SYNOPSIS.
Harding Kant calls on Louts Fairish to
propoa marring and flnda th houu In
ftTt xol lament ovr th attempted ul
old of her alatar Katharln. Kant starts
an mvMtliratlon and nnda that Hugh
Crandall, aultor for Katharln, who had
been forbidden tha house by General Fri
rtah, had talked with Katharln over th
leiepnon juat Deror an snot nrsir,
A torn piece of yellow paper la found,
at slant of which General Farrtsh
stricken with paralysla Ksnt discovers
that Orandall has left town hurriedly,
Andrew Elaer, an aged banker, commits
suicide about tha same time aa Katharln
attempted bar lit.
CHAPTER 1 1 1 (Continued.)
I glanoed quickly at Davis. I fully
expected to In hit face something
of the same astonishment I had felt.
was disappointed. With a casual
i glance at the envelope he turned to
Dowd aa If waiting for him to go on.
"It's evidence In the Elser case," the
detective went on, "turned In by the
. man on post who reported the suicide.
He was that old party that waa found
dead n his room up on west Twenty-
third street To my mind. It's Just
plain case of suicide an old man tired
of living. The poison bottle was there
on the floor beside him. I dont see
nothing suspicious sbout it, but the
chief has taken a notion that there'
something behind It and - wants to
know where this letter came from, we
searched the room, but this torn en
velope, was all we could find. The
postmark's torn through, but . be
thought maybe yon could trace It any-
how." '.
"111 see what I can do and 111 let
yon know In the morning," said the
inspector calmly, dismissing the de
tective with a nod. From his matter-
' of-faoe tone and apparent lack of in
terest I would not have been surprised
if be had refused this undertaking.
too, aa he had mine, though It seemed
to me that the two bits of yellow pa
per connected the two suicides at the
same hour as something decisively
more than a mere coincidence.
As soon, however, as the detective
bad left the room the Inspector's whole
manner changed. With the glitter of
excitement In his alert eyes he turned
to me and explosively said:
"Quick, let me see that yellow
scrap." , ; '
I had placed It carefully in my wal
let after he had refused my request
As I drew It out now he almost
snatched It from my hand. Putting It
on his desk beside the torn envelope,
he picked up a reading-glass and
studied both pieces carefully. His In
spection ' lasted for several minutes,
and meanwhile, I, tod, studied the torn
envelope. ,.
Both In color and texture the paper
so closely resembled the scrap that I
was positive that they were of the
same lot The envelope bore the ad
dress of Andrew Elser, in West Twen
ty-third street Part of the postmark
most of it. In fact had been de
stroyed, as If In the careless opening
of the letter with the finger. All that
was decipherable was a capital "A1
and part of another letter that might
have been either an N or an "R." In
the lower part of tha circle was a frag
1 ment of a letter that looked as If It
might have been an "N." I noticed,
too, that the stamp had been stuck on
. rather carelessly, In a lopsided man
ner. ' ; 7 r .' .
My friend, his inspection completed,
turned to me apologetically. ;
"I beg your pardon, Harding Kent,1
he said, "you were entirely right
These two bits of paper, are key-notes
in an important mystery, one that It is
well worth my while to try to solve."
"What made you change your mind
so suddenly?" I asked, for though I
quite agreed with him, his manner
had pussled me not a little.
He leaned back In his chair and
turned It so that be faced me. He had
a sharp, explosive way of speaking,
biting off his words almost before be
had completely enunciated them.
. "Cant you seef One footprint leads
1 nowhere. , Two footprints start a path.
When you brought that yellow scrap
to me you were merely guessing that
It might have something to do with
the strange happenings In the Fairish
home. There was no way In which
you could have positive knowledge,
nor could I. You were only guessing.?
"Indeed, I wasn't!" I exclaimed In
dignantly. '!What drew my attention
to it was General Farrlsh's exclama
tion of terror at-the sight of It just be
fore he fell, paralysed' r -.;
Davis shook his head determinedly.
