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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-19
Has Long Coast Line.

Broken by rocky headlands. bays
and deeply penetrating inlets of the
sea, the English coast line alone
stretches for a distance of 1850 miles.
To the south. upon the English chan
mel, lie the great seaports of Plymouth.
Southampton, Portsmouth. Brighton
and Dover; to the east. toward the
| North sea, are the ports of London,
| Harwich, Great Yarmouth, Hull and
| Newcastle, and to the west, toward the
| Atlantic and the Irish sea, are Bristol,
Cardiff, Swansea and Liverpool. Hun
dreds of smaller ports are sprinkled in
between these great harbors of world
| fame.
| "Of these English ports. Liverpool is
| said to have the best developed harbor
| in the world: more coal is shipped
from Cardiff than from any other sea
port: Grimsby is the fishing capital Of
the world, and London is more init
! mately connected with the ports on
| every sea than any other harbor. Eng
land has expended with freehanded
| foresight in the Improvement of her
| seaports, and SO the war finds her with
adequate harbor facilities upon every
hand, with dry docks and shipyards in
every more important harbor, with
| equipment to carry on a great foreign
| trade from more than 100 different
points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-19
ENGLAND NOT AN EASY
NATION TO BLOCKADE
Long Coast Line and Numerous Har-
bors Give Her Great
Advantage.

"a survey of the coast geography OF
the British Isles shows some things OF
tremendous interest when considered
with reference to the blockade UNDER
taken by the Germans, the first serious
blockade ever attempted against the
United Kingdom" begins a bulletin
just issued by the National Geographic
Society, which sketches few of the
difficulties in the way of maintaining
an effective blockade of the many
haroored, sea-e ncircled nation. The
bulletin continues:
Great Britain is a land of harbors
and highly developed ports Its foreign
commerce clear from more than l20
seaports, that are situated upon every
sea washing the islands. To shut on
English commerce with other lands
would require an almost impossible
sea strength. Moreover. besides Its
wealth of widely scattered harbors.
the United Kingdom has a particularly
irregular coast line, which would serve
to greatly multiply the labors of a
blockader.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
DANGEROUS GAME WITH BULL
Popular Pastime That Marks the Gel
ebration of Feast Days IN
South America.

In the interior Of Venezuela and Co
lombia toro coleado Is feature OF
fiesta days. A principal street OF the
town is roped off and wild bull Is
liberated. From eight to ten mounted
horsemen enter the improvised arena.
their only defense against attacks OF
the bull being their superb horseman-
ship and a knowledge OF. how to twist
the bulls tail in such manner as to
cause him to tumble over. While the
attention of the bull is attracted by
some of the party a horseman dashes
from the rear at full speed. gives
dextrous twist, and over rolls the bull.
This sport is not without its danger.
and almost every coleado festival adds
to the hospital list. The honor OF be-
ing champion bull-tail twister develops
keen competition, for the winner Is
crowned with flowers by the prettiest
girl in the village Some performers
become so expert as to be sure OF
their twist at a specified point, the
great achievement being to bring the
animal to the dust just in front of the
balcony of ones ladylove.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03

naQ no appeuCe. OluCe nave Idheu
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the aches and pains are all gone
and feel like new woman. cannot
praise your medicine too highly. Mrs.
AUGUSTUS LYON, Terre Hill, Pa.
It Is true that nature and woman's
work mas produced the grandest remedy
for woman's ills that the world has
ever known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to womankind
a remedy for their peculiar ills which
has proved more efficacious than any
other combination of drugs ever COM
pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Is recognized
from coast to coast as the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds Of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health many of them openly state
over their own signatures that theyhave
regained their health by taking Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound;
and in some cases that it has saved them.
from surgical operations.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
UnconsciousIy Depicted Himself.


