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CHAPTER XII.
How We Landed on the Wondrous
Shore.

Although our progress in the water
laden boat was slow it didn't take rs
long to reach the shore. which was there
nothing more than a strip Of sand, per-
haps a hundred yards across at the wild.
est part. 1t was as bare Of anything as
the palm Of my hand. l hauled the boat
up on it after we had disembarked and
fastened to discharge its precious cargo
The invaluable powder and shot had been
kept in cans and TASKS in alright lock-
ers forward and aft and were undam-
aged. The rest of her lading had been in
the water too short a time to be much
hurt. 1t was all water soaked. Of course.
but an hours exposure in the warm sun
on the dry sand would make It as good
as new. Spreading all out to dry. pulled
the plug from the boat drained the wa
ter from he- and hauled her up Well on
to the sand. my mistress helping me as
sturdily at this and other things as if she
had been a man. I demonstrated with
her about it and begged her not to do it,
even venturing on a command, but she
didn't heed.
A hasty glance assured me that the cliff
was of coral formation. jagged and
broken with many a crevice and Granny.
If We were hard put to 1t | was sure We
d
night If it were necessary. After We had
made everything shipshape l suggested
to Mistress Lucy that We start at once
exploring. 1 proposed that We follow the
course of the sandy strip and see II there
was not some break in the ellis whereby
we could get to the top and learn what
was within the wall. And so refreshing
ourselves and taking with us some provi-
sions, for we might have to go clear
around the island, we presently started
nrst Nv ,iSf Tlr0fQSCad
rested and ready for anything. Ny own
endurance was not yet at its limit, and
] felt the necessity of discovering the lay
of the land at once IN view OF the pres
ence Of Pimball and the ship in those
waters.
Yet I felt very easy in my mind re-
garding any present peril from the ship.
for knew that no boat she possessed
could run the reef as had done. ana
even if she had had another like the
dinghy I was confident that there was no
man aboard her that had the strength
and skill. to say nothing OF the courage,
to bring her through. IT there were no
natives or wild beasts to be feared we
were. at least. safe for the time being. I
explained this to my little mistress as
We trudged along the hard, white sand,
whereat she was greatly relieved. and
her quick mind. being freed or apprehen-
sion, turned to other things.
Think YOU. Master Hampton" she
said, ''this is the island Of which my an
cestor wrote?"
II am sure OF it." replied.
"He referred to it. if remember right. |
as the Island OF the Stairs, did he not?"
Yes" was my answer. You remem-
Der he indicated a stairway about the ]
middle OF the island.
Surely. If we are to get to the top Of
yonder wall it must be by stairs of some |
sort
.'It would not be difficult to climb it, 1
assented, "for a man. that il, save for /
one thing
And what is that:
These pinnacles Of rock are as sharp |
as needles. II would be like climbing |
broken glass. The climber would be cut
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Cornstalk Houses.
From the Christian Herald.


On the outskirts Of Alexandria We pass
ed nomadic groups OF Bedouins. camping
by the side of the Mahmoudieh canal.
Out in the fields men and women. dress
ed alike in the loose cotton gown Of the
country. were busily at work. The fields
were dotted with curious doorless struc-
lures made Of cornstalks. They are used
as temporary homes at certain seasons
OF the year. as. for instance. when the
crops are being gathered.
Later on l entered one. and found 1,
to be not more than five feet square: one
could not stand upright inside. The place
contained nothing but a few Jars and
cooking utensils. In the winter the occu.
pants wrap themselves up in their clothes
at night. covering the heads also. blu,
leaving the feet bare. The hut I saw
was occupied by a man and his son
These people. Of course. aresthe fellaheer
the peasants-the pure Egyptian OF the
poorest class.
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From a snug hiding place up in the
top OF a tall pine tree Bobby Coon looked
down where in a patch Of moonlight sat
old Granny Fox. The Green Forest rang
with the deep voice of Bowser the
Hound. and every minute it drew nearer.
Bobby Coon shivered as he listened. He
felt perfectly safe now. for he was sure
that Granny Fox would do just as she
had said she would when she had told
him to climb the tall pine tree. She had
promised to lead Bowser the Hound
away. so that Bobby Coon need fear
nothing more that night. Still Bobby
shivered, for he could not help but think
of what might have happened If old
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Mexico to Revise Tariff.

