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VILLA LEAVES ARMY
MEASURE IS PA83ED OY THE U.
8. OENATE BY VOTE OF
45 TO 20.
GENERAL RE8IGN3 AS LEADER OF
REVOLT AGAINST CARRANZA
IN MEXICO.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
WILL LIVE IN UNITED STATES
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WALL NEED NOT BE UGLY
Tax Is Extended for One Year Fight
Made on Measure by Senator Smoot
and Other Republican Leaders
Underwood Makes Maldon Speech.
Washington, Dec. 20. Tho adminls
tration'8 first revenuo bill, extending
tho emergency war tax for one year,
was passed by tho sonato on Friday
by a voto of 46 to 20. Tho measure
was signed by tho president.
Mr. Smoot or Utah, a Republican
member of the sonato finance commit
tee, moved to limit the tlrao extension
of the war taxes to Juno 30, 1910.
This amendment wns rejected 20 to 60,
by a paity vote, except that ilvo Re
publicans Mr. Clapp of Minnesota,
Mr. uurtls of Kansas, Mr. Harding ol
Ohio, Air. Jones of Washington and
Mr. Kenyon of Iowa, refused to seem
to support oven that extension and
voted against it.
Mr. Underwood's maiden speech
was a great personal triumph. Ho
has not beon assigned to tho ilnanco
committee, which has particular Jur
isdiction over nil fiscal matters, but
his experience In tho houuo has made
him tho recognized Democratic au
thorlty on ilnanco.
Mr. Undcrwooi' by thrco quiet ques
tlons Induced Senator Penrose to ad
mit that the Republicans did uol
waut protection to oxcludo foreign
competition; that foreign Imports un
der the Democratic tarirf hud not
thorcforo Injured the Industries of
tho country and that the country with
tho Underwood net still In forco was
now highly prosperous.
FIVE DIE IN TRAIN WRECK
Eleven Others Hurt When Cars Crash
on the Baltimore & Ohio at
Felton, Pa.
Chester, Pa., Dec. 20. Five pcisons
were killed and eleven lujurod, ono
probably fatally, In a rear-end colli
sion between an accommodation train
bound from Wilmington to Cheater nnd
a train of ompty express cars on tho
Daltlmoro & Ohio railroad on Friday
night at Felton. two miles south of
this city. '
Two of tho dead wore employees of
tho railroad and two woro negro pas
sengers. Daniel Cnllcngcr, a passcn
gor, of Philadelphia, was tho fifth vie
tlm. All tho injured lived In Phllndol
phla and Chester or In nearby towns.
TITANIC OWNERS MAKE OFFER
White Star Lino Agrees to Settle All
Claims for Llveo Lost $500,000
to Americans.
Now York, Doc. 20. Tho White Star
lino has agreed to pay ?G(M,000 In sot
tloment of all claims arising from the
sinking of tho Titanic on April 15,
1912, when more than 1,600 persons
woro drowned, attorneys for tho lino
announced horo on Friday.
Of this amount approximately $500,
000 would bo distributed among Amor
lean claimants, $60,000 to British
claimants, and $114,000 would bo re
quired for "Interest and expenses in
connection with tho numerous sultB.
Tho ngroolaont must bo acted upon by
December 30 to bocoma operative
FIFTEEN DIE IN TORNADO
Many Killed and Injured at Cullum,
Mlas. Twister Causes Heavy
Damage to Property.
Meridian, Miss., Dec. 20. A tornado
that swopt through Lauderdalo and
Kompor counties on Friday destroyed
tho town of Cullum, killed at least 16
persons and lnjurod 60 In Meridian
thrco persons woro killed and many
injured. Fivo houses wero blown down
at Dlporf, 12 miles north, but no per
sons woro injured.
Sovoral buildings and a section of
tho Bailey forost at Bailey wero de
stroyed, as woro also numerous build
ings at Giles.
