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The Detroit times., 1912-11-13

s'NN IIIV 4V-fftFIV IIIICH HtIOTC II
becomes a Canal" is the slogan,
says c. Eeidich. Steamship
Agent. Go to Panama There
is an unprecedented demand
for any one of the y Special
Cruises, II volt wan: to be one
OF the 10000 visitors c.
Leidich.
The Detroit times., 1912-11-13

Job Printing Done Right. Time,
Printing Co.. 10 John R--st.
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tones This shell now yields $4,000 in

stones. This shell now yields s2o.O'o IN
come to the state of California. and its
value is increasing. The pearls found In
the United States also have considera-
bic value. Twenty years ago there was
a great pearl craze started In Wisconsin
because some one had found pearl In a
mussel. Previous to 1880 as many as
S3OO. 600 worth of pearls We're found in
that state alone Sugar river had the
greatest yield. but was soon exhausted.
Mills were shut down i'm order that the
w.ter might be drawn off so that people
could secure the shells more easily. WINE
the value of these fresh water pearls Is
not equal to those of the salt water oys-
ter. they are valuable enough to be
worth consideration. pink. pear
shaped pearl weighing thirty-three grains
Vas found in tama, Iowa, last summer
which was sold for 5000. Another one
weighing almost twenty grains was found
near there which sold for $40
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In the Mountains.

Hapsburg Liebe has another story in
our next Sunday Magazine which he calls
1.-The Hallucination." 1t is tale of the
Tennessee mountains. where the author
lives-the story of a poor old mountaineer
who became obsessed with the notion
that his faithful old wife no longer cared
for him. 1t is a hOmely story, full of
sentiment and pathos. and with fine.
happy ending.
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THE FISH INDUSTRY.
X-OTHER FISH PRODUCTS.
By Frederic J. Haskin.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

them In recent years the establishment
Of whaling stations upon the coasts of
British Columbia and South Alaska has
already threatened the extinction Of one
or more species. This closed season can
only be brought about by International
agreement and it is claimed that while
the Americans favor it the Canadians are
opposed to it.
The report of an abundance of whales
of the coast of Brazil is likely to lead
to greater activities in the southern
waters. The first whaling steamer ever
seen In these waters was last year and
1t secured more than a hundred whales
in single season. A recently organized
at least two large steamers in the vicinity
OF Bahia, Brazil, and as the number OF
whales killed in a radius of fifteen miles
of that city last year was something
over 200. half of which were taken by
local sail boats. it is expected that this
year will be a remarkable one in that
locality.
1t is claimed that the war upon the
whale in the northern hemisphere is
threatening their extinction and that the
Greenland whale has already practically
succumbed. because alone of all the large
whales its range was restricted to the
Arctic ocean. Until twenty years ago
this animal was practically immune from
human persecution because of its formi-
dable strength, but after the invention of
the bomb harpoOn which can be fired from
gun and exploded in the beasts vital
parts. 1t has been able to make little de-
Tense. Steam whalers with explosives are
likely to make short work even of the
sea. In the year 1911. according to a British
report the total number Of whales killed
In the world was % 500. They yielded
100000 barrels Of oil valued at $12. SOC, 600
1t Is expected that this years trace will
far exceed this.
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Would Ban Millinery Tickle.

LOS ANGELES. December 5.-Council-
man Toppam. contending tat constant
tickling by hat plumes is as exasperat-
ing and menacng as the stabbing by hat
pins, placed before the city council an
amendment to the "harpin' ordinance tc
lessen the length of millinery plumage
He asserted that large plumes worn by
women tickle all near them.
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1t must not be overlooked that the
fisheries Of the United States yield MIL
lions of dollars of annual revenue Tor
commercial products which have no REFER
ence to the food supply. The Oldest or
these is the whaling industry. which,
while not so important as in former years
because of the development of substitutes
for some of it's products, is yet importau Mt
enough TO merit consideration.
There. are three products from the
whale which make it valuable to the
world. The first is the oil. which amounts
to nearly half a million dollars annually
to American fishermen. This has been
in use for centuries and before the dis
coyerv of petroleum was used extensively
for illumination. The whalebone is also
a valuable product which. according to
the last published report, yleloeo SOoo'1I1
to commerce.
The third is ambergris. This Is a rare
and peculiar substance found OCCASION
ally in whales in large masses weighing
from one to two hundred pounds. 1t has
been known from the ancient time and
was esteemed as a remedy for fevers and
nervous troubles. 1t is now used occa-
sionally in incense. but its greatest value
is in the manufacture of perfumes be-
cause it makes the other odors stronger
and more lasting All of the hest per
fumes contain ambergris, which adds
materially to their cost. 1t is of a waxy
character. sometimes streaked with gray
and black. and is believed to be a secre-
Sometimes 1t is found floating upon the
water or is washed upon the shore in
pieces weighing as much as twenty
pounds. The annual yield of ambergris
in this country approximates $4,000 in
value.
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INDIGESTION
A MODERN CURE
DISCOVERED

