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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
PocKET sTATEs.

The smallest principality in the
world is Monaco It has an army OF
126, and there is no conscription and no
taxes. The whole available ground is
built over, so there is no cultivation
The principality includes Monte Carlo,
the gamblers paradise. 1t is on ac-
count of the immense sums left behind
by visitors to the casino that Monaco is
not harassed by taxation.
Prince Albert I. has not very re-
sponsible position as ruler over six
square miles. He is devoted to science
and is well known among scientific man
for his researches in marine biology.
He derives an immense income from
the gaming house and the results large
ly benefit his people, His heir. Louis.
is his son by his first wife, Lady Mary
Ouglas-Hamilton
The empire of Germany contains a
large number Of epocket" states under
500 square miles IN extent. One notable
example is that of Ldppe. which has
lately sprung into fame owing to the
succession dispute Prince George rof
Schaumburg -Lippe and Prince Leopold
of Lippe- -Biesterfeld both claimed the
vacant throne. Though Prince George
had all the weight of the kaiser's in
huence to support him, Prince Leopold
has won his case His new subjects
are delighted for they bitterly resented
the kaisers interference
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LUCK IN NuMRERs.

Numbers are male and female. The
number one is male. two is female.
Three is universally allowed to be. a
sacred and lucky number. In all af-
fairs of Importance six is to be avoid
ed. The number seven is an excellent
one, possessed Of many virtues. The
seventh son is certain to make his way
in the world, and the seventh son Of a
seventh son is sure to be an infallibIe
doctor. Ten is a sacred number. All
odd numbers are lucky except the num-
Der thirteen. All kinds of remedies
should be taken an odd number of
times, the best being three seven and
nine
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settlement at Whale sound, Peary saw
a small native knife which attracted his
attention. The edge was composed of
five small pieces of iron. It was the
only one in the tribe. and Peary had
seen nothing to indicate the presence of
metal in the vicinity. He made in
quiries, but the old men shook their
heads; not one of them knew aught
save that it was very old and had come
from the iron mountain which they
could not or would not locate.
The explorer resolved to make a
search for the mountain. After many
weeks. on the northern shore of that
desolate body of water known as Mel
vile bay, Peary came upon three
meteorites. They We're known tc the
few Eskimos of the region as the Wo-
man, the Dog and the Tent The Wo-
man and the Dog were brought to the
United States in 1895. Peary loaded
them by means of hydraulic jacks and
started southwark. On the cruise home
the presence of the masses of iron af-
fected the ships compass to such a
degree that in bad weather the sailors
could not keep to their course, but had
to depend on dead reckoning. These
smaller meteorites We're landed safely
and are now in the New York museum
with their larger companion. The Wo-
man has weight of six tons and the
Dog only one.
But -Peary was not satisfied until he
had made an attempt to transfer the
gigantic Tent to home soil He was not
satisfied even then, for his first attempt
resulted in failure to tear the monster
from its icy bed Of centuries He re-
turned to the task with largely in
creased facilities and finally succeed in
moving the mass inch by inch with his
owerful hydraulic lifting apparatus
md loading it on the deck of the Hope.
| When it touched the deck the Eskimos
xlao had helped to lead it boIted for the
shore in great haste believing that it
would sink the ship. The stanch craft
careened visibly. but soon righted her
self and the homeward voyage was be-
gun It was the most laborious voyage
Peary ever made The ship had to cut
her way through icebergs. and the
storms were SO violent that it some
times seemed probable that the Tent
would get loose and crash through the
ships sides Every man on board, moi
excepting the intrepid. commander, was
relieved when the unwieldy cargo was
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landed at the Brooklyn navy yard.
There it remained until it was taken to
the museum on a specially constructed
truck drawn by thirty-five Percheron
horses.
