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port and forbade him TO live either In
Russia or France. The secret agent went
to London and in less than six months
one of the groups in which he had ears
had killed Plehve by bomb in St Peters
burg. and RatchkOvsky had stood aside
refusing 10 warn.
Then came the TrepOnf period OF ascend.
ancy, and RatchkOvsky was reinstated.
He placed himself on Father Gapon's
track, studied his tastes and saw that he
had plenty of money TO satisfy them
When he had rendered the ex-priest in
nocuous ne struck his bargain with Azeff.
then one of the heads OF the terrorist
directory in Switzerland. and evidently
with Gregory Gershouny, the chief OF the
entire party, although when the latter
died in Zurich and was brought 10 Paris
for an imposing funeral given by the
revolutionary comrades he was wholly
unsupported of being a traitor. Ratch-
kovsky looked on philosophieally at the
funeral, regretting the disappearance OF
one Of his investments.
With the denunciatiOn of Azeff by
BurtZeff the personality OF Ratchkovsky
was forced into the open. In the men,
Orable Donna debate on the methods OF
the political police and the practice of
fabricating plots in order to justify the
continuance of repression. his name was
received with a furious outburst The
government had to annSApce that he was
no longer in any way employed by it and
that his post of independent secret agent
abroad had been abolished.
But RatchkOvsky was not so easily done
with as that. He had put aside a good
deal of money and knew means OF
squeezing out more After Stolypin dis
carded him he took a good house at Car
skOe SelOe near the imperial palace and
proceeded to establish connection with
the royal household especially with that
important person, Corp Krotoff, the
Cars valet. He conducted a campaign
against the government, who. he said,
were holding the palace doors open for
the essassins. The ultra-reactionaries
said they agreed, but about eighteen
months ago when Mr.. Stolypins temper
was being severely tried by the number
of pitfalls that his enemies were digging
for him. he suddenly evicted Ratchkov-
sky from CzaTskoe Seloe and refused him
permission to live within 800 miles of the
capital or the Cars palaces, or 10 hold
communication with anybody therein. 1t
is probable that Ratchkovsky was able
to elude the latter part of the ban and
that he was IN touch with friends at
court right UP TO the end in the hope
OF making himself Indispensable once
again.
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His master fell out OF favor and the
only post offered to young Ratchkovsky
was as an overseer OF the political de
porteds," sent to live IN the government
or Archangel. II seemed that his ad-
vancement was blocked by 2 hopeless
blind alley, bat he soon set to work 10
build up the system with which he later
on frightened ministers and terrorists
alike. He saw that the ''polltcals" had
their own means Of getting letters from
the outer world: he opened them, read
them. and passed them on to the ad-
dresses without a word When he had
taken the measure OF the kind of men
the senders We're he would forge letters
on their names and let them pass on
Ike the genuine ones TO his political
charges. He got TO know the COM
rades, at least who they were in the
refuge Russian colonies abroad, but he
kept his information 10 himself and did
not denounce them. He would look the
other way while some Of his men es-
capped, but he would be all alert in
shadewing them after they had gone.
ana hnding out where they went, and
whom they mixed with.
Then came the assassination OF Col
s7NANb0i NIL VI RldI <AitNdiuGT III > DOug-
guard by the Nihilist Degayeff who es-
capped abroad. The regular detective
service at ST. Petersburg and at the inn
perial palace lost track of the murderer
and the Gar and heads OF the govern
ment were very displeased. Ratchkovsky,
however. went on tapping the correspond
ence OF his detention" settlers in Arch
angel. and their comrades abroad and
added 20 II now and then a piece of bait
with political news over the forged names
of one Of the party. just 10 make them
more communicative. II was not long
before Comrade Degayeff's whereabouts
were disclosed. RatchkOVsky obtained
leave from his post and went abroad and
caught his man. As a reward the minister
OF the interior created a post for him.
Chief OF. the foreign service of security"
and Ratchkoysky went to Paris.
He discovered a suitable succession OF
plots that required continuous liberal
supply Of money to Illustrate. His plan
was 10 have traitor in every revolution
airy group; indeed. his man proposed and
developed the contemplated attempts, and
only gave his dupes away at tie last mo-
ments His plots became so evidently in
struments of extortion directed against
the Russian treasury that NJ Plehve
called lim of and disall0wed his charges
for securing entrance into the revolution
ery secret eonclaves. The quarrel be-
tween the two men became so bitter that
Plehve impounded Relationships pass
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he court room with the lIFht Of victory

the court room with the light OF victory
in his eyes.
