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Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-17

far. That's the answer; they were
picked up, stole boat, and piled it
UP on the reef"
And there's no hope-!"
"Only Of the fog relenting. If we
could make the mainland and get
help :"
His accents died away into dlscon-
ISOLATE silence that was unbroken for
upwards of an hour.
So slowly the current bore the life
boat toward the beach and so still
the tide that Barcus never appreciated
they were within touch Of any land
until the bows grounded with slight
Jar and a grating sound.
With cry Of incredulity he leaped
to his feet - Land, by all that's
ilucky!"-and STOPPING, lent hand to
the girl, aiding her to rise.
Hardly had Rose had time to COM
prehend what had happened, when
Barcus was over the side and wres-
Ting with the bows, dragging the boat
farther upon the shoals.
She was. however, more than one
man could manage; and when her
stem had bitten little more deeply
into the sands, Barcus gave over the
attempt and, lifting Rose down, set
her on dry land, then climbed back into
the vessel, rummaged out her anchor
and cable, and carried them ashore,
planting the former well up towards
the foot of the cliff.
And as he rose from this last labor
he was half blinded by the glare Of the
westering sun as it broke through the
fog.
In less than five minutes the miracu-
lous commonplace was an acom-
plished fact; the wind had rolled the
fog back like scroll and sent it spin
ming far out to sea, while the shore
on which the two had landed was
deluged with sunlight, bright and
beautifully warm.
He showed thoughtful and consid-
crate countenance to the girl.
You're about all in?"
She nodded confirmation Of this,
which was no more than simple truth.
"Where are wei" she added.
He made her party to his own per-
plexity.
You're not able to travel" he pur-
sued. do you mind being left alone
while take a turn up the beach and
have look round? We can't be far
from some sort Of civilization; even
II it's an island there are no desert
isles along this coast. I'll find some
thing soon enough, no fear"
BY tacit consent both avoided mem
tion Of Alan, but each knew what
thought was uppermost in the others
mind.
There's q niche among the rocks
up here" Barcus indicated, "almost a
cave. You'll be warm and dry enough,
and secure from observation overhead.
Maybe you can even snatch q few
winks Of sleep. !"
She negatived that suggestion with
a weary smile; no sleep for her until
sheer exhaustion overpowered her, or
she knew of Alan's fate.
And 80. reiteratIng HIS promise to
be gone no longer than absolutely
might be needful, he left her there.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-17
PLENTY OF WATER

London, Dec 17.-Petrograd's water
supply, which yesterday was reported
to have been cut off. owing to the
blocking of the Neva river conduits
by ice, has been restored, according
to telegram from the Russian capi-
tai to HutgeTs Telegram company.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-17

Lame back may come from over
work. cold settled In the muscles Of
the back, or from disease. In the two
former cases the right remedy is
BALLARD's SNOW LTN1MENT. It
should be rubbed in thoroughly over
the affected part, the relief will be
prompt and satisfactory. Price 25c,
soc and s1.O0 per bottle. Sold by
Central Drug Co.Adv.
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an Inch.
deft bitches of rope and a stanch
knot. made fast in that position-sub-
merged to his chest.
This accomplished, the men turned
attention to Rose, lashing her in SINH
lar wise at Barcus side.
Standing just above the water-line,
with every sign Of complete calm and
sanity other than that ominous flicker
ing in her eyes, Judith superintended
the business till its conclusion, then
waved the men away.
Quietly, like well-trained servants,
they turned their backs and marched
off
And again, after q brief wait, the
woman laughed her short and mirth-
less laugh.
"The tide will he high" she said,
precisely at sunset. You may time
your lives by that. When the sun dips
into the sea, then will your lives so
down with It"
She turned on her heel and strobe
swiftly away, with not SO much as a
backward glance. overlook her men,
and passed quickly from sight around
the farther point Of rocks.
For some time Barcus struggled
galnIy with mis- ponds. AS Tor Rose,
she wasted no strength in struggling
perhaps had none to waste. When he
looked her way he saw her exquisite
profile unmarried by any line Of fear or
doubt, sharply relieved against the
darkness Of the rising food. Her level
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-17
LOCAL TIME CARD
CAST souns
aest EOr KIdneYs-saxs poctcr

