ONLY PARTLY CONVINCED
Man with Money Order Was Com-
\ ' pletely Overhauled by Clerk Who
Sought Ide'ntification.
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The glerk in the money order die
. vision of the post office looked
Hhurpl.r at the mun who hud pre
seated an order to be cashed , says
the Chicago 'rribnne.
" \Vho sent Jon this ? " he de
, IJI : , ) manded.
' 1.t
, j ' ( I , "tlohn Philander Avery , " re.
: plied the man.
,
I The clerk hunted up the letter
I of advice und compared it with .
, , , ) the order. .
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4 "Is your name Abfmlom RIck ,
I etts ! "
I "Yes , sir. "
" ! 1ae you anything in Your
pockets to identify you ; ! "
f , 'Yes Here's the letter the OJ"
ti \ tIel' came in. "
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The cleric exumhwd the superscription .
' sel'iption cal'pfull
AnJ'thing else ! "
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_ "YP , Mu. 11PI'"H n lot of other
Y . letters with the .
m.y name on en
, 'elopes. "
1f 1 " ' ' "
f "AnJ'thing else !
4 "Hel'p is nrv accident insul'ancl
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I )10 ) Ii e.\ " . "
He handed it over and then proceeded .
. . 'eeded to dig from his inside pock .
ets and submit for examination
his cards of
( Membership in tlw
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" 1' . 11. C. ' A. , LOllesomehurst 1m.
I ! ' . \ ! 'JlH'nt association , and Civic :
l : .lrol'Jll league , together with receipts -
ceipts for dues from the secre'
. , taxies . of several other societies of
, , which . he was a membpl'
i "AII.rthing else ! " ,
' , . "Nothing but this postal card
.
. . notification that lay taxes are
" due. "
" j The clerk pounced upon this , ex-
" i.I(1 ! I amined it on both sides , made a i
memol'alldnm on H sheet of paper -
per ' , questioned him ns to iii I is
house address , business addl'ps s
and occupation , eyed him snspi-
( 'jousland , then grudgingly handed -
. .d over the miioney- : ; : 4.65.
"Are you sure even now ! " asked
the man. " 'I might hare knocked 1
-
OIlH' fellow down and taken all 1
t hpsl away from him , you know' : J
The clerk made a grab at him , '
' , hut it was too late.
I The , man had the mone ' .
i , . , ONE BOY A YEAR THERE.
_ Situation Given as Cause for Fact
. . That Most Children Born
r Are Girls.
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The startling fact has just bee n .
, brought out that of all the birth s .
that hare occurred a I Carson Cit % " ,
the capital of Nevada ( In rung thp
lest "pm' , only one boy has been
hOl'n. The total ' 11lJmh..I' 01 hll'tl1J
according : to 'sta t h5tirs , was 57 ; 5 ' ; ;
, > of thl'fW young ' Nevadans 'are
- . girls. Physicians state that it i s
not unusual for the ratio ' to be um m .
even , amid in favor of the girls , bu t
they cannot recall where the pe t' .
centage bas been 80 great. They ; .
offer no explanation for th s
strange condition.
"It just happened that way , J '
guess , " said one of the Carson do a.
'
tors. 'We noticed the shortage in I
the number of births so far as
boys were concerned , but , really ] ,
until a few days ago , gave the mater t .
IeI' but little
thonght. It was
t
,
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brought to m.\ attention by Con.
tI'oller Sam Davis I have since
tried to solve the '
mystery , but
without result. "
Environment is given as n solu
tion bJ one resident of Carson.
The city , naturally isolates is i
beantifullJ' l situated in a valley ;
trees and shrubbery and pretty
homes bound. Except during the
session of the legislature , there iR
seldom a11J'thing out of the or
Binary going on. These quiet con
ditions , it is argues , naturally no-
suIt in u feminine temperament ,
the preponderun : of girls in the
birth records resulting.
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View. .
Gaston's Point of View.
