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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12

SiuS, lOlllll NulNS dllu llllOuSlf
tunnels, the engineer proceeded
SO cautiously that he steadily
lost time. At one point in the
descent a long bridge on a
curve crossed a deep chasm.
The jutting rocks hid the bridge
from view until the engine was
almost upon it. Instead of ap-
preaching this bridge slowly, as
was the rule. the engineer
brought his train to a full stop
and sent his fireman ahead to
look at the structure. The con-
ductor came forward and ex-
postulated with tie engineer
over the unnecessary ,'elay. The
conductor scoffed dreams
and threatened to do al sorts
of things to the er .ineer at the
end of the run. The engineer
listened to him III silence s ).
denly the fireman appeared. He
was white faced and Stagger-
ing. His eyes were wide with
horror. The first section, fifteen
minutes ahead, had jumped the
rails and was at the bottom of
the abyss.
OF course the superstitious
engineer was thanked and
praised by the passengers and
by the officials of the road. A
w. vas given him, and he
was assured that he could have
the pick of the runs as long as
he lived. But he took his train
Continued on page IS
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mind the height, but instead came trottng along
pectingly in the most friendly playful fashion.
standing out toward the end of girder waiting for
another huge of steel to be swung into place.
gap of about four feet separated the beam which
standing from the on which the kitten APP
preaching Beneath the opening there nothing but
straight drop three hundred feet Icaled to Pussy
where she and I'd come to her. but instead,
when she opposite me, she crouched and sprang
"As she did so her feet slipped on the smooth steel
saw it and grabbed grabbed just in time to feel
pinch of fur that caught between finger and thumb
slip out of my grasp. stared downward and saw that
poor little mite turn and and land at the bot
TOM 1t made sick. moment before and the
dizzest height safe for the sidewalk. |
lay down fiat the grder for the first time in my life
thinking it would pass didn't dare open my eyes.
The boys carried me down hoist. I've never been
aoft the steel since"
STRUCTURAL steelworkers run many chances of
~ losing their nerve-"dropping their goats, they
call it. Only the other day of them who had never
known fear standing on the outer edge of lofty
steel framework and CHANGED to look down into the
street. He trolley newsbOy. In
stantly his mind swamped with thong hts of death.
He stretched himself fiat the beam and crawled to
island of pankng. When does that
top of a skyscrapcr he has finished his high work.
They come back, said an old foreman. "1t's
pity too; for they get quarter the pay at
another job that they did at this before they looked
down and death
Much of the world work is done by men who have to
keep their in the face of peril Sometimes
will not go to pieces until after long of darger
Primarily the may be fatigue bad liver bad
nerves; but when it is all he decides he has had
enough and seeks another vocation.
THERE towards among the life along the
storm-beaten Atlantic Coast few winters ago,
when the temperature twelve below and gale
blowing seventy miles an hour, strange phantom
like craft pitching up the barren off Fire
Island With creakng and rcndng of timbers she went
to her destruction against the outer bar The desparng
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lay some four hundred yards out, and
the only hope was the Lyle gun and
the breeches buoy. The first shot
cast the whipline straight across the
bow; but the men in the rigging
were either frozen fast or else too
chilled to Chamber down and get it.
The next glimpse through the blind
ing snow showed two men less in the
rigging.
The life savers built a fire on the
beach. They tried to launch their
surfboats; but were driven back.
Time and again they shot the lifeline
across the icy Geek. 1t was no use.
During the night others tumbled
from the rigging, and when day came
