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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

D. w. Griffith's spectacle. The Birth
of a Nation" has just closed at the
run ever known in the history oI the
American drama and which also sets a
new high record for long runs in New
York City. The great production was
presented in New York for S04 con-
secutive performances to a gross at
tendance of $4,000 people. James Met
calfe, the master critic OF Life, esti-
mates from these figures that one in
every four of the available theatergoers
of the metropolis saw Griffith's master
piece before its New York run ended.
The former record of the New York
stage was held by Hoyts ~ Trip to
Chinatown" which ended run of $40
performances in August, 1898. Prior to
that Henry L. DiXey in "Adonis." held
the record for 654 performances. The
nearest modern approach to this was
the record of Laurette Taylor, in peg
o. My Heart" who ran for 6O4 per-
formances in 1912-14
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Robert Warwick. in a perturbation
OF Henry Russell Miller's book. The
Ambition of Mark Truitt" ="
Robert and entitled. THE Fruits
Warwick mt of Desire" will be the at
the Victoria traction at the Victoria
to-day.
Fruits of Desire" is said to sum up
in the life of one big man. his big foes.
and big friends. the strife. the hopes
and the aspirations of modern
America.
Involved with Mark Truitt's ambi-
tion is the ambition of the laborer, of
the capitalist. of the progressive, of the
humanitarian, of the socialist. of the
society woman. and of the woman who
gives all for love.
This is a mans drama in its account
of a battle royal of steel kings. 1t is
wOman's drama in its story Of young
romance. marriage, divorce, and the
triumph of love.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
|AWOS6M9lCS|
THEATRICAL DIRECTORY

oRPHEuM-To-n and tomorrow,
with matinee daily. Lyman II.
Howc's Travel Festival; all next
Birth of a Nation"
MAJ AJESTIC-Vaudeville and Moving
Pictures.
Moving Picture Houses
COLONIAI-"The Reckoning Flame"
REGENT-'Madame X"
NlCTORIA-"The Fruits of Desire"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Through an error in the Selig Week
ly, Hen Irvingham was recently credit
ed with rendering the baying blood
hound effects in a home talent film pro-
duction of Uncle Thomas Cabin"
This is a mistake. Garnet Outland was
most realistic as a bloodhound. while
Mr.. 1rvingham was very happy in the
character role of cake of river ice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
owing Picture Houaes
PLAYS AND PLAYERS

Mrs. Lou Tellegen. erstwhile Ger
aldine Farrar. and her newly-won hus-
band, are house-hunting in New York
at the present time. They are both
too busy to leave on a honeymoon trip,
and anybody who calls at the Farrar
body Home"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Lillian Drew is playing the part of
Teddy Bimms. the boardingschool girl
in the newly released film, "Vulutres Of
Society" a powerful five-act Essanay
drama In her Interpretation of the
part OF a girl who from stenographer
leaps to the position OF wealthy Span
ish senorita, Miss Drew has done mar
velously well.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Sale of the Sothern and Marlowe
properties, which has been going on
Tor some time, netted $2,500 on We'd
nesday. The best figure of the day was
$50 paid for a tan Oriental robe en-
worn by Miss Marlowe in the character
OF Salome in John the Baptist"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Grace Darmond. Selig actress. says
the rainy season is making the Los
Angeles river all wet.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Locating icebergs.

The captain of an ocean steamer in
most cases finds out when his vessel
is approaching an iceberg from the
men down in the engine room. That
sounds queer, but it Is fact never.
theless. II appears that when a
steamship enters water considerably
colder than that through which it has
been going It's propeller runs faster
Such water usually surrounds the Wei.
mage of icebergs for many miles.
When the propellers action therefore
is accelerated without the steam pow
er being increased word is passed up
to the officer on the bridge that Ice
bergs may be expected, and a close
lookout for them is established. There
are natural reasons for the propeller
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
INITIATION AS A DEFENSE.
Easy For the Puffsr Fish to Balk its
Natural Enemies.


