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Then ,ney sailed away again, and before many
months Roger and Peter Hughes returned home,
wiser and more humble, for Captain Barrltt had
fined them all their wages for decelvlng nm gun
they had enjoyed seeing many foreign lands, and
the hest of it that now Roger could d1scuss
things with Uncle Abercrombie with almost as much
of actual knowledge as he had.
So to Atlantic City he promptly fastened, eager
to relate his adventures, and when at last all was
told and Uncle Abercrombie asked: "Why did you
run away so secretly2" Roger replied:
Because / thought that you had once been
pirate, and I'm not sure yet"
Then he showed his uncle the mysterious paper,
and told all of his suspicious and doubts
Uncle Abercrombie roared and almost choked,
but last he pulled out his old note book and TAX
ing out piece of paper that exactly matched the
one found by Roger, and which showed at once that
it was the missing half, he said, when he had re-
covered his breath:
'Now I'll show you the danger of going of half
cock my lad, This paper IS part of the one you
found and now we will place them togethersso that
we can read what is written them. 1t is little
memorandum made by me an old scrap Of paper
that picked up on the hoor-made 10 remind ms
where planted certain things"
He laid the two pieces of paper together. the
torn, ragged edges exactly fitting and with scarlet
cheeks Roger read this:
"In the east end of the garden
/ planted 10 bags of onions
and of gold en- rod seeds,
saved from the wreck of my greenhouse
in South Morris Ave. Atlantic City
As it usually happens that the wind Is
NV by N.N.W half W. in this place,
they will be safer thus sheltered.
/ will dig them up in the fall and
make good use of them then when
they viii pay me better prices
The lot certainly should then be
worth about 81 90 per bushel."
Roger read this four times, and then cried:
"Ohl Uncle Abercrombe, but / fool!
ought to be kicked half way round the block! But
III certainly never be such an idiot again.
surel"
Il don't think you ever will, will say
more about it," replied his good old uncle, with
laugh.
SO now Roger is working with his uncle, and has
completely given up all intention of becoming a
great detective like Sherlock Holmes; but even now
he sometimes tells the story of the Grea: Jam Rob
berry, and some day l viii tell the story to you.
also WALT McDOUGALL
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your Welsh rabbit and III do the rest"
So, with the assistance of some OF the crew, for
Captain Barritt would have nothing to do with the
scheme, preparations begun for what was to
be the most mammoth and colossal Welsh rabbit
ever cooked and in few days it was ready. Roger
had never made one, of course, but he well remem-
bered Uncle Moses recipe given long ago, and ne
conducted everything exactly as the old man had
directed.
Hundreds of chafng dishes from tie ships cargo
were sending forth fragrance that made the ma
tives dance with frantic eagerness, and when the
smoking hot food was laid before them, all, from
the King to the meanest native, fell to with zess
that was delightful to
Before morning all the fierce, blood thirsty tribe,
except six feeble old men, eleven women, nine boys
and thirty-two babies lay dead or dying under the
waving palms. for Roger had made Welsh rabbit
that was fatal to savages Perhaps he put some
thing in it that didn't belong there. do not know
of what he made it, but it laid the natives out Like
poison
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The boy was convinced that his uncle could re-
late tar more exciting stories--taes of murdered
passengers, of hidden treasures chests of gold and
diamonds buried lonely beaches in the far
Pacific isles, where for years scarce ship ever
showed the faint horizon. of marooncd sailors
ard scuttled vessels and raraged cities He ives
constantly the watch to catch his innocent old
uncle tripping, and more than once he seemed OF,
the very edge Of important discovery Of
bloody secret.
But his uncle never revealed one tragedy or ona
awful secret, apd in time Roger became sure ths.
he was far too foxy to be caught; yet just then
came find that made it possible to convict his
Uncle Abercrombie of something deep and crafty,
if not really piratical.
One day slip of paper, yellowed by age and
soiled by frequent handling, it seemed, with rag.
ged edge that showed that it was but part of
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seWell. what is the real thing, then Z" dcmanG,t:
the King. :! confess that never really cared tor
white meat; it's too saltl What's this new dainty"
"Welsh rabbit" said Roger, with Importance.
"It's the latest best and all to the mustard!
sPermit me to suggest that your Majesty. instead
of irving the old, wornout missionary banquet,
allow me to get up gigantic Welsh rabbit gorge,
for we have hundred tons of cheese on board the
ship, besides all of the other ingredients. | want
to report to the Guild that made hit with your
gracious Majesty by putting you onto something
rich and snappy."
..Fll do it!' cried the King. 'Fll cut out the DID,
greasy missionaries and change my diet. They are
too rich for this climate, anyhow. broke out in
rash after eating the last one, two years ago, and
the doctor said l came near having an attack of
appendicitis Must have swallowed collsr-button
or something like that. You go tight ahead with
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sheet that had been covered with writing in his
uncle's hand, came futtering along the greenhouse
floor and was picked up by the boy. As soon he
read it his eyes bulged with astonislment, for it
was exactly like the things he read about The sheet
had been torn in half from top to bottom, yet ther
was enough to show that it was immensely nlyster.
Gus, and limited very strongly at piracy at least
buried treasure. This was what he read:
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''In the east end
] planted 10 bags
and 3 of gold
saved from the wreck
in South Morris
As it usually happens
NV. by N.N.W. half
they will be safer thus
! will dig them up
make good use of them
they will pay me
The lot certainly
worth about ST
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THE. STORY OF HOW A WELSH RABBIT
SAVED THE LIVES OF MISSIONARIES

