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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
Irrigation and Other Subjects.

From Dec. 3 to was held in Chi
cago one of the greatest irrigation con-
crosses in the history of the nation.
Representatives had been invited from
all the important countries, and many
of these were in attendance, telling of
the efforts toward reclamation of arid
areas that had been made in their own
lands. Other important meetings of
the week were the national rivers and
harbors congress, which met in Wash
ington on Dec. 6. delegation repre-
senting the Lakes to the Gulf Deep
Waterways association, headed by
President Kavanaugh, being present,
and the first safety congress held by the
state labor bureau of Minnesota, ex-
perts from insurance companies, the
steel trust and others addressing the
meeting; the gas and gasoline trades
in Cleveland on Dec. 5-S, the southern
corn show in Atlanta Dec. so and the
Empire State poultry show in New
York same dates.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
italy Suppresses Slave Trade.

One of the gratifying results of the
war between Italy and Turkey is that
Italy is suppressing the slave trade
that formerly fourished in the ports of
Tripoli. In this she is following the eX
ample of France in Algeria, Tunis and
Morocco and England in Egypt and
other ports to the south. The Italians
vigorously deny the reports of atroci-
ties said to have been committed by
their soldiers on the noncombatants of
Tripoli, including women and children.
The truth seems to be that the Arabs
treacherously turned on the Italians
and began firing on the soldiers and
even on the Red Cross workers with
out warning. With such extreme prov
ocation it is not to be wondered at that
the Italian soldiers committed some eX-
cesses, although they deny that they
killed any except those in arms against
them. Turkey has recently been mov-
ing for the Intervention of the powers,
and ii is thought that the unequal
struggle must soon cease, the chief re-
suit of the war being that Turkey will
surrender Tripoli to Italy. Thus passes
Turkish rule in northern Africa, the
land that before the advent of the Van
dal and the Arab was called the gran
ary of the world.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
ssssssessssssssssssssssss
BEETLE is REMARKABLE.
Its Strength Surprising For Its Size.
Carries 500 Times Its Weight.

If asked to name the strongest ami
mails most persons begin with the lar
gest, the elephants, and continue with
oxen, horses, etc. This is, of course,
correct in so far as their total horse
power is concerned, but for real
strength proportioned to the size and
weight of the animal one must so to
the insect world. Compared with in
sects, the strength of almost any large
animal and especially of man is absurd.
A man is considered strong if he can
drag a mass weighing three or four
times as much as himself, but the bee
tie will walk with 500 times its weight.
If man were placed under wooden
box with five times his weight on top
to hold it down he would remain there
indefinitely, but to retain a stag beetle
prisoner in the same way one must
pile on top of the box at least $500
times its weight.-Harper's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
The Indian Durbar,

George V. is not only king of Great
Britain, but emperor of India. and
now is receiving the native princes of
that land in the most spectacular dis
play ever beheld on the planet. This
is the first time a sovereign of Eng
land has ever gone to India, and the
cordingly. The durbar is being held
in the ancient capital of Delhi, where
the Moguls used to hold their glitter
ing courts. Never did Mogul have
pageant such as this, however. 1t is
estimated that never in human history
was jewelry of such value gathered
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
NHE presidents annual message
was read in both houses of
conproes on Too z Tho tariff


was read in both houses of
congress on Dec. 5. The tariff
and the trusts were the two
subjects chiefly emphasized, with rec
concentrations of a parcels post law
and of closer government supervision
of the capitalization of railroads as
close seconds. On the tariff the presi-
dent favored revision of the woolen
schedule in accordance with the re-
port of the tariff board, with the un-
derstanding that revision of the cot
ton schedule is to follow soon. On the
trust question federal incorporation
act was again proposed. AS for the
Sherman antitrust law, no amend
mentS were recommended except such
as would supplement, strengthen and
more clearly define the intent of the
act. These subjects, together with
currency revision, on which the ma
tional monetary commission has al
ready reported, will form the impor-
tant subjects of legislation during the
session. There is certain to be pro-
tracted struggle over federal incorpo-
rations, the opponents of the measure
insisting that such a law would de-
prive the states of their power to con-
troll the trusts doing business within
their borders. Two additional issues
that will cause protracted debate are
the direct election of senator's, with the
federal control of elections amendment
which was added to it in the senate
during the special session, and second
class postage rates for magazines, on
which a commission headed by SUI
preme Court Justice Charles e.
Hughes has been making an inquiry.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15


