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REALLY NO CRIMINAL FACE"
English Investigator Points Out Falla- cy of What Has Long Been
 Accepted.

Scarcely enough justice has been done to the admirable work of Dr. Charles Goring in his study of the English criminal. which has just been issued as A blue book. This Is even less an important addition to our knowledge of the criminal than chal- lerge to the whole school of crimi- nologists For the investigations of Dr Goring shake the elaborate fabric built up by Lombroso and those who have followed in his footsteps.
 Our inevitable conclusion" the re- port states, must be that there Is no such thing as a physical criminal type" The head of the criminal diff fers in no marked degree from that of the university graduate, and special ized crime Is discovered to be Eot due to selection on the part of tho crimi- nal. but to the opportunities which present themselves to him. The criminal who Is in a favorable position for thieving. thieves: the man who has no opportunity for taking what Is not his figures among the statistics of criminal violence.
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E CHILD CROSS,
 FEVERISH, SICK
Look. MOtherl If tongue is coated. give California
 Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative" and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
 child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours. then your little one becomes cross. half-sick. feyerish. don't eat, sleep or act naturally. breath Is bad. system full of cold, has sore throat. stomach-aChe or diarrhoea. Listen. Mother, See If tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs, and in few hours all the constipated waste. sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys- tenn. and you have well child again.
 Millions of mothers give California Syrug of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and 1t nev- CT fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels
 Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
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Me Ped Button
D1 w IIx LII :" IEl
 AUTHOR OF THE CITY THAT WAS, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY Harry R .GrisSinSer
OPTRlGHT 1912 BoBBS- MERRILL co

he pinched him tu Boston and told him what it was for? He said l didn't kill him. but by God I'd like to shake hands with the man who did ' In the Inspectors voice there was an air of finalty and triumph
 Did he say that" asked Rosalie. did he say that" She unused fer a moment. revolving many principles of human conduct drawn from her large experience
 Martin McGee," she said at length. T told you while ago wasn't going to monkey with this thing But I'm an old fool and I'm in tiny own way, as | always worked ,"
 MCGee laughed
 T thought you couldn't keep out. he said but you'll run against Law. renee Wade at the end
 As the two strange women came through the door, they found Rosalie Le Grange waiting. Constance looked her full in the eye: and suddenly her hands went up 10 her own face and she surrendered herself to her misery And oddly enough she turned in her
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fused everything, He told Mir. Wade that as soon as he had arranged some thing-he didn't say what-he would Ind me and compel me to go with him. ] realized that Imust get farther from New York, l had few possessions of Captain Hanska's l wanted to re- turn them and close with him forever. Mir Wade had an idea of making one last appeal and asked him If he would deliver those things at the same time. Yesterday morning Mir. Wade came down to New York. That's all how-until saw the newspapers She stopped here. Her color faded, <, her hands fell apart with q gesture of despair.
 Now the Inspector took up the ex. animation. for Rosalie sat mlsing her eyes on Constance Hanska
 What were the things you sent?" he asked
 Let me see--what were they9 Bet sy-Barbara. you helped pack them. An aid miniature of the Captsin-
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CHAPTER w.
A Man Who lauohs.

What will become of me-" walled Mrs Moore to Rosalie Le Grange. And Rosalie forebore at first to an swer. for the ultimate destiny of Mrs Moore appeared, indeed. black and uncertain The police, having ran sacked. measured and photographed d the Moore boarding house to the limit of their imagination announced after four days that Mrs Moore might bring her establishment back But when Mrs Moore notified the boarders. she met-the expected They would not come.
 Rosalle Le Grange pulled out a chalr and gently pushed Mrs Moore into it
 Now let's talk this over sensible. % she said Tt certainly does look as if I'd played 1t low on you, gettjn your boarders away You cant blame me for olferin' my place that night. Keith. er can you blame me if they want to stay. haven't asked them to. lt hasn't occurred to you, l guess. that own this house and furniture ! haven't. got any rent to pay More over. with this Mrs llanska and Miss Lane. who came in unexpected. an some particular personal friends that are comin' next week. I'll be full up Guess you can see how l make it pay"
 Mrs Moore Topped What will be come of me-" she walled
 Now. Mrs Moore said Rosalie, with the high rent they charged you for the old place there was no future for you You were bound to fail I've got a better way. I'm so busy. an m goln' to be buster You see this house well, 1t aint my only interest An jest at present I'm rushed to death Goodness knows. standin' of reporters the way I've had to do this last week, Is one woman's job I've got to hire a housekeeper to look after things an tend front door an help out with the cleaning How would you like that? Over there. you were carryin' th" whole thing an workin' for your boar Here, you'll git thirtyive month, an I'll do the worryin"
 "Oh. Mrs Le Grange!" walled Mrs Moore: and this time the moving emo ton was gratitude,
 So. at the end of mighty anxious and perturbing week. the old Moore household settled down on Rosalie Le Grange, shook itself together again,
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Orderly Service.

