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The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-20
HIS WAGES ONE CENT A YEAR
Early Carrier of Mails Certainly Not in the Business for Purpose of
 Making Money.

Maurice Proctor, man of wealth, was so anxious for his coach to bear the distinguishing "U. s. Mail" sign of the postal service that he made ab- solutely certain, when a service line was established between Mineral Point (where he lived) and DOdgeville, Ia., he would be the lucky one allotted the honor.
 There were 20 competitors and each turned sick with disgust when they heard of the bid of the wealthier han, says an early volume of the Strand Magazine. It was the custom then to ask prospective employees to bid for the job, as contractors bid DOW. Proc tor bid 1 cent. Which is to say, he vol unteered to do the job for remunera- tion of 1 cent year in wages.
 Every day, rain or shine, he twice carried the mail between the two cities, proud of the "U. s. Mail" on the side of his coach. At the end of the year his enthusiasm had not worn of, so he renewed his contract, agreeing to do the work at the same rate for four more years-in all, for cents. The government considered him financially responsible for this amount, and gave him the job. The, 4 cents were paid to him in four annual installments.
 His pay for the first year came in the form of a postal warrant signed by the secretary of the treasury and made out to the order of the carrier, Maurice Proctor. It was in payment for his services, and the amount was 1 cent. Needless to say, it was con- sidered as a great curiosity, so the carrier sold it at once for $36.
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CHAPTER x.
Miss Browne Has a Vision.

MISS Browne Has Vision.
 Perhaps because of the secret ex- cttement under which I was laboring, 1 seemed that evening unusually aware of the emotional fluctuations of those about me. Violet looked grimmer than ever, so that judged her strug- gleS with her mundane consciousness to have been exceptionally severe. Captain Magnus seemed even beyond his wont restless, loose iOinted and wandering-eyed, and performed ex- traOrdinary feats of sword-swaIlOw- ing. Mir. Shaw was very silent, and his forehead knitted now and then into reflective frOwn. As for myself, l had much ado to hide my abstrac- tiOn, and turned cold from head to foot with alarm when 1 heard my own voice addressing Crusoe as Benjy.
 A faint ripple of surprise passed round the table.
 Named your dog over again, Miss Jinny?" inquired Mir. Tubbs. Mir. Tubbs had adopted a facetiously pa- ternal manner toward me. knew in anticipation of the moment when he would invite me to call him Uncle Ham.
 'I say, you knOw." expostulated Cuthbert Vane, "I thought Crusoe rath- CT nice name. Never heard of any chap named Benjy that lived on an island"
 tried to rally from my confusion, but 1 knew my cheeks were burning. Looks of deepening surprise greeted the scarlet emblems of discontinue that l hung out.
 By heck, bet there's a feller at home named Benjy!" cackled Mir. Tubbs shrllly, and for once blessed him.
 Aunt Jane turned upon him her round innocent eyes.
 "Oh, no, Mir. Tubbs," she assured him. 'T don't think a single one of item was named Benjyr'
 The laughter which followed this gave me time to get myself in hand again.
 "CrusOe it is and will be-" I assert ed. ''It happens that girl I know at home has a dog named Benjy." Which happened fortunately to be true, for otherwise should have been obliged to invent 1t. But the girl is a cat, and the dog miserable little high bred something. all shivers and DO
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been to the neighboring town of Mick lestane, five miles off, and on the way back to Dumbiedykes she lost her purse. It had three sovereigns in it- a great sum to my aunt. In her trouble of mind she hurried to the Wise Woman-a thing to make her pious father turn in his grave. The Wise WOman-gazed into the All, l suppose, and told my aunt not to fret herself, for she had had a vision of the purse and it lay somewhere on the road between Micklestane and Dumbiedykes.
 "Now, Miss Browne. I'll take the liberty of drawing a moral from this story to fit the present instance; ; where on the road between Mickle-
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stane and Dumbledykes Is the chest r
 Though startled at the audacity of Mir. Shaw, 1 was unprepared for the spasm of absolute fury that cOnvulsed Miss BrOwnes countenance.
 'Mr. Shaw" she thundered, eff you intend to draw a parallel between me and an ignorant Scotch peasant-P
 Not at aII," said MT. Shaw calmly, "fOrebye the Wise Woman was a most respectable person and had a grandson in the kirk. The point is, can you indicate with any degree of exactness the whereabouts of the chest? For there is a good deal of sand on the shores of this island"
 "Oh, but Mir. Shawl" interpOsed Aunt Jane tremulously. ''In the sand-why, 1 am sure that Is such a helpful thought! It shows quite plain ly that the chest is not buried in-in a rock, you know" She gave the ef- feet of a person trying to defect a thunderstorm with a palm-leaf fan.
 -dynamite-blow the lid off the island" mumbled Captain Magnus.
 If anyone has a definite plan to propose" said MT. Shaw, "I am very ready to consider 1t. have under stood, myself, from the first to be act ing under the directions of the ladies who planned this expedition. COnsid- ering It's importance to myself, no one can we'll suppose that am not doing all in my power to bring the chest to light. Tomorrow, If the sea Is favor able, 1t is my intention to set out in the boat to determine the character of such other caves as exist on the island. I'll want you with me, lad, and you too. Magnus."
 mo Du7 CONITTNYTIEnN
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CTo BE CONTINUED
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hair. 1 should never have thought of him in the same breath with CruSOe.
 That evening Mir. Shaw addressed the gathering at the p-fire-which we made small and bright, and then sat we'll away from because of the heat-and in a few words gave 1t as lis opinion that any further search in the cave under the point was useless. Of he had known the strange confirm atory echo which this awoke in my mindD He proposed that the shore of the island to a reasonable distance on either side of the bay entrance should be surveyed, with a view to discover whether some other cave did not exist which would answer the de- scription given by the dying Hopper down as well as that first explored.
 MT. Shaw's words were addressed to the ladies, the organizer and financier, respectively, of the expedition, to the very deliberate exclusion of Mir. Tubbs. But he might as we'll have made up his
 
