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hOI VASTLY RICH I?,^ with **? ** ?f Today Thoio Old Fellows tMw!u!d Have Been Considered Merely as "Piker#." imiif liiM- ll?*' name* of r?r * ri-(>K.,h and #om? OPlito ??wtfd U> r ?uu?arlson t?. express ***, Ldth. The two tlr*t historical ^presented .cWfet* Ul the fletltloua figure tf 8fS' ** nam, for ipMf * UftW lich Croesus was there *,nes' u .>t' ludgiws. The *'olue uf tlU) Wuv* ?> ?Ke estimated. A *?!*( user bed cL$\\? gives at least 80?ne Idea !u*t he considered affluence. lie t ared that no one could be consld 1 rich who could not. maintain en ov This, of coulee, would be a H^V undertaking even at that -period. ??*h un army then was not In s.ze S hlng Hko an army of today, nor Juthe equipment or sustenance near Ths costly. At Pharsall. Caesar had Sooo legionaries. 1,000 cavalry; Pom Sv4ft.OOO legionaries. 7.000 cavalry. So history records that at the time 2 his election to the consulate with tanoey he feasted the Kornan popu Ict at 10.000 tables and gave each family <?orn for three months. The question which came up. how ?er was in regard to the financial -sources of Monte Crlsto. Nowhere In 0? novel ft re figures given from which a complete nnswer can be de? rived The prices which the count paid for his possessions and for producing his spectacular effects are frequently neotloned. but not so often chat the ram total cun be known. However In the very Inst chapter.* Just before Monte Crlsto disappears In the East, i hint Is dropped as to the wealth which Dumas had In iiilnd as original ly belonging to the count and what ac* cordingly he believed constituted al most fabulous riches nt that time. In ilnmst his very last words In the book, Monte Crlsto says: "You do not know til the Joy which life affords with a great fortune. I possess nearly 100, 000,000." By this, of bourse, he would mean francs and therefore nt the end tf his career of reward and vengeance the count had $20,000,000. When Monte Crlsto arrived In Paris he had his Irst Interview with the banker, Dnn glars, which threw the latter Into nich consternation that the count had in unlimited credit. He declares de finitely that he will need for the year forlng which he expects to reffmln Ib France 0.000,000 francs, perhaps more, though he says that he scarcely thinks that he will exceed that Wxmot, The Interest on 100,000.000 ftincs would have been about 6,000. 000 so that renlly Monte Crlsto ap pears to have been living nearly with in his Income. There Is little or noth to* to Indicate that he considered or nther that Dumas considered that his famous character had In any degree knpalred his fortune. Therefore, the | Inference Is thr>t the figures set by Duraas In his mind as the wealth of Monte Crlsto at the beginning cannot hare been very much more compara tively than $20,000,000. That, of wurse. Is a goodly fortune even In these dnys, but nothing very remnrk ?ble nnd certainly not fabulous. Of course, the purchasing Dower of raon ey was considerably greater In Dumas lifetime and his hero might be sup fosedtodo much more wi^his riches. New York's Beginnings. The tirst street railway In the world was the New York and Harlem fond, built on the Bowery In New fork city and opened for travel fro'ii Prince street to the present site of Union square, in November, 1832. Two lorse-drnwn vehicles fashioned some what like a stape coach of the period were run over the line on the day of Gie openlnp. carrying" as .pa^eng^rs Mayor Walter Rowne, the city coun* tilmen mid other invited guests. TTie iffalr attracted many spectators^ and tonvinced the most skeptical that the ?pw horse rnrs were certain to be a r'Pflt convenience. The road was ex tended to Murray Hill In 1838 and fnrhed the Harlem river In 1830. Fare* were paid in sliver sixpences ?f the old Spanish currency then In drmlntlon. and one of the road's orig inal ft-nturos otii] in existence Is the ?W P^rk avenue tunnel under Murray RiM. Horse cars were discontinued 'n York City on July 26. 1M7. when i few officials nf fh,? New York Hall company and the public service fl^m'^ion hoHrdod an old mr of t ho BWi-or street line, and took turn* In drlvinc ? tio antiquated veblHe on final tr'.p. Baby "Unsiept." Rlllv wa? Ifft alone with the babv *ho wn* asleep. while mother went to th<> ?tnrp \vi>. n she returned -li" fonn'1 RT't trying to pnclfv the baby by get 1'nc him t'Vf-rv plaything In Slgtot an<^ n tin pan. "What nrr> you doing, Billy?" "he ^f,d. "\o wonder baby is crying' ^ d'dn't von keep still and let birr He-.pv 'l1'! ?" r..pii,.d Billy In an Injured ton<\ -p.nt mother, he unslept the ?Intjte you if.ft the house.