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PORES Fab uckds dna 10 phe Waele aR OO 4 TRONS, «6o0ee scene cecceevessaccse ONC. 2 COPIES ONO VOAT. «sever cecrvesiovocee 4.00 SRT, vt wane 4-4dneh 6 duced stp Uasg wind oi BZD WOO PY WOW ORI Nise 9 << tawcsinneae aise 4.00 How to Send Money—By post-office or express money order, registered letter. bank check or draft, at our risk. At your own risk ifsent by currency, coin, or postage stamps in ordinary letter. Receipts—Receipt of your remittance is acknowledged by proper change® of number on your label. If not correct you have not been properly credited, and should let us know at once. No. 31. NEW YORK, March 1, 1913. Price Five Cents. ‘ Frank Merriwell, Junior’s, Adversary; Or, DAN SILVER’S REPENTANCE. By BURT L. STANDISH. é CHAPTER I. THE CHALLENGE, ‘ “What the mischief has become of Dan Silver?” A little group of fellows were lounging on benches in one corner of the big Blyfield Academy gymnasium. Young Merriwell was among them, and so was his homely, red-headed chum, Owen Clancy, and likewise— as a matter of course—Merry’s other chum, Billy Bal- lard. Then there were also big, blond Norris Codding- ton, who was surprising everybody with his ability at. throwing the hammer, and Jock Belize, qudarter-blood » Indian and devoted friend of Merry, who was rounding into phenomenal form as a runner, and Lon Greef, cap- tain of the track team, dismal and long faced even in his happiest moments, and Twofers, the punster, arid good- natured Toby Harkness, and.a few more.’ The floor of the gym was a busy place. Never before in the history of the academy had such an interest been shown in the training for spring sports. It was a mat- ter for congratulation on the part of; those who had, during the preceding year, watched, with sadness and regret, the flagging athletic spirit manifested by many of the students. There were several theories put forward to account for this wholesome revival in athletic affairs, Every _ theory, however, had for its focal point the magic of the _ name of. Merriwell. Young Frank, recognized every- _where as “a chip of the old block” and admiringly re- _ ferred to as “Chip” for that very reason, had appeared _ suddenly in Blyfield many weeks before, and by precept and example had stirred up the athletic enthusiasm. The “prep” school in the neighboring town of Trawlee was Blyfield’s most persistent and dangerous rival. Traw-. lee had taken Blyfield’s scalp in many a hard-fought 4 battle, but Blyfield’s stock had gone up with a jump when she had retaliated by recently taking two out of a string of three hockey games from her rival. And to Merriwell entirely—altnough Merry himself would not admit it—the.credit was due for wresting that ice-hockey victory from what seemed like certain defeat. Frank, who was not enrolled as a student, and had come to champion the fortunes of the school by chance and an inborn love for athletics, had made a place for himself, in the hearts of the Blyfield boys. He was the idol of ‘the school—with one or two of the students ex- cepted. The notable exception was Dan Silver, about whom Toby Harkness had just proffered a puzzling question, | Frank had returned to Blyfield after an absence of several weeks and had found that Silver was coaching the hockey team. ‘Lo the Blyfield squad Trawlee had just administered a stinging defeat. Everybody wanted Merry to take the team in hand for the third and~ last game with the rival school. Out of consideration for Silver, Merry refused; then Silver resigned in Merry’s favor, apparently with the utmost good will, but really with the design of executing a treacherous plot that would make it impossible for Merry to do any coaching. The plot failed. It led to another, which came nearer proving successful, but which likewise ended in a fiasco. And then the third and most desperate scheme of all was sprung—this time leveled at Merry’s friend, Belize. The village jewelry store, owned by a man named Hampton, was robbed. Silver knew who the thieves were, secured from them a little of the loot, and catsed it to be secréted in Belize’s room. There it was found by the sheriff, and matters would have gone hard for Belize had not Merriwell, with energy and a remarkable turn 2 NEW: TIP of luek, discovered who the thieves were, the part Silver had taken in the miserable affair, and recovered the stolen property for Hampton. Professor Pettigrew, principal of the academy, had - been told all the facts of the case, and had sent to ask Silver to come to his office, Silver had not eome. On the contrary, he had fled from the school and had been seen taking a night train, west-bound. Belize was supposed to be on study hours for a week, because on the night of the robbery he had been absent from the dormitory without leave. There were extenu- ating circumstances, however, and the principal had al- lowed the quarter-blood to go to the gym that Tuesday afternoon to keep in touch with his training. For the rest of the week he would have to stay close to his room, “Silver has gone for good,” funereal tones. ‘What boots whereabouts? Good riddance, at that.” “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” remarked Twofers, “fonder of his room than his company,” said Greef, his most it to inquire after his methinks, and let it go “Can't somebody gives us the ins and outs of that. serape he got into?” complained Harkness. “Chip, you and Pink, and Red, and Cod, and Jock, here, know all about it, but you shut up like a lot of clams whenever the subject is mentioned,” | Frank, and those of his friends who knew the true _ inwardness of the affair, were keeping quiet. They had agreed among themselves to do this. Why kiek a fellow when he was down? Silver was down, and Frank, for one, had only pity and regret for the wretched boteh he was making of his school career. “There's no use spreading the thing all over the school, Hark,” returned Merry. “Silver is having a hard enough time of it, as it is. If the disgrace is hushed. up, it will make it easier for him to come back here.” _. Several pairs of eyes sought Mer riwelks face won- ergy: : Gadzooks!” exclaimed Lon Greef. “The great and only Chip comes close to slopping over.” “His head isn’t as soft as his heart, that’s a cinch,” put in Twofers. “T aver,’ said Hark, ‘ eredit—although, easy with the pup.” _. Merry was a little nettled by Greef’s remark, although _ the Jong, slim: chap was plainly joking. , “It’s a good thing to ‘slop over’ once ina while,” said - Merry, “rather than to go to the other extreme... Silver’s worst fault is his nasty temper: He'd be a pretty decent fellow if he could control that. Now He was interrupted’ Just at that moment a young fellow, with his overcoat over his arm came briskly toward the lads on the benches, “Well, what do you thihk of this! exclaimed Hark. “Here's Abe Plainwell, of Trawlee. Hello, our friend, the enemy!” he called. “You’ye come over to size up our bunch, I suppose, and see what your crowd is Up against next spring.’ “Guess again, Hark,” said Plainwell, natured laugh. Merriwell’s my meat. like a wolf.” Plainwell had captained the hockey teain ‘which Merry shad helped to defeat: It was an awful defeat, and eae HES had taken it very much to heart. ‘that his feelings do him fad oli 9 With’ a good- z m on, his trail TOP personally, I'll be darned if, ’'d be so — VigpoRa rary WEEKLY. The Trawlee chap shook hands warmly with all the DBly- field fellows and dropped down on the bench beside P rank, "Bunny that Trawlee bunch sore,’ said Lon Greef sadly. “Tm after something to rub on the sore spot,” grinned Plainwell. “You'll remember, I guess, that we allowed Merriwell to play on your team because you allowed Lee Trent, an ‘amateur wno doesn't belong to our school, to play on ours,” “Your own proposition, Plainwell,” . “Sure,” was the response, “but we hadn’t a notion that Merriwell was such a whirlwind with a hockey stick. He gave us our gruel, all right, but we're gradually recover- ing from the blow. *Trent feels rather cut up, though, and I’m here to challenge Merriwell for Trent.” “Here’s excitement,” struek in Clancy, “and just when I thought everything-in the nature of excitement had been shelved till spring.” “What is the challenge, Plainwell?” inquired Frank. “Race. on’ skates,’ was the answer. “I think it’s right to tell you, Merriwell, that Trent is a phenomenal per former an the sliding steel.” \ ‘That makes it all the more interesting,” said Merry. “Tf Trent is not a professional skate artist, T don’t see why there shouldn’t be something doing.” “You' delight me!” exclaimed Plainwell. “rf Tet can clean up on you, a hearty, all Trawlee will go roaring, raging mad with joy.’ “T'd hate to have Trawlee get so joyous as all that,” said Harkness. ‘They're Pretty close to the padded cells now. Chip,” he begged, ‘ ‘you must save that rival bunch from such a bug-house fate.” “What sort of a race does Trent want?” Frank asked. “Long or short, makes no difference. A hundred miles or a hundred | yards: he’s a streaker on runners no matter which way you take him,” “On our own ice?” queritd Hark, als “Sure; we’re challenging. The only proviso is that the — ice is in condition next Saturday, That’s the day we'd like. I can’t deceive you, or tell a lie, fellows. We’re out to celebrate Birthington’s Washday with the biggest victory a Trawlee man has ever put over. Trent is going to clean up on Merriwe ll and go home witha dozen feathers in his cap.” “Why a dozen?” asked Twofers. along a feather duster, He won't know: he’s skating. when Chip gets through with him.” . “By my halidome!” said Greef, chuckling sepulchrally. “What's that about fools rushing in where angels fear to tread? ‘There'll be a sad bunch heading for Trawlee after Chip gets through with Trent!” “Going to bring the glee club, Plainwell ?” inquired J Coddington. "There was a joke in this and everybody laughed, “Oh, yes,” answered Plainwell. ‘We're going to be chuck full of glee next Saturday afternoon. Would you rather be beaten on a short stretch or a long one, -Merti- | well?” a “Let's make it long,” if ad ‘Merry, “and piece out can’t get over feeling 22 “Tell him to bring 3 the agony. Say, ten miles, Plainwell, from a point oppo- site the Blyfield gym to another’ point abreast of the old: log cabin downriver, and"back:” “Suits us. It will _be some race. Next ‘Saucaea m We'll furnish the tar—likewise then.” He got up to leave.’ “Excuse the rush—cutter waiting for me outside. Trent swears he'll come back s to Trawlee with his shield or upon bes “Bring the bearers, Plain,’ called Twofers. ought to be husky boys, for Trent’s quite a load.” Plainwell vanished with a mocking wave of the hand. In the midst of the rejoicing on the part of the Bly- field lads, a heavy groan burst from Belize. “What's the trouble with you, Jock?” demanded Greef. “Study hours!” wailed Belize. “I can’t be around to see the finish!” “They CHAPTER II. “OLD SAWS.” _. It was on Tuesday afternoon that Merriwell accepted | # — the challenge of Trent, of Trawlee, as delivered by Abe Plainwell. And it was on the preceding Sunday night that Dan Silver fled from Blyfield. Silver was a peculiar chap. He had a quick temper, and when he began to see things “red,” he saw them er. Re crooked as well. In other words, when his anger blazed me | up he was ready to do anything, no matter how lawless, | to vent his spite on the object of his passion. — oe Normally he was a very decent fellow. When enraged he was a plotting, treacherous, irresponsible person, and _ quite as apt to plunge himself into crime as to do any- thing else. : There were two Silvers. One was Silver, the stu- dent, who had all the ring of true metal, while the other Silver was a base alloy of much that was evil. As Doc- tor Jekyll, Silver might have had a host of friends among the academy lads, but when his character of Mt. Hyde cropped. out in all its repulsiveness he was shunned and avoided. That wonderful story of Stevenson’s, “Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,’ holds the mirror up to nature with all a master’s skill. Every one has a,dual personality con- (sisting of the good Jekyll and the bad Hyde. The test of worth and manhood ‘consists in every, Jekyll conquer- ing his own particular Hyde, and keeping that side of character under control-with a firm hand. , The prisons are full of Hydes who were too strong for their respective _ Jekylls. Silver, in a burst’ of rage, had laid his plans for rob- bing Jock Belize of his good name. To accomplish this, he had worked like a beaver all Saturday afternoon. On Sunday he began watching*for results. ° Terry, the deputy sheriff. From this it looked as though \ his plans were to succeed, and he was greatly elated. Later, however, he discovered that Merriwell and his chums had gone actively to work to clear Belize of the unjust suspicions. This troubled Silver and made him restless and apprehensive. Although he disliked Mer- _ riwell, yet he grudgingly acknowledged a high opinion of his abilities. Could he accomplish anything? Silver was more than ever on the alert to keep track of develop- ments. In the forenoon, Merry, Clancy, Ballard, and Cod- - dington went down the river, hauling a sled. He knew they were bound for Coddington’s wikiup and were _ carrying supplies for the dinner they expected to have in the place. He learned that Balive had been taken in charge by” In the afternoon the party returned, hauling the same. NEW TIP TOP WEEKLY. 