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Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
MODEL MAN NEVER SAW evII
Famous Twin Lived e6 Years Near
New York City, But Stayed Away.

Babylon, L. 1.-Samuel Muncie, nine
ty-six years old. one of the famous
Muncie twins of Babylon. is dead, hav.
ing gone through life with his broth
er William, hearing no evil, seeking
no evil. speaking none. He never
drank, chewed or smoked, never went
tc theater or saw show OF any
kind. except church festivals, and
when he wanted amusement usually
painted the barn.
Some time ago the twins became
known through the country as the
heartiest, Oldest twins on record. Born
Christmas, 1918, they lived and
worked together on adjoining farms.
They never quarreled and never
played. Once Samuel was asked If he
ever played checkers. He snorted:
mo, sir, ! never waste my time"
Although within almost walking dis
tance, he never saw New York. Once
he drove to Brooklyn, but found the
place too bustling and noisy. That was
back in 1889, and he never felt anoth.
er call to wander from Babylon.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
WAS FOLLOWING HIS ORDERS
Friend Tells Woman Of Her Hus-
bands Unfaithfulness, but
10 Rebuked.

Mrs. Watterson. l am very sorry
to have to tell you what am about
to divulge, but consider 1t my duty
as your friend to let you know the
truth. 1t is about your husband"
Mercy sakes! Don't tell me any
thing terrible has happened to him."
Its worse than that. II he were
my husband I'd rather hear that he
had met with a fatal accident than
have to be told what l feel that
really must tell you. Your husband
Is deceiving you. He is villain--a
wolf in sleeps clothing. Don't inter
rupt me. lam going to tell you every
thing. My conscience urges me to do
1t. saw him this morning-and
where. do you suppose? He was in
q taxicab with young woman, and
he had his arms around her and was
SO busy saying things to her that
he had no time to notice me-"
20. IL that all? He was bringing
oux new maid out from the employ
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
SYNOPSIS.

Ssen hs isoissea the 1ess
aerfui invention Of Hannibai Prudent.
forelsn nHasios Haa ..ys1 and the s
with Prudent as president. For. half a
century peace and prosperity reisned In
.ai S ,hi pISssnt e1eas iSr M opfns
message from Count Won werdenstein Of
Els daughter AZ Xstra ATTN that this S means for
He tells he, to beiors
can tel! the location of the place. Astra
Is nominated for tho presidency by the
on Hstra. INFORM: Ha hse apG.een thae he % was pas
PHI of her fathers. and promises to help
her, He gives her a ring made Of a new
YIN solve the proSism Of ayins. Gheys,I: a,
Ter di Leon appears in Europe: He He, eat,s ,hs
Won and eTs for n ab.o
&sI Is suspected of being an An American; as n
an areopIans. AstTs is inaasurated as
president. She receives a message from
Edison. whose long silence has worried
months on the island of Helgoland and
has Just escaped. He announces that s tns
tho following night. Countess Rosiny:
spy. becomes a prisoner in~hope OF secur.
Ing Napoleon's secret She falls in love
with him. She agrees to Join him in an
works he summons a curious flying ma
chine which resembles q monster eagle;
He escapes and sends his message to
Astra. Edison calls on Astra as promised
fe tells her his plans for defense have
been completed. but that ne will give full.
or details at his Workshop on the island
of Ciryne In the Pacific. They make the
trip in three hours. His plans are based
on the pecullarity, Of the new substance.
cirynith. which Is lighter than any known
metal and is practically indestructible:
line os isolation. but ind that the Ameri-
cans have established a second one. Edi-
son delivers a note to Won Werdenstein
IN his flagship demanding that the fleet
be withdrawn. Edison is attacked. but
by the use of some mysterious power he
destroys two warships and several aero
planes. Realizing his helplessness "er-
denstein withdraws his fleet and consents
to universal disarmament Edson's moth
Ia III on the island of Ciryne. Countess
Rosiny offers to go and comfort her. hop
Ing to discover Edison's secrets. She be-
gins to weave q net around Santos Du-
prel. Edison's assistant.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
Meters Placed on Porches.

