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The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
BETZVULE TALES Philharnonius Bibbins and the Rug
RBy Enis Darker BuHerI SND Author of Pigs IS Pias Etc. SA3 ILLUSTRATED By PETER NEWELL

them above his head so that he sat down on the rug with the back of his head, as you might say. But he says it makes little difference to a man who really has his heart in the magic car pet business how he alights. The main thing is to alight.
 The moment he alighted he began to travel. He says he thinks may be he went to Bagdad, but a sleepiness came over him the minute he struck the rug, and he says it was mighty lucky, toO for if he had retained his senses the sight of the great depths below him as he sailed along would probably have made him dizzy, and while in that state of vertigo he might have fallen off the rug and been dashed to pieces. He said he seemed to be travelling for ages, and undoubt edly did go to Bagdad, or somewhere, for he had no recollection of being in BetZville, and that he is thankful that he did not have to stop in Bag dad, for everybody knows how hard it is for man who does not speak the language to get along in those foreign towns, and he might have got ten into serious trouble. A mad dog might have bitten him, and he did not know the Arabic for "Pasteur cure"
 Philharmonius says that the most wonderful thing was that after all that flight, and in spite of the incredible swiftness with which he must have travelled if he went as far as he may have gone, that rug landed him with
 in a foot of where he started from. He says it was a wonderful exhibition of landing, and he wishes he had been awake to see it, but he wasn't his spirit, as Philharmonius says, was in psychic realms"
 He says he never enjoyed anything in his life as he enjoyed that flight but that he feels that he has proved that magic carpets really do all that is claimed for them and that the real student of psychic phenomena know when they have had enough. When thing is proved it is proved, and it is foolish to go on proving it. So, in order, probably. that he. may not be tempted to make any more flights, Philharmonius has put the magic car pet under the bed, and nailed it there.
 Copyright. 1909. by w. G. Chapman)
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03

Philharmonius Bibbins is the only psychologist we have in Betzville, but one is plenty, for this isn't very good place to study psychic phenome- na. There are hardly any ghosts in the neighborhood, and those of low, uninteresting quality. In any place where ghosts amount to anything you could get loads of cheap secondhand ones, all better than any native ghosts we have. So Phil is sort of forced to take up other branches than ghosts. If he lived anywhere else he would be q good psychologist, for he is a whole hearted believer. He will believe any thing that has no sense. And he be- lieves it thoroughly.
 Last Wednesday an Armenian rug peddler struck town, and he had lot of Oriental rugs of various qualities from bad to worse, but he wasn't do- ing very well, because although BetZ vile is a center of culture and refine ment 1t runs more to rag carpets than to the gems of the oriental loom. But the moment he called on Philharmon- jus he saw he had sale. The very sight of the rugs set all Phil's psychic brainlobes palpitating like a six-cyl- inder motor, and he asked immediate ly whether the Armenian had magic carpet The Armenian immediately said he had. He undid his pack and pulled out a rug that looked like the first attempt of a uncultured rug mak CT who never would be any good at rug making, and that had the general floppiness of a piece of cheese-cloth. The rug had tag on one corner that said "$675." but the Armenian raised it to "$16.75" and then was sorry he hadn't made it "$11675," Philharmoni- us took it SO quickly
 Philharmonius explained to us, Wednesday night at the lodge. just what a magic carpet is good for, and how you sit on it and say few strong
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
But Just as His Foot Touched the Rug 1t Slipped, and the Rug Carried Him Rapidly Downstairs.

