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Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

AS the Sand Farmer sat around
the pine-stump fire with Mother and
the boys, Little Pete came over to his
chair and said: "Daddens, tell me
story"
The Sand Farmer believes in the
best raised crop on any farm-boys,
and also believes that the hour before
they go to sleep is the time to SOW
the seed of manhood.
Little Pete has been afraid Of the
dark for some years, and has had to
have someone turn on the light be-
fore he could bring himself to go up
stairs. His brothers were not afraid
of the dark, and so far as could be
learned no one had ever frightened
him by telling him ghost stories, but
he was afraid of that unseen some
thing" which is supposed to Turk In
the dark.
AS Little Peter Struggled down in
the Sand Farmers lap there was a
royal good fellowship enjoyed by both
as the Sand-Farmer began the story.
"Once upon time there was a big
elephant, who lived in the dark, DARK
woods. and boosted that he was not
afraid of anything. He would charge
a lion, a hippopotamus, and spank
him with his great trunk, or spear
him with his ivory tusks. But one
day he came TO a road which he had
often Travelled, and suddenly his feet
broke through the ground, and ne fell
into a trap.
Gle threshed with his trunk, and
screamed until the ground seemed to
tremble, but he could not get out.
"Then some men came and put
chains around his legs, so he could
not run away, and took him out of
the trap, and led him to a large
steamer at the sea-coast.
ale was shipped to America, and
placed in a circus, where boys and
girls could see what a big elephant
looked like, but ne never lost his
shirt. and was especially fond Of tell
ing the other animals what great
things ne had done in Africa.
"A little boy travelled with the cir
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
GIVES ADVICE ON SWINE.

The Department of Agriculture is
in receipt of frequent inquiries con-
corning methods for distinguishing
hog cholera from other swine dis
eases. The specialists in hog cholera
Investigations answer these inquiries
as follows:
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

Of COG fires last year on the ma
tional forests of Arizona, New Mex
leo and Oklahoma, more than one
half were caused by lightning. Camp
ers set about one-tenth, and railroads
one-twentieth.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

Incense cedar is proving valuable
for piling on the Pacific coast, where
marine borers are particularly trOu-
bIesOme.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

Roadside signs, each containing a
single catchy sentence in large type,
are proving effective in warning
against fires on western forests. They
give the essentials and tell the i'm
portance of protection against forest
fires.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
FOREST NOTES.

The legislatures Of Virginia and
South Carolina are considering adj
vanced forestry legislation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

The paper used by the government
printing office each year requires ap-
proximately 125,000,000 pounds of
rag pulp and 490,000,000 pounds of
wood pulp.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

+. A. Elliott, state forester of Ore
gOn, says that cooperative fire patrol
associations among lumbermen for
prevention of forest fires have proved
their worth.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. F.. Wilson have SO ar
ranged their dining room that it
serves as an excellent dance hall.
The affair was well attended but there
was decided scarcity of men. Wheth-
er or not they were timid of display
ing their abilities at dancing is not
known. Mrs. Wilson, while on trip
to Portland this week bought some
excellent dance records for the Vic
trola. Hitherto, the islanders have
been complaining because they
haven't had dance hail. Now that
they have one it should be supported.
Rev. DR.. John B. Pidge and wife Of
Philadelphia have returned to the is
land for their annual vacation.
The first baseball game of the sea-
son was played Saturday with Mere
Point. Sad to say it resulted in a
defeat. Mere Point winning by the
score of to 1.
On account of rain the services
which were to be held Sunday after
noon in the grove, were postponed till
the evening at Mrs. S. G. Lancasters
cottage. Dr. Frederic B. Greul
preached very inspiring sermon and
although the services would have
been by far more pleasant had they
been held in the open, they were de-
cided success.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-16
Mysteries.

