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CHAPTER xl.-(continued.)

IL ANGLEY whistled Isn't that
It'll going II little too far" he
I'LL asked ASa.r said strong. mo. q
bit II is like telling tne
trutn--if you do that no one believes
you. II we anchor out there and watch
Scotland-yard running about the place
| like ferrets. they will never thing OF us
And you may bet your boots that Mr.
Jones won't mention us. When they
start digging under the cupid and find
what they will find. Mr.. Jones won
know anything about 1t. And he Is not
going to place himself in the position
OF enabling them TO supply statements
which will be noted down at Scotland
yard as information received"
So they put OF and anchored mid
way between bank and bank. and
what with smoke and talk and desul'
tory reading they spent lazy but
contented morning.
About O'Clock Strong nudged
Langley. who turned and saw two men
surveying them gravely from the bank.
One was Jones, and the other was an
inspector OF police. whose name Is
revered If not beloved by criminals
all over the world.
Mr.. Jones and the detective appear
ed In earnest conversation. The de-
tective, as far as they could Judge by
gestures, inquired OF Mr. Jones con
corning the occupants of the lazy
looking launch.
But Mr.. Jones only shook his head
made little shrug OF his shoulders
and turned away.
By-and-by, three other men came
strolling along the riverbank. They
turned after the chief inspector and
Mr.. bones and passed among the
bushes.
A few moments later Strong put
his fingers to his lips and leant over
the side of ~the launch, listening
Langley. too, hung over the launch
and listened with his stupendous ears
In the distance they could hear the
sharp click. click of spade biting crisp
earth.
Now" said Strong, for fun. II you
are game he added. turning to Lang
lev. I'VE will go ashore and see what
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Ee Didn't Eniov IL.

Visitor ito Lazy Luke In the work
house, Are you enjoying good health
Luke?
Lazy Luke--Naw, never enjoy
good health, even when have II.
. Visitor-Why. how is that?
Lazy Luke-Because | halter work
when my health Is ood.-Exchange.
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Knew by Experience.

Mr.. Bach have my doubts about
this idea that the more you give away
the more you have.
Mr.. Phamleigh-No question at all
about II. | gave away my daughter
two months ago and now she's return
ed to me with her Observation-Disclosures
phia Record.
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Thursday, May, Is.
1908.

