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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-21

Acting under the suggestion of the
Kenosha Board of Health the children
Of the city schools will not have their
pet stock show this year. It is de-
elared that cats and dogs sometimes
carry contagious disease and the school
officials do not desire to take any chan
ces along this line.
Evening star., 1916-10-01

l understand he was
dead set against TAX
in any outsiders along
from the first, even
protestin' against Mrs.
Mumford and old Pro-
fessor Leonidas Barr.
| expect his merry little
idea is that they might
gettheirheads together,
steal the map showin'
where all that pirate
gold is buried, murder
the rest of us, and dig
up the loot themselves.
Something like that.
Anyway, Rupert is al
ways snoopin' around,
bobbin' out unexpected
and pussy-footin' up be-
hind you when you're
talkin' to any one. I
didn't notice his antics
the first day or so, but
Evening star., 1916-10-01

just sit here quiet and-and try to forget"
"Nonsense!" says Wee. "That's silly
way to act. Besides, you ought to tramp
around and get the feel of the boat. You'll
be noticing the motion if you don't"
"Pooh!" says L. "What this old boat
does is beneath my notice. She's headed
away from Broadway, that's all 1 know
about her. But if you want some one to
trail around the deck with, I'm ready
Only amt apt to be very cheerful, not
for while yet.
Say, that dope of Wees about got
tin the feel of the boat was a good hunch
Once you get it in your legs the soggy
feelin under your vest begins to let up.
Also your head clears. Why, inside of
half an hour Pm steppin' out brisk with
my chin up, breathin in great chunks of
salt air and meetin' that heave of the deck
as natural as if I'd walked on rubber pave
ments all my life. After that, whenever
got to havin' any of them up and down
sensations in the plumbin' department,
dashed for the open air and walked it
down.
7 ,UCkY l could, too; for about Friday
afternoon we ran into some weather
that was the real thing. 1t had been
cloudy most of the mornin', with the
wind maxim up, and around three o'clock
there was whitecaps as far as you
could see. Nothin' monotonous or reg'lar
about the motion of the Agnes then.
She'd lift up on one of them big waves
like she was stretchin' her neck to see
over the top; then, as it rolled under
her, she'd tip to one side until it looked
like she was tryin' to spill us, and she'd
slide down into soapsudsy hollow until
she met a solid wall of green water.
This is what we generally get off Hat
teras, says Wee, who has shown up in
green oiled silk outfit and has joined me
in a sheltered spot under the bridge.
isn't it perfectly gorgeous?"
Its all right for once," says |, "pro-
vidin' it don't last too long. Every one
below enjoyin' it, are they?"
"Oh, Auntie's been in her berth for
hours says Wee. "She never takes any
chances. But Mrs. Mumford tried to sit
up and crochet. Helma's trying to take
care of her, and she can hardly hold her
head up. They are both quite sure they're
going to die at once. You should hear
them taking on"
"How is it this don't get you too?"
says |.
"I've always been good sailor" says
Wee. "And, anyway, storm is too
thrilling to waste the time being seasick
l always want to stay up around too, and
repeat that little verse of Kiplings. You
know
"When the cabin portfolios are dark and
green,
Because of the seas outside,
When the ship goes wop with a wiggle be-
tween,
And the cook falls into the soup tureen,
And the trunks begin to slide
Evening star., 1916-10-01

