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ried us to Berlin, and drawn into
the Frederick station at 1898 p. m.
We spend seven minutes in the capital
of Germany and at 4 p. m. the next
day, we are in Paris.
Let's seei We were in Warsaw at
10 a. m. on Saturday and reach Paris
at o'clock in the afternoon of sun
day. We are now. therefore, % days
and hours on our journey.
As we have been travelling very hard
ever since we left Vladivostok. a short
rest in Paris is most welcome We
VIII take drive In the Bois, go to a
cafe for dinner and enjoy the night life
of the city for the rest of the evening.
We do not have to catch the boat
train for Cherbourg until 1888 a. m.
the next morning and although it is
Sunday we will have an amusing time.
The Sunday crowd in the Bois is al
ways extremely diverting.
Nearly a day is lost here because the
steamers all sail around s p. m. IF
there were morning sailing time half
day could easily be saved here.
The next day we take the boat train
across France, arriving Just in time
to catch an ocean greyhound which
pulls out at p. m. We are on an
Atlantic steamer therefore. 80 days and
hours from the time we left New
York.
Six days is time enough to allow and
we ought to be coming UP New York
harbor late Saturday afternoon arriv-
ing in New York 36 days and few
hours after we left there
The present record is SO DAYS and 21
hours.
WHERE MEARS MAY FAIL
Mears hopes to do the trip in SIS
days and 21 hours, but he has some
very close connections where trains do
not wait for the boats. In coming also
from Vancouver to New York. he hopes
to gain time by going by boat to Sc
attic, but he has only allowed half an
hour to catch the Seattle boat
Not to allow for more than half an
hour delay on a trans Pacific boat
which is 10 days at sea, is cutting too
fine.
Another weak link in his chain is at
Tsuruga. If his boat is three hours
late he misses the Yokohama express
and the trans-Paci1c liner will sail
away without him. There is not an
other fast liner for a month";
In our schedule we allow for the
Russian Volunteer fleet steamer being
seven hours late and still we could
catch the International express across
Siberia at Vladivostok. These steam
ers are liable to be late. Seattle and
Tsuruga are Mr.. Mears' worst places.
1t is doubtful if he does the trip in
less time than we have done 1T today
Between 36 and 81 days is about as
fast Mr.. Mears will travel, in all
probability.
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"THE GREAT
DESTROYER"

While on the subject of borderland
science 1t seems worth while to call
attention to a Salt Lake City dispatch
published in the morning papers of
this city the other day which told of
the arrest by federal officials of w.
L Cummings. young man charged
with using an electrical device of his
own invention to blackmail Miss Dor
othy Bamberger. a wealthy society
girl whom he threatened TO destroy
with dynamite exploded by wireless
transmission Of electricity. The dis
patch went on to describe the working
OF the apparatus as follows:
Electricians took the machine
tnto steel and concrete vault in
an Office building. Another part
of the contrivance, on which was
mounted bell and an incandescent
globe was placed in a closed room
across a hall. Then the electric
current of the machine in the
alright vault was turned on. On
the unattached box in the other
room, the bell rang and the lamp
gIowed bright
In HIS acknowledged letter to
Miss Bamberger, Cummings sent
diagram of his invention, saying
that he would place a suit case or
nitroglycerin in her room and eX-
Mode it from a distance. The dem
onstratfon say the electrical eX-
perts. proves that he could have
accomplished this
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ANOTHER
PRIVATE WAR

The state was scandalized last yea
by the private war over claims to tn,
potash deposits in the San BernardinC
desert and now the episode appears ii
way to be duplicated by the spine
less cactus war in the San Joaquin
valley near Los Banos Of which a recent
dispatch tells US:
LOS BANOS, July 10. - The
latest development in the case
of the stealing of spineless
cactus cuttings from the j. c.
Welch ranch near Los Banos came
this afternoon when Sheriff Wal
ter McSwain of Fresno county
placed an attachment on the 49,
900 cactus cuttings taken in a
night raid from the Burbank peo-
pie. o. K. Hannah, a rancher, was
placed in charge as keeper of the
cuttings, which had been planted
on the holdings OF the Wyethe in
terests at Orc Iona, FIVE miles
from Dos Palos. 1t is stated here
that an automobile load of armed
men are at the scene to see that
the cuttings are not removed
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TRIP AROUND WORLD
HOW TO BEAT RECORD
The Best Time So Far Is 80 Days. and Can Be Done &c. Pro-
vided There Is No Htch-Predicted Meas
Attempt at s. Will Fail

