Us Wand
OR
The Devil-Stick
Br th Author of
"The Mystery of a Hansom Cb," Etc
CHAPTER XVIII.
This long conversation har somewhat
exhausted Jaggard, who was yet weak
so, telling him to cease from talking,
Jen recalled the housemaid, and left
the room to think over all he had
learned. The story of .Jaggard con
vinced him more than ever that Dr.
Etwald was the cause of all the terrible
events, which had occurred during the
last few weeks. Without doubt it was
he who had treacherously hidden Dido
in the chamber of death. After drug
ging Jaggard, the negress no doubt
had opened the window to admit Et
wald, and between them this precious
pair had carried off the dead body.
"Yes," said Jen to himself that night,
as he retired to bed. "To-day I have
learned sufficient to implicate Etwald;
to-morrow I shall be able to convict
him. Dido must confess or go to pris
on."
Angered by the selfish way In which
David had acted, Jen did not commun
icate his discoveries to the young man.
During the night he took counsel with
himself, and the next morning he acted
upon the plans which he had formed,
These were to see Dido and force the
truth from her; to send Battersea to
Deanminster to fetch both Arkel and
Dr. Etwald to "Ashantee;" and finally,
to communicate his discoveries to the
Inspector and get him to arrest Et
wald.
After breakfast the Major wrote two
. notes one for Arkel, asking him to be
at "Ashantee" by noon, as the writer
had important matters to discuss; the
other for Etwald, requesting him to
call and see Jaggard, who, added Jen
significantly In the letter, had recover
ed his senses! Having thus prepared
his trap for the doctor to walk into,
Jen delivered the letters to Battersea,
with instructions to set oft at once for
Deanminster. When the Major had
seen him safely out of the gates, he
took his way towards "The Wigwam"
for the all-important interview with
Dido.
On arrivine at "The Wigwam," Jen
presented his card, and was shown in
to the drawing-room, there to wait :he
arrival of Mrs. Dallas. On hearing
that the Major had called to see her,
fhe sent Dido to inform him that she
TgtTOild shortly accord him an lnter--view.
The negress, as gloomy and sul
."len as ever, delivered this message
-with folded arms and bent head. Then,
without even a look at him, she turned
rto leave the room, when Jen placed
fcimself between her and the door.
"Not yet, Dido," he said, in a cold
voice. "It is true that I called to see
your mistress; but I wish to speak to
you also."
"What you wish, sah?"
"To ask you a few questions about
the devil-stick."
"Massa, I say all I know of de deb-ble-stick!"
"Indeed, you did not. Dido. You did
not inform me that by Dr. Etwald's
directions you filled the devil-stick
with poison; or that you steeped the
handkerchief found in the room of Mr.
Aylmer in the same poison for the pur
pose of drugging my servant; or again,
that you concealed yourself under ..the
bed, and afterwards drugged him."
. A kind of terror showed itself in the
dilated eyes of the negress. She could
not -understand how Jen had become
possessed of a knowledge of her crimes,
and at. first was struck with stupor by
the recital. Speedily, however, she re
covered herself, and with a dark smile
of contempt and pity she was about to
deny all, when Jen brought out his
last accusation.
"Nor," said he, fixing his eyes on the
woman, "did you confess that you
opened the window of Mr. Aylmer's
room, and aided Dr. Etwald to carry
away the dead body?"
"De de dead dead!" she stam
mered, shrinking back.
"Yes, the dead body of Mr. Aylmer,
which you and Dr. Etwald took to his
house at Deanminster. No denial,
woman," said Jen, raising his voice, as
ehe was about to speak. "I see by
your face that you are guilty."
Dido trembled all over, whether from
rage or fear Jen could not determine,
and opened her mouth to give the lie
to her accuser. Then she shut it again,
as a heavy step was heard outside the
door. A moment later and Mrs. Dallas,
with a face expressive of astonishment,
was standing on the threshold of the
room; and Dido at her feet was making
the room resound like a Jungle with
bowlings like those of a wild beast.
All the savage nature of the woman
was now on the surface, and had bro
ken through the sullen restraint of her
impassive d'-meanor.
"What is the meaning of this?" de
manded Mrs. Dallas, with an uneasy
glance at the frantic negress.
"I shall explain when Dido stops her
bowling," said Jen, quite undisturbed.
"Oh, missy! missy!" wept the ne
gress. getting on to her feet. "It all
am a lie what dat massa say. Poo' ole
Dido know nuffin' do nuflin'."
