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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1912)
'fllONbRS EAD 'i UsWwp for Billy Rugh Hero oi wit " I -ik.d d Funeral M.ld In P r-.rtm Showered With r , llMiiiiminl. Cm or HP' known a X funeral WM ,fr wa accorded . L otfh. "newanoy, wno gave L that girl might live. Ort F . I I in pageantry Kr"""" 11 l mri mtmtmn plIU "'- ib nation I'ut mn wa a r ... tritiuio from ma nearts A ariillien hi v W - ' . -I j I.- thousand person, singing LfMyC'x' ,( Thee," crowded Kuniay iiwruw.fii. rf num !mth they had block! pant ..neral cortege and prevent Aiinif of a church service. U m..n f many race, worker nulla k..n.ir wn't a they rormiwi in ,k ih.-ir emt'loyrr and Walked lh cillin oi me ovatj Thi-ir wive and chll- f.L. at...... iinil'tnMfi ' fali'k. L-M SMin lliriii an-..".-" - - - .. Ch their han'la in an effort U ex I their rrvrrftice by offering j fur the t-rvction of monu- j(fmn found difflotitly In ex (a hundred of the mourner. L til weie mourners, allbougb could nt apeaa r.HKiian, inai nuit i)t shower the collin with but must k.-ct it until arrange fjr the memorial tribute could le. ,ffin. burin! in tha floral offer- ( city officials, fraternal organ ic sml private citixon. wii car- la errpe irimmra lira oepari- tutomohile from the undertaking Li.hnicnt toward th Hrt Math- rburrh. Thousand blocked tha and the rhurch waa ftllcxj to .wing long lie f ore tha advance of policemen, leading tha pro- bn, arrived. Lit (he plana wore changed and it li-fided ( hold tha service from lurch step. Out the procession tot that far. When tha corner i (he church had been reached bi'wil waa o iltna that this plan In be given up. tttad, a apace waa cleared In tha r of the mad and there, upon low the collin u placed, by the church choir and with fummm-d by two banle that Imtted their aervice. tha crowd old (!okI hymn a Rev. J. M. n stepped into tha fire depart- itttumohile and utilned tha aeat pulpit. Throngt of peraona orarhy porch rHjf joined in tha ptitiir likened tha dead hero, to hriat, and ipioted from tha Ilible, aved nth.Tn, yet hlmaelf he not av." Thia waa hit teit. rrURE TURKISH WARSHIPS Gunhotli Maka Mndiitrraneai Big Haul In REBEL ELEMENTS UNITED. to Kl 'Wan of Vara Crui" Declared nava Canaral Backing. I'aao. Tel. "All elemente in Meiico tolay are eo-ooe,. Ming to tha ona and -tha downfall of "' ""' o' governineiit." dnrlared Attorney Gomel Kobelo, peraonal rep reaentatire of the revolution of I'aa- cuai viroico m iha north of Mexico when e.n in hit hiding place In Kl au. neieaaeq rrom jail here and exonerated from political charge pre ferred by tha Mexican government repreaentativea. Itobelo ia avoiding rearrest, but (a keeping in Uiuch with oavaiopinenta, not only along tha bor der, but at the national capital. vmnca here." aaid he, Hivx.u. miK iHiiera 10 prove Ma aaaer non, mat tna revolutiona begun by General Kollx Iii and General Agui lar, In tha atate of Vera Crux, ia in runjuncuon wnn Uroico'i movement in tha north. Tha Kederala will not ugni againat the rebel. How, then, will th.y fight againat their brother! ma recn-ruia, who have revolttxl in Vera Crux? That ao far no man ha hven championed for preaidunt of the repunnc la proof that the new move ment will be popular. Alwaya, be- lore, nat Mexico been curaed with revolution prompted by aome partic uiar man. I hi revolution in the north, of the military in the aouth and ao on of all the people, merely ia the ouicry againat a national ahame." Itobelo produced li-tler to ahow that the plot for tha revolt of the troop in Vera Crux, waa made in con junction with a general plan, part of wnicn naa not transpired. Ha ahowed a copy of tha "nlan" of Vara Crux, mailed from Mexico City two week ago and containing predic tion of the Dlax uprialng. Kobelo aay General Oroxco continue toward tha couth in the atate of Coahuila, and Boon will be working in conjunction with the Federal troop, which it U predicted will turn in the north. All reman quiet in Juarex, with all communication cut with tha aouth, no movement ha been made either from Juarex or Caaa Grande to prevent the (featruction of tha Mexican North weatern railway by rebel. Federal troop in all tha north of Mexico are reating on their arm. FELIX DIAZ HAS PRESTIGE. Amhaitador Wilton Reaarda New f lament a Not Inconiidercbl. Kanaa City "Thia uprising con tribute a new element