RACE IN THE AIR FROM PARIS TO TURIN
C ' • ' ' iw Mtrtt iiinlttl r he world entered In the race from Paris to Turin by way of Rome The
tJ ’>t'». t f:\tra .Lew: Andre P aumont speeding over the wireless station that is in the old
^ t ' ll« La'bor o< <>t oa in *Lr lower puture Garroa. another of the contestants, is seen living along
the l*ai-aa coat; near Kerri.
SAVE ALFALFA CROP
ANGLER IS DUCKED BY EEL
Winsted. Conn., Man Captures Speci
men Six Feet Long After Being
Pulled Into the Water.
Winsted. Conn.—"By John Rogers.
exclaimed Joseph Rogers when pulled
into deep water in Highland lake. ‘Til
get that darned whopper yet," he said
to his comrades in a boat as he
floundered in water many feet deep
And he did. but not without a strug
Sle.
The "whopper-- was one of those
large strong, hungry eels which have
been in Highland lake so many years
that they dare to tackle any human
trespasser. Rogers was standing In
one end of the craft holding a steel
rod when he was pulled overboard.
He held on to the steel rod with one
hand and kept himself afloat with the
other until his companions reached
him. The eel was six feet long.
Beat la Lonesome; Policeman Resigns.
Newark. N. J.—After three hours
service as a Newark policeman Patrol
man Daniel F. Haggerty found his
beat so lonesome that he telephoned
in his resignation and went home.
Me* Bug Being Imported to Kill
Injurious Weevils.
Brings Italian insect
Over ia Storage Vaults and It
derives Under Utan Sunsnme
—Were Is Esper.mental.
•oh Labe Oty. I'tai - *ar|H from
rbe aitslis mgs la saner Italy, tro
vt *1* add transported ia Igar ho*
dbe -ages ta tbe < jid storage vaults
ef • liner arroes the AtiaaUc ocean to
Xe* Torb. add tbea transferred
as aii is tbe refrigerator com part inert
ef a trttwtietlartttl train aad bun led
fr t'tab. Id tbe experience of tbe al
falfa weevil parasites which. It 1»
hoped, will ease tbe alfalfa crops of
( tab yng all iatermouistalr. farmers
Ins* the ratages of the sfa.!* beetle
Tbe parasres are so* coming to life
agala ta tbe sunshine sblrk Alters
through tbe windows of tbe Tatted
grates eatoesv*acy expert meet station
ta The t tab capital, aad they *111 be
weed la a series of experiments
t itirfC by the government with a
* ew to helpers the farmer in hi»
ftgbt against ode of tbe moat de
•tr active pest* of recent years.
Tbe work Is cader tbe Immediate
supervision ef A. H Klrklaad. special
agent of tbe (otrtaaeet la the alfalfa
weevil iaseetigatiaa Mr. Kirk.aoo
■ a# .a t-harge of the campaign waged
by tbe goeerrmeni against tbe de
structive gypsy motfc la Maaeachu
setts, add eras signally stw ceasful la
Bghiing ’bat peal He has been
through 'be practical as eeli as the
technical teeters* ef sorb a orb usd
Is sss employed by the government
to supervise such Investigations as
are under aay la Tub
Tbe wurb locally with tbe Italian
parasites aad the alfalfa weevil is
purely espertmeatal Tbe Idea is to
have tbe paraefted lay their eggs ta
tbe eggs of tbe weevil aad so destroy
tbe wwevtl. a bile propagating tbe par
•sites Whew It Is kaow: that the
weevils eggs la which tbe parasites'
eggs are ta be laid, are only about
tbe sue ef a pta point. It can be rend
By (.adartiuif that tbe men la charge
ef tbe work are called upoa to use
great skill la eai'blag developments
ta sock miaate forms of life
Mr Kirkland, la teD ag of the eork.
days
"We rsannt promise of course, (bat
tbs mesas we bar''’ undertaken to
cradsra'e tbe alfalfa Weevil pest will
be sat results! W« are hopeful, bow
ewer At aar rale, the government is
enough Interested in the farmers of
Utah and other states to tell us to
proceed with our experiments and we
‘ball do all we can to get the best re
! salts from this work.
