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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
FROM TUESDAYS FLAT HAT
OR. MONTGOMERY Will SPEAK

DR.. Walter A. Montgomery, for
six years professor Of Latin at this
college and now holding that posi-
ton at Richmond College. has &C
cepted an invitation from the Spots
wood Club 10 make an address on
Saturday. March 10. This address
is looked forward TO az a particular
treat by the members Of the Spots
wood because DR.. Montgomery was
the founder Of the club and has al
ways been a loyal supporter. His
subject will be:
THE SOLDIER As AUTHOR
To those Of US who have heard DR..
Montgomery speak, no word of
praise is necessary, and TO the new
men il may be said that he Is a
pleasing and talented orator, and
one who has, for q long time, held
the interests Of the College very
dear.
The speech will be delivered IN
the College Chapel at s p. m. Both
town people and students are cordi-
ally invited to attend.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

The Wilson administration IS
growing il popular favor daily. Il
starts out under the most suspicious
circumstances. and while the prob
lens before il are most perplexing.
il will have the good will Of the peo-
pie. The personnel of the cabinet.
from the great secretary OF state
down. compares favorably with past
cabinets. The high moral tone of
the president and his advisers. the
care that is being taken in the Sc
lection of men TO fill the important
public offices and the apparent de-
sire to do things right, arc having a
most excellent effect upon the public.
Business. that is. honest business.
is satisfied. and feels that it has a
stsunch friend in the Wilson admin
istration Il looks like this is gong
70 DC 90 ra-making four years and
that the people have made no mis-
take In the election Of Woodrow
Wilson.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
A PARDON BOARD

Virginia should have a board of
pardons to relieve the governor of
the sole responsibility in matters of
this kind. There is probably 10
gteater responsibility than that which
relates TO the life and liberty OF men.
The stress through which the pres
eut governor has just passed, the
terrible responsibility that is shout
dered upon him. is too much to
place upon a public official. No
matter how strong a governor may
be. 10 matter how clear his vision,
he does not care TO DC the sole ar
bitter OF the life or liberty OF his fel-
low man. There should be others
70 .hare il with him and to whom
he could look for counsel and help.
A few years ago We recall that a
little child, a dear little daughter OF
one OF the worst criminals in the
state. appealed to the then Governor
Montague for the life of her father,
A father himself. with warm gen
erous heart that went out to the III
tic one on her knees before him
who but him can know the struggle
between ais sense of duty, his con
; science and the impulse to yield 4
the prayer Of this childS A weske
{ man might have yielded TO the ap
. peal and defeated the ends of jus
) tee.
a board of pardons would reliev
> the governor Of much of the worr
-. and al the same tine guarante
better protection to those who d'
serve il. The next legislature shoul
: establish this board.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
MIND auI OE COLLEGE TOPICS

DR.. Keeble was confined 20 his
home for few days last week on
account Of illness.
Sweeney" Bitter returned 20
College Tuesday after spending a
few days in Brooklyn, New York.
The scholars Of Nicholson High
School gave q very delightful enter
tAinment, entitled the Enchanted
Wood, " last Thursday night.
Have you seen the Junior hats?
The Academy roll has been in
creased by the addition Of a new
student, Mr.. Trice.
DR.. J. L. Hall has returned from
Richmond where ne has been attend
ing Mrs. Hall for the past week.
Mrs. Hall, who underwent an oper-
alton. is rapidly improving.
Messrs. J. d. Clements and Her
bert Blackwell, Of the Richmond
schools, spent the past weekend
at the Sigma Phi Epsilon House.
Mr.. Edward Bane spent Saturday
In Newport News.
Messrs. w. NJ. Grimsley and G.
c. Outand returned from Richmond
Sunday.
DIR. J. w. Richie is in Dublin,
Va, making some necessary ar
engagements for the Summer Session.
Mr. F. r. Jenkins was called 10
his home last Friday on account OF
his sisters illness.
The Colonial Echo will go to the
publishers this week. II promises
70 be an unusually good publication
this year.
Polk Miller Friday night Dom
fail 70 hear him. His depletion oil
the old south Is unsurpassed. tn,
entertainment will be given for tn,
benefit Of the Annual. Tickets o.
sale at williamsburg Drug Store.
Profs. John Tyler and A. X
Kocntz were In Richmond Saturda.
and Sunday.
The outlook for good baseball 4
the Academy Is promising. Wor
/ Il being done on the diamond 90
practice viii begin soon.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

