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Show 2 i sued by the government during the DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS ,'8 years. Of the number 40,000 are buI aated on the bed, 23,000 on the reau and ,500' on the table. In the lot are 35 designs. On the footboard of the bed s a large key stone composed of M0 pieces of stamps and a diamond shaped design containing the American and Cuban flags crossed, shove which Is an American eagle and below a liberty bell. On either side are the dates 177C and 1898, the years of American and. Cuban Independence. Mr. Dlanken probably has one iff thi most complete collections of.Colum Thre In existence, blan stamp thousand ot them are pasted on the three pieces of furniture.- - He alc has COO stamps of the Buffalo expo sltlon Issue. On the top of the table Is a circle of messenger boys cut from special delivery stamps. All of these were obtained from an Arch street coffin firm, and originally were on let ters with rush orders for coffins. From the opposite side of the room the various designs bear the appear ance of Intricately colored Dresden china or cleverly executed mosaic ol pink and green. Probably the handsomest design Is that on the head board of the bed. It la an American shield, only three Inches In height and one and a quarter Inches In width, but It contains pieces of 250 stamps. The most valuable stamp of the lot Is a $5 revenue stamp issued during the civil war. It is one ot a complete set of revenue stamps printed during the struggle between the states. Mr. IUanken, who Is a draftsman for the J. O. Drill Car Company, began his decorative work when he was a 'Copy right by WnlUon Kswoett. 8. N. 0. North, director of the United Statee ceneue elnce 1903, la buay boy of 16, eight years ago. lie Is very preparing for the next general ceneue which will be taken In 1910. Before much attached to the handiwork. To nterrng the government aervlce Mr. North wae engaged in the newepaper prevent possible harm to his treasures business in hit native state of New York. He la 59 yeara of age. he makes his bed himself every morning, working with the greatest care. Except for one favored chum, no per son but himself has ever Blept In tbs bed. , While the real value of the stamps used on the furniture was $4,375, he says several curio dealers have valued PHILADELPHIA HAS FURNITURE he reads or studies In the evening he the set at $5,000. values at something like f 875. COVERED WITH 8TANJP3. Mr. Dlanken is not an unusually Goes Walking with Goose. wealthy man, but he has a fad. Every Washington. George Ilellen, t Inch of the three pieces of furniture, prominent merabe of the Metropoll Work Has Taken Eight Years to ComIncluding the casters of the bed and tan and Alibi clubs, has formed the Copete and 75,500 Pieces with a United curious hnbit of walking down the bureau, Is covered Set la lored Paper States postage stamp. streets of Washington attended by a Valued at $5, COO. It has taken him eight years to goose. Mr. Hellen is one of the most popu complete the work of covering his "Philadelphia. When Robert Blank-e- n furniture. During that time he has lar men in Washington's smart set. He retires he goes to sleep In a bed collected and used 75,500 of the little Is about 40 years old. Every once In which, outside of the value of wood, pieces of paper which carry letters a while he takea a notion to do some Is worth In the neighborhood of $2,500. through Uncle Sams mails. They thing unusual. He keeps his collars, Shirts and other range In value from $5 to one cent At one time he saw an organ grind apparel In a buieau worth probably and In date from 1830 to the present er near the Metropolitan club, and fl,000. The table by which be sits as They Include virtually every stamp Is took possession of the organ. i 1 M n , i ; i J ! , i A t ' BEDROOM ODD i f SUIT. U2 4 i LATEST PORTRAIT OF QUEEN OF SPAIN 5 1 J ADMINISTRATOR REWARDED RAZING OLD HOUSE. 11,395.70 In Addition Found Owner $12,000 Broks Engagement Years Ago and I Lived a Garden 1 I t 1 V I to BY City, Recluse. L. I. While tearing down the old farmhouse that for more than 40 years sheltered William Henry Jaynes, a recluse and miser, John McKenna and Sylvanua Demott found $11,395.70, part of" the hoard left by Jaynes at his death last December. He was 9 years old. Jaynes In his younger days was happy and progressive. He was engaged to marry, when an accident caused an Injury and cancer of the face, which made him decide to forego matrimony, and be became a recluse, living solely fur the love of hoarding money. Jaynes seldom left his 'home, which for years was Isolated, but has since become very valuable, and la now near the exclusive Garden