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The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
MaN q He Word.

Central" ~ said patiently. "yos
have givsa ne the wrong number
seven times now. II you do 1t agail
l shall report you. I want Weehau
ken 7-5o ""
There was whirring. Q clicking
then clicking whirring.
Hello" he said. is this you
Dolly"
"Yes." answered q sweet voice, put
up to it. of course, BY its fair owner
"This 10 lawrence seelingbass.
called up to tell you that If you don't
marry me I'll 60 to Africa and be sho,
by lions"
"I1l marry you. foolish boy. You've
never asked me before, you know"
What! Who is this!"
Dolly Dartingham."
He hung mp the receiver as II HI
had been shot. Central had given him
the wrong connection again!
On his way to the jewelers. to buy
Dolly Dartinghan . diamond soil
taire he stepped In 1T the Beestons
telephone oGlce to report the opera
tor. for IN an things lawrence seel
insbass was Q man Of his word.-Phil
adslphia Eveaing Tines.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
OLD FRIENDS ARE WITH Us
The Wild Man Of the Wssds and tn
Man Who Won't Give . Tip
Both Here,

Old friends are returning with sum
ner. The wild man. who now emergsa
fron q cave in Connecticut and nou
prefers the Maine woods with . vii
lage near by where he can frightes
school children. is reported a. caught
In rarrytown. N. Y. but he IL prob
ably IN imposter. for he gave biz
naAo and admitted that he was hun
gry. The real wild man IL nameless
and In trackless solitudes or visiting
. settlement is cheerfully omnivorous
and skiilful in obtaining food from M
ture and from man.
And again there IL the formation
Of . National AntiTipping associa
tioa. We read q few days ago Of {
Loa1oner who in one year Travelled
considerably over 100 miles to fint
BARRIERS shops where his ''unbendina
attitude ON the tip question" was un
known and thus spent about $50 Of
bus and cab fares. He soon exhaust
ed London and the suburbs. and now
unable - shave himself, grows ,
beard.
These anti-tipping associations 10
Dor in vain. for there are always foo!
ish men and women. who, not sure O
themselves and wishing to impress
others, tip sztravagantly.-Philip Hal,
In Bostoa Herald.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
MADE ALL THE Difference
Wlfs's Gentle and Refining inHvsnel
Counted, Or Was the Gallant
Colonel Afeaidf

A soldier. being photographed. hap
pened to mention the name Of thl
regiment to which he belonged
whereupon the photographer said
that he had photographed the colonel
Of the sams regiment and showed TN
private . COPY.
WELL" said the soldier, i've ssea
Col. - . good many times ON thu
parade grounds. to say nothing oi
South Africa, and he never looked
like that"
YES" said the photographer. but
you must remember that the colone
was neither on the parade ground
nor In South Africa when he wa
photographed"
We'll. but I've seen him alone, and
he always looks as If he were goins
to jump down your throat. In this
you'd think he couldn't say 'bo' to {
goose. Was he alone when he came
here?"
We'll. no." said the photographer
with unconscious irony. "he had hi
wife with him."
"Oh." said the soldier. thoughtfully
that accounts for it."-Tit-Bits.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
TAKE NATURALLY TO WATER
Without Any laborious
Teaching.

Nearly all animals are better swim
EieIs tlan men and take to the wafer
naturally. while he has to learn to
propel himself. The rhinoceros and
hippopotsmus are wonderful swim
nners and divers. while the Indian ele-
phant crosses great rivers with heavy
loads. The elk and the reindeer are
first class swimmers. The elk keeps
his head abOve water and crosses di-
rectly from bank to bank to avoid
turning. The reindeer. on the other
hand, turns as often as he likes. keep
ing his head only q little above the
surface. But Of all swimmers of all
climes the best. though not the swift
est. Is the polar hear. who passes half
his time iu the water swimming and
diving. His SWIMMING power is moth
ing short OF miraculous II 1t be re-
nselnbered that the water in the reg
ions he frequents 10 invariably cold
and that cold 10 normally prohibitivs
to good swimming. There are bears
that can swim from forty to Atty kilo-
metres without great effort.
Ons of the sviftest swiming ant
mails 10 the squirrel. A sportsman on
one occasion having At hand . squir.
rel born In captivity. which had never
seen water. wanted to ses II II could
swim. and took It with him in . row.
boat to the ceater Of . lake. The
squirrel turned toward the bank. head
and paws above the water. back and
tail underneath 1t. and began to swim
80 rapidly that it was with the great
est dificulty that the man recovered
1t when 1t neared the shallow water
near the land. It is said that even
many nonaQuatic birds will swim like
ducks IL an attempt be made to drown
them.-Harper's Weekly.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Rats and the PLAQUE,

