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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02
CHAPTER l.

Harry Swifton hummed a song to himself and threw a little more speed into his roadster.
 He had every reason to be happy. Uong regarded as settled bachelor, though !oung enough to be the sort Of chap ;.ll the girls were setting their caps for. he felt that this was to be the really great day, of his life. Lucy Medders and her father were coming to visit him; his sister Carolyn was coming home from boarding school especially to play the hostess. the home had been made spick and span flor the occasion, the sun was shining, khe little birds were singing In the trees of the park, his roadster was running smoothly and-wei. he hadn't 8 care in the world
 AS he took corners in the driveways without slackening speed he mur- mured:
 Good little buzz wagon! You're the cupid that started all this
 in memory, he could see again that day of the summer before when in the same machine he was whizZing along a country road Something happened, the machine skidded, with the usual Tesult
 When Harry came to his senses he was lying on an old-fashioned hair eOfa, in an old-fashioned Quaker home-but he thought he was in heaven.
 Above him bent Quaker damsel, demurely beautiful and diStractingly calm. She was bathing his brow with . cloth wrung out of cold water to which some camphor had been added.
 Do thee feel better?" she asked, in the softest of tones.
 Tt depends" he managed to say 'if you're going to stop this because I'm better, I'm going to have a re- lapse"
 Then into the room came a staIwart old Quaker
 Has the young man recovered. Lucy?" he asked.
 Yes, father" she said. Harry sat up, with an effort
 T don't know how to thank you, sir" he said ''It was lucky that 1 went into the ditch right in front of your house."
 With the word lucky he looked mesningly at Lucy, but that self-pos- sessed maiden did not seem to catch his double meaning.
 The result of the accident is not hard to guess. Harry found himself so bumped and bruised that 1t took a
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02

anything but the country-and coun- try girl"
 That so?" Harry said, coming out. Well, let 'em say what they please. I'm for the country where you go for pure air, green fields, natural flowers, and natural girls Pigeon, I'm through with all this bachelor stuff. No more of the stag suppers and DO ker parties for yours truly. I'm ready to quit and be good-if my plans work"
 T think you're dead right, Harry" Pigeon replied, solemnly, Judging from my own experience. There's nothing in this bachelor life."
 Your experience? Here, Methuse- lah! Take cigar. Why, you're not even old enough to use a safety razor, boy!"
 Pigeon blushed boyishly and felt Of his tender mustache with an embar- rassedly guilty expression.
 You're always rubbing it in on a fellow" he complained.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02

1 pretty" Pigeon earnestly declared.
 I'll have to keep my eye on you, Harry" Carolyn giggled. Wait until Lucy comes. Do you call her 'thee?' "
 "I haven't turned into a whole Quaker yet" Harry answered. Now you run along and see that this house looks like something"
 You'd better get some, one to ex- purgate this den of yours," Carolyn flashed at him as she left the room. Lucy and her father may be shocked at some of the things here" 'Td like to know what there is in here to shock anyone" Harry said to Pigeon.
 "Oh, nothing much" Pigeon chuckled But maybe that picture of the ballet girl and that figure of the Venus de Milo. and some of the other highly decorative effects are not quite what Lucy has at home"
 Why, those are works of art"
 Here's General Blazes to see you. Harry" called Carolyn from the hall way.
 Come right in, general" Harry said. General Blazes, pompous, irasci- ble and dignif1ed, was Harry's attor- ney in several matters having to do with the estate left him by his fa- ther. He entered the room as gravely and as impressively as though he were approaching the bench of the United States Supreme court, and said:
 Good morning, boy. Here"-taking a packet from his inside pocket ''here are the deeds, all duly signed and sealed. believe you will need no further advice from me-"
 Thank you, general" Harry said, taking the documents. That's mighty good of you. 1 appreciate your kind Pess in bringing them in yourself"
 No trouble at all, assure you. was passing on my way to my offices."
 Wont you have a little nip of something to strengthen you for the walk?"
 No, thank you I am rather in haste. l am slightly worried about Mrs Blazes."
 Worried? Why, I trust she is not Ill.,"
 Not at all. She left early today. to shop for sick friend"
 Shopping for a sick friend" chuckled Harry. Are they having special sales of sick friends?"
 The general ignored the jest, as, in- deed, he ignored all jests.
 After that" he continued, "she was going to attend a luncheon where the ladies were to meet this Count von Fitz, who is such social lion now"
 I've heard of him"
 Well" the general remarked, q am
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02
How Oyster Islands Are Formed.

