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Protection Which Protects

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May 25th, 1912 This speech has been
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The Trials Of A Traveller

Il am travelling salesman" E. E
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Indigestion till ! began to use DR..
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found an excellent remedy For siI
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ANOTHER BOLT?

Just after the republican convention
in Chicago the New York World said:
"When Mr.. Roosevelt left Chi
cago he was generous enough to say
that if, at the coming Bull Moose
convention, it appeared that some
other man was the choice of the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01

What splendid quality courtesy is
and how it helps the wheels of public
and private life to move smoothly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01

How people can live in the country
without strawberry bel is u mystery.
BY planting early, medium and late
sorts, the seasons last pretty nearly a
month, week af.,r rasl berries are
ripe. l often have both OF the break
fast table. az & if there any thing better
than Strawberries and cream in May or
strawberry preserves and hot biscuit in
j January, I've yet to see it, and I've
eaten my way joyously pretty nearly all
over the world. And to think those of
us lucky enough to own bit of ground
could have all that goodness, just by
taking a little extra trouble, and we do
without rather than bestir ourselves. -
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, in The Pro-
gressive Farmer.
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Smyrna times., 1912-04-24

The "Friends of Old Drawers"
have engaged Rev. Charles E. Erd-
man, D. D., a professor in Prince
ton Theological Seminary to preach
the morning sermon at the annual
reunion to be held at Drawers
church on the first Sunday in June.
Hon. John Bassett Moore, we'll
known in Delaware, will make the
address in the afternoon.
Rev. DR.. Lightbourne, minister
of the Peoples Christian Church, of
Dover, will leave the last of this
month to attend a convention at Elon
College, Elon. N. c., April 80 to
May 8. After the convention he
will go to Greensboro. N. c., to
deliver a series of evangelistic ser
mons in the First Christian Church.
DR.. Lightbourne will be gone two
weeks.
Picking a small pimpIe with a
cambria needle, Miss Orpha Warren.
aged %, of Laurel paid the penalty
of death from blood poison Thursday
night. The pimple was beneath
one eye which swelled Immediately
and soon closed following the appli-
cation of the needle. Doctors could
do nothing to save her, a weak
heart battling all efforts to revive
her.
Miss Mary Davis Johnson, the
oldest daughter Of the late Sheriff
John Hayes johnson, of Sussex
county, and Clarence Cubbage, a
prosperous young farmer of Kent
county, oldest son of the Hon.
Luther S. Cubbage, of the Delaware
Legislature, we're quietly married
Thu Iday, April IL, at Lincoln City
by ". William p. Taylor.
The annual shad dinner of the
Sons of Delaware will be held at
the Hotel Richardson Saturday,
May 4. The Philadelphians will
come on a special train, arriving at
Dover about one o'clock. They will
be met at Dover station by Local
committee and will be shown points
of interest in automobiles. The
planked shad dinner will take place
at the Hotel Richardson at si1
O'Clock in the evening.
Belva A. Lockwood, the only
woman who ever ran for the Presi
dency of the United States, and the
only woman who ever has been ad
mitted to the Supreme Court of the
United States, lawyer of note enc
an ardent suffragist, was the speak
er of the evening at the zznd ami
versary of the Women's Suffrag
Association of Maryland, whicI
was held at Heptasoph Hall, in Bal
timore, recently.
Mrs. Susan Hutton. mother of job
B. Hutton, Esq. of Dover, and he'll
in high esteem there celebrate
quietly her 80th birthday last week
Several of her children and grand
children were present including he
daughter, Miss Maria Hutton, o
Philadelphia. Mrs. Hutton is wei
{ preserved, loves outdoor life amon
the flowers and vegetables and en-
joys good health, except for a sligh
: attack of grippe.
Smyrna times., 1912-04-24

