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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST II. 1907

and ruin of France. Every statesman in France
feels that
'Well?"
Suppose Berger to be secret emissary of the
French Government!
What nonsense! Berger is a sculptor, an artist"
'A1l secret emissares are very clever at something
besides their trade. You would surely not
expect secret emissary to label himself One of
the first physicians in London is in the pay of Ger
lander that the Governments of Europe still conduct
their private affairs in a manner which II 1t was
shown on the stage would be termed crudely meo-
dramatic"
The idea of Emile Berger being connected in any
way with the murder of my father is preposterous!
said Maurice positively.
Then YOU know the mystery of the statue?'
Sibthorpe asked quickly, but in very casual tone.
What mystery?
The mystery,-the mystery Of the statues
existence"
"Itwas an idea ofmy fathers. know nothingese
You mean caprice OF your father
my father not subject to caprlces.
was not caprice, what was it? What is t." His
accent became grave as he added persuaslvey,
Will you not admit that there is something about
the statue which cries out for explanation"
Maurice looked at the carpet, crossing his knees
and balancing leg. Then he nodded
And Berger is the creator of the statue, Slb-
thorpe went on; therefore Berger must know more
than he tells
Berger knows no more than l do. He is my
friend and have the utmost confidence in him.
'Emssaries usually chosen for their skill in
inspiring confidence said Sibthorpe.
Maurice uncrossed his knees, rose, and took
few steps the hearth rug. DO you seriously
suspect Berger?' he inquired with frigid placidity
sibthorpe lifted his hands with gestu:e which he
had copied from Gallo colleague Il seriously
suspect everybody, said he That is my rule in
these matters. For example, there is Abraham
Crampron
OH" Maurice exclaimed So there is Cramp-
iron, is theres How many murderers do you mean
to discover"
sibthorpe laughed contentedy. Seen him to-
day." he asked.
Who? Mr.. Crampiron? No."
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guessed, was assuredy dlsconcertlng, and the
fact that but mailman would have
taken Sbthorpe for detective did not make 1t
bit W les So d;dn+ Won come to me rst" Maurice de-
Common sense" said sibthorpe.
Common sense? How!
sibthorpe III like to think for myself before hear
ing what other people think.
" But what have YOU been doing!
Examining the field" said Sibthorpe.
And have YOU discovered anything?"
You will know later, Mr.. Courlander, said
Sibthorpe; and gazed with steady and invincible
Having examined the field said Maurice dryly,
what is Your next mover!
My next move is to examine you.
Examine me- thenl" He swung his chair round
on its pivot and faced Sibthorpe with gesture that
rcsembled hostility
Whom do you suspect?" Sibthorpe demanded
with gay anlableneSS.
Il suspect one
"H'm!" murmured Sibthorpe gently, letting his
hands frt with each othe, over the lowest but,
Like many fat men, he had quiet, pleasant
If Beakbane had any designs on my fathers
life whv should he have down openly last
night in motor car! suppose you know he did
Gomez"
Yes, 1 know" replied Sibthorpe. But sup
pose he ddn t mean to come down openly:
Didn't mean to? But he came
Exactly. But supposing that he had meant to
come down secretly by night and some Pm one h4d
chatter afterward? He would then have to make
the best of bad job, and he would show himself
boldly, hoping that his very boldness would dsarm
any suspicion that might afterward arise. How
does that strike you!
It's theory" Maurice admitted. But Beak-
bane left the Hundreds genuinely enough. He did
really CO.
You are sure?'
Il heard the car The night was very still. l
heard stop for the gates of the last lodge to OPEN
and then heard it go on again, until the sound
'Ah!'' unused sibthorpe Now, mile
from the last lodge on the London road
he continued dreamily, AN empty car
seen at half-past two this morning
By whom"
BY the driver Of the mail cart. And its
number I'll
That is one of our numbers said Maui
Il am aware of it, said Sbthorpe. The
car not there when the mail cart returned
