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The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
BUT HE MET THE GREAT MAN
insurance Agent Had Something to
erss About, Even n He Didn't
b. Get Any Business. ~.

A wellknown insurance official said
the other day in Chicago: q
I'm the beginning of my career,
when ] was only humble insurance
agent, ] gained access one morning to
the august and formidable presence
Of J. Pierpont Morgan"
"No."
Yes" the oficial insisted; "yes, it's
fact Don't ask me how ] did It,
though, for that's secret. But at
ten O'Clock one morning, behold me, a
young insurance agent, standing be,
fore the desk of the great J. Pierpont,
with my, big envelope of life-and-death
statistics, twenty-year endowments
and so forth in my hand. was, ]
have since learned the first and only
Insurance agent who ever managed to
meet Mr.. Morgan face to face" -'
We'll, what happened?"
"'Mr. Morgan I began, hurriedly
you ought to carry more life insur.
ance. You see, sir ar
And luciily and cogently I laid my
insurance proposition before the great
man. 4 a ~
He listened in silence Those fierce
blue eyes of his bored me through
like lAnces., When ! stopped at last
all ne said was:
How did you get in here?'
~ walked in ! answered. fInc
well said he, walk outi" D
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
NOW HAS PETRIFIED APPLE.
Colorado Man Threw Fruit Into Fur
uaee and the Hest Had Pecu-
,., liar Effect.

e. II
BY some process that no one he has
consulted has been able to explain. an
apple has undergone petriflcation in
the furnace at the home of G.
&schrades 'of Denver, Colo. who has
offered the curiosity to the state mu-
scum. u % .y.LBu.mEFH il.> nt:4
The apple, a russet, weighed about
Eve ounces three weeks ago. It was
thrown into the Schrades furnace, and
aow weighs fourteen ounces. Its color
and shape were not affected by, the
beat, and IT appears at a glance to be
. perfect apple. except that there is a
hole where the stem was; but It is SO
hard that the point of knife blade
cannot be driven into it. pi~ ti.f
Schrades found 1t in the ashes when
he cleaned out his furnace. 81 Ion !
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
GOT HIS WIFE BY PURCHASE.
Recent Transaction In England Gives
Rise to Some Caustie Remarks
BY Eastern Editor. t

We are all In agreement upon the
general principle that however much
man may want wife he ought not
to buy one, But at the same time we
do hear sometimes OF the frank and
unashamed purchase OF a wife. Take,
for Instance, certain divorce case
that has been heard recently in Eng
land and that was described by the
Judge as an instance of wifebuying,
which II certainly was. Mr.. Morand
asked for a divorce from his wife on
the ground that the lady had given
the most unmistakable proofs of her
preference for a multimillionaire
named Captain Morrison. In a way It
was a friendly suit, since Captain
Morrison was willing to pay $27,50O
damages and Morand was willing to
receive that sum. They we're both in
agreement as to the value of the lady,
and the judge concurring. the divorce
was granted and the transaction com
pleted. e. M ] a
I OF course. the story is a rather die,
gusting one, but we are ,disgusted not
because Captain Morrison bought a
woman. but because he bought a
woman who was already a wife. There
is nothing remarkable about the ,pur-
chase Of a woman, since IL is done
every day. Sometimes it is the man
who offers to sell. The various asso-
Citations Of young women who have
recently announced that they will
marry no man with an income of less
than $4,000 a year have virtully stated
that $4,000 a year is the lowest price
at which they will sell themselves
Pennsylvania Grit. .,.,
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
Novelist. Japanese Prints.

1t is not often that the British mu-
scum is enriched by SO valuable an 'ad-
dition as that OF Arthur Morrisons
collection of Japanese prints. 1t tis
one OF The very finest collections OF
its kind extant ne a0.l o. d,
Arthur Morrison. who is the winter
Of Tales of Mean Streets. and other
remarkable works Of fiction, 10 the
greatest living English authority on
Japanese art, on which he has writ,
ten much. His interest In the subject
is due to an accident. Some 20 years
ago he las attracted by a print in a
shop window and incontinently
bought ~. That was the beginning
OF his, activities as q collector. and
connoisseur Il bua oiqc3g afi o.
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
SEEMINGLY KNEW ITS VALUE
Moose ReeUsed to Come Within Range
Of hunters Rife Until the auto"
s Had Been Raised.

