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intimacy with Medical Student, has placed me upon a Professional plane where my advice to Doctors will not fail upon the ground unheeded, and I there fore make bold to recite a few receipts to the profession at large;
 When calling to see Patient, 1t is m- rortant that your first Diagnosis should be correct-therefore be sure that the Diagnosis is signed by the Depositor. en dorsed on the back properly. and do not get it casbed before the Bank closes.
 When you observe that he is slowly sinking, unload your latest Medical joke on him--he will be sure to rouse up suf- flciently to say that he has heard tha. joke before. Then enter a charge of Ten dollars on your book against him for ad- dtional medical attention; if he gets well he won't mind paying 1t. if you'll prom ise never to repeat that joke to him again-if he dies-which is likely no one will attribute it to the joke.
 DO not permit the Patient 10 touch Alcoholic Stimulants; if he should get in reach of your coat-tail pocket change your flask to your Medicine case. When you desire to take q snifter tell your Patient that you have to step down Town to bury friend. and then do you ambe out in the hall and bury about half pint of booze beneath your sorrel moustache Then put an item of Burial Expenses S10.f in your bill. M
 This here Aneedote that I am a going to saw off on you felows~aint got any thing to do with Doctors and Medicine, but its kind of a joke on my boy Jim. That Youth Is husky citizen-nineteen years old-and he hefts mighty near two hundred pounds said Esquire whaci- CTS. the Justice of the Peace. Jim is a doing of his first courting, and he is just about as industrious in that line of bus mess as nee in tar bucket He courts from morning to night-week day and Sundays, from Dan to Beersheby. But he can't spin out this Society con versation-he gets as silent as a mud turkel when he is with his girl Talks all right at the Cross roads stose ard on the ball ground-buly hand to conduct a conversation with men only-dnest con- Nersationalist In blowing a balky mule you ever heard monkey with %he Ameri- can Language. but when in the presence of lively female gal after whom he Is hanSering. that 6by Is Deaf and Dump Institute. His mouth would go of every- where except in the presence of little Polly Curry. Night after night Jim watched the hands of the clock mark twelve, while he had offered but one re- mark per hour. Miss Polly complained to Ter Pa Of the late and silent hours kent in her company by Jim, and the Colonel decided he would remedy the matter; so that on last Tuesday evening he entered tie Parlor when Jim called. and from that time on the Colonel and Jim main tained a lively conversation for two hours on Crops. football. politics and religion.
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Copyright, 1912. by Frank c. Carpenter.)
 Guatemala City. Guatemala.
 WANT to give you birdseye view of
 the Guatemala republic. It is the . biggest of all the countries of Central America, and should the policy of Sec retary Knox reform it's currency and give 1t peace apdAgood government it will be the paradise of fine North American con- tlnent. It is already a Garden of Eden as far as it's natural resources are con- cerned, and American money is begin ning to make some parts of it blossom like the famed rosebush at Pasadena, cal. have never. seen land richer than fthat which I came through on my way up 10 Guatemala City. I landed at Port Barrios, on the Caribbean sea, and came up the Motagua valley to tho foot Of the mountains through a region of ba- nanas and jungles as fine as any to be found on this continent. Five years ago that country was nothing but jungle. lt was a tropical paradise, with palm Trees over 100 feet high, and a mass of Vegetation like that of the lower slopes of the Himalaya mountains or of the well Watered valleys of Africa. Americans have already cut down about 2000o acres of that region and have planted it to tbananas