A Voyage After Supposed Treas
ure Hidden by a Supposed
Pirate. an Encounter With Can
nibalS and a Wonderful Rescue
Through d Bright Boys Scheme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Overhead In Work.

Taste differs In vacations as In Voca-
tons And there Is some queer taste III
each Some persons like vocations In winch
there is no work, and others like VACATIONS
that are nothing but work The Ideal or
the theoretical vacation should be a respite
from labor. At least man In taking
vacation should SHIFT his energy from the
pursuit of dollars to the pursuit of hobby,
A vacation may be spent in repose. as IN
Al hammock or In action as on the golf
links. Anyhow. a man ought to get away
from shop The reason a change OF
scene Is thought to be good Is that 1t i'm
plies a change of thought. Yet the follow
ing news item tells of man who goes on
an outing and takes his shop along with
him:
Maj. William r. Wetnore, a millionaire
resident OF Allenhurst. n. j.. and the Old
est member of the New York Yacht Club,
has contrived a scheme whereby he can
keep in direct communication with his
brokers in Wall street while he tours the
New Jersey roads In his automobile. A
wireless telegraph instrument of his own
construction has been placed In the ton
neau OF the car and a similar instrument is
In the railroad station at Allenburst There
the station master, Fred Corner. receives
MESA ges by wire from New York and
transmits them by wireless to Major Wet
more It makes no difference where the
major is he can keep track of the rise
and fall of stocks In which he Is inter-
ested"
A man may be SO ambitious, or acquisi-
tive. or saturated with thoughts of bust
ness. that vacation is bore. There, for
example. is Russell Sage. Men of this
kind ought not to take vacation. 1t does
them good.
In some men the evident indisposition to
renounce work for the moment Is inspired
not by industry, but by affectation. They
think it is becoming to their complexion
as it were-to be eternally and fretfully on
the jump. They like to make a theatric
display of their industry.
Again, there are men who cannot think
anything but business or talk anything but
business. because they do not know any
thing else. These men may live In a fash
ionable house. ride in a carriage and write
checks, but they miserably poor for all
that. A man who knows nothing but dol
lars, percentage, interest and discount is
the poorest pauper on earth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
This Years State campaipns.