Major Jen took Dido by the shoulder,
and piving her a good shake, com
manded her to be silent. At once the
negress who waa evidently acting: a
part ceased her outcries, and after
casting her eyes significantly at her
mistress, stared sullenly at the floor.
Mrs. Dallas turned pale at this rapid
glance, and was obliged to take a seat
to prevent herself from falling. Jen
recapitulated for the benefit of Mrs.
Dallas the points of his accusation
against the negress. Dido heard him
In silence, but this time she made nei
ther outcry nor denial.
Mrs. Dallas appeared to be horrified
by the recital. Every now and then
ehe cast a look of terror at Dido, while
passing her handkerchief over tear
of Sleei
1
white lips. When the Major conclud
ed, she could only shake her head and
stammer a few words.
"It cannot be true," she murmured,
"It is impossible."
"It Is a fact," insisted Jen. "I have
the evidence of Jaggard to prove that
Dido was in the room on that night.
"Dido," cried Mrs. Dallas, In a trem
bling voice, "is this true?"
The negress raised her wild eyes
slowly to the face of her mistress
What she saw therein evidently deter
mined her reply. Without a word she
bent her head.
"Ah!" cried Jen, "you admit your
guilt."
"No," said Dido, bluntly, "I say da
I In de room, but I no kill dat man
"But you filled the devil-stick with
fresh poison?"
"No," said Dido again. "I saw no
debble-stick."
w oman, cried Jen, with energy
"no one but you could manufacture th
poison with which the devil-stick wa
filled."
"Dat I know; but I no fill the debble
stick."
"Do you mean to say that Dido killed
Mr. Aylmer?" asked Mrs. Dallas, ner
vously.
"No; but she supplied the means to
the man who did. Dr. Etwald."
"Dr. Etwald!" repeated Mrs. Dallas
in what seemed to Jen to be a tone o
relief. "Why do you think he killed
Mr. Aylmer?"
"Because Maurice was engaged to
your daughter, whom he wished to
marry. Etwald killed my poor lad s
as to remove a dangerous rival from
his path. And Dido manufactured the
poison which was used to drug the
watchers of the dead."
"The watchers of the dead!" echoed
Mrs. Dallas, with a start.
"Well, let us say my servant, Jag
gard. He was drugged by Dido, and
she stole the body, or, rather, she aid
ed Etwald to do so."
"Dido, is this true?"
"Yis," said the negress, coldly; "de
great massa tole me to do dat."
"The great master," repeated Jen
"you mean Dr. Etwald? He took away
the body of Mr. Aylmer, and you help
ed him? Why did you steal the body?"
"Ask de great massa."
"Where did you take ft to?" demand
ed Jen, baffled In one direction and
trying another.
"Ask de great massa," said Dido,
once more.
"The law will do that. I intend to
have Dr. Etwald arrested. On three
charges. First, that he thieved the
devil-stick; second, that he killed Mau
rice; third, that he stole the lad's
body."
Mrs. Dallas fell back on the sofa.
with a white face. Dido laughed In a
guttural fashion, and shrugged her
shoulders contemptuously.
'Voodoo!" she said, and laughed
again. '
The Major guessed that she meant
that African witchcraft would avert
disaster from Etwald, and at once flung
the word back in her face.
"Voodoo will not help the doctor,
said he, quietly. "This is a civilized
country, and we who Inhabit it are
above being influenced by such degrad
ing superstitious. You believe In Voo
doo, in Obi; let us see if such things
will protect you."
jo you mean tnat jjiuo is In dan
ger of arrest?' cried Mrs. Dallas. In a
terrified tone.
"Certainly as the accomplice of Et
wald. She filled the devil-stick with
the poison which was used to kill," re
torted the Major, coldly; "and she con
fesses to having aided him in stealing
the body."
"Ah!" murmured Mrs. Dallas, cast
ing a haggard look around. "All !
lost."
'Are you alluding to Dido?" demand
ed Jen, rather surprised at her tone.
Mrs. Dallas was about to speak,
when the negress silenced her with a
look, and raised her head proudly.
Yis. It ole Dido," she said. "But
ole Dido not lost. Dat great massa,
he look after old Dido."
'If you mean Dr. Etwald, he will
have enough to do to look after him
self. Well, Mrs. Dallas, as I have
learned what I wished to know, I shall
now take my leave."
'You go to ruin us," wept Mrs. Dal
las.
"No," said Jen, In an inflexible voice,
I go to punish the man who killed
my boy."
