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Orinin of MusseI CATCHING.

Mussel culture in France-where it
is carried on more extensively than
anywhere else-originated so far back
as 1888, when an Irish ship was
wrecked near La Rochelle. One of the
rescued sailors, James Walton, being
hard put to it for living, conceived
the plan of setting nets on poles for
the capture of sea fowl at night, the
muddy shores of the bay being fire.
quented by these birds in large num-
bers. Before long he noticed that
myriads Of young mussels became at
tached to the stakes, end that, being
above the level of the mud, these grew
rapidly. Thereupon he interaced
branches of trees between the stakes,
thus forming a kind of wicker work,
which also became coated with mus
sells. Waltons example was followed
by some of the natives of La Rochelle
and an industry was started which has
now fiourished for close ON 800 years.
London Mail
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tract / go to brother lawyer to see
II he gets the same points l do. Put
it back into the trunk and come along.
It's glorious out of doors today"
When Radcliffe and Gyp the gun
man saw the three depart for the
skating pond the former instructed the
gun man to remain on the watch and to
was determined to enter the house and
have a thorough look into Zudora's
room. He found aneunlocked window
in the rear, and through this he enter
ed the house. Everybody was out, in
Guiding the servant. He could not
have found better opportunity.
He knew where Zudora's room was,
having once made a midnight visit to
it. They had tricked him out of a fine
lot of gems, and he had not yet re-
covered from the chagrin Of this fact.
To this day he had not the least idea
where they had hidden the stones. He
was certain that the gems were not in
the house at present. Doubtless they
had been disposed of secretly.
The first thing that welcomed his
gaze was the battered old trunk The
scorched leather at once convinced him
that this had come from the house of
HaSSam Ali. He knelt beside it and
threw back the lid. He eyed curiously
the spangleS and MULE of the old cir
Gus days. But the folded sheet of pa
per interested him far more And
when he spread it out and discovered
that it was practically complete sur
vey of the mine in Africa he was de-
lighted. He already knew the defines
of the African property. SO far as he
was concerned it was of no intrinsic
value, but it would eventually be
valuable to Zudora. SO he stuffed 1t
into his pocket and went on with his
search. Then he came upon the false
bottom to the trunk, and here he found
the documents which completed the
case. He laughed With these in his
possession Zudora would lose her case
In any court in America. What find!
Neither the girl nor her advisers had
ever thought to thoroughly investigate
the battered old leather trunk
He was in high feather when he
stole out of the Ramsay house. He
had made great find. He was legally
master of millions. 1t would be sim
pie case of manufacturing a will of
prior date Zudora's, upon old legal
cap, with the notary's seal of some old
In, r
would be very easy now that he had
all the documents in the case. Nine.
Du Val would be pleased, so pleased
that she might lend more willing ear
to his pleas. They had had this trunk
all these weeks and had not thought to
sound it for a false bottom. That was
supreme luck. He felt more and more
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give up this fight until l am beaten"
She glanced at the clock. 1T is time
John was here. Why not come along
with us? The skating will be fine"
Il haven't had skates on in an age"
protested Mrs. Ramsay.
THAT won't matter; all the more fun
for YOU" insisted Zudora.
you're strange girl"
''In what way"
why, you can throw off your bur-
dens so quickly, without apparent eff
fort"
81 do not throw them off; l merely
refuse to let them dampen what pleas
ure | can get out of life" Zudora ran
to window. There he is now! He's
just as patient and kindly as he can be.
And there's box under his arm. I'll
wager it's dollhouse violets. He never
forgets the fact that | love flowers"
She did not notice the two men loiter-
ing on the opposite side of the street,
Radcliffe and Gyp the gun man.
Storm came in, his eyes clear and his
with cheer.
"All aboard! The ice will be just
splendid. Here's bunch Of violets for
you, sweetheart"
THANK you, John" Zudora pinned
the flowers against her waist. you
are very thoughtful, after all the trou-
BILE have caused you"
"Piffle! What man wouldn't be
thoughtful if he had you always In
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Buckinuham Palace.