- J~AA4S tGhG Ed1uCSTS Union.
TO- Iotttef- We've called to inform Won Antv +ba+
Union S i'Siiloef OF The PAINTERS
0ec0na Painter That's because you told our wives how
" save us money by washing our white s1its With
TTeSNaptha instead Of sending them to the Ianndrw
~a'1y HF""Qe- Thank yOJ gentlemen That makes nina
unions belong to for the same reason The others
are the machnlsts printers, butchers blacksmitbe
SnOelnaNerS miners railwaymen and plasterers'
In all households there is a deal Of
cleaning and scrubbing to do atthe end Of
the week. Use FelS-Naptha. 1t does the
cleaning easily, and. makes the house
cleaner ard brighter.
Fels-Naptha whitcns floors, brightens
painted woodwork and brings out the coIors
IN 01l-cloth and linOleum. It cleans polish
ed hardwood floors and vanished surfaces
without dulling.
1t cleans and polishes windows. and
the, glass in china closets or bookcases
Makes the glass shine like sparkling crystal.
Every woman knows that a porcelain
6athtub IS hard to keep white and clean.
FelS-Naptha, and soft cloth keep it shin
ing and spotlesS with very little work. Same
Tor tll1ng or mirrors.
And FclS-Naptha does all this in cold
or lukeWarm water. No need of fire to
heat water; and you don t need scrubbino
brush. Sounds easy, doesn't it? And it IS
as easy as it sounds.
Try it i'll your cleaning this week
Follow directions on the red and green
wrapper.
Smyrna times., 1912-04-24
FOR SALE.

Fresh Bailed Hay, also two Horses, both
fine drivers. Grape Vines-Moore, and
Concord.
Apply to
JOSEPH r. JEFFERSON,
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1912-04-24

Ex-Governor John Hum, Senate
Conner and John Carrow, the CON
mittee appointed by the directors @
The First National Bank Of Dover
were in Philadelphia last week wit
]. E. Beck, of Dover, and purchase
the furniture for the new bankin
house which will be at Dover tn
first week in April.
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26
JOHN F. GILcHRlST.
He 10 President Of Organization Of
1900 Electrical Experts.

He 10 President Of Organization Of
1900 Electrical Experts.
Eleven thousand men who talk and
think ip amperes and kilowatts and
deltas and the like are, scheduled TO
assemble from June 10 to "a in Seattle.
where the thirty-ffth annual conven.
don of the National Electric Light as.
sociafion is TO be held John F. Gil
christ is president Of the association.
Preparations are being made for q
record breaking convention. From sew
eral different points special trains are
forming 10 carry the delegates Each
train will he distinguished by one Of
the colors. the transports in their en-
tirety giving a remarkable imitation
OF n rainbow
The f1rst train for Seattle will be des-
ignafed ''The Red Special" and all the
appointments and decorations will be
In red There will he huge electric
sign in red letters on the rear Of the
observation ear. stating the nature Of
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26
ks--s9lszys1.s ~
The Nation at Last Is
To Study Its Children
Miss Julia c. Lathrop, First
Woman to Be Appointed a
Federal Bureau Chief.

the creation of the new govern mental
agency
The national child labor committee
has for four years maintained offices
in Washington under the direction Of
DR.. A. j. Mckelway. its secretary for
southern states, to aid in the campaign
of education and argument which has
finally had Il successful termination
The entire nation knows in a general
way about child labor both in the
north and south. The textile strikes
in New England have served recently
to bring strikers children before the
public eye. with their stories of scanty
wages and poor living.
But Of the great underlying causes
that make children mentally. morally
and physically weak: of the relation
of living to infant mortality. of the as
sociation between the conditions OF ex'
pectant mothers and the health OF
their children and of the real facts
surrounding child labor. with its ef-
feet upon the minds and bodies Of the
rising generation, the country knows
but little of scientific value.
1t is the cold. hard facts surround.
ing child life that the new bureau is
to gather. Federal and state laws of
the future will be built upon the sci
entific deductions made from its In
vestigatious. Illiteracy, which ranges
SO high among child workers OF the
south: the evil effects of poor home
surroundings. the nature of the dis.
eases to which dependent and weak
children are most susceptible and the
type of employment that preys most
heavily upon the bodies and minds OF
child workers are to be studied init.
mately until. 10 place Of suspicious.
the nation has facts upon which to
rely.
It IL believed that the children's bu-
reau. when 1t once becomes organized.
can accomplish In Eve years more than
all other agencies working toward the
general end of child betterment
Certain industries have come to be
recognized as destructive Of the entire
fabric of American citizenship. 40 tar
as they touch the children.
Sincere efforts are being made in
most Of the states to better conditions
Of children. but the deplorable fact re-
mains that there is no scientific basis
upon which to work that betterment.
no standard by which to judge whit
forms of employment. what ages &
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

