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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
THE SWIFTEsT DOGS
Greyhounds, It Has Been Proved, Can
Run as Fast as Carrier
Pigeons Fly.

Comparatively few people realize of
what remarkable speed dogs are
capable. The wolf can run between
fifty and sixty miles in one night, and
the Arctic fox ear do quite as well, If
not better. Nansen met one of these
foxes on the ice at a point more than
seventy miles northwest of the Sanni-
kow territory, which is $50 miles
from the Asiatic coast. Eskimo and
Siberian dogs travel 40 miles on the
ice in five hours, and there is one case
on record in which a team of Eskimo
dogs travelled six and one-half miles in
% minutes.
English settlers and pointers hunt at
the rate of eighteen to nineteen miles
an hour, and they car maintain this
speed for at least two hours. Fox
hounds are extraordinarily swift, as is
proved by the fact that a dog of this
breed once beat a thoroughbred horse,
covering four miles in six and one-half
minutes. G~reyhounds are the swiftest
of all four-footed creatures, and their
speed may be regarded as equal to that
of carrier pigeons. English grey
hounds which are carefully selected
and which are used for coursing are
able to cover at full gallop a space be-
tween eighteen and twenty-three yards
every second. 1t is said that a hare
at it's greatest speed never goes faster
than at the rate of eighteen yards a
second. These interesting statistics
fully prove the right of the greyhound
to rank as the swiftest of the quad
rupeds.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

She attracted his interest Immediately
less on of her beauty than
from the character In her face.
IL called about my manuscript" she
said, a little timidly.
"Ah. yesl Sit down, Miss-Miss
Raymond" answered the publisher.
THE fact is, / have a letter in the
stenographer's hands at present, adj
dressed to you. Your book is won
derful. But it is inconclusive."
Life is inconclusive," answered the
girl, and for a moment it seemed odd
to Fftton that Ayre had used almost
the same expression.
you bring your couple upon the
scene excellently," said Fitton. I'VE
were greatly impressed. The setting
is superb. In fact. Miss Raymond.
your novel has the staging of a great
success. But it doesn't end. What
end there is is tragical. We don't re
fuse to consider tragedy, but at least
the ending must be made clear. Now
in your book the heroine simply on
fides her sorrows to a book, trusting
that the lover will see it and realize
her feelings. which shyness prevented
her from expressing. If you could
change the end"
The girl smiled YEARLY. 81 will
think it over, Mr.. Fitton," she an
swered.
81 hope you WILL" replied the pub
1tchnr tshoao,,aa $50 roaaor Mr. Iohp
Ayre, thinks highly of it. But here he
is coming into my Office. Now, Miss
Raymond, l want you and Mr.. Ayre to
have a good talk"
He ceased, for the girl had suddenly
Strengthened herself and was looking
at Ayre with the s%trangest expression
upon her face. The publisher had
only once seen such a look, and that
was at the same time, for its answer
was on the face of his head reader.
He looked at them in establishment
and then he understood. And, be
cause he was human as well as a pub
Usher, he went discreetly out and lef
them in his Office together.
When, ten minutes later, he ven
tured back, he knocked cautiously be
fore entering. He heard a hast.
movement within. John Ayre an
Miss Raymond were standing opposit,
each other beside the desk. And tn
look on the face of each n mad,
the publishers heart very happy. Fo
he loved John, in spite of his odd ways
mi. Fitton, l have persuaded Mis-
Raymond to change her ending" sal,
John.
YES" answered the girl slowly
For, you see. l know the sequel now.
Ftton's hand descended hard O.
Johns shoulder.
John" he said, "ff the sequel prove
a success I'm going to take you int
partnership. l believe you will deve
op the qualities of a mixer after all.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
orIaln of eIottlna Paper.

