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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-25

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

boy OF today experiences Il when he
embarks his raft and exultantly sees
the sandy bottom % the river or pond
gliding beneath him. He has gone
back to the primal human miracle
Il Is an ancestral. inherited triumph,
ever renewing itself for each lnoivld-
uaL Nobody can forget the first boat
ride Nothing tingles the nerves like
that Women are sometimes rendered
hysterical by it.
Wonderful Boats
II you take up a volume or the
stories OF the early navigators OF the
south seas" and the Pacific you VIII
find nothing more interesting OF ensr-
acteristic than that they tell OF the
boats OF the islanders Ingenious,
beautiful even wonderful many o.
them were And you win notice this
significant fact The Inhabitants OF
the islands that had the best boats
were not only the masters or their
neighbors. but the possession Of the
boats and the mental discipline and
manual skill which their invention
construction and mana cement de-
manded had developed a superiority
in their owners
am not sure but that when the
final history Of mankind is written i
our achievements. outside the spirit
ual. has been the boat, the ship What
better emble1l could We keaye on this
planet in cOmmemOratiOn Of our prac-
teal scfence2 The finest monument
of the red man is the birch-bark ca
noe that OF the white man might
The steamboat is often said to have
destroyed the romance OF the sea BY
driving off the white winged ships
But the steamboat was Inevitable
and II il has banished romance in one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

BY GARRETT p. sERvISs.
1.-THE invention OF boats was the
beginning of mans conquest Of the
\ world. than which there is no
stronger proof that sea-power means
worId-power. II that invention had
not been made we should not today
know the true form Of the earth, al
though BY going overland from the
western shores Of Europe to the most
eastern shores OF Asia rather more
than one-half Of the angular distance
round the globe could be traVersed-
America would have remained undis-
covered by white men Each contin-
ent would have developed independ-
entity Of the others. Civilization would
forever have remained a patchwork
Every island would have been little
world by itself The genius OF COM
bined humanity would never have
arisen.
The ocean is the mother Of com
merce Even a lake promotes trade
first savage who launched boat was
one of the worlds supreme oenefac-
tors His invention was worth the
sum Of all that have followed It Is
no wonder that antiquity has pref
served in so many forms the legend
Of an ark saving the race OF man The
ark is synbOlical OF human unity
In studying the history Of boats
we study the victory OF the mind
over nature Think OF the thrill that
ran through the first bOatman. though
his boat was only a hollow log, The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17
The Shortcomings Of Weather Science
Good as Far as It Goes Yet On
known to It-Insecs Sometimes Barometers

have some means OF forecasting the
varying character OF the seasons " ~
have We snow in April this year.
What recognizable causes have been
at work to make the present spring
SO different from the corresponding
season in 1872
slight variation in the intensity.
or quality. OF the radiation received
from the sun might account Tor these
things and recent invest cations snow
that such variations occur, but what
Is needed is more accurate knoEledga
about them and their effects
The present is a period OF maximum
sr1n-spottedness. and generally when
spots are numerous and large on the
sun the sir temperatures on the earta
are lower, and. in some regions storms
are mort frequent and violent Buk
ali this is knowledge OF so vague and
a glimmer OF uncertain light upon the
subject OF weather Vagar1es-
MeteoroIogy tells Us about tempera-
TIRES ana barometric pressureS- about
degrees OF humidity and OF aridicJ-
but il misses something else, Wnlcn -
evidently OF essential Importance Heat
and light are only two OF an INFINITE
number OF forms OF vibration sent 70
Us from the sun Everybody knows
that when the weather records show
that two days are precisely alike in
temperature, in humidity ETC. hu-
man nerves prove that they are vast
" unlike in some unnamed peculiarly
which affects the springs OF life
The spider busiiy ana contldensly
spinning her webs in preparation Tor
a. spell OF fine weather which some IN
errinE mechanism OF IOreknoWleoga
within her enables her to detect IS =
surer guide than a barometer she
responds to vibrations as yet only
Guessed at By science, and 50, perhaps
do the supersensittve nerves OF many
human creatures
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

