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THE LIMELIGHT
Fairfax Harrison, New Head
of Southern Railway.
Photo by American Press Association.
Fairfax Harrison, the new president
of the Southern Railway company,
was a close and trusted adviser of the
late W. W. Flnley, whom he succeeds.
Since 1910 he has been president of
the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis
ville Hallway company, which Is con
trolled jointly by the Southern and the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
The Southern's new head is a native
of New York city and a brother of
.Francis Burton Harrison, governor
general of the Philippines. Born in
New York city forty-four years ago,
Mr. Harrison was graduated from Yale
In 1S90 and admitted to the bar of
New York two years later. For sev
eral years he practiced his profession
in New York and In 1896 became solic
itor for the Southern railway. In 1003
he became assistant to the president
of that corporation and three years
later vice president, remaining in that
position nntil elected president of the
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville.
Though Mr. Harrison entered the
service of the Southern Railway com
pany in the legal department, his ex
perience has not been confined to that
branch. He has given much study to
financial, traffic and operating prob
lems. Mr. Harrison's home Is at Bel
Tolr, Va.
For Government Ownership,
To place the telephone and telegraph
companies under the ownership and
control of the federal government is
the aim of Representative John Aus
tin Moon of Tennessee. He has in
troduced a bill in congress providing
for such action and points to the great
success of the postoffiee department to
support his contention that it will be
a benefit to the public. In the event
that congress will not make bis bill a
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JOHN A. MOON.
law, Mr. Moon will ask that a special
committee be appointed to investigate
the matter.
Congressman Moon hails from Chat
tanooga and is serving his ninth term
as representative of the Third district
of Tennessee. As chairman of the
committee of postoffices and post roads
be Is thoroughly familiar with the
workings of the postofflee department
and speaks from experience. A law
yer by profession and training, Mr.
Moon served five terms as Judge of
the fourth Judicial circuit of Tennes
see before he was elected to congress.
Ready In Debate.
United States Senator Nathan Goff
of West Virginia served In a presi
dential cabinet thirty years ago. Dur
ing the Hayes administration he was
appointed secretary of the navy to suc
ceed Richard M. Thompson. Later the
distinguished West Virginian was ap
pointed to the federal bench. He has
already figured as a master of law in
senate debates, citing precedents with
out opening a book and quoting deci
sions without looking at the text.
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ROUND THE WORLD
Sicily has an area of 25,739 square
kilometers.
Canning periwinkles is a new in
dustry in Norway.
There are sixteen cables across the
north Atlantic orvan.
Constantinople has a newspaper
that Is run by eleven Turkish women.
Golf enthusiasts In Massachusetts
yearly expend about $800,000 on tho
game.
Rubber flowers to lie woru on wom
en's bathing suits are something
novel
Scotland's population is 15.411 great
er than that of Ireland. She Is also
twice as rich.
Chile has taken up the whaling In
dustry in the southern seas dropped
by Americans.
The Cnlted States produced more
white arsenic last year than ever be
fore, and the lmiorts also were the
greatest on record.
Pittsburgh now has a branch of
the Drama League of America to cen
sor theatrical performances.
A modern Chinese trade union has
been formed In Shanghai by 3,000
goldsmiths and silversmiths.
Edward Nulry of Brooklyn has Just
had a needle removed from his log.
where It had lain for fifty years.
Liquorice root Is a pest In some
parts of Turkey and Russia, Interfer
ing with the cultivation of tho land.
The tallest building In the world. 001
feet high, will be erected In Greeley
square. New York city, to house the
Pan-American .States association.
Because of a lack of accessible quar
ries from which to obtain paving ma
terial Brazil is forced to import cobble
stones for Its streets from Portugal.
An African explorer found a very
modern American sewing machine be
ing operated by a woman in a native
village in the heart of the dark conti
nent A car to carry two members of a res
cue crew, who propel it with bicycle
gearing as it runs on the track of a
mine railway, has been Invented in
Europe.
In an electric fountain for table
decoration invented by a Boston man
the fulling water turns a wheel which
changes the colors of the lights which
illuminate It
During the recent salmon run In
British Columbia waters salmon were
sold at retail In Vancouver shops for
15 cents apiece, the fish averaging five
pounds dressed.
Because the tonnage over the famous
Forth bridge. In Scotland, was CO per
cent heavier last year than In the year
when it was opened much of the struc
ture will be rebuilt
Judge Jackson of Los Angeles, CnL,
has ordered a witness box for his
court so constructed that Jurymen
may see only the beads and shoulders
of women witnesses.
A new electric flashlight pistol of
French invention for scaring criminals
not only displays a bright light when
the trigger is pulled, but makes a noise
like a real weapon as well.
