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The Glenwood post., 1911-01-14
- fIARY ROBfRIC RINEHARTT

recalls me at all, she probably thinks
of me as weakened individual who
faints like a woman when everything
is over"
What did tell you?" Mrs. Dallas
asserted triumphantly. "He tainted,
did you hear? when everything was
over! He hasn't begun to tell it,
| would have given a lot by that
time If | had not mentioned the girl,
But Mcknight took it up there and
carried it on.
"Blakeley is a regular geyser," he
said. He never spouts until he
reaches the boiling point. And by
that same token, although he hasn't
said much about the Lady of the
Wreck, l think he is crazy about her.
In fact, | am sure of it. He thinks he
has locked his secret in the caves of
his soul, but l call you to witness that
he has 1t nailed to his face. Look at
him!"
| squirmed miserably and tried to
avoid the startled eyes of the girl
across the table. l wanted to choke
Mcknight and murder the rest of the
party.
1T isn't fair l said as coolly as
| could. Il have my fingers crossed; (;
you are five against one"
And to think that there was a mur-
der on that very train" broke in the
lady in yellow. 1T was a perfect Gre
scendo of horrors, wasn't it? And
what became OF the murdered man,
Mr.. Blakeley?"
Mcknight had the sense to jump in
to the conversation and save my re-
ply.
They say good Pittsburgers go to
| Atlantic City when they die" he said
'So-we are reasonably certain the
shore
The meal was over at last, and once
in the drawing room it was clear we
hung heavy on the hostess hands.
1T is so hard to get people for bridge
in September" she walled. There is
absolutely nobody in town. Six is a
! dreadful number"
| It's a good poker number" her hus.
band suggested
| was hopeless, save as a dummy;
Miss West said it was too hot for
cards, and went out on a balcony that
overlooked the Mall With obvious
relief Mrs. Dallas had the card table
brought, and-I was face to face with
the minute 1 had dreaded and hoped
for Tor a week.
Now it had come, it was more diff.
fcult than l had anticipated. / do not
know if there was a moon, but there
was the urban substitute for 1.-THE
arc light. 1t threw the shadow of the
balcony railing in long black bars
against her white gown, and as it
swung sometimes the face was in the
light. 1 drew a chair close SO that
could watch her
DO you know | said, when she
made no effort at speech, that you
are much more formidable person
tonight. in that gown, than you were
the last time / saw you?"
The light swung on her face; she
was smiling family
The hat with the green ribbons!"
she said. 81 must take 1t back; l had
almost forgotten"
Il have not forgotten-anything."
pulled myself up short. This was
hardly loyalty to Richey. His voice
came through the window Just then.
and perhaps I. was wrong. but /
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biIiousness

az have used your valuable cascarets
and l find them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. I have used them for
some time for indigestion and biliousness
and am now completely cured. Recom-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, you
will never be without them In the
family. Edward A. Marx, Albany, NY.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe
lOc, Csc, 500. Never sold In bulk. Tho gen
uine tablet stamped c C. Guaranteeot 70
euro or your money back. va
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Sarsap parilla

Cures all humors, catarrh and
rheumatism, relieves that tired
feeling, restores the appetite,
cures paleness, nervousness,
builds up the whole system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
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And it sometimes happens that a
man likes to have his wife get SO mad
she won't speak to him-then she will
not ask him for money.
The Glenwood post., 1911-01-14

Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigor-
ate, stomach, liver and bowels Sugar
coated tiny granules.
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PILES CURED IN TO 14D DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT falls to cure any case of Itching, Blind
The Glenwood post., 1911-01-14

Don't make the mistake of claiming
you never make one.
The Glenwood post., 1911-01-14

Avoid pushing to the front by going
back on your friends.
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Carr"
and II the man had escaped from the
wreck would he come to see him"
He wouldn't have sent that mes
sage to me-" | said to Mcknight, rath-
er crestfallen. He'd have every OBJ.
ject in keeping out Of my way"
There might be reasons" Nc
Knight observed judicially. HE
might not have found the papers
then"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
By FRED c. KELLY.

