FEAR DESTRUCTION
OF HOLY SEPULCHRE
Church Erected On Christ’s En
tombment Endangered By
Turkish-Balkan War.
Christian people everywhere are de
sirous, If reports bo correct, that Turks
be driven from Europe and Constan
tinople become a Christian city. Mol
merely the possible destruction of ths
great Church of St, Sophia there, bill
also of the Church of the Holy Sepul
chre at Jerusalem, is a controlling fac
tor with the political powers In urging
Bulgarians to caution at this time.
Turks take pride in the fact that they
have, for centuries, provided at their
cost, soldiers to guard the church
•rected on the site of Christ's entomb
ment. and they are not backward In
pointing to the fact that soldiers have
been and still are necesary to keep
Christians from actually fighting lr
and about the clfurch.
This Church pf the Holy Sepulchre,
at Jerusalem, now In danger of
destruction lr a holy war by the Turks
be started, was built In the thirty
years following the year 300, and con
secrgf.-d In 336. It hus been much
cho .iged, and many times added to,
• id at a Are In 1808 It was well nigh
destroyed. The original rotunda form
still obtains In part, and the exterior
Is Morman-Saracenlc In architecture.
The sepulchre Itself, or what Is claimed
to be the original one. Is enclosed In a
16-sided chapel that Is within the main
office. Around It are eight chapels,
built by different religious bodies at
various times, and at Intervals used
by them, under protection of the Turk
ish soldiers.
Men In position to know are saying
that were the Turks to dynamite the
famous church In Jerusalem, as they
might do were diplomacy thrown to
the winds In dealing with them at this
time at Constantinople, there might
follow a war of religious frenzy, the
end of which no one could predict.
THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE.
From the Delineator.
Whether desirable or not, It Is never
theless true that a large portion of our
thoughts are about people. We read
about people, find talk about people,
and think about people.
Some thinkers hold that we are prone
to do this more than is wholesome for
sound mental growth. But It Is a fact,
and will continue to be, that we do
let people at times rather monopolize
our thoughts. It Is Important, there
fore, that wo observe certain Ideas
which experience and observation show
to be useful to us In properly directing
such thoughts.
When you read of the strong traits
of conspicuous personalities, let It be
an Incentive to discover and develop
your own latent capacities. Do not
let It make you depreciate your own
powers by comparing your undevelop
ment with their development.
When you are considering the actions
of other people and are disposed to
classify them as right or wrong, re
member how little you actually know
of the facts and motives Involved/and
avoid passing swift and summary
Judgment, without knowing more about
it. W
It doesn’t hurt to leave some Judg
ments In suspense while you keep your
mind open to the possible coining of
more light.
A certain perspective may add inter
est to Individuals otherwise eommdn
place. The little blonde at the candy
•tore may show poor taste in the way
she fixes her hair, and may not belong
to your set.
But take another look.
She Is a woman. She Is the possible
parent of twenty generations of hu
manity, Including statesmen und think
ers and reformers and leaders of
thought. What you think of her large
ly measures your respect for your fel
low man In general.
Life will never have Its fuller mean
ings for you until you learn to appreci
ate the potentialities as well as the
present actualities of the people you
meet. The dlference between the whin
ing cynic and the constructive human
itarian Is largely a difference of Inter
pretation of people.
Runs Over Man and Gets Vote.
(Chicago Telegram to the New York
World.)
Col, James Hamilton Lewis, candi
date for the United States Senate, va
riously known as Chicago's "Chester
field,” "Beau Brummel" and "Aurora
Borealis," ran over a man with his au
tomobile Saturday.
The suave colonel was on the way to
make a political speech when his ma
chine struck and knocked down Harry
Deutsch.
Instantly the candidate was on his
knees in the mud mopping the victim’s
face with a silk handkerchief. Off came
the tailored overcoat with its pale blue
silk lining. Deutsch’s head was pol
lowed In Its folds.
"My dear boy. I am sorry. I hope
you are not hurt. I’ll take you home
In my machine. Shall I telephone the
wife and babies that you’ll be late?"
soothingly lisped the colonel. Then
the candidate with his pink whiskers
which have made Chicago famous, lift
ed the Injured man to his feet and Into
the machine.
Deutsch, who was not badly hurt,
waa overcome. "Please, excuse mo for
getting In the way of your machine. I
should have been mot* careful. Please,
please forgive me." almost sobbed the
victim.
On the way to Deutsch's home Col
onel Lewis In some way let It be
known that He was the democratic can
didate for the United States Senate.
