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LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LEG.
Is Thirty-Nine Inches Round and
Made for Woman of 700 Pounds.

PITTSBURGH. September 2S-The larg-
est artificial leg ever made-thirty-ni
inches in circumference-is being COM
pleted by & Pittsburgh firm for Miss Anna
Chelton of Oil City, Pa, who weighs
about eco pounds
The right leg of Miss Chelton. who is
twenty-four and stands five feet six
inches, was amputafed last January to
save her life because of elephantiasis. Be
fore the operation she weighed $50
pounds. After it she weighed 100 pounds
less, but since then has become heavier.
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PIPE HIS FIRST THOUGHT.
Man Faces Death to Save Another,
Then HOPES Meerschaum is Not Hurt

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j.. September -
Smoking his first meerschaum pipe on
the boardwalk. Joseph Mckee, twenty
years old. heard bathers cry for help. Far
out in the waves John Fredericks was
struggling Without even taking off his
coat. Mckee vaulted the rail, ran into the
breakers and swan to Fredericks.
The latter man sank, but Mckee dived,
brought him up unconscious and fought
his way TO the beach. Paying no atten-
tion TO the applauding crowd, the rescuer
helped to resuscitate F'redericks.
HAS he held on to his pipe all the
time asked new arrival on beholding
Mckee
Then for the first time Mckee knew he
had kept his beloved meerschaum sripped
between his teeth. Taking 1t from his
mouth, he anxiously asked a bystander:
do You think the salt water will spoil
the color? 1t took me all summer to
color 1T
Fredericks was breathing well by that
time. Mckee. who had not thought Of
his wet clothes ran to his home No %
Irving avenue. TO dry and polish his pipe
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Man of Execution.

If | were put to the test of guessing
DR. Towards occupation, at first sight l
should say that he was a successful sur
geon; and, for a second venture, l should
guess him to be the head of some great
business concern. In manner and bear
ing he is typicaly the man of execution
and of affairs. He is robust, powerfully
built, blunt direct, and friendly. In his
little office at the bureau he sits amid
an indescribable litter of pamphlets,
specimens and instruments. and gets
through an incredible amount Of work
Given FIVE minutes OF leisure. he seiZes
upon his, pet microscope and loses himself
in his favorite study of parasitic in
sect forms. until some polite and in
quring expert from Japan. or delega-
ton of progressive farmers from Kansas
drasS him forth to answer questions. His
notion of the millennium was once de-
clared to be the time when controlling
parasite should be found for every in
sect which destroys mankind's crops or
poisons manknd's veins.
Two years ago Dr.. Howard was elected
president of the Cosmos Club in one of
the liveliest campaigns ever known to
that sedate organization. The opposition
had put up DIR. Wiley of pure food fame.
Now. both Wiley and Howard are reck
oned among the most popular men in
Washington q don't mean the ebb-and-
flow Washington of politicians and mil
lionaires, but the real Washington that
stays ana WOrkS). Also, they are great
friends. Each set out and electioneered,
tooth and nail-for the other fellow. DIR.
Wiley is fond of boasting. with chuckle.
that he proved to be the better politician,
for DR.. Howard won by half dozen
votes. DIR. Wiley can afford the chuckle,
as he is now president of the club
There is plenty of Leland O. Howard
besides the scientist. He is A man Of
wide enjoyments, who plays as heartily
as he works. He swings good club at
golf and better cue at billiards. and
plays a sound hand of bridge He Is
learned In music and an omnivorous read
er. As his scientific duties take him much
about the earth. he knows "cities and the
hearts of men'-their tongues, too-and
he can fraterniZe with group of French
laborers in a third-class compartment
with the same catholcity of enjoyment
that he derives from an abstruse discus
sion with German savant. As much as
any man whom I know. DIR. Howard
lives up to the Terentian standard of life;
nothing human is allen to his interest.
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An Enclishman.
bearing letters of
Introduction after
the manner of his
kind. once arrived
in Washington on
a varied quest. To
begin with, he was
cha sing an earth
quake. Also, he
wished to be put
on the track of an
obscure issue OF
Confederate post
age stamps. Final
~, he sought infor-
nation regarding
aa.@a{~ trthaY r,,c
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William Phillips. charged with killing
John Johnson. a negro from Baltimore,
was tried before jury at Frederick
Md. and found not guilty Johnson, who
had been drinking. started a disturbance
In Phillips restaurant and greatly dam
aged the place with bricks.
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HOrneSeekerS

