The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 November 1911 — Page 5

I TThe T enderfoot | By THOMAS J. HUNTER I Copyright by American Press As»o- - elation. 1911. Ed Thatcher was a tenderfoot in the wild and woolly west. He went out there after being told by the president of an eastern college he had been attending that he needn’t remain at the university any longer. Indeed, it would have been hardly worth his while to do so, since he would have been obliged to study during several vacations in order to make up “conditions,” i and before he could catch up his classmates would have been graduated and started in their careers. The cause of Ed’s failure at college was athletics. He stood at the top In baseball, football fencing, boxing, running and the blgk jump; in his studies be stood at ' the bottom. Not liking to face his father, whom be had bitterly disappointed, upon his dlsnissal from college he buried his renorse in the worst part of the wild < w<st. He did not seem on his arrival to count for any more in the new than he did in the old. In the firmer. it is true, education was not ecnsidered of much value, the only 4<complishment prized being an ability ,t< shoot quick and straight. Ed did , n»t even show that he was strong. His hose clothes covered his steel muscles, aid he was rather thin in the face. , He was not in a good humor when Ip reached his new home. His failure p the east had. temporarily at least, toured his disposition. He went into a aloon to buy a cigar with which to jblace himself. Half a dozen men were it the bar, and one of them named Wheeler, seeing a tenderfoot approach. ' turned to him and said: “Betsy, have a drink.” “Thank you very much,” said Thatcher. "1 never drink. That’s aboui .the only virtue 1 have.” 1 “Waal, we’ll soon take that out of /you here. We haven’t got nary virtue \/in these parts. Come, step up and . nominate yer llkker.” “No liquor for me.” The man seized Ed roughly by the arms and gave him a jerk toward the bar. One second later and there was a tableau. Wheeler was sprawling on the floor at the other end of the room, while the others present--Ed excepted —were wondering bow he got there. It couldn’t have been light ning, for they had heard no thunder, only a “biff.” The tenderfoot had struck so quick they hadn't realized that he had had anything to do with the matter. I Rising. Wheeler drew a revolver from his hip. but one of the men present f happened to be between him and Thatcher, which occasioned delay. By this time the spectators realized what had happened and were so struck with admiration at this kind of warfareentirety new to them—that several of them took Wheeler by the arms and forced him to keep the peape. “Air you armed, stranger?” one of them asked Ed. -rio.” “Well, then you’re the biggest fool in this yere territory.” “1 prefer to protect myself with my fists.” There was a shout of laughter at this ; announcement. * “There’s some fun in this,” remarked I one of the party. “Let’s have one o’ them tenderfoot fights. Come, Wheeler, give me yous weapon and have it out with the tenderfoot in his own way.” Wheeler was so mad that he only wanted to get at the tenderfoot, and. since the crowd objected to his put ting a bullet in him, he surrendered his revolver and made a rush for Thatcher, striking him with bis big bony fist at the same time. Ed was not in front of him when he reached the place where he had been, and Wheeler’s fist struck a wooden wall. Then Ed seized his antagonist' from behind and threw him over bls shoulder. Wheeler fell on his back. He was getting up when Ed knocked him down again; then Ed withdrew to the other end of the room, giving his enemy a chance to rise. It was evident that this was a case of a cat playing with a mouse before devouring it. Every time Ed knocked Wheeler down or threw him down or got between his legs and toppled him over the crowd guffawed. “Keep it up!" they shouted when the tenderfoot asked his oponent if he had had enough. “It’s the best show we ever seen!” Bnt when Ed saw that he was as fording an exhibition for the spectators he finished the contest by a blow under the jaw' that floored "his man. and it was evident by the way Wheeler arose that the contest was ended. The crowd gathered around the victor. “Stranger." said the man who suggested the fight. “you kin go around yere without a gun all. you like. Es. any man draws on you there’s plenty o’ other guns’ll take keer o’ you. An’, you needn’t drink, neither.” Wheeler made no attempt to renew the fight. On the contrary, he admired the manner in which the tenderfoot had downed him and staggered toward Ed with outstretched band. The tenderfoot had the good sense to bury the hatchet, and the man he thrashed has since been hjs ardent - friend and admirer. ? That , was Ed. Thatcher’s introduction among a people who were at heart much as other people, but who had been modified by being their own defenders instead of being protected -by the law. The tenderfoot is now |he' governor of the territory. '« ; . A Canny Scot. J ‘ Mr. McTavish—l hear yer wife’s in . a terrible creetecal condition. ii Mr McDpuglas - Aye. aye Ye’re ifiebt. but she’s better the day. 1 doot ■he’s gajM) tae battle us yeti—Everyvbpdy’s Weekly. I

