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Evening journal., 1916-12-14

ways used by beavers in their build
ing operations.
Farmers Suspicious.
It was afterward learned that a
nearby farmer had suspected the
presence OF wood-cutting animal,
and several stories were current in
the neighborhood of strange ami
NAL diving into the stream on the ap-
proach Of hunters or fishermen. Many
persons had passed over the chips cut
by the beaver. but failed TO see them,
or merely attributed them TO some
Italian woOdcutters, who were known
to frequent the woods and swamps.
Mr.. Cowing and his boy scouts in
tend to keep on the trail Of the ch sell
toothed combination OF bird. fish and
mammal until they find him Mr..
I Cowing is Interested In such things
he is a momber OF the Geographical
Society OF the american Academy OF
Political and Social Sciences. aud OF
the Camp Directors Association OF
America
There is undoubtedly beaver
working on RancOcas Creek said Mr.
Cowing: "but how he got there is a
mystery RumOr has 10 that a pair
of beavers were liberated i'm Monroe
county. Pa. about thirty Years ago
and it rs possible that this beaver ON
Rancocas made its way down the
Delaware and up the creek alone Tn,
only recent beaver colony known III
this part of The country is one IN the
Adirondacks. which Thompson Seton
induced the New York legislature tC
provide for in 1906
Bachelor or OuicaSt
This fellow may be- q confirmed
bachelor or lonely swain lookini
for "a mate. The fact that we hav,
discovered no dams but only tunnels
md cuttings would indicate that h'
is bach" or an outcas' Thes,
= beavers merely do enough TO exist. &
ass only when they are looking for
mate or are providing for a family
that they build dams across streams
Evening journal., 1916-12-14

Sloan Church on Sunday afternoon.
conducted by the superintendent, Mrs.
Bayard Reed.
An indoor festival was held in
Bethel Hall Tuesday night by the
members Of Ganoga Council. ID. OF r.
A handmade quilt the work of Mrs.
John Booth. Sr.. was CHANGED on
Mrs. James Husbands being The lucky
Evening journal., 1916-12-14

winner. Fourteen dollars was real
zed by the transaction. A center
piece was won by Mrs Hanna Talley.
One dollar and fifty-fye cents was
realized from it,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Corliss Talley are
attending the Pennsylvania State
Grange now in session in Philadel-
phia.
Members of Ganoga Tribe, No. 226.
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
BACHELOR BEAVER
ON THE RANCOCAS
Lonely Animal Engaged in
Work OF Cutting Down
Trees in New jersey
IS PUZZLE TO
NATURALlSAS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. 14.-A
beaver. probably bachelor beaver
is defying civilization within thirty
miles of Philadelphia lie is known
to have been doing SO Tor at least
four years, and Is still at it in the
same locality No doubt he laughs up
his sleeve at the humans Who live
within half-mle OF his swamp and
who think the chips he cuts are just
scraps left by woodcutters.
The beaver or Castor Canadcnsis
kuhi as he Is known in the cncyclo-
pedia. is not good mixer with ciN-
lization. and his audacity 40 carry ins
on operations ON a small hranca OF
tho Rancocas Creek, several miles
from Medford. \. j. is puzzling 10
the naturalists and the Boy Scouts
who have been keeping tab on b M
They have the trees hc has cut dow a..
baskets OF chips that nothing bu, a
beaver can cut and sights OF the iun-
nels he has dug. hut they nave not
seen the beaver himself Rancocas
Creek flows into the Delaware just
opposite The Torresdalo plmping STA
ton.
Walter S. Cowmg. scout executive,
PHILADELPHIA Council Boy Scouts OF
America. who was one or the FIRST TO
learn of The Rancocas Crock beaver.
-FOUR years ago ho visited the swamp
recently with nine boy scouts from
fhl starr Garden Troop. of thi- C. ty.
They discovered fresh CUTTINGS. took
sonic photographs and brough back
the old building at Fifth and Chest
nut streets.
na Specimen Cutting.
The largest specimen s q section
of the trunk of a blackberry tree,
rhnut eleven inches i- diameter. hali
way cheNed through and unmistaka-
hiv showing The marks of beaver
teeth thing. than cannot bc dupii-
Gated by human tools or 10y any other
known animal This piece was de-
fachcd from the standing tree by one
~ tho boys Max Kendol of 40. BIOS
Columbia avenue. gifteCn-yoar-old
scout of Starr Garden Troop, no %
Kendel Is cue OF the Eve Eagle
Scouts OF Philadelphia.
Mr. Cowing and his scouts remained
In The ncighborhood of the beavers
swamp several days, living In cabif
owned by George s. Morris. an archi
tect and naturalist, OF this city. The,
watched by day and night but saw
no beaver. although the signs OF hi
teeth were very receut
Discovery OF Four Years Ago.
The Rancocas beavers work wa
FIRST discovered by Mr.. Cowing in DC
cembcr. 1912 VII lie canoeing on IN
creek in company with Alexande
Wilson former Assistant Director {
Health and Charities he noticed
small Floating "heaver stick whio
he had learned 10 recognize from hi
trips in the woods Of Maine and Can
ada where he has spent summers fo
twenty-five years
They returned 90 Mr. Morris cahi
and showed the specimen to the othC
members Of iho party. Ceorce ID. POI
ter. former Director OF Public Safety
Francis Goodhuo. Jr and Charl,
Edwin Fox Assistant District Alto
ney These gentlemen at first laughs
~ the idea OF beaver 'n New Je
sey. but soon agreed that the sti,
was the work OF beaver
The party Immediately mann,
canoes, and within 600 yards OF q
cabin they found beaver cuttings al
more than twenty large trees part
cut down. and manv smaller branch
cut in four-foot lengths The size
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
The Pain-Easing
Heating Pad
Far cieanlier than any rubber
bag. an even constant heat without
bothersome rehlling-iust snap
switch-three heats. Priced So.
Electric Radiators