Without another word he left the
room. His last glance showed mat
Dido had gathered her sobbing mis
tress in her arms, and was staring
after him in a defiant manner. At the
front door Jen heard his name called
softly, and Isabella, with a rich color
in her usually pale cheeks, came flying
after him.
"Major, Major, I have heard all! I
have been listening at the window."
"Then you know that I am aware of
your deception about the handker
chief?" "Yes. I did rot speak truly," stam
mered Isabella; "but I could not act
otherwise. It was to save a certain
person."
"Ah! you know who committed th
first of the crimes," cried Jen, seizing
the young girl's arm. "Confess. It vas
Dr. Etwald who stole the wand of
sleep."
"No! No! Not Dido! Oh!" cried
Isabella, in a tone of anguish, "it was
my mother."
CHAPTER XIX.
Major Jen recoiled from the young
girl In amazement.
"Your mother," he muttered, hardly
believing the evidence of his own
senses. "Your mother stole the devil-stlck?''
"yes, but she did not know whn etit
was doing. Wait! . Listen!" said Isa
bella, much agitated. "I told you false
hoods before to shield my mother. Now
that I know you have discovered ss
much, that you are bent on punishing
Dr. Etwald, I must tell you the truth,
so that she may not be dragged down
to ruin. Come with mo, Major. Quick
ly!" Without glancing towards the houae,
Isabella ran down a secluded path
which led through a kind of shrubbery
to the flower garden, and then disap
peared into a light cane summer-house,
which was constructed in the Chinese
fashion and overgrown with greenery.
Major Jen followed her as rapidly ns
his more mature age would permit htm.
"Major," she said, when, somewhat
out of breath, he had taken his seat
beside her in the summer-house, "al
though I relate what inculpates my
mother, it is to save her that I do bo,
Both she and I are In a net woven by
Dido."
"Ah! poor Maurice always mistrust
ed that negress."
He was right to do so. Oh, you do
not know what a terrible woman she
is. l or years both I and my mother
have been under her influence and
have submitted to her will. Now, I s
her in her true colors, and I am deter
mined to speak the truth. Save mysolf
and my mother, Major, for we are In
nocent. Dr. Etwald and Dido are thn
guilty persons."
"They killed Maurice. They stol
the body."
"I can swear they did," said Isabella
with emotion. "I have only been cer
tain of these things since our last In
terview. I lied to you then because
Dido said if I told the truth she would
accuse my mother of the murder."
I see," said Jen, thoughtfully, "and
1 can understand their motives. Dido
wished you to marry Etwald."
"Yes; and it was to force my mother
into compliance with that desire that
the whole of these crimes were com
mitted. Dido "
One moment, Miss Dallas. What
influence has Etwald over the ne
gross?"
"He is the possessor of the Voodoo
stone. It is a small black pebble of a
peculiar shape," explained the girl
"and it was brought from Africa .c
Barbadoes over a hundred years ago.
The negroes believe that a spirit dwells
in this stone, and that when it is wor
shipped the indwelling devil can work
woe to those against whom the posses
sor of tne stone bears malice. You
can have no idea how the talisman is
venerated by all the blacks; they
would go miles to look on it to adore
it; they would burn down a city to
possess it; to gain it they would mur
der a hundred human beings. Weil.
ut. .ciwaia was in liarljailoes some
years ago, and he gained possession of
this vodoo stone. He has used it
while here to Intimidate Dido. While he
holds it, she will not dare to disobev
him, and all this plotting and assassi
nation, designed to bring about my
marriage with Dr. Etwald, has been
designed by him, and carried out by
Dido, solely on account of his owner
ship of the Voodoo stone. You know
that she calls him the great master!
Well, now you can guess the reason
for her servile worship of this man."
And how about the theft of this
devil-stick?"
"Oh, on the night It was stolen I was
seated on the verandah after dinner,
and I saw my mother come put with
Dido. They did not know I was there.
I sat In the shade. I saw Dido
speak to my mother and point towards
your house. Then she waved her hands
before my mother's face, whereupon
my mother turned and walked swiftly
past where I was seated. I saw her
face; it was quite white, and her eyes
were open and glassy. When my
mother disappeared Dido re-entered
the house. At once terrified by my
mother's action I ran down the little
path which leads to the gate, and fol
lowed her out on to the road. She
went into your grounds by the postern
in the wall. I saw her cross the lawn,
and enter the smoking-room, wherein
a lamp was burning. When she came
out, It was with the devil-stick in her
hand. I recognized it by the golden
handle. I reached home before she
did, and again hid on the verandah.
