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PAGE FOUR. THE RICH310XD PALLADIUM AJBD SUELJSGIiAM, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1911. The Richmond Palladium and Son-Telegram Published and ownd by the ' PAi.i.inTiru P!vT!ua co. Imtf 7 days each wick. evening- And Sunday mo.ninir. Office Corner North tn and A etreets. Palladium and Bun-Teltxrram Pnones Business Office. 2686; Editorial Kooma. RICHMOND. INDIANA. Rudolph G. !. Editor Carl Berafcardt Aesoelate KdHor W. R. (dates Nwa Kdltor SUBSCRIPTION TKRMS. la Richmond 5.0 .-mr year (In ad vance) or lOc per week. MAIL. BUBSCUIPTIONfl On year. In advance IJ 22 Si months, tn advance B2 One month. In advance RURAL ROUTE On year, la advance '?'22 Hlr months. In alvance ; One month. In advance Add.-ee chancid aa often aa desired; fco'.h new and rid addreesea muit be ler. Mubacrlbera will pleaee remit with order, which should be given for a pacified term; name will not be winter ed until patymei.t te received. Entered at Richmond. Indiana. ?ot cfflce aa second claia mall matter. New Tork ReprentaUv Payne Tftcna;. 20-84 Wat Jrd street, and ! it West 12nd etreet. New York. N. T. Chlcaro Representatives Payne & Tnuna-, 747-748 Marquette BulldluaT. Chicago. 111. ".' ' The Association of American Advertisers (New York City) has; examined and certified to the circulation , ei this publication. Only tat ttgnres of elrtuiatloa contained la 1U report an ' lUsimttit fey the Aisociauoa. RICHMOND, INDIANA "PANIC PROOF CITY" Has a population of 22,324 and Is growing. It Is the county seat of Wayne County, and the tradtnar center of a rirti agri cultural community. It Is lo cated due oast from Indianapolis 69 miles and 4 miles from the state line. Richmond Is a city of homes and of industry. Primarily a manufacturing city. It is also tho Jobbing- center of Kattern In diana and enjoys the retail trade of the populous community for miles around. Richmond la proud of Its splen did streets, well kept yards, its cement sidewalks and beautiful shade trees. It has three nation al banks, one truHt company nnd four building associations with a combined resource of over $8. 000,000. Number of fartorles 121: capital Invested $7,000,000. with an annual output of $27. 000,000, and a pay roll or $3, 700,000. Vhe total pay roll for the city amounts to approxi tnatedly $3,600,000 annual. There are five railroad com panies radlatlns; In eitcht differ ent directions from the city. In coming freight handled dally, 1. 760,000 lbs., outgoing freight handled dally. 760,000 ins. Yard facilities, per day 1,700 cars. Number of passenger trains daily 81. Number of freight trains daily 77. The annual post office receipts amount to $80,000. Total assessed valuation of tho city, $16,000,000. Richmond has two Interurban railways. Three newspapers with a combined circulation of 12.000. Richmond Is the greatest hard ware Jobbing center tn the state and only second in general Job bing interests. It has a piano factory producing a high grade f lano every 16 minutes. It is the eader In the manufacture of Traction engines, and produces more threshing machines, lawn mowers, roller skates, grain drills and hurla.1 caskets than any other city in the world. The city's area Is 2,640 acres; has a court house costing $500, 000; 10 public schools and has the finest and most complete high school In the middle wost; three parochial schools; Karlham col lege and the Indiana Business College: five splendid flro com panies in fine hose houses; Glen miller park, the largest and moat beautiful park In Indiana, the home of Richmond's annual Chautauqua; seven hotels; muni cipal electrlo light plant, under successful operation and a pri vate electrlo light plant, insur ing" competition; the oldest pub lic library in the state, except one and the second largest, 40.000 volumes; pure refreshing water unsurpassed; 66 miles of improv ed streets; 40 miles of sewers; 25 miles of cement curb and gutter combined; 40 miles of cement walks, and many miles of brick walks. Thirty churches. Includ ing the Reld Memorial, built at a cost of $250,000; Reld Memorial Hospital, one of the most modern in the state; Y. M. C. A. building, erected at a cost of $100,000, one of the finest in the state. The amusement center of Eastern In diana and Western Ohio. No city of the elzo of Richmond holds as fine an annual art ex hibit. The Richmond Fall Fes tival held each October Is unique, no other city holds a similar af fair. It la given in the Interest of the city and financed by the business men. Success awaiting anyone with enterprise In the Panic Proof City. This Is My 94th Birthday BISHOP BOWMAN. Right Iiev. Dr. Thomas Bowman, se nior of the Methodist Episcopal de nomination, wad