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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
OUTRANKED BY FOREIGNER
Will Be Commander of the American
Battle ship Fleet.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Informal an.
nouncements from foreign capitals of
acceptances of the invitation of the
United States to send ships to Hamp.
ton Roads for an international naval
pageant in celebration of the opening
OF the Panama canal have already
brought into view a disagreeable
prospect. It is practically certain
that whoever commands the Ameri
can battleship fleet on that occasion
will be outranked by the commanders
of most of the European squadrons
which are coming to the celebration
Word already has been received un.
officially from France that tie French
squadron at the canal celebration will
be under command of vice admiral
The United States has no grade
higher tnan rear admiral. so that GER
tainly the American commander-in.
chief will have to give precedence to
the French commander at leas..
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
Jimmie's Wisdom,

Myrtle. who is studying physical ge-
ography. likes to tlauht her superior
knowledge.
Jimmie" she said to her little broth
er. II bet you don't know what ger.
mination produces"
II don't know what it produces" re-
piled Jimmie. 'but know the German
nation consumes lots of sauerkraut
and wienerwurst. Youngstown Tele
gram.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
McGUlRE's CONFESSION
Contractors' Bondsman Admits Pre-
vious Testimony Was False.

CONTRACTORS boUuSWdU FN'WNe
vious Testimony Was False.
New York, Nov. 20.-George H. NC
CURE of Syracuse, the contractors
bondsman, confessed before Chief
Magistrate McAdoo that his previous
testimony in the John Doe proceed
ings was a tissue Of falsehoods.
He declared that John A. Hennessy
had told the truth when he said NC
CURE gave him the list of contractors
which Hennessy introduced when ne
took the stand on the opening day OF
the inquiry. He said that he sat Dy
while Hennessy wrote down the
names and the amounts of the con-
tractors contributions as they were
told off by Mcclure. He admitted
that he told Hennessy there had been
a meeting in Albany at which Nor
man e. Mack, G. Gordon Reel and
Everett p Fowler made arrangements
for Fowler to go through the state,
making campaign collections from
canal and highway contractors.
The witness said he would admit
that he had brought to the attention
of Governor Sulzer the fact that high
way specifications were not being
lived up to, but he denied he could
recall Just what was said.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
Roosevelt was corsage ornament of
emeralds and diamonds.
Gifts Valued at s25o,0Oo.


Gifts Valued at $25o,0oo.
or course nobody knew exactly the
value of all the presents, which num-
bered about 500, but 1t was said at
the time by those who inspected them
that the figure was about $25O,OOO.
The gifts which Nellie Grant receiv-
ed at her wedding were valued at
about 100000.
The presents ranged in character all
the way from the Gobelin tapestry and
Cuba's rope of pearls to washtub, n
Boston terrier, potatoes and anthracite
coal.
Probably the most perishable of the
collection came a very long distance.
1t was a box of peaches, apricots and
plums from Cape Colony. South Afri-
ca. 1t was remarked that apricots of
that excellence at that season would
cost here about so cents a bite.
The Boston terrier came from a
Pittsburgh friend of Mr.. Longworth.
1t was not exhibited with the other
gifts in the White House.
Chief Justice Fuller and other mem
bers of the United States supreme
court sent flowers. There was a silver
service from the Rough Riders asso-
ciatiof and a working model of a
Jorgensen rifle in solid gold from
officers of the United States army.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
Inconsistent.

A man who took his infant daughter
to be baptized told the clergyman to
call her Venus.
But | refuse to call her Venus"
said the clergyman Indignantly. we
nus is the name of a pagan goddess"
"Well. how about your own girl,
Diana?' said the man.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

The death of the last of the John
Brown captors having been followed
by the passing of the last of the Lin
coin bodyguard, it's hard to tell
whether the next turn belongs to the
last of George Washington's slaves or
the last of the Trenton girls who kiss
ed Lafayette.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

The optimist was reciting some of
the numerous articles in his creed
Finally he came to the end. "Oh,
there is one more. after ALL" he said.
"On the days when / reflect how lit
tie l really amount to cheer myself
by remembering how much expect of
Others"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
ARRESTED IN OHIO
Telegrapher Said to Have Several
Wives, One In Newark.

