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his usual selling trip he and Henry met
as was customary. Darbey was rather
downcast. His bankers had warned him
they would not carry him much longer
unless conditions improved. Conditions
were not improving and there were no
signs that they would. Darbey spoke
without reserve and explained the whole
situation to Henry. That gentleman said
little until Darbey finished. Then he
spoke plainly.
You cannot go on this way, Darbey,'
he said, you will have to do as I have
told you many times. You must de-
vote your attention to the manufacture
ing end. You will have to make me
the New York selling agent | will take
over all your product and market it.
That will relieve you in money matters.
Il will make prompt payments and,
IL necessary, make such advances as you
require. The way you are going there
is nothing but disaster to result. 1t is
all very well for you to think you can
run this concern in the old way, but you
cannot. You will have to conform to
modern methods. You personally cannot
both manufacture and sell. You are all
right for manufacturing, but you are not
all right for selling Now we had bet
keting your stuff through me-"
Darbey didn't like the tone of Henry's )
speech and said SO.
You are talking as if you were Civ
ing orders instead of advice" he said.
Henry smiled enigmatically.
Il am giving orders" he said. Il
have a right to-"
''Whatn' exclaimed Darbey.
THAT is what / said" was Henry's
rejoinder. Il have bought control of
your company. have been picking up
the stock for some time. got it
cheap. You are working for me now
and l want this business conducted ac-
oording to my IDEAS"
Darbey gasped
Henry continued. 81 mean to conduct
this business on business lines, not as
one-man concern. You can look after
the shop up In Connecticut. I will look
after things down here You will be
relieved of all anxiety. I am going to
charge 20 per cent for selling. How
does that strike you?"
1T is outrageous said Darbey "It
is a shame. You have taken advantage
of me; understand me, taken my busi-
ness away from me. Twenty per cent
is little short of ---"
That is enough" said Henry. 1T
was all very well for you to do as you
pleased so long as you were in con-
troll, but I'm the boss now You either
do as | say or I'll take over not only
the selling end, but the manufactur-
ing"
Darbey went back to Connecticut a
much depressed man. He was bitter
and hard against Henry. But he saw
no way out of his difficulty. He set
tied down to his factory work He
plodded along 10 or 12 hours day
and tried to conform himself to the
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man in here. I won't sell my shares and
1 won't get out"
you won'ts' exclaimed Henry.
No" said Darbey.
Then a hard look came into Darbey's
face.
Look here. Mr.. Henry" he said. the
time has come for me to talk very plain
ly to you. You are a thief"
Henry started to jump up, but Daf-
hey. who was a powerful man. pushed
him back in his chair.
Don't get excited he said. Il am
ready to prove everything 1 say. You
are a thief. You have robbed the Dar-
hey Manufacturing company from the
day you became the selling agent. I have
the evidence. I have been collecting it
for nearly year. I have all the re-
ports that You made to this office and
/ have many of the bills that you rem
dered to customers. There is a wide DIFF
ference between the amounts you report
ed and the moneys you obtained. You
We're not satisfied with your 20 per cent,
outrageous as 1t was, but you have swim
died this company out of many thou
sands Of dollars and have done it coldly,
calmly and methodically for the purpose
of bringing this company into a posi-
ton where You could get the remaining
outstanding stock at your own price and
then, | suppose, sell the concern to the
trust at n figure that would give a hand
some profit to you. Maybe you have been
acting for the trust all through this,
don't know"
Then he told OF the incident of that
dealer who teephoned the order to the
factory instead of to the selling agent
the order for the 1915 goods Next he
told of what he had learned from that
salesman and from other statesmen of the
Henry concern.
II placed all this evidence in the hands
Of one of my young friends. a lawyer
named Davis" he said. "IIe tells me
can put you behind the bars If [ am so
disposed. The fact that you own a ma
joIity OF the stock of this compny does
not warrant you in robbing persons In
this affair and between us we have made
up our minds that we are going to take
over the control of the Darbey Manu-
featuring company. Mr.. Davis is in the
outer ROOM lie has all the bills, all of
of your statements, all the evidence He
also is ready to swear out a warrant for
your arrest. I do not want to go so far
unless il is necessary I want to be-
very fair and decent with you. I want
to make proposition. / will buy the
stock that you hold in the Darbey Man.
ufacturing company at 10 cents on the
dollar DO you accept, or shall I call in
Mr.. Davis?'