3 sled, and again the sled was loaded. But, this time, it Was not a load of provisions. There were three bulky canvas bags bound to the sled, and on top of the load was a clock. A cold, clammy fear gripped at Silver’s heart. Was that clock a part of the loot that had been stolen from Hampton’s jewelry store? Was the rest of the plunder in those canvas bags? If Merriwell had recovered that stolen swag he was certainly a wonder! Perhaps an hour after that Silver saw Frank anf his friends hurrying across the campus in the direction of Professor Pettigrew’s house. And with the party was Jock Belize! It was this sight of Belize, once more at liberty, that threw Silver into a panic. The jig was up! Merriwell, confound him, had saved Belize and had undoubtedly dis- covered Silver’s connection with the quarter-blood’s troubles. Silver felt sure that this would mean expulsion ftom the academy. He also believed that it meant his own arrest, trial, and convittion. He saw himself a white- ‘faced prisoner behind strong bars, losing his liberty just as he had planned to make Belize lose his liberty— disgraced just as he had schemed to disgrace the quarter- blood. That was more than Silver could stand. Hastily throwing some of his belongings into a suit case, he sneaked out of the dormitory, headed a devious course along obseure byways in the evening dusk, reached the village of ‘Blyfield, and stole into the low groggery known as Doniphan’s. At first he had it in mind to drown his sorrows in strong drink. Then it occurred to him that he would have need of his wits and that it would be well not to fuddle them with the liquid poison. He bought a “pint,” however, and stowed it in his grip for future use. Be- fore long, when he.considered himself comparatively safe, he would fall back on his “Dutch courage.” Cer- tainly he would have need of courage. Already his nerves were in rags and his hands were shaking. Tucked away in one corner of Doniphan’s, he watched the front door with glassy, fearful eyes. At any moment, he thought, Terry might come there, looking for him. He couldn’t hang around Blyfield, that was sure. He had fifteen or twenty dollars in his pocket and he must get away as far as it would take him, There was a mid- night train, west bound. That was just the thing! He would take that train and go somewhere—he did not know wet es pat at least to a place where he would be safe. Silver had no plans except to get as far away from Blyfield as he could. He was breaking away from school ties, family ties, and from that moment all his past con- nections were to be sponged out.. Yet, not all. His con- nection with the lawless treachery aimed against Jock Belize was the one thing he could never sponge out. all time it would hang over me head like a two-edged _sword. On. Monday the whole sabi would know of his duplicity and his deceit. The papers would probably have columns about it, with great big scare heads. haps his picture would be published, making it doubly difficult for him to hide away from the strong arm of thelaw! , What a fodl he had been! | ro aens, For | Per-— But there was no dodging : i rE 7a NEW °TIP 4 the responsibilities. He had made his bed and would have to lie in it. A lump clogged his throat as he thought of the folks at home. They had been proud of him—proud of the record he was making in his studies and of the fact that he had been selected to coach the hockey team—the place that had been taken away from him by Chip Merriwell. Silver hardened a little at the thought of his lost posi- tion with the hockey seven. He believed that Merriwell had deliberately robbed him of whatever honor the posi- tion of coach had afforded him. This was very wide of the truth, but what a fellow wants to believe will generally stick in his mind in the desired form. “P’m going to the devil,’ thought Silver bitterly, “and I might as well keep my nerve and start right here. What else is there for me to do?” | When the midnight train pulled up at the Blyfield sta- tion, Silver got aboard. He had not bought a ticket, for _hé was averse to letting the agent see him. But the agent did see him, nevertheless; and not only saw him, but rec- ognized him in the light of a station lamp. All uncon; scious of this, Silver climbed aboard the smoking car. Nearly every one was asleep in the car. Each sleeper sprawled all over his particular seat, with satchels or ~rolled-up coats for pillows, and Silver had to hunt. for -a place in which to deposit himself. At last he found a man who had two seats thrown together. The man took his feet off one seat and nodded for Silver to sit down Silver placed his suit case in one end of the seat and took a place by the window. He had a package of | cigarettes, and his hands shook as he extracted one from eae box, lighted it, and tried to appear at his ease. The smoke blew into the face of the man opposite, and the man snorted disgustedly and manne the air with one hand. - Silver looked at the man. He was short and thick, and his clothes were patched and frayed. He wore a : ragged gray sweater and a cap that was pulled down over his ears. His face was coarse and ugly, and he had two beady black eyes that bored into the runaway lad like a pair of gimlets. Silver did not like the man’s looks. He appeared like obo, whose proper place was on the bumpers of a fre ght car. But he didn’t like the smoke. “Do you object to smoke?” Silver faltered. “Not real smoke, pardner,” was the reply, “but the vapor that arises from things like that’”—here he pointed to the cigarette—‘“is like secondhand dope. I can kill one bird with two stones, save myself discomfort, and | make you tarry on your way to wreck and ruin.” With _a quickness surprising in one of his build, he reached over, - pulled the cigarette from Silver’s hand, and dropped it on the floor.. Then he put his foot on it. ‘‘That’s how,” he added. nt ray 3 _ Silver bristled. A hot remark was on his lips, but he met the beady, boring eyes, and somehow his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth and he could not speak. | He did not enjoy his fellow traveler, and he got to his feet and picked up his grip with the idea of moving. A. bab ee leg crossed his path to the aisle. - _ “Sit down!” ordered the man. There was that in his voice that saiates it feapesstble etc Silver to disobey. There was something uncanny about the fellow in the cap. If Silver had not been a : ttle: fr ightened, he mes have been full of wrath and, » POP WEEKLY: | ‘Say! equipped to do reckless things. But he released his suit case and meekly resumed his seat. “Samuel Agamemnon Whittaker,’ remarked the man. ‘“That’s my name, the initials of which are S. A. W. There are those who call me ‘Old Saws,’ for reasons which you may discover. I’m a reformed cracksman, and I go about scattering seeds of kindness. What’s your name, 4 pardner ?” Samuel Agamemnon Whittaker had a most compelling way with him. Under the spell of the beady eyes, and hefore he fairly realized what he was doing, the boy had given his name. “Daniel Silver,’ mused Agamemnon. “A thorn by any other name would sting as hard. Where from, JF Daniel ?” - “Blyfield.” “And where to, Daniel ?” “J—don’t—know,” faltered voice. “You don’t know where you’re going but you’re on your way! Fine business,” and Old Soave whistled, set- tled back in his seat, and Ap parently dozed off. “ee Silver felt the need of a ‘“‘bracer.””. Who wouldn’t with such a meddlesome and determined busybody so close to. him as that Samuel Agamemnon W hittaker ? Silver opened his suit case and took out his “pint.” = | Removing the cork, he started to lift the bottle to his | lips. x A groan issued from the lips of Old Saws. and stretched out his hand. “I feel faint,” he said huskily, “gi’me that, Daniel.” Silver was startled. Obediently_ he passed over the bottle and Old,Saws smelled of the liquor and groaned again. “I’m faint, I tell you,” \y,indow, Daniel.” Silver opened the window, and as the cool winter air came in, the bottle of liquor went out. An angry ex- | clamation escaped Silver. Old Saws straightened up, his ee temporary weedeneas gone entirely. “Tt always makes me faint when I see a kid sei a stuff like that,”’ said he, glowering. “A bird in the hand gathers no moss, Daniel, and a rolling stone is worth two in the bush. Shut the window. I don’t think I’m eng to swoon—now.” And Silver shut the window. Silver, in a smothered He stirred ane repeated. “Air—open “the — CHAPTER III. AGAMEM NON Rey ae,. . IN THE HANDS ,OF “You're too darned fresh!” said Silver, teins around in his seat, fairly livid with indignation and anger. Cee | The next moment he was sorry he spoke. Old Saws waemea to swell up and fill the opposite seat completely. His beady eyes sparkled like coals. ; “Tt’s plain asa nose on a pikestaff,” édid Agamemnon, in a voice that rasped like a file, “that you don’t under- stand me. When I pick my teeth T use a bowie, and when I’ve got any pounding to do I use the butt end of a fortv- © four. Behind me there’s a record of death and destruc- tion that makes mé shiver to think about. Calling m names is what roils me a heap. That’s the one thin; that makes me drop the hide of a sheep and get inside the fur of a roaring, rampant grizzly b’ar! Am I fresh \)? He leaned forward, and he seemed to hang over ae like a brick building, ready to totter on its foundations and crush him. “No,” said Silver faintly, and collapsed in a corner of the seat. A moment later the conductor came along the aisle. Halting, he asked for Silver’s ticket. “T didn’t have time to buy a ticket,” ing a hand into his trousers pocket. “Where are you going?” Silver did not answer at once. “He’s going to Trawlee,” said Old Saws. . Silver wanted to register an obection to that. But the beady eyes held him under a spell. He could not speak. Silently he handed the conductor a five-dollar bill, The conductor counted out the change and went on. “Look here,” said Silver rebelliously, “how do you know where I want to go?” eae “What difference does it make, pard? You don’t know yourself. Why not Trawlee as well’as any other place?” “Tt isn’t far enough from Blyfield.” The words were out beforé Silver realized what he was saying. Suspicion crossed the ugly face opposite. “Well,” grunted Old Saws, “I’m going to Trawlee, - Daniel, and you’re coming along.” Silver was almost panic-stricken. “Tf you’re a detective ” he began, and then suddenly cut the words short. “Oh, ho! He who fights and quits the fray, gives up the fight to run away, or words to that effect.” Old Saws regarded the boy sternly. “No, I’m not a detec- tive,” said he. ‘What particular detective are you looking for?” “That’s all right,” said Silver hastily; “I’m not afraid of detectives, and you can’t scare me a little bit. If you're for Trawlee, then get off there; but I’m my own boss and I'll go where I please.” “You'll go where | please, Daniel,” drawled Old Saws confidently, “now, you watch. How much money did you steal?” Silver made an attempt to get on his dignity. you trying to insult me?” he demanded. “Not as hard as I might. I’ve got your sizing, Daniel.” Old Saws leaned forward and whispered huskily in Sil- ver’s ear: “How'd you like to help me crack a safe in Trawlee to-night? Eh?” ‘ A look of horror crossed Silver’s face. Agamemnon _ chuckled and poked him in the ribs with a stumpy fore- finger. “Rich pickings, pardner,” he went on. “I’ve got the place all sized up. Of course, I’m reformed, but I wouldn’t mind showing you how the trick is done. Then you could go out for yourself. I wouldn’t: be hard on you. I believe in sparing the child and ppotling the rod. Get me? How about it?” . ¢ _ Silver believed he was going to the bad, but he wanted to choose the route.. To branch out as a cracksman didn’ t appeal to him at all. “T’m no thief,” he answered. ay Ct PRUCKS L muttered Old Saws. start on the way; 1 can see that with half an e - not go ‘the whole hog? ‘What did you start to if you don’t intend to go the limit? Haven’t you any ambition? - Maybe I’m wrong about you; maybe yan. haven't got as -much ‘nerve as | thought you had.” -_ “You leave me alone, that’s all,” said Silver sulkily. “You've got a rind, I must say.” . said the lad, push- “Are Why “You’ve got a good © NEW. TIP TOP WEEKLY. | 5 “Tl let that pass, Daniel,” frowned Old Saws, “but don’t you get to calling me names again.” the’ worm. The engine blew a long whistle and the train began slowing to a halt. A’*brakeman thrust his head in at the door and bawled: “‘Trawlee.” “We have arrived, pardner,”’ said the man, getting to his feet and removing a battered old bag from the rack overhead. “Go on if you’re. going to stop here, “I’m going farther.” “Well, good-by,” was the response, and Old Saws started off with his old bag in one hand and Silver's suit case in the other. “Hold