the watchers ashore saw man after
man lose his hold and fall into the
sea.
Some of the life savers prayed
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almost helpless crew climbed and pulled another
up into the mizzen rigging.
The at the nearest lifesaving station
struggling with another wreck miles away; but the
lookout who patrolng the edge of this grave
yard the schooner founder and telephoned the
plunging through the storm. The obscured the
wreck from the view of the shore, except at in
tervas when burst of the tempest blew the white
curtain aside for a moment. The surf tremendous
The water for miles off shore was thick with porrdge
ice and the 1ifeboats useless The doomed vessel
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They get used to 1T, like everything else:
but when an accident comes there is
sure to be someone among the survivors
who drops out of the ranks of the
workers.
Ina plant where more dynamite, nitro
glycerin, guncotton, and other pent-up
destruction is made than anywhere else
in the world, nearly a thousand lives
depend more or less on a thermometer.
In one step in the manufacture of
nitroglycerin it is a quivering, sullen
fluid in big caldron brilliantly lighted
by electricity. Glycerin is continually
sprayed on the tons of heated acids
within. As it mixes, the glycerin SEXES
the available nitrogen from the acids,
and the mass becomes nitroglycerin.
Round the caldron a man moves swiftly.
noiselessly, dividing his attention be-
tween the contents and thermometer
that extends lown into the hot acids.
The temperature of the mass must not
nh o,ubtI- 1nuranc
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ION their knees and out loud, the record says Others
wept. For forty long, wretched hours they watched
before the last slipped out of the icy rigging into
the icy sea.
Two of the life nearly went mad aferward. One
of them turned his back forever the and sought
work far inland He still wakes up screaming in the
the wreck and the slowly dying they could not aid
IN the places where high explosives manufactured
the men subjected to a constant nervous strain.
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Glycerin has many vagarics
that have never been explained.
If, through one of them, the
temperature rises toward the
danger point, the first thing
the man on watch does is to
send more cool solution through
the pipes that coil snakewise
round the giant caldron. If the
mercury in the tube continues
to rise, he shuts off the inflow
of glvcerin. If this does not
have the desired effect, he turns
on compressed air so as to throw
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something tears
away the callous spot and
leaves the raw, naked nerves
exposed.
There is a structural steel
worker who was once one of
the most daring cowboys of
the air." No money now
would tempt him to go aloft.
Il lost my goat up in the
sky" he said, Gust through
a kitten that butted in. A
year ago | was setting steel
on the thirtieth story of one
of the notwithstanding sky
scrapers. At the noon hour
when | went down below for
lunch a little maltese kitten
strolled up and made friends.
| divvied up the meat from
one of my sandwiches with
Pussy. There was a pink
ribbon on its neck-1've
hated pink ever since.
Funny, isn't it? 1t was the
prettiest, cutest little mite
of a cat | ever saw. My little
girl had cried for a kitten
that morning, and this
looked like the very thing.
when the lunch hour was
over and | had to go swing
ing up to the thirtieth story
| tucked the purring ball of
fur into my jacket pocket.
When we reached the top
got a bit of string, tied one
end in the pink ribbon and
the other to a brace in an
t-of-the-way corner, where
| made a bed for Miss Kit
with my jacket and left her
there.
Il was pretty busy that
afternoon, and forgot all
about the kitty. Along to-
ward quitting time | hap
pened to look up and saw
that tiny thing, the ribbon
off its neck, running toward
me over the beams. 1t didn't
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Drawings by o. F. Howard

