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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04

ono OF the lakes of Central park. The
policeman who arrested the Boston
person did not give him time to dress.
but marched him all the way TO tn
station In a state Of nature. Imagine
q man from the shadow Of Harvard
parading through a crowded PARK
without clothes! Nor was this the
worst OF 1t. A six months: sentence
to Blackwell's island followed. The
natural inference from the incident u
that 1t is all right to battle In New
York provided nobody catches You
at It.
II seems that the Catskill water
project Is bound to become an issue
In the pending city campaign, the
charge being that gross extravagance
and grating have resulted from its
management. Aside from this aspect
OF the undertaking. the project Is one
Of the most remarkable engineering
feats ever undertaken BY city. AT
present New York gets most OF Its
/ water from chain Of reservoirs IN
! Putnam county, distance Of ffty
| miles away With the growth OF the
| city 1t was foreseen that these would
soon be inadequate, and the Catskill
project was the result In this 1t Il
designed to carry the water nearly
hundred miles ID an immense
aaueduct which passes under the Hud
son river and under '.e highest
mountain bordering the river In the
highlands. At present the work Of
tunneling under the Hudson ant
through this mountain. known as Bull
hill or Mount Taurus, is In actus
progress.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04

AS girl she assisted her father In
this work. succeeded him after his
death In 1879 aud Ia still caring for the
light which so many mariners depend
on for safely making the harbor. She
was only seventeen when her first res
cue was made, very daring one, OF
the crew of-arboat that upset near
the lighthouse In q storm. Since then
she has risked her life time and again.
her last rescue placing twenty-three
lives to her credit.
In recognition Of the work Of Miss
Lewis congress and American and
foreign societies have decorated her
with medals, and her snug little home
In the lighthouse II filed with testimo-
malls Of her heroism. In 1907 she was
awarded pension Of go month for
life by the Carnegie hero fund. In
1879 General Grant presented Miss
Lewis with, q boat named the Rescue.
Every seafaring man on the New Eng.
land coast knows Ida Lewis, and her
home on the rocks has been visited BY
hundreds Of prominent men and wo-
men.
Miss Lewis receives $3.50 year from
the government az lighthouse keeper.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04

pupil accomplished the feat without
mishap after one-fourth Of that num-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04

An ex-convict at Perth Amboy has
raised q novel point. Aftersserving
a four and half year term In the peni.
tentiary he demands the return Of q
kit Of burglar tools which was taken
from him before his Incarceration be
gan. He even threatens to sue for the
possession Of his property. As a re-
yolver is included In the OUTFIT, the au
thorities might settle the point by re
turning his outfit and then rearest
ing him for carrying concealed weap
ons.
1t is hard to be sent to jail for tax
ing a bath. hut that is what happened
| to Boston actor found swimming Il
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04
The Carnegie
And Her
Big Task
KAHERE sailed out Of New York
harbor recently a vessel unique
In the history of navigation

1AHEAtN sailed out OF New YORK
harbor recently a vessel unique
In the history Of navigation
and one that has aroused in
tense interest among the scientists of
the world since her launching a few
months ago. This ship is the Carne-
gle, the new nonmagnetic yacht that Is
to complete the work OF making
magnetic survey Of the earth. A g.
gantic task is that which this vessel,
named In honor Of the donor Of the
Carnegie institution, has to solve.
The department Of terrestrial mag
netism, whose business Is to study the
magnetism Of the earth, proposed to
make complete resurvey of the
oceans Of the world In order to obtain
data so as to correct the variations Of
the compass as laid down In the pres
emit charts. These present surveys are
erroneous because iron and other sub
stances on board the vessels used to
determine the data for those charts
detracted from the accuracy of those
tests. Charts will be prepared on the
voyage Of the Carnegie showing how
the compass points In all parts Of the
world and by what amount 1t changes
from year to year. These charts will
be invaluable assistance to the mari.
ner, surveyor and explorer.
In order to obtain perfectly correct
data the department Of terrestrial
magnetism determined that 1t would
be necessary to build an absolutely
n0nmagnetic vessel. Henry ]. Gle
low, the naval architect of New York
was authorized to design vessel to
meet the necessary requirements. For
two years after the architect had com
pleted his plans the Carnegie institu.
ton endeavored to find some one to
undertake the building of the vessel
The task, however. was considered &C
diflcult and the specifications appear
ed 30 rigid that shipbuilders hesitatet
and declined to undertake the construc
ton Of the vessel. Finally, on Dec.
last. after most careful consideration
Of all features involved in the contract
Brooklyn firm agreed to do the work
The result Is the Carnegie.
i The boat was built at cost O.
$125.000 The length over all is Isl
feet, the water line length 128 feet, tn
beam 80 feet and the draft II feet
She has a displacement Of about So
tons. The material used Is oak keel
stem and sternpost, oak frames an
u WATERWAYS. Ditch pine planking. pitc
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04
BuRDETTE's EARLY WORK.
How the Preacher Humorist Began
Writing Funny Paraoraphs.