The puffer fish affords a novel exam
pie of the way nature sometimes works
to protect her creatures. The many
different species inhabit all tropical and
other warm seas and certain large riv"
ers. Few of them reach a length Of
more than two feet
The peculiar characteristic common
to all of them is their ability to initiate
themselves with air OF water until they
become almost spherical In shape. The
air or water that fills the abdomen or
the esophageal sac Is retained by a
valve in the throat and can be dis
charged almost instantly.
A few good sized soup We're placed In
one of the exhibition tanks of the New
York Geological society with dozen
buffers about two inches long. The
hungry soup at once attacked the puff
ers, but in an instant every puffer in
fiated itself so completely with water
that it became almost glObular All the
soup could do was to knock them about
like toy balloons, too big to be swal-
to the jaws.
Puffers that become frightened near
the surface of the sea and are inflated
with air sometimes drift ashore, where
they roll along the sands until they die
and are dried by the sun and wind
The japanese make lanterns Of their
dried inflated bodies, for the stretched
skin is as transparent as oiled paper
Youths Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Napoleon's Custodian at ST. Helena.

NapoIeon's Custodian at ST. Helena.
Sir Hudson Lowe, the man appointed
by England to be the custodian of the
emperor, arrived ut St Helena on
April IA, 1916. His appearance was
not prepossessing He was extraordi-
narily thin. with stiff carriage. He
had long, bony face, blOtched with
red and scanty hair of a dirty yellow
color. His hollow eyes cleaned I'M
der thick. reddish eyebrows. but were
furtive and restless, never looking
straight at any one save by stealth.
THAT is bad man." declared Ma
poleOn when he had seen him. His
eye as he examined Inc was like
hyena's caught in a trap"
He really resembled this horrid, sly
animal In its walk as well as in hair
and eyes. He never sat down when he
was talking, but swung about hesitat-
ingly and with abrupt jerks.--"With
Napoleon at st. Helena"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
London's Backward Suburb.

Wimbledon proved itself in one re-
spect the most backward Of London
suburbs. Until 1902 the streets Of
Wimbledon were still lit by oil. and the
lampllghter could be seen every even
ing making his rounds, with his ladder
ON his shoulder. The Wimbledon lamp
lighter used matches instead of finder
and steel. but otherwise his methods
were the same as those pursued by his
predecessors in the days of Queen
Anne.-London Mail.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
DELAYED INAUGURATION.
Why Washington Had to Wait Until
April 80 In 1889.

Why Washington Had to Wait Until
April so In 1889.
Although March { Is the date set by
law for the Inauguration Of our presi-
cents, there was one occasion when the
rule was not observed. for George
Washington was inaugurated on April
80, 1IS9, instead of March 4.
When the constitution had been rati.
fed by the requisite number of states
the Continental congress by resolution
Of Sept. Is, 1TSS, set the first Wednes-
day of the following March March 4,
1881 as the time for commencing pro-
ceedings" under the new form of gov
eminent.
Owing to delays of various kinds.
such as difficulties OF travel. etc. men,
ners Of the first congress were very
slow to assemble in New York, and a
quorum of both houses was not OBJ
tanned until April 9. The counting of
the electoral vote, the notification of
Washington and his journey from
Mount Vernon to New York took until
April %, and his Inauguration was set
for April 80
His term Of office was, however. con-
strued as having commenced on March
4. the date set by the Continental con-
gress for the Inauguration of the new
government, and so it came to an end
on March 4, 1903, although it lacked
nearly two months of the four years
provided for by the constitution.-New
York Times.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Visitor From Texas.

Miss Sibyl Mattingly, of Marshall.
Texas, is spending a month in Ken
lucky visiting relatives. Last week
Miss Mattingly was the guest of her
aunt. Mrs. Carl Benton, at her home at
1905 First street in Louisville, and will
visit her grandmother, Mrs. o. b. Mat
tingly, in cloverport, soon. She is the
guest of Mr.. Fraize Mattingly in Ow-
ensboro this week. Miss Mattingly Is
an attractive young girl and pleasant
visitor.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Life's Little Tragedies.

