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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-09
AESTHETICS OF MURDER.
Thrilling Adventure of an Anglo
Indian Civilian.

Indian Civilian.
An Anglo-Indian civilian once had an
adventure that nearly cost him his life.
,, He had got on we'll with the natives,
but two Of his servants had had a
quarrel over a girl whom they had
wooed. The merchant interfered IN the
affair. The unsuccessful sutton, Laj, be-
gan to make trouble. and his rival. the
husband, warned the merchant against
him. Nothing happened for some months.
Then the merchant went away on bust
ness. on his return he was told that
Laj had been caught In his bedroom and
I locked up.
In the east this meant trouble, ex-
plains Harper's Weekly. The merchant
called his servants and had q thorough
search made OF the house. They ex-
amined every trunk, bureau, and bed
stead. every picture. statue, and crew
. Ice in the wall, and crack in the floor,
expecting to find a hooded cobra or
some other poisonous reptile They scru-
tinized every knob. handle. and garment.
20 see il il had been smeared with poi
son or with juices that attract venomous
creatures. Then they searched the wine
cellar. the pantry. and the stateroon.
But they found nothing
The merchant was tired. and. after
eating. went TO the cabinet where he
kept his cigars. II was a large case
Of teak and plate glass, with an old
fashioned silver IndsGa lock
As he was about 10 insert the key IN
the keyhole, LaJs successful rival. who
had been active IN the search. cried
out that someone had been meddling
with the lock
An examination Of the keyhole re-
vealed traces OF wax. When they open
ed the case the merchant found every
thing apparently untouched. Five boxes
of cigare were unopened. He had opened
the sixth before he went away and
removed a few cigars. AS he took this
box up he noticed on 1t the marks OF
dirty fingers.
The cigars looked as If they had not
been disturbed. He was about 10 take
one when he noticed that something
was wrong with the head. A second
and a third were like the first In each
a small. almost imperceptible rose thorn
had been inserted, and on il was a
small dab OF brown slime. still moist,
the same color as the cigar
Feeling convinced that he cigars were
poisoned, the merchant sat down and
wrote note 10 the police. In half an
hour an officer appeared with Laj under
guard The merchant stated The case
TO the officer, and. taking one Of the
cigars, handed # TO Lsj with the COM
mand, Take II and smoke IT."
The man refused. His guilt was proved.
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THE HUNTING SEASON.
II Is Wise, Mr. WInkletree Thinks
To Have This Come in the Fall,

II Is Wise, Mr.. Winkletree Thinks,
to Have This Come in the Fall.
From the New York sua.
1T has always seemed 10 me. said
Mr. Winkletree. that the summer re
sort proprietors did wisely in having
their hunting stlson come in the fall
You know what the booklet says? a
beautiful and healthful surrounding coun-
try, lovely drives. romantic walks, dane
ing. tennis. golf fine fishing. House
open till MISUNDERSTANDING In the fall.
Then you may find among the sum
mer boarders here some ardent angler
who has faithfully ished all the neigh
boring streams for six weeks on end and
never caught a trout more than five
inches lonk, which naturally more or less
disgruntles him.
TO you know I don't think much OF
the fishing around here?' he says some
night after dinner 70 his friend sitting
next on the veranda, and
WE'LL saws this friend. with
thoughtful elaboration. the fishing may
not he so very great. but they say they
have fine hunting here in the fall
Huh" says the man who has tried
the fishing, his manner, voice and tone
implying a mighty doubt
"Of course he may be quite wrong. but
hunting here may really be fine, and
yet IL has always seemed TO me the part
OF wisdom not to bunch the attractions
too much, not 20 have them all come
within the compass Of the summer sea-
son. but to have them sort OF string
along. to have the hunting come in the
fan when the guests have mostly gone.
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Turkey Gets Busy.

