What a lot the Infant emperor of
China knows for his agol
Sir comets are visiting the
Stumping the solar system?
An election In Switzerland seems to
attract about as much attention as Its
navy.
Nation Loses Millions by Bad Roads
Few headline writers can tell of a
fall of snow without allusions to “The
Beautiful."
A Texas town of 4,000 has -not seen
a tteddlng In three years, but has had
two lynching parties.
It cost a Missouri man $35 to shoot
a redhird and it could not have been
such great sport, either.
About all that can be said in favor
af a double chin is that it has some
prestige in an argument.
(Sapt. Elmer Baldwin will try to lo
cate the north pole in 1915. It may
be a common jaunt by then.
Grapefruit Is' beginning to crowd
out the cantaloupe, and the latter no
doubt sees what its fate is to be.
Tbe megaphone would be a valuable
thing on the farm, where It could be
used to call the hired man at 4 a. m.
The financial success of some of our
popular actors is indicated by the
amount of alimony they are able to
pay.
We base our prediction of a long
cold winter on the tact that this
year’s chestnut worms are fatter than
usual.
Taxes have gone so high In Japan
that the little nation may not feel like
whipping anybody for several years
to come.
W AbHUNG'fON.—In the United
States there arc In all about
3,500,000 miles of roads of one kind
or another—enough 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 s-wamps. 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 0 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, civilised 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. Tills does not add to
pleasure alone. It is the means of
saving millions of dollars’each year
to those countries 'w.'here such roads
are nialntaineil.
The cost of hauling over our coun
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
it is much lower today. On some of i
the roads going Into London, b.v the
motor cars now in use, It is ieso than '
tour cents, and by wagon freight can
be hauled almost anyw'here on the con
tinent for from one-half to one-third
its cost ill the United States. The .
saving effected under this system ,
amounts to hundreds of milliuns of '
dollars every year. I
''According to the report of tn« Inter- |
state commerce commission la 1906, j
nnr railroads handled more than SOO,- 1
000,000 tons of freight which oilglnat- ^
ed on their respective lines. All this
had to be 'aken to and from the cars. ;
A great deal of it was made up df the '
products of the farm and the forests, '
and it Is estimated that at leant 200,- |
000,000 tons of It had a haul of nine ,
miles at a cost of 23 cents a ton. That ,
bill alone would represent more than '
$400,000,000, and other freights and ,
hauling would run the sum to $500,- ■
000,000 or over. Now suppose we cut I
the wagon freight bill in half, or to :
11^ cents a ton, -which is still far \
above the cost of hauling in Europe, i
and the saving would be $250,000,000 :
a year. In fact, the loss on our haul- j
ing is one of the greatest leaks of our ;
whole industrial system. To save this '
waste of effort and money should he :
among Ae chief concerns of our |
people, it is gratifying to note that \
they are awaking to.._the need of cen ]
sistent and coiicerted' action and tak |
ing up the matter in earnest. |
■'You are
erty!". came
light.
Blair sc 1
biishe^ He
ifciiigWitin;
beam ffom
“Elut the
tinlaed the clump of
had supposed the white
about there to he a slim
be moon.
gardeners never come
down here aijj uncle is away
ght.’’jB'he voice was nearer
Molly
eyes for
doing hen
to him.
“Lookl}_
said In the^ne of
child.
®ifihteen.’' She resented his
one. “Andjthen what do you do?”
'hem Into fairy tales."
it you mean you are a
■our name is In all
On the Isthmus of Panama there
are 4.786 bachelors and only 187
spinsters. Go south, young woman—
go southl
Government Busy Cleaning Out Opium
College women do not indulge In di
vorce. says one of them. To the pros
pective marrler this should be warn
ing enough.
Reports from Los Angeles Indicate
that a drunken Japanese with a load
ed giin ie as dangerous as a drunken
Caucasian.
A masseur has been fined for prac
ticing medicine. It will soon be un
safe to put a wet towel on a sick
friend’s brow.
The difference
S LOWLY the federal arm is sweeping
in the opium fiends. The recent
raid here by internal revenue agents,
when $8,000 wortli of the drug, pre
pared for smoking, was confiscated
and the distributing organization for
vhe 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
haul.s, inuiiy larger and more impor
tant, have been trade by means d
which a.gents have in many cases been
to trace the drug to Ihe illicit
.mainifncturcrs. thni dealing tlie most
of ail. in Terre Haute.
"I supp
writer
the big lu:
“About tl
“Couldn't
your carava
so cozy.’
