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A Gruesome Birthday.

The night of Wesley Smiths twenty
first birthday his brother and sister-in-
law went out. leaving him TO hirnsssz
and never stopping to think Of hfE sIa.
bition and his failure.
When they returned, shortly after
midnight, they noticed disagreeafs4
odor Of gas in the hallway. It led them
To the bathroom, where they opened tbs
door without difficulty. There was no
light within, but when they turned up
the jet in the hall they could see a long
tube dangling from the fixture 10 the
floor, close to the mans body.
Smith ran into the street and told a
policeman that his brother was terribly
iIi and might die. The policeman called
up the Seney hospital and went back TO
the house. When the doctor arrived and
exan mined Wesley Smiths body he said
that the young man had been dead for
/. ar hour or more.
The policeman found the first hint OF
the dead boys motive in his room The
| room was essentially practical IN its fur
nishings. 4 small set Of bookshelyes
held an assortment of works on finance
and invention. with a few biographies
OF men who had worked their way from
rural poz -erty to millions. Opposite stood
work bench Uttered with tools and
containing models. half completed for
| the most part. of inventions and irl-
| provements,
Left entirely to himself Wesley Smith
| had acknowledged that he was failure.
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Warns Women Against Kissing Nhiskered Men

are the hairs OF the face. This is what
he says about the matter:
THAT the hairs of the face have an i'm
of the individuals who support them
but also upon those with whom they
come In contact is evidenced by incon-
troyertible data That he who wears
whiskers around the mouth is a menace
to those with whom he comes in con-
tact is equally true. That it is i'm
possible to clean a hair is a well-known
fact. No surgeon ever attempts an oper-
alton where hairs cover the field Of oper-
alton. He always removes them. No
educated surgeon who from vanity
wears whiskers ever performs an oper-
alton OF any significance without hav-
ing them enyeloped In aseptio gauZe,
among scientific medical men OF the fact
that the hairs of the face are full of in
fection. In demonstration of this pro-
alivity of the hair for collecting infec-
tive materials / would present a small
section of nair magnified several hun
dreds of diameters- This hair was taken
from the mustsche of a gentleman of
esthetie tastes who prides himself upon
keeping his mustache perfectly clean.
| In this picture. though overdrawn, ii
Is evident that the microbes cannot eSA
cape from the epithelial cells, which in
CLOSE them like the shingles on a roof in
close the dirt which aceunlulates un-
der them
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Civilization Demands II