Wives, One In Newark.
Pontiac, Mich, Nov. 20.-David De-
vine, who married Eleanor Mae Nolan
of this city when he is alleged to have
had wives in different cities, was ar.
rested at Cleveland. Devine was a
telegraph operator here and in De.
troit. 1t is said, under assumed
names, Devine had married girls in
Pontiac, Newark (O), Philadelphia,
Chicago and New York. He was
trapped by means Of decoy letter.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
Special Rule For Santa Claus Mail.

Special RuIe For Santa Claus Mail
Santa Claus" letters are not to be
classed as insufiiciently addressed or
unbelievable during the month OF De
cember The postmaster general has
issued an order making permanent
the practice of delivering them to re-
sponsible charitable institutions or rep.
utable individuals in the town or city
Of ad !ress.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
Her Choice.

Ethel-Strange that Kitty should
have married Tom. She told me posi-
lively that she liked Jack better. Ma
she felt more sure of being
Q ble to boss Toni Boston Transcript.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

A London burglar broke into a house
% take a bath. And yet iconoclasts
Aave tried to shake public belief In the
3nSiishman's devotion to his tub.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
GIRLS IN WAR ON SLANG.
viii Not Go With Youths Addicted to
the Habit.

the Habit.
Forty determined young women
have organized an Anu-slang and No
Profanity club In Num-, Colo. One oi
the bylaws Of the organization provides
that no member shall accompany any
young man addicted 10 slang or pro
family.
"We should worry" say the young
fellows. Maybe the girls will get
over this crazy notion" In the mean
time they are trying to find substitutes
for the slang and the occasional cuss
word.
Miss Mary Phillips is president Of
The club. Miss Lee Wolf vice president
and Miss Phygenia Mcintosh secretary.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

'Well, has your college daughter de-
Eided upon her careerT
"Yes; he has blue eyes, brown hair
and works in a hardware store"--
louisville Courier-Journal
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

The German explorer eaten by can.
nibals while searching for radium In
New Guinea ut least managed to pene.
crate the unknown interior.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

The Prince OF Monaco AYERS that he
AaS hooked a Primaldichthys prorun.
nissimus at depth of 10000 feet. Ii
takes prince TO tell real fish story.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

Z Husband-I feel in the mood for
reading something sensational and
startling-something that viii fairly
make my hair stand on end. Wife
We'll, here Is my last dressmaker's bill
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21
The Seven Cent Egg

Remarked the hen:
First place ! beg.
All other claims
Come down a peg.
Except for me
81 Thered be no egg!'
4 Remarked the egg:
What nerve, bgee!
~ am the first,
= AS all must see.
That hen must come
FROM one like mev'
Consumer cried:
you both are dense,
You can't exist
Sans recompense.
First must be raised
That seven cents!'
-McLandburgh Wilson in New York Sun.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-11-21

II hear your wife is going to lead
all the fancy dances at the charity en-
tertainment."
"Oh, yes. She's used to that sort of
thing. She's led me dance all my
life e"-Philadelphia Press.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Pities Bachelors; Establishes Mending Bureau

CLEVELAND, GA motherly little
- woman has taken pity on the but
tonless, undarned and proverbially
"holey," helpless bachelors of Cleve-
land. She has established Bache-
lor's Mending Bureau.
Bachelors, because they are com.
monty supposed to be in need of the
kind of aid which she is prepared to
give, and married men whose wives
are away, or who like to shop and
"gad" better than sew, are eligible
for assistance from this seamstress
extraordinary.
The woman is Mrs. e. T. Benson,
formerly Of New York, where she es-
tablished a reputation for bachelor
mending." She has patched" and
darned for some of the best known
bachelors in the East. There is one
condition that she insists on in taking
mending Of unmarried men to do. That
is guarantee from them that II they
marry they will not daunt her mend
ing in the faces of their wives and
speak regretfully Of "the way Mrs.
Benson darned."
why get married." inquired a
young 'blade" who had Just had rent
in his trousers (the extra pair, not
those he was wearing) mended SO that
no one could see where his> girls
fathers bulldog had embraced him.
There IL really no longer excuse for
any bachelor having a hole In his
otherwise lovely silk COX. To be one
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Cologne Is AnnihIated in Garlic Car Battle