on, here,” called the lad, “you’ve got my grip!” But Old Saws did not “hold on’—except to the suit case. He proceeded calmly to the door and out on the platform. The next moment the train halted and he stepped down to the planks in front of the station. Silver had hurried after the man excitedly. Jumping ” growled Silver. from the car steps, he grabbed his suit case with both | hands. “Let go!” he Sed! “Dry up!” was the harsh retort. “You can have your suit case, Daniel, but you’ve really got to stop here. You need me in your business, see? Stow the chatter. Keep on making a fuss and I'll hand you over to the cops. An early bird never bites, and the barking dog catches Heard that, haven’t you, or something like — it? Well, ’'m a bird, a jailbird, and you’ve heard me twitter. Come along. I know a good place where you can dodge any one that’s after you. Stand in with me, pard, and I'll protect you.» | know the ropes and the law has never yet got a stranglehold on me. If you want to be fussy, though, and make trouble, I'll have you in a.skookum house before you can bat an eye.” What a skookum house was Silver did not know, but he believed that Old Saws was referring to a jail. The. train was pulling out and it was too late to swing aboard. — He was in the hands of Agamemnon and had to make the best of it, whether he wanted to or not. “Tf you double cross me,” he threatened feebly, “ ‘you'll '—you'll be sorry for it.” “T know how to stand by my friends,” was the answer, “but you've got to prove you’re my friend if you want to — be looked after. We're a pair of toughs and plug-uglies ;_ you're just starting on your nefarious career while ’'m_ at thé long end of it, and, more or less, can see its folly. . Betwéen coves of our stripe, Daniel, there has got to be _ where frankness won’t spell trouble for either of us. ~ good feeling and confidence. See? You've got to be frank with me—but a little later, when we get to a place This - way, and don’t try to bolt. I'll have every legal official | in town about your ears if you’ re not right at my heels when we get to where we’re going.” Old Saws did not, wait for an answer, but when he turned and started along a snowy path toward the river, he still retained a firm hold on Silver’s suit case. The lad buttoned up his overcoat/and shivered. He fomuwed) Old Saws, however. For the first time Silver had leisure to piiahiee the char- acter of his odd companion. He had been too frightened : and too excited to do that before, but now, as he trudged — along the snowy path behind the man, his thoughts busied themselves with him. Was he crazy? Or, staan just mildly “cracked”: ~ count? There was too much method Silver in what he was doing. Why was he going to so much trouble on Silver’s ac- did- not think so. Why did he bother yt a fellow who was run- ning away from disgrace and jail? Silver had an uncomfortable feeling that those beady eyes had taken his measure. [or the matter of that, Old Saws had said enough to indicate that he suspected Silver of being—well, not as straight as he ought to be. But what excuse was there in that for making Silver get off with him at Trawlee? Old Saws was certainly queer. There must be some joint to his actions, though; some motive which was suff- ciently powerful to influence him along hi8 present line of effort. Was he really a criminal? And did he con- sider Silver a lad who would make a promising assistant ? The mind of the Blyfield boy was so harassed that he hardly knew what he really thought about anything. He wanted to hide his disgrace, and he wanted to hide him- self so that the law could not lay hands on him. | It was in the small hours of the morning. The star- shine was bright on the snow and the air was crisp and keen. The stocky figure ahead crunched and plodded -oriward, swinging the bag and the suit case and never once looking around at Silver. Halfway to the river Old Saws turned to the left. No path marked this new course he was taking. Plunging through an occasional drift of snow, he passed a few scattered dwellings and came finally to the door of a shabby, two-story frame house. “Here’s where we stop for the night, Daniel,” said Old Saws. “I don’t suppose you're at all particular where you stay so. long as you're safe?” “No,” answered Silver. He had a cousin living in Trawlee and was. some- what acquainted with the town. This particular build- ing he remembered as a second-rate boarding house. No one in the establishment knew him, he was sure. Old Saws applied his knuckles to the door, and, after two or three unsuccessful attempts to arouse. somebody, finally succeeded in bringing to the entrance a sleepy- looking man in a red-flannel undershirt and a pair of © trousers, The man held a candle. Silver’s friend—assuming that he was a friend—stepped into a dingy little hall and conversed for a few montents ‘in an undertone with the man in the red undershirt. Following the colloquy, the two guests were conducted to the second floor and shown into a chilly room that. contained two beds. The man in the red undershirt went away, but left his candle. In the dim, flickering light Silver saw Samuel Agamemnon Whittaker lock the door and put the key in his pocket. . “What’s that for?” decianade Silver. “To keep you from hiking out’ while I’m asleep,” was the frank response. “I’m taking care of you now, Daniel. Remember that. Here’s my motto: If you can’t make a fellow think as you do, then make him: do as you think, That’s what I’m doing in your case. Maybe you'll be Jgeatetal for it, some. time. In the, morning, pardner, _ you're going to be real frank with me and tell me every- thing that’s on your mind. Now go to bed and sec afi; you can sleep. It won’t be many hours till morning.” Old Saws, without more ado, began getting ready to retire. my clear of the house. 6 NEW im half will bring us to the cabin. Judging frdm your looks, 4 Daniel, a little outdoor exercise will do you good.” 4 “Suppose Coddington comes out to the wikiup while q we're there?” demanded Silver. the Merriwell crowd; and Merriwell might come, too.’ “They won't come. I told them I wanted to be left | __ in complete obscurity, and those fellows will keep away. ‘ Hurry up and get ready, pardner.” “But, listen,’ demurred Silver apprehensively. “You remember I told you how those four chaps from the coal mines had been in that cabin?” A gleam shot through Agamemnon’s “Wh of that?” “Suppose they were to come while we are there? I guess they must think I gave them away to Merriwell, and helped him recover the swag taken from the jewelry store. | Tf they found me at the wikiup, Old Saws, they’d—they’d >. Rill me!” \ “No, they wouldn’t, Daniel. Don’t forget that I’m along. Before those fellows touch you they'll have to ‘\\take care of me.” Old Saws chuckled. “I'd like to see ‘em make a set at me,” he finished. “T don’t want to go,” too risky.” Old Saws began to puff and to tower above Silver. His eyes glittered dangerously. “Ti’s a “heap more risky trying to say ‘no’ to me!’ he ‘said fiercely. ‘‘Get ready and come on. Last call!” And Silver got ready. In less than half an hour he s beady eyes. “4 persisted Silver obstinately ; “it’s river direction. A loaded sled trailed behind them, and their destination was Coddington’s wikiup. i Silver’s ‘heart was not in the new move. forced into it by Old Saws, and he was afraid that some- thing terrible was going to happen while they were inthe cabin. CHAPTER VII. | IN THE CABIN. ae came opposite the wikiup, with only the long slope of the river bank lying between them and the gloomy log walls. The lad’s objections to the place had vanished. - He was so worn out that he was anxious for nothing but _ rest and sleep. To his surprise, however, something be- sides a long river bank lay between ae and Old Saws and the cabin. That something was a strange wariness on Old Saw’s part. . “You stay right here, Daniel, until T investigate,” the:man,.\) _ “What the Henle do you want to investigate ?” ere tested Silver. “T’m about ready to drop.” said “Coddington is one of and Old Saws were proceeding over the ice in an up-’ He was. Silver was very tired by the time he and Old Saws. NEW TIP TOP WEEKLY. \ ._ shivering with the cold. He got up and went into the “T'll be back in a few minutes.” Old Saws retraced his way a few steps down the river and turned into a dark little ravine. This ravine cut into the bank some thirty or forty feet to the right of the wikiup, and Coddington’s boathouse was situated near its mouth. Silver watched the dusky figure of his companion vanish around the end of the boathouse, and then, grum- bling, he sat down on the loaded sled. He was dozing when Old Saws returned. “Everything is O. K., Daniel,” reported Agamemnon. “We don’t want to leave any tracks to the cabin, though, so we'll make our way up the ravine. Come on.’ Silver was too weary to puzzle his brain very much about these proceedings, and he got up and staggered into the ravine with Old Saws. They left the ravine well beyond the cabin, and then circled back to the kitchen door. “I opened the window while I was investigating,” con- fided Old Saws. “Climb in, Daniel, and hunt a es to sleep. Jl unload the sled.’ 5 a Silver needed no second ihvitation. Stumbling through ¥ the dark rooms of the wikiup, he finally founda bed. He = | was so exhausted that he did not remove his shoes, but ; just threw off his overcoat and cap, fell on the bed, pulled a a blanket over him, and went to sleep. A When he awoke it was broad daylight, and he was big living room. Old Saws was not there and he passed on to the kitchen. Still his search for his companion was unsuccessful. What was more, he could see noth- ing of the sled, or of the provisions that they had brought, or of his suit case. Everything had disappeared. A sud- den fear struck at Silver’s heart. Had he been brought to that lonesome hole and deliberately abandoned? He raised his voice in a frantic shout. Almost instantly Silver’s fears were relieved. The voice of Old Saws answered him. But whence did it come? It was muffled and apparently far off, and yet it was not from outdoors. “Where are you, Agamemnon?” called Silver. Old Saws laughed huskily. “Go into the first bedroom on the right,” said he. Silver ran into the room, but his companion was not there. While he stood, gaping around him, a piece of the wall was drawn inward and the homely face of Old. Saws showed itself. s “Come down, Daniel,’ said the man. “This is the — concealed'| cellar where Merriwell found Hampton’s — jewelry stock. I’ve moved all our plunder into the — Come on, pardner, and we'll eat.” Wonderingly Silver descended a narrow flight of stairs to a small chamber that had been excavated under the © cabin. The chamber was lighted with a lamp, and there — was a kerosene stove going and a pot of coffee bubbling on its top. Old Saws had brought two chairs and a small © table from the floor above. There were dishes on the table, and some of the food they had brought from Traw- lee, The sled and the rest’ of the Medd osc were piled in one corner. a “What the dickens does tie mean?” asked Silver pro- testingly. “What do you want to stow yourself away down here for when we've got the whole mpi to eo selves ?” Necaaaity, Daniel,” was chi grave yemene: “while 14 being the mother of invention, also,knows no law. We're down here because we ought to be down here.” Silver muttered to himself. Stepping to the oil stove he spread out his numbed hands over it and rubbed them to restore circulation. “T don’t see why we can’t have a booming fire in the fireplace,” he growled, “and live as decently as we can if we’ve got to stay here.” “There are a lot of things you haven’t seen in the brief course of your mortal career, Daniel. 1 hope you'll get wise to some of them before you’re much older. If we're careful, we can go upstairs now and then during the day—but no fire in the fireplace, and no leaving the cabin by the front door. I’m boss here, just as I was over in Trawlee. Sit down now, pardner, and eat your breakfast.”’ “Where'd that oil sto¥e come from?” “Tt was on the sled, along with a five-gallon can of fuel.” : “How did you know about this secret cellar?” ‘ “Terry tipped it off to me.” “Terry? Did you talk with him in Blyfield ?” “Sure I did. I wanted to find out all about you, Daniel, as well as dig up some items about a few other crooks. You know what a hand I am fox soft words and hard arguments, don’t you? I’ve asked you once to sit down and eat, and I’m not going to do it twice.” That was the beginning of a very peculiar residence in the wikiup on the part of Old Saws and Silver. No fire and no lights were allowed in the cabin proper, and no luggage was left there which would afford a hint that there was any one about the place. The living room was like a huge ice box, and Silver was always glad to return to the’ warm underground room after a few minutes upstairs. . Not only did Old Saws forbid any use of the cabin’s front door, but he would only allow the use of the kitehen window for going and coming after nightfall. Whenever Silver left by the window, he was warned to stay in the rear of the cabin and to make no tracks around the sides or the front. During the day Old Saws spent considerable time in the living room, but’ he would have no noise and insisted on whispering whenever conversation was indulged in. Silver began to think that he was really unbalanced, and this caused the lad a good deal of worry. “What is your game, anyway?” he kept asking his com- panion, until finally Old Saws stopped the questioning with a threat. Thursday passed. It was a bright day and.abnormally warm, and a slight thaw set in. _ the ice and there’ll be no race next Saturday.” rs But it did not keep up: On Friday the cold tightened again, and the country was once more in the grip of the frost. Then came Saturday, the day of the race. Early in the day Silver and Old\Saws were at break- _ fast in their subterranean dining room. As the man ate, he watched the boy critically in the light of the lamp. “Daniel,” said Old Saws, “‘you have lost that airy self- confidence which you used to have. You don’t seem to have any more appetite for a life of crime. not least, you don’t fly into a tantrum whenever I nag ‘you.’ . ' “Oh, I’m sick of it all!” blubbered Silver. “I’ve made a condemned fool of myself, and I know I made a bad “ eh “Tf this keeps up,” muttered Old Saws, “it will spoil. © : NEW... TIP. TOP: WEEKLY, or haste bit. matter worse by running away. I—I—Old Saws, I want to go back to. Blyfield! I want to report to Old Pet, and —and take my medicine. Let them send me’ to jail if | they want to. I can’t stand this any longer!” His head fell on his arms, and his shoulders heaved © with the sobs'that racked his body. Old Saws said noth- ing, but waited silently for the storm of feeling to pass. Presently Silver lifted his head. “[’m acting like a kid,” he said, getting himself in hand again. Old Saws’ manner changed. He reached forward and dropped a hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Not at all, Daniel,” he returned softly. “For the first ie since you and I have been thrown together*you are . acting like a man. I thought you’d come to see things .. in the right light. I’m ready to talk with you to some purpose, now. You’ve been wondering why I took up with you on the train, made you get off at Trawlee, and do a lot of other things. Daniel, that was because I thought you wanted to be square, but that; somehow, you were just about,to miss it and be crooked in a way you'd never get over. I played with you, sounding you first in one way and then in another. I wanted to give you time to plumb the depths of your own foolishness. I think, Daniel, that you’re just beginning to get acquainted with . yourself. “Am I right?” 9 ea The boy was listening breathlessly. ] “You thought I was going wrong,” he murmured, “and you went to all this trouble just to get me headed right?” “That is the size of it.” Silver hesitated, then quietly reached out his hand, Old Saws did not take the hand. “Before we shake,” said he, “I’ve got to know one thing: Are you/still young Merriwell’s enemy? Have you been able to convince yourself that you have been acting eS, the fool in dealing with Merriwell, and that he is in reality Be es your friend?” » ; a “Yes,” faltered Silver. “And you know you treated Belize like you?” 7 eB “Then we'll shake, and I'll relieve your mind a little. No jail is staring you in the face. ‘Terry won't bother you. All you’ll have to do when you return to Bly‘ield is to make your peace with Professor Pettigrew and Jock 3elize. I don’t think Belize will give you much trouble, but you'll have to take your medicine when it comes to Pettigrew.” “That’s no more than right,” said Silver, willing to——” Old Saws leaned suddenly forward and placed a hand over his lips. ‘‘Silence!’’ he whispered. . Feet could be heard on the floor above~heavy feet that crossed the living room. This was followed by a sound that indicated some heavy form had thrown itself into a chair. Raves “At last!” murmured Old Saws, to himself. “Now, if. the luck only keeps up ” He did not finish. Slowly rising to his feet he pulled the “automatic” from his pocket and slipped the safety catch, x “You stay here, Daniel,” he whispered. “There may be a fight in the cabin, and I want you to keep out of it, I’ve been planning and waiting for this to happen. Now, if luck only stays with me I’ll turn a pretty neat trick!” The next moment he began climbing the narrow stairs. i a dog, don’t z “and “Tae a“ ‘ NEW: CHAPTER IX: THE FIGHT IN. THE CABIN, Thesudden turn events had taken had thrown Silver into a fever of excitement. Clinging to the side of the narrow stairs he waited and listened. He heard Old Saws open the panel in the wall and could hear his knees on the floor as he crawled toward the living toom. Then came the clear-cut, ringing voice ef the man who had done so much for Silver. “Ah, ha, my gay buckaroo! or I'll shoot!” ; A husky ery of alarm echoed through all the place. It was followed by lurid language and a thumping of feet on the floor as some one lea ed from a chair. “Whittaker !’’ exclaimed a husky voice. “Oh, yes; Whittaker. Glad to see you haven't for- gotten me, Baltimore: Jim, otherwise Cracksinan Jim, otherwise James Arnold Burns! ‘I’ve been on your track for some sort of a while, Butns. Heard you were at the coal mines, and followed you there. Found you'd left the mines and come in this direction. Then, by. a bit of luck, I got next to you, and Keep those hands up!” “Oh, I give in,” kin I do with the p'int of a howitzer Up with your, hands, now, came the other voice hopelessly. “What starin’ me in the face? Come over and put on the bracelets. There’d be another story to this, | reckon, if I had any friends along.” “Charmed to see that you're sensible, Burns.” . From _ the sound Old Saws was evidently proceeding cautiously in the direction of Burns. “I don’t care about any of your friends—you’re the man for me. Now x 3 Then something which Old Saws had not expected must have happened. There was a crash of overturning fur- niture, ‘the sound of a heavy fall, a bounding of feet that shook the floot, and then a husky, triumphant laugh— plainly from Burns. “Ketch a weasel asleep, will you?” roated a husky voice. ‘“Here’s where I twist yer neck, Whittaker! Right ~here’s where I give ye yer what for!” Silver, at the foot of the stairs, had a horrifying thought. Old Saws had tried to capture Burns, and something had gone wrong. Burns had secured an ad- vantage, and was trying to kill Whittaker ! One of the four men who had helped Silver, in his eee plots was called Burns. Could this be the same man? ,If it was the same person, then Burns would not halt after putting Whittaker out of the way but would also wreak his vengeance upon Silver! © A gasp of fear escaped the boy’s lips. There was a chance for’him to get away from the cabin while, the fight was, in progress. But could he leave like a craven -- wretch and abandon Old Saws to his fate? No! Silver drew a deep breath and statted up the stairs. In the living room.of the cabin ‘a terrific struggle was - going on, one man fighting for life and another for liberty.’ Furniture crashed and.heels pounded the floor. _, Stertorous breathing came wheezingly from the large -froom. Silver -was shaking with fear as he made his way to the floot above. But his heart had hardened to a put- pose, and he w ould do what he sie for Old Saws even if he died for it, _ As. he’stood: in =the dnote tdobite 4 into ‘the Jiving TIP TOP / close enough, Tooin, he saw the burly form of Burns with one knee | revolver leveled at the prisonef. WEEKLY. 15 on Old Saws’ chest, one hand gripping his throat, and the other hand pinioning a thrashing atm. Whittaker’s face was almost purple, but he was still fighting des- perately, although his stttiggles were growing weaker and weaker. Burns’ back was toward the door leading into the bedroom. Unseen by the hulking scoundrel, Silver stole swiftly out into the living room, seized Burns by the shoulders from behind, and pulled with all his strength. Ant oath escaped the startled Burns as he dropped sideways to the floor. Silver dropped on top of him, and then was flung savagely aside. Burns leaped up, only to find that Whittaker had made a good use of: his chance and had gained his feet and picked up the automatic. “That was close,” Put out your hands, Burns! move on your part, and I'll shoot.” “If you had a few more kids to help Butnss “you’d make a great sleuth.” “Never mind about that,” was the crisp response. “I’m none too amiable after that choking. Will you put out. your hands?” Burns, sweating furiously, thrust his hands in front of hirh, wrists close together. “Daniel,” said Whittaker, “take those corné-dléngs from the table and snap themi abotit his wrists.” A pair of glittering handcuffs lay near the edge of the table. Silver, white as death, picked them up and stepped toward Burns. “So you're the two-faced brat that helped to get me into oe eh?” cried Burns. ‘Turn ag’inst yer pals, will yer TH ‘ “You'll not do a thing, Burns,” interposed the steady voice of Whittaker, “but hold still and let him put on the cuffs. Don’t be afraid of him, Daniel. That last flurry of his wil be about enough for this morning. He knows it.” With trembling fingers Silver fitted the handcuffs to the thick wrists and snapped them into place. | “Vm going to take you to Trawlee, Burns,” went on Whittaker, “but sit down a minute before we start.” The prisoner sank sulkily into a chair. = “Daniel,” proceeded Whittaker, “a fellow never makes a thiss when he goes out of his way to do some one a good turn. I tried to help you,and when I got your story in the Trawlee boarding hotisé, you gave the the said Whittaker sharply, “but not One hostile / you,” snarled hottest kind of a tip tegarding Baltimore Jim. I’ve been on the trail of the fellow for weeks: You've prob- ably guessed, by now, that I’m a detective, Daniel. Bal- — timore Jim, or Burns, cracked a safe itt Council Bluffs, last summer, and got away with a bundle of money. | I've been after him ever since. It happened to be a | bank safe, and the Bankets’ Protective Association always keep after a fellow that does a thing like that. “Burns and his crowd had been making a rendezvous of this cabin, and I thought it a likely place to wait for them to come back. That’s the main reason we © came here, Daniel. Butiris caine, atid he came alone. By a twist of luck, he gained a temporary advantage by throwing a chair at my legs. Possibly he would +-e -—_____ we MAN’S STRENGTH. Inasmuch as a man’s muscles develop with use,* it would appear logical that the older he gets the stronger but such is not the case. Experiments made -with thousands of men show that the muscles of the average man have their period of increase and de- cline, whether he uses them much or little. The average youth of seventeen, has a lifting power of two hundred and eighty pounds. By his twentieth year his power has increased to such a degree that he should be able to exert a lifting power of three hundred and twenty pounds, while his maximum power is reached in his thirtieth or thirty-first year, three hundred and sixty-five pounds then being recorded. At the expiration of the thirty- first year his power begins to decline, very gradually at first, falling but eight pounds by the time he is forty. From forty to fifty the decrease of power is somewhat more rapid, having dropped to three hundred and thirty J potinds at the latter age, the average lifting power of a P man of fifty, therefore, being slightly greater than that J of a man of twenty. After fifty the decrease in strength — is usually rapid, but the rate of decrease varies so sur- prisingly in individuals that it has been impassible to ob- tain accurate data as to average strength after that age. ———_—> «0+» ___ WALKING TO HEALTH. When there is no organic weakness which is aggra~ | vated by the exertion it is the easiest and pleasantest a thing to walk right into health. Of course, there is no f virtue in a dawdling walk, The slow and languid drag- 7 ging of one foot after the other, which some people call J walking, would tire an athlete. It utterly exhausts a | weak person,’ and that is the reason why many delleae ; 2 people think they cannot walk. To derive any benefit | from the exercise it is necessdry to walk with a ght: fs elastic step, which .swings the weight of the bedy so ; : ee felt and which produces a healthy glow, showing that the sluggish blood is stirred to action: in the most remote — veins. . This sort of walking exhilarates the whole body, | gives tone to the nerves, and preduces just that sort of healthful fatigue which encourages sound, restful sleep, HOW SOUND WAVES MOVE. The an with which sound waves are transmit! d through the atmosphere depends on several condition: } ‘When the temperature is at thirty-two degrees Fahret : heit, sounds move with a speed of one thousand and ilinety | feet per second, the velocity increasing with the tempera- ture at the rate of about one foot of speed per second fo: ; each degree above the freezing point. Then, agair wa damp air sound moves with a greater velocity than ie “ in dry air, no odds if the dry air be warm and the da cold, In water, sound moves moré than four times a fast as it does in air, or, say, at about the rate of f ; per second, ine NEW. TIP’ TOP WEEKLY. NE Wo LiCMS OF INTEREST. a King George’s Son Not Brilliant at an Ex- amination. Prince Albert, second son of King George of England, stood sixty-fourth in order of merit in a list of sixty-five naval cadets who were examined a short time ago. The newspapers comment on the standing of the prince as evidence of the complete impartiality of the examiners. 