For coy warmth when the fur
mace has burned down-for bath
rooms and carly morning use.
Handsomely finished, two bulb
types are priced 5000.
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
NurSey Milk Warmer
For Baby

No gift could be more beneficial
than these to baby; nor would any
save more steps and trouble for YOU
at night Priced 81.
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
INCREASED DIVIDEND
on p, II. 4 W. r. r. STOCK

The semi-annual divident of per
cent. declared by the Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington Railroad
yesterday, Is an increase, the previ-
Gus regular rate having been per
cent. semi-annually. The payments
this year will total 6 per cent.
against A per cent. in 1915. Nearly
all of the stock is owned by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The earn
ings were sufficient TO warrant per
cent being declared at this time, and
/ tho future dividend rate will depend
ON The earnings.
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
TWO MINERS KILLED.
~ The united Press.

WEIR CITY. Kan. Dec 14.-Two
miners were killed and seven were in-
iured as the result Of an explosion in
the Mayer Mine No. g, twelve miles
west Of here, latest reports stated to-
day.
Il Is not known whether any other
bodies are still n the mine A COM
b'nation Of gas and powder explosion
Is believed to have been the cause OF
the disaster, but state mine experts
have not yet been able to penetrate
the mine to make a thorough exami-
nation
Evening journal., 1916-12-14

]. o. r. NJ. expect to 90 10 Rockdaie
tonight. when a district meeting or
the Forty-hrst district Of Pennsyl
vania will be held, the great chiels
Of the Great Council of Pennsylvania
will be among the attendants.
Mrs. Frank u. Pennington has al
most recovered from a recent serious
attack of illness.
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TnIRNFs ron nncrnp

Sneak thieves who entered the
home OF DR.. II. C.. Watson. No. 2200
Monroe street, on Tuesday evening
got o small sum of money. The door
Of the house had been left open and
in this manner the thieves gained
entrance 10 the building.
Evening journal., 1916-12-14
PRESIDENT AGAIN YETOES
The IMMIGRATION BILL

by The United Press
WASHINGTON. Dec 1.-THE immi'
grafton bin with literacy test attach
ed. was passed by the Senate by a
vote of GA TO today.
The President ut once vetoed the
bill because OF the llteracy clause.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
ESCORT COULDN'T SEE JOKE
Incident at coney island That Prob
ably Taught Confetti Thrower
Lesson He Needed.

A large well-dressed man and Q
handsome woman were in the Mardi
Gras crowd at Coney island. New
York. They had been waiting some
time for the parade and the woman
began to yawn. Now yawning Is q
very unladylike performance in pub
lie. and rather a dangerous one in Q
Coney island crowd. for while the
woman had her mouth wide open und
was getting all the worth there is to
be had out of good healthy yawn q
handful OF confetti right plump into the
orifice. The woman coughed and splut.
tered. and the hoodlum shrieked with
delight. Those about him thought It
was grand joke, too-all but the
woman's escort He reached out one
powerful arm and grabbed the skylark-
ing youth by the shoulder. Then he
brought his fist down on the young
mans straw hat. crushing It and driv-
ing his head through the crown and
partly over his ears. Next he turned
the young man around and kicked him
with all the force and swiftness that
outraged dignity and fierce anger to-
gether with great strength afforded.
II that youth RECEIVERS from that kick
and throws confetti again he will be
careful in picking his target. And.
maybe. the handsome woman II she
yawns again in a hurry will not do SO
In such mob as turns out to see Q
Coney island celebration.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
With the Essaylsts.