| Dusk was settling over the United
States Capitol on one Of the opening
days of the present session of Congress.
and newly arrived members were gather
ing up their wraps to start homeward
after a hard days work, consisting of
one or two roll calls.
lone figure in a black slouch hat and
baggy trousers stood at his Office tele-
phone The figure was Uncle Joe Can
non. He was endeavoring to learn II his
new automobile had arrived. But the car
had been delayed and the former Speak
er was obliged TO walk or take street
car.
| Congress furnishes the Speaker Of the
House a fine big seven-passenger car to
ride back and forth in. But now he
must run by his own steam once again.
! Uncle Joe gathered up all the money he
had put away in the sugar bowl and
bought himself a comfortable limousine.
! Having learned that the new car was
| still on the freight train, UncleSJoe strode
forth into the dusk and started slowly
! up Pennsylvania avenue.
! Not far behind him. as il happened.
walked another man prominent TO the af
fairs of the nation. to wit: Mr.. Beau
champ Clark, Speaker of the House of
/ Representatives.
| And so these two. each unaware Of the
others proximity, strolled along the high
\ way.
| But for oh such different reasons!
| Joe walked because, not being Speaker
any more. he is not entitled to use the
car that Congress so generously provided
for the Speaker.
Champ walked because he fought the
appropriation for the Speakers car, and
declared that when he became Speaker
he would never ride in the blamed thing.
In the meanwhile the luxurious big
car stands in the Capitol garage as idle
as an office boy. Some day II will be
pointed out to visitors as one OF our ma
| tionaI ruins.
And Congress decrying waste.
Joe Cannon, by the way. seldom refers
to the man who drives his automobile
as his chauffeur" He calls a chauffeur
an auto feller."
William ]. Burns. famous detective.
who collected the Mcnamara evidence,
has from boyhood been a great practical
| joker. When he was working in his
fathers tailor shop in Columbus. Ohio,
years ago. rhis was one of the Jokes
Burns played on nearly every good-na-
tured-looking customer that got meas
ured for a suit:
The customer would be placed on a
wooden, dTum-like pedestal to be meas
ured for his trousers, and Burns would
| tell him to hold his hands straight out
| from the body. Then Burns would aim
to consume about twenty minutes for
measurements that he could have taken
! in three minutes. l; is tiresome to
stand with ones hands straight out from
! the body, and the customer would grad
ually let them sink to his sides.
How can / measure you with Your
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
Mr. Hitchcock's Good Work.

An efficient, busines>likc admin
istraton of the Post-ofice Department
has resulted in transforming 4 deficit
.~f $I7.ooo,Ooo in 1909 to a surplus OF
over 100000 in 1911 1t is the first
time since 1888 that the postal service
has come to the end Of a fiscal year
with a balance 20 it, credit. All the
more COmmcndatiOn should be bestowed
upon Mr. Hitchcock because this ad-
mirablc condition of affairs In, been
attained without sacrifice OF postal facIl-
itics. On the contrary. important eN-
tension, have been made in every branch
OF the service. New poSt-ofhcc> and
new rural delivery routes have been e>-
tablishcd while an addition OF 5000 to
the force OF postal employees has been
accompanied by increase OF pay to dc
serving >ubordinatc>
Having thus demonstrated that the
postal service may be made scli-support-
ing the Postmaster General appreciates,
OF course. that there is no necessity for
converting it into rcvenue-producing
branch OF the government He there
fore points the way toward penny
postage. believing that this is possible
ii there is a rcadju>tment Of rates upon
Sccond-cIass matter The question is
one for Congress to consider carefully.
Many other topics in Mr. IIitchcock'>
report have universal public ntere>t-
,hc establishment OF the postal savings
~y~tem. the crusade against the fraudu-
lent Use OF the mails. the rural mail
service. and the relief from Sunday
work. Ii is gratifying to note that the
vigor with which ,windlrng concern,
have been detected and prosecuted has
resulted in nclrly 200 convictions. Al
together. the rc2or, i something more
than Il pcrfunctory public document 1t
l. a record Of achievement OF which
Mr. Hitchcock may well be proud and
for which the country will heartily COM
mend him
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
A MUNICIPAL NEWSPAPER.
Initiative Petition for Publication
Circulating at Los Angeles.

