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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-21

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-21

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-21
ENTHUSIASTIC ARE
MANAGERS Of
TIE FAIR
ROSY REPORTS AT MEETING
OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Have Gone to Fort Win
gate for the Troops to Move
Program for the Coronado
Convention Under Way,

\ very enthusiastic meeting Of the
Officers and executive committee of
the territorial fair association was
held last night In fair headquarters
with a large attendance. All officers
were present and their reports We're
received with decided approval by the
committeeman who found arrange
ments for the coming fair in first class
shape. The outlook for this fair. as
shown at the meeting last night is
about as bright as II well could be. and
Officers and committeeman realize
that nothing remains to be done now
but 10 work out the details with the
9id-ttme Albuquerque spirit.
superintendent NJ. T.. Hickey. in
charge Of the baseball. reported that
he had just received the entry Of
WinsloW, Ariz., with a team for the
baseball tournament, making four
cams thus far entered. the others be-
ing Prescott, Albuquerque ana El
Paso, with Silver City. Socorro, Santa
Fe ana Clifton as practically assured.
The baseball outlook Is therefore en-
tirelX satisfactory.
Captain Clark NJ. Carr. who has Just
returned from a visit to Fort WiuEate.
reported that orders had been received
there i%nstructing the two troops Of
The Fifth cavalry 10 % to Albu-
querque for the week OF the fair. The
troops will he in command of Colonel
Hunter, post commandant, and the
Firth has a reputation as one of the
crack regiments of the service. Its
athletic spartR will be one Of the big
features of I've fair, and to encourage
the men a lump sum Of money has
boen appropriated by the association
for distribution by the Officers. To the
men who excel in these sports.
Quarters have already been reserv-
ed at the Alvarado hotel FOR the Off
GERS Of the command. ana for Briga-
dier General Thomas ana his aides of
The department OF the Colorado, who
viii attend the fair.
Program for Coronado Convention.
Hon. solomon Luna and r.. +.
Twitchell, Of Las Vegas. who are tax
ing an active part in arrangements
for the Coronado commemorative con-
v%ention, will hold a meeting here to-
morrow with several prominent men,
at which the program for his con
vention will he definitely outlined.
The committee in charge has taken
an enthusiastic interest in this conVen-
ton and the result will be a decidedly
interesting and Instructive program.
-
Evening star., 1907-08-04

warfare The drum" answered the Corsican,
Initiates the cannon 1t is the best musical in
strument in the world; for it never gets out of
tune.
1t is mistake to assume that the drum is
musical. All musical authorities have agreed that
when used in the proper way it is thoroughly musi
cal. The common snare side drum is freely used
in musical composition. A large number of drum
mers performing simultaneously out of doors pro-
duce good music.
Berloz the composer said that sound which was
insignificant when heard singly such the cnll
of one or two muskes at shoulder arms or the thud
the butt end came to the ground at ground arms,
became brilliant and attractive if performed by
thousand men simultaneously.
Evening star., 1907-08-04

night, 1eaping and swinging continually. But let
anyone try to dance for two hours without music
and see how miserably he will fail. 1t is thus with
marching. 1t makes difference what air is
played, provided it is in double or treble time, so
that the drums and flies take it we'll But some
such air is necessary.
Another great General, Wellington, contended
that without the strains of music it impossible
for troops to make successful charges. Wanting
music, the would come up ragged and open
against the enemy.
Napoleon was an ardent defender of the drum
AS long ago as his time it urged by mill
tary that it a barbaric instrument, which
dulled the most sensitive by it's monotonous
sounds, and that it had not proper place in modern
Evening star., 1907-08-04