"I am a republican,’' said Deutsch.
but l Intend to vote for you and prom
ise to get all my friends to do the
same thing."
A Squirrel Story.
(Wlnsted, Conn., Telegram to the New
York World.)
When M. L. Jenks, Robert Kaye, Fred
Bain and Stephen Haight, of Millerton,
were fishing from two boats In a lake
they saw a gray squirrel swimming to
ward the boat occupied by Jenks and
Kaye.
Jenks thrust an oar Into the water.
The squirrel climbed the oar Into the
boat. ,It sat for a while on the rear
•eat, scolding the fishermen when they
came too close. Finally it went over
the side and swam to tho other boat.
Bain put down an oar. The squirrel
climbed aboard and eat at the bow
about an hour, drying itself. Fully
rested, the animal Jumped Into the
water again* and swam—
(Note.—Sorry this dispatch Is unfin
ished. but without a doubt the squirrel
towed both boats to shore.)
Hard Linos.
•’Well, what’s your tale of woe?"
"Madam. I’m a war correspondent.”
“CIo on.”
"Been waiting 11 years for a war
and now they won’t allow us at ths
front."
“All right. That wins you a cold
cpdflsh sandwich."
Of the exports of Jamaica. 11 p«r
mat go to the United States.
c77)er
imprudence
* of Pvue,
tffflegfaMaidandafflgfiwayman
8YN0PSIS.
In the time of Queen Anne, Lady Pru
deuce Brook, widowed at 16 and still a
widow at two and twenty, while Journey
ing In a coach to London with her cousin
Reggy. 1» accosted by a highwayman who,
however, takes nothing from her except a
kiss.
The two girls live with their grand
mother. Lady Drumloch, who, despite her
reduced circumstances, maintains a gay
•ocial position in the court circle.
Prue Is small, gay, delightful, daring, ex
travagant. and always in debt.
She Is perpetually pursued by creditors
and Just now is in deep water for want of
a few guineas with which to buy a new
gown by whose aid she hopes to win back
the queen’s favor, very recently lost by
one of her mad pranks.
CHAPTER XI—(Continued.)
"Will you wait In here, sir, until l
Inquire If her ladyship can see you?"
said Janies, the butler. "What name
■hall I Bay?"
"It would be useless to give my
name,” replied a deep voice; "or stay,
you can say I bring tidings from Bleak
moor."
As the door closed, Prue rose to her
feet with distended eyes and bristling
hair, and faced Robin Freemantle.
He wore a long riding coat of wine
colored cloth and carried a broad bea
ver caught Up on one side with a plain
•liver buckle. A small quantity of fine
linen ruffle protruded from his vest and
the sleeves of his coat, and his left
hand rested In a broad black ribbon
■ling. With his neat leather gaiters
and spurred heels, and the plain sword
In its black scabbard peeping from be
neath the full skirt of his coat, he
looked the traveling country gentleman
to the life.
For a minute or more the husband
and wife stood gazing upon each other
in silence. Gradually the look of terror
faded from Prue’s face and was re
placed by an expression In which fear
and anger contended with relief.
"It Is really you?” she gasped—
“alive—and free?” Then the recollec
tion of her futile tears and her hours
of anguish rushed over her and she
■tamped her little foot In unmistakable
Irritation.
"You are angry with me—because I
am alive?” he said, recoiling as though
■he had struck him.
"I have no right to be angry,” she
■aid coldly. "On the contrary, I con
gratulate you.”
“You congratulate me!” ho repeated
■lowly. ‘But how about yourself? I
am afraid my—resurrection—has put
you In an awkward position.”
She made no reply.
“Am I to blame for that—?” he be
gan. but she turned upon him swiftly.
“You mean that It is my own fault
that you are my husband?” she Inter
rupted, her blue eyes (lashing like steel.
"If you choose to blame me for that, I
have not a word to say in my own de
fense.”
"If I dared. I would bless you for It,”
he said. In a low voice, "although you,
perhaps, were watting Impatiently for
news of my death, when I interrupted
you?"
Remembering how she had been em
ployed, Prue had no answer ready. She
was silent a minute, and then abruptly
blurted out, "How did you escape, and
why did you come here? Good heaven,
if they should follow you and find you
here! Oh, how could you betray me?
Sure, I am the most unfortunate wom
an in the world—!"
"Listen to me; there is nothing for
you to be alarmed about," he cried,
hurriedly coming to her and seizing
her hand. “I am free—reprieved—par
doned. No one will follow me here; no
one—" He stopped suddenly, and looked
fixedly at her. "What has happened?"
he asked, In a tone of deep concern.