Reports have reached the State De-
partrnent to the effect that the Mexican
government is about to undertake q revi-
sion Of its customs tariff at about the
same time that the American Congress
will turn its attention to that subject.
Little information as to the animating
purpose has developed, though 1t is gath
cred there will he a number Of increases
On various items Of imports.
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TURKISH WAR WAS PREDICTED
Reference Made to It in Zohar, Re-
vered by Jewish Mystics.
p0ndence Of The Sta

LONDON, December 4, 1912.
The Jewish World prints the following
paragraph:
1T has been pointed out that in the
cablfstic work 'Zohar,' which is 80 re-
vered by Chassidim and other Jewish
mystics. there Is a statement in connec-
ton with the reference Ishmael, in the
biblical portion of Vayera. that in the
year of 1913 Q912-13) there will take
place a great war against Turkey. and
that a gathering of a number of kings
will take place in the captured capital,
Constantinople.'
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Granny Fox had not come to help him.
You see, it was his tracks that Bowser
was following. and though he could have
gotten away from Bowser by climbing
q tree. just as he had done, Bowser
would have followed his tracks right to
the tree and then have told Farmer
Browns boy.
Down in the patch of moonlight sat old
Granny Fox. and her sharp face wore
broad grin. The nearer came the deep
grew that grin. Granny Fox hadn't had
any real excitement for long time, and
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PREHISTORIC SKULL FOUND.
Man Believed to Have Lived Millions
Of Years Ago.
oreign Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON. December f. 1912.
The skull Of paleolithic mainly far
the earliest trace of mankind that has
yet been found in England-has been dis
covered in a gravel pit in Sussex
The discovery has caused excitement
among scientists. The skull Is that of a
man who lived, probably. millions Of
years ago, and it may prove to be the
oldest remnant of human frame ever
found on this planet. 1t belongs, rough
ly, to the same age as the famous
Neanderthal skull, but represents a much
more primitive type of mankind.
1t will be exhibited at the meeting Of
one Of the learned societies next month
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strip of sandhills lying between this lake
and the sea

Stflp SanUnlIIS y Ii!g IdKe
and the sea.
Of the lake district of Australia there Is
a limestone formation studded with what
are commonly called Mound Lakes
These mounds are usually about fifty feet
high, and ornamented on the summit
with clumps Of tall trees and bulrushes.
They are natural artesian wells: the wa
ter. forced up from below, gushes out
over the top to the level ground, where it
forms small water channels.
The majority Of these mounds have lit
tie lakes on their SUBMITS. Some Of the
lakes are perfectly fresh and good. but
others are more or less saline and are
impregnated with various minerals. It is
the mineral or earthly deposits brought by
up the conical mounds from the submits
Of which they issue. just az volcanic
cones have been built up by elections
from the earth's interior.
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Baby Has Delirium Tremens.
Fondence Of The Star.

DUBLIN, December I. 1872
That baby suffering from delirium
tremens has been found by a doctor in
one of the Irish country districts was a
statement made here by Miss Reynolds.
organizer of the United Irish women's
Society. She added II was q custom i'm
some Irish country districts to give ba-
bies stout.
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AUSTRALIAN LAKES
Great Bodies of Salt Water in
the interior.
RIVERS THAT DISAPPEAR
Stream That Behaved Curiously.
Turned White, Foamed and
Changed to Green.
RIVERS THAT DISAPPEAR
From the London Globe.

From the LONDON Globe.
Australia is happily free from earth
quakes. but one never knows when the
eruptive days Of years gone by may re-
cur. Apropos Of this, strange occur
renee is reported from Curdies river,
Victoria. Recently. all the water became
quite white, with froth upon 1t, which
afterward turned to green slime. Large
numbers OF fish in the stream died. The
water gave out a peculiar odor and cat
tie refused to drink It.
1t was supposed to be the result Of a
volcanic disturbance in Lake Purrumbete
in the vicinity of Mount Leura. There is
an extinct volcano in this neighborhood
1t is said that divers were sent down
into the lake on a previous occasion to
investigate, but the water was SO hot
that they could not stay in it.
In the country Immediately north OF
Spencers gulf is an extensive area
which may be called the lake district Of
Australia It is nearly 1000 miles in
length from southeast to northwest.
First Of all there is Lake Torrens. more
than 100 miles long. but not very wide.
Lake Eyre, farther north, is much
larger. To the west is the extensive Lake
Gardner. and to the east Of Lake eyre
are Lakes Blanche, Gregory and several
others.
All these lakes (Which. by the way. are
salD are subject to great fluctuations in
size. grassy plains being found In some
years where extensive sheets Of water
at other times cover the country.
Australia abounds in basins of inland
water, which, however, are mostly saline
and are very seldom flooded all the year
round. They depend for their supplies
mainly on the rainy monsoons. possess no
regular influents Of even surface springs
H.. lv In, he Of
stony deserts.
Lost in the Desert.
Near the center Of Australia is the
Ffnke river, which rises on the Tropic
of Capricorn in the Mcdonnell ranges and.
flowing southwark, receives many small
tributaries After passing Charlotte
Waters station on the Overland telegraph
line, it becomes lost in the desc Far
Their north and east are numerous other
streams, which after a short course dis
appear in the sands.
All these watercourses are subject at
intervals to sudden and violent floods.
The hoodtimes are followed by long Pc
RODS Of drought, during which many
streams and lakes disappear altogether
and never come back to life again. Next
floodtime providence invents new rivers In
new localities.
On the New South Wales tableland,
south Of Goulburn, at an elevation OF
over 1000 feet above the sea. is situated
Lage George. In 1924 1t was twenty
miles long and eight miles wide, inclosed
by steep, thickly wooded hills. 1t gradual
ly diminished in size until about 1887 ii
became quite dry, and was converted into
a grassy plain.
After a few years it slowly filled again,
till In 1865 1t was seventeen feet deep.
Two years later 1t was only two feet
deep, but in 1873 it was again twenty
miles long and about twenty feet deep.
The old water-marks show that it has
sometimes reached three feet higher than
that.
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Coorong Lake.

