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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
All About the Ernn

The frog is a very queer-lookinz
animal which lives on land and in wa.
ter. If We notice we viii find that
tadpoles develop into frogs. They
first have tail and no feet and legs;
then it loses its tail and two pairs Of
feet and legs grow on it; and it comes
from the water and lives chiefly Oh
land. From a Schoolboy's Essay.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
LOW TIDES.
THE sARAclNA BAND PLAYS

Mornings: yoIusia and Beach from
$50 70 II.
Afternoons: The kiosk lexcept Fri
days. 2.s9 10 4 Fridays, AZ the
schoolhouse from 70 3.
Nights: Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, Volusia and Beach from
to $50. Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays, the kiosk, from Z 10 $3.50.
Mr. Waite, Mr.. Rowe and Mr..
Burgcyne are authorized to accept
contributions TO the hand fund.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
The Real Grleuanon

Friend-You'ye got 10 admit there's
.othing in Tripoh worth fighting for.
Italian Diplomat-Certainly
Friend-Then why do you want 10
eep on fighting?
Italian Diplonat-We've got TO pun
sh the Turks for giving US the I'M
Tession that there was.-Satire.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
mewhat Ambfouous-

A missionary stationed in q land
where the natives were cannibals,
wrote for assistance as follows: Our
small force OF brethren seems 70 be
unable 20 cope with the distress
which prevails in the dark ana be
gh--d land. Please send a tew more
l-.ss o1aries- sunday Magazine.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11

Sailor Gin cheap Festaurantp-W What
do YOU call thi~a stun. mate:
Waiter-Soup
Sailor to ais shipmate,- What d,
you think Of that. Bill: Here we've
been sailing on soup for ten years and
never knew it--Pittsburgh Press.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
ne railroads. acted wiselz

the railroads acted wisely, both to-
wards themselves and towards the
consuming public, that now wiz not
have TO discriminate so closely be
tween what is fit and what is unfit
in oranges.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
WEATHER FORECAST.

Local rains tonight or Wednesday,
except fair in tne south portion
Warmer in the Northeast portion
and colder in the extreme northwest
portion tonight Colder in the north
and central portions Wednesday.
Moderate variable winds.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
Few Weather Ea-ts-

California has the least number OF
thunder storms, and Alabama and
Florida have the greatest number.
F1o-,da has the most even tempera.
tlre.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11

Mar plays sriy where he - =
human 5esrs &c tire fullest sense
81 tire ssorc, ard ne hzS reaches
fusg humanity oni. when re
plays Iris proposition ~ih ac-
aasr- great ard deep sssnFhrar1e
ssner s~e shall learn % refer (
70 ire doubly serious icess o.
S.ty ard destiny. Il ~iii tren
sustain tire entire superstracture
c< zesz7etIc ard CT tire ye< more
dFS7c1it art Of Iife--Schiiier.
Ire o-sanized games under the
direction of zood trainers desea-
&C respect fer tire rights OF Ctr
ers. fairness ard self control. &C.
; merit the schools and homes ard
czourterzct tire iz~iessness ara
cestructi.eness which are the
; lessen OF the vacant lot
Amusement 10 stronger thar
vice. ard IL sIore can stSfe ire
sus< fer 5t@gzne AGoznss-
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
Must shou. cra.ianttal.

Marcus Aurelius says life is a bat.
tie and q sojourning in a strange
land" Does he? What business Is
Mr.. Aureius in?"-Pittsburg Post.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
ENORMOUS EIoeks Of Sheep.

Recent official figures placed the
number of sheep in Australia and New
Zealand in excess of 117.000,00o. the
greatest number in Is years.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
SAVING lime

It viii always be a problem how
mucn time IN a year is saved by the
man who is the first to get OF the
traln az it runs into the terminal
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11

mere Is this in favor Of the thor
G - dog: Its owner is more ne
: @ keep it shut up.-Nev VI
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-11
Often Overlooked

v,ar mere Is a difference between con.
.easAelon and monologue that sonna
g0shers fail to grasp.-Atcbison c ILLS
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-09


