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The Detroit times., 1908-05-04
BY W. HOLT WHITE

est blur with which he had ever had
TO deal.
But there was no blum In Mr..
Strong's eyes. nor was there madness.
SO Mr. Jones. in his capacity as king
OF Bahama. felt distinctly I'll at ease.
His quick mind was searching In all
directions for the solution OF the prob
lem OF this young mans bold and EN-.
tirely confident statement that he pro-
posed TO steal the world. for this was
practically what his threat amounted
TO.
However. his majesty by no means
lost his possession.
Very interesting. i am sure" he re-
marked, "and may inquire how you
propose TO accomplish this stipend
Gus task?"
Strong raised a mighty forehnger
and sawed Il through the air. The
king glanced In an interested way at
the heavens.
II am going to steal the world. "
said Strong. by way OF the air"
His maiesty's face had certainly ex-
pressed no particular concern. but the
smile In which he now INDUCED was
one OF distinct relief.
And n very pretty scheme. too,
he said; zone | have often heard OF
--one that has been perplexing and
engrossing the majority OF the states.
men and scientists of the civilized
world for some time suppose for
some years past every country has
lived In absolute terror of it's neigh.
Dor ut last discovering the way OF
conquest OF the air But this sort of
thing has been going on long enough
TO show that no man can invent a
flying machine which Is really eff
cient and really capable OF making
offensive warfare without the fact very
speedily becoming known to all the
rest OF the world.
mo. my dear boy" he went on, 1T
Is too late in the day TO persuade me
that an invention has been discovered
and is actively dangerous. The com
plete fighting air machine-which.
grant you, when il comes will domi-
nate the earth-will only creep on
us by degrees. Such things do not
come in a night
THE thief comes in the night" said
Strong, "and | propose TO commit
theft on the largest possible scale. IL
is my fixed intention TO steal the
earth"
Strong then began In quick. even
tones to enlarge upon his statement
that he meant to steal the earth.
There is no reason why should
play into your hands by telling you
The power OF which | am possessed"
he said. ITO begin with, you would
not believe me: in the second place,
II would be exceedingly unwise, nor
DO expect you TO take this statement
on trust. didn't suppose before. and
don't suppose now, that what must
sound like a very bold boast would
influence you In the least ! knew
you would refuse To allow me To mar
~ your daughter I don't expect you
TO consent now. The lack OF consent.
indeed, rather relieves me: 1t sets me
at liberty 10 prove to you the words
which have spoken 10 you are true.
The King OF Balkania looked at
Strong thoughtfully for some seconds.
and as he looked at him he grew a
shade uneasy. The big boy who laugh
ed had disappeared. In his place
there stood man, a strong man, a
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CHAPTER v.
81 Am Going to steal the World"


"lHAT Strong was acquainted
with his royal identity did not
disturb Mr.. Jones In the
least Rather IL served TO re-
assure him.
Really, young man" he said. you
greatly relieve my mind You can.
not blackmail kings. and blackmail Is,
should imagine. your only hold upon
me. Your own position in this matter
would. should imagine. be some,
what inexplleable TO the police should
you ask them TO make inquiry But
even IL inquiry were made, doubt Il
very much would be heard OF 1t"
Unless" said Strong. you are
thinking very tenderly OF that young
asparagus, | should like TO say some
thing else, and IL is this--that IL Is not
very creditable 20 yourself that YOU
should think so badly OF me rs TO sup
pose for a moment | should blackmail
you 10 the extent OF asking your
daughters hand in marriage. Per
nit me also. as an English gentleman.
In spite OF your unpleasant insinua-
ton. to point out that, at any rate
from my point of view, a prospective
baronet OF Great Britain Is not so
very much outweighed in the social
scale by n minor monarch whose i'm
mediate forebears came. | belieye-nt
least on one side OF the family
from Chicago, or was IL New York;"
Mr. Jones still surveyed Strong in
mild wonderment
Strong moved again to the attack,
and the method of his doing so was
so swift and so unexpected that IL
took the King OF Bahama aback.
ARE you ambitious" asked Strong
The king of Bahama looked into
the face OF the big young man before
him and read IN his eyes the bright
and staedy light OF an absorbed en-
thusiasm AT the aspect OF that light
he was TO some extent treasured. He
had found that. as rule. enthusiasts
are not extremely difficult people To
deal with.
My dear boy" he answered, and
his tone was quite friendly. ambition
is solely a matter OF greed. Perhaps
1 am a little more egotistical than
the average man, though probably not
more self-confident than the average
monarch. may say that l regard
OF the business OF the whole world"
Then" reioined Strong, IF that be
so, there must come times 10 you
when you lie awake at night dreaming
how you may accomplish that lordly
ambition"
Yes" answered Mr. Jones, looking
a little surprised at the turn the con-
versation was taking. Il do not dis
guise from you that such moments do
occur TO me-"
Very well,' said Strong very quiet
ly. III you wish 10 accomplish your
dreams, you must permit me to marry
your daughter. commoner though l
be. II you will allow me, can place
the whole world at your feet. IL yox
don't permit me to marry your daugh-
ter. | shall be compelled TO place the
world al ms own feet first and marry
your daughter afterward."
The king of Bahama looked up
quickly. He was used To what In
America is called bluff" and this
struck him as being about the cold
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VANITY.