DIR. ]. r. r. Neal. Greenvflle, So
Carr nSya thaxgin his 30 years of eS
lperience he has found no preparation
for the Kidneys equal to Foley kidney
Pills. In soc and $1.00 sizes. Best yon
can buy for backache, rheumatism,
kidney and bladder ailments 0. G.
schaefer and Red Cross Drug Store
ADV.
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KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF sECUR-
ITY. COUNCIL NO. 2ssO-Meets in
w. o. w hall. Sixth street, on the
first and third Mondays Of each
month at p. IN. Visiting brothers
and Ladies' always welcome o. L.
Freeman, President; Miss Cora Mont
ague. Financier, Mrs. A. v. Morrow,
Local Deputy, sOS Jackson avenue; q.
w. Montague Assistant Deputy, 1O11
Sixth street, East Las Vegas, N. NJ
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-17
(To be continued)

ITS an insane idea not to recog-
nize labor unions" said John Wana-
maker before the synited States com-
mission on industrial relations,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
ONE BOYS BRILLIANT IDEA
Y~ounester Told His Father to Try
Scissors and So Invented Reap
Ing Machines.

In 1880 Obed Hussey of Ohio was in;
venting a reaping machine, the first
ever designed in this country.
His chief difficulty was the cutting
device, which was three large sickles,
set in a frame and revolved so as to
cut into the grain. 1t would not work
satisfactorily.
A young son, watching the expert
ment, asked his father why he did not
use a lot of big scissors, with one
handle fastened to one bar, and the
other handle to a sliding bar, thus
opening and closing them.
Hussey instantly adopted the idea,
substituting for scissors the two saw
toothed blades which are in common
use today on harvesters, the cutting
action being quite similar to that of
scissors.
From the boys suggestion he per-
fected in M week a machine on
which he had in vain exercised all
his ingenuity for the preceding two
years.
The principle Of the cutting device
is the principle of all Of the great har-
vesting machines, and it's benefit to
the farming industry Of the entire
world has been unsurpassed by any
other invention for use on the farm
Saint Nicholas.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
San ErancIsco,s Founder.

The two hundredth anniversary OF
the birth of Father Francis j. Sierra,
the founder of San Francisco, will be
celebrated in that city and by many
Catholic. societies throughout the ma
ton on November "a. Father Sierra,
a Franciscan, was born in the Span
ish island of Majorca, in the Medi-
terranean, November "a, 1913. He first
went to Mexico, and reached the pal
ace of the Montezumas on New Years
day, 1850. His first labors were among
the Indians Of the Sierra Gorda. He
vas afterward superior of a band of
priests in Lower California. He &C.
companied the military expedition of
Galvez into what is now the state of
California, and established the first
mission at San Diego. At the time
the Declaration of Independence
was being drafted in Philadelphia,
Father Sierra and the three priests &C.
companying him were, on June z,
1776, founding a mission three thou
sand miles away on the present site
Of San Francisco, which was named
by them in honor of their order. He
died on the 29th of August, 1884. at
the age Of sev~enty-one.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

go who expected to be the boss some
day. He'd go home at night and sleep,
and he'd save a little money. But
soon the bug would start working on
him. The first symptom would show
in his buying a cane and discovering
Broadway. The next downward step
would be learning to eat spaghetti in
Italian restaurants. After that the
rest was simple. The young man
would go home in the evening. but
only to change his collar and get his
stick. Sometimes he would eat and
sometimes he wouldn't. But no mat
ter, when you'd see him uptown at
night under the lights you had to ad-
NIT that he looked like a typical New
Yorker, and hat was what the young
mans soul craved. After that he'd go
home and feel that the day had not
been misspent.
by this time If you ever asked him
If he hadn't come from Oskaloosa, or
Chicago, or some other American city
he'd be ready to fight. He was a New
Yorker by this time, and if he got as
far as Coney Island he thought he was
travelling. And with this we close the
book on a young but misspent life.
For nobody ever recovered after the
bug had done its work. They were
sealed to Manhattan island then. They
would rather live there thirty minutes
than n other place thirty years;
they said so themselves. That was
why the park benches always were so
full.
What became of them all? Nobody
knew-or cared. New York was the
first city in this country to discover
that it could do away with its heart
and soul. People used to talk about
the heart of New York 1t had none.
Other cities tried to initiate it in this,
but they looked like nice little school
children playing robbers. If a person
had money all Of New York knew
where he was. You bet 1t did; it need
ed him in its business. If he had no
! money, nobody except perhaps the po-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

