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ITHE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA ' L. C. HATNB, Pree't P. G. FORD, Cashier. Ciipital, ?250,000. Undivided 1'rollls } $110,000. Facilities of our magnificent Kew Vanlt [containing 410 Safety-Lock Boxes. Dlffer lent Slsos ar? offored to our patron? and ! the public at $3.00 to 310.00'per annum. ?fWiMijU^ VOL, LXVll. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA. fl Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Kayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. AAAAAAifV^sV^ I snells _fiDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY ito. 1902 NO. 31. I m SINKINGJ \ First Story of the ? tof Wireles At thc extreme end of the Cornisl ?east, on the most southerly point e ?hgiahd? stand tvo s?ntin?ls bf th< past ?fld the futur?: ? great f?ggec rbek r??rs Its h??d ?bbv? the s?? som( f?iir mii?s from th? shore barr?h; b?l f?r tufts of sickly grass? uninhabited ??ve by the sea birds. Once ? guide t? th? unwelldly ships that ?ailed ??ekiiig empires; ? l?ndm?rk tb' saii; 6rs, the first glimpse of homeland td panderers; now a danger-mark to the hiige black liners-a forgotten senti nel of the past. And a little inland a small tur ret house, with a wooden mast point ing skyward, and square glass eyes ever staring ocean ward, stands as the sentinel of the future-the future of the wireless telegraphy. Th? clouds had been driving r??nd th? Lizard point for several flays, forming solid banks of blackness in the southwest, swoopiDg across the "-reen seas, that hourly grew more restless.and often hiding the old barren rock from the strongest telescope. The lonely watcher-one by day and one by night-in thc gray house Marconi's "Wireless telegraph station of the sbUth) had long known bf the approach of the storm; Ships ??r?ady caUght iii its fierce clutches had telegraphed its advent to the watcher, and he, Jove like, had hurled electric warnings of the danger to otaer boats. John Priest felt the nervous excite ment in the air communicate itself to his body, filling him with a vague un rest and fear. His companion was waiting at the door. "I'm glad you're not late," he said. "I fear even now I shall get caught in the storm before I can cover those three miles ?long the cliff. Good hight." "Good right/' replied John Pries,.: He watched.the other run swiftly down the path am along the cliffs. He felt a strange longing to call him back. The quiet threatening of the night, quivering With electricity and storm, thrilled his nerves: "I wonder what's wrong with nie?" he said aloud, and then checked him self, unpleasantly conscious of his own voice. Nothing living was visible-not even ft tree; hot ft bird on tho wing; b?thibg. W&fe &n effort he laughed ftnd b?ng?d . ?nd ?ttt?rcd . . n room with. 1 . r ward. It wa chamber, c > sofa, a bo ?ag Or tntr uart in th strum ent ; Priest looked" at ? hours and a half of solitary couhru ment, practically cut off from all hu man communication. When he looked at his watch agaiu .what had seemed an hour proved 15 j minutes. Then he swore quietly at himself for a fool and filled his pipe deliberately. As he put it to his lips a sudden blaze of light lit the room ' and a terrible crash rent the air, tear ing silence and the night asunder and echoing from cliff to cliff. With the first great crash all the | elements sprang to life. To the watch er it seemed as if fire, earth, air and water were swirling an,i struggling through space, inextricably mixed to gether. How long he whtched with awe and wonder he did not know but the rush ing winds howled him ir M a semi-con scious sleep, in which he heard the waves rising and roaring nearer anc nearer. He awoke with a start, feeling some thing or some one had spoken to hin The yellow light burned more diml: but instinctively he glanced first attt Marconi instrument. All was in orde The tapper was silent, motionless. J he wondered what had suddenly call him the instrument clickeu. He drew his chair to the table a bent over the instalment and wait Again that little spark of light * cimultaneously the c) TM bene o vc? Again that little spark 01 ngu, hind him and simultaneously the cl -dot -"-LE-LE-LE-DH-DI DH" it said. "DH!" that was no trick of storm; yet he did not know the Quickly he turned to the code: "DH"-S. s. Delilah mail and senger steamer 9000 tons-Good 1 ens! what did the Delilah want where was she? Surely, if he rei bered right, she was due in Live two days ago. For an instant Priest hesita watched and listened. From w amidst the thousands of miles o