HOUSE PLANS RETARDED; The Now Congressmen May Find Themselves Without Seats. I If whoever becomes president on March 4, 1913, should see fit to call an extra session of the new’ congress immediately the house of representatives will have forty-two members for whom there will be no seats. The reapportion- , ment law provides for a house of 433 members, who will be chosen at the general election next fall. The present house contains 391 members and is crowded at that, there being room for no more seats of the present style. The elaborate plans for reconstructing the hall of the bouse have beeu laid aside for at least two years because there will be no opportunity to do the work. The first regular session of the present congress will begin in December and will be known as the long session. Ordinarily it lasts until July, although It may be ent short somewhat next year by the arrival of the date for the national political conventions. Following that, the second regular session will begin in December, 1912. and the Interval between these two is not long enough to permit of the work being done. The present congress will expire on March 4, 1913. and then there will be an opportunity, provided no extra session intervenes. Superintendent Woods of the capitol estimates that practically all of the time between March 4 and the following December will be needed to remodel the hall of the house. If work Is started later than March 15 it probably cannot be completed by the first Monday in December.— Washington Cor. Brooklyn Eagle. THE SOUTHERN- STATES. Their Wonderful Growth and Prosperity Since 1880. The fourteen southern states, with Missouri and Oklahoma, having now an aggregate population of 32.500,000. or 18.000.000 less than the total population of the United States in 1880. have $1,900,000,000 in national bank resources, or only $200,000,000 less than such resources in the whole country thirty-one years ago. In that period these sixteen states have increased the annual value of their mineral production from $20.000.000 to $340,000,000 as against $450,000,000 in the whole country in 1880. their manufactured products have a value within $2,000,000,000 of the value in the whole country In 1880, while their manufacturing capital is several hundred million dollars in ex cess of the country’s at the earlier date. In the thirty-one years the value of their output of manufacturing, which was less than the value o* agri- , cultural products in 1880. has btcome far greater annually, although the value of agricultural products in the sixteen states is close on to $3,000.000.000. In 1880 the railroads of the country had an aggragate length of 93.300 miles. The sixteen states now have 87.000 of railroad mileage. From southern ports were exported in the last fiscal year goods to a value only $100,000,000 less than the value of all exports from the country in 1880.— Manufacturers’ Record. A Toy Railroad. At Eaton. England, there is one of the most wonderful toy railroads in the world. It was built in 1890 for tpe purpose of carrying coal to Eaton Halt from the Great Western station, four miles away, but it is now used also for conveying guests of the Duke ot Westminster from one part of his estate to the other. The gauge is but fifteen inches, and the rolling stock comprises about fifty freight und passenger cars, which are built on a proportionate scale. The initial cost of the railroad was $30,000. and it is said to be worked at a weekly expense of $25. King Edward traveled several times on this Eaton railroad. Increasing Tree Growth. A man went out west and located a cut off timber tract, and he went to work growing trees, and he has succeeded in making them grow twice as fast as .they grow in a natural way. He does this by building embankments to keep the rainwater from running away. This intensifies timber growth to a surprising extent. People who have youfig orchards should resort to this method. When one wants his shade trees tn his home lot to burry up he might build so as to keep the rainwater as long as possible. Trees like moisture, and when they get a good supply they grow.—Ohio State Journal. “Aeropetomanie.” Some months ago a learned professor at the Sarbonne wrote to the Parisian papers proposing that the word “petomane” be used to designate the aviator. the word petomane being based, he explained, on the Greek root “pet.’ to fly. Another learned |>erson says that the word harks back to the earliest days of aerostation and quotes from Iter Deutsche Merkur (the German Mercuryii published by Wieland 'tet Weimar in October. 1783. which speaks of the “aeropetomanie,” or the latest progress in flying. Microphone Water Finders. The microphone in a modified form is being used successfully by a French Inventor to find springs of water, and they have been located as far as fifty feet underground. It is expected that the iaetrument will be of much value to miners, prospectors and others in similar occupations, as well as in locating victims of mine accidents. A tube is thrust into the ground a few feet and the improved microphone attached to the upper end. when noise made by flowing or falling water is plainly heard. , Willing to Wait A little girl on being told by her mother that when a child died an angel came and took her up to heaven thought deeply for a moment, then said. “Ma. if an angel comes asking for I me say I am not in.”

