■

Revolutionary Heroes An Alligator Farm nptoo «a«i Latfayettp .r, lailU

Inpton and Lafayette are ••faralliar lo our mouths as

“ worn*, but there

w «t brave men In Revolutionwhose names ard serrU^ss -t recall except by 8<wrenin* of history. Seme of them their faces toAhe foe Jn the

victory, while others lived

•am planted In their midst, republic achieving the tnf peace and progress. But

-red well of posterity, and t any thne to look back

r history and leant a lesson r patriotism and self-sacrifice,

a we should remember the ame to us from over tie

shared uncomplainingly our

ts. and who asked nelr reward for the labor performed so ungrudgingly.

Steuben, a Prussian nobleman dier when only fourteen years J served under Frederick the le came to this country | n Joined the army under Washt Valley Forge. He was made ^tenerai. fought in the battle

r , distinguished himself at and. in company with ad Wayne, chased Cornihe Vlr*i.:'» penlnsuia. and New York gave him the National Gove.-nment j of $2500. He withdrew oty, built a log house lived there until his death

ELECTRIC LAMPS MOUNTED Uf»ON A WHEEL

3 Kalb, a n-tlve of Alsace, i rank of brigadier general ich army. He came with 0 this country In 1777. and 1 major general by the Congress He served Ington, and in 1780 was if of Lincoln at Charlesd too late. After that, rnander In the South, but d by General Gates. ? that officer's second In In the battle at Sanders' Camden. S. C.. he fell. 1 eleven-wounds, and died

afterward.

e Duportall came i from France In 17*i7 and appointed brigadier general laJOr general In the Conti- . He was directing engislege of Yorktown In s of his work there He returned to France * Mlnls'er of War. but d and re-entered the army, was warned that the Jatn c upon him. and y in America. He died at i returning to France. Fenisen. a Swede, came ' or. the staff-ot Ruchamt order Lafayette, and reVashIngton the Order of if the Cincinnati. I to France, became jurt. and was the diri the fight of‘the ' from Versailles. Then t to bis native country. Grand Mrashal of

H “ T * rAufl you to »** tnan with ! persofis Whe have oocasirinaliy

hnn-v^ ” ^ ld * ,ICk ,UndlnK «>«t»een to purchase electric light bulbs, underaunareds of creeping cannibals’ He . »«*«<» Tery HtUs about the differences straJJ^ aad nmn *« OT of the 1 ,n ro,, W *nd wattage and the sale^

of tbe ““"y «trange farm* no matter how willing he may be d los Angeles, the aUlgator rartr. >« not always In a poslOon to explain 18 a MtUe Place only about two ‘he matter clearly in the limited time

ocree-and the new crop each year I. « dlspowl. a St. Louis com pony ._ . UrKt ; numb e r . hot Is exceed- h " fou n<l a means of demonstrating taffly valuable A high fence sur- t; " matter in a few minute* by means rounds the farm and the visitor, must » *he.-l .bout 20 Inches in diameter each pay a quarter to get in; but It is 0,1 the periphery of which a -e mounted wen worth tbe money for never dW porcelain receptacles. One we learn so much In one-hslf hour » ld ' <* each receptacle is wired to a Study the picture and imagine you an- common point inside the hud and tne with us as I tell you about these frieh- oU, er side Is connect'd t© a segment ful creatures, half snake, half beasi. * device similar to a cor mutator. fallowing in the filthy, stagnant water *^ , * r Ty is supplied to the 'bee] by eating nothing but raw meat, fighting meens of brushes, and the 1 nish on or sleeping all the time, and eating Ih * commutator Is 'ride en >ugh to theit own kind. light two I'vnpe at one ttrae. The

There are fully 1800 alligators heir, wiring and electrical conne lions

the eldest ones Imported from th. concealed In the wheel, and ts support

s wamps of the Gulf States. They are mounted o nthe wall at a point

carefully graded and kept In lots vp *tient to the lamp coun er. The fenced in by stout wire, each having lump*- placed in the receptac ns range Us own pond under tbe eucalyptus ln 8,re •'rom 10 watts to 100 watts of trees because wallow they must ,,le tJP®* most frequently sc d. Any

