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NT. OLD Autcbus Eeccmes Medium of in Community Lor. Satisfied with Conditions cf Bygone Day A Striking Contrast of Yesterday, When Meals Were Served at Halfway Station. te Taa laUtMPll( Ktwi rAOLL December 11 mw iu-- -TioVu mw running on the eld New Al-Thy. pike.

The bus Is jwntI by Kho36 Brother, proprietors Paoll and French Lick Springs and supplants the stag coach of ly daya At present the bus makes a trkSy run from Ilardlnsburg to Kew Al- Jny end return, the old alar stOl out from Paoll to Hardlnsburg. it makes connections with the -stvtobna. Aa soon aa permanent arrange- over the route. But the autobus runs over a free pike except for about four miles In Harrison The old "Dead-wood" stage coach Is bare no but bus passed Into bands of one of the big wild shows, where It does far many years Rhodes Brothers pre-, served 'it as a relic and It, war brought' out on street falra.1 where It, figured In ild west shows, stage robberies and Indian flghta. Contratt ef Earlier Days.

But the autobus la here to stay. It Is ier much of it baa been zorgonen. IZ. Sandford and Seneca Twins. ago twin boys were born '5n the Utile 'town of Osgood.

One was christened anford and the other Sen' tea. When they reached manhood jUtcame but anford waa not 4-ontented with life In the small town and when the rold fever attacked so many r-eopla in the puddle west he waa one of the first to be stricken with Its gilt ter and emigrated to California. Seneca "as content with what the small towns tt bis home atate offered and falling in "luve with a -wealthy widow, a Mra. ixcke, of Knoxville, IIL, they were mar- rici. and settled down to- me in a imta Town.

A boy and girl, Reece and Mamie, came brighten their home, but these bonds of love were not to hold man and wife feneca was fond of the comforts cf life, it ass the custom in those days for physicians to prescribe whisky, and In the course of time be became lnordl-TAtely fond pf the liquor himself. With the passing of time the wife applied for and obtained a divorce, witn we cusiouy of the two children. Stole Young Son. Seneca conceived a desire to leave the home of his former happiness and become a traveling or advertising physician, but could not go without fits eon. Mealing tne ye'ing eon from his wife, fceneca trav-w-J ver the country, keeping the boy with Mm at all times, and.

fearing that the mother would obtain some trace of her miHSiirg son, Seneca took the name Of his abeent brother, fc-anford. whom he believed to be dead. Seneca finally went to Keokuk, la and the father and son went to live tn a hotel. The father continued to drink, and became more erratic in bia conduct. One day tb boy fell sick th typhoid fever, and the father gave him his undl-vdd time" and attention.

While the boy was sick another phyalctan earn to the hotel and rej-iFtered as Dr. Sanford lie waa the twin brother of Seneca, and Strength and Service Those are the factors that bate marked remarkable success Xit this tank. Ouf personal aervlce' haa created and retained -a eplen did line of business. This bu-lneas -onnervat ively managed has made the strength and resources that are here for your protection. We watt your business.

ON SAVINGS The Continental National Bank ZS f.ierian Conirr.crtial Club DuiJJlr.g Jjj; mt. 'Ill' I vV" can ba made, tb baa will make BQt0bUs chur 1U way la forty-ona mi-s Oifoajh trip and old ataa coach bullf by th atata of Indl- r1'1 bocotna a relic of moother day. completed In J8. The staU con- "aol I (' Another Day. -tempi ted building the road from New Tlaw er bM by aoma Albany to Vincennea, but altar macadam of the old cltUana.

shows bow the town lata aa far aa Paoll. the money rave looked is Its early atnmla when the ut and the work stopped. Later a com-turnpike waa nndar oonatroctlon. Trom Pay. compoaed of those Uvtn near the this Tatar the old Deadwood atar pike, purchased tha road from (tbe atata coach Jnada'a dally run to New Albany.

or leaa than jeost. which waa half a mil- At Palmyra, the! JQilf-way aUUon. tt Hon dollara. The atata waa anxloua to baited, wfcera the drrw refreshed him- rid Itself of some of the road contract self with breakfast bacon and black cof- boanae It had-nnmbera of them. The ln-fee, while the boraea were, stabled and proved profitable to the new nee ttippBod.

to compleU tha trip, company and the ttaace Une waa a source The old-tin Btaxecoatch win be-re-, revenue. mntmd ii a. typical pattern of those. Rhodes Brothers have bad chain of used la pioneer daya. It waa a hura cur- the stare line since the.

early eighties, talned affair, that rocked yk a "sea- They carry the malL take orders for and rotnr and jtaMensera experienced deliver aU kinds of merchandise, and much the fame sensation ju that of sea-hndJe ev'erythlnr from a darning needle sickneoa. la thoae days there were toll- to calves and house patterns. They also rates, and drtvere were balled by the cary paasenrera to Urge numbers and, -old ratekeeper Just outside of Paoll. by before the advent of the autobus. It was another la Washington county, and on not unoommon to aee several persons on top of the stage, when the apace within waa overcrowded.

