee Of one town to that of the
next, and letter directed to foreign
parts passes over into Bulgaria before
a regularly mailed letter is half way
to Constantinople.
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When the boy awoke late that af-
ternoon he was in strange little
room with sides and ceiling and floor
Of white iron; for the ship was a war
ship.
He was led before great bearded
man, who smiled when the boy told
Of the Princess with the violet eyes
in the shining fower-boat 1t was
srhile that made the boy smile back.
Your Princess is safe" said the
bearded man. "Her fathers launch
came for her and they have taken
her back to the yacht"
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outrun me; for it was what men call
steam yacht, and it had fre-breath-
ing lungs that drove it faster even
than you can blow.
On this day there was to be a feast
on her and the little boat had been
used to carry flowers to deck the ship.
While it lay alongside full of bios
SONS, little girl had climbed into it;
and when no one was looking |
tugged at it-gently, gently, till the
little boat slid softly away from the
big one and | hurried it on.
When the little girl found herself
adrift on the swift, tossing river, she
cried. But / led the boat into waters
where the waves were just big enough
to rock il gently, and she sobbed her
self to sleep.
l carried It fast till reached the
pier where the little boy sat. Then
| bumped the crafts bow softly
against the pier and dragged it, scrap
ing, till it was under his feet.
And | had whispered story to him
OF a Princess to come floating in
her flower boat on the way to her
castle III the deep green sea. And
when he looked down, his heart gave
a great leap. Before he was out of
his dream, he had slipped down the
side Of the pier and into the boat.
Quickly | gripped it now and car
ried it far out into the broad river
And we hurried ia. t, for knew that
soon there would be pursuit; but Sis
ter Dusk fitted in from the sea to
help me, and though there were many
believing ships on the river, none
saw us.
The boy tried to lift the oars, but
he was such a little fellow that he
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Cut out the circle with ship frozen
in the ice, mount it on cardboard and
pin it on the circle Of the number
dial, after having cut out the small
square.
This circle is to Be used as tee
totum, and when it is spun, the num-
bers can be seen through the square
opening.
Each side takes submarine boat
and the players, taking turns, spin
the teetotum.
Now, whatever number shows
through the gap i'll the teetotum, it
will not count unless the PLAYER,
counting from the first square Of the
trail on his side, and adding the next
following numbers consecutively
without skipping, can get a. number
equal to the one shown by the tee
totum.
If he can 50 get number, he
moves his boat to it.
1t he cannot do this, the other side
takes a turn
The submarine trails cross at sew
eral points.
These are the danger places, and
it Is there that the boats with Petro-
lovitch and Wunyen in them met and
fought If one submarine boat
catches another at any Of these
crossings, the one that is caught has
to run all the way back to the surface,
and begin all over again.
The winner Of the submarine fight
is the boat that completes a trail and
comes up on the other side first.
But before the game is won entire
y, the face Of old Neptune must Be
found by the players. 1t is concealed
in the denths
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could not WELD even one Of them.
Then he sat still, staring at the girl
among the flowers. She stirred and
opened her eyes. They were violet.
She began to cry again when she
saw the strange boy But he told her
brave things and soon she sat still,
and at last she was even laughing
Yet his heart was heavy, for the night
had come down and the waves we're
rising high and was hurrying fast.
Now the fog came stealing in,
white and secret The boy crept to
the side Of the girl and wrapped his
coat around her. He sat on the side
where you were blowing, brother
Wind that your cold breath should
not strike her So they drove through
the fog and the dark, she nesting
cozily and he shaking with the chill Of
the night
But | would not let him be, be-
cause they who are mine must be
brave and strong, and as | carried
them along | reioiced; for, cold and
shivering as he was, with hands and
feet numb and stiff, he still would not
take even a corner of the covering
that he had wrapped around the little
girl.
So we swept together to the sea till
the dawn awoke and the fog fled. The
sun fell on a great ship that was heav-
ing slowly up, slowly down, slowly
sideways, curtseying to me. The boy
stood up cautiously and cried out.
And | carried the boat against the big
ship.