The result of the strained relations
between Russia on the one hand and
Germany and Austria on the other. for
which Izwolsh is primarily responsible,
has been an extremely aggressive policy
during the last twelve months on the
part OF the two allied empires in. ques-
ton
Among the features OF this policy have
been their transformation of Turkey and
OF Roumania from territorial into mari
time powers. The Turkish navy was
joke until Germany sold several men-of-
war to tibet sublime porte. as well as a
number OF desToyers; while Roumania
mas just Inaugurated the expenditure of
SO, 10000 on the creation OF a Black Sea
fleet and In the conversion of Lake
Tekirghiel. a couple of miles distant from
Constantine. into a great military port
and naval stronghold,
OF course. the money for the purpose
is furnished by German financiers, at the
instance Of the German government: and
what renders this move OF Roumania OF
still greater Importance is the fact that
the German and Austrian governments
have managed TO bring about something
very much akin 10 an offensive and de-
fensive alliance between Turkey and
Roumania. the purport OF which will be
appreciated when il is realized that Rou-
mania has admittedly been brought
within the sphere Of the organization
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The discovery recently in India Of a
tiny casket Of dull gray metal built in
the shape Of blooming lotus flower, and
said authoritatively 10 encase the ashes
OF the great teacher Buddha, founder of
the Buddhist faith, which has a following
of 150.00OO0O people. threatens TO undo,
especially in Japan and China, the teach
ings that for years have been spread
throughout the Orient by missionaries
of the Chinese church.
Devotees of the mystic faith and long
ROBBED priests OF Buddha are conducting
quietly. without ostentation, yet with
alarming success, tremendous revival
in both these countries. and in India
converts are fiocking TO the Buddhist
temples daily and prostrating themselves
before the placid faced images that rep
resent the faith.
The movement toward the revival or
Buddhism has reached large proportions
only ia China and Japan. In India,
where Buddha lived, there was before
the discovery Of the relic not one Budd-
hist in 1000 natives.
The discovery of the ashes OF the great
leader took place in Peshawur, in
Afghanistan.
The relics, which have been declared
authentic, were presented 10 those of
Buddhist faith by the British authori-
ties In India
According to the accounts which have
come from India. the discovery was made
by a Frenchman named Foucher. who
came into India to study Buddhism. He
found manuscripts which told of the
burial of Buddha's ashes under a huge
pagoda in the mountain Businesses Of
PeshaWur.
Although the scientist, Foueher. under
took to locate the tower, and did so the
British authorities were called TO mis-
aid. The ruins Of the tower were located
two years ago. and indicate from their
size that the edihce which stood there
was larger than any known Buddhist
pagoda. For nearly year and half
excavations were made before the relic
chamber was found, % feet below the
stone floor of the pagOda. The room was
stone-walled and small, and was. built.
according TO arehaeologists, all Of 2,4o0
years ago.
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regions. both for manufacturing and for
cooking and heating"
You proved to many doubters, / said
that coal dust Is explosive2"
After the government testing station
In PIttsburg was completed we expert
mented with dust. putting II in a tube
eighteen feet long and six feet in diane
ter. Whenever we exploded powder OF
dynamite in the tube there was also ar
explosion or coal dust In my opinion
coal dust is more dangerous than fire.
damp and has been the cause Of many
mine disasters.
VIII Continue Work.
I'VE have been nia;-'T.r and the Blu
reau of Mines viii continue 10 make
many investigations concerning the causes
of explosions and Of methods for their
prevention Men are being trained how
to use explosives and electricity. how
to deal with gas and dust. nov to extin-
guish fires, and how 10 rescue miners
and give first aid TO those who are in
jured In 1907 there were "4E iaeH killed
in coal mines. between a7f 500 IN
metal mines. and abOU suarries
Thousands of other ms. . injured
many OF them seriously Ne are also
trying 10 establish a uniform system OF
signals and to standardize the fire APP
paratus in all sorts OF mines. At the
Cherry disaster in Illinois, where 800 lives
were lost. the hose would not nj the
water pipes"
Bannnza Days Over.
What have you TO say about iron,
gold. and copper"
There will be iron enough. I suppose.
II it is used carefully and If deposits,
now Improbable. can be utilized ulti-
maJely. As TO gold. the bonanza days
are over There viii be no more sensa-
tiOnally rich camps, In my opinion. We
must learn TO take gold from the lean
ores, heretofore cast aside or passed
over The production Of gold will be
put on a scientific basis-it must be
converted into a prudently operated in
dustry. The difference of 80 cents a ton
in the treatment Of low grade ores either
stances. There is plenty OF copper in
Montana. Arizona. and Michigan. Cop
per. Ike gold. doesn't wear out II
cannot rust. as does iron. nor decay Ike
lumber.
But In the use OF all natural resources
the owners viii produce for the present
and not worry overmuch about their
great-grandchildren. So, human nature
has 10 be considered along with the
other problems relating 10 conservation
Every sensible man knows that 1t would
be foolish. even were II possible. 70 close
our forests and mines TO 4 degree that
would make living and working to-day
inconvenlent and unremuneratlve. Waste.
however IS a sin against common sense.
whether II is pracuced by an individual
or the inhabitants Of a country collect
lively"
tCcryright. 1910 by James b. Morrow
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A Giant Motor.

