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The Washington times., 1906-11-18

FTER since American shipping has
~, beer Of sufficient importance TO
IL claim attention The deadly men
ace of Cape Haftera5 has been dreaded BY
the mariner. Most dangerous point along
Ihe entire coast line Of The United States, II
has exacted frightfm annHaIT0H Of llVeS
and property.
when the storm that sgvept up the 1T
ianfic in mid-September had hOzUled its aUay
past HatteraS, eight dereIicts had been
added 10 old NeptuHGS prey off that point.
Thrnting lis long shoulder far ont
10 sea, and then 7yith diabolic cunning
reaching beneath the avaters for miles be-
yond, a deadly trap of sandy shoals that
are as iron to The pounding bottoms Of IN
fortunate vessels, Cape Hatteras leers both
up and dogvn the coast for its Uictims, and
many a gallant 1Uorld-rOver has sunk there
10 doom.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
wArERwoRks OF ATHENS.
Means of Supply of the Ancient
Acropolis Have Lately Been
Unearthed,

Grecian water works as well as
Grecian poetry have survived to serve
the present age. Prof. Dorpfield.
while pursuing archaeological re.
searches in Athens, with the purpose
of unearthing the fountain of Pisis-
tratus. discovered a number of small
water galleries in the vicinity of the
acropolis. More especially beneath the
road leading from the market place
in Athens, and serving as the route
for the professions of the Panathenea.
he recognized series of conduits COM
posed of pair of pipes of pottery
placed one over the other. From the
same point. the azora, other similar
slabs of baked earth, radiated in the
direction of the smaller streets.
The antiquity Of this system of
canalization is beyond doubt, insomuch
as the character of the works in con-
nection with it is as old as the Roman
and Byzantine epochs. Much knowl-
edge also was obtained respecting the
supply of water to the inhabitants OF
the capital from the many expert
mental cuttings and trenches.
The aqueduct of Pisistratus, sur
named the Tyrant, was found to pass
the Theater of Bacchus and then ter
inmate in a basin where nine conduits
discharged their contents. contiguous
to the fountain of Kallirrhoe. situ-
ated at the Puyx. This fountain in
cluded a couple of pools, one above
ground, wherefrom water could be
drawn directly, and a second below.
acting as a reservoir, and also as an
overflow, allowing its surplus water
to pass through a pipe into the city
for the use of the public. In the aque.
duct of Pisistratus the water was
transported in round pipes of pot
terry, with joints carefully fitted. If
this acqueduct should fail to be of fur.
ther service, that of Hadrian serves
at the present time for a supply to
the Athenian inhabitants.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Stoves in japan.

Consul Sharp furnishes from Kobe,
in response to an inquiry, information
as TO the methods used in Japan for
cooking and heating purposes. He
says:
The fuel in use here is charcoal,
wood, coal, coke and kerosene oil The
Japanese cooking apparatus is of two
kinds-one, the 'schichirin, small
portable construction of metal or
earthenware, costing from 25 cents to
SIPS, and heated by means of char
coal: the other the 'kamado.' kind OF
stationary furnace, built of brick and
mortar, the price varying from $1.25
to so. and burning wood as fuel. The
houses are usually heated by charcoal
braziers costing from so cents to SIS.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Winner of Marathon Race.

He was poor man, mark you, whS
had to live most economically to live
at all. They offered him $4,000 francs
in sold-25,OOO francs in a country
where a stout laborer earns less than
two francs day. He refused it. To
sustain the honor Of Hellas was
enough for Loues Spiridon. he said.
and only that he be given water
privilege in his native town OF Marcus
81, that he be allowed every morning
to NIL his goatskins in Athens and
drive his little team to his own little
viGage, and there sell such of the
water as his own people might care to
buy from him. The money? They set
1t aside for the physical training Of
tie boys Of Loues' village.-James b.
Connolly. in The Outing Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

captain, who insisted the young wom.
an was crazy and that he saved her
from committing suicide.
Patrolman Mark Lacy broke up an
impromptu reception to Mayor Weav.
er of Philadelphia. who tied up traf.
fic while he shook hands with friends
and admirers at the most crowded sec.
ton of the promenade.
you will have to move on" com.
manded the copper. who did not dis.
cover who the distinguished party was
until after they had obeyed his com.
mand.
Weaver is no better to block up the
walk than anybody else," was the
dictum Of the policeman.
A squad Of police was needed to
break up the crowd when college boys
surrounded a balloon man and cut
his stock Of a hundred balloons loose.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