The keeper has a dangerous Job for de * lrp d lamp or two adjacet.t lamps

they care not what the meat is. He , ^ at will. With these artakes care to stand in front of them ran f:oments the comparative i lie. style for they cannot move forward swiftly aad brilliancy of lamps can easily b* and must use their tales to strike their "bown to a customer and li e order

prey and sweep it Into their caveniou.s ml ' >d d *roctly from stock. mouths. Nor does he venture Into the — Acid where the biggest 'gatora are. DOVE HATCHES CHIC EN The eggs are the sire and shape of - ■■ - *

hen's eggs, and these are placed by A n,>w “Penmen! by Mrs. Erne*t the mother-alligator in the center ol m™! 1 . gf pjttsburg. has proved a suca mound of dirt and decayed matter ***“• Two doves owned by Mm. which she heaps up. The warmth of Hlr8C b. after three weeks of watting, this filth hatches them became the foster parents of a baby

Then the roos all over the country chlcken M™- Hlrech as an exportust have some to make their dis- n>ent • >Utw: u toll sired hen's egg

plays complete, and this "farm.” es- under Ule mother dove. At the time tabllshed fourteen years ago. sup- 8he did not ,h c dove would plies many. Very many people buy hlUch ,Jle , ‘ sg and day b>r day watched them for pets or the oddity of .he j 0,6 nes, ' tr P*cUng the dove to leave thing and prices of the live rne* vary tlle neSl ' However - ,h e birds alteraccording to sire. One must be six na,ed ln Blltln K uiKtn the egg and or eight years old before its skin Is finall,r ,heir PaHence was rewarded, worth anything as leather for th« 1 A "'' hick pecked iu way out of Jie lumps on the back are Just soft canl- 8be “ and Immediately tried to get out

liage at first, harden into bone gradu-

ally.

Spider Web Dresses

-peeled cf bein;, privy to of Prince Christian <h d on June 20. 1810. while tbe funeral procession in « selred by a mi b and

death.

» la Rouraic (Charles T. [ht a duel when an mincer it army. and. fearing puno America. * entered the continental lonteer, and received the t colonel. He was ucig. and in 178S his served by his appolni- . redler general. • to France he took port ulior.. espousing the cause a of La Vendee and Hritexecutlon of l-ouis XVI so : nervous system that he t and died. Lauxun was another ho came to America with He was placed in comforce known as "Lauzun’s th wtlch he took part In f Yorktown. returneu to France, be as a deputy tn the States successively commanded 7 the Rhine and the Army :*ta of Rochellt . He was » Revolutionaiy leaders, e persisted in asking to be *>!gn his commission they the guillotine. ‘icjn of these brave complete without si Making e Hoehambeau. who had i Army at the age of re. and was distinguished

battles.

lit to America a military the French King made him l general. He Joined the army under Washington, lei to Virginia and srsistea in of Cornwallis at Yo.-k-

OCCUPATION ARMY TO REMAIN ON RHINE

The worm is proverbially the lar.t Washington—Withdrawal of troops of crealed ,1,,n ?s to turn against the . the American army of occupation Lvranny of those who seek lo coerce not being considered by the War fa*. ,l * and 'b** »Uk worm is evidently partmenL according to the statement exr ‘*P Uon lo «be rule, for it has for made recently by Secretary Maker. He aKea bo '’ n Patiently laboring to gratify said there had been no official protest human vanity. Not so the spider, howreceived either for the Allies or the evcr> whose beautiful silk has Germans relative to the cost of main- been similarly applied, simply because taining tbe American soldiers. ,!lat wlly ,na * r! reflates to work The present policy of the Depart- order n ent. it is understood. Is to limit tbe But a determined onslaught upon mber of men in the army of occupa- . Pride and prejudices has been made tlon to 7000. and at the present time 11 Madagascar, where a regular faconly the absolutely necessary replace- tary has been started to make silk ments are being sent over for the dresses from spider web. The old Rhine army. difficulty has still to be facea. howi The protests which may have been and u,n ‘‘ alone wHl show whether man voiced at the Brussels conference are I or ,he spider Is the victor, due. it !*• believed, to the fact that the 11110 spiders, which spin luxuriously Aineriean army sUH is being main- ln ‘h^r n«lve groves, sulk or fight talned under the terms of the armi- or devour their young or otherwise act slice, which obligates Germany to pay when brought to the factory, but they for the expenses of the trorps. will not work except occasionally. Tfce cost of the army of occupation *he mood happeus to strike them, since December. 1918. to the end of Th 0 " *hey sometimes spin for days at the present fiscal year has been *257.- a ll nu- and die of overwork. 085.000. Of that amount Ge: atony has Their habits and customs are being paid less than $350,000,000. a sum 0 »rofully studied,

below the cost of malntalulng the American forces for a month when the expenses were at their high mark.