.. .r ■- , , Judges Who Will Sit In the Proceedings Against the United States Steel Corporation. 4 . Z— - — - —» r— ~ : ■'ik’ 7 7~1 /' Hl| IlllmK't’ 'S wFWMpTOjifew bWIK: ' aT' s ww j||R ST' JeRwHI l.- W-"' Z IP MWI ■V Wfc r BMW- \ .wu r I i WjM ÜBk '■ X M g ■ MT, J F~F~| N OTOMI OMBF !-■ The three judges of the United States circuit court before whom the government’s suit to dissolve the United States Steel corporation will come up are Judge George Gray, Judge William M. Lanning and Judge Joseph Bufftiigton. These judges are the same who decided the suit against the so called powder trust. That decision favored "~the government

OUR NATIONAL LAWS. Precious Documents Not Properly Guarded Against Fire. Statesmen tell us that this Is a government of laws and not of men. but if a fire should sweep through the library of the state department on the third floor of the state., war and navy building the United States would not have any laws, so far as the original copies go. All the laws of this country. from the days of George Washington’s administration down to the newest of all statutes, are in that room. They are written and printed on parchment and bound in volumes, being numbered in the order in which they reach the state department. There are no fireproof cases in the library. Neither is there any fireproof vault. These unique documents are stored away in wooden cases which would readily make food for flames There never has been a fire in the state department library, and no laws have been destroyed. There never was a fire in the capitol at Albany until it was swept by flames almost from top to bottom. Whilo the state, war and navy building itself is considered to be a pretty good piece of fireproof construction, its office furnishings and equipment could readily be burned. Other departments of the government take better care of their documents than the state department does of its precious laws.—Washington Letter to Brooklyn Eagle. RADIUM EXPERIMENT. To Treat Disease Without Drugs and Without Surgery. Although radium is no longer the world’s wonder it was a few years ago, the opening in London of the Radium institute as a public hospital tree to. the poor merits attention as another mark in the progress of civilization. The institute owes its origin to the initiative and the patronage of the late King Edward VII. and in a measure stands as a monument to commemo rate his prompt symypathies with all the news movements of his time. But its essential worth lies in the part it is to play in advancing the science and the art of cv.ring the thousand ills that flesh Is heir to. The new foundation is to treat disease without drugs, without surgery and also without mental suggestion or faith cure. All that can be done there, for awhile at least, will be largely in the nature of experiment. It is said that of the thirty persons who applied on the opening day only a few were given treatment. Evidently the new remedy is not to be rashly ventured, i The very fact of caution exercised is, however, a promise of big results in future. The time may be not far distant when the new institute now so tentatively at work may be established among the foremost of the world renowned hospitals of the great city.— New York Worlti. The Stingoe. “I once knew a marriage.” said the erratic thinker, “whereat the groom paid the officiating clergyman in counterfeit money and still got stung."— Puck. ’

A Peacemaker By EDNA JENKINS Copyright by American Press Association, 19U. "How long are you going to hang around Laura Troop, Charlie, before you get her?” "1 fear I’ll never get her.” “It would serve you right if you didn’t.” “Why do you say that?” “You’re no adept at the game of love.” “What do you mean by the game of love?” “There is a game of love the same as a game of war or politics. There is a game in everything.” “Teach me the game of love.” “I’d rather play one for you. putting my hand ou yours and moving the pieces for you. only you would have to promise to make no move independently.” Charlie Warren thought deeply on what had been said to him by his friend Hereford. He sometimes suspected that Miss Troop was amusing herself with him. but what the result would be he bad not even an opinion. Hereford, on the contrary, had observed the girl in Warren’s company and knew by instinct that she wouldn’t lose her lover fer the world. Very fond of W’arren and knowing that he was made really miserable by Miss Troop, he had a desire to revenge his friend and bring him in a winner at the same time. “Very well,” said Warren. “Play the game for me with Laura.” “Not unless you promise to obey every instruction 1 give you.” “I consent.” replied Warren haltingly. “Then 1 will make the first move. Remember, you are