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The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
INSECTS ARE IN DEMAND.
London Society Eager for geological
Effects I'm Clothes.

London. april 2-Every row and then
fashion DEGREES that there shall be a
geological outbreak. This season Il takes
the form Of every kind OF winged. horned.
and four-footed creature
On hsndkerchiefs. umbrellas. bIOtting
books. bags. and nOtepaper there are
creeping. crawling. flying insects. birds.
and beasts. Il Is the fashion oS the
moment TO have something OF the kind
on all ones belongings.
Beetles and butterflies appear on dainty
handkerchiefs, swallows and nice and
lady birds and owls meander over sta
tOnary: dragons and peacOcks are en-
blazoned On sofa cushions. kittens and
TEDDY bears decorate the tops OF urn-
brellas. while possible and impossible
creatures are utilized as hatpins
Women would appear 20 have a pen
chant for natural history. At one tine
there vas q craze for stuffed kittens that
crawled over photograph frames. ard
another which caused women 10 wear
the heads and tails OF vaTlous dead
creatures slunE about their necks and
depending from muffs. while their waists
and wrists were adorned OF disfgured
with coiied serpents-
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
SHORT WEIGHT CHARGED.
Clerk in Center Market Arrested
After investigation.


After InvestiEatiOn-
CHARGES OF short weight are preferred
by the sealer OF weights and measures
against William P. Payne. Center Mar
ket meat dealer. Robert L Payne. q
clerk al the stand. was arrested Friday.
and was required 10 deposit 500 collateral
for his appearance in court
I-e original complaint came from a
restaurant in Ninth street. and an in
spector was sent 10 iuvesiagte- When
the meat was delivered II was taken pos
session Of by the inspector. who alleges the
following discrepancies IN weights were
discovered: Hamburg steak. billed as
weighing TWENTY-FIVE pounds. actually
weighed seventeen pounds, smoked saU-
sage. purporting 10 be fifteen pounds IN
weight tipped the scales ar twelve
pounds; ten pounds OF beef stew weighed
seven pounds
The several packages were then taken
10 Mr.. Payne's stand in the Center Mar
ket and weighed on his own scales. the
one used IN Weighing the meat before Z
was sent out. and the shortages in weight
were verified The arrest Of the clerk
followed
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
DEATH GATEWAY TO BLISS.
TheOsOPhist Declares None Is Ex-
cluded from Happiness Beyond.

cIuded from Happiness Beyond.
Florence Duffee lecJured before the
Capital City branch OF the TheosophicaI
Society last Sunday on Life after
death She referred 10 the various the
ories OF the after-desth state. the miscon-
ceptions current, and the amount Of sor-
row and misery which mankind has SUI
fered simply from ignorance and super
stition.
Theosophical teaching. she said. robs
death of its terror and much Of IT'S sor-
row, and enables one TO see deaths true
place in the scheme OF evolution.
Death. she continued. is not a plunge
into the great unknown. nor does II by
some strange spiritual alchemy suddenly
change an ignorant mortal into a wise
saint. The after-death state finds the in
diyidual with the same capacities and
limitations. intellectually and spiritually
Concluding. she contended that beyond
death was a discovered country from
whose bourne troubles were continually
maturing. Dying was like going TO sleep
-Dainless-and the portals OF the grave
merely the doorway through which man
passes TO a freer and larger life, 10 a
happiness from which no one is excluded.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
ReadinE. for the Blina

The following IS the programme for
volunteer readings and music in the
reading room for the blind AZ the Library
Of Congress. 2-3o 70 go p m Tuesday
Dr. Donald c. Macleod will give read
Ing and VIII be assisted by Mrs. Larue
Roberts. soprano, Miss Finaey. contraIto.
and Mrs George Shut pianist: Thurs
day. instrumental and vocal recital BY
Harry Patterson Hopkins. pianist and
composer, assisted by Miss Edna A.
Brown, mezzo soprano. Of Baltimore, I'D. /:
Saturday. Miss Eva WhitfOrd VIII Be
heard in monologUe, interspersed with
ballads.
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Randall cremer Wake. HI.