President Wilson made an admir-
able speech to the members Of the AS
ISOLATED Press in New York, and yet
when he was very serious he was hui
morous, unconsciously, without a
doubt. Said he: II do not want to
walk around trouble. If any man
wants a scrap that Is an interesting
scrap and worth while, l am his man
| warn him that he is not going to
draw me into the scrap for his adver
tisement, but if he is loking for trOu
BILE that is the trouble of men in gen
eral and can help a little, why then
am in for it." And in almost his next
sentence the president added: Don't
you admire and don't you fear if you
have to contest with him, the self
mastered man who watches you with
calm eye and comes in only when you
have carried the thing SO far that you
must be deposed. That is the man you
must respect. That is the man you
know has at the bottom much more
fundamental and terrible courage
than the irritable, fighting man." OF
course President Wilson had no in
tention of handing that luxuriant bou
uuet to himself. but he did 1t, just the
same.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
SYNOPSIS.

Warrington, an American adventurer,
and James, his servant, with a Gagged par
rot, the trio known up and down the r.
rawaddy as Parrot & Co., are bound for
Rangoon to cash draft for 800, 900 rupees.
Elsa Chetwood, rich American girl tour
list. sees Warrington and asks the purser
to Introduce her. He tells her that War
rington has beaten a syndicate and sold
his oil claims for 100000 Warrington
puts Rajah, the parrot, through his tricks
for Elsa and they pass two golden days
together on the river. Martha, Elsa's
companion, warns her that there Is gos-
sip. In Rangoon Warrington banks his
draft, pays old debts. and overhears and
interferes in a row over cards, finds that
the row is caused by an enemy, Newell
Craig. and threatens to shoot him unless
he leaves town. Elsa Is annoyed by Craig
and stabs him with hatpin. Warrington
bids Elsa good-by.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03

There was bur one vacant bair:
and as she saw Warrington oWlS ere,
Elsa assumed that this mus be Vis
reservation. She was rather clad tNpt
he would be beyond conve SsationAi
radius. She liked To talk tn the
strange and lonely man, but she pre-
ferred to be alone with him Nhen she
did So
She began as of old to study care
lessly the faces of the diners and to
speculate as to their characters and
occupations Her negligent ohserva-
ton roved from the pompoua captain
down to the dark picturesque face OF
the man Craig. Upon him her glance,
mixture of contempt and curiosity.
rested. If he behaved himself and
made no attempt to speak To her, she
was willing to declare truce III Ran
COON the man had been drunk, but on
the IrraWaddy boat he had been sober
enough. Craig kept his eyes directed
upon his food and did not offer her
even furtive glance.
He was not in a happy state Of
mind. He had taken rassage the last
moment to avoid meeting again the
one man he feared For ten years this
man had been reckoned among the
lost. Many believed him dead. and
Craig had wished 1t rather than be-
loved. And then, to meet him face to
face in that sordid boarding house had
shaken the cool nerve Of the gambler.
He was worried and bewildered. He
had practically sent this man to ruin.
What would be the reprisal? He
reached for mangosteen and ate the
white pulpy contents, but without the
customary relish. The phrase kept
running through his head: What
would be the reprisal? For men Of his
ilk never struck without expecting to
be struck back. Something must be
done. Should he seek him and boldly
ask what he intended to do? Certainly
he could not do much on board here,
except to denounce him to the officers
as professional gambler. And Paul
would scarcely do that since he, Craig,
had better shot in his gun. He could
tell who Paul was and what he had
done. Bodily harm was what he really
feared
He had seen Elsa, but he had worked
out that problem easily. She was sure
to say nothing so long as he let her
be; and with the episode of the hat
pin still fresh in his memory, he as
suredly would keep his distance. He
had made a mistake. and was not like
ly to repeat it.
But Paul! He finished his dessert
and went off to the stuffy little smoke
room, and struggled with Burma
cheroot Paul was a smoker. and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
Critics Of the President.