1t Is q fact that in every man (not
In every woman) there lives q lover;
a lover who is called out in all his
potentialities often by the most in
significant little things--as long as
they come at the psychological mo-
ment; the glimpse of o face at an
unusual angle, an evanescent attitude,
the curve of cheek often looked at
before, perhaps, but then, at the mo-
ment charged with astonishing signi-
flcance. These are great mysteries, of
course From Chance" by Joseph
Conrad.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-16
LITTLEFIELD & co.
GROCERS
l0s-lll COMMERCIAL STREET
PORTLAND, ME.

If you want the best in Groceries,
Meats and Provisions at reasonable
charges our store is the place for You
to trade. We supply hotels, cotta gas,
yachts and schooner parties. Island
patronaCN solicited and satisfa ction
guaranteed to all. Handy to steam.
boat whAYves.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1914-07-16

Trivial Detail.
Hostess Ito young fiancee)--"And
30 you are really going to be mar
ried next month, my dear. Well, I
think your future husband seems
charming man. BY the by, what does
he dor "oh--er--well--er--
know, really haven't had time to ask
him; but l expect papa could tell
you, II you particularly want to know
Punch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Notes for New Stories

It now proves, however. that Mir Han snow, who was, of course. an American, le1t notes not only for 12 new short stories or 'Cieek, but also for serial about his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

made flying leap on top off the antelope. By chance hs landed sunarely sstride the bucks bace. The antelope was pretty we'll worn out. and with the addittons4 weight of the rider he tired rapidly. Brown then threw his coat over the bucks head and tied tie sleeves together under his throat. The blindfolded ante lope stepped into a hole and fell Brown went over the antelope.s head and landed uninJured just in front of his horse. which had come to a standstill Jumping up Brown unsnanped one of the brt1le reins. and before the exhausted buck could re- gain his feet the man had him securely hog-tied.
 Leaving the antelope tied and blindfold- ed Brown started home. and reaching tho ranchhouse just about dark. he told me his experience. but he had plenty of trou. hle making me believe his story The next morning. however. I hitched team te the wagon and started out with him for the place where he said he had left his game. l had to believe his story when we reached the place and found the ante lope tied and blindfolded. We loaded the buck into the wagon and. after using I'D the remainder of the day finding Browns gun and saddle, drove back to the ranch house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

An old-timer in the San Luis valley of southern Colorado tells the following story of the day. now long past. when antelope grazed in greater numbers in the beautiful natural meadows along the Alamosa. Conejos and Rio Grande, says the Youth s Companion.
 A youns school teacher named Phil Brown came out from Ohio to spend tho summer at my ranch. He was a lover of hunting. but had never had a chance at any kind of.big game No sooner did he learn that there were antelope in our neighborhood than he made up his mind to get one.
 I gave him an old buckskin broncho COW pony, not much on looks, but with an amazing amount of wind. He could gall Top F hours with almost no rest and be none the worse for it the next day.
 As Brown rode along the Gonejos river che morning he jumped a buck out of tho tall grass almost under his horses nose. The antelope ran and Brown was so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
INTENSIFIED WORK ], OF HANSHEW READY FOR PUBLICATION Stories of "Cleek" Completed By Daughter of Late
 Novelist
ACTED AS READER
 TO HER FATHER
Became Saturated With "Cleek"-Ed- tied Paper for Lord Northcliffe At 17-Her First Serial
 About to Appear

London July 1s.-(Special ,-That the daughter, and the eminently girlisl daughter, of an author who specialized in detective and crime stories would be equal to the task of taking up and completing unfinished work of his in that line and even carrying out work which he never had got further than planning, and thrs too, to the more than satisfaction of the publishers for whom the work was orig inally destined seems almost incredible. Exactly this. however, is being done by Miss Hazel Phillips Hanshew, the young est daughter of the late T. ". Hanshew, who is rapidly demonstrating that she Is her fathers own girl so far as literary ability goes, at any rate.
 Thomas w. Hanshew, whose recent death was so greatly deplored on both sides of the Atlantic. was of course. the creator of the famous "C1eek." the en- inent creek turned detective, and hince his death has been hailed as perhaps the most prolific writer of sensational fiction that ever lived. His Man of the Forty Faces was the making of at least one weekly periodical on this side of the her. ring pond, and "Cleek's" adventures. which run to two or three volumes, have proved, as tilm-dramas, not less to the taste of the patrons of picture theatres than they previously had to that of mill lions of readers of novels and periodicals. A world of pities, it was thought, that there were to be no more of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
NONSTOP RUN FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK IN FORTY-ONE HOURS
Continued from Page Thirty-four,


