The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, August 02, 1906, Image 4

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THE MID-SEA SUN. Ml »eak to hide his splendor, till the day Has passed away; dial shade of any tree or flower To mark the hour; A wave his orient cradle, and a wave His western Krave. —John B. Tabb In Harper's Magazine. Ever since the eventful day in Maris Niccoli’s life when a purse lay at her feet, as if in answer to her crippled sister's cry, "to bring her home a pair of red slippers,’’ Mar garet Norton, the owner of the lost property, was always called by Marie "The Beautiful Lady.” It is not strange the little sister looked upon her as her good fairy; for at the command of their bene factress the child was wafted to a sunny room in the hoopilal where a canary bird in his gilded aags made the hours glad with his song, and caused her to forget, at times, aching limbs and spine. For, in spite of the best medical skill, the road to recov ery promised to be long and tedious; and, when Miss Norton reported to Marie the result of the consultation with the surgeons, she said, "How should you like to live with me for a while,—do my errands, dust a little, and”—■. "Be your maid?” gasped Marie, as if such bliss were too great to men tion lightly. "Why, yes, perhaps; but I think I should rather call you my conpan- ion. And now let us talk about school. It does not seem quite the thing for you not to go to school any more, do you think so?” "I’ve been to night school since Anita went to the hospital, but Mr. Morse asked the other evening if I couldn’t go daytimes; I guess I look ed stupid and sleepy.” "Oh, don’t say that! Of course you must be tired after your long day at the dress maker’s. By the way, I want to tell you of the talk I had with Miss LaMonde yesterday. She has agreed to lend you to me for a little rest and change. She tells me and I can teach music, and pay her back a little of all we owe her!” “Poor child, music lessons! How lit tle she realizes what that means!” Miss Bartholdi was wise enough to make only mental comments, and and waited for the first outburst of excitement to be over, then, taking the girl’shand in hers said: “I have something in my mind that may work out all right for you. Just be patient one more day, and I will report if there is a ray of encouragement” Only the previous day while she was giving Marie her lesson, two gentle men stood close to the portiere and listened from their safe hiding place to the bird-like freshness of the voice. •WHY CHILDREN ARE SELFISH. Compare the children of long ago with those of today. As a rule the former were brought up much more strictly than those of the present day, and with due regard for their elders. While the change to present cus- One of the audience reported most en- toms is, on the whole, better, as it thusiastically to Miss Bartholdi, later favors more intimate intercourse be- in the afternoon: "You should have | tween par ents and children and en- seen m> friend! ^ hy, Miss Bartholdi, COTira g es more Individual development. he just could not wait for her to fin ish, but whispered, ’Tell me her name,’ and, when I talked with him after you had left the studio he said: ’Niccoll? Niccoli? My mother had a brother who went to America somewhere— that’s her family name; but it's just a coincidence probably!’ XTid Signor Monaldi turned to Marie's teacher with a very wise expression, and murmured as a final word, "It may be a good plan to have the young lady meet Signor Buonetti!” What wonder that the words had been constantly in her mind; and, acting upon the adage that two heads are better than one, a conference with him resulted in an invitation for them to escort Marie to the studio of Sig nor Buonetti. When the latter heard the name of Marie's father, Giovanni Niccoli, he took her hands in his„and said: “You are my own cousin, the only one left of my family; and I must not let such a sweet girl slip away away from Italy, the land of the prima donna! Now, Miss Bartholdi, will you cable Miss Norton, at my expense, that her ward has found an Italian cousin over here, and ask her to take passage in the next steamer, with Anita and any papers she has in regard to the two?” Signor Monaldi could scarcely re strain himself, but made a great ef fort to be calm until they had left the studio far behind, when he said: "That man. Miss Bartholdi, is im mensely rich! He has only one hob by; he is a great collector of val uable paintings and gems.” Then, how willing j’ou always are to do turning to Marie, v he added, with true whatever she wishes.” Marie’s long lashes hid her eyes; but Miss Norton saw her choke back a sob, and she hastened to say: "I want you right away, for you know there Italian warmth of feeling, “Now, Miss, your art can be made perfect; the fu ture looks roey!” Upon receipt of the cable, Margaret Norton and Anita felt as if their good is to be a vacation for ten days at i