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SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I?Bob Brownley creates a
panic in Wall street. He is a friend of
Jim Randolph of Randolph & Randolph,
bankers and brokers. Brownley
and Randolph had gone to college together
and entered the employ of Ran
doipns rat ier at tne ciose 01 cohcro
days. Brownley is a Virginian by
birth. Beulah Sands, daughter of an
old Virginia house, calls on Brownley
and tells him her father has been
practically ruined by the stock operations
of Reinhart. She hopes to utilize
her own money In Wall street in
retrieving her father's fortunes before
his condition becomes known, and
asks for employment in the office that
she may have an opportunity to better
understand how her money is invested.
She does not want it used in a
purely Wall street gamble, but in the
buying and selling of legitimate securities.
Brownley agrees to help her,
and falls in love with her.
Chapter II?Brownley plunges in]
sugar stock. He uses the money of
Miss Sands, his own and in addition
is backed heavily by the Randolph I
millions. His coup seems successful,
and he tells Miss Sands that she has
cleared $1,800,000. But the market
had not closed.
Chapter III?Barry Conant, head
broker for Standard Oil and sugar interests,
suddenly begins to sell "sugar."
In the midst of a panic he breaks the
market and with Its fall carries away
the earnings and much of the capital
of both Miss Sands and himself. A
pretty love scene occurs between the
two at the office when Bob attempts
to tell her the terrible truth of their
fall. Brownley takes a trip to Virginia.
Chapter IV?Beulah Sands and Bob
become engaged. Randolph wants to
loan her father the money to meet his
obligations. She refuses. Bob figures
on how to beat Wall street at its own
game. Sugar takes another sensational
spurt upward, but Brownley keeps
out.
Chapter V.?The "bulls" toss sugar
to record breaking poini, ana me
"street" goes wild. Barry Conant, for
the "system," pushes prices up and up,
and a wonderful clean-up is promised
when the exchange closes, Thursday.
November 12. Sugar opens higher
Friday morning. November 13. When
the price had passed all bounds
Brownley steps into the pit and begins
to sell.
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He Seemed Absolutely Unmindful ol
CHAPTER V?Continued.
PERKINS, BLANCHARD & CO.
Announce That They Cannot Meet
Their Obligations.
This statement that one of the oldest
houses had been swamped in the
crash Bob had started caused further
frantic selling, and. as though every
member had employed the lull to refill
his lungs, a howl arose that pealed
and wailed to the dome.
I watched Bob closely; in fact, it
was impossible for me to take my
eyes off him; he seemed absolutely
unmindful of the agonizing shrieks
about him, for the frenzied brokers
? were no longer crying their bids or
offers, but screaming them. He still
continued relentlessly to hammer
Sugar, offering it in thousands and
tens of thousands lots.
Again and again the gavel fell, and
again and again an announcement of
failure was followed by blood-curdling
howls. When Sugar struck 80?not
180, but plain 80?it seemed that the
last day of stock speculation was at
hand. Announcements were being:
made every few minutes of the failure
of this bank, the closing of the doors
of that trust company. Where would
it end? What power could stop this
Niagara of molten dollars? Suddenly
above the tumult rose Bob Brownley's
voice. He must have been standing
on his tiptoes. His hands were raised
aloft. He seemed to tower a head
above the mob. His voice was still
clear and unimpaired by the terrible
strain of the past two hours. To that
mob it must have sounded like the
trumpet of the delivering angel. "80
for any part of 25.000 Sugar." Instantly
Sugar was hurled at him from all
sides of the crowd. He was the only
buyer of the moment who had appeared
since Sugar broke 125. Barry Conant
and his lieutenants had disappeared
like snowflakes at the opening of
the door of the firebox of a locomo
*->1 to
tlve speeding through the storm. In se
a few seconds Bob had been sold all ?(
the 25,000 he had bid for. Again his 'n
voice rang out: "80 for 25,000." The
sellers momentarily halted. He got W(
only a few thousand of his 25. "85 for
25,000." A few thousand more. "90 for P1
25,000." Still fewer thousands. His er
bidding was beginning to tell on the 80
mob. A cry ran through the room
into the crowds around the poles:
"Brownley has turned!"?and taking hc
renewed courage at the report, the
bulls rallied their forces and began m
to bid for the different stocks, which m
a moment before it had seemed that th
no one wanted at any price.
In a chip of a minute the whole as
scene changed; there was almost as
wild a panic on the up side as there or
had been on the down. Bob Brownley
continued buying Sugar until he had
pushed it above 150. He then went mi
about tallying up his trades. At the ^
rrv
end of ten minutes' calculation ne re
turned to the center and bought 11,000
shares more; coming out, his eye te
caught mine. Wl
"Jim, have you been here long?" to
"An eternity. I was here at the ^
opening and I pray God never to put *?
me through another two hours like m
the past two. It seems a hideous te
dream, a nightmare. Bob, In the te
name of God, what have you been w<
doing?" 0X3
He gave me a wild, awful look of
exultation. Sublime triumph shone
In those blazing brown orbs, triumph
such as I had never seen In the eyes as
of man. t te
"Jim Randolph, I have been giving 10
Wall street and Its hell 'system' a dose B<
of its own poison, a good full-measure *
dose. They planned by harvesting a g
fresh crop of human hearts and souls wl
on the bull side to give Friday the
13th a new meaning. Tradition says *n
Friday the 13th Is Bear Saints' day. dc
I believe In maintaining old tradl- "r
tlons, so I have harvested their hearts Su
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instead. I will tell you about it some 0f
time, Jim, but now I must see Beulah ^
Sands. Jim Randolph, I've saved her
and her father. I've made them a d?
