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The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

tinontl On this continent, where it
did not originate and does not belong
1t iss a discovery, Science shall hear
of it. 1t iss the link of Asia to Amer
lea, 1t brings me fame!"
lie put his hand into a pocket and
drew it out half filed with gold
pieces and with raw gold In the form
of nuggets, as though he would offer
exchange. ! waved him back. NO.
said /; you are welcome to one Of
these disks, If you please. If you
wish, will take one little bit of these.
But tell me, where did you find these
pieces of raw gold?'
Those? They are notings. | recol
lect me | found these one day up on
the Rogue river not far from my
cabin am pursuing most beaut'
ful moth, such as haf not in all my
collection. SO, fall on log; | skin
me my leg, In the moss | find some
bits of rock recollect me not where,
but believe II wass somewhere there,
But what find now, here, by stran.
ger-it iss worth more than goldl My
friend, thank you, | embrace youl |
nm favored by fate to meet you. Go
w;fh "a to Washington? Yess, yess,
& ~,e,N
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24
"You know what it iss, eh?'

Ou KNOW WHAT IL ISIS, Ell
mo, except that it is Indian made" 8"
He scanned the round disks care
fully. "Wait!" he exclaimed. Il
show you something's"
He reached for my pencil, drew
toward him a piece of paper taking
from his pocket meantime a bit of
string Using the latter for radius,
he drew a circle on the piece Of paper.
"Now look what l do" he said, as
| bent over curiously. "See, l draw a
straight line through the circle. | di-
vide it in half, so. l divide it in half
once more, and make a point. Now l
shorten my string, one-half. On each
side of my long line I make me half
circle-only half way round on the
opposite sides. So, now, what l got,
eh? You understand him?"
l shook my head He pointed in
turn to the rude ornamentation in the
shell clasp. l declare that then
could see a resemblance between the
two designs!
ut is curious" I said.
"Mein Gott! it iss more than curl
Gus. 1t iss wonderful! l haf two ANA
zonias collected by my own hands,
and 12 species of my own discovery,
yess, in butterflies alone. That iss
much? Listen. 1t iss notings! Here
iss the discovery"
He took pace or two excitedly,
and came back to thump with his fore
finger on the little desk.
What you see before you iss the
sign Of the Great Monad! 1t iss
known in China, in Burmah, in all
Asia, in all Japan. 1t ISIS sign Of the
great One, Of the great Two. In your
hand iss the Tah Gook-the Oriental
symbol for life, for sex. Myself, l haf
seen that in Sitka on Chinese brasses; !;
I hat seen it on Japanese signs, in one
land and in another land. But here
you show it to me made by the hand
of some ignorant aborigine of this con-
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Ion; after which l suggested a stroll
about the town for time.
Before we started, l asked him to
step to my room, where had left my
pipe. My eye fell on the commode's
top, casually, l saw that it was bare.
| recalled the strange warning of the
baroness the evening previous. l was
watched! My apartment had been en-
tered in my absence. Property OF
mine had been taken.
My perturbation must have been
discoverable in my face, What iss
it?" asked the old man. you forget
something?"
NO." said I, stammering, 1T is
nothing"
He looked at me obviously. Well
them" | admitted; Il miss something
from my commode here. Some one
has taken it."
1T ISIS of value, perhaps?' he in
quired politely.
well, no; not of intrinsic value.
was only supper vi NHlCC S"IH,
made by Braun Of Paris"
zone slipper? OF what use
1T belonged to a LADY, was about
to return it" l said; but l fear my
face showed me none too calm.
Each man studies for himself his
own speciality" mused the old man.
You haf perhaps studied the species
of woman. Once, also l. )"
We walked, my friend musing and
babbling, myself still anxious and un-
easy. We turned out of narrow
Notre Dame street, and into st. Law
ence Main street. AS we strolled |
noted without much interest the mot
ley life about me, picturesque now
with the activities of the advancing
spring. Presently however, my idle
gaze was drawn to two young Eng
lishmen whose bearing in some way
gave me the impression that they be-
longed in official or military life, al
though they were in civilian garb
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Senator John Calhoun IS offered the
portfolio of secretary Of state IN Iylef
cabinet. He declares that If he accepts
It means that Texas and oregon must De
added to the Union. He plans to learn
the intentions of England with regard 70
Mexico, through Baroness Won RITZ, Sc
cret spy and reputed mistress OF the
English ambassador Pakenham. lie
sends his secretary, Nicholas IrlsL 70
bring the baroness to his apartment.
While searching for the baroness home
q carriage drives up and he Is invited 10
enter The occupant is the baroness, VINO
says she is being pursued. The pursuets
are shaken off. The baroness consents TO
see Calhoun Nicholas notes that she
has lost a slipper She gives Nicholas the
remaining slipper as a pledge that She
will tell Calhoun all, and, as security;
Nicholas gives her trinket he intended
for his sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill.
Nicholas is ordered t. leave at once for
Montreal on state business, by Calhoun,
who has become secretary or state. ana
plans to be married that night. Tyler
warns Pakenham that lnterlerenCe py
England in the affairs Of this continent
will not be tolerated. The west de-
mands that the Joint occupancy or Ore
gon with Great Britain cease, ana mas
raised the cry of "tifty-tour forty or
Fight" Tho baroness tells Nicholas she
will do her best to prevent his marriage.
She returns the trinket and he promises
to return her slipper. Nlcholas enlisls
the services of Congressman DandrldSe,
q rejected suitor Of EliZabeth's, TO assist
in tho 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
Nicholas is ordered from the house by
El2aboths father. Nicholas is ordered
to gain access to meeting or the ilud-
son Bay directors in Montreal and learn
Englands intentions regarding oregon.
Nicholas sees the baroness leave the d.
rectors' meeting in Montreal, where he
had failed to gain admission. She warns
him that his life is in danger and he ac-
cepts an invitation to pass the night at
her home. She quizzes him as to whether
his wedding took place, and gets no sat
isfaction. She tells him that the slipper
she gave him contained a message from
the attache of Texas to the British am
bassador, saying that If the United
States did not annex Texas within 30
days, she would lose both Texas and
Oregon. He decides to take the message
10 Calhoun
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24
FARMING WITH DYNAMITE.