to tha revo lutionary aituation in Mexico and not an ineonaiderable one," Henry I.ane Wilaon, ambaaaador to Mexico, laid when ha learned of the catpure of Vera Crux by General Felix Diax. Mr. Wilaon, who left Mexico City five daya ago with hi wife, I viaiting friend here. "General Diax I man of great preatige both with the army and pub lic," Mr. Wilaon continued. "Hither to tha revolutionary movement againat tha Madero government ha been headed by men whoae name expreised no cpecial algnificanre and all lacked aome eaaentlal of leadership. "I have no doubt that the Madero government will exert itaelf to its greatest activity and endeavor to meet tha new conditions." CUPIDf8 "C. Q. D." IN KITCHEN in Franciaco Threa Turkish ship i raptured and ona destroyed Sun by the Greek gunboat A and li, f linir to a cablegram received hera " K. Mountanoa, editor of the 'rnia Grek newspaper. A iih torpedo boat destroyer and pjnhoata were captured In an en ment avainat tha Greek ttort of an. I he iriintMiata caoturad were to he part of a consignment of onlered from Germany by tha nh government. Tha cablegram dated Athena. rnlon On the mountainou front F miles from Kirk Kilaaseh In rt u t;fk,ip in tha weat tha ad p of the allied armies Into Turkey Pnuea. The Turkish arm aniwan P actinir cm tha Hefnive tta its are slowly withdrawing and pttempting only to screen th way inbiliiti,,n while tha main forcea rwching toward tha frontier, wood Favor Presidio. fn francisc Maior-General Leon Wood, chief of uff of tha United H rmy, announced after an In- Uon tour hera that ha woulrl ree- P'li to the War riVnarf mr.t that rwa he akei for an appropria- Of 1 1. 000 (K 10 tnr ln,r.rn..m.nl. Presidio. Hi plana, ha tald, F"Md proviaiona fur an arMltinnal mnt of Infantr anil artlllr concrete warehouae and new 'Hatration buililinir all nf avKleh Hd he hoped to see completed by "halt Fir on Street ParaWa. leiico CitT...t. i dead and larga number Med the result of rebel troopa a narada or ).. in vi Karlier report had 16 killed, aemonat ration waa m.dA in show nyalty t the government of thoa r-rucipte,. Failing to atop It. 1 Diax. tha rah.l tro1' lhfl tow". ortlerad tha troop pn. Diax. according to a Btory Fnt here, ia ormmHm t...l..nn h pmjrea. 0f the revolution by arm and ammunition. Thief Pat Up S2S.000. klfy. Alaaka-Nearly $2S,000 in the Well. v., ',m, paed by robber '",n,l,;"d Agent Herbert Ty- . - "iy niirnr w riilihiif i,.l . ai.i pacaago coniain- k M mj iu( W 1 IIIMt fr txm fr . h,,..!,., e'. who h.,1 ' i..t i - , . linen i.-untiTHicu III H r airurk kl i . "'r lav P'ng. over tha unconsicoua until head. next To Aviaton Fall to Death. '"gen. C...r, A - I L." '"utenant Weiasbarth, a iman m i. . L.,. "J aviaior, and carrying r"ngT, foil tn h. A rMm r: lt'tU'lo whila flvnir n.ar here. Threat of Law Demanding Proof of Domeitic Skill Win. Portland The statement made by II. C. Campbell, of tha achool board, in hi adilrea at tha opening of the new Lincoln hirh school building, that legialatinn waa contemplated which would reiiuira every woman to exhib It a certificate of graduation in do- mcatic science before ahe would be al lowed to obtain a marriage liscense, is having the desired elTect. This ahown by the fact that 62 young wo men wera enrolled in the domestic science night school only two day after it opened. Member of the achool board, upon hearing the report of Superintendent Rigler to this etlect at their meeting recently, congratu lated Chairman Campbell on the uc cess of hi Implied threat of a life of manleasnes to all girl not possessed of a domestic clence certificate. Servia Declare War. Belgrade. Servia War against Tur key wm declared formally by the Ser vian o-overnment. The declaration waa transmitted to the Servian minia ter at Constantinople with Instruc tions tn nresent it to the Porte. The minister then will leave immediately for Helgrade. The great power will iflration at once of Servia declaration. Immenae crowds parad ed the streets, singing and cheering attar tha announcement wa made. The crowd are increasing hourly and an enthusiatsic war pirit prevail. Peril of American Sean. Washington, D. C Official here k...ma thnmnirhlv alarmed over the Imminent danger to American in Vera Crux. Mexico, captured by the rebel, .nd Reekman Winthrop, acting secre tary of the Navy, ordered the cruiser De Moines, now making a tour of Mexican port, to reiurn w i. v-.u. Commander Hughe will nave run power to exercise hi own discretion in safeguarding Amerioan in the be leairuerrd city and without further in struction can land a party if condi tion warrant. Marconi Lose Right Eye. Spexia Gulgliemo Marconi' right ... 