!One From tb« Cashier.
k. The harmless customer leaned
Itcross the cigar counter and smiled
pngaglngly at the new cashier. As he
banded across the amount his dinner
check called for he ventured a bit of
jlimlesa converse, for he was of that
1 “Funny," said he, “how easy It Is to
spend money.”
“Well,” snapped the cashier as she
fed his fare to the register, “If money
•was intended for you to hold on to the
Uiint would be turning out coins with
handles on ’em.”
Had Money in Lumps.
diaries H. Rosenberg of Bavaria
had lumps on his shoulders, elbows,
and hips when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kalserln Auguste Vlc
toriiv In fact, there was a series of
smaller lumps along his spine, much
like a mountain range, as It Is present
ed on a bas-relief map.
The lumps were about the size of
good Oregon apples, and as Rosen
berg passed before the immigration
(doctor for observation, the doctor said
softly to himself, “See that lump."
Then he asked Mr. Rosenberg to step
aside.
“You seem like a healthy man,”
said the doctor, “but I cannot pass you
until I know the origin of those lumps
on your body.” “Ah, it Is not a sick
ness,” laughed the man from Bavaria.
“Those swellings Is money.”
Taking off his coat he broke open a
sample lump and showed that it con
tained $500 in American bank notes.
He informed the doctor that he had
$11,000 in all, with which he was go
ing to purchase an apple orchard In
Oregon.
He was admitted to the country.—
New York Tribune.
wny ne naugnea.
Miss Mattie belonged to the old
eouth, and she was entertaining a
guest of distinction.
On the morning following his arrival
she told Tillie, the little colored maid,
to take a pitcher of fresh water to
Mr. Firman’s room, and to sa that
Miss Mattie sent him her compliments,
and that if he wanted a baU, the
bathroom was at his service.
When Tillie returned she said:
“I tol’ him, Miss Mattie, en’ he
laughed fit to bus’ hisself.”
"Why did he laugh, Tillie?”
“I dunno.”
“What did you tell him?”
“Jus’ what you tol’ mo to.”
“Tillie, tell me exactly what you
said.”
"I banged de dcah, and I said, ‘Mr.
Firman, Miss Mattie sends you her lub,
and she says. ‘Now you can get up
and wash yo’self!”—Lippincott’s Mag
azine.
Where He Was Queer.
The negro, on occasions, displays a
fine discrimination in tho choice of
words.
“Who’s the best white-washer in
town?” inquired the new resident.
“Ale Hall am a bo'nd a'tlst with a
whitewash brush, sah,” answered the
colored patriarch eloquently.
“Well, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow.”
Uncle Jacob shook his head dubi
ously.
“Ah don' believe, sah, ah’d engage
Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken
house, sah.”
“Why, didn’t you say he was a good
wnitewasher?”
“Yes, sah, a powe'ful good white
washer, sah; but mighty queer about
a chicken house, sah, mighty queer!”
—Mack's National Monthly.
•**» - --
MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
If you’ll make up your mind to be
Contented with your lot
And with the optimists agree
That trouble’s soon forgot.
You’ll be surprised to find. I guess.
Despite misfortune’s darts.
What constant springs of happiness
Lie hid in human hearts;
What sunny gleams and golden dreams
The passing years unfold.
How soft and warm the lovellght beams
When you are growing old.
-““———
Acted Like the Genuine.
"The landlady says that new board
er is a foreign nobleman.’’
"Bogus, I'll bet.”
"Oh, I don't know. He may be the
real thing. He hasn't paid her a cent
as yet.”
More Human Nature.
Grouchly—By denying myself three
ten-cent cigars dally for the past 20
years I figure that I have saved $2,190.
Moxley—Is that so?”
Grouchly—Yes. Say, let me have a
chew of your tobacco, will you?
Thanks to Burnt Cork.
"Gosh! But the colored race Is a
eomin’ to the front fast!" whispered
innocent Uncle Hiram, at the vaude
ville show, as the black-face comedian
was boisterously applauded.
"Yes, indeed," smiled the city man;
"anyone can see that that fellow is a
self-made negro.”
Lo, the Rich Indian.
The per capita wealth of the Indian
is approximately $2,130, that tor other
Americans is only a little more than
$1,300. The lands owned by the In
dians are rich in oil, timbc- and other
natural resources of all kinds. Some
of the best timber land in the United
States is owned by Indians.
