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Should contributor fail to comply with this nqudst he will henceforth be dropped from Thb Mibbor's contributing staff. Approved by W about. —Editor. • He that can have patience, can have what he will.— Franklin. “In the case of the cabaret performer the extenuating circumstances is that he makes a living at it.” The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. —Chinese Proverb. Genius with out religion, is only a lamp on the outer gate of the palace; it may serve t# cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant is in darkness.— H. More. Do you remember Lincoln’s story about the little steamer with the big whistle? Every time they tooted, the whistle blew off so much steam that the boat stopped running. That’s the way with lots of people today. If they would only use their energy to drive the paddle wheel of opportunity instead of eternally blowing the whistle of discontent'they would find themselves going up thef stream of success so danged fast that the barnacles of fail ure wouldn’t have a chance in the world to hook onto their little craft.— Ex. Recent bulletins of the Lincoln High way give the following figures: Length of road from New York to San Francisco, 3,305 miles; of these 2,853 miles are im proved; that in the last seven years $31,- 000,000 has been spent, and that approxi mately $10,000,000 more will make the road goc& from coast to coast. The com pletion of this road will doubtless bring about a passenger stage line from New York to San Francisco, the stages running on schedule, as do railroad and trolley cars. If the stage line operated for tourist travel is scheduled for 150 miles a day, it would take twenty-two days to make the journey; and if the schedule is 235 miles a day, it would take two weeks to make the journey, which would be quite a vaca tion, also an education as to the size of this country of ours, and its diversity of scenery in a single east and west or west to east continuous journey.— Ex. FAULT FINDING To find fault does not require brains. To appreciate requires a high degree of intelligence. Any person can criticise, tear down or destroy; but to build up requires real constructive genius. Criticism is cheap because it is so easily voiced. Con structive advice is the priceless possession of those few who have intelligence enough and understanding enough to see an un desirable condition, and remedy it. The fault finder is a dealer in second handed junk, he hasn’t a new idea, a live, virile, constructive thought in his mental makeup. He does not understand that by criticising a particular condition, a place or person, he is doing the easiest and most cowardly thing in the tVorld. He hasn’t the pluck or energy where it is most needed. When you criticise a person you arouse his most elementary impulse of self preservation: you make him antagonistic to your views and he arises against you with no desire to remedy his condition. When you criti cise a person without showing him where he is wrong and how he can improve him self, you are displaying your own egotistic nature and lack of real intelligence. What the world needs is a little less criticism and more constructive, inspiring, uplifting energy. We can all drag things down into the mud if we want to but it takes a real reformer to lift humanity out of the gutter. If something is wrong remedy it; don’t make it worse.— Selected. CAPTAIN SAM BRADY AND HIS FAMOUS LEAP Capt. Sam Brady was a member of a fighting family which made history on the Pennsylvania border during the Indian wars after the Revolution. Captain' Brady’s greatest exploit took place in Ohio. He had been captured by the In dians and carried to the Sandusky Towns, headquarters for all the Ohio tribes, where the savages prepared to burn him at the stake. He was stripped, bound to a post and slow fires kindled around him, for the In dians hated him so much that they wished to torture him as long as possible. Brady was a powerful man and he strained at his fetters until they were loosened slight ly. Then with a final effort he snapped the last bond, leaped across the barrier of fiame and, seizing a squaw, pitched her into the fire. Before the Indians could recover from their surprise, the scout escaped from the village and plunged into the woods, hotly pursued by hundreds of savages. Finally he came to the Cuyahoga river, near the present site of Kent in Portage county. At this place the river flowed between steep, rocky banks, 22 feet across from side to side. The scout was trapped. There was no other place for miles up and down the river where he could ford it. The Indians were closing in on him and his only chance of escape was to try to leap across the chasm. Brady could hear the savages yelling in the woods only a short distance away as he ran back toward them to get a good start. Then turning, he sped for the brink and putting all his failing strength into a final spurt, he sprang for the opposite cliff. His jump was a little short and he struck the bank a few feet below the edge. The Indians stopped in amazement, then as the scout scrambled up over the edge, they opened fire. They wounded him in the leg, delaying his flight, and in a short time were on his heels again. He came to a lake and plunged in. Stooping beneath the broad pads of a water lily, he breathed through a hollow reed while the savages hunted in vain on the shores of the lake. They found his bloody trail to the water’s edge and, believing that he had drowned rather than be captured again, gave up the chase. Soon afterward Brady reached Fort Pitt in safety. He had many more thrilling adventures before his death on Christmas day, 1795, but his 22-foot leap across the Cuyahoga was tfie greatest of all.