waves was this message sent? unsteady hand he held his m and replied: "Go on," and waited. No a He held his breath and count seconds. At last an answer "LE" ag: instant's pause then the mac! gan slowly with many paus breaks as if the message fl magnetic wings through spac< little gray turret on the Corni: was battling each yard of with the wind, the sea and tl the machine began to spell sage: "The Delilah-damaged b seas-fear fast sinking-five passengers-send help-" Flash "DH. Where are y He found a difficulty in bi now the seconds dragged surely, now, and no answe "Where are you?" - At last an answer: "S. S. ard; about one hundred mi stmments damaged; rudde can keep afloat few more help . . ." The rest was i still the tapper clicked help-" With horrible vividness men and women huddled the sinking ship in the i raging tempest waiting, swer, praying heaven Jt he "Yes," trusting, believ be "Yes." M Tfl? DELILAH. . | ;- ( sea, Based on the Use I s Telegraphy. ft ii His hand moved slowly, steadilj f now, ?s he spelled out four v.-ords lt ? th? (larkfi?s?; I "impossible! tb send heiil:" Five hundred iheh and w?m?nj h?s: bands; Avives, ibvers! CHlidrehj tdd-1 He had sent death: He jump?d from his chair and rushed to the window and stared out; black, black everywhere! Impotently he beat his hands against the window and mercilessly the rain and the wind and the sea spume beat back Back to his seat ?? rushed; and1 bi ? sudden an inspiration came. If, per chance, there was another boat any where near that he could telegraph to! He relit the lam pand turned up the book giving the names of vessels fitted with wireless telegraphy; The last boat on the list; the Scotsman^ there was just a chance sh? might be in the English channel, the vaguest chance, he knew, but is was possible. Hastily he telegraphed now: "Am trying to signal Scotsman; if within distance will send her to help you." He waited for an answer but none came: Had she already gone down? If sb-hastily he Changed the signal call-the machine clicked-and Wait ed. He was fighting the stdrm how, fighting Nature who gives no rna ter; fighting earth who open-mouthed, panted for 500 lives. Why din't she answer? Wherever she was she should receive the mes sage! Ah, at last "M. S. delilah sinking fast. Are you near enough to help?" Presently the answer; "Fear impossible but will look out for her-trying to beat down Channel myself." Then after a longpausp: "Am trying to get imo communication with ti?r." \ Again" Priest flashed: "For God's1 ;ake do your best-500 passengers." He waited and for aa instant the ??lenee lifted and he heard an exUlt int shriek from the wind and sea out ide and the house trembled. Where yere those 500 souls? Click: Close tiver the table he bent and eld his breath: "Cannot keep afloat until the m?rfl' lg. Have you been able to send help?" "Yes. Spoken Scotsman beting own Channel. She looking for you. r ;:-'j- cryuK?? *<?.> moi ??, firing ..:..; -? y.'j ma % "Wc arc g ?thor pause that ev.... . lash Ht 'lightning momentarily ihe room with a blue glare, ahd th<Sftri crash of thunder deafened Priest fe a moment. When the last rumb.' T, died away he heard the wireless 1 teet sirument again clicking. Had r&fit missed something during that appalling crash? "Have launched one of the boats." A pause that seemed to last for hours. Then, "Boat has over turned with 20 passengers. Ali \ost." Another wait longer than the first. In imagination Priest saw men and wom en struggling In the relentless waves. He pictured the others hui1 .'ling at the side of the helpless liner, and at each flash of lightning thought he could see the ghastly terror on pale faces. "Good heaven, they will drown, drown!" he cried aloud, in agony. Again the instrument ticked out its piteous message: "Two moro boat? launched. Both overturned. Fea must abandon hotfe; fast filling." A long pause. Priest sat motionlesi his eyes steadfast on the machin coldly ticking of approaching doo! to the only man in the world wi knew and could not save. Then-"Passengers have behav splendidly. Perfect order; no panii A still longer pause. Priest dropp from Wie chair to his knees and beg hysterically to pray, while he watct with staring eyes the tapper t heard the click-dot-beathammerl into his brain. "Passengers four hundred and fi -two fifty men, one seventy wor twenty children-remainder crew, cers-" "Save them, save them!" ( Priest aloud, and the storm shri derisively. Unconsciously his gers, convulsively touching the chine, spelt these two words, an message was carried out Into night, over the seas, to the si ship. "There is still hope" the v whispered; "he ia sending for But the men-guessed. "Cannot decipher your last m -stern of ship nearly under v a matter of minutes now-pas.