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Fair play., 1915-03-27

Three days after the episode
Dutchy's friend Hinkinan came run
ming into the docs Office
"Dutchys got the fever, doc" he
said. "You won't remember what he
did. to you, doc? He's scared out of
his wits, doc, and thinks he's going
to die"
"All right" answered the doc. He
got up and went round to the shack,
in which Dutchy lay upon his bed,
tossing and muttering dellriously 1t
was the last case in Sapphire, but it
was the worst The doc had pulled
the rest through without single dis
aster. but this seemed hopeless from
the first
During the next three weeks the
doc put In nearly all his time with
Dutchy. He told Hinkman to call him
any hour of the night when Dutchy
seemed worse. He persuaded Miss
Ida to lend her aid and between
them at last they got Dutchy out of
the valley of the shadow.
II was an awful time, said Hinkman.
Dutchy dimly recognized the doc and
| thought he was trying to poison him.
Sometimes he fought so hard that it
was all they could do to keep him
| from jumping out of the window. The
| little doc showed a good deal of
strength Hinkman reported, in such
encounters.
| Finally Dutchy, out of danger, and
/ xpoiOhiv,e, oh srI ,,,,tcl, nc
he had done, lay on the bed, conscious,
and looking UP at the doc with a sort
of dumb dog gratitude expression.
Doc, -. he had the grace to say, I'm
sorry"
That's all right. Dutchy," the little
doc answered, smiling.
The days passed, and evidently
the doc had succeeded in squaring
himself with Miss Ida, for they sat
together on the stoop every afternoon
now And there was not a man in
camp but vowed the doc was white
man, and that he would give his life
rather than let anyone say the op
posite, or lay a finger on the doc
again.
Well, Dutchy went North to con
valesce. and at last the day came
when he stood before the doc, who
was still sitting on Miss Lida's porch
they being now engaged-and spoke
up much less sheepishly but still sort
of ashamed
DOC. I've come back and l want
to thank YOU" he began.
That's all right. Dutchy," answered
the doc Are you ready now?'
Ready? For what?" asked Dutchy
Why for your thrashing," an
swered the doc, as if surprised, anc
he went down. Put em up, Dutchy,'
t-he. said you see, l couldn't strike
sick man. and l knew by your lool
and your pulse that you were getting
ready for a siege with typhoid Bu
now I'm going to lick you"
Which he certainly did. When i
was over Dutchy's face couldn't have
been recognized by his own mother
But then we found out that the doc
had been the featherweight champion
at Princeton.
Nov come along to the surgery
and I'll sew up your wounds. NJ
charge" said the little doc.
Dutchy was the sort that couldn'
rest until he got even. He threw thu
shoe after the wedding and struck thu
doc behind the ear. That settled al
scores.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Oopyrieht. iol5, oy " a Chapman,


Nearly all the boys liked the little
doc when he came to Sapphire. He
wasn't much of man to look at, but
his big head was chock full of learn
ing, and he was as affabe and friend
ly as anyone. The only man who
didn't take to the doc was Dutchy,
the bully of the camp.
Dutchy was sullen enough and mind
ed his own business in general, but
when he had two or three drinks in
lam he would start olt to find trouble.
He generally found it, and being the
kind who picks upon a smaller man
by preference, he usually gave better
than he got.
The doc was a young fellow, and
pretty Miss Ida, old man Pearce'
daughter. who had been East to school,
seemed to like him well enough. 1t
made most of the boys rather sore to
see pretty, clever girl like that take
up with such little runt. However,
that was her business and nobody
thought any the less of the little doc
for succeeding where so many of the
rest had failed Besides. there was
an epidemic of typhoid that fall, and
everybody was pretty much scared
Nobody knew who was going to be
the next victim, and the doc was
working with might and main to shut
off the spread of the disease.
However, he found time to sit for
a half hour on Miss Lida's stoop oc
casionally, and fan himself with 9
palm leaf. The boys who used to &C
there and weren't invited SO much
now used to grit their teeth and &c
around block so as to avoid seeing
him But still, it wasn't a case fol
a personal grudge.
At least, except with Dutchy, who
being naturally boor, and never hay
ing succeeded in making any impress
sion on Miss Lida's heart, set out tt
Fair play., 1915-03-27

