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list AS INVITING AS THEY WERE
FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

In three or four days from New
York one meets perpetual summer IN
the Bahamas. A great number OF ISL
ands, green and level and fertile, m
wife one in different directions, as they
did Columbus.
Those intending to make the trip for
the first time should remember that
the natives OF 1914 are still kindly dis
posed to the white man, but have out
grown their first love for green beads,
with which Columbus, in his gentle
and sage way, impressed their fore
fathers so favorably.
When they bring you fruits and
roots and the pure water of their
springs as you sit in~the capaeious dim
ing room Of hotel rivalling the best
in the neutral zone they win expect
their percentage OF whatever. pfennigs
your bill comes to. This is one Of the
little things that we have taught them,
and the smile one gets in return IS
ample payment anyway.
The fruits and spices Of the Ba-
hamas are very numerous, the fruits
equalling any in the world In that re-
spect there has been no change from
that other autumn, 422 years ago on
October -. when Columbus thought ne
was nearing land. That il was fruitful.
says Washington Irving, was evident
from the vegetables which foated from
its shores.
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DEATH TO PRAIRIE DOGS.

correspondent in South Dakota
writes that in his part of the country
the automobile has been found great
success rs a prairie dog exterminator.
A piece of hose slipped on to the ex-
kaust conducts the gases into the dog
Role for few minutes, when the hole
IS covered with earth. That is enough
Tor the dog. OF course, some automo-
hlles are more efficient in this sort of
work than others, and the machine
with an exhaust that will kill dog
might find favor in some other parts of
the country as well as on the prairies,
but manufacturers are not likely to Law
much stress on this feature 90 their
machines.-Scientii American.
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purple patches. Inshore the prevailing
effects will be pale blue and green, but
no one can guarantee that the delicate
shadings will remain fixed. They never
are.
But the waters inshore at Bermuda
vary with the sunlight as II plays
through the feeting clouds above, and
the opaiescent effects come and go
with surprising frequency, for which
absolutely no charge is made by the
management. ..
Forty-eight hours after making your
way through the storm 70 the steam
ship in New York you will pinch your
self TO see if you are not dreaming.
You will be where there are no rail-
roads. A ban has been put on the
motor car. Horses and bicycles-yes.
But you will prefer to walk.
With the exception of 81. Davld's,
across the harbor from st. Georges,
all the principal islands are connected
by bridges. One can live very happily
without seeing ferryboat, and one
does not even think OF ferryboat in
Bermuda No trains to catch, no fog
horns. Just a hundred miles of superb
roads. all laid on solid rock, with
smooth. compact surfaces.
On the road
II has never been better told than
by Mark Train.
"The country roads curve and wind
hither and thither in the delightfulest
way, unfolding pretty surprises at every
turn bllowy masses of oleander float
out from behind distant projections
like the pink cloudbanks Of sunsets:
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mother, and. in fact, the whole family,
enjoying these lectures.
In 1888 a bill entitled "an act to
provide for lectures for working men
and working women" was passed by
the Legislature and approved by the
Governor, and the free lecture system
was instituted. At that time the school
house was treated. not as a house OF
all the people, but as the property of
the school trustee. 10 be carefully
guarded and used only portion of the
time solely for the instruction of chill
dren, its apparatus, its furniture, its
equipment were all constructed with
that end in view. Permission to enter
the schoolhouse was occasionally
granted as an act of benevolence, after
gracious petition. Now many of the
schoolhouses of the city are opened
day and night all the year round for
all good purposes that bear upon. city
civic and social life; their portals are
entered not alone by children, but they
are visited by the youth and utilized
by the old-the place where instruc-
tion is impaired, where recreation is
given, where political discussions are
engaged in, and at times where even
political meetings are held. Now the
schoolhouse is recognized as the peo-
Pies house, and the wise trustees of
the schoolhouse are now the sympa-
thetic servants of the people.
The public lecture system has been
the pioneer in this city in pushing the
frontier line of democratic education