So far as known, these three were the
only meteorites in Greenland. They are
also the only ones ever found so far
north. They seem to be a combination
of iron and nickel, with some carbon,
and are the most metallic of all meteor
ties, unless the scientific explorations
now progressing in Arizona shall un-
cover something even more wonderful
Shafts are now being sunk in that
American wonderland with the inten-
ton of getting at the secret Of NIeteorite
mountain, whose great crater is be-
lieved by scientists to have been ex-
cavated by the mighty impact of the
largest meteor that ever plunged into
the bosom of the earth.
HERBERT z. LOVEJOY.
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the system for gathering water in the
Sierra Nevada range. The company now
supplies a very large district many
street railways, newspaper presses and
factories of every description being run
by the electric current produced in the
mountains. This immense work is ac-
complished with less than $4,000 horse
power. The company has been so sue
cessful financially that it is now re-
placing all of its old wooden fumes
with others more substantial and is
building miles of new ones The actual
area of the watersheds drained by the
fumes of this one company covers 552
square miles.
There is no difficulty in securing
abundant power in this mountain re-
gion. The force of the water rushing
through the penstoeks is such at the
power houses that it eats through
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a cambria needle at the Comstock mines
under q head of 1000 feet went through
a two inch plank like a bullet. When
the dynamos are idle the unused water
is shot out into space above them A log
thrown into the escaping stream would
be shattered into bits and a rock as
large as an athlete could lift would be
hurled across the canyon like a shell
from a gun.
The sensitiveness of a great electric
plant is marvellous When a street car
stops or starts at Oakland, 132 miles
from the. power house, the electric gov
ernors respond instantly to the added
or released burden of the dynamos.
Everything is SO accurately adjusted
that the turbine wheels receive only the
exact amount of water required by the
present needs of the system. The slight
est diminution of the demand for power
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steel and iron plates planking and even
solid masonry in an incredibly short
time This makes it necessary for the
company to keepren hand at all times a
large supply of cast iron plates to re-
new those eaten through. The wa
ter leaves the nozzle at a velocity of
II SOC feet per minute and travels at
the rate of three miles per minute in
its sheer descent of 1000 feet. Further
to illustrate the mighty power of this
water supply may be stated the fact
that q leak no larger in diameter than
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as collector of these
ponderous natural wonders. 1t was al
ready in possession of the great Peary
find, the largest meteorie mass ever
known to mankind, and this latest ad-
dition makes the museum the owner of
two of the three largest meteorites in the
world, the third being in Mexico. The
scientific value of these curiosities is be
yond compute. The intrinsic value is,
Of course. a matter of speculation, but
some notion of its reality may be OBJ
tained from the fact that the museum
authorities paid S20.6O0 for the Will
lamette meteorite, a transaction made
possible by the generosity of Mrs.
William E. Dodge of New York
This Willamette meteorite has made
q good deal of stir in the world. 1t was
found in 1902 by a prospector named
Hughes, who was one day puttering
aimlessly in a forest near the little
oregon village of willamette and
CHANGED to strike his hammer against
an unfamiliar object just below the sur
face. He jumped to the conclusion at
once that he had discovered a he'd of
ere and proceeded to dig around if
When he had excavated far enough to
see that it was detached mass. he
MADE UP his mind that lie would re-
move it to mis- own premises. about
thirty miles distant
So he filed in his excavation, care
FULLY destroying all evidence of recent
digging with coating of forest litter.
Then he returned home. conhded his
secret to his young son and announced
his intention of securing the treasure.
The boy entered enthusiastically into
the scheme and promised to help all he
could. A night or two later the pair
set out in an ordinary farm wagon
drawn by team of understood mules.
How they finally accomplished their
undertaking. man and a boy and an
ordinary pair of farm mules-is stin a
mystery How they uncovered this
twenty ton mass and loaded it on 3
common wagon and transported it thir-
~ miles without discovery is a puzzle
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the falls. The buildings necessary
have in most instances been. made as
ineonspicuous as possible and have been
located in places remote from the pub
lie obs rvation. Some perilous feats
have been performed by workmen in the
effort of placing material in spots
where it will be invisible to the casual
sightseer.
In the Pacific states several gigantic
enterprises for the conversion of water
power have been carried to success.
