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The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11

n ATHER simple gowning and small
well-ftting hats predominate at
the afternoon tea which is enlivened
by the new dances. One sees great
er number of turbans than Of other
shapes, although many of the new
sailor shapes are SO becoming that
they threaten the supremacy OF the
turban before the season is over.
In the group shown here there is
a representative selection, with a tur-
ban of jet, sailor of silk and maline,
and a small leghorn hat with rolling
brim and a crown OF brocaded satin
ribbon
The smart and brilliant turban OF
let is finished with jaunty ribbon
ornament mounted on large jet bead
at the edge of the upturned brim-
1t is worn with taffeta gown made
in the loosely fitting kimono shape
with rolling collar A wired collar OF
lace and frills of net in the sleeves
provide the simple and dainty finish
ing touches which are always-present
accessories OF these afternoon toi
lettes.
Crepe de chine, with girdles and
cuffs of moire and trimming OF COW
cred buttons. provides the material for
the second gown. There is full ruche
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
FORTUNE IN GOLD AND FURS
Fall and Winters Work Makes Spo-
kane Prospector-TrapPer $4,000
Richer.

Spokane.-More than SGT 900 as re-
ward for a winter spent in hunting
and prospecting is the record made
by D. j. Mateevic, who came to Spo-
kane to sell furs caught In the Clear
water district in Idaho
Mateevic went into the district last
September and spent the fall In pros
pecting. In October he came across
a portion of creek bottom which had
been swept clean by cloudburst.
leaving the crevices open. After a
few pans he realized that he had
made big find, as every pan was
showing strong color and running be
tween ten and fifty cents In gold.
He located his claim November 10.
and prospected as much as possible
before snow fell. He says his wash
ings averaged 25 cents pan. Ma
teevic has been offered $4,000 for his
mining claim
After winter set m he hunted furs,
and he brought TO Spokane pack
worth $1,000, one OF the furs being a
silver fox, valued at, approximately,
seven hundred dollars.
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lived In South America for nearly
twenty years, and great part of that
time l was in Colombia, and in the
course of my business had occasion to
visit nearly every part of the repub-
lie. There are about five million per
sons in the republic, Notwithstanding
the great number that have been
killed In the civil wars. About ten
per cent of these are whites. descend
ed from the early Spanish settlers.
The rest are what are called 'Mesti-
Zos,' and are a mixture of whites and
Indians or negroes. There are a few
full-blood Indians back in the forests,
but these are dying out The whites
are the ruling class, leading In COM
merce and forming the government.
Education has been lacking until very
recently, when under eX-President Ra-
fael Reyes a school system was estab-
lished You see, Colombia has great
advantage over most of the other
South American countries; she has
ports on both oceans.
'.Bogota, the capital of the republic,
is a charming city and has a popula-
ton OF about one hundred and twenty
thousand, and is about seven thousand
five hundred feet above sea level, At
present the exports from Colombia
are mostly coffee, cocoa, sugar, tobac-
co, gold, silver, copper and platinum.
The imports are chiefly European
goods in the line Of machinery and
wearing apparel. These come from
Europe, | suppose because we have
been too busy here in the United
States to go after those markets. Ii
is a shame, too. because we are the
logical source of supplies for all South
America ~-
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the dine for the nnal Issue OF their
pats6fs. Ths cleaning up Of busi-
nessAbteh has been delayed through
rs SAUL tia men ID the patent Of
f1te.,lhdt bec4use OF TIA applicants
tf1einsefves las resulted as kreatly in
-ereaaed rez IS the ofilca In the
belfef az nkm ioner Ewing lit may
become possIbIe. with proper admins
tration; ID Limit the time during which
an application for patent may be kept
pending in the Office to less than five
years, and perhaps 10 less than three
years. The commissioner of patents
hopes that the announcement that the
patent office officers dislike the dila-
tory tactics of the applicants in de-
laying the issue of patents will be
sufficient to insure the speeding up
of the work and the cutting down of
the list of delayed applications. II
the announcement is not sufficient the
commissioner will consider the pro-
priety and wisdom OF having old appli-
cations published, thing which has
not been done In the past There is
no law against this, although the rules
and custom of the Office have been to
preserve applications In secrecy. II
these means, which the Office has
adopted to encourage lawyers to trans
act their business promptly, are not
effective 1t is likely that Commission
er Ewing will recommend corrective
legislation at the next regular ses-
sion.
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cURFEw LAW FOR YORK
Mayor John r. Lafean OF York, Pa
Will Introduce Stringent
Ordinances.