Remove, railroad town in Penn.
sylvania, has adopted the very con:
venient scheme of placing electric
meters on the back porches OF the
houses. This arrangement permits
the meter reader to read a great many
meters in a day. 1t is common mat
ter to read 800 meters. Another ad.
vantage is that the meter is placed
in conspicuous place, where the con.
sumer may read 1t from time to time
and get better acquainted with 1t.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
CHAPTER xIl,.-contInued.

There were reports from her agents.
a check from her banker sad sonnet
from a former captain OF the Royal
Guard. one of her most steadfast ad-
mirers. but none were of great lmpor-
tance. She glanced through them and
then opened the one that most inter
ested her:
my Dear Countess:-I was pleased
with the news that l received through
Edison that you are safe and well. The
political situation has received tre-
mendous shaking up. but the people
are happy and preparations are under
way to restore the same good order
that we enjoyed In former days; but
no more militarism.
II think the European peoples will
soon be as rich as our American
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
TIMBER USED IN MINES.
About one-fourth Timber Cut In Colo.
RADIO Consumed by Mining.

Denver.--Approximately one-fourth
of the timber cut in Colorado is con-
sumed by the states mining industry,
says the Department Of Agriculture
in bulletin issued on Rocky Noun.
tain mine timbers. The total annual
consumption Of timber of Colorado for
mining purposes Is about 81 900 900
board feet, valued at something like
$1,250,0O0.
LodgepoIe pine, or white pine as It
is sometimes called locally, is the tim
Der most used, with Enge1mann or
white spruce next. Douglas fir, the
so-called red spruce of the Rocky
Mountain region, was once the favor.
fte wood for mines, but its growing
scarcity has brought the two other
woods into prominence.
Fire-killed 1odgepole pine and Engre-
mann spruce, of which there is great
quantity in the Rocky Mountains.
ought to give satisfactory service in
mines, says the department, provided
1t is free from decay. Beams cut from
timber standing dead for about thirty
years showed strength, when tested
by the department, intermediate be.
tween that Of gren and of air-dried
material cut from live timber. Drying
Increases the strength and stiffness Of
the wood, but decreases its toughness.
Attention is called by the depart.
ment to the possibility of using pre-
servative treatments to prevent decay
of timber when set in the mines. AS
general rule such treatment, IL
properly applied, will work for econ
omy in the long run.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
Nelahbora.

Not long since man moved into Q
certain village. After week or 80 q
friend called on him and asked how ha
liked his new home.
Pretty WELL" he said.
Have you called on your neishbors
YETI" =
mo" he replied: but I'm going b
u any more OF my wood u miasins..
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28