The cost of the army of occupation *' , ° r a single state tc conceive and this year has averaged Just above make extensive studies and estimates *2,000.000 a month. f °r an irrigation project designed

serve 1.753,000 acres with 20.000-sec -

VILLA COMPLAINS ^ °* water at an outlay of *$300,000.OF MEXICAN BANDITS '^ >0 iB onprefedented. That Is what

has been done by the Columbia Basin

Washington—Gen. Francisco Villa. 8urvoy Commission with a Slate aje ice "the terror of the north" ofMex- proprlation of *100.000. in fact, tbe (co) rebel leader of roars, bat who P"*<» * B unprecedented as a whole made his peace with the De la H;:erta « »ro s<m.e of Ha element

Government last summer, ard retired Pared

to

BOLD IRRIGATION PROJECT

: large e*tat“ in Canutilla. in Du-

with Irrigation works heretofore executed, while In point of cost and

r planned. The main fet

of the

The daily

returned to France he was | marshal, and la 1792 was ad of the army of the 0 narrowly escaped the gulli the Jacob tans wieided sua Paris. Bonaportv. Consul gave him a pension -a of Grand Officer of ths Hoooi. Ht died in 1807.

nua,. -Web »■.. «v™ him b, lb. mMmlt.W .1 b. mond bovarameni b., comWWnW to b-WI" JraWcu Wlbor owrW

dent Obrogon that bandits robbed him

of 200 head of horses. In his com Project are giv

plaint Villa ..Hod tor mom .d«,o... <*■»«>■ « tb. mol. omml abd oW, proloollon Iron, nmlaudora and al th- 11“ T, „mo rlmo prato.t. hi, loj.llv lo tbo ^'o ”• “11“. V. ra,-■Jnmi.nl which Is tWBntytfive times the carrying

^ ,,, tb.. vuw , OM.CU- Of tn. Cauklll „■ doc,

reported the bandits drove off the horses and thinking that their crime ! was mdlacoverod returned for mor.'! w hy

livestock, ''but they died on the way. 11 seems

Villa made his protest with the naive ou. and papa with a broke, conclusion quoted abovl by telegraph j ".ight tty to be good,

and the M. xlcan officials gave It cui , . for publloatkin .. an Indication of the th. limo lo “ bad. So one cu, llcb

pacification of the country.

"Now. renumoer.” said the school teacher 'a contagious dUi-cse Is one

you can catch

rou so naugthy. Johnny' e that with mr nuna won

1 sal dJohnnle; "(hat's

NEFF LIBEL JURY DISAGREES

i the

aco. Tex—The Jury

agaiust Fisher Alsup. charged with criminal libel against Pat .Neff, goverelect of Texas, failed to agree and discharged. Tbe case was set tor retrial January 2i. Tbe libel charges against Alsup were the outgrowth of a published article bearing upon Mr.

disc

ask"d

"Is spankl’ig

Benny llloombumper “No: how ridiculous'" “Well. 1 often catch one " "1 wish my little boy would try to be good all the time.” said Bobby's mamma as she was rocking the little

Expect Many Deer

Woods town! N. X-^FfnfsWng touchi were given last week to the many hunting camps In Cape May. Atlantic and Cumberland count!** and everything seems ready for the opening of the de*r season this week. Wednesday will find hundreds of men flock, ing to the Umber in ail section* through the district where the deer shooting Is carried on. What the kill will amount to this season Is a quesUon. In some of the locillUes the deer are reported to be more plentiful than In year, while in other sections few an being seen. Old hunters are rather Inclined to the belief that tbe stories of depredations to farm lands by the deer In the spring and summer were pretty well exaggerated and that when It comes to counUng heads hunters will be lucky If they equal the kill of a year ago. This Is the eleventh hour opinion of men who have stalked the deer country season after season and are presumably as well versed in the meaning of pre-season signs as It

is possible for men to t come.

