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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
For SALE.

We HAVE FOX SALE OVER o5vu FARMS
and country homes the finest in the son,l
TIE SotLE REALTY CO.. i32s y. y. ave-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14

FOR SALE
LOOK! $3.50 EACH.
FOUR NEW HOUSES ONE SQUARE FROM
EAST CAPITOL ST.
The greatest bargain heard Of.
Each house has six fine rooms. bright and
large: porcelain bath: large yard to alley;
will rent for $3.50 each: price, 81. $50 each;
terms to suit.
BELT. O'BRIEN & CO. Inc.. 1903 G NV.
After August IL at 1909 g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14

FOR SALE-BEAUTIFUL 1O-ROOM HOME, HOT
water heat: near Conn. ave. west OF 18th ST.. !;
quick sale sacrifice. $4,000 less than cost
NEW YORK REAL ESTATE BROKERS, 1923 F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14

DELIGHTFUL HOME NEWLY PArEI:En
throughout; lot looxl13: So per month: r..t
applied il plirhased don't miss this: IL.
T. WRIGHT. Rarcroft. Alex. "a. Va. anI4-.t'
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-03
SYNOPSIS.

-.ar,, onens at Harvard where Col
 The Winter. L. $. A., visiting, saw the Rgpt1Ji of youug Mercer He met Cary suiciurr oirnthel of the dead student. MercF'' ,..a,s later in Chicago, in 1906, IhteT winter overheard Cary Mercer ap- COL .it planning to kidnap Archie, the paiL5ynars ward. and to gain possession of colo. 'pshsrca Winters millions. Miss Aui.b Auitb was mentioned apparently as snlao,irator snloIii X great financial magnate ,ras aboard the train on which Col. Win NA' ,oat his Aunt Rebccca, Miss Smith ter HHre1+ir. Col Winter learned that the aaha,,eisi anu -.l n,agnitte is Edwin s. keatcham. ru.tnter aided by Archie, cleVerly frus- N,,'3 N.n,3I q hall.Ip on the train. He took a eraat liking to Miss Smith, despite her alleged kiduaping plot. Archie Ie, mysterl- srhy uss,j room at the hotel caused fears for ne b5yss lie. The lads voice was heard aver the telephone. however, and mn o.s . rst4r l VI mans yoiee-that of Miss SSu,,th Vol Ntnrtr and a detective set S"t f5r H., enip'p mansion owned by Arnold T Harvard graduate. They were me, with au explosion within; Mercer av, ah,nc,reH He assured Winter that Archie Issgg returned The colonel saw a vision fitting from tl. supposedly haunted E1.ss + was Miss Janet Smith. Col Winter ta himself admitted that he loved Mes smith Mercer told Winter that sr,bir had overheard plans for a coup and had been kidnapped. One of Mercer's sris,ds on returning the boy to his aunt had bees arrested for speeding and when hs returned from the police station to his a9tn fbf lad wHs gone. Mercer confessed h. was fureIby detaintng Keatcham. Warcor told his life story. relating how Keatcham and his scuundrel secretary, 1tktrs had ruined him. the blow killing his wife Mercer was holding him prison ar in order that he could not get control of a railroad which WAS the pet project of inc father of his college friend, Endicott Tracv Aunt RrbeeCa saw Archie iu cab win two men. Then he vanished. sbe followed in an auto into the Chinese district and bY the use of q mysterious Chinese iade- ornament she secured nromise frum an influential Chinaman hat the boz would be returned. Archie returned and told his story, Atkins, for mar seeratarV to Keatebam being his second kidnaper Col Winter and Tracy returned to the "hauuted house" They found Keatcham. apparently stabbed to death kcateham was not dead. how ever CarV Mercer appeared on the scene, Winter believing his actions suspicious and observing blood on his cuffs and trousers.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-03
CHAPTER XV.
"The Liqht That Never Was"