Arabic words and go floating off on it to any part of the world When we asked him he said he had not been able to do much floating off yet, but that in a few days he would probably take some trips. He took one that same night.
 He had the rug at the head of his stairs, and he started down, but just as his foot touched the rug it slipped and the rug carried him rapidly down stairs. It was quite a triumph for Philharmonius, but it was noticed by his wife that he said the strong Arabic words after he had started, and on the way down, instead of at first. Of course it wasn't much of a flight just trial trip, as you might say, but Philharmonius was mighty proud of it, and said it showed that the rug worked all right. He said that prob ably in few days he would be able to sail away to Bagdad on it without the least trouble.
 All the next day he sat on the rug in his bedroom saying strong Arabic words, but he didn't seem to get any where much. He felt that if he want ed to he could easily fly down stairs again, but he seemed tired of doing that Flying down stairs that way gets so monotonous. So Philharmoni- us strongly urged his wife never to put the rug at the head of the stairs again.
 About seven o'clock in the evening Phil went down stairs to supper, and after supper he saw a big windstorm coming up, so he rushed upstairs to close the bedroom windows, and as he dashed into the bedroom his feet struck the rug. He says he uttered the strong Arabic words as he was coming down, he thinks. He admits he didn't come down on the rug as gracefully as man could after lit tie practice, for when his feet went out they went too high, thus raising
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Secures q Wonderful Ring

more striking to the eye than thls ring of Rameses, which Is made of cornaline. a stone used nowadays only for cane handles, cuff links, etc. It Is thick. with wide, fiat. rectangular bezel covered with gold, while thread of the same metal encircles the outside in groove.
 There are two names engraved in hieroglyphic characters on the bezel These are the names of Rameses ana of one of his wives, Ousemara Sete- para and Nefritarimeri Mout.
 Tn addition to the characteristic shape of the ring, the perfection Of the engraving Is. in the eyes of the mu- scum authorities. indisputable evi- dence of the authenticity of the relic
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Bridesmaids for Hire.

Romance dies out in the world, if would almost seem, with the advent of the professional bridesmaid. Whether for better or worse, however, she has arrived, and bureau in Lon don offers to supply her, or a dozen of her, suitably attired, at an hours notice, for the sum of one guinea. Run. away couples might be expected to figure as the bureaus chief patrons, but it is said that the professional ap. pears at formal weddings also, and seems to fill want as clearly as does the paid guest who goes to dinners and dances given by the new rich. It would be interesting to know whether this tyre of bridesmaid feels emotion or catches thrill of inspiration from the events in which she officiates. If the thought of the guinea leans in heI mind no room for softer sentiment, hers is hopeless case indeed. E
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Neglected Branch of Art.

Among the "aristic attractions" for, 1910 which will be offered by the city of Vienna, according to circular let ter just published, will be an exhibi tion of tombstones and "monumenta grave decorations" The matter has had the consideration of a committee for some time. and although the dates and details have not yet been decided upon, the proprietors say that the ex. hibition will be large one and "in every respect attractive"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Mo Earthly Home for Poor

or any place. I'm sick of this country. Long time ago l make lots of money some times $3 in one day-but now get old and I cant holler extra pa per- out loud like the young ones can and I get no business"
 When told by Lieut.. Franklin B. Kinney that he could not enter the United States army because he was not a citizen of the United States and because he was physically incapacitat- ed. he sank into a chair and buried his face in his hands, saying:
 "These civilized countries are all alike-America and Germany and all of them-they treat man good when he's got money and Is able to work hard, but when he got no money and can't drive horses or work building houses they do not look at him."
 Friedrich has stood daily for ten years at the entrance to the congested South Water street and was so well known that the bankers on sightsee- ing automobiles pointed him out as one of the celebrities of the city.
 Lieut.. Kinney. touched by his plight, bought him turkey dinner and sent him home to his lodging in the heart of the slums with money in his DOcket
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Saxony's kinq Sportsman.

The king of Saxony, who went up in the Zeppelin airship the other day, is fond of all kinds of outdoor sports, especially motoring and mountain climbing. He is also a keen equestri- an, and some time ago he narrowly escaped with his life through severe fall from his horse. During one of his motoring rides a sad accident oc- cured. A man who was driving a cart was thrown out and killed owing to the fact that his horse shied at the kings cart. Latterly his majesty has become enthusiastic over aeronautics. and has expressed his intention of having many more flights. The king succeeded his father in 1904, and his matrimonial troubles were for long the talk of Europe. He is knight of the Garter and is said to be an en thusiastic Anglophile.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
"John the Newsboy," Once WelI-to-Do, Couldn't Even Join the United
 States Army.

