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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

TvHE fascination OF precious stones goer far
deeper than is thought by those who have
only seen them in the shops of the jewel.
ers and on the necks of women. An English
woman who visited the ruby mines in Burma
some years ago and brought back with her
handful of unset rubies sapphires and aqua.
marines, has never reconciled herself to hav.
ing them made into conventional ornaments,
but keeps them by her in the rough to feed
her eyes at these little fountains of pure color.
1t is notable fact that the names Of the
precious stones are, almost without exception,
as beautiful as the stones themselves. Few
passages in literature illustrate this better than
st. Johns description of the New Jerusalem:
1.-THE first foundation was Jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth,
an emerald; the nth. sardonyx; the sixth,
sardius: the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth,
beryl; the NINTH a topaz; the tenth, a chryso-
prase; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an
amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve
pearls; every several gate was Of one pearl"
To these we may add the diamond and ruby,
turquoise and opal, avanturine, carnelian, lapis
lazuH and tourmaline.
The Jews, with their racial instinct for beau.
ty, have often adopted surnames derived from
gems, like those Of Rubinstein, the musician,
and the Austrian satlrist, Saphir
DR.. George Frederic KunZ in his delightful
book on "The Curious Lore OF Precious Stones,"
acutely suggests that the charm Of jewels lies
not only in their brilliance, but In their durabil-
fty-a quality which always possesses q mys.
terious attraction for us mutable creatures Of
the moment.
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greater terror than It is. II 1t grew to the
size Of a man, or even OF large dog.
We all know that flea the size Of
Imagine a flea that would crush you to
death as It jumped on you. or knock you
over with kick Of It's hind leg. Perhaps
It would prefer to suck all your blood SLOW
ly out OF you. None Of the large existing
animals are as cruel in their ways Of caus.
ing death as the insects.
The mole.cricket, curious insect found
In the southern United States. would be
one Of the most terrible creatures II In.
creased to the size OF a man.
It belongs to the cricket family. but is
furnished with claws which enable 1t to
burrow and throw up the earth after the
fashion of mole. Under ordinary cir.
cumstances 1t might escape notice except
from nature student, but when 1t Ia en-
larged to a great size 1t is at once seen to
be much more terrible and formidable in
appearance than any existing animal.
It's first pair OF feet, which accomplish
most of the digging work, appear especial.
ly powerful and dangerous. Crawling over
the ground, with claws outstretched to
crush its human victims In It's grasp, with
fierce glittering eyes set In a head OF metal.
lie hardness, with vast antennae stretched
out in front to feel for victims. and with
high horny carapace like armorpdate sur.
mounting his thorax. the enlarged mole
cricket would be well calculated to strike
terror into the whole race OF mankind.
Evidently the earth. with all the insects
Increased TO a colossal size, would be a
perfect inferno. In which man would live
in terror and misery, hiding In caverns and
holes In the earth and constantly running
for his life.
Even underground ne would not be safe,
for we must assume that the many ingects
which burrow into the earth would DO In
creased in size. AS he dug into the ground
he would DO met by squirmsug earth WORMS
elk feet long. which, though they would
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|" United States of EurOpe''

right fight surely they would be glad II they
could respectfully leave of fighting"
It Is here that we must realize that difference be-
tween the historic divisions Of Europe and the local
varieties of America of which spoke at the beginning
The Pacss often tell Europeans that they should try
to imagine United States of Europe. should like to
tell Americans that they must try to imagine Dis.
united States OF America. Suppose Virginia had sepa-
rated from America thoroughly America did from
but different Spain Suppose Utah not only
as eccentric but actually independent Turkey.
It Is then that back the real dangers OF the
European tradition; and the most dangerous thinga
about It, need hardly gay It's virtues-or If you
will, its ideals.
For here is the heroic paradox OF the thing England
has her interests Servia has her faults but to sup
pose these the springs OF action would be ex
acy to miss the main fact of the European situation
This is war peoples, and Is much too intellectual
for dipomatiss understand The truth is-that man
kind resents insult much more than injury. And the
Thing we are lighting han succeeded In insulting Gil
that ia best in each This should be noted, for III
is spiritually very important What Prussia affronted
In Serve was Balkan intrigue but the just
tiona selfrespect. What she ahronted In Russia was
not the arbitrary police traditions but the real religion
and tho real call the blood. And what che has In
suited In is not the guttersnpe glory Of Mafekng
Night but all that remains Of that mercantile probty
which can alone nation OF shopkeepers from be-
coming nation Of shoplitters.
