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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15

to Stratton, the harder he labored to
get even, But it was no use.
When the six months were up and
Stratton called on him to produce the
other four hundred, the man was
angry enough to fight. He said he
wouldn't give four cents for a quit
claim deed to the properties. STRAIT
ton offered to compromise, but there
was no compromise possible. Reluc-
family Stratton had to take the mine
back.
Stratton let the mine lie idle for
eight or nine months, and then, having
nothing better to do, he went back
and worked it. He could just get out
about enough to make him hopeful at
times, but not enough to live on.
Every time he found a stranger in
Cripple Creek who was a likely can
didate to buy a hole in the ground,
Stratton went after him. He landed
one person after a long effort and
managed to close a deal with him
that seemed heavenly to Stratton. The
stranger agreed to take the mine for
$4,000. He was to pay $3.50 down and
$1,750 at the end of the year.
This second purchaser did some
earnest work. He had a fair amount
of money and spent several thousand
dollars in extending the shaft and
opening the thing up. 1t was no USE
The ore he got didn't pay expenses.
The threads didn't widen beyond
threads. There was only a streak of
metal to be found and the outlook was
hopeless. His year rolled around and
when the time came for him to pay
the 81, ESQ he told Stratton to go hang.
BY this time the Stratton mine was
a camp joke. Some of the old-timers
used to say that at the rate Stratton
was going he would make a good liv-
ing.
Sold for the Third Time.
Stratton had been ridiculed for so
many years that he was becoming
used to it. He went back to his mine
the following spring and took up the
work where the second purchaser had
left off. He hadn't been at the job
more than a month or two when the
thread of gold suddenly widened into
a pocket. 1t looked at first as if he
had struck a branch, big branch,
of the tree of ore. There was some
excitement when the news got out
that Stratton, poor old Stratton they
had laughed about so much, had really
struck it rich. Men went up and
looked at that ore disclosure and
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15

to thrill him, but enough to pay ex
penses for a season. Then the ore
ran poor again. The following year
he decided the George Washington
wasn't of much account, so he re.
turned to the Independence.
Suddenly Struck the Trunk.
He plugged away all season at the
independence, occasionally running on
little vein of gold, profitable ore,
and then having it lose itself on him.
He just about made expenses. He
had his eyes open all the time for a
purchaser The purchasers were
rather shy, however. Too many had
been stung. The independence and
the George Washington had bad
names. If Stratton had offered to sell
the two properties outright for $4,000
it's doubtful whether he could have
found a purchaser
That was the condition when STRAIT
ton suddenly came on the trunk of
that tree. 1t was rich ore. Within q
few days the strike was known
throughout America. Stratton no long
er was a joke. He had no trouble in
getting money. He could take it right
out of the ground. The more devel-
opment he made the richer became
the prospects. Day after day the
trunk widened. Mining experts from
all over the world came to see the
property. All sorts of propositions
were made to Stratton for the pur-
chase of his holdings. He was pretty
shrewd. He carried his development
along until he had eight or ten mil
lion dollars in ore in sight. Then he
sold out for SIS, 900, 000- There was no
string tied to this amount. He had
to get the money and he got it. He
had been seven years selling that
mine and he had got rid of it three
times before he finally sold it for good
and for all.
That $15,000,000 made Stratton one
of the great millionaires of the West.
His home at Colorado Springs became
a show place of Colorado. The indie
pendence mine is one of the richest
the Cripple Creek region has known.
Stratton has been dead some years
and he will 50 down in history as a
miner, his name linked with the Inde-
pendence Nine men out of ten who
knew him intimately will declare he
was a better carpenter than a miner,
and that his case was simply an in.
stance of a mans inability to avoid a
fortune when it is his destiny to have
one come to him
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15

unless in the evening we-put an open
Psyche over the brow.
In shoes we have been looking with
i friendly glance on those which
Paris borrowed from the Argentine
with its tango, and which it has new.
er until now been able to force on
America. We wear colored uppers, as
the English do, and change them with
short vamped, patent leather, laced
shoes, with white kid uppers. and now
we are swinging in to high CATERS
that keep the leg covered under the
short skirt which rules the season.
Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure, Newspa-
per Syndieate1
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
Had . Familiar Sound.