his own gate on his return from late
pastoral call. he saw dark figure on
his front steps He started violently
as a woman's voice spoke his name
Who is it," he asked. in the shade
cast by the veranda roof he could not
distinguish the features
"Sh-h-hl" the voice warned I'm
Mary Baird I saw that all the lights
downstairs were out. except the one IN
your study When ! looked in there
through the blinds 1 saw the room was
empty So ] knew you were out 1
/ didn't ring, for I didn't want 10 wake
Mrs. Evans ] must see you alone and
quick-quick"
Her manner was agitated. but this
was not strange. the minister reflect
ed. as he opened his front door and con-
Quoted her 10 his study She had gone
through a great ordeal lately. He had
wondered at the steady nerves that had
made il possible for her to continue IN
that lonely house on the hill
Jane is not worse, is she2' he asked
after he had closed the study door
There's no change. is there2
shes better" Mary said briefly II ye
gone over there every evening 10 ask
Tonight her father says that the zoe
tor sees a great change for the better
That's why 7 must speak now It's
likely she's going TO get well.
Mary Baird stood in the middle OF
the room, her hands twisting and tear
ing at the corners OF the shawl she had
thrown about her. There was a fever
ishly red spot in each cheek: her eyes
glowed as the eyes OF cat glow IN
the dark or when facing an enemy
She was either terribly frightened. the
clergyman decided, or almost crazed
BY excitement
Crossing the room he pulled down
the shade II she had looked in through
the windows. somebody else might do
the same. She might have something
OF importance to tell him IL would
be as well that no curious prowler
about the premises should know that
she was here. He spoke soOthingly-
.Sit down. Mrs. Baird This has been
a hard time for you. But now thai
James better you should try TO quiet
yourself and be thankful"
She did not obey his suggestion, al
though he pushed a chair toward ner
She turned on him passionately-
do you dare tell me to be quiet
when people are saying what they are
saving about herr"
7 know I knowt But that may all
be explained. all cleared away It must
come out all right Mrs Baird. You
and I know she's innocent"
YOU don't know it, but Do she
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17
Primitive Boat Hollow by Natives

form IT has summoned it back IN an
other
There Is one glory OF the old two
decker frigate, with its mighty sDarg
and yards. its vast snowy sails. and
its teeth-like row Of cannon and an
other glory OF the terrible dread
nought. with its volcanic smoke, its
surging. foam crowned bow wave. its
huge turrets OF steel and It's long
throated guns, whose msteoric pro-
3ectiles are sWifter than the thunder
OF battle
So. too. a new element Of romznco
has come into being with the great,
clean. steady, smooth running passen-
ger liners. which are floating cities,
Ions, libraries, that speed over the
deep. outstripping the wind and be-
lifting the waves Writer'S OF fiction
have found them not less prolific
than their slow sailing deep pitching
The engine rooms and furnace
rooms Of a steamship affect the mag
ination like MiItonic images Kip
ling Conrad and perhaps a few others
have put something Of their spirit into
literature. but upon the whole they
remain as yet unexpres5ed- Thomas
De Quincy could have coneetved a,
tremendous dream fugue' rom them
The gondola OF Venice, the canoe
OF aboriginal America, the pirogue OF
the south seas. seems more poetical
than the modern mOotrboat. but essen
TALLY they are not We do not yet
appreciate the poetry Of pistOns, driv-
ing rods. explosion chambers. spark
bines because we still hold purely
mechanical views concerning them
But the romance will come when We
cease 70 think Of the machinery
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17
By GARRETT P. sERvIss.

