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The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-27
CHAPTER H.

seemed swinging IN mighty
rhythm through orbit yasiurss. But
change came over the face OF the
dream, Tor a dream ] told myself It
must be Ny rhythm grew shorter
and shorter was lcrked from swing
TO counter swing with Irritating haste.
| could scarcely catch my breath so
ncrccly was lmpcllcl through the
heavens. ! rlspod, caught by breath
painfully, and opened my eyes Two
men were kuccllng beside ne. working
over me Ny mighty rhythm vas the
lIt ana forward plunge Of ship on
the sea \ mans hard hands were
chatting my naked chest sluIrmcd
under the pain Of II, and hair lifted
my head My Chcs, was raw and red
and | could see tiny blood glohulcs
starting through tho torn and In
famed cutIclc
"rhat'll do. Yonson." ono OF the men
said. Cant yer see you've bloomin'
well rubbed all the gents skin orr"
The man addressed ns ionson. a
man OF the heavy Scandinavian typo.
ceased chatting me. and arose awk.
wafdly TO his feet The maa who had
spoken 20 him was clearly a Cockney.
with tho clean lines and weakly pretty.
almos, cHem!na,o face OF the man
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Detects Approach Of Storms.

A revival Of the long abandoned III
ings Coherer used so extensively in
the pioneer days OF radio communica
ton is presented in the novel form OF
an electric storm detector used at the
Waterside station of the New York
Edison company. Briefly. the equip
mcnt comprises filings cOherer. a
sensitive relay, a decoherer for restor.
Ing the filings to their normal. loose
state. and an alarm bell. Long before
a thunderstorm is within hearing dis.
lance the sensitive coherer operates
the alarm bell and gives warning to
the power station attendants of the
increase In load that is to follow. 1t
is said that during some storms when
II becomes quite dark the load is in
creased over 10000 kilowatts In the
course OF five minutes time II is OBJ
viously necessary for the attendants to
have ample warning so as to be pre-
pared to take care of the sudden load
that IL thrown on the generators
Scientific American.
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A player on a tail-end team ought
% hit from 10 to 30 points higher than
he would if he were on pcnnant bat
ling crew." ventured fan the other
lay.
"HOwZat?"
"Well. pitchers rarely work their
heads Off against cellar champs. Class
tells in baseball. Usually before the
fifth or sixth inning comes along. the
good team is so far ahead that the
game Is practically sewed up. There
fore, the pitcher on the tOp-heavy
team saves his arm. He doesn't pitch
his mightiest. He lobs them over, and
Of course, the batSmen get more hits.
"Now take the case of the Giants
and Larry Doyle last season." con
tinucd the tanner. "ln 1915 the Giants
blew themselves to be first champion
bntsmcn they have had for many years
Also. the Giants finished in the cellar
After August i they never had Il
chance 10 win the bunting.
"And so, from that time on, the OPP
posing pitchers didn't work so awfully
hard against the GiantS-and Larry
Doyle'S average grew so large that
At the end of the year he led the pack.
Napoleon Lajoie never played on n
championship team. Yet his batting
average, year after year, was wonder
full. His grand hitting mark ranks
among the highest ever turned in. Only
twice during his long career had la:
Ioic been on club that actually was
IN the fight for any extended period.
opposing clubs rarely found it hard to
beat LajoieS team and so the rival
pitchers frequently took it easy when
heaving to Napoleon.
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cr Ghost, bound seal hunting to ia
pan"
And who Is the captain ! must
see him as soon as | am dressed"
Johnson looked puzzled and embar
rasscd. lie hCsitated while he CROPPED
In his vocabulary and framed com
plc'o answer. The capu Is Vol! Lar
his other name But you better speak
soft with him, lie Is mad this morn
Ing. The mate"
But he dId not finish The cook had
glidod IN.
better sling yer 'ook out OF ere
lonson," he said. THE old mlull be
wantn' yer on deck. an this ayut no
d'y to fall foul OF i'm "
Johnson turned obcdipully 10 the
door at the same time, over the cooks
shoulder fayorius me with an umas
Ingly solemn ana portcutous WAX, as
though to emphasize his interrupted
remark and the need FOR mo TO be
souspohon with the captain,
hanging over the cooks arm was q
loos" and crumplod array Of eyilipok
ing and sour smelling garments.
They was put aw'y wet. Sir" he
vouchsatrd explanation. "put you'll
ave to make them do IN dry yours
out by the fire"
CliuFur TO the woodwork. s,lggcr
INK with the roll OF the ship, aud aid
ed by the cook. ! managed 10 slip !giO
rough wooden undcrshlr,. On the
instant my flesh was creeping aai
crawling from the harsh contact lie
noticed my involuntary twitch!ng aud
grimacing. and smlrkcd:
u only hope yer don't ever ave TO
gc, used TO such "a that In this lie.
cos you've got a bloomIn sot, skin
that you ave. more like q lydys than
any know OF. was bloom!n' well
J sure you was n gentleman as soon as
| set eyes on yer"
had taken dislike to him NJ ars,.
and as he helped to dress me this dis.
like Increased. There was something
rcpglsiyc about his touch. shrank
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/ from his hand; my flesh revoltcd And
between this and the smells arising
