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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30

Jim, where are ',ou going? Up to
Smithy's to get some fish. He hat
the incest lot Of them every We'd
nesday and Friday that You ever saw.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

DeWltt's Little Early Rlsers scat
ter the gloom OF slck-headache and
bllousness. Sold by all druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30

You viii have a happy Easter II
you buy Huylers at sturm & Wilson
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30

1913 West Pike street, Clarks
burg. West virginia.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
SW|FTEST AND
MOST STIRRING
SEA SPRINT
UNITED States Torpedo
Boat Degtroyers I'm
Contest for Championship

and headed for the starting point off
the Scotland lightship. The wind was
fresh, 20 miles an hour, from the
west-southwest, with 1umpy sea roll
ing off shore. AS they neared the post
the fleet closed in on one another in
confusion in jockeying for position.
They cut across one another's stems
with the swiftness of an arrow or
curved in circles with the gracefulness
of a swallow. Now one would plunge
ahead, to be halted in a swirl of hiss
ing bubbles, as the twin screws
churned the sea to check too much
Roadway, or another would place her
self at the head of the line and sui
lenly wait for the others to come up.
Generally it is not good nautical man
ners to GUST the flagship from her
place at the head Of the line, but the
craft were hot for the contest and
many, from stoker to shoulder straps,
had wagers on the result. 1t was diff
cult to pick the favorite. All had
made IS, %, or 80 knots, which equals
35 miles an hour, or express train
time, on their trial trips. Considering
the Difference due the flagship, many
picked the Whipple as a winner, others
thought much of the Worden, because
her bottom had just been scraped and
painted, to the non-resistance of
creased steel, while all the others had
more or less foul bottoms, not having
been in dry dock for some time The
majority favored the Truxtun, for she
had never been beaten in a contest
and was supposed to have the best
crew that ever stepped aboard a tor
pedo-boat destroyer. The bluejackets
pinned their faith in the we'll known
! grit and never-give-up of the Hopkins
while the champions of the Stewart
and Hull argued that these vessels
could keep up as fast clip as then
sisters.
The flagship Whipple happened tc
| be heading the fleet as the ships bore
down on her. Off on her starboard
running nose and nose with the flag
ship, was the Truxtun, and to .por
was the Worden forging ahead. The
Stewart, also off to port, was gath
ering Roadway and pulling into line
The Hopkins was tumbling the sea-
/ outward from each bow as she cam,
up toward the line, and the Hull hun;
on the left flank
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Ready for the Fray

The stiletto-looking sextet steamed
out to sea from New York in Indian
file, stripped for the fray. The rapid
fire guns and torpedo tubes had been
slowed below deck. The wide-mouthed
VentilatorS were unScreWed and
slowed away. The lifeboats were up
side down on deck, so that the curved
bottoms would suffer less resistance to
the wind. The canvas coverings had
been stripped from the bridges. All
ports were closed to eliminate air fric-
ton. Everything movable was sent
below. The navigators wore automo-
bile goggles to keep the wind from
cutting their eyes. The crew were
stripped to the waist.
On the bridge of each, craft stood
the commanding officer, the navigator
and the seaman at the wheel. Down
in the engine rooms there was post
for every man. Now and then puff
of black smoke rolled out of funnel
or safety valve popped forth an i'm
| patient scream of steam, telling of the
suppressed eagerness to be off.
The line headed for the starting
| point. off the Scotland Iightship. The
| wind was fresh. 20 miles an hour from
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Worden Reaches Gcal

