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CHAPTER II.
The Gold Mesh Purse,

On leaving the Man of Irons of.
fees, Van vechten walked slowly
toward Broadway, where he stood
casting about for a taxicab when an
alert, assured young man accosted
him.
May have few words with you
Mr. Van Vechten?" the stranger pc
litely inquired, extending his card
Van Vechten accepted it and expert
enced a twinge of apprehension as he
read:
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Book |.
SYNOPSIS.

Book |.
CHAPTER Rudolph Van vechten, a
young man of leisure, is astonshed to
see man enter No. 1918, a house across
the street from the Powhatan club. The
mouse has long been unoccupied and is
spoken of as the House of Mystery.
CHAPTER II-Several persons at regu-
lar intervals enter No. 1873
CHAPTER III-Van Vechten expresses
concern to his friend, Tom Phinney, re-
Bardlng the Whereabouts of his cousin
and tancee Pal &c Carew. fashionably
attired woman is seen to enter the House
or Mystery. A man is forcbly elected
follow the man and find him dead in the
street
CIT APTI9R VIVIAN vechten is attract
ed by the face of a girl in the crowd {
onloo!lers surrounding the body. Later
ne discovers the girl gazing at him with
look Of scorn from the windows of the
mysterious house,
CHAPTER V-Detective Flint calls !.
van Eechten to get his version of the
tragedy.
CHAPTER VI-Tom Phinney goes alone
on a yachting trip. He recognizes anrone
some persons in passing motor boat
House of Mystery. He sees one of them
Mr.. Calls. on shore later and follows
him. Tom is seizeGs blindfolded and taker
to house. He hears girl named Jessie
evidently the daughter of the man II
authority, question his captors. a sweet
voiced girl later protests against tn
roughness of his captors.
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GOODBYE DANDRuE[

USE PARTISAN SAGE
If you have dandruff it is because the
scalp is too dry and fakes of. Ffeshen
up the scalp-lubricate it-and dandruff
disappears.
Surely try Soc. bottle Of Partisan Sage.
It cleanses the hair, nourishes II stopl
falling hair and itching scalp Il b jus
what you need TO make the scalp heaithS
and immediately remove dnnkTuh
Skoels- Wiley Drng
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ever Jessie might be, but one infinite
ly sweeter, say: wait" The request
was made composedly. And then
Tom fancied that the sweet voices
owner was approaching him. Next
second he was sure of it.
"Will you not tell us who you are
and why you were following Mr..
Callis?"
Toms sole concern at that moment
was a profound regret that he could
not see the speaker. Her voice was
SO sweet. SO soft and well-bred, that
he knew she must be beautiful.
Il would be only too glad to tell
YOU" Tom returned, "if it would not
at the same time give some satisfac-
ton to the thugs and hold-up crooks
who are present. Please pardon me
in the circumstances"
There was a silent pause, then a
gasp from the girl
ut can't bel" he heard her exclaim
in a whisper that was fairly alive
with establishment.
1t did not occur to Tom to wonder
what she meant.
But it u.s." he replied whimsically
also in whisper. Wont you release
me?-or at least remove this ban
dagger"
No reply was vouchsafed him, nc
further speech from the pulse-disturb
ing voice. In the soft, silky susurra
ton of her skirts there was a quality
that signified grace and lightness o.
carriage; in the faint, exquisite fra
GRANGE OF her presence something
that rose to his head with the subtle
intoxication of ether She had lef
him.
He heard Jessie, in subdued voice
ask: what did he say to YOU?
Whether or not the other girl re
sponded he did not know. The situa
ton was brought to an abrupt clos
by the man called Calls.
Take him upstairs" that worth.
gruffly ordered-"the front room. Yov
may take off the bandage after he's il
the dark. Tie hiss feet with It, An,
make sure his hands are good AM
fast"
He was being pushed forwar
again. He stumbled against the bot
tom step, was rudely jerked to hi
feet, and then propelled upward.
There is no use being so rough,
he heard the sweeter-voiced girl CRY
with note of indignation. "Mr Cal
lis, tell those men to be more gentle.
After this the ascent of the stair
was made easier. Up two flights wen
captive and captors. Presently
door was opened, and under the In
petus of a violent shove Tom wen
sprawling to the floor. The bandag
was whipped from his eyes, and hi
ankle deftly bound.
The rough tumble hurt and daze
him. Dimly he heard the door shu
and the click of bolt dropping int
its socket.
Then stiffness and darkness OF tn
tomb.
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THIS NEW FISH HAS FUR.
Polar rreut 10 Discovered In Far Nerth
by Explorer.

