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from the Rev. w. H. A. Hall of New
York. This proposition, however,
already had been rejected.
Discussion Of proposed changes in
the liturgy as recommended in the
report of the joint commission on
the book Of common prayer was on
todays calendar. In the main the
discussion, which Francis A. Lewis of
Philadelphia, chairman of the COM
mittee on despatch Of business, an
nounced will continue for two days
is on technical points.
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CHALLENGES RED SOX.

Columbus, Ohio, Oct 17-Bil1 ely
mer, manager Of the Louisville club,
which won the pennant in the Amer
lean Association and later defeated
the Omaha Western League cham
pions in a post-season series, has sent
to Chairman Hermann of the Nation
al Commission a challenge for his
club. to meet the Boston Red Sox in
series, winner take all, for the
cham pionship of the world.
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Worth Knowing

Women are liable to ailments which
cause constant ill-health and on
which they may consult doctors with
out much relief. 1t is we'll worth
knowing that they can get at the
nearest drugstore a simple medicine,
made of roots and herbs, which is
just what they need to recover health.
That medicine is Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.-advt.
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BELOIN'S HORSE WINS.

Alice Alfrieda. 2:17 IA, purchased
recently by Fred Beloin captured one
of the races at the Stafford fair last
week. Mr.. Beloin secured the an
imal from Jack Kingsley the well
known trainer.
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Seen and Heard at the Big Stores
Anniversary Sale.

There are many things one can
learn at the Big Store Of Wise. Smith
& Co., especially during such an oc-
casion as the 10th Anniversary Sale
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And he decided that since the
wrong that had been done him was
the most colossal wroSo that could
have been inflicted on him. from his
own point of view. he would AXE the
most colossal revenge that he was
capable OF conceiving. All his world
had been shattered. He would shatter
all their world.
The crime against him had been
impersonal. The youth who had done
IL had not acted against his daughter
as such. but had acted impersOnally
against any daughter Of any man
whose beauty CHANGED to excite him
To conquest. And finally the crime
had been a crime Of force. and force.
death, destruction, should be the n
swer. Thus reasoned FL Cargador,
seeking a stern and bitter logical and
philosophical basis for terrible re.
venge.
"F'or the expression Of these prin-
ciples. for their embodiment In &C.
ton there existed a single outlet
the doctrine Of anarchism. the philos-
ophy of nihilisrn. And after all. senior.
who shall say that the crime against
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A NEW YORK IGHT ENTERTAINMENT

lltile bare shrines and said his prayers.
II was the image of this daughter that
stood vividly before him. He prayed
not for himself or for his safety and
victory in the coming struggle, but for
her.
II can only give you the outline,
emo This child became a woman.
and in her womanhood she was diff
fercnt less d%isdainful. more merry and
more gentle. more trustful. and even
more lovely to look upon. There was
q reason for this development. She
had never known anything outside the
boundless love and faithful tenderness
1T her father. She conceived all men
TO be like him as she had known him.
III they were! She va much ad-
mired and sought after. In particular
there was a young officer, a noble of
great rank and fortune. who was a
sutton. I'll Cargador hated him: I sup
pose he hated everybody who might
usurp some share of his daughters az
fcctions. Yet this young mans suit
was Impossible to reject.
But he turned out, senior. to- he ms
heartlcss and ~unprincipled as the jeal-
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slipped neutrality-suspicious. BY many
Iberians to coffee or tea--giancing ut
Scarborough occasionally with .
speculative air.
Il suppose he's the one." Stanbor.
ougb thought. His face is familiar.
I've seen him In some anarchist hang
out-or haven't II"
He decided 10 pave the way Tor an
acquaintance and rising from hts seat
went over to the table where the new.
conner sat.
shall I speak to HUMP" Stanbor-
ough reflected. TITS not In my in
structions. but II he intends to make
my acquaintance, to do 80 won't scare
him away"
"Senor, I beg your pardon" he said
aloud. but has 1, not been my good
fortune to meet you before?"
The stranger looked up politely.
There was IA trace of satisfaction In
his eye as h. answered:
Senior, I regret that I cannot recall
the circumstances. but Il is only be-
csuse the memories OF pleasures, alas,
fade away while other r~ecollections
persist"
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EDING HUGE BROOK TROUT AT THE YAMA FARMS MATCHES

poSStbl" 10 remember all the lady trout
tN their FIRST but there are a
GOOD many mdtrons IN The pools that
are Vel enough known to make 1t
possible To keep a record Of the NUM-
Der Of eggs they gave last year and
tho number they should give this year.