The Darbey Manufacturing concern is
doing business today 1t is not a s1Oo.ooo
corporation any longer It's capitalization
is $25O,OO0. Mr. Henry is not among the
stockholders. Mr. Darbey looks after
both the manufacturing and the selling
end. He visits New York two or three times
a year. At the Hardware club. he some
times sees Mr.. Henry, but Mr. Henry
has business elsewhere as soon as he
catches sight of Mr.. Darbey of Conncct-
icut
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Information is not accessible elsewhere.
ana we nave our manuscripts now so
arranged that We can tell students
"hene TO go without waste of time.
ne documents cannot be taken
away from the library. Indeed, a great
many have been given only on the spe-
enc agreement that they would never
go outside our hands. They can, how
ever be examined here and copied or
photographed This is, of course for
historic purposes 1t is not for sem
satlonal writing, and not as to the pub
ncation of letters relating to persons
now living. Many of the papers have
been given to the library on the con-
dition that they should not be put to
any sensational use. The later papers,
such as those of John Sherman and
other men of recent date, might IL
publlshed, involve many men still in
public life. We have to restrict that.
indeed OF all the papers after the tsme
Oh James X. Polk we. have to adopt
more or less restrictions"
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I AGUE, October 1S.-Good Queen
wilhemina is discontented be-
= cause the world is ugly; and she
asks imperatively what people meant by
making an ugly world. The troubles are
her palace and her daughter Also her
husband, who lately had to spend months
alone, and then with his wife and queen,
at Taunus in Germany, to cure himself
OF ills the nature of which no man knows,
not even the doctors Henry of Meek
lenburg was never beauty. Nobody ex-
poets it in man, but good Queen Will
helmina wants to know why her palace,
which she dearly loves, and her child,
which she loves still more, are not beau
tiful-why they are not as beautiful, say,
as the. palace of Diocletian at Spalata,
and the three daughters of Eurynome
All last winter good Queen Wilhemina
worried about her palace The fact is
she was badly lodged. Dutchmen are
thrifty, builders are lazy, bricks are
damp. There was only one pala ce-that
at odorous Amsterdam-where a foreign
sovereign could be housed; and the favor
ite country chateau of Het Loo was too
small and too troublesome. At first that
did, not matter Good Queen Wilhemina
was young and ION postcards) beautiful
she sought no ponlp or festival; and she
lived as quietly as did her ancient papa
when he married Emma of Waldeck
And now good Queen Wilhelmina has
grown exceedingly stout (even on post
cards.; and she wants more room and
wants to live like Queen. She loves
Het Loo, which is near Apeldoorn, right
In Hollands center, but Het Loo grew
impossible. Like everything near the
somnolent Zuyder Zee, it was neglected.
The good Queen and ugly Henry lived
in few rooms; the shutters Were al
ways closed, and dust heaped up in hills.
The palace grew ugly, and the good
Queen can stand nothing ugly-except
Princess Juliana.
Therefore last winter much money was
spent in putting Het Loo In order. Much
of 1t was rebuilt, and many rooms were
added. The work was mostly done when
the good Queen was in the Taunus, look
ing after ugly Henry, and it was to be
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Real Ronaces Of the Business Wod-A Plot That Failed
(Copywright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)

(Copywright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
4 NR. DARBEY considered the Dar-
MI hey Manufacturing company his
A' own, although he owned only
one-third of the 100000 stock. He had
started the concern, carried it along some
troublesome years, put up the building
In which it's product was made and per-
sonally engaged every man employed by
the company. He was Woodworking and
rather obstinate. He made knives, forks,
spoons, etc. F'latware is the trade term
for such stuff as distinguished from hol-
lowware. the name applied to metal
pitchers, urns, cups. etc.
Some years the company paid dividends.
Some years it did not When the trust
was formed Mr.. Darbey had chance
to be taken in, but, despite the advice
of some of his stockholders, he declined.
The terms offered by the trust we're not at
tractiye. In addition he preferred to be
independent He objected to trusts.
