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FOR RENT STONE 4 FAIRFAX.
1862 New York ave. NV.
APARTMENTS.

APARTMENTS.
{Heat fnrpished.)
i5o7-l5oe isth st.. 12r. and baths. $500 oe
The Versailles; Siss Cal ave; ST. :s, 5000
St. l6 rooms and bath. .3.N
s 9Th &, ny .ss , seem; 81 and ,
isii PARK I'd. nv. No /. 5r. ard b.. is.o0
The Savoy. rooms and bath -. $3.50
The oswego. 1929 u st. NV, Or. and b. 1000
The st. Clair. I'LL st. NV. No. q,
rooms and bath. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 40o0
400 irving st. NV I'd d.. Or and b.. $3.50
The Melrose. 1919 Clifton ct. NV: ar;. g. SO
TIE TIE Msssr sa 1sti g and S b.
The Mintwood. ls43 Mintwood pl.. 81. b $500
1Sss M rs,s ri s,s "a %, neSs 81, and b.
the keSood ISL coreo ss n sr and
1893 81 st. nv I'd floor, Or aud bath. $s Q
The Raymond l4es Monroe. cor Or, h. $3.50
The Saratoga. It'll and E. Cap. sts.. No.
300, 4 rooms and bath. $50
The Gibraltar. 2so5 18th. sr and bath. $3.50
The be- raEkside; Ia III 18th St NV I'd ., n
81 18th st; NV. % floor, .4r. and b.. 800
ssos Cathedral s,,l ave-, sr and b. 90 g g
Gil Nd: ave. ne. I'd door. ;,r.. b., hea. :. :,
The Sep rt ,ser 9th and SITS NV r. 900 300
The Bryn Mswr. isiG L. rooms IS" -. ESQ,
POS D st. NV. I'd door. 5r. and b. 21.So
BIG y. Y. ave. NV. 3 rooms and hath. % 81
Ats II ST. NV. rooms and bath. "t.5f
The Ellsworth Cos Sd ST. n.e $3.50
1t31 Euclid. od foor. 6 rooms and bath. %.
1877 North Capitol. rooms and bath. 26.5e
sos III ST. ne, I'd floor Z rooms Is OC
1921 Mt. Pleasant ST, ID noor 4 rooms. z5.oe
SOC II ST. me-. Sd noer 8 rooms ~ 2J.OO
124l Girard ct. NV, rooms and bath. 200
GIG 9th st. NV, I'd floor Ar and - $50
134O New York ave. Sd floor. Pr. aud b. 20.5l
1927 North Capitol. rooms and bath =. 20 90
1872 Fla ave. NV I'd A., Sr and b. 1880
12ll1s Corcpran ST.. rooms and hath 1900
The Mntwood. lS41 Mintwood pl, lr.. b. 1900
BTONE X FAIRFAX. 1912 New York NV.
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FOR RENT-BY B. +.
1888 9TH NV. Or. b. $50. on
Isis 9TH NV. 5r. b. 80. 90
2119 l4th INV, Or, b. %. 50
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE Oh THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District of Columbia. July IL. 1919. Srclrd pro-
posals will be received at this office until two
o'clock PM. July ~. 1910, for furnishing two
chassis with motors and without lod.es. Blank
forms of proposal. specifications and all ncces-
snry information may he obtained from the Cne {
Clerk. Engineer Department. Rom AT District
building Washington. ID. e. CCNO II. RI
DOLPH JOHN A. JOHNSTON. WILLIAM v.
IL DSON. Commissioners. d. q. jy166teSu
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APARTMENT on NORTHWEST CORNER.
No. 1850 L st. ne: four large rooms and
bath: modern heating plant: back porch; large
yard; woodshed: Rent $3.50.
BELT, ORRIEN & co. Qnc.),
jy1-tf 1909 q st. n.ws
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
When Britishers Burned the Capitol

set fire to the capitol, the White
House and other public buildings. It
was at this time that Dolly Madison
cut the famous portrait of Washing
ton from its frame, where 1t stood in
the great east room of the White
house, and, rolling it up. had it cart
ed away with the few effects which
she was able to remove from the
White House. The British descrip-
ton of what went on in the capital
at that time is as follows:
1.-The blazing houses, ships and
stores, the report of exploding maga-
zines and the crash of falling roofs
was one of the finest sights to be con-
ceived The sky was brilliantly IL
Illuminated by the conflagration. The
scene was as striking and sublime as
the burning of st. Sebastian's. To
ward morning violent storm of rain.
accompanied by thunder and light
ming, came on, whose flashes seemed
to vie in brilliancy with the flames
which burst from the roofs of burning
houses, while the thunder drowned
the noise of falling walls and was
only interrupted by the occasional
roar of cannon and of large deposits
of gunpowder as they exploded. one
by one" But we don't look much like
a cow pasture now, don't you know.
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
CHAPTER XXV.+Continued.