The number of persons killed by
lightning In the United States during
a year averages nearly 600; about
4,000 cattle are killed, and annual dam
age by lightning Is $3,000,000.
An electric crane erected in Ger
many for mounting machinery In large
steamships has a capacity of 250 tons,
while the jib is 315 feet long and can
be raised to a height of 330 feet
Aluminium wire seems to have a
property of shedding water that adds
to its value for transmission lines, as
ice will not form upon and break It as
quickly as It will cojiper or Iron wire.
During the calendar year 1912 one
of the banks of Naples received in
small remittances from emigrants
domiciled in foreign countries $11,870,-
885. Of this sum $9,824,120 came from
the United States.
Norway, according to the American
Scandinavian Review, within the last
Ave years has become the fourth sea
faring nation in the world, counting
the ship tonnage alone. In proportion
to Its population It ranks first
When an epidemic of cholera is rag
ing In the Philippines the authorities
do not close the schools to avoid con
tagion. They keep them open as cen
ters of hygienic information for pre
venting the spread of the disease.
In Germany liquid air Is being ex
perimented with as a mine explosive.
Mixed with aluminium powder and
detonated it forms an explosive about
two and a balf times as powerful as
black powder. Its peculiar advantage
Is that there are no deleterious fumes.
The American residents of the Pana
ma canal zone are worrying as to
what they will do when the canal is
finished and they have to return to
the United States, for, they say, the
canal zone is such an Ideally healthy
place for children that they dread the
change to the more northern climate.
A Cluck association for the propaga
gatlon of the works of that master has
Just been formed In Dresden. The so
ciety calls itself "Gluck community,"
and intends, little by little, to bring
out in print all the literary and musi
cal works of the composer of "Oifeo"
and to foster a wider love of and un
derstanding for the great mun's music.
As an encouragement to further pro
specting and mining In the uew gold
field near the boundary line between
Alaska and Yukon territory the Amer
ican customs ollleliiis have decided not
to establish a custom house there for
one year, believing that the miners
buve alrendy undergone hardships
enough In getting their outfits there
without having to pay duties.
CARABAO SOCIETY SHAKEN.
It Lett Annual Dinner Stirs Up a
Hornet' Nest In Washington.
The dinner of the Military Order ot
the Carabao held during each IVcetu
ber nt Washington since the Inaugura
tion of the society has coino to be
regarded as an aiutiial Institution. Al
ways the turmoil of army and navy
politics and the foibles of government
officials have been travestied. Hut at
Its Inst dinner llu fun, from tint ad
ministration's point of view, was car
ried too far. President Wilson was ho
angered over the satire of the Admin
istration's Philippine and pence poli
cies Indulged In that he camvled his
honorary meinherslilp In the society
and set the nwelilneey of government
to work to determine whether what
RKAB ABMIBAL THOMAS n. HOWARD,
OKaND PARAMOUNT CAKA11AO.
occurred was a breach of discipline or
merely an exhibition of bud taste. The
president's demand for an investiga
tion caused a great commotlou in army
and navy circles. The general attitude
of army and navy otllcers was thot tho
spirit of the banquet was one of fun
and should not be taken seriously.
A committee from the Carabao so
ciety, consisting of Hear Admiral
Thomas B. Howard, recently elected
grand paramount carabao; Mujor Gen
eral J. B. Aleshlre, quartermaster gen
eral, and General Krnnk Mclntyre,
chief of the bureau of Insular affairs,
called upon Secretary of War Gar
rison and Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels and In the form of a letter ex
pressed the regret of the members of
the Carabao for any occurrences at
the dinner calculated to bring the ad
ministration policies Into ridicule.
The Military Order of the Carabao
was organized in Manila in November,
1900. Its purpose is to foster a high
standard of military and social duty
and to perpetuate the memory of Phil
ippine service. Its membership Is com
posed of army and navy otllcers, both
regular and volunteer, who served In
the Philippines between May J, ISfW,
and July 4, 1902. The order Is named
after the woter buffalo, or carabao, the
slow going beast of burden of the
Philippines, which was tho main re
liance of the army for the transport
of stores while marching to fight a na
tive foe In a strange and tropical land.
ALFRED NOYES ON A TOUR.
The English Poet I Gaining Hi First
Impressions of ths United States.
Alfred Noyes, the young and dis
tinguished English poet Is paying his
first visit to the United States aud Is
lecturing In various cities. He will
remain In this country for about six
months. His poems and plays have
been widely read upon this side of the
water, and his popularity here la em-
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AtiFllED NOYES.
pbaslzed by tho fact that among the
subjects announced for prize essays In
tho English department of toth Yale
university mid Andover Is "The Poetry
of Alfred Noyes." Ills verse and his
personality make a special appeal to
young men. Among some of his better
known works are "Tho Loom of
Tears' "The Flower of Old Japan,"
"The Feast of Wild Thyme" and
"Drake," an English epic.