Tho tornado . swept Into Alabama,
ENVOY TO MEXICO IS PICKED
Naming of Henry P. Fletcher as Am
bassador Restores Rotations
Between Nations.
Washington, Doc. 20. Henry P.
Fletcher, now ambassador to Chllo,
was nominated on Friday by President
Wilson ror ambassador to Mexico.
Ellseo Arredoudo already has boon ap
pointed Mexican ambassador to tho
United States and Mr. Fletcher's nom
ination restores diplomatic rotations
between tho two countries, broken off
nearly throe years ngo.
Germans Inspect Route to Egypt.
Geneva, Dec. 21. German railway
offlelula havo arrived at Constantino
ple to Inspect tho military railway bo
tug built from Dumasius, supposedly
for tho Turko-Uormun Invasion of
Key lit.
Ship Damaged by Fire.
Bordeaux, Doc. 21. Firo broke out
on til Btonmor Lord Ormonde. vhUh
arrived horo from How York, IiuvIiik
u crnorul cargo and homes Tho
horsoo woro suvod. Thu cause of the
lire is unknown.
Pick Slack for U. 8. Attorney.
Washington, Doc. 20. L. 15rt Slack
waa agreed on by'Senators Kern and
Shlvcly on Frlduy afternoon for Uni
ted States district attorney ut Indian
apolls.to succeed Frank A. Oalloy, re
signed. '
judge Smith to Try Lorlmor.
Chicago, Dec. 20. Tho enso of Wil
liam l.oriiner, ioriner Beuator, was us
Blgued for trial to Judgo Frederick A
Smith of :tho circuit court. Thi
cubo will open shortly after Jam
ary 1. ' ' "
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J'ho GreekB have withdrawn nearly all their troops from Salonlkl and
tho allies aro falling back on that city and preparing to dofend It.
GEN. FRENCH IS OUSTED
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG CHIEF OF
BRITISH IN FRANCE.
Change In Commanders May Mean
That Allies Contemplate New
Drlvo AgnlnBt Germanu.
London, Doc. 17. Lieut. Gen. Sir
Douglas Halg has boon appolntod to
succeed Field Marshal Sir John French
In command of tho British armies in
Franco and Flanders.
Tho now commander of tho British
In tho western field Is considerably
younger than tho votoran ho succeeds,
but ho haB had vast oxporlonco In ac
tual war. General Halg Is fifty-four
years old.
General Halg was educated at Ox
ford and Joined tho Sovonth Hussars
In 1885. Ho sorved in tho Soudan in
1898 and won medals for valor at At
bara aud Khartum. With General
French ho participated in tho South
Africou war, whero ho again won pro
motions and medals for distinguished
Eorvlco. In 1912 ho was mado gen
oral oillcor commanding at Aider
aliot. When tho present war bogan ho
was given command of tho First Army
corps.
Tho bollof la gonoral that tho oholco
of Oonoral Halg for commandor In
chlof In Franco means preparations for
tho Initiation of a moro vigorous cam
paign In tho West, presumably In con
Junction with offonslvo movements in
tho Russian, Balkan and Italian zones
of operations.
NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED
8enate Gets President's Nominations
for Many Towns In the Mid
dle West.
Washington, Dec. 18. Tho presi
dent on Thursday Bent tho following
nominations of postmasters to tho
senate:
Michigan John O'Meara, Escanaba.
Illinois May N. Prill, Contralla;
Thomas J. Hopkins, Wenona; O. H.
Johnson, Bowonj James H. Splkor,
Bushnoll; John F. Bushmoyor,' Col
chester; Goorgo H. Hart, Nauvoo; II.
Bruco Bchroyor, Now Windsor; Rob
ert Shorrard, Oak Park; Louis W.
Rlchtor, Mclroso Park.
Indiana John C. Ring, Frankton;
Edward S. Edgar, Winchester; Wil
liam II. Johnston, Crawfordsvlllo;
Josoph T.Stahl, Kendallvlllo; William
T. Nowton, Rosodalo; Ralph W. Mc
Connoll, Oxford; Charles V. rilrt,
Bateavlllo; Frank V. Boron, Owens-
vino.
