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The Marshall republican., 1914-04-03

william Marconi upon his arrival
in London declared that he would be
able TO telephone by wireless across
tho Atlantic ocean In the near fu-
ture. possibly within six months. He
said that on his recent visit to Italy
he conducted "a series OF gratifying
and successful experiments" Tho
best test. he said was a continual con-
versation for l. hours. He said he
talked for n distance OF 45 miles,
which was all that could be expected
with the apparatus used.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-03

Bearing a letter from Gov. Stewart
OF Montana to President Wilson. Red
Fox. sitting EaFlc and Three Irons.
Indians OF the Crow reservation will
90 to Washington on horseback. They
viii seek to interview President Will
son for the purpose OF urging the pas
sage OF a bill setting aside one day
annually TO be known as Indian
Day.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-03

Mother" Mary Jones. noted strike
leader, was again arrested by tho
military authorities in Colorado.
when she returned to walesnburg.
which is in the strike zone from
which She was dcported last week.
The Union leaders have made a pro-
test. declaring that she is being held
In an insahitary Jail.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-03

Ferdinand Eglinskl, 53-years old.
q tailor OF Ahlbeck Is Germanys
champion father. or his successive
marriages with two sisters thirty-five
children were born, twenty-six OF
whom are still living-nineteen boys
and seven girls. His first wife bore
him twenty-four children and his Sec
end wife eleven, The tailor married
the first time when he was 20 years
OF age.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-03

Tho New York Legislature ad-
Iournod sine die last Saturday leav-
ing an appropriation bill carrying an
appropriation OF S312O0.000 pend
ing the two houses having disagreed
regarding the same. This will nee
ossitate the calling OF the Legislature
10 meet in extraordinary session and
means a heavy expense 10 the state.
The Spectator., 1914-12-22
Commissioner s Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that in pur suance of the authority and directions of the decretal order of the Chancery Court of Franklin County, made and entered on the 14th day of December, A. D. 1914, in a certain cause (No. 23l then pending therein L.D. Geiger, trus- tee, complainant, and Daniel G. Dut- ton ct al. defendants, the undersigned, as Commissioner of said Court. will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the North door of the County Courthouse, in which said Court is held, in the County of Franklin within the hours prescribed for judicial sales, on Tuesday. the 18th day of January. A. D. 1915. the following described real estate, towit: The NEl-4 of the SWl-4; and NWl-4 of the SE1-4, and the South l-Z of theN E1-4 all in Section P, Town ship 10, Nc Range 27. West, contai h. ing l6O acres, more or less, in Franklin County. Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale: On credit of three months. the purchaser being required to execute a bond as required by law and decree of said Court in said cause, with approved security. bearing inter- est at the rate of 10 per cent per an mum from date until paid. and lein being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 2lst day of December, A. D. 1914.
 M. V. WATERFIELD.
 Commissioner in Chancery.
The Spectator., 1914-12-22
KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY
 ONE SHOULD POSSESS.

You never know when you will face an emergency, caused either by sickness or accident, when there will be no doctor within call and when it will be compulsory for you to render what aid you can.
 You can never tell at what time you may suddenly be taken sick or may be called to take charge of a sick or injured person when you will need some practical knowledge of medical matters.
 pr. Miles Family Medical Guide contains advice and knowledge that will enable you to be of the greatest assistance to your doctor both be- fore and after he is called in.
 This book is divided into three parts. Part I, Simple Treatment for Common Ailments. Part 2, What to Do in Case of Accidents. Part }, Practical Laws of Health.
 Special arrangements have been made whereby the readers of this paper can obtain this book free of charge for limited time only.
 It is book that should be in every household in America.
 Just write your name and address clearly, on post card if you like, and send it to
 Family Medical Guide,
 Miles Medical Co.,, Elkhart, Ind, mentioning the name of this paper and you will receive one of these valuable books all charges prepaid.
The Spectator., 1914-12-22