How the Preacher Humorist Began
Writing Funny Paraeraphs.
The retirement recently Of Robert ].
Burdette as pastor Of Temple Baptist
church. Los Angeles. owing to illness
recalls the early work Of the famous
preacher.humorist. Mr.. Burdette IL Z
native Of Pennsylvania. but It was In
Peoria, ILL.,. that he first began news
paper work. After several gears, Ienn-
ployment on the local newspapers he
removed to Iowa and became one Of
the editors Of the Burlington Hawk
eye. He was the factor that built up
the circulation OF the paper, the wit
and genius Of his pen being widely
copied throughout the United States.
The story Of Burdette's touching de-
votion to his f1rst wife. now dead, n
familiar to many, but the following
recital Of his beginnings as humor-
ist may be new to some: He was at
that time local editor Of the Peoria
Transcript. He had to Ill two col
umns day. It was hard work. Dog
fights were scarce, and human beings
were disgustingly sober and peaceable.
His page was dull.
| At home was his wife, III Of the
disease Of which she finally died, and
to cheer her up he stayed with her an
hour or two at noon and wrote imag-
mary local events Of an exciting ma
ture and read them to her. They did
not have debilitating effect on her,
but actually made her laugh. and one
day she said: Robbie, this ridiculous
stun OF yours is bad enough to print,
Having seen that survive it, why
don't you try 1t on your readersY'
| He cautiously did 50. dealing It out
= small doses, and 1t was copied ev'
erywhere
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04
AMERICAS GRACE DARLING.

ia Lewis, Keeper Of Lime Rock Light
house, and Her Wonderful Record.
When the name of Ida Lewis ap-
pears Ia print II is usually In connec-
ton with some new act of heroism
that she has performed. This was the
case recently when a rowboat contain
ing five girls upset and Miss Lewis
single handed went to their rescue and
saved them from drowning with q
bravery and vigor astonishing In one
Of her age.
This remarkable woman. called the
"Grace Darling Of America" has been
keeper of Lime Rock lighthouse, Oh
Newport Harbor, R. l., for many years
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struction is nonmagnetic, each piece
having been subject to most rigid
test by William Peters, the Carnegie
institution magnetic expert. Mr.. Pc
ters was present all the time during
the vessels construction, and he will
be the commander and chief Of the
scientific staff during the years Of hard
work ahead of the vessel. There are
also on the ship sailing master and
a crew consisting Of first and second
officers, an eigineer, six seamen and
two cooks.
Every nail, every spoke and every
bolt used IN the construction Of the
boat is either Of bronze or OF copper.
She is fitted with commodious quar-
ters for the scientific STAFF. including
observation towers of bronze and glass.
She is a completely rugged brigantine,
with a spread of about $4,000 square
feet of sail. The mast, bowsprit and
| jibboom, all the yards and other spars
are of Oregon pine. The boat is unique
in that every particle of metal Citing
| In connection With the rigging and
spars Is OF bronze, the first set OF it's
kind ever made in the world. There
are also four bronze anchors.
The Carnegie is fitted with auxiliary
/ power for use In rnaneuvering the yes
sci when making special surveys. She
has also been fitted with internal com
bustion. four cylinders and tour. cycle
Craig engines. The fuel Is producer
gas, the Carnegie being the first sea-
going vessel ever built to be 80 pro-
PEELED. This feature Is hoped and ex.
pected to be perfectly successful. and
it portends revolution in marine pro
/ pulsion.
AS she is built for ocean surveys. the
Carnegie is constructed in a particu
larly substantial manner and combines
with the strength Of merchant vesse
all the beauty Of finish and workman
ship of yacht. To complete the work
mapped out for her her voyages vii
consume about fifteen years. She 4
now bound for Hudson bay.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04
Curtiss and
His AeropIane.
o. Representative h tho Aviation Contests
Abroad Confident Of Winning Ito Speed
Prizo-Song Of Prosperity Hoard
hNew York Other Gotham
Topics Of interest.
BY JAMES A. EDCERTON.
four New York Correspondent. ]

