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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-19

purpose than helping out you and
Senior Reichmann. I have a letter
from your consul at Washington in
PRODUCING me to you, If you like
ooh, know You are right. was
SO excited. If you have any idea at
all who stole the skull, please act
upon it at once, beseech you, Senior
Poe" The Mexican's attitude changed
abruptly: he dropped into chair, and
looked up at Poe helplessly. What
about the needle and the Jap woman?
How did she do it?"
'I1l explain when ] have the facts
to back up my theories" answered
Poe. For the present. Is there any
train into Mexico City tonight
There's the one at seven o'clock,
answered Reichmann. "But why go to
Mexico City? This safe was opened
only last night; we didn't discover 1t
until I unlocked the Office at noon to-
day. Whoever turned the trick must
still be in town.
IT don't know So" replied Poe.
"The mozo who came along with our
burros had false diamond ring he
said somebody gave him for a quick
trip down the mountain to the train
last night. I'll go hunt up this boy
again, question him. and then take
tho seven o'clock to Mexico City"
"But why to Mexico?" repeated
Reichmann.
because that Is the center, a city
so important that you people who live
here just say Mexico when you, speak
of it, the same as we In America say
simply New York Mexico City Is
the safest place for a thief to market
stolen goods. Besides, there's the car
nival on now. and I've always heard
that clever criminals Of every class
like to take in all the good times there
are to be had. Come! I'll have to
make quick trip down the mountain
myself II want to catch that train
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-19

OF the day In the city, and when the
carriage came at last to the gay quar-
ter where the Metropole was located
there was much excitement afoot.
Diminishing the cab at the door,
Christopher Poe paid his peso for adj
mission, and stepped into wild swirl
Of gayety. A macked ball in that quar-
ter at carnival time was mill Of wild,
reckless, profiigate folly running ram
pant. All those of the demi-monde
were there, thieves and gamblers, pros
titutes and politicians, bull-ighters.
reckless miners, ranchmen and SOL
diers of fortune.
Poe purchased q clown suit from a
vender, climbed into it, drew mask
down over his face, and plunged into
the reckless whirlpool Of dancers.
Poe rushed for drinking-table, and
dragged the group Of devils along,
treating them lavishly to beer and
pulque.
Then the floor was cleared, and the
Spanish band struck up barbarous,
fascinating. Turing can-can, to which
the dancers swayed in unison, work
ing up to pitch Of passion. the eli
max OF which was denoted by blur
Of cymbals and drum-sticks.
During this performance Poe strolled
about on the outer edge Of the dan
GERS, entering into the play, pulling
OF wigs, throwing confetti into mouths
recklessly stretched in laughter, pinch
ing playful people who chased him,
carrying on the carousal as crafty as
the rest.
There was one girl creating SEN
sation in that dance. She was finely
formed little woman costumed as q
water-carrier of Tehuantepec; the
peasant-girl costume exactly suited
her, and she carried q smalImouthed
red water-bottle gracefully on her
shoulder throughout the undulating,
rhythmic dance in time to the sensu-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-19