* ask -will you kindly convey to f -the letters advanced before eyes, and became confused. He he heard the voices cf men and calling-he sprang to the wim looked out. A pale gray Ugh east. Was that dawn? The tapper still clicked, words spelt were confused stopped. What is happening now be: bar of light, on the gray dow Where is the Scotsman? Frantically he seized the i and called the Scotsman ag? He is answered: "Have s lilah-making for ner." One two, three, four-ho' lites slide away, each on( Ten, flfteer-the bar of grown; the gray dawn peej den through the square 1 the little house, the Sent Future, and touches the sides of the rock at sea, of the Past, and John Pr rush and swirl of water an oppressive silence and he watches the machine quivers; the ?na.1 mes; IT, Le ir. ed nd cd. be lek i the call pas ieav and mcm rpool tingly hence ? mad iWth achine nswer. ed the jin; an line be lt s and vine; on g to the ;h coast, its way ie rain its mes y terrific , hundred Ott?" reathing -minutes, ?r. Again, V7. of Liz les off; m' r broken; ; hours-is anrddable; again "is he saw 500 together on nldst of the for that an iat it might ?mg it would r down where' saw Delilah; nothing v"h j ible save wreckage. Scotsman." That is the final message. The gra dawn f? Over dil now;-New Yorl News. DOCS IMITATE MASTERS. Take on CharncterUtlcs of Those Wh( Own Them. One of the most curious traits to be found itt the animal nature, RnH an ?b?erv??t eitzen, if} that vh>h STOWS out of the unconscious imitativeness of I-creatures bl thc lower order.- 1 hive ' bbservft?! mftiiy ihsta?ris of w'H'fe the cre?tutes of ? lower ?rder h?ve' tdl-o? oh tile characteristics iii ?Oiue ho'tice t ble degree St members of the humar, fami?y. One might know, for i its tri.ute, the beggar's dog just from ?he look o? the dog, from the droop of the eye, th? pathetic hang of the lip and a cer tain1 general air of dcsp?ndcnc? lld hopelessness which seems to speak id the very nature of the animal. 1 men tion the beggar's dog brea UFO it is a familiar example. The beggar's dog never looks cheerful, never smiles, never frolics, but rim ply sits bv his rift?ter and broads and be's for what ever charity may give. 1 have soon the dbg Character moulded under hap pier influences and tho di g become more cheerful. He was a light-he?rt-? od, free-and-easy sort :l cr n turc, and seemed to get something of th.? sun nier side of things. I ara almost tempted to say tnat if you will stow me a man's dog I will tell yo-, what manner of man the owner is, will par ticular reference to temperament and his m06ds? The melancholy man, the man who grovels inertially -long the gloomier grooves, the pessimistic *nnn, who is also looking at the dark side ot tho picture, all the mer. who cor.<e within these unhappy classifications .arely own a cheerful dog. The deg inconscicusly takes to tho ways of his nester, and in his moods imitaros the caster's way of thinking. But turn to he dog of the Jolly, etWrfrl follow. Vatch him show his t?elh Mi laughter 'hen the master appr ?ches, fie ls artlng across the ya?- ? and dancing nd frisking around the master's feet 1 the happiest way imaginable, and he i up to all kinds of pranks and docs 1 kinds of little things to indicate the ?Md nature that is in him. He does ? his master decs, and fif-ems to take te same general view of Hf??. These e small things, 1 guess, but they low just how important one's ac ins are in life. Even one's way in linking raayconvince one's dog and lange hil; whole view of life. GUAINT AND CURIOUS, - -i.n K'l'i'T . :<?. :, was i H". .:US, il! ".I?) Jj. r . ., ;,n . w li st re i so Pi nu be wc 1 na f. be intestines of tho ox are 187 -small ones, 150 feet; large 37 t -_Sheen 107 feet: small ones. I mate the Tl smoi grail is Mammoth Cave, oo umeu ._i west of Louisville, Ky. It is about 10 miles long, though to explore its multitude of avenues, chambers, grot toes, galleries, domos, rivers and cat aracts entails 150 miies ot travel. Another curious fact. Accord inf to Captam Maury the gulf stream run: np hiU. After leaving tho Gulf o Mexico, this current of warm wate broadens out toward the north an becomes more shallow. Its depth o the Island of Bernini ls about 2i fathoms, eff Capo Hatteras, about V fathoms. He calculated the ascent 10 inches to the mile. The largest flower in the world the Rafflesia Aroldi, of Sumatra, size is fully three feet in diametc about the size of a carriage wh The five petals of this immense fl er are oval and creamy whito, gi lng round a center f?llcd with co less long, violet-hucd stamens, flower weighs about 15 pounds ar capable of containing nearly two lons of water. The buds are lik gantic brown cabbage heads. A Dinner Tub'e for Hnr?e?. Queen Alexandra has always great consideration for horse and useful alimals, and displayed interest some years back in a r.n.