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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Vulnerable telegraph instruments, the
tinkle of telephone bells, the shuf'
fling of feet in the encircling galler'
les, the distant murmur OF street tra1'
fic, all blended with the noises from
the floor into a chord which held the
majesty of bass and the thrill OF So
prano.
A gong sounded. It's reyerberations
were lost in the vocal explosion from
a thousand lungs.
A moment later and the acts OF
these seeming maniacs were flashed
around the world. A million miles OF
metallic nerves focused in this center
and throbbed with the earth's history
for the day Wall street is mundane
incarnation of the terrors Of hell, re-
lieved by some of the joys of heaven.
John Burt was in his Office at eight
O'Clock, and Mr.. Hawkins and James
Blake joined him few minutes later.
is General Garden here?" asked
John.
Hes in my ROOM" replied Blake.
Give him the cash for that l.. & 0.
check and have him present the OPP
ton at Randolph Morris & Company
the moment they are open for bank
ing business" instructed John Burt.
bid L. & o. above tWenty-seven I'M
til General Garden has the stock in
his possession. Send two witnesses
along with him. That will prevent
any chance for a bubble. When he
comes back with the stock, turn it
over to me.
Aye, aye, General Burton!" ex-
claimed Blake with a profound sa
lutte. He seemed in high spirits as
he left the room.
Let us look in on another scene.
There was no outward sign of eX
citement in the offices of Randolph
Morris & Company Morris took per-
sonal command of his brokers on the
floor of the Stock Exchange.
1T won't be much of shower" he
said to his followers, with airy bra
waldo. Hang on to your stocks;
we'll pass those ordinances yet. |
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

control Cosmopolitan and am able to
protect it against all the liars and
swindlers from San Francisco to New
York"
Cosmopolitan opened at loss of
several points, but the selling by
Blake brokers was not so heavy as
had been expected, and the stock raj
lied when given support by Morris
and others interested with him. The
young millionaire speedily regained
his courage.
Bid 'em up; bid em up!" he whis-
pered to his head broker. We've got
the Blake crowd on the run already!
They dare not sell. Take all they
offer and bid for more!"
1t was only moment past ten
o'clock when General Garden walked
briskly up the marble steps and en-
tered the Morris building. He stopped
at the outer railing and addressed
Mr. Mason, the Vice-President of the
company.
Il hold an option on ten thousand
shares of l.. & o. stock" said the gen
eral, producing an envelope from an
inside pocket.
"Yes?" Mr.. Mason raised his eyes
with a faint show of interest, and
tapped the brass rail with a pencil.
so | understand, General Garden"
Under its terms | can take up the
stock at stipulated figure, provided
the market price is above twenty-six
dollars a share"
That is the agreement. You owe
us about two hundred and eighty
thousand dollars on that stock, Gen
eral Garden. Do you wish to pay it
today"
A sarcastic smile played around the
corners of Mr.. Mason's mouth.
Il do. | demand the stock and will
meet the terms in cash.
Very well, General Garden, it can
quickly be arranged"
There was no change of expression
on the grave face of the banker as
he turned to clerk and ordered him
to produce the stock from the vaults.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
1oke BIN stop you find DO it, know cont