There is theory that the old
brown rats aided the spread OF
plague in Europe, because the fleas
which infest them are more likely to
take up their abode ON human beings
than are the parasites of the Norway
rat. This is hardly demonstrated be-
yond the fact that the cessation Of
plague epidemics in England and west
ern Europe was about coincident with
the Norway rat invasion It seems to
-sTe =..c-a proven IN t,aliforrta thar
The gray rats can spread the infection,
but II the black rats spread 1t faster.
ws may yet be brought to concede
some good In the gray Norway rat
pest that has heretofore driven out it's
older brother.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Mania for Palaees,

The discovery Of an intruder a
Marlborough House. in London. ID
reminiscent Of the adventures Of the
boy Jones" in the early years Of Queen
vlctoria's reign. In December. 1910
he gained access to Buckingham pal
acc and secreted himself there for
several days. He was detected by the
princess royals nurse and handed
over to the police.
The privy council examined him.
but did not think there was any cause
for alarm, and he was sentenced to
three months imprisonment as q
rogue and vagabond. But no sooner
was he at liberty than he maze two
other attempts to enter the palace. On
the last occasion the magistrate gave
him the chance Of enlisting in the
navy, where he was speedily cured OF
his mania ior acquiring royal domi-
-.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
10 the Same Old World.

In reviewing Professor Frank Frost
Abbott's new book. "Ths Common
People Of Ancient Rome" - critic
says: 1T should b. something OF .
corrective to modern conceit to note
how little We have advanced since
paternalism Arst became dominant
in Rome and since the Roman govern
ment prided itself on opening public
baths and washhouses for the people.
Los Angeles is doing that same thing
now and lauds herself as 4 pioneer
in civilization because of It. Diocle-
tian denounced the rich and their
luxuries. attributed to them the high
prices Of necessaries. in language Al
most indentical with q radical newspa-
per Of today. Plautus tells US Of the
trusts that were founded to control
prices and the trust problem was ~
much . reality in ancient Rome a.
1t is today"
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
MAD PMoxocRAPNs IN EeYPT
Reports Ars That oabyioriAn vabase
Also Shows That the Wirsioes
Telegraph WAs known.

We think We are . great people,
said the retired army officer, taking
on his glasses. "and We feel that We
are progressing at q tremendous pace,
but here's newspaper account say
ing that the French government has
unearthed in Babylonia $4,000 tablets,
giving a history in full of the reign
OF the ancient kings. Here we find
for the first time that Babylon. and
not Rome. was the real Mother Of
Laws In those days there was .
system Of courts and Of appeals that
even suggested . recall. Sir. this re-
port also states that In the days OF
Nebuchadnezzar they had q free rural
delivery Of mail over every highway
In the kingdom. And shades of
Grover Cleveland!-It has also beea
proved beyond . doubt that the Egyp-
tian government In 4.6se B. C.. AaA
. perfected system Of civil service.
There ID . record tAat the Arst tur-
bins engine vas inveatsl ~ the
Esyptians. and that ArchinsAss -
vissd this mechaaical eoatrivaaco By
which the Aelds could - Watsesd
whea the Nile vas iov. This b the
same principls that 10 ussA to drive
the latest aAAitioas to ths CsaarAsrs." :"
What shocked the doughty old
American most Of all, says the Ma
tional Magazine. was the iaforma-
tion that four thousand years ago the
phonoEraph was used In ancient
Egypt, and was In reality only per
fected by Edison In the nineteenth
century. There IL evidence also Of
the use Of wireless telegraphy before
the Christian era. while the Esyp-
tia alphabet has proven to be . SCI
entific key to organised human speech.
1t is q hard blow to our self-sufhciency
to find that the banjo Of the southern
plantation with its fascinating
''thrum" only echoes the musical in
struments used by Egyptians in pre-
historic times.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
PROSPERITY CANE IN JUMPS
Ssod Story Frow Which Private
John Allen Drew . Rule to
Guide His Conduct.

