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novel. after thirteen reflections, had been
accepted by him and had gained for his
house nearly a hundred thousand dollars.
mighty good book it Is. too. said the
reader. Have you read it?'
Yes, said Mr. Sinclair.
We'll what do you think of it?''
There is only one thing to be said in its
favor the young novelist answered. "A
friend of mine during the Spansh-American
war carried it in his breast pocket, and a
ball ricocheted against his ribs. but the
beyond the fourth chapter
The Substitute.
Guy Laking. the superintendent Of King
Edwards armorfal collections. Is visiting
America to examine the armor gathered
here. At dinner in New York Mr.. Laking
told story about pretty American
duchess.
THE pretty duchess" he said sat in
her drawing room. and her little son. the
marquis. stood beside her in lace and vel
vet.
"A peer entering bowed over the duchess
white hand. and then said to the little
marquis:
viii you give me kiss. my dearg
The boy, shrinking behind his mother.
said bashfully:
Mamma will give you one?'
Her idea Of Saving.
Samuel Untermeyer. the insurance expert,
said the other day of certain proposed
retrenchment:
1T would be a good thing. an excellent
thing. all around. But on some it would
bear harder than on others. Hence discon-
tent and growing. the usua: accompani-
ment Of economies. 1t is like the case of
the husband who. looking at his wife. re-
proacmully said:
My love, In view OF the approaching
holidays. thought we were going to prac-
tice economy for q timer
oh. 80 We are. dear, the lady answered.
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order you had given your tailor for a $3.50
fur-lined oyercoat, and got instead an er-
mine stole that only cost $780, clean saw
ing. you see. of $50. Not bad for one day,
was it?'"
A Happy Ending.
A noted advertising expert was talking
|! the other day about the disappearance of
the reading advertisement.
The reading advertisement" he said,
the advertisement gotten up to look like
news. is no longer popular because adver-
tisers have found that, instead of pleasing
and impressing the people. 1t angers them
1t angers everybody, you know, to be
fooled.
And some of these reading advertise
ments were enough to fool wizard. In
fact, know Of one case he paused and
chuekled. Then he went on: ''Old Aunty
Cornsilk of Croydon Four Corners said to
her husband one night:
Ephraim. did that there story you was
readin' end happy?
Uncle Ephraim answered heartily from
his rocking chair beside the stove:
Gosh, yes. Hubby! The beautiful heroine
got cured of an incurable disease. and the
STORY CAV the name and price of the pills
what done the trick
Enough Hard Luck.
Lancia. the italian automobilist. was
asked the other day by a reporter il he did
not think motor racing too dangerous.
"Dangerous-yes." N. Lancia replied. TOO
dangerous-no For nothing that benefits
mankind-and automobiles benefit mankind
inexpresslbly-is too dangerous for man
to undertake. 1 have a good deal Of con-
tempt for men who are not brave to the
point OF rashness. am like highwayman
outskirts Of Rome.
This highwayman stopped the runabout
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tnat DOurn from winch no Traveller re-
turns"
Satisfying a Grudge.
Sir Thomas Upton, apropos of bachelor
hood and marriage. said in an after-dinner
speech:
Bachelors. 1 admit, are villains, but it
is shame to play such tricks on them as
1t Is customary everywhere to do. A nasty
trick was played on bachelor friend of
mine at dance. A lady was reproaching
him for never having married when her
grufiy:
He said he could have cut me out and
married you IL he had wanted to-
THE lady started.
Indeed. she cried why didn't he do it,
then?
He says he owed me a grudge, the
husband explained with chuckle.'
Misunderstood.
Maj. Frederick D. Grant tells a story on
his friend. Maj. Green:
Maj. Green said to his servant one
morning:
James have left my mess boots out
I want them soled.
Yes. SIR the servant answered.
THE major. dressing for dinner that
night, said again:
suppose, James, that you did as told
you about those Eoots%
James laid 35 cents On the bureau.
Yes. sir. said he, and this is all
could get for them, though the corporal who
bought EN- said he'd have given half
dollar il pay day hadn't been so far Off !"
Couldn't Get Through the Book.
Upton Sinclair and a publishers reader
met the other day in New York The talk
turned at once to literature and the reader
mentioned proudly that certain popular
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with shot in the air. Then he ran forth
from the tomb that had concealed hfm-the
hold-up happened on the Appian Way
and found, to his surprise, only woman
in the little car.
Where. madam is your husband? he de-
manded, sternly and suspiciOusly
He's under the seat. she answered.
flushing
Then said the hlghwayman, 4 won't
take anything. It's bad enough to have a
husband like that without being r9bbed in
the bargain.
Oh, Well!
Miss Anna Held speaks excellent English,
with but the merest trace Of a French ac-
cent. dramatic editor complimented her
on this head the other day, and she replied:
"Oh, yes I would rather not speak at all
than not speak correctly. They are so ludi-
crous, don't you think, the incorrect speak
ers?
Il remember once in Nice an Englishman
and a Frenchman were about to separate
on the Promenade des Anglais.
THE Englishman. as he started toward
the Cercle Mediterranee, called back:
'Au reservoir
1.-THE Frenchman waved his hand and
answered:
Tanks"
Such Big Hotel.
Mrs. E. R. Thomas. the day her horse
Nemesis won at Gravesend, was congratu-
lated on the success of her racing stable.
when one WINS" Mrs. Thomas answered
modestiy. zones losses are fogotten. But
in racing ones losses are many. and the
keeping of q stable has it's troubles
1.-The general idea of racing stable, the
idea that It 10 one long triumph and JOY Is
very wrong. It il as exaggerated as the
foreigners description of our mammoth ho-
tells.
".In America he said, everything 10 on
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The Forgetful Sophomore.