Pelar rreut 10 pissevsrsd In Far Nerth
by Explorer.
The polar trout, the only fur bearing
Dish known to natural history. is the
latest contribution Of the arctic re-
gions, according to John Bunker Of
Ncrthwood Center, N. H.. who return
ed to Boston recently after q two
months exploring trip in Greenland.
He brought photographs and specimens
Of a strange nsh. which he has called q
polar trout.
This peculiar denizen Of the polar
seas resembles square tail trout in
shape and gnmeness and attains ten to
fifteen pounds in weight. The skin In
covered with q nne brownish fur. re
sembling the texture Of moleskin. This
fur IN lightly spotted with white.
Bunker caught three specimens, two
in river and one in 4 small headwa-
ter pond about 200 miles north Of Baf-
dn's bay.
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Reading Fer seys.

Our young barbarlans arc primitive
beings. Life 10 to them picture the
alter Of physical activities. Action ID
all. They would rather sail boat OF
kick a ball thnn read book. and when
they are cajoled into reading by a
flaming wrapper or color plate It Is
not for ideas or aesthetic Impressions.
Az Stevenson said long ago. Flo
quence and thought, character and con-
versation were but obstacles to brush
aside AZ We dug bllthely after certain
sort Of incident. like pig for truf-
6es." Not for potatoes or other home
" food: to the boy the merely real
spells dullness: "A day Of my life at
school, II simply boring. The healthy
boy hungcrs and thirsts for incideuts
and situations outside his experience,
70 nrdentiy indeed that be will weave
into the sad texture Of ordinary things
the bright hued threads Of romance. :
Herbert strsnE In T. P.'s Weekly, L.
don.
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r,,,ssy.s handwriting.

In the Revue de Paris Count EI1s
Tolst0y describes Ills mothers expert
ences ~ his fathers nmanuensts:
Being very shortsighted. my moth
e had TO bring her eyes close to the
paper to decipber my fnther's fright
full scrawl. The work often took bse
tho whole evening and kept her busy
until long sitter the rest Of the liOuss-
hold had gone to bed. When she found
\ passage which was quite illegihle shs
used TO 60 to papa and ask him to ex-
plain It But that seldom happened.
for she was very reluctant to disturb
him. When she did 70 he took the
manuscript from her and asked. with
evident Irritation: Well. what II 1t you
can't understandr Then be begun to
read It himself. but when he arrived
At the puxzling passage be was In
variably pulled up and had the great
est dimcuity In even guessing what he
had written"
Count Ellie Tolstoy adds that willis
the spelling was often very bad. the
countess never failed tO put 1t right.
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During session Of the supreme
court Of Maine tedious and compli-
Gated suit had well nigh exhausted the
patience Of counsel on both sides. One
Of the lawyers engaged was certain
Appleton. said to be the wittiest law
yer In all New England.
Opposing him was lawyer OF
pompous mien and much avoirdupois,
who committed blunder after blnnder,
until even the Judge became irrttated.
After the commission Of q particularly
aggravating error this lawyer said:
II beg your honor's pardon. but that
was another mistake. ! seem to be in
oculated with dullness today"
''lnoculated. brother7" asked Apple.
ton. why. thought you had It in
the natural way."-Lippincott's.
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COAL AS A CAUSE OF CANCER.
Dir William Bennett Accepts csnslu-
slon Of c. Z. Green.

Or William Bennett Accepts csnelu-
sion Of G. Z. Green.
The conclusion reached by Charles
q. Green Of Edinburgh that there Il
distinct relationship between the &C.
currence of cancer and the kind Of fuel
used for domestic purposes was accept
ed AZ decisive by Sir William a. Ben
nett, the eminent English surgeon. IN
bis presidential address at the meet
Ing Of the Coal Smoke Abatement 80
ciety in London. III,
Sir William said that investigation
had shown that the incidence Of can
Ger was limited to those areas where
coal was the staple fuel. while It was
almost nonexistent where ordinary
peat alone was used. The only excep-
ton yet discovered, to this rule, be do
clared. was In districts where the peat
was a hard black substance which
cracked like coal and was quite unlike
the smoldering. ordinary peat
Sir William In conclusion spoke
strongly in favor Of gas AZ q substi-
tute for coal.
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Elephant skin ID very beautiful.
Moreover 1t Is durable. But It b hard
to get
The price Of 4 live elephant ID not
small, and. besides that. elephants do
not grow within 4 stones throw OF
our front DOOR. 30 the leather manu-
facturer that contracted to furnish
many elephant skin bags at q given
time would probably nnd himself I'M
der q big burden. He must wait un-
til some tame. pet elephant. 70 10
speak, dies.
Elephants are unusual enough. 70
that many Of them. after they die. are
stuffed and put In museums. Hence 4
named elephant, one that has been
popular during life. will seldom fall
into the hands Of leather dealers. It
ID for the poor and wandering denizens
Of the circus and travelling animal
shows to end up on the counters OF the
fashionable leather goods shops.-
Washington Star.
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TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

