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mechanical piano-player; and Pene-
lope went into ecstasies of mockery.
wait till l can find the music
scrolls, and I'll hypnotic you" she
said gleefully; and Kent and Elinor
beat a hasty retreat to the wide en-
trance hall.
Il don't quite understand it," was
Elinor's comment, when they had put
distance between themselves and Pen
elope's joyous grinding-out of Wag-
ner scroll. 1T looks as if the owners
had just walked out at a moments
notice"
They did," said Kent. "They
went to Europe, believe. And by the
way; l think l have a souvenir here
somewhere. Will you go up to the
first landing of the stair and point
your finger at that Window"
She did it, wondering; and when he
had the line of direction he knelt in
the cushioned window-seat and began
to probe with the blade of his pen
knife in a small round hole in the
woodwork.
What is it?" she asked, coming
down to stand beside him.
This" He had cut out a fiattened
bullet and was holding it up for her
to see. at was meant for me, and
I've always had an idea that l heard
it strike the woodwork
For you? Were you ever here
when the house was occupied?"
Yes, once; it is the Senator Duvall
place. This is the window where
broke in
She nodded intelligence
L know now why you are going to
buy 1t. The senator is another of
those whom you haven't forgiven"
His laugh was ready denial.
Il have nothing against Duvall He
was one of Bucks dupes, and he is
paying the price. The property is to
be sold at a forced sale. and it is a
good investment"
rs that all it means to you? 1t is
too fine to be hawked about as a thing
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prawrnu the Line.

We have followed the plow, welded
the hoe. served time on the public
roads under an austere overseer,
swept the backyard. worked the gar
den, churned the butter. washed the
dishes, nursed the baby and performed
other various and sundry disagreeable
tasks in our times without murmur.
but when it comes to cleaning streets
under three lady bosses-excuse us.
please. Three women to boss you.
Great Caesars ghost! Just the
thoughts of such catastrophe II
enough to give a man the "buck-ague."
-Minden (La) Signal.
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Preach from Automobiles.

A novel method of preaching the
gospel was recently tried in France
with striking success. Pastor Delat-
tire from Roame (Reformed church)
in company with Pastor Sainton, OF
the Baptist church, in Paris, visited
with an automobile the departments
of Loire, Rhone, Alter, Saone ct Loire,
within a radius of about 80 miles.
Pastor Delattre writes: During near
ly two months, from our automobile,
we have been able to preach the
gospel on market places, from fair to
fair, distributing thousands OF tracts
and selling no less than $500 copies
of the New Testament"
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Briouette on Belgian Roads.

Consul James c. McNally, writing
from Liege, says that it is interesting
to note the continued increase in the
use of briquettes on the Belgian state
railways which were introduced in
1898. For that year the consumption
was 2O8 tons lin 1899, $500 tons; 1900
20,472 tons; 1901. 67,755 tons; 1902
10000 tons; 1908, 1929 tons, and in
1904, 205,175 tons. 1t will be seen that
the consumption in 1904 was loo
times greater than in 1898, the first
year of their USE
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-22
How a Politician Lost His Leg.

Conner Davies was stumping along
by the side of ED" Hoch, the repub-
lican candidate for governor of Kan
sas, one day, when a bystander asked
Capt. Ross who that one-legged man
was.
''Why, don't you know him." re-
sponded the captain. That's Conner
Davies of the Concordia Kansan."
Wonder how he lost his leg?" asked
the bystander.
oh" said the captain, disgustedly
''he lost it hoppin' from one political
party to the other"
And Davies thought the joke good
enough to print in his own paper
Kansas City Journal
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TfckIish Name.

A suit for breach of promise of mar
rage came up. before Lord Erskine.
when, as chief justice of England. he
presided at the Chelmsford Assizes.
Miss Tickell was the plintiff Her
counsel. a solemn young barrister
named Stanton, opened the case thus:
''Tickell, the plaintiff. my lord Frs
kline dryly interrupted him with:
'Oh, tickle her yourself, Mr.. Stanton.
1t would be unbeconing to my posi-
ton IN. Y. Tribune
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The University of Notre Dame, it ap-
duplicated in any other school. 1t is one
OF the Old, well-estab lished colleges, with
settled traditions reaching back sixty-four
years, with distinguished staff of pro-
fessors and excellent library and Iabora :
tory equipment. Its discipline is of the
paternal kind-strong without being OPP
pressive; and as it embraces in its scope
the grammar school, high school and col
lege work. it's appeal is as broad as it is
potent. Perhaps the most remarka BILE
feature of the famous Indiana University,
however. is the fact that it has arrived at
its present marvellous development abso-
iutely without endowment. An announce
ment of the courses provided at Notre
Dame appears on another page.
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Agreed with Both.