or two boys want to sleep here over
night an old mattress and a pair of
blankets will make that pleasure pos
sible.
Some crude furniture may be con-
structed from pieces of boards with
steel wire nails or screws for the fas-
Jennings.
Lap joints should be made so as TO
insure a stronger union and not allow
the furniture to rack easily.
The bench shown in the drawing Is
l6 inches high, u inches wide and "a
inches long.
The two ends are made from three
pieces of board. then braced with two
diagonal sticks at each side.
The chair is l6 inches high to top
of seat, the seat is 16 inches square
and the back is 80 inches high from
the floor. All the framework. legs,
rails and braces are OF wood three
inches wide and -eighths of an
inch thick, and securely held together
with clinch nails or screws.
Bench sets may be built along the
sides of the hut, or chairs can be used
instead. This twin tree house is more
secure than one built in a single tree:
it is easier to construct and the two
trees make it possible to anchor 1t
more securely as well as to construct
II on larger scale. Tree houses SIM
liar to this have been built by boys all
over the country. and each summer
the tree hut is becoming more popular.
for 1t can be used from year to year
with but little labor spent on repairs.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

hickory rungs lashed fast to them with
strong twine, bound round the joint,
as shown at Fig. 4.
The rungs must be fiattened alss
less than one and one-quarter inches
in thickness. The size of the saplings
used for side rails will depend on the
length of the ladder, but at distances
of IL inches apart the wood is cut
away slightly to make fiat place for
the rung to lie against.
The rungs must be flattened also
where they touch the side rails, SO the
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

and they thought OF no better scheme
than to make him smoke a strong Ha.
vana and keep him at it until he was
deathly sick. That was just what the
child wanted. and he asked for an,
other when he finished that one. This
angered the parents, but each time
after that for several weeks they
watched him closely and administered
whipping. This had no apparent ef-
feet. and finally the mother gave up,
declaring that the child was a natural
born smoker, and that he was bound
to smoke. Ever since that time he
has not been reprimanded to any ex.
tent by his parents, and while there
are few anti-tobacco crusaders in
the vicinity of the Dexter home. none
OF them have ever tried to convert
him. That this is an excellent chance
for some enemy of the tobacco habit
to demonstrate his or her ability Is
the opinion of many; but no one has
attempted to do SO yet.
While people generally about the
two villages on either side of the river
criticise the parents and threaten to
bring the matter before the attention
of the authorities, it apparently has
no effect, and pete" keeps on
smoking.
pete" was born at Guildhall Sep
tember %, 1900. He is the son Of
Mrs. Lorenzo Dexter by her second
husband. There are three children,
each representing marriage. The
older brother, George Darby, is a
model boy and never thinks Of
smoking.
Yes. of course, we know little
Pete smokes and that smoking is
ordinarily injurious to small boys"
said Mrs. Dexter to the reporter,
but as it apparently has no ef-
feet upon him I do not know whose
business it is. aHe is natural-born
smoker, and heShas never been sick
day, never had any of the ailments
children often have, and people say
that smoking is oftentimes a pre-
ventive. | give him cigar occasion
ally in the same way as mothers give
their children candy, and have never
seen any i'll results. My husband has
objected time and again, but it would
be necessary to keep the little fellow
in cage to prevent his smoking, as
many men in the village see no bet
ter pleasure than to watch him puff
away at a cigar"
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
AWFUL SUFFERING.
From Dreadful Pains from Wound on
Foot-System All Run Down
Miraculous Cure bv Cuticura

words cannot speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. l am now
seventy-two years of age. My system
had been all run down. My blood was
so bad that blood poisoning had set
in. l had several doctors attending
me, so finally I went to the hospital
where I was laid up for two months.
My foot and ankle were almost be-
yond recognition. Dark blood flowed
out of wounds in many places and I
was so disheartened that I thought
surely my last chance was
slowly leaving me. AS the
foot did not improve, you can
readily imagine how l felt. l was
simply disgusted and tired of life. I
stood this pain, which was dreadful,
for six months, and during this time
1 was not able to wear a shoe and
not able to work. Some one spoke to
me about Cuticura. The consequences
were 1 bought a set Of the Cuticura
Remedies of one of my friends who
was a druggist, and the praise that
gave after the second application is
beyond description; it seemed mir
acle for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. l washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before apply
ing the Ointment and I took the Re-
solvent at the same time. After two
weeks treatment my foot was healed
completely. People who had seen my
foot during my illness and who have
seen it since the cure, can hardly be-
lieve their own eyes. Robert Schoen-
hauer. Newburg. N. Y. August 81.
1906"
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
boy, AGED FIVE,
+ A TOBACCO FIEND
NEW HAMPSHIRE CHILD SMOKES
TWELVE CIGARS DAY.
SUFFERS NO ILL EFFECTS.
Youth Has Been Addicted to "Weed"
for About a Year-Parents Un-
able to Break Him Of tho
Habit.

