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DIRECTOR WAS ALARMED.
Rnnalaa Contralto Who Wished
Ntare MaunKeinent Trouble.
M. Andreas Dlppel, one of the twin
bosses of the Metropolitan Opera
Mouse, sat at bis desk the other day,
when a breezy lady blew In,' the Cin
cinnati Times-Star New York corre
spondent says. M. Dlppel Just gobbled
at her, he was so surprised. She wi
11 die. Anna Meitschik, a Russian con
tralto, and had not been expected for
a week or so. "But why did you not
let us know you was coming to-day?"
tie aBknd. after he had caught his
breath. "I would have had some one
meet you, and find quarters for you,
end spare you all unnecessary rou-
ble."
: "I didn't want to worry you," said
-Idle. , Meitschik in Russian. "So 1
tame on by myself, and I have found
Very satisfactory quarters in a good
hotel."
M. Dlppel coglUted a moment. "My
Russian ) not very good, mademoi
selle," said he, courteously. "I fear I
have not thoroughly understood you
Would you be so kind as to repeat that
statement In another language?"
.So Mdle. Meitschik repeated it la
German. M. Dlppel scratched his head,
"I do not wish to annoy you, made
moiselle," said be. "But I certainly
am not hearing rightly this morning.
It you would ba so kind as to say It
In French?"
So Mdle. Meitschik said It In French,
although she was a bit annoyed.
"Extraordinary," said M. Dlppel,
earnestly, at last convinced that he
bad ' mastered her very remarkable
statement. "Mademoiselle, I have been
In the opera now for many years. I
have met every opera singer In- the
world of rank equal to your own. And
never, mademoiselle, never, have I
ever heard an opera singer even lntl
mate that she wished to spare any ona
any trouble whatever. Mademoiselle,
are you quite well?"
Hero an Then.
A man waa waiting patiently for a
Itreet car the other day at a transfer
ttatlon, says the Boston Record, when
l woman, highly excited, rushed up to
him. and cried. "Are you the man
here?"
"1 don't understand," ha said.
"Are you tha man here?" she re
peated.
"No, madam, be said, concealing a
imile. "The man here Is that man
over there."
f1 W
The Quest of
i
etty
Vy WACBA
Q CopyrUht. 1909, by W. 0. Chapman.
CIIAPTKft lit.
They held the Inquest that same
sfternoon, and In the room where
rVrlsse Wayne's body hnd been found.
Dr. McClann, the coroner, could find
no trace of violence on the young; and
perfect body.
".She died of heart failure," he re
marked, very simply. "Probably the
animal who caused the police such
frlfjlit and trouble gained access to the
room, and the sight and shock were
too much for her patently fragile con
stitution to withstand. Remember,
thnt this apparition has brought on
Mrs. Desterle a stroke of paralysis.
and may result In the permanent de
rangement of her mind.
"I have wired Doubleday, Frans &
Co., In Ban Francisco," he continued.
"Their reply Just received Is that they
know but little about Cerlsse Wayne.
They declare that they knew her 'as
Mrs. Wayne. Also that for" five
years past 12,000 a month has been de
posited to her credit with them. Parke
& Gray, , solicitors, of London, Eng
land, have handled the drafts aent to
the San Francisco bankers. Mrs.
Wayne drew on this amount so freely
that at times her balance wa practi
cally nothing, and frequently her ac
count showed a small overdraft. For
the past several months, however, her
demands on the account have been
very slight. Last month $4,000 was
sent for her credit, and her present
Daiance is approximately $6,000. Be
sides this they have a casket, said to
contain almost priceless Jewels, that
belong to her. A copy of a photograph
of Mrs. Wayne, which they have In
their possession, has been forwarded,
ana Henry Franz, one of the Junior
members of the firm, Is coming East to
view the body. They report they have
cared for her mall for lotne time past,
and during this time she has had It
forwarded to nearly every Imaginable
point, both In this country and abroad.
in her handbag there was nearly $150
ana nothing to indicate that she had
been mentally depressed or was In poor
neaitn. Over-indulgence In cigarettes
may have unduly excited her mind. It
Is patent that she read and smoked till
she grew drowsy and then lightly
tossed her book aside. Possibly she
wakened from some quiet dream to be
hold that creature In the room, and
died of fright There was one second
Of intense horror and all was over." '
"How did that that that get In.
doctor?" Interrupted the still dishevel
ed Doherty.