to do exactly what 1 say.” “What am I to do first?” “The next time you meet Laura cut her dead.” “For heaven’s sake, what’s that for?” “To break the present deadlock.” “Then what?” “1 don’t know. I shall be guided by what our opponent does.” Notwithstanding Charlie’s promise it was some time before he could make up his mind to obey. However, he consented at last, and the next morning he did the deed bravely. He was used to passing Miss Troop’s house on his way to business, and she often I contrived to be where her lover could j see her. One day she would smite at him. the next scowl at him. When he passed without looking up at her a scowl she had put on faded into a look of astonishment. “Well. 1 declare!” she exclaimed, following him with her eyes till be had turned a corner. “What in the world does it mean? I wonder if any one has been saying anything mean about me. I can’t remember having treated him any worse than usual. What has he got hold of. I wonder? How mean of him hot to come up like a man and 1 tell me Ko my face what’s the matter.

I suppose he thinks I’ll knuckle down to him. Not I. I’ll pay him in his own coin.” The next evening Charlie Warren rushed wildly into Hereford’s room. “It’s all up with me!” he cried. “What’s up?” “I cut Laura yesterday. By the mail today I received a note from her saying that, having been so unmanly , and ungentlemanly as to pass her without speaking to her, she wished to inform me that she had no further desire for my acquaintance. Great ! Scott! What shall I do?" “Cut her again. This time if you get an opportunity turn your back f square upon her.” “1 shall go at once and explain, begs ging her forgiveness.” “No you won’t. You’ve promised to » be guided by me.” » Hereford found his friend unmanageable. The best he could do with him was to gain his consent that he ; (Hereford) should see Miss Troop and > play the rest of the game directly. » Warren could not wait, so, leaving him, Hereford sallied off to beard the lioness in her den. Within half an i hour the messenger returned. s <> “Well?” asked the lover anxiously. “I found her in.” : “What did you say?” ; “I told her that you bad sent me to tell her that you had lost all respect ■ for her.” I "Oh, my good gracious! You’ve done » me up. What did she say?” ’ “She asked why you had not the ( manliness to come with the message 1 yourself. I replied that you wished 1 never to see her again.” "Don't tell me any more or I shall kill you.” ‘ “All right; I think I’ll have a smoke.” He filled his pipe and lit It. ' “1 mean I'll kill you If you don’t tell me the rest at once.” • “Oh. I can't remember it all.” • “Tell me what you remember.” : “I told her that I had found you the other day disgruntled with her treatment of you; that 1 had endeavored : to persuade you to be patient with her, but had failed; you had become thoroughly imbittered against her. She believed the yarn and admitted that she had teased you a little bit. If I could secure your forgiveness she would never do so any more.” Warren gave a jump for his friend i and threw his arms about his neck. » Married women do not usually favor j their husbands’ intimate men friends. i Mrs. Troop is an exception. She dotes i an Hereford, thinking that he brought about a peace between her and the I man she loves. Troop has had the jood sense to keep,the secret. The Cobbler the Library. One of the rooms! in the New York Public library is a gobbler shop. The i trustees have order® that all the em-' ploytees in the new library must wear rubber heeled shoes, and since there is a small army of these employees It was decided to establish a shoe repairing shop in the building. The proprietor of this shops sfeys he has plenty to do, for when are no rubber heels to be renewed he is given odd jobs, principally on .leather, in the library. \

AEmAEJTORPEDQES. Nowoat Device For Destroying Military Flying Machines. Since the new typefe of air craft have ■ made their appearance and the world has been depicting new methods of warfare the inventors have been busily engaged in trying to produce some device that would counteract all the new ideas of aerial attacks on the naval or land forcesj of any country. The Kropps of Germany have been the means of placing various types of very destructive implements of war before the world, but their newest device is an aerial torpedo which promises to make aerial attacks very hazardous if not impossible. It is a self propelling contrivance that is so constructed that it consists of two distinct parts, one in which the slow powder is contained and the other containing high explosive bomb, with a very sensitive percussion, which will not be released for action until the projectile is at full speed. The releasing of the