hinder in case of sprint. is the best.
A pair of white fannels. a dinner
coat and a few unmentionabfes are all
that is needed. AS there is no time to
have any laundry done, purchases of
collars and shirts must be made on
the way.
The fast steamers across the Pacific
New York at o'clock on the after
noon of the Friday before for Chicago
and then catch a train for Vancouver.
We will leave the city -made-famous-
ythe-hog at $50 Saturday evening
First day.
Sunday is spent rushing over the
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A SOMEWHAT
REMOTE CHARGE

Concerning the circular so mentioned
the Stockton Mail writes:
In a circular issued and distrib-
uted by the commission it says
that Assemblyman Stuckenbruck is
working against the fishing tax be-
cause he wants to befriend his dear
little brown brothers-the Japa-
nese." The same circular alleges
that he has taken up the fight for
the Hindus and other foreigners to
keep them from having to pay a
license to fish.
without further discussing the merits
of the bill. it seems reasonable to con
elude that the interest of the San Joa
quin representative in the Japanese ant
the Hindus might be characterized al
remote.
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lowed to ride on horseback, and he was
the emperor's physician, Solomon the
Egyptian"
After visiting the islands near Asia
Minor, Benjamin went to Tripoli and
then back to Sidon, Tyre, and finally,
Jerusalem, which impressed him only
as small town defended by three
walls and peopled by many national
tiles He records having passed the
pillar Of Lots wife, and writes:
That, though the focks and herds
which pass this pillar of salt are con-
tinually licking 1t. yet 1t never dImin-
ishes in size.''
That, though the fiocks and herds
scribed his name on RachePs tomb. as
was customary with Jews, BENJAMIN
now wandered all over Turkey In Asia.
Arabia, Persia and the various biblical
lands. He visited the site of Babylon
and wrote of the tower of Babel
THE tower, built by the tribes that
were dispersed, Is OF bricks. It's largest
groundwork must be two miles in cir
cumferenee. It's length is 240 cubits.
At every 10 eubits there Is a passage
leading to a spiral staircase, which
goes to the upper part of the building
From the tower there Is a view of the
surrounding country for 20 miles but
the wrath OF God fell upon it and now
It IS heap of ruins"
India and Ceylon were of slight inter
est to Benjamin. True, he found them
highly prosperous, but Jews, and not
commercial possibilities. were the OBJ
1ect of his search. He does make an
interesting comment on a maritime
custom of that country:
You should take on board with you
several skins of oxen and, if the wind
rises and threatens the vessel with
danger, all who wish to escape envelop
themselves each in a new skin. sew UP
this skin so as to make 1t as far as
possible watertight then throw them
selves into the sea, and fiocks of great
eagles, called grifflns, thinking that
they are really oxen, will descend and
bear them on their wings to some
mountain, or valley. there to devour
their prey. Immediately on reaching
| land the man will kill the eagle with
his knife and, leaving the skin, will
walk toward the nearest habitation.
Many people have been saved by this
means"
| It is feared that BENJAMIN gave too
much credence to some mariner Ben
jamin now returned to Europe and
| traversed Germany and France and
| the countries north of his first route.
| He computed the number of Jews In
the world at 76s,165, which, perhaps,
was the most accurate census covering
| any large scope ever made to that date
| He returned to Tudela in 1173.
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expulsion of five six hundred Gall Stones.
Now she is able TO eat anything she wants
and her appetite is good and before taking
your medicine she had appetite and when
she ate anything she would suffer death for
so doing and could not sleep at night since
taking your treatment she sleeps well all night
long. 7. 4. NEALL, Roanoke Texas"
The above letter should convince you more
than anything we could say in half of Mayr's
Wonderful Stomach Remedy. Sufferers should try
one dose Of this Remedy-one dose should con
vince them that they be restored to health
Nearly all Stomach Ailments are caused by the
clogging Of the intestinal tract with mueoid and
catarrhal accretions allowing poisonous fluids
into the Stomach aud otherwise deraaging the
digestive system. Mayr's Wonderful Stomach
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STUCKENBRUCK
BIDS DEFIANCE