While the sale last Saturday was
small. both in attendance and the
amount sold. il was perfect success.
The articles sold brought the very
best prices. ia some cases more even
than had been asked by the owners
al private sale. Oae farmer sold
hogs that netted him three dollars
more than be had asked. Another
who had been selling bis shoats at
home At S. piece received over 81
for them at the auction, and since
thea has been asking and getting that
price for his shoats at the farm. This
is q sample of the value Of the sales
to the farmer. If the farmers want
to create a permanent market here,
they viii support them more literally
Ia the future,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
ROgBURY NEWS

Roxbury. Va. March 10-A large
crowd was out Friday night at Prov
idence M. <. church the occasion
being a musical programme with
REGULATIONS. dialogues. sosgs. etc.
The church had been beautifully
decorated for the occasion with
running cedar and holly. and the
stage decorated with national colors.
The programme was as follows:
PRAYER by the pastor. Rev. Fleming;
song, Once More we Celebrate, by
school; dialogue. Memory of Wash
ingtcn; SOLO. Washington's Xmas
Party; song. We may never be Sol
diers. by the school; recitation, The
Shortest Month. by Josephine Oar
acott; dialogue. On the shores OF
the Tennessee, by school; solo BY
Miss Sandifer; recitation, February
22nd, Grace Bowry; recitation
Something Better. Julia Ruckles
song. TentiDg on the old Cam
Ground. by the school; Uncle Sam
by Miss Julia Fisher; Washington
Supper, Miss Harriet Fisher; Ami
versaries-in three acts; solo b,
Miss Slnditer; Judge OpPenheimer'
first case; song. God be With 70
Til, We Meet Again.
There will be an oyster suppc
at Cross Roads Friday night. Com
cut and help these good ladies 3
they are trying to pay off II
church debt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
CHAPTER xV.-Continued.

Fran snatched up the whip. and
leaned over as if to lash the empty
shafts. She had suddenly become the
child again. 1--WE must drive out of
Sure-Enough Country, now Time to get
back to the Make-BelieVe World She
stood up. and the lap robe fell about
her like green waves from which
springs laughing nymph.
Abbott still felt stunned. The crash
Of an ideal arouses the echo--'Is
there no truth in the world?" But yes
Fran was here, Fran the adorable.
Fran" he pleaded, don't drive out
Of Sure-Enough Country. Wait long
enough for me to tell you what you
are to me-"
Il know what | am to you" Fran
retorted-"Git APP"
But what am | to you? Don't drive
so fast-the trees are racing past like
mad | won't leave Sure-Enough Coun-
try until I've told you all"
You SHALL. No, I'll not let you take
this whip"
81 will take it-let go-Fran! Bless
ed darling Fran"
She gripped the whip tightly. He
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
SCIENTISTS TELL OF THE SEA
But of Interest to the Man
Who Admires Nature.

Not only is the sea the reservoir
INTO which all rivers run, but it is the
cistern that finally catches all the
rain that falls. not merely upon It's
own surface, but upon the surface OF
the land and upon the roofs Of our
houses. 1t has been calculated that
each year a layer of the entire sea
fourteen feet thick is taken up into
the clouds. This vapor is fresh, and
IL all the water could be removed in
the same way, none of it being re
turned, there would, it is figured, be
left layer of pure salt 230 feet high
on the bed of the Atlantic. These fig
ures are based upon the assumption
that three feet of water contain one
inch of salt, and that the average
depth Of the ocean is three miles.
At a depth of about $500 feet the
temperature is uniform. varying bu
little between the poles and the
equator The colder water is below
In many deep bays the water begin,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14