"You are so pale—your eyes are red
and swollen—you have been weeping?”
“I thought you were dead!” she said
half-resentfully.
"And you wept because you thought
I was dead?” he sahi Incredulously—
"You were sorry for me?" He stood
gazing at her. lost in an amazement
so profound that It seemed like a re
proach.
She drew away her hand.
“I should be sorry for any poor soul
condemned to die,” she said, wtth an
effort at indifference.
“When last I saw her,” he said doubt
fully. as If reasoning out a strange
problem against which his reason con
tended. “she was fresh and smiling,
and prinked out like a princess for her
marriage with a highwayman. Today
■he Is pale and sad,” his eye ran over
her somber figure, "and all in black
for my sake—”
“You run on too fast! ' Prue Inter
rupted petulantly. “Can I not wear a
black dress without putting on mourn
ing for your sake? Methinks I'll have
to wear it for my own! Never, surely,
was a woman so caught In her own
trap!” She cast her eyes round, as
though for visible means of escape.
Suddenly a thought of horror glanced
Into her mind.
"Did you come here to claim me.
■he gasped, slnktng Into a chair, pallid
with (ear.
"You ne«“i Jswt fear me, I have no
•uch design cpon you,” he said, re
garding her with pitying tenderness. He
was sorely wounded, though more for
her sake than his own. “Can you not
understand that I would rather perish
by the most cruel tortures than give
you one moment's pain? Oh! rather
than see that look of fear and hatred
upon your face, I would I were now
hanging upon the gallows! At leas.,
you would pity me there, and If not,
I should be none the worse off for your
■corn. I am free, It is true, but an
exile, and unless I leave these shores
within eight days, an outlaw. In a
week, then, should I still live, I shall
be dead in law and you will be free
from mo forever."
She listened attentively while he was
■peaking, and her face lost Its tense
look of terror. Once or twice she
glanced furtively at him. noting the
power and grace of his tall form, his
easy self confident bearing and the
manly frankness of his strong, swarthy
face—more attractive than mere beau
ty to a woman so essentially feminine
as Prudence. She was not afraid ol
him now, but she was extremely angry
with fate, and at the moment he rep
resented fate In Its most inexorable
form, so she wanted to be very angry
with him. Yet she could not reproach
him, for the harder she struck at him
the more she would wound her owr
pride.
“It is all so terrible,” she said, sigh
ing wearily. Then the door was flunj
open and Peggie darted In with thi
News sheet In her hand.
"Prue, Prue," she cried, flinging hei
arms around her cousin without ob
serving that she was not alone. “Hi
is not dead—he has been pardoned
and Is out of prison. Oh! my poor,
dear Prue, to think you were all night
breaking your heart for nothing—”
"Hush, hush, Peggie!” Prue was
scarlet to the roots of her hair Bind
with both her hands over Peggie’s
mouth, tried to stifle her voice.
"Mercy!” shrieked Peggie, suddenly
discovering Robin. "How did you get
here? What did you come for?”
"For no evil purpose, my good Mis
tress Peggie,” he replied good humor
edly. ’’I came as any other visitor and
requested a few words In private with
Lady Prudence Brooke. By good for
tune, I found her here alone, and will
now proceed to disclose the object of
my visit, which Is simply to ask her
to take charge of this small packet
for me, until I send a messenger for it.
The packet was a compact one, about
the size of an ordinary letter, and
scarcely thicker, carefully stitched In a
piece of white silk, and secured by a
seal without any device.
Robin held It out to Prue, but she
made no movement to take It.
’’Oh, don’t be afraid that I would
ask you to do anything dangerous,” he
went on earnestly. "If It concerned
myself, I would not dare to trouble
you. but this Is a sacred trust, which
I hold far above my life, and if I were
rearrested, which is quite possible, I
might not be able to rid myself of It
In time to prevent a great disaster. It
was for this reason that I took the un
warranable liberty of calling upon the
Viscountess Brooke. This packet con
cerns the life and fortune of many
friends of hers, but no one would think
of looking for it In the keeping of the
Duchess of Marlborough’s favorite.”
"Friends of mine?” she exclaimed,
Incredulously. “Then who are you?"
“A poor soldier of fortune,” he re
plied, bowing low as though introduc
ing himself, “who has for a moment
crossed your path and in a few days
will return to his natural obscurity and
trouble. All he asks Is forgiveness for
having so signally failed In keeping his
part of the marriage contract.”
