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"The Rule of the Road"
rom the London Chronicle.

rTOm the LONDON Chronicle.
The confusion in the rule of the road as
existing in Liguria may also be found in
Belgium. At Antwerp the English rule is
followed-or, at least, 1t was so eight years
ago, when the present writer was bicycling
there-but Brussels, the miniature Paris,
adheres to the French custom. That is all
very well as long as one Is driving in one
or other of the two cities, but in travelling
from one to the other the fun is fast and
furious. However as nobody says anything
In Belgium If the cyclist occupies the foot
path, he may avoid danger as well as con-
tumely that way. And there is always this
to be said for the rule of the road on the
continent-when all other means fail. before
they fail In most cases. the shout and the
regulation. It does not matter much
what rule of the road prevails when you
are trying to pass a Normandy farm
wagon, so long that it is even a little longer
than it Is broad, with three horses abreast,
all bedizened with bells and blue
shocked carter Indifferent to bell or horn
from behind. Or when the OK is yoked with
the mule or horse, and has the oxlike habit
Of moving his head to and fro as he comes,
regardless of the inconvenient length OF
his horns. Or when, in the environs of a
town, every vehicle struggles across the
road anyhow, and its occupants glare at
you because you have tried to circumvent
them without either shout or carillon-only
with a motor horn and obedience to the
official regulation. Noise is what counts on
the road In France, and he who makes the
most clears the widest passage.
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fly, much. Tn osthrich learned to walk an
forgot how to fly If we larn how to f,y
we'll lose tn use iv our legs. They'll get
smaller an smaller an whin you an me
come down to take our meals in tn back
yard, We'll hop around in a way that'u be
perfickly ridiculous.
No. sir, ye can bet on It, there'n be no
fyin' in this wurruld. An who wants to
fly? Not me. We can't be amy too close
to what Hogan calls this old terra FIR me-
No, sir l want to feel it undher me feet
ivry moment iv tn day. Man was in
tinded to sloch around in tn mud, an that's
what he'll be dom dlTin' our lifetime. I'll
nivver believe rale flynn machine has been
built till wan thing is rayported about it."
What's that?" asked Mr.. Hennessy
at must lay an egg" said Mr. Dooley.
"Th' beginnin' Nv fight is an egg. I'll not
believe anything till / r-read in tn
pa-apers: Yesterday mornin at tin o'clock,
amid tn lusty CROWN Nv all tn flynn ma
chimes in tn garage, tn Santos Dumont
flynn machine laid an egg Thin III know
that tn day has arrived whin foolish man
has got up as far in tn what Hogan calls
tn animile kingdom as tn goose, tn pig
con, an the loon. But not till thin"
I'D like to bet we yen be flynn hum
dherd years firm now said Mr. Hennessy.
Il hope 1 will" said Mr.. Dooley Amy
how, I'm glad ye have such a good opinyon
iv me-
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Comments Flying Machines and Aerial NAVIGATION.

be tn look iv things, I'll need thu FIR a
while yet.
Yes Sir I've been r-readin about flynn
machines FIR long time, an seem pitchers
" what they'd look like if they come Ivry
year some smart la-ad on wan Nv tn pa
apers gives us a fine pitcher iv how Chi
cago will look in two thousand an siven
with tn men wearin' very high stoveppe
hats an knee breeches an flynn around In
tn air an above tn tall chmleys. It's
settled thing that We'll fly a hundherd
years hence, an it always will be. 'Tis
fine thing to think about, an mannys tn
same joke that has been cracked about it
flynn passenger trains rushin' through TIL
air, with careless old gintlemen fallin'
from thin; flynn drunken min zig-zaggin'
home with flynn polismen chasin' thim
It's fine subjck FIR jokes. Think iv ye'er-
silf flynn to yeer wurruk at tn rolin' mills
at tn corner iv tn clouds, with yeer din
ner pail hung wan wing, or maybe
havin' little pair iv wings itself and fut-
We may sthop at me a-eeryal liquor store
an you an me will poise together with ex-
tended wings till ye'er wife flies up to fetch
ye home. Oh, twill be tn grand thing
lvry day pick up a pa-aper an see some
thing like this 'A-eeryal navigation
solved. Professor Nudge iv Wash'nt has
completed his flynn machine an tomorrow
will fly acrost TIL Potomac. Professor
Mudgc's idee is that if flynn is accom-
plished TIL machine must follow the laws
iv nature. His sky-skmmln' device is
modelled exactly on TIL construction iv a
bird, .havin' wings forty feet acrost made