I. Stafla'! Driver Twenty-Three Year. Oscar Bowman baa served aa stage driver for twenty-three years, leaving Paoll one day at 7 a. nu. reaching New Albany at p.

m. and making the return trip the next day on the same schedule. If la estimated, counting off a few months reat, that he drove tr the twenty-three years of service more than three hundred thousand miles, which Is equivalent to twelve times around the here In striking contrast to "the great rum- earth. Bowman Is known all bUng stage coach of daya of yore. It la along the pike.

Ha Js always accommo-here for the- boata of children along tha-datlnr and la rerarded almost aa much A MOTHERS QUEST IS.REWARDED WHEN SHE IS REUNITECtWITH SON y. Boy, Who Was Kidnapped by Father Reared by- Uncte and Later Became Physician, is found by Parent Through Medical Journal True Story an Indiana Family. CCoatrihuted yf It baa been wrlt ten that when the pen of fiction ia. dipped in the well of truth there la born a story that rivals fiction for strangeness and, keeping In mind that truth makes fiction and truth well told tnakes truth read like fiction, it la the pur pose of the writer to relate a story con- crrnlnr men connected with the medical -profession of Lnuiana, which may sound trance to many, -our me trutn or wnicn the nrlter Is prepared to vouch or. In teUlng this story it la the intention to give the facts, but to omit' the surnames, some of the actors are UU living and though they will recognise the story it la not necessary that the -Tneral public be acquainted wun names that a family history may be rehearsed ao strong waa the resemblanee that the hotel clerk- thought Seneca waa attempt ing to play a lake on him.

-When Sanford attempted to register the clerk told him It was not necessary, as his room waa al ready prepared for him. Sanford de clared he never had been in tha hotel be fore, TuC thinking to convince him that something waa wrong, the clerk escorted Sanford to the room where he thought he belonged, but when he opened the door and saw Seneca by the bedside of hia sick son Be saw that he waa mistaken. Recognized Each Other. Tha brothers recognized, ach other. Seneca suffering with a heart -affec tion and was orn with -constant atten-.

tlon to his aon. He became sick arid. knowing that death waa near, he tpbk Sanford into hia confidence and told htm the story of hia aon and exacted a promt-Is from him that if he died and the boy lived-. Sanford should take. Senaca a Place, rear the boy and acquaint him with the facta of bla birth and parentage wnen the boy became thirty yeara old.

It waa the request of the dying man that aon "and mother should never meet. but the brother insisted on a compromise and it waa agreed that when the boy reached hia thirtieth birthday he ahould be told his life's history and allowed to ao as ne tnougnt nest. Sanford now took charge of the boy and reared him aa carefully aa his own father could have wished. They finally came east and made thelr home at Foe- ten. Sanford was careful that the boy Reece should not associate with oth er boys in play, and be was not allowed to attend school.

aen iteec became a man he chose medicine as his profession and Sanford fsent him" to a medical college at Cincinnati. The boy waa graduated and returned to Osgood, which had become their home, and when be was twenty-aeven years old he married and became the father of a family. Mother Tracea Lost Son. During these yeara Reece's mother had made every attempt to hint.4 She, had written thousands of letters and hadj fol lowed every clew, but they ended without the son being found. Suddenly tt came' to her that perhaps the son bad adopted his father's profession the medical and she sought the newer medical journals with the hope that they woald give some trace ot her missing son.

She fnnDected the lists of all medical col-; lege graduates and finally In a list of one lffued by the Ohio Medical college, of Cincinnati, she found the name of her son. cna commumcatea wim we coueg-e apd waa Informed that the boy waa In some, small town in southern Indiana. Th. mnther communicated with the medical authorltiea of the statehous and was told that, her son waa at Osgood. From the postmaster tf Osgood ahe learned that a roan bearing Reece'a name waa practicing medicine there.