Mr. Darbey looked after. the manu-
featuring end and the selling end. lie
tried to look after everything. Some
fucH dlt tlldl way. puSlnOSo was hS'S
too good for him after the trust got
well under way. He felt it's scompeti-
ton keenly. He had trouble occasionally
In meeting his payroll. Frequently
he had to ask the indulgence of the
banks. The more he went to his bankers,
the more they shook their heads and
advised him to reduce the cost of pro-
duction or economize SO that he would
note have TO borrow.
When Mr. Darbey went out on SELL
ing trip he usually visited New York.
One of the men he met at the Hardware
club was Peter Henry. They discussed
the condition of the trade, had luncheon
together and occasionally visited show
They were quite congenal. Every time
Darbey came to New York Henry sug-
gested that Darbey make him selling
agent for the manufacturing company.
You ought to give all your time and
attention to the manufacturing end
he would say. you are a good sales
man, but you ought to stay at your fac
tory. / can do better for you at the
selling end than you can do for your
SELF
Darbey would smile. but would not
answer.
This went on for several seasons, Henry
all the time becoming more and more
pressing in his suggestion about the SELL
ing agency. Darbey had suspicion
that Henry had a connection with the
trust. but was not quite sure. Henry
never would admit it.
One spring when Darpey started on
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JULIANA UGLY AND WILHELMINA GRIEVES
BY BERNARD 1. osTLEa


ready for her copper wedding. A copper
wedding, unlike a leather wedding, is
not a joke. All Dutchmen and Dutch
women celebrate as their copper wedding
the completion of 1215 years of conjugal
joy. Cynics say, because after 12k comes
l3; and 13 is the end Of luck in horse
racing, marriage, poker and other sports.
When good Queen Wilhelmina came
back from the Taunus the scaffold poles
were all down and Het Loo showed its
new face. The good Queen was enraged.
Het Loo was ugly. She had left a small,
dingy, dear, romantic, weedy country
house; and she returned and found
brand new villa-palace. Het Loo was
indeed ugly. The facade was as ugly
as Henry. As ugly-though it's a shame
to say it-as the other gem of good Queen
Wilhelmina's heart, her daughter and
heiress, JuIiana.
denly. ugly as result of the good Queen s
incapacity to read architects plans; while
providence, working in its slow, insidous
way, was responsible for the facade of
little Juliana. Little Juliana is loved
Her nurses love her because she is low
ing; the coachmen love her because she
is Dutch; the Queen loves her because
she is Juliana. But all-nurses, coach
mon, Dutchmen and good Queen Wilhel-
mina-know, and know with pain, that
Juliana will never be beautiful-never
half as beautiful as the daughters of
Eurynome They observe Juliana broad
nose, Julianas dullish eye, Juliana' s
dropping mouth, and Julianas lank, dank
hair. BE good. sweet maid; and let who
will be beautiful is little Juliana' S
motto.
Many Dutchmen-even when good Queen
Wilhelmna is there-vist Het Loo this
though Het Loo is two hours and more
from Amsterdam, and two hours is a
long wait In compressed country like
Holland They come from Apeldoorn in
weed-grown steam tram car made by
Fulton or Archimedes; and they come
into the fine park and stare at the old
chateau There is a gardener there whom
they all salute as Queen Wilhelmina." :"
This sounds disloyal But the gardener
was once Queen Wilhelmina. -Four years
back when he heard of ugly little Ju-
liana's birth, he went mad with joy and
went up to Amsterdam, thinking he was
the Queen. He took off his clothes In
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A little later he met one of the
former statesmen of Mr.. Henry. The
salesman was none too we'll disposed
toward Henry When Darbey, in the
course of discussion about business, re-
marked that things were going none
too we'll the salesman blurted out the
statement that they couldn't go well :
that Henry was selling the Darbey
product only to such dealers as would
trust. and that Henry was really an
agent for the trust and handling a lot
of the trusts goods
Before those two men parted Darbey
got lot of details of the prices at which
that man acting for Henry had sold the
Darbey products. The man gave names.
dates and figures. Darbey made a mem
orandum of each and every item.
Thereafter when MIR. Henry, as usual,
complained about the factory costs and
insisted upon further and further econo-
mics, Darbey very hluntly declared he
could not make the stuff any cheaper.
He had cut things down to the bone
He told MIR. Henry he thought his criti-
cisms We're unwarranted The real econ
omies ought to be introduced in the SELL
ing end.
