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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1916)
WOMEN'S AND STORY PAGE V THE AMBER BEADS By ELDREDGE HOLT. He was a traveling Baleaman (or a toothpowder concern. She was prescription clerk in a cut rate drug store. Besides that, she bad a creamy, (air complexion and light brown eyes, shaded, It Is true, by a pair ot rimless, gold-bowed spectacles. But that was because the light In the pharmacy of the cut-rate drug store was not of the best and there were many prescriptions to fill. He had met her at the school where they make young men and here and there a young woman Into druggists, o they both had their diplomas and would some time have a little drug store ot their own, and they would not have to keep a clerk, because, no matter what happened, Alice that was her name could manage to tend store tor a tew hours a day. You know there is a regulation that says that -every drug store must have a graduate pbarmaciet In constant at tendance during the day and part ot the night to put up prescriptions, Ot course one man cannot be at the post all of the time. Alice and Paul that was the toothpowder agent's name had It all arranged that they could save money from the first, tor since she was a registered pharma cist Bhe could substitute In the store tor the few hours that Paul would need to take off. Oh, yes, they were very matter ot fact and businesslike about it and had talked over their plans for the future quite frankly. In the meantime Paul was vending toothpowder, trying to save enough money to buy his own little drug store and by careful skimping, with what savings Alice could add, It would take two years before this purchase could be made. A long time, you think? Yes, but If you bad seen the steady, soft light in Alice's bespectacled eyes and the lovely blush that came Into her creamy, pale cheeks when those eyes met Paul's, you wouldn't have wondered that he was willing to wait. Moreover, to Alice and Paul, marriage off with his suitcase full of samples for the next train. At noon that day Alice hurried her sandwich and hot chocolate, hastily taken at the fountain counter ot the cut-rate drug store, and with her beads in her hand she went to a neighboring Jeweler not the best In town, but one who was reliable, "I am pretty sure they are real am ber," she said, "still It it would not be too great a favor may I ask you to examine them and tell me what I should have paid for them?" The Jeweler looked at the beads, but ap parently shared none ot the Joy in their golden radiance that Alice's eyes Indicated. "Where did you get them, may I ask?" "Oh, not In town! It was in some pawnshop in New York. I Buppose we should have known better than to trust such a place. But they were so bright and pretty I thought they were real amber." The Jeweler eyed her narrowly. "Your idea Is to sell them?" he asked. "No, I Just wanted to see what they are worth. I thought you would tell me." The Jeweler lowered his voice. "I can't tell you Just the maximum price that you might bo able to get for them. Of courBe In Europe they would pay more, but traveling is dangerous. I would be willing personally to pay you five thousand dollars for them, perhaps a little more. Of courso, it you went to New York you might get more, but then there would be the risk, and you might find a dishonest doaler." Alice thanked the Jeweler and fairly staggered out of the store, clasping her precious beads in her hand. She hardly knew whether the man bad been teasing her, making fun of her glass beads, or whether she had been Insane, or at least dreaming. She made her way to the most conserva tive and most expensive Jeweler in town, unmindful that the clock on the corner pointed five minutes to the time that Bhe ought to be back at the prescription counter. Ten minutes later she was in the darkened examination room with two Jewel experts. She seemed to come to R EDMUND OTIS HOVEY, ! curator of the department of geology and Invertebrate pale ontology of the American Museum of Natural History, has re turned from a three months' expedi tion to the Lesser Antilles. He spent most ot bis time on the Islands of Ouadeloupe, Martinique and St. Vin cent, where he continued the studies of the active volcanoes of the West In dies, which he began In 1902, during the great eruptions of Mt. Pelee, Mar tinique, and the Soufriere of St. Vincent. Doctor Hovey spent 18 days on the island of Guadeloupe, three of which were spent on the summit ot the Sou friere, where temperature observations pn the fumaroles were made and sam ples of escaping gases collected. These fumaroles have been