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The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
Different Note,

The teacher turned the slip of pa per over with smile. q think shall have it framed and hung on the wall for my encouragement whenever I am cast down." she said.
 What can be in it?" questioned her friend. q don't get any notes from mothers that want to hang on the wall"
 This is the first I wanted to keep. It is from Mrs. Warren, and tells me how pleased she is that Teddy is do- ing so well, and is so interested And there is added complimentary word for the teacher. I can't tell you how 1t cheered me. I think in my ten years experience I've had all the varieties of complaining notes, but this is the first 'praising' one. I'm in- terested in all my pupils, of course, but cant help feeling a little addi- tional interest in Teddy since I see that my efforts are understood and appreciated"
 q suppose lots of mothers feel grate. full to teacher for her efforts," said the other, musingly.
 Well, I wish more of them would take the trouble to say so," said the first.-Mother's Magazine.
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
Thin Chauffeurs,

The latest disciples of the gossip of anti-fat are professional chauffeurs.
 It's scant rations for me if I want to keep my job," said one driver. Cloak models and ballet dancers are not more careful of their figures than us fellows will have to be if the own CTS of automobiles keep on getting squeamish about their tires. We've got to be lightweights, every one of us. Time was when the man who wanted a chauffeur hired the chap who knew best how to manage 8 machine, no matter how much he weighed, but lately somebody has been giving the fat chauffeur black eye by figuring out that his extra fifty pounds or so is a terrible wear and tear on. the au- tomobile. That has scared the owner of the car. There's no use, he ar- gues, in adding to an automobiles un- avoidable hardships, consequently only chauffeurs who are regular sylpha stand much of a ahow."
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
ODD CHURCH ADVERTISEMENT
Minister Advertises for HOO Men to Take Up Paying Proposition" and Gets Results.

A striking advertisement in a Laur- el. Md, newspaper for 100 men to take up the best paying proposition they ever entered upon" drew gath ering of fifty men to the Southern Methodist church recently. Rev. Wat son E. Holley. pastor. who signed him. self to the advertisement as agent" :" told the men that he wanted them for his Bible class and induced them to join it.
 Here is the advertisement that drew the men:
 "Wanted-Next Sunday morning at 9:15 o'clock, 100 men to take up the best paying proposition they ever have entered upon. If you work hard dur ing the week this proposition will not be bit tiresome. but rather 1t will be helpful and greatly beneficial to your welfare. We want you to appre- ciate and understand this proposition. because 1t contains everything need full to be known or done and it will bring you good results. Only those who mean business need apply. Come early to avoid the rush. Apply Sun day at our local office, Southern Methodist church.
 REV. WATSON HOLLEY.
 Agent"
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
FUN IN ADVERTISEMENTS.

The following advertisements ap peared in various papers some years ago:
 Bulldog for sale: will eat any thing; very fond of children"
 Wanted a boy to be partly out. side and partly inside the counter"
 Widow in comfortable circum. stances wishes to marry two sons,"
 Annual sale now on; don't go elsewhere to be cheated; come here.
 "A lady wants to sell her piano. as she is going abroad in strong. iron frame"
 Lost, near Highgate Archway. an umbrella belonging to gentleman with a bent rib and bone handle"
 MT. Jones. furrier. begs to an- nounce that he will make up gowns. caps, etc., for ladies out of their own skins"
 Wanted, an airy bedroom for a gentleman 22 feet long and Il feet wide."
 Recently this item appeared in . daily paper:
 "A carload of hrfcka cano }u fnr .
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
NOVEL BANK ADVERTISING
Western Institution Tells Farmers How to Improve Conditions Instead
 of Giving Financial Notes.

