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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-22
CHAPTER XIX.

10 CAME down Broadway that
 J afternoon aboard big white
 omnibus that drifted slowly SysSJ in q tide of many vehicles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-22
Ire DE coNTIyum.1
THE CHILDREN OF AGE,

Good of Mature Marriages Pointed Out by Chicago Civil Engineer.
 Really, this is very confusing. Here is Dr. William OsIer. formerly of Johns Hopkins university. saying that man isn't good for much after he is forty, while c. L. Redfield. civil engineer of Chicago, has accurately figured out that man isn't fit to be a father until he is past forty.
 "Savages marry savages in mere youth, and other savages are born," explains MT. Redfeld in the Chicago Tribune, while David was the elev- enth son of his father, and David's son Solomon was born when the psalm fist was fifty-two years old. Moses was born 1s5 years after the birth of his great-grandfather, while the modern Moses, Abraham Lincoln, was the prod uct of grandmother and grandfather, each the baby of their respective fam flies, and of father and mother each the youngest child in their families. Benjamin Franklin's ancestors in the
 
 youngest children for five generations back, while the father of Audubon was ffty-one years old at his boys birth and himself was the twenty-first child in his own family.
 Looking for the reckless, adventur- ous, dissipated. aggressive types of men. have found extreme youth in their parentage almost without excep- tion, while the great thinkers and phi losophers., of the world have been born of parents who have reached mental maturity
 No man should be allowed to marry before he is twenty-five years old and no woman until she is twenty years at least. If no person in the United States were allowed to marry before the age of twenty-five years. two generations of such marriages would wipe out vir- tually all the poverty. crime and vi- ciousness of the country.
 "When parent. and especially fa- ther. has passed fifty years old he Is at the maximum of his knowledge and ex- perience. He Is inclined to morality, philosophy and greater tolerance of the world and it's vagaries. He has time for thinking and for self analysis. Shall one doubt for a moment that a man becoming a parent at such time in life reflects his acquired nature in the child?"
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next to alfalfa. The railroad company's action means that millions of acres of desert will be turned into pasture.

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 Plans are well under way for the building of another railway between Birmingham, Ala, and Atlanta, and for an air line from Birmingham to tide water at Brunswick, Ga, according to a special. dispatch received in New York from Baltimore. According to the Manufacturers' Record, application has been made in Georgia for a charter, for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad company, which Is to build the long projected extension of the At lantic and Birmingham railway from Montgomery, Ga., to Birmingham, with a connection from Atlanta to the ex- tension at Wedomee, Ala. Birmingham is the eastern terminus of the St. Louis and San Francisco road, which Is now part of the Rock Island system.
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Hum ming Birds on Easter Hats.

Running birds are to figure con spicuously in Easter millinery not as rivals, but as companions of the flow CTS that bloom in the spring, tra-la, says writer In the New York Press. Poised on invisible springs, they will float fower-like above the blossoms that nod over brims and crowns, seem- ing to swoop toward the delicate cups and bells with every movement of the wearer. Several of the new hats are to have hulnming birds fastened to the under brim, the delicate bills--the bills of the birds, not the bills for the hats slanting toward madam's left eyebrow.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-22
By IRVING BACHELLER

2 And you we both got to come and hear me sing tonight at the church, sing If had not thought you were to be here"
 We made ourselves at home. as we were most happy to do. and that after noon I went downtown to present to Mir. Greeley the letter that David Brewer had given me.
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(sSysSJ in tide of many vehicles. Those days there were T goOdly show of trees on either side of that thorough farc-clrns. with here and there will low. a sHnlaclI or n mountain ash. The walks were thrOngcd with handsome pcoplc-tlandics with high hats and Haunting necktics and swinging canes. t. beautiful women. each covering q broad circumference of the pavement. with cone of crinOIinc that swayed ovcr dainty feet. From Grace church down ii was much of ihe same thing we sec now. with more ragged sky line. Many of the great buildings. of white and rcd sandstone. had then ap- pearel. hut the street was largely in Ille possession of small shops oyster houses. bookstores and the like
 Not until ncared the sacred temple of the Tribune did feel a proper sense of my own IittlencSs. There was tho fountain Of all that wisdom which had been read aloud and heard with reycr eEce i'll our household since q tine I couII Iut dinly remember There sat the prophet wlIo had gwen us so much his genial views of life and govern rnent. his hopes. his fears. his mighty wrath at the prospering of cruelty and injustice
 T would ike to see Mir. Horace Greeley I said rather timidly at inc counter
 Walk right up those stairs and turn er ti,e left said clerk as he opened x1te for Ee.
 Asrer-sing. l met big man coming sIoxn hurTie1Iy and with heavy steps We stood d0Iging each Other . mo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-22
GAY DOINGS