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attitude of his victim. All the while he had been certain that Hearne was guilty. Each day he hoped that the man would confess. Thus each day he pressed the fight. Dog gedly lie followed the footsteps of the doomed. He walked with him, sat with him, dined across the aisle from him, and when he slept he looked upon him with those strange, startling eyes, and was satisfied when the sleeper rolled about and became awake. All the while he uttered no word, simply stared asking with those eyes question: making now suggestion, expres- sing now wonder that his victim still en- dured.
 Aud thus they came to Egypt in their flight. Du Bar saw still more awful change in Hearne. The man was to all prac tical purposes inanimate. He saw and did not sec He walked as one dazed and un- knowing But the detective was without mercy.
 ''He will speak today, he said, the long hunt is over.'
 As Hearne attempted to retire that night he was crazed. He hastened from du Bar, looking in every direction, and step ping as if he trod on glass Up the steps he ran, followed Reaching his chamber. he slammed the door in the detectives face.
 Quickly he turned the light and leaped in bed. He was mumbling and iibbering. Throughout the night he saw those dread ful eyes beholding him.
 sConfess!'' they said, and we will dis appear"
 Then they danced about the walls, nov { ing rapidly from the floor to the ceiling and back again, growing larger growing small CT, but never dulIer--their light proving upon his brain and making him madder, madder all the while
 ''Leave mev' cried the victim, sitting up.
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tary Knox, everything looks spick, span and new, and the whole town shines like Aladdlns Palace, which sprang up In @ night.
 Triumphal March of Secretary Knox
 The trip of the Secretary through Qua temala was like the triumphal march Of an emperor. l was on the train thai brought him over the mountains. He was received upon landing by the chief officers of the army and navy and by the eapA- net officials, who came days ride rom the capital to be present at the landing When our gunboat entered the harhor a salute was fired in his honor. and the spe- cial train was a mass of green palms ana flags The port of San Jose was dee- orated, and not only that but every one of the towns through which the tram passed on that days ride up to the capl- tai often the railroad was lined with palms for a long distance out from the towns. and at every city there were school children dressed in the national eoiors' who waved American flags as the Seere- tary passed by At every stop a band was on hand to play salute, and Wheii the train ran along the shores of Lake
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In Switzerland. Both of these lakes are great resorts, and in the future they may be winter homes for the United States. Lake Atitlan has IS islands and the native Indians will row you about from place to place. It's waters have no large fish, and the story goes that this. came from their being cursed by the priests because the people of the capital got their fish from there and made the Indian slaves do the fishing. Another wonderful lake is that of Yzobel on the Atlantic side of the country. It is really an arm of the seas which flows through a rough can yon with a valley and there spreads out in wide sheet of silver.
 And then there is a sulphur lake in the Tecuamburro volcano, which is 1900 feet in diameter It lies right in the crater and it's straw colored waters bubble forth sulphurous gases. This lake Is like the Dead sea in that 1t has no fish, and not far from it is little geyser called the Well of Death, which Is said to kill birds, reptiles or anything that passes which breathes it's fumes I heard of similar geyser during my stay in Central Africa, and was shown photographs of deer which had been killed by-it.
 Some Wonders of Guatemala
 But these are only few of the won ders of Guatemala. The whole country is one of mountains and valleys; of great canyons and stalaetite caves. It has one waterfall TOO feet high, and hot springs which remind me of the Yellowstone There Is a volcanic lake surrounded by basalt cliffs 90 feet tall and the surface of the lake itself is
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Scene AtA Station !.