"That meant much or nothing. It
may have been mere senile hysteria
superinduced , by the great shock.' At
some time In his life he max have had
some unpleasant experience, which
was associated in his subconscious
memory with a . yellow document
Wrought up as he was by the news of
his daughter's attempt to kill herself,
the brain cells called into action were
those that had recorded other disturb
ing experiences, perhaps a month ago,
perhaps forty years ago. No Impres
sions in the brain records, are ever
-lost The sight of the yellow paper
probably recalled some other yellow
paper. There was then no evidence
whatever that It was this particular
piece of paper that so agitated him."
"But you think so now," I' suggested.
. "The situation has entirely changed.
There was nothing to show that this
piece of paper had ever come through
the mall.' There was nothing to con
nect It with suicide. . Dowd comes In
here with a similar piece of paper that
plainly has been mailed. -'. We now
have not onefootprint, but two the
beginning of a path. Once started on
tlie path, we can solve the mystery."
"Then you thick there Is some con
r on between the two bits of ps-
r tt" '
"I l ow there Is,; said Davis.
"7.', ,i "a of yellow paper are of the
.Irmndnn
same quality and texture-to all ap
pearances the same paper, Two per
sons In whose possession they were,
attempt suicide on the same day. The
same person, or at least the ssme type
writer, wrote both the address on the
envelope and the contents of the let
ter. This envelope came from a coun
try post-office in either New York or
New Jersey within a month some
post-office the name of which begins
with 'Ar 'or 'An There are not many
rural Offices that will lit In all par
ticulars. In two days or sooner, I can
tell you exactly from what office they
were mailed."
"Letters you think there were two?
Might not this be the envelope In
which this paper came?"
"That presupposes an acquaintance
between Elser and Miss Fairish, at
least a connection of some sort Did
she know hlmf .
"I don't think so. Her sister and I
were talking of the Elser suicide last
night after we saw the evening papers.
Louise surely would have known It if
her sister was acquainted with him,
"Perhaps," said Davis doubtfully.
"There Isn't a human being over ten
that has not a secret that they keep
from some one. It looks to me, though,
as If In all probability there were two
distinct letters. That Is what makes
me suspect a plot It convlnoes me
that the mails are being used for an
improper and more than likely a crim
inal purpose. This brings the case or
both cases properly In my domain as
a post-office Inspector."
"And I can count on your assistance,
after all." I said Joyfully. "When can
you, begin work?"
I have begun,", he said tersely,
pushing over for my Inspection some
thing he had hastily scrawled on a pad
lying on his desk. It was an order ad
dressed to the superintendent of the
railway malls,' which read:
Have all railway clerks on New
Tork and New Jersey routes report
from what rural office within the last
month they have received large quan
tities of letters In yellow envelopes.
If letters have been discontinued,
whenT DA VI 8:
Large quantities!" I gasped. "Were
there more than two?"
Of course, ne snapped, in a way
that showed me he did not wish to be
questioned further. Then he reached
for his hat and coat, and with an ab
rupt ."Come along!" led .the way to
the elevator. ,-v.;.-.;.
"Where are you going T" I asked as
he rushed me hurriedly through Park
plaoe to the Blxth Avenue Elevated.
, ".To Twenty-third street," be replied,
to find out what the police have not
In the ?L" train I told him In low
tones of Crandall's apparent connec
tion with the case and of his sudden
disappearance.' He sat. silent, his
whole bearing Indicating such abstrac
tion that I doubted If he had heard . a
word I was saying, but suddenly, Just
before- we left the train, he startled
me by asking: ;
Do you know , Crandall! What
color are his eyes T"
I regretted that I had to say no to
the first -question, and that I did not,
to the latter, which query amazed me
greatly. , What connection the color
of a man's eyes could possibly have
with two attempts at suicide and a lot'
of mysterious yellow letters from a
rural post-office was entirely beyond
me. Curious as I was, I hesitated to
question him on the subject, for ex
perience had taught me that be was
better at asking than answering.
Instead of going ' directly to the
boarding-house where Elser had killed
himself, he took the other side of the
street -and turned abruptly into a
house, beside the door of which was a
doctor's plate.