How oyster Islands Are Formed.
 Oyster islands, similar to those formed of coral, are found in several parts of the world. The islands in Newport river and Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, says a writer in the Century Path Magazine. have been discovered to have as base a reef to which the spawn were attached and above this layer ~pon layer of oysters, vegetable growth, and debris brought by the action of the waves and winds. all of which finally grows high enough to rise above the surface of the water. This growth is exactly analogous to that of the coral islands of the Pa. cific
 The islands near the mouth of the River Tagus in Portugal are said to have been built up In this way also. Here, where there is such a quantity of oysters that 100 million a year would scarcely be missed if they were removed, the expanse of water just beyond the rivers mouth is dotted with oyster islands. AS in the case of the coral reefs, which on the seaward side may be covered with living, grow. ing coral, live oysters thrive in the same waters where the accumulation of dead generations has served to form the islands.
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1 to his feet first and shook his fists at Harry. The lady gathered her hair into coil again and exclaimed:
 My hati -Ay beautiful hat!"
 Harry followed the direction of her glance, and saw the object of her dis may A handsome hat of yellow straw, adorned with large red flowers, was hopelessly entangled in the steer ing gear of his machine.
 He extricated it-or what he could of it-and offered it to her. But with fearful exclamation of despair she refused it.
 "Scoundreli" shouted her friend. Wy do you go running around kill ing peoples, und running deir hats?"
 My dear count!" cried the lady. Not so loud!"
 But the count was not to be calmed In spite of Harry's efforts to explain matters, he continued his staccato ex- pressions of wrath and vengeance, un- til, giving up the idea of strengthening matters out. Harry popped into his own machine, skilfully ran past the other auto, and resumed his home ward ride. In a moment the count and the lady were in their seat again, the count wheeled his machine about, and the pursuit began. By some delft turnings and twistings Harry man.
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My Hat! My Beautiful Hat!" She Cried.

aged to evade them and at last reached home.
 He dashed into the house, eager to change his clothes and be ready to go to the station to meet MT MeddeTs and Lucy. Pigeon" Williams met him. Pigeon, as he was affectionately called, was a young man who tried his best to be chum of Harry-for the reason that he was unusually at tracted by Harry's sister Carolyn. It was natural that Pigeon should be at Swiftons that morning. He wanted to help Harry have things ready to entertain Lucy and her father, and besides he thought it would cheer Carolyn up to see one of her old friends on her own arrival.
 "Is Carolyn here?" Harry asked, as he came in.
 Sure" replied Pigeon. "She got here half an hour ago-mad as the dickens because you didn't meet her at the train. Why didn't you? If I'd known you weren't going to, of course I could have gone" T meant to-" Harry replied. But I had bit of a smash-up in the park. !"
 "Smash-up? Again?"
 Nothing that amounted to much. Head-on bump into one of these run about things-run about day and then blow up. German dignitary in it, with a dashing brunette. No won der he couldn't see me coming. He had to look at her."
 Didn't hurt them?"
 NO. Just knocked the breath out of all of us. And her hat fell off and my machine chewed it up. Look. !"
 Harry dug into his pocket and pro- duced the brim of the lady's hat. with a trailing string of red poppies Pi- geon laughed
 Keep 1t for a souvenir" he asked.
 Don't know. The German fellow got mad, and I came away in such a hurry I forgot what I was doing Stuck the thing in my pocket absent mindedly. I guess"
 He got madi No wonder"
 T think he's real peeved. When 1 made my getaway he got his old cook stove into action and tried to follow me. But I escaped"
 Harry went into his room and Pigeon sat down.
 "How's Carolyn looking?" Harry called to him.
 Fine and dandy. Say, Harry" Pigeon went on, maliciously, "the fel- lows have 1t in for you"
 Tn for me! Why?" asked Harry, in muffied tones. tugging at collar but ton.
 They say you're 8 Quitter. You used to be strong for stag parties, and all that, and now you don't care for
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02