Buckingham palace stands on the
site of pleasure grounds known in the
days of Evelyn and Pepys and fire.
quently mentioned in their diaries as
the Mulberry gardens. The property
was eventually bought by the Duke
of Buckingham, who erected the first
house, which. however. was not large
or handsome, Notwithstanding that it
was even then called Buckingham pal
ace. George III. purchased ii from
the dowager Duchess of Buckingham
as residence for Queen Charlotte,
whose palace Somerset House. in the
Strand, was required for public pur-
poses. After much haggling with his
majesty's agent the duchess parted
with it for 100000 1t was not great
ly altered till 1924, when it was en-
larged and almost rebuilt after de-
signs by Joseph Nash for the London
residence of the royal family.-London
Chronicle.
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assured of his star as he rejoined Gyp.
Millions, luxury, all his cravings to be
gratifiedl
And Zudora, flying across the smooth,
glistening surface of the pond, began
to have hopes that her star had reach
ed its nadir and was once more ascend
ing toward the zenith. Well perhaps
1t was. The sunshine, the eXhilaration
of the sport, the nearness of one be-
loved, these would have set cheer into
many heart darker than Zudoras.
' When the three of them returned to
Mrs. Ramsay's the latter served tea,
and for an hour it was happy family.
Then Storm remembered the survey
map.
you'd better let me have that and
lock it up in my safe" he suggested.
"You never can tell what will happen
these days"
But Zudora searched the leather
trunk from top to bottom in vain.
"That's funny! You saw me put it
on the top tray?"
Il did" said Storm grayely. He
went about the room examining the
windows He left the two women and
went downstairs. On the linoleum in
the kitchen he saw muddy tracks. That
was enough. Some one has been here
during our absence" he declared on
returning to Zudora's room. whoever
it was has got that paper. Evidently
I was watched, and when we went to
the pond the watcher came into the
kitchen window. Well, perhaps I'm to
blame. l should have put it into my
pocket"
Meantime in Detective Hunts office
things were being arranged for the
ascendency of Zudora's star, which
was in truth very low.
Baird, I'm going to enter the Du
Val villa by the front door this trip"
What do you mean by that?' asked
TIE late HasSam Ais double.
II mean that I'm going to enter in a
capacity which will excite madam's
vanity There's no woman alive that
does not Ike the idea Of having her
likeness permtuated in oil if done by q
celebrated artist
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/ ZUD0RA
In the Twenty Million
Dollar Mystery
BY HAROLD MACGRATH
Copyright, 1914 and 1915 by Harold r1acCrath

thing was the fact that the spurious
claimants had the law on their side.
Where had they secured their back
ing? How had they learned that there
existed documents, that there were
gold and diamond mines? Hassam All
certainly had not confided these facts
to them.
There is nothing but this sheet with
the pothooks," she declared finally. II
can't make anything out of it."
"You poor child! Why don't you
marry your sweetheart and have done
with all this? He has plenty for BOTH"
THAT isn't 1t, Mrs. Ramsay. come
from a fighting stock, and l win never
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-04-13
CHAPTER XVI.
The Battle at the Bridge.