Fom an eloquent pamphlet issued
by an eastern railroad we learn OF
new and unsuspectcd uses for dyna'
mite on the farm. Besides its familiar
tasks Of extracting stumps, starting
log and ice jams and breaking UP
boulders. dynamite is just the thing
1t seems, for digging bitches, telling
trees and excavating cellars. Blowing
n hole to set an apple tree is cheaper
than digging one and it kills bugs and
ioosens the ground so that the tree
grows better besides, says the New
York World. Dynamite charges set
off eight or ten feet apart to break
up subsoil restore fertility to worn
lands. If a swamp has no outlet for
ditching you may sometimes drain it
by boring a deep hole and blowing up
its hard pan bottom. The dynamite
left over may be used anywhere. The
crops dote on it. Dynamite detona-
tions, the red flag Of warning and oc'
casional hired men sent skyward in
installments may seem inconsistent
with the idyllic calm Of rural pursuits,
but It is too late TO complain. The
farmer already threshes and saws
wood with his automobile motor, vac
ciuates the soil for fertility, lures the
cream out of fresh milk by centripe-
tai force, educates butter with chem
ical germs, marries staid and respect
able fruits to produce strange mon
grels, fights insects with master in
sects, frost with smoke blankets and
blight with recondite acids. He is
chemist, physicist, mechanic, physi-
clan.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24
Acceptlna Misfortune.

There are many ways of accepting
misfortune-as many, indeed, as there
are generous feelings or thoughts to
be found on the earth; and every one
of those thoughts, every one Of those
feelings, has a magic wand that trans.
forms on the Threshold the features
and vestments of sorrow. Job would
have said; "The Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away; blessed be the
name Of the Lord; and Marcus
Aurelus, perhaps, "If it be no longer
allowed me to love those loved high
above ALL It Is doubtless that ! may
learn to love those whom love not
yet. -Maeterlinck
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Presently the two halted and sep
arated. The taller kept on to the east,
to the old French town, At length |
saw him joined, as though by appoint
ment, by another gentleman, one
whose appearance at once gave me
reason for second look He ac.
costed my young Englishman, and
without hesitation the two started of
together. AS they did so | gave an
involuntary exclamation. The taller
man | had seen once before, the
shorter, very many times-in Wash.
ington!
"Yess," commented my old scientist
calmly; so strange! They go to-
gether.'
"Ah, you know them!" ! almost fell
upon him,
"Yess-last night, The tall one iss
Mr. Peel, a young Englishman the
other is Mexican, they said-Senor
Yturrio, of Mexico, He spoke much,
Me, wass sleepy then, But also that
other tall one we saw 90 back-that
wass Capt parke, also of the British
navy. His ship iss the war boat
ModeetS--a fine one, | see her often
whsn walk on the riffer front, there"
fs ed to him and made some eX.
cuse, saying that presently | would
;a'p vim again at the hotel Dream.
~ as ever, he smiled and took his
leave. For myself, | walked on rapid.
ly after the two figures, then a block
or so ahead Of me,
saw them turn into street which
was familiar 20 myself They passed
on, turning from time to time among
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Telephone linemen have discovered
n new use for rats. f. II. Lawrence,
of the engineering department of the
Chicago Telephone company, is re-
sponsible for this description of how
rats are employed in placing cables;
"A rat is loosed in pipe through
which cable is to be placed. Then
"a string is tied to a ferret which pur-
sues the rat, carrying the string
through the pipe, On the small string
a large one is attached, and on that
still larger, until big wire cable
is pulled through" Perhaps when all
the rats have been killed off, to pre-
vent the possible spread Of the bu-
bonic plague, the trick will be turned
by the use of white mice.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24
CHAPTER XVIl.-Continued.