forward, thus illustrating the posi-
bilities Of the sehoolhouse as the sig
nal contribution of American life and
of American opportunity. The primary
duty of the schoolhouse must ever be
the education of the young, but in a
democratic community, whose perpe-
tuity rests on the intelligence of its
electorate. il is of supreme importance
that instruction should not be confined
to those of school age, but that this
electorate, having in its hands the de-
cision of most momentous questions,
should also be constantly subjected to
educational processes.
The scope Of subject matter covered
by these public lectures has grown
with this broadening idea Of the use OF
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the schoolhouse. At first the public
lectures were chiefly of the entertain
ing variety. DIR. Leipziger based his
efforts during the early years OF their
establishment upon the sound psyche
logical principle that the path TO learn
ing must be one OF interest. Gradually.
as greater and greater numbers of
eager listeners became regular attend
ants at them, DR.. Leipziger began to
introduce courses of lectures, attend
ance at which required collateral and
explanatory reading.
Such great progress has been made in
this direction that last year many
courses of lectures were highly in
structive. Special mention may be
made of the courses on Municipal De-
partments" by leading city officials. on
"City Planning" by leading experts in
municipal affairs, on, "The Peopje's
Courts" by judges and others connected
with the courts; on Educational Top
les" BY college presidents and other
prominent educators, on Thrift" given
in cooperation with the savings bank
section of the American Bankers As
ISOLATION; courses of thirty lectures
each on the following topics: On
Economies" by various professors of
economies, on principles and Practice
of Electrical Engineering" BY w. Wal
lace Ker, on Development of Fiction"
by Professor Charles f. Horne, and by
Professor William B. Guthrie on
American History"
Cooperation with the Germanic
Society Of America was continued, and
lectures were given by visiting pro-
fessors from Europe who had come TO
lecture. at the universities of the
United States.
Lectures were delivered in. '172 lect-
ure centres throughout the city, 40
lecturers speaking on l,779 different
topics before $3.50 audiences. The to-
tai attendance was l,l38,702, an ay-
erage of 2ll 4 lecture. This attend
ance. almost entirely OF adults, was an
increase over the preceding year Of
1882. being the largest increase made
in any one year. DR.. Leipziger expects
that the attendance for the season Of
1914 will be at least 100000.
During the last week sixty lectures
on the Prevention OF tuberculosis"
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were given, in cooperation with the
Department of Health.
The American Museum of Natural
History is crowded twice weekly with
an attendance of more than 200 per-
sons. In the congested Jewish district
in Brooklyn more than 1000 attend
the lectures on Friday and Sunday
nights at Public School lat. In 10
different sections of the city the neigh
borhood feeling is developed through
these gatherings in the schoolhouses.
There are now in actual operation
three reading clubs, which meet on a
night distinct from the lectures and
discuss the topics OF the lectures of
the week. II is hoped that this read
ing club idea will extend throughout
the city. Wherever possible, an open
forum is conducted after the lecture
Discussions last in many cases over
an hour after the conclusion OF the
lecture
President Wilson was one OF the
speakers who took part in the work
some years ago. He refers to his ex-
perience in the following words in his
article on "The Parliament of Man." in
his book, 1.-The New Freedom:
'One OF the VaiuaDle ieSSOAS OF III.
life was due TO the fact that at a COM
paratively early age in my experience
as a public speaker | had the privilege
of speaking in Cooper Union, in New
York. | want to tell you this.
that in the questions that were asked
there after the speech was over, the
most penetrating questions that | have
ever had addressed to me came from
some of the men who were the least
we'll dressed in the audience, came from
the plain fellows, came from the fell
lows whose muscle was daily up against
the whole struggle of life. They asked
questions which went to the heart OF
the business and put me to my mettle
to answer them"
The public lecture system Of New
York City has been in operation now
for more than a quarter of a century.
II can truly claim the distinction of
being the pioneer in a movement be-
coming popular for the wider use of
the schoolhouse as social centre, but
other cities throughout the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
TOUGH FOR THE CLIENT.

