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ing 70 microscop1caI examination

ing TO mlcroscopIcaj examination n
number of tiny stones spread out on Il
channels leather folding case He
quietly removed the case when his
glance rested on the boy.
"WellY' he said blankly, wondering
why on earth the skilled shopwalker
had sent such disreputable urchin to
him. Philip was now quite collected
in his wits. He held out the pebble,
with a more detailed statement.
Il found this" he said. Il thought
] that it might be valuable, and friend
advised me to bring 1t here. Will you
/ kindly tell me what 1t is?'
The man behind the counter stared
at him for moment, but he reached
over for the stone. without word he
placed 1t beneath the microscope and
4 gave 1t very brief examination. Then
he pressed it against his cheek.
/ "Where did you get t" he asked.
IT found it where it had fallen on the
pavement"
"Are you sureT'
"Quite sure"
Stranger was the muttered COM
ment, and Philip began to understand
that his meteor possessed attributes
hitherto unsupported.
tBut what is itT' he inquired after a
pause.
"a meteoric diamond"
"a meteoric diamondT
eyes"
els II worth much ~
"a great deal Probably some hun
dreds Of pounds"
Philip felt his face growing pale.
That dirty-whi small stone worth
hundreds Of poundsl Yet In his poke
he had twenty mine other specimens.
many of them much larger than the
one chosen haphazard for inspection.
and in the back yard of his tenement
lay heaps of them, scattered about the
pavement like hailstones after show
err, while the meteor itself was a com
pact mass of them. He became some
what faint and leaned against the glnaa
case that surmounted the counter
as that really tIue?' was all that he
could say.
The expert valuer of diamonds smli
ed. His first impulse was to send 4
the ponce, Dtlu ne knew unar 1neteorc
diamonds did fall to earth occasionally
and he believed the boys story. More
over, the thing was such rarity and
Of such value that the holder must he
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nad protected him, had snatched hin
from the dark gate of eternity. Oddly
enough, he laid far more stress on his
escape from the meteor than on the
accident that prevented his contenl
plated suicide. This latter idea had
vanished with the madness that Undue
ed it. Philip was sane again, morally
and mentally. He was keenly anxiou
to Justify his mothers trust in him
4 The clustering wind, annoying to most
wayfarers, only aroused in him spirit
of resistance, of fortitude. He breast
ed 1t so manfully that when at last he
paused at the door of a great jewelry
establishment in Ludgate Hill his face
was flushed and his manner eager and
animated. q
He opened the door, but was rudely
brought back to sense of his sur
roundings by the suspicious question
of shopwalker:
Now, boy, what do you want hereY'
The unconscious stress in the mans
words was certainly borne out by the
contrast between Philip, a social parial
in attire, and the wealth of gold and
precious stones cut off from him by
panes of thick glass and iron bars,
What, indeed, did this outcast want
there?
Confused by the sudden demand and
no less by its complete obviousness,
Philip flushed and stammered:
81 ap-onlv wished IN obtain some
information, sir" he answered.
Like all others, the shopman was
! amazed by the difference between the
boys manners and his appearance.
Information he repeated in his
surprise. what information can we
| give YOUR
The wealth of the firm oppressed
this man. He could only speak in ac-
cents of adulation where the shop was
concerned.
Philip produced his white pebble.
"What is thisr' he said.
The directness Of the query again
took his nearer aback. Without q
word, he bent and examined the stone.
Professional instinct mastered all 9th
er considerations.
"You must apply to that depart
ment." He majestically waved his
hand toward side counter. Philip
obeyed silently and approached a
small elderly parsonage, man with
clever. kindly eyes, who was submit
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4.a.y avle ~ aOcvuns E0f Aso Y10Do0'.V'
before he could dispose Of It 50 DIS
tone was not unkindly as he replied
at is quite true, but If you want 10
ascertain its exact value you snout
go to a Hatton Garden merchant anu
he, most probably, would make you
fair offer. 1t has to be cut and polish
ed, you know, before 1t becomes sur.
able, and l must warn you that mOS'
rigid inquiry will be made as to now
| 1t came into your hands"
ut fell from heavenr' was the WnO'
" unexpected answer, for Phillp was
shaken and hardly master of his lAr
ulties.
Eyes, yes, l know. Personally W.
lieve you or you would be In cus'ou'
at this moment. Take it to MeSsle
Isaacstein & Co, Hatton Garden '''
sent you-Mr. Wilson Is my nanr
and make your best terms VIII a.,
Isaacstein. He will treat you qu,'