from various pots boiling and on the
galley fire, | was in haste to get out
into the fresh air. Further there was
the need OF seeing the captain about
what arrangements could be made for
getting me ashore.
And whom have ! to thank for this
Kindness" asked. when | stood com
pletey arrayed. a tiny boys cap on
my head, and for coat dirty, striped
cotton jacket which ended at the
small of my back and the sleeves OF
which reached just below my elbows.
The cook drew himself up in a SNUG,
ly humble fashion. a deprecating
smirk on his face.
"Mugrdge. SIR" he fawned, his eff.
Terminate features running into greasy
smile. Thomas Mugridge. sir, an at
yer service"
All right. Thomas" said. 81 shall
not forget you-when my clothes are
dry"
Thank you. sir" he said. very
gratefully and very humbly indeed.
Precisely in the way that the door
slid back. he slid aside, and | stepped
out and staggered across the moving
deck to a corner of the cabin. to
which | Clung for support. The
schooner. heeled over far out from the
perpendicular. was bowling and plung
ing into the long Pacific roll. The fog
was gone and in its place the sun
sparkled Crisply on the surface of the
water. turned to the east. where |
knew California must lie, but could
see nothing save low-lying fog banks.
In the southwest, and almost in our
course, | saw the pyramidal loom Of
some vessels sails. Beyond a sailor
at the wheel, who stared Curiously
across the top of a cabin, | attracted
no notice whatever.
Everybody seemed interested In
what was going on amidships. There.
on hatch. a large man was lying on
his back. His eyes were closed. and
he was apparently unconscious. A
sailor. from time to time. and quite
methodically. as a matter of routine
dropped canvas bucket into the
ocean at the end of a rope. hauled 1t
in hand under hand. and sluiced its
contents over the PROSTATE man.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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The peuguius OF South Georgia are
described in a very interesting and
Informative memoir by II. c. Murphy,
issucl by the museum Of the Brooklyn
lnstit.:e Of Arts and Sciences. The
writer field work in this subantarctic
island extended from November 1912.
to March, 1913. thus including the
greater part of the breeding season
During this time he acquired rich
store OF information concerning the
life histories OF the local species-es.
rcCIale the king and johnny pen.
Euins-and would have gathered more
but for the stupid vandalism OF the
crew OF the scaling brig on which he
made the voyage curious discoy
cry OF the author was a penguin grave
yard a pool Of snow water on noun
tain top, TO which these strange birds
rr'Ira TO die
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"Joe jackson averaged somewhere
around 80 while he was with the
Cleveland club. He was shipped to
the White SOx, a team that was in the
penilant hunt for a while in 1915 and
Joe turned in an average of .3OS last
year.
"Practically every batsman in the
game hits far better during the last
month of the season than he does dur
ing the first four weeks. But that
is easily eXplainable. During the
opening month of the campaign most
of the pitchers are on edge. They
twirl their darndeSt. And only the
star fingers work during that period.
But toward the flag end of the sea-
son managers of clubs that are out of
the race, begin experimenting for the
rext season. They work their young
Stcrs. fresh from the bushes. Veteran
batterS find it easy to connect with
their twistcrs and slants, and, as Il
result. the averages fatten.
you've often noticed, too, that
some of the minor league batting
stars, getting n major tryout in the
fall show up well with the bludgeon.
1t seems then that the majority will
land. But In the springtime they can
not do any consistent hitting. Here's
the answer:
"The minor league batters, getting
a fall trial in the ma jors, rarely face
major league pitching. They so up
against the minor league hurlers, who
are getting their trial. The bush
hitters, therefore, face the same cali.
Der and, of course, find no trouble
maintaining their minor league aver
ages"
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who has absorbed the sound OF Bow
bells with his mothers milk. A drag
gled muslin cap on his head and
dirty gunnysack about his slim hips
proclaimed him cook of the decidedly
dirty ships galley in which | found
myself.
An 'ow yer feelin' now. slr?" he
asked with the subservient smlrk
which comes only OF generations OF
tipsceking ancestors.
For reply | twisted weakly into a
sitting posture. and was helped by
Yonson to my feet. The cook grinned
and thrust into my hand a steamiug
mug with an Ere. thisll do yer
good. 1t was a nauseous mess ships
coiiee-but the heat OF it was revivi
Tying. Between gulps of the molten
stun | glanced down at my raw and
bleeding chest and turned to the Scan
dinavian.
Thank you. Mr. Yonson." | said:
but don't you think your measures
were rather heroic?"
My name is Johnson. not Yonson,"
he said, in very good. though slow
English, with no more than a shade OF
accent to it.
There was mild protest in his pale
blue eyes. and withal a frankness and
manliness that quite won me to him
Thank you. Mr.. Johnson" | cor
rectcd, Ild reached out my hand for
his.
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SlSLER PERFORMS BIG FEAT
Michigan Marvel Whitfield Twenty
Freshmen in Seven lrnings-only
One Man Reached First.

