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find nut Of just the form shown.
Then all you will have to do 10 mark
the eyes with pen or pencil and make
q pair of toothpick feet.
Brownie Jim Zig. 81 II keeper OF
the Nutland roo. His body IL an al.
mond, his head . chestnut. and his
arms are toothpicks. He wears sroad
shoes made Of pumpkin seeds and .
hat made Of . cup from . large
acorn.
The spider Gig. 81 IL q monster.
but IL quite harmless. Its body II q
peanut, and it, legs are bent tooth
picks.
Nutland sparrows are Just a. fat and
saucy az any live ones you have ever
seen. Select . peanut for the body,
make the feet Of toothpicks. and mark
the eyes and beak with pen or pencil.
For the porcupine pierce one side
Of . peanut full Of holes. and stick
broken toothpicks into the holes for
quilts. Then provide four toothpick
legs.
The "gump" lives only in Nutland.
Its body its . double peanut. and its
legs are halves Of toothpicks.
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the continent Italy has many 20
litical refugees. The chief of all Ital-
ian cabinets 10 Russian named Zach
arm. who calls himself an art student
Zacharin has many men In his pay.
Francisco Leone. the chief Of them.
has lately made q confession, and the
question II to be raised in the Italian
chamber. For months the cabinet
opened every letter addressed to or
written BY the well known Russian an.
thor and satirist. Amphitheatrofi.
Ex-Minister Of the Interior Buluigin
IL the greatest living authority on
black cabinet" matters. Buluigin 10
now q prominent member Of the coun-
ell of the empire. When serving - q
minor oflicial in the ministry Of the In
terror he reorganixed the cabinet, gave
1t entirely into charge of the gendarm.
cry and issued . decree putting ali
postmaster under control Of the
gendarmes. The result was that the
cabinet grew In effrontery. No mana
letters were sacred. When Q Kursk
merchant complained to the late Pre-
mier Peter Stolypin that the cabinet
delayed for days his business CORE
spondence. Stolypin answered: They
sometimes delay mine for weeks"
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voluntarily resident abroad. who are
nearly all foes Of the government On
til three years ago little was known
Of this. but when Bourtseff made his
famous revelations in 1910 1t was
shown that at least $50 BLACK cabinet"
men were engaged In perturbation"
in foreign lands. Even comparatively
free London has it, black cabinet"
though 1t has no relations with the
English postal authorities or with the
English police.
In continental countries the cabinet
works. or worked in the past. more or
less together with the local political
police; and 1t found an excuse for this
by making out that all malcontenta
were advocates of terrorist methods.
In Berlin and Vienna, after the Bourt-
sen revelations. the police began to
treat the cabinet emissaries coldly.
and now the cabinet must work on
their own lines.
In Paris. before 1910. the cabinet
acted hand in hand with the police. a.
though in. helping them the police were
violating French law. M. Clemenceau.
in 1910. promised the chamber of depu-
ties that no more Russian agents
would be tolerated on French soil. The
promise was not kept The cabinet,
under q man who has often been In
Jail for crimes. still steals and opens
private letters. Two French colabora-
tors were lately exposed.
One way Of getting hold Of the let
tiers Ii by bribing the concierges.
Sometimes the black cabinet" ennis
sary approaches the concierge with .
forged card making him out to be .
French police agent. and demands the
letters Of q Russieu resident The con-
cierges, who are In chronic dread Of
the police. usually give the letters up.
Only during the present year did 1t
become known that Rome has the
largest Russian BLACK. cabinet" on
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BLACK CABINET Of RUSSIA HAS
BRANCHES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Emssaies of Gar Nicholas Search Private Correspondence for
Evidence Of conspiraces-A Law to Do Away With lamp
erng Of Letters Failed to Pass Duma in l905-Spies in
Other Nations.