The value of their agricultural lands
runs up in the millions. The ranges
■which they possess support about 600,
000 sheep and cattle, ow-ned by lessees,
bringing in a revenue of more than
$272,000 to the various- tribes besides
providing feed for more than 1,500,000
head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats
belonging to the Indians themselves.
Practically the only asphalt deposits
in tho United States are on Indian
lands.—Red Man.
No Slang for Her.
“Slip me a brace of cackles!” or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air, as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
"A ’vhat?” asked the waitress, as
she r'.aced a glass of water before
him.
“Adam and Eve flat on their backs!
A pair of sunnysiders! ” said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
“You got me, kid,” returned the
waitress. “Watcha want?”
“Eggs up,” said the young man.
“ ‘E-g-g-s,’ the kind that come before
the hen or after, I never knew which.”
“Why didn’t you say so in the first
place?” asked the waitress. “You’d a
had ’em by this time.”
“Well, of all things-" said the
young man.
“I knew what he was drivin’ at all
the time,” began the waitress as the
young man departed. “But he’s one
of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don’t know
that they’re using plain English now
in restaurants.”
The League of Politeness.
The League of Politeness has been
formed in Berlin. It alms at inculcat
ing better manners among the people
of Berlin. It was founded upon the
initiative of Fraulein Cecelie Meyer,
who was inspired by an existing or
ganization in Rome. In deference to
the parent organization the Berlin
league has chosen the Italian motto,
“Pro gentilezza.” This will be em
blazoned upon an attractive little
medal worn where Germans are ac
customed to wear the insignia of or
ders. The idea is that a glaance at
the “talisman” will annihilate any in
clination to indulge in bad temper or
discourteous language. “Any polite
person” is eligible for membership.
The “Country Churchyard.”
Those who recall Gray’s "Elegy In
a Country Churchyard” will remember
that the peaceful spot where “the
rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep"
is identified with St. Giles’, Stoke
Poges, Buckinghamshire. In the pro
saic pages of a recent issue of the
Gazette there appears an order in
council providing that ordinary inter
ments are henceforth forbidden in the
churchyard.
Hew 8he Learned.
The mother of a family of three
small children was discussing their
comparative precocity with a friend.
"John was very slow at everything,”
she said, referring to her oldesL “Tom
was a little better, and Edith, the
baby, is the smartest of all. She picks
up everything quick as can be.”
Master John, who had been listen
ing, now contributed his share of the
conversation.
"Humph!” he exclaimed. "I know
why her learns so quick. It's ’cause
her has us and we didn’t have us.”
Economy.
The late former Governor Allen D.
Candler of Georgia was famous in
the south for his quaint humor.
"Governor Candler,” said a Gaines
ville man, "once abandoned cigars for
a pipe at the beginning of the year.
He stuck to his resolve till the year’s
end. Then he was heard to say:
“ ‘By actual calculation, I have
saved by smoking a pipe instead of
cigars this year $208. But where Is
it?' ”
Moslem Traditions.
Ramadan is the month exalted by
Moslems above all others. In that
month the Koran—according to Mos
lem tradition—was brought down by
Gabriel from heaven and delivered to
men in small sections. In that month,
Mohammed was accustomed to retire
from Mecca to the cave of Hira, for
prayer and meditation. In that month
Abraham, Moses and other prophets
received their divine revelations. In
that month the "doors of heaven are
always open, the passages to hell are
shut, and the devils are chained.” So
run the traditions.—The Christian
Herald.
A Medical Compromise.
"You had two doctors in consulta
tion last night, didn’t you?"
"Yea.”
"What did they say?"
"Well, one recommended one thing
and the other recommended some
thing else.”
“A deadlock, eh?"
"No, they finally told me to mix
’em!”
Hard on the Mare.
Twice, as the bus slowly wended its
way up the steep Cumberland Gap, the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those inside paid little heed;
but the third time demanded to know
why they should be disturbed in thi3
fashion.
"Whist,” cautioned the driver,
doan’t spake so loud; she'll overhear
us.”
"Who?”
“The mare. Spake low! Shure, Ol'm
desavin th’ crayture. Everry toime
she ’ears th’ door close, she thinks
won o’ “ycz Is gettin’ down ter walk
up th’ hill, an’ that sort o’ raises her
Bperrits.”—Success Magazine.