round three millions and a strong sev- cr
en millions for myself." W(
He almost yelled it as he rushed
away and left me dazed, stupefied. A m
moment, and I came to. Something ]e
urged me to follow him. m
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CHAPTER VI. df
As I passed through my office a few st
minutes later I heard Bob's voice in ln
Beulah Sands' office. It was raised g?
in passionate eloquence. aj
"Yes, Beulah, I have done it single- jn
handed. I have crucified Camemeyer, m
'Standard OH.' and the 'system' that pi
spiked me to the cross a few weeks tfl
" -- 1 1 I
ago. 1 OU IlllVtr llllrc IIIIIUUIIC, auu j. rp
have seven. Now there Is nothing
more but for you to go home to your jc
father, and then come back to me. in
Back to me, Beulah, back to me to be w
my wife!" hi
He stopped. There was no sound.
I waited; then, frightened, I stepped it
to the door of Beulah Sands' office,
Bob was standing just inside the o)
threshold, where he had halted to give c,
her the glad tidings. She had risen
from her desk and was looking at him
with an agonized stare. He seemed pi
to be transfixed by her look, the wild g
ecstasy of the outburst of love yet g,
mirrored in his eyes. She was just w
saying as I reached the door: hi
"Bob, in mercy's name tell me you
got this money fairly, honorably." 0?
Bob must have realized for the first
time what he had done. He did not a!
speak. He only stared into her eyes. h.
She was now at his side.
"Bob, you are unnerved," she said; g
"you have been through a terrible or- ^
deal. For an hour I have been read- |e
ing in the bulletins of the banks and g
trust companies that have failed, or ^
the banking houses that have been S{
ruined. I have been reading that you ^
d It; that you have made millions? a
id I knew It was for me, for father, e
it In the midst of my Joy, my gratl- s
ide, my love?for, oh, Bob, I love a
>u," she Interrupted herself pas- h
onately; "It seems as though I love e
iu beyond the capacity of a human e
?art to love. I think that for the a
ght to be yours for one single mo- e
ent of this life I would smilingly en- q
ire all the pains and miseries of t<
ernal torture. Yes, Bob, for the p
ght to have you call me yours for n
lly while I heard the words, I would a
) anything. Bob, anything that waa | h
morable." I v,
She had drawn his head down close h
her face, and her great blue eyes n
arched his as though they would 1e
> to his very soul. She was a child t)
her simple appeal for him to allow g
;r to see his heart, to see that there a
as nothing black there. h
As she gazed her beautiful hands f<
ayed through his hair as do a niolh- w
's through that of the child shs is t!
othing in sickness.
"Bob, speak to me, speak to me," rl
ie begged, "tell me there was no dis>nor
in the getting of those millions.
;11 me no one was made to suffer as o
y father and I have suffered. Tell
e that the suicides and the convicts, e
daughters dragged to shame and
e mothers driven to the madhouse I
a result of this panic, cannot be d
larged to anything unfair or dishon- y
able that you have don$. Bob, oh, c
>b, answer! Answer no, or my n
art will break, or If, Bob, you have h
ade a mistake, If you have done a
at which In your great desire to aid
e and my father seemed Justifiable,
it which you now see was wrong, d
II It to me, Bob, dear and together
e will try to undo It. We will try h
find a way to atone. We will give w
e millions to the last, last penny n
those upon whom you have brought it
lsery. Father's loss will not mat- n
r. Togther we will go to him and
11 him what we have done, what
i have lived through, tell him of
ir mistake, and In our agony he will
rget his own. For such a horror g
is my father of anything dlshonor?le
that he will embrace his misery
happiness when he knows that his
achlngs have enabled his daughter
undo this great wrong. And then,
)b, we will be married, and you and ,
If
and father and mother will be to ther,
and be, oh, so happy, and we
ill bggln all over again."
"Beulah, stop; In the name of God, *
the name of your love for me,
>n't say another word. There Is a
nit to the capacity of a man to
ifTer, even If he be a great, strong
ute like myself, and, Beulah, I have
ached that limit. The day has been
hard one."
His voice softened and became as
?
tired child's.
"I must go Into the hustle of the .
t<
reet, Into the din and sound, and get ^
>wn my nerves and get back my
ad. Then I shall be able to think n
jar and true, and I will come back p
you, and together we will see If I
ive done anything that makes me
ifit to touch the cheek and the hands ^
id the lips of the best and most
autlful woman God ever put upon p
rth. Beulah, you know I would not ^
celve you to save my body from the ^
es of this world, and my soul from
e torture of the damned, and I n
omlse you that If I find that I have n
>ne wrong, what you call wrong,
fiat your father would call wrong, p
will do what you say to atone."
He took her hand between his p
nds, gently, reverently, and touch- p
g his lips to her glorious golden
tlr, he went away.
Beulah Sands turned to me. "Please
r. Randolph, go with him. He Is soulzed.