TRUCE IN BASEBALL WAR
Peace Declared Between Three Big
Leagues Weeghman to
Get Cubs.
Chicago, Doc. 17. Through tho ac
tlou of tho Amorlcan leaguo In accept
ing tho proposals from tho National
and Federal loagues a truco was do
clarod hero on Wednesday. A peaco
agrocmont will bo drawn up in tho
next two or thrco dayB and tho
chances aro will bo signed soon.
Terms o tho treaty woro not re
voaled, but tho main points aro
known to cull for tho dissolution of
tho Gilmoro circuit through morgors
with eovoral National leaguo teams
and perhaps tho Clovoland club.
Tho Cubs will be transferred to
President Weeghman and his partuora
on tho North side, while Phil Ball will
in all probability got control of tho
Bt. Louis Cardinals.
8teamer Blows Up; Ten Lost.
Washington, Doc. 21. Tho gasoline
schooner Mauomot blow up and sank
twolvo rallos oft Cnpo Ann, Mass. Four
of tho crew wero landed at Rockport,
Mass., aud ten are missing, according
to a wlrolosB rccolvod horo.
Panama Canal Again Open.
Panama, Doc. 21. Tho Panama
canal, which haB boon closod slnco
September 18 last by tho worst Blltlo
In its history, will bo oponod aguln for
tho paBBago of vo8bo1b drawing less
than twenty foot this week.
Labor Agent Is Killed.
Chicago, Doc. 18. Axel Alex's ca
reer aB a businoss agent of tho lath
ors' union, which has nproad discon
tent lu tho building industry of Chi
cago, has ondod. He was shot to death
by R. S. Johnson, a negro lather.
Man Slays Self and Wife.
GlovcrBVille, N. V Doc. 18. Tho
bodies of Josso Sollgman, treasurer
of tho aiovoravlllo Loathor company,
and Mrs. Sollgmau woro found in thair
bedroom. It is bollovod Sollgman
killed his wlfo and shot himself.
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CHICAGO STRIKE ENDED
TROUBLE ON BELT LINE SETTLED
BY ARBITRATION.
Men Return to Work When U. S. Me
diation Agent Brings About an
Understanding.
Chicago, Doc. 18. Tho striko on tho
Belt Line Railway company, which
practically paralyzed transshipment of
freight for tho last fow days, was ond
ed early Friday morning.
Aftor an interchange of negotia
tions bctwoon oUlclals of tho road and
tho strikers' committee, which lasted
into tho early morning hours, G. W.
W. Hanger, assistant United Htatea
commissioner of mediation and con
ciliation, who acted aB arbiter, an
nounced thut an agreement had been
reached and tho mon would proceed to
work Immediately.
Tho following statement was mado
by C. G. Austin, counsel for tho Belt
Lino railroad, and contains tho terms
of settlement:
"Tho original demands of tho era
ployeoa wob that hourly acrvlco of
trains each day bo established bo
tweeu Sovonty-llfth and Halsted streets
and tho Clearing yards. Tho oUlclals
of tho road have always beon willing
nnd ready to establish a limited serv
ice morning and evening for such
reasonable timo as was necessary for
tho men to adapt themselves to tho
change of the tormlnal from Eighty
third Btroot and Vincennes road to
Cloarlng.
"Through tho services of United
States Commissioner of Mediation and
Conciliation G. W. W. Hanger un
ngrooment has boon mado with tho
omployceB whereby thoy havo acceded
to tho wishes of the railroad com
pany, abandoning tholr demands for
hourly sorvico during each twenty
four hours and accopted tho sorvico
train for tho limited train sorvice
proffered by tho company."
