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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16


day School Times.
Flight and Song.
A baby lark had got tsft of It's nest
sdeways.-a fail of a foot only. but
a dreadful drop for baby.
You can get back this way It's
mother said. and showed it the way.
But when the baby tried to leap, it
marked our lines on the ground, on
" hich It was to practice hopping; and
II got along beautifully. SO long rs
the mother Was there every moment
To say, How wonderfully you hop"
Nov teach me TO hop up" said the
little lark, meaning that it wanted 10
fly; ana the mother tried to do ii in
vain. She could soar up, up, very
hravely, but she couldn explain how
she did IT,
Wait till the sun comes out aflol
rain, - She saia,-ha4f ftf44ea4t++-ft4aAA5s=
What is sun? What is raia - the
little bird asked. ''If YOU cannot reach
me 10 fly, teach mo 10 sing
when the sun comes out after
rain" the mother tepled, then ven
will know how To sing
Il shall never be able to fly uos' 70
sing. Il waited.
Then. OF q sudden. 1t had 10 blink
its eyes; FOR n glorious light had
spread over the world. catching every
leaf and twig and blade of grass in
tears, and putting smile INFO very
tear. The baby birds breast swolled.
it did not know why: IL fiuttered from
the ground. II did not know why.
The sun has come out AFTER the
RAIN it trilled. Thank you, sun
Thank you, Thank You! o mother.
did YOU hear me? ] can sing.
Then II fioated UP, up, calling:
Thank YOU Thank you' rhanK
yetit to tfr- sun, u mother, tr you
see me? | am fiyng"-J. NJ Barrie,
in Scribner's Magazine.
The teacher: but all trees DO not
bear frSit. In what way are the
others useful2" Pupil: They're good
to climb. Puck.
Mamma said little Bessie, who
was just learning to make figures.
can yor make thirteen" Certainly,
my dear answered the mother Then
I wish you'd show me how" contin-
ued the little student II can inake
the 'thirt' all right, but / can't MAKE
the teen.
Mamma asked three-Year-o old Dot
one day during n Walk III rlls, coun-
try what kind 81 trees are those -
Those are gum -trees. darling Oh,
exclaimed the little ofie, in ioyfui TIM
ticipation of her tavoIi lite candies.
then I'll have lots Of gulndrops cont
! 2"-~-T hristIan Advocate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16
FOR YOUNG FOLK
Flight and Song.

keep In line Elizabeth Price, in sun
day School Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

In weeks time thirty thousand
members Of the Pocket Testament
league we're enrolled In Scotland, The
membership pTodge is to read "A chap
ter or more in the New Testa ment
daily.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

Three students OF the General The
oiogicai seminary Protestant Epis-
copaD have recently left the seminary
To study FOR the Roman Catholic
LIZ leAt hon1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

First Burslar--'Any luck latelyY"
Second Burglar: No Worked all
night ON a safe; and, when ! got it
blowed open. ii was a folding. bed -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

The teacher But all trees 10 no;
bear frSit. In what way are the
others useful2" Pupil: They're good
to climb. Puck.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

The English Baptist Mission at
Wathen. Africa, Was organized in 1889
with seven members. Ii now mum
ebrs f.TTs members. and theSe
African Christians support seventy
seven eyangelists.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

Won Buiow sa d OF a certain pianist.
Eic has technique which enables
him TO overcome the simplest pas
ages with the greatest difficulty -
Youths Companion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

; Emmanuel i3aptis, church BROOK,
Ign, with s01 msmbtrs. gave last year
for mission Sl1,t4S. or slS.13 per
mefnAer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

The following resolution was passed
by the members OF 81 church which
was accustomed to rent it's vestrS.
This vestry shall not he rented for
immoral purposes without the CON
sent Of the board Of trustees This
loks like q manufactured, but I give
YOU my word | saw the resolution with
my own blue eyeS~S.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

Daniel Webster. stopping TO dinner
one day at country inn on hts way
tn Narshftetd. VAS asked by the
hostess II he usually had "a good ap-
petite. Madam, answered Webster.
II sometimes eat more than ! do at
other times, but never less. -
ArRonaut.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