In answer TO those who claim whsss
kers are natures endowment. and. there
fore to be endured, he declares that
nature has as result Of civilization
left US a heritage Of many menacss 10
health ard longevity. Among which
might be mentioned the veriform an-
pendix, the seat of appendicitis.
Man was, few thousand years ago.
nornad, wandering from place TO place.
with the fresh air always at his cons
uland. AS g result Of civilization AMI
increase in population. the higher d..
yeiopment. demands of intimate asse-
citation and the congestion Of conmunss
ties, he has been forced to formulats
hygienie conduct consistent Herewith.
Thus our modern sanitation, SO produe-
tive of lessened mortality. has been de-
veloped and should be further develop
ed by the elimination Of every possible
factor attributing to the spread OF in-
fection, and whiskers. especially on the
doctors face. is said to be one OF thess
factors of vast inlnortance.
TT is interesting 10 observe" con-
eludes the doctor, that the races cap
able of greatest congestion in popula-
tion and grea test physical endurance are
those who are almost entirely devoid OF
whiskers. l refer to the japanese ana
Chinese, for example,"
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mining and dies. Fer a man or
rather boy of his age he had plenty OF
adventures and saw much of the world
but this did not cure him OF his de-
termination TO be q millionaire. Al
last it seemed as if he We're to have his
day He struck it rich in gold mine.
and for ime he was rolling III wealth.
He made thousands of dollars. But he
Gid not krow when to stop, and he re-
fused to stop before he had made his
million. Consequently. he invested all
that he had made in other mines. The
other mines, after the habit of many
mines. did notSpan out, and he lost all
the money he had made.
Shortly after this misfortune. Smith
determined TO come back to the United
States to. make fresh start IN some
new field. Even then he was sure that
he could accomplish his end before the
date he had set himself. So he worked
his way back to this country on a
cattle ship.
It was after he reached his home that
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it was time for him to get TO work If
he were 70 be a rich. man by the time
he was Of age
''I'l 90 10 the polls in an Up-te-date
automobile he said to his father.
At first the family were merely
amused by such talk But young Smith
was IN earnest. and his earnestness
finally carried conviction with it. and
he obtained permission TO go out to try
his fortune That was five years ago.
He went first to South America. as
he was convinced that money is to be
had more quickly in out of The way
places in the world than in the crowded
cities where there are a few men on
top of the heap and the rest work fer
a mere pittanee. Drifting through
Brazil, the Argentine Republic, and
Chile, he turned his hand 10 many
things. Fortunately for him his appear
ance belied his years. and he passed
for q man.
Three years he tried to make his for
tune in South America. He planted cof-
fee, he tried stock farming. he tried
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r YOU must kiss man who wears
whiskers. excuse yourself between
kisses and apply a powerful anti
septic. Such is the advice which
DR.. Hamilton Forline, of Chicago, gives
to women, and the advice is given Sc
rioEsly.
Together with other physicians, Dr.
Forline. says the Chicago Record
Herald, has begun a vigorous campaign
against whiskers, which he claims are
the means OF carrying and spreading
infection everywhere Against the whis-
kered portion of his own profession DR..
Forline launches sharp shafts Of critI-
cism. They know better, he declares,
but for the sake of vanity they are
willing to become a menace to the pub
lie health, which they are presumed to
work eagerly to preserve.
This is bad enough, but as fo; kissing
with whiskers In the game tie ply
sician holds up his hands in norrer.
That a beautiful and loving woman
should implant the token OF love upon
the lips OF a man when those lips are
surrounded by whiskers see;ning with
millions of deafy microbes seeking an
opportunity to inoculate her system
seems TO him a thing worse than bar
Darous in this enlightened twentieth
century.
The French government, he declares, is
much ahead of us in this respect. Only
recently the authorities have discov-
cred in France that danger turks IN the
wbisker, and therefore the government
has ordered all the men of the army and
navy to become clean shaven. This ac-
ton. Dr.. ForIine c'1ims. will greatly
improve the mortality in the French
army. and Will demonstrate beyond
question the value OF a clean shaven
face The physicians assertions are
| made in defiance of DR.. Alexander
Dcwie's declaration that whiskers are
| the. natural protection 10 the face and
throat, and therefore should be general
| Iy worn.
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Unreasoning Ambition
Leads Wesley Smith
to His Death
Had Sworn to Achieve
Fortune Within Five
Years,
When Dream Fails to
MaterialZe He Ends
Existence

IL impersonator under the sun It
l breaks out III rs many forms
and assumes as many rolls al
most as there are human beings. for it
IS conceded that there are a few of the
human species who are as ignorant of
ambition as the average college boy IS
of the real struggle in the great outside
world. Many men and some women have
died because of their ambitions. One of
the last of these was Wesley Smith, of
Brooklyn, \. Y
Wesley Smiths ambition was 10 be a
millionaire by the time he had attained
his majority. Not only was it his am
bition, but II was that of his young
wife. and she encouraged him il his ef-
fort. Unfortunately. however, the years
went by more swiftly than the dollars
rolle1 in, and a few days ago Smith 5
tweT.ty-first birthday had come and
gone, and with it went the ambitious
spirit OF Wesley Smith. For when night
had come and he realized that he had
failed in his great ambition he fastened
himself In a room and deliberately IN
haled Illuminating gas until he was dsad.
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DUCK HUNTING WITH NETS IN JAPAN

When the ducks once enter The ditch
and begin feeding, the warden pulls
the bell wire and warns the host and
his guests at the house several hundred
yards away, and as the birds approach.
he pulls second string, which connects
with and closes a light wire gate where
the ditch debouches into the lake. Tbs
ducks are thus trapped in a deep, mar
row ditch, from which they have no
escape. except i'll upward flight.
The netsnen hurF- 10 either side OF
the protected ditch, and line up
along itz entire length. with their long
poled nets held rigidly and their eyes
liked on the cut IN The earth. A warden
creeps TO the rear end of the ditch, and
cautiously peeps over. With a series
OF frightened squawks and a splashing
and tapping of many wings. the terrified
birds rise like bullets from the water;
the nets sweep through the air. and are
brought bottomside up on the rearward
side, when q few of the most lucky and
skiIfuI are found to have a threshing.
loudly quacking duck enmeshed therein,
William Dinwiddie in Haper's Weekly.
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Born Under Lucky Star?