In these times, when every little
that can be saved on the living eX-
penses of the poor counts, l would sug-
gest that the United States govern
ment coin a half-cent, which would be
of great benefit to those who must
count every cent of expenses.
For instance, if one wished to buy a
half-pound of coffee, at 25 cents a
pound, one would be obliged to pay Is
cents with a half-cent piece in use
there would be a saving of half cent.
There are many other things, too nu-
merous to mention, that could be
bought by poor people, especially
fruit. One often sees apples and ba-
nanas sold two for one cent. If poor
person had a halt-cent he could buy
one, when he did not need two.-New
York Times
Fair play., 1915-03-27
P0SzZzNeszXY GE1yz1aH SBL19zEeSoW

animation by counsel for the govern
ment. showed that they had little edu-
cation of any kind, and they made alb
solutely no claim to any knowledge of
medicine. Invariably they were merely
shrewd, INSCRIPTIONS advertisers.
Generally speaking they employed
some man who had graduated as doc
tor, but was without much experience
or practice. The business was con-
Quoted in his name, and he was fea.
tured in the literature as man of
singular ability and great scientific at
tainment in the medical profession,
who had spent years in the study of
the particular ailments which he ad-
vertised to treat and who had made
wonderful discoveries of remedies
which would cure the diseases repre-
sented by number of symptoms list
ed in the advertisements.
1T was represented that such doctor
and his alleged corps of assistants
would give personal attention to each
such remedies as they should find by
their superior facilities and expert
ence were needed in the treatment OF
any OF the diseases they advertised to
cure. Even in those instances where
| a doctor or doctors were connected
with the business this was solely for
the purpose of lending color to their
fraudulent representatives, and the
diagnosing and prescribing were
nearly always made by mere clerks"
OF the stock selling swindlers those
who have netted the largest amounts
are those who have dealt with min
ing and oil properties, although big
sums have also been coaxed out OF
| pockets of the guileless by the golden
/, promises of fortunes to be made from
| buying stock in land companies and
even in industrial companies.
One of the worst features of the
stock selling schemes is that it Is
largely those who can least afford to
lose who buy the worthless securities
In the gray old federal building of
New York there have, within the last
three years, been told stories on the
| witness stand by dupes which might
well leave a perpetual blush of shame
on the face of any man guilty of such
contemplate swindles.
In one trial, for instance, pale
| little music teacher told how, after
saving for eight years, she had man,
aged to accumulate S400. She had
then read one of the prospectuses of
| the swindlers who we're sitting at the
counsel table a few feet from her when
she was giving her evidence. This
prospectus had told her that her S4OO
would make her rich for life IL she
would only forward ii at once for
stock in the astounding gold mine
which the swindlers owned. She wrote
to the company, stating her position
and how much of self-sacrifce the $4OO
meant to her, and received back "a
| lovely letter" from the president, tell
ing her how interested he was in her
case and how certain he was that she
would soon be able to give up teach
| ing music II she would only forward
the $400 right away. And the little
teacher sent the money, and the mine
was worthless, and she half tainted as
Fair play., 1915-03-27

Though the western part of YER
mont includes the most extensive
marble industry in this country, the
eastern part is a virgin field where, in
the lack of general study of the
stratigraphy the structure, the pale
ontology, and the areal geology, it is
at present not only impossible to de-
termine the area and position of many
of the beds, but also even the thick
ness of some of the marble formations
which are but partly exposed. The
marbles of eastern Vermont, many OF
which are dolomitic, vary widely in
kind and character, and the outcrops,
though few in number, are scattered
from the Massachusetts line to the
Canadian boundary. Many of the
marbles are suited only for indoor
ornamental use. The greater part of
the lodges are to be classed as min
eral reserves which will be drawn on
in the future.
Fair play., 1915-03-27

When George Russell arrived in At
lanta from Birmingham he imbibed g.
bit too freely, and growing sleepy
about the eleventh hour of the night
wandered into Greenberg g. Bonds un-
dertaking establishment at the corner
of Ivy and Houston streets, picked out
a nice, soft spot near the cooling board
and disposed himself for an evenings
rest, records the Atlanta Journal.
Employees Of the place We're awak
ened in the early dawn by the rumble
OF Mr., Russell's snores. Such sounds
were unusual They investigated,
found Mr.. Russell, and telephoned the
police to come get him, Mr.. Russell
finished his nap in the patrol.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Motorcycle AmbuIanees.