Dido re-appeared as my mother came
up the walk, and took the devil-sti::!-:
from her. Then she led her indoors."
(To be continued.)
nnftlneNM Experiments In Health.
Insurance companies are beginning
to discover that to cure tuberculosis
Is cheaper than to pay death losses.
says Charles Edward Russell In Suc
cess Magazine. The Insuring order of
Modern Woodmen of America has es
tablished at Colorado Springs a large,
well-equipped sanatorium for the treat
ment of tubercular cases among Us
members. One of the great New York
insurance companies has considered
seriously a similar sanatorium for the
benefit of its policyholders. A convic
tion of the advantages of health and
content seems to be spreading among
the managers of some great enter
prises. In San Francisco, where, part
ly through the loyal support of their
employes, the corporations won a
sweeping victory at the polls, these
corporations are now encouraging ath
letics and entertainments among their
men, even, in some cases, undergoing
considerable expense for that pur
pose. In New lork and elsewhere the
like Interesting development is to be
observed In the department stores that
provide gymnasiums for their clerks,
an idea much in favor in England. I
am told that wherever these experi
ments have been tried the results have
been regarded as profitable. Of course
these are but minute beginnings. To
have healthy employes Is important to
business; to have general health
throughout the community is of vast
ly greater importance.
Good Ilule to Follow.
What is worth doing Is worth do
ing well; and with little more trouble
at first, much trouble afterwards may
be avoided. Max Mueller, Letter to
John Bellows.
Up to 1789 the chief water works
of New York City was In Chatham
street, now Park row. The water was
carted about the city In casks and sold
frou carts.
THINGS WORTH KNOWISTO.
Only 5 per cent of the total area
of the world is tillable.
The mines of Butte. Mont., have a
combined pay roll of $3,000,000 a year.
The Argentine Legislature Is con
sidering the construction of under
ground railways for Buenos Ayrea.
It is Just being realized that the
Trans-Siberian Railroad was a poor
lob from an engineering standpoint.
The observed rate for the sound of
"a" in "great" Is 420, and for the
sound of "a" In "nia," 770 waves a
econd.
The telephone and telegraph wires
of the United States would encircle the
earth at the equator more than 600
times.
To prevent the alteration of checks
or other valuable papers an inventive
genius has brought out an electric ap
paratus which burns tiny holes In the
paper as the inscription is written.
Electricity has at last been applied
co the Teddy bear, a Maryland man
having patented one that opens its
Jaws and flashes lights from its eyes,
nose and mouth, when a battery in
its interior is pressed.
The work on the Jungfrau Railway
is progressing so rapidly that it will
probably be opened next year to Jung
frau Joch, where a station and hotel
accommodating 200 persons have been
hewn out of the solid rock. '
Though hydrophobia has been
stamped out of Britain, it is still ram
pant in Germany, where every year
over 2,500 dogs and cats afflicted with
the disease are destroyed.
A patent on a horseshoe designed to
prevent the stumbling of horses wa
granted in Panama four years ago.
FASHION HINTS
One of the prettiest models for a dainty
little afternoon gown of batiste, is shown
above.
The wee yoke is of fine ecru lace, the
batiste being of that color, and there's
just a touch of light blue in the em
broidery. "A SIHe Too Frying."
Bushby had many natural advan
tages and beauties, but Mrs. Abner
Crane, who was a brief sojourner in
the place, having been there only a
matter of ten years or so, never appre
ciated it. "She was aching to get
back to Nashuy the whole enduring
time " said one of Mrs. Crane's Bushby
neighbors, "and I was glad to see her
go, feeling as she did."
"What was it she didn't like about
Bushby?" asked one of the summer
residents, curiously.
"She said she 'didn't pet the news o'
the day quick enough to suit her,' "
quoted the neighbor, with as near an
imitation of Mrs. Crane's air as she
could manage.
"As I said to my Asy, what on earth
she wanted more than we have In the
way o' news-spreaders here, I don't
know.
"When you consider that there are
five telephones in town, a grocery wa
gon driven by Lucy Grant's boy twice
a week, Lucy Grant herself to sew for
everybody in town by the day, and all
taking milk from Jed Kimball, I don't
know how we could bo any better
fixed. I call anybody that wants more
news 'o the day than Bushby folks get
a mite too prying myself."
GIntluViiInw Hia Heart.
"Dear papa," wrote the little girl at
the summer resort, "I have gained six
ounces in weight since we came here.