Horace Greeley was the author of a
style in editorial writing which had
been often initiated, but probably
never equalled. During his editorstip
two newspapers, neither of which was
friendly to Greeley, became engaged in
violent alteration. The argument
grew warmer, until each paper openly
called the other liar. 1t was the OPP
portunity Greeley had been waiting
for. He announced in his paper that
he had the honor to agree with both
OF his distinguished contemporaries"
N Y. Herald.
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to make money with. It's a splendid
~ ideal home-leaving out that thing
that Penelope is quarreling with"
And she made feint Of stopping her
ears.
He laughed again.
"Ormsby says I ought to buy it, and
marry and settle down.
She took him seriously.
You don't need it. Miss Van Brock
has a very lovely home of her own
she said soberly.
1t was at his tongues end to tell the
woman he loved how the woman he
did not love had refused him, but he
saved himself on the brink and said:
why Miss Van Brock?"
Because she is vindictive. too
and
But | am not vindictive."
Yes, you are. Do you know any,
thing about Judge MacFarlane's fam
lily affairs?''
A little. He has three daughters:
one of them rather unhappily married
l believe"
Have you considered the cost 70
these three women if you make their
fathers name a byword in the city
where they were born?"
He should have considered it." was
the unmoved reply.
David" she said; and he looked UT
quickly.
You want me to let him resign ?
it would be compromising a felony.
He is a judge. and he was bribed."
She sat down beside him in the
cushioned window seat and began to
plead with him.
You must let him CO." she insisted.
TT is entirely in your hands as chair
man of the house committee; the gov
ernor, himself. told me So 1 know all
you say about him is true: but he is
old and wretched, with only little
while to live. at best"
There was curious little smile curl
ing his lip when he answered her.
He has chosen good advocate. II
is quite like man of his stamp to
try to reach me through you"
David" she said again. Then: 81
really shouldn't know him if I were
to see him"
Then why" he began; but there
was love-light in the blue-gray ewes
to set his heart afire. You are doine
this for me?" he said, trembling on
the verge OF things unutterable.
Yes. You don't know how it hurts
me to see you growing hard and merci-
less as you climb higher and highe,
in the path you have marked out TO,
yourself"
The path you have marked out TO,
me-" he corrected. do you remem.
Der our little talk over the embers o.
the fire in your sitting-room at home.
| knew then that had lost the love
might have won: but the desire to BIZ
the kind of leader you were describins
was born in me at that moment.
haven't always been true to the ideal
couldn't be. lacking the right tt
wear your colors on my heart
"Don't!" she said. 81 haven't bee.
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Bliss for the Baggage smasher.

$50 you long for the time when the
airship will be commercial reality?"
'.Sure," answered the baggageman
with some enthusiasm. Think of
droppin' OF trunk at way station
from a height of about two miles."-
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Veterans Rapidly Passing Away.

Veterans of the civil war are dying
now at the rate of 100 day, accord
ing to records of the United States
pension office. The monthly reports
for several months past have shown
the death rate among the old soldiers
to be in the neighborhood of 5000 q
month. Pension Office officials who
have watched the figures closely and
know the tendency Of the death rate
are of the opinion that the number Of
civil war pensioners has reached the
maximum and that hereafter each
succeeding month will show Q de-
crease.
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With a smooth IRON and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron
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Penelope was good to them. If w..
full half-hour before she professed
herself satisfied with the mechanical
piano-toy; and when she was through
she helped the woman caretaker to
shut the Venetians with clanginss
that would have warned the most oh
livious pair of lovers
And afterward, when they were free
of the house, she ran ahead to the
waiting auto-car, leaving Kent and
Elinor to follow at a snaiPs pace
down the leaf-covered walk to the
gate. There was cedar hedge TO
mark the sidewalk boundary, and
while it still screened them Kent bent
quickly to the upturned face of hap
piness.
Zone more" he pleaded: and when
he had it: do you know now. dearest,
why I brought you here to-day?'
She nodded joyously.
ut is the sweetest old place. And.
David, dear; we'll bring our ideals
all of them; and it shall be your haven
when the storms beat"
THE ENID
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Chance for Genius