Then ahe rnt her son a cautiously worded letter. When she received an answer she again rota and told ner aon oi weir relation ship. The aon showed the letter to tne man he supposed was his father, and Sanford told the boy the story of the promise tha father had exacted on his deathbed. Reunited In Illinois. Reece.

aatlsfied that thecomas was his mother, again wrote her and meeting waa ajyanged at Gllson, IIL. the mother; waa living with the married daughter. The story of the long loat aon and his coming visit to hU be came known at till son, and wnen Keece and bis wife and son reached the little town the entire population, was at the station. Ills. visit to hia mother was a prolonged one, a.nd.

when he returned to his home at Osgood it was wn.n yi un derstandlng that the mother should spend the ChrtBtmas holidays with him. The foregoing la known to the frionds of both Reece and hia mother, and though some may look on It aa the fact remalna that two of the actors in the strange drama are living and will vouch for its truth. The son is now an honored practitioner tn hia profession. -TOMBSTONE MAIL B0)C Loyera Deposit "and Receive Letters Over the Foet's Grave. December" 11 The tomb of Helnrlch Ilflne In tha JJortmartre cemetery Is now being put to a use which the great poet.

lover and writer tf a many plaintive love poems would Jf you take a walk In the-cemetery. In the tn-iihiorbooi of the. German poet's, AT ToU, grave you may chance to see a young man approach the tomb, take from his breast pocket a letter and place it reverently into some receptacle in the stone. If you wait until he has left the spot and then examine the grave you will be surprised to find at the base of the tombstone a small iron box containing a numoer oi sucn Tou will be sorely tempted to see what they contain, but you will respect the ranctfry. of the letter box and resist the temptation.

You will make innumerable conjectures as to the mean ing of this' correspondence. Do the young poets of Montmartre do homace to Helnrlch Heine by offering him thus tneir own composition? While you are occupied in trvine to solve the puxxle perhaps another young man will appear. He will bend down and take a letter from the box not the same letter, a delicate pink envelope, scented perhaps and unconscious of your presence he will raiee IV to his Hps. The is explained. Heinrich Heine'a tomb is a secret poste rvatsnte.

an absolute for the youth of Paris hi these days when the authorities talk of forbidding minora to receive poste restante letters In the postofflce unless they are operted before the eyes of parents or guardians. ASLEEP IN CABOOSE; DIE. Two Trainmen Killed in Freight Col lisionBodies Burned. BUFFALO. December 14.

H. A. Grover and P. H. Thornton, New York Central trainmen, of Syracuse, were killed In a rear-end collision of two freight trains at Suspension bridge today.

Groves- and Thornton Were asleep In the caboose of the train wrecked, and their bodies were burned. Steamship Arrivals. NEW YORK, December 14. France. Havre; Mauretanla.

Liverpool. BOULOGNE, -December 14. Potsdam, New Yorlu NAPLES. December 14. America, -New Tork.

LIVERPOOL. December 14. Celtic, York. Ne I 4 1 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912. 3 STAGE DISAPPEARS FROM TRAVEL-WORN PIKE; IS REPLACED BY A VEHICLE OF A FASTER CIVILIZATION DEAD WOOD territory thickly dotted with the camps and fishing resorts of Connersville people.

There is one place which, because of ita natural beauty, would seem to make It sought as a pleasure site, but is passed up by the outing parties. The reason Ilea In a series of tragic eents which happened "there In succession fifty years ago and which have caused the spot to be shunned with a superstitious aversion by many generations in tne time of the cholera in and about Cincinnati, the people of Brookville and vicinity avoided all communication with the Infected district People of the Brown Hill neighborhood, neaiv the spot, were frightened one August day when a man and his wife and five young children moved Into a log bouse on a farm not far from the hill The family had fled from the cholera district and its reception In Franklin county lacked warmth and the people moved Into the log house at the southeastern foot of the big Brown hills. Cabin Is Shunned. The second evening after the newcomers arrived the woman hurried across a field from her new home to a neighbor's house, and called out that her hue- band waa stricken with cholera. Then.

not pausing to ask for aid or to give Any details of the man'a condition, she ran back borne. No- news could have made more excitement In the Hill community. fSr recr avto 0J ptkGt, COACH. lima rocky turnpike to hall with delight. To a fixture as the old stage coach Itaelf.

of Hardinsburr. Frederickahur. Oren- Ther. hti i TV- )-- READT RECKONING SCALES FOR PARCELS POST SERVICE. kiMW aUiVaaVilM WUAJAUiJ WM AAvaaM3 eW0 I i 7 i CHOLERA HALF CENTURY AGO IS CAUSE OF SPOT BEING SHUNNED Citizens Watch Unknown Family Die of Disease and Then Burn House Containing Bodies Superstitious Pass by.One of Prettiest Places in Fayette County for One Less Melancholy.