He smiled ut iss not chance,
but a certainty" he said. 1T wass
only agreed last night. England will
march this summer 700 men up the
Peace river. In the fall they will be
across the Rockies. SO! They can
take boats easily down the streams to
Oregon. You ask if there will be
troubles. | tell you, yess,"
"What time can England make
with her brigades, west-bound, my
friend?" | asked him casually. He an
swered with gratifying scientific pre-
cision
From Edmonton TO Fort Colville,
west of the Rockies, it hass been done
In six weeks, and five days, by Sir
George himself. From Fort Colville
down it iss easy by boats. 1t takes
the voyageur three months to cross,
or four months. 1t would take troops
twice that long, or more. For you in
the states, you can go faster. And
an! my friend, it iss worth the race,
that Oregon. Believe me, it iss full
of bugs-of new bugs; u news species
| hat discovered and named, 1t iss
something's of honor, iss it not?"
What you say interests me very
much sir" ! said. 81 am only an
American trader knocking around to
see the world little bit. You seem
to have been engaged in some scien.
tinc pursuit in that country"
"Yess," he said "Men own govern.
ment and mein own university, they
send me to this country to do what
hass not been done, am insecto'
logger. Shall show you my bugs of
Oregon? You shall see them yess?
Come with me to my hotel. You shall
see many bugs, such as science hass
not yet known
was willing enough to go with
him; and true to his word he did show
me such quantities Of carefully pre-
pared and classified insects as | had
not dreamed our own country offered,
"Twolve new species" he said with
pride. "Mein own country will gif
me honor for this Five years | spend,
Now | SO back home.
81 shall not tell you what nickname
they gif me in Oregon" he added,
smiling; but my real name ,ss VOL.
fran Won Rittenhofen, Belln, it wass
last my home. Tell me, you go soon
to Oregon
"rhat is very possible | answered;
and this time at least | spoke the
truth. 1--WE are bound in opposite di.
rections, but il you are sailing for
Europe this spring, you would save
time and gain comfort by starting
from New York It would give us
great pleasure II we could welcome
80 distinguished scientist in Wash.
inGton"
mo, am not yet distinguished,
Only shall | be distinguished when |
have shown my IL new species to
mein own university"
"But It would give me pleasure also
10 show you Washington You should
see also the government or those
baclwoodsmcn who are crowding out
to Oregon Would you not like to
travel with me IN America so far as
that7"
lie 'ook his head foubtuly. Per.
haps make mistake ~ come by the
St Le-'rcnce? It won be shorter to
go ~ New York? |rll, | haf no
hurry think II over yess."
"nut tell me, where did you get that
leetle thing?" he asked me again pres.
emily taking up In his hand the In
dian clasp.
81 traded for Il among the Grow In.
dians"
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Football as a fatal amusement falls
into insignifcance compared with AL
pine climbing The Austrian and
German Alpine clubs have just pub
iished statistics showing that between
1901 and 1910 inclusive $50 Alpineists
lost their lives in the central Alps of
Europe, an average Of nearly 100 a
year. In 1909 there were 144 climbers
killed and in 1910, 100, not including
% persons who met their death while
picking edelweiss. OF this total Of l2S
fatalities, AZ were Germans, "a Aus
trians, 10 Swiss and 4 English. Eight
were guides. The largest number OF
Satal accidents in the Alps took place
in the month of August. 1t is esti-
mated that the army Of Alpinists now
numbers 100000.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Efforts are being made by Kansas
City snake fancier to have snakes in
stalled in houses to catch mice and
vermin. He says snakes are much
better than cats We don't know
much about the ability OF snakes as
little helpers around the cellar, but
It can at least be said for them that
they are not likely to disturb people
by wailing and screeching in back
yards at night.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Judge Shafer If Pittsburg utters the
following words Of wisdom TO mere
men; "Neyer reply to the taunts Of
an angry woman Flee from her. and
do not begrudge her the last word, for
she will have 1t anyway We have
never made the acquaintance of the
Judge, but we are willing to wager u
few shekels that he is married.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