Inside Cape Henry, at Hampton
roads, were ten battleships of Admiral
Evans feet. This was the goal of the
destroyers. 1t was near nightfaIl when
a long streak of olive green came in
by Cape Henry, slashing through to
ward the feet of big fighters. Her
sharp pxew cut the waters with the
hiss of a razor c1eaving a sheet of
paper as she swished along like an ex-
press train, still going so fast that the
rush OF wind she created whirled the
four streams of smoke into one and
fattened it out on the waters astern.
1t was the Worden. the winner. going
easy and strong. % miles an hour, as
she had from 8 20 o'clock in the morn
ing until 1880 in the evening
The Huh, short-handed, came IN sec
ond. No other vessel came in up to
midnight
In the morning hours of the second
day in came the flagship Whipple, with
the story of a disaster TO the Hopkins
the undefeated. The unbeaten had
nearly foundered in an effort to keeT
up
During the night the Truxtun had
fought her way down the coast witt
all the speed that was in her and haC
passed the Hopkins, the Whipple and
the Stewart. The Hopkins had fought
SO gameIy that the officers had be
come accustomed to the CULVER of hel
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Borely Kept Afoat

Lieut.. Howe gave the alarm. and the
after watertight doors were Closed, but
not before the wardroom had been
flooded As the wide compartments
near the center of the vessels filled,
she sank until her decks were awash,
and preparations were made to aban-
don ship. A distress rocket was sent
up that was seen by the Whipple and
the Stewart. They gave up the race
for honors and went hard about to aid
the Hopkins.
The Hopkins Iifeboats had been I'M
dashed and swung out on the davits.
All the steam and hand pumps were
put to work 1t was a question Of
whether the craft would live or
founder. 1t was nip and tuck between
the pumps and the onrushing waters.
The Whipple and Stewart closed in
on the Hopkins. Then the Whipples
wireless operator called on Newport
News for help. At daybreak the navy
tugs Washneto and Hercules came out
and dashed themselves alongside the
cripple and towed her into Newport
News, where no time was lost in get
ting the Hopkins into dry dock.
But all that is but bit of the price
of an efficient navy.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Pace Begins to Tell

AS the afternoon wore on, the kill
ing pace began to tell The officers,
in goggles, felt the strain of keeping
the vessel on the course and all hands
keyed up to their best efforts. The
heImsman at the wheel never lifted
his eyes from the compass.
Down in the engineroom the flying
oil still stung the mems eyes blood
shot; it ran down their arms and
chests and out of the eyelets of their
shoes. The stationary parts of the
engine were inches deep with the
butter-like substances that flew out.
Now, the boiler rooms are alright,
so that the two fOrced-draught fans in
a wall may suck in air that can escape
only by going under the fire CRATES
and up through the Goals, and in these
prisons were locked the half-naked
stokers. They had shoveled tons of
coal on the white-hot fires, so fierce
that a shovelful of fuel turned red the
instant it touched the Goals and be-
fore the furnace door could be- swung
shut.
As the afternoon wore on and the
sun got down on the horizon, the
CLEAN of Cape Henry lighthouse, at
the mouth of Chesapeake bay, showed
clear ahead. The Worden was hull
down and out of sight in the lead. The
rest were strung out until the last
craft was hull down astern. The stars
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

happy and all were working hard.
We travelled without a guard over a
country that ten years ago was the
most dangerous in the islands. On
one of the trains, now used by Fill
pino farmers to take produce from
Isabella into Cagayan, the Spaniards
had three heavy outposts. Nothing of
the kind is found there now and the
trail is perfectly safe.
q do not believe there is anything
in the world that can equal the man
ner in which the people of the noun
tains have made their country produc-
tive. 1t certainly surpasses anything
have ever seen. The terraces in
Japan are pygmies compared with it.
The earth and stone were brought for
miles and the most wonderful part
about it is that the terraces are as
solid and substantial as if they were
part of the mountain itself
Some of them are 20 or 100 feet
high and remain undisturbed through
all sorts of weather and landslides.
|. And at the time these terraces were
made the people were under arms,
/ working with their knives and shields
close at hand and with senries on
every high point of land and noun
tain top.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
and black on the horizon ahead.

