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Running the Capital City
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Governor, probably brought him to the
notice of more Kansas people than anything
he had done previously. Governor Stubbs
was engaged in a crusade for the enforce
ment OF the Prohibitory law. 1t will hardly
be construed a slam at Stubbs, the writer
hopes if it is remarked at this time that
Governor Stubs infrequently wore gum
shoes in his public endeavor. Brass bands
were commonly included in his crusading
equipment, and he not wearing gum
shoes in the crusade to which reference is
herein made.
In article written for a syndicate of
Kansas papers, House expressed his opinion
that there a degree of bunk, in the
Stubbs crusade. He said too, that there
were many places in the state where little
or no effort being made to enforce the
liquor laws, and added that he had recently
visited club Gin little town in supposedly
dry territory, where beer being sold
a bar. When the article called to
the attention of Governor Stubbs the latter
Immediately directed Attorney General
Dawson to call House before inquisit1on
to give testimony regarding the conduct of
the club at which he had been entertained.
House was accordingly summoned in con-
formity with the provisions of statute
authorizing the attorney general to summon
witnesses, but he declined to tell the name
of the town in which the club was located.
He could have been slightly punished for
this defiance, but Governor Stubs wanted
him sent to Jail for contempt of court. He
therefore directed the attorney general to
again summon House, to appear the second
time before ga not unfriend1y justice who
would commit him to jail.
The attorney general refused to obey
this latter direction and the Governor
brought mandamus proceedings in the SUI
preme Court to compel Dawson to
mind. The Supreme Court, after several
months, held that Dawson must do as
the Governor said, and House was
hailed before selected justice of the peace
in country district near Topeka He again
declined to tell what Stubbs demanded and
he committed to Jail for contempt, but
a writ of habeas corpus overlook the officers
before House had been locked up. How
ever, he constructive1y in jail for almost
a year. The habeas corpus proceeding was
not pressed by Governor Stubbs-why,
Stubs has never explained. Maybe his law
yers advised him that he could not win in
the end. Anyway the Stubs administration
ended with House still enjoying his liberty,
and the whole proceeding subsequently
dismissed
A joking reference to this victorious de-
hance of Stubs making House avail
able candidate for mayor, is probably re-
sponsible for his election. Many people took
it seriously. At first, House regarded his
prospective candidacy as a joke But the
idea struck a popular chord, and when
House found that there real chance
that he could win, he frankly said that he
would like to be mayor because he believed
heir, him and hecan he
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DETERMINED TO LIVE LONG
Prof. Metchnikoff Has Proved That
Early Death Need Not Be a
Matter of Heredity.

Professor Metchnikoff of the French
Pasteur institute takes such a per-
sonal interest in the question of the
prolongation Of life that some of his
brother scientists in moments OF ex-
pansion make sarcastic remarks, de-
claring that such anxiety betrays a
weakness unworthy of a true scientihc
investigator.
When Professor Metchnikoff cele-
brated his seventeen birthday recent
ly many Of his co-workers gathered In
formally in his laboratory and wished
him many happy returns. The profes'
sor made a little speech in which ne
said that his own life was an example
Of what could be done by science in
combating a hereditary tendency to
die young.
All his ancestors died very young
and he himself believed he was about
to die at the age of fffty-two when he
was stricken by a malady usually
fatal. From that time he determined
to try to live long. He set up to worl
to study the causes of the body's wear
ing out and fought every destructive
agent that he could discover. He fol
lowed a very strict regime and nov
feels we'll and thinks he may live seV
eral, perhaps many, years more.
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DOG VALUABLE IN WARFARE
Intelligent Animal Brings Soreiy
Needed Aid to Wounded During a
LuIl in the Fighting.