25 False Baronets A committee of the royal college of heralds, in London, appointed to draw up an official roll of baronets has finished its task, and a complete list of recognized baronets is promised shortly. It is declared that 25 persons styling themselves baronets have no right-to the title. $20,000,000 for Paris Parks. The city council of Paris, France, has, by a vote of 67 to 8, voted to acquire from the government the fortifications and ad- jacent military zone. It is purposed to transform the tract into parks and recrea- tion grounds. The acquisition of the land, which has - been the subject of negotiations between the state and city councils for more than thirty years, will constitute the gréatest scheme for improvement of the city since Baron Hausmann’s celebrated plan of 1853, which included beautification of thé Bois ' de Boulogne and the Park of Vincennes, and extending the sewer and water-supply systems. The price to be paid by the city for the property will be $20,000,000. It will be turned over in antial installments of $1,- 000,000 for the ‘first eight years, and after- ward at the rate of $400,000 annually. The cost of razing the fortifications and laying out new roads and gardens is éstimated at $24,000,000, and about $2,500,000 will be spent in the erection of a ‘Tailing around the city. The cubtineiTs will sell for building pur- poses a part of the land acquired. An ex- act estimate of the sum to be realized in this respect is impossible. However, it is believed that the execution of the project will cost the city, all considered, about 20,000,000. Airman Drowned at Sea. Jacques le Vasseur was making an over- sea flight near Fecamp, France, in a hydro- aéroplane, accompanied by a mechanic named Mallot, when the machine collapsed and both fell into the water, Mallot was drowned, but Le Vasseur was ore The cause of the sprees of the Bias is not known, Hard on These Palicienen: : _ Viscount Hardinge, brother of the Indian viceroy, in a lecture on-the Delhi Durbar, in London, recently, referred to a much- ‘riticized statement which he maintained was absolutely true. Whenever the viceroy traveled in Rrictia policemen were stati®ned along the rail- road at intervals af 100 yards. The police- men, he said, often became sleepy and lay with their heads on the rails to listen for the approach of the train. On one occasion, no fewer than fifty lost their heads. Lord Curzon asked him where he got the yarn.” He replied: “I got it from my brother, and I do not think he would tell a ‘cracker.’ ” Posse Capture Freezing Outlaw. Bert, Dalton, bank robber, one-time leader of the Whitney gang, that held western Wyoming in terror a year ago, and who engineered a sensational jail break of nine- teen convicts from the Rawlins ee: tiary, has been captured at Big Piney, Wyo after, barefgoted and clad only in his un- derclothes, snow all night, several distinguishing features, among which are the following: More murders than in any November in the last eight years; more murders than in any in the last ninety-six months, with two exceptions. The chances of a person charged with murder escaping punishment in Chicago are better than four to one in his favor. After the information has been presented to the grand jury the police fail to get the re- quired evidence, and the prosecution fails. Twin Sister in Pain as Her Brother Suffers. While .Clarence L. Marsh, of Frederick, Md., was on the operating table at the 1e was pursued through deep { Maryland University Hospital, his twin sis- Of the convicts who es- | ter, Clara, was undergoing the same sen- caped from Rawlins penitentiary October | sations of nausea and the other pains and 13 only one now remains at liberty. The others have been either killed or captured. Dalton was discovered encamping in a little tent in the timber at Big Piney by Sheriff Ward, of Uinta County, but before the sheriff and his men could close in on him the convict fled. Dog Sent by Parcel Post, Among the first things delivered by the Yonkers, N. Y., post office upon the opening of the parcel post was a brindle bulldog sent in a crate. : The dog was addressed to William Treiver, 34 W oodworth Avenue. When Postmaster Warren learned that another package contained some meat he delivered it himself in his carriage that it might be available in time for dinner. Will Break the Law if They Cross the Street Diagonally. The police authorities of the fashionable Schéneberg and Charlottenburg residential’ districts of Berlin are about to issue printed instructions on the “legal” way to cross streets. Henceforth it will not be permissible to cross public thoroughfares diagonally, but only at an angle of 90 degrees. Opossum by Parcel Post. Daniel Carter Beard, the artist and au- thor, who lives at Bowne Avenue and Amity ' Street, Flushing, N. Y., received an opposum from Ernest Thompson Seton, the naturalist, recently by. parcel post. It was the first package delivered in Flush- ing under the new system. The opossum was sent from Mr. Seton’s home at Cos Cob, Conn. Mf. Beard plans to give a “possum” din- ‘ner soon to his friends, Chicago Has 223 Murders in 1912, Statistics of the municipal court, coroner, clerk of the criminal court, and State’s at- torney show the habit of killing persons in Chicago is spreading rapidly. All the officials have compiled data for the year etided December 1 last. The coroner reveals that in the rpicbee months there were 237 homicides in Cook County, of which fourteen occurred out- side the city limits. London, with a popu- lation three times that of Chicago, re- ported only thirty-three in 1910. he murder record for November had discomforts in her home at Frederick, sixty miles away. The twins are 18 years old, and from birth the sensations: felt by one have in- variably been shared by the other, they say. Some years ago, when the twins were young, both suffered an attack of the measles and also of thewhooping cough on the same day and nearly at the same hour. Sent 1,000 Bricks by Parcel Post. Parcel-post troubles at the Gary, Ind., post office began with bricks. W. H. F. Parry, a brick dealer, sent two big wagonloads of heavy paving bricks to be mailed. There were 1,000 bricks, each wrapped separately. Their total weight was 6,000 pounds. The bricks are being mailed out as samples. ‘When the wagons arrived Postmaster John W. Call and Chief Clerk Joseph Tracey began to carry in the bricks, but they gave out after two hours’ labor, and clerks had to be put at the job. Kissing a Lost Art in England. Kissing, which has been sanctioned, under certain conditions, in the city of Wheeling, W. Va., is almost a lost art in England. Its universal prevalence in the seventeenth cen- tury was the wonder of the foreigner. Nicolaus de Bethlen, who visited this coun- try in 1663, relates that “my brother and I behaved very rudely on one occasion, being unaware that it was customary in that country to kiss the corners of the mouth of ladies, instead of shaking hands as we do in Hungary. We were invited to dine at the house of a gentleman of high rank, and found his wife att three daughters (one of them married) ready “to receive us. We kissed the girls, but not the mdr- ried ladies, and thereby greatly offended the latter. Duval apologized for our blun- der, and told us when saluting we must always kiss the senior lady first and leave the girls to the last.” This Chicken Had Two Heatts. Preparing a chicken for dinner, Mrs. Charles Whalen, of Cynthiana, Ky., dis- covered the fowl’s liver was of unusual size, and .upon examination found that it measured four inches in length and two inches in width, Further. investigation showed that the chicken had two perfect a 28 | hearts. They evidently dently of each other, as they were con- nected with the main artery by separate ‘tubes. The hearts were about. the size of a half dollar, and the chicken weighed two and a half pounds. Telephone 3 Miles in Air, A telephone exchange three miles in the air. This station, said to be the highest in the world, is in the meteorological ob- servatory on the top of Mt. Rosa in the Pennine Alps, 15,450 feet above sea level. At this elevation snow is always found, and advantage is taken of the high insulation given by dry snow, the wires in the last section, at the peak, being simply laid in the snow-covered ground. To _ ptevent breakage by glacier movements. the line is earried through rings on the telephone poles. The poles are short and are taken down at the end of every summer season and repjaced at the beginning of the fol- lowing summer. English Shipbuilding Boom. : The present year will see a new record in British warship building. The naval dock yards and great ship- building firms have already twelve battle- ships and battle cruisers in hand for the navy, apart from vessels nearly completed. In addition there are six battleships or bat- tle cruisers building in England for foreign powers. If ten new British ships are ordered this year, as is expected, there will be twenty-eight armored ships of the largest size building in England, with a displace- ment of over 650,000 tons. worked. indepen- Famous Horse Pensioned. Sire of more turf winners than any other living pacer, John R. Gentry, foaled twen- ty-four years ago, has been taken to Nash- ville, Tenn,, where he will spend his re- maining days ‘in luxurious ease, being the property of the E, H. Harriman estate. Twenty years ago John R, Gentry took the world’s pacing record in 2:04. That was a great day, and from then on he be- - came a center of interest to the men who followed the race track all over the world. } Later, in 1896, he again took the world’s record in 2:00%. Sixty-four sons and aughters of the famous horse have ofaidiy faced the judges’ stand, quivering from the race, while bits of. blue ribbon were pinned to their harness, “South Dakota” and “Helena” Win Cups. The silver cups awarded annually \in the Asiatic and Pacific fleets for the high- est aggregate score in small-arms practice were won last year by the gunboat Hel- ena, of the Asiatic fleet, and the cruiser South Dakota, of the Pacific fleet. ' Outlaws Start Sunday School, That there is a streak ‘of gold in every _man, no matter how bad he is, is shown by an early Kansas incident. Among the desperadoes and outlaws who used to rendezvous at Greenwood City, an abandoned town in Greenwood County, ; ) were Kinch West; Jack Tedford, Bill Holli- “Leather Bill,” “William ‘and many others. man, Vid Farr, the Innocent,” _ banks of the Verdigris the Texas authori- ties were offering rewards for them. At that time .the reward offered for Kinch fs While! _ these gentlemen lingered on the classic West | was Se aoe five years after: NEW TIP TOP WEEKLY. ward he left the Verdigris and was killed at Fort Worth, Texas., by an officer who was trying to arrest him. One day Bill Holliman asked Edwin Wal- ters, one of the leading citizens: “Don’t you shorthorns have what you call a Sunday school?” “Yes, sometimes.” W. hy don’t you start one here ity Green- wood City ?” “You boys would try to break it up.” “Not much we wouldn’t. I’ve talked it over with them, They think it’s too damn bad that there aint no place to go on Sunday. You start it, and I'll come and Kinch West will come. first man that misbehaves,” “But you must leave your six-shooters at home,” “Can’t do that. Some marshal or de- tective might git the drap on us,” “Well, tell the boys to come out next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.” “No, let's have it in the forenoon; the boys will want to git drunk in the after- noon,” So 10 o'clock was settled on, and Sun- day school was organized. The behavior was splendid. The exercises were carried out enthusiastically, especially the singing. At the first two or three meetings. the school was attended by men only ; later women and children ventured out. This Sunday school flourished for years. This Ball Club on the Water Wagon. According to a rule recently laid down by President. Murphy, of the Chicago Na- tional League Club, the baseball players of his | organization went on the “water wagon” the 1913 season. Murphy’s edict precipitated heated words from Frank Chance, the late manager, who claimed that his players lost no games on account of too frequent tippling. Man- ager Evers, who succeeds Chance, says the orders of the president must be obeyed. It was understood that the order was to go into effect at the beginning of the new weet Cossacks See Czar’s Son. The Russian Imperial Crown Prince Alexis, with his father, the Emperor Nich- olas, recently attended the distribution of gifts from the Christmas tree to the Cos- sacks of the bodyguard at the Palace of