We will give you title to a lot
worth 100000 for $500. enabling
you to raise funds from building
associations or banks on the first
mortgage. we taking second mort
gage for the cost OF the lot, provid-
ing you will build a home at once.
Lots situated in convenient. de-
sirahle northwest section OF the
District Write for particulars.
BOX 160. STAR OFFICE
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DR.. HOWARD
Samuel Hopkins Adams Calls
Him Living Encyclopedia.
DIFFICULTPROBLEMS
Chief of Bureau of Entomology in
Touch With All Progress.
IS POPULAR IN WASHINGTON
Writer in American Magazine Gives
Some Details of Private and
Public Life of Scientist.
DIFFICULTPROBLEMS
Is POPULAR IN WASHINGTON

Samuel Hopkins Adams. in the October
American Ma gazine. writes entertainlngiy
of DR. Leland O. Howard of Washington.
Mr.. Adams SAYS:
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Excellent examples of architec.
ural art inside and out.

tural art inside and out.
The exteriors are imposing in appear
ance with their individual colonial porches
and balconies. and the French roof effect
set off with quaint dormer windows that
ventilate the third story air chamber
The interiors are simply beautiful. The
photograph of the parlor, which we repro
duce. shows that. Each of the other rooms
(six in all and BATH is equal in its way to
the parlor. Hardwood finish throughout
Double hardwood floors. Massive column
ed entrance to parlor and dining room and
art mantel, with gas log fireplaces in each
room.
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toms of the Hopi Indians These matters,
one by one. he laid before his host.
Washingtonian of long standing.
Ia rthquakes said the resident.
"Seismology? I'd better give YOU let
ter to DR.. Howard
Thank YOU said the Englishman.
"And about the stamps?
The other considered. II think Howard
is your man for that" he decided.
And from what department shall
make inquiries as to the Hopis?''
Il can't do better than to refer You to
Leland o. Howard" returned the Wash
ingtonian with smile. You'll find him
at the bureau of entomology"
But, I say exclaimed the visitor.
Does your friend, Howard. know every
thing there is to know?"
Perhaps not quite" admitted the resi-
dent. reluctantly But if he doesn't. he
knows the men that do
Encyclopedia Of Science.
DR. Leland o. Howard, chief of the
bureau of entomology of the United
States Department of Agriculture, is an
encyclopedia of his own branch of science
and a living directory of every other
branch. He has the widest personal ac-
quaintance among scientists of any man
IN America, anu tHiS acquaintance eA-
tends far beyond the borders of his own
country into Europe. Asia. Africa and
the remote islands of the earth. 1t be-
gan with his secretaryship OF the Cosmos
Club, which is the scientific center So
cially of the United States. Subsequently
he became secretary of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Science,
an Office which he has held since 1898,
and which keeps him in constant touch
with every phase of progress. He has,
INN nd
technical questions put to him than any
other man in public life today.
Entomology had no particular appeal to
the popular imagination when DR.. How
1894. Immediately he set about con
Meeting up in the popular mind his
branch of endeavor with the practical af
fairs of everyday life. Notoriety. or
even notice for himself he has never
sought: but shreWd newspaper men in
Washington began to perceive. as they
came in casual contact with him, that
there was special news of interest to
be obtained from the obscure bureau de-
voted to the study of insect life. The
north began to learn about the bollwee-
vii and the south about the gypsy moth
and the whole country became interested
in that dangerous nuisance now known
to be eradicable, the mosquito. Finally,
DIR. Howard. with a flash of ingenuity
truly literary. damned the familiar and
universal summer pest with the name
typhoid fy.' In that telling and now
current phrase inheres more instruction
and warning than in many tons of
pamphlets. This sort of thing has es-
tablished DIR. Towards repute. in this
country as an educator of the public
In foreign countries, however. where his
scientific fame is of the first rank, he is
known chiefly as a technical investigator
and expert. more particularly in the diff
ficult and obscure realm OF parasitology
The list Of his European memberships is
long. and flor the purposes of this brief
sketch futile. But his standing is indi-
Gated by the fact that he is the only
American on the International agrisul-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-18
THE GRAVE or JOSH BILLINGS
Writer and Lecturer Rest Near
Ganesborough, Mass.