percussion will enable the aeronaut to start the projectile without danger to himself or his air craft, and a certain speed will unlock the delicate percussion, which will be exploded if it strikes as much as a soft gas bag in the air.' - The explosive bomb is so powerful it will destroy anything near it, and there is absolute certainty that any airship will not be able to escape. The projectile can be thrown from the land as well as from an airship, and the device is so designated that aim is certain from any angle, and the dis tance can be increased or diminished, making it one of the most formidable projectiles yet invented. The propelling device is arranged in a system of tubes and is started by either an explosive* of a minor character or electricity. The device is of Swedish origin, and patents are being taken out in several of the leading countries, among which is the United States. With such an implement-of modern warfare it may be useless for people to attempt aerial attacks.—Exchange. A MEDICAL PUZZLE. Th® Japanese Method of Pounding Life Into a Body. An English scientist, Professor A. Abrams, has recently been making a special study of the restoration to life practiced by the Japanese, and. while he does not fully explain why the men come back to life after being to all intents dead, he does tell bow it is done, and this in itself is interesting. In jujutsu, if a man is knocked out. beaten senseless, kilted or otherwise mauled, and if.a man has been killed by a sunstroke or by drowning the restorer rolls the I patient on his face and extends his arms sidewise. Then he strikes the patient on the seventh cervical vertebra with bis wrist severely and regularly until the patient recovers consciousness. Immediately be is placed in a sitting position, his arms rotated, and he is aided in walking, tor otherwise he re lapses into unconsciousness immedl ately and in some cases dies at once.. This system of pounding the seventh vertebra has been found peculiarly beneficial in some acute heart diseases, and the effects of the treatment under Japanese manipulation seem almost . miraculous at times. As yet there seems to be no clear medical explana tion of the effects of pounding the seventh vertebra, but the genuineness of the cures and resuscitations frequently described by the travelers is now scientifically established by Professor Abrams’ investigations.—Health Culture. Unique Savings Bank Plan. The Hermes Exchange Savings bank, a branch of the. Hungarian General Credit hank, has hit upon an original plan for encouraging depositors. Automatic collecting apparatus has been placed in the streets into which persons can drop money, receiving In exchange a ticket for the amount thus deposited. Upon presentation of these tickets at the bank the depositor will receive credit in his book. To prevent temptation to robbers the boxes will be regularly cleared out by the bank collectors every evening. Discipline and a Thief. A Roman carabineer who was standing with hand raised in salute at the railroad station for the arrival of a prince felt a tug at the pocket where he kept his purse containing his month’s pay. He at once ascribed it to the manipulation of a pickpocket, but remembered his discipline and did not move a muscle, but the captain saw the thief before he got away and gave orders to pursue. He was immediately run down. Assorting the Life Cells. It Is often extremely difficult to distinguish between animal and vegetable in low forms of life, but a recent discovery is said to provide the necessary test. When an electric current is passed through a weak emulsion in water of typical animal and vegetable cells, such as blood corpuscles, yeast, bacteria and unicellular algae, the animal cells are driven to the positive pole, the vegetable cells to the negative pole. Chloroform. Chloroform is now rarely used by surgeons to produce anaesthesia except when the dose Is very slight. Fatalities were too frequent and unexplained. so that the risk Is regarded as too great. I’anl Reynier. however, a I French authority, in a recent commu- . nlcation to the Paris Academy of Medicine asserts that when administered properly chloroform is quite harmless. Cleaned Out. Mrs. Grouch—Oh. is there anything I haven’t been through since I married you? Grouch (calmly) — Nothing in the shape of a pocket, certainly.—Boaton Transcript

■ |===aps=s== er A Bride Prizfe I By IVAN TROGLOFF Copyright by American Preaa Ano. elation. 19U. I