"It is not that," she Interrupted,
thoroughly abashed, though not less
angry than before. "I should, perhaps,
be the one to ask pardon for forcing
a marriage upon you which must be
very irksome now; for, sure, you must
be even more embarrassed to And your
self saddled with a wife than I with a
husband. Yet, believe me, I am not so
bad as I seem. Peggie knows I did
not wish you harm, but Oh! I wish I
had never seen you. Why did you at
tack us on Bleakrnoor, and why, oh!
why did you let yourself be caught and
put In prison—by Sir Geoffrey, of all
men! Even the devil could not have
put such an Idea in my head, about a
highwuyman I had never seen or heard
of—”
Poor Robin turned so pale while
Prue poured out these lamentations,
that Peggie took compassion on him.
"Out upon you, cousin, for a railing
shrew! If you must needs blame
somebody, let It be me, for if I had not
persuaded you to run away from York
shire, Captain Freemantle would not
have kissed—I mean waylaid you—and
If I hud refused to carry your message
to Newgate, he would have been spared
a scolding wife, and God he knows, his
state would have been the more gra
cious—If I had not meddled In things
I had better have left alone."
"Well, Peggie, I forgive you; and
you too, Sir Highwayman. The only
person I cannot pardon is Prudence
Brooke, who never looks the length of
her nose before she Jumps over a preci
pice,” said Prue. “Give me your pack
et,” she held out her hand without
raising her eyes, “and tell me how I
can serve you; but do not trust me
too far; you can see for yourself what
an empty-headed little fool I am."
“If you knew how you hurt me by
blaming yourself, you would refrain,”
said Robin, in a low voice. "Believe
me, death would be welcome, if it would
make you as kind to me again as you
were when I was condemned to die.
But a higher law than man’s law for
bids us to take our own life or even
throw it away recklessly; yet do not
despair, the outlaw walks blindfold
through a worldful of executioners.”
"You wrong me in speaking as
though — as though I were one of
them,” she replied, with a touch of dis
dain. {‘What do you wish me to do
with your packet?"
“To keep it safely until my messen
ger calls for it, and to be alone when
you give it to him. He will carry no
credentials," Robin added, "and will
merely inquire if you have anything
for the captain. You can surrender
your charge to him without fear. Ac
cept my profoundest thanks for this
favor, and my humblest apologies for
having Intruded so long. Farewell,
ladies."
Once more he bowed ceremoniously
and was gone.
CHAPTER XII.
THE PRICE OF A BIRTHRIGHT.
Robin set out at a rapid pace in the
direction of the city, but as he was
passing through a crowded street, a
crippled beggar with a patch over one
eye stopped him, and with a piteous
whine, implored his charity.
Tossing him a coin, Robin went on
his way, but the beggar, quite agile
for so dilapidated a creature, kept close
behind him, pouring out a stream ol
petitions and lamentations.
“What’s sixpence to a noble lord
like your honor? Make it a shilling,
brave captain, to help me out of the
country. There’s a warrant out fot
me, and divil take me if I know what’s
the charge, but Its something political
—hanging and quartering at the very
least. Thank your honor kindly, and
may your enemies always get the worsi
of it. Ah! but Lunnon’s a bad town
and Linen’s Inn's the very place tc
ambush a man and take him after ths
luwyers have got everything out ol
him. Divii take me if ever I'd give s
thing to a lawyer that I might want
myself; they’d take your life for six
and-eightpence, and make a bargair
with Ould Scratch for your soul—”
“That will do, my good fellow," sale
Robin, flashing a quick glance at him
"You need not follow me any farther
you are only wasting what is doubtlesi
valuable time.”
The beggar mumbled an excuse, ant
turned to beg from the nearest passer
by. And Robin pursued his way in i
very thought mood.
"Another warrant out,’’, he mur
mured. “I ought to have thought o
that when they appointed this mornint
to finish business Instead of settlini
It all yesterday. Steve was right. Thes'
hounds never meant to give me i
■ chance."
By this time he was In the Strand
nnrt turning up a paved court behlm
St. Met tin's church knocked at a door,
on which the name of Matthew Double,
attorney at law, appeared on a brass
plate.
The door was quickly opened and
two men came out. who had been wait
ing for him. One of these, though
scarcely oiler than Robin, had the
strained look of hard work and high
living that distinguished the profes
sional man of that day. This was Mr.
Matthew Double, and the other, In
shabby Hack, carrying a mighty blue
ba%, could never have been Intended
by nature for anything but a lawyer's
clerk.
