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William Davis Wednesday
gave his annual impersOnation of
Santa Claus and brought around
two fine packages of pneumonia
preventive, with the compliments
of his employer, William Palmer.
We feel very grateful to the
jovial Mr.. Palmer for his kind
remembrance, which assures us
of a ~palatable mince pie on
Christmas day, and we extend
to him the greetings Of the sea-
son.
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much greater densay or NopuIa-
ton in the countries of the lat
ter. Judging from these figures,
the American people have no just
cause Of complaint of the cost
OF travelling by rail in this coun-
ty-From the Official Railway
Guide, November, 1910.
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LOUIS REXROTH,
4217 Oak Street.
Kansas City, Mo.
For Sale.

Mrs. S. S. Trigg, 2915 Troost
Ave-, Kansas City, No, will sell
for half their value the furnish
ings Of a handsome modern house
which is filled with desirable peo-
pie. An attractive home and
profitable business.
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The Cost Of travelling by Rail
II Europe and North
America.
America.

Is or IS not more comfortable than
III North America, is one the de
eision of which depends largely
upon the opinion Of the individual
as to what he considers are the
most essential elements of COM
fort. An American using the
compartment of contracted size
N the coaches Of Europe, in the
absence Of the larger space to
which he is accustomed in the.
ordinary American passenger.
coacn, or in the parlor or sleeping.
ear, is apt to feel crramped and
constrained unless he happens to
be the single occupant. On the
other hand, the native European
traveller prefers the company of
the few he encounters IN the com
partments to that of the many
who occupy our ordinary coaches
or parlor cars.
The question as to the cost Of
travelling is, however, one Of fact,
not Of opinion, and any testimony
that tends to throw light upon
the subject ought to be of inter
est at the present time, when so
many politicians seeking popular
favor desire to force reductions
or resist increases in the rates
of fare charged by our American
roads.
\ The figures given below are
taken from notes made by a not
inexperienced traveller, of
amounts actually paid during a
recent tour of several thousand
miles ON the European continent,
in passing through countries hav-
ing a total population of about
one hundred and thirty millions
of people and travelling between
sixteen cities with an aggregate
population Of about nine millions.
a. large number Of the railways
used are owned and operated by
the respective governments.
In the journeyings in North
America with which a comparison
is made the country traversed has
a population of about fifty mil
lions and the routes r between
sixteen cities having an aggreg-
ate population of a little less
2 than ten millions. These figures
are taken in both cases from the
former, not the recent census, as
the complete statements Of the
latter are not as yet accessible,
The figures for 1910 will doubt
less show a large increase II
both aggregates. Many Of the
European cities have made phen.
omenal growths in the past ten
years, while our own cities have
not stood still.
The territory covered IN Eu.
rope was within a square OF
about six hundred miles by nine
hundred miles, and is therefore
about equal to that part Of the
United States north of the Ohio
River and between the Atlantic
II and the Mississippi River,
comparison is made be-
cen the fares charged for tick
ON each continent, such as an
rdinary passenger purchases IN
travelling from place to place. In
instance was a train de
e" included. There are, OF
BE. much cheaper rates OF
Re in each country, as for In
lance the Communication fares IN
he vicinity of our large cities
where the rate of charge is some
HINES but little over three-quar-
ters Of a cent a mile, and the
term tickets sold in some re-
stricted parts of Europe by which
upon the payment of a fixed
sum, the holder may travel as
often and as far rs he wishes
for two weeks or a month. Lo-
lcal conditions, which greatly
vary, govern the use and price of
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Fresh ground bones for chick
ems at Geo. NJ. Longs, Meat Mar
ket.
Sauerkraut, dill pickles, sweet
and sour pickles always fresh
at Thomas.
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Europe would travel fist class.
500 miles in 10 hous and q
minutes at a cost of S2225; while
a passenger in North Amcrica
with the same baggage would
travel in a parlor ear 500 miles
in u hours and Sc minutes at a
cost of $l4S0.
The charge for extra baggage
with the weights of less and over
$50 pounds (carried free) distrl
buted as was actually the case
in Europe, would have amounted
to S275 IN all, making the total
fare 1920, or including parlor
car seats $62.9O. This is Dps.
cents per mile for the ordinary
fare, a trifle over 2.41 cents per.
mile including the parlor ear.
A considerable part of the.
travel in Europe is in the second
class and third-class compart-
ments. Second-class eompart-
ments may be compared with the
ordinary first-class coach in
America, and an examination of
the secOnd-class fares is there