UWecu yOu llle, lulS DSlu IL
w sea-going private sec amt the
worst that can happen. Not so far as I've
seen.
What I'm most chesty over, though, is
the fact that I've been through the wop
and wiggle test without feedin' the fishes
You see, when the good yacht Agnes
leaves Battery Park behind, slides down
past Staten Island and the Hook, and out
into the Ambrose Channel, I'm feelin
sort of low. I'd been lookin' our course
up on the map, and, believe me, from
where New York leaves off to where the
tip end of Florida juts out into the Gulf
Stream is some wide and watery jump.
No places to get off at in between, so far
as can dope out. It's just a case of but
tin right out into the Atlantic and keepin
on and on.
We hadn't got past Scotland Lightship
before the Agnes begins that monotonous
heave-anddrop stunt Course, it amt
any motion worth mentionin', but some
how it sort of surprises you to find that it
keeps up so constant. It's up and down,
up and down, steady as the tick of clock;
and every time you glance over the rail
or through portfolio you see it's quite
ride you take. didn't mind goin' up
bit; it's that blamed feelin of bein' let
down that's annoyin'.
For while there | was more or less
busy helping Old Hickory get his floating
Office Strengthened out and taking down a
few code messages for the wireless man
to send back to the general offices while
we was still within easy strikin' distance
1t was when l planted myself in wicker
chair way back by the stern, and begun
watchin' that slow, regular lift and dip
of the deck, that | felt this lump come in
my throat and begun wonderin' what it
was I'd had for lunch that | shouldn't
My head felt kind of mean too, sort of
dull and throbby, and | expect | wasn't
as ruddy in the face rs | might have
been.
THEN up comes Wee, lookin' as fresh
and nifty as if she was just steppin'
out on the Avenue; and before can duck
behind anything she's spotted me.
"Why, Torchy," says she, you don't
mean to say you're feeling badly already!
Or is it because you're leaving New
York;"
Then l saw my alibi. sighs and gazes
mushy back towards the land.
"I can't help it," says 1. II think a
heap of that little old burg. Tits been
mother and father to me-all that sort of
thing. I've hardly ever been away from
it, you know, and II" Here l smiles
sad and makes stab at swallowin' the
lump.
"What goose!" says Wee, but pats me
soothin' on the shoulder. "Come. let's do
few turns around the deck
"Thanks, says l, "but guess I'd better
Evening star., 1916-10-01
MAGAZINE SECTION for October l, 1916

boeoi Vudl just ueScIlDe IL, though
that 'wop with a wiggle between'?'
Gas good as thousand feet of film,"
says l. "Kip must have had some of this
fun himself. Here comes wop for us.
There! Great, eh?"
| hope l made it convincin'; but, as a
matter of fact, had to force the enthusi-
asm bit.
Not that l was scared, exactly; but
now and then, when the Agnes sidled
downhill and buried the whole front end
of her in wave that looked like side
elevation of the Flatiron Building, I'd
have panicky thought as to whether
sometime she wouldn't forget to come up
again.
She never did, though. No matter how
hard she was soused under, she'd shake
it Oft with shiver and go on climbin' up
again patient.
There was several vacant chairs at the
dinner-table, and when l finally crawled
into my bunk about $50 l had to brace
myself to keep from bein' stopped out on
the floor.
was wonderin' whether I'd be too sick
to answer the shpwreck call when it
came, and | tried to figure out how I'd
feel bouncin around on them sky-scraper
waves draped in thin pajamas and life
belt, until l must have dropped off to
sleep.
And, take it from me- when woke up
and saw the good old sunshine streamin'
in through the portfolio, and discovered
that | was still alive and had an appetite
for breakfast, | was as thankful private
n
that the Agnes was doin' only the gentle
wallow act, with the wop and wiggle left
out, begun to get chesty. l decides that
I'm some grand little sailor myself, and
looks around for wllin ear that l can
whisper the news into.
The only person on deck, though, is
Captain Rupert Killam, who's pacin'
up and down, lookin mysterious, as
usual.
well, Cap says I. "Looked like it
was goin' to be a little rough for spell
there last night, eh?'
"Rough?" says he. "Oh, we did have
a little bobble off Hatteras-just a bob
ble."
"Huh!' says l. 81 don't expect you'd
admit anything's happenin' until boat
begins to turn flip-fops. Do you know,
Rupert, there's times when you make me
sad in the spine. Honest, now, you didn't
invent the ocean, did you?"
But Rupert just stares naughty and
walks off.
I've been afraid all along he didn't APP
preciate me; in fact, ever since he first
showed up at the Corrugated, and kidded
him about his buried treasure tale, he's
looked on me with cold and suspicious
eye.
Course, that's his speciality, workin' up
suspicious. He's been at it right along,
ever since the Agnes was tied loose from
her pier; and outside of Auntie and Mr..
Ellins, who are backin' this treasure hunt,
I don't think there's single party aboard
that he hasn't given the sleuthy once
over to.
| understand he was
dead set against TAX
in any outsiders along
from the first, even
protestin' against Mrs. -z7usszzsszs
Mumford and old Pro- III
Evening star., 1916-10-01