-nt which resulted in the post notices requesting ra? sengers train from causing avoidable pages of 'buses, because of the imposed on the teanu. Her i has recently expiessol a desir scmethlng for Il e U)rses on t' lie cab ranks an i has taken th steps. In Cop?nhagen there general use on the carriage small trestle viands, or tal which the horses' nosebags ai so that the animals may feed er comfort; and aa an ex? Queen Alexandra has had a these ta ?les sent over from Her majesty's notion Is to giv a few drivers, in thc hope practical utility may be den and the system extended. T are extremely light and cor the top part is formed of si bing. The whole contriva^. folded into very smail coi quite conveniently stowed ; the seat of a cab when leaves the rank. The table tentatively used at the ca Pall Mall within the past London Telegraph. s-and tneu Locl<e gr.ve most of his a void. Still worlds ui philosophy. I ? the tapper stand amazed at the p sage, slowly thought shown by Afistot jrty aen, offl :ried eked fin ma d the the nking vo?ien help." .essage vater sengers riends" priest's fancied .women jew and t in' the but the -then lt yond that n? nstrument tin. ighted De sv the min > an hour. light has 3S of a sud tvindows of inel of the cold, bare lDe Sentinel lest hears a s-and then avoid. Still m MW BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO IS FINE F Woods Named From Their Grain und Cutting-No Bird'? Kyo Maple Tree. Most of th?? people who bear the fur niture man talk glibly of bird's eye] maple, curly walnut iud quartered oak, imagine that these are the prod now BIRD'S-EYE MAPIIB IS CDT. cts of spuie particular kind of tree i each species. There ls an instance on record of a oman seeking a bird's eye maple ee iu Central Park because she was ire it must be a beautiful tree and fusing to believe that there wasn't tree of that name. Any tale of that rt was Invented merely to hide the irk's shortcomings in thc matter of iple trees, she said, for she had n droom set made of bird's e5re maple) ?od In tho house, ?ut nil this is pure delusion. The, mes are Klnml v Invented liv thal log ls used up. ic thin shaving thus obtained is Jibed and polished to show thci i and then mounted upon rougher! trial. Furniture made In this way, mt pe) i thi rt ? 00 at ls Its r eel. ow .ow unt Thc id is gal e gi had other much move ing o! to re stop strain aajests R tO *C he P?b" c ini?a^ ave te ranks iles, ot c placed In great p?riment dozen o Denmark e them t? that thei ionstratc he trestle apart, am irong u-e can o noass. am xway nndc thc vehicV s have beer. b rank ? jew dys. attention tc le said" .rotundity ol ,le." -^***??Ss?? I^rrte non* MKS. Ad tSL? H ~.eh7eea Buzzard's Ba* Ba'T *? T? uppTOrtnaw, Sb? Srst section o? too shaft ?III Vo a dlnmefor of ?tofo"t " ? the height of tirelre and a hali * from the base will be tv,ie fe* on. al, four "% * geen feet two inches fn -rhl i J 8 garches of the base are to beten g heh and Are f?*t wide. The " |; be recessed about six or *X ElSft?l FT TO AI AUK FIB ST COLONY 1? AMERICA. it which shall be as nearly lm shable ns possible, fter Its completion and dedication memorial will be turned overdo thu ssachusetts Historical Society. Music Stand and Loaf Turner. 'he automatic leaf-turner has al dy been attached to the piano, ere it has been found very useful adjusting the pages of music with : loss of time on the part of the yer, and now Otto C. Zerck has illed practically the same arrange nt to the music staud used by or ?stra and concert bands. In the first ice, lt will be noticed that the stand ds into small compass by the action the lazy-tongs at either end, these lng controlled by a thumb-screw. ie mechanism for turning the sheets music Is very simple, there being ly a series of spring strips and an tuating Auger. Each of tho strips provided at its outer end with a ock having a spring steel or rubber imp, in which the Individual sheets e inserted. To set the turner ready r use the pages are Inserted lu thou k TOTJOH OF THE FINGER TURNS TB corresponding slots in the Moci the arms are then bent arouu they are locked back of the n key. The player has only tc