I'M woe betidc the lady who falls
Gown ON prudu. ing the allotted num-
Der OF eggs She goes into another
pool and sooner or later meets a tall
gentleman With spiked mustaches and
Il waite cap, who gives her an awful
roast.
\ visit 20 this model hatchery il
inter-, sting. In nat pans, nver which
falls a constant stream of cold water,
IA" seen the eggs, tiny sacks about
the sin" of a pea. In hong runways
are The neWly Matched trout stlll hear
ing the tiny sacks which contain
their uourishment until they are able
to eat the food fioated on top Of the
water.
Then there are trout "A month Cd.
two months old and 50 ON until the
baby trout has attained the length oi
four inches, WaoH he or SHE leaves
the clustered life of the hatchery and
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This typically Spanish reply. en-
bodying a compliment and giving a
clue upon which to continue the con-
versation. pleased Scarborough.
Il trust that you have no such less
Peasant r~ecoilections 70 dwell upon"
he ventured.
The ~Spaniard sighed and smiled.
When a Is about TO be
thwarted in the whole purpose Of his
existence he cannot but be melan-
choly," he answered. will you not
drink chocolate with me?"
The languid Luis brought the drink
and after slipping it Scarborough re-
marked:
II see you have a Madrid news
paper. ! have never been In Madrid.
In fact. my only acquaintance with
your country il that gained by q stroll
ashore one day while my steamer was
loading at Almeria."
Surprise. followed by qualification
and Swallowed by subtler emotions,
showed in his acQuaintance's face. The
Spaniard said quickly:
THAT Is ar agreeable coincidence.
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"us i.'.,i = worst moods had painted
han. III Ia -tdor quilted the bullring
one day to fird his home invaded and
his, daughter gone. Abduction And
there was something more dreadful in
store. His daughter, this child who
bad been the light OF his life. crept
home t. end her broken and d~ishonored
LIE with his ~ sword. And he found
her there. dead.
Il do not know how IL Cargidor
retained his reason. In fact. he was
for days like a mailman. But after he
n"Cim" cl!mcr he did a strange thing
tulik" most Span.ards he did NOT rush
uut for hot and instant vengeance on
tie Scddcer. He sat down 10 think
what he should d..
His reasoning on the subject was
Extraordinary. W.tl a cold severity
~ .H-ic lac decided first that hc must
weigh ~" matter N his own scales,
WHAT the world considered he did not
care; he had never cared Tor what
Tie world sad thoulht or did, anyway.
~, H. CItsddor would set his owl
estimate ON tins IS ON everything
,.sr.
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reNolutionlsts ON the lower West Side.
Scarborough controlled himself. To
near III c~argudor's story from his
" lips would Ice well worth while.
The superficial deeds every n
hnev-the assassination of "A Prince
of spain, the att,-npt to destroy the
Peace Palace At The Hague. the kill
ing uf the Queen of Italy which was
credited tu this international outlaw
all these things were 4 matter @;
history. what had always perpl,Xcd
Scarborough MS the total dissimilar-
ity httwocn the portraits of a hand
some. gentle, melancholy man labelled
VI c%drgador'' and these deeds III
ui,,ri 49, ,stru,jiou What could
be the explanation of such a diSsimi-
larity?
The hlurcrIau was gazing quietly
81 the tioor. Ills face Wa uncAprcs-
siv. A. he replied.
"Thc anarchist. Yes. senor.' But he
wa no always one. And the story
ot how lie became one is what | had
IN mimi
Scarborough asseuisd eagerly and
his acquaintance began the nara
tive.
"Almrria has not changed much
since the youth of Juan Miguel Ron
cada Y t'oriirlo. called FL Cargador.
sad the Narrator. As he put down on
On, liable TWO silver ,oias IN pa mcrt
for twu fresh cups Of chocolate. "a
town which boasts q ruined strong
hod siN centuries old and "a cathedral
nearly a. venerable, where the ~
stlll drag creik.ns wains through TIA.
narrow streets Is not Ike America
You remember tn" %proverh. When
AlmcrIa WIS Amorii, Granada was
only It's farm The spirit Of the past
proud. Il little hu,stiul. is stronger
than the fdS'ination Of modern prog
res.