fairly. But, again, be sure ana ten -,
truth, as he will investigate your SUI!
fully before he is satisfied as 10 ~
accuracy"
Philip, walking through dreamIa ~.
quilted the shop. He mingled WIN wv
jostling crowd and drifted INTO -
rington road.
"a worth hundreds
pounds he repeated mechanlc9,$
''Then what is the whole meteor WIZ
and what am WORTH
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that had its advent been delayed a
second or two the precise locality Sc
lected for its impact would not have
mattered much to him.
At wonder what II is" he went on.
'Is it worth anything? Perhaps If
dig 1t out may be able to sell 1t as Il
curiosity"
A moments reflection told him, how
ever, that he would not be able to dis
inter it that day, even If he possessed
the requisite implements. on its lower
side It was probably still red hot,
Through the soles Of bis boots. broken
as they we're he could easily feel the
heat of the ground, so the experiment
must be deferred for twenty-four
hours, perhaps longer. At any rate,
he was sure that his mysterious WIS.,
itor represented realizable asset, and
the knowledge gave him sudden dis
taste for coffee grounds and stale
crusts. He resolved to spend his re-
naming three halfpence on break
fast and at the same time make some
guarded inquiries as to the nature
and possible cash value OF the meter
itself. Evidently It's fall had attractef
no public attention. The fury of tle
elements and the subsequent heav.
rain were effectual safeguards In this
respect, and Johnson's News, marked
out. for demolition a fortnight later
were practically deserted now day and
night
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dark socket Bur the boy Sas alb
solutely a stranger 70 fear He pro
cured the handle OF mop and prodded
the meteor with II. The surface felt
hard and brittle. Large sections broIe
away. though they did not erumb,e.
and be received a sharp reminder II
the potency OF the heat still stored be
low when the wood burst into sudde.i
dame.
This ended his investigations for the
night. He used the sacking TO block
up the window, replenished the FIRE.
set his coat to drv and dragged h.
mattress from the bedroom 70 the frOi'
Of the IRE. The warmth within al
without the house had made him into.
erably drowsy, and he fell asleep whi.S
murmuring his prayers. a practise
abandoned since the hour Of his moth
er's death.
In reality Philip was undergoing 2
novel sort OF Turkish bath. and tie
Precipitation induced thereby probab!
saved him from a dangerous cold. II
slept long and soundly. There was Ii
need to attend to the fire. Long ec,'
the coal in the CRATE was exhausc
the presence of the meteor had pene
trated the surrounding earth, and TIE
house was far above its normal ten
perature when he awoke.
The sun had risen In a cloudless sky.
A lovely spring morning had succeed
ed a night of gloom and disaster, and
4 fhaf
dering ears was the twittering of tie
| busy sparrows on the housetOps. OF
course he owned neither clock, nor
watch. These articles, with many 9th
ers. were represented by a bundle OF
pawn tickets stuffed into one of the
envelopes of his mothers packet %
letters. But the experience of even =
few weeks had taught him roughly
how to estimate time by the sun. and
he guessed the hour to be 8 O'Clock or
Whereabouts.
His first thought was Of the meteor
His toilet was that of primeval man
being a mere matter of rising and
stretching his stiff limbs. While lac
| ing his boots he noticed that the floor
was Uttered with tiny white specks
the largest of which was not bigger
than a grain of bird seed. These were
the particles which shot through the
broken window during the previous
night. He picked up a few and ex-
amined them They were hard, cold
to the touch and dull white color.
On entering the yard he saw hun
dreds of these queer little rough peb-
bles, many of them as large as peas,
some the size of marbles and few
bigger ones. They had evidently
flown on all sides, but, encounterinG
lofty walls, save where they forced a
way through the thin glass of the
window, had fallen back to the ground
Interspersed with them he found
pieces of broken stone and jagged
Jumps of material that looked and felt
like iron
By this time the meteor itself had
cooled sufficiently to reveal the nature
of its outer crust. 1t appeared to be
an amalgam of the dark ironlike mir
eral and the white pebbles. Through
one deep assure he could still see the
fiery heart of the thing, and he I'M
agined that when the internal heat
had quite exhausted itself the great
ball would easily break into pieces,
for it was rent in all directions.
His first exclamation was one of
| thankfulness.
Il am jolly glad that thinc, didn't fG
on my head" he said aloud, forgettirc
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Ito be continued
WHAT DID SHE MEANT