lOuI NEW IOTh NofIcoPVthuoAt.l
~LENN H. CURTISS, who repre-
SCENTS the Aero Club Of Amer
lea In the aviation contest near
Rheims, France, recently sailed
from New York, taking with him his
chief mechanician and latest machine
confident In his ability to win the
speed prize FROM the representatives
OF the other nations. Second to the
Wright brothers, who refused to enter
the Rheims event because Of certain
restrictions, Mr. Curtiss has proved his
right to represent America. With a
machine only half as heavy as that of
the Wright brothers and which does
not weigh as much as even the French
monoplanes. although itself biplane,
Mr.. Curtiss has already made many
notable flights. having won the Morris.
park prize and at Hampstead plain
having remained In the air afty-two
minutes.
Because Of wonderful motor which
be contrived Mr.. Curtiss' aeroplane is
believed to be the lightest one afioat,
weighing only 800 pounds. or $50 with
the operator. That gives 1t even less
weight than the monopiane Of Bleriot,
while its double wings make It more
certain and stable when contrasting the
currents Of the air. While the mono
plane Is generally believed to be more
speedy than the biplane. Mr.. Curtiss
demonstrated speed abilities In New
York which make his friends confident
that he will win the prize In an inter
view given on the eve Of bis departure
for Rheims the aviator expressed the
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04
MRS. Il. CLAY PIERCE.


Bride Of Oil Ma0nate Z Noted Beauty
and Society Queen.
The name Of 81. Clay Pierce, the
multimillionaire oil magnate Of New
York and st. Louis. will hereafter p-
pear quite frequently in a part Of the
newspaper where it has heretofore not
often been seen. This will be in the 60
ciety columns. for In marrying Mrs.
Virginia Burrowes In London recently
be wed woman who Is famous for
her social entertainments Mrs. Pierce
has gained distinguished social posi-
ton abroad in the most exclusive Of
English and continental society and
last spring entertained the king and
queen Of England.
The bride OF Mr.. Pierce Is forty
three years OF age and has been notet
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04

same confidence when he said: II feel
pretty certain now that will be able
to win the speed contest. Whether !
do or not, however, know that will
have, the satisfaction Of contesting In
what Will Undoubtedly prove in avia-
t1on. one OF the most fruitful contests
that the science has yet known"
Mr.. Curtiss recently gave utterance
to an opinion that has become general
among aviators to the effect that the
serious problem now before aeroplane
men u not one Of air currents or Of
any other element peculiar to air navi-
cation, but Is one Of motors. No motor
has yet been invented that Is absolute
II reliable. This fact II familiar to
automobilists and owners Of motor
boats. With aviators the problem IL
still more serious In that 1t contains
an element Of danger. When an aero
plane motor stops It necessitates sud-
den descent with a probable accident
At the end. 1t Ia the motor that causes
most OF the aeroplane mishaps, and It
Il the fear Of the motor which pre-
vents aviators from going to great
heights. With the invention Of re-
liable engine the chief obstacle In the
way Of successful and general air navi-
cation win be removed.
A few days after Mr.. Curtiss depart.
ed for Rheims pupil Of his. Mr.
Charles Foster willard, using Cur
.tiss machine now the property Of the
New York Aeronautic society, made
Eve successful flights, averaging q
height Of thirty feet and reaching .
speed Of forty miles an hour The re
markable feature of Mr.. Willard's per
formance was that he made thret
turns. although he had been in the al
only eleven times in all. 1t Is quit
uncommon for an aviator to attempt |
turn until he has become thoroughly
familiar with bis machine. Curtis
himself would not undertake it till b
had made forty-eiGht Sights. Yet hi
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04


