vol. ym. t 4 ' : v
Siler.City, N. C., Wednesday, December 13, 1911.
No. 18.
SYN0PS18.
Garrett Coast, a
younr mitn
of Nt
T orK uy, meets uoug-Ias BL
Invite him to a card party.- He accept
although h dislikes Blackstock. the rea
son being that both are In love with Kath
arine Thaxter. Coast tafia to convince her
that Blackstock toJ unworthy of her
friendship. At the party Coast meets two
named Dundas and Van Tuyt There Is
a quarrel, and Blackstock shoots Van
Tuyl dead. Coast struggles to wrest the
weapon from hint, thus the police dis
cover them. Coast is arrested for murder.
He is convicted, but as he begins bis sen
tence. Dundas names Blackstock as the
murderer and kills himself. Coat -bet-comes
free, but Blackstock has married
Katherlne Thaxter-and fled.
CHAPTER IV-Centf nued.)
With a twist of bis eyebrow! spell
ing doubt, Coast followed. Ha was
not wholly satisfied that there was.
any wisdom latent In this latest freak
of his rra faaHe "For '6rtnlKbt
he bad given, impulse It head, and so,
docile to Its' aimless "divagations, had
found contentment of a sort more a
parody than .the - real thing;, dream
less rest won ' through wholesome
bodily: fatigue, a waking distraction
bred of constant change of scene; thin
Ice over the troubled deeps of a heart
embittered Eastward from New
York he had "wandered." mostly afoot,
unknown, unrecognized. Warburtoa
alone-cognizant of his movements,
and that under strict injunction of si-,
lence; thus he had come blindly, seek
ing surcease of his distemper, finding
only the oblivion of fatigue. And .re
cently he had become , uneasily con
scious that even that-was losing Its
effect, as an opiate will in a frame
too long habituated to Its action; now
and 'again the thought" of Katherlne
and 'Blackstock? would crawl In his
mind, viperous, poisoning the Tery
sunlight. 1 J .
Here, without presage, he found his
whim aiming for salt water. Was he
wise, to humor itt,J3 Would he find
healing in the swing of the seas, the
savor . of spray, the , hiss - of - waters
broken by plunging bows; the gurgle
astern?
Huxjtable .led him directly, to a lit
tle ressel in- cradle on the ways -and
bright with new paint "The Echo,"
he introduced her: "five year old,
weather-wise sound and sweet, fast
and able. Owner left her with me- for
sale. Seven hundred and a bargain "
Coast 8 trolled round the boat with
an eye critical -;,of her lines, then
clambered up the skeleton ribs of the
cradle and dropping Into her cockpit,
verifying Huxtable's catalogue of at
tractions. Presently' he climbed
down again, impressed that the boat
would probably justify its recommen
dation, to the ' letter, -i t
"When can you put her in the wa
ter?" "In fifteen minutes." s , - "f :
"Do so, then, please, and have the
gasoline tanks filled and the batteries
wired up. ; . . Ill -want these be
sides." He found a pencil and scrap1
of paper and scribbled a list of sup
plies, . . "You ve a spare moor
ing off here? he Inquired, and re
ceived an affirmative. "Then put her
off; I'll Bleep aboard her tonight
Now I'll take a turn up town and buy
provisions and things."
He fitted out without thought of
economy: in the 4lst of bin acquisi
tions he could find no lack; by night
fall the Echo was v furnished with
everything that Coast could think of
as essential or desirable' for coast
wise cruise, , whether brief or pro
tracted. There was no plausible excuse?- for
his failing to sleep; the Echo rode
without much; perceptible- motion,
moored about a hundred yards , off
shore: waters whispered somnolently
alongside; the town was quiet Yet
slumber waa denied him; an unwont-'
ed excitement sparkled his imagina
tion, kindled, by a sense of adventure
distilled frqm'tomerref'8 promise.
At-five belia''-ae rose .and went on
deck to smoke, .is trouble heavy upon
him. The cockpit f was not : more
drenched with moonlight than with
dew, but the air was-motionless and
suave; in pyjamas 'and?) slippers, lol
ling upon the dry jlide of an over
turned seat cushion. 'he felt no need
of heavier blobbing.
