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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
James Hazen Hyde In a New Role.

firing of a life of elegant leisure
and with money to burn. James Hazen
!iyGe, formerly of New York and now
OF the Bots de Boulogne, Paris, has
taken to the lecture platform in the
gay French capital In that center OF
culture lecture audiences are critical.
and Mr. Hyde has studied the styles
Of the greatest orators of the present
day in France and combines them as
far as possible in delivery Of his adj
dresses.
Mr.. Hyde does not lecture on any
question which does not bear upon
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

l. It there any difference in the
height of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. and, if so, how much? Do
the tides affect underground veins of
water? 3 If so, would the cutting
of the Panama canal alter these tides?
l. The Panama canal engineers say
there is not. >. Where the stream emp
ties into the sea near the shore There
are many large underground bodies
of water which would respond readily
to tidal action. These flow into the
sea through large caves, which are the
result of the erosion of the ground by
the ocean, with the aid of the under
ground waters. These caves are fire.
quentlv found under cliffs. ,. AS it
is lock canal, there win not be a
free. flow of water from ocean TO
ocean. Subsurface waters Will
of course, be cut off III building
the canal, but the tides viii not be
materially affected thereby, for the
effect, if any, would be the other way
round.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

Can you tell me through the CUES
ton Box the proportion of women to
men in the different countries?
In Europe, there are 1000 men to
1927 women; in Africa, 1000 men to
1915 women; in America, 1000 men
to 964 women; in Asia, 1000 men to
9G1 women; in Australia, 1000 men
TO 937 women. The highest proportion
of women found is in Uganda, where
there are 1,467 to every 1000 men.
The lowest proportion is in Alaska
and the Malay states, where there are
in the former 39l and in the latter
$50 to every 1000 men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
OUR QUESTION BOX

Can you tell me how two glass
tumblers, when stuck together, can be
separated?
When two glass tumblers stick to-
gcther so that there is danger of
breaking them in getting them apart,
put cold water in the inner one and
hold the outer one in warm water
and they will separate at once.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
BURNS POEMS BRING $500.
Original kiImarnock Edition Sold In

ORIGINAL KiImarnock Edition Sold In
London.
The original Kilmarnock edition OF
the poems of Robert Burns fetched
S7OO at the sale in London of the books
and manuscripts from the collection
of G. w HILL
The Edinburgh edition of the works
of Robert Louis Stevenson brought
s305.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

The municipalities of Lyons and
Nice will pave the principal streets
with preparation OF glass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Laborers of Lerida Angered.

Many Of the laborers employed in the
irrigating project came from the town
of Lerida, which is about 80 miles
southwest of Barcelona. The presence
of Americanos, especially Americanos
with steam shovels that could do in
one day the work that would give en-
ployment to a hundred Spaniards for a
week, did not please the laborers of
Lerida, and one by one the American
steam shovel men We're killed.
Rose said that his friends We're way
laid at night attacked from behind
and shot from ambush by the Span
iards.
Fearing detection by the Spanish au
thorites, the peasants did not kill
more than one man at a time. When
the thirteenth man was knocked down
and thrown by the roadside to bleed to
death both legs having been cut off in
malice. Rose thought it was time for
him to get out He had saved enough
/ money to get TO America and could
have embarked at Barcelona. but fear
ing something might happen to him
on a Spanish steamship he decided to
get to a French port.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Crosses French Border.

Rose said he got to the French Dor
der without being robbed, and once on
French soil he felt safe. He travelled
third class from Toulon to Boulogne
where he boarded the Nieuw Amster
dam. the first available steamship
bound for New York.
On his arrival Rose said he had been
shot and stabbed by Spaniards before
the last Of his comrades fell. He said
he had 4 bullet in his shoulder that he
would have removed within a few
days and declared that he had a knife
wound in his back in which five stitch
es had been taken.
Spain, according to Rose, is no place
for an American workman, as the
Spaniards welcome no traveller from
America except tourist with plenty
of money to spend.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Once Rich, Dies Poor.

er, who once won 100000 by a single
bet, died recently without penny.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

- For the land s sake-use Bowker S
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
lie Wrote West virsinia,s State SONG.