A youth dashed into the florists
shop.
There was something wrong about
those red roses you sent the lady on
Lincoln avenue" he declared.
"I'm sure they were sent" replied
the florist. 81 remember the order
You said you wanted the very cheap
est ones. a dozen and a quarter. Here.
Joe"
The new boy came forward.
"YOu remember those roses you took
to Lincoln avenue. Sure you got the
address right?'
Eyes. sir. ! took it off the bill for
'em, sir"
Bring the bill here"
II can't, sir. put it in the box with
the rosesr'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
One Good In Flimsy Houses.

than their confreres in Europe. Crime
in the land of the chrysanthemum is
almost limited to theft and cases Of
bodily harm resulting from street
brawls. 1t is next to impossible, the
chief of the Tokyo police says, for a
murder to be committed without some
one hearing of it mt the moment. This
is due to the fact that the houses are
composed of paper and bamboo, so any
noise in house occasioned by robbers
or assassins would not fail to attract
the attention of Observation-Disclosures
Advertiser.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
CATCH THEM AND KILL THEM,
Don't Keep Fish Alive After You Get
Them Out of the Water,


Probably nine-tenths of the fisher
men hereabouts make the mistake Of
trying to keep their fish alive after they
are caught on the theory that the flesh
will taste better after they get home
and prepare them for the pan for cook
ing. They string them and keep them
in the water or let them die in the
cree.
The custom is a mistake. according
to the experts. They declare the best
way is to kill the fish the moment it is
landed by pushing its head back and
thus breaking the neck or giving it
hard blow on the head. Then take
knife and "bleed' them by running the
knife blade around the bottom of the
gills.
I'm order to get your fish home with
out any discoloration," declares vet
eran angler. take along Il yard or two
Of white cheescloth. and as soon us the
fish is caught kill 1t and bleed 1t. Then
dampen the cloth and wrap up each
fish separately. taking care that no two
fish touch each other.
'By doing this You will find that the
fish will retain all the color marking
just as clear and bright as when il was
first taken from the water and the fish
will be sweet and palatable." --Phila-
delphia Ledger
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
FAMOUS BRIDGES.
The Highest, Largest and Most Ornate
Structures of Their Kind.
No. 8.

Structures of Their Kind.
The biggest bridge in the world is the
Forth bridge The British navy can
pass under it. and its biggest dread
naught looks like Il pygmy in compare
son.
The highest bridge in the world lie
the wonderful single span which
crosses the gorge discovered by Liv-
mgstone. into which the mighty Fam
bCzi leaps in fall only matched by
Niagara. This light. airy looking struc-
ture is 400 feet above the river bed. NO
that the dome of st. Paurs could com
fortably stand beneath it.
The longest single span in the woriG
Is the span of Brooklyn bridge. 1t is
Il suspension bridge. and its supporting
towers are 1850 feet apart. Imagine
the strength of the cables capable 81
supporting such a terrific dead weight
70 which add the surging traffic of two
vast cities.
The two longest bridges in the world
are the Tay bridge in Scotland and the
great bridge which carries the railway
across the st. Lawrence ut Montreal.
The most ornate bridge in the world
is the Tower bridge across the Thames.
In fact. it is perhaps the most beautiful
bridge in existence. 1t is unique. too,
in that it is both girder bridge and n
suspension bridge and is also like the
ancient drawbridges of romance.
Its cost was 100000. which is just
about half the amount the Forth bridge
cOst.-London Chronicle.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Perverted Proverbs.

Strike while the ire is hot.
The more waist the less speed
A thrown kiss spreads no germs.
One swallow doesn't make a supper
It's long loan that has no return.
ing.
1t is more blessed to give than to be
given awa%.
A little change In the pocket Is worth
two changes in the weather.-Boston
Transcript.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Taken at His Word.