The president shows excellent taste
In refusing to make any reply to the
criticisms of his administration by his
two predecessors. OF these, of course,
Mr.. Taft's remarks are in very diff.
ferent tone from that to- which Mr.
Roosevelt has too much familiarized
us. But the people of the United
States would be very glad of q re-
storation Of the usage Mr.. Roosevelt
trampled under foot, according to
which a man who has held the high
est office in the gift of his country
men regards himself as out Of politics
and is careful not to discuss the CON
duct of his successor Philad elphia
Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
[lOn0yInOOnS, etc
mr. eQsR57zE09llL OQnNNY

Its sign to ward off evil" he re-
turned
Are you expecting evil?"
Il am always preparing myself to
meet it. There is one thing that will
always puzzle me- Why should you
have asked the purser to pick out such
tramp as l was? For | was a tramp"
Il thought l explained that"
mot clearly"
We'll, then, l shall make myself
clear. The sight of you upon that
bank, the lights in your face, struck
me as the strangest mystery that
could possibly confront me- thought
you were ghost"
"a ghost?"
Eyes. So asked the purser to in
troduce you to prove to- my satisfac-
ton that you weren't ghost. Line
for line, height for height, color for
color, you are the exact counterpart
of the man am going home to marry"
She saw the SILVER that ran over
him; she saw his eyes widen; she saw
his hands knot in pressure over the
rail.
"The man you are going to marry!"
he whispered.
Abruptly, without explanation, he
walked away, his shoulders settled, his
head bent. 1t was her turn to be
amazed. What could this attitude
mean?
"Mr. Warrington" she called.
But be disappeared down the COM
panionway.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
up TO THE CRITICS
What of the Naval Record of the
Administrations
Figures Show That Praiseworthy
Work HAS Been Accomplished BY
Secretary Daniels Aimless
FauItfinding Silly Matter.

The IL. sssazln people-not the pro.
fessional politicians or tt. extreme
partisans, but the slbsta-aa., level
headed folk that really Settle things
are waiting with considerable inter-
est to hear what the Gardeners and
other bitter critics of the naval policy
Of the administration have to say fur
Their.
Secretary Daniels has answered the
rhetorical abuse of these gentlemen,
their jeremiads, their forebodings of
disaster, with plain statement Of the
present condition of the fleet, finished
and in course of construction, and a
comparison of present with former ac-
tivities. He shows that &c vessels
more are in commission than were
under the flag two years ago; that n
are authorized or under construction
today, as compared with 81 on March
l, 1913; that the number of mines has
increased 244 per cent and the number
of torpedoes 80 per cent, and that the
number of men, now up to the legal
limit, is 1924 greater than 1t was two
years ago.
The secretary shows that two and
one-half times as much money has
been appropriated for battleships in
the first two years Of the Wilson adj
ministration as was appropriated In
the last two years of the administra-
ton of President Taft, and that five
ships have been authorized as against
two in the former period. In sub
marines, the record is 26 against IL.
The development of the new 14-inch
gun-the most powerful weapon afloat
is another achievement of the past
two years. The revival of the grades
of admiral and vice-admiral is an
achievement which especially appeals
to naval officers, while the opening Of
the way to a commission for the
worthy enlisted man removes the re-
proach of caste from the navy.
Any American may we'll be proud
of this record of achievement; but we
are not pausing upon that aspect of
the case just now. Our present con-
Germ is with the men who have been
railing at the navy, the secretary and
the president.
We demand that they formulate a
policy.
y Here, gentlemen, is the record of
the labors of the men who have worked
while you found fault: The battleship
program has been multiplied by two
and one-half. The number of sub
marines building has doubled. Vari-
Gus economies have been achieved.
Torpedoes have almost doubled in
number, while mines have multiplied
as have battleships under. construc-
ton. The personnel is In the pink of
condition, and the fleet has every man
1t is entitled to under the law.
The hour for mere aimless faultfind-
ing has passed. Here is record of
achievement Speak to that. Whaf
would you have?-New York World.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03

