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' • * 'V .-- * . •- - . N ,. ««\r *• " ' * ^ N -X~ A ^ % -»o* %N.* ^ \ % AS ^ *>w J*. . s ' * X- ; ^ Uncle Sam's Far East frontier fortress, known as Fort Sullivan, was built 113 years ago at Eastport, Me., and I'111 soon be razed, as the dilapidated wooden buildings have been condemned by the city council and the owners etifled to remove them at an early date. The fort was occupied by United States troops until late In the war of ..n . . I812, when a British fleet arrived in the harbor from Halifax and captured the fort without firing a shot. They i** - Occupied It for nearly two years until the exact frontier boundary was adjusted by and the United States. % SWIFT PLANES FLY TO CUBA first Air Mail Service Between United States and Foreign Country. • t * - • USD CARRIES PASSENGERS ium Between Key West and Havana, Creasing in' an Hour the Qap Whieh Takes Steamers an Entire Night to Bridge. f New York--Regular air mail service jhetween the United States and a for- Wgn country is now being carried on jl* surely as regular trans-Atlantic dblp mall service. ' Every day since November 1 huge jfteromarine-navy cruisers, freighted Jtlth several hundred* pounds of mail and ten or twelve passengers, have 'been running on schedule between Key iWest, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, (crossing in an hour the gap which •takes a steamer an entire night to Wldge. ' * '7* The big flying boats travel through . fbe air with the sureness of a loco- Motive along its rails or a steamer •cross a smooth sea, for they were specially built to fly over oceans for Jong distances and have been subjected to a very rigorous test by the r United States navy before being placed g:.|p the (service. - |- Testing the Air Yachts. Aa a means of testing their stamina wid reliability the two aeromarfhe Cruisers were flown down the Atlantic dbast from New York to Havana, a distance of 1,600 mile*, just before the Key West-Havana mail service was lliauguarated. The 1,600 miles were ticked off behind them as regularly as .ft watch marks off the seconds, although no effort was made to try for . $ speed record. The big cruisers can 4o 100 miles an hour, but this is not unsurpassable speed for a plane by any means. The aeromarines, with their luxurious cabins and other fine passenger facilities are not racing planes but air yachts designed to early passengers swiftly, yet In comfort • • According to reports reaching New i jjjtork, the big air cruisers, named the 1 Pinta and Santa Maria in honor of two Mt. the caravels of Columbus, "hopped" . to Norfolk. Va.. on the first day of the |t>urney and there permitted the score ,m passengers and the members of the . i^cvi to see something of .the town. Manteo, on the Island of Roanoke, where Virginia Dare, the first white child born In America, first saw the sun, was the next stop, but it was not wholly because Virginia was born here that the big ships glided down to the water. It was near Manteo, on Kill Devil dunes, that the Wright brothers made the first flight In a motor-propelled airplane. That was in 1903 and the flight lasted but 59 seconds and was only for a few hundred feet. Stops were also made «on the southward tour at Southport, N. C.; Georgetown, S. C.; Charleston, 8. C.; St. Augustine, Fla.; Port Pierce, Fla* and Miami, Fla. The aeromarines completed their first mail-carrying tour to Havana on November 1, alighting in Havana harbor amid the cheers of a crowd which seemed to be the entire population of the city. Five hundred pounds of mall was delivered on the Inltirl trip. This amount is 21,000 letters. Each letter bore a stamp Indicating that it traveled by the first airplane mall service between the United States and a foreign country. Description of the Pianee. The planes used in the flight have a wing spread of 104 feet, are SO feet long and are powered by two 400-horse power Liberty motors. They differ from navy planes of the F-5L type in that they are equipped with two cabins, each of which is furnished In mahogany, with sliver fittings and finishings which compare with those of a millionaire's yacht. The main cabin Is forward of the wings, and contains six luxurious reclining chairs, upholstered in brown leather, each beside a large porthole, shaded by old blue and gold silk tapestry curtains. The operating compartment Is next, and behind It Is the after cabin, furnished as a club compartment for cards, writing, smoking, etc. The passengers who made the flight southward included officials of the company and their wives, two women Writers, a nine-year-old boy, and others. After the first flight the passengers came to regard their tour in much the same light as a cruise in a big yacht, save that the swiftly-changing scenery from two to three thousand feet up is far more Interesting and fasclnating. GUARD SERVICE IS HIT Fourteen States Have No Militia, Reports General Carter, Strength M,100 la ie Against 106,300 Men Authorised by the Government. Washington.