The uses of the motorcycle are un-
limited. They are used as pleasure
vehicles, for delivering messages,
packages, and lately are developing
into useful conveyances for heavy
loads, as they are built more power
fully and with more endurance each
succeeding year. The last word in
usefulness is their adoption by sew
eral European nations as conveyances
for the wounded in battle.
A slde-car containing an ambulance
stretcher is attached to the machine,
the said stretcher being removable
so that it can be taken to any part
of the field of battle. Much time is
saved by using this conveyance, as it
can be driven to many places that an
automobile cannot penetrate, and
much more ground can be covered in
less time than a wagon or a corps OF
men afoot could do.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Canada's Pinch Reflector.

Work is progressing rapidly on this
instrument, which will be probably.
for short time only, the largest tele-
scope in the world pending the com.
pletion of the 100-inch reflector for
Mt. Wilson. The disk for the great
mirror started from Antwerp about
week before the war broke out. After
its arrival at New York the Pennsyl-
vania railroad was about a week in
finding suitable car TO transport it
to Pittsburgh, and then there was
further delay before an iron wagon
could be obtained to transport it 70
Doctor Brashear's workshop, where
it was finally placed on the grinding
table. The hazardous work OF boring
and smoothing off the hole in the cen
ter of the mirror has been accom-
plished with entire success. 1t is ex-
pected that the mounting win be COM
pleted by October next--Scieutific
American.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
DID ne DECEIVE THEM?
SCHOLARSHIPS ASSERTION
WAS NEVER VERIFIED.
True or Not, However, II Had the Ef.
feet of Making culprlts Own Up
TO Guilt and Take the
Consequences.

Describing the lighter side or
school life, Ian Hay, the Scotch novel
ist, tells of a schoolmaster who called
his boys together.
"A very unpleasant and discredit-
able thing has happened" he said.
"The municipal authorities have re-
Gently erected a pair Of extremely
ornate and expensive lampposts out
side the residence of the mayor of the
town.
Those lampposts appear TO have
attracted the unfavorable notice OF
the school
Last Sunday evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, they were at.
tackled and wrecked, apparently by
volleys of stone"
There was faint but appreciative
murmur from those members of the
school to whom the news of this out
rage was now made public for the
first time. But a baleful fash from
the schoolmaster's spectacles re-
stored instant silence.
Several parties of boys" he CON
tinued, must have passed these lamp
posts on that evening, on their way
back to their respective houses after
chapel. l wish to see all hoys who
in any way participated in the out
rage in my study directly after second
school. l warn them that shall make
severe example of them"
His voice rose to blare.
Il will not have the prestige and
fair fame of the school lowered in the
eyes of the town by the vulgar bar
barites of a parcel of ill-conditioned
little street boys. You may go!"
The audience rose to their feet and
began to steal silently away. But
they were puzzled. The Old Man was
no fool as a rule. Did he really imag-
inc that chaps would be such mugs
as to own up?
But before the first boy reached
the door the head spoke again.
81 may mention he added very
gently, that the attack upon the--er
lampposts was witnessed by gentle
man resident in the neighborhood, a
warm friend of the school. He was
able to identify one of the culprits,
whose name is in my possession. That
is ALL"
And quite enough, too When the
schoolmaster visited his study after
second school he found IL malefactors
meekly awaiting chastisement
But he never divulged the name of
the boy who had been recognized, or,
for that matter, the identity of the
| warm friend of the school | won
deri
Fair play., 1915-03-27
BIRDS THE FRIENDS OF MAN
Investigation Has Shown the Extent
Of Their Rsvsges on Insects That
Destroy the Crops.

