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THREE HEROES
Breatheltt County, Ky., has maintained a lurid notoriety for the past
several decades. It la one of the places where law lias been openly defied,
where a man's life has not been counted as worth anything. Yet from that
county comes the record of bravery and law respecting adfterence to duty
which puts to shame some of the more decorous counties In very decorous
states. Albert Allen, the Jailer of the county, Robert Allen, his deputy,
and the wile of the latter dared. In the perfomance of their duty to defy
the mob which sought and obtained the liberation of two Incarcerated mur
derers, after all three of the Aliens had laid down their lives in the de
fence of the law.
They will be burled In a quiet grave In Kentucky, but they were no
less heroic In soul, and no less a credit to the nation than the bravest of
the soldier boys who died on the fields of Franco. Peace hath her heroes
no less than war. To the long list of those who die In the faithful per
formance of duty In civil life Is the honors of a grateful nation due.
Rl X IN HARNESS
The welfare of the local publtsher and the welfare of the local mer
chant are Inseparably linked. That goes without saying. In some towns
merchants are not alive to the wisdom of working in harness with the lo
cal publisher. When he approaches them for advertising they feel he is
asking a favor instead of presenting them a business proposition. As a
salesman of advertising the publisher is viewed in a light entirely differ
ent to that in which the shoe or the dress goods salesman Is received. On
the other hand there are publishers who are quite indifferent to the pros
perity of their tradesmen. They don't see that if the tradesmen fail, the
uewgpaper is bound to fail, that the life of the newspaper is advertising,
that without advertising the newspaper could not exl3t.
The publisher who falls to do ail he can consistently do to make trade
for his local merchants is directly indifferent to his own prosperity, and
the merchant who fa:ls to do his utmost to make his local paper powerful
and prosperous is indifferent to bis grvatest means of selling
There are many ways in which merchants can help publishers aside
from placing advertising with them. Ofren they can influence national ad
vertisers to use the local paper by the simple writing of a letter when .all
the argument from the publisher falls 011 d»>af ears. The merchant is par
rying a nationally advertised line. His sales are not of the best. If they
are good they could be better. A letter from him to the sales manager of
the national advertiser, even though the goods have been bought through
a Jobber. Is likely to receive consideration. If the merchant explains he
could probably Increase his sales by an advertising campaign in his local
newspaper and can bring about, such a campaign, then everyone concerned
is aided. Local selling is not stimulated by advertising iu national week
lies and magazines.—Cordova Times.
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.V" A HOPKFIX VIEW t '• 'S
The world is in a bad way. no doubt. Germany, we read, is building
more theaters than factories. She is making paper money and spending it
with no thought of the morrow. Trance Is keeping up an army of 1,000.
000 men. The Polish government probably is all the Mr. Wells says it Is—
that is to say. it's just like most other governments, !>ent on getting all it
can for itself. Britain is all bogged down. America, like a rosy apple on
the outside, has yet a worm at the core. Exchange is 'perfectly rotten.
All this may be owing to the triviality of man's sown-in-sin-nature as
Mr. Wells holds. His levity is irrepressible, cropping out at Versailles and
Washington conferences and everywhere. It is always flying up and hit
ting him painfully like a stepped-on hoop. Nevertheless we cherish the
hope that Mr. Wells will feel better about it by and by. There are a few
earnest souls left and some of tliem may be in Washington, They may find
a way out. They are not. we believe, going to atwlish patriotism at a
stroke or sink all the navies at a splash. They are not going to wipe out
all boundaries and turn Englishmen into Proosians and Koosians. The
ouiet English landscape will survive. Shakespeare and Milton will remain
prideful names and grass shall not yet grow in the streets of New York.
We're all going to see it through like Mr. Brltling—and Mr. Wells.
Mr. Wells is going to write good buttressing stufT and we're going to hold
him up while he does it. That's an example of the kind of co-operation
that's going to save civilization and the world. In that way we'll all pull
through and Mr. Wells will get hts vacation in Florida, exchange will perk
up. the autumn sunshine will break through the fog and all bowed down
hearts will revive in grateful recognition that all's right with the world—
or is In a fair way to be so.—Ketchikan Chronicle.
8<XTAliI8TS—REFLEXES OF FAILURES
It is truthfully remarked by the Boston Nerws Bureau that "Socialist
propagandists rarely emerge into competent servants of the state. Few
revolutionist* are so hopeful of the succesa of ithelr movement that they
make plans for the morning following the revolir.flon." There is good rea
son why this is true. The socialist is usually a man who has never made
a success of any productive industry. If he had made a success of produc
tion. he would have learned at first hand the necessity for individual ini
tiat.ve, enterprise and thrift. He would have "know nthat communism holds
out no offers of reward to stimulate able men to put forth extreme efTort.