active, with va rying degrees Qf strength, during all the historic period of the volcano. A marked increase of discharge of sul phurated steam took place at the time ot the eruptions ot Martinique and St Vincent, and an area several acres In extent was then added to the active region. The vents maintain the force of their discharge, but the temperature does not in any case exceed 100 degres C. (212 degrees F.). The eastern mem ber ot the twin islands forming Guade loupe Is sedimentary In origin. Doctor Hovey spent much of his time study ing its geological relations with refer ence to their bearing on the general history of the Antilles. On Martinique he devoted most of his time to Mt. Pelee Itself, and the ruined city of St. Pierre, and spent I little at the necessity that made him wait so long, and when sales were not U good as usual that meant smaller commissions for him he would write a letter of Impatience to Alice. One particularly lovely autumn day Paul sauntered into the cut-rate drug Btore. He had unexpectedly come to town and he wanted to surprise Alice. Alice dropped the test tube she was holding when she heard his voice, and, slipping out of her all-enveloping linen apron, ran out to the counter outside. "I've had a hurry call to New York, Alice," he told her, "and I've only a few minutes between trains. But I Btopped over to see you. And, say, Alice, I've had a specially good run of luck. That new patent cap top on the powder makes a big hit And I am go ing to be extravagant. I want to get you something from the big city. I can't afford the engagement ring I ought to have got you, but tell me what piece of jewelry that doesn't cost bo very much say ten or fifteen dol lars you would most like." Alice clasped her bands before her and thought for a second. "A string ot amber beads," she said at laBt. "I have always wanted them." Paul's face showed his disappoint ment. Somehow he had always asso ciated amber beads with the fact that some old woman be had known about wore them around their necks to ward oft chills and fever. It Alice had said a gold-link bracelet, with a heart- shaped padlock and a key, he would have been entirely satisfied with her choice. But Alice stuck to her plea for amber beads. "I love the color of amber so," she said, "and all my life I have dreamed ot having them some time." In ten days Paul returned one morn ing, and, going straight to the cut-rate drug Btore, found Alice and gave her the beads. Again there was short con nection between trains, and in a few minutes he was off again. "I don't really like those beads," he said, "and I can take them back and get the money It you say so. I'll tell you frankly that they cost twelve dollars. I got them at a pawnshop I happened to be passing. I tried to jew the man down, but he wouldn't liBten to a cent loss. You might take them to some regular jeweler and find out whether I was buncoed or not. Maybe they are only glass." Alice held the beads up to the light And reveled in the soft, golden radl- anco that shone through them. "I am luro Uiny aro real amber," she said. "Tboy ure beautiful. But perhaps you bad better take them back. Twelve foliar would be Just so much more toward the store." That's right," said Paul, "but I'm AO Indian giver. They're what you waited tnd they're what you shall nT." And in another minute be was uruugn ins lorm oi consulting the treasurer of the concern. He 1b out at luncheon at present." Somehow Alice got back to hor post. She was 15 minutos late unheard-of breach of office regulations but she did not explain. That afternoon she sent a telegram to Paul asking him to roturn at once to hear the good news, And that la why Alice and Paul didn't have to wait two years. In fact, they waited only long enough to find just the coziest little drug Btore for $5,000 that you could imagine. And the amber beads when they have been restrung and properly mounted will bo on exhibition in one of the big museums, although to any but an ex pert they look much like any other string of amber beads. (Copyright, 1915, by the MeClure Newspa per synuicme.) Prevarication Hard to Beat, The two commercial travelers were boasting to each other of the merits of the respective fireproof safes for which they were agents. "I guess, said the ilrst, "that we've given our Bate 'some' test, and I reckon that our best trial was when we heaped up collection of combustibles round which took a week to burn out. In side the safe was a little dog provided with food and water. At the end of the week we raked away the embers and opened the door ot the Bate which had been In the middle ot that blazing bonfire for a week. Out