-UMAN nature be-
comes callous to
the daily associa-
ton with peril.
But now and then
something tears
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
~ ~tsss
 PrOpOsals For Levee Work.

Sealed proposals, addressed to the Board of Directors of Vil- lage Creek and White River Levee District, Newport, Jack son County, Arkansas, will De received until Ten Thirty a. m: Monday, January 5th, 1914, at the office of Phillips, Hillhouse & Boyce, Board Building, New port, Arkansas.
 The work contemplated con- sists of approximately 15 miles of Leyee with necessary culverts and flood gates. Specifications and Proposal blanks may be ob- tained from the Engineers plans are on file and may be seen either at the office of the Enqineers, or on application tc the Secretary.
 A certified check for Sl,ool must accompany each proposa as a guarantee of good faith The Board reserves the right tt reject any or all bids This December 11th, 1913. Geo. R. Hays, Secretary. Newport, Arkansas. Ford and McCrea, Engineers, Gazette Bldg, Little Rock, Ark 37w2t.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
Funeral of Frank Dunn.

The funeral services of the late Frank Dunn were con- ducted by Rev. J. 4. Roberts at the Methodist church in Tucker man Wednesday afternoon. bur ial following at Pleasant Grove graveyard, where the Masonic lodge, of which deceased was an esteemed member, had charge. The deceased was 59 years of age and was born at Cape Girar- deau, Missouri. He came to Ar kansas when d young man about 32 years ago, his first work here being as a section foreman. Later, he began farming and al- so operated saw mills until his removal to Tuckerman, where he engaged in the mercantile busi- ness. As a merchant, he was l not successful and the last years of his life were spent upon the farm, where he was fast regain ing his prestige in the business world.
 | He is survived by six children: Mrs. H. s. Poskey, Mrs. Walter Smith, Miss Lula Dunn, Joe, John and George Dunn and his beloved wife, to whom the sym tpathy of the whole community and many friends is extended in the loss of an affectionate hus- band and indulgent father.
 The funeral audience told the story of the life of this good man for in the tear-dimmed eyes of many of those present one might see and from the lips hear of his unselfishness, his charity and brotherly love. He gave most to those who needed most. He was the friend of the poor, the needy and the stricken. He gave not to those who might return presents, whose favor was to be cOurted for personal advantage, but because in the 1 fullness of a heart oVerflOWlng with the milk of human kind
 ness, his nature was responsive and sympathetic to the appeals of those upon whom diversity or
 sorrow had fallen.
 ] He was a strong and positive character, commanding the re- spect of those who differed with
 him and holding firmly the sup.
 port and confidence that mag
 netic and generous nature invar' iably attract. He was too pro-
 gressive and broad in his ideas to be held in check or bounds by
 any narrow sectionalism in poll tics or creed and his ews, whe
 ther right or wrong, were the honest thought of a healthy
 mind directed by an active con
 science.
 A(And the people among whom
 he lived will long cherish th' memory of the man, who hat lbeen often tested and fount 1 true, whose kindness was neve. failing, whose charity was far 1reaching and whose unselflsl
 nature kept his pathway througl life following the beacon star O the golden rule. The reward Il
 a higher life beyond the gray
 is vouchsafed in the promis
 Shall not the judge of all tn
 earth do right"
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
Escapes Serious Injury.

A fine buggy horse of $. M. Stuckey, which was being driven Wednesday by Mrs. Stuckey, ran away, almost completely demol- ishing the buggy. Mrs. Stuck ey was thrown to the ground, but fortunately, sustained only a few bruises.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
TWO CANDIDATES
 ENTER LISTS Judge o. W. Scarborough An nounces For County Judge and E. H. Bowman For School Superintend-
 ent.

The Independent has been au- thoriZed this week to announce two more candidates for county offices, Judge 0. w. Scarborough having entered the campaign for county judge and E. H. Bow man of Grubbs for county school superintendent.
 Judge Scarborough is one of our best lawyers and has served the county once before as coun- i ty and probate judge, when his administration was characteriz- ed by an economical handling of the county's finances and a care 1 ful, conservative stewardship of it's affairs. His integrity and character have never been ques- toned and his record of party loyalty and unwavering support of it's nominees, as we'll as championship of it's principles is we'll known by all citizens.
 His experience in legal prac- tice and knowledge of the law WOuld be a valuable help to him in the proper discharge of the functions of this important of flee. He is a gifted speaker and a good campaigner and has friends in all sections of the county, who will lend him a cor dial support.
 E. H. BOWMAN.
 E. H. Bowman, who is now principal of the school at Grubbs, is a candidate for school superintendent. He is a Jack son County boy, whose father was one of the original directors in District B. His three broth CTS were successful teachers and the faculty of successfully hand ling school problems seems to have been a family characteris- tic.
 ] Mir. Bowman was raised on farm and is a self-made man, who has had five years active experience in teaching and his work is highly commended and praised by patrons and pupils in the districts where he has taught. He is ambitious and capable and we believe would give faithful and conscientious service in the betterment of oul country schools.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
kSoN COUNTY C!,'.,,-. FAIR LAUNCHED
..,,;.stic Meeting of Rep .,,,tiye Citizens-Se Sev- .r (,ne Shares of Stock
 Subscribed.