'Is Doctor Berner lnf" he asked of
the maid, and on being shown into the
physician's office, Introduced himself
as "Inspector Davis" and began ques
tioning the doctor about the Elser sui
cide. ,. ;. ,;..;,.,' f''-' '-.: '--'
Though the papers had made' no
mention of Doctor Berner,; the state
ment being that a policeman had
called an ambulance from Bellevue
Hospital, lt now appeared that the
landlady had summoned him as soon
ss the suicide was discovered, s Elser,
was dead, so he had withdrawn as
soon as the policeman arrived. "
"Did, you ever have Elser as a pa
tient?" asked the inspector. -
The doctor reflected. ,
"Only once about two years ago. I
gave him something for Insomnia. He
called here at the office and I wrote
him a prescription. He was to return
in a few days for further treatment
but he did not do so. Another time "
The doctor hesitated. v',; :
"There was another time I . bad al
most forgotten, a year or two before
that He met me In the street one
day and asked what my office hours
were on Saturday. He explained that
he waa the guardian of a boy who was
in a boarding-school. The child had
some slight throat . trouble ; and be
wished me to make an examination.
On the following Saturday he brought
the boy here, a bright little chap about
ten." k-.;.." .- . ' r
Do you know the boy's name? What
school did he attend?" The Inspector
flred this question rapidly, but It was
quickly apparent that the doctor had
ofhlng more to tell, so we left
What a wonderful man you are!" I
exclaimed as the doctor's door closed
behh, J vn. , "How did you learn that
Doctor 1 mr had been called In after
Elser 1 1 himself?"
There H nothing wonderful about
my knowk " answered Davis ritb
laugh. " t Is t e first thing that
people do ' t f " '.? , happens?
They run for t a i ' c "or. Doc
tor F orner is the t iv t C x ; or. Could
anyMilg be simpler?"
The simplicity of his logic amaisd
me. It was like a conjurer's trick aft
er It has been explained, or like one of
those punle pictures with hidden
faces. Ton work hours trying to And
them, and after you have found them
you wonder bow you ever happened
not to see them.
We now arrived at Mrs. Trass's
boarding-house one of those dingy
ex-resldences that proclaimed its ret
rogression by a white slip of paper on
the door frame. I had supposed that
here, too, my friend would Introduce
himself as "Inspector Davis" on ac
count of the prestige1 it would give
him In searching the rooms, but to the
slattern maid who came to the door
wiping her hands he merely said:
"Tell your mistress a couple of gen
tlemen are Inquiring about room and
board." -
Mrs. Trask was the old-school boarding-house
mistress fast disappearing
before the Inroads of the family apart
ment hotel. "Better days" was writ
ten all over her, though somewhat ob
scured by years In boarding-house
grease. ' Eying, us sharply through her
spsctacles, she Inquired how much we
were willing to pay, meanwhile debat
ing with herself whether it was neces
sary to ask for references.
Davis' "not more than twelve dol
lars a week each" apparently con
vinced her that references were un
necessary, for she at once led the way
to what she described as the second
floor front the room in which Elser
had killed himself only the day before.
Probably she had no Intention of tell
ing us this, but garrulity overcame
ber caution. She bad been expatiat
ing on the advantages of the room-
Heaven knows It needed an eloquent
advocate! when suddenly she low
ered ber voice to a mysterious-whis
per. . 1
'One gentleman has occupied this
room ' for fourteen years ever since
I've had the house, and a fine old gen
tleman be was, too. I wouldn't have
the room vacant but what happened
to him yesterday." She let her voice
sink still lower. "If It was a couple
of ladiee looking at the room, I
wouldn't be telling It but I know you
gentlemen won't mind. It was In this
room yesterday Mr. Elser killed him
self, not on the bed, but right here on
the floor. It was poison he took cya
nide of mercury, the doctor said."
'You don't sayt" exclaimed the In
spector, as If he bad heard the news
for the first time. "Why. did he do it?"
