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New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

f,rfcapo Feb 11-wheat prices on the local ex-
change declined more than 1c to-day o"ihs 20
eral selling brought out by weakness III foreign
erai, markets At the close the May delivery
Showed a net loss of 11sc TO 1Ac. Corn was down
ssc 12c; oats We're also sc TO zee io"ef'
sions were a shade higher TO sc lower
The wheat market weak all day. aithousn d
steadier tone developed late In the session on puy
ing based on reports OF sales here of considerable
90 Oh wheat 10 interior rners The principal weak
ening influence was a decline of more than 10 at
Liverpool due it said to liberal of1erlnes Iro'i
Argentina. An increase Of 2106,00O ousheis IN tle
worlds visible supply, as shown Dy braoStfeel 3
and a heavy movement in the Northwest We're
additional bearish factors Selling at the start
was general and the market received nttle support
until Nav had declined to 9i@sc which Is WITHIN &c
Of the low record mark for that delivery. 1he
principal demand throughout the day came from
shorts. whose purchases caused several shgh. raj
lies The market closed weak May opened fsc 10
lac TO lie TO lac at 959sc TO sbc, sold on 10
s45sc and <osed at 951lc. Ciearances OF wheat ana
-four were equivalent 10 10000 bushels Urinary
raceints were 51S, ,00G bushels, compared with a
holiday last year. Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago
reported receipts of AIS against 325 cars last
week and a holiday a year ago
Corn was affected by the break In wheat sehtl-
1nent being bearish all day. Several of the leading
commission houses were free sellers and there was
also selling by small holders. Primary receipts
were somewhat larger than for the corresponding
dav last week but local arrivals were rather light
The market closed weak. May opened shade 10
1c 10 9sc lower 61c to slice, sold off TO 6Oisc
and cused a 6tisc. Local receipts were 81 cars
none of contract grade.
Oats were weak in sympathy with wheat and
corn Cash interests the principal sellers
but the volume Of business was not large May
opened ssc lower 5S4c. sold between SIC and
53asc and closed at 531sc 53l4c. Local receipts
were 227
A sc advance IN live hogs had tendency to onset
the surnu in grain prices influence on provi-
sions the market being quite steady all day There
was fairly active demand from investors At the
close May pork was off sc at sll go; lard was also
off &C at 81 l2l. to 81 As Ribs were shade higher
at Sc 52ts.
Estimated receipts FOR Thursday: Wheat. IS
cars; corn, 391 oats. 124 cars; hogs, $1,000
head
The Roar1 of Trade will be closed Tomorrow
Uegal holiday.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
OTHER MARkETs-BY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago Feb 1-CATfLE-Receipts. estimated st
600 head, steady; steers 81 251a 80 To- COWS
saasi rs hefers s. 50Q s. -, bulls, So % 81 1n
calves s3ds7: and feeders 81 to 9 81 10
uOGS-Receipts, estimated at about @sooe head
market steady higher: choice heavy shipping
81 40 81 40 81 IS 81 AZ light mixed 81 30
as4 35 light 81 IS 81 10: packing 81 gS4 so
Receipts estimated at about y ooe head: market
steady sheep 81 - gs5 4o Lambs, s6 21a$1' year
ngs, S5 So -. r,-,.-
400 head steady; prime steers 50 10 q SO
-Reue active and lower.
5ds3 % HOGS--Receipts. 1000 head; active ana
str0ng: pgs slow 10d i5c lower heavy and mixed
s. 6 a 81 10 Workers - 60q qs4 TO-; pigs, SAG - 90
roughs 81 g0ISa 10, 4S3 %. daires - 1oD
"a AND LAMBS-Hecepls 5000 mead.
sheep active and higher lambs slow and Toe lower
lambs x5asT yearllngs. SO - Sc GO; ewes 90 %
q 81 65. sheep mixed, $20 So To- >, 100
kansas city Feb, LE-Receipts, II 500
head including 40o Southefns; market steady choice
good 81 30a 81; Western steers ins5 80, siockers
and feeders 50 e1ms4 Southern steers 81 1aH S4
Southern cows. s. 30 81 60 native cows. s. % ~
81 .o, native heifers 81 "a So; bulls. s34si 70
calves So 70 n 81 % HOGS-Rscepts - 600 head
market G lOc higher; top, s. a.; bulk of sales 81 Il
40 : packers. 81 2oH 81 20:
nigs and lights 600 81 20 SHEEP-Receipts. 1000
head: market steady lambs SO @5a 81 a. ewes and
xea-ltngS n s. 20, Western Neariinss- 81 254
So TO- Western sheep 81 = s. 20 sockers and feed
ers S. a0g So r., 3, rr-,
supply tight slew. choice. 81 eeG 81 IS prime 81 to1
80 SHEEP Supply light steaay: prime wetherS
s5as5 rs cuns and common. s2as S. lsnhA s5aas 30.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
LIVESTOCK MARKET.