One can never tell what a heart
rely perplexed will prompt Its own- p
to do. Often In the night when I
ive got myself Into a fever from p
Inking of my father's situation, I
ive had awful temptations. The
rents of the devil seek the wretched
hen none of those they love are by.
have often thought some of the
ackest tragedies of the earth might
ive been averted If there had been 8
true friend to stand at the wrung ^
le's elbow at the fatal minute of desion
and point to the sun behind,
st when the black ahead grew un- a
idurable. Please follow Mr. Brown- p
y that you may be ready, should his 1
eakening to what he has done be- a
ime unbearable. Tell him the dreadI
morrows are never as terrible actilly
as they seem in anticipation." p
I overtook Bob just outside the oft
onooir tr? him. for I ?
allzed that he was in no mood for ^
mpany. I dropped In behind, dermined
that I would not lose sight "
him. It was almost one o'clock,
'all street was at Its meridian of
enzy, every one on a wild rush. The ^
ty's doings had packed the always
owded money lane. The newsboys ?
ere shouting afternoon editions.
Terrible panic In Wall street. One
an against millions. Robert Brown- ?
y broke 'the street.' Made twenty
lllions In an hour. Bank failed. ?
'reck and ruin everywhere. Presl?nt
Snow of Asterfleld National a ^
ilcide." Bob gave no sign of hearg.
He strode with a slow, measured e
lit, his head erect, his eyes staring "
read, a man thinking, thinking, thlnkg
for his salvation. Many hurrying
en looked at him, some with an ex-esslon
of unutterable hatred, as
lough they wanted to attack him.
hen again there were those who
illed him by name with a laugh of
>y: and some turned to watch him ^
i curiosity. It was easy to pick the '
ounded from those who shared in
Is victory, and from those who knew ?
le frenzied finance buzz-saw only by f
s buzz. Bob saw none. Where could
? be going:? He came to the head (|
f the street of coin and crime and
ossed Broadway. His path was ^
locked by the fence surrounding old
rinity's churchyard. Grasping the
Ickets in either hand he stared at ^
le crumbling headstones of those
uardsmen of Mammon who once f
alked the earth and fought their c
eart battles, as he was walking and t
ghtlng, but who now knew no ten *
clock, no three, who looked upon \
je stock-gamblers and dollar-trailers t
s they looked upon the worms that 5
r?r.e> combed their headstones' bases. g
'hat thoughts went through Bob
rownley's mind only his Maker' <
new. For minutes he stood motionss,
then he walked down Broadway. i
te went into the Battery. The
enches were crowded with that Jet- '
im and flotsam of humanity that ]
ew York's mighty sewer throw in i
rmies upon her Inland beaches t
very sunrise. Here a sodden brul
leeping oft a prolonged debauch, thei
lad whose frankness of face an
omespun clothes and bewlldere
yes spelt "from the farm and moti
r*s watchful love." On another bene
n Italian woman who had a half-doi
n future dollar kings and socii
ueens about her, and whose cloth*
old of the Immigrant ship just lnl
ort. Bob Brownley apparently sa
one. But suddenly he stopped. Upo
bench sat a sweet-faced moth*
oldlng a sleeping babe in her arm
r'hlle a curly-pated boy nestled h
ead in her lap and slept through tl
lagic lanes and fairy woods of dreanr
a nno t
LI1U. lilt; wuiiictiio iocc noo vn? hose
that blend the confidence <
lrlhood with the uncertainty of wow
nhood. 'Twas a pretty face, whlc
ad been plainly tagged by Its Mak<
>r a light-hearted trip through tli
rorld, but It had been seared b
fie Iron of the city
"Mr Brownley?" She started 1
Ise.
He gently pushed her back with
hush," unwilling to rob the sleepei
f their heaven.
"What are you doing here, Mn
??" He halted.
"Mrs. Chase. Mr. Brownley, whe
went away from Randolph & Rar
olph's office I married John Chase
ou may remember him as a deliver
lerk. I had such a happy home an
ty husband was good; I did n<
ave to typewrite any longer. Thei
re our two children."
"What are you doing here?"
The tears sprang to her eyes; si
ropped them, but did not answer.
"Don't mind me, woman. I, to.
ave hidden hells I don't want tl
'orld to see. Don't mind me; te
le your story. It may do you gtxxJ
; may do me good; yes, It may <J
le good."
To be Continued.
IOWA'S PICTORIAL BOULDER.
'
upposed to Be Connecting Link B<
tween the Present and Past Ages.
Not far from Newton, la., near tt
ummlt of one of the foot hills on tt
orth side of Skunk river, is a gran
? boulder, seamed with age, its out!
lyers weathering; or in other word
helling off; on the two faces of th
oulder are carved symbols, hierx
lyphics, perhaps, forming what sciet
Ists know as a plctograph, and belr
he connecting link between us an<
: may be, untold ages of the pas
'he top of the rock, which evident!
ame to a point, has been broken o
nd some of the characters have bee
efaced by the elements.
There are two faces, the larger ot
ontaining most of the Inscription
renting the south and the river boi
>m, while the other faces the eas
'he in8criplons are carved into tt
ack apparently by pecking It wll
leces of sharp flint or other hai
aclt.
Depict Primitive Religion.