•Tt Is
her quaini
to lift you,'
“Isn’t
toward hi
had such
"But
Blair, i
bltt'erne
The only way to stamp
or’vm and cocaine primarily is
'.j.-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 he carried on quietly for
years. The crude-opium is ^y^ht
from dru;
CopyrIehi, tail, by Atseoclated Literary Press.)
While he struggled' against the tu
mult in his heart. tPhis. witch. Hfcd
breathed on hidden chiir'ds; *he felt
strangely unaccountable for his ac
tions, his w.ords.
"You are tired," he said .finally,
“and little girls shoi^ld be in bed at
this time of night.
But Molly Ashwjfl stoSd still ryjid
looked down at the arms extended to
lift her irom the step, then her ^yes
traveled up to the face.on which the
light shohe full.
“Do you know,” she stated, “that
you look very much like Uncle
Gray?"
Blair turned swiftly from the glare
of the lamp. "Come!" he said, and
his voice held a note of command.
With a little hurt look'in her eyes
Molly pat out her hands. For a
breathing speU the universe seemed-
hung in midalt. ' Molly* tore herself
free then and fled In the darkness.
Blair watehed. her go, a 'moonbeam
darting from path to path and' finally
into the old rose garden and lip the
great stone steps between the guard
ing lions and oufof his sight through
the French windows.
For a long moment he .sat staring
at the windows through -^-hich she
had gone. Finally he arose, unteth
ered his horses, hitched them to the
caravan and drove off Into the 'night.
"She is too wonderful,” his lips re
peated. "I could not withstand her.
tong.”
Three years came 'hnd went before
Molly Ashwell and the 'Vagabond
Dreamer met, three years in which
her eyes had worn a pecular, brood
ing look—a look which John Gray
had tried In vain to fathom or to
lighten.
“You are not so happy looking
yourself,” she had chided him on one
occasion.
He had grjwn a shade paler.
“1 have cause—a terrible cause for
being miserable—hut 1 deserve it,”
was. all* he had said.
She glanced quickly at him now as
they sat in the theater. The curtain
went up on a new play. The scene
was an interior.
"It is almost exactly like our draw
ing room!" exclaimed Molly breath
lessly and Vi(iUed for confirmation of
his eyes and looked more
pplo of laughter ac-
|is. search.
She had parted the
Blair felt that a
moonbeam had squeezed
the trees. He stared
hand shading his eyes,
whether or not I like
said half petulantly.
|lently dropped his hand
toward the light that
.jniall door of his cara-
The dreamer's''look was in his
and^he dreamer’s whimsical
lips.
at Rim ' with grave
lonient. ‘‘.What are you
she asked, edging nearer
fairies’—like you.” he
speaking to a
he smiled.
have one-peep into
e asked. “It looks
s amused at
mrlosity. "I will have
the step."
arling!” She turned
J didn’t know gypsies
a gypsyy,” put in
darkness a strange
into his eyes. "If !
that door with
ih up my ponies!” '
'that he lov.’ly!” She
ahcls ■ joyously., “But
d never get over It.”
inaged to survive other
that pained bitter-
i_to the vagabond's eyes,
he Is not really my
had not noticed his re-
-TO-
Fate and Justice worked some pe
culiar pranks Jn the olden days. Sir
W'alter Raleigh, with the death sen
tence hanglfig over him for 18 years,
failing 5n his final voyage of'tliscovery,
returned to England and went cheer
fully to the block. He left the Tower
without the royal pardon in 1615. The
adventurous hut still condemned man
had received, permission to make an
other voyage to South America. If he
should be successful in the outcome
of his venture 5-Raleigh knew the
'tvlng’s mercy would be granted him.
But this last expedition, undertaken
witli’^such vital interest at stake for
■Raleigh, was unfortunate in all Its re
spects.At San Tomas, on .the Cay-
'enne river ih Guiana, his men made a
hostile attack upon a Spanish settle
ment. As England was then at peace
with Spain, this act of war against
the people cf a friendly nation was a
most grievous offense ^ against the
king. On .October 29, 1618, he suffered
death by the ax. Having fingered the
edge, he returned It and said, smiling
to the sheriff; “JThis is a sharp medi
cine. hut It is a sound cure for all dis
eases,”
H eadache
is justa symptom.
!t is Nature’s way of
showing a eJerange-
mtent of the stomach,
liver or bowels. Help
Nature with the best
system-cleaning tonic,
OXIOii^E
—a bottle proves.
