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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
The body of an apparently wealthy
woman, with one wrist enclosed in a
handcuff, Is washed ashore ON a grating
at Lonesome Cove. Professor Kent, a
visitor, interests himself in the case, and
learns family secrets of Wilfred Blair,
VINO subsequently Is announced as dead,
and a funeral is held. Francis Sedgwick,
an artist. is accused of the murder of the
the wife of young Blair and fallen in love
with her. Kent and Sedgwiek learn that
the supposed grave of young Blair con-
tains only coffin Weighted with sand.
Kent goes to Boston and visits an
astrologer. whose advertisement he
found in one of the papers taken by
the Blairs. On the way he sees Mrs
friend introduce him to her. From
this friend he finds out that Wilfred
Blair disappeared from the house
about the time the strange woman
was seen In the vicinity of Lonesome
Cove and never returned. Kent learns
that Mrs. Blair has lost necklace
and other valuable jewelry that had
come down to her from her grand
mother. He produces the portrait
finds it is Elliotts painting of the
grandmother The two visit Preston
Jax. an astrologer who he finds has
a badly bruised wrist. lax tells of hav-
ing arranged a meeting at Hawkill Cliffs
with woman who gave him jewels and
chained him to her with n pair of hand
cuffs. and attempted to drag him into the
'difficulty. The woman, he said,
jumped from the cliff and he heard
a Shrek of a mans voice about the
same time,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
FIRST NEWSPAPER WAS
PUBLISHED in ROME

The first newspaper in the world
was probably the Roman Acta
Diurnae, which. it is said, was pub
lished in 691 B. c.
Later there came the Acta Senatus,
containing an account of the various
matters brought before the Senate,
the opinions of the chief speakers,
and published regularly every day by
command of Julius Caesar. This
formed the earliest approach to the
modern jurnal
The first London newspaper was
issued in the time of the Stuarts. This
was the Weekly News, and the date
of its binth about 1922. The Post Boy
was the first daily and 1t began some
seventy years later.
London used to possess the cheap
est journal ever published. 1t was
called the Six-a-Penny, and subscribe
ers of one penny per week had the
paper delivered to them every day,
while single copies were sold at one
farthing
Nowadays. Germany's list of news
papers is the largest in Europe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24

Presently fair young girl with a
startled look in her eyes appeared,
wrapped in her dressing gown, her
golden hair falling over both Shout
ders When she saw the men and the
serious look upon their faces, and
even before they saluted her, she
knew that her uncle was dead and
that she was queen of England.
Thus began the long and glorious
reign of Queen Victoria, and then
began also the renown of Bucking
ham Palace. to which the young
queen removed. as the London home
of the reigning sovereign. For up to
that time Buckingham Palace had
served but as a temporary stopping
place for the king. 1t was built by
the Duke of Buckingham in 1903 and
purchased by King George III. in
1861, and occasionally occupied by
him; George ". had it remode.ed by
Nash in 1925: but it remained empty
until 1887. when the young queen
came there to live. 1t is large
quadrangle. beautifully located at the
west end of ST. James's Park. The
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
CONTINUED from Yesterday


She glanced carelessly at the rings.
II think so. Yes. But this is what
matters to me"
These are all that Preston Jax
found on the body"
Alexander Blair leaned over from
his seat the better to take Preston
Jax, at the other end of the Crescent,
under consideration.
SIT was you who found the body?"
he demanded.
YES" said the astrologer uneasiy.
Were you alone when you found
it?"
Eyes. No. don't know, There
was man somewheres near I
heard him, but I never saw him.
WAS Mr.. Francis Sedgwick with
you that night?" pursued Mr. Bliar
in measured tones.
81 never saw Mr. Sedgwick until
today"
There was a little soft sigh of relief
from where Marjorie Blair sat.
THAT may or may not be true
said Alexander Blair sternly. 1T is
the word of man who has robbed a
dead body, if, indede, he did not also
kill
Steady, Mr.. Blair broke in Ches-
ter Kent. perhaps, considering who
is present, we would better approach
this in a somewhat calmer spirit
IT didn't kill or rob any one"
The words seemed to be jerked out
from between Preston Jax's teeth by
the spasmodic quiverings of his chin.
How came you by my daughters
jewels. then, If you did not take them
from the body?"
whoever said l didn't take EN-
from the body?" retorted the other.
Il did take EN-. hut it wasn't rob-
berry. And what ] want to know is,
how did they come to be on the body,
ANYHOW? What was that Astraea
woman doing with your daughters
rings and necklace? Tell me thatl'
wait a moment put in Kent.
Explain to Mr. Blair, Jax, what your
purpose was in taking the jewels.
ITO hide EN-. ! thought the less
there was on the body to identity it
the better chance I'd have of getting
away. | was so scared that | guess
| was half crazy, anyway. And now.
/ hear, she never has been identified.
Is that right"
Sheriff Schlager half rose from his
chair "Ain't,you told 'em, Professor
Kent?o
| Kent shook his head.
Nor you. Mr.. Blair?"
mo"
Then l don't see why we can't keep
it among ourselves" said the sheriff.
"Gansett Jin's tight as clam. No
body'll ever get anything out of him,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
RIGHTS THE STATES WILL NEVER YIELD.