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A LINCOLN FETE.
How to Celebrat the Birthday of the
Famou Emancipator.
February Is certainly tho gnla mouth
of the year for special days. Now Cu
pid Is busy sharpening his arrows for
conquests on St. Valentine's day, and
school children are experiencing thrills
of patriotism as the stories of Lincoln
nre retold. Ills birthday on Feb. 12
will bo celebrated with reverence and
honor not only In schools, but In pri
vate homes,
For Lincoln's birthday this year a
clever hostess bus planned what she
calls a patriotic lum-hoou. The dining
room Is to be devoratisl with 1iih, the
centerpiece Mug n representation of a
southern scene, with a realistic log
cabin and darky dolls dressed In blue
gingham pinafores. A saucy little mule
draws a cart loaded with bales of cot
ton. Over the table there Is to be a
rem hall In which small silk lings will
be thrust, to be taken out by the guests
for their hulr. Tho place cards are to
be ornamented with a picture of Lin
coln having tho Vulted Stales shield
beneath It. At either end of the ta
ble there will be large bows of red.
white and blue. The menu Is unique.
First comes cream of corn oup with
bread sticks tied with trlcolored rib
bon. Tiny stars cut from cold boiled
lieetB will W on top of tho whipped
cream which tops tho soup. Next there
will le breasts of chicken with cannon
ball potatoes cut with a small round
cutter that Is obtainable at any kitchen
furnishing department, ltisl and while
radishes and green xas are tho vege
tables. Then a patriotic salad follows,
made of tomatoes on white lettuce
hearts, with mayonnaise served on blue
plates. The dessert will be Ice cream
forts, made by taking cones of vanilla
cream, placing candled cherries on
them, like gun sights, capping nil with
a Hag. The cake will be cut aud Iced
to look like American flags, bine can
dles being used for tho stars. Drum
shaped (sixes will bold lints aud bon
bons. Cards will furnish the pastime Bfter
luncheon, the score cards being orna
mented with patriotic symbols. For
prizes the hostess is going to use some
of the recent books upon the great
emancipator, of which there are many
adaptable for gifts.
SEWING ROOM HINTS.
How to Fasten Guimpe of Net and
Lace,
Since gulmpeii and yokes of nci and
all over lace are used a good Idea la to
place a piece of luwu under the button
holes to be worked.
This Is Just basted and the button
holes cut and worked through lawii
and lace. Afterward tho lawn is cut
away, and the result h) a firm button
hole that has been quite easy to make.
Some women uso books aud eyes for
closlug yokes, but this method Is not
very durable. Buttons and button
holes will last longer, also look neater.
Time and trouble tuny Ik saved by
this plan. Before buttonholing scallops,
or, in fact, any edge that has to bo cut
out, run over tho line with a very small
stitch on the sewing machine.
It will be found not only easier to
cut out by the edge, but will not fray
Every woman knows how unnoyltig
these little bits of threads nro that pre
sent themselves every time tho cut out
article comes from tho laundry.
Supposing ono wishes to work n but
tonhole on tho bias of tho cloth, Just
stitch back and forth, ay, from four
to six times and then cut the button
hole between tho Btltchiiigs. When this
is worked the buttouhole will bo very
firm Indeed.
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HOW TO CURE THROAT
TROUBLE WITH APPLES.
Few persons realize the elll
cacy of apples In throat disor
ders and Indigestion. Apples con
tain more phosphoric acid than
any other fruit, ami everybody
ought to know that the best
thing to do to promote the action
of the liver and thereby secure
sound sleep Is to eat an apple
before going to bed. Applo pud
dings of all kind, tipple sauce or
salad of apple and celery for
lunch, baked (with cream) for
breakfast-any and all ways the
apple is the old standby.
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How to Test Serge.
If those who ore puzzled to detcrmlno
which is the right sldo of sergo will
follow thta rule the difficulty will Tan
lsh. Whenever there are dlagonnl lines
in the weave, as In serge, or in the pat
tern, as In some suitings, these lines
run from tho upper right hand corner
to the lower left band on the right
side. In muny materials other than
serge these diagonal lines may be seen,
such as merino, cashmere and even
broadcloth, though not so evident In
the latter.
How to U a Darner.
Instead of using a wooden egg darn
er try putting tho worn stocking over
your own shoe tree. Then you will be
able to see exuetly how the darned
place will fit on your foot and can
make it loose or tight as necessity re
quires. Whoii selecting a darning egg al
ways get a white one, so that when
mending black or colored stockings
you will be able to seo the work more
plainly.
How to Make Handle Safe,
Electricians' tape to cover part of the
handles of hammers nnd hatchets will
prevent them from slipping out of the
h'ind when In use.
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