~ bNtty, except SuudHH,
ssaunday only.
bckrrtes bagYoSa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
SHIPPERS AT WORK

Deeply touched were all who heard the story of the misplaced burdens of tender childhood told by Miss Mary Louisa Chamberlain, Vassar graduate, who. donning the garb of a daughter of toll, observed for herself the con- ditions in the fruit and vegetable can neries of New York State.
 The account of the young inyesti- gator, who left the comforts of sheltered life to labor for the common good, was a graphic and convincing recountal of economic conditions which caught the public attention. It was soon taken out of its setting of the formal inquiry of the New York State Factory Investigating Commission at Albany, where it was told, and many believe it will do much to abolish the hiring of children under fourteen years of age in the canneries of New York.
 Her home is in Hudson, Mass, near Boston. Her parents are wealthy, and she could easily have ri~en up her days to society or to foreign travel. From childhood, however, she had the wish to undertake some serious task in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Elimination of a Battleship

From the London Telegraph.
 With reference to the discovery of an ancient ship embedded in the Thames mud at Woolwich, MT. w. T. Vincent, president of the Woolwich Antiquarian society, draws attention to the fact that it was in this neighborhood that the liar " Grace Dieu. the first great warship or the British navy, built by Henry VIII, met her fate by fire, as a contemporary record has 1t, "by carelessness of the mariners in 1853. This vessel was built at the Royal dockyard at Woolwich in 1912, and 1t was aboard her that Henry crossed to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. From the size and construction of the ship now being unearthed it appears clear that she was a large man-of-war and the po- sition in which she lies leads to the con eluson that she must have been run ashore in an ancient dock or creek. as she lies on an even keel just on q level with low water mark, 20 feet below the surface of the wharf in which eXcava- tions were being made when the vessel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
ALLEGED K|DNAPER IS UNDER ARREST
Edward Hooks in Custody of Detective Leaves
 for OpelOusas

Mobile, December 14-In the custody or Sheriff Chachen of Baton Rouge, l4a-' Edward Hooks. alleged kidnaper of nttie Robert Dunbar of Opelousas, La, leIt TOT that place early today.
 Private Detective Gowan and Joseph Dunbar, father of the missing boy are still at Lucedale, Miss, where two men suspected of having been connected with the Kidnapping are under arrest There was a. threat of lynohing at Lueedale Friday, but subsequent adviees are to the effect that the danger of impromptn vio- lence is over unless developments indi- cate the unprecedented guilt of the men in jail. One is said to have made state ment accusing Hooks of stealing the child. Hooks protested his innoeence again before leaving Mobile and expressed a desire to have the matter over with as soon as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Vegetable Marycls
From Tit-iRts,


 At Eytborne, in East Kent, four per sons recently made a meal off one radish, which was so large that when they were satisfied a piece the size of an ordinary turnip remained while another, grown at I.ympne, near Blythe, measured lb inches in length and 10 inches in circum- ference On seed farm near kelyedon a radish measuring 3S1a inches from the top of the leaves to the tip of the root. with a girth of l3la inches was grown.
 Vegetable marrows sometimes grow to big dimensions. One grown at Feitham from seed planted in March of this year W eighed, when full grown, 40 pounds aud measured over two feet in length, while another grown at Wimbledon, while not quite so heavy. was as long and perfect ly shaped.
 In some districts the weather seems to have been particularly favorable to roses. At Benwell in Northumberland, a Nlphe- tos tea rose which in the coures of years has covered an area of 1900 feet, has yielded 1S,OOo perfect blooms; two rose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Save Your Deeds