A wal correspondent speaks OF a
French soldier who, in writing to his
family, told how his life was saved by
the pet dog of his regiment. Struck
by a fragment of shell in the arm
and with a saber cut over the head
the wounded man was lying half-cov-
cred by the dead bodies OF his COM
rades, when he felt a light touch on
his forehead. 1t was Tom, the regi-
ment's dog.
In spite of his pain the soldier tried
to raise himself up a little. He knew
that the animal was trained to carry
to the camp a wounded mans cap,
but he had lost his own. The dog hesi-
tated, and the soldier said to him:
Run quickly, Tom; go and find my
comrades. Go on-find them!"
Then Tom understood. He dashed
away to the camp, ran about among
the men, pulling their coats and bark
ing, and at last succeeded in drawing
two ambulance men to the spot where
the wounded soldier lay. He was
taken up quickly, cared for by the
surgeons, and today he is fast recover
ing.
Tom goes toward the firing line as
soon as the bullets begin to fly. He
scratches a hole in the ground and
crouches there. During the lulls In
the firing he does duty with the am
bulance men, and helps to save the
wounded.
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HWas he here the day before?"

WAS he here the day before?"
mo, sir. He's been away i'll for
four days."
"And your master?"
l had no time to put any further
question, for the Russian re-entered at
that moment, and the youth busted
himself rubbing the front of the coun.
ter in pretense that l had not spoken
to him. Indeed, 1 had some difficulty
in slipping the promised coin into his
hand at a moment when his master
was not looking,
While l stood there a rather thin, re-
specially dressed maj entered and
seated himself upon one of the plush
lounges at the farther end, removed
his bowler hat and ordered from the
proprietor a chop and a pot of tea.
Then, taking a newspaper from his
pocket, he settled himself to read, ap-
parently oblivious to his surroundings.
And yet as l watched l saw that over
the top of his paper he was carefully
taking in the general appearance OF
the place, and his eyes we're keenly
following the Russians movements,
So deep was his interest in the place,
and SO keen those dark eyes of his
that the truth suddenly dawned upon
me. Mackenzie had t~elegraphed tc
Scotland Yard and the customer sitting
there was a detective who had come
to investigate, I had advanced to the
counter to chat again with the proprie
tor when a quick step behind me
caused me to turn.
Before me stood the slim figure Of
man in a straw hat and rather seed!
black jacket.
"Dio Signor Padrone!" he cried.
staggered as though had received
a blow.
Olinto Santini in the flesh, smiling
and well, stood there before me!
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ly vent out, but from that moment no
one has seen or heard Of her"
It was on the tip of my tongue to
tell him the CHASTITY truth. yet so
strange was the circumstance that his
own double, even 10 the mole upon his
face. should be lying dead and buried
in Scotland that | hesitated to relate
what I knew.
She spoke English. | supposed"
"She could make herself understood
very WELL" he said with a sigh, and l
saw a heavy, thoughtful look upon his
brow. That he vas really devoted to
her, | knew. With the Italian of
whatever station in life, love is all
consuming-it is either perfect love
or genuine hatred. The Tuscan char
acter is one of two extremes.
l glanced across the road, and saw
that the detective who had ordered
his chop and coffee had stopped to
light his pipe and was watching us.
But why haven't you told the pc.
lice?"
81 prefer to make inquiries for my.
SELF"
And in what have your inquiries re
sulted?"
"Nothing-absolutely nothing" he
said gravely.
you do not suspect any plot? ]
recollect that night in Lambeth yor
told me you had enemies?"
"Ah! so l have, signore-and 81
have you'll" he exclaimed hoarsely
Eyes, my poor Armida may have beer
entrapped by them"
And if %entrapped, what then?"
'They would kill her with as lit
tie conjunction as they would a fly
he said. "Ah! you do not know thu
callousness of those people. onl!
hope and pray that she may have es
capped and is in hiding somewhere, anC
will arrive Unexpectedly and give m
a startling surprise. She delights il
startling me-" he added with a laugh
Then you think she must have beel
called away from home by some urg
ent messenger" l suggested.
"By the manner in which she lef
things, it seemed as though she Wen
away hurriedly. There were five SOY
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ereigns in a drawer that we had
saved for the rent, and she took them
with her"
l paused, hesitating whether to tell
him the terrible truth. / recollected
that the body had disappeared, there
fore what proof had | of my allega-
ton that she had been murdered?
Tell me, Olinto," | said as we
moved forward again in the direction
of Paddington station, have you any
knowledge Of a man named Leith-
court?"
He started suddenly and looked at
me.
81 have heard of him." he answered
very lamely.
"And Of his daughter-Muriel?"
"And also of her. But am not &C.
quainted with them-nor, to tell the
truth, do | wish to be-"
"Why?"
Because they are enemies of mine
bitter enemies"
Ills u6CldIdIioh Wdo oIioA6O, " 4
threw some light upon the tragedy il
Rannoch wood.
"And of your wife, also?"
81 do not know that" he respond
ed. my enemies are my wife's also
1 suppose
"You have not told me the secret o
that dastardly attempt upon me whel
we last met" | said in a low voice
why not tell me the truth? l surel
ought to know who my enemies reall
are, so as to be warned against an
future plot"
i "You shall know some day, signor'
/ dare not tell you now"
you said that BEFORE" | exclaime
: with dissatisfaction. IF you al
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HAS HAD TRAGIC HISTORY
From Earliest Times, Scissors Has
Been the Scene Of Warfare That
Was Almost Constant.