this key to release the spring s turn. Find of Platinum. Platinum in commercial qu has been found In two places In ington. Iiatluum, one ot the metals, is especially valuable to leal apparatus, because lt ls jured by acids; the demand, li is larger than the supply, for t! in the Ural Mountains aflfn about 12.000 pounds a year, nearly the total world's out] price muges from $150 to $17." Cul ? fur H in'* l'nriii l'roOt* The groves of citrus and ot tropical fruits. lu California In value but half as much at chards. The oranges, lemont figs and grape fruit being . class, and apples, apricots, pears and plutus in the secon and grain furnish thirty-four ] of the Income ol' the Stat? twenty-seven per cent.; liv nineteen per cent. The Union Stock Yards of cover 500 acres of ground. I. 10,000,000 head of cattle were there. IM'KINLEY I ? MEMORIALS J Ohio Building on American Uni- V vcrsity Grounds. ?J An important event in the history of the American University took pince at Washington when President Kooscvolt, one of the trustees of the University, laid the corner stone of the McKinley Memorial Ohio College ?f Government, the new building being erected by that university to perpetu ate the memory of the late President McKinley, who Wils also a trustee of the Institution. During the lifetime of President Mc Kinley, who was greatly Interested in the Institution, it was the purpose of the university authorities to create a McKinley endowment of $100.000 in connection with this Ohio College of Government, and a considerable sum had already boen subscribed for that object, a great share of it by persons from Ohio. When the President died, however, the Ohioans interested in the university decided to have the whole College of Government a memorial to the mar tyred President, and set about raising the additional money necessary for the purpose. The sum of $.",00.000 was raised and plans for the structure were Iminedl- i ntely made, the work of laying the foundations of the building being com- ; menced last winter. The American < ilrd muming ??"? -7 e Epworth College of Literature. na a considerable sum has a.ready , een contributed toward its erection k, The building, when completed. WH ^ e a magnificent edifice The genera p| xpressloii is that of the Greek s yk a f architecture, with a few Kornau- w saue features. There is a corner poi Z entrance with a low dome sup ,ortcd by six immense Corinthian col mn' and the high arched windows ; " tue sides carry out the pure Greek "ea The university authorfities will nake every effort to have the building J tm completed, after which nfv ,ropriatc dedicatory exercises will be ,)( jeld._ b HU Indelible Toi>_ue. ?J ?.?;Se,hSt of ?oUten.n? t, S3* M? ? P oss o? goWeu-bvown co?ring ponrfl?. tbe lead, o ? '* , " U?t<l_ea indelible tot. anrt '|AM. The doctor worked on him i S two weeks; and thought he had ALUMINIUM SAW HANDL1 I Said to Be Lighter and Stronger Th? Those of Wood. Saw handles are now made of hollo aluminum, and the advantages ai said to be strength, durability, Ugh ness and attractive appearance \ ALUMINUM SAW HANDLE. though made of metal. It Is both ll-ht* er and stronger than a wood handle,! "'Ill not rust and will outlast a blade find can be used on another saw if'oe' basion requires. The handle is mada] ALLEGE OF GOVERNMENT,. several forms. One follows the I , ?es of the ordinary type of saw i " 00 ?'""v" ?n one of HIP P">* Salutluc Women by Kissing. The fashion of saluting women by ssing their hands, which is now l clnred to be the style once again in < iris, has not yet reached here unless ] mild catastrophe that happened in a ] of garden the other night was the ? .st attempt to localize the new style. 1 A very young man was brought up f a friend to the table at which a .oup of French people were sitting id Introduced to the woman of the. irty. He promptly leaned forward id to the evident astonishment of the oman, hissed her hand which hud not ?en presented for the salutation, and ad to be dragged up from under the ible to receive the gentleman's caress, iress. But there were other drawbacks to als means of salutation. In leaning orward to reach the lady's hand the ery young man's shoulder knocked ver a glass and it spilled its ice and ?inonnde over the table. It is doubtful whether the -woman ir the youth was more embarrassed >y the Incident, which attracted the ittentlon of everybody In that part of he garden. But the woman showed t more. This salutation, even in Eti ope, is reserved for a woman's own lome and ls not to be used in public. Sew ork Sun. Issues a Costly