grasp. He was dazed by Q blow and
stood looking at them blankly.
Astra tainted. but many kind and
willing arms were there to prevent her
falling from her horse.
Rositta. who Just few minutes be.
fore was SO full Of Joy. looked at the
scene shudderingly.
Napoleon. like god of revenge,
stood over the man. She could see
blood oozing from his right coat
sleeve. but that blood was not the
cause OF her pale. terror-stricken face.
It was the face Of the assassin that
had startled her. She knew that face.
The police restored order. but before
Napoleon let the shaking would-be az.
sassin go he spoke to him in q stern,
low voice:
who are your"
''Nikolay Mozrak."
"A Russian?"
The pale man simply bowed.
who sent you to commit this most
miserable deed" And he shook the
man AZ a storm shakes a withered leaf
1T was my fate; had to do IT," the
man answered calmly.
Miserable curl" said Napoleon, and
tossed the man into the arms of the
waiting guard, then turned toward As
ira.
Her eyes met those Of Napoleon. ap-
prehensively.
"You are hurt!" she whispered,
pointing toward his hand.
1T must be mere scratch, as
have not felt It,"
The return to the palace was q
silent one. Napoleon. submitted to the
doctors treatment, but his wound was
slight. and when it was properly
dressed he returned to the drawing.
room. where Hale was doing his best
to drive away the oppression caused
by the accident.
Aetra had regained her composure;
her only fear was that Napolcon's
wound might be dangerous. but when
she knew Its insignifcance she felt
better.
Not so the Countess Rosiny. The
color had left her cheeks. and she
sat gazing into space. A face danced
before her eyes, the face Of the apar
chist They tried In vain to reassure
her. but 1t was impossible.
1t took all her will power to force
a smile to her pale lips when Napo-
leon returned and still more to utter
the words: Il am glad you were not
badly hurt"
During lull in the conversation she
asked: What is the name Of that
mani"
He said 1t was Nikolay Mozrak."
answered Napoleon.
"Nikolay Mozrak." she repeated slow.
ly.
"A Russian" added Napoleon.
Then Mr.. Hale turned the conversa.
ton into other channels.
Napoleon could not but notice that
after he had told the name OF the as
sassin the countess had partly re-
gained her composure.
At eleven o'clock Rositta was on the
roof Of the Crystal Palace, waiting for
the Hawk. Astra and Napoleon had
come up to see her off, Napoleon
helped her into the machine. where a
tall stranger stood at the Wheel The
bird rose and took its direction and
sailed of toward the west.
Rositta went to the aerial chauffeur
and spoke, but he sigpaled back that
he could not hear or talk.
She returned to the comfortable
bench and tried to think: Does Napo-
leon suspect something? No, 1t can
not be, or he must be a wizard" With
this she lay down and in few min
utes was sleeping like an innocent
baby in a cradle.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28

Of any suspicion on Napoleon's part.
Santos had received more important
order.
The substance "cirynith." that won
derful. glittering element that COM
bined all the qualities OF glass and rub
Der. that was q thousand times
stronger than steel, lighter than alu-
minum and absolutely indestructible.
was very scarce. The volcanic island
Of Ciryne. where Napoleon had discov-
cred the precious metal. was rapidly
becoming depleted of the material with
which to build aerodromones. and a.
Napoleon's plans for the future were
based on cirynith, he must look for
other sources of supply. He felt con-
vinced that this metal must be in
other places. and whenever he had
time he few over countries where he
suspected its existence.
A wonderful instrument, similar to
spectroscope. was Of great assist
ance to him in his searches. He had
found some trace of cirynith In the
volcanic regions in Italy. but not suf.
hcient for his purposes. so he went
farther.
Immediately upon Santos return
from Ciryne with Rositta he had been
dispatched upon this search. aud Ma
poleon himself started out the next
morning. His wound was so slight
that it did not interfere with his move
ments, and he started early. flying
toward Italy. He went slowly along
the western coast Of that boot-like Pc
ninsula, searching diligently. but with
out results
Santos was looking through the
Alps. The poor fellow labored under
great difficulties. His mind was not
clear enough to work on the delicate
kaleidoscope. Rositta had robbed him
Of his peace and he dreamed more
than he watched the changing colors
of the little instrument.
The radioscope suddenly began to
show interesting colors and recalled
him from his dreams. The tiny plate
that was framed in platinum glowed
greenly; 1t was like pale emerald.
and growing more intense at every
stroke OF the great birds wings.
Santos looked around. He saw .
splendid picture: Toward the right
great forests stretched. then came a
few volcano peaks. with ancient ruins
on top, and beyond all this spread .
long. silver lake.
Before him was mighty plain IN
the center Of which stood tremen-
dous pyramid with the top A. nat and
level as though 1t had been sliced OF
with knife.
The radioscope showed plainly that
this pyramidlike hill was rich In the
precious cirynith. Santos was 10 ex.
cited that he forgot even Roeitta for
a while. The plateau and the whole
pyramid was barren Of human beings.
so he descended.
It had been thousands of years since
the volcano had been active. and the
lava composition was full of the crys-
tails that produce cirynith. Santos
gathered some In a small box and then
began to figure out his geographical
situation. He found that he was near
the town Kis-cell. County Suemeg. II
am in Hungary" he muttered. And
this is a richer deposit of cirynith than
the master ever expected to find"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
Their Sense Of Humor.

why" asks Gertrude Atherton.
should woman murder her hus-
band?" It's difficult question. Ger
trude, but our own personal guess il
that most of them are actuated by a
desire to exploit the delicious fund
Of humor they possess.-Philadelp
Inquirer.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
A StaGqerer.

