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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10


and Rhasneh lie
sank down IN the stern of his boat
and lost himself in the remembrance
Of the interview Just ended. The air
was soft and caressing about him;
the sky velvety black, picked out
with stars. above him; and the
rhythmic clank of the oars IN the
oarlocks soOthed him ike music.
The banks of Europe and Asia,
only little darker than the atmOs-
phere, slipped past him to right
and TO left, with the regular swing
OF his boatmen. Powerful fellows
they were. he noticed. 1t seemed
10 him they were making the return
Journey IN shorter time than Il had
taken them TO come. He laughed
10 himself at the thought that his
interview with Rhasneh shOdld have
made even his bOatmen seem differ
ent 10 him.
The lights of the Bridge of Galata
came into view almost before Weir
knew II, and he leaned forward to
look at them. Here 1t was that he
should meet his bride tomorrow.
Here would end all the anxiety that
had been his since first he had seen
Rhasneh III the carriage Of the Sui
tan
The two bOatmen had made the
long row from Neni-keui in almost
absolute silence. As they neared
the bridge, one Of them spoke to
the other in an undertone His COM
panion replied, and without further
warning the one nearest Weir drop
ped his oars and Sprang Al the Amer
lean, a long knife in his hand
1t WAS lucky for Weir that he
happened 10 be leaning forward
Had he been lounging back in his
seat. he could not have swerved
from the knife cleaning in the star
light As il was the blow was a
glancing one and barely cut through
the skin Before the fellow could
make another lunge, Weir struck
HIM in the jaw with his fist From
his cramped position he could not
put much steam into the blow. and
il only pushed the Turk off a little.
The ARRAY thus far had occupied
but a second The other boatman
now took part IN II, a part that re-
flected more credit on his sagacity
than to his courage With a gut
sDrang on the thwart OF the boat am
casting the three belhge-ents into tn
Weir had been 50 completely tai
by the onslaught that he had had no
his revolver. He had felt the cold
flesh. and did not know how muc
The shore was quite a distance awal
likely. he was bleeding freely, II mi
remaining strength TO reach it. +
was overturning he could see the kr
cleaning IN the starlight, as It ma
toward him. Under such circumsta
uncommon amount Of caution 10 co
valor had better play small part i
action.
There are times when a man thin
thinks at all In the instant whe
overturning Weir decided 20 dive al
shore The weight Of his heavy Col
go down-helped him 10 such an
drew It from his pocket and let II e
was under water
He SWAN under water as far as he
up putting and raising his head high,
.ings. Fortunately he found hims'
b0atmen and the shore. They To
around, with the hope Of not seeing
Between the teeth Of one Of them s
Weir had no doubt the other was f:
lie struck out for the shore withou
After a score Of strokes he looked
holding his own, and settled down
ate stroke that he felt sure he CO
land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

lie DullCu his ClllSlllH. wet NlDlllcS
from his limbs that they might not
feel so cold He noticed that Mus
tapha had lost his fez, and put his
hand to his own head His fez was
gone too
1t was fortunate we raised the
cry of Stop, theft or the intidel
would have escaped us after all, he
said.
He was a marvel Of strength
and agility, to swim as he did, and
then To run. after ! had stuck my
knife into him
Both spoke IN dubious tones, Ike
men who, after failure, were casting
about for explanations
There was not much strength
or agility left in him after that
policeman brought the butt OF his
gun down on his head. Chel-eb
continued wish they had gone
away then and let Us finish him.
He IS finished" Mustapha re-
sponded laConiCally.
How do you mean" Chel-eb
asked
He viii be thrown into prison
without money-you saw yourself
that the officers took all IN his peck
cts; he cannot speak TurkIsh-you
heard that IN the boat | stabbed
him; the policeman beat him on
the head. He Will die of his wound,
or Of fever; or at best he viii be
forgotten he will never come out
alive" Mustapha prophesied con-
fidcntlv
Chcl-eb nodded Mustarha had
not oyerdrawn the condition of If
fairs But what can we say 10
Ialcb Bcy." he inquired. relying
on the stronger character OF Musta-
pha.
promised us" Mustapha answered
in matter Of fact way
Blu, he IS not dead vet, that
strong Englshman, Chcl-cb OBJ
jccted irreSolutely.
LISTEN Mustapha replied stern
Is. We killed the dog of an infdcl.
He is dead both by stahh'ug and
drowning But in the darkness his
body 0oated away from us If he
rcappears we shall be very much
astonishcd; but that is no reason
for not receiving the reward from
Ilaleb Bcy and having our pleasure
with IL And now let US put on dry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
CHAPTER xxx.
Collecting a Reward