A recent government bulletin in the
interest of bird conservation gives
some facts demonstrating their useful
ness as insect and noxious weed de-
stroyers that should become general
knowledge
A tree swallows stomach was found
to contain 40 entire chinch bugs and
fragments of many others, besides 9TH
er species OF insects. A bank swallow
in Texas deyoured 6S cotton boil wee
wills. Thirty.five cliff swallows had
taken an average of IS boil weevils
each Two stomachs of pine siskins
from Haywards, Cal, contained 900
black olive scales and 800 plant lice,
A klldeer's stomach taken in Novem-
Der IN Texas contained over 300 mos
quito larvae A flcker's stomach held
2S white grubs. A night hawks stom-
ach collected in Ketucky contained "a
beetles, the adult form of white grubs,
Another night hawk from New YORK
had eaten q clover leaf weevils and
375 ants. Still another night hawk
had eaten $40 grasshoppers. So bugs
luItt DttNAtN, tNO WdoBo eiliN " Pi'N'NN'
A bobtailed grackle from Texas had
eaten at one meal about one hundred
cotton boil worms besides few 9TH
er insects A rlng-necked pheasants
crop from Washington contained 5000
seeds of chickweed and dandelioh
heads
The quail, between his CHEEKY calls
of Bob White is busy consuming l35
varieties of insects. He will eat on an
average $4,000 insects and 6,O0o,OOO
weed seeds year. He is the natural
enemy of the boil weevil and the po'
tato bug and the best friend Of man,
who is trying to destroy him in near
| ly every state
In fact, there are few birds that are
not the friends of the farmer, paying
him many times over in the destruc'
/ ton of insects and noxious weed SEEDS
for the small amount Of toll they take
/ from his crops.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Appearances Deceptive.

Whilst making his usual daily in
spection of the stables the colonel no
ticed Private Jones giving his horse
piece of lump sugar,
Il am very pleased to see you max.
ing much of your horse, Private
Jones" he said; ''it shows that you
regard him with the true spirit, and
will not forget you for it,"
Private Jones waited until his com
manding officer was out OF earshot
and then turned to his neighbor
81 wasn't making much of him." he
said. "The blighter threw me of this
morning, and I'm trying to give him
the blinkin' toothache,"
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Tombstones for Monkeus.

Tucked away in one corner of Mon
teyideo, Uruguay, is small, carefully
kept cemetery for receiving the de-
ceased pets of wealthy families, who
often pay somewhat lavish fees for a
small plot of ground. While in some
cases the graves are supplied merely
with headstones, there are many OF
them which have substantial monu-
ments. 1t is not infrequently the case
that these plots are looked after
almost as carefully as If they held the
dogs and monkeys, parrots and cats,
and various other animals, resting be-
meath tombstones. their names in
scribed in granite or marble, and their
graves adorned with flowers.
Fair play., 1915-03-27

ems are so decorated-hair, ears, arms,
neck, hands, feet, any part of the per-
son to which adornment may be fas-
tened-so laden are they with gold
and jewelry that scarcely any part Of
their natural beauty remains uncov-
cred.
Meanwhile the young men with
their flowing caftans and boards are
paraded by their fathers up and down
before the mute and blushing beauties.
Eight days after the first bride show
the interviews take place at the par.
ents houses and through profession
Fair play., 1915-03-27

al matchmaker the young people are
betrothed The wages of this go-be-
tween are as regularly fixed as the
percentage of a broker. Months may
be spent on his preliminaries-
prospects or dowry. The girl has no
voice in the matter. 1t is time enough
for the couple to assume the unim.
portant part of becoming acquainted
when their fate has been irrevocably
fixed.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Flaw. in u. S. Patent Laws.

In Germany person who is grant
ed a patent of any kind must work
that patent in Germany within three
years of the time the patent is grant
ed or forfeit the patent right. In
the United States you can take out
n patent and never work Il II you
don't wish to. and still retain the
rights and privileges which the pat
ent grants.
Aniline or coal dyes are patented
in Germany and in the United States
at the same time. Bht as the German
Fair play., 1915-03-27
DAY FOR CHOOSING BRIDES
Whitmonday is a Great Occasion for
the Young People Of Russia's
Capital City.

Whitmonday is still a great day
in Petrograd when the celebrated
festival OF the choosing of brides
takes place, The daughters OF the
traders assemble on that day In all
their finery, marshaled along the flow
er beds. their mothers carefully sta
ti:hed behind them The young maid
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Shown by the Eye.

"A bright and sparkling eye," OBJ
serves Darwin, lis characteristic OF a
pleased or amused state OF mind. as is
the retraction of the corners of the
mouth and upper lip, with the wrin-
kles thus produced Even the eyes of
microcephalous idiots, who are so de-
graded that they never learn to speak,
brighten slightly when they are
pleased"
Fair play., 1915-03-27

The number of persons arrested dur
ing the years tabulated was 1851. II
the money obtained had been divided
equally between them each would nave
had dishonest gain of $122,6S4, proof
of the lucrative nature of swindles
which are carried on by use of the
mails There were more arrests in
1914 than in any of the other years
under consideration, the record of ar
rests and convictions being as follows;
Fair play., 1915-03-27
The WAY to Clean Lamr Glasses.