Pitcher Davis OF the KIllcan, Tex,
high school team kicked up a consli.
cradle fuss the other day when he
famed - battcrs In a nlnc.lnnlng
game with Bolton high school. This
was hailed ms n new record. Now
comes Branch Hickey, former boss OF
St. Louis Browns, with the announce.
mcnt that George Sislcr OF the Browns,
pitching for University OF Michigan in
1911, whitfield 20 freshmen In seven In.
ninss. Only one man reached first on
the Michigan marvel and he scored on
three passed balls
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Sa.Iru Her Voice.

The lmpresarIo-Certninly madam.
can supply you with second prlma
donna to sing your children to sleep,
But you sing 50 perfectly yourself.
Tho Prima Donna Arsolu,a- But my
singing Is worth $1,000 a night. and |
couldn't think OF squandering tina,
amount on tho chlldren.-lious,on
Chronicle.
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\ wax model, more than a foot long
OF the iusrc, that transmits typhus fe
yer r. one of the curious features in
the study OF this disease By the health
authorities Of the United States gov
crumcut. The model 70 ubou, one mil
lion times N" size OF the insect IN life.
More than a year was spent In making
It. at cost Of about $1,000. Typhur
fever Is now rayagng the armies Of
Europe.
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until h." joined the St Louis Federal
aggregation, aud therefore has no
hl"mish on his record.
II" * proving himself n mighty
handy ball player for the Fielder Jones
outfit, and Is likely to retain his lob
for many years to come.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-27
TOBIN HAS A CLEAN RECORD
ex-Fed Had Never Played Profession
ally Until He Joined St. Louis
Outlaw Aggregation.

Johnny Tobin, who plays right field
FOR the Browns. halls from the Feds,
but he was not contract Jumper,
never having played professional ball
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DIAMOND
NOTES

As n rule n ballplaycr's popularity
fades with his batting average.
You can't expect those Washington
Nationals TO move very fast without
Shanks.
Harry Howell and Garrett Bush, UNI
pires, are having trouble in the North
western league.
Whitaker and krcppS, pitchers on
the Tufts college team, will get try.
outs with the Athletics.
Jack Dalton is back in the game for
San Francisco and the Seals now ex-
pcct 10 climb to the top again.
Maynard. pitcher who has made
II reputation with the Marshall col
Icge team, is now with Lexington.
Connie Mack has signed n seventeen.
ycar-oId schoolboy pitcher named
Crisp. Ectcha this kids snappy
player.
Al Numauy. rittSburgh's young
pitcher, stands firmly between the ri.
rates and the deep dark waters of the
MOuonguhcla.
Lee Tunn"hlll, who played third
base with Jones world champions in
1905. Is playing third for South Bend
in the Central league.
I'd Walsh attempted Il comeback
Tor III" Chicago White SOy In game
of the Washington series. lie started
well, but that was all.
TIL" Cardinals have signed "A rock
pitcher entitled Mule" Watson.
Mule" Is promising young pitcher
barring slight tendency to balk.
Those Giants are anything but devils
IN their own home town. They haven't
won enough games on the Polo grounds
ms season to save their franchise.
IT big league teams were given tray.
cl1hg accommodations according 70
their standing, the Athletics would be
sent around the circuit by parcel post
The Mackmcn do not seem TO be
able to stand prosperity. After max.
ing pretty fair squirt n couple OF
weeks nso they have now subsidized and
DO not seem to give anyone much OF
a battle.
Same Jones, the pitcher Cnrrlgan got
from the Cleveland club rs part OF the
price OF Speaker, has not been doing
much for the Red Sor. Jones says
he Is being kept In shape for the
worlds spri,a naxt S.,
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She Gave Il In