the party and its destination. The bag.
gage labels will be red. the decorations
in the diners. sleepers and the rest or
the cars will be red. and the menu
cards aud all literature pertaining II,
this particular train will be in the
same coloring ..The Red Special" will
leave New York city May 26.
Another train will be known as THE
Blue Special" and will leave Boston -
the same time as THE Red Special"
leaves New York.
The Pink Special" is TO leave New
York June 3
There will be long train leaving
Chicago June 4 and designated The
Green Special"
The Orange Special" will leave Chi
cage June q
The Purple Special will be for the
accommodation OF those who center
around St Louis Ii viii leave that
city June &
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

NICE. GIOVANNI BoNzANo.
tain that this honor will be Mgr. Bon
Eano's reward after several years Of
service at Washington.
He was educated in the seminary of
et Peter and st. Paul. In Rome. and
was ordained q priest twenty-five
years ago. He was sent to China and
there mastered the difficult language
Of that country. He also speaks Eng.
nsh without a trace of accent. French.
German and several oriental languages.
He has flled many positions Of high
responsibility in the administrative life
of the church in Rome. Mgr Bonza no
was created titular archbishop of Nifty.
lene few weeks before be sailed for
this side. The mission to Washing.
ton Is now placed as Of equal impor
tance and honor with the highest of
nunciatures. as the missions to the
courts Of Europe from the Vatican are
known. E.
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

MURIEL AsToR AND HER GovERNEss.
event. the drowning of her father in
the Titanic disaster has made her one
Of the richest young girls in the world.
The difference between the sums
named Is due to the fact that the will
may be upset by the uncertainty con-
corning the legal rights Of the second
Mrs. Astor She Is forbidden by her
husbands win to remarry. under pen
atty Of losing the income Of $5.O0o.OOo
which is her principal share Of the e.
tate This provision may give Muriel
a much larger share OF her fathers
wealth than the 100000 which he
contemplated leaving to her.
The little girl Is under the care Of q
goverDess. but Mrs Astor. who Ia de-
voted to the child and spends as much
time with her as possible. supervfses
her education and training carefully
In looks Muriei resembles her father.
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

be dug out to make room for an entire
II new work or whether they should be
preserved and enlarged so as to form
the nucleus Of the new base.
The latter scheme was adopted. A
ditch about sixteen feet was dug all
round the old foundation to the width
Of about twelve feet and carefully brat
ticed. Into the area thus laid bare
they dove 3.O76 piles of hardwood
from Cadore. fresh cut so as to insure
the presence of abundance of resin.
The average diameter of the piles was
eight and one-half inches. The piles
were on an average thirteen feet long
and were driven home to what is
known TO builders as absolute resist
ance-that is. until they yielded one
millimeter to each blow from weight
Of SO pounds raised four feet siz
inches.
These piles are calculated to have q
carrying power Of 10000 tors. The
weight of the new tower is little over
10000 tons.
At the angles the piles are In con-
EHCI with Ou6 duOtHcfs ciScWueTc tuSy
average q dozen to the square yard.
The total enlargement of the founda-
don amounted to 232 square yards.
The pile driving was completed on Oct
s. 1904
Then came the attack on the old
Foundations. consisting Of cut made
1(ght feet all round. so that the new
platform could be knitted to the old.
Then on the top of this new platform
massive blocks of Tstrian stone cut In
parallelopipedes were carefully cement
"a together. These stones. noted for
their fine grain. were placed in eleven
courses and made to enter into the old
foundations to the depth OF six feet six
inches. The largest blocks were nine
feet nine inches In length and four feet
eeven inches in width.
The whole tower is linked together
ana must stand or fall like monolith.
II Will never again cFumble up and
drop In component parts
The number Of bricks employed =
ehnut 1000 600
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26
iMPERAT0R's RUDDER POST.