sooner or later he would drop in. He
waited in vain for his man that night.
And so did Elsa She felt indignant
at one moment and hurt at another.
The mans attitude was inexplicable;
there was neither rhyme nor reason in
it. The very fact that she could not
understand made her wonder march
beside her even in her dreams that
night. She began to feel genuinely
sorry that he had appeared above her
horizon. Just before she retired she
leaned over the rail, watching the re-
Election of the stars twist and shiver
on the smooth water Suddenly she
listened. She might have imagined it,
for at night the ears deceive. Jah,
iah!" Somewhere from below came
the muffled plant of Rajah.
Next day, at luncheon, the chair was
still vacant. Elsa became alarmed.
Perhaps he was i'll. She made In
ouiries, regardless of the possible mis-
Interpretation her concern might be
given by others. Mr.. Warrington had
had his meals served In his cabin, but
the steward declared that the gentle
man was not i'll, only tired and irrita-
BILE. and that he amused himself with a
trained parrakeet.
All day long the sea lay waveless
and unrippled, sea of brass and lapis-
lazuli. brass where the sun struck and
lapis-lazuli in the shadow of the lazy
swells Schools OF. f1ying-hsh broke
faa-wise in flashes on silver, and por-
poise sported alongside. And warmer
and warmer grew the air.
Starboard was rugged up for cricket,
and the ships officers and some OF the
passengers played the game until the
first gong. Elsa grumbled to Martha.
There was little enough space to walk
in as it was without the men taking
over the whole side of the ship and
cheating her out Of glorious sunset.
Martha grew troubled and perplexed.
RI there was one phase Of character
unknown to her In Elsa it was irritabil-
itv. and here she was, finding fault
like any ordinary tourist.
aWhere is Mr.. Warrington Z"
Il don't know. haven't seen him
since yesterday" Elsa dropped her
book petulantly, ! am weary Of these
! Mandy panby STORIES.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
All Americans.

The president Of the United States
found in New York, as he would find
everywhere else in the country, that
he is also the president of . united
neople. In a difficult and an anxious
time party politics have ceased at the
waters edge" Not Democrats, not
Republicans, not Of any other name
or shade of partisanship, just Ameri-
cans, the American people hold up the
hands OF their president. There is but
ona party. the party Of the Union Of
all America for the American cause
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03

Lydia r.. Pinkham's
V e ge ia bic Com
pound. When / first
began taking it 1
was suffering from
female troubles for
some time and had
almost all kinds Of
aches-pains in low
er part of back and
in sides, and press
ing down pains. /
could not sleep and
ne
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
New enemy Of Prairie Dog.

In South Dakota the automobile has
been found a great success as a prairie
dog exterminator. A piece OF hose
slipped onto the exhaust conducts the
gases into the dog hole for few
minutes, when the hole Is covered
with earth, That is eaough for thu
dog,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-03
MRS. LYONS
ACHESAND PAINS
Have AL Gone Since Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

Terre Hill, Pa" Kindly permit me
to give you my testimonial in favor Of
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-09
Colorado.

Stark and Hines, operating on the
1,O00-foot level Of the Last Dollar, are
reported as being in Fay ore.
A force of twelve men is being m
ployed by Starkweather and Potts, op-
Grating the Labella mine on Bull hill,
Cripple Creek.
The Carver lease on the 400-foot
level of the Golden Cycle mine, now
owned by the indicator, continues to
surrender literally Of good grade ore.
The daily output of tungsten in
Boulder county % has an estimated
value Of $3.50.
In the Cripple Creek district opera
tlons on the Mary Mckinney mine
nave practically been suspended, so
far as ore extraction is concerned, to
permit Of the installation Of the new
electric compressor and other machin.
cry.
Tests made at the Durango Smelter
indicate that Colorado contains large
supplies of porphyry copper, far richer
than those of the Utah Copper Com
pany at Bingham, Utah, and of the
Chino Copper Company at Silver City,
n. M.
The London office of the Tomboy
Mines Company, lei Telluride, re-
ports that the improved Tomboy mill
handled 1900 tons of ore in May,
from which $47,50O was extracted in
bullion for the Denver mint and $685.
500 in concentrate for the smelter.
All expenses reached $50, 800. show
ing a net profit for this English
American Company of $4,000. This
is Al per cent of the gross value OF
the ore. The company has paid 49,
1890 since 1896. Capital stock 81
100000.
Mcintosh, Ingrum and associates,
leasing on the fourth level of the
Dead Pine mine at Cripple Creek, have
about caught up the cave through
which they are splitting and unless
some u%nforesteen contingency arises
then shipments will be started soon.
The Yeager lease on the 1,4Ov-foot
level Of the Vindicator mine at Grip
pie Creek is making a splendid show
ing and a handsome net earning is
realized. It is stated that during the
month Of May the two partners divid-
ed $1,000 between them after paying
operating expenses.
It is reported from Cripple Creek
that a cyanide plant to cost 100000
will be constructed at the Blue Bird
mine this year by Nelson Franklin
and ]. w. Price OF Cripple Greek and
oliver II. shoup and Berne H. Hop
kins Of Colorado Springs.
A comprehensive scheme of devel-
opment at the Victor mine, the prop
erty OF the d. H. MOffat estate in
Cripple Greek, might reveal great
riches in portions OF that territory as
yet unexplored OF depth-below the
1,0OO-fOot level. The Victor mine IL
the scene CT considerable activity.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-09
Arizona.