One OF the most noteworthy of these is
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is not diverted necessarily from its or
iginal appearance and the apparent vol
urne OF the overpour remains the same
A certain amount of the water is con-
Quoted into artificial channels. and then
to steel penstocls. or tubes through
which it drops to the turbines below.
This need not be done in the immediate
vicinity Of the fail itself, and in the case
of the recent operations at Niagara the
canal carries the water needed to the
edge of the gorge, some distance below
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known to the scienttfc world was the
uncertainty connected with the owner
ship of the great mass There was abb
sOlutely no opportunity to make an
actual beginning looking toward ulti-
mate proprietorship.
At last. however. after the representa-
tives of the curators of foreign museums
had become Disguised with the legal
tangle and had withdrawn from the
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permit the passage of the steel pen
stocks that carry the water down to
the wheels at the station. A head of
about IT'S feet is obtained.
Perched on the top Of a bluff to the
rear of Victoria park, at least 255 feet
above the power house. is situated the
distributing station. Here great trans
formers will be installed to raise the
current to a voltage sufficient for its
transmission to another station that is
being built near Lockport, n. 7, The
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startling t'eories.. some of them more
theological than legal. Finally the
court appointed receiver, who took
charge of the curiosity until its prop
er status could be defined, and there
was a lull in the proceedings.
During this period of legal inaction
the chief of the mineral division of the
geological survey borrowed the meteor
lite and put it on exhibition at the Clark
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presently, and the Portland Land com
pany, which owned the forest in which
the discovery was made, promptly de-
manded a restoration Of the treasure.
Hughes declined to yield possession of
the meteorite and the matter went into
court. The company had no difficulty in
proving that the great mystery had
been taken from its property. Hughes
set up the contention that the me-
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and Lewis exposition at Portland, Ore.
1t speedily became a center of interest
for scientists, and all the great mu-
seunls in the world began to scheme to
get possession of it. The only thing
that operated against one of the most
active professional competitions ever
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race. the matter was settled amicably
and the wonder came into the market
with an unclouded title. The friends of
the Museum of Natural History were
on the ground and. We're alert. Thus it
was that Americans We're spared the
humiliation of seeing this strange aerial
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visitant to the western world taken
overseas.
The other meteoric treasure of the
museum, the Peary find, is the largest
specimen ever discovered It is about
forty tons in weight and was brought
from the coast of Greenland by the
Hope, Peary's arctic exploring vessel.
One night about ten years ago. while
spending a few days at a small Eskimo
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teorite did not properly belong to the
land on which it was found, not being
a part of it and having fallen upon it
at some period subsequent to the crea
ton of the earth. It was a knotty
point. and the lawyers found abundant
meat in it to advance some novel and
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that smaeks of unreality. but it seems
to have been done. They were more
than a week in making the return jour
ney, moving only by night to avoid de-
lection.
All their effort to keep the business
secret proved futile. It leaked out
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IE recent acquisition of
the famous Willamette
meteorite by the New
York Museum of Nat
ural History adds
greatly to that insti-
tution's pre-eminence
as a cnllacfor. of these
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o harness the water
falls. transmute their
mower to electric ener-
gv and transport this
to turn the machinery
of man is now an old
story. But the extent
to which the work IS
being carried and the
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we're no loose contacts. He turned the
fywheel far enough to get the buzz OF the
spark coils.
He removed a plug, grounded 1t on a
cylinder and turned the wheel to a sparkling
point to note the quality of the spark and
the strength Of the battery. Then he
licked the carburetor and opened the
small cork at the bottom Of 1t.
Closing this, he felt his way along the
gasolens pipe to the valve rod. This
seemed to interest him, and in a moment
he Strengthened up and said:
Maybe she'll run now. Suppose you
try her"
With the look OF a mar trying his fifty
seventh variety Of rheumatism medicine,
the big man went through the motions Of
starting up, and, evidently to his surprise,
the engine began to hum like a buzzsaw,
by jove, old man, he said to the tramp
what did you do to herr
Turned on the gasolene."
well, III be dingedl / shut 1t Of when
/ opened the carburetor. = Here - and
he fumbled in his pocket for a coin.