~ NE bright, keen winter day zu-
dora and Mrs. Ramsay sat in
the formers room discussing
the malignancy of the star
that lowered over ZndOra's destiny. If
only she might find one bit of COM
plete evidence against her enemies or
some document to fully uphold her
claims. She could do nothing at court
with these fragments, these half
sheets. Possession was nine points in
law, and it did not require John
Storms legal advice to convince her Of
this fact
If Hassam All had not been thor
ough miser all valuable papers would
have been deposited in the deposit box
at the bank. More and more she be-
came convinced that her uncle had had
sinister designs upon her life; that he
had been maneuvering to get her out
of the way so that he might control the
entire fortune. All she wanted was to
be mind free Well, sooner or later
something would turn up, some work
able plan. Three such men as Storm,
Baird and Hunt would find a chink in
the enemy's armor.
I'm going to look through that old
trunk again" Zudora declared, rising
Come and help me-"
So the two of them dragged out the
trunk and went through everything re-
ligiously so thoroughly that q moth
could not have escaped. Protruding
from Il torn place in the lining Zudora
came upon a sheet of paper. She stud
led the pothooks from all angles, but
could make nothing of it. However,
she laid it aside for Storms appraisal.
What puzzled her as much as any
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Cautiously the Detective e-entered.
pretended not to notice this peculiar
ity, but he could see that madame be-
gan to stir restively Suddenly she
set down her cup, complaining Of a
violent headache. Hunt gathered up
his materials and politely excused
himself The footman, however, in let
ting him out failed to note that the
ferrule of Hunts cane had caught be-
tween the door and the jamb. eau
tiously the detective re-entered and
tiptoed into the conservatory. He
waited for moment or two, then
stole out into the salon. A spot on one
of the columns attracted his attention.
Upon close inspection he found it to
be a sliding panel He was lingering
about for method to open it when
he heard footsteps. He slipped behind
the portiere.
1t was Nine Du Val, coming down
to greet Captain Radcliffe, who had
him the portrait He shrugged. He
was not at all interested in this style
of art.
There goes the fountain" he warn
ed.
"Merciful heaven, had forgotten all
about those fools! They struck the
signal while La Fontaine was here, but
luckily he did not notice it. Let them
in"
Hunt was very much surprised to
see three old antagonists enter the
room from one Of the columns He was
still more surprised when he saw
madame open the secret drawer in the
onyx table. His eyes snapped. That
table would be worth while Just as
soon as these precious rogues left the
salon he determined to investigate. He
was an ingenious man. but his ingenu-
ity failed utterly to learn the secret Of
the onyx table. He was certain, how
ever, that it held all he wanted so
badly. He left the villa uGobserved.
In the meantime Baird had discover
ed that the tunnel from the garage led
directly to the Du Val villa, but he had
chosen bad day for the investigation.
The three crooks, returning from their
visit, caught sight of him and gave
chase. He reached the trap door In
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the garage first, but before ne 0uiu
make the door tles were upon nun.
He succeeded in laying out two Oh
them. but the largest man proved 10
be a tough customer This was NOT
tbe first time Baird had felt the bear
like grip of the man.
They battled through the doorway.
along the sidewalk. until they reached
the bridge. That Baird lived to tel the
tale was due solely to the unexpected
arrival of Zudora and Storm Tney
recognized Baird as he and ms an
tagonist toppled over the parapet INTO
the lev stream below, where the light
still ragged. At length the reporter
succeeded in getting free of the Gluten
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"That's true enough said Baird.
go on. I'm interested"
"Well, I'm going to be that celebrated
artist"
But, Lord, man, can you paint?"
"Well enough to serve my purpose
you're man of many surprises"
That's high praise. You used to be
that yourself
"Give me all the points of the game. "
you've heard of Jacques La Fon-
taineY'
Eyes. Just at present he's in the
trenches in Alsace."
$50 learned. But Nine. Du Val will
not dig deep so long as | can keep her
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mind? What's this? Been rummaging
around in the old trunk again? Find
anythingt"
Nothing but this sheet Of paper"
John took it. 'Why, it looks like Il
map or plan of a mine"
"a map" chorused Zudora and Mrs.
Ramsay.
"And l didn't know what it could
be-" exclaimed Zudora.
''Tll wager it's some data regarding
the boundaries of the diamond mine In
Africa. Anyhow, I'd hang on to 1t.
1t may be worthless, and again it may
have value. Put 1t back I'm the trunk.
My rule is. never throw away any
scrap of paper you do not thoroughly
understand. Whenever ] sign a con-
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This is an age of invention" re-
marked the bumptious philosopher.
Then said his friend. maybe you
can ccncoct new excuse for me to
give my wife for not going home to
dinner tonight"
Whereat the punctured philosopher
subsidized - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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of his antagonist, who paid the penalty
for his loyalty to bad cause.
Storm got a rope from his tool box.
This he tied to the extra tire, fiinging
Ii out toward Baird as one would throw
a life preserver at sea. Baird was all
in. He had just strength enough to
grasp the tire, and Storm hauled away
with will.
FRO RE CONTINUED.
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delighted to give him as many sittings
as he desired
Baird met Hunt short distance
from the villa, and the two of them
walked toward town.
What luck?" asked the reporter.
1T was the easiest bit of work 1
ever did. When you tickle woman'a
vanity you tnd her. I'm going to pQ
up at one ofSs hotels. She might has
it in her m to call me up to chan
The hour o9kappointncnt TomorroS
'"e-in to tcutli''~ You
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
LONDON IS SILENT
ON RELATION WITH
KING CONSTANTINE