Presently eJbreatlrr-; of air stirred
feebly; catspaws darkened the silver;
sighing, the ifi$ died; the flawed Bur
lace of the-hbor . smoothed- and
brightened. 'Then ' again the - breeze
fanned up put of thenprthwest; vacll
lant; advancing, languishing, waxing
gradually in 'volume nntll it blew full
and free, '-
Coast shrugged to the chif and
rose to go belpw, but paused, attracted
by a stir of life aboard a small, two
masted schooner that had been riding
idly at anchor-between two and, three
hundred feet away toward. the ship
channel : - i i .
He saw a movement of bustling
men upon her deckfler.8ailiag light
appeared: a green starboard y eye
glared rtplaM0f
'was hoisted, "the T6resafrwent up.
Then, falling off broadside to the. eb
Nng current' the veesefebaped .per
course handily for tie' harbor-mdnth.
booms crashing td port-as the red-eye
swung to bear on Coast As she drew
abeam he could see , her deck quite
c'early. glistening in the frrbitt glare
that threw the scurrying flgurea.of the
crew into clear black relief. &Tbey
went about their tasks adeptly, sure
footed and alert, with a curious'.!
tachment of attitudes having no 're
gard whatever, apparently for that
which held Coarf JpeU-bttmdVf -
In Ihe waist two men were' 'itrag
sling,. locked . to'; one i anotherv" a
and atasgtiag'etw.MItvni t
that, neither uttering 'a tind iThey
fought strongly ea& wit! f&to
ate concentration of effort.; each,''.ia
silence. - . , ; .j.
He saw one suddenly J give way, as
though his foot bad slipped. He went
oowb upon a knee, the we!ghtpf Alt
antagonist beavyupbn b!n', nd
covered only Vttn'a tremebo
opovuiiiTe effort, but now wftH.Mi
VANCE
hold broten and at the c ther's, mercy.
In half' 4oxen breaths r sV was rushed
to the nil (where lie att ampted lutUe
ly a. last stand), forced ,1 tackward over
it and so held. A flat we a lifted above
him and fell like a hainmer. There
followed a splash, but no- outcry. The
man went under like a log. The
schooner slipped onward -with growing
impetus, veils bellying lluminous. No
life-preserver was thrown, not a hand
raised, not so far & Coast could dls
rny e. needtened- to-ee-thte "of
the. defeatedJ : '
... Looaenlfitt, jthe , drawstring of his
pyjamas and 5 rtppifig voff the Jacket
Coast leaped to 'the Bcbos stem,,
pojsed Inmself .jtthely and shot out
cleaving the water almost "without
aplash. . vt"-. ff "t
, Warmth came oS exertion; refreshed,
-invigorated; -Wsjwsmb wrttk'-wwlft
ntBf: uidrstingth,.? waeetiMd Dfil;to
reach" his goal before the man could
sink finally. At length winning to
his aide, he held off warily, watching
for chance, to close in and at the
same time escape the clutch of those
valiantly thrashing arms.
"Now, now!" he cried, as one might
strive to soothe a restive horse. "Easy,
there! Toure only" tiring yourself
out" ?, '
- The snlsahing ceased in some meas
ure, the man wiggling awkwardly
round to bring the source of that voice
-within - hie range l of understanding.
"Lord!" he said, breathless. "Tou're
welcome.".
SncoUraged by thisj note- ef sanity.
Coast swam nearer. ''Need any help?"
"What do you jttiaxr
Themoderate exasperation of this
"la These Infernal Clothes.'
reply: educed na Bpctaneous ';. laugh
ftofal Coastwhich: he checked; abrupt
ly as, the other, inan again fWent under,
to an accompaniment of frantic kicks
and "splashes, . Before Coast could
reach him he Te-emerged, blowing and
sputtering, p l: , '. '
i:"Beastly ?tasting - waterif he conv
mented .between; gasps, resting-.
fWhat this' devil are you trying to
dor -; -
"(Jet rid ' of these" damnable trou
serej? they woh't let me! fewlm."
li I lend yoti a hind,;wHl you "
-Np; l won't grab youv know the
anfwr to that,' and I've had one
slant between tte vyes already Come
aloBg' and: be Tiero. why don't you?
