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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-08-07

ana was left astern. AS the dark body
of the Tartaric grew darker In the dis
tance he smiled and raised his hat to
her.
"Goodby. my friends" he said. Il
think | can now get on without your
valuable assistance"
Taking the box from the locker In
which it had been placed. he ripped II
open with a screwdriver he drew from
his pocket, took out clock. which he
threw overheard. and small package.
which he concealed in pocket of his
flannel shirt. Then. beginning to shiyer
with the cold, he took up the oars and
pulled for the light ON MOntauk point.
By this time a streak of gray light
appeared in the east end. in due time
the sun came up, but the man In the
boat did not need its warmth to dry
his clothes. for the heat Of his body.
kept I'D by the exercise Of rowing, had
already done that. He was making
slow progress, for one man pulling on
so large a boat could not move 1t rapid
ly. However. by o'clock in the morn
the Long Island coast. and, motor
boat passing him. he made bargain
with the man running her to take him
ashore.
Once on terra frma. leaving his boat
hauled up on a beach. he started In
land till he came to town, where he
hired horse and buggy to carry him
to the northern coast OF the island.
There he chartered motorboat TO
take him across the sound to Saybrook.
where he boarded a Long Island east
bound train for Boston. Arriving
there in the afternoon. he purchased
clothing and. dropping into diamond
dealers. took from his pocket the pack
age he had taken from the box sup
posed to contain the internal machine.
unrolled it and displayed dozen enor-
nous diamonds. Before leaving the
shop he sold a number of them to the
dealer and early the next morning
parted with the rest of his stock. real
izing a har.lSome profit between what
the stones had originally cost him at
the diamond mines and what he re-
ceived for them He had reached the
end of a series of brilliant impOstures
to defraud the customs.
On the morning of the day the Tar
taric arrived in port an officer an
nounced to the captain that the life-
boat astern was missing. The captain.
surprised asked if the owner OF the
box had been notified. and. on being
told that he had not. steward was
sent to find him. Later the messenger
returned to say that Mr.. Jenkins was
missing. The captain looked astonish-
ed; then a light broke in upon his
brain
"A smuggling dodger he exclaimed.
Keep it from the inspectors"
Before the Tartaric sailed again her
captain had been notified that life
boat with his ships name on the bow
was lying on beach on the eastern
end of Long Island He gave orders to
have it shipped by water to New York.
but asked no questions rs to how It
Ame there
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AN INTERNAL
MACHINE
II Excited a CommOtiOn, but
Did Not Go Off
By GROVER j. GRIFFIN

Captain" said the third officer Of
the ocean liner Tartaric. saluting his
chief, 1.-The baggagemaster reports a
box in the hold in which there is some
mec ha nical contrivance that ticks"
well. what of it?'
There was talk of anarchists blow
ing up the ship before we left. l
should suppose that In view of such
talk 1t might be well to examine the
box with view to discovering II 1t
contains an internal machine"
where is the box now"
"In the hold"
Get it up into the baggage room.
and I'll have look at it."
Later Captain Chambliss inspected
the box. 1t was rectangular in shape,
about two feet long by eighteen inches
broad and deep. On the cover was the
name Ethan B. Jenkins.
who's Mr.. JenkinsY' asked the cap
tain.
Nobody knew.
"Send for the purser."
The purser came. and the captain
asked him If there was a passenger
aboard Of the name Of jenkins. The
purser said there was and dispatched a
steward to look for him and send him
to the baggage room. Mr.. jenkins was
a dapper little man, who looked no
more like an anarchist than a Hotten-
tot.
whats in the box?" asked the cap
tain.
ARTICLES picked up abroad intended
as presents for my friends
"Is there a clock in It'll?
mot that am aware Of"
"Listen"
All were silent. and the ticking was
distinctly beard byEall. A great change
came over the face Of Mr.. Jenkins. He
looked terror stricken. He seemed to be
thinking hard for few moments; then,
thrusting his hand into his breast coat
pocket. he drew out an envelope and,
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Audible LIGHT.