There was a place called Concy
island, too, wasn't there?" said the SUI
p~erintendent.
Yes Coney island was the most
crowded spot on the globe in summer
time. On a Sunday 1t was packed
tighter than Manhattan island. The
New Workers. idea of a change of
seem was to get out of one crowd into
a bigger one. When he was jammed
in so tight that his lungs couldn't work
he was happy. The straight front cor
set was invented in New York at this
time for obvious reasons"
"The people coming into New York
from the rest of the country must
have felt strangely out of place.
mused the superintendent
They did" said the captain, IF
they came from the United States.
The visitor from Kalamazoo would try
to get chummy with his neighbor in
the theater. kalamazoo the neigh
Dor would say. It's in Africa, isn't it?'
No, Michigan oh, yes, Michigan.
That's one Of the western states,
what?' The best part of 1t was that
the other fellow has Just got in from
Muncie Ind, the day before. But
suppose you came from London-Ohl
deah chap, then you we're at home, re-
ally. New York always felt ashamed
Of the fact that it was located so near
to America. English styles used to
come out there before they did in
London. When the president of the
United States paid the town a visit
they sent a traffic policeman to the
depot to see that his taxi-cab didn't
break any speed laws. When any
member Of EngliHh royalty deigned to
come over the mounted police were
swept away like chaff by the surge
of freedom New Workers rushing for
ward to get in the moving picture of
Crowds Waiting Arrival of Duke of
Con-Naught' If the royal machine
would hit a citizen the man would
die happy. Such was the patriotism
of that great city at that time"
Didn't they ever go out and see the
rest of the country?" said the superin-
tendent.
only when they had to. The only
time they enjoyed themselves then
was when they stepped up and regis
tered from New York city. The rest of
the time they were wishing they were
back in the crowd"
The superintendent stared musingly
down into the silent space below.
There must have been something
about the town, after all, to make such
a strong attraction" said he.
There was" said Captain Mac
Manus. About five million people"
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
NEW YORK BEFORE 1T WAS DE.
MAGNETIZED

Beneath the big receiving float Of
the F. G.. & A. Aerial line twinkled the
scattered night lights of New York
city-the new New York, the New
York of 1862. Capt. Martin MacManus,
master Alligator, retired, and the
young float superintendent pulled lux
uriously at their midnight cigars and
gazed down into the vast silence.
Hundreds Of tiny air craft, their
single white turret lights marking them
as private, streamed to and fro along
the passenger lanes. The traffic lanes
were empty, save for the inevitable
numbering newspaper carriers bearing
the hours papers to the express floats
at the lower end Of the island.
No hum of crowded humanity came
upward through the night to the float,
for the humanity that once had packed
Manhattan island now was scattered
v e the new 200 mile Metropolitan
area, a feat that had been made pos
sible by Durang's mastery of the law
of gravitation and the consequent de-
velopment of cheap, safe and swift
aerial transportation.
And they tell me-" said the super
%intendent musingly, that ono upon a
time that island was crowded so tight
ly that people were pushed off the
piers"
Aye" said Captain MacManus. I'm
the days of my youth, the year of 1912
and Whereabouts, such was the case"
But why" persisted the younger
man, why did the people swarm SO to
that little island when there was the
whole open country all around?"
Because" said MacManus, 1T was
New York.
New York, my boy" continued the
veteran, New York was-New York.
If you had lived in that time you
would have understood what that
meant. Now that people have stopped
Initiating sheep and moths, 1t is hard
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