cially after the weather quit actin up and it
come off warmer. Then folks got thicker
on the rear deck. Mrs. Mumford with her
crochet, Auntie with her correspondence
pad, the Professor with his books, and so
on, which was why me and Wee took to
huntin' for little hooks where we could
have private chats. You know how it is.
There was one place way up in the
bow, between the big anchors, and an
other on the little boat-deck, right back
OF the bridge. But, just as we'd get nicely
settled, we'd hear creak-creak, and here
would come Rupert nosing around.
"Lookin' for anybody special?" I'd ask
him.
3Why-er-no," says Rupert.
"Then you'll find EN- in the main
saloon, says l, 4two flights down. Mind
your STEP"
But you couldn't discourage Captain
Killam that way. Next time it would be
the same old story.
"Of all the gutta-percha ears!n says
to Wee. "He must think we're plottin'
something Deep.
"Let's pretend we are, says Wee.
"Or give him steer that'u keep him
busy, eh?" says l.
So you see it started innocent enough.
| worked out the details durin' the night,
and next mornin' my first move is to
make the plant. First hunts up Old
Hickory's particular friend, j. Dudley
Simms, him with the starey eyes and the
twisted smile. For some reason or other,
Rupert hadn't bothered him much. Too
simple in the face, l expect.
But Dudley amt half so simple as he
looks or listens. In his own particular
way he seems to be enjoyin' this yachtin'
trip huge, just loafin' around elegant in
his white flannels, smokin' cigarettes con-
tinual, soppin up brandy-and-soda at
reg'lar intervals, and entertainin' Mr..
Ellins with his batty remarks.
The only thing that appears to bother
Dudley at all about bein' cut off this way
from the world in general is the lack of q
stock ticker aboard. Seems he'd loaded
up with a certain war baby before sailin',
and while the deal wouldn't either make
or break him, he had sportin' interest
in which way the market was waverin'.
WELL, how do you guess Consolidated
Munitions closed yesterday" asks.
Dudley shakes his head mournful.
"I dreamed last night of seeing flock
of doves, says he. "That's q bad sign.
I'd give dollar for glimpse at a morn
ing paper"
"They say Charleston's only couple
hundred miles off there says I. @If it
wasn't so soggy walkin' I'd run in and get
you one.'
mo, says he; @you'd be late for break
fast. l wonder if our wireless man couldn't
get in touch with some of the shore sta
tions."
"Sure he could" says I, 3but don't let
on what stock you're plungin' on. His
names Meyers. He's hyphen, you
know. And If he got wise to your havin'
war-baby shares he'd likely hold out on
you. But you might jolly him into gettin'
Continued on page 10
Evening star., 1916-10-01

"When me leuue Ne,U lork
behind, I'm teelin' rather
lou. / think a heap of
that little old burg"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
New Dimes Nearly Ready

The first of the new lO-cent pieces
are ready for issue. They are elh
turned out at the Philadelphia mint at
the rate of 100000 Il day and lo,oOo,Voo
of them are to be issued.
The new piece bears the figure or Il
Grecian lady on the diverse sid ana
the bundle and rods and the aX n the
Roman lictors on the reverse.
Within the next two weeks work VIII
be begun on the new Decent pieces,
while the making OF the new design
half-dollars will not be started until
the early part OF October.
The newly designed quarter on one
side has the full figure of n woman
coming through a gate in a wall; the
reverse side shows an eagle in flight
The 5O-cent piece bears a ~full-length
figure of the Goddess of Liberty hold
ing olive branches, while the reverse
design is that Of n spread eagle stand
ing OH q rock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
TO SAVE BIRD SANCTUARY
Audubon Societies Working to Pre-.
vent Threatened Destruction Of
Reservation in Oregon.

The destruction of One of the larg-
est, if not the largest, federal bird
reservation in the United States is
threatened, according to an announce
ment made by 7. Gilbert Pearson of
New York city, secretary Of the Ma
tional Association, of Audubon sOcie-
ties. The reservation threatened is at
Lake Malheur, in southeastern Oregon,
and is a breeding place for hundreds
Of thousands of wild ducks, wild geese
and other water fowl.
Application has been made to the
federal authorities for permission to
drain the lake in order to secure the
land it covers. The lake is six miles
wide by Is miles long, and is about
six feet deep. 1t supplies an ideal
Mr.. Pearson says, and, therefore, it
attracts wild geese and ducks from
Canada in large numbers. Its de-
structiOn, he declares, will leave thou
sands OF young water fowl without q
home.
Secretary Pearson has taken the
matter up with the officials of the
general land office, who have prom,
ised to investigate. 1t is understood
that those who plan the destruction
of the bird reservation have already
secured the cooperation of the state
land board Of Oregon. For that rea'
son, Mr.. Pearson regards the situation
as imminent and believes it will re
quire quick and earnest appeals to the
secretary of the interior from those
who believe in TIE protection of wilC
birds, to prevent the destruction of the
colony,
'"There are about five million gun.
in the United States" said Mr.. Pear
son, "and the only way to preserv'
our migratory game birds is to hav,
these sanctuaries-areas in whicl
they q never be killed, under an,
circumstances"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
Barred by the Regulations.