Jumped the llttlo dog, well and happy, wagging hta tall with delight." "Yours Is good safe," said the other, "but : Isn't in the same block with ours. W adopted the samo test precisely, and when we'd raked away the embers and come to the safe at last we opened the door and our llttlo dog" He paused dramatically. "Was doad," In terrupted his rival. "Yes, sir," was the reply. "You've hit it Frozen to death!" FOR FUN IN LODGE ROOM I BOYS FOREORDAINED TO FAIL was the route traversed by hundreds or perhaps thousands of destructive eruption clouds, still He drear and desolate, because the soil was com pletely swept away by the blasts, and the material left behind as well as that added by the eruption is too porous for the retention of t.he water neoessary to restore it to fertility. Furthermore, the rainfall of the west side of the island Is much less than on the east side, and the region is dried by the rays of the afternoon sun. From Martinique Doctor Hovey pro ceeded to the Island of St. Vincent, where more than three weeks were devoted to the study of Soufriere, twelve days of the time being spent In camp on the volcano. Here, as in Martinique, the vegetation has re-established Itself more thoroughly on the windward than on the leeward side of the mountain, the windward side being that which receives the greater rainfall, and the leeward side not only receiving less rainfall but also suffering from the heat of the af ternoon sun. Considerable portions of the Soufriere received immense de posits of gravelly ash from the recent eruptions, and these are largely bar ren at the present time. Other areas received a. finely comminuted ash which retains water better than the coarse material, and suffers more rap id decomposition. This fine ash is now coated more or less thickly with moss and lichens, and often bears, in addition, bushes, trees, and tree ferns. The outer limits of the original zone ot annihilation showed merely a de struction ot the vegetation then coat- Electrlo "Goat" Ha Been Devised to Furnish Amusement to Member Inclined to Levity. An electric "goat" for lodgerooms receives the second prize in the Elec trical Experiment er's monthly com petition. Its in ventor is C. F. Co nant, who de scribes it as fol lows: Drive four small wire brads (a) Into the un der side of chair seat, letting Just the points appear on the upper side ot seat With a fine nail set drive them back so that they remain Just below the surface. Fasten a small induction coll (c) and a battery (b) under the seat, sol dering the secondary wires (f) to the ends of the brads (a). The parts of the switch (d) can be made from small strips of brass or copper, and screwed to the back of chair, as shown. Run the wires (e) down the back of chair to coll and battery, keeping them out of sight as much as possible. The youth Who Is Spared All Work by Indulgent Parents Is on Wrong Road to Success In Life. We can only wonder at the silly tvay in which some men waste their lives. One day It is a man in Cincinnati who enters a bank, shooting this way a.nd that, scoops the money into a bag while the employees hide, leaps Into a stolen motor car, enacts the robbery again In another bank, and at last, when cornered, kills a police man and is himself killed. Enough of adventure, excitement and tragedy to laBt a lifetime crowded Into a few hours, with murder at the end. But what for? The chances of the man getting away were so remote that only a fool would have under taken the Job. The next day it is Kansas City. Two men rob a shopkeeper of dia monds and money and try to escape by running through crowded streets, a silly and tutlle thing to undertake. The end of their folly will be years and years of hard work, hard living, lonesomeness and heartbreaking mo notony in prison. The man who undertakes to live switch (d) is concealed by a pad or oy ms wits, to get money wunoui drape of some kind thrown over the working for it, is foreordained to fall back of the chair, as aforementioned, ure. And yet there are always men and the chair is ready tor the firet vie- starting on that road, tim. When said victim leans back In general they are men who failed against the switch (d), closing the In youth to learn the lesson of in- battery circuit with the coll (c), the dustry. They got the idea that the fireworks beein. The coil may be a ena or lite was to get on witn as iittie one-fourth to one-half-inch spark coil, effort as possible. The boys who are and it is well to cover over the bottom spared all work by indulgent parents, who expect everything to be done for them and to do nothing for anybody else, are on the wrong road. They are