Of South Deering car by another
sense than that OF, sight. Ways living
along the line like to say: Il smell
car coming"
When these cars were put on the
Windsor Park line and the cars Of the
latter line sent to the garlic line, there
arose howl of protest In Windsor
Park. Business men who reside there
vowed that their wives and daughters
should not be compelled to ride all
the way to the Sixty-third street
Il" station In the garlic cars"
The other night meeting Of pro-
test was held and Miss Jane Hin
man. prominent in social uplift work;
Mrs. John c. Corners and Mrs. Frank
Edwards were appointed a commit
tee to see President Busby of the
south-side lines and enter a protest.
Meantime. the women are trying to
counteract the smell of garlic by the
profuse use Of cologne. Experience
has not given them encouragement.
ITS no >use." said one of them.
"Delicately scented eau de cologne en-
ters the battle terribly Handicapped.
Our only chance would be to buy
some of that loud-smelling stun"
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Courts Unique Mascot Lights on Judges Nose

when l first began to notice him. He's
bit lazier, l believe. but that's all.
Il don't know how old he is now.
but he looks as though he would live
to ripe old age
Recorder Pro Tenn. Preston sug-
gested that Pete's age might be de-
termined II the recorder would make
an examination and ascertain II Pete
had whiskers, and. II 20. their color.
Judge Broyles, however. promptly as
sured Judge Preston he was satisfied
fiy's age would not show In Its
whiskers.
Pete lived in the warmth OF the po-
lice courtroom throughout the WIN
ter. II any other flies were there
they kept well within cracks ana
other places. Pete alone venture
forth. 1t was this daring OF lone ny
that first attracted the recorders no
tice, and he began to watch and study
1t. He called the attention OF other
court attaches to the fly. and then
they all watched 1t.
When Judge Broyles would ascend
the bench for the morning or after
noon sessions. the affectionate fly was
right on the Job. taking Its place on
the judges desk or on the judges
head 1t also became very friendly
with Judge Preston. frequently repos-
ing on his nose-as 1t did also with
Court Investigator Ed Arthur ana
Court Officer George Cornett.
When Judge Broyles became con-
vinced that this daily fly visitor was
one and the same fly. he christened 1t.
One day Pete failed to show up.
and there much speculation as to
what had become of him. Judge
Broyles thought Pete had met his
finish. The next day, however. the fly
was back again. but apparently miffed
1T refused to light on Judge Broyles
at all.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
BALTIMORE. Md.-The Broyles has

BALTIMORE, Md.-The Broyles has
ID unique pet.
Dogs. cats. birds, roosters and other
such commonplace pets are wholly
outclassed.
You'll never guess, so here goes
for the answer
The Recorders worldbeating. prize
pet is a. ny-just an ordinary germ
carrying. disease spreading pestifer-
GUS house fiy-and his name is Pete" +"
The fly, 1t might be added. didn't pos
sess this classy monicker until 1t be-
came acquainted with the recorder.
1t might also be added further that
Pete" is not only a prime favorite
with Judge Broyles, but with all Of
the police court attaches. Pete Is
'.the court fly"
And through the medium of Pete's
characteristic fly affection for the
courtroom and it's attaches. Judge
Broyles insists that he has disproved
the time honored theory that flies are
short-lived.
AS "Pete" lazily lounged on the
judges left ear at the close of police
court, he remarked-the Judge did:
"All of this talk about flies living
but short time is all bosh. Pete
here has punctured that theory. Pete
has been right here in the courtroom
with US all winter. and he doesn't
appear any nearer his end today than
he did at the beginning of last fall.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Hiot School Students "Ponies" Kick Up Real Riot

N PHILADELPHIA, PA miniature
I riot was caused At the Central
high school here the other day when
hundreds Of negro boys appeared in
answer to the following advertisement
which had been inserted in several
papers:
aWanted-Colored boy to care for
pony; good wages. Apply Professors
Language Department, Central high
school"
The school had hardly opened its
morning session before the pavements
we're crowded with colored boys of all
sizes, and at least q score Of fistic
combats ensued during the rush to the
main doorway. The professors and
the student body added to the excite
ment by attempting to repel the in
vasion without success.
The boys fought their way to the
language department, and after the
noise had been partially subdued the
shocked professors were compelled to
read the "ad" from q dozen papers
thrust at them. Then 1t suddenly
dawned on the instructors in ancient
languages that the work was that of
some mischievous students who had
plotted to ruffle the dignity of the pro
feseorp after their conflscation of all
ponies" or translations, used In the
Latin classes.
In vain the professors tried to eY-
plain the situation to the angry boys
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
(l'Ll sooS
lhAye THIS |
tElkED J

