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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

tiers or cells. set on Dy itself in an
Enclosure surrounded by low stone
wall. There were two sentries on the
outside, but got by them and out
beyond the city.
Il did not know Just where the revo-
lutionary army was, and 80. | held
northward, travelling mostly at night,
until l reached Cura. There got
mule and continued on a long trip to
orumaco. | thought would try and
cross the Gulf of Maracaibo. to Mara
caibo itself, but decided 1t would be
safer for me to try to reach the Dutch
island of Curacao. Finally | got pass
age, and after several months worked
my way back to Boston.
Once there | tried to get In touch
with the girl who had helped me out
OF what l learned afterward would
have been certain death. as one by
one the prisoners were taken up and
shot, and 1t would have been only a
matter of time till the arrival of my
turn. wrote letters, but did not
know her name. and of course, as l
should have known, they were never
delivered. Two years later when the
trouble was over / made another trip
to Caracas, and tried to find some
trace Of her, but with no success No
one there remembered the names or
whereabouts of former keepers of the
Caracas prison, and after two weeks
of futile search l gave up the quest
and shipped back to the United States.
Finds Her In New York.
Since then l have worked at engi-
neerlng jobs in various parts of the
country. and though | never expected
to see her | never forgot that low
laugh in the dark at the dungeon en-
trance. 1t was not until three weeks
ago, when l went into a store to buy
some handkerchiefs, that froze In my
tracks. There, leaning over the coun-
ter looking at me, was the girl
She knew me at once, and-she
laughed, just as she had laughed as
she let back the bar at the grill, and
as she stood thus that black tropic
night when she was all that lay be-
tween me and freedom. And-and
asked her right there. and-well, here
we are"
But there Mrs Smith took up the
story.
do you know" she said in good
English, though with a soft accent.
he did not even know my name.
Imagine asking a girl to marry you
whose name you did not know. But
lust the same" she added naiyely, II
accepted.
You see" she went on, after the
overthrow of Castro my father was
forced to leave Caracas, and not long
afterward he died. l had no mother.
Arturo" and here Mrs. Smith blushed,
would have married me, but did not
love him. You know he was the one
the night guard whom l sent to the
city stores to bring me some fruit as
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
ODD TYPE OF MEMORY
BIRDS AND ANIMALS SEEM LACK
ING IN DIRECT SENSE.
Difference In This Respect Between
Man and the Lower Creation 10
Misunderstanding Cases I'm
der Observation.

Let US suppose that a man, In the
customed to find his favorite chair
placed in certain spot, near win
dow, and suppose that on one occasion
the chair is taken away. It would be
very odd indeed II the man came into
the room in broad daylight, and made
repeated and obstinate efforts to sit
down in the empty space where the
chair usually stood. For our memory
is chiefly memory of things that
we see. rather than a memory of our
own movements. But many animals
have the odd type of memory that the
man would display IL he insisted on
going through his habitual movements
in the absence of the chair.
Professor Watson of Johns Hopkins
university has for several summers
studied the habits of the sea birds
that nest on the Tortugas islands.
Among other experiments he raised
or lowered their nests, which are
built near the ground, while the bird
was away. The returning bird would
always hover about and attempt to
alight in the empty air at the former
height OF the nest
When honey bees are carried a
long distance from their hives and
are set free, they first fly far up into
the air. as il to look for a familiar
landmark. Then they drop back, and
have been observed to hover in the
air at exactly the height Of the en-
trance to their home hive.
A still more striking case of this
kind has been observed in a chip
munk by R. B. Rockwell, who des-
cribes 1t In the Journal of Animal
Behavior. The little creature had
made her nest In a mattress on n
spring cot. The young were discov.
cred. mistaken for mice and destroy
ed. The cot was removed altogether.
The mother, returning, ran to the
spot where she had been accustomed
to climb up the frame of the cot to
her nest.
Here she stood on her hind legs
and paved the air frantically in the
effort to find the missing frames.
Several times she jumped high into
the air from this position, and find
ing no frame to catch, fell backward.
Another observer reports that a
bat, whose actions he was studying,
was accustomed on entering its cave
to fly up to piece of white cloth
that hung on the opposite wall The
cage was turned completely round.
so that the door through which the
bat entered was on the Opposite side
The piece ~ cloth. WAS ztill attached
TO the wall, but although It was in
plain sight. the bat flew to the posi-
ton in space, now over the door, that
the cloth had occupied when the cage
was in its former position. Such a
memory of place in and for itself,
quite apart from the objects that are
to be seen there, is almost unknown
to human beings. Evidently these
animals do not depend upon the
sense of sight completely as we do
Youths Companion. -
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