"Don't you know that there's no place
on the rront of this, nor any othor
bulldln' in the block where a cat could
crawl up for a footln'? Ain't they all
smooth sandstone, worn as slick as me
last year's coat And wasn't both of I
the windows there closed and locked
In the bargain, and no chimney In the
room? Maybe the creature killed the
prltty little girl after It got' In al
right, but how did it get In? Here's
another thing. Will ye look at that
bed? Now there's been two people
sleeping In that bed, sir, one of them
far heavier and bigger than the poor
little girl you've Just been inquesting 1
over. And here, now, Is a cigarette
stub that's different from the others 1
stronger, can't you see?" I
The policeman held out the stub In 1
question, and It was passed wonder-
lngly from hand to hand, and later
marked exhibit "A."
"Entrance might hava been effected
from the hall," said the Coroner with
a puzzled frown.
"So? Wasn't the door bolted from
the insldsT Can't you sea where It
was broke to get In?" retorted Do
herty.
"Ah, someone was Inslda and rush
ed out when Mrs. Desterle opened the
door," muttered Larry Morris of the
"Times."
Everybody In the room directed his
attention to tho corner where the
newspaper folk were sitting. There
were eight or ten men In the little
group and one woman, a fair, calm
eyed girl, Betty Lancey of tha "In
qulrer." Betty waa barely 13, ona of
those tall, athletic, wholesome girls
who demand classification In tha men
tal menu as well-cooked oatmeal with
rich cream, country honey, baked
apples or new milk. Larry Morris
waa very much In lova with Betty,
but ha didn't know It and neither did
she.
rierre Desterle denied Larry Mor
rls' auggeatlon. Ilia wife Annie Des
terle could not come as a witness to
corroborate his statement Raving
and shrieking they had carried her oft
to the hospital hours before. Pierre.
for his wife, and himself, told all ha
knew of their unfortunate boarder.
'She came Monday night," quavered
the little black-skinned fellow. "She
was all dressed In green. She had the
prettiest eyes you ever saw, they were
Just like those of a hurt baby. So many
violets were pinned on her breast you'd
have thought 'twould have wearied her
to carry them. She brought no trunks,
only tha green bag there. Said she
wanted room and board for two weeks
and would pay well for them. Annie
took her because of what she paid, and
because she was so pretty. She slept
late mornings and Annie was going to
make her move to-morrow because she
slept so late It made breakfast drag
along till noon. The women In the
houstt didn't like Miss Wayne. They
said she painted her face and smoked
cigarettes. The men made soft eyes
at her and the woman got Jealous,
Annie said she had awful fine things
In her valise, and lots of Jewelry. An-
nle came up atalrs to waka her, for It
was lunch time, and then It all hap-
pened. There couldn't anybody have
rushed down the atalrs. I waa in the
hall when Annie foil, and Doherty was
with me, and he came right up here
after we'd carried Annie to her room,
That was the only time the hall was
alone."
'How long did that take you. Do-
nerty?' asked Johnny Johnson of tha
newspaper coterie. He was thinking
that the Coroner was a shade toa Judl-
dai and prosy about the Inquiry.
some aix minutes or so." slowly an-
swerea Doherty. "Mrs. Deeterle's a
,v sues preiiy rat, you,
unow. lately. Her room, too, It's clear
nacK on me second fleer.
They read tha letters aloud. The
B
o
Lancey
r. WE.VT
Coeyrlfht la Great Brltala
9
enterprising newspaper boys had al
ready had them photographed so that
their papers might reproduco them.