Young Wife (four weeks married)-
Good gracious, reproaching me al.
ready because I have bought new
hat. Is 1t going to be like this every
month?-Fliegende Blaetter.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
New Standard.

Knicker-Is she interested in the
tariff bill?
Bocker-Yes: she says she won't
marry a man who doesn't pay an In.
come tax-New York Sun.
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28

plent agency. I had told him to do
anything he could to make it inter
esting and pleasant for her, SO that
she wouldn't change her mind and 60
back on us before she got here"
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28
CHAPTER XIV,

Tho New cirynlth Deposit.
The fact that Rositta found
stranger In the aerodromone, instead
of Santos Duprel. was not the result
Cheyenne record., 1914-05-28

brothers. We expect them to teach
US the latest methods of finance. etc.
We will gladly welcome every oppor-
tunity to learn from them.
"A bit of news: The Princedom Of
Schomburg Lthow Is in great sorrow.
1t has lost the last member of its
reigning family. / am telling you this.
as / know you always liked the jovial
young Prince Otto, who died without
Issue.
European monarchs were much sur
wrised at the American defense. but
xhey lad to accept what had to offer
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19

comes of being president Of literary
club. But you are the only one. Sid.
ney, who had the rare and kindly judg-
ment TO appeal TO the woman and not
to the club president. Because I am
interested in a serious literary move
ment it need nst follow that want my
whole life to be overshadowed BY the
giants OF the kingdom OF letters. Al
though I would not dare confess ii to
Mrs. Peabody or Mrs. Hutchens. there
are times when / like TO spend an aft
ernoon with an oldfashionGd love
story. You are a bachelor, Sidney. and
as for me, I have long since ceased 10
blush at the casual mention Of old
maid It was not for US 10 know the
bittersweet experiences OF courtship
and marriage. and you will remember
that we have sometimes pitied the
headlong infatuation Of sweethearts.
and have felt rather superior in our
freedom. And yet, Sidney, If we chose
TO be perfectly candid with each other.
dare say that both of US would con.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19

end to shopping hardships 1t guaran-
teed him a Christmas TO his own
liking.
He was bound by family custom to
buy Christmas presents for his rela-
tiyes. He had promised his sister that
he would remember every one in the
list. But he was under no obligation
to give presents which would be vel
come. Why not give to each of his rel
atives some present which would be
entirely useless, inappropriate and
srperfuous2 Il would serve them right
for involving him in the childish per
foFmances of the Christmas season. IT
would be a burlesque on the whole
nonsensicality of Christmas giving It
would irritate and puzzle his relatives
and probably deepen their hatred of
him. AT any rate, it would be a satire
on a silly tradition, and thank good
ness, it wouldn't be conventional
~ Sidney Pays0n went into the
first department store and found him
self ct the book counter
Have you any work which would be
suitable Tor aG elderly gentleman of
studious ha5its and deep religious con-
ytctionse9 he asked
We have here the works of risvius
Josephus IN two volumes, replied the
young woman.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19

fess to having known something about
that which men call love We might
confess that we had felt its subtle in
fuence, at times and places. and with
a stirring uneasiuess. as one detects
draft We might go so far as to ad-
nit that sometimes We pause in our
lonely lives and wonder what might
have been, and whether it would not
have been better after all. am afraid
that I am writing this like a senti-
mental school girl. but you must know
that I have been reading your charm
ing little book. and it has come to me
as n message from you Is it not real
~ a confession. Sidney? You have
made me very happy, dear brother I
feel more closely drawn to you than at
any time since we were all together
at Christmas, at the old home. Come
and see me. Your loving sister.
GERTRUDE"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19