The Specific for Malaria, Chills aod
Fever, and a .-eiiable remedy for
all diseiises due to dis.
bowels and kidneys.
' 50c. At Yom DraggiatS
BABY’S ECZEMA AND BOILS
3 Old
They teach logic In ccillegas and !
yet the football scores when compared
occasionally' lead to some most !1.'i
logical results.
11 river slinck where the
was being prepared for
0 smokers throughout the
‘■-We
ie;
We
The preachers who decry baseball
should raise their own batting aver
age If they want to Increase Interest
in their own work.
them."
been a
infers!;
for (1.;.
ig how to go about it.
ulscovfiir,,; the haunts of
u.ld a spi-v'*.-!! officer. "It has
bard job feecause there is no'
■0 rcgulaVon, There is a bill
purpose V-'i'ore congress now.
■Since last fall we have made ha^
every large city In the country, i
!n^. New York, yuffalo, Washing®
Providence, Chicago, Terre Hau^
Kansas City, St. Louis. Denver,
ha, Seattle, Lxds .Angeles, San Fran®
Cisco, Boston and Philadeiphia."
These hauls have all brought out some
thing and given a line on the traffic I
generally.”,
In Tucson eggs have been selling
for 20 cents apiece. Burbank should
hasten to develop a species of cactus
that will lay eggs.
Mammoth Guns to Guard Panama Cana^
'ords.
John Gray neither ana-wered ngr
seemed conscious of her presence.
As the play progl^essed Molly felt
the peculiar tension that held John
, spa3ny)dic clutch
bhe chair arras he re-
jimed to stone.
I the old, old story of
pi frequented the stage
wiy froi
“My son was about three
when I noticed a breaking-out om his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after, his
arms, shoulders, and breast broke out
also, and In a few days became a solid
scab. I became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro
nounced the disease eczema. The lit
tle fellow was under treatment for
about three months. By the end of
that time, he seemed no better: I be
came discouraged. 1 droppe^ the doc
tor’s treatment, and commenced the
use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and in a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his efieeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders,,
arms and breast were ’decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven months
old, all trace of the eczema was gone.
“During his teething period, his
i head and face -were broken out in
\ boils which I cured witli Cuticura
have been a great sufferer. During
the time of teething and from the time
' I dropped the doctor’s treatment, . 1
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, nothing else, and ■when two
3’ears old he was the picture of health.
His complexion was soft and beauti
ful; and his head a mass of silky curls.
I had been afraid that he would never
be well, and I feel that I owe a great
deal to tho' Cuticura Remedies.”
; (Signed) Mrs. Mary W. Ramsey, 224
j E; Jacksoii St., Colorado Springs. Col.,-
j Sept. 24, 1910. Aitiiougb Cuticura
I Soap and Ointment are sold iiv'urug*
' gist;
plo
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
CURED HIS PILES.
I Mr.J.W.Dickion.N«ylor.Ga..w
" Mexican Mustang Liniment
„ .iiiiigs as a curt for Piles. 1 am
i old.but-only.fouud outaboutth
es. I hope others will try it
I 2Sc.S0c.$labottleatDruR&Gen'lStores I
Tuff’s Pills
enable the dyspeptic to eat whatevbr he
Wishes. 1 h$y cause the food toassImOulc a. '
liurlah Ihe fiody, give
DEVELOP FLESH."
had lived In the theatrical
atmosphere ■ merely as a stepping
stone. He had run away from home
to go on ihe stage that he might gain
intimate knowledge of stagecraft.
The strong plot woven In this fabric
was neither here nor there except
that at the close of the last act the
author was called forth.
He came from the wings.
The men who plastered their auto
number with mud and hurried away
after a casualty have done tho same
to their consciences.
Cleveland has unveiled a statue of
Wagner. At this distance It cannot
be seen whether It Is a statu©
Honus or to Wilhelm Richard.
Mrs. Majorle Gould Drexel's Ilttie
daughter Is set down as a $39.000.000
baby, but there are others that can
not' be bought at even that price.
There is a good deal of talk r
about “paper-bag cooking.” but wlti^
out having tried it we shouldn’t think
a paper bag would tqste good, no mat-
teh how It may be cooked.
A "Kansas Judge scoffs at the Ulea ,
of love at first-iighi. Probably he is .