~HE most imperfect science is me-
teorology. the science OF the
Il weather. The test OF a science is
its ability to predict phenomena that
obey the laws it is supposed to have
discovered In this respect meterology
falls far short The margin Of error in
its calculations is sometimes enormous
sufficient to completely reverse a
prediction
The weather bureau Is a useful in
stitution. based upon an incomplete
system Of correlated facts OF o5serva-
ton. which are scientific. as far as
they 90. But there are elements con-
cerned in the production OF weather
ology give no information. and which
are not taken into account BY any OF
its theories
There are birds. insects and four
footed animals which have an incom-
parably greater foreknowledge OF the
weather changes than the entire scien-
tific corps OF the Agricultural Depart
ment possesses
When the predicters OF the weather
bureau give warning OF an approach
ing storm they act on very. much the
same principle as that on which rail-
road timetable is based A train haV-
ing been announced by telegraph as
started on a given line, VIII arrive. IN
regular succession. at certain points
along that line. and a station agent al
any given point can. II no accident IN
tervenes. foretell the moment OF the
trains arrival al his station
Storm centers, or cyclones, moving
across the country are. IN some ways.
comparable 10 trains following a time
schedule But, unfortunately, they do
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

not run on rails. they are not driven
BY an invariable force. they are subject
70 Interruptions and obstacles OF many
kinds, and instead OF always kseplnB
the track and following the eOtlse,
they frequently wander vaguely ABOUT
OF take an unexpected turn or else fade
away like exhausted whirls in water
In fact the weather bureau predict
ers are in the same quandary IN Hnicn
train dfspatchers would find themselves
IL railroad tracks were shifting lines,
continually drifting this way and that
getting crossed and entan gled OF sink
ing into suddenly formed Quagnnires
and thus disappearing for good-
Meteorology as a science Of weather
prediction. fails just because II pos
sesses too few facts With the aid OF
the telegraph the weather bureau can,
II lucky. follow the trail OF storm
center across the United States, but II
cannot tell just how new storm Is
born, nor Just when or where II viii
The one only great fact on which it
bases its whole system or preoleJion
is the general tendency OF cyclonlc dis
turbances in this country 10 travel east
ward. with a nOrtherly trend, while
storms originating around the Gulf OF
Mexico and the Caribbean sea, usually
come up the coast
But the official weather prognosti-
Gators are as much in the dark as the
ordinary citizen concerning what IS
going 10 happen in the atmosphere neNI
week. and they really know nothing
about any storm until after II has
begun its career.( and then all that
they know is (from general princi-
plesl. the course that il viii take-in
case IL doesn't happen 70 change its
The conduct OF the weather during
the past three months has been sufti-
GENTLY surprising 10 show how i'm
mensely desirable It is that We should
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