Blotting paper was discovered pure
" by accident. Some ordinary paper
was being made one day at a mill in
Berkshire when a careless workman
forgot to put in the sizing material.
1t may be imagined what angry scenes
would take place in that mill, as the
whole of the paper was regarded as
being quite useless. The proprietor,
of the mill desired to write a note
shortly afterwards, and he took a
piece of the wastepaper, thinking 1t
was good enough for that purpose,
To his intense annoyance the ink
spread all over the paper. All of a
sudden there flashed vel his mind
the thought that this paper would do
instead of sand for drying ink, and he
at once advertised his w~astepaper as
"blotting." There was such a big de-
mand that the mill ceased to make
ordinary paper, and was soon occu
pied in making plotting only, the use
Of which spread to all countries.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

the book, except the descriptions. He
and given her blonde hair and a fancy
name. That book had sold to the ex-
tent of two hundred and fifty thou
sand.
Ayre was a mystery. He was a man
of thirty-five. Fitton had given him
a job out of pity four years before.
The man looked half insane. He
seemed to have been through some
mental stress which had changed his
nature. Fitton had suspected him of
drinking. But Ayre never touched
liquor, and inside of a year he was
head reader.
About a week after F1tton's remarks
was written with the pen-a thing
which would have condemned 1t in
nine Office out of ten. 1t was in a
woman's hand, and 1t vas tied with
pink ribbon, a thing which would have
killed it's chances in nineteen offices
out of twenty. For usually one can
tell the type of mind that produces
fiction from the appearance of the
story.
whats this. Ayre?" inquired the
publisher.
"A good story, Mr.. Fitton," an
swered the reader. From a young
woman in Washington. l am com
PEELED to tell you hat it is likely to be
the success Of the season"
why, compelled AyreP"
Because | want to ask you not to
accept it, sir" answered Ayre. and
F1tton saw that he was trembling.
Ayre left the manuscript on Ftton's
desk and walked ~unsteadily away.
Fitton looked after him in some aston
ishment. Then. being himself no mean
Judge of the value of a book. he turned
to the books perusal.
He was fascinated by 1t. 1t was. in
deed, a story in a million. But when
he reached the end he saw, as he sup
posed, why Ayre had objected to its
acceptance. 1t was indefinite. He
took the manuscript to his reader.
II see what you "a Ayre," he
said. Its a splendid story, but 1t
doesn't come to an end. The couple
quarrel, and the girl turns him down.
Years afterward she realizes that she
has always loved the man. She is too
proud to go to him, but she writes a
letter which remains unanswered. So
she puts her love into a book. But
the story ends with the publication OF
the book. It isn't a story"
"But it's life" answered Ayre.
"I1i send it back" said Fftton, won
dering at Ayre's strange manner
I'm write the girl that it's a good
book, but we can't accept 1t in view OF
the conclusion"
However. before the letter and man
uscript hadV been mailed Ftton re-
ceived a visit from the author In per
son. A very pretty young woman OF
about twenty-five came into his otice'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
An
Unfinished
Story
By HAROLD CARTER
Copyright, 1915. by W. G. Chapman.

Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
IF John Ayre were to leave me-"
said Fitton & Co., II don't know what
! should do"
Fftton & Co. was Henry F1tton, the
famous publisher. He had started in
the business FIVE years before, with a
capital of a thousand dollars, and his
record since then had been one of con-
tinuous success.
Many publishers stated that they de-
sired only literary merit in their pro-
auctions, and not big names; but
Henry Fitton meant it. He had
brought half a dozen new authors to
the front. He was always represented
on the list of best sellers. But John
Ayre was the cause of his success.
Ayre was his head reader. and ap-
peared omniscient. Ayre had never
let a masterpiece slip through his fin
gers. He had an intuitive instinct
which told him whenever a novel, sub
mitted to the firm, was going to sue
coed. Ayre seemed able to plumb the
depths of the human heart-in manu-
scripts.
But not in life.
"Ayre," said Fitton & Co. one day.
81 wish you we're a mixer. I'd take
you into the firm. But you aren't.
You are only a mixer in theory. l
wish you we're the sort of fellow who
could put a little personality into your
work; make good impressions, and
build up the business"
Il guess I'm only cut out to be a
reader" answered John Ayre.
You're a darned good one, anyhow"
said Fitton C Co., and that was true.
.Ayre had picked mat little schoolgirl
manuscript from Arkansas, which ~
cry publisher but Fftton had rejected.
He had spotted it's human qualities, he
had punctuated and revised it, and it
had sold into three hundred thousand
copies.
He had taken that illiterate cowboy
tale, with it's marvellous realism, and
changed the title, rewriting most OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