will return; I'm sure of it, and he'll
be proud of you. But Jessie, you
must not let Mr.. Blake propose to you.
You won't will you, Jessie?"
Why" asked Jessie in surprise.
because" and Edith faltered.
She lowered her eyes in confusion,
but when she looked again in Jessie's
face they famed with passion.
ooh, Jessie, can't you understand?
I'm jealous of you, horribly, madly
jealous" and she threw herself sob
bling on her cousins breast. 81 know
it's not your fault that he loves you,
but you can make him stop. Please
make him stop If it wasn't for you
he would love me. Tell him-tell him
anything so that he will know that
you don't love him! Oh, Jessie, won't
you?"
What can | tell him?" asked Jes-
sic in amazement. Il can't make him
propose and then commend him to an
other. But, Edith, darling, I'm so
sorry, so awfully sorry"
When Jessie could command herself
she asked if Edith really loved Jim.
II loved him the moment | saw him,
and he fell in love with you at the
same instant" declared Edith Han
cock, whose intuition had told her the
truth. Make him stop, JESSIE you
can find some way to do it; | know
you can oh, why are people always
falling in love with those who don't
love them, and are blind to those who
love them to death?"
Jessie could not answer that world
old question, and vainly attempted to
soothe her. In anger and mortifica
ton Edith rushed from the room, and
when Jessie knocked at her door a
few minutes later there was no re-
spouse but the mutfled sound of sobs.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
CHAPTER xxx.
Edith's Confession.

"The papers say Mr. Morris will be
arrested! It's awful, Jessie! Look at
the big headlines! Isn't it awful?"
Edith Hancocks cheeks were red
dened with excitement as she dashed
into her cousins room. MIR. Blake
was here while the general was at
breakfast" she gabbled on, breath
lessly. They talked a minute and
then he hurried away. Isn't Mr. Blake
lovely? And he's SO big and hand
some, and generous, and good-looking,
and manly, and-and everything. |
just love him Jessie, don't you?" She
looked closely at Jessie Garden.
II like him. Edith. 1t wouldn't
do for both of us to love him, would it,,
cousin mine?'
He loves you," protested Edith,
with blush. Il know he does. Are
you sure you don't love him, Jessie,
just little bit?"
quite sure" laughed Jessie, as the
roses came to her cheeks. Il can only
love one man at time-it's conven-
tional, but it's true"
you still love John Burt? What a
foolish little sweetheart you are, vast
ing your life on man you haven't
heard from for years! You're testing,
Jessie; don't reject Mr.. Blake"
Its not likely | shall have a
chance said Jessie. The little face
had grown very serious. Il sincerely
hope not, Edith. John Burt is not
dead, and he has not forgotten me.
He will return, and, rich or poor, my
faith is in him. | know he'll come
back and when he does he'll find me
true"
There was a trustful light in the
deep brown eyes and longing smile
touched the tender lips Edith's face
was lighted with JOY as she clasped
her cousins hands.
you're the dearest darling in the
world, and no man is good enough for
YOU" she exclaimed John Burt
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
DIAMONDS WHILE YOU WAIT.
Valuable Crystals Made in Laboratory
of Prof. Moissan.

The art of making diamonds has
been given step forward through a
study of the Acknowledging meteoric
iron of Canon Diablo. In a section of
this famous meteorite Prof. Moissan
has found numerous diamonds-both
black and sparent-tOgether with
graphite and phosphorus and sulphur
combined with iron. He has also
made experiments to determine the
effect of silicon, sulphur, and phos-
phorus. Iron was fused with large
mass of sugar in a crucible in an cleo
trio furnace. soon as the molten
iron had become saturated with car
bon-partly from the sugar-a small
proportion of iron sulphide was intro
duced and the crucible was plunged
into cold water. With rapid cooling
as an essential, the carbon crystal
lied out from the center of the mass.
The iron sulphide considerably in.
creased the yield of diamond crystals,
as did also the silicon, but phosphorus
had no influence.-Science Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
Has Heart at Each Side.

A man with two hearts-one at each
side-has just been married in Rome.
Notwithstanding this strange freak of
nature, the man enjoys vigorous
health, and the physical system is
working excellently. His popularity
has made his fortune, for he has been
much exhibited on the Continent, and
has settled in Italy owing to having
fallen in love with young woman of
the district where the wedding took
place. In consideration of a sum of
$4,000 the man with two hearts has
sold his body after death to the ana
tomical museum of Madrid.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
MADE LAST HOURS HAPPY
Popular Author Comforted Dying
Sailor in Hospital.