1FiITE HORSE, Yukon. Territory,
M June 1T.-One hundred miles
w through the wilds OF the fu-
kon in a high powered motor car!
Dashiny through she virgin forest in
$4,000 automobile:
Climbing the mountain sides and ny
ing around The curves at 30 miles an
hour,
skidding round the cliffs with your
soul full OF thrills and your backbone
chilled to the marrow,
These are some Of the experiences I
have just had with Herbert Wheeler
the general Manager Of the Nnlte 80 80
and Yukon route on the oEerlanu y 5-s g.
from White Horse TO DAWSON ne
chauffeur was Caterpillar hke anu
rhe time was yesterday afternoon from
midday TO midnight $3.50.
The overland trail begins at W nite
Horse and il runs through the wlloer-
nesS Tor a distance OF $50 miles to the
mouth OF the Kloadike. II IS the snort
c1ft across country from mere 70 me
gold mines, and is more man lUO HlIles
less than the way there BY river. me
road is used to carry mails, passehse so
snd freight during the cold winter
months when everything IN TINS region
IS locked tight by Jack Frost, and me
Thermometer at times falls TO ~ oe-
Erees below zero
The road has been cut right through
the forest Il climbs over ranges OF
mountains IL winds its way through
the valleys and il crosses sWamps, DOGS
and sloughs Of glacial mud Here II Is
bedded on the rock, there II mar lioals
on the quicksand. upheld by corduroy
logs In the spring Of the year the
Eix-horse teams OF the mail stage are
often mfred to their bellies. and have
TO be lifted from the waXy cay by d
block and tackle attached 10 the trees
Moving Picture of Natures " onoeEs-
The whole trip was a moving picture
OF the wonders OF nature OUTSIDE tne
roadway the country is the same as Il
was when Columbus discovered Arnerl-
ca: the same as when the Danes DRIFT
ed down our coast about 1000 A D
yes ] venture. the same as when Ole
Cheops built his first pyramid on the
banks of the Nile With the exception
OF several roadhouses-lOg huts that
have been put up TO give meals 10
travelers-we saw no sign Of human
habitation, and excepting the roads,
old and new. not one mark OF human
effort OF work.
We were in no danger of meeting
other machines or farm wagons, al
though we might have run down a
covey Of birds instead Of the usual
chicken or a fox or a bear in place OF
a dog. At one time lynx bounded IN
front of our machine from one side OF
the road TO the other, and at another
great flock of grouse passed with
wFirr over our heads I am told that
hunters sometimes bag a good lot OF
birds by shooting at them from the au-
tomobile-
Woods FILLED With Wild Game.
We saw all sorts Of tracks as we rode
over the trail The woods are full OF
wild game. There are bears. brown and
black, caribou in great numbers and
wide autlersd moose There are foxes
and lynx and millions Of rabbits. We
passed groves OF small trees every one
Of which had been killed BY the rab-
bits They had eaten the bark off dur
ing the winter when the snow was
two or three feet in depth They would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

Thermometer fell to SIS degrees below zero.
but the air was dead still. and. wrapped Up
as they were in furs. they did not realize
the cold until they came 10 g roadhouse and
found that they had been riding through
temperature OF that nature.
Resore to Dog Team
They had 10 keep the machine going, for
a few minutes rest would freeze the engine
and CONCEAL the OIL At one time they had
20 stop because their gasoline had given
out within 20 miles OF a roadhouse which
they had expected 10 reach They had 70
get dog team and send on 20 the road
house While they waited the engine froze
and the oil got stiff and they had 10 build
a fire under the car with wood from the Tor
est before they could start off again.
when they had completed the Trip ana
got back 10 Dawson the bill for the ROAD
appropriation Was just about coming 70 &C
ton The news OF their trip was telegrapne1
TO Ottowa and the bill giving $4,000 for
improving the road was passed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17
What Happeasd To
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER
Mary Baird Pays the Rev. Mr. Evans Secret Visit anc
Makes Startling Confession.
(copyright 1915 Star Company


ing suspicious were referred TO in
whispers or low tones in the village IN
which Jane had always been favorite-
II was shocking. the neighoors agreed.
to discuss this fearful thing while the
girl herself lay in what might be her
last illness. And even II she had done
something desperate. what had driven
her TO it, There must have been some
reason for her refusal TO see her friends
in her new home, for her neglect OF
them all for her seeming indifference
to her own parents. Could Augustus
Reeves have been unkind TO her?
This last question was not asked OF
fhe discreet minister. II il had been,
he would have negatived it hotly. He
had called at the Reeves house several
times since Augustus's second marriage
and. while Jane had talked little. she
had looked as usual, and Augustus had
shown her all consideration He had
been a good and useful man. and his
death was a great loss 10 the milton
church and community
Night Encounter.
It was late one evening, while the
horrible tragedy was still uppermost
in the clergymans mind, that, entering
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17
4 Series of Much Humor
4 Series Of Much Hum0r
The Manicure Lady
She Talks On Culture and Club
Life.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK
IsTER MAYME has Joined a
Nj Culture club" said the Mani
..-l-- L. u h.