 throned on a camp-chair sat Aunt Jane, like little goddess Of the Dol lar Sign, and on one hand MT. Tubbs smiled blandly, and on the other Vi- olet gloOmed. You saw that in sacred council MT. Shaw's announcement had been foreseen and deliberated upon.
 Miss Browne, who carried an invis- ible roStrum with her wherever she went, now alertly mounted 1t.
 'My friends" she began, those dwelling on a plane where the Mate rial is all may fail to grasp the thought which I shall put before you this evening. My friends, this expe- ditiOn was, so to speak, called from the Void by Thought. Thought 1t was, as realized in steamships and other ephemeral forms, which bore us over rolling seas. How, then, can 1t be oth- erwise than that Thought should in- fuenee our fOrtunes-that success should be unable to materialize before a persistent attitude of Negation? My friends, you will perceive that there is no break in this sequence of ideas; all is remorseless logic.
 "In order to withdraw myself from this atmosphere of NegatiOn, for these several days past I have sought se- clusion. There in silence I have as- serted the power of Positive over Negative Thought, gazing meanwhile into the profound depths of the All. My friends, an answer has been vouchsafed us; I have had a vision of that for which we seek. Now at last, in a spirit of glad confidence. we may advance. For, my friends. the chest is buried-in sand"
 With this triumphant announce ment Miss Higglesby-Browne sat down. A heavy silence succeeded. It was broken by a murmur from Mir. Tubbs.
 WOnderful-that's what I call wonderful Talk about the eloQuence of the ancients-I believe. by gum. this is on a par with congressional Oratory!"
 "A vision, Miss Brown" said Mir. Shaw gravely, must be an interest ing thing. have never seen one my self, having no talents that way, but in the little Scotch town of Dumbie- dykes where was born there was an old lady with a remarkable gift of second sight. Simple folk, not being acquainted with the proper terms to fit the case, called her the Wise Woman. Well. one day my aunt had
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Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound Tablets and Lydia B. Pinkham's Blood Medicine and improved every day. do all my own work now except the washing and do it with ease. can ac- complish as much in a day now as it would have taken me a week to do last winter and try to get every one Iknow to take your medicine to build them up. You are welcome to use this letter as a testimonial if you like. Mrs. CHAs. BAKER. q Spencer Ave, Hornell, NY.
 In almost every neighborhood there are women who know of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound. They know because they have taken it and have been helped. Why don't you give it trial?
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lmnnrtant tn NAofhera
The Humanitarian.

A little fOur-year-Old, returning from Sunday school, seemed upset about something.
 "Whats the trouble, dear?" asked his mother.
 "They all sang 'Suffocate the lit- tie children" he protested, "but wouldn't sing it."-BOstOn Transcript.
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Glorious.