York, Pa-Mayor John r. Lafean
will introduce a "curfew- ordinance.
IT VIII provide that children under six
teen years of age shall not be on the
streets unattended or with improper
company after nine o'clock between
October / and April /.
They must be attended by their pa
rents or some reputable person II
they are employed at night or attend
night school they will be provided with
cards. A penalty of two dollars tine
or "a hours imprisonment OF the pa
rents or guardians In violation OF the
law has been fixed.
Warning bells and whistles will be
given when It is time for the children
to get on the streets.
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
SOURCE OF FOREST FIRES.

Exhaustive inquiry has established
the fact that lightning ranks next to
railroads as source of forest fires.
Forest officers say that the increasing
care with fire in the part of the rail-
roads and the public. generally tends
to make lightning the largest single
contributing cause.
This statement represents a change
of view from that held less than dec
ade ago in this country, when forest
journals gravely argued whether light
ming caused forest fires. though it was
known that trees were the objects
most often struck Trees are said to
be oftenest struck simply because they
are SO numerous, and extending up
ward they shorten the distance be-
tween the ground and the clouds; fur
ther, their branches In the air and
roots we'll into the earth invite cleo
trical discharges.
While certain trees are said to in
vite lightning, and others to be inn
mune from stroke, 1t seems to be a
fact that any kind of tree will be
struck, and the most numerous tree
species in any locality is the one most
likely TO suffer.
Other things being equal, lightning
seeks the tallest tree, or an isolated
tree, or one on high ground. A deep
rooted tree is a better conductor than
a shallow rooted one, and a tree full
of sap, or wet with rain. is of course a
better conductor than a dry one.
Lightning sets fires by ignfting the
tree itself, particularly when it is
dead, or partly deeayed and punky, or
by igniting the dry humus or duff at
it's base. The forest soil. when dried
out ignites readily, because it is made
of partly decayed twigs and leaves,
and it can hold a smoldering fire for
a considerable period Il is probable
that most OF thef lightning-set fires
start in the duff.
In the mountains of southern Cali
fornia, Arizona, and New Mexico there
are likely to be each year number of
electrical disturbances known as dry
thunder storms" They come at the
end of the long dry season. and being
unaccompanied by rain. are very like
ly to start many serious fires. For
this reason the forest service has to
keep up it's maximum fire fighting
strength in those regions until the
rains are fully established. In the
plans and organization for fire fight
ing the service aims particularly to
catch these unpreventable lightning
set fires at the time they start.
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of plated maline about the neck ana
a little vest Of lace at the front
The waist, below the two buttons.
at the neck, opens in two small revers
faced with moire, and the lace fiiis In
the opening.
The skirt Is made with a tunic over
shaped fiounce that hangs longer Ia.
the back than in front A wreath OF
very small blossoms and a single
half blown rose with foliage provide
the hat with a bit of lively color
The black crepe de chine in the last
figure is another example of simple
lines in the dancing frock 1t is open
at the front over a scarf of net worn
surplice fashion. Bands OF tucked net
finish the sleeves. A collar of Irish
lace. unlike the majority of fashion
able collars. lies fiat to the dress &C
the back of the neck. Nearly all
collars, just now. are wired and stand
up and away from the bodice.
For evening dances gowns OF light
colored taffeta. crepes and satins. lace.
trimmed and finished with gauzsr
sashes and scarfs are worn by the.
dancers. But at the afternoon tea
quiet gowns like those pictured ara
appropriate and fashionable.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
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There is an interesting story back
of the figures which show Uncle Sam
increased activities in issuing patents.
When Commissioner Thomas Ewing
came into Office about year ago he
felt that long-delayed applications for
patents and the operation of time
consuming system of amending pat
ents were the principal abuses of the
American patent system. Many old
cases had been delayed by the appli-
cants for the patents for long time,
In some cases as long as fifteen years.
One reason for delaying applica-
tions is that on certain class OF
patents inventors believe there will
be greater demand for the article
in future years than there is at the
present time For this reason every
thing possible is done to protect their
idea after the application has been
once filed and to delay the date of
final issue of . the patent as long as
possible. The law allows one year in
which to make answer to various let
ters Commissioner Ewing found that
there was scientific system of de-
laying applications by certain patent
attorneys using the limit of time al
lowed to make answer to letters writ
ten about the patents for which they
had applied.
The number of applications for pat
ents delayed more than five years is
less than 5000. AS there are 125.000
applications in the patent office, 1t can
be seen that about four per cent of
the applications have been slowing up
the work of the office. The fact that
SO per cent OF the applications went
through the Office in less than five
years and that the average applica-
ton went through in less than two
wears convinced Commissioner Ewing
that most OF the delays were due to
time-consuming tactics of the applf-
cants. OF the 81 applications which
he found in the Office January which
were older than 15 years, he has al
ready reduced the number by Is, or
nearly 20 per cent.
Commissioner Ewing has not been
slow to let those patent attorneys
know that he does not like this dila-
tory and time-consuming system of
delaying applications for patents. His
expression of dfsapproval has had the
effect of speeding up dilatory appli.
cants who have tried to hold back
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES.

