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The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24

Fair Peace is winning her way into
the hearts of the world powers slow
ly but surely. so that the probability
Of Grim War breaking forth in one
Of his wild tantrums is growing less
and less likely. and yet there is al
ways the possibility that the giant will
awake and it is the Fart of wisdom
| so the nations feel, to learn the war
| game during the reign of the afore-
| said fair Peace. This is particularly
true OF the European powers. but
while the military bl:shment Of the
| United States is Insignificant as COM
AIRED with these of her neighbors across
the Atlantic, there is the same pur-
pose and ambition to practice the arts
of war and to work out the prob
lens which would be met with in the
| case Of actual conflict
This strife for military and naval
efficiency has developed an elaborate
scheme of summer campaigning so
:hat the army of the east and the
army Of the west, together with the
coast defenses and the navy. are kept
busy in field operations and naval
maneuvers as they are at no other
time of the year.
Interest in this war game centers in
the east, because there not only the
soldiers, but the navy and the coast
defenses enter into the spectacular
display, which will continue through
June and well into July. Hostile fleets
will sail through the lower bay at
New York. Troops will go tramping
through the streets or across the fields
to defend the Notifications. Real
shells ranging from 6 to Il inches,
driven by full charges of powder, just
as if war were in full progress and
New York were being assailed BY a
great fleet OF battleshirs, will screech
through the air and plCw the waters
of the harbOr.
There are doubtless persons who
will wonder why shells of such gigan-
tic proportions should be distributed
over the waters of the lower bay. the
gateway of half of the foreign COM
merce of a nation of 10000. 900 people.
Cant this practice at shooting be
done where there is less danger OF
doing damage?" perhaps the thought
less will ask. An army officer, if he
thought himself privileged to talk,
would reply that New York would be
one of the choice pickings of war and
that 1t is essential to have practice in
the manipulation of the engines for
protecting the city If it is to be pro-
tected properly.
The noise accompanying this dis
play of military energy may lead some
persons to think that Staten Island
the center of war. but in reality
t will be only local evidence of what
s likely to be the most important. be-
:ause most practical, military practice
ver held in this country. One million
dollars having been appropriated for
the purpose, coast defense drills by |
The regular army and the coast de- |
tense regiments Of the state militia |
ire to be conducted on all the coasts |
Of the United States. and in all the !
military departments there are to be
camps of instruction, at which the |
state militia and national infantry and ,
cavalry will work out together practi-
cal military problems.
In the coast defense work in
the Notifications there will be not
only firing at targets and practice in
at night the approach of an
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24

you'd better keep your money out of
this little deal unless you can spare
II as well as not. Well. get back to
your room. You've got your check
book all right?"
Alone once more I was in despair
Of unraveling the tangle in which 1
was involved. l felt convinced that
the plots that sought my life. He had,
1 felt sure, believed me dead. and was
startled into fear at my unheralded ap-
pearance. Yet why should he trust
me with his business? l could not
doubt that the buying and selling he
had given to my care were important.
| knew nothing about the price of
stocks. but I was sure that the orders
he had given me involved many thou
sands of dollars. Yet it might be-the
thought struck home to me-that the
credit had not been provided for me.
and my checks on the Navada bank
would serve only to land me in Jail.
The disturbed condition of the books
attracted my attention once more.
The volumes were scattered over the
desk and thrown about the room as
though somebody had been seeking
for a mislaid document. l looked Gu
riOusly over them as l replaced them
on the shelves. They were law-books.
California Reports, and the ordinary
textbooks and form-books of the at
hn ax,v <h<
name Of Horace H. Plymire. but no
paper or other indication of ownership
could l find.
wondered idly who this Plymire
might be, and pictured to myself some
old attorney who had fallen into the
hands of Doddridge Knapp. and had,
through misfortune, been forced to sell
everything for the mess of pottage
to keep life in him. But there was
small time for musing. and I went out
to do Doddridge Knarp's bidding in
the Safeguarding whirlpool of Pine
street.
1t was easy to find Bcckstein and
Eppner. and there could be no mistak-
ing the prosperity of the firm. The
Indifference Of the clerks to my pres
ence, and the evident contempt with
which an order for a hundred shares
of something was being taken from an
apologize cid gentleman were enough
to assure CT that.
Bockstein and Erpner were tcgeth-
er. evidently consulting over the bust
ness to be done Bockstein was tall
and sray-haired. with stubby gray
beard. Erpaer was short and a little
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
He Had Broken Sopnethino-