The long'T of the two was undated,
the other bore date of eight months
previous, In mid-August and ran:
"(Vrlsse Dear Heart of mine, I
have so longed for a letter. Do you
still refuse to remember? Will you
not forgive or must I die without word
or sln from you? Forgive me, Cerlsse,
clear, forgive me."
The other, couched more formally,
though in the same writing, read:
"Cerlsse So the wander-hiBt still
pervades your heart? Can you calm
your restless mind and soul and body
sufficiently long to realize that home,
husband, children and the . develop
ment of womanhood's Ideals Is the
tithe life exacts from each of your
sex?
"You must pay now, Cerlsse, or pay
at the end. If you defer payment of
your Indebtedness to the scheme of all
creation till the end you will find the
Interest hard to handle. I shall ap
peal no more. Entreaties do not
move you. Neither do threats and
commands are naught to you. But let
mo Impress one thing upon you. If
you do not return to me before the
first of the coming year, I will kill
you. Do you understand what I mean
when I write this? I have never
seemed able to make you comprehend
anything I have ever written or said.
You won't understand this, you won't
realize that you will be dead, murder
ed, before the blossoms weight the
orchards if you still persist in absent
ing yourself from H."
"Seems to me that 'II,' whoever 'If
Is, must have been intoxicated, de
ranged or doped on his correspondence
course," whlsperwl Lorry Morris to
Betty Lancey.
"Oh, don't Joke," replied Betty.
"How can you at such time? Such a
beautiful woman as she was, too. I'd
have loved to have seen her as she
must have been when she was alive."
"Death from causes unknown. Prob
ably heart failure superinduced by
frlsrht," came the Coroner's verdict
This ultimatum disposed of the
body, which was burled next day. But
it didn't of the Monster. That was
in a cage In the municipal zoological
gardens, snarling, whining and mak
ing the hours hideous. And it didn't
dispose of the story. That went flash
ing around the world on the wires,
while newspapers the country over
seized the scent to track the "greatest
crime mystery of the age."
CHAPTER IV.
Early next morning Larry Morris
sat In Le Boy's cafe, an all nleht res-
taurant and rendezvous of the nows-
paper men, Industriously disposing of
a roast beet sandwich.
Ijirry's forehead was twisted into
half a dozen corrugations. He was
hoping none of tho boys would come
In till he had got this Wayne story a
I little clearer In his. head. Larry and
two photographers had made three
trips out to the Park to see the awful
Thing which some apt reporter
had
christened the Mun-apcrllla,
Ono by one the boys came trooping
in. And the Wayne murder was-the
topic of the night.
"I'll tell you what it is, boys," said
Hank Smith. "That Man-Aperllla is
half-human and I know It. When
those white and black eyes were turn-
er upon me I felt my soul crawl out
from under me, and I was left there
hanging In space. Tell you what It la.
there's a atory there."
"Cut It, Ilank, cut It." called little
red-headed John Johnston, the best
police reporter In town. "Here, Ma
mlo," to the waitress, "bring Hank
I some eatings so the rest of us can
take a rubber at the converaatlonal
game. Wasn't that girl a stunner,
though? And did you notice, too, what
a dead match that her hair waa for
the color of the pelt on the beaat?"
Now every man at the table had
noted Just that point. It was ao ob
vloua a point that It was ' startling.
Each had been loath to launch an opin
ion on it But Johnny had a way
with him of pumping all you knew by
bold plays. Each man took counsel
with himself wondering what Johnny
would do next For ten years these
boys and Johnny had met every Mon
day night, and the crowd had learned
when to give him rope.
But Just now Johnny and his bowl
of rice and milk relapsed Into silence
while his companions ranged far In
wild theories of who "H" was, what
part he had played In the life and
death of Cerlsse Wayne, whether she
was wife, widow, murdered or simply
another victim of the suicide list
By and by Johnny dug down Into
one of the ever bulging pockets of his
always baggy trousers. The by-word
was that jonnny always looked so
much like a burglar that he never had
any trouble gaining the confidence of
the rather reticent people of that pro
fesalon.