Tjcoist ehuokled.is he Tsngedalong
aidB "putiiohe hand n my- right
er5 be advised, ann seep as
stiaiis JtoSSIble.
ril ao tne' swim-
nfligT Zi V -Vf ' ' . l-i
rjfou'rC-the 4octor. Th-man fol
lowed hi.'ini,tructtonsljr8mptly. "Sor
ry jfce? trouble" you; though."- '
Bragging
. u i -rrr, 5 -WcrWnfl
MWaft 'iOIover ,Tat Boast
ing About; Hie -Flock; ef; rowls
A north country ..working,, manure,
centiyvtook to-keeping fowls, e4
within a week his fellow-workmen
werereary of hearing htoefervto
the subisct Sf
AtUength. ana aei the resutt off a
deep-laid plot ambnafbls fellows, some
body broke Into his fowlhouse one
night and the much-be
lauded birds- . - . "
After tniTewaia little peace
lnhe&WorksThe Tictim of tBe plot
went to the other extreme, and when.
iim&kjtki two later, he got a fresh
supply of birds, he dldnt even men
tioft tbe fact -to his nates. H ns
and he bad ao intention of indulging
1b It in! fnttrre.'3 Neither r Kln
tbi permit bceaflni en th premises. -;
tMag home; to bis dlnner the other
4. h- hard one of bis latest pur
I chases i loudly : ennonnclns -that, she
had laid an egg. r --
- tt.MiT,m info .the fowlhouse. the own
ii Tvlisi offender and wrung her
InecfciThenholdinK apvttm as
afdrea5puwaxai
Diurtea ouvi
'S.i&rli.iSr
. "... ,Af lsCCsT ? " ' " '
"That's an Tignt . . .
"It's these infernal clothes. I can
swim, without them. Every try to dis
robe on the bed jgt the sea?'
After : a timejjfn a reflective tone,
"Me for the Demon Rum after this,"
came over his shoulder. "I never knew
water cduld taste so yile." -
, Coast made no' reply; apparently
none was expected. laboriously gain
ing to the side of -the catboat e clung
to It, panting, while the other-cbnsld
erately transferred his nolo. Hanging
so, he rolled an inquiring eye to his
.benefactor. - '& -
"This occasion," he observed, "Is
quite too unique. Never have I met
a man I liked so well, under similar
auspices. Permit me : my name i Ap-'
pleyard. Christian name (from-the Old
Testament) Melchlsedec kindness of
sponsors in baptism. - Please don't
look like that: I regret it likewise." - ..
He paused, watching. Coast gravely.
"Melchieedec means "king of. right
eousness, but.on.t bealarmed; mis-
"takes' wilT happen even- at the bap;
tismal fount . . , And you, air?"
'Coast QarretJ-Coast" .
"Congratulations : that has a human
ring. And I am pleased to meet you.
None the less, I owe him no gratitude
who cheats me of a watery grave to
freeze me to death. Upon , my word
of honor (whatever that may "be), I
cannot move . . anything ex
cept my Jaw."
ivXaughingt Coast scrambled aboard
the boat, and leaning out caught the
man beneath the' arms. After consid
erable exertion on the part of both,
lie tumbled into the cockpit and in
continently, with a heavy sigh, col
lapsed on the deck, in a dead faint
. ;r In alarm hia rescuer dived below
and returned with towels and a bottle
of brandy. The. latter being immedi
ately resorted to, brougjpt Mr. Apple
yard back to consciousness.
i'"Very good stuff," he commented,
half-strangled. I had a premonition
that my season-ticket on the water
wagon had run out ... I assure
yon I swallowed a cubic foot of Fair
haven harbor; all my Insides are in
sulted." Pi - .
"Get up." said Coast "get those
clothes off and dry yourself. I'll lend
you blanket and a berth fur the
night" ;
"With all he pleasure in life."
Coast took him down into the abiu,
assigning him the starboard berth.
"I. trust youH be comfortable, he
said, with a solicitude hot unmixed
with " wonder tthatj so much fire and
fortitude "could inhabit a frame so
frail jand slight
"Sure to be." Appleyard rolled
himself luxuriously into his blanket
and breathed 'deeply of" bis content
' But how ean one feel at ease .'' . .
who - strolls stark-naked . . . aboard
a perfect, stranger's . . private J
yacht- . . . and eyah! makes
himself at home without . . . so
much as by your leave . . .?" '
"Don't " Coast started to reassure
him. V
He, was interrupted by a slight but
unquestionably sincere snore. W
t (TO BE CONTINUED.)
fwMPlpre
oft as ye like, but 111 hev no braggin
aboofitlT-London nt-Bita.