"It's more than I can say," said Mrs.
Trask, evidently well plessed to talk
about the tragedy. "I did everything
I could to keep bim comfortable and
happy. He spsnt all bis time here
Mrs. Trask Was ths Old-School
since he gave up his' office down-
was a complaint out of him. un Sat
urdays be used to go up to Westches
ter to see a boy that he was guardian
town. . He read ". the papers every
morning in the parlor. - Every after
noon he took a walk. He was always
on time to his meals and there never
Tramps at Sea and Ashore
Whoever first named ths wandering
cargo steamship "tramp" did It In a
moment of Inspiration. A sea tramp
and a shore tramp have more In com
mon than the name. These steamers
everywhere in the same slouch y.
aimless way, without knowing whith
er they will sail from the next port,
and never knowing, when, they will get
into the lane that leads borne. Tramps
ashore and afloat carry with . them
'enough to cover their nakedness; the
bar necessities of life suffice; they
are - involuntary ascetics. Tramp
steamers bave the pinched, hungry look
of a city newsboy, for .they were born
In adveralty, and the chill breath of
economy constantly blows over them.
They are the undermanned, underfed,
overloaded. Ishmaelltes of the 'Sea.
Every seaman's tongue ,1s - against
them, and the merchants of the world
conspire to get their goods carried in
them for nothing. ' It Is seldom one
hears anybody speak respectfully of a
tramp. Men in liners, deep water ves
sels,, and regular trades will allude
with an inflection of pride to "my
ship;" coasting men speak of "them
tramps" with a sniff of scorn tbst de
fies Interpretation. - Those who go In
them, especially the officers, speak in.
a dprecti ting, half apologetic way of
their be' g on a-tramp, as though
for. Every Saturday night regular be
paid his board, that Is, up to last week
'-that's still owing."
"Did be have any visitors r
"No, I don't recollect that there was
ever any one here to see him, though
occasionally he used to bring the boy
down here to lunch on Saturday or
Sunday. He hasn't had him here,
though, for the last three years."
" "Did he receive anymaiir
"Ain't It queer, now, that you
speak of that I The first letter he bad
In months came only last week. The
police found part of the envelope on
the floor beside him. Them and me
both looked through all his things, but
never a trace of the letter could we
find. I cant for the life of me think
what he could have done with it . I
know tha letter must have had some
sort of good news tor him, for after
he received It, for several days he
was as bright and chipper as could be,
more like himself than be had been
for years. ' Then yesWday somebody
telephoned to him I don't know who
it was, for I waa out marketing and
he never had any 'phone calls before
that I know of. Right after lunch be
went out and was gone until after
three. Soon after be came in be
killed himself In this very room.".
to my mind tnmgs were Beginning
to look blacker and. blacker for Cran
dall. The parallel between the cases
of Katharine and Elser was entirely
too strong for it to have been mere
coincidence. We knew It was Cran
dall who had telephoned Katharine. It
must have, been he who had - called
Elser. There ' was much to be ex
plained. What It was that bad driv
en them both to seek death was still
a mystery to me. My mind reverted
to my original theory that there was
a child, whose existence had been
kept from tke world, that was in some
wsy connected with the Fairish fam
ily. Old Elser wss the guardian of a
boy. Suppose this boy was the child.
It would establish a possible connec
tion between the two suicides. It
would explain why Katharine might
bave known old Elser yet never have
mentioned the man to Louise.
I took it for granted that Davis
would ssk the landlady further about
the child. Of course, he would want
to know the boy's name and the
name of the school where Elser
kept htm, but be made no further
Inquiries. Telling the landlady be
would let. ber know In a day. or
two about the room, he turned' to me
with: -
"Come on, Kent, It is time ws bad
some luncheon."
. "We must find Crandall," I said as
we left the bouse.
Board Ing-Houss Mistress.
"We must find who wrote the yel
low letters," Davis responded. . , !
"It must, have been Crandall," I as
serted with conviction. "
."It may have been Crandall," the
inspector replied. "Was Crandall left
handed?" '
(TO BE CONTINUED.) .' "" , -""
caught where they should not , be
George McPherson Hunter, In Survey.