In another moment there were quick
commands and the trampling of many
feet. And men climbed down and
lifted both children in.
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AZ
B distant future there were two
~ nations which consisted, as
most nations do to-day, Of
simple and well-meaning persons who
wished nothing except to mind their
own businesses.
Unhappily for their peace Of minds,
however, both Of these nations,
among other curious and rare but I'm
comfortable heirlooms, had inherited
royal families; and these royal fam
lilies, like those Of to-day had less
to do than was good for them, SO
they naturally looked for things to
do that were bad for them.
One day when the King Of one ma
ton was yawning and grumbling be-
cause there was no excitement in the
world, it happened that at the very
same moment the King Of the other
nation was growing and scolding be-
cause things were dull
The reason things were so particu-
larly dull just then in both nations
was that everybody except the Kings
| and their courtiers had so much work
to do that there was little time, if any,
to get into trouble.
Dear me- said the King who
yawned and whose name was Wun-
yen; dear me, | want to know what
can do to pass away the time"
Goodness" said the King who
growled, and whose name was Petro-
lovitch. 'I'll kick one Of my courtiers
if something doesn't happen"
The cOurtier who was the favorite
kick-receiver instinctively rubbed
himself and cried out in alarm
Great Petrolovitch, why not seize
some land half way around the other
side Of the world to make your ma
ton bigger?'
"What use would that bc?" asked
Petrolovitch, yawning again and max
ing furtive and unsuccessful kick at
the ninble courtier.
1T wouldn't be Of much use, oh,
Sire" confessed the favorite kick-re-
ceiver. "But it might make some
thing happen"
Il think that it is very, very stupid
suggestion" said Petrolovitch, aim
ing a somewhat more unsuccessful
kick at his favorite. "But l will do
| it, just for fun"
Noble Wunyen," said one of his
courtiers at about this time, "the
greedy Petrolovitch is going to build
cities"
Us it going to be near us?" inquired
| Wunyen, yawning
Every near, indeed, Your Sunny
Majesty" responded the courter
!, Within two thousand miles"
| "How can that annoy us?" asked
, Wunyen, yawr1ing again.
: well" said the courtier, "yor
would better call in the wise men 81
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
TY HE tide told this to the winds
when they met off Tristan
u. d'Acunha, the sea-rock, where
only the frigate birds could
hear


Far away, flowing through a tall
city, there is a river that | drive to
and fro, to and fro, evermore. To-
gether we race between long lines
Of fierce buildings that look down
black and sad on the dawns, black and
sad in the long moons and black and
sad in the dusks.
There | have herded an army
greater than any ever gathered by an
Alexander or a Hannibal From all
the worlds far places l have borne
them thither. From every spot where
YOU have ever blown | have lured
them
Sometimes | carry a few Of them
back again-but not often; for the tall
city holds fast TO all that comes to it,
And though they may go to my side
and stare sadly at me as | hurry to
the sea, they must return to the black
buildings in the end.
Once upon a time, so long ago that
I have seen fleets Of new ships grow
old on my breast, and fleets OF old
ships vanish away in my grasp, a child
sat on one Of the big piers that reach
into the waters, and looked at me-
LNCl y 0dg liz Was LllCIC WHICH CdlllG
sweeping in fresh and glad from the
salt sea; and every day he was there
when | went rolling back, weary and
dim from the toll Of the smoky land
He did not know it, but he was one
Of my own; one Of the sea race whose
men are born to go with me. And
80, every day when | went by, sent
him a message.
It made him dream-of green waves
and dipping gulls, Of tossing lights on
black waters and far sails. The tall,
fierce tenements that fronted the river
became turreted Viking castles in his
vision. The sunset lights that famed
in their ten thousand windows be-
came cressets faring over a stored
sea.
He forgot the dingy, sunless room
in which he dwelled. He forgot the
foul hopeless streets. That is what
|, the tide, do for my own.