As The Star suggested the other day. the
Massachusetts opponents of Senator Lodge
were premature in their amusement at his
expense. They undertook to quiz him h.
cause of his appeal to the people on national
issues in this years fight Why. they asked
him, introduce Mr. Roosevelt and his record
into the campaign at all? Who was chal-
longing the fact that the President was
filling his office with great credit to himself
and satisfaction TO the country?
The Star pointed out that this same appeal
would be made by republicans in other state
races; that as Mr. Roosevelt was The
pafty's biggest trump the party leaders
would of course play him. Mr.. Fairbanks
and Mr. Foraker played him In Ohio on Sat
urday in their opening speeches in the cam
palgn there, and elsewhere We shall see the
same thing done. The republicans every
whore will insist that the party's fortunes
national as well as state. are In the bal
ance, and that republicans must see to 1t in
November that democrats get no encour-
agement, or as~iittle as possible, In their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25

respect her observations, she condemns her
lifetime practice of smoking as injurious to
the constitution. She says:
Il learned to smoke In Ireland. where I
was born In 1900. In the county of Tip
perary. Eighteen years later my parents
took passage on a sailing vessel bound for
Canada. After voyage of forty days we
arrived at Quebec, later settling in Herm-
ingtoH.
Il have never guilt smoking, and suppose
1t will kill me in a few more years. 1t Is
the only bad habit have. and I advise
young men to abstain from it,
She has been smoking for about century.
and expects it to kill her in few more
years! Here is a warning which young men
VIII do well to heed. Who wishes to be
cut of in the bloom of youth and the prime
of life?
Aunt Nell leads the simple life ION
arising she lights pipe of choice tobacco
and smokes. Then she says her prayers
reads a chapter from the Bible and has
cup OF tea and toast. She smokes between
4Tneals.'
1t should be observed that the lady does
not smoke cigarettes; that she says her
prayers and reads the Bible Prayers and
Bible reading are aids to longevity which
some persons overlook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25

caicuIa tons for next year, and later. The
adjuration is to keep the party In good
shape long as possible.
There is reference in all the speculation
TO last years majorities. The republicans
have been pling up the figures so high OF
late the old marks have lost all significance.
Twenty thousand in Ohio used to be big
majority. But Organism has made 1t look
insignificant. Evidently therefore If GOV.
Herrck should win by no larger figure TINS
year his opponents will claim negative
victory. Where. they will ask, are his hum
dred and odd thousand now? Likewise in
Massachusetts,. If the republicans should
have a majority of only that size the DEM
ocrats will claim that 1t was cold day for
the winner.
AS a matter of fact. however, 1t Will be
a good thing for both parties IL this years
figures approach the normal Things have
been one-sIded quite long enough. A sign
that the people are getting over the SCARF
that. not without excellent cause. has con-
trolIed their ballots for the past nine years
would have a good effect all round Both
Ohio and Massa chusetts are republican
states on national issues, and generally SO
on state issues. but a strong opposition
party In this country Is necessary to secure
the best government t''t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Cuba.

The Palma party In Cuba has won in the
primaries. and that means the reelection
later of its leader to the presidency. We
should take pleasure In this country from
the result. President Palma has had diff
cult task on hand, but upon the whole has
executed 1t well Certain 1t is that he has
maintained friendly relations with the
United States. and will continue to do so
while he remains in office. His opponents
assail him with serious charges, but only In
the line of what In America we call red
headed campaigning. He has in no instance
shown the spirit either of craven or die
tator. but has kept in the path of the law
and the constitution. and administered af-
fairs well for the people OF the island. His
party is well named. Moderates, with a
policy of moderation. are the men for Cuba
at this time 5s9u 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Measurement of Beauty,

Beauty is an engaging topic. It Is one
which makes personal appeal to every
body, because all women, and more par
ticularly all men. believe that Nature has
bestowed upon them sufficient beauty for
purposes of attraction. Recently the Physi-
cal Culture Society of Chicago yielded the
golden apple to a young woman and to a
young man because their dimensions were
as follows:
The woman: Neck. - inches: chest, nor
NAL. 20: chest. contracted, Ssas: chest, ex-
banded, Az; bust. fl; waist, 81; right
thigh, 4A: hip, IL: right knee, 15A; left
calf, 14a4; right ankle. S1s: right biceps, in
repose. Il; right elbow, 10A right forearm.
In repose. 11A wrist, 61z; height, 8 feet s.;
weight 80 pounds
The man: Neck IAN: chest. normal. 81:
chest, contracted, 337s; chest, expanded,
4O1s; waist 30; hips. 3814: thigh, 211a; knee,
1414; calf, lay. ankle, 81 arm ID; elbow.
9is: forearm. IL; wrist Z.
There is no disposition to snatch the
laurel from this Venus and Adonis. but the
manner In which the jury Of award reached
its verdict Is questionable.
Beauty cannot even be satisfactorily de-
scribed. Certainly 1t cannot be measured.
Painters, sculptors and poets have done
their best to express beauty. but they have
done no more than represent their concep-
ton of beauty. 1t Is very clear that beauty
Is too evasive and indefinable to be laid
down in metes and bounds or described by
arithmetical processes. Beauty to some
persons is only symmetry, but true beauty
is more than meat, bone, muscle and inches
Numerals cannot represent the light of the
eye the expression of the mouth. the tone
of the voice, or that intangible quality
variously called nature disposition !"
temperament and personality Yet
these are all essentials OF beauty.
To describe beauty with yardstick or a
tape measure is absurd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Coffin Nails"