news TO me. Once or twice he told
me that prisoners had been taken up
to be shot by the dictator's order.
and l wondered when 1t would come
my turn.
81 had lost track of the exact num-
Der of days 1 had been In prison
one does ometimes-when one morn
ing the old keeper did not come down
with my pan OF food. In his place
came a native girl. l tried to crack a
Spanish joke with her and got mixed,
and finally fell down on 1t and she
laughed. Man alive! You don't know
what there was In that laugh. 1t was
low and ripping, and-and-" And
George Smith broke off in confusion
and shifted his feet awkwardly on the
brand new red and white rug in the
living room of the George Smith fiat,
You see." he explained, 1T had
been the first laugh | had heard in
Venezuela. They didn't laugh In the
revolutionist army, and in the prison
nobody laughed-as long as they
stayed sane. I'm not counting that
other kind of laughter.
so 1t sounded pretty good and
cheering to me to hear that girl gig.
Cling at my bum Spanish. And when
she came the next day l tried pretty
hard for that laugh again. and got 1t.
After that she always brought my
food down mornings And in time
began to think by the taste that
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

soon as heard Mr.. Smith get through
the hole in the dungeon door.
why did help him to get free?
loved him: why should / not?"
She shrugged her shoulders. Il came
to America" she said land | went to
work. See, have learned much of
English in the two years l have been
here. And now" she glanced with
dark eyes at her husband am very
happy"
And as she laughed that low, whis-
pering little laugh, 1t was not hard for
the reporter to see in the thick dark
of tropical night tall man emery
ing from an underground passageway
and bending swiftly over sentry in
skirts who held up mouth to meet
him.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
Advocates the Corn Muffin.

A sociologist of practical temper
thinks that educational and social re-
form can be helped greatly by corn
mullins. Those who like corn mullins
will instantly agree that he is right
whatever form his suggestions may
take. 1t seems that he knows of a
school teacher who wrought wonders
in the blue grass region of Kentucky
by teaching school children how to be
clean and their parents how to cook
corn mullins. In other words, the in
habitants had to be raised to the corn
muffin stage. Will 1t be SO easy to
make those who believe themselves
above 1t conform to its Spartan sim
piicity and unfrenchified palatabilityf
Springfield Republican
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

might be chance for some fun. The
revolutionists were raising rough
house and Castro seemed to be Oh
his last legs. Some of us made mis-
take about Castro, though; you could
never tell when he was on his last
legs.
81 made up my mind to that after |
had joined the rebels a little while
and had been captured outside of
Caracas.
With a batch of Spanishtalling
Nenezuelans, they hustled me into the
city and threw Us into prison. 1
think they picked out the deepest,
dirtiest pen they had for me. 1t was
single affair, with no windows, and
the entrance through an iron grated
door Luckily it was too dark to see
the food | was eating, and in time a
fellows taste gets dulled, SO | man
aged TO live.
The hole they kept me In was
reached by a long, slanting hall that
ran to the upper ground outside the
city prison, In which were confined
| ihO9e VI thS piibOntES TAKEN Dy I0e
government. At the top of the run.
way there was a sentry. but there was
none at the door. They couldn't
stand 1t down there.
After a while | found out that the
sentry above was one of the regular
prison keepers, and not one of Gas
tro's paid soldiers He used to brlns
my food and water to me once a day
and shove 1t through sort of grill
In the bottom of the cell door, which
was battened on the outside with s
bar. The grill was about IA inches
square, and | spent a long time trying
to get at the outside bar to slide 4
back. Could do that, often thought
could work myself through the open
Ing and have a chance TO get free
But 1t wasn't any use.
captor leases Prisoner.
Sometimes when the man cam,
down with my food I'd ask him Il
Spanish, of which I'd picked up a III
tie, what was the news above ground
and he'd tell me how many rebels ha
been killed that day by the govern
ment troops. It seemed to please hiT
a lot. for the reason. guess, that Ia
believed 1t would be disheartenin
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
Bachelors Should Be
Tagged and Taxed
BY JESSIE N. BURMESE. San Francisco