and black on the horizon ahead.
To the rear and of to the left flank
the Hull was riding into the seas
and showering the spray over every
thing forward.
Then came the Stewart. hanging on
to the Hull and then the Hopkins, all
going hike race horses, plunging and
mingling steam and smoke, with the
spume flying about them. The Hop
kins was making desperate plunges to
get away from the tail Of the process
sion of flyers. She gradually crawled
up to forward the Hull The Hull was
handicapped by being short-handed,
but she. too, took on a squirt and over
hauled the disabled Truxtun She set
a pace that kept the Hopkins strain
ing every nerve to maintain every
inch she had gained.
Thus the long, narrow, olive green
fighters were strung out from horizon
to horizon. They flew past sailing YES
sells as if the schooners were at an
Choir. Crews and passengers on coast
wise liners strung alongside the. rails
of steamers to watch the contest.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Wordsn Takes Lead

The Worden, going steadily and
easily, gradually hauled away from
the rest at about noon. Her clean
bottom was in her-fayor. The cham
pion Truxtun was beginning to lose
her grip in the wake Of the leader
whereat there were loud words and
much perspiration down in the en-
gineroom.
-Four streams of smoke had been
coming from the Truxtun, but sudden
" the smoke ceased 10 belch from her
two forward tunnels. She slowed
down to half speed. Something had
gone wrong in the boiler room.
The Whipple, running third, was
still hugging the shore to cut corners.
The Worden was forging steadily
ahead. her four columns of smoke
merging into one as she.appeared lov
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

New York-It was a gruelling race
when six 30-knot torpedo-boat destroy
ers recently made the 240-mile dash at
sea from off this city TO the mouth OF
the Chesapeake bay. The fighters for
supremacy were sisters. built in the
same year-long, low, oliVe-colored
craft, four tunnels raking aft. the
power of 5000 horses in each hull and
II men working each. 1t was the
swiftest and longest competition of
war craft on any seas.
The feet and their dimensions fol-
low:
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

Among the newest societies is
that founded in France. called the
Confederation of Cripples. One of its
lobjects is to secure a repeal OF the
law which forbids the halt and the
lame to beg. In Paris, a man who
lost both legs in railroad accident is
organizing a branch Of the confedera-
ton. At present he goes about on two
wooden legs and attracts public atten-
ton by playing a hand organ. He
received orders from the chief Of
the league in Marseilles to establish
society in the capital. 1t is pro
posed to found branches in all the
French towns, with the hope that
charitable people may contribute in
aid Of members who are unable to
work. Perhaps the most extraordinary
item OF news about this new brother
hood is that its Marseilles delegation
went to Paris on foot!
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
The Race Begins

Lieutenant Commander Anderson
was holding the starters flag over the
contestants until they got in a straight
line abreast. At 500 a. M the signal
Make the best of your way was run
up and the race was on.
Each prov pitched forward. The
sterns squatted to the suction of the
speed and the waves rolled up to
level with the deck aft and swept
astern, as if eager to escape the gath
ering speed. The Whipple took the
lead. hugging the shore. Next came
the Worden, to port. with the Truxtun
hanging on to her. 1t was at least 35
miles an hour from the start, and a
gap opened between the trio in the
lead, as the Hull Hopkins and Stewart
dropped back, making a second trio
lighting it out among themselves.
After two hours the Worden had
taken the lead, with the Truxtun Sec
ond and the WhippIe third The Sec
ond trio scattered astern. The spume
flew in showers over bows and bridges
and spluttered against the tunnels.
The sterns, built fat as a floor to
counterfeit the powerful downward
suction of the propelIers, squatted low,
while seas rolled up aft higher than
the decks. 1t seemed that they would
tumble in over the sterns and food
the decks, but The swift-moving craft
were always just beyond reach as the
chaldron fattened out and rushed
away in white foam.
Men with big brass syringes stood
beside the cans of oil and squirted il
over the engines. The machinery
ehurned the><oil into yellow butter
and then sprayed everything a COLDER
hue. 1t stung the eyes of engineroon
| crews.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Binds as Air.shlp Models-

