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WiIes OF the Waiter.

81 know | am looking like a fright
tonight" the woman said.
The man studied her dress, her
hair and her complexion closely.
Il don't see anything the matter with
you," he said. $50 far as l can see
you are looking as well as usual"
But am not" she insisted. "There
is something wrong, and that head
waiter saw at a glance what it was
If l had been up to the mark he
wouldn't have put us away over here
in this out-of-the-way corner. He
would have given us t&5le right un
der the chandelier in the middle OF
the room.
"All the bestdressed people are al
ways seated in the most conspicuous
places, so as to make the restaurant
look more attractive. l am glad to say
that that is where 1 usually sit. The
plain people are ranged along the
sides of the room, just as we are to
night.
"That is why know am not icoA
ing well. New York TimeG,
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CHAPTER VII.
Eacino the Music,


Tommy woke next morning TO the
lures. When memory had finished
with her rack, the future applied
thumb-screws. If he went down to
breakfast, he must meet-her. Re-
morse and jealousy struggled in him
with peryerse pride. At any rate,
he would not run away. No, he would
face her. He would look into her eyes,
which would be shocked and hurt. The
last embers of a ruined existence
would slime through his own. Then,
after she had seen and realized, he
would go away forever and send her
Just one letter-no, just one flower
with his card--to let her know what
he had gfelt,and what he had cast aside.
Then-since, the human spirit is
never static-having touched the low
est depths, his thoughts began. to rise
toward hope. Just how had be be-
haved last night? What had she seen
him do? From the haze of confused
memories, a clear fact appeared in
this place and that He had been
aware of her standing at the landing.
How had she looked? Somehow, he
could not remember her face. Why?
Because he had been looking at her
shoe buckles-at something which
glittered-why-
The tragic night of the Hanska
murder flashed in upon him, and with
It fact which he had told neither
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FOR UNIFORM ROAD LAWS
Canada to Join Hands With the Uni
ted States if Premier Borden
Approves the Idea.

Canada will be represented with the
United States in an endeavor to OBJ
tain uniform laws pertaining to road
building, if the proposition meets the
approval of Premier Borden. according
to an announcement made at the
American Road congress by A. w.
Campbell, deputy minister of railways
and canals for the Canadian govern
ment. Mr.. Campbell said that he
would use his influence in urging the
premier to consent to the appointment
of a committee to confer with COM
mittee representing the American
Highway association and the American
Bar association to evolve plan for
uniform road laws.
Il realize that in Canada, as well as
throughout the United States, we have
40 varieties of road laws for every
province" said Mr.. Campbell. This
tends to retard real road work, and l
heartily indorse any plan that would
bring about practically the same laws
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PREPARING FOR WAR F..
Army of Flies to Fight Invading
Caterpillar Hosts.
Scientists Of the Department of Agri'
culture Are Making Extensive Prep
arations for the Coming Con-
flct--MiIlions on Each Side.

ngtOn.-Scientists Of the de
partment of agriculture are busy a,
present preparing for one of the great,
est wars ever fought within the con
fines of North America. While wal
talk concerning Mexico has been so
ing the rounds for the past few
months, comparatively few people ar
aware that two armies, each number
ing hundreds of millions, will soon bt
destroying one another right and left
The people most interested in the
coming battles are the scientists and
the owners OF greenhouses. where roS.
es and ferns are grown. The war is
to be between the Florida fern cater
pillar, known to the scientific world as
Eriopus floridensis, and the ichneumon
fly, the only natural enemy of the fern
caterpillar
The fern caterpillar has been at.
tacking greenhouses in all parts of the
country, destroying plants, especially
ferns and rose bushes, and now it has
been decided to turn loose millions Of
the ichneumon flies in the areas at
tackled by the caterpillar. 1t will be
battle royal with the odds on the
ichneumon army.
During recent years this species of
caterpillar, native to Florida and tropi.
cal America, has made its appear
ance in appalling numbers in northern
greenhouse. It's three principal bases
of operation have been Ohio, Illinois
and the District of Columbia, although
many other states have suffered more
or less from the pests. 1t is apparent
ly restricted to ferns and rose bushes,
upon which it feeds naturally in its oc-
currence in the open in the warm
south. 1t has evidently been carried to
ferns in northern greenhouses on
ferns from Florida.
The moth belong to a group Of noe.
tuide, in which the. fore-wings bear at
the sides, with just above the middle
q tooth The back wings are large
and rounded at the sides. The thor.
AK and abdomen are wide. The fore.
wings are pale brown, marked with
white scales, forming a peculiar and
attractive pattern. The rear legs are
dull buff, edged with a dusky grown:
the lower surface OF the body is much
paler. The expanse of the wings is
about rs inches and the entire
length Of the body is in the neigh.
borhood Of half an inch The larva is
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TEN DAYS IN A SNOW HUT
Prossector of Seventy subSsts on
Meat of Colt Which He Had to
Kill for Food.