OF all the displays of art the essay
is the most indefinable. the most sub.
tie. because 1t has no scheme. no pro
gram.
II does not set out 20 narrate or to
prove; 1t has no dramatic purpose. no
imaginative theme: its essence is q
sympathetic self-revelation. Just as in
talk man may speak frankly CT his
own experiences and feelings, and yet
avoid any suspicion of egotism. II his
condolences are designed to illustrate
the thoughts Of others rather than to
provide a contrast and self-glorifica-
ton.
The essayist gives rather than
claims; he compares rather than pa
rades. He is led by his interest IN
others to be interested in himself, and
1t is as a man rather than as an indi.
vidual that he takes the stage.
He must be surprised at the discov.
cries he makes about himself. rather
than complacent; he must condone his
own discrepancies rather than exult
In them.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
CHAPTER XVII.
Chicken. or steakf

Cnockens or StoaNI
On the outbreak of q bygone rude
ness between the United States and
Spain. one free and entirely uncurbed
metropolitan paper, unable to ade-
Quately express its violent emotions
on the subject, utilized its whole front
page with the one word "Wari" print
ed In red ink. w
Now, however. the free and entirely
uncurbed, having risen most gloriously
in the past to every emergency. NO
matter how great. positively houn-
dered in the very wealth of its oppor-
tunities.
Saturday night. however. saw NO
late extras. The STORY" was too big
to touch without something more tan
gible than the word of even SO sub
stantial man as Gerald Fosland; and
long before any Of the twelve eager
young gentlemen had reached the Of
fee, the scout brigade. hundreds
strong. we're shifting over every trail
and yelping over every scent.
Until three o'clock in the morning
every newspaper Office in New York
was a scene of violent gloom. The
worlds biggest sensation was in those
offices, and they couldn't touch 1t with
a pair of tongs! The deterrent was
that the interests involved were SO
large that one might as we'll sit on q
keg of gunpowder and light 1t. as to
make the slightest error. The gentle
men mentioned as the organizers Of
the International Transportation COM
pany collectively owned about all the
money and all the power and all the
law in the gloriously independent
United States of America; and II they
got together on any one subject. such
as the squashing Of newspaper. for
instance. something calm and impress
sive was likely to happen. On the
other hand. If the interesting story
the free and entirely uncurbed had in
its possession were true. the squash
ing would be reversed. and the free
ness and entirely uncurbedness would
be still more firmly seated than ever.
which is the palladium of our national
liberties; and heaven be good to US.
ITO BE CONTINUED.)
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
IMPORTANT THAT PUBLIC SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY

The testimonial l am to give you
eomes unsolicited. l have been suffer
Ing from lumbago for ten years and at
times was unable to stand erect. A Mr..
Dean of this city, saw me in my condi.
ton lbent over) and inquired the cause.
l told him that had the lumbago. He
replied, IF you get what tell you to,
you need not have it." l said I would
take anything for. ease. He said "You
Root and take it. and If it does not fx
you o. X. / will pay for the medicine my
self" did 30 and am q well man. For
Eve months ] have been as well ~ could
be. Before took your Swamp-Roet was
in constant pain day and night. This
may look like advertising. but it seems
70 me most important that the public
should be made familiar with this treat.
ment as It 10 the only one know which
e an absolute cure. / owe great deal to
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root. and am anx.
ious that others situated as I was should
know and take advantage Of it. Hoping
that this testimonial may be Of benefit
to some one, / am,
]. A. ROWLAND.
1884 Humboldt ST.
Denver. Colo
State Of Colorado l-T
City and County of Denver -
Nasry ps5,1nf PuSo aPpe,,sSs nS before ore ,9S %s
county Of the State Of Colorado, j. A.
Rowland, known to me a. the person
whose name is subscribed to the above
statement and upon his oath declares that
is true and correct statement.
I.. DANIEL H. DRAPER.
s-1. Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp.Root win Do For Yov
Send ten cents to Dr.. Kilmer 4 Co.
Hinghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot.
tie. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet Of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing. be sure and mention
dollar si.e bottles for sale At al drug
storss.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