Ganesborough, Mass.-Henry Wheel
err Shaw, whose pen name was Josh
Billings" was born at Ganesborough,
Mass, and died at Monterey, Cal.
1885.
Starting at the age of fifteen In
search Of fortune, he led an unsettled
life for several years. He tried farm
ing, running steamboat on the Ohio,
store keeping and teaching, but was
unsuccessful in all of them. He drift
ed back east and settled in Pough'
keepsie, N. Y, 1858, as an auctioneer.
His contributions to the newspapers,
under the pen name Josh Billings"
brought him liberal returns. His writ
ings are characterized by quaint
shrewdness, and humorous element
intensified by the crude phonetic spell
ing which he adopted. He lectured
throughout the country, and in addi-
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Became Angry When His Car Ran
Into Ditch and Gave 1t to
Small Boy.

Hammond, Ind.-"Take the blamed
machine and welcome" snapped a
New Your tourist as he crawled from
Under his automobile In front of the
nome of Cecil Hancock, near here.
The man was on his way to Chicago.
ILL.,, from New York city when the
knuckle in the steering gear broke
and sent the car up-side-down into
the ditch In addition to paying the
boy who hauled him to the nearest
railroad station he gave the lad the
car. valued at $4,000 and in good con-
dition save for some scratches and
twisted irons as the result of the &C
cident.
The tourist refused to give his name
but the car bears the tag No. 8605,
New York When the lads father
learned of his sons good fortune he
sold the car to dealer and will apply
the money toward giving bis SON u
college educat ton.
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enter the union, but to stand apart,
either for independence or for ALI
ance with Mexico and England. The
proposition has been made to us to
divide into two governments, one free
and one slave. England has proposed
to us to advance us moneys to pay
all our debts if we will agree to this.
Settled by bold men from our mother
country, the republic, Texas has been
averse to this. But now our own
mother repudiates us, not once but
many times. We get no decision.
This then, dear madam, is from Tex
as to England by your hand, and we
know you will carry it safe and secret.
We shall accept this proposal of Eng
land and avail ourselves of the rich
ness of her generosity.
eff within thirty days action is not
taken in Washington for the annexa-
ton of Texas, Texas will never in the
history of the world be one Of the
United States. Moreover, if the
United States shall lose Texas, also
they lose Oregon, and all of Oregon.
Garry this news-I am persuaded that
it will be welcome-to that gentleman
whose ear l know you have; and be-
lieve me always, my dear madam,
| with respect and admiration, yours,
for the state Of Texas, Van Zandt."
| I drew a deep breath as | saw this
proof of double play on the part Of
this representative Of the republic OF
! the southwest They are traitors!" l
| exclaimed But there must be &C
tion-something must be done at
once. I must not wait; must go! l
| must take this, at least, to Mr.. Cal
| houn."
Have I been fair with you thus
far?" she asked at length.
more than fair. | could not have
asked this Of you. In an hour | have
learned the news of years. But will
you not also tell me what is the news
from Chateau Ramezay? Then, in
deed, l could go home feeling l had
done very much for my chief
"Monsieur, l cannot do SO. You will
not tell me that other news"
"Of what?"
"Of your nuptials!"
Madam, I cannot do so. But for
you, much as I owe you, I would like
to wiring your neck. I would like tc
take your arms in my hands and
crush them, until"
Until what?" Her face was
strange. l saw hand raised to hel
throat.
Until you told me about Oregon!'
said l.
| saw her arms move-just one in
stant-her body incline. She gazed a
me steadily, somberly. Then hel
hands fell.
"Ah, God! how I hate you BOTH
she said; you and her. You were
married, after all! Yes, it can be, i
can be! A woman may love one MAI
even though he could give her onl.
a bed of husks And a man may love
woman, too-one woman. l had no
known"
Monsieur, adieu!" she added swift
ly. I bent and kissed her hand
; Madam, au revoir!"
mo, adieu! Col"
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Bahama Tree Curiosity.