City colony and the golf links. He raised garden truck and sent It to Hempstead, Garden City and Meadow Hrook. He converted his earnings into gold and greenbacks and hid these away. He had an aversion to banks and always pleaded extreme poverty to his few relatives, who occasionally visited him. After his death relatives ransacked the house and more than $12,000 was found secreted In various places. Holes were dug In various parts of the ten-acrfarm and the barn was eearched. without result. Mr. Demott, one of the administrators, decided to tear down the old house and soon came upon several bags hanging Inside the rafters. The plaster had been removed to hide the money and again replaced. In three ot the bags, made ot bed ticking, was over $7,000 In five, ten and twenty-dolla- r gold pieces, and was found In bills and small change In other bags. All were covered with dust, and for years had been undisturbed. Search of the place Is continuing. with fortune hunters digging everywhere about the place. Mr. Demott believes the estate will total There are five known heirs, $50,000. and more are expected to file claims. old Chicken Thief Loses Teeth. Dloomsburg. Pa. While Theodore Dent of Huckhorn Is mourning over the loss of ten of his finest chickens, be has the satisfaction of knowing that the person who stole them cannot enjoy them until ho secures a new set of false teeth. Becoming frightened after securing Che chickens, the thief evidently loft (n a hurry, leaving behind him In the pen his set of false teeth and a pair of gloves. THOUSAND A CANDLES NICHOLSON By MEREDITH Aulkcr 1 "THE MAIN CRANCt," JAMESON." Em- - lupjftiylit 1 Sjr Stl-Xrrl- ZELDA to. 'CHAPTER XXV. Continued. Ah, to be sure! You were away Christmas eve, when those vandals broke In. Bates merely mentioned It In the last report I got from him In New York. That was all right. I assumed, of course, that you had gone off somewhere to get a little Christmas cheer; I don't care anything about It." But I had followed her I went to Cincinnati to see her don't you She dared me to come It was a trick, a part of the conspiracy to steal your property." The old gentleman smiled. It was an old trick of his to grow calm as other people waxed angry. She dared you to come, did she! That Is quite like Marian; but you didn't have to go, did you, Jack? Of course not; of course I didnt have to go, but " I stammered, faltered and ceased. Memory threw open her portals with a challenge. I saw Marian on the stairway at the Armstrongs'; I heard her low, soft laughter; I felt the mockery of her voice and eyes; I knew again the exquisite delight of being near her. My heart told me well enough why I had followed her! "Jack, I'm glad I'm not burled up there In that Vermont graveyard with nobody to exercise the right of guardianship over you. I've had my misgivings about you; I used to think you were a born tramp; and you disappointed me lu turning your back on architecture, the noblest of all professions; but this performance of yours really beats them all. Don't you know that a girl like Marian Isn't likely to become the agent of any rascal T Do you really believe for a minute that she tempted you to follow her so you might forfeit your lights to my property?" But why was 6he trying to find those notes of his? Why did she come back from Cincinnati with his party? If you could answer me those things, maybe I'd admit that Fm a fool, Pickering, I imagine. Is a pretty plausible fellow where women are concerned. For Goda sake, Jack, don't speak ot that girl as women! I put her In that will of mine Just to pique your curiosity, knowing that If there was a penalty ou your marrying her you would be wholly likely to do It, for that's the way human beings are made. But youve mixed It all up now and Insulted her In the grossest way possible for a fellow who is really a gentleman. And I don't want to lose you; I want you here with me! These rich Americans, who go to England to live, dont appreciate the beauty of their own country. This landscape Is worthy of the best that man can do. And I didnt undertake to build a crazy house out here but one that should have some dignity and character. That passage around the chimney Is an Indulgence, Jack, Ill admit It's a little bizarre, you see that chimney Isn't so big outside as It Is la!" and he laughed and rubbed his knees, "and my bringing foreign laborers here was really to make It easier to get things done my way. Watt till you have seen the s blossom and heard the robin sing In the summer twilight, help me to finish the house, then If you want to leave I'll bid you Godspeed," The feeling In his tone, tho display of sentiment so at variance with my old notion of him, touched