** Safety and Sanity. "A t.v?ku-," vnld the optimist. **we tr.^de tho Fourth of July safe and tire." Tc?~ r?>nHod the p?>*?fmL*L "bt|t VP nthrr days in tb? ye?? to U looked ?ftrr." - RANCHER NOW CROW'S FRIEND 8'rd He Formerly Despised Came t? Hit Rescue and Wageti War on Destructive Worm*. \ There'* n rancher out at San Ker nnnilo valley way who has rev I soil all his preconceived notions about crows. says a Lof} Angeles dispatch to the St. LotlJt Uepublle. Inasmuch at they have saved htm $rit(MJO, lie feels that ho In duty hound to chuck the i "scarecrows" and cultivate hi* uew found friends. In othor words. he's off the antl crow movement for life. Mr. Robert Kargp, program chair man of the Los An stoics Audubon so ciety vouches for the facts In the case. The former has 4$ acres of tomatoes. They were coming along finely when he discovered some weeks ago Unit to mato worms had invaded the Held aud were destroying the plants . All hands ? nun. women ami chll drad? --were drafted to. wage war on the worms, which multiplied at an ap palling rate. As many as 1,000 of them would he found In a single morn ing. The fight appeared to be hopeless, and the farmer lu despair had almost resigned himself to the loss of his crop when the blackleg battalions of his rescuers arrived one morning. A veritable cloud of birds descend ed on one corner of the field. At Arst he supposed It merely meant more trouble. In a short time he discovered his mistake. The new arrivals were after the worms and they got them, too. The loyal birds stayed right on the job for several days. A careful search of the field several days ufter they left revealed' only three of the worms. Not a tomato plant was disturbed by ,..e birds, according to the rancher. He Is now trucking his tomatoes in a nearby cannery which contracted for them. At the price fixed he will clear $5,000, r If the crows had not arrived on tlma there would have been neither vlnea nor tomatoes left In a few days, so he credits them with having saved him the results of a year's labor, the cost of his plants, and returned him a uoat profit besides. Finished thev Program. The newlyweds movdd In the ar*art mejit next to the settled old bach elor. They had a ukulele and every night they entertained themselves and annoyed him by playing It and sing ing very sentimental songs together. Usually they ended with "Home Sweet Home." He endured It bravely and said nothing until one day he beard them having their first quarrel. That night h% supposed he would have quiet, tmt quite as nsual the bridegroom thrummed on his "uke" and very wild, weird tunes he thrummed, too. final ly there was a long silence and the bachelor knew that they hads ended their concert without their usual "Home Sweet Home." Grimly he crossed to his Victrola, whfcfi had been silent since the ad vent of the newlyweds and their su perior musical Instrument. With ela tion he took from the rack the record he had put there In hopes that so me ; day his turn would come. And exult antly the Vlctrola ground out "Pack Up .Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile.** Enforcing Etiquette. MMy oldest girl, Zanzallne, Is right smart of a lady. If I do say It." prlde fntly admitted Gap .Tohnson of Rum pus Ridge. "Tuther night when young Bill"Dlek Rlggle was calling on her-4^ steps young Hamp Ynwkey. and lowed he'd set up on the other side of her. 'Peored I ik^, Bill-Dick preferred peace to etterkett, and was willing to arbi trate about It. Rut Zanzallne knowed her manners. and she hauled off with the fire shovel and smacked young Hamp flat with It. and like to have beat him to death before he could tenr himself out of there. Then she tam ed to Blll-DIck and told him to go on with his sparking. Aw. yon bet .vonr life, when It comes to etterkett, Zan zallne Is right there with the author ity!" ? Kansas City StaK Asleep at His Post. I was stationed, while In the army, at a camp In Texas, and had been working as a stenographer in the of fice of the executive officer. I had been out quite late in the night on the day previous and bad been feeling quite sleepy while at work, so J folded my arms on my machine. and before long, was fost asleep. I had been asleep about ten minutes when the executive officer tapped me on the shoulder and said: "Don't yon want one of these pillows, too?" It seems a woman who !lve<] close to the camp had become acquainted i with the officer and. bad sent him a j few pillows to be given out by him, j and T was Indeed glad to receive one | of theni. but was much embarrassed in j the way I received It. ? Kx< hange. Mild and Ancient. "Shall we refer to that opponent tn ! uncompromising terms as a proffer?