--Fourteen states had no National Guard troops recognized by the federal government on June 30, according to the annual report of Maj. Gen. Jesse Carter, chief of the militia bureau, just made public. They were Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota. South Dakota and West Virginia. The recognised units of the guard had a total strength of 56,100 officers and men at the end of the fiscal year, the report said, against an authorized strength of 106,300, great difficulty having been encountered in obtaining recruits during the year. General Carter noted general public antipathy toward military affairs as among influences against which the reorganization of the guard was proceeding. Discontent with the National Guard service, he added, had been fostered by "tales of unfair treatment during the war spread by men with grievances, many of which found their way into the public press." Such complaints, General Carter said, could not be substantiated upon Investigation. "There Is conclusive proof," he continued, "that National Guard officers were not, as a class, discriminated against by Regular officers. Individual cases of injustice have been cited by members of congress and of the Na tional Guard to make it appear that unjust discrimination existed generally. As a general rule National Guard officers were treated with more consideration than were regular officers under the same conditions. Causes which retarded recruiting have been gradually overcome with the result that In June more than 5,700 new men were obtained, the report said. Jealousies between National Guard units returning from overseas and those organized as home forces during the war have arisen, the report said, the latter wishing to continue as guard troops and retain possession of the armories. Steps to remedy this situation are being taken. General Carter said. . KEEPS LONELY VIGIL |Pi1 Has Task Guarding Ji Forests From Fire. js, farmer Newspaper Woman Has Spent |< TWO Summers In Quiet Lookout en Top of Mountains. : • Denver.--Following two succeesfnl seasons, during which pretty Ml*s Belen Dowe of this city, in her capacity of forest fire lookout, has discovered more than a score of Incipient tiazes, officials of the National Forest jprvlce are convinced that women are squally qualified as men In the art " Sf chasing down the tiny wisps of Snoke that sometimes lead to serious Conflagrations In the thickly wooded districts of the Rocky mountains. ' From June until late October Miss Sowe lives on the summit of Devil's 'Bead peak, 9300 feet high above sea southwest of Dento sunset Hiss Dowe scans the borlson, sweeping the thousands of acres of forest land beneath her powerful glass, constantly alert for the least sign of smoke, which often means birth of the terror of the timber country--the forest fire. There are no Sundays or holidays for Miss Dowe. Occasionally, after a heavy downpour of rain or when clouds obscure the earth below, she gets a brief respite. Going to the fire lookout station early In summer, she must cook her own meals and perform all the work necessary to keep her cabin and lookout station in repair. She mOst chop her own firewood and carry her own water. Previous to assuming her duties as forest fire lookout. Miss Dowe wa# a Denver newspaper woman. Could Net Fool Blind Man. Americas, Ga.--Henry Otin has been carrying a chain because he could not make a blind man take a newspaper clipping for a $1 bill. Otln's conviction was < brought about when Ed Jenkins, blind coroner of Sumter county, unerringly rejected several slips of paper handed htm in court and identified the one Otin had passed him for the dollar note. Judge Harper assessed Otln's punishment at twelve months on the chain Robbed So Often That He Sold Out His Business After ten years as a general merchant In Natrona, Pfc, A. Morris has announced that be will sell out his business because of burglary losses. These losses. Morris asserts, eat up all the profits. In spite of special^ police guards, barricades against doors and various devices intended to serve as burglar alarms. Morris' store has been robbed several times during the last few years, and hundreds of dollars' worth of merchandise has been taken. Good Suit Year"*g for the Shops ' * M - "(J F; " "'-J , Ti J ' ' Never has there been a better "suit year," as they have It In the vernacular of the shops. The weather has been just right--not too warm and not too cold. And just at this time, says a New York fashion correspondent, one sees .the newest creations in the way of winter suits and all-the-yearround suits and fancy suits and plain suits. After a few weeks have passed the "general horizon" will again be dotted with varieties of top coats and fur wraps, etc., but right at this minute the popular trend is all In the direction of the suit. Then here is the psychological moment to study the suit, for the forward marching ones are setting the styles for many months to come and the little variances which they show are the ones that are destined to live. Thus does the wary woman plan her dressing, so that when she buys there will be no danger of her becoming the proud possessor of style that has seen its day, Then again we have such encouraging news by way of bargain announcements that prices are much below Hunter Sleeps in Caves in Zero Weather Lead, 8. D.--Lost la the Mack hills three days and three nights, H. F. Irwin, a lover oC the outdoors and an exponent of "roughing It," was forced to Although the was 10 degrees be- Irwln claims he did much with the cold, is on one of his periodical deer hunts when he lost bis in the pe Mountain Lien, Cal.