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to-" I bent down and Whispered
that scheme of the White House din
ner."
His eyes fell. II will be here" he
murmured. p
l left him abruptly and, hailing a
hack, instructed the driver to go like
the wind to the White House. Ar
rived there l dashed past the police
man at the entrance and past the Of
f1cials, straight to the private room of
the president. His secretary caught
me at his door. He must have thought
me mad. Then he recognized me.
II must e him." l cried.
The secretary nodded. HE said
you were to have admittance if you
should come" he replied, knocking
upon the door.
The president was seated at a table
with a document spread out before
him. At his side was a man whom
recognized at once as Mr.. Frothing-
ham, the eminent lawyer.
81 am making my WILL" he said
with a smile. ."My last day of public
duty must include time for a personal
settlement of affairs. WSelf;S he con-
tinued, what news have you? Is
there anything?"
Il can save you yet" l cried. "Tell
me, are there arms in Washington"
He c~onsidered; then shook his head.
There is an armory at Baltimore"
he answered. but where are the men
to bear the weapons?"
thought harder than I had ever
thought before.
IF you supply the arms I will sup
ply the men," I replied. "Is there not
the museum Of wal r~elics?, Does it
not contain two thousand weapons of
sorts--sabers and the old, early
breech-loaders of the sixties?"
Eyes; eaten through with rust," he
answered.
THAT is an unimportant detail. Give
me an order placing them at the dis.
posal of anyone whom / may nom
mate. That is my first request. And
my second is, invite me to the ban
quet tonight in the capacity of waiter,
so that l can see the result of my plan
to save the government"
The president hesitated a moment.
Then he wrote me the order for the
arms. "You shall be present as my
guest" he said, handing it to me. But
l demurred.
| II am known to several who will be
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across from me, attracted my atten-
ton. One of these, a gray-haired old
fellow, was evidently under the in
f1uence of liquor and talking loudly
and rather at random, while another
was endeavoring to quiet him, and
two more looked on with some con-
Germ.
II tell you there'll be something
doing in W-Washin-how's it go?-to-
morrow" said the old man, hlccough-
ing. "Wasser use OF being Stevens
sec-secretary if l don't know"
will you keep your mouth shut?"
exclaimed his companion, a man evil
IDENTIFY of his own age, in exasperated
tones.
"No, now Gardiner, keep qui-quiet,"
replied the drunkard, placing his hand
upon the shoulder of the other. I'm
not-going blab. Goo ole Gardiner.
Goo ole com-rade Grand Ar-Army Re-
public"
I could not repress the slightest
start. Gardiner! Where had I heard
tudI uduuS duu WHAT uiu IL pOlLSuu: IL
was only a few seconds before remem
brance came back to me. Why, this
must be the father of the third secre-
tary of the American embassy in Lon
don, who had warned his son of the
plot learned from the bibulous old
comrade of his boyhood, who occupied
the position Of secretary to the mil
lionaire senator, Stevens.
Hope, which had sunk SO low, sud-
denly famed up within me. 1t was
a frantic and well-nigh desperate
chance; just such a chance as had
often before pulled me out of the jaws
of danger. 1 crossed the room hur-
riedly. l beckoned to the old gentle:
man to an alcove.
mi. Gardiner" I began hurriedly,
II must have a half hour with you
upon a matter of the most vital ma
ture. Not now. In n hour l will be
back and meet you here"
"But, sir, sir" he spluttered, draw
ing himself up with offended dignity,
II do not know you, sir"
II know your son. said l, and told
him who he was. 1T is with relation
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men to obey them. Little, l knew. I
boarded a train and we went whirling
out Of the capital, under the tunnels,
then through the fresh Maryland
fields, parallel with the trolley cars,
until We halted at Hyattsville. And
there l saw the COWS and rows of
white tents of soldiers.
II thought the troops were camped
further out, at LAUREL" l hazarded to
a fellow passenger.
He turned upon me Indignantly.
"Mon," he said, with a broad Scotch
accent. do We no ken that yon's the
Gr-r-rand Army Of the R-republic?"
1t was the annual assemblage of
veterans that l had seen. AS the train
sped past the encampment there came
to my ears family, yet easily distin.
g%uishable, the fragments of one of
those old battle-songs inspired by
faith in the republic and love for her
that faith and love that hurled three
million men southwark upon the
bayonets of their no less gallant enc
mics. And it was the successors-in
many instances descendants of these
men-that were going to rob America
of her birthright of liberty!
A quarter Of an hour later had de-
scended from the train at Laurel and
was entering the lines Of the soldiery.
The maneuvers were over; the rifles
were stacked in front of the tents;
horses pulled at the picket lines;
forage and provisions, ammunition
boxes and paraphernalia of all sorts
were piled by the long line of transport
wagons A drizzling rain had set in,
and the soldiers shivered within their
tents. l tried to scent whether any
unusual excitement was prevalent
there, but there was none discernible.
The thought occurred to me to visit
General Bramwell, to make some wild
appeal to his patriotism; but I learned
that he was not there. He had gone
to Washington with several of the Of
icers of field rank that morning.
After a fruitless stroll and more fruit
less racking of my brains, l returned
to Washington by the next train.
At five o'clock l was back in my
hotel, packing up to leave. l would
not remain in Washington to be a
witness of the ultimate disaster. l
was waiting in the capacious hall,
while the porter carried down my
things. when the behavior Of a group
of men standing at the bar, straight
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here tonight" I answered. IT will
come as a waiter"
l hurried away and leaped into the
waiting hack, which l directed back to
the hotel. I found old Mr.. Gardiner
still waiting for me. We went into a
private Dom and sat down together.
Then l turned and faced him.
You offered up your life in your
youth freely, in order that the repub-
lie might endure" I said. HAS old
age so deadened you to every generous
principle that you a become the
sordid tool of such men as Jordans
and Stevens to overthrow your coun-
try's liberties?"
Gardiner turned pale. "What do you
know" he stammered.
II know that you half repent the
part assigned to you to play" 1 an
swered. II know that, overcome by
remorse, you wrote to your son at the
embassy in London, informing him,
urging him to take any steps that
might be feasible to prevent this con-
templated plan from being executed"
l stood up. mi. Gardiner" l said,
"the fate of the American republic is
In your hands,"
IL" he stammered.
"You can save her and only you"
"How?' he muttered.
I told him. AS I unfolded my plan
a,light Of enthusiasm dawned in his
eyes. He seemed to shake off the
lethargy of age, to become again a
youth, full Of noble enthusiasm and
patriotic purpose. When l had finished
he clasped my hands.
II. swear that l will succeed" he
cried.
Then go like the devil" I answered.
Evening was drawing on apace. I
had staked everything upon the single
chance: Gardeners ability to Illustrate
the coup d'etat by the means that I
had suggested to him. ordered the
porter to take my possessions up to
my roo again, followed him, and
changed into my evening clothes.
Then l descended the stairs, ordered
a hack, and was driven to the Whit
House, but ~leisurely this time. Tie
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MANY LIBELS ON %SALAMANDER
Myths About the Little Batrachian,
Long Accepted as Truths, Are =
Now Set Straight.