e3ssins How Gossip Disterts littss
Question Of Fact
The two giris-and these were not
any particular two girls. but any two
girls met ON the .treet-kissed. made
faces and started to chatter. And the
oxst girl said:
II want to congratulate you, dear.
And the second replied:
THANK you. But what forTl
II hear you are going to macy Dick
Henrooster."
"Who ever told you such ridiculous
thing ~ that?"
~Why. your best friend. Daisy stur-
tium."
"ILsten, dearie. I don't doubt your
honesty, but can't believe that Daisy
ever said any such thing. She knows
everything about me. and we have
newer had q quarrel. and she isn't
cat Be fair. I'll leave 1t to you. Did
she ever tell you that / was going to
marry DickT
'She did"
"would you mind repeating her very
wortisY'
"She told mo distinctly. Grace Pan.
sibed IL engaged to Dick Henrooster.' !"
"Aha! That's how these stories get
started. 1 see. VI am engaged to him,
and Daisy told the truth. But what
right have you to gather from that
fact that am going to marry the little
fool? Gossip, that's what It is-just
mean gossip. Can't girl get engaged
to a fellow without having bunch Of
busybodies running about telling that
she is going to marry himf
ave girls have Rough row to hoe"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Tn w.e,s y.v,,In.

Take q medium sized sewing needle
with vsyy sharp point (which most
needles hdve). Take up a position
about thres feet away from piece Of
SOFT wood hung on . door and. bold
ing the needle between your finger and
thSnb, sndeayor. strongly launching
T. to throw II. point forward, into the
wood. No matter what your skill and
perseverance,. you win not succeed.
Now pass through The eye Of the
needle simple bit Of thread. and you
will DO successful in the feat without
the slightest difficulty. The little light
I make weight" that you have added
to your impromptu javelin Transforms
II into q veritable arrow and causes
the point. given the iRpulsion. to strike
the object aimed at AID "to stick"
This result. from such small means.
viii strike the spectators with aston
ishment. havips flrst shown the impos-
sibility Of aiming a naked needle. and
will elicit their compliments in ce.s-
bFation Of your wOndross skill. Mag
zeal Experiments
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CHAOS IN BOUNDARIES.


essas.sss In osuth Amsr'es Ar ~
uwessAsia ousNtity.
Ths frontises Of Bolivia. IKE those d
most south American counties, arc
very uncertain, and a map Of South
Ameriea made in Bolivia includes 4
vast portion OF the level lands east Of
the Andes cailsd the Chaco. A map Of
South America made BY tho Argentine
Republic shows Bolivia A. an entirely
di6eeent country. with NO Chaco with
in its boundary. Then Q map Of South
America made In Peru includes q vast
hintselend In Amasonia. while ono
made IN Brasil shown ths Brazilian
frontier away over IN the territory
nArAsd neru On the Peruvian map.
whilS Tho map makers Of Ecuador and
Colombia show an entirely different
dispoaition Of The lands at the head
waters oe tho Amazon from that de-
scribed By tho Brazilian and Peruvian
map makers.
There y, however. commission
composed Of Braxilians and Peruvians
who are at the headwaters Of the ANA
son delimiting the fronties Of Perm
and Brasil and Incidentally rectifying
the claims Of Ecuador and Colombia.
Meanwhile Bolivian soldiers are light
ing Argentine soldiers on the Chaco.
and 20 the question stands. In 1902
King Edward VII. delimited the from
tiers Of Chile and Argentina. but the
Chileaps thought he gave the Argen-
tines too much, 70 they allow the adj
venturers and bad men Of Chile to 80
into this disputed territory. and they
swoop down from the hills and cap
ture the cattle upon the Argentine
plains Just a. the htghlanders used to
do in Scotland. = Peter MacQueen In
National Magaxine.
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The reason for glass drinking ves-
~ being called tumbler u not. at all
apparent until one inquiries Into Ii
early history.
At nrst such vessels were 70 shaped
that they were unable to stand up.
The bottoms were rounded. and when
placed on the table they fell over on
their sides.
From this they quite naturally came
to be called tumbleFs and were made
% purposely In order that no one
might set his glass down until be had
drunk all OF his wine; otherwise he
wouid spill It ON the table.
They wefs introduced primarily a.
Joke, but while they themselves have
passed out Of existence their name
remains and IL attached to our limo
cent up to date drinking glasses.
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FARMERS PERcHERoNs
ARE GOOD INVESTMENT.
In Twsnty.fsur Years Two Marco Pro.
duesd 1900 Worth ef Colts.

