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1 lssxygD gMgi,waBgggXi^^ ^_^~' ^ l a. grist's sons, pubiiihen. ( % Jfamilj gncseajiei;: ^or tin promotion aj th* goliliqat, ^oqiat, Ssri^nKucal and Commercial ^Interests of th< |?apl<. | TE*Vwo?Mw.p?!"fTO"cm!""' established 1855. YO RKVILLE, 8.0., TUESDAY, APRIL 29. 1913. ~~ N"0. 34. 1 NOBLESS I HELEN K "You know the old saying, It you f once get Mississippi mud on your feet you are ever bound to return," said Pemberton, a quizzical expression In his blue eyes as he threw away the chip with which he had Just been scrap in* some of tills identical ciay irura * Miss Vankirk's suede boots. The girl, lithe and graceful in spite of the meager lines of her up-io-daU blue serge, laughed, and blushed a little, too, as she looked down at her bespattered shoes. "What will my guardian's account say when I send in a bill for the third pair I've ruined In the past two weeks!" she demanded ruefully. "Just put It to the wear and tear of a high water campaign, and If you go short I'll lend you a pair of my rubber boots," suggested the young man. "How did It happen, anyway " "Why, I stepped Into one of those things you call a 'boll,' and went In up to my ankle." "Oh, I see. Here, let me try rubbing It with my handkerchief?maybe that ? will take It off." "You two had better not be so extravagant, throwing away good terra flrma," chimed In a young man who had Just come up. "That's right; it went up fifty points last night," coincided Pemberton, ramming his soiled handkerchief back Into his pocket. "She'll be wishing for what Tve Just scraped off her shoes to plant fiowers in, won't she, Will?" turning ^ to the newcomer; then, by way of explanation: "Sometimes, during these little Innovations, we Indulge in roof gardens on trestle work." "And pray how long do the little 'Innervations' last?" demanded Miss Vanklrk with a wry face. "Oh, they have no specified time limit," supplied the newcomer. "Sometimes It's only a matter of a few weeks, then again It repeats the flood days of Noah's time." "Every one who visits the bottom lands of the Mississippi Delta should take swimming lessons before coming," put in Pemberton, looking solemn. "My sister was most negligent. Miss Vankirk." he added, "not to have mention ed this fact when she asked you to visit her." "If she had, I should certainly never have come, why I wouldn't live in such & horrid country!" declared Margaret, undecided whether to take their raillery in jest or earnest. Both young men laughed at the tragic expression. Then the older of the two turned to his friend and continued In a more serious strain: "I've just seen a messenger from above, and he says the levees at Miller's Bend are in a very critical condition. The water is running over the top." "It begins to look pretty rocky," assented the other. "The truth is I have my doubts whether we will be able u hold out right here. If it breaks at the Bend It will put this place under seven or eight feet at the least, and heaven only knows what will become of the people near the crevasse. They've been warned of their danger, but they'd rather risk their lives than leave their property. Schults has rushed up a new supply of sacks along with the county convicts," he went on, "and he and I are going up tonight on the quarter boat." While he spoke the two had moved forward a step or two. and now began speaking in lower tones. Margaret naa Deen listening unentively, for she knew that in spite of their previous light talk the river conditions were serious, and that they were fully aware of it. Both men were roughly dressed in flannel shirts and khaki trousers, strapped in below the knee with hunting boots, besplashed with the sand and fine gravel in which they had been working. But Margaret, watching them, thought she had never seen finer types of vigorous young manhood. It was one of those "distress periods" which occur about every seventh year in the south, when the Mississippi river goes on a big boom, so to speak and the government Issues those ominous little bulletins wherein the people are exhorted to seek places of safety for themselves, their cattle and the stranger within their halls. A period when a common danger obliterates social distinctions, and all ablebodied men work shoulder to shoulder against the enemy that menaces, without distinction. the lives and homes of all. It was a new experience in the life of Margaret, whose only knowledge of public calamity was restricted to city strikes, bomb throwing and political graft. When rumors of the river conditions reached her heme through the papers, her mother urged her speedy return, but for reasons best known to herself she made light of the situation. At such times the scene of action attracts large crowds, and the levees become the chief campus where people gather to watch and discuss the situation. Will Denton was off duty for the time being, but instead of taking his full allotted period of rest he had cut it ahnrt for the DurDOse of a brisk con i stltutional with Margaret Vanklrk. They had stopped a few moments on reaching Pemberton's beat, and Denton, who belonged to the levee commission, had left the girl with his friend while he stepped to his office to leave a message with one of the men. They now continued their walk, while Pemberton started In an opposite direction to see that some instructions had been carried out. He had not gone far, however, when he turned and called back: "Oh. Will, I wish you'd take Topsy back with you. I'm afraid she will get hurt here, where there's so much passing back and forward." Denton whistled to the dog and tried to make her come, but Topsy only stopped long enough to acknowledge the courtesy by a friendly wag of her tail, then trotted determinedly at her master's heels. Pemberton drove her back, and thinking she had gone, continued his way. But Topsy, possessed of an undue amount of canine stubbornness. hid behind a pile of sacks, ' and waiting there long enough to disarm suspicion, coolly retraced her step and followed at a respectful distance behind her master. "That's the 'bull-headedest' dog 1 ever saw!" exclaimed Denton, after several futile attempts to make her come to him. "If she was mine I'd kill hpr " Margaret could not help being amused at the dog's maneuvers, and added her own blandishments to induce her to come, but Topsy was invincible, and finding their efforts futile they continued their walk. Not wishing to share the girl's companionship with the acquaintances they were sure to meet on the levee, Denton passed down and took a less frequented direction. For some time past Margaret had not been insensible to the fact that both Denton and Pemberton were deeply interested in her?nor to the fact that she did not know which of the two she liked best. Had such a state of affairs been related to her of another woman she would pr oably E OBLIGE r.D TI?I7TM . V* A1* AA" A AA 1 have smiled, but in her own case it h caused her many more sleepless nigl than the prospect of an overflow. The present occasion was the first which she and Denton had been alo together for some time past, owing the exacting demands on the englnee And she found herself growing nerve under the necessity of trying to foi stall an event that she was not rea to meet. The young man, however, h prearranged the walk for the purpc of declaring his love, and was not be put off, his