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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22

Brilliant Scheme Of Foreetful Hus-
bard Slightly MARRIED by circum-
stantial Evidence.

II was the early hours Of the
morning, and not yet light, when
Brown woke up with a sense of inn
pending dread.
He had suddenly remembered
that it was lis wife's birthday, and
he had bought her no present. And
Mrs. Brown would want to know
why.
All, an idea! Creeping stealthily
downstairs, he put very large
plate on the hall table and then,
still silently let the dog into the
house. The preparations were COM
plete.
"Many happy returns Of the day,
my dearp he chortled. GAS it is
your birthday, / have got a little
surprise for you. Be quick, and
come downstairs and see it"
Full of anticipation, the good
lady followed him and was just in
time to see him kick the dog out of
the house and stare in amazement
at the empty plate.
off that wretched dog hasn't eat
eli all the beautiful cake l brought
home for you last night" he cried,
in well-acted anger.
But he had overlooked one little
fact. The dog had worn his muzzle.
1t took long time to explain the
incident away.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
TEMPORARY MEMBER ONLY.

Lincoln Steffens, the well known
writer, believes in free speech-the
right to say anything, any time, and
anywhere. And he has organized a
club to that effect.
A short time ago Mr.. Steffens
made speech advocating his theo-
ries. AT the end he invited those
who would to join his Free Speech
club" Only one man accepted the
invitation.
He said: "I'd like to join your
club long enough to tell you what l
think about it."-Everybody's Maya
zine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
rlREMENs DOUBLE DANGER.

While copperheads, rattlers and
adders writhed over the floor, and
tarantulas and other poisonous in
sects darted here and there, firemen
recently fought blaze in a bird and
snake store in San Antonio, Tex.
The reptiles became liberated when
the streams of water shattered the
boxes in which they were confined.
Five hundred parrots were suifocated
and $50 snakes were roasted to
death.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
PRIMITIVE COFFEE MIL

Coffee must undergo considerable
treatment before it is ready for the
coffee pot. The great coffee planta-
tons in South America, today are
equipped with modern machinery,
but in out of the way places the old
primitive methods of handling cof-
fee are still in vogue. The outer
covering of the coffee bean must be
removed before the berry can be
dried. This pulping, as it is called,
necessitates an immense amount Of
labor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
RESENTED SLUR ON VICTORIA
"Orator" on London Street Found
Crowd Put a Decided Limit
on Free Speech.

At Marlborough street John Bon
mar Thompson, a public speaker,
was charged with doing an act cal
culated to provoke a breach of the
peace whilst lecturing in Hyde
Park.
William Buckley, an ex-police
constable, said he heard the accused
referring to the late Queen Victoria
as a gin drinker. The crowd round
the prisoner became very excited,
and, constable arriving on the
scene, the accused was arrested.
William Hollins, a painter, said
the crowd shouted to the prisoner
"You ought to be whipped"
The prisoner, in defense, said he
was socialist, but he denied refer
ring to the late Queen Victoria as
alleged.
Mr.. Mead said that if the pris-
oner had any regard for his own
skin he had better not repeat his
conduct. He would have to pay a
fine Of 40 shillings, or in default GO
to prison for a month.
The Prisoner-Can / have time
to pay?
Mr.. Mead-No.-London Daily
News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
TO THE RESCUE.

81 suppose by this time you
have more money than you know
what to do with" said the old ac-
quaintance.
'No," replied Mr.. Dustin Stax ;
81 haven't more than / know what
to do with. But l might be a little
puzzled about it now and then if l
didn't get a lot of helpful advice on
the subject from mother and the
girls"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22

"My press agent says that 1 am
going to Venice as soon as the show
closes"
"And Pm going to tour Japan.
By the way, let's hit some manager
for a concert hall job"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
CLEAN JOKE.

