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New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
Dicidend Notices.


Counors Psrshl, at This on and After Sep
fember LIST. 1907.
American Clay Mfg. co. First 6s-
Brooklyn Borough Gas Co. First 3s
t-anton-Akron Railroad 60. First rs
Columbus Newark & GAINESVILLE Electric Rail
road Co First as.
Corning, N Y. School District No 3. Is
Corning. N Y. School District No. IL, Is
Cuba Eastern Railroad Co. First IS
Charleston Illuminating Co. Reid & imp. Aas
Depew. y. v. Village CSewers) Is
Fort Smith Light & Traction Co. 10 Per Cent.
Hesena 4 .igilt & Railway co. First 5s.
Hudson Valley Ry. Co Collateral Trust 5s-
indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Co First
EIots Throwing co. First Consolidated as.
Northeastern Cuba Railroad Co. First rs.
Northern Westchester Securities CO. Coll Trust
Old Point Comfort Imp Co. First 4l2s-
Raleigh & Cape Fear Railway CO. First !Is.
TarrytoNn, White Plains & Mamaroneck Rail
way Co. First ,bs.
Washington Central Railroad CO First Is.
Due September both. 1907
Bennington Electric Co Reid & Imp 4i-s
.IcNuleH. Thomas & Co First SIS
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IMPORTS OF DaYGooDs.

| Imrcrts and rnarketngs OF drysuouS
| nitT cou,parisans were as follows -, yess
This week. Last Sess Sees 81 SO -
I >t.1tLsss., 80 ci
INtdi lu,ty,tsi lu,t,aSi..- z saG f6s S.e-'>.-is
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Total sales Of bonds. s1.O5s. 500.
GOVERNMENT BONDS

The following shows yesterdays closing quo
tations for government bonds. compared with
THURSDAYS:
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THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

washington Aug 23-The condition of the
Treasury at the beginning of business to-day was
a follows: - -
bullion
TRUST FUNDS TO REDEEM OUTSTANDING GER
TIFICATES
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put, PHIA STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Charles n Barney CO. No . 5rnst
street. New York. and No ~ south t'h street
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ENLISTED

Closing prices of active bonds dealt in. with
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,. 7. MORGAN & co.
Agents for Voting Trustees
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BON DS.

'Odd tsels per share.
BOSTON CURB STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Thomas Renhardt. IS Broad street)
ch,...1 IL =. -.
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COBALT STOCKS.

(1urnishei by WINS & Co. )
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i. 70. AZ Exchange nsace)
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COLLATERAL TRUST NOTES.

Maturing 1907
FURNISHED BY Ssartwout & Appenzsar, 60 a sl
Price and Arp-oT
Ask
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RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

seq Total sales for the day enlisted
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FROM WOMANS POINT OF VIEW.

