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The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
GOLD BEDS ONLY SCRATCHED
AIaska's Mines VIII Last Thousand
Years at Least, Believes an
Expert.

Like tale out of the Arabian
Nights is the opinion given recently
by an expert on the future of Alaskan
gold mining, only this expert bases
his opinion on facts, whereas the
Oriental story teller specialized in
fancy, says the Engineering and Min
ing Journal
But the testimony just given by Fal.
com JosIin is doub1y interesting be-
cause 1t exceeds the imagination OF
the widest fancy while being based
on the facts in the case.
In my Judgment" says Mr.. Joslin,
.sthe placer mining industry in Alas
ka will last thousand years, the area
suitable for placer mining is so enor.
nous. What we are working there
now IS only the graye1s that will carry
from SO to SO a yard You cannot
work gravels that carry less than that
but once we have transportation there
and can work gravels such as they dc
In California, which carry seven cents
a yard, we have got so nearly an un-
limited area of 1t that no man can
foresee the end OF that industry in
Alaska.
"One great thing is that nearly the
whole area of Alaska is gold bearing
There are placers and quartz. 1t has
been said, and believe the statistics
and explorations of the geological sur
vey show it, that you could go from
the extreme southeast of Alaska, al
Ketchikan. where there are important
mines. along this route by way o.
Hains. clear out to Nome. distance
of 1000 miles in straight line, and
that in every 2o-mile section along
that route you could develop golt
mines. 1t is infinitely greater thar
any other area of gold country thai
has ever been found in the world
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

Finally, it was explained to Mr..
Baldwin that he was not the man
wanted ''The committee will pay
your expenses and your days service.
said the clerk. What are your ex.
penses?"
"Oh, dunno" replied the wrong
Mr. Baldwin 81 paid fer my railroad
ticket / guess that was all. Oh, no,
l had to pay nickel ter ride acrost
New York"
Haven't you eaten anything?" de-
manded the clerk.
"Oh, sure" replied the wrong Mr..
Baldwin. 81 ct a snack in New York
this morning. I guess it was about a
quarters wuth I don't eat much, un-
less I'm hungry"
The sergeant-at-arms was instruct
ed to pay the wrong Mr.. Baldwin the
sum of s26.S0, the legal allowance for
a trip from New Haven to Washing
ton and return, with lodging and food
allowances and witness fees for one
days attendance, and the accidental
subject of free tour of the national
capital left the senate office in high
humor.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

ties that make for success; and that
Is a large part of the battle.
The man who owns his home can
keep up to better standard of living
than If rent day takes one-third to
one-fourth of his income.
The saving of the home-owner
gives him a permanent buying power
that the renting family seldom has; he
is perpetually solvent instead of de-
pendent.
He not only has better credit, but
has every reason to live up to moral
and material standards that make
him more desirable citizen than the
transient renter.
Ownership of the place one lives
in is the first step toward financial
stability and community respect. 1t
Is the fountain spring of that sincere
and honest pride in home and family
which is one of the strongest ele.
ments In character building for both
parent and children
1t inspires business sense, and
stimulates the cardinal virtue OF
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
Subpoenaed Man "Cum E. Quick e He Coul

II HERE walked into the hearing
/ room of the senate lobby invesu-
gators the other day lank man, wear
Ing a yellow linen duster, black
slouch hat, and yellow-gray beard
that looked like half yard OF corn
silk. He carried in his hand yellow
telegram.
well, I'm here" announced the
stranger to the capitol cop guarding
the door of the committee room. i
cum ez quick ez / could, and here |
am"
The yellow telegram was a sub
poena addressed to A. ID. Baldwin,
Cleveland, Ohio, and commanded the
person designated to appear before the
investigators forthwith. Mr.. Baldwin
was attending a class reunion at Yale
university, and the Office boy at his
Cleveland quarters had forwarded the
message to New Haven. There the
telegraph company, for want OF spe-
cific instructions, had looked up A. ID.
Baldwin in the city directory and serv-
ed the telegraphic subpoena upon the
first A D. Baldwin In sight.
There was parley with the commit
tee clerk, and explanations followed.
The wrong Mr.. Baldwin averred that
eff the committee wuzn't in a hurry
for him" he thought he'd just stroll
around and take a look at this old
shack.
Il haint been to Washington sence
1866" he announced, as he indicated
q little bronze button in the lapel of
his faded coat, land I'd like to see eff
1t hez changed much"
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
BattIeships Indiana and Massachusetts as Targets