"He's as dear to me as he is to you"
she said sadly. 81 tried to warn him. "
"Nonsense!" l said as briskly as
could. I'VE are making a lot of trou-
BILE out of something perhaps very
small Halsey was probably late-he
is always late. Any moment we may
hear the car coming up the road"
But it did not come. After a half
hour of suspense, Louise went out
quietly, and did not come back
hardly knew she was gone until
heard the station hack moving off. At
IL o'clock the telephone rang. 1t was
Mr.. Jameson.
Il have found the Dragon Fly, Miss
Innes," he said. ''It has collided with
a freight car on the siding above the
station. No, Mr.. Innes was not there
but we shall probably find him. Send
Warner for the car"
But they did not find him. AT
four o'clock the next morning we were
still waiting for news, while Alex
watched the house and Sam the
grounds. At daylight 1 dropped into
exhausted sleep. Halsey had not come
back, and there was no word from the
detective.
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Sight of $7,OOO,0O0 on a Joy Ride

plishing anything of the sort, eight
heavily armed guards ride to and fro
with the seven millions.
And this extra precaution is due to
the change in the system of making
money. Until recently the money was
printed at the bureau of engraving
and printing, but sent to the treasury
minus the seal and the number, so that
it was not real money until handled
in the treasury.
Now one machine does all the work,
including the stamping of the seal and
number. These figures-the round
seal to the right and the number to
the left of the face of a paper bill.
stamped in blue-are what make bills
legal tender. Hence when the money
passes through the wonderful cutting
and stamping machine, which counts
bills out in lots of 100 after it Ii
through with them. it is ready to
spend and anyone who got hold of 1t
would have the real thing.
1T seems queer to some people that
we should take such precautions to
guard the money wagon" says Direc-
tor Ralph of the bureau of engraving
and printing. but we think it neces-
sary A stitch in time saves nine. az
Se have been told from childhood
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VIZ ASHINGTON.-A bitter war on
W the house cat has been declared
by the department of agriculture. Ex-
perts in the biological bureau OF that
department are making exhaustive in
vestigations Of the cat as a spreader
Of disease. Already they have found
out enough to convince them that as
much danger turks in a cat as in q
rat, and rats are known to be fatal
distributors of plague.
Upon the completion of these in.
vestigations efforts will be made by
the Federal authorities to have cat
license laws passed. 1t is much more
desirable, they say, to have a license
for cats than license for dogs.
Eve know that cats carry disease,
said H. w. Henshaw, chief of the bu-
reau, in discussing the fight against
tabby, but we do not know to what
extent. We are practically certain
they carry diphtheria, scarlet fever
and ringworm, and we suspect they
carry tuberculosis. All this we want
to find out. OF course the fight to
bring about cat license will be a
hard one. Such suggestion will be
scoffed at. But in time people will
! come to realize what a menace cats
are. That is what we hope to do
bring the people to such a realiza
tion."
DR.. A. K. Fisher, of the bureau o
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War Vessels to Go to the Scrap Heap

was on the deck of the Winslow dur
ing the hottest cannon fire of the war.
that Ensign Worth Bagley was killed
by an exploding shell. One of the
achievements of the Detroit was the
capture of the Catalina to the west
ward Of Havana, and she took active
part in the bombardment of San Juan.
Every man who Joined in the move
ment for Cuba's freedom views with
sadness the passing of these four bat
tleships. Accompanying the condemna-
tion of the four Spanish War vessels
is the passing of the old sloop-of-war
Portsmouth, forming the last chap
ter in the history of what is believed.
to be one of the most interesting
ships in the old navy.
Launched before the beginning of
the Mexican war, the Portsmouth took
an active part in that struggle, par.
ticipated in the suppression of the
African slave trade, fought in Chi
nese waters. and had large share In
the operations in the Gulf of Mexico
during the Civil war.
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COMETIMES it does us good to rem
- inisce little bit, and this leads
us to remark that 96 years ago, the
British forces burned the capitol.
There we're about 5000 in number
landed from the British vessels on
the Patuxent August 20, and on the
oath they reached the capital. There
were only about 5000 men available
for defense of Washington in the
American army, and they only had II
pieces of artillery. So when the Brit
ish made their raid on Washington, al
though they were met with splendid
resistance, the American army was
compelled to retreat, and the red
coats made a triumphant entry into
Washington and began to carry out
the threat of the commanding inva-
der, who said: 81 will make a COW
pasture of these Yankee capitol
grounds" Just as soon as the Brit
ish got possession Of the city they
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Uncle Sans Bug Sleuths After Cats