Initiative Petition for Publication
Circulating at Los Angeles.
From the Milwaukee Free Press
The newspaper under municipal man
agement is at hand II the initiative petit
ton by George II. Dunlop is signed by
> per cent OF the qualified electors Of
Los Angeles and carried at the general
election December s. The petition is be-
ing generally signed and there is no
doubt that 1t will come to a vote 1t pro-
yides for the appointment OF a municipal
newspaper commission, which IS TO su-
pervise a manager and a secretary, who
are to manage the necessary employees,
assistants, and laborers."
The commission must name the paper
The Los Angeles Municipal News. They
must mail it at cent copy to any sub
scriber who pays six months in advance,
or they must give a copy free to every
qualified eIector when he calls for it; but
they may make arrangements for fur
ther free distribution. The paper is to
be published weekly or oftener The
commission shall have fun charge Of re-
ceiving advertising and fixing the rates.
I'm the publication OF all news 1t shall
endeavor TO publish the facts with the
strictest available accuracy, without
bias"
For the establishment Of this enter
prise the ordinance appropriates $4,000 to
finance it until June 30. 1912, and requires
at least $4,000 annually thereafter The
income from subscriptions and advertis-
ing is also to go to the newspaper fund.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
The Shah's Pipe.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The queen of pipes belongs to the Shah
of Persia. Why is the great chieftain of
pipes a queen? Probably because a pipe
is a feminine noun in French. The little
Shah's pipe was smoked by his father
before him and by his uncle and by his
grandfather, and how many more of the
rulers of Darius kingdom we know not.
The pipe is adorned with all kinds of
precious stones and is said to be worth
$4,000. 1t is constantly guarded by a
high court functionary, whose duties al
low him as much leisure as the superin
tendent of the Persian arsenal; but as
there is no arsenal in Persia the extent
Of the sinecure may be judged. Still. this
functionary is responsible. This is how
his office was created: Once a grand vizier
was found trying to pry out a stone from
the pipe yith his poniard. Then the Office
of guardian of the imperial pipe was
created. What became of the grand vizier
is not recorded.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
The Business Situation.

Reports from every section OF the
country indicate that the predictions OF
busy winter are being realized. Credit,
which is the prime factor in CONNER
cial development, is upon a sound basis.
The banks have money. individual ac
counts are we'll filled, and business firms
will not be hampered for lack OF fnan-
cial resources, however much they may
have fallen below previous records in
the volume of business transacted. As
the situation presents itself. conditions
continue distinctly favorable for a gen.
eral and healthful advance
The clements which lend themselves
most to unrest are the high cost of liv-
ing, labor disturbances. and political mat
tiers here and in Europe The cost of
living does not recede, because of a
shortage OF some crops and the con-
tInued high expense of transportation
and distribution. With all the light
which has been shed upon this branch
of business, no practical remedy has
been found to lessen the cost. Such
are the agencies of transportation and
such the combination of facilities for
the care and distribution of products be-
tween the source of supply and con-
sumption that as yet no application of
seems possible, and the cost of
food and other necesSaries of living re-
mains abnormally high.
Labor disturbances are being adjusted
more quickly. Much progress has been
made in recent years in dealing with
this perennial industrial problem. More
and more employer and employed are
coming together to talk over their diff
ferences in spirit of fairness, and set
tlement often comes easily through mu-
tual concessions where they were
formerly impossible.
Even though Wall street complains
of too much politics, and will not ad-
init that the large corporations may be
responsible for the governmental ac-
tivities which disturb business. the fact
remains that the stock market has not
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
Where a Motor Engine Is Needed.

The section of the District which is
represented by Cleveland Park and its
vicinity should be supplied with mo-
tor-driven fire engine at the earliest
possible moment
Under present conditions the nearest
engine house to this thickly settled sub
urb is in L.anier place, nearly two miles
distant 1t is absolute cruelty to ami
mails to compel horses to pull heavy
fire engine this distance, especially when
the Topography OF the country is I'M
even, with heavy grades for 4 consid-
cradle portion OF the way
A motor engine located in or near
Cleveland Park would be available for
the entire section nOrthward along
Connecticut avenue extended This
portion of the District is being rapidly
developed with valuable residences. and
the increase in tax revenues which the
Improvements will bring to the District
warrants the small expenditure which
additional protection from fire will in
sure. The situation is one which ought
to receive attention from Congress dur
ing the present session.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
Provision for Government Employees