'Hunting for a quarter, Johnny, or a
toothpick?" questioned Lurry Morris.
'Here, look at this," answered John
ny,
Into their mtdat he twirled the aome
thing he had drawn from hla pocket
I 11 was man's garter of lavender silk
I elastic, the buckle hand wrought from
rosfl Bold, aet round with amethyst
I and on the face the Initial "11," worked
out n emeralds and amethyats of ex
cesslve amallneaa but exceedingly great
I brilliancy.
"Where did you get that?" came th
chorus.
"Well." said Johnny, "listen. I pick
I ed thla up In the Desterle house abou
I an hour ago. Say, everybody about
that house has got atage fright They
I are all moving out An earthquak
couldn't move them quicker than they
are going. Tha death watch has got
Its grtD on tha whole thirtv-flve board
I era. Mora than half of them ara soeed
I lng away to spend the nlKht with
I hand-baggage only. Great show, too,
I to watch them hustle out I'm going
to aleep up there to-night. I picked
I this carter up In the closet where it
had rolled down behind a little shelf.
I in ow women, you Know, aon l wear
garters like this."
-Might." bellowed Hank Smith.
"Saw a telegraph story tha other day
that they had takrn to wearing bait
hose in New York."
"Hut here's the question." continued
Johnny, "no nmn In the house knew
Mrs. Wayne nor anything about her.
Why, the only decent word any one
of those curious passed about her was
that no one hod come to see her since
she arrived, and that she had appeared
embarrassed when her fellow boarders
of the sox masculine attempted to pay
her nny attention."
"I'll Just wager Unit she wns soma
poor, sweet little girl who had mar
ried some old fool for his money," In
terposed Philip Hartley, whose sym
pathetic heart beat for all the mis
treated women In the world. "She's
found him unbearable, and refused to
live with him. and he's Just hounded
her to death. That 'H' may have stood
for 'Hubby," In the letter that had the
threat to kill her. I believe bIic's been
taking slow poison, and camo here
where she wasn't known to snuff It off
quietly."
"How about the Man-Aperllla?"
flouted Iarry Morris. "Proceed, Jules
Verne II. Why don't you go farther,
and have It a trnlned ape sent carrier
pigeon, bloodhound-fashion by the
OKre-husband, to choke her to death?"
"Because she wasn't choked," con
tended Hartley. "Heavens, what a
woman she must have been."
"Oh, to kill from Jeolousy," added
Hank Smith. "Why, hallo; here's Bet
ty Lancey at this hour of the morning.
Hetty, don't you ever get through
work? And you're all out of breath.
What's wrong. Mamie, get her some
tea. What Is the matter, Betty?"
Betty, white as print paper, sunk on
a chair. Her big blue eyes were open
ed wide. "Boys," she said. "Come
with me; come quick, don't say a word,
but tell me, am I crazed or dreaming;
has It really happened or am I hav
lons? Oh, no! don't stop to finish eat
ing; come quick or It will be too late.
I am afraid to stop alone In that aw
ful room. You know I missed my train
home and stopped at the hotel to
night, and, oh, It startled me so."
"What's up, anyhow?" asked John
ny. "Tell the rest of them, Betty.
I'm going up to get chummy with the
mystery, sleeping all night In the Des
terle house. Maybe I'll have a visi
tation, seeing as how my own head Is
some reddish. 'Tlsn't like you to have
stage fright, Betty."
"I haven't got it," she snapped.
"But Just as I started to get into bed
and went over to raise the shade, I
looked across the court into one of the
other rooms of the hotel. And In thera
what do you think I saw?"
Womanlike Betty paused to give her
audience a thrill.
"Oh, nonsense; out with It," com
manded the boys.
"Cerlsse Wayne, her ghost or her
double, and the handsomest man I ever
saw!"
1 (To be continued.)
MARYLAND HISTORY.
Klaar Snatched Oat of Barbara Frlet-
chle'a Unmix, Kanaaa, Says.