born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania July 15, 1817. He was graduated from Dickinson College In 1827 and for several years was an Instructor there. He then went to Wll Hamsport, where he founded the Dick inson Seminary, of which he was the first president. In 1S59 he became pres ident of the Indiana Asbury University holding the post for thirteen years. He served as chaplain of the United Sta tes senate from 1S64 to 1865. He was elected a bishop nearly forty years ago since when he has visited all the con ferences of his church in America, Mexico. Europe, India, China and Ja pan. Since his retirement from active work ten years ago Bishop Bowman has resided at Orange, N. J. FACING EVIL. It is on'y by looking an evil fully in the face, neither magnifying nor hiding its real proportions. that we can obtain the requisite wisdom to avoid it, or the courage to vanquish it. or the fortitude to endure it King and Queen Are to Visit Their Loyal Scotch Subjects (National News Association) Edinburgh, July 15. From every corner of the land o'cakes pilgrims are making their way today to "Auld Ree kie" to take part in the welcome to the King. His Majesty, with the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary, will arrive in Edin burgh early Monday morning for a five days' visit to Scotland, which will mark tiie fiual stage of the royal tour of the United Kingdom, follow ing the coronation. Preparations which have been under way for months are virtually completed, and when the royal train steams into the Caledonian railroad station at 6 o'clock Monday morning the machinery will be set in motion for what is expected to be one of the most remarkable dem onstrations of the kind that Scotland has seen in years. The royal family will reside in Holy rood Palace during their tay in Edin burgh. It will be remembered that in llKW, nine months after their corona tion King Edward and Queen Alexan dra came to Scotland and held a levee and court at liolyrood for the first time for eighty years. Their Majes ties did not, however, take up their residence in the palace, but occupied Dalkeith House, which was placed at their 'disposal by the Duke and Duch ess of Buccleuch. Old Holy rood Palace, which under King George is now to become once more brilliant with regal ceremonies, was originally a convent, supposed tO'have been founded in 112S by David I. The legend is that the King was hunting in the forest of Drumsheugh when he was attacked and would have been killed by a stag that had gone mal, but for the miraculous rood or cross that suddenly appeared and caused the animal to flee. In grati tude for his deliverance, David eu dowed the church of the Holy Rood for the Canons of St. Augustine, giv ing them the privilege of erecting a borough between their church and the city gate, now known as Canongate. The abbey seems to have become a regular royal residence in the time of James IV., and James V. built the apartments known aa Queen Mary's. With the exception of these apart ments the whole palace was burned at the close of the civil war, and Charles II. erected the present palace. In view of the forthcoming royal visit extensive improvements have been made at the palace. The scheme adopted included the opening tip of News Forecast For Cominsr Week Washington, D. C, July 15. Presi dent Taft has promised to go to Ma nassas, Va., Friday, to attend the big celebration of the lilue and the Gray, near tho battlefield of Dull Run. On Wednesday tho President will press a button and start the ceremony of breaking ground for the Panama-California exposition at San Diego. The Dominion parliament will re sume its session early In the week. The outstanding feature, of course, will bo reciprocity and the program to be followed will largely be deter mined by the prospects at Washington. Following one of the most strenu ous campaigns in the history of the Commonwealth, the people of Texas will vote Saturday on an amendment to the State constitution providing for State-wide prohibition. Prominent officials of the United States and Canada will take part in a meeting at Rouses Point. N. Y Thurs day to celebrate the beginning of work on the International highway connect ing Montreal with New York city, and forming a part of the proposed high way southward to Florida. Saturday is the day fixed for the start of the "Daily Mail" aeroplane THIS DATE JULY 16S5 Duke of Monmouth, leader of ueaueu. -Pennsylvania adopted a State Constitution. -Joachim Murat made king of Naples. Napolepn surrendered to Captain Maitland of the "Bellerophon." -Thomas C. Piatt. U. S. senator from New York, born in Owego, N. Y. Died in New York City March 6, 1910. The Carlists repulsed in their attack on Valencia. The Duke of Cambridge became commander-in-chief of the British army. William T. G. Morton, discoverer of ether, died. Born Aug. 9, 1819. International park at Niagara Falls opened. 