About that little batrachian, the
salamander, there has been much.
fiction written by those ancient natur-
alists, Aristotle, Pliny, De Thaun.
Porta, Marco Polo and Browne, and
by those of a later day, the New York
Evening Post remarks. The ancients
all agreed that the salamander was a
small reptile, a lover of cold and wet,
lever venturing from it's lair except!
in rainy weather. 1t was believed by
some that the salamander was a liv-
ing fire ex%tinguisher, just as If its
body were truly made of ice. Others
asserted that it lived and thrived in
fire. The fire resisting charm was
even ascribed to certain gnomes and
sylphs, as we'll as to the fair water
nymph, Undine. And so in fable and
mythology the salamander existed for
years considered both fire proof and.
fire extinguishing. -.
Pliny, a scientist of a practical turn,
put a ~salamander in a fire and con-
sumed both salamander and myth.
When asbestos was first discovered
it was thought to be salamander's
wool, and was made into cloth and
wearing apparel capable of being
cleansed by fire instead of water. But
Browne loosened this theory some
what in his exposure Of vulgar er-
rors, when he declared the salaman-
der to be "a kind of lizard, a quad
ruped . without woole furre
m hoiro,, poo1x;r~ c,,oL ~,@o1 o,%Lo-
ing a most hopeless undertaking. It
was Marco Polo, however, who finally
demonstrated that the real fire-proof
substance was asbestos, asserting at
the same time that the salamander
made of this material must be a min
eral and not a beast. /,
At one time the salamander had
another less acceptable power, that Of
poisoning whatever it touched, ami
mate or inanimate. This tradition did
not last long, and today it is known
that this animal is perfectly harmless
In truth, this batrachian is simply a
small amphibian resembling a lizard
but without scales, having a soft
moist skin colored in spots or bands
of yellow, orange or brown. In it's
early life it has an aquatic larval
stage, but in later life it puts aside
such childish things as gills, and, de-
veloping lungs, becomes ~air-breathinE
and behaves like an ordinary reptile
For it's habitat it chooses dark damp
places where it leads a quiet, peace
full life, feeding on aquatic worms, in
sects and very small animals.
For those interested in a study OF
the salamander DR.. Leonhard Stejne-
ger has written a paper on three ba-
trachians from Panama and Costa
RIGA. This paper is publication 1857
of the proceedings of the United
States National Museum, and deals
with two curious tree toads from
Panama and a new salamander from
Costa RIGA. This modern animal, 4
little over two and a half inches in
length, has a smooth brown skin
somewhat striped in lighter shade, .
wide, fiat head and a long cylindrical
tail. DR.. Stejneger, the author, has
named the new species after the col
lector, c. Picado, who discovered it
in La Estrella, southeast Of Cartogax
Costa RIGA.
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Origin Of Common SAYINGS.