Poor Barbara Frletchle, will they
never let her rest? Conies a Kansas
historian with a discovery, the 1,249th
mad in relation to the affair, the Bal
timore Sun says. He snatdhes the flag
right out of Barbara's hands. Twaa
not Barbara who waved the flag in the
face of the Confederates, he says; it
was not any member of the Frletchle
family. In fact, he accuses her of
being a Southern sympathizer and "not
patriotic Northern woman." This
Kansas chronicler, by name William
E. Connelly, avers that it waa Mrs.
Archibald Quantrell and her daughter
Virginia who "waved the United States
flag defiantly In the faces -.' tue South
ern troops as they marched down tha
streets of Frederick, Md." He proudly
points to the fact that Mrs. Quantrell
was the aunt of William C. Quantrell,
the guerrilla leader, who "led many a
band into Kansas" and who "laid
waste the town of Lawrence."
Mr. Connelly puts some new frills
on the old story. Ho says Miss Vir
ginia was waving a little United States
flag at the gate, which so aroused the
anger of the Confederates that a lieu
tenant with his sword cut the flag
from her hands.
About Barbara the Marylanders cer
tainly have to "go from home to hear
the news." Whittler.who knew perhaps
as much of Maryland as he did of
Senegumbla, wrote a poem that gave
wide currency to an incident that they
tell us either never occurred or cer
tainly did not occur at all as he re
lated It. Then it was embodied In a
play, which not only differed from the
facts hut disagreed with the poem.
Now comes the Western Iconoclast
who takes the glory entirely away
from Whittler's favorite and confers
it upon an aunt of Kansas. The Bar
baraltes seem to he unable to agree
with history, recollection, or to agree
with each other. The story has as
many twists and turns to it as the
north pole dispute,, and perhaps the
test way to settle it would be to name
a commission empowered to determine
the true and authorized version, the
said board to be composed of represen
tatives of the following:
1. Those who declare that no such
Incident ever happened In Frederick
or anywhere else.
2. Those who hold that something
r other occurred, but nothing resem
bling in any way what tradition or the
poet describes.
3. Those who assert that Barbara
waved the flag In Stonewall Jackson's
face and dared the Confederate to
shoot 'her, Just as Wlvlttler has related
it.
4. Those who hold that there never
was any such person.
5. The new clement who assert that
the flag waa waved, but that Barbara
didn't wave It, the glory going to some
party who lived down the street two
blocks.
6. Those who do not care 3 cents
whether It ever occurred or not, but
would like to hear the last of it.
Thus every element of our citizen
ship would be represented. If the com
missioners settled the thing, it would
give the public a grateful rest. If they
didn't, it would provide a row that
would be amusing and exciting. Trot
Out your Barbaras, gentlemen. Entries
for the Frletchle flag-waving contest
ara open.
Taklnar th Tla.
"Why did Dollarby sell his hoteir
"lie wasn't making money fast
enough."
"What la he doing now?"
"He's luxuriating in the posltloa el
head waiter." Washington Star,
N HALLEY'S comet, which Is moving in this direction at an
Inconceivable rate of speed and will soon be visible to ell who
have tho time to look up at the sky, is a story of human
amblfion equal, in its way, to most of the stories that make
up the pith and pulp of history. Why are astronomers so keen
on llalley'g comet? Thousands of comets ns good or better
than Halley's nightly sweep the horizon and may be seen by
,i naiBi
V
the mere effort of looking up at the sky through a telescope. Why this par
ticular talk of Ilalley? "
Edmund Ilalley was the son of a London soap boiler and was born at
London In 16."C. He studied for a time at Oxford, but left that university
without taking Ma degree. He may be said to have been the father of com
ets, or rather the tamer of comets. It was he who, armed with the invincible,
sure-cutting sword of higher mathematics, scaled the empyrean and cut out
the comets from the mass of superstitious tenor with which they had been
surrounded from time immemorial. Early in his career Halley took. up tha
study of comets and calculated the orbits of no less than twenty of the spe
cies. Among the twenty were three which Halley regarded with peculiar
Interest.' These were the comets which hnd appeared In 1531. in 1607 and
1682, three comets the orbits of which seemed so much alike that Halley
suspected that In reality they might be one and the same comet returning
to the sun at regular intervals of about seventy years.
