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ed ''Immediate' and bearing the cancel
latiOn STAMP Of the nOStal car which had

ed Immediate and bearing the cancel
lation stamp of the postal car which had
passed eastward on train 202
IIidgerwood read the marked letter twice
before he placed it face down in the ''un-
answered" basket. 1t was from Elem
lister, and it called for a decision which
the superintendent was willing to post
pone for the moment. After he had read
the waiting list, he took up the mine
owners letter again. All things consid-
cred. 1t was little puzzling. He had
not seen FlemiSter since the day or the
rather spitef,Il conversation with the
building and loan theft for topic, and
on that occasion the mine owner had
gone away with threats in his mouth.
Yet his letter was distinctly friendly,
conveying an offer of neighborly help.
The occasion for the neighborllness
arose upon a right-of-way involvement.
Acting under Instructions from Vice
President Ford, Lidgerwood had already
begun to move in the matter or extend
ing the Red Butte Western toward the
Nevada gold fields, and Benson had been
running preliminary surveys and making
estimates of cost. OF the two more fea-
sible routes, that which left the main line
at Little Butte, turning southwark up the
Wire-Silver gulch, had been faVoraoly re
ported on by the engineer. The right OF
way over this route. save Tor lew
miles through an upland valley of cattle
ranches. could be acquired from the gov
eminent, and among the ranch owners
only one was disposed to fight the coming
of the railroad for a purely mercenary
purpose. Benson declared.
1t was about this man, James Grof1eld.
that Flemister wrote. The ranchman. so
the letter stated. had passed through Lit
tie Butte early in the day. OH his way to
Red Butte. He would be returning by
the accommodation late in the afternoon.
and would stop at the WireSilver mine.
where he had stabbed his horses For
some reason he had taken a dislike to
Benson, but if LidgerwoOd could make 1t
convenient to come over to Little Butte
on the evening passenger train from
Angels, the writer of the letter would ar
range to keep Grofield over night, and
the right-of-way matter could doubtless
be settled satisfactorily.
This was the substance of the mine
owners letter. and il IAdgerwood hest
tated it was partly because he was sus-
picious of FlemiSter'S sudden friendli-
ness Then the motive-Flemister's mo-
tive-suggested itself, and the suspicion
was put to sleep. The Wire-Silver mine
was five miles distant from the main
line at Little Butte, at the end of
spur: if the extension should be built. it
would be mainline station with all the
advantages accruing therefrom. Elem
lister was merely putting the personal
animosities aside for good and suffi-
cient business reason.
Go be continued tomorrow
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COMPLETES PRISON TERM
Girl Terrorist Guilty of Assassina.
ton Placed in ASYLUM
correspondence Of The Star

GENEVA, October Il 1910
Ia.iana Leontieff. the Russian girl ter.
rorlst' who In March. 1907, was sentences
al mum to four years imprisonment les
eN months and twenty years Danish.
80 iioin ,he canton OF Berne. for shoot
ing NJ. Muller of Paris In an Int.r,.,.
MOTEL in mistake for the Russian NH
'ster' NJ Durnovo, has just finished her
prison sentence
Both the Swiss authorities and IN.
s'ri lather' who lives at Berne, realize
that Tatiana is still dangerous nerson
and II has been decided at the fatbar's
request. mat Iatiana shall be indefin,teIv
retained at the lunatic asylum at Mum.
sinSen. near Berne, where she has hem
for over a year. Voc"
The girl terrorist has become more
docile recently, but her brain has ejven
away. and she does not even know tn.
she has served her long sentence. In fu-
lure she Will be treated as a private pa
tient, but there is little likelihood ~ her
ever recovering her reason.
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WORLDS BIGGEST AIRSHIP.
England's New Naval Dirigible Out
classes Latest Type of Zeppelin.
eign CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star.

Foreign CORRESPONDENCE of The Star
PORTSMOUTH, England,
October Is, 1910.
The naval dirigible, which has been I'M
der construction at the works Of Messrs
Vickers Sons & Maxim at Barrow, is
now practically complete. and the trials
will shortly take place there.
The work has been superintended
throughout by Lieut.. osborne, who to-
gether with Lieut.. c. i. Talbot, has Just
been appointed TO the Hermione. the sec
ond-class cruiser which is to act as ten
der to the dirigibie.
The new airship is said t. be the biggest
i'm the world, being larger and carrying
much more powerful engines than the lat
est type of Zeppelin. A specially selected
crew will be employed solely in connec-
ton with the airship. The crew includes
a number of artificers and engineers, who
are to be trained in the management OF
the engines, etc.
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importance of the new German railvay
extension TO Elsenborn, "A member Of the
staff of the Cologne Gazette was in
structed to investigate the affair. and tie
result of his mission has caused consid-
cradle uneasiness.
Elsenborn is the German frontier camp.
and the correspondent points out that the
line between Malmedy and Stayelot really
brings Elsenborn i'm alrnost direct com
munication with Cologne. In fact. the
railway extension will enable Germany 10
invade Belgium with 10000 soldiers In
the course Of six or seven hours.
The series OF articles eXplaLling the
disturbance of relative positions on the
frontier has created considerable conster-
nation throughout Belgium.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Blind Signals.

