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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29
UTAH NAN BREAKS 7
RECORD EATS ESQ
OYSTERS At ONE SITTING
IN GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE CONTEST
DEFEATS MISS0URIAN, WHO
GULPS 1873 BIYALVES WITHOUT
WATERING

St Louis, Mo, Jan. 28.-George c.
Monroe, of Salt Lake City. Utah, is
one of the best oyster eaters of the
age. In a catch as-catch-can, go-as-
you-please contest in local cafe he
defeated Albert H. James, of Palmyra
Mo, by eating $50 oysters to his OPP
ponent's 1873
The Palmyra man had a good rep,
utation as a glutton, but he was not
in the same class with Monroe, who
swallowed $50 honest-to-goodness
bivalves without wavering, cough
ing, choking or calling in the hos
pital corps. However James led up
to the 15Oth oyster, when he began
showing signs of distress and a few
other things.
George Deal, st. Louis saloon
man, holds the local record with a
perfect score of 300 clean swallows
with big fat oyster for each gulp.
However, it is likely that Monroe
could equal Deals record, for he was
strong when his contest with James
was stopped, he having won by a
wide margin.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29
A.p. |. FREIGHT
WRECKED YESTERDAY
near BROOKFIELD
JOURNAL BREAKS ON CAR NEAR
MIDDLE OF TRAIN-NO MEMBER
OF TRAIN CREW HURT

Triton, Ca, jan 28.-Atlantic Coast
Line through freight No. 215, west
bound, was wrecked today near Brook
field, Ga, eight miles east of Tiff
ton.
A journal on one OF the cars near
the middle of the train broke wreck
ing the car and tearing up about 300
feet of track. A number Of cars
were derailed and two or three were
torn up. The train carried eight or
ten cars of kainit, the balance being
miscellaneous merchandise. The train
was moving slowly on account of a
heavy grade at that point. No mem
Der of the train crew was hurt owing
to the reduced speed of the train
at the time of the accident, and the
position in the train of the wrecked
car Conductor Moore, of Waycross,
was in charge of the train. Passenger
trains were delayed about three hours
by the accident.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29

This coat may be copied in size -
with , yards of 54-inch coating ma
terial.
one of those smart simple little frocks
for the school girl is shown in No. S156
1t is made in a dark blue, hard finished
serge. with collar and cuffs of bright
green satin.
Features of the dress are the wide
armholes, the surplice closing which Is
strong in favor at the moment and the
plain twO-piece skirt.
To copy this model for a girl of IL
it requires Az yards of 36-inch material
with y yard of lace for the chemisette
Number S132-sizes 6 to IA.
Number s156-sizes ii to 10.
Each pattern Is cents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29

Marie and Mary Mcfarland, long q
mystery of the stage, have just cast
doubt on the value of a scientific in
strument, which was expected to az
complish wonders in the detection of
crime. The acoustigraph, remark
able invention of Luigi Peruggi, an
Italian scientist, to catch the shades
Of the human voice, and thereby keep
a record of criminals, superior eveL
to the thumb print, did not record u
difference in their voices, if there is
one.
These young women, the daughters
of Austin Mcfarland, an official of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, made
the test in Los Angeles. They looG
alike, and of course dress alike. Both
have coloratura soprano voices 50
much alike that vaudeville audiences
can't distinguish them. 1t is impos-
sible for the audience to tell when one
stops and the other begins singing.
N. H. McClung, who brought over
the Peruggi instrument believed it
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29

Whats that long line of people
trailing away from the prison gates ~
Why that's the waiting list of re-
formed writer's who are waiting their
turn to get into Jail and write it up
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29

would catch the difference. In test
Of 10000 voices in Italy the inventor
had found a shade of difference in
those the nearest alike. But the instru-
ment failed to record a difference, in
a test made n Los Angeles, between
the two voices. The women sang ex-
actly alike and their records were the
same But that does not mean the in
strument will not he correct enough to
help police departments catch Grimm
ais.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29

Uncle, we want you to give the
bride away"
Very well, I'll announce to the as
sembly that she's 32.'-Boston Tran
script
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-29

To obtain either pattern illustrated fill
out this coupon and enclose Is cents in
stamps or coin Be sure to state number
Of pattern and size, measuring over the
fullest part of the bust. Address Pattern
! Department, care Of this paper
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
CHURCH BUILT FROM A TREE
Single Giant Redwood Of California
Furnished Enough Material for
the Whole Structure.