Juan VI .suel spent his youth in the
thick. hot dust Of the A!mcrian streets
His people. senior who were they he
does not know. When he became Older
he worked in the harbor .oad!ng the
casks Of Malaga grapes, embedded IN
powdered cork. into The holds of those
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BAY SEES STRANGE GRAF

CTRANGE craft may be seen during
y sail down the bay thes. DAYS.
lmpelled by "A scarcity Of on
caused by the war all sorts of
aacient and unusual types hive be u
brought out for the freight carrying
trade. Among tn. vessels which have
arrived recently 10 aruusc thp interest
Of old seSfa-ers arr q -four masted
barkentine and d four masied ship,
two types Which have not been seen
AePe IN many years. although they
have not dAs.opeared altogethe, on the
Pacific
Decidedly the moe inteTest.ns vessel
which has entered the port in years
ives the tour Mssted ship which an
Chored in Quarantine ga.ly painted
with Norwegian faes 10 show snr was
Strictly neutral. She was the LauciuP,
whose :owor.ns royUi masts pei I'd tii,
sky zoo feet above the deck, a vessel
built fifty Year, ago but stlll stan"h
IND q good sail@r.
ON Shellbacks watched the L.ancine
~ she lowed To- the Erie BASIN To load
for Copenhagen. They looked her w
- Sloyds snd found she wa launched
IN D scotch shipyard in 1866 uud that
h had been bun, tor d French firm
al shipowners under the name" EuRon,
Pereire, original, ar = st.anri Then
the old sheliln,hs remembered ne'
ana that the Prrcirc was for years ~
h passenger and freight trade In,
tween Havre and this port,
- they figured that the Perehre wa
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FL Cargador was not Itself a nantes
tation of anarchism, OF individualism
run riot?
OF the torero's carver after that
1t is nOt necessary to say anything.
Deserving the plazas for ne could
never face again h prospect of hav-
ing "A sudden death defeat him Of
has vengeanoe) he went e Barcelona.
There la found kindred spirits. There
lie worked long as an apprentice in
the business OF staying men aud level.
ling their monuments.
At length he was ready 10 act. The
thought of killing the man vino had
betrayed his daughter never entered
his mimi. That had not the deadly
quality of aloofness that he sought
for his goal. The explosion which
killed one of the Spanish royal house
was his first warning to the world he
hated that it's day of reckoning had
begun. You will remember the as
~sassinatiuns hat followed throughout
Europe. They have not ended"
The bioGrapher of FL Cargador pulled
from his pocket "a god ~timepiece and
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senor. Alrneria is my native town"
II liked II very much Scarborough
told him. quite tr%uthfully. There was
something about II that Interested me
much more than did such PAGES AZ
Naples and Algiers. ! suppose I had
heard too much about them In ad-
vance"
at Ia true that Almeria IL TO the
world at large only a place where
grapes are exported at "A certain season
Of the year" admitted the Almeriau.
but to me the place will always bc
memorable not SO much because was
q child there III because of the career
OF a dear friend. But his story would
not interest you. senior
ION the contrary, ever since seeing
Almeria I have been convinced that
there was an interesting tale associated
with Il. II on y one could chance to find
IT," Scarborough said.
His mind went back to the dusty
town nestled In a tiny gulf IN the midst
OF pale brown, barren hills, surmounted
by the undulating and crumb.ing ram
parts of the ancient Moorish fort and
centred about II cathedral IN whose lin
tights he had viewed the efigies "
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cardinals. bishops and priests Al
though IL had been November there
was jasmine biossomins beside the
ripened oranges a the ruined rtti" of
the monastery. The deliberate purpose
OF talking 10 this man dropped CON
pletely from Stanborough's mind J.
was wholly for the SAKE of the sp" If
the pla,. that he said
Tell me of .A.merid. ut sou trltuu.
The Almerian m.ditatcd for a no
ment. Then he said
THE thought Of him makes me sad,
senior. because II j. his MES purpose
that Is to be defeated nv events. u
will lie a consolation TO know that an
other has heard ana understood his
story. Perhaps YOU have heard of a
man called II Cargador"'
"rhe anarchist" asked %Stanbor-
ough.
Like d flash he placed the res"n-
blance he had detected III this mans
face To some one he had seen before.
This man had the same l~incaments
as the anarchist, III Cargador, whom
he had one. seen al "A meeting OF
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~EX-PRESIDENT GRO

CHOr'LD President Wilson fail Of
election ext November. and
should neither former President
Roosevelt nor former President Taft
be elected President again. the United
States wOuld have next March the I'M
usually large number of three ex-
President s-that Is, Of curse, provided
death does % reduce the number.
Not since 1855 has the nation had
three living former Presidents. In that
year Cleveland succeeded Arthur and
the latter became an e~X-President with
Grant and Hayes. Three times have
there been four living former Chief
Executives, but only at one period
and then for less than a year
have there been five living men who
had occupied the Office of President.
ina was from March 4, 1861, to jan
uary II. HS62.