China will become a constitutional
empire under Il purely Chinese ruler.
The second is that it will be republic
made up of many states, and this is
the dream of the revolutionists. The
third is that it will be broken up into
a number of republics, and the fourth
is that the powers will intervene and
partition China among themselves
Russia already has sent Cossacks to
Peking; also America and other ma
tions have either sent troops or have
made ready to dispatch them.
In Peking the rising has caused ter
ror and despair, which led to the recall
from exile of Yuan Shih Kai, who has
been called the strong man of China.
For ten years after the coup d'etat in
1898, by which the late dowager en-
press practically dethroned the late
emperor, Yuan Shih Kai was the great
est man in China, introducing and car
rying out many reforms, especially in
the army, and keeping on good terms
with the foreigners. Then the dowager
empress died and was succeeded by a
child, the reigning Emperor Hsuan
Tung, now boy of five. But the real
power was in the hands of the regent,
his father, Prince Chun, brother of the
late emperor and a mortal enemy of
Yuan Shih kai. because the last named
had betrayed his brothers plans to the
dowager empress and SO led to the
coup d'etat.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
A GLANCE AT WORLD AFFAIRS

together in one place. For the first
time since 1857 the gate of the kings
was opened, and for the first time
since it was stolen long ago the fa-
nous Kohinoor diamond reappeared
in India. There is n legend to the
effect that the owner of This diamond
holds India. The durbar opened on
Dec. 6, the. emperor and empress en-
tering in state on the 7th. Dec. 10
a ceremony equivalent to the corona
tion was held. This is the third durbar
under British rule, that Of Edward
VII. having occurred in January, 1908,
and of Queen Victoria in January, 1877.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15

prising Socialist victories was that at
Schenectady, n. y, where the Rev.
George II. Lunn was elected mayor.
DR.. Lunn is only thirty-eight years
old. He began his career in Schenec-
tady as pastor of the First Reformed
church, the oldest in the city. About
three years ago his Socialist teachings
became so pronounced that he was
compelled to resign his pastorate, after
which he organized the United Peoples
congregation, which recently combined
with the Congregational church. DIR.
Lunn continuing as pastor. He is also
an editor and was prominent figure
In graft Investigations. LOO Bl
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
SHOT DESTROYED MEMORY.
For Fifty Years Old Soldier Couldn't
Recall Where He Hid Treasure


Recall Where He Hid Treasure.
The story of a wound received in the
civil war which sealed the hiding
place of fortune for more than half
a century and of strange trick of
fate which cleared the hider's mem
ory in the evening of life was brought
to Los Angeles by the hider's son, j.
X. Anderson of New Orleans, says the
Herald Of that city.
Andersons father joined in the gold
rush and was one Of the miners Of the
forty nine days. He located claim
in Placer county, near Auburn and
Newcastle. Within year he had
snatched a fortune from the river
bottoms. Then the call of the south
for volunteers reached him. He buried
the gold beneath the adobe blocks of
a tavern in the vicinity of his claim,
strapped all the precious substance
he could carry about his body and
hurried to join the Confederate army.
Anderson says his father was struck
in an engagement with the Union
troops by bullet, which tore open
his scalp and robbed him of his men,
ory for fifty years. During that time,
the son says, the parent was like IL
child, with all knowledge of the hid
ing place Of the gold gone. Before
he died. year ago. his memory of the
gold rush returned to him, and he was
| living again in the past that preceded
his part in the conflict.
1t was during these last moments
that the old man told his son and
the mother where he had buried what
he claimed was a fortune.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
A Sane Christmas,

Following the successful crusade for
"safe and sane Fourth of July" there
followed movement for sane Christ
mas, whatever that may mean. Up to
date there is not much indication that
the contrary, the signs are that Christ
mas this year will be celebrated a little
more enthusiastically than ever before
By the way, this is the time to do that
Christmas shopping.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
THE WORLD OVER.