setts and Indiana were built at
Cramps shipyard and were launched
in 1893 Their main armament con-
sists of four 13-inch guns and eight g.
inch guns and their speed was about
16 knots an hour. Each vessel cost
$3,063,333.
Modern battleships have speed of
81 knots, displacement of 27,500
tons, and their armament consists of
ten 14-inch guns, each so feet long:
twenty 5-inch guns and other smaller
weapons. The new vessels can place
a shot accurately far beyond the guns
of the batteries of the Indiana and
Massachusetts.
saThe best use the government could
make of the Massachusetts and the In
diana is to take them out to Chesa-
peake bay and use them as targets for
our modern long-distance guns" de-
clares Capt Grant of the Philadelphia
navy yard, where the two old vessels
are quartered. They are slow in
speed, and way behind the standards
of modern war vessels in every re-
spect. The Missouri and Alabama
will soon be as obsolete as the Massa-
chusetts and Indiana and will very
soon be consigned to the target serv-
ice or the junk heap"
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

thrift. IL fosters an interest in pub
lie affairs reasonable taxation, street
and sidewalk upkeep, honesty of off,
cials. etc.-that is very apt to be de-
flcient or entirely lacking In the mere
renter.
Disreputable gang control Is prac-
tically impossible In communities
where people own their homes.
Nathaniel Cotton sums UP this sub
ject admirably in the following lines:
sIr solid happiness We prize.
Within our breast this Jewel lies.
And they are fools who roam.
The world has nothing to bestow.
From our own selves our joys must now
And that dear hut. our home. /"
An example OF an attractive little
home that can be built for about
So 900 is illustrated in the accompany
ing perspective and floor plans. It's
dimensions are: Length. 81 feet s
inches; width, So feet inches. It
is of the popular bungalow" type,
but has two bedrooms and bath on
the second floor A wide veranda
runs around three sides. There are
two entrances. one on each side at
the back of the veranda.
The greater portion of the ground
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
A FINE TOUCH.

One of two darkies who run a boot
black 'parlor' in partnership was
Dragging of his well-developed sense
of touch, particularly in the matter of
money. He boasted that he could tell
the denomination of any United States
coin merely By feeling it, His part
ner wearied of these boasts and camo
back with this:
Your sense o. feelin' amt nothing
to my friend Marcus. Him and me
used to work on the Pullman down
through Kansas. Marcus had been on
this route for about ten years. One
night when we was both a-sleepin',
long around midnight ] wakes up and
| shakes Marcus and ] says: Mar
Gus, where are we?' An Marcus he
jest rolls over and sticks his hand out
the window and he says: We're goin'
through Oswego. "-Everybody's !,
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
PAVED STREETS IN 1000 B. C.
Babylon and Other Ancient Cities
Took Marked Interest In Good
Roads.

Chicago.-When or where the first
road was built Is not known. Herodo-
tus speaks of great Egyptian road
on which King Cheops employed 1OO,-
900 men for ten years. According to
the historian, this road was built Of
massive stone blocks ten feet deep
and lined on both sides with temples.
mausOleums, porticos and statues. The
streets of Babylon are said to have
been paved as early as 1000 B. c., and
several well surfaced roads radiated
to neighhoring cities. Carthage, be-
fore its fall, was the center of high
ly developed road system. The an
cient Peruvians had wonderful sys-
tenn of national roads connecting all
the principal parts of their empire.
Bridges were also built by the an
clients at very early date. The Eu-
pirates, at Babylon, was crossed by a
stone bridge prior to 1000 B. c., and 1t
is known that the Chinese built
bridges as public works as early at
1900 B. G..
The first definite and fully authentic
AhACt A1deiOh CoaSCi hAi1S IhC OyoS
construction and maintenance of per-
manent roads comes to us from the
Romans. 1t Is generally understood
that the Romans learned the art Of
road building from the Carthaginians.
However, the construction of their
great road was as perfect as that Of
any of their later ones.
The first of the great Roman roads
was from Rome to Capua. 8 distance
Of 142 Italian miles. and was begun
by Appius Claudius about 312 B. G.
1t was known as the Appian Way or
Queen of Roads, This road was la
ter extended to Brundistuul, 81 total OF
$50 miles, and was probably completed
by julius Caesar. About 220 II. G. the
Flaininian Way was built 1t crossed
the Mar river on stone bridge which
had central span of loo feet, with a
rise of 100 feet When Rome reached
the height of her glory, under the
reign of Augustus, no less than 20
great military roads radiated from
the city. More roads extended to every
part of the vast empire and are esti-
mated to have a total length of $4,000
miles.
The Roman construction was in gen.
eral extremely massive.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
Washington Is a City Of Many Tall FIagpoles