While mere boy Smith became con-
WINGED that he was born under a lucky
star. as far as wealth was concerned.
He frequently asserted that a man had
but to go out into the world with his
eyes open, keep them open. and take in
with his hands all that he saw. He
forgot that every man has certain linli-
tations, and that he was no better than
the rest. When he at last realized that
he too was governed by limitations
within himself he became respondent.
and ended his life.
At the age of sixteen Wesley Smith
left school. declaring. to his family that
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on the plea OF protection 70 weak
throats. the physician says it is e we'll
known fact that the continuous exposure
to the elements is the best-known
method OF fortihcation against infec-
tion IN individuals possessing attenuas-
ed respiratory tracts. Though IN some
instances it may be necessary to bring
this about gradually, it is the consensus
of responsible opinion that the body by
exposure may be developed to re-
rnarkabIe degree OF physiological resist
ance and the infections with which we
are constantly menaced thereby may be
disposed OF with ceierity.
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Months afterward a curious newspaper
cutting reached US from Btldapestfl- lt
told how two Englishmen who had been
travelling with woman had met with
a tragic end They had each been stab
bed, it seems, and the Hungarian oliee
were OF opinion that they had quarreIed
and had Inflicted mortal injuries upon
each other Holmes, however. IS. I
fancy. of a different way Of thinking.
and he holds to this day that, if one
could find the Grecian girl. one might
learn how the wrongs of herself AMI her
brother came TO be avenged.
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the first time. The poor girl, however,
was herself prisoner, for there was no
one about the house except the man
WHO acted as coachman, ana his wife.
both of whom were tools of the con-
spirators. Finding that their secret was
out, and that their prisoner wsss not to
be coerced, the two villains with the
girl had fled away at a few hours
notice from the furnished house which
they had hired, having first, as they
thought taken vengeance both upon the
man who had deffed and the one who
had betrayed them.
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helpless IN their hands. had kept hiaz
d prisoner, and had endeavored by cru
city and starvation TO make him sign
away his own and his sisters property.
They had kept him in the house with
out the girls knowledge. and the plas-
ter over the face had been for the pur-
pose of making recognition difficult IN
case she should ever catch glimpse of
him. Her feminine perceptions, how
ever. had instantly seen through the
disguise when, on the occasion OF the
interpreters visit. she had seen him for
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had acquired an ascendency over her
and had eventually persuaded her to fiy
with him. Her friends. shocked at the
event. had contented themselves VIII.
informing her brother at Athens, end
had then washed their hands OF the
matter The brother on his arrival In
England had imprudentIy placed hfTn-
self in the power of Latimer and of his
asseefate. whose Eane was Wilson
Kemp-a man of the fou1est antece-
dents. These two. findine that through.
his ignorance OF the language he was
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city needed. Whatever was most lack
ing he determined should make him his
fortune. He fitted up a, workshop IN his
brothers house in Brooklyn, and when
ever a new idea presented itself 10 hifa
he would work there for hours attempt
ing To perfect 2, device which should
prove of value not only to mankind but
TO himself. He applied for several pat
ents and was granted some. The next
thing was to find a, manufacturer who
was willing TO put his inventions on tins
market. Here he met with but trihing
success
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I would earnestly advise women TO
refuse to indulge In the habit of kiss
ing unless it be with gentlemen who
have smooth. whiskerless faces. II
they feel that they must kiss
whiskered gentlemen, let them insist
upon their having the wflishers com
pgetely covered with aseptic gauze.
Ais a possible alternative I would
suggest that the women always
carry with them a powerful aatisep-
tic application to be used ifnIse sedi-
ateIy after kissing a whiskered man
DIR. HAMILTON FORLINE.
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THf GREEK INTERPRETER