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
San Diego, Cal., Doc. 18. Exproso
ing tho desiro to "fly onco boforo re
tiring to a qulot life," Mrs. Lulu Corn
stock, agod seventy-four, of this city,
arranged for a (light on Thursday with
Aviator Anton MoyerhoIT, Jr., thai
ended with tho falling of tho flying
boat In tho wntors of San Dlogo bay
and tho death of tho woman. Tho avi
ator was rescued.
Chicago, Doc. 17. Jess Wlllard,
hoavywolght champion boxor, and
Frod Fulton have boon matched. Ar
ticles of ugrooment closing tho fight
woro signed at tho Morrison hotel by
Tom Jonos for tho tltloholdor, Mike
Collins for Fulton and Tom Androws
for PromotorB Tommy Burns nnd
Domlnick Tortorlch. Tho fight is to
tako placo in Now Orloana March 4.
Loudon, Doc. 20. Tho Times an
nounces tho death of Sir Henry Rob
coo, tho noted scientist.
Now York, Doc. 20. J. P. Morgan
& Co. announcod that thoy would glvo
all employees a year's salary as a
Christmas gift.
Fort Erie, Ont., Doc. 20. Fivo bust
hobs housos wero dostroyod and tho
entlro trado center of tho town
threatened by a $30,000 Are.
Sprlngllold, MnBS., Dec. 20. Four
hundred machinists employod at tho
River plant of tho Now England West
lnghouse company at Chlcopoo Falls
struck. Thoy demand increased pay.
New Air Attack Near Metz.
London, Doc 21. Docombor 17-18
French aeroplanes dropped forty
bombs on tho railway station and ad
Jacont buildings at Sablons, Just south
of thu Gorman fortress of Motz. Con
siderable damage was done.
Toxas Girl Found 3laln.
Paris, Tox., Doc. 21. Pauline Wal
ton, sevouteon years old, was found
Bitting bolt upright on thu edge of her
bed, her head almost severed. Police
ond relatives woro unablo to assign
any motive for tho murder.
Vonderbllt Race May 13.
New York. Doc. 20. Announcement
wan mado horo on Friday that the
noxt Vonderbllt Cup raco will bo run
at tho Shoopsuoad Bay spoedway on
Mny 13 noxt. It is understood that the
raco will bo 300 miles,
Rector Richmond Suspected.
Philadelphia, Doc 20. The ecclesi
astical court which triod Rev. George
Chalmers Richmond, rector of SL
John's Episcopal church, suspended
him for ono year for violation of his
ordln'rn vfltyB.
Plans to Reside In This Country With
His Wlfo, If He Is Permitted to
Cross the Border Deserted by Some
of His Generals.
El Paso, Tex., Doc. 21. Gon. Fran
cisco Villa has resigned his placo as
loador of tho Moxlcan revolution and
has left Chihuahua City to And rofugo
in tho United States. It is understood
ho and Mrs. Villa will sottlo down
hero if Villa Is permitted to outer tho
country.
Simultaneously with recolpt of this
news codo telegrams havo reached
bore from tho Villa capital Baying
that "peaco has beon declared and
thoro will bo no moro flghting."
On tho othor hand, it is not eonor-
ally admlttod horo that tho revolu
tion la ondod. Indood, it is assorted
that tho revolution will rocoivo now
impotus from tho absenco of Villa
and subBtltutlon of a leader who 1b
said to bo Governor Avlla of Qhlhua
hua atato.
ConArmatlon of Villa's retirement
Was brOUcht to fwlnrnl nmnor-ti !,..
by Mrs. 'Francisco Villa in poraon.
Mrs. Villa, it Is said, doclared that
Gonoral Villa had consontod to rotlro
from tho rovolutlon, but only tem
porarily, and that ho would not como
to tho United Stntos unloss ho waa
assured ho would not bo arrested and
Bubjoctod to extradition proceedings,
as had Genoral Huerta.
Should his party not succeed in
eliminating General Carranzn within
a roasonablo timo, Bho said, ho would
sook to return to Mexico and again
assumo tho chieftainship.