1776-1808-1S15-1S33- 1837-1856- 1S68-18S5- EDITORS WILL MEET AT DETROIT MONDAY (National News Association) Detroit, Mich., July 15. Nearly a thousand editors and other visitors are expected to attend the sessions of the twenty-sixth annual convention of the National Editorial association, which will begin in this city Monday and continue until Friday. An elabo rate program of entertainment has been arranged by the commercial and advertising interests of Detroit. Among those who will address the as sociation are Governor Osborn, of Michigan; Mayor Thompson, of De troit; Congressman Barnhart, of In diana: President Brooks, of Baylor university; President Hubbell, of Lin coln Memorial university; and George M. Whittaker, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. On Fri day the editors and their families will start on a tour of Lake Erie and the St. Iawrence. Greece consumes annually $2,500.- 000 worth of raw cotton yarns and cot ton goods, but not American. Pressed sheets of aluminum are us ed for wall covering in place of paper. three of he state rooms overlooking the quadrangle on the east side, and the installation of electric ligit, hot water heating apparatus, and tele phonic communication between vari ous apartments. The royal apart ments have been redecorated, the ser vants' accommodation has been im proved, and the whole building has been overhauled and cleaned. On Tuesday next the King and Queen will pay a visit to Edinburgh Castle. This edifice, ancient though it looks, is not as old as it seems. The greater part of it was built in 1573. Queen Mary's room and St. Marga ret's chapel are the oldest parts re maining. On the third day of the royal visit the King and Queen will attend St. Giles' Cathedral in the morning for the dedication of the Chapel of the This tle. St. Giles' is one of the most his toric structures in the ancient city. It existed, at least in part, as early as 135!, and only gradually it attained somewhat the appearance it has at present, in this church the Solemn League and Convenant was sworn and subscribed to by Parliament, the Gen erul Assembly and the English Com missioners in 1645. It was in this church, too that Jenny Duggesy in 1637 Hung her stool at tho Dean's head when he began to read the hated lit urgy. St. Giles' contains many tab lets and other memorials to distin guished men, especially to . soldiers and officers. On Wednesday afternoon the King and Queen are to lay the foundation stones of Usher Hall. This hall is to be built out of a fund donated by the late Andrew Usher, senior partner in the great distilling firm which bears his name, and is to be utilized chiefly for promoting the cultivation of, and taste for music. The program for the royai visit also provides for a review of the Scottish troops by the King, a visit by the Queen to the Women's and Children's hospital at Bruntsfleld, a visit to the Royal Scottish Academy, a visit to Linithgow Castle, and an inspection by the King of the veterans, the boys' brigade, the boy scouts and a detach ment of boys from the Queen Vic toria School at Dunblane. The purely social functions will be confined to a levee at Holyrood Palace on Tuesday and a court at the same place Wed nesday night. The visit will conclude with the departure of the royal family from Edinburgh Friday morning. race, in which a $50,000 prize will be awarded to the airman who completes a prescribed circuit of approximately 1.000 miles "round Great Britain in an aeroplane in flight in the shortest time within the appointed dates. Other events o the week abroad will include the royal visit to Scot land, the celebration of the Thackeray centennial, and the meeting of the In ternational Association of Seismology in Manchester. Important conventions of the week will include the meetings of the Na tional Editorial Association in Detroit, the National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents in Buffalo, the Na tional Association of Real Estate Ex changes in Denver, the Association of Canadian Clubs in Winnipeg, and the International Association of Accident Underwriters in Portsmouth, N. H. Also of public interest will be "The Festival of the Gift of Gold" in Seat tle, the Cooper Country semi-centennial celebration at Hancock, Mich., the consecration of Rev. Joseph P. Lynch as Roman Catholic bishop of Dallas, and the annual regatta of the Inter Lake Yachting Association at Put-in-Bay. IN HISTORY' 15. the rebellion against James II, be- COMMERCE TREATY EXPIRES TOMORROW (National News Association) London, July 15. The existing treaty of commerce and navigation be tween Great Britain and Japan will