Benham Carter came up from Conway Saturday far the holi- days.
 When you count your blessings, do not forget to reckon in a lot of things you have not got.
 MT. and Mrs. Dave Ford are rejoicing over their first-born, a son, Sunday Dec. 20th.
 The Truest Mirrors Fortune
 sends
 Are Honest Eyes of Faithful Friends. - Youths Companion.
 Miss Alice Flenniken. of Wag- oner, Okla. came down Saturday to visit her grandmother and aunt. Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Muchmore.
 H. F. Cassell, the Demonstra- tion Agent, spent several days last week out north of Ozark vaccinating hogs to prevent hog cholera. He informs us that there is no cost attached to the vaccination except for the serum which is furnished at cost by the state at actual cost of production. If the cholera is in your neigh borhood you had better have them vaccinated.
 October 4th, which President Wilson designated as a day of prayer for peace in Europe, was the eighth day that has been set apart by presidential proclama- tion for nationwide prayer. The others were: May 9, 179S, to avert war with France: January 12, 1915 during the war with Great Britain; September 26, 1861, April 30, 1863. and August 6, 1863. for preservation of the Constitution and the maintenance of the Union; June 1, 1865, in commemoration of President Lin coin; and September 26, 1881. in commemoration of President Garfield.
The Spectator., 1914-12-22

Eh. but she was bonnie, thought the major approvingly; very much like her grandmother in her girlhood, soft brown bands of hair around her small head and wistful, childish gray eyes. It took him about ten minutes to coax her into real dress, as she said, and down into the waiting taxi
 And how fast she talked There were years to catch up, she told him, and as long as there was only the two of them left in New York to up hold the pride of the Carters-
 There's one more, child warned the major But he Is very distantly connected, very He is about your nineteenth cousin, but he Is to dine with us, Ralph Carter"
 Pam sat very still. and did not
 Ever hear of him." asked the major
 T just love his shadow" said Pam solemnly If it's the same one, I've
  would sell, and finally I coaxed an old dealer on the avenue to let one of my Virginia gardens stand in his window awhile You know Aunt Anna belle's rose garden with the sun dial, and the old white coach house in the back We'll. it was snapped up by MT. Ralph Carter And he wanted to know if I had more Virginia scenes. So sent down the oak grove at sun- down along in November, with big orange harvest moon stealing over the edge of the hill, and he bought that And now I'm painting the old Tagged walk under the grape arbor, with it all sunshiny, and Nanny Martha Ann coming along from the outdoor kitchen with big covered platter of fried chicken, and he's go- ing to take that"
 The major leaned back his head, laughing and shaking with pure en- joyment. Up on the Hudson, at Hast ings, stood Ralph Carter's bachelor home. and he had made 1t almost a replica of the old one in Virginia
The Spectator., 1914-12-22

Successful in every way in New York. he had chung to the old southern tra- ditions almost fiercely this tall, lean, clear-eyed lawyer,
 And so he's been hanging your pictures all over his walls" exclaimed the major God bless my heart and soul. child This is certainly a merry Christmas for us al"
 Pam was rather grave, though, as they went through the splendid red The dinner was to be very select and private up in the majors reception, room and she wondered what this dis tant cousin would be like,
 He was all she had wanted him to be. Even Pam could find no fault as she sat next to him at the round table. And oh. after years of lonely striving among strangers, how it made her cheeks glow and her heart beat to hear these two, the splendid old major and Ralph, vie with each other in their delightful courtesy and com pliments.
 You don't know how good it is to find some one of your very own," she said, when the major had gone out after the dinner was over.
 Don't I?" said Ralph, smiling down at her I've put in about fourteen years up here, and only the major to give me cousinly greeting now and then. I'm mighty glad to find another one, even if she is a nine teenth one The major tells me he's going to take house for you and himself"
 Why" Pam caught her breath quickly 'I didn't know that"
 50 I will see great deal of you, l hope
 He stopped and looked into her eyes Someway they wavered under his gaze. The majors voice hailed them
 God bless my heart and soul. boy, cant you see she's under the mistle- toe hung it there on purpose"
 Ralph stopped, and pressed kiss on the warm, half-averted pink cheek. while the major drank their health.
 And to our next Christmas to- gether the little Pam. and you. my boy, and this old chap who'll never be lonely again"
 ITO next Christmas pledged Ralph Will you kiss me then, Pam?"
 But Pam's eyes only shone with happiness, and very demurely she an swered the toast: "To next Christmas" Copyright Mcclure Newspaper synlisesaN
The Spectator., 1914-12-22
LOCAL MENTION