The cut indicate the whysay red
for voluntary blue for involuntary and brass tag would prop
erly indicate that reason, lack Of gold
I'm hardly prepared the length saying this should be made
law The bachelors kept busy lodging the laws
have that tempted feel sorry for them, but let custom decree
the tag and the thing DONE panessly.
good EN- tagged though Of em don't know
it. you doubt watch when hungry hunter has the luck
to put story about Bachelors of Prominence Mft For
tunes something like that Besides o. zeal in the dear
stalking they always subject win his mail double in
the teepeur will ring until he will probably ID The callers ia
his waiting will remind YOU Of bread line and chances that
inside of days he will go fishing He Even married man
couldn't the strain.
Perhaps gener than tagging could be devised SUCH for
instance that for Miss" and "Mr" If bachelors could know
what protection that iswha and prop what insurance OF
against what want they'd beg for
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

away, sent him on some FOOLS errand,
herself promising to hold his watch
until he returned. And with the way
OF men when women speak. he had
taken the risk. Then | bent down.
and-and-" again MIR. Smith stumbled
in enlargement, but Mrs. Smith
with that quaint accent of her race,
shouldered the burden for him.
Kissed me-" said Mrs. Smith, simply.
yes" Mr.. Smith admitted, and I'll
never forget 1t" with another REDEEM
ing of the temples, land then started
to get clear of the rest of the prison.
The section where l had been con-
fined was separate from the main
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
Smile Charms Him.

could have borne to look at it-and
still eaten.
Smile Charms Him.
81 learned she was the daughter of
the sentry up above. And the damp
ness of the dungeon made him cough,
SO that was why he sent her down in
his stead. And one little thing led to
another, and-you know how 1t is
with girl, even when you're in
prison and wondering if you're to be
led up to be shot that day or the next
morning.
Il shall never forget how it rap
pened. Lord, 1t was hot that day!
She brought in the pan of food and
she opened the grill in the door. and
then she forgot to slide back the
bar, and giggled. Tomorrow she
said in Spanish, the rats will eat your
dinner And then, before could
speak, she was gone.
well all that day | waited THE
old keeper had let her come down
With the food because he thought the
sriIl was too small for a man to 90
have not dared, fearing | might dash
through as she opened 1t to admit
the pan. And he wasn't far wrong.
When night came, hot and sitting and
black as those southern nights can
be. | started through the grill and
stuck half way. For an hour worked
back and forth, twisting and turning.
~
in places and the blood running down
inside my clothes and my head burst
ing in the heat, l slipped through with
& Jerk and was clear
81 went up the incline on hands
and knees. l knew the night sentry
would be on duty. The girl had told
me he was young man. had
thought she had turned crimson, but
wasn't sure in the darkness outside
the dungeon door. If 1t had been the
old fellow, her father, l would moi
have worried 1t would have beer
easy to shut off his wind, butt was
young man.
Helps Him to Freedom.
81 came level with the surface o.
the earth. There he was, not five fee
distant, looking at me. He moved
swiftly toward me and gathered my
self for desperate leap for his throat
And-my heart stopped Through tht
darkness low and muffled came th'
sound of musical little laugh.
1T came to me in an instant then
And | knew that that blush of herr
had been real. She had lured hin
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
Cool Drinks Needed
for the Hot Season
By Mis-. Martha Baxter. Poplar Bluffs. Mo.

Men the field hungry
like lot of flowers standing their the table
the flowers
The general diet of vegetables should be in the painest
Always try have dinner and supper ready when the
work and how they will appreciate effort for their comfort
drink deoacy possible Just anything
strawberry peacale These
Oranges and bananas small mixed with little
sugar good salad little pineapple aayorng makes
able ingredient.
made better if placed in the refrigerator
small of be placed in the glasses.
fresh cool from the will
nicely
and about the incest dish
Peaches delicious served this way.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
New Source Of Electric ENERGY.