nature being more overcome than submit. Possessing t rare faculty of mingling gentleness a persuasion with an Inflexible detern nation, he usually carried his point. He was very much in earnest nc and Margaret soon found the force bis personality dominating her agali her will. Denton saw it, too, ai though irritated at her indeclsk made up his mind to master the sit ation. "Give me a little whilo before I a swer you," she urged, "there has be so much excitement, I have not h time to think." "Tou do not need to think," he pt sisted, "let me think for you. When man loves a woman he don't want be put off." He had taken possess! of her hands and was holding the hostage in his own, while he bent ea erly forward. "I must leave you sooi he said gently, "don't make me mist able, Margaret?say I may come ba to you and be happy." The girl stood irresolute. She w making a desperate effort to analy her own uncertain, throbbing hea when they were startled by the repc of a gun, followed in quick successl by a volley. Margaret raised her ey in alarmed inquiry to Denton's face. "There is trouble somewhere," said in answer to her look, while drew her protectingly nearer?"y time enough, darling, for you to a you love me." But the girl was dumb, and a m ment later the guns were followed the prolonged whistle of the fog-hoi the alarm re-lnforced and strengthen by every bell, whistle and flre alai far and near. Denton knew them to the signals agreed on in case of su den danger. The levee must have glv way at some critical point, and the would be Imminent danger even life, as the water was banked agali these earthern breastworks to a heig of ten and fifteen feet above the su rounding country. His first thoug was for the grirl at his side, and he h? tlly cast about for some avallal means of securing her safety. "Come," he said, daring no long "the worst danger was threatened frc above?we can make the town befc the water reaches us." Margaret instantly complied, I they had proceeded but a short di tance when a loud "Hello!" penetrat the confusion of sounds. Denton a swered the call, and guided by 1 voice, they saw Pemberton runnl toward them. "Turn and go north?the levee h broken below town," he shouted them. "The water will back up h? in ten minutes. We must get Margai to the old mill. It Is our one chani The water's between here and a other place of safety. Hurry! Ther no time to lose." He had now reacneu mem, ana i two men took the frightened girl t tween them, and almost carrying: 1 bodily, hurried in the direction of t old mill. Margaret looked back and uttered cry of horror. The water was even n< upon them. It looked like a seethl brown ocean, driving: before It fran animals seeking: escape. As the wat rushed up, they redoubled their spe< They could feel its dampness abc their feet and ankles, as higher a higher It climbed. Wading had b come difficult, and the velocity of t current threatened at every step wash their feet from under them. Margaret was beginning to fait but she choked back a sob and w making a great effort to go on, wh she felt a strong arm lift her bod from the ground, while Pembert whispered softly in her ear: "Didn' say you would need to swim!" "Hush!" she murmured, shocked the seeming frivolity of his speech such a time. But it produced the < feet he had intended, by breaking t spell of the spectacular by the coi mon place. A few more steps and they had gai ed the refuge of the old mill and serai bled up the steps to the platform. H< they stood and looked out on the flood country. The alarms had now alm< ceased, but the roar of the water w continuous. Seeing that Margai shivered. Denton took off his coat a wrapped It about her. Twilight w deeping into dusk when the famill howl of a dog rent the air. The ho was repeated, and proved to be a d! tress signal from poor Topsy. Th could see her far out on the desola waste of water, tossing about like chip in the angry current. "Oh Topsy!" cried her master, w had left her safely locked up in t Levee-Board Office. "Who let y out!" In truth Topsy had broken the wi dow and let herself out, and had 1 mediately trailed her master, keep! well out of sight for fear of being loc ed up again. Pemberton called to h and hearing his voice she gave a i ries of whining yelp as if begging h to come and save her. The sight her helpless struggles was to much! him. The poor creature raised her he once more and gave another dlsm despairing howl. Her master knew it was a last ci and hastily threw off his coat that might not impede his movements. "For God's sake, Allan, don't thr your life away for a miserable dot expostulated his friend. "There'll a hundred such drowned in the n< two hours. It's utter madness?sh done for now. Think of your moth man!" But with the cry "I'm coming, < girl!" Pemberton had already cleai the platform and was fighting his w toward her. At sight of him Tops failing strength revived, and she v Just able to paddle enough to k< from sinking. "That's what I call a fool's erran exclaimed Denton with a frown, would have been bad enough if the c had been a valuable hunter, but I 1 to see the point in taking a risk 1 this for a worthless cur." For the first time his words grai on Margaret's sensibilities. Until t moment she had not known with s degree of certainty which of the t men she might most truly love. T1 i had seemed so nearly to balance scales when she sought to weigh th In the sense of their worthiness! I ' Pemberton's ready response to pi ' Topsy's appeal. In contra-distinct I to the other's attitude, revealed w telling effect the characters of the t men. The one, stopping to consli I nothing but the fact of a helpl 1 creature calling on him to save 1 the other setting aside the higher s< tlments of a generous nature for i sordid instincts cf a mind that t< into account the intrinsic value of th i and gauged his acts thereby. T I mental criticism lntantly had the feet of sweeping away all doubt fr 1 the girl's mind as to her own ser ments toward the two men. s The disapproval of her expressive ft i did not escape Denton's observati ' and he purposely remained silent foi i few moments, feeling miffed at her ' difference toward him. When he i ' speak, receiving no answer he turi to her, but Margaret was watching Pemberton with the wrapt attention of one mesmerized. Instinctively she had . folded her hands, and he felt she was silently calling on a higher source for aid. A little further suspense, and Pem- . berton, almost exhausted, returned 1 with the half-drowned trembling little dog in his arms. Margaret's composure now broke down, and she begem crying quietly. Pemberton supposed the excitement ! had been too much for her nerves, but his friend, who was keener to read effects, left him to minister to her wants, and with hurt pride and wounded feelings lit a cigar and paced up and down the platform, wondering moodily how long it would be before relief - boats would De sent to tneir rescue.? i ^ Los Angeles Times. on * SINGING TO BRA8S HORN me to rs. Making of Phonograph Records No >us Easv Task for Operatio Star. dy The ,atest Penalty that fame exacts ad from theatrical and music hall start Is >se that of singing to talking machines, to For graphophone agents descend on he the star who comes out with a new nd song success or talking act that takes *1- the public fancy. w Most artists will tell you?and hard0f ened ones, too?that singing to a re1st producing machine Is to them a far ld> greater ordeal than performing to a QJ crowded theatre. It Is the strange conditions under which these voice ren productions are carried out that so en unnerve the most experienced pera formers. >r_ The setting?a bare barnlike hall? a in Itself scarcely inspires confidence. *? One end is screened from the gaze of IJJj the occupants by a long curtain g- through which a monstrous horn of i." brass extends out Into the room, be- e Ing suspended from the celling. Grouped around are a motely as- c as sembly of musicians with instruments ? ze of weird design. Somehow these in- c )rj struments seem familiar, yet no one h on ever saw their like in a theatre or- j; es chestra. They are especially con- a strhcted to produce soft sound waves t he that do not drown the singer's voice, t The violins no longer possess the fa- ? ay miliar curves and sturdy frames. They are peculiar hollow tubelike af0. fairs with strangely arranged strings. HTKa AftlUo o 4m o olmilor nmonnlotoH Dy Alic VCIIUO U* V AM ?