LONDON Dec. 13.-While unofficial
dispatches fom Athens, Paris and
Rome today indicated that the Greek
attitude with reference to the allies
had greasy improved, the government
declined to make any statement ON
the diplomatic situation in the east
this afternoon. <a..t
In response to an inquiry in the
house of commons, Lord Robert Cecil,
under seclsstary of foreign affairs,
said that the foreign Office was not
In position to make statement on
the position of Greece and the entente
powers.
Asked whether he had seen an inter.
view quoting King Constantine as say.
/. Ing that the allies had landed in
Greece without the kings consent,
. replied: 1T would be improper to dis
e scuss the relations between King Con-
( stantine and the minister's"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13

An army chaplain Oh the Western
front has just related this ancedote: ::
Duke Ernest August of Brunswick. the
son-in-law Of the Kaiser, recently visit
ed a company of soldiers from his
state in the trenches and talked to
two reseryists who did not know him.
He. asked the men how they were
satisfied with their. new ruler and one
of them, printer, candidly said: {.
II was against the elevation of the
young Cumberlander to the throne OF
our country, because believed him to
be more English than German, but he
seems to be real patriot and pretty
good fellow"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
CoNNERsv|lLE TRUCK
STARTS @0N SATURDAY
;

}, A new bus line operating from the
Richmond auto station will be started
Saturday when @. I. Lyons puts a
new truck into commission running
between Richmond and Connersville
1t is planned to make one trip daily.
Including Centervil1e, Germantown
!. Cambridge City and Milton, leaving
Richmond at 9 O'Clock each morning,
and leaving Connersville on the return
trip ats o'clock In ,the afternoon. This
running order may be reversed, Mr.
Lyons said. The truck is owned joint
sly by w. e. Reagan Of Knightstown,
and Mr.. Lyons, and has seating ca.
RacitW of, eighteen persons. ,>-%
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
WIRE AND RAIL SERVICE
NOT INTERRUPTED BY STORM

No trouble has been reported by
either the Western Union or Postal
Telegraph company's with their wires
in this vicinity although the Western
Union reported considerable difficulty
in the neighborhood of Danville, Ill.
The Home Telephone company's
wires are all clear. and the storm has
not affected its service.
The storm which started Sat
urday did not interfere with traffic on
the Pennsylvania or G.. & o. systems
All trains have been running on time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
OFFER NO TERMS
TO BULL MOOSE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Develop
ments today indicated that no direct
offer OF peace will be made by the
Republican national committee to
Colonel Roosevelt and the Progressive e
cohorts. The guiding spirits of the
committee intend to lie low In the hope
that the first overtures for the consoli-
dation of the ranks Of the old guard
and the faction which split away in
1912 will come from the latter
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
GERMAN ATTACHES
TO Leave DEC. q

WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.-Captains
Karl Boyd and Franz Won Pappen.
the German naval ana military at
taches who have been recalled by their
government. will sail from New York
on Dec. 2S for Germany. This was
learned on reliable authority today 1t
was stated that safe passage has been
procured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
SNOW COVERS VIRGINIA.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The first
real snow OF the season today blanket
ed northern Virginia and the District
OF Columbia to depth of three inches.
slightly impeding railway traffic and
interfering with telephone and tele-
graphic communication.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
CAR HITS TANK WAGON

A tank wagon owned by the Indian
Il Refining company was struck by
trolley car west Of town Saturday and
slightly damaged, but none was hurt.
The trolley car ran into the rear of
the wagon, bending the axle and
smashing the cage on the back used
for carrying measures.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
TWENTY-FIVE ASK AID.