Private John Allen. during his long
ssavice as representative of Mississip-
d in congress. was importuned o.
one occasion to make an after-dinner
speech at banquet at which he was
r. be guest.
NO" said the private" Il viii
make before-dinner speech but ncns
after dinner"
When reminded that . before-din
nsf speech was quite out of the -.
Afnary. and was asked for his res
- for desiring to make his speech
before dinner. he told the following
0tory:
There was Q ne'ss-do-well that
nve1 near Tupelo. ny home towa.
eone years ago named Bill Jones.
I'm had brother Bob. who had gone
- Texas quite . while before. and
re0erts said that he vas enjoying .
fair share Of worldly prosperity.
WAsa 4 Texan, froa The town IN
vhaeA Bob had located. came to
fupslo. he looked up Bob. Who said
= him:
Tell Bob that I have Q large fan.
n.y. and things are agatnSt Ne some
~. and II he can give ~ . httls
distance it will be greatly appre
eiateA."
He continued on tkis strain fos
ooDs time SO that the Texan to r.
lisve the situation proposed that they
have a drink. The drink vas dis
posed Of. and Bill was cheered up con
siderably: began to tell what q good
crop he would have this year. etc
Another drink was taken with . like
result, and after about the fourth had
been disposed Of. he slapped the Tex
| an on the back and said:
when you sec Bob. you tell hin
u ~ or any of his friends need any
moaey, Just draw ON me for 1t, an<
they will get it."
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
New York AIimony Club.

The Alimony club in New York. .
name adopted by q coterie Of men
who are undergoing imprisonment
there for default in payment of allow
Rnces to wives from whom they have
separated, held = banquet in Jail ON
Christmas day. Twelve sat down to
. good repast. two Of them having
come back for the occasion. after re-
covering their liberty only two days
before. The popular song. Il Won
der Who's kissing Her Now" was
sung during every toast. and Our Un-
fortunate Successors" was received
hilariously.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
High Prices for Pictures.

have before me the catalogue.
n you went through 1t with me We
should mark the general increase in
prices. and we should see how fash
Ion is a particular and powerful fac
tor In some cases. could show you
6ne Holbein portraits-"Charles
Brandon. Duke OF Suffolk" with the
marked price ESQ Ss: Martin Lu.
ther" and Lady Guilford." ESQ and
E1s respectively; "Anne Boleyn" and
Calvin" together ELS 70. and % ON.
Then We could reflect upon "The
Duchess Of Milan." by the same mas
ter, which was presented to the Ma.
tional gallery by the National Art
Collections Fund at cast OF s72, 900.
London Opinion.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
RECALL Old RECORDS
AMERICA HAS HAD HoRSGo o.
RARE RENoWN.
tatsrsstias compsriso. Of Those ss
Eighty Years Ago With Jerry Ms
Recent Remark able Race
In ireland.

Carrying It's pounds and racing over
turf, making many jumps. Jerry n. An
Irish thoroughbred, covered q distances
Of four miles In ten minutes nat
He 10 considered the greatest horse
in Ireland. and perhaps ON the con
tipent. and in view OF the heavy weight
carried. 10 truly . wonder. But, says
. writer In the Horseshoers' Journal.
what about the old warriors OF the
American turf, those Of the '3os and
'S0s going the same route. working At
tAs trotting gait and covering Dis
taAces In little slower time.
The Dutchman, In May, 1886. On the
Centerville IL. H. course under saA1be
and at the trotting gait. went foar
miles in 1851. The weight carried
BY the horse n not stated. but taAs-
Tag from Hiram Woodruff scaliAg a
leo pounds. without saddle. II 10 eafo
70 say that the Dutchma. carried near.
ly - mscA weight - Jerry n. did
when he woa the Liverpool Grand Ma
tional Steeplschase recently In ten
minutes.
When 1t 10 considered that the
Dutchman worked at the trotting gait.
the performance IL all the greater.
Ten minutes and fifty-one seconds for
four miles was the best of early days.
and the mark was q record for many
years for trotters working under sad
die. Reduced to miles 1t means that
the average for each was 2:42k.
The record for runners for four
miles made previous to 1912. was held
by Fashion, who won over Boston, .
nine-year-old. in 1921 or 1:15H for
each mile covered. The record was
established at Union Course, L. l.. in
May. 1912, the best previous record
for the same distance being held By
Eclipse in . race with Henry over the
same course In May, 1923, the time b.
Ing 1897.
The wonderful prowess of Eclipse
and other horses Of the time was e.
tablished by the fact that they could
repeat the same long distance on the
same day. though not in time ~
last ~ the Arst heat. Eclipse in his
race worked under the three in nve
plan, and each heat was made in time
- follows: First heat. 1897: second
heat, 7:4S: third heat, 8:24. This was
In 1923. SO years ago. when blood was
put to test, the four miles route b.
ing not an uncommon thing to wit
ness.
Tracing the lines Of the thorough
breds back into history. how many
times We see the name Of Eclipse men
toned; his blood intermingles with
the very select Of the present day.
and the reason why il easily seen.
Time has not bade great changes in
the thoroughbred line II the perform.
anees Of Eclipse are figured up.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
aasrkss 70, shars.s, Ilvsr on.