Sailor in Hospital.
A pretty story about popular
author was told the other day. A
nurse in an American hospital had as
patient sailor who was a great suf-
ferer and not expected to live many
days. The poor man worried great
deal because he thought there would
be no sea in heaven. To him the pros
pect OF playing on a golden fiddle Of
fered no attraction. AS the priest had
failed to comfort him, it occurred to
the nurse that it might benefit her
patient If she could get Mr.. Rudyard
Kipling to come and talk little to
him, and as he happened to be visit
ing the hospital at the time, MIR. Kip
ling willingly acceded to her request
He said few words to the dying man
and apparently gave him much COM
fort. few days afterward Mr.. Kip
ling sent in his own handwriting a
copy of the poem, "The Last Chantey,'
which the conversation with the sailor
had inspired. The dying man was so
delighted with it that he expressed
wish for it to be placed in his coffin,
and the nurse duly carried out his
wish. If Mr.. Kipling's reward for his
kind action came in the inspiration he
obtained, Shakespeare's well-known
description of mercy-'It blesseth him
that gives and him that takes was
justified (Eng) Mercury.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
Mishap Brought Brothers Together.

A curious story comes from Chicago
concerning two men, each of whom
spied a collar button on the sidewalk
at We same moment. Each, acting on
a simultaneous impulse, stopped to
pick it up, and each got a good bump
on the head for his pains. In the con-
versation which followed each sim
ultaneously discovered that he was
the others brother They had been
separated for twenty years.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
Hen Lays Remarkable Egg.

A hen belonging to Sergeant Did.
lock, a Padiham Volunteer instructor,
has laid a remarkable egg, says the
London Telegraph. The egg has a
fiat side, upon which is striking re-
semblance of the dial of clock minus
the hands, equi-distant round the cir
Gle being twelve raised sections, much
like Roman numerals.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Statistics show that only Is per cent
of the people who are run over by au-
tomobiles receive fatal injuries Still,
the distinction of having been run
over by an automobile is hardly worth
even that risk.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Handicapped as they are by being
called "the senator's" how could any
body expect the members of the Wash
ington baseball club to put any ginger
into their playing.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Although small nation, Holland
bears more than it's share of the white
mans burden. A Dutch expedition
has just killed 200 natives of Celebes.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

1t is something to the credit of Mr.
William Waldorf Aston that he was
the only man in the Vanderbilt and
Astor families that declined to be-
come a subscriber for the famous
"Fads and Fancies" book.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Unless the 'Fads and Fancies" book
contains at least one chapter on mon
key dinners it cannot be considered q
really representative work.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

1t was the woman who dreamed
that her husband had given her the
goods for new gown who walked to
realizing sense of what the poet
meant by ''the baseless fabric of this
vision
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Most housekeepers will look with
suspicion upon hired girl that holds
stock in the newly formed pottery
trust
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Most of the land on earth having
been apportioned, some of the powers
are now beginning to quarrel over
spheres of influence on the ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

If we are to be given many such
plays as "Alice-sit-by-the-fire" and
"All-of-a-sudden-P Peggy" it will become
necessary to star the hyphen.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Being an inland country saves Swift
zerland lot of trouble. She hasn't
even been invited to take part in the
Moroccan conference.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Col. Mann has bounced his manag,
ing editor. Evidently the colonel had
reason to suspect that something was
the matter somewhere
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

e. Fl. Hartman says there are too
Id many reporters" He is enthusi-
astically supported in this opinion by
Nicholas Romanoff and Samuel w.
Pennypacker.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Gen. Chreschchatitzki will never get
himself mentioned often by the Eng
disappearing world, even if he does
prove a hero.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Wizard Burbank says perfect men
may be produced In the same way
that he is producing superior fruit.
Evidently the wizard has never
tackled an unruly boy.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

1t grows increasingly difficult to get
into society. At one time a Whit of
gasoline was almost an open sesame,
but now 1t is necessary to have been
mutilated in an automobile collision.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