Mamma sends her love. Please write
to us to-mnrrow. S.'nd your love and
all the money you can spare." Chica
go Tribune.
While the Sparrow Cop Looked Oa.
Ardly Keap W'y don't ye roll fur
der along under da tree, an' git out
o" de sunshine?
Solon Bo"ey Too blame much like
work.
FIRE BLIGHT IN APPLE TREES
A Brief Description o. the
and Its Cure.
Disease
By H. S. Jackson, Oresron Asrrlcultural College,
i;orvallls.
Fire blight is the'most serious of all
the diseases which attack the pear and
apple. It is a contagious disease of
bacterial origin which, under proper
conditions, may attack any part of the
tree. Besides the pear and apple, the
quince, wild crab apple, hawthorns.
mountain ash, serviceberry and some
other pomaceous trees are subject to
attacks of this disease.
Myriads of germs are present in all
freshly blighted portions of the tree
and in the sticky ooze exuding from
cankers. The germs live almost en
tirely in the sappy portion of the bark,
though in some vigorous-growing vari
eties of pears the germs have been
known to invade the sap wood to a
limited extent. Fire blight occurs in
more or less severity in nearly all
parts of the United States where
pears and apples are grown.
In Oregon fire blight has appeared
in two general localities one in the
Southwestern part of the state, includ
ing the Rogue River valley, the other
in the Northeastern part.
Beginning in the spring the first ap
parent damage produced by the disease
in an infected orchard is the blighting
of the blossoms. Infection is brought
about by insects, principally bees,
which have visited a case of hold-over
blight and become covered with the
organisms contained in the sticky ex
udation, inoculating the flowers in
their search tor nectar. ,The organ
isms divide and multiply in the nectar
and are able to enter the living tissues
through the unprotected nectaries.
Having entered the tissues they quick
ly blight the blossoms, pass down the
blossom-stem and into the fruit spur,
killing the tissues and cutting off the
leaves from water supply, causing
them to shrivel and dry, thus produc
ing "fruit spur blight." The latter
occurs several weeks after blossom in
fection. In very serious cases nearly
all the fruit spurs may be blighted in
this way and the trees set no fruit.
Usually the germs die out and do not
grow into the twig or branch on which
the spur occurs, but occasionally the
germs may continue into the bark of
the branch at the base of the fruit spur
and form a typical canker. Fruit spurs
on the larger branches are a fruitful
source of body infection and many
cases of blight canker originate in
this way
The name "fire blight" is given to
this disease because of the characteris
tic appearance of pear foliage on twigs
or branches which have been killed by
the organisms. The leaves turn black
as though scorched by fire and fre
quently remain on the tree during the
following winter. It should be noted
that this color of the foliage is charac
teristic of the pear when it has been
killed during the growing season. If a
grower not familiar with the pear
blight desires to known how the "twig
blight" looks let him girdle a twig in
mid-summer and watch the results.
The cankers are also quite character
istic, but are very variable in appear
ance. The disease progresses most
rapidly in the fleshy -outer layer of the
bark and at first produces a watery
appearance in the affected area. Later
the tissues of the bark are more or less
broken down and the cankers become
dark in color. ,
One of the most fruitful sources of
infection has been by the pruning
shears or saw. In pruning, if -an
active canker is cut into, the tools be
come infected and serve as inoculating
instruments to spread the disease.
The only method known of control
ling fire blight is to cut out all cases
of cankers wherever they appear.
Spraying with fungicides is of only
supplementary value and the various
blight cures are worse than useless.
Experience has shown that it is of
little permanent value to attempt to
cut out the fruit spur and twig blight
as they appear. Unless these forms
of the disease extend into the branches
on which they occur and a canker is
formed the disease usually becomes
naturally limited and the germs gradu
ally die.
The efforts of the grower should be
directed to cutting out. all cases of
blight canker and body canker during
the fall, winter and early spring, when
the cankers have become more or less
limited in their growth and are not
actively spreading.
Summer cutting is intelligently ap
plied is frequently of great value,
particularly where there is only a little
blight. In the autumn before the
leaves fall is a good time to do the cut
ting, as all cases of twig blight are
easily observed.
The trees should be particularly ex
amined for cases of the collar rot. It
is this form of the disease that causes
many trees to be killed outright.
In cutting out cankers it is neces
sary that the tools be kept moist
with some good disinfectant. If this
is not done each cut will reinoculate
the germs into the bark at the edges
of the canker and the labor may thus
be useless.