Fewer Fogs In London,
Efforts of the Coal Smoke Abate
ment society, in greatly reducing the
volume of smoke, have been Instru
mental In making black fogs rare in
London.' A-few years ago these fogs
were quite frequent in London in win
ter, 'and for several days at a time
the city Itself and ' the outlying
suburbs were covered by a dark, black
pall, sometimes high in . ths air, but
more frequently descending and form
ing a thick, dirty and greenish-yellowish
substance through which the peo
ple had to travel. Fogs still occur In
London, but only . occasionally, and
not tor several years has there been
an old-fashioned fog ' when- torch
bearers had to be employed to indi
cate the way. , ,. ' : . -'-, ....:
. '- An Exsggersted Compsrlson. .
"What makes you think that man
is necessarily a great statesman?"
asked Senator Sorghum.
"Because he is a clever lawyer."
"My dear sir, to assume - that , s
clever lawyer Is necessarily a great
statesman Is the same as taking it to?
granted that a fcumismal'c'aa Is I
financier." :
OUR photograph shows a characteristic scene during the western campaign trip of Woodrow Wilson. Here the
governor is on the rear platform of his private car greeting the cltixens of Marlon, Ind.
RANGER REAL HERO
Fire Fighters Face Great Dan
gers in Forest
How Pulaski, by Coolness and Bravery,
' Prevented the Loss of Thirty-Five-
of His Crew In
Cour d'Alene.
New York. Prof. Welling, tanned
and toughened by his summer's -work
in the Coeur d'Alene national forest
reservation, held his eastern visitors
spellbound with stories of the fight be
had helped to make against the fearful
forest fires, says the Youth's Compan
ion. He had gone out, with two others,
under government commission, , to
study the forest and, coming back in
August they had met the fires and
spent almost a month In fighting their
way out of them. .
"There are real men among those
forest rangers," be went on. "In fact,
there fs no place for anything that is
not genuine up there. The most thrill
ing story of heroism that I have heard
In a long time is the story of Ranger
Pulaski. It did not happen in the part
of the reservation where I was, but I
can vouch for ita truth, for I , have
talked with some of the men who
were with him. '-' , '" V""
"Pulaski had forty men under him,
and they had been fighting a big fire
for hours. Suddenly the wind rose un
til it blew a gale. The fire got beyond
them, and it became a question of
saving the lives of the men. They
were many miles from a railroad or a
clearing. .
"Pulaski remembered tbat about a
mile from where they were working
was an abandoned mine shaft that ran
back about forty feet Into the hillside.
He ordered the men to snatch their
blankets from the camp and run for
this shaft Once there, they packed
themselves like sardines into the hole.
Pulaski placed himself at the opening
and stretched a blanket across it
"In a few minutes the fire overtook
them. The blanket at : the opening
caught and Pulaski Jerked It away.
Again and again this was done, and
when the supply of blankets ran low
he held the burning fragments across
the mouth of the shaft with his bare
hands.
"The suffering of the men from the
heat and smoke was pitiful. They
were fairly maddened by It, and some
of them made a wild attempt to push
their way out of the shaft For a
while Pulaski held them back by sheer
physical strength, for he waa an un
usually strong man. , But be knew that
he must soon be overpowered and that
the men. In their frensy, would rush
ont to certain death. He drew his re
! volver and told them that he would
kill the first man who attempted to
break away. The mdn knew that he
meant It, too, and that knowledge
brought them back to reason.
- "It wasn't more than twenty minutes
before the worst of the fire had passed
the shaft When It was safe to crawl
out they found that five of the ' men
were dead from suffocation, but the j
other thirty-five were all right Pulas
ki himself was blinded and burned, but
his sight was partly restored. He lost
five men, to be sure, but : with less
courage and presence of mind he
would have lost them all. I take off
my hat to such a man. . He Is a real
liero." . ' .
Winston Is Fearless.