iv iron. wood, leather, brass, an piano
wires. an run be a gasoline engine TIL
next day l Tread: "A vast concoorse iv
people gathered on tn bank iv tn Poto-
mac yesterday to see Professor Mudge's
flynn machine accomplish it's long an we'll
advertised flight. TIL Professor havin' |
seated himself in tn inteeryor iv tn ma
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an tapped, an tn product iv courageous
mans victory over nature scared lords TIL
emporium, scared as scars the COW, fr
fully two feet an thin dove into tn Po-
tonac, fin'lly perchin on top iv tn profits
-sor Professor Nudge was seen at his
home where he was found gittin' tn mud
out iv his hair. He told tn rayporther that
tn problem was solved but he had made
mistake in modelin' the monsther on tn
lines iv an eagle entirely an not payin at
tinton to tn humble but useful aquatic
fowls. Amy future flynn machine must
be equipped with web feet. Tn flynn ma
chine iv TIL future wud be a combination
iv eagle an duck
'In Paris, they tell me, it rains crazy
Fr-rinchnen ivry day, an doolin in tn
parks has become unsafe. TIL Fr-rinch
have tn greatest iv all flynn machine
men. He has annihlated more space with
his injaynious device thin annywan liver
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written up in TIL pa-apers. He was on'y
prevented firm flynn last week be his legs
catchin' on a barb-wire fence TIL week
befure while hyin acrost tn English Chan
mel wan Nv tn men holdin' him up let go.
But he was out again Yesterday: Santos
Dumont has again successfully proved that
man can fly at last again. Up to this time
Santos has confined his flights to tn some
what narrow and confined columns iv tn
New York Hurled. But Yesterday he whit
long step further. TIL Mechanical bird
was mounted on four wheels an dhriven
be large motor which ran it around an
around in tn park, while the great wings
tapped an tn invintor crowed within.
Whin tn wheels were withdrawn, tn
mighty machine fiuttered to tn ground an
Santos was exthricated be tn Fire Depart
ment TIL experiment successfully proves
tn possibility iv combination bicycle an
flynn machine
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Not for His.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
A prominent lawyer who formerly prac.
ticed at the bar of Kansas City tells of a
funny Incident In court there during a
trial IN which a certain young doctor was
called as witness was
Counsel for the other side in cross-exapo-
ming the youthful medico gave utterance
to several sarcastic remarks tending to
throw doubt upon the ability of so young a
One OF the questions was: You are en-
urely FAMILIAR with the symptoms of con-
cussion of the brain?"
II am"
Then," continued the cross-examiner
suppose my learned friend, Mr.. TAYLOR
and myself were to bang our heads to-
gether, should we get conclusion of the
brain?' o
Your learned friend Mr.. Taylor might"
suggested the young physician.
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Cheerfulness Of Blind Persons.

From Leslie 3 weekly.
Another branch Of knowledge which one
would say it would be almost impossible to
teach a blind person is music. 1t is easy to
understand that a blind man might learn to
play almost any instrument by ear. but the
students are not targht to do this. They
learn by note, and many Of them become
expert musicians. The method of teaching
music employed by the New York institu-
tfon was originated by Miss H. A. Babcock..
the chief instructor In music, and through
her help the methods have been adopted in
the majority of the large educational insti-
tutions throughout the country. To explain
to beginners everything that is on the STAFF
and the methods of its use, cushion about
the size o1 an ordinary sofs-pillow, filed
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one Of the imputations originally made
against the former abbess remained unde-
molished The judge in discharging her,
said it was incomprehensible how she could
have been convicted in 1903.
Baroness Won Heusler is thus once more
an honored member of society. This fact
has been officially recognized by her pres
entation at the Bavarian court. At the
time she was convicted of murder she was
formally expelled from the holy order to
which she belonged, and since her release
she has not resumed the veil. She is now
living quietly not far from Munich.
RUDOLPH Won ELPHBERG
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The public prosecutor took up the case
with great vigor. When the trial took place
the conspiracy against Baroness Won Heus-
Ter was carried out with terrible success.