soft custard pie, while the Lady Williams
burg tells what tough job she has dodgin matri-
mony, account of her yiedin disposition. L
didn't know whether to hide my face in my hat,
go out and lean over the rail. | guess the Bishop
wa MT feen any too comfortable either; but he
there to do his duty, he makes one
last stab.
Ferdinand" says he, your mother asked me
Tell her l was never so happy in my life" says
Ferdy, pattn broadside of solitaires and marquse
rings
cure for complaint of that kind, and it looks like
Ferdy bound to take it.
We was Just startin for the deck, when the door
was blocked by a steward luggin' in another sheaf
of roses, and followed by a couple of middle aged,
jolly lookn' gents, smokin cigars and marc hin
arm in arm. One was a tall, well built chap in a
silk hat; the other short, pussy, ruby beaked
gent in French fannes and Panama.
"Peekaboo, deary" sings out the other.
"Dck! Jmmy!" squeas Madam Brookni
givin hand to each Of EN- and eavin Ferdy
holdin the air. Oh how delightfully."- thoughtful
of you!"
but he couldn't get away. He Clipped in for the
flowers though"
- Dear @ ole, old Grubby! says She Lets see, he
Der Three Grubby was your second"
"Really!' says she. But do get you SO mixed.
Ohi' and then she remembers Ferdy "Ducky,
dear" she goes on, Il do want you to know these
gentlemen-two of my former husbands.
"Wha-a-at!" gasps Ferdy his eyes buggin' out.
hears the Bishop groan and flop on seat be-
hind me. Honest it was straight! Dick and Jimmy
was couple of dscards old Grubby another,
and inside of a minute blamed if she hadn't
toned a fourth that planted somewhere on
the other side. Course, for convention there
wouldn't have been a straight quorum; but there
was enough to answer roll call to make it pass for
reunion, all right.
And it peach while it lasted. The pair of
has-beens didn't have long to stay, one havin to
get back to Chicago and the other bein' billed to
start on yachtn trip. They'd just run over to
say by by, and tell how they was plannin annual
guests. Yes, yes, they a jolly couple, them
two! All the Bishop could do was lay back and fan
himself as he listens once in awhile whisperin
to himself, My, my!" AS for Ferdy he looked
like he'd been hypnotized and was waitin' to be
woke up.
The pair sayin good by for the third and last
Evening star., 1907-08-04

THE war between Japan and Russia is regarded
L by some authorities as having sealed the fate
of the drum. The victorious Japanese armies
moved from first to last silently, for the
sional sound of a buge. The drum was absolutely
absent. Already it had been abolished from some
European armies; but great had before been
fought without it.
Military men have been rule great partizans of
the spirit stirring drum Marshal SAKE one of
the greatest Generals of the eighteenth century,
the cOnqueror of Fontenoy, declared that the
measured sound made by the drum and fife was in
dspensable to make march well. AS illus
tratOn of the effect of music in sustained physical
movements he said:
Almost everyone has seen people dance all
Evening star., 1907-08-04
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST 4. 1907

time, when in rushes high strung, nervous young
feller with pencil behind his ear and pad in his
hand.
We'll, Larry, what is it now?' snaps out Madam
Brookni, dom the lightnin change act with her
voice. II am engaged, you see.
Cant help it. says Larry. Got fourteen re-
porters and eight snapshot men waiting to do the
sailing story. for the morning editions. Shall l
bring EN- up?
But am entertaining two of my eX-huSbandS,
says the lady, and
''Great!r says Larry. We'll put EN- in the
group. Who's the other?"
Oh that's only Ferdy,' says She :" haven't
married him yet.
Buly!' says Larry. We can get half column
of space out of him alone He goes in the pictures
too. Well label him Next or Number Five
Elect or something like that. Line EN- up out
side, will your
nuisance these press agents are But Larry is SO
enterprising, Come, we'll make a splendid group,
the four of Come Ferdy
'Reporters!' Ferdy lets it come out of him
kind of hoarse and husky just like he'd just seen
ghost.
name in the headlines his picture the front page,
and all the chappieS at the club and the whole New
port crowd chucklin' and nudgin' each other over
the story of how he was taggin around after
opra singer that had syndicate of second hand
No no, mol" says he. 1t the only time I
ever heard Ferdy come anywhere near YELL and
l wouldn't have believed he could have done it
if hadn't had my eyes him he Jumps clear
of the corner, makes fyin break through the
companlOnway
Me and the Bishop didn't wait to see the finish
of that group picture. We takes after Ferdv as
fast the Bishops wind would let us, he bein'
afraid that Ferdy up to somethin' desperate,
like Jumpin' off the dock. All Ferdy does, though,
is jump into a cab and drive for home, us train'
on behind We was close enough at the end of the
run to see him bolt through the door; but kupps
tells that Mr. Dobson has left orders not to let
a soul into the house
Early next mornin', though, the Bishop comes
around and asks me to go up while he tries again,
and after we We stood the steps for ten minutes,
waitin for kupps to take in a note, we're shown up
to Ferdy's bed room. He's in silk pajamas and
bath robe, lookin' white and hollow eyed. Every
mornin' paper in town is scattered around the
room, and not one of 'em with less than a whole
column about how Madam Brooklini sailed for
Europe.
ANY of 'em got anything to say about Number
Five?" says l.
Thank heaven, no!' groans
Evening star., 1907-08-04