Northumberland, N. H-From the
very first time Sir Walter Raleigh
made use of American tobacco up to
the present age of anti-cigarette and
anti-tobacco leagues, there never has
been younger victim addicted to the
use Of the weed" than Allen Johnson
Dexter, better known as Pete Dex-
ter. the boy wonder of Northumber-
land, N. H.. and Guildhall, Vt. This
young urchin lives in Guildhall; but
he is scarcely at home except for
meals and at bedtime. He prefers the
company of the boys on the New
Hampshire side of the Connecticut
river, and the two towns are connected
by toll bridge, one of the 13 between
the two states.
This boy wonder and inveterate vic
tim of the tobacco habit Is only five
years old. He has been smoking daily
for about year. and 1t is not an I'M
common thing for him to use a dozen
good cigars in a day. While his ia
ther, Lorenzo Dexter, declares he will
break the boy of the habit, he does
not apparently intend to do so. for the
present, at least, as he registered no
objection when the anxious mother
told her little son to show a newspaper
man how he could get away with a
good cigar. AS Mrs. Dexter held a
ten-cent cigar in her hand and asked
Pete" as she calls him, to light up
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
FOUND OUT.
4 Trained Nurse Discovered Ita
Eject


No one is in better position to know
the value OF food and drink than .
trained nurse.
Speaking Of coffee nurse of Wilkes.
Barre. Pa. writes: Il used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great.
ly from headaches and indigestion,
While on visit to my brothers had
a good chance to try Postum Food
Coffee. for they drank 1t altogether in
place OF ordinary coffee. In two weeks
after using Postum. l found was
much benefited and finally my head.
aches disappeared and also the indi.
gestion.
Naturally have since used Postum
among my patients. and have noticed .
marked benefit where coffee has been
left of and Postum used.
Il observe curious fact about Post
um used among mothers. II greatly
helps the flow Of milk in cases where
coffee is inclined to dry 1t up, and
where tea causes nervousness.
Il find trouble In getting servants to
make Postum properly. They most al.
ways serve 1t before 1t has been boilet
long enough. II should be boiled Is OF
20 minutes and served with cream.
when 1t Is certainly delicious bsvsr.
aga."
There's Q reason for Postum.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Mother Cat Adopts Rat.

Alton Pass. Ill.-Instead of killing q
young rat. which was placed before
her, as was expected. a cat belonging
to Minton Brothers. local grocery
firm. adopted 1t. and 1t now takes it's
meals at the mother cats breast along
with five kittens. 1t seems well con.
tented. and is as sleek and fat as
rat need be. Once it climbed out Of
the barrel which forms the cat home,
but the mother cat jumped out, took
the runaway in her mouth and gently
but firmly replaced 1t in the barrel.
where 1t has since seen fit to abide in
peace and harmony. The old cat is a
good mouser and has killed several
large rats since adopting the little
one. The strange family is attracting
much attention here.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Price of Carrier Pigeons.

The cost of valuable pigeons, even
at auction sales, is higher than gen.
orally supposed. Within few weeks
92 pigeons of the Coucke variety pro-
duced total of 3.772 francs. or Al
francs per head on the average. More
recently, according to NJ. Thauztes,
1856 pigeons belonging to NJ. Hausenne.
of VIEWERS. sold for $4,000 francs, or II
francs each on the average. Certain
subjects. where the competition was
lively. brought 240. 300. 400. and even
$50 francs. A single amateur paid
the sum OF LASS francs for three
pigeons. After having read these facts.
hunters who so far forget themselves
as to fire at carrier pigeons will be
doubly criminal.-La Nature.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Century Old Sugar Trees.