He lafter marriage,-What! You
have no fortune? You said over and
over again that you were afraid some
one would marry you for your money.
She-Yes, and you said over and over
again that you would be happy with
me IL I hadn't a cent. Well, haven't
n cent
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

Some folks fuss with the world be
cause it won't turn to look ut them"
says a Georgia philosopher, but if II
should stop to hear their complaints
they'd soon be fussiug because it
doesn't talk back. There's no pleas.
ing them this side of heaven, and even
up there the angels wouldn't know
how to maize 'em feel at home AT
lanta Constitution.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

Head of Department - What's this
lying on my desk? The last dunning
letter received from my tailor, duly
initiated by all my clerks. Oh, dearl
What have | done? Actually sent 1t
around to be duly noted by the whole
staff without taking the trouble to look
at it!-Fliegende Batter.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Hamlet Insane
Says Hardin Cunty Jury.

A jury in the Hardin County Court
at Elizabethtown Monday morning adj
Judged Barksdale Hamlet, former
State Superintendent of Public Instruc'
ton, of unsound mind, and was sent
to Lakeland Asylum.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Her Hetort.

Husband lat breakfasD-Oh, for
some of the biscuit my mother used to
make Wife tsweetly)-Fm sorry yon
cant have them. dear. They would he
just about stale enough by this time to
go quite well with that remark.-lndi
annapolis Star.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
lona MINDED Discussion.

PA, what is meant by filibusteringT
"Talking against time, my son."
do you ever filibuster, pap
mo, my boy. With the exception OF
that imposed by physical exhaustion
there is no limit to the debates in this
particular house. "-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

Strange one of your twins is blond
and the other Is a brunette"
swell, we never could afford maid
washed one child and my husband
washed the other, and that one grew
'up dark. "-Louisville Courier-J ournal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Rubber Trees.

India rubber trees which are tapped
every other day continue to yield sap
for more than twenty years, and the
oldest and most frequently tapped trees
produce the richest sap.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
He Knew.

"The man is best governed who Is
least governed"
THAT'S a mans theory" spoke up
henpecked husband. THE women have
never subscribed to that as yet."-Lou-
isville Courier-Journal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Enough.

my dear. do you want to go to the
movies tonightT
mo. I've got enough of the movies.
I've been watching two families go out
of the block this morning and three
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Not All Her Own.

the line of verse recently received the
following note from magazine editor:
Dear Madam-The verses entitled
The Kiss are extremely clever. Can
you assure me that they are originate"
WhereupOn the fair writer answered.:
"Sir-NOt quite. The Kiss was q
collaboration. New York Times.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

when a cook is making her bread
she is unlike the rest of the world In
one particular"
What is that?"
"She does not want her friends to
come to her in her hour of knead."-
Baltimore American.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Catching on to Dad.

EdGie-Let's sneak round behind the
barn an smoke a cigarette.
Sammy-ToO likely to get caught
Ever since dad swore Off he's been
sncaking around there to smoke his
own.-Judge.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
OF Some Use.

Gentlemen" remarked the pro-
lessor, "the general function of the
heads of several learned members OF
this class is to keep their neckties from
slipping off."-Harvard Lampoon.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

Good actions eunoble us, and We are
the sons OF our own deeds.-Cervantes
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Where They Excelled.

Hell don't see why you are always
Dragging about your family. Its men,
bers have never done anything. She
Well. even that helps some. The men,
bers of your family have done every
thing.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Spitefui.

Spiteful.
"Why do you hate himT
He has been knocking me to the
girl go with"
what did he tell herY'
"What my salary is."-Houston Post
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

Provision for others is a fundamental
responsibility of human life.-WoOdrOw
Wilson.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Water at Gibraltar.

There Is SO little water on the rock
Of Gibraltar that the supply Ii In
creased by condensing dew.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Cactus Stems.

The thick stem of the cactus is a pro-
vision of nature to reduce the loss of
water by evaporation to a minimum.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
He Stuck to the Show.

"Did you follow the plot OF the
musical comedy?"
mo. | stayed in my seat and watched
the performance. The plot left the
theater right after it was introduced"
Detroit Free Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

acting in this way, and sea captains
will assert the same thing.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Afternoon Session.