Tue Stll0ILO uIOpQou 1IOm d pdIdIyz0O
hand.
"Cabron! You dirty gringo!" cried
the thief.
Poe simply tripped him backward
onto the bed from which he had leap
ed with the drawn dagger; he held the
crimson-tipped needle before the slit.
like eyes OF the criminal, his hand
trembling slightly with anger.
There. you fool" he exclaimed
with unusual warmth. "You would
have It It's your own needle. found
1t where you dropped it when you pull
ed 1t out Of the upper skin Of your tom
que back there at Senior Terranova's
safe. hope you don't think I'm such
a fossil that don't know that pro-
fessional safe-opener often aids his
sense Of touch by thrusting the finest
Japanese embroidery needle procur-
able through the upper skin OF his
tongue so that when the other end OF
the needle is. applied to the dial on
the safe and the knob slowly turned
the sensitive tongue nerves register
more accurately than the finger-tips
each tumbler as it drops. It's the best
possible method, but when a man is
using 1t it would be quite worth his
while to pick up his needle instead OF
throwing it on the floor where some
one might step on it with bare feet.
1t was most unhousewifely Of you, and
you such capable female imper5on-
ator.."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
Electricity
Blamed forI
Explosions
Bureau Report Says EIeC tricaI
Apparatus Cause ManyMine
Disasters.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. in his am
Hnual report submitted to the secre7
tary Of the Interior. DR.. Joseph A.
Holmes reviews the investigati tons
made by the bureau OF mines to safe
guard the miners from electrical ac-
cidents. Director Holmes makes the
declaration that not only have many
men been killed or injured from what
are believed to be unnecessary cleo
tricai accidents, but indirectly cleo
trical apparatus has been responsible
for mine explosions and mine fires
that have extensively destroyed both
life and property.
Bureau ActiSe :.
He further says that, through the
activity OF the bureau IN calling at
IGNITION TO dangers heretofore iinapl
preciated In, the use of electrical ma
.chinery. manufacturers have devised
safer types OF apparatus and states
have enacted stricter laws governing
electrical installations
Much attention ha5 been paid to
the proper construction and use OF
electric and othcr safety lamps. Tests
have been made to ASCERTAIN the COM
paratiye merits Of different types Of
safety lamps, including their useful
ness in furnishing light TO miners,
their relative safety, and their value
In indicating the presence OF explos-
/ I've gas. The we'll defined principles
that govern the mechanical constric-
ton OF modern safety lamp have
been largely exploited In this coun-
TRY by European manufacturers and
lowered by patents, In this country
During the present year some Of these
patents have expired and in conse.
..quence American lamp manufacturers
and lamp agencies have been inspir-
ed TO develop new models. Already
an improved safety lamp OF American
Imanufacture has appeared and sam
pies Of others have been received by
the bureau for examination and crit
icisrn. The bureau has studied ali
types of safety lamps on, the market
and as a result has prepared q sched-
Julie OF official tests to be used in. es-
'tablishing list of permissible safety
lamps for use, in gaseous mines.
Work Was Necessary
/ AT the beginning OF the year the
bureaus requirements for testing ok
plosion proof motors had been pre-.
pared and published. The work was
necessary because no successful ex-
Iplosion proof motors had been de
yeioped in the United States. During
the year only one motor was submit
tied for test, but this machine passed
the tests successfully. 1t is beliey-
ed that the bureaus approval will
IS4fflff1 a Ia nfhnt. mi n Ia. ~.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
sOGIALL|EVELlNG
European War Has as Shown
by An incident Figured in
by Officer and1Priyate.


Correspondence Of Associated Press).
LONDON. Jan. 8 Illustrative Of
the social leyeling influence of war,
the following incident is told:
A new commanding officer was
Questioning a smart young corporal.
Are you married? ~ asked the of
flcer KS III 4 S 4.
.Yes, SIR"
Don't you think you ought to make
her some allowance out Of your pay?s'
continued; the officer.
sIf you think 1t necessary, SIR,
replied the; private, IL will sir. Pm
keeping up the house and car and al
lowing her six hundred pounds a
year, but If you think an extra six
pence day would be any good to
her, / am perfectly wiling
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
FEDERAL OPIUM
LAW I|s|D||RAST|l}|.
Copies Are Received by Various
Government Officials in n
This State. q

One OF the most stringent federal
laws relative to the sale or the Civ
Ing away Of opium. will become ef-::
fectiye March i IS,
Official copies Of the act have Just.
been received by various federal on
GERS An West Virginia. It viii
more directly effect druggists and
physicians. because II is they who
handle the most OF the drug. The
law carries With 1t heavy fine or
jail sentence ON conviction of Its VIC
!atfon.
The prean,bie of the act n. ads rs
follows X
An act to provide for the srsIs=
tra.iaa ot. with collectors OF internal
revenue, and to impose special
tax upon all persons who produce.
import. manufacture, compound,
deal In, dispense, sell distribute or
give away any opium or coca }loaves,
their salts, derivatives or prepare
tons and for other purposes.
The gist of the act says that any
person or Arm who shall dispose OF.
the above named drug shall register
with the internal revenue collector
of his district, his name or style of
business or place Of business, where
such is carried on. The act. further
says that 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to sell, barter. exchange or
give away any Of the said drug, exs
cept in pursuance of q written order
of the person TO whom such article
Is sold or given, on a form to be
Issued in blank form by the corr
missioner of internal revenue.
The act is lengthy and covers every
point in selling or giving away opium
in the United States and It's posses
SONS. q. z
For violat ion OF the law the pen.
atty Is as follows: That any per-.
son who violates or fails to comply
with the requirements of this act
shall on conviction be fined not more
than $4,000 or imprisoned not more.
than i've years. or both at the dis
erection Of the court. 2 = 3
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