.one pf those phlegmatic fellows who 1
keep the girls guessing for seven I
years and then marry in doubt. j
It ougfit^to be easy for a good many •
wives to _get new sealskin coats this
winter. An eastern court has granted
a divorce to a woman because her
husband concealed his real character
from her when they were married.
A Frenchman who has become en
thusiastic about baseball Is going to
try to make It the _ French National
game. A _boy8’ baseball game would
be a Quaker meeting compared with
two nines of excitable Frenchmen en
gaging In the sport.
Goats’ milk comes strongly recom
mended as a new cure, for inebriety.
Try it—on some friend.
'There will he no art In masculine
fashions,’’ says an English artist, "un
til men discard trousers." Tush! Look
at tlie hats some of the men are
•wearing this year.
T he greatest gun ever built will be
come part of the coast defense at
the Pacific end of the Panama canal.
The giant weapon Is now at San’dy
Hook, N. J., but according to orders
received from the war department it
will soon start on the mosf remark
able journey ever taken by a weapon
of its size- It weighs 180 tons, is 50
foot in length, with a IC-inch caliber
and power to throw a 2,400-pound pro
jectile a distamc of 23 miles. The
gun Is being moved because war aur
thorities lieliovc Now York is in les.s
danger of being attacked than the
west end of tlie Fniianla canal. There
no ship that pokes itM nose above the
horiz.oii will be safe against the mon
ster gun for with a single well-direct
ed shot it could send to the bottom the
largest war craft the world knows to-
vlay.
Although the fortifications for the
canal iiave already been fully planned,
il;c details regarding them are kept
secret. All that is known is that the
two ends of the ditch 'W'ill be defended
by seven forts in all, three at the At
lantic end and four afthe 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 -wjU' all be under
ground. A hostile fleet approaching
from the ocean will see nothing but
a slope of grassy greensward, whether
on the Island.s 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 arc uplifted momentarily by their
disappearing carriages to deliver their
fire. Quite a xlistance in the rear of
each of the two groups of forts will
be three large pits, each containing
four 12-in''h mortars.
'J'lie locks of the carfal'necess.arily
are viiai points, and these will be de-
feiidod ■ by “field fortifications’’--that
is lo say, well constructed earthworks,
witli .six-inch howitzers, fhrec-inch
fleld 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 considei'iihle body of troops on the
isthmus. It may be taken for granted
that the forts at.the two ends of the
canal will be able to ^defeat any at
tack from the sea.
r Watched Her Go.
■have lived here only five
T adopted and Uncle Gray
[give me all his money,” she
Jively.
ierstand," Blair said.
heard of me?" Molly’s
she
•heard of the protege of
|-yes. But J had not known
—grown, up," he finished
leautlful then." He looked
.deep hf?^is eyes.
She relrned the look wonderingly.
'Oh, ol-I feel sqch a funny little
Bar Unbidden Guests From Naval Ball
thrill
i bands
, ing
I Blair
, innocei
! "Pei
I from
! was
I tempti
5—here!” She clasped both
her breast; and stood gaz-
■ped swiftly away from the
wakening in her eyes.
you had better comedown
caravan." His own voice
le husky. "Or I will he
become a gypsy and run
The "VYrights have a new safety de
vice for aviators. If It don’t work
any better than the safety devices on
elevators the.rate of risk on aviators
will not be‘reduced.
. Queen Louisa of Denmark, is 60
.years old, but. being a queen, she
^oes cot look it.
Speaking of families which go to
the dogs, a Massachusetts woman
wants a divorce because her husband
Insisted on keeping eighteen bow
wows In the kitchen.
There Is In Boston a woman who
• believes her cat possesses tho soul of
a king. Still, even that Is perhaps
cot the most foolish thing that Is be
lieved by a Boston woman.
R ECE.VT agitation over the new re
strictions placed upon midshipmen
at the naval academy in the matter of
guests at academy dances has brought
forth from officials of the navy de-
partinent a remarkable statement. It
was ’dl%ci*sed (hat heretofore the
doors of the naval academy have been
opened wide on ^he evenings of
dances, and all presenting themselves
at the (!bors dressed as for a dance
have been admitted without question.
Several embarrassing situations
liavc developed from time to time
iuvoiving midshipmen in serious
trouble. Henecfortli. it Is stated, the
academy officials wlil require that no
person be admitted without presenting
a card of invitation, and tlie names of
all persons to whom such cards are
Issued, are to be listed.
“The invitations tb balls and hops at
the naval academy,” says the state
ment, "have been either a source of
misunderstanding or a cause for at
tempting to stir up -c'ass prejudice.