REPRESENTATIVE BARTHOLDT, of Missouri, must be
of such of if he has any vision of
give the federal government
power egae concerning the rights of alien citizens and
this country and other countries Mr.
arhodts plainly inspired by the dispute with
Japan alien land ownership in California 1t strikes at
rights great majority of the States especially in the
would yield 1t is hard enough to get
the threeourths of the States to ra an amendment
election Senator'S which appeals
public sentiment Imagine the legislatures of thirty
voting surrender their right to regulate their in
affairs. 1t will pass
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
DRIVING VICE FROM CITY TO CITY.

CITIES THAT have undertaken to clean their vice
vicious characters do where these
characters long they gotten rid of Other cities get
Them of they permitted to establish resorts
in other parts of the the infection of vice into
negborhoOds If other cities them what's the
moraity Is it right that the moral refuse
Of city should be swept into another city? And in what other
way Again reformatory efforts by the
ftfu Vigilance becomes relaxed and the vicious
their old The pulling prob
lem refomers what to do with the of
degraded womanhood in the cities of the country Keeping these
the from city city does good but
rather harm Perhaps there practicable PLAN and the
done be in the way of prevention by
striking the for the downfall of women.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
A BIT OF WORLD MISREPRESENTATION.

NEW YORK Globe sharply takes the World to task
for of its deliberate misrepresentation The predatory
trusts obvious using every including the
World Congress the President to kill the rider to the
sundry civil appropriation bill exempng labor and farmers
organizations the penalties of the Sherman anti
The World Saturday said the exemption was on
charges violating the This statement false As the
Globe puts ITO object such rider effect to say
that labor unions per illegal and that it is criminal
thing their members together for their common
The rider does interfere with prosecutions for
criminal kind Deliberate persistent and systematic
misrepresentation in behalf of special interests has made the
World byword in journalism.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24

E ARLY on a June morning, sew
II enty-six years ago. there went
= furiously through a road leading
to the western part of London four
horses drawing a landau that bore the
insignia of royalty. Within were two
men. Drawing up before the palace
of Kensington. the men ran in haste
to the entrance and pulled the bell.
They knocked and rang for several
minutes before the door was opened
by sleepy maid.
we wish to see the princess" said
one
After several minutes the maid re-
turned and replied that the princess
lis enjoying a sweet sleep and cannot
be disturbed" as it was but 5 o'clock
in the morning. The men answered
that they were on state business and
that everything must give way to it,
even sleep.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
THE BRIDEGROOM AT BERLIN TO-DAY.

THE HAPPY bridegroom at Berlin today has inheri
of $200O00OO0 besides castles and palaces precious
heooms galore With his ancestry his political future and
his wealth. he is the matrimonial catch in Europe
and he gets royal bride with big dot and with about
$2000000 of bridal His elaborate wedding world
attended by soyeegns and princes and celebrated by
the population of empire Fortune has avished her favors
this youth What kind of will he make in the
world? Is it such that the world anything? How
pampered dangs of have
anything men? How many of them have had feather
weight the worlds affairs good OF the world?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
FRESH AIR PUPILS THE HEALTHIEsT.

CHICAGO HAS found such excellent results the health
and efficiency of its children from the fresh air schools
they will eventually be established all city
of gathered last shows that the pupils
sitting temperature of between 40 and 80 degrees and
by wraps colds their
processes and gained flesh than those who worked
in heated Similarrepo from Philadelphia When
frehir school be feature in every city there
should be decided saving in doctors bills for parents and in
plumbers bills for boards of education.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
AS THE ENGLISH SEE IT.

AN ENGLISH journalist visiting New York in speaking of
Caornaapan controversy makes the remark that there
with the full blood of the Caucasian and who
British subject who would take against
United in the of with Japan treaty
treaty. equality anal CANA
entered into the making of the treaty between Great
Britain and Japan there would have been treaty. This
be doubted In fact all the by
been that indicated
pahy with the pretensions of Britans Asiac ally.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
ExAGGERATION or DEPARTMENT ORDERS.

