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EDITORIAL PAGE
LONDON IN SIMMER, 1013 ,
A year will Soon hav* rung Its !
chaufos since those fateful Ja\-a in
Aug.w lost when England jswsed
through the vaHey of indecision. 1
Whwi the air was heavy with r«-j
ni«t, and the mysterious move- j
menu of troope and thu*, held a
sinister meanlug, says the Chris
tian Science Mo> itur. Loudou to
d iv is a more normal city than
it waa theu. la thct'o summer j
tilths, when the barges with theii
blown sails drift down a Thames,
who** »u'rf.ic»> is ouly siighlly ,
ruffled by I at passing breeze, j
when the trees iu their full gar- |
went ot loaves cast thick »Uu*li>vs« j
on the Kmbankmeut, when the
bridges carry their full freight of
humanity backward* and xorwiu-ds
across the rivor, quick-moving shut
tles— as one sees thtm from the
Embaukmeui—drawn to and fro ou
luvikjl'ic looms, wheu a clear wu
slant* joynuso from a blue sky
a*To#s which fleecv summer clouds
go ballooning mo»t, joyously, the
ma a ou the Embankment may we'd
believe the clamorous cry of the
yellow v>re«b that the war has not
come home to him. It is true there
art slgu« ot war about A sentry
here aad there guarding an anti-air- j
i.ari gun, men in Btorning coats and'
bowlei hats marching and counter
marching and forming fours with
wonderful gravity amid the green
trtvs aud red geraniums of the old
world tamile, khaki everywhere—
but nothing of tie fierce energy of
military preparatioa of eleven short
mouths ago. Everywhere, if he
has Imagination enough, he may
see tne threads which go out from
this central core to the far-ifluug
fragments of the empire whiufi his
statesmen tell him is "fighting for
its existence," but assuredly the
war does not obtrude itself on this
city, where the beauty of nature
fights most -vigorously against th* i
ugimess of commerce.
But if in its oufward aspect Lon
don is the London of old, the out
look of the people has undergone
a change. The temper of men and
lomta alike has steadily stiffened
as the months have rolled by. Ev
erywhere e-xtrinaic activities- have
tended more ar:d more to be sus
pended and the energies of all to
be aimed at military victory. '.Busi
ness as usual" is a suspect motto
and industrial activities are more
and more drawn into one channel—
the channel of war. The whol# ef
fort of the nation, it would seem,
will soon be shod 'with the ste^i
jK<int of war. Yet through it all
aoi3y roices ia the press clamor
incessantly—for reasons best known
to themselves—that the country is
lctharglc, that it is not awake to
the realities of the situation. It
is a bi,j thing to csk of a people
that It should be able, under a
strict censorship, to visualize the
so-called realities of a war from
which it is so fortunately separated
by a strip of blue sea and the stal
wart steel wall of the British navy.
Enrlshmen are probably no more
and uc less able to tune their im
aginations to that pitch than other
people. But on the whole England
did not enter lightly on this war of
nations, the echoes of whiph are
riuging in all quarters of the earth,
and tt is with a more and more
stitfening resolution that it treads
the path it entered upon then. Thej
English people have been asked to
fight largely ia the dark, to bear
their part patiently in an intricate
nwK, the compass of which is far
beyond their grasp. That without
either the stimulus or a visible foe,
i* iu France, or the support of the
magnificent organisation and dis
cipline of Germany, which in so
many ways makes good deflclencoa
> £ the Individual, England should
be bracing itself so spontaneously
w4 *ith such grave resolution to
a.l that the future aiay .bring forth.
In indeed a striking fact, and one
«!i!rh proves most undeniably tho
unity of a country at a time when
such a quality is its most valuable
weapon.
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James Pike
Of Pikeville
By EVERETT P. CLARKE
The FlktrlUt gold fields were discov
ered and exploited by Jim Pike, who
was as big a riuscal as ever lived.
There was not au ounce of gold within
two miles of the place except what
Jim bad |>ut thfere from sottio other
uilno, but U was enough when mixed
with a eortato red ore there was on tlie
property be laid staked out to sell to
others to convince hungry gold hunters
that he had struck It rich.
When therefore ho gave out that he
had several hundred acres and couldn't
work more than ono acre himself every
body clamored to buy a small slice of
his surplus. It required a lot of per
suading to Induce blm to sell, and
every time he sold a lot he seemed to
be heartbroken. "There goes a for
tun'," he would say, "Just because 1
haven't the funds to get It out o' the
ground."
Nevertheless Jim wns always per
suaded, and If tlie vronld 1)6 purchaser
hadn't the cash to buy with he would—
Just as a favor—take anything; he could
get. lie Bold one man who was down
on his luck a lot fifty feet by fifty for
a revolver. This transaction was talk
ed about, and any man who had a
horse, a watch or an old fiddle would
go to Jim like and buy a bit of ground
with It
Rut none of those Investors pot any
(fold out of their lots. First there was
crumbling; then there was cursing, and
at last there was a putting together of
heads, and the opinion was promulgat
ed that Tike had swindled the pur
chasers. Those who had bought the
best and largest tracts for cash con
sulted as to how tlM«y could get their
money hack; those who had bought
with cats and dogs wore not so
wrought up, but among the whole there
grew up n disposition to prevent Pike
from getting away from the placo with
the booty.
Pike had a deep Insight Into human
nature. It was his opinion that thoso
who have beet) swindled once might bo
swindled again. Moreover, ho believed
that !t Is easier to swindle a commu
nity than an Individual. "That's the
plan," ho said, "ou which promoters
work. If Tom Is satisfied that a cer
tain scheme Is n good one Pick Is ready
to follow Tom. aud the two together
bring In Harry. Tom, I)lck and I la try
bring In the multitude."