New York. February II. 1908
Including % for export alive ana 100 FOR saqE
over Nothing reported sold to-day the
receipt for wednesdays trade Dressed beef had
moderate inanry ] at "a sc per b win t choice and
srp9ol and London cattle and beef markets quotaby
morrow the Bofic viii take out about $40 cattle and
the Oceanic about 1000 quarters of beef for the Lon
CALvEs-Receipts 57o head. all for the mar
ke yesIs were in good dsmsnd a and aFm Western
q ssIo 100 III: Gulls at s4qs5 Western calves
city Hme nea 30 9F 1855 m at
$40 100 ~ = do us do % at So z? d do y. 'b
do lii ib at s. 90 do so ID. q S.
ad d0hn h. a, S. s:s0 90 S- T. do " 80 S
O. Western calves. $50 lb, az 81
b W otts Co; "a veals' 147 ID. at So do
iGp % C. e Curtis Son: veaIs slo ae
n at SO 3: do. lso n. n at 50 10 ,os
u AaF n s. es Mullen dd is a 1s-s n at a s s. 100 da S
vearling 2e0 n S3 IA mixed calves l2T II, at IS.
jerne Wright CO. . vealsf 70 ID. at 50 62a' :
CO. robin ds & 3 sbannon: 2i veals 12s n so5o
coHisson 3s a; a. Is s. veal; yea % l5 n, n m At Sc sa 80 80
81 SHEEP Fl r AND LANBs-Recepts we're 10 cars or
the market with the stock held over yesterday
sesdT lambs slow to IA
Sass % per io r euls at So choice
s9s @ cus at s. 1ss at iniac wth hog
dressed lambs selling a. iei country dressed not
hous lambs steady ar se1Nf per
Hume: IL state lambs m II i n = sTsrase So At
"a cus 40 n at s. sheep 100 n. at s. 80. 10
do SO n at 81: cuis, es N. at So buck. ITO H.
at Tosn col ohio lambs 81 n at 81 So lS'
oo kerns Commission Company, ios 10 at
81 % - =. e. eoI.. , .u,i
40 n, at So: l sheep, 12n n. at 8
John 2 Nelson: lambs, 81 10 at S' state
p. a 50 30
YiO,;S9 Receipts were IS sa33 head in
endng cars for a ahs % sPhs porfed sde en this rfet
before change country dressed hogs sold slowly az
Ba7 iac per Y.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
EXPORTS.
CASH QUOTATIONS.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New York. February IL 1905
rnTFEK--hs coffee market active
ssN sseE being reported of $1,000 bags close
,-sasv uei unchanged points Disappointing
slightly lover Brazilian markets and
ls-s=r Brazilian receipts the heersh factors
selling and scattering local hqutdatcn
there hJtle speculative long interest in
80 arf offerings consequently not very
hssvv while enough demand from of
-e hz steady prices and efter open
tne na4 nctaaEed points lower the market showed
l3rfe The French market closed net de
rs-a ~ - Hamburg unchanged The
lower. The feature OF
So news considered the larger primary move
receipts 10 be modifying
hgIsh eNetaffons 70 the prFs he reduction IN the
supply between and the OF the
ssson Iundishv receipts reported to-day - l23
hsgs against oaa last and E.ese
Al $4,000 bags against
Fo 1s.eseo Unsettled Wall
-ef conditions naturally against activity in the
market. after months az dull speculative husl
cuts chiefly between trade
SPOT coffee quiet with
oya-arfauz on ha &c Rio No Z
T77@ prices in tbe local market to
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool Feb. 11-CIosins; sNHEAT.spet Se .Sa
western winter 3D. futures easy March Chs - rsed
American new quiet 5s I'd prime mixed Amercan. "1
Ee Northern quiet. IS .zsd futures
T<hr,,a-r nominal March 5s 2!.d PEAS-Canadian an
stead - SD FTOTR-winter patents esEy -2s 90
IIoPSIr London (Pacifc Coast. steady f2g 10 bt4fr
Extra india mess dull SIS Cd PoRk-PTime ~ ness =
western essv ISs Cd. HAMS-S Short cut u 70 10 ID
r,Iat Ais Notwithstanding cut 26 10 80 10. duIl'
Ss short rib Is to weak 4os Sd long clear nla a.
5ies light as To "a ~ 3es I'd; do heavy 50 10 o.
n weak short clear backs. Is to 20 n d TeaK S
"a clear bellies Il 10. weak. 4Os ed' shouidefs'
s1,t7re II TO Is n quiet ass LARD-Pr1me western
in tierces weak 37s 9d; American refined IN pals
easv 3ps 3d CHEESE-Canadan finest. Fnlte- new.
frm sss: do coored. firm 64s .s ss
nity weak ess Sd TURPENTINE-Sprits easy. SIS %
ROSIN-Common steady es Cd IETRo-Ee M-f'ehIis"
steady, TAd LINSEED OIL-DulL us os
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
eosToN WOOL MARKET.