10 go back. | know YOU mean to-
have seen II In your face all this ait
ernoon. You mean 10 go back 10
Diana II isn't worth IL, old man
IL isn't worth il. Believe me- he
pleaded. with tears in his eyes, 1t
really is not worth IT,
Strong turned on him In a blaze or
anger. How dare you say that to
me- he demanded. about The Prin'
cess Diana?
The shadows OF evening had stolen
along the earth again and all was
very quiet The clouds which had
been gathering throughout the after
noon now loomed black overhead. Tn
der the branches OF the willows II
was almost pitch dark
Il don't mean II In that way about
Diana" said Langley. You know
don't mean IL In that way. | mean.
Oh fell. =. that cannot AFFORD To lose
you. can't spare you. darent let
yod go. The police have gone, IL Is
true: but you know and | know well
enough that the rhododendrons are
not empty. We both saw those fell
lows come down this afternoon, and
you have reason TO dread them far
more than you have reason TO fear
the police. That brute OF king OF
Bahama does not send for cut-throats
OF that sort without purpose. II would
be madness TO go back"
Strong, his anger passed. patted
Langley on the head. as be might have
done child Cheer up, sonny" he
said. Cheer up, For | am going
back | promised hi. | should be a
| laggard in love indeed II | did not
keep my tryst.'
But you cant go back. said Lang
| ley. in whisper. glancing about him
| in the darkness, as though every word
he uttered were being recorded by
invisible spies. IF you take the punt
across tonight it's a thousand TO one
you're spotted. and they would knock
you on the head from the bank. the
! blackguards! And then" he added.
with falter in his voice, there
would be that other grave"
CHAPTER XII.
"You chucklehead!" said Strong.
do YOU think that | am running my
| head into a moose, or at any rate. do
| YOU thing | am showing II where II Is
/ likely 40 get good hard knock? You
must be chump, | am not going
| by boat; | am going by water.
He turned sharp around TO Langley
| in the gloom. and there was excite
ment in his face. From his pocket
he drew a six-shooter and put into
! Langley's hands.
Remember" he said, that your
/ life and mine, and perhaps Diana's
will very shortly hang on this craft or
ours; so you are here on sentry-go my
! toy, and don't forget your duty.
! Meantime" and here he laughed
queer little laugh, Il am of TO the
! trysting place.
-AAsS5u tong.
He hoisted his enormous body gent
! ly over the side OF the launch and
dropped with the faintest splash into
the river.
Ito he Conttaued.)
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Don't attempt TO make your mark
in the world by making q mark OF
your neighbor
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Some men are too good to be clever
good
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Fred w. Smith. commissioner
of police, under indictment.
Frank A. Newberry. police
captain, Scotch precinct unaer
indictment. ~, f,
Edward P. Favor, precinct de-
tective. under indictment.
Frank B. Hibbler. citizen. I'M
der indictment.
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He hoisted his enormous body gent
ly over the side OF the launch and
dropped with the faintest splash into
the river.
(To he Conttaued.D
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n LANGLEY whistled. Isn't that
IL going II little too far" he
asked.
III No" said Strong, mot q
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regulation of the great corporations
has been to provide some effective
popular sovereign for each corporation.
l do not wish to keep this twilight
land one of large and vague bounda-
ries by judicial decision that in a CIV
en- case the state cannot act and then
few years later by other decisions
that in practically similar cases the
nation cannot act either. l am trying
to find out where one or the other can
act, so there shall always be some
sovereign power that on behalf of the
people can hold every big corporation,
every big individual, to an accounta-
bility so that its or his acts shall be
beneficial to the people as whole. In
matters that relate only to the people
within the state of course the state is
to be sovereign, and it should have the
power to act. If the matter is such
that the state itself cannot act, then Il
wish on behalf of all the states that
the national government should act"
Conference Adopts Resolutions.
The resolutions unanimously report
ed by the committee and adopted by
reclamation by the conference carry
specific recommendations for legisla-
ton by congress. They declare:
I'VE agree in the wisdom of future
conferences between the president,
members of congress and the governors
of the states regarding the conserva-
ton of our natural resources with the
view of continued cooperation and ac-
ton on the lines suggested. And to
this end we advise that from time to
time, as in his Judgment may seem
wise, the president call the governors
of the states, members of congress and
others into conference.
I'VE agree that further action is adj
visable to ascertain the present condi-
ton of our natural resources and to
promote the conservation of the same.
And to that end we recommend the
appointment by each state of COM
mission on the conservation of natural
resources to cooperate with each other
and with any similar commission on
behalf of the federal government.
'We urge the continuation and ex-
tension of forest policies adapted to
secure the outstanding and renewal of
our diminishing timber supply We
recognize that the private ownership
of forest lands entails RESPONSIBILITIES
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BETTER ROAD CONDITIONS.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAeE]