The optophone is an instrument
which makes light audible. 1t is based
on the well known property possessed
by selenium of changing its resistance
when Illuminated A sensitive indica-
tor can be made to move by merely
holding lighted match over a seleni-
um cell to which is attached an electric
battery. This movement IS in the opto-
phone attached to telephone arrange
ment and so made audible. By this
means, though the blind cannot actu-
ally see, they are able to locate light by
the sound A striking experiment with
the optophone is to point the camera
like box to a window and adjust to
silence" Then if the hand is passed
across the open end it's passage is indi
Gated by a rasping sound. If the in
strument is adjusted for darkness light
produces sound varying with its in
tensity. Moonlight can be distinctly
heard, while sunlight makes roaring
sound.
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An Easy Choice.

"You must choose between us!'
shouted Binx. "You can't have both.
When that dressmaker was last in this
house vowed that she should never
come again. / have had all I'm ever
going to have of being under the same
roof with two semi-nutty women and
requiring a rake every morning to get
the odd pieces Of cloth out Of my
clothes. l shall never again sit at my
meals hearing the whir of that cursed
sewing machine and listening to lot
Of plated, ruft1ed. cut bias and f1ounc-
ed talk in which l have no chance to
join The day that woman comes go
Make your decision now. Do you
choose your husband or your dress
makerY
With limpid eyes the lady looked
upon her husband. Then she breathed
a sigh and said:
"Well, dear, if you must go what can
I say?"-New York Globe.
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you already know, the machine Is set
was packed. 1t was packed the day
we sailed; therefore 1t will not ex
plode till we are near the American
coast. I'm not sure it will explode a.
all. 1t may be that it's a joke pre-
petrated by that fellow Burns after all
If so he wouldn't hesitate to put
clock in the box to make it worse. /
wish | had him here now to punch his
head This isn't the first time he's
caused me trouble by his pranks."
"What do you propose?" asked the
captain. IF you think the matter a
hoax you'd better open the box and
find out whether it is or not"
"And blow up your ship as well as
myself if it's a real Internal machine?'
The captain evidently had not
thought of that He looked confused.
II tell you what you do, captain,
continued jenkins. ''Tow it."
The captain looked relieved. He told
the purser to take down a list of the
articles in the box from the owner,
with their values. so that in case the
box were lost the amount of claim
would be limited. But he did not
want to have this done before getting
rid of the box. He directed one of the
crew to carry it to the upper deck.
where the lifeboats were swung on
the davits, and put it in one of the
lockers intended for provisions. wedg-
ing 1t so that it would not slide about
with the motion of the waves. This
was done. The boat was lowered, a
cable attached to her bow, and she
was suffered to drift hundred yards
astern.
While this was being done the cap
tain gave orders that what was In
the boat, or rather what was supposed
to be in the boat. be confined to those
who were in the baggage room when
the matter was discussed He did not
consider that bomb hundred yards
away from the ship could endanger
her.
The Tartaric sighted Fire island on
the fourth day out. She was twelve
knots east of Montauk point just before
daylight on the morning of the fifth
day A man stood on the after deck OF
the ship. where the cable that towed
the lifeboat was attached. He tied
loosely to the rope pair of oars, which
drifted back to the lifeboat Then he
fixed to the rope a clutch with handles
like those of a pair of timers shears
Grasping the handles, he swung him
self off the stern and let himself down
slowly till he reached the water. The
pressure against him eXerted by the
headway of the ship was so great that
he would not have been able to main
tain his hold had it not been for this
clutch By its use he let himself be
slowly forced backward till he reached
the lifeboat and pulled himself up by
the cable on to its bow.
Once in the boat he cast an eye to
the westward. where shone a light
which he recognized as one on Mon
tauk point. Taking from the bow the
oars he had sent before him, he put
them in the boat. Then he cast off
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taking out a letter, read it hastily and
handed 1t to the captain. 1t was as
follows:
Mr.. Jenkins / am employed in the pack
ing room of the house OF De Four FTeres
l am q member Of an anarchist circle and
have been ordered to pack an internal
machine in a box to be shipped to Ameri-
ca Yesterday l placed one among arti-
cles bought by you of this house. The
mechanism Is set to explode the bomb In
four days. The thought of causing the
destruction Of hundreds of persons has
palled on me. i am horrified at what
have done and write this letter that you
may avoid the consequences of my act.
Do not attempt to open the box. If you
are at sea throw 1t overheard. leave De
Four Freres at once and cannot be found
There was no signature to the letter
nor anything by which the anarchist
could be identified. for it had been
written and addressed by typewriter.
"Why did you not take action to get
rid of the thing at once?" inquired the
captain sternly.
II thought it was hoax My nephew,
Charlie Burns. is always playing prac-
tcal jokes on me, and had no doubt
that this was one of them"
"Heave the thing overheard at once!
cried the captain.
mot on your life" interposed the
owner. There are things in that box
which would not take thousands of
dollars for. What need for hurry? The
letter says the machine is set to fire
the bomb In four days. This Is only
the third day"
II don't care if it's only the first"
snapped the captain. I'm not going to
endanger the ship and those aboard by
carrying an Internal machine. Take 1t
out and heave it overheard. say"
81 protest in presence of the persons
present that If you do I'll hold the
company for damages. There is no ne
cessity to send snch valuable property
to the bottom. In the first place. as
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His Prize Garden.