An English electrical experimenter,
]. A. Harker, has made the announce
ment that when two highly heated car
bon electrodes are placed in the fur
mace at points of relatively different
temperature flow OF electric energy
may be detected.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

Should bachelors be
tagged? BY all means, yes,
and taxed, too. Also an
open season" should be de-
clared for them, when they
shall be fair game for every
body.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
Lodgings Of Right Sort
for Poor Boys
By J. B. NORTON. Kansa, City. Mo.

young likewise working for small pay, much better off this
respect.
Kansas City is endeaorng provide lodgings of the right sort for
the homeless boy who barely fsupportng In that city hotel has
been built o accommodate this class of youths.
In October 1870 campaign started and $4,000 raised
for this One aeward building that would accommodate
operation, equipped with all the necessities
should have aid his physical and mental growth and ns into him
the proper understanding Of his position before the world Here he finds
real home large reception library gymnasium
baths and night school Furnished by the board Of educaon) pre-
sided by teachers everything fact that should
have.
For this he oneh of his income not exceed SO
that he $40
place good neihoroo and leave the hotel thus making
for the poorer boy who is all times seeking admission
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

THAT'S the way 1t appears on the
marriage license record at city
hall, New York. And at first
glance you would have a hard
time imagining real, dyed In the
wool, soldier-of-fortune, heroic-maiden
romance behind the wedlock of George
Smith, prospector, and Maria Riolda.
salesgirl But, have patience
The George Smiths-yes, Marias
Mrs. George now-live in a four-room
fiat on the lower west side. happy,
contented, comfortable, quite settled
after two weeks of matrimony.
George, though he still gives his oc-
cupation as prospector, is just now
working as draughtsman in an en-.
gineers office. But it's not with the
domestic affairs of the George Smiths
that this story deals. It's with the
pre-nuptials, decidedly speaking and
those began in Caracas, Venezuela,
just before the overthrow of Cipriano
Castro by the revolutionists almost
five years ago.
George Smith told a clerk in the
marriage license bureau something
about 1t two weeks ago when he and
Maria filled in their application blank,
which was the first step toward be-
coming Mr.. and Mrs George Smith,
and the clerk had a good memory.
And here 1t is as George Smith told
1t, with the help Of Mrs. George.
Captured and Jailed.
81 sailed for South America from
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

George Morrow Smith. white, thirty
one, prospector, New York city, etc.
Maria Riolda, white, twenty-seven,
sales girl, Venezuela, etc.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11
ROMANCE BEGINS
IN CARACAS; ENDS
IN old NEW YORK
Metropolis Has Real Soldier Of
Fortune, and He Married
\ the Girl to Whom He
Owes His Life.
HERE Is ONE OF FEW
WHO ESCAPED CASTRO

Recent Wedding of Prospeetor and
Pretty Spanish salesgirl Revealed
Charming Love Story That Had Its
inception In Venezuela and Ends In
Fourrcom Flat on the West Side
of the Big Eastern City.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

Much is said and writ
ten of the manner in which
unattached girls and young
women are obliged to live in
the city when working for
a small wage. 1t might be
well to inquire if boys and
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

Nursing the sick is one
of the best professions a
woman can take up, pro-
yided she is fitted for it.
The first and the most inn
portant requisite is a love
for the work. This must be
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

Now that the hot days
have come let US try to
have our meals pleasant
and healthful at the same
time.
Arrange the table in some
neat, dainty way and place
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-11

Il sailed for South America from
New York because ! thought there
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-07
sAptERsvILLE NOTES.

The people of this place are very
busy this week. Many acres of cab
bage are being set out for the spring
market. R. B. Polk, presiding elder
Of the GAINESVILLE District of the c.
M. e. Church, and Rev. H. J. Johnson,
pastor of Sadlersville and Bethel Cir
cult, left Saturday morning for Bethel
where they will be engaged in a quar-
tcrly meeting, and from thence to
Paducah, KY, where they will be en-
gagged in a Presiding elders council
held by Bishop G. H. Phillips, of the
Fifth Episcopal District Of the C. M.
E. Church. There has been quite a
change in the weather this week, but
everybody is looking forward to the
coming of spring when everything will
be cheerful. Mrs. Mary G. Bryant, the
wife Of Mr.. Alexander Bryant, is In
bed this week dangerously i'll. We
hope for her a speedy recovery. And
Mrs. Mile Terry has been on the
sick list for a few days, but she is bet
ter at this writing. The second Sun
day in March is Palm Sunday and
the Ladies Of the Eastern Star will
celebrate that day throughout the
State.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-07
A YsAR,s RAILROAD CASUALTIES