Philadelphia--Russi BLACK cabi'
act" has brought on q minor interna-
tional crisis. The black cabinet" IL
= vast secret organization subject to
the minister of the interior, which
spies on private correspondence. and
now Great Britain, Japan and Italy are
complaining that the cabinet, In its
thirst for surreptitious knowledge. Ii
Ignoring the postal convention which
declares private correspondence to be
inviolable.
When the mail bags via Siberia from
England to japan arrive at their des-
tination they are often q week late.
and many of the letters bear signs OF
having been tempered with. Some
times no concealment II made. Gays
the Philadelphia Ledger. Newspapers
are opened, articles censored and
BACKED out with the sticky mixture
which Russians call print caviare."
One japanese mail bag which arrived
via Siberia in Moscow on August !
was not dispatched to London until
August 9. though by schedule 1t ought
to have been dispatched on the day OF
arrival And several letters were lost.
Italy's protest has another basis. 1t
IL that the black cabinet" NEEDLES
not only with the Russo-Italian CORE
spondence, but that 1t even maintains
at Rome. under the nose of the Italian
police. black cabinet" manned by
Russians and by Italians. which inter-
cepts the letters of Russians resident
in Italy. opens them. and sometimes.
out of too much professional zeal, even
steals letters from Italians to Italians.
The black cabinet" is so bold at times
that. after reading private letters. 1t
does not take the trouble to forward
them to their destination. but destroys
them. That fate overtakes even let
tiers which have nothing to do with
Russian affairs. Invitations to dinner
and scented epistles making appoint
ments to meet in the forum are sacri-
feed to Russia's spy system.
Russia IL now the only European
state that maintains department with
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BY A. NEELV HALL.
TOYS FROM NurLANp.

The amusing little figures shown In
the illustrations are q few Of the many
that live in Nutland. Five cents worth
Of peanuts, q few chestnuts and Pc
cans, some pumpkins or squash seeds,
and a few handfuls of toothpicks will
furnish material for making them.
Figure shows the wild man and
his prancing horse. The man IL made
OF two peanuts. one for the head and
one for the body. These are joined to-
gether by q short piece Of toothpick
stuck into, hole pierced in the end
of each nut with knife. Pierce holes
In the body peanut in the right places
for the arms and legs. and stick tooth
picks. bent a. shown, into these
holes.
For the wild horse. select . long
double peanut. Pierce two small holes
near one end, and insert two bits of
toothpicks for ears. Four bent tooth
picks form the legs. and another forms
the tail The wild man must be fas-
teneo to the horse by sticking one end
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other sticks that you can ind. BIND
them to the chair backs with string.
Get q large enough piece Of cloth
for the canopy covering to extend over
the four corner sticks and hang down
across the front and ends TO form q
band eight or ten inches wide. Tack
the cloth to the corner sticks.
The front and ends Of the countsr
should BE- enclosed with cloth Or
heavy wrapping-paper.
OF course, you must have . Get Of
scale balances for your counter. Your
little store would not be complete
without them. Figure shows Z ct
very easy to make. The base Of thee
II = large spool. and into the center
hole Of thfs spool rubbertipped pen
ell II slipped for the center support
Gig. ~. Cut the top Cross strips
from the cover Of . cardboard bon,
making them ten inches long. Cut tie
ends and center ~, shown IN FIG. 6.
and pierce . pinhole through the een-'
ter. Figure I shows how the strips
are fastened each side Of the rubber
tip Of the pencil. by means Of piA
pushed through them and through The
rubber-tip: also. how . small cork =
pushed on to the point Of the pin. 90
there win be no danger Of It injuring
you.
The weighing trays are made Of PHI
box covers Of equal size. Pierce four
holes through the rim Of each. and.
after running thread through each
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home and foreign sections for the pur-
pose Of what II called 'perlustration. I"
The French cabinet noir," which was
founded under Louis XIV. and lasted
with an interruption during the revo-
lution) until late In the restoration, IL
declared unlawful by the 18TH article
Of the penal code. England In 1887
forbade the opening Of letters and Ger.
many extended the prohibition to the
whole empire by the imperial post law
Of 1871. In civilized Europe letters
may be opened only by court order, In
case Of criminal prosecutions or under
martial law.
In Russia law against "perlustra-
tion," which would have done away
with the black cabinet" was one of
the projected reforms of 1905, but It
has gone the way Of all other reform
projects. When the question comes up
In the duma the answer of the minister
of the interior 10 that postoffice ON.
Gals never open letters. This IL q
gamble with words. The letters are
opened by the black cabinet" which
is mostly manned by gendarmerie of.
flcers. The postofice cannot protest
because Russia has no special minister
Of posts. and al postofiices are sub
1ect to the ministry of the interior:
that 10 to the department which con.
trolls and instructs the BLACK cabi.
net" and which alone Of all Russian
ministries carries on espionage. This
explains the anomaly Of there beine NO
ministry OF posts. : An Independent
minister might refuse to hand up let.
tiers to the black cabinet" and vould
be able to justify his action in law.
It u estimated that at least 1000 of.
ficials are engaged in these cabineta
but this number does not include the
host Of auxiliary workers and letter
stealers. vassili Desyatinsky, an az.
gendarme who II now making reveal.
tons. says that the number IN only
1900. but that the auxiliary workers
number at least 5000.
The black cabinets" are governed
BY the following rules: First, that he
must open all letters addressed To
suspected persons or to persons who
have been convicted Of political Of
lenses. This rule II % well known
that suspected men. a. far az It de-
ponds upon themselves. do not have
letters sent to them through the post.
They make an exception to this rule
when they want the police put OF the
scent. They write letters to Themselves,
giving false appointments to meet,
false addresses. etc.
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ADMIRAL WATTS view OF NAVY