This brought some sharp retorts from
the New York office. and sharper ones
from the Connecticut end. Mr. Henry
lost all patience with the manufacturer.
and summoned him to New York Mr.
Darbey refused to make the trip. He
was too busy in the factory, he said If
Mr.. Henry wanted to see him he could
go to Connecticut. Mr.. Henry did so
promptly. He was wrathy when he en-
tered Mr. Darbey's office.
Mr. Darbey, he said, II do not like
the tone of your letters to me and | do
not like the way you have been handling
my business. You never have seemed
to recognize the fact that you have been
dislodged from the control of this COM
pany. 1 though you were goood manu-
facturer. l think so still, but | consider
that your efficiency is impaired by rea-
son of the feeling you have toward me.
Now this thing has to end. / have come
up here to make proposition to you.
This company cannot succeed. under the
present conditions. If you want to sell
your stock and get out, | will buy your
shares l will pay you 10 cents on the
dollar If you want to remain here as
my employe, as a sort OF supervisor,
will give you $25 a week. What about it?''
Mr.. Darbey hesitated for nearly hall
a minute, then he asked:
rs that the best you will doI''
YES" said Henry.
"Ten cents on the dollar is very little
for shares of this company that | have
been instrumental in building up and
that have been bound up in so long,
remarked Darbey.
well. do you accept or do you not?''
Henry demanded.
81 do not accept" said Darbey
Then" said Mr.. Henry, although I
am reluctant to do so, / will have to
dispense with your services and put one
of my own men in here, a man who will
do what want
No" said Darbey, you won't put a
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large sum for the purchase of the papers
of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
Hamilton. 1t paid about $4,000 for the
first installment of the Washington pa
pers and about the same for the second
installment. 1t bought two sets of Madi-
son papers. giving 10000 for one and
$4,000 for another. 1t gave $4,000 for
the papers of Alexander Hamilton and
about $4,000 for those of James Monroe.
1T also gave $4,000 for the jefferson pa
pers.
These payments had no reference to
the value of the manuscripts, and they
were mostly made In order to assist the
descendents of the several statesmen and
Presidents. This was especially so with
the money paid for the Madison papers.
1t was to relieve the wants of Dolly
Madison. and the money was so appro-
priated that 1t was paid to her in INSTALL
ments. This was mostly on account of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
BY FRANK G.. CARPENTER

it is now as well preserved as il it were
in a steel casket. The writing is in the
court hand of the seventeenth century.
''The library owes much to President
Roosevelt continued Mr.. Hunt. He
caused all the private papers and manu-
script of the state department to be
transferred to this division That de-
partment had no place for them. and
they were not accessible. These papers
are all here. They include those of
George Washington, Thomas jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe, the rec
ords of the Continental Congress and the
papers of Benjamin Franklin
How did the state department acquire
those papers?'' I asked.
They were bought by Congress away
back in the forties. For some unknown
reason Congress was particularly gener-
Gus at that period and it appropriated a
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to Henry and at the same time pointed
out that the heaviest load that the
company had to bear was that fright
full 20 per cent selling cost that Henry
exacted. Henry's reports on this score
were sharp. He made it plain to Mr..
Darbey that If Mr. Darbey would at
tend to the manufacturing end he would
have plenty to do. 1t was not for Dar-
bey to criticise.
One day a most unusual thing hap
pened. A silyerware dealer in neigh
boring town called Darbey up on the
phone He wanted a gross of GER
tain class of goods, and in describing
the articles he mentioned the price per
dozen, $50 That particular class of
goods did not sell at that price, but
much below, and Darbey thought the
dealer had made mistake. The dealer
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her wayward son, Payne Todd, who had
spent the greater part of his mothers
fortune, and who would have probably
spent this if he could have gotten it, 1t
was due to this provision that Dolly Madf-
son had sufficient to maintain her in her
old age She died in comfort here at her
house on Lafayette Park"
Has Congress recently bought any inn
portant collection of manuscripts
No Congress has bought no collections
by direct appropriation for a great many
years. The library itself has bought a
large number, but a great part of our
manuscripts are given to us. The ac-
cessions to the division come in three
different ways. Some of them are given,
others are bought at large price, and
others are sold to the library at sum
entirely out of proportion to their value
Many people would not sell their papers
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new conditions. When he needed money
he advised Henry. That gentleman
made advances. Occasionally Henry
paid a visit to the plant and looked
things over. Henry tried to be kindly
and gracious, but Darbey was not to be
deceived He knew Henry was not
satisfied and he also knew the business
was not improving. After year or
so Henry did not respond to money
calls so promptly as before. When he
did send money a complaining letter
accompanied the check The cost of
production was too high, he insisted.