tsosto, Feh 11-Activty the local Voc m 80
ts still confined higher grades sh't4e
:, 20 afshths blood finding few buyers g. a.
tberefore well maintained the choiGe id,ng do
otber grades IL is buyers market dne iI Sann
paastio auotatons range follows ONO ana asbad
syvana feeoes: XXX Sac: X 81 a. ,-e' NJ sz1L
n s6SY half blood clothing. "A g25e; hall ei@9a
blood combing, 32G - "a
nmarter blood conbng gag SOC: deiane WaSRTa Fna
Ss,ehigar wisconsin, New York heecess T ine ~
tS Mchls an "a S95c. desine unwashed. 29G3 3oc Ken
tuck Indiana Missouri: Ihree.eign.nds d sives
Texas: Fine twelve months. zoe; fine SIX h-n 70 hts
ont,s 81 n 65r: fine SIC California
so ssS, middle county 30 SCI south herh a.
fail free Is a 4sc oregon Eastern NO ssapt' 500
So valley No l. eoc Territory tscoured essls ,r @
sta1Ie zoe. fire medium staple 90 Tetei me
cothtng 20 a 5sc: clothing, 5s 98oe' nan Ua
s9S s9 % 5o q 5ac Pulled: Extra 65 $50; fine A. oog
57c. supers 45 q 4Sc.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
TeefeT-

C0TTON-Rith tomorrow holiday in the local
rnsrser while Liverpool snd New Orleans viii remain
oren tHsir-ss II cotton todaz was on small scale
closed steady. but at net decline OF oql4
ogenins steady At decline of
l~f-1s response English cables. and after
-rezElsFity active months sold OF loss
points under Liverpool offerings continued
esbss local s1iaetisn and hear pressure From ais
: rally within points OF last
rca7s finals the National Glnners report but the
showed weakness afternoon and
positions 1919 points lower
re CiosR little from the lo1est covering
Ths National Glnns-s report showing Iose3np bales
snFed February : was considered huliish as
z7n-i1E report tbs covering
I about the mid
Earch- hand estimates Of European
placing them 1.9jieso bales against
4a1 esa February ] last year. hearfsh ind
csHg possibility of q considerable falling OF in
r cpared With last for the remainder Of tie
- far 100000
hzes last fufo-siEft IS about
eehind years rejecting much
avsilsble domestic purposes South
spot markets generally unchanged
The of prices in the local market to-day
=
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

/ VIyANTED.-A LADY. WITH MEANS TO MAKE A
w short term loan 70 a company for exception
ally profitable business
by and returned before October with full pro
Tribune Office
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