Grace did not move.
FTan's eyes resembled cold stones
with jagged points as her steady arm
pointed: GO! Stand where | tell
you to stand. Oh, have tanned lions
before today. You needn't look at me
so-l'm not afraid of your teeth
Grace's fear was not inspired by
dread of exposure, but by the realiza-
ton that she had done what she could
not have forgiven in another But for
the supreme moment she might never
have realized the real nature of her
feeling for her employer. She stood
appalled, and Inundated, yet her spirit
rose in hot revolt because it was Fran
who had found her in Gregory's arms.
She glared at her defiantly.
YES" said Fran somberly, that's
my profession, lion-taming. I'm the
'World-Famous Fran Nonpareil' Go
to your typewriter, Grace Noir, say
Co."
Grace could not speak without fill
ing every word with concentrated
hate: You wicked little spy. your
evil nature won't let you see anything
but evil in the fruits of your caves
dropping. You misjudge simply be-
cause it would be impossible for you
to understand"
II see by your face that you under
stand-pity you hadn't walked up long
ago." Fran looked from one to the
other with a dark face
Il understand nothing of what you
imagine you know" Grace said STAN.
meringly. 81 haven't committed a
crime. Stop looking at me as if had
do you hear?" Her tone was pas
sionate: 81 am what I have always
been" Did she say that to reassure
herself? What do you mean, Fran
l command you to put your suspicious
in words
81 have had them roar at me before
today" cried Fran. What l mean is
that you're to leave the house this
day."
Il shall not leave this house, unless
Mr. Gregory orders it. 1t would be ad-
hitting that I've done wrong, and am
what l have always been. What you
saw l will say this much, that
it shall never happen again. But moth
ing has happened that you think, little
impostor, with your evil mind .
I am what I have always been. And
I'm going to prove that you are an i'm
postor in a very short time
Fran turned to Hamilton Gregory.
Tell her to CO." she said threatening
ly. Tell her she must Order it. You
know what I mean when l say she
must go, and she needn't show her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
Glass in japan.

1t is only during comparatively
short time that the Japanese have
glass as occidentals know it. When
the first railroads were built, passen-
gers in the coaches often put their
heads through the glass, supposing
the frames Of the windows to be
pasted pictures on the glass to call
attention to the fact that solid sub
stance was behind them. The masses
of the Japanese today do not know
the mirror as it is known in the
west. The richer people have one
mirror, indeed, but usually the glass
used in the mirrors sold to the popu-
lace is not quicksilvered, being mere
ly well polished. As for cut glass, II
Is practically unknown in the island.
md glass drinking cups are rare.-1
Aarper's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14

Presto! there you have the insredi-
ents of the romance.
that's the way it happened in the
case OF eighteen-year-old Rita Jacobs,
OF West One Hundred and Twelfth
street, the prettiest of a bevy of pret.
ty sisters, and BILLY" Wallace, a
wealthy merchant of Salisbury. sc.
1t all happened way down in South
Carolina a little more than a year ago.
Cupid. disguised as a hungry citizen
tossed the banana peel in front of Miss
Jacobs, who was visiting friends in
Salisbury. She slipped, Blu. never fell
The strong arm of her future husband
was there in the nick of time.
A few days later they left town and
got married without telling anybody
Now they're planning to go back to
the Sunny South. Meanwhile, they're
at home at 134 West One Hundred and
Sixteenth street-New York Ameri
can.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
M'DANiEL AS A SEER
Veteran Turfman Long Ago Pre-
dicted Lowering of Record.
Horsemen Laughed at Him When He
Said Six FurIorgs Would Be Run
In Less Than 1:11-Dick Welles
Did IL In 1910 as.