fashion
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higher
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the wholesome
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and
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and
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matters BETTY BRADEEN
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Mrs. Henry Meyer 1918 New Hampshire
avenue northwest. assisted by Mrs Julia
Sweeney and Miss Clara GlOe, : 20 10.
Mrs. Willie MOzel. with Wesley Club,
PIP Twelfth street northwest; 70 II.
Miss Kittie L. Montague. 1925 Ninth
street northwest, assisted by Miss Amy
Wilson, 10 10.
Mrs. Theodore North Mclaughlin. i
Fifth street southeast; to 10.
Miss Elsie Frances Moore, 522 Sixth
street northwest; 90 10.
Mrs. J. H. Mitchell. assisted By Mrs. r.
r. Sloat, Miss Annie Bayneaud. Miss Ida
De Pree, at 635 Eighth street northeast
10 10.
Mrs. n. J. P Mills, with Legion Of
LOYAL Women, at 4ls Tenth; p 60 s.
Miss Helen 3. Matthews, with Legion OF
Loyal Women, 4l9 Tenth; Z 10 6.
Mrs. Emma Myers. with Legion Of Loyal
Women. at 419 Tenth; z to e.
Mrs. J.. V. Mccullough. with Legion o.
Loyal Women. at 4l3 Tenth L 20 e.
Mrs. r. X. Moore and Mrs. Eugene
Leutze. with Mrs. W. T. Sampson.
Mrs. Rosie Morris, 1872 E street north
west, assisted 10y Mrs. Middleton, Mrs
Alice Webb. Miss A. Rollins. OF Balti-
more. Miss Bessie Johnson. and Miss Ella
Riley; ) 70 10.
Miss NJ Vivfen Meyers, assisted by
Misses Eva n. Dean. Mayme r. Chase
Maude +. SmalIwOOd, Lillian T. Holmes
and Mrs. Mary Murphy, 81 Twenty-frst
street northwest: after I ?. n.
Mrs. Albertine s. O'DeH. with Legion Of
Loyal Women, 4l9 Tenth street 70 20 6.
Mrs. Almira V. Price, 1on " street
northwest, TO l.
Mrs. Fanny G. POmeroy. with Legion Of
Loyal Women. 4l9 Tenth street; y 10 s.
Mrs. Kate Penfeld. Miss Cora Penfield.
with Legion Of Loyal Women, 4l9 Tenth
street. L to 8.
Mrs. d. G. Perham, Legion Of Loyal
Women. 419 Tenth; u TO 6.
Mrs Marie Pflieger DOrsch, 81 p street
northwest; 10 s.
The Misses Stella Raymond. Elsie and
Mabel Barbour. Marie Watkins. Marie
Topper. Chloe McFalL Olive Saunders,
and Ruby Gayer with Miss Margaret Al
len, 81 Tenth street northeast; to Z.
Mrs. +. II. Ripley, with Farragut Corps OF
Ladies, 647 East Capitol street; to 10
?. In.
Mrs Kate Riley with Legion of Loyal
Women. 4l9 Tenth; = to 6.
Miss Florence Lorraine Scott. assisted
by Miss Lucy z. Lumpkins and Miss Aline
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
Roller skating PopuInr.

That roller skating Is becoming more
popular every day is evidenced by the
increasing attendance at both
day and night sessions of the Convention
Hall rink Conditions for an adequate
enjoyment OF the sport are afforded
Washingtonians. The new floor IS kept
in the best condition. The impetus which
skating has given to roller polo is also
Several games are now being
to be played in the near future,
and there is some talk Of forming a
league.
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ARMY AND NAVY.
Army Orders.

Cauts. EDWARD y. JONES. Jr.. iufsutry. and
GEORGE II. MMANUs. ARTILLERY cons are
relieved from det,n IN the QuarJsnnaster' De
partleut
First Lieut. JOHN b. HIGGINS. assistant sur
geon. from san Francisco o. Washington B5r-
racks, General HOSPITAL. for assignment with
Company O. Hospital C07us
Capt ELIJAH b. MARTINDALE Jr. ArtiIlerv
Corps, from Fort SocUm o. proper station.
CONTRACT Surgeon WALLACE Z. PARKAIAN. ffogn
Fort Assinuibcine 90 Fort Keogh relieving Capt
GEORGE NJ EKWURZEL. assistant surgeon
who viii proceed 10 Fort Meade.
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NnVnI nrders

Lieut. Commander JF. HUBBARD detached Han
cock. TO Ohio as navigating officer.
Lieut. Commander ]. ;. MchEAN. detached Ohio.
home wait orders
Lieut.. Commander H. II. HOTGH 20 o1ica 81 Naval
Intelligence Navy Department. Washington
Lieuts. VI. G.. COOK and +. +. RIDGELY, 10
Naval Academy
Ensign F, V. McNAIR. 20 Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Puget Sound. in connection with crew for Ne
braska. and board that vessel when placed in
commission
Ensign W. J. GILES. to Haucock. Navy Yard.
New York.
Ensign ". ANCRUM. 70 Franklin. Navy Yard Nor
folk. IN connection with crew for Minnesota
and board that vessel when place in com
mission
Acting Asst Surg. G. G. HART. detached Marine
recruiting party, Dallas, 20 naval training sta
ton, San Francisco
Pay Director r. FRAZER, detached as purchasing
pay officer, navy pay Office. Philadelphia on Feb
rlary g. 10 settle accounts and wait orders
Pay Inspector Z. T. NJ. BALL detached as pur-
chasing pay officer navy pay office. san Fran
cisco, on January Z, to duty as purchasing pay
officer, navy pay Office, Philadelphia.
Pay Inspector Z. W. REYNOLDS detached naval
training station, San Francisco. TO duty as pur-
chasing pay officer. navy pay Office, az that place
Asst. Psymaster q. A. HELNICKS. 70 duty as gen
eral storekeeper. purchasing pay cffccr. and pay
officer naval training station. san Francisco.
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His Part.