The changes which Mrs. Melville had accepted so philosophically, the metamorphosis of the tragic and lone ly house of mystery into a luxurious country villa, the tinging open of the shutters the marshaling of servants, the turning. one may say. of the lime light on a rich mans ordinary life all this had occurred as swiftly and with as little warning as a scene shifts on the stage.
 Mrs. Rebecca Winter may have the credit for this bouleyersement of plans. Ky an astonishingly early hour lhe next morning she was awake and downstairs where KitO and Tracy were making coffee. tOasting bread and admiriug the oatmeal which had cooked. while they slept in the Fire less Stove. Tracy had planned a sur prise ef brown bread. but through no fauli uf th3 Priceless owing solely to hi, emitting what h" called the pick -ne.up." commonly known as soda Tg accident as he truly said, which tight happen to any lady-thc breac .as rather too adhesive .' The break; ast. notwithstandng, was cheerful ane. because Miss smith reported the Hatient q shade better. She looked smiling. although rather heavy-eyed Mercer and the colonel had taken turns sitting in the adjoining room tc bring her ice or hot water or be oi serVice outside.
 The colonel had suggested callins doctor. but Aunt Rehecca had de mu,red. Janet can do everything; 1t s l4st a question of his heart; anu s-, has digitalis and nitroglycerin and strychninc, the whole outfit of whips, She has dressed the wound With anti ecptics Tomorrow will be soon enough fer the medical talent, r was she. however, who as soon as breakfast was over, took first Mercer and Tracy. then the colonel, apart anu proposed calling up keatcham con fdential associates on the long uls- tance telephone strike. but near me nephew." she said, laugudly, sihll- ing at his bewilderment our olliS chance now is to exhaust trumps. es- tcrday the game was won. keatchah had surrendered, he had his partners in the deal to make no fight on Tracy $ election: they could get what they wanted without the Midland ne ad- vised them to cover their shorts and get ready for bull market
 How did he do all that when he had lost his private code book
 How would you do it? You would pse the long distance telephone. We caught them at Seattle, where his men had gone for the meeting uoh un,
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and her draw ali rhe plans of it but he insisted on attending To the con structlon himself. he said he was mol going to have any contract work or
 scamping, such as am reliably in formed has been common in these tow erlng new buildings in San Francisco. ne picked out all the materials him sell and inspected the inspector If has what they call "reiuforcca con. crete and all the beams etc are steel and the lower story Is enormous " thick as 10 walls. in 'he genuine Mission style. He said he built for earthquakes. The house k all in the Spanish hidalgo fashion. wish you could see the bas-reliefs and inc carved furniture with cane seats of the seventeenth century. all genuine and the stamped leather and the iron grille Work-rejas they call tall copied from famous Spanish models from To- ledo; you know the ancient Spaniards were renowned for their reias. The pictures are fine-all Spanish: I don't S. but they are all old and imposing and some of them wonderfully preserved The electric lights are all in the shape of lanterns. The patio. as they call the court around which the house is built, reminded me of the court in Mrs. Gardiner's palace in Boston. only it was not so crowded with objects and the pillars are much thicker and the trop- lcal plants and vines more luxuriant on account of the climate. I suppose. It is all certainly very beautiful
 There is a great arched gateway for carriages-which reminds me. do be sure to send the horses into the coun. try to rest, one at time: and have Erastus clean the stable properly while they are gone You can keep one horse for golf; but don't use the brougham ever; and why not send the surrey to be done over while l am gone2 Is the piazza painted yet? How does the new cook do? Insist upon her cooking you nourishing food. You might have the Bridge club of an eyening-there are only the four of you-and she might. with Emilys help, get you nice repast of lobster a la Newburg, sandwiches and chicken salad, but be sure you don't touch the lobster, You know what happened the last time; and I shan't be there to put on mustard -plasters and give you Hunyadi water. If Erastus needs any more chamois skins Emily knows where they are. but admonish him to be careful with them; never saw mortal man go through chamois skins the way he can; sometimes 1 think he gives them to the horses to eat, Goodby. Your aff. wife,
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-03
He Meant We'll.

The soda-fountain clerk was en- gagged in vigorously shaking up choc- olate-and-egg when suddenly the glass broke in his hands. and the ensuing deluge made him look like a human eclair.
 The mortified customer leaned over the counter. trying to be sympathetic. Not knowing exactly what to say. he finally blurted out:
 "Ohl-er-too bad--did thc glass break?"
 Dripping chocolate from head to foot. tho clerk looked at him wither- ingly.
 Did the glass break?" he roared. Did the glass break. eh?' And then. with freezing sarcasm: "Oh! no not at all not at all. You just hap pened to step in while l was taking my morning shower"
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-06-03
NERVES OF LEARNED PEOPLE.
May Be Gained by Silence. Solitude
 and Sleep, Says One Writer.