Assemblyman Stuckenbruck, the in
San Joaquin, issued challenge DARN,
Fish Commissioner Newbert to a join
debate to be pulled off in Stockton
concerning the merits and demerits o
the fishing license law which it is pro
posed to submit to a referendum vote
Concerning this sporting event A j
Waterhouse writes in the Sacrament
Union:
Feeling aggrieved by the tone of
a circular Issued by our distin-
guished fellow citizen, Frank NJ
Newbert. president of the state game
and fish commission, the also dis
tinguished statesman from the ad-
joining county of San Joaquin, As
semblyman j. w. Stuckenbruck of
Acampo has issued q challenge.
The honorable member defies the
him in deadly joint debate upon
the grandstand on Hunter square,
July 49,"
We submit that as the challenged
party Commissioner Newbert should
have the privilege of naming the
weapons, or at least, the scene OF
combat. And we would suggest
that he insist upon pulling off this
notable event In the capital city of
the state. For one thing, 1t will be
more convenient for Assemblyman
Harry Polsley of Tehama. And the
affair would not be complete with
out Polsley.
This is the dull season in the
theatrical line and one Of our play
houses might feel inclined to put
up purse for the event. It ought
to draw q large and enthusiastic
audience. The larger the crowd the
better. More signatures can be
obtained to the referendum upon
the new fishing license law.
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one section going to Moscow and the
other to ST. Petersburg.
Then there is the oriental express,
which goes to Vienna and Constanti-
nople from Ostend. There is a third.
which goes to Florence and Rome, and
fourth which goes to Paris and Ma
drid. These trains are all corridor
trains and carry only first class pas
sengers.
AHEAD OF THE RECORD
1t is "a hour run for the Nord ex-
press from Moscow to Warsaw, so We
reach the Polish city 27 days and 20
hours from the time we left New York.
In Sc hours more our train has car
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3 Y ED w A r D

lions like water. The novelist does not
explain the nature of the invention and
he gets out of his difficulty by letting
the inventor die at the critical moment
without disclosing his secret. Possibly
the Salt Lake correspondent has been
reading Mr.. Stevenson's ingenious ro-
nance. But as he gives names, dates
and places 1t should be easy to verify
the facts or explode the story.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27

THE CANDID FRIEND


less cactus planted four years ago."
Uneasy grows the spineless cactus.
Itself the most peaceful of plants It's
blameless existence is disturbed at
brief intervals by a fantastic comedy
of moonlight raids conducted with all
the modern appliances with interludes
of court bailiffs serving injunctions
on the raiders. 1t is altogether a re-
markable combination of law and dis
order that might supply a Juicy theme
for the writer Of opera bouffe.
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Why Endure Sore Feet
Here Is Positive Easy Cure

The following is said to be the surest
and quickest cure known to science
for all foot ailments: Dissolve two
tablespoonful of Calocide compound in
a basin of warm water. Soak the feet
in this for fully fifteen minutes, gently
rubbing the sore parts" The effect is
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27

In a publication entitled The
Secret of the Big Trees" by Els
worth Huntington, just placed on
sale by the superintendent of doc
uments, Washington, D. c., 1t is
shown that the growth rings in the
big trees of California indicate
that in general the same sequence
of climatic changes took place in
California and Asia Minor. Curves
Indicating conditions in California
and Asia Minor show a remark
able resemblance between the two
regions The curves begin with
the epoch Of the Trojan war, about
1900 B. C. There both curves dip
very low, indicating an epoch OF
sudden and severe desiccation.
That particular period, historians
tell us, was one of the most cha
otic in all history.
The famine in the days Of Elijah
appears in both curves. Apparent
" at that time the climate did not
become extremely dry, nothing like
so bad as it had been few hum
dred years earlier during the
twelfth century, but there was
rather a distinct falling off in the
amount Of rainfall as compared
with the uncommonly good condi-
tions of the preceding century.
1t is a weather report nearly 800
years old.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27
Words of Praise
For Mayr's Wonderful
Stomach Remedy