From the Houston Post.
The principal part in your new play is
that OF fool. is it nOt?"
Eyes"
isn't that daringly originalT'
Somewhat original; but I had TO put IL
in for the man who is financing the pro-
duction of the play"
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MOVEMENTS OF VEssTLLThe FOL

MOVEMENTS OF VESSEI.S-The following move
ments Of vessels have been reported 60 The Blu
rCau Of Navigation
Arrivcd-December 29-Calla0. at Hongkong; Han
nibal, at Key West December 30-Hist. at BIOS
ton; Whipple Worlsn. Trlxton, Macdouough.
and Hull. at Key West Fla
Sailed-Decembcr 2s-Hist from Newport for Bos-
ton. December 29-Stringham. De Long Blckely,
stockton. and Wilkes. from Jacksonville for Key
West; Brutus. from Algiers fer navy yard New
York; VeSuTius. from Newport for Norfolk: Kear-
sarge, from navy yard, New York for Hampton
Roads; Morris. from Newport for Norfolk: Louis
lana, from Havana for Hampton Roads; Alex
ander, Whipple, Worden, Rruxton, Maedonough,
and Hull from Tampa Bay for Key West
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WILL RECEIVE TO-DAY
Society Announces Hours for
New Years Reception.
MANY TO ASSIST HOSTESSES

Homes of Vice President and Cab
met Officers, Except That of Sec
rotary of State, Open 20 Callers
from 3 TO Chatter 60 Entertain
Only Diplomatic Corps at Breakfast.
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The Adelphia Sigma M Phi Legal Fra
ternity will entertain the members and
friends at the fraternity house. 10l6 Thlr
teenth street northwest, from ! 20 4.
The Ladies' Auxiliary TO the Govern
ment Printing Office Veteran Club VIII
receive all veterans of the civil war at
their hall, Pythian Temple. 1912 Ninth
street northwest. from u to p. m.
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It may be because the author, knowing
so we'll of what she wrote. lost a little OF
her heart at the last mOment-at any
rate she throw a sop 10 prudence by pre-
facing her novel with the statement:
This is the simple story Of Mary Lang.
and all the scenes and the characters are
purely fictitious" But in spite Of this
disclaimer il does not take a great deal Of
insight 20 recognize in the story Of Count
P0rtucarrero and his daughter, Mary
Lang something Of the same elements Of
mystery which surrounded the young
countess, the lady Of prominent en-
bassy who figured in the societe diplo-
matique as the ambassadors niece In
deed, save for such minor changes in
misunderstanding as a discreet author
must inevitably make, the portrait OF
Count POrJucarrero recalls with strange
distinctness the handsome diplomat with
mOn0cle IN eye who represented his
august European master in Washington.
With this resemblance in mind, and
with the additional interest CT a host Of
characters many Of which. If not ac-
curate portraits Of individuals, are at
least excellent as types, and it is not
hard 10 imagine that The Impersonator'
viii be read with interest and amusement
in many a Washington home.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
THE IMPERSONATOR
WASHINGTON SOCIETY,

4 novel that is sure to attract the at
tention of Neutrality-suspicious. is The I'M
personatOr, by Mary INLAY Taylor, her
self a WashingtOnian and one who evi-
IDENTIFY knows much Of the many-sided
social life Of the Capital City. Cosmopoli-
tan Washington, with its gathering Of
notables from various parts Of the world
its curiously nondescript society In which
the F. F. VS. mingie with the newly
rich, and the bonanza kings Of the West
rub shoulders with the titled diplomats,
has always proven an attractive field to
the novelist. Few there are. however,
who essay to make Washington the back
ground for fiction who manage 10 catch
the elusive and subtle charm Of the place
Mary Inlay Taylor has succeeded
largely where many of her predecessors
have failed, and The Impersonator' has
added TO its merit Of being a good story
the interest Of mysterious revelations
about diplomatic and social circles which
have been limited at before, but never
written down.
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HernId XYnnt Ads