"What queer IDEAS of business
women hayew
"What makes you say that?"
"My wife's been reading the pa
pers, and she asked me 10 get her g
tub suit at one Of those wash sales"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06

CELIA, donde sc ha implantado va la
quinta, con gran descontento de los In
digenas En- otra OCCASION tai vez es-
ia transcedental novedad no hubiera
producido el NAL efecto que al presente,
pero precisamente sc da ell case, ahora.
Gle que ell mundo musulman, desde las
orlllas del Atlantico hasta las estebas
del Asia Central, sc halla EN- violenta
efervecencia, al yer como Francia Es-
pafla atacan ell Mogreb; Italia Tripoli
y Turqula mientras Russia por su parte.
Sc esta metiendo arteramente en- Per-
sia.
Claro esta que no hay otro remedio.
pues, para atender la denomination de
Marruecos ha sido precise dejar POGO me-
nos que desguarnecida a Argelia. pero
no Sc puede negar que tai disposition ha
sido aventurada Por ahora no tienen
peri6dicos los hebreos, pero hacen sus
veces los morabitos, que Sc apresuran
contar a SUI manera los triunfos de los
islamitas, y, como es natural, maldita
La gracia que ha de hacerles a los
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06

braci6n que ell caduco imperio de los
osmanleH la tierna republica de los lu-
sitanos. Parece que estan firteando
Gretchen y Jonh Bull, ESQ no es NADIA
tranquilizador Hablase de que In
gaterra cederia a Alemania la isla de
Zanzibar, que hoy es un verdadero gra-
no en- la nariz para el sudeste africa
no-aleman, a cambio de no meterse EN-
sus planes references al Golfo Persico.
pero no es ESQ 10 grave sino que Sc ha-
bla tambien de un acuerdO anglo-ale-
man relative las coloniaS pOrtugueSaS,
y como es impossible que "ganen todos -
claro esta que a alguien habra de to-
earle la de perder
Mientras Sc trata de suavizar aspere-
zas entire angl0-sajones Y tudescoS, eSoS
empiezan de nuevo a refunfunar por 10
de Marruecos, haSta ell punto de que la
Post dice que Ell vista de que Fran
cia moleSta cuanto puede los alemanes
para obligarleS abandonar a Marrue-
cos Sc envlen buqueS de guerra aquellaS
aguaS. No es de Greer que Alemania
repita ell golpe de Agadir, que de un
trlS lie vino no provocara una ruptura
de hostilidades; pero de todos suertes
Sc We que no reina la mayor cordiahdad
de relaciones entire los pueblos de aquen-
de y allende los VoSgos.
La question moghrebina Sc pone, la
verdad, mas fea de cada vez no faltan
va muchos franceses, ,-aparte de NJ. Jau-
res que reprueban la politica que Sc
ha venido siguiendo. Ell empeno del
triste Sultan Muley Hafid ese Boadil
en- trasladarse a Rabat es te-
mible, pues va orillas de la mar po-
1ria salir con alguna estrindencia de |
abdicaci6n, y quien sabe 81 ell pander
10 acudiria para enjugarle las lagrimas |
Y facilitarle su traslado a algtIn deli |
'OS ejercicios de poeta.
Ese hombre es un pehgro continue,
para los suyos y para los otros, sin ha-
olar del mefstofelico Ell Morki, cuyas
bien sc We que tienen no
loble, sino triple o cuadruple fondo.
Tn notable escritor ell corresponsal |
lie La Depeche' - en- Paris, dice este
prop6sito:
80 que resulta cierto, en- medic de
tanto desorden, de tanto trastorno Y de |
tanta incertidumbre es que la conquista |
que Sc anmciaba tan facil y |
tan fecunda por los medios pacificos de |
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06
= LEAN =
LAS sIGulENTEs LiNEAs :
cUANToS SUFREN De CALENTURAS