The unanimity with which the Cabi-
net officers have recommended to Con-
grcs> that some provision he made for
superannuatcd government employees
ought to have great weight with that
BODY Secretary Meyer has already
made a strong plea, while Postmaster
General Hitchcock and Secretary Slim
son, in their annual reports. made pub
iic this morning, add convincing argu-
ments, In asking that government en-
ployes be retired and pensioned, Sec
rctary Stim>on asserts that it IS war
ranted both by humanitarian principles
and by considerations OF sound business
policy. In taking such action he says,
we should cnly be following the world
wide trend OF national governments
and large business corporations. Mr..
Hitchcock is equally emphatic
1t is hardly likely that these cNprc>-
sions are accidental condolences. They
mean that the President and his adj
>I,er> have givcr careful study to the
question and are convinced that, as
business proposition, the government
should make provision for those who
have served faithfully and we'll for
many YEAR, ~ it IS, there are thou
sands OF men and women in the civil
service whose capacity for work has
materially decreased with advancing
years. and yet il would be both cruel
and ungrmcful t" dispense with their
services altogether As they cannot be
RETIRED the! are retained.
The government ought to command
the highest class of employees. |, will
not be able to do 50. however. if Con-
gres> pcr-i>ccntlv refuses to recognize
length OF service and denies retirement
and pensions 10 thosc who crtcr upon
governmental work
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
By. A. w. MACY.
OPENING OF THE ERIE
CANAL.

OPENING OF THE ERIE
CANAL.
1t was a great day when the
Erie Canal was opened for traf-
fic on October 26. 1925. That
was two years before the first
railroad was built in this coun-
try. and the canal was the most
stupendous public work that had
yet beer undertaken. The idea
was conceived by Gouveneur
Morris in 1900. II was strenu-
ously advocated by a few promi-
nent men. and as vigorously op-
posed by others. Work was not
begun till July !. 1917. at which
time ground was broken at
Rome, n. Y. In eight years II
was completed, opening artificial
communication for 42S miles an
uninterrupted passage from Lake
Erie TO tidewater in the Hudson.
The opening was celebrated by
"a telegraphic discharge of can
non. commencing at Lake Erie,
and continued along the banks
OF the canal and Of the Hudson.
announcing to the city of New
York the entrance on the bosom
of the canal of the first barge
that was to arrive at the COM
mercial emporium from the
American Mediterranean Gov.
Clinton and other noted public
their voyage down the canal was
a triumphaI procession.
Copyright. 1911, by Juselh B. BOWlesJ
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11

hands there in my way?' Burns would
ask in a hurt tone. And the customer
would sympathize with the Biblical char
acter whose arms were upheld while the
battle ragged.
The longer the customer could be in
duced to hold his arms out In the air. the
better the joke was, to Burns notion.
The tailor shop where Burns worked Is
now conducted by a younger brother Of
the detective. Burns takes great de-
light in exaggerating this brothers age.
Not long ago the great thief-taker met
a friend in Washington, who said:
81 had the pleasure of meeting your
brother in Columbus. Ohio. recently"
"Who. that tailor felIow?' asked Burns
seriously Brother? What are you
talking about That old man Is always
trying to pass himself of as my brother.
He's my uncle. And he's about twice as
old as I am
One of Burns great assets in his de-
tective work is his resourcefulness in
thinking up plausible explanations Of his
movements. This resourcefulneSs, ac-
cordIng to Burns brother. was acquired
in the tailor shop.
There never was man." says Burns
brother. who could think up such good
excuses why a suit was not ready when
promised. Bill was always a great IA
vorite with. my father, and father never
scolded him much even II he got inter
ested in something else and let his work
slide. He liked TO go around with the
police and talk to them about their cases.
We made most OF the Columbus police
uniforms and so he met a lot of the po-
licemen in the shop. Time and again he
would disappoint a customer and then
explain it all so pleasantly that the Gus
toner would be in a good humor. If a
man wanted a suit without fail on Sat
urday night, TO wear Sunday, Bill, like as
not, would send out the coat and vest.
without any trousers. intending to finish
the trousers later in the evening. Mebby
he would go to a show then, and never
get the trousers done until early Mon
day morning. Then when the customer
came in, all in a hun, because he didn't
get his trousers with the rest OF the
suit. Bill would say:
What. Weren't they sent out? Why,
good heavens, man! They were all done
and ready. The boy must have failed to
put them in the box Saturday. See, here
they are They were done all right.
III have that boy fred "
Representative Martin W. Littleton, OF
New York. says this happened. A teach
er in a New York City school inquired II
anybody knew who wrote The Star
SpangIed Banner
One lad. raised within a block or two
of Broadway glitter, was among the first
to raise his hand.
Music by Leslie Stuart" he said, and
words by Harry B. Smith,
Copyright, 1911. by Fred e. Kelly. All rights
reserTeJ.D
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
IMPORTANCE OF A VOTE.
Value of single Ballot shown by
Many Elections.

