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New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
NATIONAL GUARD PRIZES.

Albany Nov. 22.-Adjutant General Henry an
nounced to-day the awards Of prizes Tor the year
1907 for excellence in small arms practice. fol-
lows:
State prize value $500 for competition among all
organizations OF the national guard and naval
militia, 9Th Regiment.
Headquarters prize. value S1Oo competition
among organizations attached 10 the national
guard, Squadron A
Brigade prizes. value 500 each. First Brigade
prize. list Regiment: Second Brigade. I'D Reg-
ment; Third Brigade. 10Th Regiment; Fourth
Brigade. Sd Regiment
lst Battalion did not compete
Figure OF merit prizes. value 500 s5 and $50 re-
spectively. awarded follows: Organizs-
lions attached to headquarters. Troop Three.
Squadron A: Troop Two. Squadron A: Troop ID.
First Brigade. Company L 7th Regiment Com
pany 8 list Regiment: Company X. 9Th Regiment
Second Brigade, companies l. f and a, all of the
I'D Regiment
Third Brigade. Company D. LIST Regiment: com
panies X and l. I'd Regiment.
Fourth Brigade, companies NJ, L and Z. Sd Regt-
meut-
Naval militia divisions a . and I. ID Battalion.
Prize for secondary battery practice Of the naval
militia awarded first division I'd Battalion.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
MORE POSTAL FACILITIES HERE

Washington. Nov 22-Two additional postal
stations will be opened in New York City about
December l. one to be known as the Times
Square Station, at No. 231 to 241 West ssth
street and the other to be known as the Tou,p-
kins Square Station. at No. 195 to 197 Avenu.
3. at 18th street. To organize the two Offices
an allowance OF forty additional clerks and
four laborers has been made by ths PostoHcs
Department The Times Square Station will
have about seventy-five employees and the
Tompkins Square Station about twenty en-
ployes. Each will be in charge OF q superin-
tendent
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
SEWER DEPARTMENT HAS DEAF EAR

The bursting of the connections OF the man
sewer in the basement of the Ratcline' hotei
patronized only by women, AZ No. TO IA west
cd street. last evening threw the hotei emploSes
into confusion and caused untold amount or
snnovance to the l65 guests. The proprietress.
Mrs Emelie Vaughn informed the Sewer De-
partment. The answer she Gays she received was
that nothing could be done until TINS morning
The manager of the hotel says he got the same
as,,er Then the police were called, and they
communicated with the Sewer Department with
the same result Six plumbers were working III
vain at a late hour last night The water had TO
be shut or and that caused united protest from
the guests.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
ARCHITECTS FOR NEW posToFFrcE

Washington Nov 22.-Assistant Secretary Win
throp' OF the Treasury Department. IN charge OF
public buildings. has designated a number OF arch4-
tects of New York TO submit competitive plans
under the act OF February 20. 1889 for ths new
postoffice building in New York, the plans 70 he
opened on March Is. 1908. Tho architects uarned
are Carrere & Hastings. Helms & LaFarge McRim
Mead & White, George B. Post H Van Bursn
Magonigle. Whitfield s King. Kenneth NJ M,lrcht-
son and Cass Gilbert. The names OF the Judges TO
pass on the plans are James G.. Hin OF Washt,x-
ton: Henry F. HOrnbostel. OF New York City: z
NJ Wheelwright of Boston. and Frank Miles Day
o PHILADELPHIA
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
HIGH JUMPERS SLIP.
EXCITEMENT At SHOP
"Dick" DonneIIy Throzcn-Dashing
Hackney Exhibits.
EXCITEMENT
SHOW.
PPoeRAMME FOR TODAY.