Somebody asked old Doc Quigley
why he didn't trim off his scraggly
beard.
"Not on your life," he replied.
''Them whiskers is tn only thing |
ever had any luck in raisin'-an' it
took me seven days a week an twen
ty-four hours day for twenty-three
years to bring 'em to their present
state of fectionT'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-08-07

Good Reason For His Enthusiasm.
When a man has suffered for
several days with collie, diarrhoea
or other form of bowel complaint,
and is then cured sound and well
by one or two doses of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, as is often the case, it
is but natural that he should be
enthusiastic in his praise of the
remedy, and especially is this the
case of a severe attack when life
is threatneed. Try it when in need
of such a remedy. 1t never fails.
Sold by all dealers.-Adv.
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Remarkable Cure OF Dysentery

Il was attacked with dysentery
about July 18th, and used the doc
tors medicine and other remedies
with no relief, only getting worse
all the time. l was unable to do
anything and my weight dropped
from 145 to 125 pounds. I suf-
fered for about two months when
l was advised to use Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
dy.- | used two bottles of it and
it game me permanent relief, writes
B. w. Hill, of Snow Hill, NC. For
sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-08-07
Costly Treatment.

81 was troubled with constipa-
tion and indigestion and spent hun
dreds of dollars for medicine and
treatment" writes C. H. Hines, of
Whitlow, Ark. II went to st.
Louis hospital, also to ahospital in
New Orleans, but no cure was ef-
fected. On returning home l began
taking Chamberlain's Tablets, and
worked right along. I used them
for sometime and am now all right
Sold by all dealers.-Adv.
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Lost and Found

7 .OST-From the stables in the rear of my resi-
- dence, on Locust ST., brown leather pony
strap. Reward if returned to Mrs. Edw. S. Phil
lips. 6-3t.
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Wanted

WANTED You to know that we sell good
w clothing hats and shoes for men wo.
men and children. The Cambridge One
Price Store, ITO Race st S-l-lmo
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For Rent

TOR RENT room house on Muir st. Posses
1 sion given at once Apply to Jas. w. Wad-
del S-6-2t.
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FOR Sale

TOR SALES good sheep. Apply S P. care of
1 the Banner office. 2-1wk
TOR SALE-One 5000 Knabe square piano, for
SIS: one 1885 Tonk piano for S225; one $500
Empire (made by Tonk) $500. Cash. Apply w.
H. Allen. box $751; Cambridge. Md. 7-17-tf..
s OR SALE 500 bushels strictly clean Red Won
L der seed wheat; $50 bushels Russian Red
clean and first class, both at SOC bushel. j. L.
Mcbride, Cambridge, or D. H. Turner, Indian
Bone Farm Bucktown, Md. S-2-n
FOR SALE OR RENT--My store at Salem Md.
u for the-year of 1914; or will sell my dwell
ing and store together, both new. The dwelling
which has seven rooms, in first-class condition.
has one acre of ground adjoining it. Plenty of
fruit, such as peaches, apples and grapes will be
sold at the right price, as do not want to go in
the mercantile business. H. S. Holland, who
will engage in the canning business will also sell
his stock of goods cheap. No better country
stand. An excellent chance for the right man.
For further information communicate with Jos.
E. Phillips, Salem, Md. 7-2-H.
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l want you to pay down. All right
I'll settle up.-Exchange.
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TOR SALES good sheep Apply S P. care OF
L the Banner office. 2-1wk
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Grow.