fore necessary to a fair considera-
ton Of the whole subjects. Third
class accommodations, and con
sequently fares, have no parallel
in North America, exclusive Of
emigrant trains, and need not be
considered.
The price Of second-c class tick
cts varies from sixty to seventy
five per cent, of the first-elass
tickets. The average is about
sixty-six and two thirds pei
cent. The extra charge fol
baggage in Europe is the same
for a second-class passenger a'
for one holding a firSt-claSs tick
ct, and a comparison may there
fore be fairly made with the frs.
{ class fare in America, without
+, parlor car seat. The actua
second-class fares on the clever
| routes are the basis of the cal
culation. This gives the follow
ing results:
D The cost Of travelling 2,15
e miles second class in Europe a
r 1904 miles per hour, with an a,
erage of 16S pounds of baggage
1926, or S.21 cents per mile.
{ The cost of travelling 2,15
miles first class in America
1856 miles per hour, without pa
Tor car seat, with an average
h 1853 pounds of baggage is $51.S
b or 2.4l cents per mile.
+ The traveller above referred
e also made sixteen journeys
Europe with hand baggage onl.
e covering 1884 miles, for whic
I first-class fare amounting
r $46.72 was paid, the averag
(. speed being a trifle over 2
S miles an hour. This rate fiji
S ures out a trifle over three and
half cents a mile. If second-cla
. tickets had been purchased tn
cost at the published rates 70
the same routes, with han
baggage only, would have bee
} $30.93, or 2.41 cents per mile.
At the rates above stated tray
[ cling first class in America for
similar distance in ordinar
: coaches, with hand baggage only
would cost 2.2s cents per mile
or $29.2S for the distance O
f 1924 miles. This is $17.44 les
| than the first-class fare i
2 Europe for the same distance, IN
t der similar conditions, and $1.6
less than the second-elass fare.
r The cost of travelling second
class in Europe with only han.
baggage is, therefore, about tn
same as the cost of travelling frs
class in America with only han.
baggage. The cost of travelin
second-class in Europe with bag
gage Of the weight given abov
is thirty-three and a third pc
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ueIe.
A first-class ticket on the
ointment of Europe gives to the
passenger a seat in a eompart-
ment which accommodates gen
orally six passengers, three of.
whom can ride facing the engine,
and three facing to the rear.
Some first-class compartments.
provide places, which may face.
m either direction, for three on
lyi while in others two adjoining
compartments are without par
ttions between them, so that.
the traveller finds himself one Of
twelve. In this latter case the.
privacy of the smaller compart-
ment is lost.
A HrSt-clasS ticket does not
ordinarily secure a specially re-
served seat to the holder. On
some roads, however, a seat is
assigned by the conductor when
the passenger takes his place, and
the fact Of the assignment is
marked upon am Indicator on the
door Of the compartment. On
others a special ticket assigning
a certain seat may be obtained at
the ticket office at a small cost
but this is so rarely done as not
to be a factor of importance to
the traveller, having been en-
eountered but once in the jour
Eey quoted. The extra charge
paid was 60 cents for a journey
264 miles.
Taking everything into con
sideration, a first-class ticket in
Europe may be fairly compared
as to price and accommodations
given, with a first-class ticket il
America, plus a parlor car seat.
In America the possession o.
a f~irst-class ticket entities tn,
holder to have $50 pounds o.
large baggage transported fire.
while in some parts of Europe tn
entire weight is charged for, an'
in others a small amount only i
free. We say large baggage
because in both countries n
| charge is made for hand baggag
J taken along with him by the pas
senger, unless the quantity
i excessive.
: The statement covers cost Q
) travelling first class for one pei
S son over a course of 2,154 mile
) in Europe, including eleven di
$ ferent journeys varying in lengt
3 from 80 miles to 497 miles, wit
a trunk of the average weight 9
1863 pounds. 1t shows that tn
l total fare paid was 1888, an
E the transportation by rail of tn
: baggage, 1892, making a tot
l of 5.97. This is nearly fou
Q and a half cents a mile in al
The average speed of the train
was thirty and four-tenths mile
f per hour.
E To compare this expense wit.
E the cost of travelling in Mort.
3 America a table has been made u
, of eleven different journeys vary
ing in length from 40 miles t
All miles, over well-known routes
the total distance being 2,2l
miles. For this the total fare
/ including the cost of paflor ca
seats figure up to $60.15, wit
i a possible excess charge for bag
/, gage of $2.75, making a total o
1920, or a trifle over two ant
eight-tenths cents per mile, tn
average speed being thirty-eigh
and six-tenths miles per hour.
J, Reducing the calculation TO
America TO the distance actual,
travelled in Europe, we find tn
following result.
travelling first class, 2,15.
miles in Europe, at S0.4 miles pc
| hour, with an average of 16'
! pounds Of baggage, cost $95.97
] 4.46 cents per mile.
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For Sale.