The judge was a kindly old fellow,
and the young barrister was nervous.
MY unfortunate client he be-
gan, in a quaking voice and a dry
throat, then stopped.
Fumbling among his papers with q
trembling hand, he began again.
any unfortunate client But it
his throat dried up.
Desparingly hopping his brow with
handkerchief, he made another at
tempt.
"My unfortunate CLIENT But i
was no good.
The judge, smiling down at him in a
kindly way, said:
you may proceed with your state
ment, Mr.. Blank. The court, so far. is
in entire agreement with you!"-Louis-
vile Herald.
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Whenever il rains all traces Of the
downpour vanish quickly. You have
difficulty in getting your boots muddy
for the simple reason that the porous
soil soaks up the water almost as rap
idly as it falls. Then the sun breaks
through and completes the work.
When our streets are lined with
frozen barbados of snow, upon which
the old-fashioned equipment of our
Street Cleaning Department is once
again making no impression, 80 that
people are again using them as an ex-
cuse for being late to dinner. other
travellers will be booked for the Ba-
hamas.
In the patter of the present, Column
bus said something when he declared
10 Ferdinand and Isabella. concerning
his latest discovery, the Bahama ISL
ands:
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sion. Nowhere is there dirt or stencil,
puddle or hog-wallow, neglect, disorder
or lack of trimness and neatness. The
roads, the streets, the dwellings, the
people. the clothes-this neatness ex-
tends to everything that falls under the
eve. 1t is the tidiest country in the
world. And very much the tidiest,
too"
II is surprising what a difference a
few hours make. Bermuda lies seven
hundred miles southeast of New York,
in the latitude of Charleston, and less
than forty-eight hours from AID st.
But the Bermuda planter digs his
first crop of potatoes in December. 1t
is really quite necessary TO give the
geographical position Of the Bermuda
Islands, because many people think
them to be a part of the West Indies.
The thousands who have visited them
look back upon the experience with
wistful eyes. The trip is not an ex-
pensive one, and as soon as possible
they repeat. There is fascination in
roaming about among flowers and white
houses on the top of a submarine
mountain some $4,000 feet high, form
ing the most northerly coral reef in
the world. '.
ONLY TWENTY SQUARE MILES IN
$50 ISLANDS.
A man who makes his own travels
in preference to buying them ready
made. and has retained the Bermudas
III his itinerary over a period of twenty
years, said that after seeing Bermuda
from an eminence for the first time he
could scarcely believe that there are
only twenty square miles of land in the
350-odd islands and rocks composing
the group.
1t was also a surprise to him to
learn that there are 10000 permanent
residents, and that oniy half dozen
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widest spot is but three miles, and
there are few places from which a
glimpse of the ocean IS hidden.
Those who will see Bermuda for the
first time this winter will vibrate in a
new way as the ship skirts the reef
barrier and enters the channel off st.
David's Head, at the eastern end of
the Islands. The shore will be there,
but you will not look at the shore at
first.
You will be ecstaticslly commenting
about the water. The Hudson has its
tints, and they are charming. as no
body will deny. The most incorrigible
press agent would hesitate, however,
to claim that the waters Of the Hudson
are clear.
Ant there you have i.
The water that you will be gazing
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at sunset they had stood again 10
the west" continues Irving, "and were
ploughing the waves at a rapid rate.
the Pinta keeping the lead, from Der
superior sailing.
"The greatest animation prevailed
throughout the ships; not an eye was
closed that night. As the evening
darkened, Columbus took his station
on the top of the castle or cabin on
the high poop of his vessel, ranging his
eve along the dusky horizon and main
tanning an intense and unremit,ing
watch.
about 10 o'clock he thought he be.
held a light glimmering at a great
distance. Fearing his eager hopes
might deceive him, he called TO Pedro
Gutierrez, gentleman OF the Kings bed
chamber, and inquired whether he saw
such a light: the latter replied in the
affirmative. They saw IL once
or twice afterwards in sudden and pass
ing CLEANS, as if it were a torch in
the bark of a fisherman, rising and
sinking with the waves, or in the hand
of some person on shore, borne up and
down as he walked from house to
house.
"The thoughts and feelings Of Co.
lumbus in this little space OF time must
have been tumultuous and intense. At
length, in spite of every difficulty and
danger, he had accomplished his object
The great mystery of the ocean was re-
vealed; his theory, which had been the
scoff of sages, was triumphsntly estsb-
lished; he had secured 10 himself
glory durable as the world itself"
As our de luxe tenderfoot travellers
plough their way through the south
during the next four months, the whole
region of the Caribbean Sea will SAVIOR
of enchantment. Here romance began
in America, thriyed for hundreds Of
years and left its interesting marks
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VERY few Of Us are considering
" a pleasure trip TO Europe this
wear. There is marvellous
slump in demand for the suitcase tags
of the European hotels this season In
other days the blue tags and the PINK
tags were popular, because they might
be picked up by the sauntering travel
Ter at Egypt, Paris. the Rhine or at
some romantic Russian resort.
The English have kept garrison IN
the Bermuda islands for several gen
erations. Not the least attraction now
.dsvs is a consciousness of safety
And then there are other perfectly
eood reasons why large number OF
neople will choose the coral ISLANDS
in preference TO the Thames or even
the Nile this year.
Kipling says: 'To me- as 10 others
. fried fish shop can speak mulutudi-
,ouslv for all the East from Cairo 70
Singapore. Have you noticed th@'
,,hersver a few travellers gather TO-
ss,bsr one OF the other is sure to say
DO YOU remember the smell at soeh
aud such a placer Then he may go on
20 speak of camel-pure eamei-one
v,bis of which is all Arabia, or OF the
smell of rotten eggs at Hilton on the
runhrstes or of the OdOr Of drying
fish in Burmah. -.
81 suggest, subject to correction that
there are only two elementary smells
Of universal appeal-the smell OIL Ourn-
inc fuel and the smell of burning
crease; the smell, that is, OF what man
eooks his food over and what he COOKS
l.. Tod IN -
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their faces always smiling, and 80
gentle and affectionate are they that l
swear to your highnesses there IS not
better people in the world
The Bahamas stretch more than SIX
hundred miles from the eastern coast
of Florida to the northern coast OF
Santo Domingo.
Nassau. the best known and most
popular of the resorts, is situated on
the island Of New Providence. over a
period Of years the temperature in
January has registered from 20 to 20
degrees. From November to April the
climate Of New Providence is most
agreeable.
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AN OBSERyANT Bull.

