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SMiO IH! PU2L[, A Cipher Telegram and the Clever Work of a Spy. .

RISKED HIS LIFE FOR A BOOK TK, w»x Or.«< Britain'* Naval »i8nal Cod* Wat Stolan by an A**nt of Sacral--> Wall** In *h. Day* *1 U**

•ni.-rv »aa ■ ftvid deal ot^bltumraa a-nvertt tZujilaiid ami tbe northern late, at the time of the war between be »tstm. and the i^iveniment at t a^b.octon waa dMJd.v lutefeateil In lie >UA|utrtMt forwarded h> the Itrd

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pulling out a rl|>brr of over ISO worda, read to him a well enmarted. perfaetly tntemgftda. highly Itderaatlng and tn>. portant roininunIratloiljfrom the BrUtah mlalater to the home aeerettrye|>aar*nn‘a Magadne

(term any uaaa op Sjan.OOC.tona Of potaipe* yearly In the mannfartnra of aleoliol and only 830.000 ton* of grain. mute bornea are not now naad In tb. Bernion. army, the lotrodin-tlon of amol.eleu |K>wder having made them conapUtioiu.

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.lef *u.-h condition* it Ixt ..ury to know a* uiu.h at ■if what na* to and fro ecu tVitdilngiou and boutlao In form of rry I'loirnuu*. ttnd w'hllt of the matter went by uir*»asi all to New York, there were many et trtagraiu* *eul ul the last mo • being no ueean cable at that t the telegraph offlee all aueb j were nubject to examination and coplea of them were made. After a brief con vena Uon with Secretary Welle*, the old gentleman brought one of three cipher topic* and. placing It

In my hand*, aald:

• Mr. Gabon, you have a way of finding out accrcu. I*o you think yon can nolve that! If you can. It Will be

worth S3.01W to you."

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cipher made up partly of word* partly of a combination of numernaually In group* of four figure*. Something about It auggeated to me a naval algnal book, and the thought occurred that pertiai* If we bad* copy of that uaed by the Brltiah *ery1ec are might unravel the my at cry. I atutlled the pai>er for Home time, aud the more I considered the matter the more certain I became that the British naval signal book would furnish the key. I finally Informed Mr. Wdles that 1 believed I could work the matter out. but that I would need severah day*' leave from my pgper and perfect copies of the dphera. The former I obtained without difficulty, and the latter were promptly supplied. With them In an inner pocket 1 left that night for Bo»ton. where a BrttKh man-of-war was lying. It was my purpose to secure her algnal book at whaiever haxard aud by whatever mean*, for in such caae* tinold adage of “All ie fair In love ami

war" bold* true.

What I had undertaken to do was a risky business. The two nations were at peace, outwardly at least, and if my attempt wa* detected I could expect neither mercy from one side nor sue cor from tbe'oHier. 1 think, however, 1 gave this phase of the matter but alight consideration. My chief thought was of the signal l*»k and how to get

It

Arriving at Boston. I promptly used my naval aeijua'iitanee to get Introduction* to the officers of her majesty's service, and by a diplomatic course of wining and dining presently made myself a welcome visitor on her majesty's vessel.. Indeed. I soon became a favorite wlfh all on board, especially with the signal officer, to whom I told mr best yarns, often Inviting him to a dinner ashore to bear them Of course this resulted in return Invitations, and sometimes It hap|>ened that when I wished to brush my hair or otherwise attend to my toilet I was Invited to make use of his room for that purpoee. It was hut a brief time before I had located the coveted signal book, a tidily bound volume with leaden plates riveted to the corners, so that In event of rapture It could be handily dropped overboard ami lost. The whole was encased In a canvas bag snsnended by a shoulder strap. During the next visit I pad sufficient oiemrtppgty to rxsmlne tjle book for a few- minutes and found, ^■'to my delight. Hint It did In reality furnish the key I wanted. I hnd memorized n few of the cryptographic word*, and with the book before roe and the vtgnel office at run tier on deck I verified my < -.nilu*ion*. The next thing in order wa* to secure this pricete * volume. I reasoned that as there was no other English vessel nearby-. It might be week* before (be book would he needed and that If 1 could remove the '-oatenta from the cover*, substituting them with leavas of the sal.c bulk an I'uppearance, there would tic a good chance not only to get pafely deer of’the vessel, but for a pooslderable jx-rlod to elapse before the toss ws* discovered, by which time It wwdd be by DO mean# certain when gb^abctraction had occurred. I therefore took careful measnrejnrnta. and the next time I boarded the ship my dummy book waa with me—s copy of Bay's arithmetic. If I remember correctly, picked op on a secondhand stall That was a foggy night, end I lingered late. When I mentioned going ashore my friend, the signal officer. protested sad offered me the use of Ws 'room. I had hardly dared hope for this stroke of fortune. I bad plenty of time that nfcbt to do the Job In a neat and workmanlike manner. I was really proud of the re■embUnc* Ray* arhhmeflc bora to

itaa. Then, after esrefufly adjusting C prise to Its new dress. I lay down d Slept the sleep that comes of weft

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imendmeirts to the Coostitotion of the Stats nf lew Jersey by the Legislature cf 1907. smr mum mmt. w. l Bx it RcaoiVED. (tbe House of Assembly concurring). That the following amendment to I he couaiiluliou of tbia Statt'br sod tbe same la hereby proposed, and when the aameaball be agreed toby s majority of the members elected to tbe Senate and House of Assembly, tbs asld amendment ahall be entered on their Jour nsla. with the yaea and nays thereon, and referred to the l^glalature next to be chosen, and published for three months prior to tbe first Tuesday after the first Monday of Novembeg next in at least one newspaper-of each county, — *—

. .. the House of Assembly Secretary of State; Strike out tbe proviso In section three of article four, and Insert in place tb ' tbe following: The Legislature shall. In tbe year thousand nine hundred aud nine, at 1U first uraaton altar rock Ualud htates decennial census thereafter, and not oftener. divide and arrange the counties of this State into districts for tbs election thetain

:b assembly diet rift at italn. a* nearly as practicable, a r number of Inhabitants, and shall coi

of Inhabitant act Wfm. r» ahalfat all H

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.je*\5ourt of Errors and Appeals la hereby Invested wltn exclo.ive origlr-’ Jnriadictton and with full power and •ocb procedure as It may by rates P scribe to review any division and arrau meat made by the Lrgialatore Into aaaet bly districts of the coonttea of this State,

part thereof as mar b with, nnll and void. 1 -hall determine such livtewo, or any part thereof. U a>d void, the liedalalun ahall p retire or partial, as the action o4 i

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