The tramp made a f%orbidding gesture and
said:
Not this time. We automobilsts are
always glad to assist one another
The car whirled on, and the tramp faded
out In the cloud of dust IL left behind.
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csoMa0V cXEI7EZNS. ~ oooooo ORION
BOUND WBO0KT O7M ON CORNER
,or1XHEE SN TORE

Life Insurance Company. each Of which
count, It's bond investments almost by
the hundred millions.
In the Mutual Life, for instance, six
men are kept busy for two weeks prior to
July 1 getting the bond coupons ready
to be oashed. Two hours a day for the en-
tire two weeks are spent by the force doing
nothing but tipping the coupons from tbs
bonds, and one mar in the Mutual, Cashier
William p. Sands, has spent a large part
of hts business life cutting coupons.
The coupon cutting force Of the Mutual
il working nov under fun head of steam.
1t viii hive to handle betwesa now and
NY bonds of a total face value OF $50 ,ooO,-
co.! From these it will have to pluck
the coupons. Each pluck on the average
viii represent about s22.5o and oil Of them
something like 81 ,20O,0 0
The coupon clipping force carries on it's
work in the anteroom Of the big steel
vault, where is stored a large part of the
Mutual's assets. 1t is on the second floor.
The anteroom, as well as the vault, is
enclosed by a heavy steal grating, In this
grating is a door, made of steel bars and
fitted with powerful locks. At that door is
stationed at all times, night and day, a
Uniformed guard.
Only properly accredited officials Of the
company are allowed in the anteroom
under. ordinary circumstances When the
bond clipping harvest begins five trusted
employees in charge OF Cashier Sands are
admitted.
A loeg table covered with heavy green
felt is in the room, and around that the
five employees take their places. The
heavy steel door Of the anteroom is locked
and two uniformed guards are stationed
inside the grating. The table is hidden
from the main corridor by a screen.
Before any Of the bonds can be taken
from the vault, or rather before the vault
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PRINCE AND THE PEACHES.
Stories Told OF Btgnon OF o Famous Old
Partisan Cafe.

Bignon is dead. The Bignon who Just
died is M. L. Bignon, proprietor Of the Cafe
Rjohe, at the corner Of the Rue le Pelletier
with the boulevard. He was 90 years Of
age and made q considerable fortune. The
Richie was much frequented by the brilliant
wits Of the day. such as Aurelien Soholl,
Henri Roohefort and Albert Wolf, eays
the Paris correspondent Of the PdH Mall
11zeAe. One day Soholl, who was lunch
ing at the Richie, thought he had got the
better Of the patron" His bill came to
rs francs. 1t 30 happened that the oele-
brated journalist had been charged only q
couple Of days before % francs for a lunch
of precisely the same MENU; that lie to say,
two eggs, o outlet, q vegetable, dessert and
coffee and half q bottle Of burgundy.
Fortunately, he had kept the bill. He
called Bignon to him, and in a tone OF easy
triumph confronted the r~estaurateur with
the two varying accounts. "Ah," said
Bignon, Il must consult the bookkeeper,"
and hurried away to the desk. Presently
he returned. THE cashier has made . mis-
take he said. "She charged s francs
too little the other day. But my dear sir,
we will not claim it, Soholl had no reply
left.
On another occasion Prince Demidoff, o
member Of the wealthy Russian family,
was charged five shillings for q peach.
How rare peaches are this years. he OBJ
served. oh, not at ALL said Bignon,
"but Prince Demidoffs are.'
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HELP IN TINE OF NEED.
An Absent Minded Automobilist Finds As
sistance Wher He Least Expected II.

An Absent Minded Automoblist Finds As
sistance where He Least Expected II.
A big man was working over a heavy
touring car in Harway avenue on a blowy
and dutsy day. He must have been good
natured, for he fumbled patiently with the
machine and smiled at the banter OF the
ANAL baymen who gathered around.