To be "a charming in your husbands
sight
AS erst you were when he your lover
came,
Go linger by the mirrors polished
frame
And put all WEAKNESS to utter flight:
Come with smile and let your eyes
be bright.
Be gay. be sad. but never be the
same
And thus your lover you may claim
Else lost mayhap by holding him too
light.
And this be vanity--to add a rose
To glow upon your bosom, train your
hair
So in his eyes you may be passing
fair
Why. let IT stand; a woman better
knows
That careless hands and sloven taste
In dress
May mar the spell of her own lowell
ness.
Ernest McGaffey.
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Trampling the Flowers.

You're holding your head too high.
lou're the slave OF foolish pride:
With your face TO the starry sky
You would try TO look dignined
But you're trampling on the flowers
That around your pathway lie:
You are crushing the blossoms beneath
your feet.
And you never can see in your blind
conceIt.
For you're holding your head too
high.
You are holding your head too high.
You have nothing 10 give but sneCrs
You are passing your old friends by
For the new, who are less sincere,
All. It's all very well, my dear.
With "A proud and a scornful eye
To look uD at the stars, In this world
of ours.
But you'll often forget to look down NJ
the flowers
When you're holding your head too
high. Maurice O'NeilL
The sources OF beauty are all in the
soul.
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CHAPTER vi.

Strong laughed, the light buoyant
laugh OF the as yet unbea,en prize
lighter climbing through the ropes
into the ring. He realized that from
THE first he had meant to do battle
with Mr. Montgomery Jones, only
love, being eager. is apt TO take the
line of least resistance, and so for n
while the disturbances OF Diana had
promr.ed him TO attempt him to ar.
tempt a compromise with her father.
The compromise was now impossible.
and so he contemplated the coming
campaign with the joyousness OF heart
which Is only the possession OF the
young undefeated soldier
He stepped into the punt and sent
the squat-nosed craft Swimming across
the water. At the further bank he
stepped ashore, and walked briskly
across the strip of grass between the
ditch and the struggling shanty which
was by courtesy termed The Bunga-
low"
Here he leant one of his great shout.
ders against prop of the veranda so
that IL creaked under his weight, and
beloved rather than called:
Here, Joe, | want YOU" He then
swung round. sat himself with a crash
on the yeranda steps and pulled his
faithful briar from his pocket.
With laughing eyes. but with a wry
smile. he turned his gaze to the path
on the further bank, up which he
could still see the retreating figure
OF Mr.. Jones.
Joe came shutting out OF the bun.
galow. ne almost dragged his length
TO Strong's side and perched gingerly
on the rickety steps. He was as tall
as Strong. but gawky. He was one OF
| those men who seem 10 be always
growing out OF their clothes. even
when they are octogenarians. A hawk
like nose dwarfed the other features
OF his pale. thin face. except that a
pair OF immense and ruddy ears stood
out from the sides of his head like
sails. The hawk-like nose supported
large, gold-rfmmed spectacles, the
curving frames OF which were secure
~ anchored round his ears. He glanc-
ed Sideways at Strong in mild. In
curing way.
{, Seen anything" asked Strong.
Joe shook his head He seldom saw
anything. except the mechanical de-
tail with which for the time being he
was engaged.
Heard anything" asked Strong.
Again Joe shook his head. He new.
or heard anything at all. unless he
were roughly reused from his concen.
tration on his studies.
Match" said Strong.
Joe routed in the pockets of his rag.
ged Norfolk jacket and produced
packet OF decidedly dilapidated wax.
vestas.
Strong shifted at the dlngy contents
or the matchbox. but used them to
light bis pipe.
And ust give your mind to me"
ne said to Joe. ''and will tell Won
something that will make your ears
flop"
Joe grinned, and with lank fore.
hnger settled his glasses on the
/ bridge Of his nose. This was a habi;
or his when he was making an effort
to appear interested.
Our neighbor across the river"
said Strong. by the name of Mr..
Jones, Is sort of ultra-modern and
ultra-romantic Jekyll and Hyde. Mr..
Jones. | may inform you, combines
In his person the Yankee millionaire
with the King of Bahama"
Joe Langley smiled feebly. He was
sufficiently interested in mundane af
fairs 10 realize that II was unusual for
real monarch to be masqueradins
on the Thames as a common person.
tTo be Contipued.)
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1.-THE 6NAN WHO STOLE THE EARTH''

