CAPE MAY HERALD, FRIDAY. 1ULV >6 1907

AUTOGRAPH IS PRIZED

1 Much at *10,000 Hat Bctn Pal (or On* oT Them—Craving la Universal—Secrel ol Their Great Value.

PORTABLE CHURCH POR PANAMA

to Colon, and *et Up. N'ew York —The first ctiurch "made ■ n New York" aod eel up In a distant' land will bo one at Colon. Panama. To ■•'rotutnodate the InrreasInK number of white resident* In that section who slab (o attend service on Hundaya. «nd who now bold rrllginua aerrloea m the hotel parlors, plana are under way for the setting up of a | ortable yhureh. similar to thoae of the I’lill.-1 -States. The building will be mad« In New York In sections, and shipped

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<und within the limits of Greater The buildings are constructed In otlons, usually two feet nine Inches . twelve feet Tbe blank sections all alike, so that they can > together any way without being I numbered, except those framing the windows and doors. The materia! | used Is.generally yellow pine throughout. and with the exception of the sills, girders and cross beams, for which spruce Is preferred. The roofs are cover-d with sheets of galvanised steel laid under sheet •asbestos The -buildings are as a rule churchI ly fn appeal a nee and fairly comfort j able. They arc built to accommodate from. 100 to TOO. according to site of j congregations. Windows of Imitation | stained glass accompany the frame l of the church aud shed a softening r through the little brown In-

WILLIAM T. VERNON. (Negro Whose Signature la In Very Great Demand.) many as possible of these slgnaVernon Is In the autograph business. He makes his living by putting his name on paper.— He caters to a clientele that U Insatiable. His slg natures are all alike, but vary In price from tl to $10,000. according to the paper on which they are written. SOU. no one ever tries to beat him down, for the *10.000 kind Is ten thousand fold more desirable than the (1 kind. Who Is this man Vemon arpl what Is the secret of the great value of his autograph? Those who have a gold or a silver certificate or a national bank note issued by Unde Sam subsequent Tfe June. 1906. may answer this question by looking at the neat, businesslike signature on the lower left-hand corner. Just over the words ' Register of the Treasury." This Is Vernon. William T. Vernon, the man without whose name Uncle Sam's paper currency and bonds would not pass muster In the world's finandal

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It mustn't be supposed that Vernon pat* his "fist" to every bank or tress ury note that Is Issued. If he were a million times multiplied be would have a bard time doing that His name Is engraved upon a plate from one of several samples which be furnished. and this signature Is stamped upon the notes by the wonderful presses at the bureau of fngravlng aod printing, which are grinding oul money day and night in a vain tempt to keep pace with the abound Ing prosperity of the 'country. But there Is work for the register to do. nevertheless. He by hand every registered bond of the United States, and millions and m lions of dollars' worth of these bai Issued since he took tbe oath m office In June. 1906. These range In value between (100 and *10.000. the usual denomination being *1.000 Vernon has signed hundreds of the *10,000 bonds with the skmw'eusy n chalance that lie would write 1 name to be engarved for a *1 bill. He was born J6 years ago In cabin on a plantation near Lei Mo. of parent* who had b He went to work In the fields dragging hay at the age of eight. When 1* years of age he began tlon at a school for negroes In Missouri. finishing hts course of study IE He taught school In Missouri for six years, and then took charge of Western university, a school for ne grues at Qulndaro. Kan. Mr Vernon was then the only leach er. and hi* poplls numbered six. When be left the Institution last June be had It teachers and 250 pupils. The college property consists of 120 a of land, with buildings valued

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“DEVIL'S TOWER" A RESERVE.

Sundance. Wyo —President' Roosevelt has set aside as a nstlonal monument and fsdsral reserve the great "Devil's Tower." the moet peculiar formation In the west Two thousand acres surrounding the tower have been withdrawn fro^i settlement and ■ small national park has been created, with the tower In the center. Devil's tower Is a chlmney-llke mountain of rock rising *00

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NEW HEAD OF NEW YORK LIFE.

New York—DarWln Pear! Kingsley, who has been elected president of the New York Life Insurance company.-, was a teacher and a newspaiier man before be entered the Insurance bust ness In 1886 be was elected state auditor of Colorado and ex-officio superintendent of Insurance, and In 1889 he entered tbe New York Ufe as agency Inspector for New England He was elected trustee and third vice president In 1898 and was chosen rice president In 1902. Mr Kingsley was

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IRWIN P. KINGSLEY. (New Prealdent of the New York Life Insurance Company.) born In Alburgh, VL, In 18S7, and was educated at Barre Academy and the University of Vermont, being graduated "honor man" In 18*1. winning election to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1**2 be went to Colorado, and two ywara later he was a delegate to the national Republican convention. Among his Insurance associates he Is known as a conservative, and his watchwords are safety and economy.

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Devil's Tower In Wyoming, above the surrounding country, and for almost 600 feet Is nearly periiendlcular and devoid of vegetation or ■wth. The top of the tower Is ge enough to play a game of baseformed from disintegrated rock Two men are known to have climbed the tower at the risk of their lives One of these. Jack Rogers, an old cowboy, used a number of lassos, which he threw over projecting points of rocks, afterward climbing the ropes Tbe other climber was an engineer of the Homostake mining company. Tbe tower stands on the bank of the upper Belle Fouche river end has been a landmark for years. It can be seen from the Burlington railroad. 80 miles away, when the sun Is sblnIng. Devil's Tower Is the famous "Inyan Karya" of the Sioux Indians, where the evil spirits dwelt. Tbe Sioux, as well as other northwest Indians, looked upon tbe mountain as haunted, and It was a place of terror to them. They gave It a wide berth In their The formation of the tower Is a black basalt molded Into regular prismatic columns similar to those in the Giants' Causeway of Ireland. THEATER RUN BY PRIESTS.

Chicago.—Chicago's newest play bouse, the College theater, was dedi1 the other night This theater been built qt St Vincent college 'ebster and Sheffield avenues and will be managed by the priests of that Institution. Tbe building cost *300,-

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Vlscounte." an opera by Frederick Grant Gleason, a Chicago composer, who died four years ago. The building possesses 24 exits and the deadly emergency exit Is- no eluded In the number. In order persons In the audience Ay reach these exits as speedily as possible, tbe aisle space is Increased towards the doors. Another feature is the absence of balconies %pd-galleries place of these. 28 boxes. 14 of them upper and 10 lower, have been furnished. with a total seating capacity of 250. The principal seating commodaUons are on the main floor, which has room for 1,075 persons. President's Favorite Cartoon. The president* favorite cartoon was drawn by Cartoonist Lowry, who until recently was connected with the staff of the Chicago Chronicle. The cartoon Is called "HI* Favorite Author," and It represents a farmer half lying and half sitting at ease In front of a roaring fire and there reading "The President's Message." The reason that the president likes this cartoon above others is to be fonnd In the artist’s conception of tbe fanner. He to not In any sense the caricatured tanner, the hayseed of the comic Journal Mr. Roosevelt think. that tbe farmer more nearly represent* the Idee of the plain people than any other picture which he has seen.

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F ROM assel« of forty-eijrlif million dollars and liabiliticM ol tortyone millions, in 11)01, to assets of more than one hundred and twentyseven million dollars and liabilities of least ban one hundred and seven millions, hi 1000, is the record blithe past five years.

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