"How thankful we are to
you for getting a hold OF
your Wonderful Remedy.
My wife could not have
had but a short time to
live il she had not taken
your Wonderful Remedy
when she did. One more
of those paroxysm pains
she was having would
have killed her without
a doubt. Now she is free
from all pain, free from
heart trouble and free
from that disturbing Neu-
ralgia-all the results Of
five treatments-and the
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27
HOT WEATHER
NOTE

The editor of the Tulare Advance
learnedly proclaims, Cremation is COM
ing" 1t must be mighty hot over at
Tulare.-Hanford Sentinel.
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removes the cause of the trouble. Don Z
waste time on uncertain remedies. ANY
druggist has Calocide compound in
stock or he can get it in few hours
from his wholesale house.
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ness goes instantly: the feet
feel delightful. Corns and
callouses can be peeled right
off. 1t gives immediate relief
for sore bunions, sweaty,
smelly and aching feet. A
twenty five cent box of CAL
ocide is said to be sufficient
TO cure the worst feet. 1t
works through the pores and
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G A H I L l.

that one could not but wish TO
hear him in program designed
performed
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RECORD OF THE
BIG TREES

More science: A recent government
publication verifes the scriptural ac-
count of the famine recorded by the
prophet Elijah in Palestine by the rings
in the big trees of California. One
learns:
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27
A TALE
OF TWO CITIES

San Diego does not love Los Angeles,
and the Tribune Of the former city
prints these sardonic remarks:
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-27


prints these sardonic remarks:
For tearing through the water at
the terrific rate of FIVE miles an
hour for a distance of three miles,
the steamship Hermosa of San
Pedro has cost it's captain the sum
of $500 or an option of $50 days in
Jail. The steamship company has
appealed the case.
The laws of San Pedro harbor are
to the effect that steamers must go
slow. Four miles an hour is the
limit II that speed is insufficient
for maintaining headway, the
steamer ought to be fixed, say the
Pedro pool commissioners.
Another case is pending there,
that of Captain Jepson of the
steamer Harvard. Captain Jepson
is accused of speeding his 20 knot
ter at a six knot clip. He says he
can't go any slower and get action
from his rudder. IT is expected his
fine will be $500 also.
In postcard circular issued by
San Diego real estate firm showing
map of the coast line Of California on
finds San Pedro harbor labeled Butt Il
bay" with the warning to mariners
Go outside to turn around" and
tracing of the Owens river aqueduc
running down to the water front st
keep the bay filled" Los Angeles 1
shown on the map with a shoestrini
extending to San Pedro marked 20
miles from the harborette."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-10
Clay Work for the Children.

When it is raining or showing some
Saturday morning and the children
can't go out, nothing will stop the riot
SO quickly as bunch Of clay for mod
cling, the Kansas Industrialist OBJ
serves. 1t Is much like mud pies, but
cleaner, and the children will leave q
box of chocolates to get at it. A little
practice will soon enable them to
make many things.
The best clay can be procured in
the form Of white powder. costing
from two to four cents pound. The
rough clay, directly from the works.
can be bought by the barrel at two
cents or little less pound. It Is
best to let the material remain as pow
der until one or two days before using.
Then pour water over as much as II II
desired to use. Stir II occasionally. A
small portion may be kept ready for
use II watched to prevent drying.
A specially prepared oiled clay can
be bought for 35 cents q pound. 1t
comes in colors and Is always ready
for use.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-10
More Study Family Tree.

The growing interest in ancestry
indicates that Americans are coming
to believe that II Is of some conse-
Quenee to know from whom they are
descended, the Magazine OF American
History states. Long lines OF ancen.
& are revealed IA each person and
ancestry. II understood. Will as
materially In various directions.
One cannot know too much about
himself and In acquiring knowledge
Of his ancestors he IL learning the
most important facts about his own
personality. This has been demon
strated many times.
Genealogy is the most fascinating
branch of history. Everything else
may be mere catalogue OF dates,
but genealogy introduces the student
to the actual personages and offers
him the complete means Of obtaining
an accurate understanding of the oc-
currences of the past. The study OF
ancestry is becoming more popular
and is, in numerous ways, revolution
izing the modern comprehension Of
events in the past
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-10
Notice of sale of Real Estate.
DAVID ANDERSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Dated December 2sth, 1912.