so acre farm with coal three
miles south of Lexington, one
half mile west of Summit mine.
House, barn, ETC., plenty of
water Address
The Washington times., 1910-08-09
STORY OF DRUGGING
REVIVED BY EDGREN
Writer Satisfied JeffrieS Was
Under Influence of
Poison at Reno.

NEW YORK. Aug. e.-The rumor that
James = Jehries was drUg-ed before he
entered the ring at Reno or July 4 20
suffer defeat at the hands Of Jack John
son was revived IN New York today
Robert Ldgren. sporting authority and
writer who has spent some time with
Jeffries in the last few weeks. says to
day without qualification that he be
LeVes Jefries was beaten by drugs he
also declares Jefries still wishes he
could tight the negro again.
Eigreu's statement reads
There are curious facts coming out
gradually. JcffTies believes. as scores
Of his most intimate friends in the West
believe. and most absolutely believe.
that ne was drugged- Il would be a
curious thing II IL were proved some day
that a cup Of tea beat Jim Jeffries at
Reno Such things c0n,e 10 light some
times.
once 7 asked JedTies point blank IF
II s proven in the next few months tbaE
yOU we're dragged before the Rem fg-t,
and j there 81 a chance public opiniOn
would force Johnson into the ring. are
you going 20 challenge him anG fight
again
7 don't know said Jefries. but III
never hight any man but Johnson And
g. ] fight him again III beat him
The Washington times., 1910-08-09
Syn0Psis Of PTeeeding 90.

Z
Edmund StonewaI a vselI-t3-do young
inventor, succeeds IN harness-nE the In
teratOrnic theory. and builds on airsdIp,
INTO which he iuveiEles three friends o.
bis including Jack Ashton and Henry
DaTton, ana carries them on Another
friend VII Church. e1udes Stouewsll
and thus is not kiEnape5- The ship
makes 1or Venus, where the crew finally
lands and after a victorious encounter
with The IuDiuOus-eyed shaEgy-furred
inhabitants, makes arrangements Tor
travelling around the planet
After many vicissitudes, they reach the
temperate part OF the planet, having with
By g great fotiIla OF airships- in the Iore-
most Of which is a very beautiful woman,
Who smiles them a welcome In en-
oeaForlng to prevent q general CaCasr-o-
pEe. caused by bad steering OF one Of the
alTS11ps- Edmund kills one Of the natives
From the ensuing wrath O. the natives
the explorers ere saved by Ala the beaut-
uuI queen who. IN 80 doing, claims
Edmund as her chosen husband and re-
pucl2tes an Old suiror % hers. Ingra-
o. her maids II v-aitIus, have some TO the
mines 10 find uranium 20 refit the earthly
airslipr IuEra- maGlened with jealousy.
captures the former and carries them or
into the zone OF darkness. where he
leaves them TO die Ala however Dur
about to reach them when. from o1t OF
the darkness rises a Hesh-pink, anacoa-
da-Iike arm. which fasteus itself on her
airship and draEs 1t downward
The slant animal that has dragged the
airShip down Is killed the injured crart
IS repaired. and the zone Of darkness LEFT
behind.
me party returns to the capital. where
a great reception is given them Then
there is a trip 10 Venus Gardens Of Eden.
The Washington times., 1910-08-09
A COLUMBUS OF SPACE y GARRETT ?: sERvIzz