A New York chemist has succeeded in taking
eight individual ingredients known and recon-
mended BY physicians for stomach troubles and
producing formula efficient in ting dvs-
pepsia, indigestion constipation and headaches
that he sold In one year, without a single adj
vertsement in papers periodicals., over ten
million. This remarkable output of an uuad-
v>rtissd article indicates unusual merit and
proves that IT tells by personal recommends ton
OF satisfied users. That tablet is called PONDS
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Daylight Job.

Whoever it was that got the goose did
1t in broad daylight. He plucked it right
out of Glasman's buggy, turned round,
ran down the street and soon was out
of sight Policeman Wilson happened to
be near and gave chase in another
buggy. The horse was not intended for
wild goose chases, and made a very
poor second in the race, according to the
policeman's testimony. Jennings was
rested two days later.
Every one around the court is eagerly
awaiting the arrest of the man who got
the ducks. With the theft of turkeys
almost a grand jury Offense with geese
valued at four months apiece and chick
ems at three for $40. speculation is rife
regarding the criminal value of a duck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05

, "Christmas Bound to Live by Collins
Shackelford, a sympathetic study of the
history of the worlds greatest holiday. In
our next Sunday Magazine.
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DIeESTAnS

and will be advertised at price low
that all may try them. A large box Of the
tablets sufficient Ia cure ordinary is
25c and a trial box is Toe. You need suffer
longer IL you will 90 to the nearest druggist and
call for ;hem.
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Appointed School Trustee.

The county public school commission
ers have appointed Frank L.. Hewitt a
trustee of the Woddside Grammar School
in place of ]. Herbert Cissell. resigned.
and George Bond, Thomas +. Thomas
and Roger Brogden. trustees of the col
ored school at Spencertille.
Miss Roberta Higgins of Rockville has
been appointed an assistant teacher at
the Germantown Grammar School.
The public schools Of the county will
close for the Christmas holidays Friday.
December 20 and reopen Thursday. Janu-
AIRY ..
Licenses to marry have been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here to
James Grafton Poore, twenty-one years
old, and Miss Lena Maude Lantz, nine
teen years old. both of Washington, and
Thomas Eugene Knott. thirty-five years
old of Boyds and Miss Birdie NJ. King,
eighteen years old, Of Cedar Grove.
Miss Katherine Lawn of Washington
is seriously i'll at the home of her sister,
Mrs Edward Anderson. here.
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SHOP EARLY FOR XMAS.
Good Gifts
forEv@rybody
Prices are
quite reasonable.

You can do your
Chris tmas shopping
here to splendid advan-
tagc. The big stock
of Travelling Goods.
Leather Goods and
Novelties offers a wide
selection OF sensible,
useful gifts for men
and women.
Goods laid aside upon
payment of a deposit.
Shaving Mirrors, SIPS to S..
Military Brushes. S. to S..
Match Cases, CSC to SOC.
Overnight Bags. ST to $50.
Dressing Cases, SI.5o to SIS.
Manicure Cases, ST to 81.
Razor Cases, so to 81.
Vanity Handbags. S. to S..
Thermos Bottles. ST. to 81.
Collar Bags, soc to S..
Hat Boxes. S. to $50.
Brief Cases, 81 to Sis.
Dressing Cases. ST. so to SIS.
Manicure Cases. ST to 81.
Medicine Cases, 75c to S..
Tobacco Pouches, 75c to So.
Phone Registers, 75c to SI.5o.
Tie Cases. $3.50 to S..
Safety Razors, ST to S..
Jewel Boxes, sc to S..
KNEESSl'S.
425 9TH St. r r6@Hss NJ Hse sooe,
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e is one of the most interesting of the