Foster Rockwell. Yale's head foot ball
ooach. told at the training table the other
day Thanksgiving story.
There was a sophomore he said, who
was very hard up In the early fall and
pawned all his good clothes. A little before
Thanksgiving he got big check from
home. and accordingly. like wise sopho-
more, redeemed his wardrobe
When he got home for the holidays his
mother said she would unpack his trunk
for him. The first thing his mother took
out OF the trunk was overcoat. and on
IL was pinned the pawnbrokers ticket that
he had forgotten TO remove.
Hastily grabbing the ticket. he said:
'' Hello. They must have forgotten to
take this OFF at the Smith dance when /
left il in the cloak room
"A moment later his mother took out his
evening trousers. They also had ticket
on them.
why. Frank she said. surely you
didn't leave these in the cloak room, too,
did your 3"
Architectural Irony.
Joseph NJ Huston, the architect of the
Pennsylvania capitol at Harrisburg" said
q Philadelphia sculptor. was asked not
long ago to draw up plans and estimates
for a church In western town. Mr..
Huston complied. his plans were beautiful.
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He Didn't Draw.

Sir William Perkins said at dinner given
in his honor by the chemists of New York:
Chemists in their search after new things
have sorry time. When success comes. 1t
Is pleasant; but before success nothing but
one disappointment after another meets the
Investigator. Eneouragements but too often
turn out to be really disappointments. for
too many of the students encouragements
are like the old woman's speech to the
minister but discouragements misunder-
stood.
There was an old minister good man,
but prosy and dry in his sermons-who met
an aged woman on the road one day. This
aged woman, after she had shaken him by
the hand, said heartily:
"'Ah, SIR do like II when you preach
THE minister, unused to such compile
ments, beamed.
Thank yoti.' he said. I wish there were
more of your mind. And why. my good
old friend. do you like 1t when preach?
All. SIR she replied. when you preach
I can always get good seat
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An Untried Field.

Clyde Fitch at a dinner in Philadelphia
praised the originality of certain French
playwrights.
Originality" he said. lis what above all
things the drama needs. Too many writer's
for the stage are like western friend OF
mine. A young lady said to my friend:
Isn't 1t awfully, awfully difficult to find
new ideas for plays?
"I don't know he answered. Z have
never tried IT, 4"
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steed he crossed the harbor bar, and cast
that bourn from which no traveller re-
t,r
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a grand scale. They have gigantic build
ings of incredible splendor. 1 lived In New
York in hotel of such colossal proportions
that when l rang the bell Thursday evening
the waiter would come to my room Monday
morning."
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=" YITHIN a hundred miles of
Washington. on the Virginia
NM side of the Potomac; is
w Washington land rich in
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John Washington no doubt came into
possession of additional estates through his
marriage to Miss Pope. and he became
prominent in the colony. He was chosen
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INSTANTLY KILLED.
Lawson Lewis the Victim Of Rail-
way Accident.
Special Correspondents of The Star.