prevention of the destruction it entails
on the Town streets.
seventh.-That in the matter Of
street pavements for certain business
sections in the neighborhood of the
Green, your Committee commends to
your careful consideration the late ad-
Howard, expert on street pavements.
delivered before the Morristown Civic
Association, on January 31st, 1907, and
that Col. Howard be employed by the
Town to make specific recommends
tions, and to draw up specifications and
to supervise the construction of such
pavements, in the event of the decision
of the Board of Aldermen favorable to
such construction.
Eighth.-That on certain streets it is
deemed wise to narrow the roadway,
by throwing out the curb lines from
two to ten feet, as a measure of econo-
my both in point of first cost, and in
subsequent maintenance of the pave
ment, to provide more room for the
roots of shade trees; and to beautify
the streets with broader sidewalks and
lawns.
Ninth-That on certain streets of a
more rural character, in order to COM
port with the surroundings, the curbs
be omitted, and dished cobble cutters
, with erased slopes be substituted, for
the customary fiat cobble CUTTERS Cases
in point are Madison Ave. Macculloch
Ave, Washington Ave, Sussex Ave,
Perry street, and several others.
Tenth.-That the high crown of GER
others, is unsightly, unnecessary and
inconvenient, and should be flattened
by decreasing the depth of the cutters.
and at the same time the exposure of
the curb, the sides of the roadway be-
ing raised by filing in with stone; that
the line and grade of curbs and cutters
should be properly revised and regula-
ted on many streets where great irregu-
larity in these particulars now exists /;
that cross walks should be renewed or
reset in many instances, that curbing
and bridge stone for crosS-walkS of a
better quality and larger dimensions
than those in use should be provided;
that surface drainage of streets should
be better devised, and drainage works
better constructed; that corner basins
are quite generally needed to replace
the antiquated, ugly and too often dam
gerous structures, that now deface the
streets; that all culverts and bridges
should be carefully examined and that
such reconstruction be undertaken as
will put all such structures in a sub
stantial condition: that as far as posi-
BILE private gutter bridges and crossings
be eliminated and that no more permits
be granted for constructing the same,
nor for any other encroachmentS of a
similar kind on the public highways.
That practical compliance with the
provisions of the Town Charter be gem
orally enforced regarding the construc-
special reference to the timely repair
thereof: that a general re1aying of the
walks in every quarter of the Town is
urgently demanded. in some cases COM
plete renewals being the only remedy;
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| that the laying of concrete walks be en-
couraged, and that steps be taken to
secure a better grade of "Granolithic"
construction than that heretofore laid
| down; that all bluestone walks hereaf-
| ter laid be subject to municipal speci-
fcations. prescribing their quality, and
| that no walks be laid except under the
supervision and in accordance with the
| lines and grades, furnished by the pro-
posed Town Engineer; that no mate
| rails except bluestone or concrete be
allowed in sidewalks, unless otherwise
| ordered by the Board of Aldermen on
the recommendation of the said engi-
neer, and that all drainage from yards
or buildings, or roof-water. shall be
conducted to the cutters by suitable
| subsurface conduits, and not allowed to
run across the sidewalks
Eleventh.-That an approved modern
system OF street maintenance be inau-
gurated by the said Town Engineer, in
which hand labor shall be economically
and Judiciously supplemented by the
employment of street machinery andN
implements of proved value; that the
| Block System" combining constant re-
pairs and street cleaning be introduce
| ed, as an auxiliary to the usual require
ments of general repairs periodically
made.
| That the materials of construction be
properly tested and scrutinized by COM
petent inspectors; that the methods of
construction and repairs be made the
subject of special inquiry, and that ex-
| pert advice be sought and obtained
touching the essentials of modern road
X.
| Twelfth.4That code of rules and
regulations affecting the use of the
Town streets be carefully drafted and
be adopted by the Board of Aldermen,
| said code embracing proper instruc-
| tions and restrictions governing the
| opening of Town streets and the resto-
ration of pavements in which cuts are
made for public and private purposes;
and that in all cases practical guaran-
| tee be required, accompanied by a bond
| OF 1ndemnttyS or cash deposit, condi-
| toned that the paVements, so disturb
| ed, shall be properly restored, and shall
| be left and remain in as good condition
as they were previous to such disturb
ance.
Furthermore.-That the attention of
| the several public service corporations,
as well as the local Board of Sewer
Comm ssioners, be called to the abso-
lutte necessity of a better class of work
| than that heretofore in evidence, in ex-
| ing pipes and conduits with special
prevailing in backflling trenches and
mittee feels that urgent representa-
lions should be made to those engaged
in these practices if the integrity of
the Town pavements is to be effectively
maintained.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted by your Committee
VIM. S. BACOT Chairman
JOHN r. BRINLEY,
Committee on Streets
Morristown N. j. LIST of April, 1908.
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HUMoR OF THE HOUR
All RIGHT Otherwise.