--A woman trapsaid to be the only one In Chilis making a good income in the of Lompoc, according to news Santa Barbara, In capture of on which bounties are paid- John Houk of Lompoc is the nd the most recent catch sted of one mountain lion, five coons and two polecats. Germany Bars Own Officers MIIIIM Naval Men Are In Disgt Seek Employment In United Statea. Ifeadon, England.--Former Germin naval officers, even those who served on German warships In the battle of Jutland, are in disgrace in Germany, say some of them who have arrived here. The captain of a cruiser which fought in the Jutland battle and a German naval lieutenant came Into the Thames the other day as officers of a Swedish cargo boat Both said it was almost Impossible for former naval officers to make a living In their own country. "We are considered to be In disgrace," said one. "The business community believes that the fleet betrayed the fatherland and caused its ruin, and the result is that no German trader or ship owtaer will employ us. Many of us, therefore, have been forced to take service abroad and several have found employment In the American mercantile marine." •i In Defense of the Country Doctor. Lexington, Ky.--That the old fashioned country doctor who learned his profession from "a book bought at an auction," is more to be trusted In the diagnosis and treatment of many cases than many of the modern specialists, is the opinion of Dr. A. T. McCormack of the Kentucky state board of health, who delivered an address before, the state health officers. But for the old country doctor there are many communities which would be so far from medical aid that untold suffering would result, declared Dr. McCormack. Rudimentary Conscience Stirred. South Bend, Ind.--The thief who stole $8,500 worth of bonds from Martin Payne's room was considerate enough to return them by parcel post when he foqnd they were of no value to him. 0. Showing Popular Type of Valours Suit With Fur Trimming. those of last winter. A suit that retailed last winter for about $125 sells this year for between $65 and $75. And it Is not the same suit, either, but one that has the same value as the one of last year--not the same style points, remember. There Is no doubt that better times are ahead on this high price of clothes question--and the high price of suits Is one of the first columns to be touched by the beautiful decline. Duvetyn Family In Hie Lead. A critical observance of all of the best-dressed women about town discloses the fact that of all materials duvetyn and the allied weaves that belong to that family are the ones which are displaying their popularity above all others. And in this woolly or heavily napped fabric there are shown all sorts of variety, from those weaves which are as thick and heavy as any blanket to those which are so soft and pliable that they can be gathered Into no space at all, so to say. There are the woolen velours and the silk velours and the velours that are made of a clever combination of *the two sorts of thread. The latter, they say, wears better than all the rest put together. It does not show that evil characteristic of matting into a mashed spot at the place where the suit is subjected to rubbing. However, so fine and well made are most of these plied fabrics that when mashing does occur it can very easily be removed by a little judicious steaming. The colors of these newest of fabrics are perhaps their greatest charm, for It has been many years since we women have been able to indulge in such subtleties of color expression. All the way from the brightest and most glowing of shades to those that are verily neutral in their effect Is the range of color tones, and while most of the suits run to browns or to one of the numerous taupe shades, still there are some made from the gorgeous blue and green tones that make up so well with the gray furs and others in the reddish shades that are so effective when combined with the darker brown and black, both long and short haired furs. Coats Are Noticeably Long. The coats on the newest of all the suits that are being worn are quite noticeably long--so long, In fact, that but the merest bit of a skirt hangs out, for, with the present rage In New York for skirts that are short and with this added favor for longer coats there is left but a small portion of space that can be allotted to the skirt. There are reasons to be thankful for this, the latest whim of fashion, too. For, while the legs that protrude from the short line of the skirt must necessarily be cold, still upon the remaining portion of the body two layers of material are lavished--more than we have had to keep out the chilly blasts in many winters gone by. Some of the coats are fitted quite snugly, following the lines of the figure, and then again many of them are made full enough to make a tlghtlsh belt necessary to gather the fullness together about the waist. There Is one exception to the longer coat, and that Is the little box coat, which has to be short In order to carry out Its character. It reaches a high hip line this season, and Is singlebreasted-- and~ it is more apt to be made up from the horuespun materials, as It is a little more outdoors in style than are some of the other cuts. One particularly smart box coat had a rather narrow rolled collar of beaver with pockets of the same fur set on the extreme edge of the coat, so that they looked more like a wide binding for the coat than they did like conventional pockets. Skirts Are Quite Short From qll the skirts that could be noticed the conclusion was drawn that they are still "in our