all. On the contrary I caught my
breath again-this time with both
hands-and held it tightly.
"Yes," he unused. II am disguised
as the great editor of a daily news
paper. / am about to solve a mys-
ferrous murder"
F1icking the ashes from the end Of
his cigaret, the marvellous Shofmes
deity replaced the little white coffin
nail back between his teeth, and re-
unused:
"It is the Charles Sing murder
the Chinaman-the Chinaman with
the white wife. He was found dead
murdered, Watson, murdered in his
own home"
Again there was silence upon
which 1 feared to intrude-so awe
inspiring is genius when it is ttrob-
bing on the high speed, going down
hill on a macadamized pike.
Understand me, Watson" Her
lock Sholmes resumed, II am dis
guised as great editor. We will as
sumo that / am the highest priced,
highest browed editor IN this coun-
try-and am writing the lead story
myself. Follow me, Watson"
boldly shut my eyes and followed
him.
Let us find the mystery. As !
said before, Charles Sing was a
Chinama1. BY the simplest possible
deduction, we find that he ate chop
suey. All Cinnamon eat chop suey.
Sing was, Chinaman. Hence Sing
ate chop suey.
Nov comes the second link in the
chop suey chain. You will doubtless
remember, Watson, that some years
ago, one Elsie Seigel, a white girl.
was mysteriously murdered by
Cinnamon in New York. Yes?"
/ remembered.
Well continued Sholmes, after
he had taken deep inhalation OF
- = - 80
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-09
HOW THE GREAT DETEcTIVE-EDITOR SOLVES
A CHINESE MURDER MYSTERY
BY OLE DOC WATSON

BY OLE DO
knew something was on Herlock
Sholmes' wonderful mind the instant
1 entered his study.
He expected me. knew this much
because he had sent for me and 1
had told him would come. There
fore he was not surprised when
carefully opened the door, entered his
study and softly closed the door from
the inside.
Quickly taking off my shoes tip
toed in my socks gently to chair
on the other side of the table. knew
better than to disturb the great
genius when he had been hitting the
hop and was in a brown study.
One should always be careful in
the presence of genius.
Sholmes looked along both sides of
his long, keen nose from his shrewd,
penetrating, greenish blue eyes. 1t
was habit he habitat looking
with his eyes.
He seemed to bore holes in the
silence that appeared everywhere
around us in the room. One couldn't
see the holes, but one could sense
them. They were there. From long
and intimate association with the
great detective 1 could almost poke
the finger of my minds eye in one
of the holes.
1t was long time before he moved.
Probably many minutes, But l held
my breath. And finally when he did
move he didn't move at all. He
merely spoke in those sharp, low, al
most invisible accents for which he
was noted.
Watson" he said.
"Yessir," said I, feeling safe now
in letting go a small portion of the |
breath 1 had been holding.
watson" he said again.
"Yessir," 1 family repeated, having
,,,uet o,.ad I'm thh cOlird pn Tn do 80
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-09

l knew something was on Herlock
Sholmes' wonderful mind the instant
/ entered his study.
IL oynoo+o 81 49, I-,,o.., tb;u t,,,,oh
Evening star., 1913-07-20
FANCY
FANS,
J for Sc
NOTION
SALE
At Sc
Main Floor.

For kinds that sell
at &c
Two cents OH each
notion saved amounts
up when several are
bought. Buy supplies
for all summer.
ATLAS HOOKS AND
EYES. black or
white, Monday, n
card ........ &c
GEM PINS. all sizes,
special Monday, q
PAPER -..--.-.- sc
SERPENTISE COLI
LAR SETS. sale
price, Monday, a
card ............. SC
COLLAR BANDS, all
sizes, sale price. &c
y r. t COLLAR r
FORMS. = styles.
sale price. .- &c
SNAP FASTENERS.
black or white. Mon
day, a card. 1890 &c
NJ A SCOT SAFETY
PINS. all sizes. a
card ........- SC
MACHINE OIL-best
quality. sale price,
bottle .....-. sc
VI \ CH IN +, OIL l.
CANS-will not leak.
each &C
SEWING NEEDLES,
all sizes, sale price,
a paper --.-.-.- &c
Ella TIC BELTS.
W hite only, sale
pr:ce -----..--.-- &c
Main E'loor-NotiOn
Section.
Evening star., 1913-07-20

lbics here. Prices have been lowered consider
IMPORTED WHITE PIX, 28 or So in.
wide, soft finish, in wide, medium and narrow
vale. SOC to 75c yard values. CHOICE :3Oc
MONDAY AT, A YARD. ...........
WHITE PLISSE CREPE. 80 in wide
in style stripes; soft finish I9c 11Lzc
yard value Special Monday, yard
EMBROIDERED WHITE DOTTED
CREPE RATINE, 81 in. wide, with medium
and large dots; novelty wash fabric that
makes up beautifully. 75c value. Mon 3Oc
day. yard, only.
Evening star., 1913-07-20
121zc to zoe WashF abrics, Choice, 84c Yd.