higher than the top of Mount Wash ington Another lake is said to have a kind of red fish which were imported by the early missionaries and about 40 miles from here on the road to Sal vador Is the Bridge of Slaves, which was built 100 years after Columbus dis covered America. It is 10 feet wide and 375 feet long. It is made of stone and there are many legends concern ing the building. One of these is that the devil put it mp in a single night on contract with the architect who agreed to give him his soul as the price of the job. The devil had finished lay ing the stones into place and had about completed the work when the day was dawning. Just at that time, however the man who had made the contract repented, and asked back his soul thrusting at the same time crucihX in the face of the devil. His satanic majesty thereupon, tried 10 kick over the bridge; but he succeeded in knock ing put only one stone, which, l am told, is still lacking.
 A White Mans Country
 Guatemala lies in the tropics, but Its altitude makes il white mans coun- try. The climate of the uplands is perpetual summer. The winter of the capital is warmer than that of Los Angeles, and one can hsve any kind of climate he wishes by choosing the altitude. There are in fact, half dozen zones. There is the hot zone, which runs along the sea level This is so warm that negroes are brought in to work the plantations Above 1000 feet, the climate is cooler and at from 2000 to 5000 the temperature ranges from 62 to 77 the year through. If you want to go still higher. you can find colder weather. In the whole republic there are only two seasons the wet and the dry, and on the higher lands the wet season is pleasant.s The rain fall varies in different localities. In the banana lands through which I came on my way here 1t amounts to about 100 inches per year, and little be- yond that is strip of land which is as dry as Arizona or New Mexico. There are mosquitoes in the lowlands, but farther up the country is comparatively free from them
 A Rich Land in Hands of Germans
 Guatemala has some of the best soil of Central America. The land will raise anything I see the finest of grapes, oranges, lemons and pineapples in the markets, and also tomatoes as big around as baseballs and apples which look like Albermarle pippins. There are papaya and melons of all kinds, and every sort of vegetable under the sun. The country is one of coffee and corn and the great part of 1t will raise cot ton.
 At present coffee is the chief money crop of the republic. The harvest amounts to from SO,OOO.000 to 100000 900 pounds every year, and the coffee is so good that it all goes to Europe.
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The plan tdtlOnS are ldlSelS III tilt HdH"s of the Germans who are gobbling up the best lands, and the best business of all kinds in this part of the world.
 During chat which I had the other night with a leading American he told me that the Germans already own So per cent of the coffee plantations. Some of them have bought their property during the hard times of the past and others have married the daughters of rich Guatemalans The Germans learn the language as soon as they enter the country and many of them settle down and do not leave until they have made fortunes. They are more farseeing than the Americans and they are laying their plans td monopolize the republic.
 Here at the capital the Germans are a close corporation. They have their own club. and they do everything they can for Germany Not long ago some Americans got concessions for electric railroads here in Guatemala City They thought their rights were exclusive, but they found that the Germans, who owned the electric light plant, had some rights also as to railroads. The Americans then tried 10 buy the light plant, and, failing that, to get the bal ance of the railroad concession. The Germans refused on the ground that they did not want American machinery to come into competition with the Ger man electrical machinery The elee- trical field here Is now in the hands of the Sieihans- Hoskie company, and tho Westinghouse and General Electric conn panies of the United States will find 1t hard to get a foothold. The capital Is lighted by waterpower from the falls of the River Mlchitoya, the insulation con sisting of four turbines, operated by n Hume GOO feet long. Tie works have cost about million dollars in gold.
 Secretary Knox and Central America
 And just here 1 would say that Amer ican interests have been greatly benefited by the visit of Secretary Knox to Central America. This is so not only of Guate- .1lala but also of Coela Rica and SalNn-
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dor, and to some extent of Nicaragua. l first met the Secretary in Costa Rica and I saw something of him also during his stay here in Guatemala. He was treated like a king by all the republics. When he landed in Costa Rica the gov ernor of Port Limon was at the wharf and a special train was ready to carry him to the capital. There were signs of welcome at every station. and the Costa Rican flag and that of the United States waved side by side everywhere. At San Jose Mr. Knox was given a grand dinner in the foyer of tho $4000OO0 theatre and that night the seats were taken out of the orchestra and the stage raised, to give ball In his honor
 Honduras and Its s400O Carriage
 The Secretary was treated with great respect in Nicaragua and the same was true of Salvador. He was not able to go to Honduras, but that country made great preparations for him. The officials expected to bring him from Amapala, their port on the Pacific, over the noun tains to Tegueigalpa, the capital. which lies three days by stage in the interior, and to do this they sent to Guatemala for
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This map shows us the exact nature of the country With the exception of two strips of lowlands lining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it is all mountains and valleys. It has scenery which is equal to that of Switzerland, and the beauty about it is that it is green all the year round Ii is largely volcanic. Guatemala has 2S volcanoes, ranging in height from the mountains of thes Alle- ghenies to those of the Rockies and some of these volcanoes are still in eruption. Right here in Guatemala City, which is almost as high as Denver, can see vapor rising from the Volcano de Agua, and last night there was fire all along its south slope. Many of the strangers here thought the mountain was in erup- tion, but we afterward discovered it was only forest fires which had sprung up in the woods. The most of the volcanoes of Guatemala are perfect cones, and many of them are the equals of Fuji- yama in their symmetrical outlines.
 Lolling at the map below us, we see that one of the mountains is half blown away. This is the Volcano of Sapta Maria. which burst forth about 10 years ago and destroyed many villages COW ering the cepntry with Volcanic ashes. Farther over you may see Paeaya, which has had half dozen eruptions since the Spaniards came.
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Sulphur Lakes and the We'll of Death