Randall Cremer. Of this city, a fresh.
man at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, has distinguished himself by
his connection with the Tech show.
That Pin Grimm" the biggest social
activity OF the year. Cremer is a mem
her Of this years chorus, and makes a
charming girl -Four performances will
be given
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
BUCKEYES NAME OFFICERS.
Ohio Republican Association OF
Washington Elects.

ohio Republican Association OF
Washington Elects.
At the annual meeting Of the Ohio
Republican Association OF Washington.
held in the ". c. T L. Hall. 80 Sixth
street northwest. these officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President. Elton A GOngwer. first vice
president, T. NJ. Sullivan. second vice
pI Iesident, Col Stanton Weaver, secre-
tary, Urban II. Hester. reelected: fnan-
ciaI secretary, Sidney J. Howell. re-
elected; treasurer. Thomas G. Lewis. re-
elected by acclamation. executive com
mittee. Walter Hilton. Albert A. Lendy,
Capt Newton Ferree. Henry P. Holden.
Douglas c. Walker; representatives TO
the League Of Republican State Clubs.
Henry P. Holden and Sidney J. Howell.
The following were elected 70 member
ship: c. A. Gambs. Robert :. Bell. Carl
A Joerissen, Lee r Wilson. and Charles
II. Heating.
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another IN the same regiment an effort
viii be made TO allow the offers to serve
as far as possible in the companies with
which they have always been connected
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
DESTROY The HOME
OF ALMANAC MAKER
Boston Officials Take Site for
Storage Basin.
WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1872

Robert Bailey Thomas Get the Idea
from an Arithmetic and Was the
Founder Of the "Farmers' Alma
mack" which Contained Much
Curious InfOrmatIOn-Man OF Signs.
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II he decides not to return to Wash
ington, he will resign. and his position
will probably be the first TO be filed
under the new regulations providing for
competitive examination IN place OF a
company election.
Some regret has been expressed among
the officers Of the Guard that under the
new regulations IN accepting promotions
many officers VIII be assigned 10 com
panies other than the one in which they
have served for years II has been
pointed out al headquarters that by a
system Of transfers from one company 10
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

It is current gossip that one OF the
women compositors in the day document
section is 2 prospective candidate for
delegate. Particulars later.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

President Lynch and Secretary-treas-
urer Hays. Of the International Typo
graphical Union. were in the city a short
time during the week.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

A man with remarkable army record
is Charles n. Warren, OF the mOnotype
section. Mr.. Warren was an active
participant in over two hundred engage
ments during the civil war. and escaped
without a wound OF any serious nature,
and to-day is able 20 hold his own with
many men who were born after the great
CONFLICT began
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

The marked resemblance of several en-
ployes Of the Office to famous men on
the stage is worthy OF note. Ned Ker-
rott is a dead-ringer for Denman Thomp-
son, the famous Uncle Josh OF the .-OI6
Homestead" and J. +. Cotton greatly
resembles the great actor. Charles ".
Couldock. who was best known for his
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

The second series OF 100 games OF
checkers between George Whitford. Of
the bindery. and Air Entriken. OF the
time room. has resulted. as did the first
series. in Mr.. Entriken's favor-a 10 90.
and 2 ties.
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Paw Paw, Mich.
Another Operation Avoided.

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, Ill. 81 want women to
know what that wonderful medicine,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has done for me. Two of the
best doctors in Chicago said / would
die if did not have an operation, and
l never thought of seeing well day
again. 1 hada small tumor and female
troubles so that L suffered day and
night. A friend recommended Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it made me well woman. Mrs.
ALvENA SPERLINe, II Langdon St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. ItcOsts
but trifle to try it, and the result
mas been worth millions to many
suffering women.
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CHAPTER I.-continued.