Butte, Mont Spending ten days In
a snow dugout 20 miles in the noun
tains from Alhambra Springs, Mike
Murray, prospector. seventy years
old, was found by searching party al
most dead from exposure, hunger and
cold Murray was forced by his ex-
trems hunger to kill {. colt which had
followed his mare from the ranch and
eat the raw flesh to keep himself alive.
The searching party was formed
when friends became alarmed By Muir.
rays long absence on hunting trip.
The old man encountered terrific
snowstorm and was forced to seek
shelter in a snowbank. When found
he was lying beside the horse to keep
warm. He was hurried to Alhambra
Springs, where he is under the care Of
physicians.
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opened both windows to give her air.
They say they had to open the catches
to get the sashes up"
"Stuffy muggy night, an both win
dows closed-an' him an Americana"
"Well, there's nothing particularly
strange about that, is there?" said In
spector MCGEE.
mot to you!" replied Rosalie lie
Grange, dimpling on him. Il guess
we'll, I guess before we do anything
else Wen go over everything in thai
room"
They entered. The bed was as Rosa.
lie had seen it on the night Of the
tragedy-the sheets and quilts turned
back as though one had risen quietly
and naturally. 1t was to the bed that
Rosalie turned her first attention. At
the foot of the white Counterpart, heI
eyes stopped-stopped and rested.
cts spotted" she said almost under
her breath.
Inspector Niece locked also.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHOCOLATE PLANT is NATIVE
Has Been Cultivated in Many Coun-
tries, But 1t Undoubtedly origi-
mated in America.