biology, is at work on bulletin on
the house cat. He has been studying
the question for years and knows the
general habits of cats thoroughly.
There are lots of fallacious the
cries regarding the usefulness OF
CATS" says DIR. Fisher. "As a matter
of fact they do almost no good and q
great deal of harm. The difficulty in
following the question of the extent
to which they carry disease Is meas
ured by the difficulty of following the
cat. And yet there is no doubt in the
world that many child who, for no
apparent reason and from no discern.
ible cause, develops a case OF diph-
iberia or scarlet fever owes its illness
and often it's death to the cat 1t has
been fondling. Moreover, cats are as
susceptible to hydrophobia as dogs.
1.-THE highly pampered pet cat OF
the luxurious household never fails
to get out and roam around with the
ordinary alley cat In many instances
the alley cat, which prowls all night
long with the pet cat, has spent the
day sleeping in some hut or hovel in
an alley where smallpox, diphtheria
or tuberculosis Is hid.
Recently there has been much at
tention paid to rats and the harm
they do, both as destroyers and as
spreaders of disease. In this connec-
ton the cat has been pointed out as
valuable aid in keeping down the
rat. That is an error.
81 can state from my personal OBJ
servation that only about per cent
of cats are really mousers. 1 have
seen cats that would tackle the big
gest rat going and kill him. but such
instances are rare. AS a rule cat
cares little for q conflict with q rat
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28

CEvEN million dollars on a Joy ride
y through the streets of Washington
is a sight to be seen every week day
at the national capital. And this
stands less chance of getting hurt
through the carelessness of the driver
of the wagon 1t rides in or from out
side forces than any JOY rider. ami
mate or inanimate. in the country.
For the treasury has new money
wagon, brand new vehicle, made of
hardwood, iron and steel. with heavy
locks and bars. to bring money from
the bureau of engraving and printing.
where it is made, to the vaults OF the
treasury, where it is stored for safe
keeping
And not only is the new wagon
nearly bombproof in itself, but just to
make sure that some foolish person.
with visions of a Jesse James hold-up
scheme. will never succeed in accom-
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no YOU remember how proud we
- were Of our Spanish warships And
now they are all in the scrap heap.
The Boston, the Concord, the Winslow
and the Detroit have all to go, as they
are no longer fit to cope with modern
armament on the high seas. A storm
of protest has gone up in Washington.
but it is not going to help matters a
single bit The United States govern
ment canont afford to hang On to the
old battleships, even if they are dear
in memory. 1t will be remembered
that the Boston, a protected cruiser
and the Concord, gunboat, were in
Admiral Dewey's feet at Manila. II
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she stood squarely in the doorway,
and it was impossible to preserve
ones dignity and pass her.
Miss Armstrong is very i'll and un-
able to see any one," she said. l did
not believe her.
And Mrs. Armstrong-is she also
ill.,"
'She is with Miss Louise and can
not be disturbed
Tell her it is Miss Innes, and that it
is matter of the greatest impor-
tance"
1T would be of no use, Miss Innes,
my orders are positive"
At that moment heavy step sound
ed on the stairs. Past the maids
white-strapped shoulder l could see
familiar thatch Of gray hair. and in
moment l was face to face with DR..
Stewart. He was very grave, and his
customary geniality was tinged with
restraint.
You are the very woman 1 want to
see," he said promptly. Send away
your trap, and let me drive you home.
| What is this about your nephew"
He has disappeared, doctor Not
only that, but there is every evidence
that he has been either abducted or
=" l could not finish. The doctor
helped me into his capacious buggy
in silence. Until we had got little
distance he did not speak; then he
turned and looked at me.
'Now tell me all about it," he said.
He heard me through without speak
ing.
And you think Louise knows some.
thing?" he said when 1 had finished.
Il don't-in fact, am sure of it. The
best evidence of it is this: She asked
me if he had been heard from, or il
anything had been learned. She won't
allow Walker in the room, and she
made me promise to see you and tell
you this: don't give up the search fol
him. Find him, and find him soon
He is living"
WELL" l said, eff she knows that
she knows more. She is a very crue
and ungrateful girl
"She is very sick girl" he saie
gravely. Neither you nor 1 cal
Judge her until we know everything
Both she and her mother are ghosts O.
their former selves. Under all this
these two sudden deaths, this banl
robbery, the invasions at Sunnysid'
and Halsey's disappearance, there il
some mystery that, mark my words
will come out some day. And whe1
it does, we shall find Louise Arm
strong victim
Then we drove slowly home. l hat
the doctor put me down at the gate
, and l walked to the house-past thu
lodge where we had found Louise, and
: later, poor Thomas; on the driv
where had seen a man watching tn
/ lodge and where, later, Rosie had beel
frightened; past the east entrance
where so short time before the mos
: obstinate effort had been made to en-
t ter the house, and where, that nigh
: two weeks ago, Liddy and 1 had seel
. the strange woman. Not far from tn
4 west wing lay the blackened ruins O
/ the stables. l felt like ruin mysel
5 as l paused on the broad veranda be
3 fore l entered the house.
1 Two private detectives had arrive
t in my absence, and it was relief t
turn over to them the responsibilit
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of the house and grounds. Mr.. jamie
son, they said, had arranged for more
to assist in the search for the missing
man, and at that time the country was
being secured in all directions.
The household staff was again de
pleted that afternoon. Liddy was wait.
ing to tell me that the new cook had
gone, bag and baggage, without wait
ing to be paid. No one had admitted
the visitor whom Warner had heard
in the library, unless, possibly, the
missing cook Again was working in
a circle
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
His Little Joke.