Out in the western part of Oklaho- homa bank changes its advertise ment in the weekly home paper each time that the paper rolls from the press.
 In bank advertisements 1t has been considered rather dignified to have a standing card. emitting much of the reading matter which is pertinent to g. retail store or to the introduction of a new brand of breakfast food, or that other necessity. popular brand of smoking tobacco.
 But the bank referred to knows mighty little about standing display ad. The officers of that bank have messages for their customers, and they deliver the messages through the columns of the local newspapers. One week the bank offered some timely suggestions about the impor- tance of raising feed crops to enable farmers to fatten live stock. In an- other issue the bank officials urged the farmers to increase their fiocks of poultry so that a fine revenue would be derived. g,
 The following week the advertising space which the bank paid for con- tained much valuable information about selecting pure seed. Another advertisement pertained to the pur- chase and installation of solos. Not once have the bank advertise ments referred to money matters; that's the strange part of the publicity methods which the bank has adopted
 The reason is apparent The officers of that western Oklahoma bank are de- termined that farmers shall prosper. When such condition is universal, the bank management is aware of the fact that all of the industries of the community will be prosperous. Other banks in the state are follow ing similar lines and. while it is not to be expected that banks shall aban- don their customary methods of an- nouncing various matters connected with finance, the advancement which communities are making by the CO., operation of farmers and bankers is quite certain to attract the attention of other bankers, to the end that both professions will obtain lasting bene- fits.
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18

protection chain. Just view the scenery and make yourself comforta- ble"
 You must be great favorite, Jack, to get job in the very first car of the train. Whats that iron box in the corner?" asked the old man.
 That's the express companys safe, " explained Jack. We're carrying the pay roll of two sections tonight. I dollars in that safe.' And something else, Jack" aughed his mate, Dave Hardy Your -I7 has locked up his first engagement
 j.; for safe keeping, MT. Danby.'
 h. who's it for?" inquired the old
 pricking up his ears.
 ,hy, who could it be for but pret- Nance Burdick?" asked Jack, il, lirs furiously. T hope you don't find any objections, father?"
 Yes, I do," declared the farmer T object to your not having married her long ago. I would if I'd been in your shoes. Ha, hal"
 The old man sat at the breezy open tng in the doorway, watching the fast dying landscape with manifest con tentment and delight He had come aboard with an old-fashioned satchel and what seemed like cardboard box about two feet square. It was done up in manila paper and this with his Iatchel he kept close beside him.
 s'What yoI got in that hoy father2" 4sked Jack finally.
 Nothing to attract you, son. You've been so long away from the farm it wouldn't interest you"
 AS it began to grow dusk the land scape ceased to interest Mr. Danby. They had lunch. The old man began to yawn.
 See here, father" said Jack, "in the head end of the car yonder there's a cot. Dave and I spell each other on 1t on the long runs sometimes. Rest a bit, won't you?"
 T believe will" assented the farm CT.
 The dead-end of the car was parti- :ioned off with door in the middle. This had once contained a pane of glass to admit light, but it was missing now. Jack soon heard his father snoring. He and his mate were sort Ing some second-class express matter . about an hour later when a crash >aroused them.
 ' In went the panel of the platform Ddoor. Then end of crowbar; intruded.
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
acc:Ss3css3cs33:ss3cEs3 ROUTING THE ENEMY
Flow a Swarm of Busy Little SF Bees Put Train Robbers
 to Flight.
By ALvAH GORDON GARTH.

,,- Spick and span as 8 polished toy, newly lacquered and metal trimmed. yold 96, crack locomotive of the Over 'and Special, footed to stop at Beachville. There 1t took one pas senger aboard, and then changed on it's way again, a miracle of life and beauty.
 The engineer handled the lever with the dignity of man ruling the des- tinies of a world. His foreman, the envy of all short run operators along the line, fired the coal into the blazing box like an expert tossing ball and enjoying it. It was big thing to run the handsome twenty-four-wheeler. The proudest man among the train crew, however, was Jack Danby, and the most delighted passenger was the one just taken aboard-Jack's father. Gray. grim and very much set in his old-fashioned farmer ways, he was considerably excited over taking his first ride of consequence behind the iron horse.
 Jack had started in at railroad work -four years before the present time. He had worked his way up to a very good salary, and was now assistant express messenger on the Mountain run. His father was anxious to visit his brother, who lived two hundred miles away. At first, stubborn in his ideas as to time-honored usages, he was bent on making the journey on horseback The prospect of a free ride influenced him. however, and here he was, an honored guest of his son in the express car.
 > There's cushioned chair for you Father" said Jack, opening the side door the six inches permitted by the
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18

using all the material found. even to the fragment of the roof tiles
 On the famous street of Abundance he has rebuilt even the upper stories and balconies and restored the win dows and facades. This gives a new idea of the style of the city of pleas ure.
 A recently uncovered fresco repre- sents Venus standing on a chariot drawn by four elephants
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18