Here are a few examples from Basil
Hargrave's "Origins and Meanings Of
Popular Phrases and Names: The
phrase every man Jack of them" il
explained as a corruption of the archa-
ic "everich" or "every-chon' (every-
one) into "e%very-John" and then
"every-Jack." "Hobson's choice goes
back to the seventeenth century. Tobi-
as Hobson, who kept a livery stable
at Cambridge, England, and who
would only let out his horses in
strict rotation, saying: This or
none.'" Mind your P's and Q's" il
said to be a reference to pints and
quarts in the old alehouse score, and
an admonition mot to allow the score
to run too long" Point blank" was
the white spot in the center OF, the tar
get, from the French blanc.
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Absent.Minded.

do you take this woman to be
your lawfully welded wife?" begins
the minister, when the bridegroom
Mr.. Cheetin Stox, the eminent lnan,
cier, interrupts with:
II don't remember"
Then, seeing the looks of amaze
ment on the faces of all, he realizes.
where he is, and exclaims:
Il beg your pardon! For the mo-,
ment l was thinking about my trial
last week. Certainly I take her,"-:
Life.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
Don't Oversmoke.
MOKING consists In burning

MOKING consists IN burning the
leaves of the tobacco plant
placed in the bowl Of pipe or
- rolled into a cigar or cigarette
and putting at one or the other. with
or without inhsiing the smoke into
the lungs.
The habit Of smoking may in3ure the
human organism In . twofold manner
The injury may be local. from exces-
sivc irritation of the lips and mouth
by the heat Of the pipestem or the END
Of the cigar. or the irritating eneeta
Of the tobacco smoke.
For It 10 In this manner that cancer
Of lip or tongue occasionally or's''
mates. Again. the injury may be gen
eral. from the absorption Of the to-
bacco poison. called nicotine, into ths
general circulation, and IN this man
ner allowing It to be carried to al
the vital organs Of the body.
Nicotine Is q very powerful poison
One drop Of nicotine 10 sufficient Il
kill a rabbit. and Ave drops are enough
10 poison q dog. The effects OF acut'
nicotine poisoning may be observed II
the youthful smoker when he begins
Though the quantity absorbed from
one cigarette 10 tiny. yet the beginne
(unaccustomed TO the effects Of TIN
poison) will suffer from disziness
headache, and nausea. ...-. 80 ..
After the smoking habit has becen
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
How to Add 1OYearstoY Your Life
By J. A. Husik, M. D.

established acute symptoms no longer
appear. and the effects produced oy
the smoking will be slow and insidi.
Gus and not at all recognised. When
smoking becomes excessive the symp-
toms Of the poisoning manifest them
selves In various ways.
Many smokers suffer from chronic
infiammatory conditions Of the throat.
The slightest changes In the condition
Of the weather will produce irritation
In the throat. Palpitation Of the heart
10 another symptom that attacks ex.
cessive smokers.
Smoking frequently brings on many
nervous conditions Of varying degrees
! Of severity. Thus states Of depression,
nervousness, dizziness. loss Of sleep.
headache. and in rare instances tenn
| poEary blindness-al these may result
from the excessive use OF tobacco.
1t is claimed by some authorities that
smoking produces the copdition known
. as hardening Of the arteries and pre-.
1 mature ageing. with a long train Of
severe diseases that lead to premature
death. It Is even claimed by some thai
the evil effects OF smoking. like those
OF alcohol. are ,transmissible from pa.
rent to offspring.
For all these reasons the habitua
/ use Of tobacco should be discoura ed
And II smoking 10 indulged in at all
the greatest moderation should be ex
ercised. Moderation in the use Of TO-
bacco win tend to preserve health ans
'prolopg life.
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OUR DUTY TO MEXICO.