Measures Fifty-three Feet In Height
and Weighs . Hundred Tons.
The lofty chimney-like tower shown
In the accompanying photograph Is
the rudder post or hinge Of the largest
rudder in the world. Its enormous
proportions can only be judged by the
figure Of the workman standing nt the
right Of the base. The casting IL a de-
tail Of the steamship lmperator of the
Hamburg-American line. the iarges,
ship in the world.
The casting actually measures fifty
three feet in height 1t is In two SET
lions and weighs 100 tons. The fc".
ward part will support two Of the
four propellers. Obviously a ship
which Is wagged by SO large q tail
must be enormous. The Imperator
measures 900 feet In length and 81
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

feet In width. She is q veritabie sky
scraper. towering nine decks above the
water line Her cabins accommodate
the population of o small town. Her
enormous engines OF 10000 horsepow
er will give her an average speed OF
twenty-five and a half knots per hunr
The construction OF the lmperato'
and her equipment with safety devire-
Will conform to the German laws
which are the most rigid in the world
She will have a double bottom. man,
transverse bulkheads. and her coal
bunkers will be distributed along tn.
sides. practically giving her q double
skin. Her equipment will include anti
rolling tanks. which will re.:der het
steady In the toughest weather. She
win carry sixty Iifeboats and many
collapsible boats and RATS. providing
ample room for passengers and crew
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26
MORGAN RoBERTsoN.

MORGAN ROBERTsoN
til he had ma3tered all the details Of a
sailors work, frequently filling the po-
sition of second and first mate Mr.
Robertson never commanded ship,
for before attaining that position he
decided to change bis line Of work and
settle down as landsman.
Being always handy with tools. Mr.
Robertson decided that he would learn
a trade. and. having saved money
enough to live On during his appren.
ticeship. he started in to learn the
matchmaking trade In Oswego. In
this work he made great progress. and
by the time his fingers were well lim-
bered up he was sufficiently advanced
in his new vocation to remove to New
York, where he worked as optician for
several concerns. Not satisfied with
this. he took positions In other lines Of
work until he became a diamond set
ter, which trade he followed with con-
siderable success. working for promi-
nent firms.
During the depression in the jewelry
trade In 1894 Mr. Robertson found
considerable time on his hands and be-
gan utilizing this In contributing to
weekly papers and magazines. Little
by little this work increased until Mr..
Robertson finally left the jewelry trade
entirely and devoted bis time exclu-
sively to writing magazine stories
His fight for recognition by the public
was as hard as that Of the usual mag
aZine writer. but owing to the authors
determination and perseverance,. as
well as to the brilliancy and thorough
ness of his work. he gradually obtain
ed what nOvelists call reading pub
lic." until there was perhaps no better
known writer of short stories nor one
whose tales Of the sea were more gen
orally recognized as being the best OF
their class
Among his hest known works of re-
cent years are the series Of short stO-
ries published under the titles Of
"DowD to the Sea" Spun Yarn
where Angels Fear to- Tread" Ship
mates" his novels Masters of Men
end ''s,nfui Peek"
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