daring man, a callous man. relent-
less man, and man who, without
some influence 10 soften him, would.
II the power to do SO came TO him, be
man who would breed much sorrow
for the world.
The King OF Bahama was no phil.
antnropist. nor was he even con-
WINGED. He turned away. and then he
turned sharply back again TO Strong
and asked this unexpected question:
DO you play poker?"
Even this out-of-place query, how
ever. did not disconcert Strong. IL a
man is sufficiently engrossed It Is I'm
possible to disturb him He nodded
his head.
Then I'll call your blum" said Mr..
Jones Il am going back to the as
paragus."
The Detroit times., 1908-05-04

In regulation collins and be-
meath bushels of carnations and
roses, two dogs were laid to rest
in Graceland cemetery. Chicago,
the other day.
The dogs were pets in a mil
lionaire's family and graves tor
them were dug in "millionaires
row." beside the bodies OF hui
mans.
After the interment flowers
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The sources OF beauty are all in the
soul.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-04

try is used to play upon and mislead
the moral forces OF the nation.
Nor is this industrial censorship con
fined TO the press. IL is over the pull.
pit and the best clubs and the most
select society"
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The ElrM Sion.

He--When did you discover first
that you loved me, sweetheart?
She--When I found myself getting
angry every time people called you
an idiot.-Punch.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-04
Liked the Place.

Are you satisfied with your new
apartment
Yes. indeed: our back windows
command a view OF some of the most
expensive lingerie ever saw
Brooklyn Life.
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may against his fortune may be gone
and friends
~ drop away when adversely comes
}eapon mans dog doesn't desert him.
Reveses life the welcome home
ness you dog affection is and whose waggng
ftan responds your coming before.
ss There are two ''''''s friends q "'''' "'''<' '''
The funeral the flowers and the dogs
Hain hopeful sign.
Maybe mionaires viii day to reward the an
guinness of human beings.
Maybe the day who gives his
amassng of fortunes for Others will share in
10 of a flower his grave. :
Maybe sympathy the dog command
aay lead being day the devil in the
factory who suffers the loss of his position concden
of leg Incapacitated produce as before
he is let
The sympathy he gets as rule maybe
then.
The dog in its faith simply fu6s
of it Is a dog.
The who tolls for bread and who gives the sweat OF his
privilege of existing is fulfilling his obiga
WELL and is worthy of consideration the brute
How many lives given the industries from which the few
have the gain have where usefulness had ceased
without thought
How srikngly display dogs
comparison of flesh and bones where life
state
disposed light of the affection Of this
)sich family for the two dogs.
The dog endcars and children and is
COMPANION, becomes fact of the family.
story Faithful Fdo" in the school reader has done
placing child heart and mind of feeling
ffor and humane tendencies animals
teachings childhood forgotten though when selfish
mess and greed hold of the fail find him
tat commendab quality should hope first 6nd-hu
|{manity
With those rich addsss who employ hiopodiss by the
for dogs put through
1.-THE parks in carriages have patience
II is practice which plainly suggests how much better
.loH many dogs than the majority of human beings
burial and for dumb
ijpe home hope sympathy
;jbeen aroused that may ultimately be extended
like the welfare of
nike fatuness appeal the that sympathy
from man. dog
& the brutes of his kind
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They OUGHT 20 Be.