about quarter of a mile on the rail-
road track, crossing bridge, to the
school house. 1t was pitch dark and
la very cold blustery might It did
not occur to any one to come after
me, so the landlady at the hotel loans
ed me lantern or i never could
have found the way.
Spoke by Lantern Light
when reached the school honsc
there was no light except two lam
terms and mine made the third. The
teacher got two lamps. j could hard
[ly see the faces of my audience, but
the room was full, seats crowded and
people standing two or three deem
around the walls. 1 talked to them
an hour and had the closest atten-
ton.
These people could not possibly be
REACHED in any other way. Letters
could not reach them, for their names
could not be learned. Literature
could not reach them without taxing
| 1t to them, and they seem glad to get
lit They asked for more.
Zone morning | left one place at
.: IS o'clock, got breakfast at the next
place at 8, started in "a buggy, visit
ling country schools all day, arriving
at farm house for supper, OF which
| i ate sparingly for obvious reasons.
That night j talked in a country
Church to $50 people 1T was a very
cold dark night and i drove back
eight miles Z Z.
'.In one county where there is no
railroad ] had to ride in a mail hacs
thirty miles. AS we logged along a
doctor came alongside in his auto and
took me half way. When we reached
THAT point ] was informed i was TO
talk there that night j had a very
mice place 10 stop and talked in the
school that afternoon and at night to
la school room fill OF adults. The
next day the county superintendent
took me in a buggy to visit four
schools and talked at night to a good
lapdience in the court house.
Cordial Relations "
Il have found the county and dis
trict superintend ents most cordial and
helpful and, very much Interested in
having me visit as many schools as
possible. The teachers welcome me
most heartily. whether I come au-
nounced or not, and 1t is a delight TO
talk to the children. who are 50 re-
lsponsiye and carry my message into
laH their homes.
81 found school houses with win
4 dows nailed down. Others that would
mot omen ! and many that we're never
raised since school began. and the
chill dren looked as IL they needed the
fresh air, !.
am sure there viii be better Veu-
''at'ns q school houses and homes
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

Ancient Beliefs Of Dutch Resi-.
dents of That State Are
Compiled.
PIIlgzADELPfiIA

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Super.
stitions of the .Pennsylpania Dutch
have come in for. attention as the re-
suit OF q query addressed TO the
Philadelphia Press Forum BY res.
ldent Of the city. TIE resident asked
that some OF these superstitions ! be
Published and the editor 81 the For
tim, after pointing out that the Penn
sylyania Dutch are no more super
lstttious than the average Pennsyl-
yanian, complied, as follows:
One Of the beliefs of the old Penn
|sylvaiiia Dutchman was that to make
a stray animal, return home. YOU must
80 to the barn In the morning. before
eating or speaking, and call the ami.
NAL through the knot hole which
faces the way you think he has gone
Another. Ii, pick apples in the dark
Of the moon to keep them from rot.
ting. N Z.
Carrying horse-chestnut in; the
trousers pocket to prevent rheunia.
tism.
belief that fences must be- bull,
when the horns OF the moon are up
II they are built when the horns are
turned towards the earth the posts
will sink until the bottom row touches
the ground. - Z.
A nutmeg, strung and worn around
the neck, will cure or prevent the
bleeding Of the nose.
Wear an iron ring ON the fourth
finger and you will not have fheu'
matism.
II a physician stumbles when he
enters the house it is sign that he
viii not be able to cure the patient.
Draw "a red chalk line around the
barn TO keep the witches away.
Blow the candles out and sniff til,
smoke for a cold. a,
I A brass ring worn in one ear viii
cure sore eyes. \ g. q
II you have insomnia place two pin.
across one another under your pillow
and you will soon sleep.
These are but a few, and our Penn
Isylyania Dutch readers will no doub
be able to add many to them. with al
explanation las TO their origin.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
Leader in Exhibit Work in This
State Meets with Success
miller Campaign.