Mr.. George Grow died at his home at
Hackley in this county at six O'Clock
Wednesday morning of typhoid fever.
After funeral services at the late home,
his remains were placed at rest in the
family lot in the Lancaster cemetery at
II O'Clock Thursday morning. Mr..
Grow had been sick but few days, he
was in town on last county court day,
but upon the advice of his physician he
returned to his home and took to his
Dediu what proved to be fatal illness;
he was thought to be doing nicley until
Tuesday when complications arose which
the physicians could not overcome and
he sank rapidly until the end came.
Mr.. Grow is survived by wife of only
few months, who before her marriage
vas Miss Mischief Price daughter of Mr..
RE-. Price of the county, and by
several children by a former wife,
including several children of tender
years, and also by several brothers and
sisters. George Grow was one of the
sterling citizens of the county, connect
ed with an old and we'll known family;
and himself popular man, he had a
wide circle of friends; of a genial,
jovial disposition, he Immediately
rendered himself popular in the locality
in which he located and Immediately
bound to him by the ties of friendship
his neighbors and acquaintance. His
death came as a great surprise and
shock to many, as but few people
knew of his serious condition.
The Record joins with the host Of
friends and acquaintance in sincerest
sympathy for the bereaved wife and
family.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
CASH YOUR PROMISES.

Have you made up that list of
friends, neighbors, relatives and &C.
ouaintances whom you have not yet
approached. If you have not, you
should do so at once and lose no time
in getting into communication with
them. Remember, also all those per-
sons whom you saw earlier in the con-
test who put you eff until late date.
Communicate with all of these; ex-
plain to them that you get the biggest
votes for your efforts now and under
the circumstances they won't refuse to
help you. 1t is bargain time in this
record breaking contest andyou simply
cannot afford to fail to avail yourself
in the fullest of this big offer.
ABOUT NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
When you get a subscription. be
sure and find out whether it is old or
new and mark it so on the part OF
the receipt which you turn into the
office with your remittance. Other
wise, we are liable to be delayed in
getting the paper started. Also be
sure to get the address correct.
When a subscription is charged
from one member of the family to
Continued on page g.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08

Today, we are putting on the biggest
and best vote offer of the contest and
each candidate should make every eff
fort possible to take full advantage of
| it. There will be TRIPLE VOTES
GIVEN ON ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS
turned in between the dates of Friday,
Aug. 7th, and Thursday, Aug. 21st at
PIP. M. In addition to this mammoth
vote inducement, 5000 EXTRA VOTES
will be given on every dollars worth
of NEW subscriptions turned in be-
fore 2 P. M. Aug, 14th. This is quail
anteed by the management of this pa
per and by the contest manager to be
the VERY BEST VOTE OFFER OF
THE CONTEST.
Those who hold back subscriptions
with the expectation of getting more
votes will be greatly disappointed for
this is guaranteed to be the best.
Read the above over carefully, for
there are two different offers. One
offer, which is the best, expires on
August 18th, and one offer expires on
August 21st.
START YOUR CAMPAIGN.
Do you realize that right now is the
very best time to start your campaign?
You now get more than three times
the usual number of votes. Under this
big offer, your votes on subscriptions
will count up very rapidly and with a
very little effort you can easily catch
up with anyone in the race. We will
be glad to hear from prospective candi-
dates who are thinking of entering the
race. Just send your nomination and
ask the contest manager to send you
the printed matter and full instructions
and to assist you in starting your cam
paign. If you have already received
the printed matter, then start your
campaign at once. Don't be afraid to
let your friends know that you intend
to make an active race. They will be
glad to help you if they see you really
want to win. After you once get
started, you will be surprised to see
how easy it is to secure votes and SUBJ
scriptions.
Don't waste any more of this valu-
able time for on what work you do
during the next few days will probably
depend your success of defeat at the
end. Think of the value of the prizes;
think of the honor and glory of winning
in this great race, and think what this
most magnificent vote inducement
means to you.
VALUE OF BALLOTS AUGUST 7th, to 18th
INCLUSIVE.
Following is the schedule of votes
on both old and new subscriptions
from August 9Th, to 14th at 2 P. M.
This includes the triple votes and the
5000 extra on each dollars worth of
new subscriptions and the triple votes
on old subscriptions.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
A Sad Misfortune.