From the Louisville C0uier-J0urna
Ordinarily not much Importance is at
tached TO a single vote in a general cleo
tion, but sometimes a single vote exer-
cises a determining influence in political
contests. In two legislative districts in
Kentucky a the recent election the sue
cessful candidates each had a majority
of one vote. In another legislative dis
trict. which embraces two counties, the
winner defeated his opponent by two
votes.
A national election always brings a big
vote in every section of the country.
Thousands of American citizens seem to
feel it incumbent upon themselves to take
part in choosing a President, but are
singularly Indifferent when it comes to
the selection of State officers. This is
a rather remarkab bic situation. 1t might
be reasonably supposed that the average
elector is more interested in the sort Of
government he has at home than in the
character of administration in the nation
at large. but election records show con-
clusively that he is not. In every State
thousands of voters rally to the polls to
support the national ticket OF their
choice, while in off years thousands of
these same voters do not seem to care
button for a contest which involves
State governorship, and quietly betake
themselves to the woods or somewhere
else, oblivious to the frantic appeals of
the politicians.
One who does not realize the impor-
tance Of vote may gain some informa-
ton by studying the returns of almost
any State election and by noting the
size and the effect of the stay-at-home
vote.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
ANOTHER PosTPoNEMENT.
DIIatOry Tactics of Russia In the
Passport Case.

NaAe.
From the New York Globe.
On March 10. 1910, eighteen months ago.
Secretary Knox said in a letter TO Presi-
dent Taft:
With reference to Mr.. Sulzberger's sug-
gestion that all treaties with Russia be
abrogated and a new one constructed
which shall cover all relations of every
ma ture with that empire, beg to say
that some months ago this department
suggested to the Russian foreign office
the desirability of revising the treaty OF
1882, and is still in correspondence with
the embassy at st. Petersburg on the
subject.
In his message to Congress the Presi-
dent confirms the statement made by
Secretary Knox a year and a half ago
Negotiations are on with Russia touch
ing revision of the treaty. The subject
is being earnestly considered we are
told. and the President hopes to be able
to make a further communication to Con-
gress after the Christmas recess.
No one has counted the number of times
that the State Department has announced
that it had suggested" to the Russian
government that this government would
be highly pleased II Russia would please
respect the treaty rights of American cit
izens. One of the regular jobs OF the
Secretary of State is to protest. As often
and as regularly the Russion foreign Of
flee tRussian officials are most polite)
has promised to look into the matter. We
don't know the size of the storage ware
houses uf the Russian foreign office, but
they must be very large. To furnish FL
ing room for the bleating American notes
and letters begging Russia to be good
is a severe strain on St. Petersburg's su-
perintendent Of buildings.
And there is another postponement to
give Russia time to ponder. This time
the adjournment is until after the Christ
mas recess. The next will be until
Faster, and then until autumn. and so on
in the good Cunctatory way of which
Russia is such n master.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-11
wheat supply Shrinking.

From the Memphis News-Scimitar
within twenty years the United States
will cease to export wheat. in my opin-
ion," said Dr. ]. Paul Goode. OF Chicago.
And ultimately, believe, the main
bread sources will be rice and corn. in
stead of wheat" DIR. Goode is assistant
professor of geography in the University
of Chicago. author. and officer of ma
tional geographic societies. For years
he has been making study Of conditions
affecting the problems Of food supply.
He returned recently from an extensive
tour of China and other Asiatic countries.