ships we are going to build in the
future will have even deeper drafts
than thirty feet. and the depth of
prominent harbors in the United
States should be at least thirty.nve
feet" said Rear Admiral Watt, chief
Of the naval bureau of construction
and repair, In statement to the
house naval affairs committee.
Admiral Watt was advocating q
provision in the naval appropriation
bill. which the committee soon will
report to the house. to authorize q
contract for use by the navy of private
dry docks at Hunters point. San Fran.
cisco.
Admiral Watt urged that this action
was imperative. With the opening
Of the Panama canal" he explained.
1T IL probable that our principal feet
will have periods of duty on the west
coast.
This provision would permit the
docking Of the largest ships at Hunt
ers point, instead of sending them to
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two grocery boxes about 30 inches
high they will do. The illustrations
show chair supports, for they win
probably be easiest for you to obtain,
As the chair seats are not high enough
to rest the counter board upon, YOU
must place small box upon each to
make them Of the right height.
II you cannot find nice clean board
for the counter-top. probably you can
borrow one Of the extra dining-table
boards. or the ironing board. Another
board Of equal length to that used for
the top. placed across the chair seatsv
beneath the small boxes, will make
. good shelf. and by turning the small
boxes 20 their open ends win be to-
wards the back Of the counter. ana
placing short pieces Of board across
the chair rounds. a. shown in Fie. :,
you will have two splendid cupboardoI
Of three shelves each in which to keen
stock.
The canopy above the counter u
really not necessary, but ! think every
girl win want one, for It makes the
store much neater appearing. For the
corner sticks you may use broom
handles. short curtain poles, and any
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OF piece OF toothpick into his body
and the other end into the horses
back. s
The giraffe Gig. - has . peanut
body. toothpick legs, . toothpick neck,
and q toethpick tail. Its head 10 q
pumpkin seed. with eyes marked with
pen or pencil The ears are short
pieces Of toothpicks stuck into . slit
made with knife In the edge of the
seed. Another slit 10 made In the
edge OF the seed for the toothpick neck
to stick into.
The pig Gig. 81 has . pecan-nut
body, and four short toothpick legs.
The tail Is . piece Of string Twist
the string into q curleycue. make 1t
stiR by dipping II into glue. and stick
Its end into q hole made In the end
Of the pecan nut. The eyes are mark
ed with pen or pencil.
The old owl Gig. u 10 made Of Q
peanut By careful hunting. you win
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round the wrist Al many - four or
i've Of these slender gold clasps are
often worn. and the wearers. 20 far
from feeling ashamed Of their folly.
seem to take . pride In It.
A west end jeweler tells me that
any number Of these bangles are sold
to the same class of young men who
have been In the habit of wearing
watch bracelets. The same effeminate
youth often wears three rings on his
signet finger. two plain bands md .
ring with his monogram. and he caps
It all By sticking . peacock's feather,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-20
DR.. JACOB RIESSER