There Is another sld* of the picture, however, an dfor those who will enjoy the deer hunt more if enlivened by

vivid expectations all they have

is to listen intently and they will go forth freighting about as much of that commodity as they can accommodat From Atlantic Clunty comes reports that deer abound even in sections where in the past they have b^en rarely soon. Similar reports are heard from certain sections In Burlington county. Then those circulating irom Cape May County bases would suggest that the kill there will be something phenomenal. Just who Is responsible for these reports is uncertain. There is a feeling, however, that they cminate from farming centers where the desire exists to concentrate in the vicinity a* many hunters as possible that the clean out of deer may be made as complete as possible.

Deer Disposed to Be ..axy

A Aral source of information which should be reloable Is the gome warden

and from what they are giving

now looks like a normal seaon with such advantages In favor of a slightly Increased kill as come from weather coi. litions and the fact that the deer

In exceptionally good condition and rather disposed to be lazy,

those who have had an opportunity of

observing their condition r gr

thing—they never were fatter than

this season.

That is not all together an advantage. however, and will prove quite the reverse should the mild weather con tinue through the shooting season The nit will become necessary u. rush fresh me-_[ to storage sod that mean breaking up camp organizations

more or less.

In many sections scouts will be afoot until the middle of the week. Scores of men have been employed to bring in last minute information as to the quantity of deer. Incidentally this has an effect on the game. The presence of numerous men In the Umber wakea up the deer. But deer are keen observers. When men ore seen passing through the Umber and their disappearance ends the episode less Importance is attached to them by the deer. It Is a kind of “taming" stunt which will make early shooting easier. Many of the older hunters do not approve of the plan ard refus* to contribute the hire of the runnets. Those who

do they call "too hounters."

So far as conditions in the woods are concerned they are accepted as being as favorable to the hunters ss they posslbl/ could hr The ground has been well soaged for days. Winds have stripped the smaller trees of the leafage they were carrying ten days ago The underbrush Is thick, it la me. but much of it has been beaten down. With all there Is still sufficient food available to keep tbe deer from making long pilgrimages Of course, all of these conditions can be changed

almost over night A few

freezing weather and the ground will

have hardened. There will be

Ip twigs that now bend noiselessly underfoot. The remaining food supply will shorten up and the deer will take to trailing in search of fresh supplies. It will mean more acUvity all round. Many hunters are hoping that such conditions will develop before the sea-

son becomes old.

and bm every prtcauUon has been carcas has been found indicating their aken In -ersey to avwken a safety presence. Some small game ha* be*n Dm pollcp among (he mranbera of ihe killed hy them. too. accardlng ( 0 humhanUng club, it Is believed that a ere who hire run across evidence of analler record can be made on this the feast in the woods. Tliere Is no , closedseason protecting wildcats and cr^ B '.a r* ^ , ‘ n U 8 ' ,OSB "-- m > r that a few of the creased number of women During hunters will return with a wildcat's tWO "POrilng goods skin to add to the troph'es of the houses have reported the largest sale chase ..er mad. by ttom lo aooi.n Tb,, Tab,. bn»a„ ,b, ^ eo», prepared to go loto ib,. Urn J.^.y -, th th , op,,,, , h d ber „d ,bel, p,“„ „ ,be ,.„d, -a.“ , U rb tbaH^e" « ^

“i

.be *bMv. facta ropneried atfh ,b„r .ootbero, parfL ooTL «e I appearance in the ranks of the deer will motor down early, l.-ave thefr ma the ™ ™ Pr * fprrnC * ,h ‘‘- T Show for '•hln.-s along the road and make , P p gun. drive into the adjoining timber on the Taht atapa will be taben b, tbe fam- chance of ptcktnb op buck Brer, r, to .eeure a etart .ea»n of „„ partlea of u,,. 1 l„d „ be fooM

i •'" 1 *‘ 0 " 1» tortanee.

