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New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

A Above - Caproni's latest
"a giant triplane now be-
ing tested at the famous
Italians xperi m entail
works near Milan. This
new plane, built in two
decks, the upper for the
crew and the lower for the
passengers, is designed to
carry thirty people. 1t is
powered by FIVE Isotta
Fraschini engines - four
in front and one in the
rear. The spacious pas
senger compartment has
all the conveniences Of a
Pullman car. Compare
this Caproni with the air
1ivver on the right.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

Right-Safely anchored.
A petty officer on shore
leave from the Atlantic
fleet gets a laugh all
along the line at the pre-
cautions he takes to pre-
vent his ships mascot
from getting lost in
the Broadway throngs.
Miss Dachshund wears a
heavy ships hawser as a
leash. We'd call it a case
for the S. P. C. A.
Keystone Vie,u
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

During the war the
British government
close d the bride
path through one Of
London's fam Gus
parks. Impatient at
the delay in having
1t reopened. the peo-
pie of that section
take the matter into
their own hands and
batter d wn the
wall. Fevstone Yie,v
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

.:::: IS: ::: :; |: :: :i':..:; i: ELS: i:
VIZ er," which the city
recently bought from
Uncle Sam for 81. The
T. Board of Estimate has
~ been asked for $4,000 to
. paint and refurnish the
= clty's new ."seagoing tug
1t is in command of Capt. J.
r. Halleck. of the Police
Marine Division. and is now
herthed at Pier A. International
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about right for the take-off. he leaped
! at the falls, and, half to his surprise,
landed on the fiat rock outside It
was like breaking through the crust
of creation into new world Mar
yelling at the small amount of water
that had chung to him, he sprang over
the two intervening rocks to the shore.
He hurried around to the front of
the cabin. raised the latch, entered
and closed the door. Snatching up
some cold biscuits and strips of fried
bacon, he hurriedIy made six sand
witches and stuffed them into his peck
cts. Resting at the spring long enough
TO eat two of his sandwiches, he
drained gourd of water, crossed the
branch below the falls and hurried
away up the bluffs into the deep
woods.
A mile and more north of the wa
terfal1, Wolf Run bends west to dou-
bic and twist and loop through tan
gle of hills and guIches known as Fox
Den, the widest and most inaccessi-
bic district of the F'latwoods The
Peanhunter had heard of the place.
He resolved to take his chances there.
The spot was no great distance above
the three-gabled cabin.
Away up the bare front of a cliff his
eye lighted on the mouth of what APP
peared to be a cleft in the rock Wolf
Run washed against narrow ledge at
the very foot of this cliff. He spread
himself fiat against the face of the
rock and strained from crevice to crew
ice. 1t was prodigious task, but all
tasks have an end-either at the bot
tom or at the top. The Pearlhunter's
task finally ended at the top. 1t
had to.
The strata gaped apart half the
height of man, leaving a wide-open
scar in the face Of the cliff 1t was per-
haps ten feet deep, and seemed to be
closed at the back by the dipping to-
gether of the two strata.
Rolling back as far within the open
ing as the converging strata would
comfortably allow. he dropped his bat
tered head upon his arm to sleep the
rest of the night away.
The Pearlhunter walked with the
woods. His limbs and breast and
shoulders were so sore that he was
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the shay side. and back IN the Clark
ness OF the scar. they could not see
him at all. The three of them drew
hunter could not make out their words.
but the manner In which they handled
their rifles. which they had managed
to drag up with them, indicated only
too plainly the general drift of what
was being said.
With a final nod all around, they
faced the pocket. and one of them
raised his rifle The bullet struck the
roof of the scar just in front of him.
showering him with dust and bits of
shale. The second fred The bullet
passed close to his Feet and lost it.
self far back in the crevice where the
two strata of shale converged.
1t was now the third ones turn.
There came the hot spit of smoke !:
the vicious slap of the report. But
even before he saw the one, or heard
the other. he felt something like
red coal sting his side just under the
armpit
His sidel thousand flames had
got at 1t. Something warm and sticky
ran down under his tattered shirt and
made it mussy. The flames reached
his face and twisted it. The air seemed
to forsake the pocket. He crawles, to
the front of the scar.
He couldn't take his eyes away from
the water glancing along at the foot
of the cliff. The flames had scOrched
him dry. If he could only have one
sup of the water to moisten his lips
so that the breath could get through.
He crawIed a little nearer the open
ing; held his face out over the ledge.
The ledge seemed to be rocking up
and down; the trees were dipping and
going around in queer whirl that
made him dizzy. He had never known
trees to act like that. The tops of
the gorge were bending together. The
gorge came together -slowIy-shut out
the air-shut out the sky.
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Clerical ExpedIent.