kGsen County is to nave vt .an an lfsir, if the citizens or the will rally to it's support those present at the first n.oting for the organiza- bfs county fair assoclatlon s tbe court house Wednes- Stternoon.
 ,ssentative citizens were , < from various sections of bunty and a total of n was subscribed among present, which is regarded plendid and very ausplc- tart for the movement has for it's object the ex- ,eof our resources, the de- ,ont of the live stock in- particularly in the breed- Fbtter stock and the plac- Jackson County in the ranks of the progressive es of the state.
 y M. MeDowell of Tupelo sted temporary chairman I. Hubby, secretary and n the formation of a per- Aa sse~
 It organization, Will Har- Swifton was made per- t chairman and A. T. Hu- snanent secretary.
 hing talks upon the object bod results of a county er made by Gustave J..W. Phillips and MT. Da- of the government agri- Il demonstration service. knmotion of Judge Phillips bdopted, a committee of Do solicit stock subscrip- was appointed by the follows: A. T. Hubby, FIR. Hays and w. A. Bill 2. This committee in- t0 mail blank stock Sub- Ons to as many citizens of unty as can be reached and hat every public spirit n'Vho can, subscribe for unber of shares from one that he may feel willing e9lect of the association tng many small stock instead Of a compara- flew large ones is that the d the whole county; may personal and financial in. 2 its success and we hope ny township may. be well lnted.
 .rf
 pledges for stock were
 Tn order at the first 5 practically every citi. IeSent cano fou,,,o,J
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
Chancery Court COnvenes.

Judge George T. Humphries of Salem came in Wednesday night and has reopened the No- yember term of chancery court.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11


 each being S25, of which 10 per cent is due when subscribed and the balance upon demand as the needs of the association may re- quire.
 The total capital stock will probably be S25,0OO as of this amount S15,000 will be needed for track and buildings and if a site is to be bought and not leas- ed, the association will need more. There are several beauti- full and suitable sites for the grounds adjacent to the city, which can be purchased or leas- ed upon reasonable terms.
 The seventy one shares al- ready subscribed, were taken by the following citizens:
 Gustave Jones, J. R. Loftin, Jr., w. A. Billingsley, H. c. San- ders, w e. McDougal, Jas. T. Henderson, w. L. Nelligan, c. M. Erwin, c. A. Hillhouse, R. l.. Robinson, J. R. Holden, P. H. Van Dyke, J. D. Neal, w. D. Nc Lain, Geo. R. Hays, c. E. Smith, o. M. Bowen, Norman c. Wolff, J. U. Ard, Geo. B. Irby, Jas. H. Johnston, Conrad Bach, A. T. Hubby, all of Newport; w. R.. Harvey, Jr., and w. H. Murphy both of Swifton; F. L. Bleakley, Auvergne; Dr. V. M. Mcdowell, Tupelo; R. c. Roy, Beedeville.
 In few days the stock sub- scription blanks will be mailed to all parts of the county and an active campaign begun in order that by January first, the total capital stock may be subscribed, when another meeting will be held and definite plans laid for the purchase or lease of grounds and the work commenced of pre- pairing for the annual fair in 1 October.
 Searcy and other cities of this section have made remarkable successes of such events, pay ing off indebtedness first incur, red and by good business man. agement meeting the heavy eN- pense of good premiums and istakes and netting a margin above all expenses.
 Jackson County needs an an- nual fair to bring her citizens to- gether and unite them in public [spirited undertakings and i'm provements that are vital to her her growth and future. County . fairs arefr aides of corn clubs, bcanning cluhs,s diversified and more profitable agricultural and herticultural pursuits rsp and meth ods. They bring better bred and better paying stock to the farms } of county; they furnish pleas ] ure and recreation for people in addition to developing them as l better farmers, stock raisers and fruit growers. They make a people more progressive, he, cause they afford an interchange , of ideas and ,an. opportunity t flol everyone toenote where improve ment can be made.
 This association has rlght C' = expect the endorsement and sup port of the people of the county for it is to be a county enter prise, a county fair and the me' , who are behind the movemen :. hone that it will be such sue i, cess from the start, that it's per Q manency may be established a . the big county event of each sue
 ceeding year.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11
To Christmas Shoppers.