The alfalfa weevil Is a native of
Kurope and western Asia. In those
‘ countries, however, its ravages are
kept down by a parasite. It is that
parasite we have brought from Italy
to experiment with in this country.
"There is no telling how long ago
I the weevil was introduced Into the
United States. It may have been
brought over In hay used as parking
or something of that sort. At any rate
j it got here, and when it reached Utah
it found conditions just right for pro
pagation."
The Italian parasites were shipped
from Portlcl. Italy, by a government
agent sent there lor the purpose of
gathering them. Twenty boxes were
Kirkland having come on with them
received in T'tah last month. Mr.
Kirkland having come on with them
from New York, and more will be re
: teived during the course of the work.
Black Bass Chews Tobacco
a*
New Yorker Discover* Fish That
Strikes at Cigar Butts and Haa
Taste for Nicotine.
Bartlett*. X. Y.—John J. Flanagan,
manager at Bartlett*, haa as one of
his protege* a black bass which uses
tobacco The fish, being an intelli
gent one. does not smoke cigarettes.
But it chews
Mr Flanagan got acquainted with
the habits of the bass about a month
ago The bass' favorite loafing ground
is near a power-house. Always, when
Mr. Flanagnn goes to the power
house. he flings the cigar be happens
to be smoking away, so that there
. will be no danger of fire.
He flung his cigar into the water by
| Jhe power-house one day and the bass
made a rush for it and grabbed It. dls
1 appearing under the water. Mr.
Flanagan thought little of that at the
. time, for on certain days bass will
1 strike at nearly anything, while on
other day* the most alluring bait will
not tempt them. A day or two later
he flung another rlgar butt into the
water and the same fish rose to it
: and nabbed it
After this had happened a dozen
‘ times. Mr Flanagan was forced to
the conclusion that It was not mere
random hunger on the part of the
baas, but a genuine taste for tobacco.
Several times shreds of the cigar.
much torn and raveled, have risen to
the top of the water half an hour or
so after the fish has grabbed them,
thus showing that the intelligent bass
really tried to smoke the cigar, but
being handicapped by certain natural
disadvantages, contented itself by
merely chewing the weed.
Some of the summer boarders, after
observing Mr. Flanagan's bass came
to the conclusion that a natural taste
for tobacco might be inborn with fish,
just as It is with deer and goats.
They experimented on several other
fish, notably a number of catfish. The
catfish, however, when put into a tub
on shore, and fed small portions of
navy plug chewing tobacco, became
very sick at the stomach, showing
every sign of nausea, and mewing
pitiably. This, and other research
along the same lines, with dog fish
and pickerel convinced them that the
black bass who hangs around the
power-house is unique in hlB habits.
Girl Saves $5,200 on $1 a Day.
Worcester, Mass.—Relatives of Miss
Marguerite Hudon. who died after
working as a shop clerk seventeen
years at $1 a day. found bank de
posits in her ame aggregating $5,
200 Her total earnings had been $5 ■
304
CAT UNCOVERS MUCH MONEY
Feline Tkiwli Paw la Hale in Old
Fnetted and Drawn Forth Heard
t Dead Woman.
Fori mala. X T.—A cat rtued a
■ r-oader a teoUtoo! la (be bunt
at Henry Karr Tbe cat • peered pan
way adder tbe tool, then threat m
pa« ep late tbe bale la tbe bottom ol
tbe tot
Free natty data re me tbe pew wtta
j out the mouse, but with a 150 bill
■ticking to one of the claws. The
members of the family at once sus
pended housekeeping to explore the
bole in the footstool.
In all $675 was found stored away
in the stool, which had been knock
ing around the house ever since the
death of Grannie Karg. on February
2S last. She was known to have been
of a saving disposition, but she died
j so suddenly she got no chance to re
i veal where she had stored her hoard,
j Part of the treasure trove la to be
spent on a monument to Grannie with
a carved footstool on it
Beer Barrels Save Life.