One of the veteran sugar makers or
New England is Thaxter Scott of Haw-
ley, who, although seventy-five years
of age. is out in the woods now each
day looking after his sap buckets as he
has done for sixty-five years each
spring, says the Boston Globe. Mr..
Scott's camp is made up of some 700
second growth naples. admirably To-
Gated as to sun exposure, soil, etc.. and
these trees yield an average of 125
to $50 gallons of syrup.
One of the trees has been tapped by
the three generations of SCOTS, who
have owned the camp, and has yielded
sap for 100 years. But the old maple
could not give sap forever. Its days
of usefulness ended, its stump alone
remains stretching out its huge roots
in the ground. The stump is fifty-two
feet in circumference, and l 400 feet OF
lumber have been cut from the tree.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
PlUNGES INTO SURF IN
EASTER CARB ON DARE.
Chorus Girl Startles Atlantic City
Crowd by Wading Into Ocean
Up to Her Waist.

Atlantic City, n. J.-Miss Frances
Fairfield, of new York. member Of
the chorus of the Spenser opera,
'Rosalie," divided honors with Capt
Clark, the velvet-coated hero" the
other afternoon by accepting a dare
to plunge into the surf off Tennessee
avenue attired in full street costume.
The young woman carried out her
end of the escapade all right and had
waded in up TO her waist when the
doughty life-saver insisted on rescu
ing her in spite of her protests. The
boardwalk crowd that gasped when
the girl made the plunge cheered the
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
UPS AND DOWNS OF STEEL
Why It Is, as Andrew Carnegie Says,
Either "Prince" or
"Pauper"

The steel corporation, since its
formation five years ago. has paid out
more than $780, 900 in bond inter-
est and stock dividends, and more than
50,000,0O0 to it's workmen, out of
gross sales of more than s2,0OO,O0O.-
900, writes Frank Fayant, in Success
Magazine.
The effect of declining prices and
consumption on the profits of steel
making is to wipe them out in a short
time. If steel company, for exam
pie, in good times" makes a million
tons of finished products at cost Of
$50 a ton, and sells its tonnage at an
average price of s6S a ton, it makes
SIS a ton, or $1S.000,000 on its out
put If, in reaction in the steel
business, the company's output de-
clines TO 10000 tons, while prices
fall only % per cent, with no reduc-
ton in operating costs. the profits are
cut from s1S,O0O,000 to $1,000,O0O.
In 1902 the steel corporation re-
ceived $560,O00,000 for 100000 tons
of products, which cost to produce
s420, ,000. 900 1t had a profit, therefore,
OF S14O,O00.000. Two years later, al
though its output had fallen off only
II per cent. and the average selling
price per ton had declined only Az
per cent. and the average cost had
risen only Az per cent, the profits de-
clined to $50, 100000. or a loss of 4S
per cent. The steel corporation is now
producing 100000 tons year. A
variation of only five dollars a ton, or
seven per cent. in the average ton
price, of its product if unaccompanied
by a variation in cost, means vari-
alton of $50000000 year in its
profits. This is enough to pay ten
per cent. dividends on the half bill
lion dollars of common stock. This
is why Andrew Carnegie says steel is
either a prince or "pauper."
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

union can be made more secure than
two round surfaces bound together.
A rope ladder can be made from
hickory rungs and rope little stouter
than clothes line, as shown in Fig.
5. Each rung is cut away near each
end, so the rope will lie snugly to the
stick; then two lines of rope extend
down each side. and are securely
lashed with stout cord and tied fire.
quently, SO there will be no slipping.
Loops made at the top of each line
of rope can be dropped over stout
wooden pegs driven at the edge of the
platform. as shown at the right side
of Fig. s.
The advantage of this rope ladder is
that when the owners or occupants Of
the house are within the ladder may
be raised and undesirable callers can
be excluded.
A cot or bunk may be constructed
across the back, of the hut, and if one
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Cleaning Window Glass.

To thoroughly clean window glass
pass diluted sulphuric acid. about as
strong as vinegar. over it, and let 1t act
a moment; then throw on just enough
pulverized whiting to give of hiss
ing sound, directs the Master Painter.
Rub both over the pane with the hand
and polish with dry rag. Rinse with
clear water and little alcohol. polish
dry and clean. Treat both sides OF the
glass In the same way.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
MANNER OF BRACING SIDE SILL.