on comparison now shows that the
great ceiba tree has not changed,
save in podding each year, in all that
length Of time Scientists deduce that
the tree is nearly one thousand years
old.
1t stands just at the back of the
British post Office in Nassau-its
great top outspreading like a huge
umbrella with branches soaring as
far as 100 feet from the main stem.
The trunk is of huge girth and it is
this with the interwinding of branches
above that gives the idea of a COM
bat.
But the giant roots of the ceiba are
its most distinctive feature. Diverg-
ing from the main stem long before
they strike into the ground, they form
such buttresses as to make the ceiba
seem a regular citadel of almost I'M
assailable strength.
From the pods on the tree a sticky,
silk-like substance is obtained once
year and used for the stufing Of
cushions Natives of the islands say
the same tree had served their ances-
tors with clothing from its pods since
the earliest legends of the island.
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SYNOPSIS.

Senator John Calhoun is offered the
cabinet. He declares that if he accepts
1T means that Texas and Oregon must be
she intentions Of England with regard to
Mexico, through Baroness Won Ritz, Sc
cret spy and reputed mistress OF the
English ambassador, Pakenham. He
sends his secretary, Nicholas Trist, to
bring the baroness to his apartment
While searching for the baroness home,
enter. The occupant is the baroness, who
says she is being pursued. The pursuerS
are shaken of. The baroness consents to
see Calhoun. Nicholas notes that she
has lost q slipper. She gives Nicholas the
remaining slipper as pledge that she
will tell Calhoun all, and, as security,
Nicholas gives her a trinket he intended
for his sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill
Montreal on state business by Calhoun,
who has become secretary of state, and
warns Pakenham that interference by
England i'll the affairs Of this continent
Will not be tolerated. The west de-
nands that the joint occupancy of Ore
raised the cry OF "Fifty-fOur, Forty or
Fight The baroness tells Nicholas she
will do her best to prevent his marriage.
She returns the trinket and he promises
to return her slipper. Nicholas enlists
the services of Congressman cambridge,
2 rejected sutton Of EhZabeth's, to assist
in the arrangements for the wedding and
entrusts him with the return Of the slip
per to the baroness The congressman
gets drunk and sends the slipper to Eliza
beth The wedding is declared off, and
Eliza beth's father. Nicholas is ordered
10 gain access to a meeting of the Hud-
son Bay directors in Montreal and learn
England's intentions regarding Oregon
Nicholas sees the baroness leave the di-
rectors meeting in Montreal, where he
had failed to gain admission. She warns
aim that his life is III danger and he ac-
cepts an invitation 10 pass the night at
ler home.
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ton to his sketches, issued in four vol
umes, published an annual almanac.
After his death his remains were
brought to Ganesborough, the town of
his nativity. Close to the highway in
the little old graveyard he awaits the
last roll call. One of his quaint say
ing was: "Riz arly, work hard an
late, sell what yu kant use, Civ moth
ing ava, an if yu don't die ritch an
go tn the devil, yu kan sue me for
damages"
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Back of British Post Office at Mas
sau, Bahama Islands, Sight
for Tourists.

Nassau, B. IA tree which in its
very conformation seems to show
struggle between two monsters-one
OF the land against one of the sea
Is the ceiba or silk cotton tree Of
Nassau, splendid example of the
peculiar form which trees of this fam
lily are inclined to take. In the Mas
sau tree the illusion of battle royal
has brought thousands of travellers to
see the strange tree but more are
also interested in it's great length Of
history. In 1902 a traveller sketched
the tree while sojourning here in the
Bahamas. 1t was a good sketch and
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There?"