Special to The Indianapolis Newel The disease bad come among the people mwrnqv'TTTT- Twd rwember 14 I wlth al' thtir Precautions to keep It CONNERSv ILLE. December 14. I away In lnat was Dellevej to Along the Whitewater river, south and a subtle pestilence, flying In the air, and east of Brookville. there Is a stretch of whn the word that the strange man had "i oiinivrii waa pasaeu arouna, no con slderatlon. either ot mercy or of hope of checking the spread of the disease, could tempt any man, woman or child to approach the cabin.

The following morning, from the crown of Brown hill, people watched the cabin into which the strange -s had moved. The woman was Been about the door a time or two. wringing her hands. The -watcher that the man was dead The following day the watchers were again at their place. They saw the little all of them, at times, going in ana out the aoors, but the woman did not appear, and they never aaw her again The third day only three of the chil dren were seen, and on the fifth day though a watch was kept from the hill from dawn till dusk, not a stir of life could be seen about the place.

All Dead. That there might be no mistake, the people waited three days more, keeping lookouts on the cabin from two directions. Then, assured of what had happened, two men were chosen to do a grewsome task. They made their prepa rations in a strip of woods in two nun-dred yards of the cabin. They saturated their clothing with sulphur fumes.

Wrapping their faces In clothes soaked with liquor, and carrying lighted torches in their hands, they slipped from the woods up to the silent house, and looaea through the chinks oi tne logs, iney then set fire to the cabin and it was burned while those who had watched (SCALE ADOPTED By OSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT VERITABLE MECHANICAL PARCELS POSTMASTER I I i I wv. y-? I I A parcels post scale that will Inform one aa to the charge for carrying a parcels post package to any point within the service Is on display at the establishment of the Toledo Computing Scale Company in this city and Is skid to be the first to arrive In Indianapolis. A contract by the federal government for two hundred scales was awarded the company. They are like the one shown In this city, to be used by postofflces. All that is necessary for a user of the scale to know la the parcels post aone to which the package la des tined, and the scale does the rest.

The dial is divided across by ruled lihesjlo represent tha aones and local delivery In the pela post service and is ruled up and down with radiating lines that furnish- the Information aa to the rates. At the top of the ruled dial are figures showing the weight in pounds of the package. Across this dial an Indicating hand movea in accordance with the weight of the package, and on this hand are figures, running from top to bottom, to represent the sones and also local delivery. When, a package Is placed on the pan or tray of tha scale the Indicating hand movea acrosa tha face of the dial to Its proper position and the desired zona number on the hand rests at that -space on the- dial that is marked by figures showing the charge for that weight of package and that distance of transportation, a Did Mill and Other; Picturesque Spots in Orange County May Continue to Be Trysting Place for Lovers of Beautiful, but Better Time Will Be Made to New Albany More Traffic Expected. pollOcal questions of the day.

The auto carries the daily newspapers and 'the villagers and farmers are all well Informed on politics. The country store is well stocked and the, owner handles an immense number ot errs, which the farmers' wivei carry In huge basketa to exchange for coffee and augar or perhaps a new dress pattern. "But trade la not rushing here: proximity to New Albany and Louisville, with the autobus daily trips at reasonable rates, tempts the fanners wives and daughters away to the city, where they ahop to their hearts content. They watch the "ada" in the dallies and know when the bar gains are on aale. On these daya the bus accommodates numerous women pas sengers, who visit the city shops and ire-turn In the evening with the "bargain counter" gooda.

Luree the Picnicker. But the autobua not only adds to the conveniences of rural people, but city folk as well find It There are beautiful groves and woodland scenes along the pike that Invite the attention of picnicker and -camper. (Sty folks de light to visit these scenes to enjoy the quiet and restfulness after the busy din of city strife. Among the much loved scenes Is Old Spring mill, a few miles out of Paoll. It la an old-fashioned water mill.