A parsimOnious sportsman, shoot
ing over some wild lands in Nova
Scotia, being desirous to bring down
q moose, ,lstarted out to engage a guide
and moose caller. The usual pay of o
Nova Scotia guide is two dollars u
day; but the sportsman IN question
was too mean to pay the regular
rates, and finding . skillful guide, one
Louis the Indian, temporarily out Of
a Job, after much wranglinv managed
to jam him down to one dollar day,
and the two started out into the
woods. All the conditions we're favor
able to finding moose, but, although
each day before sunrise Louis the In
dian took his birchbark cone and
placing IL to his lips, whinned and
grunted In imitation of moose, there
was no answering call, no antlered
giant of the forest stalked into view.
After twenty-odd days Of this sort Of
effort without a result, the sportsman
grew both impatient and suspicious,
and. calling the guide to his tent, he
began to upbraid him.
Louis" he said, Il don't under
stand this kind of business. Here we
are in the best moose country in Nova
Scotia. > You are considered one of
the best callers in the province. Every
day you 20 out and call and call, YET
no moose comes. , What does II
mean?" ..,.,-..
The willy Indian took his pipe ont
OF his moth for a moment and smiled
a smile Of infinite cunning me don't
know what matter" he said. Maybe
moose no like dollar cali.n5 I e.t ,saJ
The very next day. our sportsman
having raised the ante to two dollars. q
moose came to the call"--the right
call this time. Louis was q sly In
dian.-Judge. '''- -'.-
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
worthy Scottish Emblem.

The Order of the Thistle, Of which
Lord 9Haldane. lord high echancelloi
Of Great Britain, is 10 be- made a
knight "a dates only from the last oi
l708su Centuries earlier however. the
thistle was the national badge Of
, Scotland, and the oriSin, of its en- em'
blematic use is ascribed by, tradition
to the Danish Invasion OF Scotland
The invaders planned a night attack,
and. marching barefoot, had contrived
to- creep close up TO the Scottish
'fotces iunobserved. when ioneaof them
stepped on d thistle snd.attersdss q cry
OF Jpainii The ialarm,lwaa given, and
the attack failsd's Out Of agzstitgds
the, thistle Hss sdoptsd ~ ths insisI
mia Of Scotland -,lJl.,. M.
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
CROPS IN. JAPAN ARE SMALL
American Farmers Could Not Live c-'
n Such scanty Returns for His
..., -. Seed and Work.

Japan is such a mountainous coun.
try that the area Of arabic land Is
quite disproportionate to the size bof
the whole empire. II 1t is alleged that
barely ~ per cent of the entire, spr-
face can be- cultivated, and that even
the cultivable part lis not naturally
very fertile. o.. Still there are large
tracts of wild moorlandl which might
easily be brought under cultivation, OF
at least be converted into grazing
lands. W '''i1'''y" 7'h'' .ii:' s'5A'H
Where the farmer lives and labofs
there are abundant evidences e. Of ohis
diligence and self-sacrifice..j Doubtless
the major part Of the farming land is
lean SOIL n Still the judicious iuse Jot
fertilizers-mostly night soil applied
in small quantities direct to the grow.
ing plant;' the elaborate and skilful
system of irrigation that gets full
value from every drop of water; the
laborious isubsoil working--by hand in
the soft ooze Of the rice ields-and
the incisive wedding out, to produces
better results in quantity than they
do. When the harvest is measured oy
bushels OF rice. or wheat, or barley Of
whatever else the hyakusho i(farmer)
may raise, the thorough husbandman
Of Europe or America would laugh al
the scanty crop. Land that ought to
yield at least twenty-five. to. thirty
bushels of rice to, the acre actually
gives less than ten on the average
From Our Neighbors: the Japan
nese," by Joseph King Goodrich.
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
Never Loss.

The Earl Of Morley, on his return
from Jamaica, remained a while In
New York, and at dinner, there he
told. apropos Of selfconfidence. q
story about q young English states.
man.
This YOUTH Lord Morley said,
Fought to get on. He works hard and
nothing ever feazes him. '"l'i 81
81 HE wanted recently to push a bill
that had little support from his own
party. A friend, however, said to him
In warning voice: :qas lhsniH .s
,'r But suppose. my boy. this bill
should cause your party to throw you
Ioverboard?'ia, ,t. ,,a, t,, all
\, well. in that case. old chap he
replied, I'm quite sure, I'd have
strength enough to swim across to the
other side" l ''' pi s3i'Hl =,
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
Shorter Name Lowered Taxes.