Insects That Use
JseRubl
sber.i
When Para trees aw tapped, after
the gum has run into receptacles and
stiffened, a species of large black ant
it accustomed to cut out' pieces of the
rubber and carry them away. Bees
also find uses for India rubber, and
some species in South Africa actual
ly cut the bark of trees that produce
resinous substances in order to cause
s flow of the sap. The gum is em
ployed by the bees as a ready-made
wax tr their nests. .
To Cultivate Memtirv. -
"ltC best way to remember a thing
y. thf-oughly to understand it and
often ,t- recall i tormind.i!'Byread?
iag 5onlin.ualiy with f great , attention,
and ee 4?asslng a passage without
UndJ1''a1ir.f and considering ft well,
the memory will, be stored' with knowl
edge, ard things" will. recur at. timet
when r want" them.' though we can
never recollect the passages or from
whence we draw our ideas.
As a rule, tbe melancholy youth
ATLANTIC
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IT?ff r4 VA5 rJstV '-V-' ir '"'ilS jyVf JtI i vw
I '& , S23fe' vk ri
tf jejrf
rHEN President Taft reviewed the
fleet or American fighting vessels
the most 'popular mascot of the fleet
sea.
DANGER OF DISEASE
Leprosy and Bubonic Germs Lurk
in Hair Factories.
Many Children and Young Girls Ex
posed, Says Dr. Charles Graham
Rogers, State Medical Exami
iner of State ef New York. ;
New York. That danger of leprosy
and bubonic plague lurks' in "rats"
and "puffs" and that there are many
children and young girls in this-city
and state who work la factories un
der conditions almost certain to
cause painful and even fatal diseases,
were assertions made by Dr. Charles
Rogers, medical examiner of the atate
department of labor, at the continua
tion of the hearing of tbe factory in
vestigation commission,
f In the course of bis examination by
Abram I. Elkus, counsel for the com
mission. Dr. Rogers was asked about
factories in which white phosphorous
matches are made. '
' "There are two of these factories
In this state, be answered. "One is
in Brooklyn and the other is in Os
wego. Beyond question there are tbe
most dangerous factories in the state.
There is very great danger to em
ployes who handle the matches and
work over the phosphorous paste. Tbe
chief menace is a rotting away of the
bones, particularly the jaw bone, due
to tbe action of the white phosphor
ous. "Many women and children work In
these two factories and in my opinion
their employment should be prohibit
ed. Although our present law Bays
that children may do nothing in such
places but pack tbe boxes, I am quite
sure that they sort the matches. This
exposes them to as much danger as
threatens the grown men."
. , Children,' be . said, should not be al
lowed to work in- calico print works,
in pearl button factories, in gas man
tle works, in potteries or in chemical
factories bt: any sort -In 'one' pearl
button factory on Long Island, he
testified, he found 100 boys and girls
under the age of 16.
"Every worker that I examined in
this place I found to be suffering with
laryngitis or bronchitis." be said.
In factories where gas mantles are
made, he went on, he had frequently
found boys and girls In a state of in
toxication due to inhaling the alcohol
fumes arising from the collodion used
in, the making of the mantles. In
some of the places, he said, wood al
cohol was used: , ':
"The inhalation of 'the fumes of
this , poison," he said, "causes total
blindness in time, , completely and
permanently ' destroying the optic
nerves." ' " -
. Germs, abound .In the human hair
factories in this . city, Dr. Rogers tes
tified, 'andhe- had found all' kinds of
bacteria," including what he firmly be
lieved to be germs of bubonic plague. 1
Workers In humanjiair. he saidwere
exposed to danger 'of tuberculosis,
chronic gastritis, intestinal diseases
and abscesses of the stomach. From
80, to 90 per cent of the employes in
human hair factories are growing
girls, be said.
"If a woman with an abrasion or a
cut on ber scalp were to wear one of
these., puffs,-, he continued, and It hap-,
jened that the article contained any
of the germs I have mentioned," se
rious, results would almost certainly
foqow.v
KING ABDICATES HIS POST
Ex-Cabin Boy, Ruler
Tribe, Retires to
Life In English
of Wa-KI-Kuku
More 8lmple
Metropolis.
