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8 22i 1 I I I upcn Thous Every IOn th special pri< 2 cas* I These that date. Remeir f CAL How Errors "Get Past," Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. The National Magazine tells of a London publisher who once set out to publish at least one book that should be faultless in the matter of errara. Ke had his own proofreaders go over and over the proofs, with the greatest care, until they had exhausted their skill and patience and had assured him there were no long-er any errors to be eliminated. Then, taking duplicate proofs of the last issue, he eent tfctm to the universities and other large publishing houses, offering large money prizes for each error discovered. A few .errors only were found, and after one had had a chance to see if any others had been overlooked, the plates were made, the book was ovnancivpiv hound and put V1 iXLb'&VA; ? _ upon the market as an absolutely perfect product and unique in all literature from a mechanical standpoint. For a long tome this was conceded, but . six or eight months after its publication a letter came to the publisher calling attention to an error in a certain line and page. Later a 6econd ---? -rM*. "was discovered, ana oeiur it J cai i had elapsed four or five errors had "been reported. The incident is illuminatinglv interesting as showing the difficulty amounting to practical impossibility of turning out a perfect volume even when and where maximum skill and thoroughness are available is a consideration. And yet the name is le * ."UilUTT gion of people wno proiess luiauim.' * to understand why the daily newspaper, for the production of which, from the gathering of the first item of news to the coming of the completed product from the puess, only a few hours at best are available, does not reach them .every morning or afternoon practically perfect in make-up, mechanical execution and in the handling of subject matter. "Sweet ressonablenese" is by no means the distinguishing characteristico f the average human. t What Do We Know of Others? Charleston Sunday News. 9 It is not until we know what temptation is that we are in position to pass judgment upon those who yield, and it is not until we ourselves have committed something for which we blush that we can truly sympathize with the frailties of our brethren in Bin. vWe who sit back in our unassail .m w d for Bui ing o " r \7 ands or i a Pair of Sh J O 4-/\ viro VATlll I di uaiu VYU jLut i ces from our Co js fine Gingham and lots of othe iber the Da G ed righteousness d-eem ourselves ; worthy to pass upon the sins of i others; yet our very assumed ; superiority makes it impossible for us ; to evenly balance the scales. What do we know of the temptations of those whom we would judge, or of the circumstances of their fall from grace, we who do not know what it means , to be tempted? How can we make allowance for conditicns and inherent weaknesses, we who have been protected all our lives from the influences of evil? We cannot understand these things until we, too, have passed un~ ^ " ? I der the yoke and have learned ior ourselves something of the need of tolerance both for ourselv-es and for others. MAY WALK BACKWARD. Surgeon Says Women's Toes Are Becoming Heels. A modishly dressed woman walking backward need cause no surprise a [ few years hence. Sh? may simply have lived so closely in style that she has developed the "new heel," situated where her toes ought to be. The discovery of the new heel is that of Dr. Max Strunsky, of New York. He blames it entirely on high-heeled shoes and finds women would rather continue to suffer with it than to use common-sense shoes, which make the foot look large. "The eanirior arches become prominent and bulge and are covered with callouses,he reports after his exam-1 i inations of the latest freak. "Xot only 1 do the arches perform, under pressure j Vv.ton fho fnnr>tir>n I 01 tue 21UU.1 tiUliCIx uuiuvii) wt, i of heels, but they acquire all The char-1 acteristics and every semblance of heels." Doctor Strunsky says women with foot complaint are found almost invariably to have trouble with the anterior arch. He finds the shoes throw the weight of the body exactly where weight was never intended to go. "The heel is the strongest part of the foot and is constituted to carry the main bodily weight," he writes. "Th-e high-heeled shoes which women wear, however, practically compel them to walk on the heels of their metartarsals. Thus every time they take a step they jam the m-etartarsal heads on the ground. /'"T" "* ^ A T"1 I "?iign-neeiea suues mc anterior arches to assume the function of weight-carrying structures or heels. I siness in n Saturc irds of Dre oes and O: i offer thousands lumbia store. i s at yard ?r specials will I te and Pla E. M. Eve alumbia an< Metartarsal walking increases the size and strength of the anterior, arches and changes their flexibility and -elasticity, essential to a normal gait, to rigidity."