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| and the caste Were separated by 4
| SHIRT eight miles, and until checked by
! traffic in the suburbs the sixty horse
| power car could cover n mile in less
than two minutes.
Unfortunately. however. police rcCu-
lations We're strict, and of this Leo
pold could not complain. rs he had ap
proved them himself. Once he was
stopped and vu-', certainly not have
been :NnGrs! f. proceed had he not re-
yralcd himself as the emperor, the
owner of the Ona unnumbered car In
Rhaetia As It was he had suffered
Il delay Of five minutes. and just is
he was con@ratulating himself on the
goodness Of his tires. which had made
him no trouble for many weeks, n loud
report as of Il pistol shot gave warn
ing of n puncture.
But there was not 4 moment to waste
on repairs. Leopold drove on on the
rims. ONLY to acknowledge presently
the truth Of an old proverb, THE more
haste the less speed
Delayed by torn and tapping tire.
the car arrived at the big central sta
| ton Of KrOnburg only five minutes be-
fore To- Leopold dashed in. careless
whether he were recognized or not,
and was surprised at the absence OF
the crowd which usually throngs the
platform before the departure Of the
most important train of the day.
SIS tho Orient express late?" he ask
ed of an inspector to whom he was
but man among other men.
mo, sir Just on time. Wen. out
five minutes ago"
but it isn't due to start till T."
Summer time table, sir. Autumn
time table takes effect today. the 1st
of October Orient express departure
changed to 11:JO."
An unreasoning rage against fate
boiled in the emperor's breast. He
ruled this country, yet everything in it
seemed to conspire in 4 plot to wreck
his dearest desires.
For a few seconds he stood speech
against blank wall and there were
no way of getting around it. Yet the
seconds were but few, for Leopold was
not a man of slow decisions.
His first step was to inquire the
name of the town at which the Orient
express stopped soonest. In three
hours, he learned, it would reach Eel
garde, the last station ON the Rhaetian
side of the frontier.
His first thought on hearing this was
to engage special and follow, But
even in these days there is much red
tape entangled with railway regula-
tons in Rhaetia. 1t soon appeared
that it would be quicker to take the
next train to Felgarde, which was due
to leave in half an hour and would ar
rive only an hour later than the Orient
express.
Leopold's heart was chilled, but he
shook Off dependency and would not
be discouraged. Telephoning to the
hotel where the Mowbrays had been
stopping. he learned that they had
gone. Then he wrote out q telegram:
Miss Helen Mowbray. Travelling From
kronburg to Paris by Orient Express.
Care Of Station Master at Felgarde:
/ implore you leave the train at Fe!-
garde and wait for me. Am following in
all haste. Will arrive Felgarde one hour
after you and hope to ind you at Leo
poldhof
So far the wording was simple He
had signified his intention and express
ed his wish, which would have been
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BONDS FOR SALE.
School District No. 22, Thurston
County, Washington.