1idgerWOOd was not making the con-
ventional excuse when he gave the desk
full of work as reason for not accepting
the invitation to dine with the president 5
party in the Nadia. Being the practical
as we'll as the nominal head of the Red
Butte line and the only official with COM
plete authority west of Copah. his daily
mail was always heavy, and during his
frequent absences the accommodations
stored up work for every spare hour lie
could devote to it.
1t was this increasing clerical burden
which had led him to ask the general
manager for stenographer, and during
one OF the later absences the young man
had come-a rapid. capable young fellow.
with the gift of knowing how to make
himself Indispensable to a superior, cou-
Piled with the ability to take care Of
much Of the routine correspondence with
out sneclhc instructions. and with a dis
POSITION TO be loyal to his salt.
Climbing the stair to his Office on the
second moor of the Crows Nest after the
brief exchange of question and answer
with Judson. Underwood found his new
helner fard at work grinding through the
DAVIS train mail
Don't scamp your meals. Grady was
his greeting to the stenoeranher as he
opened his own desk This is pretty
busy shop. but it is we'll to remember
that there is always another day coming
and If there isn't. it won't make any
difference how much or how little is left
undone."
"Colgan wired that you were OH Mr.
BrewsterS special. and / was waiting on
the chance that YOU might want to rush
something through when YOU got in re-
turned the young 1rishman. reaching me-
chanicaliy for his notebook
tn
after a while. but you'd better go and
get your supper now and come back fresh
for it, said the superintendent, who was
always humane to every one but him
days mail?''
only this turning up letter mark
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notice. Probably more than year will
be required for the mere preliminary
studies to the best route TO he fol-
lowed, and several years may elapse be-
fore the first through service can be es-
tablished. One thing is certain, namely.
that an attempt viii be made by the
military authorities TO carry out the
scheme. the communications between
the Niger valley and Algeria are at pres
ent excessively long and tedious. Capt.
Cortier says that he himself took 100 days
on one journey alone to make the cross
ing. and. considering that an aeroplane
might easily cover three or four hundred
miles day. they could reduce the time
to four or five days at most.
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HIS MASTERPIECE A FAKE.
French Art Connoisseur Wasn't So
Shrewd as He Thought.
Correspondence Of The Star.


PARIS, October 10. 1910.
A we'll known French art connoisseur
has reason to regret a successful attempt
he recently made to get the better of the
Italian customs. Having picked up cheap
ly in a small Italian town Madonna
which he firmly believed to be by Ra-
phael. he found himself confronted by the.
Italian law which forbids the expectation
of Italian art treasures.
Acting on a friends advice. he had a.
portrait of King Humbert painted over
the Virgins features, and succeed d in
passing it into France without exciting
the attention of the customs officials
When, however, on arrival in Paris, ne
sent his treasure to be restored to it's
original state, the picture cleaner did his
work so we'll as to leave there only a
portrait of Garibaldi. which had been be-
meath the "Raphaelite" Madonna
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KING CHIDES GREEKS.
Complains Bitterly and Asks Wheth'
er He Should Get Out.

Foreign Correspondents OF he Star.
VIENNA. October IL, 1910.
The King of the Hellenes, interviewed
by the Athens correspondent of the
"Neue Freie Phesse,'' complained bitterly
that even political personages who had
persuaded him to sign the decree con-
vOking the national assembly INV ac-
cuse- him of having betrayed the consti-
tuition.
The king said it would be painful for
him to renounce the throne after having
worked so hard and sacrificed SO much
for the happiness of the Greek people.
The national assembly ought now to tell
him Loyalty whether he should stay or
go for the situation ought to be cleared
once and for all.
Last year he wished to abdicate. Senti-
ment Of duty caused him to remain in
spite of everything.
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KAFFIR IN PARLIAMENT
Reelected as Member of Legislator.
of Cape Colony.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star


LONDON, October 13. 1910
The Rev w Benson Rubussna ph n
who has been returned as member %,
the provincial parliament for Cape Colony
Is said to be the first kaffir who has
1ound seat in that house. He has
oeeh IN the Congregational ministry for
t"eHty-six years, OF which nineteen ha We
been spent In East London, where he has
a large native following.
III Rubusana came from Peelton
which was undeS the charge of the Rev
T.. Brit Mr.. Brit, one Of whose d.ugb.
ters married Sir Gordon Sprisgs. was
originally connected with the Kings
weigh House Church at Fish street bi,,
LONDON He interested DR.. Binnev AND
memhe-s IN s th 9,s lad Rubusana. and the
triDuted money which paid for his eti,,.
cation at Eovedale College. '' eu"
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FORTS IN GULF OF FINLAND.
Protect St. Petersburg and Make
Waterway impossible.
N Correspondence OF The Star.