New York.—If Felix Madell. a five
year-old patient in an uptown hospital,
lives he can thank a pyramid of beer
barrels in the rear yard of his tene
ment-house home. He fell five stories
from the roof the other night while
playing leapfrog and struck the apex
of the beer-barrel pyramid. The bar
rels rolled away under him. breaking
his fall, and he slid down gradually.
e=x -„ xy— v—i
An Artist and His Dog
BY CARL JENKINS
(Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
It was known to the Sheffields, the
Durhams, the Chattertons and all
other country families for five miles
around that the little farm known as
Roselands had been sold to some one
In t!fe city, but the name of the buyer
had not transpired. Roselands had
been owned and occupied by an old
recluse for years. His hobby was
growing roses, but he would never
sell or give one away. They simply
budded, bloomed and faded.
On two occasions Miss May Shef
field, who was by all odds the best
looking young woman who drove past
Roselands had stopped and tried to
melt the old man's heart, but it was
in vain. Had she been red-headed
and cross-eyed, and had a big mouth
and a nose tilted up at the end, he
! could not have been more surly with
her. Neither praise, flattery, smiles
or cash would melt him. Red roses—
pink roses — white roses — roses
j f-nougb for a duke's wedding, and yet
j the passersby could not have one of
; them.
there. Now. then, was she to get out
unseen?
”No rain for a week, and everything
around here wants water?" continued
the man. “We must put the hose on
and wet down. You look out for
tramps and I'll take care of the roses.
And say, Carlo, be a little careful as
to the dogs you get acquainted with
around here. They must be up to the
mark. They say a man is judged by
his dog. Something in the shed there?
Go and see."
The dog had scented the trespasser,
and now he ran down and stuck hia
head into the shed and barked an
alarm.
“Only a cat. old boy," said the man, |
and you needn't drive her away. We
w-ant a cat to make it seem home-like, i
May be a coon or a rabbit, from the j
way you bark I'll come down and !
help you rustle it out. Here—'*
”\ou needn't put yourself to any '
great trouble," said Miss May Shef
field as she appeared in the open
doorway.
When it was known for certain
that the cld recluse had departed,
and that the buyer was coining down
from the city in a few days to take
possession. Miss Mary put on a deter
, mined look and said:
"Well, I'm going right over there
i tomorrow afternoon and get some
1 cuttings from those rose bushes. I
, don't believe the buyer will care. At
. any rate I'l! chance it."
I ‘He's probably a married man,"
said the mother, "and you don't know
what his wife may say about it.”
"If she’s mean enough to say any
thing I'll offer to pay. Why, we've
j given away cuttings and roots and
i bulbs by the ccrt elcr.d."
\ At two c'cioca aiurnoon. after
• a walk of a mile. Mies May arrived at
! Roselands She had brought a knife
■ along, nd she lost no time selecting
j the bushes and making her cuttings.
When she had bundled them up she
, took a look .nto the cottage through
a window, and was amazed to find
I that a 'ot of new furniture had bcec.
moved in Weeds and grass had also
been at down, and it was evident
that the buyer was ready to take pos
"T—thunder!" exclaimed the art- i
1st," as he fell back in amazement.
"Sir," said the haughty girl before !
him; “you called me a cat!”
"I—I—by no means."
“And you called me a coon!”
“But I—l never meant to.”
“And you called me a rabbit!”
“Yes, but you see—”
"Ana you ordered your dog to hus
tle me out!”
"But I didn't know—”
“And when 1 am hustled out you
swear at me!”
"But my astonishment—my sur
prise—”
“And now I am expecting a blow
—from a club!"
"Miss—young lady—my dear—"
“But as you haven't hit me, I wish
10 thank you for your clemency and
bid you good afternoon!"
And with head held high and the
gait of a duchess, the girl swept the j
fluttering man aside and walked to [
the gate and up the road. The dog
followed her for a few paces in s
wondering way. and then returned tc
his master, to be addressed with;
"Carlo, have we had a pipe dream
or have we actually seen the queen ol j
her sex for 50 miles around?”