'OCnOOl DlStFiCJ ANO. Il, 1HurStOu
County, Washington.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to a bond election held in School Dis
trict No. %, Thurston county, State of
Washington on the 9th day of June,
1908. at which election more than
three-fifths of the votes cast were !" For
Bonds, Yes" said School District here
by offers for sale coupon bonds to the
amount OF twenty-five hundred dollars
$25OU.l payable twenty years after date,
with the reservation of right to redeem
at any time after five years at the office
of the Treasurer of Thurston county.
Washington, interest payable semi
annually and evidenced by coupons pay
able at said County Treasurer's office.
Sealed bids for the purchase of said
bonds will be received by the Treas
urer OF ThurstOn county, Washington,
upto II o'clock NJ, on the Sd day of Au-
gust, 1908, at the Office of the said Coun-
ty Treasurer in the city of Olympia,
Washington, at which time the bids re-
ceived will be opened and considered as
required by law.
Bidders will be required to specify
the price and rate of interest at which
they will purchase said bonds, but no
bids will be considered for any amount
below par or for an interest rate above
per cent. per annum and all bidders save
and except the State of Washington
only, will be required to deposit with
their bids with the said County Treas
urer certified check or draft, in the
amount of per cent. of the par value
of said bonds. No commissions will be
allowed and the right is reserved to re-
ject any and all bids.
The purpose of this bond issue is for
the building of two-room addition
to the school house. Said bonds will
be ready for delivery ON the 18th
day of August. 1908. Population of
School District about $50. assessed val
uation for 1907, $l15,117; financial condi-
ton of said district, cash on hand in all
the funds, $743.7S; bonds outstanding,
none; warrant Indebtedness, 81, 837.77.
Dated at Olympia, Washington, this
Sth day of July, 1908.
FRED. SCHOMBER,
County Treasurer of Thurston County,
Washington.
First publication, July 10, 1908. At.
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The report Of the highways commit
tee of the London county council shows
that the loss on the steamboat servtcs
amounts to SGS5,OOO for the three years
during which 1t has been operated by
the council. That municipal methods
of operation are not satisfactory Is
shown by the fact that. while 3,0S3,012
messengers were carried the frst year.
the number dropped to 3,217,5SO In
1906 and 2,31S,447 in 1907. Several Of
the boats will be sold. ..--
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III WTOtE uNOCneJ, Jcn1Cn nc 6107lCU LEO,
the ChGnsOts Hunter"
more than enough to assure the accom-
plishment Of his purpose had he been
dealing with subject. Unfortunately,
however, Helen Mowbrny was not a
subject and had exhibited no sign of
subsection. 1t was therefore futila to
prOphesy whether or no she would
choose to grant his request.
Revolving the pros and cons, he was
forced to conclude that she probably
would not grant it-unless he had some
new argument to bring forward. Yet
what had he to urge that he had not
already urged twice over? What could
he say at this eleventh hour which
would not only induce her to await his
coming at Felgarde, but justify him
in making last appeal when he came
to explain it in person?
As he stood pen in hand suddenly he
found himself recalling a fairy story
which he had never tired of reading in
his childhood. Under the disguise of
fancy it was q lesson against vacilla-
ton, and he had often said to himself
as boy that when he grew up he
would not, like the prince of the story,
miss a gift Of the gods through weak
hesitation.
The pretty legend in his mind had
for hero a young prince who went
abroad to seek his fortune and receiy-
ed from one Of the fates to whom he
paid visit three magic citrons, which
he must cut open by the side Of a GER
tain fountain. He Obeyed his instruc-
tons, but when from the first citron
sprang an exquisite fairy maiden, de-
handing a drink Of water, the young
man lost his presence Of mind. While
he sat staring the lovely lady van
ished, and with second experiment 1t
was the same. Only the third citron
remained Of the fate's squandered
gifts, and when the prince cut 1t in
half the maiden who appeared was so
much more beautiful than her sisters
that in adoring wonder he almost lost
her as he had lost the others.
MY knife is on the rind Of the last
citron now" Leopold said to himself.
Let me not lose the one chance have
left"
Last night he had believed that there
would not be room in q mans heart
Tor more love than his held for Helen
Mowbray; but. realizing to the full
how great was the danger Of losing
her. he found that his love had grown
beyond reckoning.
lie had thought it sacrifice to sug-
gest a morganatic marriage. Now a
voice seemed to say in his ear: 1.-The
price you offered was not enough. Is
love worth NIL to you or rotY And he
answered: 1T Is worth all. 1 will offer
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Open Publicity

1nsues fair and honest deal policy
Dr. Pierce relates to the composition of his
popular medicines Their ingredients each bottewrapper
attesteI under oath and printed in plain English
voite Prescription the only medicine designed cure of wom
peculiar ailments and sold druggists makers of which
publish each bottlewappe what the contains
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO DISSOLVE.
No. 1898.