, 1t is predicted that within a
: few years ships without tunnels
. or boilers, but using oil engines
) as motive power, will be making
, regular passages across the At
. lantic. For submarines such en-
, gines have been almost uni
> versally adopted by the admiral
2 ties of all countries except Eng
. land and the United States.
2 The maximum of British coal
. production was in 1907, when the
: total mined and brought to the
. surface was 267, $4,000 long tons.
= Experiments in COMPRISING
. flour show that its keeping quail
3 ties are prolonged almost indefi-
. nitely by the process. Its bulk is
. decreased by one-third.
. The largest telephone exchange
. in existence is that at Hamburg,
. which is taking care of 10000
. lines at present, but accommoda-
. tions have been made for future
. extensions 50 that this exchange
: will be enabled to take care of
. twice as many lines.
1t IS told of n clock in Brussels
. that it has never been wound by
human hands. 1t is kept going
. by the wind.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15

According to the latest official re-
turns, the number of inhabitants of
China proper. Manchuria and the new
dominion is 312,425,025. And, as we
have pointed out before, observes the
National Review (China), the esti-
mates of China's population have al
ways had tendency to exaggeration,
and even If 100000 be added for
Mongolia and Tibet the total is far be-
low that usually quoted.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15


The room he was In puzzled him.
"'Tisn't a prison and 'tisn't norfis?'
Then the old trouble came uppermost.
'I wish to 'eaven | 'adn't these silly
sandals onr' he cried querulously to
the universe. They give the whole
blessed show away"
His door was flung open, and a COM
pact young man in uniform appeared,
carrying Mr.. Butteridge's portfolio,
rucksack and shaving glass. Il say"
he said in faultless English as he en-
tered. He had a beaming face and a
sort Of pinkish blond hair. Fancy you
being Butteridge!"
He slapped Bert's luggage down.
WED have started" he said, ''in
another half hour. You didn't give
yourself much time"
He surveyed Bert curiously. His
gaze rested for fraction of moment
on the sandals. "You ought to have
come on your flying machine. Mr.. But
teridge."
He didn't wait for an answer. 1.-THE
prince says I've got to look after you.
Naturally he can't see you now, but he
thinks your coming providential. Last
grace of heaven. Like a sign. Hello!'
He stood still and listened.
Outside there was going to and fro
Of feet, a sound Of distant bugles sud
denly taken up and echoed close at
hand; men called out In loud tones
short, sharp, seemingly vital things
and were answered distantly. A bell
tangled and feet went down the cor
ridor. Then came stiffness more
distracting than sound and then Il
great gurgling and rushing and splash
ing of water. The young mans eye
brows lifted. He hesitated and dashed
out Of the room. Presently came a
stupendous bang to vary the noises
without, then distant cheering. The
young man reappeared.
They're running the water out of
the balloonette already"
what water?" asked Bert.
"The water that anchored us. Artful
dodge, eh?"
Bert tried to take it in.
"Of course" said the compact young
man. "You don't understand"
A gentle quivering crept upon Bert's
senses. That's the engine" said the
compact young man approvingly.
Now we shan't be long"
Another long listening interval.
The cabin swayed. by Jove, we're
starting already" he cried Were
startingr
"startingr' cried Bert, sitting up.
"Where?'
"What lark" cried the young man.
Il say! What a laundering lark!
Don't you know? We're off to Amer
ica. and you haven't realized. You've
just caught us by a neck. You're on
the blessed old flagship with the
prince. You won't miss anything.
Whatever's on, you bet the Vaterland
will be there"
us! Off to America ?"
Rather
SIN an airship?"
"What do you Think"
ME! Going to America on an air
ship! After that balloon! Ere! l say,
don't want to go! want to walk
about on my legs. Let me get out! |
didn't understand"
He made dive for the door.
The young man arrested Bert with q
gesture. took hold Of strap, lifted up
panel in the padded wall, and a win
dow appeared. Look he said. Side
by side they looked out.
"Gaw" said Bert. "We're going upv'
1--WE are!" said the young man cheer
fully. EAST"
They were rising in the air smoothly
and quietly and moving slowly to the
throb of the engine athwart the aero
nautic park. Down below it stretched,
dimly geometrical in the darkness,
picked out at regular intervals by glow
worm Spangles Of light One black gan
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15

PROLOGUE OF THE STORY.


ambitious worlds
United
by sudden attack Her arshp consists of dgi
Dachenheger
airship
machine
Butteridge
OF
clothing
i'm to the OF an
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
Socialist Mayors.