From Consular epOT1.
A large motor OF 10000 horsepower and
weighing nearly 200 long tons is being
Manufactured by a dynamo works az
Stafford. It is 10 be "A self-coutained
unit running III two bearings. and when
supplied with pressure OF go volts di-
rect will develop the 1900 horsepower.
The motor is so designed that later an
impressed voltage can be raised 20 a.
0O0 volts. when it viii deal with the
maximum peak loads Of 15oo0 horse
power at 80 revolutions per minute. II
has a ventilated cOmmutatOr with to-
tai length OF . feet and a diameter Of
y feet This motor Is % be used for
driving a S6-inch cogging and finishing
mill. and 10 roll 800 pound steel in
gots into rails in one operation without
relocating.
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comodations al the banks TO cover pres
ont losses on such business as Is being
done. close their mines. There are COCO
coal mines in the United States Most
OF the big ones. as 1 have said, are los
ing money. The little mines still in op-
Grafton are supplying neighborhood trade
houses and shops near az hand, and are
doing reasonably we'll Free competition,
and we preach it IN this country, shuts
the little mine when the sale of its prod
uct must be made away from home and
carried on the cars"
What caused the decentralization OF the
coal business I asked.
The Sherman antitrust law prevents
operators from combining, from estab-
fishing prices and limiting their output
Operators whom I know have paid $4,000
in fines rather than go 10 Jail They
tried to combine and were caught IN the
act. Some experiments were made with
what is called the gentlemen's agree
ment.' but the gentlemen we're so NUM-
erous and SO human that they lacked
cohesion and so on and so forth.
Verbal pledges don't always hold. II
ten Gotten planters meet and promise
to reduce their acreage, each returns
'.o''7' o'"'i'"'''t. ana pants more cotton
u'"H pe'oie III the b'uHiihous coal
u'Ue ''''ie are no puoiic oI secret agree
ii'ei's a7 20 pIooucl OF price and con-
sequentiy, there Is war 10 the death be-
.N'eh "ts' virginia ana fehI'sylNahla
fer the business OF New England and be-
wv" l''''i''s' '"'-','''"' C"''' ana Tue
oli''l states loI inc business oil the
MOI INV est ne opeIA'oiS u american
'''''sa pay tiie "'s"eS' wages III the
WIN '1' ie'ei'e Only hd'I as I'uch
TOT 'igI' oo"' as 10 tHe operators N
'''' - i''''i' I'''''0'' Ne-Si'''i' VI Yer
II the operators Vi large mines were
peiill''0eu 70 agree On d selling price no"
eou'u 'heF De prevented rom oVerchafs-
lllS the cons inner asked
Syndicate in Control.
a way could be found. no doubt In
Germany threr-fouTths of the coal mined
is controlled by ar organization called
the Selling Syndicate There the op-
erators-big ones and little ones-came to-
gether tor the purpose of self-preserva-
tloh- Ihe small man was safeguarded
IN all iils rights. lie was to mine his
snare OF coal and TO receive the common
price. The German government sought to
regulate the SeiIIhg syndicate through
'iIe purchase Oh >-0VOo'UoO OF It's stock a