A dealer says that more thermome-
tiers are sold in winter than in sum-
mer. How foolish people are!
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

"All the members Of the Dutch cabi-
net have resigned" 1t takes some.
thing of that sort occasionally to re.
mind us that there is such a place as
Holland -Richmond News-Leader.
And yet The Hague j. "~ere
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Happiness is nothing more or less
than learning to enjoy your own So
ciety.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

New Jersey is making a strenuous
war on mosquitoes, but there will be
enough of them left, undoubtedly, to
convey the idea.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

That Massachusetts letter carrier
who has been in the service fifty years
has probably delivered love letters
enough to make thousand CYCLIC
pedias.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Quite possibly it is wise provision
of nature that most millionaires are
disinclined to work. If they were
not, we might be affected with billion
aires.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Col Mann says they sent all over
the world for hides to bind "Fads and
Fancies." How foolish! Why not use
the hides of the subscribers they
skinned?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

Why should not Fitzsimmons ere
turn to the ring? He can talk as
loud as the best of them.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

1t will be the treaty of Washington,
although made at Portsmouth, in the
state of Maine.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26

A Yale professor who died recently
actually left a small fortune. He was
an exception to the rule, however.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-09-26
CHAPTER Xxx.
Tale of the Ticker.

Tale of the Ticker.
A thousand men were scattered
through the hall of the New York
stock exchange. The clicking of in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
Exits at Ball Park.

"The fans have been SO grateful TO the
baseball management for giving the city
a winning team this season that they
have failed to register the protest they
are entitled to concerning the incon-
venlences the patrons Of the game suffer
daily" said a fan at the game one day
last week as he extracted himself from
the crowd at one of the little exit gates
of the grandstand, after having his hat
mashed and his feet trampled on
"rhe greatest trouble is that the grand
stand needs at least one more exit. There
is such a rush for the two narrow places
that it not only takes some time to get
outside the park but one is fortunate
to escape at all without undergoing seri-
Gus discomfort The present arrange
ment is especially ineonvenient for the
ladies.
THE patronage at the games this year
has been as large as the owners could
expect and the management certainly
owes it to the public to provide more
exits After going through an almost
continuous cloud of dust, both going and
coming and eneountering the usual crush
at the gate, great deal of pleasure of
attending the game is lost"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19

nizable. We have now a Big Stick
doctrine that fits all cases and all
emergencies down to the frozen end
of the continent. We carry, says the
Republicans correspondent, chip on
our shoulders on all occasions. To
assume, he goes on to say, a relation
to all the Americas south Of us that
implies any sort of treatment from
suzerainty to spanking means course
that needs support neither In precedent
nor In one line of our political history.
Much more appalling is the jaunty
assumption of some gentlemen, who,
It would almost seem, had absorbed
their opinions through the atmos-
phere, that we are even called upon
to stand guard over the whole of
South America though portions there
of are SO little related to us that the
main route of travel thither is by way
of Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
WHY TOGO WON
From Engineering.

