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is on the level. Mind We, I'm not savin' he
was right; but he's square an upstandin' in
what he does an says. He fights fair too
We can take me word for that What he saws
here too is true: we've got the chance to
show what we can do. I'm a contractor.
I've been a contractor in this town for a
year, ever since | finished buildin' these
mills, an we all know me- I'm not talkin'
for meSilf but for Milville an me Young
frind Knit. An say to him now that ri
take half the lumber he's sendin up
TT lacked a few minutes Of three when the
1 lumber special rolled into the yard at
Millville next day. Kent and O'Brien were
there to it. The first man to alight was
McNulty. As soon as O'Brcn saw him,
he flung horny fist into the air
There" he cried to Kent "There's the
dom'd Eytalian that made all the trouble
bechune me an you. Hi, there Mae"
As McNulty came up O'Brien turned
again to Kent and said in breathy whisper
Listen, me laddybuckl Whittier We were
right or wrong, I'd have hcavcd We out O. the
wnder that day if We hadn't gone PEACEFUL.
Now shake hands, We young divvil.'
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Continued iron; page 8

in his excitement. why not, my boy?
could take YOU there, chair or no chair
Didn't 90 in litter once halfway across
Africa, when a clumsy Zulu beaten let a
dying rhino gore me in the hip; Yes, and
boSSed a caravan OF sixty men, and me flat
on my back! I'm better able to move now
than was then, too. And I'm ready 10 try
It. Another year OF this, and Id be under
the ground. I'm sick OF being Coopcd up.
I'm hungry for a breath of mountain air, for
a glimpse OF the old trails. No use taking
my guns; but YOU could lug along Your
painting kit, and Edith could take care OF
both OF us. We could start within a week.
What do YOU say, YOU two'"
Brooks he looks over at Edith. "Oh,
Uncle Jeff says she, her eyes sparklin'. 81
should Just love it,"
Il could ask for nothing better" says
Brooks.
Then its settled, says Uncle Jeff, reach
in out a hand to each Of EN-. "Hurrah for
the long trail We're OFF,
Me too, SAYS |. III that's all.
All" saws Uncle Jeff "Our young friend
who's at the bottom Of the whole OF this.
Here, Sir I'm going to teach YOU lesson
that will make Won cautious about gossip
ing with strange old men. Pick up that
leopard skin a your feet.
"YcS. Sir, SAYS !, holdin II out 10 him.
"No. examine 1t carefully, says he. That
came from a beast shot on the shores Of
Lake Tanganyika. It's the finest specimen
of the kind in my whole collection. Throw
il over your arm. YOU young scamp, and
get along with YOU"
And they're all GRIMM amiable as backs
my rrrtffs t,,f1
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poems or lower classes enjoy the other
promenade. The two classes never
mingle
Nor is this the only popularity Of
the noted plaza of Guadalajara. If
n watches closely he will see that
the men walk in one direction ana the
women promenade in the opposite. This
has the advantage Of bringing them
face to face everytime they pass, and
as all courtship Is done sub rosa, 1t
affords delightful opportunities for a
melting glance. the exchange of a rose,
or a whispered compliment. All to-
gether it seems a happy arrangement;
though the cold outsider may go to
the plaza because the moonlights are
superb. and it is the center of all that
is bright, joyous and gay. The peo-
pie enjoy the music from the military
band in the Moorish pavilion, the soft
tropical nights, the flowers, the sem
timent. 1t is a fine place to woo and
to be won.
This plaza is not the only thing for
which the charming city is noted. Long
before one reaches the town the roof
of the great Basilca can be seen. This
alone would cause its citizens to re-
fuse to leave. Art critics say thai its
impressions are so beautiful, the view
from its Gothic-Tuscan towers so
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prison, said to be a model. something
needed in Mexico where the prisons
are not all they should be. This one
is built with the cells radiating in
rows from a large circular court, and
n standing in the court can look
down every corridor. The prisoners are
taught trades and there is a band re-
cruited from them which plays re-
markedly well.