I've got itr' he said to the lawyers
They smiled fncredulously The judge
had punctuated the sentences according
TO his notion. But the legal gentlemen
shook their heads. II was too early in
the game TO settle such big estate.
Well. that's my Interpretation of it,
said the judge, decisively. and it will be
so entered on the record"
Nobody supposed that was the end OF
it, but when the heirs got 10 talking to-
gether among themselves. they became
satisfied the judge had guessed it right
That was the highest test that could
have been made, because il was by those
directly at interest. They were honest
people. and they only wanted the will
carried out as the testator designed it.
So the sequel proved that Uncle
Smith" was right after all Out Of an
apparently hopeless tumble OF words
there was clearly marked purpose in
the mind OF the old farmer and the
judge caught il through his midnight
study. This is a part of the record
which is not in the book
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health tangible evidence OF his popularity
was forthcoming from every division OF
the Office. A giant in stature, a perfect
man physically in appearance. his dispo-
/ sition was OF the mildest, and he was
! possessed of a ready wit that made him
a most enjoyable companion. He was a
native Of Worcester. Mass, born there
J hfty-six years ago. and had been an en-
plOye of the G. p O. about fifteen years
/ His funeral took place from Costello's
undertaking establishment Thanksgiving
/ Day and the attendance of his friends
/ from the office was the full capacity OF
the chapel The interment was at Mount
/ Olivet Cemetery.
FRESHMAN John A. Cunningham has
brought suit against one or the local
railroad companies for 5000 for injuries
sustained in an accident last summer.
Louis r. Lippineott, of the proofroom,
has a very lattering offer TO take charge
OF a printing office I'm Mexico City, but
the insurrection in that country at pres
ent makes a G. p, o. job look prefer
able for the coming winter.
Capt ". r. Ramsey. who for the past
month has been doing special detail
| over in the old building, returned to the
proOfroOm during the week.
Howard E. sherman. proofroom ref
cree, is doing his annual detail at the
Capitol, assisting in compiling and edit
ing the Congressional Dictionary. the
first edition Of which for the next ses-
sion is about ready for the press. The
Congressional Directory Is one OF the big
jobs Of the printing Office the compost
ton of which is yet all done by hand.
and every care is exercised 20 make IT
one Of the best publications issued by
the government.
Reviser John c. Wilson returned 10
duty during the week. but was compelled
10 lay of again by reason of disability.
The Thanksgiving Day concert by the
c. p O. Chorus was one OF the best Di-
rector Linebseh has so far furnished. the
concerted numbers showing The careful
training he has given the large number
of voices. and the beautiful trio by Miss
Ellis and Messrs. Jones and Purvis a
special number OF high order. Rev. DR.
Slmon's address proved him a most en-
tertaining and attractive speaker one
whom all the large audience will want to
hear again. These concerts are a most
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PAMPHLETS ON PEACE.
Two Prominent washiDgtonians
Represented I'm Publication.

Two Prominent WashiDgtoBians
Represented I'm Publication.
Three remarkably strong and striking
pamphlets have Just been added to the
valuable series published by the Interna-
tional School OF Peace in Boston. The
first. The Waste of Militarism," is a
reprint Of the section of the recent re-
port of the Massachusetts, commission on
the cost OF living in which our public
extravagances and wastes are pronounced
main factor in the present stress, and
the worlds war system and the mon
strous expeditions for ornaments are. ar
raigned as the chief OF these wastes. The
statistics massed in Chese pages make an
almost incredible exhibit OF the burdens
which are being imposed upon the peoples
by milltarism: and as the deliyerance
not OF propagandists but OF impartial
scientific inquiries dealing simply with
plain but startling facts. the document
must produce a profound effect.