at FIVE minutes to three.
1T is certainly strange Maurice put in,
that Beakbane has not come down to see me
to-day.
Il don't think that is strange said Sib-
You suggest"
No simply mean that he has been re-
the police in Dunstable.
Then he did come down! n
Yes; intercepted him.
He is in custody!' =
Not quite -
How does he explain about the empty
carl" =:
He doesn't explain He hasn't been asked =
to explain. He doesn't know that we-that
know. I'm waiting to see if he will say any
thing that fails to fit in with the empty car.
SIbthOrpes smile OF satisfaction was his own
applause.
father?'
Puzzle" said Sibthorpe 1T would be
easier to find reason why Emile Berger =
should have killed your father.
Maurice jumped up. 1t seemed as though
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/ wonder why most all the
Is fraid to let their boys go swmmin'?
Poor mothers just as 'fraid any.
She says Now, Tommy MacIlhenny,
Don't you darst 60 that pond!'
l tell you what I'm awful fond
OF my mother. / promised her solumn an slow
l never would swim in the pond-oh no!
But now on the bank pause an shiver
With joy, she never thought O the river.
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hauser, the head Of the lumber trust,
has $600,000,000, the count of his
wealth would be completed In Just
about the length of time it rained DUR
ing Noah's yachting cruise.
Say j. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew
Carnegie each own $350,000,O0O, the
count of their hoard would be complet-
ed In twenty-four days. All the vast
horde of poor millionaires having about
$15,Oo0,00o would get one days attend
ance. Those having less than $14,500-
600 would be dismissed in six hours
These figures are the result Of a count
made of the unused" money in one of
the vaults under control of William B.
R1dgely, comptroller of the currency.
The count was finished a few DAYS ago
having been under way twelve working
days. For six years there had been no
count of the money in the vault. and
1t occurred to Mr.. Ridgely that he ought
to satisfy himself that the S176.OOO..
600 the books showed to be in the yault
was actually there. The count showed
that there were as many dollars in the
vault as the books said there should
be.
Thirty-eight years ago negro stole
package containing 1000 sheets of un-
signed bank notes. He had a high time
signing the names of the president and
cashier of the hank for which Tho
notes had been engraved. Congress- ap-
propriated $4,000 to pay for the spurl-
Gus notes Issued by him to innocent
persons. but only 1925 worth of the
forged notes ever came to the treasury
for redemption.
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snubhed punished for this, 1t
would myself of the hat but stuck
with member of the community
householder still regarded dangerous individual
might conduct myself properly and
talk ntegent quite likely something unlike what
else said thus the impression that there something queer
Well do remember vigorous endeavors the part or safe
and understand that wasn't be taken when 1t
summing people of the place. and that they were
notice anything said This left free to
things notice them might just
well lot of bottled sentiment
seemed anxious get out So just said them.
said that didn't think rights that thought the
fake thought society joke and the afectatons
Of fashionable disgusting believed culture be stupid when
consciously applied.
said had to nceness said kindergarten work
taught children
peoples religious meetings unless conducted by older people said
opposed to lesson that did not like audible
in formal service said opposed revival meetings
This does not start the things that d but nobody paid atten
ton to them did not really difference
things with mpuny and being
order of the city fathers embodened
age before it is
However in looking
expressions opinion
you Young people likely mistake bunes anness
for brightness These mistakes 1t is well avoid
real belief instructive objection theory,
the world is always coming grief by stupidity following
Juliet " Strauss in the Chicago Journal.
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HOW TO REDUCE THE FLESH.
Increasing the Lung Capacity Is the
First Requisite.