"Aha! here's our man, punctual to
the minute," crlew Double. "Few men
wculd be so prompt to throw away a
great inheritance, captain."
"My werd Is passed," said Robin.
"Did you doubt that I would keep it?"
"Not I; have 1 not Just given you
abundant proof cf confidence? Still, I
hate to eee the chances of such a
splendid law suit thrown away; lit
erally flung to the dogs. Dogs, too,
who. If I am not mistaken, will turn and
rend you when they have drawn your
teeth and cut your claws.”
"When they have.” replied Robin.
"By the way, can you lend me a cloak,
a long and ample one?"
"This is somewhat the worse for
wear,” said Double, Indicating one that
hung in the hall, “but If you want It
for a disguise it Is rather conspicuous."
"All the better for both reasons.” re
plied Robin, throwing over his should
ers a military looking cloak of dark
green cloth, a good deal frayed, and
lined with stained and faded red. With
It., he assumed a swaggering step, and
with hia beaver cocked at a defiant
angle, made a striking contrast to the
smugly clad lawyer and his weazened
satellite.
"I'm ready now," he cried, and the
trio started, keeping to the least fre
quented side of a street parallel with
the Strand.
"My good captain,” Mr. Double re
monstrated after going a very short
distance, “moderate your stride, I pray,
to that of a man a foot shorter than
yourself; or, better still, let me call a
coach.”
"I’d rather walk, If It Is all the same
to you,” Robin replied. “A man who
has taken ad his exercise for two or
three weeks In the court yard of New
gate, feels the need of stretching his
legs when he gets outside.”
"True, but I haven’t been In
Newgate for three weeks, and am, be
sides, of too portly a figure to
enjoy violent exercise. Samuel, stop
the first empty coach we meet. Truly,
Captain, thou’rt a queer fellow; there
are not many of your profession I’d
venture to let out of my sight for 12
hours when I was under bonds to sur
render him at a certain time, and he
had so many good reasons for leaving
me In the lurch.”
Robin laughed. “Why, It would 111
suit me to leave London with my af
fairs but half settled,” he said; "after
today your responsibility will be at an
end, and whether I decide to stay here
and challenge the hangman, or accept
my fate and leave the country, depends
on matters you wot not of, and will
concern no one but myself.”
“’Tis a thousand pities,” observed
Double regretfully, “that you did not
unravel the mystery of your birth until
there was a price upon your head.
There’s enough In your claim to have
made a pretty case, a ve-ry pret-ty
case. Even now—”
“Even now,” Interrupted Robn, “I
have bought my life at the price of my
birthright, and I’ll pay the price if I
get what I bargained for. But not
unless. Oh! I’m no sheep to give my
wool first, and then go quietly to the
shambles."
"They will scarcely attempt to do
anything while you are in England—
but If you are going to—say America
—I would advise you to give your ad
dress In—let us say Paris."
A peculiar smile curved Robin’S
mouth, but not mirthfully.
“Truly, I have thought of the colon
ies,” he said reflectively. "Perchance,
the government will give me a grant of
land in some swamp or wilderness,
where I can work oft my superfluous
energies fighting the Indians or the
Spaniards.”
“There is a coach. Master Double,”
interposed the meek voice of the clerk;
whose name Is writ upon It?’
“What, within a stone’s throw of
Lincoln's Inn? Tour conversation has
beguiled me, captain, but it has also
made me thirsty. We have a few min
utes to spare, and I would gladly crack
a bottle to the successful ending of
our business.’
They turned into a quiet coffee house,
and Robin ordered a bottle of Bur
gundy. While It was being fetched
from the cellar, he obtained a sheet
of paper from Samuel’s blue bag and
wrote a brief letter, in which he inclosed
two small! documents, sealed the packet
with great care, and carefully ad
dressed It
“To Mistress Larkyn,
"In care of Mine Hostess of
“The Fox and Grapes.”
Mine Hostess, a plump but not un
comely dame, with a merry eye, sat In
her cosy bar, surrounded by qualnl
flagons and other emblems of her hos
q'-i, railing. She returned a cheer
ful anwer to Robin’ greeting, and in
quired his pleasure.
(Continued Next Week.)
According to La Revue, a young
Italian experimenter, Francisco da
Bernocchi, the son of a Turin mer
chant, has been successful in his at
tempts to send pictures by the Mar
coni process. Though only 25 years oi
age, he has been inspired by Professoi
Rhigi’s Investigations of the Hertzian
waves He has now succeeded in trans.
mitting images, drawings and auto
graphs which retained the precise fea
tures of the original with great fidel
ity. _ _
The largest amount ever collected
from a single estate under the inheri
tance tax law of New York state wa«
recently paid by the heirs of John Ja
cob Astor—$3,150,000. The total estatt
amounted to about $77,000,000 and oi
this the principal heir. Vincent Astor.
receives $67,000,000.