1t was Just after spring cleaning.
She was reading in a low, thrilling
voice:
When the packing begins in earnest
it seems as though there could be no
spot on the earth's surface unshak-
en-"
He reused himself from somno-
lent attitude in an easy chair.
Who wrote that, Maria? He's been
through it, whoever he is. l wonder
who he married?"
why, you great stupid" said she,
IT'S Amundsen writing about the ice. !"
STRAY Stories.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
Wanted More Definite Orders.

Comment on the perfect marksman
ship now displayed in the navy was
made in the form of an anecdote by
Sergeant Jones of the United States
Marine Recruiting corps.
The captain called up a gunner and
pointing out battleship several miles
away, said: #....
You see that ship"
AYE, aye, sir" said the gunner.
You see the officer on deck?"
Aye, aye, sir"
well, you hit him in the eye with
a 16lnch shell"
Aye, aye, sir. Which eye, sir?'
asked the gunner.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
His Explanation.

There will have to be new rules
made here, or shall give notice" said
the hello girl in the telephone Office to
the chief clerk.
Why, what's the trouble?"
We'll, some of the things said over
the wires are not fit for me to hear"
"oh, that's all right" was his flip
pant rejoinder. you can't expect to
work around electricity and not get
shocked! "-Philadelphia Record.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
Belts.

In spite of the fact that the waist
line has dropped many inches, belts
are still used to emphasize the waist
line. The belt at the hips is usually
wider than tn belt at the waist used
to be, but it is still regulation belt
On many frocks and coats the belts
are Of the material, stitched and but
toned shut Sometimes these wide
belts are held in place by straps OF
the material, sometimes they are
stitched into position.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15

At the "Fox Trots" given at fashion.
able hotels, girls are wearing dainty
little bonnets of the Moyen age, which
almost conceal the CENTRE couture.
Such bonnet is here pictured. II Is
made of gold lace, blue chiffon, and
ties under the chin with gold ribbon.
it accompanies blue chiffon dance
frock with trimmings Of gold lace.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
Checked sports Coats.

Checked sports are still worn, with
the coming of cold weather. They are
made in every fabric which can be in
duced to show checks, even in yelvets,
and they are quite as effective when
frost chills the air as they were when
summer suns warmed it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
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Anodyne. Price 25c.--Ady.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15
Literal Travel.

Did you take the fast express out
of New York;"
NO; the engineer did"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15

hair than we have done for years;
and in coiffures we have become &C
customed to the absence of any pro.
lection whatever at sides, back or top,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-15

The veil is enjoying more fashion than
It has known for months 1t can be worn
in many ways, and one way Is shown in
the sketch where it is draped over a
tight-ftting little turban.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14

Several years ago, before conserva-
ton was a. word on every tongue,
careless hunters in the Adirondacks
left their fires burning behind them
The state maintained no fire warden
service then and great stretches of
mountain side were denuded of their
trees.
When it was suggested recently that
boys from the Rome State Custodial
Asylum, the largest of New York's in
situations for the feebleminded,
might camp in the Ad1rondacks and
reforest this land, conservation au-
thorities laughed.
But the boys have proven that they
can do something worth while. A
score of boys ate their first meal in
camp early in October at Indian Lake,
eight miles from Rome, n. Y, and g.
900 feet above sea level. Under SUI
pervision, they have done better tree
planting than the average 1aborer en-
ployed before.
$50 Acres in Four Weeks.
Working from 1880 a. m. to p. M,
they began by putting in 2,1oo trees a
day and in less than a month had es-
tablished a record of $500 trees. In
four weeks they planted 10000 Nor
way spruce covering $50 acres.
The boys have done some splendid
work considering that they had to do
some high MISUNDERSTANDING, going
through brush and marshes. But all
the While they were working you
could hear them laugh and sing. grow
ing stronger and happier every day.
There hasn't been a day of illness, not
even a cold.
Mr.. a w. Blue, state field forester
supervisor, under whose supervision
the boys worked, said that what they
had accomplished was far beyond his
expectations. The boys have been
inspired by the fact that the state
gives each year Scouts Medal in
Forestry and they are all trying to do
their best, and, make a record in tree
planting.
Mr.. Pratt, Conservation Commits
sioner, was so impressed with their
labor that he brought a Pathe Weekly
equipment to Indian Lake to get the
boys in the movies.
Talks On Forestry.
One of the boys. sighted a bear one
day and thereafter all kept close to
camp. The boys were given talks
and instruction on forestry, fire rules
and laws. The talking machine at
the camp added wonders to the boys
pleasure and there seemed to be much
harmony among them. They even
arranged for baseball game with a
nine at Indian Lake.
The boys did much to make their
mess tent attractive. They pinned
magazine covers on the walls, a closet
was built out of boxes to hold books,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14