HeIny-'Iyc got a conundrum for
you. Miss Hazel What's the dr.
ference between me and donkcy7"
Mss Iia.e!-'lm sure J don't know"
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CHhPT Err I

| scarcely know where to begin,
though sometimes facetiously place
the cause OF 1t all to Charley Furu
seth's credit. lie kept summer cot
tsge in Mill Valley. under the shadow
OF Mount Tamalpais. and never occu
pied 1t except when he loafcd through
the winter months and read Nietzsche
aud Schopenhauer to rest his brain.
Had It not been my custom to run up
to see him every Saturday afternoon
and to stop over tn Monday morning
this particular January Monday morn
ing would not have found me atioat
on San Francisco bay.
Not but that | was aaoat In a safe
craft. for the Martinez was new ferry
steamer, making her fourth or Nth
trip on the run between Sausalito and
San Francisco. The danger lay In the
heavy fog which bIanketed the bay,
and OF which. las a landsman. had
little apprehension. took up my posi-
ton on the forward upper deck. direct.
~ beneath the pilot house. and al.
lowed the mystery OF the fog to lay
hold of my Imagination A fresh breeze
was blowing. and for time | was
alone in the moist obscurIty-yct not
atone. for | was dimly conscious OF
the presence OF the pilot, and OF what
took to be the captain. In the glass
house above my head
It was good that men should be spe
cinlists. I unused The peculiar knowl-
edge OF the pilot and captain suniced
for many thousands OF people who
knew no more OF the sea and uaylga.
ton than knew. On the other hand.
instead OF having TO devote my en-.
ergy to the learning Of a multitude of
things. concentrated It upon a few
particular things, such as. for Instance.
the analysis of Poe's place In Ameri
can l!terature-an essay OF mine. by
the way in the current Atlantic.
From out the fog came the mourn
fui tolllng of a bell. and | could sea
the pilot turning the wheel with great
rapility. The bell. which had seemed
straight ahead, was now sounding
from the side. Our own whistle was
blowing hoarsely. and from time to
time the sound OF other Whistles came
TO us from out or the log, An unseen
ferryboat was blowing blast after
blast. and mouth blown horn was
footing in tcrror.strlckcn fashion.
A shrill whistle, piping as II gone
mad. came from directly ahead and
from very near at hand Gongs sound
ed on the Martinez. Our paddlewhcels
stopped. their pulsing beat died away
and then they started again. The
shriIl whistle. like the chirping OF
cricket amid the cries OF great beasts
shot through the fog from more to
the side and swiftly grew faint and
fainter
glanced up. The captain had
,hrus, hts head and shoulders out of
the pilot house. and was staring I'm
,ontly into the fog as though by sheer
force OF will he could penetrate It. His
face was anxious.
Then everything happened. and with
Uncomfortable rapIdlty. The for
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Same Jones. the pitcher CarrIgan go,
from the Cleveland club us part OF the
price OF Speaker, has not been doing
much for the Red Sor. Jones says
he Is being kept In shape for the
worlds series next fall.
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III" Mackmcn do not seem TO be
hbI" to stand prosperity. After max.
ing pretty fair squirt couple OF
weeks ago they have now subsidized. and
90 not seem to give anyone much OF
a battle.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-27

As n rule n ballplayer's popularity
fades with his batting average.
You can't expect those Washington
Nationals TO move very fast without
Shanks.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-27

Whitaker and KrcppS, pitchers on
the Tufts college team. will get try
outs with the Athletics.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-08