In Santa Rosa, Cal, is a Baptist
church building, the product of sin.
gle giant redwood tree which grew
In the neighborhOod of Guerneville, a
few miles distant from where It now
stands. Not only Is the main struc.
ture built from the one tree, but the
interior finishings-except the floor,
which is of pine-are Of the same
wood. beams. pulpit and seatings, not
a particle of plaster or other similar
material being used in this remark.
able building.
The tree when sawed yielded IS,
900 feet of lumber. and after the build
ing was finished In every particular
enough material was left to manufac.
ture several thousand shingles, be.
sides a quantity of scantlings, joists
and other dimension stuff So careful
ly were the details planned and Sc
skilfully was the framework put to,
gether. that the builders of this one
tree church declared It might be as
enduring as the old Saxon churches
of England built centuries ago out OF
native timber and still in use. Il Is
gothic in style, finished with massive
buttresses outside and heavy beams
inside. A tower 10 feet high was built
on the southwest corner. but it came
down at the time OF the great earth
quake In 1906.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26

are, as you can imagine, thoroughly
alert to see what possibilities may lie
in the invention"
Hopkins accepted the invitation and
arranged to meet his friend at seven
o'clock the following morning at a
grade crossing about a mile east Of tho
city.
Greaves was waiting for him in hls
automobile when he drove up. Hop
kins, having dismissed his cabman,
greeted his friend: he was surprised
to find him wrapped in an enormous,
fur-lined overcoat, for 1t was a warm
April morning.
Travelling is apt to be pretty cold,
said Greaves. Il am accustomed to
1t, but youths overcoat is for your.
self, sir"
In spite of his protests Greaves In.
sisted in wrapping it around his
shoulders. Weighted down with IT,
Hopkins could hardly move step and
he submitted with no good grace. How
ever, he was curious to test the
mechanism and resolved to make the
best of his companions within. Hav,
| Ing buttoned the coat, Greaves pulled
from the bottom of the lining a stout
tube of rubber, heavily wound with
wire, which he attached to the mech
anism. Then he bound it to Hopkins
right foot
Now cross your legs" he said
How do you feel? Pretty comfort
able? Now try to step off the metal
Hopkins bent this way and that. bui
he was as fast as though he had beer
nailed to the line. He could bend his
body or knees, but from knee to ankle
, he remained wholly perpendicular, an6
the muscular strain of returning his
body to the plumb line which the lower
part of his legs maintained was sc
severe that he abandoned further of
forts to move
you see," said Greava9, 1.-The mech
anism is working although 1t is not a
present connected with the running
gear. Until it runs or is shut on yo,
will be unable to detach your foot from
the metal. But don't be alarmed
just place your hands In your over
coat pockets"
IAOphAAb NIAp
ped in each he was securely hand
cuffed. his wrists caught in an easy
unbreakabie grip. And then he un
derstood that all his efforts had avail
ed him nothing and that the blow ha,
fallen.
John Haynes went back to the au
tomobile and lifted out a flve-galloI
can of gasoline. Opening a fold in Ia,
back of Hopkins overcoat, he poure,
the fluid into a hidden receptacle un
til the lower part of the carmen
bulged like balloon.
Yes, It is rather a weight" Hayne
said ironically. But you viii hardl,
feel it. Mr.. Hopkins, for your feet viii
carry you to your destination, an,
the personal effort will be practically
J nothing. Besides. the gasoline will
, act as a ballast and SO enable you t,
J enjoy greater speed than you nigh
J otherwise obtain, while also prevent
ing you from injuring yourself by in
convenient movements. For instance
! IL you were to lose your balance Il
} retrieyably. you might perform "a
4 ] last few thousand miles of your ioul
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
Poor Papa.