Miss Iona Dunn, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Dunn of this place, was so
unfortunate last week as TO lose all of
her clothes by fire. She was visiting a
relative in Lawrenceburg when the
house caught fire the structure and it's
entire contents, including Miss Dunn's
clothes were consumed.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Steal A March.

DIR. ]. M. Acton and Miss Linnie
Moss secured marriage licence from
county clerk j. w. Hamilton on Tues
day morning, and then boarded the
morning train. The news in some way
leaked out that they were bound for
Covington, where the ceremony is to
be performed today, but in absence of
definite information on the subject we
will defer full particulars until next
issue.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Louie finder Injured.

Louie finder, oldest son of Ed. and
Mrs. F. M. finder is carrying his left
arm and shoulder in sling as the result
of kick from a mule recently. The
injury while not dangerous is quite
painful and has occasioned this popular
young man considerable pain and
inconvenience,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Drought Partially Broken.

Copious rains fell in various parts of
the county during the latter part of
last week, bringing relief to the parch-
ed crops and smiles to the faces of the
farmers; the downpour was consider
able in some localities, while other
places scarcely had enough to lay the
dust.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Good Appointment.

Mr.. Alex R. Denny has received a
commission from Gov. McCreary
appointing him to the National Good
Roads Congress at st. Louis. The
Governor showed rare judgment in ap-
pointing man so well qualified and as
deeply interested as is Mr. Denny.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Not So Great As First Thought.

1t has developed that the injury done
by the recent hail storm is not so great
as was first thought. The plants were
small and this fact served to make the
damage appear at first sight much
greater than it really was.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
PostoGce Discontinued.

The postoffice at Nina, in the locality
Familiarity known as "Spoonville" went
out of existence on last Saturday, and
those desiring to send mail to persons
in that neighborhood will address it to
Lancaster KY, R. F. D. No. l.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
John F. Walker Secures Good Position

The legion of friends of Mr.. John F.
Walker will be glad to know that he
has secured splendid position in Miss
ippi, and he left on last Monday for
that state to make it his future home.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08

Lincoln county people are killing an
unprecedented number of snakes.
This seems peculiar in view of the fact
that there was an from clad agreement
among the candidates not to use any of
1.-THE critter" in their campaign.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Triple votes-- Offer
Of The Records Big
Contest Now On.

Just three times the usual number of will be given all
subscriptions turned in between the dates Friday morning S
and Thursday Aug 21st at 2P In addition this mammoth in
will give 5000 every dollars
subscriptions turned before Aug 18th Positively better
time during the week
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08

A great many Lancaster people
attended the dedication at the "Chapel"
at Buckeye Sunday. We do not know
if they were prompted by religious
motives or their appetites.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08
Taking Advantage OF The Drought.

Many of the farmers of the county
took advantage of the recent drought
to clean out ponds, pools and water
holes and prepare against such con-
tingencv another season. 1t appears
to us that the drilling of good wells on
their farms would prove profitable to
the people of the county who suffer
for a lack of stock water in the dry
season.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08

The addition to the Christian Church
is rapids nearing completion and that
structure when finished will be one of
the handsomest in this part of the
State.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-08-08

Lincoln county reports bumper
melon crop; we have heard nothing
from the gentleman who are raising
his melons on the bottle in that county.