The stone has been visited by ar
liropologlsts and also has been n
orted on by experts at Smlthsonla
istltutlon, where pictures and tra<
lgs were-sent. The characters ai
iterpreted as being of religious si*
lflcance and are those used by tl
iost primitive people. They are sue
s were In use agres ago when tl
ages of history were principally mac
p of the crumbled bones, stone In
lements and weapons, fragments i
ottery and ornaments which are 1
e found In the earth, beneath mount
nd In the refuse of caves.
Much has been written about tl
ndings In excavations In the so-cal
d Old World; around the ancient si
f Babylon and In the pyramids <
Igypt many of the remains and tl
roperty of the Inhabitants of thoi
ands of years ago have been foun
>nly In recent years has the publ
een pondering on the problem wheti
r or not America may have been tl
Id world.
Not far from the Inscribed bouldi
poken of Is an Indian mound of moi
ban usual dimensions?about 150 fe<
i diameter by 15 or 20 feet In heigh
lany of the mounds In Iowa are bi
few feet In height and often plow*
ver by the farmer or are overgrow
i the timber without being recognize
s such.
But the mound builders and the Ii
ians who followed them depend*
rinclpally upon stone for the mam
acture of their Implements and weaj
-" "A"" on nM cottlnmont mflV 1
nn, ncai an uiu owvi?invii?
ound many such articles. Here arrov
eads In abundance have been pick*
p and perhaps mark some terrific o
attlefleld.
Reverenced By the Indians.
The Indians at the time of the ea
f settlement of this country knew i
nd reverenced this boulder; it wi
nown as Indian Rock; they regard*
t no doubt as they do all such, as
ymbol of the Great Spirit; a trail 1*
o the spot and poor "Lo" made pi
rimages and deposited gifts. Not fi
rom here and close to the sand h
I'here many arrowheads have be*
ound is a high hill which they seen
d to reverence, and there are nume
us burial places in the vicinity, of tl
ndlans of historic times, notably tl
Vinnebagoes, Sacs. Foxes and other
-Philadelphia Ledger.
A Permanent State.?Old D*
.lurphy, as he was affectionate
mown to the boys on the road, was
onduetor on a trunk line transport!!
a.rge shipments of live stock from tl
rest. Dad had been In the servl
o long that the rules of railroadlr
lad become second nature to him, ar
he result of the superintendent's fr
luent orders to the trainmen to ai
wer with military brevity all que
ions and messages, especially tho
?y telegraph, to relieve the burden <
ho vvlrps h.ifl rpfliiperi Dad tO habi
lally short, concise replies, even
lis conversation. On a baking h
fuly day, when not a breath of air wi
itirrlng, and the sun beat on tl
:ar roofs till the pitch pull*
he soles off the brakemen's shot
Dad, in looking over his train, disco
'red that eight hogs had succumb*
o the heat. When passing the ne
elegraph station he threw off a me
iage to the superintendent:
"Burhans , Supt.?Eight hogs dei
icc't heat; advise. Murphy, No. 78.
At the second telegraph office he r
:elved his answer:
"Murphy, Condr. 78.?What Is t!
jresent condition of the hog
Vns. qk. Burhans."
Dad grunted, shifted his quid
Ine cut and wrote as follows:
"Burhans, Supt.?Hogs still dea
Vlurphy, 78."?Judge's Library,
was discovered, tests from Valparai
te iRisccllancous Sradinfl.
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EFFECT8 OF OPIUM.
d
l" One Race Stimulated, Another Stupih
fied By Its Uu.
Comparatively few persons know
11 what opium nearly is, Says Chamber's
58 Journal. When they turn to a dlc ?
tlonary and glean therefrom that it
w is the "lmsDis8ated Juice of the som
^ nlferous poppy" they are still likely to
>r be In the dark.
8- The process of obtaining: It Is to
score the pods at fixed Intervals dur16
ing a certain period. The milky IIl"
quid which comes out soon turns to a
darker hue and thickens, and Is then
scraped off and molded Into cakes,
l" with poppy leaves for an outside cov^
erlng.
5r It was ascertained from evidence
l? afforded to the Indian opium commlsiy
slon of 1896 that in some states of India
not a few of the natives took as
? much as 40 to 80 grains of opium
daily, and that consumption of 40
a grains was common.
,"8 Contrary to the impression that
death results from a sudden cessation
of the habit. It has been proved that
when confirmed opium eaters have
'n been imprisoned for a while and thereby
deprived temporarily of their fa*'
vorite drug their health has not usV
ually suffered.
l? The article has a varying effect on
different races and constitutions, ex16
citing some and stupefying others. It
reduces the average Chinaman to a
state of torpor if he takes it plentlful,e
ly, and not Infrequently causes ilie
Malay to run amuck. It has been reD*
corded that the Japanese regularly
,e took It before going to fight, so as to
" work themselves up to a pitch of ex'
cltement.
lo Most of the drug that is imported
into England is much stranger than
what is ordinarily consumed in India
and imported into China. The stipulation
of the British Pharmacopaela is
that all opium used medicinally shall
j. yield at least 91 per cent of anhydrous
morphine.
ie The morphia percentage in much of
the opium prepared in India for consumption
there and exportation to
>r China is less than half this specific
strength. This is a detail which novls
elists who are addicted to poisoning
their characters should note,
i- It is rather striking that opium does
ig not seem to be largely resorted to In
a, India as a means of suicide. The eviit.
dence of the largest Insurance comi?
nanv was to the effect that after
IJ w
ff twenty years' experience there the
,n company had decided that It was not
necessary to Impose any extra preie
mlum on the lives of moderate opium
g> users.