there were constructed Of trap rock.
This is quite expensive prohbitivc-
ly expensive, in many parts OF the
country, but the idea became general
that II was the best rock that could
be employed under all conditions. This
idea was broken down by the scien-
tific Investigations Of the Umted
office Of public roads, which showed
that trap rock was not so suitable as
other classes Of rock. far mere wide
~ distributed than trap and conse-
Qucntly less expensive. Still later II
was shown that roads without any
rock at all. made of certain proper
tions Of sand and clay. were actually
better for very light traffic in some
districts than roads with broken stone
surfaces.
The travel over road wears It out
in different ways, according to the
number and character Of .hc vehicles,
the relative proportion of horscdrawu
vehicles and automobiles the climatic
conditions and the construction Of the
roudS For the same travel ROAD
adapted for moist section with cold
winters is nceilessly CNpousiVc for a
lry section with little frost. Some
types Of roads wear out Quiehly but
are easily maintained; other types
withstand travel woll, but when they
need repairs the work is expensive.
in determining the annual cost OF n
road. which Is done in the following
way:
Tho first element Of this cost IS
/ he first cost of construction per mile
/ Of road. inclui.ng all euSneorlrE cN-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-08
SEDGWICK COUNTY
FULL OF HIGHWAYS
Scvcnty-five Miles County
Highways Best Roads
in Kansas.

Sedgwick county now has about
scVenty-tive miles of county high
ways designated as such under the
county road law, and some of the
finest dirt roads In the state are to be
found here.
Five years ago when these roads
were taken over by tho county they
were among the worst in this section.
Today most of them are In excellent
condition and are much used by the
motorist who finds pleasure in couu-
try driving.
Eighteen months ago the super
visor system was inaugurutcd. one
man being given control ul "a long
stretch of highway and required to
devote his entire time To- II is If nee
cssary. Tho plan has worked salts
factorily, resulting in much better
roads than under the former system
of farmer dragging"
Tho Lawrence avenue road is the
north and south county highway, the
east road leads out Harry street from
Linwood park to tho county line. and
the west road runs west from the end
of the pavement on Douglas avenue
out Maple street TO Goddard. then
south to Harry street. west through
Cheney south three miles and west
one and half miles to the county
line.
Nine miles of "blow road" on the
South Lawrence road formerly gave
motorists and farmers much trouble.
This stretch has been covered with a
deep coat of red clay which has
proven to be ideal road material
Some Of the clay was hauled as far as
five miles. \ light coat of coars,
sand and gravel has been placed over
the clay. This Is the hest road lead
ing south from Wichita.
West Of Wichita running through
tho Big Slough country, was another
sand stretch that had always been an
extremely bad piece OF highway. IT,
to, was given layer of clay over
which coating OF oil and chats was
spread Now it is said 10y many to be
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-08

the best in the county Several deep
fills were made, some of which re
quirod many thousands OF yards of
dirt Thus the low ana huEgy places
worc overcome II IS classod as q
365-dav highway In fact. II Is equal
to some of Wichita's beat paved
streets. one unusual feature of II Is
the fact that IT Is best when wet.
The east road, the first 10 hc
graded with the new engine equip
mcnt, has received less attention than
any of the others, Yet II Is an excel
lent highway Much teamwork has
been done on II, many tills having
been made and grades lowered. Al
though II has not been surfaced In
any manner IT Is always passahle and
usually in condition for fast driving.
with the exception of "A few large
structures, only concrct" bridges Will
hc found on the county highways.
The old bridges viii hc replaced with
concrete when they are worn out
Some of them will bc moved to rouds
that are travelled less
In addition to the grading of couu-
ty roads 10y engine outfits TINS equip
mcut has done work ON a large mile
age of roads still under the control
OF the townships. Among these are
the Derby and MulNauo roads, CONF
prisiug ~ miles, the Clearwater road
II miles. the Sunnysidc road, tine
Furloy and the Whitewater roads. "a
miles. the Mount Hope road (uoW
buildingl, 30 miles. the Greenwich
and El Dorado road, 10 miles, the
kcchi and El Dorado road now
huildingD, ten miles. three roads lead
ling cast to the county line 10 carry
the oil field travel including the
Kcuukk street road Go hc oiled tor
eight and ouo-halt miles,, and the
lluNosNille and Peck road. II miles.
At the suggestion of f.. Y. None.
county engineer, tie county has
adopted a policy of aiding the town
ships iu replacing small wooden cul-
Vcrts with concrete. A foreman,
/ working directly under the engineer
does the work Material for these
. culNorts rs bought in carload lots, On
ahliug the purchaser TO secure IT at
cost This has resulted in the town
ship taking greater interest IN tins
class of work, ana nearly five hum
drcd ut these culNcrts, ranging in sIl,
from to 20 feet, have been built
during the four years Mr. Moonc has
been county engineer
ScdgWick county has about eight
hundred concrete culvcrts, uudouht
cdly the largest number TO ho found
lin amy county in Kansas
There are approximately 2,i0o
miles of roads In the county. and
about eight Thousand bridkcs and cul
Vcrta The three large streams. tn,
Big ana Little Arkansas rivers and