Further and closer inspection de-
veloped the fact that the imprint had
been only recently made. Within the
hour-unless Maitland were indeed
mad or dreaming-a woman had stood
by that desk and rested hand, palm
down, upon it; not yet had the dust
had time to settle and blur the sharp
outlines.
Maitland shook his head with be-
wilderment, thinking of the gray girl.
But no. He rejected his half-formed
explanation-the obvious one. Besides,
what had he there worth a thief's
while? Beyond a few articles of
virtue and bigotry" and his pictures,
there was nothing valuable in the en-
tire fat. His papers? But he had
nothing; handful of letters, cheque
book, pass book, a japanned tin dis
patch box containing some business
memoranda and papers destined event
ually for Bannerman's hands; but
nothing negotiable, nothing worth a
burglars while
1t was a flat-topped desk, OF mahog-
any, with two pedestals of drawers, all
locked. Maitland determined this lat
ter fact by trying to open them with
out key; falling his key-ring solved
the difficulty in a jiffy. But the draw
ers seemed undisturbed nothing had
been either handled, or removed. or
displaced, so far as he could deter
mine. And again he wagged his head
from side to side in solemn stupefac-
ton.
This is beyond you, Dan, my boy"
And; But I've got to know what it
means"
In the hall O'Hagan was shutting
Impotence. Pondering deeply, Matt
land relocked the desk and got upon
his feet A small bowl of beaten brass,
which he used as an ash receiver,
stood ready to his hand; he took it up,
carefully blew it clean of dust, and
inverted it over the print of the hand.
On top of the bowl he placed a
weighty afterthought in the shape of
a book.
"O'Hagan!"
"Waitin sor.'
"Come hither, OHagan. You see
that desk?"
"Yissor"
Are you sure?"
"Ah, faith"
81 want you not to touch ii, Ola
gan. Under penalty of my extreme dis
pleasure, don't lay finger on it till
give you permission. Don't dare to
dust it. Do you understand"
"Yissor Very good, Mr.. Maitland"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30
Arabs outIIve Eskimo.

While 1t may be true that the white
man loses In intellectual and bodily
power in the tropics. DIR. Luigi Sambon
maintains, as a result of recent re-
searches. that the average Arab lives
% years longer than the average Es-
kimo; that the coast people of South
America are longer lived than the
mountain people; that old age is much
commoner In the southern countries Of
eur ne than in the northern countries.
andFthat Spain with a population
smaller by 9,OO0.00O) has 4O1 cente-
naiians to England's lac.
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CHAPTER u.
n-An --Ist