uun,l accomp,ishcd the feat without I
mishsp after oue-fourth Of that num-
her
The sony of returning prosperity -
now being sung In this city In fu4
chorus. Even before the ending OF the
tariff discussion the music was heard |
IN spots and since congress Is out OF
the way the Joyous sound makes more
noise than the III" railroads. TO ada
to the jubfiation, the New York state
labor commissioner has just issued
report showing that the percentage OF
organized wage earners out OF employ
nlent has fallen from 30 per cent =
year ago to II per cent now. In'S PCT
cHntage Is still too high, Dut tne move
i..ent is In the right direction. ana WIN
few more months the percentage VIII
ra
be down 70 tue uorn'"'' ~. vu.
Ing traces tue nunipe' - uusp.y
vas largest Out 'nu. n"s 49, - 90 -.
Iroln % per .en' a. ss .ano 80 Nos made
ms tens Tue s'o.y' ~
analysis Tue conui'.o. " VIC
market ID tue surest nue. - .ne
cmi situation. ravo.Qp'u ~
even more narAeu :" 'ne ~" -
trade. ror tue nls. In. = yT .1
yeals 'inpolls 1891 ~. ,,1s -
ORDINARY circulls.anees 'n.S 49,, 49, ~.
regarued as an auve.se oo -.
az Presen. lnuus.'
ome"' as Tue pu'a =. nc 10. ~
potts mas Decn ~ 'ne nno
uries ana sn?Ws tust ou' peop'e na.c
a revival OF commence and are ~
the buying mood. Inc Increased I'M
ports In automobile supplies mas been
especially marked. Thus we have
favorable symptoms at both ends OF
the line. more laboring men employed
on the one hand and men OF money
buying more freely on the other. Heai
estate is looking up, orders TOT gooos
are on the increase. and the optimist
has all the best OF the argument
Sound the loud timbrel, for prosperity
his here.
The laws delays constitute grow
ing question IN Americas jurispru-
dence, fact recognized at length IN
President Roosevelfs last message to
congress. Nowhere is the condition
worse than In New York city. Here
the natural congestion Of cases In the
courts Is augmented by dishonest law
yers and clients who deliberately seek
delay to escape Justice. SO serious has
the situation grown that the justices
Of the supreme court, 6rst department
have investigated the matter ana have
made 2 tentative report recommending
certain changes In procedure 20 reneve
the conditioh. A. the situation VIII
wnicn tney deai is 70 some extent
general one throughout the County
their nndings' wnicn cover civil actions
only. may De Of interest elsewhere anu
are mere summarizes.
In br1ef, these suggestions are Ioi
MARKED simpnncauon 9. prlvneses -
signments through which justices max
Ing orders in such cases shall hear ar
gument upon these orders, and to tn,
passage OF laws reducing the period
within which such actions may be be
gun and requiring clear, precise and
uneouivocai statements Of facts plead
ed as constituting causes Of action.
Aside from the Recommendation tha
postponements Of pleadings shall no
he allowed except for the best ant
: most clearly defined Of reasons and
? that times of serving pleadings ant
. notices shall be materially shortened
: menuatlon y na'- ~. eho p.au'Na
= uDOllIlOu VI tue uemu1KcI AZ civil ~
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04

pine ceiling, Oregon pine decking teak-
wood rail and all deck Joiner work.
Every particle OF metal In the con-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-09-04
An Ounce Weight.

An ounce weight Is supposed to rep
resent the weight Of $40 dry grains =
wheat.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
Plutocratic Strategy.

Having been DELAYED by lon7
freight train at grade crossing, the
suburban trolley car was more thar
i1ve minutes behind time, and Shorty.
the motcrman. was letting 'er out AM:
refusing to stop to take on any pas
sengers
Suddenly a huge automobile ap-
preaching IT a right angle, turned and
ran along just ahead. the front Of il
projecting few inches. over the
track at the precise moment when the
car, which the ,Eotornan had tried
vainly to stop in time, crashed into
it
A few reds further On the car came
to a step ard man jumped out OF
the disabled automobile. ran. and
caught the car, and clambe-ed aboard
making his way at once to the front
platform.
Say, cap" blurted the motorman
that wasn't my fault, and you know
it,
"Of course it wasn't" said the eth
er, handing him a cigar. 1T was my
fault and l did it on purpose"
What for?"
1T was the only way / could make
you stop. I've got just twenty-five
minutes to catch a train, and | knew
couldn't make it on these roads.
Hit her up.'
'But-but your smashed machine
Darn tie machine, l make EN-
ty the hundred, Hit 'er up.'-Chica
n Tribune
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
MARION CRAWFORD.
His Remarkable Facility in Acquiring
LANGUAGES ard Crafts