expire by limitation tomorrow and will be replaced on the following day by the treaty which was signed in Lon don last April after long negotiations. The new treaty removes the opposition of British merchants to the recently adopted Japanese tariff which heaiiily increased the duty on British manu factures, as under the new pact Japan grants reductions varying from 12 to 30 per cent upon a large number of British imports. WALES IN NEED OF A SANE FOURTH (National News Association) Carnarvon, Wales, July 13. A boat loaded with fireworks to celebrate the Investiture of Prince of Wales, ex ploded while it was being rowed in the bay at Llandudno at midnight. Three men were killed. Heart to Heart Talks. By EDWIN A. NYE. Copyright. 1903, by Edwm A. Nye BEGINNING RIGHT. Harold Durrell of Bostou is wise. A graduate of Harvard, son of a wealthy man, society favorite and an athlete who made a record, he has taken his place behind the eouuter of a small suburban grocery store to learn the business. Clad in the clothes of a grocer's clerk, he is learning how to sell goods and tie up bundles. "W-h-a-C" said his friends, shocked. "Harold Durrell clerking iu a grocery store! Why should he do such an erratic thing?" But young Durrell is not erratic. He is just a keen, wide awake, level headed sort of chap, unspoiled by for tune. However He admits his course is rather unu sual for a young man so favored. But he says a man cannot begin business at the top of the ladder, and he is de termined to show that college life has not unfitted him for serious effort. Also he is gritty. It is said of him that he is of strong will power, and when he sets out to do a thing, what ever it may be, he usually ends with achievement. And he is thorough. He says to know a thing well at all one must know it through and through. There fore he must begin with the alphabet of the grocery trade to qualify for the position higher up. Wise young Mr. Durrell! His father, a retired jobber, also be gan at the bottom of the ladder, and, although he wanted his son to do something else, he could not discour age the boy by reciting the hardships incident to the long apprenticeship one must go through to master the grocery business as it should be mastered, as any business should be mastered. It is pretty plain that if in his col lege life they got his head up among the stars his feot remaiued planted ou the ground. Mauy a college graduate's head is "swelled" by his education, and he has failed because he insisted upon starting at the top. Like young Theodore Roosevelt, who in order to learn the carpet business began ns a factory apprentice, so young I'urrell begins at the beginning. Wise youth! With his college sharpened mind he will make way rapidly and soon will overtake those who denied his men tal training began before him. HENRI DUNAUT'S DREAM. Henri Dunaut was a wealthy young man. Like many other sons of the rich, he knew nothing better than, to spend his money for personal pleas ure. Then one day he had a vision. It was the visiou of the Red Cross, a dream uniting the whole world under one banner for the relief of human suffering.. Yes, it was "only a dream," men said. But Henri Dunaut started out to make his dream come true. Like Paul, he was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. He spent his life and his fortune in organizing the In ternational Society of the Red Cross. It was a gigantic realization of a gi gantic task, the uniting of the world of men in works of common mercy. What was money beside this dream"; And so Henri Dunaut literally became poor that the world through his pov erty might become rich in pity and it: deeds of mercy. And the world forgot. Not long since it remembered what it owed Henri Dunaut, the founder of the Red Cross. He was old and poor, having impoverished himself in his labors. lie was voted the Nobel peace prize, which will amply provide for him until his death. Who of the moderns has dreamed or accomplished a nobler dream? Talk of captains of industry the world is tired of the stories of material suc cess. Here is a captain of mercy. Here is a man who has syndicated the good Samaritan. Where battlefield or fire or flood or earthquake or pestilence may be. there Is the race of civilized men leagued together for the succor of bruised hu manity. We talk about the brotherhood of man. Here is a visualized brotherhood, a colossal union of human hearts, a merciful mission in whose labors of love is no distinction of race or creed or color. And Henri Dunaut has been one of those of whom the world was not worthy. But now Now the world will not forget until he Is der.d. The world has a way of remembering Us modest heroes only when they d!e. The world loves you. Henri Dunnut. Sympathy. Jenkins Guess