YHETiER his boatman could under
stand French or not bothered Weir
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

Synopsis of Preceding Chapter. End of This Ins'aen'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

"A very nllle, the night
he left the harem
and Rhasneh. lie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
THE WONDERS OF WIRELESS

The wonders of wireless telegraphy
continue to expand. Now for the first
time a wireless message has been flash
ed not only across the continent, but
six hundred miles further.
A few evenings ago the operator at
the wireless station at Point Iona
Calf. near San Diego. got flash of
message which was being sent from
Washington, D. c., to Pensacola, Fla
He also caught part of a message from
Washington to the battleship Connecti-
cut which was about 600 miles out at
sea in the Atlantic ocean at the time
The distance over which the messages
were sent is 2,400 miles. While the mes
sages which were sent from Washing
ton to the Point Iona operator were
but family recorded on the instrument
those which he intercepted between
Washington and Florida and from the
battleship Connecticut at sea were
clearly recorded.
The operator was in the Point Iona
station Sunday night when the instru-
ment began to show signs of life. He
adjusted his instrumnt and the whole
message from the wireless station at
Washington to the station in Florida
was caught at Point Iona.
Almost at the same time there came
a message from the battleship Connect
icut to Washington. The messages were
clearly read on the Point Iona instru-
ments. Elated over the seemingly
wondrous action of the instruments the
operator started to send messages to
the Atlantic coast operators. They an
swered him from Washington and Pen
sacola.
BY wire telegraph it is necessary to
have several relay stations in order to
send messages across the continent, but
with the improvement of wireless in
struments it looks as though Portland.
Oregon. may talk direct to Portland,
Maine, one of these days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
BOSS RUFF.

At last, after camping on his trail
for months, it looks as though Nemesis
is about to swat Abe Ruef in the back
of the neck. He has lodged and
twisted and squirmed; he has appealed
to every technicality imaginable; he
has tried to get new laws through the
California legislature to protect him :;
but it looks as though he must at last
meet justice in court, and If he does
he will reap the harvest from the seed
he has been sowing all these years.
A few months ago Ruef appeared to
lead a charmed existence. His grasp
on San Francisco seemed to be abso-
lutte. His machine was so perfect that
the good citizens of that great city
were apparently powerless to over
throw it. And through it all he graft
ed and corrupted, and corrupted and
grated. He even exerted a tremend-
Gus influence in state politics because
of his power in San Francisco. But
every CRATER must some time reach
the end of his roDe-and Abe Ruef
has reach ed his.
There are other grafters in this
broad land of ours that still have some
slack to use up, but they will some
day reach the end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
LIFE AT X. S. u.

dedicated to the Glee Club of 1861
Neither prince nor peasant leads a life so
pleasant
AS the students life at K S. u.
Fair Mount Dread daily he ascendeth
And deseends again when day is
By his side a maiden. with whose books
he's laden,
And perhaps vagrant thought or two:
w no can see and wonder that he's loath
His associations with K. U.
Or, since tastes will vary. and the maids
be chary,
Some with bulldogs have to be content;
Not on sweets and flowers,-au their com
and powers
Now on pipes and puppy-cakes are
And. .inirabile dictu. there are some who
stick to
Study-when they've nothing else to do.
Who can see and wonder that they're
loath to sunder
Their associations with K. u.
fairer
Than each day before our eyes expands;
Kansas skies are bluer, Kansas hearts
are truer
Than the hearts and skies of other
Then, whate'er the weather. let us sing
together
Rock Chalk for the Crimson and the Blue;
Neither prince nor peasant leads life so
pleasant
AS the students life at X s. U
William Herbert Carruth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

The sgroun dl1eg's six weeks is up.
Bring on another prophet.
y -
Judging from the red quarantine
signs around town, this is a pretty
measly old world.
= =
After holding the job for ten years,
Mike Przybylowicz has been defeated
for denomination as city clerk of
l. eavenworth-and that, too, after the
people have learned how to spell the
first section of his name. That is. they
have learned how to spell Mike"
.
Why doesn't somebody write out
this unwritten law about which there
is so much talk?
1.-The Wizard of Wall Street. is now
playing the kerosene circuit in Kan
sas. Hartman is certainly getting
plenty of advertising.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

STUBBS.