In his remarks TO stockholders FTsSlueh' - W
Green says. in part;
Of the bonds and mortgages assumed az tne
formation of the company amounting 10 SIsli'oot-
there has been paid off the OF ssaf9tS ieaNlhs
balance unpaid of 1856 424 none of which has Vet
,natrred The accounts PAYABLE are simply 1hs
current bills fer raw material and suppiles "hich
we're not adjusted before the close or the year
The cash resources OF the company are ehuFeS
ample.
THE total number OF stockholders or the com
many immediately after It's organization about
thirteen hundred The total number now Is ABOUT
seventy-fve hundred OF this number -r5ss are
employes of the company Under the plan enabling
employees to purchase preferred stock paying
for II in insta Iments. they have purchased 1856
shares This exclusive OF very large amount
of stock both common and preferred. held by cur
directors. officers and principal managers
Ane report also SAYS that IN the last year Sixty
eight limitations of the company trade marks ap-
peared. but that the company was able TO stop all
Of them without litigation. In the last ten years
the National Biscuit CoHpany's sales have In
creased 81 75O94l. about 23 per cent and profits
have Increased ss0s.272, or more than "a per cent
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

FURNISHED by D Barney & Co. No. . Broad
street New York. and No f22 South street.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
NATIONAL BISCUITS YEAR.
Decrease in Surplus, but sos Per Cent
Earned on Common Stock.

The annual report of the National Biscuit COM
pany the year ended January 81 1905, has been
issued. The income account compares:
1aas 1907 1906
Profits .:...,. ss4 IO1 4t5 s.. 81 s22- 33S
Dividends ...,.,. 3 4g9435 3ies es5 T55
Srrrrs ... s61O94O sIS6392 s9I6 $50
t,rarip,s $3.50
Total surplus .. So 217 40 S., 6O6, 40 s7sJO0IS
Equal to rer the So s04. 500 preferersd
stock per the SD 26ooo common stocS-
The sales for the twelve months to January 81
1905 inclusive. were s41s02. 224. the net profits
s41o1415 and the percentage OF profit to sales was
9S1 per cent.
The general balance sheet as Of January 81, 1908.
compares follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

veal calves ssGss SO HoGs-heosstp,ss and heavy
Trrr 81 So; light workers. and pigs - oo' rus7
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
NEW YORK AND OTHER GAS SECURITIES

.And interest
New-York tribune., 1908-02-12

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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-07-03
JackLangdons
Celebration
A Story of Russia, Grand
Dukes, Bombs and
Fireworks.
By GERALD