Some of the lakes of Guatemala are wonderfully beautiful. Lake Atitlan, which is on the west slope, is an inn mense sheet of blue. with five volea
 noes surrounding it, and Amatitlan, which is an hour or so by rail from the capital, is in sight of Volcano de Agua, and is as beautiful as any lake
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And just here 1 would say that Amer jean interests have been greatly benefited by the visit of Secretary Knox to Central America. This is so not only of Guate- mala, but also of Costa Rica and Salva-
The evening world., 1912-11-08
POLICEMEN IN HOT WATER.
Two Faii 10 Appear as Witnesses
ana waldo IL NOTIFIED.

Policemen Horn and Berbenack were
Subpoenaed TO appear to-day at the trial
OF Frank Monroe Of No. 81 Third avenue
accused OF selling cocaine. When the
case was called neither was in the court
room. Judge Foster held the case open
for two hours and then adjourned court
asking Assistant Distr!ct-Attorney Dele
banty 10 communicate with Commits
sio- ~ Waldo.
Judge Foster said there would be .
citation for contempt II the process
server was sure he had served the righ'
policemen. Mr.. Delehanty called up thu
police station. but he was told that Horn
and Berbenick were down In Juds'
Fosters Court"
Charles T.. Foye. a one-time member o
tho Becker Strong Arm Squad. refused
to make positive Identification OF Vitt
Paterno OF No. 81 Third avenue as the
man he arrested on June 90 for selling
liquor without a license. Justice Rus
sell. sitting with Justices Zeller and
stienert In Special Sessions. asked As
sist mt District-Att wilmot TO scns
a transcript Of the testimony TO Mr.
Waldo.
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WINNERS At PlMllC0.

FIRST RACE-All ages maidons an,
WGnners OF one race six furlcngs.-Am
Hsose, 20 (Ambrose). 10 to !. to a,c
3 TO I. first, Csdeay, % Ford), 10 to
{ % ! and : to e. second: Robert Bradl'"
o GSkiryln). to :, to and to .
third. Time. lis 20. star Gaze, Mon
epliAn. Jim CAREY. Bryndown. skib
b>reen. Judge Wa.sc-. Loire Star. Roya
Message also ran.
SECOND RACE.-.For -year-olds;
IN furlongs-floney Bee. 70 Connolly
Z 10 1, s to ana to 3. hrs, George
Stoll. l07 (Martinl 9 to ,, to and 10
8. second; Uncle Obie. 100 uangfordJ
50 to I, q to AMI &c to /, third. Time,
LII. Mohawk Boy. Votes. Roseitaire,
willis. Chicane, Razusa, Big Dipper,
Turkey in the Straw, Chuckles, Mamma
Johnston, Frank Hudson and j. II.
Gray also ran.
THIRD RACE-Selling three-year'
olds and upward one mile and three.
sixteepth.-warhorn I07 Honman).
70 6. q to 30 and out, hrst. Patton, 1l1
(Butweli). Q to 1, 4 to and TO ,
second; Brs sker Roy. 100 Ferguson)
10 to /. . to 1 and to 10. third. Time
S.Oa as. Michael Angelo. stairs, Annie
Sellers and Accord also ran.
FOURTH ACE.-Three-yesr-olds an'
up; six furlongs-Union Jack. 100 Ford)
. 10 q 3 to 8 and I 20 3, frst; Rye straw
IL Fergusonl. 7 to !. TO and TO
second; The Bus, body, 100 tButwelD. i
10 8, 4 70 and to 6. third Time
l.H 3-5. Napier was scratched. As.rolo
a~r, Henry Hutchison. Syiveatris, Car
Aiff, Dpper. Fatherola also ran.
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RACING RESULTS AND ENTRIES
lATONlA ENTRIES.