Chicago.-Desperate from hunger and almost mad from breeding over the loss of an estate of which he mad been deprived when his parents dled in Germany 14 years ago, Peter Fried rich, 52 years of age, known to thou sands of Chicagoans as John the Newsboy," appeared at the South State street recruiting offices of the United States army the other night and asked to be enlisted as a soldier.
 Send me to some place far away he pleaded in broken English send me to the Philippines. or Nicaragua,
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
TOO MUCH WEATHER?
ChlcagoanS Can Manufacture
 Summer Weather.
Prescription Is Simple and Can Bs Filled Without Much Expense No Excuse for Being Down.
 cast in the Winter.

Chicago.-The National Council ol Horticulture told Chicago to cheer up at its meeting the other day. The council decided that if any Chicagoans were down with fit of the blues on account of the weather it was the Chi cagoans own fault.
 Don't be depressed because the outside air Is filled with dank mist and the underfoot is made unpleasant by mud and slush in half a dozen differ ent strata. What if the sky is gray What if the weather does make you feel like stepping casually off the roof of the Masonic Temple? There is remedy for all these afflictions and 1t is very simple. Fill your home with flowers"
 This was virtually what the horti- culturists advised Chicagoans to do if the present weather disheartened them, and, what is more. it went on to tell just how to do it.
 Tt Is easy to beautify your home these days" said J. c. Vaughan, presi- dent of the council Everybody ought to do 1t.
 "The winter Towering plants, gener- ally known as Dutch bulbs, lily plants from Bermuda and Japan and azalea plants, which are evergreen, from Bel gium, will all be available in a few days at the various florist establish ments They can be used in jardi- niers and inside window boxes. All these are ideal plants for dispelling the dull days of this old-fashioned win ter"
 Then there is the wide range of cut flowers now available for this city. Chicago is the greatest cut-fower mar ket in the world Daffodils are here as are early tulips, French hyacinths. lilies of the valley-all suggestive of bright, sunny spring days"
 If everybody kept his or her home filled with pleasant flowers, had them to look upon and to smell, the coro- ner would not be as busy as he is" said another officer of the society. Flowers in the home at the present time bring thoughts of spring and summer, and can make even Chicago's winter weather seem brighter"
 The purpose of the meeting was the selecting of a list of writers on the subject of horticulture who will pre- pare a number of papers on that sub- ject, which later will be submitted to the newspapers
 This is to educate the people" said President Vaughan. Tt is the aim of the council to furnish brief but author itative information on all garden and flower topics-counteracti the fake stories often told. Those who wish to go back to nature and back to the farm and garden may do so in sane manner with prospects of real sue cess"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Eheap and Free Lodging Houses of Various Cities.
bhIladeIpha Expert Makes Compara- five Investigation in Twenty-Three Bjo Towns of United States His Description.

Philadelphia. priced and free odping houses are made special fea- 'ure of the report to the director of eath and charities, Dr. Joseph s. kef by the Philadelphia housing {ommission's chief. Arthur E. Buch- l 3oltz, in his comparative investiga- bon of 23 American cities.
 Tn Rochester" says MT. Bucholtz, |the cheap lodging houses are in {ery bad condition as to uncleanliness ! nd overcrowdng. There is no sys- em of licensing or supervising them. n one place saw the whole floor GOV red with sleeping human beings who ad not the price of a bed This cer- |hinly proves a housing problem as lad, if not worse than in Philadel- 3hia considering our population as even times as great as Rochester. Rochester is still building the
 umb bell tenement house.
 | Buffalo has an ideal lodging house |br vac 1nts and tramps to get free pdgir and meals. No man that has Iny money whatever is taken in and |very man that receives it's hospitality bust do some work. Every person
 first required to be thoroughly ex- mined for any disease, is given a bath and clean clothes. and put to bed |etween the cleanest sheets. The ext morning. his clothes are handed P him thoroughly disinfected. He is fqulred to wash dishes, scrub floors.
 lean windows, do painting. carpenter pg or other work.
 Ihls institution was started in a llapidated building used as a Boys lub' The property Is now in fine re- )ar.
 Tn Chicago there Is a five-cent lodg- lg house conducted in unique style. or hve cents the lodger is given the fiVllege Of sleeping in his clothes on
 board Six feet long, four feet wide.
 thout bedding. From sanitary oln' or view, this house compared fVofaby with any I saw there. It fas originally a warehouse, running
 rom one street to another. The three ppef floors, being used for sleeping urposes. had thorough ventilation.
 The sleeping boards were all ar. anged domitory style and held in iace oy iron frame work. Every
 ofning the boards are lifted out from ueH lrame work, placed upon the oor' scrubbed and set in the sun to Is' mere was nothing to retain rr The old warehouse was well eated and lighted.
 me price, five cents. gave a cer-
 MI 'iass or persons, who would oth-
 "ise nave had to sleep in the
 s, chance to get under cover.
 III Minneapolis the cheapest lodg. s houses are of a particular type. aey not only use the upper floors.
 tue basement is fitted up for sleep Iss purposes, and ventilation Is pro- /. Ill some cases through a grating
 .ne pavement close to the building W Ill one case l found the sleeping
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
'on9'0g to Wife of Rameses H.. 0' Nineteenth Dynasty Ac.
 quired by Museum.