'"These men have got hold of Melas
again. He is d man of no physical cour-
age, as they are all well aware from
their experience the other night This
villain was able 20 terrorize him the in
slant that he got into his presence. No
doubt they want his professional SER
vice, but, having used him. they may
be inclined to punish him for what they
will regard as his treachery."
Our hope was that, by taking train,
we might get to Beckeuhanl as soon as
or sooner than the carriage. On reaching
Scotland Yard, however, it was more
than an hour before we could get In
speetor Gregson and comply with the
legal formalities which would enable US
to enter the house. It was a quarter to
ten before we reached London bridge,
and half past before the four of Us
alighted on the Beckenham platform
a drive of half a mile brought US to
The Afyrt1es-a large, dark house stand
ing back from the road in its own
| grouds. Here we dismissed our cab, and
made our way up the drive together.
''The vino ows are all dark" remark
ed the inspector. 1.-The house seems de-
| serted"
"our birds are flown and the nest
empty. said Holmes.
''Why 10 you say so?''
"a carria ge heavily loaded with lug
gage has passed out during the last
hour.
The inspector laughed. 'I saw the
wheel tracks in the light Of the gate
| lamp but where does the luggage come
| in?"
you may have observed the same
| wheel tracks going the other way. But
| the outward bound ones were very much
| deeper-so much so that we can say for
q certainty that there was a very con-
siderable weight on the carriage"
*'You get a trife beyond me there.
said the inspector. Struggling his Shout
ders- 1T win not be an easy door &c
/ force. but We win try IL we cannot
make some one hear u.s.
| He hamm cred loudly at the knockeI
and pulled at the bell. but without any
SUCCESS. Holmes had slipped away, but
he came back In a few minutes.
81 have a window open" said he.
1T is a mercy that you are on the side
| OF the force. and not against IL. Mr.
Holmes" remarked the Inspector, as be
noted the clever way in which my FRIEND
had forced back the catch. ''Well.
may enter without an invitation
One after another we made our way
irto a large apartment. which was evi
GENTLY that in which Mr.. Melas had
found himself. The inspector had lit hi;
lantern, and by its light we could se'
| the two doors. the curtain, the lamp
and the suit Of Japanese maG as he hat
described them. On the table lay TIVE
+ glasses. an empty brandy bottle and III,
remains OF meal
What is that?" asked Holmes, sud
denly.
~ "
, We all stood still and listened A Low
moaning sound was coming from some
where over our heads. Holmes rushed
10 the door and out into the hall. Th,
dismal noise came from upstairs. III
6aahed up. the inspector and l at hi
: heels. while his brother Siycroft fol
loved as quickly as his great bulk woul,
: permit.
/ Three doors faced US upon the sec
ond floor and 1t was from the centra
= OF these that the sinister sounds wer
| issued. sinking sometimes into a duI
, humble and rising again into Il shriI
whine. II WAS locked. but the key haI
:. been left on the outside Holmes fun
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tion. and she herself had no dislike of
being part owner Of a million dollars
within a year or two. So it was de
cfded that they be married.
Almost as soon as he had become a
benedict Smith decided that he had no
time TO lose If he were to make good
his boast, and he hurried off again, this
time to the West. How hard ne worked
his wife could readily tell, for she mad
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work Of catching microbes. Tt should
be remembered that the nose is so con-
structed by virtue Of the ranifications OF
the tuberinated bodies and the mem
brane which lines Il that 4t is thor
oughly capable in times OF health of
taking care of all infections which enter
therein. Otherwise. why is IT that
women are not constantly deluged with
the hosts Of micro-organisms which are
carried IN the whiskers of meu?"
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the other side of this get-rief1-quick
romance entered his life. He met n
young girl In Brooklyn. and became
very much in love with her. She was
attracted by this young-old man who
had seen more OF the world than almost
any other man she had ever met. The
only others who had done as much as
he were more than twice as old. Besides
this she admired him for his determine
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A DEFIANCE.