The second OF these three pamphlets is
an impressive address by Hon. Jackson
II. Ralston OF Washington, our agent at
The Hague in the 'Pious Fund case. on
Some Supposed Just Causes OF War"
With caustic irony and humor he pre-
Sents the predicament IN which our cities
and States would find themselves If they
chose 10 settle their differsnces by the
violent means still often resOrted 20 by
nations-nati0ns some times OF smaller
population than the cities with which
he makes his comparisons, and concerns
ed with much smaller grievances. 1t is
a singularly practical and persuasive plea
for methods Of law and common sense
in the settlement Of international disputes
Equally original and strong is the ad-
dress by Hon. John ". Foster on War
not inevitable" which appears with the
above. It is a searching survey OF our
own history for the sake OF showing that
no one of the three foreign wars in
which we have been engaged since we
became a nation was really inevitable,
and that it would have been better 10
settle every case peaeeably Similarly.
by way OF contrast. Mr. Foster surveys
our successive arbitrations with Great
Britain, often over matters Of the grayest
moment, as Illustrations OF the true
method of international procedure. Every
one OF these pamphlets furnishes mate
rial for serious thought, and all will
contribute 10 the growing sanity which
will at last undoubtedly control the popu-
lar mind touching the barbarous war sys-
TEN.
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A WILL THAT BEAT LAWYERS
How nm UnTettered MissOurfan Hit
Upon a Lucid Testament.

How an Unfettered MissOurian Hit
Upon a Lucid Testament.
In the legal department OF the Macon
County History" a large book issued this
week by an Eastern publishing house, is
So out IN full the curious VIII made by
the late F.. Smith GIBSON, son OF Robert
Gipson, who lived TO be lis years old.
f. S. Gipson. the son. lived at College
Mound. The Will was written in 1881.
Mr.. GIBSON had quite large estate.
made by years OF toll and frugality, says
the Kansas City Star Though an IN
learned man. he possessed good horse
sense" and knew just what he was
driving at when he wrote up the ia
nous paper Mr. Gips0n prepared his
last will and testament while propped
up in bed. having but recently had an
encounter with the hoofs OF a mule,
and was under the impression that his
DAYS were numbered. So he took hts
quill In hand and laboriously fashioned
the 2OOO-word document, without a pune
tuation mark or a stop of any kind from
beginning to end. 1t began lin the ,naim
of god amen" and didn't have an ''afore-
said, Whereas" or ION or about in it.
just plain Missouri writfn. The spelling
revealed the individuality Of the testator,
and was more OF less at odds with Mr.
Webster's rules.
AS he laid down his quill Mr.. Gipson
smiled complacently and thus addressed
the children about him:
There. now! I've made a will that
everybody can understand, and you won't
have TO pay the lawyers nickel to figger
il out for you
In time he died and the will was filed
in the Macon Probate Court. Soon there
after it was printed in the Star. New
York Sun, Chicago Tribune, and ST. Louis
Globe Democrat. and from them copied
by papers generally, eventually finding
its way into the law journals.
People sat around with pencil and paper
trying to work out just what the old
farmer wanted done with his property,
and some lively alterations resulted.
Then some OF the kin in the West filed
suit to break the will on the ground that
il was incapable of being intelligently de-
eiphered. Hardly a year elapsed before
there were seven lawyers in the case,
and others eagerly awaiting the call TO
mix IN. OF course. this created much
humor at the expense OF the old Missou-
rian, who imagined he was smart enough
to write will that could beat the law
yers after the best minds in the country
had failed In such endeavOr.
Up in Iowa was man who declared he
could speak eleven different languages
fluently, and who wrote the probate Judge
that he could work out any sort of puz-
zie submitted to him. He suggested that
If a copy of the will were sent To him,
along with a reasonable fee, he could
shed light on the dark problem. and save
the cost. of expensive litigation.
The general Impression was that the
win would be thrown out Of court be-
cause Of its ambiguity. One afternoon
the circuit judge, N. NJ. Shelton, picked
the wifi up from the clerks desk and
took 1t home with him That night he
sat up with Mr.. Gipson's final literary ef-
fort, and wore q wet towel around his
head. In the morning the Judge entered
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-27
RUSSIA'S GREATEST SPY DEAD

Only in Russia do they breed nowadays
the type of man who is a police spy
without shame or serupie, and yet an
invited guest OF the great personages OF
Europe. The foremost In recent times of
this strange class. Piotr IvanOvitch
Ratchkovsky has just died Of cadiac
paralysis at Reshiza, in the government
Of Vitebsk where he had bought an es-
tate with the money made during his po-
lice career In his obituary notices the
names OF Azeff. the renegade traitor, and
Of President Loubet, the honored ex-chief
Of state in France. OF Father Gapon and
NJ. Delcasse. OF the sinister figures who
have plotted on both sides in the darker
depths OF the Russian struggle, and of
men holding high, responsible posts in
Germany and Austria follow each other
IN amazing alienation
From the conflicting pictures of the
areheonspirator-fOr he used the revo-
lutionaries' methods OF keeping plots
going himself and watching TO see what
kind of spirits were attracted TO them
one gets>>t the impression of a man of
H.