In the history Of warfare conducted
In France there is no town which
bears such an unenviable record as
that Of Scissors, which, in times Of
peace, has a pleasant location on one
bank Of the River Aisne, surrounded
by wooded hills. At one time there
was no more popular place of pilgrim
age, when its abbeys were the rich
est in the land with the best blood
Of the country at their head, and when
the abbots of st. Medard, the most
important Of all French abbeys dur.
ing the first two dynasties, coined
money, and were lords Of almost in.
Vulnerable villages, farms and manors.
Scissors was the field Of the mis-.
sionary labors Of st. Crispin and st
Crispinian, patrons Of the shoemak
Ing craft. who brought Christianity
to the town in the third century
They suffered severely at the hands
OF Rictiovarus. the governor, undel
whose orders they were stretched OF
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Of health resorts, where the treat
ment is combined with a life so care
free that It is in itself a tonic. The
outdoor exercise and wholesome
pleasure derived from a stay at any
Of the numerous springs make the
visitors sleep sounder. eat with a bet
ter appetite, laugh more and live
longer. Persons do not go to the
springs and baths only to get well. but
to keep well and have a good time
while they are about It.
Many OF our great business men
and deepest thinkers make visits to
some spring or bath regularly and
take the treatment once or twice a
year, thus keeping in fine physical
condition. Some people have an idea
that these treatments are expensive,
but such is not the case.-Leslie's.
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VIII.
Llfe's Counter-Claim


No word of mine can express my alb
solute and abject amazement when |
faced the man, whom | had seen ly-
ing cold and dead upon that gray stone
slab in the mortuary of Dumfries.
My eye caught the customer who,
on the entry of Olinto, had dropped
his paper and sat staring at him in
wonderment. The detective had evil
IDENTIFY been furnished with a photo
graph of the dead man, and now, like
myself, discovered him alive and liv-
ing.
"Signor Padrone!" cried the man
whose appearance was so absolutely
bewildering. How did you find me
here? l admit that | deceived you
when l told you / worked at the Mi
lano," he went on rapidly in Italian.
"But it was under compulsion-my &C
tons that night we're not my own
but those of others"
Eyes, l understand" l said. "But
come out into the street. | don't wish
to speak before these people. Your
padrone knows Italian, no doubt" And
turning with a smile to the Pole, l
apologized for taking away his serv-
ant for a few minutes.
And when we were outside, Olinto
walking by my side in wonderment,
l asked suddenly:
Tell me. Have you ever been in
Scotland-at Dumfries?"
Never, signor, in my life. Why?'
Answer me another question:"
said quickly. "You married Armida
at the Italian consulate. Where is
she nowhere is she this morn
ing?"
He turned pale, and l saw a com
) plete change in his countenance.
II "Ah, signore!" he responded, "
/. only wish l could tell"
81 cast no reflection whatever upol
you, Olinto; l have merely inquired
after your wife, and you do not Civ
me a direct reply"
r We had walked to the Royal Oak
e and stood talking on the curb outside
d II give you no reply, because
+ can't" he said in Italian. "Armida-
n my poor Armida-has left home"
h Why did you tell me such a tale c
distress regarding herr"
"As l have already explained, 81,
more, I was not then master of m
h own actions. was ruled by other
h. But I saved your life at risk of m
own. Some day, when it is safe,
to will reveal to you everything"
Let us allow the past to remain
* l said. Where is your wife now
lie He hesitated a moment, lookir
I'd straight into my face.
"The truth is, Signor Commend
IL tore, that my wife has mysterious
disappeared. Last Saturday at elevt
an o'clock she was talking over the ga
den wall with a neighbor, and W
then dressed to go out. She apparei
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brazilian Eiuts.