Leochares, pronounced Leo Cherries,
according to the man who says he
named the son of roomstick-Leayon-
ara, which holds the worlds record
along with Iron Mask, of ITO As for
| six furlongs, was badly beaten at
Churchill Downs in the running of the
Falls City handicap. Weight of 1874
pounds on the three-year-old anchored
him in the mud and he disgraced his
hackers by failing to run inside the
money in the race in which he was ia
Yorite.
White, fairly good breadwinner
belonging to w. G. Yanke, who is en-
joying a great streak of luck, took
down the purse of $2,1O1 to the win
ner. He is a four-year-old and was
asked to carry only 100 pounds. He
was the only four-year-old in the race,
all the others being three-year-olds.
The Widow Moon was second, with
1913 up and Kleburne, third, with ITO
on his back.
Horsemen a few years ago would
have pronounced one crazy beyond
medical aid had one predicted horses
would run six furlongs in less than
Ill before many years When Dick
Welles reeled off the six furlongs at
Washington Park in Ill AS some
years ago turfmen shook their heads
and said lit could not be did"
When Henry Mcdaniel announced
that Dick Welles had run the distance
in less than Ill having been left at
the post and then defeated Runnels,
owned by John A. Drake, they met in
groups around the stables and said
it was too bad to see Henry go that
way. He had always been looked
upon as a man of more than ordinary
intelligence, and now they pictured a
terrible end for him.
Mcdaniel had clicked his watch at
the moment Dick Welles broke, the
colt having been turned the reverse
way of the barrier when the word
was given. Probably he was the only
one who got the time correctly, and
there never was a more accurate timer
on any race track.
Some day horses will be running
selling races in less than Ill and
then these old fogies won't laugh at
1: 10 AS" said Mcdaniel. None Of
them ever owned a boss that could
run mile in la, and so they can
not believe that other horses can reel
off miles around 1877, but the time is
fast approaching when runners will
beat all these standing marks and the
trotters will beat 300"
McDaniers prediction came true
when Iron Mask, on September % at
Douglas park, Louisville, ran six fur
longs in ITO As. He was the first
horse to run the distance under Ill
and get recognized record, although
Dick Welles probably first turned the
trick. Iron Mask took the mark away
from three title holders. They were:
Chapultepec, Prince Ahmed and Pris-
Gillian, all of which had turned the
three-quarter distance in Ill fiat
Iron Mask, a five-year-old son of Dis
guise-Royal Rose, packed 127 pounds
in his record-breaking feat and beat
Leochares head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
Oooin's Hard Pull.

An interesting thing about Manager
Charles Doom of the Phillies is that,
when he attained st. Xavier's college,
he went out each year for the varsity
nine, but never made it. The captain
was averse to runts on his team and
Charley weighed only ITO pounds.
Another rebuff that Doom received
was when he tried to get chance with
st. Paul, when Charley Comiskey had
the club. Commy told him to keep In
the tailoring business"
Harvey Woodruff, the Chicago sports
writer, tells the story that, when Doom
finally landed job with the st. Joseph
club and reported in the spring, Mana
ger McKibben voiced his disappoint.
ment with the exclamation: why, my
boy. wanted a catcher, not jockey.
Red made good just the same.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
SYNOPSIS.

Fran arrives at Hamilton Gregory's
home in Littleburg but finds him absent
conducting the choir at a camp meeting
She repairs thither in search of him,
laughs during the service and is asked to
leave. Abbott Ashton, superintendent of
schools escorts Fran from the tent. He
deeply interested in charity work. and a
pillar of the church. Ashton becomes
greatly interested in Fran and while TAX
Eng leave of her, holds her hand and is
seen by Sapphira Clinton, sister of Rob
ert Clinton, chairman of the school board.
Fran tells Gregory she wants a home
secretary, takes a violent dislike to Fran
and advises her to go away at once.
Fran hints at twenty-year-oid secret.
and Gregory in agitation asks Grace to
leave the room. Fran relates the story
OF how Gregory married young girl at
Springfield while attending college and
then deserted her Fran is the child of
that marriage. Gregory had married his
present wife three years before the death
of Fran's mother. Fran takes a liking to
Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that
Fran is the daughter of a very dear friend
who is dead. Fran agrees to the story.
Mrs. Gregory insists on her making her
home with them and takes her to her
arms. Fran declares the secretary must
go. Grace begins nagging tactics in an
effort TO drive Fran from the Gregory
home: Abbott. while taking walk alone
at midnight. finds Fran on a bridge tell
Ing her fortune by cards. She tells Abb
bot that she is the famous lion tanner,
Fran Nonpareil. She tired of circus life
and sought 4 home. Grace tells of see
ing Fran come home after midnight with
man. She guesses part of the story
and surprises the rest from Abbott. She
decides to ask Bob Clinton to go to
Springfield to investigate Fran's story.
Fran enlists Abbott in her battle against
Grace. Fran offers her services to Greg
Dry as secretary during the temporary
absence Of Grace. The latter, hearing of
Trans purpose returns and interrupts a
touching scene between father and
daughter Fran goes fishing with Mrs.
iregorY's brother. Abbott. whose reten-
ton as superintendent, is to be decided
that day. finds her sitting alone In
buggy. He joins her and is discovered by
clinton and his sister.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
WORTHY OF EMPIRE BUILDER
Cecil Rhodes Magnificent Tomb Near
Spot Which Was Scene OF His
toric Meeting.

