'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.