APPEARANCE.
' “I know a who lost r. dog that
1 looked just
•I doubt It,
• didn't 'eve Ids
1 shortened."
'TROPICAL IMPORTS RUN
INTO MILLjONS YEARLY
Over One Half of This Is Ie
Sugar, Coffee, Fruits and
Foods.
The dependence of the United State* up
on the tropica for certain lines of food
stuffs and manufacturers’ materials Is il
lustrated by some figures Just compiled
by the statistical division of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce. They
Show that the value of tropical and sub
tropical products which entered conti
nental United States In the fiscal year
1912 was *750,000,000 against *335,000,000 in
1900, an Increase of 125 per cent In a dozen
years.
Of this grand total of *750,000,000 worth of
tropical and subtropical products brought
Into the country, over one-half was food
stuffs, sugar alone amounting In value to
practically *200,000,000; coffee, over *100.000,
000; fruits and nuts. *50,000,000; tea, *18,000,
000; cacao and chocolate, *16,500,000; olive
oil, *6,500,000; spices, *6,000,000, and rice
nearly *6,000,000. Of the manufacturers’
materials Imported, India rubber amount
ed to practically *100,000,000; raw silk.
*70,000,000; tobacco, *46,000,000; fibers, *34.
000,000, cotton, *22,000,000; Vegetable oils.
*20,000,000; gums, *11,000,000, and cork and
manufactures thereof, *6,500,000.
The quantity of sugar which entered
continental United States In 1912 was prac
tically 6,000,000,000 pounds against 3,500,000,
000 in 1900; of India rubber, 125,000,000
pounds, against 68,500,000 In 1900. Of cof
fee the quantity Imported in 1912 Is but
little more than that imported In 1900—
888.000. 000 pounds in 1912, against 788,000,000
in 1900; yet the value of last year’s Im
ports was at *118,000,000, against *52,000,000
In 1900, an Increase of more than 100 per
cent In value, while the quantity was In
creased but 13 per cent. Another article In
which the increase Is especially striking
is cocoa of cacao, of which the imports in
1912 were 146,000,000 pounds, against 42,000,
000 in 1900, having thus more than trebled
in 12 years. Tea shows but slight growth
in Imports as compared with cacao, the
quantity brought Into the country having
Increased from 85,000,000 pounds in 1900 to
101.000. 000 in the fiscal year 1912.
Among the manufacturers’ materials
brought In, rubber shows a large Increase
in quantity—from 58,500,000 pounds in 1900
to 126,600,000 In 1912—and an even larger
growth in value—from *32,000,000 in 1900 to
practically *100,000,000 in 1912. Another
striking increase occurred In cotton, from
67.000. 000 pounds in 1900 to 144,000,000 in 1912.
Silk Importations Increased from 11,260,000
pounds in 1900 to 26,500,000 in 1912, and those
of tobacco from 19,600,000 pounds in 1900 to
67,760,000 in 1912.
These figures. It is proper to add, In
clude the tropical merchandise brought
from the noncontiguous territories of the
United States and forming about *100,000,
000 In value, leaving about *660,000,000 worth
of the above named total drawn from
foreign countries.
The principal contributors of this *750,
000,000 worth of tropical and subtropical
merchandise brought into the country are
Brazil, from which the imports last year
were *124,000,000 in value, almost exclu
sively tropical products; Cuba, *120,000,000;
Mexico, *66,000,000; British India, *51,000,000;
Straits Settlements, *22,000,000; Central
America, *18,000,u00; Egypt, *17,000,000; the
Dutch East Indies, *14,000,000; Colombia,
*11,000,000; Venezuela, *11,000,000, and Peru.
*10,000,000. From our own islands the val
ue Is, from Hawaii. *55,000,000; Porto Rico,
*43,000,000, and the Philippines, *23,000,000.