The source of the stream Is crystal clear, and la aald to have no bottom. Hundreds of city folks visit this spot in the summer and tha bus carries many passengers out from Louisville, who visit this and other picturesque spots along the pike. Many places along the route of the auto are full of historic Interest One old-fashioned house, a few miles this aide of New Albany, was, in early time, a coun- josephus Daniels "Member of the Socfoty.for the Election of Presi- ry tan, urro muijr jiitju uww ivugcu for the night and partook of the country fare. It was along this historic road and through this section of theycountry that a detachment from Morgan'a army passed; creating a panic among the peaceful farmers, whose valuable horses were seised and taken acrosa the river. MMTC1S01 IHDRfflRTTEllNA LS WOULD BETTER FACILITIES "In order to secure the full util'xatfon of the waterways, which wa are asking the government to certain ra- Used Ones Are So The Folktsing Cars are Real BarzaLis: OldsmobileLimited Seven-passer jrer, aix-cylinder, folly equipped, incltidlr.j four -brand iiew tires, four extra winjrs, $12o Warner speedometer.

Klaxon horn, demountable rims, electric lights, i Packard 30,1910 Seven-passenger, fully equipped and thoroughly rebuilt by Packard mechanics. Pierce-Arrow Six-cylinder, 43 horse power, fully equipped including electric lights and speedometer. Haynes Seven-passenger, newly painted, in first class condition. Marmon Fifty horse power, seven-passenger, newly painted, and in first class condition. A .1, y- "Autocar Forty horse power, five-passenger, with extra limousine ixxy( in elegant condition.

Hadson20 Five-passenger touring car, fully equipped, in Arst class Overland fully equipped, including self-starter. We will be pleased to demonstrate these ears to your satisfaction. ARCHEY ATK1KS GO. 450 North Capitol Avenue NEW STORIES AT WASHINGTON AND SIDELIGHTS ON NATION'S CAPITAL dents -department ot Agriculture Kaising unions ana Beans With Electricity and Breeding Stingless Bees. The Indianapolis News Bareaa.

SS Wyatt BalldtBg. WASHINGTON, December Josephus nut th autobus makes Ita advent tn a Daniels, the Raleigh (N. C) editor, who a a aa I a a A w4 aitaSW Til ninill'sl Tin towns are not unlike the country stores peaceful age in a progressive gena i aa Deen cnwi them a as much a novelty was the He atill makes the short: run between vllle and others. They are as old as the where one may get a good old-fashioned of old. There are dry goods boxea and Is predicted that Its traffic along the old national campaign Tor the last ltee raflroad train to the children of half PaoU and.Hardlnaburg.

road itself and not much changed with country dinner. There is ihe sawmill, the nail kegs on the veranda, where the turnpike will result In great benefit to the yeara. usually aa publicity agent, tells this craiury. Along, tnia oia thoroughfare, where the the rears. There are no railroads in thl flour miiL th hinrk.mfth hnn anH rarmr- ct th.

i7hrh iimin to reeion through which Ms "honk, honk is I one on himself: The famous turnpike, along which the bemrine wagon now runs, are the towna section. general store. The stores at these little discuss the arowlnir croos or oerhaos the being sounded dally. "A few days after the nomination of Wilson and Marshall I received a teie- tn Mmil tn Va York 1 IV fcW.MV and take irom tne niusiae oaww upyucauona. th.

n.m- The men said tha father, the mother and wt Y. vtm. rn. nation ail committee. This sum the five children were aeao wnen iney looked through the spaces between the loes.

but aa to what manner of sight their eyes met, they declared they would never describe it even to those near and dear to them. Home of Ground Hogs Nov. that has stayed tne purpose oi many a fisherman in recent yeara. Many struck by the beauty or the spot have thought of buying it and building a summer home, but on hearing the tale of the unknown seven who died there, changed their minds and built their homes on some less pretty and less melancholy spot. mons did not excite the members of my family in the least, for they were accustomed to such calls, but it did cause something of a commotion among my col nred helri.

"As I was getting ready to leave "for New York I heard one of the colored women In the kitchen say to tha old negro The little level stretch where the house I mammy who has been with us for a quar- once stood Is overgrown with sumach I ter or a century bushes now. Ground hogs have their habitations there, and hunted creatures find the spot a peculiar haven against pursuit. And the shadow that fell across the place half a century ago is the thing 'Man goodnesa. Mlstah Daniels mus sho' be a big man. goin' to Noo Yawk wuk roh de panty.