Before the State Department sends uima.um Mexico it
would we'll recall its sad experience years ago
umatum Chile in the Alsop claim affair That Incl
den though little known the United States thoroughly under
stood in Latin America produced humiliation for foreign
and intensified the angonism against Uncle Sam throughout the
souherly Americas.
Mexico turbulent condition; how turbulence is
due elemental cusednss and ncapa Of the Mexican people, and
how far the Vaccinations Of business and exploiting
largely Amercan-we cannot be
Everybody knows vaguely that immense American interests
keeny concerned about development Mexico We know
Standard Oil and Standard Oils enemies involved
land municipal franchise and railway investments
deds Of millions Of American money We know these various
play politics and revolution in Mexico and politics and d.
pomacy here They CONTROL CONTROL the nte
between Mexico and American public opinion have
charges without end Of the suppression anng distortion and
uactre Of stories about Mexican conditions What
is invention nobody knows very surely
In such circumstances the last thing Government should do
is decide what Mexico must do 1t is taking long
chance Of making mistake playing the Of sku
at has its substantial for wanting American CONTROL
wanting Mexican faction down and another put up
service this Government do t. Mexico and American
there keep hands of and act only with the
on Of all facts Mexico will the whole do better
job Of running its affairs without outside help than with it,
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Fables of Everyday Folks
By Sophie Irene Loeb.
The Modern Conqueror

"GENTLEMANLY" way. 20 that not
even the lady HERSELF might take
exception to his folding his tent like
the Arab" and silently stealing away.
For the cdnqueror always has cum.
ming. and may SO contrive that the lady
has to cut the knot that has been made
or rather the spider web he has
na; IL ssS1ys sS Y, LEI. sss..s ss, T. n. w.ks By.
sueeess when not born Of actual
ACHIEVEMENT is but transitory
goddess, one dav he awoke to md that
he was no longer a successful man. He
had spent ALL In the conauering game.
But SO great had been his belief In
himself that he had thought he could
STILL create the spark OF sincerity
that he had awakened along the way
He now needed and WANTED sym.
pathy and love and kindness. For he
had been Introduced to grief and under.
stood the need OF comforting words and
deeds. He went BACK to those whom
he had put aside.
ills. each in turn had been healed Of the
wound and now RECOGNIZED him
| who had inflicted II In his TRUE liEht
! Indeed he was alone. It was coming
toward the evening OF things and hs
/ him that HATH love shall Be GIVEN
love. But to him that hath not. ever
that which he had FEIGNED shall b,
taken away from him.
He wished that he bad his life to liv,
al over Ia asain; ,,.., 50 that III .,h he might no
"SSf WHEN EN-" THE HiG's WAY = OF siS"fi THE CON
|96op iNTENTfoNs HE OFTEN OFTEN
SFALLs BY THE WAYSIDE.
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Mr.. Jarr and His Boss ...
Peek Into the uouo Club

and throwing q skinny woman. all
painted up. on the floor and spinning
her around and singing: oh, my Honey.
Amt II Funny! Take my Money! For
We're Going TO the Mississippi Lynch
ing Bee""
Eyes. l know" said Mr. Jarr. sympa'
theticauy.
Don't Mention It to Wife,
Says Boss.
had to 20 to one cabaret restaurant.
His unfortunate employer was veal
thy old man with silly young vile.
HE had to 60 to Broadway cabarets
night after night. o Death! Where u
thy sting?
mo-" Mr.. Jarr assured him. "there's
10 cabaret show. There was phono.
graph. but during g reform wave IN the The
"im glad to hear IT," said the boss.
And II you really think I'll enjoy the
evening you won't mention It to my
want me to 20 alone 10 places where j
might laugh too heartily and bring or
the hiccoughs."
this place. but not by Laughing heart.
III think you'li be interested"
"WeIl. don't mention that III be In
! terested before my wife. She doesn't
want me to be Interested In anything
except her. she's sueh'a childIyo.
knew knSy;. my wife-'hs'' such a pra'''er-'
/ Mr.. Jarr nodded. He knew his boss,
! wife; he had known her before the bos
had married her. She was then tn
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sprishtly Clara Mudridge. Yet even
then Il ran through Mr.. Jars mind
that although the iRdy was . prattler
gentleman who had endowed her with
Mr. Jarr didn't mention this.
Yes. my wife has the mind OF q
child-so Jealous: 20 chsrmingiy. petu-
sometimes a little trying We'iI-ahe,n!
Say It's matter Of business that calls
me out. Girl wives are that way. you
know"
They parted for the time being. and
after supper Mr.. Jarr noncha;antiy re.
marked that he would have to 90 ou,
with his employer on little business
matter.
She Thinks Its
Only A New Excuse.
That's q new one" said Mrs. Jar
dryly. "A very good one. too
Nov. there you go!" cried Mr.. Jar,
Indignantly. Just to prove It to you
you'll see I will call him UP at tn,
Highcosta Arms In q few mip,tes, ant
he'll come around for me In his moto
car. It's very important business
matter" ~
for his age and twelve.year.old siIe'
tit him. As for Emma. he might star
a bank account for her."
1--WE are not going out to do you
Christmas shopping early" remarked
~" "weiI, at least you Nigh, mentio,
iavalliere couldn't you? Don't tall
business all the time!"
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80 - ) {]%BSSSd 80;