1t is pointed out by Joseph L. Bris-
tow in the Saiina Journal that one of
the reasons contributing to the defeat
! of the house primary bill. was the hos
tility of some of the members of the
| legislature and leading politicians to
Mr.. Stubs, the author of the bill. They
| were determined that no bill should
become a law and bear his name.
.Sueh aninosity," continues MIR. Bris-
tow, lis childish. The Journal is no
defender of Mr.. Stubs, personally or
politically, but when he stands for a
good principle We feel it our duty as a
citizen to work with him for that prin-
ciple. II he stands for that which is
wrong or unwise We will oppose such
measure, but to work against meas
ure or to be influenced against any
kind of legislative proceeding because
1T was originated and supported by a
man who Is political opponent or enc
my injuries the man who Is controlled
by such feeling far more than it does
his political enemy
Mr.. Stubs merits as a politician
and public servant Mr.. Bristow goes
on, will rest upon his record. If he
stands for the right things, sincerely,
persistently and intelligently, the peo-
pie will give him credit for it. If he
does not, then he will lose his standing
and influence. A man in public life
in order to succeed must be strong
enough to rise above personal animosi-
ties and personal friendships. In out
lining his own public career he cannot
afford to be induced to do a thing
which is anwise or Improper because of
his love or attachment to personal
friends, who may be interested in such
measures, nor can he afford to let his
'animosity dwarf his judgment and
prevent him from doing that which is
wise and just. The people of Kansas
will have a primary law. 1t should
have been given them this winter They
will demand and receive 1T next year"
This is pretty good statement about
w. r. Stubs. The State journal has,
in times past. said some rather harsh
things in criticism of Mr.. Stubs. 1t
will do so again should it believe him
wrong, but when he stands for the
right 1t looks like poor policy to fight
him just because he was once on the
wrong side.
The State Journal believes Mr..
Stubs was very much in the wrong
when he Joined hands with T. II.
Kelly and his gang to overthrow Gov
ernor Bailey. Mr.. Stubs may have
acted unwittingly in that matter. But
he was undoubtedly right during the
recent legislature. He fought Kelly
and the corporation domination that
Kelly stands for, and he advocated and
worked for measures which the people
want. When Mr.. Stubs does that, It
looks like a shabby excuse to forsake
the right and uphold the wrong simply
because Stubs is on the side of the
right.
w. r. Stubbs is a man of force, of
wide business experience, and he is
used to accomplishing big results He |
is a valuable man to have on the side
of the people in the present conflict
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFron the Philadelphia Record-]
A good appetite is always worth work
ing for.
It's the things we don't get that often
make us the happiest.
The worst thing about getting stuck
with a bargain is that the fellow who
sticks us brags so about 1t.
Sillicus-'It looks as though the mar
ried man has no chance" Cynicus-
'tOh, yes; fighting chance"
Sending regrets is a good bit like
carrying Goals to Newcastle. Most of us
have enough of our own.
Hook-"Clothes don't make the
man. you know" Nye-"Perhaps not,
but they-er-rather classify him"
Some men seem to think that as long
as they keep out of Jail they have
pretty good chance of getting to
heaven.
Young people are. of course. instruct
ed in what they ought to know, but
thew are more interested in what they
ought not to know.
Wigwag-"In your travels among the
Indian tribes did you ever see snake
dancer" Guzzler-''No; never outside a
gold cure establishment"
tomorrow is an uncertainty" re-
marked the Wise Guy. Yes. as
sented the Simple Mug, land even to-
day isn't a sure thing.
Arizona Al.-"Rattlesnake Pete's
widow swore to git even with Bronco
TsiII for killin' her husband" Alkah Ike
IAN did she?" Arizona Al-"You
bet she did. She married him inside O.
six weeks"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
HUM0R or THE DAY