A Methodist Rarsou. called to preach at an out-of-the=W town in California was informed. before entering the pull pit that he must be careful. as many Of the assembled congregation were "rouehs, and would not hesitate to pull him from the pulpit if his re- marks did uot suit them
 The minister made no reply. but having reached fhe sacred desk. he took from his pocket two revolyers, and placing one oa each side of the Bible gave d sharp glance around the room and sad Let us pray
 \ more orderly service was never held National Monthly
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Virginia Was Fifth Kingdom.

Virginia is known as the old Do minion because 1t was sometimes rec ognized as q separate dominion. Spen ser. fin 1890 dedicated his 'Faeris Queen to Elizabeth. queen of Eng land, France. Ireland and Virginia When James VI of Scotland came to the English throne Scotland was add ed and Virginia was called in com, pliment the fifth kingdom. And as Virginia stood firm for Charles H. aft CT the execution of his father, Charles in gratitude, caused the arms of Vir- ginia to be quartered with those of England, Scotland and Ireland. as an independent member of the king dom.
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distress not to her friend and com panion Betsy Barbara. but to this strange woman. AS bruised child runs to its mother. she ran to Resale I.e Grange and bowed a weary head upon her shoulder Rosalje took her to the bosom on which-in her own queer way-she had borne the bur dens of thousands for thirty years long
 You poor lamb" she exclaimed. you poor lamb Now it's going 10 be all right, dearie-and you're comjn home with me-"
 And that said Rosalie Ee Grange as she retold this tale to the only per son who ever enjoyed her full conti- dence. was the queerest way that ever saw of solcitin' custom for a boardin house"
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CHAPTER ItI-Continued.

.1 had to-" replied Mrs Hanska. Tt came to the point where I must leave him or turn criminal myself I got funds from home and sailed for America as soon as l could. l went straight to my mother in Boston. l resumed my maiden name 1 called myself Mrs Wharton-an and l got a situation at tho seminary at Arden where Miss Lane teaches also. Then my mother died At the end she made me promise that l would never go led that-that kind of life Somehow he learned though. that I was in Ar den. wanted a separation l need cd it for my own protection. You see. there was the property-mother had left little money. Captain Hanska wouldn't consent to a di- vorce"
 No" said Betsy Barbara in a tone of superhuman sapience. of course not He wanted that money"
 And there were no real grounds that knew, had deserted him. not he me Arterward he went away-to Holland l think. At least he was in Antwerp three months ago. Then he returned to New York He sent me . letter He said that he would never give me up Then put the whole matter Into the hands of MT Wade Mir Lawrence Wade
 An" The exclamation broke from tho immobIllty of Inspector Martin Melee. For the first time since Rosalie took the reins Constance Han ska seemed aware Of his existence.
 Yes" she said. the young man whom you have arrested for this mur. der. know, Inspector McGee, that my opinion will carry little weight with you Rut must say this" she paused. and seemed to struggle with an emotion which. hitherto carerully repressed, now beat itself to the sur face-"I.awrence Wade did not com init that murder. He couldn't have done It. He isn't that kind of a man He Is my friend and attorney He lives in Arden have known him over since l went there. He visited New York three times to attempt some legal settlement with Captain Hanska. He wanted me to get n divorce wasn't quite ready to do that. even If could have found grounds. But was willing to have a legal separation -something which would have rid me of Captain Hanska and let me go my own way authorized Mir Wade 10 of fer part of my mothers property. If that would do any good. The Captain re-
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lT0 HE CNNTINTEn-