And one day | carried Princess to
him
When I saw her first, she was sit
ting in a beautiful, shining, little boat
that was tied to the side of a sleek,
slender, glorious ship. 1t was new
and had been afoat on my river only
a week; but each day in that week
had raced with if and each day it had
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come to him in the flower boat. Only
he knew now, of course, that she was
no Sea Princess. But the bearded
man who had sent him to school lay
at rest deep on the ocean floor, where
| had bedded him one night; and 20
there was none to tell the boy her
name or who she was.
Yet he never forgot the violet eyes.
kvermOre i'll her thoughts she re-
manned the Princess. And year by
year, thenceforth, in calm and in gale,
il work and in play, his heart was
innocent and simple with the memory
Of the little child in it.
And then great war began; and
one day, by a strange shore Of yellow
sands and green palms, I lifted and
rocked sleek, slender ship. She was
old and worn now and not SO beauti-
tul as she had been when | stole the
fower-boat from her side But She
was still staunch and swift and men
had made warship out Of her.
On her deck, in command, stood
the boy. They had made him cap
tain. And listen, oh brother Wind!
He did not dream that his ship was
the one from which the Princess had
come to him on that far day.
So the slender ship passed on. And
that day, amid yellow fame, she went
down into my ocean caves. And
put my cool arms around her captain
and took him down, oh, gently, gent
", softly, softly. And there he lies
now in my caverns of pearl.
That is but sad story, oh sister
Tide, Sighed the wind
mo, no" said the Tide. 1T i a
beautiful and glad story. For it is
story Of true heart that kept the
dream Of its youth pure forever"
JULIUS MULLER.
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on and builds cities a hundred times
as fast as he is building them now
and makes them a hundred times big
ger and if his merchants move III
twenty-five hundred times as fast as
they are moving in now, then you will
you will have neighbors in two hun
dred years"
Good heavensr' said Wunyen.
What stuff and nonsense!'
Thereupon all the courtiers in
Petrolovitchs country ran to him and
cried, "Oh, great high-born one!
Wunyen has called you Stuff and
Nonsensep
Petrolovitch thoughtfu1ly kicked
the nearest courtier and remarked in
a tired manner:
II don't believe it,"
He has called you a liar!" cried
Wunyen's courtiers at the news.
Of course both Wunyen and Petro-
lovitch knew better than this. But
it was against the mode Of the dav
for two Kings to write letters to each
other. So they hired the biggest liars
in the court to conduct the CORE
spondence.
This happy method Immediately led
to a mutual declaration of war.
The people of the two nations, Of
course, being the parties most con
cerned, did not know anything about
it until it became necessary for the
Kings to raise money and men for
armies Then they were notified that
they were expected to be deeply
grateful at their earliest convenience.
and that the taxes would be raised by
breakfast time.
Now. if this had been once upon a
time long ago, the people would have
thrown their hats Tip in the air and
paid their last cents for taxes and
gone out to war and died weeping
with JOY to think that they died for
their King
But this was once upon a time in
the far and distant future, and the
people had become somewhat bored
by the hereditary Kings. SO the sub
iects Of Petrolovitch said to the sub
jects Of Wunyen:
whats the use?"
That's just the way we look at it, /"
said the subjects Of Wunyen.
why not" said small boy. ''let
them and their courtiers fight this war
alone? Thus we should not rob them
Of any Of the glory"
well, said one Of Petrolovitch's
peasants, "all I've got to say is that
they can't fight on my farm | don't
propose to have the crops ruined"
Whatever you do" said the sailors
Of Wunyen, don't send them out on
the clean, bright sea with their
smoky, smelly warships. We won't
have it'll"
I'll tell you what let's dc" suggest
ed an intelligent lunatic, who had a
day off from the asylum. Lock them
UP i'll two submarine boats and let
them settle it down under the sea,
where they can't bother any Of u.s."
The intelligent lunatic was imme-
diately made King Of both nations,
and nobody ever noticed a difference.
The two Kings and their courtiers
were tremendously and respectfully
locked TIP in two submarines and sent
down to the bottom Of the sea, where
they fought it out
And that's all
Obi You want to know what hap
pencil
Well. just divide yourselves into
two parties Of players and choose sides.