Tsarkoe-Selo. This was the crown prince’s first public appearance since his illness, and disposed of the reports that he had been sent to the south of France. The eight-year-old crown yprince dis- played complete satisfaction in the distribu- tion of the gifts to the soldiers, who also were greatly delighted, The little sprince’s four sisters and his aunt, the Grand Duch- ess Olga, assisted him, but the empress was absent from the celebration. The crown prince was driven from the palace to the barracks, a journey of ten minutes, in bleak weather and . drizzling rain, and this is taken as indicating that the convalescence of the heir to the throne has reached such an advanced stage that exposure is.no longer feared. Largest Ship in var to Sail for New York n May 7. The Hu kakeshuirag Company’s new liner Imperator will sail on May 7 on her Rpages voyage to Nes ew York. The Impera~ We'll shoot the}: January Ist, and hereafter during: }effect as soon as plans, which the company © - English Shipbuilding Breaks Ried in 1932, tor is the largest liner in the world. She is an eleven-story floating palace 919 feet long, with engines of 80,000 horse power. Her displacement is 50,000 tons, and she can accommodate 5,000 passengers. Among other luxuries the /mperator is fitted with three electric elevators, a winter garden, summerhouses, a theater, a gym- nasium, a Ritz restaurant, swimming baths, a ballroom, telephone, and a cottage café. The swimming bath is the.copy of one un- earthed at Pompeii, with mosaic pavements that are reproductions of those discovered at Treves. The first-class dining room is in the Louis XVI. style. It is 300 feet long. Banking Grows in Year. Reports from national banks to the con- troller of the currency in response to the call of November 26, reflect the tightness of money at that time, but show a marked © growth of banking in the last year, ac- | cording to treasury officials. Many parts of the country reported decreases in cash and deposits, as compared with conditions on September 4, the date of the preceding call. The aggregate loans, cash, and de- posits of all the national banks on Novem- : ber 26 were: , 4 Loans, $6,058,982,029, a gain over Sep- | tember 4, 1912, of $18,140,758, and» over meres 5; \IOUl, (OF "$300, 872,202. tq Cash, $859,008,737, a decrease since Sep- tember 4 of $36,852,356, and since Decem- — ber. 5, 1911, of $3,605,450. eee Deposits, $5,044,861,069, a gain over Sep- tember 4 of $52,891,062, and over Decetater _ 5, 1911, of $408,578,788. = Express Company Will Fight Parcel Post. Direct competition, national in scope, be- | tween the Wells. Fargo Express Company ~ and the Federal parcel post will go into | has been maturing for the last four years, ~ can be set afoot. This was the statement made by C. R. Graham, traffic manager of the company, at a hearing before the: State railroad commission. st Competition, Mr. Graham eeniatned: s would extend to both rates and services, with special regard to eggs, butter, poul- try, and other perishable foodstuffs, to be delivered direct from shipper to consignee. He said eleven pounds would be the maxi- mum weight Beco as with oe parcel post. , All shipbuilding records have bee eclipsed by the achievements of the Clyde firms during the last twelve months, — al- culations, based on the year’s launching, show a total.tonnage in round figures of 650,000, beating the total for IQII by some 20,000 tons. / i The ror2 total exceeds the entire tonnage of Germany in rg1t, and is more than twic that of the United States. It is also equivalent to more than half the output of all England, , Ttaly Buys Aieae Goal Ttaly has now followed the lead Egyptian railways, and has placed an or, for 200,000 tons of coal in America, | she has also invited tenders a, a quantity from ae Yorkshire, \ \ Engl mines, : Italy is one of the best. customers. Wales, She has her own coal depot at Conte, and: sire hitherto taken 2; ty e ade he ne ton. of coal a year from Wales. The ane | high price demanded for Welsh coal at the ie: is present moment is given as the reason for He iy the orders being lost. 3 Many Voters Can’t Read or Write. er Voters of Tennessee who are unable to n= read or write are sufficiently strong nu- 18, merically to nominate and elect for gov- fé, ernor a man who could not tell one letter n- from another, were they united for that ts purpose. According to careful statistics ed there are practically 48,000 grown white is voters in the State in this deplorable con- 1g. dition, while it is estimated there are fully ; a that many negroes equally unfortunate. e Of the total population there are 221,071 “a oa over the age of ten years, black and white he combined, unable to read or write. SS iy ed tince Luitpold. co In the death of Prince Regent Luitpold +s \fe of Bavaria, at the ripe old age of ninety- sh. 4 one years, the monarchial institutions of ns Europe lose their most respected and ex- ng A emplary member, says the New Orleans le- (es Picayune. The prince has. ruled the king- n- . a .dom of Bavaria for more than thirty years, _and during all that time has refused to re- D- F ceive the king’s revenues for his own use, er _ devoting them to liquidating national ob- ¥ ligations. During all the years that Luit- p= i. pold has actually reigned and ruled, the n- | actual king, Otto, has remained shut up in So ie a gloomy palace as a madman. Luitpold iis will be succeeded by his eldest son as: re- er ae gent, but until the mad king dies he may i not use the kingly title. / ’ Spanish Emigrants to Hawaii Warned. at In view of the active propaganda in Spain ny F for laborers to emigrate to Hawaii the to ae emigration boards are warning them that ME _ only the strongest can stand the twelve rs. hours of compulsory farmwork. The wages ne of $23 a month, it is pointed out, are in- ae sufficient in view of the high prices for the prime necessities of life. If a laborer _ becomes sick aid is practically out of the _ question as the hospitals are mostly far distant from the farms, and the lack ‘of _ knowledge of English is fatal. { The Spaniards are advised that E uropean’ - Jaborers are liable to the same treatment that is meted out to their Chinese, Japa- - nese, and Malay coworkers. The passage _ to Hawaii would be aboard ships not au- thorized by the Spanish government, and hence the emigrants would be unable to claim damages under any circumstances) Diamond Prosperity in Transvaal. The Premier Diamond Company, South _ Africa, closes its best year on record. Six hydred per cent has been paid on the de- ferred stock in addition toy250 per cent on the deferred capital. \ ~The 350 per cent recently declared on “the deferred stock will not be paid until ‘February, but being 50 per cent higher han for the corresponding period in 1911, it ives hope that the year 1913 will be even é Last sisi Serfs Freed, adopted a law abolishing the last vestige of serfdom in Russia, When the rescript of emancipation was issued in 1861 the Caucasus was excepted irom its provisions on account of special conditions there, and temporary transitional NEW PEP POP. WEEKLY, measures were instituted pending the adop- tion of the most suitable method for giv- ing the serfs their freedom. This transi- tional stage now, after half a century, has been terminated, though there was still op- position to its abolition. Premier Kokovitzoff personally appeared before the council of the empire to urge the adoption of the new law. It already had passed the Duma. Chicago’s Budget 65 Millions in 1913, Chicago will spend $65,000,000 in 1913. The budget carrying that amount has been adopted by the council. Of this sum, $23,- 304,195 will be expended on the city gov- ernment, while the total will cover schools, public libraries, sanitariums, and other ex- tensions of municipal activity. The budget carries a 20 per cent reduc- tion of salaries of city employees as the estimates call for expenditures $45,500,- ooo in excess of the revenues of the city. Practically every municipal employee is af- fected, Mayor Harrison included himself in the reduction, Forty-five Men and Ten Vessels Lost ftom Gloucester in 1912, Forty-five men lost their lives in the work of the Gloucester, Mass., fishing fleet in 1912. The series of disasters left thir- teen widows and seventeen fatherless chil- dren in Gloucester. Ten vessels valued at $73,800 were lost. The most serious wreck was that of the schooner Patrician, near Shelburne, N. S., last March. The Patrician’s captain mis- took a light in running into the harbor for shelter from a storm, and he and nine mem- bers of the crew were drowned. Most of the /other drownings resulted from. dories being swamped or from men being washed overboard by heavy seas. Confessed Murderer Goes Free, John Derr, the apprentice seaman, who recently confessed at. San Francisco that he murdered William Barkis in Atchison County, Kan., several years ago, will not be brought back to Kansas for trial. This was the announcement of County Attorney T. A. Moxcey, who said that an investiga- tion showed many discrepancies between Derr’s confession and actual facts. Jumps on a Pig and Breaks His Leg. A pig proved the cause of the downfall of Paul Weaver, a young farmer, of Falls City, Neb., and incidentally resulted in the breaking of his leg. Weayer had- gone over in Kansas to look at one of his farms, and had stepped up on the side of a wagon to look at some grain. When he jumped down he landed on a pig. The frightened animal ran out from under him, and Weaver was thrown heavily to the ground, Wants Proposals Three Thousand Wrote. , Three thousand proposals of marriage which repose in the /dead-letter office at Washington will be sent to a little post office in’ Texas, if the postmaster general heeds instructions which have been re- oa ; ~dceived in Elgin, Il. 4 “The council of the Russian empire has} An insignificant little post card was re- ceived at the post office. It was a forward order for the mail of * ‘Miss X. cliffe.” Three months ago NCayor Rolf: ‘af San Francisco, received a letter postmarked EIl- gin, telling him that “Miss X. Z. Radcliffe” Z. Rad- must marry before next January, or lose an inheritance of $30,000. Then began a deluge of letters on the Elgin post office. Only Two Survive Wreck of Steamer in English Channel. Fifteen of the crew of the Danish steamer Volmer were drowned when that vessel was wrecked in the great gale which recently raged in the English Ch vannel, The captain of the Volmer and another survivor were picked up in a state of col- lapse in an open boat fifty miles to. the southwest of the Lizard. Races Should be Preserved. 3 “An unfaithful Jew makes a bad Ameri- can,” declared Professor H. M. Kallen, of the University of Wisconsin, in the princi- pal address at the convention of Zionists, in Chicago. “America is not the ‘melting pot’ for all the races,” he said. “Racial characteristics, religions, and traditions must be preserved in order to _preserve~the virility of the in- dividual. The immigrant must not be taught that it is his proper ambition to merge himself into a formless imitation that he thinks is an ‘American,’ ” The convention is urging the recoloniza- tion of Palestine by Jews and the support of the forty-two agricultural colonies which have been placed there. Harness Horses Break Many Records in 3932, It required nearly a century to reduce the trotting record from 2:59 to the two- minute mark, and the progress in reducing has been extremely slow of late years. In 1903 Lou Dillon succeeded in lowering the record to 1:58'4, and it remained at that point until 103 when Uhlan, the wonderful Cleveland stallion, placed it at 1:58 flat, this wonderful time being made at Lexington, Ky., last October, Uhlan being aided with a wind shield. Five years ago some horse- men stated that there would be few rec- ords broken in the next ten years, but since that time there have been fifty new marks set upon the books, and there seems to be no limit to the record performances. Even at the age of 16 years, Country Jay set a new record for horses of that age by ne- gotiating a mile under’ saddle in 2:11Y%. Evelyn W. has been a great performer all season, and set several new records as did Braden, the horse that has been sold to a. foreign syndicate. Billy Burke and Grace have been splendid performers, and Dazzle Patch, one of the Patch family, promises to set the pacers a fast gait this year. The principal record performances of the year by trotters, pacers, and runners are as fol- lows: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 24-10 the second heat of five of the fastest heats paced on ice, Hans M. went the distance in 1:02, equaling the world’s record for unhobbled pacers. The first heat was won by Marion Patch in 1 :0334; the second by Hans M. in 1:02; third by Audu- witch in 1 :0334; fourth by Hans M. in © 1:02%4, and the fifth by Marion Patch in.) I :04. 