Corrosive sublimate in a solution of
one part to one thousand of water has
been found to be the most satisfactory
disinfectant. The solution is a violent
poison. It must be kept in glass.
Information Free to Orchardists.
The Department of Entomology and
Plant Pathology of the Agricultural
College at Corvallis, Oregon, will be
glad to answer inquiries relating to
insect pests or plant diseases at any
time. Always include with your in
quiries as full a description of the
trouble as possible and send specimens
for examination. Address Department
of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Oregon.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warnlnir Notei Cnlllnir the Wicked
to Kepentuiiee.
Horses were
sent into the
world to help
man find his
way to the steam
engine.
The Lord 18
often the loser
when the preach
er's salary la
raised.
Every man would be a hero if he
could.
Feet are to men what wings are to
the bird.
Discontent doubles the weight of
every burden.
The bell clapper probably thinks it
Is doing all the work.
There is always danger of overdoing
the thing wo can do well.
To him that hath shall be given
more if he has any place to put it.
Thought is greater In its reach and
sweep than all the worlds that people
the sky.
Who knows how much was added to
the joy of heaven when Abraham be
lieved God?
Instead of going to the ant, as Solo
mon advised, many a sluggard goes to
his "uncle."
The man who gets up early to see
the comet generally feels a cubit taller
than his neighbor.
The devil doesn't care what you do
with your hands if he can only get
hold of your feet.
We cannot make sure of anything.
A woman swallowed a table knife the
other day and a doctor cut a hole in
her side and took it away from her.
When you take into consideration
the kind of gun that does the shoot
ing, one man may be doing as well
when he hits the barn as another
when he hits the nailhead.
MAKES HIT WITH PHONOGRAPH.
Italian Street Musician Utilises Ma
chine In HI Bnnlness.
With the arrival of spring has come
an innovation in tne line oi street
music as exploited heretofore by hand-
organ men and "mud gutter" bands.
It is the phonograph. This device,
which has up to now been confined to
the home or the restaurant, has been
appropriated by the persons who make
a living by appealing to the musical
tastes of the populace.
The vanguard of the street phono
graph army which will probably take
possession of the streets very soon
made his appearance In Flatbush to
day and reaped a rich harvest for his
enterprise, the New York Evening Tel
egram says.
The phonograph man would make a
fine subject for an artist who wanted
to picture a typical native of sunny
Italy, well along in years. With a
long, drooping gray mustache, he was
typical of an aged Sicilian moun
taineer. His clothes did not spell
opulence, to be sure, but he expects
that with the aid of the phonograph
he will soon have enough to enable
him to dress more respectably.
The phonograph was mounted on a
hand cart, such as those used by rag
and waste paper gatherers. The "mu
sician" said he got It from a man
who didn't like phonographs and who
abstracted the machine and a couple
of dozen records from the house' when
his wife wasn't looking. It Is a disk
machine, of a well-known make, and
can be heard a block away. It gives
forth a really superior brand of music
and nearly all of the records are oper
atic. For this , reason the Innovation has
made a hit In Flatbush, where the cul
ture and wealth of Brooklyn Is to be
found In abundance.
The new style of "hurdy-gurdy" at
tracts great attention wherever it goes
and children follow it for blocks, sing
ing and dancing. The operator has
it easier than the men who grind the
regular piano organs, for he does, not
have to keep winding it continuously.
It has another advantage over the
piano organ in that Its repertoire Is
more extensive and calculated to please
all tastes;
The operator explained in broken
English that he used different records
in different neighborhoods, having
some of the popular, variety to play
In sections where the residents are
not educated up to opera. So far, he
says, he has the field to himself, but
expects to encounter some opposition
before long, as rival "hurdy-gurdy"
men are jealous of his success with
the new noise-making device and are
anxious to follow his lead.
Most of the piano organs of the city
are controlled by padrones or com
panies and are merely rented by the
operators. It Is expected that they
will soon begin to put out phonographs
to keep up with the march of prog
ress. Phonographs have been In use
In Europe by street musicians for
some time, but the one now amusing
the Flatbush section Is believed to be
the first one In this country.
Mrntrity.
The conductor put his head through
the doorway.
"Can't you move up to the front a
little?" he pathetically inquired.
"Impossible," a clear voice called
back. "There's a fat cnan wedged in
the aisle."
Whereupon a hasty move up the
aisle ensued and the situation was
promptly relieved. Cleveland Plala
Dealer.
SHtlafled.
The reasons some men never reach
the top is because they're quite satis
fied with the scenery and companion
they find at the bottom. Detroit Fre
Press.