Thank heaven, mol" groans
Ferdy. Bishop, what do you
suppose poor dear Alicia thinks
of me, thought"
Why, my son." says the
Bishop, his little eyes sparklin',
Il suppose she is thinking that it
is most time for you to arrive
in Newport, as you promised
Then she doesn't know what
an ass I've been?" says Ferdy.
"No one has told herr"
Shorty, have your" says the
Bishop.
And when Ferdy sees me grin
min, and it breaks on him that
me and the Bishop are the only
ones that know about this dippy
streak of his, he's the thank
fullest cuss you ever saw. Alicia? !?
He could hardly get there quick
enough to suit him; and the
knots to be tied inside of the
next month.
"Marryins all right" says 1
to Ferdy, 80 longs you don't
let the habit grow on you"
Evening star., 1907-08-04

blushin lovely maroon color "1-er-we did
not intend to intruCe; but"
Then it up to Ferdy to show the red. He
opens his mouth and gawps at us for a % whole min
Hts before he he DfH ean gvt out word
Before he has time to choke, or the Bishop can
work up a of apoplexy, jumps into the ring.
Excuse dom the goat act, says |; but the
Bishop has got some word for you from the folks
at home, and he wants to get it off his mind.
All, friends of yours, Ferdy?" says Madam
Brooklini, THROWN us about tour hundred dollars
worth of smile
There was nothin' for Ferdy to do then but pull
himself together and make us all acquainted. And
say, | never shook hands with much Jewelry all
a before! She has three four punches OF
sparks each finger, not to mention a thumb
ring. Oh, there wa mt any mistakin who skinned
the cream off the box office receipts after you'd
took look at her!
And for a straight front Venus she was the real
true, you wouldn't put her down as one OF this
springs hatch; but for broad, heavy weight girl
she the fancy goods. And when she cuts loose
to roll them misbehavin eyes, you forgot how the
chair creakin' under her. The Bishop has all
he can do to remember why he was there; but he
manages to get out that he'd like few minutes on
the side with Ferdy.
If your message relates in any way to my return
to Newport, says Ferdy, stffenn up, it is use
less. | not going there!
But, my dear Ferdy-' begins the Bishop, when
the lady cuts in.
you persuade the silly boy to stop, following me
around and teasing me to marry him
oh naughtv!' SAYS / under my breath.
The Bishop just looks from one to the other, and
then he braces up and says Ferdinand, this IS not
possible, is it ~
1t up to Ferdy again He gives a squirm or
two as he catches the Bishops eye and the dew
begnnin' to break out his noble brow, when
Ducky reaches and gives his hand playful
little squeeze That a nerve restorer.
Bishop says he, Il must tell you that am
madly hopelessly, in love with this lady, and that
to make her my wife.
Isn't he the dearest BOBBY you ever saw! CUR
giles Madam Brooklini. He has been saying
nothing but that for the last five days. And now
he says he is going to follow me across the ocean
and keep saying it. But you must stop, Ferdy;
really, you must.
"Neveri" says Ferdy, gettn a good grip on the
cut glass exhibit
Such persstence!" says Ducky shiftn' her
searchghts from him to us and back again. And
he knows | have said | would
marry again mustn't. My
managers don't like it. Why,
every time l marry they raise o Z
most dreadful But what ~
l do? Ferdy insists, you
and if he keeps it up, just know Il
l shall have to take him. Please W
be good, Ferdy" -
Wouldn't that make you sea- Is
sick? But the Bishop comes to ".
the front like he'd heard call to ~
the eboat
!: !: ! ! !.
1T may influence you IT,
what, says he, ito learn that @@2
for nearly year Ferdinand has
been secretly engaged to a very
estmable young woman. 49,
Il know says she, tearin' xz
off little gigge. "Ferdy has
told me all about Alicia. What ~
a wicked, decetful wretch he is! SVS
isn't he? Aren't you ashamed. r1S[ASS%
Ferdy, to act foolish "a
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