Mrs Wilson had a young Japanese
servant who had a habit of trying
to conceal from his mistress any
breakage OF dishes of which he
Glanced TO be guilty. The good lady
explained that it was wicked to de-
ceive. and directed the Japanese to
tell her whenever he broke anything.
The boy promised to do as she ad-
vised. One day. while Mrs. Wilson
was entertaining some friends in the
parlor, the japanese suddenly ap-
peared in the doorway. His teeth
were barred in childlike smile, and
his eyes sparkled with the light of con-
scious virtue:
Mesa Wirson. you terra me. when
break somes.ng TO terra you break
my pants. success Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
me with a more composed and kindl,


expression.
And now to business" said my en-
ployer with decision. Take down
these orders"
The King OF the Street was himself
once more, and l marveled again at
the quickness and clearness of his
directions. l was to buy one hundred
shares of this stock, sell five hundred
OF that stock. buy one thousand of an
other in blocks of one hundred. and
sell the same In a single block at the
last session.
"And the last thing you do" he con-
tinued, buy every share of Omega
that is offered. There'n be a big
block of it thrown en- the market, and
more in the afternoon. Buy it. what
ever the price. There's likely to be
big slump. Don't bid for it-don't
keep up the price, you understand
but get it."
'If somebody else is swapping it up,
do l understand that I'm not to bid
over them?"
you're not to understand anything
Of the KIND" he said. with a little dis
gust in his tone. You're to get the
stock You've bought and sold enough
to know how to do that. Bat doI''t
start a boom for the price. Let her
go down. Sabe?"
! felt that there was deep water
ahead.
Perfectly" / said. Il think l see
the whole thing.
The King of the Street looked at me
with grim smile
Maybe you do, but all the same
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
British Newspaper Takes W.,;ri at
Big Metropolis.

Rlindfold a Londoner of the CEN
ter. put him down in the Caledonian
road or on Brook Green or at Herne
Hill, then take eff the bandage and
ask him where he is. The chances
are ten to one he will have 70 notion
at all. They might just as well be in
the provinces. Practically they are in
the provinces. They are not inhabited
by Londoners in the true sense, but
by people whom accident or necessity
has brought within the metropolitan
area and who would be just as happy
200 miles away. Their atmosphere is
not metropolitan. They are not of the
center. They are on the fringe.
That is why London has SO little
local pride. 1t is not community
Il is congeries of suburbs. each with
It's separate narrow interests. grouped
around little city whose citizens
lave so wide a horizon that they can
spare next to no attention for loca,
affairs. How can civic patriotism BE-
expected from a man who spends all
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24

while it remained inert when a hot
iron was plunged therein or when gun
powder was fired on it, Moreover, fric-
ton failed to produce any evil results.
Under these circumstances it is be-
coming widely adopted for excavating
stone by blasting. for which it ap-
pears to BE- eminently adapted, espe-
cially as explosion is not accom-
panied by the emission of poisonous
fiG es, while it can also be more
CLEARLY produced than the majority Of
explosive agents in general use for
such work.
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
One Of tie
Essentials

q the happy homes Of today i . vast
fund q information - 70 the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge a Tho wosld's
best products.
Products Il actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to vorld-vids
acceptance through the approval Of The
Well Informed Of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only. but Of the many Who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed Of the
World as q valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
A New Explosive.