Lincoln sat in the White House. The
tive men then living who had been
President Of the United States were
buchanan, Lincoln's immediate pred
e~cessor; Pierce, Fillmore, Van buren,
and Tyler. The last two died IN 1859,
Tyler III January and Van Buren, In
Jug ~ 80" 10 VI bto 0VAll
was a member of the Congress of the
Confederate States Of America. Van
Buren, died In retirement at his home
at Underwood, n. Y, lie was 70 years
old.
In 1925. 1S45 and 1857 the United
States had four living former Presi-
dents. In the year first named they
were John Adams, Jefferson. Madison
and Monroe. In the second year they
were Tyler, Jackson, John Quincy
Adams and Van Buren,. and in 1857
Van Buren,. Tyler. Fillmore and Pierce.
Several times one or two men sur
vivcd to welcome a retiring President
TO the ranks of the former Executives.
But on two occasions = President has
left the chair To assume the lonesome
distinction II being the natieu's oniy
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studied it's face for a mom.n, T,..
he resumed:
THAT In the essence -, th, ~
senOr secret service mon Won 49,
listened so c~Ourtcously that o. i.,. t.,
painful to me to deceive yon d.. &, ,
resemblance which u noticed
stantly. But 7 am no, Fl Carg ,d,r
you have thought.
while we have been tratrr.fpe
history he has vanished from y..r.r.
You will be Interested To- tr.,r
story when you hear of thu ',l p..
more lives In high places IN, d,.ir.
ton OF the Spanish Alhamhr. d.,
wrecking Of the rarthcnun. r,,.
which will be cabled to you WITHIN ,.
next few months. For at last T., g.,
gadOr has matured his p'aus ~, ...
contamination Of the vengcanoo ,b,,
In his heart"
Scarborough listened quietly. ,,.,,
for the brief shock Of scclng lhe d,r.
OF the i%ntrigues. lie said.
you have deceived ONLY ,,Y.so
eenor. ] am not the secret ,.r,.,
man you thought me. Here h. ro,r,,
Put your hands up quickly"
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n of the original French liners.
About ten years ago she was pur-
chased by Norwegian owners and ON
vertcd INTO a sailing ship. thus forming
a peculiar addition to the merchant
fleet. But long before that she had
been taken Out of the Transatlantic
passenger trade.
Sailing up from Montevideo in the
fast time OF 'ffty-one days the four
masted b%arkentine WAS the John
IA .mer, formerly trading on the Pacific
coast, but now to enter the New York
Mediterranean trade and earn great
war f%reights. With crossyards on the
foremost only the Palmer was another
interesting sight for those cruising
along the Staten Island coast. She
was built IN the Pacific coast fifteen
years ago.
Another type unusual here ~ the
steam schooner. also drawn into the
Atlantic trade by the magnet Of war
cargoes. These vessels are considered
Il homely and hybrid class by the ma-
Jority Of Western sailors. For
instance, q arrived recently which
was typical of the PAciac schooner.
Originally she might have been o four
mssted vessel. Now. however. the
aftermast HAS been removed and in Its
place rises IA slim, black funnel,
"A queer craft this, for sure say
the sailors. "besIdes being without
topmssts and the bows lifted out OF
the water by the weight q The ma
chinery aft." ..a--
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rusty. streaked trimps that moved ~
and ont at the placid gulf like disrrpI-
10 shadows from a world that had
IN connection with Spain. with A
metia. with the brown faced boy who
helped nh theA cuptcious interiors.
II st1ipuec II Was hrrHn-c oI this
employment that De- h"ramc lnowu
afterwurd when be- appeared IN the
plaza del toros "a rulliiur rs FL
targador lie mace has debut there
at n If those November contests
where the Novicrs art tried out. and
from the FIRST 1t was apparent that
here was the naklus vi Il superb
tureIo.
In %cvuiueS~. IN aG.ht.. IN resource
fulncss. ~ cuIiat-r the slim youth
from the grape lighters W.T. the Deer
ot "a prot,sslon,. Ills tuwusmcu went
Wild with dci.ch, to see Inn. sword in
hand. whisk hmsvlt With lightning
dcNtcrlty OUT OF the path IT the os-
ragged bun, dealing n" mad irurd aud
pitiabic creature ~ death stroke an
instant later. tie played prauks with
onrushiug destruction.
Il cannot tell you ha.f Of his u,oui
brspaiter., IT umuhS achieved N the
aus Ncl.cd arcf. as al tho ~ , cities -
Spain. achieved ~ red p.,N,t aGd 90. /
lace, in defiance # q terrible and m
min"ui fate amid ~" cries aud shouts
and u,fntr If thousands whose u at.d!ts
shook the amph'th'a'rtS uutil 2
seemed a. i the very -rnuud uuahcd
This Wa the srcat torero. 81 CareaAt.