Prizes aggregating $500 for sug-
costing improvements in connection
with railway construction and service
are offered by che Verein Deutscher
observation-disclosures. The latest
daate for communications is July IL,
1917.
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Kina Doing Equestrian Stunts.

King Edward has taken to eques-
TRAN exercise as means of keeping
his weight down. Since the rabbit
hole mishap, which famed him, his
majesty has been unable to take walk
ing exercise.
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To Wash NeJveteen.

Velveteen may be washed by shaking it
about in warm Ivory Soap suds; then
rinse thoroughly and let it drip dry. On
no account squeeze or wiring it. Be care
otherwise it will be crooked when dry.
ELEANOR R. PARKER
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Insanity Is infrequent in India, ac-
cording to a blue book. In Bengal
in 1904 the ratio Of insane was 2.93
per 1000 population. against 34.71 In
England.
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The Debtor.

Bustler-Don't you believe the world
owes you living?
Hustler-Yes, but the trouble is It
won't pay up, and have to work to
collect the mcney!-Desrae. Free
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A Square Deal-Sixteen ounces De
f1ance Starch for 10c.
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Plays were suppressed by the
Puritans in 1853.
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true to my ideals. II sold them.
Davidi"
She was in his arms when she said
it, and the bachelor maid was quite
lost in the woman.
I'll never believe that" he said low
ally. But if you did. Wen buy them
back-together"
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VAglNFHn Wheat. 90 bu.hel. per AGRA.
H8 III Catalogue and samples FREE
~ uav I'll saher Seed 70. Bsx v. K. LsCrs,se,Wie
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to make money with. It's a splendid
ly ideal home-leaving out that thing
that Penelope is quarreling with"
And she made a feint Of stopping her
oarc
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GREAT RECORD FOR PENSIONS.
More Granted by This Congress Than
In Any Previous Session.

Although the present Congress seemingly
has devoted the greater part of its time to
consideration Of the railroad rate meas
ures and other bills which yet have not
been passed upon, the records show that
more general and special legislation than
Is usual at this period of the session has
been enacted into law
In the Ave months of the session, Con-
gress has passed 100 public laws-bills OF
general nature-and about $3.50 pension
bills. This promises to be a record ses-
sion for many years. so far as pension leg
tslation is concerned. At the long session
OF Congress two years ago practically 1900
pension bills were enacted. and 1t has been
good many years since that record was
exceeded. Already at the present session
that number has been passed by more than
four hundred. and many more pension
measures are in sight. Most of these have
been signed by the President and are now
laws. 1t is likely he will sign three hun
dred or four hundred more this week 1t is
expected that the number of pension bills
enacted at the present session Will approx
innate 5000.
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IN PLACE OF BANKERS
THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSUME
NEW FUNCTIONS.