Una mujer, de nombre Peral, de 26 amos
de edad, venia minada por la fiebro
desde hacia cinco amos. p' sar de su
juventud tenia ell verdadero aspecto
de la edad decrepta; la tez terrosa, los
ojos apagados, las piernas hinchadas y
tan voluminoso ell vientre que cualquiera
la habria supueso pr6xima al alumbra-
miento. Tan voIuminoso tenia tambien
el bazo, que, al decir de su m6dico, la
bajaba haSta II vientre. Dasde su matri-
mono que 81 r~monta una epOca de
seis amos antes, habita una casa bastante
bien situada en- apariencia, en- mitad de
una colina, pero dominando ell extreme
uas estrecho del e>tanque de MeillerS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06

arabes y cabilefios (bereberes) de Arge-
liza que les obliguen a coger el chopo con-
ira sus correligionarios.
De ahi que, con sobrada raz6n, excla-
me un distinguido periodista frances.
! va Sc han senalado aqui y ALA es-
peciulmente en- Cellys, manifestations
indigenas de caracter inquietante. Sin
exagerar NADIA, pu6dese afrmar que la
poblaci0n indlgena Sc halla desconten-
ia, por entero. Ahora, bien; tenien-
do en- cuenta 10 impulsivos que son los
arabes Y 10 resueltos que son los ca
bilenos, del descontento la revuelta
no media veces mas que el espesor de
una plancha de tai adiunto de ayunta-
miento miXto de tai sargento de un
puesto aislado. Lo confeso sin rodeos;
no estoy NADIA tranquilo." /"
Conste que NADIA hemos hecho por
nuestra\ cuenta, y que los datos estan
tomados de los mismos peri6dicos fran
ceses.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06

consecuencia de este desprenle miasmas
que son los que habian causado la
fiebre en- la desgraciada muer.
Su medico queria hacerla cambiar de
habitaci0n, perO este era impossible
causa de que los esposos Peral no tenian
medios de fortuna. Solamente poseian
dicha casa, la cual habita1, y no podian
tan facilmente vpnderIa
FL medico prescrib0 entonces vino de
Quinium Labarraque la dosis de dos
cOpitas despues de cada comida Ounce
dias mas tarde, la febre habia cesado
cOmpletamente, habianSe presentado de
nuevo ell sueno y ell apetto, y la hincha-
ION habfa tambien desaparecido.
La mujer Peral ha continuado despueS
habitando la casa, y, por conSi9liente,
ha vivido siempre bajo la influencia de
los miasmas malsanos del estanque de
Meillers, pero ell VINO de Quinium abar-
raque la ha curado tan perfectamente
que jamas ha vuelto va tener febre.
Ell uso del Quinium Labarraque la
dosis de una dos cOpitas despu6s de
cada c0mlda baSta para curar en- POGO
tempo la fiebre mas rebelde invete-
rada, y la curaci0n obtenidn por este
medic es mas radical Y mas segura que
empleando la quinina s0la causa de que
dicho medicamento contiene todos los
demas principles actiyOs de la Quina,
que compIetan la acci0n de la quinina.
En- efecto, como quiera que ell Qui-
MUM Labarraque tiene por base un ex-
tracto complete de quina que contiene
todos los principles TITLES de la preciosa
corteza, estos principles van disueltos
en- ell vino que sirve de vehiculo, que es
de los mas exquisitos y de las mejores
marcas de Espana. 1
En- los paises propicios engendrar la
fiebre, ALI donde ell enfermo no puede
menos que permanecer en- medic de los
miasmas que dieron origen su enfer-
medad, alli es, sobre todo, donde SO
aprecia mejor la acci6n Incompatible
mente superior del Quinium Labarraque,
sobre cualquier otro remedio.
Por virtud de su eficacia, asi como
por ell asombroso ndmero de curaciones
realizadas con este remedio, la Academia
de Medicina de Paris ha dado SUI apro4
baci6n la formula del Quinium Labar<
raque, distinction que rara vez Sc otorga
y que prueba la confanza que los en-
fermos de todos los paises dcben tener
en- este remedio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06