The one marked characteristic of the criminal classes is a low order of physique. frequently associated with a poor intelligence Such defects as these, however, are too common out side the ranks of the criminals to af- ford any guide in the criminal before he commits crime, And with that broad fact the entire structure of pseudo-science comes toppling to the ground.-W estminster Gazette
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must have been stabbed standing If SO the thrust came from the front of the murderers hand-a fencers blow And there was no doubt that Wade was a fercer.
 The putatIye defendant. although a lawyer himself admitted all these facts except touching upon his rela- tions with Mrs Hauska He yolun- teered the opinion that such d man de served killing On the night of the murder. he said. they had quarreled again. Hanska had refused all pro. posals Thereupon he had taken that consignment Of small possessions out of the bag. and had departed On one point alone was he vague. He did not tell fully why he had started so suddenly for Europe T WAS afraid To stay he said once His attorneys intjmated that he would explain this, also if there were farther proceed ings On this point Constance com mitted her only tHdiserett0n IL was that very afternoon when the feminine
 sympathy writer" succeeded n reach. HE Her hifDW Nl4N liz iHtA tAt'N' Constance told her. and III tell you, If he won't He could da me no fur ther good and he was afraid of what he might do 10 Captain Hanska. He said before he left for New York that if he failed might not see him for a long time
 And so the Coroner's Jury found that John II Hanska came to his death from a knife wound at the hand of Lawrence Wade or persons unknown, and recommended that the said Law renee Wadc be held to await action of the Grand Jury He went back 10 the Tombs under guard
 Here and now, the corporeal pres ence ot Lawrence Wade shall fade for time from this story You have. of course concluded by this time that he ls innocent Perhaps yeu are right the unfolding of this tale NH tell Leave him now in the Tombs. to play his own native resolution agalnst the forces of darkness and 10 gather what consolation he may tEom the visits Of his Lady of Sorrows and Of her little golden girl eomrade
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CHAPTE R ".
Tommy North.

Tommy North. after The first day. was a pawn in this game Il captured pawn. hfl to one side Of the board The police held him. it Is true, untH after the eereners verdict then with out apology. the turnkey east him loose His first concern was for his mother In the village Of White Horse. Conn OHs bv false assurances and by the assistance of an aunt who hid the newspapers from her. did he sue. ceed in keeptug her away from New York He hurried to her. and in two days modified her anger not at his being accused of murder. but at his be ing drunk. He returned 10 find his job gone Tommy North took sucb eatastrophies more phiIosophically than most He had filled and lost 8 dozen jobs in three years Of New York Easy come. easy go" was his motto as he told Rosalie Le Grange when he called to take away his possessions removed by her from the Moore house
 Tell me" said Rosalie pausiHg from folding coats and regarding him, arms akimbo. do you really like the stu6?"
 Tommy North. unaccuetomed to self analysis, turned this over Tn his mind for several seconds.
 Well. no. he said al length, cant say do. suppose everybody loathes the demon when he's going down. No don't like the taste of H. Anyhow I've got so that no one suspects my maiden emotions don't make a face or choke any longer"
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Twenty-nine United States railroads have 1926 stockholders.
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WlIIino to Learn.

Moved by an impulse he could not resist. he suddenly kissed her, "Oh. Herbert" she exclaimed. that's not right" I'm sorty, Helen," replied Herbert humbly T did the best know how Won't you show me the proper way?"
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SYNOPSIS.