I THE BRITI8H FOURTH.
England's Equivalent of Our Inda.
pendence Day. ,
j The day In England most nearly
corresponding with the American
Fourth of July In Its manner of cele1_
bratlon Is Guy Fawkes day, Nov. 6
the anniversary of the attempt to blow
^ up the British houses of parliament,
king, lords and commons by Guy
^ Fawkes In 1605. The celebration, alf"
though gradually losing Its national
1 and historical significance. Is still observed
as a holiday by children In
Ie many parts of the country.
e For several weeks before "the Fifth"
the lads scour the countryside for tree
trunks and branches, boxes, barrels
to anything that will burn, In fact, and
'8 they trail their finds to some old barn
miles away, where they are stored In
,e anticipation of the great day and
'* guarded with a zeal that often leads
te to pretty stilt fights.
Marauders from other localities will
ie If not carefully watched, secretly rel*
move inviting "chumps," as the logs
are called, and add them to their own
'c collections.
l" Between this Intermittent warfare
ie and dodging the police and owners ol
woodland property the younger elesr
ment of Great Britain has quite a live
re ly time during- the few weeks prior tc
Bt Guy Fawkes day.
The day Itself Is occupied until dusk
In building bonfires, "cadging" coal
coke and oil and eating "parkin," s
n cake Inseparably associated with the
!<* celebrations. This cake Is made ol
molasses, ginger and oatmeal or anj
other coarse meal.
i(* As soon as the first night shadow
falls the fires are lighted, flrecracken
begin to snap, and pyrotechnic dlsJe
plays of every description are In evlr"
dence In all directions.
i(* The fun is kept up with a vim slmllar
to our Fourth of July spirit untl!
far Into the night, when potatoes
roasted In the fires are indulged In.
r" The name given to the day Is someot
what misleading perhaps, and the
18 whole credit or onus of the plot haf
been popularly laid upon the shoulda
ers of Guy Fawkes, whereas he wae
far from being the most Important ol
the plotters and seems to have beer
lr chosen by the chief conspirators tntlrely
because of his superb courage
'n and coolness.
The plan was originated by Robert
r~ Catesby, a man whose natural atmosie
phere was one of plots, but a man ol
ie extraordinary personal charm. The
"8" Roman Catholics had expected great
" - 11 ? ? ? ? ? /v# Tomoa T
tiling's rrom tne atx-esa>uu ui aa...co ?
to the throne. The laws of Elizabeth
were cruel and unjust toward them
J and they were led by James to expecl
a amelioration and tolerance.
Instead of this the laws agulnsl
le them were enforced with renewed vlgce
or. and the great discontent resulted
In the gunpowder plot. The consplr1
acy was elaborately and carefully cone"
celved, and great hardships were undergone
to carry It out.
s" It was not until the conspirators
se all gentlemen unused to physical lain
bor, had excavated through nine feel
thickness of stone wall In order to gei
to beneath the house of commons thai
ot they found that a vault underneath
the edifice was to let. The vault wa."
ed taken In the name of Guy Fawkes
is, and the severe physical work wai
ended. Under cover of night thirtyxt
six barrels of gunpowder were cons
veyed to the vault, and all was li
readiness for the meeting of parllaJ;**
ment on Nov. 5.
e_ Then came the first weakenlnf
which was to end In the failure of th<
scheme. The conspirators could no
agree upon a plan to warn the Cathof
ollc lords and members who woul<
otherwise be blown up with the rest
The plotters * were all promlnen
so gentlemen and personal frlendi
among the apparently doomed legislators.
An anonymous letter was received
by Lord Monteagle, one of the
Catholic peers, warning him not to be
present. The author of the letter Is
not really known, but It Is commonly
believed to have been Gresham, In
spite of his vigorous denial when accused
by Catesby. At all events, this
Is supposed to have been the key to
the discovery.
Monteagle showed the letter to
o.ii.Ki, ti'Ha In Inm tnnk It to the
kingr, and all sorts of ingenuity were
, exercised to discover Its meaning. A
close watch was kept, and In order
to take the plotters redhanded the arrest
was palpably postponed until the
dramatic moment In order to allow
Catesby to escape, though he was shet
a few days later while attempting to
raise an Insurrection at Worcester.
Guy Fawkes, whose work it was to
fire the train, was taken as he was
leaving the house through which access
was gained to the vault, and the
rest of the plotters were either killed
or captured at Dunchurch, to where
they fled.
Fawkes was put to the torture, but
nothing could shake his magnificent
fortitude, though he was so weak from
, agony and sickness that he could
scarcely mount the scaffold. The day
(Nov. 5.) was proclaimed a day of'
thanksgiving forever by an act of
parliament, which was only repealud
after 200 years.
For nearly 300 years the celebrations
were carried to riotous excaas.
Effigies of Guy Fawkes were paraded
in towns and villages all day amia
shouting and singing and burned at
night in huge conflagrations to th3 accompaniment
of thousands of flre,
works.?Scrap Book.
CHECKS NOT WANTED.
Postoffice Clerks Can't Taka Whits
Paper?They Must Have Money.
"Of course, your check is good. I
[ am not disputing it We don't take
checks?not allowed to, at all."