“ ”“ r ’ '* " w|,1 ‘ evidence that tbe da,', bant ha. SUto ciae*' rec ""' U, » b ”“ adcceaaful. ,cattor,d TO ond the State Grume a re.olutton «.» tinanl. ,„,o. Tb,, com. trem all .action, ot mou.1, ulopted calilnb tor »ucb Mlon the State. „ ..n „ trom I>enn..lv, on the pan ot Uta U«i.latnre. The nta ,bd Delawue Uku.Ur the/are theor, ia that tbe birds are needed on accompanied by women members of tbo farms In proteetln* them .paln.t Ubr part, and .bile the hunter, ue In Insect Pest" mor, than ou the btotl-! th, wood, th. tatter make tbe

of clubs and city home kitchens.

have little less than exterminated the

e tempo-

open.

, , Every precaution has been taken bv birds. This happened de.plte tbe post- the name and watden, to eliminate mm m h“" d Z ^ 0 ' '‘"" 1 b! ,h " d “' m ro ™»' »™ “'"S Uan tarmon. who undertook to prevent tbe „t b , ,ucb parttes. Road pattS. a-UI fw' n. r g hU ”""' ' ro “ h* established who will i n „l tb" “ould ,b d t 1 ’ blrhways where such parties are found •bou d there develop a auccemtul oje ...d ovenme the campll™ arraw;..

position to the closed season for quail ments.

when Ihe project come, up at Trenton A „ mat tb. hunter, are asklnn now that ho count, unn*., .cm* in co- „ ti.t , h ^ bo „ eM u ^ ^ o^Sv'e rr'T""’ “ d th “* lh ' “M for anoibcjoblrd hunters. This aou.d le.v.only 2 those tracas controlled by bunting shool and win have reIurnpd t0 aDd “ S ,he laU,r are reall >‘ homes. Some feezing weather will limited in area as compared with the oIbo b ,. ac » epla51e the deer hunters as of those who do

ing i

giving <

upcountry shootm*. In addition mony J screws which abe licenses have been issued to nonresident hunters. There will b a large INVISIBLE Nw York contingnt down while Penn- „ . , sylvan la hunl.v, will .well ,h .rank,, m™. tn^louT” Tt I. impossible to eatim.ie Ibe num- l °Z , T T ' t faciory- - tK-r Of mean n-i.o »yiii ,.u „ V are cut from (pteel wire by a machine. trails with *ho nneni f »h ° bUt 88 th ‘* chl l >s fa, > from the knife It trails With the opening of the season. ,1.. „ .. ,

but trom wha- those Imems,., ,u mUtment. tor the hunter, are " P ^

, No screws can be seen, and yet a

.V . , *t see** fair lo suppose .crew is made even - third operation tb.l no. 1«. than BOO shooter, will be The fourth jewU-wbael acrew^s neat

on hand when the season opens. Ot, r, , nvWbK „ a „ ^

ZT2Z 2, m*" ° V " W " h * kl“"- H"*" f. South Jersey This will reduce the b. , ™,n with !0o danyer of accidents. It is no, expected tb „ a , ^ , boa-er.r. ^.t tbc mstw.c will clou, , be , brM< ,, „„ ^ ^

clearly. The tiny screw* are four one-’.housandths of an inch in diameter. and the heads are double In size. It is estimated that an ordinary thlmwouid hold 100.000 of them. About 1.- 0.000 are made in a month, but no

t- , , attempt la ever made to count them. .2 ^detennlnln* ihe number 100 of them

without the usual number of hunters being the victims of accidental shots fired either by themselves or their

impanionf.

In this connection Tangements , h | p have been made for quick service to hospitals from all of the larger centers.

clans and surgeons will remain ai . , , ate placed on a verv delicate balancihome or take turns In joining the hunt. ._h „ .... k.. .k . i Mnnv nf th i . . , . *°d the number of the whole amount

Many of the clubs include among their members medical m*n who come to

camp prepared t

is calculated from the weight of this. All the small parts of the watch an-

render any surgical counIP<1 ln thlft probably 5P c

services required.