He Wrote West Vireinia's State Song.
Frederick Neil Innes. winner of the
$1,000 prize recently offered by West
Virginia for a state song. is director
of the band which bears bis name He
was born in England in 1883. and re-
ceived his education at Rugby. The
new song had its first public presenta
ton at the semi-centennial celebration
at Wheeling, June 20
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
FLEES SPAIN IN
FEAR OF Death
American Tells How Thirteen
Companions Fell.
ALL STEAM SHOVEL men.
Experts Whose Work Kept the Ma
tives Idle Stabbed or Shot One by
One In Dark Roads In Spain-Peas-
ants Showed Machiavellian Craft In
Killing Hated "Americanos."

ants showed M aCnldNSliidn SraII IN
Killing Hated "Americanos."
Thomas Rose of Kingston, n. Y, the
sole survivor of a party of fourteen
steam shovel men who went to Spain
in April, 1911, on his arrival in New
York city told a marvellous story of es-
cape from death at the hands of Span
sh laborers.
Rose did not expect to get out OF
Spain alive. he said, after the Spanish
peasants had marked him for death,
but he escaped over the Pyrenees into
France and worked his way north to
Boulogne-sur-M er, arriving there with
just enough money TO buy a second
class ticket for New York.
Rose and thirteen other men familiar
with the use of steam shovel work
went to Barcelona in April, 1911, TO dig
irrigating bitches and other excavation
work for the Pearson Engineering Cor
poration, Limited, of Toronto. The
work was in a valley drained by the
river Ebro in the northeastern part of
Spain, between the Pyrenees and the
Guadorrama mountains.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12

looks upon French civilization as
continuation of that of ancient Rome.
And his object is to turn as much as
possible of it in the direction of Amer
lea
TO open wider the way for this he
lectures on the role of France in the
development of the United States
Mr. Hyde dresses especially for the
lecture platform. He wears a coat so
well fitting that it suggests corsets, and
he shows a chest development which
would make Planchon of the grand
opera green with envy in his most
palmy DAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-12
Vhe 3rattlehoro 3eformer

Entered in the postoffice at Brattleboro
VT, as second class matter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
PETRIFIED FALLS IN ALGERIA
Remarkable Mineral Formation winch
Puzzles Scientists Called Tine
Bath OF the Damned"

With all the beauty of a cataract OF
living water. there is In Algeria re-
markable petrifed waterfall which re-
Gently has been engaging the attention
of scientists.
This is the Hammam-Messhutin,
uh;ch means 1.-THE BATH OF the
Damned.'' and is located 81 miles from
constantine, on the site of the ancient
town OF Cirta. This solidified cascade
is the production Of calcareous oe-
nosits from sulphurous and ferrugin'
GUS mineral springs, issuing from the
depths of the earth at a temperature
Of s5 degrees Centigrade.
.The Bath Of the Damned" even from
near viewpoint looks for all the
world like great wall of water dash
inc into a swirling pool at Its foot ye'
It's cleaning, graceful curves and tint
apparently swirling eddies at It's oas'
| are as fixed and immovable as
carved from the face OF a granite
| cliff.
| MANY centuries have. OF course. gon
to the making of the deposits, ana Tn
! springs were well known to the al
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

Abbott swiftly sketched in the detalis'
"and your bosom is rising and falling'
and your lips are parted-like now
showing perfect teeth"
Dressed in my tights and fluffy lace
and Jewels" Fran helped, with bare
arms and stars all in my hair :,
But the end came to everything when
when mother died. Her last words
were about my father-how she hoped
some day I'd meet him, and tell him
she had forgiven Mother sent me to
her half-uncle. My! but that was
mighty unpleasant" Fran shook her
head vigorously. "He began telling
me about how mother had done wrong
in marrying secretly, and he threw Il
up to me and / just told him
But he's dead, now. I had to go bacf
to the show-there wasn't any othel
place. But few months ago | was O
age, and l came into Uncle Ephraim''
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