When little Doris climbed up to her
tather's knees it was quite obvious
that some deep problem was troubling
her mind. Presently she unburdened
herself of the momentous question.
Papa" she asked, was it a very
wise person who said, THE good die
young?'"
Yes" replied the father. II suppose
he must have been very very WISE"
Well" said the child, after medi.
tating for some time on the import or
his answer, "Im not really SO much
surprised about you; but-mummy-
no, don't see how mummy managed
to get growed up!"-London Tit
Bits.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
YOU ROGUE He SHOUTED SUDDENLY SHAKING FIST UNDER THE
OTHERS NOSE I HAVE DONE PLAYING WITH YOU.

an assumed name. Next morning q
special delivery letter was handed to
him by the hotel clerk, and Hopkins
knew, before he opened it. that his
fate had found him. However, he had
respite. for the message said: Go
eastward
Well, that had been his plan. He
engaged a suite aboard the Phoenix"
and sailed for England. He fed from
place to place, until, in London, ne
felt that he had shaken off his pur-
suers. He did not feel secure. how
ever, until he had crossed the CONT
nent and thus placed another sea be.
tween himself and Haynes. From
Paris he went to Rome, loitered awhile
in Northern Italy, and returned leisure
ly through Germany to Spa, In Bel
GUM, where he took the waters.
! At Spa he made the acquaintance of
a pleasant, mild-mannered English
man named Greaves, and the two be,
came intimate. Both had retired from
business and both were seeking for
relaxation In travel. Often they sat
together in the Casino, watching the
youngsters skating on rollers over the
waxed boards-for this American sport
had become the rage at the fashion
able resort that year.
Next year." said Greaves, one night,
as he drew package from his over.
coat pocket, this will be the rage"
And he unwrapped the tissue paper
and placed before his friend a curl
GUS little machine, something like a
bicycle in miniature.
What is it?" asked the other curl
ously.
"A foot yelocipede." said Greaves
Strapped to the foot it acts exactly
upon the principle of the bicycle; and
with 1t one can travel a vast distance
without firing. When this comes or
the market the roller skate will have
had its day. | am president of &
company which has sole rights in the
patent"
Edward Philemus Hopkins took this
mechanism In his hands and looked a
1t curiously. He turned the wheels
and watched them spin for nearly
minute before gradually ceasing t.
revolve. Between the wheels was
peculiar box-like arrangement, from
which there came the faintest buzzing
! such as fly might make.
And this is" Hopkins asked.
THE motor It is miniature motto
} bicycle, although. of course, 1t cal
; be used in the ordinary way. Upol
i the roads bearing traffic it can max
J almost incredible speed; but given tn
clear track of private railroad line
! then. of course, one could go yer,
} much faster"
]. Hopkins was thoroughly interested
!. Yes, but who owns a private line? ?
. he asked, laughing. 81 should greatl
3 like to try 1t some time" he added.
3 The other leaned forward and whiS
] pered in confidential tones.
t The truth is" he said, "I hav
: made secret arrangements with tn
: Government railways to permit me t
= make a test tomorrow between thi
I city and Brussels. have two pairs
and If you care to accompany me
j, shall be delighted to show you hol
Q the continuance works. The story ha
r been kept secret, but military me
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26

