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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-12-24

And then too, Christmas is coming,
and the foreigners in the coal fields are
wont to celebrate ON this holiday more
deliberately than any other time OF the
year. Nearly all OF those who made up
the suit case brigade last night We're
observed to be foreigners.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-12-24
Frankfort. -. Do. b. l9lb

My dear Sir:
You, and all persons Interested in
game and fish protection and ccnserva
ton, are cordially invited to attend a
meeting which will be held IN the Elk's
building in Frankfort. Kentucky, on
January II, 1915, beginning at 1900
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-12-24

" Mr.. Hatten is survived by his wife
and four children, Miss Louise, and
Messrs. Harry, Raymond and Frank
They all reside at their fathers home
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-12-24
Therefore

Mr.. Merchant and Bushes,
Man. meet your eompedtou
with their own weapons
advertising.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-12-24

w. l.. McDyer OF the Kentucky State
Road Engineers Department was here
a few days ago from Frankfort look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

his forty-fvefoot cabin. cruiser Who-ee
recently went down the Potomac and
up to Baltimore, thence to Chesapeake
City and forty-four miles through the
Delaware and Chesapeake canal to
Delaware City and through the Della
ware river to Bordentown, n. j., where
he took the Raritan canal to New
Brunswick; thence by the Raritan river
near New York city. The trip was full
of pleasant incidents, and not mo-
ment was tedious The party kept well
and all returned in good condition.
When the nights are fair, these boats
are used for shorter trips and purposes
of greater Sentiment-ali of which is
told in the name of one of the cruisers,
Oolootsa, which is Indian for Moon
light on the Water.
x Z
The Corinthian Club is the headquar-
States power boat squadron. a national
organization to encourage knowledge
of the governmental requirements in
the management of boats of this class
The owner must pass an examination
showing that he is properly acquainted
with the pilot miles. right of way. sig
nails, lights, boat equipment and SIM
liar rules. He is thereupon entitled
to fly the association pennant, which
generally exempts his boat from being
stopped and examined by the govern
ment inspectors. The club is also a
member of the Chesapeake Bay Racing
Association.
The Eastern Power Boat Club at Ana
costa bridge, the Washington Motor
Boat Club at Anacostia and the Ma
tional Motor Boat Club at street
southwest are local organizations for
small motor boats. Besides these clubs
many private owners have boats kept
at anchorage or at various yards on
the water front.
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CASTING THE "LEADo LINE,

faced. and the hardship of a small ra.
ton of food endured when a voyage is
of necessity prolonged. That it Is an
interesting life Capt. ]. ]. Gilbert, in
spector of photography and topogra-
ply, affirms.
But isn't there some romance in such
a life?" he was asked.
Romance. Yes, plenty of it," Capt.
Gilbert declared, but it must not be
allowed to interfere with work When
Il man has to be on board ship for sew
eral weeks at a time, stopping only oc-
casionally at small towns, he doesn't
vey work "A married man is often sepa-
rated from his family for as long as
two or three years. If the work Is to
be carried on along sections Of the
coast where settlements exist the wives
OF the men frequently make their
homes in port and see their husbands
every two or three weeks.
probably the most Interesting life
that | have seen in the service was in
the Philippines In about 1902" Capt
Gilbert continued. Il was In command
OF the steamer Pathfinder or the prac-
tically unexplorcd sections OF the Goa VI
az the islands The insurgents In the
provinces were then very active and
dislikcd the AmeticnnoS intensely I
rcm"mber ono dan when 7 had left a
seaman of the steamer on ~ rather Wild
and deHolAte piece Of shore 20 make
some observations, promising Ia return
az a certain time. Fortunately 1 ~.
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OUT FOR AN AFTERNOONS RUN.