oOou oSt SCtiiSN SOstk, PS' -c esS mine, A and N Coal Co.,, known as Atwood mine.
 M. B. Bearden, of Webb City, was caller at this office yester- day.
 E. G. Gage, of Webb City, was a pleasant caller at this office this morning.
 Mrs. w. A. Milton returned to her home at White Oak Sun day after few weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Carl Strong.
 Mrs. A. N. Hill and little daughter will go to Charleston tomorrow to spend Christmas with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Burt.
 We are in receipt of a money order from P. A. Swearingen of Route 3 in payment of The Spec tator for one year in advance. Mir. Swearingen is in the ore ferred" class. Many thanks.
 Mrs. Sarah Turner died at the home of her son, George Turner, on Mulberry last Friday, of Tuberculosis; age, about seveuty- three years. She was buried in the Bedding cemetery Saturday.
 w. L. Marcum, of Turner Bend neighborheod was a pleasant caller at this office yesterday. He reported Fayette Turner of Tomaha, Okla, who came to be with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Turner, in her last sickness, as being sick with pneumonia. Took sick the day his mother was buried.
 Despite the fact that a heavy rain fell here Sunday and Sunday night. which melted the snow which covered the ground here, it was reported that there was considerable snow on the ground on Mountain Top last night. This morning early 1t began to snow briskly and con- tinued until nearly noon, There were many a merry heart with thoughts of a sure-enough Christ mas with snow on the ground, when another rain began to fall ]. and melt their hopes. Present prospects are that we will have our usual sunny Christmas. Elder w. A. Barham, of Wata- lula, was in town yesterday and gave this office pleasant call. This has been a strenous year He has travelled 3605O miles, has preached in four different states, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, attended six associa- tions. met flfty-seven ordained preachers, constituted ore new church, ordained two preachers {, and one deacon. does not remem- Der how many sermons he preached or how many he bap- tized. but he baptized large number and performed several marriages. This is a good show ing. And we wish our friend many more years of active work.
 Mir. Copsey, manager of the Sanitary Bakery which recently moved from the building next door to the postoffice to the store formerly occupied by Edgin Bros. I.has not been idle since the move was made. MT. Copsey has had
 e interior of the building re- pnpered and painted and installed nte counters and show cases, which, by the way, were designed andspuilt by Marion Edwards, one Qf our local carpenters. It is a sl1re thing that Marion is on his jo6s The cases and counters look. if @pything, better than the expensiv factory made. AL togethee lse Sanitary Bakery presentss more sanitary appear ance than 4Ter before.
The Spectator., 1914-12-22

HE major felt a vague sense of personal griev-, ance. It was Christmas morning. Everything was most agreeable at the hotel. As he had distrib-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
BURNWELL MINES OF THE BURNWELL COAL COMPANY

greatest boons, especially fin countries where a low temperature prevails in win ter. It Is scarcely necessary to remark that this latest comfort halls from the | nited States. where. m some districts taking the wheel in winter is an unenvi- nble task. The first move in this direc- ton was a wheel haVng hollow stem and rim. through which the exhaust gases were circulated; but this was clumsy and somewhat of a makeshift Then came the electrically heated wheel, which is far heater and more satisfactory. The radia- ton of warmth is accomplished by means of units colled around the fingers On tte inside of the index finger and the thumb are two contacts. The rim of the wheel at two places is fitted with short segments of metal which are connected to the storage battery lighting system. When these two segments are grpped ly the gloves the contacts establish circuit, the hue coil units around the fingers become heated and the fingers are kept in d warm glow When the hand becomes too hot the motorist does not move a switch to cut off the current. but merely moves his hands to grip a nonmetallic part of the wheel. The sec ond device is a modification of this, since some motorists prefer to grip the wheel with the bare hand. In this case the segment of the wheel on each side is hound with a small heating coil which is continuously energlzed. By gripping these sections the hands are kept warm and active so far as the palms and the inner face of the fingers are concerned. Here again. when the hands become un- comfortably warm, one has only to grip the wheel in different spot where heat Ing coils are not provided The volume of current consumed is extremely small but highly effective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
By c. F. MARKELL