General Villa's dotorminatlon to
flght tho Carranza government "until
doath" waB broken, it waa loarnod, by
prossuro of his genorala, tho weight
of hla defeat In Sonora and tho coun
sel of his wlfo. Villa announced his
doclalon at a council of his generals
).t Chihuahua City. Resigning com
snnnd, ho said: "
"I havo boon surrounded by "trai
tors and my men will no longor flght.
I sont 1,600 mon to defend Santa Ro
salia, and thoy Jolnod Carranza with
out a strugglo.
"I do not want to sacrlflco you. I
will go to tho bordor, croaa to tho
United Statos, If I am pormlttod, and
thoro Uvo with my family. If I am
not permitted to do so, I will go to
Kuropo."
Provlous to renouncing his com
mand Genoral Villa wan united to
Mrs. Villa In a civil marrlago.
An exodus of tho famlllos of Villa
chieftains occurred at tho border. Tho
word had been givo In Juaroz for
"officers to tako caro of themselves,"
and it roaulted In a scurrying of offi
cors In bowlldormont
At a conforonco of United States
military ofllclals, stato and city au
thorities and roprosontatives of tho
Carranza and Villa governments, hold
at EI Paso secrotly, It was requested
by tho Villa delegation that Gon.
Francisco Villa and his brothor, Hlpo
lito Villa, financial agent of tho Villa
govornmont, bo permitted to cross tho
bordor unhnroBsod by legal, criminal
or civil action.
Villa left Chihuahua on horsoback
for tho bordor last night, planning to
moot ono of his big automobiles and
comploto tho trip in it.
MOUNT ETNA AGAIN IS ACTIVE
Red-Hot Lava, Melting Snow on Moun
tain Sides, Produces Wonderful
Effect at Night
Catania, Sicily, Doc. 20. Mount Etna
Is considerably actlvo' again and Is
emitting red-hot lava, which, stream
ing along tho Bides of tho mountain
and molting tho Bnow, produces a won
derful effect, ospoclally at night. Glow
ing cinders and smoko form an urn-broUa-shapod
cloud nbovo tho volcano.
CHEYENNE THEATER BURNS
Fire for Time Threatens Destruction
of Hotel and Bank Building
Two Persons Injured,
Cheyenne, Wyo Doe. 20. Flro.
which started in tho business district,
dostroyed tho opora houso and for a
timo threatened tho First National
Bank building and tho Plains hotel.
Two persons woro Injured by falling
brick and flying glass.
Two Detectives Are Killed.
Llttlo Falls, N. J., Doc. 20. Two de
tectives, Robert Shannon of East Or
ongo and Frodorlck Mertz of Bloom
Cold, were killed and two other detec
tives wounded when thoy attempted to
arrest Antonio Fottorlccl horo. Fet
tcriccl escaped.
Wives Desert Two Brothers.
Dos Moines, Ia Doc. 20. H. A.
Mlskoll and W. E. MIskell, brothora.
and married on tho same dato, both
bad tho samo luck In matrimony, ac
cording to tholr divorce petitions Aled
horo. Both chargo desertion.
Shells Hit Allied Cruiser.
Constantinople, Doc. 20. An allied
crulsor that was bombarding tho Turk
ish position on tho Gallipoll peninsula
was struck by TurklBh sheila and
forced to withdraw, it was announced
by tho Ottoman war ottico.
Former Senator Hale Stricken.
Washington, Doc. 18. Formor Sen
ator Halo of Maluo Is seriously 111 of
paralysis at his homo horo. Owing to
his advancod ago soVenty-nlno llttlo
hopo is held out for Ills recovery, it
waa said on Thursday.
Seek Missing Bank Cashier.
Parnoll, la., Dae. 18. Charles Mooro,
cashier of tho Parnoll Savings bank,
disappeared Wednesday. Mooro left
behind hla wlfo and soven children.
Search la being mado for him by thr
police.