of the members not only in planning
improvements, but in making them. If
a man wants anything he gets the
double pleasure OF constructing 1T hlm-
self and then enjoying his own handi-
work If man thinks that there
should be a medicine locker or an ice
box or a trifie like that he resolves
himself into a cabinet maker, and when
those things are finished, they suit him
or he knows the reason why. Another
wants new motor, so he buys one and
has the fun of installing it himself. If
it does not run satisfactorily he knows
where the trouble lies and remedies it.
So far is this spirit Of do 1t your
self and have the fun of it, carried
that number of the members have re-
modelled their boats, and at least half
a dozen have built their own boats,
hull and all.
The fleet contains over sixty boats of
types including the speed boat, open
runabout. day cruiser, hunting ca bin
cruiser, and varying in length from the
twenty-foot launch to Melville Hop
kins' eighty -three -footer. When Com
modore Bennett, a short time ago. left
for Newport. bunch OF good fellows,
Just because he was the commodore.
manned eleven of the boats and es-
corted him down the river.
While most of the fun comes to these
good Corinthians in weekend trips
down the Potomac, with a stopover
night somewhere, they hold their re-
gattaS and cruises.
1. is great sport to go off with boat
party, or, still better, several boats in
a squadron, and to run down TO a shell
tered point for the night. The ice
boxes have been well supplied. but per-
haps a watermelon boat is met on the
way and a transfer is quickly effected;
or perhaps a stop is made at a farm
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ing the dangers that threaten naviga-
ton is pulling in it's possibilities. The
construction of charts is, of course, the
final purpose, but the survey steamers
must undertake the original work of
investigation. To determine the depth
of the water and to outline channels.
banks and shoals is accomplished prin-
cipally by means of photography. The
results of this work are to the navi-
gator the most important features on
the chart.
photography is to a certain extent,
however. dependent upon two other
branches of surveying. triangulation
and topography. The position of the
trigonometrical points on land, by
means of which the location of the
soundinss is determined, is fixed by
triangulation, while topography pro-
vides the delineation of the shore, To-
Gates the rocks that show above water
and the limits of dry shores and banks
Before beginning his work the hy-
drographer must be provided with an
outline map showing the meridians
and parallels. the shore line and the
land features that can be seen from
the water, prominent objects, spires,
houses, artificial signals. capes, head
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nonresident and ten honorary men,
4
When the club was organized the
boats were nearly all sailing yachts
whose owners asked for nothing but
a stiff breeze and free sheet, but the
summer breezes are uncertain and tides
are usually head tides to the returning
boat. so the older sailboats have given
way to motor or steam boats, and
most of the remainder were converted
into auXiliaries. SO that in the whole
fleet now are to be found only three
boats relying solely on sail power. But
the lines of these craft are so fine that
their owners can hardly think of intro
ducing even two-bladed Kicker"
That is the way they feel after a race:
their ideas are more plia BILE when
eleven miles from home the breeze
dies out and there is nothing to do but
anchor and make remarks about con-
trary winds and vow to SILVER their
own timbers and other equally blood
curdling things if they do not exchange
the sailboat for gasoline launch
which will go without wind.
Some of the larger and best known Of
the boats are the households Arkette and
the Griselda, saiboats Celeste. Dorinda.
kittiwynk. Orion. Querida and Freya;
auxiliaries Chadakoin (iagship). Bess,.
Diana, Latonia. Mohawk and Stranger,
and the gasoline or steam yachts Cloe-
liza, Chrystella, Eolis, Iona, Luvin, Rox-
ana, Stranger. Sunshine and Clipper
The officers of the club for the present
year are: Commodore Adrian Sizer;
secretary treasurer. Daniel H. Fowler;
chairman of regatta committee. F. de B.
Weston.
While the yachtsmen make use of their
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REGIMENTS OF BALUCHUS
I'm THE BRITISH FORCE,