midst," and, all prophecies about French tendencies to Ihe contrary notwithstanding, quite, quite short. Some of them might be called too short for beauty of proportion, but, be that as It may, the longer skirt as yet looks out of place In and around New York. The widths of the skirts are still moderate, and they are as straight as can be in line, with just enough room left to allow a step to be made In comfort and ease. There Is no skirt that retards walking In any way. The sleeves of the very nicest of the suits are fitted to the last degree of perfection. The armholes are as small as they possibly can be and still remain In the class of the "perfect fit." Our American suit shows not the least tendency to go large and kimono-like in the arm hole. It keeps the wellmsde tailored look, and sometimes It is astonishing to see bow far back an armfcole can go and still keep Its uninterrupted contour. Furs That Are Best Liked Trimmings, of course, are the Important features of any new winter offerings in the way of suits, for trimmings are necessary in order to keep up the warmth of the proposition, and whether they are in the form of trimmings that are permanently attached or whether they are the popular fur sets, still they become a part of that suit The shorter furs are the ones that are receiving the most attention. Beaver and nutria and mole are the ones that are best liked for collars and cuffs on the brown and taupe shades of duvetyn, and their colors blend so very harmoniously with the shades of those favorite materials. The longer haired furs, as far as suits are concerned, have sunk into the background just now. All of the suits have that slick look that Is out of key with the longer and more Irregular looking skins. Astrachan and Krimmer are very popular, and these furs are particularly lovely when they are combined with the rich dull-red shades. Baby lamb has sprung Into favor for this sort of trimming, and this season It is the fancy of the best designers to dye this fur, not only black, which has been the accepted color In the past, but any of the gray and tan and brown shades to harmonise with the color of the material with which It Is combined. The fur sets that are designed to be worn with suits have very slight neckpieces and muffs. They are mere accents for the collars and cuffs and the smartest of them do not attempt to be of the cape variety, the matching muffs keeping the email, regularly rounded shape that is always the accepted thing for a muff at any time. Indeed, the high prices to which furs have ascended make this fashion for restraint in their use almost a grim necessity. Happily the necessity In the background has created a fashion which could not be better looking If it tried. Under the circumstances, any attempt at lavlshness would be, to say the least, out of places Felt hats are chic, and may be had in lovely colorings. FOR THE "IN-BETWEEN" GIRL ' ' .rfV. '"u&'dL* School Dresses Afford Important •Problem for Young Mlasss, Ten to Fifteen. When one Is well on the way to her 'teens and yet not really started in them, the problem of school dresses Is a most Important one, for the Peter Thompson suit which has so long been a standby has begun to lose its charm, and dresses of more pronounced trend toward fashion are quite as practical for school wear, observes a writer in the Christian 8dence Monitor. This year the dresses designed tor the girl between ten and fifteen--these ages are approximate, of course--are particularly attractive, and their simplicity will recommend them to the mother who dislikes seeing her daughter wearing frocks that tend even slightly to seem more fashionable than youthful. Dark bine Is the standby In color, of course--blue serge, trlcotlne, gabardine-- any of the more substantial materials for school dresses, with per haps one of the duvetyn or one of the softer fabrics to bridge the gap between everyday dresses and the most dressed-up one. of velvet, satin or taffeta. These dark blue dresses favor the straight lines of the chemise dress, with the waistline indicated rather than marked by a belt, though In some Instances a sash of bright ribbon, preferably very wide and of the popular Roman striped design and coloring, makes a frock distinctive. Or a very narrow "string" belt, of the material, may be worn. The trimming ot these dressee to confined almost entirely to embroidery in colored yarns or silks* and to just as vivid in hue as one wishes, may be quite lavishly used. V The New Neckline. r" Round, square and Irregular neck ltn--i are threatened to be dethroned by the new stralght-across-the-ahonlder line, which Is a feature of the latest daytime frock. The High Cost of Shoes Gets Wallop i ____ Ten cents to twenty-five cents a pair Is enough profit for any maker of work shoes," says Geo. R. Harsh, heed of the Marsh & Chapline Shoe Cei, of Milwaukee, makers of the famous Lion Brand and Steven Strong work shoes for men and boys. "For 15 years we have been trying to make the best work shoes In the country. To do this we even had to put up our own tannery, buy the hides and do our own tanning, as we could find no leather In the open market good enough td go into Lion Brand •hoes. "That we have come close to success is evidenced by the sale of mors than 10,000,000 pairs through thousands of stores. Last year alone the shoe buying public bought more than 76,000.000 worth. "Lion Brand Shoea are so popular we could probably go right on doing business through the stores. But I believe there should be fewer profits between the producer and user," continued Mr. Harsh. "By selling direct to the wearer we cut out the profit of the tanner, Jobber and store keeper, as v/ell as the salesman's expense, and are able to save the buyer of Lion Brand work shoes from one dollar to three dollars a pair. 