The sharp nosed matron who was
hunting a desirable fat had inspected
all the rooms, peered into the closets,
looked at the pictures on the walls,
the ornaments on the mantelpiece and
all the family plate and china that
didn't happen to be locked up, but she
did not appear to be quite satisfied.
Everything looks right" she said,
''but there must be something. objec-
tionable. You've had the apartments
only year?"
1T will be a year the LIST of June"
answered the patient woman who was
showing her around.
"Yet you're going to move out?"
Yes; we are going to move into a
house of our own"
"Oh, that's the reason, is it? If it
were not for that you would probably
stay hereY'
YES"
''You don't think the rent is too high
for this. neighborhood"
mo, ma'am."
'"rhere's really nothing wrong with
the fiat, thenY
Ssh, no. The only thing we don't
like about it is that since we made up
our minds to move we have been an
noyed by Objectionable persons who
come here house hunting, prying into
everything and asking meddlesome and
impertinent questions. Otherwise it is
entirely satisfactory, ma'am. This is
the way out."-Chicago Tribune
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OWNS UP TO MURDER.
Farmland Confesses Killing of Two
Women and Man.

women and Man.
New York, May 19-Frank Zastera,
the boyish farmland who raised the
alarm about the triple murder at Wick
atunk, N. j., confessed that it was he
who shot and killed William D. Shep-
herd, Mrs. Josephine Shepherd and
their young employee, Jennie Bendy,
leaving the Shepherds young baby the
only living person in the house.
While armed posses galloped and
tramped every road and wood patch in
Monmouth county looking for another
foreigner suspected of the crime the
police for eighteen straight hours put
Zastera through all the terrors of the
dread third degree" only to be baffled
by his iron nerve and plausible stories.
AT the end of their resources Prose
cutor Stokes and his assistants forced
him as final test to don the blood
stained, shot torn vest taken from
Shepherds body. They made him place
his hand upon that part of it above the
heart.
"Now swear that you are innocenty'
they commanded.
The boy broke down and sobbed:
II did it! l did it! / killed all three!
Now let me alone, and I'll tell allr'
1t was partly weak mind, partly
fear that impelled him to take the
three lives, he explained Robbery
was his original motive.
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PLATT SUIT BEGINS.
Mrs. Woods Action For Divorce Open,
ed In New York City.


ed In New York City.
New York, May 19.-"It is dreadful
to contemplate the fact that l am sew
enty years DID," it is declared, United
States Senator Thomas G. Plat wrote
in one of his alleged love letters to
Mae G. Wood, which were read to
Justice O'Gorman when Mrs. Wood S
divorce action against the senator was
finally brought to trial.
''Think of told Platt' now," he
wrote with tragic simplicity. "You had
better discard me at once before l
die"
81 am an old FOOL" he said in an
other, with frank introspection.
''My little bride to be- was the salu-
tation he is alleged to have used in
still another. and in yet one more burn
ing love message this distinguished
member of the greatest deliberative
body in the world sent the lady "a
thousand kisses for the one you sent
me and thousand times as fervent."
Mrs. Wood says that the senator mar
ried her in 1901.
For nearly a year Senator Platt has
fought the woman's claim and by va
rious preliminary motions prevented
the actual trial of the case, but it was
finally called before Justice O'Gorman
in the supreme court.
In her complaint the plaintiff alleges
her name is Mae G. Wood-Platt. She
names in her suit Lillian N. Janeway,
who was married to the senator in Oc-
tober, 1908.
Senator Plat denies her charges.
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Appendix 1.
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES ON STREETS
Years 1000 to 1oOsFrom Account Of city NJ

NOTE.-The labor account is made
up chiefly of cost of street cleaning,
probably about 100000 per year, ex-
cept in the years 1903-1904. The ball
ance has gone into street maintenance,
an amount pitifully inadequate to ac-
complish any results
The crushed stone account in third
column averages little more than So
10000 per annum, about one-quarter OF
the amount that should be expended.
The miscellaneous account includes
work done on drainage, curbs cutters
and cross walks, first cost matnten-
ance, and operation of steam roller.
TOOLS implements and general expense,
Appendix 2.
Appendix to report of Committee on
Streets to the Executive Committee of
the Morristown Civic Association, rela-
tive to pavements for certain streets in
the Business District.
For your proper information the Com
mittee on Streets submits the follow
ing estimate of the cost of the improve
ment of certain streets of the Town
with Brick or Bitulithic pavements,
having concluded that these types are
best adapted to the uses and trafhc OF
a place like Morristown. We believe
however, that the latter (Bitulithic)
will in most streets be more satisfacto-
ry, being less slippery. and less noisy,
as we'll as less expensive.
The data for the computation or
areas of pavements was furnished by
Edward Howell c. E., Town Engineer,
to whom our thanks are due.
The prices are derived from one
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Quaker Democrats Gather,