Mrs. Armitage had a negro ''' ~,
who continually prated OF GER =,
Mrs. Reed for whom she forI U..,
worked. Weary of hearing hrS' wa S.1
quoted so often, the mistress '''
one day: ,oh
well, Samantha, what kind Oh y.
did you do at Mrs. Reeds anyWS " /
well, honey, l cooked ION n Srsy
did, an / cleaned fob huh an . o
fob huh, an / washed hun pu'
appea' ance." -Lippincotts.
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CHAPTER IN.

~ HILIP descended the stairs. he
- was almost choking now from
/ another cause than strangula
4 ton. The steam pouring IN
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
UNREASONABLE RESTRICTION
Francis Lynde stetson critlcises the
Public Utilities Bill.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, April 30.-Sen-
ator P. H. McCarren of Brooklyn and
Francis Lynde Stetson of New York
were the principal speakers at the
Board of Trade banquet last night.
Mr.. Stetson paid particular attention
to the public utilities bill now before
the legislature.
AT present. said he, "and in quar-
ters where we might expect a more
genial view of mankind at work, 1t
seems to have become easy to assume
that the winning workers are no more
than lucky gamesters, conducting their
play under the astute advice of con-
scienceless counsellors."
Such law, continued Mr.. Stetson,
would have postponed the industrial
development of Niagara and it must
lead to a check and delay in the invest
ment of new capital. He claimed that
the Intervention proposed by the bill
would place unreasonable restrictions
upon established businesses and oper-
ate most seriously to the disadvantage
of the small investor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Friday.

A treaty Of peace has been arranged
between Nicaragua and Salvador, as
suring quiet in Central America.
Governor Hughes struck a blow at
the practice of renewing charters held
for speculative purposes by vetoing a
railroad charter extension bill.
Supreme court of Kansas holds nine
big breweries have no. right In the
state and orders all property in their
name taken in charge by receivers.
Developments show that great bond
steal from the Trust Company of
America in New York was engineered
by Boston man, and that Loan Clerk
Douglass was merely scapegoat.
A prominent British resident of
Constantinople announces that a Sec
ond Suez canal, under British auspices
alone is now assured and that con-
cession is only a matter of a few
weeks.
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SATURDAY..

President Roosevelt yesterday open,
ed the jamestown Tercentennial ex.
position at Norfolk, Va.
Frank Butler, arrested on suspicion
of knowing something of the fate of
little Horace Marvin, was set free in
Dover, Del.
William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the
president, will it is said, become head
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio company.
Secretary Taft refused to confer
with steam shovel men on the Pana-
ma canal unless they withdrew their
threat to strike if their demand for
more pay was not settled at once.
George J. Gould declared himself in
favor of government control of rail
roads and federal supervision of Sc
curity issues and praised the policy of
President Roosevelt in regard to cor
porations
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Tuesday.

Charles H. Cramp denied the state
ment attributed to Representative
Waldo that privately built warships
are poorly constructed.
Reports from large labor centers In
dicate fewer troubles than usual at
the opening of the workingmen's
year on May /.
A dispatch from Naples reports a
sudden eruption of Stromboli, in which
houses of peasants were overwhelmed
by lava and vineyards were destroyed.
In defense of Meyer, Haywood and
their associates in the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners a book attacking the
Pinkerton Detective agency has been
circulated.
In an editorial in the Louisville
Courier-Journal Henry Watterson pre-
diets the nomination of Governor
Hughes as the next Republican candi-
date for president.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01

Morris X. Jessup Is president is at
tending largely to renting the Roose-
welt, and 1t has issued an appeal for
contributions from the people of the
United States so that a total of $780,
900 may be raised.
To this gigantic task of discovery
Commander Peary implicitly believes
his fellow countrymen should lend
their active interest and support The
vigor of his robust and hardened
frame, the determination in his
strong face and his absolute conf
dence that he has been destined to at
tain the goal, all express his convic-
tion that he will win.
Commander Peary said that If condi-
tions were favorable the objects of the
expedition might be accomplished in
one season. But he might remain
north as long as three years. He was
preparing, he said for long and stern
battle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Free Love Destroys Colony.