contrary notwithstanding Day in and day ut a fellow al keep as cool in
this city as In any big town this side of the Mississippi The capitals IN
shine record is zeal par. and gloom and cloudtness are inneQuent visitors
So say the records
Nothing is lacking within the boundaries of the District, excep salt
water. to make this a ideal summer resort And at its very door Washing
ton has Chesapeake Beach, Colonial Beach, and other resorts admirably
equipped to provide this want.
All this is not a mere press agents dream. The assertions are based
IN actual facts and figures furnished by the United States weather bureau
New York. not content with burning its Broadway lights brightly It he
expense of outoftown visitors all winter. recently has stepped into the
arena. batanty proclaiming itself the ideal city summer resort.
Weather bureau facts knock into a cooked hat New Yorkis assumption
that 1t ia the most sunshiny city N the Atlantic coast and a number Of
other claims It has put forth
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

head snake from a box of cowpeas
which he was Smelling.
The peas we're in the hulls In a sack,
from which Weaver dumped them into
an empty box. got in and tramped
them.
AS he lifted an armful Of the hulls
a copperhead snake wriggled out OF
his arms and slipped back into the
box. angrily darling its tongue at him.
For a moment Weaver was I'm
nerved by his close call. then grabbed
a club, threw the snake out on the
door and killed 1t.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
LOOPS THE LOOP HIGH UP
Army Aviator Performs Remarkable
Feat While 1000 Feet In
the Air.

San Diego. Cal.-Lieut. Byron O.
Jones. the young army aviator who re-
Gently established a record for contin-
uous flight while carrying a passen-
ker. was receiving congratulations the
other day on account of his achieve
ment when he looped the loop four
consecutive times at an altitude OF L.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

900 feel. He used a standard army BIZ
plane. the first time, 1t is said. a ma
chine of that kind has been employed
in such a performance.
The motor of the aeroplane stopped
while the aviator was on his back in
the fourth loop, but he succeeded In
completing the circle and then vol
planed down.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

far is that it is not white but gray. Now, this gray paper, made from the
western hemlocks, lodgepole pine, red fir and other substitutes for the spruce
ground wood as now used is durable and excellent paper in every way. The
trouble is with its color. And there Uncle Sam confronted the first problem
OF the newspaper pubhsher-crculaton. He raj amuck of the muchdis-
cussed psychology of the newspaper reader"
For newspaper editors told him that gray paper never would do TO print
ing newspapers because newspaper readers will not buy papers printed OIL
anything else but pristine and simonpure white paper. The nor snowHke
the paper the greater the rejoicing of the circulation manager
The government experts did not go about their work in a academic
sort OF way. When they evolved paper which they believed would stand the
test OF the great presses of the modern newspapers they tried it on the
dog meaning they had New York and st. Louis publishers print regular
editions OF their papers on the government production In every respect
the ubsttutes met the test, until they reached the eye of the circulation
manager These can the objection to the color.
The experiments, II successful will be of greatest benefit 1t is stated, in
the middle West, in Chicago, St Louis St Paul. Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
Those cities. it is expected. 500 will feel the pinch of greatly increased COST
OF print paper. Timber men state that already the end of the spruce forests
in those great states is in sight Therefore, the need o. a substitute for the
spruce ground wood.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

The Casino at Narragansett pier
was the scene of the novel black and
white costume ball, given by Mrs. Tai
bot Hanan. The Casino, arrayed with
streamers of black and white and bal
cony decorated with checks of similar
colors and the entrance designed with
the same effect. formed a fitting BAG
ground to the costumes of the partici-
pants. It was the first notable ball
Of the season and was preceded by
many dinner parties. One of the fea-
lures of the affair was the hostess,
Mrs. Talbot Hanan. In her black and
white taffeta gown trimmed with
black velvet and ornamented with
figures. A striking part of the cos
tune were the pantalettes and the
skipping rope which she carried
throughout the evening.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