From the Wall Street Journal.
 q got the easiest s2s today that have eyer made said a Wall street man. .When was a hoy which was some what more than 20 years ago, my uncle gave my brother and myself each a deed to some property situated on a swamp in New Jersey. More than 10 years ago ascertained what l believed to be the worthlessness of the property. and de- stroved the deed. Three weeks ago l got a letter from a man l had never heard from, saving that as he had built house on the lot adjoining mine he would hke to purchase my lot. It was addressed from some small suburban district n New Jersey. 1 took the letter to a real estate friend of mine, who ascertained that the swamp had long since been filled in. and that d thriving little suburban district had been formed thereon. After paying for a now deed. back taxes for 9 years and allowing my real estate broker a commission I received check for BPS. Save your deeds.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
MISS MARY LOUISA CHAMBERLAIN
s...........

safe to say. prevail for many genera tions.
 Kidd or Red has been local name in the district for a long time, and there is Nicholas snow still living at Dare, a hale old gentleman, loved and respected by all who know him. who has a proud memory of a visit paid to him by the late King Edward, when, as Prince of Wales. he once went out with the Devon and Somerset staghounds. One story told is of an old farmer who happened to find himself close to the Prince of Wales on a rough moorland path. remarked re- spectfully, Rough riding, baint it, Mir Prince"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

trees which grow near oldham have borne 15, GOO and 30,00o blooms respective ly; while on rose tree which flourishes at Whitby $500 blooms have been counted at one time.
 Some time ago a farmer grafted pear branch upon an apple stump, .--.d pro duced a pear-shaped apple of an enor- nous size. being h inches in eireumfer- ence. while the writer has seen speci- mems of tomatoes, as large and fine as any grown in more favorable circum- stances, which were raised from seed planted in January of this year within 30 wards of Waterloo Station London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Patently Green

rIoH JuuSS-
 Old Hand (to new ticket seller at state fair)-'Ever been on the wicket before in a erush?" New hand-"Nope. Old Iand-"Thought not New Hand-''Why not?' Old Hand-"You give change first and tickets afterwards" New Hand '.What is the difference?" Old Hand Hundreds of dollars, my boy No one ever passes in and forgets his tickets.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

there was ever a giant John Ridd of Dare. But so powerful is the romantic
 influence of Blackmore's EXmoor story that thousands of tourists go every year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

vas discovered. 4 careful survey Of the remains Is being made by the London county council.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Land of Lorna Doone

From the Westminster Gazette
 There are many who deny that there is any historical basis for the story of the Doones of Badgeworthy, and that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

walk or ride on Exmoor ponies along the valley to the water slide, and no matter if the slide be disappointingly small and there be doubts about the Doones. the fascination of the romance will, 1t Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18

are the valves at the side of the locks
pull of over 10 tons on the stem to
open one of these valves. All this work
is done electrically, and here again
the engineers were confronted with
new difficulties. Owing to the peculiar
climatic conditions on the isthmus,
with tropical heat and extreme humid
ity, and the deteriorating effect of these
conditions on the insulation Of electri-
cal machinery, the ordinary insulation
proved unreliable, and the engineers
found it necessary to make great
number of experiments, no less than
16 sample motors being pitted against
one another. II was an awful test
for dynamo and motor builders to have
their machines required to operate for
period of 10 days in building filled
with steam at temperature of 80 de-
grees centigrade and having the motor
cases filled with water for five hours
at 80 degrees. But finally the Ameri-
can motor builders responded and suit
able apparatus is being installed.
Thus electric motors under tests, are
now swinging the great gates of the
canal, each weighing very many tons
and as tall and broad as a great sky
scraping building in the remarkable
/ time of one minute and 4S seconds.
Incidentally it appears that to make
these gates, the iron workers must
drive and head 5,750,000 rivets. The
pivots of these great locks are being
made of a special grade OF steel and
bronze, not only for strength, but to
protect them against corrosion, very
necessary precaution in view of the
fact that they will always be submerg.
ed in sea water after the canal is open
To guard against galvanic action, zinc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18
BOATS WILL SOON
CROSS ISTHMUS
Comparison of Work Shows the
Biggest Job on Earth Is
Nearing Completion.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Sometime
next summer or fall, no exact date be-
ing specified, a vessel will pass from
the Atlantic to the Pacific across what
is now the Isthmus of Panama, which
consequently must disappear from the
worlds geography and by the same hu-
man agency, the western hemisphere
will be divided into two continents. The
vessel will not be the Oregon nor any
other famous ship, but will be one of
the many small water crafts in daily
use by the canal builders and prob
ably the only passengers will be Colon
Ell George W. Goethals and the STAFF of
American engineers, who for the past
eight years have been carrying on the
greatest engineering work the world
has ever seen. 1t will be later than
that, anywhere from six months TO a
ing Of the waterway will take place
and a naval feet headed by the famous
old Oregon, will pass through into the
western ocean, and the canal may be
fairly said to be open to trade.
These facts are not of official rec
ord as yet; the date OF Jan. /, 1915,
still stands for the opening predicted
by Colonel Cocktails. But that the
opening will be anticipated to a great
extent has been promised by the canal
builders in unofficial statements, and
now comes a clear iutimation of their
purpose to advance the opening date,
in the annual report of the canal COM
mission. just published. 1t is disclosed
while the completion of the great locks
by Jan. /, next, will not be possible,
owing TO contrast delays, within six
months thereafter the channel will be
finished, while to insure the safe pas
sage of the locks, the contractor has
been called upon to finish the gates in
one fight first, so that If the rest of
the work is in condition passage Of
ships can be permitted without wait
ing for the completion Of the other
flights. This statement will be under
stood, when it is known that the great
locks being built in duplicate; side
by side, not only to add to the capacity
of the canal but to insure its eontinu-
ance in operation in case Of q serious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18
NOTED MUSICIAN
TO Give RECITAL