II has bsen proposed to start in Ma
iaysia . small export trade in sharks
liver oil. This oil 10 refined In Eu-
rope and sold a. cod liver oil. In Oc
tober the ocean sharks come into the
lagoon. between the barrier reef and
the atolls. to pair. At this time they
can be speared in large numbers BY
people skilled In catching them. There
are several species Of these sharks
and they ordinarily run from seven
to fifteen feet in length. The girth of
an ordinary shark 10 the same A. its
length. and an eleven-foot shark
would b eleven feet around the body.
The liver Of . shark Of this sise gives
about i've gallons Of oil. The oil
brings SIS Q ton. The sharks are
found in pairs and the harpooners try
to kill the male first, in which case
they are able to also spear the female.
A. It does not desert its mate.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
stiil, II Seemed Warm.

A Cherryvale merchant came home
from the breeze Of an electric fan and
three iced cakes last night and said
Deevishly to his wife: "You can GER
tainly get this house good and warm.
What do you do to do IT." And the
wife replied meekly. ~ she pushed
back the few struggling hairs and
nailed them in place with . grinning
wire hatpin: II don't see why 1t IL
hot: I put . ham ON to boil at six
o'clock this morning md baked bread.
and did little ironing, and while I
had the oven hot baked q batch of
cookies and . couple Of pies and heat
ed the water for the children's baths
and scrubbed the floor. But haven't
had any IRE to speak Of except to
broil . steak and bake some potatoes
since fve o'clock this afternoon. 1t
seems kind Of coollike to me."-Cher-
ryvale (Kan.) Journal.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Sick and Tired Of II.

Grocie was entertaining unexpect
"a visitors while her mother dressed,
and the ladies. during lull in the
rather strained conversation, fell
to spelling out sentences about her.
"Rather quaint child" said one,
trusting to the child's implied ignor-
ance of her letters.
Yes" complained Oracle before the
pther lady could reply. ~but she can't
help It. an she's awful tired of being
called Quaint
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Oldest Nswspapsr.

The Itching Pao." which is the ON
cial gazette Of Peking. and has just
celebrated its thousandth anniversary,
Is the Oldest newspaper in the world.
Ever since its inception. a copy of
each Issue has been carefully pre-
served in the archives of the Peking
palace. Accuracy has always been
the keynote of his paper. and, in sew.
der to maintain its high standard, sew.
eral Journalists on it's staff in the past
paid the penalty of mistakes with
their lives. Dismissal, and, at the
worst, Imprisonment, is the punish
ment meted out at present.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Fraal o. aaLsas;,.

Captain PeacoclIe. Of Los Angeles,
whose name might indicate a sym
pathy with the feathered race, has .
pet goose Of the handsome variety
known as Russian swan" The bird
few upon his land three years ago.
and has become domesticated to such
an extent that he follows the captain
like a dog and searches in his pock-
cts for popcorn or crackers. When
the pockets are empty the "swan"
looks disconsolate, like q dog who
has received g harsh word when he
expected q pleasant one.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Road Accident. In Great Britain.

A marked increase in the number Of
road accidents is noted in the United
Kingdom. The total rose from 2S.023
in 1909 to 35.210 in 1911, OF which mo-
tor vehicles caused 20.226 Statistics
for the London metropolitan area show
that every one hundred motor cabs
killed five times a. many persons and
injured tfres times ~ many n svusy
me hundred AofssdrAvn GAIA
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Has Learned pIff1cuIt LANGUAGE.

Mrs. H. J. Camp. the first white
woman who ever made permanent
missionary homo in Central Arabia.
is now engaged IN special charitable
work in Maine. Mr.. Camp speaks and
reads Aralse - . 1attyo.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
Nla,ltheid
Reehn4

We want builders to zee us
about roofing.
We want to demonstrate why /
is to your advantage to roof
your building with Malthoid
Roohng-and we will do this -
your complete satisfaction.
We will show you beyond any
question that Malthoid is the
very highest type Of
roofing perfection and made -
well that it will last n long
as the building it covers.
We will show you thar Malthen
is \ better roofing than
shinglcs-is more satisfactory
than iron-is cheaper than tin
in fact, we can prove thzt
there is no other roofing known
to the building trade that
is as good
as durable
as long lasting
as water proof
as FIRE resisting and as cheap -
Malthoid Roofing.
1t has got every other brand a
ready roofing marking time
while it is progressing
there is more of it sold
on the Pacific Coast than an
other brands combined and 4
speaks well for the
intelligence of builders that
this is so.
The makers of
Malthoid Roofing
The Paraffine Paint Co.
of San Francisco
and Chicago Heights,
know their business for they
have been at it
for twenty-eight years and
they not only make this roofing
tc sell but they make it to last
and to please the people who
buy it.
They would rather have the
good viii Of the builder than
his moncy-and they get both
fiv me way they make
Alaithoid Roofing.
Il vsu have roof troubles of any
kind or of any description-no
na,esr What kind of a roof
- -Soar building, SEQ
rs At once and we viii help
b 'nv pgt of vour difficulty.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
II These pavs.