P|JGHRMME FOX TO-DAY.
In harness. Class 63.
II:1O a. m-Judging six pony stations. Class e2.
HES a mEyndgi1s ., three Shetland pony stations
II 40 a. m-Judging seven pairs of harness borsrs
1900 Tn.,-Judging fourteen ponies under saddle
children 20 ride Class s5. and one pony under
1880 p. m.-Judging six horses suitable to become
hunters, Glass 10s.
100 p. m-Recess.
2:OO p. n,-Judsng seven ponies in harness. chill
dren to drive, Class 124.
2:I5 p. mEJudging eight roadsters and best ap-
pointed road rigs. Class II.
piOnsbip. Class is.
e:55 p. m.-JUdgng thirteen horses and phsetons
for the Gold Lack Cup. to drive
championship. Class IL.
$40 p. m.-Iudging five hunt teams. Class 1903.
400 D. m.-Jatging nineteen Street Cleaning De-
partment horses Class III.
$50 E Class So SIX '0o'-'n 'Ah' ''afN 'sa'n''
Holland House Challenge Cup. Class 1872.
$50 Q. m.-Judging saddle horses not exceeding
1872 hands for the championship Class so.
$50 p. m.-Judging saddle horses exceeding 1872
hands for the championship, Class 81
500 p. m.-Recess.
$3.50 p: m.-Judging fourteen harness horses.
$3.50 D. m.-Judging eight cavalry horses. Class 11e
s:IOP; m.-Judging eight pairs of harness horses.
Class 81.
e:z5p m.-JudSins single harness horses. not
ceeding, 15.s hands. for the championship.
e:4ep m.-Judging single harness horses. exceed
ing 1872 hands. for the championship, Class 52-
s:55 p. m.-Judging pairs of harness horses. not
Class SO.
1910 p. m.-Judging pairs OF harness horses. eI-
cisss cfsns s.. i''- H''H"' -'' %'-'' -
IO:25 p. m.-JudginE hunters and Jumpers for the
ship, Glass 11S.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
REMORSEFUL THIEF SURRENDERS.
Tells Baltimore Police He Stole $4OO from
Department Store Here
lBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune. }

Baltimore, Nov. 22.-'Is this Police Head
ouartcrs?" asked a neatly dressed man of thirty
years as he walked into the detective depart
ment o-day When informed II the visitor
said: My name is Patrick Daily. came here
to surrender myself. l guilty of embezzling
between 800 and 500 from my employers in
New York and l want to be locked up"
DAILY said he had been employed by ONeiIl &
Adams New York. He took the money three
weeks ago and fled but. overcome by remOrse.
decided to surrender. He is held for the New
York authorities
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
EDWARD G. LEWIS JURY DIsAeREEs.

St Louis Nov 22.-After having been in session
more than twenty-five hours, the jury In the case
of Edward C. Lewis, charged with misusing the
mails in connection with the Peoples Bank, re-
ported to Judge Garland in the United States Dis
trict Court this afternoon that the members were
unable to agree. The Judge then discharged the
jury which stood seven for conviction and five for
al
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
ALDERMAN PETERs's TRIAL. SOON.

Alderman Henry Clay Peters appeared before
Judge Rosalsky in General Sessions yesterday and
made a motion for immediate trial on the charge
of bribery made against him and Alderman Clifford
and others in alleged effort 10 procure the cleo
tion of ex-Judge Cowing as Recorder
Assistant District Attorney Smythe said that it
was the intention of the District Attorney to try
Peters on December before Justice Kellogg in the
Supreme Court. so Peters withdrew his motion and
retired.
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members thought they were important. but
they did not seem so to the two little
wretches up in the loft, who were getting
petty hot and uncomfortable.
Finally Jim rose and said he had a few
words to say. The club instantly came
to order, and Jim began:
Boys. l think We need few new men,
bers the school is getting so large and
we have SO few fellows in the club. What
do you say to asking some one else in?"
The boys shouted their assent. and then
Jim continued: Il propose that we ask
Dick Street to join
Il second the notion" cried half dozen
voices at once.
Dick. from above, gave a perfectly audi
BILE gasp, and Len pnched his arm roughly
for silence. The poor conscience-strcken
boy had all he could do to keep from slid
ing down into the midst of the party to
acknowledge what a mean sneak he was.
But a lowering look from Len kept him
silent; and he listened with burning face
while his praises were being sung.
All of a sudden the one Oil lamp in the
barn fickered and went out, and the occu-
pants were left in perfect darkness.
Never mind" said Jim, Il have
match" and he proceeded to relight the
lamp. With careless jerk Of his hand
he threw the match into a corner Dick
happened to be watching 1t, and in an in
slant he saw q little curl of smoke creep
up, followed by a streak o. flame 1t took
him but q few seconds to slide down from
the loft and dash his coat on the fire, but,
quick as he was, he was too late, and the
flames seemed to shoot from everywhere.
Water, water!' cried Dick, rushing
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toward the water barrel. They followed
MS example, and In five minutes the danger
was over. In the excitement no one seemed
TO notice that Dick was out Of place, but
afterWard when things quieted down a lit
tie Ned Preston exclaimed:
Well, Dick, where did you hail from"
If it hadn't been for you" said Jim,
holding out his hand to Dick, 1.-THE barn
would have gone. Boys" he cried, turning
TO his eliminates. Il propose to initia tie Dick
on the spot. What do you say?" A wild
cheer greeted this suggestion and poor
Dick wished for the floor to open and let
him through. A struggle was going on in
his mind. Should he tell and lose the chance
OF making the society, or should he keep
still and be honorably admitted to it's deep
secrets? Finally the good angel triumphed,
as 1t generally will if you give 1t plenty
of time, and poor Dick told the whole mis-
cradle story without duplicating any one
but himself.
And now" said he at the close, 81 don't
expect to be invited to join your secret So
ciety, but I'm glad 1 told. anyway" and
he heaved a sigh of relief There was
silence for moment, and then Jim Daw-
son spoke:
Dick" said he. "the l.. E. Ms never go
back on their word. Do we, boys?"
80, plucky Dicky Street." continued the
president. will you honor the L. e. MS
by becoming a member" and he held a
welcoming hand to the delighted Dick.
While all this was going on Len had
taken advantage Of the hustle and had
quietly slipped to the ground and out the
door. The L. E. MS never suspected him,
while he left the school and evidently
concluded to mend his evil ways. for a let
ter finally came to Jim Dawson confessing
his large share in the plot.
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BLIND MAYS
SINGING SCHOOL

