UNDERWRITER TOOK THE BAIT
Quaker** Shrewd, If Somewhat Un
scrupulous Trick, Hud the Success
He Anticipated.
Komi' month* utfo the Companion
told a litth tale of old i#rl\nieerln\;
days, in which ii quick-thinking em ;
ployee w in .;Ni'o\ i i t'tl n bunc osenim- j
inivii!< < r cDiitluu Inio vori w?111 ?i |?i*i
h> K.tlii'- V el \ li; id fliitll/ wWTlook llle
owner of l In* >hi|? <?ii hk" way lo the!
II11?I? i \'. ri(? i - itiid > a \ cd i'.ii I r??m ' M? ?
useh ? pa.vnent of a heav\ pniiuuni.
Aii Kirdili ljuu I t-r was man oh ?! < ! an (
anecdote ?> I I ho ?ai-"' polio I, I';' ? 'I * ? ? ? ,
jti?? same situation. which occurred j
anion;; his <tw a people.
'|'\ui (.niaio-rs, a mi?? r<? ii;11'! in 1 i"i ?
I hp H'i'W T. 11 I' iiicctih* ill iia Mill, hi'iia ii j
ii.il: business over tin ll' in :?k I lo* |
merchant | ?i*? ?>?-lit l.v pio|i<< id l>> In
I'rii'iid li? insure h(s vesm I, l"M or ii"' |
I ? ?>!, w ho Ii i?11:*111 soon lo arriv?" : '
fact, Ii was already wIlKhily ,,s rd "? j
Tin. | ?i? inium \\<ailtl luro <>.i i i I \ ho
lti?h, kill iho limes were perilous and
ihc Winkoo prlvaleers hud i'?Mi'iii|y
taken many prlaes upon tin* i*?mt?? Un*
\ I-", i I must cover. Tlio underwriter
Ii, i | a I i?k 'I'll.' policy was made oiil.
I.ui his mind was not made up. Final
ly lo- pui iho paper Into his pocket,
v a\ <nn :
"1 will sloop on tho mntror. friend ,
JoM'ph, and tomorrow I will reium it j
to i lire, signed or unsigned."
'I hoy parted and wont t<> tholr
homos. He fore dawn an urgent mes
senger clattered at tho merchant's
door. lie was a brlngcr of had tidings.
The vessel w as lost. It was, unless 11
w'iih insured, a heavy misfortune. If
? ?lily that policy had heeu signed the
? lay h. fore! lie had little belief that
Ids hesitating friend would have de
cided to take the risk; he was a cau
tious and a keen person, with a repa
int ion for sharp practice. IU)t Joseph j
saw In that fact his opportunity. Sum- j
iiioiiIiik ii messenger, to whom he said
no word of his loss, he dispatched him
with a message. Instructing him ctirc
I till \ exactly what words to use. lie
was to say:
"Friend Joshua, neighbor Joseph de
sires me lo inform thee that, if llieo
hast not underwritten, thee neoiNt m l
do it."'
The message was delivered promptly
and precisely. Friend Joshua, who had
not signed, and had decided agninsi
doing so. understiMHl it to mean that
the ship had arrived safely, and Vij'"
owner did not wish to pay the pre
mium, now useless, unless the sinned
document required him in honor and
law to do so. That Is what the < nnn>
Joseph expected him to think; and lie
proceeded to act as Joseph had
guessed he mluht act. He pretended
not to 1111<I the poli- y where he looked
for It i:i his olllce, slipped it stealthily
ainoiiu a handlul ol other paper--,
which he cant.i| careless!^ .with him
into the next room, where Me went os
tensibly to seek further, and there sly
ly aJ^neil It. Presently he brought it
l?H(ii and delivereii it to the messenger
with t he message :
"Tell thy master 1 had signed."
It w:is not a pretty bit of business ?
friend Joseph's trick was u little too
clever?but certainly no one can syut
pathiyo with friend Joshua. It was a
ease of the biter blt^Yoiph's I 'oiil
punlon
Where No Taxes Are Paid.
I lapp\ and free from the worries of
war taxation are the people ot l.tttidv
island, that little speck <>IT l'cveii ill
the Kn-li-h channel, the "kinn" ?'f
whicfTV Kev. Hudson I let veil, died a
short lime ago. The reverend gentle
toau adtntnistered the aflalrs ot the
island from 1 s>*7 to HmM, as his lather,
who bought the island In 1^'H for about
S'.l.Ooo, diil before him. The inhabitants
of lauiilv number :?nout forty and lead
?in uneventful life. They pay no
tax?"-. are attaehed to no parish or
union and have no poor. I he island
has a romantic and lawless history
mid was once considered an excellent
harbor and refuge for murderers.