Increasing the Lung Capacity Is the
First Requisite.
To increase the lung capacity is the
first step in the reduction Of flesh, says
Outing. For this purpose running is, l
think, superior to any other exercise.
Boxing and handball are also excellent
for the "wind." And these exercises
will do more to increase the respira-
tory functions; they will greatly stim-
ulate the circulation as we'll as all the
secretory and excretory processes.
What leg exercise will not do, how
ever, is oxidize, to any great extent,
the soft tissues Of the trunk and arms.
True, by stimulating the organs Of
elimination and by increasing lung ca
pacity, leg exercises will oxidize upper
tissues somewhat; but when fat is not
replaced by muscle. 1t has a strong ten
dency to reform.
A bad effect of leg exercises exclu-
sively is that they draw major part
Of the blood, rich in oxygen, to the low
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sportsmen have turned their attention
from the northern lakes to the Illinois
rivers and neighboring lakes. For the
small lakes all along the rivers show
the same wonderful increase in pis-
catorial population
Complaints of the alleged effects on
Lake Michigan fisheries at first were
ridiculed by the drainage canal trus-
tees, but they have become so numerous
that these officials have been forced to
take cognizance of them. The rivers
gain is Lake Michigan's loss, it is de-
clared, and how to prevent the exodus
of lake fish is a problem that the sani-
tary trustees are now wrestling with.
So far, the only solution of the prob
lem that has been suggested is the
building Of fishways at all the dams
and locks along the artificial water
route. But this, it is feared, would
weaken the dams, and it Is doubtful If
1t would be possible to construct them
In manner that would permit the fish
to make their way back to Lake Mich
igan, once they had wandered SO far
away as the Illinois River. Two meth
DDS of constructing the fishways have
been proposed-one consisting of what
is known as fish ladder, which would
consist of series of steps, over which
the water in descending would turn the
fall into cascade, and thus permit
the fish to climb back In pursuing
their return journey to the lake: the
other comprising a chute with a sinu-
GUS track for diminishing the velocity
and assisting the passage of the fish to
the level above the dam. Because of
the nature Of the locks and dams, their
width and number, 1t is doubted If this
device would prove successful, even If
the construction did not interfere so
materially with the mechanical opera
tions.
The appearance of the new types of
fish, entirely different from anything
recorded by former naturalists, has
stirred up the scientists, and the here
tofore despised Des PLANES River has
come into prominence as the center of
piscatorial interest, for it is here that
the new types and increased number of
fishes have attracted widespread atten-
ton.
The strange and new types of fishes
never noticed to any great extent until
this year, are undoubtedly the result
of the intercrossing that came about
after the invaders from the lake had
accustomed themselves to the new en-
vironments. On finding it impossible
to make their way back to the lake
they settled down to make the best OF
their life in the marrow confines of the
rivers and accept the condition of mis-
cegenation with the river fishes as the
best for all concerned.-St. Louis Globe
| Democrat.
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jar containing a few drops Of water,
and kept 1t in warm room. A week
or ten days later he injected a quantity
of the liquid left In the bottom Of the
jar into pigeon and awaited develop
ments.. Presently the pigeons feathers
began to fall out. He continued the In
jections regularly, and within few
days the. birds coat had entirely dis
appeared. When the injections were
discontinued the pigeon regained its
coat. The experiments were repeated
with dogs and hens, and the results
were the same.
DIR. Parker reached the conclusion
that expired air, remaining in mans
lungs long enough for the decomposi-
tion of the organic matter to take place,
resulted In the formation of poison
which affected the roots of the hair
and caused it to fall out. Deep breath
ing expels the air and with 1t the poi
son.
The doctor secured a number of par
TALLY bald men and got them to breathe
by proper methods. In few days the
dandruff, which is invariably an ac-
compartment to badness, ceased; the
hair stopped falling out and new
growth started. In six weeks the i'm
provement was very noticeable,
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NEEDLEwoRK FOR SCHOOLGIRLS
Benefits of Learning How to Sew
skflfu1ly and Correctly.