'front.'
of
washa
I'd Annex-Wash
Evening star., 1913-07-20
Black and ColoredDressGood


42-in. BLACK SILK AND
WOOL POPLlN, light
weight; fabric that drapes
nicely SI.25 value. O2c
Monday, a yard.
56-in. SUITINGS. in neat
designs in light. medium and
dark shades. 7'5c and sI.oo
yard qualities. Mon AOr
dav, yard. ...
4S-in. BLACK SERGE, al,
pure wool: wear guaranteed.
SIoo quality. Mon 75C
day. a yard, only.
56-in. BLACK MOHAIR
SICILIAN. bright lustrous
finish; reversible. SI.25 val
ue: Monday, a yard, 85c
only
Evening star., 1913-07-20

IMPORTED WHITE COTTON CREPE
for making tennis dresses and shirts; require:
ironing; 28 in. wide soc values. 0Ec
Special Monday, yard, only. ....... NV
Evening star., 1913-07-20

Splendid handkerchiefs at this small
price. Made of soft Shamrock lawn with
hemstitched hem, and initiated. each one
in different design, and put up in
package.
These are splendid handkerchiefs to put
In the vacation trunk.
Main FlOOr-Bargain Tables.
Evening star., 1913-10-19

in most OF the big cases. He knows
very thoroughly the intricacies of Central
American politics. and is said to have
definite policy as to relations with Mica
ragua.
DR.. Durham is the head of the medical
profession in Costa Rica. and has a
notable personal popularity, although he
has never been active in politics as an
officeholder One OF the charges which
he has to repel is his lack of experience
in public life. This he does vigorously
He is said to be the favorite OF the lead
ing Costa Rican families-and is repre-
sented TO be the most antl-American OF
the candidates if that construction can
be placed on ultra pro-Costa Ricanlsn
for this is tie form it takes. President
Jirninez is maintaining an attitude OF
benevolent neutrality among the three
candidates. although he is said to have
personal preference.
Campaigning is carried on largely by
means of manffestos. The candidates
declare their programs IN manifestos-
They Indignantly repel the aspersions
and Misrepresentation of the friends OF
the other candidates by manifestos:
These are printed in the newspapers ana
put up in the shop windows as posters
Meetings and rallies are also held. ana
there are parades with bands of music
supposed test of popularity is In the
Sunday free excursions. The canuldate
who has the largest number OF eNcuf-
sionists on any Sunday is presumed by
is a suspicion that this Is not GOOD
way to measure the relative strength
for those who go on one candidate eN.
cursion this Sunday are likely TO accept
d'dates next Sunday. They are as open
minded as the members of the poitlcaI
clubs which spring up in American cities
during municipal and state campaigns
Foreigners who have lived many years
in Costa Rica bear testimony that the
elections are fair Once or twice there
has been an election riot which came
perilously close to revolution. but on
these occasions it was said to be pro-
test against scheme to defeat the Will
of the people as given utterance to at
the urns or ballot boxes. The coming
election will be fair and orderly one,
and the successful candidate will repre-
sent the prevailing sentiment of the ma
@iority of the Costa Rican voters. He
will also stand for Costa Rican auton-
omy which is the indirect way OF put
ting the dignified expression of anti
American sentiment and a protest
against Secretary Bryan's Central Amer
lean policy.
A sympathetic analysis of the state
of mind of Costa Rica may help
10 explain it's attitude in relation
to the perpetual tangle of Central
American politics. People in the
United States also may hear for the
first time of their supposed designs on
the model little Spanish American re-
public Knowing the designs are at
tributed to them, they may have more
toeration for Costa Rican outbursts. al
though their convictions are not apt to
be changed on the fundamental questions
OF Latin American policy and the new
responsibilities growing out of the Pan
anna canal.
Model Spanish-American republics are
not so numerous that one like Costa
Rica can be passed by. The country is
compact. extending across from the Pa
ciic to the Atlantic. with q r,;lway line
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are satisfied tnat Il reconsideration of
the subject will result in the Wilson ad-
ministraton reaffirmng the proposed pro-
tectorate though possibly in different
form.
One objection in Costa Rica To the
Bryan proposition is that il deals a blow
to the Central American unity which has
been the dream of all the Central Amerl-
can states. and which most of them rec
osnize in their constitutions and their
laws. Some day the Pam American or
lntercontinental backbone railway will be
completed from the border OF Mexico
through Central America TO the Canal
Zone Many links in ii are now being
closed up When a physical unity is
thus obtained, and the geographical isola-
ton of the countries is ended, something
akin to Central American nationality
may be developed. But mountains OF mu
tual distrusts and of mutual jealousias
must first be leveled. Ii is well to talk
of unified Central America. but the
question at once arises, under whom
Barrios. the Guatemalan Dictator tried il
by force of arms and failed in a bloody
battle. Zelaya would have tried il il the
United States had not driven him out of
Nicaragua. Other ambitious Central
American statesmen now may dream of
1t under different conditions but their
dreams will not improve the conditions in
Nicaragua and Honduras.
This talk OF the Central American aspl-
rations for unity also brings into relief
Evening star., 1913-10-19

