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Show fBytheWay Oe-yi1M. 1913, .North Amrlca 50tth Anniversary of First Writing Machine Th Historical vocltXr or Horkt-mr Horkt-mr county, nw York, has proporoa and published tho otorr of tno typo-wrttcr typo-wrttcr In commemoration of tho flftloth nnlriMiry of tho produa-Uon produa-Uon of tho first writ ins; moohlno on a commoroial Nil at Dion. N. T. Tho machlno, whooo manufacturt woo thoro boa-uq half a oontury ago, was tho Invontlop of Chrlstophor Latham BhoUo, a Wisconsin aowo papor man. Mr. Bholoo In von tod tho rum of his device ao woll as tho mochantam It sol f. No ono before this day ooomo to hav hit upon tho word "typo writ or." although thoro had boon many unsuccessful attempts at-tempts to mako "typoajrapha" and wrttlnv machinoa of various styles. "Burt's Family Lottor Proso" was tho asmo of a dovtco that was pat-onted pat-onted as early as 1829. Tho typwrltr mado at Ilton was xhlbited st tho Centennial exposition expo-sition In Philadelphia la 1I7C. but attracted far leas attention than tho telephone, which was exhibited under un-der tho same roof. Tho notable place which tho typewriter has Laaea. la ta ayeiaoao -wl4 -o -4e. be recoanlsed by a semicentennial elebretlon to be held at flloa nop-tember nop-tember 13 of the preeent year. Tf eeopolemln could really make a man tell the truth the stuff would frequently find Its -wsv Into hie breakfast coffee. Chicago Delly Newa. " ' Red Stone Pipe ... MadVby Indian In the Northweet territory, upon the summit of the dlvldlag ranael between the St. Peter'a and Mis- I ourl rlvere. and la the latitude of I St. Anthony's rails, the Indians have long proeured a peculiar variety vari-ety of r-d ateatlte or aoapstone of which the red etone plpee of tnet realon sre made. The locality le held la reat reverence by the Indiana In-diana and until comparatively recent re-cent years they etronaly opposed any atlempts of the whites ts visit it. From the estent of the excavations excava-tions snd from the gravee and ancient an-cient fortlflcatlone. It le judged thet the nlec must have been Ire- Suented by different trlbee of In-lftee In-lftee for meav centurlea. The plpee mode of thle etone are heevy. and usually of rather plala form, deenreted by hande and orna- ments er leeo, wmrh snpear ta have been rua Into depressions msde te receive it snd then smoothed down. The stems sre long snd curiously csrved sticks of hsrdwood. some-timee some-timee flM. frequently ornamented elth aaily-relored festhere and horse heir dyed la a scarlet hue. , We cs now add to history's list of spirited eacountere oa sea ths Battle of Rum ttua , eaeutltlee leee than one-half of 1 per ctaL Chlcag Post. Pin Hole. Drilled in Steel Msvklnr an aridlnr martitn r-tuirx4 r-tuirx4 th drill. off ef ten ho. In & plats a thlrtj-aacond of an Inch thick, aarh kola to b accurata to a thavaandtk of an Inch. yt no hi-far hi-far than a fn in dlamator. Such a problem at op pad tha matiufactura of tha marhlna oa a cammarctal bapla until tha Invantor of lia 'U cola tor could lvnt a maana rf aolvirtff It. Tha raaalt wae a mnat tnfftnioaa machlna that atanda aoout twelva tnrhaa htffh. Tha drdl which waa built carrlaa tn aplndlaa, ach hold a drill of p umber alx Mora gmvf, which la about tha alia of tha pla of Ardlnary : aaa. Raoh littla tllvar of ataahthat dcaa tha work la drivan by a bait ! oparatlnff through a cam ho ad and tharafora work at tha aama apad aa that rt Ha tfaa:hbora, Tho actual ac-tual drilling raquVoa tea aoconds. Tho arrant In tho froah yro-poaala yro-poaala of Germany la on tha froah.' Aahovilla Timca. M. de BlowiU ".Beat World" on Treaty X. ds Blewits waa a famous Journalist, Jour-nalist, on of the great war rorre-spondenls rorre-spondenls of hie time . Me wee el-ra el-ra proud of ths fact that he "beat the world'1 en the publication of the t r.(, of 1171 at the Berlin eon-gresa eon-gresa M. de Blewits attended the roa- Jress as representative of the Lna-en Lna-en Tlmee. He had once a'ded a youag man whom he found employed em-ployed ae one of the attachea of the congreea He at one made aa ar- wi... in, ,mi,f n,L OV whirh he wss ts receive scrsna of Informatlea concernlag the doings of the congreea In this way he hoped to print aa advance story of ths treety slier It had been entirely entire-ly frsmed. While the treaty waa being signed ! la Berlin a dispatch fr"-n LanuVn announced the Tlmea - al-ajy had published the treety aad the preamble. pre-amble. M. de Blowlts hsd la ths i meantime succeded Is obtaining a copy of the preamble by word of mouth. He had a marvel9ua memory, mem-ory, and when It was repeated to him he ha kept It In his m.nd aatll he ws able to place It oa paper, A I-year-eld New Terker f-ll -five elorlee anhart. thereby shewing thst If you choose your direction you cea avoid traffia -. safely. Delias News. First Rear Admirals ' In U. S. Nary . The first rssr admirals la ths felled Klatee aavy were commie, sinned la lit!, that rank having hern created by act of congreea els-ty-ene yeere age. David Ferraaut. for his valor la the civil war. wee made vice admiral In 1M. and two years later the rank of admiral la the rafted States aavy waa created for the purpoe of honoring Ferra-gut. Ferra-gut. Ths renk of admiral waa revived re-vived la lie and conferred upon George fewer, the hero f Manila. Ths higheet rank of American navel officers in acuta eertice Is that f sear admiral. - The title ef admiral was first used la Prance, and the first Fremk Admiral Ad-miral wss appotntsd In 11t4. A few yeere later the title wss sdopt. ed by the English, snd the raak ef edmlral of the Faglleh seae waa first glvea to William de Leybourne hy Edward I In 13T. Ths first lord high admiral la Ksgland wss creel, ed by Richard II la lilt, although there bad prevlouely beea high admiral! ad-miral! ef dlelricts. In the BrKlth navy as at present eonetltuied thre are admirals ef the fleet, vice ad-mtrele ad-mtrele and reer admirala. raaklttg In the order glvea ' Call oa Doctor Befnr To Oet kick Is Plan. Headline. But there toe much of that eort of thing going oa aow eaie. vUl Courier -Jour aai, |