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not attack him. would blindly oppose thei,
hideous. Shiny, wriggling mass to him. In
the caves the many insects that love the
darkness would walt for him, their venom.
Gus powers increased with their bulk. Tho
trees would offer him no refuge, for there
the colossal caterpillars. with their many
feet and their singing hairs, would be
ready to receive him.
Ancient stories tell us OF an age OF
dragons and monsters, when life must have
been one long terror. These stories appear
to be q more or less truthful record Of
actual conditions on earth, when man lived
side by aide with various extinct mon.
sters, including reptiles and insects. Ger.
tainly those early men can have been no
worse OFF than we should be II our present
insects should be increased to the size Of
men.
have said that such transformation
is not inconcelvable, but is there any prob
ability of its occurrence? This Is a ques
ton on which scientists might dispute
endlessly, for the answer depends on many
things that may happen. At present the
growth OF insects and other animals is
regulated by the struggle for existence, in
which one race Of creatures preys upon an.
other. In the see, where space and food
for certain kinds OF fish are unlimited, we
see an enormous growth of individual
specimens. In fact, some naturalists as
sert that there Is no limit to the growth
of fsh
In my opinion, II large classes Of animals
which now keep insect life In check should
become extinct. we should probably see
a colossal development of insects such az
Ia suggested in these interesting pictures.
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would have a suffocating
ntitles. The hairs upon
IN intense Inflammation
6now know. Is not an op.
Used. but how would you
d by q bee as large as
what happened to the
It is supposed he was
he garden when the bee.
NELL OF the sugar bowl.
: ID upset man and table.
/, bee would undoubtedly
cath.
many OF the insects
hat Is far more powerful
he size of the creature
renomous snakes. The
sed, for instance, would
lily bite than the rattle.
Of the mosquito Ia pure
injection OF on invisible
bit to cause acute pain to
bw, II the mosquito were
ttlesnake. it's bite would
7 certain death. and It
Kill a dozen men In sue
the rattlesnake Is par.
{ the hrst bite and be.
b at the second and soon
mless.
q would be an infinitely
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] Machine Cuts Up Meat.

Eolerable torture.engine Of insult and there would
have been still less for Austria making such
claim II there had been excuse for Serva submit.
Ia peaceable neighbor, comparatively vrtuous act: IL
Che had really expected to keep the peace such
terms. she would have been lower than the kidnapper
OF children or the usurer OF the sums.
There cannot therefore, be the least logical doubt
that Austria provoked and precipitated war, and all
Ehe moral pathos of the Hapsbnrgs irrelevant to
that fact II the Servian King had killed the Archduke
with his hand, Servia could not more certainly
Irresponsible for shedding the blood of man than Aus.
tra is for shedding the blood Of continent may
have been tempted and used by Prussia, but I am
speaking OF who right wrong in the cold sense of
the answer to sum or the signature to document,
and In that the OF Serva, like the case
Belgium Is simply unanswerable.
Call England huckster, hypocrite, naval monopo
list Colonial ibuster laughter Venice and baser
Carhage,. and the fact remains that England for
keeping the treaty and Germany for breaking it
Cal Serva desperado savage, plotter, murderer
fro the beginning, and the fact remains that Seryia
was for keeping the peace and Austria for break
ling It,
These, the facts. would prevent rally to the
calse of the Germans; but when to the grbtle,
things called the Of peace find ourselves In
sght OF the hgh.minded that the neutral coun
tres appear have considered and avoided 1t might
plausiby be said Granted that Great Britain and servs
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This Gigantic Horn Bee
tie Would Be Proof
Against Rifle Bullets, and
1t Is Doubtful if Its At
lacks Could Be Stopped
by a Machine Gun.
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This Monster Bee Wing
ing Out on One Dining
in the Garden Like This
Would Not Only Upset
but Kill with a Touch of
Its Sting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

with him, soft emotion entered her
voice. AN God be good to you!" she
said. She turned him almost roughly.