After Cecil Rhodes death, on March
26, 1902, his body was taken to the
Matopos hills in South Africa and in
tered there near the spot known as
Worlds View, By the terms OF his
will the land adjacent was set aside
as burial place for men who had de-
served we'll Of South Africa.
The Rhodes tomb is near the spot
where he had his famous meeting
with the chieftains of the Matabele
tribes on August "a, 1896. At that
time the Matabeles were about to go
to war against the British. and
Rhodes, fully aware Of this, rode into
their territory, accompanied by only
two men. The risk that he took was
enormous, but the result fully justified
1t. When the Matabeles heard of his
coming their chiefs sought him in his
camp and laid their grievances before
him. He promised to do what he
could to have them righted.
Now. Is it peace or war;" he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14

claws at me. l don't go into the cage
without my whip. Tell her to 60"
He turned upon Fran, pushed to ut
ter desperation. 'No-you shall go!"
he said between clenched teeth.
"Yes!" exclaimed Grace. 1t was a
hiss of triumphant hate.
Fran lost control over herself do
you think, knowing what know, that
I'll stand quietly by and see you dis
grace your wife as you disgraced
Do you think III let you have
this Grace Noir for your to
be the third Do you think I've come
out of your past life to fold my hands
tell you plainly that I'll ruin you
with that secret before I'll let you
have this woman"
CTO BE CONTINUEDD
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14

to freeze at the bottom before it does
at the surface
At that depth waves are not felt.
The force of waves is in proportion
to their height. 1t is said that the
sea strikes upon certain rocks with
the force of seventeen tons for each
square yard
The pressure of water increases
with the depth. One mile down this
pressure is reckoned at more than a
ton to the square inch-in other
words, more than 1873 times the pres
sure Of the atmosphere. The depth of
the sea presents some interesting
considerations. II, it is claimed by
one authority, the Atlantic ocean
were lowered 1854 feet, 1t would be
reduced to half its present width. If
it were lowered a little more than
three miles the result would be dry
land all the way between Newfound.
land and Ireland. If the Mediter
ranean were lowered $50 feet, Africa
would be joined to Italy, and three
separate seas would remain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14

could not loosen her hold, but he
could keep her hand in his, which was
Just as well. Still, semblance of
struggling was called for, and that is
why the sound of approaching wheels
was drowned in laughter.
Here we are!" Fran cried wickedly
-"Make-Believe World of Every Day,
and some of it's inhabitants -
A surrey had come down the seldom
used road-had Miss Sapphire fol-
lowed Abbott in order to discover him
with Fran? The suspicion was not
Just, but his conscience seemed to
turn color--or was it his face? In fact,
Fran and Abbott were both rather red
caused, possibly, by their struggle
over the whip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14

asked, and the chiefs, as one man,
cast their spears on the ground,
signifying that they were for peace.
While riding away from the scene of
this historic meeting Rhodes is said
to have remarked to his companions:
1T is such things that make life
worth living"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
Yale Star May Lose Sight

Perry T. w. Hale, former Yale
all-American fullback, may lose his
eyesight as the result of an explo-
sion the other night. He was expert
menting with a burglar alarm"
he had devised, when crossed wires
caused an explosion, filling his face
with small pieces of copper wire.
His brother, Kelly Hale, and Harry
Dagnall also were cut and bruised
by the explosion. Hale was gradu-
ated from Yale in 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
Cruel and Inhuman,

How dare you advertise that you
do painless dentistry?" did l hurt
you. miss?" Absolute torture. You
talked for five minutes at a time when
/ couldn't interrupt"-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
Drawing 1t Fine.

He-Yes Jack is very fond Of draw
ing fine distinctions.
She-I haven't noticed it.
He-No? Don't you remember that
the other night he was trying to eX
plain the difference between love and
emotional insanity Puck.
One way to acquire a striking per-
sonality is to become a chronic bor-
rover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-11-14
Wins Rich Husband.

A pretty girl, a bit of banana peel.
gallant young man to the rescue, and