He carei almost nothing Toy th.se
successes. ! think 'r was Indifferent
Ia the money they brought him except
tor a s.nSl, ubJect. lie had II daugh-
ter-ouo child 10y q mother of whom
say uoth'n-.
"Upon TINS little e.ri. "a silent. dis
B da.ufuI. beautiful ch..i rrt.ri !. the
1 str.ci,st scVius.on iv stan OF nurses.
companions. duenuH-. .r ''uct"r>, T..
Cargadnr spent the Ni,' Reserves ~
love and tenderness and human Tee ia;
that he guarded 50 s|.Ellan..S .r.. the
rest of ma KIND For her his fortune
wis expended h,.su'N. Wh,u. WIZ
the other t~u.ln-htors, hc cH.crcd the
small chapel that aye attached to the
bullrlngs, vheu Ac kuyl, before the
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St~anborouGh's friend. witt jVr ,'n.
men, was entering tho douIWr'. f,-'o
pointed. An expression - threw
and rage and dismav sh,se .' f
Sp0niard's face as he slowly ,.l.-s
his palms above ms head.
Wien the haudcuNs ltd ,h,,.ts
the secret man cNf|, moi
ohucklinsiv tn Stauhorouah,
you see. III Csreadur h'.a g.
knew the plots and let fal t
would eat here to-day before
The plan was for your friend r
double, To %personatc Inn a1a '.l
with u yarn or Two while T., '.. .
made his boat. As | have u.,,I u..
III Cargador the scheme Wa geo
we nailed him just az h. .
on the gangplank. I lhp.-'' i.".'
Of my plan To- telephone ,tH -'t
came over here with the .d'i ~ 90.
ing both. | thought he mi.I'
talking. Did he say dn.tbJ- .u..l..
ing? They usua l., boast 10 U'f.
1T was extremely Vl.i,-
Scarborough answered AND OIL
very bOostful" he added tI,.-
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Farms Inn hatchery for years, Some
times when the water was right and
food was right and fungous disease did
not obtain a foothold the percentage
Of trout a year old-igured IN the to-
tai number Of eggs obtained in the
spring-would run rs high as 20 per
cent. Other years when conditions
were not so favorable the percentage
OF trout which survived the frst year
ran as low as 8 per cent. II wac part
Of the game of o raising and the
experts talked OF laws Of supply and
demand and the email percentage Of
wild trout which survived the first
year, and the owner had to he con
tent.
Then along came the man with the
biz idea and he said: This idea OF
hatchinc by hit or miss
methods Is all wrong. Trout do no
differ from any other kind OF animal
life. If you take eggs from perfectly
sound and well females and ~inoculate
them with milt from perfectly sound
and well male trout the progeny will
be strong enough and viriie enough TO
withstand the diseases that kill of
trout Of less careful crossing"
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casual acquaintance. Please
ne him and listen 10 the fascinating
story &c IL sure TO tell you. II will
b a great service 70 me If you will
listen to him for an hour.
~Noreover. I am confid mt that he
VII insist on paying for the chocolate
~ liqueurs, or whatever you eject 10
swallow. will telephone you as soon
- ! can, and II he should still be
talking and you feel bored you can
break away and meet me- somewhere
uptown. where ! will be the host at
dinner"
Scarborough could see nothing but
pleasure in the prospect. and sad so.
His friend excused himself and went
away quietly a minute later.
It could not have been ten minutes
more before a handsome SpaniaId
With Q manner OF great dig lily Ell.
tered the restaurant. now fairly filed
for the noon hour. He ated himself
at q table in the corner and studied
the assemblage. When his eye fell
upon Scarborough his quest seemed
to end. Unfolding d Madrid daily, he
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In other words, this ma was GO
Ing right back t the Darwinian the
DRY Of selectivity in mating, and prob
ably because a trout hasn't the nerves
aid emotions uf Il warm hiuoieu ami
NAL. the results within IA few years
have been so surprising that trout
experts from all over the country are
going to Yama Farms 10 study the
methods employed there.
And there Is NJ secret about the
way they breed trout at Iama Farms,
Any one can accomplish the same
results with "a iair amount of care
and with the right SORT of stock TO
start with.
In the first place cggs tor breeding
are never stripped from small sized
female trout. The biggest and stur-
dssst females are reserved for breeding
purposes. In addition 70 stxe and