with host Of personal intimate things o: which he
could personally have had no knowledge r. other
words. / was ab7truse problem and he solved
me With head u-ted back against the cushion ,i
the chair-and such headl-NIth ewes uuWaEcr-
ingy turned upward, and finger tips pressed IDLY
together. he sat there a strange. grotc-Iue httle
figure in the midst of his laboratory apparatus.
Not to- moment did he display the slightest inter
est in me, personally; il was all If | had been
written down on a slate, to bc wiped OF when was
solved
Did this ever happen to You before" he asked
abruptly.
You Were poisoned. he said The poison was
deadly oue-corroslve subiimate. b.chlorld of
mercury. The shock was very severe; but YOU VIII
be al right in
Poisoned, exclaimed, aghast. Who poi
soned me, Why"
You poisoned yourself, he replied testify 1t
was your own carclesaness. Nine out Of persons
handle poison If It was candy, and you are like
all the rest
But | couldn't have poisoned myself" pro-
tested Why, | have had no occasion to handle
poisons-not for-I don't know how long
do know he SAID. " It was nearly year
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

ago when YOU handled this; but corrosive sublmate
Is always dangerous
The tone irritated me, the imPassiye arrogance
of the little man inhamed my reelng BRAN, and l
am not sure that | did not shake my finger IN hls
face. If / was poisoned" / declared with some
heat 1T was not my fault. Somebody gave 1t to
me; somebody tired to ,
You poisoned yourself, said The Thinking Ma
chine again iInpatcntly. You talk like a child
How do you know poisoned myself How do
YOU know / ever handled poison. And how do
YOU know that it was q year ago, if did:
The Thinking Machine regarded me coldly Tor
an instant and then chose strange eyes OF his wan
dered upward again. i know those things, he
said lust as | know your name, address, and pro-
fssion from cards found in your pockets; Just as
know. YOU smoke from half dozen cigars on You.
inst as ! know that you wearing those clothes
for the first time this winter; Just as l know You
lost your wife within few months; that You kept
house then: and that your house was infested with
insects | know just as ! know everything else-oy
the rules Of inevitable logic
Ny head was w4iriing | stared at HIM IN blank 9i,
things" | insisted in bewiderment,
- The average person OF to-day, replied the sell
enlist Il knows nothing unless II Is written down
and thrust under his nose ! happen TO be a physl-
cian | saw YOU fall, and went TO You, my hrst
Thought being OF heart trouble. Your pulse showed
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20


-eet ln person Professor
Augustus \ T X Van Du@en -
T. III u IL. D. F K / n ID.
The meeting came about
tl-ou- singular happening. which was as -av5ti-
tE-ng as dangerous 10 me-he saved ms lie, IN
1ac- and II process Of hauling me back from ete--
nifty edge Of that appalling mist which separates
HE a- le4th-I had full opportunity % witnessing
the -ngs of that .naryelously keen. cold brain
Wll. made hmm the most distinguished scientist
and reian Of his iav. l. was sometime after
Wa-- ..Wever. that Professor Van Duseu WAS idel-
rtel nay mind with The Thinking Machine
had dlned al the Hotel Teutonic, taken u cigar
from my pocket, lighted Il, and started tor stroll
Boston Common. l. was after eight O'Clock
on OF those clear, nlppE evenings OF winter /
Ma near the center oi the Common on Of The
many little by paths which lead toward Beacon
H. when | became conscious Of an acute pam IN
ny chest. sudden iiuttertng of my heart and 4
con friction IN my throat The lights IN the dis
tarey began WaVer and grow dim. and pcrspiratou
broke out All over from an inward gnaWIng
agony which crew more intense each moment. /
ie- -~ ng. my cigar dropped from my fingers,
and ] g--..al seat 70 steady myself. There
WAS %. aae near me. ! tried 10 CAL, then every
tang dark, and ] sank down on the ground
u --t Election WAS of figure approaching
M words ] heard were pctulant, irritable
Dear mel then / was lost 10 consciousness.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

grala4s ay vision cleared and the grip Of slender
AAee-s ~ uy pulse made me realize the actuaiiy
~ e-,ile appartlon
ITO" do YOU fee, The thin bps had opened
just enough 10 let out the question, the tone was
e1Il and 1elgerent, and the voice rasped unPleas-
aDly- At The time the squint eyes were To-
- on rtire with steady, piercing glare that made
,"e uneasy. / tired TO answer, but my tongue re-
FUSED ~ move. The gaze continued for an instant,
lhen The uan-The Thinking Machine-turned
away and prepared particularly vile smelling con-
ooc'iyn, which he poured into Then ! was lost
again
After time-it might have been minutes or
a(of-l ~ felt again the hand my pulse, and again
inc Thinking Machine favored me with a glare. An
--ouT later was sitting up the couch, with un-
1i'eaea BRAN, and heartbeat which was nearly
normal II was then ] learned why Professor Van
Dlsen an eminent man Of the sciences, had been
IuDbea he Thinking Machine; ! understood first
-5ald how material muddes unfaiIngly
0'1siIaled by unaduterated lnfallble logic.
Remember that ! had gone into that room an
animate thing inert, unconscious, mentally and
l-yAcay dead 20 all practical intents-beyond the
4Il where ] might have babbled any elucldatlng
49, ana remember. too. please, that dldn
had not the faintest idea-what had hap
PI'e4 ~ me, beyond the fact that had fallen un-
.ii7'lpus. The Thinking Machine didn't ask qucs-
yet ne supplied all the missing details together
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

