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New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
Mania to Complete Their Collections

THUS s,,rl, Years ago a very valuable miniature
was unscrcwcd from It's place on the walls Of he
National Gallery in London and carried of. There
ot her miniatures of different period and greater
intrinsic value beside II which. one would have
imagined would have appealed more strongly to a
dishonest counOisscur. to ordinary CrlnI-
nal hut were left untouched The ONLY Inference IS
that the thief needed that particular miniature,
and not any other to complete what must have
been "a costly collection. and had not hesltatcd AZ
robbery 20 accomplish his end.
Another English connolsscur, well known and
universally respected, one day was visiting an cN-
hibitiou. the gem Of which a certain fragile
the world, but nobody WIS aware who possessed
the other. While examining it, suddenly slipped
through hls fingers and smashed t" atoms On the
floor. When this connoisseur died some wears alter
ward and his collection came into the market, 1t
found that the counterpart OF the curlo he had
thus broken figured in its catalogue, and those
who recalled he incident became convinced that he
had purpp~clV smashed 1t in order that his own
specimen might be unique. 1t IS now in the British
Then too. what motive could any ordinary thief
have had in carving of from the Sale dies tarNa-
tides of the Louvre at Paris the tWo-toot marble
st4tucttc Of the Egyptian goddess Isis. his ancient
rut -aluc. There plenty OF other exhibits
within reach OF mmcasuraby greater worth and
far -icr to carry of unseen The only explanation
OF TIN, strange robbery that suggests itself on mature
Thought. Is that 1t must have been committed 10y
some mentally unbalanced couuosscur devoted TO
E@yptology who required just this particular piece
complete his COlIcctOn unless indeed, II Is TRUE.
tells that the ancient cult of ISIS has been
revived after the lapse of sevcr, Thousand years
the banks Of the Seine and that lis twentieth cen
turr crotccs needed the image of their goddess for
purposes of worship.
The Louvre has been particularly unfortunate in
the matter of robbercs. Or perhaps It would be
correct to that the theits to which It has
been subjected have through some means OF other
attained q greater degree of publicity than those
suffered 10y other museums Owing to the immense
value of the collections which comprise the former
. France he e
ingenious of protection have been adopted 10y
the management in spite Of which the robhcrlcs
continue just chccruv and mysteriousiv As ever.
Lately the Minister of Fine Arts has ordered that
the guardians night should be reinforced by
Of carefully trained fox terriers, selected for their
peculiar Watchfuncss Yet even this seems to he
without avail, leading to the inference that the
theits are perpetTated by day and not night.
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ing. No one knew where they had been
nor what they had done during this Pc
rod. Mason had left his home and
Miss Lundy her boarding house early
after supper on that night on the pre-
text OF taking walk. Mason had re-
turned some time after midnight. The
hour of Miss Lundy's return was un-
certain.
Already sorely puzzled over the evil
dence which was accommodating, ore
morning. upon arising, / was more
than ever mystified by finding a slip
of paper under the door of my room. In
SPRAYING. unnatural hand, four
words were written upon it:
+" Mason robbed the safe
when / visited the postofficc. I TO-
ticed that Mason was pale and hagga-d
and he was as nervous as a Gagged
leopard.
when I went to the hotel at noon,
I found a tiny note on the table in my
room. It was dainty, perfumed bit CT
paper. Just the kind that refined young
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Iage and any one of a hundred people
could have entered my room, deposited
the notes. and never have attracted the
slightest attention
More than ever puzzled. / strolied
over to the pOstoffice after lunch. Ma
son was there and alone. Miss Lundy
had not returned from her dinner. The
postmaSter's face was piteous to behold.
He shTank from me as 1 greeted him
and put hts hands over his face His
hands shook like a mans with the PAL
sy Before ] could find seat he arose
and went into his private office, beck
oning ne to follow.
II seated myself and watched with
patience while he strobe back and
forth across the limited space of the Of
fee. Suddenly he stopped squarely be-
fore me. and bracing himself with a
painful effort. bluTted out tumble #
words. cOnfessing that he had robbed
the safe. / was struck all of heap,
but neesr for an instant did l believe
him. There was something about tie
very language of his incoherent confess
sion and his manner in making it that
told me that Mason WAS not the thief.
e See here. Mason 1 answered,
when he paused al if he had completed
what he Intended saying, you'll have
to give me something more substastial
than your confession before [ Will be-
lieve what you haze just said ei'''l' :
really think you ci- the jcs,. although
am satisfied that you broke the win
dow to draw susD .eien from the real
criminal. and although / know that you
deceived me about the two tramps.'
What more 90 you want?' Mason
/ breathed. did it, ] tell you, and
/ shall be convicted of it / can't restore
/ the stamps and the money order book
I because have destroyed them, but
here is the money, every penny of it
He threw a roll of bills i'm my lar
/ and continued:
Ny confession is sufficient to con-
Wet upon. I viii repeat it II: court ans
/ want You to arrest me and get mt
away from here just as soon as yOt
cam
| Just at this juncture the depot agen
entered the Office with telegram 70
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ladies employ in their polite coTresp0n-
denee. 1 jumped TO the conclusion that
1t must be a further message OF the
same character as the mornings note
II was. but there was a decided CON-
Act in the news it contained. In
cramped, disguised writing, evidently
a woman's were five words:
Miss Lundy is the robber.'
FRANKLY. | didn't know what to
think Suspicion and these mysterious