But the browning beauty of Gaud-
~alajara is it's PIAZZA in the heart Of
the town. This is surrounded by BUSH
ness streets ned by stores which
have portals over the sidewalk. I'm
der these portals the women do a
thriving trade at their little stalls
and here can be found everything
from a shoe string up to a rare carved
piece of onyx. Here one can find at
certain seasons the wonderful pen
ates or dolls which the Mexicans use
for Christmas instead OF a Christmas
tree. These penates are of all sizes
and conditions, some dressed elegant
ly and others clothed in modest rail-
ment. They hang in the markets sus-
peded from wires placed high over
the head and are cut down when sold
and handed to the buyer who may
drive home in an elegant carriage with
n beside him or may sling the PEN
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ate over his back and in this demo-
cratic way carry it home to the chill
drcn. AS these queer Christmas dolls
are made of pottery bowls, with
heads, legs and arms of straw affixed,
they cause no end of amusement. At
Christmas they are suspended in the
patio or some convenient place and
each child tries his had at giving a
blow. one good hard bIoW-and pres
to-! The dolls stomach falls to pieces
and out of the pottery's depth come
tumbling down all sorts of sweet meats,
toys II k~nicknackS, 1t is great fun
for the old people as We'll as the chill
dren.
In the plaza in front of these por-
ais or covered sidewalk booths there
are all sorts of tropical plants and
flowers for this is really the heart Of
Guadalajara and a beautiful one it Is.
In this plaza the rich and poor con-
gregate to listen to the music, gossip
and see the latest in fashion. There
are fine cement walks and two such
walks with seats at the side extend
around the four sides. One might
suppose these walks We're for the in
discriminate use of all passers by. but
this is not SO. Guadalajara is partic-
ular. On one walk only the rich and
aristocratic are allowed, While the
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and valleys seem ae,,,y with e,nil,h,
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thing of beauty, %art and culture. It's
churches show the influence of Byzan-
tine art, its residential section is
beautiful and its plaHas and public
buildings are artistic and inter-
esting. The state palace is large and
holds many valuable papers and it is
from this building that all documents
have been removed.
This pace is ~irrevocably associated
with history. Here the Aztecs made
their first stand against the power Of
Spain and here Alvarado met his fate
in a terrible battle and che champion
of an ancient race saw his dream of
an empire vanish. 1t is a beautiful
city, an ancient city and a great city.
Already it is a railroad center-and
this means much in MeXico-one o
leading to the Pacific and the other
an American railroad opening up a
new country. There are manufactures
without number. Cotton goods, shoe
leather, flour, pottery, knitted goods.
hats and blankets are made here n
sent all over the country. Too much
has been spent on this city, it's his
torical associations are too great, it's
inhabitants have too much affection
for it for them to migrate hastily to
another town unless forced to even
though there are those who look on
the dark side and urge that the city
be abandoned.
1t was only 20 years ago that this
ancient city of Guadalajara, founded
in the 10th century began to be mod
ernized, yet it now has a fine cleo
trio lighting system. is sanitary n
the residential section is filled with
comfortable homes surrounded with
gardens filled with bright flowers or
built around beautiful patios. Many
of the public buildings in this up-to-
date town. that is up-to-date for
Mexico-are elegant and there is u we'll
managed hospital or home for aged
persons and children. There is also a
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start along the ground, there is no
doubt, they say, hat Langley's aero
plane, built four years before the
Wright brothers were heard of, will
fly.
AS a result of these opinions, the
money which was raised to build a
monument to Langley is to be used
to prove to the world thai he was
the builder of the first successful
a%eroplane, so hat he may bear for
ever the title of the father of avia-
ton. And foreigners tell us that we
are a nation of money grubbers with
no appreciation of a finer sentiment!