London. Winston Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, denounced the
efforts of the suffragettes to break his
meeting here as "woman's uncivilised
antics."
Tubers and Tomatoes on Same 8talk.
Red Hill, Pa. Elmer Clemmer
grafted a tomato and potato stalk, and
as a result, the plant bore eight pota
toes and three tomatoea of excellent
flavor. -;.- W-'.--; ;
ROYAL1 SUITE FOR MANUEL
King George ef England Offer Ex-
Soverelgn ef Portugal Living Apart
, r ments In Ksnslngton Palace.. ;
London. King George has offered to
King Manuel a suite In Kensington
palace. - Thus another foreign royalty
becomes more or less a burden on the
taxpayers of Great Britain., At pres
ent Manuel occupies a house at Rlcb
moi 1. - If he accepts the rooms In
Ker ington palace be will bave aa fV
"SON ON HIS WESTERN
r'LIBERTY BRIDE ' GETS WORK
Mrs. Washburn Gets Employment on
. Magazine as Part of Pre-Nup.
tlal Arrangement
Los Angeles, CaL In conformity to
her part of a prenuptial contract that
caused comment from all sections of
the country, Mrs. Charles Washburne,
until a few days ago Miss Heluls
Chandler, obtained a position with the
firm by which her husband Is em
ployed..
The company publishes a magazine,
and Mrs. Washburne will do illustrat
ing for it
A part of the prenuptial contract,
which, as a whole, provided for the
greatest personal liberty on the part
of husband and wife, specified that
each should earn an Independent live
lihood, and should share the expenses
of maintaining a home and of caring
for children, should any result from
the marriage.
The account of my mother being
prostrated and moaning over the dis
grace I have brought upon her are
merely trash," said Mrs. Washburne.
'1 have received several telegrams of
congratulation ; and commendation
from my mother since my marriage.'
MUCH . CEMENT FOR CANAL
When Latest Million Barrels Is Used
Total Cost Will Have Reached
$6,500,000.
Washington. When the latest mil
lion barrels of cement purchased have
been used in construction work , on
the Panama canal the amount of ce
ment employed In the building of the
big ditch will, have reached a total of
2,200,000,000 pounds. The cost of
this item of construction , reaches $,
600,000. If the barrels which con
tained the cement could be placed
end to end tbey would extend 2,300
miles.
NO FAITH IN EGYPTIAN GODS
"Reincarnated Daughter ef Pharaoh"
Says She Has Rejected Artist
Ott's Fsith.
St Louis, Mo. Mrs. Ralph Chesley
Ott, "reincarnated daughter of Pha
raoh," who is suing her noted artist
husband for a divorce, now denies that
she ever had faith In the old Egyptian
gods. She adds that when her two
children came she utterly lost all faith
In her husband's fantastic belief, and
now, If she can recover her children
through the courts, she will be satis-
fled with realities and forget the
dream-talk and theosophy of Mr.
ott..'. ' , .., .-. .-'.,
Ott Is now in Springfield, Mo with
the two young children, and is expect
ed to file a general denial to his wife's
divorce charges this week. Accord;
Ug to their stories, the was the Prin
cess Amnera 5,000 years ago, and he
was an artist in the employ of . her
haughty fa'.her, Pharaoh. As In their
modern romance, it was a case of love
at first sight when the princess anl
the artist met for the first time in the
queen's chamber o' the Great Pyra
mid. Ott's modern meeting of his 6.000-year-old
Ideal was at University City,
after he had returned from a commis
sion to study Egyptian architecture for
E. O. Lewis. She was then Miss Jane
Schauffert, $n artist's model.
In discussing her alleged erstwhile
tenets, Mrs. Ott dented the authorship
of the article in regard to her faith,
which were published over what was
claimed to be her signature and she
vilified the poor old gods of Egypt
Of her -husband and children, she
declared that she bad heard nothing
since she left them with relatives of
Mr. Ott in Springfield. V
Among other things In her divorce !
low residents the duke of Argyll and
Princess Louise, Princess Henry of
Battenburg, mother-in-law of King - Alt
phonso, and the countess Granville.