kRONSTADT. October l3. 1910
The imperial defense committee has de-
cided to authorize the immediate con-
struction Of two forts in the Gulf OF Fin
land-one in the sea near Eeyal and tn.
other on an island of tho Finnish arclh-
pelago.
The fortress near Reyal will contain
lto guns, twenty Of which Will be twelve
inch guns mounted in turrets. Tho tota
cost of the forts it. S.Jb6s,tsso and they
will be finished In three years.
The construction of tiT1se defenses vii.
protect St. Petersburg from attack am
make the Gulf of Finland impossible in
the event of war
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Turks Buying Cavalry Horses,
reign Correspondence of Tho Siar.

Foreign Correspondent of Tho S5ar.
ODESSA, October -. 1910
The personnel of the Turkish mill
tary and veterinary commission, which
for the last tWo months has been boy ia 2
cavalry remounts in the southern PROV
inces. has recently been largely incrca -
and is now divided into SOM. fifteen
parties, and the number of remouniS
being busily bought up for the ottoman
cavalry and field artillery will amount 10
12,oD0
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Abdul Hamid Reported III.
correspondence OF The Star.

TvIcIGH 'orlespohdence OF The Star
FRANKFORT. October IS. 1910.
n Salonlki dispatch to the Frank
furter Zeitung states that Abdul Hamid
is suffering from arterial sclerosis, or
induration of the arteries, and that the
malady has increased his neuralgia at
tacks. His condition gives rise to con-
siderable anxiety.
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Sc for Choice.
Worth to Ioc.

Paper of Milward's Needles. Clark's
o. \. #. Darning Cotton. 1 doz Safety
Pins. 4 pieces Laundry Wax. / paper
Pins. 400 count: > spools Crochet Silk.
l coz. Kid Curriers'. ] Iron Holder. /
doz. Collar Buttons. l Stocking Darn
er. l doZ. Shoe Laces. cards Collar
Supports. | box English Hair Pins, =
spools Westerlys Cotton, 200 yards; /
bottle Machine Oil. Tape Measures,
60 inches; l Belt Pin Book, s.-yard
strip Garter Elastic. boxes Mourning
Pins, , spools Darning Cotton, ~
Yards; 1 card Hooks and Eyes, =
Thimbles l Shirt Waist Belt. Linen
Corset LAGOS
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NEW TERROR FOR BELGIUM.
Railroad Enables Germany to Make
Quick Invasion.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star
BRUSSELS, October D. 1910.
In consequence of the special articles
which appeared in the London Daily Mail
calling attention to the great strategic
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FLIGHT OVER SAHARA
French Officers Have Plan
Under Consideration.
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY
Distance From Algiers to Timbuctoo
Nearly 1900 Miles.
CHOICE OF TWO COURSES
Steps Taken to Establish Aviation
Station at Colomb- Bechar, on
Edge Of Desert.
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY
CHOICE OF TWO COURSES
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS, October H. 1910.
Much interest is evinced by the officers
of the French colonial army in the prof.
ect for establishing aerial transporta-
ton across the desert of Sahara, which
would link the French North African
possessions with those of the kongo.
Capt. NJ. Cortier of the French Colonial
Infantry, who has just returned from a
visit of inspection of the military posts
along the Sahara, is enthusiastic over the
plan. 1t is a great idea, he says.
The distance, as the crow flies, between
Algiers and Timbuctoo is 900 kilometers.
or not quite / 800 miles. Over this route
lie scattered a number of GASES. which
are fairly populous. These constitute the
districts or circumscriptions of Tuau and
Tidkelt. with Adear and In-Salah as
chief places. Starting from the terminus
of the railway at Colomb-Bechar, the
aerial route, Capt. Cortier says, could fol-
low the Saoura, a valley which offers
numerous advantages, it con aims vii
lagos, springs and suitable places for
relay stations until the central oasis is
reached. The real desert, or Sahara. be-
gins only then over the southern half of
the route to the Niger valley and Tim,
buctoo.
Two courses, one curving to the west
and the other to the east, might be fol-
lowed Both have their difficulties. ON
the west it means going distance OF
six or seven hundred miles over a region
of arid movable sand dunes. There are
certain parts of the desert where the
sand is firm enough for landing and
starting with aeropanes. but in others
there would be great difficulty. The east
ern route is over the rocky and noun
famous Sahara. with deep valleys, but
more th.ckly populated and better sup
piled with water Along this route the
aeroplanes could make their way with
comparative safety, SuppOsing that suit
able landing places could be found among
,he rocks. until within about $50 miles
of Timbuctoo.
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Dressmaking Needs List.