** j asked the Invaluable secretary. "No." replied Senator Sorchnm. "Let's keep up w-date and make It ! >trong. The profiteers th???e days have made the old-fashioned grafter look | like a piker.** His Glimpses of Warfare. "What are your Impressions of 'No | Man's Land?' " ?\ H 1 didn't get Into the war," axuiwered the morose citizen. "My only vivid tdea rf **?**> Man's TrSmJ' J s hnme whllf ifprlne honTrleiinlnc Is going on.**? ? Uinneauoll* GRATEFUL FOR ONE THING (Soldier Might Have Seen Qood in Oth er Change*, but Not In That L*?t Greeting. j The man who bud volunteered hi* life for his country came hack from th? western front. Ills ex porlence had completely changed him. lie carried within the sense of an entirely now world. He went to Washington, lie heard the speech of a senator, Me saw the lobbyists consorting together. He wnntcd(sonhMh|UK, and he waited for it in vain. "It, is the same old crowd," he said He met the girl ho loved ? with an other fellow. She told him that she dill loved him and that the only feasor ?die was with the other fellow was hf* ?nil SO she was lonesome for him. "It's the same old girl." he said. lie. traveled on a railroad, The guard vas surly. The. train was late. Tin I was pour. Tln< rate waa neariv touhle. "It's the sumo old transportation? >nly worse." he said. He reached his homo town. He was net by a delegation and a band. With <n two weeks four of his neighbor* had gotten the best of him, another borrowed half his puy, and at the eud of a month when he walked down Main street no one knew hint because he was broke. He went back home. There was a woman waiting fdr him on the door step. "My baby heroP* she said. And putting his arms around her, he replied : "Same old mother? thank God P* ? Thomas L. Masson In New York Eve ning Post. jOT the wrong impression jranrifather Was Convinced Hie Pet Had Joined the Church, and Re joiced Accordingly. She Is a newspaper woman and her grandfather fohuerl/r was a local preacher of circuit fame. He Is very much interested In her religious state and worries because she does not at tend church every Sunday night. The other evening she went to a church to write a story about the new organ. the purchase of which had been made possible by her stories in the pa per. So she tool; grandfather with her, knowing that while he could uot hear much of the services, still he would em Joy being In the church. At the close of the sermon came a surprise for the newspaper woman. The minister announced : "Miss S., who wrote the stories which brought the money for our organ, is with us tor night and I would like for her'to come up In front so that all of us may see her and shake her hand." . Grandfather saw his grandchild ad vance to the front of tho church and also 9aw the people begin shaking her hand. He had not heard a word the minister had said, but still he had the memory of camp meeting days to in form him of what was happening. They convinced him that his grand daughter had Joined the church and with handshaking the people were welcoming her Into the fold. So he did his part. He rose to his feet and began shouting at the top of his voice. ? Indianapolis News. Power From Ocean Tides. So far such little power as has been abstracted from ocean tides has been insignificant. The rise and fall of the tides Is not very great, even though It does amount to 70 feet In some plnces. and bence If any considerable power Is to be obtained basins of large area must be used. By damming the bay at Mont St. Michel In France, where the tide rises about 4 r? feet. It is estimated that enough power may be obtained to op erate half of the Industries of France. A French engineer with vast powers of imagination has conceived the Idea of building dikes across the channel and across the Thames estunry to form two large tidal basins which may be used alternately to furnish a con tinuous supply of power, Shelves Are Fireproof. ! Not a stick of wood Is used In two fireproof houses being built In Eng land as an experiment, says an Illus trated article In Popu.'ar Mechanics magnxlne. Concrete and steel are used exclusively, the dows beln& of jolnt Ioks composition with rounded cor ners, while window frames, trimmings, doors, staircases, and even the cup board shelves are of steel. The cot tsiges are fitted wl*h every modern Im , provement and are said to have ex celled similar dwellings