public buildings support more than
one pole The capitol has four per-
manent stats, one on the senate side,
one on the roof of the house. one at
the west front and one at the east
front. On the state, war and navy
building are three poles, one for each
of the departments quartered In that
crowded structure. On the postof1ce
department are two poles, one on the
east and the other on the west tower.
Some of the big new office buildings
carry more than one fagpole. On the
Colorado building are three. Even
some of the older buildings are not
content with one. On the Ebbitt
house are four.
A tall pole is so feet A few In the
city rise a little above this height
The average cost Of one OF these
poles, including the installation of 1t,
is 5000.
In the grounds of the naval and mil
itary establishments In and around
Washington the masts rise loo feet,
but they are in two or three sections.
Some of these tall government masts
are of wood and others are of steel.
The fiagpole on top of the White
House is iron-apparently OF iron
piping bound together like bundle OF
rods, the central pipe projecting to a
considerable height above the others.
A number of private establishments
have permanent fiagpoles projecting
outward with an inclination from an
upper window, balcony or the top
of portico, and on fete occasions the
number of these stats Is greatly mul-
tiDlied
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
Experts Would Dress Biddy in Much Gay Attire

FOWL fanciers and experts in the
Il bureau of animal industry are seek
ing some method of cross-breeding
whereby the unattraetive but useful
hen can sprout plumage as variegated
as Joseph's coat of many colors.
The activity of the experts is In
spired by the fact that an ever-increas-
Ing number OF states are passing
stringent laws against the destruction
of birds for their plumage, while sew
erai federal laws prohibiting the traf-
nc in such plumage already are in
effect
The bird division of the National
Museum also has the matter under
consideration, but 1t is inclined to be-.
lieve that the evolution Of the COM
mon hen along the lines desired is
scarcely practicable.
1T might be accomplished" said
one OF the museum scientists face
tiously.- by Matching the eggs in =
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

wv WO more warships of the United
/ States navy, few short years ago
rated as among the most powerful
battleships in the world, are to be
pounded to pieces by the heavy guns
of the modern dreadnoughts and their
SCARED remains then sold for junk.
The Indiana and the Massachusetts.
twenty-year-old war vessels that cost
more than s3,000.000 apiece. are the
victims selected for the slaughter. The
Indiana distinguished herself In the
battle of Santiago in 1898, when the
Spanish fleet was destroyed as it at
tempted to run to safety. The Massa-
chusetts also participated in the same
war
Development of warship building
has left the Indiana and the Massa-
chusetts far behind. The Massachu-
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

much comment at Waldon, according
to advices.
Farrow says the body stolen was q
farmers.
The eyewitnesses to the spooky oc-
currence were keeping watch at the
house when the weird creature en-
tered. He carried q heavy chain
across his shoulders. wore white
robe. and long growth of red hair.
they say.
His face was apparently painted
red. and on his forehead small set
Of horns had been fastened
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
BOLT SPLITS BED UNDER TWO
Feather Mattress Saves Lives Of Jer
sey Children When Light
ming Strikes.

New Brunswick-A lightning bolt
went through the roof of Henry john
sons cottage. ran around a four-post
bedstead in which his two children
were lying on a feather mattress and
split the bed into dozen pieces. The
children were not touched.
The bolt tore big hole in the
roof and in the floor The bedstead
collapsed and the children fell to the
floor with the mattress.
Johnson's cottage is on the Peter
Cortelyou farm at Franklin Park.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

floor is given up to the waking COM
forts of real home life A large liv-
ing room stretching from front to
rear at the right connects through a
cased opening with a commodious
dining room extending across the re-
mainder of the front of the house. AT
the end OF the dining room is a large
fireplace and inviting hearthstone.
A servants room Is provided, open
ing off the same passageway which
connects the dining room and
kitchen.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
Town Has Business Manager.