after Easter there surely will he ev. eywhere. and fine dancing will bs chief of them aH For those who don't know how. it's the proper csper to fol- low the parade that now leads to Prof BaiIey-s Music Hall and beromA one of the many star grsduates of the famous school Special attention am terms now given in daily private tui- ton and classes School closes May l. HI0F. BAILEY, Citizen Bank BTd
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The Beauty Patch,

The beauty patch. that fascinating bit of black court plaster which sets off the whitencss of a fair skin, has come back to fashion.
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"Saved her life.' she repeated. There isn't doubt of it. We never sent word of it for fear it would give you all needless worry. It was a day of last winter-fell crossing Broadway. dangerous place. He pulled her aside just in time The horses feet were raised above her. She would have been crushed in a moment He lifted her in his arms and carried her to the sidewalk not a bit the worse for it.
 Seems as if it were fate" said Hope T had seen him so often and wondered who he was. I recall night when I had to come home alone from rehearsal was horribly afraid. remember passing him under a street lamp. If he had spoken to me then I should have dropped with fear. and he would have had to carry me home that time
 Its an odd thing a girl like yoI should ever have to walk home alone said Mir Fuller. Doesn't speak well for our friend Livingstone. or Burnham there. or Dobsrs
 Mrs Fuller doesn't give us half a cf,ance.- sail IivinSsto7e- "Ste guards her day and night It's ike the monks and the holy SraiL
 Hope is indepensicnt ef the young men said Mrs Fuller as re rose from the tAble---If l cannot % witb
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The Santa Fe system is making ar. engagements to plant the southwestern deserts along it's route with spineless cacti. which contain both food and wa ter for cattle, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. The Mojave desert will first re- ceive attention, then Arizona and New Mexico. Splneless cacti plants are now worth S10O each. but they are easily propagated. They were developed by Luther Burbank, the famous horticul- turist. The percentage of nutrition Ie
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building attracted probably the largest
crowds. Japan has fine display. and
China, India, the East Indies. Ceylon
and others are competing. The build.
Ing Is Of classical design, with 4O.OOO
feet Of hoor space.
The government has I'VE buildinrs.
grouped in peninsula extending into
Guilds Lake. These house the fisher.
les, territorial and irrigation, war.
navy, mint. and a dozen other exhib.
its.
The Transportation Building, "A biz
thing for the coast" has among ia
exhibits the nrst locomotive used IN
Oregon, an engine thirteen feet Ionc
and seven wide.
The Aanufactursrs' BUILDING. which
also houses the liberal aria and varie6
industries exhibits. has $1,000 soua =
feet Of space and holds the displaya az
hundreds Of the leading manufsctursr,
Of the country. 4 working stove fac.
tory. cloth factory. knife shop. Ana
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sjsA Aftef consratulating the happy
couple, who replied with true Anglo.
Saxon grace, We all promised to sign The
marriage contract.
"And we viii do honor to your sigma
tures," said Ephrinell, in the tone Of Z
tradesmnn accepting q bill.
The night came, and we retired, ia
dream Of the marriage festivities Of the
morrow. I took my usual stroll into the
car occupied by the Chinese soldiers. and
found the treasure Of the Son Of Heaven
faithfully guarded. Half the detach-
ment were awake and half were asleep.
About ! o'clock In the morning visit
ed Kinko. and handed him over my pur-
chase at Mia. He anticipated no further
obstacles; he would reach port safely,
after all
Il am getting quite fat In this box
he told me.
told him about the Ephrinell- Bluett
marriage. and how the union was to be
celebrated next morning with great
pomp.
"Ah" said he. with a sigh. 'sThey
are not obliged to wait until they reach
Pekin."
"Quite so. Kinko: but It seems to me
that marriage under such conditions ID
not likely to be lasting. But, after all
that is the couples lookout"
At 3 o'clock In the morning we stop
ped forty minutes at Tchertchen. almost
at the foot Of the rami6cations Of the
Kuen Lun. None Of US had seen this
miserable. desolate country, treeless and
verdureless, which the railway was now
crossing on its road to the northeast.
Day came; our train ran the four hun.
dred kilometers between Tchertchen and
Tcharkalyk while the sun caressed with
Its rays the immense plain glittering in
its saline efflorescence.
CTO be continued)
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RUG MADE OF HUMAN scAlPs.
Seventy seven Lives the Cost Of One
Possessed by Iowa Indian.