notes pointed to the postmaster and his
handsome assistant The letters were
written by different persons. and II Vas
easy to imagine that Mason and the
Young lady had robbed the sac, and
that each Of them had been seen ny a
different person as they left the build
ing. that these persons were woman
and a man. and. that they had taken
the pains to advise me Of what they
had seen BY means of the brief. TN
signed notes And yet, l couldn't en-
tirely bring my mind to accept the the
ory. l liked Mason on the short &C
uuaintance and in spite Of the suspi-
co.us circumstances which pointed TO
him. He was fine fellow and man
of chivalrous instincts. as was shown
bv the courteous demeanoT he inVaria-
blv exhibited toward his pretty assist
ant Miss Lundy. too. didn't seem Ike
a criminal. She was far too Wholesome
and natural and frank and sweet.
THE situation puzzled me more than
ever. and L didn't fab asleep until late
that night, having tossed away ila ny
restless hours uDeE the instrument OF
torture which did service for bed 1T
tho st,Iffv room of the hotel. Invoiun-
tarily, next morning. l glanced at Tht
crack beneath the door as soon as my
ewes opened. 1t was there, third note
on the same paper, and in the same
hand and of the same purport as thai
of the morning before. The only ehang'
was in the wording of it;
why don't you arrest Mason? H'
robbed the I,ostoffice. Ask him if h'
didn't break the window glass HI
won't deny it
II worried through the morning
somehow never trusting myself 4
show up at the postoffice. At noon
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YOU my blessing. although it is bit out
of my fine / am not going to believe
word either of you say about this rob
berry, and don't either of you dare
to breathe q word of such absurd nos
sense to any one else I know that
neither of you robbed the safe and you
couldn't convince me OF it if you talked
a thousand years and produced the
eharred remains of that money order
book itself. Dry your eyes. Miss Lun-
DIV. shake yourself together. Mason. and
let's get down to serious talk and clear
this thing up. See here I continued,
producing the four notes that had been
left at my room, honor bright, now,
you wrote these notes, didn't you?'
Neither answered me. l was as Ut
terly ignored as If l had been a wooden
Indian sign for cigar store. They
looked deep into each others eyes :
fraction of a second and they must have
seen a lot to comfort them in that brief
space Of time. for the girl swayed
towards the man and she was caught in
his arms and crushed against his broad
breast with a force that I feared would
drive the breath from her body. With
a contrite little sob. which rang with q
note Of eontentment, the woman
dropped her head upon the mans shout
der. He bent down and kissed her hair
~
sobbed. how can you ever forgive me
for doubling yous
% There is nothing for you TO for
give. DEAR he answered, 30 low that I
scarcely could hear him. I have COM
mitted the grievous sin of doubling
you Can you ever forgive me. dear
est2'
Il didn't stay to hear more. but beat
out Of the office as if the furies were
L
py beyond expression in the knowledge
/ that their doubts were unfoanded and
that there was happiness still remain
I ing for them. ! wasn't going to take
/ chances on their being disturbed. so
I took possession of the porch before the
postoffice door to head off any persons
who might feel inclined to intrside upon
their privacy.
Continued on Page IL
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was forced to go back to tine hotel. as
it was the only place of public enter
tainmsnt in the village. ] headed
straight for my room, expecting to ind
fourth note on the table. l was not
disappointed, for there 1t was, as big
as life, the exact counterpart of the day
before:
Miss Lundy is the robber
Here was a pretty kettle of nsh.
Persistent informers We're duplicating
two separate persons. either of whom
from the unsatisfactory evidence then
secured. might have been the thief
didn't eat a nsorseI of the meal that vas
placed before me, strewn about my
plate like the cards in some curiDds
game of solitaire
Il questioned the proprietor and the
servants about the hotel, but none Of
them knew anything about the notes
nor had they seen any person enter my
room. This was what / feared. and il
was not strange. either, for the hotel
was the most public place in the viii
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me 1t was a cipher message from the
department. Taking out my code book
l translated IL in moment and the
contents of it. in the light Of Mason's
confession, was nothing less than un-
nerving.
Money orders being passed Waco
and other Texas towns
What does :. mean?' he cried.
Before / could answer him, Miss
Lundy came into the office. With a
woman's intuition, she saw that some
thing was wrong A look of terror
which smote me to the heart, swept
over her face. She sprang forward and
stepped between Mason and me, VINO
stood staring at each other like wooden
images.
what is it, she pleaded.
u have confessed to robbing the
postoffice' Mason replied in a voice that
was utterly devoid of hope.
8" oh. Captain Dickson she sobbef
don't you believe him. He didn't have
thing To do with it. I did it myself.
The money is in my trunk. I have
burned the stamps and the money order
book
She didn't do it. Captain Dickson.
ranted Mason like a man demented
She knows nothing about it. ] alone
am guilty and she is merely trying to
save me from prison; she is my al
/ famed bride
Then both broke into a torrent y
protesting and pleading at me. hammer
and tOngs. each seeming bent solely on
establishing the innocen-e of the other
and individually shouldering all the re-
! spopsibilitv for the crime. In theiI
( frenzied talk MIR and Miss had beer
quite discarded and it had been John
: dear and Dearest Lucy and similar
/ terms of endeaTment. Suddenly. q great
| light broke upon my troubled mind
Each thought the other guilty and each
/ though innocent, wished to assume the
/ blame so that the other might go free.
Hold on there. I cautioned. yOJ
are a pair of sentimental young innO-
! cents. and while I am willing to give
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26