* vaaSMrMweMww rn> condition, their ample sides having I ecj apparently dwindled into slight wood:m en supports Every instrument, howbe ever, boasts a little aluminum horn , (j. directed towards the parent trumpet, ? en in order to concentrate the sound t ,re waves at one common point. Perch- r to ed on a high platform near the roof r l8t is the conductor, whose lofty position j, ht is chosen to take him out of the way r ir_ of the all important sound waves. :ht The performers stand on a little t iB- wooden platform right at the mouth jle of the receiving trumpet. A few hur- 8 ried directions and then strict silence t er, is the rule. No human voice or sound r )m' but that of the singer must now dis- ? ,re turb the atmosphere, for the little ma- 0 chine behind the curtain relentlessly G iut records every little sound wave. e Is- A red light Is flashed and the at- c ed tenuate little orchestra gets to work. G n. And then the artiste has to sing to iis this strange little assembly with nir abandon and zest as though the in- t spiratlon of the brilliant light, of _ a8 beautiful colors, and scenery and ap- t to plaudlng audience were all there. _ sre It is a great ordeal, for one has to ret sing with far greater care in front of ce, a talking machine than is ' required ny when audiences of flesh and blood are : e'a to be pleased. With fiendish cruelty the revolving e he wax recording disc gathers in every ,e. little fault. A slight clearing of the t ier throat or little swallow, every deep , he 'breath or slight shuffle of the feet are , sufficient to form sound waves that ? a imprint their message on the yielding wax. Such things an audience would f ng not note, but the obedient record tic maker makes no distinction between , ;er the actual and the intended. J ?d. When the artiste has finished the f "ut record is played over and the inevitn(j able imperfections criticised. The t ,e. weak spots are then rehearsed and the j. he whole trying business commenced over acoin Tf tho norfnrmpr makes a mis take In the course of the song a bell ^ er> rings and a fresh start Is made. Not ? as until a record of pure and distinct \ en tone is obtained does the artiste's or- ? ily deal end. 5 on Big artistes such as Caruso, Melba ? I X and Tetrazzini make many thousands : of pounds by records of their voices, * at while even smaller fry in the theatri- ? at cal and concert worlds considerably ;f. augment their incomes by royalties on 'he records of their performances. * n- Several of the most famous repro- * ductions of Caruso's and Melba's J, n. voices have been placed in a sealed * n- tomb beneath the opera house in Paris ? jre In order that future generations a : ed hundred years hence may know the ? )8t singing talent that existed in the ? ad nineteenth century.?Tit-Bits, ret ? c CATS FORESEE DEATH lar j W1 London Writer Ascribes Mysterious t Instinct to Feline. t ey i te, Has a cat insight into the future? t a Can It presage wealth or death? Iam f inclined to believe that certain cats s ho can, at all events, foresee the advent J he of the latter; and that they do this In c ou the same manner as the shark, crow, t owl. Jackal, hyaena, etc., namely, by , In- their abnormally developed sense of m- smell. My own and other people's ex- j ng perlence has led me to believe that :k- when a person Is about to die, some er. kind of phantom, maybe the spirit of se- some one closely associated with the lm sick person, or, maybe a spirit whose of special function is to be present on [ for such occasions, Is In close proximl>ad ty to the sick or Injured one, waiting lal, to escort his or her soul Into the world of shadows?and that certain cats ( ill, scent its approach. It Therein then?In this wonderful ? propriety smell?lies one of the secrets c ow to the cat's mysterious powers?It has ? t!" the psychic faculty of scent?a scent- ? be lng ghosts. Some people, too, have 1 ext this faculty. In a recent murder case, t e's In the north of England, a rustic wit- < er, ness gave It in her evidence that she was sure a tragedy was about to hap- * old nen because she "smelt death In the * "ed house." and it made her very uneasy. 1 ray Cats possessing this peculiarity are 1 y'3 affected In a similar manner?they are < as uneasy. Before a death in a house, I ' ;ep have watched a cat show gradually In- ? creasing signs of uneasiness. It has t d," moved from place to place, unable to 1 seme in any one ?poi iur mi; log of time, had frequent fits of shivering, 'ail gone to the door, sniffed the atmosike phere, thrown back its head and mewed in a low, plaintive key, and shown ted the greatest reluctance to being alone his in the dark. tny This faculty possessed by certain wo cats may in some measure explain iey certain of the superstitions respecting the them. Take, for instance, that of cats em crossing one's path predicting death. 3ut The cat is drawn to the spot beoor cause it scents the phantom of death, ion and cannot resist its magnetic attracith tion. wo From this it does not follow that the der person who sees the cat is going to ess die, but that death is overtaking some t? one associated with that person; and in- it is in connection with the latter that the the spirit of the grave is present, em>ok ploying as a medium of prognostlcaing tion the cat, which has been given the his psychic faculty of smell that it might ef- be so used. om But although I regard this theory itl- as feasible, I do not attribute to cats, with the same degree of certainty, the ace nower to presage good fortune, simply on, because T have had no experience of " a it myself. Yet, adopting the same in- lines of argument, I see no reason why did cats should not prognosticate good as led well as evil.?London Standard. ' JKisttllatteous grading. DR. J. MARION 8IM8 louth Carolina Medical Genius Honored in Germany. It Is gratifying: to note that the day >n which the pioneer of gynecology taw the light has been remembered in hat severely scientific nation, Gernany. The great regard in which men vho have accomplished things for the vorld's betterment are held in that A 1 11,, .uuriiry HfcUJ tuiuuuuicu luaici iau; IV he renown and prosperity of Its peo- I >le. Our republican simplicity has at] lmes revolted at what Is euphemisticilly called hero worship. It is a algnlIcant fact, nevertheless, that the ichievements of its