Riverforest, Iil-This town has
hired a business manager, Karl NJ.
Mitchell, who win have entire charge
of public affairs He will control the
entire administration of the town and
will be responsible Only to the vii
lage board.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
Horse a Suicide In Agony

wilmington. Del Meeting with an
accident in which its back was broken,
a $3.50 horse owned by Andrew j..
Travis, a liveryman. committed sui
eide. The horse walked from Its stall
and fell into a 12-foot pit. Evidently
ii agony from the fractured spine, the
animal beat its head against the ce-
ment side of the pit until 1t was dead
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

dye house, or q paint shop.
1T might also be accomplished by
feeding the chick-a biddies ochre.
Prussian blue and other varicolored
paint powders instead of eorn or other
grain. One, you know. can never tell
what might happen In such q truly
scientific experiment.
The bureau of animal industry, how
ever, is taking the matter more sert
ously and is casting about for some
soIutis the subject.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
SATAN STOLE THE CORPSE
Mourners Assert Welrd-Looking crea-
ture With Red Hair Made Wy
With Dead Body.

Fort Smith. Ark creature. con-
forming with the generally accepted
appearance Of the devil. stole the body
of 4 man III the neighborhood of Base.
Montgomery county. according to s.
b. Farrow OF Cedar Creek and
vouched for by four supposed eye
witnesses. is the siury that has gained
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
No Use TO Go Now.

What's the matter with Warping?
He seems depressed"
"He leaves tomorrow for his va
cation"
That's nothing to be sad about.
AT the last moment Mrs. Warping
decided to go with him"
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

land. The mighty crowd cheered the
team that won, and cheered the team
that lost, for the plucky fight and
the spartasDanlike way In which they
took their defeat, bs,t the ike of the
cheer thS1t went ND when the Ameri-
can team for the third successive
time they defeated the English play
ers was never. before heard at any
contest held Ga tha level stretches
of Long Island
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
SUMNER WHITE HOUSE ROOM
Apartment Where the President and
His Family VIII Enjoy Light
Music.

Cornish, N H.-A view Of the beau
tiful interior OF the music room" at
Harlakenden house, Cornish. N. H.,
where President Wilson and his fam
ily no doubt will spend many of, their
evenings during their sojourn in the
GUNNER white HouseY located on a
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
AMERICANS WIN POLO CUP
Crowd MadIy Cheers When Score o'
AZ to 4A in Favor OF U. 8.
Was Posted.

New York.-The cheer that went up
from the thousands who came to
watch the second game Of the polo
series, when the final score. Ameri-
can AZ, English Az. was posted,
rent the air and sent its resounding
echoes through the hills of Long Is
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
Sleuth Is Tranped.

Chicago The fire department. ran
up ladders and rescued a city detective
marooned on a roof The sleuth
chased a burglar to the roof, but in
climbing knocked down the ladder.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

The watchers became so alarmed
that they fed, and when they re.
turned the coffin was empty.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02
AnpreciatIon of Art.

Harrison Fisher, the illustrator.
tells the following ct his own ex-
pense:
Il was once lounging about hall
wherein certain of my illustrations
were being exhibited when ] chanced
to overhear woman standing in
front Of one of them exclaim with
heartfelt fervor:
"sAh! If only knew the artist OF
thisi"
Pardon me, madam said /. has
tening up, but | am the artist
/" In that case, said she. with q
winning smile, won't you tell me the
name of the dressmaker who made
that perfectly dear frock your model
wore?' '"Lippincott's Magazine.
His Thought. r
She tafter the quarreD Leave my
presence.
He confused Why er you've
got them all.-Judge-
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

Early Church BelI Figures.
French women compressed their
waists with splints of wood before cor.
sets were invented.
The sea coast echo., 1913-08-02

Amt Il Awful
Perseverance has won many hard
fought victory that was really not
worth the eaortP Puck
Newark post., 1913-04-30
Plans For Commencement

With the date only seven weeks
away, members Of the Senior Glass,
Newark High School, are busy pre-
pairing for the commencement ex-
ercises.
The program will be more elab-
crate than in any previous year,
including such innovations as bac-
caulaureate Sunday and Glass Day
exercises. The sermon will be de-
livered by Rev. w. j. Rowan in the
Presbyterian Church on the Sun
day preceding the close of school.
Glass Day exercises will be held in
Center Hall. The date has not yet
been named.
The address at the Commence
ment proper will be delivered by
Rev. U. Franklin Smiley of Will
mington.
Newark post., 1913-04-30
Nature Study In The School