The city government at Tampico
the second largest seaport in Mexico
recently decided to tax all publicly
displayed signs in foreign language
Only names of firms were exempt
The tax was ten cents month on
each letter. +'-'. '''. ''''
The. proprietor of 1.-The American
Saloon" was particularly incensed
when he had to pay the first $l.70
He aired his grievance at the Colonial
club SO loud that 1t attracted atten
tion' .IiJ'tYL glaln ...IV .s.LIaJ
Make 1t ,;,ei Cantina Americana,
and save the $1.7O,' someone sug
gested. "
won't do IT," replied the saloon.
keeper. Must have a sign in Eng
lish to make 1t homelike." ~
make IL u. s. Bari -'
He did; and saved $1.20 month.
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
Fire Without Flame.

IAN engineer has invented Q way
to have fire without, fame His ap-
fpartus consists of a. porous plate 81
mass Of fire resisting fragments, with
,in, which he mixes, infammable gas
and air In the right proportions,
When the gas is first turned on and
lighted II burns with a fame at the
surface ofthe plate. when the name
is turned on the fame disappears,
but the heat inereassslIt A. tempers
ture Of a20e dsgrses ~ claimed.i Just
/. of what use this invention can be
made, ID yet O. question, ,-I 6,s
The Hartford republican., 1913-08-01
NeaIset,e,d Opportunity.

THE, days are getting longer" said
the obssrvaptl msii 'L ayes" replied
the pers6h b~hb sstskss melancholy
pride in being an ultimate consumer.
s"And n6body has found q way for
putting In an extra charge ON tina:
sccosntf asslselrg) .L.ti N.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
ADVISES MANY
ALTERATIONS IN
PARCEL POST
Geo. p. Hampton Tells Board of
Commerce How to Increase
Its Usefulness
WOULD CHANGE RULES
REGARDING PACKING
Believes Hampers Could BE Pro-
vided for Many Things
Now Unmailable

The plans OF the Parcel Express
federation for increasing the scope
and usefulness Of the parcel post
were outlined TO members OF the
Board OF Commerce and others in
terested in the movement, by George
=. Hampton, secretary OF the fedora
ton, in the Griswold house, Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. Hampton advocated the estab-
ll:hment OF a bureau for the service
OF merchants and manufacturers in
securing the adjustment Of any diff
ficulties that may arise with the post.
Office department in the operation Of
the parcel post an increase In the
weight limit TO not less than 20
pounds, and to 100 pounds If possible;
reduction OF the present rates to
reasonable self-sustaining levels for
each zone; the amendment Of the
package regulations, and the adoption
OF suitable hampers and other equip
ment for the handling Of packages
that otherwise would be unavailable;
the extension of the parcel post to
printed matter, including circulars,
catalogues and invoices in merchan-
disc parcels; an adjustment OF the
unit Of area plan to do away with the
cumbersome unit map and an adjust
ment OF the railway mail pay to make
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03

It at least as low as the rate granted
TO express companies.
Before self.sustaining rates for
the heavier weights, % pounds up
ward, can be established as low as
express rates, the railway mail pay
will have 10 be changed" said Mr.
Hampton, They will prove boon.
however, In all territory not served
by the express companies. and the
resulting business will be sufficiently
heavy 10 test out the service and get
II into good working shape for further
rate reductions when the new railway
pay. or other improvements. make
them possible.
The perfecting OF the parcel post
service In the ways thus described is
OF vital importance TO the business
interests OF the country, and n
adequately supported. our past ser.
vices In securing the enactment OF
the law are our guarantee that We
will carry through this program with
thoroughness and dispatch"
Mr.. Hampton pleaded with the bust
ness men 10 contribute to the fund
necessary to finance the campaign.
He estimated the amount Immediately
necessary at $4,000. and the final ey.
pense OF an adequate organization
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
The Fortunes of the LandrayS
Merrill Just snd the
Author of The Prodigal Judge"
Just and the Unjust" etc.