The principal witness for the crown gave
her evidence under oath and her testimony
could not be shaken in any one detail by the
cross-examining lawyers. The evidence
given by the NAL contents nuns deprived the
baroness of the support of the strong pre-
sumption of innocence in her favor which
would have had great weight with the jury
had her character not been thus assailed
She was found guilty and sentenced to
penal servitude for life.
When the verdict was made known and
sentence raised Baroness Won Heusler,
with shrek of despair, fell fa.nting in the
dock of the court of justice and was car
ried out insensible to doff her nuns attire
and to don the coarse uniform of a convict.
She did not regain consciousness until she
was In the prison in which she had to serve
her sentence. and then she came back to life
to find herself in a small bare cell, with
stone walls and a stone floor and a rough
blank bed In the corner and nothing but
straw to soften it's hardness.
According to the custom in Germany In
the case of prisoners convicted for extreme
ly serious crimes, Baroness Won Heusier
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The Outdoor Boy.
From the Cutters Book.

Let the boy learn to hit the bright spot
with a rifle, and IL war comes he can hit
the button on the coat of an enemy the
first shot, and does not have to be taught
y familiar with guns, boats, water and the
wild woods he will be handy anywhere and
you can't lose him. Any boy who has got
father who won't do the right thing by
him and give him chance to love the
woods and the water and the free, clean
air that God serves free. when you get far
enough away from mans city can come
along with me some time and l will show
him how to have the time of his life.
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plunged her into the depths of misery and
humiliation.
There were two domestic servants at the
Convent of st. Macmillan who were en-
ployed in order that the inmates of the in
stltution should be as free as possible to
devote themselves to work among the noor
one OF these servants died suddenly, and a.
post-mortem examination of her body
showed that she died from the effects of
poison taken in her afternoon coffee No
sooner was this discovery made than the
other domestic servant, Minna Wagner by
name, accused Baroness Won Heusler of
having committed this murder. She told
how, acting under the orders of the lady
superior, she had purchased poison from a
neighboring chemist. The chemists evil
dence supported her own story so far, in
asmuch as this girl had bought a certain
quantity OF poison on given day. She
said she had given this poison TO the lady
superior, and related how, on the day of
the tragedy, she had seen the baroness
creep downstairs TO the servants quarters
and pour a powder into a cup of coffee
which the servant had prepared for her
self. Minna Wagner was unable to explain
why she had failed to raise the alarm i'm
mediately and thereby avert the death of
her fellow servant, but she stuck obstinate
ly to her story.
That woman of Baroness Won Heuslers
reputation and antecedents should have
been guilty OF such act seemed at first
incredible to those who conducted the pre-
liminary investigation. But after listen
ing to the various stories which several
of the nuns voluntarily told about the lady
superior 1T no longer appeared so out
rageously inconsistent with her character.
For these nuns depicted her a species
of feminine Jekyll and Hyde, who ap-
peared TO the outer world as a saint, but
revealed herself within the convent walls as
a treacherous. tyrannical woman who would
scruple at nothing to attain her ends. The
result of these disclosures was that one
day an officer of police. with six uniformed
men under his command. drove up to the
Convent of ST. Macmillan and, demand
ing admittance in the name of the law. ar
rested Baroness Won Heusler on charge
of murder.
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never lost faith In her innocence worked
diligently in her behalf. BY dnt of strenu-
Gus efforts they collected mass OF evidence
In Baroness Won Heuslers' favor. Unfortu-
nately, Minna Wagner, the witness who.