Beyond this vale of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror Of the shade;
And yet thu menace Of the years
Finds and shan find me undismayed.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the
scroll
I am the master of my fate:
] am the captain OF my soul.
wM E. HENLEY.
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A Home for Microbes,

For several years DR.. Forline has
been making searching miscroscopical
examinations and cultures. with the re-
suit that he is prepared TO demonstrate
what a beautiful home for the microbes
are the whiskers, In fact, all hairs of
the body are lodging houses for mi
crobes, but the most dangerous of all
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Of if and come across If they have
been living in he same place during
this time, it is probable that we snail
have some answer to Mycroft's adver-
tisement."
We had reached our house in Baker
street while we had been talking.
Holmes aseended the stair first. and as
he opened the door of our room he
gave a start OF surprise. Looking over
his shoulder, was equally astontshed
His brother Aycroft was sitting smok-
ing In the armchair.
.come in. Sherlock Come In. SIR said
he blandly, smiling at our surprised
faces. you don't expect such energy
from ME. do you, Sherlock? But some
how this case attracts me-
..How did you get here?"
at passed you in a hanson.
'sThere has been some new develop
ment?"
Il had an answer to my advertise
ment.
"Ah"
.Yes: it came within a few minutes
Of your leaving 50
sAnd TO what effect?''
Mycroft Holmes took out a sheet OF
paper
Here it is" said he. written with a
] pen on royal cream paper, by a mid
dle-aged man with a weak constitution.
.slr,' he says, in answer to your adyer-
Stsement of today's date I beg to in
form YOU that I know the young lady IN
question very well. If you should care
10 call upon me I could give you some
particulars as TO her painful history.
She is livino at present at the Myrtles.
Beckenhau1. Your faithfully, j. Daven-
port
HE writes from Lower Brixton," said
Myeroft Holmes. DO you think that
we might drive 10 him now, Sherlock
and learn these particulars?'
MY dear Mycroft, the brothers life
ss more valuable than the sisters story
think we should call at Scotland Yard
for inspector Greagson. and go straight
cut to Beckenham. We know that a
man Is being done TO death. and every
hour may be VITAL
''Better pick up Mr.. Melas on oui
way I suggested. I'VE may need ar
interpreter"
excellent" said Sherlock Holmes
sssend the boy for four wheeler. and
table drawer as he spoke. and I noticee
that he slipped his revolver into hii
pocket. Yes said he. in answer II
my glance: 'T should say. from wha
we have heard, that we are dealing witt
particularly dangerous gang"
IT was almost dark before we founi
ourselves in Pail Mall. at the rooms o
Mr MeIas. A gentleman hal just caile
for him. and he was gone.
''Can you tell me where" asked Ny
croft Holmes.
y "
.'I don't know. sir answered tn
woman who had opened the door; az on
~ know that he drove away with tn
gentleman in a earrige."
did the gentleman give q name?"
mo, sir
.'He wasn't q, tail. handsome, dar
young MANI
''oh, no. sir. He was a little gentle
man, with glasses, thin in the face, bu
very pleasant in his ways, for he wa
iausfing all the time that he was talk
-sg"
ZONE along!" cried Sherlock Holme:
aoruptly. This grows serious" he OF
carved. as we drove to Scotland Yart
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his letters telling her his successes and
his hopes. Always ne wrote hopefully
( At last. however, it was forced upon him
that the West did not contain a million
for him. and for the last time he came
back to Brooklyn.
There remained but one way as he
thought to get money quickly, inven-
ton. He set himself to work TO see
what men and women living in the great
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-18

ed for aiIi It's brllnieas shape nuffed out
wish an aureoie pompadour to make 1t
look as IL 1t belonged where 1t is worn.
The woman who revels In arranging
her front hair like unto that Of n pre-
Raphaelite saint should give the polo
toque {, wide berth. There is the sar-
torial heather within the gates who
thinks she can cut the rim from an old
hat having a high, round crown and
convert 1t into modish polo toque.
The result is in no way satisfactory,
and the end does not justify the means.
With all their freakishness, hats Of the
moment are terribly tempting affairs,
and one is apt to indulge in them to the
detriment of ones dress allowance.
Every second person one meets seems
to be wearing just the hat one thinks
would suit her, but once in the shops,
seated before mirror, we all realize
how difficult 1t is to accustom our
selves to the new shapes. They are in
many Instances low and fiat on one side