and with the Chamber full of his
partisans about to meet, it was sup
posed Giolitti would prevail But
the force OF the new movement for
mated 1t was led by ski11fu1 new
leaders,; with their own newspaper.
The popular Imagination was excited
by appeals to- get back the lost prov
inces and for greater italy
Wild enthusiasm suddenly took pos
ed in the streets; Gio1itti's house was
sstormed- His supporters in the
Chamber were hooted and insulted 1t
was even feared that a revolution
might spring out of the intense popu-
lar feeling. Gradually, howevNr, the
soldiers and police got the upper
hand But the new nnoveme emit had
triumphed; the fu1fl1ment of Ita1y's
national aspirations was the watch
word from that time howard. Clio
litti and his followers disappeared
from the scene and are in seclusion.
and on May 20 declared war against
Austria. Since then all of ItaIy's
energies have been concentrated on
redee1ning the stWo lost provinces, and
the fighting now going on in Trent and
along the upper Adriatic is merely the
latest phase of this great movement
for the realization of Italy's national
aspirations
Prince Won Bue1ow;s beautiful pal
ace, here in Rome is one Of the sad
relics of former German prestige
which preceded the new movem emit
1T is one of the finest properties in
Rome, originally called the Villa, NAL
ia, but renamed by him as the Villa
of Roses, as the spacious gardens are
a perfect wilderness of roses said to
number some 10000 rare species,
probably the largest in Europe. #Rven
!, III of hi
profusions of roses hang over the walls
and climb the sides of the fine old
mansion.
When Won BueIow retired from the
German CHARACTERISTIC, he chose
Rome as his future home, his wife be-
ing an italian woman, Princess di
CamporeaIe, and together they chose
this palace of the roses. Tt was as a
young attache of embassy here that
Won Buelow met his italian bride, and
Bismarck yielded for the first, time
to a request that d member of the
German diplomatic corps marry a for
eigner-a precedent which later gave
American wives to Baron Speck Won
Sternberg, Baron Won Kettler and
many others. The Villa. of Roses is as
beautiful as ever. but the blinds are
closed and there is an air of sadness
and desoIation about the place. which
has remained closed since Won BuelOW
retired before the rising tide of the
new movement, eliminating in G1Ol1t-
tbs fall, the denunciation of the Triple
Alliance, and ItaIy's entrance into the
war.
How far italy will go into the Bal
kan campaign will depend upon how
far the leaders think it will contrib
ute toy their policy of Italy's national
aspirations. They will not go into it
as France has gone, to save Serbia, In
fact, ItaIy's interests do not tend to-
ward building up a strong Serbia, for
Serbia, like Italy, has her aspirations
for control of the eastern coast of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
To Get BACK TRIEST And lSTRIA
IS lTALY'S GREAT ASPIRATION
Premier Salandra In Sp eech Why His
Country Has Joined the Allies