getting the demoralizing ideas that are responsible for such wrecks as come daily to the criminal court. MADE RE GORD SPEED Annette Kellerman Tells of Hei Race With Death. and legs of the chair with cloth, etc. mm mm 4 1 I : : J Pff MT PELEE, MARTINIQUE, The Inevitable Quarrel. "I'm glad I was married in June instead of October," said the bride. "Why?" "Because if we'd married in October we'd have scrapped over whether or not we were going to spend Thanks giving with my people, and then our honeymoon wouldn't have lasted a month." Not Interested. "Who was it," Inquired the student, "that said 'after me, the deluge?'" "Don't ask me," rejoined the super flclal person. "1 never did pay much attention to weather prophets." Fitting Food. "Great Scott, Maria, I told you tg give me some suitable food, and I'll Bwear every dish on this table It something pickled." - "Well, so are you." several days In camp on the old sum mit plateau of the volcano, which Is 450 feet above the sea, and which for merly bordered the pool ot fresh water known as Lao des Palmlstes. The new cone, which stands as the enduring monumont of the great eruption, near ly fills the old crater adjoining the plateau, rising some 600 foet above it. The famous spine, or obelisk, which rose some hundreds of feet further in to the air, disappeared entirely nearly ton years ago through disintegration, and the cone, as viewed from the sea, presents a flat top, whose apparent smoothness does not prepare a visitor for the actual ruggodness ot surface which he finds ou climbing the moun tain. Mt. Pelee Quieting Down. At the tlino of Doctor Hovey's last previous visit in 1908 the new cone was seamed with fissures which dis charged great volumes of steam and gave temperatures as high as 600 de greos C. (900 dogroes F.). The present expedition found considerable steam still Issuing from those vents, but no temperatures exceodlng 100 degrees C. (212 degrees F.) could be found. On the east or windward side of the volcano tho vegetation has re-estab lished itsolf to the summit of the moun tain, and even the forest is beginning to reassert itself. The whole aspect of this side of the volcano Is verdant and poacoful and gives no indication ot the dovnstatioa of thirteen years ago; even the recks ot the now cone are more or loss thickly coated with moss, while the side and top ot the old cone are covered with grass, terns and bushes, In addition to the moss and lichens. On the summit plateau the campers found tn almmJancs ct red raspberry bushes bearing flowers and green and ripe fruit. Sugar plantations on the west side ot Mt. P!te have been reinstated as far as the Roxelane river, within the border of tho original tone of annihila tion, while tho ruined city of St Pierre now contains about thirty new build ings of durable construction and a res idout ropulatton of between two and thro hundred people. Ore Side Still Desolate. 1 0e xones stretching down the south west tide ol tho volcano lying between Ibe Socho and Blanche river, which ing the mountain slopes and did not suffer destruction or deep burying ot the soil. Palms and tree ferns have regained their pristine development and beauty In this region, and forest trees are growing. On the east side of the mountain the sugar cane plantations which flourished before the eruptions are now largely restored to cultiva tion and present a heavier growth of cane than before, while on the west Bids the peasant proprietors are al ready taking up "provision ground' on the lower elopes of the volcano It self. Soufriere Crater Is Beautiful. The great crater of the Soufriere is beautiful enough to repay the lover of scenery for a special trip to the island, It la about nine-tenths ot a mile across from east to west and three-quarters of a mile wide from north to south. and a lake approximately halt a mile in diameter now occupies its lower portions as its predecessor did In the days before the eruptions which changed the whole appearance ot the mountain. In 1902-3 there was a little pool of muddy water in the bottom of the bowl through which disturbing columns or puffs ot Bteam were con tinually rising. In 190S the pool was much larger, was yellowish green in color, and was not disturbed by any eruptive discharges, but did not fill the bottom of the crater. Now the lake is apparently some hundreds of feet deeper than it was then, and occupies the entire bottom ot the crater, rising well up on the vertical walls In most places. Doctor Hovey was able to make careful meas urements with the theodolite which established the surface ot the lake as being 760 feet below the point where the trail from the