Benefits of Learning How to Sew
skflfu1ly and Correctly.
The ability of a girl to do without
teaching anything she is called on to
do is pretty generally taken for grant
ed. She initiates the countryman who,
being asked if he could play the violin,
replied, II guess so; never tried !"
Thousands of girls marry and set up
housekeeping whose experience In cook
ing consists In making fudge" and
concocting Welsh rabbit on a chafing-
dish-pleasant eating in their place, but
inadequate for the daily. food of a
Woodworking husband.
So, also, the girl is supposed to know
by instinct how to mend and sew. A
certain young wife became on her mar
riage the stepmother of three small
children. The first weeks mending-
basket was revelation to her Of her
own helplessness.
Il was tempted to stop the holes with
court-plaster," she confessed afterward,
anu udlC say IL NOulu nave pCSA Ao
effective as what l managed to do"
Two generations ago in a, famous
school for girls in an Eastern city sew
ing was an important part of the cur
riculum. The first task of new stu
dent was the making of a shirt Tor
father or brother. Every stitch in that
shirt was set by thread. If seam
had to be ripped dozen times, it must
be fit for the closest inspection. This
zeal on the part of the school was some
times excelled in the home.
A tradition fingers in one family of a
| daughter who went IL that school when
she was years old. So well did she
sew at that age that she was excused
| from making the shirt, and set at once
to a bit Of fine needlework-a wide
muslin collar, covered with embroidery
as exquisite as lace.
The promise Of the 6year-old child
was richly fulfilled, and her needle was
for long lifetime high satisfaction
to herself and joy to her fortunate
| family and friends. Sewing was never
a slavery to her, but always fasci-
mating creative occupation, The patch
on a jacket, the darn of stocking OF
| the embroidery of gown or napkin
were alike welcome calls upon her ca
pable fingers. When people spoke Of
her ability to turn off sewing, she usec
to say:
That's because l know how to sew
know how because Il was taught
Skilful hands, even better than many
hands, make light work w-Youtb'I
| Companion.
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Watery Eyes.-Relief may be obtain
ed by bathing the eyes several times a
day with wash consisting of ten
grains of pure borax and two ounces
of camphor water.
Rheumatic Knee.-Try sallcylate OF
soda, five drams; tincture Of nux vom-
! lea, three drains, and essence of pepsih
enough to make four ounces The dose
| for an adult Is one teaspoonful every
two or three hours.
Superfuous Hair.--A growth Of hair
is annoying to girl who wears short
sleeves. Depilatores are dangerous and
electrolysis, the only sure cure, Is an
expensive treatment To minimize the
trouble dark hairs may be bleached
| Wash the arms with weak solution of
ammonia and water. Then pour lit
tie peroxide Of hydrogen in the water
and apply with a piece Of linen. The
bleaching process will have to be re-
peated from time to time, but peroxide
is harmless to the skin.
| Nasal Catarrh.--In the treatment of
this persistent and often lntractable dis
order good results have been obtained
by the internal administration five or
six times each day of one-half teaspoon
full doses in one-half ounce of water OF
mixture of one ounce Of specific echin-
acea and two ounces of stillingia. The
latter intensifies the action of echlna-
cea in Its influence upon the mucous
surfaces. Tincture of gelsemlum, two
drops every hour during the day, push
ed to physiological point, will abort a
catarrhal cold. Three grains of salicy-
late of strontlum, added to each dose,
relnforces 1t If rheumatism Is suspected.
Neuralgia.--If the neuralgia Is In the
right side of the face the left hand
should be placed In basin of water as
hot as can be born: or II neuralgia is
in the left side of the face, then the
right hand should be placed In the hot
water. 1t Is asserted that In this way
relief may be obtained In less than five
minutes. The two nerves which have
the greatest number of tactile endings
are the fifth and the medium nerve.
AS the fibers Of these two nerves cross
any impulse conveyed to the left hand
will affect the right side Of the face,
or if applied to the right hand VIII
affect the left side Of the face. This
is on account Of the crossing of the
cords.
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What becomes of all the baseball
bats2 Is quite like the old inquiry Of
What becomes of all the pins?" AT
any rate, big factories are running all
the year round, turning out nothing
but bats. When one considers the 10,-
100000 small boys In this country and
that each one averages four bats dur
Ing his early baseball days, the prob
lem is reduced to figures which ac.
count for the demand, says Popular
Mechanics. Bats are no longer whitfield
out of a piece Of board, as was done
forty years ago, but are matte on mn
chimes which turn out their thousands
daily.
The process is simple but slow. First
the logs are cut into bolts OF from
thirty-two inches to forty-two inches
long and the bolts sawed into blllets
two and half inches or three inches
square at the ends. Three years sea
soning is required for the best bats,
either in the log or billet. The kiln
drying process is rapid, but not CON
sidered as good The billets are placed
in an automatic lathe, which quickly
transforms the stick into the graceful
form of the bat
The bat Is then smoothed and polish.
cd by being held against rapidly
moving horizontal belt which Is cover.
ed with sand. 1t is then ready for Its
coat of oil, varnish or paint, as the
case may be.
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er limbs; whereas II vigorous arm and
trunk exercises were executed, beside
the leg exercises, much blood would be
attracted also to the upper parts
which would then be oxidized to the
best advantage. their lost fat being, ut
the same time, replaced by solid It's
sue. and hence having little tendency
to reform. Running, therefore, splen-
did exercise though it is, should be
supplemented by vigorous upper" ex-
ercises. By vigorous upper exercises
l do not mean calisthenics nor any
kind of so-called light exercises;
mean reasonably hard work.
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years old. 1t was during that time that
he lost his eyesight by an accident
with an arrow gun. Three years pre-
ivously be had lost his left eye, play
mate, in moment of passion, striking
him with stone.
Mr.. Gore is but SO years of age. He
lives at Lawton, has wife, and four
children, and is lawyer by profess
sion. His memory is wonder. When
his father prepared to send him to a
blind school, he refused to go, saying
that schools for the blind did not fur
nish him the books and opportunity he
desired. So he went to the public
schools and college, getting through by
reason of his acute memory.
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BLIND MAN WILL BE SENATOR