Revising his calculations and going more deeply into them, he became
convinced that this notion of his was right, and after submitting his theory
to every conceivable test and finding it good, he decided to make a bold
stroke and to predict the return or the comet in 1757 or 1758. Halley died
In 1742, sixteen years before the date he had set for a return of his comet,
and tho world for a time forgot about him and it. But the astronomers did
not forget, and were watching. Clalrut, a French mathematician, redid Hal
ley's calculations by new methods and found them correct. The big planet
Saturn, he said, would hold the comet back 100 days, and the gigantic world,
Jupiter, would hold it back 518 days. This would bring the comet to its
nearest to the sun in the middle of April, 1739.
Halley's comet was scheduled to return in 1835, and again were the as
tronomers on the watch, and were not disappointed. The astronomers who
saw it then are all dead. The astronomers who see it now will all he dead
when it makes Its next appearance in 1985. But the present appearance of
Halley's comet will be useful in another and a fascinating way to the men
who have nothing to do but watch the sky and figure on the doings of the
contents.
THE DECADES' FARM EXPORTS.
Cotton Alone Shows $3,651,000,000
in Shipments to Foreign Lands.
Nine billion dollars' worth of agri
cultural products have been exported
from the United States during the last
ten years, those exported In the fiscal
year 1909 having alone amounted to
practically $900,000,000, against less
than $800,000,000 in 1899.
The above statement summarizes the
results of a special compilation made
by the Bureau of Statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor
showing the exports of the principal
products of agricultural origin in the
period from 1899 tq 1909. The exports
of agricultural products as a whole
have increased from $785,000,000 in
1899, to $898,000,000 in 1909, the high
est record having been made in 1907,
when the total exceeded $1,000,000,000,
or, to be exact, $1,049,000,000.
While the general agricultural group
thus shows a gain of over $100,000,000
during the decade under review, it
must not be understood that the
growth applies to all or even a large
share of the important items. On the
contrary, mqst of the staple farm prod
ucts used for food, such as breadstuffs,
meats and live cattle, show decreased
exportrftions during the period, the
loss in that line of articles having been
more than offset by the great increase
In cotton and certain comparatively
new industries whose chief develop
ment has occurred in the last few
years, notably cottonseed oil, corn oil,
oil cake and oil cakemeal, oleomargar
ine, lard compounds, sugar and molas
ses, fruits and nuts, etc.
Cotton, the largest item in the agri
cultural group, shows a total exporta
tion in the last ten years amounting
to $3,651,000,000, its annual exports
having Increased from $210,000,000 In
1899, to $481,000,000 in 1907 and $417,
000,000 in 1909. This increased eipor
tatlon is due, in some degree, how
ever, to higher prices prevailing in
more recent years. In 1899 the aver
age export price of upland cotton was
6.6 cents per pound; in 1909, 9.4 cents
Europe took fully $25,000,000 worth
of American tobacco, out of a total ex
port In the fiscal year 1909 of $31,
000,000. MEAT INSPECTION.
There Must Be Local Co-operation to
Hake It Effective.
Under the present Federal system of
meat inspection during the past year
36,000,000 animals were Inspected at
the time of slaughter and 1,000,000
were condemned in whole or in part.
On re inspection more than 25,000,000
pounds of .meat and meat products
were condemned which had become un
wholesome since Inspection at the time
of slaughter.
On the face of it this report indi
cates a very satisfactory condition. It
shows that a vast quantity of meat,
which otherwise would have reached
the consumer and been purchased as
wholesome, was declared unfit for
food and was kept from the market as
such.
But this Inspection was federal. Its
main effect was in assuring the for
eign purchaser that the American meat
he purchased was from animals which
were in a state of health at the time
of slaughter. But the result is not so
reassuring to the local consumer.