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WITH tho shifting of tho
center of tho European
Btorin and its gathering in
intensity toward tho Bal
kans, Turkoy-in-Europe, aud tho near
East, those islands which dot tho
course between Europo and Asia, bat
tlegrounds In tho 2,500 years of strug
gle between tho Orient and Occident
for supremacy, aro forming onco moro
a part of tho area where the futuro
of tho West is to bo decided. There
aro no lands in tho world whoso
stories aro moro absorbing than thoso
of these islands. A bulletin issued by
tho National Geographic society gives
tho following sketch of tho Islands as
presented In a communication to tho
society by Ernest Lloyd -Iarrls.
Whore a broken fringe of Islands
parallels the coast of Asia Minor, be
ginning with famed Rhodes, In tho
south; running northward, narrowly
separated from tho mainland, past tho
peninsula of GilUpoli, and ending
near tho present Aegean coast of Bui
garia, Is tho dividing lino botween tho
Occident and Orient. Theso islands
aro tho European marshes, whero
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Asia and Europo havo clashed
throughout all history.
Hero wo find Persian pitted against
Greok, Roman against Pontian, By
zantine against Moslem, Crusader
against Saracen, Turk against Mogul,
and, today, Europo divided against it
self, nnd against tho East.
Not only havo Asia Minor and tho
Islands facing Us shores been tho
stage upon which havo been enacted
some of the most gigantic events in
human history, but this is at tho pres
ent time ono of. tho most interesting
and plcturesquo regions in tho world.
It has been termed tho quintessence
of tho East. For nowhoro else will
you find, thrown together In close as
sociation, so many things of the East
tho camel caravan, tho groves of cy
press, ollvo, plane, and vnlonia trees,
tho mosquo and towering minaret, lat
ticed windows and veiled women, and
n background mado up of tho remnants
of an ancient civilization.
Rhodes an Island of Romance.
Rhodes, whoso history Is ono chap
ter after another of fascinating ro
manco from days of remote antiquity,
through its reign as a cultural center
during tho ago of Roman occupation,
nnd its golden period as tho strong
hold of chivalry during tho occupa
tion of tho island by tho ordor of tho
Knights of St. John, onco dominated
tho castorn Mediterranean, as a vest
pockot England off tho ooast of Asia
Minor.
Cicero and Caesar finished tholr
education at Rhodes, but Imperial
Romo and Byzantium finally absorbed
tho schools thero. Noxt tho Knights
of St. John, founded In tho eleventh
century at Jerusalem, aftor many
hardships, brightened again tho an
nals of tho Islands by making It their
homo. Thoy assumed tho narao of tho
Psychology of Fiddler Crabs.
That fiddler crabs havo rnindB may
istonlsh somo people, but thoy aro
only ono of tho multitudes of crea
tures so ondowod. Anil the minds of
molluska, lnsocta and starfish an well
as frogs and birds and mammals aro
worth studying, for there Is qulto n
largo amount of lltornturo devoted to
tho psychology of theso despised low
er animals. In tho Pyschological Bul
letin John Shopard publishes a sum
mary of tho most recent of this.
Plenty of Latitude.
"I saw a weather report tho other
day couched In torniB which struck
mo as being about tho right kind to
uso."
"How did it road?"
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Journal. Contempt of Court.
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Judgo Sllenco! The defendant will
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Knights of Rhodes, and after Innumer
able wars wero at last forced to ro
tlro, In 1622, beforo tho Turks to Mai
ta. At tho present timo tho Island
Is being hold by Italy, which took pos
session In 1912 in tho courso of her
war with Tripoli.
Chios, 150 miles to tho north, once
ono of tho richest members of the
Ionian union, subject, In turn, to
Athenian, Roman, Italian and Turkish
domination, lias long been a bone of
contention botween the Turk nnd
Greok, and was first reunited to Its
parent country, Greece, In 1913, after
a separation of more than 2,300 years.