The flight will probably be held in
Washington mex May 6, the ami
versary of the successful flight Of
Langley's small power-driven model
in 1896, an anniversary always rev.
erently observed by the Washington
Aero club, for the half-mile flight of
that model demonstrated first that
aviation was possible. An expert
eneed aviator is to be hired, the old
engine FURNISHED and put in order,
n then. before a public assemblage
which will be honored by the pres
ence of most of the high government
officials, and probably by that of the
new president, Langley's monument of
deathless fame will be erected. The
general arrangements for the flight are
in the hands of Charles M. Manly. a
construction engineer of New York,
who vas Langley's assistant n av-
iator in the unsuccessful trials.
On this occasion speakers will re-
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might again be stated II placed on
exhibition.
Although the officers of the naval
academy had considered $4,000 suffi-
cient to perform the task, Mrs. Fowler,
after carefully examining each of the
1876 flags, fixed the minimum at $2G,-
600. She based her estimate upon the
probable time required by a corps of
experienced seamstresScs to perform
the work under her direction at a daily
wage of $l.28.
Mrs. Fowler insisted that the only
method practicable in the restoration
Of the flags would be that used in the
making of the Rayeux tapestries by
the Duchess of Burgundy more than
], 900 years ago. This method is known
today by no one but Mrs. Fowler, and
it was by this process that she made
practically indestructible the many
stands of colors that are now shown
in the hall of flags in the Massachu-
sets state house.
The fame of Mrs. Fowler's work
hitherto has been confined to Massa-
chusetts, where her skill has made
the collection of battle flags at the
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late anecdotes which makes the mem
Dry of Langley so beloved today to
those who knew him He took up the
study of aviation in the early '90s,
when mechanical flight vas regarded
as a chimerical dream. the subject for
a scientists contempt and the lay
mans ridlcuIe. Yet Langley, who was
a scientist of rank, braved both.
There is still a mental picture of him,
nearly 60 years Of age, but older in
appearance, standing on a Potomac
bridge III a bitter December gale that
shook his frail body. He stood there
a half hour. for he was watching a
buzzard lettering and balancing in the
blast. and it was only when he was
growing numb with cold that he
dragged himself away. Yet on the
strength of that observation he wrote
The Internal Work Of the Wind,' a
monograph which stands today as an
authority, and which explains air peck
cts and other wind forces with which
the aviator has to deal.
In 1886 Langley built his first prac-
teal model ~aeroplane with Il wing
spread of II feet and a steam engine
lOT power. III COMPARISON WIN lnc
aeroplanes of today it was u queer
looking craft-a sort of air phaeton,
low in the middle on the afternoon
of May 6 it made two flights, each
over half a mile long, staying in air
as long as it's steam lasted. And those
who saw it drew in their breaths, for
theirs We're the first eyes to behold
| mechanical flight. This model was
self-balancing.
In nature Langley was shy and of
\ childish simplicity in many ways.
This diffilence was regarded as
brusqueness by the newspaper men
who went to him for stories. He be-
came very unpopular with the writ
ing craft, and when his man-carry-
ing machine failed so utterly and lud-
]icrously the lances of newspaper wit
were turned against the inventor. He
died without ever having seen a man
carrying ~aeroplane in the air.
After his death the Wrights and
several inventors ACKNOWLEDGED their
! debt to Langley's discoveries and to
his inspiring example.
But Langley's failure never dimmed
his faith in the future of aerial nav
| igation. A few weeks before his death
he said:
'The world indeed will be supine if
it does n~ots1ealize that a new posi-
bility has come to 1t and that the
great universal highway overhead is
now soon to be opened"
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(By robert F. Wilson,

Washington, jan. 25.-"EXegi mo-
mentum acre p%erennius," wrote the
Latin @. H. Flaccus, which, being lib
orally interpreted, with due regard for
the context, means: I'm this volume
of poems 1 have erected to myself a
monument that will outlast anything
in granite or bronZe-fame."
And, instead of a monument, the
fame, is to be constructed in Wash
ington to the memory of the late
Samuel Pierpont Langley, the first
American student of aviation. The
money which was contributed to add a
statue of Langley to the regiment of
bronze and marble heroes already
guarding Washington's circles and
squares. it is announced, is to be de-
voted to the pure sentiment. of pay
ing for a demonstration flight of
Langley's old unsuccessful aeroplane
Smithsonian institution.