Interest il being evinced by quarry
owners and others who have to resort
to blasting operations in the new ex.
plosive that has recently been placed
on the market. The recommendatory
advantage of the compound is that it
will only explode by defamation, there
by rendering it perfectly safe to
handle under all conditions. In the
preliminary tests at a quarry recently,
although it readily exploded when
detonated, bammering and other sim
liar efforts failed to explode the mass,
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived In San Francisco
a. join his friend and distant relative
E"nry Wilton. whom he was to assist
an an important and mysterious task.
iJ,.i who accompanied Dudley on the
Terry boat trip into the city. The re-
Sl2rkable resemblance of the two men
Is: noted and commented on by passen-
gers on the ferry. They see man with
snake eyes. which sends a thrill through
Dudley. Wilton pnstpones an explanation
OF the strange errand Dudley Is to per
form. but occurrences cause him TO
SNOW il IS one of no ordinary meaning.
wilton leaves Giles in ther room. with
instruction TO await his return and shoot
any one who tries to enter. Outside there
* heard shouts and curses and the noise
II quarrel Henry rushes in and at
IS request the roommates quickly eX-
rnan"e clothes. aid Re hUrr'es out again
nardiy has he gone than Nd Giles ss r,,I Is
.,Ut To fini some one being assaulted 10y
Il half drZcn men. lie simmons a police
Gan but they are unable 10 find any
trace Of q cr'nie. Giles returns to his
room and hunts for some evidence that
Gficht explain his strange IN ss'On. He
GHfs mrp which he endeaVorS TO de-
rnCr~I'e and there frGs the dead BODY of
Us friend. Henry Wilton. And thus Wit
on q rS without ever explaining to bcd-
lay the prZzli2S wor'I he was TO perform
in San Frln~isco. In order TO c Scover
t.e se-v"t Tn'ssinn his friend had e3trust-
a 20 him. Dudley continues his disguise
:.0G per-~''s himself to he known is
Ticrrv Wilton. Dudley. mistaken for
wilton. IS employed by KNAPP to assist
a. n S.O"k brokerage deal 80 cky' taxes
the supposed Wilton to Mother Borton's:
Mother F~r:cn discovers that he is not
Wilton. The lights are turned out and
frC" for all fight follows. Giles Dudley
In'S h;r"seif C'Dsetcd In room W tn
Mother F"riGn who makes confidant
- him. He can learn nothing about the
r,vG'rr oTS boy further than that il is
'T'rn TER II and Darby Meefer who are
:artnr him. He IS told that ''Dicky' Nahi
- a trail or. playing both hands in the
'-l;ue- C''es finds himself locked in
room. He escapes through a window.
The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
Women Go Half Rates.

Women, because they eat so much
less. only pay half rates in the more
old-faShioned of Sweden's hotels.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
A Sweet Mystery.

Judging by the following from the
Powersyille (Mo) Record, a June we'd
ding is on the tapis for that village:
One OF our young gentlemen took =
young lady friend to Sewal last Sum
day and before departing for the said
city, stocked up with chocolates, pepper
mints and bon-bons In some manner
the candy was lost sight aof until Almost
back to Powersville, when, the young Aay
inquired about the candy, Ths gentls-
man began search Tor II and at last
found the sweetmeats had been plAeAd
mashed beyond recognition. The cues.
tion is how did the candy get mashsdf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

Zen Ihousanu People were Ihere''
towns 100 miles away, the giant rocket
went OFF
Out came the tree, roots and all, and
sailed grandly into the sky with hiss
ing trail of fire behind it. The amazed
spectators watched It for more than
half an hour, getting smaller and
smaller till It disappeared in the
northern sky.
For days after that the paper printed
reports from distant places from peo.
pie who had seen wonderful fiery
thing in the night. BY means OF these
reports, II was possible for Uncle Dick
to pursue the course of his wonderful
rocket until he found that 1t had gone
far over Canada; but he could not
learn where IL had fallen and he did
not learn until recently.
But about a week ago hunter who
had been in the very far north of Can
ada, near Hudson bay, shooting musk
oxen, visited Uncle Dick. He told lot
OF interesting hunting adventures, and
finally said
THE queerest thing that I saw was
far up in the barren lands where there
are no trees, One day | saw something
odd some distance away, and I went
there on my snow shoes.
What do you suppose I found? A
mighty tree! That was queer enough
up there. But queerer still was the fact
that this tree did not stand in the
ground as other trees do but stood
roots up with its crown buried deeply
in the soil II was the most marvellous
sight have even seen, and can hard
ly believe IL yet. | would give a good
deal to know what caused this strange
freak of nature.
Uncle Dick chucked and winked at
Jimmy.
did you ever hear OF Jlmmy's won.
derful skyrocket?" he asked.
mo, never" said the hunter. "You
know have been in the wilderness
long time
So Uncle Dick told him. After he
got through the hunter said: II am
glad to know this, intended to write
book about it, but now ] shall be
able to save myself the trouble"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