A young man. evidently a traveler, was driven up to an inn in Smolensk, Russia, stepped out of the sleigh that bore him and went Inside. After engaging a room of the landlord he threw off his long overcoat lined with fur, went to a fire of blazing logs and warmed his hands, then, turning his eye, was caught by a notice tacked the wall. It read: / The fourth drawing for the year of the matrimonial lottery will take place at the town hall tomorrow evening, Nov. 12, at 9 o’clock. The stranger turned to the landlord and asked for an explanation of the strange notice. “In this place,said the landlord, “four times a year we have a lottery. One of our girls Is put up as a prize. Five thousand tickets are sold at a ruble a ticket. The bolder of the winning ticket is bound to marry the girl, the money serving as her dowry. If, however, she will not have him they may divide the money between them. In case the man who wins is already married he may turn over the prize to any friend he may select.” “Is not this a singular custom?” “That may be, but it is a very good one. We have in Smolensk every year a new lot of girls that have come to a marriageable age who are without dowries. The lottery provides for four of them.” “And-who is the prize for the present drawing?” “Sonia Orloff.” The stranger started. “Do you know the girl?” asked the landlord. “Yes. No. The name is familiar to me. But there are others of this name. How should I know her, I being a stranger in Smolensk?” “She has not always lived here.” “Are the chances all taken?”; “I have heard that uot half have been disposed of. The girl Is not well known. She keeps aloof and is known to be averse to taking a husband in this way. But one of our philanthropic citizens will pay for all chances not taken just before the drawing.” The next evening the town ball was crowded with those who had come to see the drawing. The prize was present, a girl with the fair hair and eyes of a Russian. She looked sad—lndeed, more like one to be sacrificed than to be made a bride. Before the drawing the philanthropic citizen the landlord had spoken of asked how many chances remained unsold that he might pay for them. He and those about him were surprised at being Informed that all tickets had been sold. This they considered remarkable since the day before not over 1.500 had been taken. A great deal of time was taken up preparing for the drawing. Tickets had been made bearing the names of the 1.500 who had subscribed, but since noon of the day of the drawing 3,500 more must be made to complete the 5,000. A dozen persons were engaged Id an anteroom making tickets while those in the hall waited. The latter spent the time chatting and strolling back and forth before the prize, ogling her. On her face was the melancholy of those deformed persons whose deformities are exhibited in museums. This set the spectators wondering, for at these drawings the prize girl usually looked proud and happy. ’lt was quite late when the door of the anteroom was opened and a basket full of bits of paper, on which were written names of those who bad subscribed for chances, was brought in. The contents of the basket were emptied into a huge wheel, which was f revolved, and when it stopped a lid was opened and the master of ceremonies. blindfolded, put in bla hand and drew forth h name. There was a breathless silence till the announcement. Then he announced: “Paul Zabieskl!” ' All eyes were turned upon Sonia Orloff to observe the effect the name would have upon her. She was sitting where she could readily be seen. Up to the speaking of the name of the man who had won her she seemed indifferent. but the moment the words rang out in the hall a change camo over her. She started. A look of surprise came into her eyes. A rose tint started in each cheek and spread itself all over her face A light came into her eye. But most noticeable of ail was a look of wonder. The wonder was reflected In the faces of those who looked upon hers. What did this change in her mean? Who was this Paul Zabieskl? No one present seemed to know him. From the outside of those surrounding the wheel and the prize a young man came forward, approached the girl, knelt before her and. taking her hand in his, kissed it. Then he turned to the others: “I am Paul Zabiesk!. In Poland Sonia Orloff and I grew up together and became lovers. But her parents removed to this place. I have become a successful merchant and came here yesterday to find her. I subscribed for the remaining chances, giving me more than three to one to win. Tomorrow the money subscribed by others will be returned to them.” It was not necessary for the bride to speak her acceptance of the husband provided for her by the lottery. Her face was beaming. Taking the arm of Zabieskl, the pair walked out of the hall amid the plaudits of those present. He Knew Him. “Do you know him?” asked a man of an Irish friend the other day in speaking of a third person. “Know him!” said the Irishman. “1 knew him when hia father was a little