VISIBLE reason why yOu should have
collapsed like that There had been
no shot. there was wound. there
to-e poison. An examination confirmed tins ,r-t
hypothesis Your symptoms showed that the poison
was bichlout ot mercury. put YOU IN q cab AMI
brought you here From The fact that YOU Yer.
not dead then | knew tina, your system had 4f-
s'rbed only "a minute quantity ot poison-a quanr.'v
So small that II demonstrated instantly thar there
had been no suicidal intent and Indicated toa
that no one else had administered il Ii tins Wa,
true, ! knew didn't guess | knew-that the
poisoning WAS accidental How accidental,
My FIRST surmlse, naturally was that the poison
had been absorbed through the mouth | searched
Your pockets The only thing | found that YOU
would put into Your mouth were the cigars Were
they poisoned, y test showed they were all If
them. With intent 10 KILL No. Not enough poison
used. Was The poison part of the gum used
10 bind the cigar, Possible, OF course, but not
probable Then what lie lowered his eyes and
squinted at me suddenly aggressivcly l shook my
head, and, as an attcrthought, closed my gaping
mouth
Perhaps YOU carried corrosive sublimate in Your
pocket didn't find any; but perhaps YOU once
carried it. | tore out the coat pocket in which |
found the cigars and subjected it To the test At
sometime there had been corrosive submate IN
the form of powder crystals in the pocket
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
The Problem of the Knotted Cord

wv yITH the brilliant glare OF the MONDAY
w shining full into his upturned eyes,
erable man sat beside open window.
The gray crowned head was a noble one but strength
and rugged manhood We're gone; there was only the
weakness OF years and disaster illumned and soft
ened by a sInile-the appealing, pathetic smile of
helplessness The window framed a vista of green
landscape broken by q dimpled splotch of blue
where the sea ran in and Tapped the shore, and far
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
lie Looked Upon
IL All With
Siehtlcss Eyes

ago 1t IS winter clothing II you had worn 1t
the poison was loose in your pocket the thing
that happened TO YOU tonight would have hap
pencd to you before but it never happened before.
therefore | assume that you had the poison early
last spring, when insects began to be troublesome.
and immediately after that you laid away the suit
until this winter. | know you wearing the suit
for the first time this winter, because again, this
thing has not happened before and because, too,
of the faint odor of moth balls. band of Grape
on your hat the picture of young woman in your
watch. and the fact that you now living at your
club, as your bill for last month shows, establish
beyond doubt that YOU widoWer'
It's perfectly miracuous.' | exclaimed
Logic, logic, logic! snapped the irritable little
scientist. " You are a lawyer, and you ought to
know the correlation Of facts YOU ought to know
that two and two make four, not sometimes but
all the time
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

Ttlga cTtl con-
sciau ! lav on "a couch
III q .rge room Ny eye
wandered weakly about and
lu2e- ".thac in child
ash u rat on uaIf a dozen
spot Hah reflected glIt-
1e-r tle light Of an elec-
the sen Hgh up on one
SIDE bright spots, /
came realize after q mo-
ment re metal parts of
va-a. Instruments ri "a
labor For q tuc ] lay
help tess. with trcu-
bling and eardruma
lag tlea ] heard steps
appr aE and some one
bent . and peered nt3
ltH. man, but such "a
man had never seen be-
lore. a great shock of straw
yellow -ar tuublcd about q
broad --g forehead, a small,
Wrnae- gue-ulOus face
The face ri an aged child
"a f.~ of Waterv blue
eyes sEuu-lng aggrcssiyely
lnrou -leE spcctacles,
and a tlu .lgpcd mouth as
Straight the mark Of a
surgeon knife. save for the
oro5r1- corners. Ny I'M
pressiHu then was that II
was some .r, Of hallucina-
u5a distorted vaeary
ol q l.-lered brain. but
ora Ir-.r ... r..1