Hereafter the disbursing agent Of the
isthmian canal commission and the Post
Office Department will supplant Panaman
bankers in supplying the commission with
Panama silver and In affording exchange
to the commission and its employees.
The disbursing officer has been empow-
cred to obtain American gold from a United
states subtreasury and will obtain what
Panaman silver he needs on New York
drafts. In short time the Post Office
Department will open money order sta
tons at the important branch Offices In tho
canal zone. thus affording employees an OPP
portunity to send money to all parts Of
the world at a minimum cost
chairman Shonts Of the canal commits
sion said today that while no was In Pan
anna recently he arranged to have the dis
pursuing of1cer assume the task Of obtaining
money which has hitherto been furnished
by bankers under the agreement which ex-
pired yesterday through failure of the
bankers to seek its renewal
The bankers agreement was necessary a
year ago because many of the canal en-
pioyes did not care to take American gold
Since then, however, they have learned the
value of the gold from this country and
now are even willing to accept United
states paper money. Consequently large
quantities of Panaman silver are no longer
required to meet the demands of what is
known as the silver roll. or the roll on
which most of the day laborers In the en-
ployment of the commission are carried
Mr.. Shonts says many Jamaican employees
are now anxious to get American paper
money. which they send In letters to their
relatives, thus avoiding the trouble of get
ting drafts.
Until few days ago the bankers who
were In the agreement made no effort to
have the arrangement renewed and many
OF them said they were dissatisfied with
their earnings and were under much incon-
Venlence In their attempts to give the COM
mission all the silver 1t required. Within
the last few days. however, agents of sew
eral of the bankers have approached the
commission on the subject of renewal. but
other arrangements have been made and
the commission will abandon what 1t re-
garded as a satisfactory makeshift
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CONVICTED AND SENT TO JAIL.
Justus II. Russell Pleads Guilty Of
Making Race Books.

Another handbook maker was convicted
in the Police Court today and sent to Jail.
The defendant in this case was Justus II.
Russell, who was arrested by Precinct De-
teetive Vermilion and Policeman Rich of
the sixth precinct on Saturday as stated
In The Sunday Star. When arraigned In
the Police Court this morning Russell
pleaded guilty to the charge of making a
handbook on the races. and after the tes-
umony had been given briefly, Judge Kim
ball imposed the same sentence that he
Imposed on others who have been convicted
of the same offense. three months in Jail
and $400 fine. six months In default of
the fine. Russell was taken to jail with the
other prisoners this afternoon.
Russell was under the observation of the
police all last week. on account of the
complaint which had been made to then,
by business man of the city. who said
he had placed bets with Russell Police
man Rich, in citizens clothes, met Russell
In the barber shop of the Mount Vernon
Hotel. 4S1 Pennsylvania avenue last Thurs
day. and placed a bet with Russell On
Saturday, 1t was testified, the officer placed
another bet. About o'clock Saturday
russell was placed in custody, and the
marked 81 bill played by the officer a
record of the play and some other papers
were found In his possession
The sentence imposed on Russell is the
same that was imposed on John f. Mattern.
the It'll street cigar store proprietor. and
on Manuel Kane, both of whom were con-
Yicted of the crime last February
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WILL VOTE FOR MUDD.
Delegates Elected in Prince George
County.

special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April 90
The republican convention of Prince
George county to nominate delegates to
the fifth district congressional convention.
which Will meet in Hyattsville next We'd
nesday, was held in the town hall here
this afternoon. Mr.. Joseph A. Blunden
of Bladensburg was chairman, and w. B.
Pyles secretary. Resolutions indorslng the
public service of Sydney E. Mudd were
adopted. and the delegates instructed to
vote as a unit for his denomination. 49,
The following delegates were chosen:
James f. Belt, Kennedy Simms, f.. r..
Shea, ]. Moses Edlavitch, George B. Met
tilt, Joseph Fl. Turner John Lancaster,
w. B. Pyles, r. II. Key, John M. Bowie.
John Hardesty, Daniel A. Jenkins w. B..
Fenwicl1, William II. Dorsey George M.
Bond Thomas Proctor. Walter Lusby, VIII
liza IN n, Fisher, Eugene Newman r. w.
Bell Beaver Rollins. d. d. Stewart, Rob-
ert b. Griffin. b. G. Duvall, William B.
Smith, f. ID. Metzrott, John r. Wells Rob-
ert f. Gates, Curtis Coale and Paul B. Nc
Fariand.
These delegates viii cast five votes for
the nomination of Sydney E. Mudd as the
candidate for Congress from the fifth con-
gressional district of Maryland for a seat
in the sixtieth Congress.
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hero today were making every poeslb3s o.
fort to get boats In port loaded, with view
to sending them out before midnight to-
night when the members Of tho longshcre-
mems union WILL It ID now fully expected,
go on strike. Fully twenty Thousand men
viii be affected on the lakes by the strike
movement.
The Iongshoremen's union includes. In ed-
dftion to the dock workers, vessel mates.
firemen. oilers and water tenders. The re-
fusal Of the vessel owners to recognize the
organization of the lake pilots. which re-
Gently became affiliated with the longshore-
mems union, led to the breaking OF OF ne
gotiations between the lake carriers and the
union officials when they met to agree on
a wage scale for the present season.
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LATEST LIST OF DEAD
MORE VICTIMS OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO DISASTER REPORTED