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ali the legal formalities, they return
ed, bowed thrice and said
ooh, Wunyen, the danger is ex-
ceeding great. If Petrolovitch keeps
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where you, oh brother Wind, blow
evermore from Table Mountain, | saw
white ship with black cannon peer
ing from its sides | fastened to-
ward it to toss it; but | ceased, for on
the deck stood my boy, tall and hand
some now. clad in an ensign's uni
form.
All that day and all that night I
ran alongside Of the ship, whispering
to him. And | heard his story, al
though he did not tell it to me. And
oh, good brother Wind, he was still
thinking Of the Princess who had
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your court who have studied the art
Of discovering things that are very
hard to find"
The wise men at once asked for an
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appropriation. Then they made
journey to quiet island where they
ate and drank until the appropriation
was exhausted Having thus fulfilled
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Wunyen and Pc.
troioUitch Fought the
Submarine U0r

ICE upon a time in the far and
distant future there were two
nations which consisted, as
most nations do to-day, Of
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7 N MACEDONIA the secret revo-
lutionary committees have mail
/ system doubly as rapid as that
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
Short Suggestions.

A bed which creaks with every
movement of the sleeper may be si-
fenced by removing the Stats and wrap
ping their ends in newspaper before
replacing them.
Seven pounds Of fruit, three and one
half Of sugar and pint Of vinegar is
the standard proportion for all manner
of sweet pickling. The splicing may be
varied to suit the taste.
Strong alum water is eff1cacious as
vermin destroyer. Closets, wooden bed.
steads and loose wainscoting in old
houses which prove troublesome should
be brushed with this solution.
When floor is washed 1t should be
allowed to get perfectly dry before the
carpet Is put down again. Carelessness
In this matter has much to do with the
prevalence Of moths In some houses.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
Animal characteristics.

"Most animals are afraid of fire, and
will fly from 1t in terror" says a men,
Der Of the fire department. ITO others
there Is a fascination about a flame,
and they will walk into it, even though
tortured by the heat. Some Of the men
were talking the other day about the
conduct Of animals during a fire. A
horse in burning stable, they agreed,
was wild with fear, but a dog was as
cool in fire as at any other time. A
dog keeps his nose down to the floor,
where the air is purest, and sets him
self calmly to finding his way out. Cats
In fires howl piteously. They hide
their faces from the light and crouch
In corners. When their rescuer Lifts
them they are, as a rule, quite docile
and subdued, never biting or scratch
Ing. Birds seem to be hypnotized by
fire and keep perfectly still; even the
loquacious parrot in fire has nothing
to say. Cows, like dogs, do not show
alarm. They are easy to lead forth,
and often find their way out them
slves. Rodents seem never to have
any difficulty in escaping from fires"
Washington Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
Tomato lam.

Take tomatoes which are not quite
ripe (the green ones are best. wipe
with a cloth and take OF the stems:
put into q preserving kettle, allowing
half pound Of white sugar for every
pound Of fruit; slice one lemon for each
two pounds Of fruit and add; boil until
thoroughly done and the syrup is thick
do not put much water at nrst. as It
can easily be added II necessary. This
h a most excellent preserve and tastes
4 little like nga
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
SOME COSTLY SAWS.
Those Used In Pennsylvania Slate
Quarries Have Diam onds In Them.

Those Used In Pennsylvania Slate
Quarries Have Diam onds In Them.
Probably the most expensive saws in
use anywhere in the world are those
in the factories of Pennsylvania,
where various articles are manufac-
tured of slate. In one of these fac
tories there are 300 horizontal saws,
twelve feet In length, each Of which is
furnished with seventy-1ve cutting
diamonds, each saw being worth
5000. The slate land which furnishes
the material for these costly saws to
work upon was once 80 little valued
that the tract upon which the famous
Chapman quarry in Pennsylvania Is
situated was sold for a pint of whis-
ky. Its subsequent owners have
taken millions of dollars from the
land.