The Democrats of Oklahoma have Sc
lected as one of the United States Sen
ators to represent Oklahoma, Thomas
P. Gore, of Lawton, who is totally
blind. His nomination is equal to an
election. This is the first time in the
history of the United States that q
blind nah has ever been sent to the
Senate, as Mr.. Gore will be when state
hood is accomplished under the present
proposed constitution.
Mr.. Gore has been In politics all his
life, beginning as page in the Mis-
sissippi Senate when he was but II
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HOW TO GROW HAIR.

Former Naval Surgeon Has Novel
Plan to Rethatch Bald Pates.
Breathe properly, and you'll never be
bald. If you're already partially bald,
breathe properly and your hair will
start coming in" again. This is the
boiled down advice of DIR. Delos L. Par
ker, a former United States naval sur
geon.
Parker came to the above conclusion
by a series of experiments. He impris-
oned quantity of expired breath in a
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Something Like Joshua

A mountaineer Of one Of the back
counties of North Carolina was ar
raigned with several others for Illicit
distilling. Defendant" asked the
court, what is your name?"
Joshua" was the reply.
"Are you the man who made the sun
stand still?"
Quick as fash came the answer :
"No, sir; am the man who made the
moonshine. ."-Harper's Weekly.
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Saying What You Believe.

/ have never regarded my opinions as having
any special weight in the community. Indeed,
have acquired the freedom Of speech which char
acterizes me through a knowledge that people
are not going to pay any attention to what say.
This began in childhood when l soon learned
that my elders were obliged to apologize for me
to the neighbors upon the broad grounds that no
body could be held responsible for my remarks
because there was never any telling what was
going to say. l never did quite learn to avoid
expressing sentiments until somebody else had
expressed them and found they were safe
l always did, from earliest childhood, when
sat listening to the safe and sane conversation OF
the visiting neighbors who were discussing plati-
tudes in their company tone, get dreadfully tired
OF tried and true sentiment and break out with
some mutinous idea or disturbing question that
fell like bombshell in the camp of the ultra
respectable Christian family of which was an
unworthy member.
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why They Argue.

"Some big-voiced men," said Uncle
Eben, "gits into arguments cause dey
aln't got time to go to ball game and
do deir hollerln' In de regular way
Washington Star.
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No Way of Judging.

"What are the running expenses OF.
your army?" asked one South Amerl-
can ruler Of another.
"oh, don't know" replied the one
addressed. 'The army hasn't had a
chance to run for long time now.p--
Tonkers Statesman.
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TASK FOR MONEY EXPERTS.
Days 'TwOuId Require to Count FOr-
tunes of Big MiIIionairea.

If the wealth Of the rich men Of the
United States could be reduced to ma
tlonal bank notes it would not be as
great task for the nineteen expert
money counters OF the United States
treasury to tally and set the amount
down in books as the average man
thinks 1t would. Working In the leis-
urely fashion the government permits,
It would take the nineteen experts a
little more than fifty-two days to as
certain the exact number of Roekefel-
lers dollars Assuming that Weyer-
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The rich man and the mule are
abused a great deal, but there contin-
ues to be good demand for both.