Hands upi" ordered one of them. and the trainmen found themselves threatened with two glittering revolv- CTS. Resistance meant sure death, and Jack and Dave were forced to sue cumb to being bound hand and foot. The men carried them to the. door | way of the dead end, threw them upon the floor, and proceeded to as- sault the steel safe. One of them faced the prison place of their cap | tives, weapon leveled. His companion must have been working some fifteen minutes on the stubborn strong box, when the old farmer awoke.
 Father" spoke Jack quickly, "don't stir, don't raise your voice above whisper"
 "Why not?" inquired the old man.
 Train robbers!" announced Dave in cautious voice. You don't say so-where?" de- manded the farmer. Out in the other part of the car We are bound hand and foot. They'll put you in the same fix if they dis cover you"
 Jack proceeded to explain the situ- ation in detail.
 "H'm," muttered the old man. "Two against us three. Whats the matter with me setting you free and pitching into the critters?"
 Because they are armed and ready to shoot" warned Jack. The old man ventured cautiously to the door window and peered through. Then he retreated into the darkness. Jack heard him chuckle and approach the door again, his mysterious box in his hand.
 For goodness sake, father, don't do anything rash" he pleaded. "Oh, no. I'll only give those fellows a rash," said the old man, with sup pressed laugh. There was the sound of ripping pa per and breaking wood Then one end of the box lid was slid gently across the window space.
 Hi! what's that?" sharply yelled the man at the safe, dropping his bur glarious tools in a hurry.
 T should say so! Bees!" yelled his partner. Ouch. Murder! There's dozen of them! A thousand! A swarm!'
 The captives heard a weapon clang to the floor of the car and the sound of hurrying footsteps. Suddenly old Danby dashed into the other part of the car. There was a yell, the sounds of a scuffle. Glancing out. the amazed Jack saw his father corner ing one of the train robbers with his own revolver
 Into that other part, double quick" ordered the staunch old hero. "Un- tie those boys, or I'll pepper vel"
 The Overland Special arrived at it's next stop with it's treasure chest in- tact and with bound prisoner. His comrade. amid the agony of the bee bites. had leaped from the train.
 Old Danby knew so much about the little honey makers that he soon had them out of the car and back in the box destined for his brother.
 There's history to that ring" explained Jack, as he slipped the en- gagement circlet on the finger of blushing Nance Burdick back at their home town a few evenings later.
 Yes" chuckled his father seri- ously, "a history with a life pass over the road for yours truly, and check from the railroad company big enough to spare something for a wedding present"
 Copyright, 1912. by ". G. Chapman)
 Different Note.
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18

Very Suspicious. Crook (to pal)-Say. Bill. haint lD1aoti1fA In two months-you
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18