fairies were helping them out of their yet in many cases there is danger of going too far in the opposite direc tion and raising impertinent and sel fish children, who consider themselves the most important members of the household. Children allowed to grow up selfish are apt to be lacking in respect to their parents. Such children uninten tionally form a habit of considering themselves first and complacently al low father and mother to sacrifice time and comfort for their advantages, says the_ Portland Evening Express. Loving mothers do greatest harm in this respect, for they really de light in self-sacrifice for their darl ings, A boy that such a one raises, unless a striking exception, will grow up selfish, and be always a trial to those nearest and dearest to him. Habits of selfishness and self-sacri fice grow rapidly, and a father can do much_ to check this state of affairs if he keeps watch. A word of admoni tion now and then which will draw children's attention to services that they can render their mother will cause them to consider her. By these observations she will be placed on the pinnacle of family love and honor, which is the most joyful position a woman can enjoy. Besides eradicating selfishness, this thoughtfulness benefits the family in another very important way. Such children acquire a polish and refine ment of manner which is habitual rather than "company politeness," which is ever expressed so grace fully. Those who grow up accustomed to think of others have a charm which wins more love than any superficial at tributes. tury has equalled, and be gla'd you live in this time—thl» wonderful time and this beautiful world!—Utica Ob’ server. the school. I will ask Mrs. Fallon to take care of any furniture you may like to save from your room, and I’ll pay your rent. Then we’ll begin all over,’ as the children say. Truly a new page was turned in the life of the two children of the tenement; and while it might be easy to imagine something more hilarious than spending Christmas in a hospit al, the change from a dreary room where even the sunlight dreaded to enter, to the Broad Street Sanatorium, with sun parlors on every floor, seem ed to Anita like transporting to heav en. Meanwhile the older girl responded like a new flower to her new atmost- phere of loving care, and one day while dusting the reception room, her voice broke forth into such a burst of melody that Marie’s beautiful lady ‘WWU! bimib, and listened to “the strains, suggestive of sunny Italy even in their lack of training. It was a simple street song; but the voice hinted of great possibilities, and Miss Norton called Marie to her, and said: "If you will do your best at school, and the teachers are sat isfied with your work, I'll teach you to play on the piano, and my friend Miss Bartholdi will give you singing les sons. How does that scaind. “But Anita—you know I want to take care of her, and I mustn’t use so much time! I can’t take every thing from you!” The last words sounded like a wail as Marie slipped to the floor, buried her head in her hands, and sobbed as her beautiful lady had never before heard her. "Per-haps you’ll be sor-ry some day—that you’ve been so good to me!” she stammered. “Why, who on earth has put that idea into your head? Has some one been saying disagreeable things to you?” All questioning was useless, but Margaret Norton was very good at guessing. "Ah,” she exclaimed, *T rather think that silly Janey has been disturbing you, she is so jealous! But now listen, dearie; it takes two to make a bargain, and you and I are the two! Why, child, what should I do in this lonely house without a young girl to keep me company? Who would brush my hair every night, and tell me how Molly and that polly Fritz recite their lessons, while I laugh away my blues? Who, dear, but just you? It’s our little secret; and, when Anita is discharged from the hospital, she shall come here, and you and I will teach her all we know.” The magic wand was again waved and peace restored. Marie proved most tractable and found a sympa thetic audience when she confided to her beautiful lady that she just hated geometry, and did not see the use of proving one lino was longer than the other when her own eyes told her— an argument that Miss Norton had of ten heard. In the midst of discouragements several red-letter days stood out prom inently—when Marie began French and Italian; the April morning that Anita left the hospital, able to walk like other people; and the sweet June day when her beautiful lady was the first to congratulate her upon graduat ing the third in her class, and to tell her that it was decided that she was to go to Italy in September with Miss Bartholdi. "But you—oh. I do so want to learn to sing! But how can I leave Anita and. you?” The young girl put her arms around Miss Norton in spite of the warning "not to crush her lace,” and said such pretty words to her, it would have been perplexing to deter mine which