The increase of the Socialist vote
throughout the country still continues
the subject of serious discussion among
politicians. 1t was the one surprise of
the late election. One of the most sur
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
The New China.

Despite a few minor reverses the
Chinese rebellion has swept forward
and republics have been proclaimed
in various states of the empire. There
are four possibilities, but none of
them includes the continuance of the
Manchu dynasty. The first is that
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-15
CHAPTER ~.

The War Fleet Starts For America.
~ ERT SMALLWAYS stared about
X him at the room.
"Butteridge! Shall I try to
- keep it up, or shan't 2"
The Southern herald., 1911-04-28

that no garbled reports shall reach
the east.
with some other fellows who are
wintering out in this part Of the
country, went up to the Swan-Hilda
district to play a game Of ball. The
gold miners up there offered US lib
eral terms to come up and play their
picked team and we went. II It had
not been for me the home team there
would still be poor. Now the second
baseman and shortstop are million
aires, and the first and third base
men and pitcher are making money so
fast they don't know what to do with
1t, while the outfielders and the
catcher are selling stock In the east
and expect to develop rich mines on
their territory. And all because of q
slide l made.
The grounds there were laid out on
piece of level land just below the
mountain shelf. The big gold claims
and workings all are higher, and that
particular spot had been prospected
over many times and declared not to
be rich enough in gold to work. So no
one claimed it.
Well, to our surprise, those miners
were giving us hard game and the
score was tied up in the eighth when
l got to first on a hit to left center.
The next batter popped out-and
decided to try to steal second. It
was that steal that made them mil
lionalres. l got away with a running
start, but the catcher made a beauti-
full peg to second and thought was
out, but took a dive in front Of the
bag, pivoted around 1t and got clear
under the baseman. l hit the dirt
so hard that l tore a big furrow in
front of the bag and when got to my
feet / was surprised to see the base
man throw the ball 20 feet away, and
instead Of going after it, he dropped
down and began scratching at the
ground. l saw In an instant that in
sliding had uncovered a streak of
gold-bearing ore-but instead of stay
ing there at second base and becom-
ing a millionaire the desire to win
that game was too strong. l passed
up the millions and tore for third.
When l reached there l saw the sec
ond baseman and shortstop excitedly
stepping OF their claims, and the
others were beginning to do the same,
so sprinted on home with the win.
ming run. BY the time scored and
got back down the field the whole ball
ground was laid of in claims and the
third baseman, who couldn't cover as
much ground as = blanket, was claim.
ing clear out beyond the stand.
The ore l uncovered assayed S3e
ton, and the second baseman and
shortstop were rich right then.
They we're ungrateful. Neither one
offered to take me into partnership
although made the strike, Still, Il
was not as bad as it might have been
When l got back to Los Angeles !
washed my uniform and 1t assayed
$167 in gold dust.
1t pays to hit the dirt.
(cOpyriEht 1911 b. Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Southern herald., 1911-04-28

sisted upca wearing them A hrss
crowd Ct par1isans q beth sides Vas
Ealhce5 around he field. iR buck
boards. carriages. automobiles and On
Their COW ponies. and a delegation Of
cowboys stood holding their ponies,
making a sort Of living fence around
the ball ground. As ! said. ws we're
a run to the good in the ninth in
ming. but the Miners we're last At bat,
and with one man out and a man On
second base the batter hit the ball
far out to left field. The left fielder
saw that he couldn't catch the ball
and running IN sand with those high
hesled boots made him 50 slow that
1t didn't seen possible he ever could
reach the ball and throw il back In
time to head OF the runner coming
from FIRST, and be hardly had q chance
to cut OF the second run and keep
them from beating US right there.
Perkins. the left fielder, sees the
game going away and gets desperate.
He takes a flying Jump onto a COW
pony a friend Of his was holding near
the line and starts to chase that ball
on horseback. Just how he would
have made out don't know. but just
as the eayuse catches up with the
ball it gets scared at seeing the ball
roll, and started to buck never
saw such pitching and bucklng. and
right In the middle Of the perform
anee | sees the ball coming at me
from left field like a fash Of light
The first runner still Is 25 feet from
the plate. The ball came into my NIT
so hard 1t almost knocked me down,
but | stuck to 1t and touched the
runner out What had happened
didn't understand, but found out aft
erward that the bucking broncho had
picked up that ball in his rear shoe
and when he kicked he kicked it from
deep left field straight into my hands
and saved the game for us.
The Southern herald., 1911-04-28