Bard si ey Island, situated in the Irish
sea. oiT the county of Carnarvon, is
another spot where the tux collector Is
unknown. There are about sixty peo
ple on the island, who elect their own
king. The Inhabitants are rnostlv en
gaged in farming and fishing. The
Island got its name from the tradi
tion that it was the la>t retreat of the
Welsh hards. In ancient times it had
a reputation for sanctity and to be
buried on 11- soil was an honor much
to be desired. It Is believed that more
than ,r^)iXHi "sjiin's [joined fhii
privilege.
Activities of Women.
(Jrcat Brituin has establli-hctl schools
v here women arc taught munition
work.
Scrub women in I In* office huihlinKS
of the I *rjifI States Miimlwr over 1^.
tfc>0.
Mis* Marie I'eary. daughter of the
discoverer of the north )M?le. Is flow
taking up aviation.
Nearly fi.OOO women are employed in
the munition factories in this country.
CJIrls who patronize the Cleveland
dance halls are compelled to <*how
birth certificates.
Women are better than men when
working on the difficult rvork of Mad- j
Ing turbine engine*.
Among the 17'J per?*?ns who will bo i
granted diplomas t?> practice law In |
Ht. Louis are three women.
Flight of Imagination.
"Do yuu mean to tell me you nrr jfo- j
Inn to vote for prohibition?"
"Yep." replb-d Uncle Mil Kottletop.
"An' 1 hojx? they'll win. Then if they
want t<? stay in j>ower. maybe they'll
play p~!itlc* an' hook up wfth the
'icker interests same as the other i**r
ticts d?mm: in t'u- [mat."
POLICE GUARD INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS
<'??!.|.hi uf police yminlln;-' iIm* (Jennun o?vnn j,''.*i'iK liners l'iii*> .'iu
V11 ? ? ?! i i i !1 >mii Kix-nlj,' VN' i 111 i *11> i I' mi \ <*\v York. Tin* poller ?irt? proving t?ii
iilit to i'm nnitnillty Kipijt<I in nn inlinir thr inter.ud liners.
THE MATCHMAKER
By SUSAN E. CLAGETT.
Tin* moon was at its full and the
old fashioned garden at Kllerslle was
very beautiful this late September
night.
I'he Shelleys wen* entertaining the
young people of the neighborhood. It
was not a dunce, merely a supper par
ty and after that the wonderful gar
den and the tree shadows and the
scent of lut<* roses and sentiment,
And it was sentiment indeed. Some
of it was very earnest. A Rood deal
of' it was play, but so well played that
more frequently than not it ended in
a game of cross purposes that threat
ened serious consequences.
It was in Mieh a play that Warren
Addison and Noll Iglchart were the
prlneipal actors. The other boy and |
girl were only accessories. They did
not know it. j?
\Varren had come from Baltimore to
meet her here. She was late in urriv- j
ing: When she did appear it was with
'a man lie did not know. The man and
her lateness?-in Warren's mind an in-j
tentinnal thing?made him turn to the,
tlrst pretty girl in that garden ofj
southern profitless.
? o I
If they had known a llttle'mure of t
life the two foolish things would not
have had an unhappy moment, but
<h" was sevt nU'cn and Warren not
?pj11? * l u cut y-i ?ne. She eried 1 ersc!'
to s!?|? that night and Warren took
tlo' early tram for l>allim.ore. Neither
hail spoken ten \v?w"ds to the other.
lTi:elc < harles was a matchmaker,
lie wouhl have resented this if any
one had had the assurance to declare
it, for his matchmaking extended no
further than his favorite niece and
"that boy," as lie called Warren A<ldi
,son. Lie had done everything in his
power to further a marriage that was
violently opposed by the girl's father;
had even promised to help them when
111ey wore ready to set up housekeep
ing.
This home looked farther away than
ever after that evening at Kllerslle.
Warren had not been in the country
-inee then and Uncle Charles could
not understand this. He questioned
Nell, but could get nothing from her
save a shrug and a toss of her head.
It Wnrren didn't care to coine and
was tired of writing, she wasn't going
to worry herself about it, she declared.
lie had not suspected the trouble
had gone so far as that. He must do
something to circumvent a ruthless
late, r.ut what?
lie miked the matter over with
Aunt Mary. She was interested, but
advised not to meddle. That was ex
actly what he had made up his mind
to do. however, and the best way to do
n. lie decided, was to have a house
party of his own.
Very much pleased with himself, he
^??nt to < hur<-h the next morning and
after service called two or three of
the young men to hliu. Telling them
of his intention, he was soon tho cen
ter of a Muttering group of femininity
nil delighted with tlie prospect of a
week of gayety.
And Uncle Charles did not maki
them wait for thHr pleasure The,
next evening found ^he gay crowd to
his home.