UIIlndI WG WU5dIC HUUI "aa
much damaged by ignorant workmen before it was saved by the scientists.
the part of the map saved from destruction extends from Nablus' he Bib
hal Shechem, in the north, to the Nile delta of Egypt IN the south.
Unlike modern maps. the Medeba map is orientated not toward the north,
but toward the east
Cities and towns are represented by buildings sometimes surrounded by
palm trees. The Jordan is shown a a comparatively broad stream. which
fausm into the Dead sea, and the latter is agtated by currents represented by
nick black streaks. The banks Of the Jordan are connected by two bridges
while OF thu surface of the Dead sea two vessels are depicted.
The mountains re designated in various tnts to indicate their several
strata In the desert east of the Jordan a gazele is represented a being
by some animal possibly a lion or a panther.
This interesting reproduction was acquired by Mr.. Woodward in Jerusa-
len while he on a tour around the world in the interest of the Christian
missions in 1899.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

NJ IHb SldIe' Wat dWu navy UepdIt-
ment building the force of uniformed watchmen has beer increased. No one
without a pass is allowed to enter the building after office hours. The object
OF this is to guard against the theft of valuable papers.
Nava secrets have disappeared from time to time and it is limited that
the papers we're distracted through the efforts of agents of foreign powers.
The additional safeguarding of the public buildings does not. of course,
meet the needs as to more secret agents. But it shows the situation is wor.
ryng high officials.
In some quarters /. is suspected that Germany has a number of under
ground workers in this country. 1t is likely some of the other European
countries also have spies here.
The passport frauds and the supposed efforts to transmit military infor.
nation by wireless have required the services of a large number of govern.
ment agents. However. it is also true that the efforts of the British to enlist
recruits here and some of the other activities Of the allies have also required
close watching.
At the time of the Civil rthsgo government developed n of the best
secret service systems in the world. Plenty of good material for valuable
secret agents is available if congress will provide the money.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
Enqaqement by Mail Only a Joke.

I'm through with girls. Back to
the ocean for me-" That was the re-
solve announced a few days ago by
]. d. Browntown, a sailor OF the Unit
ed States training ship Franklin. when
he departed from Hagerstown, Md,
after a girl he had never seen re-
fused to marry him. The lady's name
had been given to Browntown by a
friend and the two had become en-
gagged by mail. But when the pros
pective husband appeared the girl
said: $50 you're the person I've been
corresponding with? Well, I'm not
going to marry you. 1t was all a
joke"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

.tilation, of four pair of soldier boot
soles at the end of four stretchers
which had been slid noiselessly into
place at the estaminet by the sturdy,
kindly, experienced medical corps
men.
AS we walked along, one of our
guns of a battery near by smoked again
in the course of a desultory cannon-
ade, seeking to pay back in kind for
injuries which the four PROSTATE fig
ures in the ambulance had received.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
Paws After ia Years.

Grand Rapids, n. D.-Fourteen years
ago Judge l.. X. Hassell of Grand
Forks county billed Jacob de Lorimier
of Chicago for SLIPS for a certified
copy of a will. He has just received
de Lorimier's check for SLIPS in pay
ment of the old account.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
IRON IN LOG STRIPS SAW
Horseshoe Embedded In Tree for Half
Century Cuts Teeth From
Saw.

Vancouver. Wash.-Imbedded so
deeply in a log that the bark had
grown over it. a big horseshoe was
found in a log at the Beer sawmill
near Manor, recently. The SAY was
stripped of teeth by the shoe when it
struck.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
4 Moment Of ApprehensIon.

"Joshi" exclaimed Mrs. Corntossel,
''ain't you kind o. mussed up?"
Don't you like this new collar?"
Are you sure it's a collar?'
Certainly"
swell, | suppose it's all right. 1
thought mebbe you had your shirt on
upside down."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

Tor them. A new bulletin is to be is
sued within a few months stating the
results Of extensive tests, extending
over three years, and including forty
different kinds of wood, looking to the
manufacture from a new source of
paper that will do on which to print
newspapers.
Uncle Sans chief ambition is to
issue-not a red paper" a blue pa
per-" or any other colored scrap of
paper"-but bona fide white paper.
The rub with all the paper made so
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

force. Since the European war began
this government has found itself much
competent secret agents. Cranks, spies
and others whose activities are ques-
tionable, have caused no end of trou-
BILE, and the small secret agent force
has been unable to cover all the
ground.
Since Frank Hollis attempt to blow
up the capitol, the guards have been
increased at all Office buildings.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
National Capital Proves an Ideal Summer Resort