Exaggeration.
On her arrival in New York Mrae.
Sara Bernhardt, replying to a compli
ment on her youthful appearance,
said: "The secret of my youth? It
is the good God—and then, you know,
I work all the time. But I am a
great-grandmother,” she continued,
thoughtfully, "so how can these many
compliments be true? I am afraid my
friends are exaggerating.”
Mme. Bernhardt’s laugh, spontane
ous as a girl’s, prompted a chorus of
"No, no!”
"Yes,” said the actress, “uncon
scious exaggeration, like the French
nurse on the boulevard. Our boule
vards are much more crowded than
your streets, you know, and, although
we have numerous accidents, things
aren’t quite as bad as the nurse sug
gested.
“Her little charge, a boy of six,
begged her to stop a while in a crowd,
surrounding an automobile accident, i
'Please wait,’ the little boy said, ‘Want i
to see the man who was run over.’ :
‘No; hurry,’ his nurse answered, i
‘There will be plenty more to see i
further on.’ ” :
A Retract!***.
"You shouldn't have called that ma>
a pig,” said the conciliatory mas.
•‘That’* right,” replied th* vindictive
person. ‘‘There Is no sense In Imply
ing that he's worth 40 cents a pound
to anybody.”
Blissful Ignorance.
"Were you nervous when you pro
posed to your wife?” asked the senti
mental person.
“No,” replied Mr. Meekton; "but It
[ could have foreseen the next ten
years I would have been.”
Economy In Art.
“Of course," said Mr. Sirius Barker,
“I want my daughter to have some
sort of an artistic education. I think
I'll have her study singing."
“Why not art or literature?”
"Art spoils canvas and paint and
literature wastes reams of paper.
Binging merely produces a temporary
disturbance of the atmosphere.
Home Thought.
“It must have been frightful," said
Mrs. Bossim to her husband, who was
In the earthquake. “Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened In your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm.”
“My first thought was of you,” an
swered Mr. Bosstm.
“How noble!”
“Yes. First thing I knew, a vase off
the mantel caught me on the ear;
then a chair whirled in my direction,
and when I jumped to the middle of
the room four or five books aud a
framed picture struck me all at once."
Even after saying that, he affected
to wonder what made her so angry for
the remainder of the evening.—Mack’s
National Monthly.
New Process of Staining Glass.
The art of coloring glass has been
lost and refound, Jealously guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
in the history of civilization that It
seems almost impossible to say any
thing new on glass staining. Yet a
process has been discovered for ma
king the stained glass used in windows
which is a departure from anything
known at the present time. What the
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
of it we cannot tell.
The glass first receives Its design in
mineral colors and the whole is then
fired in a heat so Intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature of this method is that the sur
face acquires a peculiar pebbled char
acter in the heat, so that when the
glass is In place the lights are delight
fully soft and mellow.
In making a large window In many
shades each panel Is separately mould
ed and bent and the sections are as
sembled in a metal frame.
■" .. : f.
Our Voices.
I think our conversational soprano,
as sometimes overheard in the cars,
arising from a group of young persons'
who have taken tho train at one of
our great industrial centers, for in
stance, young persons of tho female
sex, wo will say, who have bustled in'
full dressed, engaged in loud, strident
speech, and who, after free discussion,
have fixed on two or more double
seats, which having secured, they pro
ceed t® eat apples and hand round i
daguerreotypes—I say, I think the
conversational soprano, heard under
these circumstances, would not be'
among the allurements the old enemy'
would put in requisition were he get
ting up a new temptation of St. An
thony.
There are sweet voices among us,
we all know, and voices not musical,
it may he, to those who hear them
for the first time, yet sweeter to us
than any we shall hear until we listen,
to some warbling angel in tho over
ture to that eternity of blissful har
monies we hope to enjoy. But why
should I tell lies? If my friends love
me, it is because I try to tell the
truth. 1 never heard but two voices
in my life that frightened me by their I
sweetness.—Holmes.
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Wbat About Brain Food?
Tbis Question Came Up in tbe Recent
...Trial for Uibel.
i * - r" * ..
kA “Weekly” printed some criticisms of the
claims made for our foods. It evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers, and brought suit for libel. At the trial
some interesting facts came out.