The chocolate plant is native of
America. When first introduced into
Europe chocolate was used only as a
luxury. but it speedily advanced in
popular esteem. It iSno cultivated
In countries far from its original home.
The chocolate plant, as well as tea
and coffee, has been cultivated from
time immemorial. Chocolate as bey-
erage rapidly made its way in Europe.
beginning in Spain, whittier it was first
brought.
The seeds of the chocolate plant are
IN pods. In preparing the seeds for
market there mas been but little
change since early times. First the
seeds are allowed to ferment, and thus
they lose the slight bitterness which
they possess when fresh Then they
are carefully dried, and in this condi-
ton they stand transparent. In manu-
featuring the seeds or beans are roast
cd, by which process the shell of the
seed becomes detachable from the ker.
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the police in the third degree process
nor yet the coroner at the inquest, for
the simple reason that he had forgot
ten it. Now, he remembered it clear
~, perfectly. A freak of drunken con-
seriousness had brought back some
thing which he might never have re-
membered again.
Gee Whit" he cried, leaping out of
bed, headache and all. She's looking
for evidence-this will fix her!" A
cold dip and dash of bromide re-
stored him wonderfully, for the It's
sues of Tommy North were resilient
and young. AS he entered the dining
room for breakfast, only slight pallor
and little languor indicated the crisis
of the night before.
Betsy-Barbara and Constance were
already seated. Betsy Barbara, looked
him full in the eye.
Good morning, Mr.. North" she said
evenly.
Good morning" replied Tommy
shortly; and he slid into his chair and
attacked his grapefruit.
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UHS WiLSU GIiidi 9ONs
slender with fore-legs normal and
we'll developed. The head is small
and pale greenish color.
The type locality is Florida, Mexico,
Guatemala, Costa RIGA, Bahamas, ia.
maica, Cuba, Hayti, Santa Lucia. St.
Vincent, Venezuela, British Guiana,
Brazil and Trinidad.
The species was first reported July
10, 1907, from Orlando, Fla. 1t was
attacking the ferns in that vicinity.
1t was noted that the larvae usually
fed at night, although sometimes eat
ing during the day. They concealed
themselves during the day, at the
base of the ferns and rose bushes, or
were found resting low down on the
stems. They had habit of crawling
up the stems and eating off several
leaflets, thus spelling the beauty Of
the plants.
During the following september a
report was made to the department OF
agriculture that this caterpillar was
attacking several greenhouses in the
vicinity of the District OF Columbia.
An chronological assistant in the de-
partment was detailed to get speci-
mems of the insects and to investigate
the conditions of the different green
houses where the caterpillars had
been running the plants and ferns.
Scores of methods Of destruction
have been tried in the different parts
OF the country infested with the fern
caterpillar, but no method has proved
a success, and so the COMMANDMENTS
chief of the ichneumon fly army has
been called into consultation and ad
vises an immediate attack in several
PARTS of the country.
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and ROsal10 LIE Grange. They ap-
preached with all the caution of fore
thought, entering the block through an
Office building on the next street, open
ing the area door with pass-key, go
ing into the house by the basement
door at the rear.
ugh! / hate to touch it," said Ro-
sale, drawing her skirts away from
the wreckage of the cellar 'I'm glad
l wore my old clothes. Guess Mrs.
Moore never kept this place any too
well-an' with this dust an your I'm
tidy cops, Martin MCGEE. it's just scan
dalous now. Well, come on" And so
she dragged her police escort through
floor after floor, room after rooE1-at
first a superficial survey and then
minute search.
AS they came to Captain Hanska's
room, Inspector MCGEE stopped and
made Grafton.
"You can see," he said. chat it was
an inside job Beginning on the roof,
there's no way to enter except by the
hatch which goes down into the lum-
Der room. On account of the fire regu-
lations, the hatch couldn't be locked.
but it was closed inside by bolt. That
hadn't been mOnkeyed with. In fact,
the dirt around the edges showed that
the hatch hadn't been opened for a
long time"
"And the fire escapew asked Rosa
lie, pursuing her brows with concentra-
ton.
"Runs from the lumber room
straight down. Passes at the third
floor the windows of Captain Hanska's
room. The corresponding room on the
second floor is vacant. No one entered
by the basement, either. Windows and
doors all bolted inside and showed no
signs of being tempered with. You
see, it was this Wade fellow, or an In
side job. And while we're talking about
locks'-here Martin Niece opened
Captain Hanska's door and stood with
foot on either side of the threshold
this is little piece Of evidence I've
figured out myself Notice, he had
spring lock- Mrs. Moore says he put
it on himself That indicates he was
afraid OF carbohydrates, probably.
Him being so particular on that point,
il was only natural he should keep it
locked when he was asleep. Now, look
here"
This was an inside" spring lock Of
the ordinary pattern. 1t could be
controlled from without only by the
key Within, however, was knob and
button by which one could turn back
the catch and render it temporarily
useless as a lock. "Well, now" said
MCGEE, "the catch was back when they
found the body, and the door wasn't
locked at ALL If he'd been alive after
Wade left him, he wouldn't have gone
to sleep without seeing that his door
was locked. My idea is, he turned the
let Wade in-the way person does
with spring lock. Anyhow" con-
Guided MCGEE, cts a suspicious fact"
Very" said Resale; and MCGEE
did not catch the fairness in her tone.
But anyone who got on to that fire
escape. one way or another, could have
entered Hanskas room by the window,
couldn't he?"
Eyes" said Inspector MCGEE, eff
Hanska's window was open. But the
windows were closed when they found
the body. Most of the witnesses say
that They remember because when
this Mrs. Moore tainted those girls
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mel, which is the part used. Next til
roasted kernels are ground

mel, which is the part used Next the
roasted kernels are ground.
In early times the Mexicans used the
fiat stones on which their maize was
ground for the grinding of the roasted
seeds Of chocolate. Chocolate consists
OF the roasted, shelled and ground
seeds. Sweet chocolate is the same
with the addition Of sugar and flavor
ing extracts. Cocoa consists of the
roasted and ground seeds from which
the Oil has been removed. Experiments
have shown that if the seeds are right
ly treated from the first to the last
stage of manufacture no objection can
be urged against the beverage pro-
duced from them. 1t is of importance
that these seeds should be grown and
selected with the greatest care and
should, after reaching the factory, re-
ceige the most careful and skillful
Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
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SYNOPSIS.