cheeks were the brighter. Marie felt as if under some wizard's spell when she found herself one Oc tober morning in the presence of Sig nor Monaldi, the famous teacher, who saw great possibilities in the sweet voice from over the sea, and arranged a most arduous program for Miss Bartholdi to follow. Just as the future looked most bright, there came a letter to her teacher that dashed Marie's hopes in an instant. Rumors of great treach ery on the part of Miss Norton’s bus iness advisor threatened utter financial ruin. Marie grasped the situation, and said: "There is Just one step for me to take! I must go hack to her. Please don’t say a word. Miss Barthol di, or I might be weak and easily tempted. My beautiful lady! Just think, where should Anita and I have been without her! It’s my turu 8bw. i botanists. troubles, and the delicate face of Marie’s sister, with its pink flush of delight, reminded one of the dainty arbutus, as they took passage upon the great ocean steamer that looked like a palace to one of the travellers. What followed seemed, indeed, like a chapter from real fairyland. Miss Bartholdi removed to another apart ment; and Margaret, Marie, and Anita set up a modest establishment which promised to be permanent. At the first moment, however, that Signor Buonetti ’saw Marie’s beautiful lady, he appreciated the fact that she was a rare gem, and his heart went out to her even as Margaret’s found Marie. When in course of time Marie realized that through her had come the great est happiness her beautiful lady had ever imagined, the latter said: "You have always talked about bread cast it would be returned away over here in Italy! Think what has come to me because of this Italian cousin of of yours!” Marie’s wedding gift, earned from a first appearance before a critical musi cal audience, was a King’s Daughter cross, set with pearls, while inscribed on the other side the dates 1898-1905, following the letters M. B. L. which stood not only for Marie’s Beauti ful Lady, but Marie’s Bright Light, MILLINERY EXCITEMENT. The head of the millinery depart ment was gasping with excitement. She waved wildly for the girls to sur round her, and they came with a rush. “You won’t believe it,” she began, "no living soul could; it’s the sort of thing you read in the newspaper, but nevertheless it’s just as true as gos pel. You see that woman stepping into the elevator? Well, last week she came in here with red eyes and ordered a mourning bonnet. I draped the thing on her head for a solid hour, all in my best, hushed manner, and when she was finally satisfied, she said, with a trembling lip, that 1 was to keep it until she called; and now, would you believe it?—no, you won’t, you couldn’t, but its true ju»t the same—she came in here this morn ing and said, as chipper as you I never supposed _please: ‘My husband didn’t die, after all, so I’m going to ask you to ex change that mourning v-jil for a blue theatre bonnet; you know my hue- band loves blue. And girls, I swear to you that’s the second time that sort of thing has happened this month. The other woman was even worse. She tried on every mourning hat we have, and then she got up and thanked me for my trouble, and said—actually, you know, said it out loud—‘Well, he’s not dead yet, but just as soon as any- significant of the day when her own thing happens I’m coming in to get cross slipped from her jacket, reflect ing its gleam upon the gray wall, and sent its abiding light deeper still into the heart of thi,s daughter of the King. —The Christian Register. that eighteen-dollar hat, you can count on that.’ Then off she walked. Oh, you needn’t tell me the world Is im proving; I think it gets worse every day. Personally I’m just ashamed of it.” Then the saleswoman expression passed again over her face, and she „ , x .. rose to meet a customer.—'New York Some boys that go to college can t Evening Sun PEARLS OF THOUGHT. even learn to play golf. When the cook has a good temper it’s a sign she can’t cook. The way to have your wife save out of her allowance is to owe it to her. The only sure way to get the cook to stay is to keep on discharging her. There’s a certain kind of fellow that is proud to be run over by a million aire's automobile. When a girl gets the fad of taking exercise either she is trying to walk off flesh or walk it on. A girl never has a fine complexion without delicate skin, but that means freckles to spoil them both. A woman has such natural faith she can believe a thing she wants to though she knows she doesn't. A man isn’t half as anxious to try his hand at speculation as those who run the game are to have him. A woman is so queer she can think she has broken a man's heart by not loving him, and then do it for that reason. When a New York man gives his seat to a woman in a street car it’s a sign she is suspicious he wants to flirt with her. There is hardly anything as uncom fortable as to meet a summer girl you were engaged to and not be able to re member her name. A mother seems to think it's a hor rible reflection on herself if her daughter doesn’t get married before she is twenty-two. If he wasn't so busy making every body else nervous, it would make a baby awful nervous to have women talk all the queer languages to it they do.