 makers-and some users-know that there is no ground for this fear and that the man who under-inflates in hot wealth CT only injures his tires.
 Experts of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company at Akron. recently made practical test of this matter, to finally convince car owners of the facts and en- able them to protect their tires instead of injuring them by under-intlation in hot weather.
 A runabout was chosen-one consider ably too heavy for the 33x4 tires that equipped it. The test was made June 24, the hottest June day ever recorded in Akron. The tires were all pumped to so pounds in the cool of the garage. After some intermittent driving the car was run at high speed continuously half an hour, over hot brick pavement and wood block covered with hot tar. The test con- clIded with a little spin at 40 miles an hour over hot brick pavement. The air pressure Was measured quickly there- after It had increased an average of exactly four pounds.
 This was no difference at all, so far as the welfare of the tire was concerned. Goodyear tires are frequently inflated to 300 pounds and over for test purposes, the rim always giving way and the tire sustaining no damage.
 Goodyear men declare emphatically that under-inflation, not otsover-inflation. Is the thing to guard against if tires are to be protected and proper mileage obtained. It is realized that some car owners will insist on using their tires at less than recommended air pressures, for the sako of greater comfort, etc., but the result inevitably is shorter tire life Goodyear recommends especially to such car users the use of oversize tires, which give greater cushion and comfort and live longer than the smaller sizes, even at recommended air pressures."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

CT and her sister (who also writes verse and sells almost every scrap of iD in Anerley. where her father pitched his tent when he moved to England in 1894, and where "Cleek's' famous rose-garden really is situated, and she doesn't devote all her time to writing by jugful. In fact, she beguiles herself. or did prior to her fathers death, just as nine out Of lO girls of her age do, and it is usually only on one or two days out of week that
 she really turns to on some literary task
 of other.
 But Hazel always has her ideas fin
 order," remarked her mother, proudly,
 land she works almost if not quite, as
 rapidly and surely as heher father used
 to. My husband, by the way, did all his
 work on the typewriter and hardly ever
 changed a word of what he wrote thus.
 So literally true is this, in fact that he
 nearly always did two eopies with the
 assistance of a carbon sheet, and scarce
 ly ever was there a smudge in the under
 sheet to show where au erasure had been
 made. On the other hand. it quite often
 happened that he was dissatisfied With the first few sentences he had written and
 at the end of his task the floor around him would be filtered with discarded pages of this kind. As for Hazel, she gem orally sits down at her typewriter tshe has tried dictating, but found the result too ''woodenyO at 10:S0 or thereabouts, and works with intervals for lunch and tea until. perhaps, 6:30 or [. at the end of which time she has produced, on an aver age, some 5000 or 6000 words. She takes Interruptions more kindly, on the whole, than did her father, who was not angelic, by any means when some one broke in upon him when he was engaged on one of the really fine stories, such as he occa- sionally treated himself by tprning out. One of these, by the way, was left unfin- ished and Hazel intends to complete it for him just as soon as the opportunity oc- CUTS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
TO PROPERLY TREAT
 OBSTINATE WRINKLES