The English preacher, Stephen Jenk-
ms, was not highly educated man,
but he had native wit which often
helped MIN out of difficulties. One
Sunday while reading as the Scripture
lesson the third chapter of Dar.el, he
came to a batch of words that gave
him trouble. SAT what time We hear
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp
sackbut. psaltery, dulcimer," etc. Now
this list of instruments is repeated sew
eral times in the chapter, and the sec
ond time he stumbled through it with
even greater difficulty than the first.
Before he reached 1t again. however,
he had discovered a way of escape. So
the third time he relieved both him
self and his listeners by reading with
the utmost gravity. "And the band
played as before. Boston TRANSCRIPT.
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Observance In Scotland.

In Scotland the New Year celebra-
ton is similar 70 that IN France. in
asmuch as 1t takes the place OF
Christmas To the inhabitants Of the
highlands and the Iowlands this Is the
greatest day OF the year. The Bible
Is always read before breakfast. Il
is yet early when the young children
go about tapping at doors and singing:
Rise up. gude wife. ana shake your
feathers.
Dinna think that We are beRRarms
We are hafrnies come 70 play
And 70 seek our hogmanay. $1,000
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LIVED LONG ON FRUGAL DIET
EngIishman Who Died in 1850 Proved
That 1t Was Possible to Exc
Out Existence CheapIy.

Thomas F. CURLY, the champion
eater of Massachusetts, declared that
dyspepsia is the result of eating too
little, and not too much. His Sunday
dinner consisted of thirteen Holsters,
sixty eggs. and one hundred oysters.
AT the other end of the scale must be
placed old Roger Crab, the first vege-
tartan, who died September IL. 1850.
after proving that man could live
on 20 cents a year. Originally hab-
erdasher in a big way of business at
Chesham, England. free liver and
drinker of strong ales, he got re-
ligion"-also dyspepsia-in middle life,
sold his stock, gave the proceeds to the
poor, and took TO living in a hat on
three-farthings a week. Instead of
Strong drinks and vines" he says in
his autobiography. Il give the old
mamie lived two centuries too soon
to call it Little Mary''-"a cup of
water; and, instead of roast mutton.
rabbit with bran. and pudding made
with bran and turnip-leaves chopped
together" And on this diet he lived 70
a ripe old age, surviving repeated
cudgelings and Imprisonment for
witchcrTs..
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CHATTER Discontinued.


Jumping lightly from rock to rock
in the shallow water of the pool, the
bandit approached the cataract, the
third leap landing him upon the fiat
top of a rock almost within the very
wash of the falling water. Pausing
an instant TO pull his hat tight and
turn up the collar of his coat, he
sprang straight into the thin blade
Of the falls. His leap must have car
ried him completely through TO the
other side. It was the first the Pearl
hunter knew, or even suspected, that
there was an open space beyond. So
completely did the falling water hide
everything back of it that probably
the man who had just leaped and
the man who watched him were the
only two who knew there was any
thing back Of it.
The Pearlhunter stretched himself
fat under cover of a clump of sprouts
growing about an old white oak
stump. and kept his eyes fixed on the
waterfall
Time goes slowly to one who
watches and waits It was probably
not more than ten minutes though it
seemed far longer, when, without so
much as a diverted fieck of spray in
warning. the waterfall flung forth up
on the flat-topped rock 1.-the and ac-
tive figure that sprang lightly to shore
over the two intervening stones.
Pausing on the brink of the pool
barely long enough to shake his coat
by the lapels ard TO knock his hat
against his hand, he Immediately set
out along the bluffs toward the viii
lage, as unconcerned as if he had not
just pulled oil about the most sensa-
tional stunt ever seen by a Flatwoods-
man.
The Pearlhunter slipped out of the
cover and softly followed traiIed him
up the bluffs, through the corner of the
woods and out to the river road where
1t angles north through the cut in =
cliffs; listened at the fence, near i
where the path crossed 1T, till the re-
ceding steps were well on their way
to the village.
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Tyino the Knot.