ing is one Of the most interesting of the
fishing activities, although it calls for
special class of fishers. Because of the
great waste which has been going on in
the sponge grounds Of the Florida coast
vigorous campaign of conservation has
already been established. as the extinc-
ton of the sponges has been threatened
The sponge beds of the. Mediterranean
have become so nearly extinct that many
of the Greek sponge fishers have come to
Florida to continue their occupation It
is these Greeks who inaugurated the
taking of sponges by diving. Before that
by hooking from boats. In the hook
ing operations the vessels were fitted out
by the men who own them, and let on
shares to the operating crews, which con-
sist of six or eight men. The vessel
claims third OF the sponges. and the
rest are divided among the crew
A sponge fishing vessel consists of a
boat for every two men. equipped with
two or three sponge hooks, a marine spy
glass is bucketlike affair. with glass
for the bottom. The man using it places
it upon the water, puts his head in the
top, thus shutting out the light, and
scans the bottom of the sponge bed He
is able to see through thirty feet of wa
ter. When he sees the sponge he wants
he drops his hook into the water, and
brings 1t to the surface. BY diving it is
possible to secure sponges from beds that
could not be reached by hooking
X x
The bureau Of fisheries is increasing
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WANT DUCKS PRICED
Police Court Fixes Value of
Other Fowls.
SOME RATINGS VERY HIGH
Turkeys. Grand Jury 0ffense; Geese,
Four Months Apiece; Chickens,
Three for $40.
SOME RATINGS VERY HIGH

\ Poultry of various kinds-chickens,
ducks. geese and turkeys-is more high
] ly valued at the Police Court than any
where else in the city. The relative
value has been established. placing the
| common or garden chicken at the bottom
: of the scale, and 1.-The goose hanging
high
The high esteem in which turkey
lis held was demonstrated Thanksgiving
day. when the prosecuting attorney
thought seriously of placing charge of
grand larceny against a colorcd man &C
cused of stealing five of these popular
birds.
The rating of the hen was fixed today.
Nose Johnson and Archie Smith. lead
ing spirits of Hughes alley. were suspect
ed by Mounted Policeman Pat Creagh
and Policeman Tom Seaman of using the
hot board" trick on three hens belong
ing to Samuel Line. who runs a grocery
store in Shows court.
The chickens disappeared Thanksgiving
eve. So did Nose and Archie. re-appear-
ing for the first time yesterday. The two
policemen got wind of their return. and
went to get them. Seaman guarding the
front of the house while Creagh slipped
around to the back door.
His Suspicious Aroused.
When Creagh entered the house no one
was in sight but Moses mother. She was
in the kitchen. bustling around the stove,
evidently cooking something. Mounted
Policeman Creagh noticed that there was
no fire in the stove. which aroused his
suspicious
He snooped around the cold stove.
finally dragging Archie out from be-
meath ii by one leg. Policeman Seaman
found Nose wrapped in mattress under
la bed upstairs. The policemen say the
men made complete confessions to them.
They maintain. the polices say. that an
other man who was with them at the
time ran away when frightened by a
noise. and found a couple of ducks I'M
der his arm when he stopped running.
Archie forfeited 81 collateral. but Mose
came to court and was fined 81 by Judge
Mulowny. which. counting i'm the 81
that Archie paid fixes the value of chick
ems three for $40, the Very lowest figures
yet. considered by the court.
\ goose is very bad bird to steal. The
judges who will try you for stealing them
will soak You. Stick to chickens, at
less than 81 per. because geese call for
four months i'm the workhOuSe. That's
what Joseph Jennings got.
Joseph, alleged to have stolen the goose
from Woolf Glasman. denied all knowl-
edge of the theft, swearing he didn't
even know the bird. However. witnesses
positively identified him as the man who
took it.
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One of the fishing industries of this
country about which comparatively little
is known is
Sponge Fishing that of sponge
Is Quite Interesting. :. 40 far con.
fined to the coast OF Florida. Sponge fish,
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Pearl Button Trade
important Business.