Those German dngibles persist in
coming to ignomnious ends, There is
at least dramatic completeness
about the crash OF the falling aero.
plane which is utterly lacking in the
implement Of an unvieldy balloon in
tree top. At that the passengers
on the dirigibles are more likely to
escape with their lives.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

A New York man who has been
drawing a salary Of $50, 1000 n year has
gone into bankruptcy explaining that
he had to borrow money with which
20 buy an automobile So, you see,
drawing a salary Of $4,000 a year In
New York is attended with hardships,
TOO.
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

The manager Of the PHILADELPHIA
Athletics explains that his team has
been losing games because there are
too many brdogrooms in the organ
ization. II It is to be shown that mat.
rimony interferes with baseball It will
be fatal 70 matrimony,
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

This ia bad time for n man who
wears luxurant whlskcrs. An insect
called phytonomous Murnus promises
20 be the boil weeWl Of the alfalfa
belt lie is spreading rapidly
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24
CHAPTER M.
The Missing Slipper.

Thcre will always remain something
10 bc said OF woman as long as there is
one ON earth.-B Bautlcrs
We passed the luncheon hour at the
hostelry of my friend Jacques Bertil'
The Harrison times., 1911-06-24

A New Jersey Judge says that boy
can play hockey twice a month
When hey can, he wont want 10.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
SHERMAN MOURNS
|. OVER REC|P ROC|TY
JOINS IN WALL WITH PROTECTION
TARIFF LEAGUE ON CANADIAN
PACT.
PREDICTS DIRE RUSULT
---~------~----
SECRETARY OF LEAGUE SHOWS,
INCIDENTALLY, THAT STEEL
TRUST Is AWAY BEHIND
IN ITS DUES.

NEW YORK. Aug, 11.-Convinced
that as a result Of the elections in the
Dominion, September II, the Taft
Laurier Canadian reciprocity pact
will be approved the American Pro-
tective Tariff League. with sweet re-
signation, Is calmly awaiting this ma
tons doom.
In this vein the subject was dis
cussed to-day by Wilbur F. Wake
man, spokesman Of the league. He
exhibited a letter from Vice Presi-
dent Sherman. whose tone was as
doleful as his own.
Mr.. Shermans letter was written
In commendation of an editorial IN
the American Economist. edited by
Mfr. Waterman. chanting & sffree over
the country's beir. Under date of
August II. the vice president wrote:
What you say III the article. it
seems to me, is very sensible. The
seeming trend away from protection.
in my judgment, is but temporary
Before our people get back to the old
mornings. however, we may be forced
through period of depression. |
trust that this trying experience Will
not be required to awaken the Amer
lean people to the monstrous import
ance tto them) in the continuance,
in wholesome aud adequate degree,
or wide arid non-sectari;ln protec-
ton to all our interests.
What VIII Happen.
IL the people do no awaken to sit
uation prior to the time the props
are knocked from beneath our ecomo-
mic structure. with the fall of that
structure will come n condition when
VIII bring realization, painful
though 1t be, which will. as heretofore.
bring the people to their senses and
cause them to return to the mornings
with wonderful unanimity. with great
force and all the haste possible under
constitutional methods.
II look with great sadness upon the
seeming trend at the present, but my
nope for the future is optimistic"
'Vice-President Shermans letter ex-
presses accurately the feelings and
the view of the American protective
tarin league" Secretary Wakeman
said. Our organization opposed 10 -
utmost ratification of the reciprocity
agreement with Canada by the United
states Congress We did this not 40
much for the benefit of the American
manufacturer as the American farmer.
Is Opposed to Taft.
With the sole exception OF paper
the pact affects very little any man
ufacturing interest in this country.
Personally. / am uncompromisingiy
Continued on Second Paxc.1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Agreement ON Wool Bill.