So Mr. Pike concluded that, having
by one swindle made a nucleus for
another, he bethought himself what
that other one should be. The object
of his second scheme was not to take
any more money out of the citizens of
Pikcville, for he had cot about all thero
j was. What he desired was to got away
I .vlth his plunder.
| lie pave out that In the Kindness or
his heart he had taken many odds and
' ends for his property for which he
had no use. lie had decided to lump
them and ruille them. He thought
I there were J1.000 worth of them, but
! lie would call It $000
I Those who had Invested money In
Plkeville lots scorned to Invest la
Pike's lottery. Those who had lost
nothing of moment, thinking that these
neighbors had bought with more val
uable articles than himself and that
the collection would l>c a tine thing to
have, took shares In this way 300
shares wc « sold to the most gullible
of the population Tike not only took
the remaining 200 shares himself, but
| pledged himself If he won to put the
names of those holding shares In a hat
and let a little child, blindfolded, draw
a name. To the person whose name
was drawn he would turn over the ar
ticles raffled for.
This seemed so fair, so generous,
that It caused quite a revulsion in
Pike's favor. Those who had sneered
at him did not do so nny more for
fear of exciting hostility ag.iinst them
selves. Indeed, there wefe several
fights between scoffers and sharehold
ers in the lottery.
"WliIIo the shares were being sub
scribed for the articles to be raffled
were exhibited. In Pike's yard were
two horses, both blind, a cow, three
dogs and a goat In his living room
were fishing rods, musical Instruments,
several articles of furniture, some rugs
—much worn—and small articles of
every description down to a Jewsharp.
When the collection had been ex
hibited long enough, to give every one
a sight, though too short to enable any
one to Judge of its worthlessness. It
was announced that the drawing would
take place the next evening at 7 o'clock.
A Uttle girl six years old was blind
folded, a plug hat with 500 names in
It—200 being Pike's—was placed be
fore her, she pnt in her band and drew
out the name of James Pike.
Mr. Pike stepped forth aud said that
he had understood there was some
error In the names In the hat, that
they would be carefully examined and
the final drnwing would take place at
10 o'clock the next morning. There
was a cheer at this, and the generou9
Mr. Pike bowed and smiled affably.
The citizens of PikeviUe arose the
next morning much excited. They had
fed on exciteineut for months, and the
feast had now reached a climax. Also
there was a sudden fall. The artlc'es
to be raffled for were all at band, but
the raffler had departed.
The singular part of this story Is that,
while the shareholders might have
drawn lots for the collection of articles
that had been put up. not a person
made any move to do so. The live
stock scattered 1n search of food and
most of the other things were broken
up by the children.
PLANS NEW ALLENTOWN.
Expert Give* Advice and CommiMion
Taking Meaauree to Improve Town.
Energetic measure* for the Improve
ment of Alleutown, Pa., are being taken
by the new city planning commission,
headed by Colonel Harry C. Trexler.
Frank Koeeter of New York city, an
expert In city planning, has rendered
n preliminary report after a surrey of
the town itself and the territory em
braced within the three mile limit over
wideti It luis Jurisdiction UJlder the
new act of assembly.
Mr. Koester tlndij that Allentown,
like most American towns, was start
ed as a village and allowed to grow
without nny scientific plans for Its de
velopment He advises the municipal
ity to break away from rectangular
blocks and to lay out streets according
to topography and the treud of hills
and streams. He strongly advocates
that the city retain 10 per cent of all
annexed land for parks, public squares,
breathing plaeoH and playgrounds. He
thinks factories should be restricted to
a manufacturing area.
Trolley lines, he says, ought to be
built far out into the suburbs to per
mit the erection of houses away from
the congested district He advises a
law to remove all sidewalk obstruc
tions at onec, so as to relieve the
crowded condition of tho streets In the
heart of the town, and advocates the
removal of the soldiers' monument
from Centor square because It Is a se
rious obstruction to traffic. He also
advocates boulevard lighting from
brackets attached to buildings, so as
to do away with all poles, and says
the supports for trolley wires should
also l»e attached to buildings.
Flower* In Buain«»» Sections.
The Commercial club of Davonport,
In., has encouraged Its members to
beautify tho downtowu section of the
city by Installing window boxes with
flowers In tho stores and office build
ings.
Paying Him Back.
Girl Shopper—Why did you make
thnt poor salesman pull down all that
atufT aud then not buy anything? Sov
ond Ditto—Why, the mean follow was
In a car yesterday and never offered
me bis seat, though 1 looked right at
him; so I just decided I would get
even.—Buffalo Courier.
Wanted Particulars
"t am looking out for a porch
climber. Can you dtrect me where to
go?"
"Well, sir. until you particularize I
don't know whether you want me to
direct you to a tlorlst or to a police
man."—Baltimore American
(Continued on Page 3.)
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F. Jk A. M.
White Fast Lodg«
F. ft A. M. No. 113
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Frt. Br'gs. of each
month. VUUt.Uk brotPera are wax
<M>me Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
u. P. o . ELKS
Bkagwajr Lodge |
Va 431. B. P. O. I
E. meets first
and third Thurs
day evenings at
8:30 .o'clock. Via
ioiip crotaers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R,
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
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Skagwaj Aorle
No. 25, Frator
aal Order of
eagles meets the finft and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall oa Fifth a-roaue. Vlaltlng
brothers oordlally tnrlied to attend.
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Ho
Alisttr, Secretary.
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©Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Sfcagway No. I
A. B meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day eTealag at 8:00 p
m. ttmrp. Visiting brotter* cortllal
ly welcome. A. J. Achesoa, Arctic
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