at my throat. gnawing like some
hungry varment," he told Stephel
Landray. Il reckon IL ] was pray
ing man. Id pray to die a sudden
death: this is just wasting away
wasting and remembering. and hop
ing. God Almighty. Such hope and
such remembering"
But II was only to Stephen that he
told his fears: he did not speak OF
them to the others. and they never
guessed that a fever OF despair was
consuming him.
Stephen Landray was as free from
superstitious imaginings as most men
but Rogers's low spirits. coupled with
the sorrow and apprehension Virginia
vainly strove to conceal, had it's ef.
feet on his mental vigour A dozen
times he was on the verge OF appeal.
ing to the other shareholders for his
release from the active direction OF
an enterprise that was going forward
under such distressing auspices but
he comforted himself with the thought
that his absence would only be for a
year or two.
Pride had a good deal to do with
hSSPAh6 hhsA siuC w hAS Poi PObVs iiO
could recall the day when the prop
erty he and Bushrod had inherited
had constituted great fortune. by
far the greatest in Benson, but times
were slowly changing. improvements
In machinery and methods had closed
the carding and fulling mill his father
had built during his lifetime: the dis
tillery. which they had sold to Tuck.
err. no longer sent it's produce by fiat
boat down the Ohio and Mississippi
to New Orleans. Shrewder men than
he and his brother. had taken away
their once profitable business as for
warding agents. and the great ware
rooms at the mill. which had once
been piled high with barrels Of -four
awaiting shipment, were now all but
empty. He felt that they were being
slowly but surely elbowed into the
background by strangers with greater
capital or greater ability. This was
a sore grief to both brothers. though
II was. perhaps. not the loss OF money
they dreaded so much as the fancied
loss OF prestige.
While Stephen hoped that Rogers
might live to enjoy the wealth he felt
he cast about him for some man who
possessed similar acquaintance with
the West. II not with the gold-fields,
and remembered his cousin Basil
This Basil Landray was the son of
his fathers younger brother. the late
Colonel Rupert Landray, of the
United States Army or Basil he
knew little. except that he had been
at one time a civilian hanger-on Of
the army at Detroit; later he had
known Of him as an employee OF the
American Fur company.
In the early fall he hazarded a let.
ter to this cousin at Council Bluffs,
telling him Of the undertaking in
which they were about to embark.
and asking him II he would care 20
join their party in the spring. at In
dependence. After many months
reply came; an illywritten. illy-spelt
letter. that rather shocked the
recipient. From the letter he gather
ed that Basil was seeking just such
an opportunity AS that he had offered.
(psnulauoo)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
T..

Tokeyta. a performer said to be ss-
pecitlly proficient in the so-called ORR
entail style or dancing. will present
her art IN the Avenue theater sunday
afternoon when she will be presented.
along with several other features. as
the principal Offering of The Dandy
Girls" the rev Empire burlesQue cir
cult show which starts an engagement
OF one week at that time. In addition
To Tokeyta's somewhat senas tioNal act
the program includes vaudeville spe-
cialties that promise Interesting en-
tertainment. Among them are: Mile
Rono. whose act is unique combina-
ton OF living poses and dissolving
views Joe stanley. Don Heath. ana
George Fitzgerald. in merry mixture
Of mirth and melody. Lester and
Moure. eccentric comedians, and others.
"rhc Dandy Girls" have two musical
travesties called at Happened In
Havana" and 1T Happened In Paris.
but whatever IL is that happens. IT is
undoubtedly OF the style that best
amuses "A burlesque audience. Most OF
the fun in these pieces viii be supplied
by Sol Ward and Ed. Swartz. two pop
ular burlesque comedians Other promi-
ncnt entertainers arc Stella Wood and
Ada Billsbury. The chorus OF 20 girls
is active in several lively songs and
dances.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
BROADWAY.


James ]. Corbett. former world
heavyweight champion. Will be the
leading attraction In the Broadway
theatcr next week. Gentleman Jim
will offer a new monologue which
touches the careers of many OF his OPP
ponents in the ring and. Of course. HIM
self. including hitherto untold Incl
dents connected. with the AFFAIR with
Mike Monohan Of the gas house. Joe
Maxwelrs Dorothy's Playmates Vii
be the musical feature OF the bill. the
scene OF this tuneful fantasy Is laid in
Petland and tells the story of the
search by a little girl for her missing
kitten She is brought to Petland by
her friend. the Elephant. portrayed by
Edward Nelson and James Reeney The
musical numbers, In this tabloid eX-
travasanza, are said TO he original anu
the act In one that will appeal 10 every
child. The Four Readings. hand to-
hand acrobats. Will he seen in what
promises to be q rare act or us kihu.
staged in the interior OF a gymnasium
Sager Midgley and company VIII he
seen in new farce Early Mornlnx
Reflections" which has TO do with the
colonel who has remained at the cluo'
with the boys, until the wee srna hours
and. then. made his tortuous way 10
his nome where he IL awaited by ms
valet and housemaid- Lew Manning and
Ed Ford are dancers de luxe, Mort
sharp will be heard in an Original sa :
tirical monologue: the latest lmpor-
tant events OF the week Will be por-
trayed via the Wardoscope
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
BALKAN AFFAIRS
LOWER PRICIS
Reopening After Holiday of Yes
terday Displays No Start
ling Trading
FINANCIAL EUROPE
AWAITING VERDICT
Most of Action Conferred on Ac.
ton Developed During
First Hour