Tommy North. returning to his room In
Mrs Moores boarding house at 2:30 a. M,
discovers the body of Capt. John Hansi>a,
another roomer with knife wound on
his breast. Suspicion rests upon a man
giving the name of Lawrence wade, VINO
had called on Hanska in the evening ana
had been heard quarreling with Hanska.
During the excitement q strange woman
who gives her name as Rosalie LeGrange,
appears and takes into her own nome
across the street all OF Mrs. Moore's
boarders, including Miss Estrilla, an in
valid who was confined to the room she
occupied and whose brother was favor
fte among the other boarders Wade Is
arrested rs he is about to leave the coun-
try. Mrs. LeGrange, who, While plying
her trade as a trance medium. had alded
Police Inspector Martin McCiee 5eNerai
times, calls at his office to tell what she
knows of the crime. While she is there,
Constance Hanska widow of the murder
ed man. whose existence had been I'M
known, appears. Mrs. Hanska, says she
had left her husband and discloses the
fact that Wade represented her and Wis
tied Hanska on the night of the murder
I'm an effort to settle their affairs. she
admits Wade was in love with her. WADE
is held by the coroner's jury for the death
of Hanska. Tommy North, who had been
held by the police, is released and re-
turns to Mrs. LeGrange's house. lie. be-
comes infatuated at once with Betsy Bar
bara. Driven by the belief that Betsy
Barbara loves Estrilla Tommy North gets
drunk and is discovered by Betsy Bar
bara
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announced that the choice of the liv-
erymen. the members Of the city COM
panies, who elect the lord mayor, has
fallen upon Sir Thomas Vansittart
Bowater, who is the head of a large
firm of paper merchants. Sir Vansit-
tart, as he is popularity called, has
been a common councilman since 1899
He was high sheriff of London in
1866, when he assisted the lord may
or of the day, Sir Walter Vaughan
Morgan, to entertain the late King
George OF Greece at the Guildhall, and
to welcome King George and Queen
Mary, at that. time prince and princess
of Wales, on their return home from
India. Sir Vansittart, during his year
OF office, made civic visits to Milan
and Rome, when he was honored with
an audience by the king of Italy.
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In the Wrong Shop.

An old gentleman walked up to the
pretty girl attendant at the counting
room of a daily newspaper office and
said: miss, I would like to get copies
of your paper for week back"
You had better get porous plas-
ter" she abstractedly replied. You
get them just across the street"
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London to Have New Lord Mayor.

Though he does not assume Office
till November 8, the election of the
lord mayor of London, England, the
successor OF the tabled Dick Whiting
ton, and other historic magistrates,
takes place this month. Already it is
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CHAPTER Viii.
Coouettish MCGEE.

The Moore boarding house, scene of
the Hanska murder, remained closed.
a plain-clothes man from the precinct
detective force keeping it under watch
and ward.
To this house came Captain MCGEE
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TO sympathize with a woman, weep
with her; to sympathize with man.
swear with him.
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rrswinslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamm%
Non sAlays pain, cures wind colio,2 oc ooIlle-aW
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Cause and Effect.