1 . . 1 I. mm ftiitimn. eye, wnicn wa injurcu ... bile accident on Sept 25 last, has been wa removed. A consul lanon n.u resulted In a decision that removal . v. I Ik. famous was tnuispenaioie. - .-- ireless Inventer wa tnreaienea w u, total blindness. Troresaor rucna, u. celebrated oculist of the university of Vienna, wa summoned In hot haste and he performed the operation, which, it I said, wa uccessful. Greeca Want Rervit Only. rir.innati A telegram aying that the Greek government want only men ho have had military irminK ..... . Grecian army and are now reservists to flght agBinst Turkey, was n""" by Dr. Sophocle uaoaais, Fr. of the Cincinnati branch of the Pn- V,..;." i. ii-i from Mr. Slnadinoa, of New Votk, pre.ident of the union NAVY ORDERS ENGLISH SHELLS IVitish Contractor Bids Lower Than Americans. Horn Inttilution Eap.cted to Reduce r-rica In View of Naw Policy -Eight-Hour Law Applies. Washington, D. C Determined to learn whether foreign manufacturer can sen the United State navy ihell eui quality for one third less man me lowest price Americans will ohVr, the Navy department has award ed a contract to the l!adf'i..ld si Foundry, of Sheffield, for COO out of a loiai or B&uu armor-piercing projec tile contracted for. Ihe department official believe that If the F.nglish product meaaure up to the teat, the avowed intention of me government to buy abroad when necessary to meet exorbitant domestic oida, will reault in a substantial low ering of American prices. Ihe lladlield company received the contract Tor 000 12-inch projectile at $187 each. To the ISethlehem Steel company went 1.100 12-inch shell at $279.40 each, and BOO 14-inch shells at XiiUO each: to the WaahinKton Steel & Ordnance comnanv. fioo 12.inrh shell at $277 each, and 1000 14-inch shell at $4'J0 each, and to the' Cruci ble Steel company of America 1000 12-inch ihells at $274.75 each and 600 4 inch at $.'() each. the ttailtleld share amounts to $'J3,500 out of a total of $l,915,9.r)0. Thia company received none of the 14- inch projectile, although on them it bid al moat $100 less apiece than it low- eat American competitor and wa the only concern that offered to undertake the entire contract. Attorney General Wickersham has prepared an opinion advising the Navy department that the eight-hour law will be made to apply in the shell con tracts equally to American and fore ign builder. Contract were also let for large quantities of chell other than the 12 and 14 inch armor-piercers, on which only American companies bid. SACRIFICE IS FATAL. Cripple Who Gave Withered Limb for Girl Ha Never Saw Die. Gary, Ind. "I guess I'm some good, after all." liilly Kugh, the 41-year old cripple hose withered leg was amputated to save the life of a girl by a skin-grafting operation at a hospital here, spoke these word and then died. Pneumonia wa laid by the physi cian to be the cause of death. The ailment, however, resulted directly from hi self-sacrifice, having been due to irritation of the lungs by the ether that wa given him when bis leg was cut off to furnish skin for the body of a person whom he had never een. Kugh had no relatives, and since coming to Oary several years ago made his living selling newspaper on the street. He had to be trusted for the first bundle of newspaper with which he started business. Miss Ethel Smith, the girl for whom he sacrificed his leg and later his life, had been terribly burned in a motorcycle accident. It wa just two day since her recovery advanced suf ficiently to permit her removal from the hospital in which Hugh'died. Big Fire at Arsenal. Renecia. Cal. The Henecia arsenal, the government' principal storehouse for army supplies on the Pacific Coast, was wiped out by fire. The los i es timated at between $3,000,000 and $1,000,000. Spontaneous combustion or crossed electric wire are assigned a the cause. Sixty thousand stands of small arm and 12,000,000 round of ammunition were destroyed. Owing to the explosion of the cart ridges the work of fighting the fire was extremely hazardous. Heavy Fighting in Balkan. Constantinople Heavy fighting i reported in progress throughout the