Nell and Warren were to all apjwar
ances the gayest of the company, hut
those who kuew them well felt there
was something wrong oetween them,
possibly revealed by the extreme po- j
11 ten ess of the one to the other.
Whim two days had passed, and
then a week, and^UnHe Charles saw
no prospect of a settlement of iheir
quarrel, he decided upon his Una I
scheme, a ride to Annapolis?twenty
seven miles axvay?dinner there <iu<l a
return home by moonlight. Ho thought
Nell a horsewoman. She was not.
She was a coward about horse*, hut
stronger than her cowardice wsis her
I?ri?Jt?. and she sturted with the others,
her heart In hor throat and clutching
at I lie pommel w henever she thought
the action would pass unnoticed. Her
escort was on a newly-broken colt that
claimed all his attention and whose
unties, at Inst, made every horse in
the party restive. There was no sur
prise felt when he bolted and started
a stampede down the narrow country
road.
Neil was the only one incapable of
managing her horse. She tried, hut
fright overcame her and the reins
dropped. As they fell from her hand
the horse slued mid she lay?a crum
pled little heap by the roadside.
A year later, the scene was again
laid in the garden at Kllerslle. Under
one of ihe trees sat a boy and a girl.
They had been very quiet and the
thought of that other night was ia the
minds of both. Presently Warren
spoke:
"Nell. Nell, t?? think how near we
came to missing this."
She leaned a little toward him and
her voice was low as she answered:
"1 ?h? not think we would have
missed it. dear. 1 could have stood it
no louuei. I hoped you would speak.
If not. love was more to me loan pride
and I would have told you on that ride
' to Anna|Kdis."
; lie laughed a little. "And 1? Well,
; 1 was waiting my opportunity when
' vour horse shied. After that nothing
1 mattered."
; ' He gave a quick glance backward.
No one was iti siuht and he leaned
, over and touched her lips.
j Which goes to -how that Uncle
Charle? nasi keener insight into the
! ways di h'.wrs than had been credited
to him.
'.t'opyriyi !:?!??. l?v tho Newspa
per Syndicate.)
Our Increasing Population,
t Census bureau experts estimate ;!>:?.
the population of the United Si;
I on January 1 was 101,205,31.1, and t'.iai
' by July 1 next it will be 102,017,..u2.
On July 1 last year they figured the
i population at 100,399,318.
On tho basis of tho rate of increase
? between the 1900 and the 1910 cen
suses the bureau estimates that there
is an increaso of 805,997 in tho popula
tion of the United States every tlx
months, or an annual increase of 1,
i 617,994. Tho census estimate is that
tho population of the country is in
1 creasing at the rate of 4,433 a day?
j 184 every hour and 3 1-15 persons ev
! ory minute.
1 Western states have led in growth,
! "Washington heading the list, with
Oklahoma. Nevada, North Dakota and
I New Mexico following in the order
i named.?New York Independent.
Miner? to Have Warm Meals.
A large coal mining company has
arranged to provide warm, substantial
rneals to tho men working from 200
to 400 feet underground. An electric
1 range has boen Installed in one of the
lowest chambers of the mine. In. this
j are prepared hot lunches which are
served in an underground restaurant
; at prices barely covering the cost of
. the food. It has been found that thla
not only adds to the comfort of the
. men who had hitherto been compelled
to eat cold food, but It also adds to
i their productive capacity. A marked
j increaso in the amount of coal taken
out was noted tho first month after
electric range was Installed.
War Hit# Nlco Hard.
llankruptcy Is storing Nice in the
faro. tmy? a 1'arla mumper. Nice
U tho lanll of HUUBht)^and smiles,
but the world **?? other thing* to
think about Just now than to bask
In the nun. Generously, tho town has
thrown 01)011 Us aoorri to the Kick una
wouitdod, whos^ gratitude Is grout, but
whose purse is Blonder. I'un
frolic, giddy gaygty una spash ng
spendthrifts uro essential if
wheels of Nice Hie to run smoothly,
and sluso tho war started Nice knows
none of those. Tho Casino is closed.
The city reupod a rich harvest from
the spin of the roulette wheel and
Hhe turning of the baccarat cards. All
4 this is stopped, and Nlco Is now bo
tinning to feol tho pinch seriously.
Effective Silencing Device.
The sound dollecto? installed by the
bureau of lighthouses at tho IJuffalo
light station, to lesson tho distract
ing noise spreading from the fog siron
back over tho city. Is a saucer-shaped
Plato of steel. 14 foot In diameter.
This shield is given a vibration re
ducing lining of asbestos board on the
face toward tho lako. A spaco of four
inches between tho stool and asbostos
is Ailed with mineral wool, corrosion
of tho steol by tho sulphur impurity
of the wool having boon guarded
against by suitable treatment. This
silencing device bus cut off much of
tho undcslred sound.
Sword Swallower in the Navy.