Along came a tramp, who seemed also
to be in good humor, as II he had ALLEN
In with somebody down the road who had
given him the price Of a pint. The tramp
halted, watched the proceedings for a minute
or two and asked:
Wash masser?"
That's what I'm trying to find out,
said the man, apparently amused at the
tramp's way Of putting the question.
Great machines" observed the tramp.
when We think we know all about 'em
they up and give us a hellolotof trouble"
The big man kept on working, and soon
the tramp broke out with:
How bout s-s-shpark?'
Perhaps you knoT more about this sort
OF machine than 1 do said the big man,
laughing and stepping back. If you do,
90 ahead and Ak her."
The tramp eyed him In a quizzical way,
and the big man nodded and said;
&c ahead, I'll see you do no HARM
The tramp peered into the machinery,
and while doing 90 asked
Stop berself,'
No, she was not firing regularly. and
! opened the oarburetor to zee II abe was
getting sasoiene al. right
The tfsmp's interest In the situation
seemed 70 act upon him a. q bracer. He
swtftly went osef ne wiring tosee tha there
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The clipping Of the coupons requires
great eoouracy. The men are called clip
pers, but as a matter of fact they don't
clip at all. What they really do is to tear
the coupons off.
That is a good deal quicker than clipping
with scissors, but it wouldn't be advisable
for the greenhorn ~bondholder to try that
method, especially if he's in a hurry and has
a big pile of securities to go through. There
is a knack in doing the job fast.
1t is remarkable 10Y quickly an expert
worker will go through a half million
dollar pile Of bonds. The coupon is torn
along both sides with one motion, and
while It is being dropped into the coupon
box with one hand the ruler or bond square,
as it is called, with the help Of which the
clipper works, is being laid over another
bond with the other hand. 1t is estimated
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Mems Half Hose.

AT 19c-Black Cotton Half Hose. en-
broidered insteps; double soles, heels and
toes.
AT 19c-Black Lisle Half Hose; double
soles, heels and toes.
AT 4Sc-Lisle Thread Half Hose, light
and medium weights; black and coioTed
grounds, with embroidered insteps.
AT 60c-Lisle Thread Halt Hose, neatly
embroidered insteps and side clocks, on
black, tan, gray and cadet grounds.
AT 9Sc-Blaek Spun Silk Half Hose;
double soles, heels and toes.
AT 98c-Fine Black French Isle Half
Hose, medium weights.
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Low Shoes for Women.

sSNphe Ehoohs WA 'e>N
Pumps and Gibson Ties In tan Russia
ealfskin and white calfskin have the place
at the left Of the Footwear King this sea-
son
Tans particularly. We bought large
stocks when other dealers were predicting
an Off season for Tan Footwear.
II you 60 looking for rans you will find
that nearly all Of those dealers backed
their judgment-Tan LoT Shoes with
Plenty here.
PUMPS AND GlBSoNS. S3.4e; sizes
from 21 to 7, widths A to e; similar
grades sold by Others at $500.
WHITE CALFSKIN PUMPS AND
GIBSONS, with welted soles and self-cov-
cred or leather-covered heels, q pair $3.49
REDUCED-wOMEN'S CXPORDS,
in tan Russia calfskin or kidskin former
prices $3.49 TO S4.s8, now........S 1888
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coupons ever since the company has owned
bonds on which the interest was paid in
coupon form. Even when the regular
harvest seasons aren't on Cashier Sands
finds a little picking to do on bonds falling
due on odd dates.
He wouldn't nave to stretch the truth
to say that his business consisted largely
in clipping coupons and getting the money
on them. In the last ten years It is estim-
ated that he las c!ipT ed more than $40, 900, 900
worth.
1t doesn't do, though, to crack any jokes
about the proverbial coupon clipping man
when the Mutual force is around. They
don't see the funny side OF it. This bust
ness Of coupon clipping is 10 laughing
matter for them.
They. say it's just about the hardest
work they have to do in the year. There
to 1t and they'll resign the coupon clipping
job any time for hard grinding work at a
desk.