Seventy seven Lives the Cost OF One
Possessed by Iowa Indian.
A rug which took seventy-seve
lives in the making Is owned by an
Iowa Indian living in Stroud, o. T.,
says the Dallas News. 1t Is $50 years
old and consists of seventy seven
scalps torn from the heads Of as many
human beings. The rug. which il
barely Ave feet square, Is Of many
hues, for the scalps are red, gray.
black, white. brown and auburn.
They belonged to peaceful people, too,
and are said to have been taken by
special command of the Great Spirit
from the finest specimens of men, wo-
men and children belonging to the
white, red and negro races.
AS soon as the scalps were secured
they were sewn together and the rug
was from that time regarded as the
remedy for all trouble. When an In
dian was taken sick he was laid on
this rug and II he did not recover his
spirit was assured Of pleasant Jour-
ney to the happy hunting ground
This remarkable creation can be
seen only once year.
At the annual wild-onion feast,
which comes on April 1, the Iowa In
dams make the rug play an import
ant part. The onion is freely used,
the Indians saturating themselves
from head to foot with the Juice. This
was their successful way of driving
away the evil spirits.
A prayer rug belonging to the shah
of Persia is another valuable mat.
Though barely two feet square, its
design is most elaborate. 1t Is work
ed throughout in precious stones and
the effect Is dazzling. The ground Is
formed Of rose diamonds and in the
center Ia large bird. whose neck is
made OF amethysts and its body Of
rubiee. The vines. which form net
work. through which the bird may
be seen as through cage. are made
of emeralds. while the bands which
connect the stones are of seed pearl.
The floral emblem OF Persia Is worked
out in blue. yellow and pink stones,
this design being known as the Nina
Khani design.
1t Is difficult to determine even the
approximate value Of this small rug,
but 1t has been estimated that II it
were sold the proceeds placed at 5 per
cent interest would bring in an income
of at least $3.50. 900 per annum.
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great architectural symmetry, form
the principal scheme. These structures
are dedicated respectively to agricul-
ture, liberal and Industrial arts, for
eign exhibits, forestry, fine arts. mines
and metallurgy. territorial building
and machinery and electricity and
transportation. Around these main
buildings on the outer edge cluster the
State, Territorial and other and minor
pavillions. The Administration Build
Ing, which contains the executive Of.
fees Of the fair association. Is situat.
ed at one end Of the beautiful colon.
made entrance.
Elaborate displays in attractive
buildings held the attention of .Ae
thousands Of opening day visitors. The
European exhibits building, which is
separated from the agriculture palace
by the Sunken Gardens Of Columbia
Court. helps to make the plaza pleas.
ing to the eye. In the center Is a huge
tower, which contains a roof garden.
where visitors have luncheon while
gazing at the throng in the building,
hundreds of feet below.
The exhibits represent every country
in Europe and embrace art, science
and industry. The oriental exhibits
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fair that 1t exceeds all previous exhi-
billions Of like nature In comprehen-
siveness Of design and magnitude of
realization. Its promoters, however,
declare that It is the most complete
and artistic fair ever held on this or
any other continent. First Of all, It's
lcatiOn is most attractive. Occupying
as 1t does an area of 400 acres adjoin-
Ing the principal residence section Of
Portland, on gentle slopes and verdant
terraces overlooking Guilds Lake and
the Willamette River, with the snow
capped peaks of Mount Hood and
Mount st. Helens rising like gigantic
senttnels in the distance, the site in
cludes wealth Of natural features
hitherto unattained in exposition build
ing.
1t has been the universal criticism
Of visitors to former expositions that
the vastness and attempt to be ex-
haustive have made full apprecia-
ton impossible. This testimony has
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ed' but that did not discourage Mr..
Aiegler. The latter at once turned to
the renting Of another expedition and
that expedition, led by Anthony Fiala.
OF Brooklyn, is now in the Arctic.
Mr.. Ziegler was a native of Penn
syivania. where he was born in 184s.
Early In his career he was a printer.
out In 1870 engaged in the baking now.
der business and rapidly accumulated
millions. For many years he lived IN
New York and was a heavy dealer in
real estate.
MIR. Ziegler's death was due to 4
runaway accident in which he was in.
1ured. He had been an invalid aimee.
MS injuries having been internal ana
beyond the reach of successful medl.
cal treatment. He is survived bv Ia
wife and one son.
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A STORY OF TWO PAINTERS.
Did Van Dyok and Halls Really Paint
Each Others Portrait?