Tbe Missouri mules reputation Tor
taking premiums at worlds fairs and
paying on farm mortgages 10 rvaied
in the story OF two Percheron mares
which played an important part IN the
accumulation of more than 500 acres
Of land for thrifty German farmer.
near Olathe, Kan. AZ
Twenty odd years ago George Prefix
was young man without any means
He bought q three-year-old Percheron
mare for $7o. giving one year note in
payment A short time later he pur-
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One cake Of compressed yeast, cup
full Of milk scalded and cooled, cup
full Of lukewarm water, a teaspoonful
Of salt, two teaspoonfuls OF sugar. four
tablespoonfuls of lard or butter and
six cupfuls Of sifted nour. Dissolve
yeast and sugar in lukewarm liquid,
add lard or butter tmeIted) and three
cupfuls OF nour. Beat until smooth.
add rest Of nour or enough to make
soft dough. and lastly the salt. Knead
until smooth and elastic. Place In
well creased bowl. cover and set aside
In a warm place to rise. When double
in bulk. which should be In about two
hours. form with the hand twelve
large round biscuits. Cover and set
aside for about half an hour; then
with rolling pin roll to about one
fourth in thickness. keeping them
round. Have INCREASED griddie hot
and bake ten minutes. Brown on both
sides. As they brown move to cooler
part Of the stove. where they will bake
more slowly. keeping them warm in
the oven until all are baked. They
can be reheated in this way or split
and toasted on the griddle.
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csInlns . WsrA

Nothing could be more faliacious
than the common notion that whatever
the dictionary says b right Every
one Of them contains much that 10 not
right Worcester. for instance. had .
word. Transformation" defined -
meaning ''illusion." which was copied
from the cranky work Of man named
Jodrell. who presented n one word
every two word phrase not, according
to his idea. in regular grammatical
construction. He had made the word
from Pope's line 1.-The phantom ma
lions Of the dead" and credited 1t to
Pope. His obsession led to many 9TH
er ridiculous perversions Of language.
The one mentioned was repeated In
each WORK printed before 1880. when
1t was dropped.-Chicago Record-Hsf'
aid.
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HINTS FOR THE
BUSY HOUSEWIFE
Easily Operated Support For
CIothesIines.

A ciotheslins support that is claimed
to be an Improvement over the simple
pulley has been invented by citizen
Of New Jersey. The support. which
includes q crank and handle, comprises
a compact attachment that can be cas-
lily mounted upon the side of house
adjacent to 4 window thereof and by
means Of which the clothesline can be
readily and conveniently operated to
enable the wash to be hung out to be
dried and taken in after drying.
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Little Laura was 20 quiet out In the
kitchen that her mother suspected the
child of some mischief.
what arc you doing. dearie1" the
mother called
''Nufln." Laura answered.
"But you must be doing something"
mo. i amt"
"Are you sure7"
"Well, isn't dom much"
'~Tell me this instant what You are
doing or mamma will have to come
with the hnirbrush."
After moments silence tie little
one replied:
"I'm just dwivin' hairpins into the
soap VIII Marjorie's looking glass.
Youngstown Telegram.
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FOOD AND FUEL ARMIES.
Whist the Increasing Population Of the
Weird May Peres.