region about Kirk-Kilesseh, northeast ward of Adrianople. Large force are engaged on both side. Turkey en deavors to reach Greece from the con federation of Balkan state have failed. Greece has openly declared war against the Ottoman Empire. The departure from Constantinople of the Balkan minister waa not attended by any hostile dcmonUration. Thou sand of Greeks were permitted to de part to join their force. Whs' Careae Menace. Seattle Captain Loui Knafliach, of the power schooner Bender Brother, which ha arrived from Bethel, Alaska, said that carcasses of whales adrift in Behring ea and Akutan harbor are a menace to navigation. Whale were slaughtered by hundred in Behring sea thi year. Captain Kna flisch ays, and the carcasse were et adrift. There were nearly 200 car casses In Akutan harbor and 100 in Behring sea. They average 100 ton in weight and might ink a imall chooncr in colliion. Avaiator Escape In Fall. Colfax, Wash. John M. Bryant, an aviator of Oakland. Cal., had a narrow escape from death here when he lost control of his biplane in a heavy wind and crashed Into low hill two mile from Colfax. Bryant had reached a height of 600 feet when he wa (truck by a heavy gust and driven far from hi course. The biplane started to fall, but he regained partial control before he atruclt the ground. He waa badly bruised and the biplane demolished. Parsian Capital In Peril. Teheran, Persia -The' Persian capl ..i i. mnAcwl bv 800 horsemen under command of Salar Ed Dowleh, the re bellious uncle or me rcignin It ia believed the peop' ymP"th!r with him, a they are dissatisfied with the present government. The na tional council hastily collecting can non and troop to defend the city. GOOD RULES FOR CHILDREN Think Three Tlmt Before You Speak and Pronounce All Word Clearly and Distinctly, These rule, banded down by some body's grandmother, are good one for our boy and girl to remember: Alway look at the person to whom you speak. When you are addressed, look straight at tbe person who speak to you. Do not forget thia. Kpeak your word plaikly; do not mutter or mumble. If word are worth aylng, they are worth pronouncing distinctly and clearly. Do not aay disagreeable thing. If you have nothing pleasant to say, keep silent A fourth Is and oh, children, re member It all your Uvea think three times before you apeak once. Have you something to do that you find hard and would prefer not to do? Then listen to wlae old grandmother. JJo the hard thing first and get it over with. If you have done wrong, go and confess It. If your lesson 1 tough, master It. If the garden Is to be weeded, weed It first and play after ward. Do first the thing you don't like to do, and then, with a clear con science, try the rest. PUZZLE WITHOUT ANY TRICK Flgur Shown in Illustration May T Drawn Without Taking Pencil Away From Paper. Here' a puzzle which I aolval without any trick. You can actua NEEDED THAT OTHER ROOT Pencil Puzzle. iraw thia figure without taking : pencil from the paper, crossing a or going back over a line air-drawn. tne ENIGMATICAL CATS. The cat that reats on th drei table 1 the cat acomb. Tbe cat that one find In the w la the cat-a-log. The cat that make your mc run I the cat a-ma-ran. Tbe cat that ride horseback li catamount Tbe cat that auffer great pail the cat-a-ract Tbe cat that win a prize 1 cat-aa-trophe. The cat that can fly 1 the cat-bird. The cat that ha been In a fight la the cat-a gory. The cat that I under the porch la the cat-er-plllar. t M Tbe cat that 1 better than a fence I the cat-er-wauL Tbe cat that I related to everybody I the cat kin. The cat that 1 good to eat la the cat-fish. The cat that 1 never behind la the cat-chup. Tbe cat that ladle like to carry la the cata-eye. The cat with a bad cold la a cat arrh. The cat with horns I cat tle. AMUSING TRICK FOR PARLOR Common Hen' Egg Mad to Come to Life and Revolve Around Like Boy' Top. Here I a trick which require om kill and practice, but which cause more than enough wonder to pay for the trouble. You take a hard-boiled egg. place It on a plate or platter, give the plate a horizontal revolving movement, increasing the motion gradually, and soon the egg will come to life, raise Itself till It stands on end, and then go revolving Ilk a top and moving all round the plate. Life Into Egg. Vntnrnllv vou .nave to make a few attempts before you can succeed In getting the ecg to obey