"Cose he Is, said the negro mammy. "Doan yo'all know dat he am a membah of de 'sclety fo" de 'lection ub Presidents Penrose, oh a recent visit to At lantic City, rang for a bellboy to take I telegram, but It was not until the twelfth or thirteenth ring that the boy they call them "Virginia creepers" in Richmond appeared. "You've been a long time coming," drawled the senator. "Yes, sir," said the boy. "You see, mister, it's our dinner hour." Senator Penrose smiled grimly.

know why you bellboys are. called he said. "You're always oft." Representative Robert Henry, of Texas, chairman of the rules committee of the house and a firm champion ot a change of date for inauguration day, was talking to some of his Texan friends In the town iuni.Ln i on 1 1 that land in Washington V. is a good uii am euiBBno llnvestment and that aoma of the prices iTi.fc. onirrcn I here are rather steeo.

"There is land In tha business section of the national capital that sells at (10 a sauare foot, said Mr. Henry. "Aw, go on. Bob." said a white-haired Texan, who bad never been outside of his county, "that nam so." "Why notf said Representative Henry. "Because It's so blame far from Waco," waa the reply.

11 Wrala Ttnllfiln I AUD1 xcae. lormer representative w.0tv v. from Minnesota, tells a story about man so crooked that when he died they Wilkinson, president of the Upper Mis- did not bury him in the ordinary fashion. sisslppf River Improvement Association, just screwed him into tha sod. and a hIarmf In fh.

9r I aee -T' municipalities in the ownershio of water "A Uma after my state Went dry," trwt.v tw i.ri .1. said RfcpresentaUve Roddenbery, of of Minnesota. Wisconsin. Iowa. Miaaouri Georgia, "an aged colored man.

of the and IUinola would have before them this I 'rnk' Rernu type, shambled Into a shoe winter bills creating departments of docks VSJ. .1" "ITY-' mL. orn t0Tn mm 1 SJaaf Xa SB7 A -7s 1VI SB ajf a Vat Mvlg for the purpose of acquiring-, controlling "-What the matter, nncler asked tha and operating port terminals. icier, 'rot sever wore a pair of shoes I Am ..1 14 -w. inese states, wmie pioneers in tnei movement for lare-er freedom to th ahin.1.

sah. said the old darkey, scratch per and consumer." said Mr, Wilkinson. hl" woolly head, 'dat ah ain't. Ah win ntiniTht.i. fv.

iwnfnni I tin novsr had no ahoea on in mah Ufa. commonwealths in an effort to have cities beah probiahum done gone on: navigable rivers own their own. docks 1 effect, de woods is so full ub bot- for the benefit of the entire shipping puo- lic. keep irom tnangun' nia reec When President-elect Woodrow WI1 son enters the White House he will find channels are necessary: but their use th Hbtnlng rods in perfectly satlafae- largely depends upon the power of the I tory condition, if nothing happens elites ana towns navmg aoe-i tnem oetween now ana Marcn 4. quate facilities to handle tha commerce.

Connect With, Railways. "These terminals must be so construct ed aa to provide the most economls and convenient system possible for tha hand' ling of commerce and the quick Inter change of freight betweentbe waterway and the railway, so as to invite the pat ronage of shippers, "In connection with the water terminal, it Is essential that a physical connection be had with belt railways, which In turn must have connection with all rail lines, to the end that speedy transportation be obtained and the cost of freight handling be reduced by the Introduction of modern mecnanicai appliances. TMs is really the most Important question we have In connection with the improvement oi our rivers, it vitally affects the general public a reduction in me cost oi transportation and it rests with the people to provide these instrumentalities of commerce. The first thing to be- done is to obtain for the city the water frontage on, which to construct the lerminais. Ana it is essential that the city should own, control, and operate its in terminals wun au ueir functions tor too puouc oeneni.

Unify Transportation. "Private ownership of terminals la in- aeienaioie. is tne general government thinks well enough of a project to Im prove a river for all tha people, then, to my mind, the city on the river ahould think enough of that Improvement to aee to it mat terminals are provided for the boats using the river. "Port terminals are just as necessary to the river as" stations are to the railroads. Each would be useless without the other.

Port terminals, administered by competent boards, would be acquired and ultimately paid for, without any taxation on the part of the public. "The greatest thing desirable Is that we have a unified system of transportation, and that rat! roads and rivers be considered friends instead of enemies." itiQ to Work. men have Just completed the Job of over hauling them and putting them to the nest ot anape lor next summer's holts irom aoove. hether the repairing means a bid ror presidential ligntning for. Wilson or for President Taft, the seers are unable to determine.