The tropical countries from which this
merchandise Is drawn are not. as a rule,
large purchasers of our products. Brazil
In the latest year for which statistics are
available, took but 12.8 per cent of her
imports from the United States, although
she sent 36.2 per cent of her exports to
this country. India took but 2.7 per cent
of her imports from the United States but
sent 6.5 per cent of her exports to this
country. Egypt took but 2.3 per cent of
her imports from the United States, and
sent 6.5 per cent of her exports to this
country. The Dutch East Indies took 1.7
per cent of their total Imports from the
United States and sent 4.3 per cent of their
exports to this country. Proximity, how
ever, Is apparently an Important factor In
determining this question, since the per
centage which merchandise from the
United States forms of the Imports of
Mexico is 64.9; of the Central American
states, ranging from 33 to' 68; Colombia,
27.2; Venezuela, 26; Haiti, 69.3; Santo
Domingo, 60.6; Peru, 19.7, and Cuba, with
which trade Is conducted under a reci
procity agreement, 52.8. Of the merchan
dise Imported into the Philippines, 39.1 per
cent is from the United States; of that
entering Hawaii, about 81 per cent Is from
the United States, and of that entering
Porto Rico, about 90 per cent is from the
United States.
MOTHER INDUCES HER TWO
CHILDREN TO END LIVES
New York.—Mrs. Annie Racies in
duced her two children to commit sui
cide today by inhaling gas. She prom
ised to Join them in death. They were
found on Mrs. Racies’ bed in their home
in Flatbush.
Florence Racies, 15 years old. and
her brother, Sydney Racies. 12. were
dead when discovered by their father.
Mrs. Racies probably will recover.
The motive for the triple death bond
was simply to relieve Leon Racies, the
husband and father, “of a burden.”
His Beauty Bars Girl Help.
(Cleveland Telegram to the St. Louis
Republic.)
City Auditor Thomas Coughlin can't
get a stenographer to work for him
at the city hall. He's too pretty. Pros
pective stenographers drop in, take
one look at him, and, as he's a married
man and not on the eligible list, beat
a hasty retreat.
Coughlin recently was allowed 560
per month for a stenographer. Also
recently he received considerable no
toriety in the papers through a story
which dubbed him the hundsoinest
man in the city hall.
He thought it would be easy to get
a stenographer to work for him, but
every applicant so far has refused the
Job after setting eyes on his “fatal"
beauty.
Quits Hospital; Wins Race.
Baltimore Telegram to the Philadelphia
Record.
Jockey Teahah, who sprained his
back In a bad spill at Pimlico last
Wednesday and who had been in
Maryland University hospital ever
since, although still suffering severely,
made up his mind Monday that he
must ride once more before the Pim
lico meet closed, so he obtained his
clothes in some mysterious manner and
slipped out of the hospital unobserved.
When his nurse went to his room with
his dinner he was gone. He rode to
the track in a taxi and offered to
ride Ivabel in the third race.
Ivabel, the quickest of the field to
get going, sprinted, to the front and
showed good speed all the way, stalled
off determined opposition rounding the
far turn and finished first by 'a neck.
It was the most popular victory of
the afternoon, and applause was show
ered upon the game lad who "hooked"
from the hospital ward to get back in
the game.
LONDON PET DOGS TO (
HAVE GORGEOUS HOME {
Social Leaders, Who Can Af- '
ford It, Establish “Kennel’'
At Piccadilly. j
London—Special: A luxuriantly ap
pointed club for dogs has been estab
lished on Piccadilly. Here, comfort
that might be envied by the average
business and professional man will be
afforded the pets whose owners are
able to meet the social requirements
and pay.
The dogs will share the use of their
quarters with their masters and mis
tresses but the connection of the lat
ter with the club will be dependent
upon the membership of the canines.
The initial expense of equipping the
place was $75,000, and the cost of
maintaining it will be considerable. A
matron and four assistants will look
after the ordinary needs of members
and a veterinary surgeon will call
twice each day to provide such medical
attendance as may be necessary.
Lapdogs will be permitted to lounge
in the library and smoking rooms
while the larger breeds will be accom
modated in a suite of rooms equipped
with cushioned stalls and brass fit
tings. Uniformed attendants will meet
the dogs at the door and conduct them
to their favorite corners.
The club, to be known as the United
Travelers and Counties club, starts
with a membership of 450 humans, of
whom 270 have recognized pedigrees
with titles. Lord and Lady Tenterden
formally opened the human section of
the club, while Beaming Blunderbuss,
the world's champion bulldog, stood
sponsor for the four-legged part of the
enterprise. One of the features of the
club will be the care of fancy dogs,
which can be sent to the house by out
of-town members for safe-keeping dur
ing the big London bench shows.
Putnik, Balkan General, a Hero.
The strict censorship exercised in or
der to protect military secrets has pre
vented the reading public from learn
ing much of the identity of the prin
cipal actors In the Balkan struggle,
but one name which seems likely to
become as familiar as Kuropatkin,
Oyaina, Kuroki and Nogi, is Putnik.