Instruction, but keep at It and you will succeed, and the effect Is Impressive. It I beat In boiling the egg to hold It in an uprlRht position with a spoon o that the nlr Inside win an coneci round the central axis of the egg and keep It from being unbalanced. Cat Radlat Character. Cats are of a hUh strung and en sltlve nature, easily Influenced by their surrounding, declare Dumb Aninmls. If jou wish a fine tempered, nice little home loving cat you must posses somo of these attribute your aelf. You ennnot expect to have a very smlnblo animal If you are cranky all the time. Give the animal credit for being a good Imitator. If you are vile tempered and give tm striking tha kitten, Bnd do fatJt If the cat has a tike nnner and n peoplo and imallaC anlnwl. Patiant ef Dantlat Will Appreciate Story of "Nerve" That Cornea From Kanaa City. In Kanaa City there dwell a man whoie boaat I that be ha "the nerve," and at least ona dental sur geon will support him In hi claim. The man with "the nerve" auffered from the pang of an aching molar and at last sought out bl friend the dentlat and announced that the tooth muat come out. The man with the forcep made a hasty examination and suggested that a Oiling would relieve the agony, but to no avail. "That tooth muat be pulled." said the "nerve man," "but I want to warn you right now. Doc, that you won't got It the first yank. I have had aeven teeth drawn and no dentist live who can pull one of my teeth the first trial." The dentist prides himself with the numerous compliment paid hlra for dexterity In extraction and "the nerve" man' words were a challenge. "Ill get that tooth the very first time I pull it." "Ilet you tbe drinks you don't." wa the patient' retort. "Done," ald the doctor. The profeaslonal man motioned hi patron to the operating chair and elected the proper forcep. The cold steel clamped firmly on the tooth, and with a slightly rocking motion the dentist began to pull. The tooth held firm and It looked a If the dentist' reputation a sn extractor must uf fer. At last, just a little beads of weat were forming on the operator' brow, be smiled and In another aec ond the three-pronged cause of the trouble lay on the swinging bracket by the dental chair. No word or sign had been given by the sufferer, who then raised from the chair, grasped the removed tooth ee ES ord ftei ngB, llcb dla-a-ho- ay -ted. tlley kept by him that ch t idoil ona ider slior This b- . wiwuAUMiii an unhappy time during hi tenure of the chancellorship. When staying with the duke of Bedford, In Scotland, some" of the women tn the house amused themselves by abstracting the seal from Brougham' room. The chancellor wa so frantic when he discovered the loss that hi tormen tor promised to restore It on condi tion. So they blindfolded him, hid the seal In the drawing room, and told him to find it, guiding him In hla search by a tune on the piano, which grew louder when he drew near It and softer when he drew away. Af ter an hour' scrambling the seal waa found In a tea caddy. Judicial Spelling. A probate Judge In western Kansas wrote to the judge of the Juvenile court In Kansas City asking for In formation as to how the court should be conducted. He spelled It "Juva nil" flrt, then "Juvenll," and finally "juvanlle;" three trys, and a clean miss In all three. Charles Blakesley of Kansas City recall that there wa once a probate Judge In hla town who spelled !t "probat Jug" and a con stable who used to apell hi own title "cunclble." The celebrated Judge Noggle of Wisconsin, and a good Judge he was, too, once told a prisoner at his bar that he, the court, knew the man to be a fraud as certainly a if he saw the letters F-R-O-A-D stamped on hi forehead. New York MalL Protection During Fog. Two brother named Hodgktnion have Invented an apparatus which acting a "ear" for a ship will afford a protection now lacking In time of fog. Tet In the Mersey at Liver pool appear to substantiate the claims mede for this Invention, that It will definitely determine the direc tion of sounds. The Invention consist of a drum nine feet long by five feet In diameter set up aloft to aa to miss sounds on deck, but to receive other sound wave on a "receiver" divided Into unit for each direction. An elec trical rpHnnce connected with lnmp shew by a small light the dt rection whence the sound may be coming. Economical Anyway. J. Willi Wetlake, the noted Flor ida pomologlst, said In a recent ad dreai at Lake Helen: "The orange groattr munt be an opUmlst to suc ceed. He can't expect ten thousand orange from every tree at the tart He should show the spirit of John Blanc. Blanc' first orange crop, when he settled In Florida, wasn't much to boast of. The man, however, kept np heart. 