VIII be received at McChesney & Joachim.
"a and Z SITS ne. and promptly forwarded
10 the main office
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The story begins In France, where Mary
Lang, strikingly pretty girl, is boarding
in a convent. Her best friend is Mary
HadGing studying 70 be an artist and
very much interested in the attentions
that had been paid 10 her by young man.
Miss Hadding is neither pretty nor ac-
cOmDlished, and when her aunt, Mrs
Whiting. who IS one of the social powers
of Washington, has written 10 her niece
asking for a portrait, Miss Hadding has
sent instead a portrait of Mary Lang
When, therefore. an invitation comes for
Mary Haddilg TO spend three months in
Washington with her aunt the dOwdy
artist induces Mary Lang 10 so in her
stead and 10 Impersonate her Thus all
the trouble begins.
Mrs. Whiting is an excellent type Of
certain sort of washington society
woman She has good position. enough
money 70 sustain IL, belongs 10 the inner
circle, and loves 10 emulate the blue
stockings" Of other days and other courts.
and have a fling al diplomatic intrigue or
an essay at lobbying. She is much struck
by Mary Lang's accomplishments and
sets about finding a suitable husband for
her. She picks on Scheiling, the newly
made millionaire, a man who is not quite
sure what fork 10 use at the various
courses. who has built a palace in New
York. But In the young Representative
Lawrence Rvland, Mary finds man more
10 her liking. and the growth Of this love
affair is one OF the interesting phases Of
the book
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It would not be fair to the author TO
tell. in brief. the story she herself has
told 50 admirably Through II all the
reader gets more than one accurate touch
Of washington life that shows keen OBJ
servati0n and fine power Of catching and
setting down impressions. Take this ut
terance by Frances Fennell-more than
one Washington girl has felt the same
thing:
That's the hateful way rch people talk 70 the
poor aud tho moment they know sou Ee lost yOUr
money they begin 60 notice hoE shabby you are.
alaays ride in the traileTs q the ears II you
get into the motor car its fun OF dTessed-up women
sho stare and apYgaise yoag clothes incd by inch.
That's the place 20 show a a new gown; but don {
ct ou With shabby shoes OF a bole IN your gloves.
unless SOD re as callous as IeasettIe
Or this little touch about the rich Mrs.
Whiting which is so typical Of the mean,
little economies of the very rich:
Sirs Whiting was one Of those persons who or
diEarily keep the blinds down IN their dravingrooms
TO the furniture and carpets from fading. Icon
umy, like a gray mares tail. comes s,roaksd-
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VAUDEVILLE ; MOST PRETENTIOJS TABLOID
SPECTACULAR MUSICAL COMEDY
The QUglsT Brothers N Election DAY their
successful sstlrlcal farce about The Man Higher
Up"
The QuaTtstte. Harry Ladel and Rosa Crouch
The FCur Dunbars. Zeua keife and Her Pony.
Austin Walsh The Merry fr0lics Of satan No
ton Pictures
Next Week-R. T. Graham and Co. Sidney Ayers
and Co. BAILEY and Austin. &c Buy seats now
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Society IN its best clothes parades
through this novel, but sometimes the
reader is permitted 70 see behind the
veil-the thin edge Of scandal, the sur
reptitous high-balls. the teeth Of bellies
stained a trihe from cigarette smoke: the
cut-and-thrust Of social fence which. but
for the meaningless smile and the perfect
outward courtesy. is closely akin 70 the
Bnlingsgate of the fsh-wife. All this, for
all society IS many sided. goes to the
making up of a picture.
Nine. Syrere the flirting wife of a care
less diplomatist-she has been known in
Washington. so has Representative Ry-
land, who is an orator on the floor of the
House. Representative Apple in debt and
therefore easy prey for the insauate lob
byist, is a familiar figure. The willy old
Col. FoxboTo still may be seen walking
on Connecticut avenue, and Frederick
Cheever is known, and generally disliked,
in many clubs
The volume is illustrated by Oh Grune-
wald. (Boston; Little, Brown & Coz
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THE TEN cRIckETs.