81 don't are if he Is a grand duke,
he has spoiled my Fourth of Julyr'
And Jack Langdon shook his small
brown fist after the %retreating carriage
of his excellency the governor of o.
Jack Langdon's father was one of
the growing numbe of Americans
who have taken up business in Rus
STA. He owned the iron works of V.
and was respected both by foreigners
and natives throughout the province
governed by the Grand Duke Alexis
Alexandrovitch. Relying on this re-
spect and the favor with which the
authorities regarded him, Mr.. Lang
don had ventured to waylay the grand
duke ON n of his morning drives for
the purpose of asking certain privi-
leges. The reply of the governor was
polite. but none the less decided He
sai6: You ask, my dear N. L~angdon.
thai your son be permitted to celebrate
your national holiday, the Fourth of
July, by the letting Off of certain ex-
p%losives. l regret to have to inform
you hat uch methods of j~ubilation,
while common in America, could not
be allowed in Russia. Firecrackers
and bombs are too closely related"
But, surely" protested Mr. Lang
don, "a tiny demonstration in honor
of the birth of a friendly nation
The grand duke raised his hand
deprecatingly.
81 cannot help it." he said, but sue
is the law. Your son will have to fore
go his cannon crackers, 1 fear, this
Fourth of July"
And then. signaling to his outriders,
the governor drove on, leaving Mr..
Langdon rather annoyed and little Jack
very angry indeed.
81 think it's a shame" soliloquized
Jack, stalking moodily away, "and if
ever I get to be president of the United
States I'll remember this to Russia"
Despite his fathers circumstances
Jack refused to be consoled. 1t was
his first Fourth away from home. and
he yearned with a mighty yearning for
the "bang-bang' of the periodically
exploded cracker. And the more he
thought it over the more he hated the
Russian government in general and the
province of V. in particular.
Brooding over his rebuff, Jack
tered along the roadway until he en-
countered the familiar telecque driven
by Uncle P~ctronchka, a neighboring
peasant. with whom he had picked up
some sort of acquaintance. To Jacks
surprise, Uncle Petronchka did not
seem so friendly as usual. In fact, the
old farmer acknowledged the boys
salute only by a gruf inclination of
his head and shook his mares rein to
urge her to q faster pace.
"Hello!" exclaimed Jack. what can
be the matter with Uncle Petronchka?
This is not fair day at ", so he can
not have taken too much vodka. l
have done nothing to offend him, n
I can't understand why he should act
like this. Hello, Uncle Petronchkai
What has happened to make you so
grumpy"
But Petronchka, answering only by a
grunt, whipped up his shaggy mare,
and the telecque disappeared round a
corner.
Jacks curiosity was aroused, and
for the nonce he forgot all about the
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re n W a. NUN
allihouseo the RIFIED TIC
old farmer, drag THEREIN H GRAND
ged him out of Duke.
bed and captured the packs of dyna-
mite. Dragged by torchlight to the
steps of a carriage near by, Petronchka
was Mortified to perceive therein the
Grand Duke Alexis AIeXandrovitch
seated beside his little acquaintance,
Jack Langdon. When he learned that
what he thought We're packages of
Struggled clocks really contained dead
Iy explosives. Petronchka broke down
utterly and told the whole story, Civ
ing descriptions of the three conspira-
tors, which afterward led to their cap
ture, and completely verifying the ac-
count conveyed to the grand duke by
little Jack Langdon.
Jack had saddled his own pony and
ridden at sull gallop into ", where
he found the governor at a brilliant
banquet. The news of a nihilistic con-
spiracy, however, secured him an audi
ence, with the result that Petronch-
ka's house was surrounded, the dyna-
mite captured and the state records
saved.
"And now, my little hero said he
SoNtlIoI NHSh al was oNCl, Iio
rewards can l confer upon you for
your great service to Russian"
Jack thought a ONE and then an
swered, First, l should like poor old
P~etronchka to get off. and, second, l
want leave to explode ~irecrackers on
the Fourth of July"
With an amused smile, the grand
duke wrote the following order and
handed it to the petitioner:
For the reason that Ivan Ivanovttch
Langdon has placed the empire under an
obligation it is hereby
First.-That the prisoner. P~etronchka.
be remanded indefinitely in the custody
of the said Ivan Ivanovitch.
Second.-That the said Ivan Ivanovitch
be permitted on the 4th day of July next
ensuing to explode frecrackers and squibs
in such quantities as he thinks fit in
honor of his native country; and,
Third--That the municipality of " be
ordered to supply the said Ivan Ivano-
witch with one ton of the very best fire.
crackers which its merchants can i'm
port across the frontier at the expense of
the government
Given under my hand and seal.
ALEXIS ALExANDROVITCH,
Governor.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Flag Facts.

he flag of the United States was
opted by u national co-ngressfJure
1777.
/ rhe brilliant flag of Austria-Hungary
Is adopted March 6, 1869, and floats
er a. 600 people.
The oldest flag in e~x1stencesis that OF
Anmark, which dates from 1919.
The well known ~fricolor of France
ties from the revolution of 1879.
|The German flag was first unfurked
! 1867 and floats over an empire sof
100000 people.
In compliment to Williams prince< of
range, the great leader, the colors. of
be house of Orange were added. by
he sturdy people of the Netherlands
! the end of their long bout with
pain. orange, white and blue, brn no
boy knows how during the centuries
|nce the orange became changed to
ID
Peter the Great, it Is said. borrowed
be Idea of the Russian flag fropn the
among whom be learned ship
Hiding. He simply turned the Quite:
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~tricolor, red, white and blue, upsid

t~ricolor, red, white and blue, upsid
down.
The simple stripping of the red and
yellow in h flag of Spain was sug-
gested by the arms of Aragon.
The white cross on the red field of
the Swiss flag has a religious meaning.
1t was adopted as an appeal to heaven
in 1889. when the stout Swiss fought
and woIE one of their greatest battles.
The crescent. MOON and stars were
adopted by the Turks as their device
OF the capture of Constantinople by
Moham1ned ii: in 1853.
1t has taken a thousand years to
build up the great British empire of
1856, 100000 people, of which the ia
miliar flag of Great Britain is the sym
Dol.
There are many flags in many lands,
And there are flags of every hue,
But there's no flag. however grand,
Like our own red, white and blue.
Boston Traveller.
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A Fourth of July Game.