Special Correspondents Of The Star.
'RIVERDALE. Md. August II. 1905.
Lawson Lewis. colored. aged twenty-five
years, was struck and instantly killed by
a Baltimore and Ohio express train at the
railway station. here last evening a little
after o'clock. The train that struck him
left Washington at 8 o'clock and was bound
for New York. Raymond Lewis, Ralph
Lewis and Harry Easter. three young men
Of Riverdale, were eye-witnesses to the &C.
cident. They declare that Lewis paid no
attention to their warnings not to cross the
track. but stepped from the west to the
east track. When he realized his mistake.
he tried to leap from the track, but the
engine struck him on the left side, break
ing his hip bone. left arm and crushing his
skull. The body was thrown about 30 feet.
striking the railing Of the platform and
bending heavy iron spike that held 1t in
place.
Justice John f. Hickey of Hyattsvilie.
acting coroner. summoned a jury Of inquest
with Dr.. J. NJ Gardner as foreman. and
after viewing the remains 1t was decided to
hold an inquest this evening In Riverdale.
The body was taken in charge by Under
taker Gasch. The engineer and fireman OF
the train viii probably be asked this even
Ing to explain how the accident occurred
and why the train was not stopped follow
Ing the accident.
The Riverdale crossing ID regarded as
dangerous one. There are no gates at the
main crossing, and several accidents have
occurred here. The railway station 10 To-
Gated between the steam and electric rail-
way tracks, and there II much passing to
and fro over both tracks
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Mayer Of Pittsburg. Usually at this time
OF the year the factories close down for the
summer. but owing to the large amount Of
glass destroyed on the PACING coast in the
recent earthquake stocks have been so de-
pieteo that II Is necessary to work all hands
full time during the warm weather. Build
Ing operations have also been stronger than
anticipated, adding to the discontinue of
the business. So pronounced has the stu
ation become that Belgian manufacturers
are casting about to enter the market pro-
vided they can find margin of profit that
Will warrant their taking such STEP Fear
or this foreign competition will keep prices
down TO normal figure. notwithstanding
conditions favorable to higher prices"
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A Travelling Lake.
From the Boston Post.

FfoM the BOSTON Post.
|. Among the many interesting discoveries
OF DR.. Sven Hedin in Central Asia Is q
singular oscillation in the position of the
lake Of Karakoshun. or Lob Nor. This
lake seems as restless as some rivers that
change their beds. but the cause OF its
movements is continuous change in the
level Of the desert In the midst Of which
1t lies. bordered by vegetation. At present
the lake is retreating northward and
creeping toward its ancient bed, where it
Is known to have lain In the third century
Of the Christian era; and az It slowly
moves the vegetation. animals ana the
fishermen. with their reed huts, follow its
shores northward. DIR. Hedin believes that
after reaching the northern part of the
desert, the lake returns southwark the
complete period Of oscillation being 1000
years or more.
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WITHOUT OFFICIAL ADVICE.
State Department UNIFORMED B
garding Chilean Earthquake.