property, because I was the only liv-
ing relation he had, so he couldn't help
my getting it. I'll bet he's mad, now,
that ne didn't make will! When he
said that mother-it don't matter what
he said just walked out of his door.
that time, with my head up high like
this oh, goodness, we're here"
They stood before Hamilton Greg
ory's silent house.
Good night" Fran said hastily. Its
mistake to begin a long story on a
short road My! But wasn't that a
short road, thought"
Sometime, you shall finish that
story, Fran. l know of a road much
longer than the one we've taken-we
might try it some day, If you say So"
~ do say so. What road is it?"
Abbott had spoken of a long roat
without definite purpose, yet there wal
glimmering perception Of the reality
as he showed by saying TREMENDOUSLY
"This is the beginning OF it
! He bent down. as if to take her IL
his arms.
But Fran drew back, perhaps with
blush that the darkness concealed, Gel
tainly with little laugh. I'm afrai
| I'd get lost on that road" she mul
INJURED. "for | don't believe you kno'
the way veryrwell, yourself"
She sped lightly to the house, III
locked the door, and vanished.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
STILL ONE HOPE REMAINED
Frederck's Idea Showed mat no
sould Shine in Future on Dip
iomatic Service.

Mrs. Titus carefully locked the jam
closet, and told her two sons eight
and ten years of age, that she was
going shopping,
"All right, mom,"' came the chorus.
The street door had hardly smut
behind Mrs. Titus when the two
Youngsters made concerted rush for
the Jam closet. 1t was locked A
hunt for keys produced half dozen.
Each one was tried patiently, but not
one fitted. The lock held, the jam
closet remained inaccessible.
What a shame!" said Thomas, the
younger.
WELL" said Frederick, the elder
I'VE can wait until mamma comes
home and ask her for something for
being good boys."-New York Eve
ming Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

Ammonia water that has been used
for washing may be used for plants.
It Ia an excellent tartihzax
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
SYNOPSIS.

.,,os at Hamilton. Gregory's
ran aITittIeburg, but finds him apsent
kBe ID Lls .ho choir at camp meetlng.
NrducunY v" thither in search OF him.';
|6s repairs t The service and is asked to
Eaghs d .Lhatt Ashton, superintendent OF
|afe. Aupo orts Fran from the tent. ne
.gscOs esS Gregory is a wealthy man.
Hob Der usnsted In charity work, ana
'asply INTEREST," nbnrch Ashton becomes
sjBsar Of .es re in Fran and while TAX s,
nstly inter teseHSt or holds her hand and IS
lesye OF , hT., Clinton, sister Of Rob-
I'D BY eap CHAIRMAN of the school board.
chhlnoI' Sragory she wants honte
4 in teils Grace Noir. Gregory's private
q niI,h takes a violent dislike 10 ran
FielaaL ,,,sss her to go away at oirot'
! y aa sSr.s at a tWenty-yealrSolG seer ~
% o a.,,.I in agitation asks Grace W
= 1 ne room, Fran relates the sioty
e u crsgory married a young snt "a
NOV coEVso ni'e while attending coLlege any ~
sttng ,ssarted her. Fran is the GNU !, u.
A q ass9ii ace Gregory had marrlea lttS
l,S m,fe three years before me ueat ~
80 mother. Fran takes a nhiiiS ~
lta cTegory. Gregory explains .- t1,as
y the daughter Of very dear l.i oU
~ u u dead ip Fran agrees to me SUI ~,
~, Gregory insists on llel nv m her
y. with with them and takes her u 70 90 "t tr
"a ii is decided thar no TFst interest
SS o u5sy story of his dead friend an nc
n. that Fran may be an l I,apet 90
~ declares that the secretary az ar eff6r
saee begins Ems rom rom the Gregory home, bu
t1y sra sral, i'p remains stanch in he'
HIS GFesUti 10 ordered before super
snssnt Ashton to be punished foT r, in
sSrdnation in school Ch nnfn IN Fran Fran
1 present, The affair e end r. IN the tW
svIg the school in company ~ he oi scandal s
"a % 'n ns t dln town. Abbott, while tax
snser EoI ~ alone ilt9 at midnight, finds Fra
I bridge gfIn telling her fortune by cards cards
q. fails SrspS Abbott that she is the fam. famou u
t ann Fran Nonpareil. She tired Q
ssus lie and sought a home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