London. The abdicated king of the
Wa-KI-Kuku, a tribe of fierce, treach
erous East African savages, has come
to London and a strange tale be has
to telf of his three years' reign.
He Is not as one might suppose, a
big painted and befeathered thick--'lipped
- black warrior, with a name
that no white man could pronounce,
. but ; a short, quiet-spoken Yorkshire
: man, named 'John Boyes. ? " 'ui
Boyes started Mlfe s la -cabifi J boy
and cook on board a North Sea fishing
, smack, ;but passing ,, that over, ,he
said; ' w ."
Tt was to get cereals from -the
Ki-Kuku country that 1 first made an
expedition into the country that I
was destined to rule-tor .three years.
-it.
TV got what l.canie-tQr and prom-
kised tocomeback4 which ldld. this
I .... t4.kMAn nl 4m J? .
" He rtarted by drilling tbe- native
: SQUADRON IN THE
Atlantic squadron in the Hudson river
ever assembled. Our photograph shows a part of the Ions: line and Duke.
reviewing the vessels from the deck
"One medical nian recently told me
of a case of leprosy of a young girl in
a nearby city caused by wearing an
Infected puff or rat" .
The danger to employes. In these
factories, he asserted, lay in the fact
that the workers swallowed quantities
of fine, small hairs. Pus : producing
germs on these hairs, he explained,
caused abscesses of the stomach " if
there was an abrasion of the stomach
lining.
This evil, he declared, could be rem
edied at small cost by the installation
of an exhaust ventilating system. The
law at present makes it Impossible to
remedy the condition, he said, and
added his belief that children should
be prohibited from working . in hair
factories.
The only other witness was William
T. Tibbs, a. deputy inspector, who tes
tified regarding a candy factory in
this- city where the conditions were,
In his language, "dirty," and in that
of Mr. Elkus, who seemed to be fa
miliar with the premises, "filthy.
4V
HOGS IN FIGHT- FOR APPLES
Missouri Farmer la Compelled to Pen
His Animals Up So They Can Sleep
and Not 'WaitC'Away.
: ; - -
St Loula.r Here Is the season's
prize fruit story. It was told in Ed
wardsville the other day by Rev. F.
J. Buschmann, pastor of St Paul's
Evangelical church. Circuit Judge
Louis Bernreuter had been helping the
minister to prepare caldrons of apple
butter for the winter, and the pastor
declared that the apple crop was ex
ceptional. 'Teaches, too, for that matter,"
continued the minister. "Whyi do
you know, bee of my church members-
living afc, tbe ;foot of the "bluffs has
had to pen up his bogs at night so
that they could get some sleep and
not waste away.
"They eat apples all day long and
at night when they can no longer see
them they hear a big apple drop to the
ground with a whack and immediately
th whole drove scurries to get It
Their owner tells me they were ac
tually wearing away more flesh in
this continued pursuit than they put
on, ana ne tnereiore nau iu wuuue
them at night"
ROMANCE OF CHESTER WOMAN
Her Missing Son Is Heir to Estate of
Heroine Mother's Uncle Disap
peared Many Years Ago.
Chester, Pa. Mrs. F. Canavan of
Twenty-second street and, Edgmont
avenue, this city, is looking for Harry
Long, a former resident of '- Chester;
who left here several years ago, and
Whose present whereabouts are un
known. Mrs. Canavan says the moth
er of the missing man died about five
years ago, leaving two sons, John
and Harry. Since then a wealthy
ancle died, bequeathing her a legacy
of $40,000. Tbe money is being held
In trust by the administrators, who
J will not give John Long, who resides
in this city, his share until he can
show a record of his brother, dead
or -alive.
Mrs. Long, was a native of Peters
burg, Vs.. While out riding one day
during the War of the Rebellion, she
stoppediher horse near a barn for wa
ter. She heard voices from the barn.
SftsfJand from fragments of the con versa-
warriors and making good soldiers of
them, taking care that he bad a good
bodyguard for himself and instilling
well into their minds that it was im
possible to kill a white man.