Are they happy?v
Il think so. They haven't any
money. st Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-04

Many a man stops his friends on the
street to tell them how busy be 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-20
OLDEST HOUSE
 IN AMERICA
Unique Structure Built at Santa Fe
 In 1880 Still Standing.

A movement is on foot to rehabili- ate "the oldest house in the United States" This ancient structure is situated at Santa Fe, and the claim of it's great age is we'll authenticated, says the Santa Fe correspondent of the Minneapolis Journal. The musty records in the archives of the ancient Santa Fe church show that this "old- est house" was built in 1530. It played an important part in connection with the church property in Santa Fe in the early days. Some students of early American history declare this ancient house was erected Dy the Pueblo Indians. Others say 1t is far too pretentious structure to have been the work of Indians, and they believe 1t was doubtless constructed by one of the early Snanish explorers.
 This s'oqdest house" at Santa Fe was built and occupied in less than 40 years after Columbus first set foot on American soil. It was century and half old when La Halle explored
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with himself.
 During the runs on the various lnstl- tutions here many banks followed the old dodge of paying out ,money by means of low currency. One lady wished to withdraw her entire savings, which amounted to $3,000 or $4,0O0o. She received the money ill dimes, quarters and half dollars, and was so long counting the money-'absolutely refusing to leave the window until she was satisfied that it was correct-that before she had half finished closing time" had arrived. She narrowly es- capped being mobbed by the lengthy waiting line of infuriated customers who had seen their chances of obtain l ing their deposits simmer and slim mer, until finally the paying teller slammed the window and the bank
 was cleared.
 | The queerest places are sometimes
 chosen by people who desire to hids
 their savings. One eccentric lady
 heard of drew he $5.00o from local
 bank, and after converting tinto five ! !s1 900 bills, stuffed them into the heel |of one of her shoes which she had Ihollowed out fo rthe purpose, the novel .sbank" being made secure by mailing piece of leather over itShe Iconstantly wore the shoe until one
 day the piece of nailed-on leather be- Icame loose and dropped off. This Twas not discovered until the lady Ireache dhome when the falseness of lthe queer "safe deposit" was revealed.
 Strange to say, however, the money
 was wedged into the heel so tightly |that it had not fallen out. and so thankful was the owner for this mercy lthat she forthwith lodged the bills in la safe bank, and now feels much easi-
 Ter in her. mind. @,
 1 In the matter of shares and bonds
 people who know little of financial matters frequently act very queerly. to lsay the least of 1t. One man I know |who had a few hundred shares in a Icertain mining company was so care- Hess that he never knew where his lcertifcates were. He bought the Ishares at 8 each, and had been hold ling them for about two months, when
 they dropped a point. He was ad- lvised to sell out, and decided to do SO. Ibut when he came to look for the lcertifcakes he could not find them. He lsearched everywhere without success. land each day the value of the shares Idecreased, ant1 at last they stood
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THE JUNIORS 0F FINANCE Curious Places People Have for Hiding Their Money