Particularly where wrinkles are long and deep, the massage .devotee is apt to rub too hard and too frequently. This loosens the skin. causes muscles to sag, aSRrhyates the wrinRled condition just the opposite result from that sought.
 Better than massaging, or anything ss well as the finest lines is a formula well known in England, which you may readily avail yourself of, as you will pensive constituents from druggists in this country. It is this: One ounce pow dered saSoltte, dissolved in one-half pint witch hazel Bathe face. neck or hands in this.
 The effect is really marvellous. not only as to wrinkles. but also in cases of baggy checks and chin. Marked ira- provcment is noticed after the very first application. The lotion is cooling and soothing, tending to. relieve fatigue and remove that tired look"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

hero. and it is these stories that Miss
 Hazel Hanshew has completed and not cnly written for magazine publication,
 but written as film dramas, too, to com
 plete satisfaction. as has been said, or
 all parties concerned therein. A bit later she probably will get to work on the
 ''Cleek' serial, too, but nothing has been
 settled definitely about this yet
 She certainly is something of wonder is this dark, slim. pretty girl Of "A, who
 is as American she can be, in spite
 of having lived most of her life in this
 country. If she does hot equal her fa-
 ther's literary output it will be because
 other interests prevent her from so doing,
 such, for example. as the fact that she is
 engaged to be married to a good-looking.
 ciean-eut young Enslishman. Already.
 however, she has a record that must be almost unique. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y.. she began scribbling in earnest at Il, and a year later made her first appearance in print with a poem which the -'Windsor ing little paper for Alfred Harmsworth
 now Lord Northeliffe, and drawing pie lures for it as well, for she draws almost
 as well as she writes, and gave up this editorial work after a year or more only in obedience to her doctors command Since then she has contributed stories inlLmerable and verse, galore to every T. and meanwhile has written no end of fashion articles and illustrated them as well. At present, moreover, a weekly jcLrray on this side of the water is about to begin the publication of serial story of hers and simultaneously an American one IS starting a series of eight eastern stories from her pen and, what is more, is going to make a big feature of them Some authoress already, you seel 1t is probably doubtful, however, if even Miss Hanshew, brimful of ideas as she is and equal to turning out from 5000 to 6000 words between 10 in the morning and at night, would have thought of working up her fathers rought notes for his further stories of "Cleek'' had she net herself hoen Saturated" as one might say, with Hanshew's detective hero and make ab- selutely leter-perfect in the formula for
 producing the exciting stories about him.
 This is the way of it. It was T. W. Han
 shew's custom. when he had broken off in
 the writing off .'CieelS story, to have proceeded, and the duty of doing this de- volved, almost invariably, on Miss Hazel
 Hanshew, of whose literary ability, by
 the way, her sire was vastly and natural
 ly proud. With her, however. he dis cussed his plans for "Cleek" and outlined
 practically every situation that he had in
 mind, and it is this incessant training
 in the art of "Cleeking," as one might
 call it, that has enabled his clever daugh-
 ter, almost without strain, to write the
 F stories that have been alluded to amongst other things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Difficulties of
 Motoring in Iceland

The treacherous trails of Iceland furnish difficulties enough to discourage the most optimistic American motorist. There are few roads worthy of being dignified by the name and gasoline stations are practi- cally unknown. Before the advent of three Overland automobiles all of the travelling on the island was done on foot or horseback, as the entire country is of bare volcanic rock.
 The first car owned in the land of the Northern Lights was special lan- Gaulet body mounted on a current model Overland chassis. purchased from the Overland agency recently opened at Rey- kjavik, Iceland. It was the first self propelled vehicle ever operated in the country.
 The demonstration made by this car in actual operation over the pony paths of the inland, was followed by two more orders from residents of the frozen coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Americas First
 Cyclecar Run

Americas first cyclecar run, which will be promoted by Chairman Charles C.. Percival of the naional touring board of the Cyclecar Association of America, on September 5, and z, will start at New ark and go to Atlantic City and return via Philadelphia. Every car will carry an official observer who will keep a close check on all stops. mechanical troubles tire replacements and gasoline consump- tion. Twelve beautiful silver cups will be offered for perfect scores in the diff ferent classes and two prizes for lowest fuel consumption. An additional prize for the best general efficiency score will be given. The best score winners in the Cyclecar and light car classes will re- ceive the Imp and the Thombley trophies. Other cups offered are the William Boul- din cup. the American Cyclecar cup, and tire prizes by the Batavia Rubber Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Stone Reports a Good
 Business Outlook