Some of tbe other methods em
ployed In winning tbe kingship of the
savages and their tract of 4,000 square
miles were:
"I made them, think I could, drink
boiling water by taking drinks of ef
fervescent powder. I became a 'blood
brother" with various chiefs, and all
blood brothers' are ffrlendsl had, a Land, minutes., s, ,
gramophone, which was supposed to! Bennet' performed In a local
be feome .awful invention of the white
man . by which some spirit was in a
box and ' compelled to da its master's'
bidding. '! instituted ' the custom of
intertribal wax' dances every ten nays iA
friendly-, tribes being Invited to-our
quarters. - , ;
He seems to nave Owed -Ms ' power
over one-tribe In tbe first place to a
musical clock, which gained for Itself
the reputation or being a rain maker,
'But it trccgut trouble. VYfcen they
HUDSON.
at New York be saw the" greatest
of the Dolphin as they passed out to
. a
tioh she learned that the ! speakers
were plotting to destroy Petersburg
by flame. She rode at breakneck
speed to the Union camp, and with
tears in her eyes petitioned a young
lieutenant, named Samuel -; Long, of
this city, to send a force of his men
to interfere with the bushwhackers
and save her parents and ho0- Lieu
tenant Long granted her request, and
the young woman, with the Union of
ficer, led the men back to the barn
and routed the plotters.
Lieutenant Long became greatly at
tached to the fair soutrenr lass. Her
parents, however, would not consent
to the match on account of Long be
ing a northerner. Finally She decided
to marry Long without her parents'
consent ---.-.. "
PLANNING TO CHECK BABIES
Western Railroad Aims to Establish
Nurseries on All Trains With .
Ail Comforts of Home-
San Francisco.? Attention, mam
mas and papas!
- If this legand. "Check Tour Baby,"
lures your glance when you enter a
passenger station don't pinch . your
self to see if yon are dreaming. v.:5
Just take the baby over to the
white-garbed nurse that smiles at
you from the portal 'of the spotless
nursery under the alluring, legend, get
your check and enjoy yourself while
baby is having the time of its life
before train time.
Or, If you are tired, you mothers,
that same nurse will lead you to a
comfortable couch. ,
The idea of a special room Is now
being tried - out by the Southern
'Pacific at Sacramento. If the ex
perience proves successful the rooms
will probably be established at all
the larger stations'. It, Is .the aim of
the company to equip the rooms with
all the comforts of a home.
PRISONERS ACT v AS GUARDS
Men In Seattle Jail Go to Court
Alone and Return After Ad
journment Is Ordered.
All
Seatle, Wash. Hearing of the cut
in the appropriation for his ofiBce, as
made by the county commissioners,
and realizing that be must continue
to be short of deputy sheriffs, Sheriff
Robert T. Hodge has adopted the ex
pedient of sending prisoners to attend
court unaccompanied by deputies and
on their parole to return.
, The .other day the sheriff sent John
W...Dalton, charged with abduction,
down to Justice R. R. George's court
on parole, and he reported his arrival
at court by telephone and later asked
for permission to take dinner down
town.
"No, you come to the Jail for din
ner; well fix you up a warm bite,"
said the sheriff. Dalton was back in
Jail in ' seven minutes "after be te'e-
phoneo.
New Rule at Northwestern.
Chicago. A new "slow down" sign
was erected the other day along the
speedway of love at Northwestern uni
versity. In segregated chapel Miss
Mary Potter, the new dean of the co
eds, announced that hereafter men
callers at Wlllard dormitory will have
to provide themselves With two cards
one for the callee and the other for
herself, if the dean approves oflhe
visitor be will be admitted; otherwise
and Miss Pottef made the situation
quite clear he will stay outside. In
dignatVm over the new ruling Is great
among tbe co-ees and the men stu
dents ajrented; , -
looked tohim for iie rain that did
not come they, sought ,!o murder him
But the providential capture of their
chief saved his life. Then the longed
for, rain .came and. ail .were, firmly per
suaded that he was responsible for it
Then Mr. Boyes. quit
Record at Piano.
Bethlehem, Pa. The world's record
for "long-distance" piano playing was
taken from Charles Wright of Battle
Creek,, Mich a few days ago when
Harry A. Bennet of Boston beat the
record by one hoar and three seconds,
then almost collapsed from -; exhaus
tion. The former, record .was 27 hours
store
window and .kept both hands Igoint
continuously. , r . , , , L
. Five-Cent Stores Merge.
j New York-A world-wide combina
tion , of 5 andr 10-cent stores, wtyb a
capitalization of $65,000,000, has been
announced -by Frank W."Woq1 worths
It, will embrace COO stores, in, the
united States. Great Britain and Can
ad s Ffc ese-' ar! dOliig business of
150,000,000. a year.