I must be a fool. I was born on the first day of April. Muchwed Shake, old fellow. I con sider myself a fool also. Jenkins And were you born on that day too? Muchwed No; married. Boston Globe. IN THE SINK. My! Aren't they cetestable? those sneaky little roaches that creep and prowl all over everything. You know how spry they are. But they can't dodge Hewitt's Easy Task Soap, and they can't abide it, so they clear right out. Hewitt's Easy Task Laundrv Soap is white and pure; keeps sinks, I bathrooms and pantry shelves clean and sweet and free from mustiness. Wiso King. "These hanging gardens of Babylon are said to hare been 300 feet in the air." "Why did the king put them so nignr . "Perhaps the neighboring kins kept chickens." Pittsburg Poat- Road Building Extends All (Palladium Special) Washington, July 15. Illustrating the tremendous impetus that lately has been given to the nation-wide move ment for improved public highways, the United States Office of Public Roads has just prepared a chart which shows that nearly 15,000 miles of transcontinental, interstate and trunk line roads are contemplated in various sections of the country. The chart prepared by the Office of Public Roads shows the extent to which the good roads movement has taken hold of every part of the Uni ted States. North, South, East and West, the improved roads, some mere ly planned, others actually under con struction, literally make a net-work covering the whole country. If all of the plans contemplated are carried out by the men and communi ties back of them, it will be possible to rdive wagons and automobiles from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, and from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Tijuana, Mexico, and from Montreal, Canada, to Miami, Florida. The may prepared by the Office of Public Roads, merely for the purpose of gauging the extent of the good roads movement as fostered by individuals, associations and committees, shows the following great highways in contemplation or actually under construction: From Yellowstone Park to Glacier National Park, through Fort Yellow stone, the Big Hole Battlefield and oth er interesting points in the Rocky Mountains a total distance of 450 miles. The Pacific Highway from Vancou ver, B. C, to Tijuana, Mexico, a dis tance of 2,009 miies. The Memphis-to-Bristol Highway, connecting Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, a distance of 540 miles. The Lincold Memorial Road, from Washington to Gettysburg, 40 miles. Sherman, Texas-to-Galveston High way, 150 miles. WHAT OTHERS SAY CHANGE IN DRAMATIC STYLE. From the New York Evening Post. When a successful play of twenty five or thirty years ago is revived crit ics invariably hasten to point out how theatrical and "old-fashioned" dram atic fare used to be in the last genera tion. And, in a sense, the criticism is quite justified. The sentiment of a for mer day cloys; the heroics only amuse us. Even so expert a workman as Sar dou feels the changes of time. His set scenes rage, denunciation, jealousy, terror are nowadays dismissed as melodramatic. Actually, the difference is one of manner and not of essence. We are quite as fond of melodrama today as people were thirty years ago, if by melodrama one means impossi ble human beings acting in an impossi ble way. And, if anything, we are more sentimental today than the Victorians were. Only, once upon a time senti ment voiced itself in nicely turned and nicely balanced sentences succeed ing each other in oratorical form. Today- even sentiment has a lot of "go" to it. On the stage, as in the maga zines today the broad shouldered young man who addresses spasmodic half-sentences to the only woman in the world is as popular and as offen sive as the heroes were in the age of vapors and anti-macassars. HELP THE HORSE THAT HELPS YOU. From the New York Evening World. The unprecedented number of hors es killed by the heat during the past week, and the untold but only too evi dent sufferings of the rest of the noble equine army, must have impressed ev ery one who owns or drives an animal, with the many but in a large degree remediable causes of suffering that sadden the city all through the sum mer. The veterinarians assure us that horses are better taken care of today than formerly, because they are worth double the money they were before the automobile put breeding farms out of business. If this is the only reason it is not very reassuring. Anyway, when ab normal heat coincides with such a scarcity of water that a special dispen sation is required to keep running the meager seventy public drinking foun tains that serve for the entire Greater City of New York, it goes hard with a poor beast, even when their masters are kind and thoughtful. In two many