they gleam as if they were silver spears, each tipped with golden star. In some of the Oriental cities hun dreds of these graceful minarets rise into the bluest of skies, a constant delight to the artists and architects eyes. Constantinople has over thou sand. which add immeasurably to the fascination and beauty of that city
 Come to Prayer"
 Each minaret is circled by two or three little balconies. finely carved or chiseled. and from one of these, five times day the muezzin or Mohamme- dan caller to prayer, chants out the sacred formula of Islam, which Is heard all through Turkey, India, Egypt and in parts of Macedonia; God is great-there is but one God-Moham- med is his prophet-Prayer Is better than sleep-Come to prayer" To- ward each of the four points of the compass is the call uttered. The Se- linn mosque minarets are so tall that the two hundred marble steps to be highest balcony are but a third of the distance to the top.
 Another prominent feature in Adria- nople streets, as in every Moslem city, is the ever-present fountain. in thou sand forms of utility, grace and beau ty These abundant water supplies abound for two reasons. first, because no good Mohammedan ever uses liquor in any form, and second, five times at least each day, before he can offer his prayer to Allah, must his hands be clean And so it comes, usually by private benefaction, that almost every street corner, and always every mosque, has it's fountain for refresh ment and cleansing. While some are simple, of gray stone or dull brick many are more pretentious. made of beautifully carved marble, sometimes gilded, or decorated with mosaic. which holds its soft colorings for many years through sun and rain. Fine lattice work, almost lace-like in it's delicate tracery, is often found on fountains near large and important mosques.
 Travellers and missionaries tell of a quaint and odd festival in Adrain- ople which, beginning on the third of May each year, lasts three days, gen eral merrymaking being the rule with all classes. One of the chief features of the holiday seems to be the pur- chase of a new pair of shoes for ev- eryone. old or young, rich or poor.
 As one approaches the city, a strange and, to American eyes, an unu- sual sight is seen in the outskirts. Storks. with their long red legs and yellow bills are everywhere abundant during the spring and summer. Con- fident of protection they perch on housetop, chimney, old wall about the city, trees and even fountains and mosques. They nest in July and as soon as the young birds can fly in the early fall, they migrate to Africa. and their annual flights are of interest to tohse who have seen them many times.
 Centuries ago Adrianople was a strongly fortified city, with a great stone wall surrounding and protecting it. In the battles which have waged to and fro around and over the city, in the intervening years, the wall has been destroyed, and now only ruins can be found. but they plainly tell the long, historic story i'll their gray and battered confusion, .
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
" WHETHER approached by rail
 way from Constantinople, ~ by boat or steamer on any one of it's three rivers, or


 " one of it's three rivers, or by carriage, the quaint old city of Adrianople, next to Constan- tinople, the last stronghold today of the Turks in Europe, Is most attrac- tive one. Founded centuries ago, years before Hadrian, in the fourth century, rebuilt 1t and newly christ ened 1t in his own honor, Hadrianopo- Ills, it's position at the juncture of three navigable rivers, the Maritza, Arda and Tunja, gave 1t leading com mercial importance in the early days of ancient Thrace. It was also, al- most from the first, at the crossing an added dignity of position.
 With hundred thousand popula- tion, half of which is Turkish, the re- mainder Bulgarian, Armenian and Jewish. Adrianople, but 14O miles northwest of Constantinople, is so close to the border line between the Occident and the Orient, that the streets are filled with the seeming masquerade of all nations. A red fezzed Turk passes, followed by a brown-skinned son of the desert, re- splendent in his Arab jacket and tur- ban embroidered in gold; weary camel driver jostles ragged Mecca pilgram; slender, yellow-coated Jew walks beside a prosperous English merchant; Bulgarian fruit merchants and water sellers are everywhere and instead of cabs at the street corners there are groups of saddled donkeys patiently awaiting passengers
 Streets Narrow.
 Stretching for mile down one of the city's odd, narrow ten-foot streets, with the balconied housetops fairly meeting overhead, is the famous Hong bazar" of Adrianople. Here in the tiny shops, where we would think no business could possibly be transacted, and of which there are literally thou sands. vast amount of industry and commerce are concentrated. Silk shops with thousands of dollars worth of rare and flmy fabrics are separated by but thin partition from a busy cabinet maker with his exquisitely carved work, or on the other side, from noisy coppersmith, who all day long pounds industriously upon his ar tistic vases and basins. Small don- keys, abnormally wise, and awkward, shambling camels carry loads of mer- chandise up and down the narrow streets, urgent drivers clearing the way before them. One other large bazar, and innumerable small shops crowd the leading streets, but the greater part of the daily business is done in the Hong bazar," which is all ways visited by strangers and tourists.
 Even more noted than this long line of little shops and revered by all Mo- hammedans next to the wonderful mosque of San Sofia at Constantinople, is the famous mosque of Sultan Selin, in the heart of Adrianople. Towering high above the huge central dome, rise the four tall minarets of purest mar ble. No cities in the world, save those of predominant Moslem faith, know the singular architectural beauty of these dainty. slender and almost etherial, minarets. In the bright morn ing sunlight they seem. in their mar ble Whiteness, almost like waxen tap CTS ready to light at Allah's great all tar, but the early evening shadows
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18

It is lack of standardization, . twisting of the truth, the creating of a spirit of doubt that is hurting the retailer and hurting advertising. The retailer has little room to complain. It is largely his own fault.
The Socialist press., 1915-09-18
OLD CITY BEING REBUILT
Possibly In a Few Years a Completely Reconstructed Pompeii Will De-
 light the Visitor.