,enuoh'-The Guimet museum, in % mas just made the acquisition \ p. 'nis which belonged to the wife bon.u 'Deses H., a monarch C; the nine. aoo 'n dynasty, who flourished about Re ,,' years before the present era; so bd 'ms nus IS something like 3,2OO years hra,. neIe appears to be no doubt re- f anas s the authenticity of this relic from Egypt NJ. Guimet bought hyirnn d noble family living in the ession oi Grenoble. in whose pos
 The on l., Ut had been for long time.
 t th 'ings in the famous jewel shops
 rue de la Paix are perhaps
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Mother of 24 Children.

York, Pa-Nineteen funerals in her own family in her lifetime was the portion of Mrs. Rachael Myers of Ho bart. this county, who died at her home here, aged so years. Mrs. My. CTS was the mother of 24 children but all but six have died. Her hus band, William Myers. died some yearr ago.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03
Daily Thouuht.

He who cherishes the spirit of kind. heartedness and magnanimity. gov erned by Christian principles. cannot fail to become a worthy, useful and beloved member of society.-Collyer.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03

Fish Now Popular German Food.
 Fish is now one of the chief means of subsistence of the German people, because of it's comparative cheapness.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-03

There is a remedy for everything except some of the remedies.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-17
BEGINNING Of A
LONG STRUGGLE
BUILDING TRADES LOCKOUT IN
GERMANY EXPECTED TO
SPREAD TO MANY DIVISIONS
or INDUSTRY.

Berlin, April 1G.-The building
trades lockout, which already has
made 250.o00 workers idle, appears to
be the beginning of long struggle,
affecting many divisions of industry.
The employers have locked the men
out in an effort to put an end to what
they regard as the intolerable de-
mands Of the latter. The general EN-
ployers organization, which includes
representatives of every German in.
dustry, are firmly supporting the
lockout and has voted several million
marks for the aid of the master
builders.
The labor unions, too, plan to sup
port their idle members, Owing to
the huge proportions of the lockout,
it will be difficult for the unions to
secure contributions to maintain the
members and their families through
a prolonged period of idleness.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-17
ROYAL DINNER
FOR ROOSEVELT
GIVEN BY EMPEROR FRANCIS
JOSEPH AT THE IMPERIAL
PALACE.
a
z COURSES ARE SERVED
With Eight Cifferent Wines--Roosc.
veIt Given Ovation at Imperial
Opera Last Night--Lcaves
viena Today.