He was never out OF temper, he dressed
well, but not too WE'LL he kept a nice
balance between bonhomIe and dignity
alike In the best salons in Paris and
with the boulevardiers, among whom
he passed much Of his time Some
thing he owed 10 his presence. for he
looked a gentleman by natural breeding.
Piotr RatchOvsly was the son of a
diakon OF the Orthodox Church IN South
Russia. His father was a peasant
whose endowment of a good frame, a
flowing beard, and strong harmonious
barytone voice fitted him for reading
the responses in the village church The
son got only the elementary education
Of the church school. but his MveIiness
and willingness found favor in the eyes
of the local squire. and when the time
came for military service he got the
useful job of body servant to an officer,
a friend of the squire's family. He
never let go hold OF connection or of
others of the kind that followed later.
When he left the army he became the
personal factotum OF a bureaucrat at
the head OF one of the many subsectIons
of the ministry OF the interior. He
picked up his education, social and in
teilectual. from his employers as he went
along.
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Measuring Distance.

From the London ChrOnicie.
If you have ever travelled in Holland
you may have noticed that some OF the
older canal boat men stin measure the
distances they travel by the number of
pipes they have smoked by the way. just
as the hillmen OF Assam are accustomed
to calculate the ground they have covered
along an unfamiliar road by the number
OF guilds Of tobacco they have got through
The Burmese equivalent for our mile"
is a word that means TO sit" and is used
10 indicate the distance a man can or
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She duz my grammar: I dO-hur sums.
I'm tryin' with all my might I'm name
/ Tie get up he'd in class agane.
I nevur cared for skule things bit
| Till Susanna Brown she hurd of it,
I usent be able 10 get throo my heidi
Tryin TO spell wurds like they redd.
Susanna Brown hex made change in
me.
Inc gittin' az smart az smart kin be.
Sxule allus seemed like a blamed old jail
Till Susanna 'ud Ian when I'd fail.
My grammar allus went the wrongest
way
Till Susanna Brown set by me one day.
Un II hurried me when Susanna Brown
Went up held IN l stade down.
She don't cum up to my neck, but she
Called me a chump un maid fun Nv me.
Susanna Brown scrowges me un makes
Enuff Of bluff. fer goodness sakes;
An Wit I know she's jist az glad az me
TO set up close, er else she Woodent be.
In to-day. when I went past hur gate,
She called, Billy Simpson you jist wait
7 want you to draw me on you're sled"
Gee! hur eyes jist danced un cheeks got
red.
Teacher. tew, likes Susanna best;
Favors hur from all the rest.
Bet yew wood luv Susanna tew,
If yew knowed hur az US boys dew.
Wunst. when ! hrung a great big sack
Wv walnuts. Susanna helped me crack
En-. Gee! 1t don't seem uz though
Susanna Brown kin luv me so.
At recess me and hur sets in the shade
In eat san witches our mothers Made.
Tn Susanna laifs in the iolliest way
AT every old darn thing I say.
I don't swear so mulch, ner want ter
fight
Like l ulster; but, geel at night
Sumhow life don't seem so gay
With Susanna Brown so fur away.
An sum day If I hav 10 stand un sing
An be a angel, with white robe un wing,
If Susanna Browns not there, l CESS
God wiz not think me success.
But I hope I'll grow = CRATE big man
In be a demmi-crEtt If | can.
Gee, l bet I'll the prezduut be
II Susanna Brown will mary me.
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
November ls. 1910.
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MEANING OF WORD HOME.
Los Angeles Pastor illustrates Ideals
with AcrOstie.

Win
From the Los Angeles Herald,
Last week DR.. J. Whitcomb Brougher
preached the last sermon IN the series
on How 10 be happy though married
His subject was Home. Sweet Home
the best place on earth"
Doctor Brougher said in part:
The four letters that spell the little
word Home means a vastly different
thing TO different people. Let US try 10
catch the secret Of It's happiness. I be-
Iieve We may ind them in the letters
which compose the name Home.