citizens are the nost valuable assets of a country. Retarded even In this unsentimental ight the courage and genius of our darlon Sims In originating an entirely lew branch of surgery, deserve to be commemorated and to be held up to he present generation as an example or emulation. J. Marion Sims, a native of Lancaner, S. C., emigrated to Montgomery lla., In order to enlarge his Held of iractlce. There he devised a method if surgical procedure for the repair of erious Injuries which in that preantlieptic day was made possible only by he substitution of the silver suture for he silk suture. So fruitful was this md other work of Dr. Sims for the welfare of suffering women that his ame spread to Europe, and he was he first American physician consulted >y royalty. Those whose happy prlviege it was to know this grand man lersonally, were not surprised that he apidly became the valued adviser of he nobility. In him were discerned all hnio #lempnt? nf character which art* he attribute of true nobility; simplicity almost childlike, sympathy almost emlnine, courtesy without ostentalon; the charming'' manner, the klndlng eye, the cordial handgrasp bespoke l great soul, as did his deftness betokn the great surgeon. The Muenchner Medlzlnische Wohenschrift in a recent issue published m excellent portrait of Dr. Sims with ,n appreciative sketch of his life, coniluding that "America is entitled to lonor in the history of operative gyne:ology. The names of McDowell, Nott, Jattey, Emmet, Bozeman, Edebohla md Kelly will be known for all time, >ut none shines with such lustre as he name of Marlon Sims."?New York lun. TARIFF PR0TE8T8 Jkoly to Come Quite Sharply From the 8outh. Not yet has any serious or organized irotests against the tariff bill prepared >y the ways and means committee of he lower house of congress been nade in this city. But when the neasure reaches the senate there may >e earnest protests voiced by the repesentatives of New York manufacturng Interests against some features of he bill. Information from many parts of the outh, however, Justifies the suspicion hat the most earnest and persistent >rotests aerainst the measure as it is low written are those from thai part if the country. Certainly, if the views if the south are fairly well represent>d by a considerable part of the newsiaper press, this proposed tariff has iccasioned greater antagonism in that ection than anywhere else. A very dmmon editorial expression is that he reduction In the tariff upon raw ugar, to be followed three years later iy placing sugar upon the free list, neans the annihilation of the sugaralslng industry in the south. One comment is to the effect that ilacirig sugar on the free list will add o the profits of the refiners and will tot be of any benefit to the consumrs. One of the leading newspapers of he south severely criticises the placng of meats upon the free list with ntent to lessen the cost of meat prodicts tO the consumers because even at resent prices, farmers have not found hat raising of cattle and other meat nimals is sufficiently profitable to ustify the production of them. Up to this time the cotton manuontnroro r\t tVio omit Vt Vioira Kaan /a r aviuiuo ui iiiu OI/UIAA ua?c vcoii mi nore generally concerned about the extile schedules in the newly prepared >111 than are the cotton manufacturers of New England. The cotton mantfacturers of the south have expressed Teat concern about the proposed tex11e schedule. They favor reasonable lownward revision, but are unaninously opposed, apparently, to a sudlen change from a tariff of high proectlon to one which Is practically free rade, which would in all probability eriously threaten cotton manufacuring industries in the south. As there is as yet no very earnest >rotest in New England against the ariff bill, and In the middle states lot much more than superficial comnent. From the wonderful develop>d manufacturing region of the secion of the mid-west no distinctive ex>ressions of public opinion with reipect to the proposed tariff has been leard in this city. But there is no loubt that throughout the south a sln>ere feeling of alarm does prevail. The more cautious and conservative >f those who have studied the subect are inclined to think that some of his apprehension will be found after he tariff measure becomes a law not o have been entirely Justified, and here does seem to be a sentiment in avor of giving the measure a lair test, 10 that if it be found after such test hat it does serious damage to American business and agricultural Interests, hen congress can make such amendnents to the law as may be found expedient.?Holland In the Wall Street rournal. WORD RECORDING MACHINE 5ic1agraph Made Phonograph by New Invention. A self-recording dictagraph, which :ould not only overhear a conversation n a room where its presence was not inspected, but could make a full rec>rd of the conversation, whispers and ill, on a phonographic cylinder located some distance away, is being exhi)ited by K. M. Turner, the inventor of he dictagraph, at his offices in West I2d street. The secret of how to build such a jelf-recording dictagraph has been lought diligently ever since the little nstrument that made Detective Burns 'amous was placed upon the market ;ight years ago. In his cases in court, Burns has been forced up to the pres;nt. to submit phonographic notes, the luthenticity of which he has had to Drove. For eight years Mr. Turner worked >n the invention. For over seven and i half of them he sought to connect the Ilaphragm of the dictagraph directy to the needle of a phonographic roll, but got no results. Four weeks ago le began experimenting with an air :ushion between the dlap'iragm and :he needle, Instead of direct connection md at once obtained a full and naturil reproduction of the voice. In Mr. Turner's laboratory at Fluahng a conversation In a room supplied with a dictagraph was recorded In mother room four days ago. The experiments conducted this week were the first to which the public has been Invited. Mr. Turner explained that the new Invention, as applied to business means that It is now possible for a business man to sit at his desk and ilctate his letters In his ordinary tone 5f voice and have them taken down on phonographic rolls 10 feet or 1,000 feet iway. He might even remain at home, If he had a direct wire connection with bis office, and do his dictating In his bed room or his library. The only limit bf the self-recording dictagraph, Mr. rurner Insisted, was that now recognized In the transmission of conversations by telephone. When a Times reporter called at Mr. Turner's office, he was preparing to catch a train for Indianapolis, where be intends to take a month's vacation. "I've been feeling: bad all day," he said, "because I didn't think of taking this thing down to Washington to catch President Wilson's speech to congress. The president would never have known that a dictagraph was taking down his speech. The little desk could have been placed anywhere within ten feet, say, of the platform, and would have caught all the verbal intonations and characteristics. The speech could have been recorded on a roll located anywhere In Washington to which I could have led a direct wire." Mr. Turner talked a little bit, and then escorted the Times reporter to another room, In which a phonograph shouted out the conversation that had Just occurred. "To test this