la penetration economical diplomatica
es hoy, gracias a nuestras faltas, una
empresa formidable y compleja que exi-
gira, que va eXige, inmensos sacrifcios
en- hombres dinero.
En- suma, difcultades con Espana, mas
agudas que nunca, a 10 que Sc dice; diff
cultades con Muley Hafid; dificultades
en- fin de orden militar en- todo Marrue-
cos, deSde ell Mulaya, EN- que Sc prOclama
la guerra santa, hasta las puertas de
Casa blanca, donde nos es menester sos
tener sangrientos combates contra los
Zemur Tai es el cuadro POGO alagueno,
pero fel, de la situaci6n en- que nos en-
contramOS.
Pensaron los franceses que todo ell
monte era oregano, y resulta que sufrie-
ron una equivocaci6n, como les esta pa
sando los italianos en- Tripoh Esa
Africa del Norte ha sido siempre' ca
tastr0ica" para los que en- ella Sc han
metido desde las cruzadas hasta la fe-
cha, y nuestra historic registra doloro-
sisimos desastres que han tenido por tea
tro aquellas costas tan funestas: la
matanza de la isla de los Gelbes (jerda) ;
en- el tremendo naufragio de las escua-
dars de Carlos V en- Argel la derrota de
Medinacei; la luctuosa jornada de o.
Reilly, y no recordamoS Alcazarquivir
por ser cosa agena.
Sea como fuere, no Sc puede negar
que Francia, por culpa de sus colonis-
tas, Sc halla metida Ell un berengenal,
| Y nos apresuram0s manifestar que
| no 10 decimos nosotros, sino eminentes
publicistas ultrapireneaicos.
Sirya de ejemplo, entire otros hechos,
10 que esta pasando actualmente EN- Ar
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06
Revista extranjera

Sin necesidad apenas de disparar un
tiro sc han apoderado los italianoS de
la isla de Rodas, famosa por ell coloso
que antiguamente cerraba su puerto y
era contado entire las siete maravillas
del mundo
Es una adquisici6n que honra los
criStianos. 81 recOrdamos que perteneci6
a los caballeros de San Juan de Jerusa-
lem, durante los siglos XIV, XIV y par
te del siguiente hasta que fueron arro
iados de ALI por SolimanII. despueS de
un memorable sitio. Italia podria por
10 tantO, 81 quisiera, reivindicar su pose
ci6n a guisa de representante de los ca
balleros susodichos. No ha ser menos
que fueron los espanoles, los france
ses y los ingleses, al echar de la isla de
Malta a los infeleS y quedarSe con ella.
De esta isla, situada al Sudoeste de
la Anatolia, salieron aquellos radios que
colonizaron la costa levantina de Espa-
ia deiando Su nombre Rosas. del Am
purdan. Tiene unos 1900 Kilometres
cuadrados de superfcie, 80 kilometres
de longitud Y 80 de latitud Y cuenta
10000 habitantes No es precisamente
un paraiSo, nj tampoco Sc puede cali
fear de poSici0n eStrategica. de manera
que Sc comprende la poca impression que
la ocupacion de eSa asiatica ha ocasio-
nado en- Turquia
No es Greer, por 10 tanto, que esta ia
Gil conquista,-fa pOr 10 prOnto-,ha
ga adelantar muy mucho la paz entire
las dos nacioneS contendientes Por
su parte las grandes potencias no Sc
han alarmado en- 10 mas minimo de 10
cual han deducido caviloSos que esta pro
ximo el dia del fallecimento del HON
bre enfermo y el reparto de sus res
tos entire la jauria que los espera, pero
sin negar que pudiera ser asi, quizas
sea precipitarse el pensar en- tan prom
to fin.
FL reparto de Turquia daria lugar a
la mayor cOnfagraci6n de que jamas ha-
va sido teatro Europa. Jamas Sc po-
dra conSentir que Russia sea duena de los
Dardanelos del B0sforo jamas accede-
ra Austria a que Italia Sc haga duena
de la costa oriental del Adraco; jamaS
Sc avendra Servia que Sc consttuya
la Gran Bulgaria, nj Bulgaria a que
llegue a fOrmarse la Gran Servia AIDE
mas. Turquia es hoy una naci0n que de
hechO Sc halla bajo la esfera de in
fuencia de Alemania, Y a esta no lie con
vendra jamas perder tan buen cliente.
Sabese por el Memorial Diplomatique
que 81 los canOnes de los fuertes de los
Dardanelos hicieron tan buenos dispa-
ros Sc debi6 a que los artilleros, tanto
soldados como ofciales, eran alemanes.
Sc ha querido sacar partido de la re-
pentina salida de los embajadores de
Alemania Austria en- Constantinopla
para slls respectivos paises, suponiendo
que ESQ signifca ell abandono de Tur-
quia a su suerte, pero despues Sc ha
visto que no habia tai prop6sito y so
10 Sc trataba de una coincidencia.
Por mas que nuestras simpat1as va
yan naturalmente un pals tan ilustre
como Italia, madre de nuestra civih-
zaci6n, ,-Grecia es la abuela y Egipto
el bisabuelo,-no Sc nos puede ocultar
que La empresa que ha acometido esta
LENA de difcultades y habra de tardar
en- verla Nevada cumplido termino.
Tai vez cora mas peligro de desmem-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-06