"One moment" he said; my love to
my sister-oh, take care Of her." His
voice grew lighter, then, and he al
most smiled "And tell Miss Lane for
me that she is beautiful and good"
He walked away. When a second
later, he glanced back over his shout
der, she was making a rapid pace
toward the dock-gate.
Rosalie passed the shadow of the
pier, and gained sight of the Maud's
deck. She saw Estrilla go aboard,
saw Captain Baldwin meet him, saw
them enter the cabin together. She
waited no longer.
That was a day Of heavy personal
expense for Rosalie. Two blocks away
she took another taxicab. This time
she hesitated a moment before she
gave the driver his directions.
Hotel Cyrano. Brooklyn, first, 1
guess"
After time, she began talking un-
der her breath again-repeating her
last phrase to Estrilla-
"'God be good to you'-God or some
body will have to be awful good to
me, now. Well, there's one relievin'
feature, he won't break his heart over
Betsy-Barbara. 1t was only Irritation
with him, after all. 1 wonder what
they're made of inside-those high
class dagos!"
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feet. No jury would swallow 1t. She's
accessory or somethin-but you can
bet, Mr.. Juan Perez, that an American
jury amt goin' to give a verdict
against sick little woman who's an
accessory because she's standin' by
her brother. They may do that in
English countries, but not here. An
which do you think would be better
for your sister-to go to Jail until her
trial, or to wait by the gate of Sing
Sing an take you away some morn
ing all dead an floppy after you'd had
ten thousand volts of electricity
switched into your spinal column"
Estrilla was on his feet now, in q
crisis of nerves. His eyes closed and
opened to a set stare:
II thought you'd see It," said Rosa
lie. II won't keep you in suspense any
longer. You're goin' to git away. An
I've fixed 1t. Look at this-here, take
i'll" She pulled another paper from
her muff, handed it to Estrilla. 1t
shook in his hands as he read.
"A seaman's paper" he said at
length.
For Antonio CORR, an Italian sailor
signed for the schooner Maud He fell
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WHEN LIES ARE ExCUSABLE
Instances Given Of Times When the
Truth Is Not Expected
or Wanted.

Few people, fancy. would say. after
elaboration, that no lie was ever
justified. To be sure, I once heard
a serious young man protest that
Shakespeare had damned Desdemona
by allowing her at her last gasp to
exculpate Othello I have also known
people who objected vehemently to
the late Mark Twain because he said
so many things that were not so. But
there are occasions when lies are
taken for granted, even by the law.
A man on trial for his life is sup
posed to tell the truth. but not If It
will incriminate him. A wife is not
dragged to the witness stand against
her will-no one would legitimately
expect anything but perjury from her.
I DO not see much difference between
legally permitting a man to say mot
Guilty" when he is guilty, and legally
permitting him to lie. Is there any
solitary maiden who would not will
ingly give the midnight marauder to
understand that her husband was Just
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% are you. The police have your Sis
tsr. BY tonight they'll be after you"
Estriila gripped the arms Of his
chair; the green shade crept back. He
moistened his lips once or twice with
his tongue.
"Rememberi" went on Rosalie under
her voice, mo scene. Hold on to your
Dalf. Maxim one now is the last thing
you ought to do. Is the bill paid? All
right. Now get your hat Now put on
POUR ulster. Yes. your gloves an your
vtick!" Estrilla obeyed her docilely.
Now come with me into the park-it's
safer, because we can watch"
But my sister, don't care for my
refill must go to"
I'm here" said Rosalie LIE Grange.
10 DO what can for you an your sis
Yer both. Now come. / tell you-or will
you keep on bein' fool?" At this
dash Of mental cold water, he rose.
Rosalie walked close behind him.
ready to support him should he stag
-. Outside. . park footpohcaman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

DAYS of Louisa Alcott's Little Women
their hero, Lawrence, told the dream
ing girls how scions of few fore
| most American families of those days
took their lessons in French at Vevey
or Lausanne, and walked barefooted
in delicious vacations through mar
velous Alpine scenery, eating stick
chocolate and growing different, writes
Lausanne correspondent OF the
Chicago Record-Herald.
Today it is no longer a dream.
Vague pictures of American aristocrat-
ic ways have borne their fruit. The
banks of Lake Geneva are known to
be an earthly paradise of boarding
schools, where that something diff
ferent" is to be gained, and thou
sands of average American young
folks are at it.