Marcus Kellerman OF the Berlin
Royal opera is TO give recital at
the local high school on Dec. 3. He
and William Alexis Parsons, the Rus
sian pianist, who accompanies him,
are to be brought to this city under
the auspices of the music department,
under the supervision Of e. l. Phil
brook, supervisor of music in the CITY
schools. Mr.. Kellerman is a musician
of great talent, and besides this Ii an
athlete and sportsman. He is a de-
vout disciple of Sir Isaac Walton. and
once nearly lost his life on the Allan
tic while on a fishing trip. The plan
of having Mr.. Kellerman here is an
educational scheme, and 1t Is hoped
that the scholars of this city will de-
rive great benefit from the artist
singing. All great music critics, unite
in saying that Marcus Kellerman, is
one OF the worlds greatest artists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18

known Coles Hot Blast heaters for
soft coal. These heaters burn the
smoke and gas and hold fire 4S hours.
There are none better and the price is
within the reach of every one.
We are the leaders for up-todate
laundry work. Each shirt finished
by hand and put up in a carton, insur-
ing work. Delivered to you in good
condition. We guarantee no cracked
collars or cuffs. City Steam laundry.
Reid & Bollman, All Seventeenth
street.
Jewel stoves and ranges always bake
perfectly and are absolutely guaran-
teed and prices are lower than many
others that are not even equal, to say
nothing of being better Examine the
full line at Allen, Myers Co. before
buying elsewhere.
Johnson's Wood Dye is not a mere
stain-not simply a surface dressing.
1t is a real. deep-seated dye, that goes
to the very heart of the woodland
stays there-fixing a rich and perma-
!
made in IA standard shades. For sale
by Lerch & Greve, 2002-20O4 Fourth
avenue.
Allen, Myers & Co. have been selling
Jewel stoves and ranges in this city
/ for 1s years, and personally guarantee
every stove, and you can get repairs
for Jewel stoves made 35 years ago
II you buy a good standard stove you
can always get repairs without trou
BILE or annoyance and get them quick.
There is great world of comfort tc
the eyes in a perfectly fitted pair Of
glasses or spectacles. The lenses SHOULD
be accurately adapted to your individ
ual requirements and should be set il
frames or mountings that rest comfort
ably upon the nose. We give comfor
in the frames as well as in the lenses
Fred Bleuer. eye specialist. 1902 Sec
ond avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18