What is inconsistency ?" asked the
curious one. We'll" responded the
wise one. at is that spirit which moves
a woman whose sleevs stop at the
elbow to scold her husband because he
hasn't any cuffs on.''-Chicago News.
do you wish" asked young Mr..
Saphedde. after the girl had promised
to be his. ito hear the story of my
life ?" Heavens, mol" she replied; 'I
should be so shocked that 1 could
never look you in the face again. -
Chicago Record-Herald.
Your husband says he would walk
on hot piowshares for you. Mrs.
Luckie," said an envious neighbor.
Yes, because he knows he doesn't
But just watch his expression when
1 ask him to bring up a scuttle of
coaL"-Baltimore American.
AS the Curtain FelI.-"I went to the
theater last night" And did the play
have a happy ending?" ION the con-
trary. My wife lost her rubbers and
my left eye."-Louisville Courier
Thirty-two million dollars were re-
Gently appropriated by Mr.. RockefeI-
Ter to widen the needles eye. This is
a much needed fmprovement.-Puc
Opportunity knocked once at
mans door. But the man was out
just then, wrestling from a reluctant
world the wherewithal to feed his wife
1t mostly always happens like that
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

TFrom the Atchison Globe.]
You rarely see an old person who is
proud.
Every man makes good husband
for awhile
Some people waste the best part of
their lives in love affairs.
AS soon as girl gets married, she
hears nothing but hard times.
Take hold of a boy and you'll get
something sticky in your hands.
Some girls think the tighter they
pinch their waists, the prettier they
are.
Usually a short man will not go into
society unless he can go with very
tall girl.
1t is said of some men that they are
afraid to propose, who do not want to
propose.
The dullest woman can grow posi-
lively brilliant when she is abusing her
husbands kin.
There is an unusual number of au-
thentic ghost stories. considering that
none of them are trpe.
Only few men write their names
so they can be read A man thinks;
20, everybody knows me-"
will find a blister on her neck or fore
head, made by a curling iron.
The average man admits that the
reason he gets married is that he gets
lonesome and wants sympathy.
When We hear girl play the piano,
we usually feel sorry she has accom-
plished so little with all her work.
What causes women to look so weary
two or three years after marriage? Is
it their husbands, or their health?
An auctioneer is as certain to be fin
ally known as Colonel as a lawyer
is certain to be finally known as
Judge
A woman can never understand why
men and cats prefer to be out at night
to lying on a lounge in front of the
fire.
An actor is like an Indian: When
he wants to get married again, he
pays little attention to the fact that
he is married already.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.1

IFrom the Chicago News.1
All men love power, but few know
how to use 1t.
A job on your hands is better than
two in your mind.
If a man has a testy temper it Is
folly to put 1t to the test.
The big stick is all right-if 1t does
MT get into wrong hands.
Don't abuse your enemies. Make
them ashamed of themselves
When a mistake turns out to be pro-
ftable it is no longer a mistake
1t sometimes happens that wise
man has occasion to marvel at his iR-
norance.
Every hatchet-faced gossip is in her
glory when 1t comes to welding a
hammer.
After choosing his own boss MANY
a man is dissatisfed-so it's him for
the divorce court.
Oyster stews served in some res
-aurants prove that the proprietors be-
long to a society for the preyention 30
cruelty to bivalves,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
The Joys Of School Lie.