In the overthrow Of the conserva-
tive party In Germany at the last cleo
lions for the reichstag. two years ago.
some saw only a socialist victory.
Others who had been studying polite
al and economic conditions In the en-
pire for the few years preceding
greeted the result as an Antiquarian
triumph.
In addition to the great number OF
seats won by the socialists. ffty-eight
candidates who we're avowedly or
known to be agrarians in their SYM
pathies were defeated. not because Of
the increased popularity Of socialist
doctrines, but by reason of the spread
Of revolt against agrarian domination
of politics in the empire and the or.
ganized campaign against the big
landowners and what they stood for.
waged for little more than two years
by the Hansa league.
The credit for the defeat of the
agrarians is largely due to Prof. ia
cob Riesser, the well-known German
expert on banking and finance nr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-20
BECOME YOUNG MEN SLAVES
EfsemInaey Run Mad. In London In
veisIes Them 70 Wear Gold Ban
alec Around Their Wrists.

London.-The smart young men In
London have hit on q new phase Of
foolishness. Hitherto their efficiency
has shown itself in taste for rain
bow socks and fancy shoes. but now
they 90 q stage further In their de-
cadence by affecting . fashion for
gold slave" bangles. worn loosely
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He was an optimistic soul and q
sportsman-a combination that made
him . friend to bookies, both directly
and indirectly. His pals. whom he in
fected with his enthusiasm. followed
his tips blindly. with more often than
not disastrous results.
See what you've DONE" walled one
Of his friends after q race. And you
told be could put my shirt on that
horse"
And did your"
"Yes-worse luck"
We'll, then" replied the optimistic
sportsman. see the money you'll save
on laundry bills!"-Tt Bits.
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m nnal analysis
now cultured We ideas aone
get together and from EACH other"
In the She
nsncer
hobby
After the bill supporting passed.
penn asked Are
and that building
opportunity exercise
like that
good hope shall getting
and seeing the o lumb really
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900 miles bateshp
They
though dredging
deepening 1t thirty feet"
the Atlantic
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hole. bring the upper ends together
knot them three inches above the
tray, and form loop two inches above
the knot to slip over the notched emo
Of the top crosspiece.
This completes the scale balances
The small collar buttons with which
laundered shirts are returned from the
laundry make excellent weights. Lack
ing these. you may use almost any
kind Of small buttons.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-20
INTERESTED IN SOCIAL CENTER WORK

Miss Margaret Wilson. daughter of
the president, IL tremendously inter
ested in the social center movement.
She has joined the Monday Evening
club Of this city and IL taking an
active interest In the social settlement
work In which that club Is engaged.
Last Monday evening the club held
its meeting in the public library. and
Miss Wilson was In the audience. but
not upon the program. They had un-
der discussion the use Of the public
school buildings Of Washington as the
social centers. with United States SEN
ators and representatives and several
other public men on the regular pro-
gram. Miss Wilson was not included
among the regular speakers, but when
the chairman announced that the
meeting was open to general discus
sion Miss Wilson. who was accompa.
MED to the meeting by Mrs. ]. Borden
Hartman. frankly expressed her senti-
ments. She said:
The social contep uovaunan< In
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TING cn8uBeB eVefytuiu8.
1T certainly does. You remember
that old joke about how hard 1t Wa
to steal q woman's purse because no
thief was smart enough to locate the
pocket in her skirt. With these A'rsy
draperies they're wearing now it's u
most shame to take the money, - y
were"
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For HANDY Bous and
Girls 10 Make andDo
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.
A PLAY STORE.

Play store-keeping lie great fun for
summers day, and a very eoo6
counter for little store may be made
IN the simple manner shown in Fin.
I and 2.
Chairs are best for the end supports
OF the counter. though II you can ana
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chieftans
The
the Fnpnos architecture
him. and these
giving burlesque rather
The American
end Of amusement out Of the topper
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-20
GOVERNOR HARRIS0N'S SILK HAT