Here is an excellent way 20 clean
lamp glasses; Hold them over jug
of boiling water until they are well
steamed; then polish with soft dry
rag. This is much easier way than
washing them, and the glasses very
rarely break
Fair play., 1915-03-27
NAH, SWINDLERS GET
1851, ,00O, 900 Qezppae.,,,.

!. . : : : !: !. ! !. !. ! ] !. !
L IAOoIl lildll SNllultlb NiiV
| W% have been arrested by the
III federal authorities dur
IS III ing the last five years
III VIZ have taken IL from the
II "a American public $751;
w 100000. Those arrested
during the fiscal year OF
ID 1914 took $6S000,000 Of
- this total, $14.000,000
more than those arrested in 1913 and
S16,0OO,0O0 more than those arrested
in 1912, which seems to indicate that
the American public is becoming less
rather than more sophisticated.
Analysis of the annual reports Of the
post office department for the fiscal
year 1914, recently printed for public
distribution, with analysis of the four
| preceding annual reports, gives the
figures mentioned. In considering the
tribute which Americans are yielding
each year to the mail swindlers it
| should be noted, however, that the to-
tai of 1881, 900 600, great as it is, is but
I part of the stupendous total trib-
| ute which goes into dishonest pockets
| via the mail route each twelve months
| For the 1851 100000 is the estimate of
the federal authorities of the haul only
of those persons arrested.
BY no means all the mail swindlers
of the United States are arrested;
fraud orders do the work of stopping
their operations in some instances; in
others it is impossible for the post
office inspectors to obtain the eyi.
dence which would justify criminal
court action; in still others the activi.
ties of the swindlers never come to the
attention of the authorities at ali.
Thus it is obvious that the loot of
those arrested is but part--no man
can say how small or great part--of
the total sum of money filched each
year by mail sharpers from the Amer,
ican pocketbook.
The following is the record of the
money estimated to have been OBJ
tanned by mail swindlers actually ar
| nI In, In
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Propriety.

Suppose we have a house warming
John said the woman who likes tc
entertain
This amt house It's fat" re
piled her husband, irritably.
But that doesn't prevent having a
house warming"
Yes, 1t does, as long as the janitor
feels the way he does about it. II
you want me to celebra this happy
little home In an appropriate man.
ner III invite some friends around
and we'll pay freeze-out."
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Guinea Pigs Good to Eat.

That guinea pigs furnish cheap and
appetizing meat is one of the discoy-
cries of German dietetists forced by
the necessities of food economy dur
ing the war Scientists are urging the
breeding of these prolific animals for
food purposes, and IL has already be,
come large industry
Fair play., 1915-03-27

manufacturer is not obliged under our
patent laws to manufacture the dyes
in the United States he manufactures
them in Germany and at the same time
controls the United States market for
his goods through the patent grant.
ed him here.
Fair play., 1915-03-27
oolno 10 the Foot.

Bill-l see that cobbling is the lat
est course to be introduced IN the
public schools of Oakland. California
Iill--Isooks as II this would teach
the scholars In the classes to go TO the
foot
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Great Exoeotatlons.

Millionaire--A fit husband for my
daughter? Why, In the first place. she
is half a head taller than you,
Suitor- Well sir. don't expect to
be so short after ! AN married f3ul-
letin (Sydney).
Fair play., 1915-03-27
Chief Pleasure.

"Do you think aeroplanes will ever
be popular as autopobiles?"
"Never. You can't fly low enough
to put on airs for the benefit of your
pedestrian friends. louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
Fair play., 1915-03-27
His Advantane.

"A perfume manufacturer has one
advantage over the director OF the
mint"
What is that?"
"Hle coins dollars by making scents, '
Fair play., 1915-03-27

What is your position on this ques,
tion?" asked the constituent.
The congressman thought a minute
and then replied:
Very uncomfortable"
Fair play., 1915-03-27

You say Addledson is an lndefati,
gable listenerg'
Yes, The sound Of bis own yoics
never tires him"
Fair play., 1915-03-27

There are more islands in Lake Hu
ron than In any other known lake.