Daily Matinees &c. Evenings &c ard Soc.
CEIhe ouly thsatCr never increasing pTlcUs New
Years Matinee. Even seat. -. Buy 81 once.
Jn.-nh Harte CT pr-lnr-lcn
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Mrs. NJ N. Eichelberger and Misses
Edna ana Beulah Hardy, assisted by
Misses Marion Mccarthy, Elsie Biacki-
stone, Grace Thomas Ellen Smyser, Grace
Hausler, Edna Becker, and Elizabeth
BTadfield, 1919 Thirteenth; to 10.
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Miss Josephine Carroll assisted by
Misses Annie Z. Charlie. Mary E.
Coates. Carrie Anderson. Nan Under
wood, Mamie and Lucy McGuinn. 1897
Thirteenth street; s &c 9.
Miss jeanette Carter, assisted by her
sister ana Miss NJ Z. Greece, I73I Tenth
street northwest; 3 TO S.
Mrs NJ A Cutter, with Legion Of
Loyal Women, 4l9 Tenth street: u TO 6.
Mrs. Lizzie Caiver, with Legion of
Loyal Women, 40 Tenth street; u to g.
Mrs. Belle Calver, with Legion Of
Loyal Women, 4i9 Tenth street; y to G.
Mrs. NJ. A Cook, with Legion Of
Loyal Women, 40 Tenth street; y 10 6.
Mrs r Carson. assisted by Mrs. Fred
Heiling. Mrs. William Fl. Rose. Mrs. Karl
Keyser Mrs Donaldson. Mrs. Rose Mills.
Miss Helen Forkep Miss Mamie Brown.
Misses Isabelle. Mary. Mamie and Nellie
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Mrs Katie Finney, 2015 N street north
west. assisted by Mrs. Coleman, Mrs
Boiling. Misses Gross, Peakes. Parker
Randall, Coles, and Miss N. +. Taylor, Of
Baltimore.
Miss Lena Fowler assisted by Miss
Edith Upper. Miss Paulina Beckman,
and Miss Mary PearCe, of Altoona, Pa,
at 212 street northwest; 5 10 I.
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Mowatt, Miss Witham, and Mrs Ida B.
Carpenter. S29 Eighth street northeast;
10 10.
The Misses Casassa, assisted by Miss B.
Coleman and Miss X. Kane, 106 G street
northwest: to 8.
Mrs. E. Cabell. with Wesley Club, 22l2
Twelfth street northwest to II.
Mrs. Alice NJ. Chase, with Wesley Club,
PIP Twelfth street northwest; to II.
Mrs. Carrie Camphor. with Wesley Club,
22l2 Twelfth street northwest; / to IL.
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Gnlnrtt Mratt lit
Marrtagr GmHtnmH
By MRS. RosALIE LoEw WHITNEY.

although in addition to the practical deirabiity, l have no doubt there
exists often also this personal liking. The American custom, on the
other hand, is to allow young persons to wander up and down the world,
so to speak, at will, and when two of them feel sufficient attraction to
desire marriage to allow them to carry out their plans. In France young
persons are trained and educated to expect their elders to assist in find
ing or even to prescribe their mates. The girl, convent-bred, is taught to
expect it. With us, on the contrary, the girl is bred, unconsciously per-
maps, to believe it to be her own duty and business in life to find her
husband.
As to whether one kind of marriage is more likely to bring happi-
ness than the other, / can only say that neither in its extreme form can
be expected to result SUCCESSFULLY. Overinsistent parents on the one hand
and immature youngsters on the other, are equally certain to make I'M
happy matches. The golden mean, as in many other things, is the solu-
ton. Let young people realize that their elders have some advice of
value to give; let the elders realize that companionability and sympathy
of temperament are things they cannot judge of finally; and things will
90 better than they often do. But above all, in this land, let woman have
a position, indushally, that will make it unnecessary for her to regard
marriage only is a means of providing a livelihood for herself. And
then teach the man-word to realize that the woman who cares for a
home is a real worker in the world.
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Dr. motto. n front n me wher. I