Whist the Increasing Population Of the
Weird May Peres.
According to Professor q. N. Dick
son Of the University college. Edin-
burgh. the world IL beginning to feel
the pinch Of fuel and food. The pro-
fessor told the scientists gathered at
Birmingham to attend the annual
meeting Of the British Association For
the Advancement Of Science that the
human race was In the position Of a
family which had occupied the same
farm for centuries and had 30 increas-
ed In numbers az to outgrow the pro-
ductiveness Of the place. making re-
movai to other land necessary. Only
in tho case Of the human family there
Il no means Of migrating to another
planet.
whsat acreage. this learned seogra-
phar tells %. u not keeping pace with
tho Increase Of population. and "the
crisis viii BE- upon % before the end
Of tho CENTURY" .Ths supply Of coal
viii hast les than three centuries. The
only course open to ~, BE- Gays. II .
stock taking Of cur resources and r.
distr1butlon Of population. with an en-
pheais Oh TIE raising OF food.
While Professor Dickson does not
say %. biz idea seems to b that ~ q
nation tells OF 70 many men to serve
in it, army Of defense, 70 the world Of
the future viii have to tell Oh 20 many
men to serve a. food raisers. Even
tuaily We shall And that country plan
ming viii become a. important a. town
plannang-which seems to be reason.
able enough.-Exchange l Il
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psss ~ N ~ World.

The BEST tea In all China and there
fore In all the world grows on top Of a
small mountain In western sxechunn.
called Ming Shan. and ID cultivated by
the pujests Of. the Buddhist temple on
It's summit. Tradition says that Chi
desc pilgrim brought the seeds from
India centuries ago. There are only q
few pounds In each crop. and these
hare always gone a. tribute to Picking
for the use Of the imperial household.
Who will get the precious tea nowi
VIII It be reserved for the family Of
the president Of the republic or will It
be scattered among those who are
willing to pay a big price for such 4
luxury l-Youth's Companion.
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imagined

tWeUshet
Hefs are few Of the diflcultiss el
tAs English language:
A dock Of ships = called 6eet.
a hsst q shssp b called dock.
A e0ek u 0lFh . called . bsvy.
: 4 bsvy Of wolves 3 called pack.
a pack of thisvss h called . gang.
A gang Of aneeIs h called a host.
A host Of poepoisss y called shoai.
A shoal Of buffaioes u called herd
A herd Of children n called troop.
A troop Of partridges u called 4
covey.
A Convey Of beauties h called GALAXY.
A galaxy Of rufians II called horde.
A horde Of rubbish IL called heap.
A heap Of oxen II called drove.
A drove Of blackguards II called Q
mob.
A mob Of whales b called q school.
"a school Of worshipers Il called .
segregation.
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RsdI.m and M.so4herluw.


A short time ago We were told au-
thoritatively that radium has no value
In the treatment Of cancer. Now we
learn that the. German authorities are
buying the whole available supply for
this very burpdse, and German med
lcal practice IL Of the severely conssrva-
dive kind. Over a million dollars has
been voted BY various German munich
paiities for the purchase Of radium.
and this 10 about the value OF the
whole existing supply. 1t seems that
there ID another product similar to ra-
dunn and with the same medical val.
ne. It Il called mesothorium. and Its
price n only $4,000 per gram. 1t ia
said that the Austrian government has
practical monopoly Of both radium
and mesothorium.
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The we'll known poem by Whittier,
one Of our best loved American poets.
called Telling the Bees" has its foun-
dalton In a strange old custom which
vss brought from the mother country
and prevailed for time IA New Eng
land.
When member Of family died the
bses were at once informed and theft
hives draped with mourning. This at
tention was believed to be necessary
IN order to keep the beeS from swarm
Ing or seeking new home.
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PuaiIistie English.

Pu0tItetse En0iteh.
The teacher was inatructing the class
In the rudiments Of the English IAN
guage.
John" she said. make q sentence
using the word 'indisposition.'
John. WIN was evidently Of q pugi-
listic turn OF mind, assumed an ag-
gressive pose and announced:
when youse wants to fight you
stands In dis position. Com
pani0n.
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The English Spelling Reform associa-
ton has no use for the system sug-
gested BY Mr.. Carnegie, but advocates
a system based upon the doubling or
combining Of letters. Sir william
Ramsay told the British association re-
Gently that any one who looked at the
system could learn to spell in i've min
utes. though he admitted that some Of
the words looked strange when spelled
In the new way. "Usual," for instance.
would be spelled 'yuushyual." - New
York World.
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Hero 10 way to make an old brown
leather bag look like new. First wash
It with soap and water. then rub It
well with a flannel moistened In oil.
Allow this to dry into the leather.
Now take some brown liquid boot
polish and paint the bag with 1t. CIV
Ing it at least three separate coatings
Finally. apply thin coating of shell
lac. which will provide an excellent
polish. A black bag may be treated in
similar fashion. only using black pol
ish n 'gioss" instead Of tho brown.