N the Superior Court of the State Of Wash
! ington. In and for the County of Thurston.
In the matter Of the Dissolution OF The Olympia
Trading Company, Corporation.
Trading Company. . corporation, has filed in
the Superior Court Of Thurston county, State of.
Washington, petition Of its officers aud stock
same will come on for hearing the 3lst dav of
August, 1905, ut 10 O'Clock A. NJ. at the Court.
room of said Superior Court, In the city of
Olympia In said ThurstOu county, which time
has been duly appointed by said Superior Court
for such hearing, at which time and place any
person intereeted In said matter may appear and
show cause, IT any they have, why said petition
should not be granted and contest the same.
Witness, Hon. o. v. Linn, J Judge OF
lsEAL the said Superior Court. and the seal
Of said Court affixed this LIST day of
July. A D.. 1905.
W. NJ. MUM,
County Clerk and Clerk Of the Superior Court
Fret publication, July ). lsJs. "
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THE largest library in the world is
the BibilOthoque Rationale, Paris,
1902, 900 volumes. The largest IL
brary in this country is the Library
of Congress, with 1000, 900 volumes.
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tax per capita was $3.50. In 1908 the
population had Increased to 311,0l3
and the tax per capita to $59i-an In
crease Of 81 per cent.
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THE largest denomination of money
issued by the United States is the
SO, 900 gold certificates. The largest
coin is the double eagle or $50 gold
piece.
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By {. n. and A. VI. WILLIAMSON,
COPYRIGHT. 1907 BY MCCLURE. PHILLIPS &
/Authors OF Or Lightning Conductor" Rose
+ mary n Search of a Father" -

y: 80 a {:
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UTILITIES IN SWEDEN
Stories of Public Ownership Sue
cesses Disproyed by Facts.

There, as In Other Lands, No Attention
Is Paid to Depreciation. Rent of City
Property or Lost Taxes-Allesed
Electric Light Profits In Stockholm
Vanish When Analyzed-Ths Tele-
phone Situation.
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ITO he rontinued.)
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN =

EAkFAST at Schloss
Lyndalber- was an in
formal meal under the
reign of Mechtilde.
Those who were Socia-
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Highest Rental in the World.

What is considered by experts one
of the choicest bits Of space in the
world for business purposes has been
leased for long term of years at
the highest per foot rental on the
globe. 1t is underground, is twenty
one by nine feet and is in the exact
centre of the $4,000 square-foot con-
course of the new Hudson Terminal
buildings, extending from Cortlandt
street under Dey street to Fulton, tc
be opened next year. 1t is to be oc.
cupied by a cigar stand. The an.
nual rental is about s756O. The ten
ant will be A. Schultze, who has a
store at the entrance to the Pulitzer
building.
Assuming that two-for-a-quarter
cigars will be the chief sellers there
and that the profit is thirty-three pei
cent, 1SS,O00 cigars, or $3.50 boxes
of fifty each, will have to be sold be.
fore the years rent is offset. Taking
into account other expenses, it is
likely that profit would not begin
until more than quarter of mil.
lion of 1.-TWO for twenty-five's" have
been disposed of.-New York World
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Bleaching Flour,

Although the uses of butter color
are we'll known, the public is not
generally aware of the existence of
flour bleaches. Certain high-grade
flours are decidedly yellow when
first milled,' and the yellow tint Is
discernible after months of exposure
to sunlight. Therefore. the millers
resort to electrical and chemical
methods of bleaching, Cor which the
manufacturers of the processes claim
virtues of increasing the keeping
quality and the nutritive and bread
making properties Of the -four. But
some of the processes, such as bleach
ing by nitric acid, have been, con-
demned as injurious to health.
Mr.. F. J. Alwa:,-, of the Nebraska
Experiment Station, has tested 100
samples of variously bleached flour,
and found, quite naturally, that it
gave the whittier loaf, but no differ
ence was discovered in texture, odor
or taste from the unbleached speci-
mems. The color Of low grades, how
ever, was more unattractive than be-
fore, while the baking test showed
that the use of more than a certain
proportion of nitrogen peroxide was
Objectionable. But as excessive
amounts of the bleaching agent in
jured the color, thus lowering the
market value of the -four, Mr.. Away
concludes that there is little danger
to the public in overtreating -four by
this method.-New York Times.
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THE "sKY CYCLE" BUILT NAvIGATED BY A FIFTEEN
YEAR-OLD