Eggs are still rising"
Queer of them when the hens bush
ness is setting!"
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for both the United States and Canada
relative to good roads"
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SENATE GETS BUSY
Session Results in Passage Of Large
Number Of Bills

Washington, July 1O.-Senate clerks
were busy today preparing bills for
the government printer, which the
senate disposed of last night, in what
was believed to have been a record
breaking session insofar as the vol
ume of business transacted was con-
cerned. In a little more than three
hours the senate passed 122 miscel-
laneOus bills and resolutions. Among
ed of were:
A joint resolution authorizing the
president to raise the regular army to
war strength.
A joint resolution authorizing the
president to invite foreign nations to
send representatives to international
dry farming congress at Wichita,
Kans., Oct. 81. The measure had al.
ready passed the house.
A bill making it misdemeanor to
use the American flag or it's coat of
arms or other insignia as an adver.
tisement, trade mark or LABEL
A bill creating an aviation section
of the army signal corps with sixty
officers and 260 enlisted men.
The senate interstate commerce
committee succeeded today in perfect
ing the interstate trade commission
bill already before the senate, adding
two important amendments and de-
termining not to amend the much
questioned section 5, in which unfair
competition is declared unlawful. The
amendments to the commission bill
agreed to by the committee provide:
That no order of the proposed trade
commission for or against a corpora
tion shall be used as evidence in any
subsequent prosecution brought
against a corporation under the Sher
man law.
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Will Reclaim An Empire

Warrington, July 10.-As showing
something of the magnitude of the
governments reclamation work, it
may be said that the net investment
of government funds in that work is
So, ,665, and that the actual con-
struction has been begun on 25 pro-
jects, embracing total acreage of
100000 acres. Water is now availa-
Bile for approximately one-half that
area.
Secretary Franklin X. Lane of the
interior department, has recently al
lotted $23,000,000 from the reclamation
fund for work to be taken up at once
on twenty of the large reclamation
projects, and in order to secure the
success of the homeseeker whose
means are limited, he has asked con-
gress to pass a bill modifying the
conditions of settlement, and extend
ing from ten to twenty years the time
of payment. The bill has gone through
the senate and is on the house calen-
dar. Passage at this session, notwith.
standing the great demand. is consid-
cred unlikely.
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Would Return to Simplicity

Washington, July S.-Half a million
dollars to pay expenses of the national
government exhibit at the San Fran.
cisco exposition was today voted into
the sundry civil bill by the senate. 1t
provides for building and allows not
more than $4,000 for the use of the
secretary of war in entertaining for.
eign guests.
Senator Vardamann of Mississippi,
made a fight on the appropriation, OBJ.
jecting particularly to the entertain.
meIt fund.
"The world has gone mad on the
question of society,"" he declared. 81
wish we could go back to the digni.
fed simplicity of the days when Tho.
mas Jefferson occupied the White
house."
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Will Exempt Unions

Washington, July S.-AlT efforts in
the senate today to after or eliminate
the labor exemption clause of the sun
dry civil bill section, providing funds
for the enforcement of the antitrust
law, were voted down. Two roll.calls
put the senate on record in favor Of
the exemption clause, which caused
the veto of the last sundry civil bill
by President Taft and which Presi.
dent Wilson, in memorandum made
when he signed the same measure,
characterized as ''unjustifiable in
character and principle
The clause provides that no part of
the fund shall be spent in the prose-
cution "of any organization or indf-
vidual for entering into any combina.
ton or agreement having in view the
increasing of wages, shortening of
hours or bettering the conditions Of
labor or for any act done in further.
ance thereof, not in itself unlawful"
/ Cooperative farmers organizations al
so are exempted. The bill, itself, car
rying Sill 100000 was passed.
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Strike Vote 10 Taken

Chicago, July 13.-The result of the
vote affecting $4,000 men, to deter
mine whether the engineers and fire.
men of SO railroads west of Chicago
will quit work to enforce their de-
mand for an increase in wages, will
be given out tomorrow.
1t was confidently asserted tonight
that these men had voted to strike if
necessary.
Warren F.. Stone, head of the Bro
therhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and w. S. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fremen
and Enginmen, who have appeared
for the employees, are in hopes that
the result of the vote will induce the
general managers committee to re-
consider it's refusal of the demands
and reopen negotiations with the
men.
Should this hope prove groundless,
it was said the government might be
asked to mediate under the Erdman
act before a strike is ordered.
Negotiations were suspended June
1 by the railroads after many weeks
of almost daily meetings. They an
nounced that the requests of the men
would increase the payrolls of those
roads more than $33,000,OOO annually,
and were unreasonable.