IN 1859 Gen. Wiltshire, with men not
in excess of 1000. attacked KaIat, the
chief city of the Baluchis, knock ed
Gown the gate of the town with artil-
cry and killed 400 Baluchis, including
the khan, and took 1000 prisoners
There is another regiment of Baluchis
in the British service mentioned in
some of the dispatches from Flanders
and northern France, known as
Jacobs Rifles" named after John
Jacob. British general of distinction
III the India service. at one time gov
ernor general of the Baluch states 1t
was he who. in 1854. concluded treaty
with the Balich khan which recites
with many other things that "Nasir
Khan II. his heirs and successors. bind
themselves to oppose to the utmost all
the enemies of the British government
ana III ali cases to act in subordinate
cooperation with the government and
to enter into no negotiations with
other states without its consent"
There has been much turbulence
among the tribes of that country sew
eral khans have been assassinated or
deposed or forced to flee the country
and there have been plots and counter
plots by viziers and chieftains. Eng
llsh government in British Baluchistan,
which was Incorporated with British
india in 1887, and the English influence
or the tribal districts of Baluchistan
outside of British Baluchistan have
made for the peace and comparative
serenity of the whole country
The first European to travel through
Baluchlstan and to commit his OBJ
serVations and Impressions of the ma
tiNes to book form was an author
lraNeLr named Terrier. Frenchman
lie wrote that in his opinion the Ra-
luchis of that period-about a century
aeo-were the best fighting men in
ASA and were superior in stamina and
sleadiness to the Afghans. He wrote
OF their military capacity as follows:
'ot thelr courage they boast and
swagger As much as the Afghans, but
perhaps with more reason. The lat
ter are good for a rush. hut they do
not meet the shock of an attack or
stand well under the Are OF artillery.
IN" Halu"his. on the contrary. thuun 10
~ ignorant Hs the Nfghnus Of the art
"t war. sutpHss them Ia teurcity and
hrnN"rN They remain nrm under the
m" or tho enemy aud are bold ~ their
advance ON many ocraHiour tho, hold
hrW aud die on the ground like real
heroes There are no better soldiers
VA Asia than these Haluchis'
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TN one of the recent dispatches from
Europe there appeared among va
rious reGimental designations Of
units in the British force in Flanders
the name .'Coke's Rides" and to one
of the men of that command, Jemadar
Mir Dast. the Victoria cross was given
for especial gallantry at Ipres. The
significance of this is that Beluchis
or Baluchis, taking part in the
war under the British banners, for
Cokes Rifles. named for a splendid old
soldier in the English Indian service
is recruited from these warlike people
who dwell within the borders of Brit
ish India and whose country extends
from the Gomal river to the Arabian
sea and from the borders of Persia
and Afghanistan TO the boundaries of
Iunjab and Sind.
British Baluchistan, which, like Af=
Ghanistan. takes its name from the
principal race inhabiting it, is one of
the grand divisions of Baluchistan and
much of this territory was ceded to
the British government by Afghanis-
tan The other chief division of Balu-
Chlstau consists of native or tribal
states either under British rule or Brit
Ish influence.
Text books on Baluchistan give it's
area as 1885 square miles and its
population IN round numbers as one
million. II is written that the popu-
lation Is largely uomadiC. and the fact
that $4,000 Camels have been counted
Ia tn. Bolan pass during the month OF
the annual Brahui migration may he
taken as an indication OF the dimen-
sions which the movement assumes
The religion OF Mohammed is the pre-
Nailing fsuth 81 the people. 1t has been
Inquired that - per cent OF the jewellers
Their" a." MusSulm"ns. and that the rest
are llindus, Christians aud Sikhs. with
small scattering OF other religions
found throughout the east
Alexander the Great tr1Vcrscd this
part Of NEin with his armed host. and
lost there IA" greater part 81 his men
aud animals h''Huae ~ the fcrocity of
tu" people, TN poverty OF the country
and the dtfnrultN u obtaining water.
food and fofHE' The nam" 81 coke
vHH bsHorlHtsi With DaflN military
operations 800 the lnud ct l,alucht-, and
ttsHe operations were ~ one time uut
usTuuH AMI bloody when the ihittHh
troops advanced against AIS hsnIAtan
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BUILDING UP THE DYESTUFF
INDUSTRY I'm UNITED STATES