Tho Chlans Joined their brother
Greeks in tho wnrs of liberation,
which began In tho first years of tho
last century. In 1822, tho Turks
slaughtered 30,000 Chlans In tho space
of two months, and sold 32,000 others
Into slavery, and the land was thor
oughly devastated.
Samos, at tho mouth of tho bay
upon which stood ancient Ephesus the
Magnificent, formed one of tho oldest
settlements of tho Ionlans in tho
Mediterranean. Samos wa3 tho birth.
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placo of tho philosopher Pythagoras,
and here, too, was tho wonderful Tem
ple of Hera, a boast of tho Grecian
world.
Tho Islands of tho Aegean taken to
gether constitute one of tho most his
toric and interesting insular regions
in tho world. Besides the 20 princi
pal ones, which havo lent much to his
tory, thero aro innumerable smaller
ones. The larger Islands havo a num
ber of fertile and well-watered valleys
and plains, the principal products of
which aro wheat, wine, oil, mastic,
cotton, silk, raisins, honey and wjx.
Coral and sponge fisheries aro numer
ous, and in most of tho Islands the an
cient Greek typo perseveres among
tho people.
Tencdos of Strategic Value.
Among tho advanced camps of fore
most Importance is tho allied French
aud English base on tho small island
of Tencdos.
Tencdos commands tho approach to
tho Dardanelles, lying but olght miles
south-southwest from tho mouth of tho
strait and about fivo miles from tho
coast of Asia Minor. Desplto Its insig
nificant size, commerce, population
count, and productivity, it has been
visited by many an imposing hostilo
Hoot and army
Uneven, rocky, almost mountainous
In parts, thero aro yot within tho six
teen square miles of tho island's area
somo very fortilo soils. Thoro Is some
fruitful garden land and rich pastur
ago, but tho most Important product
Is wlno, of which somo 5,000,000 gal
lons aro exported each year. Tencdos
supports a population of about 4,000,
only ono-third of whom aro Mohamme
dans. Tho only town, of tho same name
as tho Island, is Inclosed by rough
enod walls, and sholters, among other
remains from times long pnst, great
storehouses erected by Justinian.
Soundproof Home for Singers.
A syndlcato of artists will erect bo
tween Central Park West and Colum
bus nvenuo, Now York, an eight-story
apartment studio building to cost
$1,000,000, and in which tho partition
ing will bo so completely soundproof
that a prima donna practicing arias
with tho full fatrength of her lungs will
not disturb or be disturbed by an ama
teur trombonist. Many musicians havo
already oxprcssod their Intention to
lease apartments.
He Never Will Do.
"Suppose," suggested Click Fockolo
of Lo Roy, "that pa should come
down town ono of theso chilly days
without his coat or collar, and his
shirt unbuttoned down about six
inches from his Adam's apple, his
trouaer leg slit half way to the belt
straps, nnd hoso so thin you cojuld soo
tho corns on his Instop. I say. Just
supposo ho would, but I don't think
ho will." Kansas City Star.
In the Swim.
The goldfish thinks nothing of a trip
around tho globe Boston Transcript,
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ISyiSjASStMr
Builder Who Works With Good Taste
Can Achieve Results That Are
of the Best.
Thoro is no reason why a brick wall
should bo so dull and monotonous, for
thero aro numerous methods for brick
walls of which any clovor architect
or bricklayer might make uso, Bays n
writer in tho Dayton Journal. Some
times there is a dauso in tho specifi
cations calling for moro or less orna
mentations of otherwise blank walla.
In Holland, whore much brick Is
used in domestic architecture, brick
men tako delight in showing tholr
skill in making brickwork and nearly
every cottago shows specimens of
their handicraft.
It is not tho best thing to do to
select bricks for facings if tho bricks
aro sound and right in texture. It is
pretty safo to say that labor put into
that special picking is worso than
thrown away, is positively injurious,
and that all thoso slabs of raw, harsh
color might havo been rendered soft
nnd harmonious by using tho bricks
Just as they carao out of tho kiln, with
all tho pcrceptiblo and impercoptlblo
graduations of tone conferred upon
them by tho accidents of burning.