2a Loursvitr, Ky., May t1—Worth won the + Kentucky Derby at/ ‘Churchill Downs in 2:09 2-5. Epsom Downs, England, June eotene se Set, a 5-year old, won the Craven Stakes © at one mile 44 yards in I qeitaite 35 3-5 seconds. New York, May pi bed: owned by. 30 George Pepper, of Canada, made’a jump of 7 feet 4 inches, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 27—Dazzle Patch paced one-half mile on a mile: track in 25434. ; Fort Erte, Ontario, August 15—Evelyn W. paced two of the fastest heats in a race, setting a record of 2:03 and 2:02. LEXINGTON, Ky., August 16—Peter Volo, a colt, trotted one mile in 2:19. VirtEL, in Voages, August , 18—The horses Biskra and Mount Joie III. tied the record in-a high jump of 7 feet 81% inches. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 3—Rob Roy, owned by L. S. Champine, of Wil- liston, N. D., tied the world’s record in the first heat of the 2:13 pace, of 2:05%, but failed to win the race. a Helped Save 230 from Sea. John Owston, recently retired, after forty-one years in the life-saving service at Scarboro, England, assisted in saving 230 lives during his long service. He was born sixty-eight years ago, and began life as a fisherman. He has been awarded a pension and a substantial gratuity. Brickley May be Barred. The same ruling which. barred Paul Withington, the sensational Harvard ath- lete, from participation in amateur contests, may make Charley Brickley, the star foot- ball player and all-around athlete, ineli- gible to compete in varsity contests. This question is worrying the Harvard athletic authorities, Brickley; who has been working his way through college, has taken money for a number of jobs which were more or less indirectly connected with his football abil- ity, and he has also acted as correspondent for newspapers. In addition he has ac- cepted a position from a firm of tailors in New York, which some people declare vas obtained through his record as an athlete. This, according to the ruling of the Amateur Athletic Union in Withington’s case, is professionalism. Of course, there ‘has been a great deal of this thing that a large number of people would like to see eliminated. But why the indirect profits from his football should class Brickley as a professional is puzzling the Harvard men. Meanwhile, Brickley holds the unique position of being in danger of disbarment from the gridiron, and also of losing the captaincy the coming year. Hundreds of football players have done the same ‘thing that Brickley has before now without being troubled by the A. A. U. All the Harvard football players get free rides to New Haven and _ back. They get free hotel accommodations for two or three days, and they are guests at theater parties, dinners, and other such functions, : If the case comes before the Amateur Athletic Union there would be an interest- ing problem to solve. America Has Small but Growing Output of Gems, ‘ The output of precious gems in America, though small, is increasing every year, and the total for 1911 showed a goodly increase over that of 1910, according to a bulletin is- sued by the United States geological survey. The yield in 1911 showed $2,750 worth oi diamonds, $9,500 worth of emeralds, $215,- NEW TIP? TOP WERE 313 worth of sapphires, and $44,715 worth of turquoise. Promising finds of emeralds have been made in North Carolina, some of the gems running as high as $100 or $200 a carat. The largest emerald found has been about one inch by three-quarters by one-half. Most American diamonds come from California and Arkansas. This Doctor Operated on Himself,’ Desperate by reason of pain, Doctor W. M. Beck, of Glarkfield, Minn., stood before a mirror in his office, made an incision just below his left jaw, cut away the flesh from the point of the chin, treated the bone, and then sewed up the wound. The operation, however, failed to eradi- cate a growth which threatened to de- stroy the bone, and he went to a hospital, where another operation was performed. / Would Test New Phthisis “Cure.” To aid sufferers of pulmonary tuber- culosis in the United States through the newly reported discoveries in Germany for the cure of the disease, Senator Gore has ntroduced a resolution calling upon the president to send to Congress any infor- mation on the subject gathered by consular officers in Germany. Immediate recognition of the new Chi- nese republic by the United States was asked in a resolution by Senator Bacon, a member of the foreign affairs commit- Tee, Linen Workers Earning One Cent an Hour in Ireland, ; An unpleasarit sensation‘ has been caused by the report of the committee which re- cently investigated conditions in the linen and clothing trades in Ulster. What would American operatives, say to hemming, thread drawing, top sewing, hemstitching, lace attaching, embroidering, and fancy sewing at less than one cent per hour? The revelations would be utterly unbe- lievable were it not for the fact that they bear the warrant of a parliamentary report. Among 3,400 outworkers whose cases were gone thoroughly into, 140 earned the lucra- tive pay of one cent an hour, 50 earned between one and two cents an hour; only one worker made between five and six cents per hour. The others were all paid under one cent. The problem of the high cost of living, of which so much is heard in the United States, fades into insignifi- | cance before the bewildering puzzle of how to keep body and soul together, and clothes upon one’s back, at such rascally remunera- tion, And this, too, in civilized Ulster, where the cost of food and clothing is the highest in Ireland. Cyclists Set Many New Records. StockHotmM, Sweden, Olympic Games, July 6 to 15—The race of 190 miles around Lake Malar was won by G. R. Lewis, of South Africa, in 10 hours 42 minutes 39 seconds, | Newark, N. J., August 11—Eddie Hasha established a new world’s record for six miles in competition at the Vailsburg mo- tor-cycle stadium, making the distance in 3°50 245. R 4, Wasuinéton, D. C., August 19—-Eddie Hasha rode a motor ¢ycle three miles in I minute 58 3-5 seconds. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 20—Traveling for 100 miles at a speed exceeding a mile a minute, Don Clarke, of Detroit, won the Century race of the Cleveland Motor Cycle Club on North Randall dirt. He stopped once for fuel, and his actual running time was 03 minutes 50 seconds. New York City, August 22—Johnny Al- bright established a new track record when | he. won the 50-mile motor race at the Brighton Motordrome in 38 minutes 42 1-5 seconds. New York City, August 4—Arthur Chapple made a milé at Brighton Beach Motordrome in 38 3-5 seconds; Roy Peck rode four miles in 2 minutes 55 2-5 seconds. Newark, N. J., August 25—Alfred Grenda, of Australia, and Walter Demara, of Cleveland, won the world’s one-mile tandem bicycle championship in :02:09 2-5. Newark, N. J., August 28—George Wiley, of Syracuse, won the 100-kilometer world’s championship motor-paced road race, defeating his nearest competitor, El- mer Collins, by 214 miles. His time was I :24 :07. CoLtumBus, Ohio, September 2—E. G. Ba- ker, of Indianapolis, broke the records for 72 and 94 miles for motor cycles on a beard half-mile track, his time being 50:07 and 1:15:22 2-5 respectively. St. Louis, Mo., September 4—The mo- tor-cycle marathon race was won. by Ar- thur (Farmer) Standin, who covered the twenty-six miles in 20 minutes and 3 sec- onds. SALT Lake City, Utah, September 8— Alfred Goulet rode one mile on a bicycle in competition, covering the distance in 1:47 3-5. BricgHToN BracH Motorprome, New York City, September 21—George Lockner and William Shields, Syracuse motor cyclists, won the twenty-four-hour team race, with a score, after twenty-one hours of actual racing, of 1,374 miles. The old record of 1,093 miles was passed in the seventeenth hour. Los AnNceELEs, Cal., October 21—W. G. Hamilton (professional) rode two miles in a motor cycle in 1:52 1-5 ' Bes_in, Germany, February 9—The six- days’ international bicycle race was won by ~~ Walter Rutt and Johann Stol, the German- Dutch team, who covered 2,405% miles ~— during that time. (ae New Yorx, December—Walter Rutt and Joe Fogler win six-days’ race at Madison, | Square Garden. zs I Bonuses for Babies, NOt er _ Australia’s baby bonus of £5 just passed into law is not the only scheme of the kind to be mooted in the commonwealth. En-_ tirely independent of it 1§ a proposal re- — cently put forward by the chtef secretary ie of New South Wales, the essence of which, according tg the Australian correspondent of the Lancet, is free medical and skilled nursing attendance in maternity cases, Remarkable Baseball Feats Duting the Season Houston, Texas, May 9—Roy Aiken, third baseman of the Waco Club, of the Texas League, retired the Houston téam in the first inning with a triple play un- | assisted. . oe Irnaca,/N, Y., May 15—Pitcher High- tower, of Cornell, pitched a no-hit, 12 strike-out game against the Pennsylvania State mine. — dae ae New Yorx City, June 17—Dick Red ding, of a semiprofessional team, made a. pitching record of 24 strike-outs in a nine-|says Brigadier General A. L. inning game. Mount Vernon, Ill, June 19—Clarence Teague, of the Joppa Eagles, struck out 25 men, allowed one hit, and passed two hatters, winning 3. to 2; against. the Pa- ducah team. In 27 innings he was scered against but twice, Rube Marquard, ef the New. York Na- tionals, won IQ consecutive games in 1912. The Washington American League Club won 17 straight games, winning one: en- tire series away. from home in 1912... Mr, Clarke Griffith was the manager. Boston, Mass.,. June 20—The Giants de- feated Boston by a score of 21 to 12, with a record of 82 men going to bat fora total of 36 hits and 33 runs, including doubles, three-baggers, and home. runs. ‘Rockrorp, Ill., June 2—Clarence .Mar- shall, of .Rockford, pitched a no-hit game against’ Wausau. MirwaukeEE, Wis., August 20—Joe. Hov- lik, of Milwaukee, pitched a no-hit game against Louisville. Detroit, Mich., August 30—Earl Ham- ilton, of St, Louis, held Detroit hitless, winning by a scoreof 5 to I. New. York City, September 2—Boston won a double header from New York. During the second game Wood, of Boston, won his fourteenth straight victory. Lynn; Mass., September 6—Meldon Wolfgang, of Lowell, held Lynn to,no hits and no runs without a man reaching first base for 10 innings. PHILADELPHIA, September 6—Tesreau, of New York, pitched a no-hit jgame against Philadelphia. September 1—Up to sea 1. the Wilkes-Barre team, of the New York “League, held the record of the 1912 sea- son for consecutive victories. ‘Utica: Club, New York State League— Lou Ritter, catcher for the Utica, Club, has established a world’s record by’ catch- ing every inning played by the team in 139 games, up to September {O,;- 1912, :+) San Francisco, Cal., September 14—In -@ game between Portland and Oakland, First Baseman William Rapps, of . the - Portland Baseball Club, made a triple play _- Spokane, Wash., September 22—First - Baseman Myer, of the Spokane Club, of the Northwestern League, established a new league base-stealing record, _pilfering | his 108th base of the season. -SpokANe, Wash. eee aaah “Hap” Myers, of the’ Spokane Club, set a new record for stolen bases, date, October 7. Catcher Whaling, of Se- attle, worked in 138 games, made seven errors, threw out 188 base runners, and averaged .902. _ October, 1912—Pitcher J. record of 34 victories and five defeats with Pp pescentage of 872. \ Pitchfork by Mail. The first article mailed at the Birming- ham post office for dispatch by parcel post ‘was a pitchfork. It was five feet long, reighed six pounds, aid was addressed god Peart La. The postage was 38 cents. : Finds Defictency in Our Artillery Service, unassisted. strength of the organized militia of | ited: States at the time of the last annual inspection was 9,142 officers and | \ 112,710 qrieted men, an increase of 3,864, which is 116 to Wood has a NEW. TIP: TOP “WEEKLY: Mills, of the division of militia affairs, nual report. He finds existing ergani- zations . better . armed, uniformed, and equipped, better instructed and better of- ficered than, ever before, The problem of securing an efficient field artillery continues to offer the most diffi- culty, General Mills observes, and the de- ficiency in this arm cannot be made good by hastily. created volunteers after the out- break of war. “A realization of the time necessary to secure efficiency in this arm with its present gun, coupled with the growing importance of the arm,” he adds, chief in his an- “is probably the factor that has decided all nations, excepting the United States, to overwhelmingly inerease their field ar- tillery relative to the other arm.’ America’s Pottery Output. The output of the pottery industries of the United States had a value of $34,518,- 560 in'19tr, according to the United States geological survey, The pottery production for 191 was greater than that of 1010. when the output was valued at $33,784,678, the increase being $733,882. Champions of 1942, Baseball world’s champions—Boston Red Sox, | National League champions—New York Giants. American Red Sox. Champion batsman, Heine Zimmerman, Champion batsman, Ty Cobb. Football vard, Hockey champion college team—Prince- ton University. Tennis national champion—M. Loughlin. National doubles champions—McLough- lin and Bundy. National woman’s champion—Miss Mar- garet Curtis. Golf national D. Travers. Rowing. champion college kight—-Cornell University, Champions N. A, A. O. single sculler— E. B. Butler. League champions—Boston National League— American League— champion college team—Har- E.: Mc- champion--j erome Polo national champion—Senior Meadow- | | Philipino Writes Vice-president Elect for Job. brook team, Open champions—-Cadperstow n team, \ Junior champions—The Cooperstown team. Motor. boats, world’s » championship— Maple ,Leaf IV., one mile record; Tech, Junior, t mile 11 seconds, nautical mile. Trotting world’s champion—C, K. G, Bil- lings, Uhlan, 1 minute 58% seconds. : Billiards and pool—Billiards, 18.1 balk line. Ora Morningstar; 18.2 balk line, Willie Hoppe. Three ‘cushion—John Horgan. ae professional champion—Alfred de FOpF 0: Amateur champion—A. B, Hyman. © Pe iy tennis, national champion—Jay ould Racquets Fincke. Automobiling—78.7 an hour world’s rec- ord for road racing, made by Teddy Tetz- athe Fiat, in Santa Monica, 363-mile race Ai 28. 72 miles speedway racing, made national champion—Reginald Ta by Joe Tansey aad Don Herr at National 31 Drivers (National) in Decoration Day 500- mile race at Indianapolis. One. mile, 38 3-5 seconds, circular track —Louis Disbrow, San Diego, March 31. Grand prize—Won hy Caleb Bragg, Fiat, October 5, at Milwaukee. Vanderbilt Cup—Won by Ralph Palma, Mercedes, Milwaukee, October 2. de Caution Comes High, Because the State is unwilling to mail automobile license tags for 1913 by parcel post, without a receipt from Uncle Sam, the tags are being distributed as formerly by express at a cost of $10,000 in excess of parcel post rates. The average express charge on each tag is twenty-five cents. By parcel post they would be delivered for eleven cents in the first zone of fifty miles, fourteen cents in the second, and seventeen cents in the third. Automobile Registrar Spear esti- mated that 80j000 tags will be issued this year. Says Man Has Shown No Improvement Since Early Days of the Egyptians. “Man has shown no improvement either in intellect or morals from the days of the earliest Egyptians and Syrians down to the keel laying of the largest dreadnaught,” according to a survey which Doctor Alfred Russell Wallace, known as the “grand old man of science” has completed on the eve of his fiinetieth birthday. In his survey in the London Daily News he declares that for. 7,000 years morals and intellect have been stationary. “There has been, of course, a great ac- cumulation of human knowledge, but for all we are no cleverer than the ancients,” he declared, “There is still most abominable vice going on, every kind of cruelty to the poor and children, adulteration in every city, and lies everywhere. The ayerage of mankind will remain the same until na- aes selection steps in to raise it.” Doctor Wallace qualifies his gloomy re- marks with the helief that there was no cause for worry as to the future, however, “as the outlook is hopeful.” Canada Has New Hockey Rink, Toronto has a new ice-skating rink. The surface is 200 feet by 85, and it requires 50,000 feet of 14-inch pipe to cover it. Goyernor Thomas R. Marshall, vice president-elect, recently received a letter from the far-off, Philippines asking for job. The plea is made in English with variations and signed “S. Viterbo Villa- nueva, Box 75, Iloilo.” “T ‘know you have not any son,” reads the letter, “and if you wish to have under your auspice as a lad I shall be glad to offer you my services,’ Failing to win that position the youth says he would like a job as “housekeeper, gardener, servant, or anything else you. ‘may grant me to fill”. He also asks the governor to provide transportation. Secret-service Officials to Make Way With, Great Store of Gagne lai: United States secret-seryice officials. i gan preparations to destroy a great store of counterfeits, representing thousands of dollars in spurious money, which had been — seized during the past two years. . Y Imitations of coins and currency are ie the unique collectiqgns. Periodically, the secret service destroys its accumulations of confiscated counterfeits, saving only such as are needed for evidence in court, and those which are remarkable in their pro- duction. Boy, Defying Date, Drops to Death. Falling in a perilous leap from house- top to housetop and plunging to the ground in the alleyway between the houses num- bered 1015 and 1017 Tremont Street, Rox- bury, Mass., 12-year-old Michael Colleran, aia ‘with his life recently for his refusal to take a boyish dare. His skull was frac- tured,, his body racked with other injuries, he was taken to the City Hospital, where he died. With some other boys the lad had been engaging in various\daring feats, each re- fusing to let the others accuse him of being afraid. They climbed to the roof of the house at 1015 Tremont Street, a three- story building, and gathered on the brink of the roof, gazing across the gap of a few feet which yawned between them and the roof of the house next door, a building similar in construction and of the same height. Frank McKeever measured the distance with calculating eye. Frank is 11 years old, and despite his age a leader in sports. He decided that he could make the jump, so he drew back a few feet, took a run, and leaped. He crossed the gap and landed safely on the opposite roof. It was the Colleran boy’s turn next. He promptly went back and then ran forward for the leap. As he sprang his foot slipped slightly. His knees struck the edge of the opposite roof, his clutching hands failed to get a grasp, and he dropped into the alleyway. Chios Gets Highest Baseball Salary. Now that Frank Chance has been signed as manager of the New York Americans at a reported salary’ of $25,000, this rec- ord brings the total pay of eight prominent _ baseball managers up to $100,000 a year. While a salary of $5,000 was a rarity 10 or I5 years ago, to-day there are at _least eight managers supposed to be get- ting a salary of $10,000 or over. The list headed by Chance also includes McGraw, of the New York Nationals at $18,000; Mack, of the Philadelphia Ameri- cans, at $15,000; Jennings, of Detroits, the same; Clark, of Pittsburgh, $12,000; Stahl, of the Boston Americans, Tinker of Cin- _cfhnati, and Griffith, - of vena, all $10,000. In addition to this Mack, Stahl, Griffith each own stock in their clubs. Sent to Prison for Not Kneeling. A Madrid dispatch to the London Times reports that a Protestant soldier has been condemned by the highest military court to six months’ imprisonment for not kneel- ing at a mass. Girl Helped Old Pedalet on Car and Gets $8,000 for It, dd years age. Margaretta Jane Brown, ears old, of Harrisburg, Pa., helped an} ial oedalen’ on a trolley car. As the car moved off he mumbled: “I will remember you well some day for.your kindness to an old man.” The girl has become Mrs. Ray Mason and NEW TIP TOP WEEKLY. cident. In her mail recently, however, she found a check for $8,000 and a note ad- dressed : “To the little girl who helped me on the trolley car four years ago.’ ‘The note and check came from Valentine R. Courtlas, and were mailed from Cali- fornia. College Girls Raise $18,000. By going without chicken at their Sun- day dinners, by washing hair at 25 cents a head, by cleaning rooms, and doing other tasks, the 200 girls of the four dormitories of Colorado College have raised $0,300 to- ward a $50,000 endowment fund needed to secure $100,000 offered for a gymnasium by Mrs. A. D. Julliard. As E. P. Shove, a retired business man, of Colorado Springs, has offered to give a dollar for each one they raise, the girls now have $18,600. Chinese Would Adopt an American Baby. A petition bearing the signature of a Chinese seeking the adoption of an Ameri- can baby is on file in the superior court at Los Angeles. The childy at the age of 1 day, was found three years ago by Lute W. Jimmie, the Chinese petitioner, on the porch of a neighbor’s home, where it had been abandoned. Jimmie is an American-born Chinese, and conducts a flourishing mercantile busi- ness in Los Angeles. His wife is a Cau- casian. British Government Will be Represented at Our Fair. The British government has ‘officially ac- cepted the invitation of the United States to be represented at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. Mr. Harcourt has ac- cordingly addressed a circular letter to the governors of all the self-governing do- minions, crown colonies, and protectorates, requesting them to consider the question of participation with the remark that the British display should be worthy of the empire. The colonial secretary has reminded the dominions that applications for sites must be sent in before June 1 next, and states that the adjudication of awards will be in the hands of an international committee. This Tomcat Sings, German scientists have a new problem in Peter, a singing and talking\tomcat. Re- cently several of the leading wise men of Germany called on the cat’s owner to ob- serve a demonstration of the feline’s un- doubtedly remarkable talents. Peter’s owner is Doctor Sutoris, a woman dentist, and many witnesses confirm her statements that Peter talks ard sings. “More, hurrah, no, enough. Anna and Helen,” at present form Peter’s vocabulary, spoken in the best high German dialect. practice of all the really great prima don- nas, Peter sings in perfect tone ‘and har- ‘mony the music of three German popular songs of the day. Peter has no pedigree. lean. and hungry, he was picked up on one }of the docks. Women to Back Ball Club. The Young an’s Christian Associa- tion, of. Keokuk, Iowa, has agreed to finance a local lub in the Three I League, pro- Knesel, and long | since she forgot the in- e viding the baseball enthusiasts of the city Employing the syllable “lah” after the} As a stray kitten, | IO per cent. would to dispense with Sunday games, Miss Edna O’Harra, secretary of the Mow Cs cA, said that leading business men of the city were recently consulted, and the majority of them were in favor of eliminating Sunday baseball, The idea of the Y. W. C. A. members conducting a campaign for baseball funds was conceived when the men of the city lost interest in backing the local team for a berth in the Central Association during the present year. “We can get the $3,000 necessary to begin the season without difficulty,” said Miss O’Harra. “These men haven’t enough spirit to do anything. If the directors want us to, we can begin raising funds at any time. We won’t stand for Sunday baseball, however.” agree Frenchman’s Method of Guiding Balloon. M. Charles Herisson-Laroche has just taken out a patent for a hot-air dirigible balloon, in which the hot air is produced by a number of petroleum burners. The bal- loon is spherical and provided with vents which are opened and shut from the car, and thus enable the apparatus to be guided. All that is necessary 1s to open the valye on the side it is desired to 80." “The air inside,” explains the inventor, “raised to a high temperature, will have a density greatly inferior to that of the atmosphere ; consequently it will rush with’ force through the valve and thus establish a_ violent air current which, projected against the outer air of lesser density, will cause a vacuum; it will draw on the dirigible just as an automobile attracts to itself the cyclist pedaling behind it. paratus, made imponderable by equilibrium, will thus progress without effort.” Princeton Needs $4,000,000. That Princeton University is planning the establishment of schools of mechanical en- gineering, mining engineering, and forestry, . anid is seeking the establishment of a cen- — tral endowment fund of approximately $4,- 000,000 was made known in President John Grier Hibben’s first annual report to the board of trustees of that institution on the first anniversary of his election to succeed ~ Governor Woodrow Wilson as president. Doctor Hibben’s program calls for the — erection of a large university hall to serve as a common rendezvous for all graduates, undergraduates, and members of the fac-— ulty; a new dormitory, with low-priced rooms, a new chemical laboratory, a sys- tematic development of the library, and a considerable increase in the number of | scholarships available for self-supporting students. The request for a central endowment fund comes as a surprise to some who were. of the opinion that the recent Wyman and Progter gifts were available for the uses of the university. These wefe made to the graduate college solely, and are being ; used for its development. oan Mexico Increases Tariff, The Mexican Congress has increased the import tariff on tobacco 100 per cent, the American liquors were increased 20 per cent, and the duty on beers were put up It is the intention of the goy-- ernment, it\is understood, to increase th tariff all around in a desperate parent we raise money. The entire ap-- Se hs Sere VAR SS ALG OF THE BACK NUMBERS OF TiP TOP WHEERL, THAT CAN NOW BE SUPPLIED “Double 683—Frank Merriwell’s Fighters. G684—Dick Merriwell at the ‘Meet.” 685—Dick Merriwell’s Protest. 686—Dick Merriwell in the thon. 687—Dick Merriwell’s Colors. 688—Dick Merriwell, Driver. 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