Lausanne alone has 80 large board
ing schools for girls and 15 for boys.
When they do their walks Lausanne
looks more American than New York
city.
Mothers Permits.
When their mothers take them shop
ping to Geneva the great lake boats,
with their orchestras playing glorious
ly, resemble Sunday school picnics.
The boys are fairly left alone, but
mothers are all the time trying to
borrow their daughters; whence a
difficulty-which will never be over
come because, you understand, the
daughters are these mothers permits
for European residence.
Can mothers delight in their daugh-
tiers become disadvantage? There
are conflicting estimates. Chaubert-
Felix, one of the foremost men of
Lausanne, fully alive to the CONNER
cial value of resident mammas, does
not hesitate in the girls interest to
deplore them. Judge his earnestness
and honesty.
Parents who reside in Lausanne
find delightful hotels-and life full
of charming interest" he says, yet
1t is not wise. Theirsnear presence
entails frequent visits, when English
is spoken; while it is necessary for
the pupils who wish to learn French
thoroughly, and come-as SO many do
knowing none, to speak French all
the time"
1T is but once a week." l said.
TOO much" he answered. ALSO,
we esteem one of the greatest ad-
vantage of Lausanne boarding schools
to be the attention given to educa-
ton, considered apart from instruc-
ton"
NJ Pasche, proprietor of the Hotel
Beau-Sejour, on the other hand, af-
firms that the American mothers
profit by the same advantages. In
stead of impeding their daughters,
they absorb their lessons, their cul-
ture and the different" in contact
with them.
1T is due to American adaptability,"
says M. Pasche. Being in a position
to see quantities Of these American
mothers. l am very much impressed
by their ardor and receptivity There
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down a hatch this morning an broke
his leg. An he can't go. You're ship
PIN as him. I've fixed 1t. The Cap
tain don't know uth0 You are. He only
Hno@e 0NA - &c g can VITO must
beat It out of the country-an' he'll
do anythin' for me- He lands at Hall
fax. He'll fix it for you to get to the
next place-wherever that may be-
I'm going to write him at Halifax ad-
visin' him about that. An you're to
tell him. so he can tell me, SO can
tell your sister, where you've gone.
Got any money on your"
"Only little"
We'll, the Captain has two hundred
dollars of mine-for you. I want you
at five per cent, to be paid when it's
safe. If you need any more. I'll send
it to the skipper-same terms. That's
agreed2"
Yes. Why do you"
Take all this trouble? Old fool.
Now, listen. There's taxi over there
dischargin' passengers at the Casino.
We're goin' to nag It We're goin'
to take 1t as far as Sixth Avenue, an
we'll travel by elevated the rest of
the way, because guards don't remem-
Der their passengers an taxicab driv-
ers sometimes do. Well get on sepa-
rate trains an meet on the dock-Pier
1914 East River. Know how to find
that? Well, I'll tell you as we CO.
Here! Taxi" And Rosalie waved
to the chauffeur
Sixth Avenue elevated Nearest
station" she directed.
In the midst Of her minute instruc-
tons, Estrilla Cor Perez started once
to thank her.
How do you come to do this?" he
said. "And how did the police ever"
Rosalie put her mouth close to his
ear.
"Ta1is are built funny sometimes"
she whispered; "the chauffeur might
hear"
Re turned on her a caressing look
Of gratitude. Life was back In his
face and motion now. He looked out
on the serried rows of West Side apart
ment-houses, and dropped for a second
into Spanish.
"Sangre de Dios!" he said, how
shall always hate New York;"
They were drawing up at the ele-
waited.
Remember how to get there?" she
whispered before she opened the door
"Suref Go ahead an take the first
train. I'll follow on the next Walk
slow after you get or I'll walk fast
neither OF US wants to loiter on that
pier"
II Estrilla hoped that he would hear
further clearance Of these mysteries
at the dock, he was disappointed. As
he passed the gate. Rosalie shot from
under shadow of a truck. She glanced
to right and left. None of the roust-
abouts was looking or listening.
That first gangplank," she said
THE Captains aboard expectin' you.
Just say to him, I'm Corri.' He
knows the rest. You'll change clothes
in his cabin. He'll keep you at work
until you sail-at daybreak. Co
don't thank me-go-I'm sure You'll
see your sister in year or two. Co."