the slipper, you took Van Zandt's
note! You had it. 1t was true, what
I told Pakenham before the president
i did not then have that note! You
had it. At least, I thought you had
it, till I found it crumpled on the
table the next day! 1t must have
fallen there from the shoe when we
made our little exchange that night.
All, you hurried me. l scarce knew
whether l was clad or shod, until the
next afternoon-after I left you at the
White House grounds. So you hastily
departed-to your Wedding?"
$50 small a shoe could not have
held an extended epistle, madam /
said, ignoring her question.
No, but the little roll of paper
caused me anguish. After l had
danced | was on the point of faint
ing. l hastened to the cover of the
nearest curtain, where l might not
be noticed. Senior Yturrio of Mexico
was somewhat vigilant. He wished
to know what Texas planned with
England He has long made love to
me-by threats, and jewels. AS
stood behind the curtain l saw his
face, l fled; but one shoe-the empty
one-was not we'll fastened, and it
fell. | could not walk. l reached
down, removed the other shoe with
it's note, hid it in my handkerchief
thank Providence for the fashion Of
so much lace-and so, not in wine,
monsieur, as you may believe, and
somewhat anxious, as you may also
| believe, expecting to hear at once Of
an encounter between Van Zandt and
| the Mexican minister, Senior Almonte,
| or his attache YturriO, or between one
! of them and some one else, I made
my adieux-I will warrant the only
woman in her stocking feet who
bowed for Mr. Tyler at the ball that
night
Eyes, so far as I know, madam, you
are the only lady who ever left the
east room precisely so clad And SO
you got into your own carriage
| alone-after awhile? And so, when
you were there you put on the shoe
which was left? And so Yturrio OF
Mexico got the other one-and found
nothing in it, And so, he wanted this
| One."
You come on" she said. "You
have something more than a trace Of
brain"
And that other shoe, which I got
that night?"
Without a word she smoothed out {
bit of paper which she removed from
a nearby desk, and handed it to me
This was in yours! AS | said, il
my confusion | supposed you had it.
1 spread the page upon the cloth be
fore me; my eyes raced down The
lines. l did not make further reply tt
| her.
Madam went on the communica
ton, say to your august friend ST
Richard that we have reached tn
end of our endurance of these late de
lays. The promises of the Unite'
States mean nothing. We can trus
neither Wing nor Democrat any long
er. There is no one party in power
nor will there be. There are two sec
tons in America and there is no ne
ton, and Texas knows not where t
go. We have offered to Mr.. Tyler
join the union if the union will a
low us to join. We intend to resery
our own lands and reserve the RICH
to organize later into four or NOR
states, if our people shall so desire
But as a great state we will join tn
union il the union will accept us. Tha
must be seen.
England now beseeches us not t
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-18

TxEz lie charm, as well as the prob
III lens, of India lies in its
N most extraordinary variety. A
I'll flying politician, taken IN
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CHAPTER XVII.
A Hunter of Butterflies.

/ love men, not because they are men,
but because they are not women.-Queen
Christina.
There was at that time in Montreal
a sort of news room and public ex-
change, which made a place of gen
eral meeting. 1t was supplied with
newspapers and the like. and kent IN
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which sought out new telephone In.
yentious and either stdesraekcd
them or used them. Vail had an
other department. where all the
schemes for BELL extension were
hatchcd. This was the legal depart.
mcut II numbered some OF the
most astute lawyers In Boston. men
who were tricksteFs In the obtain
Ing OF franchises Tho services OF
these men we're rendered free TO
any local company that needed aid
IN overcoming a city council.
Some American cities demanded
a gross earnings tax New Orleans
Insisted on per cent and got H.
Kansas City demanded per cent
and got Il. Indianapolis demanded
a payment Of $4,000 a year and got
it--a laughahiy small sum. in view
Of the fact that there are about
% 600 trust telephones there. Salt
Lake City was eontented with /
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Poor old Boston, whore the teic-
phone trust Was formed, was load.
ed down with rate OF fi62 year
for a teiephonei
After Vail had seen the organi-
kAtion Of hundreds OF local com
paniea In the United States, each
paying tribute 90 tho beil Teie
phone Co, he began to cast about
for a plan OF merging them all un'
der the management Of one com
pany.
The plan was easy 90 find. II
resulted in the organization OF the
American Telephone aud Telc'
graph Co. This company was or.
ganiEed 90 build telephone lines
between cities.
Telephone rates were raised 10
many American cities 90 raise an
enormous surplus. This surplus
was usually about 100000 900.
Finally, on n certain day In De
cember VI 1903 the purpose OF this
mysterious surplus was made
known.
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thifd and ernsluaink aFtis3a On the tsls
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