Carlo went down to the shed to see
if anything more like that was linger ,
ing around, and finding nothing j
returned to be asked:
“But who in the devil can she be j
and what in the devil did she want j
here? Came on foot and went away
the same way. Can't live so very far
off. No roses out yet. Was she after ;
cuttings? Let's take a look. Why, |
here's a bundle of them! We came
j home just in time. She heard us and
went into biding. Must bave known j
she was a trespasser and a thief, and
vet how she stood up to me! Wasn't
that an awful bluff, old man? Well.
Well! There are a few things to be
1 found before we settle down.”
Mr. Tiklr.s was only a day or two
; finding out what he wanted to know.
1 and then he appeared at the Shef
i field's, not as a caller, but as a bearer
i of burdens. He had three rose bushes.
I They were, as he explained to Miss
May, partial repayment for calling
her a cat, a coon and a rabbit. If
| she still felt aggrieved she might send
; father and brother over and dig up
: all. but a single bush. He had ex
' claimed "thunder!" at the sudden
si£ht of her, but there were lilies and
| tulips and pinks at Roseland, and
| would she take them and forget the
! word?
She Lost No Time in Selecting the
Bushes.
session. If the trespasser had delayed
a single day longer—
And then she heard the chug of an
auto, and lost it as the machine
stopped at the gate, and there came
the sounds of men's voices and the
barking of a dog. The buyer of Rose
lands was at hand! Should the girl
walk out with that bundle of cuttings
under ner arm. and her chin held
high in defiance? No, of course not.
Should she go without the cuttings?
Should she break her way to the
fields in the rear through the rank
grass and weeds? A shed with vines
climbing over it, and the door stand
ing half open caught her eye, and a
: few seconds later she was concealed.
A good looking young man. talking
with his chauffeur, came up the path
I and unlocked one of the doors and
entered. Half a dozn trips were
1 made by the two. and when they
came to an end the hiding girl knew
that the chauffeur bad driven away
alone, and that the master and his
dog were seated on the doorsteps
within ±5 feet of her. She scented
the smoke of a pipe, and she heard
the man say to the dog:
“Well, old fellow, we are here at
—last. Wonder If we are going to be
lonesome? We’ll put In a few days
cleaning up Roselands and then we
must to our canvasses."
"An artist, eh? That’s what Miss
May had thought as she peered at the
mans face through a crack in the
shed. He had brought the last of his
effects, and was going to stay right
Mtss May's chin came down by
degrees, but it came down.
One evening in the late fall the
dog Carlo wasn’t so very much
; astonished to bear his master say,
{ after coming home at a late hour:
"Well, my old friend, we’ll be go
I ing back to town for the winter soon,
but next spring Rosclands will sure
have a mistress. It was you that
discovered her, and I want to tell you
bow much obliged I am. Heigbo!
How she did stand here and bluff!"
Origin of “Buncombe.”
In historic Buncombe county. North
Carolina, was originated the phrase
“talking buncombe,” for in this moun
tainous country years ago. Col. Ed
ward Buncombe founded bis famous
hall, and placed the words “To Bun
combe Hall. Welcome All" over his
doorway. The expression, "I am talk
ing for Buncftmbe.” meaning Bun
combe county, became current here
abouts by home folks, but unregen
erate strangers have used It to signify
political blarney or exaggerated
praise.—"In the Land of the Sky," Joe
M. Chappie in National Magazine.
Claim Great Age for Tree
The village of Remborn. In Ger
many, has a linden tree believed to be
1.200 years old.
GEN. LEE AND JEFF DAVIS
Mrs. Burton Harrison’s Description of
the Two Great Leaders of the
Confederacy.
Our most illustrious caller that
spring was the commander-in-chief of
the Army of Northern Virginia. Gen
eral Lee came one evening, and after
a pleasant talk with my mother and
me arose to go. we escorting him to
tLv. front door. It was broad moon
| light, and 1 recall as If it were yes
terday. the superb figure of our hero
| standing in the little porch without,
. saving a few last words as he swung
; his military cape around his shoui
; ders. It did not need my fervid im
' agination to think him the most no
ble-looking mortal 1 had ever seen.