us to Madrid, which, with it's handsome houses, its noisy tramcars, its spinning automobiles. It's newspaper criers, greet the eye of the tourist. It is said that the inhabitants of Madrid are divided into two classes-those who go to bed after 3 a. m. and those who rise before {, and a noisy place it is
 The city is exclusive, and, like Vienna, it's homes are closed to strangers. II is the most elevated of all European capi- tals. The chief features of visit to Madrid are the Prado and the Escorial
 Of the former. suffice it to say that it's collection of over 2000 paintings contain 10 Rsphaes and 4S Titans, with Tin toreu. Eerones and Rubens well repre- sented
 The Escorial is 26 miles from Madrid. and few people reflect that this levia- than of architecture is second only to the pyramids in size and solidity. Nearly 5000 feet above the level of the sea the mammoth tomb of the Kings and Queens of Spain covers 5000oO feet of ground. When Philip II fought at the battle of St. Quentin he called upon St. Lawrence for victory. and as the Escorial was built out of gratitude for the answemry Of prayer, it was constructed in the form of gridiron, the culinary usensil upon which St. Lawrence was slowly broiled to death in the year 2el
 The stupendous pile has loo miles of corridors. 12oo doors, S6 stairways, S9 fountains 70 altars, 16 courts and 267S windows. It is at the same time pal ace, a church, a monastery and royal mausoleum. Here Philip lived and worked and here he died The church is built after the original plan of St. Peters at Rome. and in it only Kings or mothers of Kings may be inferred. In some respects the place is gruesome, for it's inmates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

Burnwell April 1s.-(Special.) Burnwell is another of the Walker county coal mines which is now com ing into prominence after lingering for years under pressure of imperfect de- velopment and slow progress. Here, too, lies the "big seam," that great steam coal which is moving the wheels of monster engines that go to develop and make busy and prosperous the in- dustrial world.
 The present company officered by Priestly Toulmn, president; Harry s. Jenkins, vice president; k. E. Fleet wood, secretary and treasurer, and T. M. Byram, mine foreman, is now prin- cipaly engaged in the work of de- veloping; that is to say, that the pres ent one opening, giving an output of 400 tons per day, is to be increased by three more openings on this val uable property. Carpenters, timber men. common labor and miners are engaged here in this further development.
 The acreage of the company is inn mense and stretches from the Frisco and the Southern railroads to the banks of the Warrior river. More than a quarter of a century ago coal was dug on this property on the banks of the Warrior loaded on barges in an amateur way. and floated to the sea. Eventually and not far hence the com pany will be independent of railroad transportation and will float its product down the waters of the Warrior river and thence to the sea and through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

lost in the vastness of the structure The Jewel of the cathedral is the Mihrab tprayer room) the most beautiful chamber in all Spain. Its domsd ceiling is hewn odt of a solid block of marble and the Byzantine mosaics are the most superb that exist. The Emperor Leo of Constan- ttnople sent a Greek arxsst and corps of skilled workmen for it's erection in chisel- ed marble arabesque and stucco mould ing. No wonder that the poetry sung upon the slopes of the Sierra Morena flew from Tyre to Tyre as far as the val leys of India and China and pilgrims answering the call. nastened to make rpon their knees the sevenfold tour Of tue Mihrab of Cordova's mosque.
 In leaving this enchanted spot l can not refrain from quoting in part the tribute of an eloquent writer. 1t is garden enclosed. an orchard among the tombs, an oasis among the ruins As you pass between those 900 columns that uphold this beautiful and holy place, where the perfume of the orange blossoms. the song of the fountains drift always like nendless melody. 1t is 8 though you had suddenly come upon some marvellous and ancient sep ulcher, the unique tomb of a line of fabulous kings. The pillars stand there like lilies fading in the coolness and stiffness of an immortal evening, the very earth Is precious with their petals and above are wreathed together the violet and the vine.
 From Cordova we proceed to Toledo, a combination of gloom, grandeur and decay. Here the bones of the hills are visible and in the ruins of it's Alcazar one senses spirit, passes through a passionate and hopeless dream and hears the voice of one crying in the wilderness As a beggar crouches in rags and ashes so covers Toledo by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