The adoption of free love by a
portion of the members is given as
the cause of the downfall of Equal
ity," a socialistic colony organized
at Bellingham, Wash, in 1897 For
years the colony has been pointed to
as successful experiment In collec-
tive ownership and production. Judge
Joyner of the Skagit county court has
issued an order that its property be
sold to pay the debts. The property
consists of 900 acres of land sawmill,
printing plant and 20 dwellings. The
colony was established by national
organization known as the Brother
hood of the Cooperative Common
wealth, of which many prominent So
cialists were members.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
David Wilcox Shot Himself.

David Wilcox, ex-president of the
Delaware & Hudson Railroad COM
pany, committed suicide at sea last
Wednesday, while passenger on the
North German Lloyd steamer Bar
barossa.
Mr.. Wilcox, broken in health, sail
ed for Europe some time ago and re-
Gently, because he had not benefited
physically, cabled his resignation Of
the presidency of the railroad, which
was accepted by the directors, who
chose as his successor Leonor F.
Loree, once president of the Baltimore
G. Ohio and later of the Rock Island
railroad. At the time it was stated
that Mr.. Willcox's retirement from the
presidency of the Delaware & Hudson
was prompted solely by i'll health.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Inventor Sent to Bellevue.

James Bartlett Hammond of New
York, inventor of the typewriter bear
ing his name and president of the
Hammond Typewriter company, has
been committed to the psychopathic
ward at Bellevue for observation on
complaint of his brother, Thomas F.
Hammond
Mr., Hammond's arrest followed a
scene at the Hotel Cumberland where,
according to the testimony before
Magistrate Walsh, Hammond startled
the other guests of the house by sing
ing and shouting and declaring that he
had given all his money away to his
employees.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
GIRL SUICIDES FUNERAL.
Preacher Declares Thaws and Whites
Are Better Dead.

OIL City, Pa, April 30.-Funeral SER
vices over the remains Of Miss NJ.
Belle Stroup, who committed suicide
in the Office of local physician last
Wednesday, after having shot to death
Thaddeus S. Ross a few hours before
the time set for the latter's marriage
to another girl, took place Sunday at
the Methodist Episcopal church at
Centerville, this county.
The interment was in country
graveyard, two miles from the church,
and the procession of mourners in
rigs reached from the church to the
cemetery. Many people drove all
night to be present.
The services were conducted by
Rev. Lloyd Williams, pastor, who
caused a sensation by declaring: "The
world is better off without Stanford
Whites, Harry Thaws and men Of
their stamp. Our daughters in their
homes are safer without them. May
God have mercy on their souls"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Thursday.

Miss Anna T. Jeanes of Philadelphia
gave $1,OOO,OOO for the education of
negroes,
Rhode Islands legislature adjourned
sine die without having broken the
deadlock in vote for United States
senator.
Secretary of War Taft declared Gu
ban national elections would be held
in May or June, 1908, and that pro-
gress at Panama pleased him.
His sister promised to pay his debts,
says Major Francis P. Fremont to the
court martial trying him for alleged
misrepresentation in obtaining loans.
Oliver NJ. bennett, broker, was ar
rested charged with being an accom-
plce OF w. o. Douglass, who stole
100000 in bonds from the Trust Com
pany of America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
PARAGRAPHS
Summary of the Weeks News
of the World.
Cream Of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.