State Department officials are without
any advices from the American representa-
tives in Chile concerning the earthquake
which is reported to have caused havoc on
the west coast Of South America. Neither
John Hicks. the American minister at San
tlago. nor any Of the twelve American con-
sular representatives In Chile has been in
communication with the department.
This government Is represented at
IquiQue. Chile. which Is reported to be one
of the worst centers OF the shock by
Charles s. winans of Michigan. and the
American consul at Valparaiso Is Alfred
A. winsiow OF Indiana, Frank d. Alier OF
New Jersey Is the American consular rep
resentative at Antofagasta. Mr.. Hicks, the
minister to Chile. Is Wisconsin man.
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up here to bump the bumps without the
proper kind of an escort. The man who
falls of the face of nature with four i'm
ported guides hanging to his person gets
all the flowers And the man who goes
up alone and comes down again in one
piece and in his own time has the fame
But for the poor devil who goes up I'M
attended and comes down inyoluntarily
there isn't even sympathy. They send some
of him home to the folks and scatter saw
dust over the place where he lit. And IL
they so much as mention his name tbs
merely to score him reundly for mussing
things up. Such are the ethics Of this par
ticuIar species of lunacy. /. c.. N.
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anxiety. the knowledge OF which Is con-
fined to very limited number of people
the really influential ones; but the matter
was so exceedingly grave that those best
acquainted with the facts have most wisely
refrained from talking about II. Happil.,
the trouble has now been averted.
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In this vicinity that has no visible outlet.
its waters escaping by an underground
channel to Lake Louis 1000 feet below,
take Agnes is another one Of these crystal
pools, smaller than the others and not de-
serving it's feminine name. for Its shores
are bordered with the widest collection OF
Imagined. Part OF this vicinity looks as ii
a mammoth freight car had backed into
it with considerable decision.
Old Leatherface Talks.
But the rubber-neck guides that pilot
your footsteps around the premises don't
put 1t in just that language. We met one
leathery-faced old duffer who had an eye
like boiled egg and voice like grand
father moose before sun up. am con-
WINGED that the kind of scenery he most
admired began at the front steps. trave.~A
over a cabbage patch and wound up at the
village saioonery, and yet he stood In 'front.'
Of us. without any more expression In mis-
face than a rabbit. ana delivered himseu OF
the following:
"A little way down the valley nature
smiles, not broadly. but none the less sweet
ly, for here among the MOSES are found
the forget-me-nots. the wood anemones. the
blue bells Of the Scottish highlands, the
ferns, the Alpine eidelweiss-the bridal
flower OF the Scottish mountaineer-and the
heather that reminds the sons ana daugh-
ters of bonnie Scotland Of their native
Ieatherface was just filing his lungs for
a fresh start, when we hit him, simulta-
neously and sincerely. II was cruel
thing to do. but the provocation was ex-
treme. Just think of q line of guide-book
language like that In the very face OF the
Il Shooting the Chutes.
rhare are a good many genuine Alpine
vn,ds.s around here, and thay all work over
time. The c. P. r.. thoughtfuliy imports
them from Switzerland every year during
the open Notwithstanding season in order
.hat those folks whose accident policies are
- roDd health may smash themselves MP
4 la mode. 1t Is considered very bad form
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Sanitation at the Seaside.
e London SanitAry Record

From the London Sanitary Record.
The sanitation Of British health resorts
has improved wonderfully OF late years.
but there Is stin much to be done. In some
places visitors only breathe pure ozone by
day. to be poisoned by foettd air IN stu6g
bed rooms 1t night
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The stagnation In the City.

From the Westminster 9aeette.
The real nature of the cIoua which has
been. to employ the popular phrase. "hang-
ing over the city" Of late has not been pub
ilciy adyerted to. There has been In ex-
6Shpe & xs<x potsns cause Tor Intense
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Condition PItabIe

Special to The Sentinel.
New York, Jan. 29.-Brooding
over the severity of his sentence of
ten years Imprisonment, which has
been melted out to him, and the fact
that he is being made a scape-goat
for the higher officials, much guilt
Ter than himself, Captain William
H. Van Shick, of the lost steamer
slocomb. was found dead in his cell
in prison today in a stage bordering
upon collapse. The aged seafaring
mans condition is pitiable and even
his keepers are extremely kind to
their gray haired prisoner, TO whom
they refer to as the victim of an I'M
lucky circumstance.
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He Was Churched

Special TO The Sentinel
Monte Vista, Colo. Jan. 29.-Dr.
Edwin NJ. Wheedon was yesterday
publically expelled from the member
ship OF the Monte Vista Presbyterian
church He was tried by the session
in secret December 23rd. Dr. Whee-
don was found guilty OF infidelity, a
pretty nurse in Denver being named.
On these grounds. Mras. Wheedon
divorced her husband at Colorado
Springs November Sth. A few days
later, DIT, Wheedon married a Miss
Weston a Denver nurse at Cheyen-
ne. Wheedon and his second wife
are now located at Canon City, where
he is practicing his profession.
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in the isthmus. He spent two weeks
ut Washington at the hearing of the
canal commission. Governor Ma
COON had heard OF the charges mo lie
b. Tadltney Bige' NV. the corIcs"Ond-
ent and grew apsiy in commenting
y. on them. He p'ainly AMI bluntiy
said that Bigelow was a liar. lie 81 d
Bigelow made a flying trip one day
over the isthmus. Nov. both, Thanks
giving day. and of course, it being
a holiday, no one was working On
this fact. Bigelow, sa Magoon de
clares made the report that work on
the big ditch was at a standstiil and
that everybody down there was draw
ing pay for loafing.
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THE PROPOSITIONS CARRY
BY LARGE MAJORITY