of which there 10 u of the batteshps
of far greater length than ID years ago with which the
Oregon armed They shoot five times FAST the gunners
are making ten times many hsin the Spanish
to cent of all the shots hit the target
while of 90 TO 80 The Krupp
of today is stronger than the Harvey %
greater thickness The ships today built higher
out OF the water, that they could fight in rougher than
the low reeboard of ID years Fifteen years short
time for ship to become antquated ships of this
and of every navy, have become almost obsolete within
ten Congress has authorized plans for 10000 ton
baeshps, FIVE times the of the Maine the
Of Admiral Dewey famous Olympia both which were
models fifteen years Two 10000 ships larger
anything else aoat starting Either of
these could easily fight the whole United States
and sink every ship out the open where could
and fight And could have done the with other
navy aoat with the possible exception Of the English navy
for which it couldn carry enough ammunition time
IL be that the United States will need its
navy The big ships built and the bigger building
rust and to the graveyard of dead ships without
firing hostile shot But with many possibilities of war; it
il infinitely cheaper dmore humane spend millions
ships that rot and the bottom than have protection
and invite for day The United States ISM afraid
navbut the best to keep them be ready
make it ALFRED hot for them when they do
nay he good protection but few god battesps that
hoo out sail and tire the life out of all mighty
rood auxiliary. We could spare the money for
hese peacemakers a national insurance n
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, DITTO oANDER.