there was something doing-when the
place was bright with light at night'
when Ransle and Rafferty, and Slavin-
sky and Muller and Bepier and the
other patrons OF the place. freed from
the duties OF their business and occupa'
tions. would be present with merry
auip and auirk and badinage to drive
dull care away.
II thank you for very pleasant
afternoon and the luncheon at the
Dodo Club" said Mr.. Jarr. as the boss
motor drew up before the Highcosta
Arms on Riverside Drive.
Here his employer dwelt. entirely sur
rounded by flunkies and onyx.
Boss Isn't Strong
For Cabaret STUFF.
But" added Mr.. Jarr. II would pre-.
fer II you could come with me to the
place I spoke Of at, say. about
o'clock. The place ! am going to take
you to Is a little livclier Of evenings.
mo cabaret show. hope. replied
the boss In alarm. MY wite-sne
only a child. You know-she WILL
drag me to cabaret restaurants wher'
they dance the mango
"Tango," corrected Mr.. Jarr.
We'll, It's suggestive Of rotten fruit
somehow" the boss went on. And
get 40 worn and tired and nervous tina
when I do get out Of the place ant
home I can't sleep. I want to get VI
and tump out OF the window. c'appih'
nv hands and bawling I'm the rag
time Garbage Man!
"You know. wiggling around room
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Here's a Book

, "Obed Hussey,' edited by u'.ett H.
Greene, Is the story Of the inventor OF
the resper for an acknowledgment OF
his achievement. and Its subsequent
success.
The story 10 = rather disjo.nted one,
being made from pamphlets published
IN the past BY enthusiastic friends OF
Hussey, and reprinted together with
test !monials and facts from the other
sources. Aside from the 9bvious pur-
nose OF riRhtfully crcditinE Hussey
Min Win the invention OF that great ma
chine which helped to make bread
cheaper, quite q little history has
slipped into the pages OF this inter-
esting bit Of testimony.
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
Thinks the Police and Flremen Pen.
siOns OUGHT to Be Attended To.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
There has been quite a number OF
urgent appeals to the public spirited
citizens OF the city OF Washington.
earnestly requesting their financial as a..
request. l have In the last seven or
eight months closely watched the daily
papers to see II anyone would make
any effort to assist in straightening ~
out the police and firemen's pension
bit OF consideration BY the citisens OF
this community to such men as risk
their lives to show them that there Is
some small consideration for the EFFORTS
community. There IL undoubtedly
quite number of homes partially OF
fully depending upon the small pittance
that IL monthly given to those who are
supposed to receive a pension.
Should this get to the attention oi
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QCAINTED with grief.
! For one can truly sympathize with
another when he has felt the SAME
pain. r SO, having through no great ef-
fort achieved his measure Of success.
this man viewed himself to the air OF
'Scs the conquering hero comes!"
This would have all been very well II
his battle -ground-WOMAN. He pos
sessed conceit-plus.
Therefore, let a daughter Of Eve come
his way, and should she prove to be his
pa ssing FANCY he would al once spot.
look In the mirror and say to himself.
How she loves mel"
When the fancy had passed and. like
| Caesar, he could say. II came, l saw.
conquered" he would wend his way In
the direction of the next sweet smile OF
appealing glance.
! oh, Of course It was all done In q
The Washington times., 1912-12-23
He Supports the George Report And
Gives His Reasons.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
am curious to know how many Of
the members OF the finance committee
Of the Board Of Trade that considered
and reported on the George report are
OF he small househalder class-the
Sas bssn wSn Hro.siy
For my own part. accept the George
report, and for the following reasons:
W Expert Brown 10 unbiased; (O he
knows whereof he speaks; (O a radical
change In the personnel and in the
business methods of the District gov.
ernment 10 badly needed-the former,
with few exceptions, being incompetent.
and the latter, for the most part, an
tlQuatcd. ANTI,BUNCOA6E.