Mr.. Crawford as young nan was
the envy Of most OF his circle Of in.
innate friends and acqua;n.ances
tall, straight. formed in perfect physi-
cal proportions. ne was extremely
handsome. and in addition ha had
a brain which could grasp giant tasks
with ease-tasEs which for the res.
of Us were either impossible or only
attainable after months Or years OF
effort He had special facility fo-
acquiring Languages. and he is the
only man that have ever known who
has been taken for a Frenchman IN
France. for native OF Italy by the
Italians. and for German in Berlin.
| remember that he was on one
occasion thinking of spending win
ter in one of the countries OF Cen
trail Eurc pc whose language was IN
known 20 him, in order to obtain To-
cal color and atmosphere for one o.
his novels. and that in the short space
of eight weeks he had acquired by
constant study mastery OF the
to make himself understood when
he afterward went there.
The same facility which ne had for
acquiring languages also extended s.
other things. He mastered. l remem-
Der. the difficult art OF navigation i'll
the course OF a short winter season
in New York. in spite OF the calls %
his regular literary work and his
many social engagem nts. so trat h
was not only enabled 10 navigate his
own yacht-an Old New York plot
boat partially rebuilt under his d.
recticn-across the ocean himself, but
he worked opt on voyage that
made with him afterwari the sights
day ,rv day Independently Of tne o.
fcers and af-srwa-d comp sred them
with the ships record and the officers
came to talk over with him matters
Of navigation as with one OF them.
selves. so impressed were they by his
mastery of their craft.-George P.
Brett. in On.lco'-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
HANDS RAW AND SCAlY.
Etched and Burned Terribly-Could
Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh
Cracking - Sleep Impossible
Cnticyro Coo,,

An itching humor covered both nv
hands and got up over my wrists and even
up to the elbows. The itching and burning
were terrible. My hands got all scaly and
when | scratched, the surface would be
covered with blisters and then get raw.
The eczema got so bad that l could not
move my thumbs without deep cracks ap-
pearing. l went to my doctor, but his
medicine could only stop the itching. At
night I suffered so fearfully that l could
not sleep. l could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for three
months and was fairly worn out. At last
l got the Cuticura Remedies and in
month l was cured Walter H. Cox, le
Somerset St. Boston, Mass, Sept. Is, 1908. +"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Propa
Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
A Team Boat.

hefe and there, along the Ohio
e, there still persist few Of the
stime ferries such as were COM
over the Middle West three-quar.
o. century ago. In one or two
as at Anderson's Ferry, We'll
Cincinnati, the ferry is opera.-
= steam-power. Ii is just a fiat
With tail for assisting landings.
atner end. and then the engine
At one side the covered body Of
nat At Luxembourg. however,
ierry is of more ancient style
At either side, the vessel a stall
y q horse. The animal. we'll with
IVY operates a treadle in tread.
nsnion. and this rotates the
paddlewheel outside. In such
= the boat is worked back and
across the river. The same
q boat was in operation be-
halifax and Dartmouth, Nova
before the adoption Of the
Jerry in the first half OF the
seatury.-Shipping Illustrated.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
POINTING A DISTINCTION.

"A high financier should be some
thing OF an economist. should he not''
y don't think So" answered Mr..
Dustin Stax The objec, OF an econ
omisr IS to see what he can get along
with: that OF a high financier is 10
see what he can get away with. -
Washington Star
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
HEARsE DRIVERS SIGNAL
He Gives the High Sign. TO Signify
Block Ahead.

He Gives the High sign. TO Signify q
Block Ahead.
1t is a common thing for the drlV-
er held up by block ahead to throw
up his whip hand as a sign to drivers
following him. All sorts Of drivers
do this; and We. it seemed strange to
see the sign given by the driver OF
a hearse.
Funerals are not commonly seen in
the crowded business streets OF the
city where the sign may be neces-
sary; they are met oftenest in resi-
dence streets. where traffic Is no.
likely to be DISTRACTED; and so one
might, in the course OF time, see
many funeral professions pass and
never once see the hearse driver give
the high sign.
But the hearse is not always seen
at the head Of a funeral procession;
it must OF course go to and from tEe
place at which it is to head the line
OF carriages, and then it moves alone.
as was the case with this hearse,
seen going up Broadway. like an!
other separate vehicle in the midst 81
a crush of trucks. wagons. carriages
and automobiles; and here. when
there was q block ahead, the man on
the box of the bearse threw up his
whip hand. just like any other driver