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts, however, were quite
clearly established:
Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au
thority, Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts,
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos
phate of Potash), 2.91 per cent of the total,
5.33 of all Mineral Salts.
. This is over one-half.
Beaunis, another authority, shows “Phos
phoric Acid combined” and Potash 73.44 per
cent from a total of 101.07.
Considerable more than one-half of Phos
phate of Potash.
Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus, (which join and make Phos
phate of Potash), is considerable more than
one-half of all the mineral salts in the food.
Dr. Geo. W. Carey, an authority on the con
stituent elements of the body, says: "The
gray matter of the brain is controlled entirely
by the inorganic coli-salt, Potassium Phosphate
(Phosphate of Potash). This salt unites with
'i slbumen and by the addition of oxygen creates
5 nervo fluid or the gray matter of the brain.
Of course, there is a trace of oti^-.' salts and
other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potas
sium Phosphate is the chief factor, and has
* power within itself to attract, by its own
i.——— I mi.-a-rjw-™
W
law of affinity, all things needed to manufac
ture the elixir of life."
Further on he says: “The beginning and end
of the matter is to supply the lacking princi
ple, and in molecular form, exactly as nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain.
To supply deficiencies—this is the only law of
cure.”
The natural conclusion is that if Phosphate
of Potash is the needed mineral element in
brain and you use food which does not contain
it, you have brain fag because its daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary, if you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for
brain-building.
In the trial a sneer was uttered because Mr.
Post announced that he had made years of re
search in this country and some clinics of
Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on
digestion of food.
But we must be patient with those who
sneer at facts they know nothing about.
Mind does not work well on a brain that is
broken down by lack of nourishment.
A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces
sary to good digestion.
Worry, anxiety, fear, hate, &c„ &c„ directly
interfere with or stop the flow of Ptyalln, the
digestive juice of tbo mouth, and also inter
fere with the flow of the digestive juices af
stomach and pancreas.
Therefore, the mental state of the individual
has much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion.
This trial hag demonstrated:'
That Brain la made of Phosphate of Potash
as the principal Mineral Salt, added to albu
men and water.
That Grape-Nuts contains that element ns
more than one-half of all its mineral salts.
A healthy brain is Important, If one would
“do things” in this world.
A man who sneers at "Mind” sneers at the
best and least understood part of himself.
That part which some folks believe links us to
the Infinite.
Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to
act, and Nature has defined a way to make a
healthy brain and renew it day by day as it
is used up from work of the previous day.
Nature’s way to rebuild is by the use of food
which supplies the things required.
, “There’s a Reason’*
>. • '
Posttim Cereal Co., Ltd.,
Battle Creelt, Micla.
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HANGING OF WOMAN
WORRIES GOVERNORS
Present Executive of Pennsyl
vania Will Pass the Case
Along to Successor.
Harrisburg. Pa., Dec. 22.—Among tho
legacies Governor Stuart will leave for
John K. Tener, his successor, when
he retires from office next month is
tho disposal of the case of Mrs. Kate
Edwards, who is In the Berks county
Jail under sentence of death for tha
murder of her husband about nine
years ago. Because of public sentiment
stirred up at the, time of her convic
tion against hanging a woman, two
governors have passed up her case to
their successors.
Mrs. Edwards and a negro named
Gleason were arrested for the murder
of the husband. The colored man was
a paramour of the woman and the
husband declared ho would kill her;
so that in fear, if not in a sort of seli
defense, she killed him one night and
threw the body into a well.
Mrs. Edwards and the negro were
tried for murder and Gleason, on a
retrial, was acquitted, though onqs
convicted, but the woman was convict^
ed and sentenced to be hanged.
The board of pardons took up ths
case and then declined to commute
the death sentence. This was seven
years ago. It then rested with Qov>
ernor Pennypaeker to again fix the dsiv
for Mrs. Edwards' execution, but b3
never took action. Governor Stuart
likewise has not taken action and now
the case descends to Governor Tener.
Meantime Mrs. Edwards has occupied
a cell In tho Berks county Jail and is
said to bo a most exemplary prisoner.
4 LIBERAL COALITION IS 4
4 GIVEN MAJORITY OF 126 4
4 4
4 London, Dec. 22.—The gov- 4
4 ernment party will have a co- 4
4 alition majority of 126 In tho 4
4 new parliament as a result of |4
4 tho election which closed yes- 4
4 terday. This is the final return 4
4 from all parts of the United 4
4 Kingdom. ■*
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NEGRO GUILTY OF
AN AWFUL GRIME
North Carolina Tragedy, About
Which Reports Differ, Costs
Lives of Several Victims.