thing," said Mr. Turner, "suppose you imagine this wire ends In your newspaper office and you are sending in bulletins as you would over tne telephone." The reporter, a tending five feet from the dictagraph, spoke In a low voice directly into the palm of his hand, a few Inches away from his mouth, to prevent the sound traveling in any particular direction. A series of bulletins, giving the result of a political meeting, was dictated, and Mr. Turner burst In at Intervals with applause and a bit of whistling. The phonograph In a room 100 feet away, repeated accurately the whole series of bulletins, the applause, and the whistles. "There's a chance here," said Mr. Turner," for newspapers to eliminate the time loss between big convention halls and their offices. Suppose the Times should run a direct wire to Carnegie Hall. It could manufacture In the office over this wire phonographic rolls of the speeches Just as they were made. Typesetters, working from these rolls, could pass the matter almost directly from the speaker to the printing presses." In detective work, Mr. Turner said that the absence of the self-recording feature had proved an almost Insurmountable difficulty. It had been necessary to make the instruments so that two detectives Instead of one could listen to what was being repeated by the dictagraph. In some court cases the dictagraph's evidence had been thrown out, because a single detective's transcription of the record was thought to be hardly reliable enough for a conviction. "But now the Judge can listen to the phonograph in the court room," said Mr. Turner, "and he can tell each man's natural voice. The dictagraph will identify each man who has spoken In a room where it has been at work.** To test this Mr. Turner asked four reporters to converse among themselves at some distance from a dictagraph. The reporters did so, their conversation at times falling to a whldper. In the phonographic reproduction the voices of each could be distinguished, but the whispered conversations became Indistinct, If carried from the dictagraph. These whispers, however, Mr. Turner said, would be clearly heard by a person listening to the dictagraph but would not make an Impression on the disk, as the pressure on the needle would be too slight. In detective work, however, the dictagraph would be equipped both with listening and recording Instruments, so that the listener could write out In shorthand the fainter portions of the conversation. More sensitive plates may yet be devised, capable of catching and recording these whispers.?New York Times. TURKI8H TRADE MARK3 "B?Tsar* Takes Place of American Department Store. Bazaars take the place of department stores in Bagdad. The word "bazas r" meann bargain, but In the Turkish sense it is generally applied to a series of shops forming a continuous row on both sides of a thoroughfare. As Turkish streets are narrow, often only eight feet wide, congestion results. The shops themselves ase small, the more commodious being only eight by ten feet, and the smaller five by six feet One whole side opens on the street In Bagdad, writes the American consul, bazaars are divided Into several classes, according to the location and the wares sold. The classifies uon ronows: Karia bashi Is the name of the bazaar where groceries, candies and liquids are sold. Sug-el-shorga is where fruits and vegetables are sold. The name is also applied to the district and it is generally understood that the drug stores are in the bazaar sug-el-shorga, though it is only by accident. In the sug-el-sarai wearing apparel, haberdashery, antiques and rugs are sold. Sug-el-chukechi is the bazaar where Bagdad-me.de cloth, such as prints, calico and silk goods, are sold. Temenchla is the bazaar where native shoes are manufactured and sold. Sug-el-sefafli is the coppersmith bazaar. The copper is heated and worked while hot inside the shop, but the cold sheet copper is hammered into shape out on the street. Bab-el-agha is occupied by the blacksmiths, tinsmiths and carpenters. The blacksmiths make chains, nails, locks and horse and donkey shoes. The tinsmiths manufacture tin veselu, pots, water cans and lanterns. The carpenters make practically all the furniture used there, and coffins, doors and door and window frames. Different bazaars are segregated in different parts of the city, and the J V* rt noma c\f tho UISLI1UI UllCU ian.~f wito iiuimv vr*. ...w bazaar. Some bazaars are also named after the district in which they are iBituated, there being no sharp divisions of the bazaar according to the material sold. An example is the bazaar sug-el-hanoon in the Jewish district, which is said to be patronized by Jews only. In each bazaar there is a kahn for every ten or twelve shops. These kahns are two stories high and have an open court in the centre, the rooms on the four sides all opening into the court. A large door leads from the open court into the street. The rooms in the khan are let to the different shopkeepers for their surplus wares. Each bazaar has a coffee shop, which is a large open place partly covered by a roof, where a large number of cheap wooden settees are arranged in rows. Any one who sits down in a coffee shop first gets a cup of Turkish coffee and then a native pipe in which Shirza tobacco is smoked. The charge for the coffee and the use of the pipe is about two cents. The coffee shop Quahwat Pasha is the "bourse" for the native business people. Here the merchants gather to discuss trade bills and other subjects. Representatives of the banks ascertain here the number of bills to be taken up and secure the facts from which they can determine the exchange rates for bills and for foreign coins. The rates are practically determined by the coffee shops. Life Rings on a Mountain.?An extraordinary example of the way in which a mountain may afford on a small scale an image of the earth's climates, arranged in succeslvely higher circles, has been found In the San Francisco peaks. These ancient volcanoes rise out of ? v.o,.lno. o moon elpvntlnn of o 1'iaicau n?' "??e ? ? 7,000 feet above sea level. The peaks are encircled with zones of vegetation, which run almost like contour lines around them. Between 6,500 and 8,500 feet the yellow pine Is the dominant tree. From 8.500 to 10,300 feet the Douglas flr, the silver fur, the cork fur, and the aspen share the available ground. Between 10,300 and 11,500 feet the Engelmann spruce and the fox-tall pine take possession, and ascent to the tree limit.