Al new type OF hut for soldiers
which, It Is claimed, will allow Of a
saving Of at least rs per cent on
present expenditure, was exhibited re-
Gently at the College Of Ambulance,
London.
The hut is pyramidical In shape and
designed to secure a maximum Of
fresh air with an absence Of drafts
no matter what the direction Of the
wind.
Seventeen huts OF this type, known
as the Pritchard principle. will &C
commodate, its inventors claim, a bat
talon IN greater comfort than they
are now securing in "a huta.
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SPRINGS TO STAY WELL
I Health Resorts Are by No Means
Only for Those Who Are Sick
\ and Afflicted.

America possesses springs and
health resorts that equal any found
In Europe. American physicians in
every branch OF medicine are as
capable and efficient as those Of any
other country. Our doctors are now,
more than ever, recommending hydro
therapy as a curative treatment for
many forms Of disease. Gout, rheu-
matism. obesity, V and skin
diseases, malarial infection, sciatica,
dyspepsia. liver and kidney diseases
and many other ailments are relieved
and often cured by the health-giving
properties Of natural spring water
when used by the advice and under
the prescription Of reputable phyai-
clans. These treatments are not sole
" for the sick and afflicted. Many
who are in the ceaBeless activity Of
the business world or surrounded BY
the humdrum existence and manifold
worries Of household duties ind rest
relaxation and renewed vigor q: any
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STRENGTH Of Fly.

An Englishman has made many ex.
periments with various insects, such
as caterpillars, feas, butterflies and
flies. which show how extraordinarily
strong these insects are.
A biuebottle fly weighing 1923 of an
ounce was hitched by a thread to a
tiny wagon and drew a total weight
of a little over six ounces, or practic,
ally ITO times its own weight. A
caterpillar h~arnessed in a similar man
ner pulled rs times its W weight.
A strong man with a like equip
ment Of large size can at most move
but ten times his own weight.
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If Keith Dalrymple. the missing
Port Allegheny boy, returns home
now, after an absence of more than
eight years, he will find that the for
tune OF s365.00O is about all that
awaits him. The missing heirs moth
or, whose death occurred a year ago
as a result Of worry over her sons
absence, has been followed by the
death Of Hugh DalrympIe, HIS brother.
Hugh Dalrymple died on his farm
near North East. He was q Joint heir
with Keith Dalrymple Of the Arnold
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CHAPTER Vll--continued.

That night, after calling upon the
detective, Mackenzie, | took the sleep
ing car express to Euston. The res
taurant which Hutcheson had Indicated
was, l found. situated about halfway
up Westbourne Grove, nearly oppo-
site Whiteley's. 1t was soon after nine
o'clock when I entered the long shop
with its rows of handicapped tables
and greasy lounges of red plush. An
unhealthy-Iooking lad vas sweeping
out the place with wet sawdust, and a
big, ~dark-bearded, habby-faced mar in
shirt sleeves stood behind the small
counter polishing some forks.
"I wish to see Signor Ferrari," said,
addressing him.
There is no Ferrari, he is dead" re-
sponded the man in broken English.
sMy name is Odinzoff. l bought the
place from madame"
Il have come to inquire after a
waiter you have in your service, an
Italian named Santini. He was my
servant for some years, and naturally
take IN interest in him"
"Santini?" he repeated. "Oh, you
mean Olinto? He is not here yet. He
comes at ten o'clock"
This reply surprised me-. / had ex-
pected the restaurant keeper to ex-
press regret at his disappearance, yet
he spoke as though he had been at
work as usual on the previous day.
you find Olinto a good servant, ]
s%uppose?" l said, for want of some
thing else to say.
Excellent. The Italians are the best
walters in the world. l am Russian
but l dare not employ a Russian wait
er. These English would not come tt
my shop if did"
How long has Olinto been with
your" l inquired.
about a y~ear-perhaps a littlt
more, I trust him implicitly, and
leave him in charge when I go ava.
for holidays, He does not get aloni
very well with the eook-who is M!
lanese. These Italians from differen
provinces always quarrel" he added
laughing. IF you live in Italy 20
know that, no doubt"
l laughed in chorus and then, CLAM
ing at my watch, said: I'll wait fo
him, if he will be here at ten. I
much like to see him again"
The Russian was by no means MOI
plused, but merely remarked; "He
late sometimes, but not often. He live
on the other side of London-over
Camberwell."
Suddenly a side door opened and IL
cook put his head in to speak vii
his master in French. He was a tyI
cal Italian, about forty, with dark mu
taches turned upwards, and an cas-
going, careless amer Seeing m
however, and believing me to be a CT
toner, he turned and closed the do
& quickly. In that instant / noticed t
high broadness of his shoulders, al
his back struck me as strangely sir
lar to that of the man in brown who
we had seen disappearing in Ranno
wood.
The suspicion held me breathless
Presently Odinzoff went outside, C
rying with him two boards upon viii
the menu of the "Eightpenny Lun,
eonl This DAY." was written
scrawly characters, and proceeded
afix them to the shop front.
This was my opportunity, and qu.
as thought | moved towards where
unhealthy youth was at work, q
whispered:
a "Tll give you half-a-sovereign
you'll answer my questions truthful
Now, tell me, was the cook, the n
I've just seen, here yesterday"
Emilio? Yes, sir"
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SYNOPSIS,