—From "Reflections of a Bache lor” in the New York Press. ON A WOMAN'S AGE. The thanks of her sex are due Min* nie Gaillard, schoolma'am of Sartar- tia, Texas, for her resistance to an act of oppression in Recorder Goff’s court, says the New York World. Threatened with jail if «he did not divulge her age, she stood out for the unalienable right of womanhood. The toss of her head and the snap of jaws as she defied the efforts of the district attorney to extract the in criminating evidence deserve to go on record in the annals of freedom along with the firing of the shot heard ’round the world. When the women of Colorado go to the polls to vote, the highest judicial tribunal in the state cannot force them to tell their age. They are “above 21,” and that in the law’s chivalric view is enough. It is all the marriage license clerk requires to know. On the subject of the age of ladies of title the Almanach de Gotha and Burke's Peerage are discreetly silent, though less considerate of mere princess and dukes. Is not the authority ample? Thus bulwarked by sound legal and social precedents. Miss Gaillard stands on uncontrovertible ground. WEARING OF BEADS PREVALENT. Wearing of beads seems to be grow ing more and more prevalent. From the morning hours, when the shirt waist suit is worn until the time when fashionable women don decollete gowns, the throat decoration is the thing. Coral is the prime favorite in the morning and a narrow band with a carved clasp gives a touch of dainti ness to a plain gingham or lawn. Some women who should know better twine pearls around their throat when on shopping expeditions. The young daughter of the Russian Ambassador in Washington, Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, may be seen exercising her dog and wearing pearls about her neck. Miss Louise Foraker w r ears an antique garnet necklace set in Roman twisted gold. Another freak of ad ornment was seen in the Avenue yes terday. A woman wore the incongru ous combination of a necklace of beau tiful amethysts and a tweed walking suit.—New York Press. The only food in which celery forms an important part is D9 PRICE’S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD It acts admirably upon the ner vous system. Palatable, nutri tious, easy of digestion and ready to eat. 18 lO cents a package. For sale by all Grocers “ABOVE ALL, DON'T DANCE.” ,r Whatever you do, don't dance,” seems to be the motto of London bachelors just now, and hostesses are at their wits’ ends to make their balls a success because of a scarcity of dancing men. Perchance after care'er- ing above the earth in airships and balloons and courting the dangers of the hunting field the bachelors find little diversion in the poetry of -mo tion as exemplified in the ballroom gyrations. They are, perhaps, too tame. Such youths as are too g(K)d mannered to refuse are af^iri^to rebuff^their hostesses when asked to dance ere generally pathetically put of practice in the art, and their part ners say that they would rather “sit out” than risk being trampled under foot and having .their chiffons and gauzes crushed and torn.. The whole thing is only another instance of the selfishness of the men of today,” said a fair critic, who was expressing *her opinion of such proceedings in no measured terms.—New York Press. A GREAT AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE FOR GEORGIA. No more important legislation has been passed by the Georgia general assembly at its present session than that of appropriating $100,000 for the erection of suitable buildings and equipments for an up-to-date agricul tural college in connection with the state university at Athens. The recent trip of the Georgia state university trustees to Wisconsin for the purpose of studying the great ae- rlcultural college there emphasize^ the necessity of doing something for this most Important Industry. Hon. J. J. Connor, president of the state agricultural society introduced the bill to apropriate $100,000 for an agricultural hall on the campus. Mr. George Foster Peabody and others purchased nine hundred acres of land adjoining the old campus for over $100,000. This will give amplo room for experiment station plats, general farm crops, stock, orchards, forestry and everything pertaining to the edu cation and life of the farmer. Here will be planted orchards of every kind of fruit that can be grown in Georgia. Here will be herds of all the bast breeds of mlix and of beef cattle, of hogs, houses, sheep and poultry. Farm crops of every kind w.lll be grown, experiments in plant breedings, till and fertilizing will be conducted. To this great college and farm, as it develops, will