chine. He secured silk gas bag hav-
ing much the form of huge lemon,
thirty-two feet long and fifteen feet
through. For this he designed and
personally made a four-inch mesh
net. The bag he fills with hydrogen
gas produced with homemade gen.
orators. Taking an ordinary bicycle,
he removed the wheels and the forks,
leaving only a triangular frame sup
porting the seat, the handle-bars,
and the pedals and sprocket wheel.
The latter he geared to rotate two
bladed silk propeller. Behind the
framework he placed silk rudder
with bamboo frame, manipulated by
means Of cords running forward to
the handle-bars. The main frame
Of the airship is built of slender
spruce rods. On this frame the
mechanism is supported, and to it the
gas bag is attached by means of the
net. Young Dixon has succeeded. in
making successful ascents with his
"sky cycle. III. G. Moore, in Scien-
tific American.
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loved my golden Harp only, and even
when my child came l swept the
strings all day and never noticed her
But once the baby strayed so far
from me that she was lost. The
prince, my husband, died of grief.
and l was doomed to shrink into the
smallest space, and became a part of
my Harp, until released by the Child
so long lost to me. Now I am free
to rejoice in your new-found happi-
ness"
Again she embraced her daughter
and there was joy in the castle.
Then Jack had a golden pedestal
fashioned, on which he strung the
harp strings and the princess made
rare music upon it for the rest of her
life.-Belle Moses, in the Washing
ton Star.
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lever it willy deliver a certain amount
Of the tooth powder onto the tooth
brush. The tooth powder is placed
in the receptacle through an opening
in the top. Within the receptacle
are rolls of paper, which agitate the
tooth powder and carry it to an open
ing in the bottom of the receptacle.
This opening is the same size as the
bristles Of the brush, the latter being
held in place by clamp. After plac-
ing the brush in position a small lever
is operated to move the paper roll to
bring the exact amount of powder
desired onto the brush. The powder
is deposited on the bristles of the
brush, the roll serving also to close
the opening against further dis
charge. The brush is readily re-
moved and the powder applied to the
teeth.
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The Diyining Rod Explained.

During the past twenty years
have met the assertions Of practical
men and all newspaper claims as
regards the efficacy of the divining
rod as means of discovering water,
with skeptical smile. I have always
believed that those who used it either
deliberately utilized their expert OBJ
servations Of local conditions, which
made the securing of water probable,
to fool people by giving credit to the
little forked willow stick, or else un-
consciously allowed this expert
knowledge to act on their nerves and
thus equally unconsciously allowed
their muscles to act on the stick and
thus make 1t bend toward the earth
as soon as they had made up their
minds that the lay of the land fav-
ored the existence Of water at the
spot thus indicated. Nor am now
convinced that this may not be the
case; but 1 confess to some doubt
whether I may not be mistaken
aroused by reading an article on the
question in Danish paper the other
day, of which I make the following
abstract:
It seems that a Mr.. Franzius, OF
Kiel, Germany, who did not believe
in this peculiar power Of the willow
twig, wrote to certain Mr.. BuloW,
who has quite a reputation as a we'll
seeker by it's aid, and invited him to
show his power Cor that of the tWig)
in a locality which he (Franzius) had
previously surveyed and by frequent
borings located all the subterranean
water courses.
When Mr.. Bulow arrived he used,
however, fork made Of wire (kind
of metal not mentioned) instead OF
the willow, and succeeded in astound-
ing the skeptic by the e1actness with
which he located the water courses
and their directions in perfect agree
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Good Roads and Citizenship.

"A. L. Cushman, Director of the
Office of Public Roads, Department of
Agriculture, recently declared that
poor roads and a poor class OF citi-
zenship usually 60 together. He said
the rubber tired wheels of aNomo-
biles not alone raise clouds OF dirt
:granules but soon destroy the best
macadam highways by scattering the
dust binder. With iron tired Wheels,
contractors had been able to rely
upon the friction to grind up the sur
face stones, keeping the road smooth
and we'll bound by the small par
ticles. OF its 100000 miles of
public roads, the United States has
improved only seven per cent. Con-
tinuing, he said: even in road max
ing it is necessary to touch the pock-
etbooks Of the people before any re-
form can be accomplished. Cali
fornia became the pioneer Of oiled
roads merely on account of the detri.
mental effect Of dust upon her orange
crop. It is not until community is
stirred to the real menace of dusty
street and roads that good has ever
been accomplished. The American
people are not an unintelligent race,
but they need vast amount Of edu-
cation to remove them from a scep-
tical attitude toward true reforms in
ANY direction. Travel through the
country and you will find that the
character of a road is the best cri-
terio1 Of the character of the COM
munity. You see no i'll kept houses.
no unwashed, unkempt children along
a good road, while such is the rule
along a poor highway. A community
that is negligent of its public roads
cannot expect to raise up good citf>
zens. The moral effect OF surround
ings is against it. THE Motor Car.
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Shipboard Flowing.