The preaching cross Ia the f-AA
.f Burrinrton. situated amid rualAn
surroundinEs On the northern sloe t
TIE Mendib hills, has. BY the gensEe
lty q Col. Evan H UeFellyas hs
restored Il is recorded that cary
1855 the handsome fifteenth eenfaii
base Of the oross-an that then
msined Of twas removed and u
nzed IN building q new house Tor upl
then parish clerk Happily ne ofn'i
mental dial stone did not share thl
same fate. and this has been ineof'
porated into its original position II
the new cross. Three broad and mas
sivs steps carry the old socket upoa
which rests q tall monolith shafI
which Is crowned by one OF thos'
Iantern-shaped eanopies SO peculiar Q
the west eounry-From the LondoE
Standard.
The Southern herald., 1911-04-28
GREAT MONEY CROP
Seventy Per Cent Of FleeCy Sta
pie Comes From South.
Lands and Climate Exceedingly Well
Adapted to Its Production and
Farmers With intelligence and
Experience Do Their
Work Successfully.

EXTRACTS From Address Of 3. A. Knapp
Delivered at Greenvills, Miss1
What have to say to you Is simply
plain talk to common-sense people
about matters that interest them. l
have not come here to give you en-
couragement unless the facts sub
stantiate It. l have simply come to
tell you the plain truth, and am In
a position to know the truth about
cotton production.
In the general cotton situation you
have some things to your advantage,
not only here but throughout this
southern country. Seventy per cent
of the cotton of the world is produced
In the cotton states Of the United
States. The two great necessities OF
the world as products of the soil are
food and clothing. 1t is seldom in
human history, II ever before, that
one nation has had monopoly of
either Of these great interests. Such
is your peculiar fortune today that
you produce 10 per cent Of the mate
rial that largely clothes the world,
and clothing Is Just as essential as
the food supply.
Look for a moment at the increas-
ing demand for cotton. II you will
note carefully you will observe that
1t has doubled once in about % years.
We may estimate 100000 bales as
q minimum supply on the part Of the
United States for the worlds clothing
at the present time; then turn back
% years and we shall find that lit
tie over 100000 bales we're suffi
cient; and % years prior to that
5000. 900 bales filled the demand; and
% years before that 100000 bales
met the exigencies of the trade. II
we pursue the same line for the fu
ture, In 1892 It will require 26,OO0,0 ,00C
bales, and IN 1854 1t will be necessary
for us to produce 52,0O0,0 900 bales oi
cotton to meet the demands Of com
merce.
Here Is one Of the most wonderful
opportunities for wealth that hal
been known within the historic pc
Rod. Our lands and climate are ex
ceedingly well adapted to the produc
ton Of the fleecy staple, and the In
telligence of the farmers Of the soutl
and their long experience with cottor
have equipped them to do the worl
and do It well. Beside that, our com
mercial interests are founded on tn,
cotton staple, and It Is a tremendou
affair to undertake 10 change the en-
tire economic conditions Of a grea
state or of several states.
The three main features Of cottol
production which we urge are th
seed bed, the seed and the cultivs
ton. l will not discuss these topics
because you are all intelligent PLAN
ers and understand the importance O
having early-maturing varieties Of col
ton, and cotton that puts out fruI
limbs among the Arst branches. Tn
necessity Of keeping the soil in tn
best mechanical condition require
more or less rotation of crops; othe
wise diseases will attack the cotto