II is often commended by habitual smokers
of cigarettes that the chief danger of that
practice menaces boys who are addicted 10
It. that the nicotine principle does not inJure
an adult while 1t does unquestionably
check the growth and stunt the mental de-
velopment and degenerate the moral quail
ity of the youth. Admitting thus its evil
effects at one stage of life. the defenders OF
the cigarette deny them at another. appar-
emily forgetting that the poison Is still
poison. even though 1t may not produce the
same specific effects, work quite as ac-
lively upon the adult upon the youth.
William Werner of Newark. N. j.. died yes
terday and the coroner whose services
were required. issued a certificate of death
caused by cigarette smoking to an abnor-
NAL degree He declared that the nicotine
had undoubtedly caused the formation of a
clot on the brain. Here is the account of
the victims career:
Werner was about thirty mine years of
age He began smoking cigarettes when
boy. and when he entered the twentfes the
habit took a hold on him that kept him in a
fearful routine of fifty day until his death.
" The poor fellow was more slave to
the habit than any man l ever knew said
Henry Rheinhart, his employer He had
cigarette in his mouth every minute of the
day. l often told him he was killing him
SELF but he would only laugh at me- I
went so far once to threaten to discharge
him II he did not moderate his smoking,
although he served US well for fifteen years
II didn't do any good
Werner left widow and six children"
Probably the greater part of the evil was
done to this mans physical system during
the latter part of his life. He went on
adding particle after particle to the accu-
mutation of nicotine until his system broke
down Had he stopped a few years ago he
would probably have been alive today. This
throws serious doubt upon the theory that
the nicotine acts destructively only upon
youths. and that when a man gets his
growth" however stunted by cigarettes he
Is immune from the baleful influence of the
pnisdn
The nicotine is taken directly into the
blood through the habit of inhaling the
smoke The lungs absorb the principle and
pass 1t to the blood vessels, and the insfd-
ious influence passes thus to every organ
Inc lungs OF an adult are no more proof
against this process OF Infection than are
those OF boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Tip to Smokers.

warning is given to thoughtless users
of tobacco by a venerable lady in New
York. She is Mrs. Nellie Ryan. widely
known as Aunt Nell" and. according to-
the morning dispatches. viii celebrate her
105th birthday today zf-,
This lady Is sprightly. 1t is narrated
that. ''as the owner of half dozen houses.
she collects rents, and walks in making
her rounds. She does not use a stick or
cruteh. Healthy in body, her mental facui-
ties are equally strong. While her hearing
IS slightly affected, her sight is remarkably
good. She has never been sick, and does
not know what it is to have a physician
call on her.,
Now. at an age when every one ought to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Mr.. Bryan Off Tomorrow.