A common everyday farm plow
was used in unloading the cargo OF
the Ammon, at San Francisco. The
entire hold was filled with fifteen
hundred tons of nitre which, had
frozen into one solid mass and very
hard. Explosives could not be used,
and picks and shovels were too slow.
AS joke bystander suggested they
had better use. a plow.; The cap
tain decided to try the plan, and
bought good-sized plow, and by
means of block and tackle and steam
winch, pulled it back and forth the
length of the hold. The plow
loosened the nitre as fast as q big
gang could shovel it into steel buck.
cts. This Is probably the only In.
stance on record where ships car
go was discharged in this way
Popular Mechanics. ... ..
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SEA WORDS.
The Origin of Such Words as "Ad-
miral."


miral."
There is hardly a language which
has not been called upon to provide
'at least one of the curious sea terms
which are in constant use and whose
origin is so obscure.
For instance, the word admiral" Is
not of English origin, but is from the
Arabic Emil ell Bagh," or Lord of the
Sea. Captain comes from the Latin
caput, but mate is from the Icelandic,
and means a companion or equal.
Coxswain is a word whose derivation
would never be guessed. The coxs-
vain was originally the man who
pulled the after oar in the captains
boat, which was known as the cock
boat. This, in turn, is corruption of
the word "coracle," small round
boat used on the Wye and Usk rivers.
So coxswain comes to us from the
Welsh.
Commodore is not so difficult to
trace to its beginning. 1t is simply
the Italian comandatore, meaning
commander. No such person as Davy
Jones ever existed, though we often
hear of him and his locker. One
should speak of Duffy Jonah's lock-
er," for that was the original owner
of the famous sea kit.
They used to talk of "larboard"
and "starboard. Starboard has
nothing in common with stars, but is
really the Anglo-Saxon "steor board"
for steer side" because in all gall
leys which we're steered by an oar the
oar was fixed somewhat to the right
hand side of the stern, and the helms
man held the inboard portion in his
right hand. "Larboard" was prob
ably corruption of lower board, the
larboard side being inferior to the
other.
The Jury mast" has nothing in
common with jury except its deriva-
tion from the same word, Jour" the
French word meaning day. The jury
mast is one which is put up tempor-
arily-for day-just as jury in its
legal term meant a tribunal sum-
moned for short period only.-Tit-
Bits.
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handle" points straight forward In
as nearly a horizontal position az
possible. The handle" indicates
the water by diverging from the hori-
zontal position. When the wire fork
is held in the above position 1t re-
quires but a slight movement of the
muscles to make the handle" move,
and the question then arises how this
movement of the muscles is caused
by the operator passing over the sub
terranean water. The experiment OF
Mr.. Franzius showed this plainly,
as the fork facts" whenever the op-
orator crosses the rails of an electric
train or telegraph line in action, and
it does not "act" at all when the op-
orator carries rubbers on his feet!
This indicates that the action or in
fuence is an electric one, especially
as it also "acts" II weak electric
shock is given the one who carries
it.
But how it is possible that the
subterranean water should have this
electrical effect through the soil?
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Abyssinian Ministry.

The decree of the Emperor Meme
lik announcing the construction OF
a Cabinet on European lines is as fol-
lows: ' s-- 't,.
'The lion of judah has prevailed,
"Salutation be to you. . -.,. 81
''It Is some time since we thought
Of introducing European system to
our country. You have always indi.
Gated (this), and said it would be
good if we too adopt some of the
European systems.
II have now taken steps to appoint
a Ministry, and if it is the will OF
God I will complete it. I inform you
that I have appointed the following
persons: Affa Negus Nasibu, Fitau.
rari Habta Giorgis, Privy Seal Gabra
Selassi, Bejirond Mulugata, Likama..
quas Katama, Nagadras Haila
Giorgis, Kantiba Walda Sadik."-
London Standard. ...