we're at the farm, wondering at the i'm.
mense skyrocket and trembling all
over at the thought of the explosion
when she went off, And all over the
land people who could not go to the
farm were watching the heavens and
paying very little attention to the 9th.
er fireworks of the United States, be.
cause the papers had told all about the
rocket and had explained that It could
be seen hundreds of miles when II
went up.
When the time came, Uncle Dick
gave Jimmy a big piece of lighted punk
and then he stood in front of the tree
and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen You will
notice that this tree is inclined toward
the north. My calculations tell me
that when the rocket is lit It will pull
the tree clear out of the ground and
go north for at least I 900 miles, which
will bring It over uninhabted country,
where II will fall without hurting any.
body, unless bear or a moose should
get in the way. Now, Jimmy, touch
her off!"
Jimmy touched the end Of the fuse
and then everybody ran away to a safe
distance The fire climbed swiftly, and
suddenly with a bang that shook the
hills and broke the windows even in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
DOES IT RAIN ON THE FOURTH
Uncertainty on This Point Has Given
Rise to Two Schools OF Thought.

The afternoon of Fourth of July has
a strong tendency to be poky. To avert
this catastrophe many devices have
been introduced. One of them is to
have a picnic. Now, there are two op.
posing and mutually exclusive schools
of thought in re the Fourth of July pic
mic The one school holds that 1t al
ways rains on that afternoon; the 9TH
er denies that proposition, and main.
tains that those who so vividly recall
standing under tree--a tree as
shelter when 1t rains pitchforks and
feather beds Is the rankest kind of a
swindle, and something ought to be
done about it-standing under leaky
tree and watching "the little men"
jumping in the lemonade tub while
the tablecloths soak into sodden rags,
and the layer cake pitifully dissolves.
are really thinking OF the annual Sab
bath school picnic, when, of course, It
rains.
| dislike very much to take sides on
any question. am like the politician
who was campaigning In a neighbor-
hood divided on entirely non-political
lines into two parties, one maintain.
ing that it was just fooishness to say
that the earth Earned clean over every
day, and the other that 1t must be SO
because it said so in the geography
book. you know about such things"
they ask him, Now, does it? 1t don't,
does 1t? Not clear over?"
"We-ell-Ha!-lt does a little!"
he sald,-Eugene Wood, In Every
body's.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The "Star.Spangled Banner" is gen
orally taken for granted. One seldom
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Betsy Ross.

quiet house, a quiet street,
A needle and a thread.
scissors and n square Of blue.
Some strips Of white and red,
And slender hands that deftly stitched
The shining stars across
Twas thus the flag Of Liberty
Was made by Betsy Ross.
Though Father Time has worn to rags
The ermne robes Of kings,
And left the guns OF war to rust
Among forgotten things;
Though crowns and scepters at his touch
Have turned TO dust and dross-
Yet not broken stitch has marred
The work OF Betsy Ross.
In stately hall and owly home
This day its Colors wave,
The shelter OF the worlds oppressed
The beacon OF the brave
Let glory ON the nations shield
Among the stars cmboss
The thread, the needle, and the mama
And fame of Retsy Ross
-Minna Irving, in Leslle's Weekly
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

IT is possible to hold Fourth of
July celebrations in the shadow
of the structure which saw the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Very True.

oh" said Edith Louise, as she saw
the soldiers getting ready to fire the
Fourth OF July cannon, you mustn't
go near that gan or you might get
Killed, and It's dangerous gettin'
Killed."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04

The "Star.Spangled Banner" is gen
orally taken for granted. One seldom
I. hears its why and where.
fore called in question.
With its every display in
city and hamlet, on tur-
IVA ret and hall, comes a lit
49, tie discussion as to its
history and development.
m 1t transpires that the
American flag is, like the
human species. a thing
OF evolution: This is so,
V8Av indeed, with the insignia
MAv OF most countries, not
k~ ably of England, whose
AN flag began with old King
NNN Egbert's dragon upon
n AN which was incorporated
MW~ the three Norman lions
of William the Conqueror.
~N When Edward III. as.
4 k~ pired to the crown Of
AA France he added the
~ f1eur-de.lis. James |. dis
IN pensed with both and
adopted st. Georges
cross and finally in 1901
the "Lion and the Uni
4 corn" began their long
fight for the crown,
which has since contin-
ued on canvas, in every
latitude Of the world.
The colonies, of course,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-04
Too Hot for Cake.