ISTER MAYME has Joined
MI Culture club" said the Mani
IL cure Lady. She is ging to be
cultured il it takes all her spare time"
81 suppose it's just one OF them fads,"
said the Head Barber. My Missus be-
longs to some Of them clubs, and it
don't seem TO learn her nothing"
Il think this culture club is O. K"
said the Manicure Lady. If I notice
that Wayne is getting more cultured,
maybe III join it too. though goodness
knows. George, any culture I might
grab onto would be kind OF like lost
child around this barber shop. Pink
shirts TO look al and pink weeklies to
read amt much for making culture"
I don't believe much in culture, any
how declared the Head Barber q
amt got none. and am just as happy
without It."
Maybe your customers would be
happier il W had a little" the Mani
cure Lady suggested. They say cul-
tured people get along better in the
world Brother Wilfred took some
lessons in department once. and ever
since then he has been able to get
money from father by asking for il
Brother WiIfred's Poem.
HE wrote a poem on culture for
Wayne to read at her club. II goes
like this
THE finest thing in all the world
In most folks minds is culture
When people amt got any Of such
They act just like a vulture.
I always try to be polite
And considerate Of peoples feelings,
And that is why they treat me all right
When with them have dealings"
e don't know much about poetry"
said the Head Barber. but that don't
sound like poetry TO me. It sounds kind
Of foolish
That's on account Of your not hav-
ing no intellect. George" said the Man
icure Lady. Poetry is wrote for folks
brains. II everybody had brains the
poets would get rich. As it is they
write for folks that knows good things.
and I hope you don't think Wilfred
would be hurt none If he knew you
didn't like his poetry"
you used TO think was smart" said
the Head Barber. Anyhow you always
asked my advice about lot Of things"
You're smart in world things.
George" agreed the Manicure Lady.
things like billiards and betting and
baseball and beer and everything that
begins with B. But all them finer
things OF life, like poetry and pianos and
pictures and pie. etc. you don't care
much about Your folks couldn't have
been very proud of you when you was
young. George. You amt got no refine
Maybe you're right said the sub
dued Head Barber, but refinement
amt ever felt to home in barber
shop"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

retorted- II know becauss--she vent
to him and seized his hand TRUSTING
you understand.Z KILLED HIN N.Y.
Good GodF'
The man reeIed backward as n he
would fall. then recovered himself
You don't know what you are say
ing. womanl You have brOoded over
II Had To leu SomeOne--
4 do know what am saying Her
vehemence checked his protest And
that's why ] an here Listen. 1ad
to tell someone. because she'll be ar
rested If I don't I suppose they'd hang
her. wouldn't they2 Do they stil hauS
people nowadays
she paused as II this inquiry we're
uppermost in her mind, then, as he did
not answer. went on, each sentences
short and ierky-
you are a minister. so you've got
to hear my confession ] killed him.
I had a child-his child-seven years
ago He supported it. It was weaS-
minded It's been fearfuily i'll big
surgeon wanted TO operate on the
child. II would have made him right
like other children
augustus wouldn't give me the
money for it / went on my knees
and begged him. He said ne would
not leave me any money in his VIII
that he'd change that right away 50
1 killed him j took the carNlng-knlls
ont OF the kftchen-and I killed him
7 didn't care till heard she was
blamed for IL. She's been klnd 70 me
Here~-thrusting a long envelope mo
his hand-sshere's the truth wrote
IL for fear they might not believe what
YOU said It's all true Gods truth II
they won't believe IL yet they II ma
blood stains on the gown I had on
when I cut his throat ] meant TO wash
IL afterward, but 7 hated to touch IL
Now I'm glad didn't tn be PROOF
against me. and save her.
MY boy died yesterday in convul-
sions. So I damned my soul for moth
ing That's all"
Her Mortified listener tried to stop
her as she Started Tor the door. but.
tearing herself from his OBTAINING
grasp, she ran from the room and from
the house.
IT. ne Couffnued.l