After those lamentable failures in
1903. when the Langley aeroplane,
twice launched from the top OF a
houseboat on the Potomac river, as
many times splashed kerplop into
the Potomac alongside the h%ouseboat
the newspapers jibe d and ridiculed un-
m%ercifully. Old Langley pore VI
bravely for a time. But a few months
later he was stricken with paralysis
and he died February q, 1906-of 9
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Is Guadalajara, the second city of
Mexico, often called the Florence Of
Mexico, doomed: SO say scientists
connected with the ~seismographic
branch of the observatory at Mexico
City and they contend that after
spending several months investigating,
noting the sudden cropping out of hot
springs in the vicinity, the rumblings
Of the earth and other signs that
sooner or later this beautiful city vii,
be the victim of an upheaval. At any
rate enough credence is given to their
calculations to transport the govern
ment papers to the palace in Mexico
city n to call a meeting of citizens
to debate the question for this is the
first time in history that a town has
been warned hat danger may some
time impend. People living there are
divided In opinion, some asserting that
1t would be we'll to leave and settle
In Juanacatlan, a town not far away
but separated by hills from the Quad
alajara district and others laughing
to scorn any suggestion of danger.
That the citizens of this magnifi-
cent city VIII leave it to build up a
town elsewhere is doubtful. The city
lies In the charming valley of the
Lerma river and it is called from old
Spain "Wad-alaja-ra." All the pro-
duets Of the temperate zone are
raised at their very doors, and the
surrounding country is a sort of Gar
den Of the Lord favorable to the pro-
duction of coffee, tobacco, and all
kinds of fruit. 1t is also a rich min
eral district, "a distributing port, and
a drink called tequila is exported in
large quantities. On the great Mex
lean plateau, a mile above the sea
level, Guadalajara, the City of Win
ter Sunbeams" stands forth as a
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Man2anillo that many Of the Ameri-
can gold seekers passed to and from
California in the year 40. Broad gov
eminent highways stretched all the
way from the boundary of tho Louis
lana Purchase territory through Qua
dalaiara to M~anzanillo, crossing noun
tains and plains with hardly a break.
1t was a better route to California
than by sailing vessels around the
Horn, or across the continent by the
trails in the United States. The Mex
lean government has spent over eight
million pesos (tour million dollars N
our money!, in improving harhur ia
Cilitics at Mauzanillp, and getting it
ready for the IN that is al
ready coming from central and east
orn Mexico via Guadelaiara. This
growing harbor on the Pacific coast
has a breallwater 1t,446 feet long.
which gives a protected harbor that
covers 165 acres. The length of the
interior seawalls Is over 1000 feet.
thus relieving the harbor Of swells
from the ocean. There will be n uni
form depth of 80 feet and 100 vessels
can anchor at once besides the 40
boats that can be accommodated at
tho wharves. 1t is this part of Mex
leo that the Japanese are credited
With desiring for coaling stations, and
there is no doubt about the wonderful
facilities afforded by improvements.
Even the scawalls of Cherhourg and
Plymouth do not excel in proportions.
It was in this same harbor that Her
nan Cortc2 three centuries & con
structcd n fleet of ships for the pur-
pose of exploring the unknown waters
of the Pacific ocean and it was this
Identical fleet that won the Philip
pines for Spain.
In all this coast trade, for Pacific
steamers are plying up and down the
coast continually, Guadalajara plays ita
Fart as the largest and nearest IN
land town. No, Guardalajara is too
important a city to be easily frightened
by reports OF scientists and 1t Is too
beautiful for anyone to leave unless
absolutely forced to do SO. II it had
nothing olse it's great BaSilCa recon-
pcnscs the fatigue of n long Pilgrim
aga to see it and its soft tropical
nights amid the flowers. beneath the
orange trees in bud. bloom and fruit,
the surrender to the dolce far nienta
of the hour" endears the city to ev-
cry inhahitant and visitor,
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Some Things She Has Done.