KITTENi GIVES 'AN ALARM
Leads Mother to Where Child Hangs
; Head Downward on Amuse--'
' ment Pier.'
Venice, Cel. A kitten saved twelve-year-old
Olfre Henderson, of t" 'i
place, from probable dealX
TRIP
FALSE TEETH LEGAL TENDER
Bartender Accepts Molars for Beer In
; Lieu of Nickel Prom Man
With Thirst
' Kansas City, Mo. Into Tony's place
at 401 Main street came the man with
a permanent thirst He sidled up to
the bar and In a husky .whisper an
nounced to Jerry, the red-headed bar
tender: "Say, Bo, I got to bave a drink an'
there's no us dlscussln' any compro
mise. I'd rather drink than eat an'
my stomach craves food. Jus' to show
you I'm all right, even If I hain't got
no money, an' I'm sincere an' all that
here's my false teeth fer one bowl of
suds man's sise an' ahy th' collar. Do
I cash 'em In?"
"You do," replied' the bartender, and
took the man's upper and lower mas-,'
tlcators without so much as a "bat of '
the eye." . .... ..
"I'll be back and redeem 'em to
night" assured the Jag. -
"If you don't I'll fit another man to
'em," warned Jerry as he wrapped the
molars In a piece of tissue paper and
rang them up In the cash register as
"five cents.". -,- ,. ,
FEEL PULSE AROUND WORLD
Harvard University Physicians With
Nsw Instrument Get "Long Die
. tsnce" Heart Beats. . 5.
Cambridge, Mass. That It Is posst
ble for a physician to note the heart
beats of a patient who may be on the
other side of the world Is the asser
tion of Dr. Percy E. Brown of the
Harvard Medical school. An , In
strument devised for that .purpose
has been installed in the Harvard Med
ical school. Doctor Brown , says:
With the proper attachments the
heart beats could be registered around
tha world. ; All the patient has to do
is to place the hands In warm salt
water and the electric current, with
the hands the positive and negative
poles,' is carried by wires to the in- .
strument, which shows .the heart
beats." '
ili-
petitlon Mrs. Ott alleges drunkenness
and cruelty, stating that on several
occasions her husband bad slapped her
in the- presence of company. ' It Is
also stated that on one occasion the
elder Mrs. Ott her mother-in-law, or
dered her from the house.
PIANO IN WRECK SAVES LIFE
Forms a Barrier That Fence Man
1 . In It at Time of Craah .
v of Trains.
Sheridan, Wyo. His piano- fencing
him Into a small open space In bis car '
of household goods waa all that saved
J. S. Doyle of McCooky Neb.; from be
lng crushed to death when a Burling
ton train in which he was on his wsy
home crashed Into some empty cars
north of Sheridan. .';.,.,
One of the seven horses Id the car
was killed. , Doyle was badly bruised :
and cut, but after his . Injuries were
dressed In the Sheridan hospital be
was able to continue his Journey to
McCook. , t - r.
NEW SEA SERPENT IN VENICE -
Looks Like a Shark and Has Fsce
Like Gila Moneter, and Every,
body Sober.
Venice, CaL One of the queerest '
deep-sea creatures ever seen here was
brought in by a fisherman. It la fire
feet in length, black and green mot
tled, with a tail like a shark. It baa
a dorsel fin and four feet shaped like '
those of a parrot Ita mouth resem
bles that of a Gila monster, while Ita
head Is a replica on a' large scale of
that Of a California horned toad.
. ' The child and the kitten had gone
for a walk and after a time the kittea
returned alone. When It drew the at
tention of the girl's mother It started
away, but returned and renewed lis
cries when she failed to follow. T,l, i
it started again the mother fo!!owe 1.
. The kitten led th way to t" - 1
of an amusement piar, where Cn t t
was found hansrtng head d
from a large si ' e in a r''a. I
fallen from the I 't s-I 1 r
b;i C'v ' t ca t.-9 I. s,
r ..... i l . : j t