MANNER OF BRACING SIDE SILL.
its construction are given by the St
Louis Globe-Democrat as follows:
1t is IL feet above the ground and
is reached by straight or a rope lad
der, which may be hauled up after the
occupants are at home.
l@lect two good trees 10 or ~ feet
ap,4t, with trunks not less than l.,
inches in diameter Twelve feet above
the ground cut laps in the trunks. as
shown in Fig. l, so a cross timber
eight inches wide and two inches thick
can be spiked securely TO the trunk, as
shown in Fig. 2.
These cross timbers are eight feet
long and near each end notches are
cut, as shown at Fig. "a, so the ends
of the braces. BIB, will fit into them
and a spike or two will hold the parts
together.
There is more of the timber on one
side of the trunk than on the other
because there is landing at the front
Of the house two feet wide Below the
braces, BIB, a plate of wood is spiked
fast to each trunk to lend additional
anchorage, as you can see in Fig. 2.
The cross timbers and braces are ar
ranged at the inside of the trunks
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

the little urchin ran to her side and
grabbed the cigar.
Man fashion and without any ap-
parent signs of being smart" child.
little Pete" bit off the end and placed
the 'long filler" in his mouth. The
mother lighted match and Pete" be-
gan to pull.
With the air of an independently
wealthy sport, young Pete puffed, as
small clouds of smoke rose heaven
ward. The boy apparently was not
proud to exhibit his ability of a fin
ished smoker, but he quietly sat down
or walked through the house and into
the street with complacent self-pos-
session, as though he were alone and
not being gazed upon by strangers or
even members of his own family. In
a comparatively short time the boy
had smoked the cigar down. quite
close to the end. Instead of being
drowsy or sick from the effects of a
strong smoke. he vas ready for an
other, and asked the mother for it.
Were 1t not for the fact that he had
been given his usual allowance during
the day, and that he would fight
against going to bed unless he had his
regular after-supper smoke. Mrs. Dex-
ter would willingly have given him
another. At her refusal. the boy
scowled and said he would get another
in Northumberland at one of the
stores.
Quite out of the ordinary. this
young victim of the tobacco habit is
a goodsized. healthy and bright
youth. He has not the least apparent
sign Of mental and physical weak
nesses which authorities on the to-
bacco habit say must necessarily fol.
low the use Of the weed" especially
by children Of a tender age. or the
small boys in the vicinity of his home,
young pete" is the only one who has
successfully mastered smoking. From
the very beginning he was successful,
while boys twice and three times his
age are still SO greatly impressed by
the after-effects Of their first attempt
that they have no desire to repeat 1t.
Once was enough, the young boys of
Northumberland and Guildhall de.
clare.
Young "Pete's" first attempt was
more successful. 1t was one day
about year ago that lumberman at
Northumberland gave him his first
lesson. Who this man was the par.
ents would not say; but he taught
the little fellow to pun cigar which
he himself was smoking. The child
made such progress that day that the
same lumberman gave him a fresh
one the next day. and after he had
lighted 1t for little Pete" he sent
him home. In few minutes he ap.
peared at the home OF his parents
and walked into the house putting
away at his cigar. For moment Mr..
and Mrs. Dext.r could not believe
their eyes. and the father snatched
the cigar from the child's lips and
threw 1t into the kitchen stove. The
little fellow caused such pandemoni.
nm for few minutes that the par
tilts decided to break him of at once,
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

facing each other. as shown In the
drawing of the frame.
Be careful to get both crossbars the
same height from the ground. or so
that beam laid across them will be
level. Obtain five spruce poists two by
four inches and place them on edge
across the timbers. as shown in the
drawing of the frame. Spike these Sc
curely to the tree timbers, then lay a
flooring of six inch matched boards
as the drawing will show.
OF two-inch square spruce sticks con-
struct frame six feet and six inches
high at the front. five feet ten inches
at the back. and arrange middle rail
on all sides against which to nail the
sheathing boards, as you can see in the
drawing. The sheathing can be of six
inch matched boards that may be pur-
chased at a lumber yard for three and
half or four cents square foot:
they should be planed on one side. or
II they can be had with two planed
surfaces 1t will greatly improve the
interior appearance OF the hut.
A sash containing small panes of
glass and door can be had at the
mill, but II the door
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03

end stops at the hinge side. The roof
Of The house Is made from matched
boards and afterward covered with a
thickness or two OF tarred paper and
painted to make 1t watertight.
The platform or landing outside the
house at the front is protected at one
end with rail made from two-inch
square spruce. The ladder is made
from two straight pine saplings. Wth
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
His Orders.

"See here. you! cried the cranky
di,er. who had been making numer.
oue complaints. mo matter what 1
say to you 1t doesn't seem to stir you
ur at ALL"
mo. sah," replied the waiter. "De
boss tell me whenebah gem'man
talk laik dat jes' to humor him.
Philadelphia Press.