One by one the enemies OF John
Haynes were encountering retribution.
Robbed of his vast lands in one of
the western states by gang of con-
Bpirators, torn from his wife and
daughter. and railroaded into the peni-
Tertiary at Nokemis Falls, this Eng
tishmRn, in the solitude of his cell, had
conceived a scheme of revenge which
should overwhelm all who had leagued
themselves against him. He had in
vented, In the prison machine shop,
gyroscope wheel, which, when at
tached to any vehicle, afforded 1t I'M
shakable stability and incredible
speed He had travelled a hundred
and fifty miles an hour by automobile,
a little more In an invalid's chair.
while, by attaching to his foot a small
replica of his invention and running
along a single railroad line, he had
achieved more than two hundred
more than three miles a minute.
One by one his enemies had died or
disappeared. Sometimes there came
no notice, sometimes a penciled warn
Ing on a morsel of notepaper. The
last had been Judge Gharteris, one of
the Nokomis magnates, who had SEN
fenced Haynes to the penitentiary In
return for share in his millions. Two
days before his death Charters had
received the warning. He had called
up his ally Hopkins. the chief con-
spirator, as soon as he received the
threat, hired special train, and with
tn s.A s.ea
of America, in the vain hope Of shak-
ing on his relentless enemy That
night the train was held up by Haynes
and sent crashing down steep grade
into the river, carrying, as was be-
lieved, the body of the Judge with It.
In the babbling maniac who was found
by the track and subsequently impris-
oned for life In the State penal insti
fulton fer the insane. the guards
thought they had found the perpetra
tor of the crimes; they did not know
that this creature was Charters him
self. victim Of Haynes vengeance
On the door Of Charteris' smoking
room Edward Philemus Hopkins founc
the four written words which haC
driven his friend to his destiny
Hopkins went home. On his hal
table a letter lay, posted in Bender
Vile. your turn comes next" wal
written on the enclosure and nothing
more. The words and Handwriting
were identical with those found on tn,
floor OF the smoking room In Charters
house. and, sick with horror, the mai
gazed at that fatal message. Hopkin
was physically brave. but that nerve
Facking terror which he had enduret
ever since the flrst Of the gang cam
TO his death proved too much for him
He was widower; his married chi
dren had long since flown from tn
parental nest; there we're no bond
or ties to keep him In Nokomis. II
made arrangements for the dispose
OF his possessions, drew $4,000 on
Of the bank, and took the train cas-
ward. He was not unmindful Of Char
teris' death. but to remain in NokC
mis- seemed still more dangerous.
was,a choice OF evils.
Contrary to his own expectations
Be reached New York in safety. II
registered at the Hotel Monroe unde
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
A Narrow Escape.

A Kentucky colonel of the old
school had made a proud boast that
he hadn't drunk glass of water in
20 years. One day as he was riding
to Nashville on the old L. & N. the
train was wrecked while crossing a
bridge and plunged into the river.
They pulled the colonel out with a
boat-hook, and when they got him
on shore one of his friends rushed
up, crying: Colonel! Are you hurt?"
mol" he snorted. Never swat
lowed damn drop!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26

end OF the line, the end of Asia, into
the cooling sea. He would die there.
seven thousand miles from Spa, he
who had paced the Casino only two
nights before. secure in the belief that
he had shaken on the grip of his i'm
placable enemy. In his despair tears
gushed from his eyes. Death faced him
he might die thus, travelling, and his
frozen corpse would run on and on.
while the lost soul went-whither?
He sought for an answer to his own
question and could find none. His
life had been heaped up with wicked
ness. He had plundered and robbed
and Toasted in the high places while
his victims writhed under the wheel of
the juggernaut of his greed. For the
first time in twenty years he prayed
for mercy, that some chance might be
given him to live, to make atonement.
He was half way across Siberia. He
had bounded the vast expanse of Bal.
kal, shimmering in the noon sun, and
now the country grew more settled
Scared, yellow faces peered at him
from behind hedgerows. Men with pig
tails and women who hobbled as they
tried to run, screaming, from him,
were seen. But In his newborn love
for men he welcome the sight even Of
these; they were no longer aliens but
brothers.
As a man remote from his body,
that body which he could feel no long
err, he found himself wondering how
he had noticed these, when all had
been but blur. And suddenly a vivid
thought leaped through his brain. He
must be stacking speed. He tried
to bend his head to look downward,
but had no longer power over his stiff
F., fened muscles. Presently there was no
longer doubt of it. The gyroscope was
slackening The gasoline was nearly
exhausted and the fur coat tapped
Imply about his knees.
He went more slowly. Now he was
travelling no faster than a quick train.
The speed became that of a slow
train, then of an automobile, a horse
| drawn vehicle, a running man. And.
with a rafting click, the machine
stopped, and, finally halted Then.
the cohesive force withdrawn, 1t top
pied from the line.
Edward Philemus Hopkins fell to
the ground as a statue falls, in the
center of Chinese hamlet. When he
was raised the men who carried him
held him as they might have carried
an arm of a tree.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
ALL DREAD HARMLESS MOUSE
instructive Fear Of Women is Well
Known, but Is Not at All
Easy to Explain.