Meanwhile new life has been infused
into the American dyemaking industry
and it is said that it would expand by
leaps and bounds if it could be assured
against ruin by German dumping OPP
erations after the return of peace. 1t
might be that American dyes could be
produced at a cost not greatly higher
than the United States has been paying
for German dyes, but with the stock or
dyes that probably has accumulated In
Germany, and the desire to annihilate
a growing competitor threatening them
with the loss of a very profitable trade.
the German dyemakers would dump or
sell their goods in the United States at
a price that would put the American
dyemakers out of business.
1t has been announced By American
dye trade authorities that there is great
optimism in the ranks of the American
manufa cturerS of coal tar and natural
dyestuffs over the support which is be-
ing given to them by American textile
interests and other interests dependent
to a great or less extent on dyes. The
dye manufacturers are looking to the
Clayton law and the federal trade COM
mission to protect them against dump
ing" by the German dyemakers at the
end of the war. 1t has been said that
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce is cooperating with the fed
eral trade commission to save the
American dye manufacturing business
from disaster on the return of peace.
A great many newspapers and inter-
ests concerned in the building up OF
American industry look with favor
upon giving national aid and comfort
to the dye business. They point out
that it is one of the great industries of
the world, but as far as the United
States is concerned il is truly AN infant
industry making a struggle to estab-
lish itself. The United States backed
the tin industry in this country when IL
was impossible for IL TO compete on
even terms with the tin industry OF
Wales. and il backed the American silk
industry. now grown to be an impor-
tant factor in American industrial lif~.
One of the leading dye manufacturers
in the United States has been quoted 49,
saving: "Th" larg" output of b"nSol
and nniline oils essential for tho maxi
ing OF coal-tar colora has reached such
IN this country that "a"
feel Justified IA oNpcriinrntinr WITH
aniline culorH az an adjunct tn oar pee.
duCiiou Of ~" natural ere vegetable
"olora II Hr"WH pr'tih Vol HnHu|fh
that THE country rhu produce Hil 90
the brnKnl required, anh. Wfh u tuu
ntantib iurrohHinn uuuihst nf WiHtHfa.
large anh HmRli turuluN uut HHiiiHH
ollie thsf" ahpuid 60 Nn ifHHhir lH nHf
ron'etn uuina ahead HIin thF uHnHfast
tuls of Hmlnt nf tht lflntipai anllhs
toiere 81 least
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Calvert, Lord Baltimore, who had the
blood Of a sailor in his veins. made a
landing and established the place. On
the estate stands the house owned by
the Grayson family and occupied by
ten generations of their race. The
bricks Of the house were brought from
England, and the house is known to
have been standing in 1916 and is be-
lieved to have been built at a much
earlier date. At this point the state
has erected a monument. beautiful
granite shaft, with bronze faces at the
base.
During the winter, when the boats
are laid up, the clubhouse is not closed.
Regular meetings are converted into
informal social gatherings, while at
intervals suppers and other entertain
ments are given to keep up the ever
pleasant themes which sailors love.
The club anchorage is a convenient
one for visiting yachts. many of which
every season accept the well known
Reola, r. E. Olds, owner. very hand
some steam yacht, Is visiting, having
come down by way of the great lakes,
the Erie canal, and SO on to Wash
ington.
II the lucky person cruising about
the harbor goes upriver to the Vir-
ginia shore between the railroad bridge
and the Highway bridge, he will come
suddenly upon the clubhouse of the
numerically largest of the Washington
yacht clubs, the Corinthian. Formerly
their house was in the southwest sec
ton, not far from that of the Capital
Club, but three years ago they We're
fortunate enough to secure from the
railroad this strip of land, then low,
marshy and unattractive. They filled
in and graded the land. established
good bulkhead, with berthing accom-
modations for all their boats. The
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clubhouse was moved from their old
place, being put on big sand fiat
boats and floated to the new location.
The clubs broad porch forms a COM
Portable resting place. and inside are
large clubroom, billiard room, dressing
and locker rooms In the summer moth
ing but the porch and the lockers are
in demand, but when winter comes and
the waters are filled with ice, when
oysters are ripe and the close season
is raised from chickens and such
things, the regular Saturday night
spreads are we'll attended and all
sorts of, plans are laid for the time
when the "chug- chug-chug" of the
boats will be heard on the river.
The keenest interest is taken by many
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side. just showing through the woods,
and the Households lie moored quietly
along the banks. Down the river, near
the speedway, one sees the wonderful!
willows On the water front and Won
derS why these trees are SO much more