Two car of bullion, 100 tons, have
been shipped from Cananea to Bis.
bee.
The force of men at the Bisbee
mines was materially increased during
the past month.
Development Of the largo ore body
which vas crosscut several weeks ago
on the 565-foot level in the United
Eastern mine In the Oatman district,
is determining its values, and is
proving its breadth and grade to be
all that was claimed at the time of its
discovery.
With the mines in the Warren dis
trict producing at the largest in their
history, the situation would indicate
prosperity in the same ratio for all Of
those living within the confines Of
the community. Announcement has
been made by the officials of the Bis
bee properties that a record is now
being set and that If the production
continues throughout the year, at the
present ratio, a new record may be
fully expected.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-09
unexpected Chicken.

A stranger arriving in a small town,
hailed a passing resident and in
quired:
Can o direct me to a place
where they take b~oarders?"
"Hemmandhaws keeps EN-" the
man replied.
rs that a pretty good placer
Fair to middlin'."
Have chicken very often for din
ner?"
"Reg'lar and unexpected"
What do you mean by regular and
u-nexpected?"
They have chicken regular every
Sunday"
81 See"
And also have it when an auto
mobile Unexpectedly kills one in the
road."-Judge.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-09
CARE IN FEEDING BROOD sow
Wisconsin Station Secures satIsfae-
tory Results From Corn, Wheat
MlddlInas and Alfalfa.

On farms where many kinds of
grain are grown there should be little
or no difficulty in providing a suit.
able ration. For several years mature
brood sows in the Wisconsin expert
ment station herd have been fed ra-
tions composed Of one-third corn,
one-third wheat middlings and one
third wheat bran or alfalfa. Such
feeds are satisfying and bulky and at
the same time sufficiently nutritious
to cause the sows to gain from fifty
to seventy-hve pounds in live weight
during pregnancy. A mixture Of equal
parts, by weight, of the feeds men
toned, fed in the form Of a thick slop,
Is always very satisfactory. This in
sures an equal proportion and distri-
button of the various feeds and Is rel
lshed by the animals. The corr may
be fed on the ear and the alfalfa need
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-09

Brown was happy rambling
through the land of dreams one night
when he suddenly awakened to find
the long barrel of a pistol unpleasantly
close to his face.
Utter one word" cried a strong
voice back of the formidable gun, and
you are a dead man."
I'm not saying one word" was the
meek rejoinder Of the submissive
Brown.
What l want" continued the bur
glar, without lowering the pistol, lis
every single valuable that you have IN
the house, and | want them quickly"
IAN right, old man." promptly re-
piled Brown. digging up a slip of paper
and handing it to the burglar. Here
is the combination to the refrigerator. "
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-09
GUARD AGAINST HOG CHOLERA
Where Farmer Wishes to Increase His
Herd He Should Buy Animals
From Unlnfeoted Territory.

Ry NJ. II. REYNOLDS, Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station)
A farmer living in uuinfected terri.
tory and who wishes to increase his
herd should do so If possible by rails.
ing his own stock or buying from the
immediate neighborhood where he can
be bure there has been no cholera.
There can be no assurance Of entire
safety to the neighborhood II hogs are
shipped in any stock a or pass
through any stockyards or have had
any real serum-virus treatment. Doc,
tored" virus is being sent out by some
commercial firms. This is safe II suf.
fciently ~"doctored;" but It is Of no
s so far as comforting immunity is
concerned.