from ocean to ocean, along which is
grouped most of the population, the
total of which is about equal to that of
the District of Columbia. The govern
ment is stable, ami the people orderly
and Industrious. Revolutions have been
so few that they form no distinct page in
the history of the country since it's indie
pendence was achieved. The poems
themselves have stake in the soil, and
do not take kindly to the notion of start
ing revolutions for the benefit of ambi-
tious politicians. The native population
is fairly homogeneous and is of Spanish
stock.
1t has been claimed that this racial
purity was one reason why Costa Rica
got along so much better than the other
Spanish-American countries which have
their battling racial mixtures. President
Jiminez gave this theory a setback last
April in letter TO a friend in Salvador,
in which he spoke of Costa Ricans
people identical with the people of othe
Latin American countries, that is.
blend of Spanish, Indian and African.
This assertion was not altogether pleas
ing TO the old families of Costa Rica.
and has not been accepted unreservedv
as q description of the racial basis of the
among the poems. however, is pronounc-
ed The African is less apparent except
along the Atlantic coast lands.
The finances of. the country. like the
government. stable. The laboring
classes are not robbed by wild fluctua-
tions of the circulating medium. Taxa
ton while following the old Spanish sys-
TEN and falling very lightly on large
landowners, is not burdensome. The
sources of revenue, including the export
lax on bananas. prove adequate to meet
the modest needs of modest govern
ment.
San Jose is one of the cleanest and
neatest little cities in Central America.
1t Is everywhere known, even in Europe,
for its ornate national theater. 1t is
self-centered community. living and
thinking in a way of its own, and taking
someW hat contracted view of events out
side its own little sphere. But San Jose,
and with it all Costa Rica. now ferments.
There are committees, made up chiefly OF
young men. corresponding with similar
committees away off i'll Argentina and
Uruguay Well as in Aearby Latin
countries. to determine the best methods
TO effect the solidarity of Latin America
and repel the asgressions of the 'vo-
racious, giant Of the north That means
the United States.
Costa Rica thinks il has grievance
against Washington because in the .nego-
tation OF the treaty giving the United
States the right TO build the NicaraguaE
canal its interest in this interOceanic
waterway through its geographical proX-
unity to the San Juan river was ignored
This grievance related TO the treaty en-
acted by Secretary Knox, as well as TO
Mr.. Bryan's later proposition. This lat
ter was not in itself enough TO cause an
outbreak of popular sentiment especially
since the rights of Costa Rica in connec-
ton with the San Juan relate chiefly 10
constructive damages which might actu-
ally follow the building of the Nicara
guam canal All that Secretary Knox or
Secretary Bryan proposed was to buy an
option from Nicaragua for a canal across
Evening star., 1913-10-19

acute throughout Central America. ana
especially in Costa Rica, where the peo-
pie with a keen perception of the ulti-
mate questions involved. cannot get IL out
of their minds They feel that II ac-
centuates the overshadowIng problems
which grow out of the Panama canaI, the
extent to which the influence of the
United States is to be exercised. ana the
future Interpretation of the Monroe doc
trne for all the region from the Carlp-
bean to the Rio Grande. With the Re-
public of Panama on one side under an
open American 'protectorate. and with
Nicaragua on the other ready 10 accept
one. Costa Rica took fright at the pros
pect of losing IT'S own identity. Hence
the determination to show what II thihks
of Mr. BRYAN and his Central American
policy.
Before explaming the position OF Costa
Evening star., 1913-10-19