The most valuable slate deposits in
the world are found in the central and
eastern parts Of Pennsylvania. In the
neighborhood Of the Pennsylvania
quarries there are houses whose walls
are entirely of slate. The blocks of
which they are made are smoothly
sawed, and are certainly most substan-
tial. When slate Is blasted in the
quarries the rough slabs are taken to
the shanties Of the "splitters." The
stone forms naturally the layers. and
the splitter" following the grain or
ribbon" with his large chisel, separ-
ates the blocks into strips. Then these
strips are passed through a trimming
machine, where by the blows of q
heavy knife they are cut into rectangu-
lar shingles" Then they are piled
up into squares" ready to be used for
roofing purposes.
When slate is cut up for use in other
ways the procedure differs. The huge
horizontal saw, with it's scores Of dia-
monds, in the factory, is called into
play; it is lowered upon one of the
blocks Of slate by a ratchet at the rate
Of quarter of an inch a minute. The
saw would cut through iron or steel at
the same rate. The workmen play a
stream Of water upon the slate to keep
It cool, and wash the dust from the
cut. After the saving the block is
planed by being moved back and forth
by machinery under firmly fixed
chisel. 1t is afterward polished, much
as marble and granite are. The value
of the slate quarries runs into the mill
ions.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
By Robert Buchanan.
eco

where it met the death rattle: there was
a struggle, a last CONFUSION. and he fell
back like lump Of lead.
l think l toe must have lost my senses
for time. The next thing remember
was standing in the open air, and stag
gering like q drunken man, with kindly
arms supporting me on either side. An
excited crowd of women and men xur-
rounded me: and close by. the dead body
of my uncle lay in the sunlight, With
Annie and my aunt bending over It and
bitterly weeping.
L sank down upon 4 rock, and hid my
face. When looked up again, l saw
George Redruth and his mother standing
near me. and with them Madeline.
"Trelawney." the young master said,
this is sad affair. Well, 1 owe you
my life"
NO, sir" I replied. "You owe your
life to the poor martyr lying yonder, and
you know best what cause he had to
love you!"
With an impatient exclamation, he
turned away.
Come, mother! Come, Madeline! You
See now pulS Iell0W mates me. L would
gladly own my debt to him, but it is use
less. Perhaps, when he is cooler, he will
permit me to be of service to him. If
nOt-why. l cannot help it! Gomez
Mother and son walked slowly away,
but Madeline did not stir. She remained
where she had been, with her gentle eyes
fixed on me. George Redruth turned and
saw her.
Come, Madeline" he cried; 1--WE are
not wanted here"
Il think L am wanted" she replied.
Mr.. Trelawney, shall 1 go?"
And as she spoke she held out both
her bands to me with a loving gesture. l
looked at her in wonder. Then suddenly
the whole meaning of her attitude dawn
ed upon me, and taking her hands with
joyful cry, drew her to my bosom.
Pale and trembling, George Redruth
returned and confronted us.
Madeline, what does this mean?"
1T means that 1 have found my love
where you found your life, in the arms
of this. brave man"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07

with all my heart I think, II I had
wished it, he would have takea ms with
him as his wife"
"YOu did not wish ftT
Che shook her head sadly.
Within another year q fresh COMPANY
was formed for the mine, with Hugh
Trelawney, Esq, as protector and chief
owner; large sums were expended In the
improvements which, II carried out
would long before have saved the con
eern: the sea was gently persuaded to
yield up possession; and before long the
old mine was nourishing prosperously. q
source Of prosperity to all concerned in
it, and Of blessing to the whole Dopula-
ton.
Another fact rem aims to 30 chronicied.
We bought Redrurh House. and 1t be
came our home. There my aunt and
Annie joined US, dwelling happily with
US, till, In due season, my aunt died. An
ME lived on, and still nres, 4 psnaive.
gracious woman. full Of enc overshadow.
ing memory. and devoted to cur chill
drsn. Tho last time she heard Of George
Redruth. he was q welltsd merchant.
living in the West. a.
Thus. through the goodnoas Of God. I
remained in the old home, able to help
those who in time Of need had helped
Inc. st. Gurlott's Is now 4 happy, thriv-
Ing place; my dear wife Is idolized by
the simple people; and l, in the fullness
of my fortunate days, am the master of
the mine..
CThe end.)