When first they began to dig out long-buried Pompeii. everything found there was taken to Naples. leaving nothing in the excavated places but the bare ruined walls.
 Of late years more rational plan has been followed. of leaving in place
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02
Hannibal Beatty died the other day

Hannibal Beatty died the other day
at Yorkville, S. c. He was born
slave and never rose above the station
OF a humble worker, yet the whole
city joined in paying tribute to his
memory. He was sexton of one of the
churches of the white folks for 46
years-the church of the quality
and for Al years he also was the jani-
tor OF the courthouse. By the compel
ling power OF long life of faithful,
honest service he won the respect Of
everybody. II ever he gave offense to
white or black the circumstance is not
OF record, says the Yorkville En-
quirer, one of the best newspapers of
the South. Courteous. faithful. kindly
and obliging he exemplified in his char
acter the best qualities of his race.
When he came to die he had one re-
quest to make. That was that he
should be buried from the church of
which he had been the sexton SO long.
The services were conducted by the
white pastor with the Negro clergy.
man of the Methodist church, of which
Hannibal was a member, assisting.
The church was crowded with whites
and blacks il about equal numbers.
There we're many floral offerings from
both whites and blacks.
Most remarkable Of all the tributes
was that bench and bar. city and coun'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02

Indeed, for many decades or us
history our navy got along without a
naval academy. Mdshipmen went TO
sea from the first and learned how 10
use big gun on the deck of man-o :
war. Navigation was learned from
the officers of the ship as they DID the
actual work. A senior officer might
gather together the young men unoer
his care for lecture now and then
or he might not.
1t was not until 1S45, in the days OF
James X. Polk, when George Bancroft
was secretary of the navy, that the
agitation for a naval school gained
Roadway. Fomented principally by the
younger officers, who saw as the navy
increased that the requirements were
multiplied, the tide began to rise IN
til 1t brought the first buildings to the
grounds of Fort Severn.
EARLY Days In the Academy.
The course under Commander
Franklin Buchanan was fixed at five
years of which only the first and last
were to be spent at the school. In
January, 1916, four months after the
opening, the students consisted OF SO
midshipmen of the date Of 1910. IL
of the date of lS41, and seven acting
middies appointed to the previous
year. The first group was graduated
after their limited course Of one year
in 1916.
In 1850 came the first reorganization,
providing for course of seven years,
the first two and the last two to be
devoted to study and the three inter
mediate years to be spent at sea. Next
year board of examiners dropped the
three years of sea service in the mid
die of the course and the present four
consecutive years of study was in
augurated. The practice cruises OF
the summer supplied the place OF the
omitted sea service.
The work of the academy was sad
ly interrupted in the Civil war, when
part of the students went to the front
and the rest were moved for safety to
Newport, R. I. But it has since then
followed the development of our navy
study until it gives today a more thor
ough technical training than any sim
liar institution in the world.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02
DOOR CANNOT BE FORCED
Inventor Claims He Has Produced
Lock That Can Defy Most Mod
ern Of Burglars.

A lock that cannot be jimmied has
long been the goal toward which lock.
smiths have been striving. Many have
been invented, but all have proved
failures, because any bolt that shoots
horizontally from door to jamb can be
forced by skillful burglar. A patent
has recently been issued, however, for
lock in which the bolts drop perpen.
dicularly into sockets and thus fasten
the door just as it is hung upon its
hinges.
No burglar can jimmy hinge. In
the first place, the hinge is so stu
ated that it is out of sight and reach;
in the second place, prying with jim.
my makes the hinge hold tighter. This
is precisely what Is claimed for this
new lock. The illustration shows it
open. When it is closed by turning
the key the bolts go right through the