button short In any portion of ones
wearing apparel with Mrs. Benson in
the city. is nothing short Of the un.
pardonable sin, while to have ones
shirt cuff frayed, or a rip in ones
new Bulgarian tie. are inexcusabls
social crimes.
Il have always been something OF
an expert with the needle and decided
to turn my experience to good advan.
tage." said Mrs. Benson. Il think ]
have devised some new ways and
means for mending and darning SC
that the repair Is actually invisible
except with microscope.
81 know young men. particularly
bachelors. are particular and that
some of them do not like the idea OF
having anything mended. II there is
hole in anything they throw 1t
away. This is an extravaganza in
which the sensible young man will not
indulge If he can get things mended
in such a way that they are as good
as new"
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Saved comr.de, but Lost LIfs.

saved Comrade, but Lost Life.
A workman sacrificed his life to
rescue comrade who had been over.
come by fumes in blast furnace at
Darlaston. Staffordshire. England. a
few days ago. A man named Head
was descending the furnace on a pull
ley chain in order to readjust the
chain around the scrap-iron lying in
a heap OF coke at the bottom when
another workman saw him fall on the
chain just before nearing the bottom.
In response to an alarm several men
rushed to the top of the furnace. A
furnaceman named Jackson imme-
diately placed . scarf over his mouth
and went down on the pulley chain.
He tied rope round Heald. who was
pulled up. Then Jackson ascended
on the chain. but when within a few
feet of the surface he called ont
Make haste. I'm going" and fell
backward to the bottom of the fur.
mace. Three workmen named Ince.
Darby and Speake made a brave at
tempt to rescue Jackson Speake
managed in the end to get a rope
round Jackson's waist and he was
pulled to the top but was already
dead
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Bolivian Mountains At Present Cor
tribute one-Fifth Of the Worlds
Supply.

While Bolivia has copper and gold
and other minerals as well as silver.
her greatest wealth IL In tin There
Is as much romance in tin mining in
Bolivia as In diamond mining In
South Africa and gold mining In our
own country. Fortunes just rs large
have been made. One man who few
years ago was a prospector now has
an income from his tin mines equal
to that of the BONANZA kings Of Cali.
fornia or the South African mining
magnates. He has recently offered
to build railway line which the
government itself did not feel able to
undertake.
In all the world last year there
were only 10000 tons Of tin pro-
duced. and to this quantity Bolivia
contributed one-nfth, SO the value Of
her tin deposits can be understood.
Some of this tin il mined ~ high a.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
CHAPTER Xxx.

Monsieur chatelard Takes the Wheel.
Sallie Kingsbury would have given
up the ghost without more ado. had
she known what secular and unminis-
terial passions were converging about
Parson Thayers peaceful library. AS
1t was, she had distinct feeling that
life wasn't as simple as 1t had been
heretofore, and that there were puz-
cling problems to solve. She was al
most certain that she had caught Mr..
Hand using an oath; though when she
charged him with 1t. he had said that
he had been talking Spanish to him
self-he always did when he was
alone. Sallie didn't exactly know the
answer to that, but told him that she
hoped he would remember that she
was professor. Whats that?" in
Quired Hand.
Its a Christian in good and regu-
lar standing. and it's what you ought
to be-" said Sallie.
And now that nice Mr.. Chamber.
lain, whom she had fed in the early
morning, had dashed up to the kitch-
en- door behind Little Simon's best
HOIB0, uGpObAtcu u uuhu lIUm OuAEle3-
port, and then had disappeared. The
man had also unceremoniously left
her kitchen. He might be minister
brought there to ficiate at the church
on the following Sabbath, Sallie sur
mised; but on second thought she dis
missed the idea. He didn't look like
any minister she had ever seen, and
was very far indeed from the Parson
Thayer type.
Hercules Thayer's business, includ-
ing his ministerial duties, had formed
the basis and staple of Sallie's afYec-
tionate interest for seventeen years,
and 1t wasn't her nature to give up
that interest, now that the chief actor
had stepped from the stage. So she
speculated and wondered, while she
did more than her share of the work.
She picked radishes from the garden
for supper. threw white screening over
the imposing loaves of bread still cool
ing on the side table, and was sharp
ening knife on a milestone, prepare.
tory to carving thin slices from a veal
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Though the idsa Of Regular Seven
year Change 10 Right. II Has
I Its Limitations.