State OF Mic, igsn, the Probate Courf for the
County of Van Buren,.
III the matter of the estate OF Lawrence N Mar
tin. deceased
Notice is hereby Civ EN- that. 10y virtue Of an or
der of said court made tn 2Sth day OF October,
A. d 1912, | Il all sell at public eucton. on the
2sth day of January, A ID. 1918, ct 10 O'Clock IN
the forenoon at the north front ooor 81 the court
house at the village OF Paw Paw, in said county,
the interest of said estete in the following de-
scTibed real estate, tow:
The south east quarter of the southeast quart or
of tction pa except seven acres OF the north end
thereof; also tie nor h.eaft quarter Ct the north
quarter of section %, all in the tow ship of
Paw Paw, Van Buren CONT ~, Michigan.
Dated this 9Th day of December. A. -. 1912.
45t7 WILBUR J. WARNER,
Administrator estate Lawrence N. Martin deceased
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Notice OF Hearing Claims.

state OF Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County of Van Buren,.
In the matter of the estate OF ChristinaVarnum,
deceased.
Notice II hereby given that four months from the
10Th day OF Decemb. A. ID. 1912. have been allow
Ell creditors TO present their claims against said
deceascd to said court Tor examination and adjust
nent, and that all creditors c. said dec ased are
required to present their claus TO sad court az the
probate office, III the village &c Paw Paw In sad
county, on or before the 2sth day Of April, A.
ID. 1913, and that said claims will be heard by sad
court on Monday, the 18th day OF April, A. ID.
1913 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
Dated December 20th A. ID. 1912.
DAVID ANDERSON,
47-t4 Judge of Probate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-10
On Every Line They Have Been Wide
Iy Known In Public Life In
America.

II is probable that ministers sons
have exerted more influence in the
United States than in any other coun-
try. Among teachers. lawyers, doc
tors, scientists, men OF business and
In the church there are a great host
who have been the sons OF ministers.
OF the more r~'abie men i'm our his
tory who were sons of ministers we
find in political life Cleveland Clay,
Buchanan, Arthur. Quay, Morton, Bev-
eridge, Hughes and Doll'ver: among
jurists, Field and Brewer; among edu-
Gators, Woodrow Wilson, Faunce,
James, Carroll, Lunsbury; in history
and literature, SIC Parkman, Ban
croft, Holmes, Emerson, Henry James,
Lowell, Glider, Van Dyke; I'm inven-
tion and science, Cyrus W. Field, Sam
uel +. Morse and Agassiz; in the
church, Beecher, Alexander, Hodge,
Abbott, Potter, Jonathan Edwards; in
philosophy, James.
In the Hall OF ZANE 81 famous
Americans are honored. OF these 81
ten are the children of ministers:
Agassiz, Beecher, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Henry Clay, Jonatl n Edwards,
Emerson, Lowell, Morse, Bancroft and
Holmes.-Popular Science Monthly.
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KING EDWARD AS A DRUMMER
England Had No Better Travelling
salesman Than He, According
to bloprapher.

King Edward VII Of England GRE.
ated new type Of monarch. Edward
protected and enlarged the nations
resources. There was not In the whole
United Kingdom a more industrious
commercial traveller or a better mer-
chant. He only wore the crown when
1t was absolutely necessary He had
mingled with men OF all classes and
professions, had had experiences to
which crown princes are not usually
exposed, had been on familiar terms
with financiers and captains of indus
try, and had learned to look on the
world with the eye of comfortable
everywhere. Whether he had to deal
with the selfcontrolled Alexander or
his volatile son. with Indian princes
or Yankees, with the fiery Delcasse
or the witty Clemenceau, he always
struck the right note.
He was a lucky man. He enjoyed
life from the day he left the nursery.
Englishmen did not mind that They
would not have liked morose and
stingy monarch. Prince BERTHE, who
ate well, drank well, did well at tho
derby, at the tables, and settled the
fashion Of the season, was the man
for them. 1t did not seem to them a
serious misfortune that he Was hostile
to Bismarck, and at times went a lit
tie too far with shady people. He al
ways drew his head out OF the moose
in time, and then gave England &C.
casion for another chuckle-From a
Biographical Sketch by Macmillan
Harden.