Nation Loses IMfillions by Bad Roada
the United
in all about
Tff, States there ara
2,500,000 mijs of roada of one kind
or another-inough to reach around
the earth 100 times. Much of this,
however, is of a character not wor
thy of the name' road. Some of it is
little better than a rock pile, and oth
ers are wide tracks through ditches
and swamps. .. Of the whole only seven
miles in each hundred can be said to
have any improvements whatever, and
on the most of it the improvements
are such as to be unworthy of note.
Altogether not two per cent can be
called first class. With the proper im
provement of this network of roads
will o me a saving that will richly
repay the nation.
The roads in the United States may
not be the very worst in the world,
but they are bad enough as a whole,
that is certain, compared with those in
other civilized countries. Europe is a
network of magnificent highways. In
Germany, France and England one can
ride for miles without striking a stone
or a puddle. This does not add to
pleasure alone. It is the means of
saving millions of dollars each year
to those countries where such roads
are maintained.
The cost of hauling over our coun
Government Busy Cleaning Out Opium
C LOWLY the federal arm is sweeping
in the opium fiends. The' recent
raid here by internal revenue agents,
when 88,000 worth of the drug, pre
pared for smoking, y was confiscated
and the distributing organization for
the District of Columbia broken up,
-was one of a series of big hauls in the
larger cities of the country in recent
months, -as a result of which several
hundred thousand dollars' worth of
the drug is now In government pos
session. In the last five months just such
hauls, many larger and more impor
tant, have been made by means of
which agents have in many cases been
able to trace the drug to the Illicit
manufacturers, thus dealing the most
serious blow of all In Terre Haute,
Ind., where the richest haul of all was
made, nearly $100,000 worth of the
drug was found- when the inspectors
raided a small river shack where the
crude opium was being prepared for
distribution to smokers throughout the
middle west.
- "We are learning how to go about it
We are discovericg the haunts of
them," said a special- officer. "It has
been a hard joh. feecause there is no
interstate regulain. There is a bill
for that purpose vsfqre congress now.
Mammoth -Guns to Guard Panama Canal
eturvr THesrl
THE
CAHAl.
THE greatest gun ever built will be
came part of the coast defense at
' the Pacific end Qf ,the Panama canal.
The giant .weapoif is now at Sandy
-Hook, N. J., buf according to orders
received from the war department it
will soon start on the most remark
able Journey ever taken by a weapon
of its size. 'It weighs 180 tons, is 50
feet in length, with a 16-inch caliber
and power to throw a 2,400-pound pro
jectile a distance of 23 miles. The
gun is being moved because war au
thorities believe New York is in less
danger of being attacked than the
west end of the Panama canal. There
no ship that pokes its nose above the
horizon will be safe against the mon
ster gun for with a single well-directed
shot it could send to the bottom the
Jargest war craft the world knows to
day. Although the fortifications for the
canal have already been fully planned,
the details regarding them are kept
secret All that is known Is that the
Bar Unbidden Guests From Naval Ball
fJ ECENT agitation over the new re-
trictions placed upon midshipmen
t the naval academy in the matter of
guests at academy dances has brought,
forth from officials of the navy de
partment a remarkable statement It
was disclosed that heretofore the
doors of the naval academy have been
opened wide ' on the evenings Of
dances, and ail presenting themselves
at the dbers dressed as for a dance
have been admitted without question.
Several embarrassing situations
have developed, from time to time
involving midshipmen in serious
trouble. Henceforth, it is stated, the
academy omcials win require that no
person be admitted without presenting
a card of invitation, and the names of
all persons to whom such cards are
issued are to be listed.
;,; "The invitations to balls and bops at
tbe naval academy, says the state
ment "have been either a source of
misunderstanding or a cause for. at
tempting to stir up class prejudice.
Few father and mothers with "sons
at the naval academy but would de
sire and expect the authorities baying
their sons In charge to endeavor to
keep ,them apart from that' , special
form of temptation-that haunt all
places ,where Jarge bodies of young
f meq are collected together.