Bannerman pushed back his chair
few inches, shifting position the better
to benefit of faint air that famed
in through the open window. Matt
land, twisting the sticky stem of
liqueur glass between thumb and fore
finger, sat in patient waiting for the
lawyer to speak.
But Bannerman was in no hurry;
his mood was rather one coltempla-
tive and genial. He was a round and
cherubic little man, with the face of
a guileless child, the acumen of a sue
cessful counsel for soulless corpora
tions chat is to say, of a high order),
no particular sense of humor and
great appreciation of good eating.
And Maitland was famous in his day
as one thoroughly conversant with the
art Of ordering a dinner.
That which they had just discussed
had been uncommon in all respects;
Maitland's scheme of courses and his
specification as to details had reused
the admiration of the Primoroials chef
and put him on his mettle. He had
outdone himself in his efforts to do
Justice to Mr.. Maitland's genius; and
the Primordial in it's deadly conserva-
tism remains to this day one of the
very few places in New York where
good, sound cooking is to be had by
the initiate.
Therefore Zimmerman thoughtfully
sucked at his cigar and thought
fondly OF a salad that had been to
ordinary salads as his S0-horse-power
car was to an electric blackboard
While Maitland, with all time at his
purchase, idly fiicked the ash from his
cigarette and followed his attorneys
meditative gaze out through the win
dow.
Because Of the heat the curtains
we're looped back, and there was moth
ing to obstruct the view Madison
square lay just over the sill, dark
wilderness of foliage here and there
made livid green by arc lights. It's
walks teemed with humanity, its
benches were crowded. Dimly from
its heart came the cool FLASHING of the
fountain, in lulls that fell unaccount-
ably in the roaring rustic of restless
feet. Over across. Broadway raised
glittering walls of glass and stone;
and thence came the poignant groan
and rumble of surface cars crawling
upon their weary and unvarying
rounds.
And again Maitland thought of .he
CITY, and of Destiny, and of the gray
girl the silhouette of whose hand was
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Maitland, sententiously. when the
time comes I'll produce them"
And they incriminate Graeme?"
"They make 1t look as black for him
as for the others. Do you honestly be-
lieve him innocent, Bannerman?"
81 do, implicitly. The dread of ex-
posture, the fear of notoriety when the
case comes up in court, has aged the
man ten years. He begged lie with
tears in his eyes to induce you to drop
it and accept his offer of restitution.
Don't you think you could do it, DAM"
mo, l don't" Maitland shook his
head with decision. IF | let up, the
scoundrels get off scot free. | have
nothing against Graeme; | am willing
to make it as light as | can for him;
but this business has got to be aired
in the courts; the guilty will have to
suffer. 1t will be lesson to the pub
lie. lesson to the scamps, and les.
son to Graeme-not to lend his name
too freely to questionable enterprises. F"
And that's your final word, is it,"
Final, Bannerman. You go
ahead; prepare your case and take ii
to court. When the time comes, as ]
say, I'll produce these papers. / can't
go on this way. letting people that I'm
an easy mark just because l was I'M
fortunate enough to inherit more
money than is good for my whole
some"
Maitland twisted his eyebrows in dep
recation of Bannermans attitude !;
signified the irrevocability OF his de-
cision by bringing his fist down upon
the table-but not heavily enough to
disturb the other diners; and, laugh
ing, changed the subject.
For some moments he gossiped
cheeTfully Of his new power boat,
Bannerman attending to the incense
quent details with an air of abstrac-
tinn. Once or twice he appeared
about to interrupt, but changed his
mind; but because his features were
so wholly infantile and open and can
did, the time came when Maitland
could no longer ignore his evident
perturbation.
Now what's the trouble?" he de.
manded with trace of asperity.
Cant you forget that Graeme bust
ness and"
"Oh, it's not that" Zimmerman dis
missed the troubles of Mr.. Graeme
with an airy wave of pudgy hand.
That's not my funeral, nor yours.
Only I've been worried, of late,
by your utterly careless habits
Maitland looked his CONSERVATION.
In heavens name, what now?" And
grinned as he joined hands before him
in simulated petition. Please don't
read me lecture just now, dear boy.
II you've got something dreadful on
your chest wait till another day, when
I'm more In the humor to be found
fault with"
mo lecture" Bannerman laughed
nervously. I've merely been wonder
ing what you have done with the Matt
land heirlooms."
What? oh, those things? They're
safe cnough-in the safe out at Green
fields"
ITO be surel Quite sol" agreed the
lawyer, with ironic heartiness. "Oh,
quite" And proceeded to take all
Madison square into his confidence,
addressing it from the window. Here's
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imprisoned beneath the brass bowl on
his study desk. For by now he was
quite satisfied that she and none other
had trespassed upon the privacy Of his
rooms, obtaining access to them in his
absence by means as unguessable as
her motive. Momeutarily he consid-
cred taking Bannerman into his con-
fidence; but he questioned the ad-
visibility of this. Bannerman was so
severely practical in his outlook upon
life, while this adventure had been
so madly whimsical, so engagingly
impossible. Bannerman would be sure
to suggest a call at the precinct police
station. II she had made way
with anything, it would be different;
but so far as Maitland had been able
to determine, she had distracted moth
ing, disturbed nothing beyond a few
square inches of dust.
Unwillingly Bannerman put the
salad out of mind and turned to the
business whose immediate moment
had brought them together. He
hummed softly, calling his client to at
tention. Maitland came out of his
reverie, vaguely smiling.
I'm waiting, old man. What's up?"
THE Graeme business. His lawyers
have been after me again. even had
a call from the old man himself"
yes? The Graeme business?'
Maitlands expression was blank for a
moment; then comprehension informed
his eyes. "Oh, yes; in connection with
the Dougherty investment swindle."
That's it. Graemes pleading for
mercy"
Maitland lifted his shoulders sig
nificantly. THAT was to be expected,
wasn't it? What did you tell him?"
THAT I'd see you"
did you hold out to him any hopes
that I'd be easy on the gang?"
Il told him that l doubted II you
could be induced to let up"
Then Why"
"Why, because Graeme himself Is as
innocent Of wrong doing and wrong in
tent as you are"
you believe that?'
81 do" affirmed Bannerman. His
fat pink fingers drummed uneasily on
the cloth for a few moments. There
isn't any question that the Dougherty
people induced you to sink your money
In their enterprise with intent to de-
fraud YOU"
IL should think not" Maitland inter.
jected, amused.
But old man Graeme was honest,
in intention at least. He meant no
harm; and in proof of that he offers
to shoulder your loss himself, II by so
doing he can induce you to drop furth.
er proceedings. That proves he's in
earnest, Dan, for although G-eame is
comfortably we'll to do. it's a known
fact that the loss of a cool half million,
while it's a drop in the bucket to you,
would cripple him."
Then why doesn't he stand to his
associates, and make them each pay
back their fair share of the loot
That'd bring his liability down to
about fifty thousand"
Because they won't give up without
contest in the courts. They deny
your proofs--you have those papers,
haven't your"
safe. under lock and key" asserted
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30
How'S This?