Up rode the elated Russian general to his commander in chief.
 "Sir, I have the honor to announce that we have won a glorious victory"
 'sHurrah! Go and take my cOngrat- ulatiOns to your troops"
 "Sir, there are none left. t."-Ameri- can Legion Weekly.
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the matter with me.
 l was tired out all over anditwas an ef- fort for me to move.
 l was irritable and couldnotsleepnights and had trouble with my bowels and atmy periods. It seemed thatnearly every one around me knew of your medicine and wanted me to try it, aO at a9f \ to0k
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NOW DO MY
 WORK WITH EASE
Because Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Re-
 stored My Health

Hornell, N. Y.-'T was in bad health but there didn't scent to be any one thing
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
NAVY BILL WILL
REDUCE SIZE Of
CADET CLASSES
Measure as Drawn Will Mean
Cut From 700 to 100 at
Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. March 81
One effect Of the naval bill In it's
present form will be to reduce the
class which will enter the Naval
Academy in June OF 1898 TO less
than 100 members, instead Of 700
TO 500, which has been customary
The class 10 enter next June VIII
II is believed. reach the usual figure,
as the act will not become effec
tive in time TO make a change. The
bill provides that each Congressnnan
shall have two appointments, In.
stead of the five now allowed.
Thus unless at least three ap-
pointees of Congressman leave
the Academy in one year. which is
most unlikely, he will have no ap-
pointment to make.
The present outlook Is that the
class will be formed from tbe fifty
enlisted men OF the nava and ma
rine corps to be appointed. annually
instead OF the 100 now allowed and
the fifteen Presidential appoint
ments, which are also made annu.
ally.
BEGINNING with next years class
the amount Of spending money al.
lowed midshipmen will be raised from
- allowed monthly. according TO
class membership TO So. IS, IS, and
S12. Letters are being written 10
the parents of every midshipman in.
forming them OF the proposed change
and requesting them not to furnish
their sons with additional money.
They are advised that the sum al.
lowed them by the authorities Is
ample TO cover all proper expenses.
Among the measures taken by the
authorities in order TO curtail the
expenses of the midshipmen are the
the adoption OF rules against mid
shipmen riding in takes or auto.
mobiles and against the wearing OF
flowers at Academy dances. As these
things are not permitted the mid
shipmen cannot spend money for
them They are also forbidden from
borrowing money. and the local hanks
are directed TO refrain from the lend.
ing 10 them.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
JAPAN CAN CUT
NAVY WITHOUT
FEELING SLASH
Able to Man Every Ship Com.
pIstsd by July I, U. S.
Officials Say.

Despite Japan's promised cut OF
$500 in her naval personnel, she
will still be able to fully man every
ship completed by July l of this
year. and have 35 per cent OF the
total strength available for shore
duty, II was revealed today In fig
ures from American naval sources.
How this situation compares with
that OF the American navy Is indi-
ated by the fact that IL Congress
cuts the American navy TO $4,000 as
threatened, America can man at
most only twelve OF her eighteen
ships allowed under the naval treaty.
The total strength OF the Japanese
navy will be 7s,s40, as compared to
our IS 900.
Outranking both the American and
Japanese navies will be the British.
whose projected strength on March
81, 1923, IL is said. will be ll7,75S OF
all ranks. Approximately one-third
OF the total air force will be naval
aviators. The British total is divided
as follows:
British navy and marines, all ranks.
9S, 500.
Colonial naval forces. 1889.
One-third OF the aviation force,
1889.
This is the announced projected
force. Official advices received from
London. however. indicate that the
actual force now contemplated totals
S8,470 for the actual British force,
exclusive of colonials and others.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
DANCING GIRLS
IN F|LMY ROBES
SWAY ON ALTAR
N. Y. Rector Defends lnnova-
ton As Necessary to Hold
Pensioners.
sssoro on 67IsszTsosssi