A GAME.
One player must be blindfolded to take
the part Of the teacher. The rest Of the
party compose the class, and sit in line
facing her.
She then informs her class that they
will begin the lesson by singing the
scales. The head girl or the one at the
end Of the line Immediately sings ah!
and the next ah a little higher or lower,
just as she chooses. and so it goes all the
way down the line. each singing a note in
any way that she may wish. The teacher
must listen attentively, and any time she
thinks she recognizes a voice she stops
the class and calls the singer by name
If she guesses correctly she changes
places with the pupil, who in turn becomes
teacher, but If not, she must keep on
guessing.
Every time new teacher is selected
the whole class must change seats, so that
the voices may not be recognized by the
direction from which they come.
A little variety may be introduced into
the game by singing well-known song
instead of the scales, each pupil singing
the word which comes to her to supply.
1t is the privilege of each teacher to direct
her class to sing whatever she may choose,
either song or exercise.
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THE GAME OF NOTED MEN.

The hostess begins the game by choos-
ing some noted man. say Coleridge. She
then says to the players. II am thinking of
a famous man. The first part of his name
is very black. and the last part is an ele-
vation."
Whoever guesses correctly has the right
to give a name herself. Suppose she
chose Shakespeare, for instance. Then she
could say. Here is the name Of we'll
known poet. The first part of his name is
something people do when they are cold,
and the last is weapon"
When giving the name. the mans pro-
fession should be told. whether poet, SOL
der, author or statesman, but nothing else
must be revealed concerning him.
The following are some god names to
give: Wordsworth, Cornall, Hewitt, Mil
man, Washington, Fillmore, Longfellow,
Dickens (Dtck-inns).
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King Edwards Kitchen.
From Tit-Bits.

1t is doubtful IL there is another cook in
the world whose skill in culinary arts Is
equal to that of NJ. Menager. who rules the
kitchen at Buckingham Palace. For his
service as King Edwards cuisinier M. Men,
ager. 1t is said, receives a salary of e2.00O
per annum. his duties lasting about two
hours each day, II the time occupied in
passing the luncheon menu, drawn up by
the master of his majesty's household, Is
excepted
Toward o'clock M. Menager directs his
steps toward the kitchen, where there are
saucepans and culinary utensils which have
cost not less than 210,000. There are 1000
knives, 5000 forks and 5000 spoons solely
employed in the preparation of the dishes,
while the equipment of the kitchen pro-
vides for 5000 covers being laid.
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The March Wind.

There is a rude old fellow.
So clustering and rough,
That IL you chance to meet him
You'll need your coat and muff.
For he will pinch your fingers
II once he finds them out.
And slap your cheeks and forehead,
And fling your curls about.
And yet we like this fellow,
For spring is close behind;
So hip hurrah for every day
That brings the rude March wind!
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NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

Luf yanm a wolefr 81 onrb OF lsubh senuen,
Dina seawt sit tneewsses eht sedtre ria.
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Major Higginson's Quill Pen.