Tn an article on Nerves" published in Harpers Bazaar. the story Is told of one of our noted scientists who went to Dresden to consult the famous spe- cialist for broken.down nerves. On hearing his symptoms the great phy- sician said. indifferently:
 "Ach, so? It Is probable that you have-yes, all the gelehrten ClearnedD have neurasthenia naturally" The remedy suggested was Play golf and go to Egypt You can get Munich beer in Cairo. though it is disgusting ly expensive there"
 Silence, solitude and sleep are the sov. ereign remedies suggested for jagged nerves. Slight daily doses of the three "S's," 1t Is claimed. will prevent . nervous breakdown and may be ob- tained by even the most busy people. But "All the learned have neuras- thenia" is at once a warning and consolation to the brain worker. To drive the machine" with skill and care is the problem of the successful American.
 The wrietr of this article urges that we ought to thank God that we be- long to the most nervous. restless, all prevailing race the world has seen since the days of Julius Caesa: IL is our nerves" that make us what we are.
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ttoasht H vas time Co naf a r,@s' I'd en much ez. fsmeaf aa he aavt s.., ,h. sHsHBd asaHsIu-"
 And bad hlm afresfeds
 .oh fear aa. he eaaa4 ,n gassn. rhHastts. ' fta gaa he wanted sha thlHg -fepf+-t Nu. he sent for hiw and toi# tH fHsf Hs had no spaeial ill fa"liaa uaard alm. hat that fhe usxt tlme aHfHinT of fhe tind han. V"ued De bad ma4a arranarments 10 have unt A'r.. ar aae other thag wha was iuius tEa wors buf Tho f,sa men Nha wsEs af tHn hIIsm af tha shala business i..i=f within at hours They took he h.ut and kind feeling now prevails
 Narnehnld Fzunfed hs declared f. to hr Density creepy situation hs aaid hc never wanted t1 sit down with. out a wall asainst his back and he intimated taa- tbe president of the United States vas fn blame far more than he realized T hope you have some one watching the house" he fumed. .aud that newell be doesn't belong ta the police force"
 No. hes an heaes, mereenary." said the colonel, ~f'n introduce him to you"
 And you haven't found any method of entering the house tuned the financier.
 No" said Aunt Rebeeca.
 "Yes." said the colonel.
 He laughed as they both whirIea round on him. You speak first. my dear aunt" he proposed. politely. "I1l explain later
 Mrs. Winter said that a most care ful examination had been made not only by Mercer and the colonel to- gether. but also by young Arnold. They found everything absolutely se- cure; all the windows were bolted and all the cellar gratlngs firm and impos. sible to open.
 Now, you?" said warnebold.
 "I only found out today" apologized the colonel. "or l should have spoken of 1t. got to thinking. and it oc. cured to me that in house built. as l understood from Arnold. ky a very original architect. there might bs some queer features. such as seCre passages. With that in my minh induced the young gentleman to hu( up the architect. as he lives in sal Francisco. He not only showed us some very pretty secret passages about the house. but one that led into 1t. Shall I show it to you?''
 CTO BE CONTINUED
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schemes, too, very large ones, which need the man at the wheel. Now, l have talked with Cary and Endicott Tracy and my plan is to call up Warnebold, his next friend who knows his voice and knows he is a trusty man (for Mercer has done some in quiries for him and saved him once from buying water-logged steel planto to call him up and-tell him the truth. We can say MT. Keatcham was mysteriously stabbed: we can ask what is best to do. By that time we can report that we have the best med ical assistance-young Arnold will get his family physician, who can be trusted. Warnebod will instruct Mer- cer, l reckon, to keep the fact of the assault a secret, not even mention that MT. Keatcham is i'll: and very likely he or some one else will come straight on here. Meanwhile, young Arnold can open the house, hire some servants who won't talk-l can get them for him; we all say nothing of the magnates presence. And the bull market will come all right