As he swept off his hat for a second
and final farewell, he bent down and
kissed me. as he often did the girls
he had known from their childhood.
At that time General Lon waa liter
ally the idol of the Confederacy. His
moral gran deal, recognised by all.
lifted him Into the region whore
t----- --- -
“envy, nor calumny, nor hate, nor
pain” ventured not to assail him. We
felt, as he left us and walked off up
the quiet, leafy street in the moon
light. that we had been honored as
by more than royalty.
We went often to Mrs. Davis’ recep
tions. where the president never
failed to say kind words in passing,
and sometimes to tarry for a pleasant
chat. Always grave, always looking
as If he bore the sorrows of a world,
he was Invariably courteous, and
sometimes playful In his talk with
very young women. These entertain
ments of Mrs. Davis, held in the eve
ning between limited hours, were at
tended by every one in deep mourn
ing. The lady of the Confederate
White House, while not always spar
ing of witty sarcasms upon those
who had affronted her. could be de
pended upon to conduct her salon
with extreme grace and conventional
ease. Her sister, Margaret Howell,
aided to lend it brilliancy. I have
always regretted that my path In tlte
and that of Mine, de Stoeurs have di
verged so widely since.—Mrs. Burtta
Harrison. In Seri boor.
Send tor
our intereat
in* booklet.
“The Troth
A boat Coco-Cola**
PUTTING IT RATHER NEATLY
Piece of Humor That Lifted Diffident
Professor to the Highest
Summits of Joy.
It Is told that after Professor Ay
toun had made proposals of marriage
to Miss Emily Jane Wilson, daughter
of Christopher North, he was, as a j
matter of course, referred to her j
father. As the professor was unoom- !
monly diffident, he said to her: !
"Emily, my dear, you must speak to
him for me. I could not summon •
courage to speak to the professor on j
this subject.”
"Papa is in the library,” said the ■
lady
"Then you had better go to him,” J
said the professor, “and I will wait i
here.”
There being apparently no help for
It. the lady proceeded to the library.
"Papa's answer is pinned to the
back of my dress.” said Miss Wilson,
as she re-entered the room.
Turning around, the delighted suitor
read these words:
"With the author’s compliments.”—
Success.
IN BUGGVILLE.
>'illie Fly—Fleavens! I’m caught in
a cyclone!
Ben's Logic.
“Ben." said his friend, waking up
from a reverie in which he had been
gazing abstractedly r the shiny ex
panse of Ben's skatin’-rink-for-flies. “is
there nothing you could do for your
baldness?” •
Ben, by the way, is on-, forty.
“No, lad!” he replied with de
cision. "F'ifteen years ago I was
courting strong, and I tried lots o'
things. But about that time t’ prince
of Wales—Edward, you know—came
to ope*, t' new hospital, and I said to
myself as soon as I saw him liftin'
his hat to t' crowd. 'Ben. my lad. tha
can give it up as a ba-’ job. and save
thy brass. If there was owt 'at 'ud
cure a bald heead they'd ha' cured
his.’ "—Tit-Bits.
In Gold.
"Is your ball over here?”
"Is it in a hole?"
"Yes."
"A deep hole?"
"With slightly overhanging banks,
so you can't possibly get at it?"
"Yes."
"Then it's my ball, all right."
Stop the Pain.
The liurt of a burn or a out stops w hen
Cole's Carbolisalve is applied, it Leals
quickly and prevents soars. :5c ard jrt ■ bv
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In the Future.
“How did you get your start in
lifer*
"I got a flying start; I was born In
an airship.”
Mrs. Winslow s Soothing S.rrnp for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pais.cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
In being the architect of your own
fortune don't indulge in too much fret
work.
Lewis' Single Binder straight -V cigar.
Yon pay lOr for cigars not so good.
The robe of righteousness will neith
er shrink nor stretch.
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