mere IS another thing" he added q
moment later, which may surprise you.
but am certain Jilat II exists. There is
a direct relation between color and
SOUND mere The hight waves in certain
combinations produce sound waves.
Il can only explain what I mean By
reference TO the telephone You know
now by telephone, sounds are first
transformed into electric vibrations and
atrerT2rd reShaped into SOuorGf1S VA YES
You know also that we have used q raw
OF hight to send telephone MESA yes.
taxing advantage OF the sensitiveuess
Of a certain metal and its power of
varying ITS electric resistance in accord
WiJh the intensity OF the light fHat
strikes II. Thus. with a telephone at
each END, we can make a beam Of light
reproduce that human voice
What we have done, awkwardlv and
partially, by the aid Of Imperfect me-
chemical cOntrivances, Nature has ac-
eOmpllSEed mere IN q perfect way by
means or ire peculiar composition OF
the ar and some special construction OF
Lne AUDITORY apparatus It is all in line
with the strange power OF mental com
municatiOn which these people possess
LlsnL ana sound color and music,
are mixed -OT them IN a manner that
We cannot comprehend. Their esthetfc
ENJOY ment must be marvelously in ad-
vance Of ours
1T IS plain to me now that the music
OF color which we saw 1T the palace
was son ethlng far more complete and
WoIQeTIll than We then maCined To-
Sether With the pleasure which they
derive nom the harmonic ubinatfons
ot shifting hUes. they experience ar. the
same tine the delight that comes from
sounds which are assoc latsd with and
aW alzened by those colorS, but are ut
terly inaudiole 10 Us.
I believe that all Of their senses are
more completely and delicately deveI-
Oped than ours. and that even the per
rune OF these flowers is more deIiEhtful
By Jcve- Edmund cried Jack. who
h2c been listening with amazement
It is, indeed, a divine world 20 which
you have brought US! But wish Won
y outd Ent. q way to open US these de
llEhts to Ihe rest Of US It's rather
TO be plunged into the
midst Of such things without befnE
able to enjoy them
Perhaps it can be done" said Ed
mund, musins1y- Yes, perhaps it can
be done"
His words drilled me. for I knew
that he never spoke thus without
having uets1lJe meaning behind
But see here" Jack continued ssT
don't quite get hold Of this thing
These people talk, you know. linen
shy don't they sing, and why don't
they get their music the way we do2-'
Because. las the reply. ''as I have
Just eNplais- 10 you, they have a tar
higher aGd 1ore delicate means OF
The Washington times., 1910-08-09

producing and receiving the bsr-
monies OF sound They talk occasion
ally II Is true Just as you see that
t!eSe pres utter low sounds from
time TO time, but speech with them
has not been developed as with as
since they have not our need OF it
i am rather surprised TO find that
Llel TAX q { All / shouldn't wonder
If their spoken language were sf7nniv
q reflex Of their written or printed
writing and printing! I exclaimed.
10 you think that there are such
things here2-'
Il haven't a doubt Of it." Edmund re-
pileu 20 intellectual a people must
nave q history and literature. But
t-G oLQer OF development has been ex-
stctly me reverse Of that with US T1fev
nave nrst invented their signs for re-
cordInS thought, and then a simple
those signs
As TO their speaking, that is a thing
inevitable Every seDuent being utterS
sounds II is a necessary result OF the
nsFe JnaI there IS anywhere in the uni
verse 4 race or beings more delicateIv
ORGANIZED IN our emotional sense. than
these Inhabitants OF Venus
tnasmuch as I intend TO publish 2
Dook dealing with the scientific asDect
Of life on Venus, I shah not burden this
slery OF our adventures with these de-
Jallsr Only saying now that 1t actually
turned out as Edmund had coniectured.
We found later that not only were
writing and printing known and prac-
uced. the characters much resembling
that Of the Chinese. but at the CaDital
there were immense Libraries, contain
ing literary works and histories OF
NeDus for hundreds OF generations.
Is soon as comprehension of vhar
Edn,Ud1 had told US daWned fully upon
or minds. we began to note more care
iUlly the conduct Of Ala and we were
quickly convinced Of the substantial
correctness of his differences
She sat on q dOwerv bank under the
fragrant dropping branches, and seemed
e1tTauced by aerial music which we
could not hear
While we thus fingered, with strange
thoughts throwing us into a dreamy
rood I happened 10 fix my eyes trpoa
an opening in the foliage, directly be-
hind Edmund, VINO had placed himself
BY Alas side
A curious CLEAN attracted my after
tluns and, looking sharply I recognized
a pair CT eyes inteatly watching as
Before / could open my lips ar make :
the face to which the eyes
belonged appeared for q. fraction of a
second and then was withdrawn
It Isv.s the handsome. but evil, counte-
nance OF Jngrat
The Washington times., 1910-08-09
CHAPTER XV.-(Continued.)