Blgld Federal Inspection drives to
those slaughter houses, not under Fed
eral inspection because their product
Is not Intended for Interstate trade,
thousands of animals which could not
pass inspection. The result is that
the local consigner is more likely than
ever to have imposed upon him meat
from animals which could not pass in
spection. Dr. A. D. Melvln, chief of the United
States bureau of animal industry, in
his annual report calls attention to
this condition and recommends more
rigid State and municipal Inspection
A tack hammer, the head of which
4olds Into a recess In the stick, for
conveniences In carrying, has been pat
ented by a Pennsylvanlan.
Lightning will strike more than once
In the same place. A transmission line
In Colorado was recently struck Ave
times in the same place.
Complete skepticism as to the exist
ence of canals on Mars was displayed
by prominent astronomers at the meet
ing at London of the British Astro
nomical Association. Hale's Mount
Wilson photographs were exhibited on
lantern slides, and were pronounced
the best yet seen. y-
Prof. Hergezell, aviator and friend
of Zeppelin, who was sent by Emperor
William to Jamaica to study trade
winds and the temperature of altl
tudes in and near the tropics, reports
that at an altitude of 10,000 meters he
found the air of the tropics colder than
that of the Arctic regions at the same
height. Of nine balloons sent up with
instruments for these tests, four wer9
lost in the Caribbean Sea. The profes
sor intimated that he would make au
air test for an expedition to the north
pole two years hence.
The recent tests conducted by the
scout cruisers Birmingham and Salem
of a long-distance wireless telegraph
system were pronounced not conclusive
and will be repeated in the near fu
ture. The scouts cruised about 1,000
miles apart, and the same' distance
from the high-power station at Brant
Rock, Mass. There was a bad storm
and the system worked only intermit
tently, whereas the requirement of the
Xavy Department is that communica
tion must be maintained during all
conditions of wind and sea. If this
system proves up in subsequent trials
at 1,000 and 3,000 .miles, it will be in
stalled on all naval vessels.
Nikola Tesla, who has been at work
on a wireless light for twenty years,
at last announces that he has invent
ed something which actually works,
He says: "It would be possible by my
wireless transmitter of great power to
light the whole United States. The
current would pass into the air, and
traveling in all directions would pro
duce the effect of a strong aurora bo
realis. I would like nothing better
than to undertake to light New York
harbor for say 100 miles around. There
would be great economy in produc:
Hon, as there' would be nothing about
the lamps to give out." Tesla has a
plant in process of construction on
Long Island and says he will be ready
soon to make a public demonstration
Dr. Jonnesco, of Bucharest, the s to
vain expert, in replying to criticisms
that had been published during his ab
sence in the West, on his return to
New York got back at the American
doctors by calling thera slow and away
behind the times. He criticised the
operating tables used in American op
erating rooms as being uncomfortable,
to the patient and inconvenient to thc
operator. He said he was surprised to
see American doctors still using antl
septic surgery, which, he said, they
had put aside long ago in favor of
aseptic methods. He also criticised tho
instruments used here, and regretted
his lack of the English language it
trying to direct operations. Forty
minutes he considered the longest time
required for any operation, while here
they seemed to think that a short time,
Our doctors were slow, though our hos
pitals were of the best.
HOLDS CHURCH IS GAINING.
Crnigi Flaurra Quoted to Horiolo-
alta In Seaalou at Vew York.
The church is not losing Its grip on
the people, in the opinion of Prof,
George A. Coe of Union Theological
seminary, one of the speakers at the
annual meeting of the American So
ciological society, In session In New
York. Prof. Coe based his argument
on census figures, comparing the mem'
bershlp of 1906 with that of 1890
"While the population increased 4 per
cent in these sixteen years, church
aembership increased 60 per cent."
CHICAGO MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT.
Alter Spending Thousands of Dollars
ind Consulting the most Eminent
Physicians, He Was Desperate.
CHICAGO, ILLS.-Mr. J. Q.