Pupils of the Grammar School
were delighted this week, when, in
addition to their study of the wild
flowers and birds, five beautiful
moths emerged from cocoons which
had been brought to the seventh
grade room during the autumn and
winter months.
One fine specimen of the Robin
Moth, Cecropia, measured six
inches from tip to tip.
The teacher and pupils are anx-
ious to obtain cocoons of the exquis-
ite Luna moth, but owing to the
scarcity of oak trees in the vicinity
Of the town they. have been unsuc-
cessful so far.
"MOths of the Limberlost,' a
beautifully illustrated and interest
ingly written book, recently added
to the town library, is much ap-
preciated by the pupils and teach
ers.
Newark post., 1913-04-30
Good Music And
A Merry Laugh

The entertainment given in the
Opera House last evning under the
auspices Of the Senior Glass of Del
aware College, for pure fun and
amusement afforded one Of the best
programs presented in the town
during this season.
The first number. rollicking
tune strummed out on the old ban
jos by Colonel Booker and Captain
Miller prepared the audience for
the pleasant evening to follow.
Round after round Of laughter tes-
titled that Captain Miller had made
good the promise Of his introduc-
tory remarks: "if you allow me to
prescribe III guarantee to cure the
blues
The special feature of the even
ing was the singing Of the old plan
tation songs by the quartette of
Virginia negroes, who rendered
number after number to the delight
of the audience.
The laughable characteristics of
the old negro were musically relat-
ed time after time. The evening
closed with the ever popular tune,
."Silver Theads Among the Gold. "
Newark post., 1913-04-30
Site For Women College

Contrary to the Interpretation
OF the Affiliated College bill as be-
ing reported in Newark today that
the buildings must be within the
town limits, the exact provisions
plainly safe that the buildings for
the Women's College shall be cat
Newark, Delaware" which in all
reason would mean in any part of
that territory Of which Newark is
considered the Post Office.
Confirming this view, in Section
4 of the bill, it says, "The Commits
sion shall have full and free right
and authority to enter upon any
lands in New Castle County" and
grants the Commission the right to
purchase or through legal proceed
ure condemn any such land for the
erection Of said buildings.
Newark post., 1913-04-30
New Century Club News

There was no program Tor last
Monday afternoon at the New Cen
tury Club meeting, the time being
given to the reading of the reports
of the different committees and the
election Of officers for the ensuing
year. The result of the election
was as follows: president, Mrs. G.
b. Evans; first vice president, Mrs.
VIM. II. Evans; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. f. w. Dawson; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Penny; CORES
ponding secretary, Mrs. Whiting
ham; press correspondent, Miss
Todd; chairman of library commit
tee, Miss Alice Kerr; membership
committee, Mrs. Neale, Mrs.
Hougton, Mrs. Hayward.
Next Monday, May 5th, will be
the last meeting Of the year when
the new president will be installed
and an entertaining program ar
ranged for. This meeting will be
open to invited guests.
Newark post., 1913-04-30
Ball Game
Next Saturday
Aetna Meets Wilmington
Gas Company

The Newark Base Ball Club will
play the strong Gas Co. B. B. G. OF
Wilmington, this coming Saturday
May 3rd. This will be Newark s
first hard game, as the Gas Co. has
one of the fastest ball clubs in the
State.
Manager Everson is very for
tunate in securing such an attrac-
ton for this date. Gas Co. will
present such players as Flood,
Greenwell, Dolan, Beatty Broth
ers, Prentiss, johnson and others,
all first class players. Newark will
have to hustle to win this game.
Game will be called promptly at
2.3O clock.
Owing to meeting of the
League to be held at Elkton, May
3rd, Manager Everson will be
away once more unless he sends
some one in his stead to represent
Newark.
All clubs of the League must
send in their list of players by May
1st. Newark s list will be practic-
ally the same as in 1912. That will
be good enough.
Saturday, May 3rd-Newark VS..
Gas Company.
Don't miss this game.
Manager Zearfoss Of the Gas Co.
says he will come down to win this
game. IF?
This will be the last exhibition
game, as the Tri- County Battle be-
gins on May 10. Too bad the boys
could get no practice last Satur-
day.
All Of Newark s favorites will be
on hand Saturday, so come out and
root.