Catalogue. <ondon firm has issued a cata of the goods it keeps for sale. It encyclopedic work in two hand volumes of 8S0 pages, lifty-six in size ten by twelve inches and iches In thickness. Its puhlica ?st $100,000. .ength of a Lightning Flush. known that a lightning flash st but a millionth of a second. RH HEMISPHERE. t volcanoes shown by a THE EPIDEMIC. lovesick 6'rl got Jilted, bought a distant nook Brooded on her troubles Goln' to write a took. Man, he thought he'd travel, rook a flying Jook .e Atr80<m,8 fore'l?o countries t Oom to writ? a book? I- Fellow took a fancy *? -3lb? t,u_n,n* wok; Tramp n' didn't payhim_ Goin' to write a book. Millionaire and pauper >alet, maid, an'cook. Everybody's g'ot it- ' Coln to write a book. -Washington Star. HUMOROUS. Editor-Did Tou~?n7erY?ew Macis, trate Scndemup? Renorter-Ye^ SS roweinS~~W?th ?" h,s fault*- Bor rowell is sympathetic." Slobbs-Yee ? believe he aefnnii?. f--i ' Iiis creditors 7 feeIS SOrry ?or pie Mue- ?tL - S' agreed the Sim ?Ctogkmu^."ea,WayS dO?Dgsom h^r^rT^ tab,e mai>ners he ?as. I think I shall cut him. Belle ?e t%Tr7n t0 W,th ^ ki?fi ne wi? probably cut himself. "JlfJrV3'" asked W11?e sweetly gucss 'draCh0PPln&sea ch?n?" % funv ?-f WCred his father thought Mfr. it must be the seaboard." Ra7?at d06S " meaD when thepapers ^dofacompSn^^dorrs" * aanger. second Fish-How do rou W? First Fish-Oh I read tween tue lines. Hart"" "vf" * ">", ? *** ..hid??* ' she refused me." h Jan,tt0Chanseherna^ eh r Bam? Cha?ge her first last" h'?o.baLWTsn a S00d play at Place." "what*' lt? ^ COmmon' successful o? thl % e ?Vhe most vooiui ot tne season.' "Which Proves exactly what I say." old T?a? llaS,y0ur age' sir'" said ow man sternly, "i was".t bothered with creditors chasing mo up- <.? must take after you, dad/ ?plied the . son. It doesn't bother me either.? "How do you like that soan'" in "Although I fee! that yuin; ;... ind I will never agree-" he began. 'Really, Mr. Gayley," she interrupted. But he continued: ' While I know I am roost unworthy of you-" "Well, papa ind mamma agree with you there, Mr. Gayley." "Do you see the tall chap, Petro? Well, he has turned many a girl's head." "But he is neither handsome nor rich." "I know that." "Then how did he turn girls heads?" "With his preparations. He manufactures hair bleach." "Do not darken my doorway again," said the frail little woman with the child. No, gentle reader, she was not speaking to any brute of a persecutor-only informing the paint er that she was tired of sable colors, and preferred something light. So Stree ly Innocent. He had been to the boarding school to pay a surprise visit to his daugh ter, his only child. He had parted from lier, proud to be the parent of such a handsome maiden, pleased with the innocence of budding wom anhood. The principal accompanied I him to the door. "Madam," he said, with deep feel ing, "I owe you much for the manner in which you have reared my child since she has been under your care. When I notice the contrast between that Innocent maiden and some of the girls of her age, who have not had thc advantage of such strict supervis-, ion, I feel that I have indeed done wisely in placing her in your charge." "And how proud you must bc." raid the principal, glowing with satisfac tion, " to be the father of so large and devoted a family." "Large-devoted!" gasped the proud parent. "What do you mean?" "Devoted to each other," said the principal. "No fewer than seven of Clara's brothers have been here dur ing the past three weeks to take her out. and she is expecting another to morrow."-Tit-Bits. Male Taste In Beanty. Maidens who have passed their 30th year may now claim that they repre sent the most perfect and advanced type of maidenhood, and look down upon girls who marry before 25 as very much akin to ravages, for it is a well known fact that the age of marriage advances with civilization. Everywhere the more mature woman is to the fore, says Health. Tho tastes of men in this regard seem to have undergone a complete revolution, and instead of fluttering about the inexperienced girl, talking pretty noth ings, they are matching their experi ences, broadening their horizon, sharp ening their wits in clever conversa tion with some brilliant and beautiful woman. Old Time Dollar?. For standard money the people of Abyssinia use the Marla Theresa 1780 r'.ollars. but for small change a very different coin is resorted to. This ls v.o other than a bar of hard crystal led salt about 10 inches long and two and a half broad and thick, slight ly tapering toward the end. Five of these bars go for a dollar.