'How did your orange do?' a friend asked him at the season' end. .On, we had a few.' he replied. 'Good oner 'Fine!' said Blanc. 'My wife uses them Id place of lerooaa. It make quite a laving." IK. XT"-1 ! r-Vi i 3 rtf' if i'Tt k& iisi - , m IT 13 the early bird that catches the worm and It is Naples that usually first catches the tourist from the State: when he I fresh, when he i bulging aa the case may be some time with the fat of many American Jollars. Milan, to be sure, snapping tt the tourist from the north, displays to a much lesser degree a somewhat similar characteristic; but a the vic tim baa already had his first lesson hla fall having been broken, so to apeak, by a more or less gradual de scent through France, with It own army of "pay-pay-pay," there la real ly no comparison. Having contemplated with rapture from aboard your ship the really mag nificent harbor; the picturesque ships, their sails and rigging enveloped In rose-colored vapor that have caught the ray of the lun; the not far-distant Vesuvlua bathed In resplendent morning mist, and forming a part of all this riot of atmospheric glamor; everything around you suggesting the presence of life and human animation and stirring something way down In the depths of you you are suddenly and rudely awakened to the exigent realities of the situation, once you are on shore; having ignored a premoni tion in the naked boy diving for pen nies in your wrapt admiration of hi astonishing skill. If you are a prospective traveler of tbe male persuasion, not overbur iened with money, take warning, leave your trunk behind, and if possible your padded shoulders; they will both prove a drain on the purse. Be sure and take a Baedeker; it is Indis pensable but do not flaunt it In pub lic places; you are recognized with jut It. and to expose It red cover to the air ia to throw out a challenge, which the street merchant, the shop keeper, the restaurant man and the street gamin are not slow to accept It la interpreted as a symbol, a proof of your being a stranger and green; a proof of your being able to afford a Baedeker and therefore other things; a proof also of your curiosity, and hence suggesting your susceptibility to temptation. You Arrive. You are landed, at the recommenda tion of a friend, in one of those curi ous arched hallway, where the cabby, winking hla left eye when you are not looking, passes you on to the porter, who emerge from a little dark room, o dark that It Is only after hearing voices within that you peer In and dis cern the paleness of a face here and there and begin to wonder how people could live in the dark, like rats, and the sun shining In the street! While waiting for the landlady you take a look about. You are on Via Vardones, and you look up and down the picturesque street, famous for Donizetti' resi dence here, and Infamous for one of the assassinations which figured In the recent Cammorra trials. Dirty, but plctureque! Unevenly stretches this thoroughfare of tall old tene ments, down grade, toward Plezza Ferdlnando, where several street con verge, like the spokes of a wheel On some of the larger streets of Naple the sidewalks are large enough to let two person walk abreast. If they are lover, but Via Vardone ha no aide walk at all. Where sidewalk should be women sit around and perform their household duties; some are helling pea, other are washing clothe; a young mother 1 reblndlng her baby, who a moment before lay In hi crib as naked a a cherub. Here you see a pall lowered on a rope from the fourth itory; the hawkey fills it Cruelty to a Vacationist, That' what I call mean." "Whatr "I sent Brown a card from our sum mer cottage, and to make him Jealous I wrote on it that I waa having fresh fish for dinner every day." "Well?" "Ho sent me one right back saying that after receiving my card he went Into a barber shop for a have, ate a porterhouse steak for dinner, and be fore retiring took a nice cold bath In a porcelain tub. then mentioned Inci dentally that there were no flies In his bedroom, either." with vegetables, and then