The explanation Of bird flight that
occurs to the casual observer is that
these winged creatures fly by Tapping
their wings. But all birds do not do
So In fact, the birds that fly the best
and most fearlessly can proceed for
hours and sometimes for a whole
day, and not infrequently against the
force Of storm, without making the
slightest perceptible movement of
their wings. Although the secret of
flight on motionless wings is at pres
ent beyond the solution of science. the
principle involved gives promise Of
being the one that would be most sue
cessfully applied by man in aerial
travel. 1t is true that nearly all in
sects and most of the small birds pro-
times with almost incredible velocity.
Possibly the air-ships of the future,
particularly those designed for short
trips, may proceed by this method.
But the present tendency is toward
sailing flight. The most common the
ory in explanation OF hight-on motion
less wings is that the birds take ad-
vantage of air-currents. However, a
fact that weakens the air-current idea
is that birds of prey will dart instant
"ly in any direction, quite regardless
OF air-currents, when a victim ap
pears. This theory of necessary air
currents remarks a writer in Every
body's, may have been as serious e
hindrance to the progress of aeronau
tics as has been the fallacy that, in
order to sail, ship must be lighter
than air. But the fact that there i:
among the myriad of bird species {
number that wing their way withou
effort in either calm or storm, some
OF them sailing on motionless pinions
furnishes the hope and possibility tina
man may also become absolute maste
OF the air
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
A Rlrd.Eliqht EaIlacx,


There have been decades of dis
pute over the value of the hollow
bones and the air-sacs in many spe-
cies of birds. 1t has been contended
that inasmuch as the temperature OF
birds is higher than that of any other
creature, this network of air cham
bers, becoming filed with air warmer
than the surrounding atmosphere, en-
ables the bird to rise. 1t is true, says
Everybody's Magazine, that the gan
net, the pigeon, the pelican. the al
batross, and other flying birds are
equipped with air chambers, but the
Australian emu, which flies, when at
all, with the greatest difficulty, as
well as the ostrich and the apteryx.
which cannot fly at all, are also pro-
vided with these air cells-and so,
too, is the Orang-utan! Moreover. no
tably good f1iers-swifts, martins,
snipes. the gloss starting, the spot
ted fycatcher, the wood-wren and the
black-headed bunting, have bones
destitute of air, some of them, in fact
being filed with marrow. No fal
lacy has been more difficult to pune
ture than this air cell or balloon the
,ory OF flight
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Burton Ruvs a paper.

Abilene, Kan, Aug. 24.-Former
United States Senator Joseph R. Bur-
ton of Abilene, and L. c. Housed and
J. H. Yetter, the latter two connected
with the business Office of the Topeka
Capital, Friday purchased the Salina
(Kan.) Union. The paper will be
made a daily and Burton will take
editorial charge September 80. Mr.
Burton will continue 70 reside ia
Abilene and to conduct the home rule
paper here that he established after
his release from Jail at Ironton, NO.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

frame. But even steel gives way
sometimes This time it was not IN
the engine, but in a totally unexpected
quarter on the outside of the craft.
Projecting out from the underbody
of the stern is a steel sleeve envelop-
ing the propeller shaft. This shaft is
held to the hull by an upright as thick
as mans arm. The vibration caused
this shirt to break, and the steel
bludgeon, swinging around and around
with the shaft, tore hole in the hull
before the engines could be stopped.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Santa Fe Trail treaty Celebrated.

Mcpherson, Kan, Aug. 25.-Friday
Mcpherson and Mcpherson county
celebrated the erection of the new
monument commemorating the treaty
between the government of the United
States and the Kansas Indians for the
right of way over the Santa Fe trail,
which runs through Mcpherson. coun-
ty. It was signed In August, 1927.
The address of George W. Martin was
full of history, giving complete de-
tails of the making and signing Of the
treaty.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
HIGH STATE OF CULTIVATION.
People of Northern Luzon Have Made
Country Productive.