practically all the world. outside the
United States, was here a. q. d.
Chalmers. Prince Nito Of Japan, Yu-
Hip-Lun Of China and Count Cassioni
Of Rome were here at the same time:
and they all called ON Edward e. ALI
son.
Furthermore. gentlemen. will give
you now the names Of the eight finan-
ciers. who, with Edward q. Allison, are
interested In the formation of the In
ternRtional Transportation company.
which proposes to control the COM
merce Of the world. These gentlemen
are Joseph g. Clark. Eldridge Babbitt.
w. T. Chisholm. Richard Haverman.
Arthur Grandin. Robert e. Taylor. A.
l. Vance l would suggest that. II you
disturb these gentlemen in the man
ner which l have understood you to
be quite capable Of doing, you might
secure from some one of them q trace
Of corroboration of the things have
said. This is ALL" He paused and
bowed stifly. Gentlemen, l wish to
add one word. I thank you for your
kind attention. and l desire to say
that, while have violated tonight sew
eral Of the rules which had believed
that would always hold unbroken.
have done so In the interest of jus
tice which is greater than all other
considerations. Gentlemen. good
night"
Have you q good photograph
handy?" asked the squib, awakening
from his trance.
Nine young gentlemen put the squib
right about that photograph. Hickey
was lost in the fields of Elysian phan-
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
heal.hy Reaction.

Fortunate are they who react health.
fly. They have an easy path through
life, no matter what they may meet.
The habit of reacting healthily from
the small trials gives them power to
vanquish the big tests. even the calam.
tiles.
And pitiful are they who react un.
healthily. Every day Of their lives
they .niiict torment ON themselves.
no matter hov favored they may be
by fortune. Their practice or reactinR
unhealthily from small things makes
them easy vi. Inns Of the big trials.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
Knew the Drama. Too.

Father, in the hall, has been stand
ing for an hour while Millicent and
Harold bid each other good night in
the doorway.
Parting" quoth Harold, ''is such
sweet sorrow that l could say good
night till" --
At this speech father gets Shake
spearean inspiration of his own and
tramps down the stairs.
Seems to me-" he asserted, there
is too much adieu about nothing
here."-Philadelph Ledger.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

tasy. and the red-headed reporter was
still writing and stuffing loose pages
In his pocket. and the one with the
beard was making a surreptitious
sketch of Gerald Fosland, to use on
the first plausible occasion. He had
In mind a special article on wealthy
clubmen at home.
Company Incorporated" inquired
Hickey, who was the most practical
poet of his time.
II should consider that a pertinent
question" granted Gerald. Gentle
men. you will pardon me for a mo-
ment," and he bowed himself from the
room.
He had meant to ask that one simple
question and return, but. in Arlene's
blue room. where sat two young wom-
en-. in high state of quiver. he had
to make his speech all over again. YER
batim. and detail each interruption,
and describe how they received the
news. and answer. several times. the
variously couched question, II he
really thought their names would not
be mentioned. 1t was fifteen minutes
before he returned. and he found the
twelve young gentlemen suffering with
an intolerable itch to be gone. Five
of the young men were in the library,
quarreling in decently low voices,
over the use of the phone. The i'm
perturbable Hickey. however. had II,
and he held on. handing in story. en-
bellished and colored and frilled and
beribboned as he went. which would
make the cylinders on the presses
curl up.
II am sorry to advise you. gentle
men. that am unable to tell you II
the International Transportation com.
pany is. or is about to be. incorpo-
rated" reported Gerald gravely. and
he signaled to William to open the
front door.
As the rapt and enchanted Hickey
passed out Of the door. grip like a
pair Of ice tongs caught him by the
arm, and drew him gently but firmly
back.
Sorry" observed Gerald. but you
don't co.
Hasn't that ID boy got here
YETI" demanded Hickey. in an imme-
diate mood for assassination. He was
q large young man. and defective mes
senger boys we're the bane Of his
existence.
"William says not" replied Gerald.
For the love of Mike. let me go!"
pleaded Hickey. "This stun has to be
handled while it's still sizzlingl It's
the biggest story Of the century,
That boy'll be here any minute"
Sorry" regretfully observed Ger.
aid; but shall be compelled to do
tain you until he arrives"
Cant do It'll" returned the desper-
ate Hickey. Il have to goi" and he
made q dash for the door.
Once more the ice tongs clutched
him by the shoulder and sank into the
flesh.
"If you try that again. young man.
1 shall be compelled to thrash you"
stated the host, again mildly.
Hickey looked at him. very thought
fully. Gerald was . slim-waisted gen
tleman. but be had broad shoulders and
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