During the year ended June 30
1917, on the steam roads in the United
States l0,585 pers ons were killed and
1888 were injured-an increase
over the previous year, and a num-
Der somewhat in excess of the aver
age. That even a slight increase
comes with improvement N condi-
u n OF equipment and operation is
indeed discouraging, yet not all of the
casualties by any means were con-
nected with the ordinary conduct of
transportation, and the year showed
a decrease of t%hirty-eight from 1911
IN the number of passengers killed.
or the total casualties, 400 railway
employees were killed and 92,363 in
jured in so-called industrial acct
dents,' which include all not con.
nected with the movement of Iocomo-
tives OF Cars on rails, such in fac
as would be common to any industry.
The employees killeG on duty num-
bered 1920 and the injured 1920.
while the casualties of employees not
on duty aggregated 315 killed and
959 injured, Passengers to the num-
Der of 139 were killed IN train accl-
dents and 1891 were likewise injured.
while other causes were responsible
for 179 killed and $685. injured. Tres
passers to the number of 5434 were
killed, 81 of them in train accidents
and 56S7 were injured, 151 of these
suffering in train accidents. Persons,
other than passengers and employees,
1ot ~trespassing who experienced cas-
lalties aggregated 1893 killed and
1929 injured, of whom 10 of those
killed and 277 of those injured suf-
in train accidents.-From
American Railway Accidental
First Campaign" by Herbert
T. Wade, in the American Review OF
Reviews for March.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-07
JASPER NOTES.

Mrs. s. F. Carter made a business
trip to Chattanooga Saturday. Mr.. R
R. Robertson and Mr.. S. F.. Carter and
wife were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Robertson Sunday. Miss Oracle
Springs, who has been i'll, is better.
Mrs. George Thurman and family and
Mrs. Lemore Jackson, of Chattanooga,
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Pryor. Mrs. Daisy Pankey,
OF South Pittsburg, was the guest of
Mrs. Ross Thurman today. Mrs.
Mrs Mahalia Shfaner was the guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andy
Hodge, last Saturday and Sunday and
left for Bridgeport today. Mr.. w. M.
Bridgeman left for Chattanooga Mon
day morning. Mrs. Virgie Henry re-
turned to Victory Monday morning.
Mrs. Joe Mayberry was the guest OF
Mrs. R. B. Robertson Sunday evening.
Mrs. Brown McReynolds and family
and Miss Maud McReynolds were the
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam McReynolds. Mrs. Sam Mercy
is indisposed this week, The
Of the Order of the Eastern
Star are going to have an entertain
ment Saturday night, March the 18th
ard their annual sermon will be
preached the following Sunday by Rev.
G.. W. Cain, of South Pittsburg, Tenn.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-07
MILAN NOTES.

Our town is moving along nicely
with very little sickness. Spring is
approaching and the farmers are busy
planting the early market. The baby
of Mrs. lila Danser, of Paducah,
KY, was brought to Milan and buried
March 2. Knight Easterling, of Chat
tanooga, Grand Lecturer of the Knights
of Pythias- Lodge, made his annual
visit to Victory Lodge No. Sc and Eli
zabeth Lodge No. 164, February %,
and spoke in his usual instructive man
ner. Subject, Man in every phase of
his being" It was logical and full of
wit and humor. After the lecture he
was royalty entertained at the home
of Prof. and Mrs. A. s.. Pyles and
a number of other Knights and Ca
lanthes. Both Knights and Calanthes
are looking forward with much inter
est to the annual sermon at the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church Sunday,
March 30th. Rev. R. H. Peoples will
break the Bread of Life. The public
is especially invited to worship with
us on this occasion. Mr.. Ben Bell, Of
Paducah, KY, a former resident Of
Milan, was brought to Milan February
9th and was Inferred in Mt. Olive
Cemetery. Miss Maggie Boone, of
Jackson, was the guest Of Mrs. Elder
and family February %.