'It took a lot of courage to change our selling policy, but we believe the buying public is ready for the change and that our action in stepping over the middleman to the user will be followed by -other large manufacturers of many other well known quality products. "Our catalog No. 1 Is now ready for distribution from factory, Hanover and Maple Streets, Milwaukee, Wis."--Adv. DINNER Not Too Thrifty. "How much do you charge s feller to take a wash?" asked a grimy looking individual of the cashier at a public bath house. "Fifty cents a bath, or 12 for $6." replied the cashier. "It would pay you to buy a $5 ticket." "Nothln' doln'" answered the grimy Individual, decisively. "How do I know I'm going to live 12 years?"---Toledo Blade. Inportut to all Womef Readers of tkis Paper Ttkoumn^s upon thousands of women jave kidney or bladder troub'e and never suspect it. Women'# complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result ot kidney or bladder diReaae. If the kidney* are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer pain in the back, headache and lorn of ambition. Poor health makes, voa nervous, irritfrble and may be despondent; it """• any one so. But hundreds of women claim that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by ^ lettering lealth to the kidneys, proved teibs just the remedy needed to orercojffl such condition* Many tend for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder r~«dieine, will do for them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., you may receive sample use bottle by Parcel Post. You can purchase medium and ' ie bottles at all drug stoies. Adv. Physical Endurance. "Some of those old-time statesmen patiently wrote out their speeches and other documents with pen and Ink." "Yes," rejoined Senator Sorghum. "But they bad the strength left It wasn't so customary In their day for a man to get out in a campaign and shake hands with the whole world." Cuticura for Pimply Faces. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cuticura Ointment Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. OLoe clear keep your skin clear by using them for dally toilet purposes. Don't full to include Cuticura Talcum.--Adv. Equivocal Comfort "When I got In that Strang* company, I felt like a fool." "I am sure It was very natural for you to feel that way." How's This? BAUSS CATARRH MEDIClNa Will do What we claim tor it--cure Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. We do not claim to cure any other disease. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is a liquid, taken internally, and acts through the blood upon the mucous surfaces of the system, thus reducing the Inflammation and restoring normal conditions. All Druggists. Circulars free. V. I. Cheney * Co., Toledo, Oblst 6BciMiit Hot water SuielMf# RELL-ANS ferfOR INDIGCSTIOM ' vf ' » V -T It I -:fc- «1 y; PETROLEUM JELLY antiseptic dressing (brads sores, etc -- A necessity #ivliere there i 4 c h i l d r e n . AXXD SU&iilUllS Mats Street New Yosfc "TfeU yoor Mother KEMP'S BALSAM will stop that cough, Bffl. My mother gives it to me when I gel • congh and you dent *" coughing all the time** ^ . Hetie ~ h o i ' I s ! i : lot !,.v : ' / > "Mi "Bulgarian Blood Tea" Will add many yean to your Ms. Purifies the Blood, Flashes the Kidneys, Gently Moves the Bowels aOA Sweetens the Stomach, Try It once -- you will never nee « else. L>. uggists and Grocers wher* Pcraoaa Located la amy Hit •( world No he unleaa peraoa n«|l>t Is C~ tiflmt Wc can Sad them. Write K bach, Wenham Bid*.. Qraad >nMe, Make Montr M Howe Balfcet ftrefHabl*. etiii Oak I'd Oardens. Bo. .1. gXm •m; atvueilutStS w>iSa Lah* KREMOUEgkSSmSI The Sturgeon's air bladder Is the principal source of Isinglass. Ultimate aim of all democracies Is "everybody doing as he pleases." A Puzzle. Billy and Uary stopped la the tans* next door to see the new talkteg SM4 chine. After they heard a piece em two, Mary started to look It evsc, M Said: "It's not like ours." Mrs. Case asked: "What kind efl machine have yon?" Mary engaged In deep though* AS: last she exclaimed: "Ifs a Sesttte collie." Mrs. Case said: "Why, I newer heard tell of that kind ui a tatklag . machine." Billy spoke up, saying: "Mary to always getting things wrong; It's a fox terrier. If you don't think Its* right. Mrs. Case, you go over and leek at the picture on it" ! . •• y;* Oulte 8*. : "Is elecrlcity really the taA medium for lighting?" "Well, that is the current batML* • New York firm makea a of supplying typewritten ready for use to dergyaM*. %•§ You must say "Bayef*!/ ^ Warning? Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tablet^ you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed bf physicians for 21 years ind proved safe by millioiUL Accept only to "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets «l Aspirin," which contains proper directions for Colds, Hesdadk^ Pain, Toothache, Neuralfia, Rheumatism, Neuritis, I Handy Ma boxes of It tablets coal but a lew ussrfs t argm •*-- -- *• -•»-*• •*-