NEW YORK having uttered loud boasts that she is the ideal summer resort
~ among cities Of the East it becomes necessary for Washington to pro-
duce the official records proving the national capital enjoys that distinction,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

anu q NtW IOTk anu u UIB
towns backed up into a corne and
yelling for ice water.
Washington has more hours of
sunshine, more cooling breezes. and
less cloudiness that n city here
abouts.
The records demonstrate that its
weather is more nearly ideal than that
of any large city in the New England.
southern or Atlantic coast states.
The temperature here is moder-
ate. New York press agents TO the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
Uncle Sam Is Trying to Make News Print Paper

TINcLE SAM is trying to make newspapers That statement is literally
~ true, for he really is tryfng-not to print them, mine you-but to make
them. 70 be more explicit. he is trying to devise a way to make the paper
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
Found copperhead In Peas.

Omaha. Ark.-Ed Weaver. a stock
man ana farmer. received a nervous
shock when he pulled a live copper
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
Many Secret Service Men Needed in Washington

r oNGREss is likely to be called o N to increase the force of secret agents
~ at TIT disposal of the government. This mean OF alone to increase the
secret service Of the treasury Department but also the depanment of Justice
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

been presented to the museum by 81
w. Woodward of Washington.
The original mosaic formed the
floor of an old church in Medeba, a.
town in the former territory of Moab,
situated almost directly east Of Beth
lehem. The mosaic itself, dating from
the sixth century A. d., was discovered
in 1882, when the site of the old church
was being cleared for the erection of a
new church building.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21
National Museum Gets Copy of Old Mosaic Map

AsHINGToN-one of the oldest maps in the form of mosaic has
w Gently been installed o. the second floor of the new building Of
National museum. Iii is a reduced reproduction in colors # a mosaic map
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-30
MUCH COTTON IN GERMANY
Traveller Says Bales Stored VIII Sup
ply Powder for Five Years.
ny TcleFrsph to The Tfibune

ny iciehIelh 10 me Afluunel
Philadelphia, Aug. 90 - Nathan
Schwab, a cotton broker. has returned
10 this city. after three months in
Germany, during which time he trAv-
elled all over the Kaisers domain.
He declares that Germany has
enough cotton on hand 10 permit Of her
manufacturing all the gun powder she
needs for five years or more and that
food conditions and industrial condi-
tions were never better than now.
I'm the capture Of Antwerp. Belgium
and LODI alone" said Mr. Schwab.
Germany got more than $4,000 bales
Of cotton. She already had large sup
ply on hand, having prepared for just
such an emergency as now exists IN re-
gard to her being cut off from the sea
For years Germany has been buying
and storing cotton, and she has so much
ammunition stored up that just before
| left there, on August 10. orders went
out TO reduce the force of workmen in
all ammunition plants to So per cent Of
tie normal
ANY talk about Germany being will
ing 70 buy cotton at fancy prices al
present is foolish. | doubt II you could
get as good a price for cotton in Ger
many now as you can get here. | hap
pen 10 know that she got in huge stores
Of cotton just before the war began
and for time afterward; | know that
she rot in. by way of Gothenburg. more
than 500, 900 bales alone during Deem
Der and January last. In addition to
this, she secured vast amounts Of cot
ton by way of Rotterdam and by way
of Genoa, Italy. before the latter coun-
try entered the general confagration."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-30
BURLES0N PLANS
TO SAVE $4,000
Will Ask Appropriation of Only
S49,OOO,OOO for Rural
Free Delivery.

Washington, Aug. 90. - Postmaster
General Burleson estimates that the
cost of rural free delivery for the fiscal
year beginning July /, 1916, will be
about S49,000000, or 100000 less
than the cost for the present and last
fiscal years He WILL therefore, ask
Congress in December for an appro-
priation Of s49,OO0,OO0 instead Of
$50, 000 900.
The smaller sum Mr.. Burleson CON
siders sufficient to give service to all
patrons who had rural delivery at the
outset Of the present administration,
operate the 5000 new routes or extern
sions OF old routes and meet the in
creased pay. averaging 800. granted
last year by Congress TO certain rural
carriers.
The cost of rural delivery for the
last year of President Taft's admins
tration was only $470OO,00O. whereas
for each of the fiscal years 1915 nd
1916 it was $53, 900 600.
"The Postmaster General" it was