?Chicago Tribune. A REVOLUTIONARY HERO. Captain 3Ingford Ran the British Blockade and Captured Powder Ship. Had Great Britian made peace with ish army had been driven from oBsish army had been driven from Bos, "" " ** J J Vrv o r\ATMl. ton James Mugiora wouiu uc a. ? Iar hero today. But Great Britain continued the war for eight long years, and so many heroes were made that the name of James Mugford, "the world forgetting, and by the world forgot," was lost. (Mugford died 137 years ago today in an insignificant fight that the largest histories barely record now. He and his 27 companions were attacked by 200 British marines. They fought most all night, and the British were whipped, but the gallant captain, was killed by a pike thrust. The British under General Gage ? .i-j -vroT-Ah 177fi The evacuated dusluu, m British fleet remained behind in Boston to blockade the port. General Washington hurried to New York with the main Colonial army to dispute the proposed British landing there, General Artemas Ward was left in command of a pretty sizable American army around Boston; but Washington had taken all the powder and most r\f thp o-nns. The Americans were at the mercy of the British ships, only the British didn't know it. General Ward zealously guarded the fact that his powder supply was nil; and planned to fill his magazines at the invader's expense. Accordingly two small ships, the schooners Hancock and Franklin, were outfitted and ordered to sea for the purpose of capturing a supply ship. Captain Samuel Tucker commnnripd the Hancock, James Mug ford, a citizen of Marblehead, Mass., was appointed master of the Franklin. His vessel carried a crew of 21, inclr.d'.ti.; nirtiself On May 7, Captain Tucker captur i 1.1 ^ ed two brigs laden witn vaiuauie supplies; brt no powd-er. He took his prizes to Lynn. General Ward communicated with Captain Mugford and nHnWBBHBHKHMi McCau Hair liim immaaiDiMSiflBBBnan jss Stuffs a xfords at 1 I WM..I ilinWMBBSBgWaMBMBHMgB \ < i r i or yaras or i *e added from ???? ????i 11 ? MBUMBBMI?innwi i ? 13116 1 ins & Co. / d Newberry | explained to him the desperate straps the army v?as fronting. "I'll get some powder," said the short-spoken Marblehead. And he did. Tne British ship Hope, carrying war munitions for the British, was due. It had powder for the fleet. Captain Mugford heard of its expected arrival and put to sea. Almost within sight of the British flest he met the Hope and captured it. But how to land the prize? He didn't have men enough to take it to Lynn | or any other port very distant. The rBitish fleet lay between him and the American army in Boston. Captain Mugford ihoose to run the British blockade and fight the whole fleet of a dozen ships or more, if necessary. He put a few of his best men aboard the Hope and made the British crew sail it. Then, in the Franklin, he arrogantly sailed toward the British fleet and dropped a tew cannon balls its way. | The British were astounded. What I could this crazy skipper mean by at tacking a fleet with one dinky little schooner? They w<mld teach him a lesson. The whole fleet maneuvered round to blow the Franklin off the bay. Meanwhile the Hope sneaked in the harbor, and then Captain Mug ford outsailed the British fleet and got in himself. In the hold of the Hope the Americans found 75 tons of powder and other war stores needed just then mere than men or gold. Mugford had made good his word. J Very naturally the British were rni srry. The admiral issued an order i tiat James iMugford was to he captured by any hook or crook and ' promptly killed. Somebody told Cap- i tain Mugford about the order. ! "Oh, piffle!" he said, or something! like that. "I'll run by his derned old fleet every day in the week and twice on Sunday if I want." The Sunday following, May 19, I77fi pnntflin Mnsrford. in the Frank ( lin, witli 21 men, and Captain Cun, ningham, in the privateer Lady "Wash: ington, a vessel carrying seven men 'and a few small swivel guns, started ' to puncture the British blockade j again. They would have succeeded, T?i.QnVli'ri trrnnnrtprl \ flotilla I u U't r i auuxiu w ? of small boats from the fleet, carry- j ing 200 well-armed m-en, started for j the attack. Captain Cunningham re- | fused to leave his companion, so both j ,he and Captain Mugford prepared for i battle. wanj