Harrisburg, Pa, May 19.-Democrats
from every portion of the state are
pouring into Harrisburg to attend the
state Democratic convention, which
will be held here tomorrow, and the
indications are that it will be one of
the liveliest held in years. Headquar-
tiers have been opened by the Bryan,
Gray and Johnson leagues, each hav-
ing its corps of boomers and button
distributors, and the city is being lib
orally placarded. The Bryan people
had things their own way for a time
until the other leagues began to send
out their men.
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in the interests of all the people, and
we favor the enactment of laws look
ing to the protection and replacement
of privately owned forests.
eve recommend the enactment of
laws looking to the prevention of waste
in the mining and extraction of coal,
Oil, gas and other minerals with a view
to their wise conservation for the use
of the people and to the protection of
human life in the mines. Let us con-
serve the foundations of our prosper
itV"
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-Lippincott's Magazine.
In the Wrong Place.

Essay" spluttered the victim in the
chair, "w-what brand of t-tooth soap is
that you are using?'
st isn't tooth SOAP" explained the
barber; "it's shaving SOAP"
"Th-then," rejoined the victim,
'd-don't put any m-more of it in my
m-mouth."- Louis Post-Dispatch
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GraatIv Enioved M.

Borus struggling author)-That last
book of mine agreeably surprised you,
did it? am glad to hear that.
Naggus Literary editoD--Yes; I ex-
pected to devote an entire evening to
reading it. 1t put me to sleep in FIVE
minutes, old fellow.-Chicago Tribune.
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source only, and are subject to local
modification. They probably exceed the
prices at which the work could be
let under contract by twenty per cent,
and are submitted solely as a safe APP
Proclamation of cost
The present stone roadbeds in these
streets could not be utilized as founda-
lions as they stand, since concrete is
requisite, but the materials which they
contain could be Incorporated into the
new concrete, and thus save the cost of
new materials. Better still would it be
to use the old road metals in the con-
struction or repair of Macadam or Tel
ford roads in other parts of the Town.
In either case the saving so effected
would be considerable.
Your Committee, however, made no
allowance therefor in the estimates, set
ting aside such savings to cover the
cost of engineering and superintend-
ence, and other prerequisites and Incl
dentals that cannot be foreseen or COW
cred by preliminary estimate
In conclusion, it is not to be under
stood that your Committee recommends
that all these improvements be made at
one stroke. but rather from time to
time as the Towns finances will per-
NIT of it, the contamination Of the
whole requiring probably not less than
five years.
Respectfully submitted,
VIM. S. BACOT. Chairman,
JOHN r. BRINLEY,
Committee on Streets.
Dated 14th of April, 1908.
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JUNGLE Talk.

The Monkey-I'm going to move to
the city next week.
The Ape-What are you going to do
when you get there?
The Monkey-Act as cashier for an
organ grinder.-C Chicago News.
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The Svm.,plathixe,Ir,

"Glumer seems to feel great SYM
pathy for any one who is ILL.,"
'Huhl His idea Of sympathy is to
get some poor invalid in a corner and
tell him how miserable he's looking -
Philadelphia Press.
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"A Man Eating Shark"
Why Jase Was Late.

The following note was received by
a village schoolteacher:
Mister sir. My boy Jase had to be late
today. 1t Is his biznes to milk our COW.
She is kicky COW. She kicked Jase in
the back today when he wasn't looking
so he thought his back was broke but it
amt. But it is black and blue. If you
don't believe 1t you can see. The pain
kept him late. We would sell that COW
If we could. This is the forth time she
has kicked Jase but she never kicked him
late before. So excuse him for me-
HIS MOTHER
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Sane, but crazy.

"You are sure you are of sound mind
now?" they asked the asylum inmate.
Doesn't the fact that I'm crazy to
get out prove it?" was his answer.
OF couse this won his freedom
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Time to Cali : HaI+

First Chauffeur ran down three
men today, but It wasn't my fault.
Second Chauffeur-Of course nor
There ought to be law preventing
reckless pedestrianism.--Detroit Trib.
une.