There are 219,910 employees in post
offices of the United States, according
to figures just compiled by the post
office department The compilation
of these figures Is in line with the
general inventory and stock-taking of
the department ordered by Postmas-
ter General Burleson some time ago.
These figures do not include depart
ment employees or those in the service
at large.
There are in all 5s,021 postmasters
-454 first-class, 1886 second-class,
36,053 third-class and 49.59S fourth
class.
There are 116,415 clerks and as
sistant postmasters, including 1886
clerks in first and second-class offices.
1852 assistant postmasters. 4,707
clerks in contract stations. 10000
clerks in third-class Offices and 62.-
900 clerks In fourth-class offices. In
addition there are 1854 watchmen.
messengers and laborers, and 45,474
city letter carriers.
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REPORT, |! on MNTs
@S
Official Docusnen SEloas lnyeI1.
Tors ncgsased 40
Uncle Sans Patent Office Is Prac
ticaliy the Only Branch of the
Government Which is Entire
iy Seif-sustaining..

Washing ngton-Nineteen fourteen will
be a banner year in the history OF
American invention if the business Of
the United States patent office con-
tinues at it's present rate of Increase
In a special report prepared for Pat
ent Commissioner Thomas Ewing the
other day much interesting informa-
ton is made public As is generally
known, the United States patent Of
flee is practically the only branch OF
the government which is entirely self
sustaining. it's income received from
patent and trade mark fees and sales
of printed copies of patents amount
ing each year to more than the total
expenditures for running the office.
The report made to Commissioners
Ewing showed that on the second
Thursday of April the office had total
receipts of more than $4,000, the
largest for any single day since the
government began to grant patents
in 1886 There have been days, OF
course-Mondays or on the day fol-
lowing holiday, when two days re-
ceipts were counted as one-when
this amount has been exceeded, but
business for Thursday. April 8,
reached the high record for single
days receipts. The report shows that
the patent office receipts for the first
three months of this year were nearly
$566,000, against less than $4,000
for last year. March business was
the largest of any OF the three months,
and the increase promises to continue
through the year II this proves to
be the case the total amount of cash
receipts for the year would be far in
excess of the record business for 1919,
when the total income was $2,1180 900.
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11

A BOUT the most durable and among
"A the most elegant of shapes made
for little girls, are hats of fine milan.
Great numbers of them haye been
made this season, trimmed in prac-
tical and attractive ways with plain
or figured ribbons, silk covered but
tons and rings. silk tassels, fiat braid
flowers and other novelties suited to
juvenile millinery.
Ribbon, as in former seasons, is
more in evidence on children's hats
than any other trimming. But, in q
time when the millinery Of grownups
is so universally flower trimmed, 1t
is natural that this vogue should be
reflected In hats for little people.
Therefore, on lacy. dressy hats for
midsummer wear one sees tiny
wreaths and little nosegays of the
best known flowers adorning chill
dren's hats. But on the heavier
straws, particularly on milan, the best
effects are wrought with ribbon trim
ming.
Three good shapes, pictured here,
are trimmed with plain messaline rib
bon. The methods of applying it are
worth studying because they are char
acteristic of children's millinery and
SO different from the elaborate bows
and ribbon on hats for grownups.
In the first picture the crown of
the shape is covered with figured
crepe, and a large buckle, cut from
buckram, is covered with the same
material. A sash of No 60 messaline
ribbon is folded about the crown. A
loop of the same ribbon, one hanging
end, and long knot, is fastened fat
m the shane under the covered
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
AFTER A SECOND SENATORIAL TERM