- Scientific American. WATER AND METAL DIVINING 8om* Remarkable Instances of Finding Hidden 8treams by Means of a Rod. In view of the fact that a great demonstration of this peculiar gift Is to take place In London at the beginning of April, it may be Interesting to learn something beforehand concerning Its mysteries from one who happens to possess in perhaps a somewhat unusual degree, the power 01 teadily "sensing" both water and metals. Up to the present time comparatively few of the public seem to be aware that such a power exists. Pro-1 I feasors scientists and others who have I never witnessed a demonstration apa pear to regard it, as a rule, as brought j about by legerdemain and trickery; 1: but the bald truth remains that it is ? nothing of the sort "Seeing is be- J lleving," and I have had the pleasure v of convincing many skeptics that there I la no fraud at all about this divination, * or "dowsing," as It is sometimes term- n ed. For many years diviners have t been doing good work in various parts f of the globe in the discovery of met- * als, water and oil. One Arm, Messrs. b Mullins & Sons, have been water And- d ing with the greatest success all over ^ the kingdom for more than 45 years. v It is possible that the following re- r marks may give some scientist a clew g aa to the cauae of the phenomena g which accompany water and metal n divining, which so far has never been v satisfactorily explained. Up till the t summer of 1903 I had not even heard i of its existence, which became known u to me In a curious manner. While b out in a large camp of exercise at Stobs, in the Border country, I came e across a partridge's nest with 16 eggs g in u Thinking that the troons miaht T trample on It or remove the eggs, I v went to the keeper of the estate, and o advised him to take them away and put them under a hen. The keeper, d grateful for the Information, at once p said: "If you will allow me, sir, I c will come up to the camp tomorrow o and show you how to dilvne water \ and iron." On the following afternoon c he gave me my first object lesson In n the way of dowsing; but, to his great p disappointment, I was totally unable e to "sense" water at ell with his twig, c and could only feel a scarcely appre- o clable symptom of a pull when 1 held a the twig over a wire fence. Two or three subsequent trials proved equal- c ly unsatisfactory, I am inclined to ii think that the reason for this was d that my vitality must have been lm- t paired at that time by recent cam- c paigning in South Africa. Two or three o years later, while staying in Fife, I n cut one day a hawthorn twig, and d tried, along with a friend who pos- t sessed the power in slight measure, to t find water for a farmer who was short i of that commodity. Working inde- f penaently, we both hit upon a line of a water running across the field. It e turned out to be a brtcktile drain; g and though of no use as a source of f supply to the farmer, it proved to me a that I had at length acquired in some p degree the gift of finding water. li My next essay was in the summer o of 1910, in Ireland, during a prolong- p ed drought, when I went down from v Limerick; by request, to Lahinch golf t course to try to find water for the putting-greens there. The green-keep- r er, who hailed from Aberdeen, was a most skeptical, but said he would be- d lleve in dowsing If my twig could lo- \ nn old underirfound conduit lead- d Ing from a well to an old ruined caatle t once a stronghold of the O'Briens. I e quickly struck the line close to the t castle, ran it for some three hundred h and fifty yards down to an estuary, y and there correctly located the well, o though it was quite concealed under y twelve feet of sand. Casting around, " I happened to hit upon a second hid- h den well, and showed the man where the two joined the old conduit This t: satisfied him, as he had seen both 8 wells exposed before sand had silted f up over them. u Subsequently I pointed out to him 8 places where he would get water at a a depth of about eight feet near every t putting green but ' one, which was p perched on the top of a high sand d eminence. r I used in those days to hold the n twig in front of me, fingers upper- p most; but on one occasion, while trav- t eling fast over a field, I was struck h a severe blow on the mouth by the n tall of the rod on passing suddenly t over a hidden spring. Since then I a have, when seeking water, held the j fingers down, with the tail of the rod resting hard up against the underside of my forearm. If the fork is splayed in this manner and the thumbs are lapped over the forefingers, it is impossible to turn the stick one's self. C Only water or fluids can pull its tail down. During 1911 I kept on improving as a water finder, and not only located h the site and source which supplied o water for the camp of our brigade at ? Li8nagar, near Fermoy; but won a bet ti with regard to the finding of water at t a depth of under twenty feet in a v most unlikely spot close to our mess 1 tent. The Royal Engineers sank a d Norton tube, and came on water at f fifteen feet. I make no pretensions, t: however, to estimating depths at t which water will be found, or the t probable quantity in gallons per hour. A Some diviners can foretell these with r marvellous accuracy, as the result of o long practice and much experience. 1 I have seen it stated that the twig r only turns to running water, but such s Is not the case. With me it will re- ? volve to a wine-glassful of water on c the floor at a horizontal distance of v three feet or more. r In 1912 I found that my rod was especially sensitive to gold, but turn- c ed, though less readily to other jne- b tals, with the exception of sliver, wny v silver has on me no effect whatsoever t seems most strange and inexplicable, n Last December a gentleman asked me d to try to locate a sovereign concealed r by him in a large room in which we p were sitting, and I very soon "sensed" v it correctly under a fur rug on a sofa, s While I was working it round one g side of the room my haxel turned to n a small wooden model of a ship with 1< apparently no metal at all about her. s Thinking the rod might have Jumped t through careless handling. I tried f again, and with the same result. On e my expressing surprise, my host 1 laughed and said, "That is a collect- b ing money-box, and probably there n are several coppers in It;" which proved to be the case. The hazel must li have smelt, as it were, the coppers h through a small slit in the ship's b deck, as even gold inside a shut wood- p en box has no effect at all; and at v that time what may be called the "af- a Unity" metnoa, Dy wnicn me ucuuu v of wood, paper, and water can be ne- a gatlved, was unknown to me. This v system consists In "sensing" an object o by holding a similar object in one's c hand In contact with the rod, the lat- r ter being In a state of tension. s I should first of all explain that wa- t ter and oil make the splayed stick turn r In the same way as the hands of a I clock, while metals turn It In the reverse direction?that Is to say, that t when the tail of the rod Is lying un- t der one's forearm, It will move for- c ward and upward when water Is ap- r proached. When "sensing" metals I v generally let the tall lie back against r my chest. The pull of a metal will n then draw It forward and downward, a When doubtful as to whether metal or water Is going to affect it, I hold It r horizontally, the tall about the level 1< of one's waist on the left side. e There Is an erroneous Idea preva- 5 lent among some, that the twig must t be of hazel; others believe that willow o Is the only wood that turns; but the t writer has worked with all sorts of J mediums?hazel, ash, hawthorn, r blackthorn, beech, rhododendron, t bamboo-cane, and whalebone. The d last-named, when two thick and h rounded pieces are lashed together at y the bottom, makes a nice, easy rod to d rnndle, far less tiring and less liable ;o fracture than wood. The "affinity" method mentioned , ibove was the result of a casual re- ' nark of a friend who had just seen a lemonstratlon for the first time. He >ropounded the auery, 'Can you find roal?' "No," said I; but on reflection added that some one had told me & hat by holding a piece of coal in one's a land, the stick would In some cases ^ urn to another piece of coal. He sug- . rested that I should try the expert- 11 nent at once; and, sure enough, the s wig turned down to a lump of coal g ?n the floor. Two water-cored balls vere' then produced, and, to our as- * onlahment, it turned for water. We ? tever dreamt that water could, c hrough the rubber casing, affect the <, od In any way. These experiments trere repeated several times with the n ame results. t< A sovereign was then dropped Into b . large tumbler of water. On my apiroach In the ordinary way, the rod ndicated water; but when a sover- lJ Ign or gold chain waa held in my li land the water waa negatived, and m he rod turned to gold. A sovereign ias then placed under a newspaper. 