We OFFER One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last years and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions and financially
able 10 carry out any OBLIGATIONS made by his frm
WALDING, kINNAN q MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30
Impendino Strife

Il want to buy clarionet," said the
man with steely look in his eye.
All" said the dealer in musical
wares, here is a perfect instrument,
absolutely true in tone"
II don't want it. | want one that'll
produce nothing but blue notes. There's
a man next door who is studying the
trombone. I'm going to play the clar.
ionet in self.defense"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30

lifting, languor, dizzy spells and rheu-
matism. Before l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills." says Mr.. Winney, Il
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes l weighed 1872 and was COM
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
FosterMilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
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ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE.P inkham's
Vegetable Compound

Dly from female Ills,
including inflam-
nation and cOnges-
ton, for several
years. My doctor
said there was no
hope for me but an
operation. / began
taking Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
i can now say / am
a well woman"
EMMA DRAPER.
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SYNOPSIS.
| COPYRIGHT 1907
HE soehS-HERelLL CO.

Mad" Dan Maitland. on reaching his
New York bachelor club. met an attrac-
tive young woman at the door. Janitor
O'Hagan assured him no one had been
within that day. Dan discovered a wom-
ans finger prints in dust on his desk,
along with q letter from his attorney
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30

To all who enclose
POSTAGE he will re-
ply. telling how
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen months.
suffering intense
pain in the back.
lameness, twinges
when STOPPING or
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30
It's Pettit's Eve SaIve,

that gives instant relief to eyes, irritated
from dust, heat, sun or wind. 25c. All drug.
gists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30
Shake into Your Shoe.

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for your feet
1t cures painful. swollen. smarting, sweat
ing feet Makes new shoes easy. Sold by
all Druggists and Shoe Stores Don't ac-
cept any substitute. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30
A Time Mix-Up.

Author-What kind OF a play has
the best chance now OF acceptance?
Manageable one with future Is
that of the lady with a past at present.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30

A man with a rowing disposition 10
not necessarily inconstant.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teeth1ng, softens the gums reduces In
nammation aays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-30

Two is company; three soulless
corporation.