come hun dreds of studenls for the longer courses, and thousands of farmers will annually visit it for lectures and demonstrations. It will become the Mecca of every Georgia farmer. Here will his son study. Here he will come with his family in the summer to the annual state institute: Here he will write for information,, for tests, for bulle tins. Here will be trained the teach ers to teach agriculture in the coun ty high schools, which are sure to come within a few years. Every farmer should rejoice at the recognition of his occupation as wor thy of the best building and the best equipment on the university campus. It means a new era of prosperity for the farm. This liberal provision guarantees larger usefulness of the state’s his- torjic university and will enable it to preserve all the splendid traditions of glorious past, while it keeps of- modem, nrog- s. J. 9. STEWART. its FITS,St. Vitus'Dance:Nervous Diseases per manently cured by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. H. R. Kline, Ld.,981 Arch St., Phila., Pa. If you want a woman to take your advice pretend to be handing it to some one else. A Point of Tribal Honor. A Choctaw Indian has broken hll word, and the whole tribe is humil iated, for a Choctaw's word has for many years been recognized as being as good as a white man's blood. A few weeks ago a full-blooded Indian of that-nation was charged with murder. The time of trial was fixed and, ac cording to custom, the accused al lowed to go free. When the trial-day arrived he did not appear. It is said that he is the first man of the tribe who has ever fled from justice. The Choctaw's respect for his word is one of the characteristics of the tribe. In a book on the Choctaws, written fifty years ago, Mr. Morris 1 speaks of this trait in connection with judicial proceedings. When that nation first organized there was no \ prison in which to confine accused persons, and it became a matter of honor for such to appear voluntarily in court and answer the charges. A man would have been stigmatized as a coward if he had failed to ap pear, and to a high-minded Indian cowardice is worse than death. No full-blooded Choctaw has, until now, been known to abscond or to secrete himself to evade the sentence of law. To show how sacredly the Indian has guarded this sentiment, Mr. Mor ris relates an incident of which he had knowledge. Two brothers were living together, when one was charg ed with crime, convicted, and sen tenced to be executed. When the time came, the condemned man manifested reluctance to meet his sentence. His brother was surprised and indignant. “My brother, you Traid to die! You no good Indian. You coward. You no plenty brave. You live, take care of my woman and child. I die. I no 'fraid, much brave.” The exchange was made, and the innocent was executed to save the honor of the nation of Choctaws. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS “The School That is Famous.** The BEST But the LEAST EXPENSIVE. It was established in 1882; annual enrollment exceeds 600; magnificent school plant: high curriculum, supofior discipline, largest cadet battalion south, a fully equipped gymnasium, two largo athletic fields; the faculty equal to that of any college; strongly endorsed by leading edueatoA of Georgia. Don't send your boy aud girl to GORDON un less you are willing for them to do REAL, HARD WORK. HOtli session opens September 8th. For new catalogue address, B. F. PICKETT, President. Box iVI, Barnesville, Ga. A BOTTLE WILL BREA Winter smith’s CHILL TONIC Vo UR aJCHH.CS. CURES CHILLS AND ALL MALARIAL FEVERS. Has been a standard household remedy for over 40 year*. Pleasant to take ; leaves no bad effects like quinine ; harmless for children. Guaranteed by all druggists. Put up in 90o and $1 bottles. Sent express paid on receipt of price, if not on sale at the home drug store. Address ARTHUR PETER A CO-, General Agents. Louisville. Ky. Last Resort of the Wild. As to hunting and fishing, these Hudson Bay railroads will open up the chief game resort of the world. The fur wealth Is so great that the Eskimos bring in several hundred skins of musk oxen every season in addition to bales of polar bear skins, caribou, wolves and foxes. Some of the finest furs of the world may be seen stacked up like hay on the shore of Hudson Bay, awaiting transporta tion to the trading posts. In one lo cality about the bay the Eskimos trapped in one year more than a thou sand white foxes, besides wolves, wolverines and other anlnvals. At present most of the hunting is being done by Eskimos, and Indians, who make It a life business. These Eskimos are much like our natives of Alaska. The men average about five feet three Inches high and the women less than five feet. They have black eyes and hair, and their hair Is straight and as coarse as horse hair. They have flat no-ses, high cheek bones and eyes which are Chinese In shape. The teeth of the older wo men are worn almost to the gums from chewing sealskin, In order to make It soft and more easily sewn. These people live in snow houses during the winter and In sealskin tents in the summer. They subsist largely on seal meat or whale blubber and their fires are oil lamps. They have but few domestic animals ex cept dogs, although It is said that iiere and There a mqqse has been harnessed up and made to work.