SS.NO
from oil and fer
Pearl Button Trade tilizer, the latter
Important Business. heinz chiefly a
waste products Of fish, Is the pearl but
ton trade. which draws its material from
the fresh water mussels which were for
merly so plentiful in the Ohio and sew
eral other interior rivers. The value OF
this industry amounts to about $5.OOO.OOO
annually, and at least $6.OOO.OO Is in
vested in the equipment for gathering
the mussels and the factories for manu-
featuring the buttons. This was dimin-
fishing rapidly few years ago owing to
the decrease Of the shellfish. and the
bureau of fisheries applied itself vigorous
ly to remedying the loss.
Investigations have been made Of
streams in Verginia. West Virginia.
Michigan. Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky.
Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Okla
homa with a view to the establishment
of additional mussel beds which would
add to the supply now available. A
biological station erected at Fairport,
Iowa, especially for the study of the con-
ditions necessary to the proper develop
ment of the fresh water mussel was open
ed last year. This station will Hberate
millions of young mussels each year in
the streams which are found suitable for
their growth.
Another commercial product Of fish is
large percentage Of the CLUES and
cenfents which are now on the market. In
New England, the manufacture Of liquid
glue is an important industry in a num-
Der of fishing towns. A fine quality OF
isinglass is also made from fish sinews.
while the fins OF certain varieties are
utilized in making gelatin. The value OF
cod liver oil as a medicine Is widely
known. and one Of the newest prepare
tions is sort of candy confection known
as cod liver oil cough drops.
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ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWSTEMS AND NOTES
Westinghouse Granted liz
censes to Marry-Benjamin
DuvaII Palmer Buried.
special Correspondence of The Star.

special Correspondence VI NE Stdr
ROCKVILLE. Md, December i, 1912.
Mrs. Edna Parker, twenty-three years
old. of Washington, and Wilfred Gerdes,
thirty-three years old of Cincinnati,
Ohio, were married in Rockville yester-
day afternoon by Rev. Samuel r. White.
a retired Baptist minister.
Miss Lula Elizabeth kilby, twenty-five
years old, and John Matthew Fitzpatrick,
twenty -one years old. both of Washing
ton. and Miss Elizabeth Mary Hawkins,
twenty-one years old. and Allan Morton
knight, twenty-one years old, both of
Hyattsville. Nd, were married in Rock
Vile Tuesday afternoon.
The funeral of Benjamin Duvall Palm
er. who died at his home near Norwood,
this county, after an illness of only a
few days took place yesterday morning
from the family residence, a very large
number of the people of the Norwood
neighborhood attending. Rev. DR.. Mars
den. rector of the Episcopal Church at
Olney oficiated. Burial was in the
Friends cemetery at Sandy Spring. The
ne llbearers were John G. Bentley. Rob-
ert HI. Miller, Charles F. Kirk Tarlton
b. Stabler, William ]. Thomas and Frank
Leizear.
A license to marry has been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here to VIII
liam Waters Griffith and Miss Jessie II.
Magruder both of this county.
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Suits consist of Serges. ChevlOts, dag
onals novelty weaves and mannsh mixtures; lined
with duchesse; the fewo "A kind garments left
popular lines. Choice of black and lead
ing colors Every the lot. but a complete
of sizes style.
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Coats are in all the prevailing STYLES and
materials. broadcloth kersey imported chin
chilia wide-wale diagonals boucle plaid
ings. fancy Scotch mixtures, pebble chevots and
nish mixtures This up-to-
date models in all colors.
Sizes for young girls, misses and women. Worth
to $500 for $9.40.
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bill has been introduced limiting the sea-
son of sponge fishing each year, and
prohibiting the taking of spOnges under
five inches in diameter. No action was
taken at the last session, although there
was Il hearing at which representatives
of the sponge fisheries We're present.
Perhaps the other most important COM
mercial product of the fisheries, aside
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Increases Supply
by Artificial Means.