From the Boston Herald.
Mai. Henry l.. Higginson is one OF the
few gentlemen of the old school who have
never been able to abandon the use of the
quill pen. Maj. Hig. lson uses it in all
his private correspondence, preferring it
on sentimental grounds as well for the
soft, noiseless way in which 1t moves
across the paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23

WORD SQUARE.
1. Always. 2. low place. g. Measures. 4.
Repose
DIAMOND.
l. A consonant in rabbit 2. quick, smart
blow. 8. maker Of bread. 4. To fondle. 8.
,onsonant in rabbit"
RHYMING ENIGMA.
My first is In apple, but not in cherryI
My seconds In boat, but not in ferry;
My third is in sugar, but not in oil;
My fourth Is IN ease. but not IN toll;
NV fifth is in cabbage, but not in leek;
Nv sixth is in minute. but not in week;
My seventies In cowslip but not in daisy;
river in New Jersey, find Its name,
For II Is widely known to fame.
CHARADE.
In hope of my first being caught by my second,
I sat down beside brook, when, presto as l
looked quickly down, my first had gone on with
my whole.
Luh yanm a woefr 81 onrb OF lsubh senuen.
Dna seawt sit tneewsses no eht sedtre ria.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
l am composed Of twelve letters and spell the
name Of a city. My T. 2, 8 is distant. My D. o,
9, is a benefit TO all. My 0, .. ~ is very
valuable. My l., II, 4, is seat Ny 6, 2 Il
a conveyance: Ny I, 5. 2, I, II is a piece q
a proposition.
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This little fellow will one day rule over
Persia. He is the son of the shah. and is
heir to the throne. An American boy
would not be very comfortable in that
cap, sash and uniform, but this manikin
has been accustomed to them ever since
he gave up his baby clothes. and so he
doesn't mind them at all. The sword by his
side Is real sword, and he knows how to
use it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
BY DORIS WEBB.

The acorns always grow on oaks"
The teacher said to Flo,
"And apples grow apple trees,
In every place you know.
"And where do cones grow? Tell me that,
| think you know" she said.
But little Flo looked quite at sea,
And shook her curly head.
The tree that's always green?''
why candles" answered little Flo,
THAT must be what you mean"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE DOING
Selling Glaciers by the Pound

1T took the modern utlitaran mind to conceive the
i idea of turning glacier into an ice market and
quarrying and selling this immense mass at so
much pound The Alpine glaciers have not, until
recently, been looked at from commercial point of
view except in far they have brought tourists
to the land
During the last few years, however, more practi-
cal idea has been developed, and the Glacier du
Casset near Briancon. is regularly operated as
ice quarry the blocks being cut out and conveyed
over an overhead galloway to convenient place
for shipment by rail to Paris, to be consumed in the
hotels and cafes of the French capital
This quarrying for ice is simple matter. The
glacier when cleared reveals vertical front of ice
twenty or thirty feet in height and about one hum
bred feet in clear width Vertical grooves six feet
deep and about eight feet apart cut in this wall
of ce extending from the base to the top, and
similar channel is cut downward behind the ice the
cut going only about onethird of the way down.
A small excavation is then made under the foot
of of the rectangular pillars and light blast of
powder is sufficient to bring down the mass usually
in three four large pieces, weighing from two to
three hundred pounds The ice is sent down the
mountain side, distance of nearly mile and half
without the use of any force except its own weight
At the lower platform it is unloaded from the
troeys into carts, and taken to the railway station
at Brancon ten miles distant whence it is shipped to
Paris The daily cost of the operation of the entire
plant, employing fifty men, is somewhere in the
neghborhood of fifty dollars. AS the output is
nearly one hundred tons of ice day, the cost is
about thrty-five cents ton at the lower platform
of the galloway The cost of conveying to Briancon
is six francs ton, making total cost of about
dollar and half ton.
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Reckoning Worn Out Money