The journal does not political grounds, appreciate the
election Of democratic Chamberlain from Oregon
rock ribbed republican state No more perhaps Henry
Naerson and the Bourbon Colonel appreciate the
election Of republican Bradley senator from Democratic
kentucky But the good Of the people everywhere
admit that this at least sando and that in both
the people Of the states Interested got Just they
wanted The western republicans who would thrown
Chamberlain out should by the token have refused
eept Bradley who elected from thai belonged
the other party IT. poor rule that work both
Both Of these straws showing that the people
less for straight political lines than they do control of the
political situation II may be unconstitutional to elect
aors BY direct vote; may be- unpoca to elect others
straight paans belonging 10 the dominant party; but all
fese foolish fade before the will Of the people to
troll their legislation better than has controlled II
doesn't matter much whether they do occasionally guess
selecting their officers Hartman Gould or RYAN
would perhaps handle financial affairs better than do
ourselves there might be other who would be
tongenial IN homes than still we
The people want to these things way That the
people III Oregon will be served by Chamberlain the PEG
pie OF Kentucky well served by Bradley be assumed
every who lives the theory Of majority rule being the
best in America. But if they not the people are
better served and satisfied than if the best in the world
We're forced down their throats.
This popular control the aim and those who have studied
i say It IS the effect Of direct primary system that takes the
power back TO the people.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26
MUD SINGING IN BOISE.

There hasn't been years suc orgy of mud singing in
Idaho as going Boise They investigating
old state land board the state land board the
building commission the treasurer almost every
ton 10.
Ii is rotten; yes than rotten it silly There are men
heading the investigations whose private life would
such fruitful subjects for investigation that can not wonder
at the cry OF stop Thief that they have directed against
others There other wemeaning but simple minded
who have seized alleged clues of wrong doing
state affairs that Join the hue and cry though they them
dance fresh evidence from paeozoc catfish There
some others VINO looking for sensation like the
bull fight who hopes the bull the matador and
stick horn through him. There are others honestly
believe that an investigation good thing; not with the
essary expectation OF finding crime bat make all the
public These last perhaps the minority; but all join
IN the mud singing crusade.
The Journal does need support seratm the acts and
ntens oi all these who being investigated Their
own good name the that they
NJ honest ourselves and likely naugurate petty
gratis for personal gain the facts that they have given
state good service the public generally knows these
some OF the reasons for leaving their defense themselves
To the justice OF their The Journal could say with
ont investigation. Just where whether erred in udg
ment oversepped the propretes aagrany wrong
IN anything But this orgy of examinations taking almost the
whole state criminal than yng they did
they did everything charged against them Idaho
den o thieves from the and the
lowest Once holder These citizens with than
the average ability more than the honesty else they
had never reached the positions of trust they held
are all the state apply a len-
fentlary charter and all from doing anvthng worse
than we have already done for il the cir
honest not the best of lie
IL might be fine time TO investigate the personal Official
Integrity OF some OF the who making the charges
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26

electric railways. and industries of
various kinds. The completion of
the project it is believed will result
in laying the foundation for such an
industrial development as probably
has never been paralleled in the
country. 1t means the expenditure
in that locality OF millions of dol
lars in a few years, the intensive
cultivation of 100000 acres of fine
land, it means thousands of new set
tiers. the doubling of the population
of the cities and towns in that por-
tion of the state, an increased price
for all agricultural products; better
roads, schools and churches.
But the significance of the celebra-
ton today is not purely local in char
acter. The completion OF unit Of
this great project only marks ano-
Their milestone in the development OF (
the West, and heralds to the world |
the beginning of an era of prosperi-
ty that has come to stay and that will
be reflected in the increased pros
Derity in all lines of industry
throughout the whole country.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26
GRAND OPERA AT BOISE.