0 >aper, being a non-conductor, seema it o cut off all connection with gold or ]| mter when approached in the ordi- . lary manner; but when gold ia held In he hand, the paper la entirely de- " eated, and the twig turns at from wo to three feet distance. I can now sense" a sovereign lying on the floor >y this method at 12 feet horiaontal n lstance. W The last experiment tried was per- h laps the most interesting of ail. A . ery small box of Swedish paraffin natches waa placed open on the 5: round. One end of the rod was in- a erted among the heads of similar w natches in another box, and tension /aa applied. At the usual distance y he rod twisted violently as for water, tl t seems incredible that a few dry oil- jT natch heads can so affect the twig, iut the fact remains that they do so. Other objects which I have "sens- 8 d" by affinity are cigars, tortoise r< hell and ivory objects, and diamonda 0 :o an orange, the twig reacts water- . irlse, doubtless owing to the quantity u f fluid it contains. a Operating the rod seems to affect fl iivlners in various ways. Some ex erience a sensation in their fingers v r arms, some become exhausted and d thers are affected by nausea. Dl- * lners of the fair sex are apt to be- d ome hysterical if they practice too n nuch. Personally I have so far felt * to particular sensation or inconvenl- a nee. No mental exertion seems ne- P essary. While traversing a field the perator can be thinking of or talking tl bout some totally different subject > According to Prof. Barrett F. R. S. 11 if Dublin, who has gone most deeply o nto the subject the first mention of tl livining that he can trace dates back & o about 1480. The commonly ac- n epted theory regarding the turning f f the twig Is that of "unconscious b nuscular action" on the part of the li iviner, the idea being that to find wa- tl er an operator must1 start out with hat intention if he is to be successful. * venture to doubt this theory for the 8 ollowing reasons, and am inclined to A .ttribute it to what I call "human b lectrlcty." On two occasions while * earching for water I have suddenly * elt the tall of the rod pressing hard tl gainst my forearm as the result of my b usslng over metals?in both cases ? ron. In-the already mentioned case tl >f the water-cored balls. I fully ex- * iected that if the rod turned at all it "1 rould be in the contrary direction to f< hat in which it actually did. ft Not long ago I was tracing out the un of an old. disused coal mine with tl . piece of coal In my hand, when sud- n ienly the rod flew to water, with tl rhich the mine at that spot was no h loubt flooded. From the conflgura- S] ion of the ground, when one consld- rt red it, the existence of a large quan- n ltl of water below that spot seemed b ilghly probable. The newspaper and v rooden-box tests also suggest some n ther agency. One knows perfectly rell that gold is there, and yet, when ft sensing" in an ordinary way, nothing g appens. rl The writer almost hesitates to try v he credulity of his readers further by L tatlng that the rod can also be used si or tracking human beings, but It la h ised for this purpose today in Abbys- b Inla and elsewhere. How one sets hont tt hi> Hoar not at nreaant know. f? ut it is probably merely a matter of li ractlce and experience for a skilled iviner to acquire the art. There ara b nany things in the world which can- y ot be logically explained?certain t< >henomena of electricity, wireless F elegraphy and so forth. It is to be ci oped that the coming demonstration o nay tend, in the Interests of science, k o solve the problem of this strange h nd interesting question.?Chambers' d ournal. a , , . b WA8 ONCE ROMAN CITY E 11 lurazzo Has History Extending Far ? Into Past. C Durazzo, the Albanian port which as attracted International attention n account of its occupation by the Servians In opposition to the wishes of p he Austrlans, Is just such an outlet to he sea as the Servians have long coeted, says the New New York. As a 'urkiah port it has been badly run 1< own In the last quarter of a century, a or the railway from Salonica to Me- h rovltza had diverted much of the a rade that It once controlled in the In- B erlor of the country southward to the tl igean. The harbor Is filled with big B ocks?If you were to trust the stories A f some of the Albanian patriots the tl 'urks dumped them there purposely to n uln the harbor?and It has become o ilted up. Steamers of the Austrian iloyd stop there twice a week and t< arry away olive oil, cotton and fruits, a /hlch are abundantly produced on the 8' lch lands of the neighborhood. n Durazzo was a port more than six n enturles before the Christian era and 1< ecame a populous and Important city, u Vhen the Romans came they didn't like t< he sound of its ancient name, Epidaius?It was too much like their word a amnum?and they changed It to Dyr- w achlum, which time and later occu- li ants corrupted to Its present name. It rl raa the beginning of a Roman road h outhward along the coast and of the n reat military road. Via Egnatia, run- tl ilng through to Salonica and the Hel- lr aspont. It has been the scene of much le trife, and Slavs, Normans and Vene- c< lans had been masters of Its port be- p ore the Turks took it in 1501. An arthquake destroyed Durazzo in 273, and the only traces of its ancient f< lulldingrs are in broken columns and t( narbles where the city once stood. t! The city, which was formerly an is- ii and, I? joined to the mainland by a n tuge marsn, over wmcn is duiu a w iridge 750 feet long. The marsh Is si lartly salt where the government salt tl vorks are situated and partly fresh d .nd haunted by "storks, frogs and feers." Durazzo is scarcely more than tl . shadow of its former self. The old t< vails are dilapidated, plane trees grow $: n the ruins of the ancient Byzantine B Itadel and many of the Roman re- si nalns, funeral slabs, columns and in- ir criptions have been smashed up by tl he Turkish government to build a 2i oad around the point projecting out w nto the bay. - h The port Is fifty miles south of Scuari and is 400 miles nearer the Medi- y erranean than Trieste. The population tl if the place is about 5,000. The Ro- b nan Catholic religion through the hard c< vork of priests trained in Austria has 4 nade considerable headway. The Qer- ei nan or Slav languages are spoken by ft s many persons as is the Italian. oi Durazzo has dreamed for years of a allroad that might help it back to its w ost glory. The people, though, had tl xpected that it would be built from ir lonastir. They had not contemplated b hat the port might fall into the hands ir if Albania's hereditary enemies and si hat they