\ lover named Cake
Won one who could bake
The finest OF things in pan,
But while she could bake,
lie learned his mistake:
She made things too hot for a maj
Evening star., 1908-01-12
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY H. 1908

Gee says |. lookin' over the bunch of eadin
ladies that foatn in. this is a congregation of
hot ones eh: l didn't know there was so many
Anna Helds and Lillian Russells at large Get next
to that with the Maiden Lane exhibit around
her neck Amt that a string of koh-i-nurs for
you! Say, if | was her I'd take plate glass
insurance Yes? No?'
Say, it's worth 1ettin' one else pay the price
just to get view of such things in awhile. l
guess Pyramid was gettin' as much fun out of it
l was at that only he says less. And then, his mind
is occupied guessin' how the chicken wishbone
to get into the terrapin stew.
We'd got the best of four filgree dishes that had
cost enough to keep a longshoremans family in
corned beef for year, when catches glimpse Of
some familiar millinery exhibition behind a
marble post.
W'at-oh" says l, stretchin' out my neck
Blamed if that don't look like Sadie Why, sure
it is! And that must be-yes, that's dear little
Ethel with her; and there s Why say Mr. Cor
don, isn't that young friend Frisbie that
this afternoon?'
Pyramid he takes peek. That is Frisbie" J"
says he.
''Tchick!' says l "Reckonin' from that twelve
per you speakin' about, | should guess that
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Frisbie was bein let in for at least month wages
tonight"
"Hm-m-m!" says Mr.. Gordon, clearin' his throat.
Il wonder where that young Say, I'd like a
word with him
They surprised to see us, all around.
specially Frisbe. He'd just been handed the bill
and had his roll out. Say, it was nice, corpulent
lookin' wad too not green money either, but yell
low all the way through-and big boys-a bundle
of centuries Mr.. &C rdon eyes it a minute. and
then he eyes Frsbie. And Frisbie is took with such
a sudden chill his teeth almost keeps time with the
tump-tiddy y-um-tump music that the band was
playn Sadie right away that something S
up. She breaks off her chinnn to me and wants
to know what's wrong.
Little business deal that Mr.. Gordon and Fris-
bic mixed up in that's ALL says l. Maybe you
could spare him minute.
" Don't keep him long, says Sadie.
We didn't. Mr. Gordon don't word until
he's led Frisbie table and we're planted
around it.
You turned in those securities all right, did your"
says he.
nervous laugh. "Oh, yes, l turned them in, Mr.
Gordon
And they-they went through chr" says
Pyramid.
with rush. says Frisbie. I'VE a little
too busy down at place this afternoon to look
into things very sharp. Couldn't stop to check up
every package that came in
You opened that one on your own hook, though.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

me is to listen for the phone and let him know if
he's wanted.
There's call, though. We works Pyramid
until SIX o'clock, and by the time he's through with
the needle spray and the alcohol rub he's lookin'
younger and says that for the first time in
a month he feels like he could tackle real square
meal
There's a nice. quiet little chop house around
Sixth-ave., says l, where you get your
moneys worth
Won't do says he. short and sharp. IF YOU
know where they have the most mirrors, the loud
est music, and the ashest crowd Shorty, just lead
the way We've got to hit it up hard tonight, and
you're in this -
That bein the case,' says l. well give the
new lobster palace try. But first I've got to ring
up Sadie
l was just ten Sadie how wouldn't be up to
the Perzazzer until late, when she breaks in and
news.
It's Ethel, you know" says she. That young
man of hers has asked her go dinner with him,
ron"
Good" says l. Give 'em chance though.
Sadie Don't forget that you young your
self -
/ expect / should have known who Ethel was
and all about her young man; but Sadie promotes
many of them enterprises that l loses track of
some. On the way to dinner l touches up
Mr.. Gordon about Frisbie. He'd got some
curious, that chap had.
Kind of young to be runnin bank, amt he!"
saysI |.
Yes, says Pyramid, but fully old enough