properly divided, to pieces of wire, placing
them in free sea water. where they will
mature into ful-sized sponges in about
four years. The other is to take millions of
the tiny eggs and plant them where the
chances for their growth are good.
The sponge is not. as some suppose,
merely the skeleton of marine animal,
but rather the home of millions Of them,
SO tiny that they can hardly be recog
nized. Each sponge has two canals. one
leading in and the other out Through
their incoming channel the water is
passed, from which these tiny creatures
take their nourishment. after which it is
passed out through the other. After the
sponges are taken from the water these
tiny animals die. and the sponges become
most offensive to handle. Cleansing them
for the market is an important part Of
the industry, and most unpleasant one.
The subject Of sponge fishing has re-
Gently been up before Congress. and .
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The decrease in the number of whales
in north Pacific waters is becoming so
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Adds Materially q
to jewelers. Supplies. :

which are so beautiful in themselves that
they are being utilized in many ways.
both alone and in combination with sill
yer and gold and the semi-precious
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W0MEN'S SUITS AND COATS.
Final Clearance of Broken m ~
$ $!a$i ic Sold Up to $40 and ~ 4U

Fnday gsae tina by the
knownt
of buying randne tgarment a fraction o h lw
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Whale Scarcity
Becoming Marked.

ington Is advocating a c
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The fish industry adds materially to
the jewelers. supplies. Along the west
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The bureau of fisheries is increasing
the sponges by artificial propagation of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-09

as RaOul haa''ieft II q few minutes
earlier.
Closing the door. the Persian went
to a very thin partition that sep
arated the dressing-room from big
lumber-room next to It. He listened
and then coughed loudly.
There was q sound Of some one
stirring in the lumber.ro0m; and, q
few seconds later, finger tapped IT
the door.
Come in," said the Persian.
A man entered, also wearing an
astrakhan cap and dressed In a long
overcoat. He bowed and took rich
ly carved case from under his coat,
put II on the dressing-table, bowed
once again and went to the door.
did no one see You come In
BariWs?"
mo, master"
LET no one see you 90 out"
The servant glanced down the
passage and swiftly disappeared.
The Persian opened the case. It
contained a pair of long pistols.
when Christine Daae was carried
of, sir, sent word to my servant to
bring me these pistols. have had
them long time and they can be re-
lied upon"
do you mean to fight q duel7"
asked the young man.
1T will certainly be duel which
we shall have to fight" said the other.
examining the printing OF his pistols.
"And what a duell" Handing one OF
the pistols to Raoul, he added: I'm
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CHAPTER Xxx.
In the Cellars Of the Opera.


"Your hand high, ready to hre!"
repeated Raoui's companion quickly.
The wall, behind them, having
completed the circle which 1t de-
scribed upon itself, closed again; and
the two men stood motionless for Q
moment, holding their breath.
At last, the Persian decided to
make movement; and Raoul heard
him slip on his knees and feel for
something In the dark with his crop
ing hands. Suddenly, the darkness
was made visible by d small dark
lantern and Raoul instinctly stepped
backward as though to escape the
scrutiny Of secret enemy. But he
soon perceived that the light belonged
to the Persian, whose movements he
was closely observing. The little red
dlsk was turned in every direction
and RaouI saw that the floor, the
walls and the ceiling were all
formed of planking. 1t must have
been the ordinary road taken by Erik
to reach Christmas dressing-room
and impose upon her innocence.
And Raoul, remembering the Per-
SLAMS remark, thought that It had
been mysteriously constructed BY the
ghost himself. Later. he learned that
Erik had found, all prepared for him,
q secret passage, long known to him
self alone and contrived at the time
of the Paris Commune to allow the
jailers to convey their prisoners
straight to the dungeon that had
been constructed for them In the cell
lars; for the Federates had occupied
the opera-house Immediately after the
eighteenth OF March and had made .
starting.place right at the top Tor
their Mongolfier balloons, which car
IIrisd their incsndiary pgoclamatiQns %
the departments. and 3 stats prison
right at the bottom.
The Persian went on his knees and
put his lantern on the ground. he
seemed to be working at the floor;
and suddenly he turned on his lght-
Then Raoul heard faint click and
saw = very pale luminous square n
the floor OF the passage u was -
though q window had opened on the
opera cellars. which we're still lit.
Raoul no longer saw the Persian. but
he suddenly felt him By his side and
heard him whisper:
-Follow me and do all that I do.r
Raoul turned TO the luminous aper-
ture. Then he saw the Persian, who
was Btill on his knees, hang BY ais
hands from the rim Of the opening,
with his pistol between his teeth. and
slide into the cellar below.
Curiously enough. ths viscount bad