General Putnik is the commander-in
chief of the Servian forces which have
been operating around Uskub. Of him
a correspondent at the Servian head
quarters writes:
“General Putnik is a military genius
to whom much of the success of the
war is undoubtedly due. As I saw him
for the first time at Kestovatz, I was
struck by the extraordinary likeness
which he bore to General Grant, both
in feature and build. He has organ
ized the marvelously successful cam
paign against the Turk.
“Placid and gentle-eyed, one of the
kindest of men, I should think, he is
adored by his staff and by all the
ranks. He is the “Bobs" of the Ser
vian army, and every soldier I have
talked to speaks of him in terms of
highest devotion and admiration.
$500 Sent By Mrs. Drew.
The influence of the late William E.
Gladstone on behalf of the Christians
In the Balkans still lives. Mrs. Drew,
a daughter of the statesman, having
in mind her father’s friendship for
these people, has sent a donation in
his name of $500 to the Balkans relief
fund. This fund, raised by the Bal
kans committee, is growing rapidlv.
and besides contributing to it many
people are offering their personal serv
ices as nurses. Several delegations of
nurses have already'1 been dispatched to
the front and more will follow1.
“Handy” With One Hand.
The claim of publishers that you can
get most anything you want t>y adver
tising has received further support.
Dr. J. J. Scanlon, wrho Is investigating
the monetary loss involved in injuries
to the hand in connection with the
workingmen’s compensation act, pub
lished an offer of $5 for a tvorkinman
who, having lost the thumb, index,
middle and ring fingers of one hand
by accident, was back at his work.
William Staniford, a railroad employe,
claimed and was given the reward.
Nineteen years ago Staniford lost all
the fingers, except the little finger, of
his right hand, but he not only proved
that he had since continued his duties,
but demonstrated that he could paper,
paint, and mend shoes, play the organ
and write with the maimed hand.
Promote Higher Education.
An organization of all shades of po
litical opinion has been formed in
Scotland for the promotion of higher
education in the rural districts. In
building up technical schools and uni
versities in the towns and cities there
has been a tendency to neglect higher
education in the sparsely settled rural
districts, with the result that many
capable students have no opportunity
of completing their studies. The new
organization is gathering evidence of
this condition which will be placed be
fore parliament.
The Wonders of Thought.
From the Woman's World.
There is one source of pleasure most of
us neglect. It is always with us, always
“on tap,” so to speak, and if we knew
the art of using it rightly it would save
us In many ways.
I mean one’s own thoughts.
How much downright enjoyment do you
get from your own thoughts? As a mat
ter of fact, are you not in the habit of
running away from them? When you are
left to your own resources are you not
bored, wretched and lonesome? Can you
appreciate the feeling in the old verse of
Edward Dyer?
My mind to me a kingdom Is;
Such present joys therein I find,
That it excels all other bliss
That earth affords or grows by kind.
Surely then, a few hints will be accept
able upon how to use one’s own mind as a
garden of pleasure. There has been
plenty of advice upon how to strengthen
the memory, how to train the reason, how
to cultivate the imagination, and all that;
let us talk aw’hile on how to “enjoy your
mind.”
How extensive is the thought-realm!
The empire of Great Britain “upon which
the sun never sets.’’ is a small spot com
pared to it. For my thoughts embrace not
Only this world but the star-worlds, they ■
roam heaven and hell, they are In Fata
gonia, Peru, ancient Rome and modern ”
Chicago.
How quick and supple they are. They
can beat Puck in his flight around the
world. I can think of Julius Caesar, and
In a trice he can be made to disappear and
be replaced by Li Hung Chang.
Past and present mean nothing to my
thoughts. Everything is now. Now the
huge flying lizards, of the days of the
earth before man existed, flap their
wings, now Lucifer falls “nine long days'*
from heaven to the pit, now Alexander's
legions tramp through Mesopotamia, and
now Cromwell's Ironsides march Into Lon
don. No “moving picture show’’ can
equal my thought-show.
Isn’t it singular that a creature with %
power like this should get world-weary
and sigh for something to amuse him? Is
it not curious that wre so dread to be left
alone with our thoughts? We complain of
being left alone with this magician, mir
acle-worker, cinematograph, phonograph
and winged Mercury. It must be that die
content is inground in human nature.
A stranger was arrested in Chicago
the other day because he had $320 la
his pockets.
Hydroplane flights to sen and back
are being arranged In France for next |
year. U