NEW YORK. March . The
Protestant Episcopal Church = St
Marks.in.the-B Bouwerie celebrated the
Feast OF the AnnunCiation for the
second time by Incorporating the
ritual dance Of the Della Robtia
snnunciation" in the liturgy used
at the festival service sunday after
noon. The dance as enacted bv
tive young women Consistad ed mainly
OF swaying, graceful figures. clad
in long clinging garments. and ap-
pearing in series OF religious
poses, symbolical of the Annuncia.
tion,
The church was filled with spec.
tators, most OF whom were admitted
by invitation.
Dancing az form OF church
by DIR. William Norman Guthrie.
rector OF 81 Marks. In n brief de.
fense OF his views uuon the sub.
ject he said that churches in the
downtown section OF the city, faced
as al Marks has been of recent
wears. with the gradual removal
OF parishioners, are driven TO the
alternative of closing their doors
or else using the edifice for Rome
new utility. The policy adopted hy
St. Marks. he declared. in admit
ting beauty into its Worship. made
its services open TO the entire re
ligious history OF the human race
and absolutely disposed il TO move
forward.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
POLAND TURNS
DOWN OFFER To.
MEET L|THUAN|A
Declines to Put Dispute Over
Wilma Up to Hague
Tribunal.

Poland has declined Lithuania' s
offer to submit the wilma contro-
versy 10 The Hague Court OF In
ternational Justice, according to
cable advices received here yes
terday by the Lithuanian represen-
tative. The text of the cable Is
as follows:
POLAND informs Lithuania that
she rejects Lithuania's offer to go
before the international court and
that she declines further discussion,
regarding the dispute as settled by
the decision OF the wilma Diet for
incorporation with Poland"
Lithuanian officials here stated
today that the refusal of the Polish
government to negotiate or arbi-
trate, indicates Warsaw's intention
OF annexing the Wilma territory In
spite OF the opposition of the major
European powers and the danger OF
war.
The deadlock over rival claims to
the city OF Wilma follows protracted
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
CHINESE UNITE
FOR OVERTHROW
Of PEK|NC RULE
Sun Vat Sen Reported to Have
Joined With Manchuriar
War Lord.
International News service.

SHANGHAI. March Pit is re.
ported unOfficially in the Chinese
press today that treaty has been
concluded between Or. Sun Vat
Sen. president OF the southern
Chinese republic. and Gen. Chang
TssO Lin. war lord OF Manchuris
and one OF the most powerful in.
dependent figures in China.
According to the press TODAY. the
objects OF the treaty are three.fold
1-Overthrow OF the Peking gov.
ernment
2-Defest ~ WI Pei Fu.
3-Installation OF Sun Yat Sen
a President.
After being installed as presi-
dent, If the new alliance attsins it's
objects, DR.. Sun, according TO
stories published here, is to go on
an extended tour of foreign cspi-
tails in the interests OF China.
Dr. Sun. at the head Of the
armies of the south marching north
against WI Pei Flu, has reached
Changsha in Human province.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
JERSEY PAIR CONFESS
$500 ThEATER ROBBERY

NEWARK, N. J., March 27.-Two
OF five men arrested here have
confessed. police said, that they
took part in the hold.up Of the
Capitol Theater in New York city
last December. in which $500 was
taken. Although each is reported
to have received s2,700 as his share
Thomas +. Donovan and Thomas
rested.
The robbery was planned. they
said, by a negro formerly employed
by the theater. who is now under
arrest in Manhattan.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
ScHANZER VISITS LONDON
ON GENOA MEET PLAN

LONDON, March 81. - Signor
schanzer. Italian foreign minister,
arrived today from Paris to con-
suit Premier Lloyd George on the
Near East settlement reached by
the allied foreign minister at Paris
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SCORES SEARCH FOR GIRL
BELIEVED KIDNAPPED

WOODBURY., n. j.. March 27.--
More than 100 policemen and spe.
cial officers last night were search.
ing for seven-year-old Ida Krame,
who disappeared from her home and
who. the authorities believe, was
kidnapped. lsadore krame, the
child's father, told the police that
he believed she had been stolen in
revenge,
The little girl disappeared while
playing with other children in front
OF her fathers butcher shop be.
tween s and 9 o'clock. She was not
missed until Mrs. krame went TO
call her for bed.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
Why Popcorn Pops
Is Shown by
Science
lined afternoon dress,
By International New. Service.


BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March
27.-Why does popcorn pop?
Ask Paul Weathcrwax, q member
of the science department of In
lana University, who, after a spe-
cial study Of the complex object.
offers in brief the following ex-
PLANTATION:
"The popping Of a grain OF
corn is an explosion due to the
expansion, under pressure, Of
moisture contained in the starch
grains. Until the instant Of the
explosion this force is confined
by the celloidsl matrix in which
the starch grains are embedded.
Neither air nor any volatile oil Is
In any way concerned with the
process as the expansive medium.
As a result of popping there is
hydrolysis of much of the starch,
a loss Of moisture, and the oblit-
Grafton of all cellular structure in
the endospeum.
Mr.. WeatherwsX gives a few
practical tips as TO how TO pro-
duce the best results in popping.
He says: "For successful por-
ping the heat must be applied
rapidly enough to generate Steari
faster than it escapes, but slowly
enough to permit hydrolysis Of
most of the starch before the ex-
plosion occurs. Best results are
obtained when the heat is so ap-
piled that a temperature Of 175
to 200 degrees centigrade is
reached in two and a half to
three minutes"
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
OPPOSES MIXED JURlES;
WANTS WOMEN EXCUSED

MINNEAPOLIS. March 27.--Jt
isn't worth while having women
serve on juries with men. said Judge
John l.. Rounds. of the St. Paul
municipal court, in commenting on
Friday nights experience of four
women and eight men while DELHI.
Grating on a case involving a small
suit for damages.
The women stayed up all right,
sitting in rockers, while the men
went into an adjoining room trying
to sleep on desks. No cots had been
provided for either men or women.
The women and four men favored
awarding damages to the owner OF
an automobile which had been struck
by street car. Tho other four men
favored a verdict for the street car
company.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27

negotiations during which ths
League OF Nations attempted un.
successfully 10 find q solution. The
league proposed a plebiscite. but
the plan was abandoned when War.
saw evinced an unwillingness to re.
move the rebel general Zeligowski
and his forces.
Joint discussions then were held
under the supervision Of the league,
but these meetings eliminated IN
failure.
The Lithuanian government then
proposed TO Poland a series OF
direct negotiations. This offer was
also declined by Poland.
The election TO the wilma Diet
were termed as "farcical" by the
Lithuanian Information Bureau
here today. Prior TO the elections
it was claimed, all statements OF q
nature unfavorable TO Poland were
punishable by fines and imprison
ment, and only 20 per cent of the
population of the district voted.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
"CasCarets" l0C
If Sick, Bilious,
Constipated

You're bilious Your liver and
bowels need a thorough cleansing
with Cascarets, then the headache.
dizziness. bad breath, and stomach
misery will end. No gripins-nicest
physic on earth for grown.ups and
children. 10c q box. Taste like
candy.-Advertisement.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
PAINTED TREE so VIVID
BIRDS LOSE THEIR LIVES

CLEVELAND, March z7.-Because
the blank wall opposite his office in
the Swetland building had become
an EYE sore E. c. Mckay. deco.
rated II with large mural land.
scape. This has cost the lives Of at
least two biz Us, Mckay said.
One tree stands out vivdly. While
trying to alizht in this imaginary"
tree. the birds broke their necks.
II saw the birds swoop down and
into the tree Mr.. Mckay said and
fall to the roof outside my window
dead"
The Washington times., 1922-03-27

Hurry mother! Even a sick child
loves the 'fruity" taste OF Cali
fornia Fig Syrup and 1t never fails
to open the bowels. A tesspoonful
today may prevent a sick child to-
morrow. II constipated, bilious,
feverish, fretful, has cold, collie, or
If stomach Is sour, tongue coated
breath bad. remember a good cleans
ing of the little bowels is often all
that is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine
California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children Of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother!
You must say California" or you
may get an imitation fig syrup
Advertisement.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
$4,000 FORCED ON MAN
BY BATTERED STRANGER

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, March 81.
Although a week has passed since
battered and bleeding stranger
showed a package containing 50, 900
into the hands of Howard Shipley
and suddenly disappeared. no clue
has been obtained to the identity OF
the owner.
Shipley had stopped on a corner
when the man accosted him and
thrust the money in Shipley's hands,
and fled.
The Washington times., 1922-03-27
TheLatest w ord from Paris
BY Marie Suzanne
(CopyrtSht. isa2.)
PARIS, France.

p ED crepe de chine-that brilliant seang-wax red
~ Paris is 80 fond of-makes vide sleeves and full
skirt for Poiret's medevally lined afternoon DRESS
Evening star., 1922-08-13
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Black and white. All sizes
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Evening star., 1922-08-13
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