ighrin E ; 14. I t Cost and Less than % Ail Y7mKt*/ jcauuiui ijiiiui \ i S3 fli our Columbia 14, next d< l I * ! It was a fiercely fought contest and lasted the better part of the night. On May 20 General Ward made the fol-' I lowing report of the engagement: "Captain Mugford was very fiercely i attacked by 12 or 13 boats full of men, I but h:- and his men exerted themselves j with remarkable bravery, beat off the eremy, sunk several of their boats and killed a number of their men; it is supposed th?v lost 60 or 70. The intrepid Captain CVIugf^rd fell a little before the enemy left his schooner. He wrs run through with a lance while he was cutting off the -ands of the pirates as they were attempting to board him, and it is said that with his own hands he cut off five pairs of I " - -i ?? I theirs. No other man was Kinea 01 wounded on the Franklin.?Kansas City Star. They Chew Cordite. One of the troubles of most European armies is that those soldiers who can get hold of it insist on using "* *" - *- ~ ^ ?-rO/-?c.?T7o cnrriHp as if iriai. ieniuic TApiusnv it were a sort of chewing gum. Its popularity it due to the fact that when chewed in small quantities It has a stimulating and exhilarating effect, like small doses of alcohol. Its taste, too, is sweet, cordite being three-fifths nitro-glycerine, an explosive which is sugar to the taste. When chewed in large quantities | pnr.iite becomes more powerful in its j effects, t ringing on a blissful state of j ecstasy, and sometimes making the victim of the hati* see visions. Bat th- real danger of the habit lies in the factt hat though ritroglycerine will only explode. when given a very hard blow or touched by an electric spark, ibere is always a possibility that the grinding of exceptionally hard teeth might provide the necessary hard blow. Within the last few years, at least three soldiers?two German and one Austrian?have \)een blown to bits, the use of cordite as a chewing gum being the suspected cause.? Philadelphia Ledger. Strange Uses for Gold. Curious and interesting facts regarding India's passion for gold, and ^ 4-Ti /-v not' rra C the strange uses 10 wmcu Lnc uauivw | put the precious metal, are contained in a report issued by the great | bullion merchants, Messrs. Samuel Montagu & Co. After mentioning the fact that last year India imported gold bars worth 47,135,000, pds as well I kiild.. , t * [ less. c Cost, I I >idery at I - 9c store on nnf tn :er j as 18,342,000 pds, in sovereigns, Messrs. Montagu state that,.as a contrast to the savings of France, which, are utilized to promote trade, those cf India are buried or hoarded. "At present nearly all the gold dug from the earth in South Africa is by a fresh digging operation deposited again benea;h :he soil in South Asia. In India, gold is put to uses runusiial among nations of the west. Consumption of gold does not imply in E; gr land the actual swallowing of extremely thin gold leaves for medicinal p.i:poses, though it is so taken in parts c? India. A frequent form of pliety is to regild the domes of religious buildings: such operations can easily absorb 10,000 pds., or more. Sovereigns with a shield on the obverse are in constant request. A rajah of rococo tastes imported scne thousands to form a center to each minute pane in the windows or his palace. India occupies the position of a creditor nation on an immense scale, a fact which renders the size of its gold imports a matter of primary, importance to the rest of the world. It seems assured that those imports last year were not only a fresh record; but will attain a total not less han 25 per cent of the world's output. This total, it is stated, is owing to the uninterrupted prosperity of the country, folloinwg a succession of good monsoons. ?Tit- Bits. Clock >Tifliont a Spring. r A unique timepiece has recently invented by Eugene Walzer, a watchmaker in L:>s Angeles. Four years of work has perfected a clock which keeps accurate time but is without a spring in its make-up. The motive power is gained by the * ?? wcenilQf. clock roiling qowb an ed by a wonderful arrangement of weights on the inside of .the clock. There is no winding to be done, but (every thirty days the clock is lifted to the top of the incline and begins to slide downward. The dial does not revolve with the case, but remains as an ordinary dial with the figure 12 at the top. The incline is of polished wood, sixteen inches long with an 8 1-3 per cent | grade. There is no relation between - -- ' ? s_ ?i-. the wood and tne ciock; it is simpij a mattery of properly adjusted weights which move the hands and control the downward motion of the timepiece.?The Strand.