Daniel Boone was too thin for his
height to pass the present army re-
Quirements. Yet Daniel Boone opened
to civilization the territory from Cum
berland Gap to the headwaters of the
Mississippi. When Napoleon was
graduated from st. Cyr he was too
thin to serve as second lieutenant of
Company A, First Kentucky regiment.
julius Caesar suffered with sore feet.
He could never have passed the marti-
nets at Fort Thomas. Hannibal had
but one eye. His case would have been
hopeless with the war department, but
the Romans found him fairly efficient
at Cannae and Lake Trasemene. Alex
ander of Macedon had a twisted neck
gland. Thumbs down on Alexander.
Peterborough, "the bravest of the
brave" was too short and skinny for
the regulations at Washington. Lord
Nelson had a game leg.-Louisyille
Courier-Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
Make Silk Sausage skins.

Germany now Is making sausage
skins of raw silk, according to the
Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung.
Even before the war experiments were
being conducted in the making of a
hollow casing of raw silk to be filed
with sausage meat. The Elberfeld rib
bon factory is now turning out great
lengths Of this sausage casing. just
now, however, owing to the shortage
of meat, very large quantities OF cas-
ing are not needed. With the ordinary
prices of raw silk prevailing the new
casing is no dearer than the usual sau-
sage skins.
The Berliner Lokal Anzeiger OF Au'
gust 3 says that q new invention has
been introduced by the Berlin inven'
tons bureau for putting meat up In
briquettes for transport. These
briquettes, it 10 said, are impervious
to the attack of insects.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05

opening of the living room and may be
seen from the other side of the house.
A double-acting door leads to the
kitchen. This room is square, well
lighted and pleasant. 1t is equipped
with cupboards and a sink; the rear
entry and pantry form two annex
rooms which may be used to help very
materially in performing the tasks as
ISOLATED with this part Of the house.
A hall extends back from the living
room through the center of the house.
A closet, the pantry, the cellar stairs,
the bathroom, two bedrooms and the
sleeping porch all may be entered from
this hall. The sleeping porch is Il
feature in home construction which is
becoming more popular all the time.
Many people who live in older houses
feel that the sleeping porch is n OF
the modern fads which will soon disap-
pear, but anyone who has lived in n
house which Includes q sleeping porch
in it's room arrangement will not con-
slider q house which does not include
one in its design. 1t cannot be disput-
ed that an abundance of good fresh
mir Is an absolute necessity to rest
full slumber. There are seven large
windows in the sleeping porch at the
real of this rustic bungalow, and this
assures a condition as neal the limit
of real out-of-doors as it is necessary
to come.
The interior is entirely in keeping
with modern ideas in home design
Convenience and comfort have been
the strong outstanding factors in the
design, and worked in with these is
the effort to make this house as health
full a home as it Is possible to pro
vide, from the standpoint of the ar
chitect. At the same time a lucky
combination Of details has rendered II
very attractive from an artistic stand
point.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
Garden Plots and Patriotism.