IAN the worlds a stage. you know"
ses, but not all the men and wom-
en- are actors, Some have to sit In
front aud look at the moving rio-
tures..
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16
The elsaxssi Lumber { Mfg. esapaa
Glenwood Springs, Colorado

The Post calls the attention Of Al
candidates to the fact that We have
large stock of campaign cards aA4
stand ready to print them in arst-sAD
order snd sl short nstiee.
The Glenwood post., 1912-11-16

o.a -. e. 9. q - -
The Washington herald., 1912-09-17
MOUNTED BLUECOAT
HIT BY AUTOIST
H. Bradley Davidson, Driving Ma.
chine, Throws Sergt. Russell
and Horse Thirty Feet.

Blinded by the dazzling glare Of two
big acetelyne searchlights on the front
of a racing car speeding toward him. H.
Bradley Davidson, president of the Real
Estate Trust Company. drove his heavy
touring car into the launches OF a horse
ridden by Sergt. Samuel L. II. Russell.
OF the Tennalleytown police substation.
last night, knocking the animal and rider
thirty feet and nearly killing both.
Davidson. with a party OF friends, was
driving north in Wisconsin Avenue near
Nebraska Avenue, returning to his coun-
try home at Bethesda, Nd, when he saw
Sergt. Russell riding at a canter just
ahead of him. Davidson thought he
would have no trouble in passing the
horseman in the wide road.
Sergt. Russell kept ahead of the Dav-
idson machine for some distance, and
then the racing car, whose driver is un-
known to the police. was seen whizzing
southwark. approaching Russell at high
speed. The dazzling lights on the car
frightened RusSells horse and the police
sergeant had difficulty in controlling the
animal. The horse pranced backward.
Davidson. also blinded by the lights
on the other car. could not see Russell,
and was just throwing on the brakes
when the front of his machine struck the
horse. The animal leaped forward just
as 1t was struck. Russell was thrown
over the horses head and landed in a
ditch. Davidson stopped to aid Russell.
but the police sergeant was not badly
hurt.
The horse cut and bleeding. was not
badly hurt, although neither Russell nor
The Washington herald., 1912-09-17
SEEK LETTERS
FOUND IN FLAT
OF TWO GUNMEN
Justice Golf Continues John Doe
Proceedings to Get Posses
sion of Missives.
BREAK DOWN OF WIVES FOLLOW

New York. Sept. 16.-Mysterious letters
containing discriminating evidence against
Lefty Louis" Rosenberg and "'Gyp the
Blood Horowitz reported to have been
spirited away by the police from the
Brooklyn fiat in which the two gunmen
and their brides were arrested. furnished
the sensation of the day in the graft
investigation.
Justice John W. Gofr announced that
he would continue the John Doe" inves-
tigation begun to-day until 1t was learn
ed definitely whether the police had
found any such letters, or if the system
had succeeded in destroying or suppress
ing any evidence found in the alleged
murderers' apartments. The police al
lege that they broke in the door when
they arrested Rosenberg and Horowitz
but investigation to-day revealed both
lock and door in perfect condition.
Another man entered the case to-day
when II was learned that one Morris
Goldstein, whose name Horowitz some
times used as an alias, was in reality
go-between for the murderers and their
friends, who saw to their needs. Gold
stein is now a fugitive. Samuel Kramer.
who was arrested with Horowitz and Ro-
seizweig, was identified to-day as one Of
the men present at the killing of Rosen-
thai.
Lillian Horowitz and Lillian Rosenberg.
girl brides of the two gun men, spent the
day in Criminal Court. They have be-
gun to break down, and to-day told con-
ficting stories regarding the actions of
their husbands just before they were ar
rested. Both have been held as material
witness.
Horowitz to-day declared through his
lawyer, ex-Magistrate Wahle, that both
he and Rosenberg visited Manhattan sew
eral times since the Rosenthal murder.
On August Is they had a heated argu-
ment as to whether they should surren-
der themselves. At this time they were
standing within a block of police head
quarters. Horowitz and Rosenberg were
arraigned early this forenoon-o the in
dictment charging them with the murder
of Herman Rosenthal. They will plead
September Is.