me In splto of myself. There was a characteristic nobility and dignity In his plan; It was worthy of him. And I had never loved him as now, when he finished this appeal, and turned away to the window, gazing out upon the somber May-apple- e 0 THE HOUSE OF Before her marriage to King Alfoneo the present queen wae Princes Victoria of England, a granddaughter of King Edward of England. She ia very popular with the Spanish maeaea, especially since ahe haa borne an heir to th throne. v r LOCOMOTIVE A GAINST POISON Bromley, Cal. A race for life from Imperial Junction to Brawley, with the 'speed of a switch engine pitted against that of a rattlesnakes deadly poison as It circulated through the blood of M. N. McCloud, was an exciting feature here the other night. To-daMcCloud lies In the treatment rooms of Dr. J. I.ebert Cooke, with good prospects for recovery. McCloud has been an employe at the Imperial Junction hotel for several months, having come front Ios Angeles to the desert. The other afternoon about five o'clock he was sorting out brick for the base of a kitchen range when he heard the familiar whirr of a rattlesnake, and the fangs of the reptile sank Into McCloud's third finger of the right hand. The snake was 2 Vi feet long and was half rrsed In the air before It fell from the man's hand. McCloud went Into the library, where Larry and Stoddard were waiting. CHAPTER . Speed of an Engine Pitted Against That of Rattlesnake Venom. woodland. Mr. Donovan Is ready to go, sir," announced Bate at the door, and we made a daoh for the hotel, where the wound was freely cut and a ligature applied, but the poison began immediately to take efTeet. He was placed on a switch engine, and rushed to Brawley, where Dr. Cooke gave treatment all of that night. McCloud suf fered agonies, but next day, although the hand and arm were blask and swoll en to an Immense size, the prospect were good for recovery. Rattlesnakes both of the diamond back and side wlnden kind, have been showing them selves freely for the past two weeks Several of Immense slzo have bees captured here recently. McCloud ! tho first victim of snake bite this season. Latest Dietetic Fad. The treatment by vegetables is th latest dietetic fad. It Is affirmed that vegetables have a considerable Influence upon the physical and moral of those who eat them and that they will cure many maladies. well-bein- g XXVI. Shorter Vista. Larry had assembled his efTects In the library, and to my Stoddard appeared with his surprise, own hand-bag- . I'm going to see Donovan well on his way," Bald the clergyman, "It' a pity our party must break up. exclaimed my grandfather. M obligations to Mr. Donovan are very treat-a- nd to you, t00( Stoddard, lack s friends are mine hereafter and when we get new d(xir for Glenarm House you shall honor me by accent-mduplicate keys. Where's Bates?" asked the man came In, respectfully, imp"?, lurbably as always, and began gather-m- g up the bags. Stop one moment! Mr. Glenarm ald Before I go I congratulate you on the courage of this man who ha. smell you and your house with so mm-faithfulness and tact. And I tell you something else, that want to, you nro ably would never .earn f.omh mDonovan!" There was a sham wlUrhhi htitCi' a"d h ,pr!,ns forard outstretched Inulv, But Larry did not heed entreat. g - hint. The moment I set eyes on this min not fair to you I recognised him. It s know or to him that you Should not Introduce me Let Is. he what him for he an old friend, Walter Creighton; was was a student at Dublin when I to help there, a poor boy with nobody one of him; but I remember him as world." the in fellows the best For God's sake no!" pleaded Bates. He was deeply moved and turned his face away from us. But, like me," Larry went on, he mixed In politics. One night In a riot at Dublin a constable was killed. No one knew who was guilty, but a son of youngster was suspected, the one of the richest and best known men In Ireland, who happened to get mixed In the row. To draw attention from the boy, Creighton let suspicion attach to his own name, and, to help the boys case further, ran away. I had not heard from or of him until the night I came here and found him the defender of this house. By God; that was no servants trick, It was the act of a royal gentleman." a They clasped hands, and with mannew a with new light In bis face, ner, as though he resumed, as a familiar garment, an old disused personality, Bates stood transfigured In the I twilight, a man and a gentleman. think we were all drawn to him; I know that a sob clutched my throat and tears filled ray eyes as I grasped his hand. But what In the devil did you do It for? blurted my grandfather, excitedly twirling his glasses. Bates (I still call him Bates, he Insists on It) laughed. For the first time be thr.ust his hands into his pockets and stood at his ease, one of us. Larry, you may remember that I showed a fondness for the stage In our university days. When I got to America I had little money and found it necessary to find employment without delay. I saw Mr. Glenarms advertise- tsed Larry asylum and arked. no 9ur As my two friends to mo from the rear ni nvi fsr train a mood of depressing118 01 I had lost much that dav" had gained, my restoration? gard of the kind old blood, who had appeaieA? panionshlp In terms hard t seemed trifling as I tra to over tho ice. Perhaps all, was the real gainer br a events! I tramped on back toward tlta arm shore, and leaving the 1 unconsciously struck Into th. yond the dividing wall Th snow of mid-dawas now that rattled and broke under I came out into an open St. Agathas, found the turned toward home la the y night. As I neared the main the school the door opened an came out under the over?,'' She carried a anL f lamp. turned with a hand outstre'fu some one who followed her wia ful steps. Ah, Marian, cried my mn,v It's ever the task the way for age! CHAPTER of youth 4 ib XXVIl. F And So the Light Led Me. He had been to see Sister Marian was walking with gate. I saw her quite nuJ. the light that fell from the lamp head. A long cloak covered her a fur toque capped her graceful hr My grandfather and his guide , apparently In high spirits sad & laughter smote harshly upon seemed to shut me out, to lifts? rler against me. The world la tlf , within the radius c re of that nar light, and I hung aloof, hearing'? le en lie 1 t ct K! or, to They Clasped Hands. ment for a valet Just as a lark I an- voice and Jealous of the very swered It to see what an American panionshlp and sympathy betwrf gentleman seeking a valet looked like. them. I fell in love with Mr. Glenarm at But the light led me. I remeccV' sight" with bitterness that I had always ft And I with you!" declared my 4owed her, whether as Olivia, tnf I never believed your grandfather. lng. In her girlish grace acixm story at all, you were too perfect In snow, or as the girl In gray, the part!" had followed on that night Jourcej "Well, I didnt greatly mind the Christmas eve; and I followed E valet business; It helped to hide my The distrust, my shattered faith, Identity; and I did like the humor and utter loneliness, could not e twhims of Mr. Glenarm. The houseagainst the Joy of hearing that keeping, after we came out here, oot hers breaking mellowly oa 4 wasn't so pleasant" he looked at his night. . hands ruefully "but this Joke of Mr I paused to allow the two figures! Glenarms making a will and then gowiden the distance between us as S' ing to Egypt to see what would haptraversed the path that curved to pen, -t- hat was too good to mUs. And still toward the chapel. I could when the heir arrived I found new their voices, and seo the lantern of practising amateur theand I felt an ImpuL atricals; and rickerlng'8 efforts to en- turn disappear. ,Jt' or back, plunge Into the list mo In his scheme for uncoDtr on finding the land; but I was carried money and making me rich save me and ably. The light glimmered still greater opportunities. There voice still floated back to me. It were times when I was strongly tempt- through the keen winter darkly ed to blurt tho whole thing; I got memory of spring; and so her. ' tired of being Buspected, and of play-lnand the light led me. ghost la the wall; and If Mr. Glen-arThen I heard an exclnmatlon of hadn't got here Just as he did 1 may followed by laughter, la should have stopped the fight and my grandfather Joined merrily-"Oh- , the truth. I hope, "- -he said, never mind; we're not aM-to me.-"- you have no hard she exclaimed. t!r And h threw ,nt0 the I had rounded the curve In the PJ ,rny that made where I should have seen the roL1 na all but the darkness was unbroken. ' , "jm ccrtatnly glad Fm not dead," was silence for a moment, In wc ' ,Rrandf!Uhpr' 8larl"K at drew quite near to them. Bate. " fun than I ever Then my grandfather's voice s51B fPr.11,1'C; my ouir h0 out , t cheerily. shame that Batej "Now I must go bnck with T01, cook another omelette for fine person you are to fluids man! A foolish virgin, iudeed. We sent Bates bnck with my grand, no oil In her lamp!" father from the boathouse, Stod-- r I "riouso do noil Ot course 'l I ,,J wn,( th. lng to seo you WMInn O! quite to your I dont Intend to put my h91 lantern and then turn back!" . "This walk Isnt what It si'0 nald my grandfather, "we'll no make a better ono In the spring-(T11 g re ' . d w" S , & cancer , "" BE CONTINUED-- 'tSTJSiS MoHt men of prominence ly estocmcd by theta. those who du' , o: |