Each Others Portraitr
There is n story related by Hou-
braken. which may or may not be true,
that Van Dyck, passing through Haar-
lem. where Halls lived, sent mes
senger to seek him out and tell him
that a stranger wished to see him,
and on Halls putting in an appearance
asked him to paint his portrait. add
ing, however. that he had only two
hours to spare for the sitting Halls
finished the portrait in that time,
whereupon his sitter. observing that
it seemed an easy matter TO paint a
portrait. requested that he he allowed
to try to paint the artist. Halls soon
recognized that his visitor was well
skilled in the materials he was using.
Great. however. was his surprise
when he beheld the performance. He
immediately embraced the stranger, at
the same time crying: "You are Van
Dyck. No one but he could do what
You have just now DONE"
Assuming the story to be true, how
Interesting It would be IL the two
portraits existed. that one might see
what Frans Halls. accustomed to the
heavier type OF the Dutch burghers,
made of the delicately defined features
of Van Dyck. and how the latter. who
always gave an air of aristOcratic ele-
gance to his portraits. acquitted him
self with the bluff. jovial Hans. who
was ms much at home in a tavern as
in a studio. For no two men could
be more different. both In their points
Of view and In their methods, though
they were alike in this one particular
that each was q most facile and
skillful painter.-St. Nicholas.
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of detail which would enable the aver

of detail which would enable the aver
age person to see, study and compre
bend everything within the time ana
means that he has at his disposal. To
this end there are no monstrosities OF
architecture to weary the eye and per-
pick the understanding, no scores OF
miles of aisles to sap the physical
strength from aching limbs, no torrid
days and nights to benumb vitality,
no dependence upon atmospheric CO.
operation to secure an adequate return
for all effort expended in seeing the
fair. The shrewd and competent man.
ayers and the generous Oregon ell
mate have provided for all Of that.
The main entrance to the exposition
grounds is an ornate, circular colon
made Of double row of Ionic columns
surmOunted by graceful peristyle
with highly ornamental balustrades.
On the facade are inscribed the pro-
phetic words, Of which the exposition
celebrates the fulflllment:
Westward the course of empire takes
its way"
OF the gross area devoted to the
exposition proper $50 acres are on the
mainland, and sixty acres from pen
insula which extends into Guilds
Lake. This lake Is fresh water body
22O acres in extent. separated from
the Willamette River by narrow
strip Of land. The main exposition
buildings occupy the ground bordering
on the lake. Eight large exhibit pal
aces, marvels Of convenience and Of
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CHAPTER XIX.