,"WAen.., the: Academy was" mucbj plunks. If you please, Thanks. Good .
amaller and thavntrmberttof--, sriieats idav.''-'"''?'1'" .'f7 -t .
try roads is now about 23 cents" per -ton
to the-mile. In the European'--,
countries as long as 18 years ago the -cost
had been reduced to 10 cents, and v
it is much lower today. On some of
the roads going into London, by tBe.
motor cars now in use, it-is lesethaa
four cents, and by wagon freight ce$
be" hauled almost anywhere on the con -'
tinent 1 for from one-half to" onthIr4 .
its cost in the. United States. , Th'es
saving effected under this System .j
amounts to hundreds' of ' mllliens of J
dollars every year.
According to the report of the Inter
state commerce commission in 1904,
our railroads handled more than 800,
000,000 tons of freight which originat
ed on their respective lines. All this
had to be taken to and from the can.
A great deal of it was made up of the
products of the farm and the forests,
and it is estimated that at least 300.
000,000 tons of it had a haul of nine -miles
at a cost of 2S cents a ton. That
bill alone would represent more than
8400,000,000, and other freights - and
hauling would run the sum to $S00,
000,000 or over. Now suppose we cut
the wagon freight bill in half, or to
11 cents a ton, which is still far
above the cost of hauling In Europe,
and the saving would be $250,000,000
a year. In fact, the loss on our haul
ing is one of the greatest leaks of our
whole industrial system. To save this
waste of effort and money should be
among the chief concerns of our
people. It is gratifying to note that
they are awaking to the need of con
sistent and concerted action, and tak
ing up the matter in earnest
The only way to stamp out the use of
op-frm and cocaine primarily Is
i&rough interstate regulation.
"Since the importation of opium was
prohibited, in 1909, a process of manu
facture has been evolved which has
left the door wide open again. The,
process of manufacture is very simple
and can be carried on quietly . for ,
years. The crude opium is bought
from druggists who, without an Inter
state regulation law, can import the
crude drug and distribute it at will.
Since last fall we bvve made hauls In
every large city in the country, includ
ing New York, Buffalo, Washington.
Providence, Chicago, Terre Haute.
Kansas City, St Louis, Denver, Oma
ha, Seattle. Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Boston and Philadelphia.
These hauls hve all brought out some
thing and givenT a line on the traffic
generally."
two ends of the ditch will be defended
by seven forts in all, three at the At-
lan tic end and four at the Pacific open-""
Ing. These works will constitute "two
systems of forts the four at the Pa
cific end operating-together, and like
wise the three at the Atlantic end.
The' fortifications will all be under-'
ground. A hostile fleet approaching
from the ocean will see nothing but
a slope of grassy greensward, whether
on the islands or on the mainland.
There will be nothing visible to shoot
at, for the great guns will be hidden
In concrete lined pits, from which
they are uplifted momentarily by their
disappearing carriages to deliver their
fire. Quite a distance in the rear of
each of the two groups of forts will
be three large pits, each containing
four 12-inch mortaFs,
The locks of the canal necessarily
are vital points, and these will be de
fended by "field fortifications" that
is to say, well constructed earthworks,
with six-inch howitzers, three-inch
field guns, etc. These works are in
tended, of course, for defense against
possible attack by a land force. The
war department is going to maintain
a considerable bodyo troops on the
isthmus. It may be talten for granted
that the forts at the two ends of the
canal will be able to defeat any at-v
tack from the sea.
JWHERE IS
YOUR
INVITATION
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consequently fewer, 'ere was little
difficulty in keepingTr-careful scrutiny
at the doors of the ballroom; but the
number of - guests attending has made
this practically impossible.
"Is it too much to ask that only
those invited should attend, and that
cards of admission should be Issued
to authenticate the guests? Is there
any decent ball or assembly of any
size which is not protected by some
similar precaution?'
Currying a Short Herse
; "Doctor," the caller, complained, l
have headache all day long. 1 want
you to see if you can't do something
to relieve me." "WeH," the eminent
specialist said, "I shall have to make
an examination.' particularly at the
base of tht brain, and It will be neces
sary for you to take off that high, tight
collar." Tbe caller did so "Why. doc
tor, the headache . -has gone!" "I
tnought s. vear looser collars. Flvsi - Jr
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