The Lambardi Grand Opera Com
pany, of Milan, Ialy, is to appear at
Boise, Monday and Tuesday nights.
The company carries so people some
of them being among the greatest
singers of Italy The orchestra
numbers 40 pieces. and is counted
one of the finest that has visited the
West. While the opera will doubt
less be entirely in Italian, the music
is cosmopolitan. and could be en-
joyed almost as greatly in that Ian
guage as if it were in ones native
tongue. The fine new Pinney thea
ire should be crowded for this the
greatest musical event of the year
Most 1attering press notices have
come from Portland, San Francisco,
and other western cities where the
has appeared this winter
There should be a delegation going
up from Shoshone, as there are
number of music lovers here who are
willing to go that far to hear some
hing really worth while
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26
The Storm Nose at Sea.

The picturesque name of storm nose
CGewitternase) is given in Germany to
the wave Of high barometric pressure
which often precedes storm or a
heavy squall. The barometer rises sud
denly and then falls more gradually.
IL Is believed that this phenomenon is
responsible for sudden changes In the
level OF the sea. Observations on the
seas surrounding Denmark have led to
the conclusion that the change of level
thus produced sometimes amounts to
no less than three feet-Youth's Com
panion.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26
THE GREAT AMERICAN NAVY

The nlted States was as proud us justly proud of its
santiago eet as u y Of the fleet that has just returned from
s20 mile cruise around the world But the Scientific Ameri
can gives some comparisons that will open the eyes the
average reader IN writing OF the two record making fleets
The Oregon the best Of the Santiago feet Her dispace
nent was 1000 tons and she mounted four nch guns
oe Tour hatteshs IN the Santiago squadron
powerful The Connecticut the flagship OF the around the world
squadron has ~ 2iuc considerably powerful and
s times az last as the Oegon guns. The Connecticut could
steam rings auEd the Oregon which her day the queen
OF all the oceans let the Connecticut is than one half
larger The Connecticut would have been than match
Tor the Whole Santiago feet she could have stood away from
the range Of their short and sunk every ship without
really risking man And the Connecticut one of the
l SHIPS every one bigger and better than ship that sailed
after the Spaniard
But size alone does not tell il ALL The big guns of today
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-02-26
FREAK PAINTINGS.
a Tiny Work of Art and Rosa's Trans
formed Harpsichord.

Specially prepared canvases and glId
ed frames are not essential to the
making Of great paintings This has
been demonstrated by the artists who
have painted masterpieces on scraps
of board. shells, grains Of corn and
the walls OF rooms and prison cells.
Some of the most valued art objects
belong to the freak class.
The smallest painting In the world
of distinctive merit was executed on
the smooth side Of grain Of corn by
a Flemish artist. On this limited sur
face the artist painted in perfect de-
tail a mill, a miller with a sack OF
grain on his back, a horse and cart and
a group Of several peasants standing
in road.
The largest picture ever painted is
said to be a panorama Of the Missis-
slppi river, executed by John Banvard,
an artist who died in Wafertown, 5.
D., in 1891. The gigantic canvas was
twenty-five feet high and nearly two
miles long. 1t gave detailed repre-
sentation of 1900 miles of the Father
of Waters
The largest of the old masters can /
vases is Murillo's appearance Of the |
Christ Child to St. Anthony of Pa |
Qua" The picture is ten feet wide and
eighteen feet high.
1t is related that friend called on
Rosa in Florence one day and
found him playing on an old harp
sichord. The caller asked the artist
why he kept such worthless instru-
nent.
"Why. it is not worth a scudo!" the
friend said
Il viii wager" replied Rosa, that
t shall be worth thousand before
'ou see it again"
A bet was made. Rosa Immediately {
ainted landscape on the lid that not
My sold for 1000 scudi. but was ac-
ounted a work Of great merit.
The celebrated st. Johns Wood
lique of artists in London executed a
cries of large frescoes in oil on the
-alls of the studio of j. E. Hodgson,
ne of the members. The paintings
ere btSuA III int i4llc4 VI iDOt-J.
subjects were chosen,
i'd the figures were little under life
ze
When Hodgson moved from his stu
o an unappreciative tenant covered
e walls of the room with brown wall
per, completely hiding the paintings. D
le frescoes were rediscovered by ac- =
lent forty years afterward and re-
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