Former Representative Francis Bur-
ton Harrison, the newly appointed
governor general of the Philippines. is
already known In that part Of the
world as 'the man with the hat" and
has been made the object Of q good
deal of fun. 1t seems that while on
his way to join his post he gave all
sorts of elaborate directions. by means
Of wireless, about his official recep-
ton on his arrival at Manila. and en-
phasized In several of these communi-
cations that he would wear for the
occasion a cutaway coat. and n high
silk hat" thus indicating that he ex-
pected American and native civilian
dignitarles to be similarly CARRIED.
Now high silk hats are virtually un-
known in the Philippines. being un-
suited for the climate. the usual form
Of headgear being q pith helmet, such
as is worn by white people In the
tropics. In fact, the only use made OF
high silk hats In the Philippines IL
IN nroaent them IN nettv aultan2 and
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London. ont.-An underground river
connecting the great lakes II believe
to be swallowing mp Turnberry, near
here Many stretches Of roadway have
sunk so feet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-22
SHIPS SAILING
BRINGS PROTEST
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD LINER
PERMITTED TO CLEAR
FROM UNITED STATES.
GREAT BRITAIN CLAIM SHE
CARRIES COAL TO GERMANS
State Rooms Of Merchantmen Filled
With Coal, and Large Quantity of
Food Supplies Also Is carred-Ger-
man Naval officer Placed in Com.
mand.

Philadelphia Aug. 22.--Loaded to the
limit with coal and food supplies. the
North German Lloyd steamship Bran
denburg Is steaming down the Della
ware river bound for Bergen, Norway.
This is the destination given in the
clearance papers. and the captain says
the journey will require about two
months.
Despite the protest of the British
ambassador in Washington, who de-
clared the Brandeburg is an auxiliary
cruiser OF the German navy, local GUS
toms authorities gave her clearance
papers. The Brandenburg is slow. and
her only chance for safety lies in pro"
lection by German cruisers
When the Brandenburg sailed her
appearance was changed so that old
mariners failed to recognize her as the
same vessel Her buff f-colored tunnels
had been painted black, and paint had
altered the appearance of he- hull.
In her hold were $500 tons OF coal
an additional 1000 In her bunkers, and
between decks were stored $500 tons
of supplies, said to be mostly food
stuffs Luxuriously appointed state
rooms were loaded to their fullest ca
pacities with coal, and the air of mer-
chantmen and passenger boats which
she formerly possessed. WAS sone.
Naval Officer in Command.
1t is stated that prior to the depart
ure Of the vessel Captain Schmetz was
superseded In command by Captain
Dietrich, on orders from Berlin. Cap
tain Dietrich is attached to the Ger
man navy auxiliary. He commanded
a Japanese warship during the Russo
| Japanese. war and took part In the
siege of vladivostok.
Both the captain OF the Brandenburg
and the German consul at Philadelphia
denied that tho Brandenbnrg was going
to the relief Of German cruisers. They
made positive statements that the yes
sci was going to try to deliver her
cargo in Bergen. where the price of
! coal is exceedingly high. They said
! that opportunity for making big profit
was worth the risk Of capture by
French and English warshps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-22
GERMANS HAVE LITTLE NEWS.
Only Brief Announcement Made Of oe
cupaney Of Brussels.

Only Brief Announcement Made Of oc'
cupane Of Brussels.
Berlin, via Copenhagen and London.
Aug. ga Iaconic dispatch of seven
words. announcing the entry OF the
Germans into Brussels, is the only news
regarding the occupation of the Belgian
city yet published here. The military
authorities are contenting themselves
with the brevity of the announcement,
SURPRISING that said to have been en-
ployed by the late, Field Marshal Won
Moltke.
The Berlin papers express admira-
advance. but make no comment on the
German tactics. They occupy them
, selves almost solely with the CORES
pondence between Prince Henry OF
Prussia, King George and Emperor
William. which was exchanged Just be-
fore war was declared. and was pub
lished for the first time yesterday.
The papers are unanimous In the
| Eopinion that these documents, with the
| dispatches exchanged by the emperor
Of Russia and the German emperor
proved conclusively that Germany, un-
til the last moment. sought her ut
most to maintain peace with Russia
and France.
Germany, 1t is declared, desired to
prevent war with France. and sought
only guarantee Of French neutrality.
England. however. refused to help In
obtaining such guarantee, and there
fore, it is reasoned, England, In the
first place. was the cause Of the war
between France and Germany.
The Japanese charge d'affairs is still
in Berlin.