Fine, bluff Marcus Aurelius Smith,
senator from Arizona, has gone home
for a short session Of stirring up
things and Is making sure of second
senatorial term. He was given the
short term when Arizona placed her
star on the flag, but it was understood
that honorable Mark would eventually
benefit with a full term during the
period OF Democratic ascendency In
the new state-a state that owes more
to Mark Smith than any other single
citizen within her borders for his eff
forts as delegate to accomplish state
hood and make it possible to have
senators.
For some sixteen years Mark
Smith was delegate in congress from
Arizona without vote, but powerful
otherwise, especially when the bound.
less West was interested in legisla-
ton. In all the years of the Honor
able Mark in congress there was con-
fidence among his friends that he
would some day come back as senator.
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11

! buckle. Three small silk-coyered bnt-
tons are added, by way of finish. SCI
on the pointed loop.
In the center figure the ribbon -
put on in a sash about the crown WIFE
| fiat shirred rosette applied on the
| side crown The sash is caught to,
the hat at the right side with tiny
cluster of button roses. The center
OF the rosette is finished with stint
lar cluster and two pointed ends or
: ribbon extending from it to the edge
of the brim.
In the third picture a five-inch rfs~
(, bon Is shirred over fine wire on
each edge and a shining thread fs
run along the middle By means OF
| these shirrings ribbon fan is formed
/ Two lengths of ribbon one of which
! is knotted at intervals, are used for
/ encircling the crown. The unknotteti
! length is slipped through the knots
| in the other length and tied IN q
/ little bow below the shirred fan.
| Milan hats like these are not al
! all hard to trim, and the home mil
liner may manage them very success
| fully. The shapes are more expensive
/ than less durable straws, but by fol-
/ lowing the copy and trimming them
at home one may save the expens@t
of the milliner's work and bring ths@
price down to the allowance made,
The home milliner viii accomplish
better results by following a copy
than by trying to execute Independent
ideas. For children's hats are de-
signed by specialists, and even the
professional milliner is guided By
their work
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
"JUST PLAIN OLD INDIAN

By common report General Huer-
ia. Mexico's present dictator, is much
given to convivial pursuits. His
prowess with the cognac bottle Is
much lauded, but how much truth
there may be In this gossip is hard to
tell. One hears all sorts OF stories,
says an American close to the Mexl-
can dictator, but it is a serious ques-
ton whether his alleged devotion to
the bottle ever interferes seriously
with his mental processes or with
his work.
Save for his poor eyesight he
looks physically fit. Probably he Is
much more robust and active mental
Iy and bodily than the average Ameri-
can approaching sixty. Huerta is
nearly that age. He has led an out
door life. working hard, sleeping long
and eating simple food. Indeed, he
eats whatever is set before him and
seems to assimflate it. One who sat
near him recently at banquet mo-
ticed that every cover as It left his
He appeared to be as valiant with the
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
FEW FACTS ABOUT COLOMBIA
n W. fiebard, American Engineer.
Tells Of Conditions in Southern
Republic.