rings are also placed on the bronze
bushings.
To supply the power to operate the
gates and sluice valves in the locks,
and furnish current for the monster
electric locomotives which are to tow
the steamships through the locks, a
great hydro-electric station is being
erected adjacent to the spillway in
Gatun dam. There are three $3.50
kilowatt water turbines, and three 1000
kilowatt generators with suitable ex-
citers and other auXiliaries. There will
be enough water from the storage in
Lake Gatun to warrant the installa-
ton Of 5000 kilowatts, though in the
dry season it will be necessary to
draw upon the storage. Altogether it
is figured that for this electric work
seven per cent of the minimum water
system of the canal will be required.
A part of the electricity is to be used
for lighting the line of the canal. There
will be concrete lamp posts 100 feet
apart throughout the entire length of
each lock wall. Altogether 1000 lamps
will be installed at the locks.
Outside of the canal proper, the re-
port shows that work has been going
on rapidly in preparing harbors for the
shelter Of ships at each end of the wa.
terway. The work of fertilization has
also been progressing well, nearly half
million yards of concrete having been
placed in the mortar pits and gun EN-.
placements during the last year. The
sanitation of the isthmus also has been
maintained at the high level set by
Colonel William c. Georges, the chief
sanitary officer, from the beginning
Contrary to the common impression
the sanitary work in the way of clear.
ing land, does not extend over the en-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18
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! sample ADVERTISEMENT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18

accident to ship in one of the locks.
The report shows most satisfac-
tory state of progress of the whole
great work, though in view of the fact
that it is dated Sept. 10, last, the fig
ures regarding excavation; placing of
concrete, erection of dams and locks
and subsidiary works are not as recent
as those contained in the regular
monthly reports.
Naturally the most interesting fea'
ture of the report relates to the opera
tons in the great Culebra cut. More
great landslides, many ranking with an
Alpine avalanche in magnitude, have
so increased the amount of material
to be excavated, that were 1t not found
possible to steadily reduce the cost
per yard of dredging and steam show
cling through the growing experiences
Of the employees, and improved engi
neering methods, the total cost of ex'
cavation would have been vastly great
er than the estimates. During the last
year nearly 16,500,000 cubic yards OF
earth were taken out of this cut, leav
! ing nearly 100000 to be displaced be
| fore the canal can be opened. The
damage caused by the slides may be
| appreciated from the fact that nearly
| 100000 yards of earth excavated was
so composed or nearly So per cent O
the total excavation.
There is only one way to deal witt
these slides, and that is to dig then
out as they occur, though some hell
is gained by terracing the upper banks
That is because the geological forma
ton changes so frequently and sudden
ly that no other effective treatmen
has been found. So uns able is the
earth that the material in one part o
the cut begins to move on an inclina
/ ton as low as one on seven, owinI
to the mass of stratified rock sliding
over a layer of Ignite. One slide nov
in motion, near the bridge of Guile
bra, covers an area of 63 acres, from
which 2,710,000 yards have alread!
been removed, leaving 100000 still Il
be handled.
Then there is another little slide o
no less than so acres on the opposite
side of the canal. The result of thes,
earth movements, which are quite ex
cepttonal in engineering practice, ha!
been to leave the canal in its deepes
portions, with very fat slopes. Tit
encouraging feature OF the heavy worl
at that point is found in the statement
in the report that none OF the slide
which occurred during the year would
have interfered with the passage o
ships had the canal been in operation.
Already the appropriations made b.
congress for the canal have run int
big figures, the total up 10 June 80
last, being 1923 SOL 6s, and since tina
date there have been additional appro
priations, amounting to s2s,9s0, 900
making the grand total S322,541, 46s
June 30, of all these appropriations
the engineers had expended IS pc
cent of the total estimated cost of tn
canal
OF even greater interest from an en-
cheering point of view, than the vas
but commonplace work Of excavation
in Culebra Cut, was the work of con
structing the great locks at Gatun, ant
Mirafores, and Pedro Miguel, for thert
many novel problems have been solve
| and lock machinery constructed of spt
/. cial designs of q magnitude never III
fore heard Of. For instance, so bi