"Millions--there are millions In that
pretended mortuary van"'
In spite Of myself. this imprudent
phrase had escaped me In such a way
that the secret of the imperial treasure
was instantly known to all. to the rail
way men as well as to the passengers.
And 80, for the greater security. the
Persian government. in agreement with
the Chinese government. has allowed il
to be believed that we were carrying
the corpse of Il mandarin. when we were
really taking to Pekin "A treasure worth
fifteen millions of francs.
Now the secret is dvulged. and we
know that this treasure. composed of
gold and precious stones. formerly de-
posted in the hands of the Shah of Per-
ala, Is being sent to its legitimate owner.
the Son of Heaven.
That is why my lord Faruskiar. who
was aware of it in consequence of his
position as general manager of the com
pany. had Joined the train Mt D0uchak
50 as to accompany the treasure to it's
destination. That is why he and Ghangir
and the three other Mongols so
carefully watched this precious van, and
why they had shown themselves so anx-
IOuH Wutu IL Bhu Uttu ltll teHlfl1 NV the
breakage of the coupling. and why they
were 80 eager for its recovery
That Is also why a detachment of Chi.
nese soldiers has taken over the van at
Kachgar, In relief of the 'ersians. That
ia why Pan Chao never heard of Yen
Lou nor of any exalted parsonage of tina I
name existing IN the Celestial Empire,
We started to time. and. IA may be
supposed. our travelling compa nions
could talk of nothing else but the mill
ions which were enough to enrich every
one In the train.
This pretended mortuary van has al
ways been suspicious to me-" said Major
Noltitz. And that was why l cues.
toned Pan Chao regarding the dead
me ndarin."
II remember" | said: "aud | could
not quite understand the motive of your
question. 1t Is certain now that we have
got 4 treasure In tow"
And l add" said tho ma jor, that the
Chinese government has done wisely In
sending an escort of twenty well armed
men. From Kothan to Ian Tchsou the
trains viii have two thousand kilometers
to traverse through the desert, and the
safety Of the line IL not a. great a. II
might be across the Cobb"
"AIl the more %, major, a. the re-
doubtabls KiTsang has been reported
In the northern provinces"
Quite 20. and 4 haul Of dftssn mill
Ions u worth having BY q bandit chief. I"
But how could the chief be informed
OF the treasure being ssntr'
1hse sort Of people always know
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TWO structures connected with a colon.
hade. on which is inscribed "West-
ward the Course Of Empire Takes it,
way An entrance Is at this colon
made. The Agriculture Building, the
largest on the grounds, is 46Ox21O feet.
Inc wonderful fruit Of the coast States
IS there In abundance. amazing east
ern visitors.
Inc Forestry Building. the most
original OF all. is 2O9x1O5 feet, made
entirely of huge logs. I'VE and six feet
In diameter. Two miles of them vere
required with eight miles of poles. It
Is star feature" of the show.
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reached ST. Louis, ]. A. WAKEFIELD.
on Sept. %. 1906. they had covered a
distance Of 5000 miles. most of it
through veritable wilderness; but
they had taken possession of the only
part Of America which this nation has
ever acquired by right Of discovery.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition in
Portland celebrates what has been
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the other day. All
his life he took a
deep interest in
north polar explo-
ration and four
Y ears ago he
financed an expe-
dition which was
conducted to the
far north, in
search Of the pole,
by Evelyn B. Bald
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mouth Of the Lewis River, the follow
ing notice:
THE object of this notice Is that 1t
may be known to the world that the
party who were sent out by the gov
eminent Of the United States to ex-
pl0re the interior Of the continent Of
North America, did penetrate the same
by way of the Missouri and Columbia
Rivers to the discharge Of the latter
into the Pacific Ocean,"
Captain Lewis and Lieutenant
Clark. says Four-Track News, organ
tied their expedition into the unknown
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done In developing the resources Of
the far Northwest since we announced
to the rest Of the world that it was
ours by the notice on the wall of Fort
Clatsop.
1t Is not claimed for the Portland
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william CLARK,
who. commission.
ed BY President
Jefferson, explor-
ed the great Ore
gon country.
At the end Of
their exploration
there " as fas-
tened at the log
walls Of old Fort
Clat sOp. at the