The new fourth of July game of
~abbre Waited states" calls forth lively
competition. A prize is given for the
first correct list of the following ques-
tions-
What state reminds you of a great
rainfaNT Ark.
What state can be often multiplied?
Tenn.
Whatsstate commences the domestic
week? Wash
What state Is mightier than the
sword? Penn.
What9state is always sure of itself
Kan.
What state has a medical degree?
Md.
What state is a chronic invalid? Ill.
What state Is a maiden? Miss.
What state suggests a sheltered
spot? Del.
What state is a woman's name?
Minn.-WaShmgton Star.
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PACK.

h2o DANA a ~
PACK Joke on Uncle
Petronchkaw he cried. How the old
fellow will cross himself and wonder
to see me here before him!''
Then it occurred to Jack to give the
telecque driver a surprise. and, step
ping into a little wood of pine and
birch, he crouched down in the grass
to await Petronchka's coming.
But the first wayfarers 10 pass along
the quiet road came from b opposite
direction-that in which Moscow lay-
Peering out of his hiding place. JACK
Langdon saw that these travellers were
three In number, that they j~ourneyed
afoot and that each carried upon his
back a heavy pack.
This is the grove, Autcn.' said one
of them as they came near the place
where Jack lay. Il remember the
trees. Let us set down our packs and
wait for the peasant"
sLet them down lightly" cautioned
another as he deposited his burden
with extraordinary care on the sort,
grassy bank. Anything like a jar
/ might send us all to the blessed land
above
"Where there are no cars and no
governor generals" added the third,
with a little laugh. Then all three sci
down their packs and sat cautiously
| beside them.
sThe peasant Is late" said the last
speaker after a pause. 81 hope, MI
chnel DImitrcvitch. that you have moi
scared him away.
con the contrary" said the man ad-
dressed, Il think ! have scared hip
hither. / told him frankly thar unless
be came the band would cut his throat
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as he slept
-Tour did nor let him suspect what
the packs contain. hope3.. asked the
one called Auton.
Certainly not. He thinks we are
simply smuggling rare Swiss clocks
into v. The packs loaded into his
~telecque, be will return to the farm
house. Tomorrow he has "a license to
haul a loa of vegetables from the
market garden of this Yankee mill
owner, Langdon, into this city. He
will carry the packs under his vegeta-
bles and deposit them unsupported in
the care of our good friend Feodor
Michaelovitch. b tavern keeper. Once
in Feeders hands the rest is easy"
Michael Dimitrovitch slapped his
knee Joyously-
"Aha!" he said. at is easy indeed
down the cellar stairs of Feeders inn
and thence through the mine to the
palace vaults. Ho, hoi 1t will be a sad
day for the grand duke, the Fourth of
July. Those three little boxes of dyna-
mite will blow the record chamber into
atoms. All the discriminating docu-
ments will be destroyed-those docu-
ments which the grand duke has spent
so many years gathering together. Per-
haps ever his excellency himself and
a few of his officers may But let us
hope for the best!."
The other two nihilists laughed in
chorus as their companion boosted of
the coming destruction of the grant
dukes record room, wherein so many
manuscripts dangerous to the existence
of their brotherhood were stored. AS
for Jack Langdon, young as he was, he
could not help but understand the ma
ture of the plot which had u%nraveled
itself before him. and he shuddered
involuntarily as he glanced at the three
heavy packs, which he now knew to
contain dynamite. All his bitter re-
sentiment against the grand duke was
now forgotten, and, burrowing deeper
into the deep grass, he waited develop
ments, while pondering with all his
might over some means of preventing
the threatened outrage
Presently along the road came the
rumble of Uncle P~etronchka's telecque.
Jack saw the three conspirators lift