Originally the work was taken up
rs Il pastime, but her skill could not
be long unknown. At first her at
tention was given entirely to the max
ing of new flags and banners. She has
embroidered colors for every state reg
imcnt and the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery. besides many banners for
civil bodies, An original stitch has
enabled her to place a design on one
side of u piece of silk different from
the design on the other side. She re-
vived u method of work that was sup
posed to have neen lest.
The flags already made by Mrs.
Fowler are embroidered upon white
silk imported from France at a cost
of SIG a yard. The embroidery silk
was made in the United States
cially for the purpose, and vas sub
jected to every known test for fast coll
oring. Military shades have been
used. The coat of arms of the state
have been followed exactly.
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STEAMER is A e.

Charleston. S. c., Jan. 25.-The
steamer Mae of the Philadelphia &
Gulf line, which was disabled off Cape
Lookout on Wednesday,, arrived here
today under its own steam and con
veyed by the reyenue cutter Andres
coggin.
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broken heart, if any man eve dice
from that cause.
Langley's Machine Practical.

After that came the Wrights, Cur
tbs, Bleriot and the conquest of the
air. And since aviation has become
a commonplace, a number of avia-
tors and ~aeronautic construction en-
gineers have visited the Smithsonian
and hav examined Langley's old mod
ell. And one and all lave declared it
to be a practical heayier-than-air fly
ing machine.
The trouble, they say with Lang
ley's trials was that his launching de-
vice was faulty. The engine and
Widespread were scientifically cor
rect. Mounted oil pneumatic tired
wheels and launched after a running
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Preserving Historic Stars and Stripes

Walthaln, Jan. 25.-To preserve the
trophies of many a hard-fought naval
victory, and to save from destruction
by moth ana age the stars and stripes
that waved over victorious Yankee
ships of war, Mrs. Amelia Fowler of
Wnltham has beene selected by the
governor to supervise the expenditure
of $4,000. recently appropriated by
congress for the preservation of the
collection of historical battle flags now
in storage at the naval academy in An
napolis.
Some of these flags were taken In
battle as long as a century ago, Others
are Of historical value because of the
World-famous seafighters oven whose
battles they waved. All of these, NUM-
boring 1876, are now almost destroyed
by the raVageS of time and the inroads
of the ubiquitous moth.
Many Famous Flags.
In the collection there Is the battle
flag used as a signal for opening fire
AT the battle of Lake Erie. Another is
a British royal standard. captured at
York, Canada, in 1913. by a squadron
liz >'llElliiil'i'l >lilktiil'A- ~ VII
sign taken on the Alert in 1912 by
Captain David Porter is one of the
most interesting flags in the collec-
ton. Other notable standards that
are going fast to rack and ruin are the
flags flown by the Spanish squadron in
the battle Of Manila bay, the flag of
the governor general of the Philippine"
islands, taken by Admiral Dewey IN
1898. ana the ensign hOisted in Japan
by Commodore Perry at the time of his
interview with the Japanese commits
sioners at Urga in 1854.
The d~eplorable condition of the old
flags was not now until the great
wooden boxes in which they are stored
were opened in the spring of 1911. 1t
was discovered that, besides the nat
ural decay of age, the moths had got in
and la eaten MAN. of the flags to
shreds. Commander w. c. Cole of the
academy Immediately began a search
for someone who knew how to syae the
valuable relics in his care. The Smith
sonian institute was consulted, but to
no purpose.
Mrs. Fowler Recommended.
Then the curator of flags at he
Massachusetts state house was asked
to offer some suggestion as to the
bet method of bringing the precious
trophies back to Il semblance of their
former strength and beauty. Former
Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., hearing of
the urgent need of an expert, at once
recommended Mrs. Fowler, and the
government requested that she eX-
anime the tattered flags and make
some estimate. If possible. of the ex-
pense required to place the damaged
| fabric in such condition that the colors
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state house one of the most remark
able of its kind in the world.