Your great baro spaces will bo full
of variety and interests of what paint
ers call "quality," but without preju
dice to tho breadth of treatment, be
causo tho smallness of tho individual
bricks distributes tho variation of
color so subtly over tho wholo surface
that only thoso who aro "In tho know"
can roallzo how it camo about. And,
of courso, tho larger the surface tho
wider tho diversity of color that can ,
bo introduced without disturbing the V
general tone.
LOOK INTO YOUR CELLAR
Plenty of Air and Unslaked Lime
Make for Health, Says Writer
of Experience.
Householders seldom know that
their cellars aro tho storehouses from
whonco comes 50 per cent of tho air of
tho first floor and 30 per cent of that
on tho floor above. If they did thero
would not bo so many dank and noi
some places filled with refuse and
mold, spiders, cobwebs and mlco, to
say nothing of decayed vegetables and
fruits, a writer in Mother's Magazine
observes. Vapors from all these com
blno to ponetrato the whole house and
add their poison to tho air that Is
breathed by thoso living nbovo them.
Every cellar, even if kept free from
dirt, should bo ventilated as carefully
in winter as in summer. A musty
smell shows that mold plants aro grow
ing and aro waiting to attack fruit and
vegetables. Cold will not kill these ,
destructive germs. Thoro should bo.5'
plenty of air let in tho cellar cvory
clear day. Moisture-laden air en
tering it condenses on tho walls and
pipes and soon makes it so damp that
It Is a menace to tho house. All cel
lars should have dishes of unslaked
lime in them; this takes up molsturo
with avidity. When tho llmo crum
bles, losing entirely Its crystalline
character, it has becomo slaked and
will tako up no moro moisture. It
ehould then bo renewed.
Most Popular Houses.
Perhaps tho most popular types ol
dwellings being built at present are
tho two-family and three-family
housos. Tho reason for this is not
hard to understand when ono consid
ers that tho rented apartment or
apartments in such a houso carry all
interest, taxes, water rates and Insur
ance, and that any money paid in by
tho owner is in tho nature of decreas
ing tho mortgage, so that in timo
theso payments will pay for tho house
and ho will own it free and clear.
An additional feature of the two
family or three-family house is that
after tho house is fully paid for the
rontals furnish a steady incomo and
means for the upkeep of tho whole
building.
Use Telephone Directory.
Tho tolephono directory has almost
displaced the city directory, because
of tho completness of tho former and
its accessibility. Tho last Now York
city tolephono directory contains 350,
000 listings for 5GC.000 telephones In
tho city. Tho first telephone directory,
issued In 1878, consisted of a card
containing tho names of 252 subscrib
ers. Tho presont directory has 970
pages, and an edition of 010,000 copies
has been distributed. Tho preparation
of tho directory consumed fifty car
loads of paper, sovon tons of ink and
230 miles of binding wire.
Canada's School Gardens.
No ono city is probably doing more
by organized effort to mako up homo
and public gardonlng instruction than
in Toronto, Ont. Hero i3 a cllmato
tho opposito In its mako-up to that
of southorn California, yet tho samo
appreciation of tho beautiful and tho
valuo of economic thrift Is evidenced
In both sections.
Local Jealousy.
Somo fellows can see no big men
In their homo town. Everybody at
homo is as small ns thoy. Toledo
Blado.
Misfit.
Ad In a New York paper: "Wanted
Bookkeeper and salesman. Must
havo ono leg shorter than tho other."
Wo woro about to tolephono thlB op
portunity to a friend, when wo sud
denly romomborod that what ho bad
was ono leg longor than tho othor.
Great Discovery Despised.
Harvey's theory of tho circulation
of tho blood was considered so ridlcu.
lous, at tho timo of tho discovery, that
for ton years not a 8inglo patient com
suited him.
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