The performance of the MARI age
ceremony is often spoken of as Ety.
ing the knot" The expression may
be of comparatively recent origin.
figurative phrase referring to the fact
that the contracting parties are united
or bound together in wedlock Quite
as reasonable supposition is that
1t has come down from the ancient
Babylonians.
At any rate 1t was the custom In
old Babylonis for the priest who off,
ciated at the wedding TO take q thread
from the garment of the bride and
orae from a garment - SAe groom.
He wouGc saez k1s.1 the two together
ana present them to the bride. a SYM
boil of ms matrimonial tie joining her
and her husl@cao-
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half glad for the snug pace to lie in.
Ike fox in his burrow, while the
hounds beat up the woods at fault.
Lack of water was the greatest
drawback. Thirst was already begin
ming to annoy him. He took out his
sandwiches and ate two more of them.
saving the other two until later in the
day. The salty bacon made the wa
ter more tempting still. He drew back
a little space from the brink of the
ledge out of sight Of 1t. The sound of
it still tempted him.
Voices reached him suddenly. break
ing upon the silence from around a
sharp turn of the gorge down stream.
He drew his face back from the brink
of the ledge and lay listening. 1t was
far too risky to look His ears made
out three of them--three tongues, all
going at top speed a sure sign that
eyes and ears were not as busy as
they might have been. Opposite the
cliff where the fugitive lay, the steps
stopped.
What's that hole up there?"
1t was grun and heavy voice that
per that had not yet cooled.
"Wolf den. more'n likely" answered
one of the others.
III we was up tn bluff cross there
furninst the hole, we could see In"
suggested a voice.
The other voices grunted; and the
Pearlhunter heard them hopping back
across the stream. heard them clawing
their way through the tangled under
brush up the opposite bluff. The scar
In which he lay dipped slightly to-
ward the rear. He rolled back as far
as possible. so as to have the protec-
ton afforded by the slightly higher
edge; stretched himself on his right |
side: and waited for them to come |
INTO view.
Fortunately the sun hit their side
n the gorge, and the Pearlhunter /
sould see them well. while. being on
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Ike the happy water curling againg.
the ledge. He laughed back. Ha
couldn't help il. The restraint was
broken the smart gone
He glanced down ar the ledge before
leaving to see that no telI-tale blood
| spots or bits of cloth were left. A
was as fine as his own
How she managed to lead him. half
carry him, out OF the rocky and brol1-
en- guIches of Fox Den and down the
rough banks of Wolf Run TO the cabin
of the three gables she never knew
Neither did he 1t always remained q
matter Of wonder to him. who does
know the source of power-that mys-
terious augmentation OF sfrength-that
comes TO a woman In a crisis7
She led him into the house and TO
the sofa in the main room: the queer
little leather-covered bed that had
his first visit two days before.
The old man was not in the room.
She must have caught his eyes search
ing for him.
Daddy" she answered to the eyes.
HE often spends hours away. There1l
be little pass in the woods today that
he won't see. though nobody will see
him. Poor Daddy!"
wen send for that surgeon tomor
row." he said
She was back in moment, carrying
a pan of water, fresh bandages. and
fOrmidable-looking brown bottle-cam.
phor, the universal first aid in tlse
Flatwoods. The blood-soaked baa-
dages were deft1y removed and the
wound re-washed. She picked up the
brown bottle.
Il am sorry to hurt you" she said.
But it will keep the fever down."
You're the DOCTOR" was HIS slow
answer.
She uncorked the bottle and applied
some of its contents TO the wound with
a bit of cotton. Hurt It hurt so that
he laughed.
Anything to get ready fer tonight"
he grinned, under the bite of the pow
erful antiseptic.
Tonight y she repeated blankly.
''Why, you mustn't think"
81 must. though. Big things depend
on tonight" She saw a sternness
gather in his eyes. Hell think I've
left the Flatwoods," he muttered on,
more to himself than to her. ITS
what he's been waiting for. His game
tonight !-and-i"
The girl saw the fingers of his right
hand clench against his palm-doubt-
less quite unconsciously-whiIe the
knotted ridges of his great forearm
punched and swelled; but the full
meaning OF the muttered words hap
PLY missed her.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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New Year Period in Peklno.