The proposition to Increase the
capital stock of the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers association and to in
crease the number of the directors
from seven to nine voted upon Sat
urday afternoon at special meet
ing of the stockholders of the as
ISOLATION carried by vote that was
almost unanimous.
The vote was as follows:
For the increase og the capital
stock from $4,000 to 100000.
1911 for; 204 against.
For the increase in the number OF
directors from seven to nine.-7.OS1
for; 81 against.
1t was necessary that two thirds
of the stock of the association be
represented at the meeting and voted
on the proposition. A canvass OF
the stock represented at the meeting
previous to the taking of the vote
showed more than two-thirds of IN,
stock was represented.
Several hours were required by the
| clerks ana teller IN making the counl
of the votesand determining the re
suit There was no doubt from the
very start that the proposition woulc
carry.
All the requirements Of the Law
governing such changes viii be mad,
piled with this week and at the ad
journed session of the annual meet
! ing to be held Saturday at the cour
house nine directors will be elect
ed
In many ways the increase in tn,
capital stock and in the number di
directors is most desirable and will
prove most beneficial to the growtl
and prosperity of the association
The result of the election is yer1
/ satisfactory.
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Duke Makes Answer

Special to The Sentinel.
Ney York. Jan. 29.-James D.
Duke. the millionaire tobacco manu-
facturer, filed long answer to his
wife's sensational charges in the
court of chancery at Trenton, n. j.,
today denouncing her allegations as
"scandalous. untrue and wholly I'M
verefied" Duke insists that what
he said about his wife is not only
true but that he can eorroborate his
statements by her own servants.
He alleges his intention of bring
ing out with great prominence her
relations with Frank Hutton,
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Seventeen families. mostly fruit
growers and ranchers, residing in
Frutyale superb of Canon city
have formed an organization for the
purpose of colonizating a portion of
the San Juan valley in New Mexi-
co. The thousand acres of land have
been entered under the homestead
clause OF the desert act Of congress
and as soon as weather conditions
permit, possession will be taken.
Engineers have already built twenty
four miles of ditch with fall of
eighty feet. from the San Juan river
for irrigation The company propos
es to eXpend FROM 100000 to $50
600 ON improvements. One project
is the construction OF huge plant
to light Pennington and Aztec. The
land lies in the midst of fine fruit
growing and farming country and the
promoters Of the enterprise expect
big returns FOR their investment
Rev. II. H. Croft spoke twice yes
terday for the Salvation army. His
afternoon subject was There Is
Therefore now no Condemnation 10
Them that are in Christ Jesus. Who
Walk not after the Flesh but the
Spirit. In the evening subject was
Jesus the Divine Teacher and pl-
vine Philosopher" AZ both services
the barracks We're crowded to their
utmost and great meetings were held.
There have been "a conversions
since last saturday night week. nm
to last night There seems to be a
wonderful enthusiasm at the meet
ings and the Salvation army is moi
waiting Tor the Spirit to come to bless
them, but are going after the spirit.
NJ. Singer has closed his clothing
store and is packing his goods pre-
paratory TO shipping them to some
point in the northwest where he viii
locate. The building will be occupied
by the new Brunswick billiard han
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the executor for two million d.,,,
as a trust fund. which she ,n'
was set apart by Mr.. Kerkes bn'
details of which were left in a..
cohate condition because of his
den death. Miss Grigsbee's H..
tention of going abroad immada'
ly following the death of Yarko. -,
been abandoned.
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Settlement Held Up!

Special to The Sentinel.
New York, Jan. 9s=-Settlement
of the SIS. 900 Charles T. Yerlles
estate will be held up. Miss Emily
Grigsbee, the traction magnate's
protege. is about to bring suit against