eral replied. They left me by way of Reno long ago. I'm not bam dit sorry"
 Harry laughed again, for when the general became excited it was his habit to get his words twisted, some times with ludicrous effect
 The general regarded Harry's amusement with calm disapproyal.
 My boy" he said, dropping his hand on Harry's shoulder, 'let me give you one bit of good advice-not legal When you marry for the third time"
 But I haven't married my first yet" Harry protested.
 You will, however. And when you marry for the third time, don't marry young, beautiful woman"
 "Don't?"
 NO. Don't Half the time she's have you making fam dool of your self"
 Having delivered himself of this sage observation, the general stalked to the door, turned and bade Harry farewell, and started out, to bump against a woe-begone person, who was coming in at the same moment.
 IT beg your pardon, humbly." exclaimed the newcomer. In a thin. high, weepy voice.
 "Br-r-r-r!" grumbled the general. brushing by him.
 The newcomer glided in. His long. dank hair hung down to his collar, his white, thin hands plucked with melan- choly grace at the roycroft tie he was wearing, and his eyes, which were set deep in his head, gleamed weirdly.
 "Alas!" he said, '"it Is you!"
 You're a good guesser, Trimmer" Harry said, grasping his hand. I'm glad you could come to see us.''
 Socrates Trimmer, a distant cousin of Lucy, and a school teacher who considered himself a poet, had ac- cepted Harry's off-hand invitation to come and visit him at the same time as Lucy and her father were to come. Harry had not dreamed that Trimmer would come, for he knew Trimmer had long considered himself a suitor for the hand of the demure Quakeress. Nevertheless, here he was, and in the hand that was not adjusting his neck tie was held large hatbox, labeled, Mile. Daphne"
 CTO BE CONTINUED
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02
Some Mosquitoes.

"Yes," said the traveller who had just returned from South Africa. q was one day so annoyed by mosquitoes that I was compelled to take refuge in an old iron safe which lay discarded on the veldt.
 My first emotions of joy at my happy deliverance were hardly over when the mosquitoes, scenting me, be- gan to drive their stingers through the safe. Fortunately, 1 had ham mer in my pocket, and as fast as their stingers came through the iron 1 clinched them, until at length such a host of them was fastened down in this way that, when they started to fly away, they carried me and that safe miles.
 Then, one by one, they died with the exertion, and 1 was able to come out with safety. Yes, wonderful things happen in foreign parts. "- Ideas,
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02
CHAPTER II.

Harry laughed sarcastically, and in the midst of his laugh Carolyn dashed into the room. A jolly, romping girl, just at the age when a girl doesn't know whether to keep on being girl or to consider herself woman, she paused for moment at sight of Pigeon, then lost her formality and ran to Harry to greet him.
 Isn't she some girl, though?" Harry cried to Pigeon, with his arms around his sister. Have to keep my eyes on you, from now on, young lady! You're getting to be too big and pretty
 I'm not too big!" pouted Carolyn.
 Not a bit-and you couldn't be too
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Overheard In Venice.

Isn't it romantic, John, dear," said she. as they sat in the little Venetian garden, ito sit here and listen to these Italian troubadours singing their bal lads bathed in the moonlight?'
 ''Yes, dear," replied John, with a deep-drawn sigh. But I sometimes wish they'd bathe in something be- sides moonlight, don't you. It might less romantic, but it would be darn sight more hygienic. ''-Harper's Weekly.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02

dallying here when I should be hasten ing on. My wife should have been at home by this time By the way. don't believe you have met Mrs. Blazes."
 'T met two of your wives g. differ ent times" Harry smiled; for the mat rimonial experiments of the general were subjects of much comment.
 She's not one of the two." the gen.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02

Teacher Who Considered Himself a
 Feet.
 fortnight for him to be well enough to return to his home And in that fort night he and Lucy became so we'll ac- quainted that it then became neces- Eary for him to run up to see her mere matter of hundred niles once every week. And now he had induced her father to bring her to visit him and his sister.
 He reviewed in his mind the events of the days since the accident. Pleas ant thoughts, those. for young man. They take his mind off the immediate surroundings. however.
 Automatically he whirled around another corner-then began doing things with the brake, but too late Twenty yards before him approached another auto. In it sat a couple ob- livious to their danger. There was a smash and a crash, shriek and a yell. And then the three people picked themselves up.
 The man in the other auto leaped
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02
Imnorrant to Mothers
A SuperIor Person.