Coorong Lake, In South Australia. is a
most peculiar arm Of the sea 1t has it's
opening in the southeastern part of Lake
Alexandrina. not far from the mouth of
the Murray river, and runs parallel with
the coast in a southeasterly direction for
about twenty-five miles. The greatest
width of this sheet Of water thus caused
Is q little less than two miles. For the
whole distance there Is only q narrow
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VIRGINIA Railway Co.

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Judges keedy and Henderson Of Hagers-
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05
VANISHING LIGHTNING ROD.

The death OF John Cole, authority
on electrical phenomena and pioneer
in the lightning-rod business, calls at
tention to the undoubted fact that hui
mainly is not so fearful of lightning
as it was a generation ago. The light
ming rod is vanishing. These defec-
tors of electrical current are practical
,ly unknown liz the cities, says the st.
Louis Republic. Once in long while
you see a farmhouse with few rusty
streaks of iron running down from
the rooftree to ground under the
caves. Inquiry usually develops the
fact that these have been in place for
20 years or more. The lightning-rod
agent has vanished with his wares.
He is no longer subject for the joke
smith dealing with rural themes. That
clause in the insurance policies that
protects against fire, lightning, wind
storms and tornadoes" seems to have
taken the place of the platinum-tipped
rod that used to stud the roofs of the
fearful and the prudent. There are
thousands of farmers and business
men who never met lightning-rod
agent. Certainly the electrical cur
rents are just as dangerous to ife
and property as they were when the
lightning rod was staple article of
commerce. More lives are lost, more
live stock is killed and more buildings
are burned by these discharges now
than in the past. as the country is
more thickly populated and the
chances are greater.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

ty-third ballot, the first cast Illinois
So delegates propelled the movement,
and gains were made also from Con-
necticut, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia,
Wisconsin and Hawaii
Roll Call on Again.
Once more the call of the roll be-
gan. 1t was the forty-fourth ballot,
and Wilson, in the beginning, gained
one in Arizona Colorado climbed
aboard the band wagon" giving Will
son gain of nine
This made the vote ten to two for
Wilson. One of the two was Mrs.
Anna B. Pitzer, sister-in-law of Speak
er Clark.
In Idaho on this ballot Wilson lost
half vote, but he gained two, as IN
diana's vote was cast solidly for him.
Wilson gained 81 insIowa, and Lou
isiana gave him one. more
Maryland gave Wilson gain of II
and Ohio gave him gain of one
more.
Pennsylvania's two Clark men
swung into line and Wilson received
the solid 76 from that state
Go Wilson's Way.
In Tennessee Wilson gained one.
Utah cast its eight votes for him, a
gain of IL votes.
Wisconsin swung into line with its
26 solid votes, and cheer from the
Wilson adherents greeted the gain of
four votes
Woodrow Wilson lacked only 961a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

A Frenchman has invented syl-
tahic keyboard for typewriters. 1t is
claimed for his arrangement that with
it an operator whose speed on an or
binary typewriter is fifty words min
ute can accomplish one hundred and
seventy-five words minute. Of course
the arrangement that suffices for the
French language would not be adapt
ed to German or to English. Thu
problem must be worked out separate
Iy for each. But If the economy of
the syllable keyboard is anything like
what is claimed for it. the syllable
keyboard undoubtedly will come into
universal use, and zDeed will gain an
other victory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