scheihe 'hat was frustrated by the OPP
orators VINO promptly voted TO increase
the NUMBER 81 their own shares.
ne selling syndicate has reduced the
COST d marketing. COAL IN that II has
made numerous commissions TO agents
and dealers unnecessary, and so, during
good tunes and bad, there has been
little variation IN the price TO the con-
suners- The user of coal is not over
eharsed' ana While there Is a law to pre-
vent eXJoTuOn, there has been no Oc-
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Briefly. what is the coal situation in
Alaskan"
There is a great deal of good coal
in the country, and it is owned by the
United States-by the people as a whole.
Claims for large tracts of coal lands are
pending, as is well known. but so far
the claims have not been allowed. The
coal should be used under proper regu-
latOn, and on the payment of a fair
price TO the government. The Pacific
Coast needs it.
While / was in San Francisco last
Year I saw coal being unloaded from
Australia and pig iron from China. The
government, shipping by water, pays Sc
ton freightage on coal from ports in
the Atlantic Ocean to California. BY
rail. the rate from mines east of the
Mississippi River to San Francisco is
$40 ton. Locking the coal of Alaska
away from present needs would be fool
ish, economically"
What Is being done with Ignite coal2,
1T is coming into use slowly. I have
experimental with briquettes-that is,
with Ignite coal compressed into blocks
and have found that they can be handled
and transported without difficulty. Liz
mite coal is found in large quantities al
several points In the far West. II Is
brown in color and quickly becomes fine
as powder when exposed to the weather.
I think 1t VIII be generally used in some
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Holmes Like PinchOt.
In appearance and in vim Holmes, or
the mines, resembles Pinchot, master Of
the woods. He is TALL slender, and gray
eyed. His father, born in New York and
educated in Tennessee, was a Presbyter-
ian clergyman in South Carolina, marry
ing there and inheriting through mis-
wife a plantation and fifty slaves. The
civil war despOiled the preacher and his
family of everything but land Joseph
Austin. the son. was graduated as
bachelor Of science from Cornell Uni
versity in 1881. He took care of a build
ing during his first year at college. Then
he was put in charge OF the college
grounds
So he paid for his educa sbn IN labor
as he went along. lie was a professor OF
geology and natural history at the Uni
versity OF North Carolina for ten years,
and State geologist from 1891 to 1904 In
the meanwhile he took laboratory courses
In metallurgy and the chemistry OF ex-
plasives. and studied mining. surveying.
and general physics He organized aud
managed the department OF mines and
metallurgy al the Worlds Fair. held in
St Louis, and made some notable and
original tests Of fuels. Since then he has
been an expert In the Geological Survey,
and las come 10 i fuller knowledge OF
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Better suited.