City girl-How savagely that bull
looks at me-
Farner-lts your red parasol. miss.
City girl knew it was a little out
OF style, but | didn't think bull would
notice it.-Dundee Advertiser.
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upon as the ship approaches Bermuda
is as clear as crystal.
Offshore, in deep soundings, the sur
face will be sapphire blue. Wherever
the bottom shoals will be brown and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

of the larger islands are inhabited.
No evidence of oveTcrowding is APP
parent, and actually there is none. The
illusion of eXpanse is due 10 the fact
that Bermuda is long and narrow-the
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lie thought, too, that he perceived
the fragrance of aromatic groves. To
the lucky New Yorker who finds him
self among the Bahamas this wint.-
the story of October II, 492, viii come
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This country excels all others as
far as the day surpasses the night in
splendor; the natives love their
neighbors as themselves; their con-
versation is the sweetest imaginable;
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are closely following its example. Lon
don and Paris are now beginning to
make use of this public lecture service
for adult education.
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sM7T INC LANDS WHOSE DOOR IS BARRED TO WlNIEf
Balmy Breezes That
Blow Over the
Green, Fertile
b ah am as are
Spiced and
Fragrant.

with fresh force. as he wonders which
spot it really was on which Columbus
and his sturdy crew first stepped in
the New World, a subject about which
there has always been doubt.
AS WASHINGTON IRVING TELLS
THE GREAT STORY.
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SNOWY HOUSES WITH MASSES VI
FRIGHT COLORED FLOWERS.

wherever you 90, in town or coun-
49,. Won find those snowy houses ana
always with masses Of bright-eoloreo
sowers about them, but with no vines
climbing their walls: vines cannot take
hoId Of the smooth. hard ~hitewash'
wherever YOU go, in the town or along
tho country roads. among little potato
farms and patches or expensive eoun-
,ry seats. these stainless white dwell
incs. cleaning out from flowers aRc
toI;age meet you at every turn. Inc
Least little bit Of a cottage is as white
ord blemishless as the stateliest man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
MIXTURE OF CELESTIAL AND
IrNHEAyENLY THOUGHTS.