more than any other, had brought about
her conviction, died at a critical moment of
the investigations, thereby placing fresh OBJ
stacles in the way Of Baroness Won Heus-
ler's supporters. But they ascertained that
the Wagner woman always had been hys-
terical and mentally deficient, and that her
evidence ought never to have been accepted
In court of law. After considering the
new evidence the court of appeals ordered
new trial. The case was tried before a
judge and jury at Munich and resulted in
the triumphant acquittal of the baroness,
who gained her liberty after three and a
half years of imprisonment
Perhaps the most amazing feature of the
new trial was the complete retraction of
their former statements by the various
members of the sisterhood of St. Maxi
milan whose testimony to the discredit of
the baroness had appeared so damning
when given at the first hearing of the case
One and all Of them declared that they had
been mistaken in giving their former evil
dence. and thus at the close Of the trial not
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spent the fiji st year of her term in solitary
confinement. Her cell was twenty feet in
! length by twelve feet in width, and con-
tanned nothing but the blank bed a small
wooden table and one wooden chair. The
window heavily barred, was so high up
that the unfortunate prisoner could scarcely
look through it even when standing on her
single chair. And then all that met her
gaze was bare wall. She saw human be-
ings twice a day only-when she was taken
out for her exercise. lasting one hour, and
when her cell was inspected to make sure
everything was in order. Apart from this,
Baroness Won Heusler spent all the long,
weary hours Of day and night in awful soil
tude. The merely physical sufferings of a
woman of her class, gently nurtured and
brought up in refinement were terrible
enough, yet they were Insignificant COM
pared with the mental sufferings caused by
the unmerited disgrace which had fallen
upon her name.
Looking back on this period Of solitary
confinement, it seems surprising that the
unfortunate woman was not driven mad by
her experiences. Days and weeks and
months passed. and still she was suffering
agonies in the appalling soil
tude of her miserable CELL At times she
broke out into wild fits Of impotent fury
and threw herself against the stone walls
of her prison with the idea Of terminating
her unhappiness by suicide. When these
temporary frenzies had passed, leaving her |
humble and penitent and ashamed Of her |
to destroy herself, she used to J
fall into the uttermost depths Of despair |
and spend days and sometimes weeks in a |
kind of mental stupor-the result of entire |
lack of hope.
the baroness was removed from
her lonely cell and set to work. This was an |
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so as to protect the industry in the Uni ed
States"
PLEASE explain ths di pute about the duty
on Mr. Rockefeller's wig"
"Oh, that is very simple. Mr. Rockefeller,
though rich, is economical. Finding that
he would have to pay a heavy duty upon
the 3O0-franc wig, he sent it back to me
with instructions to keep il until his return
this spring. He requested me at the same
time to send him his old wig This | val
ued at about $40, IS l presumed he need
not pay any duty for wig which had been
long time in use. Mr. Rockefeller has
bought as many as ten wigs from me. He
Is probably more comfor, able with them
than if he had his own hair
Has Mr.. Rockefeller a very intellectual
head?'
He has the usual bumps of a strong
character. The bumps of benevolence and
OF phllo-progenitivenes are there. His
eyes are small but searching. He can read
mans thoughts easily. He weighs every
thing in his mental balance"
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Rockefe11er's New Wig
From Feminine 7resses


PARIS, February Z, 1907
A NDRE AUTARD is the hero of the
~ hour in Paris. His name is upon
every tongue. He is spoken of as
the wig furnisher of the richest man in the
world. Since it became known that he
makes wigs for John D. Rockefeller titled
Frenchmen press forward to shake his
hand. Andre Autard is the big little man
whose hair-dressng establishment is in
the Rue Castiglone. 1t is not far from
the famous Tuilleries Gardens, and in the
season is much frequented by Americans.
He is cheerful Frenchman, and, as is the
custom with people of his station, is as
sisted by his rosy-cheeked wife. He ad-
vertises extensively and is said to have
amassed fortune by his calling. When
John d. Rockefeller was at Compiegne last
summer he sent for the hair artist. 1t
was not to cut his hair, for the Millionaire
has none M Rockefeller is the baldest
man in the world" said Autard to me.
HE has not a single hair on his mead, ana
even his mustache has fallen on. Can
science make hair grow on Mr. Rockefeller
head?" l inquired.
Science can make few hairs grow on
anything" replied the Airdresser and wig
maker Science can make hair grow on a
board-that is, few hairs. But when
roots have disappeared science cannot re-
store the whole head of hair. All the
money possessed by Mr.. Rockefel er can
not now get him head OF natural halr.
But it can get him something Almost as
good. 1t can get him wig that Is
dream. Permit me to show you the color
of the hair 1t is quite gray, not white. 1t
Is the color of the hair that Mr.. Rockefeller
lost You see how it is parted on the side
This wig weighs only twenty grammes. II
Is exceedingly comfortable"
''where does the hair for these wigs come
from?"
ct comes from various sources. The hair ,
of prisoners is cut of and sold. The hair
Of criminals Is sent to our market. The |
hair of the dead Is sometimes cut off: SO
also is the hair of sick peope. All that is |
for cheap wigs by irresponsible makers. /
Again some women like to wear their hair |
like men. Hence they cut 1t Off. There |
are many women in France who cut off |
their hair for the sole purpose of getting !
some money for It, The hair of this wig |
of Mr.. Rockefeller is the beautiful soft :
gray hair Of a lady once well known in i
society,""
How do these wigs compare with those |
made in New York, M. Autard?