menT into an Irresistible movement of
national aspirations
But Ita1y,s national aspirations do
not end with getting back her lost
provinces Just across the -Adriatic
lies Istria, that great stretch of feoun-
try which used to be a Roman prov
fnce and later was part Of the Vene-
tan Republic. Italy does not forget
that this valuable Shorthand along
the Eastern Adriatic was once Italian.
and national aspiration feels that it
should again be italian And beyond
that lie the Aegean islands, and the
route to the East, with Italy as the
great power lying nearest this dazzling
field, and the great power having the
largest coast line on the Mediterran-
can.
In this, too, Italy does not forget
that old Rome was mistress of the
East and West, and that a Roman En-
peror, Constantine, founded CONSTANT
nop1e and gave it his name. These as
piratfors are vaguely defined, but hey
all go together in the popular hopes
and dreams Of an expanding and
greater Italy.
The most notable feature of this
new movement of national aspiration
is the sudden disappearance of Ger
man prestige and influence. For
years Germany had been building up a
commanding position in the CONNER
Cl<41, llIctI1CAdA anu A4400SbI1ct1 aLdlTS
Italy. The Triple Alliance was the
political bond. but German business
men were doing more than the poll
ticians. Practically the entire i'm
port of foreign goods. except coal, was
controlled by Germany. German capt.
tai established great banks, built and
operated railways, electric light plants.
factories, hotels with German mana
gers and German walters. Some of
the most influential capitalists of Italy
were of German origin or with Ger
man backing, and gradually German
influence became little short of pre-
dominant in Italian affairs. Even in
political and International affairs Ger
man influence was often felt, and one
of the sins laid against the great Gio-
1ftti-and unjustly laid against him
was that his policy up to the time of
his recent fall was inspired by Ger
many
But this vast fabric OF German in
huence in italy was swept away almost
in a day by the new movement for
the realization of 1taly's national as
pirationss Up to that time, just be-
fore Italy entered the war, Giolitti
had been the great power in Italian
affairs, believed by many to be the
greatest man since Cavour. He had
more than 900 of his partisans in the
Chamber and his word was law. Ear
II last May he came to- Rome deter
mined to keep ITALY out OF the war
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14

Adriatic. Greece, too, is the small
rising power of the eastern Mediter-
ranean which might some day check
Ita1y's aspirations of becoming again
the great predonninating power of the
eastern Med terranean- So that there
has been no marked, enthusiasm In IT.
ally about entering the Balkan conflict.
The military leaders, like General Ca
dorna, mmander-in-Chief, have
strongly opposed any participation.
saying Ita1y's road lay to the north
the rescue of her two lost provinces.
Allied influence has been strong from
outside, however, and a landing in
Albania or a movement toward Mace
donia may bring Italy into the Balkan
theatre of war. But in that case it
willy be because participation in the
Balkan struggle holds out one more
prospect for realizing Italy's national
aspirations, in the territorial upheav-
ais finally resulting from the struggle
now going on in the Balkans.
The two outstanding figures of the
present regime are Premier Salandra
and Baron Sonnino, minister Of for
eign affairs. They eEnbody the spirit
of Ha1y'ss policy of national aspira-
tons, but are not of the radical ma
tionalist party which believes in
spreading these aspirations over all
eastern Europe. They are of the eau
tiotis and. moderate class. Salandra,
was a professor of law at the Uni
versity and he has the scholastic
mind. which measures and balances
everything, and is sure before he acts
So1inino, though voicing an aggressive
new policy, is also regarded as a, sure
man, one of the old school marked
for his extreme rigidity and correct
ness. He has been twice premier, was
leader of the moderate party, SO that
it was much of the concession for him
to take a place under Salandra, who
had formerly been one of his heuten-
ants.
These two 'eool old heads are thus
carrying out the new and aggressive
policy of national aspirations It
makes a good combination-o1d heads
for council and popular enthusiasm
for momentum And SO this keynote
national aspirations has become, ire
mendously powerful and popular. 1t
is one, of those chance political phrases
which for a time catch popular fancy
People here not only make speeches
about it, but sing of it in popular
songs, and half the store-windows in
Rome have a big map bearing the in
scription f'Italy's National Aspfra-
tons The people gaze at these
maps, and smile approvingly at the
waves of red ink spreading over the
two lost provinces in the north, and
then down the eastern Adriatic
through Istrfa and Albania-for that is
Itafy's line of expansion on which she
is fighting this war, or, as she chances
to call it, her national aspirations"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
PANAMA CANAL is
TO BE BEAUTIFTED