One thing noted In South Jersey this season Is that, while in Ptnnsylvania the number of hunters afoot since the deer shooting season opened has been greater than ever before, yet In com-

of the 120. The screws are then hardened and put in 'ram*s. about 100 to the frame, seeds up. This is done very rapidly, but entirely by the sense of touch instead of tbe sight, so that a

could do It as well as the

owner of the sharpest eye. The head* are then polished in an automatic ma-

chine. 10.000 at a time.

Here and there have been a few light snow falls, but the snow was not enough to give a ground coverIn tact. It turned out to be anrain storm preceded by this touch of winter. A' the camps everything is in readi•ss. large quantities of provisions having beer shipped In and men have work for several days getting In the firewo * supply. Camp equipage. blankets, bedding, crockery, oil stoves and considerable quantities of coal oil have been distributed among lodges ■ ad todsr they g«ve all the | external appearances of being live

centers.

Record Crowd of Hunter*

Indications all point to there being a record crowd when the hunters arrive. In all South Jersey counties lue

parlson with this the number of accident and especially those of a fatal . haracter is seeminly below the aver age . This Is due. it Is understood to the better management of tbe hunts territory which has b n open to hunters in the past such i -'ll. It is said,

would result quite sciorily as _. ,

.. . . The rules for determining the dls-

would the enforcemen. rotectlve

tyinie law. anco of obJ**' at sea are very What the small game kill this year simple and should be known by all has been is uncertain. Little hunting Suppose ths. tbe eye of the observer for rabbits, birds :.nd squirrels Is going lti fw>t nbon , ho , ov ,., <>f , h| .

the season ends the coming ...

.In that casewe doable 18. which gives

le reason is that there Is

very little game left. Hunters say It U8 36 ' 1,10 *quare root of wl eh is 6. >een shot out worse this season Therefore, the horizon lies at a disthan in years. lance of 6 miles when the observer The duck kill has been satisfactory sees It at an elevation of 18 lc*t. This lias been true of the small badles From a height of 3c feet, which is of water as well as of the buys along about that of (h. eye of an observer the coast. Shooters from this section on a vessel the size of tbe City of who put in several days on Hcrnegnt . Home, we double th< distance of the Bay came back pretty well loaded with eye above sen level, which give* ms 60. ducks. They reported that the held tbe square root of which ts 7 7 Hence good all round and that there had betn an object may be seen at a distance ol

within 77 ,

Neff's age. at a time whe nthe draft *®”ow to sleep.

wa. under “ualdwatleu. Tn. .ton 1 a “-" Bo ““' ' 1 , „ „ „„ , was published during the recent K ubar ! think I’m big enough to do very well ^ issuing of hunlere' licensee this season j ihf woodg natorial etecrion campaign at it yet." I new high marks. Tts I* as true ol ana heard* but here'ladW

hundreds of ducks killed tin

io past ten days.

How many beai will be bagged in .South Jersey is a theme hunters never •peculating on. Each year there is the revival of the same old stories being seen In certain lacalitiea Than! •n it comes to bringing in Bruin is to have the knack of successfully e.-ading all killing engagement* .bout as well developed as 1* necessary to insure himself immunity. Yet there are bear In the Jersey timber. have been seen in the edges of the timber and in adjacent openings Those who reported then: wen- not mistaking any corpulent calf for a •11-furred bear. But one thing can be said. They have committed no t *predatlons attracting attention to them.

Few Wild Cats Loose

Then there

that a few wildcats are loose and liable i miles away,

to be met up with at least any turn in j Not only have they been 1 As soon i

steamer of the size

miles Ire mentioned.

If the depth of the part of a distant ship’s null below the horizon is known the distance of the ship beyond the horizon is obtained in the same way. suppose the depth of tbe part concealed to be 12 feet, then we take the square root of twice 12. or 24. giving 48: showing that the ship's distance beyond the horizon is 4.9 milcw. Hence if a ship is seen with 12 feet of the hull down tihat is with 12 feet of the hunn invisible). th« obseiVations being taken from the deck of as’eonier. we may correctly infer Dial its distance Is 4.9 miles beyond tbe distance of the horizon, which by the figures alone is proved lo be a distance ol 7.7 miles. We add the two *•<* of figures together and find that the In-

rvasons for bellevln:: | coming or outgoing vessel is 12 3-5

■on as a thing Is fashionable it | somehow becomes ccaufortable.