Ahora bien,
ese estan-
que que
alimenta 4
un molino
de pan mo-
Ter, esta
completa-
mente SecO
en- veranO
hasta la mi
tad de su
extension,
~ ~ ~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

4O411 Havana 44cA1 OSA ASNNAA&4JI Az
will be erected in Arlington cen
Tins of the Maine disaster.
Wanted Him to. Wait.
"The late Justice Harlan said
a Washington lawyer, was an
advocate of temperance in eating,
in drinking, in the use of tabocco
in all things.
Justice Harlan, praising tenn
perance at a lawyers banquet,
once told a story about a young
wife. who said to her husband:
Jack, dear, l do wish you
would stop drinking. Every time
you go to one of these banquets of
yours, you get up. the next morn
ing pale and tired;<you wont eat
anything, you Just gulp down
nine or-ten. glasses of water. Do
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

stop drinking, wont you, dear? I
know it's bad for you.
but all great men have been
drinking men, Jack grumbled.
Look at Webster, look at Poe,
look at Charles Lamb, look at
Grant, look ....
"'Well,' interrupted the wife,
you just promise, dear, that
you'll quit drinking till you're
great, and I'll be satisfied -
New York Tribune.
They've discovered copper in
Ireland. But Irish copper has
been known to New York for
many year.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

occasionally steamed in from New Or
leans. On Sundays We had cold meat
for dinner, being Scotch Presbyterians
and doing our cooking on Saturdays
Trials at the courthouse and once a
year a wagon circus were our only ex-
citing entertainments. I began going to
court when I was ten years old. The
speeches heard persuaded me to be a
lawyer. ! might have wanted to be a
clown or an animal trainer II the circus
had come oftensr.
We Presbyterians always looked upon
Princeton as the one college in the North
that was suitable for Southern students.
That's why l went there. l took law.
however at Harvard Law firms in New
York frequently send to the law schools
tor young men to act as clerks and work
up small cases. A member OF the Har-
ward faculty submitted my name in an
swSr to such an application. ] was paid
S q week and remained on a salary for
two years. Ny first case was tried in
the appellate division of the Supreme
Court. II was a big adventure, thought.
My second case brought me back TO
earth again with a thud. I appeared for
ice on the sidewalk and was amenable
under the law to a fine amounting to 8.
My father financed me into my own
once. made acquaintances, among
them a Mr.. Quigley, who had been a
stock broker. He employed ME as his
lawyer. So began a permanent Glen
tage. Acquaintance are indispensable
in law, medicine, and all kinds Of busi-
ness. Also l got into politics. Tam
many Hall, though I am not a men,
Der OF the organization, nominated me
for the Assembly. or State Legislature.
was beaten, however, because l ran
in a Republican district. Remittances
from home and Hamburg soon ceased.
ANY young lawyer can succeed in New
York II he has some talent for his pro-
fession. works ten hours a day. and is
careful. sensible, and reliable"
But" l said, you haven't touched so
far on the initiative and referendum"
MY mind is in a state OF suspension.
can argue the case either way to my
own satisfaction. I'll quote a saying of
Gov. Wilson and then let the matter
to your own reflection. The initiative
and referendum, he says, is merely a
gun behind the door"
(CopyriEht, lOIs, by James b. MorruWO
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
THE WOOD BUTCHER.
Fruu the NatouL MaE.Iins