Durham. N. C., Dec. 22.—Three
Charred bodies found in the ruins of
the burned home of J. L. Sanders, near
Hester, 20 miles from here last night,
and strands of a girl’s hair discovered
In a pool of blood In the yard, led to
Ihe arrest an hour later of Nathan
Montague, a young negro, on charges
of criminal assault, murder and arson.
The negro was rushed to Durham for
safe keeping and will be transferred to
the state penitentiary following an In
quest later today.
The bodies are believed to be those
of Mr. Sanders, his daughter Mary, and
his 2-year-old granddaughter. Neigh
bors discovered the Sanders home on llro
last night. The house burned and
when the three members of the family
were found to be missing a search was
made.
On the site whero the house had
stood was a large pool of blood In
which were found strands of hair.
Nearby the searchers found a large
pocketknife covered with blood. Soon
afterwards the bodies were discovered.
One of the neighbors recognized the
knife as the one he had seen Montague
use at a neighbor's home, where Mon
tague was assisting in killing hogs. He
also remembered that Miss Sanders
was there at the time.
When Sheriff Wilson went to Mon
tague's home and accused him of com
mitting the crime the negro was
trembling with fear. He offered re
sistance, but was taken into custody.
The sheriff rushed the negro across
country to prevent possible attempts to
lynch hlin.
DIAZ GENERAL IS
BEATEN IN FIGHT
Mexican Rebels Prove Too Much
for the Trained Soldiery
of Navarro.
Chlcuahua, Mexico, Dec. 20.—(via El
Paso, Dec. 21.)—It was learned today
that General Navarro failed to cap
ture Mai Paso, despite previous re
ports from Mexico City to that ef
fect. IjOsscs on both sides during the
two days’ fighting are reported to
have been heavy.
The troop train which left here Sat
urday morning with soldiers is said to
have failed to form the proposed Junc
ture with Navarro. The train is said
fo jutve been fired upon, and many
of the government troops killed and
wounded. It was reported tonight that
CO wounded would be brought to this
dty. The train was fired on near San
Andris, and returned to Hustlllos,
where the engine is reported to have
run out of water with none near to
replenish the supply. The troops' train
which was to have been taken out of
here today by Adjutant Smith, an
American, did not start.
The passenger train which was held
up near J,a Junta last Thursday has
not been heard from. General NaVarro
encountered the lnsurrectos at Pednr
nales and Mai Paso last Thursday, and
by nightfall seemed to have the
fight won. He has since reported that
the insurgents brought in reinforce
ments in swarms, and estimated them
to number as high as 2,000 on Friday.
The next day Navarro seems to have
been unable to hold ills advantage of
the day before, it Is considered sig
nificant that he has not claimed a vic
tory since his official dispatch made
public on the 17th.
GIRL GIVEN A VERDICT
FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
Topeka, Kail., Dec. 22.—Miss Sallna
Dalrymple, a school teacher of Mil
waukee, \Vis„ was given damages of
M.GOO by a jury In the district court
here last night against William G:»)*n,
former mayor of Topeka, whom she
sued for violating his agreement to
marry her.
Miss Dalrymple asked for SI'O.OOf
damages. ? he trial was sensatiotud.
THIRTEEN DEAD IN
ASHES OF AWFUL
QUAKER CITY FIRE
Report That an Enemy of the
Concern’s Owner Set Blaze
Which Resulted In
Many Deaths. •/
Philadelphia, Pa„ Dec. 24.—Thirteen
known dead, 12 firemen and one police
man, and more than BO injured, ot
whom 25 are still In the hospital, is th#
record of last night’s fire at the leather
factory of Daniel Freldlander, In this
city.
These figures were given out by the
police at noon today and the city offi
cials believe they have accounted for
all the men who were at work at the
fire when the several walls of the flve
Btory building fell on them. The mone
tary loss will not exceed $25,000.
List of the Dead.
GEORGE MACKINSKY, truck No. 7.
WILLIAM B ELMER, truck No. 1.
JOHN F. CARROLL, Engine com
pany No. 6.
FRED KALBERER, Engine com
pany No. 6.