cases these latter mean better than they know in caring for their dumb charges. A RUSTLER. From the New York Evening Post. If Americans did not dislike Castro so intensely they could not help admir ing him for his pluck and enterprise. SMOKERS' TROUBLES. From the Detroit Journal. Dr. Wiley wants to stop smoking in public, and with the wives forbidding it at home we at last have the horrid weed cornered. CHRISTMAS THOUGHT. From the Columbus Dispatch. Next Christmas is now nearer than last. Have you begun your shopping yet? DEATH BUSY. From the Wilmington (Del.) News. Death is working overtime iust now. With aeroplanes and automobiles to look after the grim destroyer is kept busy. AND VERY QUICKLY. From the Detroit Free Press. We have discovered, however, that artificial ice melts in a perfect natural manner. INJURY TO GRAIN. From the Columbus O., State Journal. We always feared that something would happen to the crops when Mr. Patten stojjjped farming. Movement Now Over the Nation The Central Highway, from More- head City, M. C, on the Atlantic Ocean to Paint Rock, on the French Broad River, Tennessee, through Goldsboro. Raleigh, Greensboro. Salisbury, Char lotte and Ashville. N. C, 460 miles. The Dupont Highway, from the up per end to the lower end of Delaware, proposed by T. Coleman Dupont, who has offered to advance $1,000,000 to wards its construction; length of route, 103 miles. Des Moines-Kansas City-St. Joserh Trail. Oeean-to-Ocean Highway, extending from Cumbeland, Maryland to Tacoma, Washington, passing over the old Cum berland Road, through Columbus, In dia napolis, St. Louis, over Boone's Lick trial and St. Louis to Old Frank lin. Mo., through Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington; length of route 3.S00 miles. Montreal-to-Miami Highway, passing through Albany, New York, Trenton. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Columbit, Savan nah and Jacksonville. The Lincoln Way, from Louisville to Nashville, 150 miles. The Capital-to-Capital Highway, ex tending from Washington, D. C, to Jacksonville, through the capitals of the seaboard states; length of route 1,500 miles. Clay-Jefferson Memorial. Niagara Falls to New Orleans, via Zanesvilie, Ohia, Maysville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., and Meridian, Miss. 1,200 miles. "Red-to-Rio" Highway, from Deni- son, Tex., to Dallas, Waco, Austin and San Antonio, connecting Houston and lalveston, COO miles. Nearly every state in the Union is benefited to some extent by the pro posed new highways, and the manner n which all sections are working to the same end simultaneously Indi cates that it will not be long before the. United States is laced, by a com plete system of good roads. TWINKLES SARDONIC BLISS. "What pleasure do you derive from being a pessimist?" "A great deal." replied Mr. Grow cher. "When the worst happens I at least have the satisfaction of posing as a prophet." THE PROFESSIONAL VIEWPOINT. '"So you don't approve of the old masters!" exclaimed the artist. "Not much," replied the aviator. "They made a general custom of de picting angels with wings that would not be of the slightest service in prac tical flight." ALWAYS ON HAND. The farmer says it is too wet Or else too parched with heat; The mystery is. where does he get The things he sells to eat? "De difference between obstinacy an' strength o' character," said Uncle Eben, "all depends on whether a man is agreein' wif you or not." COMPANIONS IN TRIBULATION "Who are the two men who shake hands and look sympathetic every time that prima donna's name Is men tioned?" "One is her manager and the other is her husband." HERO MEDALS. When you're passing them 'round To the men who deserve To be widely renowned For their generous nerve. There are names which are missed From the luminous scroll Where is written the list That fame loves to enroll. The man who keeps still When a story is told And who laughs with a will,' Though the matter is old; The man who says "yes" When you ask for a loan; He is brave more or less, Though he lingers unknown; And the man who gets out For a holiday fair With his children about Nor complains of the care. And more whom we know Should be cherished and prized; They are heroes, although They are not advertised. NIXON PAPER MILLS HAVE BEEN SOLD The Nixon bag and paper mills, lo cated on the Whitewater river near Washington avenue, have been dis posed of by the company controlling the same, to May Rittenhouse, accord ing to articles of sale filed with the county recorder today. The consider ation was $1 and other considerations. The company was burned out recently. The mills have not been in operation for several years. However the prop erty is regarded as valuable. TUNNELS OF LOVE IN NEAR CATASTROPHE (National