Gold. Silver and Steel Cloth; "a
inches wide: also Spangled and Bead
ed Nets, % inches wide. en- mo
Worth up to $i.9S yard. 80. DA e%O
Chiffon Cloth. - inches wide: all
colors; used for yelling. waists, 2dpc
tunics. Worth sI.OO yard. ...... O>S
45-inch Black Silk Chantilly Lace
Nets: new floral designs c. nm
and dots. Yard. 81 60 to-. OSoWW
45-inch La Tosca Nets, in white.
black, ecru. pink. light blue. navy
blue, myrtle, red, lavender. gray,
brown wistaria, old rose. s1.O0 Omc
Sheer Silk All-over Embroidered
Laces; small and large figures and
floral designs: 20 inches wide. Csc
$3.50 value wv
45-inch Silk La Tosca Nets. in all
colors: used for yelling.
waists, tunics and dresses. CT DIN
S1..O values ~n or
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Danger in Sand Clouds.

Over that stretch of the route there IS
at present no known point of supply.
resource or inhabited place. 1t is long
line of waste sandy or rocky tracts with
out springs. All the relay points over
this area would have to be established
artificially, but this, of course, is no in
surmounta BILE difficulty. There are numer-
Gus sand hills or dunes all along, alter
mating with level plains five or six miles
N extent. over the movable sand hills the
great difficulty will be the presence of
sand clouds. which are raised by the fire.
quent whirlwinds to a height of go feet
or more. The aeroplanes would have ID
fly at considerable height to avoid
them
On reaching the vicinity of the Niger
valley vegetation reappears, and the soil
is covered with tufts of tall grass. which
would be very bothersome in case OF
forced landings. A third route, curvlng
still farther to the east, would lead along
a regular chain of GASES and hamletS or
villages: but here the new difficulty Is
that the rocky hills or mountains are
higher the slopes are extremely rugged
and abrupt and the rocks, Is they pro-
trlIde above the soil. present sharp. angu-
lar points exceedingly dangerous for any
landing Still, Capt. Cortier thinks that
this route will have to be chosen at the
beginning. inasmuch as it is the only one
that offers continuous line of inhabited
points, with plenty of water and other
resources.
Although the government already has
taken steps to establish the first aviation
station at Colomb- Bechar. on the borders
OF the desert. 1t must not be supposed
that the project can be realized at short
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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
AToHIsoN GLOBE sIoHTs.

A shiftless mans fayorito saying
20. wen get along somehow"
Women are modest enough until .
doctor begins asking them questions.
The fact that you don't believe II
isn't particularly convincing TO others
We don't believe the men look foI
second wives as industriously rs they
used 10,
When your wife buys a new hat. how
much attention does she pay TO your
taste!
The man who talks things over
frequently. is apt TO waste a great deal
OF time.
You can usually tell the difference
between a renting farmer and an own
ing farmer.
There Is such a thing as luck. II
you are a small eater. and a slow eat
or. you are lucky.
Every man who gets up pienies
thinks that really he should be known
as "The Rain Maker"
Women think one or the best things
that can be said about man Is. ''Ht
isn't hard TO cook for"
II man has only two dogs. his
neighbors. when speaking Of him. say
he has pack OF dogs"
You can't judge a family happiness
By the fine sentiments worked into thu
cardboard notices on the wall.
Don't grow old: II you are not In.
yited TO picnios any more take your
fried egg out near the well and eat n
there.
Walk toward a big mirror, and ten
TO one you will remark that you have
a more awkward walk than you i'm.
aglned.
II you are as unselhsh as you expect
others TO be, you feel as badly when
II rains on someone else's picnic as
when IL rains on yours.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
A Notable Chef.

"The old.fashionsd cook thought
only OF his cooking: tho modern cook
seeks 20 provide light and healthy
food suited 10 tho stomach, said NJ,
Auguste Esooffior. In reply 10 the salu.
tntions OF his eonfreres at the Cafe
Monico on the occasion OF q supper In
honor OF his professional Jubilee. Born
at villeneuvs Loubet IN is4b.. Mr.. Es.
eofier entered his unolo's restaurant
On 1859 and went afterward 10 the
Moulin Rouge. In Paris. until the war
OF 1870. As chef 10 the general stan
In Metz he suffered capture. but. man
aging 10 escape. he became chef 10
Marshal MAeMAhon until the end OF
the war. when he returned 10 Paris.
His latest encounter with the Ger.
mans was on board the Hohsnzollern.
when the present kaiser was 30
pleased that he presented him with a
diamond pin. remarking; They may
say what they like: no one cooks like
a Frenehman."