The man turned from the money order
window at the local postoffice and
1 looked about in despair. He was in
a hurry and going to the bank was
, clear out of the question.
j "No offense, you know," added tne
clerk, for he knew the man. "It would
. be all the same if you were J. Pierpont
Morgan or Theodore Roosevelt
i and if the check were only for twenty
, cents."
The man found some consolation in
the fact that the rule was general in
its application, but he was still in a
i hurry, all the same.
"Try at the stamp window," the
clerk suggested, as he turned to give
, his attention to another applicant for
a money order.
The busy man wondered at the advice.
But he was in a hurry and he
tried.
Yes, they knew him there. They
knew he was all right They would
' cash his check. He needed some
1 stamps anyway, so he wrote for a few
dollars more and took the difference
> between the amount he needed in the
r money order department and the
' amount of the check in postage
' stamps.
"Strange rule, isn't it that will al1
low one department to cash a check
and forbid another to do the same
1 thing?" suggested the busy man.
"Well, yes," said the man, as he
counted out the stamps. "But it is a
' rule all the same. Those fellows can1
not take anybody's check under any
' circumstances. It Is against the law.
' They would be fined. I supposed that
1 If one of the clerks had the money for
' your check In his pocket he might
1 cash It, maybe, but he can't cash It
with government money.
- "Different with us, a little," contln'
ued the stamp clerk. "While he Isn't
1 permitted to take checks, we have a
1 right to do as we please about It. But
we take checks at our own risk. If
1 the check is no good, then It Is the In
dividual loss of the man who takes It."
The man who had found that he
' was too busy to learn a strange freak
( of the government rules then took his
money to the money order department
1 and purchased the order for which he
had made application.
1 Comparatively few checks are taken
5 in at the stamp window, for the clerks
f do not fancy the idea of losing their
r salary through accepting bogus paper,
and do all In their power to dlscourr
age the use of checks.
' "Folks may be busy," said an at
tache of the office, "but they should
remember that we fellows are not millionaires
and that It may be as easy
' for them to go to the bank as It Is
' for us to worry about getting hold of
bad checks.?Greenville News.
ENGLAND'S WHEAT SUPPLY.
' Speculation as to Food Reaourcea In
Time of War.
' The population consumes 130,000
f tons a week, says a writer In the
1 North American Review, so that, if
it depended entirely on supplies from
! abroad, about 26 steamers, averageIng
a carrying capacity of 5,000 tons,
t ought to arrive every week with sup'
plies. The figure 5,000 tons is select^
ed as this Is the average dead-weight
! capacity of many liners and cargo
t steamers. So long as there is a mar
gin of safety, such as the six weeks'
1 minimum supply already mentioned,
it is immaterial If 32 steamers arrive
i one week and only 20 the next week.
At this point, we may usefully note
t that almost exactly a thousand steam"
ers a week enter the ports of the
1 United Kingdom, and, of these, 600 are
British; so that in the above assump"
tlon of 26 steamers, carrying wheat,
" only 60 per cent, or 16 of them, undergo
war risks..
If, in these circumstances, we place
the war risks at the very high limit
of 6 per cent, then one out of each
1 group of 16 British steamers would
f be reckoned as captured. Obviously,
1 If the prices in Great Britain are
' materially higher than on the con
tinent, the natural tendency would
be to run a couple of extra British
or neutral steamers in with wheat,
and so more than discount the 5,000
1 tons of wheat per week lost by capture.
Of course, In practice, the eggs
are not nearly so much in a few bas>
kets, for the wheat is spread out as
> part cargoes In a large proportion of
t the thousand steamers arriving every
week. In addition, a far greater loss
" than we have assumed might be
i cheerfully borne without replacement,
and still leave the wheat con1
sumed per head of population at a
far higher figure than that of Ger3
many.
HARD WATER. f*
tw
Plants For 8oftsning the 8upply Likely ma
to Be Ueed In Public Works. sai
"Hard water" is ao objectionable '
for commercial purposes and so un- tht
satisfactory for domestic use that pro- glv
cesses of "water softening." intro- *
duced in England some fifty years ago tie
and improved by later investigators the
are coming into general use. we
"Hard water" contains certain mln- it i
erals which make it refractory in the am
laundry, the dyehouse and in other wll
Industries which require the ' exten- in!
slve use of water. In the generation dee
of steam it has a detrimental effect loo
upon the boilers. gn
The municipal water-softening plant lng
of the future will resemble a mechan- goi
ical filter, but with a greater devel- hoi
opment of the sedimentation basin th<
and more elaborate devices for chem- thl
leal treatment, says the Chicago Rec- th<
ord-Herald. . an
The cost of water-softening plants Jul
depends upon the size of the instal- go
lation. The smaller plants are rela- '
tlvely much more expensive than the tin
larger plants. Thus a plant of 5,000 Mt
gallons an hour capacity might cost of
16,000, or >1,000 for each 1,000 gal- sld
Ions, while a 100,000-gallon plant m<
might cost 125,000, or 1250 for 1,000 pei
gallons, these figures referring to the stf
common type or sonener ior inaus- uu
trial uses. an
The expense of operation varies nat- HI
urally with the quality of the water, fel
the amount of chemicals needed de- an
pending upon the hardness of the to
water. Chemical cost of from two '
cents to Ave cents per 1,000 gallons he
Is common. '
As the hardness of water affects Ilk
not only the manufacturer, but also ho
every individual consumer, it is safe an
to predict that in the future the sof- '
tenlng of water will be carried on in Qu
connection with public works rather $21
than at separate manufacturing
plants. Large plants can soften wa? '
ter at a less cost a million gallons than '
smaller plants, and in time manufac- ?h
turers will come to learn that, all <>P
things considered, it will be better for
them to pay their proportional part m<
of a municipal water-softening plant as
than to spend money for private in- *o1
stallations. O?