 After a little reflection the colonel agreed that the bold course was the safest Thus it came about with amazing rapidity, that the haunted house was opened; that sleek. smiling Chinamen whsked brooms and clean ing cloths at open windows; and Haley and Kito frankly told any curious in- qurers who hailed them over the lawn and the aower-beds that young Mir. Arnold was coming home and going to have d hOuse-party of friends. The servants had been carefully selected by Mrs Winters powerful Chinese friend; they had no dread of white spooks. however they might cringe before yellow ones. Mrs. Winter and Randall left their hotel, after all the appropriate ceremonies, amid the lav- ish bows and smiles of liberaily paid bellboys and porters. They gave out that they were to visit friends; and the colonel, who remained, was to take charge of their mail hence, with no appearance of secrecy, the trail took to water and was lost. since the motor ear which carried them was supplied by Birdsall and driven by a safe man of his owa
 Regarding the detective, Rupert Winter had what he called "a stiff think. he could not afford even the remote risk Of his going with the pie turesque assortment of information which he had obtained about Casa Fuerte and Mercer. into Atkins em. ploy. therefore he hired him. still, himself He made partial but ab. solutely truthful statement of the case; he said frankly. "Birdsall I'm going to treat you fair. for I'm not go- ing To tell you all | know. because well. for one thing. l don't feel sure how much l do know myself But all I'm going to ask of you Is to watch the house. day and night. without seeming to watch it. You will oblige Mir. Keatcham as we'll as me. There is a big game going on. but it isn't what you thought. Mir Keatcham's best helpers are right in that house. Mer- cer and l and young Priceless and Arnold are doing our best to guard him, not hurt him. Now. there Is big money for you if you will watch out for us"
 Birdsall reflected a moment before
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derstand why they needed me to sug gest that There the poor man was, as your Harvard stove agent calls rubbering about the library, trying to find The Fortunes of Nigel in the edition Darley had illustrated; of course, 1t wasn't there. He had lost it just before he came to the Palace he thought. It seems his old cipher needs particular book. that kind. No doubt in my mind that your theory is right and that Atkins stole it and perhaps thought he stole the key, but didn't get it. He took a memorandum of ciphers which looked like key There keatcham was, with millions hanging on his wires and his modern substitute for the medieval signet- ring that would enforce the message quite lest What 10 do? Why, there was nothing to do but get another cipher, They made up temporary one, right in that library. yesterday afternoon
 But how could Mercer be sure Keatcham would not play trick on him? Did he hear the conversation 9"
 "Certainly not He took keatchams s word. Whatever his faults Keatcham has always kept his word. Mercer was sure he would keep it. He went out of the room. He was in the library when Keatcham was stabbed"
 The colonel drew a long, difficult breath, Then you don't believe Mer- cer did it2"
 I'm sure he didn't. He didn't hurt him. Why should he kill him after he had surrendered? He had nothing to gain and considerable to risk if not to lose We want that bull mar kct'
 But who did, then? Atkins? But he is trying to rescue him"
 "Is he? How do We know? The rescue was only our supposition. I'm only certain none of our crowd did it..
 sKito?"
 No, Kito keeps absolutely within his orders; he knew how things stood when he went away. Mercer saw him U. | 70 signal to be let in. They were as careful as that Now. assuming they are all innocent, isn't it the best plan to telephone to Seattle to Keatchams s next friend there?
 He hasn't any family. has he? His wife died and there were no children think.
 No, and if he ever had any brothers or sisters they died when they were little: his business associates are the only people Cary knows about He is anxious to have word sent al once. be- cause there are important things to do in Keatcham's own interest; he came to California and he has employed Cary in a big Portland cement invest ment, Cary has been working all the time on it for him-i beg your par. don" for the colonel had raised his hand with little gasp.
 Do you mean said he, that Mer- cer has been acting as Keatcham s agent. working in his interest all the time he was holding him prisoner and ready to kill him rather than let him go?'
 "Why not? Cary is a man of honor This cement deal is a perfectly fair one which will give fair price to the present owners and make great busi- ness proposition. There are other
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Delicate Way of Putting It.