DR.. Harriet B. Jones, director oil
the exhibit campaign being conduct
ed by the West Virginia Anti Tuber'
culosis League, has made the follow,
ing report to the state board Of
health:
"ThirteenI counties visited, Barbour
Randolph, Tucker, Mineral, Jefferson
Morgan, Berkeley, Pendleton, Grant
Upshhr, Harrison, Doddridge, Mar
shall. Il:
Experiences Related
\ s'Forty-six places visited, 10l
schools, 202 talks in schools to 49, 2t
pupils, rs lectures to 400 persons
lf1S.952 pieces OF literature IN schools
lectures, factories, trains. stations.
.1 would have visited Hampshir.
and Hardy counties while in that vic
Unity, but could not on account o.
scarlet fever, so shall visit them II
December
You may be Interested IN some O
my experiences.
I'm Berkeley county there has beer
a United States health survey for 81,
months. and every house in the coun'
ty visited, wells, stables and all san
Iitary, or. rather, ,insanitary- condition.
INSPECTED. with the result that condi
itions are greatly improved and a gen
| eraI public enlightenment on healts
lines secured.
I. "Dr. Bryan, the United States healts
official and DR.. W. T. Henshaw. thu
county health officer, asked me TO q
with them to visit country schools.
1--WE went In an auto and visites
Item schools / talked on tuberculosis
while they got samples OF drinkini
water for analysis and examined hi
sanitary conditions, inside and ont
side the school house
Zone day went to two places
talked three times into two schools o
22555 pupils. In the afternoon I wen
Y in a buggy to a country schools
was asked to talk IN one school OF
sex hygiene to the boys and girls sep
arateiy. which I did at and o'cloci
OIL the same day: That night ! walkes
| on the turnpike between Graftol
and Pruntytown. a short distanc
Outside OF the city !. when two mask
ed shighwaynien held up o, L. Nut
Ter atsthe point Of pistols and robb
led him Of a large sum of money III
watch and other aluab1es. Tn
mem then made their escape.
number Of suspects hees been arrest
/ ed, but so 4 far no elusive proc
has been secured against any Of tn
men that are heinz held IN jai
here awaiting trial.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
AE:RoPLA NE FACTORIES
In Rnssia Are to Turn Ont Thirty
Machines Weekly.

Correspondence of Associated Press).
aPETROGRAD; Jan. 9. Russia has
recently completed several new aero
plane factories which are each to sup
ply twenty To thirty aeroplanes week
Iy for army use. Under service con-
.ditions, the life 6f an aeropiane is
comparatively short. and q consider
abis yAst OF The output Of these fac
tories VIII he needed to replace vast
|age a the front
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

"Tin buckets and dippers are fast
disappearing, tanks and fountains taxi
ing their place, ~,
Individual cups are becoming gem
.eral and splitting IL greatly lessened.
i meet many persons and teachers
from places where I have been Who
give me most encoura ging reports. l
receive letters from persons asking
being saved, for persons are seeking
help earlier In the disease. z
II am asked to go back to places
where have been and persons are
writing asking me to come TO places
j have not included in my itinerary.
AT one such place arrived lin the
morning, was taken to "a hall where
there were not less than 900 men,
women and children. $50
At another place where j went
over a very rough road found a
large audience await ling me.
N Much Interest shown
There has been a great deal Of in
tefest shown, and ! am sure that /
am sowing seed that will some day
bear abundant fruit, and we will have
|heaithiers oh ildren and young men and
women, and we win not have so many
subjects for. tuberculosis
II mast not forget the newspaper
page It has been sent to fifty news
papers. and part Of It Is being used
weekly These papers of which ey-
cry word Is read In more remote dis
|tricts, VIII carry, message OF health
into many homes that cannot be
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
'779 Members GERMANY obility
Meet Death on the Battlefie Ids

foreign armies has thus sunk to six
an infinitesimal fraction Of the num-
|bets Of other years.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
Up to First of November, Ac-
cording to the Berlin Alma
nae de Gotha.