to explain. New York was a sort OF
hpynotic-magnet that mesmerized all
the young people and lots Of the old
ones in this country and put into their
heads the delusion that they had to
go to New York to live Can you i'm
agine such a thing, Charley? Thou
sands and millions of people laboring
under the delusion that they had to
live in n certain place to be happy
and that place New York ethyl"
II give it up" said the superintend-
ent. What was the matter with
,them?"
They were afflicted with the New
York bug" replied MacManus. THE
place had them hypnotized, as l say, no
matter how far away they might live.
1t didn't make any difference who or
what or why they were, at some time
or other the bug was sure to strike
them, and they began to look up time
tables to Manhattan island. Milliners,
artists and anarchists, writer's or
Mattresses, they were all alike. 1t was
New York or bust with them all. The
AdSt bhaN TIC PAaNO allNhhJ was PdNhS0
tighter than a dynamo made no differ
ence. Always room for one more
they said. There was, too, If they had
the price, but the room was apt to be
at the end Of a hall, and 6 by 8 in
size.
did that discourage them, you ask?
1t did not. You see, after anybody had
lived in New York over two weeks in
those days they developed what was
known among our forefathers as the
New York point OF view. 1t was a
strange thing, that point OF view. 1t
made a man talk of his little cubby-
hole IN the fifth floor Of a tenement as
my apartments It made him put up
a front, as near to a milhonaire's as
he could initiate, and he'd live on pork
and beans. In other words, the New
York point OF view was calculated to
make everybody and everything look
like money, and that was all anybody
ever looked for there at that time.
"A young man would come from the
binterland to New York and get a job,
and for the FIRST few weeks he'd go
along his way as a young man should
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Whales Being Wiped Out.

The fact that the whale is disap'
pearing is pointed out by Ed Perrier.
head of the Paris natural history mu'
scum. Several species will probably
soon be lost IN account of the very
active hunting being carried on at
present. No less than thirty Norweg-
ian companies are engaged in this
work of the western coast OF Africa,
and on the eastern coast nj the Mo
sambiaue region. The danger is as
great from English enterprises. This
account of the future extinction of the
while led the academy to pass resolu-
tons recommending the interest OF
the government in the matter and
calling for an international commits
sion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
GREATER THAN THE MACHINE
Worlds Most Lasting TrIumphs Have
Been Those Achieved by the
Individual.

Who is the great leader, the man
who can inspire his fellows with a
splendid idea and move them to vast
efforts and sacrifices for a cause, or
the manager who apportions men
their Jobs and makes them work?
A considerable school OF ultramod-
ernists would decide in favor of the
manager. They want human affairs
reduced to mechanical formulate, with
a master engineer in control OF the
levers. Socialists. new nationalists"
and tariff lobbyists differ on many
points; but they agree In devotion to
the machine. All regard human be-
ings as units to be bossed. bullied,
petted. taxed or directed; never as in
dividuals who a be reused to work
out their own salvation.
II would seem that tho burden Of
proof rests on the champion Of this
mechanical theory. History gives II
small encouragement. The great
eeochs OF the past are those In which
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

liceman on night duty in the parks
knew that he existed. So long as
ones money lasted a fellow was fol-
lowed by a procession usually headed
by a prosperous looking young woman,
then, In order, a head waiter, a chauf-
feur, a bartender and a crowd Of
friends After his money was gone
the procession consisted of n past.
The order of Friends was strong in New
York in that era; you couldn't get
away from them-if you looked like
you bad the gelt. But if you failed TO
make a spectacular front: Goodnight!
Who ever saw you before?' You didn't
have to have any money, understand;
o only had to look like it. A typical
New Yorker who was good at the job
could look like a millionaire and owe
for laundry at the same time. You
have heard of New York art, Charley?
Well, that was It; New Workers. were
all artists in that line.
Two kinds of people came to that
city in those days: people who wanted
to make money and people who want
ed to spend 1t. 1t was the first kind
that kept the place crowded like a
present-day cut rate Greenland sum-
mer excursion, but 1t was the second
crowd that paid for the lights. The
lights were most of them down there,
Charley, under that long passenger
lane you see below you. They called
It Broadway, because 1t had nothing
to do with the straight and narrow
path. Now we have lights guide us
around the heavens, but there was
nothing like that in old New York.
Then they had them to trim the spend
ers by.
I've heard Of that place they used
to call Broadway" said the superin-
tendent. Lillian Russell sings a song
about it at the 2. & T. Aerial theater.'
Il know" said the captain, "and she
was Just as beautiful and youthful
then rs she is now. She was one OF
the things that helped make New York
the hypnotic-magnet It was. Every
lrRndrS S in the country said to her
self at night; Lily Russell went Ia
New York, and look at her now. VIII
can't 90 and do the same?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
ON STANLEY POOL