Washington r. w. Hebard, the
American engineer and railway build
er. is on his way TO Panama to begin
the construction OF the new govern
ment-owned road. Before leaving this
city, he told of his experiences In the
republic of Colombia, to which the
United States Is about to pay 25.000,-
900 in connection with the canal.
Il find much ignorance here in New
York" he said. .as to what really com
prises the republic of Colombia. have
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
NOT AFTER ANOTHER TERM

James Francis Burke, ever yigi-
liant, aggressive, industrious, also
debonair, startled his congressional
associates by announcing that he
would not ask another term this year.
The Hon. James Francis has had five
terms from the most populous Pitts
burgh district, which stood firmly Tor
the Republican faith in both distress
ing campaigns of 1910 and 1912.
The Burke way of handling things
in campaign years and between times
had much to do with keeping his
small, compact part of the Pennsylva-
MIA map loyal to the Republican party
and there may be some wonder that
young member so sure of return
should prepare to drop out. Burke ex-
plains 1t in these words:
Despite opportunities have posi-
lively refused TO again return to con-
gress. Ten years is enough for any
one unless he determines to make
politics the sole object of his career.
e time TO quit is when you are
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
AnTgDATEs THE GOVERNMENT

1t is 1873 years since BENJAMIN
Franklin became the first postmaster
general in America as representative
of the colonists. and the postal serv-
ice of the United States antedates the
government by just one year. The
first declaration of independence ever
made by the colonists was in the
establishment of postal service of
their own to evade the Crown post
masters. who spied upon the mails.
This service aided in bringing the col
onists together and raising the voice
of public opinion Though Benjamin
Franklin was postmaster general at
81 900 a year. Maryland editor named
Goddard. who printed the Maryland
Journal-Post. established a private
service a year before the colonists
took charge.
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
HOW HUDDLEsTON GOT THE JOB

81 heard you people wanted to
hire a congressman, SO have come
down to see il / can get The job.
He got It.
This Is how George Huddleston
applied for Oscar Underwood's job as
congressman from the Ninth Alabama
district, and the manner OF application
and the results are characteristic or
Huddleston He is as unlike Under
wood as gatling gun is unlike silk
hat
Underwood is a large man physi-
cally. temperamentally reserved.
suave and polished of manner. and
rather distinguished in appearance.
Huddleston is little, frail-look-
ing man, without social gloss. and
utterly lacking In the physical char
acteristics that are supposed to adorn
those of his aggressive, lighting tenn
perament
When Underwood wants anything
be proceeds cautiously. pulling wire
here and there; string there. event
..a9lx landing what ha started out To
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
10 the BustIe Coming?

VIII the hustle return This is
favorite question when fashions are
discussed. The punched draperies at
the back OF some skirts, and the wired
sash ends and loops on other gowns
suggest that the hustle OF the eighties
is In the mind OF the costume designer
But these little fashions In adornment
are only variation of the old idea.
and We will not, it is expected be
asked to accept such barbarities as
actual bustles. To eyes acustome
to the present.day straght lines
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
aTerror Beast, Is Collie poa.

Chicago "A terror beast" which
for three days spread terror in the
hearts of Englewood residents and
resulted in police reserves and z
posse OF citizens getting out on its
trail. was found to be only home
less collie dog which MAS lonesome.
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trench az
a which Huerta Is fond IN
He Wanted that humble
which fashionable Jockey
haveg go
old Indian
drink with
4 hough me as
The Tockey club hosts eb didn't
the
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ambitious Democrats
duties
While
he
in
confden o the
told things
along in the
Arizona inclined Democratic
Smith
tstehoo
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should not one ask Miss Smith to
bring In the coffee. just as at the Of
fce Miss Jones is told to ring up
0000 Central? But 1t Is precisely on
these points that the housewife shows
her womanliness towards women
Why?
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11
Housewives and Servants.

You may recall Robert Louis Stev-
enson's dictum on the subject now
that the servant question is once
more to the fore. He declared that
the worst features of the British mid
die class are its fear of death and
the way its women treat their do-
mestic servants. To man, says the
London Chronicle. 1t Is matter of
no Importance whether the cook wears
cap or not. and he can SYM
pathize with the housemaid being
Eliza'd or Jane'd BY every conner Why
The sea coast echo., 1914-07-11

in
campaign this
.e for the hono
II district"
who have long
preference the election of
Republic lean
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like the job So he has
alive the bacon
he
xheree
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remarkable curves affected then,
would appear quite grotesque.
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Her Engagement.

Excuse me. can speak to your
typewriter a moment?
You cannot. She is engaged.
That's all right I'm the fellow
she's engaged Coyote
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Circumstances Alter Cases.
BRADSHAW thought they wers
violently opposed to thesmotor car -.
Mrs. Crabsllaw Oh. that WAS befor.
hey could afford one.--Judge