Becker, of 1 34 Van Buren St., a
well-known wholesale dry goods
dealer, states as follows:
'I have had catarrh for more
than thirty years. Have tried
everything on earth and spent
thousands of dollars for other
medicines and with physicians,
without getting any lasting re
lief, and can say to you that I
have found Peruna the only rem.
edy that has cured me per
manently.
'Peruna has also cured my
wife of catarrh. She always keeps
it In the house for an attack of
Cold, which it invariably cures in
a very short time."
The average value of land on Man
hattan island, according to the assess
ment. Is $272,173 an acre.
Tour of the World.
A series of 50 post curds In colors
vlll be mailed to any adilress upon re
eipt of 15 cents In coin or stamps.
duress Tne livening Wisconsin Co.,
M
mvauKee, wis.
Sectional I'r-)n1l-.
"Have you any good apples to-day,
Mr. Barlow?"
"Yes. we have some unusually fine
Northern Spies."
"O. ha g your northern spies!"
BETTER TUMI SPANKING.
Spanking does not cure children of bed
wetting. There is a constitutional causa
for this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box
4, Notre Dame, Ind., will send tree to
any mother her successful home treat
ment, with full instructions. Send no
money, but write her to-day If your chil
dren trouble you In this way. Don't blame
the child, the chances are It can't help it.
This treatment also cures adults and aged
people troubled with urine difficulties by
day or night.
After regarding It is a true mollusc
for many years, French scientists have
found that a small snail-like creature
found on trees Is the larva of a species
of fly.
TtOTCT NKOI.ECT THAT COtTOH
It cffrtalulr rack your aratem and mar rtia Into
somnttaing wtiioua. . Allm't Lung Hnliam will check
llqulck.17 and permanently. For&alealaUdrugglata.
Experiments are under way In Bos
ton with nickel-ln-the-slot turnstiles
in elevated railroad and subway sta
tions. The Idea is to save the pay of
ticket sellers.
Only One "BROHO QUINIWE"
That la LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
lor the aianature at E. W. GKOVK. Used tha
world over to Care a Cold in One Day. 25c
FASHION HINTS
Draped ileevei are back again at tha
newest sleeve touch . There are many wya
of doing them, but the accompanying
sketch shows one of the most attractive
arrangements.
She who hat remodeling in her mind teea
boundless possibilities for the slightly wora
waist of her silk gown a little chiffon, net,
or novelty stuff, and there you are.
Not Handlnsr Oat Statistics.
The Missus Norah, how many fam
ilies have you ever worked fort
The Maid Wurruked, is it, ma'am T
I'll have you know, Mrs. Pa-arker, I've
wurruked f r lvery fam'ly I lver lived
with!" Chicago Tribune.
when rnrtiEB comes
One Ooatht to Have a Good Appetite.
A good appetite is the best sauce. It
goes a long way toward helping in the
digestive process, and that is absolute
ly essential to health and strength.
Many persons have found that Grape
Nuts food Is not only nourishing but
Is a great appetizer. Even children
like the taste of It and grow strong
and rosy from Its use.
It is especially the food to make a
weak stomach strong and create as
appetite for dinner.
"I am 57 years old," writes a Tenn.
grandmother, "and have had a weak
stomach from childhood. By great
care as to my diet I enjoyed a reason
able degree of health, hut never found
anything to equal Grape-Nuts as a
standby.
"When I have no appetite for break
fast and Just eat to keep up my
Btrength, I take 4 teaspoonfuls of
Grape-Nuts with good rich milk, and
when dinner comes I am hungry.
While if I go without any breakfast
I never feel like eating dinner. Grape
Nuts for breakfast seems to make a
healthy appetite for dinner.
"My Utile 13-months-old grandson
had been very sick with stomach trou
ble during the past summer, and Anal
ly we put him on Grape-Nuts. Now
he is growing plump and well. When
asked if he wants his nurse or Grape
NuU, he brightens up and points to
the cupboard. He was no trouble to
wean at all thanks to Grape-Nuts."
Head the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," In pkga. "There's a Rea
son." Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
kumaa interest.