" % e American , ah mon Dieu , he
mss u very funny man. He know
nothing but ze del 1\1' . He have
no love of beauty OJ' art. He do
not comjlrenz" " 'Vha t's on your
mind , Gaston ? " "TodaJ' I see
a beautiful lady , Ievair , dis-
ingne t , magnifeeeent. She is with
a man , un American I go to him.
J say : Pardon , monsieur , what is
ze IndJ"s name' ! ' The gentleman
he say : 'Thu t's mJ' business ! ' Bah !
Ueesness , beesness , all de time.
He was a rude manCincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
A Periodical Pupil.
"I understand she learned to'
skate last win tel' . "
"Yes. She learns every winter. "
-N. Y. Times.
BEAUTY OF BAYEUX WORK.
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Few Except These Who Visit the
Shops Have Studied Wonders
in Needlework.
Few besides those who have vis
fled BaYeux 01' have especially
studied the subject have any idea
of what this extraordinary work
of act is really like 01' have any
authentic knowledge of its his.
to\ ) . " . If tells the story of Edward ,
Hu'old : and 'Villiam , and of the
conquest of 'Villiam , in a series of
pictures , so that its value is great
IIH a chronicle as well as a relic of f
'pdlpwol'k 800 ; years old.
The vicissitudes of the treasure
hove been llIanJ' It is a curious
fact that from 147(1 ( until 1724 it
5001115 to have hopped entirely '
out of the world's knowledge. It
was preserved with care among
the treasures of the BaJ'eux cathe
drab and was brought out for
eight days every summer and
hung about the nave of the cathe
dral. No one but the peasants
ever saw it and the cathedral authorities -
thorities cured for it only as a der
oration. In 1724 an old drawing
of part of the tapestry came into
the hands of a learned antiquarian -
nn , who tried without success to
find the originn The Pere Mont
fHtJ'on ( also tried to find it and at
last ) : ' succeeded ( und told the world
about t it in his great book , "Moms
JJ1 < 'nts dp la Monarchic Fran
raise ! . "
The church hud no power to pro
tact such a treasure in 1724 , and
the ancient length of linen with
its quaint embroidery waR
dragged out of the cathedral and
used to cover one of the militarJ'
wagons belonging to the local bat
talion. M. Ie Forestier rushed to
its rescue und substituted a a can
vas to cover the wagon and
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brought the tapestry to his i study
till Iw was relieved from the self-
ttppoinled t mission bJ' a commis-
s ion who undertook the protec
ti..JII of the t work of art. Now the
tnpl'Htl'hUf1 been restored and
msy ( lit' ) PPI1 framed under glass In
Q museum of its own.
THE MEANING OF JAPAN.
Rise of New Oriental Power Is Likely
to Mark an Epoch in World'
History.
Europe scul'eelJ' even yet recog
vices how prodigious an influence
this rise of a new power on the
edge of Asia , in the ocean which
must , decade by decode , increase
in importance fill t its freedom will
preoccupy all mnritime powers us
the freedom of the t Atlantic does
now , will exercise on her policy ,
her ambitions , and her commerce : .
Throw aside all apprehensions
about the " 'pllow peril , " lefty
China out of the calculations ait
sunk in irredeemable dotage , as
some Japan to Rtand ulonp , und
still Europe has to reckon with a i
power whi'h ten years hence will
have twice 'fogo's fleet , and which
has proved that wherever she can
land an army , un army of doubh1
its strength must be called out to
render defeat of the defenders im
pl'obabJe. Of the ideas , aspics
tions and ultimate plans of that
power nothing , it may be said i iR
known ; but of her capacities find
her strength we now at least Ialow
something. 'Ve know that Sill"
can keep a secret for years j hat
her people will fight to the Beat h
he
at the word of command ; that she
has the European belief in sr 1 ' .
dice , and that she counts among
her statesmen and soldiers men
of the intellectual capacitY to con
trot and guide huge masses of
trained men to any end she has de
cided on. No king thinks that he
can conquer , Japan ; no stalesman
imagines that he can set aside her
vote in the Pacific 01' the Ind ian
ocean us n negligible quantity
She may not govern China , but all i
the t long.devised European plans
1'01' gaining dominant inflllt'JlI' " i n
( 'lrina i 01' in . the archipelago lIIust ,
, vithont t her IWI'mission , be abu.