western side of the island reaches the rim ot the cra ter, or approximately 2,140 feet above the level ot the sea. The interior walls ot the crater are coated with moss and tufts ot grass wherever there are slopes ot volcanic ash, and tree ferns and bushes are re establishing themselves in the ravines cut by the rains while the vertical faces ot the old lava beds making up a large part ot the mountain add tones ot red dish and yellowish gray to the color effect. TO LIGHT MATCH IN WIND Not 8uch a Difficult Matter If One Knows the Right Way to Go About It. To light a match in a stiff wind is I very easy it the wood part back of I the prepared end Is cut and turned up about it before striking the match, writes E. K. Marshall of Oak Park, 111,, to Popular Mechanics. The curled up MOTOR WHEEL FOR BICYCLE Power Plant Mounted In Substantial Frame Which Is Carried on Rubber-Tired Wheel. The application of a gasoline motor to an ordinary bicycle is not new, but It is extremely doubtful If many of the attachments of this nature are of much practical value. As a rule the shavings about the striker will catch attachment involves some more or less fire easily and hold a flame, where in serious and expensive change in the the ordinary way it is easily blown frame of the bicycle. The motor With Human Companion and Mlscet laneous Collection of Fish She Shot Through Broken Wall of Their Glass Inclosurs. Annette Kellerman tells an Interest lng story of the accident that occurred In Bermuda when the production ol Neptune's Daughter" was being pho tograplied. "I wouldnt go througu that experience again for anything short of an absolute certainty, that 1 would come out a perfect Sarah Bern hardt," MIbs Kellerman says. "Her bert Brenon, the director, and I wer that enormous glaBs lnclosure with octopus, a baby shark, lobsters, and tropical fish. He took the part one of my enemies In the play who tried to kill me, and we were strug gling like mad In the water. Th photographers outside were operating their machines at full speed. w would work under water, and then swim up and begin speaking lines. I remember coming up almost out ol , breath and shouting, "Oh, Katherlne ll dead!' Then, in an aside, 'Oh, Mr, Brenon, one of those lobsters is stick ing me In the back; do hurry.' Keep up your courage, we'll soon be through,' he replied. "The next moment there was a noise like the report of a cannon. The water pressure had torn a hols In one end of the tank, and we started In that direction at a mile a second. You must keep your feet, I thought to myself. I straightened up and dived forward, preceded by Mr. Brenon. He behaved like a hero. He shot through that awful, jagged opening first, car rying with him a shower of glass splin ters. This saved me, of course. -My Instep was terribly injured, but he was cut iu 100 places about the arms and legs. Behind us came the octopus and the whole tankful of fish. It seems absurd, but the first thing Mr. Brenon and I Baid the moment we could get breath enough to say any thing was, 'Is the picture ruined?'" out when the composition ot the strik er has burned up. New Zealand Victoria Cross. New Zealand has its own Victoria Cross one of the rarest medals ever changes whatever in the frame of the wheel Illustrated herewith, on the oth er hand, is quite a departure from the conventional attachments of this na ture, as It comprises a complete pow er unit in Itself and requires no awarded "for Valor." ThlB cross is very similar to the one so much cov eted by the officers and men ot the British army and navy. The center, however, bears the wording "New Zealand," instead of "For Valor," and has no Hon. This medal was institut ed in 1869 by the governor of New Zealand, Sir G. F. Bowen. He ex ceeded his authority in doing so, but Queen Victoria signed the necessary order for the medals, adding a note, however, that it was not to be taken as a precedent. Altogether only 19 ot these crosses were awarded. bicycle for its successful attachment Kindly Consideration. "What is your objection to me for a son-in-law?' asked the energetic young man. 'I don't object to you," replied Mr. Cumrox. "If I seem kind of diffident when you are around, it's because 1 Bicycle Power Plant. and use. The power plant consists of a small gasoline motor mounted in a substantial frame which is carried on a rubber-tired wheel that serves thfl driver. Above the wheel is like you. I'm Just wondering how it's mounted the gasoline tank. A glance going to be when mother and the girls at tne nitration wlU Bhow that the quit welcoming you as a distinguished visitor and begin to treat you like one ot the family.' Word of Encouragement. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. device Is entirely self-contained ana that it is attached quite easily by means of clamps to the framework of the bicycle, of which, however, it is quite independent Sector msMp'inla CLUBS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS races. It's much more patrl horse otic" "What're you talking about now?' "Your recreations. You don't know how pleased I was to bear you say that hereafter you weren't going to bet on anything but long shots. Essential Endeavor. "Do you think there is any way of bringing your constituents around to your way of thinking?" "My way ot thinking hasn t any thing to do with it," replied Senator Sorghum. "My Job is to keep up with their way of thinking and Bee it I can change my mind every time the ma jority change theirs." Rebuffed. 1 hope you are prepared to dis count the foibles of humanity and look for the good beneath the surface," reJ marked the altruist. "Oh, yes," replied the man whose, curiosity is never satisfied, "but every; time I ask people a few simple ques Hons they act as it they thought it) was none of my business." Movement Fostered by Department of Agriculture Has Spread to Every Section of Country. One of the most notable movements In agricultural education has been the boys' and girls' clubs organized in ag ricultural communities for the pur pose of learning to farm by actually farming. Fostered by the department of agriculture and taken up in vari ous forms by state, county and even private agencies, the movement has spread to almost every section of the country. The boys and girls who belong to any of these clubs are building a foun dation for future success in farming which was beyond the dream of the last generation. They are learning to do by doing. They are finding out the fundamental principles of crop production in their young and Impres sionable years, and are learning to work with their heads as well as their hands. Explained. "Women step oft a street car and ap parently pay no attention to where they are going," growled the cynical observer. "You are wrong, my friend, an swered his fellow strap-hanger. "As a matter of fact they are thinking so hard about the places they are going to that they forget where they are.' The Way Out Tm just about ready to give up trying," declared a girl who found the record of a year a discouraging one. But no matter how numerous our fail ures may have been, to give up will only make a bad matter worse. If we fall short of our hopes when we try, what will happen when we stop trying? Instead of giving up because the year has not been a success, try harder. Girls' Companion. 0PULAR NOVEL IN PICTURES Harold MacGrath's "Hearts and Masks" Is Produced, With Re markably Strong Cast. Harold MacGrath never wrote s more interesting story than "Hearts and Masks." It has been read by many thousands and has been thor oughly enjoyed. A production has tesj i8St till Li.,ijiiuu,t.ullSil8S5lniifliil Wheeler Oakman. been made of "Hearts and Masks," with Kathlyn Williams in the leading role; Charles Clary, Wheeler Oakman, Fred Huntly and other Btars depicting other personalities In the well-known story. It Is a most exciting picture and holds the interest ot the spectator from beginning to end without a break. The picture is In three reels and is full of "punch" all the way through. "Doubling Up." "The Twobblers say they are living very simply now. " "Oh, they have merely reduced the number ot their servants." "But It must be so. Why, I've ac tually seen their chauffeur raking le-6 on the lawn." A War Observer. "What's the matter; scared o' that boy that's chasin' you?" "No." "Then what are you running away from him for?" "I'm not running away I'm Just re treating for strategical purposes. Part Suits Her. Mabel Trunnelle is well known and admired among the motion-Dictum fans for her portrayals of the young girls In the Edison films. . She, how ever, had never played the role of a Japanese girl when she learned that her part In the film, "Greater Love Hath No Man," by Mary Imlay Tay lor, would be that of a Japanese maiden. Miss Trunnelle was delight ed, because she had previously depict ed practically every other character. She became deeply interested and spent every spare moment in em broidering a pretty Japanese gown. Returns to Plcturs Game. Announcemnt is made that David H. Thompson is to appear In moving pictures again. A year ago a leading company decided that It needed some one to handle its "extra" people and cast the pictures, so Mr. Thompson was selected because of his good Judg ment of actors Mid general knowledge f Ue buslV til