1880. Song-Memory Verses given
by Delegates and Members OF the Au-
dience.
Prayer-Rev. Robert johnson.
Ids. "Kentucky Sunday Schools
for Dry Kentucky"Re S X. Hunt.
2:20 "Why do Boys Leave the
Sunday School"-Rev. r. +. Reeves.
$40. Organization of Adult
Class"-Mrs. J. c. Tucker.
2:55. 1.-THE Sunday School as an
Educational For ce"--Rev. J. +. Meag.
3:l5. 'Bible Study"-State Worker.
1888 Election of officers and Re-
port of Committees.
400. Adjourn.
w. ID. Smith, President.
4 B. Henderson, Vice President.
Miss Nora Driskell, Secretary.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21

The true services Of life are inestim-
able In money and are never paid-R.
L. Stevenson.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Saturday Morning, July 1.

1000. Devotional-Rev S. X. Hunt
10Is. Importance of Bible Study
or Christian Education"-Re r. Z.
Laslie.
1910. Minutes Of last Convention
and District Reports-County Secre-
tary.
l1:10. "Kentucky's Needs"-Rev.
W. J. Vaughn.
Offering for Organized Work and
Appointment of Committees.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
Evening Session.

1870 Devotional-Rev. J. E. Meng
Address-W. J. Vaughn.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-06-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WORKERS MEET
In County Convention at the
Presbyterian Church at Garfield
June 80 and July I. Many
on Program.

The County Sunday School Conven.
tion will meet at the Baptist church at
Garfield Friday afternoon and Friday
evening and at the Presbyterian
church on Saturday. The program
follows:
Friday Afternoon, June 80.
2:30. Devotionsl-Rev. c. L. Bru-
ington.
$50. Messengers from Der a -tment.
al Superintendent.
Elementary-Mrs. Thos. Allen.
Seeondary-Lilburn Allen.
Adults. c. Dowell.
Observation-Disclosures Driskell.
Visitation-Mlss Jennie Payne.
Organization-Rev. G. l.. Burlington.
Temperance-B. F. Nav.
Missions-Mrs. Thos. Gregory.
O. 800 Round Table. 'Brecken-
ridge County Needs"-Discusso led
by 7. b. Henderson.
Evening Session.
7:30. Devotional-Rev. J. E. Meng.
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-16

creek, Mile 75, a point four miles from the northern terminus of the Alaska Northern Railway;
 The Talkeetna District, with head quarters at Mile 245, which has charge of the construction of the main line from Sheep Creek, Mile 200, to Broad Pass, Mile 312.
 Seventy-two and one-half miles of track have been laid in the Anchorage Division, which includes thirty-eight miles of main line north of Anchor age; ten and one-half miles south to" ward Turnagain Arm and twenty four miles on the Matanuska Branch. The right of way has been cleared on the main line from Matanuska, Mile 14S, to Mile 183, within a mile and a half of Willow Creek. The grading on this same section will be practical ly complete from Matanuska, Mile 14S, to the Little Susitna River, Mile 174, by December first.
 In the Talkeetna District sixty-twO miles of right of way have been cleared and twenty-three miles of roadbed graded. The grading in this district will continue next spring and it is possible that the entire roadbed from Sheep Creek, Mile 200, to the Susitna Crossing at the mouth of In- dian River, Mile 262, may be ready for the steel by next fall, and that all the right of way in this district will be cleared next year This will com pete the clearing of the entire right of way in the Anchorage Division, from Kern Creek to Broad Pass, in- cluding the Matanuska Branch, a dis tance of approximately 2SO miles.-Al- aska R. R. Record.
The Seward gateway., 1916-12-16
NEWS NOTES

L. V. Ray will return from Anchor age this evening. This became known when Patsy came with the informa- tion this morning that she had "sOme news to put in the paper"
 In the last mail from the interior a large shipment of gold was received in the local post office. Miss Code arrived on the Alameda and will go west to her home on the Dora.
 Judge Whittlesey arrived from Val dez this morning on the Alameda. A Juneau oculist will arrive here on the next boat. A cable message from Seward to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says that the wheels of the train on the Alaska Northern recently froze to the tracks.
 This mornings mail brought let ter from no less a person than our own Patrick J. Donohue, architect, formerly of Seward. Pat is still in Seattle and hopes to "get within the money" as he says.