Tommy North, returning to his room in Mrs Moore's boarding house at 2.3o a m. discovers the body of Capt. John Hanska. another roomer. with q knife wound on his breast Suspicion rests upon a man giving the name of Lawrence Wade, who bad called on Hanska in the evening and had been heard quarrelng with Hanska. who gives her name as Rosalie r,eGrange. appears and takes into her own home across the street all of Mrs Moore s boarders. including Miss Estrilla, nh 'n- valid who was confined to the room she occupied and whose brother was favor she among the other boarders Wade Ia arrested lie is about to leave the coun- try. Mrs IeGrangc who. while plying her trade as a trance medium. had aided Police Inspector Martin MCGee several ffmes. calls at his office to tell what she knows of the crime. While she is there. Constance Hauska, widow of the murder ed man. whose existence had been un- known. appears
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IS EPILEPSY coNQUERED7
New Jersey Physician Said to Have
 Many Cures to His Credit.

Many Cures to His Credit.
 Red Bank, N J. (SpeciaD .-Advices from every direction fully confirm previous reports that the remarkable treatment for epilepsy being admin istered by Dr, Perkins of this city. is achieving wonderful results. Old and stubborn cases have been greatly benefited and many patients claim to have been entirely cured.
 Persons suffering from epilepsy should write at once to Dr. H. w. Perkins, Branch 49. Red Bank. N. J.. for a supply of the remedy which is being distributed gratuitously.-Adv.
 Let us never waste our time. It may come in handy to apply on jail sen tonro lafor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