the pall shoot up again; there in the distance you see a goat milked at so much per glass before the customer' very eye; yonder is a cart full of snalla; other edibles are in sight, and in your confused consclcnceness the smell of these mingle with the well-nigh In terminable cries of the vender, the chatter of women, the nolsomenes of children. , At last, after a long wait, here i the landlady; a middle-aged, prema turely wrinkled woman, with very shrewd eyes, which examine you with a curious and careful scrutiny. You ascend with her laboriously up the wide stone stairs, made of lava, aa we later discovered to the fourth story, and, passing along a number of curi ous long corridors which run mostly around tte areaway of the skylight, centered in the building, we come upon a small door, presenting even a more exaggerated diminutive appear ance because of the Jamb that is sure ly at least two feet In depth. Your first feeling Is that you are about to enter a vault, an Impression that Is quickly dissipated once you enter the room, which is very large and even more amazingly high. Other much larger doors are here, leading to other rooms, overhung heavily with curtains and draperies, leading to the balcony overlooking two streets. You Haggle. Then begins the haggling about the price; you are expected, following the advice of the guidebooks, "to preserve outwardly a calm demeanor." "Out wardly" should be in Italics, for cer tainly Inside of you you are boiling with rage as you watch the voluble landlady gesticulating, expostulating, arguing, haranguing, waxing eloquent, putting all her facial muscles into play, like an emotional acrtess; and all of this to Impress you with the fact that the room is cheap at her price. You are helpless against the torrential outpour of words; all you can do, not knowing the language, is to name your price and say "Basta!" It Is an Indispensable word, and means "enough;" you must cay It quickly, de cisively, leaving no doubt as to your meaning. Then shake your head and hedge away to the door never fear, she won't let you go. You effect a compromise, and immediately you pay her a deposit her face smiles like the sun after a storm. Then you are taken in hand by the porter oh, ye, that trunk! Drat that trunk I That night we returned to our apart ment a trifle past midnight The por ter, sitting in his dark hole by dim candlelight, opened his eyes drowsily. We put Into Ms hand 50 centeslmt, a legalized exaction which Naples en forces upon strollers who turn in after 12 o'clock. Those long corridors had a sinister look by night, and this as pect of the place was increased by the dead silence and darkness of the large house. Vpon entering our room wo fastened the door on its flimsy latch. The feeble flicker of the candle In that enormous room failed to shed light In the corners, and the apart ment assumed the forbidding charac ter of some great underworld. We ex amined suspiciously the large doors; there was no way of knowing whether they were fastened or not, and from behind them could be heard the regu lar deep breathing of some one asleep. The huge mirrored wardrobe next fell under our Investigation, and that yield ed neither a live Cammorist, nor th skeleton of a victim but only a wom an' large hat Thus reassured, wo undreEsed, put out the light, and went to bed. That Summer Lett "Genevieve, pardon me If I am too curious. "Go ahead." "What is that literary work to which you devote yourself from time to time at odd moments? Are you spending your vacation writing a bookr "Oh, no. That is a letter I started to my fiance In July. I ought to fin ish it up and mall it before Septema ber." A Similar Tale. "Uncle, tell me about All Baba and the forty thieves." "I do not remember that story. But I will. If you like, tell you about my European trip and the forty hotel keepers." on Change for Both. Marks Going away anywhere your vacation? Parks No, don't need toj my wife's going-. Awful Fix. "Peggy's In a terrible flx." What's the trouble?" "She's Just counted up and found she's refused a dozen offers of mar riage, and now though she's crazy to marry Dick, she's afraid to accept him because he's the thirteenth."" Boston Transcript, Growing Dtarer Dally. "He ay he love his wife better every year." "And 1 believe htm. That woman ha received three Inheritances sine) he married hac" ll en were killed. ia America.