| There was rush for the door, a
holler, and a whoop. The little school
room was empty; it was recess time.
The teacher drew forth a letter and
commenced to read it.
! your feller?'' Susie Jones freckled
face is peering at the teacher just
| above the edge of the desk "Ain't
YOU got no feller?'
The door is thrown open.
Teacher, Billie Martin tripped me
up and hurried my toe
The teacher goes to the door.
Sammie Osier?"
mo, didn't; he fell down, and the
try baby tried to blame it on to me.
I'll punch his face
stop. We won't have any talk like
that"
Teacher, can me and Mary go over
to the woods and get some winter
green?''
NO, not today
Wei, I don't see why we can't CO.
Jim Osier and Billie Martin have
gone
You know that those boys will
have to stay after school to pay for il"
81 don't see why We girls can't new
er do nothing" muttered Mary, under
her breath.
"Oh, teacher, come quiek!' 1t is
Sammie Osier again. John Hill has
John Dennis down and is just plug
ging him something awful. oh, hur.
ry! he will kill him; 1 know he will"
The teacher finds that the two
Johns have been wrestling.
Say, teacher what makes you wear
your hair that way? Ma said that 1t
made you look like an old maid" ask
ed little Stella Thurman in all serious
ness.
teacher would blow away some day.
she is so thin. Why are you so thin 2?
Susie piped out.
Teacher, how many more days of
school?"
INV sister Jennie has a ring just
like your with red glass in it Jennie
got her with gum. How did you get
yours?"
Teacher, can me and Jim go and
yes, but hurry; it is almost bell
saw teacher, what is that little
brown spot right back or your ieIl
"Oh. teacher, come here! Sammie is
feIled down in the mud and has lost
The bell rings and school is re-
slifned.-Harper's Weekly.
Three-Year-OId Reads Newspapers.
Charles buchanan, who will be three
years old on Thursday of this week, is
a prodigy. He Is a son OF Mr. ana
Mrs 7 b Buchanan of this place. His
mother was a school teacher in VIM
cennes before her marriage.
When only ten months old he listen
cd intently to conversations between
adults. A month later. when he
heard persons talking, he interrupted
them with such ,interrogations as
tsvhv ~ who - WHAT" and
"When?" Soon afterward he knew
the alphabet perfectly.
At the age of eighteen months he
had read and rlemorized the Third and
second Readers used in the Illinois
schools. He now reads the newspa-
pers. and with the aid of diction-
arv is able to understand all the
words he sees.
He weighs thirty-tNo pounds. reads
everything with avidity and the daily
newspapers to his mother regularly at
lrea kfast-St Francessville (Ill.) Dis
match to New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

You can not make a pessimist out
of william Allen White. After all"
he says. cit was a good thing on the
whole that Kansas got no primary
law. 1t gives the people another year
to think the matter over and see how
the present system of trading really
works to the disadvantage of good
government"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
OTHERWISE CORRECT.

The head lines of the Kansas City
Journal say the primary bill that the
house rejected was "a modification of
Stubs measure and provided for pri-
mary for the nomination of county and
state officers" Excepting that 1t was
not a modification of Stubs bill and
that it provided for the nomination of
quoted, are quite correct.-Lawrence
World. .--f+
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.1

From the New OH Iess'I
Farming is pretty good fun unless
Won make your living at It,
man is apt to get awful lonesome
If he resolves to keep only good COM
pany.
much as the fellow who is smarter
than you are.
one of the reasons for mans be-
ing proud of his brains is that nobody
else is.
1t makes a girl as mad to call her
young thing at Is as it does not TO
when she is %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

Now the railroads themselves are
talking of striking. That is, they are
considering a concerted movement to
curtail mail service trims because the
malls are hereafter to be weighed on an
honest basis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18
WHERE, THE he GARDEN WAS

The site of the. Garden of Eden has
been located in the state of Mississippi
and it should be noted that the find
was made by a Kansan The bones of
Adam and Eve have not been exhumed
as yet but 7r. leaves are plentiful in
the Iocality.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

The stocks which took such drop in
Wall Street last week are really worth
just as much as they were ten days
ago. That is, they will yield just as
much as an investment. 1t is only their
speculative value that has dropped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

The convention of Southern Pacific
railway agents, occasionally called,
from force of habit. the legislature of
the sovereign state of California is
the way one California paper refers TO
the law-naking body that has been in
session at Sacramento
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

The anthracite coal trust in the east
has announced a reduction of fifty
cents a ton on coal, to become effective
on April /, but the public is afraid It is
some sort of ApriI fool Joke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

Among the other things that the pub
lie would like to find out in these rail-
road Investigations is why a car win
dow will never stay up when you want
1t up and why a shade viii never stay
down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

OF course if the people raise the
salary of members of the legislature
TO $500 for two years, they should also
put men on the job who are worth
the money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-18

The Holliday-Swendson forces appear
TO have overlooked a bet last week in
not saying something about the Green
bugs that are attacking the wheat fields
on the Kansas City and Chicago boards
~ trade