of wood or brick, both In time and cost of con struction. I About the Weather. In Fairfax county, near the old borne of George Washington, a woodcutter ?vitliout friends died the other day. At ! the funeral services there "was no one | to make an address. Volnnteprs were asked for. and when, after a few min utes. no one responded. ? newcomer, who hailed from the Pacific coast, rose j and said: "Well, 'if nobody else has anything i to say. I'd like to drop a few remarks on the remarkable health-giving prop erties of California weather." Not a Handicap. The Americans were not nandi I capped on the western front by their slight knowledge of the French lan guage. As a matter of fact It was defi nitely proved-? to the German discom fort ? :-?"i the American Mold leva could ilioot in ai y old lang^tage.- Louloa Tit- Bits. Going "On High" In'a Fhvvsf. fhdug to heaven "on high" in a fllv ver haa iumo to be a fact rather than mere fancy. At leant the feat Has been attempted In eftlyy. This <u> rlous ceremony took plaee reeNltljf In Tientsin, China, says the Kansas City star. It In a custom among the rleli in China to hum various eftlyles at the funeral ceremonies. The etjflnle>? rel> resent every manner of tliluK from animal* to rattles loaded with money. When the wealthy Mr. LI died the fam ily ordered an Imitation of Ids ear luiintd at lilH gra\e. The ettlgy, which was constructed In detail, with Chinese paper and reed and hamhoo frames, was carried through the streets for more than three miles to the grave side. The elllglal auto, upholstering, tires, and even the eltljjlal driver, were consumed by the hlaxc In a few minutes. New Minister, The new minister, who was rather young, and five-year-old Marian be came great friends at night, And Mar Ian was not Impressed much by Ids ministerial dignity even at church. The other Sunday when he went home with them for dinner she was delighted. The little girl from next door came over to see the visitor. "lie's the min ister at your church ? isn't he?" she asked. Very decisively Marian shook her head, "<)h, no; he's Just a nice boy, who sometimes comes to our house and eats a whole lot and sometimes C<*e* to our church and talks a little bit,*' was the reply. ? Indianapolis News. Country's Leather Industry. The leather industry ranktt as the third greatest manufacturing Industry In the United States. According to the census of manufacturers for 1914. about 250,000 persons are engaged In the leather Industry of the United Stntes, some 55,030 of whom aro In .the tanning and leather trades, the re mainder being principally shoemakers apd harness makers. First Principles. "What's your theory of collective bargaining?" "Seems to me," replied Farmer Porntossel, "pretty much like the j>Jnln. old-fashioned lawsuit. The side tint Uin tret the smartest legal talent to represent it U mighty liable to ?et the i?esr "f the deal." The Wonders of America By T. T. MAXEY MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK. IN 18SK there wan discovered - In Montezuma county, southwestern Colorado, the greatest prehistoric ruins in this country. A thorough examinu tlou of the canyon of the Mnncoff river, disclosed the fact that It con tained extensive examples of the mys terious remains of an extinct race. Uncle Sam decided to preserve and set aside nearly 50,000 acres as u national park ? Mesa (Spanish for high table land) ntid Verda (meaning green, from the cedar trees). Many narrow canyons with high, sheer walls open Into the valley. In fhelr sides are many of the best-pre served specimens of cliff dwellings I known. A large human population | lived in these cave-huts on the sides I of these sandstone cliffs. They be ! Ileved that they were dependent upon the gods to make the rainfall so their crops would grow and worshiped the nun as the father of all and the earth ' as the mother who brought all material blessings. Apparently they possessed no written language and recorded their thoughts only oy means of symbols. Cliff Palace, the largest dwelling ? a community house ? had over 200 dwell ing rooms. In addition to many sacred rooms called klvas. Sun Temple, a mysterious ruin, shaped like a letter D, is over 120 feet long pnd 04 feet wide. As the population of this community increased the floor o. the caves was covered with rooms, and Anally they emerged from the caves altogether and bullded pueblos on top of the mesas In the open couutry. A visit to these ruins is much like going back Into Another world. ?lUff* Niul >*?????' 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