PHOTOS = oy american fress ASSOCIATION.
SENATOR BoRAH. tABOvE, FATHER OF THE
CHILDREN'S BUREAU LAW AND SECRE-
TARY NAaEL, WHOSE DEPARTMENT Wilt.
DIRECT THE WORK
employment and what regulations
WORK ultimately for the greatest derei
opmeni of an American citizen
Would You know what the children y
bureau proposes 10 find outi Read this
array of problems prepared by Mrs
Kelly:
How many blind children are there:
Why are they blind: How can blind
ness be prevented: How are they br
ing educated:
Flow are dei,endpu, children OF wea':
training do they most readily respond :
What occupations are most hazarti
ous for children! How many are Jeff
orphans by tvoidahie accidents TO their
parents: How many are injured III
their work?
How much iliiteraey Is there.
Where is iti What are its causes. and
how may 1t he eradicatedt
"What laws are needed to protecf
children against crime against acci-
dent. against moral delinquency?
"How many children are employed in
the different industriest
what Is the ultimate effect of an
industry upon the children engaged IN
itT'
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26

"NHE old campanile at Venice,
one OF the most famous struc-
lures In Italy, which fell ten
years ago after having stood
Tor thousand years, has been rebuilt
and was recently dedicated with an
eiaborate program of fetes. The pope
heard the bells ring by telephone. and
1000 carrier pigeons. let loose from the
tower, bore the tidings to every city in
Italy.
1t was on July IA, 1902. that the
campanile fell, due to the weakness of
the lower walls and the fact that they
mad been cut away when the loggetta
was built in the sixteenth century. The
added weight of the belfry, constructed
thirty years before that time. and the
weakened walls had been too much for
the old Roman bricks that had already
done service in the houses Of the main-
land for centuries before they were
carted to Venice from the ruins of Att.
mum,
Everybody the world over said that.
OF course, the Venetians would rebuild
4
ians, with a grant from the state and
by public subscriptions. raised more
than 100000 for rebuilding the cam-
panile
Time moves slowly in Italy. and 1t
was not until April %, 1903. that the
new foundation stone was laid by the
Count of Turin. representing the king
of Italy, and by the patriarch, repre-
senting Pope Leo XIII. The founda-
lions were completed three years later
at an expense OF $4,000.
Investigation had proved that the old
foundations were never intended to
support the massive weight of brick
and masonry that had from time to
time been added to the original struc-
ture. The idea of rebuilding the old
foundations was hence abandoned. and
the question arose whether they should
The Caucasian., 1912-05-26
! ~

WAS WOiluellulIH plOlIueCit OI
the wreck Of the Titanic The StOrf
becomes of great interest ut this til !,
when the Titanic disaster is the LEAD.
ing topic Of the entire world.
Mr.. Robertscn's story is entitled The
Wreck Of the Titan" The Titan, il
the story is the worlds largest ana
most palatial vessel. 1t is supposed 10
be unSinkablc and indestructible, b2.t
it is wrecked by an iceberg in tie
month of April when speeding along
the northern lane route of the Atlantic.
The wreck occurs in about the same
place that lhe Titanic disaster occur
red. There are not sufficient lifeboats
and rafts to take off the wrecked pas
sengers. and the greater part Of th4
1000 souls aboard the Titan are lost.
There ace many other remarkable
and startling condolences between the
wreck of the Titan. the largest steam
ship of the world of fiction, and the
wreck Of the Titanic, the largest steam
ship of the material world.
Mr. Robertson has seen much of life
afloat, and he has powerful creative
imagination. The son Of an old skip
per ON the great lakes, he went to sea
at sixteen. made a voyage in the fo'cas-
tie to Singapore and for seven years
led the life of sailor. He never rose
above the position Of mate. and finally.
wearying of the sea, he apprenticed
himself to a matchmaker and learned
all branches of the jewelers. business.
After this he took to writing.
as no one who has ever read his sto-
ries can fail to understand. Mr.. Rob
ertson followed the sea for many years,
and his love for this life may truly be
said to be inherited, as his father, An
drew Robertson Of Oswego, N. Y. was
one Of the old time shippers Of the
great lakes. In 1877, when but six
teen years old, Mr.. Robertson started
his career as a sailor on the Ringiead-
er, bound from New York to Shanghai
He circled the globe in this ship. left
her at Liverpool and returned to New
York, after which he sailed on the
great lakes for q season. During the
next eight years he varied his time be-
tween salt and fresh water sailing un-