As far as known, the White House baa never been struck by lightning except by the presidential variety. i e. Dr. Lyman J. Brlgga, head of tha ex- perlmcjual section of she bureau of plant Industry, stringing electric wire over a government garden on the Virginia side of the Potomac river near Arlington, for the purpose of raining plants by the aid of electricity.

He will electrlf onions antl snap beans, potatoes and hops. For some time Dr. Brlgga has been experimenting with electricity in cultivation, of jplants, but hia apparatus waa net of the best type until now. A few new wires from England have been Im ported, arid are being put hi position. The" wires are about sixteen feet above the ground.

Dr. Briggs will not tell Just how he Is going' to apply electricity to the onion, and the bean; but he thinks be will produce, better vegetables at a lower cost than tha farmer. What Many people regarded as the rarest and most beautiful aquatlo plant In the public grounds Of Washington was that covering the fountain at the north front of the treasury building. In. the cen- -rer of the bowl of the fountain, covering the smaller bowl Into which the fountain played, was the vine, which completely covered the center.

The. water flowed out of the smaller bowl through the vtnee Into the large reservoir. The vine was unusual In appearance as to attract much, attention, especially from strangers. The treasury has attempted for several year to get this vine to make a showing, but it waa not until this year thai It taok on the beautiful shape. The official name of tha vine Is myreophylum prosefina cordes, which, la common English, means parrot's feather.

Stingless bees are being bred tn the tnsectary of the department of agriculture by Dr. J. A. Nelson, the government boa expert. Dr.

Nelson is getting the variety by crossing the stingless Sotth American' bee With the fierce Cyprian queen. In a year Dr. Nelson expects to 'have an en- tlrely new species Of bee, and says the farmers of Indians, a- ell as those ot other states, will shortly be able to do away with gloves, masks, etc- when handling their hone makers. "The honey of the stingless bee will not be as good as that produced by the ordi nary Dee, ne said. while, how ever, we expect make other combinations, and make this new brand af honev as good as the old.

The Washing monument as the do ml- nant bote In tha Washington' skyline Is challenged by the wireless towers on the Arlington- hills. Tha hlfrhest of 'these towers, with its stone piers two hundred feet above the Potomao and Ita Iron tin six hundred feet above the hills, overlooks a vaster view than oaa be had front -the windows of the great white obellK -that was dedicated as a memorial to tha Father of His Country by a grateful ha- tlon on February The two 4u- foot towers also Overtop It, For-a long time, looked at from a distance, Washington haa been marked by the monument, and from a less distance -by the dome of the eapltol and the tower of the postofflce building. The squar brick chimney of the main building of the Government Hospital for the Inan N. and the tower of Scott halL Soldiers' home, have been constant and conspicuous against the Washington skyline. Now it is the aerial towers at Arlington that one sees.

Coming toward Washington frma the outer regions of Maryland and Vlr- ginla. it is the first work of man pointing out the site of the national capital that la the last of the capital's landmarks that one sees. SIXTY REBELS ARE HANGED. Bodies Seen. on Trees by Traveler In 'State of Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, December 14. Sixty bodies of rebels hanging from tree were counted by persona traveling; by road yesterday from Las Cruces to Te-mascaltepec in the atata of Mexico. This is one of the results of the campaign conducted against- the rebels in that district by Colonel RIverolL His troops yesterday defeated a detachment of re be la at Laa Crucea. Passengers coming from the north re port that nine bodies, of rebels were. seen hanging from' telegraph poles near the town or rwruoni.

Frem the state- of Mexico the rebels are making their way into the state MoTelos. Rallroadcommunication between the capital and Curnavaca la again Interrupted. Woman Convicted ef Murder. PHILADELPHIA. December 14.

-A ver- diet of guilty of murder In the first degree was returned this afternoon against Mra. William Trost. who has been on trial for a week charged with having rol- eoned her husband. The murder was committed during the first week of the hon- eymoon of the couple and it was charged by the state that Mra married the man to get his estate. Indiana Trooi THE GTROriG COMPANY suggests as a Christmas gift for your' friends a savings account We have prepared a special holiday" envelope, beautifull decorated and appropriate to the season which will malie a very attractive present and one that will be- appreciated.

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