Once more there is excuse for ask
ing how much of sincerity there is in
the fear of mice to which so many
women. give such vehement express
sion. A night telephone operator
over in Jersey saw one of the little
creatures steal out on the floor of the
room In which she was keeping her
lonely vigil, and, though his attack
was not on her, but on the crumbs of
her luncheon, she promptly tainted.
On recovery she rushed into the closet,
where she was imprisoned till morn
ing by the spring catch on the hastily
slammed door.
Yet this young woman, like all 9TH
ers, knows that mice are perfectly
harmless; that they never did hurt
anybody and never will.
The wicked suggestion has been
made that feminine outcries on the
appearance of mice are a mere fash
ion or habit, inveterate now, but orfgi-
mating In nothing better than desire
to show an interesting sensitiveness
and timidity and to give rescuing man
chance to show his superiority
There must be something more to II
than that, however, for not a few
women, even when quite alone, as this
one was, manifest almost convincing
indications OF this, perhaps not the
less real because so unnecessary.
Apparently the fear Is instructive
but nothing In ancestral history ex
plains the instinct, since in the line
of mothers running back through the
troglodytes to merely anthropoid for
bears. never a one was devoured by q
mouse and not more than half dozen
in all can have been bitten by one
And instincts are not so easily made
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
Habit or Preference.

A young woman of Baltimore was
asked by friend as to the likeable-
ness of a young chap who for some
time had been paying devoted atten.
tion to the young woman in question.
oh" replied the fair one careless.
~. William is nice fellow. but he
talks shop too much"
'.How's that?" was the next cues.
tion. Il thought he was trolley-car
conductor"
so he is" returned the other
and he's continually saying, Sit up
c,loser!,"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
All the improvements.

A woman had Swedish cook. and
one day she overheard this CONVEX.
sation between her cook and the maid
next door, also Swede:
How are you, Hilda?"
Il bane well. l like my yob. We
got eremated cellar, cemetery plumb
ing, elastic lights and a hoosit."
What's hoosit, Hilda.p
"oh, bell rings; you put a thing
to your ear and say Hello and
some one says Hello and you sav
Hoosit?' National Food Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
Amor the PreaIdents.

When Uncle Rod, the old colored
man who worked about the place,
came one morning, Mrs. Stone said:
''Well Uncle Rod, hear you have
another pair of twins at your house."
"Yaas, missus," responded the man,
I'VE has. Bress dey little hearts,"
Have you named them YETI" ask.
ed the woman
''Yas'm," said Rod. Done named
EN- aftah two OBJ de fust presidents
OBJ his country"
Indeed" said Mrs. Stone, which
two?"
"Ole Christofo C'lumbus an Juleyous
Caesar" said the man. "We'se great
on namin' de chillun TO de presidents
t our house. National Monthly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26

There is famous mission school to-
day in Kiakhta. the fame of which has
spread far south among the yellow
people of China, and far north among
the wandering Siberian tribes. 1t is
the work of one man who built and
endowed 1t. An American, he will
never visit America again-for though
the mind is vigorous and alert,
and the white face, strangely rigid,
has come to reflect the innate noble
ness of the soul, this man is nothing
but soul and mind. and the body is
as inert as marble.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
Exchange of Duties.

Have you stove litter I couId
borrow asked the woman who had
Just moved in. n@u
NO, but my husband is a piano.
mover" suggested the woman rax4
door.-Phnadelphia Record D next
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
up-to-date.

Speaking of ancestors! MY grand
father flew his own pennant as a com.
modore in the navy"
Yah! My grandfather helped can.
ture one in worlds series."-Pjtts
burg Post
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
soundfnl-

Here!4 ne grow1ed, what do vou
mean oy waking me out of a sonns
because. DEAR" replied his wita
aweetly. 1T was such a distra. "He'
sound" esslns
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
Lesser Of Two EvII.

Briggs-You must have a lot :,
trouble keeping your wife dresssd "a -
N the height of style 'eu ~
Grisgs,-Yes. but it's notbing >.
the trouble I'd have il did, %
ton Transcript. ~ BIOS
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
sure Thina.

Il wonder" unused the heiress ar
Jimmy knows have money!
HAS he preposed?"
YES"
Then he knows"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-06-26
Was II Leap Year,

EHie-Mummy. when you and daddy
was engaged did you engage him or
did he engage you?-London Punch