and agricultural productions, but in this district we are most famous for our unsurpassed mineral resources ly- ing together convenient for manufac- ture of the highest forms of metallic production.
 Progress in mine production in Ala bama and evidence of the future of this industry is demonstrated by the fact that the value of the output of mines in this state increased from $77s,0O0 in 1880 to $46,O00 in 1912. And now the question of reaching the con suming markets by cheaper transpor- tation than is now afforded by the railroads, so as to meet competition with the near-sea mines, is a momen- tous one. Upon this proposition the Burnwell company is peculiarly inter- ested. Already owning one and a half miles of railroad tracks. 1t can easily extend its lines to it's river bank coal and there dump into barges seaward bound.
 The river and harbor appropriation bill which has just passed the House of Congress carried for Alabama wa terways s1.110,5OO. There is an ap- propriation of $50O.000 for the im- provement of the Warrior river and provision made for an in tercoastal waterway from Mobile bay to the Mississicpi river. which will af- ford an outlet from these coal fields to New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

The utilization of our rivers will not stop railroad development in Alabama, but 1t will afford that competition which our natural resources demand and the great railroads will find way to meet this competitive demands.
 There is much room for improvement at Burnwell and the present company, which has been in possession of the property only 12 months, recognizes this fact. The company has the capital. the energy, skill and foresight to ap- ply to this upbuilding and it Is viz orously at work on the plans Within few months the visitor here will be- hold a transformation pleasing to the eye and demonstrative of the value of opportunity. New houses are being constructed. old ones repaired and re- modelled, hygienic conditions improved and the home life of the miner is to be made more attractive: and in full line and accord with the new order of things in this district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

ell with the same deferenee that Is ac- corded the fashioning of stone or mar ble. l. was not moulded mechanically. as is done nowadays. but out of the sim- plest and most crude substance the Moor created a marvelously lovely decoration Emitted only by the expression of life to depict which his religion forbade. Thus We see an immense elaboration of the hietoglyphie ever struggling in agony to express itself in creation.
 | shall not attempt a description Of the Hall of the Ambassadors" of the Alcazar. Suffice 1t 10 say that it Is one blaze of iris hues from marble floor to crystal and mother of-pearl-lined roof. It must be seen for an adequate compreher- son of it's bewilderng glory and incom- parable beauty.
 The aull pen of the city will accom- rnooate 12oo0 spectators and was built over century and half ago. The Tore del Orc dowcr of gold, so-named be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

is an image. I cannot do better than quote it's description by Augustus Hare: Far above houses and palaces, far above the huge cathedral itself scars the beautiful Giralda. it's color a pale pink, encrusted all over with delicate Moortsh ornaments; so high that it's de- tail is quite lost IS you gaze upward. so large that you may easily ride on horseback to the summit up the broad roadway in the interior. The lower part of the tower alone is really Moor ish; the upper tier with bells and sur mounting cupolas was added by Fran cesco Ruiz in 1888" The tower is $50 feet high and 49 feet square at the base. the capping figure is 8 feet high and though weighing over a ton Is so perfectly poised that it serves as a weather vane, which is the sport of ev- cry wind
 Next to the cathedral the most interest," ing building of the city is the Aleazar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

the Tagus. which beneath sun-baked and wind -blistered crag winds as a gor- geous golden serpent in silent and deadly coil. Wrapt in silence and dreams the city ponders over glory that is gone. The charm of romance and history still envelop the place, but the echo of the footfall of generations has died away forever. Toledo was the capital of the Goths and was once dominated by the Jews, who fled hither when Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusa- lem. It's synagogues are ceiled with ce- dars of Lebanon and filled with earth from Mount Zion. The streets of the city are steep and crooked and the houses of most quaint architecture. Blank walls, pierced by iron studded gates, flank the thoroughfares and the place Is mine of interest to the visitor.
 The cathedral is equal in size to half a dozen ordinary cathedrals and with it's TOO stained glass windows is second only to that of Seville in sublimity. The famous Toledo blades are still manufactured in the town.
 A ride of three hours by rail brings