Few fathers and ni'/thera with sons
at the naval acadenliV^ut would de
sire and expect the aivHorities having
their sons in charge to endeavor to
keep them apart from that special
form of temptation that haunts all
places where large bodies of young
men are collected together.
"When Ihe academy was much
smaller and the number of guests
oD’t want to come down. I
I want to sing—and
1—” She broke off ab-
that wondering look .swept-
vas silent for a moment
John Gray sprang to his feet and
held out a pair of shaking, arms to
ward the man on the stage.
“My Vagabond Dreamer!" came a
girl’s voice through the hush that
followed the meeting of father and
son.
Regardless of the excited audience,
the two men met and the older
clasped the other In his arms as if
he was still a very small boy.
Finall}' the quiet .tones of the vaga
bond went out to answer that un-
.asked question,
"My father and I have been long
estranged—1 am too happy to say
more, except that I thank you for re
ceiving my play so kindly."
During the thunder of applause
that followed a slim little figure
slipped quickly out of the theater and
into the great- limousine that crept
up to the curb at her call.
Her heart was beating painfully in
dull, miserable beats.
• "Nobody loves me,” she wept softly
Into the kindly cushions.
She' sat huddled and broken, neither
seeing nor hearing the excited crowd
that came forth from the theater...
It seemed ages before tho two men.
arm ih arm appeared. Molly .dried
her eyes , hastily and peered out ''as
they approached.
The younger man glanced at the
car. Then Molly saw his hand go up
to shade his eyes. He made a quick
movement.
She was very near him and the
limousine had turned into a darkened
street when next she heard his voice.
"Mine! All mine." he whispered
against her lips.
•‘Can we go in the caravan?” Molly
asked by way of answer to his ques
tion of a moment later.
rOOK BEAR FOR FUR COAT
consequently fewer, there was. little '
difficulty in keeping a careful scrutiny '
at the doors of the ballroom; hut the i
number of guests attending has made '
this practically impossible.-
"Is it too much to astf that only
those invited should attend, and tfiat
cards of admission should be issued
td authenticate the guests? Is there
any decent ball or assembly of any
size ■which is not protected by some
similar precaution?”
f the Association of Automo-
jnufacturdrs • Tells Story
; Motor Wearing Apparel.
1(1 weather is coming bn. and
we sh soon ,see some very remark-
her motoring suits,”
. Coker F. Clarkson of
jiatton of Automobile Manu-
factuM sat In his New York office.
He 1
Currying a Short Horse. |
“Doctor,” the caller complained, “1 i
have headache all day long, l want ^
you to see If you can’t do something j
to relieve me.” “Well," the eminent I
specialist said, “I shall have to make I
an examination, particularly at the I
base of the brain, and It will be neces
sary for you to take off that high, tight i
collar.” The caller did so. “Why, doc-J
tor. the headache has gone!"
thought S(.-. V'ear looser collars. Flvd
plunks. If you please. Thanks. Goq^
day.”
glad -when cold-weather mo-
ithes are made more sightly.
3 us such a shaggy look now,
Did you ever hear about
^rming bear?
i country hotel, a good deal
Pd by motorists, took In a
, and his performing bear, and
■nliig the bear escaped from
Bbody fled before the animal,
fcl man, however, pursued it
^^^y. It entered the hotel,
^he stairway, pushed open a
^or, and vanished,
k hotel man, "close behind,
heard from the bedroom an. angry ex
clamation in a feminine voice, and the
words:
"George, dear, how often have I for
bidden you to come into"' my room
without knocking—and in your auto
mobile coat, too!"’
The Delight in Adornment.
Both Miriam and Molly belonged to'
th'e new age, and were in revolt against
the treadmill of reco'gnized order.’
Miriam knew it and Molly suspected
it. Nevertheless they took a savage
delight in iiersonal adornment. From
their feet to the necks women are
fairly civilized, and still progresj
though with awful setbacks;
their heads savagery still (sits
umphantly. Through mateMity
the milliner they keep secu^hold on
primitive nature. When th^Rmerged
at last Into the light of dWMlriam
sighed, like a cannibal refilled by
force, who hedrs of a feast he cankers
for in his heart.—Moricy Ronerts in
"Thorpe’s Way."
YOUR DRUGGIST
CAN SUPPLY YOU M
.WITH Milam - if he \
DOES NOT KEEP ITHE CAN
GET IT FROM ANY DRUGUOBBEH