From Lipgncott's Magazine.
4 teach my parrot only short words.
DO YOU? / should think parrots bS
adapted to polysyllables."
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-14
GOES EAST FOR DREDGE
City Engineer ucGOnagle VIII Spend
$4,000 for Machinery, and
Also Attend Meetings.

George F. NIcGonagla. city engineer,
will leave this week for the dual pur-
pose of spending $4,000 for a city
dredge, TO be used in widening and
deepening the Jordan rived and the
surplus canal, and to attend a conven-
ton of city engineers and municipal Of
ficers TO be held in Chicago during the
latter part OF the month. The council
appropriated $3.50 for his expenses.
8 Many matters of vital interest to city
engineers will be taken up at the Chi
cagO convention, among them an effort
to have all contracts on paving uni
form in the various cities of the coun-
try. In addition TO this, drainage and
sewage problems VIII be discussed.
Several other conventions are to be
held in Chicago during the same week
by engineering societies, and City En-
gineer McGOnagle expects to pick I'D
a good many pointers on municipal
work during the few days he is there.
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r., was held yesterday afternoon from
the chapel of Undertaken Eber w. Hall.
1914 South West Temple street Rev. 2. A.
Simpkin presided. and in his eulOgy told
of the fine qualities of Mr.. WOlcott as a
soldier, and a citizen always interested
in public affairs. Interment was in the
G.. A. r. division Of Mount Olivet ceme-
terry.
A large majority of the members of
Mexican post accompanied the body to
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and compared him to Moses, as being
a leader in a great movement. In abOl-
ishing slavery, the rabbi declared, Lin
coin used the Mosaic expediency of not
acting until the proper hour had struck.
As a leader, he showed himself made
Of that stuff of which saints and
prophets are constituted. Abraham
Lincoln delivered the message of di-
vine authority to the people, not only
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the audience united in singing Mine
Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Com
ing of the Lord" the solo being rem
dered by Mr.. Kibby
Rabbi Freund dweIt at some length
on the "bigness" of Lincoln, and the
fact that he seemed to belong TO all
humanity, rather than to any one peo-
pie or set of people. He alluded to
him as the spokesman of tho Deity.
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under the direction of Mrs Wetzen In
the anthem, THE Better Land" the
solo was sung by Mrs. SOrensen, and
the offertOry selection was rendered by
Earl Kibby, tenor. Violin selections by
the Misses ROumania Hyde and Helen
Hartley, and a duet by Miss Hartley
on the violin, and Miss Marion Math-
ews on the cello, were also features of
the service. AT the close of the seryice
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-14
PROPHET OF HUMANITY
Lincoln Is Likened Unto Moses by
Rabbi Freund In Sermon Last
Evening.

Abraham Lincoln, Prophet of HUI
mainly" was the Characterization
given the great emancipation by Rabbi
Freund in the Lincoln memorial ser
vices at the First Methodist church
last night, and to this was added the
tribute of Rev. F. B. Short that Lin
coin belonged to no one religious sect.
but was large enough and broad
enough for all.
Services were opened with special
musical selections by the chorus choir,
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the grave. where a salute was fired by a
squad from the National Guard. The
pallbearers were members of Mexican
post, as follows; c. o. FarnsWOOrth, ".
b. Short, o. +. Davis, ". D. Gaby, VIII
liam Goodsell and Captain Timothy Egan-
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of this country, but to the people of
the world.
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Dainty Creations in Floral Valentines
Child's Floral Art Shop. No. II South
Maine
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FUNERAL OF VETERAN
Military Burial Given Late C. A. r.
Post Commander.

The funeral of Jacob S. Woleott, for
mer commander Of Mexican post, G. a,
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Beautiful White Lawn
and Lingerie Waists,
tailored or lace trim
med; S1.75 and $500
would be regular price
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-22
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

The undersigned will make final
settlement Of the personal estate OF
U. J. Stuck, deceased, in the Probate
Court for Newberry County, South
Carolina, on the 18th day of NoV7m-
Der, 1910, at II o'clock a. NJ, and will
Immediately thereafter apply for her
discharge as administratrix of said
estate. All persons Aaving claims
against said estate not heretofore Ill
ed will file the same Immediately
with Eugene S. Blease, attorney at
law, Newberry, S. G.
Willie e. Stuck,
Qualified Administrative.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.

Court of Common Pleas.
". A. Dunn and S. NJ. Duncan, as ad-
ministrators of the personal estate
of Thaddeus Duncan, deceased,
Plaintiffs.
Against
James C. Duncan, Ella I. Boyd, and
the National Bank Of NeWberry,
Newberry, S. c., Defendants.
By an order Of the Court herein, |
will sell to the highest bidder before
the Court House at Newberry, S. c.,
within the legal hours of sale, on Mon
day, salesday, December 3, 1910, the
following six parcels or tracts OF land
lying and being situate in Township
No. 4, County Of Newberry, State OF
South Carolina, containing in the
whole tract one thousand six hundred
eighty-seven and three-fourth Q,6S1
81 acres, more Or less, and bounded