The entrie. for tomorrow at Latonia
are as follows:
FIRST RACE selling; thee ye.r "a: ard np
wafi. 81 fnr,onye -EAgnant, 20, Tile, Nsnt
mare 100; THO leach. io DJncns, lcs j"
sErdNb EScE. ~H,ndi'Sp. All s..s. 81, fur
Ira. trlsld. 10 Mg''iussn 10y r c.'h II f
HaNthlfrt III rs'Jliin, 10. -,,.. II,
THIRD RACE e. Haat-cap! two.jesr.olh.. ~
&c us " ssiisr 70 f;Irii,s Tom, ioi ko;T,
tl,,n, ioi Tbs Niiot Noon, ii3. 90 We'll. III
Klehurue III St'1- star. l21. 90
10. rs .nl ans a E .iYs.ne u 81 cate
3, % Font ~ ccsn, ~ i. T in, ~, ii% "g
col. hnllov. ICE. iiisn Pntse. lio st'r chai
ter 10 'Wls- a VI iarv3 entfg.
FIFTH RlCE. bap'irap year ode and W
Wari. one mih Aal scvcpy yard. -Cy Lad. rs
Waite 81 ~ iu2. Ar. o-. id2, DOE peoold los
Noithntpe H.
ws-i one .ul one -sitteent1 milts- EWih lD
Cioso,ef. iO2 ouacusgn, los HUSKY ld, 100
F1u' 100; Corsg.osn. ice; NoasGc lol MI0f
u. ios H'chdi. 100 fsate' DuS'er. 100 Mer
~ Lad no.
heaN
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Cosgr ess Of Freak Trunks.

WARRINGTON. Nov. a-Ths cloak
sad suit trade appeared In great
strength bsfore Special Examiner Mar.
0Aaii Of the Interstate Commerce Com
niaion yesterday 70 protest against tbs
Oroposal Of tue railroads TO limit the
Gss and shape Of trunks. Al times there
Was scarcely room IN the hearing room
~ the lawyers and witnesses because
freak trunks occupied most Of the space.
n edition the railroads had = large
collection OF freak trunks ct tho Uniol
station. The examiner went there and
0arked each a. an exhibit.
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Appleton May Succeed organ.

ALBANY. Nov. Col. Daniel Ap-
pleton Of the Seventh Regiment. New
York. may be named by Gov. Dix to
succeed Major-Gen. John r. Organ.
recently retired. according to reports
current here to-day. Tho Governor de-
clined to dAscuss the matter.
The evening world., 1912-11-08
Rus.lan Mutsn-.rs 10 Die.

SEBASTOPOL, Russia, NOV. s.-The
naval court has sentenced seventeen sail
ors to death and 1906 to imprisonment for
from four to eight years at hard labor
for instigating mutirAes in the Russian
feet.
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overture. lie Carnival Romain."
N,zts symphonic poem. "Mazcppa." and
wagncr's prelude TO Die Meister-
singer" each and all played with the
compelling power and brilliancy 10
which this orchestra has accustomed us.
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FOR SALE.

DIAMONDS. Watches delivered; convenient pay
.mSnts Acce tded; representative calls telephone.
s1NDlCATE COMPANY" II East 14th.
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HELP WANTED-MALE,

YOU NC MAN wanted as order clerk and office
assistant, with some knowledge % accounting
quick and accurate in fisurv, permanent position.
Address in own handwriting statirg exlerienre,
salary expected and references Dept. f., Rand
McNaily Co, az r.. ed st.. New York City,
LINOTYPE machntst operator. four machines.
morning paper, 100 miles from New YORK; mist
he strictly first class machinist. and union. I'd.
dr.i with references, stating wages expected. ".
]. H.. hox 743 World.
POSITIONS waiting for boys who can operate
muitigraph: we can train you In four weeks
y. ~ c. A.. 3os W. 57th ct
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The Lenten Season

It has been said in recent years that Lent is not as strictly observed by mem bers of those historic branches of Chris tendon that have strict rules pertaining to the 40 days fast as it was generation ago. But from my own observation there is little difference between now and the years gone by.
 From my reading 1 learn that the church in the early ages promulgated laws of greater austerity than one finds in the discipline of today. The piety of the early Christians was of the heroic type, but when we consider the vastly larger num- Der of adherents to the church in the pres ent time as compared with centuries ago there is as much piety as ever, prob ably much more. This is a feverish, skeptical age but nevertheless Lent is observed strictly by more Catholics, Orth- odox Greeks, Anglicans and Lutherans than ever before in the history of Chris tianity.
 In this country the Protestant Epis- copal, or Anglican communion, observes about the same rules as are laid down for Roman Catholics. They are practi- cally the same, at any rate, in relation to theatre going and social entertainments. Good Catholics and good Episcopalians alike keep away from places of amuse- ment and decline all invitations to. teas, luncheons and banquets during Lent