viena, April 16.--Tht emperor )
dinner at the Imperial plce, Schoen.
brunn, tonight, constituted the con
cluding official function of Roosevelt's S
visit here. s-
Roosevelt and Kermit drove to the
palace from the hotel in court car
riage. As they reached the threshold
of the assembly room, the emperor,
wearing the uniform of field mar
shal, advanced to meet Roosevelt.
Roosevelt presented Kermit, and then
the eperor ltd the way to the white
gala apartment for dinner.
Thirty-five additional guests sar
down to the table, including high Au-
strain officials, the American ambas-
sador, Richasd C. Keren, and men,
bers of the American embassy. With
the exception of the American all the
guests were in full court uniform.
Roosevelt sat at the emperor's right.
Throughout the dinner, which com
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-17

psised twelve courses with eight
wines, the band of the thirty-second
infantry played in the gallery. The
table service was on silver, and
white gold china, with the imperial
eagle in gold on the borders. No
fomal toasts were given.
The dinner occupied precisely an
hour, and upon ad:ing the party
went to the "mirrir" room, where the
emperor personally made the round
to the guests. His leave taking OF
Roosevelt and Kermit was exceeding
ly cordial,
Fom the palace Roosevelt ana
Kermit drove to the Imperial opera,
where they occupied the court box
during the act THE BARRIERS of Sc
Vile" The house was crowded in
anticipation of Roosevelt, He was
given hearty reception. They then
dsove to American ambassay where
an informal reception to the Ameri.
can Colonel was held.
Roosevelt leaves for Budapest to-
morrow mosing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-17
RAILROADS MAKE
TRAFFIC DEALS
BURLINGTON, DENVER g. RIO
GRANDE AND WESTERN PA
ciFlc OFFICIALS MET IN DEN
YER YESTERDAY.

Denves, April 1G.--At conference
OF railroad officials today OF the Bur
lington, Denver and Rio Grande, and
Western Pacific lines concluded traf-
fic agreements, whereby these sys-
TENS will interchange business in
Denver, and theGould lines will be,
come an outlet to California for the
Hill road'
President Darius Miles, of the Bur
lington, said that through passenger
trains would probably be operated
from Chicago by way of Denver to
San Francisco.
G. w. Holdredge, general manages
of the Burlington had made a con
tract to use the Northwestern tracks
from Shoshone, Wyo., to Orion Junct.
ion. pending the completion OF its
own line, and that through that ar
sangement II Is expected the Colora.
do and Southern and Burlington
would jointly be in a position to In
augurate gulf.to-coast service by
the first of the year.
The Burlington official announced
an increase of three cents an hour in
pay for the yard men Of the enlist
system, with the exception OF Ten
yer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-17
BELIEVED THAT PlGNATELLi DE-
LivEaED MESSAGE FROM
THE POPE.
Meeting WAS AT VIENNA
Following a Luncheon Given in Roose-
yelt's Honor by American
Ambassador kerens
s Yesterday.

Vienna, April 1G.--What Is regard
cd as very important sequel to the
Vatican incident occurred after a
luncheon which Ambassador Kerens
gave in honor of Roosevelt, when
Manager Granitodi Belmonte Pigna-
telli. papal nuncio accredited to the
Austrian court, in the full ecclesiasti-
cal vestments Of his office accom-
panied by his secretary, called upon
Roosevelt
After he was presented by the
American ambassador, the nuncio and
Roosevelt withdrew. They talked t.
gether twenty minutes. What trans
pired is impossible to tsate, as both
declined to give any information. 1t
is assumed generally that the Vatican
incident was discussed and that the
nuncio was the bearer of a message
from the pope.
Kerens explained that he had in
vited the nuncio to luncheon to meet
Roosevelt but that the official was
unable to accept the invitation be-
cause no other member of the diplo-
matte corps was attending, and decid-
ing on seeing Roosevelt, he came
after luncheon. When asked II it
Guild be assumed that the nuncio was
the bearer Of message from the
Vatican the ambassador replied. 1T
would be unfortunate to place that
construction upon the visit"
One rumor attributed the responsi-
bility of the meeting to the emperor,
the story running that the emperor,
after meeting Roosevelt was so
greatly impressed with his .peIsonality
that he telegraphed the Vatican adj
vising some step to put an end TO
the incident. There Is good reason TO
believe that this version is entirely
incorrect.
The emperor himself is in an awk-
ward position with the Vatican over
several matters, notably regarding the
visit which he owes the king of Italy
and which he cannot make, because
il he went to Rome neither the pope
nor the king would receive him, II he
called Upon the other first. Besides
Count Won Aehrenthal, Austro-Hun-
garian minister of foreign affairs. Is
on bad terms with the papal nuncio