goat, but the other men would not
have it. ], however, reloaded, and as
it was too dark to see, advanced slow
ly to the goat.
On coming up to It we found it in its
last death struggle, the panther having
seized it by the neck as it rushed past.
AS l was leaving the next day, / was
unable to sit up again for the panther,
but the next year when l was at the
same place l was told the panther
was still there, so / again sat in the
same place, when the panther anne
early, and a right and left from a IL
smooth bore loaded with Lyons Itheal
bullets enabled me to add his skin to
my trophies.
A second curious experience with a
panther was within a couple of hun
dred yards of the place where the last
panther was killed. Here the posi-
ton was on the ground, but ! took
the %precaution of having a screen all
round. This time, too, a goat had not
been tied up the previous night, so l
had not much hope of the panther
coming before dark. However, l took
up my position with the shikari early
in the afternoon. At about 4 p. m. the
shikari, who was on my left. touched
me.
Fol some time / could see nothing,
but the shikari, with his ayes. showed
me that there was something to his
left and close to him. | then through
the screen made out a panther lying
full length close up against the screen
intently watching the goat, which had
not seen him.
/ did not know what the feelings of
the shikari were, but I expected him
to cough at any minute, as ! myself
felt a most extraordinary inclination
to do so. a feeling which invariably
comes over one while waiting for a
shot with nerves atIhsh tension.
Luckily, both of us managed to keep
quiet, and the panther, after making a
prolonged survey Of his surroundings,
rushed upon the goat, but to my In
tense annoyance, the rope by which
the goat was tied snapped, and the
panther, carrying the goat, bounded
right up against the front of my
screen. Luckily the screen held. The
panther was as startled as we were,
and dropped the goat.
However, we did not hear him make
off, so the shikari quietly raised him
self to look over the screen, when.
with another rush, the panther seized
the goat and bounded across the mar
row clearing with 1t. AS he did so l
fired with the 500 cordite, and stimuli
taneously the goat was dropped in his
tracks. / thought had hit him badly,
but I found afterward no sign OF q
hit, and with disgust l had to write
missed badly" in my diary that eve
ming.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
WIN penounoe FAKE cu-,ea.

AS a special feature of the Tubercu-
losls day campaign, December Z, the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis will urge
clergymen in all parts of the United
States to denounce fake consumption
cures from their pulpits.
Millions of dollars are spent by
church members and others ON value
less remedies of this character, &C
cording to the associations records.
Literature showing in detail the meth
DDS of fake cure vendors will be sent
on request to any clergymen by the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis. los
East Twenty-second street. New York
city.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Predicts Another Flood.

Segundo Sanchez, a native OF Pan
anna, is prophesying another Noachian
Good aid the destruction OF humanity
by it, having apparently been un-
hinged by the magnitude of the opera,
tions which Joined the Atlaatic and
the Pacific. He has, it is reported.
produced such an impression by his
e~xhortations that his followers have
built an ark and are engaged in col
lecting animals. two by two for
preservation when the deluge comes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

A southern negro put up a sign IN
his place, For Sail" He ives ridicuied.
and changed 1t to SELL" and finally
tried a third time, his sign reading
Sail" 1t had not been up an hour
when an old colored man came along
and queried: Does you mean dat dis
place am fur Sally? What yer gwine
to Civ de place to Sally fur?" Am
you nndin' fault wild dat sign?" asked
the other. We'll. ! doan' quite cotch
on TO be spellin.." "Yol doan. Ell? Has
you got seben hundred dollahs to pay
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
General sherman on MAJ

Il confess. without shame, that I am
tired and sick Of war. Its glory is all
m~oonshine. Even success the most
brilliant is over dead and mangied
bodies, the anguish and lamentations
of distant families appealing to me tor
missing sons, husbands and fathers.
It ia only those who have not heard a
shot nor heard the shrieis and groans
OF the wounded and ~lacerated that cry
aloud for more blood. more vengeance,
more observation-disclosures Sherman.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

There are a great many talented
women In this world who could win
fame and fortune If they would adopt
a career"
mo doubt. but what does 1t profit a
woman to win fame and fortune II
some day she is referred to as a
prominent spinsterT"