THE long line of visitors who daily pass through
j the corridors of the Treasury Department
invariably pause to gaze with interest into glass
hung beside the door leading to the offices of the
Treasurer of the United States.
In this exhibited samples of nutated
paper money that has been redeemed by the Govern
Inent Few exhibitions of ingenuity are inter
estfng What to the average person looks like
simply the remains of piece of burned paper has
BEEN found by the treasury experts to. be a ten
dollar note of certain series, which the experts were
positively able to identify. The individual who
owned the note at the time it injured by fire
thus able to get his money back by having the note
redeemed.
Many and curious the ways in which paper
money has been mutated. In the glass case in
question besides various specimens of burned money
is ive-dolar bill that had been dropped into pig
pen and partly eaten by the pigs. Enough was left
to make the bill redeemabe at its face value.
Another hvedolar bill had been torn into bits by
insane woman, and from the more than one hundred
pieces that were found the redemption experts were
able to put note together that they could identify.
Another sample is that of ten-dollar greenback that
had been turned yellow, probably by the action of
some alkali. 1t redeemed by the assistant
treasurer at New York The explanation appended
to another curious wreck of bill is that it had been
buried in a field in a tin
These notes were all redeemed at face value: but
to avoid frauds on the Government system of
redemption at half value has been devised whereby
it is possible to identify between two-ffths and
three-fifths only of given note. Fragments
der two-ffths, except where the loss of the miss
ing parts can be definitely proved, are not
deemed
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 10. 1907

settin there, as calm and s1nin. if they
playin in a vacant lot. 1t was easy to see she
wa mt one of the worryin' kind.
Il wonder if shouldn't stop them! says Pinck-
ney.
Before he's hardly got it out, there bang
and smash, and fat French waiter goes down
with umpteen dollars worth of fancy grub and dishes
Perhaps you'd better says Gerty.
Yes says l, some of them careless walters
might fall on of EN- "
With that Pinckney starts after 'en, tall hat.
cane, and all. The kids him. and take it that
he's joined the game.
oh here's Uncle Pinckney!' they shouts.
You're it, Uncle Pinckney!' and off they goes.
That sets everybody roarin' except Pnckney.
He turns nice shade of red, and gives it up. l
guess they'd put the place all to the bad if Miss
Gerty hadn't stood up srniln and held her hands
out to them. They come to her like she'd pulled
a string and in minute it was all over.
Pinckney," says l. you want to rehearse this
uncle act some before you spring it the public
again.
~ wish could get at that letter and find out how
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Weather at Long Range

NEW discoveries in meteorology, helped by
IN Geographic facilities as yet nonexistent but
soon promised are likely before long to render it
possible to make reasonably accurate weather fore
casts for week even a fortnight ahead
There are, it is found, certain centers of action,
the experts call them, which in a geographical
sense govern the weather of the world One of
these centers is in the Azores, for example and an
other is in the neighborhood of Iceland. When the
barometer falls in Iceland, there is weather
Central and Northwestern Europe; whereas
a rising barometer in Iceland is followed by falling
temperature in Europe.
When the barometer rises in the Azores it falls
in Iceland, and vice versa. These, then, are
tiers of action reciprocally related In like
center over Siberia and another in the Boring Sea
appear to interact A low barometer in the region
of the Boring Sea winter in the
United States such the winter of 100 500 causing
southern winds to prevail and preventing the forma-
ton of cold waves. On the other hand, high
barometer in Boring Sea brings cold.
Barometric changes in these centers of action
always very slow; they be followed
from day to day by the telegraph. Cablegrams
from the Siberian center and from the Azores are
received daily at the Weather Bureau in Washing
ton and in the future they will be obtained
also from Iceland and from the Alaska coast
In addition, meteorological observations will be
transmitted by wireless from the islands of the
Aleut1an chain, and from vessels following the
Great Circle route across the Pacific. With this
information regularly supplied forecasts be
made at least week in advance, telling whether
IT is to be warm cold, wet or dry, and indicat
ing the probable duration of periods of abnormal
weather.
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long this is going to last says he, sighin' and
n1oppin his noble brow.
But if Pinckney was shy on time for letter readin
before he had less of it now. The three of us put
the afternoon lookin after that pair of kids and
was all busy at that. Twice Miss Gerty started
to break away and go for a train; but both times
Pinckney sent to call her back. Soon's she got
on the scene everything was lovely
Pinckney had picked out a suite of rooms at the
Waldorf, and he thought as soon as he could get
hold of governess and maid his troubles would
be over But it want so easy to pick up pair
of twin trainers Three or four sets shows up; but
twins belongs to- and who Pinckney was, and where
Miss Gerty comes in, and what was dom there
they gets touch of pneumonia in the feet
II amt casting any insinuatior1s,' says one;
but never have been mixed up in a kidnapping
case before, and / guess won't begin now"
The sassy thing!" says I, as she bangs the door
Pincl<ney looks stunned; but Miss Gerry only
laughs.
Perhaps you'd better letsrne go out and find
one, says she: And maybe I'll stay over