— Ex. The only city in the United States boast ing a sewer system in which all the “pipes” were laid by Mother Nature is Bowling Green, Ky. Although the pros perous little municipality has a population of 15,000 there is not a foot of man-made sewer pipe in any of the streets or alleys. The explanation is that the city is built over a formation of oolitic white lime stone which is a maze of connected crev ices extending to a considerable depth be low the surface; much the same formation as that of the famous Mammoth cave just 30 miles distant. This limestone is said to be composed of the fossilized eggs of prehistoric marine animals. The “logs” of oil wells drilled in the western Kentucky fields show that limestone of one kind or another is encountered as deep as drilling has ever yet been carried. . « When a new residence is being built in the Bowling Green region, a “sink finder” is employed, who merely goes out in the back yard and digs about in the red sur face soil, which is seldom more than three feet deep, until he locates a fissure. A garden hose is then placed in the crevice, and the water is allowed to run until it is free from obstructions. It is then ap proved by the city inspector, and the house has perfect sewer connection. No city has a more sanitary system. Chemists say the sewage would be purified in a very short distance by passing through the limestone. Seepage never comes to the surface, the explanation of geologists being that it flows through these natural passageways in the stone until it finally finds an outlet in the river bed. An interesting character is found in “Uncle” Henry Jameson, an aged negro who has specialized in locating fissures and digging “sinks” for the past 25 years. When asked just how many he had dug, he laughed and said, “Lawdy, Boss, I leckon I couldn’t count that many.” Uncle Henry uses the divining rod, or “witch stick,” as he calls it, in locating the fis sures, and declares he would never dig without first employing his forked peach tree branch. The frequency with which his attempts are successful is amazing. Although Henry is 74 years of age, his services in this capacity are in such de mand that the builders will not let him retire, and he has just signed a contract to locate sinks for 25 new residences now i nder construction in the city. • It is fortunate for Bowling Green that nature has provided this elaborate and efficient scheme. When one considers that the surface soil is not sufficiently deep in many places to bury the sewer pipes, it is obvious that the expense of digging trenches in the usual way would be pro hibitive.—Ex. / THE CANNIBALS AT THE “MOVIES” First, a great bright square flashed on the screen. Then came a hundred feet of titles. The attention of the natives was divided between the strange letters and the rays of white light that passed above their heads. They looked forward and up and back toward me, jabbering all the time. Then slowly out of nothing, a fami liar form took shape on the screen. It was Osa (Mrs. Johnson), standing with bent head. The savages were silent with amazement. Here was Osa sitting at Nagapate’s side—and there she was on the screen. The picture—Osa raised her head hnd winked at them. Pandemonium broke loose. “Osa-Osa-Osa-Osa,”, shouted the ANdENT SEWERS savages. They roared with laughter and screamed like rowdy children. A hundred feet of titles—then the face of Nagapate, the chief, appeared suddenly on the screen. A great roar of “Naga pate” went up. At that instant the radium lights flashed on and I, at my camera, ground out the picture of the cannibals at the “movies.” True, about two-thirds of the audience, terrified by the flares, made precipitately for the bush. But Nagapate and the savages aroqnd him sat pat and registered fear and amaze ment for my camera. In about two min utes the flares burned out. Then we coaxed back to their places the savages that had fled. I started the reel all over and rfin it to the end amid an uproar that madd it impossible for me to make myself heard when I wanted to speak to Osa. Prac tically every savage pictured on the screen was in the audience. As each man ap peared, they called out his name and laughed and shouted w-ith joy. Among the figures that came and went on the screen was that of a man who had been dead year. The natives were awe struck. My magic could bring back the dead! When the show was over, a great shout went up. It was not applause, but it pleased me more than any applause I have ever received. The savages gathered into groups and discussed the performance, for all the world as people do “back home.” Then they crowded about us de manding their pay for having looked at my pictures! As I gave them their sticks of tobacco, each grunted out the same phrase whether it meant “Fine” or “Thank you” or just “Good-by,” I do not know. Nagapate, who always had an eye to the main chance, asked me for some of the “big light” as a parting gift, and I gave him two of the radium flares, won dering what strange use they would be put to. —Martin Johnson, in Asia Magazine. 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Q: —Would like to know if any of the New York or Philadelphia Sunday news papers are permitted ? —L. F. H. A:—No Sunday papers are permitted. Q: —Has the Atlantic ocean ever been crossed on a raft?—W. McC. A:—Yes, the strange trip was made in 1867. A 22-foot raft was used. Three men accomplished the feat. They left New York and arrived at Southampton, England, 43 days later. The adventurous trio were personally greeted by Queen Vic toria. One of the number was Jeremiah Mullane, who died recently in New York City. Many queer water trips, in which barrels, water-bicycles, stills and other de vices have figured, have been attempted from time to time. Most of them are of little use to science, but have merely pro vided an attractive means of satisfying the travelers’ appetites for sesational publicity. ' Q: —What is the usual salute for the American flag?—A. B. 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