"They are much lighter. being not more I
than one-third Of the weight of the New
York wigs. From the standpoint of price I
they are about the same. Mr.. Rockefeller's
wigs cost three hundred francs. They would
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"FIyIn', said Mr.. Hennessy.
well. maybe said Mr.. Dooley. Maybe
we will. But l doubt it. Man an boy. I've
heerd for sixty years that we'd be whirlin'
through TIL air on wings pretty soon. I've
been ready tn best part ov tn cinchery
to bid last long farewell to thin two
frinds iv mine that have stood undher me
In good an evil report for so NANNY years
an carried me TO me meals. an upheld me-
right or wrong. an got me out iv much
hrouble-I name, Hinnissy, me legs But.
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Baroness Won Heusler belongs to one Of
the most prominent and at the same time
most respected houses of the south Ger
man nobility The family possesses a proud
record its members having mada il a rule
Of life to live uprIghtly and to hand on the
family name to their successors unblem-
ished by the fOllies and iniquities perpe-
trated by so many aristocratic scions. Some
Of The Heuslers have been brave and
doughty warriors. others have devoted their
talents to craftsmanship, others to scientific
research and others again to exploration,
while women of the family either have been
good wives to their husbands or have de-
voted themselves to the church The Heus-
lers have been devout Roman Catholics
through all the centuries, and 1t has been
customary for at least one daughter of
every successive baron to enter a convent
and devote her life to the cause of religion.
Baroness Elizabeth Won Heusler took the
veil at the age Of twenty-five, and there
after her income was devoted TO the relief
Of the poor and to all sorts and varieties of
charitable undertakings. Dressed in the
habit Of her order, she could be seen in the
poorest and dreariest quarters OF Munich,
carrying succor TO the needy. inspiring
cheerfulness in the broken hearted wrecks
of a great city and imparting the consola-
tons Of religion to the outcast and the
fallen. Her gentle upbringing and her aris-
tocratic instincts did not for one moment
prevent her from plunsing into the depths
Of misery and despair in order TO bring aid
to those who stood urgently in need of it.
AS the years went by she grew in the
esteem of her ecclesiastical superiors until
at an unusually early age she was appointed
lady superior in the Convent OF ST. Maxi
milan in the vicinity of Munich Under her
supervision and guidance IL became more
than ever a center of charitable works and
true religious zeal. 1t is difficult to conceive
of a life more free from blame and APP
preaching more closely the Christian ideal
than that OF this good woman Neverthe-
less. terrible misfortune overlook her and
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STORY OF A CONSPIRACY
AGAINST A TITLED ABBESS

Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown. All Rights Strictly Reserved)
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BERLIN, February 6, 1907.
n the whole world was laughing at
~ the time over the Koepenick
- comedy. scant attention was pai,'
L n 10 another drama in real life-a
tragedy-which revealed the lady
superior of a German convent, a woman OF
title, as the victim of one of the most ex-
traordinary mscarriages of justice in GRIM
inal annals. Notice has just been directed
to the case afresh by the announcement
that Baroness Won Heusler has brought suit
for $10O, 900 as compensation for the terrible
suffering she endured while serving three
years and six months of a life sentence for
a murder Of which she was absolutely in
nocent.
When convicted on her first trial she was
handsome vigorous young woman. When
acquitted on her second trial she was a
gray-haired, wrinkled, prematurely aged
woman. broken in health and spirit She
regained her freedom, the judge said with
her character cleared of all stains, but moth
ing can ever efface the record which her
martyrdom has stamped on her own person.
One of the strangest features of the case
is that her conviction in the first instance
was due largely to a conspiracy against her
among the nuns in the convent over which
she presided.
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"Pro-fssor Nudge solves tn problem"

TiilS here paper says We'll be
fiyin' in fifty years." said Mr..
HenncSSy.
Docs il say fryin' or
flying asked Mr.. DOGGY.