— Condensed Food to Supplant Meat. Consul Pike, of Zittau, reports that an interesting discovery Is being dis cussed by the German press, which refers to the result of a recent inves tigation by Prof. Emil Fischer, of Ber lin. He writes: “It Is contended that the principal nourishment required by the human body £cr its maintenance is albu men, according to the renowned pro fessor of physiology, Pfeiffer, the source of all muscular strength. For this reason it has at all times been the endeavor of our learned men to obtain more knowledge of this im portant ingredient of our daily food. Up till now all such efforts have been in vain, but it was recognized that were it possible to make artificial al bumen, a complete change in the present system of nourishing the hu man body would be brought about and would render the now so necessary meat food to a great extent dispen sable. “Prof. Emil Fischer, director of the leading chemical institution, the Ber lin University, has gained the credit of having accomplished the first an alysis of natural albumen. He has established the composition of the various ingredients, some of which he has succeeded in producing arti ficially. The substance thus obtained he has called ‘polypeptide,’ and it is said to possess a large number of the properties charactertistic of natural albumen. The vast inportance of this discovery will be better comprehended when we realize that the introduc tion of this artificial food will reduce the disastrous effects of bad harvests, pestilence, etc., to a minimum, and cause famine to become a thing of the past.” A DIFFERENCE. Teacher—Massachusetts is called the 'Bay State.’ Tommy (whose father runs a livery stable)—It’s sorrel on tho map, ma’am.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir. THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINE For Constipation, Biliousness, In digestion, Sour Stomach, Colic, Diniuess, Headache and anything caused by a disordered Liver. Removed •• That Drowsy Feeling ” by putting your digestive organs to work, increasing your appetite, and, in fact, makes you feel like a ’•MEW MJtM.” SOc. and 31.00 per Bottle at all Drug Storea. One Doae Convlncea. GIVE THE BABY A CHANCE. I>ove isn’t a sickening mush of con- tession. Ixn'e is firm. Love is just. Ix)ve has good, red blood in its veins. I»oking over to the ultimate good of Its oject, love frequently decrees suf fering and anguish of spirit. And 1 tell you what, my dear madam. Some day, for his bad tem per and impudence, you are going to slap or spank Oiat child you are now too tendered-hearted to let cry. Yes, you are, just as sure as you are born. And you won't slap him in love, either! Think of the shame of it! —you are going to beat the child for the evil qualities that you yourself instilled In him. You are going to beat him in anger, thereby making open confession that your mean, petty, starved nature has not enough moral force by which to rule him. Shame! shame! Give the baby a chance to have a healthy brain and nervous system. Do ! you realize that his brain grows more j during his first year than in all his other years combined? That means don't ever play with him during his first year, or let anyone else play with him. “Kitchee-coo!” cries the visitor. “Oh, oo sweet, precious little dear! ’ j And poor baby gets poked in the ribs i and tossed in the air. Very bad. Baby may laugh and baby may crow; but! by and by will come the inevitable ; wail and sleepless hours to tell of j the overstimulated brain and the severe tax on the nervous system.—- | Frank Barkley Copley in the Outing ’ Magazine. DON’TS FOR BUSINESS GIRLS. Don't be late to your work and then expect consideration because you are | a young lady. Don’t expect to be treated as if you were in society. You are probably doing the work that was done form erly by a man, and if in small ways j'ou are not considered as much as you are at home, remember that you are in business. Don’t have your friends come in to see you during business hours. Don't let your friends ring you up at the office, even in the lunch hour. Don’t complain constantly about j your work. If your work is not con genial to you, make up your mind to get some other employment, but don't whine. That never helped any one. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething,softens thegums.reducesinflamma- tion, allays pain,cnres wind colic, 25c a bottle Perhaps you never wrote a letter of regret, but how about the letters you regret having written? HIS ONE WEAK SPOT. Senor Duro’s Voyage. Details reaching France concerning Senor Duro’s aerial voyage over the Pyrenees are of great interest for those associated with aeronautics. It appears that the trip was in the na ture of a tour de force of seizing oc casion by the forelock. It had not been proposed to do anything for a day or two, but a steady wind from the north setting in over Pan during Monday afternoon, Senor Duro had his air ship rapidly inflated, and as dusk was i, ack to 18 9s, w hen the navy was The Navy’s Marksmanship. “The criterion of target practice is the actual number of hits per min ute,” fays Secretary of the Navy lionc-imrii-. • whips g.ow a^era between 75 and 90 per cent of hits with all their main-battery guns, whereas in former days the percent age was rarely over 40, even though firing slowly at a target more than seven times as large as the present one. Then the target was 100 feet long and 25 feet high; to-day it is 2i feet long and 12 feet high. This in crease in hitting ability is due to the assiduous training in the target prac tices which have been carried out un der the new system adopted and also to improvement in ordnance. Going sp. CURED lV6ft _«lok Relief. , Removes all swelling In 8 to 20 days ; effects a permanent CUfe in 30 to 60 days. Trial treatment •given free. Nothingcrm be fairer I Write Dr. H. H. Qreon’t son*. • ^Specialists, Box b Atlanta, u? Dropsy! Prevented by FASHION NOTES. His Fondest Memories. A hard headed old Pittsburg manufacturer, who made his fortune, %s he expresses it, * 1 “with his coat off," was in duced by his daughters to accompany them to a Wagner concert, the first he had ever attended. The next day he happened to meet an acquaintance : who had seen him the night before, who asked: “I suppose you enjoyed the concert last night. Mr. Brown?” “Yes; it took me back to the days of my youth,” the old man said, with a reminiscent sigh. “Ah, summer days in the country, girl in a lawn dress, birds singing, and all that?" “No, the days when I worked in a boiler shop in Scranton.”—Success Magazine.. Soil brought up from a depth of 32C feet in one of the Belgian mines Is said to have grown -weeds unknown to A BEAUTIFUL WORLD. A sad world this is indeed, with all the suffering and wrecks and disasters that befall. Bur wait. Isn't it a beau tiful world, too, with a nation—aye, and kindered nations—awakened so quickly to noble duty, with hearts melted and bands so ready to help? i And never so beautiful as now! See all the benevolent agencies at work.! and see how the telegraph and the ' lightning trains execute their high pur pose! The telegraph is instant; the trains have the speed of the winds! You give a sum of money to the Red Cross in the morning for the sufferers in San Francisco, and by the wires j and the machinery of finance and busi- J ness it is in the stricken city in the j afternoon! Nearby cities are furnish-j ing food and clothing today, as you cannot; but your more distant contri butions shall arrive in good time and with such a speedy deliverance as never was known in any earlier age of civilization. Dwell on the thought of what man kind can do for its brethren in this twentieth century that no other cen Nothing could be more sensible for play suits for small children, both boys and girls, than short-sleeved, low- necked blouses with very full short bloomers joined by a narrow band. Linen suits and coats with bands of contrasting color for trimming are always in good style and launder sat isfactorily—two very good reasons for their figuring largely in the summer wardrobe. Full panels alternating with plain ones set below a fitted yoke (also made in panels or gores) are an at tractive feature of the skirt of a thin gown. Stitched bands cover the join ing of the panels with the yoke. The narrow knife plaitings have lost none of their prestige as a bodice or bolero decoration, whether held flat on both sides or allowed to flare at one edge. Plain gold engagement bracelets having a permanent lock are a new fancy of the engaged girl which are sold by some of the most exclusive New York jewelers. Black lace made into coats over a J white lining is extremely modish, and the contrasting lining brings out the beauty of the pattern as no gown can do. though delightful effects are ob tained by careful choice of shades to ; be worn with either the black or white | lace coat without lining. Shadow embroidery applied In a ' band each side of the front is a pretty way of varying the lingerie blouse I which is usually embroidered across ! the front in a somewhat triangular de- j sign. The hood of a fashionable auto coat j is very wide at the top, reaching quite to the sleeve tops, and decreases to ; a blunt point between the shoulders. : The opening is small and circular and is decorated by three huge covered buttons. A very nice mourning hat is com posed entirely of crape in little puffs. At the left side are two little wired upstanding points or wings of crape edged with crape folds. The grace fully-arranged net veil bordered by two rows of dull black ribbon Adds to the general effect of quiet refinement pf tho whole Prominent Minnesota Merchant Cured to Stay Cured. O. C. Hayden, of O. C. Hayden & Co., dry goods merchants, of Albert Lea, Minn., says; “I was so lame that I could hardly walk. There was an unac countable weaknessof theback. and constant pain and aching. 