Monte" Stone of the Hupp Motor Car company is very optimistic on the busi- ness outlook.
 As MT. Stone stated, things for the coming year are in excellent shape. and with the very large crops which abount throughout tho middle west, there is no doubt but what we are going to go through big season of prosperity.
 ''To escape a big season for 1915." said Mr. Stone. with such crop reports as the government experts have given us. will be very difficult.
 ''The enthusiastic statements we have read lately on the conditions of the mid- de west are not exaggerated bit. for had my eyes opened on this recent trip Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa and tine Dako- tas are certainly in for record year, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
CAPTURING ENVELOPES
 IN THEIR NATIVE WILDS

startled that he entirely forgot his rifle
 But the pony laid back his ears and start ed in pursuit of the fleeing antelope At the first jump his hind leg struck tho end of the rife barrel and knocked 1t out of the saddle scabbard. Brcwn was too busy keeping the antelope in sight to notice it's loss.
 The antelope soon got out of the tall grass and settled down to a steady run on the open prairie with the pluelxy little COW pony about loo yards behind Brown then remembered that he had rifle and
 reached down for it. The gun was gone, and he had no time to so back and hunt for it. so he made up his mind to run
 the antelope down and catch 1t alive. l The buck ran in a great circle. ana at the end of an hour or little more had 1 finished the first lap. The gap between himself and the pony was about the same as at the start Whenever the antelope sprinted, the buokskin was equal to the occasion. and held his own. Roth animals 1 showed signs of weakening at the end of 1 the second hour
 Then Brown had a happy thought. His saddle weighed about 10 pounds. The pony would last longer if he could get rid of the saddle. So. leaning down. Brown lcosened the cinches. When everything was loose he slipped over the horn to the pony's shoulders and pushed the saddle off behind him.
 Relieved of that weight the pony began to gain slowly. and at the end of another half hour was less than 50 yards behind The antelope was pretty thoroughly ex- hausted. and the pony was breathing hard. but he laid back his ears for final spurt. and at the end of five minutes was running neck and neck with the anteoue
 Grown then realized that he should have kept his rope when he threw the saddle away. He did not even have a pocketknife. He did not know what to do.
 Then he had an inspiration. Pulling off his coat and holding it under his arm he climbed on the pony's shoulders and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
To Publish Serial

Miss Hanshews first serial. which will be published over here in "Cassells Satur- day Journal" was accepted, it may be interesting to state. after the editor had been her scenario" and only one install ment It is called Tried By Fire and the later instalments have been written by their young authoress as required, at single sittings as above described. Her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Not At All Spoiled

Far from being spoiled by her really striking success, there is not even a sug- gestion of 'swanlS about Hazel Phillips Hanshew. Witty, full of spirits and with exceptional charm of manner, it is only after diligent and deliberate cross-exam- nation that one discovers that sine writes at all, and then the impression conveyed that she has played bit with verse writing and that that's about all there is to it. She lives with her American moth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

Cecilia Washington the Wilhelm staff The devotion throughout the entire although the starting MT ah
 
 the of dpomasts first obtain alliances with official
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

series of eastern stories which at pres ent comprise six, have the general title Of The Gacred Carpet Of JulamerlS," and deal with certain hypnotic influence which the aforesaid carpet is supposed to possess, and have a. dash of drama that gives the correct flavor to the stories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

the farmers are already busy with the bumper harvest of winter wheat, which IS estimated to be even greater than the largest record crop ever reported
 One of the best informed southwestern business men said this week that the big crops meant between 225.o00 00D and $30o,- O00,o00 of money for the farmers and bus mess men in the states of Missouri. Kan sas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, and that money will be obtained in short time.
 When the large movement of grain sets in, which will be about the middle of July, there is the best of reasons for ex- pecting genuine trade revival.
 The policy of the Washington adminis- tiation in outlining it's plans for the sum- mer session and also taking into confi- dence men of big business on matters of legislation is certainly going to have it's effect on 1915 business"