Gen. Grant has telegraphed the following
additional list of dead and seriously in
tured in the San Francisco disaster:
Dead-Jack Bowers. Harry Brady, Annie
Gerald, ]. l. Griswold. Emily E. Howard.
John Hynes, Edward Lamerdin, Landers
(woman). Henry Meyer. N. Rosenfeld. Jas.
A Sind, DR.. J. G. Stinson.
Seriously injured-Charles Armand. Julio
Andrade. Ernest Barseon. Hietro Batta-
boro T. Brady. Frank Broecker, Mrs. A.
Cademartta, Mrs. Cbress. Mrs Cheek, Mrs.
Vesta Chilaton. John Conway. Mrs. Cot
tier. Lindsay Crook. Col F. Grads, John
Day, Mrs. ]. Devoti. Mrs. Downing. Miss
Julia bryan, Mrs. Ann Fletcher. Mrs.
Frost, Mrs. Gesiin. Mrs. Goddard, Mrs
Gougalos. Mary Hook. Miss Gertrude
Keogan. Alexander Kaseoff. Everett Kle-
gan, Caroline Ludwig, Thomas Mahar, Mrs
D. J. Mozart Mr.. Mcdonald. Thos. Mather,
- Kullman. Frank May. Julia Morden,
Annie Myling, Michael o Brien, Mr.. O Burk
Set Ong. Ed Peterson. Julia Picot, Mrs
Ponico, Louis Portillo, Charles 8. Robinson
Kitty Robinson. Mrs. Rose. Christian
Schroeder. Mrs. William Shade. John
-Shaughnessy. A. H. Shinn, John spiler.
Mrs. Stool. Mrs. Tilby. J. Toika. Mrs.
Voiaoni. Mrs Vent. Mrs. NJ. A. Whalley,
g. Woods, MaybelIe Woost.
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Suit for Accounting.

Edwin E. Overholt. who states that he is
the inventor of a safety device for the
display of train order signals. today filed
a. suit In the District Supreme Court against
William 3. Matthews, Dudley A. Tying. C.
Pruyn Struggled and the Overstreet Rail
way Signal Company to prevent the dispo-
sftion of certain shares of stock of the
company held by the three flrst-named de-
PENDANTS
The court is informed that the defendant
company was chartered under the laws Of
the state OF West Virginia, May 20 1901.
into by the defendants, Matthews. Tying
and Struggled. to place the patent of the
complainant on the market and to secure
to him the sum of 5000 in return. This
he alleges. they failed to do He prays the
court that they may be required to make
an accounting OF all the sums OF money
received by them from the sales of the
shares OF stock of the Overholt Railway
Signal Company. through or by means Of
the complainant's invention. and also asks
that they be restrained fnona selling or
otherwise disposing OF the shares OF stock
now said to be held by them
The complainant 10 represented by At
torney George II. Lamar
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COAL PRODUCTION.
Bulletin Of the United States Geologi-
cal SURVEY.

While the country Is waiting for the set
Element of the coal difficulty between the
miners and the operators. the geological
survey has gotten out a bulletin on anthra-
cite coal production that shows number
OF interesting facts as to the amount Of
coal mines and the prices. There was pro-
duced In 1905 GO. 3S9. 152 long tons. valued at
$141. S79 900. The average price was 81 Is
q ton: the average number Of men employed
In the mines. 165. 406 and the average num-
Der of days worked was 215. This was an
advance Of about 1900, 600 over the pre-
vious year. an increase In the number OF
men OF 8. 545. The value of the coal aver
aged 10 cents a ton higher in 1904. while
the working year was fifteen days shorter.
The disastrous effect of strikes on the
trade Is shown In the record for 1902, when
the production of anthracite was only &c.
940, ITO long tons, worth 1918. 5S6 The
average price OF coal per ton In that year
was $2-35. the average number of men en-
ployed was Las. 141. and the average num-
Der Of days worked was only 118.