=. The letter H stands for genuine
Hospitality This is one of the chief
characteristics OF all the homes mem
toned in the Bible AS the cities in
| crease in size, real homes decrease. and
many live in apartments and fats, with
no room 10 raise children or entertain
their friends. Society is becoming more
and more inhospitable. Frequently It is
a great social sea. in which icebergs
grind against icebergs, and you feel
much Ike an icicle in its swirl. There
are places IN this warm climate where
any one can be given chill in five min
utes warm grasp OF the hand 81 an
insult. the sincere expression Of good
feeling is rude, the hearty laugh is con-
sidered the sign OF an empty head, and
all real. genuine sincerity is out Of place
80 The letter % stands for Oneness
of purpose and aim. At the marriage
altar the preacher pronounces the couple
one Which one is sometimes uncer-
tain. But every true home should be
bound together by the ties Of genuine
love.
''9. The letter NJ stands for mutual
belpfllness. Home is the place where
every member of the family should md
remuneration and renewed strength for
lifes battles. Life Is a warfare: home
Is where the father and his little army
eouip themselves for the days battle.
What a blessing it Is TO have some
place 20 stack your arms, 10 drop your
knapsack. and find rest from life's cares
aud struggles. Here is the place where
we should bear one anothers burdens.
Father and mother. son and daughter,
sbould each be working 10 make home
happy for the other.
~ The letter Z stands for 'Eyerlast-
ING, iov and happiness. The ideal home,
after all. should be type OF heaven
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ness in attendance. and last Sunday Old
Glory was awarded to the class of adult
men in the school, some of whom are
veterans of the emil war, and they were
as pleased over their reward as could
have been the youngest class In attend
ance.
In the death of Michael F. Kane the
Government Printing Office loses one OF
the best-known and most popular men
on its rolls. AS guard TO the paymaster
for more than a don years, he was
known TO every e. and when dis
ease compelled IN o relinquish that
position and seek restoration of his
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SOME DIVORCE STATISTICS.
Nearly Is Per Cent OF separations
Take PIace First Year.

From the Strand.
Nearly % Per cent of all divorces take
place before the parties have been mar
ried a twelvemonth. while IS per cent
have been married two years.
But the crucial time is when couples
have been married four years, for there
are more chances of separation then
than at any other period. From that
point onward these chances fluctuate, IN
til at ten years married the odds are
the same as at two years. After ten
years they diminish annually, until a
point of comparative safety IS reached.
although there are Instances Of divorces
after forty and even fifty years Of mar
ried life.
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delightful diversion from the constant
grind OF the employees life, and the Pub
lie Printer is deserving OF the thanks OF
all the force for the encouragement and
aid he lends them
Frank w. Parker and James W. Wat
son will sail for Porto Rico early in De-
cember, having accepted appointments
as linotype operators in the government
printing Office there Both are recog-
nized as first-class men and the Bureau
of Insular Affairs makes no mistake in
their selection.
Charles z. Ennis was elected a mem
Der OF the Washington legislature from
Seattle at the late election. Since leav-
ing the G. 2. O.. about four years ago.
Mr.. Ennis has established a good law
practice in Seattle. been appointed a
justice Of the peace, and his friends here
look TO see him make a record in the
legislature
Hynes Terry. OF the guide force, put In
several days with a hunting party In
North Carolina on his way back TO
Washington from his trip home 60 IndI-
ana 10 vote and had his bag OF game cos
fscated for violation OF some game law
OF the Tarheel State, SO he says
Columbia Lodge. No. 126, Loyal Order
OF Moose will give a complimentary
entertainment next Tuesday evening at
Typographical Temple, the programme
being largely made up of specialties by
members OF the printing trades. John
r. Purvis. Furbershaw and Lowd. and
the Incompatible Billy Anglin will be the
chief entertainers. On the committee of
arrangements appear such weil-known
names as ]. l.. Rodier. Luke Ludlow,
and Sam De Nedrey, sufficient guarantee
that any printerman who attends will be
welcome.
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The amount Of money donated by cur people for
educational and charitable purposes has reached
fabulous proportions.