Gordon Gregg is called upon in Leg
horn by Horribly, the yacht Lola's owner,
II dining board with him and ms
friend, Hylton Chatter. accidentally sees
a torn photograph of a young girl. That
night the consurs safe is robbed. The
police find that Hornhy is a fraud ana
the Lola's name a false one. Gregg Wis
its Capt Jack Durnford of the marines
aboard his vessel. Durnford knows. but
will net reveal, the mystery of the Lola.
at concerns a woman. In London
Gregg is trapped nearly to his death by
a former servant, olinto. Visiting IN
Dumfries Gregg meets Muriel Leitheourt'
Hornby appears and Muriel introduces
him as Martin Woodroffe, her fathers
friend. Gregg finds that she is engaged
to Woodroffe. Gregg sees a copy OF the
torn photograph on the Lola and hnds
that the young girl is Muriers friend.
Woodroffe disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of a murdered woman in Ran
noch wood. The body disappears and in
its place is found the body of Olinto.
Gregg talks to the police but conceais his
knowledge of the woman. Murlel
calls secretly on Gregg and tells him that
h Is certain that a woman as well as
a man has been murdered. They search
Rannoch wood together, and find the
body of the woman. Gregg recognizes
her as Armida, Olinto's wife. Gregg tells
the police, but when they go to the wood
the body has disappeared.
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the rack and after the application of
several other tortures we're thrown
into the Aisne, a milestone having
first been tied around the neck Of
each. They were able to swim, how
ever, and managed to reach the oppo-
site bank.
scissors has been the scene Of
many victories and defeats, has been
sacked times without number, and
enjoys an unenviable notoriety. for
the great number OF sieges 1t has un-
dergone. In 1870 the Germans en-
tered it after a bombardment of four
days.
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They had been sitting around the
table at the club all evening as usual
talking about the war-always the
a There fell q little silence at
last and then Jones spoke. rs there
any person present said he. who
can tell me what II was we used to
talk about before the WARP
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Dalrymple estates, valued at 100000.
Before his death Hugh Dalrymple,
like his mother, had spent large sums
in searching for Keith, who mysteri-
ously disappeared from the home OF
his grandmother, Mrs. F, H. Arnold
of Long Beach, Cal. Hugh Dalrymple
leaves Ave children, who will inherit
the entire fortune should their uncle
fail to claim the estate.-Kane (Pa.)
Dispatch to Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
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An Appreciated Contrast.

Are you going to commute this
summer"
Yes" replied Mr.. Crosslots.
There's a great comfort in commut-
ing. The ride makes the office in the
city seem SO delightfully."- cool and
rnstfuln
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No Rest for the Weary.

at was bad enough when every 9TH
er man you met knew all about the
causes leading up to the war in Eu-
rope"
YES"
"But now every smart Alec you
meet thinks he knows what Japan has
up her sleeve"
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In after years man is apt to be
ashamed of the life he might have led,
but didn't.