or motion h front n me wher, 7
found the pistol, and I had convinced
myself that the cracking | had heard
at my back, and which was some dis.
lance away at best, had been due to
nothing more than the wind.
AT length, and with trembling fin
gers, I removed the paper from the
stock of the weapon and stuffed 1t into
my pocket, so that I could examine 1t
to my feet, when / again heard a slight
disturbance in the shrubbery to one
side of me and saw a man approach
ing stealthily and apparently on all
fours.
With 40 thought OF the consequences
and in an actual frenzy of terror, I
raised the pistol and fired at him point
blank, but the cartridge failed to ex-
plode or else the chambers were
empty, and, with a frantic shrek, I
sprang to my feet and threw myself
headlong upon him.
He seemed entirely %unprepared for
this attack, but he made no sound and
btIONc uidillully W utltuu ulUlSel dS
| grappled at his throat and we rolled
over and over down the velvety lawn
to the river.
l was considerably hampered by my
overcoat and having no desire to go
into the water with him, | relaxed my
efforts somewhat, when, with almost
s%uperhuman strength and emitting a
cry that indicated a degree of terror
equal to my own he tore himself from
my grasp and sped away in the direc-
ton of the turnpike.
Feeling, now, that | was his master,
/ dashed madly after him, pulling off
my coat as / ran, and / was gaining
slowly upon him in spite of the re-
doubled efforts that he made, when, on
the sharp incline that led down to the
road, he stumbled and fell and l was
upon him again in a moment.
My victory was short lived, however,
for as he struggled fiercely to free
himself from my grasp and |, with
equal fury, strove to choke or beat
him into a state of submission, we
again rolled over and over in the grass
until, as luck would have it, my leg
caught in a strand of the barbed wire
fence that enclosed the property at
this out-of-the-way point, and once
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Inventor Of the Boomerang.

The boomerang is rather a puzzle.
One might think that the highest laws
of mathematics had been laid under
contribution in the perfecting of IL.
The convexity on one side, the fat
ness on the other, and the sharp. knife
like edge on the inside Of the con
vexity have the air OF having been
carefully thought out.
Yet the people who invented this
singular weapon cannot count higher
than Ave and are destitute of all the
arts and amenities Of life. Theirs Is
perhaps the lowest plane Of human
life.
Some people have assumed that the
boomerang was the creation of an old
or and higher civilization, but for this
there is no evidence. 1t must be the
product of q age long empirical use
Of throwing weapons.
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Ghanrra nj Il
Uarrpr at Sra
By FRANK NJ. HOWES.
of the Merchants and Miners Line.


In a year he would get $5 if he was willing to learn and was bright and
intelligent. In another year, as a uartermaster, he would have $50 or
$35 a month. Then, in two years, IS second mate, $55 to $50 a month.
Two or three years later, as first mate, he would get $50 to $5 a
month, his food and own state room supplied. Then, as master, he might
expect $2,5CO to $4,000 a year, with fine quarters and an independent
position of great authority and responsibility.
1t is an ideal career. 1t serves to give a young man splendid training
and confidence in himself. A perfectly healthy life it is also. And the
master and officer of a ship are highly honored and respected by all.
On every American vessel. the food is wholesome and there is plenty
of it. Everybody is treated well and promotion is bound to follow fast,
particularly in coastwise schooners and steamships.
| advise a youngser to start in a sailing vessel for from six months
to a year if he intends to serve o steamships. Let him learn to reef,
steer, knot and splice; get a quadrant and learn navigation practically
He can get a secondhand instrument for from five to ten dollars. The
officers will be glad to teach you.
Let him be quick to obey his officers, be bright and cheerful, ready
at all times for work and learn all he can and not be afraid of salt water
or of soIng his hands
Let him remember there is nc eye like the masters eye, let him please
that and he has won the heart. As in every other walk Of life, character is
the best capital. No money can buy it, but in a nintuc it can b.
marred.
Aim for the command Of q ship, work for f<.Ar~1&
il, ard you will surely rise. a