The early twilight of Sunday even
INC in Hamilton. Bermuda, is an allur-
inc time. asserted Mark Twain. Ihere
: inst enough whispering breeze IRA
lance of flowers and sense OF repose
- raise ones thoughts heavenward'
and lust enough amateur piano music
- keen him reminded Of the o'her
place" 5000
further East will, of course postpohe
matters until the European war Is over
AID Kipling entirely overlooked the
Bermuda onion.
v.rk Twain mentioned the Bermuda
len "The onion" he said. us the
nride and JOY of Bermuda. IL Is hei
;@wel her gem Of gems. In her con-
yersation, her pulpit, her literature
- i her most frequent and eloquent
eoure In Bermuda metaphor 1t stands
for neutrality-suspicious. absolute
we put in a great deal OF SOLD tS'A
s,d reflection over this matter o. Try
20 20 find a figure that would describe
the unique white of Bermuda house
and we contrived to hit upon it at last
I, "a exactly the white CT the iciHs OF
- a,d has the same unemphaslzed
md scarcely perceptible polish. The
White of marble is modest and retiring
compared with it. e. A white mar
tle house has a cold, tomb-ike' unso-
M I,ok. and takes the conversation
out of body and depresses him. NO
SO with a Bermuda house. Ihere Is
something exhilaratins. even hilarious
,bout its vivid whiteness when the sun
plavs upon it. If it be Of picturesque
shane and graceful cOntour-and many
OF the Bermudian dwellings are-lt VIII
60 fascinate you that you will Keep
your eyes on it until they ache.
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Fleeing
from North Wind
andIceFindPer-
petuaI Summer
in TN c Is err
rnUdaS.

vERY few Of US are considering
. a pleasure trip TO Europe this
wear. There is a marvellous
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-08
WESTWARD CHINAMEN
 SAID TO BE DESERTED

VALDEZ, Aug. 29.--A message re- ceiyed by the marshals office here to- day from Nushagak, states that IS Chinamen employed at Peterson's cannery, on Bristol Bay have been abandoned on the beach and, as there are no provisions there, they will starve to death unless efforts are made to relieve them at once.
 The Chinamen have been employed during the past summer at the can nery, and were to have been taken south on the cannery ship. When the ship was about to sail, the Chinamen objected to taking passage on her, claiming that she was short of pro visions for the trip, and also carried an insufficient supply of water. They state that the captain refused to re- plenish his supplies and sailed away leaving them helpless on the shore.
 The marshars office has ordered an investigation of the charges made by the Chinamen, and if found to be true will have the cannery owners and the ships master arrested.
 In the meantime efforts will be made to have the chinamen taken away from the place where they were abandoned, either by one of the rev enue cutters or by the steamer Dirigo.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-08
PRoNoUNclNe THEMSELVES
 INNOCENT.

Colorado's militia acquired itself by court martial of the atrocities commit ted in Ludlow last April. A State court martial, especially in the West, where the militia Is in many cases an arm not of the State but of powerful pri- vate interests which openly sustain it, is not conclusive of anything.
 The so-called Colorado militia which was sent against the disorderly em- ployees of the Fuel and Iron company was made up largely of Rockefeller's employees and hired gunmen from New York. It operated under the au- thorlty of the State, but in fact it was private and mercenary force. It did not act iG q military capacity at Ludlow with the idea of preserving the peace. It took sides. It killed women and children. It was the mur- derous agent of an absentee capital. ism.
 There has been peace in Colorado since the arrival of Federal troops charged by the President with the impartial achievements of law and or der. What the national forces have done State forces might have done, but there were no State forces. The fight was betwen the hirelings of a Rockefeller corporation and the des- perate representatives of miners union. and the epaulteed representa-. tives of the Rockefeller corporation have pronounced themselves innocent. It is a shameful outcome of shame. ful episode.-New York World.