Darbey must cut down expenses. Henry
could not meet competition. Darbey
got rid of a man here and there saved
every penny he could for the company
and watched every item of expenditure
closely. He reported all these things
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An Unfa miliar Locality

From the Youngstown Telegram.
The perfect stranger approached the
man about town and inquired:
f'Do you live here?"
Yep was the reply.
Know the town pretty well? p
Every hole and corner
"Al the public buildings"
Sure popi''
Where is the postoffce? p
After hemming and having for a mo-
ment or two the lounger answered apoI.
ogetically:
well. to tell the truth. l don't nsvoa
do much writin.''
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said he had not; that was the price he
had been paying. Darbey told him that
all the product of the factory was
handled through Mr.. Henry in New
York and he Would wire him to for
ward the goods at once, but mean
while he (Darbey) would like to see
the dealer and he would go to the
Dealers town that afternoon to have a
personal conversation with him. The
dealer said he would be- glad to see
him. Darbey made the visit. He had
confidential chat with the dealer and
the dealer showed to him the bills he
had from Henry. The goods were sold
to the dealers for S5.75. The return
made by Henry to the Darbey Manu-
featuring company was SO a dozen.
Darbey got all those bills from the
dealer and took them home with him.
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l won't sell my shares and
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-11-21
RussIA's POLICE SYSTEM.
II Has an Assistant In Every House In
st. PETERSBURG.

The Russian police system Is ex
tremely complicated. for 1t practically
gives Russia an assistant policeman in
every house IN ST Petersburg. The
landlord has private porter or acts as
porter himself. A porter has authority
to make an arrest. and he is Obliged to
rush from the house to the street at
the sound Of police whistle
As there is policeman stationed at
every block, which is the limit Of his
beat, and as every policeman within a
certain radius may respond with the
porters to the signal. 1t takes but q
few seconds to get platoon Of uni
formed men, with almost regiment
of porter policemen together.
Russia has also most elaborate
system Of training its policemen. and
some time ago there was opened at
St Petersburg a fully equipped police
mans college. designed to train men in
all tie various duties Of an officer Of
the law. At this college policemen are
made familiar with the tools used by
criminals. their teachers holding that
they cannot become proficient police
men In any other way.
The Russian policeman attends lee
lures at which burglars methods and
instruments are explained, so that be
can checkmate them. while he has the
advantage Of the criminal museum
which is attached to the college There
every appurtenance known to the
breaker Of the law must be expert
mented with until its every use is thor
oughly understood. Tit-Bits.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-11-21
AN ARCTIC DAWN.



The return Of the sun after the sir
months night OF the polar regions IL a
moment not to be forgotten. Ejnnr
Mlkkelsen. In his book. Lost IN the
Arctic.v describes the scene and the
emotions 1t aroused
''The loneliness Is so immense every
thing seems dead or IN a trance, wait
ing. as we. for the advent Of the life
giving sun At last the day arrives
when It should appear. but we do not
see II. for the weather is cloudy.
stormy and foggy. Not until the fol-
lowing day. Feb. 10. do we see lis red
disk once more. We stand outside the
house waiting. AT the end Of half an
hour we begin to grow impatient
AT last II comes. The glow to the
southwark deepens until IT almost
hurts the eyes: the mountain tops are
tinged with rose. slowly extending
downward toward us; then suddenly
red gold ray is flung out over the
ice. and we give a mighty shout Of
welcome--a cheer for the herald OF
summers summer that is to bring US
our delIverance.
"And we arc not the only beings that
rejoice. Far up above us sounds the
astonished cry OF a raven. II was hy-
ing eastward. but on seeing the sun II
changes its course and steers right for
It. with mighty strokes OF It's great
heavy wings. and calling. glad as we
to see the sun, a iire worshiper. as also
we have grown to be. We follow II
with our eyes until It disappears In the
eye Of the sun Happy ravenI II VIC
had but wingsl'