"I'm sorry, old man." said the doctor
when his patient came out of the
chloroform, ''but we had to remove
your leg to save your life"
will get Setter?" asked the man
feebly.
"Yes, you're all right now. You
ought to live 20 years more"
"Ah," sighed the victim, that's .
long while to live with one foot In the
grave.
Barbour County index., 1910-09-28
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Innes, spinster and guardian of
Gertrude and Halsey established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. The servants
desert. Gertrude and Halsey arrive with
Jack Bailey. The house was awakened by
a revolver shot and Arnold Armstrong
1nnes found Halsey's revolver on the
lawn. He and Jack Bailey had disap-
peared. Gertrude revealed that she was
engaged TO Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked in the billiard room shortly before
the murder. Detective Jameson accused
imprisoned an intruder in an empty room
The prisoner escaped. Gertrude was suS-
pected because of an injured foot. Hal
sey reappears and says he and Bailey
were called away by a telegram Cashier
Bailey ot Paul Armstrong; bank, de-
Paul Armstrong; death was announced:
Halsey's fiancee, Louise Armstrong. told
Halsey that while she still loved him, she
was to marry another. 1t developed that
DR.. Walker was the man. Louise was
found at the bottom OF the circular stair
something had brushed by her on the
stairway and she tainted. Bailey is sus-
pected of Armstrong; murder. After
"seeing a ghost" Thomas, the lodgekeep-
er, was found dead with slip in his
pocket bearing the name Of ''Lucien wal
vacate in favor OF Mrs. Armstrong. She
refused. A note from Bailey to Gertrude
arranging meeting at night was found.
A ladder out OF place deepens the mys-
terry. The stables We're burned. During
the excitement man stole into the house.
shot an intruder man limping was
seen on the road. Halsey mysteriOusly
disappeared, Louise scenting danger be-
fore his absense was noted.
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CHAPTER XVI.
HaIsey's Disappearance.