(correspondence of Associated Pressl.
BERLIN, Jan. Publication OF
the Almanac de Gotha for 1915. and
the various genealogical ANIMALS that
has Just taken place here reveals that
up to November first 57g members Of
the. German nobility had met death
ON the battlefields or had succumbed
to wounds received in action.
It is shown that OF members belong
ing to the graetiiche" houses. or. fam
lilies carrying the title Of count, "A
had fallen In battle or died of wounds
by November i The sfreiheit' Hchen'
or l,aronical families had lost 20s
members through the war, while the
very essense of German mobility, the
.sUradeligen" families, who trace their
ancestors to the year OF 1850 or be-
You'd, had lost 246 members in all.
The families hit hardest are the Ar
minis with 8, the Wedels with s, the
Oertzens with Z, and the Dickens 6
members. But the class of mobility
which seems to have suffered most
though it is by no means the most
numerous, is that whole members
have been knighted by letters patent,
ana VINO are Known IN Germany az
'''briefadeligen houses. This class lost
250 members.
& The total number Of losses through
death on the battlefield or as the re-
suit OF wounds received in action Of
the German nobility is, therefore. 779,
up to November.f,
According to the Almanac de Gotha
the following members of German and
foreign refgning houses still retain
their honorary commands in the en-
emies' armies: Prince Henry OF Prns-
STA, colonel second Russian Hussar
regiment; Grand Duke OF Oldenbnrg
colonel 9Th Russian Infantry regi.
ment; German empress. colonel Rus
sian Garde du Corps Hussars; Rus
sian empress, colpne German Second
Guard Dragon regiment: Queen Mary
of England. colonel German Fifth
Hussars: Duchess OF Connaught, col,
,onels "a tl German infantry regiment,
missions held formerly by members
of the, feigning houses Of Europe in
The large number of honorary com
r t't.fH Ut ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

The January term OF the circuit
court opens on January IL and there
will probably be the most Important
session OF court in several years. en-
a heavy docket has been entered.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

Mrs. Lee Carr, of Rosemont, aged
%. died Monday evening from per-
tonitis, leaving her husband and a
small son. The remains were taken
to Bellaire, Ohio, for interment. 4
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

Following a preliminary hearing
this week. George Highfield and w.
B. Bartlett have been ordered held
for the grand jury's investigation on
q charge Of "bootlegging.'" "A SUIT
case is said to have been carrie1 by
Highfield containing fifteen pints Of
intoxicants.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

The final arrangements have been
made for the return of the: chautau7
qua to this city, which made its first
appearance here last year The date
OF its coming will be some time in
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

Herman wilson. a student of the
West Virginia University, is Graf
ton boy who has been picked az a
member OF the rifle team, which viii
represent the university in the inter-
collegiate rife shooting match.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

This was the week OF prayer In ali
the Protestant churches Of this city
and special services we're conducted
every, night in the various churches.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

Stockholders meetings were held
In all OF the local banks. ave In
number. on New y.s.s,ss day and re-
ports received from the officers OF
the institutions. Every bank show
ed splendid progress during g the
year and are all on q sound financial
basis. Z Z. s. s
One OF the boidsst hcld-ups that
has ever occurred in Taylor county
took place this week At Z lonely spot
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

The funeral Of Mrs Anna Male.
wife OF r. M. Male. Of Cecil, was
held Saturday. Death occurred on
Thursday from tuberculosis.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10
The funeral of James j. Knots
the young son Of Guy Knots, was
held here Wednesday. .-sl

Special revival services are in
progress at The Andrews MethodiY.
Episcopal church this week. Large
crowds have attended every serv-
icee.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-10

The members Of the state legisla-
tive bodies leave Sunday or Monday
for Charleston to be on hand for the
opening OF the state legislature on
January IL. a. number Of the news
paper editors from this section Will
also be in Charleston at that time
to attend a meeting Of the editors
from all parts of the state.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-06-05
OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS

you any items department, call phone 1863
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-06-05
ALL TIRED OUT
Hundreds More in OeaIa in the Same
Plight

Hundreds More in Oeala in the Same
Plight
Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches; head aches,
Your kidneys are probably weak
ened-
You should help them at their work.
Let one who knows tell you how
Mrs. NJ. A. Frost of 423 Broadway.
Ocala says: For a long time suf-
fered from kidney trouble l had
duh pain in my back and IL ! caught
cold or got my feet wet, was worse.
/ couldn't rest well at night and got
up in the morning feeling tired and
depressed. was also troubled D.
dizziness and was in bad shape when
got Deans Kidney Pills at the
Carlisle Drug Co. In few days they
brought me relief and continued use
cured me-"
Price soc, at all dealers Don
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the SANE
that Mrs Frost had. Foster-MilburE
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. ADV z