THOMAS ENTWISTLE, Englno
company No. 21.
HARRY BERTOLET, Engine com
pany No. 29.
ROBERT STUART, fireman, died in
hospital.
CHARLES EDLEMEN, Engine com
pany No. 6.
WILLIAM M’CONNELL, Engine
company No. 23.
JOHN COLLINS, truck No. 4.
THOMAS PASS, Engine company
No. 29.
SAMUEL PARKS, ladder' man,
truck A
MORRIS GELLIS, policeman.
Of the injured several may die. What
was believed to bo the last body in the
ruins was taken from the debris shortly
before noon.
Two firemen were taken out of the
ruins alive after having been pinned
under the great mass of twisted iron
and broken bricks for 12 hours, but one
of them, Thomas Pass, died on the way
to a hospital.
One Amazing Escape.
The escape from Instant death of
William Glazier, of Engine Company
No. 6, was truly remarkable. Glazier
was pinned down by machinery and
by a heavy beam falling across his
feet when one of the walls fell at
midnight. His cries brought rescuers,
who worked for 12 hours to free him.
Ho was taken out at 12:22 p. m. to
day.
Glazier himself was able to direct
the work of his reseuerers. while the
displacement of even a brick might
have brought tons of debris down on
him to crush out his life. A priest
Btood by to administer spiritual com
fort, and doctors worked to keep him
alive. Finally he was freed of every
thing except a big beam across one
foot.
Police surgeons got an oxygen tank
in position and kept giving him oxy
gen. Another tube was run close
to his face to take away the had
air and a third tube carried more stim
ulants to him. Finally the beam was
raised far enough to release Glazier and
he was taken to a hospital. Whether
he will survive cannot yet be told.
The physicians express the opinion
that ho has developed, pneumonia.
Rumor of Incendiary.
The police are making a rigid Inves
tigation of the cause of the fire, There
are reports that the place may have
been purposely set on lire by an enemy
of Friedlander, who says men had been
seen loitering ubout the factory for
some time.
August Whitting, foreman of En
gine Company No. 15, who was taken
out of the ruins, died in a hospital to
day.
ANOTHER MAN FLIES
OVER THE CHANNEL
Feat Made Famous by Bleriot
Is Now Becoming a Com
mon Occurrence.
Dover, Eng,, Dec. 24.—Cecil Grace, '
competitor of the De Forest prize, flew
over the English channel from Do
ver in a thick fog this morning and
was reported as passing over Calais,
France, at 1:45 o'clock.
Baron De Forest has offered a prize'
of $20,000 for the longest flight, includ
ing the crossing of the English chan
nel, made Jn 1910 by an Englishman
in an English built machine. Several
aviators had been awaiting favorable
opportunity to compete for the trophy.
Sopwlth has already set a mark of
190 miles. On last Sunday he K’ft
East Church, Sheppey island, at S 15
o'clock in the morning, crossed from
Dover to Calais and descended at Beau
mont, Belgium.
Claude Grahame-White planned to
try for the prize on the same dav, hut
in a tryout spin he met with an acci
dent which wrecked his machine.
Calais, Dec. 22.—Grace flew as far as
the Belgian frontier, where meeting
adverse winds, he turned back without
descending and later arrived at the avi
ation grounds of the Les Barques, to
the west of Calais. He started on the
return trip to Dover ut 2:10 o’clock.
TITLE OF QUARRIES GOES
TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS
Washington, Dec. 24.—Senator Gam
ble has secured an amendment to the
Indian bill authorizing the question of
title to the famous Pipestone quarries
of the northwest, claimed by the Yank
ton Indians, to be determined by a suit
in the court of claims.
Senator Gamble said today that the
interior department practically conced
ed that the claim of the Indians should
be maintained and acceded to by the
government without the intervention
of the courts.
A woman was recently convicted in
Paris of Infringing on the government
monopoly of making cigars, cigarets
and tobacco by manufacturing imita
tions out of cocoanut fiber. She was
lined 15.UOO francs. The testimony
showed that the woman had the ex
tensive output each year of 1,500,000
’’cigars," 3,000,000 ’’cigarets” and 25,
000 pounds of "tobacco.” Madame’s de
fense was that her goods were not
imitations of tobacco, but were meant
for children, that they were difficult
to smoke and were "execrable to the
'taste -even worse than the govern
ment con rn's products ”