Mr.. Jameson came back about
was covered with mud, and his hat
was gone. Altogether we were a sad
looking trio that gathered around a
breakfast that no one could eat Over
a cup of black coffee the detective
told us what he had learned of Hal
sey's movements the night before. Up
to a certain point the car had made it
easy enough to follow him. And 1
gathered that Mr.. Burns, the other de-
tective, had followed a similar car
for miles at dawn, only to find it was
a touring car on an endurance run.
HE left here about ten minutes aft
er eight" Mr.. Jameson said. HE
went alone; at 500 he stopped at DR..
Walkers. I went to the doctors
about midnight, but he had been
called out on a case, and had not
come back at four o'clock. From the
doctors it seems Mr.. Innes walked
across the lawn to the cottage Mrs
Armstrong and her daughter have
taken. Mrs. Armstrong had retired
and he said perhaps a dozen words to
Miss Louise. She will not say what
they were, but the girl evidently sus
poets what has occurred. That is, she
suspects foul play, but she doesn't
know of what nature. Then, appar
emily, he started directly for the sta
ton. Along somewhere in the DARK
stretch between Carol street and the
depot he evidently swerved suddenly
perhaps some one in the road-anG
went full into the side of a freight
We found it there last night"
'He might have been thrown under
the train by the force of the shock,
/ said TREMENDOUSLY.
Gertrude shuddered
'We examined every inch of track
There was-no sign"
But surely-he can't be-gone!"
cried. Aren't there traces in thu
mud-anything?"
There is no mud-only dust. Their,
has been no rain. And the footpatl
there is of cinders. Miss Innes, l an
inclined to think that he has met witt
bad treatment, in the light of wha
has gone before. / do not think b,
has been murdered" / shrank from
the word. Burns is back in the coun
try on a clew we got from the nigh
clerk at the drug store. There will b.
two more men here by noon, and tn
city Office is on the lookout"
The creek?" Gertrude asked
"The creek is shallow now. If |
were swollen with rain it would b
different. There is hardly any waite
in it. Now, Miss Innes," he said
turning to me, 'T must ask you som
questions. Had Mr.. Halsey any pos
sible reason for going away like thi:
without warning?"
'None whatever"
HE went away once before" b
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persisted "And you were as sure
then"
"He did not leave the Dragon Fly
jammed into the side of freight car
before"
mo, but he left it for repairs in
a blacksmith shop, a long distance
from here. Do you know if he had
any enemies? Any one who might
wish him out of the way?"
mot that 1 know of, unless-no,
cannot think of any"
WAS he in the habit of carrying
money!"
HE never carried it far. No, he
never had more than enough for cur
rent expenses"
Mr.. Jameson got up then and be-
gan to pace the room. 1t was an un-
wonted concession to the occasion.
Then l think we get at it by elm
ination. The chances are against
| flight. If he was hurt, we find no
trace of him. 1t looks almost like an
abduction. This young DR.. Walker
have you any idea why Mr.. Innes
II cannot understand it," Gertrude
said thoughtfully. 81 don't think he
knew DR.. Walker at ALL and-their re-
lations could hardly have been cordial,
under the circumstances"
Jameson pricked up his ears, and
! little by little he drew from us the
unfortunate story of Halsey's love af-
fol hn 70 hot
ing to marry DR.. Walker.
Mr.. Jameson listened attentively.
There are some interesting devel-
opments here" he said thoughtfully
"The woman who claims to be the
mother of Lucien Wallace has not
come back. Your nephew has appar-
emily been spirited away. There is an
organized attempt being made to en-
ter this house; IN fact, it has been
entered. Witness the incident with
the cook yesterday. And I have a
new piece of information" He looked
carefully away from Gertrude. Mr.
John Bailey is not at his Knicker
booker apartments, and I don't know
where he is. It's hash, that's what
it is. It's Chinese puzzle. They
won't fit together, unless-unless Mr.
Bailey and your nephew have again
And once again Gertrude surprised
me. They are not together" she
said hotly. know where Mr. Bailey
is, and my brother is not with him."
Miss Gertrude" he said, eff you and
Miss Louise would only tell me every
thing you know and surmise about
this business, should be able to do g
great many things. 1 believe could
find your brother, and might be able
to-well, to do some other things
But Gertrude's glance did not falter.
Nothing that 1 know could hell
you to find Halsey," she said stubborn
ly. y know absolutely as little of his
disappearance as you do, and l car
only say this: I do not trust DR.
and he would get rid of him if he
could"
Perhaps you are right In fact,
had some such theory myself. But DR.
Walker went out late last night to {
serious case in Summitville, and i.
still there. Burns traced him there
We have made guarded inquiry at the
Greenwood club and through the vii
lage. There is absolutely nothing t.
go on but this: On the embankmen
above the railroad, at the point where
we found the machine, is a small
2 house. An old woman and daughter
who is very lame, live there The,
!, say that they distinctly heard tn,
e shock when the Dragon Fly hit tn,
: car, and they went to the bottom O
J. their garden and looked over. Tn,
automobile was there; they could Sc,
the lights, and they thought some on,
e had been injured. 1t was very dark