There are people who tell you that
everything In the body is changed
every seven years. and that there Is
NO part Of 1t which was there seven
years ago. This does not mean that
ve slough the whole thing on At
once. a. . snake does its skin or q
deer its antlers. but simple that the
anuumsrable and tiny atoms which are
used up by the daily wear and tear
are replaced by fresh atoms supplied
by our food and drink. which keep the
body going. just as coal and water
keep the steAm-engine at work.
But these changes are 30 minute
and gradual that the form Of the body
remains the same. although such
things a. scars take 4 long time to
disappear, and sometimes they re
1nain for life. although they always
ppse . great deal OF their prominence
Yea may have noticed that IL you
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

rHICAGO.-Women resident of fash
u ionable Windsor Park on the
south side began q unique battle the
other day. 1t is q battle Of Garlic
vs. Cologne. And because the women
from a few days experience. fear gar
lie il going to win. they organized to
have the odoriferous enemy removed
from their midst by outside means.
Several days ago the antiQuated
cars of the South Deering line were
transferred to the Windsor Park
South Chicago line. The South Deer
ing line, because of garlic eaters who
comprise most of its patronage. long
ago won the sobriquet of 1.-The gar
lie line"
Persons not stepped in garlic, it is
declared, are apprised of the approach
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

many. and no end of bigwlgs; 30 OF
course they have good cook.
Chamberlain paused and finished his
second pear. The man on the stone
was furtive and uneasy. but masked
his disquiet with the irsolent sneering
manner that had often served him
we'll Chamberlain. having once adopt
ed the role of garrulous travelling
salesman. followed 1t up with zest
"Of course, man can get good
meal. for that mater. at the red
house, little way up yonder over
the hill. But 1t wouldn't suit man
like you-a slow, poky place. with no
style"
The man on the stone slowly turn
ed toward Chamberlain. and at last
found voice for more than monosy-la
bic utterances.
II was looking for hotel.' he said
In correct English but with foreign
accent. land shall be glad to take
your advice. The Hillside. you say. Is
In this direction?" and he pointed
along the lower road.
Yes" heartily assented Chamber
lain. about two miles through those
woods, and you won't make any mis-
take going there: it's a very good
place"
The man got up from the stone.
And the other inn you spoke Of
where is that?"
THE Red House? That's quite
long piece up over the hill-this way
Straight road; house stands near
church; kept by country woman
named Sallie. But the Hillside's the
place for you; good style. everything
neat and handsome. And fine people!'
Very well, thanks" cut in the 9th
err. in his sharp. rasping tones. u
shall go to the Hillside"
He slid one hand into pocket. as
II to assure himself that he had moi
been robbed by sleight-of-hand dur
ing the interview. and then started or
the road leading to the Hillside
Chamberlain said Good day. sir
without expecting or getting an an
swer, and turned the hill toward the
village.
AS soon as he had dropped from
sight, however, he walked casually
into the thick bushes that lined the
road, and from this ambush he took
careful survey of the hill behind him
Then he slowly and cautiously made
his way back through the underbrusf
until he was again in sight OF the
cross roads. Here. concealed behind
a tree, he waited patiently some five
or ten minutes. At the end of that
time, Chamberlain's mild and kindly
face lighted up with unholy Joy. He
opened his mouth and emitted sound
less "haw-haw."
For there was his recent companion
also returning to the cross roads. TAX
ing discreet look in the direction Of
the village as he came along. Seeing
that the coast was clear. he turned
and went rapidly up the road thai
led over the hill to the old red house
When Chamberlain saw that the
man was we'll on his way he stepped
into the road and solemnly danced
three steps Of hornpipe. and the next
instant started on a run toward the
village He got little Simon's horse
and buggy, drove into the upper street
and picked up the sheriff. and ther
trotted at good rafting pace arount
by the long road toward Ilion.