TNOTICED that Ala frequently turned
toward these birds with look OF in
effable pleasure At first thought
that she was simply admiring their
coiors and their graceful shapes and
movements, but soon became con-
WINGED that she was not merely looking.
but listening. This excited my astonish-
ment, for none Of US could hear a sound.
except the occasional rustic OF the
branches.
Edmund I said at last. II believe
that Ala hears something that we do
"Of course, she does" he reDIfed.
There is music here. These birds are
singing but our ears are not stf11red TO
their melody You know the peculiaritv
Of this atmosphere with regard to sound
Al Of these people have q horror 81
loud noises, but their ears detect sounds
that lie Tar beyond the range Of v-itra-1
tons with which ours are affected.
The Washington times., 1910-08-09

are really becoming a terror for q
perfect lady. we wish they would de-
velOD something more buxOm and
take a chance on being able 10 pro-
tect themselves with q hatpiu- Think
Of that -0l2, modest reader. and weep
( We are not knocking, for the team won,
and that IS enough, ordinarily. but that
streak Of swating which produced .0I3
IN two days IS enough TO make us view
with alarm the prospects for the future.
II Harry White had worked AGAINST
W dshlnSJon -he luck would never have
broken with Us the way it did
The retirement Of Rube Walden to
the minor leagues at last viii cause
no regrets The day when his cccen-
Jr-c1tleS made good advertising matter
Tor a major league team has passed
Men OF his erratiC and unreliable stripe
are wanted on bail clubs no longer.
either BY the writer's or the fans. The
game should not be taken too seriously.
but, on the other hand, II is too serious
2 proposition 10 have the hopes Of hun
dreds and thousands Of home fans
spoiled by the fact that q pitcher whe
vas counted upon 10 deliver the goods
flesh Is weak and an occasional lapse
might be overlooked, but WaGdeII
Bugs Raymond. and others OF that Xix
Eho turn up day after day In such
shape that the managers do not Know
until they have started IN n game
whether they are 1T 70 play. or not
worth fOo4lug with The Oulv S1T~DriS.
Is that John 1TcGraw stood for Rav-
mOnd as long as he did. and that ST
Louis did not turn Waddeu loose last
year s. Louis must rebuild its
team entirely, and II was a sheer waste
Of time and money 70 keep Waddeli on
the payroll this season
Mclean. the outdeIder ComIskey
bought from Springfield. in the Three
League IS apparently making good hand
over dst. and would have made a nice
addition 70 the Washington corps Of
CUtnelders-
BY the way. when IS Washington 10
get more men for the outer Eardens2
II seems TO have done vel enough in
the matter Of catchers. and SomerIort
is tOured as The real thing in first
basins. but the men for tn. suburbs
are not being signed at any alarming
rate swain, the Vancouver Uurfelder.
VINO has been bought, is not hitting the
BAN enough TO make Ty Cobb take
notice, according 10 recent reuorts. and
neither has his fielding been remark
ably good DeiOs Drake may or or may
not come 10 " Washington. but II he does
he VIII be no certainty. And that about
eNhausts the talent We have in sight to
threaten the hobs o. LeIivelu and Cess
Ter.
HOurayl The enemy rallied In the last
inning against Walter Johnson. made a
run, but did not beat lim- Maybe The
luck has turned
The Washington times., 1910-08-09
LORD SENT HONE
BY JOHN |. TAYLOR
Red Sox Ex-Captain Will
Stay in Boston Until
Sold or Traded.

BOSTON, Aug. s.-Wearied OF dfssea-
sion IN the team, according 20 word re-
ceived here today, President John 7
Taylor. Of the Boston Americans. has
sent Harry Lord. ex-caDtafn OF that
team home 70 Boston TO stay here under
salary until he Is traded or sold
Lord was sent home after q. bitter de-
nuaciation Of Manager Donovan. whose
job he was credited with having IN
trigUed 70 secure Lord faced down a
statement from both Taylor and Dono-
var that he had done son ething OF the
sOr-, but the battle convinced Taylor
that his usefulness 70 the Red Sex had
ended