He would have appreciated the importance of encouraging all men to work,
save and invest. Not having learned the fundamentals of successful devel
opment of production, he is not a successful leader in shaping policies of
government. If, by a turn of politics, be finds himself in power. The prac
tical demonstration of the workings of aocialiani la .Russia has been a val
uable lesson to the world. j
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" ~ COPVTCISHT.PY PETgH8.KYm
Ppon n night which happened to
be Scraggs' night oft. unit when lie
wus particularly louely and Inclined
to drawn his sorrows In the Rowhead
saloon, he was approached by Sent'
Johnny, and iuvlted to repair to the
latter'a dingy office for the purpose of
discussing « hni Scab Johnny guard
edly referred to as a "proposition."
L'pou arrival al the olllce, Captain
Scruggs was introduced to a small,
fierce-looking gentleman of tropical ap
pearance, who owned to the name of
Don Manuel Garcia Lopez. Scab John
ny first pledged Captuln Scraggs to
absolute secrecy, and made him swear
by the honor of his mother and the
; bones of his father not to divulge a
word of what lie was about to tell him.
Scab Johnny was short and to the
poiut. He slated that, as Captain
Scruggs was doubtless aware, if in'
perused the naily papers al all, there
was u revolution raging in Mexico.
His friend. Senor Lopez, represented
the under-iiogs ill the disturbance, and
was anxious to secure a ship and a
nervy sea captain to land a shipment
of arms In Lower California, ll ap
peared that at a sale of condemned
army goods held al the arsenal at
Kenicla. Sen or Lopez had, through
Scab Johnny, purchased two thousand
single-shot Springfield rifles that hud
been retired when the militia regiment*
took up the Kvug. The Krag In turn
liavlug been replaced by the uioderu
magazine Springfield, the old single
shot Sprlngtields, with one hundred
thousand roumls of 4;>-T0 hall cart
ridges. had been sold to the highest
bidder. In addition to the small arms,
Lopez had at present in a warehouse
three machine guns and four 8-inch
breech-loading pieces of Held artillery
(the kind of guns generally designated
us a "jackass battery." for the reasou
that they cun he taken down and trans,
ported over rough country on mules)
—together wl.h a supply of ammuni
tion for same.
"Now, then." Senh Johnny contin
ued. "the Job that confronts us is to
"The Job That Confronts Us Is to Get
These Munitions Down to Our
Friends In Mexico."
get these munitions down to our
friends In Mexico. If we're caught
tinea kin' 'era into Mexico we'll spend
the rest of our lives In n federal peni
tentiary for bustln' the neutrality laws.
All them rltles nn* tlie ammunition is
cased tin' In my basement at the pres
ent moment—and the government
agents knows they're there. But thut
ain't troubling me. I rent the saloon
next door an' I'll cut a hole through
the wall from uiy cellar Into the saloon
cellar, carry 'em through the saloon
into the backyard, an" out into the
alley half a block away. I'm watched,
but I got the watcher spotted—only
he don't know It. Our only trouble
is a ship. How about the Maggie?"
"I'd have to spend about two thous
and dollars on her to put her in condi
tion for the voyage," Scruggs replied.
"Can do." Scab Johnny answered him
briefly, and Senor Lopez nodded ac
quiescence. "You discharge on a light
er at Descanso bay about twenty miles
below Ensenada. What'll It cost us?"
"Ten thousand dollars, in addition
to tixln' up the Maggie. Half down
and half on delivery. I'm rlskln' my
hide an' my ticket an' I got to be well
paid for it."
Again Senor Lopez nodded. What
did be care? It wasn't his money.
"I'll furnish you with our own crew
Just before you sail," Scab Johuny con
tinued. "Get busy."
"Gimme a thousand for preliminary
oxuAosas." Sltul'its demanded. "After
that Speed Is my middle name."
The charming Seuor Lopez produced
the money In crisp new bills and, per
fect gentleman that he was, demanded
no receipt. As a matter of fact,
Scruggs would not have given him one.
The two weeks that followed wer#
busy ones for Captain Scraggs. The
(lay after his interview with Scab
Johnny and Don Manuel he engaged
an engineer and a deck hand and went
up the Sacramento to bring the Mag
gie down to San Francisco. Upon
her arrival she was hauled out on
the niarlue ways at Oakland creek,
cleaned, caulked, and some new cop
per sheathing put on her bottom. She
whs also given a dash of black paint,
bad her engines and boilers thorough
ly overhauled and repaired, and
shipped n new propeller thai would
add at least a knot to her speed. Al
so. she had her stern rebuilt. And
when everything was ready, she slipper)
(louu to tile P.lack Diamond coal bunk
er* and took on enough fuel to car
ry her to Sun Pedro; after which
she steamed across the bay to San
Francisco and lied up at Fremont
street wharf.