NEW YORK, May Perhaps the
reason for the hesitant attitude OF
the New York market today was the
fact that the European stock ex-
changes, re-opening after yesterday q
holiday. did not display unbounded en-
thusiasm
All OF them advanced and the early
dispatches from Berlin told OF some
rather striking gains. but tone OF
moderation and restraint character.
ICED the later cables and. moreover
some influence seemed to be at work
on the dispatches from Vienna and
Montenegro which threw obvious con.
tradictions into the reports OF the dip
lomatic situation. All this made for
hesitation. and encouraged some real
izing sales by yesterdays professional
buyers here.
The real drift of events in the pa.-
kan complication Is plain enough on
the surface Of things. The king oil
Montenegro. unless all signs fail, IS
yielding to the powers, but, like n
sharp, business-like king, is holding of
for the best attainable compensation
for relinquishing his Albanian prize
But recent experiences have got OIL
| financial Europe's nerves. and II will
not believe things until II sees them
Most OF the low prices were made
in the last hour. when the market be
| anne distinctly weak, and many Of
the active stocks sold fractiOnally be
low yesterday On this decline trad
Ing became extremely duh, and wa.
evident that spectators were not In
clined to do anything in a waiting
market. At no time during the da,
was there real pressure to sell an,
for intervals during the earlier trad
ing the market evinced some firmness
Price changes for the day were rela
lively unimportant. Most OF the In
terest conferred upon the movement o
he first hour. when Reading, Amalga
mated Copper and a few or the othe
ac''v" efocks were rather heavil
TRADED In.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
COJCM BIA.

The bill In the Columbia next week
promises a variety OF vaudeville bound
to appeal to every taste. The chief
number Will be the Great Sutcline
troupe seven Scotch athletes. pipers
and dancers. who dress in the pictur-
esque Highland kits, play the genuine
scotch bagpipes and dance the High
land fins and other Scotch dances A
feature singing act OF the highest quai-
stars Cadets de Gascogne. whose rep
ertoire includes everything in the field
OF high class singing The four Nikkos
are quartet OF clever ana daring
japanese who do some unheard-of feats.
including startling novelty called
"the jumping stairway. Gilmore Cor
bin Is declared to be one or the most
talented monologists and song writers
I'm vaudeville. 4 sketch that IN n big
laugh is Uncle Seth and the lioodco.
presented by Harry VI. Morse aud com
pany. Tierney and Sabbott late with
the Three Twins" company and
"Yama Yama Girls" have singing
and TALKING skit: RUDE Strickland. the
musical cut-up. is one OF ths funniest
"rube" types ever disclosed on the
stage gloom dispelling comedy play
let entitled "Needsm Needs Em, pre-
sented bv Nelson and l<earns company.
tells the woes OF young dramatic
teacher with hut one pupil, one suit or
clothes and All empty purse.
A great feature is promised Columbia
patrons the week OF May 10 In Mrs.
Eva FAY the high priestess or mysti-
cism and snid To he the highest -saiar-
led attraction ever booked in theatcr
playing to Columbia prices.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-03
USED Love NOTES
TO GATHER CASH
IT'S CHARGED
Claimed Woman Picked Soul
Mates by Mail, Then Asked
Travelling Expenses
MRS. NELLIE WILLIS,
OF McGREGOR, ARRESTED
Federal Officials Say She Was
Accused Once Before, But
Promised To "Be Good"

Mrs. Nellie Willis. who lives with
her husband on farm near McGregor,
Mich, and was arrested Thursday, fol-
lowing an indictment charging her
with fraudulent use of the mails in
correspondence with persons to whom
che represented herself as a maiden
wishing to obtain a husband was ar
raigned before Judge Sessions in the
United States district court, Friday
morning.
Whe asked TO plead. she stood mute
I'D a plea Of not guilty WAS entered
by order OF the court. 1t is said to
have been the practice Of Mrs. Willis
to advertise herself through a matri
monial bureau and to correspond with
all the applicants for her hand, lead
ing each gently to the conclusion that
she was surely his soul mate. When
the proper time arrived, she let her
willingness to come to his arms" be
known, but invariably requested trav
cling expenses. Once the money was
In her hands, the correspondence alb
ruptly ceased, 1t is claimed.
Mrs. Willis was accused of the same
offense once before. but on her prom
ise to be good" and not do It any
more she was not indicted. This time
however. the federal authorities say
the prosecution will be pushed.