q met a relative of Bill Jones the other day, and he told me Bill had gone into business where he was mak- ing money so fast that he had to give jt up and go into seclusion for while"
 50 he did.
 "ls he at a sanitarium Tor his health?"
 No; he's in the penitentiary for counterfeiting.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24

SEES HIMSELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM.
A Reverend" Galen Wood. of Sc
attic, has been SO nagged by his fell
low associates in the King county
Auditors office for using his minis
terial authority to unite in marriage
a Jap and a white woman, that he
has resigned his Office. 1t seems
Wood at first refused to perform
the farcical ceremony, but when he
found that other ministers had too
much self-respect to become spon-
sors for the unholy alliance. agreed
to perform the sad mockcry of unit
ing Dora Marian Jacobson to Fusata-
70 Gotta, a pumpkin-colored little Jap.
The Auditor refused to accept the
resignation, but gave orders that no
employe in his office. though legally
qualified, shall hereafter perform the
marriage ceremony under like con-
ditiOnS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24
Profit in Peanuts.

The possibility of peanuts as a sub
>titutc for meat and many other pur-
poses of utility, has been unknown,
nor was the fact that the soil of parts
of Eastern Washington seem well add
aptcd to raising the gobcr. And in
deed it seems that this knowledge is
only becoming generally known by
the Department Of Agriculture at
Washington, which has issued Il
sp"cia. bulletin calling attention To
the chances for adopting this nut as
q staple article for Subsistence. The
NcgetarianS will hail its advent as an
AID To their antipathy and di>use of
animal food. Peanut butter is be
coming an active object of trade and
peanut meal is highly esteemed for
the manufacture of confrctionS and
pastry.
The attention of the South, 10y the
ruin Of many acres of cotton. from
prevalence of the bull-wrevel. has
been directed to other crops, and the
cultivation of peanut leads as their
varied uses become known. 1t is
sand that crop already aggrc gates
ST., OO0. 5000 in value and the supply
is not equal to the demand. Thou
sands Of acres in the South only wait
the tickling of tine hoe in proper
manner to finish an abundance of the
new crop.
1t is but reasonable to assume that
peanuts will be added to the wonder
full fruit and grain crops of Eastern
Washington, soon as these facts be-
come known. They are easily cult
waited and their yield is not as vari-
able as many crops which depend
upon much labor to care for and ma
ture
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24
INDICATION OF REMoRSE PROBABLY

INDICATION OF REMoRsE PROBABLY
1t is said that Mrs. Gunjiro Aoki,
daughter of Archdeacon John Emory
OF the Episcopal Church, in her re-
covery from illness incident to the
recent birth of a daughter, makes
il the occasion for rc-af1irmation of
admiration of her Oriental husband
and his race, and declares il to be
her intention to rear her offspring in
their present home colony of Belle
view, composed entirely of Japanese
who have married white women. 1t
is fifteen miles east of Seattle, on the
shore of Lake Washington, which
consists of Il few squallid shacks. Re-
aliz!ng now. if she never did before,
her own social Ostracism and antici-
pating the jibeS and jeers her limo
cent offspring will receive from the
children of white parents, she very
properly attempts to hides her dis
grace, far as possible, which the first
false step involved, in fruitless eff
fort to conceal. Verify, the way of
the transgressor is hard. Her neigh
bors are few enough. surely, to be ex
elusive, consisting of Mrs. Tanasaka,
daughter of a rich Washington far
mer, whose name is aforementioned
in the household, and Mrs. Haragou
Chi. who deserted wealthy husband
for her present sOul-mate. Their sin
has found them out. Let them re-
pent in sackcloth and ashes. See
Luke XIV.:l4-1J.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24

COLORADO has been distributing 10000
pumpkin pies free to Eastern visitors.
just to give the pumpkins of the State Il
reputation. 1t remains to be seen
whether this method will also give the
Colorado pie-makers Il reputation worth
having.-Er.
Colorado may be some pumpkins
in that way and has adopted an ex-
cellent method of reaching the SenSi-
5ilitias OF many people-through the
stomach. But the idea was not
original. 1t was borrowed from the
A.-Y.-P. fair. 1t was, however,
apple pie that was dispensed to the
multitude here. u product in which
our State excels quite as much as
Colorado may in raising pumpkins.
Our pies were. however, built by the
fair hands of the domestic economy
class of the Olympia high-school,
which has served rs Il tag of recogni-
ton all over the country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24

WEBBED FEET ON RATs.-A new
species of rodent has appeared at
North Yakima. They are of unusual
size, jet black in color, with snout
like an Arkansas razOr-back hog, and
their tails are over foot in length.
They have also webbed feet, which
would seem to indicate that their
true habitat is near some water-fr front,
and as Yakima is 200 miles from the
seabOard, that they are not iudige-
nous to location and climate. Until
within q very few years ago there
have been no rats in the Yakima val
ley, and the ordinary species is not
very numerous now.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24

Mrs. Russell Sage has agreed to
give 500. 900 to the NJ f.. church to
be expended in spreading the Bible
over the world provided the church
will raise like amount for that pur-
pose. The church is trying to raise
100000 by 1916 for the undertaking
of placing the Bible into every nook
and corner of the world, and the do
nation of Mrs. Sage and a sum raised
by the church will form the first
million of this sum.