The idea of softening water for mu- ^
- - - is ui- wJ
nlcipal use nas gainea conna?r&oie
headway during the last few years, Pr
although at the present time thereare
only a few cities where It Is carried
on.
The largest municipal water-soft- k?
ening plant In America Is at Winni- 1
peg, Manitobia. This was construct- be
ed In 1899. It has a capacity of 3,- ha
000,000 gallons a day. Lime Is the St
only chemical used to reduce the
hardness.
FAVORITE8 H00D008. At
In Navy Circles Anyway, Says a Patty ]
Officer. a
"I'm after reading that the champion re]
fighter of the British navy recently got wl
walloped to a standstill by an urn- mi
known bluejacket fighter when the
champion was a 1 to 10 shot in the tei
betting," said a former chief petty oi-1 thi
fleer in the American navy. "That an
was a repetition of the old story. Fa- sh
vorltes don't win anything In navies, en
I can't explain why, but they don't, tic
and I myself have stood for a lot of
hard jolts that prove It I'll mention 46
a few examples. rel
"When the Baltimore left Japan for toi
San Francisco early In '96 a pup of a ob
moon-faced landsman who didn't know ga
any more about a ship Ahan a starfish, as
but who just had a hunch, that's all, en
offered to bet me even money for $60 '
that the ship wouldn't reach San on
Francisco under forty days. I figured of
that the trip would be done In twenty- ra
five days at the outside, and, of course, mi
I took him, and It sure looked like I 8t<
had the favorite's end. On the second ]
day out the Baltimore ran her nose In- of
to a typhoon and she was hove to and ti\
battered out of shape for ten days be- ve
fore she could proceed on her course. gi<
When she limped Into Honolulu she ]
had to be overhauled, and It was near- mi
ly two months after leaving Japan be- thi
fore she crawled Into San Francisco 8k
harbor. ak
"Once, when I served on the China 1
-*"*4"" T " *rxa\r*A *r\r> Via If fVm BOV- oo
a IdllUU, L news ouonvu n?w?? - oa
ings of a three-year cruise on a still mj
tighter-looking cinch. This loss was <jr
on a scrap that took place in Seoul, pr
Corea. We had a biR marine on board er
the ship named Jack Brinton, who, I
imagined, was good enough to put It be
on anybody in the Asiatic station. I dll
had seen him trounce a lot of good ev
men in different ships, and so, when gi<
he got into an argument with an under-sized
Danish seaman, and they ra
made arrangements to have it out m,
ashore in Seoul, I gave all of the 2 to Qu
I that they wanted on the proposition pu
that the Dane would lick Brinton. I flr
didn't see the fight, for I was master- tfj
at-arms at that time and had to stay be
on board on duty, but the whole star- jti
board watch went ashore to see the a
fight. I Just waited for that Dane to ei
be brought off to the ship in the steam
cutter, all chopped up, and ready to
pass into the hands of the surgeon.
But he came back as chipper as you pr
please with the liberty bunch, and
nary the mark or scratch on him.
Brinton didn't appear till the next y0
morning, and he was the worst-look- th<
ing mess of hammered sea soldier I ci(
ever saw. The men who saw the fight f0]
told me that my man hadn't been in jnJ
it at any stage of the fight?that the
Dane could have put him away in a
punch had he so minded, but that he t0
played with the big marine for six at(
rounds, pounding his mug into Jelly, wi
before putting the finishing touches on ha
him. jgn
"On board the old Swatara we had ce
a goat and a wildcat?this was on the rei
Pacific side?and the two animals br
didn't hit it off well together. The te]
wildcat?it really was a Central Amer- sw
lean panther, but we called It a wild- nv
cat?took a good deal of bumping jjjj
about from the goat while it was young at
and sappy, but when It begun to get lir
its growth it revolted over being prod- ly
ded all over the ship at the po*nts of ^
the goat's horns, and it looked to be di
only a question of time before the two cl(
got together for a finish fight Now ^
that goat was practically boss of the 0J.
ship, and a fighter from away back, or
and so when the betting began on the
outcome of the eventual scrap, I took
the goat end. I announced that I had di
$100 underneath my mustering shirt di
that said that the goat would win in
a walk if it ever came to a real, sure- g?
enough scrap between him and the
wildcat. Ai
'Just after mess gear one day the
? got together, and the chief bo'sun'a
.te, as soon as he heard the racket,
d to me across the mess table:
"There they go! I'll take you on
it (100 preposition of yours If you'll
-e me 2 to 1/
' 'You're on,' said I, and we all husd
above from the berth deck to see
t battle. All hands on the spar deck
re trying to separate the brutes, but
couldn't be done with capstan bars,
d I had to stand by and watch that
Idc&t shake the life out of that goat
less than three minutes by the officer
:k's watch. The goat never had a
k-in from the first yelp, the cat Just
ibblng him by the throat and bleed'
Him In Haoth Tho Honth of the
it in that way made the men forward
t, and they chucked the wildcat over
> aide with capstan bars. The
ng swam ashore?this happened In
) harbor of La Libertad, Salvador?
d probably Joined Its tribe In the
lgle. That's another time when I
t In bad taking the favorite's end.