. dspressingly calm eys. and he prob
badly exercised twenty minutes svery
morning by an open window. after his
cold plunge, and took horseback ride.
and walked lot, and played polo. and
q few other effete things like that.
Hickey sat down and waited. and.
though the night was cold, he mopped
his brow until the messenger camel
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
CHAPTER XVI.
Gerald FosI,nd m.kss . snsse

Gerald Fosiand Makes q Speech.
Gerald Fosland. known to be 30 for.
NAL that he had once dressed to an.
swer an emergency call from q friend
at the hospital. because the message
came in at six o'clock. surprised his
guests by appearing before them. in
the salon Just before dinner. in his
driving coat and with his motor cap
In his hand.
Sorry" he informed them, with q
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

difficulties. which have already been
set afoot In England. Following these
events will come a successful rebel.
lion In India, and the independence Of
all the British colonies.
you will probably require some tan.
gible evidence that these large plans
are on the way to fulfillment. | call
your attention to the fact that. last
week. the Russian duma began a vio-
lent agitation over the removal of Olaf
Petrovy, who was the controller OF the
entire Russian railroad system. Day
before yesterday Petrovy was unfortu.
nately assassinated. and the agitation
in the duma subsidized. This morn
ing I read that France Is greatly In
censed over a diplomatic breach In
the German war office; and It Is com.
mented that the breach Is one which
cannot possibly be healed. Kindly
take note Of the following facts. From
the first to the eighth OF this month,
Baron Won SlacAten. who is directly
responsible for Germanys foreign re-
lations. was seen in this city at the
Fencing club. under the incognito of
Henry Brokaw. Chevalier Ducham.
beau. director Of the combined bank.
ing interests of France was here In
that same week, and was seen at the
Montparnasse Cercle. He bore the
name Of Andre Tirex. The Grand
Duke Jan OF Russia was here as Ivan
Strolesky. James Wellington Hodge,
the master Of the banking system OF
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23
HIGH PRICES
GOOD CROPS
And Good Demand for All Farm
Products.

Il IL no new experience for settlers
located iE fertile country such as
Western Canada, where lands may be
bought at very reasonable prices, to
harvest q crop that in one season pays
the entire cost OF their farm. Undoubt-
edly this was the experience Of many
farmers during 1915. but one instance
may be quoted. A settler who came
to Canada from the United States
some years ago decided to add to his
holdings by buying an adjoining quar-
ter section near his home at Warner,
at $4,000 an acre, with terms spread
over q period Of years. He got tho
land into a good state of cultivation
and last spring put the whole quarter
section in wheat. When the crop was
threshed he found that 1t only took
half the wheat on the farm to pay the
whole purchase price of 1t; in short
q single years crop paid the cost Of
the land, paid all the expenses of op-
GRAFTON and left him handsome sur
plus as profit. This settler had some
adjoining land. and his whole wheat
crop for the season amounted to
OVeT lo,VUV Dubnelb. ne Ii now plau-
ming to obtain some sheep and invest
his profits in live stock which will as
sure him good living irrespective Of
what the season may happen to be.
Canada's financial position is ex-
cellent. All speculation has been elm
mated, and trading is done on q cash
basis. with restricted credit.
Detailed figures of Canada's trade
for twelve months ending October 81
show how the war is forcing Canadian
trade into new channels. One Of the
most extraordinary changes is in COM
merce with the United States. A
couple of years ago Canada imported
from the United States two or three
hundred million dollars worth of
goods more than she exported. The
balance Of trade was all with the
United States. The balance is rapid
ly disappearing, and the present out
look is that by the end of this year
Canada will have exported to tho
United States more than she has i'm
ported.
The figures for the past four years
are Illuminating. They are as fol-
lows:
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

When there is q famine in the mat
rimonial field at home girl goes to
some other town to study music or
teach school.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

And It 10 sometimes said Of . man
that he drinks like q fsh-but he i'm.
bibes different nuid.
Gilpin observer., 1916-03-23

Four years ago, in 1912. the balance
Of trade in favor of the United
States was no less than two hundred
and sixty-seven millions, and this
wear. the balance is reduced to only
thirty-two millions. The figures are
extraordinary and reflect the changed
and new conditions in Canada. It
looks as II for the first time in nearly
half century this year Canada will
sell more to the United States than
she will buy from the Americans
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