The New Year period in Picking re-
minds one OF the three Sundays that
came together in a week, for II has
three celebrations of the new year in
little less time than a month. First
comes that one with which all Amer
leans. the people of England and those
on the continent are familiar. It is
ushered in in much the same way as
in any other part of the world per
haps. but there is the oriental setting
to the scene, which is so picturesque
that having gazed upon it you. close
your eyes. thinking thus TO forever
keep the vision.
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oBsERvANcEs IN JAPAN.

In 1872 the japanese officially dis
caried not only their picturesque and
ancient costume, but their calendar
which was similar to that Of the Chi
nese- as WE'LL The old style was sup
planted by the Gregorian calendar.
and with il the Japanese New Year
began to fall on January 1. On that
day the emperor holds an official re
cepfion, to which the diplomatic corps
and certain officials are admitted 70
the imperial presence and Happy
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was younger and its people were closer
to nature 1t was day of significance
well worth celebrating.
Among primitive peoples the year
is marked off in seasons, usually the
planting, the growing, the harvesting
and the season of rest, or it even may
be by moons and suns. But let the
division be what it will, 1t is based on
those marked physical changes which
appeal to the senses as light and dark
ness. heat and cold, the lengthening
aDG shortening of the day.
Tank how deeply must the short
enirs of the days, as fall comes on
apare. affect the Imagination of the
priru tive The sun, their all power
full deity who gives them warmth and
grow h, and life. wanes and grows
slug sh and sick until daylight be-
con so short that the terror-stricken
priI i've hearts pray and plead and
fnyU'se the malign and baneful gods
10 trinove their pernicious influence
from their dearly beloved sun-god.
How great is the Joy and feasting on
the HsSt day, the New Year, when he
star slowly back to them, to gain day
=
til H. Iune he reaches the elimination
Of h power.
So L is seen that the shortest day
In RE year, December 21, In our cal
endi,r. is quite properly the last day
In Il year. And it is equally fitting
thai he succeeding day, when the sun
cons'"ences his return march. should
be h,filed by glad and happy hearts.
Tie MoQui Indians, the communal
pueblo people of the American South
west watch the shortening days with
dread and celebrate with elaborate
ceremony the turning point In the
suns course. The Moqui New Years
celebration, called So-yal-u-na, is large
ly presentation OF a singular and
elaborate mythic drama, divided into
tw" parts. In which offerings are made
TO effigies of the Great Plume Headed
Serpent, the enemy of the sun, fol- |
lowed by a sun dance. in which the |
conflict between the sun and the in |
ferior hostile gods is admirably por- |
trayed by MoQui men personifying the I
various deities.
1t is hoped that the suns worst en- /
emy-the snake demon-will be amply /
placated; so rich will be the tribute /
that for one entire year the sun shall I
be free from his prosecutions, and |
the clouds which the snake wickedly
swallows, shall gather and their moist
ure freely descend uDon the parched
and blighted land until 1t is once more
clothed in verdure
In dimly-lighted underground room
there is erected. at its west end. a
screen profusely decorated with corn
husks. cut cleverly in imitation of
lowers. Near the middle of the
screen there is an opening and behind
t stands man who manipulates the
effigy snake. BY his side stands q
who has q large conch
shell. In front of the screen sit three
,r four solemn priests and the audi
nee, consisting of members of all the
.lans and their families, and behind
hem is a row of men who act as
,horus
When the rites begin the chorus
commences to sing, at first q low,
weird chant. then gradually rises to
'iercing intensity. Then the man be-
ind the screen takes up the effigy OF s
he great snake and thrusts it rapidly
through the opening a number OF {
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EW YEARS DAY-or at
least the coming of the
New Year-is greeted
by all the world. In
this very much civilized
Twentieth century most
of us celebrate the New
Year by the almanac.
We have forgotten-or
do not take time TO re-
member-the original
significance of the day.
but when the world
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CHAPTER x.
The Candle in the Granny.