Twenty-Five calls for aid were
made at the office of the township
trustee today. The sudden cold snap
has fallen heavily OH the poor peo-
pie of the city and most of the de-
mands this morning were for coal
The Social Service Bureau has also
received numerous calls for relief.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
WEBB LODGE TO MEET

Webb Lodge, No. "a, #. and A. NJ,
will hold its annual meeting Wednes-
day evening, at which time officers
for the coming years will be elected
and reports of the years activities sub
mitted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
TWIN GIRLS ARRIVE.

Mrs. Russell Suits OF 227 South Sew
enth street, presented her husband
with twin girls on Saturday night at
Reid Memorial hospital. Both mother
and children are thriving
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13

A Lexington (Ky) woman has pre-
sented her husband with nine chill
dren in. eighteen months. five. at one
birth and four at a second.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
CHARGES ABANDONMENT.

Divorce complaint was filed today
by Lille Gentry against Smith Gentry
charging abandonment and failure to
provide.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13

Experiments have shown that acety-
lene light will make plants grow larg-
er and more rapidly than those sub.
j jected only to sunlight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-13
POLISH WOMEN FOR PEACE

ROME, Dec. IA pathetic appeal
asking the pope to intervene in the
cause of peace was presented to the
pontiff today. 1t was signed by Polish
and Hungarian women.
Evening star., 1915-01-22
HEBREWS VOTE TO MEET
IN WASHINGTON IN 1917
Union of American Congregations
Elects Officers and Ends Chi
cago Convention.

CHICAGO, January 22.-Washington
was awarded the 1917 meeting OF the
Union of American Hebrew Congre-
cations. which closed it's convention
here yesterday j. Walter Freiberg of
Cincinnati was elected president Lip
man Levy, also of Cincinnati, who has
held office as secretary since the
elected. The next meeting of the Ma
tional Federation of Temple Sister
hoods will be held Jointly with the
union.
a resolution urging President Will
son to veto the literacy test immigra-
tion bill was adopted by the delegates.
Plea for Jews in Europe.
Possibility of improving the condi-
ton of Jews in Europe was raised in
the report of the committee on general
welfare. In the report it was pointed
out that more than 100000 Jews are
now serving in the European armies.
This must give reply to the often
repeated assertion that Jews are not
patriotic" said the report. Millions
of Jews are among the innocent suf-
ferers of the war. This is the time
for Jews in America to prepare to
bring pressure on the peace conferees
in such a way that the final settle
ment will secure to our co-religionists
in Europe those inaliena5le rights that
have for centuries been denied them
Evening star., 1915-01-22
Legislature Mere Recorder.

Somehow, the spirit of our institu-
tions has been transformed" Senator
Cummins asserted. "and the legislative
branch of the government has become
a mere recorder. What the President
really wants is a journal clerk instead
of a Congress. We still retain our
physical liberty. and so long as we are
tractable I assume we will be permit
ted to enjoy it, but as Legislative
body we have. for the time being,
passed out of existence
Senator CumminS denied with en-
phasis statements recently made that
the President is a part of the lawmak-
ing power of the United States and, re-
ferring to the presidential veto power
declared that the best that can be
said of il is that II is relic Of antiquity
which ought to have been cast aside
and allowed to take it's place with
other discarded doctrines which mark
the passage of civilization from the
rule of kings to the supremacy of the
people"
The attitude of the executive, the
senator asserted. was medieval in its
character and destructive in its ten
dency."
The Iowa senator attacked all of the
big reform measures of the democratic
administration, and said II the ship
ping bill should become a law I'VE will
have imposed upon the people the most
reactionary, indefensible legislation
which, so far my knowledge goes
has ever appeared in Congress"