CHAPTER Ni'-So''''''N
il he looked into her eyes. all sense
latbe abnormal disappeared. H have
\ Imagination, Fran" he exclaimed
.tmlsively, eff it is your life"
IN spite of the lions?" she asked
host sternly.
you needn't tell me a word, AD-
I'll said. 81 know all that one need
now. it's written in your face, a story
Il ,weet innocence and brave pa
G8ce."
But want you to know"
Good" he replied with a sudden
lIsIe. @Tell the story, then; If you
me an odyssey, you couldn't be too
Ing
The first thing I remember Is wax
hup to feel the car jerked. OF
mpped or started and seeing llghts
stgh past the windows-lanterns d
As brakemen, or lamps of some town
ticIng along the track. The sleeping
ar was home-the only home | knew
N night long there was the groanlnt
athe wheels, the letting off of steam
aas calls Of the men. Bounder Broth
d had their private train, and moth
aand | lived In our Pullman car. AT
ia while | knew that folks stared a
ubecause we were different from 9th
"a We were show-people. Then tn
ling was to look like you didn't know
d didn't care, how much peopl
Ered. After that, | found out that
I'D no father; he'd deserted mothel
I'd her uncle had turned her out G
Scrs for marrying against his wishes
nd she'd have starved If 1t hadn
vel for the show-people."
Dear Franz" whispered Abbott tel
lsly
Mother had gone to Chicago, hopin
Htf position in some respectable O
Mlss but they didn't want a typewrits
gao wasn't q stenographer. 1t WIS
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
CHAPTER XII.
Grace Captures the outposts.

Grace Captures the outposts.
The next evening there was choir
nractice at the Walnut Street church.
Abbott Ashton, hesitating to make his
nightly plunge into the dust-clouds OF
learning, paused in the yestibule TO
take a peep at Grace. He knew she
never missed a choir practice, for
though she could neither sing nor play
the organ, she thought 1t her duty to
set an example of regular attendance
that might be the means OF bringing
those who could do one or the other.
Abbott was not disappointed; but ne
was surprised to see Mrs. Jefferson IN
her wheel.chair at the end Of the pew
occupied by the secretary, while be
tween them sat Mrs. Gregory. His sur
nrise became establishment on discov
ering Fran and Simon Jefferson in the
choir loft, slyly whispering and NIP
bling candy, with the air OF soldiers OF
duty--for the choir was In the throe'
| of a solo.
Abbott, as If hypnotized by what b,
had seen, slowly entered the auditorl
nm Fran's keen eyes discovered him
| and her face showed elfish mischief
/ Grace following Fran's eyes. foun
| the cause of the odd smile, and becf
oned to Abbott. Hamilton Gregory
following Grace's glance-for ne sa'
no one but her at the practices, sine
she inspired him with deepest fervor-
felt suddenly as If he had lost SOM
thing; he had often experienced IN
, same sensation ON seeing Grace q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

I'd ss.'ss--and mother had mel was so
Y and bad! In a cheap
sing house, mother got to know La
A'sesa and she persuaded mother
ssll with her for the season to open
uen go with Bounder Brothers.;
we're wintering in Chicago. 1t
suca 9 kind of life as mother had
dreamed OF, but 1t was more
saleat than starving, and she
y i would give her a chance to
amer that travelling, all over the
La Confetti was a lion,
81 7, ana that's what mother learned,
u sleae two were the ones who
90 inside Samson's cage. The
q aWfuliy hard, but she got to
&. ] ano everybody was kind to US
eaey came pouring in. and she
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
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cient Romans. The name Hammam.
Meskhutin was given to the stone
cataract In an allusion to legend
that the waterfall was petrified by
Allah, Furnishing the impiety Of unbe-
levers by turning all the members OF
tribe into stone. At night, so the
story runs, it's stone dwellers OF the
remote past are freed from their
strange letters, come to life and re-
| sumo their normal shapes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
Maid Had Helped.