should carry out the pet pro- w ect. Should the Servians manage to si etaln this port they would be forced a o make railway communication and ci !o a great deal of hard work upon the $: larbor, consuming in all two or three h ears before they could send their pro- r< lucts to a foreign market by this route, a THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IsmarkabU Journey of Ponce De Leon Inapired by Luring 8tory Told By Indiana. Picture to yourself a slight, grayear ded Spaniard, armed and armored, lttlng In the shade of a dwelling house n Porto Rico?a primitive enough louse, no doubt, but enough to furnish ome protection from the fierce, white unlight of the tropics. Other Spanlrds are in the room, but the grayearded man, who is evidently their bief, la payln? little heed to them. He i talking through an Interpreter to a umber of naked Indians, and they are ailing him a story?a story too good to e true?of a mysterious island somerhere In the southern seas?Just where tiey cannot well describe. And on this iland, sheltered by the palms, they ay there is a spring or fountain bubllng from the earth, and whoso drinks m water, lo. his years fall flrom him ke a mantle that la ahed, and the trength and the glow of hla youth re* irn. The alender, gray-beard Uatena, all itent, leaning forward, that he may ot mlaa a word, and there la in hla eary eyea a certain light of hope that la companlona have not Been for a >ng while. For, though the man la only 3, he knowa that he la growing old pace?hla face la lined and tanned 1th thirty yeara' campaigning, SO eara of warfare and atruggle against le fevera that bring old age a-racing i the tropica. The man la Ponce de Leon, the panlah governor of Porto Rico, a<jared by old wounda that pain him gr.evualy betimes, and he la listening to be atory of the fountain of youth. In r 11 the annala of dlacovery It la havd to nd a more picturesque or a more ap* ealing figure than that of this old man riven by hope of youth and fear of ge to lead an expedition to the wtlerneas at a time of life when most len are content to hojOe In th? SAttlnr un, or at most sit at the council table nd give advice, leaving- the active art of life to younger hands. The result of the luring story told by tie Indians was that Ponce de Leon ot ready ships and went exploring ito the south seas, seeking the spring f youth. They were primitive people, aeae old Spanish dons, and their lmglnatlons, fed by stirring tales, found o miracle too hard to believe. And 'once De Leon found it easy to believe, ecause he wanted so terribly to heave, longed so very much to capture lie phantom of his vanished youth. This quest brought him to Florida, nd he disembarked at the mouth of the t Johns river, Easter Sunday, 1511. J1 the world seemed young?wealth of riliant foliage was there, flowers riotd among the greenery, birds flashd bright colors. A little farther north Han Porto Rico, it was tropically eautlful without the killing heat, [ere, surely, Ponce De Leon believed, le fountain of youth might be found, nd so he named the country Florlda^L&nd of flowers"?and went about on ?t and on rivers, seeking the magic >untaln. Many springs he found and all he utted?but the fountain of youth retained undiscovered. We can fancy bie eager hope with which he must PadSc ave stooped to drink . of ^s?*? sew (firing; the slow disappointment as he jallzed that the magic fountain was ot here, the reviving hope that just eyond the next bend in the river, eiled in green, the longed-for fountain lfsrht be hidlnsr. Doubtless there were many of his >1 lowers who called him an old man one mad, and, of course, they were Ight In a measure?it was a madcap enture. The very fact that Ponce De .eon set off on such a quest at 68 bows ua how much of a child he must ave been at heart?still believing in eautlful miracles. But, of course, he never found the juntaln, and in the quest grew old istsad of young. He left Florida, rent to the Bahamas and to Cuba? ut he never found the fountain. Bight ears later, after returning for a while > Porto Rico, we find him back in lorida, his first land of hope, leading a olonizlng expedition. A stout-hearted Id man, this, who never let his wounds eep him at home. But this voyage was Is last In an encounter with the Inlans he was shot in the thigh with an rrow and died before his ship could ike him back to Porto Rico. And the fountain of youth? Ponce le Leon found only what all men learn ' they live past middle age; that bough the heart may stay young, the ody, by and by, wears out.?Kansas llty Times. LESSON OF INTEREST 'igures That arc Calculated to 8tagg#r Imagination. Why didn't King Midas, the gold >ver, try to save ten cents a week? ays the Chicago Tribune. He could ave given the world a wonderful exmple of the value of the saving habit, teslces, he would have left money for be nembers of his family alive today, tides was one of the kings of Phrygia. a the Phrygian line was wiped out by tie Cimmerians about 670 B. C., we lay assume he lived about 800 B. G, r at least 2,711 years ago. If King Midas had started in saving sn cents a week he would have saved dime, therefore, on each of the 140,70 weeks. This would make him the eat little sum of 814,097.20. Although ot a fortune In these days, 814,097.20 i quite a fair sum to save by giving p one cigar a week. But there Is more J 1U1IUW. In those days of political upheaval nd commercial uncertainty, capital 'as entitled to a bigger return on its ivestment than It would be today. The Isk was much greater. Though we ave no actual records of Phrygian ites of usury, It is fair to assume that le Midas' account drew ten per cent iterest compounded annually for at sast the first 2,000 years, or until the Dmmerclal world had reached a com Cli ailVOl/ A CVCIII 0105c VI UVTGiV|fllIVUi. Beginning, therefore. 800 years beBeglnnlng, therefore, 800 years be>re Christ, Midas put into his savings ?n cents every week. At the end of le first ten weeks he had a dollar. The .terest on one dollar for one year Is ot great, even at ten per cent, but it dds another dime to the ten already ived. At the end of the second year lere Is something more than two Imes to be added. At the end of the first hundred years ie accumulation on the first dollar, at >n per cent, compounded, would be 13,780.66. Thus Midas, In the year 700 . C., would have had 813,780.66, re amng rrom nis nrsi ten weens savigs. The compounding goes on through lie next century so that at the end of 90 years, In the year 600 B. C., Midas rould have had $189,906,590.04 from Is first dollar. At the end of the next hundred ears, or In 500 B. C., the results from tiose first ten dimes put away would e $2,619,038,149,100.63. Continuing this (impounding through the following 2,11 years it is not a complicated mathmatlcal problem to arrive at the sum [Idas would have today from his first ne dollar saved. Remember, moreover, this sum, which ould be up among the uncountable illions of dollars, would represent the lcrement of only one dollar put away y Midas. Midas himself, busily savtg dimes, would have started a new eries of dollar pyramids every ten reeks. At the end of the first year's ivlng he would have started five and half of these stupendous fortunes. To umpare any one of these with the 14.097.20 he would have saved If he ad received no Interest, certainly repssents the interest habit in a favorble light.