ORDERS ARE constantly going from the and navy
departments the troops and in the
ordinary duty Regiments frequently transferred from
point another and warshps regularly shifted about
orders hardly mention in the daily Now that
diplomatic with Japan they wired the
by of them treated of sinister sgnf
why should the and departments make
orders? Is it the stupid official policy
that important batteshp plans exposed the hand of
spy thief?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
AN AMERICAN STATUE FOR ENGLAND.

~ PRESENTATION of statue of Lincoln to Great Britain
the ceebraono century peace between
the two will appropriate gift though the North
had Gettysburg in 1863 Great Britain would
joined with Louis Napoleon in recognizing the South and
giving comfort. But why statue of
George Washington Father of His Country? There would
he significance that gift and the acceptance thereof
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24

placement by male typists who have
been more fully trained. Neverthe-
less, the women are said to be unan-
imous in support of the action just
taken
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
Gossip Of the Toilers

In the new budget of the labor
minister in New Zealand the erection
of workers dwellings has been al
lowed for. Last year $4,000 was
spent for this purpose. In the present
year the building of snch horses has
been in seventeen different places. 1t
is usual to obtain land and build
dwellings in all places where at least
six workers families make applica-
ton.
Proponents of the California work
mems compensation and accident in
surance bill have definitely agreed TO
an amendment exempting farm labor
ers and domestic servants from It's
compulsory features. Organized labor,
through it's legislative agents, is rec
oncHed TO the exemption, sharing the
general belief that the farmers will
In time see the advantages of the
compensation system and elect to
come under the law.
An interesting Interpretation of
Equal pay for equal work." in oper-
alton. is made by the women typists
in Victoria, following the decision OF
the wages board to fix minimum
wage for all adult typists at 40 shil-
lings weekly. and for all adult stem
ographers at As shillings weekly.
This regulation, they believe, will lead
to the dismissal Of many ill-equipped
women typlsts at present employed
at an inadequate wage. and their re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-09
Cony High Is Defeated by
Brunswick High,12-2.
Cows Twir|ers Are Hit al viii
While Grover Is lnVincIble.
Brannan Is Knocked from the Box.
Next Game Here, Saturday.

Brunswick. Me. June S.-Brunswtek
High, Saturday afternoon, won the
first game in the final contest
for the championship Of the Bow
doin lntersehelaStie League by de-
foating ConY High of augusta by
the score Of L to :. in Il game featured
by the heavy hitting of the Brunswich
players, all of whom with enc exception
had 1T least one hit to his credit. Bruins
wick won the championship of Division
\ and Cony High of Division L Of thu
Bowdoin Interscholastic League. These
two teams now play IL series of two
games for tie trophy. Next saturday
they play at Augusta, and if Cony should
win the date and place for tile third
game will be decided al that time
Saturdays game brought out tic big
sest crowd that has witnessed iligh
footcfs being accompanied by band and
after the game parade, the streets Gro
yer pitched fHe blf for brunswick, not
allowing hit until the fifth. when Clark
obtained a single tn the seventh Cony
got her two runs WHEN 4aber. Harvey
and Weir each drofpcd on Grover for i
single The Brunswick boys batted Bren-
nan out of the box in the fourth. and
also hit Harvey hard Neybrants hit
ting and MeFherson.s fielding We're feat
ures of the game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-09
WIND CATCHES AGAINST WONDERFULLY ROUGH SURFACE AND GIVES
IT THE TWIST.

The real reason why a baseball can be
fun curves durius its progress through
the air is that every such ball has a sur
face made up of montans, valleys, cfa-
tiers, canyons, gorgcs. plains and other
Irregularities of the surface that, when
the difference in size is taken into con-
sheraton. makes the surface of the
earth seem like plate glass.
If it were possible to make perfect
sphefe--if it wcre possible to make a
baseball with an absolutely smooth sur
face and an exact sphere-no pitcher III
the world could make it curve. The very
best pitchers baseball has ever known OF
probably ever will know could not make
the ball deyiate Il hairs breadth in its
flight
And so while it is partly in the art or
hnaek the professional pitcher has III
holding and releasing the baseball as he
throws it. it is also due to the fact that
a baseball has a wonderfully rough sur
face against which the air catches and
turns it, that gives It the curve.
If you pass y0Hr hand over Il plate
glass it mnves smoothly with nothing To
retard it. If you pass your hand over an
implanted board YOU can feel the rough
ness. splinters, We call them. You can
not move your hand as easily over the
board. This is the same principe WIN
the baseball. There is a roushness to its
surface that catches in the air and
forces one side a9out. or retaHds that
side This has but one result, to make
the baseball leave its straight course and
in doing this it describes curve.
THIS does not letfaet in the least from
The eIeverness of the pitcher who can sc
accurately Judge his muscular control az
to make baseball curve up OF down
right or left. or. in the parlance of the
fan. lac throws a drop or an IN
shoot or "out-shoot.', But the fact re.
mains that it is the roughness or tht
baseball that makes all his pitching
oieYeriiess possible.
Take brand-new league bah in youl
hand 1t looks to be a perfect sphere
that is, absolutely even. and uniformly
round. and as smooth as glass Ane
it has :; rough surface.
Put Il baseball under the most powerful
OF microscopes enlarge it microscoplcai
~ lo,eoe diameters and what do YOU see
The very thing mentioned in the frs
paragraph of this article. The surface i
rough II looks like the landscape in til,
Alps or Yellowstone Park, or the Ba,
Lands, or the Grand Canyon. or I'll,
Andes, or any other rough section of TIN
earth. 1t has peaks ranges, bridges. val
ieys. planes and poles, gulchcs and al
sorts of uneven places, and if the cart
could be made as small as a baseball i
would be practically perfect sphere an,
absolutely smooth. This is because tn
highest mountains of the earth and tn
deepest valleys would be millions upul
millions Of times smaller in comparison
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-09
Art Pearls from Fish.