Now for the first Tina in ha- dialosua
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is a very perfect union between the
mothers and daughters. OF course,
the American girl is not the European
little goose
There you are.
Girls, let me ask you in secret,
does not your brilliant reputation
weigh heavy on you? Would you not
like to sink back and frankly be a
little goose"-until your studies are
well grounded?
Certainly Nine Chaubert-Felix finds
capital error in American customs
which give young people liberty and
freedom that make them grow up
too soon, and are often harmful to
their nervous systems. Their general
health suffers. The splendid air. the
regular life, the outdoor sports, gym
nastics and mountain sojourns offered
by Lausanne boarding schools. are
very beneficial to them"
Changed Her Mind.
Some very stylish American girls
have come to this way of thinking
though, doubtless, in other cases, 1t
is their parents. You should see Miss
Josephine x in her cream riding
habit under the locust blossoms! Her
grandmother-a great lady OF Nara
gansett Pier-stays at the Beau-Se-
jour; and On Sunday Josephine told
of another girl at Les Fougeres who
was not happy at first, and could not
interest herself in any Of the studies.
1t went on for several weeks. then.
suddenly, she went to the principal
and said: 81 want to send cable
gram to my father" why do you
wish to cable to your father" "Oh,
because | have written him such
bad letter, and told him l was un-
happy, and he will feel anxious about
me- l want to cable him before the
letter gets there" The cable was:
Letter all wrong, am happy"
The magnificent grandmother APP
proved placidly.
Chaubert-Felix is proprietor of one
of those great boarding schools on
the hill In the past eight years
some As of our girls have passed
through Il.
Tell me, really, your impression of
the American young girl" l said.
"She is good-hearted. has common
sense, ambition and energy" ne said.
"But sometimes her desire fer indie
pendence is excessive, and she does
not always bend easily to disci-
pine"
Il have heard her grounding crit.
cized in Germany l said.
He hesitated.
"It is not her fault he said. ''or
the fault of her teachers; but tenn
porary situation in America, doubt
less. Yes, the instruction of young
American girl is usually very super
fetal in all branches, including the
English language. She lacks ground
ing. On the other hand, too much
of her attention is given to Latin
and mathematics, to the neglect of
other subjects more useful. Owing
to their high spirits, American girls
are apt to work too quickly, without
method and without reflection. At Lau-
same the education tends to develop
method and reflection, without, how
ever, destroying their originality.
freshness and CO."
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CHAPTER XIX,
When DlmpIes Win.

Inspector Martin MCGEE, as one who
must do something, no matter how fu-
tile, to lull his Impotence, rang bell
on his desk.
Send for Grimaldi again." he said
to the doorman.
"Grimaldi," he greeted the scholar
of the Italian squad, what did this
Mrs. LIE Grange say to you when she
let you go-and Just when was it?"
1T was night before last" replied
Grimaldi. I'D met her for a report
and told her that Estrilla-or Perez
had an engagement with his tailor to
try on some clothes for two-thirty yes
terday afternoon. She told me then
that she had finished with me, and l
was to report back to headquarters
which did yesterday"
His rooms-Estrilla's- being
watched in case he returns?"
Eyes. We've got some one at every
place where he's likely to appear"
Gall right That'll do"
Then the Inspector fell to pacing
the floor and to meditating. He burst
not leave his Office. The search was
covered at every point where the miss
ing criminal or the missing Rosalie LIE
Grange might be expected to appear.
He must stay in his office until-oh,
why had he trusted Resale LIE Grange
to arrest desperate criminal alone?
One obvious suspicion did not occur
to him; never for a moment did he
distrust Rosalie.
She had gone out to make the ar
rest single-handed, for some good rea-
son Of her own.
She had failed, and dreaded to come
back without her man; she had been
delayed and would appear with him
yet; she had ventured too much and
something had happened to her.
Here, Inspector MCGEE smote fist
into an open palm and swore under
his breath. That consideration, and
not the failure of the department to
put the finishing touch on a big case,
was the thing which haunted him now,
made him unable to rest his body or
to quiet his mind.
The last eighteen hours had been
one long secret hunt for Juan Perez
alias Estrilla, and for Rosalie LIE
Grange. When, after the detectives
finished with Miss Estrilla-Senorita
Perez-he found Resale LIE Grange