Erum the National Maga1ins.
Cutting through a side street in the
uptown district Of New York the other
day I came across still another OF the
many unusual occupations OF a great
city. Half a dozen poor men. on every
one OF whose faces the ravaEes Of drink
told a tale, were engaged IN breaking
up the refuse lumber from a row Of old
brownstone fronts that were coming
down. A good deal OF this wood might
have been put to better uses, as the
genial boss" admitted when asked
about it. I've driven them away a
dozen times" he said. but they always
come back. It's the only way some OF
those poor wretches have Of turning a
penny. and it's a fact that scores OF
men ali over New York make a living
at 'butchering' old wood the year
round" II costs them nothing but the
labor OF breaking the wood up into kin
ding lengths. Their ''hatchet' 10 q
heavy stone, which they lift and drop,
keeping a hold on It for balance.
Strangely enough this does the work far
quicker and better than any tool ever
invented for the purpose. The product
is gathered up into -four sacks that
originally held fifty pounds. These are
packed and heaped over and the whole
is secured by a string Such a faggot
OF excellent dry kindling contains fully
ten times as much as the average bundle
OF kindling that fetches two cents at the
corner grocery.
a poor old tramp. one who Is not too
far gone with rheumatic" or consump-
tion, and who is still reasonably active
despite whatever disabilities he may pos
sess, can break and pack one Of these
bagfuls in fifteen to twenty minutes. so
that where pickings are reasonably good
and the building boss is not a despot, he
can earn quite $50 a day. But it is a
highly itinerant occupation, full Of vicis-
situdes and his work seldom averages
anything like this. On wet days. of
course, he cannot work at all: at many
places he is repulsed before he has fairly
begun his foraging, and at others his
''ind" is often pre-emted by others OF
his kind and occupation who arrive on
the ground almost simultaneously.
But the wood butcher is never driven
on by his own kind. There Is a crude
honor and even klndliness among these
and 1t is a Medean law
that they must share TO the utmost
Of mendicants make this wood butcherIng
a regular occupation. There is q steady
demand for their product from the
cheaper class Of boarding and lodging
houses of the East and South sides, and
also from the tenement houses. Some Of
the wocd butchers have established regu-
lar routes OF customers. One husky fell
low to whom I spoke about his occupa-
tion informed me with q CHEEKY counte-
nance as he lifted his stone to crust a
bit of two-inch scantling. that he was
still filling Saturday orders, and this was
the following Monday.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
PIucky Girl. Cool in Danger.

FrOm the PittsburF Dispatch.
Two hundred girls employed on the
fourth floor Of the United Woolen Mills
Company's big tailoring establishment in
this city made their escape down the
buildings fire escape this afternoon wnen
the place was set afire by a gas explo-
sion on the third floor of the structure,
directly under them.
Notwithstanding the fact that the ex-
plosion had lifted some OF them from
their chairs the girls proceeded without
the slightest sign Of a panic and began
climbing down the fire escapes. None OF
them was injured, although several
tainted following the ordeal. The girls
were aided by the men working in the
shops on the third floor.
Their nerve, coupled with perfect dis
cipline and the buildings up-to-date fire
escape equipment undoubtedly saved
many lives. The explosion was caused by
one Of the workmen searching for a gas
leak with q match. Three men were in
tured.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-26
His Quarter.

From the HOusekeepeT
Il approach you in a worthy cause. Mr..
Titewad. We want to raise 800, OOO-a
prominent philanthropist offers to con-
tribute 4 quarter OF It"
'oh. well.' said Mr.. Titewad hastily,
Il don't mind giving another quarter.
Can you change a half?''