WASHINGTON, u. c. August IL
Agreement on the wool bill was
reached by the joint conference COM
mittee of the two houses of Congress
to- day, and the compromise measure
will he reported to the two bodies
to- morrow morning. The conference
Is still dealocked on the farmers free
| list but an early agreement Ia looked
fer on this measure also within a day
or two.
The compromise wool bill provides
for duty of 20 per cent. on raw
wool, with the rest of the duties ad-
iusted to correspond to this scale.
Though Senator La Toilette, when OBJ
lection was made to-day by Senator
Overman to voting on the cotton
schedule August 10. served notice that
he would renew the motion and not
listen to a proposal for adjournment
until cotton, as we'll as iron, steel
and sugar amendments have been
voted on, ii Is now believed that next
Saturday will see the end of the spe-
cial session.
The conference at which the agree
ment reached was unique In Ameri-
can legislative history in respect that
1t was an open session at which the
public was invited to be present.
All of the conferees were present
except Senator Penrose
Regulars Refuse to- Vote.
The regular Republicans refused to
vote on the compromise their posi-
ton being that they cannot give their
lContinued on Second Paxs.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12

/ WASHINGTON, y. c.. Aug. H.
/ The relationship of Solicitor McCahe
/ with other employees OF the Depart
nent Of Agriculture explained to-day
before the Wiley investigation COM
mittee by DIR. l.. r. kebler and w B.
Bigelow, OF the bureau of chemistry,
shows there exists no happy family
in that department.
| DIR kebler describes McCabe as ar
rogant and domineering since he got
enlarged powers in July, 1910. Nc
Cabe has forbidden officers OF the
bureau of chemistry to speak to mem
| hers Of Congress about the work of
the bureau or to give Information to
district attorneys in pending prose
cutions. kebler was given the third
degree by McCabe on suspicion of hay-
ing stock interest i'll some drug con-
Germ.
Stenographers did not escape the
vigilant McCahe ard their note book
were demanded that he might learn
what was going on In the bureaus
The committee was astonished to hear
that McCahe had said some harsh
things to the secretary of agriculture
! because the latter was not sufficiently
active in the prosecution OF DR. Wi
ley.
nr. Rusby PRAISED.
DR.. Kebler said he had considered
the appointment of DIR. Rusty legal
1t followed methods adopted IN the
Remsen board case. and there were
hundreds or similar cases in the yari-
Gus scientific bureaus Of the depart
ment. He said that DIR. Rusty stood
alone in his speciality and his place
could be, filled by no other chemist
in this country.
DR.. Bigelow interested the commit
tee greatly when he told of what han
pened after he had been hauled be-
fore the committee on personnel with
out any intimation of what subject
was for consideration.
Il met Assistant Secretary Havs
one of the members Of the commit
tee on personnel. after the hearing !"
DIR. Bigeiow testified, "and as I was
curious what it was all about l asked
Mr.. Hays
"'Ohn he replied. 'McCabe thought
he had stumbled on something
Hays Criticized.
DR.. Bigelow added that later As
sistant Secretary Hays. with whom
he was on confidential terms. had
told him that Solicitor McCabe had
jumped on him (Hays) for not helps.
ing him out when the committee on
4continued on Second Pags.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
PRESIDENT READY
WITH TWO vET0ES
HEARS OF COMPROMISE on STATE
HOOD AND WOOL BILLS IN
CONGRESS.
He COILS. AND MOTORS
MIR. TAFT ENJOYS HIMSELF AT
BEVERLY WHILE WAITING
FOR DEMOCRATS AND IN
sURGENTS TO AGREE,

BEVERLY, MASS. Aug. 1I.-News
Of the signing OF the Statehood bill
by Vice President Sherman and
Speaker Clark and the arrival of the
House and Senate conferees at a COM
promise on the wool bill was received
to-day by President Taft at Para
malta. his summer home
II is understood that he will have
the veto message on the Statehood
Dill ready for presentation to Congress
when he returns to Washington on
Monday, His attitude toward the
clause Of the Arizona constitution,
providing for the recall of judges, Is
unchanged, s..s, III.
The President is prepared to veto
the wool bill as soon as it comes to
him.
A round of golf occupied the Presi-
dents attention after his arrival this
morning. In the afternoon he took
an automobile ride along the shore.