'Again, one day I was standing at
i gangway of the old Marlon, at the
ire Island navy yard, watching a lot
rookie landsmen coming over the ,
le with their dirty bags and hara>cks
from the receiving ship Indendence.
An old quartermaster, was
inding alongside of me, sizing up
i bunch. He was a shrewd old chap,
d had a pretty good eye for men.
s eye lit on a stalwart looking young
low with a fine, open countenance,
d the look of a sticker, and. said he
me:
" 'I bet that one lights out before
has been on board a month.'
'Stow that,' I replied. 'He looks
e a young 'un that's just found his
me. He'll stay the cruise and many
other one.'
" 'Maybe he will,' replied the old
artermaster, "but I'll bet you $10 to
) that he jumps the ship before he's
en aboard thirty days.'
" 'On,' I said to him.
Three days later the Marlon coaled
In rVinllnar shin Is sure an eve
ener for young fellows who hanker
r man-o'-war life. A lot of the new
m, including the man I had bet on
a stayer, got shore liberty the night
lowing the last day of the coaling,
le-thlrd of them forgot to come back,
d one of them was my man. That's
lere I got it again taking the short
Ice.
T got over playing favorites after
a.t, and by the time I was ready to
it the sea, if any of my shipmates
d offered to bet me $60 to $100 that
would get a general court-martial
fore taking my discharge I think I'd
ve flagged the bet."?Washington
ar.
WHALE HIDE GLOVES.
tempt to Utilize a Product That
Now Goes to Waste.
Newfoundland whalers, seized with
spirit of enterprising economy, are
ported to be attempting to place
lale hide on the market for the
wufacture of whale leather.
It is not surprising that such an atnpt
should be made. It must vex
b spirit of any whaler of well balced
mind to see, after all the hardip
and danger of his calling, an
ormous and altogether dlspropor>nate
bulk of his Quarry cast away.
r ruin a rig ill UIIIO nuwc Ui, n,,
to 60 feet In length, about 260 barla
of oil and one and three-quarter
la of baleen, or whalebone, may be
talned. The remainder of the glntlc
carcass, which may be aa much
fifty tons has hitherto been conaldid
useless.
The average whale hide If laid out
the ground would cover a surface
nearly 1,500 square feet, at which
te one whale if Its bide could be
ide l&to boots and shoes would well
>ck a West End boot shop.
It Is also hoped that the intestines
the whale will be made remunerate.
This product Is described as
ry thin and tough and suitable for
)ve manufacturers.
Regarding the use of whale for glove
iking a Leicester square firm gave
Bir opinion that the only satisfactory
in yet found for fine gloves is goat
in.
"It is not unlikely, however," they
Id, "that whale intestine could be
inufactured Into good motoring and
Ivlng gloves, for which reindeer at
esent holds the held against all othsklns.
"At various times many skins have
en tried, such as the skins of crocoles,
cats, pigs, calves, lambs and
en rats. Many of the men's cheap
aves on the market are made In
iples of the skins of the local sewer
ts. But practically all the skins
mtloned have been found treachers.
Olove skins must not only be
lable, but also perfectly tough and
m, since they have to be sewn up
rht at the edge. If whale Intestine
found to possess these three quales
no doubt there would quickly be
market for whale gloves."?London
[press.
CARE OF E8QUIMAU BABY.
imitive Ways In Whioh Babies Are
Cared For In Alaska.
The arrival In the world of the
Poniilmiiii la not bv
UlUX Ui Uliituu ?m ?av? o- ?V
e orthodox cradle and swaddling
>thes. Practically till he can shift
r himself he lives absolutely naked
dde his mother's sealskin blouse,
In to skin keeping him warm.
This arrangement allows the mother
go about her work almost lmmedlely,
and she can also travel and hunt
thout a perambulator and without
.ving to leave anyone at home to
tind" the baby. The mother's dress
almost exactly like the father's, expt
that it has a long sort of tall
aching almost to the ground, emyo,
no doubt, of the modern "train."
Spared the miseries of soap and war,
and early weaned to the readily
rallowed diet of blubber and raw seal
eat, the Infant rapidly develops that
valuable layer of subcutaneous fat,
hich while it enhances the "Jolly"
pearance of the lads and tne shapeless
of the maidens, assists materlalin
economy in clothing.
Thus in their frigid clime, once in
e skin tent, the whole family will
vest themselves of every stitch of
sthlng, unembarrassed by the fact
at so many families occupy the tent
Ia4* O/v^lnKilltif la o q rltf HavaI.
11X1 lltCUI. UULIUUIU \.J I a WVTV*
>ed when one's next door neighbor
i each side is only separated by an
laglnary line between the deerskin
iu sleep on and the one he uses. The
Inter deerskin serves as bed and bedng
at night and as parlor furniture
irlng the day. Community of goods
almost imperative under this arngement.
Thus when one kills a
al all are fed; and likewise, when
! doesn't, all go hungry together.?
nerican Missionary.