The cargo came down III boxes, vari
ously labeled. There were "agricul
tural Implements." u "cream separat
or." a "windmill." and half a dozen
"sewlng-nmchlneK," in addition to a
considerable number of kegs alleged
10 contain nails. Most of It came down
after live o'clock In the afternoon
after the wharfinger had left the dock,
anil as nothing hut a disordered brain
would have susperted the steamer Mag.
gle of :iii attempt to break the neutral
ity laws, the entire cargo was gotten
aboard safely and without a lot of
suspicion attaching to the vessel.
When all was in readiness. Captain
Scraggs incontinently "tired" his deck
hand mid engineer und inducted aboard
a new crew, carefully selected for their
Glibu-tor virtues by Scab Johnny him
self. Theu while the new euginecr got
up steam. Captain Scruggs went up to
Scab Johnny's office for his tinal in
structions and the balance of tlie first
instalment due him.
Krietly. tils instructions wore as fol
lows: Upon arrival off Point Dume
j on the southern California coast, he
' was to stand in close to Dutue cov«
under cover of darkness and show two
green lights on tlie masthead. A man
would come alongside presently In a
small boat, mid climb aboard. This
i man would be the supercargo and the
j •••■ntiilential envoy of the Insnrrecto
; Junta In I.ns Angeles. Captain Scraggs
was to look to this man for orders aud
I to obey him Implicitly, as upon this
depended the success Of tlie expedi
j tion. This ngent of the Insurrecto
' forces would pay him the balance of
five thousand dollars due hlra immedi
ately upon discharge of the cargo at
Descnnso bay. There was a body of
insurrecto troops encamped at Megano
rnncho, a mile from the beach, and
they would have a barge and small
bouts In readiness to lighter the cargo.
i Scab Johnny explained that he had
1 promised the crew double wages and
J n bonus of a hundred dollars each for
t the trip. Don Manuel Garcia Lopez
paid over the requisite amount of cash,
j and half an hour later the Maggie was
steamlnc down tlie bay on her perilous
mission.
The sun was setting as they passed
out the Golden gate and swung down
the south channel, and with the wind
on her beam, the aired Maggie did nine
knots. I.nte In the afternoon of the
; following day she was off the Santa
Barbara channel, and about midnight
she ran In under the lee of Point Dume
; and lay to. The mate hung out the
I green signal lights, and In about an
| hour Captain Scraggs heard the sound
of oars grating In rowlocks. A few
minutes later a stentorian voice hailed
them out of the darkness. Captain
! Scraggs had a Jacob's ladder slung
over the side and the mate and two
deckhands hung over the raiJ with lan
terns, lighting up the surrounding sea
feebly for the benefit of the lone ad
venturer who sat muffled in a great
coat in the stern of a small boat rowed
| by two men. There was a very slight
sea running, and presently the men In
' tlie small boat, watching their oppor
1 tnnlt.v by the ghostly light of the lan
terns, ran their frail craft In under
the lee of the Maegle. The figure in
the stern sheets leaped on the Instant,
caught the Jacob's ladder, climbed
nimbly over the side, nnd swore heart
ily In very good English as his feet
struck the deck.
"What's the name of this floating
coffin?" he demanded in a chaln-locker
voice. Tt was quite evident that even
In the darkness, where her many de
fects were mercifully hidden, the Mag
gie did not suit the special envoy of
the Mexican insurrectog.
"American steamer Maggie." said
the skipjier frigidly. "Scraggs Is my
name, sir. And If you don't like my
vessel—"
"Scrnr^sy!" roared the special en
voy. "Scraggsy, for a tnousann i Ann j
the old Mnggle of all boats! Scrawny, |
old tarpot, your fin! Duke me, you |
doggoncd old salamander I"
"Gib, my dear boy I" shrieked Cap- j
tain Scrag** and cast himself Into Mr.
Glbney'a arms In a transport of Joy.
Mr. C.thney, for It wag Indeed he, j
pounded Captain Scraggs on the back
with one (treat hand while with the [
other he crushed the skipper's Anger* j
to a puip, the while he called on all
the powers of darkne9s to witness that |
never In all his life had be received
such a plensant surprise.
It was indeed a happy moment. All
the old animosities and difference*
were swallowed up In the glad hand
clasp with which Mr. Olbney greeted
his old shipmate of the green-pea
trade. Scraggs took him below at once
and they pledged each other's health
In a steaming kettle of grog, while the
Haggle, once more on her course,
rolled south toward Descanso bay.