As a proof to friends of his un
hyphenated devotion to tho land of his
adoption. Slgnor Gregorlc Carcuiti, a
awoid swullower and cannoqball jug
gler, has offered his services to the
United States marine corps in tho
ovent of this country bolng plunged
into a foreign war.
"Now, If wo could only got Hosco,
who oats 'em alive, to volunteer,"
said Recruiting Sergeant Putnam, "I'd
foel that tho United States marine
corps was pretty well prepared for
any eventuality."?Philadelphia North
American.
May Be a Weather Sign.
Thomas Warner cannot explain it
so he took them downtown and placed
them In tire show window of a Colum
bus store. He owns a whito rabbit.
Three little rabbits came to her houso
to cair her "Mother" and to seok her
parental care. Two of them are as
whito as tho proverbial driven snow.
Tho other one is as black as the ace
of spades in a new deck.?-Indianapolis
News.
To Good Purpose.
That Madame Sarah Bernhardt
should"have become a French subject
has puzzled n great many people. The
seeming mjptcry is explained, however,
by the fact that when "the Divine
Surah" married a Creek in the early
eighties she took her husband's na
tionality.
The famous tragedienne tells an
amusing little story of two kind
hearted old ladles who set out one day
to buy a couple <?f seats for a "Bern
hardt' matinee." On their way to the
tin ;.ter they changed their minds, de
tcrmined to deny themselves .pleasure
:init to give the money for The seuts
in i w o poor relations Instead.
They <il<l so. A short time afterward.
Mt, e-inu' the poor relations, they ven-j
t ur<?< 1 t? > express a hope that the money ^
had been found of good service. I
"Indeed it was." they were told. "We ?
bought seats for the Bernhardt mat- |
inee and enjoyed ourselves lm- I
mensely !"
Paris, Too! i
Yeast?I see the normal daily con
sumption of milk in Paris and its sub
urbs cocr.-eds 1.000.000 quarts.
Crimsonbeak?Why, I '(lidnt think
milk was u good "chaser," did you?
Citlxunn of Columbia got toother a
fmv day* a?o and ralsod $50,000 l?y
Kul>Mcrli>tlon for the purchase of 1,200
or I,500 ttcrvM of land war Columbia
to tw iiro^oiirikT ~FWoral gov
ornumni for uko as an uroiy cnntou
mont, Tin* Columbia ptuipU* have
jjroar Uojioh thai on? vf tbo Panton
ine w I.s will In: UatUod at Columbia.
The work of
man Htfiuaer UtW*.*'
liafhor, has rwu.,,<M| * !"
<lrvi'lu|M?uHi? rhnt $$?? -
to IlKhtDU Ik. -UUk,:tSj
r?r ukh ana Koven.u^m *hl
Iut (<> (la< cflHteru shorv a
river wIuto olH!nu|<mti f*
Will I><? I'OllclIII 1(^1.
Watch Your TJ
We Furnish 1 he Watch
. You Watch the Time
History states that Napoleon lost the Rattle o
terloo because his Marshal came up behind time.
Doubtless his watch was slow!
AH of the world's great events have been achiel
by men who were
ON TIME
You can not be sure of being on time with a faj
timee peice. Get a good one. See us for a guarant
watch.
We have them, and they are the highest pr<^
of the watchmaker's art.
One miViute late may mean great loss to you. C<
to us and get a watch that you can trust.
G. L. BLACKWELL
Jeweler and Optician
Special Notic
Extracts from Contracts for
Telephone Service:
For tin' benefit of those who do not understand the- tem
contract under which we furnish telephone service 1 wish to -ill
follows: v
FIRST. We do not aeeept contracts fAr a period of less than (I
mfcnths, only when specified by the subscriber at the time cod
is executed.
SECOND. Contracts for less than twelve months will be |M
33 1-3 i)er cent, of the unexpired term, not to exceed-two ?
rental, payable in advance on the execution of the contract
TIIIKI). Subscribers discontinuing their telephones before the
piration of the initial term of contract!, will be billed with V, 11
cent., not to exceed two months rental of Hie contract that!
effect at the time of the discontinuance, as unexpired terui.
FOURTH. We will move your telephone without charge only,I
the expiration of the initial term of your contract.
FIFTH. There positively will be no variations made from the I
notice on contracts that are now in effect or hereafter executed.!
wish to request parties signing contracts for telephone service,'
read the contracts beforq signing same, in order that they
thoroughly understand what is exacted on their part.
I)o not forget that by paying your bills between the 1st an
of the current month, you will save us a lot of trouble? ".ml
rassnient.
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Coi
J. A. Hough, Manager
FIRE - LIFE - ACCIDEN
CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY COMPANl
Office Man Bldg. H. P. Fouat, Manager Telephone 01
DIPPY DUK
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