We farmers, as q rule, are not a
class Of men who can boast of bank
accounts upon which We might draw
to purchase American flags, so our
patriotism must manifest itself in
some other form. One of my patriotic
neighbOrs, by the way, has become so
enthuSed over the matter of prepared
ness that he has laid out his small
farm to resemble Old Glory, seven
rows Of red-tOp beets representing the
cory stripes, with six rows Of white
turnipS alternated between them. On
n corner of the plot six rows of cab
bage heads indicate the As stars of the
Union Jack, and on the fence post at
the upper corner of this American
vegetable flag sits a stuffed henhawk
with spread wings resembling the
American eagle. This is not all. No,
indeed! He has arranged q set OF
bugle calls for the dinner horn which
begin at the hour of reveille and al
which every member of his patriot,
household tumbdes out. Military
salutes have taken the place of "GOoC
mornin', SAL" and "How-dO, Hank
and other unpatriotic expressions OF
cOrdiality.-Zim in Cartoons Magazine
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05

then, Tor the architect to find the prop
er combination of all the possibilities
which exist, in order to match the pic
ture formed as an image in the mind
Of the home-builder.
One of the styles which have been
established in bungalow design, and
one which makes q strong appeal to a
great many people, is the rustic type
This type embodies the infusion OF the
architecture Of nature into the archi-
lecture of man. 1t implies the use OF
some natural building material applied
In such a way that the suggestion oil
the big out-of-doors surrounds the
home. The purpose is absolutely de-
feated If such a house Is built on 9
narrow lot. A wide lot upon which
sufficient time and effort have beer
spent to adapt 1t to the house is neces
sary for the full realization Of the ad
vantages of this design. Shrubs, vines
trees and flower beds must be placed
with care and selected with a pur
pose to harmonic with the colo
scheme Of the bungalow. The rusti'
bungalow Is seen In It's most appro
pirate frame when II Is placed on
small country estate where the natura
growth of trees may be taken advan
tage of in laying out the lawn.
The little bungalow shown In the u
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
Let Them All Come!

Said a North Carolina minister, Rev
A. G. Hamby, the other day: "The
old-time minister helped to build this
nation, first, by a fine personality and
a fine life; second, by building O
home that sent out sons and daughters
with characters like his own; and
third, by an active interest in schools
and culture" There are old-timt
ministers living today and they are
helping In the same way 20 keep the
nation in the right paths. But the
whole country would be glad of {
wholesale addition to their ranks. The
nation needs more of their SORT
Houston Post.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
Y. M, c, A. Service.

Chicago commerce reports that the
Y. II. G. A. is discharging an impor'
tant civic service this summer in the
giving of 81 free illustrated lectures
On civic, patriotic and sanitary sub
jects in six Of the parks under the
control of south park commissioners
Ia the stockyards territory, these
parks being CorneI, Davis, Hardin
Mark White, Fuller and Sherman. This
service ended September 3.
Many thousands Of citizens are be
lug both entertained and instructed by
this work. Such subjects are illus
trated as the fly pest, milk supply
safety first, Americanization, tubercu
losis, infant welfare, dentistry. ~
phoid, life in the army, Panama canal
family budget and savings and CHI
cago beautiful.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-05
Illustration is an attractive example Of

~lustration Is m attractive example OF
the rustic type. The architect had
found a happy combination of details
in this design and the result is shown
in both the exterior appearance and in
the arrangement of rooms. Large cob
blestone pillars give the front of the
house q unique appearance. The CHM
ney carries u the idea very effec-
lively. The low roof is a combined
hip and gable type with exposed sup
ports, well adapted to this type Of
house. The pergola effect of the porch,
with the pleasing decorative ends Of
the timbers carried through the de-
sign, even to the decoration placed on
the short column at the corner of the
house, adds Il great deal to the general
a~ttractiveneSs of the little home. The
| gable is decorated with wide boards
or siding strips which have a decora-
| tive design cut in each board. Many
details of finish have been worked out
in Il way which gives this little rustic
bungalow an appearance rather diff
ferent from the ordinary.
In the room arrangement and atten-
ton to interior details the same thor
oughnCss has been observed. The liv'
ing room is entered from the front
porch. This room has & large fireplace,
flanked with bookcases, built along
the side wall. The fireplace may be
made in any way which is suited t'
the style of finish that is decided upoI
for this room. A very striking anC
artistic effect may be secured by build
ing the fireplace of cobblestnnes sucl
us are used in the construction OF tn
exterior chimney and pillars at th'
front of the house. The combination
of the living room with the little del
is a very attractive arrangement. l
the den is to be used at times as
spare bedroom, q sliding door may b.
built between it and the living room
1t will, of course, be more %attractiv
with just a cased opening between tn
two rooms. The many windows
this little nook will make II | k
sun parlor and consequently a part c
the house which will, perhaps, be use
more than any other.
, The dining room is a front ROOF
2 open to the living room. The buft'
is built against the wall opposite Ii