IIJ IJl'd ,
HE HAD DECIDED TO WRITE
Telephone Not the Right Thing to
Communicate Antagonistic
Opinions Through.
He was a broad.backed man
with an iron jaw , says the Topka :
State Journal , and there was a
look of business about him as he I
entered the stlbtelephone stati'on
and said to the druggist :
"I would like to telephone to
Jim \Vlmlen over at Brighton' '
"Well , there is the telephone
over there , " was the repl ' .
"But I'm not used to therm
Would you mind talking for tae ; ! "
Business being slack just then ,
the druggist called up BrightQn
and Jim "Thalen and then asked
his caller what he should say :
"Tell him be's u liar , a thief , amid
scoundrel and u dead beat , and
the first time I see him I'll knock
his head off. "
"But you see the telephone
company forbids the ise of any
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such lung uge. You will have to , 'i
moderate It. " ' ti
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\Vbat' that ? " , : \ :
\Vby , you will have to tone it . t' '
down. You might Hay to Mr. i
'Vhalen that he is tL prevarica- , , : ; ,
prevaricator.
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"That means a liar , J believe , ,
but , Jim wouldn't understand it . " "
He might think I wn praising , '
him. Can't I cull him an unhunlo ;
villain and the scum of the
earth ? " y
'l'hut would come : tinder the ( w
head of violent lunguuge. You
might say to him that the first r
time you meet him you will give
him your opinion of his chnrac
ter. "
"That won't do. Jim's a plain
man and has got to be talked to in
plain lungunge. He has lied tome
und I've got to call him a liar. He
has cheated me and I've got to call
him a swindler. "
"That won't do. 'Ve must find
some other way. You Sf e- "
"And I CEln 't call him names over
the wire ? "
"N o ! "
"And he's not to ] snow what I
think of him ? "
"You might write him "
"ThundernUon" , but why didn't
I think of that before ! Of course
that's the wily to do. I've got
nothing on hand tomorrow , and
Ill buy a lot of writing paper and
a lend pencil and spend half a day
calling him a villain and u liar. I
was told the telephone was Ii
great thing , but when I come to
look into it I find that if you want
to do business with n man in Ii
business way there's no invention
like writing ofT 10 or 15 sheets of
paper and senaing'emll by mail : '
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TOLD OF ABSINTHE DRUC.
Is Described as the "Fairy with the
Green Eyes"-Is a Nerve
Stimulant.
'The "fair ) ' with the , green eyes"
iN the poetical ) way in which ab :
sinthe has been d(1H'I'ibed.
"It is rather
a drug than a
drink , " said a llH'dicul titan who
has studied ih s effects c on the body.
BAs a medic ( Jw it has some valuable -
able qualities ; us a beverage , its
efl'ects are silllpl deadly. Not a
day passes in Paris on which some
inveterate absinthe drinker does
not drop dead either from apoplexy -
plexy or heart failure. Fortunately .
ately , it has not obtained . much
hold in Englund.
The liqueur is supposed to act
as u nerve tonic and brain sUum-
lust , und so it does when taken
medicinally. When thus resorted
to it gives tone to persons of a
highly nervous temperament ,
andlilso has the effect of relieving
bronchitis by promoting a healthy
perspiration. But it should never
be taken , except under medical ad-
vice. As a beverage , avoid it as
you would poison. Much of the
cheap absinthe sold is adulterate
ed with copper , to give it the characteristic
ncteristic green hue. "
Infant Mortality in Germany.
More than 34 per cent of the
deaths in the German empire in
1903 were of infants under one
year of age.
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