All the way back to Fallen Rock tn,
Pearlhunter pOndered the scene he haC
gazed on through the chink in The
cabin wall: the mans TRANSPORTED
face; his actions with the picture-that
above alI-the picture. 1t puzzled him
angered him That such a man shoulC
have her picture; his mother's-witt
the darkly beautiful face and wonder
full eyes-warm against his breasti II
was another reason why he should
hunt him down.
The Pearlhunter was as brave as
the woods make them but it is no dis
credit TO his manhood to say that
his blood ran little faster as
he stepped down off the rock into the
water and waded through the falls
Every inch of the way had to be felt
out with his fingers before his feet
could be trusted TO follow.
The roar of the falls had dulled a
little when suddenly a sound came out
of the dark just ahead-a sound like n
garment rubbing against some rough
surface The Pearlhunter stepped to
one side of the passage and flattened
himself against the wall. Out of the
dead silence the sound came again. A
grin loosened his face. The very
sound he had half expected horse
contentedly munching his hay.
The Pearlhunter came out from
against the wall and inched his way
deeper into the blackness of the pass
age 1t abruptly widened until he was
no longer able TO reach from one wall
to the other with his outstretched
arms. Though denied the use of his
eyes. he knew that the passage broad
~ expanded just there and became a
cave. He stood in the very entrance
OF it.
The next step-there was no help
for it-lighti Desperate and danger
Ous-the first spark, and the cave
might spring to life. Still. it was bet
ter than to stumble over a sleeping
man; or walk into knife With his
revolver balanced. his face to the open
cave. he reached his left hand along
the wall to the farthest stretch of his
arm, bringing his body as far as possi-
bic from the light, and with his fin
gers fumbled out a spot suitably
smooth and dry-for there must be no
failure. The match scraped. A tiny
flame leaped away from the rock. It
lighted up the place surprisingly.
The cave was not large-If6rdly
twice the size of an ordinary room
The first swift glance showed him that
except for the horSe-it was empty.
The stub of a candle caught his
eye, stuck by its own tallow to an out
standing stool of shale just beyond the
mouth or the passage. He crossed the
passage and held the match to the
wick. II the better light he studied |
the place more loosely.
The cave could not have been far
below the ground. for an oak root had |
found its way through the wall. 1t /
was to this that the horse was tied.
For a moment he was strongly |
tempted to stay where he was till his
prey returned the following night and |
then rid the Flatwoods Of him, and |
trust what evidence he already had to /
prove his case.
But better plan had been forming
ever since he came into the cave. and
there was much yet TO be done; though
the cave would have made good hid
ing place during the coming al
ways provided the bandidt did not
chance to return before his time.
Selecting spot that 30 indked TO be |
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weichino a Perfume

It was the Italian physicist Salvioni
who devised microbaIance, of such
extreme deIicacy that 1t clearly DEM
onstrates the loss of weight of musk
by mobilization Thus the invisible
perfume floating off in the air is In
directly weighed The essential part
OF the apparatus Is very thin thread
OF glass fixed at one end and extended
horizontally The microscopic objects
to be weighed are placed upon the
glass thread near ITS free end and the
amount OF fiexure produced is OBJ
served with miseroscope magnifying
100 diameters- A mote Weighing one
thousandth Of a milllgram perceptibly
bends the thread
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NEW YEARS WITH THE INDIANS.

In some of our Indian reservations
where the original Americans" the
Indians. still adhere to many of their
tribal customs, New Years day de-
ponds entirely upon weather con-
ditiens When the last SHOWS have
gone and the first green shoots of
grass appear the Indians hail the time
as the beginning Of another year In
the old days 1t was with them season
of dancing and feasting- II marked
the time when the danger OF famine
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New Years" exchanged. On every
warship IN the imperial navy there
hangs in the wardroom portraits OF
the emperor and empress. and on New
Years day. wherever the ship chances
to be, the officers assemble In the ward
room and. as curtain is drawn aside
uncovering the imperial features. the
officers salute the portraits and wish
the emperor and empress happy and
prosperous New Year.