To Christmas Shoppers.
 25 per cent off on China Frl' day and Saturday. This includes hand painted ware, Fern dlsnes' etc. d1w1 5 and 10 Cent Store.
Newport daily independent., 1913-12-11

ID. Price for all kinds of toys bigger stock than ever before O9btf.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-21
MEETING OF BISHOPS
TO CONSIDER CARNEGIE OFFER

Nashville, Tenn, June 20.-Great
interest is felt here in the meeting of
the college of bishops Of the Southern
Methodist church which convened here
this morning to consider the Carnegie
gift of a million dollars to the medical
department of Vanderbilt University.
The meeting was executive. Among
those present were Bishops Hoss and
Gambler, both of whom nave expressed
vigorous opposition to the action of
the university's board of trust in &C
cepting the gift. Others present were,
Bishops Hendrix, Denny, Morrison
Lambut, Mccoy, Mouzon and kilgo.
Before the meeting none was disposed
to forecast the action to be taken.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-21

REV. S. w. STRICKLAND TO CON-
DUCT REVIVAL SERVICES FOR
TEN DAYS. BEGINNING JULY
toTH-G., r. AND A. OFFERS RE
DUCED RATES.

BEGINNING Thursday, July 10th
ten-da camp meeting will be held at
the Pine Forest camp grounds, six
miles south of Atmore, Ala.
The Deep Water Route has an
nounCed reduced rates to the meeting
from july 18th to the Goth, inclusive
Rev. s ". Strickland. a noted divine
Will have charge Of the meetings and
a cordial invita- ton is extended to all
to attend. The reduced rates offered
by the G.. r. and \. railroad apply
only to those going TO Pine Forest to
be present at these revival services.
Tndica tons are that a large crowd
will attend the meetings. The music
will be made a special fea ture.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-21
ANNUAL PICNIC
Of METHOD|STS
At THE BLUFF
A LARGE CROWD OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR
TEACHERS SPEND DAY ON
THE PRETTY RESORT-BATH-
ING AND OTHER SPORTS WERE
INDUCED IN,

The First Methodist Sunday school
held their annual picnic at Magnolia
Bluff yesterday and a most enjoyable
day was spent.
The several teachers of the school
were present to add what pleasure
they could to the gala occasion. 1t was
a perfect June day and all of the little
ones enjoyed themselves to the fullest.
Bathing, hunting wild flowers and
other pleasures were INDUCED in after
a tempting dinner had been served at
noon. Everybody had a good time and
returned to the city greatly refresh
ed after their days outing. The pic
mic was under the supervision of ]. A.
Avant and several others.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-21

tCGntinued FROM rage On0-)
change in the money market. 1t is
calculated that a fall in the demand
for money accompanied by decline in
the market rate of interest would fur
nish an incentive for the retirement of
the treasury notes.
ACT AS CLEARING HOUSE.
In permitting the federal reserve
board to direct the transfer of funds
among federal reserve banks, the
board may at it's own discretion act
as a clearing house for the reserve
banks and can require the federal re-
serve banks in turn to act as a clear
ing house for share-holding banks.
Attention was conferred today in the
re- discounting feature as one of the
fundamentals ON which the entire plan
is based. The power of the regional
reserve bank is specifically broadened
to discount notes and bills of exchange
arising out of commercial transactions.
1t is this power which, in times of
stress, administration officials think,
will alleviate money stringency. While
the federal reserve board through it's
agent in the federal reserve bank
would have the right to determine and
define the character of the paper eligi-
BILE for discount, that definition will
not include notes or bills drawn for the
purpose of carrying or trading in
stocks and bonds or other investment
securities, except notes and bills hav-
ing maturity of not exceeding four
months and secured by United States,
state county or municipal bonds.
Notes and bills generally arising out of
commercial transactions must have a
maturity of not more than As days.
The Glass bill proposes that the new
currency law shall become effective
ninety days after its passage, though
a period of thirty-eight months is
allowed for shifting of present reserves
to the new federal banks.
MONEY TRUST INQUIRY.
Washington, June 20.-Representa-
tive Nelly. of Kansas, a democrat of
the house banking and currency COM
mittee. in a long speech in the house
today, advocated a renewal of the
money trust inquiry He emphatically
announced, however, that he favored
immediate currency reform.
NO person Conversant with present
conditions" he said. will dispute the
necessity for this action. l have full
confidence that this democratic con-
gress, acting in conjunction with the
president will be able to devise a plan
free from the control of special and
profit respecting interests
THE good faith of the democratic
party is pledged to do this as soon as
we may. even though it be necessary
to remain here until the regular ses-
sion convenes in December"