beautiful when seen from the water.
At the point where the river opens
lie the flats" where the water grasses
rule supreme. where they seem siren
like, pewitchingly to urge strong
swimmer to come to them and perish
Some day a reclamation project Will
redeem this land and it will yield
many bushels of potatoes and fabu-
]ous quantity of onions: it will be per-
fectly safe, and the sirens Will have
departed.
out from behind the point shoots
long. lean, gray DESTROYER. flame
pours with the smoke from the fun
nelS as she begins to develop the pow
or of her 10000 horsepower engines
Her spinning propellers throw great
waves which run through the grasses
on the flats and make them Whiri
through all sorts of sinuous move
ments.
On the other side of the point stands
the beautiful War College. suggesting
temple of Janus Down the river
comes a night boat bound for Norfolk,
crowded with passengers going out for
the week end. On past wharves and
boats, one sees on either side some
thing OF interest until, at the foot of
9th street southwest, group of yachts.
some only motors, but some with
masts and sail rigs, announces the
anchorage and clubhouse of the Capt.
tai Yacht Club, the Oldest of the Wash
ington boat clubs. 1t was organized in
1890 with a membership of about
twenty-five and yacht roll of fifteen
boats. 1t was incorporated in 1900,
and it now has a register of f1fty-four
active, twenty-seven associate, five
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lands and outlying rocks and islands
visible from the shore. The location
of these features is important to the
navigator, too, for the character of
the shore is frequently a guide. The
points determined by triangulation are
all marked by objects observable from
a boat or vessel, and when a sufficient
number have been fixed a tide gauge
or tide staff is erected at some suita-
BILE point in the vicinity. Then the
work of sounding begins.
The sounding machine is reel or
drum filled with stranded or piano
wire and operated either by hand or
small reeling engine, which reels in
the wire after the sounding is made.
A heavy Sinker is attached to the wire
and the depth of the water is obtained
either by a measuring reel, over which
the wire runs in taking the sounding,
or-in depths up to about eighty-fve
fathoms-by a pressure tube fastened
to the wire near the sinker. This tube
is small, round and made of glass. 1t
is sealed at the upper and open at the
lower end, the depth being measured
by the distance the pressure forces
the water up into the tube.
In deep. offshore waters piano wire is
used on the drum of the sounding ma
chine, and spherical or pear-sha ped
shot, weighing about sixty pounds. is
used as sinker and is attached to the
wire by device which automatically
detacheS it eaching the bottom
Specimens of the material of the ocean
bottom are obtained in deep sea sound
ing by mechanical device attached to
the end of the wire. Special thermom-
eters and water bottles are sometimes
attached to the wire to secure the tenn
erature and specimens of water at
any desired depth. When out of sight
OF land the position in running the
sounding line is determined by aStro-
nomical observations and by dead reck-
Oning.
In the actual work of running sound
ing lines, power launches, ships and
roWboats are often used instead of the
big steamers. When beginning Il line
OF sounding, two observers, with sex
watch or clock and record book. and the
leadsman with his line. take their re-
spective positions in the boat. The
position of the boat is determined and
Il record made. The lead is dropped and
the boat moves until the end of the line
is reached record is made of the
time at which the soundings are taken,
for its is necessary to consider the rise
and fall of the tide.
The tides are observed by means Of a
self-regis tering tide gauge while the
sounding is in progress so thu; the
plane of reference. Each sounding ~
thus corrected for the stage OF th,. lid,
at the time II MAS taken. Dnshore
however, IN deep sea BOUNDING IL is not
necessary to consider the tidal rcduc-
tons
Nhil. bN means of the lead limo IN.
slopes 81 the bottom Of the sea arc ia.
t"rWtU"d, There Htill may cNIHt dauRors
10 navigation that are not revealed
Atoms tho coast OF Maine aud IA
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nautical experts. tide observers. mates.
engineers, surgeons deck officers and en-
listed seamen all make up the personnel
of the field force. Until 1900 the officers
were frequently from the navy. but be-
cause of conditions caused by the out
break of war with Spain, Congress estab-
liShed the survey on a civil basis.
THE survey owns a fleet of fourteen
steamers and a schooner, in addition to
number of small launches. Work is still
being carried on in the Philippines and
Alaska The importance OF the work is
well demonstrated by the fact that the
actual shore line, including all the bays.
sounds and rivers along the United States
and Alaska, is estimated at about 81 600
miles. In addition must be considered the
shore line of Porto Rico, Guam, Tu.uila
and the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands.
The length of the general shore line OF
these islands exceeds 5,400 miles,