F. H. Elliott, the secretary of the American Automobile association, was talking about a somewhat super cilious and conceited millionaire
 He's very superior person." MT. Elliott said, smiling. He's the sort of person who would be sure to go to horse show in motor car and to an automobile show in monoplane."
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-11-02

l should say sincerity, deep, great genuine sincerity, is the first charac- teristic of all men in any way heroic. Carlyle
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Conscience,

The trouble with the still small voice Is that it generally permits 1t. self to be still until there arises the dange- of discovery.
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Prefer German Lanauaoe

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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-04-18
SIGN LETTERS 100 FRET NIGH
New District Hires Engineer TO Lay
Out Advertising "Copy".

What Is probably the largest sign
in the state towers over the east
banks of the Columbia river. Just
above Beverly. II adysrtises 10 the
world the location OF new irrlga-
tion district opened to settlement
this spring. From the car windows
OF passing Milwaukee trains il catch
es the eye Of the traveller and may be
easily seen for several miles.
The sign Is | zoo feet. or nearly
quarter of mile long. and is white
washed on the sloplng river bank.
The letters are each 40 feet vide and
100 feet high, and we're regularly
surveyed and staked out by the irri-
cation company's engineer.
Nearly ton of lime was used in
the whltewashinE process. which. to-
gether with the surveying. occupied
months time and cost several hum
dred dollars. II Is sight that never
fails TO attract attention-Seattle
Post lntelIigeneer.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-04-18
Orange Presbyfery Will Meet
In Durham Beginning Tuesday
gaes win Be Guest 81 First Presbyterian Chnreh s Coacer
Sz9y Orchestra Wednesday Nsht-Lsi Of Assignments

Leyburn; Clark, Rev. Melton, Green's
boro. with r. L. Fuller; Cooper. w. L..
Bethany. with Mrs. .Morehead; Cham
bers. Madison, with Mrs. Morehead: /:
Cassaday. Rev. H. H., Yanceyyille.
with j. 8, Cobb: Chester. Rev s. H.,
Foreign Mission. with Alphonsus
Cobb; Coble. Samuel. Pleasant Grove,
with T. G. Worth: Chandler. Thos.,
Yanceyville. with 7. .. Pierce: Cald-
well. Rev. A. s.. High Point. with Rev.
G. Barth; Denny. w. C.. Westminster,
with G. G. White: Efand, L. f.,
Efand. with Rev +. r. Leyburn:
Foushee. j. c.. Covenant, with @. f.
Rawls; Fields. H.. Roxboro, with II.
f. Seeman; Finley. ]. T.. n. Wilkes
boro. with Geo. W. Watts: Faucet,
Or. T. s.. Burlington; George. Rev.
r. w, Francisco. with II. C. Linthi-
cum: Gilmer. Rev ]. A.. Mt Airy,
with Mrs. r. u. Blacknall; Gilmer,
r. A.. Alamance. with Mrs. r. D..
Blacknall; Goodman. Rev. J. W..
Buffalo. with j. A. Duncan: Gwynn.
Rev. p. H., Leaksyille. with Q. Z.
Rawls: Hodgin. Rev. c. E.. West
minister; Jones. DR.. CD, Hillsboro.
With r. G.. Jones; Kirkland. w. e..
New Hope, With If. c. Patterson; Lee.
Geo. W.. Winston, with Rev. c. 8arth;
Mcpade. North Emo. with T. E. Cheek;
Mclean, w. H.. Bethel. with Mrs. Ada
Smith; Mcneil, f. A.. Jefferson. with
Jno. L. Willy; MoKie. Geo. NJ. Chapel
Hill. with Jno. $. Hill: McIver. Rev.
Donald. Burlington, With Mrs. W. r.
Bramham; McIlwaine. Rev. w. r..
AEhboro. with g. c. white: Murray.
Rev T.. G.. Graham. with r. L. Fuller;
Montcastls. q. W.. Lexington, with T..
B Fuller; Mebane. Rev. y. W.. Hay
fields. With ]. r. Patton; Oldham. Geo.
w. Bethlehem. with L. c. oldham;
Patton. ]. A. Hayfields. with ]. r.
Patton; Rankin. Rev S. H.. Home
Missions, with W. Holiday; Robin
son. Rev. C. W. \. wiIkesboro. with
Geo. W. Watts; Sample. Rev. W. o.,
Mebane. with 7 B. Fuller: Shields,
Rev. NJ. McC.. Home Missions. with
]. r. Patton: Scott. ]. L. Jr.. Graham.
with Geo. L. Lyon: Smith. Chas. c..
Griers. with s. c. Brawiey: Thomp-
son. Rev W. r.. Lexington, with Geo.
L. Lyon: Tate, Dr. W. ". Cross Roads.
with Geo Accfaoksn: Thompson, D..
Fairfield, with T. E Cheek: William
son. O. T. saxapahaw, with t. b.
Fuller: Wilhelm. Rev. W. s.. Little
River. with Rev. Z. r. Leyburn; Will
liams. Rev. r. ~. Greensboro. With
q. Z. Rawls: Wilson. Rev. ]. A.. Ala
nance, with J. A. Duncan; Woods.
Joe. Little River. with Mrs. D. b.
Cameron. Wharton. II. W. Green's
boro. with A. Cobb; whiisett. A. T..
Midway, with I. +. Hill.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-04-18
Richmond Adopted
Segregation Law