Young Van Wrinkle waited nervous
" in the parlor for Julia to appear.
He had been sitting there, twiddling
his thumbs, for half an hour. Finally
a step was heard in the hall and ne
rose to his feet expectantly.
But it was not Julia. 1t was ner
maid.
Marie" said the impatient young
man, what keeps your mistress SO
long? Is she making up her nina
whether she'll see me or not?
mo, sir" answered the maid with
a wise smirk. ut isn't her mind shes
making up"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

unfair since it suggested denial Dut
his feeling for Fran seemed to call tor
unfairness to Grace.
81 will tell you," Grace responded
with the distinctness of one IN power
"At the time, | told myself that even
Fran would not do that. But, a long
time afterward, l heard another souno'
from the yard. / went to my WINDOW
| looked out. The moon was bright
but there was very dark shauo"
about the front gate. l heard voices.
One was that of Fran. The other was
the voice Of" her tone vibrated IN lts
intensity voice of mani!
at was not Fran's voice" Mrs.
Gregory declared earnestly.
What man was IT.? ADDolI III
quired, rather resentfully.
81 do not know. | wish now, that
had called out" responded Grace, pay
ing no heed to Mrs. Gregory. That Is
where | made my mistake. The man
got away. Fran came running ilto
the house, and closed the door as sou
" as she could-after she'd unlocked
II from the outside. | concluded i
would be best to wait till morning, be
fore | said a word So this morning
before breakfast, strolled in the YARD
trying to decide what had better GO
went to the gate, and there on TN
. grass-what do you suppose found!
Abbott was bewildered. Mrs GREG
4 ory listened, pale with apprehension
at was card" Grace said. VIII
# awful significance, "a gambling cara
:. AS long as / have lived in the house
" nobody ever dared to bring a car
y there. Mrs. Gregory will tell you tn
il same. But that Fran. -. 81
~ had been playing cards out there
Northumberland with mani"
81 cannot think So" said Mrs. Gre
re- DRY firmly
re- after making up my mind what
10 do" continued Grace evenly, Il toe
q. her aside l told her what l,had SET
n. and heard. l gave her back her car
But how can we be sure she will n
Of do 1t again? That Is what troubles N
". Oughtn't l to tell Mr.. Gregory. so
# scandal can be avoided?'
y's Abbott looked blankly at Fran W
at was singing with all her might. 5
caught his look, and closed her ey'
wv Abbot asked weakly: What did s
is say?"
- Grace answered: "She denied 1t,
hs, course-said she hadn't been playi
he cards with anybody, hadn't dropp
e." the card I found, and wouldn't even
ng nit that she'd been with man. |
nd tell Mr.. Gregory about her play
In. cards with a man at that hour, DO
ler believe he will think he ought to ke
DIS her longer, even If she does claim
be his friends daughter"
"" "But you tell u.s." Mrs. Gregory
mt terposed swiftly, that she said
my hadn't been playing cards"
"She said" Grace echoed unple
h." antly, "she said"
!, "That card you found" began
'en- bott guiltily, twas 1t the king
ard hearts?" Possibly he had dropped
lust from his pocket when leaning over
]. 1t gate to- But why had he leaned 0
1t the gate?
i'd / Grace coldly answered, 1 DO
t." know one card from another"
My Let me try to describe it"
His 81 hope you cannot describe the
er's found" said Grace, the presentin
OBJ that she was on the eve of discoVe
giving her eyes starlike directnes
ran 81 suspect l dropped that card
ZEN? the fence" he confessed, "for /
the king of hearts, and last NJ
ked, about that time was standing at
a gate"
was (To Be CONTINUED