AS the real pearl comes from the
oyster. 50 to4a large extent is the man
uiacture of artificial pearls dependent
on certain species of fish. The CON-
pctc processes of manufacture are, of
course, trade secrets, but ii is interest
ing to know that it is from the brit
liant scales of the ablet or blay, that
essence dOrient is produced, as with
this essence imitation pearls are made
The biay is Il small fish with a green
back and - white belly, and the essence
is obtained exclusively from its white
scales, which are covered with a pig
ment of metallic appearance. They are
first treated with ammonia, and then
will fish glue, a powder being first OBJ
tanned and then a paste which can be
easily spread on glass,
In the early. stages OF pearl manu-
facturc. about 1866. this essence d'Ori-
eEt was applied to little balls of plast-
err but the temperature and the damp
heat of the human body modified the
adhesive qualities of the pcarly mat
tor ard caused changes of color. In
1850 Parision named ]aekuin invent
ed a method Of covering small glass
balls with this essence. thereby pro-
ducing the first practical artificial
pearl.
In the north and east of France and
in Germany bay fishing is actively
uIsued. About 1000 are required to
produce a pound of scales, which in
turn gives a quarter of 4 pound of es-
senee. According to Consul General f.
II. Mason Paris. the price of blay
scales ranges from $1.75 to s2.t0 a
pound Mouns Mercury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-09
Tho "Man- Horse"

According to the Sareoxie Record,
George Asher of Joplin. known as the
man horse is about the strangest
specimen of the genus homo seen in
those parts for a long time. This man
has his feet shod with horse and mule
shoes, the mule shoes decorating the
heels and the horse shoes the soles of
his boots. He pulls his cart and uses
it for tent when retiring from his
days labor.
Asher hires himself to pull q pillow
or 10 anything in the nature of labor
usually assigned t9 a horse. He has %
rrodgious appetite. but does not cat
corr, or hay, combining himself rather
to chilli, pies. eggs and such other foods
as men of good digestion consume He
is credited with having eaten a gallon
of chill at one sitting. AS "A consumer
of eggs he rivals if he does not sur
lass The noted Coxey Jones who at one
time was champion %eatist' of that
neighhoIhood. claiming the champion
ship by the consumption of two or
three dozen scrambled eggs at one
time.
The man horse can eat almost any
number of eggs and his appetite for
other foods is proporticnate. He is a
middle sized man with red hair and
a scfubhy growth of red whskers on
his face Wherever he goes he attracts
attention by his peculiar shoes and he
seems to enjoy the attention he att
tracts.-kansas City Journal.
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above his income. what steps do Won
take"
If We find that TO be the case we
put II right up To him. and If he refuses
10 explain or quit we cancel his bond
For example, recently one of our in
spectors who was observing the life of
one of our large risks a bank Cashier.
reported that he was maintaining an
establishment for Il woman--a very
pretty ono. too, believe me-and was
spending 4 good deal of money for her
edifieation.
Il phoned him and asked him to
come and see me. He did So / showed
him what the situation was and srg-
sestea that he had better alter his
course of life. In two weeks he had
cut it ont completely. and now is Going
very we'll,
But as a matter of fact most of ths
big steals are accomplished Ey men
whose lives never gave any indication
Of their tendencies and of whom our
inspectors always gave exemplary re-
ports. These are the men who get
away-for time. But once they are
away they usually don't know what To
do with themselves; how to bear the
burden of their criminality with proper
ponchalance or hraVado. and SO it is
only a question of time before enc OF
our agents finds them.