1 could find #0 rest and was very uncomforta ble at night. As my health was good in every other way I could not understand this trouble. It was just as if all the strength had gone from my back. After suffering for some time I be gan using Doan's Kidney Pills. The remedy acted at once upon the kid neys, and when normal action was restored the trouble with my back disappeared. I have not had any re turn of it.” For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,N. Y. sotting In committed himself alone to the winds of the night. He cleared the Pyrenees over the Pic du Midi d’Ossau, at a height of 9,000 feet, traversing a furious hurricane of wind and snow that for a time placed him in some peril. He had to keep himself at this elevation most of the night, by reason of the Spanish mountain chains. He obtained elfin glimpses of cities so widely separated as Sara gossa, Madrid and Toledo as he sped along through the dark midair, and about 4 a. m. on Tuesday the aero naut found that he had traversed Spain in the night from north to south. He was then over Linares, in Granada, confronted by the great peak of the Sierra Nevada, nearly 11,000 feet high, with the Mediterran ean behind it. Rather than face this prospect the senor came down at Guadix, after traversing 452 miles in ten and a half hours—a fine express speed.—London Globe. using black powder and when sights and other parte of the equipment were poorly developed, our firing was both slow and inaccurate. At that time it was considered satisfactory if a 12-inch gun fired one shot in five minutes. But with each subsequent improvement in ordnance the rapidity was somewhat increased, and by car rying out systematic target practice the present striking efficiency has been attained. For example, the heavy turret guns that were but a few years ago allowed five minutes iu which to fire a shot, have recently fired three shots and made three hit/ in one minut#.”—Harper's Weekly. EARNED IT. “And now .1 learn that she merely married me for my money; what do you think of that?” “I think she ought to get it.”— Houston Post. People are fond of telling their im aginary troubles, but not their real ones. FOUR YEARS OF AGONY. Win He Foot KothJng But Proud Flesh- Had to Use Crutehea — ‘‘tutleura Keiuediea Best on Earth. “In the year 189S the side of my righl foot was cut off from the little toe down to the heel, and the physician who had Charge of me was trying to sew up the aide of my foot, but with no success. At last my whole foot and way up above my calf was nothing but proud flesh. 1 suf fered untold agonies for four years, and tried different physicians and all kinds of ointments. 1 could walk only with crutches. In two weeks afterwards I saw a change in my limb. Then I began using Outicura Soap and Ointment often during the day, and kept it up for seven months, when my limb was healed up just the •ame a* if I never had trouble. It is elfht months now since 1 stopped using Cuticura Remedies, the best on God'* earth. I am working at the present day, after five years of suffering. The cost of Cuticura Ointment and Soap was only $6, but the doctors’ bills were more like $600. John M. Lloyd, 718 S. Arch Ave., Al liance, Ohio, June 27, 1903.” Prof. Archibald Coolidge, of the ! history department of Harvard, has ! been selected to represent the unlver- ; sitv as the Serhonne lecturer in Par is for next year. The Bishop and the Waffles. It would indeed be a queer uishop who could not tell a good story on himself. The late Bishop Dudley of Kentucky was wont to relate with much relish an interesting experience which he once had in connection with waffles. At a fine old Virginia homestead where he was a frequent guest the waffles were always remarkably good. One morning, as breakfast drew near an end, the tidy little linon- roated black boy who served at table approached Bishop Dudley and asked in a low voice: “Bishop, won’t y’ have ’n'er waf fle?” “Yes,” said the genial bishop, ' i believe I will.” “Dey ain' no mo’,” then said the nice little black boy. “Well,” exclaimed the surprised reverend gentleman, “if there arn’t any more waffles, what made you ask me if I wanted another one?” ‘Bishop,” explained the little black boy, “you’s done et ten a’ready, an’ I fought y’ wouldn’t want no mo’.”—- Lippincotfs Human Power of Resistance. The inhabitants of Paris once lived under Henry IV., during a seige, on still more repugnant meals. All grass which could be found, even that grow ing between the stones of the pave ment, was cooked into soups. 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