Richmond, April i7.-Race Sc
regation as proposed in the Wonder
lehr ordinance was concurred In by
the board OF aldermen Monday night
without debate. The ordinance as
offered now goes to the mayor for ap-
proval and takes effect from his sig
nature. The measure was adopted
by the common council last month
on recommendation OF the commit
tee on ordinance. charter and re-
form, and was later tabled In the
board. II was concurred in by a
viva voce vote, in which two or three
negatives were 10 be heard.
A letter OF protest was read from
Woodward 4 Son, approving the
principle of segregation, but object
ing to features OF the ordinance. and
there was a letter Of protest from a
n';mber of negro taxpayers. An
opinion Of the city attorney TO the
effect that the ordinance, as drawn.
woula be upheld in the courts. was
also read.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-04-18
Donf Cross AmeHcan-Mexican
Border Line For Any Reason
Major General Wood Received Important Instructions Two
Battles Fought Sunday Many nsurecies Being Killed and Wounded

Chihuahua, Mex. April 17.--Forty
or more insnrrectos were killed and
over one hundred wounded in bat
tie fought between Sauz and Santa
Clara canyon, about fifty miles north
OF here, according to federal couriers
who arrived Sunday. The couriers
brought orders to have hospital cots
ready for the federal wounded. The
federals report FIVE killed. but later
developments are expected to change
the figures. A number of women and
children are believed to be among the
killed.
Coming across from Casas Grandes
on their way to Chihuahua with pris-
oners, under General Luis Valdez. the
federals, followed by about one hum
|dred refugees, were attacked.
Five hundred insurrectos under
Generals 0rozco and Villa had been
instructed by Francis Madero to head
of the Casas Grandes contingent and
If possible capture and release the
prisoners. The fight occurred on a
hacienda, as the prisoners, shackled
together by ropes. and the women and
children refugees, weary from the
long tramp, were scattered in long.
broken line. The federals immedi-
ately responded with heavy firing and
placed the prisoners and non-com-
batants under protection. The fight
ing continued for several hours and
resulted in the sending north from
here Of General Rabago with 500 re-
Inducements.
The extent of the fight became
known when riderless horses arrived
here with the evidences OF having left
the front In stampede. So far as is
known. none Of the prisoners, among
whom are believed to be many Ameri-
cans, was wounded. and none escaped,
although these statements are based
on unofficial reports.
Great hope is entertained here for
peace because of the prospect of the
arrival OF Francisco Madero. Sr.,
father of the insurreeio leader.
Fully aware of his sons determi-
nation not to end the war unless he
achieved that for which the insurrec-
ton was started-a new election and
the withdrawal of President Diaz-
the senior Madero. II is believed,
hardly would hazard a trip into the
interior unless he had something def
lnitely favorable TO offer. A mere talk
between father and son as to the
disastrous effect of the war would re-
suit In nothing. Madero. Jr, has
been much pleased with recent events
In Mexico City. which. he says. have
encouraged him and strengthened in
surrecto prospects. He told the cor
responlent be would be glad to well
come his father bur he was emphatic