the views of Costa Rica The question
which the United States must meet is
whether Central American countries ever
can extricate themselves from the meshes
of intrigues in which they are involved.
San Jose is a good place in which 10
roll UP the curtain and take q look be
hind the scenes Usually there are several
.X-presidents of neighbofing countries
and various revolutionary leaders here.
| can stroll out to the plaza and meet
half a dozen of them this afternoon
The rights of political asylum are most
freely extended.
Ii is not the practice OF Latin Amerl-
can dictators and revolutionary leaders
to remain quiescent while in exile. so the
hospitabIe little capital of San Jose is
more or less all the time the tneater OF
plans and plots affecting the n=ighbofihs
Evening star., 1913-10-19

public use more enthusiastic. if any
thug-aS he was when ne first talked
TO Secretary Gage
OF; on the wooded heights adjacent TO
Connecticut avenue. several miles beyond
1t well populated part of the city, is a
group Of handsome buildings. all erected
under .he direction of DR.. Stratton. These
house the bureau whose work penetrates
into every part Of the country and whose
efforts are warmly commended by manu-
facturcrS. public service commIsSlonS,
public service corpora tions municipal and
state governments and thinking people
everywhere.
II was inevitable that a physical labor
atOry should he the first structure erect
ed. His friends assert that every time
Dr. Stratton sees a kely-looking piece of
vacant ground he wants to build a phys
ical laboratory on it, 1t is a habit he
has He has built only three so far, one
at the University of Illinois, one at the
University Of Chicago and one here. put
he is young yet-oniy ffty-two-and has
hopes of building nor. before his career
is ended.
Standardizins the country is the imme-
diate hope OF Dr. Stratron: standardizng g
the world is the more -emote dream Just
now he is working ON the latter being
in Paris attending the sessions OF the in
ternationa committee on weights and
measures. of which body he is MEM
ber. and also to attend the sexennial
meeting Of the general conference on
weights and measures, the diplomatic CON
ference at which all the leading nations
of the world are represented
Scientific men know but perhaps the
general public does not. that in Paris ex-
lists an international bureau of weights
and measures. About thirty countries
have membership. Once every two years
the committee in charge meets. and once
every six years there is what is called a
conference in which the weights and
measures authorities of the world assem-
BILE. This is both a committee and a con-
ference year, and DIR. Stratton is very
important man in the proceedings. for in
the twelve years in which we have had a
bureau of standards il has become one OF
the leading ones in the world
At the international bureau in Paris are
kept certain of the worlds standards of
length and mass. Notable among them is
the meter. this standard meter having
been prepared by q committee of .scien-
title men as long ago as 1870 Now while
this country is not on the metric system
Evening star., 1913-10-19

Rica, a word may be said about the
presidential campaign. The candidates
are Senior Yglesias. Senior Fernandez and
DR. Durham. Senior Yglesias is an ex-
president. When in office he gave mark
ed encouTa cement to the investment of
foreign capital, and his policies have
much to do with the material progress
of Costa Rica. He ruled with a strong
hand. His enemies charge that he was
a disguised dictator who dominated the
national assembly by too forCefu meth
dds and who would never have yielded
his office except for a severe illness.
No one questions that he gave Costa
Rica an excellent administration. He is
understood to have the support of the
clerical element in the present contest
and this means conservatism.
senior Fernandez is a leader at thu
bar. and in the United States, would be
called a trust lawyer. as he is engaged
Evening star., 1913-10-19


proposal OF the American Secretary of
State for a Nicaraguan protectoraue an
issue i'll a political campaign in Costa
Rica so far there can be an issue
when all parties and all candidates are
agreed as to their policy.
When MIR. Bryan's Nicaraguan policy
was promulgated, the popular excitement
was violent There was parade-some
windows We're broken and there We're
cries of Death TO Americans. a curious
incident marked this demonstra ton A
popular American engaged in business in
Costa Rica was encountered by the
DaradefS. Instead of decreeing death To
him, the crowd cheered him-"Hurrah for
Mr. Al The incident showed how
little hostility there is to individual Amer
leans notwithstanding the vague and in
definite antagonism to Americans in gen
eral or rather To the United States.
Police officers steered the parade away
from the American legation and meet
ing was held lin which the speakers
pledged themselves to maintain Costa
Rican autonomy and to die for their
country if necessary.
This happened weeks ago. but the same
feeling is kept alive by leaflets still
coming from the printing press and by
communications and appeals addressed to
the Costa Rcans through the news
papers. There are also appeals TO