AsneRgon
Land Made
Rhems-Lie
Townsan Io<Ai FonnerC

ed house known as the Renaissance
Hotel. is a picturesque spot. worthy of
the brush of an artist.
Across the plateau of the Argonne to
the southwest lies another charming
city, Nancy. the capital of the depart
ment of the Meurthe ct MUSCLE. 1t is
the seat of a bishop and was the for
mer capital of Lorraine. 1t was once
the residence of the dukes, of whom
Stanislaus Leczynski, the eX-King of
Poland, was the last 1t is considered
one of the most picturesque and best
built cities of France, the surrounding
vineyards adding greatly to the beauty
of its situation.
Since Strassburg was taken by Ger
many, Nancy has risen in importance,
and now her academy is of high re-
pute. Nancy's Ecole Forestiere, or
school forest, is the only nursery of the
ago the British government sent pupils
regularly to this school of forestry,
under the charge of an officer.
Nancy, too. centuries ago, suffered the
devastation born of war. Back in 1875
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
and son of Philip the Good, took
Nancy. He lost it again the next year.
and was killed beneath the shadow of
it's walls by the Duke of Lorraine and
the Swiss. on the 5th of January. 1477.
In the early days of the French revolu-
top historians tell that the troops at
Nancy first manifested the spirit of
rebellion. which was to eliminate in
the horrors of the reign of terror. In
the Franco-Prussian war the Germans
seized and occupied the city without
resistance.
Nancy boasts a fine Hotel de Vile.
which was built in the seventeenth
century. and 1t is hoped this will es-
cape the fate of Louvain. The first
floor is occupied by the musee, which
contains collection of ancient and
modern paintings. The wroughtiron
banisters of the staircase leading to
the concert hall and room are by La
mour and justly celebrated.
In the Grande Rue is the Palais
Ducal Its handsome porch dates from
the beginning of the sixteenth century.
The building illustrates the best form
of late Gothic in France. Within the
ducal palace is another museum, the
Musee Lorraine, but the larger part
of IT, fine collection was burned by
the Germans when they invaded Nancy
in 1871. Two rooms. however. are still
devoted to antiquities, sculptures and
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cialists who served the gun and go men
who happened to be near were, to the
last man, torn into little bits. Their
bloody members fell upon cavalry de-
tachment posted seven miles distant, and
bits Of shell, iron-scrap and grape-shot
killed or wounded siXty-tilree infantry
men at distance of three miles. The
mortar itself-like Mephisto in Faust
disappeared i'll great hole in the
ground
Simple question OF dosage said the
gentlemanly inspector. Drop one OF
have in Trafalgar Square exactly the
raVages produced on the forts of Liege.
But such shells are expensive and heavy.
We can carry three torpedoes for one
such-certainly two. Torpedoes? Yes,
pedo sinks dreadnaught Wait till we
get started on the Fleet street news
paper buildings.'
He chuckled.
IAN aerial feet Of thirty-six new
giant Zeppelins are preparing as a
Christmas gift for English cousins.
Christmas boxes are sent out to dear
ores at distance, two weeks in ad-
vance. NIGHT war? Yes, it is moglich!
With torpedoes, tubes and a reduced
crew-nothing else-for so-loved Eng
lsh cousins"
Yes. He told it as good joke.
::
rising to the occasion, but can you see
that fleet of thirty-siA Zeppelins float =
ing lazily over London (they pretend
that there is no risk with their armored
bodies). They take picked positions
four above Trafalgar Square. say"
All Germany triumphs in advance
over the coming humiliation of Lon
don. Cartoons show the panic scram-
ble-in Trafalgar square by preference
when the first torpedo -Zeppelins with
their armored bodies and two tiny cab
ms float above the doomed metropolis.
1t is a tale of citizens blown to bits.
of soldiers struggling against hope in
indescribable wreckage, of terror
stricken property owners clamoring
for peace; tale of multttudes crushed.
burned and mutilated under heaps OF
blackened ruins. of volunteers and fire.
men bringing out still living bodies.
charred in portions; tales of smolder-
square.
They revel in the encampments of
ambulances and doctors busy with
dead and wounded Londoners. of lurid
lights and fostering movement, of
great buildings. red-lit in the shadows.
crumbling at the impact of torpedoes,
the swift onset on Unsuitable conflagra-
lions. All, proud London, in the twi-
light you are harvesting the death
you sowed.
Won't give in yet? London won't
give in yet?
Now the Zeppelins get to work in
earnest. Down shoot simultaneously
glittering torpedoes from twice thirty
six directions! Binding flames squirt
out from every point they touch. And
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deep, and most of them are fortified
Nerdun itself is strongly fortified. At
this point the river Mouse divides into
several branches. There is, was, two
bridges at Nerdun across the Mouse. The
main street of the city leads directly {"
the principal bridge. which crosses tn.
main channel.
The history OF old Verdun goes back L"
Si3. In that year the possessions -
Charlemagne were divided among his
three grandsons by the treaty of Nerdui
They were known as Lothaire, Lewis tie
German and Charles the Bald.
Lothaire. or Lothar. was born about
7e5. He was emperor of the holy Ro-
man empire from $40 to $50. He was
the eldest son of Louis de Debonnaire
After the death of his father he went
to war with his brothers over the di-
vision Of the empire. Lewis and Charles
defeated him in the battle OF Frontenav
IN s41. Two years later. by the treaty
of Nerdun. Lothaire consented to the
partition ct his fathers realm. He con-
tented himself with the possession of all
the territory included between the Alps.
Rhine, Mouse, Saone and the Rhone, only
STIMULATING that he should be left in un-
disputed possession of the imperial title.
to which both Charles the Bald and
Lewis the German agreed. The French
and German members of the empire, then
severed. were never again united
s. *
By the peace of Westphalia, in 1913.
Austria gave up Verdun, Toul and Metz.
which then became possessions of
France. In 1892 the Prussians bonn
barded Verdun, the town surrendering
after only a few hours futile attempt
at resistance. The story told is that
the invaders were accorded most hos
pitable reception by the subjugated in
habitants. bevy of Nerdun beauties
decked out in their best white gowns
and brightest ribbons sailed out to
meet the victorious hordes. They car
ried no arms, but bore instead great
baskets heaped with delicious "dra-
gees" the bonbons which have made
Verdun famous. Whether it was the
sweetness of the draGces. which we
know as sugar almonds. or the sweet
ness of the maidens themselves no one
knows. but the offering was gracious
ly accepted by the citys conquerors.
Later in the same year the revolu-
tionists, after the famous battle OF
Ealmy. retook the town. The great
warriors revenged themselves by kill
ing the helpless Inhabitants. Many
young girls were among the victims of
the murderers.
Again in 1870 Eerdun was bombarded
by the Germans After a most stub
born resistance of three weeks, the
town was forced to surrender In the
court of the fine seventeenth century
Hotel de Vile are treasured four can
non They were presented by France as
a recognition of the towns gallant re-
sistance to the national foe in 1870. The
name implacable foe which is ono.
more devastating La Belle, France.