News Association) New York, July 15 Twenty-one per sons narrowly escaped death early to day in a fire which destroyed the amusement structure at Coney Island housing the "Tunnels of Love" and which, for a time threatened to cause a repetition of the recent Dreamland disaster. Firemen and policemen fin ally rescued the imprisoned inmates who occupied apartments on the sec ond floor of the building. Many of them were women, several of whom fainted from fright. The origin of the fire is unknown. The total quantity of lumber sawed in the United States was 28.9 per cent, greater in 1909 than In 1S93. A HIGHER AUTHORITY. Why Sam Failed to Carry Out Hit Employer's Orders. The venerable rector of St. Luke's bas a saintly and apostolic appearance. He also has decided opinions of his own on most matters and is not avers to expressing them. Recently, un known to him. the vestry decided to have the next supply of coal for the church put in a dfereut cellar from the one commonly used. When tbo coal was delivered, the rector, seeing the drayman making what he thought was a mistake tn Its disposal, interpos ed and in no uncertain terms bade tha darky place the coal in the cellar al ways used for that purpose. The senior warden, several days later, was much annoyed to discover that his orders had been disregarded and that the coal was In the same old cellar. With wrath In his eye he com plained to the coal dealer. The latter declared that he had carefully explain ed to the drayman where to put the coal, so to settle tbe matter the darky was called in. "Sam, you black rascal." thundered the coal man. "didn't I tell you to put that coal for St. Luke's in the cellar opening on Fourth street?' "Yassah." "Mr. Smith tells me you didn't do It. Why can't you carry out my orders?" The darky grinned sheepishly, hesi tated, scratched his head. "Well. boss, you see, 1 done started to put dat coal when you tole me yassah. I done started an' ole St. Luke hisself be come out and gimme fits about it." Harper's Magazine. His Lost Opportunity. An Irishman once dreamed that hm was visiting the late Queen Victoria. "Will you have a drink?" the queen said to him. "I will." said the Irishman "a drop of Irish, av coorse. hot by preference, your majesty." So the queen put on the kettle, but when the water boiled tbe noise awoke the dreamer. "Holy SL Patrick!" said he. "111 take it cold next time." Just Wrath, They were an elderly couple. The old man looked as though he might have been a gay boy In his time, and the old lady was prim, grim and watchful. They were strolling along the avenue when a young lady at some BAISED BEB JS9. distance slipped and fell. Tbe old man rushed along, raised her np and. lift ing bis bat, offered to assist her In any way. Meanwhile his wife, following on and witnessing bis devotion to the strange lady, shook her fist at him. "It's all right, dear." be whispered. "All right! Here's a strange woman hurts ber toe and you go tearing along and smother ber with kindness. When I fell down tbe stairs last week you laughed and wanted to know if I was training for a circus." Charles Lamb's Grace, On one occasion when Edmund Clarence Stedman was visiting in New England he was called upon by the bead of tbe bouse while at dinner to invoke tbe divine blessing. "I was rather surprised and .for balf a min ute sorely tempted," said Mr. Sted man In relating tbe incident. "Then I rose to the (cession and asked a grace which I remembered.' "But, Mr. Stedman." demanded a young woman of the party eagerly, "to what were you sorely tempted?" "To do as Charles Lamb did under similar circum stances." "And that was?" "He loolc ed about tbe board and asked in sur prise, "Is there no clergyman present? The host shook bis bead. Then Lamb prayed. 'For this and all other mer cies. O Lord, make us truly thank ful V His Precaution. ' When Amos J. Cummings was a member of tbe boue of representa tives be went on a bunting expedition with his friend. Captain Howard F. Kennedy. One day when they were rather hungry tbey approached a farmhouse, tbe door of which was wide open, but no member of the fam ily was at home. A big bulldog wel comed tbem kindly, and Captain Ken nedy started up tbe stairs leading to the portico when the dor quit wag ging his tail, showed bis teeth and growled ominously. Cnmmins stepped outside tbe gate and called. "Go ahead. Howard, and if he bites yon we'll ran." MEXICANS WARRING AGAIN, WILSON SAYS (Xational News Association) Washington, July 15 Ambassador Wilson today telegraphed from Mexico City that the fighting at Puebla and San Juan between the federal troops and the Maderists resulted in a hun dred killed. Reports are current, of a counter revoltuion against the Mader ist government. Palladium Want Ads Pay.