"Well, I'll be keel-hauled and skull
dragged !" said Captain Scraggs, pro
ducing a box of two-for-a-quarter
cigars and handing it to Mr. Glbney.
"Gib, my dear boy, wherever have you
been these last three years?"
"Everywhere," replied Mr. Glhney.
"I have been all over, mostly In Pana
ma and the Gold coast. Kor two years
I've been navlgatln' officer on the Co
lombian gunboat Bogota. When I wai
a young feller I did a hitch In the navy
and become a flrst-ciass gunner, and
then I went to sea In the merchant ma
rine, and got my mate's license, and
when I Hashed my credentials on the
president of the United States of Co
lombia he give me t job at "dos elent'l
pesos oro" per. 'j uat'a Spanish for
two hundred bums aid a month I've
been throurl wars and I got a
medal for - • it' a flshln' smack. I
talk Span-' -t like a native. I don'i
drln' "in i.e..-- to speak of, ami l'v.
my monev. •*<>
when 1 get the price together I'm goln'
l.ack to San Francisco, buy me a nice
little schooner, aud go tradln' In the
South seas. How they been comln'
with you, Scr'aggsy, old klddo?"
"Lovely," replied Scraggs. "Just
simply grand. I'll pull ten thousand
nut of this Job."
Mr. Glbney whistled shrilly through
tils teeth.
"Tliut's the ticket for soup," he said
admiringly. "I tell you, Scruggs, tills
soldier of fortune business may be all
right, but It don't amount to much
compared to being a sailor of fortune,
eh, Seraggsy? Just as soon as I heard
there was a revolution In Mexico I quit
my Job In the Colombian navy and
come north for the plckln'a. . . .
No, J ain't been In their rotten little
| army. . . . D'ye think I want to
j go around klJltn' people? . . . There
ain't no pleasure gettln' killed In the
mere shank of a bright and prosper
ous life ... a dead hero don't
gather no moss, Seraggsy. Reads all
right In books, but It don't appeal
none to me. I'm for peace every time,
| so right away as soon as I heard of
the trouble, says I to myself: "Things
I has been pretty quiet In Mexico for
, twenty years, and they're due to shift
| things around pretty much. What
| them peons need it a man with an
! imagination to help 'em out, and If
[ they've got the money, Adelbert P. Glb
j uey can supply the brains.' So I comes
I north to 1/09 Angeles, shows the ln
surrecto Junta my medal and my hon
I orable discharges from every ship I'd
| ever been In Includln' the gunboat Bo
gota. and I taJked big and swelled
around and told 'em to run In some
arms and get busy. I framed It all up
for this filibuster trip you're on,
Seraggsy, only I never did hear that
they'd picked on you. I told that cof
I fee-colored rat of a Lopez man to
I hunt up Scab Johnny and he'd set him
j right, but If anybody had told me you
| had the nerve to ran the Maggie In on
'his deal, Seraggsy, I'd a-called him a
liar. Scraggs. you're umcho-bueno—
I that Is. you're all right. I'm so used
j to talkln' Spanish I forget myself.
I Still, there's one end of this litfJe deal
| that I ain't exactly explained to all
j hands. If I'd a-known they was char
: terln' the Maggie. I'd have blocked the
game."
"Why?" demanded Captain Scraggs,
Instantly on the defensive.
"Not that I'm holdin' any grudge
agin you, Scruggsy," said Mr. Glbnev
affably, "but I wouldn't a-had you no
more now than I would when we was
runnin' In the green-pea trade. It's
because you ain't got no Imagination,
and the Maggie ain't big enough fur
my purpose. Ilavln' the Maggie sort
of puts a crimp in my plans."
"Hot," snapped Captain Scraggs.
"I've had the Maggie overhauled and
shipped a new wheel, and she's a
mighty smart little boat, I'll tell you.
I'll land them arms In Descanso bay
all right."
"1 know you will." snid Mr. (ilbney
sadly. "That's Just what hurts. You
see. Scraggsy, I never Intended 'em
for Descanso hay In the first place.
There's a nice healthy little revolution
foment In' down In the United States
of Colombia, with Adelhert P. flibne.v
playln' both ends to the middle. And
there's a dog-hole down on the Gold
coast where I Intended to land this
cargo, but now that Scab Johnny's
(tone to work and sent me a bay scow
Instead of a sea-goln' steamer, I'm In
the nine-hole Instead o' dog-hole. 1
can never get as far as the Hold coast
with the Maggie. She can't carry coal
enough to last her."
"But I thought these guns and
things was for the Mexicans," qua
[ vered Captain Scraggs. "Scab Johnny
and IiOpwt told me they was."
(Continued on Saturday)
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