Purchase of Cuban church property
for government use brought out
charges of graft against American Of
ficials in Havana.
Luther Burbank, horticulturist,
said in book just published that the
human race could be improved by
methods similar to those used in i'm
proving plants.
All the ships in the American fleet
assembling in Hampton Roads are
ready to welcome the foreign men Of
war which will attend the jamestown
exposition opening.
Several thousand workmen, dis
charged from the Woolwich arsenal
for reasons of economy, marched to
the house Of commons to impress their
grievances upon the British govern
ment.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01

are increased from $4,000 TO $4,000.
The salaries of the commissioners, Sec
retary and counsel for the first dis
trict, which by the first bill were to
have been paid by New York city, are
now to be paid by the state. The sal
airy of other employees in the first dis
trict are to be paid by the city as p7o1
vided in the first bill. BY the original
bill all fees collected by the two COM
missions were to go to the state. By
this bill all fees collected in the first
district are to go to New York city.
As to free transportation the bill is
so amended as to allow railroads to ex-
change passes and the following is
also added:
Nor shall anything in this act pre-
vent the issuance of passenger trans
portation in exchange for advertising
Epace in newspapers at full rates."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Monday.

lingo papers of England and Ger
many fan into a flame the mutual dis
like of the nations, and it Is declared
that the countries are near a struggle.
Indiana labor union men are an
gered by the decision of the federal
court by which the property of a union
member is sold to pay costs of litlga-
ton
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
told the Americus club in Plttsburg
that coal, wood and oil would some
day be exhausted and alcohol would
take their places.
Robert r. Bowker, former head of
the Edison company, gave details of
the financial jugglery by which that
concerns capital was greatly swollen
and the lighting monopoly of New
York obtained.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
NORFOLK EXPOSITION.
President Took An Important
Part In Fridays Opening.

President Answers Criticism - Few
May Day Strikes = Money Needed
For Pearys Voyage = Engine and
Coach Went Into creek-David Will
cox Shot Himself
President Roosevelt took an Import
ant part in the opening of jamestown
exposition and the incidental exercises,
which began soon after he arrived
at Hampton Roads on Friday. In the
morning the review of the assembled
men-of-war and the reception of the
flag officers and commanding officers
of the foreign ships took place. At
half past 10 the president left the May
flower and was met at the end Of the
government pier by the officers of the
exposition and a military escort At
the same time he was saluted by the
United States artillery stationed on
the exposition grounds.
An hour later he went to the re-
viewing stand on Lees parade in the
rear of the Auditorium building, where
a program of exercises, including his
address and that of President Tucker
of the exposition, and the pressing Of
the gold button opening the exposition,
took place.
In tine afternoon there was o
lunch to the president and his party in
the Auditorium building; review OF a
parade of the soldiers and sailors and
the National Guard, and reception tc
the president by the officers and di.
lectors of the jamestown Exposition
company.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
General Mcclellan Statue.

The most interesting feature of the
S7th reunion of the Society of the Army
of the Potomac will be the un-
yelling on May of the heroic bronze
equestrian statue of General George
B. Mcclellan, the organizer and first
commander of the Army of the Po-
tomac. The statue occupies a promi-
nent position at the intersection of
Connecticut avenue and Columbia
road.
President Roosevelt is to make the
principal speech and addresses will
also be made by Generals Sickels,
Howard and Dodge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Secretary Root Returns to Washington

Utica, April 80 - Secretary Elihu
Root returned to Washington yester-
day after spending several days at
Clinton. His visit at this time was to
see his brother, Professor Oren Root,
who has been i'll for some weeks but
who now is improving. Secretary Root
while here gave directions for some
changes in the grounds of his sum-
mer home at Clinton and arranged for
the carrying out of a great deal Of
work the coming summer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
Annroved the Presldent,s letter.

Washington, April 80. - George F.
bunn. president and other officers of
the Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron.
Shipbuilders and Helpers Of America
saw President Roosevelt yesterday re-
gardng an equalization and revision
Of wages at all navy yards. The visi.
Jors voluntarily expressed to the pres
dent their approval of his recent let
Ter concerning the Moyer-Haywood af
fair.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-05-01
$4,000 Paid for Boys Ransom.

Constantinople. April 30,-Seventy-
five thousand dclars was the ransom
paid for the release of Robert Abbott,
the son of a prominent British subject
residing at Saloniki, who was kid
naped from his fathers garden March
"a and eventually liberated when the
demands of his abductors had been
conceded. The brigands originally
demanded 100000. The British govern
ment will insist that the ransom be re-
paid by the Turkish government.