II ioii HSllBlhttilHB.
Although we cannot at present draw
any conclusions as to the relative eff
ficiencies of gun and torpedo, or the eff
feet upon tactics of armor, speed and
ether elements Of warship design, there
is one lesson of this battle that stands
predominant. 1t is as old as history it
self, and has been repeated in almost
every battle that has been fought since
man began to STAY his fellow man. It is
that brain, nerve and sfnew decide the
fight rather than weapons. 1t is a doc
trine to which we all subscribe. but sell
dom follow. Our talk is great of ships
and guns, little OF practice and use.
Russia, under the present social condi-
TONS can never have a navy fit to cope
with that of Japan. On one side we hear
of leaders quarreling in the very pres
ence of the enemy-of mutinies disorder
and unreadinessi on the other, a people
provident, brave and ever ready to sacri-
flee not only their lives-that is common
enough-but their dignity, or rather van
ity, for the protection of a beloved coun-
try. The battles that have been lost
through the jealousy of commanders Is
almost beyond relief. To judge by the
event there seems to have been no lack
of bravery shown by the defeated side
The ships that surrendered were appar-
emily in a hopeless plight, and many
seem to have fought after any expecta-
ton of victory was beyond hope. One
cannot but syf1pathize with the unfortu-
nate Russian admiral. He was given a
task to perform which we now know
must have been impossible; fact which
he doubtless recognized from the first.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
plscouRAolNe MUSIC.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Got a good one on old Joe
Brown-the man that shutters so.
Know him? Well, it seems that he
Sometimes just can't talk, you see
But he'll just make faces till
Somebody that knows him will
Holler: ''Sing 1t. Joe!' That way
He can always say his say
without suffering at all.
Well, Joe he amt what you'd call
Temperate-he likes his drink,
Now and then. His wife don't think
That Is anywheres near right!
SO when Joe come home last night
Pretty we'll tee'd up, she'd locked
The door on him. Well, he knocked
Tvo-three times, but no one come;
Then old Joe got angry some
Such a suffering! What he said
No one knows. but he got red
II. the face a-trying to yell
To his wife and cuss her.
Well
After a while she stuck her head
Out the winder. and she said,
.sWhat YOU wart?" Then Joe. he just
Stammered till you'd think he'd bust
Rut he couldn't seem to bring it,
We'll you brute. why don't YOU sing It
Saws his wife. That loosed his tongue,
And he nearl.- split a lung
Sing? How can l sing?" yells he.
when 1 haven't got the key?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
MINE ON FIRE SINCE 1857.

From Fuel.
President Lewis a Riley of the Lee
high coal and Navigation company in his
annual report says that one of the COM
panys mines near Tamaqua has been
on fire for forty-seven years. Regarding
the efforts now made to quench these
subterranean fires the report says:
IA portion of the outcrop of the Mann
moth vein in this locality has been on
fire since 1857. the fire being confined by
the water filling the workings below
water level and cut-offs on the outcrop
Before opening the eolliery below water
level it is necessary either to extingush
the fire or get it under control. During
the past year efforts have been made
with this end in view, which met with
a large measure of success. A boiler
plant and pumping machinery have been
erected on the bank of the Little Schuyl-
kill river at Tamaqua for the purpose of
pumping water to the lever of the out
crop. A branch of the Panther creek
railroad has been extenael nearly i've
miles to reach the outcrop, and more
holes have been put down at various
places where there were indications OF
fire. The fire Is being extinguished by
washing coal dirt through bore holes on
the fire and filling UP the vacant spaces
so as to cut off the air supply.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
RYAN AS DOMINANT MAN
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD

runs along the Jersey coast, taking in
Long Branch.
Several years ago Mr.. Ryan acquired
the horse car line on Staten island and
changed the power to electricity. Incl
dentally he took in the electric lighting
plants on Staten island. He was the
promoter and builder of the Union Eele-
waited railroad of Chicago, and was a
member of the syndicate which purchased
from Charles T. Yerkes the North and
West Chicago surface roads. He de-
veloped the present system of electric
railways and electric lighting plants in
Milwaukee.
One of his strongest qualities is per-
severance. Once he makes up his mind
to accomplish thing he will bide his
time and matter of a few years ap-
parently does not bother him.
The gas trust in New York is a sample
of Mr.. Ryan's handiwork. In this he
was assisted by William C. Whitney and
Anthony N. Brady, with the backing of
the Standard Oil company. 1t would take
a good deal of space TO enumerate all the
companies of which Mr.. Ryan Is a direc-
tor.
Mr.. Ryan, on November 25, 1873, mar
ried Miss Ida NJ Barry, daughter of his
stein cattle, of which he has several hun
dred head. His kennels contain some of
the finest dogs in the world. He is a men,
Der of many clubs, though he does not de-
vote much time to them.