Mr. Bryan sails from San Francisco to-
morrow with his family on years jour
ney around the world. He goes in good
health. and with the good wishes OF every
body. He Will see and be seen, and doubt
less profit In more ways than one by his
experiences He is an interesting man, and
foreigners will take note OF American
who for nine years has played consld-
cradle part In the politics OF his country.
Mr.. Bryan's itinerary has been carefully
prepared. At Honolulu his anti-imperialtSt
eyes will rest for the first time on territory
which. as he insists. his country should
never have taken over. His stay in the
Philippines will be more pr0tracted. The
problem there Is more intricate, and re-
quires study. Besides. he will commune
with himself on the truth of the aphorism
that man proposes and God disposes. MI
Bryan helped along the program for TAX
ing over the archipelago. with the Idea or
putting the republicans in a hole and there
by forcing them to let go at once. But the
American people at the polls ratified the ac-
QUESTION of the islands. and today favor
holding on to them. 1t Will be many and
many day before we let go. and Mr.
Bryan is as we'll advised OF that now as
anybody else.
be called sentimental and pious travel
taking a look around In India and the Holy
Land-Mr. Bryan next year will inspect
Europe. and there find much that will en-
terrain and instruct him. What he sees
and examines there should serve him in
the purposes of his future political activi-
ties here at home The European tariffs
the government of cities. the conditions of
the people. should afford him many sug-
gestons; and presumably when he returns
we shall hear from him the stump and
on the lecture platform as to what We
might copy TO advantage from the older
political methods
A years travel will bring Mr.. Bryan to
these shores again when the congressional
campaigns are in full blast. He will land
In New York. and If things look favorable
for the democracy-If the legislation of the
coming session directed by the republicans
should prove disappointing-we may ex-
pect him to move right off on special
train. and swing around the circle in the
hunt of votes in those states where his
name is still an inspiration and a call to
arms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
A True Philanthropist.
From the Baltimore American.

rom tne baltimore American.
He rescued more than $1,000 children from
vice and degradation and he leaves more
than 1000 in his various homes. In those
few words Is told, in brief the story of the
lifework of DR.. Thomas John Rarnardo one
OF the greatest and truest philanthropists.
not only of these times but of all times and
whose death last week in London has caused
deep sorrow wherever his name is known.
Under the charge of this one man was the
largest FAMILY in the world, every member
of which looked up to him as father guide
and friend. He needs no monument to do
him honor. for he left behind him to bear
his name and to tell of his good deeds near
ly hundred homes and hospitals, nurseries
and orphanages, dormitories and lodging
houses, emigration depots and rescue
branches. all of which testify not only to
bis success. but to the widespread influence
for betterment he exerted on hundreds and
thousands of children ard youth, who but
for him would be added to the criminal
classes In the slums of great city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Telling Him About II

Charley dear" said young Mrs Torkins,
Il am very much afraid that your interest
in sports is having a demoralizing influence
on your grammar
He looked at her apprehenslvely
When the home team won that game Won
said they fielded we'll"
Did II"
Yes And of course what you meant
Charley dear, was that they felt well.
wasn't IT.
He looked about in utter helplessness and
murmured
"Of course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25

The ease with which Norway and Sweden
drtfted apart may influence some southern
American countries to feel that they are
not taking too much of chance In getting
together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25

The remark of w. X. Vanderbilt, IT,, that
he was thankful there were no accidents in
the automobile race was highly proper.
The man who gets through an automobile
race with his life has cause to feel jubilant
whether he wins prize or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Of Course They Do.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

Some of the eastern newspapers have been
frightened out of their wits as they had
because the president OF some woman's club
In Chicago opened the season the other day
with the terse declaration: women now
own the earth" There's nothing in that
to Brighten anybody. The word now is
redundant. They have always owned it and
"all that therein is''-includng the men,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
Transieucv.

Jes smile, an den goodbye.
Summers fadin' frum de sky.
Leaves Is fallin' at yoh feet,
Whah de rose once smiled so sweet.
Seems no mo- dan yesterday
Since We felt. de breath Of May
Jes song an den a sigh.
Jes smile an den goodbye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25

Another scientist has gone to Africa to
study the language of monkeys. The simian
crowds that gather around his cage In the
jungle will find his antics highly diverting
and may even endeavor to feed him pea
nuts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25

Bears have been wandering in from the
woods and blocking traffic in the streets of
Duluth. And there was time when Du-
luth was expected to be a world-famed
metropolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-25
The Era of specialization

What do you think of the simple ltfe?"
asked the earnest friend
1T is fine idea" answered Senator
Sorghum, as he lit a perfecto. I'VE do the
real living and let the producing public fur
nish the simplicity"