live stock to the United States since
the opening OF that market to Can
ada, the capital amount Of live ami
mails has increased instead of hav,
ing decreased through the extra de-
mand
Dalryno the Principal Industry.
Dairying is the industry, however.
which Is making dollars Cor the Mani
toba farmer. u is developing at rap
ia rate in this Province for that par
ucular reason. The output OF cream.
cry butter last year was g.000000
pounds, at an average price Of PTS
cents per pound. which was an in-
crease over the previous year of
million pounds. The output Of dairy
butter was recorded last year at 4,2Ss,.
276 pounds, The Government depart
ment says that again this year a sub
stanual increase in the dairy output
will be shown from this Province.
From this same source OF information
one finds that through the splendid
growth in winter dairying. Winnipeg
now, for the first time In years, is
able TO obtain a sufficient supply of
milk and sweet cream from its city
diaries to satisfy IT'S demand through
out the year without having to import
large quantities Of these products
from the United States as was done
not longer than two years ago.-Ad-
vertisement
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19

.se fifteenth century a skilled
Il, Of whom there were but few,
i be able to turn out by hand
] Or sixty coins a day. a result to-
Inadequate TO cope with the vast
lay Of treasure. chiefly silver,
shortly began to arrive from
kca To multiply coiners was to
EIiy forgers. and thus the coming
E1e became a necessity of state
ninating mill and screw coming
was invented in Italy, 1547
3 1913 France, 1853; England,
reign of Elizabeth. After sew
trials and abandonments the mill
press were established perma-
3 under Charles II, whose golden
sas, struck in 1862, were the first
ar issues of machine coins made
Of the channel.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-12-19

SscI-~ee$f ~ who loved to tell invalids
64DG15S that they were not look
q 6yE ing as well as usual, and
NSSs9SSfes. who frightened young hus-
bands by predicting that
they would regret having married. He
seldom put the seal of approval on any
human undertaking 1t was a matter
of pride with him that he never failed
to find the sinister motive for the act
which other people applauded Some
or his pious friends used to say that
Satan had got the upper hand with
him, but there were others who indi-
Gated that it might be bile
Think of the seething wrath and the
sense of humiliation with which Mr..
Sidney Payson set about his Christ
mas shopping! In the first place, to
go shopping for Christmas presents
was the most conventional thing that
anyone could do, and Mr.. Payson
hated conventionalities For another
thing, the giving of Christmas pres
ents carried with it some testimony of
affection. and Mr. Payson regarded
any display Of affection as one Of the
crude symptoms Of barbarous taste.
If he could have assembled his rela-
tives at q Christmas gathering and
opened few old family wounds, re-
minding his brother and his two sis
ters of some Of their youthful follies.
thus shaming them before the chill
dren, Mr.. Sidney Payson might have
managed to make out a rather merry
Christmas. Instead Of that. he was
condemned to go out and purchase
gifts and be as cheaply idotic as the
other wretched mortals with whom he
was being carried along No wonder
that he chafed and rebelled and vainly
wished that he could hang crepe on
every Christmas tree IN the universe.
Mr.. Sidney Payson hated his task
and he was puzzled by it, After wan.
dering through two stores and looking
in at 90 windows he had been unable
to make one selection. It seemed to
him that all the articles offered for
sale we're singularly and uniformly in
appropriate The custom of giving
was a farce in itself. and the storekeep-
ers had done what they could to make
it a sickening travesty.
''I'll go ahead and buy a lot OF things
at hapEazard" he said to himself Il
don't care ii hang whether they are ap-
propriate or not"
At that moment he Tad an inspira-
ton. II was an inspiration which
could have come to no one except Mr.
Sidney Payson. 1t promised a speedy