Gov. Gen. Smith of the Philippines
recently made tour of the mountain
provinces of northern Luzon, chiefly
inhabited by pagan tribes. On~his re-
turn to Manila he said: The journey
through the mountain country was a
revelation. I have never seen such
cultivation as we saw in. the noun
tains Those people have terraced the
mountains in some instances 1000
foet high, and every bit Of the land
is under cultivation The people are
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

Northern peoples are all given to
free and independent ways. as has
been shown from the days Of the an
,cient Scandinavians, and Norsemen to
the present time. Even the hardy
leaders of viking days were selected
by their followers, and no king could
rule without the consent OF the peo-
pie. King Frederick of Denmark.
himself a liberal constitutional mon
arch, in visiting Iceland. a part of his
dominion, has assured the Icelanders
that they shall remain free and CO
operate with him in making laws that
will be satisfactory to them. And that
wise and tactful procedure will prob
ably make the Icelanders more faith
iful and devoted subjects than before.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

The race was to try out the scor-
pions of the navy under wartime con-
ditions. 1t lasted a day and night.
A hitherto indicated winner came to
grief, and another craft, on which the
bluejackets bet their money, nearly
foundered. Two others also had mis-
haps.
Locked in a steel hull only quarter
of an inch thick while plunging
through a rolling sea on a black night
is "creepY' business.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Under Escort.

A black goat may be seen almost
every day wandering along the streets
of Leeds, England. To all appearances
it is unattended. but closer observa-
ton reveals the fact that there is al
ways black dog in its immediate VIZ
cinity. If any attempt is made to mo-
lest the goat, one bIeat is sufficient to
bring the dog to the scene ready to de
fend its protege.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31
Tried to lynch a Car crew.

Omaha, Aug. 24-Angered at the
sight of the mangled body of Milna
Kaiser, six years old, who vas run
down by a street car on South Tenth
street Friday, 200 citizens tried to
lynch the cars crew The crowd was
being augmented every minute and
loud yells of Lynch them" were
heard on every side, when an extra
squad Of policemen arrived and took
the men away.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

The fossil of a lizard s14 feet long
has been found out IN Wyoming.
When some prehistoric giant stepped
lon the tip OF his tail. we wonder. ex-
claims the Boston Globe, how long
it was before fits head discovered it
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

began to shine, and night glasses
showed a haze along the shore that
might have been mistaken for break
ers. Then the Truxtun, having re-
paired her boiler, jumped forward
again, anxious to get back in the run
ming.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

Gov. Magoon is taking stern meas
,ures to put stop to dueling in
Cuba In this he is right. No country
can hope to be ranked among truly
progressive and civilized communities
if it adheres TO the barbarous and
antiquated practice of lighting duels.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-08-31

the west-southwest, with lumpy sea
rolling on shore. AS they neared the
post the fleet closed in on one another,
jockeying for position. All had records
OF about 35 miles. They. cut across
one another's stems with the swiftness
Of an arrow or curved in circles with
the graeefulness Of a swallow.
The line glided out past Sandy Hook
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-11-13
DOING THEIR DUTY
Scores of Viroqua Readers Are
Learning the Duty of the Kidneys.

To filter the blood is the kidneys duty.
When they fail to do this the kidneys
are sick.
Backache and many kidney Ills fol-
low;
Urinary trouble, diabetes.
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Viroqua people endorse our claim.
Mrs, Frank Rogers, living on Decker
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boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and re-
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My kidneys were very irregular in action
and gave me a great deal of trouble
for long time. The secretions passed
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through the loins. Dizzy spells were
of frequent occurrence and would
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-11-13
tFrom the Viola 1nteIligeneer.l

The village council voted to buy a
4-ton, steel frame scale for a public
scale. 1t is to be put in for the bsnefi I
of the public and is one of the best
moves the board has made, for public
scale in town is very essential.
The farmer bends the knee to none,
and is less disturbed by the worldwide
reign of garft and greed than any of
his fellows. May he live long and pros
per-this son of the soil, who is the bal
ance wheel of the universe.
Married, Mr.. Norman Wheeler of
Viola and Miss Olive McLin of La Fargo,
at the residence of and by Rev. Smelcer
of Boaz, November 2. The young cou-
pie are highly respected and host of
friends join US in wishing them long
life of happiness.
Charles Thompson, travelling sales
man and collector for the Langdon &
Boyd Packing company of La Crosse,
is accused of having embezZled 81, 500
of money belonging to his employers.
He has been bound over for trial in the
circuit court. Thompson is well known
throughout the Kickapoo valley.