| Panama, Dec. 14-The identifying
of Gatun Locks and the village Of
Gatun will be started soon. Plans
have been prepared and the work will
be commenced. during the interval
while the Panama Canal is closed to
traffic This is the first step in max
ing any of the work of the canal as
sumo it's permanent aspect from an
artistic viewpoint.
The first work will be concerned
with the removal of the superhuous
trackage needed while the work or
construction was in progress. 1t viii
be necessary to- leave, some of this
but it will be so rebuilt that it will
not interfere with the beauty of the
general effect. The track removal
will give a wide and level lawn which
will not be broken up either with
buildings or flower beds.
Already all Temporary structures
needed for construction purposes have
been removed and their former sites
into lawns. The huge
cranes and cableways that were used
for conveying concrete from the mix
ers to the lock walls and floors are.
to be mediate1y removed. The lock
walls have been cleared OF all uns
necessary rpateria1-
The village of Gatun which viii
house the block operating force and
such military establishment as need
ed to guard the locks, will be greatly
beautif1ed through the addition of
many trees and ornamental shrubs
Additional roadways and pathways
will be built. a new clubhouse is to
be constructed, the old one being in
such bad repair that it would not pay
to repair it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
AMERICANS VISIT THE
TOMB OF CONFUCIUS;
RIDE IN WHEELBARROWS

Taianfu, China, Dec / 4-Dr. Paul s..
Reinsch, the American minister, ac-
companied by his wife and a party
of American friends has just com
p1eted a visit to the tomb of Confu-
cius and the reigning duke Of house
of Confuciuss who is the seventy
neSe. sage.
The party of distinguished Ameri-
cans made the trip to the tomb and
the historic Confucian city~on wheel
barrows. the same sort of vehicles
which were in use in China at the time
Confucius lived
DR.. Henry G. Adams, of the Uni
versity of Michigan, who is at pres
entrusted with the revising OF the gov
eminent system of railway accounting,
emit special adviser of Yuan Shi-kai
and Mrs. Adams were members of Dr.
Reinsch's party.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
CHA HO DECORATION
CONFERRED ON FORMER
INTERPRETER OF CHINA

Picking, Dec. 14.-President Yuan
Shi-kai has conferred the decoration
of the second class CHA EIo upon r.
Williams, director of the bureau OF
Far Eastern affairs in the American
state department. Mr.. Williams was
formerly Chinese secretary OF the
American legation at Picking, and Ia.
ter first secretary and charge dat.
flares in the Chinese capital. He al.
so served as consul at Tten,
tsin and for a number of years wa
an official translator for the CHINESE
Mr.. Williams has writ
ten a number of books on Chinese
laws, religious and institutions. Ht
lived for more than twenty years IL
China before taking up his present
work in Washington, and Is highly re-
garded by all Chinese officials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
READERS OF TRUTH
SELECT SHAKESPEARE Z
AS GREATEST DRAMATTST

London, Dec. 4.-By the vote of it's
readers Truth has settled who is the
greatest British dranatist, poet othek
than dramatist, philosopher, histor
ian, novelist, essayist, composer,
painter, and sculptor. There was
absolute unanimity on Shakespeare
as the greatest dramatist. The other
ballots were as follows:
Greatest poet other than dramatist
Greatest philosopher-Bacon
Greatest historian-Gibbon.
b Greatest novelist-Dickens.
Greatest notwithstanding.
Greatest composer-SullivanA
Greatest painter-Turner
Greatest sculptor~-FIaxman.