The recent, or--as some people sthi gall it-the present financial crisis III 1 asnerica has had one good effect; II has taught people the falacy of hoard sng money and expecting it to be re- at the same time. ine writer recently had an interesting con versation with the paying teller at .,ne of the biggest banks of New 1ork' and learned much that was amusing concerning those people who, directly sne bank fails, looks upon all banks with, suspicion.
 Like a good many other financial concerns, said the gentleman, we have had to pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars to nervous depositors, but the money is all coming back grad aally, and do not suppose that ill the end we shall lose a single customer. Perhaps you would scarcely credit It out when the panic was in its height nere several of our depositors locked ID in their bureaus at home checks which had been paid to them, believ- ing that this would safeguard the money!
 Incidentally. may remark here for the benefit of your readers that it is very unwfse to keep check an hour longer than is absolutely necessary. Put it into your bank or cash it the same day that 1t is received. Other wise a dozein things may occur where by you wil1 lose your money. Here IS an instance in support of this: The day before certain we'll known trust company closed its 1oors friend oi mine received a chez, on this institu- tion for $470. He ,i.ght have cashed tt rpald 1t into } own bank the same day, but tlse3,bt it would do inst as well il the nerning. So he put It into his wallet determining to Day it in the first thing next day But he was too late. and believe he IS ctill trying [ ocollect his money.
 Some depositors are fairly shrewd and the story is told of a Western far mer, who journeyed to a certain bank the other day and. after pitching 2 7aard-luck st0ry. asked for the loan oi ! few thousand dollars, at the came time. of course. offering good security The manager readily agree dto make xhn advancz. whereupon the farmer mnlled ct . hnge roll of bills and. de- elarine thIk 1T the bank was able to .,ccommodnnb a1m lt must be on nound baa1e QnA1e . lepnsit instead q loan, - rent Sw61 ven pleased
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the Mississippi river. The building
 was nearly a century old when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
 When the foundation of the ancient Santa Fe church was laid in 1541 the oldest house" wa sthe residence of powerful Pueblo Indian chief. This fact probably gave the rise to the be- lief that is held by some people that the construction of the building was by Pueblo Indians. It is matter of historical record, however that Spanish explorers had arrived at the present site of Santa Fe some years
 before the work of building the church was began.
 The arrival of Colorado, the fla nous explorer, at Santa Fe brought about change in the occupancy of
 the ancient house. He took posses sion of the building and made it his
 place of residence.
 Withstanding the destructive influ- ence of the elements for nearly four centuries, the building stands as a
 mute testimonial of the wearing and lasting qualities of the primitive ma- terials and methods of construction in the earliest days of civilization in the southwest. It is built of adobe blocks, plastered over with cement material that hardened like stone.
 The sun dried mud of which the adobe blocks were made seems to have had a composition akin to ce-
 ment. The blocks are almost as hard
 as stone, and are apparently imper- vious to rain. : The sills, rafters. joints and other timbers in the build ing are said to be of mesquite wood.
 They are the same that were used lin the original construction of the houses nearly four centuries ago. :, This ancient building was verit-
 able palace in it's day. It long held the distinction of being the ouly two- story residence in New Mexico ter lritory. It was the scene of many brilliant social events, and about it's very door ragged many battles between the white settlers and hottie Indians. It is stated that it's rehabilitation icould be easily accomplished, and that this probably will be done.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-20
at something like 75 cents.

at something like 75 cents.
 The owner still continued to look for the certificates when suddenly the shares began to rise ill value. They scared away up, until they stood it $5, and then the certificates turned up in the owners hat box under the bed Being somewhat superstitious, he argued with himself that the cer- tificates had remained hidden for some good purpose-presumab the rising. of the stock-and that his finding of them was the signal to sell out. He did sell out, and the shares now stand at IA. I've often tried to find the moral in that story, and have failed.
 Men are often just as bad as wo- men i'll the matter of hoarding their money. I heard of a man-apparent- ly sane and practical on all other points = who, during the recent fi- nancial furry, took out all his money amounting to several thousand dollars turned it into small bills, stuffed them
 into jam uots, and buried them in diff ferent part sof the garden. He kept
 no reliable record of the exact spots, and as consequence soon became a little hazy as to where each jam pot with it's prescious contents lay con- cealed. He got nervous after bit, and decided to dig up the ia mpots, but long before he had finished the job his garden looked as though a cy- clone had struck it.
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Funeral Notice.

All members of the Imperial-3u.;et Lodge. No. 6, Knights of Pythias, and Brother Knights, arc requested to meet at Castle Hall of Imperial Juliet Lodge Sunday afternoon at t.20 o'clock for the purpose of attending the funeral of cur late Brother <. w. Adams, in a body.
 By order of
 P. N. Kilroy.
 chancellol Commander. (Atte6t) J. P. Jordan.
 Keeper of Records and seal.