It was as a lawyer that Woodrow
Wilson first made his bow to the
world, and as president of Princeton
be became more widely known, but it
was as reformer that he achieved the
limelight, and it was reform that land
ed him in the New Jersey governors
chair.
Born in Staunton, Va. December %,
1856, he was christened Thomas Wood
row Wilson, but in his youth he cut
on the Thomas" because, he said, he
wanted to use only one name, and
Thomas w. Wilson would have been
too commonplace.
Graduating from Princeton in 1879,
he lpracticed law for two years in At
lania, Ga, before he became an edu-
cater. He taught history and political
economy for three years in Bryn Mawr
college, and was instructor in the same
branches for two years in Wesleyan
university before he was engaged as
a teacher of Jurisprudence and poll
tics In Princeton, his alma mater.
He became president of Princeton
1AO6u6H IL ACVG3 dAO AOAQ LAdC QO61LAOA
until October, 1910, when he resigned
to become governor. In 1885 he mar
ried Miss Helen Louise Arson Of At
lanta! Ga.
Governor Wilson holds A. B., LII. D.,
Phi D, and other degrees from Prince
ton, University of Virginia, Johns Hop
kins, brown, Harvard, Williams, Dart
rnouthland Yale universities.
Called First Fame as a Writer.
1t WIS as a writer that Mr. Wilson
first got before the people as poll
tcian
"a Prophet is not without honor
save inshis own country" and through
his writings and after-dinner speeches
Mr.. Wibon was being talked about as
a reforher long before the people of
New Jetsey considered him seriously.
AS fat back as 1904 the people in
the west were talking about" Wilson
as presidential possibility, but New
Jersey knew nothing about him or
about IT, and again at Denver, in 1908,
he was SPOKEN Of"
But It WAS not until 1910 that the
people OF the doctors adopted state
"discovered' him.
Then the Democratic bosses of the
experimentation state decided that
1t was tinIesto elect a governor.
"Man oflthe Hour" In New Jersey.
Considetiig reformers, they picked
on Wilson as man of the hour" and
ran him. Wilson was elected, but the
bosses soon were led to believe mat
they had picked a lemon" for no
sooner did fprexy'' have his long legs
firmly entHihed about the governors
chair rungs than he began loudly to
defy He deHed the bosses, he defed
the corporations, he defied everybody
while the defying was good, and he
mafs noise that was heard through
out be county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05
THE DEMOCRATIC PLAT
FORM

Reaffirms allegiance to Demo-
cratic principles as formulated
Jefferson.
Declares for a tariff for rev
enue only.
immediate downward revision,
especially upon necessaries of
of life.
Vigorous enforcement of GRIM
, inal features of the antitrust
law.
Additional legislation to crush
private monopoly.
income tax and direct election
Of United States senators.
Prohibition Nof campaign con-
tributIons by corporations.
Publicity of campaign con-
tributions.
Presidential preference pri-
maries.
Single term for president.
Efficient supervision of public
service corporations.
Revision Of the banking laws.
Legislation to prevent devas-
tation of lower Mississippi val
ley by floods and for improve
ment of channel.
Denounces-
Taft'e vetoes of tariff bills.
Republicans for failure to re-
deem tariff revision promises.
Administration on charge OF
extravagance.
Aldrich commissions financial
bill.
Present method Ct depositine
government funds.
Feiicitates present congress ,
on its record.
Recommends Investigation of |
agricultural credit societies in
Europe with view of establish
Ing system Of rural credits in
United States.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

This is a gem of English descrip-
lion dug out of an English newspaper
by Richard v. Oulahan, the chief for
eign correspondent of the New York
Sun: Just as the sun rose to flood
England with glorious, life giving
light, giving cheer to thousands of
workers who rose in the cold, gray
dawn, James Hackett-42-a laborer,
for the murder of his wife, Jane Hack
EFT, 4S-a barmaid at the Rose and
Crown, on the twenty-seventh of last
month, under particularly distressing
circumstances-tow in which the I'M
fortunate woman was strangled by
her drunken husband-paid the ex-
treme penalty for his crime. namely
DEATH"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05
Democratic Nominee Best Known
as President of Prince
ton.
QUIT TO BECOME GOVERNOR
Gained Fame as a Writer and After
Dinner Speaker-Made Executive
as Reward for campai
Against Corruption.
Career of Governor
Wilson in a Nutshell

Woodrow Wilson (christened
Thomas Woodrow Wilson,, born
of Scotch-Irish antecedents,
Staunton, Va. December %,
1856.
Went with family-his father,
Presbyterian clergyman, being
called to a new fleld-to Angus
ia, Ga. 1858.
Hts father being engaged as
college professor in Columbia.
s. c., went to that city, 1870.
Entered Davidson's college,
North Carolina, 1873.
Forced by i'll health to refrain
from study for some time, en-
tered Princeton, 1875.
Graduated, 1879.
Entered law department, Uni
versity of Virginia, 1879.
Began law practice in Atlanta,
1882.
Entered Johns Hopkins col
lege for postgraduate course,
1888.
Married Miss Ellen Louise Ak
son, Savannah, 1885.
Published first book, Con
gressional Government" 1885.
Became professor In Bryn
Mawr college, then went to SIM
liar place In Wesleyan college.
Connecticut, and became profess
sor of philosophy and law in
Princeton in 1890.
Chosen president of Princeton,
1902.
Nominated for governor by
New Jersey Democrats, Septem-
Der 10, 1910.
Elected governor, November
8, 1910.